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From the lioston Pearl.
THE I'RIMIM :i I OK DEBT;
bt joiin c. WRIT I IBS.
"Cast down, grout God, the fanes
That to unhnllow'd pains
Kound us have risen ;
Temple), whose priesthood pore
Moses and Jesus o'er,
Then bolt the poor jaan's prison.''
Picrpont.
Look nt him thro' his dimcton prate,
Feebly and aeki, the morning light
Comes stealing round him, dim and late,
As if it loalh'd the sight:
Keelininc on his strawy bed,
His hand upholds his drooping head
His bloodless cheek is seam'd and hard,
Unshorn bis gray, neglected beard,
And o'er bis bony fingers flow
Hit long, disbeveird locks of MOW.
No grateful fire before Mm clows,
And yet I be w inter's breath ii, chill j
And o'er his liult'-chtd ntrson goes
The frequent ague thrill !
Silent save ever and ani ii,
A round, ball' murmur and half groan,
Forces npart the painful trip
Of the old snll'erer's bearded lip I
O sad and criiFhi"g is the fate
Of old age, ebaiu'd and desolate!
Just God ! why lies that old man here?
A mtirdererVharos bis prison bed,
Whose eyeballs, thro' his horrid hair,
Gleam on him, tierce and red,
And the rude oath and heartless jeer
Fall ever on his loathing ear;
And, or it: wakefulness or sleep,
Nerve, flesh and fibre thrill and creep,
Whene'er that rullmn's tossing Unb,
Crimson with murder, touches him!
What has that gray-hair'd prisoner done?
Hus murder stain'd his hands with gore?
Not so; his crime'8 a fouler one
God made the old man poor!
For this he shares a felon's ceil
The fittest earthly type ofjiefl!
For this the boon for which he ponrd
Hii young bio id on the invader's sword,
And counted light the fearful cost
His blood-gain'd liberty is lost!
And so, for such a plarc of rest,
Old prisoner, piuir'd thy blood as rain
On Concord's Sold and Hunker's crest,
And Saratoga's plain!
Look forth, thou man of many scar,
Thro' thy dim dungeon's iron ban:
It must be joy, in sooth, to see
Yon monument uprear'd to thee
Piled granite and prison cell
The land repays thy service well!
Go, ring the bells and fire the guns,
Anil llingthe starry banner out;
Shout" freedom!" till your lisping ones
Give back their cradle hout;
I,et boastful eloquence declaim
Of honor, liberty and lame;
Still let the poat'l strain bu heard,
With "glory" lor each sounding word,
And every thing with breath agree ;
To praise our " glorious liberty !
But when the patriot cannon jars
Thnt prison's cold and gloomy wall,
And thro' its grates the stripes and stars
Rise on the wind and fall
Think you that prisoner's aged ear
itejoiccs in the general cheer !
Think ye his dim and fating eye
It kindled at your pageantry?
Sorrowing of soul, and chain 'd of limb,
What is your carnival to him ?
Down with your law that binds him thus!
Unworthy freemen, let it find
No .rt'iige from the withering curta
Of God and human kind!
Open tho prison's living tomb,
And usher from its brooding gloom
The victim? of your savage code,
To the free sun and air of God,
Nor longer dare as crime to brand
The chast'ning of the Almighty's hand.
Bunkor Hill Monument.
miHCGLLAN EOUS.
From a late Foreign Journal.
MY AUNT ELIZABETH.
" There was a day when she was young
and proud." Alas that the question should
be so applicable; She mas young; yes, 'tis
foo true thai my aunt Elizabeth was young
and is no longer so; though, for aught 1
known to the contrary, sho may be as proud
n ever. She is at this present moment
nixed vears, but 1 won't huso ungnllant;
let her pas? for exactly what her looks be-
bon mid her own wows avoucn. one
IWIIVII)
mndfl no secret of her aire fifteen years ago.
and has stuck to the samo number ever
since.
