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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL \ITGTJSTA. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30.; Our advices from Congress sro to the evening of the 25th inst. which left the House still enga ged on the Abolition question, slier the usual morning business. We are indebted to the Hon. E. A. Nisbet, for m copy <Jf HU speech, on the subject of appoint ifijj a Chapin in to the House of Rcprscnlativcs. It ahull appear as curly an we find room for its insertion. \Vh»t haa become of the New Orleans Sun the very apicy laughter moving Sun 1 It has no 1 shone in these parts for a week past. What is the matter “ Jim Anderson my Joe”1 Has the refusal of the Legislature to hear your “ prayer for the printihg done you up 1 or have you died of a broken heart for the girl who put her finger to her nose, when you popped the awful ques tion snd said “ you can't come it Jimmy".' MsisjictlussT'rs.— A committee ol the Legis lature of Massachusetts was appointed on F ri day, the 17th, to notify Marcus Morton, (demo crat) that he is chosen Governor of that Stale by a majority of the voles of the people. There having been no choice of Lieutenant Governor iiy the pcop o.'lhe two houses of the Legislature met and elected George Hull (whig) to that of fice. By the Charleston papers of yesterday, we perceive that the Mayor has granted thu use of the City Hall this day to Hxnht Uiiri.vc, to hold a public meeting, to which ho invites the attendance of all persons interested in the trade of Bouth Carolina. 'From the Globe of the 21111 inst., wc cut the following Section of the tSuli-Treasury Bill, us it passed the Senate, which contains the Specie clause. The groat length of the Dill forbids ila insertion in this day’s paper. Should it puss the other branch, we shall lay it before our readers 'entire i Suction 19. And he It further enacted. That from and after the thirtieth of June, which will hem thu year one thousand right hundred and forty, the resolution of Congress of the thirtieth day of /April, in the year one thousand eight hugdred and sixtenn, so far as it authorizes (lie receipt in payment of duties, tuxes, sales of pub lic lands, debts and sums of money, accruing or bccojniug payable to the United Stales, to he col lected und paid in the notes of specie-paying banks, snail he so modified as that one-fourth part of all such duties, tuxes, sales of public lands, debts, and sums of money accruing or hero mi rig due to llio United States, shall he collected in the legal currency of (ho United Stales; and from ami after the thirtieth day of June, which will ho in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-ono, one other fourth part of all inch duties, taxes, sales of public lands, debts, ami sums of money, shall he so collected ; mid that from and after the thirtieth day ol June, which will ho in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, one other fourth purl of all such duties, taxes, sales of public land -, debts, and stuns of money, shall he so collected ; mid that from and after the thirtieth day of Juno, which will ho in lire year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, the remaining fourth part of the said duties, taxes, sales of pulilic lands, debts and sums of money, sball bo also collected in the legal currency of tbo United States; and from and after the last-mentioned day, nil sums accru ing or becoming payable to the United Slates, for duties, taxes, sales of public lands, or oilier debts, and also all sums due for postages, or otherwise, to the General Post Office Department, shall he paid in gold and silver only. Corrrspontrnce t/ the National Intelligencer. Nuw Yiiiik, Jan. 22. According to the Express, Robert Lennox,a Scotchman originally, who lately died in this city, has left three millions of dollars. He must have been the richest man in the city except John Jacob Actor, who is so rich that it is diffi cult even to guess how rich ho is. Nearly £2,000 have now been offered for the rocbveiy of bodies but in the Lexingtion ; und. under such a stimulus, we may expect the recov ery of many others on Long Island. The British Queen, if she lell on her day, is making a very long voyage. There me no signs of her Majesty as yet. Another (.'anion ship is below. These are rich argosies now. The teas brought by llio last ship went otUat auction at very high prices. The Sound is closed, and of course steamboat navigation East is suspended. There is a little snowstorm to-day, and all out-door business is put offi From the New York Star, the 2lid. One Day Inter Iroiu England. The packet ship Quebec lias furnishedthe Ex press wilha London evening paper of Dee. 11. The Bank of England assets show a decrease in circulation of £603,000 fur the quarter ; the increase of bullion is X. 3-12,000. The ditlbrenee between the liabilities and