SOU! f TELEGRAPH.
nai. a Iwl; and ke Unit dare Mat, U a a law;.
iMmr 4.
10 0.) 7"33D7 tfOP.NIXTG, T 4, 1 837.1
IVo. 2 1. -Whole o. 17 7.
80 U T II E R N T I) 1. KG RAP II
Tn mn remasn m v im tiksh.it ar
THOTlJi H. PALHRN,
MVR DOI.f, VltS (t yiitr, iaarfraaee,ar
tlir expiration of tlio cur.
No piuwr ttHacnntinonl until all arrear.i-
nanl, unle nt tho notion of tho iilitur.
Ah SulufeiiUinns rectiirtl fur a ihorter ir-
than one kt.r.
rerms at Attt rrlUlne-.
trn line, or !.. for tho firt in.
Dollar; foreacli additional iii.or-
eeit nor lilie for the first.
I ne for each tttitionl UMCf-
those who ndvcrtiic bv the rnnr.n
lit will hr miidr.
Cuomt i'M A- the b
li iirnerally.
just received, direct from
fork, it splendid assortment of
tiG AND SUMMER
C II A ! 1 '. E,
lin following isn part
and 1-1 f.owell Cotton!,
4l bleached Sheetings and Shirtings .
incn,
f8liirtings and Diaper,
assortment of runts,
mid figured)
Handkerchiefs,
ots, .vc. ivc.
which we invite tho attention of the
1 particularly.
-AT.S0-f
indsomclot of Jcnoll'V, just reeM
VAlii:, CUTLERY, CLASS,
'ARE, Q1WENSWARE, AM)
GROCERIES
splen lid Stock of SPRING & SUMMER
CLOTHING,
rs, BOOTS, SHOES, &c. ice. &k.
which we call the attention of the
iu:i"ui ami promise to please thpm.
PAtiviitn & fa iixs worth.
nil I. 18:i7. 8-tf
FRESH SUPPLY.
'IE undersigned respc c tfu 1 1 tSi f r rrui
his friends and customers that he has
received direct from New York, a hand-
hiiu wen .selected supply ot
SPRING A N I) S U M AI E R
aoots.
Comprising Staple and "Fancy
DRY GOODS,
'REM V SUMMER Clothimr.
, - i rrr j
A sri'Kitioit lot or
HARDWARE,
,.A few fine Double-barrelled GUNS,
'It, added to his former stock, makes
assortment very complete.
He respectfully invites purchasers to call
ft) examine !iis stock.
J. A. MONTGOMERY.
lodney, .March 28, 18.17. 7-tf
HENDERSON & HILL,
y V. j rst reeeive.i aini are now open-
Mg a fresh supply ol
yCY Sf STAPLE DRY GOODS,
to
pother with a very suparior lot of
ARDWARE, (HIEENSWARE, and
CUTLERY
Also, a com;dcte assortment of
GROCERIES,
which thev hep; leave to oiler for
sale on very liberal terms, tteJSt,e,
.odnev, January 31, 1837. .r)l-:f
NOTICE.
"R. JAMES J. COLLIER is ad-
pointed ngeat to settle the business
late Mrs. MA RGARKT I A T1ERK,
MONTGOMERY viz: to receive and
accounts duo her and to pay all ac-
its due bv her.
. ALSO
11 all her
JSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FUR
NITURE
either by public or private sale.
ANDREW AlONluOAI ERYi
March 31, 1837. Jfctf
TAKE NOTICE.
TIAVINfi sold mv stock of Drnys and
I Medicines to Messrs. T. G. Compton & ( 'o.
must earnestly solicit, all persons hav ing
apen m.-uoyirTs with me lor Hie last and pre-
Isent years, to come forward and close them.
GEORGE JJ. BAYLY.
WOetoItef 25lm. 37 tf
COMMISSIONERS' NOTICE.
PHE undnrsiffned Commissioners air
ed by tho Probate Court pf-JefTorspa
f, to rsceivc and audit claims against
festato of David N. Williams, deceased,
ported insolvent, will meet for that pur-
use on the fourth Saturday in each month,
r six months successively, at Jno. Stoelc V.
