and Minor jointly. The Court decided that the contract of copartnership and verbal agreement between Owings and Minor, gave Owings an equitable lien on the merchandise, which over-reached the assignment to Karthaus.

of bringing to market the valuable coal from turn, Owings learning that Minor had abthe inexhaustible mines in Schuylkill Coun- sconded, altered the bills of lading and manity. If this coal possess all the good qualities fest so as to make the shipment to himself ascribed to it in the address, it will prove a treasure to our country. It is thus described: "This coal has little bitumen, it gives no disagreeable smell, it produces no more dust than a wood fire to soil furniture, it yields no perceivable smoke; of course houses, where it is used, cannot take fire from foul chimneys." The expense of fuel to supply the city of Philadelphia, annually, at present prices, is computed at a million and a half of dollars. The "Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Transporting Company," have opened their books for subscriptions to their capital stock.

During the time of the freshets this season a considerable quantity of lumber was transported from Hamilton, in the State of New York, and down the Allegany river to Pitts burgh. It is expected that this intercourse will continue, and that pot-ashes and gypsum will hereafter be supplied in large quantities by this route.

The expenses of the legislative and executive branches of the government of Pennsylvania amounted, for the year 1816, to 114,215 dollars 38 cents.

Married.] At Philadelphia, E. W. Du Val, Esq. of Washington, to miss Ellen Jones.

Died.] Capt. George Monk, aged 57. Mathew Harrison, Esq. 59. Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Chew, 22, only daughter of Chief Justice Tilghman,

MARYLAND.

A Society has been organized at Baltimore, similar to that in Washington, entitled the "American Society for colonizing the free people of colour of the United States."

It is stated that about eight hundred new buildings are going up in Baltimore this

year.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

the Representatives, the first blocks of which The marble for the pillars of the Hall of have arrived at Washington, is taken from a forty miles above the city. It has never bequarry on the bank of the Potomac, about tore been employed in architecture, and reis called breccia. It has the appearance of an sembles that sort of marble which, in Europe, aggregation of pebbles, different in size and colour, cemented together by some substance once liquid, but which has at length become hard as flint, and the whole mass is perfectly consolidated. It admits a very high polish. All the pillars are expected to be taken from the quarry this season. marble, by means of the canal which runs through the city, is landed near the capitol. This canal is every day multiplying the proofs of its utility, by draining the low tributing to the growth of the city. grounds, faciliating transportation, and con

VIRGINIA.

This

Married.] At Bedford, King George Coun ty, Major John Gibbons Stuart, to Miss Eliza Stith Fitzhugh.

The following decision, interesting to mer- In consequence of the late excessive rains, chants, has been made by the Court of Ap- it is stated, that the wheat in some parts of peals for the Western shore of Maryland. this state, particularly in Matthews, Glouces John Minor, of Baltimore, shipped a quanti- ter, and the adjoining counties, is likely to ty of merchandise on board the Eagle, for be injured by a disease called the scab. Čumana and a market, consigned to James Owings, the appellant, as Supercargo on board, and received bills of lading therefor. The day after, a contract of copartnership was made in writing between Minor and Owings, and also a verbal agreement that Owings should retain cargo and proceeds, until his advances and private debts due him from Minor, should be satisfied. None of the ship's papers were altered in consequence of the contract of copartnership. Soon after she sailed, also, Minor insured in his own name; and furthermore, upon an assignment of the papers Minor obtained a loan of Karthaus, the appellee, of his notes for 4,600 dollars. Shortly after, Minor absconded. Owings sold the cargo at Laguira, shipped a return cargo, and took bills of lading as on account and risk of Minor solely. On his re

He was a native of Ireland, but had resided Died.] At Norfolk, Conway Whittle, Esq. for the last 33 years of his life in Virginia. He was a man of liberal endowments, cultivated and hospitable; and died much lamented. At Petersburgh, Griffin Stith, Esq. Judge of the Norfolk district; a man of talent and an able magistrate.

NORTH-CAROLINA.

Though the corn-fields in the low lands of Brunswick and Bladen Counties, have suffered considerably from the heavy rains, yet the prospect of the season generally, and in regard to most kinds of grain, is uncommonly favourable.

ART. 14. MONTHLY CATALOGUE OF NEW PUBLICATIONS,
WITH CRITICAL REMARKS.

