loved to ornament with his own hand, in the 'Rockland Cemetery:' and with him, as with the child, 'it is well! 'SECRETARY MARCY,' (said a certain Member of Congress who shall be nameless, to a certain correspondent of ours who is nameless,) is not only a distinguished statesman, but he loves humor, and is himself a wag of the first water. I had occasion to prefer a request to him for the appointment of a learned gentleman in some home or foreign office in his department. One after another the gentleman's credentials were opened: one setting forth his knowledge of Hebrew, another of Greek, a third of Latin, and so on, as letter after letter was examined, down to a perfect knowledge of all the modern languages. 'A most extra-or-dinary man!' said the Secretary, looking up from under his great shaggy, beetling eye-brows, and shoving up his spectacles upon his high, broad forehead: 'Why, Sir, that man must have graduated at the Tower of Babel!" That was an old linguist! WE recollect being asked, on one occasion, several months ago, the following question: 'I see in your last number a notice of N. Dodge's Anti-choking Arch Valve Pump-Boxes: Do you consider this a literary subject?' To which query, knowing how long and with how much patience this great and simple improvement had been wrought out, we replied: 'It may not be literary, but it is humane.' And now we see that it is so. Captains of the first ships that go out of our port testify to their perfect working: delivering, at all times, even in the most fearful gales, grain, chips, coal, dirt, etc., that would have choked any ordinary pump. Captains of our best ships, on voyages from New-York to Califernia, Callao, Liverpool, Calcutta, etc., and back, attest in the strongest terms the preeminent superiority of these pump-boxes. The New-York Board of Underwriters, by a unanimous resolution, express the same op in ion. The pumps gave out,' will be heard no more, in accounts of marine disasters, in any vessel in which N. DODGE's very powerful' Anti-choking Arch Valves' are employed. 'You asked recently,' says an Orange county correspondent, whether, after all, Law wasn't an exact science?' In order to show you that you are quite right, I vouch for the following: Some two or three years ago, a vagabond Indian was arrested and imprisoned, to await his trial for the murder of one of his companions. His case was brought up in the United States District Court at Detroit, and on the trial it was proved most distinctly, that the prisoner was guilty; but it was deemed doubtful whether the murder was committed within or over the border of the Reservation: whereupon the question arose: 'Which power had a right to try the prisoner? - the State, or the United States Court?' As the matter could not be satisfactorily determined, rather than try him in the wrong court, they liberated him: and for aught I know to the contrary, he is still free!' WHAT a rich harvest of goodness and worth has been gathered from our midst into the garner of DEATH since our last number was issued! JOSEPH MCKEEN and JOSEPH CURTIS, kindred in their devotion to the great cause of education, sleep in their honored graves. The tongue of the eloquent OGDEN HOFFMAN is mute, and the eye whose glance could light up an assembly as by a flash, is dimmed for ever. ROBERT KELLY, the fine scholar, the accomplished gentleman, the benevolent

