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BV T. J. & E. G. SUT rrERI ' A,yD- \ LIGHT, LIBERTY, AND TRUTH. ” TERMS! «a PER ANNUM, In Advance. YOL. I. WHITE PLAINS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 24, 1845. Terms o» Subscription. Terms of Attvertising. ^Clght line* or lew, flret imertion,....... $0 BO. Exceedingelghtlineiendnotorertifelre, 76. Half a aquire or under, .................... . 0 w - Legal Notices. Adminlafraton* Notice. P URSUANT to fn order of Frederick J. Coffin, Surrogate of the County of Weatcheiter. notice ii hereby giren to oil nereout hnviog fclaime againat the Eetate of S a MES II. HARRIS, late of Notches, in the State of BIMaalWl. dwhsaSdjjo patent the anme, wl(h the TOOcMi^ereOf, to Sotn- uel F. Reynotda, one of the Admimatrotora of aaid deceoaed, at hit office in the village of Sior Sing, on or before the fourth day of January heat. Dated Juue 80th, 1845. * SAB1UEL F. REYNOLDS, # Admm- PniG LEMUEL HARRIS, S i»tratora. Ap|>licaUo«a for grant of Water Lot. TIJOT1CE ia hereby given, that the aubsenber m wiii i * • ^ ' \■ Land Office at' the Office of the Comptroller of this State, in the city of Albany, on the twentv- fiecoad day of Aagust next, at ten o ’ clock in the forenoon of that day, fer a grant of land under the waterao/ tbeHudaonBiver. Mjacent to^hc land belonging to and occupied b\ ’ the aubacrlbcr in the Town of Yonkers, in the County ofWcat- chester, (and which land of the auSecriber is situated between the Hudson River and the Post Road leading from New York to Albany, and contains sixty three acres, three roods and twen ty-six and a half perches of land more or less,) for the purpose oT promoting the commerce of ibis State. Which application will embrace the land adjoining (he said land of the subscriber, which is contained within the following boun daries, viz : Beginning at a poi nt at high water mark on the easterly margin of the Hudson River, adjoining the lands now or late of Elijah Valentine, thirty-one feet distant westerly from a large cedar tree ; thence running north sixty- three degrees and 'forty-five minutes, west one hundred and ninety-four feet ; thence north twenty-six degrees and fifteen minutes, cast for ty-two feet; thence south sixty-three degrees and forty-five minutes, east one hundred and seven teet to high water mark aforesaid ; thence south twenty-nine degrees, east ninety- eight feet to the place of beginning — Containing one hundred and forty-five one-thousandth parts ofanacreof land, (being about one-seventh of an acre) embracing within said bounds the Dock which is now built below high water mark aforesaid. Dated July 2nd, 1845.- lOwfl THOMAS W. LUDLOW. New York State Convention. C hap . 252. An Act recomraendinga Convention of the Peo ple of this State. Passed May 13, 1845. The People of the Stale qf New York, repre- staled in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol lows: § 1. The inapectora of election in each town, ward and election uiatrict in thia State, at the annual election to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-fire, shall pravide a proper box to receive the ballots of the citizens of this State entitled to vote at such election, in relation to the convention hereinafter provided for. On such bal- lots shall be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, by these voters who are in favor of the proposed convention, the word “ convention, ” and by those voters who are opposed thereto, the words ‘ ‘ no conventioni ” and all citizens of this State who shall be entitled by law to vote at such annual alectien, shall be allowed to vole by ballot as aforesaid at the poll or election district in which be resides, and notelsewher*. $ 2' 8o much of articles one, two and three, of title four, of chapter one hundred and thirty, of an act entitled u An act respecting electipns other than for military ami town officers, ” passed April 5,1842, as regulates the manner of conducting elec tions and challenges^ oalhs to be administered, and inquiries to be made o( persons offering to vote, shall be deemed applicable to the votes to be^iven or offered under this act | and the manner of voting and challenges, and the penalties for false swearing, prescribed t>y law, are hereby declared in full force and effect in voting under this act. § 3. The said votes given for and against a “ con vention, ” in pursuance of this act, shall be can vassed by the inspectors of the several election districts or polls of the said election, in the man ner prescribed by law, and as provided in article four, of title four, chapter one hundred and thirty of the said act, entitled “ An act respecting elec tions other than for militia and town officers,\ passed April 5. 1842, as far as the same arc appli cable} and such canvas's shall be completed by as certaining the whole number of votes given in each election district or poll for convention, and the whole number of such votes given against such convention in the form aforesaid} and the reault being found, the inspectors aball make a statement in words at full length of the whole numberof bal lots.received in relation to such proposed conven tion, and shall also state in words at full length the whole number of ballota having thereon the word “ convention'' alone, and also the whole number .of ballots having thereon the words “ no conven tion. ” Such statements as aforesaid ahall contain a caption stating the day on which, and the num ber of the district, the town or ward and the county at which the election was held, and at the end thereof a certificate that auch statement is correct in all respects; which certificate ahall be sub- •cribedby all tha inspectors, and a true copy pf such ststement shall be immediately filed by them in the office of the clerk of the lovyn or city. § 4. The original statements, duly certified as aforesaid, shall bo delivered by the inspectors, or •by one of them, to be deputed for that purpose, to the supervisor, or in esse there be no su- perviior or he shall be disabled from at- lending the board of county can vaasers, (bento one of the assessors of the town or ward, within twenty-four hours after the same ahall have been subscribed by such inspectors, to be disposed of ai the other statements at such election art now re^ iiuired by law! .... 