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I. .rr. P the 13'1'UHLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,' AT $& 00 (per Annum, in advance BY - , Y. -Proprietor. : OflL'e on tint South side of Pollok Stvect,'five . doors above Middle Street. ilntrs nf Startising. . Fur one iqaare 1 insertion, For one. ; 2 do. ' Y t For oii3 " .. 3' do. ' For one;1 4 do. 80 50 75 , 1 00 1 25 Contracts "will be made bv the year or for shorter' tints,' cither for permanent advertise ments orio be renewed at the option of the ad vertiser, ii d f ir Business Cards, on terms the tn?f advantageous. - Adv',ortise:nents ' s?nt to this Office should ia- the number' of' insertion marked on them,, or tficy will bo inserted until forbid and charged ' aSrorJingh. ' Having as good a variety. of Job Type as can b.vjToon 1 -in the S late, ws are prepared to exe cute nil orders in the above Crunch in the'neat--iKinner, on" reasonable terms, aal at the shortest' notice.- '' -.; Y-Y -. - Y. A'i -tetters addressed to -the Editor, must be ,)nst paid. GFiXEllAL DIRECTORY. V, ' - TOWN GOVERNMENT. r . Commissioners. . !To!i.'i 1). Whitford, lateiidant Police, O 4 T.u lor, 7 1 Dmovamw , li-.Mj. M.,Co)k, ' ' M.itthew M.iU!l1v Sicphn 1 Forbes, T)'vn ("lerk, .J'i;d"m Hancock, Town Serjeant, 14 Di sos way, '.Treasurer! 4f" In virtue of their oiTurc the Town' Com rni.sisioners are Commissioners of Navigation.... - lin Alcx: , Taylor, L'ort Physician. Inspectors of tf.ical Stores. John M. Oliver, De.iinird ll tncock, : Cairles S, Alien, Joseph R. Franklin. Auctioneers. . " . .' - WUrian II. Oliver,- D.ivjd S. Will is, v : " : VViiliatn Dunn. Public NcUfries. 7 (l.'nk, Joli.i II. Brvan, William V Frj.lerii k J. Jon.eSy Jose)h' Fullord. ; Fire Department. :, Atlantic Company," No. !., John D. Flanr.er, FoKj-ni in ; Areh.ee ; Shn)son, Ass'L Fore.u .i'i j. Wni. 11. Oliver, -fcJsKTctary ; I. Disosway. Tiea Hitr.'r. 5 ,". ' . , - . '.' . ' NeusY Company. No. 2. .Foreiriasr; J i.:tes WYCarm John D.'AVhirford; r. Ass i..ivur.MU in Jtfiin .S. ,tj:5oc:i,' bjcretar Treasitrer. . . f . A! on, "Union C'.mpav. N 3, James E. -.-"Morris. Far -in iil. ' . . -. . ' yy . ;. - . '. 7,..; .Y-i r lit: VY:r3F.N3 William Dunn,' Willi am G. Br, ;'art,.! "--I'm" j). Fla:iaer, H ir.ly H.' Ime IXuid w7ViiIis, -CJiavies til over, . J ! uiM.. Oii vcr. ; Maj r lMu!is, Keeper Pul)Iic Scales. . ; 7lht l'ER POSTAGE;. 7 . ' : T'ne fo'lowiu t.tbloof Po'stigo, under tho-nov At i. vvfil bu,us;-f!il lor'irencral rotVrt dice : ;U. State.". anau.a. is ll, r tti l Lheir ic-Jght. o"" -g - Y .i f- - 3 B ' l ' w -r :i, o - - 7'; i -.VVIIEN . lUlEPAIUi ts. ;ts. n A ) .'; un Ior- . h.Mii- (hir.siiile- rufj. O.er k oz. ,uad iiat over 6 m' .15 0 K I1.! ; ; - Over 1 :Me S and not over 1 h on '.t-i'S - 12 18 21 2(h :-"30 3Ui .41 .'Over 1 'ouaces, (iv.'t, -J ou:k.cs. ;. Q-uT 2 ,)Uace,h;Hi not over . :J- itiiiioc; i- : iVi'LEN. '.N.JT. JPnEPAIB. VA,i.--ii.'..g t71"' utide'r Y li jh the single rate. r ( )v'or (Mi.'ne'o, aiul not over 0vr 1 rt-i;if-o, and .ict'OV'.'r tft o.uncvs O.o.r l.j if.i ;;u,nnd not 4vtY:i o:ince-5 "; . '-'; -',r 2 ouM'ea, aiid not-over ;i oancv--;- '' -..' ': 12! v 1 4(.-! GO on 50 75 10 10 20 20) 3J 15i 3 43 20: ;4n 4('i GO I 25 50 "50. U:l -lotted to C.tljforn!.'!, t!ie : sing'e s G ja-Y prepal.l .uid 10 cunts unp.-iid. - H .'IVGwat Urit.im aqJ- Ireland, 21 cents, pre j:ify-m.'rit -optirnr!. ..'""."'; " ' i'-j il.iva!ia. (iJabi,) 10 cents,-"to:- be-, pivpaid '. Ijf'a .; -Tit. - ' . - - , . ..: - - - ; To,' Broui'onv(Gormany.) ' hy :Brerien Lfn'.".- ) .cii,itt"i'Yopa'yiJi.eut opdoaal. By English Stvvirn !ps a oei its,' prepaid. By American Li iu',' 21 t caos. .. " , 7 f . TIE LARGEST 7T7 ; SiLIC, KIB BON, AXD 7 . TRIMMIXG i I cr; TM.a-r' ill! -7,1 i i ; IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF ' SILKS, MILLINER V, - ;1 '-": !'-.'' AND ' - FAIVC WOODS, 162 Broadway, . N. Y7 HAS NO WIN TO HE A m J IS DAILY ... . I 7 7 v- RECEIVING :; 7 ' " ' and effering" the Lowest Prices', r a complete "as ieortraent of Goo.U in , his line, comprising all the various styles and desiins, consisting . of- BLACK AiND" FANCY SILKS, "lA-BCE.LINES, J? LOXS5.CES, CsHAWrLS, (l BIMMlSGS, . sojas? S.IBB oris, - TAFF ETA AND SATIN RIBBONS, -; Trimmings of all 'Kinds. trencaanti English Crapes, Crape Lhse - V Gloves of ALL litNDs, SSIK 2, ACE 7 BAREG ES, LACES, While Goods. Hasie.ru. is. C! TTll f I ue-utvlersi'mAtl TOAnia ' in-; tv.o, '4.!L r . , . " .y. us lociuis an l the tnde tmipm11w . . - . O ' ' v. iuiioc bUV til LllLlUU VI He will offer GaiJi aiu Short Tiswc Buyers Y THOMAS G. STEARNS, ; ., Y 162 B 220 AD WAY. P&tweorv -Liberty street and Blaiden Lane, Y : 7 7 NEW YORK. ''. k.X - "i .' .!" V! - I -k:-3- li:-Y ! I ' 6k !