wmrt '
TUB. COMMERCIAL
It ptnlWhsd every Tafdt'j, WiurtdayinA Saturday,
It 15,0 J per innu n, piyabfc in allcascs in advunce by
THOMAS LO RING,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR:
bunjaminThowze,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
fiorner of Front and Mirket Streets,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
BATES OP ADVERTISING.
1 ay. 1 insertion. 80V)
1 aqr. 2 montlia,
1 a " n
2 3 i: i,o;)
1 ,; 1 month, 2.50
1 " 3
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5
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12
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an Advertisement exceeds twelve lines, the
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All aiJvuriMHinotita arc payable at the time j
t)f their insertion. .
G )iitr.i.:ts with yearly rul verliscrs, will be ,
maJfl on the most liberal terms.
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iri-weekl'y Conun."ciit1 are entitled to one j
i.nrirlui.iitlie Weekly, Iree ! oliartfe
JOB, GAUD and FANCY PRINTING j
executed in superior style. j
tY!. nt.,tlwfk nf itinii.il A iluftrtiapra U.trlr.W llm-1
ttadfcMhdrSwntmn
Wgdmont!! for the lenerit Of other peraoni, an well as
all .dvertiaemnnts not X?, Jn?, !
in lengtn or otherwUu, beyond the limits engaged,
1IIC1I Unll U II 1 1 IL ( 'i ' ' J
rill be charged at tha uual rates.
AGENTS FOR THE COMMERCIAL
NEW YORK: Messrs. liaow.i & DsRosset.
BOSTON: Frederick Kidder, Esq.
D. CASH WELL,
cjnmrn ) ninnWi mwiant,
WILMINGTON, n. v.
Feb. 8. 130
JOHN HALL.
SI III AGENT
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No.3) GR.WIF.R STREET.
Sew Urlcani.
April 13, 1919. H0-lyL
F. J. LORD k CO.
Rice Factors k Commission Agents,
Nov. -2'), 1317. 10H-l-p.
M'KELLER & M'RAE,
LUMBER A U TIMBER iGEJITS, GENERAL
CIIMfllSSIIIN MEIttllANTS, mid liKUCERS,
Ston formerly orruyud by Hall A Amstono,
NORTH WATER STREET,
WILMINGTON. N. C.
HECTOR M'KKLLAn.
NOV. 11, I3H.
ALEX. M'BAI.
102
L. MALLET T,
acemt roa rut: sale of
Amber, Lumber, Naval Stores, &c,
NtdCa lluildin", rrth H ulrr Street,
WILMINGTON. N. C
Nmv. 9,131-1.
101
BARRY, BRYANT. & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
March 17, 1S49. 1 'f
WILLIAM NEFF,
L(itc of the firm of Nlit &. W'ahnku.)
a'A h.c-ai.i: ad itirAti. DKAi.r.i: in
,1IIP CHANDLERY, SHIP STORES
AND GROCERIES,
ICORNK.aOF DOCK & WATER STRKE I S,
WILMINGTON, N. C. .
Dec 7ih, 164-J. H3 if.
JOHN D . LOVE,
I) I'. A I. Kit IN
CABINET FURNITURE,
REUSI'EAOS, CiniR. HilUASSES. ic ,
ROCK SI' KING,
WILMINGTON. N. C.
SlOrr, KEEN A: CO.
MERCHANT TAILORS,
A -N I) I) t: M. t. M H IN
S II P K R I O It
MAKKKT ST It BET,
W1LM I NOTON, N . O.
Oct. 21, 1813. 93-y
CORNELIUS MYERS,
M AN U FA C T U HER,
AND DKALUIt IN
IATS, CAPS, UMIJUELLAS AND
WALKING CANES, &c
WILMINGTON, N. C, Market it.
3ct. IT 1849. 91-if.
JAS. T. MORRIS,
Lumber and Timber Inspector,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
)ct. 12,1848. P9 6m
JAS. T. MORRIS,
at for the Sale or Purehasc of JEliROES,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
)ot. 12 1843. 8J-6m
A. B. STITH k Co.,
:mnm nd coixissiun mkeiuants
I'ayrttevllle Htrect,
RALEIGH N . C. .