assets thus appears to lie jE2.967.000, which, by the previous return, was £3,061 ,pOO. being a decicasc during the last month of £84,000. The circulation has not been lower since 1797. Trade is perfectly prostrated. From the Times, The foreign exchange* are lower to day, with thoexrplion ufHtmburgh, owing to the cessation of the drafts on Paris lor the account of the Hunk of England, which leaves the market, therefore, to the regular course of operations. Opinions are much divided as the effect of this slip, which, it is supposed, could not he avoided, us the means brought forward l\y the Hunk to influence the ex changes must now be nearly exhausted. From the London (lazettt. An expedition under the outers of (.'apt. Trot ter, K. N.’ in which three iron steamers me to be engaged, is, we understand, about to bo titled out. to proceed up the Niger. The precise object of this expedition wc bavo not learned ; but wo pre sume it is to explore further. Copt. Trotter had an interview with the Colonial Secretary on Thursday.— Jhint'i Telegraph. The Philadelphia Inquirer, of the 23d says;— The City lee Boat, Capt. Lingo—loft Chester 2lst, at 4 i A, M. and reached the city ut 8 P. M. Left the towboat Delaware at tho Horse Shoe, she being unable to keep in our track, in consequence of heaviness of the ice. The D. brought from the Delaware Breakwater to New castle brigs Peru, and Pearl. liy the subjoined notice, which we copy Iront the National Intelligencer of the 261 h inst. It will be seen I hat the relations between Mr. For syth and Mr. Fox, are not of auch a belligerent character as might be inferre-d 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 t*c most interesting portion o( their Correspondence; its length pre cludes mi insertion to day. There is nothing however justifying the apprehensions of the cor respondent for the Constitutionalist, Thn Allline Boundary. A Message from the President ol the United States was presented to (he Senate on Thursday, containing the information culled for by certain resolutions of that body concerning the state of affairs on the boundary between tho United Stales and the British northwestern possessions. We shall lay these documents before our read ers us soon as we can get possession of them. For the present wo must he content to stale the substance of them, as understood from the reading by those who beard them read. The material papers are those furnished by the Department of Slate, consisting, as follows: 1. \ J,otter from Mr. Fox, the British Minis ter, to Mr. Forsyth, (Secretary of State, dated in November last, complaining of tho vi -lulion of the agreement enteiod 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 ofannod men employed by the authorities of the State of Maine. 2. A Letter from Mr. Forsyt i, written some weeks afterwards, replying to tho complaints ol Mr. Fox, that the opening of tho roads in ques tion is not a recent measure, hut merely carrying out a policy adopted twelve or fourteen years ago; that tho armed body spoken of is only a pause employed to drive oil' 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 nets have been done which may he justly complained of us infringing the agreement, such as erecting barracks for troops on tho St. John’s, placing troops on a part of the disputed territory, &r, 3. A letter from Mr. Fox justifying what tho British authorities have done, on tho ground of the current repot l thatihe Legislature of the Stale of Maine had tin intention to abrogate and nullify the agreein .‘lit made between the two countries last spring, which rumor was too strongly corro borated by the language of Gov. Fairfield ut 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 llio ugrceiui.it, See, 4. Another Letter from Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Fox, in whieli he says that there is no reason to apprehend such an intention us is imputed to the Legislature of Maine; that the alleged precau tionary measures are therefore altogether gratui tous on tils part of the British authorities in New Brunswick, and must he considered “ahold 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 pari will ho regarded by this Government ns evidence of a want of that friendly disposition on th part of Great Britain which has hitherto been believed to exist, Ace. This is the substance of these Letters, which wc export to he able to publish at large in our next paper. Upon the subject of the present slate of the Boundary Question between the United States and Great Britain, us some opinion may bo ex pected from us, we can only say, that, after more | main e consideration of the matter, wo do not see any immediate cause of alarm about it. Tho l only danger is that of Gov. Fairfield’s underink i ing a second campaign against her Majesty s Province of New Brunswick. We think it quite | likely, however, that ho had enough of Ilia Inst