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MI Lettersand Owninunicationeaddremeed to the Editor by mail snot lie poet-paid, or they will not be attended to. THE GARLAND. With sweetest flowers enrich'd Prom various gardens cull'd with care." THE FIRST LEAF OF AUTUMN I 800 thee fall, thou quivering leaf Of faint and yellow hue, The first to feel the Autumn winds, That blighting o'er thee blew— slow parting from the rocking branch, I seta thee floating by, To brave all desolate end lone, The black autumnal sky. Alas ! the first, the yellow loaf— ' Hon , Sadly falls it there, 'l'o rustle'on the crisped grass, With every chilly air ! It tells' of those that 50011 must drop, All wit h er d, from the tree, And it hath wak'd a saddon'd chord hi deathless memory. Thou eddying loaf, away, away There's sorrow in thy hue; Thou sound's& the knell of sunny hours, Of both and liquid dew— Ant) thou goat tell how "from ttra.lteart The blooms of hope decay; How each ono lingers, loth to part, 'Till they are swept away. 03.20aWItab.aislab00o T.A.LE OF LIFE. LT NIBS BEDCIW/4:12 "I nrn going round by Broad Qt reel to en quire of Rose, the glover, about little Luny IVendall " "Lucy Woodall! %V ho's she?". "She is a pretty little „Dutch girl, who lives opposite to 1110 . 1 a that bit . Of. a awe+ jipg ,10 . 114 S like a crack or a seam be iWCUil the two houses on each side of it.— She lived . wiih her graud . patents, natives Of this city, and mice, proprietors of many a lot within but they had been outburgaiti, od and outwitted, till .they were reduced to this little tenement, some twenty feet by fifteen. Their only surviving descendant was little friend Lucy, a pretty fair- skinned, fair-hairedi.blue•oyed girl,.ofa most mod eat;iiiiiet;'eogaging demeanor. ; ,Foemany pendia, after we moved ,to knew nothing of the lanailyijap fimn 6 . 111:11 i'ibiervations as my . eye could take, neatness .was the ruling passion of the household. Their, only ser v a nt, Minerva — the goddess of tviadorn should have known hatter—used in scrub the house 'iveekly from garret to Collatilheir Only corpet was shook. every SattirdaY, the sib pa, werii'sepured daily, nd lineitr to my, life saw the old womenwitli. data dostink_eloth in her hood. ; ; Such a War'of 'extertitiqion did she '•currry. !on , gunist the intruding particles, that my friend L. used to say, "it must be hard for her to think of turning• to . dost." "Lucy had,no,visiters, no • companions; and the Only indalgence of the old people, which was sitting on the stoop every pleas. ant 'afternoon, , according . ,to ,the ancient Dutch custom, She never partook. She never went out excepting on Sunday to church, and than she reminded ate of those bright pretty flowers that hang on the crabbed bare stem of the cactus. I pittied bitt• her spring, of life soomed passing away so drearily. My pity %YRS misapplied anti I felt it to be so whet, I looked into her 'se-, retie and sweet 'countenance, and saw'there the intnet;ssi' of that happiness which cur . tanily flows from duties religiously,perform . utl. It is a great matter, Grace, to have y our desires leidi'.: l 4l within? ) our station; to ho satisfied with the quiet,_ unnoticed performance cf iho duties Providence has allotted to us, and nut to waste vitur cfroits Ufteremlth in seeking tti do good, or tbtitiii pleasures bey cud yipar sphere. This true wisdom; and this was Lucy Wendall'-• At last there come to this obscure what vetoes to all—death, and its changes: Ths.old tuau and his mile died within a few days • ofeuch other, of the influctizs thst then raged in the city. The hope of serving dm piett) orphan, induced me to go to the house. She received me grate. fully, and us an old friend; fur though we had never changed a word there had been an interchange of kind looks and friendly nods those Utile humanities that hind even strangeis together On inquiry into her affairs, i 'omit] that she was left almost penniless, but that a discreet and kind fe male fi lend bud procured a place fur her in Ross's glove factory. Lucy was skilled in all the art and handicraft of the needle.