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J' 1 THOMAS LORING, Editor and Proprietor: TWO DOLLARS Per Annum, invariably in Advance. VOL. 5. WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE ; l$o2. 'NO. 40 ... p- . . i i L .lip. i n li it. 1-' ii THE BETRAYED. 1 Qri a fine moonlight night, just previous iht restoration ofCharles II., a. young m to man of gentlemanly appearance was ' walking rapidly towards -the. village, of Charing; his dress denoted that he was of the sect of the huritans. It was Edward Marston, a wid ower with one child, whose household was under the direction of his sister (3race. lie Jiad proceeded fct some time in his sol itary walk,! when a hand was laid upon his shoulder. Ie started, arid turned : it was b Uncle Martin.' :'-UncIe he exclaimed, 'what bring you jiere at-puch an hour ?' To tell thee that the Commonsof England and Monk have betrayed their trust and, re called Charles Stuart to the throne of his !;,ihers.' 'I have heard as much. England is now no place for us. You and my late father sat .judges on the tyrant's trial.' 'Edward,' said his relative, 'thou art but lukewarm. But the Lord hath reproved thee. Hath He not smitten thee in thy af fections V . 'He hath !' groaned his nephew, with a glance at 'his-mourning garments. She I loved is in her grave !' -.. . 'And thy sister.' -added the od man, bitter ly, 'the child of her who bore thee is dishon ored 1' v .. What mean you V. i 'That William Clayton even now is in her chambc-, despite my warning. Thou wouldst fhelter him, and the proud fool his brother! Like a serpent he has stung you !' ;I must have proof of this!' Thou s.halt watch with me,' said the old mart, sadly 'and be convinced of the dishonor of thy blood !' I Drawing their swords, they concealed them selves behind a portion of the garden wall from whence they could see the window of Grace's apartment. Grace Marston was, despite her puritan blood, as lovely a creature to look upon as Garth could boast. She had won the heart of the yoiing royalist, who was her brother's friend and guest, and yielding to his solicita tions, had Weakly consented to a secret mar riage. There might have been nay, there was imprudence in the act but no dis honor! Unfortunately his nightly visits to her chamber were discovered by heF i uncle Martin; a jealous puritan; and the storm was ready to break. . 'He comes;!' whispered the old man to his companion. 'Now are you convinced V 'Hut too fatally !' . ' As the adventurous husband descended from the window of the raosion for he and Lis brother were lodged in a paviltoa in the garden both uncle and nephew attacked liini. They would listen hi their blind fury to no explanation, and the young man must have fallen beneath their united efforts had not the clashing of their swords brought his brother Itiehard lo his assistance.' In a few minutes the tables were fatally turned Ed ward Marston was dying. No sooner did the young man perceive the condition of his friend than he knelt beside hiipand attempted to raise him from the grorrrrd. , 'False friend !' groaned the dying man. 'Not so, Edward I am true to-thee. prace," he Avhispered, '"is my wife!' ' A glance of satisfaction overspread the countenance of the puritan as he fell upon the svyar'd a corpse ! Cut no explanation could appease the wrath of Martin. Over the body of his ne phew he vowed a deep revenge ! Time will show how he fuIfilTetTil. Ab guardian of his niece, he instantly prevented all possibility of her communicating with her husband, whom he branded as her brother's mur3erer, and affected to disbelieve her marriage. ; Poor Grace was truly wretched ! Richard and William returned to London, w&ere they assisted in the restdration of the King, alter several vain attempts to see Orruce Marston. In the gay court of the Iieentious monarch, the brothers moved with eclat ; al ternately the companions of Charles' pleas ures and councils, honor and appointments were lavished upon them with an inconsider ate hand; both rose to high military com mand. At length, when time had sufficient ly effaced the memory of Graee, William again bcan to indulge in thouo-hts of love. ' Ellen Digby, the only daughter of a staunch royalist, was the object of his choice. The court and its gay allurements were abandon ed for marriage and retirement. Nine months after the death of Edward, William and his young bride arrived at hisJirother's seat, Ty ler Hill, near Canterbury. Grace, who, since ,1he"death of her brother, had given up her mind entirely to the miidnnre of Martin and ' the preacher Ncwlight. heard of their arrival. ,u not. without emotion, at least without a tear. . 