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-V7%r- -v. ? ' ' - | r .'-. ' * <.Vl?| ' J . w . . . , 0 '4?f $2 PER ANNUM. IN ADVANCE NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ' VOLUME III. LANCASTER. C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING.NOVEMBER 8,1851 ' N U M B E R 38 OI?T I?r"P IP A 1710 I feW puieliitM*ofliiiil, jind ae?iiH'il nnx* | wliieli I |>n?mkIf It whs not on my own I braiice lhan from any oilier cause, pur-] lITnnrtT T I linnrTn I RmihI a.h4? t-j- feu.ui_ \H I HI j J I A I llN ! ions lo purchase more. Alter n little in-! m-eonm ii??? t ? ' ' '1Mb ilELLOWtvMLNDER. X TALK FUOU THE FRENCH OF FREDERIC SOU LIE. I wes born in one of those little hamlets situated in (lis neighborhood of Monlelimart,in the south of France, of hum- ' bte parents; mv father nad made many a fruitless vllbrl to raise himself above indigence. llis lust resource in his old ago arose from the exercise of a talent which he had acquired in his youth?that of bellows mending. This, too, was the humble profession which 1 was destined to follow. Being endowed hv nature with quick and lively faculties, laith of mind atid body, I soon grew skilful in my tr do and having an Miiibilioua spirit,set off for Lyons, to prosecute my calling there. 1 was so far successful, that 1 becamo a .rtw.it *? - ' * 0 viiin mo ctiatnia*r*iiiHuj??, who worn my chief employers, and whom ny good look* and youth interested in my favor. One evening, however, a* I wan return ing homo after my -.lay's rounds, 1 was accosted hy four well dressed young men, who throw out a low pleasantries on my profession. which I answered in a stylo of g<K*J humored raillery, that seemed to surprise and please tliettt. 1 saw thein loo. significantly at one another, and heard ouc of iheiu say ; *Twi? is our m an . The word* alarmed me, hut my fears Were speedily dispersed. **Peruurou 1" said olie; "you shall sup with us?wo have a scheme which may do you good. It' you do not agree to it we shall not harm you, hut only t?sk you to keep our secret. Do dot he afraid, hut cunic with us." Seeing all of litem to ho gentlemen in appyar.mce, I did uot hoitaie to accept liar otter. They eoudiictevl uie to a nuiu Ws of crow* streets, ami at last entered a handsomo house, m an npartuienl of w hich ?< fiHiiul <!v jt vjim^ innv, wnu HJ'pearcd to have been waiting impatiently fi>r my conductor*. A few explanatory words paas.-d re*|H'ctiilg mo, mid twMtn > !*tor w ards we Hat down to I gave way to the enjoy nielli of the hour?being young, thought less, mid light hearted? ml tented m succession of pleasantries which seemed highly to please my chance companion*. Bnl they all grew silent mu?I thoughtful ere long, and finally one of litem addressed uiu Mum: " lite ten persons whom you iwe tajfore you," said he, "are all engravers ami citizens ot Lxoita. Wo arc all in g?*?d circumstances, ami inakc a verv hamlaotne living by our occupation. We.are all attached to one another, and formed a very happy variety, till love sicpp-d in to disturb lih. In the str.et of St. Dominic there live* a picture, dealer, a man of rc pec table station, but other wise an ordj* nary personage. lie hit*, however, a daughter, |a xenwaeu of every accomplishment, and endowed with every gr.-ee, hut till wltoe titniahle qualities are aliuded by one defect?pride- -insupportable pride. A- an example 'of the way iu which this feeling li.u led Iter to treat other*, I will own that I myself paid my Addrea>c* to Iter, and was ajvproved of by her father, a* one bv birth and circumstance* much llteir superior! llul w bat wm the nnawer which the insolent girl herself gave to my suit! **f)o you think, sir, that a young woman like irrc was born for mulling l?el 1 Ar ll.?? .1? * ... ....... ... wv ins wueui mi engraver ! "Her pride ami Iter charm* lias l<ecu equaliv fell by us alt !** continued the speaker, "and we hold that she has cum A slur both upon us and our profession ! We therefore have resolvel to show the disdainful girl that she lias not indeed been lorn to the honor of being the wife of an engraver! Now will you faddressing u?e) "venture to become the husband of a charming woinata. who Attain perfctv lion wants only to have Iter pride mortified and her vanity punished !" **Yes !