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Cc Cummercial.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1857
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rVom Ike AVw York Knickerbocker, 1835.
A SSENE IN REAL LIFE.
By Benjamin Matthias.
c facts not otherwise than here set
1 down."
V'jfe or Mantua.
There is ni wst amount of suffering in
the worlJ that escapes general observa
tion. In the lines and alleys of our popu
lous cities, in the garrets and cellars of dil
apidated building, there are frequent cases
of misery, degradation, an I crime, cf which
those wlio live in .comfortable houses, and
pursue the ordinary duties of life, have nei
ther knowledge nor conception. By mere
chance, occasionally, a solitary instance of
depravity and awful death is exposed, but
the stalling details that are placed befoje
the community, are regarded as gross ex
aggerations. It is difficult for those who
are unacquainted with human nature in
its darkest aspects, to conceive the immeas
urable depth to which crime may sink a
human being and the task of attempting
to delineate a faithful picture of such de
pravity, tho' it might interest the philsoso
pher, would be revolting to the general
reader. There are, however, cases of fol
ly & error, which should be promulgated
as warnings, and the idcidents of the an
nexed sketch nre of this character. Mys
terious are the ways of Providence in pun
ishing the transgressions of men, and in
dispatable is the truth, that Death is the
wages of Sin.
Twenty years ago, no family in the
fashionable circles of Philadelphia was
more distinguishel than that of Mr L,;
no lady was mora admired anJ esteemea
than his lovely and accomplished wife.
They had married in early life, with the
sanction of relations and friends, and under
a convic:ion that c.ch was obtaming a
treasure above all price. They loved de
votedly and with enthusiasm, and their
bridal day was a day of pure and unadul
terated harpiness to themselves, and of
plensure to those who wrre present to of
fer their congratulations on the joyous
event. The happy pair were the delight
of a large cire'e of acquaintances. In her
own parlor, or in the drawing-rooms of her
friends, the lady was ever, the ndmirition
of those who crowded around her, to listen
to the rich melody of her voice, or to enpy
the flashrs of wit and in'.elligence which
characterized her conversation.
Without the egotism and vanity which
sometimes distinguish those to whom so
ciety pays adulation, and too prudent and
'careful in her conduct to excite any feel
ings of jealousy in the breast of her con
fiding husband, Mrs L 's deportment
was in all respects becoming a woman of
mind, taste, and polished education. Her
chosen companion noticed her career with
no feelings of distrust, but with pride and
satisfaction. He was happy in the enjoy
ment of her undivided love and affection,
nnd happy in witnessing the evidences of
esteem which her worth nnd accomplish
ments elicited. Peace and prosperity smil
etf on his d rnestic circle, and his offspring
grew up in loveliness, to add new pleasures
in his career. "
Tho youngest cf his children was a
daughter, named Letitia, after her mother, i
whom, in many respects, she promised to
resemble. She had the same laughing
blue eyes, the same innocent and pure ex-
pression cf countenance, and the same gen
eral outline of feature. At an early agej
her sprightliness, acute observation, and
nptitu le in acquiring information, furnished
sure evidences of intelligence, and extraor
dinary pains were taken to rear her in such
a manner as to develope, advantageouslj',
her natural powers. The care of her edu- j
cation devolved principally upon her moth
er, nnd the task was assumed with a full
consciousness of its responsibility.
With the virtuous mother, whose mind
is unshackled by the absurdities of extreme
fashionable life,there are no duties so weigh
ty, and at the same time so pleasing, as
those connected with the education of nn
only daughter. The weight of responsi
bility involves not only the formation of
nn amhble disposition and correct princi
ples, but in a great measure, the degree 6f
happiness which the child may subsequent
ly enjoy. Errors of education are the fruit
ful source of misery, and to guard against
these is a task which requires judgment,
and unremitting diligence. But for this
labor, does not tho mother receive a rich re
ward 1 Who may tell the gladness of her
heart, when the Infant cherub first articu
lates her name 7 Who can describe the
delightful emotions elicited by the early
development of her genius, the expansion
of the intellect when it first receives, and
treasures with eagerness, the seeds of
knowledge? These are joys known only
to mothers, and they are joys which fill
the soul with rapture. A
Letitia was cigtuy.ari old. when a per
son of genteel address and fashionable ap
pearance, named Duval, was introduced to
her mother by her father, with whom he
had been in'imate when a youth, and be
tween whom a strong friendship had exist
ed from that period. Duval had recently
returned from Europe, where he had resid
ed a number of years. He was charmed
with the family, and soon became a con
stant visiter. Having the entire confidence
of his old friend and companion, all formal
ity wi h reference to intercourse was laid
aside and he was heartily welcomed at all
hours and under all circumstances." He
formed one in all parlies of pleasure, and
in the absence of his friend, accompanied
his lady on her visits of amusement and
pleasure, a privilege which he sedulous
ly improved whenever opportunity offered.
Duval cotwithstanding his personal at
tractions and high character as a "gentle
man belonged to a class of men which
has existed more or less in all ages, to dis
grace uuuminiy. tie processed to be a
philosopher, but was in reality a libertine.
He lived for his own gratification. It mo
nopolized all his strength and directed all
h's actions. He belonged to the school of
Voltaire, and recognizid no feelings of the
heart as pure, ro tie. of duty or affection as
sacred. No considerations of suffering, o'
heart-rending grief, on the part of his vic
tim were sufficient to .intimidate his pur
pose, or cheek his career of infamy.
Schooled in hypocrisy, dissimulation was
his buuinet s : and he regarded the whole
world as the sphere of his operations,
tho whole human family as legitimate sub
jects for his villainous depravity.
That such characters, so base, so despi
cable, so lost to all feelingsjof true honor
can force their way into respectable socie
ty, and poison the minds of the 'unsullied
and virtuo'ls.jnay well be a matter of as
tonishment to those unacquainted with the
desperate artfulness of hu i.an hearts.
