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THOMAS LORIING, ' " THE COMMERCIAL J a published evert Tuesday, Tkvrtdayi, and Saturday at 15 per annum, psyablejn all tajes, in advance, 13 Y THOMAS LO RING, CanterJnl ai3 aef Strut, WILMINGTON. . e. tTS8 or ADrttTient. 1 square, 1 Insertion, SO 50 I I square, 2 months, 14 00 .1 do. 2 do. 7R 1 do. 3 'do. 6 00 ( do. 3 do. 1001 I do. 6, da 8 00 1 do. 1 month, 2 50 1 1 do. 1 year, 12 00 Twelve lines or less make a square. If an adver t iscment exceeds twelve llnea, the price will be In pro portion. All advertisements are payable at tho time of their i nsortion. ' Contracts with yearly advertisers, will be made on the most liberal terms. DR. DANIEL DirPRE, RESPF.CTFULLY offers his Professional Ser vices to the citizens of Wilmington and vicinity. Ho may be found at his Office, IoLondon's liuiLn iMos,on Front Street, south of Market. June 26. 44-3m GROCERIES, DRY OODsTaND HARDWARE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, BY C. VV. BRADLEY. April i. 9 MYEUS & BARfclTM, NUNLTACTURRRa AND DEALERS IN HATS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS, AND WALKING CANES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. C. Myebs. J. M. Babnum. Oct. (i, 1S4(. 8G RICHARD MORRIS, NOTARY PUBLIC, WILMINGTON, N. C. Jan. 13. 126 II. S. KELLY, MERCHANT TAILOR, MAHKET BTHEET, WILMINGTON, N. C March 17. 1 JOHN II ALL, (LATE OK Wll.MINnTON, NORTH CAROLINA.) COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND AGENT FOR THE SALE Of NORTH CAIWI.INA NAVW. STORES 33 GRAVIER SWEET, aew Orleans. January 1, IS 17. 12 DEROSSET, HROWN & Co., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. HROWN, DEROSSET & Co., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 15'.) FRONT ST. NEW YOUIC. A . MARTIN, GENERAL AGENT AND ( ' o m mission M e r c li a n t. North Water, I Doors above Princes Street, Murylni fluildlnp,) WILMINGTON, N. C. Oct. 3. SI J. cV W. L. MdiARY FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Aokwts or tub Menem ants' Steam Hoat Co. WLMINCTON, N. C. ROWLEY, ASH BURNER & CO. General Commission Merchant, Noi. 5 4 6, South Whaivis, PHILADELPHIA. Wo nra prepared to make, liberal advances fin ship moots of Naval Stores, 6Vc., consigned to us for sale. Roftr to Samcil Potter. Esq. wiln,jnto N. C. John (Iamuell, Ila. ) January l!?. 123-ly. ELIJAHDiCKINSON, COMMISSION ME R CIJA NT, Senior partner of the late firm of Dickinson Morris, Refer to Messrs. B. Dc Forest A. Co., ) N, v,,rtr Nesinilh A Walsh, We Y Oct. 3, 1816. M-lyp GILLESPIE & ROPESON, AO E NTS FOR THE BALE OF TIMBER, LUMBER, NAVAL STORES, f Will make Uberal cash advances on all consignment of produce. March 17. 1 SANDFORD Sc. SMITH. AUCTIONEERS k C0HISS10.1 MEECKANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C Toa. SAWoroas, wm. l tJOt. 17,1646. 90 J1IWUAWAY & SON, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 3rd fW AVrt Wattr Stn'ti, WILMINGTON, N. C. J.Hathawav. J. L. Hatba at. i" to- W1LLIAMII. MEAD, QUO OF. 11 AKB . - ' Commission Merchant, RALEIOIl, N. O. J Aural CsA adnmtu mad M Oniifummj. Raleigh, Aug 1(1,147. VOL. 2. BARRY & BRYANT, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. March 16. l tf. JOHN C. LATTA, COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND GENERAL AGENT, WILMINGTON, N. C. Oct. 10, 1946 . 