JO. DUNBAR,
JAMES WOOD, Comm'rs.
ROB. Y. WOOD,
farch7, 1S37. Ml
I VERY variety of BLAN
hand and fo sale at thi
Dr. T. II. FOX.
OFFKIM hi scrvii
iohnbiian's of Kudut-v
cmitv, in ;!io various h
GpRMncrci
Dr.
ire re In
ii u't prufi
KS37.
Mi
RE MO V A L.
THE Store of VOE &, DAVKNPOR T
Imis been removed to the new tmildin" late
ly erected bv George Overaker, one doui
below tho south-west corner of Commerce
street.
Rodney, April 11,1837. 9-tf
I'ashionable Tailoring.
J. I. MOORE.
R
ESPECTFULLY wmmnmmm to hi
friends- and the public ia L'enoral.
mat no iias returned to Kodticy iimler more
fivorahlo auspices thnn those which induc
ed him to leave; nnd having, as he hope,
gained tho good will of, Uio community,
confidently thinks that a liberal share of
patronage will bo extended to him.
His simp may be found opposite k (he
Mansion House, and one dor below the
storo ot Messrs. Fauver &. Furns worth.
All orders will punctually attended- to.
Rodney, April 18, 1837 10-tf
Fresh Arrival.
.S 7 UA R T i 8 M I T JI,
HAVE just received, and arc now open
ing, an assortment of
STAPLE & FANCY GOODS,
adapted to the season, to wit:
Superior black Alerinos,
do Silk Hhdkfs (of various colors,)
Fine Italian Sewing Sitkl f. assorted
Black Silk Velvet, (a beautiful article,)
Thread Lace and Edging",
Black slripeachafs, .
MtiornirtfrSJlslin, &,c.
Together prry fine nx.snrtntcnt o
Ladies' Fancy Dress Hantlkorchiefs,
Gloves,
Hosiery, &c. &c.
We have also on hand a lot of PALM
LEAF HATS.
Rouney, April II, 1337
9-tf
I 'Of? f Davenport,
I t EG leave to inform tho public that they
are still in Rodney, and are now open
ing, a superior assortment of
G () O 1) S.
of every description, adaprcdte ttro acastm
and the market, viz:
Spring and Summer Clothing
.staple ami finey Dry Goods, of the latest
fashion an moat approved style,
H it?. Boots, Shoes and Saddlery,
Queens, Glass &, Hardware, Cutlery, fee.
&.e. &c.
They have likewise a large lot of
aooi) PAPER
on hand, which they are anxious to dispose
of for rush only.
Hiving heretofore receive! n liberal
share of patronage, tjioy fool desirous of
having it continuerl, and guarantee that all
those who confide in them shall not Le dis
appointed. Rodney, April II. 1N37. )-f
Plantation for Safe.
NTENDINCJ nfier this year, to remove
my planting interest lo the river, I offer
or Silo tlic tract of I md on which I-now
reside, situated in Jeircrson C'irintv, in the
GuJ Hiljs, IsJ miles from Rodney and 10
from Fort (iils n.
The tract, contains upwards of 1000
Acre of tho best quality of Gulf Hill Lm'4,
ah nit 500 Aerea of which arc in high culti
vation, is remarkably well watered, and is
cooside'cd one the heallhreiit places in the
country.
It has upon it a good comfortable Dwel
ling House, with a fine never failing spring
convenient to it, and all the necessary out
houses ; a quarter large enough to acrom
modatc 40 hands; a Gin with 'i stands ; a
Mil! separate from the Gin; Stable, &.c.
If desirous, 1 will also sell the stock
Which is tolerably lame;
FARMING UTENSILS, &c.
Likewise,
A FEW FIRST-RATE HANDS.
Possession to be given f.ftcr the crop now
being planted shall be galheied.
Persons desirous of purchasing arc re
quested to call upon nie previous to tho 1st
oI'May, itb6ut which tinio I c:;ect to leave
home.
J. B. COLEMAN.
Mn i
I, 1S37.