VTU attend to all orders and commissions In thoir
Ii'Os business, wli t) punctuality and dlspucb.
f. sVartt to ,
fia Eicelloncv Cmas. Mamlt,
;, O. Watson. Esq ,
Iatnsw Shaw, Esq.,
Ion. J. R. J. Dahisl.
JaO. W. MoanacAt, Esq., -
ilAJ. C. L. HlBTOW.
Mt. N. (' Fefc. 22. 1940.
145 I2m-c.
VOL.4 NO. 5. WILMINGTON, TUESDAY MORNING; MARCH 27, 1849.
J. HATHAWAY k SON,
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
J. Hathaway. 'J. L. Hatuawat.
Marcli 3, lfc49.
149.
W. L. SMITH,
(Late or the fikm or Sanotohd & Smith.)
AUCTIONEER AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Store on North Water Street, Parity' block.
Oct. M 1849. 90-yc
-I , IVII .1 .1 AM ,. -
C(,,U f tlnA C-
uukj w aiiijric aij uvvu.i omv.
MM WiiSl" OP Will. Sill.V'S OKCli STUBS
MARKET STREET,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Oct. 14, 1848. 90.
W. BRANSON,
AGENT FOR THE SALE OF
UMBER. LUMBER, N I VA L STORKS, kt
Null's Bidding, North Water Street.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
N. B. I h ive a largo and Secure Timber Pen
where I will put ull Timber lft with me for sale at
ns Small charge us is made by any other Agent in
this place, W. B.
Sept. 28 1818. 83-c.
B. I. II0WZE,
A TTORNE Y AT LA W,
WILMINGTON, No. Ca.
Will practice In nil the Courts of Wayne, Duplin
and New Hanover Counties. j
JEFFREYS & LEIGHT0N. j
General Commission Merchants,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
February 13, 141.
WILLIAM J. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
RALEIGH, N. C.
Sapt. 12th, 1848. 76-w. tri. c.
CA R R 0 L L & FEN N ELL .
(iroci'rs & Com nissi on Merchants,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
UAVK ALM AVH 04 HAND A 0B1AL A8SOBTMENT 0T
ill LY CiUCEitlES, UQ.UUB8, mm, It
AND WILL PAV P A RTIC ULA a
ttcitloi totlJPsilaof all kinds of ProJuce
S. I. CAn LI..
JulV 13. I64H.
C. N. rBNBLL.
FREDERICK CLARK.
MASurAcTuaca and dealcb in all Binna or
CABINET FURNITURE
CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, WRITING DESKS, NAT
'MISSES, FAILLASTERS, kt.
FRONT STREET, NSAR MAHKf,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
April llth. IflH. 11-l y.
DEROSSET k BROWN.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
i BROWN & DEROSSET.
i NKW YOIIK.
, i: i: ii r, :ownssto. mkhcha.ws
March 17, 1349. 1-y.
1 J. k W. L. McGARY.
' P II R U II i u n U il,H il I S S I 0 N
MERCHANTS,
WLMIN i r.JN, N C.
1 Match 17. 1819. 1-y.
I GEORGE S. GILLESPIE.
j A'.t'.vr run tiik sale or
! HMURll IJ' MllKIt, .VA VA L STORES f-C
wi.hiiakelii)vralcuah advances on allconsigninenta
ofproduce.
March 17, IS19. '
GEORGE W, DAVIS.
COMMISSION MERCHANT, I
WILMINGTON, N. C.
March 17 1849. I
J. C. LITTA.
C O M MISSION MER CHA N T,
AND GENERAL AGENT,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Oct. 10, 1848. 67
LIFE INSURANCE
IN THE NATIONAL LOAN FUND SO
CIETY, OF LONDON,
FIRE INSURANCE
IN THE ETNA ISUilANCE COM
PANY, OF HARTFORD, Conn.,
OB, IN THB
HOWARD INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW YORK,
May be effected by application lo
DsROSSET St BROWN.
Nov. 28, 1817. 108
BENJAMIN BLOSSOM,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
NE.W YORK..
Liberal advancea made upon Conaignmenlaof all
kinds ofproduce.
References.