*' answeted I, spurred on hy the excitement of the moment ;MI coin|*eltend o hat you would have ine do, and I will fulfil it in such a manner that you shall have no reason to blush for your pupil P The three mouth* that followed this strange scene were wholly ueanuiad with IN|WWlhnli Ut the Iwrt 1 ?me lo |ierfonn. I Vftnenriutf the urieiou poe?il>le Mcrecy, I my confederate* did tlieir beat lo Iran*- I form me from a plein bellow* mender, in- I to a Hue gviHlemmn. Bothing, Imirdrev I ens Ac., brought my p* r*on lo a filling I degree of refinement, wlnln every tUy one I or uthcr of lite ?ugr*vvr? devoted hinwelf I to the U*k of Umchii.g ine muwr, drawing I Kiwi other necotnptiAhineiiU; aii?I nature , tied furtibdied me with * .|i?jK?iik>n to lady, Ainl a memory no retentive, th*t my friend* were HAtonUbed At the program of their devipUtm. Thought!*** uf I nil vW, I All the devpeel delight i? ?oI Miring Uteee new rudiment*of education. bet the thne came when ( *? to be merle neiwiUe, for the Aral time, of the trot nnturo of Um? lu?k I lm<l ontor*! jii>?u. Tim CMufitlrmtt** nt ktsgtlt tlioiij/ln l*o purfect, Miid in lUc iJiMw-kr of (b? ik'U UnrqiiH of boniM-ron. proiifWuir of > ^1. *u ? in IKmoI.W. | ?M? ioMUllo.1 i? fclto M h'<t?l hi LjtuOk It who tmlof lUW titlo tliMt 1 printed my?etf to th? r , . to Uomfote Stru^SS?:1 tereour>e of thin kind, lie Kent me word a one morning that lie had just received a a sii|?erb eolleetion of engravings from Koine n and begged me to call and sec them I u did so, and was received, not l?y him, hut t< by Aurora. This was the first eight I had h got of that lovely girl, and tor the first h lime in my life my young and palpitating d heart felt the power of beauty. A new o world unfolded itself before m> eye#; I a noon forgot my borrowed part; one setiti n ineiit al? .rbed my soul?one idea en- n chained my faculties The fair Aurora I fierccived her triumph, and seemed to lis- t< ten wiili complacency to the incoherent n expressions of passion which esca|>ed my I li|*?. That iutet^iew fixed my destiny for e ever! The intoxication of enjoying her h presence hurrie l me on, blind to everything else. For several months I saw her i? every day, and enjoyed a state of happi- n iieas only damped by the self-accusing tor- ti inents of solitary hours, and by thencees 1 sity I was under of regularly meeting my a employer*, who furnished me willi in?niev t< jewel* everything I could require. At length Aurora's I'm i Iter gave h little fete in v the country, ot which 1 was evi<letilly the e hero. A inotnent occurred, in which ft thoughtless of m 11 but It ir love, I threw c myself h suitor at her feet. Shu heard ft ntu with modest dignity, while a tear of a joy, which dimmed for a moment her tine n eye*, com it.ced me that pride was not ti it.e only emotion which agitated her heart i; ?ye*, I discovered that I wa* beloved! * 1 was an im|m?ter, bill, heaveu is my *\ witness, I deceived her not without re- p morse! In her presence I retnemlwred a nothing but herself; but in the stillness ot m solitude, sophistry and jiaasiou di*ap|M>*r- ft ed, leaving a dreacfnl pcrniieclive before tin ! Wlieti 1 a-so i led the image of y Aurora willi the miserable faie that was n mmiii to fall ti)Hai Iter?wli?-ii I figured to o myself Iter delicate hand* employed in it preparing llie coarsest nourishment I ?> shrank hack with horror, or started, cov v ercd with u cold |terspiration. Hut self- n love would come to my aid, and 1 thought t that If she truly loved tue, she might yet 1 l?e happy. 1 would devote my life, I li swore, to the task of strewing floweis along her path. Hilt all my Imp.***, all It inv lea?* cannot las told ; suffice to say. it that her father believed me when I rej?- b r?1?entod illV Sklklin u? ' 1. ... V.M|F.IIIIV II ?H distant province. 1 noulil liot allow h m farthing of Aurora's pinion to liescliled li otherwise than on herself. So there ??? m one ha^enea* of which I hhh not guilty. t< \*'e wi re married. At the altar a shiver- ?j injf ran through all my vein*, a general o tiepiilatioii seized my whole frame, ami i t! sliotiM inlalihly have mink to the earth, il' tl a Hood of tear* hail Hot come to mv relief, * The silly eio.l arouml mistook the laal cry n ot expiring virtue lor an excess of tensi- li bility. c A fori night after the marriage, as had u I wen arranged by my employers?at t whose mercy I was?we started for M??n- I telimart, my unfortmiale hridu believing a that we were going to a far distant place, ii Several of the engravers were themselves otir attendant*, ?li*gni*ed and acting as n couriers to our magnificent equipage.? r The awful moment of c\jk? lire arrived; |i ml when it vhd come, il proved more ter li rihle than 1 had even antieipated. The engraver* caused the e<pipage to be drawn 11 up before a mean and miserahle cottage, d at the d?arr of which sal my huuiblc hut a vcnernolw father. Now came tlie awful e disclosure. The poor doueired and mir- a prised Aurora was bunded out. The en- y graver* came tip?tiiey pulled off their % ilijiiriiiwiM uii.l I'" I-**" I- - I M? nnvill iium/trt iiiiu so c (xiiiiiciily refused ei v.