THOMAS LORING, Editor .and Proprietor : TWO DOLLARS Per Annum, invariably in Advance. VOL. 5. WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, ISn2. NO. 39 TVBITTKN FOIl THE COMMERCIAL. THE VIA) BACHELOR'S FATE. "What i. i ihe name. of common sense are yon doing James Edgar ?" asked Theodore Sykes of a proud, happy looking genii; mar. who was. playing with a chubby, rosyrhtek fd babe, on the front piazza, on a pleasant evening in Ma 3-. Taking care ofiii3 own.'- replied Edgar; and permit me to ask in return. what youre about Frirnil SyUesT '''Steering wide of that Maelstroom" an BU'trt (1 S kes, who had -stopped at the door :o Ji ive a .friendly chat with his' neighbor. . 'You may use any metaphor you please Mr, Sykes; but I think you have rather ti . hard time to stem the popular current that thnviN.iiS to 'eugu Jph you."' You are insulting Edgar: knowing as you utli iln, my si.iccrc aversion to the "conjugal start;1' as you please, Vf term it." You arc avtTfi: to it Mr. Sykes, because voiiJouk only on the d irk side of the picture, a;,il Know nothing of the bcautits of the bright one.''--.- I think, Edgar, if it ever had a bright o;k, it was cast in the shade when our first Moth er, disobeyed her first commandment, and t'icroliy forfeited her claim as a f'aiiliFui hand maiden, and entailed -unnumbered vices up on the, whole of her daughters." "All Nature'fejt 'that wound,' Mr.: .Sykes! lliu earth trc'mh'a I at her foundation; and do you pretend to affirm that Man, cf all crea tion., stood alone in the native purity and in-nna-'nre with winch-he. came forth from the harnl tif his Maker?'' " I d'uv the insinuation Edar.r Wei!, as yon have dated your standard -as Tar back a that, let us speak of their re maining viituesjind mutual assistance. We read that man was created nerl'ert anil had every thing in choice prolusion that could. please the eye or benefit tne body; and had he been left to "himself, he perhaps, never would have dreamed of an additional pleas ure, or thought of his lonely condition but ihe great Master builder knew the require ments of his nature and said. 'It is no'.ood for man to be .iJone.' and in his wisdom and pawer created far him a "'helpmeet.' You dire not attribute, it to folly iti Him (M: Svkes . . - ' ' j "I do not question the propriety, wis. lorn or necessity of that proceeding Edgar; but I do say, that marriage, like all other ne cessary evils, should, be avoided when it is possible." '"I differ w i h you there S kef-; for I have tried both slates, and .experience proves t hi t lam a happier man man now than when I was tirgle.' - You earn your happiness Edgar, for do not the numberless cares, troubles avrd r!x-fi-ns's that throjigyour jjathway merilrsorhe "reward ? ! 'd am willing to be deprivc-il of the happi ness and 'bliss you speak of for the ease, quiet t:on;'I way of liviiigf.' :; ' Hcie their conversation Was interrupted hy.a lively little riil who skipped up to her Pa and told him Ma requested him to walk in to tea. -After" slyly kissing her Pa she danced back to her Ma and told her Mr. Sykes w4as with her Pa. Mrs. Edgar immediately canoe to the door and joined her invitation with her husband's for him to stay to tea. both of which he de fined and arose to depart. As he left the uoorj lie caught some tender expression of we that passed between husband and wife 4SlIleV OTPPtrwl ivii'li nltipr- mvl no lir ..mil. home he could not help exclaiming, "Ed gar must be a happy man after all." ' Mr. Sykes was a bachelor of some of 37 years, but was net thought incorrigible by his hiem! Edgar. Consequently, lie tried to per suade him by gentle means to change his tnodeol !ife5aud to convince him by argument wl'the necessity and importance of marriage. But he was aavajs ready to refute any Ion ic and repel any persuasion He lost hi toother when young, and having no gentle sister to love and protect.