Attempts have been recently made to remove | necting Boston with Montreal and Quebec. A the seat of government from Boston, and leave the beautiful State-House in the Common to be appropriated to some other purpose of general utility. Last February it was ordered, in the House of Representatives, that a joint special committee be raised to consider the matter. The Senate agreed; and the report was in favor of removal. A series of amendments and discussions followed, which resulted in the failure of the resolve to obtain the assent of the Legislature. The discussion will be brought on again, and it is not improbable that the seat of government will be shortly found somewhere in the neighborhood of Woreester. message can be transmitted from the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Mississippi in a couple of hours! The remains of a mastodon were lately discovered in Sussex county, N. J. They comprised a tusk ten feet long, teeth ten inches long and weighing seven pounds each, and a fore-leg measuring three feet six inches from the fetlock to the knee. Indian traditions say that the Delaware was formerly haunted by these lacustrine enormities, and that, after a time, they went westward. Their bones are often found in Ohio. The old stories of dragons, hydras, unicorns, and so forth, may, after Rejoicings have been lately made for the open-all, have had their foundation in the traditionary ing of the Hudson River Railroad to Albany, which brings that city and New-York within three hours and a half of each other. Preparations are made to receive Kossuth with an enthusiasm second only to that which greeted Lafayette in 1823. A subscription to raise $100,000 wherewith to present him has been spoken of, but as yet it proceeds rather slowly among the general population. The Germans will doubtless contribute con amore, but the only liberality of the rest of the community has been, as yet, exhibited by two traders, who naturally desire to make their very large and handsome gifts serve as a means of advertisement. Mr. Genin, the famous hatter, publicly offers $1,000, and Anderson, the Wizard, offers the produce of one of his necromantic noctes. These are excellent and praiseworthy offers; but they prove how intimately the spirit of trade and commerce interpenetrates the mass of our wealthy community. It is a good sign when motives of trade lead men to the performance of good and generous actions. Father Mathew has lately been in New-York for a few weeks, preparatory to his setting out for Europe. This distinguished philanthropist has administered the pledge to a vast number of his countrymen in these States, and thereby conferred a large benefit not alone upon the recipients but upon society at large. The Hon. Henry Clay has suggested that a subscription be made to compensate the Rev. gentleman in some way for his great services, and commenced it himself. Father Mathew is a very poor man and a very good man; but we are of opinion that if, instead of the virtue of an apostle, he had but a larynx capable of running up a couple of octaves or more, he would have a better charce of putting a small modicum of dust into his friar's wallet. A telegraph line is at present in operation con facts of remote generations. The Council of New-Orleans lately petitioned to have a navy-yard erected at that port; but the Secretary of the Navy says he thinks the service does not require any additional yards just now. Major Tochman, the Polish patriot, has communicated to the press at Washington the address of Louis Kossuth to the United States of America. This address was written at Broussa, in Asia Minor, in March, 1850, and was in the hands of Major Tochman since February of this year. It was withheld, very naturally, till the liberation of Kossuth had been determined on. It is an eloquent spirit-stirring affair-full of all the most noble and elevating sentiments of liberty. In it he appeals to Americans as judges in the high court of Human Freedom-the highest court of appeal in the world; and sets forth all his aspirations and policy in the attempt to liberate Hungary. He says Hungary is not yet conquered; that he is still Governor of that nation; and, in a strain of fervent prophecy, he looks forward to a rising of the Hungarians and other nations, which will yet break the power of the despots in pieces. The style of Kossuth is highly impassioned and poetical, such as best appeals to men engaged in lofty and desperate courses; but it is clear and vigorous, and overruled by a sound and steady judgment. Kossuth intends to leave his wife and children in England. This shows that his heart is in Europe, and that he will not stay long in America. His heart is in Hungary; and it is not improbable that he will soon take up his abode in London, and thence watch and excite as much as possible the chances of revolution on the continent of Europe. Freedom's struggles are not yet over there. Indeed, it is probable that the bloodiest are about to begin. Several French families have gone across to the English island of Jersey, fearing some outbreak in France. NOTE TO PORTRAIT OF GENERAL COOMBS. We hoped to have been able to give, with the portrait of GENERAL LESLIE COOMBS, a biographical sketch; but we have been disappointed, not receiving it in time for the present number. It will be an exceedingly interesting narrative, and we hope to give it in the next issue. CRITICAL NOTICES. History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac and the This is a truly valuable contribution to our historical literature. It is a work of great original research into a "strange eventful history," prosecuted with unwearied industry among the buried archives of governments, and through obscure private records of adventure; and when we add to this, that the author, in order that nothing might be wanting to a conscientious performance of his task, spent much time by the camp fires and in the canoes of the people who are the principal subjects of his work, that their character and habits might be more effectually studied, we have indicated a book which should at least attract the attention of all intelligent readers. It will be found worthy of a place by the side of the famous histories of Mr. Prescott. Admirable in manner, and profoundly interesting in the matter of it, no library should be without it. The Captains of the Old World, as compared with of the nation down to the present time. The authoress, with great tact and admirable cleanes of style, presents in a succinct form the principl facts in the lives of these personages, illustrating their character and actions without