(i-tf
15)000 rfiCi. C'
AND 75
For sai.k.
THE siihscrihcrs ju-opose soiling fifteen
thousand acres very superior level
COTTON LANDS,
situated on ihc bank of navigation, enlire
ly free from inundation. Growth, 'highland
dogwood, red-bud, sassafras, hickory, wal
nut, ocus(, hoxeldcr, holly, gum, 6cc. and
very large cane.
ALSO,
75 LIKELY YOUG NEGROES,
now upon the laud. Possession given im
mediate-. Credit 1,2, 3, 1, 5, , 7 and
S years. For a more particular description
of the above property, and for tonus apply
to either of the owners.
G. GIBSON;
JN. W II, SON. -ULkJS87.'
J-tf
PORT It V,
Lv TRACTS,
From feUMurATAV.t, a new xn-jn hy (Jcorjre DV".
1'iitrr, K. about to be pubii.hotl at Tcrrc
Haute, Indiana.
Where wave the forest furovcr ereen
And ilowers in bloom arc altvn.v fan,
Where farther far than the cyo emt . hold
Au ocean of criuron, pttrjilr, nail gold,
lake a carpet from a paradise jt nnndl'd
'I'ltr prutrrr nppearii, with bower nl prove
Through which the elk aad buffalo rovej
And the prnceftil deer bound, lightly o'nr.
Or swims the bright waters from short- In shore;
Where the fragrant grass when waved hy the
brotie,
Like the sun-lit hi Hows of pa tern sea,
All rattiantly sparklet with every dye
That glows on the earth or blends in Ihc kv ;
Where the sun never scorches, the frost never
cliillr,
Where Flora pre-ides o'er the meadow and hills,
Pnblasted hy Winter, unshroutled by Uiow,
'Hie wiltl-rose and lily and hare-bell (.'row;
nrrp me oaK is opprest By Hie towering vine,
And the enrh is tlluiu'tl hy tf
Where fountains of pearl hnt
And the voice of the inockinnj
Where the forest clad mound
And where tibcHy, glomus liberty !
i
Thiland still blosiom! in the suit's bri-rht rav.
Hut the race who mo t loved it, eh where are
they? ,..
(ione from tho forest., the prairie, the stream,
Like tho body less phantoms that people a dream,
Like the sparkles that round the cataract play,
fake the mist ol the mountains, they've past
away!
Their humble homes to the flat)!"! were gir3w5
The plough their very hearths hath riven ;,
W here .-tood their templets, their Hilars, their
graves.
The town is renr'd qr the harvest wavc;
With helmless brows and bosoms bare,
Those fearless forest warriors came,
And faced the sabre's awful glare,
" The cannon's crash, the markets flame.
Their sacrc.l heritage to shield,
They mingled in the carnage red,
Till bulwarks o'er the crimson field
Wars reared with heaps of gory dead.
'From t.ahrador's otcrOal snows,
To Patagonia's frigid strand ;
From where the blue" Atlantic flows,
To where Kiumi'.s forest stand ;
Of stream or forest, field or flood,
There's not a foot their ooreqiiarnr owns,
But has been colored witlithnir blond,
Or whitened with their bleaching bones.
And when tho awful trump of Ood,
Dissolving Death's mysterious chain,
Shall rend the marble and tho sod,
To give' each form its soul again)
There's not within this broad domain
A siiijjie rootl of sea or earth,
But, rly 'd with many a murderous slain,
give a slaughtered Indian birth.
The rustling leaves were waving free
In the Waul and balmy air,
Or flushing their emerald heraldry.
In that wateh-rtro's rud lv
glare j
iv one gorgnnin Bowon) ol every
hue.
Like orient ccnorj bloom
Antl goni'd with tlroiis of p ir'iiio
Were brualliing rich purfame.
MARY'Ra
As 'dary, wilh her li ofro-es,
Was lrippina'er tho Unwary mead
A fooli-h little supposes
'1'be rosy lip ;, rr,se indeed ;
And so, astonished at the b!is'.
He steels (be honey of her kiss.
He wantons there a moment lightly-.