-tainted to her: t mNi?, madnme, no. You were not Ik/hi f< or brought up fbr mi engraver; such a lot d Mould have dona you loo much honor.*? | A ludluws mender U worthy ot you, and li audi w lie whom you ha*? made your litis- a ban* I," ii Trembling and b riling witli rage, I u would have replied, but tha engravers en r tered the carriage, and like the shirting of n a scene in a theatre, all our grandeur dis- n appeared with theiii. t< J'oor Aurora scarce heard what had c been Said. The truth had Hashed upon her and site sank hack in a swoon. d lUcoliect that I Sad now acquired a h considerable degree of sensibility ami del* & icncy from my late life. At that ciuel mo n meiit I trembled alike at the thought of ei losing the woman I adored and of seeimr tl her restored to life. 1 lavhdied upon Iter r the iuo?l lender cares yet ahnoftt wmlied ill at llto?e might lm unavailing. At length n lie recovered Iter Mn?en, but the moment n that Iter freiuied eye met mine, site ? trimmed : ?| "Monster 1" After which the again became insen?i- t* hie. I profit.ed hy Iter condition to re- w move |ier from the tight of Utoae who ha?l w gathered around, and place her on a bum- U hie straw couch. Uvre I remained hv her K ?ide till she opined her eves?mine shrank *1 front Iter glance, The firat use she made in of her speech was to interrupt the broken hi xciantatHHiii of love, aheine, and reroonte p which fell from mv lips and request to ba b; left alow f.?r a time The niece of the A urate of the pariah, however, who ehane- L vd to be by, remained beside her, and the w poor young victim of my villain v~|br ?he waa but eighteen?seemed glad of her at- a lentkma. I How ihal! I describe the dreadful night to a*' *? fw,a ew. ?A?v Vlil u > . -V V ..... ...... ..UUIII.-U vi iwrcu?sue, Kite i !onu whs in my thoughts. I dreaded i lajve all?for my love wiu still predoutiant?to see tlint heart alienated whose I nidrrnem whs necessary to my existence, i ) read coldness in llmt eye on whose K>k my peace depended, lint could it e otherwise? llnd I not basely, vilely arkened all the prospect of her life, and verwhelmed her with intolerable sliame nd anguish! That night was a punishment that would have wiped out any mior sin. Frequently, it may be lielieved, sent to know how Auruia was?I was >!d that she was culm ; and indeed, to ly surprise, she entered the room where was in the morning. She was pale hut nllected. 1 was on the ground before her ill si Hike not. "You have deceived ine,w said she; "it i on your future conduct that my forgiveess shall de|>eiid. l>o not ink j advanagc of the authority you have usurped. lie niece of llie curate lias offered ine an lyliim; there 1 will remain till this mater rati be thought ot with calmness." Ala.*! these were soothing but deceitful o>rds. Within a <lay or two after this vent, the interval of which I spent in jrining va n hopes for the future, I reeived two ?>r three letters. The first was rom the engravers?the causes of myeillati.n ami fall. They wrote to me "that IV acquaintance hriil liegot in them a lieudsliip 'or lite; that thev had each orriually suhscrdied a certain mini for the xecutioti of their plot; that they would upply me with money and everything ecessary for entering into some business, lid insuring the creditable support of my[ If and Aurora." The other letter wh* i.iii Aurora. Some remains of pitv which I feel for on, notwithstanding yotircondticl, induce mj to iul'onn you that I aiu now in Lyiw. It is inv intaniion to place myself i a convent, which will lie a certain means f ridding me of your presence; but you rill do well to hold yourself in readiness n sp|K.ar l?ef..re every tribunal in France, ill I have lound one which wd'. dome jus no. Hud Itreak ilisisi ?? which you lave l?ound your victim." """ This letter threw me into despair. I inrried to the curate, hut could learn notling at all of Aurora** retreat, although I ?