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GLEANINGS OF THE REVOLUTION
BY YAUICO.,
! Tnt Vetebajt Pomerov. On onc -occa-!
fcion, Pomeroy. who held. a commisson in the
1 line,' hearing the 'pealing of nrtilery, felt it as
i a' summons to repair to the field He accor
dingly requested General Ward lo lend him
a horse and taking hisra'usket. set off at full
fpeed for Charlefctown Oh reaching the
neck, and finding it enfiladed by a hot and
.heavy fire of round, bar and chain shot, from
the Brinish batteries, he began to feel alarm
1 ed not for himself but for the safely of Gen.
i" "VVardTs horse. Horses were at that time scarce
' and highly valued. Too honest to expose his
.. borrowed"! horse to the ;pelting of this pitt
I less -storm,' find to dream for a moment of
shrinking from it hirnsell, hejtiisn3oi2lnted,'and
' delivering Gen, Ward's "horse to a sentry,
shouldered his musket and marched very
coolly on foot across, the neck. On . reaching
. i'mi . . l i - .t M
; i me mil, ne iook nis piaee ai-uie ran lence.
i ,1 His person was known to the soldiers, and
! s the narue of Pomeroy rang, with enthusiastic
j ! shouts along the line.
! 4 Mtts C ti as." Elliot. A Bntih officer,
I distinguished by his inhumanity arid constant
oppression of the. unfortunate, meeting. Mrs.
r 8 Chas. Elliot in a garden, adorned with a
Vreat variety of flowers, asked the name of the
Camomile" which appeared to flourish with
j peculiar - luxuriance. -The Rebel Flower
she replied. - 'Why was that name given to
jt ? inquired the officer. ' ; Because,' replied
the lady,! it thrives most when most trampled
upon,' i V
Mns.; Daniel Hall. This huly, having
obtained ' permission to pay a visit to her
mother bn John's island, was on the point of
embarking when an officer stepping forward
in the most authoritative manner, demanded
-the key of her trunk. -What do you expect
to find there asked the lady.
tl cno! Inn
A. ovyn ivi
may then
t treason,' was the reply. f -You
save yourself the trouble of search; you ray
find plenty of it at my tongue's end.'
- Mr!s. Thojia8 HEYWAiib. In two instan
ces, this lady, with the utmost firmness, refus-
cu iOiuuminaie ior ijriusii victories, in
officer, forced his way into her presence, and
sternly demanded of Mrs. Hey ward, 'How
dare you disobey the order which has been
issued; why, madam, is not your house illu
minated V 'Is it possible for me, sir.' replied
the lady'" with perfect caImnes,to feel a spark
of joy Can I celebrate 4he victory of your
army, while my husband remains a prisoner
at StJ Augustine? 'That,' replied the offi
cer, $s but of. little"' consequence ; the last
hopes of rebellion are crushed by the -defeat
of Green at Guilford. You shall illuminate'.'
' Not a sinale light,' replied the lady, '-shall
J)C- placed;. with' my consent, on such an occa
sion, ia any window of my house.' 4 Then,
madam, I will return with a parly, and before
in id night, level it (o the ground.' 'You have
power to destroy, sir, and seem well-disposed
to do ly but over my opinions you possess
no control. I disregard yourr menaces, and
resolutely declare, I will nofilluminate.'
J Mrs. M'Koy. A remarkable scene is te
lated By Dr. Ramsay, to have occurred on
the occasion of Fort Augusta, commanded by
Col Browne, being taken, which well deserves
to be recorded. s Passing through the settle
ment. where the most wanton waste had been
i committed by the British, both of lives and
! property, Mrs. M:Koy having obtained per
mission to speak to Col. Browne, addressed
i him in words to the following effect : 'Col.
I Browne tin .the lateday of your prosperity.
hi visited your camp, and on my kneessuppli-
coded for IheTife of my son ; but you were
i deaf to my entreaties. You hung him, though
I a beardless boy. before my face. These eyes
I have seen him scalped by the savages under
your immediate command, and for no better
I reason than his name was M'Koy. As 3'ou
i are a prisoner to the leaders of in country,
ior the present, I lay aside ail thoughts of re
venge ;-but when you resume your sword- I
i will go five hundred miles to demand Piitis
1 (action at the point of it, for the murder of
i ay son.' " t .
