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a- the GEORGIA IHKUOH. IS PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, By It* Gardner & J. s«* Btill, (EJUors amt Proprietors.) At nil’*.EE DODLARS a year, if paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid until the end of the year. Advertisements will b? conspicuously inserted at One Dollar per square, (15 lines or lass.) the first, and 50 cent3 for each sub sequent insertion. All a-tver'iscmmts handed in for pnlili- j ration without , limitation, v. ;ll be pil iliMied j ti j 1,,,-bid, and charged accordingly. ,< ;l les of Land and Negroes by Execu- j tors, V I nini-trafors an I Guardians, are re- j quire 1 by law ’o be .« kerused in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to uie day oi sale. Tux sale of Personal property must be a,h er ise l ' iu like m.uiu r forty days. I Notice to Debtors and Creditors oi an estate must be published forty days. 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C<MI.MISSION fe'r MERCHANTS, under the u -,mw and style fit ' ... 30 V f B*l’l 3S>*« 40. .0.7. i n iv purchased the commodious \V\ H;>iJSU and CLOSE .STOLE, l. .. v ori-u'iio i iiv .1 eruijiini, Lwr*« iV Cos , Arne th.-y "ill receive Col' fO.M «r ( . ; . ;) S- amt advance only upon rot possession and under their eon s "Yen-char::-.-* '-ill be as customary. 1 i'„e b,uii -a- will lie aoailncted by Join. 1> Pitt s. \Ve. solicit lh* patronage ot die pit,saii 1 .up prepared to give Columbus j puces imCctum. piTTSf M. J. LAUHENCE. Florence, Nov. Id 5-5 •? j. H. STAIUt, " rOT;. ! \TiSTJ AvJJ GDiViMiSSIOiI MERCHANT, f=il. Joses?!®, Ela. T,.„.srv IU. 1 vasts». 7iTtY~lToul)S. rsi F. subsrriber having recently replcn* 1. isbnd his stock, invites his cnsiom e sand till’ public generally, to tail and ex ami.,; for then elves. HU good* me new m. well oslectml and he is ollering them on as -ood terms as anvil, the inuket. IDs stock consists iu part ol ill* follow mgs V/ooleUS, Sattiiietis. A variety of Broad Cioth-s, Circassians. Merinos, B unk i/.nics and Boinba/.cttes, Led ami White Flannel, \ wood assortment ,l * ileaitj .liwln Vlolitotz* _ A large ,apply of ROD I’S and riilOi-fc-, BGVrK.MKN'S A3l> LAMPS SADDLES, BHIDLESAND MARTINGALS. Crocker ", Hardwire and Cn firry, With a variety of other articles suitable to the season, winch he lakes great pleasure in offering to his customers and the pub lic, at his new store 011 the North side Ceil* U 7anVa' .jo THO: GARDNER* * NEW store. rrVHE undersigned having associated A. them selves under the name and style of [larvev & Chastain, otter for sale anew nod well selected Stock of Hoods. W ares, and Merehandi/.e, from Charleston, viz. Broad Cloth, Sattinctts, KmerneUs, Merino, Silk Lustring and Mattronas. French Muslin, do Ginghams, do Prints, Scotch Ginghams, ” \ new assorted Stock of English and A merican Prints, KarnitHre Prinr» t Hats, Shoes, of all kinds, Brides, baddies and Martingales. Besides a variety of oth er articles too tedious to mention. W inch will be sold low for cash or undoubted cre ditors. . The pnbli* are requested to call and ex amine for thainselves. JOHN P. HARVEY. MORGAN CHASTAIN. March 26, 1819 50 rrtHE SUBSCRIBERS have just re- JL ceived a select lot of GROCERIES, which they oflcr on reasonable terms for Cash. ROOD iteTALMAN. Dec 15 37 ts THE lIIRROR. PROSPECTUS OF THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER, fTOILS is a monthly Magazine, devoted -S- chiefly to Literaturk, but or'-asion aiiy finding room also for articles Jit fall within the scope ol Science ; and not pro essing an entire disdain ol tasteful selections, though its matter has been, a> it will cou tnme to be, iu the main, original. Party Politics, ami controversial Theol ogy, as far as possible, are jealously exclu ded. 'l'Vy aie sometimes so blended with discussions iii literature or in moral sci c.ice, otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the sake of the more valu able matter to which they adhere: bu> whenever that happens they are incidental, only. not primary. They are dross, tolera ted only because it cannot well be severed from the storin g ore wherewith it is inter porated. Reviews and Critical Notices, on-n py tin-it due sp ice iu the work : and it is tile Editor’s aim that they should have a three fold tendency —to convey, in a condensed form,.such valuable truths or interesting in cidents as are embodied in the works re viewed, —to direct the readers attention to books that deserve to be read—an*! to watt him against wasting time and money upon iu.it large number, which merit only to be burned. In tills age of publications that by their variety an i multitude, distract and o veiwheimu every undiscrimiiuiting student, impartial criticism, governed bv the views just mentioned, is one of the most inesti mable- and indispensable tfauxiliarit-s to him who Joes wish to discriminate. Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement, or both; Historical sket ches —and Hemimskncf.s of events too min ute for Ilistorv. yet elucidating it, and heightning its interest—may he regarded as forming the staple of the work. Aud of indigenous Poktiit, enough is publish ed—sometimes of no mean strain—to man West and to cultivate* the crowing poetical taste and talents of our conntry. The times appear, tor several reasons, to demand such a work—and not one alone, but mu yt The public mind is feverish and irritated still, from recent polirkul strifes : The soft, assuasive influence of Lit erature is needed, to allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. Yiee and folly are rioting abroad :—They should be driven by indignant rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, in to tiieii fitting haunts. Ignorance lords it over an immense proportion of our )eo pie:—Every spring should be set in motion, to arouse the enlightened, and to increase th*>ir number: *0 that the great enemy Os popular government may uo longer brood, like a portciT? -ins cloud, over the destinies of our country. \u<t to accomplish all these ends, what more powerful agent can be employed, tit in a periodical on the plan of the Messenger; if that plan be but car ried out ill practice ! The South peculiarly requires such an agent, luall the Union, south of Washing ton, there arc hut two Literary periodicals! Northward of that city, there are probably at least twenty-five or thirty ! Is this con tract Tisfrt'ed bv the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, or the actual literary taste of the. Southern people, compared with those of the Northern ! So: for in wealth, talents aud taste, we may justly claim, at least, a 1 equality with our brethren md a ,bones-;ir institution exclusively our ow-n. beyond ail doubt, a fords us, it we choose, twice the leisure for reading and writing which they enjoy. It was from a deep sense of this local w ant that the word Southern was engralted on this periodical: and not with any design to nourish loca prejudices, or to advocate sup posed local into r-sts. Far from any such thought, it is the Editor’s fervent wish, to sec tne North and South bound endearing ly together, forever, in the siheeu bands 01 mutual kindness and affection. Far from meditating hostility to the uorth, he has al vc.-lv drawn, anil he hopes hereafter to draw much of his choicest matter thence; and liauiiv indeed will he deem himself, should his pages, by making each region know the other better contribute iu any es seutial degree todispei the lowering clouds that now threaten the peace ol both, and to brighten nr-d strengthen the sacred ties of fr: tcrn.-.i love. The Southern Literniy Messenger hos now been iu existence four years—the pre sent No commencing the fifth volume (low far it has acted out the ideas here ut tered, is not for the Editor to say; he be lieves, however, that it fails not further short of them, than human weakness usually makes Practice fid I short ol Theory. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of 64 large stipe, royal octavo pages each, on the best of paper, and neatly covered, at $0 a year— payable in advance. 2. Or five new subscribers, by sending theii names and 800 at one time to the edi tor, will receive their copies for one year, for that sum, o> at #1 for each. 3. The risk of loss of payments for sub scriptions, which have been properly com mitted to the mail, or to the hands oi'a post master, is assumed by the editor 4. If a subscription is not directed to be discontinued before the first number of the next volume has been published, it will be taken as a continuance for another year. Subscriptions must commence with the be ginning of the volume, and will not be ta ken for less than a year’s publication. 5. The mutual obligations of the publish er and subscriber, for the year, arc fully in curred as soon as the first number of the volume is issued : and after that time, no discontinuance of a subscription will be permitted. Nor will a subscription be dis continued for any earlier notice, while yna thing thereon remains due, unless at the option of the Editor. "noticlt IN conformity to a Resolution of the Flor ence company, will be sold on the Ist Monday in July, two wharf lots. Terms made known on the day of sale. H. W. JERNIGAN, Agent April 15 1839. 