- iit:d 'tuflieicnt wealth to defray ail current ' cipensee, he naturally became selish, moroee and ungov ernable. Whnn Wanted by . a beautiful girl of 17 and deter mined to marry her. Accordingly he paid "pr ffreat attentions, which u - M V . IMltVtVU DilU -'cccived with unbounded pleasure. Onoday taueu on tier anujounu tier ia comnanv "wi cinoiner gentleman, wnom she treated R,lh the same graceful politeness that had always characterized her deportment to r lrds him. - What ! a smiling face for every encs, flight Sykes as he tried ioimononolize her fc'hole atteutiou. Fortunate Wm I to discov- er her treachery in rime. After a fewj cornel penrte c-nffict with conscience, he determin monplac.; remarks he inforru.d her he had e l to' marry if he could suit himself: But railed to request the pleasure Vif" her eomp.t this was another rub ;Jic discussed the mer- u niui mm tiur i!g .n njorumg nb' hut as. j us and demerits of every girl cf his arqunm she was onir ig-nl ho would not insist on it ;' j tanre ; he 'proposed this one, and rejected and took his hat and ief. her frever. ( j j that one ; and at last he decided to take the Alter lie reached home he thus soliloqqizi j belle of 18. whose vocal powers and musical u , 1 once mouiini her !tM angel in riisguis-! Ui I Woman. Iiow fascinating but deceitful are your charms. I am more than thankful tor discovering your shameful treachery in time. Mv neck is out nf rhni ihW'r . n.,vi thanks to Cupid. I will keep it out! Thus we might trace his train of thoughts. 'up y his 37th year when he was introduced to the reader. His nearest relative died a year pre-! viously arid be took a house- i(nd eng.fgud as colored. woman and tooy to manage h.'s house hold and kitchen furniture. Hti fancied un-i equalled happiness and contentment t m his solitary home, with nc companion but an old- the Ilellespont'W to caress the lady's lap-dog. gray cut that heallqwed the liberty of stay-!- He stoops from his lofiy eminence, hitherto mg in tlie room for-the sole purpose of de-ij unapproachable arid prepares himself to pick stroyingihe. micA; ;whicli unu-oyed his jriivityl; up the smallest, youngest and most feeble of unmercifully, by their 'daily gambols and j the whole flock of lambs into his fatherly midnight revels; but so grc.it was his aver- j protecting arms. However, he had the pre sion and horror of peta of all kinds, that he! caution to consult las gold repeater to know no sooner heard of an addition to his canine ! it was too soon to call at the house which he family, th.iii he consigned the w hole litter to,? had never entered ; and takrfg a paper from a Vatery grave. He generally bought sulli-l! his pocket he took'a seat beneath. a shade tree cient provisions lor ids family,, but ' through j a few rods, from her door and; pretended to the mismanagement cf the cook who did not i read. After a few moments he saw the ob consider herself at all interested n his "tvcl joct of his thoughts and his "early love" en- fare. he scarcely eve" had any thing pa!a-; table; and his birder wanted replenishing so often, the reality almost gave him convuisionsJ In vain he discharged one cook and ensaged anot her : all wire of the feminine species; and none pleased him; none -appreciated hi selfishness, none studied his interests. When he returned from the -comfortable and happy1 home of James Edgar, th& iflrst sound that greeted bis ears was the voice of Molly com plaining of having nothing- for' her Master's supper. k Yes." snys Molly. Massa'll be her presently, linking as demure as aiji old hen iliat hi'ts to scratch tor a dozen chicks; and: he's got nothing rtf the-foftand heben knqws its no piiy. lbr.be- cant aford enough for his-l self b ibe lo k of mis here pantrv.'' 'There's' o!e: Jiai across the street that has S children -and a sick wife and ' he lives better ever) clay of his Wii". than Alassa does." "More giumbltng AI0I13'." interrupted Sykes. w!u had beard enough to know an other demand. -was made on his pocket. Is it possible tha'" till the provision,'-, for which I paid 25 dollars-week before last is gone1?" "Yes sir said Molly" j ! ' Confound you waste fulness : have I no thing for supper ?" j sIo Massa. nothing but a, few cold scraps left from dinner." He was I about to 'order tlie.n spread on the table, but recalling It 6 rniud the supper table of his neighbor Ed; gar. he stalked out jof the kitchen and told M-diy it was -;too late to' purchase any thing then adh would wait till mprning." j r After seating himsblf in his comforttible rocking-chair he could tiot help contrasting his cheerless condition with that of his friend Edgar. Yes, thought he ' Edgar has 10 ex ert himself more than I do ; but.