;Mas."CnANNiNG. Shortly after the com
ieacement of the war, the family of Dr.
uCImijning, then residing in Engbtiid. removed
' to France, and sailed in a siout. weil aimed
! vessel; for America. They had proeeiled
i but a, little way, when they were attacked by
a privateer. A fierce engagement ensued,
j .during vvJiich Mrs. Channing kept the deck,
i landing cartridges, aidingihe wounded, and
xhorting the crew to resist, even unto death.
; T heir fortitude, however, did not correspond
I wftti the ardor of her wishes, and the colors
were struck. Seizing the pistols and ...side
arms of her husband, she threw them into
' the sea, declaring that she would ral her die.
than see him surrender them to an enemy.
THE STORY OF A FOUNDLING.
. One of the best stories we have read since
the cold . weather set in, is found in the po
lice corner of a Philadelphia paper, as fol
lows: As Mrs. Esther Stanbury, (residing
in a court running from Rare below Sixth
street,) was about to bring a bucket of water
from the hydrant last night, she found an old
basket suspended frpai the knob of her front
door. Putting her hand into the basket, she
felt something alive ;and kicking but so en
veloped in rags that no further discover
Could be; mada without unrapping the object.
A piece of paper folded like a, letter, lay by
tho side of the animated bitbdr?. .- Mrs. Stan
bury immediatcjy returncl'tinio the house
and by the light of the lamp examined the
billet. It was addressed tofer husband.
She tremulously broke the seal and read as
follows:
To Joe Stanbury Sir : I send you the
baby,! which you please tajce good cafe of
and bring up right, bo that it may turn out
abetter man than its daddy. Oh, Joseph !
what ; a sly .old rake you are ? who would
think that such a staid, sober; old spindle
shanks could be such a tearing-down sinner?
The child is yours. You may swear to that.
Look at it; it is Joe Stanbury all over. You
deceived nie shamefully, Joseph letting on
to.be a widower but do a father's part by
the young one, and I'll forgive you.
Your heart-broken Nancy.
P. S. don't let that 6harn-nosed wife of
yours see this letter. Gammon her with
some kind of a story about the baby. -
Mrl StaiAury was in the basement kitch
en quiety eating his supper'aiid little imag
ining what, a - storm was brewing -over. his
head.fe door of the kitchen was, violent
ly thrown opca ad Mrs, Slausburv's voice
yelled out . 7 '
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" Stansbury--come up here, you villain :
Bere'a a mess for ydtt V
The astonished Stansbury hastily wiped
Iiis mouth and obeyed the summons. ;
- 14 Don't you want to see-Nancy ?" : cried
Mrs. Stansbury, when her guilty husband
hobbled up into the room. a
. '' Nancy ! what Nancy's that ?' said the
old rogue in well-feignt d perplexity. : -
" Why Nnncy. the mother of this baby
that's been: hung np at your door, Mr. Stans
bury. Oh!, you'look mighty innocent; but
jusi read that letter and then look in that
basket. Don't be afraid, it won't bite, it's got
no 'teeth, poor thing ; you'd know it for as
your huss?y says, it is just like you all over.
Please goodness. I'll expose you befce every
body." ' .:..-,-V-. - i .
And in Ieisth.nn five minufjjs, llrs, Stans
bury had collected a. room full of spectators,
(half the inhabitants of the court) to witriess
the process of unwrapping the baby. Anx
ious expectation sal on every countenance
as the jealous lady tore away rag after rag
from the body of the foundling the vigorous
movements of which astonished : every ' body,
"It is full of the devil already." said Mrs.
Stansbury;: ."that shows ihatit is hi youU
soon see that it is like him in every thing."
At last, alf the swaddling clothes being re
moved, out jumped the, baby and made its
cscepe through the open door li
lt was a big tom-cat. The Stansburys
had been victimized by a practical joUe? the
contrivance of which wis traced to u r female
neighbor. Mrs. Stansbury who had no taste
for fun of that kind, made her complaints
agaiust the suspected party, but as the trick
appeared to be without malice, no binding
over took place. '
CHEESE VS. CANNON SHOT.
The' greatest ammunition that ! we have
i heard of lately, was used by the 'celebrated
Co'mmodore Coe, of the Moutevidian avy,
J who, jn anlengagement with admiral Brown
pf the Buenos Ayres service, fired eviery sho
irom his lockers. -
What shall we do, sir?" ske! hi first
lieutenant; we've not a single shot aboard
round grape, cannister, and double headed
are all gone. , 1
i4 Powder gone, eh?" asked Cos,
" No sir got lots of thai. i :i ,
u We had a confounded hard cheese a
round Dutch one. for dessert at dinner to-day,
don't yon remember it ?' said Coe.
