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overheard him say in the cabin, and that if com pelled to swear to all he was aware of, no doubt would exist ot the criminality ol Alicliaul, in the the fact - The old man virtuously tells the truth, and the whole truth, before you and me. He sa crifices his natural feelings and we have seen the eyesof a jury. "'Tisa sthrange thinjto ax a Cither that they are lively to his honesty, and to his re- to do," mutteredPeery, more thnn once, as he pro- ( liijious s. rise of the obligation of an oath. Gen tlemen, 1 will pause to observe, that the old man s conduct is strikingly exemplary, and even noble. It teaches all of us a lesson. Gentlemen, it is not wiljiin the province of a judge to censure the ri- niagistvaU s ; '-it s a very slhrange cecded to thing." The magistrate proved to be a humane man. Notwithstan linjr the zeal of the steward and the policemen, he committed Michaul for trial, with-.gor of the proceedings which have sent him, be- out -continuing to press the hesitating and bewil- j fore us. But I venture to anticipate your pleasure dered old Peery into any detailed evidence: his ; that, notwithstanding ail the evidence given, you nature seemed to rise against the task, an 1 he said will be enabled to acquit that old man's son, the to the steward "I have ennugh of ftcts for male ing out a committal , if you think the father will be necessary on the trial, subpoena him." The steward objected that Peery would" abscond and demanded to have him bound over to prose cute, on two sureties, solventand respectable. The magistrate assented : Peery could name no bail; and consequently he also was marched to prison, though prohibited from holding the least inter course with Michaul. The assizes soon came on. Michaul was ar- OR TRUTH STILIJVGER TIL1.V FICTIOSV. The criminal records of Spain ever and anon prisoner at the bar. I have said there cannot be the shade of a moral doubt that he has stolen the sheep, and I repeat the word?. But, gentlemen, there is a legal doubt, to the full benefit of which he is entitled. The sheep, has not been identified The herdsman could not venture to identify it (and it would have been strange if he could) from the dismembered limbs found in the barn. To his mark on its skin, indeed, he might have positively spoken : but no skin has been discovered. There fore, according to the evidence, and vou have a mm l f m m raigned: and, during his plea oi "not guilty, nis sworn to decide by that alone, the prisoner is en father appeared, unseen by him. in the jailor's cus-1 titled to your acquittal. Possibly, now that the tody, at the back of the dock, or rather in an inner j prosecutor se.es the case in its full bearing, he may dogk. The trial excited a keen and painful inter- be pleased with this result-" est in the court, the bar, the jury-box, and the J While the jury, in evid. nt satisfaction, prepar- crowd of spectators. It was universally known . ed to return their verdict, Mr. Evans, who had that a son had stolen a sheep, partly to feed astarv- but a moment before returned home, entered the ing father; and that out of the mouth of that father I court, and becoming aware of the concluding it was now sought to condemn him. "What will j words of the judge, expressed his sorrow aloud, the old man do ?" was the general question which that the prosecution had ever been undertaken; ran through the assembly; an I while few of the i that circumstances had kept him uninformed of it, lower orders could contemplate the possibility of! though it had gone on in his name; and he beg ins swearing to the truth, many of their betters ! g'd leave to assure his lordship that it would be scarce hesitated to make oat f .r him a case of t his future effort to keep Michaul Carroll in his natural necessity to swear falsely. former path of honesty, by finding him Iionest'anJ The trial began. The first witness, the herd.-j ample employment, and, as far as in him lay, to man, proved the loss of the sheep, and the finding j reword the virtue of the old father, the dismembered carcass in the old barn. The While Peery Carroll was laughing and crying policemen and the steward followed to the same , in a breath, in the arms of his delivered son, a effect, and the latter adJed the allusions which he: subscription commenced in the bar, was mounting had heard the father make to the son, upon the' into a considerable sum for his advantage. morning oi tne arrpst oi the l itter. I he steward - -- went down from the table There was a pause, THE MODERN SORCERESS: and complete silence, which the attorney for the prosecution broke by savin? to the crier, dtdibe- . 1 . r-4 ii r .- " i f it rareiy. ".aii I'eerv u-arroJJ. A ne criminal records ol Smm ever nm an.in Li .i ..n: -.,i.-..i: ...i ,.TV , . ---- IUC551I1JI Uie UCCini'U. uiatuuiu uui aui, nam ; , It- t i i n" l 'Here, sir." unmediat lv answered Peerv. as present fuses, whirl, nmro tW ihn i-vmrniiil i .. q. . . i ...... i .. aK 0,1 the same day, Lieutenant John Carroll shot the jailer led him by a side door, oat of the back , spirit long held peculiar to the people of that ,..:'?: r ' i1.,kii ,.t.