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(1 AND NORTH CAROLINA ADVOCATE. T2i 2Xt) S3 IB PI ,41' 0 I .ft jtL TAILOR, T" ESPECTFULLY informs the citlxens of New X, brn an I the adjoining Counties, that he has UVen tie store cf Mr. Thomas L. Hall, on Pollok street, an l one door wctcf Mr. Samuel Simpaon's, hrehe is prep-irel to entry on the above business, an 1 hor-c to merit a share of the public patronage Nawbcrn, Ma j 25th. IS 50. 20 y REMOVAL I rpllU subicribcr would respectfully notify his Jl numerous customers, especially those r eliding iiU cjjtry, an 1 the public generally, that he has Removed from the Store rhtrehehas been located for the last five ycarSj ItnmcdiaUty opposite the JEpisco jml Churci, and next door be low Mr. Vim rose's, bere he will be glad to rccdre a coatinuatioa of tLi'ir visits an l their twle. lie would also inhrta thea that he designs keep ing cTea A Larger almorc Attractive soss: O? GOODS thin he has hitherto done; anl will endeavour to rtn Icr their viaits both agreeable and profitable to tlicm. by waiting on thctuin the kindest manner, r-n 1 r.in(; ther.i such articles as they may "want oa the ejest reasonable terms. ESIMET C T7TZXB 23 H.T. Newborn, SerL 3 1. lSo. 31 tf BUTCHERING. f 111 IK SuMrrllcr, hiving rented two stalls in the M .rk t llcue, taku this method of informing the tuMic tht Le is rrt pared to furnish the bet km 1 ct at the very lowest price. Iy purchaing none but he bet, kind cf llttC Cattle, he will guaranty to fur nis!. t prime article to all who may patroniso him ;?v-rTintH sent t j nuirke', will aitcnacu w, ana CJLTi takxn to gTc the proper charge by the b irrcl, rut up in the best manner, suitable for e-3cl cr fanaly use, kcrt constantly on hand. A. II. lUCUARDSOS. Newborn, August 13 150. 32 tf VOU KENT. A Two story Dwelling dlouse nearly new and in -...! nr lfr A li .inin the rcLIcncc of K. N I.iylor, 1 , nroad-strcet which will be rented 1 w t i m p;od TcnnauU Apply to JOHN BKISS1NGTOX. Newborn, June lth IS30. 21 l'LY NETS. il I'cxcn jtxit receive J, and for sale by s& DIBBLE & BRO S. Newbern, Aug- 3, 3t Iw A LIC ANT DOOK iMATTS. 1 mrn nft7EN Ht received and for salo by 'DIBBLE & BROTHERS. Au it 17th. ISM. 33 3W - r- - - - NEW STORE. COME cn c 1 friends and aciuaintanecs, and buy hariin I ani now going into business for ,vlf at the s.-.mo old stan 1 formerly occupied by C.- rge W. TyV r, Esi, (yon all know the place,) t ,lrs bclcw the Newbern Hotel, where yoa Iz l ceo of thj best tuppHeS cf liiSCinii'ff QwCflSBIHES is its. They are frerh anl good anl no mistake. A ;1 etock ofDcmcstic DK3T GOODS. f ; h as arc usaally kep in tuch an cstatlishaent Alio a good ajortmeut tf CROCKERY. niRD. 1XD WOOD-fflSt With ag?oi f?pplyof Liquors, such as Apple Drali .!y, French Trin y, Whiskey, Gin, HolUnd and cwtiicion, a!s aa excellent asrtment of Provision, -u.-h as Mess, Prime, and city Mess Pork; II ton. vVa anl ;houMcrs ; Goshen BuUcr -.r. I Chec?e ; Family Flour by the Barrel and Half Barrel; ew Vork Come-l Beef, Dried; I'eef, Midas.. Lcrillard's Snuff, Smoking and Chwicg To? iCc.;Spun Ccttcn, &ct&c All of which will be olJ at a small advance on New Yerk o-t for Ca.?h. You will do well to try .c before r'Jrhaiicg elsewhere. JAMES W. GASKILL- Newbcrn, .ptcaUr 10th, I SO. 35 tf. FUItXITOllE. vUARTETE Tab'.c, Boston Rocker?, Settees, J Ctairs, Tllc-, ITcdrtcals, Matrasscr, 4c, &c For sale br DIBBLE & BRO'3. NcwKrn, Aug 13, 1550. 31 3w HACOX & LAUD. OQQQ Pc-- Is cf Bacon, 5 barrels of Lard. Newlern, Aug 3, 1550. 31 2w IXSPECTIOXOF fpHE subscribers having associated tkemselTCS i tcgaher, rcfpectfully etfer their services to -ikerj, an 1 purchasers of Naval Stores. Thankful r the liUrl latronige they have heretofore re they b rc by strict attention to any business in-ar.ttcd ta thcia to merit a continuation of the run. A I! Niv il Stores :nt to them will tc sold to the alvasta;?, free cf Co mission. J. M. OLIVER. JOS. CARTER, rcwbcm. Arril l.lS'O. L12XOIR HOTEL, Kiiislon, IVortlt Carolina, BY THOMAS WOOD LEY. f pill.-: (; J :i,!ii,je:ii has tcea much enlarged and I -r. 