' I ouijht to I broke the curvinT i knife in
.trymg;to cut it, sir.51 ! '
'Arc there any more on hoard ?"
;Abbut two d.07,en we totik from id dro-
rpr.
n Well they go into the 18 pounder!? ?"
'By thunder. Commodore, . hut that's the
idea, I'll try them,,' cried ihe fiit luff:.'
And in a few minutes the (ire of i!e old
'Santa Maria," (Coe's sliip.) which had
ceased entirely, was re-opening, and Admiral
Brown found more shot flying over his head.
Directly, one of them struck his main-mast,
and as it did so, shattered and fievy in every
direction.
"What the devil is that which the enemy
is firing?'1 asked Brown, but nobody cquld
tell. - . '
Directly another one came in through a
port anil killed two men wb$ stood. near him;
then striking the bulwarks'" burst into flinters.
"By Jove this is too much, tlis is some
new lang'ed Paixhan or oilier. 1 don't like
'em at aM cried Brawn, and then as four
or five more of them came Hap i through his
Fails, he gave the order tu fly away, and ac
tually backed out of the fight, receiving a
parting broadside, of Dutch cheese.
This was an actual lact ; our informant
was the fiie-t lieutenant on Cue's ship.
i Monitor.
The First and Last Fatal luel qy Illiiiaiajis.
In the year 1820. a duel was fought in Bel
levi'Ie, St. Clair county, between Alphonso
Stewart, and Wm. Bennett. The seconds
had made it up to be a sham duel ; Stewart,
one of the part jes. was supposed to be in the
secret ; but Bennett, his adversary. r believed
it to be realjty; It is supposed that Bennett
somewhat suspected a trick, and after receiv- 'j
ing his gun from his second, rolled a bail into it.
At the word fire, Stewart fell mortally woun
ded. Bennett was indicted, tried, and convict
ed for murder. A great effort" -was made to
procure him a pardon; but Gov. pond would
yield to nu entreaties, and Bennett suffered
the extienie penalty of.lhe law, by hanging,
in the presence of a great multitude of peo
ple. -
This was the first and last'duel which has
ever been lought in the State, by any of its
citizens. The hanging of Bennett made duel
ling di creditable and .unpopular j.' and laid
the foundation of that abhorrence of the prac
tice, which has been felt and expressed by
the people of Illinois. The . present. Judge
Lock wood was then Attorney General of the
State and ' prosecuted r in this ase; to his
talents and success as a prosecutor the peo
ple are indebted for this early precedent and
example which did more than s generally
supposed lo prevent the practice of duelling
from being introduced into this State. '
-,. Chicago III. Adv.
horrible death. j
A gencleman of Kent county informs us that
the sexton of Law's Church, which is situated on
the road leading from Canterbury to Milford, on
opening the door on Saturday, to make the nec
essary preparations for worship on the Sabbath,
discovered that the benches and fibor were smear
ed with blood, and, on advancing into tlfe interior
he found a corpse laying on the floor, which pro
ved to be the body of James C. Harrington a
man of respectable connexions, but who was
much given to intoxication. He "was seen the
npreceding Tuesday evening near the ; church,
with a jug which had recently been filled, at a
neighboring grocery, with the " water of death."
It is supposed that he entered by an outer door, to
obtain shelter from the weather, and fell over the
front- his hat and jug being found in the gallery.
To all appearances he had fallen head foremost,
and came- in contact with the corner of a bench,
which made a deep contusion on the upper part
of the cheek, crushing the bonejj ,of ihe nose, and
making a frightful wound. He must, however,
have lived a - considerable time after his fall, as
the blood was smeared in every direction over
the floor and benches, and the door was marked
with bis hands, making the room look1 more like
a slaughter house than any other building. As
may well be supposed, this occurrence caused
-considerable excitement in the neighborhood.
He was interred oa Sunday.-r Jl'ilmingttm'- (DH.)
Republican, ; ' ' '. ,'"'-i .'r 1 '-- -
WEEKLY COxUMERCIAL,
WILMINGTON, N.. C.
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1851.
WORKS RECEIVED, i ,
t We hare received the following works :
The Methodist Pulpit for January a,n Februa
ry, edited by Rev. Charles F. Deenjsj President
of Greensboro' Female College, at SI per annum.