- hnr.,l- 1 J111.'' f 111 th.e Pf"ad w'th a Pisto1 b?U on b' ard the " Ysu see that every thing is known to me, answered Calakena, fand you will be the better prepared to follow my counsels.. In order that your marriage may be happy, it is necessary that you should send your intended bridegroom to me. On his firmness and courage, under the proofs to which I shall subject him, depends your future welfare." The young lady, Donna Isabella, was delight ed with this answer to her applications. Seeing the extent of the sorceress knowledge in one re spect, she had no doubt but the latter could en sure her wedded happiness, or at least ward off anv imnendinor pvil.s bv a tinelv warninsr. "If j J 0 a our happiness depend on the firmness and cour age of Giacomo, we must be happy, for he is as brave as the Cid." " Go, then," answered Calakena, "and tell him to come hither to-morrow evening. But you also must come, and before him." " Why before him, mother ?" asked the visit ant. u " Because it is essential to the proof to which he must be put," said the fortune-teller ; " and above all, it is requisite that he should not be a ware of your coining hither. The charm would be rendered of no avail by his knowledge of your presence.' The lady Isabella entered her equipage and went home in all .haste. She strictly obeyed the instructions of Calakena, telling Giacomo only so much of what had passed as, the sorceress desired. To please his fair young mistress, Salvadi readily consented to visit the cabin of Calakena. At the time appointed, he went thi ther accordingly. On the following morning, Giacomo Salvadi stood as a prisoner before the chief magistrate of Saragossa, in the presence of an eager and whis pering crowd. The hands of Salvadi were tied behind his back. On the court tabic, in front of ven. It appears, even but toa probable that she had assumed the character of a sorceress at first in the hope that she would better attain her desir ed object, and that her plan of revenge had been long matured. But for the lamentable and igno rant credulity, however, of her victims, her mur derous purposes might have been frustrated. Half of the calamities of mankind come in the train of superstition. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. SUICIDE ON BOARD THE SOMERS. Richard W. Leecock, passed assistant surgeon, attached to the brig Somers, lying at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, shot himself on board that ves sel last evening. Deceased was walking in the ward room be tween 5 and 6 o'clock, and no one present except Purser Heiskell. who was engaged in writing up his accounts. Mr. Heiskell, in his testimony be fore the coroner, says he noticed nothing unusual in the manner of the deceased. Witness observed him walking, and soon saw in the dark the flash of a pistol, heard the report, looked up, and saw the deceased standing against the-ward room draw ers," with his face toward witness, who tho't the pistol had gone off by accident, and saw deceased gradually falling backward. Mr. Butlerx one of the crew of the North Ca rolina, who happened to be near, stepped in and siw the deceased leaning against the drawers. Petook hold of him and laid him on the floor, whrn he immediately expired. The pistol used was six barrelled, and one of the barrels was discharged- The ball entered im mediately above the right rye, and lodged in the brain. Deceased was a native of .Norfolk, Virginia, a smele man aged 28. He had been attached to the Somers ever since she was put in commission. He was reserved and mehncholy, and was frequently heard to ex press a desire to be detached from the vessel. Not a word J It was all right ) then io remove a faithful officer, but now it'is all wrong, when it happens to be A Clay man. ; We hold that "sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander ;" but the Chronicle don t seem to hold to that. Wilmington, N. C. April 5. .FIRE. About 12 o'cloek on Wednesday night last, the unoccupied house of Mr. Thomas F. Gauze, on Chesnut street, was discovered to be on fire near where the roof of the back piazza joined the main building. The Engine Companies and the Hook and Ladder Company soon had their implements on the ground, and used them so effectually as to confine the fire io the building in which it origin ated, that being destroyed, although there were in three directions from it 'other wooden buildings at distances of from ten to twenty-five feet. We call this good proof of the efficiency of our Fire De partment The advantages of cisterns were stri kingly manifest at this fire. Two in the neigh borhood furnished the most abundant supply of water. Mr. J. C. Bowden s house was conside rably injured by taking out windows &c, and his furniture much damaged by removal. The ori gin of the fire has not been discovered. Mr. Gause had insurance nearly to the amount of his loss. Chronicle. the bench of justice, there lay some li.ien and ! No cause whatever can be assigned for this rash portion of female attire, stained deeply with blood. In a "lass beside them was a portion of the same i , Verdict of the jury, that he came to his death fluid" i oy snooting himself with a pistol ball thiough the ivi.iuianuii; i uiut.iut uui" mat inn inn- V'u i . . J .... dock to