He sports away on careleis wing;
But, ah! why swells that, wound unsightly ?
The rascal! he has left a sting.
She runs to lae with wcepi ig eyes
BWSet images of April skies !
'Be this,' said I, 'to hMUM misses
A warning they should hear in mind ;
For oft a lover steals their fciMW,
Then flies and leaves a sling behind.'
'This may be wisdom, to he sure,'
Said Mary; 'but I want li tain-.'
What rould I do ? to east- the swelling,
My lips and hers delighted meet ;
And, trint iue from that lovely dwelling
I found the poison sweet.
Fund boy! unconscious of its smart;
I sucked llie poison to my heart.
.! I S 0 K I. f. A S K OVS,
AFFKCTING NAR11ATIVT5. '
Wo do not know (hat we have read any
filing more painfully niTecling than the sub.
joined account of a murder dclilieralclv
commixed by a f itlier upon his four chi!
drcn. The dreadful deed was perpetrated
in March, at the parish jif Binssford, near
Nottingham, in England. The children
were aged ten, eight, live ard two years
respectfully. Their tnoilicr was dead
Tlic falhcr murderer is a man of thirty -five,
a laborer, described a k a man of kind dis
position and good charactr.r, and holed for
his attachinent lo his children. The fear
ful deed appears to have been eouiuiiltcd
under the infltiruicc of a morbid iVrhng of
raisery, occasioned by pecuniary dishes ;
vet Greenstnith was in. constant em;)ly -
mont, and receiving thirteen shilling a
week. The littlo w.-itorora were line, heal
thy children,aiid much liked by ihoir neigh
Ixirs. Thomas G
enstnjth of Bissfi, I. fthc
murderer.) having been cautioned bv llie
coroner, auid: I livs in the rani next to
this house, and M . .M-uk Woodward is my
landlord. I wedt on Monday moriiin r last
to hedge on the farm of Mr. G. Brown at
fatMfta Park; I retn lined tlie.ro all the
day, and returned in the evening about
o'clock. Wlin I got home, I took some
thing to oat, staid m llie house about a half
an hour, and then went lo tho Seven Star
public lia ise, near Leather Bottle, N
ham, where I had a cup of ale. I then re
turned home. I walked alone tho whole
way. and readied Bissfnfd between eleven
and twelve that night. I mot Mr. Joseph
Wotnlward,(wlio is flic fither of Mr. M irk
Woodward, in) landlord,) in the yard; he
asked mo afc- utthe rent, and I told him I
had arranged u ith his son to pay the next
Wednesday but one: he told in a he worrtd
hiueit the next morm'ng; I told him it was
iuiyiss!ble for nic to give if to him the next
morning, but that he should h rVa it in the
the course of tho next week; ho said he
vould not be nut olfihat way, and if I didn't
get it ready in the morning, ho would take
my goods. 1 thoughtlf ho took my goods.
that I should have no house n- where to
go no home, nor nothing and that before
my children elwuld bclurned in'othe street.
and be separated from me, I would suffer
what the law would nleasc to elno on me.
p t i
re paused, and it was very
v eat emotion was passing
widiin Ins 1 osont out after he had answer
en wo or three questions, he resui.i'ja m l
described fo the jury in llie greatest compo
sure, n follows)
Coroner Did you turn your housckeep
Cl away that nigh;?
Prisoner I told her she must go: and I
intended her to go out and not stay there
that bight.
Coroner Did you go up stairs as soon
as she was gone? .
Prisorypr-iNo. I was not willing lo part
with my children, s 1 made up my miii I to
strnjlo them, and 1 did it with my handker
chief! Coroner -When did that idea first come
into font mind?
Prisoner Not till that niglit ifier talk
ing.to Mr. Woodward. L did not proceed
up stairs immediately after my housekeeper
lofa I staid in the liouse-placg about an
hour 1 then went up stairs, and went di
rcclly into the children's room. 1 think
some of them wero awake, but I don't
know pnrt'rc'iWIy; Tho tWoat Ot.it Mr.
