dation ?—Barnum, of whom it may be said, "Ferdinando Mendez Pinto was but a type of thee! thou liar of the first magnitude!”—Wickoff, who exaggerates in foreign countries the humiliating meannesses of his own,-Canot, an outlaw from the outraged laws of all nations, now consummating the shame of his crimes by the infamy of their publication, or -Greeley, who, born under the American Union, protected by its arms and laws, profiting by the intercourse with all its sections, seeks to turn his sectional enmity to profit, and connects his hopes of future honor with the prostration of the rights, the destruction of the interests, and the sacrifice of the lives of his fellow citizens? This question we cannot decide. But we shall await the sequel and appendix to the four biographies. We shall then see in what estimation men are held who vaunt their shameful practices as the incentive of patronage, and compete amongst themselves for the honorable meed of having committed more shocking enormities, more mercenary meannesses, or a more ungrateful appreciation of that country whose power has protected, and whose wealth has rewarded them. Party Leaders. By JOSEPH T. BALDWIN. D. Appleton and Co. New York: 1855. This book is noticed in the body of the Review, and it is not necessary to call attention to its merits on this page. Flush Times of Alabama, by the same author. Same publisher. This is a clever, sprightly, amusing book. Ancient History-from the Dispersion of the Sons of Noe to the Battle of Actium. By PETER FREDET, D.D. Baltimore, Md., John Murphy & Co., 1854. Modern History—from the Coming of Christ and the change of the Roman Republic into an Empire to the Year of our Lord 1854. By the same Author and Publisher, 1854. The Life of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Bishop of St. Agatha of the Goths. By one of the Redemptorist Fathers. Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1855. The above volumes were received too late for us to do more than merely acknowledge their reception, and to notice the excellence of the typography and very creditable finish. 1855 VEGETABLE TINCTURE, The great Restorative and Invigorator of the System. This article, which has made so many wonderful cures, was discovered by Dr. JESSE HAMPTON, of Louisville, Ky., now in fine health in the 79th year of his age, and is acknowledged by those who have used it to be the best family medicine in use; and is warranted free from all mineral substances. By its mild action on the Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, it will cure the diseases of those organs, with all Chronic Complaints. UNPARALLELED SUCCESS! The many cures made by it, and the great demand, have induced the Proprietors to offer it to the afflicted in this city, with the honest conviction that the same happy results will follow its use here, as in numerous other places. Hon. HENRY CLAY, and Hon. R. M. JOHNSON, have certified to its merits. Captain CANOT, brother of the celebrated physician to the EMPEROR OF FRANCE, Was cured by it of Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatism of seven years' duration, after the skill of the physicians of Paris, London, and of this country, had failed. Rev. Vernon Eskridge, Chaplain U. S. Navy, was cured by it. Also, Judge Davies, Hon. T. H. Shelby, Members of Congress, with members of the State Department, Washington, and hundreds of others, who give their testimony to this wonderful discovery. PHYSICIANS Have cured themselves, and the members of their families, by its use, after their own remedies had failed; and some of them are so generous as to recommend it to their patients. It has shown itself most powerfully curative of NERVOUS DISEASES, In their various forms, giving new life and vigor, restoring the shattered constitution, and thus infusing hope in place of despondency. By its mild, pleasant and safe action on the stomach, kidneys, lungs and the nervous system, it cures DYSPEPSIA, LIVER COMPLAINT, DISEASES OF THE URINARY ORGANS, COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHIAL AFFECTIONS, CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA, KING'S EVIL, WORMS, RHEUMATISM, GOUT, NEURALGIA, ST. VITUS' DANCE, FITS, FISTULA, PILES, with all diseases arising from impure blood. THE FEMALE SYSTEM Has in DOCTOR HAMPTON'S VEGETABLE TINCTURE a CURE for its numerous and complicated derangements. Hundreds who have been debilitated and dispirited, and on the verge of a prematnre grave, have been restored by its use to blooming health, which we are abundantly able to prove by such a host of LIVING WITNESSES as we think no other Medicine can produce. Call on those having this wonderful article for sale, and get Pamphlets gratis. MORTIMER & MOWBRAY, Proprietors, BALTIMORE, MD. For Sale by all the Druggists in Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and other cities, &c. CONTENTS OF APRIL NUMBER. III. THE CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE U. S. IV. RUSKIN'S ARCHITECTURAL WORKS, |