No individual of the fur sex ever enter
cA liC with inoro flattering prospects than my
aunt; she was a beauty; she was rich; she
was of an unexceptionable family; she was
nmiahle and accomplished. Will it be be
lieved that nil those graces could be des
tined to waste their sweetness on the desert
air? and yet ray aunt never was married.
Perhaps you think tny aunt was difficult to
please; no such thing; she was an admirer
of the whula male sex, all ami siaguiar.
remap then, she never had no ofleiT
I here you arc wrong again; the beautiful
and accomplished blictibeth h id a round
dozen of the roost "eligible" ere she was
out il hor teens. What then was the cause ?
People, nl' coarse, pretended to know, and
told ail -oi ls ut' tale- ab ill 'In; in liter, but
mno of ibem w, ro nue. 4 Hi t ry," raid
Sir Robert W alp tie, "must I e fake." 'i'l
the gime w.th history on ii small scalo.
I lie I ils L 17.'.'. e h, as I said, h id a dozen
offers in iho L'oom her y.uuli; she was
puzzled win could avoid ii! to cln.se
among so many admirers; but at length fix
ed upon Sir 11 meo M onirevor, a gay and
sparkling creature, who bad some fortune
and considerable fame at the west-end.
Sir R Mneo danced to admiration, h d beauti
ful teeth, and delighted in horsemanship; lie
was a man of ready wit and repartee; but
the worst of it was, be could uever resist
the temptation of a pun.
Tho sweet Hiid amiable Elizabeth had
secretly decided in favor of Sir Hi unco, lint
was in no hurry to divulge her choice 'lis
so pleasant to sparkle amid u swarm ol
admirers, to feed them with hopes and chili
ihein widi fears, to teazo nntl excite, to re
pel and allure, to torment end enrapture
them by turns! Is this a frailty? If so,
heaven he'p the wicked. Yet her penchant
for bun peeped thr.igh till these coquetries,
and she was u aihlc at length to deny that
Sir Romeo was the man.
Every Lodv was rejoiced at tho event,
and congratulated both the parlies on so
fine a match, for every hotly admired Lady
Elizabeth und Sir Rumco. Tho young
couple, on the other hand, were delighted
with the interest every bixly took iu their
happiness. The day was was fixed, the
ring purchased, the house fired up, ami all
in readiness. Sir Romeo was her shadow.
nd they did nothing but tell one another
how happy they were, and how much 1 1 : i p
pier they should he. To-morrow was the
time appointed; who would not have sworn
hat nothing but death could part them?
Had it been twenty four hours earlier nil
would have been secured, but a whole after
noon remained, nnd the Evil One put it into
their heads to propose a ride on horseback in
llvdc Park. "Pray what harm could there
c in lhatf" Jost. ns much, I reply, n
here was in Dr. Slop crossing himself when
he encountered Obatliali, on the coach-
h life; in crot&iuil himself ho lost his bridle.
in losing his bridle lost his balance, and in
losing his balance lost his presence of
mind, and so fell into a puddle; all which,
says the facetious narrator, shows whit lii
tle advantage there is in crossing. People
arc not aware how much llie (groat events
of life depend upon trifles.
It was a fine afternoon, end till the gav
woild were taking the dust in the Park.
Our young folks were the observed of nil
observers: Sir Romeo was in all hiaglorv,
und put his steed to as many caprioles und
gambadoes us lit: could devise, lor the pur
pose of showing lf the graces of his horse
manship. Lidy Elizabeth bowed and smil
ed, and pretended to be taken up with the
irowd around her, while her thoughts were
full of the important coremonvofihe follow
ing day. They stopped to chit with a knot
ot friends at d'osvenor-Uuto entrance.
The ladv 's horse became a little restive;
die endeavored to check him, and com
plained mat her reign was too mug.