Messrs. J. oV D. McRab, )
0. W. Da via, Esq Wilmington.
1. R Rlossom Esq.
Dec. 19, 1948 Mb
- .- .. . . , ----- ;t"f' f; ' - - 1 ; -'JtoVi.-i, 4 ', ( . . u - 1 '("-'" " f, .f. .1 !) ;, .' " " ,.,,'J .- !., , -.. -
PUBLISHED fRl-WEEKLY,
tUENRY P. RUSSELL,
AGENT FOR THE CAPE FEAR
tfTL'AM SAW MILL,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Strict attention yiven to the faithful execution of all
orderi for Lumber.
Jan. 1, 1849. ' 121-lyc
GEO IIARRISS,
General Commission Merchant,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
STRICT attention given to piocurlng Freight!
and purchasing Cargoes for vessel.
Reck a to
O. O Parsley, Esq., ' M
J. A. I aylor, Kaq ,
Wilmington.
J. V. Bellamy, baa.,
Messrs. Ballard A Hi
I.
untlncton, I
Mesara. Tooker, Smyth Co., y k
Thompson A tlonler, S
Alel'r. Herron, Jr , IMiila lelphia
Mesara. Williams A Butler, ) ru, , , a (
H. K. Baker, Esq , ' f Chi. .eaton, &. C.
Jan. 2, 1849. 123-tf.
SiniUT UARREL8.
A Good supply of empty Barrels
inl.ita to auil purchaserby
For sale low
JPeROSSET it BROWN
March I.
IGO.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
A LL varieties, for aule Uw-nt
IX
HOWARD 4 I'EDEN'S.
147
Feb. 27.
J. R. BLOSSOM,
iUR.VAUDl.M. A.U IMIi 'IINMII, MPiHAM.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Liberal Cash advances madeon consignments lo Mr.
tlenjaiiiin uloaom New l ork.
-ALSO.
lCEH FOIl THE 11 ' T 1 1 L BENEFIT LIFE INSU
R IME CU1PAW.
Capital liable fr Losses, about 700.000.
Dee. ii); 1313. 119 Om c.
MARTIN & CRONLY.
AUCTIONEERS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
GENERAL AGENTS.
Wilmington, N. C. Oct. 3 1818. 85-tf.
Dr. B. MUNSEV,
HOMEOPATHIC Pll YSICIAX,
AMD
DENTIST,
MARKET St , 0 Doors above Front St.
Dec. 23, 1848. 120-Grno.
JOHNT.RUSS,
INSPECTOR OF
TIMBER AND LUMBER
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Oct. 14 1843.
90-
F, J. LORD k CO.,
Agents for the
NAUTILUS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Co
Accumulated Capital, $130,1)00.
ALSO FOIl TIlC
EAGLE LIFE 4t HEALTH INSURANCE CO.
Capital, $100,000.
Will take risks on live s of .Slaves.
Office 23 North W a l e r Street.
Oct. 24, 1319.
IIARRISS k DRAKE.
General Co u nMm Merchants, j
WILMINGTON, N. C. i
REi-cacNcsa : I
O Ii. I'arsley. Esq,
Col. John McRa
Messrs. Ballard Hunlincton,
Wilmington, N- C.
Will Peck, Esq . Raleigh, N. C.
Messrs. Hall, Narked 6t Co , ,
Josi dIi L'tlev. Esq.,
' Fayetteville, N. C.
li'rt. Jauies Corner A Mona. Haltlmurr.
" E. A. Snuder A Co , PhHidelphls.
' Thompson 4 Hunter, i N vrk
" Pillsbury 4 Sandford. new 1 orK
" Huniing & Tufia. Hoston.
J.4Q. P. Tlicomb, Kennebunk, Me.
September 14th. 1848. , 77 tL
COTTON YARN.
1 Tk Bnl" B
M.J sale by
C. Yarna asuorted numbers, for
J. C. LATTA.
94-tf.
Ocl.24.
CORN.
irwfi BUSHELS CORN Just Recivcd per rail
VAJ"i
rMal and For sale by
HAKK1SS DKAalE.
10 140.
Feb.
BUTTEH.-Fresh Goshen Butter. Forsaleb
HOWARD aVPKDEN.
Teb 3. 127.
FLSn LINES AND HOOKS.
