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-it- c HILI, Qdltot and Proprietor, " BE JITST 2JYI FEAIl JYOT." Wilmington, North Carolina VOL. V. NO. 24. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1840 WHOLE NO. 233. -: . ... V. 1 illicit yiwiiy . :- - :r-i I ". J " f t 1 1 -"' f- Yr- ." it: V f m V PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING - ;! ; ' . ... TSZUSZS. ttlttl POUAM FIE AMMVM, IX ADTDfCX. V,-- ; ADVttttTIIBMENTI rPt exceeding a 8qaart, inwrted tx ONE DOL- LAK th Brv and TWENTT-FIVE CENT8 Tor each subsequent insertion. Legal Advertisements will bo charged 25 per tent higher. No Subscribers taken for less than one year nd all who permit their subscription to run. over m 3reri without giving notic, are considered bound Tor the second year, and so on for all succeeding JreaTsl ' -No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless .at the option of the Editor. T Letters to the Editor oh business must be 0T-PAID. Irom the Farmers' KegUter. NOTES OF A STEAM JOURNEY. BY CDMUNQ RUrrt5, KDITOR. Sandy dtiert. Predaeeout and carnivorous fw- , " " 1 ' ' ' Plants. 1 , The country adjoining Wilmington had to me an entirely novel and rery remarkablo ap pearance. The original large ffrowtli of pine trees had been cut down for fuel or timber, and had been' succeeded by an almost unmixed ' growth of thinly set dwarfish shrub oaks v which rarely rose higher than six feet. Tho surface of the earth was but half concealed by the fallen leaves, and the scattered tufts of coarse grass; and pure and perfectly white sand, was visible in so many places on the sur face, amidst the green vegetation, that the gen eral appearance was as if snow had, recently covered all the ground, which had melted in some places, while it still remained on others. I never saw any land so nearly approaching a sandy desert. This worst appearance here does not extend far back from the town. But this barren and unsightly soil, and the adjacent country which is not greatly better, is the paradise of botanists. 1 was informed that there are found more species of plants growing naturally within ten miles ot Wil mington, than in all Massachusetts; and one third as many as arc given' in Elliott's cata logue of all the plants of South-Carolina and Georgia. I had new cause to lament my ijr norance of botany, when in s region so intcr stinir to the better informed. Still 1 did not lose all the gratification to be derived from some of the most remarkable of these beauti ful works of nature. In the grounds around Wilmington is found in abundance the wonderful predatory (if not actually carnivorous) plant, called "Venus' fly-trap, (Diona muMCtpula,) of which a de scription was published in a former volume of the Farmers Register. This plant is very mall, and was not yet grown, and the largest of the traps were scarcely more than half the ' sixe they will.be hereafter. Still, -though not .possessed of their full degree of sensitivene which 1 hope to sec, (as 1 had dug up and ent hopie a bor of growing specimens.) they 1 closed with a quickness, and operated with u degree of effect, far beyond my previous con ceptions. The catching apparatus is an ex tension of the leaf. It is in shape much like a very diminutive steel trapi set open for ' catching, except- that the valves arc close in the plant, and open framework in the artificial trap. The teeth around the circumference (forming a circle when lying open,) are long, and when they meet, interlock regularly and ferfectly. All tho interior is not sensitive, t is only three small and short filaments, on each side, which are scarcely perceptible, that tricrrers. I saw every othet part of the valves touched with a blade of grass, and even with some force, without its affecting the plant. But as soon as one of these filaments was touched by a small bug, tho valves in stantly and quickly closed together, their sur ; rounding teeth interlocked, and enclosed com pletely the unlucky intruder, and will remain so closed until its struggles cease with its life. Then, or after the purpose of the death of the insect has been effected, the trap opens, and is ready to make anotlter capture. 