'y i.jr ravcl f jr the comfort an 1 conveni tr. : of ! iri r- .vr.l trmvellcrs. The Ublc.lar. 1 it l ! -.:V-: c r.tantly and well supplied, anl . . ry exj--t4 and attention given to render i r:v t it:.::ka to all who may patrcnue the h t. The tv ,r tf the travcUo3 ccxaaufj is rc- tf i'.Jy v.t.itcl. SPLENDID GIFT BOOKS FOR 1851. An illuminated Souvenir for 1S51, edited by Pro fessor John S. Hart, containing 12 beautiful illus trations, and bound in a beautiful style, with panel tides octavo. LEAFLETS OF MEMORY, An illuminated Annual, edited by Reynall CoaUs, M. containing 12 handsome illustrations, and uperbly bound with panel sides octavo. A Gift for the Holy days, with nine illustrations, beautifully bound in Turkey Morrocco quarto. THE SOUVENIR GALLERY, An illustrated Gift book for all seasons, edited by Emily PercivaL with 13 beautiful illustrations, in handsome gilt binding quarto. THE SACRED ANNUAL, A Gift for all seasons, edited by the Rev. II. Hast ings Weld, with eleven illustrations. THE ILLUMINATED TABLET, A superb Album, containing a number of splendid colored engravings, bound in Turkey Morocco, and gilt. With nine fine brilliant illuminations in oil colors, edited by Rev. Henry D. Moore. THE ROMANCE OF NATURE, Or the Poetical Language of Flowers, by Thomas Miller, containing a number of handsome colored engravings, edited by Mrs. Oakcs Smith, neatly bound in Turkey Morocco, gilt. THE CABINET OF MODERN ART, A collection of 25 subjects from modern masters, bound ia Turkey Morocco, and gilt. TETTER'S PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY. A book cf Thoughts and Arguments originally treated, with an essay on tho Philosophy of Pro verbs, with 12 illustrations. The Snow Flake, with 9 illustrations ; the Forget Mo Not, with 7 do ; tho Coral Gift or tho Lovers of the Deep ; tho Garland or Token of Friendship, with 6 do.; tho Irving Offering, a Token of Affec tion, with 6 do. ; the Amaranth or Tokea of Remem brance, with 6 do.; Christmas Blossoms and New Years1 Wreath, with G do. ; also Jacob Abbott's Work3, neatly bound. The above Annuals for 1S51, havo just been re ceived by tho subscriber, and aro the finest collec tion ever imported into Newbcrn. Call at the old etand cf WILLIAM G. HALL. N. B. Blank Boors of all kinds made to order. Ncwhern, Sept. 24th, IS50. 36 tf GEORGE BISHOP, AMD UNDERTAKER. BROAD STREET, NEWBERN, N. C. RKsrECTTVLLr informs the citizens of this and the adjoining Counties, that he has commen ced the above business, and is prepared to execute all orders ia that line, oa the most reasonable terms. He will keep constantly on hand an assort ment of Bcreaus Bedsteads, Wardrobts, Washstands, Tables, 4c, 5"C Old Furnaturo cleaned and repaired ia tho best manner and with despatch. Having engaged the services of Mr. Tharaoh Lewis, a well known and experienced workman, he is prepared to execnte at the shortest notice all or ders for COFFINS, &c Ho will give his personal attention to tbe burial of the dead. N. B. The subscriber also continues the house carpentcribg business. Newbcrn, September 10th 1S50. 3j 6m. New Books ! New Books l ! JUST RECEIVED AT the Newbcrn Book-store, on Follok street, just below the Episcopal Church, a largo sc lectioa of New Books. t,a -rtmTrLsa ncarlv all the varieties used ia our common schools, academics, &.c. Among them are GRIMSHAW?S HISTORIES (with Questions) of the United States, England, France, Rome and Greece. , . , . . DAVIE'S ARITHMETIC. All the varieties Emerson's da, Smith's, Smiley "s, Pike's and Da boll's Arithmetic and Keys. DAVIE'S ALCIEBRAjOeomctry.Legcndre, Draw ice and Mensuration, &c SMI TIPS, Muray's, Kirkham's and Bullion's En glish Grammars. MITCHELL'S, Smith's, OIney'e, Malto Brhums Geographies and Atlas. BLAIR'S RHETORIC, Wavland's Moral Sci ence, Parker's and Porter s Rhetorical Rcadcre; Oswold's Etymological Dictionary; Lovcl's Uni ted States, North American, and Common School Speakers; Davis Walker's Dictionary, &c, &c A variety of miscellaneous and entertaining bookS: Humboldt's Cosmos, Abbott's Histories, complete eet. A variety of STATIONARY Fine Letter and Note Taper of all sizes, plain and fancy, with Envelopes to cor respond; Quills and Steel Pens ; Beautiful Scal ing Wax ; Common and Motto Wafers ; Visit- iBS Carls, , 4nftrEW. Newbcrn, Sept. 2-1, 1S00. A