— Russ, it seems is a very thriving tradesman; and on the warm recommendation of Lu cy's friend, he had promised to board her in his family and allow her sufficient cum pensation for her labor. In a few dus she removed to her new home. It is nuw fifteen months since she left our street. She came once to tell me she was perfectly salibtied with her place, and since then I hare heard nothing Of her. Do not look so reproving, my Judy Mentor. I have been intending for some time to call at Ross's to make imp:ries a bout her. My story has brought us almost to the shop. John boss, gl.via morainic iurer." This must be the place. Stop one moment, Grace, and look through the win. dow; that man, no doubt, is Rose himself. What a hoe head! you might know a man would succeed in ihe world let his lot be cast where it %%ould. flu would have been a resolute general, 'a sale staiesiran; but here he is an honest, thriving glover, and that perhaps is just us well; nothing, truer then the trito old couplet, Honor and shame from no condition rise; Art well your part, there all tiro lionor lies The. old man looks us though he might be a little tyrannical though. [leaven grunt that poor Lucy may nut have suffered from that trait in bis physiognomy." "The ouly costumer is come out. Now we have a clear field, let us go in." "Mr. Ross, I believe." "The same, ma'am." "1 called, Alr. Ross, to enquire after a young woman who came to live with you last Christmas." "I have had a great many young wo men living with me, ma'am." "The old man's humor requires me to be explicit. Her name, Mr. Rose, was Lucy Wendell." "Ay Lucy Wendell did come into the factory about that tiine." Titers was an expression in Ross's face at the mention of her name, that I did not clearly comprehend. It might betide good and it might betide evil of Lucy. "1 merely wished to know,Mr. Ross, whether Lucy had given satisfaction, and whether she still remains with ) ou." "Wu!) you a film! of Lucy Wandall, ma'am." "I should think it an honor to cull myself so, but I could hardly claim th.►t name She was my neighbor, and interested me by her correct deportment, and uncommon dutifulness to her old parents." Ross made , no reply, but fumbled over some gloves that were lyiwr on the counter; then tied up the bundle, and laid it on the shelf "You seem, Mr. Ross, not disposed to un tiWer my inquiries. 1 am afraid some misfortune has happened to the poor girl." Would you like to know, ma'am what has happened to hell' Ile leaned his el bow on his dusk and seemed about begiuing a story. ) "tie' tainly I Would." :• "Well, you know when Lucy Wendell came to nic. she was a little demure thing 7 -not a beauty, but-so comely and Aidy, that She was a pretty resting place for the eye of the young or old. She was us great a contralt . to the otter girls in the wit kshop us white is . to black. She just sat quiet in one corner, and winded her work and took no part in their gabbling. You must know what a parcel of girls is, ma'am, dinging frept morning till night like forty thousand Chiinney swallows. Lucy was very ditlZ:r ent. She made herself neat and trim in the morning, and did not lose half an hour at noon when the 'prentice boys were coming to dinner, twitching out curl papers and lurbelowing her hair. The boys and . girls Used to have their jukes about her, and cull 111. the little,parson; but she only preached in . her . actionti, mid this . is what I call prac, tical ,preaching, ma'am. She was a little master Workman with her needle. I never had a match for her since I first began bu siness; but (you knoW ma'am there is al waYs a but in this life,) she gave me great offence She crossed me where I could least bear to be crossed." "Not intentionally, 1 am sure, Mr Ross." You shall hear, ma'am. I have an oply.son. John Roir!—a fine, fresh looking, ;rood, natured, induStrious lad. I set my heats ou his marrying his cousin, Amy Ifunixi. She is the daughter of rev young 'eSt sister, and had a pretty fortune in hand, enough to set John up in, any business he !awned. There was nu reason in the world why he should not like Amy. I had kept my wishes to myself because I knew. that young toles love is like an unbroken colt, that will never mind spur.not , bit. I never mistrusted that any thing was going wrong, tilt one day I heard the girls making great wonderment about a canary bud that they hound when :heY went in the morning into the workshop, in a cage banging over Lucy's; and