But these monsters appear not in their
true character; they assume the garb ard
deportment of genilemei,J of philosophers,
of men of education and refinement, and
by their accomplishments, tho sjavity of
their manners, their sprightlines3 of con
versation, bewilder before they poison, and
fascinate before they.destroy.
If there be, in the long catalogue of guile
one character more hatefully despicable
than another, it is the libenine. ; Time cor
rects the tongue cf slander, and the gene
rosity of friends makes atonement for the.
depredations of the midnight robber. Suf
ferings and calamities m.y be assuaged or
militated by the sympaibies of kindred
hearts, and the tear of affection is sufficient
to wash out the remembrance of many of
the sorrows to which flesh is heir. But for
the venom of the libertine, there is no rem
edy of its fatal consequences, there is no
mitigation. His victims, blasted in reputa
lion, are forever excluded from the pale of
virtuous society. No sacrifice carl atone
for their degradation, for the unrelenting
and inexorable finger of scorn obstructs
their progress at every step. The visitat
lion of Death, Appalling as is his approach
to tho unprepared, were a mercy, compar
ed with the extent and permanency of this
evil.
Duval's insidious arts were not unobserv
ed by his intended vi-ttm. She noticed
the gradual development of his pernicious
principtes, nnd shrunk with horror from
their contaminating influenc. She did not
hesitate to communicate her observations to
her husband but he, blinded by prejudice
in favor of his friend, laughed at her scru
pies. Without a word of caution, there
fore, his intercourse was continued and
such was the weight of his ascendant pow
er such the perfection of his deep laid
scheme, and such his facility in' glossing
over what he termed pardonable, but which,
in reality, were gro sly licentious, indiscre
tions of language nd conduct; that even
i he lady herself was induced, in time, to be
lieve that she had treated him unjustly.
The gradual progress cf licentiousness is
almost imperceptible, and before she was
aware of her error, she had drank deeply
-of the intoxicating draught, had well nigh
become a convert to Duvul s system of
philosophy. Few who approach this fear
ful precipice are able to retrace their steps.
Ti:e senses ere bewildered reason loses
its sway and a whirlpool of maddening
emotion takes possrssion of the hert, and
hurries the infatuated victim to irretrievable
death. Before her suspicions were awak
ened, the purity of her family circle was
destroyed. Duval enrolled on his list 6f
conquests a i;ew name the wife of his bos
am friend 1
An immediate divorce was the conse
quence. The misguided woman, who but
late had been the ornament cf society an i
the pride of her family, was cast out upon
the world, unprotected, and without the
smallest resource. The heart of the hus
band was broken by the calamity which
rendered this step ntcessary, and he retir
ed, with his children, to the obscurity of
humble life.
At a late hour on one of those bitter cold
evenings experienced in the early part of
January, of the present year, two females,
a mother and daughter, both wretchedly
clad, s'ood shivering at the entrance of a
cellar, in the lower part of the city, occu
pied by two persons of color. The daugh
ter appeared to be laboring under severe
indisposition, and leaned for support on the
nrm of her mother, who, knock ing-at the
door, craved shelter and warmth for the
night. The door was half opened in an
swer to the summons, but the black who
appeared on the stairs, declared that it was
out of power to comply with the request,
as he had neither fire except that which
was furnished by a handful of tan, nor
covering for himself and wife. The moih
er, however, too much inured to suffering
to be easily rebuked, declared that herself
and daughter were likely to perish from
cold, and that even permission to rest on
floor of the cellar, where they would be
piotected, in some degree, from the u nip
ping and eager air," would be a charity
for which they would ever be grateful.
She alleged, as an excuse for the claim to
shelter, that she had been ejected, a few
minutes before, from a! small room which,
witn ner aaugnter, sne iiaa occupied in
a neighboring alley, and for which she
had stipulated to pny fjfty cents per week,
because sne had found herself unable to
meet the demand every resource for ob
taining money having been cut off by the
severity of the season. The black, more
generous than many who are more ambi
tious of a reputation for benevolence, ad-1
mutea me snivering applicants, and at once
resigned, for their accommodation for the
night, the only two seats in the collar, and
cast a fresh handful of tan upon the ashes
in the fire place.
. It was a scene of wretchedness, want,
and misery, .calculated to soften the hard
est and to enlist the feelings ttnd sympa
thies of the most selfish. The regular
tenants of the cellar were the colored roan
and his wife, who gained a scanty and
precarious substance, as they were 'able,
by casual employment in the streets, or in
neighboring houses. Having in summer
made no provision for the inclemencies of
winter, they were then utterly destitute.
They had , sold their articles of clothing
and furniture, one by one, to provide them
selves with bread, until all were disposed
of, but two broken chairs, a box that serv
ed for a table, and a small piece of carpet
ing, which answered the double purpose of
a bed and - covering. ? In this department
of poverty were the mother and daughter.
lately ejected from a place equally' desti
tute of the comforts of life, introduced.
The form r was a woman of about fifty
years, but the deep furrows on her face,
and her debilitated frame betokened a more
advanced age. Her face was wan and
pale, and ; her haggard countenance and
tattered 'drgss, indicated a full measure of
wretchedness. Her daughter sat beside
her, and rested her head on her mother's
lap. She was about . twentjf-five years of
age, and might once have been handsome.
but a hfe of debauchery had thus early
robbed her cheeks of their rosef and. pros
trated her constitution. The pallidness of
disease "was on her : fate,--and anguish
was in ber heart. : --, ". il
'Hours passed on. In the gloom of mid
night, the giil awoke from a disturbed and
unrefrtshing slumber. She was urTering
from acute pain, and in the almost total
darkness which pervaded the apartment,
her mother's face.
in faltering accents,
"Yes, child : are you better t"
"No, mother, I am sick sick unto death I
There is a canker at my heart, my blood
grows cold the torpor of mortality is steal
ing upon met"
"In the morning, my dear, we shall be
better provided f-r. Bless heaven, there
is still one place which, thanks to the be
nevolent, will afford 'us sustenance and
shelter. -
"Do not thank heaven, mother : you and
I are outcasts from that place of peixeand
rest. We have spurned Providence from
our hearts, and need not now call him to
our aid. Wretches, wretches that we are P
"Be composed, daughter you need rest."