Woodward gave me caused mo to do what I
did. There were two in one bed nnd two
in the other. 1 think I took my handker
chief out ofmy pocket when ' g"t ' -stairs,
hut don't know where. I wont to the bed
where the two youljgor ones voro 1 ing,
(Mark and-Ann); I think they were not
awake at the time. I kiised thotn all.
shoal; handj nnd bade them good bye, hc
firel dcslrtiycd 'hem. I Icsst'ian a minute
al.er 1 got into the itxirn,
mv Vonnstcst f.Vlnrkl first.
1 lie. ran';
i . .It
1 twistetl iu
h iielkercliiefa l.il, and pi
)ui it round its neck,
turn lion ti ui a last single, itn a. t urew it
tight, but did not pull itatall tifierwirdsj I
then left h ltd of tlia hmdkerchief. (The
prisoner, there is no doubt in his agiiaiiou,
hew the knot of ihc handkerchief jn the
first Instance across its mouth, as it boars
marks on its lip-; an I i's tongue is Bitten.)
1 had a eaudfo with me in the cnamhor j bill
do not .'ui that MookoJ at while it w is
sttrangling. I believe I did not Ink at. it.
I kept the handkerchief ofi its neck for five
minutes, 1 then took if T, and tho chiid
appeared to he dead. 1 did n t see that it
We'll si t the m mlh, as I did not fink at it in
the face. It did hot scream. Never a one
uf thorn' winced. J Went to Ann next, and
tied the handkerchief round her throat in
the same way. When I had throttled Ann
I won't down stairs and staid against the
fire for a few iniu itcs. I stool consider
ing, and I thought I might as well s lifer
fur litem all as for two.
I then wont up stairs again, and wis go
ing up lo tho bed where the other tw.i lay,
(the bed being uu lor th: win I e,v in which
John and William, tho eldest, boys Were.)
when William jumped out of the bed, ran
across the floor, and got into the bed where
Mark and Ann lay, which is the cause they
are all in one bed. I thought he had seen
me strangle the other two. As he ran
ici'i ss llie floor, In:
Pray.
father
dome so.' Illicn tied thp lvijidkerehiel
round the biggest lny'sneek (J thn' ) I did
11 d look to sco if Jt.hu s'rugjdcd, but w.mii
and set tl oi n on the bed side mo-.i in Wil
liam, aud s-id to him, 'My , lad, we'd ;:Ii
share our fate.: when I've done von I -hall
have nobody lo think of but myself. iyi;l it
will he my turn hoxt,' and hu navcr spoke'
mure. Thev none of them ever winced,
and I will lake my oath nevv-r ivied out.
I thou went and took the handkorcJitof utf
a 1 . I J. . I H'-h: t f 1
.i-inii, nun neu 11 rouiiii it iniaiu a tueeii.
When I took llie handkerchief w" John's
neck he appeared to lioo ulo dead. Wil
liam made no rc.-istance; if he did it was
the least in tho world, as gave him no
chance, am! ho never screamed o-it al all.
.s soon as I had tied ihe handkerchief on
William's neck, I went down stairs, where
I 8thl for more than an hour; I then went
up stairs again, afid sat on the bed side,
where William, Ami, and Mark lav, tilld
o'clock, I then look ihe handkerchief oil'
William's neck, nnd put it in my hat; this is
it. (taking a cotton handkerchief out of his
hat, an I holding it up toshow the eoruiic; .)
I shook hands wiih them all, thuiking jt
.would uo uie iiusi time 1 should see
and staged.
Coroner When you destroyed ih
n.
l
i i
tn, i'i ui yoi
elTT
Prisoner '
kon in a d i v i
to suffer wh'ite
me.
Coroner r
Prist iiier 'I
i knew I sin-lid lw la-
o. I know 1 sh ill hive
die law will iuflict upon
w I it I arc yoti, Gi ccnsmilh ?
'hirtv-livc.
This close. i the case, ami the jury imaie
diatelv returned a verdict of "wilful luurdci
against Til KM is (i recti smith.''
