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THOMAS LOKlNGr, Editor and oprietar: TWO DQLLAUS Pernnara, invariably in Advance.'
VOL. 5.
WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL. 2. I8fg.
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TflE BEST FRIEND:
A TALE, TRANSLATED FROM
THE FRENCH.
-FOB. THE COMMERCIAL. BY A LONG CREEK
CORRESPONDENT.
CHAPTER III,
It is very easy now to understand the em
barrassment of Victor at the appearance of
Mr, Benn. Indeed surprise constituted a
considerable part of his emotion. Victor
could not. for the lite of him," understand how
the odious creditor had, afttr his long . ab
sence come to the knowledge of his immedi
ate return, and his very residence; and his
subterfuge of announcing himself as his best
friend was little calculated o. give him an
'assurance thereof. j
On the other hand Mr. de Corvelles was
still under the sweet jiiflucnpe of osa direar
my thoughts, that oepupied his soul at the
foot of the Pyrenees; und of those 'dulcet
hopes with which the lova of Miss Auyrqy
had'iuspired his heart.
Although he had not yet de,em,ed it oppor
tune to ask that final, important and difficult
question, whose answer-! involves so much
happiness or misery; yef, from the happiness
which Miss Auvrey seemed to experience in
his company; her lovely eyes radiating, as
jt were, towards him; the. bright rays that
streamed from her bosom's jove, and the
pure tender alTections of her artless angel
ic aiul gushing forth thrqqgh every pore of
bcr fascinating countenance rind from the
important service rendered to her father, he
had reason to hope that on o:ne future day
Jn happiness would be consqrnnr,ated in be
coming her sworn devotedprotector Jrom.the
jvorld's rude assaults -her inseparable com
panion through the thorny paths of life her
jiearcst, dearest, most sincere friend; in one
ivon, her husVand.
Now, the apparauon of the usurer, riotqnjy
fecal led to his mind those cares and troubles
from whose distracting influence l.e once
strove to escape by his flight from Paris and
his tour through Europe but also threatened
an inevitable outbreak with the austere mer
chant. r-
Nevertheless, after endeavoring to banish
from his mind Jus first trodble. Victor sum
moned up all his courage au(J prepared him
self to withstand bravely, the shock of the
creditor. -
Mr. Bean, replied he. what d you want ?
Mr. Benn. who had been for some time
past, statue like, and plunged jti a kind of
emcy af sight of the young man, look
ed nil at once, as if lie Tiud operienced an
ecleclric shock, and extending his arms to
ward Victor so straight as to leave half of
thera exposed: the sleeves of his old coat be
ing too shorf. ' - .
Ah! Victor, how glad I am to see you 1
You are very kind, M;r. Benn, please be
ealcj. i-
Oh I thank you, thank you, I am not fa
tigued. Permit me raider (o gaze on you at
myea3e. How fresh and well you look!
your health is good, is it not ?
Excellent, Mr. Benn.
How delighted I am ! Ah ! yo ir absence
caused me great uneasiness ! To go ofF
thus without seeiug anybody and to remain
way two years without sending us any ac
count? Do vou know that T thought vou
'rere dead ? Poor Mr. Benn ! You can
therefore imagine my joy, when I saw you
jasstng byln a post-chase, as I ,was loiter-
lnKbythc shops in St. Housrius, -Street.
At first my intense emotion was near prostra-
flT mft hilt mir n .( U nnr. T
hot off like an arrow in pursuit of your
carriage.! Ah! I have run hard, but a
length I gud you ; at length I see you again.
I am satisfied, now I am happy ; all my
THeties, 1 my fatrues are forgotten.
Ashe whs pronouncing these last words
1 wiped away a tear and fixed on Victor a
jk of admiration and tenderness. As to
l H&r he had not yet recovered' from his
How ! Mr. Benn, you .ran alter ray car-
Tea sir; altho j'ou had three horses ! My
eforyoa must have nerved and strength
niy muscjes.
