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THOMAS LORING, Editor and Proprietar: BENJAMIN I. IIOWZE, Associate ;Editor.---ONE i)aLLiRcr"Annnm,,Inrariably in Advance. ypL. 4. WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1850. NO. 9. ADVERTISEMENTS, nn limited extent, will b inserted in the Weekly Commercial, at me 1 sq're, I insertion, $0,50 f So. 2 do. 0,75 1 square, 2 months, $2.00 t do. 3 do. 2 50 I do. 6 do. 4,00 1 do. 1 year, 6.00 do. 4. uy- . fzz Ho. 1 month, J,o rrV i:t. nr pea make a snuare. If an advertisement exceed ten lines, the price will be" in proportion. r AH advertisements are payable at the time of their insertion. . - 'sy ill advertisements 'inserted In the Weeklv Commercial are enuueu i ifuc ujw . ,ue Weekly, free of cnarge. POB THE COMMERCIAL. in io my bachelor friend G. Hr. G. vho is note looking for ja sc(ir. If you my friend would, have a wife t- I- - r i To encer Hie gioomy uours oi uic, And give you constant pleasure, The following useful advice mind, ..' And you in time may hope to find This dear delightful treasure ! First look for one that'sjyoung and fair With countenance devoid of care And foolish affectation For one whose face displays a gloom Will make you angry wth your doom, And girc yon sad vexation. i- J3e not like common lovers blind But all her words and! actions mind, And judge of them sincerely ; For if you form yur Ichoice at once. And she should prove coquette or dunce, You will repent severely. Her temper should be all serene, Free from extremes of mirth or spleen And with rude nights uhcumbcred; For one that now isjwild with joy, Then sad or sullen, will idestroy Your peace with pangs unnumbered. I Watch how her leisure time she spends, And if with wise and jvirtuou3 friends In cheerful conversation : Or to peruse the Instructive page; If search of knowledge jher thoughts engages, She has my approbation. When you can meet w ith such a boon her your own, As I've described make Of whatsoever condition No wealth or honors then you'll need For to realbliss they se dom lead, But oft increase ambition j SAMUEL. THE fHREE JOLLY CAPTAINS ; A STORY OF OSSIAX E. pODGE, 'HIE JOKER, , WHO BOUGHT THE 625 JENNY LIND TICKET AT BOSTON. Dodge is an extremely! funny fellow, and can take off the Yankee as natural as life. The Spirit of the 'Timds. has a good story about Dodge's travels onj the Mississippi riv er, He one day went onl board a sVeaiiiboat bound down to New Orleans?, dressed in Yan kee costume. The captain of the buat:was much amused at the conifideiit assurance of the green Yankee, as he supposed hispassen ger tobe. It so happened that there was ther. on board the boat three other captains of as many different stearhcrs which had been laid up in low water. 5 These jolly captain were guestrof our capldi ti to whom the green Yankee now introduced 'himself. 'Heow d'yr dew?" said. Dodge, squeezing the captain's hand, as he reached over the office window for the fare, "Wall. I've cum atoard and you look as though you was all right here, eh ? I spose iTou'll takekeerof my fiddle ; (handing theftrunk into the cap tain s window,) be sure and not let nobody fcen it, loi I We the old fiddle better than all the i gals you could skeer up round here." "Pg t. himstli; as he thought of the fun ahead J "Hicnneand Ins friends would beable to get out of this queer Yankee;passenger. As the evening advanced, the steamboat captains quizzed the green Yankee to thei Hearts' content. He took all their jokes in good part, and with the best relish imagina ble. Indeed, the more they talked to him the squashier he appeared in their eyes. Having treated the Yankee to sejveral punches, one J1 the party proposed cards. He declared fle knew nothing about keerds, and it was agm his principles to gamble. Well, then, tne captains would play; a little together and ne i might look on and seel how he liked it." ne game proposed was " changing Jack," Qd the captains, with a jwink, went on with wlPme'.e &reBn Yankee looking over pla,lnS- Atter short time, he got ex 5 ad-addressinga methodisdcal looking ?' Uheufderstood what the captains were ttlter, he said : ) . . lRay,veou! Innk h Sw kerds but Pm filling to risk a heap o money on that 'ere game, just for a benev olent purpose, for that aint gambling, is it?" .n no certainly not!" replied the man, Si . now harilly