The prisoner w:w n.t in the least afToctod
by tho yerdi -t, hut on tho c uttrary, as soon
as ho had delivered his testimony his coun
ten in. 'c brightened up, and he apnea rot
more cheer):! than during the ex ainiiiitioi)
of the witnesdos.
A STKAMBOAT BACK
The in itiu.-i in winch Uw ttoam'ooal ra
ces, which so frequently end in the dread
f.il destruction of human life, are conduct
ed mi the Western waters, is given in the
last Poona Ketftator, nnd was written b
Mf. Sim-.ie! II. Duvis, Who was in one ol
the boats .
Tiir Banter.
Oa Wetlie; ay morn in J, the 1 fh of
Ap il, tho captain of the Franklin stepped
on board of the Phillips, both boats being
at LoOisvillr, ati'l, niter llie usual saluta
tions, put his h iii l somewhat significantly
to his neck. 'Whtit's thrj-matter with your
neck?' asked the captain of the Phillips.
'1 .strain-; 1 r,' replied the other, 'looking
hack lor you the last run we made up
'Well," siid Capt. McChin, 'if I can got
enough i re i
lit fir ha'last,
you sua II
it looking the rittter way to-Jav.' Thus tho
challenge Was given and accepted. The
thing took w ind, and bets of .$101) to 73
were made that the Franklin "Would heat
the Phillips one hour. The latter got no
freigh', and had to run under this disad
vantage. The Stark
Tho Franklin left port at 11 o'clock,
with her usual c anpliiiicnt of fia.-ight and
passengers, and pro ceded olT in gallant
stylo. The Phillips left at 35 minutes pist
1 1, just as her challenger was passing Six
Mil-: Island. She had no freight, but the
had a good supply of pine knots, in addi
tion to her s'.o ik of wo id, which was, for
!he most part, dry heeah, and excellent.
The Franklin, being a passenger boat be
tween Cincinnati and Louisville, of course,
contracts for and obtains the best wood on
the river. The Phillips had about 30 catt
in, and the same number of deck passen
gers; anvmg llie latter was a bugler, who,
from the hurricane deck, sent forth several
stirring airs, -is the boat shoved off and got
under way. The cll'act seemed enchanting.
.AUunhnul, ilsoks, draymen, all dropped
their pursuits, and became gazers epon the
scene.
Oetrhaul at M,u'Uon.
Th rigli tho Franklin was observed six
miles ahead
on our leaving port, yet, from
tho bonus in
ne
river, and the increasing
smokiiHJsa of
s n lost sight
t!
tilt:
mospnere,
slio was
ignin until
a ;..l 11 at scon
M uljsou, fill
we arrived near Madjsou, 30 miles foin
f.-iuisyiHe. ffero she had stopped 10 niin-
pi'ooaolv, to deliver die 111 til, and was
hilt a mile ahetl 's we pissed tho town.
Thus wo h id gained at least 20 minutes up
on her in this dis'r-.n-e. Till this time ve
ry few of (ho passengers knew of the race.
The light of the I'Vanklin, the swiftest boat
on the Western waters; tho fact that she
was six milo.-i ahead on our leaving L ouis-vi!U-,and
that we were now within hail, pro
duced a belief in the minds of all that we
could boat her, an I made lis disposed to try.
ill WuttitHTj i
The bona kept about the sa ne distance
from c icli 0th Jr fiir the nail thT.-iy miles.
to Warai'Wj where the Franklin Was com
pelled to touch to deliver thomiil. Thi
Phillips shot ahead, and Obtained five or
six lengllis, wheu tlia raii.vlui was o:l
again, unJjr a hyk head of sloum. Shu
sail
ami tho
ias 'miahtifyV Then
tho Contagion spread throijh every soul on
board, '(iitih-al, captain keop her in
the wake- !iu:v, 1 far the phjHipeP was in
every miuili. Noihing c t'dd exceed the
spirit of the firemen and do -k bin Is. 'J'iu:
hitches wore thrown open; pi no knots co
vered the dock, and two or three axes kept
going in splitti.a' an I breaking them; lha
dock passengers were huddled into tho bow,
lo give the boat moro dip: tho c'.i lin-jug-otis
wero hauled from one side to Ihe (auier,
as she careened; v ihimes of lurid flime is
s ueirfrorit the tops of (lie chioiney-i, while
uensc eioaus ol
black sm ike li lad
tho at-
Up leas
tnosphe.re over us. It w
liain tint
cxe.iinuieiii prcvaiiivi on noar i me r raiixnn.
