Critical Notices [pp. 242-280]

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dent, however, to know that they are all very good compendsabridgments, it is true, but ample enough for the general reader.
We have not collated them with the works of authority in regard
to the States; but take for granted that the writers hayc been
sufficiently observant of their details.
The rolitical Baeksliders of South- Uarolina. This pamphlet,
from the press of a publisher hitherto unknown among us-" Jonas
Pica, New-York "-is avowedly from the pen of Solomon Touchem.
It is a "Poem in Four Cantos," and is designed to put an end to
the leaders of the co-operation party, or a portion of them. How
Solomon Touchem touches them Up, may be seen ftom the passage
devoted to James Hamilton. We can't give all the passage; but
four lines, where they are so pungent, ought to suffice:
"With grief we view that gifted venal son
Of Carolina-J***s H*m**ton,
With glozing eloquence and periods bland,
Sowing dissension in his native land."
Or refusin~ to sow the good seed any longer. But, though seemingly a somewhat irreverent mode of speaking of great persons, we
are constrained to require, for the sake of melody, that James, in
the second line, be written Jemmy. The rhythm demands another
syllable. When we add that, after Hamilton, Solomon proceeds to
touch up, in like manner, Bishops Fuller and Capers, Judges Butler
and Withers, Lawyers Petigru, Perry, Pressley, Hayne, Memmin
ger, Moses, Chestnut, Aldrich, Torre, Owens; Honourables Hammond, Grayson, Aiken, Orr, Waddy Thompson, Santa Anna, and
Dr. Somebody-we know not who is meant-it will be seen that
there ought to be sore places about soft bodies, ia every district of
the State.
~avanagh's jifadeleine. A young female peasant, of a clear and
firm spirit, simple hearted, ingenuous and uninformed, suffers a disappointment in love, but does not complain, and, from that time,
devotes herself to offices of benevolence. With patience, industry,
a resolute will, and the most perfect faith in the providence and
mercy of God, she achieves wonders, and finally succeeds in the
great dream of her life, in the founding and erection of a hospital
for the poor, in her native village. This done-her work endedshe sinks from exhaustion, and dies without a struggle, leaving behind her the reputation of a saint. This is the whole story, sweet,
simple, highly touching, an~l admirably illustrating the wonderful
powers possessed by one who, with a single purpose in view, proceeds to its perf~rmance with a faith that never falters and an in