"Mother, there is a weight of woe upon
my breast, that sinks me to the earth
My brief career of folly is almost at an end.
I have erred, oh God! fatally erred,- and
the consciousness of my wickedness now
overwhelms me. I will not reproach you,
mother, for laying the sdare by which I
fell, for enticing me from the house of
virture, the home of my heart-broken
father, to the house af infamy and death;
but oh, 1 implore you, repent; be warned,
and let penitence be the business of your
days "
The hardened heart of the mother melted
at this touching appeal, and she answered
with a half-stifled sigh.
"Promise me then, ere I die, that you
will aband n your ways of iniqaty, and
endeavor to make peace with Heaven.
.. "I do, I dol But' alas! my child, what
hope is there for me"
"God is merciful to all who- -"
The last word was inaudible. A few
respirations, at long intervals were beard,
and the penitent girl sunk into the quiet
slumber of death. Still did the mother re
main in her seat, with a heart harrowed
by the smitings of an awakened conscience.
Until the glare of daylight was visible
through the crevices of the door, and the
noiso of the foot passengers and the rumb
ling of vehicles in the street had aroused
the occupants of the cellar, she continued
motionless, pressing to her bossotn the life
less form of her injured child. When ad
dressed by the colored woman, she an
swered with an idiot stare. Sensibility had
fled, the energies of her mind hail relaxed,
an! reascn deserted its throne. The aw
ful incidents of that night had prostrated
her intellect, and she was conveyed from
the gloomy place, A Maniac!
The coronor was summoned, and an in
quest held over the body of the daughter
In the books of that humane and estimable
officer, the name of the deceased is record
ed, "Letitia L V
HOW
SUT. LOVENGUOD EXPLODED.
HIS ExrECIDXCE WITH soda TOWDERS.
Sut related the story thus : 'George,
did you ever see Sicily Burns t Her dad
lives at the IJatil Snaik Springf, nigh to
the Georgy line I' 4 Yes, a very handsome
girl.' Handsome ! that wurd don't Jtiver
the case ; it sounds like calling good whis
key water, when ye ar at Big Spring and
the still ho ne ten miles off, an hit a rail i i
and yer flask only half full. She shows
amung wimen like a sunflower as compared
tu dog fennel an smart weed an jimsin.
Hut thar ain't no use tryin' to describe her.
Couldn't crawl thru a whiskey barrel with
both heads siove out, if it wur hilt study
fur her, an good foot holt at 'hat. She
weighs just two hundred and twenty-six
pounds, an stands sixteen hands high
She never got in an arm cheer in her life,
aa you can lock the top hoop of a churn
ur a big dog collar round her waist. I've
seed her j'imp over the top of a split bottom
cheer, an never show her ankile or kech
her dress onto it She kerried devil enuf
about ber to fill a four boss waggin bed,
with a 6k in as white as the inside ova frog
stool, cheeks an lips as red as a pearche's
gills in dogwood blosom time; an sich a
smilel Ob, I be dratted ef it is eny use
talkin. That gal cud make me murder
old Bishop Soul hisself, or kill mam not to
speak of dad, ef she jist hinted that she
wanted sich a thing dun,
"Well, to tell it all at onst, she war a
gall all over, frurn the pintov her toe nails
tu the longest bar on the hiest knob ov her
hed gal all the time, everywhere and
that ov the excitnist kind. Ov course I
leaned up to her as close as I dar tu, an in
spite ov long legs, appitite fur whiskey, my J
shurt scrape, and dad's actin boss, she sor
ter leaned tu me, an I was beginnin tu
think 1 wur jist the greatest an comforta
blist man on yearth, not excepting Ole
Buck, or Brig ham Young, with ail bis
radii cullered, wrinkled wimmin, cradela
full of babies, an his Big Salt Lake thrown
in. Well, wun day a cussed, deceivin, pa
laverin, stinkin Yankee pedlar, all jack-nife
and jaw, cum to ole man Burnses, with a
load ov apple parius; callicker, ribbons
jewsharps, an s-o-d-y p-o-w-d-e-i-s. Now,
mind I'd never hern tell ov that truck afore,
an I be durned ef I don't want it to be the
last wus nor rifle powder was nor per
kussion there times as smart, and hurts
was,' heap wus. Durn him. Durn all
Yankee pedlers, and durn their principils
and practlsis, I say. I wish I had all theJ
sody powder they ever made in his cussed
punch, an a slow match fixed tu him, an I
bad a chunk ov fire, the feller what found
a peace ov him big enuf tu feed a cocker
roach ought to be King ov the Sultun's
harem a thousand years for bis luck.
