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The larg-a and varied escodmcnt which lb JSJB W YORK market affjrda la purchaser, presents a superior opportunity for a choice selec tion, and aa lerma aa Cavarabta, to ay the least, u any other market. merchants are assured of oar determination to please, if poeaible both aid sod new customers, who ara impactful); invited to examine our iev eral Stocks and Prices- Atm-Ywk, July 4, 1847 Priated Calicoes, (exclusively.) LEE JUDSON & LEG, 58 Cedar it . Import era end Jobbere, wlios.i prettnl end utual etock of Printa exceeds 1000 paekagaa. Dry Goods. .IMPORTERS AND DEALERS. ALFRED EDWARDS A CO., 123 Ptarl it. in Bonnet, Millinery Good, Art'ftcial Flowers, end all kinde of etraw Goods. WM. W. PINNEO& CO, 30 Cedar .. corner of Wultam, in Ribbone. "Silks, Millineiy Goods, Artificial lowtri, Feathers. Ae. BUCKINGHAM, WARD, CO, 99 milium I'., Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods, adapted to sosn's wear. ,.,4aoi-'IIo8i'""'-'--!-', - WILSON G. HUNT It C0M Ho, 83 trillion, tl., corner Maiden Lana, Floor Oil Cloths. ALDRO HOVT, & CO , No. 72 J,hn tt. Draffs, Medicines, &c. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS. Dru$-, Medicine. Due Stuffs, Perfumery ilc.i 1I.H. 8CIIIEFFUN4CO., General Ag.nta for Saraime Panacea and Vermifuge 104 , and 106 John at. SAMUEL BOWNE, (euccaMor to Hull Bowne,) 89 Sena t. between William and Gold at. HASKELL It MERRICK, No. 10 Gold ot, a! eo Agent for eeveral Philadelphia Chrnii . eal Manufaeturera, and for an extensive aarwractttref of Dye- Wwdv t.T J:"" lin iaiiViili" iiw - Hardware, Cutlery, e. MANDFACTURERS, IMRORTERS, AND DEALERS. WM H. 8MITH It CO. (lata Yoon tc Smith, J No 4 Maiden Lane, in MiUUry Uoode, CuUery, plated ware, Jewelry, Gone, Pia ols, Fahey Hardware ke. A. R. MOEN. 13 Water (between Pina and Wall) in foreign and Domeetie Hardware, Cotlfry, Ire , and General Agent for Gaylora' Salamander Safee. ROOSEVELT SON, H Maiden Lane, im porters of Haidwarr, German Goods, Look ing Glaas Plates, Plate Glaea, tec Gold Peas. Vlanofaolurw of old Pen, Patent extension Pen boldera ami Pencil end Gold- and Sliver Peneile.' A. G. BAGLEY k CO 180 Broadway. . Guns and Pistols B. JOSEPH, 16 Maiden Lane, (up Unit,. J has on hand a full assortment of Guns and Pistols which he oners to merchant and gunsmiths at VSUtUiL LOW PB1CM. Arconut Books and Stationery! RICH k LOUTREIj. 61 William ona door south of Cedar t.. importers and manufacture era of niank Books. Psper, Manifold Letter Writer. Copying Presses, Inks and all kinds of ktalioticry. Paper and Paper Hnnfrjags Window Shades. A new end extensive assortment, at low atWM H IN TON'S warehouse. 313 and prices, Peart . W. G. MACA'AY h C0n Manufacturers and Dealer in Paper Ranging, Window Paper, Border ke 206 Peafl it., 3 doors above M. Lane. IA TRAVERS dr. Co 84 and 95 Maiden Laae, f aear Gold at.) Wholesale dealer ia Paper, Twine, Blank Books, Paper Hanging, Win do w Shades. -: ' Cards.' OEOROE COOK ri'JFultm it.. Manufacturer of Flaying, visiting, and Ouiinets Usrda. f Lamn. J-O. FAY. 136 Falran Manufaeturer of Horn' Patent Solid bottom glass' fountain, eamphene Lamps. Do not corrode or become heated. Salamander Safes aad Platform 1 " Scales. " ' S. MARVN. 138 1-3 Water f., Arent for ' ttich k Co's Patent Sslamauder 8afe and Ibart's Platform ticalee FAIRBANKS sV C,8I. JFoien f . sell wholr- mil and retail, Fairbauka' PaUnt Platform Scale. , , .. '. ". 71 PeoW af. between Broad at. and Hnoer Square, by GEOKGE BROWN. Late of Lorejor'a Hotel Saddlery, Harness, aad Coach - Hardware -W. I.uUCK,etea ive Maoufaoturer end Impor tor tot tba eapplynrbstgadealsra, 309 Pearl et. ClOChlaf.' ' DANIEL DEVLM. Ckahing Wara Hasas, , 33 Joha si, N, E. voraer Nasaas, T- .,. nasic, Haslcal Instramcnts and tarps. , , w., ; F. BROWNE k Ca. 381 ' Broadway, (and - UeJoOyewablWIaed 1810) dealer in HAatPet, ska. i-.. ' i''T -.'"j-o I t ; 1 HAN LEY 169 Fulton it, patent Harp maker u-; a practical maaafseturar of 13 yaar'a Pkwcs ana UM ontyfupil of. Emrd aa me UmitfdStetea , , "A"U;.BACK l ruUm it earner af ukV msausaetarn Imparts af Maeieal Toys, Soaps, Perfoaiery and Toi . letArtirles. SrthUtX at FRAZER. 