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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
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f.UGUSTA.
THURSDa|' MORNING, JANUARY 30.;
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Our advicesl'rom Congress are to the evening
of the 25th which left the House still enga
ged on the All lition question, after the usual
morning business.
Wc are indited to the Hon. E. A. Nisbet, for
a copy of his |pcech, on the subject of appoint
ing a Chaplaiil to House of Reprssatatives.
It shall appearsas early as we find room lor its
insertion. I
What has Income of the New Orleans Sun
the very spicy If 'tghlet moving Sunl It has no l
shone in thesi parts for a week past. What is
the matter “Ji n Anderson my Joo”T Has the
refusal of the .legislature to hear your “ prayer”
for the printing done you up 1 or have you died
of a broken heart for the girl who put her finger
to her nose, w|ien you popped the awful ques
tion and said | yon can't come it Jimmy''!
Massachusetts. — A committee of the Legis
lature of Maslachusetts was appointed on Fri
day, the 17th| to notify Marcus Morton, (demo
crat) that he fj chosen Governor of that State by
a majority of the votes of the people. There
having been |o choice of Lieutenant Governor
by the peop'c ithe two houses of the Legislature
met and electdJ George Hull (whig) to that of
fice.
By the Charleston papers of yesterday, we
perceive that ihe Mayor has granted the use of
the City Halil this day to Henry Shultz, to
hold a paMul meeting, to which he invites the
attendance ofiall persons interested in the trade
of South Cai| !ina.
From the |.'lobe of the 34th inst., we cut the
following Se Lon of the Sub-Treasury Bill, as
it passed the Senate, which contains the Specie
clause. The great length of the Bill forbids its
insertion in tds day’s paper. Should it pass the
other branch we shall Jay it before our readers
entire:
Section 1|). And be it further enacted, That
from and aft« r the thirtieth of June, which will
be in the ye!|' one thousand eight hundred and
forty, the res dution of Congress of the thirtieth
day of April l in the year one thousand eight
hugdred and" sixteen, so far as it authorizes the
receipt in pa tment of duties, taxes, sales of pub
lic lands, del#s and sums of money, accruing or
becoming pa rable to the United States, to be col
lected and mid in the notes of specie-paying
banks, snail l|; so modified as that one-fourth part
of all such - uties, taxes, sales of public lands,
debts, and su is of money accruing or becoming
due to the I nited States, shall be collected in
the legal cu rency of the United States; and
from and aft ;r the thirtieth day of June, which
will be in tils year one thousand eight hundred
and forty-on , one other fourth part of all such
duties, taxes, sales of public lands, debts, and
sums of mor -;y, shall be so collected ; and that
from and as :r the thirtieth day ot June, which
will be in th year one thousand eight hundred
and forty-tw y, one other fourth part of all such
duties, taxes* sales of public lands, debts, and
sums of moiiry, shall be so collected; and that
from and af*;r the thirtieth day of June, which
will be in tip; year one thousand eight hundred
and forty-time, the remaining fourth part of the
said duties, i taxes, sales of public lands, debts
and sums of iioney, shall be also collected in the
legal curreml* of the United States ; and from
and after thefiast-mentioned day, all sums accru
ing or becomj ig payable to the United States, for
duties, taxes,Hales of public lands, or other debts,
and also all s,tims due for postages, or otherwise,
to the General Post Office Department, shall be
paid in gold j.nd silver only.
Correspond nee of the National Intelligencer.
i New Your, Jan. 22.
According|to the Express, Robert Lennox, a
Scotchman Uriginally, who lately died in this
city, has left# hree millions of dollars. He must
have been tl|-- richest man in the city except
John Jacob Istor, who is so rich that it is diffi
cult even to |uess how rich he is.
Nearly S*|JOO have now been offered for the
recoveiy of »odies lost iu the Lexingtion ; and,
under such efcstiraulus, we may expect the recov
ery of many Withers on Long Island.
The Britiifi Queen, if she left on her day, is
making a ve»y long voyage. There are no signs
ofherMajes|/ as yet.
Another Canton ship is below. These are
rich argosieifnow. The teas brought by the last
ship went of’at auction at very high prices.
The Soar'd is closed, and of course steamboat
navigation hast is suspended. There is a little
snow storm f to-day, and all out-door business is
put off. 1
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From the New York Star, the 23d.
Ouc Day later from England.
The packet ship Quebec has furnishedthe Ex
press witha London evening paper of Dec. 14.
The Bank of England assets show a decrease
in circulation of £503,000 for the quarter ; the
increase of bullion is £342,000. The difference
between the liabilities and assets thus appears to
be £2,967,000, which, by the previous return,
was £3,051,q00, being a decrease during the last
month of £84,000. The circulation has not
been lower since 1797.
Trade is perfectly prostrated.
From the Times.
The foreign exchanges are lower to day, with
the exeplion of Hamburgh, owing to ihecessation
of the drafts on Paris for the account of the Bank
of England, which leaves the market, therefore,
to the reg liar course of operations. Opinions
are much divided as the effect of this step, which,
it is supposed, could not be avoided, as the means
brought forward by the Bank to influence the ex
changes must h«w be nearly exhausted.
