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S3TJ1 THOMAS LORING, Editor and Proprietor. THE COMMERCIAL tspubUthed every Tuttday, Thurtday, and Saturday t5 per annum, payable, in all cows, in advance, BY THOMAS LORING, Corntr of Front and Market Strtttt, wiimisotos, , c. IATSS Or ADVBRT1SIXO. 1 square, 1 Insertion, 10 60 I 1 square, 2 monthf, 14 00 1 do. 2 do. 75 1 1 do. 3 do. 600 1 do. 3 do. 100 1 I do. 8 do. 800 1 , do. 1 month, 2 60 1 1 do. 1 year, 12 00 Twelve Unci or k make a square. If an adver tlaement exceeds twelve llnee, the price will be in pro portion, . All advertisements are payable at the time or their insertion. . . . . , Contracts with yearly advertisers, will be made on the most liberal-terms. DR. DANIEL DuPRE, RESPECTFULLY offers his Professional Ser vices to the citizens of Wilmington and vicinity. He may be found at hia Office, InLoNDON's Build twos, or Front Strut, south of Market. Juae 26. 4-3m GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, AND HARDWARE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, BY C. W. BRADLEY. April 4. 9 MYERS & BARNUM, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN II A TS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS, AND WALKING CANES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. C. Mveiis. J. M. Baenum. Oct. 6, 1846. 85 RICHARD MORRIS, NOTARY PUBLIC, WILMINGTON, N. C. Jan. 13. 12G H. S. KELLY, MERCHANT TAILOR, MARKET BTRIKT, WILMINGTON, N. C. 1 March 17. JOHN HALL, (LATE OF WILMINGTON, NOUTIl CAROLINA.) COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND AGENT FOB THE SALE Or NORTH CAROLINA NAVAt. STORES 33 GRAVIER STREET, ew Orleans. January 4, 1847. 'l ALEXANDER HERRON, Jk. GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, Wilmington, (N. C.) Packti Office, RO. 36) NORTH WHARVES, Refer to PHILADELPHIA. O. p. Ellis, Esq. ) Wilmington, N. C. K. J, LvTTRRLOH, Ess,. ) Aug. 11. C3 DEROSSET, BROWN & Co., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. BROWN, DEROSSET & Co., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 159 FRONT ST. NEW YORK. I . !H A IV I I li j k K A l rrt r xt GENERAL AGENT AND Commission Merchant, North Water, ! Doors above Princes Street, (Murpku't Duilding,) WILM1NUTON, N. U. Oct. 3. 81 J. 6c W. L. McGARY FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Acsnts or ths Mssch ants' Stsam Boat Co. WLMIN GTON, N. C. ROWLEY, ASHDURNER fc CO. General Cemmiiiion Merchant!, Nos. 6 & 6, South VYharvcs, PHILADELPHIA. Wo are prepared to make liberal tdvsnceson ship ments of Nsval Stores, dec, consigned to us for sole. Refer to Samoel Potte. Esq. ) w , N c John Qambill, Esq. ) ' January 18. 128-ly. ELIJAH DICKINSON, COMMISSION MERCHANT, 8 enlor partner of the late firm of Dickinson & Morris,) WILMINGTON, N. C. Refer to Messrs S- De!,Tw.n'iN York. Nesmith &. Walsh, ) Oct. 3, 181G. 84-ly-p GILLESPIE fc ROP.ESON, AUKNT8 FUH TUB SALE OF TIMDER, LUMBER, NAVAL STORES, 4 Will make liberal cash advances oo til consignment ot produce. March 17. 1 SANDFORD &. SMITH, AUCTIONEERS 4 G011ISSIOS MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. THO. SARMWaO. WM. L. SMITH, tot, IT, 184. 90 J. HATHAWAY & SON, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 3rd Door North Water Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. J. HaTRAWAV. y t. tfiTHAWAV. Oct. 77 'o 64 VOL. 2. BARRY & BRYANT, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, - WILMINGTON, N. C. March 16. 1 tf . JOHN C. LATTA, COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND GENERAL AGENT, WILMINGTON, N. C. Oct. 10, 1846. 87 N. B. HUGHES, COMMISSION MERCHANT AND GENERAL AGENT For the sale of all kinds of Goods, Country Produce and Real Estate, RALEIGH, N. C. Business entrusted to him shall be promptly and faithfully attended to. Refer to the Editor of The Commercial. Jun 42 G. W. DAVIS, COMMISSION MERCHANT, WILMINGTON, N. C. March 17. 1 BLANKS PRINTED TO ORDER. AT THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE. L. S. YORKE, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, NORTH CAROLINA PACKET OFFICE. 43 1-2 NORTH WHARVE8, PHILADELPHIA. June. 9,1846. ly37 CHARLES COMMISSION D. ELLIS, MERCHANT, HAVING transferred the ogency of the Cape Fesr S. S. Mill, he is now prepared to transact any business committed to his trust. Office on VV. C. Lord's wharf lately occupied by Russell & Gammell. May 13. 25 THOMAS SANDFORD, NOTARY PUBLIC, WILMINGTON, N. C. March 25, 1847. NEFF & WARNER, WHOLESALE AND HIT AIL DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, SHIP CHAN DLERY, SHIP STORES, 4-c. April 11. 