They nint human, no how. - 'he mint at
Filodelfy is thar Heve ; they think their
God eats half dimes fur breakast, hashes
Wie leavings fur dinner, and1 swallows, a
cem an a tinea appn tor -.upper, sets on a 4
6tampin machine fur a throne,: sleeps on a
crib full of half dollars, and measures men
like money by count. They haint one ov
i hem got a soal b it what kud dance a jig in
a kabbage seed, an leave room fur the fid
dler. i.-y
' ; Well, Sicily she bought a tin box ov the
sody from him, an hid it away from ber
folks, a savin it for me. I happen to pass
, next day, ov course I stopped to enjoy a
look at ibe tempter, and she, wur mighty
1 luving to me, put wun arm round any neck,
an tor her wua wbar, the circingle goes
roue a hoss, tuk the' inturn on roe with
her left foot,' and gin me a kiss. . Says she,
'Sutty, love, I've got somethin fur ye, a
new sensashun'-an I believed itffor I be-
fjun' to feel it "aready. My toes Hit., like
ittle minners wur a niblin atem a cold
streak run up and down my back like a
lizzard with a turkey hertarter him in set
ting time, my bean felt hot and onsilisfied
like, an then I'd ear ole Soul's throat, ef
she'd hinted at needsisity fur sich ao'opra
sbun. Then she poured ten or twelve blue
papers ov the sody inter a big tumbler, and
raised her band to
"Mother," said she,
"are you here?"
about the same number ov white, w juris
inter ruther tumbler, and put ni onto a pint
ov wator on both ov them, and stirred em
bothi up with a case knife, looking as sol
emn as ole jackas, in a snow storm when
the fodder's all gin out She hilt wun
while she told me to drink tuthcr; I ewol
lowed it at wun run tasted salty like, 1
thot it wur port of the sensashun. But I
mislakened, all ov the cussed infernal sen
sashun wur to cum, and it wurn't long at
it, boss, you'd beileve me. Then she gin
rae tuther tumbler, and I sent it after the
fust, race hoss fashion.
"In about wun moment an haf I thot I'd
swallered a thrashin machine in full bias
ur a cupple ov bull dogs, and they had 60t
inter filin. I seed that 1 was cotched agin
same famile dispersition to make cussed
fools ov themFelves every chance so 1
broke for my hoss. I stole a look back an
thar Sicily lay on her back in the a the
porch, a screemin with IafSn, bej heels up
in the air, a kickin ov em together like she
wur a tryin tu kick her slipers off- But. I
had no lime tu look then, and thar wur a
road ou foamed frum the hous tu the hoss
two foot wide an four inches deep looked
like it had been a snowin popin, an a
hissen, an a bilin, Hke a tub ov hot soap
sud-. 1 hed gethered a cherry tree limb
as I run, an I lit astraddle ov my hoss, a
whippin anil kickin like mad. This with
the ficarey noises I -made' (fur -1 .vrut a
whislin an a hissin, and a sputterin, outer
mouth, nose an eyes, like a steam engine )
sot hi u) a rarin and covertin like he "was
skeered out ov his senses. Well, he went
The foam roalled, nd the ole black hoss
flew. He jist mizzled scared ni tu death,
and so wur 1. So we agreed ou the pi-.t
ov the greatest distance in the smallest
time.
1 aimed for Poctur Goodman's at the
Hi-wassie Copper Mines, tu get some
thin tu stop the exploshun in my in
ards. 1 met a sercuit rider oti his trav
els towards a fried chicken an a hat
fall ov ball biskits. As I cum a tarin
along he hilt up hishauds like he wan
ted tu pray fur me, but as I preferred
phisic tu prayer, in ttiy pecoolier situ
washum at that time, I jist rolfed a
long. He tuck a skeor as I cum ni en
tu him, his faith gin out, an he dodged
hoss, saddilbags, an overcoat, inter a
thicket jist like you've seed a terkil
tnko water ofen a Ijg wen a tarin big
steamboat comes along. As he passed
ole man Burn's, Cicily hailed him, and
axed him if he'U met anybody in a hur
ry gwine up the road. The poor man
thought perhaps lie did and perhaps he
didn't, but ho'd seen a site, uv a spook,
uv a ghost, uv ole Beelzebnb himself,
ur the komit, he didu't adzactly know
which, but takin all things tugether an
the short time he'd for preparasun, he
thought he met a crazy, ling-legged
shakin Quaker, a fleein from the wrath
tu cum, on a black and white spotted
hoss, a whippin ov him with a big
brush, an he had a white beard what
cum from ni into his eyes to the pum
mil ov the saddil, and then forked an
went tu his knees, and then stimtimes
drapped in bunches as big as" a crow's
nest tu the ground, and hearn a sound
like a rnshln ov mitty waters, an he
wur mitily exercised about it enyhow.
Well, I guess he wur, and so wur his
fat hoss, an wnr ole bleckey, wust exer
cised ov era wur I, myself. Now,
George, all this beard an spots on the
hoss, an steam, an' fire, an snow, an
wire tails, is ouddacious humbug. It
allcnm outgn my iuards, droppin out
ov my mouth without eny vomitin ur
effurt, an ef it hadn't I'd a busted inter
more piecer than thar is aigs in a big
catfish. The Lobengoods are all con-
fornded fools and dad ahit the wust of
era." ,. , I
TOE FINANCIAL TROUBLES IN NEW YORK.
The Bank Defalcation and Stoppage The
Failure of Beebe Sf Co. The Erie Rail
road Assisted Through, tf-c.
New York, Sept. 1. There has been
great excitement in Wall street to-day.
The defalcation of the paying teller of the
Mechanics' Banking Association is stated
to be the cause of the closing of the doors
of the bank, though the Post of this even
ing learns that its affairs have been criti
cally involved for; some time. The bank
had been running behind at the Clearing
House, and committees of conference deci
ded yesterday that it had incurred the pen
alty of exclusion. This, of course, was
equivaltnt to its public discredit.
The Commerciar says that the paying
teller is in custody at the bank, awaiting
the result of a thorough investigation which
is now being made. The accused denies
that he has any guilty knowledge of the
embezzlement, and treats the matter appar
ently with indifference. The suspension
will cause inconvenience to depositors on
ly, the circulating notes which have been
taken on deposit by several other banks
and brokers generally being abundantly
secured by State stock. The Evening Ex
press says the liabilities of the paying tel
ler are not known to'a certainty. And. until
they are known the directors decline to meet
the obligations of the bai.k. ; ."'