*caine avMircd that the curate and his iece, despising my mean condition, had een he urgent advisers of ll.s step taken v Aurora. I now made the best of my r y to Lyons, where the affair ha 1 created a great sensation. However, I lived tuiu unknown mill olxtcure, and visited nly jlie engravers, who notwithstanding lie base plot which they IihiI effected liro .gh imp, were men of generous biapohions. As they Inn I driven mu out of uy former means of gaining try liveliihhI, I conceived myself at liliertv to accpt a hiiii) of money which I hey offered ne to l-cgin trade. They advised me how n depose of it lo the bc*t ml vantage, and laid u out in hiicIi :i way that njKSedily, ml without much trouble, 1 very much icreased it. Mciitiwhile, the father of Aurora had mole er?ry pr -pnrntion to annul the mar* i?ge. 'I'll is could *'lily l<e done by |ni die V de ailing tliedeceit and treachery which iad lie n practiced. Never, la-rhHps, was a court of justice n<>re crowded than that ot Lyons uu the lay the case was heard. Aurora beraelf appeared, and riveted the eyea of all proslit?no' tOMienltof my own. Unknown .ltd unseen, I tdnank into a corner, like a ruilty thing. The counsel for Aurora tated the case, and pleaded the victim's uu*e with so much eloquence as to draw ears from many eyes. No counsel ar< so ir me, and Aurora, who merely sought a livorce, without desiring to iutlivt that lunislunent which site might easily have roilolit down upon the offender*, would t once have gained her suit, had not one aau arisen and spoke for inc. It w as one f the engravers?-the cue who had been i-fused, as mentioned by Aurora. lie ftade a brief pleading for me?he praised f>y character?he showed how I had been rmpted, and how I fell. At last he con Imted by addressing Aurora: 'Yet, madame,' said he, 'the laws mat eel are that you are not his wife, but you eve been the wife of his bosom! The iMilract may be annulled, and no stain lay rest upon you, but a stain may be sst upon another ! Can you?w II you lirow the blot of illegitimacy upon ooo ven more innocent than yourself r The appeal was understotid, and was ot made in vain. The trembling Au>ra exclaimed : No ?no!' and her tears fell fast as she I poke. The marriage was not annulled?was o longer sought to be annulled. But liile the contract' ? which 1 had signed ilh my own n*ine, believed by them to a the fam ly name of the Marquis de ouperon?was declared valid, it was Iso determined that Aurora should re lain unmolested by the adventurer who sd thus far deceived her. Every legs iccaution was taken that I should no sve any control over her ot her affairs fter this event ( did not rew ain loaf m con*, where ( beerd toy name branded ith infamy. 4. , f Master, by th? means 1 have stated, of oonsipsrablesuto, I went to Paris, where assumed a feigned name. 1 entered its- I business, and more to drowu recoera? . ?* -, .. .. .... pm 1 "T V!"1 ?> ?rdoUr winch fa? |1<ve :?r. 1,1 ^ cjmpiuslnncM. The est speculations were those that at cted me most, and fortune favored me ii most remarkable *r*v. I became .1.^ lead ol a hrst-rate house, and ere five ye irs bad ^ .w?y I J,^ ? ,X ?'re. A t,ine8t however the remembmm* of my H? Jr ? . guiali and deapM.r, I dareU |)ot u . Uempt.ng to go near her, until it chanced ) to senc a banker 111 Lyons, who ..rev, ?d .u,WJ, ,?ud, ."v, \ wr much uneasiness and anxiety, I resolved to accept the imitation. 11 '^r? 1 entered Lyons, a?d on 1 s occasion with nn equippage which was not borrowed though lur surnsviiii.r ' y farmer one. My friend the banker ^ l',Ht Auinwh I lited 1.1 tiio convent, and was .mmir?,r ,l*r reserved propriety of conduct end, l'llur|U,lrB,,,,u,,,? attention f..r her uiild?her boy ; but he also told me that I*1"' ^ ju-t died, leaving ! most dependent on the charity of the ahl**?. 1 ins recital excited in me the un.st "veiy emotions. 1 took an opportunity u Jor of visiting one of the LZ,l l^nV^ V changed as Ll": bul- ? b-rv we!. Vrs '7TM f 'be credi. t rs of Aurora's lather, and to discharge II Lis debts, g,vi?g him funds far tfaft purjKMe 1 toid Ullll Ml8o r;:r;r ?i,ur,,iiurtt whidi 1 ku?w m be prize*! by Aurora. Lvcry I,our of my stay at Lvons jvngll.ened my desire to * .?<, ,?v wife lid embrace my child. This feelinr Ml "OM.lt to the banker, beseeching him to so,,ie means of taking me to the convent. LI is surprfte to hi id *, ,|1M bi^ ud KlkeU 01 P?Qr Uj,,OWa"? 