-::7 ami no I I I I. . ! '.fjl, JJtipa-llOTtti . to .-jClttrntiiw; ifirartiiiii; Bgrilturf, 3arrr'nal J,: WILLIAMS, PLfBLISHIili lD PEOPEIE rOEl OMBS and Crushes. Tooth; PaintHair,' Nail, Scrubbing VVhit'ewash and other B rushes . Coarse and Fine Conbs lor sale by - v v . . ; - . , I BIS03VAY. IUST received at COHN & WEISEL'S a new djf lot of Velvet and - Lace, -.Trinimiri: Also, good assortment of Gentlemen's and Ladiea French Kvl Gloves. Call early and examine. . December 21st, 13C 2. l '-," - CMMreni Fancy Hals l. NFANTS' Plusli, and Satin Turbans, Childrens 4 White and Coloured Beaver Huts"; -Youths Kossuth Hats and Cloth Caps, &c Just receive and tor sale by ' - -. - EMMET CUT H BERT. " What 'pleasure can exceed ' - A i he smoking of the weed ? " . ' A lk - of Cigars of various grades and prices also some fine smoking and. chewing Tolncco, for saleby . I. LUSOSWAY. "TTENITIAN RED. SPANISH .BROWN, YEL- V LOW OCHRE, Chrome .Yellow and Green for sale by .7 JAS. W. CARMER?i.Druggisi. 1 November : "5th, I8f)2.. INSURE YQUE PEOPJJRTY: XT' IRE INSURANCE can be effected in the North Carolina Insurance Company on Houses Furniture, Goods, by application to ALEX. ?.l I Tp H ELL. Dr. v - -Old County Wharf. TO TIMBER GETTERS. TT ANTfilJ" to pnrchiise 200,000 or more feet V 7 f f on Timber of the. best quality, for which the highest cash prices will-be paid. V TAYLOR & HOOPER. June Ifi, 1832. 23 w tt Olot7i Cdssimevs, re$ling.s, cc. BLACK and Coloured Fen.-h Cloths, French Ciissimers. of tha latest style,l Cashmere, Silk and Satin Yettings, iu large variety by sale by S. M. F. HARRISON. Jfeflio Goods L: A DIES' SiUc and Merino Vests, Gents7.--Silk and M erino .shirts, a large supply ef:-a supe rior quality-, just received find ' fiir s lo by J. M- F. HARRISON Jan. Uth. 1S..3., " lleady Made Clothing. i UPPLYcMlcady Made lolhins ofSu- n-Tior work p, ana latest style,: tor 'sale very low by Jan. 1 4th7 1553. M. F. -HARRISON. I UP S C A RC HO DA, an I : Tartaric Acid In general use for Buckwheat Cakes. ec, just at :.ind and fr sale b Y. -' - . . - ' .Y. ; I. DISOSW AY. B U.tLIN I N Lt r LiU IL). A supply constantly on land, and fo r sale by . v 1 .. J. W. CARMER. November 5th, f 1 LASS of Various sizs trum G by 8 to 21 by T' T0 inches f-r gHlel.v -- v , .. . JAS. W. "CARMER.- Druggibt. oveinber 5thV 1852. a ' . ' - . ' - -; ) Jewelry, Jewel?:, tije. G1 OLD WATCHES, low priced, medium and j fine quality, 'Breast Pin?,. Ear Rings, Finger Riugs. Pencils,' Pens' and Cusos, &e , &tvj ust re ceivedand waicU will W sold very cheap by ....----- '. J. M.F HAltlliOX, . Jan. 14th, 1S53. ,,. ,.'!'."-" . ' - . ' - . . . ' - I . 1 111 ' ' - Her noes, . Be La in es db Cashmeres,, SiftiE subscriber would Cjali the attention of purchasers, to his lajge and varied assort menfcof 3Ierino Caahmerc and DeL:iines, which he is. tolling very low. I J, M. F. HA RRIoOX, Fire Proof Buildings" Pollok Street. "pLUID LAMPS A largo and .handsome as sortinent of Glass f J.rtVa.',Flnid Lamps ustYy iiand by Sehr, lone and iselang at J4.n j 4, 1853. JAS. W. CARMER. LliM ! 1JM1: !! sli f. BARRELS THOMASTCJN LIME ? in good order, just received and for sale low, YY J O! 1 NiiLACKWELL Newborn, April 2Sth 1S5 1 . ; ; : 17 AGENCY FOli SEINES, &c. ALEXANDER M ITOH ELL; will receive or ders for Skisks of-any dimensions.-made by A Machinery in the most approved manner. He will furnish thi netting ouly, or with:Corks, Lead and Lines, hung ready for immediate juse if desired. jNewt5erne, Augv-lth lb-; ; I ' Gloves, Hosier f7 cr. TXJST received, a large supplyj of Ladies Ivid Glove, Sdk Cotton Hose. Silk Gents" Kid and Silk "J.'M. F. HA R UK ON, Pollok Street. January 14th, 1SG3. FOR SALE IN Xl'.W BERNE. Y HOUSE on' Craven Streat. now occupied as a. Watch Maker's shop ana aweuing H ; n titv fionvfiiiient hoiwe and has a house. fine Damevrean Galley in tlie rear whicn can i c -nverted info three ec bed. ro-mis or wuuiu "ood school room. The wholP! house is in good or- ,1pi- For lurthcr lutormanon appiy on me - : fi'TiTAir -iPERGDSOiN."- I niKns. ... , , r? New Derne, Npv. 22d, 1 85. tf. 7 JUST RECEIVEDy 4 FULL supply of School Books, embracing par r ' tinularlv t.hn hnrtk recommeBded by the su- ..hoolsin Craven Coun ty, Common School Speaker; Little SpeakerLovell s Scbool Dialogues For sale at the JSerbern xjook bStore by t WM- IhJIAinti" JUST RECEIVED. Bbl3. Baltimore and Canal Flour. 