a couple of those tropical snakes known as anacondas, and another couple, cousins german to the former, called boa constrictors, the whole measuring an aggregate of about one hundred feet of snake flesh; a regular specimen of the Borneo woodman, or orang-outang, besides sundry imitations of the smaller sort.

A tableau of moving figures, life size, representing Lord Byron and the Greek revolutionists, attracts, as it deserves, very general attention. The figure of Byron, judging from the best portraits that have come to our notice, is admirable as a likeness, and the action of the several figures is far more natural and graceful than we usually see in those mechanical combinations. The Lecture Room entertainments are continued as usual, every afternoon and evening.

ORATORIO OF The "Waldenses."-This oratorio, the work of Mr. A. Abbott of this city, was brought out by the Harmonic Society, on Wednesday evening, June 16th, at the Broadway Tabernacle. The composition is a very excellent one, and testifies emphatically to the high musical ability and attainments of the author. We cannot pronounce the effort one of genius, as that would imply originality. So far as we could judge, there is very little, if any, original matter in it; it is rather scientific than otherwise. It was not presented with any attempt to create a noise among the public; neither solo performers of any great stamp were selected for the solo parts, nor was there, with the exception of a piano, any instrumental accompaniment. We are of opinion, that were this work given with first rate solo and orchestral accessories, it would produce a remarkable sensation among true musical circles. Justice will not permit us to review, much less criticise, it on a début so inauspicious as that of its first public rehearsal. We therefore wait till its repetition with fitting accompaniments. Whether that repetition will ever come we are not assured; but we have an idea that, like every thing American, it will, politely speaking, be deluged with cold water.

transmits its gigantic power to the numerous presses employed in working off the impressions; the order and regularity with which every thing is conducted under the direction of careful managers; and the rapidity with which the electric fire of thought is conveyed from the author's mind to the printer's "form," from that to the press, and thence to the world, are all objects that may be witnessed with delight. Such an establishment is that of JOHN A. GRAY, Esq., at-the corner of Cliff and Frankfort streets, occupying three large lofts, embracing the composing rooms, press room, drying and pressing department, and office. In this establishment all kinds of printing are executed with a regard to correctness best appreciated by the knights of the quill, and in a style of neatness of which the Republic may serve as an example. Mr. Gray has printed this magazine during the last six months, and we perform but an act of courtesy and duty in thanking him for the neat, correct, and prompt manner in which the work has been performed.

COUNTRY JAUNTS occasion exposure to the rays of the source of light, and such exposure calls into being, upon the fairest complexion, those mottled vexations called freckles. Our city belles generally place a just estimate on personal beauty, to which the family of freckles aforesaid are the sworn enemy. It stands them in band, therefore, to give battle with the foe, and Dr. Felix Gourand gallantly offers to become their ally and champion, promising, with the use of his Italian Medicated Soap, to exterminate the enemy, spot and blemish. The Doctor bas also a variety of beautifying cosmetics, etc., all of which may be found, as per advertisement, at No. 67 Walker street.

BOOTS AND SHOES.-Cool and comfortable footgear is an essential in this midsummer weather, and a neat fitting gaiter, pump, or light boot, becomes the "thing needful." For such a matter of luxury, combined in its obtainment with economy, we beg to refer every body to the store of Messrs Bigelow & Gedney, No. 142 Chatham street.

SALT WATER BATHING.-There is nothing like a salt water bath to invigorate the frame in warm weather; and perhaps no city in the world is better provided with the pure element than NewYork and its vicinity. The ladies and gentlemen of our sunburnt metropolis will learn with great pleasure that their old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, are again at their post in charge of Washington Bath, north side of Castle Garden bridge. This Bath has become celebrated for its size, convenience for families, and its admirable regulations.

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are cases of this kind of complaint that merit the more serious treatment of downright condemnation. Among the latter we class the fountain of this book, which has just been launched like a rotten timber upon the ocean of modern literature. It purports to exhibit a series of spiritual revelations, which we can characterize as nothing more nor less than blasphemous, since they pretend to describe in a manner most mechanical and uncelestial the every-day doings of the celestial spheres. These spheres are described as seven in number, commencing with the earth which the spirit inhabits during mortal life, passing thence at death to the second, and so on by probationary degrees to the seventh or highest between mortality and the throne of God. The work treats of the employments of the spirits in each several sphere with a minutia of detail alike disgusting and unchristianlike. In order to give our readers a correct view of the thing, we make a few extracts; and it must be borne in mind that these statements purport to be made by disembodied spirits through the medium of a little girl.