GREAT BARGAINS WISHING to change my business, I will sell my Turpentine Land, on Lock wood's Folly River. Brunswick County, with a considerable quantity of Farming Land attached. There is cut on the land about 115,000 boxes, and trees enough to cut about 0 000 more; all very convenient to water. Two wareon d teams can haul all the Turpentine oie on the Land to the Still on tho River, whence it can be taken to market, by vessels carrying from 200 to 300 barrels. The Still will also be sold, if desired, with waggca, team, &c A further descrip tion is unnecessary, as persons visaing to purchase can judge for thcmfclvcs. . The above property will be sold ot "trely ac commolating terms; or I will take, for the Land, the proceeds from the sale of tho Turpentino made oa it f or one year, provided the balance of the Trees arc cut and well worked. I will als sdl a number cf likely Negroes. Persons wishing to purchase such property, would dj well to give me a call. enlvr DA2TLY. SHINE. WilmiSgtcn, Sept 27th, HZQ. 37 U PROSPECTUS FOR ENLARGING AND IMPROVIMG The Raleigh Times. Ar ron publishing semi-weekly axd weexlt IT is proposed to enlarge and improve the Raleigh Times, and publish the Paper Semi-Weekly and Weekly after the 1st of November next, if a suf ficient number of subscribers can be obtained. The nbiect of the Editor will be mainlv to sustain and defend Whig Principle; to oppose the lead- m . . V V ing Uemocratic rresses ana to cnaeavor io raiiy and re-unite the Wmo Tarty op Nrtii Cakoxlna. He will devote his energies and abilities to this work, with fearless independence ana zeaious in dustry. Whilo the Ralegh Timbj will be principally a Political Paper, yet the current News of the day, uomesiic ana commercial, uuu iikciaj uuu uus lancous articles of interest, shall receive a fair share of attention, with the usual variety for general readers. As the Legislature of the State meets next winter The Timks will contain a full record of the pro ceedings of that body. We shall report such De bates as are or greatest interest, as wen as express our free view uponevcry important subject before it as far as may bo necessary for the information of our distant readers. It is impossible, within the reasonable limits of a Trospcctus, to embrace all the objects and designs of a Newspaper. The general information the public, upon political, legislative, commercial and domestic matters, together with the latest news, may be found in the columns of The Ti.mks. The size of the paper will be that of tho Raleigh Standard, which The Time3 is intended principally to oppose. A new Press and type, with all other necessary materials will be usod for tho printing. The Weekly paper, it will be seen by reference to our terms, will. therefor be the cheapest paper in the State. We design it shall be the best. Let the Whigs of North Carolina support this paper, and extend its circulation far and wido as the strongest and cost fearless advocate of their cause. To sum up all, The Times will be a strong and zealous supporter of the Whig Party ; and thc ac tive, fearless, enemy of Locofocoism and Disunion. We submit our claim3 to the intelligent and pa triotic Whigs of the State for that patronage and support which is necessary for our success. TERMS OF THE SEMI-WEEKLY. The Semi-Weekly Raleigh Tixas will be pub lished on Tuesdays and Fridays, at Four Dollars per annum. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY. The Weekly Times will be published on Friday and will be sent to subscribers for Two Dollars per annum. Six copies will be sent one year for Ten Dollars. Payable in advance. f-The Postmasters of tho State are requested to net as our Agents ; and all so acting and forward ing subscribers, shall bo entitled to a copy of Ihe Papen Address CII. C. RABOTEAU, Editor and Proprietor, Raleigh, iS. u Rahigh, Sept. 7, 1S30. 