tediousness or circumlocution. She has made a book bon interesting and instructive. Naval Life; or, Observations both Afloat and Sketches of the lives and adventures of sailarn are probably, as a class, the most readable of books. This one is exceedingly so, and will wel repay perusal. Lieutenant Lv Lynch is well known the reading public by his narrative of the explana tion of the Dead Sea. The Ladies of the Covenant: Memoirs of Distin guished Female Characters, embracing the period of the Covenant and the Persecution. Br Rev. JAMES ANDERSON. New-York: J. S. Redfield If the times, in Scotland, of which this volume treats were literally those which tried men's sotus these most interesting and instructive memoirs will interesting show that for heroism, fortitude, and self-sacrificing sex were no less worthy of the crown of glory than their illustrious fathers, brothers and husbands. the great Modern Strategists; their Campaigns, devotion to their faith and their duty, the gentler Characters, and Conduct; from the Persian to the Punic Wars. By HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT. New-York: Charles Scribner. Although this is a work intended for popular Watching Spirits. By Mrs. ELLET. New-York: circulation, it is a laborious and a learned one. The subject will necessarily commend it to the general attention of the public; and when it is observed that the author has gone to the original sources for the information necessary to his design, it will be considered a work of excellent authority on the subjects of which it treats. We hope that the success of the present volume will encourage Mr. Herbert to carry out his intention of giving us others on "the Captains of Rome, the Captains of the Eastern Empire, the Captains of the Barbarians, the Captains of the Middle Ages, and the Statesmen and Orators of each of these periods in succession." Such a series of works would be a most interesting and valuable addition to our literature, executed by a gentleman of such learning and taste. The volume before us is very elegantly gotten up by the enterprising publisher, and is illustrated by designs of the author's own drawing. The "Onset of Numidian Horse" is exceedingly spirited. Charles Scribner. 1851. Mrs. Ellet, in this elegant little work, has entered a new field. Her graceful pen could have found no more fitting one. She has divided her subject in the following manner: "Watching Spirits: "The Ministry of Angels;" "The Lessoning of Angels;" "Elect Angels, or Angelic Relations to the Work of Christ;" " Departed Spirits;" "Apos tate Spirits." The book is elegantly printed, and iliustrated by fine engravings from pictures by the old masters. Margaret; a Tale of the Real and the Ideal, de. By the Author of "Philo" and "Richard Edney and the Governor's Family." Boston: Phil lips, Sampson & Co. A revised edition of this remarkable book. Those who have not read it will be surprised at the remarkable genius displayed by the author. Primitive New-England scenes and characters drawn with singular vividness and individuality; at least, if not in accordance with our preconceived ideas of them, are formed by the author into the most matter-of-fact background of a canvas whereon are displayed the loveliest ideals of his fancy, and through which he causes to gleam fitfully, and sometimes with an uncertain radiance, flashes of poetry, moral teachings, and religious thoughts wonderful for their boldness and power. : Episodes of Insect Life. By ACHETA DOMES- of that kind of imagination and ingenuity which so TICA. Third Series. New-York: J. S. Redfield. attracts boys in the original Gulliver. 1851. This volume completes the series of this beautiful, instructive and entertaining work. Having already expressed our opinion of its merits, we need only say that it is carried through by the author with the same spirit and vivacity, and that Mr. Redfield has accomplished his idea to make it one of the most elegant series of volumes that has ever been issued from the American press. Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld. Newly Translated from the French, with an Introduction and Notes; to which are added Moral Sentences and Maxims of Stanislaus, King of Poland. New-York: William Gowans. These world-famous maxims, so often quoted and referred to, could not have fallen into better hands for a new edition of them than Mr. Gowans'. The maxims of Rochefoucauld for shrewdness, worldly wisdom, and point of expression, are unsurpassed; not wholesome, however, in themselves, but requiring just such illustrations and modifications from other writers as the publisher has introduced. A very complete catalogue of books of maxims is introduced at the end of the volume, which adds to its value. The work is gotten up in very admirable style. The Fall of Poland: containing an Analytical and a Philosophical Account of the Causes which Conspired in the Ruin of that Nation, together with a History of the Country from its Origin. By L. C. SAXTON. New-York: Charles Scribner. 1851. This is certainly a work executed with great labor. There seems to be no subject that could by any possibility be supposed to be connected with the history of this unfortunate nation but what is elaborately discussed by the author; morality, literature, political theories and religion, every thing, is brought in. We trust the zeal and industry of the author will be rewarded by communicating to a large and appreciative audience the stores of knowledge he has so laboriously wrought up for their benefit, that he may be rewarded for his good intentions. Gulliver Joi: his Three Voyages. The Young Emigrant; The Boy and the Book; Madeline Tube and Crystal Palace. Uncle Frank's Home Stories. Three new volurnes. NewYork: Charles Scribner. These fine little volumes we can highly commend, both for their attractive form and beautiful illustrations, as well as for the admirable manner in which are blended interest and instruction for the juveniles, in their pages. The first named is full A Class Book of Chemistry, in which the Principles of the Science are familiarly explained and applied to the Arts, Agriculture, Physiology, Dietetics, Ventilation, and the most important Phenomena of Nature. For Schools and Popular Reading. By EDWARD L. YOUMANS. New-York: D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway. In our opinion this is the best, most practical and useful manual of chemistry that has been published. Most clear and concise in its arrangement, there are none who will not find it a most valuable addition to their useful books. 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