1 Blank Drrds, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. arx/Ertsasr oau mat as* izuy* IPOS t3go From the Jjouisviile Journal The following lines are pretty—very pretty. Whoever the author may be we invite him to make fi« jueut contributions to our col umns : Let us drink—-In the bowl is no treason— No malice prepense in good cheer— From our heads, it it pitfir ti c ie;o»n, It at least leaves our hearts more sincere; A toast, ot a song, or a story j Os woman, can ue'i 1 cone amiss ; For woman’s the theme and the glory I Os man, in a moment like this— ’ Whatever the future may promise— Whatever the present may give—- There is something they cannot take from us, While woman and memory live— With their sighing, and sobbing, aud weep ing. All day they are a!; that they teem ; But Lord piulon them ! when they are . sleeping There is no telling what they wont dream. Os women, d< :ir mystical creatures— The Teian 1 in vet believed— Who can 1c It on their features And dream he wdi e’er be deceived ? When they're saddest, they sing like a lin net — When they’re false, they betray with a tear; Their lips can pledge mere in n minute, Than their hearts can redeem in a year. They shrink whra their basums are!bold dest. And blush to dissemble their wiles ; They Mtiiie vvlieii ihcu hearts »re ihe col dest. And man is seduc’d by their smiles--- With their sighing, uid sobbing, and weep ing, All day they are all that they seem; But Lord pardon them ! When they arc sleeping .There ii no telling what they won’t dream. Yet we love them-- How madly, how.blinJ iy i For love sees mi faults, so they sav—* But a ! i >ve would blame is most kiuthy Conceal’d from our eyes all the day, We have glimpses of grace in the morning, \; c have roses and raptures at noon. Our brow sand our bosoms adorning ; And bliss by the lieht of the moon— We have spells that we would not have bro ken— \j r e have raptures and wishes suppress d-- Wc have thoughts that have never been awoken : A Ye have look’d - they imagine the rest,— With their sighing, aud sobbing and weep ing. All day Bn 1 tire all that they seem Bat Lorn paiduntl.em ! when they are sleep ing There is no telling what they won t dream. From the fm Hernia a. Wosia:i , « iLtive. “Oh. w hat is love made lor, 1. it is not the same Through joy and through sorrow, through glory and shame ; 1 knew not, 1 asx not it guilt a in that heart, But j know that I love thee, whatever thou at;.’ Moore. Every one must recollect the thrilling and painful illustration of the above sentiment, furnished by the iiaßc.d story of Emmet, Ihe Irish patriot; and which had been so thrillingly depicted by living, in his story of the Broken Hearted. Nor does that stand as a solitary instance in the history of wo...mi’s affections- The every day ex perience of the observer ol human nature, will teach him that theie is a fortitude and elasticity in the love of even the most re ining and limid fcitiah , that defies misfor tune and disgrace; and only burns with a purer and brighter lay the more darkly she clouds gather round its olje<t. It is not amid the sunshine of prosperity, when the world beams luigliMy upon us, that we can properly apprt ci, t: the unyielding tenacity us woman’s love. But go to the dark and miserable hovel to which misfortune has re duced some ot its thousand victims; ask its wretched inmate what h r ’ms saved most valuable from his once princely fortune, and ten to one he will point to his wile, the pride of his prosperiiy, and now the solace of his affliction. And if indeed his heart is ca pable of appreciating the worth of such a treasure, what to him are all other losses nr reverses, so, long as it remains unchanged ! They pass by him as the waves of the sea ; which may toss the fiail bark which mnv roli them on to its destination, but w hich cau never afreet the equanimity of its course or distrub the serenity of its initiates. • But. to our story Ellen Monroe was the daughter of a wealthy .Southern planter, w ho'had spared no pains or expense in her education. Possessed of no common share of personal beauty, and the heir of the large est te* of her Hither, her hand was sought by a numerous crowd of admirers. I.eft to her unbiased choice, by the kind indul gence of a doting parent, she passed by the offers of the wealthy and distinguished suitors, by whom she was surrounded, and selected f rom among the companions of hej infancy, one whese only recommendations were unblemished character, aud a mind us the first order. Francis Raymond had been her play-fel low in infancy, and her constant companion in the more advanced stages of childhood! As she sprang up to womanhood, and he found her constantly surrounded