6 5. 80 much of articles first, second, third and /ouith of title fifth of chapter one hundred and thirty, of the act entitled •• An act respecting elec- (ions other than for militia and town officers, ” passed April 5, 1812, as regulates the duties of county canvassers and their proceedings, and tha duty of county clerks and the Secretary of State, and the board of Slate canvassers, shall be applied *to the canvassing yod ascertaining the will ol tha people of this State in rriyt.on to the proposed convention } and if it shall appear by th e s»la can - vass that a majority of the ballots orTMes given'in and returned as aforesaid are for “ no convention, ’’ then and. in such case the said canvassers are hereby required to certify and declare that there shall be no further proceedings under this set in “ »s given as aforesaid are for a convention, the sheriff, clerk or first judge of each of the c ties of thia Stats, and shall ba by them publirhsd, an t copies delivered to thb supervisors of the sev- of senators Art now by law required to bo publisbed and delivered. $ 6. In case the said canvissera shall certify and declare a majority of such ballots or votes to be for a convention, it shall and may be lawful, and it is hereby recommended to the citizens of this State, on thq last Tuesday of April, eightiep hun dred and forty-six, to elect by ballot, .delegates to meet in convention for the purpose of considering the constitution of this State, and to make such al terations in the same as the rights of the peopli demand, and as they may deem proper. § 7. The number of delegates to be chosen to such convention shall be the same aa the number of membera of Assembly from the respective cities and counties in Ibis Slate. All persons entitled to vote for members of Assembly snail be entitled to vote for such delegates. Such election shall in all respects be conducted ns is now provided by law for the election of members of Assembly ; the polls opened and held in (he same manner, and the canvass snd other proceedings to determine the flection of such delegates conducted as is now C rescribed by law for electing members of Assem- ly. § 8. The delegates so chosen, shall meet In con vention at the capital in the city of Albany, on the first Monday of June, eighteen hundred and forty- six. They shell, by ballot, elect one of their num ber presid>*nt ( and may appoint one or more aecre- taries, • printer, and auch door-keepers and mes sengers aa their convenience shall reauire ; and auch dclegalea ’ nnd ihe secretaries of the conven tion shall be entitled to the same mileage for travel and the saipe per diem allowance, as is now paid to members of the legislature, and the printer, door-keepers and messengers shall receive tne same compensation as is provided by law for similar services and attendance upon the Assembly. The amount of pay ahall be certified by the president of the convention, and ahalt'b« p»ld bythe trea- surer of (be State, on the warrant of the comp troller, in the same manner as members ofthe legis lature are paid. It shall be the duty ol the secre tary of State to attend aaid convention at the open ing thereof, and lie and all public officers shall fur nish such convention with all such papers, state- menu, books or other public documents in their possession, as the said convention shall order or require} and it shall he the duty of the comptroller to furnish the members with ail such stationery as is usual for tho Irgislature while in session. ’ 6 9. The proceedings of the said convention \Ihltt'twUtuttiS'the office ofthe Secretary of State, and the amendments to the constitution agreed to by the said convention, shall be recorded in his office} aaid amendments ahail be submitted by the convention to the people for their adoption or re jection, at the annual election to be held on the Tues day next succeeding the first Monday in November, one thousand eight liundrtd and forty-aix | and eve ry person entitled to vote at that election may vote thereon, in the election district in which be shall then reside, and not elsewhere. The said amend ments shall be so prepared and distinguished, by numbers or otherwise, (hat they can be voted upon •eparately,and they shall be so voted upon, unless the convention shall-be of the opinion that it is impracticable to prepare them so that they can be vpiedupon in that manner; and if the aaid conven tion ahall by resolution declare that in its judg ment the said amendments cannot be prepared so os to be voted upon separately, they shall be voted upon together. In either case the convention shall prescribe the form of the ballot, the publica tion ofthe amendments, and the notice to be given ot the election. In case the Said amendments shall bo voted upon separately, every person entitled to vote thereon, may vote for or agsihst any one or more of them. At the election mentioned in this section, the inspectors in every election district sliajl provide a suitable box to receive the bai- ■ ‘ given upon the said amendments, which bat- ahall have the word “ constitution ” written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, upon them, so lhal when they are folded it will appear on the outside of the ballot; and all the provisions ofthe laws of this State in relation to the election of officers Ihe general election, ahall apply to the voting upon the said amendments, so far aa the aame can be made applicable thereto} and the votes given upon tho said amendments shall bo jiven and canvassed, and all the proceedings shall Je bad in regard to them, as nearly as practicable, in the mannar prescribed by law in respect to the votes given for Governor. Each of the said amendments which shall receive a majority of all j votes gWen upon it at the election mentioned ... this section, shall be denned and taken to bo a part ofthe constitution of this Slate, and shall lake effect from and after the thirty-first