Really Mr. Benn 1 am at a los for words
epress my gratitude!
h 1 it is very easy for rou to be errateful :
i
'-ie; lake good care of your health ; live
iuc, iiyu iorever, u you can, uus
require.
i
?aith Mr. Benn you are not very exact-
i
! My God ! No ; bat listen to me, con-'"-J
the creditor in a wheedliriir tone ; we
. Simp, littlf. tUfCf.rp.nc.pa'
I beg of- yoq to forget them, as I shall Mr.
Benn." '
Is your uncle still living aakedj he usu
rer fixing stealthily at the same time a ear
chin U.ok on the young man.
Yes, to my grief ! ! ' i
And doubtless you have not rajney enough
to pay rse. j ' V'
indeed I have not ! - I
Well, well, no matter, ai;d he old man.
encouragingly, a smile for the first time du
ring the conversation, flitting over bis counte
nance I- do not want you to pay me now ;
any future time will do to arrange that busi
pe?su . ' j , t
Certaiidy Mr. Benn. ;
I must go now ; good bye Victor I hope
we shall see each other often.
I shall be alyiys very happy to see you,
Ir. Benn. ,
Should you ever at any time stand in need
of any assistance within my power to render,
d,o not I entreat you forget t6' call on me. " -
I shall not Mr. Benn.
Am I not your best friend ?
ia he finis?h;d these vyords, he stretched his
hand lo ihe young man, and j after having
pressed his most tenderly and affectionately
he withdrew. j
Confound (yourself and your friendship
murmured Victor as he closed the door aftefr.
him. Hang me if I know what that old, mi-
ser is about.!
The conduct of Mr. Benn, particularly
after the just motives of resntment he had
against Victor was highly ; calculated to
elicit the astonishment of, the latter ; but the
desir! of- Gnl arp joipenetrabln, and never
doeslie appe.ar more omnipotent in Iiis raira
cles than when thro the gracious influence of
his spirit, he transforms and mollifies the
proud, obstinate, obdurate heart of man.
Now behold how this wonderful metapho
sis ol the Usurer was accomplished. The
sudden disappearance of Victor plunged Mr.
Be.nn fH first into a deep stupor ; tin's flight
of his appeared to him a flagrant actjpf tad
fiith : and sDoiled as he was b the hibit of
, ' ' , .
deceiving others, the crafty old man could
not now forgive hjrrjgelf lor fyavmg been, this
time, duped j in turn. i
Formerlyj when they intended to punish a
Knight guilty of felony, they hanged his
esquire. Mr. Benn, to be avenged of the
fugitive, made a generaj sweep of all his
debtors, and sent them indiscriminately to
Clichy, to an establishment fitted up there
for such folks ; this was really murdering the
innocent. But-this blind and ferocious hu
mor was of short duration ; it was too ex
pensive. Besides Mr. Benn had, in the in
terim, time for reflection. - '
Indeed there-are some reckless men and
giddy females to whom the elegant and bust
ling Jifo.of ;cities ' is so necessary that they
would sooner die than live otherwise. Now
Victor was of this number ; it was then high
ly probable, he would sooner or later return
to fly around the fatal lamp of dissipation
and pleasure, which, from the stern influence
qf habit one can scarcely abandon, until the
wings of passion are either scorched or con-
conaumed. j
It was then a question of tjqje and nothing
else. ' Therefore," Arr. Benn. knowing this,
waited patiently. However. Victor's absence.
increasing beyond ill expectation, he could
no longer doubt that his debtor had died and
borne away with him to the tomb his six
thousand crowns.
Such precisely were the reflections ol Mr,
Benn at the moment he recognised Mr. de
Corvelles riding by in the post-chaise.
It would be impossible to describe the
change that took place in the old creditor, at
the eiht of Victor; he instantly repudiated
from his mind all the inexorable designs and
the crafty intentions he had formed against
him ; formerly the crudest of creditors, he
now assumed, aa we have seen, the kindest
and most affectionate demeanor towards Vic
tor. Was not Victor, in effect, the truest
representation of his credit 1 Were not the'
thirty-thousand-francs so united to his exis-
tence as to partake of all its changes and to
undergo all the influences of its destiny?