3 Cedar .. Importere aad dealers in Fine Cutlery, Need la. Pins, But lone. Combs. Brtubea, SroeJ and Skein Thread, Suspenders, and a great variety of Fancy Ariel , CHARLES ARMS,' 51 Cfarsf. (ap stairs Deal er is Combs, Buttons, Brushes, Perfumery, k other Fsacy Ankles. Preatiss' celebrated Perfntnery, Cosmetics, and Fancy Soaps. JOHN RAM8EY, (surereror to N. Smith Pren tiss.J continues to Manufacture Perfumerf of all kindest the old establishment 45 Maiden Lane, sign of Golden Roee. AffrlcaKure. - "United State Agricultural Warthmie and Plmigk Manufactory." Caetinga made to order. - JOHN MAYHER,k Co. 185 Front St. near Ful ton. JOHN MOORE, 193 (old 183) Front it., Manu facturer and Dealer in all kinds of Agricultu ral Implements, Plough, Corn 81iellers, Mill, Hone Powers, etc Rev D. Hibbard's VEGETABLE ANTI BIUOUS FAMILY PILLS. Prepared only by TIMOTHY R. HIBBARll, M. Labratory 86 John U jrtsHEJaheeriber Ukes thimfthod oftnfomiihj; tb cittxens or Raleigh and vicinity, that he intends ta oonttnua hu burners of butchering, and will attend the market on Tueadsy, Thursday and Saturday mornings, with Ueet and Lamb. 1 hank ful for the patronage he baa heretofore received, he bopea by strict attention to his busluees, still to mr it a liberal portion of the eame. He would aay to his country fiiende, that ha pays fair prices for cattle, Ac ; snd hope those who wish to soli will call on him before selling elsewhere. CALVIN JORDAN. July 20, 1847. 28 tf. lian&for Sale. A farm for seJe, containing 481 acres. It lies on the road between Warrentonand Halifax, quidiatant . from .both nieces. .,.r v.. An :. . i , . .i .ii finished dwelling and other hou ses. ' Liberal credit will be giv en. A fine location ror a public uouso. Persons desirous of making enquiry or visiting the premise, can call on the subscriber, or write to him at West Land, N. C. WM. H. EDMUNDS. West Land, HalUax co Jan. 30, 1847. 6tf RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE. THB acxt Scatioa f ihia lailitotioa will apea oa 1 Wednesday, tbo 4tk of Aagust. The Collegiate year ia divided iota two unions. The Brat be- Eini t weeks after, and the second begins 91 weeks tare, thcsM W ednesifaiy ut Jane. It Is beat for Mudents to cater College at the ueciaaiog af the nr,t session! sad lur sdmistioa at tlMt time into the Frealiman Clsss, they must aland aa approved Kaaminatiea oa Bnglish Grammar, Ueegrspliy, Af. ithraetie, Latin Ussder, Caar(4 bonks.) Ksllast, Virgil, Bumliessnd 6 book ol the JEaisds, Ciee ro 4 Oralioas. First Greek Lesson, and Xeno phonV Anabisia. There are many yuaft men who desire to se quire an extensive English aad Seienrifie edueatloa without proscculiug the sneient Isagosges, Our course of siuily is so arranged as to meet the weals el all suea, provided they present them solve st lbs beginning af the first eeaaien. Aad the beocfiu to be derived from the uss of the Li braries aad Irons attendance on the I jterary Socie ties whish are attached lo the College, should torro very strong inducements to sush young mea to prosecute their studies heir, la order to enter upon the English and scienliGe coarse, the student must bs thoroughly acquainted with Grammar, Geography aad Aruhaaatie. n The expenses of this Institution ara aa follow Bosrd per session 40, Tsition aad deposita lee per sessioa i9 50 or $lif for the Colliiate tear, with ineidintal exponas, induding text book; furniture, fuel, fcs. roc room ia College. Pocket money is aa extra matter allogtber. Mora than is aeeesssry to meet the m soluble wants ol a student will prav injurious. The practice of aoatracting debts with tradesmen iaj the vletaity ot College is in the highest degree pernicious. A lew of the Slate ol Vrt,inia, with a view to provide a rem edy for this baa at all College, is to this effect i Thst aay mertaaat who shall trust a ColUge student without ipeiial authority frirn kit parent it guardian, shall, UMa eonvietioo of the fset, forfeit the debt, forfeit hie lisenss, and pay a penalty of $S00. Let parent aad guard is as have daa regard to this law, aad where it easy be strictly necessary to open aa aceooat with a Merekaat, let the tndi tidual be designated, aad tba amount tpecifitd, and the evil will cease, ' - PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. : la