'nder was beyond description. Hapojm however efiSIt/ "iy wife and Aimira was now tweSyi'ti'^;15^ nul to me more lovely than ever. I hadpuqaaady wrapped myself clonal, up ?J she did not recognize me, though f olann-ved an voluntary start whef.he wheii* I iMe* I W,,Hl WMf* ,ny llc" 1 ,ounJ myself covered by the sweet caresses and innocent kisses of ?,y t-bild. An emotion, which 1 had .10 power to subdue, mad., me rise hastily throw myself will, n.y child in nn' b"^"ii "f i""e ?"J Aurora?Aurora !' I exclaimed, in broken accents, -your child claims fro.,, you a father! O., pardon-pardon J' ed o Uork"??. ?t"d -comed to plead wit,. ,?e. Aurora seemed ^iy to la,nr. ller ,i,? ouK-ered and J Jut flow of tears came to her relief, and she responded to my appeal by throwing her elf into iny arms. ' '1 know not,' she sobbed, 'whether vou gam deceive me; but your child pleads loo Jiowerlully?Aurora is vours !' Inia event closes my hist'oiy. 1 faunj have tl,|"U, ",n',r,,VcHl by diversity, and I cr su^ with Ut'h HS,no p??teii.* for my pM?t 0f. jouces could ever make me de*em,,g wf. One o,,iy mad ,?t in my hist^y, after my reconcnation with Aurora, seems to be worthy of mention. 1 took my J J* 10 1,1,1 ?t the same time, seemgum be my wife's wish, bo'u ???!! country-house far her near Lvons We sou,etm.es sja-nt a few weeks there, one on occasion she invited ,?e to no izi*: , :iu ?< ?feu. wi.J!u I t, Who w?r? uur i{"csu f 1 he ten engravers who were the original cause of all that kapiwced ? It was indeed a day of pr,d? u, me, when I heard Aurora thank thetn far the hanni w,Vd,? u,,,1?r Hgency of a wonder-working 1 Wide,ice, ihey had b*a,n the means of conlerriug upon her. Uur readers-alfaast many of them? will have detec tel ,11 this story the foundation of the 'Lady of Lyons/one of the p,?L.M r our u,oderu A Good Unc.?A tun of Umj Emerald Isle lately had occasion lo visit the ?ity in liis vehiclehaving arrived at hi* point of destination, ha alighted from ii, ami proceeded to transact hit business. On returning to the place whore he had led Ins horse sod wagon, he was astonished lo learn from the major that the horse ran away. "Sure, an' did lie break the reins f inquired he of his informant. *0 no, L believe not,' was ilia reply. 'Why, thin, how in the name of 8t. Patrick conkl he have got loose, for sure, an' 1 lied Uu nine to the wayo* V fW fcoine philosopher has remarked that I lie moat lesatiful band ia the world it the hand lliat 'give*.' This would Mtm both a beautiful and p|gu*ihle idea, were it not for the recollection of the hand that need to give?spank I Whatever God has made it perfect,' Slid a western preacher to hie hearers.? What do you Uiiuk of me f *aid a hunchback, rising and exhibiting bis ow n deformity. "Think you are an perfect a husehback as I ever saw ia my life H ; MMLbAflKUUS: IStoniiAHiiY or Sir John Franklin.? Sir J vim Fraukliu's expedition consisted of 138 men. The place where their remains are reported to have been found is in about latitude 08, and longitude 05 west frotn Greenwich. It is nearly seven degrees ol latitude south of Wellington channel, where the last traces of Franklin were found four years ago, in the graves of several of his men, buried in 1845-46. It was through this channel that Sir John was supposed to have forced his way north into the Polar Sea.? Nearly all the various expeditious tilled out have, under this belief, explored regions too far north. The land expedition which went out iu 1848 was too far west,having followed the Mackenzie river from the same lake which the Black river starts from running east. Oapt. Austin, who invesiiirated ilie rmritin nt" I.j O "O" ? Sound in 1850, concluded that the missing expedition had not been to the southward and westward of Wellington channel. Yet at this very lime Franklin's parly were suffering the pangs of slaivalioo some seven degrees south of Lancaster Sound, having probably been carried down I'nnce liegent's Intel past Lancaster Sound by the ice. It is estimated that four millions of dollars have been ex* ponded in tilling out the various searching expeditions luKugluud and li.e United Stale*. Mr. John K.te, who lias made the recent discovery of the remains of tile lost voyagers, was engaged tor three successive years in exploring the lands and islands uorlh ol Coppermine river. I'ne reported discovery of the remains ot this illustrious uavigulor?whatever doub.s may be thrown upon the credibility of the narrative?furnishes a suitable occasion for codecling the scanty details of Ills biography, which have ihus far been communicated to the public. Sir John Franklin was b>rn in 1780, and would accordingly have been 08 years ot age had he survived to the present time. U^imUvx plu^u w:u?S^nUliv, u.sinall town m Liueottnfirrv, in U*o vieinhy of tin. Noith Sea. From his earliest years lie betrayed a certain