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TIipSLORimpon. W. STRINGER, Associate Editor,' THE COMMERCIAL jfc published every Moaday,M'tdnmlm, and Friday, Viptr niwmi paybtot-tintU cusps, m advance,- 11Y LORING fc -STRINGER, i'orntr of Front and Mirht $trcet$, WILMINGTON. N. I . BAIT." Or AM-ITBTIf-IN'O. t stiuiire.l iMorlion.-SO f0 I I oqusr, 2 mnnlha, SI 00 I do. 2 do. n I do. 3 do. S 00 I ..do.' 3 do. 1 (K) I 1 do. 6 do. - fi 00 1 do. 1 month, 2 50 1 do. 1 yenr, 12 00 Twelve lines or loss make n aquar. If an adver tisement exceeds twolvo linos, the price will be In pro portion. , , All advertisements are payable t the time of their i insertion. ' i ( 'oiiirtctn with yearly ndvertincrs, will be made on : tho iiiDd lihr ral lerin. i: UWARI) C ANT W ELL ," ATTORNEY IT LI W. AND COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. V I '. H DIL. (WANs' EXCIUNOK Bl'ILUINU, "WILMINGTON, N. C. GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, AND HARDWARE, - -WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, BY C. W. BRADLEY. April . '. JOHN GAMMF.LL, O O M M I S S I O N M E RC II A N T, WILMINGTON, N. ". July 10. NAUTUJ'S MCTUALLIFE) INSURANCE COMPANY OP NKW-YOKK. Will take Rink on the Live of Slaves. W. C LORD, Aent. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY. W. C. LORD, A-ent. K. J. LUTTERI.OI1. COMMISSION MERCHANT, WILM1NOION, N". March 2fi. 5 THOMAS S VNDFORD, NOTARY PUBLIC, WILMINGTON, N. C. SAM'L. I'. C.U'SF,. COMMISSION MERCHANT, WII.MINCi TON, N. c. April 21. 10 ROIVT. (i. RANKIN, Aurlionccc Mid Commission Mrrclianl, MI,MlN(iTO., N. C. M ML ON flllrMKST '!0 U1S TRIENLS IN NEW YOHK. 1 March J OH N H A LL, (l.ATK (if Wll. MINI. TON, NORTH CAROLINA ) COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND AGKNT fog Till: SAI.f. !' NOIITII CAnoi.lNA NAVAL HTOBKS 3.i unwir.h' sriii:iyi ,nv Orleans. Januarv 1. I HIT. I'2 N'EE ! AM) HI.TaK. en ; ,' I 1 O. W. DAVIS, COMMISSION MEMCII NT, WILMINGTON, N. C. Mnr.di IT. 1 KAUKV'iV IJUYANT, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N M..r. h M 1 If N. 15. lll'GIIES. : a MM ssio A Mi: IK 1 1. NT, AM) (JF.M'.li AL A( iF.NT Foi the sale ,.i nil kmd ui I nml Ileal I R U.LIGH, L iuincFS ( ntrusted o liim faiiblullv attr nd d to. June lH. iid. 'ountry Produce stale, N. '. II 1c pniinptly and , 42. E. A . CCS II I N (i . ukai.i:u in ROOKS, STATIONERY, &c. M OIK FT Vjntffl WII.MISCTOy, N. c. April!. S " RROWN A- DEROSSET, a i:i-.it l. ( OVMI.SSIO.X .lL'i'r 7M STS. WILMINGTON, N DEROSSET A;. I5ROWN, GC.VL.'.I. ovmissiox Mrcncir.wTs. 159 FRONT ST. NKW YOHK. THOMAS ALLIBUNF. Jk CO., COMMISSION M EKCIIANTS, ... i O. fl eOl III V II A U L PHILADF.I.PHIA. Atlranrrs made on ronsipninr nt of COTTON, RIG N V U. STORF.S, ind produrc penerally. Hrf,r fu Mrwni llrtncn if- PeHwt, WlI.MINOTON, N. C. Aujf. 2'J. 71 6inp. ALEX AN D ER 1 1 ERRON, J it . GKXERAL 'OMMISSION MERCHANT, WUminston.lS. C.) Pnrktl OjF't, WO. 3.'J KORTII WMAtVBK, Ikfrrto- PIIILADKLPH1 A. C. 1). K.I.LIS, F.q. ) wilmlncton, N. C fc. J, Lt'TTSUl-OH, M. I Aug. 11. 