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n "t , ' ' is .- i -A i . From ths LsuisviH Journal. ,: ( HEN&Y CLAY. Its wr crown apou last brow, which gleam., In freedom' vart, When every'jsd ha. set hi. scat to (how the world man ; Nor bean he in his trusty hand the warrior'e .pear nd glaive, Whose harvest, are the falling ranks that burthen Jluin'i grave. But prouder than the proudest king whow million ntp- . wab) bow, , Hwars the wreath a Nation land hae twined up- , ou hie brow ; , And peerttae o'er hi fallen foe., w.th flaming plume He eliiDea among a Nation1 .tar. the brlghtert and the belt! HiTime i. not a sculptured thing, where old Re nown has reared Her marble in the wilderness, by smoke of battle seared ; , , But graven on life-leaping heart, where freedom. ' - banner, wave. It gleam, to bid the tyrant back, and loose the fet tered slave. r Hi. deeds are not of blood and wrong, where ruth, with iron hand, Has yoked the storaiy steeds of war to desolate the land; But tTOTin the hotrr of need, when danger", sum mons came, He tent the thunder of his word the halo oflii. name. Around the hearts and altar, where his Couutry's (rods are shrined, Hia heart has yearned Tor Fr-edoraV weal with Freedom's toil hi. mind ; , And When from other lauds, oppressed, the captive wail has runjr, His soil went forth in Freedom's strenglh with Freedom's (ire his tongue. Above the allars of'lhe Greek, and o'er BoliviVs fame, His name, Deliverer is stamped upon the broken cha'u ; '' And from those old and glorious isles that gom the jftwan eo, The sons of Spsrtans hail in song tho Champion of the rrte. And now, when age is on his heart, and dimness in his eye, He wanes uot with the fitful lights that darken in the sky ; But prouder still in name and fam?, with flaming plume and crest, He abiues among a Nation's etar the brightest and the best! f. 1. STL' ART. CONJUGAL FIDELITY. The following beautiful letter was writien af. ler the battle of Waterloo, by tho Qjen of Westphalia to her father, tho King of Wirtem burg. It is taken from Sir Robert Wilson's "Sketch of the M i Titary siTTdTjifr 7Ttu-a' f p'lRver of Russia, in th ypar 1817'': " Sire and Father : Your Maje.-ty reiiics(ed me to da end thii nmruiii!? into your upaitiurot. For the fir4 time in my life I declined tlie happiness offering in your presence: I knew tii" suliject ol the interview, and fearing that my mind might n il be sufficiently collected, 1 have dared to take tho liberty of developing the rnvtirej of my conduct, and inakinif an appeal lo your paterml alTrclion. " Your Majesty knows the whole truth. Yea, Sire, the Prince Jerome, your son-in-law, my hus band, and the father of my child, is with me. Ye3, Sire ! I have withdrawn an instant from the pa lace of my King, to succor the liunband to whom my life is attached. My thoughts have accompa nied him to the war my caro h; preserved him through a long and painful journ-y, where his ex istence was often menaced. My annJ have em braced him in his misfortune with more tenderness than eveiUB tho time of our pro pt-rily '. . The Prince Jerome is uot the husband of my own choice. I'teecived him from your hanil, when his house reigned over great kinjjdaius when hi head wore a crown. Soon the sentiment-of my heart cherished and confirmed the bauds which your poli cy had commanded. Marriaffs and nature impose duties which ore not subject to the vicissitudes of fortune: I know their - extensive obligations, and I know also liow to fullil then) : I was a Queen I am still a wile and mother! The change of polio.- among prinros, in overthrow- , tng the French einpiie, has also destroyed the throne oa which your gooi m and the Prince my husband had seated me. We were obliged lo submit lo the force of circumstances! The august Maria Louisa afforded me a great example of resignation but our situation w dissimilar. Public iuterert may command , actilices of permanent duration, or which mny eeaeo when the iuterests of a new wlicy louder other changes inevitable. Although chance has elevated us above the gener ality of mankind, we are much more to be pitied. A variable will controls our destiny ; but there its pow er ceases; it i. impotent against the obligations Pro vidence impose, on us. The hutbaiid whom (Sod aud yourself gave me, the child whom I have borne in my bosom, constitute my exrstence. I shared a th'one with this husband; I will partake with him exile and misfortune ; violence alone shall separate me from him- Hut, O my King . O my father! I know your heart, jour justice, and the excellence of your principles ; I know what these principle, nave Been aiau umrs on me smyri.1 u those domestic duties which should be respected by the PriucesMS of your Honsr. I do not ask' your Majesty, from affection for me, to make any change in that system of conduct which has been adopted iu conformity with the de'.ermina tioB of the most powerful Princes of Europe; but I throw myself at your feet, to ipiplore permission that my husband and myself may remaiu near your per son ; but, O my futher, if that must not be, let us at -4it ha restored to your faror, before we remove to foreign soil It is only after having received some proof of your paternal love, that I can feel