aoanssiea wkk ska sTallsm It ia iwnnos.il la establish Preparatory Ssbaols m diflereet plases. One is aaw eatoblished ia the vieiniiy of College, the sessions sotreapeeiding whh those of lha Col Uga, aooal Ridgsway, N. C. on Use Raleigh aad Gastoa Hail Road, aad dm at Garersbonr at the jiinelMMi of the Portsaaoutb with the, Petersburg Kail Road, will ro into o ueration bv lha middle of 1841. aot earlier. The Irst obieet of i, aoc eariia tbeee School is to arapare youag men for College the course of study, however, is such aa ta At them to meet tba demands of the aeighliorbood, aad qualify students for taa ordinary oscspatioasof life. FACULTY OF COLLEGE W. A. SMITH. U T President aad Professor ol Mental aad Moral Philasopby. . UAVIU DUNCAN. A. M. Frof. of Aaeient Langeages. ' ' . ,UL Prof. f Etperi saenisl Ssiease. EZKKIEL A. BLANCH, A. M. rroi. ol para ad applied Methesaatiee. -- '" ' OUVER H. P. CORPEW. A. B. Tator of An cient Ingaares wmI Mashematiee - ur. i. ai.lll4e.L A., M. tasiraaiar. m iss French tguage. PRINCIPALSOF PPF.PARATORT SCHOOLS. vVILUAM T. DAVIS, Principal af tba Prcpar lory School at College. - ". ' Principal of the Preparatory fiaaoolat Hideaway, N. C ;, . s ; 1 4 Pi inaHwl af the Prepamiaey . ... , , 8 e.o at Csrev share. N. C Von -Arranrrnseala ara hs araaieea that will enable a ia a law week ta annua m a Proteaaor at "Zrferimentul gcUneo," that will be highly graf itymg to lha friends of tfca Vallega. ', n , We wish la supply the schools at Ridge sy aad Casavaborg h sompcteal leacaiers saa'esr rwsad dissinlioerauje of rstsMished reualalions. Wa sawila the Mtvejtiatt af gewtlensew eVviXed ia tba aewsssioa at .Teaching, la those sabaola, as promising pcrmaneat esul lucrnlivesiinaiioaa. . It- peet eaioV addresser ta- tita saaearmer at oa, Mecklceberg, Ya. will rceetve anm at- Raydsoa, laswlass. W. A. SMITH. a?V-V mat TsU-rm-F, Ja'y S7-4U MONUMENT TO A MOTHER'S GRAVE. FLOWER GATHERER. l no death of a irieud who nerer gpured a fault of ray character, nor found a virtue which lie did not prais. cast a gloom over my mind, which no previ ous deprivation nod produced. I re. member hour sceptical and heart smit ten (not heart broken tha broken heart always believes) I stood at his grave, while the clergyman touched too little on his virtues, and spoke wilh a humble confidence that he would spring from the tomb to an immortality of happiness; and suggested the prom ises of Scripture, and argued with logi cal precision, from the texts and analo gies, that my friend should rise from the dead. -Despondency is not more the parent of unbelief deep grief makes us selfish and the naturally timid and nervous lose that confidence in prom ises, including their own particular wish, which they yield to them when the benefit of others is alone proposed. A little learning is dangerous in such matters, we suuercu a mental argu ment upon the probability of an event which we so much desired, to displace h-nimDlefeith-whirh -wotild have produced comparative happiness. Those who have contended with, and at length yielded to this despondency, alone know its painful operation. Occupied with thoughts resulting from such an unpleasant train of mind, l lollowed ofo the burying ground, in ihe suburbs of the city. A small train ol persons, not more than a dozen, had come to bury their acquaintance. -The clergyman in attendance , was leading a little boy by the hand who seemed to be the only relative of the deceased in the slender group. I gathered with them round the grave, and when the child burst forth in uncontrolable grief. The little fellow had no on left to whom he could look for affection, or vPho could address him in tones ofpa rental kindness. The last of his kins folk, was in the grave and he tvus alone. When the clamorous grief of the child had a little subsided, the clergy man addressed ua with the customary exhortation to accept the monition, and be prepared; and turning to the child he added: "She is not to ramain in this grave forever; os true as the grass which is now chilled with the frosts of the rea son, shall spring to greenness and life in a lew months, so true shall your mother come up from the grave to an other life to a life of happiness,! hope." The