diately "Resumes his harp that in a torpor lies," | have dreamed of their immortality. Shakspeare and chants a ditty which he styles "The Ocean wrote his plays not for fame, but to fill the Globe Lyre:"

"The sails are full, the breeze is brisk and fine;
The vessel like a swallow skims the brine;
The sunbeams in concentric sparkles dance
Like diamonds on the aqueous expanse," &c.

Theatre, and retired to live a simple yeoman at Stratford on Avon, without even thinking them worth collecting in print. We see poor Collins burning his unfortunate but undying odes, and expiring from sheer hopelessness and melancholy. We also know there have been men of genius who We would like to notice several very striking felt assured of their eternal fame. There is Miland interesting scenes which the rest of the volume ton, who from his youth knew that he was surely contains, but must pass them over for want of space. to write that "which the world would not willingly We cannot forbear giving one more extract how-let die!" But here is Don Paez who is also sure At the battle of New Orleans the poet goes of his immortality, and talks about his "numbers" into his finest frenzy. He takes leave of it thus: and Byron's "rolling in thunders, side by side." See a piece thus headed: “To LELIA: Over this signature a panegyric on Don Paez appeared in the public prints, wherein the author is compared to Byron." The truth is, this feeling does not depend upon the intellect at all. It depends upon the character of the man. If he is ambitious and egotistical, or to speak in the lingo of the phre

ever.

"Thou field of thunder, lightning, death and fame Farewell! the tribute of an humble rhyme

Is offered; sparks of the poetic flame

May blazon the liberty's paradigm,

Flashing thro' nations, sounding thro' each clime
Like thunder on the mountains, while the foes

Of nature thunderstrike the shield of Time,

And Earth heave her last groan amid the throes
Of earthquakes, fire, brimstone, thunder, lightning, volcanoes."nologists, if he has the organ of self-esteem large,

he will believe himself destined to immortality, whether his intellect is great or small. Thus it may be common to the greatest genius and the most stupendous dunce the world ever produced. But the man of genius has a higher pleasure than that of fame, either future or present, which no other man can enjoy; it is the pleasure of genius itself;

We have given this stanza because it is so very characteristical of the author under review. In this last line he has given us all he knows-thunder and lightning, earthquakes, fire, brimstone and volcanoes. After this Paez sails some distance up the river apostrophizing it as a "thundergust of waters," &c.; and when we last see him, he is stand- it is the sense of power, and the pleasure which a ing under a magnolia, singing a song composed of gigantic mind will always feel in its own operations. bright eyes, mountain snow, nectared dew, smiling We had intended to examine some other pieces cheeks, lovers captive, coral lips, alabaster teeth, in this collection; but we are heartily tired of the raven curls, graceful fringes, white neck, cygnet task. What we have gone over is a specimen of down, dew-drops, lilies, &c., &c. But the poem the rest, for there is none much better or much does not conclude without a promise of a second worse. Fool the second reigns like Fool the first, part, in which and we dismiss the volume with a mixture of contempt and disgust which we have rarely felt before. Some of our readers, to whom it is a stranger, may think we have handled its author too roughly. We answer that it is our creed that any man who could deliberately write, transcribe, send to press, correct in proof, and then publish to the world such a batch of stuff as this, is entirely out of the pale of critical courtesy.

"We'll tread the land of volcanoes and storms,
Gold, silver, diamonds, mountains, earthquakes, wars,
And view the Andes," &c.

To which we answer, God forbid.

It is well known, that works of the very greatest genius are seldom appreciated by the age in which they appear. It requires time for the public generally to become sufficiently familiar with thoughts of a high and original cast, to be able to understand and estimate them. On account of this established principle, this author does not expect that Don Paez and other poems will immediately rise to the rank and fame for which he thinks they are destined. He says: "Those whose footsteps follow the beaten road and whose thoughts reach only to imitation, are not always apt to relish, at first sight, whatever is of an original character till fashion has adopted and consecrated it." In reading this book we have been forcibly struck with the fallacy of a common notion, that a consciousness and a prevision of an immortality of fame is the true reward of genius. Many men of the greatest genins seem never to

TO THE LONELY HEART.