The debtor being sick, the thirty-thousand
franes necessarily' underwent an incalculable
depreciation, and he being dead, they were
completely lost. V
When Mr. Benn mei Mr. de Corvelles, the"
thirty-thousand francs appeared, as it were
fresh, rosy cheerfoj, anl healthy; how nec
essary it was, then, to nourish such flourish-'
ing health and to avoid every think that
might affect it ! Besides, it was but an af
fair of patience, and it would be always
time enough to make that carefully cultiva
ted 'garden return with usury the precious
deposit confided toils bosom. 1
Unfortunately, Victor did not understand
the motives of his creditor's conversion. He
resolved therefore, to avail himself of those
moments oi respite which the real or preten
ded tenderness of Mr. Benn, seemed to prom
ise, to put jnto effect that project which he
had been for along time past, cherishing and
maturing in his heart. This project, aseasi
ly perceived., was to ask thehand of Miss Au
vrey in marriage. JUNIUS.
(To be Continued.)
RAIL HQAD MEETING.
StJMTERVlLLE, S. C,
Thursdav. March 4th .1852.
The fourth annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Wilmington & Manchester
Railroad flomnanv. nKspmhlwl Snmir-
4 ville S C, on Thursday the 4th of March
iooa. agreeaoiy 10 aajournmeut irom tne
meeting called at Marion C. H-. on the 28th
January last. . ' I
Ou motion of Gen. W. Harllee, Maj. Wm.
Haynsworth was called to the Chair, J and J.
D. Blatiding, of Sumteryille, and S. D. Wal
lace, ol -Wilmington, were requeEtet o act
as Secretaries of the Meeting
On motion, the Secretaries with Mr. John
MacRae, Jr.. the Treasurer of the Company.
iverR annointPil n Conimitfi in rpppicfl
verify proxies, and to report the number of
snares repreeuieu in person, uuu iy proxy
and if there was present, a majority of the
whole shares of the Company.
The Committee having received the prox
ies and compared 'them' with the Slock
Bonds of the Corppany, reported that there
were present, represented in person,
eleven hundred and sixty-fourS hares. 1.164
' Seven thousand two hundred an4
iwenty-seyen shares vjntfer proxy ' 7,227
8,391
making the total number of Shares pres
ent, eight thousand three- hundred and ninety-one.
That the Shares owned by the State of
South Carolina, were not represented.
That there was present a majority of the
shares of the capital stock of the Company.
The Report of the Committee was recejv
ed, and the Chairman declared the meeting
to be open for business.
Gen. W. W. Harllee submitted the annu
al Report of the President aud Direetors, cf
the Resident Engineer of the Road, and of
the Treasurer ol the Company, to the Stock
holders, for the year 1852; and stated that
they had been printed and generally distrib
uted among the stockholders.
On motion, the reading of the Reports was
uispensea witn-
Mr. Baldwin submitted the report from
the Committee, appointed at the' meeting
held at Marion C. H., on the 2Sth of Janua
ry last, to examine and report upon the
state of the 1 reasurer's accounts, which sta
led that the Committee had examined the
accounts of the Treasurer for the preceding
year, and found them qorcect. And recom
mended" that a Committee be appointed at
each annual meeting, to audit and report
upon the Treasurers accounts to the sucr
ceeding meeting.
Thefreporf was repeiyed and laid on the
table. ' i ,
Gen. Harllee moved that a Committee of
five (5) be appointed to examine and re
port upon the Reports of the President, and
resident Engineer and Treasurer.
'Mr. 'Mull ins moved to amend, )?y making
the Committee to consist ol nine, (9) to wit,
3 from Wilmington, 2 from Marion, 2 from
Darlington, and 2 from Sumter, and stated
that there was ho" one present from Colum
bus County, N. C.
The Resolution as amended, was adopted
and the Chairman appointed the following
gentlemen to constitute the Committee, to
wit Alex. MacRae, M. Costin and S. D.
Wallace, ol Wilmington; Wm. Evans and
W. S. Mullins, of Marion: J. M. Timmons
and A. E. Mclver, of Darlington; S. R
Chandler and A. J. Moses, of Sumter.
Mr. W. L. Brunson, submitted the follow
ing Resolution:
Resolved, That an inquiry be instituted as
to the contract for superstructure at this
place, to ascertain whether it progresses ac
cording to the specifications.