Sir Romeo, ns 1 said belore, could never
resist a pun; in so brilliant a company as
the present the provocation was tenfold, and
e lla.-hed out without a moments aennera
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lion. "lour Jjiiiivsnip'n mgn,- saiu ne
will soon be short enough."
All the company laughed, and vowed that
ir Romeo was the wittiest creature under
the sun. Lady Elizabeth laughed too; me
imp my dispersed, and our lady and hes lov-
tin lied i heir sit cdsh.mie wards, 'i'hesiin
its Betting i rtiwrrow I exclaimed Sir
Romeo, with an enraptured air, and casting
look towards Ins companion, meaning
that the world should speak volumes.
"Ahem '."said Lady Elizabeth, coolly.
'When thi.t sun rises next, it will be to
light us to tho altar."
"Are you sure ol that t" asKcu snc, in a
verv subdued but firm tone of voice.
Sir Romeo stared her in the face, and
was stuitiod nt an uncommon expression
observable in her countenance.
"My love!" exclaimed he.
Tho ludy made no reply hut by giving her
horse a smart cut with her whip.
"My dear Lady Elizabeth! 1 repeated he.
Ladv Elizabeth chanced to have her eye
that moment fixed upon the carriage of the
Countess ol Carawav which was turning
down Oxford-street from Park lane. The
Coun'ess recognized her, and the two lathes
bowed; Lady Elizabeth so inient upon nor
friend, Sir Romeo's exclamation was lost
upon her. He looked her steadfastly in the
face, and perceived a constrained and set
tled coolness there.
"Madam!" said he, in some alarm.
Lady Elizabeth appeared to be taking fright
at un omnibus, and made no answer The
mindofhcrlovcrsrave way to dire suspicions.
"Dear Madam!" repealed he, but at that
moment a wagon laden with iron liars ap
proachod, making a clatter that drowned
liable ha could utter. The lad)
cast no look either to the right or to the left,
and they reached home without conversa
tion. .: ,
"Sir Romeo," said the lady, as soon as
they met in the parlor, after divesting them
selves of their riding dresses, "You are a
winy man."
ufe. hnnvon sake mv dear Madam what
do you mean?" exclaimed he, more alarmed
hv tho cool and determined resolution ol
i i,u ibn words she uttered.
nei ni"i , " o-
"You huva too much wit for mo fair
Romeo." , ,
"My dear Lady Elizabeth! are you mad?'
'Less so to day than yesterday. I wishio being married on the first ol" April, it
von all manner ol happiness, and a fi:ter
conirt than a simple rreatusc like mvself.
(i.-i i heavens, Madam, what havo I
done F
"Good bye for (he last time, Sir Romeo
Montrevor;"itnd the lady disappeared. The
artonnrd lover;" saw her n more. He
haunted her dwelling, wroto her letters, sir
red cp her friends in his behalf, beige. ;,
cntreatod, implored, protested, bewai.ed,
threatened, talked of bunging, drowning.
nd eoing mid; but all would not do. Li
dv Elizabeth was inflexible and would nev
er see him again. She never seen him to
the present hour. She was a great believ
er in omens, unlucky days, prtnostii-ations,
second sights, &c. Ihe unlucky remark
of Sir Romeo had struck bcr instantaneous
ly, for she happened at that moment to be
pondering upon the momentous change
about to befall her, and the perils that might
lurk unseen in her path. " Your Lad v ship's
reign will lie short enough," sjunded like
the km II to all her high hopes. It conjured
up unne th.t fillud her mind with ap
prehension und dismay' She thought ol
:Iib sacrifi e of her liberty, of family trou
bles, nf a Surly husband, domestic discords
Her dream of blissful l ive were dissipated
in a moment, nnd ell the romaiico of her
attachment to Sir Romeo vanished into thin
air. Tho match was therefore broken off
iu nn instant, for whimsical persons have
a fu mncss that is sometime called ob
stinacy. A twelvemonth fifo' this catastrophe
found her in love a second time. Ladv
Elizabeth had a tedder heart,and young peii
plo get through their misnaps with very
little permanent harm. She was struck at
first siht with the appearance of the ac
complished Major Arthur Fitz-Eustace
Blackcart ridge, and fell in love wiih him on
die spot. The Al jor was no loss smitten,
and their intimacy very speedily resulted
in un engagement. Major Arthur Fi:z
Edstaee Biankcartridgo was of high con
nexions, being related to the Bhvnkcartridges
of Fizle v HaH,in Wiltshire, and third cous
in to the celebrated Sir Fiflntlsto Flash.