FYom th* London Gazette.
An e’tpedjtion un u er the orders of Capt. Trot
ter, R. N.’ ih which three iron steamers are to be
engaged, isjwe understand, about to be fitted out,
to proceed the Niger. The precise object of
this expedition we have not learned ; hut we pre
sume it is t|> explore further. Capt. Trotter had
an interview with the Colonial Secretary on
Thursday.-|-//unf’» Telegraph.
The Phifidslphia Inquirer, of the 23d says:—
The Ci‘y I** Boat, Capt. Lingo—left Chester
21st, at 4s|A. VI. and reached the city at BP.
M. Left ti e towboat Delaware at the Horse
Shoe, she l«ing unable to keep in our track, in
of heaviness of the ice. The D
brought fra m the Delaware Breakwater to New
ce’tie brig 4 Peru, and Pearl.
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By the subjoined notice, which we copy from
the National Intelligencer of the 25th inst. it
will he seen that the relations between Mr. For
syth and Mr. Fox, are not of such a belligerent
character as might be inferred from the correspon
dence of the Constitutionalist, published yester
day morning. In the Globe of the same date, we
have what is asserted to be the most interesting
portion of their Correspondence ; its length pre
cludes an insertion to day. There is nothing
however justifying the apprehensions of the cor
respondent for the Constitutionalist.
* The Maine Boundary.
. A Message from the President ot the United
States was presented to the Senate on Thursday,
containing the information called for by certain
resolutions of that body concerning the state of
affairs on the boundary between the United States
and the British northwestern possessions.
We shall lay these documents before our read
ers as soon as we can get possession of them.
For the present we must he content to state the
substance of them, as understood from the reading
by those who heard them read.
The material papers are those furnished by the
Department of State, consisting, as follows:
1. \ Letter from Mr. Fox, the British Minis
ter, to Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of State, dated in
November last, complaining ot the violation of
the agreement entered into between the agents of
the two Governments last winter, by the opening
of roads to the Aroostook, and the occupation of
a part of the disputed territory by a body of armed
men employed by the authorities of the Stale of
Maine.
2. A Letter from Mr. Forsyt i, written some
weeks afterwards, replying to the complaints of
Mr. Fox, that the opening of the roads in ques
tion is not a recent measure, but merely carrying
out a policy adopted twelve or fourteen years
ago; that the armed body spoken of is only a
posse employed to drive off intruders; and that
nothing has been done on our side incompatible
with the spirit of the agreement between the
agents of the two countries; whilst on the British
side acts have been done which may be justly
complained of as infringing the agreement, such
as erecting barracks for troops on the St. John’s,
placing troops on a part of the disputed territory,
&c.
3. A letter from Mr. Fox justifying what the
British authorities have done, on the ground of
the current report that the Legislature of the State
of Maine had an intention to abrogate and nullify
the agreement made between the two countries
last spring, which rumor was too strongly corro
borated by the language of Gov. Fairfield at the
opening of the Session of that Legislature not to
justify precautionary measures, which have not
been resorted to, however, with any design to in
fringe the agreement, &c.
4. Another Letter from Mr. Forsyth to Mr.
Fox, in which he says that there is no reason to
apprehend such an intention as is imputed to the
Legislature of Maine; that the alleged precau
tionary measures are therefore altogether gratui
tous on the part of the British authorities in New
Brunswick, and must be considered “abold infrac
tion” of .he agreement of last winter; and that,
if the British Government uphold this proceed
ing on the part of its agents, such a course on
its part will be regarded by this Government as
evidence of a want of that friendly disposition on
the part of Great Britain which has hitherto been
believed to exist, &c.
This is the substance of these Letters, which
we expect to be able to publish at large iu our
I next paper.
Upon the subject of the present state of the
Boundary Question between the United States
and Great Britain, as some opinion may be ex
pected from us, we can only say, that, after more
matme consideration of the matter, we do not see
I any immediate cause of alarm about it. The
only danger is that of Gov. Fairfield’s undertak
ing a second campaign against her Majesty’s
Province of New Brunswick. We think it quite
likely, however, that he had enough of his last
experiment of that sort to deter him from incon
siderately undertaking another. The question is
i in the hands of the Diplomatic agents of the two
Nations; and it may be hoped that a friendly ad
justment of it will not be marred or defeated, as
iit probably (and almost certainly) would be by
the State of Maine’s resolving again to take the
business into he? own hands ; an interference for
| bidden by the terms of the Constitution of the U,
j S., and to which neither this Government nor
that of Great Britain could submit without sur
; rendering, or at least compromising, their politi-
I cal rights.
In reference to this matter we have pleasure in
| stating that the memorandum published in the
! papers of the day (and among others in our dai
j ly paper of yesterday) as having been issued by
[ Sir John Harvey, in reference to existing rela
i tions, turned out to be a blunder of some editor
or other, who has taken up an old memorandum
out of the ashes of the war of 1812 between the
two countries, and applied it to the present day !
“ Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.” We
have not quite so nearly approached the awful
gulf a war with Great Britain, that her Provin
cial Governors should think it necessary to he is
suing recommendations of neutrality to non-com
batants on both sides of the border. That day,
we trust, will never come.
Ri’.pojit on the Affairs of the Schulkill
Bank. —The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette of the
21st, contains a copy of the Report just made by
the Directors of the ochuylkill Bank on the af
fairs of that institution.
The examination which has been made into
the accounts of Levis, the late cashier, leads the
D rectors to believe that the amount of Bank of
1 Kentucky stock overissued by him exceeds 13,- j
| 000 shares. A statement is given of the assets i
of the Bank, which amount to $1,275.526,19.
The liabilities of the Bank, including circulation
and sums due to depositors and to other Banks,
are set down at $472,237,57. The capital stock
paid in is $998,600 00. The whole amount of
the real liabilities of the Bank, however, cannot
now be accurately ascertained, on account of
some fraudulent and irregular transactions of the
late cashier, the extent of which is yet unknown.
Some developements of those show the following:
Ist.—Over issue of Schuylkill Bank
Stock 2246 shares, estimated at
par, $113,300 00
Proceeds of which supposed to be
applied to his own use.
2d.—A special deposite, for which a
certificate was originally given for
$74,000, since reduced to 49,000 00
Proceeds of which supposed to be
applied to his own use.
3d.—Three notes, the property of
Bank, taken by him f<om Bank,
and not accounted for, 8,500 00
4th.—An erasure from books of Bank
not accounted for, 17,421 37
sth.—Post notes issued and not en
tered on books, of which $35,000
are still out.
Proceeds of which supposed appli
ed to his own use, 110,000 00
Gth.—Post notes, which, when issu
ed, were not credited, making the
circulation larger than the books
called for, by 70,962 50
7th. —Letter of credit given without
authority, and no security taken, 25,000 00
$393,183 87
In reference to certain reports in some of the
newspapers that the Schuylkill Bank about the
time ot the resumption of specie payments paid
off debts to other city Banks to the amount of
in one week, the Board declaaelhat such
is not the fact—the highest amount paid to city
Banks in one week having been $200,000.
H adihsham Election. — At an election on
the 6th inst. for County Officers, the following
persons wer elected—C. B. Wood, Sheriff— John
W. Wylej', Clerk Superior Court—Thomas
McCay, Clerk Inferior Court—lsaack Black,
Tax Receiver and Collector—David Seitze, Coro
ner—dames Crocker, Surveyor.
The following is a state of the polls for Clerk of
Superior Court.
J. W. Wyley S. R. 271
L. Levy, U. 256
P. Martin,* 221
E. McCrary, U. 182
N. Hankes, U. 36
*We Understand that Mr. Martin is a Troup
State Rights man, but was ran by some of the
Union party. —Athens Whig.
The Whig State Convention at New Haven,
have nominated the following gentlemen:—For
Governor, William W. Ellsworth ; for Lieut.
Governor, Charles Hawley; for Secretary, Royal
R, Hinman ; for Treasurer, Hiram Rider; for
Comptroller, Henry Kilbourn. And passed re
solutions approving of the Harrisburg nomina
tions.
March of Delicacy.— The ladies are getting
more delicate and refined every day. First we
see it in some of the papers that a girl “down east”
wouldn’t swing in the garden “because the ’taters
had eyes!,, then we hear of another who was so
modest that she dressed the legs of her piano with
pantaletts; but the very last case we have heard of
is that of a lady in this city who is so exceedingly
delicate and fastidious that she will not change
her dress before a lithographic likeness of Gen.
Jackson without first turning his face to the wall.
—New Orleans Picayune.
Habits.— Like flakes of snow that fall unper
ceived upon the earth, the seemingly unimportant
actions of life succeed each other. As the snow ga
thers together, so are our habits formed. No single
flake that is added to the pile produces a sensible
change, no single action creates, however it may
exhibit man’s character, but as the tempest hurls
the avalanche down the mountain, and over
whelms the inhabhaut and his habitation, so pas
sions acting upon the elements of mischief, which
pernicious habits have brought together by imper
ceptible accumulation, may overthrow the edifice
®f truth and virtue.
from the Keepsake, for 1840.
The Somnabuiist.
BY SIR JOBS I)KAX. BART.