strenglh sufficient to appear before you. If we must go this very evening, let u depart with the assurauce of your affoctiou and protection in a happier lime. Our misfortunes must have a period; policy will not al ways command iu respect'to u, tiiat whicji.is humil iating, nor delight iu the ruin and degradation of so many Prince., acknowledged iu former treaties, and who have been allied .to the most undent and illus trioos houses of Europe. Is not their blood mingled with our. 1 Pardon me, my father and my Sovereign ! for having thus expressed myself, but condescend, by a single word, to let me know that it has not been received witb displeasure." s , ExtcoTtos of Mas Elizabi-.tii Reed A few iys since we published k report that this human lind,who was under sentence of death in Illinois . hid cheated the gollowa by eating glass. The Charleston (III.) Reporter refutes this report, and kives a mitiule account of her execution pursuant to" sentence..' Rhn was hanged at St. Lawrence ' Villrvllt. on the 23d ult She stated upon the tralluwa that she felt an interest in the redeeming krwd f the Prince of Peace, and died, but to live forever -in a state of tills, made pnrlect lo the glo ry of God and this Father. She was very unwell imlhumorna' of the execution, and with a weak nd feeble step was conducted to the scafjold. and bung in the presence of eight I hou.and s pec ulate. After her spirit had taken its fl ht to a Ttother world, her body wae taken down and die. acted bv the ohwiciana. Her stomach, upon examination, mas found to contain a number of pieces of brick as large a a pea, and pulverized ' arises, by wbich she had in vain attempted to save beretst Irein ait tgnomimous nmi public death, it is Justly presented tiiat she cruUI have lived but ' S) few dar longer. She ha. made her confession. lahich, with the. trial, speech of Mr. kinder, (her eotiiisoi) and th sentonea f the court, (pronoun. d tf Jrtdffi Wilsw) is published at Charleeton. '" S'tt ar related tha circumstance attending the SflUrJVrofths; husband, ennsninmated by admin's- Iflpg pl:so hy lhewif. The alory is said ' Mjone ef thr Hrrg 'fibres' ami doe; horror. From the New Belgian, THE IRONS OF COLUMBOa XV have experienced mmgieaiwings w .j ., at the ttival in our own town, of . part of the iron bolt to which the noble diaco. r of America, Chhistofher CoLDMBtia, aj miiu.g - -- i, " h townsman, Robert 8. MoonB, late Purser in the j m r .i.. !!.,;.. 1 MiMioa ami attached tu the in.vy i mo vjtii-vw wm.vr, ship Vsndalia, ha been too recent to have been foreottten bv any of ua. During the laat cruiae of that ehi, he vieited the City f St. Domingo, and with a laudable and becoming curiosity, he saind out all "the lione" of that ancient place, and recorded in his Journal which he kept with great fidelity and minute accuracy, his. visit to j the dunueon in which Columbus was connnea, and where bv dint of creat peraeverance and aa- .ul;iu h nl.tninKd th ioteresiinff relic to which ! we have alluded. Upon hia" death, the iron bolt, ; wih hia journal and other valuable arliclea, were , " " r ' . , , i.ig reu. forwarded by the proper authoring to his rela. live. I,.,re, who hvo kindly pernirtiad us to make , the following extracts from his journal, wl,,ch . we have no doubt will be perused with great nlcasure not only by his mnny friends and ac ! quainlanoes here, but others abroad. After giv- ins an i.Here.tins account of the city of St. Do. mingo, us harbour, &.C and a pleasant inte-view tvi n an American mercunu uuoiu no iuim ding there, tho journal statea : " Mr A. went with me to visit thtower in which Columbus was confined. On our way we met a par ty of officers from the ship, returning from the same place ; the first Lieut. H. was among them As he was going on board, I requested him to send tho ship's armorer lo me, with a sledge-hammer, and a few cold chisels The entrance to thettower is through a large arched gateway in the barracks, which are very ex tensive, and would. I think, accommodate from twen ty totwenlv-rive thousand troops. Passing through . , i. i. . i the fate and crossing a conrt-yard, we came 10 ine tower, and ascended at once to the prison of the im mortal Colon. It is a square room, measuring 15 feet each way, with an arched roof; the ceiling being about twenty five feet high ; it has a square hole at top thru' which food, &c was lowered to the illustrious captive, as at that time there was neither door nor window in tha ronm. There is at present a door, and one crated window, and even now it appears to be a sufficiently Kccure confinement the walls being five feet thick, and the strongly barred window about sixty feet from the ground, and tho door double, and each very stout; the two eye-bolts through which the chains with which he was confined passed, were still in the wall, but had been cut olT as close as ' curious or scientific" persmis could manage. It. was left fur me to commit ihe barbarity of die 'ins them out. The bolts were on oppo-nle sides of the room, driven into the end of blocks of wood, which were built into solid mason ryhand would square about 8 inches. After ex amining the oilier parts of the tower, we walked over the town, and several convents and monasteries were