All these were great gunpowder charac
ters', so that tho predilection of Arthur Fhz
Eustace fir the army was quite natural.
Of his achievements in the field, however,
I con not speak, and can only say that he
drove the best four-in-hand of any man in
L union.
If everybody was rejoiced nt the first
match with Sir Romeo, everybody was
doubly so at the second match wi h the Ma
jor. Congratulations, felicitations, good
wishes, and complimentary speeches were
shawered upon the fair maiden by br
obliging friends, with as much sincerity as
one could expect. Again the day wasfived
tmd "II prepared. The Major was the
happiest of men as he ussured everybody:
anil to-morrow was to be the happiest day ot
bis life. To-morrow came; the sun shone
as brihllv us ever, the bridemiiids were
in readiness, iho carriage was at tho door.
'I am the happiest man in the army,"
said Major Author Fitz-Eustce Blunkcart
ridgo. The M -jor was just about to hand his
lady inlothc carriage, when, casting an eve
upon hrr dress, she preeeived a riband
lo isc. "Mv dear Major," said Lady Eliza
beth, "tie this knot." "Certainly, my La
dy," replied the Major, "u knot is more easi
ly tied than untied."
Ludy Elizi-beih started, and turned pale.
"Wliai is ihe matter, my love?" said the
Mij i ! ''you have dropped tho roses I gave
to you."
1 wo omens together! I Ins was quite
sufficient) Lady Elizabeth trembled, and
threw bei'i-elf on a sofa. "I cannot tnarrv
yon, major," s; id she.
"Nol marryr exclaimed tho major.
" Not in irrj !" echoed every one about her.
But Lady Elizabeth was udam in', and re
pealed that she would not marry the major.
It was in the lutes. A wilful man will have
his way why not a wilful woman?
The major despatched, she led a some
what secluded life for two or three years,
but so charming a creature could not he
long without n suitor- The next upon the
list was the Hon. Pheliin Fudgebubblo, M.
P., better known in the House of Commons
for crying "Hear! hear!" than for any
thing commencing with "Mr. Speaker!1
The honorable gentleman made great pro
gress in her ntftcliens, and might have
brought his suit to a successful close, hud
ho not, in the midst of an interesting con
versation with the lady on the subject of
connubial happiness, dropped an expression
about "dividing the house." Tho phrase is
good in parliament, but had in fnniiies; and
an expression of such sinister import could
not fail to have its effect upon Lady Eliza
beth, who thereby called to recollection that
ihe Hm. Mr. Fudgcbubble had been al
ready once married, and was sa'd to have
quarrelled with his wife. Perhaps he might
ouve p lisoned hen. She accepted the omen,
and dismissed the M. P.
This mishap made another chasm in her
public career, for lady Elizabeth kept her
self in eclipse lor several years, tfnd people
began to discover, when sho came again
into tho fashionable world, that she was
wearing. S ill she had much beauty left,
nnd was able to turn tho hcadol tho wealthy
Dr. M'Visitum, who was a decided favorite
With tho ladies, and no inconsiderable
match. But she rejected the doctor, having
unluckily heard bun say, he could "kill two
birds," etc. " You are just the man then
1 don't want," iuid sho.
