406. ‘NEW_-YORK AMERICAN. \: JUNE 16, 1s, 19, 20, 21, 2-24-1332. Lrrrzaaav NOTICES. l 'l‘1-11-1 Azurcarcm Qeaaraanv Review, No. XXII. ' iI‘hile.delphia, Carey & Lea.——-This isa good num- ber. Those who think it indispensable that.an Apxerican Review should only or mainly treat of A- merican topics, will consider it a very, good number,——for of the nine articles it contains, all but two are dmncstlc subjects. Art. I, on "the public domain,” discusses in ahriof and popular man. ,, _}y_:'r_‘_r_l;e title of the federal government in this do- _ of mutual wants, holding’ us to that region by the Atpresent, the indissoluble tieof mutual interest. passage of the mountains, formerly estimated by the Atlantic people something like an India voyage, andlnot without its ‘dangers, as well as its diliicul- ties,’ is no more than a trip of pleasure of two or three days. VVe shall soon be able to sail,‘ at the writing desk, or asleep, from New‘ Orleans, Fort Mandan, or Prairie du Chiengthrough the interior forests to the beautiful ‘bay of New York. The time is not distant, when the traveled citizen of the other side the mountains will not be willing to admit, that he has not taken an’ autumnal or vcrna trip of pleasure, or observation, from Pittsburg to New Orleans. The landscape painter and the poet. willcorne among us to study and admire our forest. main, andexamines an regec s prupum-u--' the Secr_ctary_ot' the Treasury, for the division, af. tor the payment of the debt, of the public lands a- mong the several states. It is a sound article, right in its roasonings and right in its conclusions. Art. II is devoted to “Flint’s history and geography of the Mississippi Valley,” and deservedly extols that work, not the least among the valuable products of the teeming VVest. It has reached a second edi- tion, and it will, we may hope. becomfi be‘-181' lm0WI1 on our Atlantic border by the discriminating notice ' taken of it in this Review. To those unacquaiuted with Mr. Flint’s style we offer thefollowing extract as a. favorable specimen, and ‘as presenting at“the same time a bright and cheering picture ofthe future prospects oi‘ the great country he is describing-— tho Mississippi Valley: _ M From the general fertility of the soil, and the ..1...mIn..ma with which it yields all the supplies of life; from the comparative Iturcnoss and small pro- portion of stcril, mountainous and , marshy lands, that cannot be easily brought into cultivation; no thinking mind can have failed to foresee, that this country must and will ultimately sustain agreat and .d,msg population offarmers. Takinginto view soil, , climate, and tlie.meap§ of easy communication, the rnosr. material and nature . . . . calculate, in regard to return increase of population, and no country can be found which invites increase‘ more strongly than ours. In halfa century, the set. tlccl parts ofit will, probably, have become as healthy ..p-av" .. Inulu from contemplating the of our nature. For us, as a people, we look over the mountains, and connect our affections with the parent country beyond, by the strong ties of natal attachment; for there, to the passing generation at least, was the place of their birth. There still live our fathers and our brethren. There are the graves of our an- cestors; and,-there are all the delightful and never forgotten remcmbrances of our infancy and our boyhood. VVo have hitherto been connected to that country by looking to itexclusively for fash- ions. models and liter_ature.., The connexion. will remain, not as we hope, a slavish one; for,duty,in- terest. and self-respect irsperiously call uponus to set up,‘for ourselves, in these respects, as fast as possible‘. But as younger members of the family, thrust into the woods, to give place to those who had the rights of primogeniturc, and obliged to find our subsistence by cutting down the trees, we J, A- grandeur and the freshness anything beyond the calls of necessity, and the cal. culation of immediate interest and utility. As soon as ‘we have the leisure for higher purposes, we shall be unworthy of our family alliance, if we do not im- mediately institute a friendly‘ rivalry in these re- upects, which will be equally honorable and useful for each of the parties. We know our rights, and we are able to maintain them ' l thelittle . .7 . B a. cauaeless and fretful jealousy. There must lie a_ real, palpableiandcontinued purpose toundervalue us, and “curtail our rights, and arrest our advance. ment and prosperity, before we "would allow our. us any other country. In that lapse oftime. it can selves to remember our great chain of‘ mountains, have as yet had but little leisure to think of hardly be sanguine to calculzite, that by improving and our world by itself. Our patriotism has been the navigaticiu elf theuezbistingirxvers, lay éhc numer. tampered with, more than once, even. in our infancy. ous canals whic .w1 _ a mate, in an 0 what. mi. We came forth wzthhonor from every trial. a Every turn has already dope, in a region where there are rink ofthe golden, and, we hope, perpetual chain of no mountains and low high hills, and no uiterm_|x- the Union, will be grasped as firmly by the citizens turn of refractory. gran!