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. . I 5 1 THOMAS LOR1NG, Editor and Proprietsrz TWO DOLLARS Per Annnm, Invariably in Advance, NO 8 VOL. 5. WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1851, ' - 1 " . .1 ..LjjX-' . .'H'-. -").Ji.,lJ'Hii rf - lmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm'mmlmrTmmT . . . - '. T ' "PMgg11 ' ' ' Sg!!"r"M;TrT"" 'j : - i -i ; i .".j.'".!'' i t : ; . - - - , ; i - . f. S " . d, TO ONE IN AFFLICTION. Pear friend ! if word cf mine could seal The bitter fount, of all thy tears, .And, through the future's cloudy years, Some glimpse of sunshine yet reveal- That word I might not dare to speak ; father's sorrow o'er his child So sacred seems and undefiled, To hid it cease vre may not seek. Thy little boy has passed away From mortal sight and mortal love, - To join the shining choir abovo And dwell amid the perfect day ; i All robed in spotless innocence, And fittest for celestial jfcings, 6'ershadowed by her rustling. wings The angel softly led him hence : As pure as if Hie gentle rain Of his baptismal morn had sought llis bosom's depths, and ev'ry thought Had sweetly cleansed fromarthly stain: - guch blessed assurance brings, I know, To bleeding hearts but sad relief The dark and troubled tide of grief Mast have its painful ebb and flow And most of alii when thou dost plod, 'Mo nr. upon these wintry days, Along the old familiar ways Wherein his little feet have trod. And tho'.r dost treasure up his words, The fragments of his earnest talk, On some remembered morning walk, When, at the song of earliest birds, ! : 1 : Ile'tTask of thee, with charmed look, And smile upon his features spread, Whose ca.eful hand the birds had fed, And filled the ever-rumiing brook 1 Or viewing, from the distant glade, The dim horizon round his home, With simplest speech and air would come And ask why were the mountains made 1 Be strong, my friend, these days of doom Are but the threads of darkest hue, That daily enter to renew The warp of the Eternal Loom. i And when to us it -shall be given Iii joy to sec the other side, These threads the brightest shall abide In the fair tapestries of Heaven ! , 1 1 meet the 'mid the throng But from them all apart A child of fancy and of song, A creature of the heart, And 'mid the lovely, loveliest there, . For the soul's light is ever fair. Thy soul is in thine eyes, And I have drarjk their beams, Boft as the rich autumnal skies, Ami beautiful as dreams : A world of love smiles in their deeps, The brighter that its glory sleeps. 0 ! thou has touched a chord, Whose melody seemed o'er And stirred within my soul a word, I thought to breathe no more, ' Mj sun of love, I deemed had set, '' But twilight girds th' horjzsn yet, 0, lady ! be my star--? To make that twilight dim, Lavely as summer twilights are And vocal with a hymn; Not the 'rapt song of happier years, But a still music born of tears. 0, lady! be my star And when the storm comes by, I'll bless the shining from afar The angel of my sky : r rerchance that pure and lonelj' light May "lead me to some Pisgah height. 0, lady ! be my star ;- Then Fancy, slumbering long, May gladly mount the golden car, And win the heaven of song, And the obscurest poet's name, If blessed by love be linked to fame. AN INCIDENT. One of the richest cases we remember to have heard of happened a short time since in ineitrhKnnr.n Srito nnt n thousand miles ?'iuJI IN" iUV taw - ' frm New Hampshire. A difficulty had oc CQrred. as difficulties will occur between a I Poacher nnrl thp rhnir nf llis church. Wnich - UIJU V I A W - T w a considerable time deprived the conijre- eion ol the benefit ol tne services oi me 3bovA'nntno,1 U.c.ro TIip dplinnnp.nts at fngih relented, and appeared in full num- I- miu UOUll 1. 