The family of Diordato de Cinci had fallen un
der the displeasure of the Doge, they having been
more suspected of what were deemed treasonable
attempts at displacing the tyrannical power which
held Venice in its iron grasp. Banishment of
its members, and confiscation of their property,
had by degress reduced that once powerful house
to comparative ruin. The head of it was in a
state of mental imbecility, and the immediate heir
an exile, supposed to be under a fearful ban, or
(as was not less commonly believed) to have been
privately made way with. Beatrice, an only
daughter, was left a sort of presumptive heiress ;
but actually the possessor of only matchless beau
ty, a sensibility fatal to her peace, and a flight of
talent equalled only by the energy and loftiness
of character, Witchery surrounded her—she
was considered a dangerous beauty, an object of
great attraction, but one, with whom the prudent
and the wise deterred the young over whom they
ruled, from intimacy or connection ; and the dis
pleasure of the Doge being certain to fall on any
that took part with the family of Beatrice de
Cinci, she was in a manner prescribed. There
are, however or rather there have been (for in
these utilianan days it is less common) roman
tic spirits in whose estimation tyranny and op
pression invest their victims with a thousand
charms; and she whom they are told, they dare
not, must not love, becomes an object of idolatry,
and doubly endared by the danger which sur
rounds the attempt.
While Poland yet was, she produced many a
gallant chief, many an ardent spirit; and Alta
mont Larinsky was one. Illustrious by birth,
the gifted owner of many broad lands and rich
possessions, ho had been for some time a
denizen of Venice, an apt subject for romance ;
and no long time elapsed ere the spell of this
enchantress fell upon him. The mysterious and
infatuating descriptions of the singularity, and
i the dangerous charms of Beatrice De Cinci, cre
ated in his imaginative mind a restless longing
for her acquaintance, which was confirmed by a
casual view of her at mass. He became enam
ored of a fancied object, for as yet she was little
more than as a vision seen in a dream ; but the
figure in that dream haunted him by day, and ho
vered round the pillow through the live-long
night !
Venice was the paradise of priests aud spies ;
they played each other’s game. Through the
agency of the latter fraternity, Larinsky became
j acquainted with the confessor to the family ; a
golden key unlocked the churchman’s breast and
he gained some knowledge of the character,
education, temper, and habits of the syren, Beat
rice.
Through the same channel the history of La
rinsky, full of stirring and interesting incident,
was’eonveyed to Beatrice ; and their meeting,
contrived to bear the character of accident, was
productive of the most favorable impressions on
both thus mutually prepared for reciprocal capti
vation.
The beauty of Beatrice was peculiar; her spir
; it shone through her ; her action was thought,
and every moment an aspiration ; her form, was
classic, and her complexion pale as the marble
statue beneath which she stood when Larinsky
first beheld her. Her tressess of golden brown,
her high and ample fore head, and the dark lash
es which fringed her languid eyes, so marked her
countenance, that, once seen, she never could be
forgotten.
Larinsky was irretrievably in love before he
asked his reason whether his eyes had not be
trayed his heart. Os a fiery temperament, open
as day in all his dealings, and frank almost to
rashness, he attempted not to conceal that his af
fections and estate were hers, and at her dispo
sal.
Not so the lady. By no means insensible to
the increase offered at the shrine of her beauty,
nor regardless of merits of her admirer, yet she
betrayed no weakness. The impression, howev
er, which in her earliest intercourse was convey
ed to his mind by the singularity of her manner,
never, varied ; doubt was awakened, a
hesitation in the belief that she would really love,
or ever give her individual heart in exchange
for that which she had so fatally ensnared. La
rinsky saw and felt all this, but his passion blind
ly urged him on, and his vanity assured him that
devotion must ensure return. What were her
secret thoughts sve know not ; that she really
loved Larinsky we believe, but we dare not
swear it- In answer to all his outpourings
which affection made eloquent, she would gaze
upon him with a fixed and somewhat startling
look, and say—“ Baware of me—l am not made
for happiness, neither to possess, nor bestow it.
I am an offset from a blighted stock !
“ But,” urged he. “ I will transplant thee to
a garden which none but zephyrs visit, and
there!”
Let us, however, hasten to events. They
were married ; and the establishment of Larkin-
sky was the admiration of one half of the city of
Venice, and the envy of the other ; while the
malice ofthe*government s- emedto derive fresh
virulence from the success of any part of the
prescribed family.
Larinsky had no eyes but for the beauty and
the loveliness of of his bride, no care but for the
'music of her low and plaintive voice. She was
all that man could desire in feature and in mind ;
yet to one whose ardent temperament and pas
sionate love, having won much, still craved for
more—that more was wanting. There was not
that perfect abandonment of body and soul, that
absence of all icserve, which is perhaps but an
ideal possession— yet the want existed. Like
the speck sometimes seen in the horizon, which
small at first soon spread into a cloud, so this
mistrust daily gained possession of Lannsky’s
mind, and marred his happiness. She placed
not implicit confidence in him—mused alone—
sought solitude oftener than was agreeable to
him, and to his jealousy ; not jealousy in the
common vulgar sense, but that exquisite suscep
tibility which only true love feels. He fancied
she had something to conceal ; he occacionally
observed her eyes were glistening with a tear,
and oft he could in her sleep detect a sigh. Vet
she was all generous kindness, and truth and inno
cence, like guardian, angels,seemed to hover round
her. Oh who could gaze upon that open brow,
or witness that guileless smile, and for a moment
entertain distrust 1 Then why was mt Larin
sky happy ? Why not content with the bles
sings he enjoyed ? Ask the God of Love, and
he will tell you that nothing less than all will
satisfy the cormorant heart; he will show you
that nothing is gained whilst aught is left to win.