experiment of that sort to dolor him from incon siderately undertaking another. The question is in the hands of the Diplomatic agents of tho two Nations; and it may ho hoped that a friendly ad justment of it will not ho marred or defeated, as lit probably (and almost certainly) would be by I the State us Maine’s resolving again to lake the I business into her own hands ; an interlercnca for ! hidden by tho (onus of the Constitution of the U, ; S„ mid to which neither this Government nor I that of Great Britain could submit without stir | rendering, or at least compromising, their politi i cal rights. In reference to this quitter we have pleasure in staling that the memorandum published in the papers of the day (and among others hi our dai ly paper of yesterday) as having been issued by Sir John Harvey, in reference to existing rela tions, turned out to be a blunder of some editor or other, who has taken up an old memorandum out of the ashes of tho War of 1812 between the I two countries, and applied it to the present day ! I “ Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.” Wc ; have not quite so nearly approach' d the awful j gulfa war with Great Britain, that her Brovin- j cial Governors should think it necessary to he is suing recommendations of neutrality to non-com- j ImtanM on both sides of the border. That day, ; we trust, will never come. Kki’oiit on tiik Avrxms or tiikSciiclkili. Bank. —The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette of the 21 si. contains a copy of the Report just made by the Directors of the Schuylkill Bank on the af fairs of that institution. The examination which has been made into the accounts of Levis, the lute cashier, leads the D roi tors to believe that the amount of Bank of Kentucky stock over issued by him exceeds 13,- 000 shares. A statement is given of the assets of the Bank, which amount to £ 1,276.626,19. The liabilities of the Bunk, including circulation and sums due to depositors and to other Banks, are act down at £472,237,67. The capital stock paid in is £998.000 00. The whole amount of the real liabilities of the Bank, however, cannot now he accurately ascertained, on account of some fraudulent and irregular transactions of the late cashier, the extent of which is yet unknown. Some dcvclopomcnts of those show the following: Ist. -Over issue of Schuylkill Bank Stock 2216 shares, estimated at par, $112,300 00 Proceeds of which supposed to be applied to his own use. 2d.—A special deposit?, for which a certificate was originally given for £74,000, since reduced to 49,000 t)0 Proceeds of which supposed to be applied to his own use. 3d.—Throe notes, the property of Bank, taken by him from Bank, und not accounted for, 8.500 00 4lli.—An erasure from hooks of Bank not accounted for, 17.421 37 6th.— Post notes issued and not en tered on hooks, of which £36,000 are still out. Proceeds of which supposed appli ed to-his own use, 110,000 00 Oth.—Post notes, which, when issu ed. were not credited, making the circulation larger than the books called for, by 70,062 60 7th.—Letter of credit given without authority, and no security taken, 26,000 00 #398,183 87 In reference to certain reports in some of (tie newspaper* that llio Schuylkill Dank about the time ot the rexuniptian of specie payments paid oft debts to other city Bunks to the amount >d $600,000 in one week, the Board declare its' «!■ h is not the tact —the highest amount paid to city Banks in one week having been $200,000# Haiiersham Election —At an election on the 6th inst, for County Officers, the following persons wer elected—C. U. Wood, Sheriff— John W. Wyley, Clerk Superior Court— Thomas McCay, Clerk Inferior Court—lsaac! Black, 'l'ax Keceiverand Collector —David SeiEe, Coro ner—.lames Crocker, Surveyor. The following is a stale of the polls for Clerk ol Superior Court. J. W. Wyley & U. 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, hut w»s run by some of the Union parly. — Alhe/is Whig. The Whig Slate Convention at New Haven, have nominated the following gentlemen: —For Governor, William W. Ellsworth ; for 1/teut. Governor, Charles Hawley ; for Secretary, Royal li, liinmun; for Treasurer, Hiram Rider; for Comptroller, Henry Kilaourn. And passed re solutions approving of the Harrisburg nomina tions. M hcii or Delicacy.—The ladies are getting more delicate and refined every day. First we see it in some of the papers that a girl “down cast” wouldn’t swing in the garden “because the ’taters hail eyes!,, then wc hear of another who was so modest that she dresse 1 the legs of tier piano with panluletls; but the very last case we haveheard of is that of a lady in this city who is so exceedingly delicate and fastidious that she will not chango her diesa uefore a lithographic likeness of Gen. Jackson without first turninghis face to the wall. —New Or leant Picayune. Haiiitb.