After discussion, on motion of W. A. Mul
drow, the resolution was laid jon the table, to
be taken up after the Committee on the re
ports of the President, Engineer and Treas
urer had reported, .
On motion, the meeting adjourned until 3
o'clock P, M. . -
J. P. Bland ng, Secretaries
S. D. Wallace, S Crcmrie
The Chairman called the meeting to order
at 3 o'clock P. M.
Mr. Mallins, for the Chairman, submitted
the following Report from the Committee on
Reports.
The Committee to whom was referred the
reports of the President and Directors, En
gineer, and Treasurer; as also the report of
,the Committee appointed to admit the Treas
urer's accouuts, heg leave to .Report. ;
That after the brief examination, they have
been able to give the matters referred to
them, the affairs of the Company 6eem to
them to have been managed with discretion,
antl 'fidelilV, during the last' year.
The general prospects of the Road are i
evidently brightening, and we trust that tne
Stockholders are soon to begin to realize the
reward of their exertions.
Your Committee deem it a matter of great
importance to the interest of this Company,
that a connection should be made with the
South Carolina Rail 'Road at 'some other
point than the present inconvenient junction
in the Wateree Swamp. They trust that
the President r,nd Board will, renew their ef-
forts to make a satisfactory arrangement on
this subject.
With regard to the Treasurer's Report
they have to rely entirely upon the report of
ine committee heretolore appointed to audit
his accounts. The suggestion therein made,
are, in the opinion of this Committee, deserv
ing of the approval of the Stockholders, and
a resolution on this subject is herewith re
ported. The locations of the termini st itions is al
ways a difficult matter and more especially
where interests are varied and conflicting j 'it.
is mere fore gratifying to the Committee to
observe in the Reports of the President and
Engineer, that at Wilmington, the Uopalion
has been so arranged as to gTve general satV
isfaction to the cities of thfirtQh'.' '
Your Committee recommend the adoption
of the following Resolutions : . '
1. Resolved, That the Board of Directors
be instruc.ed to reysei's ebon as practicable,
the rates of freight at present charged.
2. Resolved, That hereafter at each annu
al meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany, alGommittee of three persons be ap
pointed to audit semi-annually the accounts
of the Treasure, who shall be allowed five
dollars per diem for every day they are ac
tuary engaged in the execution of this duty.
3. R'esolved, That there be appointed a
Committee of three persons, whose duty it
shall be at some time shortly previous to the
next annual meeting to pass over with the
Engineer that portion of the Road which
shall then be completed, and make an Ex
amination of the manner in which the work
is performed, aud report to the Company,
with any suggestion that may seem advisa
ble to them ; and tbat they be allowed the
same per diem as the Committee on accounts.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
, ALEX. McRAE, Ch'm'n.
The Report aud Resolutions were con
sidered and adopted ;and the Chairman ap
pointed there under the following Commit
tees :
G. R. French.
S. D. Wallace.
Committee to audit
Treasurer's account.
Cora, upon th.e IqacJ.
W. W. Baldwii
in. )
Col. John McRae.
Gen. Wm. Evans.
W. L. Brunson,
On motion of Dr.
DeRosset: Resolved,
thai the President and Directors he request
ed to apply to both of the Legislatures of
the States of North and South Carolina du
ring the next winter for such amendments of
our Character as may produce conformity in
the mode of voting at the general meetings of
block holders, and on such other points as
they may' deem necessary ,lo bring about a
greater approximation to uniformity in the
two acts of Incorporation. ,
On motion; Resolved : That a Committee
to consist of 3 from Wilmington and 2 from
each ol the Districts of Sumpter, Darlington,
and Marion, be appointed to nominate for
the ensuing year.
The Chairman appointed the following
Committee ; ' " '
' Wilmington. Dr. DeRosset, Miles Cos
tin, Gilbert Potter.
Sumpter. J. B. Witherspoon, Henry
Wells, -
Darlington. A. E. Mclver. Jessee Keith.
Marion. Wm. Evans, W. S. Mullins.
The Committee, after consultation, nomi
nated for President, W. W. Harllee.
