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mMMu&sm mi r , _, , < Sit lilU ~ ■ ■ ‘A poet’s hand and prophet’s tire, Struck the wild warbiings of his lyre.” I'. uhi the Blcckv oodhi .ITigaziue. TO MY CHILD. I love to gaze upon thy cheek Of roseate hue, iny child ; 11c eto mark thy ijuick blue eye, So sparkling and so mild— To ’twin: thosesarny locks of thine, And kiss thy forehead fair. And see thy little bauds held up ~Jt sweet and guileless prayer. h es ! bright and beautiful thou art* And playful us die fawn, That bounds, with footsteps light un air, Across the dewy lawn.•; And when the day is over, And tliy pleasant gambols done, Thou’lt calmly sink to rest, nor think Of ills beyond that sun."’ Thou droara’st not of a mother’s cares, llor anxions hopes, my boy : Thy skies are ever clear, thy thoughts Arc full of mirth and j >y ; And nestled in a parent’s arms, Or seated on her ksoo, List’iffiig to oft-told childish talcs, What’s ill the world to thee! "Moments of thoughtless innocence, Why do yo fly so first, I.caving the weary heart to fee! Lite’., sweetest hours are past 1 And flinging o’er the fairy land That bloom’d, when ye were near Vi lth light and the mist Of trouble, doubt, and fear — Ay! rove, in all thine artlessness Al ang the verdant in ad, And gather wild flowers, springing thick Done ith thine infant treau ; And take thy (ill of blameless glee, 1 'or socn ’twill pass away ; 1. too, will leave my cares awhile, Vo watch thy merry play. From the Georgia Journal. A WIFE WANTED. To taic Widows and liuuarrlctl Ladifii of Gror^ln* 1 urn a clever, neat young man, Just turned of twenty-five— Kb r since, 1 pass’d a score of years, I’ve tried to get. a wife, liy every fair and honest means, My genius could devise Except this one, and 1 have foil’d, t<o now l’U advertise. I’ll tell the truth—and truth a'.cue, And hope I’ll be believed ; And, if by this, I can’t get one Of “ heaven’s best gifts to man” Then 1 must live a bachelor, Asad do the best I can. My age—l told you at the first— My height is live feet, eight— Twenty-nine inches round the waist, Anti quite erect and straight; My teeth are bad, my eyes are blue, My nose is aeqniUne, My w! h:kcrs large, my hair, light brown. Is soft end very fate. My dresa i:wood, not very neat, Nor of the latest touch ; I never paint, or lace, or scent My handkerchief too much. I newt wear-check pantaloons, O- cheek shirt minus- color; .1 seldom wear a fancy froDt, And never paper collar ; My disposition’s true ruble; I'm sometimes rather petti Ai— And very jealous when I love, But not tlie least coquettish. 1 have no business a? all, Although I’m very healthy : But ladies, damme, “ hero’s the rub,” I aia not re j wealthy ! Now that I’ve told yen what I am, I’ll tell you what I want, I want a wife. Ido not care, Whether she can or cant Play the l : iano, or the Harp, Or strike the light Guitar, I*il rather she hit to how to work, But then 1 don’t much care, Ido net want one very rich, N or one too much refined— Her disposition—no matter— Though I’d rather ’twouhl be kind , At*! sho may dressjust as she likes, Follow the etiquette la < erf other article, H .wept the Pautalettc 5 Whoever will accept my haul, Will please to tell the printer— I’ll see ihem, and ii wo can agree, I’ll marry tin a next winter. wrwnzrrmiiM. wmp' 3u m y_* ■ the hope—tiu: star-the voice. 'Chore is a hope—a blessed hope— More precious and more bright, Than nil the joyless mockery '."ho world esteems delight. Therein a star—a lovely star — That lights the darkest gloom, And shed’s a peaceful radiance o’er The prospects of the tomb. There is a voice—a cheering voice, That lifts the, soul abovo, I)i: pels distrustful, anxious doubt. And whisprw, —“ Gcd is love’.’’ That Voice vs hoard from Calv’ry’s height, And spooks the soul forgiven— That Star is revelation’s light T hat Hope, the hope of Heaven. ■ In tin. luck of apples in Hampshire co. Mass, the cidi* brandy distillers use the seed ol hroutn com, which is plenty this year, for dis veiuskeVi the Feed is "0 ccnt.s per 4. i* \ #-d *<;* yiH v qirar'w .. —— - — -1 * —- — -—T mnm needs an eo as. From the Club Hoot.. THIS LNGUAEDiI) JlOl'R. by Jou.v Halt. “Can such .liings bo, And overcome us like u summer’s cloud, i W ilhout special Wonder. Macbeth. Many proverbial expressions are founded on experience. “Tin; ungarded hour” is one |Ol tliern, and it has become so common, ttiat | few of those who oltencst employ it arc aware ,of the mystery to which it alludes. It Con icys the belief that mankind are each protec tee td by a supernatural guardian. It im plies also, that the angel at times quit.