13 iHi. STTrrr on & c o., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AND DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Caps Boots, Shoes, Furniture, Hard ware, Cutlery, Tin Ware, Crockery, 6,-c, i$c. WILMINGTON, N. C. 'y H. Stanton. L. N. Bahuw CONSTANTLY on hnnd. n general assortment ol VV CORD A GE and PHO VISIONS. Also, For clgn Fruit, W ines, Liquors. Tens. Porter, Ale, 4c. y Ship Stoues put up with despatch Oct. 31, 164G. 9 PIANO FORTES FOR SALE. NF. F.legnnt Plnno Forte, In Rose wood cose, of L. Gilbert's manufac ture, boston. Also, one sccona-nana Piani Forte, for sale by the Subscribe!, ot his Music Room, opposite tho Chronicle Office. Plnno Fortes tuned and repaired In a satisfactory manner. 0. F. B. LEIGHTON. MnrchJ. I? CHAIRS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT of best New YorkMnnulacturcd Cane and Rush Bottom, Maple and Rosewood, Black Walnut, Grecian, with Cushions, Common Windsor, Office Chairs; Rush and Cane seat Sewing Chairs, with Rockers, Children's Chairs, Ac., tie. A. MARTIN. 27 For sale by May 18. PLANED LUMBER. rpHR Subscriber harinir become Atwnl tor tho 1 s&looftheabovo article, for Central Planing Mill will keep constnntly on W. C. Lord's wharf a full sup nlv.for ante In Iota to suit purchasers. CD. ELLIS, Lord's bulldln June 24. SODA BISCUIT. 1 r BOXES Soda BUcuit, 1U 10 Barrels" ' Just received by SANDFORD f- June 10. SMITH. 37. ACCLUSTIAL. 2DOZ. of that celebrated article for restoring and beautifying (he hair, at JOS. WILKINSON'S, Market Street. July 8. 43 SUPERIOR HAMS. A LOT of very fine hams put up expressly for fam ily use, for sale, by HOWARD PEDEN. June 8th 1847. 48 HAY-CORN, FLOUR fcc. OPaO BALES prime Hay, ZAJ 600 Bushels White Com, SO Barrels Super, Fine and Cross Flo ur 20 Boxes Pale Soap, 20 " Adamantine Candle, 100 Bushels Cow Peas, Just received, aad for sale by SANDFORD SMITH. July 8. 1847. MOLASSES. Cf HHDS. tttetted Mnweovado Motassea, to ar U Jrive pet Brig Samuel Potter, for sale, by DeROSSET, BROWN A Co. June 28th, 1847. 45 COW PEA8. 750 ale, bf BUSHELS, dally expected, per achooner Ckarla pin, 'row Windsor, N. C.for O W. DAVT? . PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLYEy7 THOMAS- LORING. WILMINGTON, TUESDAY From the Sunday Mercury. TO NEE, THE MULATTO GIRL: A TALE OP THE WEST INDIES. (From the. French.) sr i. e. o. CHAPTER I. Saint Domingo, at the time this story com mences, was fast disappearing to make room for Hayti. General Leclerc was dead and the proud army of Lieutenant Bonaparte had melted away, as it were, beneath the rays of a tropical sun. There remained to France of her once splendid colony only the city of Port-au-Prince, now beseigedby the blacks. Lost amid the woods subsequent to an ex pedition in the interior of the island, a party of European troops wandered from meadow I to meadow, in the midst of an insurrectcd people. 1 hey had reached the mountains of Cibao, where they hoped, more easily than in the plains, to escape the fury of a deadly foe. Compelled to look for concealment in mea dows, to feed on roots, and to avoid every in habited place ns was the case of yore with runaway negroes, which the tyranny of the settlers drove to the samo deserts they had scarcely any other perspective than of dying j der and neglect. Doubtless the storm of re of hunger, or being massacred by the blacks bellion had passed over tho place, and the in descending into the prairie for food Out of seventeen, which had been their number on the first day of their flight, ball of them had already perished, and tho re- i mainder lingered, every day more and moie i discouraged. At length Charles Beaumont, one of the number, resolved nt ail petils to extricate himself from this situation. Charles was a young and handsome fellow, newly mustered into the service, and fresh from bis native town in the noith of France. He was serv ing out his first campaign, as sub-lieutenant of ono of those glorious regiments denomin ated the Army of Italy, which the First Con sul sent to perish on the shores of St. Dom ingo. 