the table. The p but the new witness arram instant into the crowd. prisoner started roun 1 : country and some other parts of southern Ea st him had passed for an rope siij ex;sts among them in almost undiniin- m L . . . i -r-k i. ' viivmuoiauii.. , mucin, iivivi; uic- 1 he next instant, old Peerv was sn Tscfiidin , i.i r, , e i . the table, assisted by the jaif.r. and by many otheT vcntrd the Pf aCCful f' t.f "f mr th?se commiserating hands, near him'. Eve?y gLnce was fiUarter3' and we c rationally look for un fixed on his face. - The barristers looked wistfully j 1"' f other source. A Saragossa up from their seats round the table; the judge put ' P:JIer describes the following appalling case as a glass to his eye an 1 seemed to stuJy his features i '1:uino CeTl beard before the magisterial tribunal attentively. Among the auJii-nce there ran a low ' f 'hc cityf on the -llh of January last. We give but expressive murmur of pity and interest. I narrative here, as translated into the French Though much emaciated by confinement, an- i Journals. g-uish and susp- nse, Peery's cheeks had a flush. ! Upon the flowery borders of Ebro, near the ! ination of Donna Isabella, your own betroth ed bride. Have you any defence to ofler or ex planation to give ?" "Yes, sir,' replied the accused, in low but firm tones. "Speak then," said the alcadc ; "and may Ilcavcu enable you to justify yourself and clear j up this dreadful transaction !" brig Boxer, lying at the same yard. COL. R. M. JOHNSON. Frankfort. (Ky..) January 31, 1843. Hon. Wm. Overfield. president of the Pennsylva nia State meeting hol lcn on the glorious eighth of January, at Harrisburg: 11.. T -!- T I - 1 on uear oir : i nave recri veil your commu- The accused commenced by a statement ofjnication and the proceedings of the Democratic MASSACHUSETTS. The Legislature of Massachusetts closed its Saturday, the 25th of last month. The legisi a?Sln C' democratic, and hasdone great credit to the pan State. The Boston Statesman says : "We arc I ' the session and its results, as the first in which Ih'T cracy hare been able to make their voices effect r twenty years. A manly, open, and honorable coiT '' been pursued by the democratic members, fl ion, perseverance, and noble self-sacrifices are T Y praise. True there are some few exceptions 7 who did not we think, sufficiently appreciate v portance of some of the leading democratic me"''"" " and aided the whigs in defeating them ; but thi"""' ' ion applies only on the suffrage measures, in all of' we have failed. In nearly all the other promienl sures of the democracy we have succeeded, and th and importance of the laws the ha. . ealr wm oe jen ior generarions to come. 1 ,esio. Afnre .,r . pie, more of equality, more of honesty, more of I rights, have been infused into the "legislation r short session of sixty-three days than can be lound ' previous legislation of twenty years. There a$"1"'', much to be done, and though more was atttmpw ' was accomplished, and much to be acted on, yct deal has been carried through against the most Z' ' and reckless ennnoitinn that j . wut i l Acaxaicu in any legislative body on earth." 'Popular reform TTT E ST AND A 1 Si). Wednesday, April 12, 1843. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE. FOR PltESIUEXT OF THE XT. STATES I MARTIN VAN BUREN, OI? KE1V-YORK. Subject to the decision of a JVational Convention. MONEY MARKET. By the las.f advices from New York, we see that Ohio 6 per cent . bonds liave been .-uojectad to a still further decline of 2 per cent, in consequence of the Legislature of that State having authorized the issuing of $1,500,000 and his weak blue eyes ghtfrtd. I ae bail gip-'Ci'y ot Saragossa, there lived, within these few ! con.i.mcd the accused, "and, as directed, nearly i n O" PTnrrc-tnn nt In? niT.. I 1 ! I I" I .1 i - i t ir t i I r:C::i : . i ' , ' ' ,,a V.?s i -- a woman namcu u:iiuKena. ;iu called at the hour of mMnijji. The sorceress met me nZZV:::;. 7 V'" n0t lcwr' hcrscl1 slXf-v r of S appeared not to be at the thrcsi10ia 0f hor cabin. -You are Mjsuv.t& UIIlUUllJ( U If : i 1 1 1 flit- I I AT l-rMlin- l.n( . i j ( UUIIj ULIL wliat has already been Uetailctt Hero, describing , '"ll". ,K ,u 31 "arnsourg, i-cnnsyivania, more 7 per cent, stock to be sold for the purpose of rais Donna Isabella's visit to the soirercs?, and the ; 0:1 lI,e th instant, over which you presided. in? way3 and means for payi-ng the. i;itereston ,heir aI consequent request made to himself that he also 1 Among other things. I find that I am nominated j reatly very ,ar del)t,and completing some infernal irn i i i . i . i. or the omen nf PrrsHnit nfthu TTr.ita- Stiine r,nA . . . ' . . , . . i-i. irieuicui3 jet in an ui.umsiieu siaie, ana reiusi of his visit to the magistrates. discernable on n-jt withstanding any tokens of age , comej sajt sj n her countenance, it was still c'i- some 'Ustanc Tk m . I, ,. 1 i. .i ... . I 11. .l i .. ' eiu uiaiMie mm oeen rcmaiKaoie lor tier beaut v. ' it m if !., Cnn l.,l,l ;Mh v:t'',n"r -l rrrm.'M -.11 ..... : ic t uoi 1 1 w " m.. ; "...'.v-.ic iiuu it 1.11 in LdUlU Ull UIU J jUi U IUI turned himself fully to the juJ toward tne dock. "Sit down, sit do-.vn nnor m ,n " ciil many years ; ' f.' " 1 : j r. ,1.. 