ALLA ROOKH, an Oriental Romance. his epic powers. The plan of it, though not By Thomas Moore. New-York, KIRK new, is unusual. Lalla Rookh, which is the & MERCEIN, VAN WINKLE & WILEY. 24mo. pp. 332.

them sat the youthful King, on the other the Princess was to be seated. Immediately on her entrance the Monarch rose and approached her. He took the hand of Lalla Rookh. She raised her fearful eyes screamed with surprise, and fainted at his feet. It was her Feramors!

Of the merits of the poems we shall speak, at this time, in very general terms, as we propose to make a critical review of them for another number. They contain great and glaring faults, and fewer but not less obvious beauties. There are in them passages of very powerful poetry, and others tamely prosaic. Many of the similes are new and beautiful. The versification is unequal, and some of the lines are most affectedly and ungracefully rugged. Mr Moore has failed most in the very particular in which he was expected to excel. The author, to avoid the edge of criticism, has put a number of foolish comments into the mouth of Fadladeen, whom he holds up as a very Zoilus, but among a multiplicity of va pid observations, there are some just strictures upon his performance, by which, if he had felt the force of them, he might have profited. Those who have not possessed themselves of the volume will, probably, be desirous of a specimen of the poet's manner. There is some difficulty in making a selection. In the following extract from the Light of the Haram,' there is great truth and delicacy of feeling.

uninteresting. In the reign of Aurungzebe, the monarch awaited his bride, she with dif the Mogul of India, Abdalla, King of the ficulty mounted the marble steps, covered Lesser Bucharia, having abdicated the throne with cloth of gold for her ascent. At the end in favour of his son, set out on a pilgrimage of the hall stood two thrones. On one of to the tomb of the Prophet, and stopped for a time at the imperial court, at Delhi, in his way. During this visit he negotiated the marriage of his son, in whose favour he had resigned his crown, with Lalla Rookh, the youngest daughter of the Emperor, whose transcendent beauty is set forth in all the gorgeousness of eastern description. It was arranged that the nuptials should be celebrated at Cashmere, where the young King was to meet his lovely bride. Lalla Rookh departed from Delhi, with all the pageantry and attendance due to her rank, under the escort of Fadladeen, Great Nazir or Chamberlain of the Haram, who in his own estimation, at least, was a perfect arbiter elegan tiarum, and peculiarly qualified for a station that demanded such profound knowledge of etiquette. He favours us in the course of his journey with frequent evidences of his censorial talents. Various are the amusements resorted to, at the different stages of this progress, to enliven the ennui of stately pomp. But the princess and the ladies in her train had become quite weary of the heartless diversions of which they were daily invited to partake, when it was recollected that there was among the attendants sent by the bride groom, a young poet of Cashmere, much cefebrated throughout that valley for his recitations. He is immediately summoned, notwithstanding the remonstrances of Fadla deen, and at the request of his fair auditors commences the wonderful history of "the Veiled Prophet of Khorassan." It is noted, however, that his appearance had already filled their fancies with favourable anticipations of his song. His name was Feramorz, in appearance about the age of Lalla Rookh, extremely beautiful in his person, and tasteful and recherché in his dress. This poem consists of three Cantos, and is followed by Paradise and the Peri,' in one Canto, 'The Fire-Worshippers,' in four Cantos, and the Light of the Haram,' in one Canto, all introduced, at intervals, to beguile the tediousness of the route. In the process of these recitals Lalla Rookh had become enamoured of the poet. This unhappy passion, which her plighted faith as well as her elevated rank precluded her from indulging, preyed upon her spirits and visibly impaired her health. She had now reached the vale of Cashmere, and prepared to renounce love and Feramorz for her duty and her husband. Dejected and pale the princess embarked on the lake, and was wafted towards the gardens of Shalimar. The barge entered the canal and passed under various saloons. On arriving at the last and most magnificent, where

Dissention between hearts that love!
Alas-how light a cause may move
Hearts that the world in vain has tried,
And sorrow but more closely tied;
That stood the storm, when waves were rough,
Yet in a sunny hour fall off,
Like ships, that have gone down at sea,
When heav'n was all tranquillity!
A something, light as air-a look,

A word unkind or wrongly taken-
Oh! love, that tempests never shook,

A

A breath, a touch like this has shaken.