day of Decem ber in the year one thomand je ght hundred and forty-six, unless the ssui convention shall prescribe some oilier time on which the same shall take ef fect; and each of tho said amendments which shall not receive a majority of all the vote* given upon it nt Ihe said election, shall be void audajf no effect. § 10. All wilful and corrupt false swearing in taking any ofthe oaths prescribed by this.act, or by the lawa of this State made applicable to this any other mode or form in carrying into el- feet this act, ahall bo deemed perjury, and shall be punished in the manner now prescribed by law for wilful and corrupt purjury. for twelve successive wf eks previous to the elec tion, in not less than two or more than four of the public newspapers published in'cachof the several counties in this Stale in which two or more public newspapers are published ; and in the public news- --------- - ----------- — there only one public ____ _ ______ ................ ‘ I •hall also cause to be transmitted to tha severaUlerks of counties in this Mate auch number of copies of this act, with the necessary forms and instructions,'as \icient to supply the several officers who are to perform the duties prescribed by this act } and the said clerks of counties shall distri bute the same to auch officers) and tho expense f publishing and distribulinf thr — •* other legal expi 1 r ‘ - id nil — r ____ — - ....... !<T in printing for the convention ahall be audited by the comptroller, id paid by the tieasurcr according to law. § 12. The copy of the certificate of the State canvassers shall in no case be directed to the clerk of a county, unless Ihe office of sheriff of such county shall then be vacant, nor to tho first judge, unless the office of sheriff and clerk shall both be vacant. 6.13. The county of Hamilton and the county of Fulton shall jointly elect one delegate to the con vention in the same manner} and the votes shall be canvsjscd and transmitted in the same manner, as now provided by law in reference to members oT Assembly. I have compared the preceding with the original act on file in this office, and certify the same to be a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original. Albany, May 14th. 1845. 4 w 12 N. 8. BENTON, Secretary .of State. GEORGE W. MYER. HAT Ah'I) CAP MANUFACTURElt, No. 170 Bowery, Dottvceu Broome mid Spring atroots, Nr.w Y ork , Is Manufacturing and offers for sale at. A reasonable prices, a general assortment of articles in HU line, viz. — Men ’ s Blk & Drab Hats) Bovs, Youth ’ s and Chit* ' -dren ’ t Hats ; Men ’ s, Boy's Chil dren's Caps, ” ‘ and Children ’ s From the July Knickerbocker. The Lnto Th Oman Hood. We prievo that wc are compelled to record the death of T homaji * H ood . For many years this Magazine, in examples from his pen of humor, pathos, wit, and the true burlesque, has borne abundant testimony to the richness and versa tility of his genius. It is well observed of him by a cotemporary, that few. men of powers ns great as his devoted them so well while main taining a position in the lighter walks of litcra- tu;e. The poor, the wretched, the miserable, found in him an advocate, whose powerful ap peals will live when the mind that conceived them shall have been quiet for many years, and its earthly tabernacle shall be dust. Weighed down with disease himself ; plying his laoori- ous task os an author with incessant devotion, and earning his bread by the unremitting activity of hia mind, he found time, amid the various calls for the humorous creotions which his rea ders seized upon with so much avidity, to give the world substantial proof that the pain and sor row under which he struggled had chastened his spirit and enlarged his heart to a sympathy with the sufferings of others ; and his verse and his prose were noured out during his latter days in advocacy of the poor of his native coun try. The Magazine which boro his name, and over which he presided, is rich in tho evidence of liis yearning sympathies for the distresseffof the laboring classes of England, and of his hon est and bold efforts to call the attention of the people to them, that they might be meliorated. To this purpose he devoted the strength of his intellect.; and his rare command of the affluence of language was exemplified in stirring appeals on behalf of the dowh^iroddcn-and thirstarvinjjr This was a nobleness in his character; and this devotion-of his powers elevated him in a moral sense to an enviable dignity. Who can esti mate the influence of the “ Song of the Shirt ” the sympathies of tho benevolent of Great in ? It was an outburst of generous feel ing and indignant expostulation, which appealed to every heart. Some time previous to its ap pearance, the writer had drawn this picture of nis subject : ' Consider that respectable young woman, engaged at post midnight by the light of a solitary rush light, in making shirts at three half-pence a piece, and shifts for nothing Look at her hollow eyes, her withered cheeks, and emaciated frame, for it is a part of the infer nal bargain that she is to lose her own health and find her own needles and thread. Reckon, if you can, the thousands of weary stitches it wilfrequire to sew, not gussets and scams, but body and soul together : and perhaps, after all her hard sewing, having to sue u shabby em ployer for the amount of her pitiful earnings ’ Estimate, if you may, the terrible wear and tear of head and heart, of liver and lungs. Ap praise, on oath, the value of youth wasted, spirits outworn, prospects blasted, natural affec tions withered in the bud, and all blissful hopes annihilated excent those beyond the grave. — C arlyle , somewhere says that no more sorrow ful sight can be witnessed, than a man, ' with timid air of conscious poverty, ’ seeking leave to toil, and unable to obtain the boon. How forcibly is the appeal of such an one put forth by. H ood , in his ‘ Lay of the Laborer: ’ * Mjr only claim is this : With labor stiff ami stark By lawful turn my livjng to esrn Between the light ami dark ; My daily bread and nightly bed, My drop of home-brewed beer, But all from the hand that holds the land. Ami none from the overseer I * No parish money < No p r badges for n Infant's Fancy and Vel vet Caps, Ladies' Biding Hats tc Caps, > r«Kul S. Nn ____ of-tlio MililiH, according tion ; Military Fatigue Caps ; U. S Cans, on bund, or mndo to order at short notice. Huts ami Caps pf all doerriptinns made to order. New York. Ju'y 10. 