* bis gost, and that in the intermin, “the unguar ded hour,” the defenceless mortal is liable to bo assailed by the insidious temptations of the universal adversary. Whether this impres sive thesis be an hypothesis, or an apoeiilyse, M babies the human understanding’. It ean n°t ha rejcctctl as altogether cartiilv ami of mortal imagination, nor accepted rts divine aud of celestial descent. But it is not my present purpose to examine the evidence on either side ; J have only to describe a series of seeming accidents, calculated to enforce the doctrine by the circumstances in which their advent took place and to awaken at once solemnity, wonder and dread. ‘".Many years ago said a lricnd, “when de tained by indisposition in a small i ilium; in Hungary, a discovery was one morning made, by which the superstition of the simple in habitants was greatly excited. It has ueen a custom from time immemorial, when the judge in office travelled through the country to dispense justice, that as often as he came to Panigstcin, and l believe it was only once in a cycle of the moon, every nineteen" years, and at the change, that he held a free assize m the open air, near the Ma.tyjr’s cross, an ancient monument which stands alone on the solitude of the nicer, at the distance of a bow shot or more from the church. The cause of this venerable ceremony being held at that! particular spot, was never satisfactorily ex-' plained, but it originated either in a predic tion which had been delivered by the martyr or on some incident connected with his doom. On every occasion, when the court was field at this spot, the inhabitants were summoned, in the came of heaven, to hearken to the list, of offenders which the magistrate of the dis trict openly placed in the hands of the judge, | and ali such as could bear witness to aught regarding them were to come forward amfdo ' j so - I “Although then but i:i shattered health, : { l , i 3 remarkable ceremony, which chanced | while 1 was at lVniigstcin, induced me to be | l*rcscnt among the crowd of spectators when | the judge was expected to arrive. The day j was gray qntl silently : the sun was imt inwiJ ! fi! ‘ l Ids dint orb Jmng in the firmament Mvitli an obscure lack lustre sickliness ; and ; all t';" the landscape, and every living thins, j scented overcast and dejected. The ensigns l of judgment which marked the place of ad i ministration added to the solemnity of the scene: and the magistrate, to augment the gloom, had ordered a lofty new and black gallows to be raised at a little distance from where the benches and table for the court had been constructed. “Among other impressive customs connec ted with the free assize, is one of unknown antiquity. The magistrate, in preparing the ; list ol offenders lor the judge, is not allowed to divulge to any person die names of thecri initials intended to be accused'; and it is ul ledged, that this has a religious influence on the morals of the people, no one being aware how his conduct may have been noted, nor of what he may be found charged within the! list, ihe crisis is, in consequence very aw ful to all. On the occasion when I was there it was not anticipated that any particular crime would be fiivnigcd, and it was thought rather odd that the magistrate should have ordered the gallows to bo erected : indeed, ’ iu the opinion of .the people, the calendar was 1 clear, so peaceful and free from all violence j had been the county from the former assize, ] nineteen years previous. “The magistrate I knew very well, he had f sometimes invited me to ins house j was a gen- j tleinauin great esteem with immediate villa-! gers. From small beginnings he had raised] an ample fortune, was famed for the strictest j integrity, and distinguished for great benev-j oicnco and a holy purity of life. It was thought ] by many that there was some degree of affec-' tation in his singular piety, for in his youth ho had been lcs3 austere, and he had put on his sanctity somewhat suddenly, in conse quence oi an event wniclt, though distressing I in itself, could not he said to affect him more j than any other in the town. “It was a murder committed exactly nine-' teen years betore the very morning when the ! •issizc was held, No trace ol the assassin had | neon discovered, and that circumstance, to- i gvtlier with the worth of the victim, had pro-! duced a strong impression on every one ; but on none more than this magistrate, whose fiitnfu! servant the victim had long been.