63 J. (c W. E. MrGARY f 05MISSIOS ASD FORWUDHG 'MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON. N. C VV IJVITi sthh.i: ami iiitaK. iirjytv i:i VOL. 1. D. J. G 1 1, BERT, , AGENT AND COMMISSION MERCHANT. FOR THE SALE OP ALL KINDS OP OOODS AND j country pnpnrrE. I Particular attention paid to rfci-iving nnd forward-j inif of Goods. Orders fitted on the bout terms, when cj-h is enclosed, or produce in hand. N. I!. I may be found at tin- Stun; of F.. Turlington comer of Water and Princess streets, where rtiny hel found a general assortment of groceries for both Town I C ..... Nov. ID. 100 y & CO. R. II. STANTON WHOLESALE AKD RtrAII. (J R O C K It S , An J dealers in fitlV COODS, CLOTIII", HATS, CAl'8, BOOTS, HH OKS, ftBNITl UK, ItAItOWABC, ClTLKR V, TIN WAtlE, CHOCKKRY, &C. "Kffi ViIuiingloii, N. C- C CONSTANTLY on hand, a peneral assortment ot I COIWAGK and IjR0V1S1OS. Also, For eign Fruit, Wines, Liquors, Teas, Porter, Ale, &c. i j Smip ST()iu:f put up with despatch. Oct. 31, 1946. 96 J. iTaThTVAY & SON. CO MMISSION MERCHANTS, 'ird Dour Sorlh Wnttr Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. J. Hathaway. J- I- Hathaway. Oet. 2T, 1316. 91. SANDFORI) & SMITH, AIXT10XEKR8 & COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND AGENTS OF HENRIETTA STEAM BOAT COMPANY, WILMINGTON, N. C. TIIO. SA.NiaoRD, Oct. 17, 140. WW. L 4MJTII. 50 RICHARD MORRIS, NOTARY PUIi LIC, WILMINGTON, N. C. MYERS & BAUNU, mani i'acti nrus and nrjAr.r.KS m HATS, CAP'S, UMBRELLAS, A Nf) WALKING-CAN EH, M'llni.r.AI.F. AND RETAIL, M ARKET STRKFT, WILMINGTON, N. C C Mvr.cs. J M. Barmm. Oct. fi, mc. cr ELIJAH DICKINSON, ' COMMISSION MERCHANT, ; (Senior pailnerol the late firm of Dickinson iV Mun is,) W 1 1.M I N'liTON, N. C Keren to M0-K1. !!. IVFnleM & Co., 1 .. .. , , Nctni'h h Walsh, ( Iv D. I'eiers.V G Means & L'laik, Wallets Soeder, A. Itensi n & ( 'o., tvt :t, Ink;. lOStoll. Ptiiladelpliia. A . M A R TIN, CENKRAL AOKXT A X D C o in in i s s i o n M e r c h a n t. Yirtli Wutrr, 2 Doors above Princes Street, ( .ifi;rj !,' Illtlblinr.) WILMINGTON, N. ( Oct. :i. 84 I S. YOU KK, CKNF.UAL COMMISSION M E R C II A N T, NORTH C VROLINA PAGKKT OFFICF. '13 1 i NoitTii wo invr.s, I'HIf.ADF.LrJUA. June 9. Wi. Iya7 II. S. KELLY, MERCHANT TAILOR, MARKET kTRLFT, wilmin(;ton. N. (' . Mare), 17. GILLESPIE & ROBESON, ai:nt roit thi: sai.i: or rnmnn, u:mu:n, xavai. stow:. W ill make liberal eauli ndvanees on all coniM d- of produce. March I" CI I A R EES R LAKES LEE, (Success ir to James Pundcrford ) MAir(yrc;i:n axd dealer Boots and Shoes, MinurT St , Wilmintrlnn, N O. "(jiFAsTiririlTs, COMMISSION MERCHANT. WILMINGTON, N. March 17. .V 1 SAXDFOUD &, SMITH, C( 1MMISSION MERCIIA NTS, WILMINGTON, N " THOS. HASrorOKO, W. I. tMITH March 2J. PRINTED TO ORDER, AT THR C O M M H R C I A h O F V I C E. Jan. 11 b j PUBLISHED TRIWEEKLY, ,WlLMIX(iT()N, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 15, nowLKv, xsiibi-bxer & cq. j ucuciiii Luiniiiisjiuu .nercnuuu, Nw. S 4 6, South IViiAEYrs, PIIILADELI'lilA. We are prepared to make liberal advances on ship merits of Nnvnl Stores, Ac., consigned to us for sale. Refer to Sami li Putter F.sti. ) , , . J.