18 3w Collector's Office, ) Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 13, 1850. f PROrOS ALS will we received at this office un til the 20th day of October next, for building a vessel, to be employed as a Floating Light, and to be stationed at the Horse Shoe, in Cape Fear River, of the following materials and dimensions, Fifty-four feet keel, eighteen feet beam, seven feet hold, sixty -four feet ten inches on deck, making seventy-two tons or thereabouts, of custom-house tonnage ; to be built in frames of live oak, locust and red cedar timber, bolted together with iron, except the floors, which are to be of white oak, and secur ed with copper bolts, the bottom plank to be of two inch heart of pitch pino plank, wales of three inch white oak plank, and tapering down to meet the bottom plank ; deck plank to bo of two and a half inch heart of pitch pine, copper spiked and plug ged; beams to be of Southern yellow pine or good white oak; the vessel to be thoroughly copper fastened as high as the deck, and coppered with twenty-four ounce copper; to have a trunk cabin, furnished with berths, lockers and shelves, for the accommodation of six persons ; to have a bulk head forward ot the foreman, forming an oil-room, which is to be furnished with eight double tin oil canisters of fifty gallons each, with covers; to have a double mast, forty-fivo feet long and nine inches square, kept three feet apart fore and aft wise, with two shrouds on each side, and a stay or guy from the hounds to both tho stem and stern posts, all to be five inch rope ; to have a camboose fitted on a plat form covered with sheet lead upon deck, or in the hold, as may be most convenient, of sufficient siie to accommodato 6ix persons ; to have two common pumps, and a suitable boat and oars; to havo a cap stan or windlass, and belfry or gallows for a bell of two hundred pounds with which it is to be furnish ed ; to have a mushroom anchor of twelve hundred pounds, with cast iron head and wrought iron shaft, and a chain cable of one and a quarter inch, sixty fathoms in length, of the best proven quality; also an anchor of the common kind, to weigh seven hun dred and fifty pounds, and eighty fathoms of suita ble hempen cable ; the vessel to have two good coats of paint throughout; to be furnished with a suita ble quantity of pig iron for ballast, say twenty-five tons ; to have a lantern made of copper, three feet square and four feet high, to contain a copper lamp of the compass kind, to hold six quarts of oil, and fitted to burn twelve wicks, and hung with a com pass motion, the frames to be glazed with white glass of double thickness, eight inches by ten ; the lantern to travel up and down between the masts upon a frame ; it will be raised by means of two leaden weights running in a groove on the fore and after sides of the masts, of sufficient weight to keep the lantern and its travelling frames in equipoise ; these weights to be suspended by a single ropo at tached td their Upper ends, and running over a sheave placed in the head of each mast, and passing through a groove in the side of the travelling frames, and fixed to its lower ends, and they can be drawn down by a single rcpe as a whip attached to the frame ; the vessel to be furnished with etorm sails, No. 1 canvass, and an awning to extend from stern to the mainmast, of the best canvas3 ; a cast ircn ripe to be furnished to pass through the deck and bottom, through which the chain cable is to pass ; a platform to be laid over the ballast ; the ballast to be laid on battons to keep it two inches above the ceiling; the vessel to be furnished with two sixty gallon and four thirty gallon iron bound water caska buckets, harness, casks, &c, and a suitable cast i'ren stove for the cabin; in ehort, the vessel, with her fixtures and equipments, to be complete in every particular, to the entire satisfaction o the Collector of tho port of Wilmington, N. C., or such other rcrsous as he may appoint to inspect the same, and the vessel to be delivered at her station on or before the 1st day of March next. No pay ment to be made until the vessel shall be inspected, approted, and 0BT q RANKIN. Collector. September 24th, 1930. 37 4w HOARD A FEW Gentlemen can be accommodated with day board by the subscriber if early applica- lion is made. a . Persons residing in the uouniry naving vmi . i v . t mn i-t ilnrn at School in tircn wuicu j " - i- Town c-in find board for them with me, i own c-n u M STEVEy SON. NcwUrn, Sept. 23rd, 1S50. 