And

public benefactor- he too is no more. All of these, with the exception of
the first named, we knew well. Who that heard it can forget the eulogy
which Mr. KELLY pronounced before the 'Century' upon the late DANIEL
SEYMOUR? They were kindred spirits in life; and now 'in death they are
not divided.' Ah! reader: 'DEATH is continually walking the rounds of a
great city, and sooner or later, stops at every man's door!' Is it not wise
often to think on these things?' - - - We have received another admirable
'Letter from the Lake Shore,' from our charming correspondent, J. K. L.,'
which was only just a little too late for our present number. It will appear
in our next. Apropos of this gifted and accomplished lady: we desire to call
the attention of such of our town-readers as may drop in to see us at our
publication-office, APPLETON'S Building, to step up-stairs, 'first floor from the
roof,' to Mr. JEROME THOMPSON's studio, and examine an exquisite female
head, which he has just completed. It is most gracefully-disposed, and the
coloring is in Mr. THOMPSON's very best manner. A little low-crowned,
jaunty, 'love-of-a' gipsy straw-hat, from which flaunts a light waving
plume, transparently shades the fair forehead, arched brows, and deep, dark-
blue (by our Lady, they might be hazel!) eyes, leaving the correspondingly-
beautiful features below bathed in a subdued and pleasant light. It is a pic-
ture which, even as a fancy-sketch, would delight a Paris print publisher.
We have not said of whom it was a portrait, observe, for that might be a
liberty; but we may say, that the picture is not less free and graceful than
the writings of its fair subject. 'Now do you know?' We commend it to
the attention of Mr. D'AVIGNON, the accomplished artist upon stone, as a
most attractive picture to be added to his popular lithographs. He could
not possibly do a better thing.
WE find nothing to laugh at in
the lines appended to a newspaper obituary notice of a little boy, sent us
from Princeton, New-Jersey. The few errors of spelling are trivial; but the
sad thought of the father, that he should 'hear no more upon the stairs' the
'tiny feet' of his little boy, nor the gentle rap of his small hand upon the
door, is not a subject (we submit) to be made sport of. We have said as
much once or twice heretofore.
A YEAR or so ago, while the
Olean Air-line, Wide-gauge Rail-road, was in contemplation, an old Dutch
farmer, residing near Galleon, Ohio, visited Bucyrus, and driving up to the
hotel where he usually got his 'beverages' when in town, he was saluted
by the hotel-keeper with: 'Good morning, neighbor: what's the news?'
'Oh! goot newsh, goot newsh for Galleon yet!' said the old Dutchman.
'Ah?-what is it?' asked BONIFACE. 'Oh!' replied the old 'Deitscher,'
'we're a-goin' to hav der Julyaun Rail-rodt, Air-tight line, mit a six foot
gouge!' Is the size of that gouge out of character for rail-roads generally?'
Not for some of them it is n't, at any rate.
'Do you know,' writes

Meister KARL, 'who wrote that wild and wondrous 'Song of the Cholera,'
beginning:

'BREATHLESS the course of the Pale White Horse,
Bearing the ghastly form,' etc ?'*

We do not; yet we remember well the stirring lines.

Apropos of the cho

1era: let us hope that, should it travel hitherward this summer, as is pre

dicted, we may be better prepared for it than we are now.

Our streets are

in a sad condition to welcome such an awful visitant. Citizen GENIN should have been made Mayor or Street-Commissioner. His indefatigable perseverance and indomitable energy, already so effectually exhibited, would have given us cleaner streets, and averted pestilence. It will be his turn hereafter, or we shall 'lose our guess.' - - 'I HEARD two 'nanekdoats' yesterday, which tickled me. Mayhap they have n't met your eye. A little girl, five years old, asked a younger sister to spell 'cat.' 'I can't do it,' she replied. Well, then,' said the elder, 'spell kitten!' — A Frenchman was tried for murdering his father and mother under very revolting circumstances; was found guilty; and finally brought up for sentence. The judge put the usual question, preliminary to sentence: 'Have you any thing to say?' etc. 'No, your honor,' was the reply; 'but I hope your honor will have mercy on a POOR ORPHAN!' Isn't that slightly cool, considering what it was that made him a 'poor orphan?" Good for (and from) 'BOB!' Let us hear from him again. The Rockland County Female Institute, of which we have heretofore spoken, situated on a commanding eminence near the pleasant village of Nyack, is now completed. It has elected a President, and all the departments are approvingly filled. The course of instruction will be thorough. There will be three terms, of thirteen weeks each, per year. The Institute it is expected will be opened about the sixteenth of the present month. WILL some of our correspondents, who are 'great on grammar,' please to peruse, parse, and enjoy the following advertisement? It is authentic:

Notice: City Marshal.

THE undersigned having been induced and led to the conclusion by his friends and connections, that it would be more beneficial to attend to his present occupation, and refrain from the present pursuance. So, therefore, at their request, I do exonerate and resign from the following proceding; and wish Mr. HURLY a fair and successful pursuance, notwithstanding any favor I can do him, he is welcome to it in behalf of the present proceeding, if required. Yours,

Dubuque, March 14, 1856.