The United 1 States , Magazine and Democratic
Review for March. J
Re print of th3 London Quarterly for January
last . ;"' '. "'!' ' ' ' ' , , .."
The Southern Quarterly Review for Januaiy.
COAL DEPOT. -
The Deep River Mining and Transportation
Company have purchased the site where the
Phoenix Steam Saw Mill lately stood, at south
part of the town, for 10500 to be used ai a Coal
yard tor loading vessels. "
- ANOTHER FUS3.
A writer to the. Baltimore Sun, from Washing
ton, dated the 4th inst. says : "Much excite
ment exists in relation to the rencontre between
Messrs. Stanly and Clingman, of North Carolina,
la the Hall of the House, at eight tb-'night. Some
harsh words passed Clingman struck Stanly,
when the ..members irvmediately rushed up and
scparatad them. Stanly was slightly scratched,
; but it is s"Uppbsc?d that nothing further will grow
out of j " ;
. EXTRA SESSION.
It is believed that the President will be com
pelled to call an extra session of Congress, as
neither the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation
BUI. nor the Army and Navy Appropriation Bills
ha passed at 1 o'clock on the 4th.
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TORNADO IN TENNESSEE.
A terrible tornado laid a large portion of the
town of FayetteviileTeuD. in uins, about 4 o'clock
on the morning of the 24th ult. A list of 42 per
sons is given, whose houses were destroyed. The
Presbyterian ; Church, Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, Market House, Stonebreakef's Tar Yard,
and all the houses around were destroyed. Sev
eral persons were killed and many very seriously
hurt. : " . .
f HE HENDERSON CASE.
In the United States District Court of New Or
leans, there is much difficulty in forming a jury in
Gen. Henderson's case. Almost all whose names
have been drawn, allege that they have formed
an opinion on the merits of the ease. -
MR. RITCIHES CLAIM. .
The joint Resolution which lately passed the
two .Houses of Congress,, gives Mr. Ritchie about
thirty thousand uollars, to cover his . loss in Ids
contract for printing. It is stated that this sum
w ill barely save him from other bankruptcy.
j COLLISION.
A collision occurred 'about 80 miles above this
place, between steamer Chatham on her passage
down and Rowan bound i:p, during the night of
3d inst. The passengers on board steamer Chat
ham concur in the opinion, that the accident oc
curred from no want of skill or attention on the
part of Capt. Evans ; and as Capt. McRae's skill
as an engineer Is generally known, the collision
may be attributed to accident and the darkness
of the night.
FUGITIVES.
The Portland Advertiser says:
stand that one or more fugitive
" We nnder
slaves passed
through this city this week. They stopped long
enough to raise some funds to help them on ware1.
They intend to reach the British Provinces."
HON. EDWARD EVERETT
At the late New York Union Anniversary Festi
val, in honor of the memory of Washington, mar'e
a very brilliant speech. The following is an ex
tract, and gives a vivid picture of the disasters
which will attend disunion. If this is a truthful
portrait, let the Northern States beware the issue,
which they have the power to prevent simply by
obeying and sustaining the Constitution.
"I am not an alarmist I never have been. If I
may allude to a matter so unimportant, I would
say that, in all my humble addresses o the public,
I have ever looked on the bright side in reference
to the future of America. But if there is to be no
relaxation of those unkjnd feelings between
different sections of the country if men will not
make up their minds to live in good feeling and
good faith under the constitution and the daws
that constitution which was framed by our fathei-s,
as good, as wise, as patriotic as ourselves, and un
der which the country has enjoyed a degree of
prosperity unexampled in the world if they will
go on indulging this fierce spirit of mutual hostil
ity, it will, at ho distant daT. result in a separation
of the States, to be followed by a war, or rather a
series of wars, which will change the aspect of this
country, and injuriously affect the cause of consti
tutional liberty forever. Great applause.f I do.
regard it as demonstrable that, in the event of a
separation of this Union, as certain as the sun in
heaven in mid-day, that the sun of the republic
will go down from the raeredian and set by blood.
I know thai some persons of sanguine tempera
ment, dallying, as I think, unwarrantably ith
these dreadful futurities, have persuaded them
selves that it would only be a change of wo con
federacies instead of one, and that in other respects
all would go on much as it did before. Sir, I am
very loth to enter into any speculations of this
kind, on one side or the other ; but, in my humble
judgment, there will not be two confederacies, nor
any confederacies, but as many despotic govern
ments as, in the chances of conquest and recon
quest, military chieftains may be able and willing
to establish. Prolonged applause. i Gentlemen,
let Germany teach s. . How did she couie out of
the chaos of the dark ages, after athoTisaudyears
of internecine war 1 Did she come out of it with
two or three c?nfederacies 1 Gentlemen she
counted more than three hundred independent
principalities, a they, called themselves, but all
lying at the mercy of the nearest despot and the
strougtst army.v ' ;
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATORS.