1 can not believe that this wonderful and admirable apparatus has been contrived, by nature, and kebt st work, without some object. I cannot but believe that the death of the insect fur nishes tome benefit to the plant, and that, so jkr it may be said to feed upon its prey. These plants grow or the borders of the wet places among the sands. Formerly it wae supposed that they were found only in ths neighborhood of Wilmington; but they have since been fouu'd in Florida, and elsewhere, v There is another bug-catching plant which Arrows abundantly hereabouts, which though not possessing the power of animal motion, and not seising its prey by an act 0 meutal Tolition and design, as almost seems to be the case with the other, yet this one is scarcely jegg curious in its mechanical structure, and its adaptation of form to its object. This is the plsnt which bears the beautiful yellow flower vulgarly called side-saddle or trum fc.flower?V (saractma Aava.) It is a large pendant flower, on an upright stem of a foot , to eighteen inches higtt. The very singular ' .nil beautiful form of the flower could not be described by me so as to be understood, and hMfore will not be attempted.' The trap is the leaf of the flower, and of a later growth tr the flowers now are generally fully blown and some even on the decline, and hone of tho trap appendages are more man nan grown tfcMiirh the structure is full shown in them n4 also in the old and dry, but still well .Mrved leaves of last year's growth, which Munain. and nearly all of which contain tho scaly wings of small beetles, and other unde- nm nosed remains of their insect prey. This leaf is in ths shape of a slender trumpet; of Vrr UICK hweii veiAmo, wuicn is ciuseu m . , y 1 !. the ground ana graauaiiy enlarges to an men in diameter at about fifteen inches high. On one aid of this mouth of the trumpet, a part ef the leaf extends and spreads over the mouth, so as effectually to keep out any rain water ; and for ffreater precaution, in the middle of this ombrslla is a deep groove, which, as a fatter, conveys the rain water off. The lower cad closed end of the trumpet ts always filled ofsav inches deep with a limpid and tasteless r, aeereted by the plant, which seems to attract insects. They descend into the trum pet easily; but can never return, as the sides are beset with numerous rainuU hairy fila ments, which point downward, and effectually prevent any progress upward of the insects enticed to enter the receptacle.. This magnificent and curious plant is said not to be found much farther north. There is, however; another of very similar general struc ture, the purple saraeenia, which grows as far north as New England. However, I never saw it before, and it would have been consid ered as .admirable for its beauty, and its curi ous mechanical structure of the flower, snd its water-holding and insect-catching apparatus of the leaves, but for the inferiority in all these respects to the more" common saraccnia fiuva As little knowledge of and taste for botany as I have, a longer Residence in this neighbor hood and sufficient leisure would tempt me to begin(the stiidy. 'It is surprising that this re gion is not more visited by the lovers of .Curi ous plants and beautiful flowers, and that the ready means now offered by the rail roads ore not more used to convey these rare treasures northward. 1 sent on by tho train, in boxes, growing specimens of all the above plants, with their native soil, just dug up, and which must have reached Petersburg in perfect con dition; and might so be carried aa far as Phi ladelphia, even should they fail to be kept anve aiierwarus. in mis manner, oy proper arrangements, hundreds of rare plants, which even in green houses cannot be produced in perfection at the, north, might be sent in all fHeir native splendor and vigor, to floricullural eyxmoiuons a inousand miles distant. , General appearance if the land (f New Hanover count u. One of my first objects after reachiug Wil mington was to seek out, and make personal acquaintance with.Dr. James F. M'ltee, a iren- tleman whom I knew merely as the only sub scriber to the r armcrsMCegister in or near Wil mington. I drew the inference, in which 1 have, rarely been mistaken, that a man who had thus appreciated my labors for seven years, wouhl probably be one both able and ready to am me in acquiring information. 1 was not mistaken. In addition to the pleasure derived from Dr. M'Kee's general conversation, and to his kind and serviceable attention in other re spects,"! was indebted to him for much of the information in regard to the peculiarities of this region, and its products, which I was en abled to acquire. My first inquiries of him were in regard to tho extent of the marl for mation of this region, (having previously seen it in Wilmington,) and I heard from Dr. M- Hee such interesting facts on this subject, that I was very willing to accept his invitation to accompany him to his farm, Ashemoore, near Rock l'oin, the most favorable portion fair ob servation. For this place we set out on the 17th. 1 In a milo or two from Wilmington, along the ordinary carriage road, the excessive' san dinccs of the soil changes to rather less of that character, and to nuch as is general through the pine lands for many miles. The general growth is long leaf pine, thinly set, with very little undergrowth of trees or shrubs. The surface of