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FATE or LAI'H V ZICCLOI.C
tri. imp*'>vwrntcr. or rLO*CMcr.
“1 un ih daughter of that land
Where tbs poet’* flft and ihepainin'* bond
Arsmaxt divin*. 1 am of F.irtbee. ’— t, E L
Liras Zicciola, (ho daughter of a celehfti
ted physician at the age ot IB was one of the
most attractive personage* in Florence. How
ever Italy may have degenerated, none ran
deny her the merit of fully appreciating gen
tu and talent. In the present case, Liura's
lame a* an itnprovlaatrice and poetesv cmmrtd
her llrti notice and acceptance which she was
uueuiitlcd to claim on tlie ground of personal
beauty, wealth or birth. Whilst “he was de
iiqnug the Plnrciiiitie Princes in (heir Palla
cltan hall*—whilst crowded audiences listen
ed to her lay* of love or chivalry—little did
the admiring throng suspect that the Impas
sioned poetess was then sutlermg the pangs
of uitreqinlted love! Hut no it was: Laura
was susceptible ol the charms of personal beau
ty, though entirely destitute of that godly gift
hurt elf. Signor Slcphiuo was the youth up
on whom our heronu had must unfortunately
fixed her affections, and in all respect* the
Higitor justified the taste of his youthful wor
shiper. The Signor was a cadet of one of
those noble houses who claim descent from
the cotempororic* of the Ciesar*. Hi* parson
was of tile most graceful form, his head wor
thy of the Apollo, his mind richly stored with
the learning of the ancients, and with all mod
ern accomplishments. Signor Slephano had
been one of the first to discot ci and foster the
go .tins of the youthful votary of the muses,
lie had repeatedly protected her from insult,
and h id at all times treated her with a kind
ness that went to the heart of the 100 suaceptl
blc girl. Slu- became passionately attached ;
but alii* ! Signor Stephniio observed nothi rig of
this, or, if be did casually notice that I,aura’s
eye brightened when he entered her present*,
or a sigh escape her when lie departed, lie as
cribed il to another source than its true one ;
he thought it merely the natural gratitude of u
sensitive heart toward a liberal benefactor uml
n powerful protector.
Laura loved, but not w ithout hope : the Sig
nor was unmarried, nor was it known that be
was attached to any lady, neither was the Stg
nor a man of gallantry, in the ordinary accept
ation of the term, so that the ftMlG** hoped
that the Signor’s habitual kinaneht might at
last ripen into a deeper feeling.—Matters had
gone on thu- for muiiy years, and the girl Mad
ripened into womanhood, but neither her feel
ings or his lmd changed. Still she hoped—
Inti the hope was blighted ! Slephano had
been appointed un attache to a mission to the
Court of Madrid, Whilst there hi: hud become
enamored of a dark eyed Castilian, Donna Is
abel du Murcia. Her lie wedded, and Laura
Ziceiola was thrown into despair. No longer
had music or poetry charms for her. Mile
gradually sunk into dcspoutleney ; her for
mer haunts and habit* were ncgti eled, uml
she sat moodily brooding over in r hopeless
passion. Her father Doctor Ziceiola, died
about two years after tiiis evant, nnd Laura
found herself her own mistress, in the posses
sion of a small independency arising from her
father’s savings ami tho result of her own ex
ertions.
We are not sufficiently rend in the intrica
cies of the human heart to know wluit it was
that Induced Laura shortly after to settle her
affitirs tu Florence and {kipart for Madrid.
This, however, she did , and she settled herself
in a small housOftvith a respectable elderly fe
male as her companion. Stic gradually re
sumed her habita of improvisation, and her
fnmc quickly Haw through Madrid. Signor
Hlephaijo, among others, heard of ihe'fame oi
his country woman and profege. He mention
ud the circumstance to the UOunu, und-tt was
agreed between them that the talented Flor
entine should he invited to their house, not ns
n public performer, but as a friend and country
woman. Poor Laura's heart beat high us she
entered the mansion of him tier soul held most
dear; nnd when he greeted her in his usual
kind manner, her feelings overpowered her,
nnd she burst into tears. Hoih Donnn Isabel
nnd the Signor were somewhat astonished at
this display ofsoumtulil v, und, for the first time,
n suspicion of the trutli glanced through the
mind of he?'former patron.
After this time, the Signoreauiiouly avoided
Inking the least notice of the poetess. She
perceived it, and knew that her secret had been
discovered. Ashamed and mortified, she gave
up all society, and now she found that the ob
ject of her tenderness did not in the slightest
degree respond to her feelings Hope a to
gether fled ; and as love can hardly exist with
out hope, the v ioknee of her attachment some
what abated.