— iho crime was mystsrious lor the m m was mysterious, for the |>oor, ami it exci ted universal surprise that one who in his condition had been so much respected should ever have provoked a doom so sudden and in explicable. Time had greatly n.itigated the recollection of the occurrence; it was almost forgotten bv eveiy body but by the widow and the charitable master, who, with his family, constantly endeavored to soften- with una- vailing sympathy, her grief. Him nowrver, became old ami crazed, and when pointed out to me was a spectacle of extreme misery. She was standing near the the Martyrs Cross, against which, owing to my weakness. 1 was then leaning, and although jjhc appeared sul len, and perusing the ground I observed her eyes vividly glancing with supernatural vigi lance* She was as something wild and tierce, | ready to leap upon its prey, ami watching for the moment. Hit l had not much time to' notice her, for the sounds proclaimed the ap proach of the magistrate,attended by his offi cers, and soon after a movement in the rntil titude also announced the coming of the judge. When hr- had taken his scat on the judicial bench, and the lawyers had placed themselves at the table, the trumpet sounded a solemn peal three times, and the magistrate, with a I , roll in h ; b' hand, advanced- At the same] instant the widow rushed, with a shriek like the oracular Pytliia in I. r ccstarv, and placed lierselt at the side of the magistrate, as he presented the roil Vo the judge. .The multi tude w.i3 silent, and I lVlt us if tlie functions of my breathing were suspended. 1 he judge rose, and standing up, enrolled the paper, which, with an audible voice, and religious thankfulness, he declared was clear. *‘Xo, no,’ cried the impassioned and vehe ment widow, it is not so, it has not niv hus bands keath.’ True ? exclaimed the magistrate,’ I had forgotten it, the deed was done so long ago. nineteen years ago—how was it possible 1 could forget the unguarded hour.*’ # “Ihe words were repeated bv everv voice, 1 believe, iu tlie multitude in succession,am! the sound was fearful. The unguarded hour?” said the judge to himself, looked towards the magistrate calmly, as if the question hail scarcely more meaning than when uttered in echo by the crowd. “ Yes, cried the widow aloud,‘his guardian angel was then away;* and she concluded, bv accusing the magistrate, lr r own benefactor, and the gracious master of tlie deceased hus band, as the murderer. , “She has been long, almost ever since the fatal event; in a si to yf insanity, said the ma gistrate to the judge ; and tinning to his of ficers, bade them take the helpless creature away. “ 1 will not go—l will have justice, she J exclaimed, wrestling with the officers, as they | attempted to remove her. The crowd re mained as if frozen into silence. “Good woman, said the ■ ldgo compassion ately, you know not what you say. “1 do, 1 do ; let me be heard, was tlie wild reply; and t lie multitude in the same instant ; cried otit, let her he heard, let her be beard! i “Tins is a vexatious business, said the 'judge to the magistrate, for tiie charter bv : which the assize is held at this place obliges me to receive the charge, and 1 cannot de | part from its ordinances, i..-r is her evident insanity a valid reason to reject the accusa tion. Good woman why do you persist in this extravagance—there is no evidence to ■sustain the charge ? “ There is, it you wii! listen, she impa tiently again cried, and with earnest gestures and surprising eloquence , • dcavored, by in numerable coincidences, that she had remark ed in the conduct of the mngstrate, to show the grounds ol her sudden suspicion. “ During the whole time that she continu ed speaking the spectators listened with the j greediest cars, and before she had finished iu r impassioned appeal, it was manifest that they were all convinced that the magistrate was indeed the murderer. The judge listen ed to all she said with intense attention, but the accused maintained bis wonted equaui- i ty. I was astonised that he could do so, "for some of her r arsons though far front probabili ty, were of the most touching and pvhctic kind; doubtless hi! she said was void ofovi ; dencc ; still, however, it was fearfully im pressive, and I could not myself withstand its energy. \\ hen vfeo had rather exhausted her strength than finished what she had to sav, tile judge replied solemnly— “ Protect us, Heaven, from having aught to conceal from such vigilance—this is thv weak, and comes not within the possibilities of human law I—There is reason, according to the charter, that a regular trial should be proceeded with, and therefore Jet the indict ment be prepared. “ The feelings of the multitude were cx j cited to the utmost, and took utterance in a: loud shout, not of joy or of gladnc SS, hut <1 ! deep, solemn, and awful sound, whose might and majesty were pcrtcßtiously increased by the distant low hollow echo of the hills. The accused stood a statue of consternation fora moment. 