pointed out to me. I had not time then to ex plore them, as I wished lo return and take a sketch of the 'lower and procure the bolts. We according ly came hack to Mr. A.'s. and leaving him at home, I returned, took my sketch, and when I saw the boat coming, went to tlie wharf and brought up the armorer. Mr II. had sent the cold chisels as I re, quested, ilislrad of sharp wood chisels; as I had not seen the chamber, before asking for the-m, I could not know that the bolts were driven in wood, but supposed them to be confined in the masonry With lead. I passed through the gate befure' the guard, with mv man and sledge hammer, in fear and trem bling fear that I would be stopped, and trembling in anticipation of my disappointment, but we passed unmolested, and went into the room and commenced o;wrati(ins the. hammering again frightened me, for 1 thought it likely that I would be stopped. 1 lie prize, however. 1 considered worthy of the risk, and shad the Authorities interfered. I intended, iu the most innocent planner, to make the most polite arid satis factory apology in tire' world, and "vanish. Fear ing interruption, in order to secure simiethinrr valim- ble, I picked up the chips and mortar, detached as we progressed, and carefully put them in paper; b it finally when -without interruption the first boj was broken off about two inches below the surfcle. I verily believe, that Columbus himself was net more delighted when he first saw the laud of our western hemisphere, than I was when I clutcbd that bolt. I didn't stop to examine it lliouhbut led the ar morer to the other, desiring hiui to get that also, which was accordingly doneBud without interrup tion. This was not so lafffe as the other. 1 gave it lo Mr. II. as his perppiUile for sending tho armor er. y "Alter my teat, t was (.11 impatience toget on board again, to stow away the holt, s nd o dress for a ball to which wc were invited in the evening." I came on board at eleven to-day, with my tro phies, and v.ent on thore again to procure a certi ficate from tome one iu authority regarding the iron holt, as I intend to present it to the National In- hllt(,t aU(j wantP,l the fact of its being the lona , ,;rfe l(o(t tironp, ,.d. i be beyond a which Columbus' chains were pass- aqnestion. Isbtained this ceruhcate j . , ( ne Government Interpreter. vi j . , . away und very unwilling, 1 can asenre j , , , ve u,,t"a ,, h.j been fired. and the conlet wni flying. Although I have hern walking ald exammjng jretaiitly mice our arrival Here, r-niniisrailvclv nothiiiir has been seen ; besides, I had Dlaniied some pretty rides with Mrs. A,; one lo u beautiful grotto, about three miles fiom tho town. However, T have the consolation of knowing that during our short stay, I was indefatigable, and did more in tho rettereh hue, than any of my mess mates." The Mammoth of Reptile In the county of ' VYashingloih Alabama, Hot far frorii Mobile, itic fossil remains of a monster in the animal creation have been discovered by Dr. Albert C. KieV VVe find on account of it in Dr. K 'a words in the Mobile Daily Advertiser ; it haa been called by hitu Zeulodon Si limanii, in honor of proteesor Sil'lima.n of Yale College. Here follows a de scription of the monster: n have succeeded in bringing to light tho ve ry nearly complete skeleton of a mol collossal and terriblefcrcplile. that may be justly termed the king of the kings ot reptiles tta length is me hundred and fow feet the solid portions of he verlebra are Irom 14 to 18 inches in length, slid from y to 12 inches iu diameter, each avera ging 75 liouiulain weight. Its greatly elongated jhws are armed with not 'ess tlun forty incisor or cutting leelh. four canine teeih or tang, and 0 molars or grinders. Those leeth all fit into each otier when the jaws are closed, and it is clear thai the animal was of a carnivorous nature The eyes were evidently large, giving the ani mal the power of keeping constant and vigorous watch for its prey. The b.ly had. members at tarhed to it resembling puddle, or fins, wliuh in proportion to ihp size of the animal were small, and were doubtless intended to probel the body of this erwrro&jis creature through the waters ol those large rivers or seas, which it inhabited or frequented. Each of I hose pao'dlea or fins is com posed ot 21 bones, which form in union, seven freely articulating joints. The ribs are of a very peculiar shape and exceedingly numerous. They are three times the thickness at the lower that ibey are at the aupcrior extremity." One of ohr two-fisted barkwoodamcn, half horse, half alligator, and a little totfehed with the snapping turtle, went to see a caravan of wild beaets. After giving them a 'careful examination, he offered to bet the -Owner that he could whip his lion in an open ring, and he-might throw in all bis mnnksys, arid let thesebra ktcjt him ooce.. sktr.ally duitug tlie UjhU ...,t- - . KXrLOSIOOP-ABOMB SHELL BIJOHS C ABBOTT. '& i' A few week tiro I her wa an tcciJentsjl ex. iiMion nf , bomb shell in Charlton 8trot,,Nw york. And at I chanced .to b t the epot bat a few moment after the exploiion, I will gi yoo CloCK, r. M. Wlieri in WIIUIU HUUBW vnm nncii . n of j the heaviest plaice of I . i ..." ..n..:,in in, itimii iii thu-rt. ', artillery, t w.bjiii. pirp n-gj -- ,nd taking an ompibuv " HW " n"hiitid " mn and bove runniotf towards Charlton Strtet. In a moment more a crowd catne aretiudtbe cor-i ner of Charlton Street mtoitudson Streen bear ing the body of a well-dressed n.an, upon a window shutter. They crossed the street directly by tho omnibus, and I observed that the back side of nead'w!ls blown off. and the blood and brains were dripping down Upon the shutter. Perceiv ing indications of great xcitern?ru in the rapidly iratherinir crowd, and hearing exclamations of plosion,' 'terrible exploswii,'.teiiJeft h omni. boa to learn the cauae of Ui dineMr t'-tering Char ton street, guided by hundreds who were that point from all quartet. 