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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. 1 f.UGUSTA. THURSDa|' MORNING, JANUARY 30.; i =:=r=4- ■' ■ ■■■ ■ 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 - 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. I 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.