1 looked at him with indescribable emotion, but the paleness which overspread, his complexion vanished, and he appeared as J serene and self-collected as be fore. “ While the papers were being written i ] observed the judge speaking to t.ho poor wo- ] man, and I heard him sympathizing!}- inquire respecting the age of her husband, his gener al appcarace and the manner in which lie was dressed; to which she gave brief but dis tinct answers as if tlie living presence of the murdered man had been seen actually before her. She was, however, impatient at the judge’s questions,and answered him peevish-j ly, forgetting the respect due to his dignity; indeed the qurstions, at the time, seemed to me frivolous ; I could not discern their pro propriety, nor why so grave an ollieer, the representative of the emperor ami the king, should so far lose all consciousness of the! place and tire occasion, as to speak to her in I tire manner he was doing. He asked, for cx-! ample, the colour of her husband’s hair, and she answered black, and that lie wore his cap gallantly ; then, after some other inquiries as insignificant, lie spoke of his coat and tire co-! lour of it, but she lost temper; and after ] telling him it was blue- and his vest was I red, retreated he would not probe her wound-; ed romcm he ranee with matters of that kind.! “ In the meantime the magistrate was en gaged with an advocate who was perfectly] j con\inced, an<l so expressed himself, that tlrej trial would soon be safely over. Altogether ; the scene was most singular, but the passion ol the crowd was become appalling, and 1 was leartul lost the magistrate should bo made, j the victim of some outrage. Himself calm, land certain that no evidence could sully him, he was yet visibly disturbed : and 1 saw him once or twice start, and slander, no doubt amazed that such a delirious accusation should have been so strangely imagined a gainst him. “When all tire requisite forms were com. plotcd, he was directed to place himself at the ; bar; and the judge, according to the charter, called him byname to answer to God, who was there present, for the crime of which he was accused. At that moment, and before jho could reply, tire sun darted a bright and | golden ray upon the forehead of the judge, I and made it si-me as if it had been downed i with a halo. All the spectators were witm ss j <’s to this glorious symbol; and I could scarce ; lv control my trembling limbs, soinuch did it I shake my whole frame. “ The accused was evidently affected, but and such mastery of himself that ho an jrfwcrcd with firmness, ‘Not Grri-rv,’ J “ A pause of some time ensued, and then J the widow was requested to co.no forward 1 with her evidence. She advanced, and sud , denly cried, 1 have but these tears. “The advocate with whom the accused I had been consulting rose, and animadverting on the insanity of tlie charge, demanded an , acquittal. “•flop, said the judge, solemnly’, the order and provisions of the charter have not yet been all fulfilled, —bid the trumpets sound thrice. “ The silence of the multitude was dread ful ; the truinpts sounded, and the judge ris ing from his scat, reverentially uncovs-ri 1 his i hoary head, and said with a voice of tiic low ; liest humility. * i “ llcavcn, send forth, thy witness. “I looked at the dismayed prisoner; lie ; was pale, b a*. serene. The judge then resum 'd liis scat, and the. advocate again rose ; “ 1 demand, said he, the acquittal of the accused. “Another short pause ensued, and the judge rising, cast liis sight to a distance, and said, “ Make way for the witness. “What witness ! cried the prisoner, in visi ble trepidation. ! “ Tint until in the Idee coat—he with his I cap on the one side—make way for him—lie i iv.ill the red waistcoat! “it is himself that comes, cried the widow j with an exulting ahout; and a!