then I remembered that JOhn asked me fin five dollars the day befiire; mid woen I asked him what be wanted the t.,r. he : looked sheepish anti made nil answer. I thought it prudent before twit ters went any tardier, to tell Juhn my wishes about his cousin Amy. 51y wishes, G. 9 71.13ZINGTON M077=11, Mni e :o47 - . & PR0.7.7.1ET0.7.. "The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, is above all other liberties:l—MlLTON c0.:a.2w:rara4421t,.0. ,244./Q0 wrzuazoe,..Azr e , OVWCOMIVZ2 XO 9 31a6a. ma'am, 1 have always made a law to my children. To be sure, 1 have taken care fur the most part that they should be rea sonable. lam a little wilful, 1 own it; but it's young folk's business to mind; and 'Children obey your parents,' is the law both of Scripture and of nature. So I told John. I did not hint any suspidion about Lucy, but I told him ibis marriage with his c..usin was what he could have no rea sonable objection, to what I long fixed my heart upon and what he must set about without delay, on peril of my displeasure. He was silent, and Ineked cost down—but he saw 1 was determined, and 1 believed would not disobey me. A few evenings after, I saw a :ight in the workshop after the u,ual tune, and I went to inquire into it. I had my slippers, and my steps made little or no sound. The upper part of the door is set with glass. I saw Lucy was finishing off a pair of gloves—my son was standing by her. It appeared that they were f.r him, and he insisted en her trying them on his baud. Hr's, poor thing, seemed to tremble. The glove would NW go on, but it came oft; and their hands met without gluvi s, and a nice fit they were. 1 burst ut upon them. I asked John if this was obedience to ma, and 1 toll Lucy to quit my services immediately.— / Now the whole matter is psi, 1 must do John the justice to say he stood by her like a oian. lie said this was a matter it, which he could not obey me. lie had given his beau t, and promised his hand to Lucy, and she owned hon—him who was not worthy of her love. tie sued, too, something of my having hitherto been a kind father and a kind man; and hu would not believe that the lust ease of my doing wrung wuuld be to the of pilau girl, wham Provide:lee had placed under our roof.— Ma'am, you will wonder . that I hardened my heart to all this, but you know that anger is said to b • a short madness, and so it IS; and besides, there is nothing makes us so deaf to reason and true feeling us the sUug nig sense we are wilfully doing wrong 1 was harsh, and John lust his temper; and poor Lucy cried, and was tau flighted to speak: and it ended with my telling Lucy she shou:d not stay another day in my house, and John, that if he did not obey we, my curse should he upon hem The nest morning, they had both cleared out and every body thought they had gone off to be married; and so 1 believed. till night, when John cattle in like a distracted man and said lie had sought Lucy in vain —that the only fricud she, had in the city knew nothing of her, and when I answered, "so much the better," he accused me of cruelty and then followed high words, such us never should pass between father and son; and it ended in my turning him from my door. Ido not wonder you turn away, but hear .me out. Saturday night, three days after, John came home an altered man. He was as humble as it he only had been wrong. 1-18 Lei4geti my pardon, and promised to obey tee in all !Mega but mar rying Amy Bunco. "1 give up Lucy fa (her," he said, "but L cannot marry any body else." I forgave him—from the but. min of mylieurt 1 furgee leei—trod 1 long ed to ask loin to forgive me; but 1 had not come to that yet. I ushed him what had brought Min back to dutv— Ile put into my hands,a letter he received.ltion Lucy. She had persevered . in not seeing Min—but such a lever, ladies! if innosteis could speak so to heart, thew would be no sin left in the world. She said they had, de• served to suffer for, carrying matters so Mr without my knowledge. S:lie spoke of we at; the kindest of fathers and the kindest of masters. Then she spoke a the duty. a child owed a parent —said she should never huvo any peace of mind till she heard we were recunciled, and told loin tl would be in vain for him to. seek her, for she had solemnly resolved never to see