boldness ot disposition and love of adventuie. llis father endeavored to cure hint of his sea-faring propensities, by permitting him to try the experiment of a voyage to Lisbon in a trading vessel. Hut this only proJueed the opposite effect, lie was confirmed in his taste for the ocean, and wou'd not he satisfied until he had procured the consent of his father to his entering the navv. lie obtained a midshipman's warrant in his fourteenth year. His first servien | id the frigate Polyphenie, where lie was distinguished for iiis youthful courage aiul energy. He was ill the bat lie ut' Copciihagen in 1801, and two year* after accompanied his relative, Capt. Flindrs, on a voyage of discovery to the South Sea, during which lie was shipwrecked on the coase of New Holland. At a subsequent period, he was in the i Lelterophou at the battle of Trafalgar.? 1 In 1814, he was a lieutenant in the Bed| ford, which brought the allied monarch* to Eng.and. Ho was concerned in the attack on New Orleans, where he gained ! great credit by his bravery hik) skill. In ! 1818, he commando i the brig Trent in the Polar expedition under Capt. Buclian. After the failure of the search for the north west passage by Captain Ross, he received the commission in 1810, fo tin* dortake uu expedition by land from Hud* sou's Bay to the inbuilt of the Copper Mine River, in conjunction with Richardson and Bach, to co-operate with Captain Parry, who was to visit the region by water. Oil this expedition he followed ( uiu was* as iar us v^upe lurnagain, 08 deg. 30 inin. north latiluds, and utter in! credible li trdship*, having been once res! cued from death by the Indians, he returned to England in 1822. ilo was promoted U the rank of l'ost Captain, and three years utter undertook a second expedition to the l'olar Sea, visiting the coast between Maekuucie river and the Copper Mine river. By the middle of August, 1827, he had reached the seventeenth degree of latitude, :#d the one hundred and Hfiieth degree of longitude, but was compelled to return by the early setting in of extreme cold weather. In recognition of his merits on this expe dition, he received the order ol knighthood from George the Fourth. In 1830 lie command.*! a ship of the line in the Mediterranean, and afterward was appointed Governor of Van Piemen's Laud, tiom which )u>st lie was recalled in March, 1843. Returning lo England in the spring of 1845 he was entrusted with the command of the fata! expedition in which his life has fallen a sacrifice. The two vessels, Erebus and Terror, in which the younger- Rosa had accomplished his expedition to the South Pole, were selected tor the voynge ; and two distinguish ed officers, Captains Crosier and Fit* jatnve, were appointed m his companion* The expedition sailed on the 19th of May, 1845, arrived at tbe Whale Fish Islamh on the 4th of July, and was seen for th< last time in Melville Bay, on tbe % th ol that month. It wan not until after the re tuni of Capt. Hoes in 1849, who lu* been sent iu search of the missing oavi gtUofs, that general anxiety wan felt foi their safety. In 1850 an Expedition wai Mil '.?A? irrss . m I..-V-V. m~j ?vaJ t HVIMI1I, IlllU HIKUIier by the British Government to seek the lost vessels. About the same time, our townsman, Mr. llenry Grinnell dispatch cd the two ships Advance and Rescue for the same purpose. The unsuccessful result of these expeditions is well known. During tho past year a large fleet was sent out by the British Government, to make renewed search for Sir John Franklin. Mr. Grinnell also dispatched the Advance, under the command of Dr. Kane, on a similar errand. But all in vain. Before the announcement of the recent intelligence no further hope was cherished, that the lives of tho brave explorers had been preserved. Their names were some time since strickeu from the Admiralty list, and orders issued for the recall of the expeditions.?N. Y. Tribune. Is Friday an Unlucky Davl From time immemorial Friday has been frowned upon as a day of ill omen.? And though this prejudice is less prevalent now than it lias been of yore, when superstition had general sway, yet there are many even in this matler-of fact age of ours who would hesitate on a day so inauspicious to begin an undertaking of momentous import. And how many brave mariners, whose hearts umptailing, could meet the wildest fury of their ocean home, would blench to even bend their sails on Friday ! But, to show with how much reason this feeling is indulged, let us examine the following important facts ill luililiKVtnii niii? I-'" ... yui nun .