} the spectators looked back towards the spot where they ex pected to behold the witness, but they saw jno one; and when they had again turned their eyes to the bar, the accused had fainted. ! This confirmed the amazed spectators, and the judge kneeled down with devotion, and, taising liis eatids to heaven, prat ed and did homage to peviue justice. The wretched criminal was left laying on the ground, for ali present at the same moment uncovered their heads, and with tears and awe joined in wor ship t\ jth the judge. A more affecting scene was never witnessed ; and when the adoration was ended the guilty man awaked from his trace, rose and con IV sued the crime. “ 1 seek not mercy, said lie, 1 have enjoy-' ed it too long, yet my oli’ence is not of an at- 1 trocious die —it was but a hasty blow. Yes,! file hand of heaven is too visible here, that i dare not ask remission, men if iny hidden j misery wore not punishment enough—there, i take me —he uo\y no more delay. ’The gal-j lows is ready, and mercy dare not in this | place contend with justice.” NEW PRODL’CTIONS. The Northampton, Mass. Courier speaks of the tantalizing situation of the Temper -nec Society in that quarter, which liad scarce ly congratulated itself on the scarcity of ap ples and the diminished distillation of cider during the present season, before the “ in ventive genius of some queer Yankee” made experiments upon the seed of broom corn, and extracted from it anew species of whis key. Wc can testify that there is no end to broom eofn in that beautiful region upnm the borders of the Connecticut ; and the quantity of whiskey will somewhat defy all the exertions of the Temperance Society. It is said one bushel of seed yields ten quarts of whiskey, and it can be bought for thirty cents. Bu; there is another discovery, which is said to he made by “the inventive genius of some other queer Yankee,” that may furnish : a full equivalent to the distillation of this al coholic poison. It is the conversion of sweet; potatoes into an excellent molasses—equal j probably to the maple molasses— and if! some other inventive genius could only dis-j cover the mode of chrystallizing it, we should! then have a more abundant and cheaper sii-! gar, than ever Napoleon contrived to extract 1 from his beets. A fourth “ queer Yankee” (to adopt the Northampton idea) has only to extract sugar from (lie water-melons—and j then “ sunbeams from cucumbers,” end v.v should cap the climax. \V C should boast of j asi t oi philosophers, who were equal to 1 Swifts Sages on the f lying Island. ihe monument to Mr. Emmett, having, been placed on its pedestal in Saint Paul’s 1 Church Yard, in the City of New York, was,! on Friday last, stripped of the planking, and' presents a handsome obelisk of a single 5 shaft I ot marble, about !) feet 6 inches square at the 1 base, and about 30 feet’high. Marlairaska —Great excitement prevails ! u ‘ho Maine on the subject of this hnoresl mg settlement, which lies within tlic bounds ot the disputed territory. Most of the pa pers u* Maine, apparently regardless of >o- Ijtical distinctions, assume an angry and threatening tone, and the feelings of the citizens seem to bent in unison with the war like voice of their public journals. The Governor has ordered the militia to bo held in readiness to act as circumstances may n quire. We do not wonder that much excite mrnt prevails there. It is subject of d-cp interest to that st.de : And vet, in such a case, it is the part of wisdom' to'nct rather under the deliberate influence ol reason, than (rom the impulse of feeling. It behooves tae auminixtri; ion of Maine to act with the caution, and while it moves with firmness, to proceed with deliberation, and not to suffer to be hurried into extravagant and jus ihablo measures by factionists under the mask of patriotism. It should consider wiicth er those now loudest for war, if we should cor.ir, would not he the first to desert them Great Britain, as we understand the f m’ Cß . Iron, is undoubtedly wrong. She had no rod,, to extend her jurisdiction over this territory ands ttlnmcut, while the question was in! dispute, ns sue did about five tears since V organizingtiie militia, appointing m.li,,’ ‘J. licers, and enrolling the men, and also bv 1 sending civil magistrates then It , ■ wrong for Maine to incorporate the i,Ii CP ' .t” | apras* "rttsisrl ""J'T" % tho of send, as some.auvisc to, an armed force to j rescue those men. The stati of tlie case— ' the coinlitition of things, does not require ; this haste and violence. Wo have no doubt of the right of Maine to this territory. \Vc •would spurn as indignantly as they, the award 'of the Dutch King— hut wc feel sure that the . object which the patriotic citizens of, Maine j have in view, may be better attained by pa ; tience and reason, then by force or violence, j The territory to which tve think this conn ! try hr -• an undoubted right, uuder the treaty j of 17 83, but which was awarded by the King (;! the