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"Some experiments on photogenic drawing have been made by professor Locke, of the Medical College of Ohio, and with entire success. He prepared paper chemically for this pur pose, and placed it under some astronomical diagrams, which were then exposed to the sun's rays. The new picture was in a few minutes formed and removed, and a process used, by which the figures were permanently fixed. The specimens thus produced are in every respect satisfactory. They look as though they had been most carefully engraven.

WESTERN LITERATURE.

WE turn with sincerest pleasure to every indication of a growing literary spirit in the rich and extensive regions of our Western States, for it is thence that genuine and unalloyed American literature must arise. Star after star in our national constellation is rising in that glorious region, and it is cheering to think, whatever may be the relation of their politics to the parties of the country, that the institutions of all the Western States are thoroughly democratic-framed to promote the greatest happiness of the greatest number, and to secure in every act and department of government the thorough ascendency of the people. We care but little for the varying shades of present politics in contemplating the great results upon the future destinies of the country and of the human family, which such a systematic popular control must ultimately effect. One of its earliest results will be a healthy, rich and original literature-" not such as Europe breeds in her decay," but deriving its energy and usefulness from the noblest development and expansion of the human intellect, and drawing sublimest inspiration from a scenery and history all her own.

We welcome, then, with pleasure into the field a periodical publication of which the first number now lies before us, published at Pittsburgh, and devoted to the express development of the young talents of the West. It is called the Western Literary Examiner, and as a first number, abounds with evidences of signal talent. If a literary idler like ourselves wished to subscribe to any periodical it would assuredly be to such a one as this from the West.

THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

This body has recently made itself conspicuous by its laudable efforts to celebrate in suitable style the fiftieth anniversary of Washington's Inauguration, the beau tiful ode written by Mr. Bryant for which occasion was published in our last number, and the oration which it called forth from Mr. Adams, is now in the press. But a greater and more appropriate merit, consists in its agency to procure from the State the appointment of a competent individual to visit Europe, for the purpose of procuring all the official materials for the colonial history of New York, which exist in the archives of England and Holland. The importance of this subject to every person acquainted with the scarcity of materials existing in this country, for an accurate colonial history, will ensure the thanks of every one conversant with the subject to the exertions which effected such a laudable object.

The excess of political matter in our late numbers has occasioned the omission of several light articles on file for insertion. Among others, the conclusion of " A Soldier's Story" has been necessarily postponed.

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POETS
Spencer's Fairy Queen, *489; Dedication
of the first edition of this poem to Queen
Elizabeth, ib.; Extract from it, ib.;
Michal Drayton, *490; The Virginia
Voyage, selected from, *491; Epistle
to George Sandy's do., *492; Daniel,
*494; Extract from his Musophilus,
*494; George Herbert, *495; Extract
from, ib.; Andrew Marvel, *495; An-
ecdote of, *496; His poem of the Emi-
grant, *496; Bishop Berkeley, *497;
His verses on the prospect of planting
the arts in America, *497.
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Ode by, written for the 50th Anni-
versary of the Inauguration of
Washington, April 30th, 1839. 498
BALLOT BOX, THE-by M. W. Beck 201
Bank Charters, Mr. Ingersoll's Speech
on legistative control over
BUTLER, B. F., Memoir of, (with portrait) 33
Born at Kinderhook-Irish ancestry, 34;
Education, 35; Studies law in Mr. Van
Buren's office, 36; Activity as a politi-
cian-First appearance in the Supreme
Court, 38; Appointed District Attorney
of New York 1821, 38; Complimentary
letter from the court, accepting his re-
signation in 1825, 39; Appointed one of
the committee to revise the Statutes, ib.;
Member of Assembly, 40; Regent of the
University 1829, ib.; Attorney General
U. S. 1833-Letter from the citizens of
Albany on this occasion, (Note) ib.;
His character as a lawyer in this sta-
tion, 41; Secretary of War, ad interim,
1836, 42; His character, 43-48.
Benjamin, Park, Esq., Lines by, "To
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an asterisk..