attendants shovelled in the earth upon the coffin, and some one took little William, the child, by the hand, and led him from the lowly tenement of bis mother. Late in the ensuing spring, I was in the neighborhood of the same bury ing ground, and seeing tha gate open, 1 walked among the graves for some time, reading the names of the dead, and wondering what strange disease can snatch off so many younger tharvmyself when recollecting that 1 was near the grave of the poor widow, buried ihe Erevious Autum, I turned to see what ad been done to preserve the memory of one so utterly destitute of earthly mends. To my surprise, I found the most desirable of all mementos for a mother's sepulchre little William was sitting near the head of the now sunken grave, looking intently -upon some green shoots that had coma forth with the warmth of spring, from the soil that covered his mother's coffin. William started at rry approach, and. would have left the place; it was long before I could induce him to tarry; and indeed, I did not . win las confidence, until I told him I was present when they buried his mother and marked his tears at the time. "Then vou heard the minister say that my mother would come up out of Ibis grave?" said little William. : '1 did.", . "It is true, is it notr he asked in a tone of confidence. "I most firmly believe it," said I. '3eliveit," said the child "believe it! 1 thought you knew it I know it! "How do you fcnow it, my deai?' 'The minister said, that a true as the grass would grow op, and the flov. era bloom in sprinr. so true would my mother rise. I came a tew days afterword, and planted flower seed on the trrave. The crass : came up in this burying ground long ago; and I watched every day for the flowers, and today they have come up. too see them breaking through the ground by-and-by mamma will come again." -; - -; A smile of exulting hope played on the features of the boy: and I felt pained at distnrbinr the faith and confidence with which he was animated,4 . But my little child," said I, "it is not .a rts hero that your poor motner win rise. 'Ye, here" said he with emphasis "here they placed her, and here I have come ever since tne nrst blade oi grass was green this year." - I looked around and saw that the liny feet of the child had trod out the herbage at the grave side, so constant had been his attendance. What faithful watch keeper what mother would desire a richer monument than the form of her only son betiding tearful, but hoping over her grave -Bin, vviiuam," said l, "it is in an other world that she will rise," and f attempted to explain to him the nature of that promise which he bad mistaken. The child was confused, and he appear ed neither pleased nor satisfied. "If mamma is not coining back to me if she is not to come up hero, what shall 1 do? I cannot stay without her." "You shall go to her," said I adopting the language of the Scripture "you Can go to her, but she shall not come a gain to you." "Let mo go, then," said William," let me go now, that 1 may rise with mam ma." "William," said I, pointing down to the plants just breaking through ihe ground, the seed ivhitr"Vd'wn''ie1ru' would not come up, if they had not been ripe; so you must wait until your np ppinted lime, until your end cometh." "Then 1 shall see her" "I surely hope so." "I will wait then," said the child," but I thought I should see her soon Lthought 1 should meet her here." And he did. In a month William ceased lo wait; and they opened his mother's grave and placed his little cof. fin on hers it, was the only wish the child expressed in dying. Beitei teach ers than 1 instructed him in the way to meet his mother; and young as the little .s'M.reiwa laboit and hopes of happines. short of heaven, were profitless and vain. LOVE'S DESPERATION. A ROMANCE OF REALITY. Beautiful, peerlessly beautiful, is the La dy Maaaelita, the only slaughter of Itotts, the famous and powerful President of the Argentina Republic; powerful in the strength of hia mind, snd in the iron resolu tion of lii character, which has enabled bim lo control and sway a people whom Done save him can keep in orler and to defy ihe united attempt of England and t rance to break- up hia commerce, and bend bim to their