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LIST OF PAYMENTS

For Vol. I. of the Southern Literary Messenger,

From October 10, to November 23, 1835, inclusive.

All persons who have made payments early enough to be entered, and whose names do not appear on the next published receipt list, are requested to give immediate notice of the omission.

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Miller, Samuel

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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A Melancholy Moment, by B. B. M. is, we regret to say, inadmissible-chiefly on account of its having been published before. D.D. also, we are forced to reject. The V. by Thaddeus, is not suited to the Messenger. We are obliged to decline the communication of A. B. M. G. C. H's MS. is illegible. A Cosmopolite, and Sylvio, we have declined after much hesitation. Verses written

during an excursion, &c. will appear in our next-also, English Poetry, unavoidably postponed.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

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can correct or repress; and it is one of the first duties of a light miscellaneous periodical to launch its arrows against such transgressions. The fear of giving offence to the few, should never make them neglect the interests of the many, for their first object should be to bencfil their high obligations, and we feel satisfied tha' by fit their country. By such a course alone, can they fulpersevering in such a course, they would be eventually amply rewarded by public patronage.

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The present number in some degree realizes our ideas tion of imported opinions, and imported manners. of an American periodical. It is not the mere reflecis the product of the soil, and stamped with the lineaments of its nativity. It is not a mere distillation from memory, not the squeezings of the almost dry sponge of the old world, but the fresh and vigorous offspring of a soil which only requires cultivation to produce the richest products.

Among the articles which afforded us particular pleasure, we would notice "The Introductory Lecture of James M. Garnett of Virginia, on the subject of Education." All the productions of Mr. Garnett that we have seen, abound in just reasonings, leading to important conclusions, applicable to his own country, and of most important practical consequence. The present lecture is devoted to an inquiry into the "Obstacles to education arising from the peculiar faults of parents, teachers, and scholars, and those who direct and control our schools and colleges." The subject is peculiarly important, and we recommend Mr. Garnett's lecture to the calm considerate attention of all those whose faults he has detailed. It is the work of a man of deep reflection, great experience and of a powerful intellect, capable of turning the results of that experience to purposes of practical utility.

The Southern Literary Messenger.-We have now before us the thirteenth number of this very excellent periodical, and though we have heretofore noticed it in terms of high approbation, cannot withhold our renewed testimony to its increasing merits. The present number, like all the preceding ones, is entirely original, not only in the subjects but in the manner of treating them. We see that the writers have consulted their own tastes, opinions and feelings; that they are not harnessed in the traces of imitation, nor enlisted under the despotism of fashionable notions, adopted without examination, and sanctioned only by popular names. Hence there is in almost all the articles an air of indigenous novelty which in itself is a high and distinguished excellence. Periodicals, that affect to be the censors of public manners, the guides of the public taste, should not be the mere echoes of the opinions of others. They should stem the tide of false taste and injurious innovation, instead of going with the current, and accelerating its "Loss of Breath: A Tale à la Blackwood, by Edgar force by precept and example. In short, they should A. Poe," is a capital burlesque of the wild, extravathink for themselves, and strive to inculcate just modes gant, disjointed rigmarole with which that much overof thinking and acting in others. Instead of imitating rated and over-praised magazine is so redundant. The Blackwood and Fraser, and the New Monthly and the writer has hit off admirably the false, extravagant and Metropolitan, we think it would be far better to adapt exaggerated humor-the inconclusive nothings, and the their columns to the uses of their own country. The rude baldness of so many of its articles, of which the style and the productions of old, corrupt and enervated beginning, the middle and the end is nothing. The nations, is not fit for the exigencies of a young, vigorous reader finds it impossible to fathom the object, precisely and growing people, still retaining all its primitive ener- because the writer had no object, or could not develope gies, and requiring an intellectual nourishment corres-it to the comprehension of common sense. We have ponding with its age, its habits, and its situation. We our eye on Mr. Edgar A. Poe, and from what we have have much in our manners, habits and modes of living, already seen of him, venture to predict it will not be which requires the lash of satire; much of extrava-long before his name will stand on a level with those of gance and false taste, which a well applied ridicule alone much higher pretensions.

The notice of "Stories about General Warren," and the accompanying extracts, are peculiarly interesting, as giving various particulars of a man who has hitherto been only generally known as one of the earliest martyrs to the liberties of his country. This is the literary aliment which should be served up to our children, aye and our men and women too, in order to inspire them with noble feelings through the influence of noble examples.

of political acumen well sustained by fact.