Directors. Taylor. Nixon. Nutf, Walker,
Smith. Gregg, McCall, Charles,' J. J.' Moore,
W. A. Muldrow. -
The meeting then proceeded to the elec
tioni and upon a stock vote being taken, W.
W. Harllee received for f?resident? the vote
of 8,392 shares.
TayTor, Nixon, Nutt. Walker.Smith,Gregg,
McCall. Charles, J.J. Moore. W. A. Mul
drow, received for Directors the votes of 8,
113 shares; and were declared President
and Directors elect.
On motion of Alex. McRae,
I Resolved. That the President and Prec
tors be, and are hereby instructed to urge
firward by every means in their power, the
speediest possible completion of the Road.
On motion oi Gen. Evans, !
Resolved, That the Chairman and Secre
taries be requested to prepare and have pub
lislled the proceedings of this meeting. .
Onmation oJ Mr- iutt; 1 -
Resolied. fhat (he tl tanks of the Stock
holders be and are hereby tendered to the
Chairman and Secretaries for their willing
service rendered at this meeting.
The meeting then adjourned, to meet in
Wilmington; N. C, on the Wednesday after
the second Monday in Januiry next.
Wm. H A YNS WORTH. Chm'n.
i Secretarie..
O. U riALLAUt,
"O Paddy, my boy," exclaimed an Irish
man at Deer Island, as he threw his arm
around an old acquaintance, ' it's glad I am
to see you. 1
The embrace not being returned the friend
explained by saying that both his arms had
been blown ott, while blasting rocks.
'Oh well," said Pat, "no matter for the
hug,"give us your hand, my boy !"
"How many mills make one cent?' asked
a schoolmaster of a promising pupil. 'Don't
know guess it takes a good many cents to
make, ifthey'ra built of stone,"
THE MORMONS.
This people are said to be fast increasing.
It is thousht ten thousand will this year be
added to their numbers. They compose the
imjMeruim in imperio the government with
in a government and of the worst kind, tco;
a vicious, zealous, immortal hierarchy, full
of infatuation, phrenzy. and bitter blood.
We shall see sad sights with them before all
is over. Telegraph.
FUGITIVE SLAVES IN PENSYL
- VANIA. !
A dispatch from Harrissburg, 'cJa-Mpch
IS, saye: '
-The Senate to-day, ajter considerable
debatd nn'dn'gbod de.-l of excitement, pass
ed the celebrated Kidnapping Bill, repeal
ing only the sixth section of it, which forbids
the use of prisons for the purpose of detain
ing fugitive slaves. j '
rtTF i bill, it will be remembered.! was pas
sed by the Legislature last year, and Gover
nor Johnston put it in his pocket, refusing to
give it his tignature;" j .
CHARACTERISTIC.
"Colored persons are excluded
otn the
Nixon's
Black Swan s concerts at Smith &
r
hall.'
This is rich ! Here are people patronizing
a black songstress, probably as much for
sympathy with her color as admiration of
her musical skill, and yet refusing to permit
people of her complexion to hear her sing.
It is a happy commentary on the sincerity of
abolition philanthropy. Richmond ' Repub.
From the Sumter Banner, j
RAIL ROAD MEETING. !
We had the pleasure of attending a meeting of
the citizens of Darlington District at the Court
House on Tuesday of court week, for the puqose
of expressing public sentiment in relation to the
Cheraw and Darlington Rail Road. Major Mc
FarTjANE (President of the Anson Plank Road
came first) addressed the meeting in favor of the
enterprise, assisted by Cols. McKsmoht and Wir.
so.v, who also spoke in favor both of the Cheraw
and Darlington Rail Road. and the North Eastern
Road. Col. McKnight was a friend to the Eas
tern Road, not only because it would give -the
District of Williarnsburgh convenient communica
tion with Charleston, but because he believed it
would unite and bring together the Eastern por
tion of the State by uniting their commercial in
terests. Gen. Harli.kk spoke in favor of the Che
raw and Darlington Rail Road, but opposed the
North Eastern Road. He said, that the project
of building a road from Ma'ncheslcr to' Wilming
ton was, at the beginning scoffed at by tho peo
ple of Charleston, but now that there is every
probability the road will be speedily completed,
the people of Charleston arc crying out, that the
liorth Eastern Road must be built to counteract
the effect upon trade, and which the Wilmington
and Manchester Road jnust have. Gen. IIari lee
went on to say, that so soon as the Road should
- i - i
be completed to Wilmington, the Wilmington and
Manchester Rail Road could compete with the
North Eastern Road by shipping all tho cotton
beyond the Pee Dee to Wilmington, from which
it would go to New York for less thai; it could be
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carneu oy .any oiner route, lie also garo some
oiher route.
information as to the progress made upon the
Wilmington and Manchester Road, giving the
most flattering prospects of its early completion.