BY MARY S. B. DANA.

"Tis true thou art almost alone, high Heart!
E'en 'mid a thronging worldly multitude;
It is the wise man's fate to stand apart,
But thine is a delightful solitude;
For all thy world in Beauty is arrayed,
And peopled with bright things which cannot fade.

Thou'st many friends the earthly cannot see,
Whose counsels kind, the lonely heart may cheer;
Whisp'ring in soft angelic tones to thee,

They tell thee things none but the wise can hear;
Then, while 'tis thine such company to keep,
Mourn not the want of earth's companionship.

But, scattered here and there, thou still may'st find
Some kindred souls amid the earth stained crowd,
Men, who were born to elevate mankind,

Uttering pure thoughts in accents clear and loud;
Then freely may'st thou, yearning Heart! expand,
And soul be knit to soul, while hand meets hand.

Oh, be it mine above this world to dwell!

Be mine the friendship of earth's chosen few!
Let me receive within my heart's lone cell
None but the great and good, the wise and true!
And may my life's ennobling effort be
Still to increase that glorious company.
Orangeburg, 1847.

WISE LIBERALITY.

Great admiration has been very justly excited by the liberal donation of fifty thousand dollars, recently made to Harvard University, by the HON. ABBOTT LAWRENCE. In this there is wisdom as well as liberality. There is wisdom in such liberality itself. It is wise thus to invest the superfluities granted by a beneficent Providence, in the improvement and consequent gratitude of posterity. In this way a man evades the awful robbery of death, which strips him so ruthlessly of all his earthly possessions; and carries out beyond the grave the noblest uses of riches, whose ready wings are thus clipped that they can not "flee away."

Mr. Lawrence's wealth is said to be so great, that this donation is only a fraction of his yearly income. Be this as it may, a question occurs to us, how much may a man reasonably expect to possess to feel himself able to make liberal donations to objects and Institutions of high public utility? Take a man of liberal views and principles, but with small resources,-sufficient, however, to maintain him creditably; and then perhaps he "deviseth liberal things," if he only had the means. An accession of fifty thousand dollars to his means would be considered a fortune, and would add elegance and luxury to his style of living, and hush his anxieties for his children. Suppose that such an accession should amount to one hundred thousand dollars, or even more. How much could he then spare for the objects specified? Too few spare any thing like what they might, and the most liberal donations of many are proportionately but a mite to the contributions of the less fortunate. But surely those who possess a hundred thousand dollars, or more, would not miss ten thousand; and by prudent management could soon replace it. To all such, numerous objects make continual and eloquent appeals. Besides all the various schemes and operations of Christian benevolence, are our languishing and indebted Literary Institutions, and the "Historical Society of Virginia." And even where our Literary Institutions are not hampered by debt, their usefulness might be extended by the introduction of new branches of study and the erection of new professorships for their cultivation. State munificence is more likely to be stimulated than diminished by being united with that of private individuals, who thus practically aid and uphold the Liberal Policy of the Legislature.

In the case before us, which has led to these remarks, Mr. Lawrence's design is to establish in the University at Cambridge, a school to promote "the acquisition, illustra tion and dissemination of the practical sciences forever." It is to embrace three professorships,-of Geology, Engineering and Chemistry. That of Chemistry has already been established upon an enlarged plan, under Professor Horsford, a pupil of Baron Liebig, and supported on the foundation created by Count Rumford.

Mr. Lawrence shews the utility of the proposed school, in a very satisfactory manner. We conclude with a few extracts from his letter, tendering his donation, addressed to the Treasurer of Harvard college,-the Hon. Samuel A. Elliot.