keep from roaring S on witnessing how easily the was to be caught. " claimpy We"""l'm with) you stranger," ex ger8 L Te, ot'tlle plains, snapping his fin ithee, ! aevil'may-care sort of manner ; from nSH Tjnty m?re money where this came the wnrM u w"ng to j risk all I've got in SpaZ L5hl?at Kcn cfaanSe lhe Jack ot ofClnL "! under your hand, into the Jack Ora,id that yu ican,t tel1- by the iepartnr ln? when the Spade takes its oon t, , Dealg toe cards briskly he i hVUrneaPthe JacklofSoades. iurninfV11 s thc Jiack of Spades " said "Is that ere ppot genewine V' said Dodge, wettinir his finger and touching the spade at the head df (he Jack: "You find it so, don't you ?" pressing it close with his thumb to prevent it from mov ing. "Wal, yeas, it 'pears to be so now go on with the show, for I ''want tew make some money alfired bad." said Dodge, taking hold with both hands of what appeared to be the leg of the Jack of Spades. "Vey well, then," said the captain, turn ing the pack oyer, inow pull the card, and keep it Wtorii side upwards. Dodge pulled the apparent Jack of Spades out od'the table, holding his left hand over it, while vith the other he took off his bell crovtoied hat, and sweeping the dard off be tween the palm of both hands, had the ap pearance of placing the drawn card into the top of the did beaver, but, in fact, had it only into t'hfe folds of the old bandana, upon' which he placed his double fist, remarking at the time ' ' i . "By ginger! ef you kin git that air 'Jack o1 Spades yout of that air hat I liope I may be stuffed to death with biled unyuns !" In order' that ilie reader can understand how the Yankee fixed this card, it should be known that he had watched the game with the expectation of the result that followed : uiiu jic uau uauuuubiy lancil cl JaCK 01 CpUdea from another pa'ck 6l cards lying at the bar. and concealed it in the top of his hat. He knew this trick like a book, and he also knew that the card he took from the Captain's pack was ingenioiislv changed before he took it. While, therefore, the whole party were laughing at the verdancy of the victim, Dodge took from his pocket a large jack-knife, and, opening lt-wii' , his teeth, held it over the hat, and takhig ouri'r.bandariaj which held he card he had drawn frolrn lhe pacR, he Jabbed the blade of the knife clear through the other card and crown of the hat into the table, exclaiming "Dang my buttons, ef I keerfor the hat I'll jab her anyhow I'cause, if I make a hull lot ot money, even if 'its'tar x b:etiverIunTs, I kin buy a new hat.?' ' The Yih!?ee: was now holding on lie knife, and lootfiiig'as if he expected every minute that the hat woufd take wings when the af fair got wind, 'and a crowd of passengers, smoking something extraordinarily rich, gathered around the party, and revealed by their anxiousTaces, that every one dbdard had now become deeply interested in the re sult of the professional skinning. 'IVow, then," says our Captain, locking the victim 'sharply in the ' eyes, and hojding up lus r'lgnt arm. while he repeated in slow and measured tones, as solemn as a High Sheriff at 'a public execution "now then, my friend prepare fcr the miracle : " Now Jopk out for tricks that's strange Hocus pocus presto, change !" "I'll be ker-walloped to death with cab bages, old leller ! ifthat air' keered s chan ged anyhow I" says Dodge. " I'll go a thousand dollars that it did!" sayrs the Captain and that the card that your kife is now sticking through is the Jack of Clubs!" li Wal, I corned eout West here for to buy a considerable of a farm, and ef I kin make a thousand dollars hi one pile, I s'pose I mought as well'dewit; but mind, neow, I (Jon't call it bettin'. for that would be wicked, and I only lake this 'ere thousand dollars for a benevolent purpose, but asfa-arther used to say-' in for a pence, in for a pound' so here roes. 5J Suitinp; the action to his words, Dodge deliberately drew from an inside vest pocket, an old greasy wallet, and taking therefrom ten one hundred dollar bills, on a Philadelphia bank, held them in his hand, and exclaimed " Well,' riebwj yeou feller ! efyeou're de termined to throw away yeour money where yeou doi''t stand no chance a winnin', jest pull' cut yeour dough .!" Dodge had meanwhile been gazing intently in the hat, and a person not acquainted with the peculiar twinkle