.... T110:.IA3 LORLNG, ,
.-.Editor and Proprietor;
THE COMMERCIAL- .
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.-.ine nrst pr June j. so that we mny exf-t
' " Viya'' the latwr trt of thia month oreailyin '
( $ 3 psr mnam, payable, in all cases, in advance,,,.
.-BY THOMAS LOIUNG, i
Coraer Front tout Markei Slrtdt, ' f
I . t Juljr. Jut arrap. rneht "he: roa.Ia fn -;,r a '
1,uch 'eeeptioA a thf doxvrre. Wuli
ii 1
PUBLISHED TRI-W EEKLYf BY THOMAS "LbRLVO;
Art iki rii.r :i .t . t.t . .
i'i .i n or AOTKBTiaixa.
VQL. 3 .WILMINQTON., SATURPAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1848.-
I qr.. llnaenion.lO 50
1 square, 2 months,' $4 00
-Whole No.: 352.
liLiie
2 do.
76 U do. 3 do. " 500
; H llv .' v. tofi f 1 h
Ji J J JJiv ) : i t-ivv ' ' '"J
iho:
V&9.
.001 1 do. f do.' 800
160 l do. lyeir,: 1200
1 .month,
TnlHnaaTleii make a eauare. ' If anmdver-
Wmentticaedi twelve lines, the price rwtll be !n
proportion- ; . V " ! i
III advertisements are payable at the time oi their
insertion. '' "c .'
Contract with yearly advertlaera, will be made on
ItfemostUberaltems.;,;, j'Hl
All-' Adyertisementa inserted n the
Iri-weekly Commercial, are entitled ta one
QsertiotiiiS th Weekly, free of charge
r$UTS&CAPStUMBRELLAS,
.JIjl,;.WHOlE8Al4t AMD RETAIL,
STttBKT, WILMINGTON. N. C.
n ' ' J. M. Babkom.
Oct.e,I84T.
86
' a At jjraiiir.iix
1 YDEROS3E rr UttU w il 06 uo
0 RUBRAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
t ri".' :' WILMINGTON, N. C.
WafcttlT, 1848.
1-y.
'BRON, DEROSSBT fc Co.,
'GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
,(1f,159 FRONT ST. NEW YORK.
GENERAL AGENT
h - AND
Commission Merchant,
Korth WateV, t Doonkbove Princess Street,
...vx.'r BvT
84
T1 'fe W: L. McGARY
YoWiiDlUG AND COMMISSION
,1 U
MERCHANTS,
WLM1NQTON, N C.
ten'
March 17. 1849. V-
6WtEY, ASHBURNER & CO.
V-Seaeril Commission Merchants,
v': Noa. 56, Soitth Wh abvsb,
1' PHILADELPHIA.
We are prepared W make liberal adfanceaon ship-
menu of Naral storea, e., conaigneu io us wr wu
Rafer to - .. -
Meters. Htt AawaTBOMo, )
HejrBTT FtAKSBB,'
Obimi W, Davis.
Jsanary 18.
. Wilmington, N. C
128-ly.
ELIJAH DICKINSON,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Sanlor partner "of the late firm of Dlcklnaon & Murria
VILMINOTON, N. C.
Rtraaro .
Messrs. B. Direst & Co., New Yorlt
. - Neamith Walab, J
. A -1 V
K.D.feipra vo.Vf Rn.tnB
Means. Clark
OpiS. 1847,
84-ly-p
GEORGE S. GILLESPIE.
'AOWt FOa THE 1LB OF
TIMBER, LUMBER, NAVAL STORES,
.v.
WM make liberal cash adfsnoee onaUconsignmenta
. .j i ? oi proouce.
March 17.
1
r SANDFORD 3c SMITH,
ACCTIOSBEH k CIX11SS10S MERCElJiTS,
Uminqton, n. c.
tos. SABDroasv'
. Haa IT, 1848.
r A wm. i..
1-y.
J; HATHAWAY & SON,
GOaiMiSSION MERCHANTS,
trd Dotr JVortA WaUr Strut,
'WILMINOroN.N.C.
J. .1. Hatiawat.
iBaTIAWAV.
Oct 17,1847.