—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 arc 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 inhabitant and bis habitation, so pas sions acting upon the elements of mischief, which pernicious habits have brought together by imper ceptible accumulation, may overthrow the edifice of truth and virtue. / rum the Keepsake, for 18-10. The Nomimbiilist. ■ r sin joint dean. daut. The family of Diordatoile 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 stale of mental imbecility, and the immediate heir an exile, supposed to be under a fearful ban, or (us was not less commonly believed) to have been privately made way with. Beatrice, nn only daughter, was left a sort of presumptive heiress ; but actually the possessor of only matchless beau ty, u 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 groat attraction, but otic, 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 full 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 uliliunnn days it is less common) roman tiespirits in whose estimation tyranny and op pression invest their victims with a thousand charms; and she whom they arc told, they dare not, must not love, becomes an object of idolatry, { and doubly endured by the danger which sur ! rounds the attempt. While Poland yet was, she produced many a gallant chief, many on ardent spirit; and Alta inont Larinsky was one. Illustrious by birth, the gifted owner of many broad lands and rich possesoions, he bad been for some lime a denizen of Venice, an apt subject lor romance ; and no long lime elapsed ere the spell ol tins enchantress fell upon him. The mysterious and infatuating descriptions of the singularity, and the dangerous charms of Beatrice Do Cinci, cre ated in his imaginative mind a restless longing for her acquaintance, which was continued by a casual view of her at mass. He became enam ored of a fancied object, for as yet she was little I more than us a vision seen in a dream ; but the figure in that dream haunted him by day, and ho -1 vored round the pillow through the live-long night ! Venice was the paradise of priests and spies ; they played each other’s game. Through the agency of the latter fraternity, Larinsky became acquainted with the confessor to the family ; a golden key unlocked the churchman's hreast and ho 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 ol stirring and interesting incident, 1 waseonveyed to Beatrice; and their meeting, 1 contrived to boar the character of accident, was productive of the most fan table impressions on Loth thus mutually prepared for reciprocal cnp'i 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 pule as the maiblc I statue beneath which she stood when Larinsky ! first beheld her. Her tresscss of golden brown, ■ 1 tier high and ample fore head, and I lie 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 h|s eyes had not. be trayed his heart. Os a fiery temperament, open as day in all his dealings, end frank almost to rashness, he attempted not t» conceal that his af fections and estate were hem, and at her dispo sal. Not so the lady. By no means insensible to the increase offered at the shrine ot 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 ; a jealous doubt was awakened, a hesitation in the belief that she would re ally love, or ever give her individual heart in exchange for that which she had so fatally ensnared. La rinsky saw and fell 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 we know not; that she really loved Larinsky wo believe, but wo dare not swear it. In answer to all lus outpourings which affection made eloquent, she would gaze upon him with n 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 olfset from a blighted stock ! “ But. ’ urged he, “ I will transplant thee to a garden which none but zephyrs visit, and there!” Let u*. however, hasten to events. They were married ; and the establishment of Larkin- I c ky was the admiration ol on c hall ol the city of j Venice, and the envy of the other ; while the malice ol the'gov eminent s emed to 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. Bhe 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 sot more—that more was wanting. There was not that perfect abandonment of body and soul, that absence of all reserve, which is perhaps but i.n ideal possession—yet the want existed. Like the specs sometimes seen in the horizon, which small at first soon spread into a cloud, so this mistrust daily gained possession of Larinsky's. mind, and marred his happiness. She placed not implicit confidence in him—mused nloi.e— sought solitude oftencr 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. \ct s'.e was all generous kindness, and truth and inno cence, like guardian, angels,seemed to hover round her. Oh who could ga/c upon that open brow, or witness that guileless smile, and for a moment entertain distrust 1 Then why was nit Larin sky happy 1 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 