-irN- Gam.m. ., I's j. ) dmingfon, N. O. January lb. 12o-ly SADDLE, II ARNESS, AND TRUN K M NTFA'TOTlV, . ti f i! ' "Uu TTS-VfU ;' , i, i Si l J Uj sunscntH-r takes litis metnuu if ofi,,for,UinK his friend, and die public general- Iv. that be has taken the store formerly oecupi- m: .Iift, It unnni'ton, i. ( ed lY Porter and Klakcslce, and Immediately oppositq j uip nrotneie wmce, wncTe Re 1 oowopening a com 1trjte ftssot tmenf of ' Saddlrs, Bridles, linrncss, Trunks, Martiusaks, : Vulisrs, Ciirpet nnd Saddle Bags, Collars Whips, Spurs, Bits, .Vc k. kt 4c. All of wliieli w ill be warranted of (rood manufacture uiid aialcrials, and will lie Bold low for GASH. HaYiii( lo.mu LXeF.BitNCK in the ubove busiiiess, he flatters himself that he will be able to render full tat ixfiidian to those who may be disposed to patronize him. It in his intention to keen no Rooks, but to adur" i the CASH SYMTKM, by which nuana he will ' j able to furnish articles much cccapeh than they have i heretofore been bought in tliis market. ; jTKFl'AIKLNG of all kinds done at the shortcut nota-f. JOHN J. CONOLLY. Aug. f, 19-1G. lyGl TO rent! SI'.VER L well liidshed offices, in the nro prool building en Water Street, over the stores of Situili. MitehelUt Gud.s. That lnrc;e and eonvr nientWharf on F.ardc's Island oppositeTown and known as the site of the Phrmit Dittillcrij. TIO feet front, and running back IfiOOfnt with convenient dock, Warehouse 40 by "-! feet, necpi quarters. Ar. all in good repair. Apply to II. JS'utl. Sept 25. 1"46. 81 tf. THE OLD ROCK SPRING FOREVER! Till'. JlucJc Sprinif lltatiturnteur is now open for thi' accommodation of tho Public, where eviry KXr cAoicf Liipwr:, Wines and 1 7;ar.9. UA1L IHAMA. Dec. 12, 10f. Hi WHOLi; HALF, So SMALL RICK I IN Lots, or by tho Single (.'ask, bv Vv LORD 13'- Feb. 3. 147. OL'PF.RIOR NeRro Blanket.,, and Kerseys, for alc : y Uet. .11. 'J(, I . . IsRAULr. i j N OTIC E . j LI. IVrsons me hen by caulioneil nut to rei i",. ; IV To es or Firew nod from oil tile Hi. tun Land-. I n any such tiespii.s will be isiti d by the penalty ol the Law. J.VMF.S F. MeRFX. j January 29. 137-e i 7 "AsTf()!RS. rnVI FFi:T F.xtrn Ash Osrs ee( ived this dny fur snle. bv Dee. 4. J I1U J. &. W. L. Mc-GARY. WATCHES, JEWELLERY, &c Till' subscriber has just opened, selected by himself, with prent car in the Northern ciues, tlie richest and iimM estensive twsort- 1 1 1 1 i.t ut WAltTIi: Ji: WELLER Y, SILVFH AND ri.Air.ii waiii:, itotsi: kkkfing and f m v autici.i:s, A:c. r : m: 1 bv him, all of which will be sold on rets- 1 li. W niches rrpnire I and v. 1 1. leaned as onnl. T. W. HROW'N. 102-tf DAHLI A GLASSES, &r 1 i ' i rec.-iveo, per i-i'IMoner i- iuil J l'i pair Dublin Gin" assort', irc and colors, Ij di.. I'ar Decantvis; ' d. Toy Ttiml.li-is ; 1'; lt Toy F. we: san I l!-.-::i ih---; li pan cut S ilts : fi du. Tuv Pis', s ; 1 dny.. Fouiilaiii Ink.- ; i . r:u a . pi . . j n ROTHW F.r.L. 110 Dec R C A N I) L i: S 2i) ROXKS Sl'KRM: 20 do. Star Adaman tine; 'Jl ib) Mould. Forsnleiit HOW RD t PFDFN'S , HIT 121 Jan. NEW NOVELS AT The Book store. j DI.K Hour Rook; S lvcster Sound ; Flinor W illv ; Sketches uf Imp"ture ; Three Li lrdsiuen ; Cruise of Mist ; Atnr Gull ; lteau llulterfly ; G imbler's Wife ; Rhyminp Dlcinmry ; My shooim' H" ; 'flu Redskins ; FI'iuir'L' Fi' Id ; Nick Uiji low ; W idow's W ulk ; lb i.l. lheri; ; I'rnirlc Ilird ; ( 'unl ol Monte Cris'o j oaoiaii uiaouCK I 'ruikshanks' Table llook: Luereii.A; .Mrs. F.llis' Hous.ki opin ; Gap tain O' Sullivan ; Hush Ranger ; W'nter Cure, it'., ic, ,ie. K. A PFSHING. Dec. 30. 