30 hrtf bbls. Canal Flour. r 50 " 2 dozen Britannia Fluid Lamps. -1 Cask Burning Fluid, ' . For sale by ' ALEX- MITCHELL ' - . ' Old County Wharf. June Sth, 7. ; - w is tf o OHGH RHMEDIES &o--Wistar's Balsam ot Wild Cherry, Martins . Syrup of W.td Chorry Swayns VViid Ulierry toyrnp, staDif a A.nodyno Cherrv Expectorant, Ayer's "Cherry t'ectoraU Thorn Mona Tar ami W ood Naptha, JayneS Expectorant,1 RasiaCough Syrup, FAsok'a 1 -Jau'y -i, 1853. JAS, W, CARMER. LaCfc iVJlUS, OUK. rtimuu auu . , . . jss?, . . . Merino and Cottoii 12 Hose, nisned to Mercaants at iew im-K pnees. Aneir Gloves, &cJ nivl for sale by BUPeilul h 1 1 1Y1 ID GLOVES A new supply just receive-G and fof sale b v - : ' EMMET CUTHBSR' 'Jannnry 4,1853. A .jUB jon not in want of Bernard s Cholera and "X: Diarrhea Remedy? A Medicine so iustly clebiTited for diseases peculiar to th ? f-eason it yeu are, call at Carmer s tni procure a" bottle, at once. - . . t June 8tb, 18."2. s B URNING FLUID- -A supply j;tit receive ! and for sale by- JAMES Y. CARMEIt. January, 1853. Jjootsy Shoes' Gaiters, cCr. The "World over may say what it can, - , '' But for selling cheap Boots aud Shoes Harristn is the man. . . - A LARGE supply of Gents' Fine aiters. Ladies' Gaiters, Morocco c uoots an 1 Buskins, aai French Slippers, just received by, J,.M. F. HARRISON. . "101 91 AV i , 'KVIUVT SflXS O 0;a'V - .aap.io m voiuoxidr poursu aAOfv aq'j jo aaqjp oj pajdAidp .i-jav pui: "o papuajpj oq UF '0 Na"uaAva-'uo5M' jq'X Jo pa jjtqA 0 uiAV lliU!?f 1 V ll3llJ!K xsiV "JLl! lT V -i 0 8PII 'muiiuT-j sauit. f .to SKoilani iiiuufx 7 ' v.7'01 yf'l sjpj6 " aiqsijCuu enopoq tiro sr. dvoqo g pne Aauauta ?aq ui "sp:i.i 4ai issq aqj jo WiaVHAI LlIVO HQ SJsUYO ?ioqs u '.irjdaa ao pjmq xl aoqitosqn SPRING AND SUMMER 'iwiiiiii '''iP ''liiw ii '.liiil -'iilj For the Southern .Market. TAMES WILDE, Jr., (laic of firms of G. T. Longstreet '& Co and Wiide, Bates and Taylor,), still continues to hold out at the old stand.6 1 Nassau. Street, Nf.w York, where he will have in readinesaboth for early and late pur chasers, the largest sind -choicest-stock of ' SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING to be found in the United Stiites Importing his "Good s, together with his.pt rfcct knowledge ot the Hoie Markets, gives him the greatest facilities of getting up his stock Y - , 7 AT THE LOWEST RATES, and in the Latest Styes. ; The .pttrons tf the above named' firms, and Southern; Jlcrchants in general, would do well to examine our stock be fore purchasing. New York, Jan. 1st, 1853. .1 :2m. SMITHF1ELD. MALE AND FEMALE .- TTTILL c'ommence its fourth session iu the new Vw bni'dirig, 15th of February and close its scholastic year 15th. Dee. 1853. Organization and charges as heretofore, Mr. Murphy excepted,5 whose services, if necessary, will be supplied by a' competent Assistant. For particulars'-address the principal. - - JAMES IL BRENT, : : - SrHithville, N. Ct Week ly Jon rnal, and Fayetteville Ob icrvcr, insert 6 months and send 41 to Principal, im mediately. Y" " Y . January. 4th 1853.. . .-. I I 6;n. : ."JVTEAV DRY GOODS Just received per Jl late arrivals, 5, 6, 9, 10nd 11-4 Brown and Bleached Sheetings. 3 and 44 do do " do Domestic Super. Lancaster Welsh. Flannels Ectra Plush Canton Flannels. 'A.-C. A." Bed Ticki'nir. Thrce-thread Slate Col'd Hose. - Infants Woollen Hoots. Clark's Spool Cotton. -. r- Y..' - ALSO, A large lot of Narrow Velvet,Gimp and Eraid Trimming. Gilt Edged Velvet Trimming Buttons. Drab, Blue Green nd Cherry Florences. ; Heavy Black Silk Fringes. . ; . . Y Oil Siik, &.c, Scc, &c. . - " : -. : ' Ladies5 Super., all Wool and Merino Vests. EMMET CUTIiBERT. January 4, 1853. : Y " QAMUEL -O LIVER & SON Agents for "th k Johnston Little River Manufacturing Compa ny" will be constantly supplied with Cotton Yarns to jinv broutrht to this market.: JNew-lierne, December ytn ltsoJ. 43 ojj a b. hatch & co., MANUFACTURES AND IMPORTERS CI - Gentlemen's Turnislilng Good3. No 97 WriliVvtn Street," o , - Midway between Aiaiaen :tiuuonn oircet i jiu'i a viv.v. Established in 1844. , f rj MERCHN i JS will nna at mis eslabs fr lishmen a full assortment of the latest styles (enioracing me mvi approcu jjoa ;dan and Paris Fashions) of Shirts, Stocks, Cravat, I Suspenders, Linen Collars, Dressing Robes, - ; . - Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Under Garments Money Belts, Gloves, Shoulder Braces, &C. &-C. -,'.i.'