Netherlands to Great Britain, compri* 1 scTupwards of two million acres of land, the ' finest part of the State. The Madawaaka j settlement, as we are told, has a population l of about 3000 souls, occupy ing upwards of | 300 gxxid farms. .They are descendants of the Arcadians, and speak no other language than the French. Their history is extremely l interesting. When. Great Britain, in ihe old ' Fiencli war, so called, subdued Nova Scotia, j then called Arcadia, and with more than Van j did barbarity, laid waste tlie country with fire : and desolation, transporting all tlie inhabi j tants from their homes and mattering them i along the shores of her Southern colonies, to I die of want and starvation, those who could (■scape the ruthless hand of the invader, fkd 1 northward—some settling on the bay of Cha ! and others lie. ing to Quebec. The an jncstors of the inhabitants of Madawaska took the l itter route. Misibrtunate follow ed them, for soon after, Quebec surrendered !to their vindictive oppressors. On the oc currence of this event the Arcadians lied m \ to the wilderness and settled on the !>!. John, •where. FroilericTiton now stands, and here they remained, undisturbed and unknown for 1 upward.*of twenty years, making the wilder nr.s smile with cultivation .and civilization. ■ About the close of the American Devolution, they were discovered by their old enemy, tlie English and their lands were granted by the British crown to a band of American refugees. The poor Arcadians driven, once more from their homes, and reduced to beggary, plunged again into the wilderness, an hundred and srverity miles from ’Frederickton, and occu-1 picil their present position, which, they, know mg the terms of our treaty with Great Bri tain, and being familiar with the geography of the country, considered as without the i bounds of English jurisdiction. Here, after ! tuc claps id hal‘ a century, they foci .".new tlie • rod ol the oppressor. They arc a frugal, in-: oustrious, jiious, and amiable people, among* whom, vice, immorality,crime and contention j are unknown, ’i hey arc governed by the j simple principles of natural justice, sat!ling 1 their afiairs without the aid of the civil code ! ot courts or of lawyers. ITmv unfortunate j" that they are disturbed by the footsteps of > modern civilization. the rattle snake Mjxtox, N. C. Nov. 23. I Mchnu-Jiohj Occurrence —Most of our rea "ers have doubtless seen the account pub j lished in our paper of the 2d inst, of a Rattle Snake in the keeping of John IT. Bobbitt, at R rson Court House. During the last week the editor oi this paper in company withs v eral respectable gentlemen attending Person •Superior Court, visited on Tuesday mornincr, the house occupied by Air. 15. for the pur pose of seeing what was to us a natural curi osity. Mr. Rohhit willing to gratify us took tire reptile mu of the cage with bis band and Ireoi it by the neck. On account of the ap pieach of cold weather, it had almost arrived at its torpid state and appeared quite docile, tyhieh to its keeper was mistaken for tame ness. Alter having been cautioned bv one of the company of the danger to which Ire was.exposing himself, we hft him. In the cvenmg, standing not lar from the shop of Mr.Bobl.it the editor was informed that the snake had bitten its keeper; in a few minutes we went to Mr. IPs. shop, and found him i„ great agony, this was near sunset, before mid night Mr. 15. was a corpse. W e arc indebted to one of the attending pnysicians tor the following particulars of this melancholy affair. “Tire deceased was not bitter, bv the snake as wits first supposed, by those who were not present; Ire told our informant, at the time when his mouth and tongue were so much swollen that lie could scarcely articulate, “that the snake did not do it intentionally.” Those who were present say that .Mr. Hobbit had the snake out showing it to them, holding it in nis left hand, rather Jooselv, that bv an dibi t of tire snake to draw bis bead hack,' one ot its fangs came in contact with one of Mi. IFs fore fingers about half.an inch below the upper joint; Ire dropped lire snake but im mediately picked it up, put it in the cage and commenced sucking the wound. A phv*i cum was called in add saw tire deceased' in three minutes after lire accident; his eyes were then red—his lips swollen and quiver-, mg—nc said lie should die, and was in the 1 act of falling w hen he was assisted to bed. In ten minutes afterwards,every muscle in tire system appeared affected with a twitching which continue.l until Ire died. Vomitir comtnenccd in lei. minutcsnftertlic