terms. - We say tint the ladyManuel ita Is beauli ful, but her talent, graces and accompliih menu,' atone sustain and reader her beauties perfect and harmonious. ' It almost seems a subject of surprise that thi fair lady so attractive in manors, sad so elevated, in ber position, should Lavs arrived-al the age of twenty five years without a thought of approaching the hymeneal altar; yetso it hath been: not however from Jack ofsoliclaiioa and oppor tunity; for many a brave cavalier has knelt and sued for the love and hand which misht bleu a King, but be cause: First of all her suitors, not one when weighed in the careful balance of her dis criminating judgment but lacked some of those analities of head and heart which alone could win and fix her pare and lofty an actions. Second Had anycavalier presented him eelf possessed of all the qualities which would gain her love ahe could not leave ber father's aid) for aa necesary as dew is to the flower as light in darkness is to man was she to him. She has ever acted aa hi adviser and confidant; she alone can guide and sway his stern will, she alone can soften bis heart when it it fioien in its stern resolves. lie could not live without her. She receives his company, writes bis private and important documents, keeps watch and ward over his interests and afsty and ia become even i a Second self onto bim. Dut to our story: A short diatance up the river above Due nos Ayres, General ltoeas ha a beautiful country seat where often in the warm summer time he and his daughter retire lo enjoy -the fragrant perfume whtchJnives with the evening ereze from tbe grove of lemon, and orange which cover it. A few Sears ago during a heavy gale a ship wa tiven h gh and dry. by . the , winds and swollen watrrs into the very midst of Ibi favorite plantation of the President's and when the gale abated she was left in a no sition from which il was found impossible to remove her. ' To please his daughter Oen. R osas bought this vessel and refilled her bean tifully to Serve the Lady Manuelity ae a summer i i ' a i . . r . i -I noue, ana n aniaue arm oeauiuui ona uiu it tnake; imbedd d not in the astiro wave of the ocean but in a pur feci sea of flowers nd fruit. In the elegant : cabin ot this vetel occurred the first scene of this brief but true, story, -?.,."-;-". It wi on s lovely afternoon in summer.i The . Lady Mannelita sat by .tba stern window of , ihe veasel njoving the sweet breathing lephyers as they eame to (vet from their homes amid the frsgrsnt'flowert. She was alone, end a ahe eat and gazeq oat upon the waving trees snd bright wing ed birds which flew from branch lo he had not been formed for loneliness. At (be same moment Ihe door towatdi which her back was turned waa cautiously opened. She heard it not. Tbea between the rich velvet hangings which hung in crimson folds before it, quiedy alepped a no ble looking eavaltet; and as he alowly ad vanced toward her there could bs read in bis face the written poetry of love, ay, oven to a paasionate idolatry of Her who was before him. He was young, not more than twenty five, bis feature regular as Apollo could have deaired, his eyes dark and bright as a gazelle's, his lofty brow and neck as alabaster was wreathed by dark and curling maasee of jetandgtosay moua- tacne and beard aa sou and curling as the hair whuli crept down upon his broad ahouldera contruled with the rich rosy hue of health worn upon hi expressive and pleas- antfaee. Ilia tall, manly form was dressed in a rch uniform which betokened that he had a coramiaaion in her father's cavalry. Slowly and cautioualy the young officer approach th lady eltli unseen and unheard by her. . ... a a a Again she s'gbed. lie knelt by her ide. and gazed upon the anow white hand watch with jewels, hung down against the arm of the ottoman upon which ahe reclin ed. Again ahe aighed. The cavalier bent down- hisnoble earjsnd the lardttarwM to her feel as ahe felt a warmkisa impressed upon her hand. Not terror stricken did ahe serf am or turn lo fly as other maidens would have done, but with flashing eye, reddened cheeck, and frowning brow, as she drew up her stately form . in queenly dignity, she proudly r claimed i - - Whodare intrude but e'reahe time li