the earth is set with tufts of what is here called "wire grass,, but which (as might be inferred from its locality,) is-altogether dif ferent from' what is called by that name in Virginia. This grass. Dr. MRee informed me, (and to whom, by the way, I am indebted for all tlm-botanical names here used,) is the arixUda strict a. It grows in small tussocks. Each spire is a siwjle straight upright stem, cylindrical and 3S regular in shape as a wire. This is the most general grass in the poor pine woods, and open grounds of same quality When burnt off in the spring, as is most usu ally, done, the young grass springs out more rapidly, and furnishes good grazing all over the country. ' The surface of the land, like that of the last 50 or (IO miles Seen along the rail road, is. al most a level. The slight depressions are all of swampy ciiaracter, and are called bays or bay land, because the loblolly bay tree (w tiimin lu.ttatifhn) is always found in such places. But w hether dry or wet, all these pfiie lands, and the Rhallow " bays intersect ing them, are very poor, aid, without being furnished with calcareous ingredient which they wani, are, and; will continue, worthless for tillage. It is from such nine woods, which cover so large a part of eastern Carolina, that the great supplies of turpentine and tar areob- tained, the making of .which is almost the sole ousiness 01 ine resuients 01 the pine lands. The calcareous lands if Rocky Point. Tjpon reaching what are termed the Kocky 1'oini lands, the marks, ot soil changed from the indications of the basest to those of the most Val liable calcareous lands. Rocky Point is a low hlulT ot the limestone peculiar to this remarkable region, luttincr out on the north east branch of the Cape Fear river. The stone or the softer marl (or that which may as cor rectly be-called chalk, as the harder is lime stone,) forms the continuous and nearly hori zontal substratum of all this neighborhood. and comes so near to the surface ot a body of some u or 7000 acres, as to give to it a pecu liar and weiPestablished character for great lertility, and power ot long endurance of con tinued cultivation , pf the severest kind. A small tide water creek, which passes through the Ashemoore farm, marks the middle of this body, and on each side of it are the best of these celebrated Rocky Point lands. They are the best, no doubt, because the surface is lowest, and the calcareous substratum is near est to the surface. v It is sometimes so near that the plough turns up a white slice upon the top of the black soil ; and in thess, and many other places, where the cause is the same, though not so manifest to the eye, the productiveness of theand is greatly impaired. This injurious effect, however, is greatly in- creasea oy me too great wetness of the soil, owing to its level surface, its absorbent and sometimes close and adhesive texture, and es- a ... . ' pccialiy to tho solid calcareous sub-stratum, which pievents the surplus water escapi no downward by filtration.. The land too has not been cultivated in beds (or ndcre and furrow. V which, if properly executed, and with the nn. cessary aitcnes, 1 am sure would make the lowest acre abundantly dry. There are no springs rising to the surface that cause wet ness, out only the surtace water from rains to guard against; which is a very simple and sure business, l fte sou, in oualirv and in eve), and in its calcareous sob-stratum, is more like the famous low grounds of Glou- jual.. anJ Rank Diva. ! V: . . j" . Tl 1,n,a wmcl have. ar"?7i:: this journal, uian any other known land.. I never saw soil that seemed of better natural ! constitution and quality than some of the fields 01 Asnemoore, or wmch promise better ro- wards for their cultivation. The limestone is but an accumulation of pure shelly matter, solidified into stony hard ness. The marl is the same in chemical com position, but about as hard as chalk, and has very much tho texture of an impure chalk, and is soft enough to be used. as manure with out pounding, burning or other mode on-educing. I analyzed, on the place, three speci mens which were selected as fair samples; and Dr. M'Ree, before, with tho aid of my portable apparatus, had examined several oth ers. The general proportion of carbonate of lime in both kinds was fully 95 per cent. One specimen only, of marl just dug and hastily dried, yielded as little as 88 percent.; and as this was the only one so poor, by 6 per cent., I inspected that it had nst been sufficiently freed fom water, in drying. However, at any Tate it is the richest and most valuable marl I nave ever known, and the easiest to be used. The stone, of course, would require to be burnt; and it will yield excellent lime, for cement or for manure. The lowest parts of. this body of land, not