The first case in hand is that of a man-spirit who had been (mortally) dead about a year. He describes his sensations immediately after death:

"After I became conscious, I felt like a person waking from a sleep, from some unpleasant dream, to a reality too beautiful and exquisite to describe. I saw below me my friends, who all seemed mourning for some one; and upon noticing particularly, I found that it was I for whom they were weeping; and I thought how strange it was that they could feel so badly about one who was so beautifully situated. I then saw around me many friends that I had lost, and was at a loss to account for my seeing them. Not till then was I conscious that I was dead."

This is very pretty for a beginning. He was attended by spirits, and conducted to his "habitation" in the second sphere, over the entrance of which was written his name, &c. It seemed like "a large garden surrounded with a wall of flowers,"

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but he was allowed to range through the sphere. Among other employments, he was required to study. He says:

"I first commenced the study of botany and geology-not altogether from books, but mostly from nature; but still I studied them almost as I would have done on earth."

Botany and geology in heaven! Pine trees and paving stones!

belonging to every sect, and I was permitted to "I then studied all the works upon theology read and select for myself my religion."

Here is consolation for the sectarians on earth. If dogmas are tolerated in the celestial world, the poor, benighted, flesh-bound spirits of earth may well be pardoned for their manifold heresies.

"Every week a party of us meet together. It is a party of friends who are congenial, and who enjoy themselves as they most desire. These parties are called 'Affinity Meetings.' .. We devote our time in these parties to music, and the friendly discussion of interesting subjects from which we could be mutually instructed, and which would give food for thought. We do not meet for any specific purpose-only for our amusement."

Amusement! Well, why not? That is all very natural; but what kind of amusement do the spirits indulge in? An extract further down shows that cards and whist are in vogue.

"History occupies a good part of our study time. Geology, Botany, Physiology, and other sciences, from many books upon each one of them, by different authors; and then we discuss their respective merits and truths at our society meetings."

"We attend lectures as you do on earth in acquiring knowledge of any subject."

This will do for one subject-now for another. This time the spirit is of the feminine gender, and twenty-four years out of the body. She approaches the seventh sphere:

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Two angels that came to conduct me, stood on each side of me bearing lamps, and guided me on my way. James (my eternal mate) and my mother accompanied me to the outer verge of the sixth sphere."

"As I rose, I saw all around me roses and all beautiful flowers; and bands of music hailed the new spirit's approach to that sphere."

"My guides were special messengers, and the lights they bore were sent from God. On every side of the lamps was written' God.""

It is difficult to imagine what could be the use of the lamps in a place where all was light and glory.

sion certainly looks rather "gassy." And then the labels upon the lamps are so much after the fashion of a Chinese show! But we hasten to close with a few more extracts from this ridiculous balderdash :

"When I looked at my garden and the beautiful domain that was to be my future home, I thought I had never seen any thing so perfectly beautiful in all my life. Oh, the flowers !-oh, the flowers! The wonderful trees! The canary birds and the humming birds all singing in my garden! One that you would call a weeping willow, I called the tree of joy, because it was filled with joyous and beautiful birds."

"While Matty and Margey showed me their beautiful bowers, many birds sang sweetly around me-and two that sang very joyfully seemed to know me. One was your beautiful canary, Dick,' and the other was Margey's little bird."

Think of that! Poor little canary "Dick" has gone up to the seventh heaven! After this spirit had finished her relation, she was questioned concerning many things pertaining to the seventh sphere, and among her answers we find the following:

"She said that the space allotted to her was as large as the city of New-York. It is open to the sky, there being no other spheres over it, as in the lower ones. It is in Swedenborg street.

"The duty assigned her is to teach children. She teaches Matty, (her nephew, eleven years of age,) especially."

"She has teachers in French, and Italian, and music, whose names she gave us. She sings, and has learned to play upon the harp.”

The following extract caps the climax, and will serve as an appropriate tail-piece to our review. What will the fastidious opponents of rational amusement say when they learn that card-playing is tolerated in the world of spirits? This is hardly a fair game, however, since the spirit would have the advantage of seeing his opponent's "hand:"

"On one occasion, a whist party was formed, and one of the four being disinclined to play, this spirit volunteered to take the hand. Little Mary was therefore seated, and though she could not herself play the game, it was well played through her hands by the spirit. In the course of it he remarked, that he frequently played whist in the Fifth Sphere."

This we think will suffice to give our readers an idea of this infamous batch of trumpery. We scarce know which most to condemn, the author or the publisher.