1 -beer., on he ,lre41ti for , ljlt!s 0jilallce, tj,at the windows were entirely tleiuolnhed, the framea i,t flHny plates bhiwn in, doors Baallered, aj holes' blown actually thmujrh the aidea of houses. In one place, foryr.rods, I should udj;e, from the spot where the plosion tnok place, a hole was blown through tlie front of a frame house, large enaugh for a man to enter. 'Up.jn the aide walks, in front of a shop of old iron, lay iii disorder, some thirty or forty . rusty boiftii ahel'ls, about eight inches in 'diameter. It was said by the crowd that a man had one of theee between his knees, endeavoring to looaea the charge with a flick, when it exploded, producing this scene of deal (potion and carnage. The body of this man wjw torn t piece, aud scattered in fragment through the streets. Observing a crowd gathered around an inject in the street at a little ci..t'.ncc, I approached it, and saw, ap ptreullv, a large piece of butcher's meat, which a boy was pushing about with his loot. On ex. ainiiiing it. it proved to be the lower portion ol i man's leg, with the crushed bones, and man glod fl.sh.. ' The other leg,' eanl a hy-stander, 'ivas blown over into Hudson Street.' A crowd was collected round a window i-ll gazing at some object. It was man's hand, Ihe fingers burnt, and crushed, and blackened, having been torn from :he body, and thrown with violence against the brick wall. The niangled trunk ol the unfortu nate man, headless and limbless, listd been carried into tin; house, and the shrieks of his wife were heard over the bloody remains. Upon sn iron win low frame lay the torn and bloody hodv of mother man. A fragment of the shell had timi i way one half of his head. He wa dead. His blood and brains were dripping down upon the pavement, and a day laborer had hia thumb and linger upon his eyes, to close them forever. Two 'oung men who happened to be passing by in tlw Imddlu of the street, were literally blown up into tic air, and fell willi broken and mangled limbs upon iIih pavement. They both died, I believe, the next day. In the street lay a horse dead, and it was singular that In; a Ian' had the whole of the tiack of his head torn off by a fragment of the nhell. A beautiful wagon to which he was at tached, was also demolished, the spokes of the wheels. broken, and tlie vehicle almost torn to pieces. Such wis the deyasta'ion proJ'.ircd by the ex plosion of one BitiLi'ie shell. And yet this shell" did hut perform its function. It was made for this very purpose to destroy property am! life. It was made to be thrown into Ihe crowded streets uf a city, there to explode, mid blow up houses, and tear limit, from limb Tins was tlio function of ihe insmniient. ' And this is war. To throw sm ii inisiik'K as tlioso into the crowded street of a city, is the businesn of war. As I- looked upon this scene, and witnessed its carnage and woe. and reflected that it was the work of a sin gle shell, and then reflctcd.upon the consterna tion and horror, which must tie produced by rain ing down a shower of these shells upon a city, crushing their way thro the rnofs nf the booses, exploding in the chambers of I lie dying, or in narlors w'.mre mother, and du"htcrs. and infant children are oathercd in terror, never did I so deeply feel before the horrors, the unmitigated inimiitv of war; never before did 1 so deeply foci that it was the duty of every oiio who has a voice to sneak, or a nen with which to write, to devote all his influence to promote tho abolition of ih, tiend-l.lie work. When Napoleon, w ith his hlood-slained army, arrived before the walls of Vienna, he planted hi batteries, and In loss than ten hours llirew throe thousand of these horrible projectiles )to tlie ci ly. Three hundred of these bomb, shells exp'o- ifed every hour, five every minute, in the streets and dwellings of this crowded metropolis. Who can imagine the terrors of that dreadful night when, amid the thunders of artillery, ihe cry and uproar ol contending armies, and lontl igrations breaking out on eery nide, three terrible shells, like fiery meteors with portentous glare, were streaking' tho. air, and descending like hail stones unon the doomed city. Crushing through the roofs of the dwellings, they exploded at the fire s.de, in the very cradle of the infant, blowing their mangled limbs, with tragmenls ol their de molished home, far and wide into the air. In ibis way Naooleon c.onquend Vienna. In this wav Entrland conquered Canton Ann in tins ue- awaiic mthpusarut L ot. our conmrymen are now