yet cleared, are swamp, called ' white oaks;" not because white oak is their general growth, and indeed it is very rare there but because such are the only places on which a white oak tree can be found in this part of the coun try. These swamps arc covered with the trees th.it are most favored elsewhere by the richest, stiflf, alluvial, and wet bottom lands. The cal careous bed lies near the surface of all these swamps or "white oak" lands. Dr. M'Kce ha, taken great pains to introduce grass huHhaniiry on his land, and bin clover is won derfully productive. That sown' on the firt ol March, 1839, was fit to mow, and wai mown for hay the same year, in July, and the hay sold and delivered in market within eiht months of 'the sowing of the need. Thin in a remarkable proof nl the sdmirahle fitness ot the so l for clover; snd it wss particularly valued by me, as the strongest known proof of wha I have so often maintained, that if the soil be but made calcareous, the warmth of climate' of North Carolina, or even farther south, is no bar to profitable clover culture. Before my practice proved ,othcrwiw (afu-r marling) it was as firmly believed that lower Virginia was too hot to produce clover to profit, ait it is now generally (and as erroneously) believed of lands 00 miles more southward. ' Uul though the calcareous depositc beneath the Rocky Point lands is richer snd more canity acces sible, than any known elucwhqrc. it is hut the most remarkable case of a formation - that is spread through a vast region of the State accessible throughout a great part of it extent, and which would le highly profitable to be used wherevir it can be obtained. I knew before that mart had been found hIoiij the Neuse- and aome of the up per waters of the Chowan, and that it bail been used to some small extent by a few Individuals; and I inferred, that if sought for, it might be found at some greater or less depth, almost every where between the granite range and the sea coast. IJut I had never heard of a single actual discovery far ther south than the borders of the Neuac and Trent. In addiliou to what I saw in Wilmington, (though the stratum of marl there is thin, and the ttnicntoiie poor,) and ,at Anhemoorc and the surrounding lands, I learned from Major C5v une, the able en gineer who directed the construction of the Wil mington railway, that marl was found in the wells dug at the water stations of that road, throuch the distance of 60 miles from 'Wilmington. And this marl lies either under, or near enough for trans portation' to the wretched jrine lauds, which, wretched aa they now are need but to he marled to become valuable and productive under tiling. - I may now, as heretofore, urge this improvement, ' for this region, in vain; hut a time will come when the value of this neglected means of improvement will be properly appreciated in North Carolina, and when the putting it in use will add millions of dol lars to the productive wealth of this region, which, of all within mv knowledge, is most favored by na ture, and the favors so offered are. mot slighted by man. And though I have not yet eeu the con tinuation of this region through South Carolina and Georgia, I entertain no doubt but that my re marks would theie be applicable. It would seem as if the Rocky Point land, so deservedly noted hereabout ot its fertility, owes its vslue to its being so thinly spread over the calca reous depooite, that the two earths have necessarily become mixed, by various natural causes. When the roots of trees, and even small plants, can strike through the upper poor soil and into the marl tie low, the parts of the latter which are taken up into the plants, at their death and decay are finally left on the surface. Thus, in the lapse of ages, the surface, no matter how destitute of lime, and how poor, must thus be made calcareous and rich. Dut not so if the surface soil Imj but six or even four feet above the marl, and cut oft" by a barren inter vening subsoil, which the roots of plants are not able to pass through.' Then the soil will remain poor ; and so it would, even if within a oot of the ma 1 below, but for the operation of plants or animals in bringiug up the marl to the surface. In accoadauce with these views, where the land is:higher, it is very inferior to the best kind ; snd at a few miles from the river, a still higher elevation of surface becomes either the poor pine forest land of New Hanover County, or savanna, of which I shall speak presently. The texture of the calcareous substratum of the Rocky Point lands is altogether different from any of the numerous marl beds I have seen in Virgi nia. In chemical constitution, and in hardness, much of the former may be properly called by its common name of " limestone;" and by the same tests the balance