-. -' And every description of Goods appertain A7 io to lne Furnish ng business, wnicii wiu be sold at the lowest Market prices. January, ivot. - .. . hUST Received per Schr. I. W. Hughes, 126 ai $ superior Black and Coloured JUd oioves. 1 JJozen DiacK. iace yiis j v, 48 Dozen coloiired spool Cotton, 80 Dozen White aDd coloured Wadding, 6 Dozen Black and coloured Trimming Bri - . .i n.Ai! -Y ' ." ' -' " - raids. 'lioo lhs. Cotton Battissr. 12 lbs. Fine Black Sewin-r Threat! :1L - "in lKc . Rlnnlr orfl orA "firf(l CnTnet WflTTli Fine Collars and other Embroideries, &c. etc. . EMMET CUTHo&KT. TL'l tf-SLk -' iJWk '.; .1T5.' mnda hv tho ahnve (Jomanv which will be tur for. -N "Srapntaniis; imp., i'railt" Snratstit JJmi. kjf "CraCSaJrhsfe! j ' TEE FARMER'S CORN SONG; . by john a. ymniEn. ' , t Heap high the farmer wintry board!" Heap' high the golden corn ! - No richer gift has Autumn poured YFrom out her lavish horn I 2i Let other lands, exulting, glean " Y , The apple from the pine, Y - The orange from its glossy green, The cluster from the vine. Y We better love the hardy gift Oar rugged jvales bestow, " . .? ? To cheer us W'henthe storm shall drift ' Our harvest fields with snow. : "'' 7-, "--.7: "; V ": 77' ' -. 7 "Y-"-" ' " " ' Through vales of grass, and meads of flow ' Y "Y " " - . ' Y " " - : ers, -Y'Ay-YYYYvY,;;;- " Our plows their furrows made, While on the hills the sun showers " Of changeful April played. -. . - - - . . We dropped the seed o'ec-hill and plain, ' . Beneath the sun of May, A nd fiightened from our sprouting grain The robber crows away. All through, the long, bright days of June, Its leaves grew bright and fair, . . And waved in hot mid-summer's npon, T . Its soft and yellow hair. Y And now, with Autumn's moonlit eyesj Its harvest time has come, Y We pluck away its frosted leaves, And bear the treasure home. . . There, richer than the fabled gifts, . Apollo showered ol old, Fair hands th'e broken grain shall sift, And knead its'- meal of gold.. Y Let vapid idlers loll in siik, 7 Around their costly board; Give us the bowl of samp and milk", By home-spun beauty poured. Where'er the wild old kitchen hearth Sisads up its smoky curls, S Who will not thank the kindly earth, And bless our farmer girls ! : Tlien shame on all the rtfefand vain, . ': Whose folly laughsto scorn. The blessings of tur hardy grain, Our wealth ..of golden corn. Iiet earlhvithhold her goodly root Letrmldew blight the rye, . Give to the worm the orchard's fruit, Y The wheat fields to the flv. But let tho good old crop adorn The hills our fathers trod; Still igt us, for his golden corn ; Send up our thanks to God! THE 7BSAIJTY OF BARBXCAKY , There ii a story current in the neighborhood of St.. Giles's, Cripplegate Without, in conncc tioii with a' headstone, now only abdut a foot above the surface of the crowded church-yard of that parish the church ltselr, by the by, was Milton s burial .place on which may still be faintly discerned, that the name of the tenant below was Charles something, beginning, with a P. This tale seems to ine'of sufficient interest and significance to wariant its being introduced to a wider circle. Michael BeY.son, a tin-plate smith, drove, it appears, a tnnving iraae m jea v-ross cstreei Barbican, about the middle ot. the eighteenth centurv, and ultimately; amassed considerable wealth. lie was reputed a somewhat odd, ec eentric,- liard grained man, whose bark, however, was innch worse than his bite, which mood of mind was ascribed by elder gossips to his having been crossed m love by one Lucy Andrews, the daughter of a plumber and glazier, and popularly known hi the days when the second ueorge was king, as the Beauty of Barbican. This fascina ting damsel unhappily preferred the showier at trac'.iohs of oaon-commissioned cavalry officer to' the less glittering though far more solid pre tensions of. the industrious and thriving smith ; and the Mars and Vulcan story of classical anti quity had its Cripplegate- version by the union, in the church of that name, of the fair and faiths less .Lucy with the dashing sergeant of dragoons. Honest Michael was at first greatly staggered by this heavy, and it seems, quite unexpected blow ; but he soon recovered his equilibrium,ad drcssed himself with heartier zeal than ever to his forge and anvil, and, as previously stated, so successfully, that