the exclamation, she saw the aad and respectful gaze of the youth, still knelt at her feet, and anger seemed to van ish and her tone softened as she continu ed: "Ah! is il you Don EdvardoT I might have known none other would have dared thlrTX; "Pardon, lady, I could not have gazed upon the hand which I so long have covet ed, and refrain from telling il how much I loved its miatrsas." "Iiiae Edvaido!" said the lady, sadlyi "I wish you would never speak of love to me again at least while while " -The lady blushed confusedly and paused. The youth observing ' it esrgerly and pasionately exclaimed; "While! Oh, what mean yoa by that word? even it gives light to the hope which alone keeps my heart alive. Oh, lady, fur the love of holy Heaven, tell ms have 1 eaus-e to bope! Am I more to yon than ihe many others who kneel in homage;-to your charmif "Wars you not do you think t would !ertnit him to live who lias dared the fam liarity for which you but now crave hum bly my pardon!" "Oh lady, then am I blessed indeed) Oh! when may I call 'you mine''' ? 'When I am free from my preaent engage ments." "Free! present engagement,' Lady, il ia cruel to trifle with a bursting hlaill" "I do not trifle Ed vardo, I am willing to acknowledge that I love you, but it may be long before we can units. I have a duty, a sacred, imperative du'y to perform which love nor pleasure nor aught on earth can induce me to foriegn. If you love m your love wal not fade like yon summer floTers. with age.- My father eannot alone bear the cares, fatigues and vexations of his office. He cannot spars me snd I caunot mary while ho is in office indeed be never wilt consent to part wilh me so necessary have I new become to him ," "Lady, cruel, cioel would bo . delay! Know you not that while hslivoe tbe peo ple havo no other President? lie alone can plea and govern ihemt they will have no other oh, lor the love you have but now confessed decide not so, else years and year will roll sway and ws will still be as now , His death alone" . "Oh! speak noi of that, Elvaido," said ahe, se the lage dew drope of the soul roae in her luetrouf eye; "l love my father-" . : ) "LaJy, I must obey and await my lime." said Ihe youth and as he epoke s wild, strangs light besraed from his eyes even ss if some desperate - conceit had entered his mind. She did not observe it but ruing ssidi . . ,- :i. ... M You may now escort me bsck to the city, La' vardo. the evening dews will soon begin to fall and I must dress for the tensile which I giro to night you will b there!" ; . rl will angel jniai". wspondeiLihe cava lierss be led her forth. It wss still the hour of midnight and Gen. Rosas was alone in his private chain ber, seated besides a table filled with pa pers and documents, now reading and signing one and then another. ,Ycs, while his people were enjoying the quiet rest which nature demands, he ihe granted among them waa toiling for. their, beneft, laboring both in mind and body, for, their good. ' ."" 1 '; ,T V- . ' V i.' Hie danghter was beside' him. , busily engaged in copying a private, letter Jot her father, but stalled as a gentle tap, at tbe door announced a vieitor. -i, , I Who isthere!" said the stern " general, as lie laid his hand npon n richly mounted weapon which lay near him. branch ahs ighd and as if she felt - 'The sentinel!" was the answer In -a low respectful tone. . g . i .' WhaiiswaniedH ..- li ... I bear a present for your Excellency, aaid the soldier, as he laid' a nev square box of rose wood upon the table and plan ing the key on ihe card which was fastened on its top, departed. v- " ; "Open it daughter I have not , time, aaid the General as he again turned hia eyee to s military report which he- wss reading. 1 ; h; (..;(. "Oh, I know who it is from! It is in his hand writing?'', exclaimed she glancing al the card upon its top. "Oh, what t prav sent could he have destined for the father of her whom he love!' . I ; h .