ALL varieties ol Silk, lUnip, Grasa and Co
Llnea; Hooks of all sixes snd shapes, fur
at
HOWARD A PEDE.V
Feb. 27.
1
QEARS.-lOttOOO Segsra. Vaiioua Branda and
OquaJltr. Foraalabv HOWARD d PF.DEN.
F.b. 3.
137.
BOSTON LINE OF PACKETS.
,ri THB following VESSELS will aaU- f
fttfi rrgulsrrly between this port and Bos-
ton. vis i
Brig WM, NICHOLS. Capl. Jaa. Lelghlon.
Srhr. MINNESOTA, Capl. Gilbert Lelghlon.
Tha above easels art of the first class, and are
commanded by experienced navigators.
I1AJUU3S a UK A a r..
Jan. II.
127.
BY TIldMAS LORING.
KeRNixG OR EVENING CALL,
'.V'AT SCOTT. KKEX, ck CoV.
CLOf!llJNC ESTABLISHMENT.
T3&TA&Ll$HESihchci,thnf ihhi-nprotrioth-Hi
Iris lit1 Wllinlmrton, for fiKNTX, f tMITHi
M4 CUf lUIHlU.M, aru to bo found at this Eeuln
aantv Late arr.vaU htte r.plunlhed" their
ctolhlnr,enabllfiff ihem to challon(e a rnoie genenU
aumrtKunt or at jirlMtidthin 2 per mi at low at
lhjriniWtiirini( thla Block, which ounslstspmt
ly of jOrereoata, Cloaks and Coats, of every do
crlmlon Dress, frock and Bbatneita.
lASiTS.Ofall klnda. In Ming blatk-and fan
Cf CJA"Mmr. . , , . , . .
VKSTIXCS.-JSUk'and Satin or varlotta and
flpetb patiwnt White, Celmere. '
. f ,OV:f4-ltld, 81lki Oaaalrlwra, of all oslori
ChJIdpen's Clothlli.-In great variety ol
I variety ol (wn
Feb. 15-142.
ty and pattern.
WHEAT BRAN.
BUSHELS, lor sale oy
K J J. A W. L-. McGARY.
Feb. 24,
146
g.Sla. Irish Potatoca.
Feb. 17.
For sale b
ule by
!, MY " RS.
113.
Gl
BITTER! BITTER!!
1 QKEGS Goshen Hutter. just received per Seer.
w U.
W' Duvin and for aulu by
WM. NFFF'S.
141
Feb. 13.
SELLING OFF AT COST.
WE have concluded to change our bosineas, and
aYe now -llln; off ou Slock of Dry Oools,
Hurdwareilron. Ac at .Vrifl Yorkrint. We hnvi al
i and other Gio eii.s which will be sold at reduced
siMin nanu mi iiy n cnoiee urn, i.uiuorif, ieu
I Prl,:r;
All neisons wishing lo purchiae, will fl ml ii
lo their advantage lo call it our Store, as the Stock
i is large and wat bought cheap.
ANDERSON & i"OUNG.
1 Feb 13. 1819. 111-if.
CHEESE! CHEESE ! ! CHEESE!!!
) HOJQFS a prime article, just receive.! nnd for
0JSaleol WM. NEFF S.
Feb. 13.
141
BACON k LARD.
?Af Lbs. Wayne Couyty Hams,
JJJ j
jUU Lis Lard uuueiior :unlity. Fur lale
by
GEO. MY lilts.
Feb. 17.
143.
"A RANGE COUNTY
V ' nnd for ale by
F.-b. 17.
BUTTER. Jnsr received
GEO. MYERS.
143.
CAMPHINE.
AN be had at 40 cents per gallon
v eAaryTo'Y lve It rfftafal we art
lilson'ynet-
as we are convinced tbal
Those who try It,
Will come nnd buy it.
CAR. COLL & FEN NELL.
140
I Feb. 10.
Half and
RICE.
qnfl CALX'S freBh beat Rice With
OUU Small ili-e lor sale by
DEROSSET A BROWN.
142.
February 27, 1349.