38 6w A Tale of Jealousy. A WALLACHIEN LEGEND. Nearly three centuiies ago, an extensive portion of that part of the country which lies on the Wallachien banks of the Danube, belonged to Demetri C , a powerful Boyard, descended from one of the Greek princes who had been driven from Constan tinople, at the fall of the Lower Empire. He was wealthy, genorous, and magnificent, the father of a promising son, (who a the period to which this history relates, was eighteen years, old,) and the husband of the most beautiful woman in the country. Helena C was looked upon as the hap piest and most enviable of her sex; and she might havo justified tho general belief, for nature had endowed her with mental powers no leas remarkable than her personal per fections, had it not unfortunately happened that, amidst the countless roses with which her path in life had been strewn, ono sharp thorn had lurked and pierced her to the heart, rendering her, in' the intolerable anguish it occasioned, regardless of the many other blessings that had been showered upon her. In a word, sho was of a suspicious and jealous disposition ; passionately attached to her husband, and to all appeatancea adored by- him ; she nevertheless lived tn a constant distrust of him, which his character and man ners were too well calculated to justify, for his general admiration of beauty was a mat ter of notoriety. And although, from a knowledgo of his wife's disposition, ho had taken such precaution in his infidelities to wards her, that sho had never yet been able to detect him in a love intrigue, she never theless felt so persuaded that he was con stantly involved in such pursuits, that she became a prey to a vague jealousy, which embittcd every hour of her existence. At last her restless suspicions appeared to have an object on which to settle. Among her female attendants, was a young and pret ty Transylvanian, named Anastatia, whose superior education had rendered her a favo rite with her lady. All at once, the damsel became negligent of her duties, absent in mind, and inattentive to the wishes of her mis tress ; when reprimanded by her, sho be trayed insolence and hauteur. Helena threatened to dismiss her from hor service ; the prince opposed such a measure ; and. in proportion as tho displeasure of his wife was evinced toward the delinquent, the voice and manner of her husband softened in her favor. This was more than sufficient to fire tho suspicions of the princess. Eager to ascer tain tho reality of that which she dreaded, resolved to rush upon a knowledge that "Was to break her heart, she forgot her dignity so far as to play the eaves-dropper and spy oV'cr her attendantfor some time without any result. One day, however, when the feting girl had been sent for by her, and had neg lected to attend the summons, Helena treach erously crept up a back way to her menial's chamber door and noiselessly stationing her self outside of it, listened to what was pas sing within. A murmur of voices irk the room convinced her that Anastatia was not alone, and almost immediately that of the suspeced damsel struck upon her ear In ac cents, the purport of which could not bo mis taken. Leave m'e," sho said "for heaven's cake leave me ! If my mistress were to know of your being here, 1 should be lost forever! Already she suspects, and watches me, and I live in daily terror of her discovering a love which would draw Ubon me her eternal enmity I Go, prince g0, tiethetri ! This evening, as soon as it is dark, I will contrive to steal out to the fountain in the sycamore grove meet me there at eight your pre text of absenting yourself from home will prevent the priccess from suspecting that Hero tho voice became fainter, as tho per son speaking moved towards an opposite door ; the footsteps of a man were plainly to be distinguished moving in the same direc tion ; Helena could hear nothing more she strained her eyes to the crevice ot the door at which she was stationed, but could see nothing. Her heart ovei flowing with dark tumultuous passions, she was for a moment tempted to burst open the door, and confound tho guilty one who had presumed to rival her in her husband's love; but listening again she felt assured that the room