'Wait!' exclaimed her uncle; 'I have en gendered here what shall work retribution: they hac trampled upon us, but we will turn and rend them !' . VVithin the year the bride presented her husband with a son fortune seemed to smile Ufon ha birth: the young stranger was not only heir to his father's and grandfather's es tates, but to the fair earldom which Charles tad just conferred upon Sir Richard Clayton, who heard of the birth of his 'nephew 'with' tjnraixed satifaction. Meanwhile, Martin and vracejhad disposed of all their property in Kent, and a light vessel was secretly engag ed to carry them to their future destination : ne night they suddenly disappeared, and Were never again seen in that part of the Country. Great was the consternation on lhe following morning, when it was discover ed that the young heir of the Claytons had -keen carried off, no one could tell how. In v&in did the distracted parents offer rewards; messengers were dispatched into distant parts of England, but in vain every clue seemed lost, and the search was at last abandoned as homeless.: William, with h ia hrnlrpn hear ted wife, returned to London, to foro-et, if t,w..w.t., n, wicHJitfsjpHuons oi me capital, tne grief which preyed upon his heart. Nearly twenty years rolled on without the least in telligence of the lost heir, when the earl and his brother were appointed to attend the Duke of Monmouth against the convenanters in Scotland. Whose success had at first con siderably embarrassed the government. Be fore the royal army they were everywhere defeated; from Edinburgh they were pur sued to Dumbarton, and .-driven from that stronghold lo defiles difficult of access on the opposite banks of the Clyde. i . 4 1 have a strange presentiment, William,' exclaimed his brother, as theymcunteiHh'eir horses to lead the party sent to dislodge the enemy from their defence ; 'in all our encoun ters I have bee-n singled out by an old man and his sonsat least from their being al ways together and 'fighting in concert 1 es teem them as euch ; something tell3 me that to-day they will lie' successful." William laughed at the earl's augury, and placed himself at the head of his troop. The royal forces-were again successful, and the covenanters completly dispersed. The curl, after the engagement, rode a short dis distance from the field to observe the direc tion the fugitive had taken, when he once more encountered the old man and the two young ones, whose perseverance in tracking him he had; before observed during the day. 'So!' exclaimed the old man, lwe have met at last ! the Lord hath given thee to me." The earl recognized in the speaker his old enemy, Martin; and aware of his determin ed character, prepared for his defence. Time, which had spared the ot-ength of Martin, had unnerved the' arm of his antagonist. He was no longer the light, active soldier who once brought him to his feet. A few blows decided the contest : the sword of the earl broke short, and he stood unarmed at his mercy. rAdvance, boys !' cried the old man, 'and strike !' ...:.- They hesitated. 'Do you pause? Edward. Reuben for this you have been reared -.wilh you spare the mqrdecer of your father ?' I 'We cannot'; exclaimed the young; men both at once 'wo cannot become assassins ! Give him a weapon, and singly we will at tack him ; otherwise he is scatheless for;us.' .'Rebellious fools '!sh risked v the old man, passionately ; 'ha ! the bloodhounds arc upon us! Nay, then, my own arm! Proud man, thy hour is come one prayer for ,mercy is allowed thee !' ' l . 