And ruder words will soon rush in
To spread the breach that words begin;
And eyes forget the gentle ray
And voices lose the tone that shed
They wore in courtship's smiling day;
tenderness round all they said;
Till fast declining, one by one,
The sweetnesses of love are gone,
And hearts, so lately mingled, seem
Like broken clouds, or like the stream,
That smiling left the mountain's brow,

As though its waters ne'er could sever
Yet, ere it reach the plain below,

Breaks into floods, that part for ever!
Oh you, that have the charge of Love,

Keep him in rosy bondage bound,

As in the Fields of Bliss above

He sits, with flowrets fetter'd round ;*
Loose not a tie that round him clings,
Nor ever let him use his wings;
For ev'n an hour, a minute's flight,
Will rob the plumes of half their light.
Like that celestial bird,-whose nest

Is found beneath far Eastern skies,-
Whose wings, though radiant when at rest,
Lose all their glory when he flies !+

For the reason already assigned, we reserve the more particular remarks which the perusal of this work has suggested for a future notice of it.

We must express our gratification upon the perusal of this oration, not only on account of its positive merits, but because it forms such a striking and honourable exception to the character of the performances, which, at every return of our national jubilee, throng to the presses for publication. We are pleas ed both with the subject-matter of this oration, and the style in which it is written: the former is well selected, well digested and wise, and the latter is chaste and nerpure, vous. If we were to advance any objection to the style it would be, that there is sometimes so antiquated a turn of phrase, or choice of words, as to look a little like affectation, though we rather attribute it to the author's deep-felt dislike and horror of the tawdriness and extravagance so much in vogue. There is little danger that a man who thinks and writes like the author of this oration, should ever suffer his imagination to get the mastery over his judgment, and, therefore, we regret that he has been quite so severe with himself. There could not be wished a better occasion for the hopeful inculcation of good political and social principles, than is offered by the annual return of the day on which our fathers declared their country independent, and to prostitute it, as is too commonly done, to party recrimination, and the corruption of taste, is too serious a neglect of duty to be treated with lenity. It is not among the least recommendations of Mr. Channing's able and judicious * See the representation of the Eastern Cupid, pinioned closely round with wreaths of flowers, in Picart's Ceremonies Religieuses.

"Among the birds of Tonquin is a species of Goldfinch, which sings so melodiously that it is called the Celestial Bird. Its wings, when it is perched, appear variegated with beautiful colours, but when it dies they lose all their splendour."Grosier.

Narrative of a Journey in Egypt and the Country beyond the Cataracts. By Thomas Legh, Esq. M. P. Philadelphia, MOSES THO MAS. New-York, KIRK & MERCEIN. 8vo. pp. 203.

This is an interesting volume. Mr. Legh has given in plain, direct language, a summary account of a journey performed in Egypt and Nubia in 1812-13. His route has conducted him into a country of which we all feel a curiosity to learn something, and the only regret we feel in closing this volume is that the author has not imparted more information on the subjects that came under his observation. His apprehension of prolixity bas rendered him too brief. This is a rare fault lisher in this country (Mr. Thomas) seems, with modern travellers. The original pubhowever, to have no diffidence in charging a ate to what it might have contained than price upon the publication more proportionto its actual contents. E.

A Sketch of the Public Life of the Duke of Otranto. Philadelphia, M. CAREY & SON. 12mo. pp. New-York, Kirk & MERCEIN. 172.

The above is all that the title-page of this volume sets forth. We learn from the perusal of the work, however, that it is not the memoir on which it is understood Fouché has himself been employed for some time past, and which the public have been led to expect at his hands. When, where, or by whom it was written, we cannot make out. But as it contains a preface by the German editor,' it is reasonable to conclude, that it has, at some time, gone through an edition in Germany. This preface is written in an affected, obscure, mock-diplomatic style, traces of which are discoverable throughout the book. For aught we know, and we are half inclined to suspect it, this work may be from the manufactory which produced the Manuscript from St. Helena,' though, unless the letters ascribed to Fouché be fabrications, it is executed with less ability. As to the authenticity of these we have no means of judging but what they themselves afford. They are certainly well draughted papers, deal of that kind of forethought that usually but to our apprehension they discover a great comes afterwards. There are some circumstances, however, besides the German editor's' assurance of his authority to publish these le tters, that induce us to believe sible th at the work may have come out with Fouche's privity. It will serve very well as an avent courier to his narrative, and is cal

pos