was empty, and a moment's reflection showed her that by a few hour's delay she might render her vengeance naore signal and complete. She therefore returned in the same stealthy manner to her own apartment, shut herself up, and took her measures accordingly. Her determination was to prevent the pOs; gibility bf Anastatia quitting the house, and then to diguise herself in the dress of a serv ing damsel, and to personate her perfidious attendant at the rendezvous in the sycamore grove, rhich she had heard arranged by her. These meditations were interrupted by a messago from the Prince, apprising her that he should be absent from home the remainder of tbe day, and should probably not return till lato at night; and, thi message, an ad ditional proof of the calculating treachery which her faithless husband scrupled not to exercise towards her, was the last drop that ovei flowed the cup. The exasperation of her outraged feelings knew no bounds; and she remained in solitude in her apartment, that no member of tho family might notice her agitation. An hour before sunset, Anastatia was sum moned to her lady's presence and received an order to remain near her, and finish some embroidery with which she horself had been occupied. Not. daring to disobey, and hop ing to finish her task before the hour for her appointment with her lover had arrived, tho young girl sat down to her work with un wonted alacrity. The room in which they were was an upper chamber, and formed the last of a spacious suite, having no entrance but through the apartments that preceeded it. Not long after Anastatia was seated at her embroidery frame, tho princess arose and quitted the room, locked the door of it, and, leaving her attendant a close prisoner there, with no posibility of egress until she herself should release her, she proceeded to Anastatia's chamber, where she selected a suit of her clothes, bastenetl to diguise her self in them, and throwing a veil over her head, quitted the house, and directed her steps towards the trysting place. It was late in the autumn, the days were shortening visibly ; the evenings Were cold and gloomy, night closed in immediately af ter sunset, arid there was no moon to illuinino the chill, dark sky. Helena was the first to arrive at the place of rendezvous ; and under the influence of never slumbering suspicion, she fancied when she found herself there alone, that her schemes had been discovered, and that her husband would defeat her plan of vengeance by not appealing; but a few moments sufficed to undeceive her. A quick, light step approached what eagerness was in that troad, and how indignantly did her heart throb as she listened to it ! Tho obscurity was so complete that she could not discern even tho outlines of the person, who drew near, but a perfume of ambcrgis, with which her husband's hair and garments wcro always impregnated, floated upon the air, and a low, counterfeited voice breathed forth the words Hist, Anastatia ! Are you here, love V" directed her towards him. She stretched forth her hand with a whis pered Yes !" and grasped something which sho recognised as the embroidered kaftan 0 worn by the heads of tho princely house of fi : in the next moment, tho arms of 7 , . " of the . impatient lover were thrown around her, and she was drawn towards him in a passionate embrace. Transported to fury by the tender endearment; which she knew was not intended for herself; but for an un worthy rival, and breathing only the dead liest vengeance for her wrongs, the outraged wife thrust her hand in her bosom, drew thence a poinard, and, raising it on high, plunged it into the faithless heart that beat wildly against her own. The blow was dealt with such unerring aim that the victim could only utter an indistinct Cry, and relaxing tho grasp with which he had held her so closely embraced, fell heavily to the ground. Helena drew her breath, and listened for a moment : a gurgling noise in the throat of the murdered man, was all that she could distinguish; then followed a death like si lence. Terror and remorse suddenly over came her for the deed, which, in a moment of freniied excitement, she had perpetrated, and, turning hastily from the