'SlavJ !' answered the earl, misconceiving him ; 'I offer no supplication to such a3 thee ! I ani prepared.' The puritan grasped his weapon, and pas sed it twice through the body of his - enemy, who fell bravely, without one sigh. No sooner was the deed accomplished than the royalists, headed by William, reached the spot. ;Harm them not V he exclaimed to the ex asperated' 'soldiers. 'Take them alive fit example shall be made!' The men disarmed their prisoners,1 and, raising the body of their late commander, proceeded with .solemn steps ence moie .to wards be castle of Dumbarton i Notwithstanding the evidence of a woun ded officer who. had witnessed the f ate of the earl, the young mienthough innocent of any participation in his crime, were -condemned to die with Martin. The guard were already drawn up in the castle-yard, waiting for their commander to give the signal from the win dow,when a woman, deeply veiled, rushed into the apartment. 'What would you !' exclaimed the new Earl of Clayton. : 'Mercy !' replied the female, sinking upon her knees ; 'mercy for the two wrelclied youths vho wait but your word to meet their Maker V ' " i i 'It cannot be,' replied the earl. 'Example is necessary ; and 1 have suffered too severe ly from their malice to ft el disposed to mere'.' 'They must be saved, or your soul and mine will have to answer it. As you would not press asleepless pillow, as you would -wish to die in peace, postpone the j execution ; of those youths !', - : 'Woman, it may not be. The men wait but my signal.' 'Give it, proud man !' exclaimed the fe male; 'but learn that the volley which con signs my humble nephew to the grave, car ries with it; the fate of i I'll hearno more,' cried the earl, impa tienilv rising, and waving his handkerchief. "My brother'is avenged !' 'And mine !' exclaimed the woman, franti cally, as the report echoed through the castle. ;WiIliam, what have you done?' 'Ha ! my name ! , Who art thou V She slowly raised her ve;l. ; ' 'Heaven! Grace Marston ? Those youths?5 'One was my murdered Edward's boy; the other ' . 'Speak !' exclaimed the stricken carl. It 'ts as I suspect one tooic one word will kill me !' , i , . 'Was ihe lost heir of the race of Clayton!' replied Grace. ' The tUereaved father bereaved by his own net heard no more; but fell, broken hearted, at the feet of the puritan sister. A zealous temperance man in Portland, stating the fact that the Widow's Wood So ciety had distributed lessSwood than u.sial this winter, although the season had been unusually cold, and the society have had ample funds, attributed ir to the fact that since the liquor law has been enforced, the husbands of the poor widows could not spend their money for rum ! ( TOE YANKEE'S PEWTER DOLLAR. FROM PALCOXBRIDGE'S LIFE OF DAN. MARBLE. Travellers have all discovered that stran gers making their debut in large or.emall villages, generally create more or less sensa tion among the "natives ;" wbo if the stran ger puts on the slightest degree of mystery, or stops among them any length of time lose no space, nor. spare no exertions, to sift him to, the' very bottom. In one of these !- calities, the overgrown y$lag0 of Dayton. Ohijj several years ago, ill ere made his ap pearance a long-legged, lean and lank speci mon of human nature, whose tout ensemble bespoke him from "the land of pofk and beans,'1 or as some seem torreckon it, ;the land of steady habits" away down East ! The critter seemed somewhat out of his lat itude, and how. or whither he came, none ap peared able to elucidate ; but certes it was, the stranger created no little sensation and observation as he sauntered around the vil lagft. peeping at this and pcuping into that, with his fists carefully stowed away into the. deep recesses of his capacious pockets '- and his old. fuzzy white hat, knocked and "crow ded" into all maimer of acu'e angles and in dentations, sitting jauntly upon his two-hair covered head. . He had been seen making his entree into the village, by the two-path of the canal, from towards Cincinnati, early in the morning; and about noon, after having pretty well threaded each by-way, lane, street, avenua and alley of the village, he brought up atfa cake and beer shop near the centre of the place, and immediately stalked into the aforesaid depot of cheap fodder. A Dutchman kept the shop, and as it was a place of common resort: of-lhei idlers and stragglers, it wa$ tolerably well stowed when our down east genus popped his long, hatched-shaped phiz into it. He took a cool survey of things in general, and the pyramids of gingerbread piles and things in particular. 