compassionate candidates for the office -of healing 'the "wounds inflicted by the fickle Lucy were by no means wanting: but Mi chael Benson would have none of them Y Per haps the treachery of the Beauty of Barbican had inspired him with a general distrust of tho de- . i i . -im. i;: - i ' ceptive sex ; .or, wmcn is liKeuer, ner image sun lived in his memory with ; a freshness beside which their feeble charms showed dim and pale. This last w:i-s' tho conclusion arrived at by. those ' more intimate friends of the smith, who knew low. at convivial and unguarded moments, his heart would leap to his lips; and this opinion re ceived, in the autumn of 1745, a striking connr- mation. k oliowms close upon tne news oi jon- nv Cone's brilliant battle with the Highlanders at Preston. Pans, there came news of Lucy's hus band. of color-senreant Haselgrove I having been killed there, and that the" Barbican Beauty, now a forlorn widow, with a young family, was - " . ;-'- .: il 1 1 I 1 P temporarily sojourning in tne neignuornooa oi Carlisle. ; Alichael Benson for some time ap peared', to treat this intelligence with contempt belief. It was not very long before he changed bis tone. - Confirmation hf the tidings must have reached him from a reliable source, for ia Feb ruary, 1746, he a suddenly disappeared from Red Cross Street, and did not show himself again for nonrlv three eeks. His trip to the north was soon ascertained uie sieps oi " J T At M " L h stalwart ajni' faithful swain had been direc ted had, everybody admitted, greatly unproved him both in looksSand; temper, .His morose manner fell offUM a;garment; and, reverting to the other extremes he grew languishingly elo quent upon eonnubial felicity, and the mexpres ;Mi.t fnrlnm condftion of wretched bachelors. His house, too, as newly fitted and furnished up, Eg a suitdble residence for a mm of family nd substance; and, finally, he admitted in 2 - fxii Sir' S. $2".0p IKJ Ali YANCE. , .WHOLE -EfB.Y 4i whispered confidences to hicronies", that the en suing month of olerry May would see him unUed in holy wedlock lohejbereaved widow of "the slain dragoon. t -.-'Vanity -ofvanitiesall is Vanity ! Fate had decreed that barfaaitfas beauty ehould be Michael Benson's death oTruih Wliilst as sisting to fix'- aew anil flaming isign oyer his shop, the ladderupoii ''..which he stood sliaped,and he was precipitated with stunning violence to the pavement. It vvas at first believed thiat, he was mortally hurt, and this7 it wa.s subsebuentiy manifest, must haveybeeh his own impression! upon recovering - consciousness ; but ultimately skilful "surgery and a good constitution brought mm inrougn j anaoy .xneume oragnxseyec,,oiiss bTingmg May was at hand, he had almost re covered his old health and vigors-only to fen counter a severer stroke than he had.yet -suffer ed. A letter reached the impatient Benedict ex pectant one morning, with the intelligence that Sergeant Hasef grove had never been dead at all ! that;he had been severely: wounded only, and ta; ken prisoner, in General Cope's illustrious cam paign, and detainedvithout the power of com munieating with his sorrowing wife: and friends, till released by the catastrophe of Culloden ! Poor Michael " wras flung back upon a sick-bed again; but this hurt,. like that caused by the fall from the ladder," was found. to be curable -;and false-promising May had not departed, when his re-strung energies were once more concentrated upon the sordid realities, of life and business, And herein, at least, fortune did not jilt or pjay the fooF with him .year after tear found him ! wealthier, stouter, jollier;" and he had not' yet uvea halt a century, when he was elected to the civic common council for the ward of Cripplegate. This "elevation "proved an unfortunate one, by sfimulating for S9me time a growing taste for the pleasures of the table ; and corpulence, goutrmd incipient apoplexy soon displayed their fatal en signs?. Business becoming" distasteful, he deter mined on resigning it in favor of his orphan ne pliew, Charles Passmore, who: had been. fr sonic time the manao-mir man of his establishment. and retiring for the remainder of his days to the sweet rurality of Islington- in which then sylvan parish he possessed considerable property as soon, as a house he had commenced huilding, near the spot where the Angel Tavern now stands, shbuld be completed. - . :, " Man . proposes God -idisposes.y' Michael Bensorixwassiiting alone ens-evening alter the