Signor Slephano had returned to Florence
w ith his bride, and now Laura no longer bad
reason to avoid society ; her old habits returned
except that her exertions to please were gratu
itous, and she was a welcome guest at the
houses of the highest nobilitv. Some years
after this, Don I’edrode Lara, a General in the
Spanish service, am! Governor of Mexico, hud
obtained leave of absence from the colony, and
had returned to Madrid for the purpose of ar
ranging his affairs in the mother country, and
ultimately settling altogether in the New-
World. The Don hud been repeatedly thrown
into the society of the impronsntrice, and the
more he saw of her, the more he eonaidcred
her ns eminently suited to make him happy.
He thought that the genius nnd talents of Lau
ra would, in the colony, shine out with a res
plendence which would make him the most
envied of Governors. He offered lus hand, and
her youthful passion being extinguished, she
accepted it, if not w ith the expectation of en
joying exquisite felicity from the union, at least
with the hope of moderate happiness.
Ihjl Pedro and Ills bride departed for .Mexi
co, nnd, after a prosperous voyage, the thu .tier
of the cannon announced the return of the
Governor; but before they landed, the Don
found courage to mention a circumstance which
should have been stated earlier. Don Pedro,
during Ins previous residence in Mexico, had
formed a connection with a female of half blood,
her father being a .Spaniard, her mother an In
dian; this woman was residing in the palace
w ith her family. The fact of lire Don having
a mistress dal not at all affect Laura—she con
sidered it all in the course of things ; so she
good-humoredly asked the Governor Ins inten
tions with regard to his family. The Don re
plied that he would take core that Laura should
not be tucominodcd by the female, and that he
would remove tier to a se pc rate establishment
as soon as possible ; and at the same time prom
ised that no renewal of that intimacy should
take place.
For some vvcccs after the arrival of the Gov
enor and his lady, they lived very happily.
He was a man of sense and could well appreci
ate the genius of hi* wife. Fp to this time he
had not found courage to intimate to his mis
tress that she must remove, and that all inti
macy had ceased. At last the blow fell upon
her like a thunderbolt. She was a half educa
ted. passonate creature— a slave to every im
pulse. .She threw herself at Lara’s feet, de
preciated the separation, promised to avoid alt
” i I IWZ-rfmlv let her rest un
’ , , ’ , * —only let her !
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•Vl • or :
hersotfl were awakened. She meditated re
venge y ntid with the cunning of her nation,
she found means of accomplishing it. Don
Pedro was absent in the interior on bu ■tins**.
The woman foitud access to the aparttn nil of
La ora,and infused poison into some fod which
I had been prepared for her. When she auppo- 1
*cd that the poison had partly performed its
1 work, sha rushed into th room, and there
! found herin theagonie* of de.atb. With a de
moniac laugh of triumph she boasted of what
i she had done, and was immediately seized by
I the servant* and removed to prison. Laura
i died a victim ton jealousy arid revngc. La
>ra returned to lit* palace uud found that his
I accomplished wife hud been murdered. Stern
| w as hi* revenge—his former mistress was con
demned to be burned at the stake ! Don Pe
dro instantly left the country, returned to Ma
drid, and retired to a monastery.
Ijondon Court Journal.
A Handsome Gift. —We learn that Hub
ert W. Ntykcs, Esq. has presented the
Methodist Episcopal Church with anew
and handsome edifice at Gloucester Point,
as a Meeting House or Church, for the
citizen* of that vicinity,—-The building has
just been completed, and is lift feet front,
by 50 feet deep. Thu Jot on which it is
erected, is HO feel front, by d3O feet deep,
uud the whole cannot lie wot til less than
:?vOOO. It is intended for use immediately,
as a place of public worship, will be called
the Gloucester Point Chapel, and opened in
the beginning of July. The whole proper
ty hus been conveyed to trustees—viz:
I Jame* barren, Richard Benson, J. Harm*
steed, J- Cullagliuit), Jr, E. J. Y ard, and J.
. Whiteman of Philadelphia, and Joshua P.
Drowning, John Moore. Arthur Powell,
Thomas Githcns and Edward Dotigheitv of
i New Jersey. The ground connected with
\ the building, will lie ample fur a burial place,
! is well as for the erection of the necessary
i shed, A more eligable site for such a
building could nut have been selected, and
doubt not that the results in a moral and
religious point of view, will prove of the
happiest kind. The trustees, -who ujc
j highly respectable citizens, have already
! commenced the necessary steps for obtain
! ing a congregation—a matter that will be
! accomplished w ith little difficulty, as there
is no rcgulai place of public worship within
several miles of this new Church, alitinigh*
the surrounded country is thickly- popula
ted. Mr. Syke* deserves no little credit
J for this laudable and liberal act, and lie
I will we trust, excuse ua for making thus
public, what he may have intended to have
been passed over in silaoce. -—lnquirerJ
An Escape.- —Miss Phyline Belknap,
living witiiin about two tniles of this village,
met with an accident on Friday week,
which came near depriving her of life.
Her mother’s residence is near the Halsey
ville Greek, and having occasion to cross it,
she attempted to do so at the usual place,
tvbieh was upon some planks stretched
“Serous the creek for that purpose. The
late high water having removed one lifrm
its place, and the water being shallow, she.
hazarded wading to the end of the other.