'Heow dy'e deou ' says he, giving the old fat Dutchman behind the counter a familiar nod, which the cake and beer man returned with another nod, and sort of low gutteral vibration between that of a snort and grunt. 'Guess you got some cakes and beer here, haint ye V 'Well, I tink I has a few,' says the beer man. 'Well, yeou hev, that's a fact; well, yeou, I'm darned hongry ; haint had a bit o'noth in in teu day, and guess I'll hev a few o'jdiera notions any way,' says the 'stranger,5 who by this time was the cynosure of all eyes, and the object ol considerable merriment to the crowd in and about the beer-shop. The Dutch man and he Yankee 'dickered awhile about quantity?and price, but finally the matter be ing adjusted, the Yankee sat down upon a whisky cask, arranged his lodder before him on the end of the counter, and started his rxiasticating fossils, full chizzle. Stranger says one of the crowd 'I'll bet somethin' you're a Yankee.' 'Well, guess you'd win teu, on that,' says the Yankee. . 'O ! Lknow'd you was, you're all terrible critters for gingerbread, haint you V contin ued the inquisitor. 'Ye-es ,' says the Yankee, taking a pull at his beer, 'I reckon we deou devour it once in a while. 'Taint hard to take when a feller's innards are nigh on to a col-lapse.' ' Whar do you hail trom when you're at home, any how V Where deou I hai4 from ' kee. -'" 'Yes. whar dv'e b'long ?' says the Yan continued the questioner. 'Where deou J belong? Yeas, (another swig of the beer;) well, squire, seein' it's yeut, rll tell yeou. l com irom a migmy ways deown towards sunrise ; ye-as. mighty surprism' lolks deown our way ; spry icou, always up afore the sun, darned old critter, often hev to give it a pry in the cold mor nings to get it up and offbeout its business. Eact, by goijy ! .ern't for spry folks.deown there in Maine; guess yeu'd hev tedtr to deou witheout a sun 'casionally out this way, for it often takes heap o' coaxin' and stirrin' to get the old blazer to rise and spread herself!' 'Reckon you have mighty cold snaps down that way ?' says one. . 'Cold sna-ps V says the Yankee. 'I guess we deou git up a leetle the coldest sna-ps, deown there in Maine, 'casionally, ever you did see, perhaps.?, What do you caU cod weather, down there among you Yankees'?4 'What deou we call cold weather?' says he ; 'I'll tell yeou, squire ; when the cattle's taib drop clean off,'and the grin-stone busts; when ram's horns snap like pipe-stems, aud the ceoW's bag's ireeze up ; when snow falls fifteen feet upon a level, and hard enough on fop to hear an ox ; rwheh four and half proof freezes, and the lire goes out ; men, jesi abeout then, squire we consider it's a mighty cold snap o1 weather.' ;This pictuw of cold weather symptens in Maine tickled the crowd amazingl3 and. Ike laugh seemed to 'fire up.' the Yankee Guess yeou needn't take on so about it ; bet five dollars yeou haint get no sich co!4 sna-ps eout here, any way ?v As ho' disposi tion manifested itself among the crowd to chalk up the Yankee's weather in Maine, the critter choaked downthis rising dander, and with a gulp swallowed down the residue of his beer, crowded the last cake into his mouth, and giving that aperture a wipe with the back of .Jus , bony hand, he faced the Dutchman. j '-Naow, landlord, cipher up the damages, and -I'll square the account.' 