SPECIAL NOTICE
T HA VE Sold out and transfetrcd my entire Stock
X ol Groceries &
Provisions, to Mr. (iioaoe Slviii,
who will continue the business nt the old Stand, and
to whom 1 ruomiiicud my former customers and
fi lends. I
E. R. WOOD.
N. H. I hive declined buaines preparatory to
ii aii)ii Hue i ice, (early next moiilh,) and desire an !
ImhiiciImic h lib uienl. pro an I eon, with all persons '
having will) me unnetlled accounts. :
K. R. W.
Jan. 25, 1813.
133-tf.
APPLE BRANDY.
1 ( ( l'.lil.S. Apple Br-indy, for sale by
J V.V. DeROSSET i BKOWN.
Feb. 27.
117-tl
HARD W ARE.
12
DO. Corn Hoes, assorted from 0 to 4.
1 do Slt-el Garden Hoes.
I do tiruliliing do.
12 do Kk'e do 1 and 2.
1 do Drawing Knives, 11, 12 and 13 Inch.
1 do (Juives do.
I do Manuro forks long handled.
1 do do do short do.
ti do Frying Pans.
0 do A.', long nnd short Hitt.
6 do Curry Combs,
60 pair bright Traces.
Piles, Sawa. Locks. crcws, Hinjes and aD vari
eties, for sale low at HOWARD 4 PEDEN'S.
Feb. 27. U7
SALT.
BUSHF.LS 'r"dte Wani, jusi ar
dUW rivid per Brig Ava.for sale by
UARilY BRYANT C.
Mich 10 152.
SEGARS! SEGARS ! ! SEGARS ! ! !
JUST deceived, 10.000 Havana Serara a wry an
p.rur arlicU) and for sale low for cash by
GEO. MYERS.
March 10. IJ2
(ANPHINE!! (IMPULSE !!
4() CEWTS PL.H GALLON.
For sal ai lha Slora of
Fo. . 27.
J
G. BAUMAN.
M7
BOOK KEEPER DISCHARGED!
IN consequence of the unpleasant reaulis front long
credit Snd the trouble in collecting, I am compel"
ed lo sitopt S eash srsiem. so thai alter lha I6in of
Mstrh, IN9, no credit will be uiveaat ihis eatabliah
luent, a I prefer ulng less ttttslness an4 giving no
credit ' the disagreeable necessity of being obliged
to collect according o law.
S. P. POLLEY.
N. B. AOaccouois and notes due the late firm of
Harl-i Polley will. If nol paid by (he ISlh lnt. be
pu: In ihe hands of an attorney for collection.
March 1. . 1 48
CPERM CANDLEH For at
lifiiuiuii a ft r nrv
Feb. X
IIVI' A I I a S ' V
Whole No. 471.
TUB LAST BENEDICT.
Wc learn that mctsurra ore about to be
adopted to-revive tly Bachelor's Club, as il
exiKteil oin tWcnty-fiveyenrs n jo. Mot,
if not nettrlyAjr, of the oificera and innnit
gcrs having been comniitted to matrimony
long since, the Club lias become, in a men.
ure extinct,, There never was a more
agiticable association, nor were any bull
got up with mor rrmgnificence than those
of the old club. The first scries of b ills
were held at the City Hotel, before that
splendid saloon, with its numerous mirrorn
and eilkciudrapehea, nvtti
sleeping rooms, and the Club driven, up to
Niblo'8,where there balls were more coatly
and crowded.
The Bo. helor's Club, it must be b jrne in
mind, wns r.ot established to perpetuitte
single blessedness; on the contrary, i was
intended to bring together youth, beauty,
taste, and character of both sexes to place
them in the most winning social intercourse,
wher pleusure, gaiety, und good manners
prevailed : urnl in a few years not u niiinn
ger, director, or even -member of the club,
was single, nnd many matches were made
up Irom the agreeable nsociation nt these
balls. One exceMion Still existed, and wc
belu-vc only one. We called a few weeks
ago on one of the most active directors ol
the od jClnb A lamous floor manager, as
wc called him one who took great delight
in nrrutrging the cotillions, finding partners
lor the company, saying soft an I compli-
. ,. .. ,,j . - . ,
i iui". iu me Liiiiew.
and often
mounting four pair of stairs to his lodging.
We found him with a night cap on, look
ing iu3 if it had been washed in CasiiWi
strenms, and with on old fashioned pair of
specs on the li,i of Alls nose.