1 111 O W I DfcI n ascended the pulpit as usual, looked """ui on.the congregation, paying particular aotice t0 tne unexpected accession of his earer8.und when the time arrived for read- e nymn. he rose and with a very sig fir ?nt tone' lookJ and airJ with his eye he v un lnc recent absentees, oegan an Are ye wretches yet alive, l And do you yet rebel," 'Worcester Transcript. ins to MARGARET GARRITY. We . published in The Commercial of Thursday last, the resuk of the trial of Mar garet Garrity. on a charge of murder, for killing a young man named Dru. She was acpilted 'under the pfea of insanity. The verdict of not guilty was greeted 1 with much satisfaction by the people of Newark. N. J. where she was tried. Such will be the case we believe, throughout the country. The evidence on the trial exhibited the following history of the facts of the icase. Margaret is aged about nineteen years ; is possessed of a pleaswis? personal appear ance, not without pretentions fp beaoy,-and has a character for gentleness of temper, and liveliness of disposition, that seems to have made many friends for her in the different families where she has been at service. Two years ago,!" a young Irishman engaged at some mechanical occupation in Newark, be camp enamored" of her charms and good hu mor, and iii a short time succeeded so well in winning the girl's favor as to procure a prom ise of marriase. Margaret gave her whole heart to her lover. Their intimacy was of the very closest. Night alter night they met; they spent their holydays together; were recognised by thtir friends as plighted .lov ers; and every arrangement for the marriage, save the precise tjime, was definitely settled. Drum availed himself of the confidence se cured by this state of things to tempt the unsuspecting girl's virtue. He used the or dinary arts of seduction with the skill of a thorough bred villain. The affection won by the display of the better side of his char acter, wnslto be abused and betrayed by the use of the most approved and diabolical methods. I Its very intensity and self forget fulness were to effect its ruin. Immediate marriage, the picture of a comfortable home and the happiest of domestic ties, were held out as allurements. The fervor of the sedu cer's love was pleaded; the crime itself was robbed of its criminal aspect, and as usual depicted as an innocent indulgenoe, the evil of which, if any threatened, could readily be prevented by a resort to the altar. The Irish girl is notoriously tenacious of, her virtue; and Margaret, clinging to her womanhood and fair fame, held out long against the ' se ductions of her lover. But the strength of stronger minds than hers has a thousand times over given way to constant importuni ty. Margaret bad bestowed all else she had in thejworld upon the seducer, and her honor followed the rest. i As usual, the grief and remorse of her lat ter hours found no relief in the reparation promised her by marriage. She urged Drun. to the performance of his engagement. He profes.-ed entire willingness, but postponed the ceremony from time to time on various pretences ; and the girl seems never to have doubted his good fiiiih until a fortnight or so before the final act of the tragedy. She had become conscious that the punishment 'of her frailty was at hand, and nothing but tlie fi delity of her lover could save her Irom dis grace. Friends told her that he was' devo ting himself tOf another ; she refused tq be lieve it. She 'demanded an interview with him ; he appointed a day for the performni.ee of the rite, aud left her to get her wedding dress ready, and make other preparations for the happy occasion. Again she was assur ed of his infidelity ; and calling at!his lodgings, she forced I him to walk with her across the Passaic bridge and resolve her suspicions. He no longer disguised his ill-faith. He told her falstdy jthat he was already married to a girl in New York worth $200, and that a un ion with his miserable victim was therefore out of tha question. Leaving her with this, the poor girl was abandoned to despair, and sought the liver bank with the aim of en ding her troubles and shame in the death ol the suicide.: The presence of bypassers in terposed; and. calmer thoughts prevailing she returned home. i For two weeks, Margarett's health contin ued very steadily to decline. Without know-inc-anv cause for the change, her mistress aud fellow servants observed the evidences of care and illness upon her. and were all the more surprised, from a knowledge of her sup posed approaching wedding. A few days before the final event, the rumor that Drum was to marry a girl named McGuire, was brouo-ht to Margaret, and became current among her ! friends. Her frenzy and grief were unbounded. On the afternoon of the 4th of August, she was told that