Then why did not Larinsky question her 1 Why
not lay open all his feelings, and by a word dis
sipate the floating vapor which sometimes dim
med the mirror of his happiness ?
It is, alas ! that true love cannot speak of doubt
—cannot descend to a common category ; thus
many a heart has been lost for want of a simple
question, and that exquisite refinement which
constitutes the great charm of the tender passion,
sometimes generates the fatal worm that corrodes
the flower.
Beatrice was devout, punctual in her attend
ance at mass, and always preferred going alone,
and her absences were sometimes longer than
the services of the church were supposed to oc
cupy. A land of spies is a land accursed, and
the anonymous assailer of character is more to be
abhorred than the assassin.
Larin iky was preparing on a festal afternoon
to dress for the evening entertainment, when he
found a small billet on his toilet-table addressed
to himself; the hand writing was unknown to
him, and the device of the seal singular. He he
sitated to open it—such things sometimes occur
—an instinctive wavering of ill seems to give a
sort of second sight. Larinsky chid himself for
his weakness, and opened the billet. The ven
om it contained was wrapped in these w« rds :
“There are more confessors in churches than
wear cowls.”
It angered him. “Impertinent nonsense,” he
muttered to himself. He half tore the paper—
paused—then held his hand, and threw it with
some others into lus escritoire—turned the key,
which he carefully secured, and proceeded with
his toilet, fancying that he thought no more of
the billet; but the arrow had stricken him.
“I remember when I was at Padua, a Jewish
doctor sold rne a deadly poison, which he told
me if administered by half a grain a day, would
send to his grave the stoutest, by a gradual and
almost imperceptible decay, which no antidote
could arrest, and no suspicion detect.”
This was a mental movement—why it then
occurred to him we have no means of knowing;
such are the mysterious associations of a roman
tic mind.
Beatrice was in great beauty that evening; and
when her husband joined her to proceed to the
festive scene, he was struck by her commanding
beauty and the chastened splendor of her dress, i
They mingled in the crowd. She was not gay,
and his spirits were evidently depressed.
Larinsky detached himself from his lady, but
still kept a wary eye upon her; and he was rallied
by his gay young friends on the uxorious watch
fulness of his looks.
Beatrice did not dance, and he fancied her eye
wandered in search of some person she did not
find. Nothing remarkable occurred; the even
ing wore away, and they returned home, with
little conversation beyond what arose from the
usual incidents of a gay and numerous assem
bly.
Larinsky could not sleep, and the slumbers of
his wife were heavy and restless. After a time
she rose from her bed, and and slowly taking up
the lamp, by the light of which, for it shone im
mediately on her face, Larinsky discovered, that
though her eyes were open, their sense was shut;
and he now, for the first time, became aware
that she was a Somnambulist. He arose stealth
ily to watch her motions. She proceeded to the
adjoining apartment, where she placed the light
on a writing table, seated herself, took up a pen,
and sat some minutes in a rousing attitude, as if
reflecting on what she wished to write; then,
shaking her head mournfully, replaced the pen,
and heaving a deep sigh, resumed the lamp, re
traced her steps, and was soon seen by her ill-sat
isfied, husband with her head upan her pillow in
a deep sleep.
The next day’s sun brought not back with it
his peace of mind. Mischief is of rapid growth
—“The mass,” he said, the evening mass, this
I know she will attend.” He feigned an absence,
and made his way to the church, armed, unseen
and unsuspected, to watch her movements there.
After the service, she mingled in the retiring
crowd and for some minutes he lost sight of her ;
again in the aisle, darkened by the stained glass,
he thought he recognized her form, and that she
was joined by a young man muffled in a cloak.
Larinsky was all on fire ; he dashed forward i
through the throng, and overthrowing in his haste !
some seats, the noise of their fall alarmed the
mysterious pair. The lady, if it was Beatrice,!
banished one way, and Larinsky, sword in baud
rushed on to arrest her companion, but this vic
tim suddenly disappeared—how he escaped was
a mystery.
Larinsky wandered forth in a state so excited
that he could scarcely collect his scattered ideas; j
doubt, suspicion and jealousy assailed him at
once, and shook the inward man. He did not
return to his house for some hours. After a dis
tracted ramble, as he entered the corridor, two
active and well-known officers of justice passed
him in a hurried manner; this was a new sur
prise upon him, and they passed so quickly that
he had no time for question. He made his wav
to the apartment of his wife, who rose to receive
him with all her accustomed tenderness and
grace; and though he did not absolutely repulse
her advances, he motioned her gently from him,
and said—
“ The officers of justice have been here—they
passed me at the door!”
“But they had no victim with them,” cried she
in a tone of exultation ; “they had no victim—
no—no—no victim !” and her flashing eye de
clared her triumph.