'Faith, comrades,' exclaimed he, 'if Gen eral Bonaparte had entangled himsell, as we have, in the desert, when in Egypt, you would not see him now govern France. Let uidolike him let uajojrjilwr CharTcTrnen were far from entertaining the same degree of confidence a? the youth. They remained inactive, stretched at full length in their comfortless bivouac, and one of them a veteran grenadier, who had ser ved in the campaign of Egypt retorted somewhat tartly: 'Had you been in Egypt, my young officer you would perhaps know how to make a dif ference between havingone'sbead respectfully broken to pieces by the Mamelukes, or giv ing ourselves up, like fools, to these coward ly and rascally negroes I1 But tho officer insisted on the necessity of forthwith seeking a less miserable sort of ex istence. We must start again, and once more en deavor to reach Port-au-Prince; we must above all things look for other food than rooU and herbs. Who knows but in the neigh borhood there may be an honest man of color who may consent to sell us provisions and serve us ns a cuidc 'No, no I' the men cried 'to seek such a guide is to seek death I' 'Well,' resumed Charles Beaumont, 'if you prefer to await in this spot a coward's death, and like dogs, die of hunger, you may do so, for my part, I shall go in search of a lot less unworthy. If to-morrow I havo not returned bestow oo ray memory one last thought, and time hence if ever you see France again say I've died the death worthy ono of Napo leon's conscripts.' The men, demoralized as they were, still could not see their young chief depart from them, and go to meet an almost inevitable death. They tnrd once more to induce him to change his mind. Many were the words of counsel for caution and prudence. But Charles had a mind of his own, and he re plied gaily : 'Be easy, comrades. I shall walk as steal thily as a young girl who glides to the ren deivoua. Besides thanks to this scorching sun I look more like a negro than a white man. All these blue ks, to a man, will take me for newly landed Congo. And then it will be dark soon, and you know the old say ing, 'at night all cots are gray.' So, farewell or rather, good bye.' He took up his sword, slipped in his belt a pair of loaded pistols, and took leave of his companions. Charles has guessed right the shades of night came ere long to protect his march, and twilight, which in those climes is so short, promised shortly a welcome darkness. He walked with a resolute step, and clim bed without any accident the most difficult of tho mountain passes. As be drew near the plain, the country grew less barren, bo how and then came across some coffee tree and patches of tobacco, and following the current ol a romantic little rivulet which warbled iu course a long a bed of white pebbles, he reach ed the confines of a wide prairie, at the end of which rose a roof. Our young hero now halted to reconnoitre; "MORNING, JULY 20, 1847. for notwithstanding his careless indifference O danger, he was too well impressed , with fce merciless spirit of that war of extermina tion not to entertain a due regard for pru dence. f Night had crrti ref y closed in. It was one 'of those sweet moonlight nights, common in the West Indies, where air is pure and bal my, the brerzo full of voluptuousness, and silence fraught with strange mystery, when the broad canopy is clear, and the light sent down by its thousand gems endows every lit tle thing with interest ; with poetic language; and, like sweet sixteen in all beauty and con fidence, nature seems so loving I The moon, but half out, gave sufficient fight to distinguish surrounding- objects, and approach them without much danger. Char les soon discovered, at a short distance be fore him, a residence of considerable import ance, like those in which, previous to the rebellion, the wealthy planters of the colony resided. The main building was in the shape ot a pavilion, tronting the access of a detp court-yard, flanked, on each side with two rows of lime trees. Large and numer ous out houses, such as stables, barns, carriage-houses, work-shop, etc. surrounded it, and in their rear were ranges of huts for negroes. But the whole looked deserted, or at least neglected. The gate of the court-yard was shattered, and the garden in a state of elisor owners had fled Charles made these reflections whilst ap proaching as stealthily as possible through the lime trees lining the avenue; yet he still hesitated to knock at the door, when the bark ing of a dog gnve the alarm. 'Who's there?' asked a woman s voice from within At the sound of a female voice the fears of the youth fled like a troop of scared robins he ran up to the door. A window opened on the pavilion, at which an old woman appeared. Her yellow visage, surrounded by a Madrass handker chief, proclaimed her a mulatto. Jhe sere and yellow skin of the woman's face portend ed favorably with tho young mad; he had feared, as a matter ol course, to meet with a black visage. 