A new volume has just been issued by Bunce & Brother, the young publishers, at 134 Nassau street, entitled,

THE ROMANCE OF THE REVOLUTION. Edited by OLIVER B. BUNCE. 12mo, 434 pp.-Why this volume is called a romance we cannot discover, since it purports to be, and is, a recapitulation of

the War of Independence. Many of the incidents herein related have been before read and re-read, and many of them are now first published, or long out of print; and together they form a book full of interest, and convenient as a freshener of the memory. We do not know of a more appropriate book to be placed in the hands of Americau youth. The same publishers have also republished, in cheap form,

THE CORSICAN BROTHERS, by Dumas, and
ALTAMONT, by the Hon. Mrs. Norton.

THE SACHEM. This is the title of a new weekly paper just started by Thomas Picton, Esq. The Sachem is handsomely gotten up, and promises to be thoroughly American in its tone and spirit. The first number is a fair specimen of a whole souled American journal, and as such we extend to it a cheerful and hearty welcome. We hope its success in this field will prove sufficient to keep it firm in the cause of our native land. It is published at 100 Nassau street. We make a short extract from the initial number:

"Ever have the Americans, sincerely and honestly, treated the immigrant with kindness, distinction, and heartfelt hospitality. No other nation of the globe has acted more disinterestedly in the premises than these United States, which have allowed aliens and naturalized citizens privileges denied Americans, born on the soil of this country, by every foreign power. The stranger here can trade and barter free from legal impediments; he can enjoy all the immunities of a native citizen; he is exempt from the more arduous duties appertions, the foreigner, coming hither for the sake of taining to the civic state. Under these considerarefuge or to engage in commerce, should be grateful to the American, and not view him, as is now unfortunately the case, with suspicion and distrust. If the American people have erred, it has been an error of the heart; we have been liberal to a fault, and our liberality remains unappreciated. We have invited the stranger into our mansion; we have given him a seat at our table; he has aspired to become the head of the house. To recover this lost position should be the duty of each true American."

THE SUNDAY SIGNAL.-Another of the Sunday paper family has just made its appearance in a large and improved form, comprising eight pages of six columns each, making a total of fortyeight columns for three cents. The typography and finish of the Signal is very neat, and its contents well chosen. Published by C. O. Lincoln & Co., 44 Ann street.

THE MASSASOIT BALANCE AND ADVOCATE.-The lovers of the humorous in light literature will be glad to learn that their old favorite, Jonathan F Kelly, Esq., better known to the public as "Falconbridge," is again in the field, presiding over the

columns of a beautiful weekly journal, the name and title of which heads this paragraph. The Balance and Advocate is published at Waltham, Mass., and its columns are sparkling with the pure wit of the Falconbridge, whose pen has enriched

the pages of almost every literary journal in this country, not excepting the Republic. Most heartily do we wish a prosperous existence to the Advocate, and long life, with plenty of the "rocks," to its gentlemanly and talented editor.

THE SONS OF AMERICA.-This association

of patriotic Americans has already planted

its standard in three or four States, and is rapidly beating up an army of "true blues." Conversations have taken place on the subject of an union of this Order with that of the O. U. A., that the whole may form one grand confederation of American hearts, and thus hasten the consummation of our mutua aim, viz., the concentration of the American mind upon national issues in opposition to all extraneous theories and influences; for, 1st, the preservation of our free and rational system of government from the radical influences of a lawless European democracy on the one hand, and the retrograde influences of aristocracy and legitimacy (so called) on the other; 2d, for the prevention of an unity of Church and State in the nation; 3d, for the protection of American operatives from the unequal competition of European pauper labor; and finally, for the protection of American interests generally, political, religious, and social, against their opposing elements, in whatever form they may appear.

To say that unity of action is necessaryamong men who entertain an unity of purpose, would be superfluous; the fact is self-evident; therefore, what we have to consider is not the pro

priety or policy of uniting under one common head, but the best and most speedy means of accomplishing that union. We propose, then, to follow up the conversations that have been held on the subject, by the appointment of ten delegates from the national head of each Order, to meet in convention, and there devise and complete a plan to carry out the object, that plan to be submitted by the delegates to their respective bodies for ratification. We are fully assured that the thing can be done, a little concession as to matters of form, being made, if need be, by both parties. It is at least worth a trial, and certainly no harm, if no good, would result from a fraternal inter

change of opinion.

ORDER OF UNITED AMERICANS.-This Order is both beneficial and political, and is principally confined to the State of New-York. Some idea may be formed of its political strength, there being not less than sixty Chapters in the city of NewYork alone. It is very generally conceded that this organization has ruled the city of New-York for several years past, and at the last State elec tion it was all-powerful in the election of one of its members on the Democratic State ticket.

