The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 6, February, 1835

Of one thing we are sure. Whoever attempted it must have failed. All such attempts must end in failure. The eulogies on Washington were all failures. Those on Adams and Jefferso...

For nearly three months Mr. and Mrs. North were scarcely at L---- for more than a week at a time; and the cold winds and bad roads of November, alone led them to settle quietly...

That Eaton far exceeded the limits of his commission in making the United States a party to this treaty, a slight review of his powers will serve easily to show. Diplomatic powe...

If you become physicians, without something more than the mere nominal worldy belief in the general utility of moral and religious principles, you will have nothing but the very...

The _Plaza Mayor_ is the principal open square in the centre of the city. On the northern side of it is the cathedral; the government house, formerly the vice regal palace, occu...

Now all this is doubtless very pretty, and very imposing! It has, however, I acknowledge, some small mixture of truth in it; and if it were offered merely by way of apology for...

We promised to present in our present number a more detailed account of the proceedings of the late anniversary meeting of this valuable institution, which we trust is destined...

Not a question, I pray you! about the journey from Rouen hither. I can only tell you that we chose the lower route; that the prospects were lovely, and the diligence rolled rapi...

Mr. Thomas Burnet was a man of genius and taste, a learned divine and a philosopher; but he suffered his imagination to take the lead of his judgment. He was the friend and obje...

Partial attempts were however made on the 28th of May and the first three days of June, which were unsuccessful. On the 7th Hadgi Ismain Bey, commander of the Tripoline cavalry,...

Who reads an American book? was tauntingly asked some years since, by the Edinburg or Quarterly Review,--we do not recollect which,--nor is it important to know. For the present...

Our city has lately been favored with a short visit from this celebrated lady, who has distinguished herself so much by her Illustrations of Political Economy, and other popular...

Mrs. Lawrence called to see the "deserted baby" as she called him, the next day after her return to L----, and continued to do so, once or twice a week, until the return of his...

The _natural_ course of these establishments, then, seems to be _down the stream of vice_. Great exertions may enable them to resist, nay to surmount and ascend the current; but...

The proximity of the coal mines to Richmond, constitutes that mineral a valuable article of commerce. Besides the quantity brought down the canal, there were more than 2,000,000...

Mr. Adams's style is any thing but felicitous. He has not the art of gliding gracefully on from topic to topic. His digressions are abrupt, untimely and rectangular; his allusio...

Literary institutions may bring to the utmost possible degree of perfection the methods of acquiring all languages, arts and sciences--they may invent matchless ways of making a...

'"She bribed me to do my duty, and hence my duty could only be done under the stimulating promise of a reward. She taught me that God was superior to all, and that he required o...

We have given the communication of "_Spectator_" the disposition which he suggested, in case of its exclusion from our columns. It is due to the writer to state, that we lament...