'Who's there?' repeated the mulatto 'is it you, Anthony?' No.' reDlied the vouiur Euronean. 'I am a slr6nTcr fflheso parts a traveller who has lost his way. Are there any whites liv ing here?' 1 Whites I God forbid '' crowled the old crone. And, having examined the stranger, tish impatience. I Little did it matter to old Dooriee if hef she cried out at the lop of her lungs She pressed lightly the hand of the stran- J offspring, to be a party in an act of bloodshed 'Awhile man I help! help1 Tonee, be I ger, and led him without difficulty into the ; was lor a moment cast before their young quick get you out of bed.' The white3 .': house. 1 guest, a tempter. AM notions of propriety the whites ' Tho room to which he was shown had aa. were dead in her withered and debauched During which sho closed the window n- air of too much refinement to suit the modest heart ; and, on the contrary, it was in her el gain. J condition of life of the two females. It was , timation a refined means of vengeance for The poor youth could now have wished evidently the sleeping apartment of the form- colored lemale to use a white man'j affection not to have gone so far; but all retreat might er owner of the mansion, and it was easy to ! as a weapon for his own destruction. It was prove as dangerous as an attack; he therefore perceive it had not been occupied for a long thus a laudable fashion of settling the old ac resolvcd to meet forthcoming events in the j time. No doubt the present rulers of the , count of hcr wrongs, and repay the scornful face, and at any rate to draw his sword. And place weru ill at case in so splendid an apart-1 disdain with which the whites hod returned then he remembered the old woman had j mrnt, and preferred their former and more ; her affections she (Dolorice) then a poor called out but a single name, and if there was in the house but ono negro, the danger was but trifling after all. He therefore renewed his appeals at the door. Tho window was opened again, but no one in the shape of a man armed with formi dable weapons appeared. The old mulatto woman was alone. She changed her tone, nnd said in a mild and honeyed voice: 'Halloa, massa white man I Don t be afraid we are friendly to the whites.' This sudden transition ot tone did not ap - pear quite free from suspicion. The young adventurer, however, did not hold the circum- stance of any moment. 'Are you alono ?' asfd the crone. 'Yes, good woman, quite alone ; and 1 wish only to havo some provisions and a guide. I shall pay liberally, you may de pend.' 'If that's the case, sir, wait one moment the door shall be opened immediately.' Whilst Charles was waiting at the door, the woman went to call her daughter, who was asleep in a room ot the rear building. 'Uuick, Tonee get up 1 Didn't you hear iho knocking? Make haste and g:t up! there's a white man in the house I' 'A white roan I1 criwd Tonco frightened. Good gracious I he will kill us I And An thony away?' The mother repfTed with a hideous smile 'Don't be afraid, my dear the whites now adays don't kill us it is ourselves that kill . them I This one is alone, and appears to have money. Let us try lo keep him here until Anthony with his companions return '.hey will be here in the morning, you know, ana it will be a good job for them. 'Dot,' asked the young girl with simnlici tv, 'how keep him beret He is armed, no doubt j he will not allow himself to be made a prisoner by two females.' 'Pshaw I what a novice I' replied tho oM crone. Don't you know the whiles surren der themselves willing prisoners id young and handsome girls of color ? I look to you to cage this nice gent, and when of! bis guard we'll bind him hand and feet with ropes, and leave him to wait for Anthony. It will re flect credit upon us, you may depend, and so NO. 53. we shall lend a hand in the good cause destruction of a race of tyrants.' -the Young Tonee was delighted with the plan , of her mother, and quite proud ol the parti the-fleeting1 caprice of one of them, the birth she was to play in the affair, and jumped up 0f Tonee. Soon, however, cast aside and cheerfully from her bed. By tho time she disdained, gradually more and more in meai had dressed htrself in somo light garment, ure a9 hcr youth and good looks passed away, the old woman had produced light by sha. he had fostered a hate for the race of her for king a small vial in which