fatal spot, she Tusheu nomewaras. The first object that met her eyes a she entered tho house was her husband ! TheTO he stood, unharmed, surrounded by his at tendants, and in his riding dress, just as he had alighted from horseback, a tranquil smile upon his lips, as ho enquired whether the princess was in her apartment. u You here 1" sho shrieked, running up to him, UI have not killed you then! Oh! thank heaven, I have not killed you !" and she fell gasping at his feet. " The princess !M ejaculated her husband, bewildered at the sight of her diguiso and raising her from tho ground; what moans this frenzy, and why are you so strangely disguised V But she answered him not. With her distended eyes wildly fixed upon him. she passed her hands repeatedly over, his bosom and muttered to hcaself " No poinard no wound ! and yet I struck him there, and felt his hot blood gush forth updn my hand. "And see" sho continued, shuddeiing, t4ihere it is !" and holding up her hand as she 6poke, the crimson drops that stained it attested the truth of somo fearful deed being connected with her mysterious self-accusaticn. 4t Helena, dearest lore, ' said the Boyard, in soothing accents, something has terrified you, but you are safe now I am here to protect you. Tell me, what is the meaning of this agitation ? what is the meaning of this blood?" 'You! Anastatia! the sycamore grove! ' she uttered in broken cries ; were you not there ? now just now, to meet her V The, prince shook his head in silent con sternation. "Whom havo I murdered then " burst from the lips of the unhappy woman, with a thrilling shriek and starting from the hus band's support, she fled with the speed of a maniac towards the fatal spot, from which she had so recently returned. Tho prince and his attendants followed her, some of them bearing lighted torches, but such was the speed, which the frenzied state of her feelings lent to her movements, that they only overtook her at the moment of her reaching the fountain. There she sud denly stopped, as thoxlgh rooted to ihb spot, and shriddering, pointed to the ground. Tho prince advanced hastily to her side ; his at tendants followed, and raising their torches discovered at the margin of tho fountain the body of a man extended on his back, and weltering in his blood. Tbe ghastly face wa3 turned upwards, and as the glare of the torches fell npon it, an exclamation of horror burst from the lips of all present, and Hele na, leaning forward, recognized her victim, with a thrill of agony which caused all the blood to thrill in her veins, and all her pulses to stand still. At that one glanco the wholo truth flashed upon her with terrible clearness, and she comprehended, when too late, the fatal error into which her blind and mistaken suspicions had plunged her. There lay her gon i hef onjy child her beloved Demetri! bathed in the blood that welled forth from the death wound, which her murderous hand had inflicted ! He it was, then, whoso boy ish passion had been retiprocated by her young attendant. He it was for whorri Anastatia had devised tho love meeting, which had that morning changed her own jealous fears into dreadful ceitaintics. He it was, oh God! upon whom her imaginary wrongs had just been so barbarously aveng ed ! 1 he similarity of name and of dress had deceived her. Why had she not thought of this before t Why T Does suspicion ever pause to reason or reflect t Is not jcal ousy blind as love (whose dark 6hddov it is) is said to be All this passad through her mind with the rapidity of lightning, as that one awful glance rcvealod to her the extent of her crime ; no words escaped her lip?, but as if struck .by a thunderbolt, she fell heavily forward, and lay prostrato and to nil appear ance lifeless, by the side of tho beloved sou whoso life had fallen a sacriGco to the rash and ungovernable suspicions of the jealous wife. Tho first use that Hcloria inndo of her re turning faculties was to cast herself at tho feet of her husband, and make a full confes sion of the feelings which had driven her to commit so desperate a deed. Imploring death at his hands in expiation of bet crin.e. Hut death, which would havo terminated her earthly torments, was