Mv nun: so 1 must now call her for
by this time abe had got to be decidedly til
a "certain age" had still a chance lett
Sho won the heart of Mr. Will Weather
brain, the famous projector, who would cer
tauilv have carried her off, but be had his
whims as well as tho lady, and ho insisted
which proiiosal sho tjok trieht, and wojIJ
! have no more to sav to hun.
ShaU I add that my aunt still talks (
love, marriage, and domestic lelicity ? With
all her disappointments, she is sauguine and
confident still, and remains linn in tho per
suasion that the right man will cast up at
ast.
Mvstebiocs Arr.wi. Tho district of
Broadford, county Clare, has been thrown
into excitement by informations given by
the poslrboy who lately conveyed ihe m.iii
from Limerick toTalla. He was discharg
ed by the contractor wiih the post-office,
named Burns, a miller and farmer on (he
line, and in revenge has charged the corl
tractor with burying an old man in his em
plounent alive! His story is, that the old
man, being in a feeblo state, was sent ou a
enr to his friends in the county Tipperary.
They refused to receive him, and seut him
back when Barns, assisted by his son and
he informant, buried him alive, in Ins
clothes! Barns and his son have been ar
rested, and admit that the old man was bu
ried in his clothes, but deny that he was
alive. The coroner an magistrates have
been for, some days searching for the body,
which was interred in an old church-yard,
bu', although assisted by the informer and
the accused, they had not been i;We to dis
cover it when our informant wrote. The
post-boy has sworn that he heard the old
man groan, as they threw the dirt on him in
his grave. Irish paper.
o-
0.n Tonra at a Time. S ep among
your neighbors, reader, and see whciher
those of them who hive got along sm loihly
and accumulated property, and gained a
good name, have not been men who ben'
hemsclves to one single branch of business,
who brought oil iheir powers to boar upon
one point, and built on one foundation. It
must be so.
Go out in coring, when the sun is yet far
distant, and you can scarcely feel tho in
fluence of his beams, scattered as they are
over the wide face of creation; but collect
these beams to a focus, and they kindle up
a flamo in An instant. So the nun that
squanders his talents and his strength on
many things, will fill to mako an impres
sion with eilher; but let him draw them to
a point let him strike at n single object, and
it will vield before him.
The following portrait of Gen. Jackson
is drawn bv a violent opponent Webb, of
ihe New York Courier. It does justice to
his character as a soldier time will do jus
tice bis ehnnefer as a statesman: .
M Whatever difference of opinion may
exist as to the executive policy, or civil
qualifications of Gen. Jackson, it would be
little less than tao madness of party feeling,
to deny his claim to the highest military ta-
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ieuis. i ne History or nis wnoie career nt
war, whether Willi while men or red men,
in the forest or in the field, distinctly marks
him out as one fitted with nil those requi
sites of courage, enterprise, judgment, deci
sion and celerity, winch Cnhstlttltii a great
commander. Not one of his contempora
ries, now living, has ever been placed in a
sucecssion nf situations so fraught wi'h dif
ficulty nnd danger, demanding such powers
of endurance and perseverance, us General
Jackson. His eaniDuisns in the Southern
wilderness, whoro the sun neverrhone on
his difficulties, and the world could not wit
ness his courage, patient torlitudo and re
sources of mind, were accompanied by dan-
tiers, privations nnd suffering, such ns the
eaders of European armies never endured
or dreamed of, and required qualities to
meet and siftfnounf, such as lew of tho.ic
possess. All these were crowned nt New
Orleans, by a series of prompt and energetic
measures, and by a consummate exercise ol
kill and judgment, which, aided by similar
qunliiies in the leader of the opposing host,
produced a result as glorious ns unexpected
by ihe world. Wo should hold ourselves
recreant to the honest feelings of a true
American, did any considerations of party,
or difference in mere politics, restrain us, on
such an occasion as this, from dointr justice
to the hortvhowever we may dissent from
the politician."