reauy to engage ior iucnn)Mi,nn , , and Oregon. The whole city ot New York was thrown into exriiemenl by the tale of the explo sionof thfs one shell.and there is scarcely a news piper in ihe land Which did not record the dread ful story. And yet it ia tlie husiness of war lo cast these shells by thousands among the men and boys . who crowd the ships of the navy and the merchant fleet, and among the aged men, the mothers, the maidens and the children a hu throng the dwellings and the pavement nf the city. O merciful God, aave the nation from the horrors of war ! Mechanism or the Heart- On reviewing the mechanism of the heart, every reflective mind must be struck with the admirable adaptation and suitableness of its several parts, and also the har mony of it operation. How important i tho least portion of it complex machinery ! If but a thread connected with the valve be broken, or Lone of its-slightest membranes bnfit ; if a single valve be omitted to fail down before theretrogade current of blood, or become inverted, the vital function could no longer be carried on ; the vast machinery of the whole animal frame would be immediately deranged and death necessarily en sue I Who could suppose that an apparatus so complex, o eaaily deranged, and which is thrown into action considerably inure than a hundred thousand lime a day, should yet continue unim- ...ImJ pu Ainktw nr a hundred vsara t Mow insignificant and imperfect must appear the most admirable piece-of .mechanism constructed by men when compared lothiel What pieceof median- ism, exerting so much powes, emild bear such to.ii. '. Y.t a MirfMt ia iht.af.na. ratu. and so well fitted ar all it parts, thai it rapid motion .never, during health, disturb em ,u. ...j.. k.k. i. .ik. k.. k.... MT.v.n. a hundred and fifty time daa. . A GOOD MAN. J XV copy the following interesting article from the NewvYork Mirror We are iure our read, era will, when they bsve perused it, be ready to exclaim witb us" a good man " The following exhibition of religion, 'pur and unduhled. is extracted from a memorial to the Alasachuseti Legislature. - VVe have for a long tune seen- nothing that wa more of the nature of thing lovely and of good report,' Such an ex ample i mure efficacious than a hundred sermon. v t tint many nugnt oe lound to go 84 do like wise I .'. ,, In tho ummer of 1841, John Aucostus. a man in humble life, now well known to the friend of Temperance it) Boston, and who deserve to be j throughout the Stale, visited the Police Court in Boston, and, being very much interested in the ease of a poor roau, who. fur the trice of drunken- ness, had be: aer.ianced to the House of Cor rection, stepped forward and offered to become bail for him. Hi proposal was accepted, lie paid, out' of his own pocket, the fee of the court, amounting to a few dollars and took the condemned inan with h m out of the court room. He persuaded bun lo sign the pledge, furnushwg him with food and lodgings, and at last secured employment for .him, and from henceforth tho re. cued drunkard became- an industrious and aobar .citizen, - ....- , Air. Augustus, inspired by the eurceas or ht first attempt, and impelled by the yearnings of his noble heart, continued hie visit to the Police Court, and from August, in tbQ year 1811. to Feb ruary of the present vear, has teacneu Irom the Jaw ol. the 11 aiue of Girrectiim .nd front J be M, Inwship of convicted felons, one hundred and sev. enty' six men and fifty-six women in all, tico hurt drca and ihirty-tico hvmanheing Fortunately for hi benevolent attempt t stand between the drun. krd and the customary course of law, Mr. Au gustus has preserved a careful record of every ca&e in which he has interested himself, and he is thus enabled to furnish an intelligent account ol the large portion of tho perrons who, by h uipans, have been saved from the confinement in South Boston. Full three-fourths of the num. her, or about one hundred and seventy-five, are now temperate and orderly citizens; and are gain ing a livelihood.. The amount of the cost paid by Mr. Augustus, for the release of these persons, is $978 01 This amount haa nearly all been paid back to him, by Ihe persons thus rescued. What heart have been healed, and families made happy, by the re sturation of so large a number of the human bro iherhood, lo temperance, usefulness and respect ability ! By the minute and unquostionable rec ords kept by Mr. Augiiiitus, rising eight-tenths ol all the persons sent to tho House of Correction are sent tlie re for drunkenness. Through hit Sanwritan ellb'ts, the number of commit iiiente lor this dreadful vice has been largely reduced and besides tho diminished expense, consequent upon reduction, the community hug been incalcu lably blossed by the change. It is impossible to enter, in detail, into the for midable difficulties whtih a humble mechanic, like Mr. Augustus, has had to encounter, in order to proceed in his beneficent work. To say noth ingof the formalities and li'ilujjties which belong alike to all courts of lawrlu has, in most cases, provided fof his fallen brother, and allnwwd no rest to his head, until he has done his utmoBt to urocure for him employment. It should bo add ed, that, within a few oionths, a t.umber