4-
SEA WELL & MEAD,
Co m in I Ss i o iv M e r c ha n t s,
4U,,R'AL'RI O II , N. C.
tjflarol CoaA dvanc mad on Ctmitgnment
TUltMu. 16,1847.
6S-y.
I rjGTJ W. DAVIS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
stareaH. 1S4&
1
VlNvB. IfUGHES, (,i,
COltMlSSION MERCHANT
, ANQ. OENERAlV AGENT
Far the sals of all kinds of Ooddt, Couairf Produce
ft w ' tad R4l Estate,
a :w U m HALEIOH, tf. C.!
' ctaifnes'saBtrosledte him ahallba promptly and
klthfull attended ta. ;
ttefartothe KdUorOf T Comnurxial.
' June 19. 184T. ' " ' ' '
H rAriBtirteU Cora and Peaa sflostj lot
' J. Yfi L. McGARY.
n"tta 18. ' :v
27
i fill 8CSUfis "' M5I,e,,'Jf,L!?!,t
' -., ii -oilo'
r t ' ' . 1 - - -1 .1 - aa
OH BOXES nalle fn's" W Csniles
13 U rtt d, ft Kpftogt Jd for sale by
Mtf It -" . T-
J0IIJf.;HALL,
SIUP AGENT '
AND
commission :merchant;;::1
N0.8OORAVIER STREET. ' :'.
New Orleaw.,
April , !843. "110-If-
P. J. LORD & CO. " ;
Rice Factors & Commission Agents.
Nov. 26, 18474 ., 03-
LIFE INSURANCE
IN THE NATIONAL LOAN
CIETY, OF LONDON,
AMD
FIRE INSURANCE
IN THE iETNA INSURANCE COM
. PANY, OF HARTFORD, Conn.,
OR, IN THE
HOWARD INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW YORK,
Mav be effected by application to
Nov. 26.1B4T. . . . 'U8
W. A. LANG DON,
COMMISSION ME It VII A NT.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Nov. 23. 1847. '07
M:KELLAR & M RAE,
ipmrrr WW TIMRF.R AI1KTS. GENERAL1
V V Ul v u " " . . . '
UHH1U155UIN lntlliusniis, iiiiu unuiano,
Slor formtrly ocrvjticd by Hall fc Abmstrono,
NORTH WATER STREET,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
HICTOB M'KELLAB.
Nov. 11, 1847.
ALEX. M'BAE.
102
THOMAS ALLIBONE & Co.,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 8, SouthWharvkh,
PHILADELPHIA.
Advances made on Consignments j
Refer to Messrs. DkRosbet, Bbon A Co. Wil
mington, N. C.
Nov. 11.
10?-y
HARRISS fc RUSSELL,
(flCCCESSORS TO CHARLES I). FM.l.IS.)
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Wilmington, N. C.
OIOQOB H A BBlSfl. HENRY P. HI' SB ELL.
REFER TO
E P. Hall. Esq )
O. O. Pabslet, Esq. W ilmington.
Jno. A. Tavlob, Esq. )
Abmer Patton, Esq . A'etr York.
Alex. Hebron, Jr., Esq., Philadelphia,
Mesbbs. Williams, vvelbman ol o. i ckrWMi
H.
K. BAKIB, f.SIJ.
Sept. 4th, 1847.
73-tf.
E. J. LUTTERLOH & Co.
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
AND PACKET AGENTS,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
B.J. LVTTBBLOH.
Oct. 28, 1847.
E. PIERCE.
95-U
L. MALLETT,
AOPNT TOR THR BALE OF
Timber, Lumber, Na?al Stores, &r.,
Lazarxu Building, North Water Street,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Nov. 9,1847. 101
BARIBRYANT & Co.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
March 17, 1848. f-
JOHN C. LATTA,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND GENERAL AGENT,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Oct. 10, 1847. 87
"SANDFORD & SMITH,
AGENTS OF THE
HOPE MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
WILMINGTON
March 17, 1849.
N. C.
SANDFORD Jc SMITH,
AGENTS OF THR
North Carolina Mutual
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
March 17, 1843.
1
BLANKS
PRINTED TO ORDER, AT THE
COMMERCIAL OFFICE.
SHEETING & YARN.