1 i. - x v J O !,.-. 1 1:1. i 1 1 int.i uiuiit, aim iiivu uiu Kjw 1, "Thanks to vou rnv Inr.l I xviM " n,,uLl , onl.v" issued, tor the most part, by night. She Peery, "only, first. I'd ax vou tn Lt nr hnr.l r,r ' camwl continually in her hand a long black staff, a little start; ' an ! he accordingly did kneel aftor ! or wan" autl ncr ress was a gown composed of bowing nis Head, ana forming tin- sign of the cross suins 01 vanous kinds, an:J of different colors on his forehead, he looked no. and s.n'd : "M.J placed together. Throughout the district at Sa- . . . - . . 1 - - o judere in h to my amen ea ven above, tis von I nr.n- tn l.-.r mu ; rairossa. larraroiia. end ITnnn fmm iK rj-,r duty, afore my earthly judge this day: den plains of Navarre, even to the far south " tk - r .. 1 . . .... .ma mt 11 u-ufuuii iiif si'rii or r:ir? prns sne was Known aiwi o 1 I ress ; and all reput devout Spaniards crossed them- he seated himself m . 1 ne eTarn:nat.on of the w,tn -ss enmmenerd, selves and muttered a prayer at her approach, or for Zir? ? 35 fo,lmy-(J''f c"1 . i Pig residence. This very fear indica tor the prosecution taking nr notice of the snnrr- .,1 .i. 3... r.i. i . ,. J fluity of Peery's answers ) i V "t1 U1 U1U er powers ; "Do you know Michaul, or Mich .1. 1 Car oil 'UUd. I,:"lldrcdf cam! vc from great dwlaucos, to the prisoner at the b ir r ' f' 5 , a,val1 emselvcs oi that power, m order to get a "Afore that night, sir. Ib'li. v.d I knvlii-n T e luture, or to iurthcr worse pur well; every thought of his mind, .-very bit of th.' Vc.s' II was 110 ""common thing to find even heart in his body; afore th it 'night, 110 living : carnages at the door of the sorceress' cabin when creature could throw a word at Michaul Car roll i fIiaJes of evening had fallen in. or say he t ver forgot his father's n no.vn, or his j TJls- ho remembered the arrival of Calakc loreof his gool God; an' suie tho p ople aro nf-tna i;j the neighborhood of Saragossa, said that ther telling you by this time, how it come about 1 shc I)a(i t!lc appeared .young and cxcrcdiugly that night an' you, iny lord, an' yr r nth mrn. ' beautiful, though the traces of some knauTu" an all good christians that h.-ar m ; ii. rc I am' ' grief were visible in her look and deportment. to help hang him my own biy, an 1 my only ' Shc herself had said at that time that she came recommended as the Democratic candidate in 1S44 subjf-ct to the decision of a national convention. , J Also, n ft-rcnecs are made to my services, civil C nn 1 m?lin rr she: you must now corne with me to! xf i,A ;mn;n c i i . e from this place. But m the tin t; cxpnss thp gratitude I feel for this continued ex- ! nn ssion of nublic confidence, from mnsscs nf ihp 4I thinli 1 Have was my reply, inen ict us intellige nt citizrns of Pennsylvania. However in hence answered the sorceress ; and desiring mG J eflxtual my eliorts have been, my great obpet to follow closchr, shc walked away from the , through life has been to elevate the people, the cabin. The night was rather dark, the light of' working and laboring classes of my fellow-citizens, the moon being but feeble. We walked on w ith-! As long as I live, whether in public or in private out stopping, for nearly a quarter of an hour, un- ' nftj mJ to'ls and my labors shall be faithfully de- til wc reached the court oi the church of Filar. yuuu lu u"s 5ai oojeci. v natever gratincation Calakena here made me enter into a low and : " may be lo mo to De honored by these demon dimlv lighted chamber. All that I could see in ' ftratlons of public approbation, I never desire to it ,v-n tl,ln -;ti, n hUnh ltl. jf ,,,, ,1 : be elevated to any office of honor or profit, with- ing soincthiiiff. An empty class and a poniard "VUK B "V'.1 ""J0"l m.os? u no.nave ineJ " ; rigui oi promotion. l he patriotic sentiments of i ng to levy taxes, prospectively, to meet the obligations foi principal and interest as they become due. No State, corporation, or individual, can sustain credit by borrow ing to pay debts ; it is a system that must exhaust itself, and will run out after awhile ; and the more wary are not disposed to confide in such managers, and will seek other investments at a less interest. While Ohio Sta e Stuck is declining, Kentucky is advancing, in con sequence of the Lgisla ure having honestly levied a tax to provuUi fur payments as they become due. Money yet continues very abundant in the Northern cities, and on undoubted and unqestionable security, lias been loaned as low as 5 per cent, per annum. They hare there purged ofT the speculating bubble which was blown up by the bunking mania of 1835, '6 and '7, and hare now got into smooth water again, and are ready to advance steadily and calmly with the industry and busi es of the country ; and we hope soon to soc our whole "one but, for all that, ov-nth m'-n. o-.iq-ht to I from ? vas ior nip wrrnnck' an-i the owl J rest of cit iuai uc uuiiL- ii m.ieea, an deed, we had nt cray world. a pvaiee in men ice: an' in m f t work, but could'nt get a han l's turn to do: an' i thats the way. it was; not a mouthful for me an' little Peery; an' more betoken, he rrew sorrv fnr i Cnnstmos' it, in the morn in', and promised me'nat to tnnrh n brera. All Madrid, and that she desired to pass the f her life in peace, at a distance from the f)r!