Difference between the cases of Cana-
da and Texas, ib. ; Rendered obvious by
reasons drawn from her situation, 10-11;
Impossibility of a war with England, 11;
Principles of American Foreign Policy,
12-13; Difficulties under which Mr. Van
Buren had to carry them out, 14; Popu-
lar demands of the Canadians irresisti-
ble, 15-16; Justice of Canadian discon-
tents, 17; Question now, not reform, but
Independence, 18; Anecdotes of the
Canadian Administration, (Note) 18-19;
Canadian Independence inevitable, 19;
The Canadian leaders vindicated from
the calamities of Insurrection, (Note) 20;
First outbreak unpremeditated, 21;
Lord Durham's policy condemned, 24;
His failure, 25; His duplicity towards
the Bermuda Exiles, ib.; Fate of pri-
soners, 27; Considerations in favor of
America co-operating with Canada,
Stated-and examined, 29.
CENSUS, THE APPROACHING
Its importance, 77; Mr. Legare's resolu-
tion, 78; Professor Leiber's memorial,
79; Considerations in taking it, 80; Cal-
culations as to the probable result there-
of, 82; Future increase of population,
83; Considerations on this account for a
steady adherence to the Democratic
policy, 84.

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CHANNING ON "SELF CULTURE."
Address introductory to the Franklin Lec-
tures, delivered at Boston, September
1, 1838, 85; Position of Dr. Channing,
ib.; Extracts from the Oration, 86-91.
CREDIT SYSTEM, THE, Second Article. 147
Mr. Carey's Reply noticed, 148; Defini-
tions of terms, 151; Executive inter-
ference, 153; Paper money agrarian-
ism, 157; Change of policy, 159; Free
Banking, 160; Consequences, 163-168;
Degradation of the English laboring
class, 169; Public debts, 171; New Eng-
land banks, 172-176.

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Factious origin of the Committee, 472;
Secret ballot, ib.; Proceedings of the
Committee, 473; Mr. Hoyt, 474; Closing
scenes in New York, 475; Examination
at Washington, 476; Injustice of the In-
vestigation, 477; Aim of the Opposition,
481; Failure to develop the true charac.
ter of the Defalcations, 482; Results to
be attained by a proper investigation,
483; Defalcation of Price, 484; Unjust
charges by the Committee against public
officers, 485.

DUANE, COL. Vindication of
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EUROPE LONG AGO
English scenery and character, 61; Social
privileges of rank, 65; London, 67; Ken-
sington Gardens and Hyde Park, 68;
Cobbett, 69; Erskine,ib.; Fox,70; France,
71; Murat-Bonaparte, described, 72-
73; Waterloo, 74; Arrests in Paris, 75.
EARLY AMERICAN TRAVELS. Father
Hennepin

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GLANCES AT CONGRESS. No. 2.
The Hall of the House, 261; Original de-
sign, 262; The Speaker, 263; Mr. H.
A. Garland, Clerk, ib.; General Drom-
goole, Memoir and sketch of, 264; Ma-
jor Garland, do., 267; Mr. Taliaferro,
270; Mr. Cushman, 271.
GENERAL BANKING LAW OF
STATE OF NEW YORK,
427
The measure a concession of the Whig
Party to the progress of Democratic sen-
timents, 427; Abstract of the Law, 429;
Examination of the Law, 431; Comp-
troller's report, 433; Prospective capi-
tal, 434; Number and capital of banks
subscribed under the Law, (Note) 434;
Operation of the Law, 435; Notes issued