was a eveuju, mer predilections. that luminous insect which in those coun- Such hale, alas I was but too deeply rooted4 tries ihe negroes use instead of lamps. Thus for like so many others, cast nway by her abruptly awakened, tho cucuju protruded master, and consigned once more to the mit from his shell and let the phosphorus ap- crable huts of the other ftetfroes on the pfatf Pcar tat ion, she had been compelled1 tor toif like at 'Am I pretty enough so ? and do you think slave after having reigned a SufomU the white man will allow himself to be I Neither had she proved hlwto her stfdrn, caught? demanded Tonee of her mother, af. ; 0r failed to wreak her vengeance when ma ter she had biaided bcr hair, and arranged ' conflict came between tne colored people and with coquettish taste her Madrass handker- the whites, which has been Called tho revolu- chief ir. the crcole fashion, 'Tell mo, am I ! tion of 8t. Domingo. Leagued with one of well so?' Mr. de Vangelaz's slaves, she had planned1 Tonee was indeed a handsome and beauti- out the murder of their master, and the blow ful girl ; her eyes were large, brilliant, and was struck while the old man wa in bed, on of a jetty black; her teeth ot pearly white- mo first night of the rebellion. Since that ness; a slender waist; and hcr feet bare, time she had lived ort the estate m the capaW gracefully mouldtd. Her complexion was jy 0f housekeeper to her accomplice, Aotho scarccly darker than a Spanish woman's, for i ny) who by right of stipeiior animal strength Tonee had white blood mixed with her Afri-j had arrogatedto himself the rfgbtof strews can origin; yes, much white blood, of which ( sion to Mr. de Vangclaz. she boosted willingly which however, did j Tonee, on her part, had grown tip in hate not prevent her nursing a deadly hate for the 0f the whites More fortunate than her mo whites. ' ther, she had no injury to avenge; brt brought anc tooK tne Key ol tne iront aoor ana went to Itt in the vouth, who began to specu late in his mind what could occasion this long delay in luting him in. But this ftarful mood vanished when he saw the young girl.( 'Come in, white man come .in without (ear. My mother and I are atone in the house.' 'Alone really alone?' asked the officer, with a lingering acccut of suspicion. 'Is iiu' una iiiu tiauiuiiiiii ui u ovuici r 'To bo sure it is,' smiling to exhibit two rows of white teeth. 'The eslate belongs to Mr. de Vangelaz, but he is absent, and at ; i0e. Without regard of pity for the persecu present we, my mother and I, have the care ted, they no longer looked for quarter af their of t.' hands, and in that awful struggle between lifo 'But your mother just now called the name j and death, women and children tookapurt, of somebody Tonee, I think. Who is To- The daughter of Dbfoticej therefore, with- nee? Is he a negro ?' The young girl burst out laughing. 'Tonee is myself,' said she, 'and 1 am no negro, I think. See, I am almost white 1', l ncn putting tne ugnt close to ner preuy facjifee.jrydeall sojttjlaylul smiles aud "gestures. , 'Come, walk in. Do I frighten you 7 Give me your hand quick now I' resumed she, stamping her fool with an air of coquet- simple mode ol ltvmr. Ibis apparent n serve pleased the young Frenchman, and completely reassured him. Tonee drew a small round table, and laid out fiuit ol various kinds, consisting of pine apples, oranges, spices, cassada bread, and a jug filled with rum. Our famished adven turer, as the reader may well suppose, did not stand long upon ceremonies lo become bettei acquainted with the things before biro, Rejoiced and delighted at the unexpected 1 meeting ol a beautiful girl and a supper, he j had already forgotten the dangers of ihe day i and those of the morrow, and yielded him- self, with ihe carelessness ol bis age and profession, to tho good fortunes and fuscina - tions of the time being. Scarcely did ho remember his compan - ions, the friends he had abandoned. Well, so as to punish them, he would make them wait awhile for his return, and on the next day yes, tho day following, and lhat at the latest possible moment, he would rejoin them. Tonee meanwhile should keep him company And who could tell to morrow, perhaps, Tonee would be bis guide And, whiUt enjoying his repast, he cajoled Tonee, and exchanged with her sundry side glances ; iben talked with tho old woman spoke of France, of the army, and of love. He related io a lively strain his good and bad fortunes, his high hopes, nod youthful disappointments. Onco