might be called chalk, slightly adulterrated. ami tinged with a very ittle foreign matter. Dut geologists, I believe, do not admit any true chalk to be in this country ; and the concres tion of shells to a stony hardness, cannot make the limestone so called in mineralogy. However, in agricultural sense and use, they are truly what these names would imply. . If the people of Carolina, who have the means of marling, would apply the lesson afforded here, it might be considered that here God had marled, and thereby enriched the land, and had thus re vealed to man the mode of improvement The en riching of these lands was effected simply by natu ral marling, with the additional' aid of freedom from exhaustion, and thereby the accumulation, and fixing in the soil, of as much vegetable mat ter as ths calcareous ingredient could combine with. The limestone is not disposed with any regular ity a to the softer marL Isolated masses of the former, of various sizes, are seen scattered over the best fields: and sometimes the stone, snd some times the chalk is nearest to the surface, or the one OY" Tbs ditches Mrallv rch the subrtratum Wher. in the chalk or marl, the excavation is easy enough. Out when the stone is oppoawd. blasting by gunpowder is ue cessary to open the ditch. I saw in two ditches where this last had been done, for stretches of 500 to 300 yard each. Still. Dr. M'Kei told inc that this ditching by blaring wa not very difficult, and as he thought was not more expensive of labor, than to ditch through newly clcarud forest land. There are ome 01 her unexpected peculiarities of a limestone region in this neighborhiMd, and even at some mid from tho calcareous soils. ' These are Aubtcrraiieons caverns and subterraneous streams. The former are like the limestone caves of the mountain region, except for their very narrow di mensions, which forbid any pagsage or. examina tion. A small doa ha lieen known to make his way through a subterranean pasgagc for several hundred yardi. I aaw, at Ashemoore, one of the "natural wells" which show subterraneous streams. Tliis wss in a field not of calcareous oil, and was sbout the size across of n ordinary 'artificial welt Tha water stood at about two feet! from the sur face of the earth, and is supplied by a perpetual stream passing below. The writer, however, is now higher than usual, owing to additional supply from rain. ' I heard that a little marl had been used in some of the gardens of Wilmington ; but not the least use of it has as yet been made on uelds, by any south .of the Neusc and Trent, of whom I have heard. THE DUEL. Extract from thz Countess Ida. Nine o'clock struck ften eleven -twelve ; still Dehhain came not, and no news of him could he obtained. It was pow near one. Tho widow, for all felt! that" she was such, except herself, and she still hoped; was almost deprived ol her senses. At eve ry whisper she started : at every step in the street she trembled. Som times .the sound of horse's feet would advance from the distance; her features would" light up, the noise ap proached, and seemed about to stop at the door, but went on, and was lost again in the distance; now a shout in the street startled her, now an oath. Sometimes she heard the trampling of the soldier's fret, as the guard were led round to their posts once a party of riotous young men went by, and, by a cruel coincidence, stopped immediately beneath the window, shoutinjr lourth a iriec, which was interrupted by peals ot laughter. Then they departed sinsitmr, their voices soltenintr as they retreated, and dying at least utterly away; Icavini, thev little knew what-- sihnce, soli tude, and despair, behind them. "Mr. Wind ham," said Mrs. Denham, suddenly, in a voice of sternness; which' made him think her sen ses were failing, yu are the cause tf this!' "My dearest madam" "lot, coward!" Great heaven!" "I'ou knew my husband had the heart of a lion ; you knew he couldn't see his friend abused, and you, you meanly took a . 6ou a htriut a base, blasting blow! and vet vou live coward ! and he, my brave, my noble, my lion-hearted Charles, for your infamy has risked his life which, God in his mercy be prcised, is but a risk.. He Will not perish. It is impossible. llu will come. He is wounded,-doubtless, but what do . I care "for woundsl He will come, or he jwill send for me. I shall, nurse him. He will recover; but you, 31 r, must never look for his friendship again ; nor his, nor minn, nor the world's es teem, nor your own. You are a dishonored man. Iliad rather he ! Elkington than you. A blow, coward!" There was suddenly a knock at the door. Mrs. Denham fell back in her chair, laughing hysterically.! The intrud er was a messenger of the police ; to know whether any news had been recieved of the affair. One o'clock. The heavy