1915. lOtf a soil, by right of toil Entitled to my fee. No alms I ask, give me my task : Hero are (ho arms, Ihe leg, The strength, the sinews ol a man, To work, and not to beg. * Still one of A dam ' s heirs, Though doomed by chance of birth To dress so mean, and eat the lean Instead ofthe fat of earth. To make such humble meals As honest labor can, A bone ami a crust, with a grace to Goo, Amt little thanks to man. ‘ A spade, n rake, a hoc, A rick-axe or a hill, A hook to reap, ora scythe to mow, A flail,, or what you will. Whatever the tool to ply, Here is a willing drudge. With mitsclo and limb — and woe to him Who does these pay begrudge !' The Bridge , of Sighs, ’ ’ to which we have heretofore adverted, and n portion of which was transferred to our pages, is one of the most elo quent, the most touching poems we remember ever to have read. Every stanza seems to sob with pity for the fate of the unfortunate suicido. The Child of Sorrow\ is scarcely less affecting, ut we need not enumerate H ood ’ s appeals on behalf of the poor and lowly. His heart was in their sad conuition. Although without a paral lel for originality and force in the humorous,, yet “ his more enduring fame will rest on the exquisitely humane and simply compassionate. There was no forced affectation in his efforts to e his fellow creatures: they were spontanc- _ . and passionate ; and all the art of pictu resque and descriptive power bestowed upon them was hut appropriate and congenial orna ment, neither covering nor concealing tho rich stream of benevolence which flowed in ihe depths below. His most cynical sparkling? emanated from a kind heart : they were firc- orks which revolved in many n quaint nnd bril liant device, but burnt or injured none. He could not help the droll conceit .and dazzling sally ; but the love of. his kind predominated throughout and over all. ” Inn late prose sketch, his last indeed of any length, “ Our Family, a Domestic.Novel, ” there is abundant hutppr ; but ’laugh as the reader will, and must, he can scarcely refrain from “ melting pity\ for the faithful servant girl, K eziaii ; wiln her clumsy d legs, her coarse red arms and bunds, and dumpy fingers ; her ungainly trunk and hard features >a admirably adapted to that rough drud gery to which she unsparingly devoted them, as if only fit to be scratched, chapped, burnt, sod den, sprained, frost-bitten, apd stuck with splin ters.\ H ood himself has rarely sketched a piore effective scene than that in which, on n suggest- ed suspicion, the faithful creature's trunk is broken open for the discovery of property that had been stolen from the family. Nothing could be more innocent than . the contents ; *• a few clothes, scrnpsof ribbon,and fragments of patch- work ; bits of dried orange and lemon peel ; keepsakes innumerable ; locks of hair of all colors, fhlded up ’ in paporslnscribcd with female names ; apd one long silver tress, labeled 4 Mv dear Muthcr's a yellow canvass sampler, with its worked alphabets and numerals, - with K e - *5?. n ’ 8 ( I wr > nHm '2 “ pd the dale at the bottom.\ — \v ilh the power of true genius, H ood could at will invest the humblest object with an impor tance and a dignity, or draw' from it Ihe mate rials for a rich outpouring of genuine fun ; ami it was a characteristic ol him, as of other wri ters of bis cast of mind, that even the most touch ing pathos wou!4 be mingled with his racy hu mor ; lights and shadows delicately interwoven, and producing a most harmonious effect. Wc hi' ’ * jii?t been looking o**.r the last vo NO. 12. lume published by the lamented subject of this notice. It is rich in his oblique, quiet humor and pictuicnque fancy. “ The Schoolmistrees Abroad\ is a very effective ratire upon that sys tem of boarding-school education which renders a young lady totally ineligible for a wife, as well os upon the rage for continental travelling which prevails among those who seldom appre ciate their own country, and with whom •* the country of the Rhine\ is every thing ; persons who- deem the man \ a donkey who has not been to Assmanbauser ; and all who have not catdn a German sausage in Germany, sour-krout in its own country, nnd drunk seltzer-water at the fountain-head, are^ looked upon as being in tho kitchen of society; toga 'up the Rhine ’ being, cs it were, to go up stairs.\ The school mistress, in the present instance, had never tra velled, except on the map ; “ she had skipped frotn a blue continent to a g,-cot one { -crossed a pink isthmus ; traversed a red, black, or yel low sea ; landed on a purple islapd, and roamed in an orange desert ; ’ ’ but as to practical travel ling, she was totally ignorant of it. •' She could work worsted, however, in the most.delightfu) style, nnd taught French after an admirable manner of her own; but from a couple of ' touches with the brush of truth, ’ wo suspect that she wns not very accomplished in cither of these branches. In working a worsted pussy, for example, we nro told that ' the feline phy siognomy came from her fingcra os round, and mild, and innocent as that of a baby. In vain she added whiskers tagivc ferocity ; ’ twos a baby still ; and though she put a circle of fiery red round each starting ball, still, still it was a mild, innocent baby — bu>with very sore eyes. ’ In-hcrfirst-letter nome, describing steamboat travelling on the Rhine, she says : \ During the voyage. Miss R uth endeavored to paries Fran cois with some of the foreign'ladies, hut, as they did not understand hbr, they must all have been Germans-. ” She did not sink the schoolmistress, it would seem, even on board the steamer : “ I endeavored in one instance to rebuke indelicacy ; but unfortunately, from standing near tho fun nel, was smutty nil the while I was talking, nnd, as school experience confirms, it is impossi ble to command respect with a black on one's nose.