ROntPISH ShaeUng, 4-4 t
Mallctlt YBrateewtMl. For sale low, by
1 DaROSSET BROWN 4 Ca.
March 28. .Hry 5
QA'HrCaali MaNn WLn
OU 20bbla. Badlbre RaAf - '
i: .,30 io oW Apple H raid fi
5rj0buahelafJowPeaaT"1 f '
V ; f Had. OaUjust raceircd, sad for sal by
,w uJ hevrH MARTIN.
JOHN d. love;
.'tmm'.i DEALER, IN , 'i,
CABINET FURNITURE,
BEDSTEADS, CIHIRS, IlTR.lSSES. it, '
ROCK SPRING,
WILMINGTON. N. C, '
WILLIAM NEFF, -
(Ijate of the firm of Natf t WAH.Nta.)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
SHIP CHANDLERY, SlflP STORES
AND GROCERIES,
CORNER OF DOCK 4 WATER STREETS,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Dec. 7th, 1847. 113 tf.
F . cIa R K ,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS Of
CABINET FURNITURE.
CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, WRITING DESKS, MAT
TKASShS, PAILLASsTt US, &e
FRONT STREET, NEAR MARKET,
WILMINGTON, IS. C.
April 11 th, 1848. 11-1 y.
Proceedings of the Safety Committee
OF THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON.
During the years 1771, 1775. and 1770.
"IITTTH the joint Prorecdirnrs of the 'ommitii c
VV the'
Counties of Duplin Onslow, Hlfiden. Hruns-
wick and Cumberland, tor saleat the Commercial (if-
fcc. Pri
ce 25 cents per copy. A largediscoum inadc
, i
JUST RECEIVED
Verv handsome assortment of Ladies fine1
Buskin: Ludiea fine kid, low lace :-;'
o. do. slippers and ties; do. do. white slip-
Ladies a
pers, for sale by
GEO
It. FRENCH.
Feb. 17.
143.
J. LL persons indebted to the subscribers from the
11
year one, up to 1848 are requested to call and
pi.
the same.
N B. All accounts for work done at ihis estab
V
lishment, will hereafter be prwnttd every ninny
r, . i , ny r , f r i ' a '
days.
Jan. 5.
HART & POLLEY.
FORTY CENTS PER GALLON.
AM
J bv
AMPHINE selling at lorty cents pcrenllon.
U. V. llOOIV
in-if.
Dec. 7th.
COFFEE.
Try BAGS prime St. Domingo CofTie. 1-inJing
1 U from Schr. Ontario from Jerome. For sule
by O. W. DAVIS.
April 11th. 11.
A Fine Set of TYcth for 25 Cents.
White Teolh, Foul Breath, Healthy Gums.
Yellow and unhealthy teeth, after being once or
twice cleaned with
JONES' AMBER TOOTH PASTE,
have the appenrHnceof the most beautiful Ivory, and
Ht the sanietiitie n is so pi rlertly innocent and t-nqni-altclyfine,
thai us constant daily use highly advania
geoiis. even to those lec'l) lhal are in good condition,
giving them a beautiful polish, and preventing a pre
inaiure deray. Tliose already decayed, it revcnM
from bcroinine worse it also fastens such as are de
coming loose, nnri hy perseverance it will render tlie
foulest teeth delicately white, and make tho breath
no r inns v iwi
P'KK'K 250R 37 J CENTS A BOX.
Sold In Wilmington, by Lippitl A V illkines.
GLUE
A
Supply ol Glue. for Spirit uarrcm, cunsisntly on
hnn
d.
For sale by
De ROSSET BROWN & Co.
March 'JS.
PROVISIONS.
1t r. RACON, assorted, including fine
1 t I.anl ;
I' rime uiid Mess Pork ;
R. d nnd White Pe 8;
Corn ;
Hslf tieicea new Rice ;
Flour, a vuriely, for sale by
R. W. HKoWN.
April '20. 1649. 15-tf.
MOLASSES.
1 Qfli HHDS. Prime Si. Jigode Cubn, for Retail
J o'
im! euual to Porto Rico, nisi ruceivid per
Schr Raltimorr. and for mile bv
BARRY, RKVANT & Co.
April IB.
41
CORN, MEAL, HOMMONY, ANT)
6,000
. LBL. IS. c. UAt;oN,
For salt- by
W & T. LOVE.
May 6. 2'
FOR SALE.