'Well, dere v6s der beer, Bix, and dere vos der cakes, ten, dat vos sixteen cents." "Sixteen cen-ts? I swan that a heap o' mnnev to invest in caKes aim uccr, aras" nirtoon fontA 1 finpss twelve and a Jyiill BIAVU .w.. deou. wnnt it?' fNo. dot it wont,' says the beer man; 'choost down mil der monies.' ; 8 Well, now, guess you needn't get riled up abeout it, any how guess .1 kia plank the pewter, witheout grttin'TcatanVerbas abeout it But speose yeou call it jest fourteen cents, cash up and no grumblin. LV6ii igfawla the Dutchman ; 'down mit der monies, and clear out of mine house mit yer tampt Yankees.' O ! neow. sheow your monkey, will yeou ? Guess yeou can't skeer a feller, noheow; but 1 say, yeou, hold your gizzard and lets ar range business fourteen cents and a cigar ; what dy'e say V Ready to explode, the old Dutchman froth ed like a fresh tapped beer cask; but finding that his cool, self-possessed antagonist was not to be gotten rid of without a pecuniary advantage, the Dutchman made the sacrifice, dumped down a 'meles' on the counter, .and demanded the cash, fourteen cents, .in full I Leisurely hauling out art c4d greasy s wallet' carefully encircled with innumerable tapes arid 3?arns, a Spanish dollar was brought forth, the wallet closed up. stowed away, and thja dollar patiently placed upon the . counter byj the imperturbable down-easrer. 1 'Now, there's the pewter, jest smash that, and take eout yeour billfcays he. The moment the Dutchman put his fingers on! the dollar, his Ducth blood seamed to oc li tre iri his expansive face; so red, flaming red became this locale, that a candle might have been ignited therein. Shorge ! Shorge !" bawls the beer man to jorie of bis deputies, " r"n down to squhires and gif der constable cum quick, for dis tarn Yankee got der counterfeit monish !" Mayb3 there wasn't a general muss! The Yankee abroad; at a,!!, times a genus of sup poised duplicity, trickiness, sharp bargains, and cute 'dodges,' was at this critical epoch the time that Ohio was so bountifully sup pled with 'bogus,' and by his suspicious manoeuvring, mdde an especial object of mis trust and doubt. The bare mention of Ids presenting a counterfeit dollar-was the cue fo all the lookers on to rush up to the coun ter, surround the down easter, and examine the dollar, while the deputy shopkeeper made a brake for the constable ! The whole move ment was so suddenly execute that, 'down east'-found himself iri the hands and fang3 of the law before he could well say lpunkins ' Ajgrand raft of folks honored the 'down east' with a procession to the office of that high aqd mighty puissant arm of the muncipal laiv the magistrate. Passing counterfeit money, eh V inquired the magistrate of the plaintiff. Yaw; dat ish d e. monies, :vGt he vos pass on; poert gay s t he Dutchman. fUmph, ah ! yes, yes, base counterfeit ras cally fraud !' continues the rnagistrate feeling the greasy white coin, which was knicked with a pen knife, rung, smelled, and other wise tested by the tales de circumstantibus. I Wei I, Mr. Bomwig,' says his honor, 'goon anjd tell how and when this transaction took plce, and all about it.' His honor then gave a magisterial snort and cough, and the beer mjin went on to state his case. , ("Veil, then, squhires, I vos behint mine counter, all by myself, mit Shorge. mine cl0.rk, and all dese oder gent-amen vossthan ding dere too; veil, vile I vos goin out, dis tarn ' . . 1 . . . ! Come, come, sir, na swearing here, Mr. Bomwig, says the magistrate." fVell, den. squhires, dis t-t-Yankee coom in mjnc shop, eat mine cakes and dhrinkt mine beer, den ta ta-(magistrate shakes his head) den he", dis Yankee, shews me down to four teen cents, and den he gives di ta;-7 frown from the magistrate) dish bogle toHar, v'os ish a tarn shpurish counterfiet." J '( shall fine you, sir. five dollars for that oath,;sir f says the magistrate, in rage.' 