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. Ttusiness entrusted to him shall be promptly and faithfully attended to. Refer to the Editor of Tin Commerciut. Jui) 42 G. W. DAVIS, COMMISSION MERCHANT, WILMINGTON, N. C. March 17. l BLAM(S PRINTED TO ORDER, AT THE COMMERCIAL O F F I C E. L. S. YORKE, GENERAL C O 1M M I S S I O N MERCHANT NORTH CAROLINA PACKET OFFICE. 43 1-2 NORTH WHARVES, PHILADELPHIA. June !). 1AI6. lv37 CHARLES I). ELLIS, COMMISSION MERCHANT, HAVING transferred theagenry of the Cape Fear S. X. Mill, he is now prepared to transact any business committed to his trust. Office on W. (.'. Lord's wharf lately occupied by Russi II & Gannm li. May 13. T 1 10 MAS SAM)FOrT N O T A R Y l U B L I C, WILMINGTON, N. C. March 'ifi, 1H47. N E F F &T"W A R N VM, WHOLBbALE AND HKTAII. OEAI.EHS I J DRY GOODS, (iliOCERIES, Sill I' ( HAN DLE HY, SUll' STORES, f-c April II. K) R. H. S T A N T O N St ( O i WHOLESALE AND HF.TAIL (JROC K It S , in iikai.ers i.v Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Caps Boots, Shoes, Furniture, Hard ware, Cutlery, Tin Ware, Crockery, Jc, dc. WILMINGTON, N. C. It. 1. Stanton. L. N. Bablow CONSTANTLY on hand, a general assortment of COR DA GE and PRO VISIONS. Also. For eign Fruit, Wines, Liquors. Teas. Porter, Ale, 4e. JjTShip SroBEs put up with despatch Ort. 31. 1846. M Copartnership Notice, rTMIE Subscribers hnvc this day associated with I them Mr Ei i W. Ham. in (he trnns ieilon of the Auction nn l Commission business, under the firm ol CBflNLY, H.UIH HAIL. Gratoful for the patronaijp heretofore extended, we hope by promptness and faithful atltr.:!c to business to mer.t a continuation of the same. MICHAEL CRONLY. JNO. WALKER, Jr. Rirr.B to P. K. Dickinson, Esq. H. R. .Savage, Esq. Messrs. Hall& Armstrong. O. W. Dnvli Esq. John A. Taylor, Esq. John Walker, Esq. Aug. 17. 66 PIANO FORTES FOR SALE. ONE Elegant Piano Forle, in Rose wood casa, of L. Gi Lilian's manufac ture, Poston. Also, one second-hand Pinno Forte, for sale by the Subscribe!, at his Music Room, opposite the Chronicle Offre. Piano Foitts tuned and repaired in a satisfactory manner. G. F. B. LEIGHTON-. March 3. J47 IT7ANEI)TuMIuiR rpHE .Subscriber having become Agent for the X sale of the abovo article, for Central Planing Mill will keep constantly on W. C. Lord's wharf a full sup ply, for sule In lots to suit purchasers. C. D. ELLIS, Lord s building. n HAY-CORN, FLOFR &c. Orvn BALES prime Hay, aZJJ 500 Rushels White Corn, i) Barrels Super, Fine and Cross Flour 20 Boxes Pale Hoap. 20 " Adamantine Candles, 100 Bushels Cow Pens, Just received, and for sale t. v SANDFORD A SMITH July 8. 147. II H t II e c e i v e fe TL'ST received, dirocl from the manufactory, J and for sale, cheap, Light Calfskin pegged Pools, do. (lost skin peirgrd Boon, Ladies, Miaact, and ChUdran's tid slippers O. R. FRENCH July 15, 1A47. BI. Come and Examine; You art not compelled to purchase THE full and fresh stork of" Confectionary consist ing Of STEWARTS, SPOTTEN'S.aixi LAN AH AN' 3 Slttm Reflntd Catulin. Almonds, Pecan Nuts, Filberts, Braid Nats, Eng lish Wamuta, Orsnfrs, Lemon, Apple n! 8mrma F1jt. ALSO. French, English, Oerman and American Toys ol j effsrs aritv ami ilMrrlntlon. And a lot Ladles covered HW IluktU of a very aupsrlor make F.R.WOOD July 10, 60 PUBLISHED TRI-WEEIvLY,. WILMINGTON, THURSDAY (ilue Agency. QUPEKIOR quality American Glue, constantly on UI 'hand and lor sale by BARRY f- BRYANT. B3 July 20. AGENCY FOR VENDING SHOT. HAVING brm appointed agent for the celebrated Shot Factory in Philadelphia, Messrs. T. & T. Sparks, Jr., Proprietors, I now oFer to sell half to one ton or more of any kind of Shot, deliverable here at the wholesale factory pricesforcash, ortlOdays, ad ding interest, with only cbarping the freight out and Insurance from Philadelphia here. E. DICKINSON, Agent. June 9. 