1 C hhdn. o( New Crop Martinique Moluses, fr
1 U i
' sale low to cloneconsiL'nnient. Apply to
HARRIS A RUSSF.LI.
May 9.
WATER COOLERS.
A N Invoice of Water Coolers; n neat a
iifu
1.
article, received from Baltimore. For enle by
DeROSSET BROWN A Co.
March 28. 6
FEATHERS ! FEATHERS ! !
1 nnnLB3 lN"W father., jueueceivtdfrum
IWUUKayeUevillc.andaaleby
May 13.
27
LINSEED OIL.
Bhla. T.tnxrf Oil. For ssle bv
O'' ' HOWARD 4 PEDKV
May 18.
27.
SUGARS
rA PACKAGES Wooteey'e Wooiaev s beat qo.ii-, her hanoundef the pUlow to rauQ.Mar
0Jr Loaf CrnahH and PownVw! Sngan t .ley's head. . , " , k
;; 7 hhd Sterol -SDibifEDEN. "Ob othef liaM' IfeleOticniily,
Jan I.
Prow tht St. LmtU RtvttfU.
The Man who wouldn't answer his
WIFE.
SV Mils B. H. aiMKLi. wiut.
"There is Iaguire," and Helen, ';and
what shall I do ? He will be nnyry tf I
telf him that Dr. Robinson has pulled my
tooth. If n were not so dreadful I would
have another extracted to keep him in a
good humor."
" We uuist make the best of it." said I ; '
''but hush, he is here !'
Mr. Laguire entered, and looked uncom
monly professional exchanged morning
rivilitirs, and commenced forthwith making
inquiries about, the tooth m qiiPHtion
" There bns boen some mistake." said
Helen. " I ilid not know that iny husband
had spoken to lr. Robmson about my tooth :
when t sent ior you
Did not know. ' sni.l the little French
man, getting extremely red in the fare
" 1 )o you take mo fur one simpleton, Ma
dame, dat I walk one half mile and back
for nothing 1"
" You must excuse me," said Ifplen,
there was a misunderstanding between
I )r I .Hide n iirl in velf "
' " i no care for de misunderstand be tween
man and wife. You tell your understand
I to .somebody dut. care. I walk one half
r mile and back for noluiir "
iif,i
J . . t i . i n
explain now u was m I ,ag une, uui 1 umjiu
not make turn unuerstand that it was just
for him to "walk one half mile and back
for nothing."
In ihe midst of this dilemma Ellis nnri
VP( and Helen explained the circumstance ,
' , , 't , - 1
to him. He seemed provoked at first, say-
nig, Helen might have known he would
pend a dentist, but when he looked at the
wu-begone countenance of the 1 ill Ic I- rench-.
man, he could not help smilinjr j
" No insult was inlendfd. Mr Lajruire,"
he said, courteously " My wife did not i death had too surely done his work. "Ilea
: know that I had gone for a dentist." ven had o-an.ed another auel '"
; " I cannot help dat: you walk one half Oh ' if I could only have been here one
mile and back for nothing yourself, and
den you feel like myself, hey ' ' .
I ' Oh, I am willing to pay you for your
trouble, if thai is all," said Ellis, drawing
I out his purse.
! The face of the Frenchman briphtened,
and he said ''All right I Monsieur Lin- coffin that contained the body of little ( 'bar
dell, all rurht I rhartre you one dollar ley to the cold earth. 1 shall never forget
I cannot walk one half mile and back for how desolate every thing appeared al C'e
l nothing " j dur Hill when we returned from the burial
j Ellis (laid the sum demanded, and, as J Ellis Lindell's rnef knew no bounds
' some company was just then announced. 1 He serrned ns if he would never cease up
i Mr Lainnre departed, and the subject was ! braidir.fr himself
not again alluded to.
The prosperity that shone :o brightly
around thp family nt Cedar Hill was nt
length darkened by the lilnesn of little
Charley For weeks and days his life
was despaired of. I never saw a treire
watchful nurse than Ellis Lmd 11. Char-
ley was the pride of bus heart, find, llljjjht
; ft u h, hfl h ,hc C0Mdl (jf ll)C iule
l - "
sunerer. watcluntr the varying by inpKims
of the disease. He would not rehnfpiish
his post even to his mother, (who had
been sent for nt the bemnnin? of the child's
sickness (until a chansr" for better was dn-
icided.) Charley had been ill about two
weeks, when the anxiety lor his recovery
j was allayed by a favorable turn of tiie
I iaalady, and hope filled Elha'd eye again
i with brightness, and Helena step with e-
lasticity.