zine in the country,) we may say in general that it has more of the magazine and less of the pamphlet than most of its predecessors; an approximation to perfection which we esteem of higher value than it seems. The articles are of great variety as usual, and of various ability, some of them would adorn any periodical. The fine series of historical papers on the history of the Barbary powers is brought to the last hostile intercourse of Britain with Algiers, and is to be equally admired There are many other articles in this number, which for its judicious and candid narrative, and for the justice deserve equal notice and commendation, did our limits of its historical inferences. In the view which it takes permit. But we must deny ourselves the pleasure of of British policy with reference to Algiers, we entirely particularizing them, merely observing that in general, concur, and the writer's characterizing Lord Exmouth's the prose is better than the poetry, simply because the bombardment of Algiers as a blunder similar to the latter is somewhat vitiated by an imitation of bad" untoward" affair of Navarino is a bold manifestation models. Why will not our young poets attempt to describe their own feelings and impressions, instead "The Victim of Disappointment" is an imitation too of merely distilling in trickling namby-pamby, the servile, of one of Moore's best passages, to be praised; thoughts of others, and sometimes no thoughts at all; Garnett's lecture, contains many valuable hints in the or if they will condemn themselves to everlasting medi- way, but we do not care to say more about it, because, ocrity by imitation, why will they not attempt better after all, it is a lecture, and in cur opinion, as unsuitamodels? There are other poets in the English lan-ble to the magazine as a "philodemic" essay on the comguage than Byron and Moore, who have superseded the parative merits of Cæsar and Alexander. old masters of the lyre, and will in less than half a century "Loss of Breath" is really a capital thing, well imabe superseded by them again. They are not to be gined, well sustained, and well told; and with some dethroned from the empire of Parnassus, by these mo- triteness in the main incident, of sufficient novelty to dern upstarts. The lofty morality, the unaffected sim- attract highly. “Cupid's Sport" is lively and clever, plicity, the philosophic dignity, and the beautiful appeals just the thing for such a sketch, while the "Lines on not only to our reason, but to the finer feelings of the Mrs. -" and the "Lines in an Album" should neither human heart, which abound in the writers of the golden of them have been admitted, because, if the author of age of English poetry, are not we trust, destined much the former was sufficiently given to scandal to write longer to be obscured by the dark, vicious, licentious them, he should not have been so impertinent as to puband labored misanthropy of Byron, or the light, volup-lish them-and the latter should never have been rifled tuous sensuality of Moore. We shall one day return from the album which it adorned. "General Warren," to nature and reason, and poetry will again become the is an article sufficiently readable and interesting, made handmaid of virtue. out of the little Boston book about his life. We were perfectly enchanted with the exquisite poetry of "The Friends of Man," and read each verse with higher pleasure than the last, until we came to the end, and then our wonder was at an end. "L. H. S." would form a solution to much higher pleasure than we received even from the beauty of these verses, and it gives us much gratification to see the starry light of that muse shining so gracefully and so brightly in this Southern hemisphere.

There is an air of independence about the criticisms, which is becoming in all who undertake to preside in the courts of literature. But we differ entirely from some of the principles adopted by the Messenger.Most especially do we denounce the assertion of Victor Hugo, quoted, as we understand it, with approbation by the critic, that Racine, Bossuet, Boileau, Pascal, Fenelon, La Fontaine, Corneille and Voltaire, would be but common writers, were it not for their " style." This is one of the new fangled French opinions fashionable in Paris, and in the true French spirit, places the ruffle before the shirt. It is an excresence of the musical mania prevailing in that quarter, and is founded on the superiority of sound over sense, and of the ears over the understanding. It is analogous to the taste of a fine lady, who thinks much more of the dress of a man than of the man himself. Such opinions distinctly mark the decline of literature in France, and we do not wonder that Monsieur Victor Hugo should be considered a prodigy, among a people who prefer sound to sense. But this is a trifling drawback on our general approbation. The sister States, and Virginia most especially, should encourage the Literary Messenger. If she does not from a love of literature, she should do it from a regard to her own honor, which cannot but be enhanced by having one of the best, if not the very best literary periodical in America.-[Ñ. York Courier and Enquirer.

Mrs. Sigourney is a poetess of exquisite, and yet truly feminine genius; in many respects, the Mrs. Hemans of the day, and in some even excelling her. "King Pest, the First" is told with spirit, and evinces talent though somewhat nonsensical towards the end. The "Letters from a Sister" preserve their vivacity and freshness; these are really as admirable specimens of epistolary description as we know any where. There is a sample of an interesting literary curiosity at all events, a new translation of Homer, by "the late William Munford," which, though it will not quite succeed in its ambitious design of supplanting Pope and Cowper, and, we suppose, Sotheby too, has some good, rough points about it.

We are very glad to find the Southern Literary Messenger receives such distinguished encouragement and success. It is ably and judiciously edited, and is supported by a series of correspondents, one and all of greater talent than are to be met with in any magazine of the country.-[Georgetown Metropolitan.

The Southern Literary Messenger, No. 13, Vol. 1.The entire volume of which this number forms the completion, is without an exception, (we do not forget the Our notice of the last number of the SOUTHERN LITEold Southern Review,) the most creditable to the litera-RARY MESSENGER, was necessarily very brief. We ture of the South of any thing which in the shape of a had but a glance at its pages, though we gathered in periodical, has yet emanated from it. In the multitude that glance much to interest and delight us. of pieces which it contains, there is an immense profu- cond volume will contain continuations of several most sion of talent, if we might so speak, and an amount of instructive and charming productions; and the work interesting and valuable reading scarcely to be met with will, therefore, doubtless retain most of its last year's in any other work of the same dimensions and charac-patrons, with an accession of hundreds, who, by this

ter we could mention.