him again. The paper was blistered with tears bum tip to bottom; but saving and excepting that ma'am, there Wild potting front which you could : guess what It coat her to wri:o the letter. ~ "I could not stand it, my heart melted within me. 1 found her that very night, P.ed,without loss of time, brought her back to my, house; and then," he added, walking hastily on the farther extremity of the shop, and throwing open a door that led into a hack parlor, "there ma'am is the long and short of it." "And there was one of the most touching scenes of Lumen life. Nry pretty, dutiful friend become a wife and mother, her ut• Cult in het arms and her husband sitting beside her, watching the first intimations of intolligence and love in its bright little face. Such should be the scanner of happiness When the spring is consecrated to virtue." Claret is extensively manufactured ►n. this country of vinegar, molasses, logwoud and alcohol. This drink is much wore wholesome, pleasent and economical, when the two lattet ingredients are omitted. There is one blessing of which people never know the value until they have lost t(—arid that is health. Health seldom goes without temper accompanying it; and that fled, we become a harthen on the pa tienee of ,those around us, until dislike re• places pity and forbearance RED RARBERBY LEAVE,J3.---A correepon dent of the Bangor Whig stake that the fine green leaves of the red raspberrygath rred on a fair day, and cured in un 'open, airy iconm, are nut inferior to the ordinary China tens. JOHN C. CULT.—The New York pa pers give many items of the history of this young maii, some-of theta perverted state intuits of facts, but mostly mere lubrications to meet the craving demands of excited curiosity. It may be, a question .how far public curiosity should be gratified in such a case. We are disposed to inquire wheth er this morbid taste for the details of crime, may not help to provide materials for its own gratification; told whether the New gate literature of our own day has not in it the elements of sell perpetuation. We do not ask fur apathy or indifference to crime; its frequent occur retice,in such horrid forms, calls for the most vigilant interest; but not that facinated interest, that shuddering ad miration, with which we have suffitre.d our selves to be drawn into sympathy with vice, under the maiterly delineations of perverted genius, until we have conic to look apt' great w•icttedness as great ro• atrium The simple facts in thn history of John C. Colt, us they have been made known to us, by those who WHIV familiar with him from childhood, would need but little adorn mien) w prescoi a tale us attractive us aoy of its CLS.i. ‘‘'e could not ask for better materials limo which to furnish forth- a he ro, than toe fine person, the I : Tenerous on• pulses, and the unbounded mental energy which we e,,uld vouch fur in him. Ile has shOWli it self reliance, and a stern reso , lution, iu overcoming the difficulties of a devious courw that, to it: to rest would need little help limn fictitious surroundlngs, and an eagerness God perseverance in intellec tual cult .re that would command sympathy and just admiration. We wish we could transfer to the minds of the thousands who. so eagerly read all that was said of hun, the one impressive lesson we are taught, as we undo the evil in this case back ,to its germ. That germ whose growth has been so bitter, was iesuh. ordiyatzon from his childhood cowards.— ass winde course has been marked by sell breakifigi through all the common re• stramts of the family. of the- school-room, the countine house, of social life, and of the law of God. John C. Coll, has been fur fourteen years a voluntary exile troin the parental roof. Let the child who will net submit to i.e checked and guided, -tremble for the end of his own. career; and let the parent tremble for the child who cannot be made to yield tojost.authority, and lot him never dare to hope that the youth whom, he cannot control, -will learn to control himself and curb his own- wild pits (GO Courier.- • Fora LIVES LosT. l ,---The schooner Gov ernor Francis, (of Rubbinston,) Shaw, from Eastport, fur Baltimore, with plaster and indstencs, watt ashore at South Well fleet, about 6 o'clock, P. M. on the 4th instant, and immediately went to pieces.