It was a soft June morning We had
drawn the bed of the childi.sh invalid ne;:r
the dnor, where he could watch the bird-,
and see the irreen trees and flowers that
studded the vnrrl at Cedar Hill K!h
had left us to visit a )atient several miles
off. and Helen and myself were cheerfully
conversing Our conversation was inter
i runted bv the entrance of old Airs Lindell.
i a re;il bustling, niotlier-in -law "Uni r.iii-
j give (.'barley his medicine bt lui'c ie: icli
I she impnred of Helen
; ' I don't know." was the reply ; I ak
1 ed him befure lie -T;irt .1. but h' did nut .-Hi
wcr me perhaps," she n-ldfil bi'ikit z at
me. -he didn't hear rn" " j
" I'll be bound he heard you, and you,
may be sure if hud given Charley the med-
i i t 1 1 1
inno he would bavc told you 1 suppose i
he thought I was here, and 1 would attend
to it," and she walked to the table, and j
i 1 1 m ui e 1 1 c ed dropping the medicine in ui
spoon. Helen was nol sure lhal Ellis had j
not given it, and she said " Probably ;
'harlev had better not take it yet : he
seems quite comfurt.ible."
" I tell von." said the old lady, looking
provoked, "if Ellis had given the dose to
Charley he would have told you," and she
.J j Jruppillg lhi mixture.
, m , .
her hand upon Mrs. Lindell's, "I think
yoo had better not give it ; Ellis is some
times in the habit of not answering me
when I speak to hiro, and"
. "lodeedl'1 mternipted -Mrs. Lindell, look
ing uite indignant, "ju do Elhs injustice
recollect he i my sou ;" and she alipped
know lU naiur'e oftho tnidicine, anr 1 arrl I
afraid"
"Helen Undell" .'aid the old Udy,
.harjylj, -do yott think 1 hnre no sense
U Thire noth,n? in thi. that can hurt
any bqd.. laraseTfral years older than
yoii, and ought to know what I ittn about."
Helen saw that i. was useless to remon-
atrHt n,l fir, Krlf KW Crl-r hn
a few minutes after, swallowed the draught
n. Immured by his grandmother) remain-
ed .here until the sound of a Wi f. et an-
nounced the return of her husbnnd With
a troubled face she went out to meet him
" CharUvy has been asleep so
jo' lha
, a dose of
, -
I feel uneasy Mother gave hitt
inc. m,i 1 1 n I r. a .miA t.t,i All jli.n,t n n tf a .
...v ui.itiuc enlist. iu I'.. I i. MllCltir UIKI
you started, and'
'(iood Hearts! Helen," interupted
her Inland, as a sudden paleness spVead
over his face, -the medicine was a power-
ful narcotic, and he is lost to us forever
" Ellis ' Elhi i" said Helen, stopping him
as he attempted to rush past her into the
house, -if i his is true if Charley is dead1"
and here she Almost gasped for breath
'do no' let ,j ir mother know the cause, for
she ndimnstered the medicine innocently "
I iiewT admired Helen Lindell more than
al this niojiie.nl. I knew I r heart was
touched ii!;iiir,t beyond endurance; I knew
that life lnui lost to her one of its brightest
charm, and even in this deep affliction she
was unselfish enough to remember Lllm's
aged mother, and wished to shield her from
any ihmg like remorse
'Bless you! Helen, I will do as you
wish," said Ellis, in almost broken accents,
as he tore himself fro-n the sinking form of
his wife, uml entered the room wheie his
child lav
hnnrt
A rav of hone stole ovor his
heart, ns his eye rested on the calm, anarel-
ic countenance of the beautiful boy. for the
expression there might well have been ta
ken for sleep rhysieuuin from town were
summoned, .and every effort made to rouse
the little sleeper , Lot it was of no ava
i hour sooner." cried Ellis, ns he hung over
the dead bod v of his child, " I mirht have
j saved turn But it is right 1 am jusily
' punished "'
i
; Two day.? aftet this, we consigned the
'My son," said his mother, "it is a dread
ful and unexpected blow, but it is the will
of Liod, and yuu should be reconciled. '
I looked at the old lady us she said thia.
