The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-04

members Of his party generally oresees the defeat
Of General Scott and perhaps indifferent In regard to
It, There chance for himself in the present
test and to kill of tho conspicuous Of his rivals At
this time was it may be, of those strokesof subtle
policy Of which he 10 frequently declared 70 10
capable. However this may be- he is quietly at work In
the revision Of his opinions for the public examnatsn;
in other words he is following the example Webster,
in preparing the press his works. to be Issued WIKI a
the attractive charms Of RedGelds Typography in
thing less than half dozen stout octavos Every para
graph will probably be sharply discussed II II werO
to be article in the constitution Of nation instead
Of portion of the creed of party. Mr. Seward Is
hard working man. and he has achieved no nconsidera-
BILE portion Of his distinction by the pen. The letters
he addressed to the Albany Evening Journal, whio
on journey through Europe, about twenty years
ago would have madea capital book and his subsequent
writings on imprisonment for debt and other subjects,
which from time to time have occupied the publis at
tention though in many eases, of transient inte-
rest have generally been able, popular, and admirably
adapted for their several purposes His speeches in the
Senate have frequently been mastery historical dssra-
tons comprehensive eNhsusting and pertinent and
Il must be admitted that he would have claimed
the Lobos Islands on the ground Of their discovery by
Captain benjamin MorreL The files Of tho Knicker-
booker and some other magazines show that Governor
Seward has frequently amused himself with elegant lite
raturc hut he has scarcely bellies res fancy and his
essays, when entirely irrelevant 10 public affairs, have
not been of charactcrt attract much attention The
Works ofWm H. Seward viii doubtless be out during the
wintercertaDly in a,ple time for the closest criticism
before the next Baltimore conventions.
We have received from an English correspondent q
copy Of Lord mahons quiet and amiable but very pun
gent reply to Mr. Jared Sparks the matter of the
in which that gentleman had edited the writings os
Washington His ordship amply yndicates the truth OF
his observations the subject in the later volumes os
his History Of England and shows ALSO very eoncusvely
that Mr. Sparks has tempered with the letters Of Wash.
ipgton to degree suggested by Friar Lubin OF
the Post especially in passages rejecting severely the
conduct of New England officers and troops while
Washington was in Massachusetts,. Mr. Sparks, We
learn by private letter from Boston, is busy with
his reoindcr which will be published speedily
possible. He will have need in 1t for al his trumps,
and, from appearances, would do better by at
throwing up his hand
While the late Judge Woodbury. anticipating u
nomination for the Presidency-a nomination which
very likely prevented only by his deahhe prepared for
the press and superntended until its completion
the stcreotyping Of collection Of his political judicial
and writings in three large octave volumes
The work has at length been finished under the direction
Of Of the distinguished author, who has added
pretty full political and personal biography and 1t will
edition Of Webster.
publishing house of Boston have in press three octa
volumes of Letters to Washington with notes by
Jared spara selection from this portion the hitherto
inedited revolutionary correspondence.
Mr. Bancroft has completed the fifth volume Of his His
tory of the United States and it has been in the hands
Of the stereotypeIs in this city for several weeks or tho
fourth volume issued last spring tho very large number
Of twenty thousand copies understood to have been
already sold in this country alone and there have beea
editions Of it published in London and Paris and half
dozen translations in various parts Of Europe.
In lighter literature there is but little promise for the
fall Mr.. Richard b. Kimbal however, whose st
Leger" has been well received here and abroad will
publish admirable novelette, under the title of
"scencs in the Life Of Student in Franesn We
have looked Of the sheets Of this perform
apce, Just after reading the Stories from Black
WOOD, re.published last week. and may give judy
ment Of it in the sentence that, in power pathos,
dramatic management and all the best qualities Of such
literature Mr. Kmba sketches not at all inferior to
those masterpieces from the greatest of the magazines
Mr.. George H. Boxer, the author Of Caaynosn has In
rehearsal at the Walnut street theatre Philadelphia
new comedy, entitled The Married widow" Of which
there good reports 1t will probably be Published
soon after its production on the stage.
distinguished French scholar NJ Tidy has lust oom-
Of the United States, which will appear in Paris during
the autumn.
MI Charles Carpenter who gave to the world several
years ago. curious and amusing book the domestic
and social life of the Americans died at Grenobe tho
9Th Of September, aged SO. lie resided in New York
during the winters Of 1S31-32
Mr.. William Gilmore Simms of South Carolina has in
preparation work which will be apt to attract great
deal Of attention in the North, the part which the
Southern States sustained in the Revolutionary 1t
will be counterblast against Yankee historians.
Madame Pulszky, since her return to Europe has
petcd Of the residence and travels
Pulfzky is very clever woman is shown by her rales
and Traditions Of Hungary and the relations which she
and her husband have sustained to the great agiator
have afforded her possible facility for the prepara
ton Of truthful and interesting work this subject
Indeed as the forthcoming volumes have been written in
the family Of Kossuh in London he may himself be re-
gardcd as in some their author
remarkable hook published in Philadelphia last
spring. under the title of Ehemes for the Protestant
Pulpit" The author displayed very intimate acquan-
lance with the intellectual progress and the
stiles Of the age and rcbukcd the Journalism parti-
zanship, and cld forysmn of the churches, in way
which induced many of the religious critics to assa him
as an infdel The learned and thoughtful Of the
clergy however confessed was net far out of the way
and saw in bis appeals the beginning Of party and
new life The book written by Mr. Caldwell q re-
tired merchant whose liberal fortune permits the devo
ton Of his old age to philosophy and he now occupied
with much more elaborate end extensive performances
the same subject An Old School Orthodox reply to-
the Themes, will be published in few days.
Among the forthcoming books, which will attract NOR
leas attention and which have not hitherto been an
nouneed may be mentioned The Speeches. &C., Of Tho
Francis Meagher, with an Historical Introauction'
The Forest novel by DR.. Huntington author or
Alice "Alban,n &C. The Cap Shccf an affair In the
TX Marvel vein; and Frank Freeman's Barber Shopo
! II. b. Hall. writer OF peculiar but genuine humor,
who in this tale for the North and the South gives his
notions of the "Un16 Tom questions.
Florida Election.
To day, the state election takes place in Florida In
1850 the vote of the State given to the whg cand