her lover had aclually been wedded to this girl McGu ire. She at once became, if not actually in sane, yet so far deranged as to be the subject of remark to several witnesses unaware ot any of the circumstances. About 7 o'clock in the evening, she left Mr. Tucker's house, and went down to the place where she had reason to believe Drum and his wife were staying. For two or three hours she hung about the neighborhood, waiting the appear ance of the wretch who had stolen her honor. The neighbors remarked her extraordinary behavior and shunned her, supposing her to be crazyi At last Drum and his wif came out. The night was intensely dark, and Margaret followed them some distance un observed. She had concealed her face, by drawinsr a veil close over it. Near the cor ner of Planft a ml New streets, her grasp fell upon the arm of her seducer, and in another moment long enough for the doomed man to recognize the avenger the steady stroke ol a knife had sent hi'ra to his final retribu tion. . The alarm was given, but the homicide had made her escape. Reason appears, to have returned with the fulfilment of her re venge. The murder was committed about 10, o'clock; and a few minutes afterward shenvent to her bed-room, told thej other se.r- vants what she had done, threw'Iierself on'a bed fcr a moment or two. then huddling some clothing together, told them she was going to her brother's in Brooklyn, and left the house. The search for her was unsuccesslul, and it is not improbable that the strong feel ing of sympathy with her wrongs on the part of the public would have prevented any very energetic efforts, la secure her arrest. Two davs afterward, however, she returned to Newark, accompanied by her relatives, and surrendered herself to the authorities. THE LUDICROUS SIDES OF LIFE. The dexterous leap of thought, by which the mind escapes from a seemingly hopeless dilemma, is worth all the vestments of digni ty which the world holds. It was this readiness in reparatee which continually saved Vol tarie from, social overturn. He once praised another writer very heartly to a third per son. "It is very strange," was the reply. ' that you speak so well of him. for he bavs that you- are a charlatan" 'Oh,'' replied Voltaire, "I think it very likely that both of us may be mistaken." Again, you must all have heard the anec dote of the younir gentleman who was dis coursing very dogmatically about the appro priate sphere of woman.. '-And pray, sir," screamed out an old lady. ';whal ia the ap propriate sphere of woman?" ';A celestial sphere, madam." " Robert Hall did not lose his power of re tort even in madness. A hypocritical con doler with his misfortunes once visited him in the mad-house, and said in a whining tone. 4;What brought you here, Mr. Hall ?" Hall sitrnifican tly touched his brow with his finger and replied, -'Whal'll never bring you, sir too much brain '," ! A rapid change from enthusiasm jto non chalence is often necessary in society. Thus, a person once eloquently eulogising the an gelic qualities of Joan of Arc, was suddenly met by the petulant question, What was Joan of Arc made of?" ''She ivas Maid of ftrlpnna " A Yankee is never upset by the astonish ing. He walks among the Alps with his hand3 in his pockets, and the smoke of cigar is seen among the mists of Niagara. One of this class sauntered into the office of the light ning telegraph and asked how long it would take to transmit a message to Washington. "Ten minutes," was the seply. UI can't wait," was his rejojqder. Sheridan never was without a reason, nev er failed to extricate himself in any emergen cy by his wit. At a country house, where ho nucR on a visit, tin elderly I maiden ladv desired to be his companion in a walk. He excused himseii ai nrsi on me giumiu u. the badness of 1 he wfatller. She soon after wards, however, intercepted him in an at lomnt in P.sp.a np. without her1. 