120 M A N 1 1 P A CTI i It K D TOR A CCD ,) X BOXICS, varrlnus brands, Virginia Toba-eo 'J For sale low, apply to SANDFORP S, SMITH Jan. lfl. l.'-t. O R A N G E S . 1 f CCM ' VERY fin Inrfre Ornnces it YJyJJJ UOWARP APLDEN S. Jan. I- 121 MASTER'S OF VESSEL AI71LL find a supply of frtth InktH Prior tnd.N'A- v I vv Ubeap, at HOW ARD & PEDLN Jin. 25,17. 1 ot I i N N TURKEY FIGS. TFST RF.CEIVKD SO Drrlmg nf fresh and vrrv po I potior 'iV-ATy ty, ia rasH drunw for sale low, u HOWARD t rr.DFN'5!. Jnn 2.V- 1047 IT 13 Y LORIXG & STRINGER. Tlie Yankee and (lie Sucker, nv Mranivt. l'.irtly f(Miroalcl within the bof Jers ol a voo !, whvh skirt? a scene where n prairie " Srrt ti hl in boundls bi ttly lies,'" isailurtti-J a charrrtinj little;- cnttnpr", ncstlr.l in sliHfto atid seclusion ben roth the folifiirf of over-shtduwiri? boi)jjhs. front of this dwi llinir a On tlio Pinrza in venerahlo sucker (hained Gordon) wns senfd, nnn summer nf iierrtoon, I.uildintj lrcnms ol thrill as he anr- , , l- , ,, . . , j h,S Plan,a,,on' enamelled ,ntr heavy Cop8 rfpenin' mlo plenty. Now ns our wec teH dreams aro fleetest and quick st to cloe, it is not strnnrro that his, alihongh P v cre soon ,crmma,cU DX fomo "B ' Hallo. ;J da i 1 Ilallu yourself, and disk Ivor how it Icels,' he ntorteij, ami turning sitnultaneouslv with his reply, his eyo fell upon a younj man, a stranger to him, leaning on the yard , fi nee. ' 1 Excuse mo,' said the strnnrrer : mav be : you motirrht bo so clover as to tell a chap who owns that ere wheat field op aside tho tim ber, won't you I' 'Wall, I wilt: I own it!" Dew say !' said the stranger, ' But ain't it mighty cute that you allow four legged and sich critters to be in it.. ' But I don't,' said Gordon ' I seen a boss in it though, as I kum along,' remarked the stranger, dryly. 'A boss in my wheat!' exclaimed tho Sucker. ' Zangsandlightning ' Here Bluch- ' er ! banta Anna, h e t-re h e r-c. His call hud the i il'tct to brin? forth two dogs, one a hound, with his leis half as lun-r I as an eastern school -master's, the other a bull. might lead you to mistrust that he was over fond n! uhnt thr Irnnuinrr nnro cll thn UmK oame.' Attended with these, he (rotted off in 1 hot haste,' the dogs wagging their tails as their old master wagged his tongue urging , them to pursue. I he youngstranger after wagging his chin ' l:..i. . . - i i i i.i i 1 111110 awr uua 'uullutf 1,1 a "g"' '"'Cn . i .. . i i - r i , mui niuue nun iook suspiciuusiy waggim, valktd to ihe cottage door and then, wilh- out cerf mnnv oil,, the norlnr Here fiiulinrr ! himselfalohe, he commen-cd a survey of the apartment. Bclorc hu had much leisure, however, either to observe or admire the uste and elegance combined in every thing around him, he was entn nctd bv a gush of rich, wil 1 meloJy, succeeded by the cotind of liffht loo!.ste), and instantly (lilted a creature of beauty and comeliness into his priSeiire. j i in ! Uiatiuir rosyeneek'eu unmsei, the very a Tomficalion of blithness. She was started ' though, when her oft blue ryes encountered the stranger and was hastily withdrawing, in ' d 'i:g winch, she chanced to cast another gl inee iier countenance changed frc mfri t ol idniss lie uttered the name, Hrirv l.'