A. Earthquake vvt off. A notable
instance ol popular gullibility and folly hus
just been turnishcd, in the absurd alarm
into which numbers ol the inhabitants of
ihis town have been thrown for tho last few
days, by the prediction of some insane street
preacher, that Qroenock was about to be
destroyed by an earthquake) Tuesday, it
seems, was the day appointed for this dread
ful occurrence, which was to throw com
pletely into tho slnde the rival horrors of
the late deluge in Cnrtsdvkc; nnd so strong
a hold had tho fanatical ravings of this pro
phet ot evil token upon the minds of the
least informed portion of the population,
thai we are given to undorstund some ot
them actually left tho town boforo the ar
rival of (he dreaded day which was to seal
the doom of Greenock. For the consola
tion ol these worthies, who must no doubt
be very anxious to know what has become
of us all, wo are happy to assuro fhotn thai
Groenouk is still standing where they left
and where, we hope, they will und it
again, on their return home.
Urcenock inteuisenccr.
Bexkvousnce ani Good Fortune. A
short time ago, Mr. Charles Dc lkhr, book
seller in New York, while looking on the
ruins, after tho great fire in Ann street, saw
a mechanic who bad done work for hi in.
and who was lamenting tho loss of nil his
stocn, vvc. "Courage," said Do Behr, "you
have friends, industry, energy. To hegin,
I will give you a hundred dollars. I have
not the money at due moment, but you shall
have my note.'" Tho note wss given, and
it lei) due the day aiicr lie iMhr's own ee-
tablisbmrnt was burnt out in Brondwav,
and he believed himself ruined, being, as
he thought, uninsured. The note, however,
was promptly paid out of the pittance that
remained. The good deed diJ nm go un
rewarded. Some time since be had written
to England to have an insurance effected on
his property, provided it could be dnc on
reasonable terms. Ho has j ist been in
f 'lined that a p liry has been obtained in
London for '3,500 sorting, or in ire than
$30,000, being about sutlicient to cover all
his losses. The friends who have sympa
thized wiih him iu his adversity, now con
gratulate him on his unexpected good tor
tune. Transcript.
Revoixtionarv Amkdotc. A friend
has communicated to us the following anec
dote of olden times, which, like every thing
pertaining to the Kevolution, is worthy Of
record, and will be rend with interest:
B irgoyne, the Biitish general, who had
vainly boasted to George III. thd, with
3,000 men, he could march through the co-
loint s, from mc cn j lb the other, had en
camped at Skeenerhorough (now Whitehall)
with double Ihe force he had Raited from hi?i
king. While there, John M'D , a Scotch
citler of Washington cou: tv, was seen
with his weary riaii, making hid way to the
encampment of the Bi itish army. On his
arrival he inquired for Gen. Frazer; f r the
traveller had seen service as tfo!dier un
der Frazer in the French war. They me
and recognized each other, and cordial was
that meeting. T.vo uatives from ihe land
of the thistle need but see each other in n
foreign land, and they arc brothers at on"C.
Bit in this case our heroes had, beside
being natives of ihe same loir, another fit
to bind them together that was " auid ac
quainiauce." Alter tho customary congratulations be
tween them, M'D. intimated to tho general
that he had come to see him on business
ol a confi lential nature. Frazer then re
quested his attendants, to withdraw, and
asked John to inform him what it was. John
then began. "I have," said he, "a wife
and one son, nnd possess about four hun
dred ncres of land, a small portion of w hich
is under improvement, a comfortable limsc
and out-buildings. Jly live slock consists
of a horse, which I have wiih ine here, tw
cows, and a few sheep. N w, general, I
h ive come to you for the advice of a fiiend
to know what I am to do in the nresent c n
dition of the country. " Frazer thought foi
a few moments, find then sai.J, "John,
there is no sitting on tho fence; there i? n-
half-way work about ifj there is but one
course for you to pursue. You must go
back and fiifht for your country." M'D
started back as if thunderstruck, not know
ing what to make of it. On recovering from
his surprise, with n serious air, beA&tng
down his had,andnt tile samo time sinking
it, he said, " I can n a, I can na do that; I
have sworn allegiance lo Georfce III., and I
cannot break my oath." "Tint oath,"
said Frazer, ''can land you no longer than
vour kin:r protects you, and it is now doubt
ful about his being able longer lo afTjrd you
that protection."