peal went floating and quivering over the silent town, and struck into the. hearts of all present for they now forboded the worst ' The solemn sound, as it died away, called forth new groans, sobs, and hysterical screams. : All conversation ceased. There was as little room for remark, as for hope or consolation. They sat like tllpse unhappy beings' we some times read of, on a wreck, waiting in , mute despair, till the broken hulk goes down1 with them forever. Two o'clock struck. Mrs. Denham had sunk into a state of exhaustion ; when a sharp, heavy knock, announced an end of this suspense. There was decision- in it. The door was opened by a servant, and a step was heard in the hall; quick, light buoyant It approached, and all eyes were turned to wards the door. "Oh God! he is here at last!' cried Mrs. Denham with a smile ot in effable happiness, and gasping for ; breath. The new comer entered. . Itas again a stranger. A start of horror went round the room, and a low shudder was heard from Mrs. Denham, who buried her face inher hands. "Mr. Windham 1" said tho stranger, who was a gentleman, in dress and appearance. Claude stepped forward,1 and recognized Beaufort "I beg your pardon," said that gen tleman, with a polite smile, willyou permit me to have one word with you V - . ' i Trembling, thrilling, half blinded by hor ror and grief, Claude after several vain at" tempts, read the letter. It was written in the writer's usual flowing h ind. There was no tremor ; or sign of haste, or agitation, except that two drops of wax from a candle showed that it had been the work of the night. , "My Dear Claude,, this will only be put into your hands in case of mv death. You will before then, be informed of the circumstances which produce it I saw you : struck last night and I lost all prudence; I intefered, and'received a blow myself. I have have al ways been" brought up to think a -blow ought not to Imj borne: Death is preferable to dis honor. I know Elkington is a! . shot but I can't help it ; the custom of society must be complied with. Do not blame me, my wiser and more thoughtful friend; you have your opinion. I mine. I am determined to kill Elkington if I can, unless he makes me the hombfest apology. 1 This is not to be 'expect ed, and I am prepared to fall. . I need not say that I have not called on yod to arrange the thing for me, as I know you would have tikpn measures to prevent it r otherwise' there i nn man on earth I should so I readily have chosen, Beaufort I had a alight acquaintance wiiK and ha consented at once. I do not al low myself to think of the future; it Would be useless, and might unman me. My uncle's fortune, you know most unfortunately, reverts tA othr heirs at my death; but I have insured my life for 2000, which will keep cannot write her nonot of want You'are in a fixed position in society calm, wise, and good ; and with leisure tit make this blow as tolerable as possible. Site is an angtl, Claude. Never has she brought one frown to my face, oue shadow to my heart. She is all beauty, compliance, sweetness, love a being as rare as diamonds are. ! do not write to her; I dare not; I cannot. I have tried, but -there my firmness forsakes mel I love her to ado ration, the extent of which even she cannot know. I have kissed the glove she has worn, the flower' she has touchedJ I have often blessed with all a lover's rapture in her absence in her beautiful sleep; and were I, to suffer my thoughts to dwell longer on her; I should let this Elkington go I should defy all men's opinion. . But a blow ! Destiny calls roe I have no alternative left You will find in my portfolio, third drawer from the top. in ine secretary of the little room I occupied as a reading room, a paper of directions which I have prepared for you; I The Life Insurance Company will pay I presume, without hesita tion. I am quite certain1 she can never want the firm andwise protection of a brother while you live. At this moment my fancy recurs to what may happen to morrow ; to the pain it will inflict on ner sweet,lsweet bosom; to tlm scene, which must follow:! any accident. I am almost ready to acknowledge that I am wrong in thus pursuing this act J that you arc right nobly, sublimely right in your higher, mild er, and braver course. Yes, I do you justiec full, full justice. As ftiy eye glances finro" this sheet the last perhaps, I shall ever write to the f ice of my wifcwho has trusted her happiness to me,' now sealed with a calm and happy peace, which mv Infatuation is soon to destroy. I feel inyselt a scoundrel and a fool. Yet this custom of society must be complied with. 