'Well," 6he sa d, "it is cleared up, I see." '- Why, yes." he answered, "it has ciearea up euougmur one, but not eneugh for two." AMERICAN PEACHES IN LIVERPOOL. The Liverpool Mercury says that ' it is well known that the U. S. produce im- ,:;Dc f that most dplicious fruit. the peach; and, so far as we have heard. none nave ever oeep urougiu miu try. A gentleman on hoard the Afrfca has. however, made the attempt, and, with some care, has succeeded in bringing them in a perfect state. He has brought them as a present to the family and friends of a gentle manfcfarmer in this town, who may therefore claim to be the first importer of ripe peach es from' the United $tates to England." NOT ENGAGED, BUT, MARRIED. Some ridiculous mistakes occur j among foreigners at times, owing to different inean inrsapplied to the same word in our lan guage. During the absence of a physician of our acquaintance the other day, a gentle man called to see him. and rang the bell at the door. The summons was answered by a dutch servant girl, of whom he inquired if the doctor vvas within. No.' 'Is his lady in?' 'Yes.' ' . 'Is she engaged V The girl looked at him a moment, while a curious expression settled on her features as she replied : . 'Why. no; she js already married. The gen.leman sloped. I HOWTOOBTAIN CREDIT. The Salem Observer, says, a young man who had been in business two or tfrree years,! was in want of a small loan of money, from two to three hundred doll irs. He made some inquiries, and was directed to a worthy citizen for the needful. He accordingly call ed on the gentleman and asked the favor, and the tojlowjng dialogue took place: 'Sir. do you take a newspaper V Yes sir the S O 'Very well call on me in a day or two. During the interval the gentleman j called at the priming office, ard on inquiry found that the applicant for the money had paid his newspaper bill punctually, when due. On the young man calling on him at the time appointed, he said, 'You can have the money, sir, upon your note.' A .1-11 etnrtr is ratotul r C an flOneSt faNU- who nttpmntincr in drive home a bull, got suddenly hoisted over the fence. Recover ing himseii. he saw tne animal on mu uwic side of the 'rails, sawing the air with his head and neck, and pawing the ground." The good old man looked steadily at him a moment, and then shaking his fist at him, exclaimed, "Darn your apologies you needn't stand there, you did it a purpose, darn your curly piotut - A TRUE LADY. The Louisville Courier of the 8th insL says: -'The paper through the country are noticing with favor the verdict often thous and dollars lately received in Henry, in this State, in favor of a young lady, in an action ofslander, as a strong indication of the high moral tone of the community where the cause was. tried. , It may be proper to add that as soon as the verdict vvas rendered, the fair Kentucky plaintiff scorning to re ceive the money of the defendant her only object being the vindiction of her name from the calumnious aspersions oftle defendant directed her counsel to enter a remittitur lor the amount of the verdict, save what would be sufficient to compensate them for their services. Upon consultation they con sented to be satisfied withftve hundred dol lars, and, in accordance with. the instructions of their client, released the defendant from the payment of he nine thousand five hun dred dollars." Mr. Webster's visit to New Hampshire was an event fraught with many very inter esting associations, some of which' we have already alluded to. Manchester, where he spoke, is within a stone'3 throw of where John Stark, the boy, did his trapping a hundred and more years ago ; where the hones and the ashes of the hero of fifty bat tles, twenty years anterior to the war of In dependence, repose. When, nearly ninety years ago, the hero of Bennington was invit ed to attend a celebration of the event, and the invitation said, if you canqot, come, Gen eral, please send us some sentiments. "These," answered the hero, 'you shall have, and as free as the air which blows on your native mountains. They are of the ex termination of all Tories for the Declara tion of Independence and for the indissoluble Union of these States." New York Express, SWINDLING IN OHJO, A few days ago, a swindler in Ohio, sent a letter from Xenia to a merchant in Cincin nati, pretending to send a remittance, but enclosing only bits of brown paper. The merchant left immediately for Xenia to un ravel the mystery ot the affair, supposing it possible that some foul play j may have Jbeen done by second parties. On arriving at Xenia he found his man--cqrnered him made him reveal, and found in his pocket-book bank notes