— Capt. Sim w . iind his three sons were drown ed. John Spates, drifted ashore on the bowsprit about midnight. He was nearly unconscious, but gained some pine woods, and there post the rest of the night. THE RIIVOLVT/ON IN MESlCo.—Dates from Vora Crier. to the lest inst. confirm the luau - us ut a new insurrection w Mexico, satisfactorily exptains the rumors of trees collected "Lo invade Texas," It ap peals to be thu plan with malcontents 1111 MOcICO, whim they wish to get up an in• surrectionary movement, to pretend inva sion ul Texat.i. Saute Anun. is now en the high road to a new assumption of the su preme puwer, and with every prospect of success. There aro fuur things that , look very awkward in u woman, viz: to.see her under taking to whistle—to tt►row a stone at a smoke a cigar —and to clunb a gar den fetice. A negro man was hung at: Norfolk, Va., on Friday last, for a recent attempt to murder Iwo white women on:a. public road near tht-,t place. The fellow acknowledged the justice ul his sentence, and said that atm and the yawn prompted him to the act for which his.lifelhad to pay the pen• ally.. CIIILDR liN are inquisitive bodies; for instance: 'What does cleave mean, PO' 'lt means to unite together.' 'Does John unite wood, when he cleaves it.' 'Hem, well it means to separate." Well, Pa, does a.men separate from his wife when lie cleaves to heti' Item, hem! bend don't ask au many foolish questions, child.' LATENT CASE OP ABSENCE: OF A young belle of Boston, in dressing her self the other day, put on a bishop in front, and didn't discover her mistake until she had lost her reputation " ANL..XCITING SCENE AT THE APLEOD TRIAL. — " An able correspondent of the Al• briny Evening Journal, condenses into an interesting letter the most important pas. sages in the speech for the defence, re cently delicreil by Mr. Spencer. It is stated that "he unravelled the contradic lions arid discrepancies of the witnesses on the part of ;the prosecution in a most 1/ masterly manner. He charged direct and. preitriediy on them the commission of "the blacksst perjury that ever disgraced a tri al, since the sun shone upon Christendom." He declured that lie knew the testimony had been all got up for thu occusion. • The Jearned counsel, who were conducting the peosucution. were, but d corporal's gu erd, compared with the mighty host who wero the getters up and conductors of this prosecution. Witnesses were. raked together from all creation, and drilled in this city, in what he must denominate "Committee Rooms," us to what they must swear. Again, he said that the men .who had banded themselves together to getup evidence to convict itilreed and. involve this country in a war with England, were sunk deep enough in depravity to collect any number of deliberate and wilful perju• rers, who would swear to anything which would be required to make out their case. "1," said Mr. Spencer, "make uo excep l i - ii“ne when 1 make this charge." Here thickeozie, who sat directly in front of the cnuosel, commenced laughing.. "Yes, sir," said the speaker, fixing his eagle eye upon tom, "I wish it to Le clearly understood, that I make no exception whatever when I make this charge• Sonic of these men now hear me, and I desire them to • hear me repeat, that I firmly believe every one of them is wicked enough to stop at noth ing which will in any degree tend to bring about their darling obj!let." Mackenzie nodded his compliments to Mr. Spencer,. and immediately commenced writing down• Cos withering remark of the counsel.--- The whole audience understood to whom allusion was made; and every eye was turn ed upon Maekebzw." CullitECT °riming rut AN. ENEMY."'- " VV here their national honor is concerned," says the Mootreal Times, ''the America' • have always acted- with promptness de. eision and elieruy, as tins proved in their war with Englund in 1812. The fear of such another encounter ut a period when the mother country is in a formidable state of preparation, will doubtless be the means of uniting those two parties throughout the country, which for twelve years,• or more, have been on terms of political animosity. It has always been a characteristic of the Americans, that however much they may squabble and fight-among themselves,-their animosities towards each •other are always subsided, and they stand ready to make common cause, whenever their common country's threatened from abroad. It is then that the North and the South, the East and the %%Teat vie with each other in their efforts to maintain,mospotted, the in tegrity and the valor of their Republic." A colored man was recently killed at St. Catherine, 11. C. It seems that a friend of his was ohout to marry a white girl.