Just as she had gained it, nnd was stepping
upon it, her foot slipped and she fcllWfto
the stream, which whs quite quick, and at
the place, and tor rods below, ran over a
continuous surface ofrock, very uneven,
nnd iiiTnany places approaching to ledge*.
She vva* hurried flown the stream with con
siderable velocity, being buoyed up by her
clothes, to which circumstance may be at
tributed the preservation of her life.
The water though n6t deep was under
such motion, and the surface of tho rock
over which it rutvso smooth,'s to render
abortive every effort to stop. Down the
stream she was hurried over a projecting
rock into the abyss below, and anon with
the velocity of an arrow again shot off with
the current to go over another and another
fall, und in this manner floated about thirty
rods. During all this time Miss R. ever
cised much presence of mind in holding her
breath ft* site plunged beancth the water
ns she went over the rocks. At last she
limited into on eddy and was rescued in a
very exhausted state by a heroic sister,
who had witnessed her distressing vovtige.
Tne unfortunate lady is now, we understand,
doing well.— Transburgh Advertiser.
Doinsrs in Mississippi.— On the full Inst,
iht; deputy sheriff of “ iirrt'n county, (Mis*.)
according to the Yic&aburg “ lug, proceeded
to litg Black, lo levy an execution on the pro
perty of Win. Folkes. Koikes had threaten
ed to kill the sheriff, or any oltieer who enter
ed his premises lo distrain his property, and
some time previously drove off n constable.
The deputy sheriff, >fr. S: ifford, arrived with
a double barrelled shot gun and two pistols, re
solved to execute the law, •repnued with two
unarmed assistants to the gin house, where
Koikes’ cotton was stoned. Koikes heard of
his arrival, and sent him word that be intended
to kill him as soon as lie loaded his gun and
eat his dinner; and in accordance with lus
threat. In’ was soon seen marching to the gin
house with the gun on his shoulder. Stafford
saw him coming, and to avoid exposing hisns
! ststunoe to danger, he marched out into the
field, and ordered Koikes at a distance of forty
yards, not lo advance further. Koikes imme
diately levelled his gun and took nun ; but his
cap burst, while Stafford at the same instant
lodged several buck shot in the arm and side
of his assailant. Koikes immediately com
menced applying another cap in order to take
another fire, but when he saw Stafford take atm
with the other barrel, he commenced a retreat,
Stafford pursued and caught him, and disarmed
him of his gun, as well as two pistols and a
knife, which he had in his bosom ; and after
conquering the outlaw, he returned to town
with properly to satisfy the execution.
After conquering Koikes, and convincing
him that the law in Warren county “must hav e
its course.” Mr. Stafford sat down with his an
tagonist, and whilst his unis were loading the
wagons, and gathering up the goods and chat
ties, the two had a long and friendly chat on
politics and matters and thing* ingcncri!.
It is helired by many that Mr, Folkes is
deranged on some subjects. While he keeps
his creditors out of their money, he hits kept
his cotton for two years, declaring that he w til
never sell it till he gets twenty cents a pound
for it. He has some very --traoge and pecular
notions op the prices of cotton, and declares
that the merchants and sheriffs are his great
areh enemies.
Mississippi. —The Yazoo, Miss. .Manner
of the ISth ult. speaking of the distresses
in that place, says :— * Many interesting
families have, daring the past week, been
deprived of the assistance of their last ser
*">"t—but the fair matrons, with courage
TITY) Konun, brush the rising tear
his preev’ks, and with a becoming
niKhssivthv firmness, incite
*v* ‘hnvfamities to begin
•on.
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THE WfftlNTfiSJl; OOUNTT KirAlD,
Horrid AJJait .—On tjie loth of November,
Mr. Lukf who replied in th • rear
of 173 < hryt|o street, a flute maker by trade,
left tills city for st. Louts. Mo., mi nutates* rel
siiveto *ofll*• land owned by him in that place,
lie left hi* wife in possession of his premises,
two lower rooms of the house, tho uppoi part
of which was occupied by a gentleman'* fami
ly named I luck horn,
About the middle of May the outer door of
Mrs. Hhroeder’* premises wus forced open by
some person unknown, and a valuable gold
watch stolen from her bedroom.
Yesterday morning the people above stairs
had tlu.tr attention arrested, by the fact that
Mrs. H. had not been seen, Which was a thing
unusual, as she was gunerally a very early
riser.
About 12 o'clock Mrs Bnekhom, on at
tempting to open the door found that the lock
hud been forced, nnd recollecting that, during
the night, n dog was heard to bark in the yard,
sin- ut once suspected lloul play, und calling
another person, they went into the bedroom
of Mrs. Hhroeder. They (bund her on the bed
and trying to raise herself upon Iter hands.
Her face and head were covered with blood,
with which the bedcloths too were completely
saturated, and the gore still streaming from
her mouth.