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Such an appropriation of their earthly substance is, for these and similar reasons, frequently made to a liberal extent by persons who can no longer use it themselves;-in their last wills. But how often do their fond schemes fail of realization; and how often does culpable delay rob their beneficence of half its value. The good which many have The application of science to the useful arts has chanintended and which they,-being men of prudence and dis-ged, in the last half century, the condition and relations of cretion and well comprehending the objects they had in the world. It seems to me that we have been somewhat view,-could very probably have secured, by undertaking neglectful in the cultivation and encouragement of the scientific portion of our national economy. its accomplishment themselves, has been long deferred and then imperfectly realised. How different would have been Our country is rapidly increasing in population and the condition of Girard College had its founder himself wealth, and is probably destined in another quarter of a executed his own will. He might have lived even splen-century to contain nearly as many inhabitants as now exist in France and England together. didly, for which he had no taste,-upon a small portion of his immense wealth, and have devoted the rest to the establishment of his College; and his strong practical mind, gathering aid and information from every available source, would then have had the management and execution of all his plans.

"We have already in the United States a large body of young men who have received a classical education, many of whom find it difficult to obtain a livelihood in what are termed the learned professions. I believe the time has arrived when we should make an effort to diversify the occupation of our people, and develop more fully their strong mental and physical resources, throughout the Union."

Mr. Lawrence's wisdom, then, is conspicuous in this, that he lives to see his wishes accomplished; to lend the aid of his judgment and experience in arranging the de"But where can we send those who intend to devote tails with the corporation of Harvard; to enjoy the honorable encomiums which his munificence merits; and, we themselves to the practical applications of science? How trust, to witness and enjoy still more the important benefits educate our engineers, our miners, machinists and mechanOur country abounds in men of action. Hard hands to others which he contemplates. The liberal man devi.ics? seth liberal things." The wisely liberal man, warned by are ready to work upon our hard materials; and where repeated experiences in the world around him, will not shall sagacious heads be taught to direct those hands?

postpone till the hour of dissolution the blessings he " devises" for his fellow-men,

"Inventive men laboriously reinvent what has been Pro

duced before. Ignorant men fight against the laws of na- [between theory and practice. For example,-in the abture with a vain energy, and purchase their experience at stract, it may well be admitted that much may be said in great cost. Why should not all these start where their defence, or extenuation of the tories or loyalists of our predecessors ended, and not where they began? Educa- Revolution; and that sufficient time has elapsed for them tion can enable them to do so." * now to be treated with justice and with impartiality. But when the accounts of the times in which they acted come

"The buildings, I have supposed, without having made estimates, could be erected, including an extensive Labo-to be written, immediately exciting controversies spring ratory, for about thirty thousand dollars. If so, there will remain the sum of twenty thousand dollars; and I suggest, that whatever sum may remain, after the erection and furnishing of the buildings, should form the basis of a fund, which, together with one-half of the tuition fees, till the amount shall yield the sum of three thousand dollars annually, shall be equally divided between the Professor of Engineering and the Professor of Geology, and be made a permanent foundation for these Professorships. The object is. to place the three Professors in this School in the same pecuniary situations."

We may here remind our readers that the liberality of Mr. Appleton and others of Boston has been scarcely, if any, less distinguished than that of Mr. Lawrence.

THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

We are indebted to Dr. McGuffey for a copy of the Catalogue of the University, for the present session,-its twentysecond, we believe.

up, involving near descendants of the persons whose deeds are recorded. Such a controversy has arisen in the pages of the Messenger; but we do not deprecate it, because one of the uses of such a journal is to furnish a channel for such investigations. But we wish it to be understood that we hold only to the general views with which we set out; and leave the question of their application to the facts of the case, to the Reviewer and to the author of "Curwen's Journal."

We have reason to suppose that parts of this controversy are unwelcome to particular individuals and families in S. C.; and as is too usual in such cases, they may not only condemn the Messenger, but even "cut its acquaint

ance."

But none of these things move us. Our guiding priaciples are fixed. We can bear to hear both sides, though our sympathies are strongly with one of them. We edit a

Journal for the Public and for Truth and Impartiality.

table, The American Loyalists. By Lorenzo Sabine. Pub This subject naturally brings before us a work upon our

The whole number of matriculates the present session,-lished by Little & Brown, of Boston, and sent to us through now just closing has been one hundred and sixty-three; who C. F. Fisher, bookseller of this city. have conducted themselves in a manner highly honorable to themselves and beneficial to the University.