close .ojTthe day's business, revolving this and otherpet projects in his mind, when a letter was brought him, with "a message that the bearer, a young woman in deep mourning, waited for an answer. He -snatched the letter,muttering as he did so peevish" expression, of annovance at be ing disturbed; but no sooner had his glance fal-1 it;ii upuu ijju superbcrjpiiou,aiian a uasn oi wiiu surprise broke over and crimsoned his counte nance. Eagerly he tore it open, and read with swimming eyes a touching appeal to feelings of lang-syne, from his eWabelbved Lucy, in behalf of her only remaining child, who' would only de liver it after the writer's death. Mrs. Hasel grove's husband had preceded her to the tomb, to which she herself was then fast hastening a dark and awful passage, but cheered and illumed by the certainty she. felt, that , for her sake Lucy would find a home with the gqqd 'Michael, who's-' honest worth and deep c flection the writer had learned rightly to value when too late. The perusal of this letter profoundly agitated Michael Benson and it was some time before he criuM master himself sufficiently to ring the bell, arid direct the hearer of the, note to be shewn in. Ho had extinguished the candles, probably to mask from thepung girl thus solemnly commif ted to his charge, the emotion which almost con yulsed him; and it was by Ihe softening liglil of ihe. moon and stars, which streamed in through the uncurtainedvindoWjthat he silently perused her features, and recognised in them the image of the Lucy of his love. The timid, trembling girl seemed to quail before his eager, scrutinising gaze; but when he presently found words to as sure hpr, that the request f her dying parent should be sacredly, religiously fulfi!led,she threw herself in an eestacy of sorrow and thankfulness into his outstretched arms: whilst he, utterly overwhelmed, wept and sobbed with an equally passionate vehemence. : ' Y' v The unexpected and charming addition to his household, quickened for a time the sluggish pul ses of the civic councillor with a more healthy life; but habits of indulgence are .seldom perma nently eradicated in elderly persons. They gra dually regained tlieir wonted ascendancy; and Lu- w Haselgrove had only been about three months Willi mm, wiieii a ugnining sirono oi upopiexy revealed how nearly they had already brought him to the fbmb. Surgical aid having been promptly obtained, he .was for this time quit for" the fright and an' ever present dread of a second visitation. "It was very lucky," remarked the surgeon, addressing Charles Passmore, that F wan within, call ; for even a brief delay in such cases is a pretty sure paasport in another world." Ilie nephew made a cold, matter-ot-course reply which it struck the medical geritieman at the time contrastedjoddly with the quick brightiiush that at the same moment suffused his 'pale fea tares. . No further comment was, however, made, and tho conversation terminated. Y 4 Charles Passmore is described as a bold, stub born, unprincipled, yet- withal specious young man, precocious alike in ambition and avnrire, which master-passions,' it will be seen, he hesita ted at no means, however base to gratify. Mi chael Benson, it seems, at first cherished a hope that a mutual liking (.might. "spring.-up between hi3 nephew and adopted daughter ; but .this he early found was out of the question. CharJe3 Passmore had views 'ia a far higher, quarter, which e doubted net the possession of his un cle's property would enable him to realize ; and gentlcretirmg. sensitive Lucy Haselgrove could feel uoj sympathy for the rud. iraseible person who, from the first day of her abode in Red Cross Street, had manifestly regarded her with ex treme, and of late, quite savage dislike. . This feeling was, no question, excited by the appre hension, soon converted into certainty, that a considerable share of the;. wealth to which he considered himself exclusively entitled, Would be bequeathed to her. Two legacies, amount ing Jul 000, divided, between Guy's, and tsartho lomew's Hospitals, m a will otherwise exclu sively in' his favor, executed by Mr. Benson some five or six years previously, nad greatly onnded him : and how much was this ire inflamed; when, in addition to that deduction from his coveted inheritance, he heard his uncle express his deter mination to seeure Lucy a handsome maintenance, and this, too, without delay. - This resolution was" stated in his presence to Mr. Aspern. an attorney