Of the number before us, which still preserves the splendid mechanical appearance which has distinguished the series, (far superior to that of any other maga

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time, must be fully aware of its merits and high claims to general patronage. In addition to the extension of the admirable "Sketches of Tripoli," we shall have another, perhaps several numbers, of Professor Dew's

VOL. II.

T. W. WHITE, PROPRIETOR.

RICHMOND, DECEMBER, 1835.

PUBLISHER'S NOTICE. The gentleman, referred to in the ninth number of the Messenger, as filling its editorial chair, retired thence with the eleventh number; and the intellectual department of the paper is now under the conduct of the Proprietor, assisted by a gentleman of distinguished literary talents. Thus seconded, he is sanguine in the hope of rendering the second volume which the present number commences, at least as deserving of support as the former was: nay, if he reads aright the tokens which are given him of the future, it teems with even richer banquets for his readers, than they have hitherto enjoyed at his board.

Some of the contributors, whose effusions have re

ceived the largest share of praise from critics, and (what is better still) have been read with most pleasure by that larger, unsophisticated class, whom Sterne loved for reading, and being pleased "they knew not why, and care not wherefore"-may be expected to continue their favors. Among these, we hope to be pardoned for singling out the name of Mr. EDGAR A. POE; not with design to make any invidious distinction, but because such a mention of him finds numberless precedents in the journals on every side, which have rung the praises of his uniquely original vein of imagination, and of humorous, delicate satire. We wish that deco rum did not forbid our specifying other names also, which would afford ample guarantee for the fulfilment

of larger promises than ours: but it may not be; and of our other contributors, all we can say is-"by their fruits ye shall know them."

It is a part of our present plan, to insert all original communications as editorial; that is, simply to omit the words "For the Southern Literary Messenger" at the

head of such articles:-unless the contributor shall es

pecially desire to have that caption prefixed, or there be something which requires it in the nature of the article itself. Selected articles, of course, will bear some appropriate token of their origin.

With this brief salutation to patrons and readers, we gird up ourselves for entering upon the work of another year, with zeal and energy increased, by the recollection of kindness, and by the hopes of still greater suc

cess.

SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY

No. 1.

FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.

of Algiers, large quantities of grain on credit, for the subsistence of its armies in Italy, and the supply of the Southern Department where a great scarcity then prevailed. The creditors endeavored to have their claims on this account satisfied by the Directory, but that incapable and rapacious Government had neither the principle to admit, nor the ability to discharge such demands; every species of chicanery was in consequence employed by it in evading them, until the rupture with Turkey produced by the expedition to Egypt placing the Barbary States either really or apparently at war with the French Republic, a pretext was thus afforded for deferring their settlement indefinitely. Under the Consular regime however, a treaty of peace was concluded with Algiers on the 17th of December 1801, by the thirteenth article of which, the Government of each State engaged to cause payment to be made of all debts due by itself or its subjects to the Government or subjects of the other; the former political and commercial relations between the two countries were re-established, and the Dey restored to France the territories and privileges called the African Concessions, which had been seized by him on the breaking out of the war. This treaty was ratified by the Dey on the 5th of April 1802, and after examination of the claims on both sides, the French Governthe Jewish mercantile house of Bacri and Busnach of ment acknowledged itself debtor for a large amount to Algiers, as representing the African creditors. Of the sum thus acknowledged to be due, only a very small portion was paid, and the Dey Hadji Ali seeing no other means of obtaining the remainder, in 1809 seized upon the Concessions; they were however of little value to France at that time, when her flag was never seen in

the Mediterranean, and their confiscation. merely served as a pretext for withholding farther payment. In 1813, when the star of Napoleon began to wane, and he found it necessary to assume at least the appearance of honesty, he declared that measures would be taken for the adjustment of the Algerine claims; but he fell without redeeming his promise, and on the distribution of his spoils, the Jewish merchants had not interest enough to obtain their rightful portion, which amounted to fourteen millions of francs.

Upon the return of the Bourbons to the throne of France, the government of that country became desirous to renew its former intercourse with the Barbary States, and to regain its ancient establishments and privileges

AND PRESENT CONDITION OF TRIPOLI, WITH SOME AC-in their territories, which were considered important

COUNTS OF THE OTHER BARBARY STATES.

NO. IX.-(Continued.)

About this period commenced those differences between France and the Algerine Government, which led to the overthrow of the latter, and the establishment of the French in Northern Africa; the circumstances which occasioned the dispute were however of much older date.

Between 1793 and 1798 the French Government on several occasions obtained from the Dey and merchants

from political as well as commercial motives. For this purpose, M. Deval a person who was educated in the East and had been long attached to the French Embassy at Constantinople, was appointed Consul General of France in Barbary, and sent to Algiers with powers to negotiate. The first result of this mission, was a convention which has never been officially published; however in consequence of it the African Concessions were restored to France, together with the exclusive right of fishing for coral on the coasts in their vicinity VOL. II.-1

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