Dr. Belcher was sent for, who, on examn
ing ,1/rs. H, found that one of the eyes had
been perforated to the brain, that the scull o
ver the right temple had been fractured in two
places, and other wounds inflicted in various
parts of the body.
The wretched sufferer was as vet compara
tively sensible; und on making inquirei* of
her, it whs found that the wounds hud been in
flicted w ith n small bar of iron about 18 inches
in length by 1 inch in w idth, which was found
among the bedclothes. Who the perpetrator
of the dreadfulul outrage was she was unable
to say.
Alderman Purdy was railed in, and he upon
farther inquiry and examination ascertained
that a large chest of clothes had been broken
open, and though none of the clothe* had been
abstracted, it was supposed lll.it some money
had been stolen therefrom.
It was ulso believed, that at the lime the
watch was stolen, some difficulty occurred be
tween Mrs. S. uud a son of her'* residing in 1
this city; and that a number of new flutes:
“Which the young man had laid eluim to, but
which s e r msed to give him, where missing ;
from the premigga. Huspiciou accordingly feli
upon the young man, and a warrant was there
fore is# u*d for hlzapprcht union. He had not
nowever, up to Inst evening, been found. The I
poor woman was at the laswccmmts still living,:
buljiot the least hopes were entertained of her j
recovery. She 1* abput 5 ) years <>u ;e.
The coroner last < veiling held an ant*-mor
tem examination in the case ; hut w e did not
Team thut ady particulars in addition to thef
above were elicited. | Ibid.
Ocean Meant I'essrli for Ihe Atlantic
Coast - Last Saturday, we mentioned the sale j
of the steamer Natchez, forSlt) O i l, and a short
tone since, the disposal of ihe Neptune for
823,0 30. Built of these vessels cost over 8125,- i(
OJUeurli, and we?e hardly oue year Old w hen
knocked off at the above prices.
The fact is, our builders construct such
steamers that it isevc? impossible to sell them
after they have made one or two trip*, at a quar
ter for their original cost. Ther never has
been n steamer built m l|)i* country, for the
coast navigation, that was lit for Uiere
never will be, so long a* they follovHne ttff. l
els of the rues ■teamera. ‘/'he Neptugo, Nat
ciiuz uud Charleston, are but river steamboats
of a large av/w—they are long, hut have no
hrertth, said two or three trips li sen generally .
knock them up. VY <• believe iff? Nntjjcz is the
strongest and most durable vessel of The kind j
ever built ui the United Stute.sf but *1)1* would
never cross the Atlantic. Wc want such boats
as the BtVjral William and Strut it*. navigate
our coast, und four steamers Hke them would
keep up a regular and quick commimicaftufi 1
w ith all the southern seaports.
*w
Cheerfulness t.^ f wives.-s-Doz well remarks
that a cheerful woman may be of great assis
tunciito her husband in business by wearing a
etici'ijul smile continually upon her counte
nance; A mast’s perplexities and gloominess
are increased a hundred fold when Ins better
half moves about with a continual seotvl upon
her brow. A plesant cheerful wife is a rain
bow set in tlx sky, when her husband's mind
is tossed with storms and tempests ; hut a dis
satisfied and fretful wife in the hourof trouble,
is like one of those lie lids who delight to tor
ture lost spirits.
Miss Lasher lately recovered one hundred
and thirty-nine dollar and some odd cents
from one Mr. Smith for refusing to marry her. I
The trial w hich took place in Randal Cos.,
Ohio, is only remarkable for Ihe legal point
decided by the lury. The promise and ail
that, appear to have been made out, but the
delinquent defended himself on the gtouud
that tile “lady love” wore false teeth in front,
and not only so, hut that she actually wore curls
alien to herown brow, und worse still, curls of
a different coloi from the natual growth of the j
soil! This was certainly making out a pretty I
strong case for the defence, hut the jury over ;
ruled it, and gave the enormous damages al
ready mentioned.— N. Y\ Gazetttc.
THE DROUTH AND THE HEAT.
The heat during the last week has been ex
ceedingly oppressive. The Thermometer
ranging between 1)3 and 98. The surrounding
country too, as w ell ns our city, is suffering
under u drought of several weeks. In the ci
ty. garden vegetables are literally parched and
dried up, and in the surrounding country, the
corn is almost in the same situation ; and yet
there are no prospects of rain. We understand
that some ten or twelve miles north of this
place, on Friday night last, there w as a severe
iiail storm which, like the one that fell in the
same direction a few weeks past, has done a
great deal of damage. Without there is an
early rain, the planters in this vicinity w ill lose
their crop of Corn and tliecntton will be mate
rially injured. We trust however, that the
“Beneficent Being” who, in the exercise of
his w isdom, orders all things for the best, will
at an early period visit our parched soil with a
few of ihose “general showers,” without which,
the industrious Farmer toileth in vain!
Mil. Jour.
“A Worthy Subscriber Lost.” —Under this
head the Pittsburg Gazette mentions the re
cent loss of a subscriber, who had taken that
paper without intermissions, for upward of
fifty-two years, and always paid in advance.