of the " merchant Princes," and other eminent philan thropist, of Boston have given Mr. Augustus a substantia! testimonial of ..I bftir. respect for his un. wearied and invaluable services. Previous to ihis libera! act, Mr A. had relied upon his own scanty resources, and found it exceedingly diffi cult to carry into effect hi praiseworthy labors. FUN AT MIDNIGHT. The joys of weiled life have never been written out. One of the most delightful incidents' in the lifts of Benedict occurs at midnight,, when he' ia" roused from his slumbers by his wife, who sirikes two or three wr!l directed bluft on his breast with her elliows. "Susan, what's the matter ?" Tho lady has drawn her head underneath tho lilaukcta, and ia shaking like a disturb ed calf-fool's jelly. She says, in a suiuihu- etl, tremulous voire " Oil, Thomas, I hoar noise in the hall nn.l there is ccttaiuly somebody in- the house." " Nonsen'c, you are mistaken.'' 41 Thtte it. is again. You can hear them walk in the parlor. They're robbing the hnue. I told you the new servant was a susuiciniia looking person." The hubnnd lias hy the lime the last speech is drlivereil raised himself "bolt upright," in tho bed. pulled off Ins night cap and prided his ears in e.itr i t in vi rv sltsriitt sl sound. Alter he shivers five miuiitspr so, the wife says- "Tnr-ru now I heard the glass break. Oil, we shall he murdered. l)o you get your oistnls. ilciir Thomas. The. husband it now really-alarmed; and oTti out of his bed. He gropes around cart lully; but not withstanding caution, law over a chair, oilcln s ui a tvirsii stand. ami augius amontf the watery fragments of the basin i .p, .nek. anil mkg " . . . , , , t tior iitisiiaiiu t the rolih- r are in the room. Oetliug no an swer lint a prolonged "cuss it, Bhe ttaslies lo the wintl"w.,and cries murder. The hua harid emlt-aviy's to Ktop her; but l he steam is lri high for' lite safely. valve. The neigh bors are alarmed, and disturbed faces are numerous. The watchman hears murder cried, and, at the earnest entreaty of the la dy, break the lock of the front door ami rushes in. Several neighbors follow him with lights, and of a sudden the whole pic tore ia illumed. The poor husband lias cut himself upon the ragmen's of hia basin, and the room is covered w tl blood. The wife xptsins the cause of their a larm, and the dilemma, and of coitrw the watchman ia obliged to go off". Tht official never thinks any thing mote of tho emitter; hut Ihe neighbors never forg-t it. .the poor husband gets the name of a blackguard and a brutr, ami a stmy'goes about that lie was caught beating his wife in a dark room, at midnight, with chairaaotl a wash baain, he being too kind to tell the truth. AHer bintling tip thejvounds the couple go to-bed ami wake iiTthe morning supreme ly wretched. Muj Noah. ' '' ' - :, '-' , j - ' ' -.-'- IX By a recent fir at Cambridge, thet'Aftlie neum building, put up a few day since oy tiar. ; vaTd University, id receive Ihe great Panorama of j Artie ns. was crnisome4ogetber with Ihe rAnora. ; ma. Every, effort wa made to aave it. The Student, were very aetivl in their effiirt ft thai 1 borswee. The Painting wan taken down and . rolled up; but it was n possible to get it out of , the Mom until a window was cut tn, the wall, and before that' could be done the fire seized the pic- I ture, and those attemptiKff to av U had to 4etit. , BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, -at aoacsT O0TBT.' It wa a summer evening, Old Caspar's werk was done, Aud ha befor his cottage door Was sitting ia th sua f And by him sportfd oo the green Ilia Utile graud-ehild, Wiihelmen. She saw her brother Peterk in " Roll something large and round, That he beside ths rivulet " Ia playing there had found ; He catne to ask what he bad found That was so large, aud smooth; and round. Old Caspar took it from the bey Who stood expectant by ; And theu the old man shook his bead And with a natural sigh: 'Ti. some poor fellow's skull," .aid he, , Who fell in the great victory; I find them in my garden, for There 's many here sbout ; And often when I go to plow, The plowshare turns them out ; For many'thonsand men," .aid he, " Were .lain in tbi. great victory." " Now tell us what 't was all about," Young Peterkin he cries ; And little Wilhelmine look up, With wonder-waiting eyes ; " Now tell us all about the war, And what they killed each other for." " It was the English," Caspar cried, " That put the French to rout : And wh?t they killed each other for, 1 could not well make put : But every body said," quoth be, That 't was a famous victory. My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by They burnt bis dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; Po with his wife and child he fled, Nor bad he where to lay hi. head. With fire and sword the country round Wa. wtfsled far and wide: And many a childiug mother then, And new-born infant died : But things like tjiat you know miift be, At every famous victory. They say it was a shocking sijhi After the field was won : For many thousand bodies her Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that you know must be, After a famous victory. Creat praise the Puke of Marlboro' won And our good Prince Eugene." " Why, 't was a very wicked thing !" Said little Wilhelmine. " Nay, nay, my little girl," quoth be, " It was a famous victory. And every body praised the Duks, Who such a tight did win." v " What good came of it at the last? Quoth little Peterkin. " Why, that I cannot tell," said he, " But 'i was a famous victory " Destructive FireDickens Place' burnt ., ii,,.., h ,.vi, L l;,i evnnin" a tire broke out in a small stable in the rear of McBride Grocery, on Orange street near beotiara. ine loft was filled with liny, and the adjoining build inj; was the iarje carpenter's shop of Baldwin and miii. t'k..