-then he has a cheerful fireside and a palatable . supper prepared for his return without any precau tion of his, and in addition lie has a family 'that 'adore him, a wife-that loves him. while I, poor olFeasT. have none in the wide work that cares a straw for me. farther than inter est demands; But what can I dd? If I can not afford the- comlorts of life for one; I cannot for two ! That is a self evident -proposition J" and to dispel the uncommon gloom and disquiet from his mind, he walked out into the street. He passed several squares before anything diverted his attention. At last, the soft warblinirs of a 'feiKale voice, ac companied by musie frcm the piano attracted his notice-; and--docking:' up he observed the music proceeded from the house of the gen tleman who married the lady 'that had a pleasant smile for every one." He listened attentively, and then mentally exclaimed. "Yes that is the voice of the ildest daughj ter of her whom I once loved; how proucf she must be of h'er offspring !" While he thus soliloquized, one of the front windows of ihej parlor was 'thrown up and his early love and her husband took their seats on the sofa, be neath it to listen to the music, and enjdy the balmy air that floated through the room. The roora was Brilliantly illuminated and he could distinctly .see the comfort and happi ness that reigned within ; and the i-dea of the ionely quiet antf (Jrcary lassitude of his own home, siekend him ; and turning his footsteps homeward he exclaimed ''Too thick by far, but still thriving.11 He soon retired to rest, but not to sleep ; and tifter tossing on his pil-i low 'till midnight, and holding a most tes j skill bad so completely charmed a few hours since. Accordingly he dressed with great care on j the morrow, and after Molly had given him h to call at her home on pretence cf business, and cultivate her acquaintance. lie knew ii would create suspicion, but what of that ? Whuu :t bachelor becomes .disgusted with lite mode cf life and determined to change it he baffles all etiquette and is one of the most unceremonious fellows in existence. He is prepared for climbing the Alps, "swimming ter the porch to twine sonic woodbines that were running on the latticed balusters. Hi: thought he was unobserved, but he was suf ficiently near to her to hear exclaim ' Oh 1 Ma. there'is Sykes, the-old bachelor. I won der he never married." .a . ": Perhaps he has irever determined to take that step yet. Ellen; but I should not be surprised if he's", changed his mind yet. They say he has a very hard time of it at home; and I pity him, though 'people say he is a hater of all females." 'I am not sorry for him" ejaculated Ellen; he deserves a hard lot. for why did he not marry., when he had something 0 recommend him to notice. 1 would like to bring him to my feetJor the sole pleasure cf spurning him Wo aid it not be capital Ma ? lil think the daughters should resent the slio-ht of their Mothers." i 'Oh ! no Ellen. 'you are too young yet to know how to retaliate, and if Mr. S)'kes nev er married I never knew him to trifle with the leelings of a single lady. That demands some respect for him." "Perhaps you know best Ma., but I do think" his selfishness de serves punishment. His variagated locks how his origin, and his face is wrinkledjanddo you suppose any girl of sense would marry the man who was eoteniporhry with her mothers girlhood? I know.-I would not have him lo brush Pa's boots, for I know he cannot see well enough noV -,o j olisli any thing." Sykes stopped to hear no more, but stalk ed -off with all the grandeur of an iceburg surrounded by its broken fragments. "What! said he, am I the butt of all that fiery wit and biting sarcasm? or are all woman a treacherous, deceitful, complicated mass of sin and foolishness ? I am rightly served lor deserting my cherished principles. Tlnksl to lortune, 1 am a nine m acivanee ci uer ; t i r 1 1 . as "ancient as she considers me," ; While in this rever- he met Edgar whose face Was drenched with tears, and who ap peared in "an agotiy of despair." ; 'What ails you Edgar ?" asked the bache lor after recovering from his surprise. 