There was not the slightest feeling of dissatis
faction with the paper, but it was given up, no
doubt reluctantly, because lhe fating si; hi of
the venerable subscriber, at length produced
an inability to read. Relations so Ions; endur
ing. must have produced pain in the severance.
And one should think that friends of fifty years
standing, could setreely, for any cause, be put
asunder. —Balt Pat.
The Evansville la. Journal of the 28th ult.
says:—“John Station, recently from Eng
land. was bitten by a rattlesnake, one day
last week, and died within thirty hours
thereafter of the wound He left a wife
and six young children, destitute of means;
of support.”
A VaSBEi. Pupomei.y Hi NX,— Our mercan
tile rcudeis w ill doubtless recollect the late tri
al of Field vs. the Ocean Office, for Die msur
unceof the brig Frauds, which sprung a leak,
and was run ii-norc on Cranberry nemo. Field
was in osier and ow nor, and recovered hi in
surance against the office, w hieh set up fraud
as a defence. —About SFAKJuf the insurance
has been paid—and the abandoned brig has
long since passed into other hands. Hue is now
at Yarmouth, NovaHcotia, undergoing repairs.
While examining her bottom, the carpenters
found that five large holes had been Doted in
one of her main timbers below. The boles
wore stopped up by moveable plugs. On the
inside the plug* were hid by a shoit piece
!of wood “graved in” over the hole*. The sup
position is, that after the brig was run ashore,
| this piece of wood was removed by a chisel,
there being no nails m it, and the plugs driven
■ through the bottom. Hhe theu ol course leak
ed very fast —an affirm was raised, and all
haste made to gel her into shoal water. This
was effected—and as she lay high and dry ut
j low tide, the holes were replugged on the uiit
side, so as not to attract the attention of the
surveyors who examined her. A merchant in
Yarmouth, and the United States consul there,
upon learning these fact*, apprised Col. Adams,
. President of the Ocean Office, of them, and
sent hun up the fragment of the timber thus
! bored, and il may now be seen in that office.
Potion Putt.
The North Cajiouxa Dihi..—There is no
doubt that the report of a duel between Mr. Jo:
Seawv 11 Join s, of N.C. and Mr. Henry Wright
VV ilium, of New York, is a hoax; and we regret
[ to believe that Mr. Jones i*. in great part, re
i sponsible for the authorship of the report. The
Raleigh fN C.) Register pronounce.* the storv
a hoax —“on what it deems conclusive evi
-1 deuce.” It is a very small business to get up
I such a hoax.— Hall. Patriot.
A Pttßtenger in an Airkiranl Predicament.
\ —A gentleman,Mr. K, who went out In the
Eriesleamer last week, from Buffalo, had taken
i a berth in one of the stale rooms on deck, the
stale room next to his having been secured by
-a gentleman and hi* wife. Mr. It. wishing to
(elire early, went by mistake, into the married
t gentleman s state room, and thinking it to he
j Ins own, stowed himself away very snugly in
the tipper berth, and was in a short time sound
asleep. The lady, who had been reading in
1 the Cabin, wishing to go to bed, and not seeing !
i her husband at hand, went to her stateroom, ]
i and was surprised to find him (asvhe aumioshd j :
asleep in fits berth. Not wishing to Wake him.
she undressed herself, and wuejusl on the point
! of getting into her berth, when the supposed j
: husband sprang up and exclaimed, —“who’s
there!” A* may naturally be supposed, tin
lady screamed and crouched in one corner of j
Lthe small room; and it happmad just at that ‘
fmoment that the husband made his appear
anee. Being rather a testy gentleman, and j
perhaps withal occasionally haunted fry the
1 “green eyed monster, •’ he did not wait for an
i explanation; buleeizmg the tresspasser by the i
shirt collar, pulled him Iroiu his berth, nnd
without even glopping to venture a remark
j upon his questionable situation, attempted to
thrust him upon deck. Mr. If. on the other
fmiud, having too great a respect for decency
to grget ail his fellow passengers tan* calotte , !
! was coin polled to defend himself against being
thus summarily disposed of-—and while en
deavoriug to posh bun through the door, the
married man was himself forced upon tbit deck,
and locked our of Ins own room. The Cap
i tail).and a crowd of passengers immediately
assembled-—Mr. It threW open the window—
Wild*red an explanation—it was accepted,
and he permitted to dress and retire. iTn
; chagrin of the testy gentleman cannot he de
i seemed. Ile hail not only made n fool of him- ’
a*elf before nil the passengers, But had very im- j
I politely exposed a stranger in the very face of
itis own wife, who like u virtuous woman, sat
passive duriiijyhe whole ridiculousm-us. ?
AnoiKCr Revolutionary Tatriot Gone.—
] Mr. KbenezerL me. ofSandlnke, iji thisCoun
j ty, died nt hi* residence In that town on the
30th mst., aged 77 yH£*. He vv ns a patriot of
thu revolution, and there arc few men who
have done more serv ice for their country than
! he did. lie enlisted as a private soldier in the
revolutionary army, on the 4th of April, 1777,
und continued in service to the end of the war.