45 ROSIN STRAINERS. Pl:KT No- !i Rosln traiDfw,jaat received and tor sale by ii.iih iw i"i-i.r,i. iiidt i. nnr i pi June 20. 41 HPHF. siihseriherhnvinfrmnaiirriiTHTemiHorlns,. ! 1 hi present business- ult persons Indebted will &int ae"inSt mC Wi" b" ROB'T G. RANKIN. o 1-0.1-7 AO 1 TO RENT. . . TH A T Inrceand enmmndinns UnTrr I jj. ...... .. - , the HANOVER HOUSE, situated on r- : JIIL cond street opposite the Capo Fear Bank, in ' the Town of Wilmington will be rented on reason- 1 able terms, from and alter the first of October next, j 1 ne t lunovei uuuk in u new unen ouainn, rour sio- i ri hhrh. tin roofed, and built exnre-slv for n Hotel Iih location is one of the best in the town of Wil-1 nlurirement the undersigned is pn pared enter into arrangements tor that purpose. For terms, &c, apply by letter or personally to the L'i Subscriber at the Journal OfTire. Wilmington. : i. DAVID FULTON. July 10, 1847. 49-tf. ' ::i Chronicle copy till forbid. ' e) NEW CONFECTIONARY. THE SI'BSCRIRF.R, would respectfully invi't the Ladies and Gentlemen of VVil nington and vicinity to his assortment of Cjnf'.'i'tioiuy, Fuits, Nuts, Toys Fancy Aticlcs &c. Which has just been selected in the northern market, j of the finest quality, and which he will endeavor to i ui uif w vni cuii in ii i , iiuu t;i i- "in i Miu i. ijiia iu I n josj WILKINSON Market SI. under Mrs. Coiran't dwelling. April ir. IPI7. 13 I 'J'll'j NOTICE T . I IiO.sE who arc in the habit of pnrrhasinc my i ( ' t Mi'HiNK. win i,.wt..r nj ii ,., - of Mr. I). H . WOOD, whtte thev will alwavn t a fresh ano genuine article. THOMAS oMITH August 3, 1847. W-tf. j Fresh Drugs & Medicines. 1 O DOZEN Congress Spring Water; I 50 lbs. Peruvian I rk ; M do.i-n Henry's Magnesia; 6 do. London Mus tard, half and qr. lbs.; Cum Camphor ; Calcined MagntMa; l!i ('ait)Soda; Cr. Tartar ; Scidlit. and Soda Powders Fresh Hops; Extract and Oil of Lemon; Acetic, Niiric, and Sulphuric Killers and Adds - Sn. Amnion Arum ChLiriili s.i.li; Dover Powder; Ailepou Scam-1 loony; Sirained Honey; .Scales i.ntl eights, on Stands and common : good aFflortmi nt of I.nnci Is. (F.vanM' fi n , Imitation do. ; Sup. Oerman Silver and lira's Spring do :) I lorn and (ilass Cupping Instruments; sup. Spatulas, from 12 'inch down; Leather Drinking Cups; Dominoes; Urandrelh'H lleckwiih h and istar's Pills. Also, 40 gross vials. For sale at low prices, at the Drug Store of A. O. EVANS. Juno 2(5. 44 SFOAR AND COFFEE. ItAtiS Rio Coll'ee. 10 Imits Laguira Coll'ee, 20 2 bhds. St. Croix Siiunr. vetv fine. ForiKiloby HOWARD & PEDEN. Julv22, 1S47. 64 -tf. COFFEE. RAGS (irern Rio Codec. 15 " Laguira " For sale, nt J. 4 W. Aug. 3. L. MctiARY'S. 59 tin. Brougliton's Confessions, JUST published, and for wle at the Coinmerciil Office, "Sketches of the Life of John I'oNoi i eld, aliat Jons Pbih ohtos, who was exicind lor the mflrderof Dk Suva, un the 21bl of May, 1S47." Price 12J rents. July 21, 1-27. B5. FOR SALE. rpHF valuable dwelling house and let now 1 pint by D. J. tiiltxul on ihe Western i ICO 11- l.tc ol Boundary strort, between Dock and Orange streets will be sold on accommodating terms. Apply to the subscriber. J. G. WRIGHT. July 22, 1617. 