. From a reinark of G-pvernor Lane, of Maryland,
which we published on- Thursday, the impression
M made that South Carolina Senators have formal
ly withdrawn from the Senate, and renounced all
participation ia the Government. -.
We-have seen nothing to warrant this conclusion.
Mr. Rhett, made a speech on the 24th of last
month, in the Senate, in which be described the
present state of a flairs," and jortrayed the ine vita
ble issue but we do not observe that he commit
ted himself to any action in the case. Among his
remarks were the following: 1
" I do not know what other gentlemen may say.
"but I. for one, can speak for my cmstituency" as
" to the effect of your legislation upon them. They
' look upon this Union, in the manner in which
" the North carry out its operations, as a curse,
" rather than a blessing. They deem the course
" of policy which you have pursued, in your meas
" ures of compromise and spoliation, to be ineonsis
'Ment with their honor, and inconsistent with Uieir
t: rights and safety,"
And ia conclusion, he says :.
11 There may be yet recuperative - power in the
" country if it could be brought forth ; but I have
" waited here a watcher of the night, and have
" looked long and long fur the streaks of day.
Shall that bright day ever again come, when the
tJ Democratic party chastised by its errors, and
" disciplined by defeat, shall again be clothed in
" its ancient armor and fighting for their princi
V pies, and the noble faith of the Constitution once
" mount to victory! I fear. not. I ft:ar they are
gone, gone forever ; and that this Union will soon
" come to an end under the mighty sweep of the
'' free States, with the consolidation principles
" which they have ever "advocated, and enforced.
" The wheel is destined to roll on, crushing beneath
"its weight, interest after interest, all faith, broth -"
erhood, and peace,-until the whole fabric tails a
" vast pile of ruin and desolation."
We suppose the report above referred 16 arose
from Mr. Riiett's free expression of-what he be
lieved to be the truth. Time will show how far
he is in the right.
WORLD'S FAIR ART UNION.
We invite notice to the proposition in an ad
vertisement headed as above, in another column.
It is a good chance for those who vish a trip to
the World's Fair. 1 ' '
AN EXAMPLE TO, THE FLOCK.
The 'Free soilers of Massachusetts got int o a
snarl, during the"progress of the political manage
ment by which the state became subservient to
that faction. The Lowell American a coalition
paper speaks of some of its friends as follows:
It was reckoned that there were twelve or fif
teen scoundrels culling themselves Democrats,
who would violate the pledges which they gave,
in common with the' rest of the. party ; but. there
should be found fen or a dozen dupes of these
scoundrels, in addition, was not looked for.
After saying that the Free Soilers were too has
ty in electing a Governor, it thus speaks of what
they should have done : t -
Our friends should hay,o taken pains to ascer
tain whether any of these men have ever commit
ted anf crimes which made them liable to impris
onment or hanging. It is highly probable that
an examination of the District Attorney's books,
would give some useful hints as to the character
and standing of some of these members. Men do
not descend into such a depth of villainy without
some previ -us steps in that direction. If after
such examination there was a fair record, no
blame can be attached to the Free soilers for giv
ing these men their support.
CONGRESS.
Congress adjourueq on Tuesday last. We can
not state the precise nature of all the business
transacted but it is very certain that a great
deal of important matter is neglected. There is
a great defect in tho mode of doing business in our
National Legislature ; more apparent, probably, in
i the results than in its progress. We venture to
say that no member of "that body has a servant
who is so careless and reckless of the progress of
time, as are these servants of the people. Session
after session the same thing occurs a,, vast
amount of matter is left untouched or unfinished
and there appears to be. no hope of reform.
The fact is, that Congress is any thing but a de
liberative assembly ; it is more of a talking than
a reasoning" body. Almost every member is anx
ious to perpetrate a speecTy apparently more so
than to attend to the business for ' which he is
elected. These speeches ai-e, in many cases, mere
ly electioneering humbugs, requiring only a
modicum of talent to compile them. They are
printed, many of them, in pamphlet form, nicely
enveloped and distributed throughout tho coun
try with the greatest care and all this under the
delusive notion that they are read by one in fifty.