of his large eyes, would have sworn that he had seen nothing else for the laft five minutes.' He then addressed the Captain of the bat : " Cap'n, I want you to hold these 'ere thousand dollars, and as a man of honor, in the presence of these 'ere passengers, see that fair play is did tew a stranger." " I would rather have nothing to do with the affair'," replied the Captain " but. if you wish for me to hold the stakes, I will do so, ai d call upon my passengers to see that ev ery thing is honerable." " Well,. Captain," exclaimed the playing Contain, in a voice loud enough to be heard hv l nrfisent. "there s a thousantt dollars - r . - . ' in current bills ana goia to cover me xuu kee's pile." " See that it's genewine. Captain, and no geouging," said Dodge. ' t " All right'replied the Captain, and now," gentlemen, please'inform ine, loud euough for all to hear, the precise character of the bet.". - :: - "Well, that air chap there, what's got red whiskers and big watch chain, and my own self, what don't want to hev it called bettin', puts up in yeour hand, qnehousand dollars each, and ef that air keerd 'in" that air hat, with that air knife jabbed through it. is the Jack of Spades, the hull tew thousand dollars ts mine, but if that air keerd, in that air hat, with that air knife jabbed through it, is the Jack of Clubs, then the tew thousand dollars is hia'n aint that right, yeou feller ?" xThat is perfectly right, gentlemen," re plied the playing Captain, drawing his hand across his mouth to hide a laugh, and edging around sideways, for he could hardly keep in. "Yes, Captain, the Yankee's statement i3 correct.".- The idea of a verdant nutmeg Yankee pul- J .... 1,. i l -7- ting up a thousand dollars on the cut throa game of "Changing Jack,", waaso extremely ludicrous, when added to the' fufct, that'it was all done as an act of benevolence to give the money in charity, that the crowd could only by the greatest exertion refrain from yelling. The 'CapTain of tne nbat,' Who. of course, ex pressed a firm belief that the Yankee must. beyond a doubt, set the entire two thousand dollars, here winked to the clerk of the barjt and smacked his lips with hilarity, as much as to say "Juleps for the crowd at my expense, in a few minutes, my boy." Two of. the playing captains very slyly per formed a few mysterious gyrations with the fingers, such as imitating the cuttiug of the throat, a rope around the neck, and a dive into the river,' three very common ways of com mitting suicide, and too often adopted by young adventurers from the North and East, who blindly stake their all after falling into the hands of these Western river chaps. Smi ling at the earnestness and unbounded 'con fidence of the heartless cut-throats, whose shghest movement had not escaped his eagle eye, Dodge n erely retitaiked "Let them laff that wins; there's tew sides to all jokes ; tew sides to this keerd. and tew sides tew all cf yeour mouths to laff eout of, so here she comes." Drawing out the knife and turning over the card, to the astonishment of the entire crowd. it was the Jack of Spades ! 'As the Captain 1 . O ' . . ' , . tUUL,,UUUU ' UlL'tl 1 1UTJUU13 again for wood,'at a small yard on the banks of the river, the trio of sharp Captains took their departure for up river settlements. thinking, undoubtedly, that there would be a sudden rise on the river soon; and as the boat slowly moved avyay from her moorings, they cast a glance on her hurricane deck; where stood the comical Dodge, giving imitations of a cut across the throat, a rope around the neck, and a dive into the river. Should any Yankee ever ask either of the trio to relate that thrilling "story that'll do to tell..' he will be chalked free of chdrge the whole dength of the river !" THE VILLAGE LAWYER. M.Pierre Lovalles, owner of a vineyard, near a certain village in the south of France, wooed and wedded Mdlie. "Gouchard. He lived in a pretty house, and when he took his young wife home, he showed her great stores of excellent things, calculated well lor the comfortable subsistence of a youthfjjj and worthy couple. It was seven months after the marriage of M. Pierre Lavalles, that M. Antoine Perron, the Village Lawyer, sat in his little parlor, & gazed with a glad eye upon the cheerful fire, for the short winter was just terminating. Leaning foi ward in his chair, he