55 tf. Family Mill. TUIE subscriber reijiectfully iufornis the citizens 1. of Wilmington, that he keeps constantly on hnu.l fresh ground Meal, w hich he sells at Store prices II isprepnnd at all limes to grind Corn at th eM,ii 'bt aotice for families. Call and try the Ste. m iween uie lUcsars. Obants anil Kbanrlim Hotkl. JONATHAN LEES. SeptJ,2846. 72 COFFEE RIO, Laguira, and St. Homlngo, foraalo by CRONLY WALKER 4 HALL Aug. 61 TO RENT, FROM the firat day of October ncxi, the large four alory building, now p.ing up, , on the north aide of Princess, bet ween Wa ter and Front Stwli, Tha bulldlnff it to divided s to make two eomfortible private dwelling; but Is well located, and ran easily be converted Into a cob venlent boarding houae. Ii contains, Including 4 In the basement, 20 large and well ventilated rooms. Ami, from tbaaama time, Office No. 1,2 A J second story Of Mnrphv'a biilldlhgn, fronting Water Street. GILLESPIE & ROBESON Auf 3, 1317. 59 SOAP. I K( BOXES Colata a.No l Soap, al A HOWARD 4 PEDEN3 ; Auguit?,, 1 347. 60 tf BY THOMAS LOR1NO. MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1817. THE M OF-ST. CROIX. - Better be with the dfad, Whom we, to j'ain our place, have tent to poace, Than on the torture of th mind to lie In reatli-ss ccstiiry. Duncan Is In his grave; Aftet life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst. Macbeth. Sir Eiliiioinl (1c Vere might be Kuiil to bo rathrr tin.1 Cither of his tfimiits ;nn! ilrpen dants, tliiii their lof.l ; lie wns liic k i n l -1 of in;isters, the inost r;i! of 1 ihillonls, the ,,10 ;t ,,'lli.eMl ()f ' j,"r", . Twicf n u k the nail ol nt. (iiicteni uitroniai erioju w.ih crvw . . ... .1 i i f . , if,,, -J., i inn ni'Oi :m ( i irm n hot h cy rs. to whom were I i -1 ril u t - I hlienl dona tlOllH of food, fliol atld Wnrill raiment. With ' wine and medicines Iwr the sick, to each ' 'nliiig to ihe.r wants. The La-1 Idv de 'ere herself always presided at 'he-e jw.-.-Kiy insiriniiuons, miu ,u.i me; li I ... 1 . . 1 II I i .1 i , i hi i ii i ui '.ii uiii -aa lm i imii- in i riiiii- ,iM Mil- . nil ieu tiie nan, tier ernnneu uuin sweep- the mnrhleil floor. nreeoiTed hr lier :l-; . ."" i . . i r n ... , t 1 w" ilsm" "".' ""'oweu ov a numerous train of domestics laden with tn various mnrkfi of her bounty for the tit- , i . . i i . i . i v , , fumint throng, who fiwaitofl with humble , reverence her approach; but her (ligmtv j otier dltl she appear man i espeei wa lor aml admiration, lint never tton in love I she look more beautiful than when. lay ing aside pomp and state, her pivsene. cheered the dwelling of poverty and iion : or when, like a inirii.-teriiiLr aiiel. she stood by I he bed of death, spakini;- to the troubled spirits words of hope and consola ;.o!i. while the dim and elos:iiLr eye c aught hum the calm and holy beauty of her looks a confirmation of the heavenly truths sle tauirht. Sir Edmund, loo, was beloved, but it was wilh a respect and fear approaching to 1 1 . i 1 . , , . .. . , , i awe, which, indeed, bis apiwaranee und de- portineiit wi re Well calculated to excite. s tlio,-f. w;,c; not one of his menials nnd I ' - j 1 1 i ; i s 1 1 - who was not hound to him by mi .-,uon:o-.,i. in.