by the proud and by the wealthy of the land, he first discovered how deejily bis heart wis enthralled, and his own proud spirit dicta ted to him the necessity of witndrawing from the vicinity of so dangerous an influ ence. True love is ever timid, and when Raymond contrasted his own situation de pendent upon a precarious profession for siipport, with that ot Gio&e with whom he must enter the list as a rival, hope died within his heart, if it had ever existed thins. T.ie struggle was long and bitter in his biexst; bnt pride truunped. He could bear to leave her so long as memory might be permitted to cherish her image, as one not hired in rain; lie could live upon the mein n-y of tliepast; but to the cold ami chil ling refusal from iier looks; to have the fondly cherished chimeras of his boyhood dashed to the ground forever, by A word from he', there was madness iu the thought —he huked die lurlitutle to brave it. He determined to flee the scenes of his infancy forever, and to seek refuge iu the wild* of Texas fminthe maddening memo ries which every bush and every tie** around him, recalled but too forcibly to mind. A paiuful ti.sk remained to be performed ; Common courtesy demanded that he 1 should not depart without bidding her ; 'arewell; pride wh *pered too that it would be too plainly exhibiting hie weakness to shrink from the interview. He nerved him self for the task, and the evening preceding that fixed for his departure, he called with the intention of bidding her a hasty adieu ; contrary to expectation, he found her alone The cold austerity of manner which he had determined to assume, faded before the de ception which he met with, and seating himself be;i(le her. ind lor a time forgot the object of his visit. •‘1 am glad to find you alone Hus eve ning,’ he said at length, as she laid aside the guitar, with which she had been ac companying her voice, iu one ot ills favorite songs. That is a pleasure I should have enjoyed very often of late, Frank, if I had depended on you for company,” replied Ellen. “ r i liese long intervals between your visits aic un kind; surely 1 have not been so unfortunate as to offend you.” “No, Ellen,’ he replied ; “Lut fioni what I witnessed during ihe three or four visits which 1 made, 1 should suppose you were not likely to suffer for want ol company.” There was something ol reproach in the ; lialf plavful tone in which lie uttered these words; she was not slow to perceive it. “Frank,” she observed, alter looking at him for a moment in silence, “when Ellen Monroe for ids her oid ftiends, it "ii! he time to re; roach her with treating her new one* with that courtesy to which they are enthled. I had not expected this from you.” “I meant not so, Ellen,” he hastily re marked, “1 intended—but no matter—l have no reproaches to make, if 1 had, they w ould tie but illgeuiunl to a taiewell interview. 1 have riimo to bid you adieu, and forever.” “Frank, surelv von jest,” returned she, “what mean* this? vou are angry, and at me—we must not part thus.” 4, 1 am not angry Ellen,’’ ho replied his assumed firmness tast deserting him, ‘•I have no cause lor anicr, not even the slightest; and believe me Ellen.it would be no light cause that would excite an angry feeling in my breast towards you ; but »vc part to-night most probably forever—to morrow 1 depart for Texas.” She spoke not, vet looks were more eloquent than words could possibly have been. He could lint but understand it; told him that the ties which the long and sunny years of childhood had entwined around them, vvvie yet unsevered; tlial w ith her as with him the heart was unchang ed. His vows, his pride, his fears, all were forgotten, as he poured forth the wild tale of his love. That night lie returned home the accepted suitor of Ellen Monroe. Though her lather might not have ap proved of lmr choice, yet he loved her too fi.udly to thwart her inel nations in a matter so momentous to her future happiness, and his couscnt was freely given to their union. It was then late in the fall and a day was fixed in the ensuing spring for their nuptials. But his day dreams of felicity were destined t'i be brief-—one month from tlic period cf the interview related, s >w him incarcerated iu a dnugeon, upon the cliarce of that most heinous and sears ul crime—w ilful and delib erate murder ! The evidence against hin. was wholly circumstantial, but at the same time was so conclusive in its nature as al most to preclude the possibility of jiis in nocence. The circumstances were these:—“A quarrel had taken place between himself aud Captain Henderson of the army, o“e of the rejected suitors of Ellen. The quarrel had been