o'f Coleman . Street, whom Miehael Benson had hastily sent for, warned, probably, by internal premonitions, that the eight in which no man can work was- at hand, The instructions' given were brief arid. eniphatic : 5000 to Lucy Haselgrove ; 1000 to the hoa- pitals, as-, aforesaid ; ' and the residue,-estimated Willi uie outiuesd at aooui, -iuuo, jus "v phew ; and the jvill to be ready for execution on the folio wing day. Mr. Aspern promised com pliance, and took his leave, foljowed a few mi nutes afterwards by Charles Passmore, ; - .It was rather late that! evening when the ne phevv returned home, - Mr. Benson had finished hissuppcryanci wa3 sitting ulone, imi:ibing,in d- fiance of all warning, ft few more of the"rinrht '." Usps'whichrwere'sqaterially asting him to lus-jong' last sleep. ' 1 he vo-ung man's steM- were unsteady ,'and his nngry .eyes sparkled With : 1 iH-fepresseii rage. 'Unaccustomed drink Iiadi-7 washed away the mask" which ' ho . had hitherto' , worn in his uncle's "presence; aid hi true charac-v ter was for the fast timo revealed to his astd Y; nished nnd indignant relative. A fierce altcrca- -tion relative to the proposed will immediately : commenced and went -on: witlvirreasing: vk Ienco .till the iiioleneq7o7thei)ehev7:h.'id risen to such. a pitch as to embolden him to hazard a ." .base-exasperating 1 imputation upoij: the-fchaj-ac ' ters jf botij Lucy and her mother. , - :' "Lying, imgrateiul sconndrcrr thuutiercd Mi- ; . chael Ber.sofvns i " gyto his feet;: and "menaced 41re slanderer with .Y clenched fetsFhatforyour own mother sake I-r7f He stopped abruptly and cJaspedThis forehead with bolh hands, whilst a mighty change felIYYr liken thick pall oVi-f his inflamed countenance.- A moment, and the words ''The surgeon- , . fclTPrglcitlfrphi his throatJiUhead fell on chest, and ljlmdly staggering a few pacesin' , e direction; of tne door, he fell with a deep groan on the floor. . , - ' Charles I'r.ssmoro fcioked eagerly in the faco.! of the helpless man. . Assistance, he clearly saw, : to be effectual. nTustbe Verv speedy; nruFhe ::' u epped mcchanicaJljfrto wards the bell. . His'finv : geni-HUch.e4JJte(rope, but were instantly wun drawn ; and - he oncp more paced softly towards -hi prosirate?" relative, and 1 gazed with earhest,Y:; fearful scrutiny on the convulsed features of the ? dying man. : Ashe did so. the'leys slowjy un- ',' tlosed, and addrelsf d him with.eo reproachful v and ghastly an expression, that he turned hasti- ly away, and again moved towards the bell.-r'- Three orlour precious minutes passpd, and ther : thev bell was' rung witii furious violence YY7Y 7 s",Fetch :a'argeoh 1-quick !- Vtuick .l'excjaiiried Charles Passmore to the sennnt who answeroxl y the bellr "My unclo has fallen down in a fit." . Mr. Rymer wasquickly on the spot, and in stantly. opened a vein. . Too late ! The sluggish .,' blood yielded a few drops ohty, and it Was plain. ' that Hfe wassTovef. j "A7 fe w minutes earlier. might have made Yall the diflerence,'' remarked r Mho surgeon ubut: your1, 'uncle, Mr: passmore is Y' past help now. y, : - ; r ; : An hour-nftcrwards, Charles Passmore was Y "seated in liis bedroom, alone with conscience. 'His "face was whitens storiv, nnd hie wnole frame trembled with terror. There was brandy on the Y table ; beside! him, of -which lie frcly, partook but it required repeated draughts to till thl guawvin oi me avvaKeneu worm wiiuin. oiowij, however,: the white ' face acqtured color ; tho troubled, shrinking eyes grew l5old and steady; the palsied limbs ceased to shake and quiver ' and articulate utterance . was -not ih'ipossible.- Visitation '"'of God I" ho muttered f tTo be sure - what -else ! Rymer i,s a conceited hss to sup . pose he could- have afforded effectual aid cveh : -had he been present at tho moment' of attack.'' 2 Fortunately timed, too, since it was to be. . And now, I think of it, ihero is an itnportant-matterrrtt the saving or throwing away of a thousand Y; pounds, which must neither be forgotten nor de layed. - Well remembered." , f 7 7 ' Thus speaking, Charles Passmore seizcnl the candle, listening for a moment on the landing to 2" mako sure the house was quiet; andthen crept steathily down stairs. He returned in about ten minutes with a folded parchment in his hand; which, after locking the ' door,, he eagerly ad 7 dressed himself to road.