'My eldest boy is dying!" replied Edgar. - 'Dying! did you say .air. Edgar ? "Yes the physician just informed me he can live but a few hours longer!" The two gentlemen were too much affec ted to remark farther and they separated, the one for the house of mourning, the other fo- the house of cheerless Folitude, to brood o'er his fancied wrongs and fortunate escapes. He. never recovered from the blow hiVpride and selfesteem sustained ; and never contem plated marriage again. :;,I pity Edgar from my soul, for I know how well he loved his boy: fortunate again am I ; for if I have no thing, I can lose nothing ; for. better is it not to have, than to have and then to lose." He lived to an eld. age in solitary secjusion. of i;single bleccidness'7 as he termed it.'and managed t6 preserve a cahn. satisfied exterior until Ticdoloreau; with all its insupportable agonies barked him for its victim. Several sisters of -charity, hearing of his afflictions, ventured to visit him, but he received Uieir attentions with eo much cold indifference, and positive" ecorn, - they t were afraid to ap proach him again, lest he should order them out of the house. 1 Consequently he was left alone with Molly, who cared not a farthing for hira provideder pantry waskeptsupplied. The physician was regular in hi attendance, knowing there would be a plenty of gold to liquidate his bill. : ;- - , - , After suffering death in a thousand form?, hi? spirit took its final flight and left his body lo be buried decenth. or otherwise according to the option of his survivors. He died with out a loving voice to bid him look beond the grave for unalloyed happiness, or a gentle hand to administer a cooling draught, or perv form n jingle ttct of kindness! ' Mr. Edgar survived the loss of his child and ... , v submitted with christian fortitude, and in the end was enabled to bless the hand that dealt the blow ! He also had other cares, troub les and disappointments incident to m:n1dnd in general, but he was b!e3sed with the love and kindness of a devoted wife and affection ate children. He survived the wife of his bosom' a few years, but nothing that duty required or love suggested was withheld by his children ; and as his last hours drew near 1 . I 1 7 il U 1 a close, tnev ciung uur uruunu mm anu caught the last accents that fell from his lips and wiped the last moisture from his brow. when his happy spirit took its flight to meet its mate in the region of the skies! VIOLA. F07 THE COMMERCIAL. JUNE.- Ah here the comes," bright leafy June, Sweet May has gone to give her room, She comes in crowned with many a gem From Nature's brilliant diadcni,. How pleasant to roam in the furest free, To sit 'neatb the shady: greenwood, tree, And list to the murmurs of the rippling brook, As it wends its way through the flowery nook. 'Tis Nature's mirror',' ;tbje bright 'waters clear Where the Indian maid doth deck with care, Her flowing tresses of raven's hue, With buds and flowers all bathed in clew. On the mossy bank of the silvery stream, Where the biightningraysof the sunlight beam, The lonely Violet lifts its head, As if conscious of its beauteous bed. The Wild-wood rose with Us cluster fair, Throws fragrance on the balmj air, The liily bell fair, with its petals white, Presents to the eye a pleasing sight. The silvery cascade's musical sound, As it leaps from the rocks, to the moss covcrd, ground, Enchants our ear, attracts our e-e, And causes our hearts to look upwards on high, To thank him, the bounteous gi.crof all, Tut tkt vnnumlf-red blessings (hat on as dcth fall. EVA, ! SELEOTKD BO 3 TUG COMICKKCUI., BY K. "Wanted, an IIoi;esr, Industrious Hoy." We lately saw an advertisement headed as above. It conveys o every boy an impres sive moral lessoiv ';An. honest, industrious boy' is always wanted. "He will be sought fori; his services will be in-deniand.; he will bei respectud and loved ; he will. be spoken of in terms of high commendation ; he will; ;I vays have a home ; will grow up to be a man of known wprth and established charac le He will be wanted. The merchant will wint him as a salesman or clerk ; the master mechanic will want him for an apprentice or journeyman ; those wi,th a job -to let will want him for a contractor ; client3 will want him. tor a lawyer; patients for a physician ; rehMO;Us congregations as a pastor; parents for a teacher of their children, and the peo ple for an officer. He will be wanted. Townsmen