1 He was in many buttles; among others, that
of Stillwater, when Burgoyne was taken,
where he contended in close contact with the
; enemy, and was severely wounded with a bay-:
i onet, but was able to overpower his adversary;
and also in the buttle of Monmouth, where he
was also wounded, ile received front his com-
I mandcr two badges of honor for hi* faithful
| services. At the breaking out of the war of
; 1812, he again enlisted in the army, together
with two of lnssons. He was in the battle
I of Siickett’s Harbor, under General Browne,
j nnd also in the bat:le of Cornwall, where lie
was so severely w ounded as to disable him :
| from doing any further duty, and he was hon
j orably discharged, and afterwards placed on
the roll of invalid pensioner*. Ills station in
j life was humble—but he was an honest man
j and a patriot.— 7Voy Budget.
Release of a State Prisoner. —Some
time during the last year, Reynolds, alias
David Deal, son of Mr. David Deal, of Ship
j penshurg, Pennsylvania, a promising youth
; of 11), visited Buffalo, in this state of New
York, where he was persuaded to enlist
with a company of volunteers to join the
patriots for the invasion of Canada. Young
Deal, with several others, was soon cap
tured by a company of British Lancers, was
i tried, and sentenced to death. His situa
| tion was made known to his friends, by
1 whose entreaty Sir George Arthur was in
! dinted to suspend the execution of the sen
| tence for a lime, and the vouug man was
I sent to England and committed to prison,
| there to await the approval of the sentence
passed upon him in Canada, and its final
execution. The Rev. Mr. Cookman, Judge
McLean and Dr. Sewall, who were inform
ed of the situation of young Deal, and the
I distress of his family, addressed letters to
Mr. Stevenson, setting forth the circum
stances of the case, and requesting his in
lluence w ith the authorities of the British
government, to save, if possible. the voung
man’s wife. Mr. Stevenson made every
effort in his official capacity, but in vain ; j
when he applied to the Queen, and request-;
ed his release as a personal favor, upon
which she promptly granted a free pardon, :
and the young man is now on his passage j
home. And thus an aged father and mother,
and a large circle of other family connex
ions, are made to rejoice in the restoration
of a favorite boy, who, we hope, will learn
a le.sson from the consequences of his
indiscretion, and long live to thank Mr.
Stevenson for his disinterested exertions,
and bless Queen Victoria for the exercise
of her clemency.
The Storm King. —Prentice is ever ready
with his jokes. He says Prof. Espy was so
w ell pleased with the complimentary resolu
tions at Germantown, Pa., tiiat he sent word I
to the citizens that they might “draw upon him
at any time for a shower, a hail storm, a thun- j
der gust, a whirlwind, or a water-spout, and
he will Junior the draft at night.”—jf.Y. Star.
Hail Hoad Strike. —On Tuesday morning
last, a general strike took place among the
hands employed on the different sections of
the Rail Road between Reading and Ham
burg. About three hundred men left work,
demanding an advaned in their wages from
£1 to $1,12/ per day. On oue section wc
understand ihe advance has been made, and
the hands have resumed their work. Most
ol’ the contractors however refuse to accede
to the demand* of the combination. In
somp rne* the hands required an increased
supply of whiskey. There i* nothing coa
ted with the public works that calls so loud
ly for reformation as the system persuades
in relation to this rumors piosou. One,
and half pints are now the daily ratio of each
laborer, dealt out in nine doses. This is
given universally to young and old, and
instead of it being surprising that the use
of so much ai dent spirits should leave a
demand for more, the wonder is that any
who aie in the habitof using itin this regular
manner and in such quantities should escape
the drunkard’s grave. We hare been in
formed by intelligent contractor* that
many young men commenced work on the
public improvements feeling all that I’Ppug
nance to whiskey which nature has wisely
implanted in every being whose taste has
not been vitiated by the murderous bever
age. In a short time however the influence
of example brings the poisou to the lips of
the novice in drinking, and abused nature
soon demands the uccustoincd stimulus—
Reading Journal.
The tailors in New Orleans arc about
reviving the old fashion of putting pockets
to pantaloons. They say they have met
with serious losses since the present fashion
first came in rogue, as their customer* now,
for want of a place to carry money, al
ways leave it at home !
Cure for the sting of a Wasp or lice. — j
A Liverpool paper says that an onion ap
plied to the part affected by the sling of an j
insect, will invariably give relief. This
important but simple remedy should be j
generally known.
Robbers at Fault.' —Some days bark Mr.