-, ui t'l.iiaotie, .so uny ,, , f , , , , '-o'll-l eh- erfullv. one and all. hive laid down their lives in fits srrvice ; the most fervent nmont; their daily petitions was for his health and happiness, yet they rather avoided than sought Ins piosenee. discharg ing their various duties towards Inm with sileiit hut sidicitjous attention ; and if the baron chaneed to meet them unawares with out the pri cinc'tj of his own apartment, a thing, of r.ire occurrence, they would atari as tlioiiL-h they had beheld a spectre, cross themselves. niuHer an Ave, nnd that sight was eiiou"h to drive cheerfulness from the liirhtest hosom for a full hour or more In person. Sir Kdmoiid was tail and wi 11 funn ed ; his features were line, but his roiinte nance was always of a ghastly paleness ; his full gny eye had m it, at tunes, a wild ri . ., a penetrating keehiics. equ. il ly j.-ii .: ! witiiess or endure His face wore a pi rpetua! shade of gloom and if ever a Miu'e did visit his hps, its bittemet.. was a v rv anttdote to mirth, and seemed the iii',!ii',viiil' of a broken ?pir:t, wither ed, and witla riiiir His voiee wan hollow and tremulous, his step leaden, his hand fe vered :u ui shaknur. Though senreely pa t the prune of hfe. he eeuH,d sunk beneath the weight of misery to premature decline And hli- t with a voutier. beautiful, and afTectionate wife, his heart's first choice, elevated rank, a jinncclv fortune, and all that should endear and gladden life, wh t madetlu baron rnoveand look a? if existence were n hnrthen to him ? Tins was a ipies lion none but his bosom's inward monitor could answer lhe Lady Angelina re - memheri d wi i . i a sigh, that he had not al ! Ways tieeti a- melancholy man he was , ii . . ..." ... i i . . i that there 1 I. HI Dl'i'll II llllio Mieu nis .-lime was r.iuiatii as ner own, m., voice as nci- ,t. i - l . sical. Iih step as elastic It was not till. if ter thc:r marriage that this chiuere m his manlier irrev so apparint. he lierai.,e ?i;li jert to Hidden flt" of nhsenre nnd deep mel ancholy when questioned by her, he would frequently press her to Ins bosom, gaze tij on In r with umitteruble tenderness, exclaim-u-i tremulously, " My jxwir bereft one!" ti.i n throwing her from linn, he would rush w ildly lioin In r presence, and siek in soli- 1.1. Ill fx- oiite to cann t:ie irouiiieu waters i ms soul ; After leaning over him m the silent hours i the iiiiht. would his wife watch wilh enef and terror Ins restless sltimbrrs, read ed and refreshed, the l i ly of 'he castle the workings of his spirit m his ngitated ' would see her. and herself confirm her Wei countenance ; wqie lhe cold dews from his come. forehead, and cntrh the indistinct and bro-j When the nun entered the apartment ken accents that hurst from his quivering where the baroness was sitlmg alone, she hps. nil waking wilh a sudden cry of mur-1 lifted the veil in which, w hile in the ser der !" ho would spring from his couch of. vants hall, she had bn jenlomly shroud thorns, traverse his chamber with hasrrard ! ed No sooner had lhe ladv raised her and averted looks and as though the phan- loms of his dreams purdiied bun still till,, at length, exhausted by the violence of his ror. Hulv Virgin ' what do I see ?" own emotion, he vmild suffer himelf to be ' " You see, nmdnm," meekly replied the led back to his couch by his gentle wife nun, an unworthy member of the sister who, smiling, through her tears, would put i hooil of St Croix, who, while engaged in a in practice every art to soothe the rnigtush charitable mission, has Wn overtaken by of hi, mind. Knowing, or nt least thinking j night and this sudden storm : and, unable that, she 'know tho wound, she hesitated not, wilh firm yet gentle touch to pfobe ft, the better to pour m the healing