Beebe & Co , who failed to-day, were
heretoforjregarded as ons of tbe staunch
est houses in the street. The suspension
is owing to large loans on stocks.. It caus
ed great surprise, and the feeling on the
stocks exchange was Qpe of general unset
tlement and excitement, with prices irregu
lar, but evervthinff on the decline. , T
Tbe liabilities'of the Ohio Life and Trust
Company are now stated as certainly over
six millions of dollars.
Several sf the banks to-dav acceded to
the loan of $600,000 to the Erie Railroad
Company, which enabled it to pay the six
mon'hs interest on its bonds. -
There are ma nv rumors circulating un
favorable to city banks, but Ibey are be
Jieved to be false.
Everything fell off at the second board
this afternoon. Illinois Central bonds de
clined 3 1-2; Heading 2; Panama 2;
Cleveland and Toledo 2 1-2; Michigan
Southern, preferred, 5 ; Erie I.
John Thompson, tbe suspended banker,
has made an assignment. . t
The rumored deficiency in tbe accounts
of the Mechanics', Bank is three' hundred
thousand dollars. Tbe Clearing House
this afternoon voted unanimously to expel
it.-.:r' y v; ;. "..
The liabilities of Prentice & Co., fur deal
era, are ery-large. 'Jitrf -
Breese, . Kneeland & Co locomotive
builders Jersfy'city, have also s ispended.
' 'The banks' have reduced their loans tbe
past fortnight five millions. The deposits
decreased in the same time nearly eight
millions. ,
The money market is very tight
, tiXf ITEMENT AT BURLINGTON, N. J.
i The Trenton State Gazette of Monday
says the citizens of Burlington were thrown
into a state of intense excitement on Friday
last, by tbe circulation of a rumor that Rev.
Win. B. Sutherland, of ibat city, had been
guilty of ibr crime of seducing the daugh
ler of a member of his church, who was
turned of fifteen years of age. An inves
tigation ofjhe rumor led u ihe painful con
clusion that it was, in all its enormity, loo
true to be disbelieved. It appears that on
Wednesday afternoon last, Sutherland went
to the house of the girl's father for his
intended victim to come to him and assist
some other girls in arranging some books
in his library, it having been previously un
derstood that several were to meet there foH
that purpose. The girl not responding to
the invitation, Sutherland sent again, and
this second invitation she unfortunately
obeyed. On reaching Sutherland's house,
he invited her into the library, when she
was surprised to find herself the only fe
male present. He immediately commenc
ed bis advances and familiarities with her,
drew her into a chamber and there suc
ceeded in overcoming her. It is very re
markable that as the young victim of this
man's seductions was leaving the house,
she encountered Sutherland's wife, who
was just at that moment returning hou e
after an absence of some days. The wife
noticed tbe flushed and rxoited appearance
of the girl'countenance, and asked the
cause, why she had been crying, &c, to
which evasive answers were returned, and
the outraged child hastened home to the
house ofr her parents. On Thursday she
related to her mother -the particulars of the
shame that had been practiced on her, and
the mother immediately waited upon one
ef the deacons of Southerland's church, and
related the circumstances. 1 He immediate
ly called in a brother deacon and the two
went directly to Sutherland's house, where
they informed him of the charge made a
gainst him. Sutherland admitted that he
had taken many liberties with the child,
but denies the charge of seduction. His
whole conduct and manner, however, was
such as to convince the two that he was
guiltyj and they informed him at once that
all fui I her intercourse with him, as pastor
of their Church, was at an end.
In the meantime, the father of the girl
was made acquainted with the atrocious
crime which had been perpetrated on the
virtue of his child. His exasperation be
came uncontrollable, and arming himself
for the purpose of making a summary ven
geance on the destroyer, started in pursuit
of him. But an intimation to Sutherland
lhat his life was in danger, enabled htm t?
escape over the back fence of his garden,
only a few minutes in advance of his just
ly indignant pursuer.
This clerical hypocrite is about thirty
years of age, and has been in charge of a
church at Burlington, since last year. He
went t.ero from Lodi, near Jersey City
but where fc is now gone, none can tell.
The victim of his arts is barely fifteen years
of age, and has borne an unblemished char
acter. Ht family also are of unimpeach
ed standing, and enjoy the respect and es
teem of all who know them
We learn from a gentleman of Burling
ton that the excitement there was very
great on Saturday night, and that there
was a strong talk of tarring and feathering
Sutherland, if they could find him.
, MRS PARTINGTON.
"Your husband, I thing, was always
a man of liberal theological views," said
the Rev. Mr. Sniffle to Mrs. Partington
the other morning, as he dropped in on a
tract pedling excursion. "Oh yes, Paul
was very free in his logical opiuions all
his lifej but I think more so than fever
to the close of it,3, said the dame. " "I
buried him when he was nigh on to seventy-seven,
and during his latter days
he was more of a libertine than I ever
knew him afore." She bent her eyes on
the corporal over the mantle piece with
a loving expresion, and her spectacles
began to grow dim. "Your husband
was quite a liberalist, was he," said Mr.
Sniffles. "I am happy to be made ac
quainted with that factj as these tracts
treat "yes he was, not onlyr a federalist,
but a regular black cockade federalist,
wood dyed," said the dame, who at
that moment rose and looked daggers at
Ike. He had got behind the Rev. gen
tleman and poped a big bumble bee in
the pocket of his coat. Ike met the Rev.
gentleman an hour after on Boston Com
mon with a rag round his ringer.
SEIZING FALSE BRANDY.