(l. T!VPrtinrT ns rncnnifn1 iltr A.rn t i D J i'sMMgr M 1LV-lU feilU Ui,lUUa csic.-nrss was among ;tion which her character drew upon her, and : Wlfrt trnm him on I i i . . . ..... . x ' another baby: an' it had himself down n"ZCZ I "n.lc.n SilC .n0t dlsllkc OTat ,e:lst did not avoid, ert Kfrtr,,n . j -.ii .u . i i - . , J" iaiaivena reaUv passed her rlavs m nuipt Tliirinr the civil var, indeed, consultations multiplied up &he read horoscopes to the chiefs of the and to the soldiers of the army of Ca parties treated her with respect for her t J ! . - it . scrap or wnit was in the barn, ay, long afore the! m sllcal cnaracter, and she could pass from place to steward an' the peelers came on us. but was willm' i place amonjr their wildest ranks, without shad to go among the neighbors an' beg our breakfast. ! of injury. Such was the sorceress Calakena. One evening in December, 1840, an equipage stopped before the cabin of Calakena. A lady- stepped out of it. She was a young creature of exquisite beauty, with cheeks colored like the pomegranite, and long tresses, dark as ebony. "My dear mother," said the visitant to the re puted sorceress, slipping at4he same time a du cat of gold into her hand, "I am about to be mar ried, and I come to know if my fortune is to be a happy one." " From what place does your intended husband come ?" asked Calakena." " P'rom Venice, mother," was the reply. " Venice !" cried the sorceress, with kindling eyes, " Venice and his name V " Giacomo Salvadi," answered the visiter. The Sybil bounded from her seat in a state of irrepressible excitement, with which was mingled an appearance of wild joy. After a pause, she said, with a little more calmness, " He loves you. uoes ne r "Yes mother," returned the young lady. " He calls you his angel, his divinity, the lin ing sun of his life ?" " Ye3, my good mother." " He passes days at your feet in gazing upon your eyes, and the night he passes under your windows V i ... . . . . . . .i . i i- . : t i ! your letter nave exalted you high in my estima-; Bl'ut"CI" co,,,ur- '"rs611 ,ls "n""8'15 inueuiruness, OUt linn . r,l .,':.,,-. . . ' ami with a sound cmrenPT en nnvv:iril arain. snhprlv nnH itwn , inn ii iiiisi rctiiii.uc; uimii nit; i i.i i .1 niiiiini , - j o j "1 . I T 1 : 1 ...ir cooiiy 111 uusiiicss auti (iruspe-riiy. 1 o uring aooui mis look along wid myself, from door to door, sooner than c:It is my painful duty," resumed the barrister when Peery would at lentrth cease, "to ask you for closer information. You saw Michaul Car roll in the barn that night?" "Mushct the Lord pity him and me I did sir." ' VDoing what?" "The sheep between his hands," answered Peery dropping his head, and speaking almost inaudibly. "I must still give you pain, I fear; stand up; take the criers rod ; and if you see Michaul Car roll in court, lay it on his head." "Och musha, micsha, sir, don't ax me to do that! pleaded Peery, rising, wringing his hands. 'och, don't my Igment be favor- mat! picaaeti 1'eery, rising, wringi and, for the first time, weepin "r lord, don't, and may your ownludo-r able, the last day." "I am sorry to command you to do it, witness, but you must take the rod," answered the judo-e ua,uluS " ciu ctose 10 nis notes, to hide his own tears, an j ai tne same time many a veteran uo.iiici iwicu ma lureneaa on tne edo-e of the ta hl0mJ u'h? bd f the.court 'vere beard sobs. ,"!'LU' uvica: jwicnaui, corra-ma-chre ' exclaimed Peery, when at length he took the rod and faced round to Ins son, ;'is id your father thev make do it, ma bauchal?1' 3 "My father does what is right," answered Mi- cuau. .u ins,!,. ! ne juage immediately asked to have his words translated; and when he learned aiucu me prisoner with satisfac- "We rest here, my lord," said the counsel, with the air of a man freed from a painful task The judge msiantly turned to the jury box rt. J ? "1 C I6 jury- That ti!e Prisner at the bar stole the sheep in question, thre can be no shade of moral doubt. But you have a very peculiar case to consider. A sou steals a shell that liis own famishing father and his own fam- ishmg son may have food. His aged paTenUs compelled to give evidence against himere for a e- i 'j o stood on another table or shelf. 'Giacomo !' said the soi-cercss, in a low wziii wiiiLic: i uu r. ii uu u (iinti iii iiiiiiiiv' Kir k r.t .t - , 1 i j i riiriiis oi riif rn.inv in rmrtm w ii.it tirit .1 . . i i . : r i w.i.i nn. it.ii . rvw iuwa mai pomaru Uirougn me CIOUI I . to the sovereignty of the people for the happiness ' sU,e of tilings, however, there must necessarily be a good "I hesitated. "I know not," said I, "if I and permanency of our free institutions. It is tlie j Jal f sufferingand loss among the imprudent adven- ought to do such a thing without knowing " ! pallidum, of our liberties the rock of safety in i lurers, who have gone in debt beyond all reasonable cal- "Coward! muttered Calakena, "you would pnce and in war. It has been my happy lot to command destiny, and yet your arm trembles at serve the people. I have always found them hon such a petty trial !' j est. confiding, grateful, and