- .. urn b,,tb tnirril in a lew minutes, suid they sent up such a broad sheet of llime-light into the hazy atuiospiiere mm penpie iuhh-u m thousands to the scene, blocking up Ihe narrow street, and. seriously obstructing the engine. 1 !.. .... Kn.l.tnitru i-,trW Uilll'll. ill.' COODer'f shop of Mr. Lvnch was destroyed, and IW. 4.i, .r, I r.o .... ., ...... trait ull miirn try, y, miiu ou, "ii umiimj , or -less damaged. In the lia"emeiit of the carpen ters'shup of Buhhvm and Mills was the notorious den ofl'ete Williams, known siure the visit to our eli'irea of a disiinjiuishcd London authnr as Dickcna Place,' which was completely cleaned out n process th '.t nothing short of fire could e- ver have accoinplih,u. i.. ,i. r r tbo hnihlim nn Oranrre-street III ins I "- m - were some twenty or tlii'ij shanties, occupied by a lainiiy in every p.u i mt in. -m i i - a hundred tainnics in an. .i iichk cic ry clear, and their occupant", a motley and wretch ed looking crew. he like exists no where in thts world turned into the street. It was im nossible to obtain any thine like a correct lust ol the sufferers, as the street were packed for ma ny blocks with such a in' of human beings as cannot he described. ' The Boys' were there black, white, blue, bmvvn and yellow men, wo men, and ch.ldren, all were there every cellar vomited forth monstrous masses of reeling wretch es disturbed in their disgusting orj;ir the ye I in., hootiiig, sc.reainino;, smoke, fn emeu's cal.s. the cruwdi-ig, squeezing, runnin-; and fighting, mingled with the roaring of the flame and crack incof the limbers constituted such a scene as may be imagined hut which an artist wculd bemad to attempt Seiineating. We could not ascertain that any body was se riously injured, excepting a poor fellow whose hands were badly burnt m getting out four or five horses Irom the alab'.o where ihe fire originated. iV. Y. Tribune. Corre.pondenco of the Baltimore Patriot. - Cumberland. Md, June 9:h 1815 Our r tin n was " "ri'atly shocked tfiis cvetiihg 1 ;,.;,!n of Wll.I IM ViN BUSKIKK. EfO. . tho late Secretary ol Stale, under'Oov. Francis Thomas. Mr. Buskirk killed himself with a rifle tun, near the Court House door, at a few min utes bclore 4 o'clock. The act was committed with his gun. of a very easy trigger-.i "'" . u. r. ,1,0 ma hrmvs. and the UIS- oeinif lieu, hc1"" J ' , . charue affected by the ram-rod. producing inmant death. Mr UosKtra w n. ...d .....v - A. Pearce, Esq. a few macules belore, where he wrote two letters, which were found in hi hat- the one to S. M Semmee, Kn., desiring hun to communicate the fcarltil news to his faintly, and the other this tmet.nme. to, .;.n nrrmlml to CenSUfe 8n 8Ct Which does htm no harm, and which ho is not capable of understanding. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. At Boston, on Sunday last, about 8 o'clock, M' Sarali Maria P .Allen, wife of Mr. John Al- r . , rT .Ill ...,iJki. .ml .Il.trA Tf. le ii. toriiieriv a juiveini ...iu. - - rent) editor of Ihe Social Retoriuer, committed suicide by cutting her throat with a raior. Tlie unfortunate woman had been tr IMtveral montli . . . . C, inittli. laboring under inieriniasivo uis.n ed by over excitement tn im - in consequence of the illnea of her little boy. ana durinir Saturday ni(;ht she made several attempt to throw hereitfmni the chamber window upon .u- "Takino- the oDOortumty when her husband's attention wa elsewhere. h went in to the bathiny 6m and committed the act. ff l,t,h " fatlelh to the SPAItBOWS, not out!. - Krofnd without the Fthr'. notice." a. well a. which a era- rPv7.-Pded the family nf civil r . .-.u k ....ri.if. and not frightened ixed marir wiiuuih v..- . - - v , from their dwelling. It hai been aecertained that a pair of little sparrow, with young to main tain, will detroj jyWO caterpillar per day. ; ; North" Carolina LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC AND MILITARY Arms and Equipments furnished by : the btate. , .. Next Scuian bptn in ike 1st of July, with sj. vantage uneurpmsed in any Preparatory School in Iks South. Classics, English, ete . R. GRAT. Mathemanc, Tactics, etc. O. A. UUCK. Evpn;irpi:;,,Jhe,n,',,3r 'i. ' TKKM PER SESSION OF HVJt MONTHS. Classical bepartment, il.'ollrgiais chum, iu eluding lull English iStudie with Alathe m4,) $20 00 Enijiifb do. (Elementary 4-higher branches) 15 no Military do. (Infantry 4- Andieiv practice) no chorg Ttir course of Euucalion is thorough, piartical and well calculated to qualify youib for ttis various duties of life whether occupying public or private. Civil or Military ataiiuns. The mural and intellectual facul ties are kept seveiely in actiun, but not at the exp. nsa uf the physical, a. it unforluuaicly for the beallh of our chiidicn loo cumim.nly the ca throughout th. country. Kegular and systematic Military Exercises, as well as Practical and Scientific (Jralin. inuoducing Survryiugand Civil tlngine.riiig, are subrtiiuled in the place of unprofilable play and required of all iu-d.