.sii'1, and linn ran not out uf the. door, ; leit Bmack into Iho young strangei arms I What an t xlraordiuary act iii-fa-tu a tion ; s ic let him Id him kiss, too her ; and lis- t ntd his impassioned language why what did the jt i rl mean ? Their conversation will. perhaps, sudice to explain. 'Claiisse,' said the stranger, ' Clari'sr, my oeautiiui iuoi, i nave come to ciaun yrsu :or my own.' l ..till! i ' ( Henry, I fear that our lioprs w liange to realities. I rove vu v i nrvor vcri' much ; but my father dislikes you merely be cause you are a Yankee lawyer. He is ob tinate and will not consent,' and the rosy flush fled the young h'lv's clvek 1 I )o n. d b a r, (.'l.irisi-,' said IUmy 1s lie. 'I can and will remove his prejudice. 1 know how to work on a farm, and he does not know me. I will hire to him under an a-sumed name, and by the merit of honesi w i, t ili and virtue win a .lace in his alhc ticro.' Their hopes excited, and consrquenily t!ier anxietus lulbd by the reasonabh n ss ol this plan, the nvo sealed themselves on the sofa and i njoved those bright nngel plumtd delights with which a reciprocal love uisnires young hearts. When Gordon returned, how i ver, he found tho stranger alone. Clatisse having deemed it prudent to retire at the sound nf her father's footsteps. Gor ton was glad th.i! tho stranger had tarried he wish to mc him a pealing, tor he had earched the field all over and found Q0 hnIS(, , v " i '.ii it . t ,i ' Now don t blame me old man, said the -it , r .u tv- i Yankee, for surer than my name is Dick i i u i i , t (Viirk, I seen a hoss, a dead one, in that re very wheat as I kum along ' Oh ' but old Gordon waxed wroth at thus learning that he had been sent to drive a mer, skeleton from his field ;yr. contrived to calm his ruffled feelings, nnd hire himself to the Sucker to 'dethinU' rlos- i ing the bargain with the impartial agreement, .... . . o that they mij ight ' hoitis pocus' ono another .i i....j. ..l j 1 as much as they tney pua.eo wncrcupon uoraon tickled hts inner-seir with the conceit, that he ..... i ' would make our hero suffer all the 'wrongs 1 " Well a.r," aavl Leal,e, itammennga lit 'bo had endured from Yankee trickery, cven'l'", aarnuch as you Hera to harbot Re ' from the time of hia buying a dock from ' Kntiment concerning me ibut wbat faora me, ir Yankee ptdlrrr, which he said kept time l w'li 00 " w V 7 bnckwarrja, down to the period woVrt the mutual attachment axwin? between your New YeJrk ppifogger wished to fnarry 1 daughter and myself, and wo.tiM yooreen rj8W ' ' ' ' tent to our rrulmg.', ' ' 1 . 1817 NO. M0. Iieapf ctiiijjf Hi nry Lttiir, he had bwn in r.irly rrmnhyod, an enterprising youns? farm er, enJoweJ witli a brottd and beautiful do niaiii. li .l brin r moreover riAed with tin exci'lliuitniaclf of intellecliw I pow ers, he had i heed imrouuce'l la lor sake the natural avoca tion ur one, peibaps belter befitting bis ambi tion, tastu and dlolity I-nv. In the village whero be itndn J, UDd practiced, ho became acquaint' d with Clarisjo fiordon, who hod nccompaoied mi mint from tho tvest, with the disioii o( comnlctin? her rthention at ono ol thos meritorious iiul. unions for female in- struotioti, with which iho caatern , ' T, abound. 