It will be recollected that at the close of the last session, a new Proctor was elected,-Colonel Kemper; and that Major Broaddus was appointed to take charge of the beneficiaries, or State students.

These are both gentlemen of character and influence, and we are highly gratified to learn, that the wholesome police of the College is now preserved with more efficiency and

success than it has ever been before.

The new system of instructing students on the State foundation has thus far worked very happily. The best feelings prevail between them and the other students, and in nearly every instance they have proved themselves worthy, in respect both of talent and behavior, of the benefits of a higher education thus conferred upon them.

It is an extensive Biographical Dictionary of the Loyalists of the Revolution; with an introductory Essay applicable to the subject. This Essay, after a careful perusal, appears to us a specimen of original, independent and impartial historical writing, such as is rarely to be met with. Written by a decided Whig, it yet does justice to the Tories; by a northern man, it yet shows no invidious spirit towards the South. From some passages we were afraid that we would have to withhold this last encomium, but after considering the whole range of the Essay, we think that it is entitled to it to an unusual degree. There are some points upon which we would animadvert, however, had we the space. We may do it hereafter.

A correspondent in Georgia writes us: "When on the subject of the Legal Profession,' * you omitted to give an account of the regulators in North Carolina, about 1771. They were for the destruction of all officers of govern

The session at the University now closes on the 29th of June. The exercises this year will be particularly inter-ment, and all Lawyers, and prostrating Government itself. esting and attractive. In addition to those of the students, will be an Oration before the Alumni, by Wm. M. Burwell, Esq., an Eulogy on the lamented Professor Davis, by Lucian Minor, Esq., and an Historical Discourse, by the Hon.

William C. Rives.

By putting these matters relating to the University in juxtaposition with the donation of Mr. Lawrence, perchance it may remind some one to perform a similar act to her, or some of her sister colleges in our own, or some other Southern State :--such an acquisition to any and all of whom would be to us exceedingly welcome and delightful. June 18th.

THE IMPARTIALITY OF HISTORY. Impartiality in History is what all profess to admire, as they do candor and independence in individuals. But these so universally applauded in the abstract, are often unobserved, disputed, or censured, when particular applications of them are made that do not accord with our preconceived notions of what impartiality, candor, and independence require, and in what they consist.

This is only one of the exemplifications of the difference

Governor Tryon marched against them, and having, in a decisive battle, totally defeated them, the insurrection was quelled, and order restored. The writer of this has cause to recollect the account of the above transaction, as his Father had a ball of one of the insurgents to pass through his body, about the region of the stomach, which be survived more than sixty years."

Before receiving this, we had been reminded of the instance referred to, by reading Mr. Sabine's book. And lest any should suppose that these early revolutionists so opposed to the lawyers were the true friends of American Liberty, we state upon that author's authority, that “alarge majority joined the royal party, and enlisted under the King's banner."

The publishers have executed their part of the work in a most admirable manner.

NEW WORKS.

every brigade in the American army, except those of South Carolina and Georgia" (p. 259); and yet, up to the present time, very little has been made public respecting him, other than such general information as the histories of the Revolution may contain.