'That's right, squire, put it teou thedarn'd critter; consarn him !' - ' 'Silence, you rascal or Flf send you to the penitentiary without a hearing !' says the foaming magistrate to the Yankee, who had. up to the moment of breaking siTence, been quietly chipping off the the top of a very ug ly! cane in his possession. j j'O ! well, squire, if you say so. guess-I'll J sh'et pan at once; and if you jest hand over! that pewter o mine, guess I'll put eout of this town, any how.' j' Will you ? We'll see about that, you rascal,' responded the magistrate. Now, constable,' he cqnfinued,1 'search the rascal, see how much of the base' coin he ha3 se creted about him.' And the Yankee was forthwith fumbled over, fumbled, and tossed, every seam and quarter of his rough,. pLairi, ' and substantial togery duly scrutinized, and tlije contents a large jack-knife, piece of chalk, strings, a wallet, and two letters were placed upon the desk of the magistrate. The cootenis of the wallet exhibited several hundred dollars in good specie-paying bank funds, a gold piece, and two five francs, all genoo-ine stuff; although the court tried Highly hard to throw some doubts upon the parity of the funds, it was no go. ana the at tempt to question the means by which so muxh rjoney came into the possession of such a queer, common-looking biped, proved equally futile, as the examination of the letters indicated very distinctly, that the dwn-easter had a 'dad' and 'mam' of some repute in the State of Maine, and heaps of love, affection, and regarded for their per ambulating offspring, now in the meshes of tfie western law. j'Have you been robbing any body, sir? are these your letters, and this your money; sir?' inquires the magistrate, keenly scrutinizing tlie Yankee. Well, squire, I reckon as heow thera doc aments be jntne, ef I know anything about law and gos'pil. And ' 'What is your calling what do you fol low for a living ?' interrupted the magistrate. :u u ' 'What tleou I follow tbr h livin ? Ye-as': well, squire, I live abeout like other folks, deou breath principally, and 7 'Come. 6ir, no independence ' saya the magistrate, 'answer direct and to ttie point. How come you in potsess:on of this counter feit dollar, this vile fraud: 'eh V counterfeit P savs the Yankee, with evident spirit, 'ceountcrfeit dollar? Squire, deou yeou pretend to say that dollar is ceouu terfeit?' 'Counterfeit, sir? certainly I do; and if you don't render a ready and distinct account of how it came into your possession. I'll com mit you forthwith !' 'Well, perhaps you will,' cays the celf pos- Lsessed. down easter. ;But I Calculate. squire. to prove yeour no judge of specie, if yeau be of law. and 1 jest bet yeou or any body else, squire that that are dollar there is gen-oo-in'c stuff,and lioth-in else. A fust rale, rale gen-oo-ine Spanish dolar, by jingo ' -. 'Why, you rascal,' says the magistrate, fdonft I knoiv good money from jbad?' ; 'Calkelate yeou don't, squire. Ef jeou want to bet on't, 1,'ye got the doc-ements to lay up any how!1 isays the Yankee. 'Bait him !' 'Bait him, squire!' 'Safe bait, squire !' was the cry in court; and the magistrate, in the heat of the excitement and apparent safety of the "risks,' (i. e., having all ihe funds in his hands) forgot his dignity and authority, and cried out . 'I'll bet you fifty dollars that that is a bo gus dollar!' 'Done,' says the Yankee, with the utmost coolness; "done, squire. Jest lay- up yeour rags along side o' my hull wallet there, and ef I lose rake 'em all down ' ' That I will,' says his honor, 'and send you to Columbus into the bargain, sir !' ;0 ! yeou needn't give yeourself any on easiness 'beout me, perfect business transac tion, squire ; and I cal-kelate it'll all come out nice and squire, any how ! 'Now we'll soon settle this,' says the squire. 'Here you, Jones, you're a silver smith, feet this dollar Pi' Jones felt the dollar, grinned, smelt it, gave two grins 'Pew-ter or Brittany, squire !' says Jones. 1 Yeou,1 says the Yankee to Jones ; 'do yeou know seet-ver when yeau see't?' he continu ed grinning at the silver-smith. 'Reckon I ought to,' says he. 