The Order is governed by a Chancery, the members of which are said to be expert politicians, and whose patriotism is not confined within the narrow limits of partisanship.

They scrutinize the nominations of both parties, and if the candidate is honest and capable, and above all an American, the O. U. A. are found at every poll in that wonderful city, giving direction to the machinery that is sure to end in victory. We have heard it stated and estimated that the O. U. A. can bring into the field in New-York city alone, on

any exciting question, a well-trained vote of ten thousand strong-enough to control the City Government and sway the destinies of the State. This is Native Americanism in the Empire State!-Harrisburg (Pa.) Standard.

The New-York Tribune, commenting on the above, says the Order of United Americans is

and some other candidates on each ticket last fall, a very fair lift, though not nearly so heavy a one as the writer supposes."

It must be admitted, however, that the "lift" was heavy enough to elect the candi

dates, who would have been otherwise in a sad minority. General Storms was elected by a clear majority of over two thousand, bringing him out of the canvass about four thousand ahead of his ticket, in spite of the persecuting proclamation of Mr. McKeon, and the five or six thousand foreign scratches which that proclamation produced against him.

We must correct the Tribune in another respect. The American organization, instead of being confined to this city, ramifies the length and breadth of some seven or eight different States, and is rapidly increasing; and the balance struck in favor of General Storms was proportionately as large in the rural districts as in the city. It was not, however, because General Storms was a member of the Order that the United Americans supported him, but because he was assaulted and persecuted as such by foreigners and demagogues: We think it is not saying too much to assert that they will do the like on all similar occasions that may occur hereafter.

THE CHANCERy of New-Jersey held a regular quarterly session at the Rooms of American Chapter No. 6, of Jersey City, on Monday, the 7th of June, Grand Sachem John H. Lyon presiding. The session was quite numerously attended by delegates from the various Chapters in the State, and a large amount of business was transacted; among which, arrangements were made to attend the anniversary of Washington Chapter at Orange, August 2d; and also for a public demonstration at Morristown at an early day. During the session, the Chancery was visited by Grand Sachem Osborn, and several Chancellors of New-York. The G. S. of NewYork was received with appropriate honors, and in response to an invitation to that effect, addressed the brethren of New-Jersey in a short but cogent speech. The Reverend Brother Waters, Chancellor of Lawrence Chapter, New-York, being present, also addressed the meeting.

The next session of the Chancery of NewJersey will be held at Hoboken on the second Wednesday of September next, when the

annual election for Grand Officers will take place.

The following preamble and resolutions, adopted at the late session, have been sent to us for publication. The Chancery may be assured that their request shall be complied with:

NEWARK, N. J., June 11th, 1852. Thomas R. Whitney, Esq.:

DEAR SIR,-I send herewith a copy of a preamble and resolutions adopted by the Chancery of New-Jersey at its late session at Jersey City on the 7th instant.

Respectfully and fraternally yours,

J. B. CLEVELAND, G.C.C. Whereas, This Chancery deems that the liberal circulation of journals truly American in their character is not only essential to the growth of the Order, but absolutely necessary to the furtherance and promotion of its glorious principles; therefore,

Resolved, That this Chancery hereby recommend to the respective Chapters under its jurisdiction a magazine, entitled the "Republic," published monthly, and edited by P. G. S. Whitney, and would most earnestly urge its claims upon the members of the Order throughout the State, as a work admirably adapted to accomplish the objects set forth in the foregoing preamble.

Resolved. That in view of our present position as an Order, and the necessity of being armed with undeniable facts to meet the arguments of our opponents, P. G. S. Whitney be requested to publish, at his earliest convenience, such statistics as relate to the moral as well as political influence exerted by the foreign population of this country; and that such statistics be published in a tabular form, showing the comparative amount of crime, etc., committed by foreigners and native-born citizens.

Resolved, That a copy of this preamble and resolutions be sent to P. G. S. Whitney, and that the especial attention of the various Chapters be directed to it in the printed proceedings of Chancery.

A WEEKLY ORGAN.-A proposition has been set on foot by parties whose respectability must command attention and consideration, to establish a weekly organ of the Order. If any thing would give us greater pleasure than the firm establishment of such a paper, it would be the establishment and support of a daily journal devoted to our principles. But we should be sorry to see either started and then left to die for the want of breath. Our Order is strong enough to support a weekly paper in this city alone, if it will do so; but whatever is done in that direction must be done with a will, and the parties who undertake it must have a guarantee of support. Let us not have another Prometheus chained