1 1 1 1 . t ,
Thus fir slic li id In cn ijubonnf tho waters.
Wo-ilil she see, herself cdipsed with mt nv
king a mi jhty etlort f Tha way that both
biMtlji won', 'was a Kuitj-m,1
R!;;;: 8mm.
T'ic relative liist.tnco l e'weon the two
.His -His but little altered tor twelve or
lifeeii inile-t fiom Warsiw. The Franklin
would saaiefimoi leave our wako by p:n
liug her head to right or loft, and nttcuipt
itrg to get in a lino with us. After ropant
ed failures, stie at lasi' suececde l a few
niili-s below Rising Sun. This is twenty
miles from Wnr.ww. Prom its high banks
a lino view of iho rivttr is had below.
The citizens sa w the haa's approaching, and
Irtlod the banks as wq passed Ihem. In
passing flic two boats were -neck and neck,1
and wo wero wiliiled with loud and contin
ued dicers. Nutfespuiso was sent back
li'iiui either lxmt; mt a ,s atnd wa heard
save the sonorous breathing of tho scape-'
I Ihc whirl ot the water-wheels,
t to respond hoion je.l only to the
1 "riit!
di.'liuciiou
Harm " l,t
ten to fifty feot apart, struck each ofhe"
with a alight eonensiai. The Indies, o
whom there Were twelve or fife ai nu hoard
the Phillip, becamo aUnnod, ami besought
their husbands lo interfere. Whilo this
consiurnati ui prevstiled in the ladies' cabiit
an I state rooms, a difforent scene W;U wit-ncs-ed
without: (he two boats aeerned lo
be !a.sh-l together, the olficers of each sb i
kin hands acr.ws tho railings and Iho
Hreineo and crc .fi itviking detiiuco. Am
the paaecngors stopped out on tho guaxde
on citlier side, they were promptly ordered
hack, tint lli J It ei's mi ;ht be kept in irJhi,
the Phillips, c p--tally, being s., tt tla-it
the weight of f.ir or m e men would careen
her over like ncanoo. Tlw highost excite
ment prevailed. The Franklin no longer
regii tb-d the delivery of the m iil. an I ha I
Mr. Kentlall's peinhy been ten fM great
er, it would not have weighed a fealher.
The rivar in front of the boats, from the
light of the furnaces, ,seeiucd a sheet laf fire,
while the sky continued overclouded with
the dense volumes of smoke which rioured
forth from the chimneys. S mictimcs tho
frank I tn would shoot ahead. Oar very
breathe were held in suspense. Then
would the PhjUipa recover hor ground, and
pas her adversary an equal distance. Thd
cheers which had been sent f irili a minute
before, were now returned with hearty
,'oid will, and a determination to triumph.
mixed wiih many horrid imprecations, W
belched forth by the crews of Isith vessel.
In rrisfiiitr Potersburtr. the boats airaiu
struck with a m re violent concussion than
bt rc. Tho alirm of the ladies in-trtlnsed;
the capt ain of the Phillips was besnughl I t
lesis. and assured that the ladies in ques
tion, Iroin their constitutional nervousness,
could not survive tho excitement. Cap
tain McClain yielded to their importunities,
and in passing the point abovc'tlie towuj ist
named, bore away and left the ehaiinol M
tho Franklin, while a heavy cheer, followed
hy a gun, resounded from the latter. On
board the Franklin it ia said the ladies wero
even more alarmed. Camphor, ammonia,
and all the restoratives on hoard Ucvv round
in profusion, until the cabin resembled a
chemical lalKwratont.. - r-. ... .imi,
A'riml'at Cinclntinth '
Tlic Phillips fell in the rear of lltd
I'Vanklin, as almve related. 25 miles btdoW
Cincinnati. She maitlfuiiied hef distauee
to port, and camo in three lengths astern,
at ten minutes past one, having performed
tho run in tcirteon hours and thirty-five mi
n ites-i-150 miles.