'Fire in that stove o' yourn squire ? (squire nodded 'yes.') Well, neow, jest give me them tongs and the dollar, so ; neow, squire, dunt get alarmed,! nd hdaus pokers 'deoutthis (all were on the tenter hooks of excitement;) but by jest holdin'' that dollar over them coals a minute and a half. I fetch it out a brain, spick and span bright and gen-oo-ine dollar!' The mob rushed up to the dei;k; where the Yankee dropped the dollar Irom; the tongs, and before you ' could say John Robinson. Esq., the silversmith bawls 'Squire! you've lost, by thunder! It is a good dollar, been covered ith tin foil or quicksilver V The entire crowd acknowledged the corn, the magistrate ''confessed" it at last ; but in consideration of handing back the Yankee his wallet and contents, dollar. &c., he gene rously said they'd call it square, and he would let the stranger off ! The 'leetifi ,-eend$? of the Yenkee's coat tail's' were soon standing out towards sunset, and court closed for that day. I ! FIRE Baltimork, June 2. About two o'clock yes terday morning, a fire broke out in the establish meatafiMri chuk, in Canal street, second door from Jefferson.1 It was used as a shop for the re pairing of furniture, and a dwelling for his family. The whole was entirely in flames and was tho roughly destroyed,! the combustible nature of the materials favoring a quick fire. From this the flames communicated to the apothecary es tablishment of Mr. Thomas Richards,,; whose house was occupied by Mrs. Welsh as a dwelling. The houses occupied by Edward Creden, R. Wi ley, and Grove Height, were subsequently attack ed, and, if not destroyed, were materially injured. The row of buildings belonged to ; Mr. David Da vidson, whose loss he thinks is nearly or quite covered fa the .equitable, .ofijee.. .We could not ascertain that the 'occupantl'of the 'houses were insured, or what were their losses. There was a jcuoor .that the family of Mr. Schuk, in whose house the fire originated, had .perished in the flames, but we believe there is no truth in it. In quiry yesterday at a late hour assures us of that fact. How the fire originated is a mystery. Sun. HABEAS CORPUS. A writ of habeas corpus was issn -d by the Crim inal Court yesterday, at the instance of Frederick Miller, a German, to obtain the custody of Eliza beth filler, his daughter about fifteen years of age. who was at a house of ill-fame kept by Miry Jackson, iu Watch-house alley. The writ was served and the daughter was produced a very good looking, delicate girl. The fact of her living at the house of Jackson wa3 not denied, the girl herself admitting it, and declaring her determina tion not to go home. She alleged that her par ents sent her oat to sell matches and pick , up rags, and that when she did not return them home a large sum of money every day, they would beat her, although they knew she could not make much by honest means; and that she preferred to live in a house of ill-fame rather than to be run ning about the streets. The parents denied any ill-treatment, and stated their willingness to take care of her. The court said it could ordr the girl home, she being a minor, bat it bad no power to compel her to remain she was accordingly re manded to the custody of her father. Miller, pri l . or to leaving the conrt room, said If ho did not stay home, he would her, whereupon the couxt rescinded its decision and ordered tho girl tO'gv' about her business. When she got into the street she ran for her home in Watch-hooso alley, her parents following a short distance, but being dis- tanced, gaye up the pursuit. Ib. BREAKING JTnT.NG3. The opening of the Democratic' National Con vention, yesterday, was signalised by the firing of a number of discharges from a small cannon, un der the command of Capt. Castles, of New York, which was placed at the junction of Ilarrlsou and Baltimore streets, immediately Jn front of tho. place of meeting, Every discharge made thto windows in the neighborhood rattle, affording a ' gratifying prospect to tho glaziers. lb. J PURIFYING PROPERTIES OF COFFEE. The English Medical Gazette -asserts' thafroast- ed coffee has a peculiar riowcr to overcome offen sive odors. Charcoal has been known to have -great absorbing power, Rnd this may bo tho e- cret of the matter. It is stated , that a room in which meat in an advanced degree of decomposi tion had been kept was instantly deprived of all smell on an open cofTeo roaster being carried through it, containing a pound of cofTeo newly roasted. In another room, filled with offensive, effluvium, the stench was completely removed within half a minute on the employment of thrcd ouncea of fresh roasted coffee. NO PLAGUE IN "MADEIRA. A letter has been received in Philadelphia, da ted Gibraltar, from Dr. F. J. Bumstead, of Boston, who passed the winter in the Madeira .Islands.