In conclusion, we state the following items.
The French Spoliation Bill has been defeated
The bill founding an Asjlura fbr infirm and dis
abled soldiers has passed. J -V
The Senate Bill regulating the appraisement of
merchandise has passed the House . -
The Postage Bill and Post office appropriation
bills , have both passed and received the signa
ture of the President, j
Up to 1 o'clock on Tuesday, the Senate had
done nothing but continue a fruitless contest over
the River and Harbor Bill. "
INCENDIARY FIRES AT U TIC A.
... Utica, Feb. 28.
Two fires occurred this morning. The first was
the Sixth Ward Hotel, which with the adjoining
barns, stables and ball alley, and the Lutheran
Church, was, destroyed, The whole was but
partially insured. ... . .--. ' (
The second fire destroyed the .barns and out
buildings of the Croton House, on Fayette street,
and the barn and shed of the adjoining house.
Total loss about S15,000. " " '
A reward of $1,000. has ' been fofiered. bv the
citizens for, the detection of the incendiaries.
ACCIDENT. .
The stearner Wilmington, " SterretI from Wjl
rnington, in coming up the harbor on Sunday
monnng, just before daylight, nin into tie pilot
boat L. S. Lacas, (No. 4) striking her on the stir
board quarter, cutting her down nearly to the
water line, carrying away her mainsail, and doing
considerable other damages. Charleston Jlerairj.
KEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE OP THE COMMERCIAL.
New York, March 3, 1851;
Yesterday morning, a tone large casue-UKC iook- ( e nave uie meiancuojy duty of rcconlin
ing edifice, 'called the Church of St. Thomas, at the ." death of.hreo cf our brave pilots, while
corner u i ujikhaw uuu iiumivu u., .. .uu, v uvu 'uiuv uuues On t
...Al-J 1. n Am. .iinnnfiul Inlittlfll Ot-tcrtn fYttr CrVTYlrt d1V Til OT"T lTlff lact t l O Tkllrkl lra -
defect in the furnace.; To-day, with its stoiebas- miles southeast of Barnegat, sent off her
tions and turrets blackcnedby smoke, it loots like j board tho British hvxEagle, when it
an ancient ruin. Its loss U very much regtetted, ! by a heavy se, and immediately swan.j,
Michal Reilly, Esq., of Boston, has exierded a ' before any assistance; could be reiKli tW
very large amount of money in tha construction Josiah G. UAkM.vaBs, Jons .McOwRav. anl j ; '
of a. large Factory at Staten Island, for the mnn- Solan, met with a watery grave. Mr. y
facture of Oil from R.-sin. It has not" yet gone has left a wife and one child; and Mr. Ma a
into operation, but I am told that the Oil made by wife and three children, to mourn the unii
Mr. Reilly's improved process is equal to the best loss of their support.
Sperm Oil. and is clear as amber and perfectly j 1 RG ER 0BC Ell V , I
I mention this
new manufacture, because serious fears have been
entertained that the whale fisheries are nearly mn
out on account of the scarcity of Whales, and tin t
soon we should be entirely without Oil for the
- 'Vw -1 , ' rri a Vetches belonging to customers, whUh lia,i
1 '. , , i i left there for repairs. . Ihe door was cvi,i ,
Rosin is offered at less than two-thirds the price . r - ; - - a5 kv
v - , 4 . . ; oiK-ned by a "jimmy." . '
of Whale Oil, and hence cannot but come into gen- t 1 --
eral use, to the manifest advantage of the Rosin
makers of North Carolina and Alabama. The ar
ticle made at the works of Michael Reilly.Esq.has
none of the offensive smell common to Oil hereto
fore made from Rosin. v
Another ingenious invention just going into op
eration here is one by a Mechanic and Chemist,
(once a phonographic reKrter at Washington,)
named Hardinge, somewhat famous here and in
Philadelphia and Boston, for the exposure of
' Gourand's Mnemotechny," a humbug system of
artificial memory, which some of its dupes may
have not yet forgotten.
By this remarkable discovery of a very patient
& hard working artist, sand porphery, rude marble,
and other, stones, equally hard, are held in solu
tion and may be laid in coats upon the surface of
columns, pillars, facades, &c. I am informed too
that he has a solution of a different nature which
will yet become a cheap and perfect substitute for
Copper, ia sheathing the bottoms cvf vessels.