a boon which her exas perated husband was resolved not to giant her. " Woman," said be, "you shall livotodio a thousand deaths every day you shall livo to curse the day on which you wcio born you shall livo to expiate, in lingering tor ments of mind, tho misery you havo inflicted upon me !" And, inflexible in his determination, ho caused his unfortunate wife to bo conveyrd to the Hock of Babake, wbero in a rudely constructed stone chamber, sho was condemn ed to drag out her miserable existence, with out being sufleied to exchange a woid with any hunian being, and with no compamt'U ship save her own wretched thoughts. Her senses failed her under tho severely 6f tho punishment ; but madness, instead of bring ing oblivion to her woes seemed to havo im parted new activity to her faculties of suffer ing. Every evening, as daikncss.camo over the. earth, the poor manioc fancied I tcr.se If again an actor in the dreadful scene which had Ctaiiied her soul with the guilt of mur der ; and the frenzied snrieks she uttcrtvi during the night were hoard from ufar, wak ing tho echoes of that dreary solitudo, until daylight brought with it a temporary cessa tion of her agonies in the calm of exhaus tion. Ono day, at last, wheh ttio attendant who daily brought hor supplies of food entered her piison, she had disappeared. Every part of the rock was searched, but no ves tag of her was to be found, hor could any trace ever be discovered to account for her mystorious eVanishmeht. VL Lamarlinc. The follo'ving extract from a letfor writ ten by a French visitor br M. Lahinrtino'.l new possessions, a short distance from Smyr na, granted to hiih by tho Sultan, gives inter esting intelligence respecting them and him. The Tetter is dated the ICth July. Hcio ij tho extract : 1 have just returned from n ctnpIcto ux cursion ovei tho colony bf M. de Ijariiaiiine.' It is twenty eight leagues in ciicumfer enco, including the mountains which boumi it, and which aro beautiful and fcitile. a.J the plains. It is iii very truth the Limag nia of Asia. Fortune is there in foity or fifty forms. It possesses every thing that ono can deeirie, without exception. Then are already upon i seven villages, and a fino Arab dwelling with an empty narciu attached to it. ButM. do Lamaitino is go ing to biiild him a dwelling elsewhere, upon an advanced promontory, whtro forhiely stood a temple, three leagues from Ephcsuf . There he will haved more invigorating air. a superb view, purb water, and perpetual breezes from tho sea. Really the Sultan has given him more than the , whole Duchy o! Lucca, and of incomparable fertility, tt is the ashes cf tlib lava of Vesuvius. Tho ait is good. Thore is abundance of running watei, and nothing will bo easier than to mako perfectly hcalty by draining a small portion, which is too wet. It will bo easy to establish here the flocks of Eumea. Ono may boldly pasture hero, and without any labor, a hundred thousand head of cattle. Tliera are already thirty-five thousand wan doririg over tho territory without any ownor. The Sultan has been admirably gracious in his rcceptiod of the illustrious, traveller. Ho kept him eight hours, first in a solitary kiosk in the depth of u forest, and afterward at ari examination of a military school had in his presence. A correspondent, who has occasionally favored us with a poetical contribution.sendtf us the following neat little squib, in which there is perhaps as much truth, as poetry. Staunton Sjcc. EPIGRAM An out-cast baby nation camo And kneeling cried annex tis f We listened to tho foundling's claim, And took it home to vex us ! Now, grown to empire's lofty air, No longer she respects us ; Bat like a proud disdainful fair, Condemns us and rejects us ; Now ask you who? . The Muses swtar The old coqutUcr Texas; An Irishman lost a child in Ireland and afterwards emigrated to this country, whero ho lost another. Wishing to obtain a gravo stone that should tell the whole story, ho had these lines engraved upon it . 'Here lies two children Mcar, One ia old Ireland t'other LeiJ.' Kis.r -a J-!y 20, 1Z0. lOn.
The Newbernian, and North Carolina Advocate (New Bern, N.C.)
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