“I must not be suspected, Larinsky,” continu
ed she; “mine is a lofty spirit—l am a thing of
mystery—l warned you of this when first we
met. lam your wife, your noble, loving, free,
unspotted wife—time will clear all! Then why
thisclou*J upon your brow?”
Her words fell powerless—she spoke but to a
man of stone; the demen of jealousy had posses
sed him—the worm that never dies was at his
heart—his blood was changed to gall. The look
he gave her was terrific ; she cowered beneath it
—trembled; she became faint and staggered
and would have fallen, but that he supposed her
to a chair. There was a vase of water on the ta
ble—his determination had been already made—
he filled a glass, and dropping unpreceived an
atom of the fatal drug into it, with a trembling
hand and averted eyes presented it to her; and
thus in a moment of rash and senseless jealousy,
the fond, the devoted Larinsky commenced the
slow but certain work of death. He occupied an
adjoining apartment, and with an agonized and
beating heart he heard her sob herself to sleep!
The next day he was summoned to the Doge’s
palace, and closely questioned as to the company
he entertained and the visitors he received. He
endured the insolence of suspicion with the spirit
of conscious innocence; returning the shortest
at swers, and with sullen and insulted dignity,
threw hack with scorn the imputations on his
honor. His home, so lately a heaven, had now
become a hell, and he the master fiend—with
murder, which he falsely fancied to he justice, the
■ fatal companion of his cruel thoughts. iNo pains
1 were spared.no cost, no bribes withheld, no strat
agems omitted, to discover the invader of his
peace.
During that day, and another—and another—
variously disguised, were administered the minute
atoms of the deadly poison; still the fatal passion
rankled in the breast of the infatuated husband,
and still day by day the inroads on the health of
1 his much injured wife became more and more ap
parent. Medical aid was pressed upon her by
numerous friends, and every conjecture formed
by those most skilled in the healing art on the na
• ture of her complaint, and every remedy in vain
applied.
To her husband’s alienation much was impu
ted : the estrangement of his heart was, alas ! but
too apparent and too notorious, though he was
not separated from her person, for he seldom
quitted her sight. Yet still her proud spirit dis
dained to enter into explanations with him, and
his ardent and desperate love having been by the
alchyniy of the deadliest of passions changed into
hatred, he pursued his course of fata! yet tardy
vengeance in gloomy silence ; resolved to guard
against the possession by another of the jewel he
disdained to w r ear.
Thirteen days had now elapsed since the still
lovely Beatrice had become the unconscious vic
tim of his dreadful resolution. On this, the thir
teenth day, Larinsky had been called from home
on some important and unavoidable business; and
during those hours ol absence, which his savage
jealously had made of rare occurrence—for he ne
ver quitted the room but on urgent calls—she re
ceived a communication, the effect of which seem
ed almost to breakdown her shattered and enfee
bled frame.
The messenger by whom the letter was con
veyed had been for several days watching for an
opportunity to deliver it unobserved; hut such
was the Argus-eyed vigilance of the spies and
watchers by whom she was beset, that Larinsky
was instantly informed of it. The intelligence
inflamed his passions into madness, yet he still re
tained his self-possession; he uttered not a sylla
ble, and resolved, if possible, to gain possession of
the letter by stratagem. Beatrice had been in
tears all day, too week in bodily “health for remon
strance or complaint, and in heart too deeply
wounded by suspicions so fraught with injustice.
She sat like the monument of Grief in the palace
of Despair.
The night drew on and proved unruly ; the
wind blew in fitful, fearful gusts; the lightning
flashed, and peal on peal of thunder succeeded,
as though the angry elements would level the pal
ace and bury their mouldering walls in the waves
that beat against them. Beatrice was long occu
pied with her devotions; and bent like a drooping
lily over the crucifix, fixing her thoughts on a
world beyond the grave. Anon she looked forth
on the troubled sea beneath the windows, and
then went weeping to her bed.
Larinsky was a witness to all she did. Her
weariness, her cares, and her weaknesses, were
soon forgotten in dead sleep. About, midnight
she rose slowly from her widowed couch, in one
! of those fits of somnambulism to which she had
been lately subject. Beyond her sleeping apart
ment, and opening on the grand marlde staircase,
was situated her boudoir, in which were arranged
her writing materials, an escritoir, which had been
always consideied sacred, her books, and all the
little elegancies of polished life.