The notorious "One-Eyed Thomson," who was
to be brought before Justice Mounlfort, on the
charge of passing counterfeit fives ,of the Hamil
ton Exchange Bank, Madison County, committed
suicide this"morn"ng, Isaac Goldstein is detained
for want of bail, under the charge of selling the
Lottery tickets of the "Great Industrial Scheme,"'
lately broken up in the Bower'.'
In the case of William Tyson, charged with hav-.
ing beeji engaged in the slave-trade on board an
alleged slaver, the brig Ramon de Zald.o. after a
patient hearing Commissioner Bridghani" decided
that there was no evidence that the said brig
while in the possession of Mr. Tyson was used for
the purpose alleged, and the complaint, therefore
was dismissed. . . .
Stimsori & Co. of the New Orleans and Mobile
Express, informed me that on and after the 1st
April next, a new lineof Steamers consisting of the
"Union" and "Winfidd Scott," will ply regularly
and directly between New York and New Orleans.
The "Union" "will. run down to New Orleans on the
8th inst. with the Express Freight of titimson &
Co.
The forgeries of Powers of Attorney for claims
to Bounty Lands, are now occupying .the attention
of the U. S. Commissioners Court: A set of pet
tifogging scoundrels have been imposing upon
emigrants and the public by pretending to haye
purchased bounty claims frora tho Soldiers who
fought in the Mexican War, and.they have sold for
hard cash rnany forged Powers of Attorney or con
veyances of these claims. These frauds often fall
the hardest upon those who are least able to bear
the loss.
E. P. Whipple, the best of the American essay
ists and reviewers, will lecture in Bufialo on the
5th inst. Ticker R ad and Fields havejust pub
lished a second edition of Whipple's admirable
Essays and Rcvicics. '
: GOVERNMENT FINANCE.
The U. S. Treasury statement just published
shows a net amount of public moneys in the
Treasury subject to a draft to be S14,222,2G1 25,
of which S2 615,000 are in the Sub-Treasury, Now
York, and 0700,000 in the Mint at Philadel
phia. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.
The Cumberland Civilian states that on Sunday
evening week Mr. John Coombs, one of the oldest
and most respectable citizens of that county, re
siding in the town of Frostburg, after having j;are
fully locked the doors of his house, proceeded to
church with his entire family. On their return,
about 9 o'clock, it was found that the house had
been broken into, and a burean in one of the
rooms robbed of a small trunk containing a large
amount of money and paper securities, viz :
The property stolen consisted of $"2,140 in gold
and silver, S341 in the pa per of the various banks,
and 32,690 ia the bonds of various individuals.
The trunk was subsequently found in an adjoin
ing meadow, rifled of its contents. Upon exami
nation it was discovered that the house wasente:
ed by forcing np a back window, through which
the robber passed, - with a perfect knowledge of
the localities, to the bureau containing the moneyy
which was opened with a screw-driver. JTo clue
has been had to the robber.
Usury Laws Abolished In Iowa.
The Keokuk (Indiana) Register says that the
Iowa .Legislature, following in the footsteps of
Wisconsin, has abrogated a1 usury laws, and per
mits parties to make their own contracts for the
use of money. We trust that Wisconsin, having
seta good example, will "take no steps ; back
ward." . ... -
WELL PUT, OLD LADY.
Mrs. Partington asks, very indignantly if the
bills befor$ ,Congress are not counterfeit, why
should there be suchT a difficulty in passing
thenar . t -t ; .
MEDICAL WISDOM. 1
, "My dear madam,. said a doctor to his patient,
I am truly gratified 4 to see you yet in life. At
my lat visit yesterday, yon know I told yon, you
had but si x hours to live.-' : r ' ,' -; -i
1 Yes,I know you did, doctor. I did not take
that dose you la me 1" ' : ; " V '
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1,
r.vnuu: i,.yjf, Hurler an I Eaiv
stA3a.TLJiivL,i iivoa Ur L1FP
m
store of Wilson, McGrew, Main street. Cinchi
was broken open and robled of ,TJ gvm j, y
amounting to nearly 840X), and also of K J
Destruction of the liostot, Cohcord ani ji0i,
: real Railroad Depot. 1
v; Meredith Bridge, N. II., Feb.
The large freight dejwt of the Boston
and Montreal Railroadt this place, was mjrH
consumed by fire, this morning. Loss Wa v '
Further Arrest at Koston on Account ofn
date FjUgilivc C.i?
