Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-03-29

10Th instant the favorable which politicians
know how improve, both Houses proceeded to nomina
ton, and this time with definite result. Senator was
chosen and the friends the successful candidate discuss the
question Of constituonay with much better humor now
than when abstract matter Of possible expedency
The Senator elect is Of those fortunate who have
opponents wishers except in political aspect;
wealth, high social position, good fortune bis Official
career and whal gentleman Politically, Of course, his
character presents that anguary Of aspect which the mo-
dern politician exhibits from the adverse wing Of his
own party or the phalanx Of the opposing party.
long and pitiless storm, which had been raging
around our roofs during the early part of the week.
cleared up yesterday morning, and gave the chance
of escape to over one hundred windbound vessels,
which sailed down the bay and stood out to sea in
every direction which enterprise gives American commerce
Amongst them less than four steamers and to show
either the rapid increase of this class Of vessels outsppng
the inventive faculty Of in the department Of
catue, the pauciy of which that faculty has
work upon, of these steamers bear the name.
Pace-one Of them belonging to the Collins line between
here and Liverpool and the other vessel destined
the Western coast, and commanded by Capt Bailey, very
popular and well known Another which sailed for
Chages chsened the and given the waters
under that designation but in moment of romance the
er appears, pitched upon Ell Dorado attractive
and significant nae and they have accordingly changed 1t
the latter. She sailed in with the Brother Jonathan
bound for the port and each Of them carried load OF
passengers showing how strongly the tide Of emigration and
adventure still sets in the direction Of California
New Books have accumulated Of late promising man
ner the vernal equinox favorable time fer authors and
not few taking advantage Of the genial and put
ting forth their aues in Misunderstanding that the critics
will not feel bound advance equal proportion Of bark
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Ho,oad volume Of Eastern travel from the pen ola young
New Yorker who has the Nile with the eye Of
thusias and describes with the pen Of ready and
tic writer intent however, upon making striking look
and fresh impression old field than upon the dull fdc-
ties Of ournaing tourists The Hape have got the book
up very attractive stye and its pages full Of attractive
ness in addition to the Embellishments Of Typography. At
the same time the book has its bemish and Of it's
most elaborate paragraphs better oft than it. Why
is that many young authors and others who have the
excuse Of youth for their ndscreons will suppose that
dash Of ndecency and sprnkling Of rregon mpa an air
Of independence and originality otherwise unatainabe The
Howadji, which name by the ways s appropriation, for
the purposes authorship, othe Egyptian epithet for stranger
or traveller undertakes to describe things and which
had better have been left undescbed and evidently takes
very unnecessary pains to violate the Of good taste and
decacy Iii pity for the book sa well conceived idea, hap
age picturesque charm in the description which the
reader along, well satisfied with the author and his theme
Only possible make book the Orient too Oriental
and that is just the Howadj's mistake z'
The HARrERs publish this week another story from the
Indian vein of romance we'll worked by New England
noveiss Mount Hope, Philip, King Of the Wampanoags,
the somewhat aboriginal title, and the authors Mr.
G. H. HoLLIsrxR, Of Lchield, Connecticut Also. another
tale from the popular authorizes Of Letce Arno entitled
Time the Apenge, domestic story with religious tendency
London Labor and the London Poor, by HIsRI MAY |
HEw reprinted by the HARPERs, in numbers, from the Eng
sh edition, is original work, attracting just con-
siderable attention from the novelty Of its subject both
the style of treatment and the statistics affords MATHEW
one Of the Londen erat Of the so-comc ORDER an order
which may be said have come into vogue with Dickens
Under the title Of The Special Correspondent he con-
bued to the London Chronicle series Of papers, based
bis explorations amongst the poor Of London into whose
life he appears to have Owed deeply and from which he
has extracted vast Of very curious and entertaining
information. Beginning with the wandering street folk
who get their living the of the great metropolis by
selling pedding, performing begging, and working, and
thence through all the iamcaons Of poverty and labor he
conducts you through world of experience, incident and
revelation compared which the sphere Of the
writer meager and empty. The whole work forms CYCLIC
peda OF the social condition Of the London poor divided
the three comprehensive classes Of those that will work. those
that cannot work, and those that will not work. II
strangely interesting SERIES and which cannot fail to
awaken greater interest in this city in kindred matters per-
taining TO our own social organization. tf
The publishers have got out the twelfth number of
LossISes Pictorial Field Book Of the Rerolfion,
pletng the first volume Of that beautiful and popular pubcs
ton, and another story Of the juvenile SERIES by jacob An
BoTT, under the title Of the Franconia Stories
PUTNAM publishes in very appropriate and elegant FORM
the second tale Of Mrs. CowDrR CLARKEs GirDood oil
Sakspeare's Heroines," The Thames Daughter. This is
Of drawn from Macbeth and n the heroine Of the story
foreshadowed the tragic queen Of the play Mrs. Carke
tales will be pleasing acquisition to the library Of Shak
spearean books which already exist and to which every year
adds its quota ""
new book, impatieny expected by the lovers Of art
RusKISs "Soes of Venice" work heralded not only by
transatlantic reputation. but also by the acknowledged genius
of the author the most powerful and original writer upon
art Of the present time, his former works sbundsny tes
fly. WIEr Of this city, for immediate publi
cation, from the advance proof sheets.
The most promising literary enterprise Of the is the
Dollar Magazine, monthly the basis Of Hodens Maya