MICHAEL J. CONSIDINE.

MICHAEL, it seems, was a candidate for the office of Marshal, but concluded to withdraw his name: and the above is his method of acquainting the public with the fact. He would have made a 'grand' Marshal, would n't he? His friends were quite right in giving his ambition a 'home-direction.' He had better continue his 'present pursuance.' - - IT would almost seem impossible for us ever to rer ember, until we are informed of it, when it is too late, that we are closing volume of the KNICKERBOCKER; a circumstance which always clips us out of four pages of fine-type matter. Now, here we are with the first half of the last form made up, when there comes us word: 'Remember that the title-page, copy-right, and index, are added this time.' And it is indeed so; so that we may send down to our friend SOMERVILLE, (that prince of tasteful New-York book-binders,) the complete numbers of the Forty-Seventh volume of the KNICKERBOCKER! 'How old TEMPUS do fugit!' as the editor of the 'Bunkumville Flagstaff' would say. It may perhaps seem to our readers that our Literary Notices, with their attendant

extracts, are quite voluminous enough as it is: yet in the omitted pages are notices of very many of the following works, not a few of which were found worthy of warm commendation: Mrs. HEBER'S Memoirs of Bishop Heber: Two New Volumes by DE QUINCY: APPLETON'S Cyclopædia of Biography: EWBANKS' 'Life in Brazil:' Madame PFEIFFER'S Second Voyage round the World: DE WETT'S 'Human Life,' etc.: Wan-Bun, or Early Days in the North-West: 'Berenice:' 'Poems by the Hermit of St. Eirene:' DERBY'S Catholic Letters: BROUGHAM'S 'Irish Echoes:' 'Rachel Gray:''Ladies' Guide to Gentility:' 'The Second Marriage:' KINGSLEY'S Poems: WHITTIER'S 'Panorama, and Other Poems: ' DORR'S 'Notes of Travel in the East:' SUMNER'S Addresses and Speeches: 'ABBIE NOTT, and Other Knots:' 'The Angel in the House,' etc.

THE following publications have been received: Hon. HORATIO SEYMOUR'S clearly-written, excellent, and comprehensive 'Lecture on the Topography and History of New-York: 'The North-American Review' for April: 'The Princeton Review and Repertory' for April: 'New-York State Library Report:' BILLINGS' 'Address before the San-Francisco Orphan Asylum,' (admirably written, and most tastefully printed :) Virginia Quarterly LawJournal' for April: The 'American Journal of Education,' (most ably edited by HENRY BARNARD, LL.D., and now published bi-monthly at Hartford, Conn.:) The Illinois Teacher' for April: DICKENS' 'Household Words: ' 'Oration and Poem before the Delta Kappa Epsilon' at Washington City : SPALDING'S 'Address before the Pittsfield Young Ladies' Institute :''Sketches of the City of Detroit, Past and Present:' HALSTED's 'Demon of the Age:' with some other brief publications, of which we cannot take present notice.

FINE ARTS. It has been our purpose for some time past to call the attention of our readers to the improvements in 'sun-pictures,' constantly being introduced by BRADY at his splendid National Gallery, No. 359 Broadway. He is constantly producing pictures which possess every quality that constitutes works of high art. Bringing to bear all the facilities of chemistry, the choicest materials, the most scientifically-constructed ' operating rooms,' Mr. BRADY throws over the whole the charm that grows out of a highly-cultivated mind, enlightened by an intimate acquaintance with, and the sympathy of, the best artists of the country, and the most careful study of art associations in Europe. The consequence is, that a sitter to Mr. BRADY Secures not only the best possible picture, so far as mechanism and choice materials are concerned, but also is disposed of in the picture, in the attitude and style best calculated to give a favorable likeness, and secure in the general design a perfect daguerreotype. To such an extent has this gentleman brought this indescribable charm, that recently many of his single figures and groups of figures have been engraved, and elicited enthusiastic commendation for their masterly disposition, seeming to have been copied from carefully-studied paintings rather than from creations of 'instant art.' Under his new style of Ambrotypes, which he has brought to unrivalled perfection, his triumphs are perhaps more extraordinary than even those achieved upon the metal plates. Under all circumstances, our citizens and visitors to our city from abroad, lose a rare intellectual treat if they do not visit Mr. BRADY'S gallery, and witness for themselves the many attractions which adorn his walls. To this gentleman the nation is indebted for his magnificent conception of a National Gallery,' which has secured to the present and future generations, correct likenesses of our heroes, authors, artists, statesmen, merchants, clergymen, and