corresponding exactly to those describ ed in the letter he had received- The man wa6 so subdued by the evidences of his guil t, that he made a full acknowledgment of his bungling attempt at swindling, by a confes sion in writing. The merchant look posses sion of the horses, wagon and goods, ol which the felloyv was in charge, gave him money to leave ihe country, and returned to tlie cty. CORRESPONDENCE OP THE COMMERCIAL. New York, Oct. 15, 1851. Weather bright, clear and cool. People moving about with much more briskness and elasticity than last week. Musquetoes in the vocative. Policemen buttoning up their coats with more an imation than usual. Coal dealers quite fresh and lively. Stone Peach pedlars investing in Pears. Autumnal indications at tfte street corners in the shape of ohesnut-roasters ; the first of the season, . The most persistent summer absentees coming back like doves to the windows, j Boarding pla ces in demand, and the keepers very independent. Such are a few of the premonitory symptoms that "the summer is past and the harvest ended-" This graphic scriptural phrase (applied much more forcibly to those who neglect the season of spirit ual grace until death is nigh) reminds me that our most zealous' religious men and we are not without some God-fearing people, even in this Sabbath desecrating City are girding up their loips for a more than usually earnest co-operation in the advancement of Christ's kingdom during the coming winter. , I witnessed an interesting incident last Sunday, in the ''Brick Church," the pastor of which is the author of the recent valuable addition to the ological literature, a brace of large handsome volumes entitled ' First Things j in the Creation and Providence of God." Some eight or nine per sons were admitted as members of the Church, and of three who were baptized two were a Pias ter and his slave. The master was a tall, middle aged white man (though rather dark complexion ed) and the slave, a very intelligent and good looking mulatto girl, about 17 years of age They knelt and were baptized together ; she by the name of Jeseie Ackuraan. I did not ascer tain from what place they came, but he brought her hither to give her liberty, and seal her man umission not only from human bondage but from the service of satan also. There were a thousand inquiries after the stea mer Ajtlantic, yesterday, as it was believed to be the 14th day out from LiverpooJ. T-bjs morning the newsboys are relieving the anxiety about Ijer, by loud cries of her arrival. As electricity trav els much faster than my letters, I will not waste my ink in a synopses qf the Atlantic's news, which you will get by the telegraph, j By the way, the Jlouse Telegraph folks have just moved into the handsome new building, just completed, at the corner of Wall and Broad Sts.f and sext door to the office of Adams & Co's New Orleans and Mississippi valley Express. Daniel Webster is exnectad in this city in a day or two. It is believed he will take prominent part in the reception of Kossuth, as his eloquent al lusion to Hungary in his speech at the '-'Sons of New Hampshire dinner, in the Hal sf Fitchburg. Depot last year,, and his admirable reply to the arrogant letter of the Austrian Cpasul Hulseman, at Washington, a well as his views of the Hunga rian contest, expressed less publicly, indicate a profound respect and sympathy for this illustri ous Tictirn, of tyranny and imperial fraud. President Fillmore and his Cabinet ought (I think) to meet "the Pres ident of the Hungarian Kepublic" at bis landing, and welcome hiw. to these shores. Undoubtedly, they would do as much for any crowned head" that should visit our land, and why not for Lewis Kossuth.. Is he any less tho chosen chief of a great though now enslaved people, because deprived of power by an Aastaian usurper 1 No ; he ought still to be treated with allthe honors due to the Chief Mag istrate of the nation. When Charles II was ex pelled from his throne, he was treated as a king by the Court at Versailles,. So, too, was James II ; yet both of these dethroned monarchs the one d rake and debauchee, the other a bigot and tyrant were driven into exile by their own people, How much more noble are the deserts of the Hun garian President. His constituents love and ven erate him