M'D. bade farewell to the noble Scotch
man, after receiving the injunction to keep
this interview a profmnd secret until he
should be no more, hen he might relato it
at his pleasure. M'D. pledged his In. nor,
which was enough. He returned home,
shouldered his musket, nnd a better Whii
never aimed at Tory . Tho genenms, tho
honest, the noble Frazer, fell at Saratoga,
lamented by foes as well as friends, and
M'D. long lived to tell his fireside story,
which he had kept n secret until after the
death of his friend and adviser.
Trot; Whig.
Iloniuo Murder and Arson-. Tho N
York papers of Monday contain accounts of
the perpetration of u revolting murdor in
that city. Tho Journal of Commerce re
cites the circumstances as follows:
A young woman, Ellen Jewott, boarding
with Mr.. Townsond, of No. 41, Thomas
street (a house of ill fame) wits murdered
in her bed yesterday morning. The cir
cumstances, as we have heard them, are as
follows: Miss Jcwett had been for some
time the kept mistress of Francis P. Robin
son, clerk iu a respectable mercantile house
in Maiden L ine, w ho, it appears, from some
oause, became jealous, and demanded of
her a miniatiira likeness of himself, which
he had presented to her, and also some cor
respodencc that had passed between them,
which sho refused to give up. Nothing,
however, occurred l load to a suspicion
that any violence was intended.
On Saturday nitht, Robinson visited thp
house at the usual hour, and remained with
her until o ocloek on Sintliy morning,
when he was heard by llio.-c sleeping in the
uwor uurtol the house to come down stairs,
and finding ihe front door locked, he called
out to the family to lot him out; he imme-
diatelv thereafter went to the back door,
unbolted it, and iu the act of climbing over
the fence, his cloak was caught by a na
torn from his shoulders and left on iho fonci,
with a sharp hatchet tied to its tassels,
where it was found in the morning.
A short timo af er he left, the inmates
were alarmed by a dense smoke which filled
the house, alm.ist to suffocation. On going
up s'nir, into ihe room of the unfortunate
girl, the smoko waa found to proceed from
her bed, which was u nre, ami on wmcn
lav her dead bodv, her head mangled in a
shocking manner, three deep wounds h iving
been inrlicled ou her temple aivl loreoeau.
Suspicion inmiediiilely rested on Robin
son, who was arrested about 8 o'clock, at
his boardina-housc in Dey street, and con
ducted by the olficors to Thomas street,
where Uio murder was committed, and
I where the run wit's jury
tne dead body.
f The following i the verdict of ihe ooro-
I ncr's jury. " It is the opinion of the jnrv,
from the evidence before them, that the said
Ellen Jewcti came to her death by a blow
or blows inflicted on the head with a hatchet
by Ihe hand of Francis P. Robinson."
R bins Q is a voting man, apparently
about twenty years ol ae, and
manner. Ball. Ckrm. April 13.
Tni New Yohk Murdih. The New
York papers say that, on examination into
the circumstances connected with the mur
der of Miss Jcwett, an account of which ap
peared in the Transcript yesterday, rnoch
additional circumstantial evidence against
Robinson, the young man accused, was
elicited, so as to leave little doubt of nil
guilt. He, however, maintains the most
perfect composure, and denies all participe
: n 'i iu tbo borrid tragedy.
Amongst the evidence against him, the
hatchet which was found, as stated yester
day, was identified by Mr. Hoxie's porter,
as belonging to the store of his and Mr. Ro
binson's employer, and it was also proved
that the cloak belonged to the accused.