\ On the road between Tadberg aiid Grab- heim, on a night “ in which a Christian farmer would hardly have left out his scare-crow, ’ - ’ the cerulctvn ’ s father is taken with a violent spasm ; nnd if our readers would see the advantages of a fashionable boarding-school education in such i emergency, wc commend lo their perusal The Scnoof-mistress Abroad.\ In “ Nature and Art,\ H ood gives an amusing account of one of those Art-union raffles for paintings, “ in which the very best designs nre often left to the mercy of chance\ An ignorant butcher, ambi tious of venturing in the arts, wins a fine pic ture ; but he soon becomes sick qf his bargain, and writes, among other things, to the “ actu ary : ’ ’ “ A ccording to your advice, I tuck ou( for iy Prize that arc grate pictur as was in the Xhibition, and am sorry to say it don't give satis faction to nobody, nnythcr to self and family or any Friend whatsumever. Some pepcl dont screwple to say I ’ ve been rcgjarly (tone in ile. The first thing ! did on its arrival were to stick it up in the back Parlcr, verry much agin my Misscss, who objected to its takin too much of her room, which she likes, to have to herself. Howsumever, there it were, nnd I made a pint c everry body, custumers and nnbers, to step in and fnver with their opinions,and which im concerned to say is nil unanimusper contra. And pnrtickly Sam Jones, the hous-paintcr, whom is recond a judg. As youd say, if youd him nsquinnyin at it through a roll of pa per like one of tho reglar knowifi Wuns I sec at , the Nashunal Galry. Besides liackin andbackin furder and furdcr off to get the rite Distance, ns he said, till he backed into the fire. Whereby he says there's not room enough in the hole premises big cmiff to get nt the focus. And sure enuff, the nighcr you look into it, the fin der youre off from diskicering the mcanin. And my Missisa objects in to-lo, to landskips in doors, witch sounds rcsnablc and agreeable to N ’ atur, only it would spile in the open air. So to do with the Pieter, Lord nose. There in the little back parler, and na J ones pays, ii killed for want of ppnee,'nnd advises to stick it in the rdortems, But witch I can ’ t spare for a Pictcr-galry. Beg to know wether the pictcr cant be look back at a reduced Wallyation, or by way of swop for the same length nnd breadth, by the foot square of liltlc paintings, in witch case sportin subjex would be preferd. Or would bo iigrcnblo to take out the Amount in' fammily likcpcsscs, including my grey mule. I confined my attention tobutchenn, where by I mite sit cijmfitable in my own parler. Bui n two hunred guinea Pieter, nnd n greasy blue jacket and red nitc-cnp, don't malch no how. — Howsumever 1 shan't put in agin, nt least not till sich times as there's a Hart Union for Agri culture and a raffle for a prize-ox.\ Mrs, G ardiner ’ is a widow, devoted to the cultivation of flowers in her door/ ’ ard garden, who has the peculiarity of ide/nfying/lersc// - with each variety. H ood , standing at the liltlc gate, compliments her on the appearance of her carnntions; to which she replies: 4 Yes, I ’ ve n stronger blow than any one in the place, nnd ni sweetness, nobody tan come nigh me. Would in like to walk in, Sir, nnd smell me? ’ * “ Accepting the polite invitation, I stepped through Ihe little wicket, and in another mo- ment was rapturously sniffing nt her stocks, and the flower with the sanguinary name. From the walls I turned off to n rose-bush, remarking mt there was a very fine dhow of buds • Yes, but l wnnt sun to make me bust. You should have seen me last June, Sir, when I was in my full bloom. ' None of your withy-wnshy pale sorts ’ — (this was n fling at the white rose* nt the next door) — 4 none of your Provincials, or pnle pinks. There's no maidcif blushes about me. I ’ m the regular old red cabbage ! ’ \ And she was right ; for after nil, that hear ty, glowing, fragrant rose is the best of the species ; the queen of flowers, with a ruddy embonpoint, reminding one of the goddesses of Rubens. •. . •• ‘ And there's my American creeper. - Miss S harp pretends to creep, but Lord bless yc l nforc ever she gets up to her first-floor window, I shall be running all over the roof of ihe willa. You see Pm over tho portico already. ’ \ But we must take our leave for the present of a rare spirit, who has taken his leave of this world to go to a better, 4 even an heavenly. ’ His sportive humor, • like the rays from a crack ling fire in a dilapidated building, had long play- cd among the fractures of a ruined institution, and flashed upon the world through the flaws and rents of. a shattered wreck. ’ Yet, infirm as was the fabric, the equable mind was never dis turbed to the Inst. 4 He'contemplated the ap proach of death,'says one who was with him to the lost, with a composed philosophy and resigned souk ’ It •haI no terrors for him. . short while ago we sat for hours by his bed- side in general and cheerful conversation, as when in social snd healthful intercourse. Then ho spoke of the certain and unavoidable event about to taka place, with perfect ifnreserve. and unruffled calrrners ^ nnd the lesson and example how to die wno never given in arnsraimpreMivo and consolatory manner thin by T homas H ood .