will want him as a citizen; ac- ' a'iU.cs !l3 a neighbor; neighbors as a ri . . .. .,- . . - ii. ... ii hiend ; tamuies as a visiter, m wurm a acquaintance nay, girls want him as a beau, and finally for a husband. t:An honest, in dustrious boy !"' Just think of it, boy's; will you answer this description ? CONGRESSIONAL AMUSEMENTS. The following capital hit at the late mode of conducting Congressional debates, we clip from the "Lantern." It purports to bq a prospective debate in the. House of Repre sentatives, furnished by a clarycyant report writing under a Washiogtoridate of July 5th, 1852, indicating a length of session not altogether to our mind, but etill neither un precedented nor improbable:.' Mr. L). Facer (Derii. Ky.) brought forward a motion for the suppression of oral discus sion in the Legislature. The .honorable member proposed, as - a substitute, that all questions at issue should be settled by single combat,, with bovvie knife or pistol. Honora ble members were, up to the present period, in the hajiit of sticking at nothing and he, Mr. Facfer. thought' that his proposal f would certainly obviate such a state of things, by mv'inv them something to stick at. Mr? Barker (Dem. Va.) seconded the mo tion, and also would be happy to second any of the combatants ia want of his assistance. He believed that his qualifications in this respect were well known to that Honorable House; and if any member was igucrant of them, he would take the liberty or recapitu lating The Hon. member was here pro ceeding to give the details cl -several san o-uinary -difiicutUes," when he was interrupt- f Mr! Whittle. ( Whig, Te'nn.) What doea the Honorable Member mean by thrusting the details of his duels on the House? Good nPiTt no btisfi. and a successful duelit neoiii nn nraise. There was no oanger 01 the Honorable Member'- deed3 not biix trumpeted fjrth to the worhl. because, every body knows '-that murder wilt out !" Mr. Birker You are a liar and a" thief ! (No sensation whatever.) Mr. Whittle The Hon. rascal oppesitehas called me a liar and a hief. I befieVe that the Huse will s ipport me. when I term him a forger and assassin. (Lesa sensation than before.) Mr. Barker Who' robbed, the man on board of the steamboat ? A-h-U I Mr. Whittle - Wiio ran away from the Re vere House without paying his bdl ?Eh-h ! Mr. Barker (shaking his fistsWSilver spoons ! Mr. Whittle I didn't insure mv house for double it9 value, and then set firi to it. Mr. Biirker If the Honorable Member isn't a coward, he'll have it cut with ne now. Mr. Whittle j umping on the table) come on you ruffian ! The Speaker-T-Fair play, gentlemen ! Re collect, it you please; that our proceedings will be reported. The Honorable Members then had a set to, in which both displayed considerable sci ence, and great animosity. Bets ran high as to who would win,' and we understand that the Speaker speculated heavily. After five rounds, however. Whittle gave in, and wus chaired home by his triumphant friends. We believe that a meeting between the two gentlemei is arranged to come off to-morrow. This incident agreeably relieved the mono tony of tlie week's debates, which were grow ing exceedingly tedious. From the Jt'ilvigh Standard. Proceeding? of the Council of State Called Session of t!i2 Ijcsislaturr. Pursaant to a call of the. Governor, the Council of State met in this City on the ISth inst., a id a quorum not appearing, the Coun cil adjourned to the 20th, when a quorum was in attendance. Wilso i S. Hill. Esq., was chosen President, ar.d Mr. W. H. Jones. Secretary. We have been permitted to copy, for the information of our readers, the proceedings of the Council in relation lo availed session of the Legislature. The following communication' was receiv ed from Gov. Reid, and considered : Executive OrnpE, , . i Raleigh, May 20, 1852. J Gentlemen : The construction placed on the 2d clause of the 1st section of the 3d article of the Constitution of the United States, requires the vote for President and Vice President in 1852 to be according to the Census of 1850. This construction has been generally acquiesced in. and will, I presume, be adopted by all the States. Although I have not been officially informed of the fact, yet it is well understood that North Carolina, according to the