^luriiipiii ami greatness us u iiHtiun, and we will see how little cause we Americans have to dread the fatal da) : On Friday, August 31, 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed on Iris groat voyage of discovery. On Fr day, October 12, 1492, be fir?t discovered land. On Friday, January 4ih, 1493, he sailed on his return to Spain, which if he had uot reached in safely the happy result would uever have boon known which led to the settlement of this vast continent. On Friday, March 15th, 1493, ho arrived at Palas in saluty. O.i Friday, November 22J, 1493, he arrived at liispaniola in his second voy ago to America. On Friday, Juno 13th, 1491, he, tho' unknown to himself, discovered the continent of America. On Friday, March 5th, 1493, llenry VII of England gave to John Cabot bis oininiasiou which led to the discovery of North America. On Friday, September 7ill, 1555, Molendez founded St. Augustine, the oldest settlement in the United Stales by more than forty years. On Friday, November 10th, 1620, the May Flower with the Pilgrims made the harbor of Provideucelown ; and on the same day tliey signed that august compact, the fortinuer of our present glorious Constitution. Ou Friday, December 22d, the Pilgrims made their tinal landing at Plymouth Hock. On Friday, February 22d, Geo. Washington, the father of American freedom was Inirn. On Friday, June 17th, llunkcr Hill was seized and fortified. On Friday, October 7,th, 1777, the surrender of Saratoga was made, which bad such power and in flu.-nee in inducing France to declare for our cause. Oil Friday, September 22J, 1780, the treason of Arnold was laid bare, whicli saved us from destruction. On Friday, Octeber 19lli, 1781, tin surrender at Yorktown, the crowning glory of tho American arms, occurred. On Friday, July 4th, 1776, the moiior was made by John Adams, seconded by Uicbard Henry Lee, that the Uuitoc Colonies were, and of right ought to be free ami iiidemsndent. Thus, by numerous examples, we set that, however it inay be witli other nations, Americans need never dread to be gin on Friday any undertaking, howuvei momentous it may be; therefore we dial 1 continue to publish the Woontockct Pat riot on Friday. Tiiic Tkuk Wouam.? The true woman for whose ambition a husband's love and her children's adoration are sufficient, whc applies her military insiincts to the diacip line of her household, and whose legislative faculties exercise themselves in making laws for her nursery ; whose intolleci has Held enough for her iu communion with her husband, and whese heart ask; no other honors than his love nod admira lion ; a woman who doea not think it i weakness to attend to her toilet, and win ilrwta nnl /liailuin to Kfl lotunlil'nl wjKa 1^. litivm in the virtue of glossy hair and wel 1 titling gowns, and who eschews renin *n< . ravel leJ edges, alip shod shoes and auda ciou* make-ups ; a woman who speak low and does not speak much ; who i patient and gentle, intellectual and indui trious ; who never soolds and rarely ai > guea, but who assents with a smile ; , woniua who is the wife we have a1 dreamed of once in our lives, and who i the mother we still worship in tbo dii f tance of ths past;' such a woman a* ihi ' does itoro for human, nature and more fu I woman's cause than" all the sea captaim - barristers, jndga* and members of Pa? r liament put togatnen-'Ood^givSli and God ? blessed aa she ie !? Dirktm. A ^ ^ K h r ' v euoict for \Yhipi'ino a YoL'no Woman.?At Potiglikeepsie, N. Yn ? few days since, a school teacher was tried for cruelly whipping a female pupil, 17 years of age. The judge charged the jury that the teacher stood in the place of a parent, and had aright to correct a pupii, but in ?o doing must exhibit a parent's feeling; and, if lie exceeded what was necessary to preserve order, he was liable for assault and battery, lie further charged that the means used to preserve order should be adapted to the sex, age and habit of the pupil, "and left it to the jury to say whether any possible circumstance war- ^ ^ rent a man whether a teacher or not, in laying his hands in violence or anger on a grown up girl." The jury found a verdict against the teacher for the sura of $365. Wiiat Becomes ok the Money ??This is a question asked by one of our exchange papers in reference to the money of the country. Gold has been imported from California at the rate of nearly a million a wee; for three or four years and yet, in consequence of