shaded'- his faee with his hands, and steadily perused the figures among the coals with a most pleasant countenance. The room was small, neat and comfortable, for the notary prospered in his humble way,' and 'seekiiig only comfort, found it, and was content. Suddenly a violent knocking at the door aroused him from his reverie, and he heard his old servant rushing1 fo open' it." In a mo ment, two persons were ushered into the room, and the notary leaped to his feet in astonish ment at the extraordinary scene before him. Had a thunderbolt cloven the roof, and pass ed through hisfh'earth toj.ts grave in the cen tre of the globe, or had the trees that nodded their naked branchesJ without the window commenced a dance upon the snowy ground he had not' been more surprised. Monsieur Lavalles and Madame Lavalles stood just inside the doorway. Never had M. Perron seen them before as he saw them now! Like turuVdoygs, with smiling eyes and affectionate caress.lthey'had lived in hap py harmony during the seven mouths of their married life, and motherly dames, when they gave" their daughters away, bade them pros- per and he pleasant in uieir union, us mey had been ioyous in their love, pleasant and joyous as neighbor Lavalles and his wife. idw rierre stooa rea ana angry, wuh ju right arm extended, gesticulating toward his, wife. Julie stood red ana' angry, wun ner left arm extended, gesticulating toward her husband. Eyes, that once had only radiated smiles, flashed with fierce passion, as the turtle-doves remained near the door, each en deavoring to anticipate the other in some ad dress to the worthy notary. ' Then the lady, having emphatically de clared herself, resigned the right of speech to her husband who began to jerk out, in dis connected phrases, a statement of his case. Seven days ago he annoyed tfis wife i by some incautious word; she had annoyed him by an incautious answer; he had made matters 'worse by an aggravating retort; and she had widened the breach by a bitter reply, i nis little squall was succeejded hy a cool calm, and that by a sullen silence, until some sud den friction kindled a new flame, and finally, after successive storms and lulls, there burst forth a furious conflagration, and in the violent collision of their anger; the seven-months' married pair vowed to separate, and with thatresoive had visited M. Perron. Recon ciliation they declared was beyond possibili ty, and they requested the notary at once to draw up the documents that should consign them to different homes, tosubsfst on a divi ded patrimony, in Ioveles3 and unhappy mar nacrft. Each told a tale i turn, and the manner of relat fon added fuel to the anger of the other. Tho ruua and the woman seemed to have leaped out of their nature In the ac cession of their passioni Pity that a quarrel should ever dilate thus, from a doud the size of a man's hand to a thunder-storm that cov ers heaven wjth its black and dismal canopy. Neither would listen to reason. The duty of the notary was to prepare the process by which they were to oe separated. 'Monsieur.' he said, ;1 will arrange the af fair for you; but you "are acquainted with tha Miaws oi r ranee m tnis respect ' 'I know nothing of the aw;', replied M. vierre Lavalles. ' lMadame,? said the notary, :your wish shall b complied with. I3qt you know what the Ijwv says on this head?" L'I never read a law book,' sharply ejacula ted Madame if lerre L.avalles. 'Then,' resumed the notary, 'the case is this. You must return to your house, and I will proceed to settle the proceedings with the Judiciary Court at Pans. They are very strict. You must furnish me with all the documents relative1 to property.? -- I have them here,' put in the husband, by way of parenthesis. 'And the whole affair, including correspon dence, preparation of instruments, &c, will be settled in "less than three months.' 