— The object of the mob' was to lynch the tn• tended bridegroom, but he .made his , escape —when they assaulted another man, with clubs, atones, &c. and• killed hint shawl instantly. . . KENTUCKY WHEIAT.—The• Journal states that the Kentucky wheat has boon deteriorating for years; and that the crops in that vicinity, this year, have proved altnost, an er.tire failure.: The cause is attributed to the farmers using as seed wheat year after year, that %vas raised front their own farms and off the same field. Prentice advises the obtaining, for planting purposes, wheat from the northern :sec tions 'dun') country, and• undoubtedly the advice is a: good one. Deterioration . will always ensue where a prac:ice is followed. such as the . . above; and to succeed world contravene one of u»turc's • gtaeral laws. NuTMECIN.—A correspondent of the Port end Advertiser, cautions the public against be delete: mum effect. uf a too free use of nut neg. Ho says: . "Having recently purchased the article, I took s bioken, one and put ,it in my puck. et t and in the course of six hoursi hit&criten. about half of one,, ,Sonnoilter I felt. -a diz ziness, and an unaccountable, derangement of intellect; transient loss of mummy but a' perfect consciousness of all thatA said .or did. 1 became remarkably loquacious and seemed to be neither.,in this world nor the otho felt hapPy and free from anlbilain• — • I was truly in an indescribable . I felt riel haveaupposed ono might . fuel that had been magnetized. My friends, were greatly, alarrned,-,and the doctor --was sent for post : baste. Bleeding was proposed,' but, as I thought, I knew at least as much' as any one, I was not willing to be bled,— After keepir,g them crying ,and laughing till about' , . o'clock at night I retired:to bed withont, any thing. being done forme. I awoke in the morning, was as ,well as usual, having never been sick a day, in .my life. Since this occurrence, several. cases have comet() my knowledge in which nee si 4l6 l,lieving.eaten of nutmegs, were Rine, ed the same as I have been. Had I e aten a very, little more, I have no doubt it would have proved fatal to me, as I learn. it has done in other cases." General Jackson says, in the last letter extorted front hirri by the Locaecns, that he luels that his life is nearly spent. . It is wrong and cruel and sharneful in,the Loco locos to be squeeing growl after growl out ~e time pour utd halt - dead hon.—Louisville Jour. THE ROCK RIVE , R TRAGEDY. — A letter from Judge Ford, dated Oregon. city, Illi nois, September .27th, to the editor of the Peoria Register. savF,— 'rho persons who had a hand in the Drkcall murder last sum. rater, have been indicted end tried at the recent term of the circuit court of • Ogb• county. One hundred and twenty person: wero indicted and all acquitted by the jury." APM W.r211 exPaa, cmaci RALMODE AND 01110 RAIL ROAD. -- From the annu report of this Company it appears that the revenue of the .main siem, for the . past year, fur the transportation Of passengerr and merchandise a. mounted to And there were paid for expanses, rapairii and intorest Shtheini the earnihge of the Itiatl to be There were also roceivskfrom the Washington Branch G 1,256 00 And paid fur lutenist on Wen - to purchase stuck in cold Branch • 511,320 00 --- Dilrerendi Nct revenue of main atom $1:JE,458 86 Th , ! city of Baltimore claimed in bee stock holder, entitled to participate in the div idend --which has consequently been declared up on 6,500.000 instead of 4,000 000, the a mount actually employed, at the rate of 2 'per cent. of which die city's proportion Will !1w $60,000., Upon the atock!of the Wash ington Branch 6 per cent. is divided.— 1 li r he .State's 511 i Girth(' receipts from ['lesson ' gers on this Munch amounts to $43,407, and her dividend upon siuck h, 33,000.