BOWING TO TUB LADIR3.
A little extract in the Morning Post front
some volume on etiquette, running thus
"It you meet a lady of jtour acauaiiltanco
on the street, it is her pari to notice tou first,
unless, indeed, you arc very intimate. The
reason of this is, if ,j,m JW t0 a luy fustf
she may not choose to acknowlfedge yon,
an;! there is no remedy: but if s'u: hoW hi
youyini, m a 'entlrm m, eaan H eul her?
has suggested soma remarks on this untter.
Nothing can bo more true than this reus til
ing. Let us fco how tho m itter stands,
A gentleman visits a ballvoorri, and 111
the coarsb tif theda'ncea, he may bj iuiro
dace I fo a number, of ludi-s. lie may be 4
I. nfer, or disagreeable fellow, but for the),
time, on good terms with those ah mt bim.
Now it is of course his desire to cultivate
lha acquaintance of the ladies, and if h'j
should moot th iso with whom ho consorted
at tho ball in tho stieet, ho wili bow. Tho
lady, if be bo actually one who) acquaint'
unco wop.IU.bq dis'iuijur.iblc or degrading,
may c it him with a good grace; but sup
pose him a W irthy m in, and only dis igrootl
bio ir let it bo that cxtr.inaoua eirc-aoi-stancos,
which is the: ease in a thousand in
stances, mike it desirable on the ladw'i
part that na acquaintance shodd be cu'ii
vated between tho u. Ifslic possesses goo I
leeuus, wmcu m iiics iijiuoi.ii lor nor i
wo'.io I ill 1 sansihilliios if a wirlhy individ
ual, she will fool ia a sadddoui dawlion th"
L-j;t 11 a p.tj it n. 11 ffi. tviiuti nitj
tsiro 1 to avoid mtjgjii horn y 1-
cooguiti-m. Fur tho ladies'
person she des
lire now ol re
sake it is proper that it shuulJ bo consider
ed a sine qu.t nun of enqueue that the I id
should bow first, and ackuowle Igo tho right
Of a 111 tlo to claim hur ac pi tint uig :,
The reas ui why a gentleman s'n nil 1 do
siro such a nilo of cti quotte issetfo. th ably
in the paragraph quoted. It is said nn that
a gjutlumin meets a lady.espociallv if it bo
in a crowded thoro ugliUro Viihin;ton
street, fir instance, at litpn hut what by
considers his gallantry and tillo to do con
sidered master of gen'l.em inly dep irtmen',
(which is half tlu uittio,) souiOwbat utstaku
in the m uinor 111 which ho mikos um bow.
II '. therefore has for the men uit.au extr.i
quantity of minglp.d scn,s,utioiW crow.ling
upon him, and the feeling thai hois iho ot
jec't of the g-iitc of in my. Ho hrx.r. Wtnt
if (here should bo n return I Wh it if tUn
lady lurits her ho at tho oilier wa y and pa.-.-,-;;s
ou, or slowly putting up her eyu glass,
!oi!;-',at him sharply , 11s in ueh as to say,
who are you who dare to Ink? such liber
ties? ' '
Tlio unfortunate wight is confiscated in it
moment lie hesitates a 111 mien'. lk
horse wiih the b'iud slagirors he look
a
in
the faces of all about him With iln involurf
tarV m'tltion, to see how niany are latii)hiilg
at him. His self-esteem is lessened at
least ton peirs. IIo walks haRlity 011 wih,a
j uitrty iiirof jkretended carelessness, or olso
sneacs away in utter confusion. , I fie gen
tlemen, lor1 their oWti security shouM-thcre-
fore insist upon ibis law. There should
a convention ol the high tashiouwHle
and a bulletin issued tu the woild
i'lg this vil uable, indeed, necessur)
fi.'ii. HoUon Guhixij.
the meanest peasants