baltn. Edmond," she said, "if your hand is slam ed with blc 1 1 . ' li nk tli.i' 'twaa atron n- NO. 60. ccssiity which made you sited it; (he wretch whose ruffian steel deprived m of a father, would he not have slain my husband too 7 In belf-Jeftiiice you Blew lmi call it nut murder, Edmond ; methiiiks 'twas gcarce ft t i irne to rid the earth of such a mooter 1" ' Aiirelina in mercy spore me!" ho wu-ihj rejil v ; "your word are dappers, nnd you hut gcathe the wound you think you heal." Angelina looked forward to the ftsl ap proaching period, when bhe tdiould become ,'t mother, with anxiouH impatience fondly hoping that, by diverting his thoughtn inln oiln r cbantiels, this event might in anme decree dwiK'l the melancholy of her loril And ere long, with tears of joy and tender- ii'.-atj, i ne yniiuiIUl UinilUT pill ner in w iHjrn ofl'-'pring into her liu-'band'n nrms. who re- ceived tin- precinuH gut wiln answering looks Of love 15llt rM he Stooped tO preSH hi t lips upon its little brow, he started hack as though his siht had met somo fearful vision. fit .1 i .1 . in 1 . . -I II i is mere - us mere e .vuuiy ex-1 vi'iiiiii o, --t:ciiuiiui'. """iiiioi uty ll,l,'J cent p.tiie ; a imnr witness oi im iamer i-mlt ( tli Imrror I horror1" and throwing If. . -, , ' v i. ... .1 .. i i;i. me n on me- euueu, i luiicu ukc a m.nlm in from the chamber, On examining the infant, a deep crun- . , i r i son slain, in sh PC r.-.4fiabling a dagger, wa s disiinr tly visible mi its little bosom ; a the observation both of nurse and mother Alas I the fallacy of human hopes and exp' -elation I I lie now ret droopoa ere tin; bnter blast of misfortune had changed oi ruiueu us icnaer u.iiage, anu onier 3 wen; ihi- mother'.i tears over her first-bom's early im-r, yet reason could not nut ac- knowltMljre, she was in mercy thus bereft , sine.- that to which sho fondly looked for consolation, could but have been, if spared, a living monument of .shame and misery I'rom tliis time Lord Edmond'd menta aieoiish increased to an alarming degree remorse gnawih imi terror were mo serjHuiw mat, at his hear I'd core, chafed sleep .i . . i . from his evelids and tx;aco from hid bosom At m-ht haunted by the ghastly spectres with which hw di eased iiuusfina tinii peopled his chamber ; and by day he became the prey of his devouring thoughts. This constant warring of his spirit, acting on a frame already debilitated by absti- nence and want of rest, often reduced him to a state hojtleriniron disiruction. At such times, he would shut hinwelf up in a did t ant apartment, m wliK-h none had (icccsh but his uife , she would not be dctiieJ ud mission With patient couMgo and un- weaned afffctinn she would watch, and wan, aim weep io will un enuauee , iox anu knew that her beseeching looks and penile voice had power to soothe him in his wild- ,,til mow,lH " Edmond," she would say. -be not thus, for my sake 'oh, hear up more manfully I Edmond is her own -her only treasure now ! If he forsake her in his own selfish sorrow, whnt will become of Ins poor An- celinaV" If ever his eyes wefe steeped in Rweet t gelinn V" oljlivion. twos wiien tits ttirnnning ieinjiu:s 1 II . , I .1 Ll . I. ... were pillowed on that faithful bosom, and those fond arms were around him ; then, though whore his -!oen whs calm as an in- (.ml s u seemed as it Ii" thought the tie mons ttiat molested l.un. uare not io ioiuie j so pure a sanctuary ! It was a stormy lVcem!er eveninrr. the ! r.iin