he' pronounced the name of his mother, and grew sad His poor mother! separated from him by land and ocean, and whom, pcrnaps, ne would never meet again .' In proportion as be abandoned himself to the impulses of the moment, and to the good faith of his hostess, Tonee giew thoughtful, sad and embarrassed in manner, and soon cased to take any part in the conversation, at least in words ; she even discontinued her play of coquetry upon the young man Standing motionless in a dark corner of the room, hcr bands crossed, her head cast down, sheappeared aa though invested with a new being. Supper ended, her mother had to call several times before she could rouse her. 'Come, Tonee, it ia time to lei tho gentle man go to rest Wish, like me, the gentle man a good night ; and may he have pleas- ant tl reams in the bed of our old matter Mf de Vangeta (' ' r The old woman adcortptfnfcd (tic list words with a meaning imile, whicfc made" Tonee shudder af theftgo: listening to (la whistling of a ttipttt She followed her mofhef out of the roOnt without a word, bat threw on Charkl a look of motfrnful Interest ind fright ciJapter it. Dolorice such was the name of ToneeV motherhad not always been tha enemy of the whites'. In her vonih. as is (he rate whtt a mitof every colored female in the colonies se had courted their attentions, and owed M Up amongst slaves on an isolated plantation, to the hard labor o( the field, onder the rigid discipline of a white master and oi her fero cious gang leader, she had hailed with M less joy than the rest the era of emancipation the day when toil, and field labor, snxf the whip of tho overseer had vanished. During the scenes of carnage and blood shed which succeeded this revolution, h young mulatto had inured hersetf with no lions of murder and treason. In her eyes, as1 well es in those of the rebel people ol the isl and in general, any fid every mean) was i pood which nromisrd the destruction ol their out any scruples, had consented to second tb motives of her mother against joong Beau mont. Partly from the fanaticism of her race, nartlv from conuetrv. she ' trreoated the ( bed of death for the white youth, hot ttilf wjth feelings fre rom remorse Of foaraeat I ucn accen, oui wfttr"! feefhtf-iH lo pKsv gure, or with that sort of cruel innocence wfch ; which children torment a poor bird in its caro. mrl ot color I But in the thickest of the plot a young g'ul'S caprice came to save the imprudent youth) CHAPTER III. Alone in bis chamber, he began anon id weigh cautiously the chances of danger which might result from having accepted hospitali ties at the hands of the enemies ot his caste. The smite of the old woman oo taking leave trf birny and the confusion of Tonee, bad not escaped him. There wai much to infrr from those looks I Many had been the tales of treason ho bad heard since hia arnvtl in the , colony I And Mr. de Vangelaz, whose fata , Tonoe's mother bad alluded to the master j of tho mansion what had become ol him? j He remembered to have heard such a name j mentioned in the long list of victims to lh j rebelliod. lie even persuaded himself be i remembered certain rumors which had spread ( abroad, of death blows having been struck in the dead of hicht, amid the silence of a bed-chamber. That chamber might be the very one in which be now wait That place of rest ebanged into a bed of death night be bis own ? In spite of himself, and at a mo ment when the image of Tonee had deserted bia thoughts, ha imagined he saw hover around him dark and tbreatning forms. Ilia eyes were the rehearsal ot a complete night ma re( with a series of stabbing, poison, and torture!. 1 Examining with care the room where per baps awaited bimaa endless sleep, be thought he Could distinguish traces of recent crimed The glass of tho dressing-table was shattered, (he curtains torn, the mahogany ef the bed stead exhibited io various places sundry cut, as if made with the edge of tome sharp wea pon, used at random daring desperate con flict ; io fine, on the carpet, immediately ia front of the bed, was a large brown spot, which, with a little effort of imagination, might be mistaken for blood, badly washed. Charles was still occupied ia examining every little spot, and each broken piece oi for nitore, when the feint noise of feet was bean! io the passage, and stopped at the door of hie room. The knob soon after turned slowly ia the lock,-and an effort wai made lo open UM door.
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