doubtless sought by the soldier in a moment of pique, 011 first ieiiriiiua ol the success of his rival. A challenge passed ; was accepted, and a day assigned for mee ting. The evening preceding the appointed day, Henderson was found murdered bv the road side ; at a short distance from him, was discovered concealed among the leaves, a dirk, known hy many to be the property ot Raymond, anil which had been seen in his possession on the inorniiig of the murder. Kaymoud was also seen cumins trom the woods in which the body was found, a lew •hours before the discovery. An examina tion of the wounds ol the murdered man. discovered that he had been attacked from behind, and showed beyond doubt that Raymond's dirk was t be weapon w ith which they had been inflicted. Another circum stance which had no small weight with many, was the fact of his making no pre parations for the approaching duel by “practising,”, as it is technically called among duelists. Opposed to this over whelminr moss of circumstantial testimony, he had noth n • t > off r I ut ihe > 1 arost cyi donee of au nub emished character from bis earliest infaucy up to the moment of his in carceration. There wasbnt one opinion as fr, his guilt; all concurred in pronouncing him a cold blooded and a cowardly as*a«sin. “Whither are you e ing, Ellen?” saul Judge Monroe to his daughter, as slip pas sed him in the hall in the afternoon of the day succeeding the murder. “Wherefore have you your cloak 7 Surely you are not going out through this rain?” “I am going to see him father,” she re plied, in a voice husky with emotion, hut breathing determined resolution iu every tone “My daughter, dearest child, you must think of him no more,” exclaimed the old man bursting into tears ami throwing his arm around her neck—it was the fyst time 1 the subject had qeen mentioned, and indeed the first lime he had seen her siuce the fki.il discovery. “Father," exclaimed the maiden, in the same resolute tone in which she had first spoken, and lacing him with her arms folded on her breast, “J cannot, I dare not obey you; J must, 1 will see him.” “My child, my beloved,” exclaimed the old man frantically, “you know not wlial to do—he is a murderer—a cold blooded cow ardly ■■■ - .” “Father, failier!” screamed the maiden, “pause 1 beseech you; I know all; every tiling; 1 have heaiJ his guilt proclaimed from a hundred mouths, and every anathe ma that the vile herd have heaped upon liis head, has but rendered him dearer to nty heart. Father; until now I never, knew liutv much I l..ve<l him.” “Do you then believe him innocent 7” asked the old man, in a voice vainly strug- 1 ling for calmness.” 1 ‘•Believe it! father I know it; I would swear it.” “Y**r Kllen. dearest Ellen.” said her father imploringly, "every body believes him guilty, and ." “The greater reason why I should not desert him,” said Ellen proudly. “No, if the proofs of his guilt were written In let ters of fire upon my own heart I would cling to him still. Father lear not that your daughter vid do aught for which you will have to blush but oppose me not 1 be seech yon, if vou would not drive me mad. I must, I will ire him ; lie shall know, at least, there is one heart that believes him innocent, despite of circumstances; and which Would cheiiih him stilt, were it as sured of his guilt." The father buried his face with his hands, and sunk upon a chair, the daughter left the house accompanied only by a black servant, and in a few moments was in the presence of him for whom she thus fearlessly braved the scorn md censure ol the world. The interview was brief; an age of thought and fi e’ing were crowded into a space of a few short moments. Raymond insisted, and finally obtained from her u promise that she would not see him again until the ti ini should be over. She left the prison wiili faith in bis innocence, and in the solitary t ell in which he was consigned, he had the satisfaction of knowing that there was at |easi one hep.rt sqtj-fied of his inno nocence, and that heart, the one of all others in (he. memory ol which lie would wish to leave an unblemished name. At lengih the tr;al arrived; the court crowded to exeess, for ihe excitement had been unprecedented ’* lie celebrated Col H -was engaged for the defence, and at an early hour the sheriff proceeded to empannel ilie jnrv. The first wimess railed to the stand tes tified to the facts of the challenge having pas soil between Raymond void the deceased, and the arrangements ti,at had been made fur n hostile meeting. Tke second testified to the finding of the body, and to his meeting wiili Raymond re turning from the woods some hours before the discovery. This