'Protect her, ye angels I Pity her, oh God ! Adieu, tny friends-may We meet again! and, once free from this faffair, I here record my oath never to engage in another. Kiss Ellen for me, should they worst happen; and bear my blessing, my farewell to my wife. Ever affectionately, my dear Claude, your friend. -. uQhaxe8 Denham." "P. S. And our journey to Italy, too !" . As Claude finished reading, there was a slight stir behind him. He turned ; it was Mrs. Denham, Her pale face, her wild eyes, her long, loose hair, the. singular expression which terror and long agony tad called into her countenance, now heightened by the cer tainty that Denham was no longer living, rave her the asoeet ot 4 spectre escmbed at the dead boor of night from the abodes of eter nal wo. She had read the letter over his should er, and she stood pointing at it with the grin of a lunatic. Well then, she; said calmly, "1 know all: Charles dead. Char'es! Charles-my lite! my love ! mv husband 1 mv own beloved Charles!" . S She wandered back iazain to her room. Claude could not conceive, indeed, how she had been thus suffered to escape from it j He had not time to follow hervbefore he heard the wheels of a carriaire rolling away from I the door, and he understood fat once that the body had arrived, ahdHhat the attention of tho rest had probably been attracted to that new and appalling scene in the tragedy. Shuddering with a horror be had npver experienced j be fore as well as the thought of the shock which the approaching sceice was about to com municate to himself as to the appalled heart ol tho widow, he overtook her once more in the room, which was now deserted by every body. Evert Ellen was crone. Where are they all!" said she, in a voice perfectly ealmand natural.- ..aw . a aa . S a a s -1 . "nave tnev an crone toDed aireaav, witnout saying good-night 1 Mo; Mere they are.! Where have thev been 11 What is coin 2 on 1 These queries were drawn forth by several figures which came in, frith their backs turn ed to the apartment. As they turned, their faces were all white and terror stricken Two or three men next Appeared waiters and strangers, among whom were, some mere chance passengers, apparently attracted j by curiosity from the street A noise was heard in the corridor, as the uneven tread of men with heavy .shoes bearihaf a burden, and a dead silence overspread all. Then the land lord entered and whisp4edj Claude, who took Madam Denham's handjand led her into the adjoining room. She accompanied him pas sively. Ellen, pale arid terrified, followed but instantly darted back. The trampling ?;rew nearer. The adjoining room seemed nil of people. "Lock the door! aaid a voice, in a low but busness-like tone, MShut this one." Take awty the little girl said the same voice. "The other table; no, breadth ways now! steady, there! a sheet!" There was another pause. . Claude held the hard of his companion with firmness, but, disengag ing herself with a sudden start, she darted for ward and threw open thi door.' There, in bis usual cloths, boots and spurs, his cravat off, his face stark, stiff, white, his long glossy hair hanging back from, hia head, his marble forehead and lip touched with blood lay the dear, the revsred, the if happy husband his stately form ' extended in death. The wife saw it as sbe. threw open the door. There was a quivering, a b rotten shriek, but low and short She darted forward ; she pressed her hand against his .brow,1iis lips, his heart;; 'she touched his closed eyes,! his icy ckeeks, . his stony forehead. Her fingers were chilled and stained with blood. My husband, she cried, with a convulsive sbbt; Then, without a word, a tear, a, murmur more, sne leu upon his bosom. Hie rude men stood spart XVo one broke the silence. ', And thus came back the duelist to those whom Providence had appointed him to prqtec to bis wife, to his child, to his home; but yesterday full of hap piness of peace of hope ! TAKING THIS CENSUS. scene house 'in the country. Inquisitor. Good 1 morning, madam. Is the head of the family at home. - Mrs. Tunchwood.--Yes, sir, I'm at home. Inq. Hav'ot vou a husband 1 Mrs. T. Yes, sir, but he ain't the' head of thtf fanly, 1M have you to know'. Inq. How many persona have you in jour family 1 I Mrs. T. Why, bless me, sir, what's that to you 1 You are mighty inquisitive 1 think. Inq. I am the baa (that takes the cenaqa. Mrs. T Jf yon wo a man in jour senses, you wouid'ni ax aach Ihpejtinent questions. Inq Don't be affronted, old lady wi sua- j ss w a s m wr niiswiinnai sax at skb ssv iucius bbws saa v - Mra.T" Answer a fool accord ing to nis a ' folly" you know what tha Scripter smysv Oldlady, indeed! , . 