wall show you that nothing isgained whilst aught is left to win. Then why did not Larinsky question her I 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 I 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 wgre sometimes longer than the services of the church were supposed to oc cupy. A land of spies is a land accursed, and the anonymous assailor 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-tabic 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 ids : “There arc more confessors in churches than wear cowls.” It angered him. “Impoitincnt nonsense,” he muttered to himself. He half tore the paper— paused—then held his hand, and threw it with some others into Ilis 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 me a deadly poison, which ho told me if administered by half a grain a day, would acrid to his grave the stoutest, by a gradual and almost imperceptible decay, which no antidote could arrest, and no suspicion delect.” This was a mental movement—why it then occurred Jo 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. 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 lie was rallied by his gay young friends on the uxorious watch fulness of his looks. Beatrice did not dance, and lie fancied her eye wandered in search of some person she did not find. Nothing remarkable occurred; the even ing were 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. Ho 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 n niusir g atlituue, as if reflecting on what she wished to write; (hen, j shaking her head mournfully, replaced the pen, ! and heaving a drop sigh, resumed the lamp, re- j traced her steps, and was soon seen by her ill sal- I isfied, husband with her head up.m her pillow in I 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 bis way to the church, armed, unseen and unsuspected, to watch her movements there. After the service, she mingled in lire retiring crowd and for some minutes he lost sight of her; again in the aisle, darkened by the stained gl iss, ho thought he recognized her form, and that she j was joined by a young man muffled in a cloak. Larinsky was all on fire ; lie dashed forward : through the throng, and overthrowing in liis 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 hand 1 rushed on to arrest her companion, but this vie- 1 tim suddenly disappeared—how ho escaped was ' a mystery. Larinsky wandered forth in a state so exgited that he could scarcely collect his scattered ideas; j doubt, suspicion and jealousy assailed him at 1 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 i active and well-known officers of justice passed him in a hurried manner; this was a new snr- | prise upon him, and they passed so quickly that he bad no time for question. He made his way to the apartment of his wife, who rose to receive him with all her accustomed tenderness and grace; and though he did not absolutely repttlse 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 vieiim no—no—no victim!’ and her flushing eve de clared her triumph. “I must not be suspected, Larinsky,” continu ed she; “mine is a lofty ip rit—l am a thing of mystery—l warned you of this when first wc mot. lam your wife, your noble, loving, free, unspotted wife—time will clear all! Then why thiscloti'.l upon your brow?” Her words fell powerless—she spoke hut to a man of stone; the demon 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 tetrifie; she cowered iiencatli it —trembled; she became faint ami staggered, and would have fallen, but that he supported her to a chair. There Was a vase of wafer on the ta j hie—hi« determination haJ he filled a glass, and dropping unprecrived an atom of the fatal drug into it, with a trembling hand and uveited eyes presented it to her; and thus in a moment of rash and senseless jealousy, the fond, the devoted Larinsky commenced the slow hut c ertain 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 be received, lie endured the insolence of suspicion with the spirit of conscious innocence; returning the shortest at swore, and w ith sullen and insulted dignity, threw back with scorn the imputations on hie honor. His home, so lately a heaven, had now become a hell, and he the maatcr fiend—with murder, which he falsely fancied to Injustice, the fatal companion of his cruel thoughts. No pains were epared.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 lankled in the breast of the infatuated husband, and still day by day the inroads on the health of 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 Os 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 100 notorious, though he was not separated from her person, for ho seldom quitted her sight. Yet still tier proud spirit dis dained to enter into explanations with him, and his ardent and desperate love having been by the alchymy of the deadliest of passions changed into hatred, he pursued his course of fatal yet tardy vengeance in gloomy silence ; resolved to guaid against the possession by another of the jewel lie disdained to wear. 