portion of the testimony lias been however of but little weight, as it was prov and hat the hotly was warm and bleed ing when found, and could not have been dead more than half an hour. The next was Dr. Stephens, the surgeon who examined the body, lie testified to the fact of having been with Raymond in his office iu the moiuiug. and having seen in bis possession a dirk of a peculiar con struction ; that this same dirk was found concealed near the murdered man’s corpse, with about one inch of the point broken ofi, which point was found in of eel the wounds; the dirk v/ns here produced, and identified by the wiltu ss—the point which had bn n taken from the wound corresponded rxaclly with the other part. When the dirk was produced, the prisoner looked at it lorn mo ment, and 'hrn starting suddenly from his scat, while a flash ovcipond lis p ; <K‘ fea tures, leaned over the bn', and whispered for a moment in his counsellor’s car. “You say you know this dirk to be the one that Mr. Raymond laid in his posses sion on the morning of the murder,” said Col. 11. after a moment’s study ; “did you take it iri your hands while you were in Mr. Raymond’s office?" “1 did. and examine ! it attentively,” wa« the reply. “I do not think 1 cau be mis taken.” “Did you make any remark relative to carrying a weapon of that kind in your hat; •md if so, w h *l was ii ?” “I remarked that it aas oftentimes more convenient to carry a small dirk in thai way, than m the breast; and placed tiin prison er’s dirk in my hat to show him the w«y which I meant.” “It was about half au inch shorter than the crown.” “is that the bat you have in your hand V “It is.” “Will you have the goodness to sec how this weapon, which you have idmlified as the prisoner's, corresponds wilii that meas urement ! ’ The witness did as he. was desired, when to Ins own utter astonishment, aid that of the crowded audience by which »Le court was fhron ed, proved one inch longer than the hat. A suffocating murmur of halt suppressed emotion rung tlnou.it ti >• court. “There is some awful mistake here,” said the wiim'ss. Geutiemcn ol the jury, J have ” “fc*iup sir,”exck't cd the deeply excited counsel, rising horn ins seat with a coun tenance flush'd to the brow, “] want you now ro re II this jury what Mr. Raymond dd with the dirk alter you took it out of your hat. and returned it to him.* “I recollect distinctly,” replied the wit nt“6, “he laid it between the leaves of a large Bible which 1 y upon the lower tod of his book c..se.” “Sheriff, rite book, the book,” exclaimed the counsel, “and on your life open it not till it is produced in court.*' TI • Seoriff le t the court, arid in a few moments returned, beariuirwith him a latge Bible, which was immediately identified hy , the witness on the sand,; s the one iu which he had seen Raymond depo*ite die diik. The Sheriff was sworn, and testified that he had kept the key of Ramond’s office from the liist hour of his airest, aud that no one but himself had ever had access to it- ; and i?'o that he liad found the Bible in the very sit uation described by the last witness. “Now, gentleman of the jury,’ said Col. IE. rising; “it remrE.s to coDsun.Biate ihe proof of my client’s innocence; for myself, I have not the slightest doubt that the weapon which belonged to the prisoner will be found where he placed it previous to this unfor tunate occurrence. Gentlemen, examine for vot rselves,” and he handed the Look to the* foreman. As the latter raised it upon the desk before him, a dirk dropped from between the leaves, the very counterpart of the one which had been sworn to as belong ing to the prisoner in every other respect than the length. It was placed in the hat. and corresponded ex ctly with the descrip tion given by Dr. Stephens. A wild aud thrilling shout arose from the assembled multitude, loud above which might be heard the shrill notes of a female voice. It proceeded from Ellen Monroe, who was the next moment clasped in the arms of her lover ; he had been acquitted by acclamation, and witht ut the ceremony of a vote among the jurors. A month alter the termination of the it al, a deserter, when about to suffer for his o-iine, confessed that, out of revenge lor ton e fancied indignity which he had once experienced at the hands of Capt. Hender son, had committed the murder for which Raymond had so nearly been convicted. At the day appointed, Ellen and Raymond were united, but he could not forget the friends who had so easily deserted him, aud in a few weeks, accompanied by his lovely bride, he departed for Texas, where those tv ho have been conversant with the history of the reccut struggle in (bat infant