7. Inq I beg yocrn,on, madam; btttI t don't care about hearing Scripture just mt tMs moment 1 am bound to go according to law and not according to Gospel. ,.w V Mrs. T. I should thinVTO went according to law nor Gospel; . What basiwy is it to you to enquire into folks affairs, Mr. ThlnaTnt law rnakes It my business, good , woman, and if you don't want to expoae your. r self to its penalties, you must answer roy ques- tiMrs,T--Oh;its the law, iaitl ThataJ tersthecase. Butl.hould like to know what . business the law has with people's household, m YnqCongress made the law, and ifU don't please yon, you must taiK w Mrs. T.-Talk to a fiddle aUcfc! Yihj Congress is a fool and you'ra another. A surgical operation for Coneumption otV tho Lungs was recentiy performed in Phila delphia, which is thus described in the; inquf rer 1 ' $ Vo understartd ah operation was performed upon Mr. John Beitlel, of Kensington, on the 15th of May last which promises entire enc- . The disease was in the right side, m great portion of the lung being occupied y an ab scess which communicated with the cavity or the chesv the diagnosis being based upon physical exploration; rhe operation was performed byjDrJ. Pi thell, in presence of Drs. Jt B. Taylor, Ji Uelheil. in n K. Knorr. 0. Baker. G. W Patterson, and T. A. Reillv, An incision was made about $hree Inche long between the sixth and seventh ribs ; a gum elastic tube was introduced into the csyi ity of the abscess, and the pus drawn off by means of a pump The orifice was kept ypert and the tube applied until the pas (which amounted to 24 ounces) was entirely remo ved. . - . The patient immediately after the opCTSt&i became entirely relieved ; hit eoaghrcat!dadf and his respiration became CatT " ' .,. He is new convalescent, taring bad &d bad symptoms since' the operation and. fectsian under the care of Drs. Bethell and Taylors , ' Fiitk Compumsmt. Thefs was scarcely ever a nicer compliment paid; to a ledri thsn that which the celebrated Dean Swift addresu ed to a wife who waa alwaya praiaimj her husband: , f "You alwaya are making a god of yenf ipousei But that neither reason nor coosdenos auows Perhaps you may think 'tis in fratitode due, And you admire him because he sdorss you. Your argument's weak; and so you will flnd, ' For you by this rule, must adore all m"frnd V Truth in Mew. "There is no truth in men',' said a lady in compsny, they are like musical instruments which sound a variety ot tones." In ether words, madam, said a wit who chanced tbbe present " you believe thai all men are lyret " 1 ' Prince Albeit, it is well known; fs exceed ingly fond of whist, and plays remarkably well A few evenings since he sat down with a par- ' ty, one of whom was Lord 'Alfred Paget who was opposed to him. ' " What stakes shall we play fori" ssked his Lordship. "Five shillings the rub," said the Prince., You used to play for 1 sovereign," observed Lord Alfred, " Ah, that was before I was married, jocosely replied Albert; "I won that stake, and therefore now play for a crowm An Irish, soldier, who came over with Gen eral Moqre, being asked if he met with much hospitality in Holland, "Oyes," replied he, " too much. I was in the hospital nearly all the time I was there." O. JT, The Ohio interpretation of this po litical cypher is Oll roa Koawtn - , SBaaHSWHaaBBBB Calhoun's Portrait or Van BtfaEif Calhoun, the main prop of the administration, expressed the following opinion of his friend, Martin Van Buren : v "He was not of the race of the Hon nA ti ger ; he belonged to the low order the FOX and VVEAZEL; and it would be in vain to expect that he could command the respect or acquire, the confidence of those who had so lit- tie admiration of the. qualities by which he was distinguished." GIRARD COLLEGE the expense of ronjlructing this mag nificent pile; from its commencement in 1833, to the 1st of January 1840, is staV ed, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, to be s follows: : ? For lime,l 1,060 58 ; aand,04,967 78; gravel, ' 4,572 70; lumber, 044,405 58 ; stone, $38,774 50 ; painting and glazing 3,198 17; bricks, 962,980 48 ; marble; 0386,789 51 ; working implements, 5, 483 52; smith work', iron, coal, &c. 024, 568 05; all other building materials, work ing implements, rigging" shears, capstans,', &c. including lead, cement and other .building materials not embraced in, the: foregoing general litems; during the six" years, 038, 111 65; laborers' wages, 087, 088. 56; stone masona wages,018,445 71 ; carpenters wages, 030,37862; brick layer's wages, 019,430 59; marble ma sons' wages, 0315,892 98 ; Tolacksmitha wages, 014,982 52 ; carters' wages, 03, 479 94; marble sawyers wages, 027,569 s , aLMUicl, WiOWV 9 , iiauiw vuvw. wages, 07,481 04 ; copper, o,vrm 79 ; stationary, . 0557 74 ; copper work, 01 r 985 40 ; plastering; 05,091 28. Afakicg the entire expense up to the first bl tiiA presext y ear, one million-one hundred t. ten thousand six hundred and thirty-lb? dollars snd sixty-four eenii. . 'i it ft f r. I T-S aaj. ( y ii if T 1' 1
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