‘-03 Wl1€‘I‘f= l-11.9 1'lV0I'8. winch of the West, as of the Atlantic. We flatter our- .rise almost. in the same -level, mt_erlo_ck, and then solves, that we havefhad unce,inmon.chan‘c,esjtonote wind away in oppositcdirectionsg whercfrorn these the scale of the western thermometer. in this re- cirrzumstanccs, and tlaeabsence of granite hills, ca- spc.ct._ ,We have every where seen and fen a spirit, nals can be made with comparative case} that the which has given us the assurance ofcorivictipn, that country will -be permeated in cvery._du‘ec1.ion‘, either the popularity of that‘ demagogue would be blasted, by s_tea:u'boatsv or sea vessels towed by then}. or by and would wither forever, who-i shouldxfor-a moment «transport conducted by Railroad power. No.cou,n- manifest the .ramotest incipient wih- to. touch the try, it is gcncrallygsupposed here, can__be found, chamvgof this Union with an unhallowedphaud. The which contains 50. great 8- D1‘0P01"l-1011 Of‘ cultivable interest} and affections of the..;western people hold arfrd habitfablo ling], c0bm1‘%i|£l‘8_(:V:vl:€ll tlhleagglgslpoenlgnt to that,'as strongly, and as proudly, -tosay no more, 0 its sur ace.- um o , 5 « J“ c by comparison, has pronounced it the largest vallgy in the-world. It has‘a~less proportion. ofsvvamps, steriliplainis, and uncultivable mountains, than any other region of the same extent. ‘When it shall have been inhabited as long as Massachusetts and Virgi- nia. what limit can imagination assign to its popu- lation and improvement ? A No one can fall to have foi’e's€cii_',"at"this time"oi"fi"oTfi "'tl'Te ‘r"駒tT7iih‘y’G'b.d”§”1.7éFt‘ the omen! that at- the day, that the period is not for distant, when the tempt will not commence with‘ us. ‘They may re. gréziler mass of the population of our country Wlll preach us with being rough, untrained, and back. he on this sltlelllo mountains. VVe would not do-‘ weeds men. But as a people we are strong for the site, in antiolpation,..to vex the quflshoflu Where the “Union, -and the whole Union. Every true son of centre of our ‘riational gO_V‘<_%.rnme‘nt_ will then be? the West‘will join in the b_cliast,aspirati'on's,; "asta F‘/6‘l\.1‘._8’.O,(l)‘;'|l'l!:l(3,('3t_e§.l alr~(;-’$<3,y“,:\’1l%l\‘,LlI$:iAl£1t§1tlc coughing ,petpc»tu"rr;"1etA lacy‘-it last as long as” the 'sun”and tr 1 no a roars. es a sior y c_co_nnec_‘=moenls‘ra-‘enipure. ” ‘ ‘ A ‘ -' \viytl1)ihc Hudson, Delawarehand Chesapeake bayjs;--f ' , ‘~: : . ,_,. . . by navigable canals. A Itailroad b‘ctw,een.‘Baltimoi-e - A-"E III. on Lord D.over’s life of Frederick the and the Ohio. is in rapid -progress," and.-t‘housands S¢eIcond,vis well writtertqand interesting, and ‘wjthal ixiiini-ii-lacii-hiilnstdncos of our ciondition, havi: assigb- .b‘.9gr.ap-ll?:~“'-“rd _h”‘ 1"}?-°'. _‘-l‘.A°.".K_l‘.!.:7"i?'h"iP‘*i"‘Fl ‘V? ed to us, as we think, agriculture as our chief par- f“‘Y.9"°“ l lat V_"1’~l1 1“351ti|‘-10"-* 3 111116 100 excessivr suit. Suppose manufactures to flourisliamong us In Ila ndmlrallonfof the abilities and achievements tolthe ul.n10‘£.!te.\’l:eI)§.(,]\(‘-1Vl1l‘Cll oug most1‘ holr‘;os‘t”and' or1«‘,«.-;d.~,,-;¢;k_gl f]§5‘ w*,g§u',,idO,—,bmd] " ' ‘:.“.f".‘;i:.-f,‘}:t“1~:?,if f,‘:.‘:..r.’::"i’.‘.ii1a ‘ii iii" iii-'tol?Z.,“?,‘“fv‘9'gW?F‘* , ¢<=i*~“t¥i> ,=~.=ld‘ 3*‘ jthougind wants, to the country north and east of 559° ff’) fA"",‘"‘,"‘.”'l ““d.V“k‘"g' he Md ”"““ “° 9'11.”-lli. ‘he mountains. The very 'rlifiTcrcnce of our phyai.‘ and possibly has had no superior. His ‘carecr,'jhh'w',e-1 ..‘\{_gar;d'_n1oral.cb'aracter contributes to form acham vergis l'arhiliar__to‘~mopt!1-sailors1;-am;pgrgg 1.3,-i.,",.g,1m.§f¢,-,.i,,, arid»to"dare toiuculcate, andiwrite, and publishwhal community will never bear-thorn out. .Whercvcr [attempts may be made to disaffect, alienate, and sever one section _o£_t__l1is__grcat Union 'y’ are ‘géc‘é’t7 spirit as}-hose of t_he_ East. ‘Er-om time to time, dema- goguesyrill’springtup,“and atrocious and unprinci. pied -editors ‘will belfound, to meditate any thing,*—- they meditate.’ But the strength and virtue of the “ er. Whojwas so but in name. , Asec AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL. after making a single extract, which enhances at once the abhorrencc all must feel at the insane bar- barity of F rederick’s father, and our opinion of the warm and generous attachments of Frederick him. self. Katé, referred to in the _,ex:tI'a,<§'t. WM fl” friend and confidant of Frederick, of gI_'6fl1~P1'°““'° and accomplishments, and not more than 22 years of age. Detected in having co-operated with‘_Fred- erick in the attempt of the latter to escape from his father’: brutal tyranny, by flight t_9 E"8l““d9 h‘’ was condemned to death as Frederick! himself had previously been. The life of the Prince was saved by the intercession of Austria, but he was imprisoned .. - I A-1 ‘ ..... uI- \./uuusu-s, uuu huuv malignity, selected for the scene ol‘K_até’s execution, which, by his father’s positive command, Frederick was to be compelled to witness. ' The story is thus told by Lord Dover: Katt arrived at Custrin on the evening of the 5th of November, and early the next morning‘ he. was led to the scaffold. On theipreceding day, Fre- deric, having been first dressed in a coarse prison dress, similar to that which had been given to Katt, was transferred. by the General Lep'el,the gover- nor of Custrin, and the president Munclow. who had the charge of him, from the apartment ho had previously occupied, to one on a lowerfloor, looking intolthe court of the fortress, where he found his bed prepared. At his first entrance the curtains of the windows were let down, so as to prevent his seeing into the court:~ but at a signal given. they were drawn up, and discovered to the astonished and agitated Frederic, a scaffold hung with black. Mill on alevel with the window, which had been enlarg- ed and its bars removed. Upon beholding this pro- paration, Frederic bocame convinced that his own death was determined upon, and passed the night under this delusion in no very agreeable manuer._—- Nor were his feelings much relieved, when early in the morning, Lapel and Munchow returned to him,‘ and undeceived him with regard to himself, but in. &m according to the pergmptgaryand express orders of his barfiarous lather, he was to witness the execution of his friend. , _ . . v ..,Infthe meanwhile Svchenlrhad also ipfor~med.Katt of the trial that awaited him. "I‘ry.” said he, ‘to preserve your firmness, my dear Katt. A dreadful trial awaits you; you are now at Custrin, and you are about to see the prince royal.’ ‘ Say rather,’ re. plied Katt, ‘ that I am going to havethe greatest consolation that. could be given tome.’ So saying, be mounted the scaffold, while four grenadiers were employed in holding the unhappy Frederic with his face towards thewindow. He wished to cast him. self out ofit, but was kept back by, those about him. ‘ I conjure you,’ said he, ‘ in_.God’a name, to retard theexecution.-- I will write, to the king that :1 am ready to renounce all my rights to the, crown, if he will pardon Katt.’ .;He would have said more upon this subjcct,'but Munchow stopped, his mouth with his handkerchief. When he was sgain.perm_itled to speak, he cried out, ‘ It makesme most -miserable, my (1.0%! Kath, to think that I am the cause of your death. Would to God that;I were in your place TL. ‘ All Sir.’ replied Kai-t, ‘ if Ihad a thousand lives I would willingly sacrifice, them for you.’ .The ,x,,_ cutioner now,att.empted- to putt: bandage over the eyesof‘ Katt, which tho,latt;:i1rgsis1,o_c1,:,,g,1,e,, lifting up his eyes to hea_ven,.l1e criedAput,.,fe.IyL¥,Q9af;,,[,n,,_ der up my soul into thy hands l’f ._At'~.¢1,,;_,,,um, ,in_ stem. his head, which was cutoff at in single blew, rolled upon the scaffold, while hisarms 'mecha:m'c'al. ly stretched themselves towards the window where the prince royal had been stationed; but he. was there no longer, having fallen in a deep swoon into the arms of his attendants. Upon recovering from this after some hours, heiound himself stilliit the window, andiin full view of the gory corpse of his friend 3 Such had been the express orders of afatlr. ond swoon was the consequence of the sight. ; V , V _ Amzviomhe Tariff’ Quesjtion, is ah ab‘1e'expo.i. tion of the "Free 'I‘radcA‘arguxnent.i” Art. _I.’, ,tres£siilof high literature ; and in reviewing the O.'r:ford,_.Priz¢ Essays, discourses, in scholarlike terms," ofithe t1nfading_attra'ctions and advantages of ‘classical 'lit9ral$ir9j-,,. “}1,r"t.‘ " VI. ‘taking Colonel ‘Baiz§]réiz;'. topograpliicialrand istaptistiepali work '/‘0n._f,[]Ve‘._.B:.1"iI,.ivV§I1