Repub lic, have recently met with his ttue name, that of Raymond being a fictitious one un der which 1 have chosen to designate 1 itn iu the present sketch. T* W. G. 7'he End of a Pirate. —One of the two wretched individuals, recently convicted of piracy and murder on board the brig Bra gnnr.a, and awaiting sentence in the city prison, was found dead iu liis cell yesterday morning, having committed suicide by han ging himsi it by means of his blanket, which he had twisted into a rope for that purpose. His name was Joseph Verbruggen, a na tive of Belgium, about 35 years of age. An inquest was held on the body by the coron er, which resulted iu a verdict of‘,suiccide by hanging.” The following facts were elicited during investigation: The engineer of the prison, early yester day inorniiig, who, as was his daily wont, commenced washing out tie water pipes, found there was an obstruction, and not rea dily finding it went into the cell of the “pi rale,” where to his horror, he found him sus pended from the window in the rear wall, and quite dead. It appeared that he li:.d torn one of his woollen blankets into fine s»ri; s, and twisted them into n small rope, one end of whirh he adjusted in a nouse around his neck, and the other affixed to a small strip of board, which he threw out of the 1. arrow aperthre window. The board caught as a toggle, and was suficient length to allow him to stand upon the [ripe, which was about two feet from the llo'.r, and front this elevation the unfortunate wretch swung oli and was launched into eternity. E7.nl White, who is confined in the ad joining cell, (aivaitws iiisirial for the mur der of Fitzpatrick,) u> called out for ex amination, and stated that about 9 o’clock the previous night he conversed (through the partition wall) with Verbruggen.- and iu lornied him of the acquittal of liis comrade, Haims Knuzdeti. Veiuuggen explained Ids regret at this result, as Haims, lie said was equally guilty with himself, and that the boy Davis, who 1 ad testified against them, was more guilty lian either, a* it was w ith him that the whole mutiny originated. IBs own conviction he admitted wasjperfcct ly ju'-t, and liis only icgret was the misery it would brirg upon his sisteis, of whom he had five living in his native place in Belgi um. About an hour after this time, White hoard a t'oise iti Verbruggen’s cell, from w hich he supposed that the prisoner wasma k.ncr op bis bunk, but he did not suspect that he was making preparations to commit suicide. At the conclusion of the exam ination a east of his face taken for phrrnoFn trical purposes, and his body was then de livered over to tlie surgeons for dissection. VosTCßivr.~--AootJ t ernJllic Pirates Dead - -About 7 o’clock last evening, otie of the cr< w of the Eraganza, t.anted James leaves, an Englishman, who 1.3.1 been permitted to testily iu the. ci.sc, ar.d who has been, ahtce his arrival, in custody in the debtors* I risen, was found in his cell with his throat cut, and the arteries ofboili his amts sev ered ; the poor w retch vrns in the last of exhaustion from loss of blood. Joseph Butler, a prisoner wlio occupied the same room with the deceased, was cal led before the coroner, aid stilted that lie had left the cell and went into the kitchen tor a few mitinics last evening, and on re tt.rning found the cell door closed. He, how l" rr. ('creed his way in, anil found de eciui and i)ing veil weak and unable to an swer him and a large <ji ;entity of btood upon the floor. <)n examining the room within, found tlu.f his ei » t had been brt i.en open and toi l Ids razor was gone, 'i bis ho sib to r wards (oiiial m the blood upon the floor. He itnn cdii.te y isised an alarm, ami Cpat, D.<yt»n came, wiio iiasieued to call iu Dr. Bedford. J ):. E» dford stated that, on arriving at tho prison, he low’d tho dt cased completely ex-scnguic.iM-d or reduced from exhaustion and loss of blood, found a deep wound in his threat, about four inches in length, w hich was intersected by another erf life dimen sions. This wound was dressed, and bian dy and writer admit stored, which caused' a partial revival A deei> wound was toned, in both of his arms who * serve red in the right arm one and in the left both of tho arteries. These wounds were snflicieut tc cause death. lie Hundred but a few nlnutew after hi* wounds were dressed. Jn j»rswrr to in uuiries relative so the evidence he had giv en on the late trials, lie said thaf he had told the truth ip flip case of Knndzen. ■w'bp was acquitted, and when asked about she ' other tnal, beiore he could make any r* r j.ly, he expired. Jlc was about 1* rear t»f a"'e, horp in ?ki.U.un>be»bu<t, Engta;ki,