iutejlig. nt. I have re- "Thinkiiiff that, at the most, this tri:d could ceived all my political honors from their hands. only be a foolish and fruitless piece of muminc- 11 n 13 Dern :in inexhaustible source of consolation North State. rv, I become ashamed of my weakness, and lift- i lo m"- . We tuote thi wcek: ino-the poniard, stuck it into the middle of the ln tnterrsting crisis ol the country which . Exchange on In. l ork, par to 1 per cent, premium, black cloth. Horrible to relate, blood iinmcdia- ! mY nvolv every principle and every interest for tely burst in ai stream through the aperture made ; Z T"r AV:,.,n?ton fought and our Warren by the weapon, in one instant after the stroke f"1 T ? l e??V myr enU was struck and before I could recover from the " ? v l,,B ' ? my V' " J usl1? PrT J, of . ... " , . , , their own im:iiunities. with an accurate know edge Mhock consequent upon Us results Calakena, who 0f their length, breadth, and depth, they know how had the glass m her hand, darted forward, and . t0 respect the rights of others. "They will pursue caught some drops of the flowing blood into it. tho true Democratic course; thry will appeal to "To thy health, Giacomo Salvadi!" cried i the people, an 1 endeavor to ascertain thpir will anv, .inn uiu voice oi a iriimipiiaui uemon, as dilation of their means of payment. This crisis must begone through with, and the sooner it is cCected the better it will be for all and we hope we have nearly passed through our state of probation in the good old Stocks. Ral. and Gas. K. Ro:d 2 to 2 1-2 per share of $100 paid in. Wil. and Raleigh " " 10 to 15 " Bank of the State Stock 90 to 100 " v i -1 v t i - I W EFFECTS OF THE STORM. The effects of the late storm are severely fcit at, north. The principal lines of communication wtr-c pletelycuf off between New York and Uoston Tl ' Providence, Stonington, and Eastern railioart. ..' . 1 rendered impassable, in some places. Extensa i age was experienced at Providence, Pawtucke, aii(, er places, t,y the tresli. The Nev Haven rifr.1,1.. "The Storm and Flood ot yesteiday, as far a8 Welli;: heard, has fully realized our apprehensions. Kcar!v the avenues to the city were cut off by the tre..,!.. "I rise of water, and great dama-e has been don ., f roads and bridges. The bridge at VVestville on the Lilct ' field turnpike, is entirely swept away. Also the Wcm bridge on the Miltord road to New York. Some of ft,' trusses of the Fair-Haven bridge, over the Ea.t river gave way and about eighty feet of the bridge sunk J. I to render it imparaable. Barnsville bridge and Keck bridge above if, remained uninjured. An old bridren Mill river, on the cross road above Whitney s faciorv was also carriel away. Nearly all the bridges in ihe aj! jacent towns, as far as heard from, are more or le injur. I ed. -The canal in this vicinity suffered but trilling dam. age, though seriom apprehensions are entcriained of the interior. About one third of the dam at the paper mill in front of West Rock was carried way. A man j V North Haven, under the excitement of Jinuor. in iU I fool-hardy attempt to swim across the stream, -vasil.w j ed " ,1 AGENCY AT WASHINGTON. f Amos Kendall and JohnE. Kendall offer their service. I to such as may have business with the government of I In following description, viz: obtaining contracts from tin post office and other executive departments; procuring ;' patents, and o'her business connected with the patent of. -fice: procuring pensions revolutionary, army, and m vy, and other business in relation thereto ; settlement uf accounts, whether with the state, treasury, war, or navy, : , or post office departments ; prosecuting of claims again,! the government, whether for lands, other property, or rnonrfy, before any of the executive departments of Cn- '. ' grows. All letters on business should he addressed lo Vf IT n r rveuumi ci l-o., vvasuington, agents, and tnu.tbe post paid. J"ew York anil Philadelphia quotations . 23 " Yes, often, my good mother ; you speak ex act truth," said the visitant. "And then he sings to you," said the sorcer ess ; " he sings to you such words as these : The ruby and the opal stone, The diamond with its kindling- dyes, The mar of morn, eo brightly loue, Have not the charm ol'thy sweet eyes. Ons tells us of the coming sun, And gems their owner's wealth may prove. m. y svcct eyes, beloved one, They speak ot love." " Oh, mother !" cried the younrr visiter tn th sorceress, "your power is astonishinn- it a sing these very words to me !" ' she raised the glass to her lips ; "it is Maii inettc who drinks to thee !" "In the sorceress I now recognized a woman with whom I had been acquainted many years before, and who, when I had left her, had sworn bitter vengeance against me. But I had no time to attend to her, for ere her frantic words were uttered, quick as herproceedings were, the black cloth had been cast olF, and I found a woman on the table, uttering her dying moans. The mean ing of the soccress was now made but too clear to me. The victim was my betrothed bride, Isabella ! From her simple lips, Calakena had learned my name and my intention of marriage, and had profited by Isabella's belief in her magi cal powers, to bring to