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, Latinsky had been called from home j 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 hut 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; but 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 slill re tained his soil-possession; he uttered not a sylla ble, and resolved, if possible, to gain possession of the loiter by stratagem. Beatrice had been in tears all day, too week in boililyjhealth for remon strance or complaint, and in heart too deeply wounded by suspicions so fraught with injustice. She sal like the nrtmnment 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 bent against thorn. Beatrice was longoccu pieci with her devotions; and bent like a drooping Jiiy 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 hod been lately subject. Beyond her sleeping apart ment, and opening on the grand marh'e staircase, was situated her boudoir, in which were arranged her writing materials, an cscritoir, which hud been always consideied sacred, lier hooks, and all the little elegancies of polished life. She was in a night dross, 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 and solemn, and. taking up the lamp, she moved toward the boudoir; her husband, with noiseless head, was close behind her. Onward she went, though in a deep sleep, opening the door into the boudoir, and, Itkc a specter, moving to the cabinet drew forth a key attached to her belt. Then un locking the cscritoir, she raised an open letter to the lamp in her hand, and prepared to read. Now, thought Larinsky,now the fatal secret will be un foulded—now I shall behold the evidence of her guilt even hi her own hand 1 His heart beat so audibly against his breast, that he feared she would hear it ami ijwakc; he advanced so close be hind her that every word in the paper was visible |to him; they seemed letters of fire! They seared ! his eye-balls ! —and they ran thus : j ‘ Beloved Beatrice ! You, for whom I have j risked every tiling; you, lor whom and with ' whom I would live or cease to live, must behold jme no more. I see—l know the dreadful conse j quencea I have brought upon you by the fatal oath in which 1 bound you never to reveal the se | cret, even to your husband, of my presence in j Venice, this tyrannized city. The decree of ban ishment you know isumevoked, and instant death awaits nut discovery; the spies of the Doge arc j sleepless, and I am hunted like a beast of prey. We have met seldom—button often. All this, and ten limes more ofdanger, I could and would I have borne whilst my plot of vengeance was ad vancing to maturity ; hut what I have brought upon you from your husband is no longer tolera ble. Before this will reach your hand I shall have left Venice, perhaps for ever. Adieu ! a thousand times adieu ! A few days more will de cide the fate of your unhappy Brother.” | A thunderbolt would have been merev. The I scales fell from his eyes—the fatal enor 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 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 lifeless corse, staining the marble with her innocent blood ! His outcries raised the house, and the otficers ofjuslice 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. lie was remo ved to a place of security, and howled away the remnant of his wretched existence in a Lunatic Asylum. OBITUARY. Died in this city, oc the evening of the 21st inst., Mr. Samuel M. Garrett, in the 45th year of his age. He was a native of Uarnwell District, S.C.,but was brought up in Savannah, Ga. Dor the last twelve years he was a resident of this city, and maintained the character of an industrious and good ciiizon. Mr. G. made a profession of religion ten years since, and attached himself to the Baptist Chuveh. He was a pious and devoted man; and during the protracted affliction which terminated in his death,he was never heard to complain j 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 my last end be like his.” 1 K 4, ofcXjWniJig ei the I Til, inst., at i.ji , tbert Columbia cutuity, v. I Wary I ranges Davenport, wife of Thomas h. I venport, of Salem, Clarkecouuty, in the eighteen.,’ I year of her agl, B 11 I Mrs. Davenpoit was the daughter of Judge Th,. I mas Don y. Shortly after her marriage she" sou-la I and found the consolation of religion, and una c i| herself to the Baptist cliUrrh, of which she lived I and died an accej table member. Being of an { v. I ceedmgly delicate constitution, and often the suu I jeet of affliction, she was debaned many of t| ;t I privileges and comfoits which flow from constant I communication with thepeop.e of God. Yet tl icie j was always to be seen in her countenance that jo, I which is derived from spiritual intercourse wit;, I