for his virtues, his patriotism, wisdom and bravery. Hence, wo trust that pur people and pihlic fnnctionaries will give Kossuth such a reception as we would like to have the President of the United States meet with should he visit other lands There is everv indication that such honors will be accorded the Hungarian Chief in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Cincinnatti ; nor will there be any man-worship about it. Kossuth is the representative of a noble, though unfortunate people, imcl what is more; he is the embodiment and exponent of the sublime sentiment of civil and religious liberty. This subject is the main topic of conversation to day. j. for the commercial. j POINTS OF GREATNESS J He who possesses the following points of great ness is tr$ly great. j fo know his own weaknesses so as not to be governed by them. j To see his own follies so as not to think them virtue. To forge self so as to discriminate between a flatterer and a knave. t To choose an occupation suited to his capacity; li?e within his income; attend so strictly to his own business, as to have no time to attend to that of others, and in all things seem to others as he knows himself to be. j To choose a wife as affection prompts, guided by judgment unbribed by passion, wealth or fam ily influence. - j To teach his children by example as well as profession that a good name is better than great riches, and he that rule th his own spirit, than he that taketh a city. To act honestly in all things; giving to each his due; not living for himself, but the good of hnman kind, from a sense of moral obligations abpve fear or hope of reward. j I THOUGHTFUL. ARRIVAL OF THE I STEAMER AMERICA! 4 DA YS LA TEH FROM EUWQPQ. : Si 1 j Halifax, Oct. 15- 6 P. M. The Royal Mail steamer America, Capt. Shan non, which sailed from Liverpool on Saturday, the 4tb inst., arrived here this afternoon, at 6 o'clock, bringing dates from Liverpool to the day of her sailing. She has 108 passengers. The steamer Franklin arrived q Southampton on the morning of the 2J inst. j The British and Continental news is! possessed of very little interest. In England, public at tention ia concentrated to the approaching close of the great World's Fair, hjch-is positively to take place on the 11th inst, after which two days will be appropriated to the exhibitors, each hav ing the privilege of introducing two friends. The awards will be made on the 15th irst. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ATLANTIC 4 DA YS LA TER FROM E UROPE. The steamer Atlantic has arrived at New York, with Liverpool dates to the 1st instant. She brings no political intelligence, of importance The Arctic, under command, ot Capt'. Ac.stjv, has returned to England, without making any new discoveries. The return of the 'Rescue and Advance was known in England by an arrival from Greenland. ! 1 The telegraphic communication across the channel has been completed. Hon. Abbott Lawrence, was still in frttynd. Trade in England was more healthy, and the money marker more buoyant. Bnllion in the Bank js rapidly increasing. (The attendance at the Exhibition is about sxty-eight thousand daily. The Roman Catholic Defence Association has commenced its action, by issuing an address to the Catholics of the United Kingdom, declaring hostility tq JhP Ecclesiastical Title bill and the Ecclesiastical policy of the Government, and call ing on the Catholics to unite in an organised re sistanpe to both. The address is signed by Dr. Ccllen, Catholic Primate of Ireland, j and Mr. Keogh, Secretary of the Defence Association. Kossctm and his companions arrived at Mar- seirfeson the 25th of SepUtnber. in the VnUetl States, frigate Mississippi -.' ij - : t - - -i , Cotton closed at rates current prior to the sail ing of the Asia. The pricos of flour and wheat were fully sustained: Corn was scarco and quiet. : , ( ....... The excitemefit at Madrid in regard to Cuban aflairs had diminished. , Turkey is said to be on the poiut of a political crisis. Raschid Pasha'a power was tottering, and his successor vraa alrcadv talked of. Tlie overland mail from India has arrived. Too outbreak in Cashracr ha ; been oppressed. A great iuundiation has occurred. In tbo Punjsub. t The N.avt Department at Washington, ha not been fiicially