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INGERSOLL, CHARLES J., Speech of, in
the Convention of Pennsylvania, on
legislative and judicial control over
Bank Charters.
The doctrine that fraud in produring a
bank charter violates it, denied, 99;
State grants of private property cannot
be resumed, ib.; Charters of Incorpora-
tion not to be confounded with bank
charters, 100; Charter rights not more
sacred than personal, 101; though made
so by Judicial decisions, ib.; this is a
mischievous error, ib.; The power of a
state legislature to incorporate question-
ed, ib.; and examined, 102-107; Bank
charters not contracts, 107; Three clas-
ses of contracts-private, municipal, and
political, 108; Evils incident to the sys-
tem, 110; Legislation to be made the
cure, as it was the cause, ib; power of
a legislature over vested rights asserted,
112; difference between corporate fran-
chise and private vested rights, ib; dif-
ference between the charters of freedom
of the middle ages and modern bank
charters, 115; arguments answered, 116;
a bank bonus no compensation to a State
for the portion of its sovereignty aliena-
ted in a charter, 117; the question
whether a law is a contract examined
120; judicial constructions of law inves-
tigated, 124, 140; the power of a legis-
lature over banking interests, exempli-
fied, 142; important considerations in
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LORD DURHAM'S REPORT, Review of,
Its ability-Mr. Turton-Its admissions
prove the correctness of the view taken
by the Democratic Review of the Cana-
dian affairs, 543; Analysis of the Report,
Lower Canada, 544; The French party,
and the English, ib.; Distinctions and
civil struggles between the parties, 545;
Character of the English population,
546; Mr. Papineau eulogized, (Note)
547; Want of education among the
French habitans, ib.; Refusal of the Bri-
tish government to educate the people,
549; Origin of the national hostility be-
tween the races, ib.; The French party
vindicated from Lord Durham's charges
of treasonable insurrection, (Note) 551;
Reduction of emigration, 552; Remarks
on the positions of the Report-Discon-
tents in Nova Scotia and Prince Ed-
ward's Island, (Note) 556; The course
of the Assembly vindicated, 557; Disor-
ganization of the Province, 558; Upper
Canada, 562; Sir Francis Head's policy,
Mackenzie's insurrection, 566; Appeal
to the American press, 567; The clergy
Reserves, ib.; Administration of justice,
570; New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward's Island, ib.; Public
lands and emigration, 571; Vast differ-
ence between the American and British
side of the line, 572; The remedy as
proposed by Lord Durham, 573; Ex-
amined, 576-579.

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Match of Chess between Washington
and New York
Maine Boundary Question
MADISON, AND THE MADISON PAPERS,
Reviewed.
Importance of the Constitution, 243; scanty
materials existing for a history of it; im-
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of the Debates, 244; Mrs. Madison's
letter to Congress, and their purchase
of the Manuscripts, 245; description of
the work, and extracts from it, 246-249;
Anecdote of Franklin at the signing of
the Constitution, 250; Memoir of Mr.
Madison, 250-259.

MONT CENIS. From the recollections of a
traveller.

The road described, 363; the Simplon,
Chamberry, the residence of Rousseau
and Madam Warens, 364; Mon Melian,
365; Scenery of the High Alps, ib.;
St. Michaels, 366; Lines from Words-
worth, 367; Village procession, 369.
MUSINGS
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the Pennsylvania Conspiracy, ib; state-
ment of the circumstances, 591; condi-
tion of the Federal party, 595; the Har-
risburg Circular, 596; copy of the Cum-
berland return, 597; (Note) remarks on
it 598; the Middlesex return 599; copy
of it, ib; (Note) conduct of the Governor
and council, 600; considerations, 601;
table of the actual vote, ib; (Note) rea-
sons in justification of the Governor's
course 602; examined and refuted, by
the facts and precedents, 603-5; gross
inconsistency of the federal policy proved
by their course in similar cases, 605,-6;
observations on the measure, 607.
NOTES OF THE MONTH 92-237-337-
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Extract from, describing a salmon hunt,
341; Plot of, ib.

MAINE BOUNDARY QUESTION
The Executions in Canada, 343.
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Mr. Daguerre's new invention-Profes-
sor Morses's description of it, 518; Mr.
Fox Talbot's process, ib.; His account
of it, 519;

HENNEPIN'S TRAVELS-Voyages au

Nord confirm view taken of his vera-
city in the April Number
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OLD OAK TREE THAT GRACED THE
LAWN, THE
OLD IRONSIDES ON A LEE SHORE, by an
eye witness
ORIGINAL OF THE NATIONAL MELODY,
YANKEE DOODLE, by Porson Junior. 213
ODE FOR THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF WASHINGTON'S INAUGURATION,
by W. C. Bryant.

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