- In -reference to a report that went the round of the papers, some twe months sinee tltat the fdagvp had broken out in Madeira, he writes "Madeira ' is the last place in tho world for the plague to make its appearance. They have never had tho cholera there, notwithstanding the tendency to bowel complaints on tho island." ', Fire t.t North, Ilrldgewater Departure of 5i( .Missionaries. Boston, May 31. The Baptist Church at North Bridgewater, was damaged by fire last evening to the amount of $2,000. Supposed to be the work of an incendi- ' ary. i Rev. Mr. Crano and wife, of Western N. York, embarked for Smyrna to-day, in the barque Sul tana, to join tho Nestorian mission. From the Southern Press, June 7. ' ISTHMUS OF TEHUAN TEPEC. ' It will be seen by our telegraphic despatch from : New Orleans, that it is almost certain that the . Mexican governmenj has accepted the proposition of A: G. Sloo, esq., forthe establishment of a com munication across the Isthmus of Tehuantcpec. i We congratulate the country on the auspicious : prospects of this oft attempted enterprise. Tho; route is decidedly the best which, tho continent af fords for our intercourse with California and Chi na. Mr. Sloo is the founder of the mail steam line from New York to New Orleans and Chagrca which is one of the most brilliant and successful undertakings of the day, and if he succeeds in his present enterprise, he will stand jre-eminent among the great internal improvement leaders of the day. i AN UNNATURAL MOTHER. About seven o'clock yesterday, evening, on Sev enth street, near Wcinut, a w:p,c3an,3ejjped up to a young lad and rcqvested him, o. hold her infant child for a few minutes, remarking that she wish- ed to step into a store near by and make a pur chaso"i,jThe boy took the child and held it about half an hour, when tUe;tttotLcr not returning he. made search for her but to' Hd piirposej The child-, soon became fretful and began to scream, which attracted the attention of some persons residing in tho vicinity, who upon hearing the boy's story . had' the infant taken to the Orphan Asylum. Cincinnati Commercial, May 23. ' DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. ( We learn that on the 29th ult. Mr. James Mc Lenny, acting in the capacity of overseer for Mr. Abraham Hobbs, of Sampson County, was strick en by lightning while ploughing in the field, and instantly killed. His horse was also killed by the same stroke, and the plough frame considerably shattered. Mr. McLcnny leaves a wifo and ona child to mourn their loss. Journal. .. . Young Woman Drowned at Wilmington, The Delaware Republican of Monday, has tho following acconnt of an accident in that city on Sunday: "A sail-boat containing three young rc.cn, and a similar number of girls, were struck by a squall of Wind, and upset, yesterday afternoon, on tho Christiana, opposite the farm of Dr. Brown, and Maria Hackctt, aged about fcixteen years, was drowned. The others were taken up by ( another boat near at hand; apd Maria might have akw been, save rjad she not got under the sail. Shei had been employed in the factory of J. Pasepr &. Son in this city, and her sudden death is a severe blow to those she left a few hours before, in the enjoyr ment'of health and bright anticipations of happi ness. Her body has not yet been recovered. . . j CHEAP CHILDREN.' 1 The following price c4" juveniles is appended to - the advertisement of a 4'splend.id .oratorio' in. The Portland Atgus: . V. "N. B. Tickets 25 cts. Children under 12 years of of age, half price, to be Lad at tho door.", li
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