Samuel Jones, w ho krpta hotel at Auburn,
N. Y., and who has been some time in a
consumption, went on to Philadelphia to
obtain medical advice, and died there. 11 is
remains were put in a coffin, and the coffin
enclosed in a deal box, which vvris forward
ed to New York, and on Thursday evening
was landed at the foot of Liberty st. It be
ing then too late in tho evening to forward
it to its ultimate destination, a man was
left to watch it until morning. In the
course of the night the man absented him
self for a short time from his post, and on
his return to it, he found that the box and i
its contents had been stolen away. At an
early hour in the morning lie complained
at the Police office, and obtained the assis
tance ofun officer to go in search of the box,
and after searching for some time, it vvws
(timid lying at the fool no (Imirt hind-steeel. -
where it appeared the rubbers had carried
it, and parity bruise open the dox. When
they of course discovered the nature of
their booty, and abandoned iLr~Jour. Com.
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Lyncher's Punished—A Good - Example.
In Yazoo, Niss., some time ago, a Mr. Har
ris, for some real or supposed offence, was
sevtftely lynched by 11. \V. Dunn, C. W.
Rain, and others.—sir prosecuted those two
individual* for the out* go, and the ease
was tried at the late session of the Circuit
Court of Yazoo county. The Jury return
ed a verdict for the plaintiff’ of ri'JO.OOO
Louis. Jour.
Interesting Scene on the Fourth of July. —
The New Y ork Express says the teachers
of the various Sunday Schools have entered
into an arrangement, to have the children
celebrated the Day on Statin Island, in a
manner worthy of the occasion. At least
twenty thousand will embark in steam and
tow boats, land on the island and in a grove
selected for the occasion, spend the day in
a rational and happy manner. Provisions
will be furnished, and every arrangement
made for their safety and enjoyment. This
is a noble plan, and one that will give gen
eral satisfaction.
Dangerous Ascension of a Balloon. —On
Monday night an experimental inflation of
a Halloon took place in a meadow near the
Beulah Spa, Norwood. A number of men
| were employed in holding the vast machine,
which was unusually large dimensions. In
the space of 12 minutes the balloon was
completely filled with heated air, generated
in a furnace from chopped straw, btrrh,
and nldorvvood ; the ascending power on a
sudden then became so great, that it moving
the machine from the furnace it escaped
from the hands of most of the men. and
ascended to a great height, taking up five
persons clinging to the ropes and sides of
the car. A youth, when thirty feet from
the ground, could hold no longer, and drop
ped, sustaining much injury ;*the others
remained clinging to the balloon, and were
conveyed about a mile, when the machine
descended in the midst of a field. The
principal gardener of the Beaulah Spa, Wm.
Stevens, laving lost his hold, got his legs
entangled with a rope, and was suspended
with his head downwards for several min
i utes ; and when the balloon reached the
ground, his leg was completely severed,
| being attached by tendrons only ;it has
since been amputated but he still lies in a
dangerous state. One man was caught by
the grapnel, and was seriously torn. The
other two, though much cut and bruised,
have received no material injuries. Mr.
lloare, the owner of the balloon, is not
hurt, and intends making another attempt.
The machine remains where it fell, unin
jured—Late British Journal.
A. W. Goodrich who was indicted, at Wash
ington, D. C. for receiving fifty thousand dol
lars, in April last, from Dennis G. Orme, (tel
ler in the bank) knowing the same to have
been stolen from the Bank of the Metropolis
by Ornic. was tried for the offence on Tuesday
last. The case went tothe jury without argu
ment. and alter remaining in their room a few
minutes they returned with a virdict of not
guilty.
It was proved on the trial that there was no
criminal intent: but that the object of his hold
ing the money was to screen Orme. from whom
Goodrich had received many kindnesses.
The London “Morning Chronicle” has
changed hands. Lord Durham is said to
have bought it.
LIBERTY’ COUNTY.
W. Primrose, agent for sonic Nothernl
Company, claims a large body of land, in *ev-1
erul of the lower counties of this Htute. The 1
claim is said to be founded under bead-right ]
grants obtained from Htate, chiefly from I
17U3 1017D4- 16 years hack.—Suits have been j
instituted against the citizens generullv in
consequence of which, a large meeting of the
citizens of Liberty county look place on the 1
Hd inst.. and resolutions were unanimously pas
sed. 11l which they say that “whilst they'avow
their firm attachment to the doctrine of the
supremacy of the law, and their love for the
laws of the land and of good order in general
and feel the full responsibility or their course’
and regret that any ease should have arisen to
justify it; yet they are determined not to em
ploy eounccl to defend rights they are already
und hav e been so long indisputably their own”
—and that they “will now adopt no measures
further thau to approve of the course of the
Grand Jury, und to unite with them in defend
ing their rights in their own way, nndtopfedga
| themselves to assist each other according lo
j exigency.”— Mil. Jour.
Improved Sp rits of Cotton. —There is a
communication in the lust Soul hern Agrieul
| lurahst from Col. Elmore, describing anew
species of Cotton selected in Alabama from a
| fit Id of the Petit Gulf Cotton. It grows much
taller than the common plant, and hears a nuin
; her of short lateral branches ouly four or five
inches iu length, uud bearing twin pods or
dusters of 6or 7 pods on each braneh. The
cotton is finer than any other kind of short
staple, commands 4 or 5 cents more, and the
product is very milch more abundant. The
plant w ith leaves like other cotton, resembles
the oakra in other respects, and iu rich land
will reach a height ofßorl> feet. The seed is
| not vet in general use, and the small quantity
to he had sells at very high prices.- It ripens
earlier than the other cotton, and stands a bet
ter chance, therefore, of escaping the worm,
wfiieh is very destructive to late crops in tho
Southwest.’