umI wondered if si.1 il; I not f.e rondemu-
eil li.r Uie pail .- je luel aeteil in t i's unnaii -
.,. '. . ' .
pvafhir: but.sninelnrA-.it never seemed
1 . . .
to strike her that the iiiiminisfering of the
iiiedieme by her hands h id done th work
How strange it is. that the failing to "see
ourselves as others see us " is so predomi
nant among humanity j
Helen bore the bereavement wilh more i
fnrtirude than her l.u-diarid ; the reason
was. her trnt in th Pivine Providence
was stronger, and siie n.iu-ed with resigna- ,
linn to the (iNpcii-attons of that Providence j
After the ':r.-t f 1 ' i -1 1 of Lrnef had passed,
Ellis Ltmiell seeineil to review his conduct,
and would sxak w,ih u.ore cahnneas of
the death of ins little boy.
-Helen," he said m uy presence, a few
weeks after ('harlev's death, "you have
te'ver reproached me for the unmanly and
rue manner in which I have treated you.
and yet you know the death of our child
can well be attributed to me '
"Do not snv so again, my husband," said
Helen, bursim? into tears, and folding her
ara.s fondly around his netk.
-It us too true, my angel wife ,'' said El
lis, as he pressed her i loser to his los.a.i
if I had answered Mel when you inquired
if ! had tveu 'he m-de i:i" to our chl'd.
t' :, calamity wed, I not have fillen upon
nit And now listen. Helen I here, in the
prcsrnec of our mutual friend, promise
never again to be guilty of so unjtentle
nianlv and ill bred an act. as not lo answer
my wife w hen she asks me a question."
Ve irs have i
lltlle 'barley, a
a used since
the death of
and Ellis Lindell is a sadder,
but a betiar man than when I first introdu
ced bun to ou, reader. Hls "angel wile''
still cl.ei rs his onward way, and his -cbil-ffren
arc hko olive plants around his ta
ble." All I can say in conclusion is, lhal I
hoMi ihe. husbands who read this story, (if
there be any who will condescend to per
use it.) will learn; bv the sad. but salutary
lesaon taught Elba Lindell, nol to fall into
his besetting sin ; and if they do, not" to
wait for some dreadful calamity to fall upon
them, before ttiey canoe "awnasneo wine
I ... i
error of tbetr ways," and rrpent if nu ctuactt 0DJ two houn.and .fcw
vf thnr doings. ' j months after, ru : unde ( the allgws tree
- - 7. 7 , at Tappan. It was Captain", faftcns'Bida
The '"irTJ Wr" Lm or And-e who waa entertaining ui":
our ea ant Raiment vvhll bon be with na- ,J.. , . l l; rv.u
Arramrmc... have heVy' 'made by the War I ", ,,uW .vvW .hlf M.WlQok-of
Depurlmwnt Tor their Vanaportatiori directly the meal, and dtJpqseU of oar Jwo baskei
from Vera Ctnz to Fort Moultrie, where they of prontiona to nai,Br-the tablo -oipie
... f w'
"t"-"!!!;1 1 Ji v.' Tj"!"'-' ''
uat PtTI0Uf to ')Wte4 tdirto off
MonAooiK.WIurJd4 Mcall-d a
ral ounc'1 of hofficerir 10 gather
?lin,on9. "! '" J ftt"kf! Sir tHtTO
Umton m hi. march through Jjev Jency.
ftboul ,w?n,y
fo,,1r,r? mltfaTW of iuck VfJim
",,u wluwe werB "WinglT M fmM
Owen had wma aoftbta, UtdW
V wbcct -ivw.- roiwu,
f teubpD Co"wa3r, 0thc,T?f
"7 y
pression nt nil favorable, indeed, General)
Lee was extremely btfter agarast risking a
h tSnlCW.ft.
the English arrry, and onderTIaTfajr until
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hcre ",an nTincibiliijr abouf Brittah,
cou d not b oveiCOM b7 UX!