this retired place, and'to deliver her over to the knife with which she had armed me." ' "This is the truth," said Giacomo in conclu sion. "As regards intention, I am innocent of this murder as the new-born child." Several witnesses came forward when Gia como had concluded, and testified to sevcra j-o.iiw in iU3 ttui. wmie uriacomo nun"" in agony over his bleeding bride, the sorceresshad fled, and some of the witnesses had seen her passing with speed from the neighborhood. Isa bclla, too had Jived long enough to explain the wnoie transaction, as tar as she knew of it. Her dying declarations went to substantiate all that had been related by Salvadi. In consequence of the production of these proofs, in his favoi, Giacomo was finally acquitted of the crime, with tne consent ot all acquainted with the case. The sorceress Calakena has been sought for but has not as yet been heard of. From Gia como and others, it has been learned that she was a woman not more than thirty-five veara olH and must have assumed the appearance of age in uiucr inu more eneciuany to impose- on rhp 1 ... . puonc, ana prosecute the prof ession to which sho had applied herself. On her cabin being exam ined, a number of coloring substances wr found, by means of which she had given herself me nue ana jook of old are. The lnrir. nr .--' a " ume ciuring wmcn sne had nursed the snntim. of revenge, shows a violence of passion scarce ly crecuiue witnout such proofs as tho?. an. a thry will avoid everything which may threaten disunion; thoy will pursue that which is liberal, honorable, and correct, and avoid every opposite tendency. I have always been identified with the Democratic party : I have never had cansi. nr t "mptation to separate myself from it. I will not, i therefore, tire you with my political creed. As to my srvicos, you are the great tribunal to decide upon their character and merit. I should be gra tified if I had the opportunity to tmjr to each in dividual over whom you presided my grateful acknowledgements ; but, as that is impracticable, I offer to them, through you, their respected and most respectable organ, my profound respects; and, with a heart overwhelmning with irratitude. i wish you constant happiness and-lcngth of days, iviosi respecuiiiiy, Your faithful and devoted friend, R. M. JOHNSON - A Noble Womam. Senator Sprague of Rhode lsianu. recently went to one of the oldest and most faithful hands employed in his fictory at Natick, R. I., and told him that he would give him two days to make up-his mind, either to vote the Fen- ner ticket or leave his employment. The man, who was quite poor, went home to his wife and told her the revolting alternative. "Well. Charles ; said she, "you can vote the Fenner ticket if you like, but it you do. you must get another wife." 1 he man s answer to the honorable Senator is to be given this evening; and no one can doubt what u w,n b- Boston Devi to 50 4 to 4 1- 21-2 to 50 1 1-2 ! 2 1 3-4 to 4 to 60 Alabama Dank Notes Tennessee " Georgia - '. S. Carolina " Virginia " Bank United States, Notes, 55 Stocks. United States 6 per cent. 103 to U. S. Treasury Notes 101 N. York State 7 " 104 1-2 to " " " 6 do 102 to Pennsylvania 5 " 35 to Ohio 6 67 to 63 Kentucky 6 85 to 86 U. S. Bank Stock per ct. dis. 104 on $100. 101 1-4 105 102 1-2 40 Interest payable in N. Y. and 5 principal reimbursable there. 1 to 1,50 cts. . Fro,n He North Carolinian. 1 he Wilmington Chronicle of thn Oth , nounces the removal of Wm. C. Lord, as Collect or oi me i-ort ot Wilmington, and the appoint- ... wt muipiji v . juries, oi I'lttSDOro . In connection with the above, the Chronicle states mat it nas reason to believe that a memorial for the removal of the Collector at Wilmino-ton was circulated and obtained signatures in Favette- ..v,mM.tTi.-i.me rayeueviue papers to dis prove it if they can. We have no hesitation in savino- that '. saw or heard of such a memorial. The Chronicle devotes some considerable space to the detection of Mr. Tyler's bad faith and false promises in relation to removals. What did the Chronicle say when the Iy incumbent of that office, Gen. Marsteller, was removed on the accession of the whio-s in 1840? MEETING IN WAKE, In another column will be found the proceedings of a meeting of a portion of the Democracy of this county, relative to the selection of a candidate to represent this District in the next Congress. Should the other coun ties respond to the nomination of Gen. Saunders, there will, of course, be no necessity for a Convention. If they should not, it will be perceived that provision is made to meet their wishes in Convention. The Letter of Gen Saunders will, no doubt, be satisfactory to the people. It is by compromise and forbearance alone that the dif ferent "wings," as the whigs call them, of our party can hope to accomplish any good. Unreasonable de mands will not be acceded to so, it is best to cherish a friendly spirit, and hot attribute improper motives to those of our party who may diffei from us on some points ot policy. In principle we are agreed, and by unity we shall prevail. It is folly, then, to quarrel about men, or matters not essentially incorporated with the democratic doctrines MEETING IN ORANGE. It