A serious commotion was produced
upon the " bogus" French brandy man
ufacturers in this meridian on Friday
last by the vigilance of Mr. E. B. Hart
the surveyor of the port. It has been
the custom, it seems, or a" long time to
make the casks here, as well as the
false eau de vie, and by means of imi
tation brands to sell and ship them as
"genuine imported.' " ; Surveyor ' Hart
seized forty-five such casks along-side
the vessel in which they - were shipped
to a distant port. They were' American
casks, but the hoops were really of the
French willow, which gave them a suf-
ficently Gallic appearence. Instead of
the custom-house brandy they had an
ingenious imitation on them, viz: " New
York, March, 1854 Lucy Jones- Bor
deaux -J." Cohrane, surveyor." Mr.
Cochrane's came was intentionally spel
led in this maner to avoid a prosecution,
and is often spelled by these importers
in a .variety of ways for the same pur
pose. The seized casks, which were
the property of a large distillery firm in
this city and Williamsburg, were depos
ited in -the cellars of Nos. '27 and 29
Pine street, but were released yesterday
by the collector, as no fraud could really
be put io evidence by tbe Government.
It appears that we are not by any meacs
the only nation' humbugged with ficli
tous beverages. " '
' ' - i New 'York Mercury.
VERMONT ELECTION.
. ... s M05TTFEIJER, Sep. I.
J The general election- in ithis- State took
place to-dayvf5" The Tote appears to have
been smalL The returns .show large re
publican. majorities. Out of 32 represen
tatives, one democrat is elected', being a de-1
mocratic gain.
FOIIEIGN GOLD AND SILVER COIN
THEIR VALCB AT THE MINT.
" GOLD COINS. !
Austria Quadruple ducat
.9
. 2
- 6
- 2
. 2
- 3
. 4
12 0
27 5
85 0
4 0
27 0
83 2
72 0
Ducat
Sovereign (Ibr Lofubardy). . .
Baden Five Gulden
Bavaria Ducat ..............
Belgium Twenty-franc piece..
Twenty-five franc piece......
Bolivia Doubloon 15 580
Brazil Piece of 6400 rem 8 72 0
Britain Sovereign 4 84 5
Brunswick Ten-Tha ler 7 89 0
Central American. .......... ;..14 96 0
Eceudo .... .1670
Gold Dollar .1835
Chili Doubltmn before 1835) 15 57 0
Doubloon (lS3o and since) 15 66 0
Denmark Double Fred, or 10 Thaler 7 88 0
Ecuador Hall doubloon........... 7 i iO O
Esjypt Hundred piastres 4 97 0
France Twenty trance. .... 3 85 0
Greece ' -Twenty drachm .. 3 45 0
Hai.over Ten Thaler. George IV., 7 S4 C
Ten-Thaler. William IV and Ernest 7
Hindostan Mohur. East India Co.. 7
89 C
in 0
Mecklenburg Ten Thaler ........ 7
89 0
Mexico Doubloon, average... 15
53 0
20
007
Netherlands Ducat.... 2
Ten guilders 4
New Grranada Doubloon. 21 raral. '
standard 15 51 0
Doubloon, 21 carat standard. ij)clu-
ding the silver t. ....... 15
Doubloon. 9 lOths standard...... 15
Doubloon. 9-10iIis standard, inclu
ding the silver 15
Persia Tomaun 2
Peru Doubloon, Lima. 10 1833 .15
Doubloon, Cuzco, to 1833.. 15
71 0
310
33 f
23 C
55 0
62 C
Doubloon. Cuzeo, lo 1837. . . .....15 53 t
roriugnl Hall joe (lull weighi).... 8 65 0
thrown 5
81 0
000
370
96 7
rrueeia- -Double 1 edenck. ........ 8
Rome Ten ecudi. . . . . . . 0
Russia Five roudlea 3
Sardinia Twenty lire. . .... 3
Saxony Ten lhale, s 7
Ducat lj 1
Spain -Pisiole (qr. doubloon) ..... I 3
Turkey Hundred piastres. 4
Tuscany Sequin 2
United States- -Eagle (helbre June, 1
84 5
94 0
26 0
90 0
37 4
30 0
I; .11.... .10 62 0
t ive dollar piece of C Bechler, av- ?
"age... 4 85 0
.Dollar of the santr average. . .... 96 0
Five dollar p'c of A.Bechtler $4 92 a 5 000
Dollar of the same gg q
Oregon Exchange Co Five d -Hare 4 82 0
IN. l. & I. tan b rai Cisco- Fiedolg
--- 34 83 a 4 95 O
Miners' Hank, San Francisco-Ten
do" 9 06 a 9 92 0
ivronau oc uo., 9 78 a 9 98 0
u Sixteen dollar
t
- uouut ingots 15 750
RATES OF POSTAGE, i
Letters composed of one or more piece
of paper, bul not rxceeding halfnn ounce, it.
weighi. sent any distance not exceeding 300C
miles, 3 cents ; over 3000 miles, 10 cent.
Double rale il excteoing half an ounce
treble, if exceeding an" ounce ; and so on
charging nn nddiiioua! rale Ibr every addi
tional half ounce, or fraction ol halfan ounce.
Absolute prc-pnymctn being required on
all leitere tu places wilhin the United Suites,
from and after April 1st, 1855.
From and alter January 1st. 1856, all h-l
ters between places in the United -Slates
must be pre-paid, eiiher by pociage elampa.
or 6iarr.ed envelopes. - .
Li'tlxrs dropped in the post office, for de
livery in the same place, t cent each.
Letters advertised nrccharged I cent each,
besides regular postage. Drop ! tiers are
not advenififd.
Ci rcdla R3, 1 rent for 3 ounces or Jess to
any part of the United 6ial f. lo consist ol
but one piece of paper pre'paynrent option
D ij lv newspnpers n-eurLing three ounce
or less. 45 1-2 cenSs per quarter when sent
from the office of publication to srlnal and
hotiii fide en bcrihrrs any wliere in the Uni
ted Slates. -Transient newsphprr sent any
where wiihin Hi.- Uniud Siaue, 1 cent lot
three ounces or s
When the nrt-.-k- to he mni'-d Is a rirco
!ar. pamphlet, or n- wt-p i j.rr, it tliould be s
enveloped us In he open at one enJ other
wise, it will be charged as a leiten
BRITISH POSTAGE ARRANGEMENTS.