Here we will add. the Wilmington' and Man
chester Company could have secured the services
of co one whose heart is more thoroughly interes
ted in the enterprise ov'er'which t hey "have placed
him. i 1
Horrible Tragedy In Virginia Six
Murdered! I
Pe;ous
The Fairmount Banner announces tho murder
of six men and one woman, Who weie emigrating
westward, at a house where they had stopped to
spend the night, in Doddridge county, Va. jbn.the
nighj- of the' 17th instant,
ants who committed this
The horrible miscre
wholesale murder are
supposed to have stolen $22,000 from
le party
murdered. The names of the victims are not as
certained. The murderers left Clarksburg on the
morning of tho 17th, and the same night stopped
at a house at West Union, where the murdered
party had also put up. During the niht they
rose and indiscriminately massacied every single
inmate, robbed them of their all, and escaped.
The same party, it is believed, rescued John
Owens from the jail at Clarksburg on the Sunday
night preceding, who was charged with having
set fire to several
ve'mber test.
.li -i' H -1 1
buildings
in that town in No-
A Live Snake
Ejected from the &iomacb-
Remarkable Case.
The Charlestown (Mass.) Aurora states tbat
Wm. W. Sanford, of that city, who has been sick for
two years, and was supposed to be in a decline,
took some Indian medicine which caused him to
cough and retch violently, when he threw from
his stomveh a jiving snafa, about eight inches in
length, almost perfectly white, with sharp black
eyes. Mr. Sand ford drank water from a brook,
in Maine, some two years since. j
The Capturer of Lopez Rewarded.
The man named Castenda who captured Lopez ,
has returned to Havana, laden with honors. The
Queen gave him $0,000 and made him a captain
in the rural militia with a salary of $110 a month;
ten negroes and a tract of land have been given
to bini. The order of Isabel decorates his per
son; his children are to be educated at the ex
pense of the government ; and while in Spain, he
was permitted the farce of kissing the hands of
the Queen and the little princus. lie, can neither
read nor VrUfi.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND L03S OF LIFE.
New York. March 2C.
This afternoon while the Monsieurs Maillefort.
assisted by two workmen, were engaged in blast
ing rocks at Hell-Gate, a premature explosion
took place, by which 2.11 four were instantly killed.
- m
Destructive Fire a nlrpiUisham, Pa.
rrrTsicao, March 25.
A Are broke ont In the town of Birmingham,
opposite Pittsburg, last uight, which, before the.
flames could be arrested, destroyed , an entire,
square of buildings, among which, were the ex
tensive shoe store of Mr John Jaques, Mr.8milh' .
drug store, Mr. Emraon's dry goods store, and the
large oakery of Mr. German, besides four dwel
lings, several stables and a number of smaller,
tenements. There, was a partial Insurance on the
property destroyed, but the loss fallt ncavy up
on the sufferers, many of whom arc poor. .
EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LILE, (
.The boiler' in the mUrjuJUctory 6. De& Mcrn
& Co., at Trenton, N. J., exploded on Wednesday
night, making a wreck of a portion of Jho buJM-'
ing, killing a workuian yarned McCarty, and se
verely injuring several others. Mr. Mein, one
the firm, received several severe contusions. The
damage to the property CEpfptedj'to; clout $10,-
ooq. ;'" " fc -. ,
SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.
