The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-14


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY ID, 1851.
De Bows Review.
or THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN srArEa
The February number Of this valuable perio-
deal 10 on our table, II sbounds a. usual with
able articles on the commercial, social and Doll.
teal questions Of the South and West and in
STATISTICAL information. 1t IL work that ought
TO be cherished with lberality by the Southern
people, and fought to be consulted by all states
men, who aspire to the distinction of nationality
HUET's MERCHANTS MAGAZINE, for Fe6yuary
For sale in this city by FRANK TAyLoR, Penn.
sylyania avenue.
This valuable and standard work has now
reached the second number Of the Gath volume.
1t is conducted on liberal principles, and displays
vast amount ofresearch. Its articles on banks,
internal improvements, manufactures, commerce
and mining, are indispensable to all who
would be successful m the theoretical or practi-
cal management Of the great economical questions
Of the day.
Wan To-YAH, and the Tar's Trail; or Prairie
Travel and Scalp Dances, soith a look at Los
Rnncheros from Muie-bnck, and the Rocku
Mountain Campfire by Ls,ois III Garrard
Cincinnati.
This 10 q volume Of three hundred and ffty
pages, and we have seldom read a work with
moro interest or.pleasure. The writer, who has
written his own adventures, is youth of sew.
erteen, a son of Mrs. Judge Nc Lean, who threw
aside bis books, relinquished the Injuries Of
fashionable life, the smiles of city bellies, the at.
fractions of balls and parties, and started forth
to the Western wilds, to hunt the buffalo, to
dance with the Indian tribes, to firt with Indian
maidens, to skirmish with Pawnee and Ara.
paho scalping parties, to camp with beaver-trap
pers, and to indulge in Mexican fandangoes.-
Mr.. Garrard is the descendant on both sides Of
eminent Kentucky and Ohio pioneer families
and hence this propensity for adventure in wild
Western regions.
The book of Mr.. Garrard is written with
great candor, modesty, spirit, and fidelity. Hi
does not suppress or evads the awkwardr,ess o.
his frat Buffalo hunt, nor the trepidation of hi,
first Indian encounters, nor does he exaggerate
the firmness and conduct with which he after.
wards encountered the various dangers he ex.
perienced. He relates with much taste bis
Irritation with the belle of the Cheyennes, and
the incident is very pleasant illustration of the
primitive simplicity of Indian life.
Mr.. GARnARD gives us many vivid sketches Of
pioneer, trapper, hunting, and Mexican life. And
among them We are struck with the character of
Dir. HATCHER, who is a perfect original hero,
and like the he:oes of Homer, Virgil and Dante
makes descent into the internal regions, Of
which be gives us sublime description and the
latest account Of the manners and customs O
that part of creation. The circumstances of Mr.
GARRAhp's adventure invest him with more tina,
all the interest which we feel in the hero of
work of fiction, and we attend his movement.
from the beginning of his expedition to his re
turn in safety to his family and friends, witt
eager attention.
The work enters into no Systematic or elabo
rate inquiry into the history, customs, faith, OF
condition of the various races Of people visited
by our traveller. He has no theories to propose,
or to support--no prejudices-but he gives us
the most natural and instructive glimpses of life
on the prairies and the mountains. Indian life,
Mexican life, border life, hunters life, and no.
body can rise from the perusal Of the book,
without feeling indebted 10 the author for the
pleasure and instruction he has conferred, nor
without feeling for him personally high respect
for the spirit propriety and manliness with which
he conceived and executed his expedition, and
the description Off
Dictionary of Mechanics Engine Work and En-
gineering No. %. ID. APPLETON and Co.,
New York.
This is an elegant and elaborate account i'll
ustrated with fine wood cuts, Of the various
branches Of science to which it belongs. The
movement Of the human mind in mechanical in
vsntion 10 now 20 rapid that it is absolutely es-
aeutial to take such works an this, to keep up
with it. In every part Of the country, public
and private undertakings are going on, the sue
cess and excellence of which, depend on the
latest knowledge of what has been elsewhere
achieved. We know of no investment more
profitable than the subscription price of such
works as these
The Physo-M Medical and Surgical Journal, for
February 1851, edited and published by f. H
STocKwELL, N. d., Professor of Anatony and
Physiology. Cincinnati, Ohio.
At the risk Of incuring the vengeance Of our
fair readers, we will insert an article entire from
this work on the "tsuses of early decay in Anne
rican Woman" We have never vet been able
to account for the decay in American men, parti-
cularly A. evnced in the late calamitous decline
of the Southern States, who submit to the COM
promise. Perhaps it IL because the women have
declined. II so, it Is important to examine that
point forthwith.
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF EARLY DECAY IN
AMERICAN WoNEH At ia impossible for child