'Three months?' i , 'Three months Yes, in less than three months.' Then I will live with a friend at the vil- until it is finished,' said Madame Lavel- decided, peremptory tone, unsual ladies when they are a little ashamed mselves or any one else. very well, Madame oh, very well.' at all well, Madame; not at all well. r,' said the notary, with a solid, mi- voice. x on must live as usual. It t mv knowledge of the law vou will. j j . j through these seven books, find that this fact is specified.' But the irritated couple were not disposed to undertake the somnjferous task, and short ly left the house, as they had come, walking the same way, but at a distance of a yard or so one from another, j' Two months and twenty-seven days had passed, when the notary issued from his house, and proceeded tbwards the house where MbnsieuV and Madame Lavalles dwelt. A demoiselle ushered him into a little par lour, where Monsiur and Madame Lavalles had j list sat down' to breakfast. The husband and wife sat side by side, with pleasant looks, and so engScged n light and amiable conversation that they hardly noticed the entrance of the notary. The storm had vanished and left no trace. Flush es of anger, flashes of spite, quick breathings, and disordered lQoks-7-ali those had passed, and now smiles, and eyes lit odly Jwith kind ness, and bosoms beating with calm content, and looks all full of love, were alone to be observed. j When M. Antoine I Perron entered, they started ; at length, and then recollecting his mission, blushed crimson', looking one1 at an other, and then at the ground, awaiting his address. ' ' AJnsjer and Madame,' said the notary, 'according.to'your'desjre I pome with all the documents necessary for your separation, and the division of your j property. They only wantyour signature, and we will call in your servant to be witness.' j 'Stay,' exclaimed Madame Julie, laughing at her husband ;Pierre, explain to Mr. Per ron.' - ' !- '4h, Monsieur Perron,' said Monsieur Pier re Lavalles, : we had forgotten that, and hop ed you had also. Say not a word of it to any one.' j j ;.. 'No, not a word,' said Madame Julie. 'We never quarreled biit once since we mar ried, and we never mean to quarrel again.' 'Not unless you provoke it,' sai.l Monsieur Lavalles, audaciously. 'But Mr. Perron, you will take breakfast with us ?' 'You're a wicked wrpjtch,' said Madame Julie, tapping him on ' the cheek. 'After breakfast. M. Perron, we will sign the pa- pets.' ! 'After breakfast,' said M. PeTre Lavalles, 'we will burn them,' ? 'We shall see,' said the notary. 'Sign them or burn them. Madame Julie Lavel les; your coffee is charming.' After seven months' harmony, : do not let seven days' quarrel destroy the' happiness of home. Do not lollow, the directions ot a per son in a passion. Allow him to cool and con sider hi3 purpose. . AN EDITOR'S RETORT. : I At a late festival, a pretty Miss waited on the editor with a pieplate of an antique rnanji. ojETs llOUrsatT m i i mm u-iii.u-liaU)j)Cmmf 'entirely" sure.: It was the coolest thmg ve havehearaol. 1 I Ot ra in a Strange Incidents attending a Death. The Christian Register relates the follow ing remarkable incident. Thc individual re ferred to, is the late Mr. Greigg, who was lost at Gloucester. Friday. August 16, 1850, by the capsizing- of a boat in a squall. It was at Gloucester, also, on the day previous to this casuality, that he 'net with a singular adventufeHvith'K tame robin ; and it was at Brighton, near Boston, that his Jamily met with a similar encounter : "A gentleman with some friends, was late ly ramblin over the rocks near the water; 'in one of our sea-shore towns. His attention was presently attracted by a robin, full grown, and apparently quite unhurt, running in nis pain, tutting about nis leet. and con trary to the proverbially shy instinct of that bird, keeping very near him. He took it up in his hand, fondled it, patted its feathers, and after showing it to the party, and remar king on its singular taraenetrs, tossed it into the air. The next day this gentleman, har-' ing put out from the adjacent beach in a boat, with four others, for a sail on his re turn, and within sight of land, by thecapsi zing of the boat, or a sudden leak springing or in her was drowned with all his companions His body was recovered, and a few days af terwards was buried, in a cemetry some twen ty or thirty miles distant from the scene of the disaster. The day after the burial, the grave was visited by his wile and daughter. As they approached the spot, ihey were in hesitation for a moment riot being famrl iar with the place which," ot several new made graves, "was the one they were seek ing. At this instant a tame sprightly robin ran on the ground before them, and stood by them before the grave of the 'husband 'and father. One of them took it up and