late apportionment, will only ha entitled to ten Electoral votes fn the next ele'elton. The act of the General As sembly of this State at the session of lS52-!3 divided the State into 11 Eleetonal districts! Therefore the act of Assembly provides for the election of eleven Electors, while the Stale under the late apportionment will only be entitled to ten Electoral votes. The next election for President and Vice President will take place before the regular period ap pointed by law for the meeting of the Gene ral Assembly. It is provided by law that "the Governor may. with the advice of the Council of Slate, call a meeting ol the Gene ral Assembly, if the same shall be absolute ly necessery, at a sooner day than the same may be adjourned to or appointed to meet." I submit to your consideration, whether under the circumstances it does not become necessary to convene the General Assembly at an earlier day than h provided by law for its regular meeting, to have further legisla tion to avoid illegality in the election for President and Vice President. If your body should advise the General Assembly Jo be convened for the purpose I have ' mentioned, the question then arises as to the most ap propriate time-for the meeting. It occurs to me that it should not be called together till after the next August election. The Constitution provides that "the Sen ate of this State shall consist of fifty repre sentatives biennially chosen by ballot, and to be elected by 'districts; which districts shall be laid off by the General Assembly, at it3 first session after the ear one thousand eight hundred and forty-one; and afterwards at its first sesiion. after the year one thou sand eight hundred and fifiy-one." It is also provided that the apportionment of tne members of the House of Commons t;shall be made by the General Assembly, at the respective limes and periods when the dis tricts for the Senate are herein before direct ed to be laid off." If the General Assembly should be called together before the regular period it would of course, be a session, and the first after the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. The language of the Constitution i3 not the first! regular and bi ennial session, but at its Jirst session.11 It would, therefore, seem that if the Legisla ture is convened the Constitution requires the Senatorial districts to be laid off and the members of th House of Commons to be apportioned. If t is convened before the next August election it will be composed of mem bers chof en in 1850, who, I presume, were not elected with a view to laying off the Senatorial districts and apportioning the members of the House ojf Commons. I therefore submit whether a regard for pub lic interest and a respect for public opinion, do not require hat the time for convening the General Assembly, should be postponed till the first - Monday in : October next. The Legislature then caUed'toether would be fresh from the peop!ef and lolly piepared to reflect their will oo lEeae tubjecU and all othtr " The next fCSiann of t!i f2nrrtl A.mM.. will in all probabpy.b.e . nc f more than ordinary length. Laying off the Congrfs sioaal and Senatorial distorts, apportioning the members of ihc.Hoysa ol Commor and acting upon the Report' of the Commission ers appointed to rcvisrc the Statute, added to the ordinary business of leirislaticn, will protract the session. The people might go on and in thtir primary meetings nomiunte'thcir candidates for Electors, and the General As- semoly, when , convened, -might pars the necessary net in time for th 'PrvvMiMiii'it election , -!:. The Legislature coulJ then proceed to lay off the Senatorial districts and apportion ijiruiucis ui me inuse oi Lomtnons: rc- tinl fiir tlir -.....' .1... . ? t. . . " ,-...r .v.. ...v r.csvNiMj. nn; jixing uic time lor the meeting of the Gweral Assembly, and then act upon the Report of the Com nmtcc appointed to revi.se Statutes, or upon any other business of legislation. In' this way it seems to me the expense and incon venience of: This commumcaiiin, yon will observe, is predicated upon the facrthal the term or the members of the Legislature "commences ut ihe regular biennial election in August. Upon thii I point ,1 think there can he no doubt. It has been sai l that this; construe