heavy imports of foreign merchandise, the'e is a scarcity of money. If we have had one million in the precious metals we have received four in foreign goods. These goods are forced i ilo market and mostly consumed, from year to year, leaving us nothing to show for the two hundred millions of gold received from California. It is an inevitable result of our present commercial system, than which nothing stands more in need of reform.?Xa'ionul In'clliyrttctr. Manufacture of Caper.?Few persons are aware of the magnitude and extent of this business in the United States. The census show that these mills manufacture 270,000,000 pounds of paper a year, valued al #27,000,000, and that 405,000,000 pounds of rags are consumed in the making of this paper, valued at #15,200,000. And yet the supply is not fully up to the demand, and if a substiute for rags is not soon discovered, will fall very far short of it Mask in t litter ok Evukytiiing.?Au important lesson to learn, and the earlier in life it is learned the belter, is to make the best of everything. As the old adage says, 'there is no use in crying over spill milk.' Misfortunes that have already happened cannot be prevented, and, therefore, the wise man, instead of wasting his time in regrets, will set himself to recover his losses. The mistake^ and follies of the past may teach us to he cautious for the future ; but they should never be allowe 1 to p iralize our energies or surrender us to weak repining*. A inillionare of Philadelphia tells the story that at one period, early iu his career, he had got almost to the verge of bankruptcy ; 'but,' says he *1 ploughed a dee > keel and kept my own counsel and by these means he soon recovered. Had this man given way to despair, and he sat down to bewail his apparently impending ruin, he might now have been old and poor, instead of a capitalist in a leading position. He says that his characteristic was that through 1 life, in all circumstances, he did the best he could whatever that was, consuming I no time in useless regrets over had speculations. The rule holds good beyond the sphere of mercantile transactions. Disasters may sweep away fortunes, and the I earnings of years, but neither can be recovered by croaking and repining. i The Fire. The lire which which we briefly announc3 ed in our lost as having broken out yoster\ day morning on the premises of Mr. Soignous, meeting street, quickly caught the exi tensive carriage depository of Mr. L. Ch ip>n, , adjoining, which, with a considerable portion I of its contents, was- rapidly consumed. It then extended to the adjoining brick build' ing of Mr. Heignous, the upper stories of which Were occupie I by him as a dwelling > nnd below by Mr. Wm. Mehrlcna as a eegar store, which was entirely destroyed. The fire then extended from the rear of these buildinga northward, to a threo story I brick building, fronting on VVrntworih at., owned by S. Mowry, Esq.. tliu lower atory of which w.ia occupied by Mr. Cliapin as a blacksmith shop, and the upper part by several families, which was partly consulted. [ The brick building to the west uf this, > occupied by Messrs. S. and E. M. Gilbert as a carriage depository, .'.is also destroyed with a portion of it* contents. The fire also ' extended southwardly to Htsell street, destroying a three-sto*y brick building belongl ing to George Thompson, Esq., which w is uj i about to be occupied by Messrs, 8. nnd E. i M. Gilbert. This was immediately west of .' the Pavilion Hotel, and for a long linn the danger to that extension structure Was imminent Through tho indefatigable exer* tinns of the firemen, however, the hotel ?s- A " caped with a damaged kitchen, which will I not prevent Mr. Buttorfield doing ample jilsl ti-e to the patrons of bis establishment? r The residence of 8. Mowry, Esq., in Meets ing street, not tb of Mr. Meignoua, was greatv ly exposed, but escaped with the destration of the stables nnd out honsca. 1 *" We learn that Mr. Seignous was insured r* on his dwelling In Meeting street #1,0 J J in * ? the Firemen's luetiroace Company. Mr. li Chapin was insnaed on hisbnildiogin Montis ing atresi #S,000 in the Fimmen'e insuranoe I * .ompany, una un n>4 si k-K a > ami in inu Vir. >< ?JH , ?rd insurance Company of Philadelphia, and $6,000 In the Royal Innuraneo Co up ?ny of ^ Lijr?rpjml,. JU?r..8 jftJfc.lC. Oilbart 1 * wrvo, Jnaurod in U?3 Firanion'a fnatiranaa , Compiny fyr $3,')00, ami in the Monarch 'fSSHI *t Company, Liv*rpo*( for $>400 - Mr. . w?iMoreJo.ki. l?<ii!diog in