Lettbus posted or charged in the United
Stales will be rated at a half ounce lo tin
single lei ter; over n half and not exceeding
an ounce, as a double letter J over an ni!:ct
and not exceeding an ounce and a half, a? a
treble letter; and so on, each half ounce
or fractional excess constituting a rate."-'
The single rates to be charged on each
letter posted in the United Slates addressed
to any place fn Great Britain or " Ireland is
24 cents; I lie double rale 48 ; and ,n.
Said postage on letters going lu any place
in Great Britain or Ireland may be pre-paid,
jfthe whole amount is tendered at the office
in the U. S. where mailed, at the option o
the sender. '., . t:
Newspapers may be mailed nt any office
in the Uniied Stales lo any place inlhe
U nited Kingdom on ihe pre-payment of 2
cents, and may On receipt from any place in
Great Britain or Ireland, be delivered at any
office in the United States, on , payrneatoi'2
cents. Note. Each Government is to charge
2 cents on each newspaper. These are 10
be sent in bands or rovers, open at ihe 'sides
or ends, and to contain no manuscript what
ever. " - -f -
Persons mailing tetters to foreign coun
tries, with which the United States have not
entered into postal arrangements, are remin
ded that it is necessary for (hem to pre-pay
the pioper postage, or Ihe . lelterr cannot be
lot warded. " --
. GEO RGB R. FRENCH, -
---'" MANUFACTURES. AND- - i
WHOLESALE RETAIL DEALER
; IN
BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER, AND
; SHOE FINDINGS, - -.. -
NO. li: M ARRET 8TBBET, -
WIliMIXGTOH, W. C
Marrh 6.
WINTER HATS AND CAPS
r-wm A FULL AND VARIED AS-
LiS sortmentof all the diflt; rent styles
"oi uress and' easiness Hats and
Cape now open, comprising - S
ILK, FUR AND WOOL BATS, CLOTH, PLUSH AWE
SILK GLAZED CAPS, INFANTS HATS AJH
CAPS, MISSES BEAVER AND FELT
FI.AT3, BOT? -AND YOUTHS SOFT
HATS AND CAPS, UMBREL
' , - ' ' LAB, CARES,' BELTS, - r '
' JcC, fcC. fcC. -
Which we ofler at wholesale or retail, Ihe very
lowest prices, C I- MVERS,
34 Market street, two doors below Scott & Bald
win's. W. G. MILLIGAN,
MARBLE MANUFACTURER,
North wVres Strkkt. Wixm maron. Ho. Ca.
Monuments, Tbombs, Bern and f Stones, mmd
alt kinds if Marble Work urnisked U ;
; trdtr n rtasnable tens. -2
Jane C. ' ' '. 36-tv-e '
HENRY NUTT,
IICT01 1JD FOSWIEBIXG 1GL1T,
WUlgizi kUpcrmmmt attention to i urines entrust
td tm hit car.
Sept. B. 1866.
n-Iy-e.
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION.
The following rates of postage on letters'
have been agreed upon belweeq.thi govern
ment and the German Slates, Prussia, &e
Bremen. 10 cents ; Oldenburg J3; AUonaf
Austrian Empire, (inclorUug Hungary, Ga
Iicia, Lombardy am! VcnicV) Bavaria. Brons'
wick, Hamburg, Hanover,, Mrrklrnboortf
Sehwenne and Siraelitz, Kingdom of Prus
sia, Kingdom of Saxony, and Saxe Allen'
burg. 15; all oiliar German RtHies. cities
and towns. 22; Switzerland and the Nether
lands 25 ; Denmark and Schleswig. 27 ; Po
land and Russia, 29; Constantinople, Greece
and Sweden 33 ; NorwnJK 37 pre-pnymen '
optional, t j
Alexandria, Corfu, Island , of Malta, Wal- '
lachia, 30 rents ; Italy, (except upper part)
33; pre-payment required.
Newspapers and Circulars. 2 cents each
to be prepaid.
Mails to the Pacific. For a single let
ter, not exceeding halfnn ounce tu weighi r
from New York lo Cnagree,20 cents; to
Panama. 20 pop t age to be prepaid. Pos
tage io Callilornia and Oregon (they being
U. S. possessions) need not br pre-paid.
Havana Maics. A Ime is established be
tween Charleston and Havana, ihe nrnm
era touching at Savannnh and Key H.-.,
ihe postage of which is fiom the port of de
parture to Havana 10 rents on a single let
ter, not exceeding halfan ounce in weight,
with an additional 10 cents for each addi.
tional halfounce, or fractional excess ofbsir
an ounce lo be pre-paid. Postage on each
newspaper lo Havana. 2 rents, also lo be
prepaid as on letters.
On letters lo British North America. 10
cents, il not over 3000 milt-s ; if. over ll
.ac
distance. 15 cents a tingle rale pre paid
or
not, at Hie option ol the or the sender
RATES OF POSTAGE
To the Eat Indies, Java. Borneo. Labwan
Sumatra, the Moluccas, audi ft e Philiv
' pine Islands, .