Duer. He participated in the battles of Long Island, Monmouth, Germantown, and Brandywine, and on several minor occasions conducted himself Among the new works recently issued are the gallantly and creditably. "It was his good forthird volume of "Harper's Fireside Library," Il-tune," we are told, "at different periods in the lustrated and Illuminated, containing "The Law-course of the war, to have had under his command yer's Daughter," by Jos. Alden, D. D.; "The Orators of the Age," by Francis, comprising a series of Sketches first contributed for the most part to Frazer's Magazine. The American reader will here find much to interest, and to instruct him in relation to the present great men of England, unless he have turned his attention to such infor"Although born in New York-being the son of mation heretofore; but the work will deeply inter- James Alexander, the distinguished provincial juest those who need not its instruction;-"The rist and statesman-his residence was for many Correspondence and Miscellanies of the Hon. years in New Jersey; and it was while holding a John Cotton Smith, LL. D.," with an Eulogy pro-commission as colonel of the militia of that province nounced before the Connecticut Historical Society that he was selected to command the first of the at New Haven, May 27th, 1846. By the Rev. Continental regiments raised within it. This was Wm. W. Andrews. Dr. Smith was one of the most in 1775; the following year he was appointed brigadistinguished Governors of Connecticut, which of- dier-general, and in 1777, major-general of the fice was but one of the just rewards of his learning Continental forces. His residence in New Jersey, and services;--" The String of Pearls," a Novel and his connexion with her public affairs, for sevby G. P. R. James;-A new "School Algebra,"- eral years, render the publication of his life by containing the latest improvements. By Professor the Historical Society of that State no unmeaning Hackley, of Columbia College, New York ;--No. tribute to his memory. 23 of the Pictorial History of England; in which "It was mainly through Lord Stirling that the inthe History of the reign of James I. is commenced, famous conspiracy of Gates and Conway, to undercotemporary with the commencement of our own an- mine the character and destroy the infiuence of nals; "The Life of Wesley; and Rise and Progress Washington, was brought to light and frustrated. of Methodism." By Robert Southey, Esq., LL. D. Lord Stirling's first military experience was Besides the name of the celebrated author, itself under General Shirley, on the northern frontier, in amply sufficient, this work bears the impress of the French and English war of 1755-56, in the other distinguished authors. There are notes by S. capacity of aide-de-camp; and we understand that T. Coleridge and remarks on the life and charac-ja collection of highly interesting papers has reter of John Wesley, by the late Alex. Knox, Esq.,cently been discovered in the archives of the New and the work is edited by the Rev. Charles Cuth-York Historical Society, connected with this parbert Southey; and this handsome edition, (the 2nd ticular period of his life, which we trust will be in American 2 vols.) has additional notes by the some way presented to the public, in illustration of Rev. Daniel Curry, A. M. The book will be judg-that too much neglected portion of our provincial ed of very much according to men's religious af history. fiities, with which we have nothing to do; but all can rejoice to have such a work from such sources, and it can not fail to be extensively sought for and read. The Literary World says, "with all its inconsistences and contradictions, we doubt if a biography more delightful was ever written." These inconsistencies and contradictions may not so appear to many of its readers. All the foregoing works are from the Press of Harper & Brothers; and supplied by Messrs. Drinker & Morris, Rich-of

mond.

Carey & Hart have issued No. 3 of "The Greatest Plague of Life," or the adventures of a Lady in search of a good servant; illustrated by George Cruikshank;-and "The Beautiful Widow, A Novel, by T. S. Arthur "-which are also for sale by Drinker and Morris.

The Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling; Major General in the Army of the United States during the Revolution; with selections from his Correspondence. By his Grandson, William Alexander Duer, LL. D. (Forming Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society. Vol. II.) Pp. 284. Wiley & Putnam.

"William Alexander, better known as the Earl of Stirling his right to that title, as nearest of kin to the last earl, being clearly demonstrated by Mr.

"The volume before us is creditable to the Society under whose auspices it is published, being well printed, and enriched with a miniature portrait of Lord Stirling, and several plans of battles."

Tancred; or, the New Crusade. By B. Disraeli,
M. P., author of "Coningsby," &c. Carey &
Hart: Philadelphia, 1847.

"Another dish by Young England, compounded all delicate, flying or swimming notions, dressed with elegant art, and highly spiced with all the rare seeds of Araby the Blest."

The Life of Edmund Kean. Third Edition. New
York: Harper & Brothers.

1847.

"He was eminently individual, and represented the school of nature in opposition to the artificial dignity of Kemble and his imitators. He created an epoch and developed an original phase of the dramatic art. The best criticism extant upon Kean's acting is by R. H. Dana. The tragedian did not hesitate to express the contempt he felt for ordinary newspaper criticism, but when shown the copy of the Idle Man containing the essay on his performances, he exclaimed, This man understand me.' This life of Kean is attributed to Barry Cornwall."