accident an.i continued for an hour. . No pulse was discovered after thirty minutes from (lie time he occurrence took place. He append to be sensible of all that was passing mil; I about Wo hours before In? death,at which time his breathing became mom difficult, which con-1 Wired to mcroMc until he 1 reallied his last. ; j 1" <! *? d l: ' 8n,1 . a hours from the' t'liie tire poisonous fane entered his fh J __ n ! melancholy instance of human folly.” '* j ySMy-wg-W-W Wi 'vrt-;., n , r WwHsmim, [V n .] Dee. 3. • lT,llh , considerably deranged i here arc three Northern ours due V-dm- Vesterday.we received the papers which should have reached us on Wednesday (\ va ii the exception of the Frederick: !,uv paper Our New I ork papers arc down , > ’ oveniug-and ours to Tuesday morning. Ii is th h' * Mail is no Fredericksburg a car, |, v I n ,C T. ° Fredericksburg Arena, of yesterday lll(ir „ accounts for the dctc, llio „ N.‘w^T n "T C ofttPev< ‘ rc li,o frn the C. lt r V . 1 ,K ' S<l ''- V ’ so "ltd’ll writ, runs blown Vv r T , crcf ' k ’ thn stcuni-boiit from: V“■ n ’" ,on wns prevented f ro M coming | 4 vd fhe -e winch bpd C-yed on and. .p. , r • a:u Mm % m FOR CONGRESS. IIK PFBI.I CAN CA N1) 5 BATE, c lu&nsliai S. Via&teih VKI) KH AI, CA X DIDATK, WILLIAM SCHLEY. COTTON. •In consequence cf the heavy rains for the List three or four days, tire receipts are limited, he quote to .-y from (it. to Tj—foi selections, V n general sales, 7 to 7). * * 1 lIC communication of our esteemed rf* respondent “ Bp.i.vslev,” with several other* tieios, are omitted to-day for want of room. °t a legist vtvke. iiif, our last reports, it we except the passage ,hn cll,, rok. e Land Bill j„ the House of iky le .entalives, there has been no business o (j/s& ora! importance transacted. The Chcickcjp dm cos an immediate survey arid occnpancyjjfflio country, and was carried in the House, rfc un derstand, by a large majority. It is supposed that i t w ill also pass the Senate, although it will meet in that body with heavy opposition. lit the Senate, on Monday last, .Mr. iiaOer, bl leave to report instantor, a lull l a amend and con solidate the several acts which have be-•• passed in relation to luc powers and privileges of the cor poratio.i of Macon—and on the same day, a lili to vest in 1 hennas G Bates, 1. is heirs and assign® t.re right to establish a brick yard on a portion et tlie land adjoining the town common of Mae®, was rejected. j i iiISASTHUS. j inc pole boat Phoenix, and a box - belonging ** <>. S. Gritnn, ami two boxes owned by .Ik \onge& Sons, and C. Campbell, all ladened with Cotton, bav-, we regret to say, in tliecours? ef .ilmut a. week past, been snagged and sank in running down the river. We have not learnt the amount of loss sustained—the Cotton in tl.e Ici er tiers, it is said, is generally damaged. i ; "‘ hereto.ore low state of our river, it is snppcsrii. was the cause of these accidents. The late rains, however, have occasioned a considerable rise in river, and while it imparts an increased ante* lion to our market, will give to our navigation v* ditioual security. € oiigreixEOn.'s J ElccHoi;. <)n ’outlay i.ext the election takes place fn" l member of Oengwesa, to supply the vacancy e' cabioufcd by the elevation of Wilson Lumpkin Csrj. to the Executive C ’hair of this state. Although this election occurs at a season year, when the attcniicn of the Planter is nto 1 ' exclusively engaged with his domestic cotcci ■ we yet ardently hope, fur the honor and credit the state, hr will forego ft r a while hi: individc* interest, and with his characteristic patriotism) dr vote a little ofhis time to the general welfare ' the community in which he lives. At this pM* ticular crisis too, his snffr-ge is mope than Wi’ nary, Indeed, there is no apology which fin excuse his neglect to exercise it, but an abso!' : physical inability to attend the Polls. If he ! ~ listless, or indifferent on the subject, bis listlM* rcs.v -nd imliffercn -o may fix a ;j?ma ypo" * rendered it impossible f or ~, ~~ ;n& bdow. Thus situated l! , '" Faring to Lecaugl tbv the *’ r “ -v I tnu m. r (..king back th a ’ • v.lmcl. tv enavc no account of fier”' ' ! wi,icl ' wc. find in tlm pm ," M J"t? of • j day .—Compiler. 11 " ’ ye, , It isexpectdd teat VI- Ta, ' n I 'Rnanoke, instead of visiting f; j lricnd Governor Hamilton in s ? '° r| "' I i has been mentioned ia Urn new," 0a ' ia ’ ! - I jtaae up his Head Quarters ii, this ft*’ * t; I ; tfu.o, that he w ill arrive on Memiav • :s I liiost oi the winter here.. 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