We are authorized to slate lhat, arrange
ments having l-eri made by Great Britain
for collecting in India the Briiith nnd ohe
foriru postage on letters between the Uni
ted Kingdom and ihe East Indies, whether
transmitted via Southampton or via Mar
seilles, in ihe British mail, hereafter the Uni
ted Slates postage mily should he p t-pnid m
this country on letters for the Easi Indies t
bf tnin?nnitd by either of the above route,
viz: fice cents ir.e single rait; whtn ihe At
lantic conveyitnce is by British packet, and
twenty-one cents when by Uniied Slates
packet. ' ,
Owing to a reduction oftwelve cent inihr
British postage beyond England, which took
place on the 1st of February instant, the sin
gle rates of letter po-lege" be ween the Ui i
led Slates and Java. Borneo. Labnam, Su
matra, the Moluccas, and ihe Philippine Is
lands, will herealter be as follows:
To Java, via Southampton, 33 instead of
45 cents the ball ounce; and via Mureeillcs "
53 instead of 75 rents the half ounce; pre
payment required.
To Borneo. Labnan. Sumatra, the Moluc
cas, and the Philippine Inlands ihe rale wil
be 41 instead of53 cent when sent via South
anrpton, and 61 inoirad of 73 rents Ihe qnar
ler ounce, or 71 instead of 83 cents the half
ounce, when sent by closed mail via Mar
sell rs ; prepayment also required.
The tale above mentioned as chargeable
on letters for the Island ol Java wM i-rovide
fr their conveyance by British packet as
lar as Sirgnpore. 1 ul Ihey will allerwards bo
subject to a Netherland rate of postage on
account of the rMivryancc from Singapore
to Java.
By ihe Prussian Closed Mail the rales
these countries remain uncl.anged.
SILVEll COINS.
Austria Rix Dollar. .............$0 97
48 0
16 0
16 O
T 07
39 5
1 06 5
395
3 O
93 0
46 0
37 0
IS 5
1 006
37 5
IS 7
99 2
66
33
35 4
54 0
21 7
7 ?
C8 0
7 0
1 010
Twenty kreuizcis. ......
Lira Ibr Lombardy) .......;
Baden Crown ................
Gulden or florin
Ba varia Crown............
Florin
Six krrutzrrs. . .
Uclium Five Irancs. .........
Two and a half francs... .... . ....
T lianr
FiAi.c ;
D.lii Dollar
HallUoilar. di based. 1S30
Quarter dulla'r, debased. 1830....
Crazit Twelve hnudrtd rtw.
Eight hundred rci. . . ......
Fo urhundri'd.. ... ,
Bremen Thirty six giole. ........ ,
Britain Half crown
Shilling
Fourpenre. ............. ... . .
Brunswick Thaler. . .U.
Central America Dollar, uncer. ay 7 0
Chili Dollar. ..... 1 010
Quarter dollar : 22 4
Eight dollar or real.............. .11 2
Di'iimaik Rigebank limit r. 52 3
Specie thaler. 1 04 7
Thirty-two shillings. ......... 170
Ecuador Quarter dollar.......... j 18 7
Egypt Twenty pnsiir.......i..." 96 0
France-Five (Vanes. ...... ....... 932
Franc.... ;.. . 18 5
Frankfort Florin.... ...... . ..... 39 5
Greece Drachm ....i.-Jl. ... 16 5
Guiana, British -Guilder..... 26 2
Hanover Thaler, fine silver....... 69 2
Thaler. 750 fine..........,; 680
Hay It Dollar, or 100 centimes. . . .. 25 7
Hesse-'-Cassel Thaler t 67 5
One-sixth thaler........... 11 o
Hesse Damstadl -Florin or Gulden.. 39 5
Hindostan Rupee... ............. 447
Mexico Dollar, average.. 00 0
Naples Scodo ............. -.'.-. '40
Netherlands Three guilders.. . .... 1 20 0
? Guilder i.. 40 0
Twenty five cents.. .... ......... 9 5
Two and a half guilder. ......... 9&2
New Granada Dollar, usual weight 1 02 0
Dollar, ligh er and debased. 1839. . t
Norwa) R igsda ler ....... ; . . . . .. - J 6 0
Persia Snlub koran.i............' 21 5
Peru-DollaDiina, mint ......... 1 00 6
Dollar, Cuzco 1 00 8
' Half dollar, Arequpa debased.... 36 0
Hall dollar, Pasco:.............. 495
Poland Zloty.. .......... 11 2
Portugal Crozado ............... 55 2
Crown oflOOOreis ..... 1 12 O
Half Crown...;;. 56 0
Prussia Thaler, average 63 0
One-sixth, average..... ...... ,11 'T
Double thaler, or 3 1-2 gulden.... I 39 0
Rome Scudo 1 00
Teston. three scudo. 30 0
Russia Rouble - 75 0
Ten Zlotjr..... 1 135
WLES I WINES ? ! WINES ! ! !
ITIS TRULr SAID that George Myers has
the best Champagne wines ever before offered
n this city. They need bat s trial from tKoue vAa
hate mat ved them to ranereede all other brands.
IMPERIAL BRAND, a eases, the "as pins
ultra" of all wines from t vineyard of Banc he,
Fils et Droaet . -y j ;
i-, fcQlery aaperiear, ,
Heidsics brand qtsdepts. .
- fBaacbe brand " . s-, :-
Crown brand . .o-;; -' J
: Star brand " . ' , ..
" Also, Brandies of the very Bneat grades. Pnrs
Holland Gte, duties paid at Cnstom House, WW
miacion, N.C. Sherry, Portaa Madeira Wines,
pore, and every possible variety of Wines, Li
aors. Coidials, e.. dte. la wood ari rlassv
Taseaioosa. MoatonfaheJaand Boarboai Whiskey,
with a lot of choice Old Baker Whisker, the choi
cest article ever offered before fa this asarket.
- Call aad sxaasias, at the Orisisal Family Gro
cery, Nos. 11 aad 12, Front street.
April 7. GEO. MTERS.
ANOTHER ease of Gent's Fashionable Black
naasiiMre Hat I ha laadin hat of the Sea-
son. Fall sonmeat o! dsf the Hat and
Cap Emporium,
CHAS. D.
MYERS.
Jaly 21,
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