The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-01


Roox Of the Chapter.
An Inquiry TITO this Right OF visit or Approach By Ships
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1ns West lnen Labor Question
Tte Family aquarium
Scctts Red Gauntlet Tcknor & Fields, editors.
Lie aad Adventures OF Major Roger srsgmal Potter
The American Horse Tanner sri ssrrier.
Ecusshosd Words; Harpers Monthly; Atlantic Monthly
Belle Ey..lol . Tour.
Hunts Merchants Magazine.
De Bows Review.
Black wood for July.
'.Tuo E.Ilons."
Msso-Fors Pierre Quicksssp.
a RAILROAD MAP OF INDIANA. ILLINOIS. MISSOURI
AND Iowa. BY G. W. Cotton. New York.
This Ia perfect Of finished and projected railroads
In hess States showing the distance between stations tor
mini principal towns, Slate capitals, county towns,
scale Of sygouty statute miles 70 inch. is excel.
lent map.
Tux LIFE. TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF Fsspr.
NAND DE SoTo, Discoverer of the Mississippi, by
Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia j. T. Lloyd.
Az might be expected from the richness Of the mate
rails presented the author has made Of ths extremely
Interesting work comprising the life OF bis suhject
does participation In the history OF Spanish conquess in
North, South, and Central Amsrica. While detailing tho
ia which De Soto was more immediate participant
he make The work comprshe nsve in It,
historical information he has assduousiy ated from
the best authorities including the Portuguese narrative
Garallasso de IA Vega Las Casas NcCulohs Researches
and Rerera and nom the whole has srrange consecr
tys story, having tho advantage OF dedu drawn
from variety Of sources and perhaps sss free from pre-
JUDGE than Of them. He does not to navo
fallen Into the blind admiration Of his hero which
characterize bogrsphers though be rcrupes not t
pronounce him
The nobesi SpaniArd Of them ALI
He recolnss De So.os early Life; hi piss,u for ia
bella the beautiful daughter Of Count Pedro Aras de
Ayila; bis scornful repulse, end determination TO
make fer himself in the New World for uue which
should make him the equal Of his inamorasa hts exre
re.ce Central America and development Of his bravery
vol Of MS humanity his troubled love; his
refusal to Join Pzarro in the expedition against Peru; bis
noble conduct in Nicaragua his def the pc yer Of
De Ava his dsapprovai Of the atrocities Of Pzsrro his
personal bravery In battle; his return 70 Span; qui-
son OF wealth and position marriage with Isabella OK.
petition Florida bis trumph.i march houg Flor da,
Georgia Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas overy Of
Cd, Mississippi and final death.
To the American reader il must be emuently interest.
i3g TO peruse the account OF the march Of De Soto and
army fighting their ortuous way through Florida Georgs
Alabama, Mississippi Arkansas and Indian territory,
through hostile bands Of Indians TO the worry foot OF the
Rocky Mountains One cannot help but wonder at the
Lion heart which dsdsned to turn back after weary
winding march, marked by tho dead bodies OF his follow
and their Indian opponents lasting nearly four
years, away from and his beloved wife
Que half Of his army gone, and the goal of his
ambition not yet attained The devastation which marked
shas courrs seems hardly sufficiently censured when the
author says simply, "They should have known that
fcregness have rights in shy country except those
which are conceded to them by the natives OF the
soi."
Perhaps the author has given Gil the facts in his pcs
sessca concerning the great event OF De Soos fe and
in the worlds hstory-tbe discovery Of the Mississippi
But appears u.s. that he might well have dwelt upon
longer As does not attempt locate the spot whore Do
Sco rs. saw the great Father Of Waters by any modern
landmark but says that he crossed point thirty six
mites noy,h Of" a town called Chisca."
The account OF lie SSo's death and burial ID highly in
ssrcssg and perhaps attention due the inference
which tbs author draws from extremely unsassSAe-
tory ssatcme Of particulars OF the death that Dc
Soto was ouy dealt with by mis- companions He locates
the vicinity a his burial In the Mssssippi somewhere
about twenty miles below the junction OF tho Arkansa
with thai river. In the psrusa Of the In which
Lbs des.a was received by isabella his wife, her per
rs,ep, search after him. believing that he still lived
oae can hardly fail TO be reminded Of tho lady OF
intrepid Arctic navigator whose sad fats too certainly
bs cooiectured
which the work printed and its excellent illustrations
by both the artists steel and wood
Tar BOOK OF THE CgArT7R. or Monitorial Instruc-
tons ia the Degrees Of Mark, Past and Most Tx
cellent Masters, and the Royal Arch; by Albert G.
Mackey, NJ. u. New York: Robert Macoy.
This work will DO interesting TO every Precursor. It
s neatly printed and illustrated aud appears have
compiled With scrupulous exactness.
THE AMERICAN HORSE TAMER AND FARRIER: show
ing how to cure the widest and most vicious horse
in the world of kicking, baking, and other bad
habits also, directions to purchasers, hints on sta
bic economy and remedies for all diseases to
which horses are liable-such az SPAWN distemper,
ringbone, ETC.; by jeremiah Beutwright. New
York: George Holbrook.
To The few Of horses who favor knowledge by
ssock a-rin - this werk will be acceptable rs title 10
euceu,y comprehensive to indicate ts object and the
author claims 70 be practical man, and 70 be able TO
rrar,ic. What he prcnches.
1Hx FAMILY AQUARIUM. OR Aqua YIvARrux: A
new Pleasure for the Domestic Circle being com
plete instructor upon the subject Of the construc-
ton, Citing up, stocking and maintenance of the
fiuvis and marine aquaria, OF river and ocean
gardens. BY Henry ID. Butler. New York; Dick
x Fitzgerald
This work will be hassc< with joy by all Who recosuls.
the bcres Of 'musipg youth with interesting
natural cGrioses rather than by senseles spor,s Nor
can the work be perused whou, bencdi persons
t-re years Mr. Butler has much practical knowledge Of
hs suhccl and has made his work instructive Is well az
tr'erta.risg
Al ISoUfRy INTO THE REeHr OF VISIT OR AP.
rsOACu BY SHIrsor-WAp. BY James Whitman,
Esq. New York James Miller.
This pamphlet Of thirty pages compilation Of
the iaie ouirsges, and Of the main arguments "pro and
con-" but principally "pro." Mr.. Whitman undertakes
20 jusfy the claim that the documents which really
create ships nationality shouldbc produced We do
not think he has succeeded In fact we think no has sig
naly failed.
A PRACTICAL TRxArIsE ON TIE RnvrNuI LAWS OF
THE UEIrsD SrArss, by G. @. Andrews. Boston,
Little, Brown 4 Co.
THIS work explores . long standing terra inoo,ni,a 10
the legal profession. II combines q convenient form
the detached fragments Of the revenue laws Including
the acts OF Congress decisions OF United states courts