- ."Yesrthis is it : My '. last Will and Testament; thedate June, 1765. Y All my property, real and personal, to my dear ' nephevv Charles-iPassmore, with the exception -. of a thousand pounds to the two hospital. Eh ?. what's this 1 And two thousand pounds. to Lu- 7 cy Haselgrove."- or her children, in equal propor tions ! r Upon my "word, this, is pretty - well. Three thousands pounds.sliccd offiastead of one as I Understood: but, as I am the, undoubted . heir-at-law.' I shall tike the liberty of doing, what' I heard the testator tell Mr. Aspern & should do burn this atrocious, will." A mo 7 mentary doubt cf the perfect prudence of the act flashed acroSs his excited brain, ahd he hesi tated to commit the important instrument to the V flames. But his uncle had hp relative so" near as hflmself by many degrees; tlierei could not; be the slightest danger Jiereof ; and the gain-- 7 three thoufeinds pounds was certain and; enor I. mobs I The will was then consumed, by 6mall 7 slips at a time, in Order that no unusual light , miirht attract the attention of passers by. Early on the morning of the funeral, Mr. As pern, the attorney, called .at the Red. CroBs " Street. . Y.r- - -. -- -. YY ;- -' "Golding2' he said,' (Cof Bassirighal! Street -1 your'Unele's lawyer in former daj's, has' been to 7 my office making enquiries xEbpn the will niado' -in 1765. I' told him it could not bo found," and' that there ceuld be no reasonable doubt that it had beendestroyed bythe testator, in f u jfil m en,t 7 of hik declared intention to do so; He 'appeared hardiyx satisfied, and I said lief had. better cal t here after the funeral, 'lie is acting, I presume, i . for sorro, relative or other of your deceased un ckA'- ' Y . - "A verydistat relative,' then, lie or she must . be" repliedxPassmorc. . "Sir. Golding is- quite welcome however, to institul as rigorous a - search as he pleases. My uncle himself told me , -that ha had destroyed the will." -': - . So I informed Golding ; but ho insists upon -an investigation, and will he lic're about three" o'clock. I will tako care to bo -.; present. Good Kuay iur isiijuru. . , . . .... .. liesioes iuy iiaseigrpve wiio in compl: '.--ar.ee with a note marked fprivate and eon'fidVri- tial," frm Mr; Golding, had delayed . leaving White j Cross Street, her. home,' alas ! jr.il! ho" should S3C- her after the funeral calm, composed ' hut exceedingly pale,Mr. Charles Paseniore and -Mr. Attorney Aspern, there, were several mourners, friends of the deceased, present in the first fl .or fiont room,-when the solicitor of Bas s'nghall street was announced. Golding wag'n " thin, Wiry little man, with. the, eves of a Ivnv . which when. he had made : his general bow. glanced trom tho loriunate and decorom uepht-w to the unfortunate, and weeping Iicy . Haai; ;" grove, vith piercing, artuw-like scrutiny." The vill.mad'.in4765 bv tha deceased's own act?' ' -!.-, Y 4,And thatvwhich w:u? to have rei!ac;wi u hot been drawn u p, . much less execu d l ' "Exactly," said Mr.'Aspcrn.v 7-Y -istul.l can hava nadoubt -I am acting 'I wed tell you. m t?He interest of this vanair hi dy, Miss Lucy Haselgrove, thouti not direct!- lnsirueieu by ner l can have fio donbt, I isav. that the heir-at-law will carry out his unc!e''s clearly expressed intentions, though not -"legally compelled to do sol" Y : Y Y. Y The. heir-at-law colored, and looked annbyedr but promptly answered-; " 1 hafl most assur edly do no such thing. Your client, Mij Lucy ' Haselgrove, is no relative of mine, and can haVo ho claim; equitable, or otherw ise to any portion'' of rny lawful inheritance." :: ..." ' ' And that is your fied deefminntianF said Ir. Golding, with a sorfcf stern exultatiolr ii7; his tone nnd manner. ;'. YlY. ' Certaiiiy it U: The prime duty of every man is to look after his-, own interest - that of his re latives deihancs his next care.' ! Verv prettily said indeed ! nnd if lYhr.no ' too that I. hay er' just now a prime duty to "ptrftonriv 1 Mr. Michael Benson's last vill has been destroy i ed of that Iact-I have; not. the'sligh" test doubt and, you sav, by the testator s o wn a.vfc. - about which life re may be two 'opinions. H jfbat; however as it mav, I have thes honor to 'iiform- . . - . ". . j. .1 j ' s l . YOUtJLnat oy a will not aesiroytui, ana . npv jn Diy possession, dated APriI 17-iC at' Jwhich 1 ..- Yes" "replied Ch irles Passmdro ; "my Jafnen- ted unclatold me so himsolfinbro wthzn ortf& eiirht hours before his death." - Y Y . I- mavY ' ' ..'' .
The Weekly News (New Bern, N.C.)
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