^ Hie bodily sufferings hod made no change in his nicntaf character. He wm the some cs in his publications ; at times lively and jocular, at times serious and affecting ; and upon the one t ;rcat subject of a dealh-bed hope, he declared limsclf, as throughout life, opposed to canters and hypocrites, u class he haa always detested and written against ; while ho set the highest price upon sincere Christianity, whose works of charity nnd.mercy bore witrf ’ esa to the integrity and purity of the faitli professed.' Mr. H ood ’ s disease we infer to have been consumption. • He died nt the early ago of fo^ty-seven. and haa left behind him a widow with a small family, who; to the honor of Sir R obert P eel be it said, have been endowed with € liberal life-pen from the English Government. From the N- 0. Picayune, Juno 25. Anottaer Amelia Norman Casern. Our neighborhood Was startled yesterday, morning by the report of a pistol, fired in Kendig's auction store, on Camp street, ly oppositedur office. A njoment after the discharge, men were seen running to and fro, ns though some frightful deed had been committed. Thu immediate occasion of the stir and confusion is soon told, though beyond the act there is a history, we fear, darker in its complexion than (he transac tion wc ore about to relate. About 10 o ’ clock a girl named Henrietta Blnnchnrd stood in the front door of Mr. Kendig's store, and beckoned biiiiio one to come to her. Mr. Kendi g, Imagining she desired to see him on business, stepped up to her. He wns told that it was not him she wanted, but a Mr. John Parker Petti way, who is n negro trader.. Mr. Pelliwny ap proached her. Shu asked him to walk out with her, when he turned to Mr. Kendig nnd desired that gentleman to step out and hear whst she had ti^say. Mr. K refused to accompany them into the street, but said if they would go intifthu back room he had objection-to-bcing-presemm j he inter- iV. He then look Pettivvay- 'by the i, nnd they were walking to tho renr of the building when a pistol wns dis- barged and Peltiway exclaimed that he ens shot. Peltiway,reeled, but was sup ported by Mr. Kendig and borne into an untc room, where he remained until his id was examined by a physician. The bnll struck him in the back, to tho left of the spine, just bulow.thu ribs, and passed out in front, making u dnngerous, though it is not thought a mortal wound. As soon ns she fired her pistol, Hcnri- tta threw it down nnd turned deliberately o wnlkDut. Mr. Kendig requested Some jne to detain her. She then remarked that she did not wish to elude the officers ofthe law ; that she intended to give herself up to the Recorder. She however took a seat, n a few moments wns surrounded by n i number of citizens. She is n fine looking, well formed woman, about IS or 20 years of nge, ns we should judge. She his blue eyes, light brown hair, rather nbove the ordinary stature, and wns dressed in n neat, comely nnd plain style. She was told tint sho lind killed Peltiway. She re plied that he had done worso to her. Shu said that sho wns a poor defenceless woman, who had been brought nearly to thu grave by him, had been wronged beyond endur- •, nnd ubnndoned in her despnir. o some one who usked her why sho did this thing, she replied, *• Tic knows.\ — She then added in a voice somewhat shaken remulous, 44 This is a fearful tragedy, hut ho deserved it.\ A short while after ward she seemed to be oppressed, nnd asked for water. A gentleman who handed her n glass, thinking that she might have drunk Tnum or something ofthe kind — so vi olent was her ngitntiun— asked her if she had taken anything else that morning. — She looked him earnestly in the Lee for u moment, nnd repealed the words, \Taken Hiiylhing else?\ nr.d then with more stern- less added, 44 No, sir — nothing but re- enge!\ When the officer was about ink- ng her to the lock up house in Buronno •reel, sho remarked, with firmness nnd re- ignnlio^, “ Thby enn but kill me,and 1 have uffered more than that nI ready.\ There wns nothing in tho manner of this unfortunate woman that indicated nn aban doned character. Wc hear that she is n maker,, nnd resides with her sister in Royal street, who is married lo a respecta ble citizen. We hear, moreover, many re ports of seduction nnd desertion. It is said, also, that recently she look the oflspring ol guilty love to the ’ house of Petti way, where she wns turned away with reproaches, nnd her child cast out ns the fruit of an illicit i-xion with some other person. How- this may be, she appeared to us like ivho had been wrought up to a deed of fearful import by n^nsu of injuries unre quited and irreparable. Since writing the above, we Itarn that mwny.wna still alive, although in much pain, Inst evening, nnd that there was some reason lo believe he would finally recover. The girl, is confined in a room nllbe watch- house in Buronno street. She will be al lowed to go out on bail at once. Much sympathy is manifested tor her in all quar ter?, nnd we have understood that any amount of bail could bo made up for her mraedialely. Frodwhe New Orleans Tropic. Wo are ilforined that the young woman came to this city about four years ago from ew York, nnd that sho has since resided ...the family of her brother-in-law in Phi lippa street. Peltiway resided next door; the families visited, und^n interview sprang up between him and the young woman. • It ripened on her part to on attachment. — Peltiway promised to marry her, and on the faith of that promise he seduced her ; the fruit of their intercourse was a child, which is since dend. Previous to the birth ol her child, ho abandoned her; oho hoe re- pente'dly demanded the fulfilment of his pro mise he refused, endeavoring to blast her reputation, and offered her a large sum of money to release him from his engagement and to leave the city> but she scorned his ofier as she defied his slander ; demanded, fir the sake of her honor, the fulfilment of h : r promise; snd finding all means of ob. mining reparation unavailing, she, under the influence of wounded feelings, resol tojacrifica tho man who hud trifled w her affections, blasted her fair ftmc, and cruelly deserted her. The young woman is confined in the second municipality police prison, but is not locked up in a cell, Captain .Winter, with a consideration that idocs him infinite credit, having given orders to allow her nil tho liberty she can onjoy within the enclo- ofthe prison walls. Wc learned lust night that Peltiway was likely lo recove ni:d furiher-UnitRecorder Baton ii pressed his iiitentftm to admit the young woman lo bail, if he is .satisfied that Petti, way's life is not in danger. We hope, for iho sake of an injured woman, that this ■to. Miss Blanchard wns subsequently admit ted to bail — Messrs. J. H. Caldwell nnd Jo- ph R. Beard becoming security for her ap pearance. From the New Orlttnt Tropic. Sally Miller. Wo hove occniiuunlly