By a telegraphic dispatch to the Undorwritets,
dated Baltimore, March 24, wo learn, t the
vessel before reported ashore at Assatesgue, Md,
is the bark Sunbcam, of Boston, Lincoln 'master,
from Matanias, fir Philadelphia. Capt. Lincoln,
his wife and child, and three of the crew, were
drowned. The Sunbr.rr. had a cargo of supar and
segars, which with the vessel, is lost. Tho vessel.
is probably insured in Boston, and tie cargo ln
Plnladei$af7-V. T- Jj. of Ommerr.e.
ROMAN CARDINALS.
Advices from Rome, of the 24th ult, annonnce
the death of Cardinal Castracane, aged 73 years.) r
It is also stated that five now Cardinals are to bo
appointed, including two for France, vis: M. Don.
net, now Archbishop of . Bordeaux, and M. Dcla
crcix D' Arzolettc, now Arcnbilj(op of, yncUc.--This
will add two more .ri rncmben to the
French Senate. The Abbe Montlouis, famous fr
his social opinions, it is added, has been arrested
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ano is ircarpcratcd in.Hje pn?oij ofMolino.
Fromtke Ralrigk Standard.
Mr. Hoi.dek : dn your paper, of the" 17th Inst., v
is a communication to tho Baltimore Sun giving
a plan to compute interest on any number of.days .
at six per cent per nmjmy,.
My plan, I think, 'is shcrter, and- more simple
than that.' Multiply tho amount Ion which you
wish to find the interest and divide by sixty, tho
result is the interest iq d-q'dars, and cent's jthns
what is the interest on $436 for" 27 days! $43p.
multiplied by 27 is 11772, this amount .dided
by CO is 19p 1,2.-0. or SC J-5. What is the in
terest on S50 for five days 1 S50 multiplied by;
five is 250, this 4ivided by CO is 4 10-C0, or four
and 1-Q cents. F.
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From the Journal of Commerce, 1
IMPORTANT FROM BUENOS AYRES.
DEFEAT AKD FLIGHT OF RpSAa,. '
We have received a Bahia paper of 10th Frb.,
which announces the defeat of Rosas, tyv the al
lied forces of Brazil and tho revolted provinces
of the confederation. . '
We translate from the paper above mentioned,
the Justicia, all that it contains relative to this'
important affair.
Qp Sunday last, tho steamer arrived from the.
South, bringing tho gratifying news of the down-, i
fall of Rosas. S
The Ministry had not time to for ward despatch
es to the different Presidencies, but made known
the important and auspicious intelligence to His
Excellency the Counsellor Francisco Gonsalves
Martias, requesting him to commnnlcale it to
the other Provinces ot the North.
The combat was sanguinary, the number of . i
killed on both sides amounting to 4000 men.;
Many of our braves, sealed with their Brazjiaa
blood, this glorious victory. . ,
The brute of Palmero, (meaning Rosas,) with
his daughter Manoclita, took refuge t) board( of
an English steamer, and thus was safe- and far
from the field of battle. What , a vita and Infa
mous coward - -
We hear it said that tho German troops vjed In
bravery and courage with our patricians, and
with the loyal and valorous soldiers of Urquiza. '
Urquiza was' reposing quietly at Palermo. 1 "'
Long live His Majesty 'the Em poroV?
Long live the patriotic, illustrious, andenerget
ic cabinet of the 29th September. !
Long live all the Brazilians who glory in this
heroic and brilliant feat of the Brazilian arms.' "
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FROM &lUQ$()Jify V
The Salem Register gives sorao extracts (rom
late Singapore papers received at that office, from
which we quote the following; "- T" '
We aro sorry to learn thaC fearful ravages ar
being made in the rural and planting tjTitrJcts by.
the numerous tigers Investing tho-jangles, Two,
coroner's inquests were held last wee)c "on view,
of the remam's of peHons killed by these fcre
cious animals. 1
In most instances no portion of the body is re
covered to enable as to determine the exact num
ber of persons carried off, but a considerble num
bcr of natives employed in planting operations are
missing. The present rewards and other aids be- '
ing manifestly inaleqoato to arrest the mischief,
it behooves the Executive fo'take immedatosad;::
active measures to rid the jungle ef these savag
beasts, or planting operations will ceate la parts
beyond the Immediate vicinity of the tpwn. Oo
the 15th, a Melay man was carried by a tiger at
Passier Rice, near Cbangi .
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