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Allen McLane, of the Delaware reffifitteali
a noble-hearted soldier, alike: gallaJll Ud
brave. He was the father of the ptesnt
distinguished statesmen, Hon. Louls Mc
Lane, of Maryland The enemy la j at
Haddon Field, and we were encamped
few mdes in their rear. It was al this p,
nod of our inarch thai he came to uvy tej&
just at dark. , -r
" Evaiu," he said, " I was tolJ b Cot
Oswald ihatyouhitd two or three ,,couQr
trymen's dresses. I want to borrow, flney
for we are about of a shape arid mxt?!-
Very true," I answered, " but what do
you want with one of them." - t
" I am going into Haddon Field to-night,
to ascertain the exact position of the ertcv
my." ,,
"By thunder! I'll not len J yon. one of
my suits unless I go wilh you." - fJ'l
"Certainly, Evans, if you desire t,'' iaid
Capt McLane ; " but you know you.haxe
to get permission, fimt.';, r, ,? ,
"Never trouble yourself atotit that, I'll
j have permission quick enough, . JlareOpen
mat Dag j you naveomy to urjtieinegiTuig,
and take out which suit of clothe will ft
you 1 fcball be back soon, and w"hn; jou
are dressed I shall be ready." f '
I waiied on Colonel Oswald wjirj gtvtjl
me pern isaion at once to go wita Oaptaia
McLane. 1 must aay the latter officer ur
derstood the pait he was to play in. the
British camp welL He bore on one jaim H
basket of chicken, or fowl they might
have been called, and I waa ht deputy, for
I had a large basket of eggs. . We left H
fnrm house near the camp, aboat eight
o'clock in the evening, for the positioriof
the enemy a fair half hour' waJk.,, Xhe
inhabitants were with us, true and ataanch
patriots. When we approached the Cftlnp
of the enemy, we stopped awhile- Jot ihe
purpose of being taken 10 by some of the
bcouuntr parties thai were patroIlLnir iav
rnediately about the neighborhood, We
I did not wait lonir before our desires .vexe
1 c . i i
i trrat bed. Advancing: along the road, a
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nariv of cava rv. iruardinn' a larva mim-
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I un oi wagons muQii i ibu iivuww.iuiu
I ... ,.C - 1 J ..'T- mrJl
forage, came towards us.
Stand forth in the road," saiil (jLahfl
to me ; ' we must go into camp under their
protection or we cannot get in at al!.lJ'.
Tie moon was just rising, ahJ,'a" jv$
stepped into the road we were plainly viMr
ihle f'
What a re jot doing here ?" aaul tne of
ficer in command, sternly, to us - '.'
-We hope, if it please yon, sir, 'to"9 yito
camp, ju.st to sell a little sarceP ;'(.
'Saice 1 What do you mean by areeP
"Well, sir, a few c hie kens, gfeenaj and
' Do you live hereabouts V , '
sir " . ,
We did live thereabouts for the-ilme be
ing, and Captain McLinQ raa ,ell pac
quninted with the locality oi pface in the
iitighborhooil. ''"'
'Then follow ua vitb the train, Jeftkin's,"
he said to a uori-coinmirisioneii of$gcr Vho
rode itnfnediately behind him,' sf4 o UiCfe
men, and take them to my tent. Do,, not
let tbem wander off." . , ...
''I'll see to them sir," said the fntO,
touc hing hia cap. "Keep directly "before
me, fellows !" he said, in that tone which
inferiors ar apt to use. as soon as his, su
perior wa out of hearing".' f VSTj n
"Never fear about u&.n aaal. KfcLane -and
we passedaafely into the IWtiah'csrnp.
W ware taken to the quarters of the, on
cer who commanded the detachment which
hud brought us in. lustead of a tent that
he hail spoken of. his dwelling for the night
waa' the best apartment in a platn,"bu 'ex
cellent farm hotm ' ' '
"Cuw, come," he tail, umj Yank
countrymen for 'you Yankees, are Jibt
our brethren, after all sil down, aittfawn
and eat wnu ui. .. H " give you what jgu
don't gel often tiow-a-days 1 lhuil.a.ijttn
of tea. Here i a tine ptece of cell - beef,
too Perhaps we may meet in.diSarcht
' circum'stanres some dar hereafter. !
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Poor fellow ' l never aid lorgei mr re-
. f we v(j m,rtrr different cir
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