1 hry OV. 1 ho aunt W h'-r brother, nl I ..iordo:i, soliciting hi Stati wrote to his con- sr nt lor Clarissa to marry, explaining aflair?, &c Gordon nnawercd, statintr that he M,ou,a L'""r 1 lsL0i,"";r ' 1 1 I I ' i i . 1 - i too lazy to '.vol It, nn l henco hud resorted to potifooejinrj. He olso instnictcd Ciansse to e.oinc hninu irntm diatt ly, under tho protec (l1 1,11 cl lerly Udy nnd f ntleman, frilids I his, then about to return from there, Clarice was obedient wept gU-yed her ffiher. Love, we all know, is like wine, n mocker, and 3o;:ictimes prostrates its victims, by myS' trrious intoxications. Something of this kind etlecU'd l'tilie. II is noble upheavings of de sire and enrni U ambition, were staid. Tbo ox'citeinc i.' of busintsi of practical life be cutno channlrsa. And wuhin the lapse ol twelve months, wo find him ns piesenttd to the naJer, disguised under an assumed name, language, and demeanor, catering upon a plan to win his lady love, by ihe weat of hii brow. Herein was centcied the orrlral te&ting tho purity of his affection and proving it puro and clear and undaunted aa the wa ters of a mountain spring. He was willing i0 '"bor for her like the patriarch on record, toil to endure the wrong 1 rack of bone a,1(1 amew. Uradually did he win his way llltfi the Old man S CStecm. Lttl ffOOd UCfdS b lh base aod building up of a good character. By his steady application and his practical skill and ability to lubor, he sub stantiated a reputation for industry ; and from ( ici ience combined with book knowledge, suerioniy in the pursuits of agriculture. In the la'ler, Cordon was particularly indebted to him, he acknow h d'Ttl his worth: the plan- tation, tOO expriSStd ItleRlblV. .Nevertfie- lt!. 1 do no1 know what would hnve been I!" rlk"". llul " uu-imisi.mi-c uctuircu propitious to ihe lovtr. It was thus: Gordon was very unjustly prosecuted by n neighbor. Arriving at the court at the time summoned, (it was a justice's trial) he lound every body there whom ho wished to see but hie own lawyer. He would not bo beat for a hundred dollars ; yet he knew he could not conduct the suit successful hirr,' If, To a man like him, independent to obsti nacy, sue I) a situation, without alternative, was mollifying in the extreme As the Jus 1 tice was declaring that the case mint proceed forthwith. Hick Uuirk, alias Leslie, whisper i d to Gordon : ' May be seen as bow your lawyer a in cum, voti'il let mc try your s;dc I've did sich things afore.' Cordon opened his eyrs wide, an.l stared at him 1 I J,.-. l,;. nr.nl Un.r ofT inr I'll A uu i j un 'HI ML' U 11 iHJ Wl & H pay tlie cet aril (1 1- 1 . . - . . . J year's Work if 1 don t beat. Gordon comnlicd rartlv from despair. parly because l.e never knew Dick to fait in r i 4 anything he undertook. Five minutes elapsed, and L' slic was in his clen.tnt. He had rich snort that after noon. T he cornering up of some half a dozen suspicions wi:nrs-s; the putting to flight of half as many half fledg d lawyers, the n?tonihm nt whien the audience evinced as, throwing off his assumed style of speak ing, he rnergrd into a chase, clear and rapid stream of cloipienre. The plain exposition of facts and of the law woven into one glorious ji resistible ar- gument, finally resulting in a acidict favora- blc to his client, weie both amusement and profit to Islie. , vjomou, who uuring me io.ie i, sat with bis mouth so wide open that you could have tossed a potatoc sufficiently large for a breakfast dowu his throat, without his knowing it said when they were riding home , t ' Dick, if vou arc a 1 anuee, i aon t cate ' ' -.i ; , -.fi ! r. lipr ' , . , ,, , t t- r i i I 'So I am, said Leslie, .laughing, 'lodecd ' whether vou Like me in tho field ol labor, the i ul1 - , f i .;'.. 