'Why, Mitx, whnt devil are you at?'
"I'm sewing a button on my pants !"saii
j he, in a low, gruff tone,
j " Why, have you no woman to do that
little affair for you i"
" Where should I get one ? When I
joined thai swindling Bachelors Club, we
j all swore never to marry. Hang me if
i thrrc's a single one left but myself!"
" You ure the last, then, of the " cock'd
I hats." ' .
" Yes, I'm the last f suppose. Ou Sun
day I met Frank Faithful he who swore
so often that no wife should ever give him
a curtain lecture and what do you think
he was about?"
ill l mnj.
n n'l da r '?
" He was going to church, with his wife
tucked under his arm, and three or four
little ones walking before him, dressed in
silk frocks A pretty sight for a bacelor,
! to be sure I"
! " Well don t y1 &ct a 1uie, 8tai,1
; clever woman lor a wite one who would
mend your hose, and darn your night-caps,
and rub your back, with opedeldoc when
! you had the rheumatism, or lumbago?',
I " Booh, pooh ! nonsense ! What's an
old fellow like me to do with a wife ?
My old black woman nr-.kes my bed and
my tea. J dine down town go to the Li
brary to read the papers play a rubber of
whist at the I iggery come home at ten.
and tifmble in for the night."
We dst a furtive glance around the
room Everythintr looked wretchedly di-
Li filiated. The dust nnd feathers hail nr
j cumulated Jiyjer the bed rusty old coats
and pants were hanging on pegs on the
I wall two chairs had lost their backs
a tr.iv. on which were the dregs of black
lea and a piece of clammy toast, were ly
on the table a bottle-on the wooden man-
tli-ni. ee, had the remnant ot a tallow can -
die i i it the embers of a tire threw on
a tiickenug glare from ihe grute a crick
el was chirping on the hearth, and a cock
roach was throwing divers somersels in
one comer of the room.
Every thing indicate ! carelessness, ami
an absence of all that was neat, clean, and
comfortable j-and yet Max was accounted
rich, and in his time was quite a. gallant
a perfect B-au Nash among the ladies ;
wore salmon-colored smalls, silk stockings
and pumps, and was quite an Adonis al
Hewlett't practicing balls, which were
then held in the Long room, in William
Street, opposite Cedar. His family had
all died off, and he was left to die ulsd,
with no one probably near him but his old
negro wench - living in gloomy solitude,
and dying " unwept, unhonored, and un
sung," as the :oet has it, and some graceless
nephew administering the will, and squan
dering the oKJ fellow's thousan Ik in fast
trotting horses on the avenue, or cham
paigne suppers at Turtoni's.
" What makes you look so ruddy and
heallhy " said he
" A contented mind, Max, and domestic
happiness.
' Ah very likely ! Look at me, as the
man says in the play, which half of me is
fed ?I want all kinds of comfort."
"Then marry and marry wisely, for a
your age a man may be caught in u trap '
So good day, Max, and belter luck to you
hereafter !"
We thought no more of Max, till on Sun
day last wenw him ringing the belltjfa
neat two- story house in Franklin Street.
He had on a suit of black new wig,
cane and glTvcs-tnrta. middle-aged, mil-
ronly-looking jentle-woraan in black fwa
hanring on bii rm. , 1 - i T
"Come in come in f I've omeihing to
say to you." '
We entered the house. :. -"This
is my wifef' V .,.-
"Your wife, Max?" ' - '
"My wife, in sober earnest." ,
We offered our congratulations
"When you left me at yoifTiast visit I
pondered on whnt you said an iuV-fe was
so mncli truth in it that I' detefmined to
marry" ,
"But how did yon manage lo make
sucb.a good seleclioii, Max?" said we, with
a low bow to the lady, which she acknow
ledged with cm expressive smile.
"Well, you shall know. My wife was
no old sweetheart of mine, and hadrefiteed
me in my younger days. She continued
single nnd I always had a sneaking kind
ness for her. Three weeks ago I got irto
the same pew with her al church, and we
rend together froarthe same -prayer book.
After service I walked home with hcjr, and
on the way I said 'Well,Mtlly, why can'i
youarjdl always read out of the same
prayer book nd say Ameri together?'