• A detailed .accouot of the provcss of the load front tlerper's Ferry to Cuunberland is given which it is confidently •anticipated will be completed to the latter point du ring the summer and euttinva of 1842.-- The stock orders,.or railroad notes, put in circulation by • the, company, amount to 51,44006; a pledge is given that the a mount shall not be increased beyond $l, 500,000, and that the company will con tinue to receive them; at any depreciation they may reach, end %ill conceit • with the city tor a reduotien of the armunt, should it be- deemed .too large for circulation. But as the receipts of the .radroad amount to $l5OO. daily, or $600,000 per. annum, •and as the : city , receives annualiv,•.4ooo,ooo for taxes it is argued that The !amount now issued ought easily to , be sustained in circu• Ja;ion nearly:at , Patriot.. . iNCODIIIIISTIBLR WAsn.--Slack stone lime in a large tub or barrel, with boiling water 'covering the'tub or , barrel b keep 'in all the steam. When slacked, pate; 6 quarts through a fine seive. 'lt will then .. bo,,in;. a state or fine flour. Now to st; quarts of thiS lime, add one quart of rock or 'twit's !Amid salt, and oue gallon uf, ,Water, then boil the mixture and skim it clean. .To every five gallons of this skimmed :inixtute j add one pound tit aluni, half pound of cop peras by slow degrees, and add three-fourths el • poiniel of potash, and'fun r;quaris of fine sand or hickory ashes riffled. -We sup. pose any hard wend„ ashes will answer as well as hickoiy this ipixtUre will admit of any coloring mutter yet; idoitie, and ,may be applied with a brush. It; looks batter than paibt, and it iN a s dnrable usslate., :It will stop small leaks in the roof, and 'pm,. vents the WON from growing over and, rot, tine; the 'wood, and rundering it locombus. tible from sparks falling; upon it. , ,WhOn laid'on brick work, it renders the bricklm• , pervious to rain or wet. . , The editor of tits Newberryport (N. H.) Argus tells a story of a fellow, who having been drawn int.) the meshes of hive with one f.iir ono named "Nabhy," afterwards “took'a 'ehinn" to 'another. Thinkiug to cast off the "flame," indit ed a new et ['lade, of which the following is a copy: i•Dearlsltibby these ore to inform you as I am fast aiming to my latter cud with tho feller . jandors—from your dying Birk:" "Nola Berra— ' l open this to . let you know as I am departed this life about two hours ego, in great agony,. Your gout.. Ebek." . , _ , A, Dublin paper • reCocfsr tha following trdordufary circumstance: "An hirtuble but industrious man,' name , . Gallagher, who resided in Fade s treet, was on Saturday last Seized. With a u pain in` Mie of his legs 'wheit lie fell: dOwn, and . and expired ! ' Ati inquest was held on the body, when ltie following facts were slid ted:—The man, it appears, wits over .fifty years of age, and ever since he was a child, he was continually annoyed and : perplexed with the thought or presentiment that he would die with a pain in the log; Or, of ten told Ilia friends how much' he suffered on 'this' account,' as the idea hardly over left hie mind. In his sleep . he dreamt of it; in his waking Moments 'it :Was hake, him, the notion haunted hini from ,the green Spring time of life into the ripe Sum• titer of Manhood, and (Ilene° followed him into the mature autumn of his days; and' when, at last, the worst anticipations of hie mind were fulfilled, and ho was Seized with the pain, he exe:aimett, "it is come, it is come! all is now over. q ! He fell ind denly down arid died."' • RFiDDR . IsLANo.--The new Constitution.: adopted by the Rhode !eland SO(Rage Con vention, proposes to extend,tlie - rCght of suffrage to every white inaile . eilizewoi ful nge, who may have resided hi the State" one yenr, and in the townshin where he, offeru to vote, three months. But in'ant question of ratting a•tex, cr appropriating the proceeds of a tux- the voter must prop: arty, either real or personal, of the of 8160. The Senate to be composed of 12 members; elected by diStrictri, and the - Mrie of 140 members. of whom Providence' is to send 12. The Governor to have' the veto power, subject to 'be reoersict 'by the' decitton of a majority of bath HOLISM' $391.069 81 201,230 01 139,830'86 5,628 00
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