She was in a night dress, which completely
concealed her figure; its whiteness was exceeded
by that of her complexion, through which the
course of her blood in every vain was visible. Her
| eyes were bright and glassy, her step measured
i and solemn, and. taking up the lamp, she moved
toward the boudoir; her husband, with noiseless
tread, was close behind her. Onward she weut,
| though in a deep sleep, opening the door into the
; boudoir, and. like a specter, moving to the cabinet
drew forth a key attached to her belt. Then un
locking the escritoir, she raised an open letter to
! the lamp in her hand, and prepared to read. Now,
thought Larinsky, now the final secret will he un
fouided—now I shall behold the evidence of her
j guilt even in her ow n hand 1 His heart beat so
audibly against his breast, that ho feared she
would hear it and ftwake; he advanced so close be
hind her that ever} word in the paper was visible
to him; they seemed letters of fire! They seared
his eye-balls !—and they ran thus :
“Beloved Beatrice ] You, for whom I have
risked every thing; you,, for whom and with
whom I would live or cease to live, must behold
ime no more. I see — l know the dreadful conse
; quences I have brought upon you by the fatal
oath in which I bound you never to reveal the se
cret, even to your husband, of my presence in
Venice, this tyrannized city. Thedecree of ban
ishment you know isuntevoked, and instant death
awaits my discovery; the spies of the Doge are
sleepless, and I am hunted like a beast of prey.
We have met seldom—button often. All this,
and ten times more of danger, I could and would
I have borne w hilst my plot of vengeance was ad
! vancing to maturity ; but what I have brought
j upon you from your husband is no longer toiera
-1 hie. Before this will reach your hand I shall
have left Venice, perhaps for ever. Adieu ! a
i thousand times adieu ! A few days more will de
cide the fate of your unhappy Brother.”
A thunderbolt would have been mercy. The
scales fell from his eyes—the fatal error was dis
closed—and he discovered that he was—whatl
, —a cold blooded, cruel, treacherous murderer—the
| murderer of innocence. He placed his hands be
fore his eyes and shrieked aloud.
Beatrice awoke at the cry. She dropped the
lamp, unconscious of what she did or where she
| was ; —she rushed forward to the folding doors
j which opened on the broad marble staircase, and,
pursuing her desperate course in darkness, fell
headlong down some fifteen steps, and was stretch
ed a lifeiess corse, staining the marble with her
innocent blood!
His outcries raised the house, and the officers
of justice were summoned. He was borne away
a culprit, suspected of having thrown her down
Guilty, alas ! but not of that.
Repeated examinations could draw nothing of
connected elucidation from him. He was remo
ved to a place of security, and howled ?way the
remnant of his wretched existence in a Lunatic
Asylum.
OBITUARY.
Died in this city, on the evening of the 21st
inst., Mr. Samuel M. Garrett, in the 45t!i year
of his age. He was a native of Barnwell District,
S. C., but w'as brought up in Savannah, Ga. For
the last twelve years he was a resident of this city,
and maintained the character of an industrious and*
good citizen. Mr. G. made a profession of religion
ten years since, and attached himself to the Baptist
Church. He was a pious and devoted man; and
during the protracted affliction which terminated
in his death, he was never heard to complain ; but
on the contrary, often expressed himself ready and*
willing to depart and be with his Saviour. “Let
me die the death of the righteous, and let mv last
end be like his.” y
1 led, ou the ewning G s 17th ins , .
Mrs. Davenport was the daughter of JudzeTho
mas Do°.3 Shoitly after her marriage she sought
and found the consolation of religion, and umfif
herself to the Baptist church, of which she lulj
and died an acceptable member. Being of an ex
cecdingly delicate constitution, and often the su k*
ject ol affliction, she was debarred many of m
privileges and comforts which flow from constant
communication with thepeopie of God. Yet there
was always to be seen in her countenance that 0
which is derived from spiritual intercourse wit!
the Creator. Her profession of religion was char
acterised by no great display or excitement; it was
the even tenor of the Christian’s path, “shining
more and more unto the perfect day,” illustrated
I by the graces of meekness, gentleness and patience
j a " °f which she possessed to a high degree. Her
! ' ast protracted illness was home with most cheer
! ful acquiesence in the Divine will; surrounded by
many of the most endearing ties, she seemed te
have lost sight of earthly good, and looked only to
the recompense of reward, which awaits the faith
ful in Christ Jesus. As death approached the
nearer, she spoke of it with the greatest calmness*
sie to'd her sister she was dying,“ but she felt
the Lord precious to her sou l .” Her sister then \
j asked her if she felt that she could trust in Him. i
Her answer was, “ O yes, my dear sister, who else
can I trust in, in this last Lying hour, but my
Lord.” Soft and gentle was her end ; undisturb, i
e< i undismayed by any fear, she fell asleep on the !
bosom ol that Savior in whom she had so wiseiv
trusted, and her waking was with God.
A fond, devoted husband, a sweet little daughter, I
a kind and affectionate father, two belcved sisters, !
a brother, and numerous relatives and friends
mourn the bcreavment. But they sorrow not as
those who have no hope, being confident that “She f
is not dead, but sieepeth.”
COM M ERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool .tfc . Dec. 14
Latest dates from Havre Dec■ 14 J
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT.
Thursday, January 23, 1840.