tion would operate as an inconvenience, fotjf .iiicr uic eicewn in umi, inen more would he no sncn?rr of ihn Snnnir fr"cii ceed him. Even admitting this to be true, it argues nothing; for we all know than an in convenience experienced i from a provision in the Constitution does not itnborize, us to change its construction. ! The Constitution" provides that members of (he Asicmbly shall be biennially chosen. All ecem'o admit that they are elected for a term of two yars. In 18.75 the Constitution wasnmerjded, and instead of each county having a Senator and two merabera.or the Houso of Commons a different mode of representation was substi tuted. Although the amended Constitution was ratified in November, 1S35. an ordi'nanro of the Convention postponad its operation till the lst.'Qf January. 1S3G. Trc Con6tilutio.n which went into effect on that day, abolish., ed the Assembly elected under the old-iCon-stitution, and consequently the first j Assem bly chosen under tho new Constitution wii elected at the summer Heel ions of 1 1820.- The term of the members ol that Assembly commenced from the election. If the term commenced at the election then, it must bo so now, for he .-Constitution, hos not been changed since that time. x i 1 I mosi respectfully ask your advice in re lation to convening the General Assembly. I 1 am, very rpspec fully, Your obt, servant, - DAVID S. REID. , To the Council or State. . WlIEIlEUPON IT WA8 ORDERED, that the call a session of the members of the. General Assemblyto be elected in August next, to' meet in (lie City of Raleigh, on the Jirst Monday in October next, as proposed in the preceding communication. W. S. HILL, Pees. Council. No farther business v coming before tho Council that body adjourned. ; Shocklus and FaUl Hall ltoadfXccIdent, : JJostONy May 10. Last evening on the Fitcbburg P.ailroad.at Wn. verly, Mr. William Sawyer, an eminent lawyer of Cbarlestown whilt riding ia an onn carriage with his wife anl three duugliters, attempted to crow tho track of tho railroad, and csrne in contact wiili the down traui running at the t rate cf forty miles per hoar. The carriage wa3 completely de molished, and Mr. Sawyer, and hip dioshtcr urcro Instantly killed,' whilst tho tin rcr received fatftl injuries, and MrsT Sawyer bail her fckail so' badly faefnred as to c;raso the brain to protrude. Tho dreadful occurrence h attributed entirely to tho rashness of the ddrer in attcraptln, to cross tb9 track. , . , ' ' The way a; Cmpcror and limprew Travel. We have already stated that ihJSmpcror tjd Empress of Rn3&ia bad arrived at Warsaw on thb 2d instant, and on the Cfh 11. d Jlir-g and Qacea of Prussia left Berlin to tacet( ttyL.ro at thorfronHcr. The Emperor goes to Vienna, ibenco to Tragao to visit tho Ex-Erapercr cf Anstiia, aal' aftcrsvanl pomes for a few days to Berlin. Extraordinary preparations vere made on the road frcia SL Tc tersbnrgh to Warsaw fur tlie journey of the Em press and her numerous suite. When the Ercpe ror travels alone ho generally docs .o in a moro mm'' m i m sinrpio rnanner. a sintienian ivjio came a hlllo in advance cf the Iraierial train, describes tho spectacle along: the whole - line &i extraordinary. The road for 400 Eaolis'a miles was repaired and swept by hand, every stone being removed, and at every post station 17G horses were kept read harnessed, that not an instant might bo lost. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Tho Finance Committee of tho City Council of Savannah (Georgia) havo recommended that tho Mayor of that city do auinorizeu 10 reran , o ino Hon. Elisha Whittlesey, general s agent of tho Washingtoa National Monument Society, one hun dred dollars; and that an ordinance be enacted, in virtue of which it f ball bo the Mayor's duty to make for tho name ohject, on the anniversary of Washington' bittkd&y every year, cntil a sndcient sum is collected for the parjiose, an annuel den lion cf not less tken one hundred dollars. 8tich an ordinance (says the Savannah Republican) will ensure a yearly contribution-of one -bnndred dol lars until a sufficient amount shall bare been col. lectcd to build tbo Monument, and we aro kuro that no citizen of Sarannah will nudgothe amooat thus proposed to; be conlribated. Tbo moremcnt U worthy of taaltatloo j other corpora;joas. ;