-.??.. "He whom daughter!" v.f ,ia "Father the subacriptiou on this card is in the well known hand Writing of the brave cavalier, Don' Ed vardo Eaeudero and he has in this delicate wa eent you some kingly preaent, t I'll warrant me!" i . . jivvr-.i Well, well, open the bez, my child. and aatisfy your curiosity." : ; The lady toolc tb key and turned it to the lock, but as she raised tbe lid the 're poit of a volley of pistols almost doafened -her and with one wild scream she reeled; and fainting fell to Ihe floor, amid a cloud ofsnxokej Stem the nqwoperr btrx. " In an Ifistanl the President sprang to her aide -"' 1 r ; -v "Oh, God? My danghter is alain!" said he in agony but his heart was sheered again, as she spoke; & . "No no, not slain, my farther, but ho would have slain you to win me!" sel again ahe fainted. By this time the roots was filled with soldiers and officers, drawn hither by the report of arms and a hasty examination of the infernal machine,' for such was explained the plot against their General's life; a vow of loaded " piatols had been so ' nlared along the box , that any one standing ia front of it to open it would reeeive the - contents in his bodyr It-bad been sent.to Rosast at thisiaie hour Ttf'tllUietiun'Ist'tfa. irdnld bpenlt Tunt sell. ..' ,-&-2!zK i.-.r si..:- . Narrow had been the eenpe 'of tha daughter, f she hsd stood beside, instead of in front of the box when she opened it; bats the Tair hand which her lover had kissed bat so shortly before was sew stained in several places with blood where tb balls had graaed 'it, her am and' laced aleeves were blackened wilh the smoker but worse than all was the wound her pure heart had received im the - disooveir of this horrible attempt apon bar falher'st life, by one whom she loved 1 and trasttd snd who would have made her aa orphan to hasten her marriage. ' But she ! had! named hifn 10 her feriher'antrmirr hour after the diacovery of the plt E lvuda Escudero was arraigned beloro ' dram head court martial.' Her danger, confession and the discovery of his ' hand writing. had so thrown bitn off his guard that when interrogated he made no denial. Priefwaat the trial. II was sentenced to be shot OB the 1 he Retiro, or military Plszs, at sun rise. With haughty composure he' heard his sentence fot he yet dreamed that she- she who was all powerful with her ftiher, loved and would intereede for- and save him. K 3,;i ' tft -'T But he knew not her high stera sense of duty, if he thosght that love and piety would have pardoned him who would havo murdered her lather, in vain be sent to seek an interview wilh her. - Her - answer to his message wis brief, but 1 she ' would deijn no other. .- ; 11 1 tr .... ? a j . ' "Tell htm to asit uju s mercy mere is none for him en earth! No, not were he my brother.". ...... And when at the morning's tint light, the weeping mother and sisters of the eon demned knelt at her feet ' snd preyed ' for one word of intercession, for they' knew thst even yet she could save ihat son' and if she would but ask his life of her fsther, when in the sgony of tbeir souls they spoke of his youth beauty and bravery all now about to be buried in the tomb of disgrace with a cold stern look as it her in most veins were frozen, she answered: ' uHe would have made tne fathrr-lesr-;4'.-:t ' And while in that energy of despair that would not listen lo a refusal, they ye knelt in their tears snd supplications, the first rsy of the morning's sun east'- its soft flight' iupon Lher pale cheek ' a quick rattling volley of Musketry was beard in die " direction of the " Retiro. : ' As ita sound struck her ear she gasped, her tall and graceful foim quivered like an aspen leaf amid the gale she staggered to. wards the window snd ss . she saw the Iwb'w the sk j. "p vet ' te"spdt wbere"rno w ,fs" his " corpse, she tnormnred: - .. ' " ' ' Qod have mercy on his soul!" and fain d. r-T1"' .-"',t;v:- Duty had triumphed over -love snd mercy, but Urrible had, been the Strug, gle . . ' v ' '";;THE LOCUST.". -fV' These strange creatures have sppearred in immense number In the ...Western, 'part of this State in the Bounties of Henderson, Rutherford. McDowell, and others adjacent They visited the eame part of the Stato seventeen years ajo. Jt .is bow almost eertsinly ascertained thst locust make their spearance in the same ptaee, that is in Isrgenembeie only at the period of seven; teen years.' ; t
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 4, 1847, edition 1
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