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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
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'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