Boston, Mar, h I,
Robert Morris, jr., a colored lawyer. aiiJJ
Coburn, cohered, clothes dealer, were arrel iLi
morning on a charge of aiding in the late rvsat
and were held for examination. The 11 'n.
Quincy, jr., became bail for Mr Morris iu S:ujr
Coburn was also bailed in $3,000.
The evidence in the case of ThW lVSniitb u
alleged rescuer, is all in, and thi ' tk-lVnci il
commenced their argument..
F com the S i).
FROM RIOr 1)E JANEIRO. ,
By the arrival, yesferday, ' of the bark'sJ
Capt. Feenhagcn, from Rio de Jnm-Vi), wLici
port she left on the Gth ot January.' we It ve r
jCeived the Jjrnal dc Cammercio.uf January r
.which contains some private letters from iUi-CM
Ayres, stating that every thing wasuiietatit'lu:
time though tranquility would not loiy prevail-!
At Cordova, 4 six 'v persons'" 'h;jd U-t ii shot , f,
attempts, real or imaginary, fo create listu;lis
C(?s. It is generally believed tint there uf, it
no war between Buenos Ayres and Ilrazil. G-.t.
eriior'Rosas' tlireAleus -and' blusters, bet this, r,
the coj.TCspbaident, is'proof that the ouly warS
blow, he is usually silent.
A DARK DEI.
A Washington correspondent of the X. Y. Evs
ng Post, Who speaks admiringly If the Cuk
mob, says :
" The aet which -..brought the Icollisiaa wii
Great Britain, throwing the tea Aerboarl, js
performed by cili.ens of Baston, stained talk
Indian hue; and I have heard it more than kx
intimated in the House to day, that tk L:
complexions of some who assisted in the late n
cno were bleached after the deed was rtavis
plished." , . .
The Richmond Republican remjirks; Tlic i
timation is a very probable one. It wuu.lam
port with the character of Boston abolitionists tt
make the negri)es alone responsible for an i
which they had not the courage themselvesojio
ly to perform. We have no doubt, from their Lt?
of sables, that they would assume a Mack ccn
plexion jiermauetly if they could, and that i
would be much better kecping-with thecoktf
their ljearts than a white skin, j 1 ,
j ' From Vic Raleigh Tina
RALEIGH AND GASTON RAILROAD.
" ' i'
, A meeting of the of old Stockholders, ando!
ers, interested in this Railroad, was heMin$f
City on Tuesday last, agreeably to previous m
tice, an(J was very respectably, but not verylu;
ly attended. There were delegates from Granville,
Franklin, Warren, Xorthampton, Peterbur.-i--Duncan
Cameron, Bsq. of this c ty presided.-E
olutions were reported, by a Committee ap!":
for that purpose, recconim-'n ling t!e acceptance
of the charter granted by tiie last G. nen.i i"
sembly. It was resolved by the (jencral c-a-missioners
that fhe books should ha cpeirJ11
Monday next for subscriptions of Stock, and con
missioners were appointed, 'at vario;n pji'i'i ,J
attending to this business. ' ' A very hopeful k'
prevaded the meeting ; and the 'opinion was
pressed that the stock in this Road will bsw
the best paying stock in'the State.
DREADFUL TRAGEDY.
New Castle, Del., Fe
We have just received information hereof
of the most' shocking tragedies on reconb lJi
pears that the dwelling of Mr. Crosden, who
sided near the Georgetown Cross Roads, in K
county, Md., was entered last night by some
raon in human shape, who, witlt4nijirflnj'
apparent provocation deliberately hot
Crosden dead upon
tne spot, -vn
this bloody deed, he found his way to the w.
cnamDcr' oi Jirs. viosueu, w v - . . ,
time, and deliberately shot her. Still thlTf
for blood, he sought and founi the istT
C. aud shot her, and then ended the tn3'
shooting the' servant girl all of whom arc
gerously wounded. Tiie murderer has
and no clue has yet been tad in regard t
It U hoied that speedy justice may cut sbon ,
career.; ; . ;
The Iemocrats of Tennessee aud the Cfl.
; -promise.
The Democratic Convention, which wel
yesterday, resolved that they "wouia bWcW
compromise measures of the last session .
gross, provided that Congress does the
but should the North ;cvad- the c01"?
repeal the same, abotfsh slavery iu '"T
Columbia, or refuse to admit new States,
they were slave -States, they would ,
mbas;lres of defence and redress as thc
safety of the South would require.
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