L tbslers and 2\>banco. —.4 ship was not
long since, (h iven>shorc on the Isle of Angle
sea, nnd went to pieces. The tobacco with
which she was principally laden,*waa washed
among the ‘•revises of the rocks, and the lob
sters that dwell theft:, took to chewing the
weed. The next morning the beach was strew
ed with the unhappy victims of indiscretion,
so sick that they wcie unable to-frwf. Those
who have been sickened by e*sayingto become
t >hucco chewera, will know how to feel for the
unfortunate lobsters of the Isle of Anglesea.
Liberal Return. —Miss Clifton, it is said,
has subscribed 8100 ft mid Mr. Forrest 83000
to the loan of >*30,000, for the rebuilding the
theatre of Molgl--. Bulb those erqiueut per
formers might well do this act towards a city
which ha.’- b igiiso Hberal to them.
Keening Star.
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JTjnl'hat Jour. Print**-out South, who is
coming in for S2fi.OUO,OOft worth of property
in New’- York. vvTil git more than his shape cif
fat. He vfli'i havigsi full case, while the'rest
lh.- fraternity are often ng/ of sorts. He will
be able to gif up a thousand quicker than any
man. hut li£ ill ot be able tqdislribute it nny
quicker, that’sisn fact. He will always have
plrnt;. ofst/twins iu his bank, and he may re
new his tympan sheet as he please*.
If he is yfenuiue printer, liwwever. he will be
likely to make more errors, and exhihit a worse
proff than dfe lona fortunate; but in
irorkimr off. should he keep good regitscr and
not fUt up too much, he may exhibit a fair spe
cimigj (if typografftiy, after all. We hope the
poor stick will succeed. ,
Boston Daily Times.
Quackery.— ‘'.Warn,” said a quack to a ner
vous old lady, “y our ease is a serottmtury com
plaint” “Kray, doctor what is that 1” —“It is
the dropping of the nerves having fallen into
the puarintnin, the chest becomes morberous,
and the head goes tiznrizen.”—“Ah ! doctor.”
exclaimed the old lady, “you have described
my feelings exactly.”
Sviocouxo Slaves into Texas.—The Hous
ton Stir says that several vessels have been
fitted out from New Orleans to proceed to Cuba,
and smuggle slaves into our country. The
course intended to be pursued in effecting this
object, is to run the vessel up tile Sabine? and
land them on the United States coast, from
which the trensportutioii of them arross the
river into our country w ould be the work of a
moment.
Immtnsf. Robberies.—Steamboat Bobbery.
—The John W. Richmond,onherarrival from
Providence this morning, was detained some
hours in the North river, in consequence of a
passenger (J. W. Ferris, Esq, of Boston,) hav
ing been robbed of papers valued at 830.000.
Part of the money was found, but the thief was
not found.
Hi piper yet I—The Cashier of the Bank of
Utica was robbed last night onboard thesteam
boat Swallow, on her way from Albany, of the
sum of $400,000. The rogue was not discove
red — .V. Y. Times.
Hunting Buffaloes. —Irt the months of
June, July and August, the Kev. M. Merrill,
missionary to the Ottoes, accompanied that
tribe of Indians on their buffalo hunt, which
lasted more than two months. This party
consisted of 800 souls, men, women and
children. They killed 1500 buffaloes.
Ijook round you—how few do you see
grow old in the affections of those with
whom there early friendships were formed !
Jealousies, rivalries, envy, intervene to
separate the first companions of our pil
grimage.
Absence of Mind — The Latest. —A few
days since, an office-holder remitted the to
tal amount of government funds'in his hands
to the departmental Washingron, and ne
ver discovered his mistake until he received
a receipt accompanied by his dismission
from office for neglect of duty, by remitting,
instead of emigrating, with the spoils.
The steamer Natchez, one year old, was
sold at New York by auction forSIO.COO. The
purchaser was the only bidder, and had a claim
against the vessel of 538.000. She cost §130,-
000. Hercopperboilers weigh 89,000 pounds.
Young Crockett of Tennessee, a gallant son
ofa gallant father, has no opposition to his re
election lo Congress. G. W. L. Marr, for
awhile took the field against him, but, as the
newspapers say, retreated on the first fire, and
is now among the missing.
A cow belonging to Col. Wolbert, of Phila
delphia, of the “short horn Durham” breed,
yielded last week 194 quarts, or nearly seven
gallons of milk per day on an average. Anoth
er cow of the same stock, also in possession
of Col. W.. is said to be rated at a higher
value thau any other in the country, he having
lately refused 82.500f0r her.