descended in torrents, and luc wind I j howled dismally among the old oak trees j that surrounded the castle. Its inmates j were about to re lire l" rest, when a loud ringing was heard at the outer gate Sur - Tised at a .summons so unusual nt hs late hour, the porter preceded to the wicket, and, i opening a small grating, demanded wlio was there Somo seconds elapsed ere, mi I lhe pauses of the storm, he could hear ale male voice in reply, entreating shelter lor lil. .1.. . I... I i l-,i. jtorm should I Uli; HJillL, UI III 11.', IlIIOi .e , have abated. I he hulls were insnum 'withdrawn, and ih- m-tniont r admitted int i ' i the court-yard, and from thence conducted io the hail, and with ready hospitality plnc - ed bestd a blazing fire, and supplied with f foiKl of this, however, she relused to par - I take, till the hospitality so reaiiily i'lTfrf'1 i by the domestics should have been express- li . .: . i i .. .1 l . I ... li.lv nf llic r:i4. iy sancuonen ny me mm oi v " " tie To satisfy the srrupfs tilra)i" e-er. one of the domestics earned her request J to his lady, and returned wi'h the message ! that when the slrnmrer was sutlicienlly rest- j eyes to the face of the stranger, than she exclaimed, m an accent of surprise And ter to return to her convent, humbly entreats the slielterof your hospitable roof" The lady replied not, but continued to gae, n - ir spen-nouna, on mo uaia. tuiuiiu Ixjuuiv ol the stranger s countenance, to which grie subdued b rosignaiion, La4 imparted aa nix of AIalonnvhJteK)ftncM Breaking silence; ii hutfhr-f You are so Italian, Eoljr sivtci V th lemarkei inuif n- ":'s'v tu;:.i 44 A Lombard, by birth, BjJMlaiB," was the Mtl. , t ---j M-'ti't ' ' " 1W vou been loti s tomUt of It holy aisterW of St Croix V dewanded the baxoneif. , , U TU , two i took tl vow," replied the suter. 44 So young arid beautiful, what tould iiv duce you to abandon the warldl that rly to immuw yourself in a eoaveat, and thtii, too, in a foreign lalid some heavy miafor tune must have driven you to this sacri fice P - " You ore right, lady ; it was a misfor tune one which winch-" The teargem nicl her eye, and her voico faltered; but ft soon regained her tranquility, wis. uH My story u soon told. Myself and n wui-broilier were left orphans at thai age in vhich we needed most a parent's u nder caiand counsel. Fcrando became ft soldier, w, declared, we parted, at hh ! to meet fi more f Peace waa pro claimed, yet da; grew into weeks, week into moh hn, andnilH heard no newt of Perando , long, loi I wept him as one lr ready mi inhered with the dead- Atkneth, to my unu'.ternble suririse, I receivetl a letter from Knghnd. from the the very bro ther whom I had mourned aa dead f It informed rnc that Fcrando had, by the chunccs of war, become a prisoner to an . ...... Ejllfllldn IlOOlCUUin WIIOS English nobleman whnse humanity had Huved his life, to wliom he had become sin cerely attached and with whom he had re turned to England aa his valet IIoen treated me to come to him, assuring me that u 1 were not admitted into the samo kmj fiimilv in which hawasan inmattL I jie should at least have no difficulty in him. With iny I hastened to obey the summons ; and if I shed some natural tear m quitting the land of my birth, I dried cm lne thought that I was go- lnff tf) my only remaining relative, the bro who waa jear M a KCOni Belf. Jmijre then of my honor, my despair, when nn nTr,v.n n, Tn ,,,,;,,,,;, I fcMinrl thi idolized brother