caress ed it, and, after some remark about the sin gularity of its conduct, let it go ; when it flew down, alighted on the raised mound over the grave, and laid itself close to the earth. The daughter immediately took it up and it was dead." AN ODL SCENE. The queerest object in nature is a Spanish beggar, for these beggars beg on horseback; and it is an odd thing to see a man riding up to a poor foot passenger asking alms. A gen tleman in Valparaiso, being arrested by one of these mounted beggars, replied, "Why, sir, you come to beg of me, who have to go on foot, while you ride on horseback?" "Very true, sir," said the beggar, "and I have the mare need to beg, as I have to support my horse as well as myself." Don't depend upon your own lungabalonc ; use the lungs of the Press. ' SEDUCTION AND DESERTION. The Louisville Courier of the 23d ultimo gives the following details of an affair of heartless de sertion and wron : "About1 a month .since, a Doctor , in the neighborhood of the TjTee Springs, Term., indu ce i a young girl ot i to elope with mm irom tne house of her parents, on the promise of marriage Her parents are well off. and very respectably con nected1, and were averse to tli'e match, yhich in duced the Doctor to propose an elopement.' Tltc girl placing implicit confidence in her lover, fled v5fh liim AfYor a fpw tinnrs irmrnnv tliv wprr joined by a man who was well acquainted withthf Doctor, and they pursued their journey together, the man buying up feathers on the route and or dering them to be shipped to Cincinnati. During the trip to Cincinnati! the Doctor com pelled the girl to act &h his wife, promising to mar ry her at Cincinnatti. When they arrived there, the Doctor deserted the unfortunate girl and sent her to Louisville on the boat. On her arrival here, a perfect stranger, without friends, she engaged a hack, desiring the driver tp take her to a board ing house. The fellow seeing her by herself, took her to Mrs. Renfroe's den on Lafayette street. This was Saturday morning. During that day she was visi ted by two'rearrjed men of this city, who, under pretence of rendering assistance -end sending her to her parents, as she hoped, made Improper ad vances, and one of them actually forced her to comply with his wishes. Late Saturday night, the poor victim sent for Marshal Ronald for protection, who at once went t the house, heard her story, and took her from the place to the stage office, and paid her fare" to Nashville and her home. He cheerfully paid thc mdney from his own pocket, and did not leave the girluntil he saw her depart in the stage on her horieward journey. " Tie above, as detailed to us, is implicitly cor-recIand-iho .mes of all the parties are known. Marsjial Ronald deserves the thanks of the com munity for his kindness to the unfortunate wo man. DotH belong to your Mess. The Albany State Rep-isfcr if late date contains a card from David Orahalii, Charles McDougal, Samuel Stevens, and '-llBaaUnirigYae appointment tender- J i Uythtmaiority (Seward 'fiction; of the e Convention, as members of the Whig ; )mmittee. "In taking this step," they say-j undersigned do not design togo into an ex-! n of the reasons which have prompted i urse, further than to say that as W nigs, imbned with national princip!es"and with Jto preserve and maintain the national ter of the narty, they cannot reconcile it to ideations sense of duty to accept an appoint- reiur"'n U?r to'execute a trust bjLWhlth 'their views and bore It off, leaving the company to proceed in opinions in this respect would be compromised j darkness. The Ca ptaui, upon hearing of the cir dsconccived." rHmta1iri 'nut the bir-keener aihore, and was t DEPLORABLE. " . I j Alamance and ' i a farmer trom t., ;iv xrn o.oiiversed on 8a.tnrdav. I ru5c, nu w""" - ,: txt. "y7ty t ereat numbers of persons from that region of State are preparing w wuic uu csi. am th-st. Not only tne poorer classes, ior gen w itJ have not the means to go, but the a of the substance are quitting their homes for iorth Carolina has oeen in a process or aepop- j 7W 20 rears. "It was hoped that the tide eitrrgration was staid, but " the star of empire J r.tnn westward takes it way. 1 Faydiecille Carolinian. HOBANlTKOD. "Have you heard " asked Hob, "that the sea serpent has appeared off thc coast of Ireland, and was, moreover, scon to scratch itself against cer tain rocks called the Barrel? V. "I have heard it," -nswereit Nob. ""Harc'you" further heard," said Hob, ':that the sea serpent left some of its scales upon the rocks." I have," said Nob ; "and I have dlscovercdjvhy thc sea serpent left those very scales behind It-" "Why 1" asked Hob ; when quick as the electric wire, thc wag NobYoplied;.1 "Seeing its appearance has been doubtedthe ser pent left thc ;ct;lc3 to weich the evidence." ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM EH JjJRpPA. - THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. New York, Oct. 11 A. M. The Royal mail steamer Europa arrived hero after nJne oclock this'lubrnirrgi She brings threo days later advices than thc Atlantic. : " " v The political news by this arrival Is unimpor tant. ; - 7 ' English Securities arc steady. Consols closed 0Gl-2a0G5-8. ' 1 ' ' 1 ' ' FRANCE. The President of the" French Republic, it seems, is not yet done holllday-making. lie Ian both reviewing the troops on the plain or Saitoo at yerseilles. This is said to be in honor of thJ Naples Anjbassador. It was a splendid military display. ' ' ' The Moniteur du Salr contains an article which is considered as a sort of manifesto of the Elcse: The following passage Is the most important"of this document : . - 1 i "If the National Assembly should refuse to proceeded to the immodiate'revisioh of the corlstith tion, Louis Napoleon would not hesitate to makA) an appeal to the entire people from whom ho re ceived Ms mandate." . : V ' This announcement is said to have produced an unfavorable effect on the Bourse, but was ,subse quently disii vowed by thc authority. A changd of Ministry is spoken of as being tnot improba ble. . ... i ... -THE DIET. Fuankfokt, Sept. 24. . The Federal Council has declared that tho re fusal to vote the taxes in Hesse Casel, is contrary to the federal comiwict, and hivs accordingly sum moned the government to enforce their 'collection arfd'tQ'0Vcreonie any resistance that may 16 offer ed to it. In case it U unsuccessful, then tho Governments of Hanover and Wertcmburg; or ac cording to other accounts, Hanover, Bavaria, &c. are charged to enter Hesse in aid of the collector and to enforce the state of siege according to tho ! ordinance of the 7th Sept. All cmplopces of the government have received orders to repair beforo the 15th Oct. to Withelmsbad. ' ' ' HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. In Fleming county, Ky., on Wednesday of last week, William Ringo had an altercation with Mr. , w ho had married his sister, whom ho killed on the spot Ly a single shot from a re vol ver. RirlgVs mother ran up to expostulate, whenthe in human monster tired two -shots into her body, from which she died the next day. His sister, w ife of the murdered man, then ran up, when tho fiend shot her through the thigh. She Is likely to recover. - - . ' " ' " He then made off, but the next day was pursu- ' ed by the neighbors, who found hiru at'the . house of another neighbor. On ' seeing the company advancing, he entered the house." He suhk moncd to come out "and surrender, but he refused, and while attempting to draw a pistol was1 shot through the abdomen by one of the party. He then shot at another of tho party; .wounding him slightly in the shoulder, who ftier eupofl fifed back, killing the monster instantly;- The parties surren dered themselves, were examined and acquitted. So horrid a tragedy it docs not often Ufyo tho lot of the chronicler to record. - SERVED RIGHT. " IT - T 17 ' ' from Paduca, y., a number ot clergymen, on their way to attend the Episcopal. Convention at Cincinnati, proposed to unite with the passengers . , . - H ." 7 7: ' . . a venerauie minister requiring more ngniw read a lesson from the Bible, the steward brought a InmtVfrmn lar 5n" f!i VhirMlijft of the bar- - . . t ' . . ... . M- , . i n 1 only prevented from whipping mm wun me rope s end, by the interference of the passengers. ' ' Seizure of a Fishily Schooner by DrltUh Revenue Officers. , .BosToxOctober 10. The crew of the fishinschr. Harp, of Rockport, have arrived at home.; Tlielr 'vessel, with 200 wis. - Av.l v, .v v British Revenue officers, in Bay Chaleur, for too near the shore. .-The vessel had been stripped and was to be sold at auction. " ------- ". rsry J
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