-uu tlte usual hwr of daily reciitUibn and study being invariably left distinct uninterrupted. LKCTfJItES. The following gentlemen, desirons of establiliing a ta-le fof Literalura.' enlarging the u-lulne of th Academy . and - piemoting lbs -caos. of JCdueaiion, have kindly volm le. red to deliver, in ihe cnune of the tfe-.ton, Lfftures connecied wilb ihe Arts and Scieure., Airriculture. C mnvrrr, law, VV ar, lc liiiial Economy. Poetry. &. The evening of lbs la.t Friday ot every mouth being the lima i-elcctcd for ra li diKrourne, due notirs of it. suhjeci will be given nud the Patruu. and Fnends uf the loli!u. tion eipiciiil y invited to attend: V. K. fiAI.ES Enq. . W. HU8TED. K.q. H. W. MM.LEIt, Eq. W J. Cl.AKKE, Esq, t.ov IfiEDELI.. On ihe.ame day. witnin the n fiular School hourt, an Eiaminaliou of ihe Pupil, ill their vurinut ctuthri wi I I e held by the Board nf Visiters bctiue vhuin will be read ine monthly Kiport -f Ihe uicrukliiy, ronduct, 4c of every individual, thus encouraging ibe at.idnnui and amhiliou. on their Hidunus wi.y, exciting the languid cnergir. . f ihe indi Ui.i and tie linqnent, and preserving a high lone. of moral, aud cbatai t r. VISITERS. Iev A. Smedej, Rev, D l.acv, Kev. U T Bl..ke, lie. J. E. Edwaida, liev. J. J Finch, Hon i. E. Badger, Hun. Ja. Iredell, Itr. linker, 11 r Hill. V. It CiaU, E B. Fieeunn, Tho. J. I.emay, Gro. I.inle, W. J Clarke, Esquire.. Hun. It, M. feaunders. Letter wriiinn, with Emjlifh and Latin Composi tion, will be i l.wely amended to. A cheap I'niform is adopted Disss I'aiade day, Friday. Nn deduction made for absence, unless in cues of protracted nickiieiH. A few Pupil, can be braided in Mr. dray', fami ly, at ihe cumin n price. June 12 1845. 47 HARRIS5 HOTEL, CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA, 'Pi. ..I...,.U, I... ,K t.ti.Mhii.fi In inform hia nl,l friend. nd customers. d the ul. lie g- nciullv, il t 1.1 I I, l.li !.' LlfllTul, I,c un, nw . j . - e adiointnc the Iii)iih-weit iomcr of ibe l ouri llnuse, ill Ills Town ot l oncvrci. unu hub nueu u v- in fbinniible and lomlorlable tle a. . HOlE for ,W ..rnmmoiiniiun of the Mil lie . Hi- h n.e Iim . i ,,,.l.t r-,.ir,l hu i.Qitmn sre larce mid conv.niemly srranced, and hi furniture i eulirply new. His. Hostler w not urpas'd by sny in ine Miate. (le flatter, himself tr. from Iuh long eif.eii- ence in Ihe nuines, ne is aine m give wiMima .11 wlir, miv lavor him with a call. All 1 ark ii i fair trial. Call and judge for yourselves. KIAH P. UAh'lUS. l'.nnrA V. C Mnir 13. 1845. 40 if FRENCH GINGHAMS. VTEXT and beautiful iyle of MUSLIN filNG- 1 HAMS iubl in season lor au ci. iireM-en. JA3. M. '1UVVLES. t..,. o - 47 tUtIV . 171.. 11nr.f And imn.ed.i.H rill llLill) po.sess ion given, the comfortable Dwelling ilnwe .1.. U ..t..rn . n,l til' ibe l.'llV. tilt' 7 nTTZ. 4-...r ! 1. tt'ur A fill v ot thi Of. Attention! Wake Cavalry! ARADE on the 4tK of July nct. at the t'npi-1 ,,.i k,...,a .t ill .i'cliuk. in Summer I'nilnrro, I .z.i. ion ,.i. ..f I'artfiilve.. rolue 1. aivrnl Will, I U IIUMHUn v. ....... B - - v . tlio..- indebt. d for fines or contribution., that d ib . r .,. . . .L I. ( li.lv I Fame be mil paid on or lielore ine un uj ihe clamw will be linnucu lo an niucet ioi v..ii- Hy order of the Cuptain. I' W I). IllirUIIIXGS, 1st Serg't. . June 17. fcjtate ol North Carolina. Cti vCouniv. Ccurt of Plea, and yuarier ee.sui. May Teim. 1845, I T-..I..- "V Ar'minnt A ILarblTtent. d&liieti uihii, m .'-'a - ... C II. H. Ila ch summoned if Af. Keen. S Garnishee. : ,k. iiari..innf.ihe (v'onri that V irappcnTTn w ,... ; . , .1 (J. Keen i.a non re.idenl of this H.ste, 11 i. ordrreJI iba. iiubhctu... be made in the flaleieh Htsji-iel ftl ix we nmoyiiis - -i ---- - Juiiceof our next Court of Pleas .i d Quarter bm .....n Irt l,M nrtifi ii,r LIIB UlllllV -..',... " . - Rl.'lin. . - - -1 . n....o in I'.iibnm'. on ihe second M oiiiIhv wu iupt 1 i" I I Auirii.t nen, ihen and there lo answer, plead or tlsl mur. or ihe .aid I'etiiion will he heard ex parte, i t him. and Judgment entered nccortiineiy. i Witne... Nathan A. ntcdman Uerk of our ss: Court, l Office, the second Monday in Msy. If "' i kin i a. n rjU.n.iLi. ' " DA Wnrroll 111 Al ffUHVlIJ FORWARDING & COMMISSION MERCHANT NORFOLK, Va. PRODUCE- or Merchandixe consigned forS.1 or He.hipmnt. .h.H Pr0O1P uwrtn l ,hriM.n. I and liberal aUv.uct. u'"" REFERENCES. Me.r. Palterwn & ill-. p,lersburi, Vs. Banch r. Hu-t. David Carter, .q- . , """ ... .l...llll' Urrrwhnrl. M.ra Jno n, miMiiiii' . ."--- Kv. rU. I. 1815. f0-6ml NEW BQ0K3. rpHE Club Boom, and other Temperanc Tlw Iij I . Annur. Thefecret Foe tod Nn Da.rell, by Mi.f 1 Pickerin;. , ...J I ne Mrror iiif'rarj, uii.,-....7 Nos. 4 and 6 of the London Lancet. Jurt recetved at tu, , . . June B. ? AMP OILe bt quality. so. . a-.it,,.t r td and f. sal by JA- M. I U i ? Jun 10. ill f"
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