1 court room, or in any other place ol business , i 1 vou n ease, do vou know aov man superior ou , ' , 3 ' " me hcrcabouja I 1 ' V- T L i .' t f m vn V : ' Now what do you think of my poverty ? fof 1 , e i-r...- thing Ixtter, a. you did your blamed laun- . i. rtti ' aincivsria I vordnn 1 1 Do you consider poverty a fliagrace ' 1 All . , , ( continued Leslie. . . ouldn, lhiok i did ' Gordon opened hii fys bntl irtottt!r a-.'.f widef thin ereiC"' mum 14 tuZn ' Sh it jMibyjlngtriluHM hlhet'W tr short pause. AII t care abtM it W mat' she will have to tilt ad en filial rtfrd rfgfjp nSmet QiiikaairkQuiflVit loafiJsMt like t sick gobIr t Afi(fcutpfttfM can petition the Legwfntare and hire1 It if.' 'CUrtisf," kl Gordon in tb"fetri' ' CUrissf, (imrfc has tolrl m too tartitdnH I nrrther, so I hitro iren VootohinT 'emirtflf I am ylad, pirl, thatyrrrl navathb time mada' ehiiee of min who bff$vt hriw w ptfihfc'1 jam up, wiihont fceinj o6 hit 16 work on i him." " ; .t" A r (Jhrisse laughed in herileem ' ' Henry IVsln? nJ Clarissa Qbrdow wtrff1 marri d. ; - jv After iLc depaiture of the wedding ftiftt on that vwett occasion, even after the fwy irony which launcfwd tbem into I'm inejtri-) cable, ycleptd matrimony, tisn atef ,(! cake, music, tea, kissing, wine, daacieg, wd rollcf, after all ivcrc finished, after ail ibeif, fritnds were gone, Chinese found herself ban twern her bushand and her fathr. Sba turned he r eyes to the latter and, said beieecb-; ' father, will you forgive us?" , rs., " Forgive you I for what child '..) ;(j, :l Why you know I I lot ed and wtfi" td to WeJ Henry Leslie, piy first flame, fcnt' yod would not consent to our alliance." , ,,i " And recollect, too, perhaps," said the younjj husband, that when I first came heTe, the fnituaf flgrerment Was that we wcretry hnens-nocas each other as rfinch as we pfeaa .d." v "Well, what I waa about to say," cdntifl-' ued the bride, "is that Dick Quirk arid Henry Lelio n re the aame person." ' ' " Zags and ligntningt" exclaimed Odrdbi springing to hlj feet; but he pansed and ittV1 veyed both fh culprits- attentitely- ahtftheV cotitin ird without passion 'Vvhftt arj bM' fool I have been to fancy triat my gh drdriY know enottgh io choose a fltanrl prrfyi htii band. F'orgive yoti! yea I will, lancf oftsa' you iri the bargain. Cornc to think of ft t am glad it hnt happened Jo, far we shaof hnfe to petition the General Assembly in or-' derto get rid of that blamed sick-gobler io liloquizing Quirk Quirk Quirk. Goto7 bed children." '-' KRETTEL J TILE OF 1T0S.WS fl'IT JSD COCRJGK.. n h was the year 1832, toward jb tloaecf November , a, light snow, mingled. with llotti was whirled about by the wind, and pieicd thiougb every crevice of a Utile roadside joa situated between Hornberg and itotwell, on the frontiois ol the duchy of Bad to. . . Two travellers, drjven by the bad veathes to iho shelter ot this humlle