will be seen, by the proceedings of a meeting in onntt.op rlum r. tit, ... . C l ' r . ",,viuv-' -wiuu,,i iH uui incuus in w range are Denrinnintr J. A . . w io arouse, a inena writes from that countv : "The De mocracy of Orange is wide awake, and determined not to be humbuged and deceived by the Coons any more ; although they are beginning to say, if Clay is elected we will have better times and money plenty. They ought to be ashamed, after such stuff as they have palm ed upon the people, who remember how they were deceived, pending the electu n of Gen. Harrison. They then told the people, if f hey would elect Harrison, times would be better ; instead of which they are ten times worse, and it is evident they have never attempted any thing calculated to make times better, but every thing to make times worse." THE EIGHTH DISTRICT. An attempt is made by the "whigs'' toindi.ee the pub lie to believe that there is a "split" in the eighth Dis trict, in consequence of the nomination of Mr Anin. ton, the friends of Mr. Toole beine uawillimr to tnhmlt to the decision of the Convention. We are assurrcd br the Republican lhat the contiary is the fact. The edilJr says: 1 here was. we knuvr. mo (!inn;ni m.i ii.. rr ""''"h nn result of the Convention winch assembled here lait week : but upon the "sober second thoutrht' of the friends of our favorite Mr. Toole they are reconciled : and we feel warranted in anrlntr i, , , :,:.. "" . 11 1 1U II that our party is a unanimous and as thoroughly united in their hopes of triumph next August, aer- er. A correspondent in the same paper, speaking of the nomination, says : "Who is A. H. Arrin'ton ?;'iLe nominee of this "secret conclave." He is a worthy brother of the great Democratic family. He is a farm er. One of the laboring classes ; and the laboring rot a of this district will flock to his standard with such una nimityas will astonish our "whig" friends to desperation. Not only "the small politicians of Edgecombe," but those delega:es from Nash and Craven thought Mr. Ar rington a proper Candidate. When it was known that he was selected by the assembled wisdom of the Democra cy, to be the tan Jard-bcarcr of our principles, the feel ing was general, that no stronger man could be brought out" OCJ- The Legislature of Michigan, at their late session. pledged the proceeds of the public works for the pay ment of the interest on the State Debt, and provided for the levy of adirect tax in 1845, to make up the deficien cy. OPPRESSION AND INHUMANITY. It is almost impossible to imagine, that in this land of freedom, such gross acts of inhumanity and ooreion have been committed, as are recorded of the dominant paity in Rhode Island. The Providence Herald sayi : it mere was no other reason why the Slate adniini- tration should be changed, the inhuman and savage treat ment ofthe Suffrage prisoners would be sufficient. When we consider that the Suffrage party have on'r been con tending for their rights, as freeborn American citizen, and in a manner too, pointed out in almost every Stats constitution in the. United States, and in a way admitted to be legitimate and legal by almost every intelligent de mocratic statesman in the Union. When after this we see men driven into exile for so contending families e parafed and broken up hundreds af Suffiage mm marched though the streets, tied together, to the Statc'i jail, and there kept in loathsome cells until death puts an end to their suffi-rings. What man is there in Rhode Island who deserves iho name of man, let bim be feder alist or republican, whig or democrat or indeed let him be anything but an Algerine, but will strive to "it an end to such cruelty ? And how is this to be done more effectually than by a change of rulers ? Will Ihe Al gtrines do it themselves ? No ! sooner than that, the leo pard will change his spots ora wolt feel compassion fori lamb ! An Algerine treat a Suffrage man with humanity? Their "nature" forbids. They are full of vengcance. Their"feet run to evil," and already have they "made haste to shed blood," Poor McKilby.! Poor CoaUyl "The places that knew them once will now know them no more !" Victims to Algerine power, ihey have been sent into eternity the one in a moment, the other shorn of God'a best gift, reason, by Algerine oppression ! And do the people of Rhode Island want such tyrants to rule over them? It cannot be. Thov mmr.iJ wilt have a 1 j - - j change. A change and nothing but a change will put an end to such cruelly and a change will once more bring about peace. But turn the Algerines out of power and "the sword will be beaten into the plou-'hshare and the spear into the pruning hook," and Rhode Islanders "will war no more." fj5-Gen. John Armstrong died at his residence in Low er Red Hoolc, Duchess, N. Y. on the 1st inst. in the 85th year of his age. Gen. Armstrong was a soldier ofthe Revolution, .Minister to France during the reign of N- poleon, Secretary of War during an important period ol the war 1812, of which he wrote a history, and was dis tinguished as well by his ability as a public writer as u by his professional acquirements.
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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