others in whom the country take an interest; and the gallery alone, without any of the other multiplied attractions, is well worthy of the attention of all who take an interest in the advancement of whatever adorns our country, and elevates its intellectual character.

New Publications: Art-Notices, Etc.

LOSSING'S NATIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, with the 'Lives of the PRESIDENTS,' by the late EDWIN WILLIAMS, is a very valuable work, published by Mr. EDWARD WALKER, of which Mr. CHARLES T. EVANS is the General Agent. All who have read Mr. LOSSING's great work, the Field-Book of the Revolution,' (volumes of great value, which will constantly increase,) will have no cause to doubt the faithfulness with which his task has been performed. Few Americans but will know, that Mr. WILLIAMS was equally reliable as a collector and investigator of historical facts. Mr. LOSSING has furnished ‘a rapid sketch of the history of the colonies prior to the Revolution, and a copious and well-digested narrative of the War of Independence. His contributions to the work also embrace an account of the great national establishments, including the public buildings at Washington, the Military Academy at West-Point, and the various custom-houses, mints, navy-yards, and forts of the United States. The 'Lives of the PRESIDENTS' from the adoption of the Federal Constitution to the present time are given by Mr. WILLIAMS, together with a great variety of historical and statistical documents, embodying much valuable information for the student of American politics. The work is illustrated by numerous engravings, representing scenes of historical interest, and several public establishments, with the portraits of the different PRESIDENTS. We know of no single work which comprises so great an amount of historical materials concerning the United States as is crowded into these volumes.'

"THE ATTACHE IN MADRID.' This book, from the APPLETONS, presents a vivid picture of Spain and the Spaniards: "The author possesses the necessary qualifications for the production of such a work. The Spaniards are a proud people; proud of their country and history; proud of their traditions and poetry; proud of their old romances and chivalry; proud of their churches and their religion; and proud of their manners and habits. With such a nation the Attaché could feel a deep and sincere sympathy. He was not so materialistic as to be haunted by the ghost of a ten-cent piece in the Palace of the Escurial. He saw every thing, from the private levee to the public bull-fight; from the moon-light dance of Manolas to the regal balls of the Duchess D'ALVA; from the needle-work of the Spanish maiden to the glorious paintings of TITIAN, VELASQUEZ, and MURILLO: and he has put upon paper all that was worthy of record, which came under his notice. But this is not all. He has given us a kind of political history of modern Spain. His book will make Spanish politics, and Spanish partisanship, as familiar to the American reader as the conchology of his own 'Hards' and 'Softs.' The account given of M. SOULE's diplomacy, of his heroism, is not the least interesting chapter in the work; and the description of the Revolution of 1848, and of the flight of Queen CHRISTINA and of the San Luis Cabinet, is graphic, instructive, and interesting. It is evident that the relations of the author at the Spanish Court were at once delicate and intimate.'

MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. We are not critics after the manner of those who discuss alto, soprano, and every gradation of sound, from crotchets to the sixteenth part of a demi-semi-quaver; but we know the music we love, and we have some appreciation of the wondrous execution of those whose fingers dash over the keys like lightning over the forest-tops. If we had any idea of learning to play, we should give it up, after seeing GOTTSCHALK, to say nothing of hearing him. We should think it would eradicate