for whom I had abandon ed friends and country dead f murdered I nd they said, a murderer 1 But, no, Fer nndo was no murderer ; his sister's heart, at least, absolves him from such monstrous, i . gucn unnatural puilt I' a You. Lhwi. nre RlRnen IlajUir?" hasti. ly interrupted tho lady, in extreme agita- ,jon )Ut ,ro nun couldeply, the name was re-ecnoeii oy a voice oenina laera. "Hianca di Uodora I no, not Iiinnea, but Fernndo, rwen from the tomb I Oh I . Klri m i htd Anrrlinn t hr Wtki will j k,ji rno ,.. And fiir'Edmond, grasping th extended arm of hid wife, hid hiafaceOD her shoulder. The nun, startled by his sudden entrance and still more by the wildneds of hia look and words, hastily drew her veil around her face and pr.-on ; and the baroness ad- j rroa3C(i ier j a voice 0f farced composart uHt-tire, good Bister wa'9 ftbout to 0bpy( but 8ir Edmond j iastiy arrested her steps. I "Stay, Bianca I" he exclaimed, eimggl , inj, t0 HULjue m nltlltbn ; "Ivnust speak j Wllh vou alone. Leave tts," he added, I ,MrnJli;F t0 tie baroness, "Angehnn, I inv . r,i..ro 'm .i romTnnnrl vUi. Wre us : as v,m would Hmrr. ycnimlf the pain,And me I the shame of blazoning my guilt in my i W1r.,ig I)rMn..p in ! ' Awed by the tone of command, so un- usual from the lipe of her husband, and ' still more moved by the concluding appeal ' to her best feelings, the lady ventured not to ryt ijuj, iiowlj and rtductantly left tha cuamr " Bnnca P' exclaimed Sir Edmond, when they were left alone , w look on me, Bianca I IV-hold the veriest wretch that ever trod the onr1n . j, yOU jy, m0Bt vise to CuTSC ; ! fur pother's mimlerer P j 'pje nnn uticr,yi a (Vvint scream, and , cjgt at the k:k of a ch-iir, behind which ahe'sUHxl, to savo herself from falling-, J Sir Edmor.d continued : Tis of that t,r,,-her I would speak to you, Biaoca: have v,, btrPngth and constancy to hear the tale Heaven, my lord, will proportion my strengih to the trial ; that Heaven which has enabled mo to think of my lost brother with with resiirnntinn. and of hid murder- , r wft, pj,y forgivenedS P' 1 a All( (crpiy uc deserves your pity ' j qie lruc XM rf.ncxw& the unaui pec ling 1 I-Vmando he felt but once the panjs of doath, ar.rl, jist the struggles of expiring n,i:nrc nP at onco mto forgetfulness r iil-ii r - , -n , i oi an nie s leverum ills; DUi n muruertr. Hianca ! lived to daily die a thousand deaths. The blow that smote his victim reverberated to hid own heart's mmostCOTe, awakemng lhe- worm that never dies: that, preying on the vitahi as on an immortal banquet, contaminates the very source of life. Since that fatal hour, each pulse's movement has leon to me a throb of agony; each brenth is heaved as though I bow a boiling Emu, on my Inhering ehest'iriy iHTrerfed sensr3 convey btlt images 01 hor i ror an.1 disgust io my ocwuacrea cram ; I ra, n ail,l seems Cold and clAuimy to my . . . ... -A - Z touch ; each eye tegarus mowiti)Uie nxea, glnssy itare of death I w here muic UjruTs each ear, the . dtjatli-groan vibratea, upon mine ; and purple wine Minis on my, q'u'v erjng lip to blood f This I have borne, and live, for her dear sake who mi at cmee the reward, incentive, victim of my crimes I le paused a moment, oye rcorae by he vi olnce of m'a contending "fcelingV. h'B again restimeil Bianea,,, he aaid, have met, and f would moko tome poor atonement for m wronfi to the; but wi
The Tri-Weekly Commercial (Wilmington, N.C.)
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