the Creator. Her proles ion of religion was chat. I acteriscd by no great display or excitement; ilwr, the even tenor of the Christian’s path, “ihiniv more and inorc unto the perfect day,” illustrated I Gy the graces of meekness, gentleness and patience j a ‘i °f which she possessed to a high degree. He; 1 last protracted illness was home with most chcer j ful acquiesence in the Divine will; surrounded Lv many ol the most endearing ties, she seemed have lost sight of earthly good, and looked only t„ the recompense of reward, which awaits the faith. I fu! in Christ Jesus. As death approached the nearer, she spoke of it with the greatest caimnesi sic to d her sister she was dying,“ but she the Lo;d precious to her sou'.” Her sister then asked her it she felt that she could trust in Him.— - Her answer was, “ O yes, my dear sister, who cl ~ ] can I trust in, in this last Dying hour, but tax Lord.” Soft and gentle was her end ; undisturb, cd undismayed by any fear, she fell asleep on tlie I bosom of that Savior in whom she had so wisely ; trusted, and her waking was with God. A fond, devoted husband, a sweet little daughter, a kind and affectionate father, tw o beloved sisters,* a brother, and numerous relatives and friend, mourn the bercavirietit. But they sorrow not a, those wito have no hope, being confident that “She is not dead, but sieepoth.” COMMERCIAL Latest dates from Liverpool, ftf.Dec. 14 Latest dates from Havre Dec. 14 AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT. Thursday, January 23, IS4O. ; BAG ClSC — Hemp, per yard 20 a 2,4 Tow, “ 14 a 2,1 BALK UOPK, per lb. 8 a It BACON—Hug round, “ J) a n Hams, “ — a 13 Shoulders, “ —a 11 Sides, “ —a II BUTTER —G ret en, per lb. 28 a 35 Nort Carolina, “ 15 a 25 Country, “ IS a 25 COFFEE —Green prime Cuba, “ 14 a 15 Ordinary to good, “ 11 a 14 St. Domingo, “ 10 a 14 Brazil, “ —a Laguira, “ 12} a 15 Pin to Rico, “ 124 0 15 Java, “ 15 a 16 Mocha, “ IS a 20 COTTON — Ordinary, “ 63 a 7j Fair, “ 7I a 74 Good, “ 7| a 8 Prime, “ 8 a 8} CANDLES — Spermaceti, “ 48 a 50 Tallow, “ 20 a 22 CHEESE — American, “ 13} a 14 English, “ 40 a 50 ClDEß — Northern, perbbl. 900 a 10 00 hi boxes, per dux. 350 a 450 ClGAßS — Spanish, M. 15 a2O American, “ 5 al2 CORN — bushel 50 a 63} FlSH — Herrings, box 125 a 150 Mackerel No. 1 “ none II II 2 u !. ““ 3 « FLOUR—Canal, 11:1. 9 all Baltimore, “8 a SSO Western, “ none Country, “ 650 a 760 GUNPOWDER— keg 6 a 7 Blasting, “4 a 450 GLASS —box 350 a 425 8 * 10, “ 320 a 4 IRON — Russia, “ G Swedes, assai led, “ " 6 Hoop, lb 9 a 10 Sheet, « « a 10 Nail Rods, “ 7 a S LEAD — Bar, “ 9 a LEATHER—SoIe, lb 28 a 30 Upper, side 175 a 2 Calf Skins, doz 30 aS6 LARD— lb 12} a 15 MOLASSES — N. Orleans, gal 40 a 50 Havana, •* 35 a 45 English Island, “ —a NAILS— lb S a <1 OILS — Lamp, gal 150a 200 Linseed, “ 1 15 a 1 £.l Tanners, “ 00 OATS— bush 30 PEAS— “ I PAINTS —Red Lead, lb 15 White Lead, keg 3 00 a 350 Spanish Brown lb 4 a Yellow Ochre, “ 3 a PEPPER—BIack, “ 9 a 12} PORTER — London, doz 4 a 460 and Ale, American, bbl 3 a 350 RAISINS — Malaga, box 2 a 250 Muscatel, 1 50 a 2 Bloom, a none RICE — Prime, 110 lb 4 a 5 Inferior to good, “ 350 a4 50 SUGAR —New Orleans, lb la 10 Havana, white, “ 13 a 15 “ brown, “ 8 a 9 Muscovado, “ 8 a 10 St. Croix, “ 10 a 12} Porto Rico, “ Hull Lump, a 14 a 10 Loaf, a 15 a 20 Double refined, “ 20 a 22 SOAP — American, No. 1, 8 0 8} “ Ao. 2, 5 a S SALT —Liverpool ground, bush boa 75 Turk’s Island, “ none STEEL — German, lb 15 a 10 Blistered, “ 8 a 12} SHOT—AII sizes, bag 2 12} a 2 37} SPIRITS — Cognac, 41 h prf. %al 150 a 260 Peach, “ 1 at 50 Apple, “ 45 a 65 Gin, Holland, I 20 a 150 “ American, “ 55 a 75 Rum,Jamaica. “ 1 25 a 175 “ New England, “ 48 a 56 Whiskey, Northern, “ 48 a 56 “ IVestern, “ 50 a 75 “ Mononga. “ 70 a 1 “ Irish, “ 2 a 3 TOBACCO — N. I arolina, lb 8 a 15 Virginia, “ 15 a 40 TWINE— “ 30 a 37} TEA — Bohca, “ 50 a 75 Souchong, “ 60 a 75 Hyson, “ 75 0 1 25 Gunpowder, “ I a 125 WlNE — Madeira, gal 250 a 350 Sicily Madeira, 1 25 a 175 Sherry, “ 2 n 360 Teneriffe, “ 75 a 125 Sweet Malaga, “ 40 a 6J Porte, “ 76 a 3 Claret, “ non* “ in bottles, doz 3 0 C Champaigns, “ 6 a 12 REMARKS. Cotton —This article continues to pom in from the country witli unabated rapidity. The planters continue to sell freely notwithstanding the conti nued decline in prices ; there is however but little changing hands among those who purchase from the growers. We now quote 6} aß} as the extremes of the market —sales chiefly at 7} a 8. The fol lowing is our classification: Ordinary,6} a 7}; fair,7} a 7|; good,7jaS; prime, 8 a B}, Choice lets in square packages will command 8} — not more. The river continues very low, the wharves are loaded with cotton waiting for a swell, and the warehouses are nearly all full. Freight —By the river to Savannah $2 a bag, and as none can be carried off by the steamers, but very little cotton leaves the place.