alluded to the lingu- r caio of Sally Miller, whn<e restoration to liberty, by m decision of our Supremo Court, has produced HQ little joy ntnoug tho Gor mans of this State. A pamphlet has just been primed nt this office, giving all tho detaiL of romantic history. It appears from the resistor of births, ohtnined by a merchant of thiscity-oum — feceut-visi t to — S ti report hat Sally Miller, or, ns she was registered. Salome Muller, was born in the village of Lnngen- snultthack, province of Alsace, depart moot of the Lower Rhine, on the 10th day of July, 1813, nnd of course will be thirty-two years of age the comiug month. She is tbodaugb- r of Daniel and Dorothea Muller, fu the latter part of the year 1817, sho sail ed from fielder, in Holland, with her parents, lister nud two brothers, for this city, s. aftcr a severe passage of four mouths, she arrived-ln-Marrh 1818. At that time, it i custom here to soil the service of im migrants for n term long enough so pay their passage. It is supposed that the fniher was thus disposed of for the passages of himself and family. Soon after their arrival (hey disappeared — having beeu taken, as is pro- mod, from the city to the parish ot Attnka- ms. The father was reported to have died a fever a few weeks subsequently. The fate of Sally and her sister was uukuowu. Years elapsed, nud they were given up as dead. About three years since Madame Carl, n specta'jle German woman, went into a cnb- ut, kept by one Louis lluimouti, in the Third Municipality, and there recognized, iu mopinl service, the identical Salome Muller, with whom she had crossed tho Atlautic upwards of twenty years ago. Sho questioned the gill,-who replied that sho did uol know who woro her parents, hut that she Was a slave be longing to Helmotiti, to whom sho was sold hy John F. Miller. Shortly after, Mrs. Carl took Sally to Lafayette, where her relatives reside, who iustautly recognized her as tho long lost daughter of Daniel nud Dorothea Muller. — Her recognition by others who had emigrated with her wns immediate. Oertniu congenial marks on tho girl's body, well known to some of tho relatives, were also found. A demand wns mndo on Belmonti for her restoration, hut bo rcfujfrd. ’ Several German merchants and others resident here interested themselves in her behalf, nnd a suit for freedom was forthwith iurtituted in the District Colirt, iu which suit, though against Belmonti. John F. Miller, as warran ter of title, became tho real defendant. The plaintiff, in her petition, averred that -ho was white and free. And her personal appearance certainly favored tho averment, llorTurin, figure, features and complexion reveal no traces of African descent. Though somewhat of n brunette, and her parents iVcfo both of n dark complexion, her long, itraight black hair, hazel eyes, Roman noso and thin lips, strongly proclaim her origin. Ami it appears that from earliest days she has been exposed to the sun ’ s rays in this hot climate, laboring iu the cotton field, and en during all the exposures of tho African slave. **o one, it seems to us, can have doubts that o is n w hite woman. Miller in*i4ed that sho wns colored, and t up his title from ouo Anthony Williams, of oldie, ns far back n« 1822. An attempt was tnado to identify a mulatrcssslave named Brid get, said to have been nt that time ton yours of nge, whonttjVfillcr alleged ho had obtained of Williams, with Sally Miller, the plaintiff. Tito evidence, however, on this point, was hy no menus Hiitufnctory. Mdlor exhibited n notarial nctof salo from himself of Bridget his mother, iu 1832, nnd another from Ids mother hack to himself in 1835, ns nUo tho of sale to Boliponti iu 1838. In the sale of 1832, the nge of the girl Bridget was bta' ' j lie 23. nnd iu tho snle of 1833, three years afterwards, to ho 22. Miller Mso do llied that ho hud purchased the service of D,'Uriel Muller ns a redemptloner iu 1818. A great amount of evidence was produced .in bulb sides, hut wc rtiumit nllude toil. Tho pamphlet before us is pretty full on that head, file judge of tho District Court, however, gave judgment ngsinal tho plaintiff. A mo tion was made for a new trial nnd refused. An appeal yj as then taken to* the BUprnino Court, mid during the investigation, \ ‘ “ '■lion* nl and important testimony iu favor of bally Miller wns obtained. After very able urgu- meats of counsel, the Court on tho 2Ut lust, dochlod in favor of the plaintiff. Iho Court, concluding their opinion, say — \ Alter Iho nst mature consideration of the case, we o of opinion that the phuntiffii froo, nnd it our duly to declare her to be so.\ tiuch is n brief statementof this extraor dinary case. The pamphlet, just published at the Instance'of one of tho counsel engaged in behalf of Sally Miller, contains materials enough for a romance. A HAPPY MEETING. The friends of Sally Miller, in groat num bers. were gathered together, on Tuesday oniug. nt tho house of Mr. Francis fihuhert, ... the ciiy of Lafayette. About niuo o ’ clock the party adjourned to n neighboring hall on tho premises of ono of tho company, where, with music nud dancing, a sumptuous feast and on abundance of rich wines, they enjoy ed themselves until n late hour. More than two hundred ladies were present — tho rich, th6 beautiful, the nccninplubcd representatives of tho best pprtion of our German rasldenl population. It was u joy ful occasion. The first toast was the hoalin of VVheelock 8. Upton, Esq. tho counsel of Sally Miller. Mr. Upton then rose and said — Ladies and Gcntfemw. — l did not come iro to mske a speech — I am not prepared to do justice to the occasion, and if 1 were, I • should feel too much diffidence tugive proper utturauco lo my theme, h needs more cou- rngo to meut the bright eyes of thoio around me than to face the sternest judge. We have met upon a plonslug and n mo mentous occasiou. We have met to con gratulate a feebfo woman upon Hie success of her lonjr protracted struggle for her birth rights. — The sense Of her wrongs, the remem brance of her sufferings, tho cruel and wicked deprivation of her liberty, ore all fortbeiiio- meut Inid aside iu -lhe feelings of gladness and rejoicing with which we congratulate bur upon tier release from bondage. When wo consider the difficulties which have embarrassed, and the obstacles which have retarded her suit ; when we consider thtf sen), the pluienco nud the labor which were necessary to remov«4he ouo and to sur* mount the other ; when we consider her cox. herstntiou and tier means, and contrast thoin with tho wealth, and power, nnd influence of those who contended against her, it is indeed matter of gratulntion akni joy that her suc cess was so triumphant. Truth, however mighty it may bo iu Its simplicity nod its purity, has uot always prevailed ogaiust tho marbiiiatious of tho wicked and the arts of the fraudulent. But thanks to God i hero'it has conquered. Tho Supremo Court of Lou isiana, the highest tribunal of tho State, has issued its mandate, uot in tho cold and heart- loss language of the District Judge, who * * • • e |, nt | 0 i my clients to buy their kinswoman, th tears In their eyes the Judges of tills Counhrvobofdly procfalmedTtiirrtj ’ tneour- ness of her prayer, and commanded her shackles to fall ! Mature w isdom, tho learning nud experience of ripe ago, gave to her claims the calm deliberations they called for, and tho decree goes forth id its holy power, while the shouts of tho two cities echo iu justice. lawyer, nud ns ouo who has given to to the study of u whole year, I do uot hesitate to say that there is no shadow of doubt os to the truth bud justice .of that do- So true as there is u Heaven above us. this wonian is Salome Muller, the daughter of Daniel and Dorothea Muller. She wns of that baud of brotherhood who sailed from the Holder in 1818. 1 see her now, in my mind's eye,- that storm-tost Johanna, — “ tho May flower of n forlorn hope !\ — that adventur- * vessel, bound ovora stormy sea, freighted h a people hrokou in ull butspirit. 1-see her pursuing; with a thousand misgivings, tho tinccrtaiu, tho tedious voyage. Suus rise nud set, and weeks dud mouths pass, nud winter surprises them on thu deep nnd brings them uot tho sight of tne wished fur shore. 1 see them uow, scantily supplied with provisions, ded alniosl lo suffocation iu their ill- rr be fore tberngmg tempest on tho high and gid dy waves. 1 see her people iu tho solemn burial ser vice, day by day, one after another, commit ting the worn oud wasted forms of their com panions to tho ocenn's deep, until one half , their number is ull that is left. Thero .wns tho huriui of a mother, and sho left young aud helplessurphaui. One thuro ii to supply, as 'nr ns may be, tho mother's placo-a holy cou- ontional religious obligation lias been im posed upou her, nud faithfully does the god mother redeem lior vows. 1 see at Inst the little hnnd, escaped from their perils, lauded, nfier a five mouths passage, on tho broad levee of Now Orleans, weak and weary from io voyage, poorly clad, scantily provisioned, ithout shelter, without moans, surrounded by those who spook uol their tongue, sold as rodompliouors —in the touching language of record, ‘ scattered like young birds from n nest, so that ouo scarcely know whoro tho other went.' • • * * Where are they now, that hnnd of Johanna emigrants 7 They aro rich among tiio rich est, strong among the strongest, good nmong the host ! They imvo all manfully nud nobly achieved their own fortuuoi, aud uot to them is longer hold the cup of poverty and want'. No: they may guthor in their own wide halL, built upon their own lauds, lo tho sound of music and song, and spread upon llioir own hoard all (ho luxuries of a tccmrhg soil and a fruitful clime, whilo tho wine which gladdens the feast they themselves import from the vino clad hills of* their father laudi And she, tho lost lister of this baud of brothers — tho lost one now restored — shall sho ho restored to your honrth-sionos and share of your abundance I Ladies ! to you I appeal. I remember iu ' soy rending tho story of n sailor who wasdi- reeled by his captain to cairy a Seller to the lady of his love. The sailor, having performed his errand, stood gur.ing iu silent admiration upon tho counlonnuco of the lady, fur shu wns \ beautiful exceedingly.\ ‘ ’ Wqll, my honest man, \ sho said, ‘ -fur what do you wnU/ there U no nuswer expected. ” '* Lady,\ saul iho sailor, *• I would liko to know your name. • ‘ And why I\ sho replied, 44 why should you seek to know my uamo 1\ \ Because,\ said ho, 4 ‘ 1 would call upon it in n storm, nud savo some ship from sinking.\ Tho honest tur scarcely over estimated ttio power of your sex. He thought it wns sho, nud such ns sho hoforo whom hustood, who could \rideon the whirl wind and direct its storm,\ nud you nro, you nro tho •• divinities w ho shape oar cuds, rough 'how them ns wo will.\ . On you I call to save this injured, this un happy woman from sinking. Wo huvo snatched her from the house of bondage; to leave her now unprotected would bo a cruelty, instead of a kindness. Visit not upon her lhfl_ ignominy of her past life — not to her hot longsitsshamo — uot on her should belaid its reproach. Since Saturday last, u now lifo has opened ppqn her. .The hook which sho now unfolds bus ns yet no woid upon its pages. Ladies ! will you sou that its futuro record is ou honest upd correct ouo ? Tnko her hy the hand, go with her to the houso of your God, teach her to worship His name — cheer* cofhfort, counsel aud ail nor. ^ We loam thatC. Ruselius, Eiq oue of tho eloquent advocates of Sally Miller ’ s rights, was also present and gave n toast on inojoy- ful occasiom__________ _ ______ _ — A man nomed Edward Higher, n dealer in fish, died about two weeks ago nt tho WulTabout, of u cancer on thu face, and his widow refused to let the body bo seen by his rolutives prior to tho funeral. Tho body was disinterred on Friday night, and found to bo headless — the widow substan tially admitted that sho had sold the head to u Doctor. — iV. Y. Evt. Post. D dellino — Duelling is denounced by the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Mis. aiasipni. The penalty ot nn infringement of this act, io expulsion from the fraternity. ORIGINAL STAINED