informed of io sailing of tbo Mississippi with lie? dUtia sukfced Hungarian passenger, altroujh, f course, there la no doubt as to the fact. The necessary order hare been given to the several shii aiyi garrisons to aalato Kossuth on his landing. As Congress has alrea dy signified its desire to treat him as tho guest of the country, the Presided win, aouu. cx-. tend to him all proper courtesy. No appropria tion, however, has been made for tho purpose. Prisoners vt by the Savannan , ' i Norfolk. Oct. 13. The Savannah has brought here ten) of the crew of the ship Mareia Clevcs, of Boston, who -mutined and compelled the master to put Into Valparaso, where they were arrested by the Ame rican Consul, and sent home for trial. ' She alsa brings Joseph Thompson, one of the crew of tb American barque Nehevalan Red, charged wUU murdering Joseph Hawking, the" steward. They have all been committed to jail for .examination before the District Court, which ureets in No vember. . 1 -r 1 Late a Ad Important from Mexico Gjrcrntf Letcher Arrived Troubles of thi Government. New. Orleans, Oct. 13th. , By an arrival at this port, we have d-tfea (rOn Vera Cruz to the 4th inst. " " Governor Letcher arrived at Vera, Cruz on th 1st, and proceeded immediately to the cap ital. V- ' ' v Accounts from the City of Mexico, to the 7th, represent-the government to be in great oonfu-, sion. Many ineffectual attempts had beea mado ( to appoint a new Cabinet: Te Treasury is at its lowest ebb, and the goTerumwit resources nearly annihilated. , ' Accounts of the revolution in Northern Mexico had not yet reached the capital. Later news had been received from the Rio Grande. The Sheriff of pan Francisco, (Mexico,) had arrested two of the negroes of Wild Cat, ono of whom Goffer John, a leader in the Florida War, but who was ; freed by treaty stipulations. Wild Cat ITmuch exasperated and it is appre hended that the negroes will retaliate. THE SYRACUSE OUTRAGE. . Issue of Bench Warrants. Syracuse, Oct. 14. In obedience tq orders issued by the Federal Gov ernment, warrants have been gotten put against some of the roost prominent citizens of this place, for alleged participation iUthe recent rescue of a, fugitive slave. ! 1 MISSISSIPPI. It is now said that Jefferson Davis has nqt declined being a candidate for Governor of the State of Mississippi. He has resigned his scat in the U. S. Senate. Gen. Foote will also resign be fore the day of Election. So that State will) bo without a Representation tq tho Senate, at tho opening of the Session. On the late votes given for members of the Convention, the Union majority was 7,162. - THE WEEKLY POST. On the 6th of December next, the Deaf Mute at Raleigh, will be merged in a periodical under tho above title. It is to be a literary paper, under the care of Mr. W.m. D. Cook, tlie present Propri etor of the DcafM.tle. Pi ice in advance, or $2 50 if payment is delayed for six months.1 It will be chiefly , edited by Calvin' II. Wiley, Esq. i FIRE IN RALEIUH. , ' The Register of Wednesday : says : "A Black ! smltti'rt Shop, on the premises of Mrs. Clarke, of I this City, ar4 within a few yard only of her rcs idence, was entirely consumed by fire on - J? naay night last. But for the favorable state of the at mosphere, the fire would doubtless have been much more serious in its consequences! When will our citizens wake up to the importance of an efficient Fire Polic and better water facilities V Another fatl Afpldent oti the Erie II. II NARROVfaacnq. Oct. 14. An accidnU ocrurn-d ypsterday on the Erie Rail road near the summit, by which Mr. Dcck pr, a conductor lost his life. lie was in the act of disconnecting a train chen fee fell between the cars and tho engine, receiving injuries that caused his deatlj jri a fevr hpjjrs. Mr. D. leaves a family. .', ,'. A BREAKER. Ve find in one ol our exchanges, the follow "breaking" compliment addressed by a lover his sweetheart. Read it: "Strike np the tabor's boldoM notes, We'll rouse the nodding grove; The nested birds shall raise their throats; And hail the maid I love And see the inatin lark mistakes ; He quits the tnfted green; , . . Fond bird ! Tis not the morning Wffcki, ' t ,r Aberdeen;'. , - fr IDg tq fi 4. t' -1 M i. i (2 ! f r !.-
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