'Well,' said she, 'I don't know why we
shouldn't Suppose" you come to-morrow
night and drink tea witk me, nnd we'll talk
the matter over ' Well, I did go, a rul got
such a nice cupofteabrforv, when I suid.
Well, Miily, my old friend lets go to mar
row evening to I'arsoiiSiiufflebags and get
tnnrried. We arc not strangers to acii
other. Wc are bothconaforlably well off
and can be happy.' She -Mid 'Here's my
hand Max: I will go ' She did, and here we
are"
So then the last of (lie Bachelor's Club
has gone !
NeiPs Saturdity M.iwign.
From the Neir Or leant, Picayune M ireh 6
Murder a id attempted suicide.
Baronne street, between Julia and Giro!
streets, was yesterday aTicrndkn the scene
of one of the most horrible tragedies ever
enacted in otir city. The victn in the
case was a beautiful girl about sfeventecn
years of age, and is suposed lo have been
murdered by Joseph Bradley, captain of
I the schooner Friendship, who, afler commit
j ting thedccJ, made an unsuccessful attftnpt
i upon his own life. Mrs. King, the land
lady of the house in which the events
occurred, snys that Bradley and the girl
had occupied apartments in her house a
boul a month, passing as nun and wife ;
that I hey were lying on i he bed most of
the time dtfrmg the fore part of the day,
and when she went out.
She returned home about 2 o'clock, and
soon after entering she heard a rnoai pro
ceeding from Bradley'n room. She went
to the door, thinking one oftheta was sick,
and opened it; she saw Bradley lying on
the floor in a pool of blood. She called a
Mrs. Smith, who lives in ;hc rear, and on
coming back to the" room, saw tfmrthe
woman was also lying on the Idor dead.
Some persons passing where immediately
called in, and the police were sent for
Bradley was found :o be living, nnd Dr
Mcux was called in and dressed his
wounds. He was at this lime perfectly
insensible, but become conscious before
half past 4 o'clock, at whhh time the coro
oner arrived.
The scene presented the room was
the moot horrible we ever looked uptn
The girl With o l stretcbed hands us if she
had supplicated for mercy to the last, lay
in one corner of the room, her hands, face
and throat mangled in a most shocking
manner, and in another corner Bradley
presenting scarcely a les3 ghastly spec
tacle. A post mortem ezamination was held
upon the body of the girl, when it wis
found that she had receive. I five wounds,
all apparently inflicted with a knife, two
of them mortal. The jury of inquest, after
mature deliberation, brought in a verdict,
that the girl died of the wotrnds above de-
scnneti, mincteu, ns mey o-neie, 3 u r
1 hands of Joseph Bradley
He was slab
bed li, tie; left side of the abdomen m ..li
ferent pl aces, and his throat was pretty
badly cut.
The cause which led tn these terrible
results is supposed to have been jealousy.
' 'l'l. ,.f tt. , i , f. . . f , I 1 1 n flr.W u l,tn.,r
1 il': fulfil: "f ai': 'iiuun'iuin'. o ...
Daley, but she has also been know;, ns
Fanny Young, and more recently as Mr
Brodley. We believe she is a native of
St Louis, having been in New Orleans
but about two years We do know how
long she has .been acipiained with Bradley,
but we are informed that she has lived
with him ns his wife only about a month
Bradley is the commander of the schoon
er Friendship, advertised for California,
to leave last evening.
We learned that he put ihe girl on board
a boat, a few days since, to send her to her
friends m Sl.Liuis, and that after comg up
as far as Doiutldsonville she returned, with
a determination to go to California with
Bradley. A jealousy on the part of Bradley
appears to have existed for several days,
and we believe that a difficulty, which re
sulted in blows, took place on Sunday
last
The Bulletin adds :
One thing connected with the murder
is suspicious. Bradley had provisioned
ihe Friendship for .three years' cruise and
had borrowed several sums of. money on
the credit of the voyage What llwse two
facts may signify, is left open lo discuss
ion. Bradley is a married mi a, and had a
family in Connecticut He is about 35
yeri of age Ilis victim was onty 17,
but for some time had been well known
both in Pt. I.ti-f and -New Orleans, n a
prostitute