BAGGING — Hemp , per yard 20 a 25
Tow, “ 14 a 20
BALE ROPE, per lb, 8 a 14
BACON—Hog round, “ 9 a li
Hams, “ —a 12
Shoulders, “ —a n
Sides, “ —a U
BUTTER — Grus-en, per lb. 28 a 35
Nort Carolina, “ 15 a 25
Country, “ 18 a 25
COFFEE —Green prime Cuba, 11 14 a 15
Ordinary to good, “ 11 a 14
St. Domingo, “ 10 a 14
Brazil, “ —a
Laguira, “ a 15
Porto Rico, “ 12 \a 15
Java, “ 15 a 16 I
Mocha, “ 18 a 20
COTTON — Ordinary , “ 6A a I
Fair, “ 7} a 7} j
Good, “ 7£ a g
Prime, “ 8 a
CANDLES — Spermaceti, “ 48 a 50
Tallow, “ 20 a 22
CHEESE — American, “ 13£ a 14
English, “ 40 a 50 I
CIDER — Northern, per bbl. 900 a 10 00
In boxes, per doz. 350 a 450
1 ClGAßS — Spanish, M. 15 a2O
American, “ 5 al2
CORN — bushel 50 a 62j
FISH —Herring , box 125 a 150 |
Mackerel No. 1 “ none
“ *« 2 “
U <( 3 (( (C
FLOUR — Canal, bbl. 9 all
Baltimore, “ 8 o 850 *
Western, “ n one
Country, “ 650 a 750 I
GUNPOWDER— keg 6 a 7
Blasting, “ 4 a 450
GLASS —10 k 12, box 350 a 425
8 k 10, “ 325 a 4
IRON — Russia, “ 6
Swedes, assorted, “ 6
Hoop, lb 9 a 10
Sheet, “ 8 a 10
Nail Rods, “ 7 a 8 !
LEAD — Bar, “ 9 a
LEATHER—SoIe, lb 23 a 3u
Upper, side 175 a 2
Calf Skins, doz 30 a36
LARD — lb a 15
MOLASSES — N. Orleans, gal 40 a 50
Havana, “ 35 a 45 I
English Island, “ —a
NAILS — lb 8 a 9
OlLS—Lamp, gal 150a 200
Linseed, “ 115 a 125 f
Tanners, “ 60
OAT’S— bush 50 [
PEAS — « 1
PAINTS—Red Lead, lb 15
White Lead, keg 300a 350
Spanish Brown lb 4 a
Yellow Ochre, “ 3 a
PEPPER—BIack, “ 9 a 12$
PORTER — London, doz 4 a 450
and Ale, American, bbl 3 a 350
RAISINS — MaIaga, box 2 a 250
Muscatel, 1 50 a 2
Bloom , *• none
RlCE — Prime, 100/5 4 a 5
Inferior to good, “ 350a 450
SUGAR —New Orleans, lb la 10 J
Havana, white, “ 13 a 15
“ brown, “ 8 a 9
Muscovado, “ 8 a 10 *J
St. Croix , « 10 a I2j
Porto Rico, “ 8 a 1! 1
Lump, “ 14 a 16
Loaf, 15 a 20
Double refined , “ 20 a 22
SOAP — American, No. 1, 8 a
“ No. 2, 6 a 8 j
SALT—Liverpool ground, bush 55 a 75
Turk's Island , “ none
STEEL — German, lb 15 a 16
Blistered, “ 8 a 12j |
SHOT—AII sizes, bag 2 a 2 37$
SPIRITS — Cognac, Athprf. gal 150 a2 50
Peach, “ 1 a 150
Apple, “ 45 a 65
Gin, Holland, “ 1 20 a 150
' “ American, “ 55 a To
Rum, Jamaica. “ 1 25 a 175
“ New England, “ 48 a 56
Whiskey, Northern, “ 48 a 56
“ Western, “ 50 a 75
“ Mononga. “ 75 a 1 i
** Irish 9 n
TOBACCO—N. (aroiina, lb 8 a 15
Virginia, “ 15 a 40
TWINE*— “ 30 a ? j
TEA—Bohea, “ 50 a 75
Souchong, “ 50 a 75
Hyson, “ 75 a 125
Gunpowder , “ ] a 125
WlNE—Madeira, gal 250 a 350
Sicily Madeira, •* 1 25 a 175
Sherry, “ 2 n 350
Teneriffe, « 75 a j 25
Sweet Malaga, “ 40 a 60
Porte, “ 75 a 3
Claret, “ none
“ in bottles, doz 3 a 6
Champa igne, “ 5 a 12
REMARKS. '
Cotton —This article continues to poui in ft ol3
the country with unabated rapidity. The planters
continue to sell freely notwithstanding the conti
nued decline in prices ; there is however but li» ie
changing bands among those who purchase from tin
growers. We now quote 6$ aߣ as the extreme*
of the market—sales chiefly at 7$ a 8. The f° : ’
lowing is our classification :
Ordinary, 6£ a7± ; fair, a7s ; good, 7jf * 1
prime, 8 a B£,
Choice lots in square packages will command
not more. The river continues very low, t,e
wharves are loaded with cotton waiting for a 1
and the warehouses are nearly all full.
Freight —By the river to Savannah $2 a bsg,i“ J I
as none can be carried off by the steamers, but very 1.
little cotton leaves the place.