It is suid that the real name of the unfor
tunate young woman is Ellen Spudding,
and that she is the legitimate daughter of
M jor General Spaulding, of Ihe state of
Maine. She was placed bv har father nt a
boarding-school in New York, where she
became acquainted wiih the cashier of a
bank, through whose heartless perfidy she
was led to abandon herself to her late de
graded course of life. She was well edtf-
ated ami highly nccniulihed, speakinjr
French aud Italian with gre .i elegance and
fluency, and a profieient in music. Robin
" on, her supposed murderer, is a native of
Durham, in C 'nneclicut.
Since writing the above, we learn by a
person from Now York, that ihore is a pro-
bility tlia It Hunson will be aite to prove
himself innocent of any concern in the
trans iction. His em d ivers, merchants of
ihe first respectability, testify to his Uni
formly good ch iracter, and it is also said he
is ablo to prove himself at home at the time
the murder was Committed.
P.'tilada. Trantcript.
Scraps from the Louisville Journal.
A man in New York, jealous of his wife,
stabbed himself twice with a chisel, and i
not expected to live. Pail. Trantcript.
A very g.ood weapon. Three or four
days ago, wo observed one of the Texiaa
vol uileers from this ci'y, arming, himself
u iili chid Mtftcatl of a dtr. Wo suppose
that, when he mee's the enemy, he will, as
the Yankees say, " go at them full chisel."
The Yankees can, at any time, manufac
ture nuiuicgs of white oak, or gun-flints out
of h irn. Vhciumgo Tel.
They havo recent y performed n much
more marvellous feat than that. They have
manufactured a governor out of Isaac Hill.
How arc we to fi:n credit with the peo
ple? Portland Argus.
The way is easy, sir. Tell the truth. If
you cannot muster resolution to tell it per
manently, tell it fr six months), and perhaps
you may, upon tho strength of that, got
credit for a v e.tr'd lying afterwards.
" The Whigs have treated us badly."
Portland Advertiser.
How would you have them treat youf
With brandy and water?
Ma. Prentice I perceive, that Tnvlor
Webster, member of Congress from this
state, is abusing you in bis paper, the Ham
ilton ielcgraph. It is a shame, that such a
fellow should bear the honored namo of
W f.rster ." Oh io Vorrespodent.
Why so? D i not negroes, and even cur-
dogs, in these days, boar the names of'' Ce
sar, " Ponipey, and ' Cato," the names
of the most illustrious Romans of antiquity?
The New York Evening Star aya: -"
A Sro.v All the aboliton men in Con
necticut, and they number a powerful vote,
rallied on the Van Buren ticket."
Let the South remember this.
A bather Exclcsive Benvactok. Dr
Preston, of Philadelphia, has bequeathed
the sum of $300,000 fir the establishment
if a lying-in-hospital tor married women.
What is to become of women not in that
category, appears not to have entered into
the don r's consideration. A contemporary
remarks we think justly that the origi
nal inten'ion of such institutions was for the
benefit of women who have been ruined
and abandoned by worthless men, and have
no home or protector at all.
IS. x. Courier.
A very gross fraud was lately detected in
the packing of some cotton at Nashville.
Six bales in particular tvero suspected, from
their great weight, mt to have been honest
ly packed, and upon opening them, thoy
were found to contain about twelvo hundred
pounds of stoues, logs, &.c. lb.
From the Washington Sun.
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.
So far as the Election returns have been
received from Virginia, the Van Bureniten
have lost ground. The White ticket has
gained ono member, and upwards of seven
tern hundred popular votes, over the vote
ot the last election, in the same counties.
Fhe atinregnte popular vote of the last elec
tion was greatly against the Van Uuren
abolition party, in the b'ate, and wiin nh
immense gain of popular votes this year the
fate of Van Buranism is sealed in the Ojtf
Dominion. If this state of things prevails