hostelry, were. forgetling Hunger and weariness in the cor-, forts of a hearty repast of smoked beef. Thf hissing and roaring of a large stovo contaa-i, ted ogreeably to the travellers' can withtba loud moaning of the north wind without, and disposed them still more to the enjoyment of the good things within. The innkeeper and bit wife hud, for (heic, only domestic, a young girl of Baden, wbm, they had brought up fiom childhood. Kret tel, for such was her name, waa a, host ia her self; housekeeper and maid to her mistress, cook in tho kitchen, talrt de chnmbre to (no stra y visitants in the one best room, and groom in the stable -the hardy, sctire and good-bo-' j mored Uermarr girl lulnllecj all the ddttrar usually shared by a large establishment of servnnte. j T n o'clock struck, and the travellers, liaT j mg finished their supper, drew nearer to the I tfronp which had collected round the stove Father lloflkirch, the minister, their hoaf, , , , , , - ' II III cviuu III 1 IIUUI u n ny 1IUV, IIIQICV 1T chance. Tho conversation turned on ihe fearful and murderous, events of whkfc tb neighboring forest had been the acene, end each one had hia own storr to tell, eorpaav sing the rest in horror. Father Horlk1reh, was among the foremost in terrifying hit au dience by th recital of different adrentajref, all more or less tragical. The worthy fcth er had just finished a horrible atory of rob bers quit'' r.hff ? nvre fo its way. TbS scene of the legend was little more than a gnar shot from the inn door ; k was a tradilfioTi,1 I mi! rtunateiy ; otn ao ancient giooet, wdicq I fill remiirnd on the identical nnt mm a , he nirration an air 0f gloomy Tenty, which Q0 onc Jarcl t0 question. Thif place waa, ju uuth) mi(ie forrnidaUe ihrougboirt tb , provjncc as keing, it was aaii, tho rendezroua. j of a troop of banditti, who held there emy m2rit ititir rovstenous mcetroea. Ail tb6 guests were still under the influence, of iht terror which ihe story of Falher Hoflkircn. had caused, when one of the travellers bclora mentioned oflercd to bet two dueata that nd one dared to set off at thai moment to that fa. tal spot, and trace with charcoal a crosa OA the gibbtL Tbc very idea of auch a prog sinon increased the fear 'of lb eomtwrv. ; A long lilenco was their only reply. SodtjW-'-ly the young Krettcl, who was quietly tphl niog in a eorner, rose tip and accepted tbis het, asking ber master's toosebt at the fattfer time. Heanrj ms gooa wire aj nrst Ttiutexrr' alleging the loneliness of the place, eaLsei of danger ; but the fearless dantfc TjraistBcTj1 and was at last aofJered to depart 4 Krettel only requested " that fba inn-4dX)p' should be left open until her Teturh ' and Vtf5 king a piece of charcoal,' to prove oo,uttle.k' morrow tbnt she really bad visile (Jia apot' she rapidly ' waited lowarda the ibbct ' When close beside it, she started; fsbcjic'7 she heard' ft tiorte; howetef, after irijbric&Tj of haaltjUranVshe stepped forata3eaj3a ia talc to ttg)t at the leaif darker, "Xl6oiS; sra!r?t)ewfd. Krtttel lieWejtly.'apl. ihe'temnrj of a horseYrec drViVi! ar Her terror prevented tferainrtt 0J5
The Tri-Weekly Commercial (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 15, 1847, edition 1
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