, after having voluntarily
laid down his military authority. This print cannot fail to be acceptable
to every reader of the Albion, unless he shall be too narrow-minded to
honor true nobleness and dignity of character in one who by force of
circumstances once stood in a warlike relation to his country. Apropos of
the 'Albion:' is our friend the Editor aware that '_The Evening before the
Wedding_,' published as original in a late issue, was translated for the
KNICKERBOCKER? . . . 'OH dem! dem!' There is on the _tapis_ a new daily
journal, to be called 'THE EXCLUSIVE,' which is to be the very antithesis
of every thing in the 'cheap and vulgar' line; no slanders, no crim.
con.'s, no horrible accidents; 'no nothing' of that sort. The affair is
already creating some excitement among the _beau-monde_. The reputed
editors are literary men of the world, who 'know their way.' Circulars in
gold-edged and perfumed paper are already flying about. _On dit_: that the
carriers are to be dressed in uniform, and deliver the paper in white kid
gloves; that pastiles are to be kept burning in the publication-office, to
disinfect the air of the room of ink and damp sheets; and that only those
of the first respectability and acknowledged standing in gay society, are
permitted to subscribe to or receive the journal at all! . . . HERE is a
rich specimen of _clerical catachresis_, which we derive from an eastern
correspondent: 'Our good dominie gave us on Sunday a sermon on the ocean;
its wonders, its glories, its beauties; its infinity, its profundity, its
mightiness, etc., 'But,' said he, 'what is all this? _It is but a drop in
the bucket of God's infinity!_' I wonder what is outside of it!' . . . IT
is not the wont of the Editor of this Magazine, as those of its readers
who have followed us through twenty-two volumes of the KNICKERBOCKER can
bear witness, to trumpet in its pages the many kind things that are said
of us by the public press; but as a fragment is wanted to fill out this
page; as we are just at the commencement of a new volume; and as we are
more than pleased at the cordiality with which the first number of it has
been received; we shall venture to select from a great number of
testimonials one or two for insertion here, which are the more gratifying,
that they evince the regard in which the 'OLD KNICK.' is held at home, and
by those who have known us the longest and most intimately. The _New-York
Courier and Enquirer_ says of our