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R H O D E -ISLA M ). rovidence Bank | do. uhington Bank, a t W es- terly 14 do. ther Rhode Island notes 14 do. V E R M O N T , rlington, and W indsor 1$ to S do P E N N S Y L V A N IA Mladelphia City B a n k s par to 4 ^°* ilver Lake notes 55 to 60 do. rmantown Bank I do amtburgh 1 to 14 do k o f Delaware c o u n 1 tolj do. k of Chester 1 to 14 do k of Montgomery Co. at Morristown 1 to 1J do. ew Hope Delaware Bridge Company 1 4 to 3 do. , D E L A W iR E •rtrfr’s B. of Delaware 14 to 2 p r c td is “ Delaware n o tea 6 to 26 do 6al Bank, 1 j Bank of Canada 1 ton, (U p p er C a n a d a ) 8 to 2* 4 4 S 5 2:> 30 2 0 - S 25 2 60 3 i 1 H 1 37 3 75 6 4 1 0 11 9 9 I® 13 ] S 60 4 75 5 4 50 5 70 75 1» 13 9 14 15 25 2 5(1 20 1C S' 45 41 45 1 35 1 50 i> 54 n 72 SO SO s< 65 All. L. W E SCOTT J [ n p ORMS his friends and customers, that he is t.ow receiving and opeuing fur *a!* at hii old stand, directly opposite the Eagle Hotel, corner of Main and Ca nal Streets, a general and well selected assortm ent of Merchandize , comprising ct W £ 3 ■*> i *3 Dry Goods. Groceries, Crockery, Hard-Ware and Glass-Ware; Nails, Iron, Steel, &?c. A L S O — a ih lice assortment of Drugs and Medicines, Paints and Oils. Likewise—A surpl? of School Books AND H A T S, FrovtiJUrs Co'vin’s W', klq Messenger. TH E CONTRAST. 11 ... Jnd cA«i »•* lot* i Can you then toy that h xt is hofpiness 9 Tbt'® were two Portraits: oor was of a Girl Just bluMiiDg iu o wom an. it w v not A f»ce<.f hcautf, hut Ji had A b > om bewildering am lle^thrre wa» a fian c e Of »uch iicl> f Uyfutues* and innocft>cr, T h at at you looked * ptrasant fcrlinj came )M nn a> y°u *,rtr a ■rfcon*l O f cbt-WJl mu«!c Rich and r I om * «>rU rt t-rc hooud wi ij roses *ud hrr tpark’htg Gl^ao^'d hke I hiilia**. wheo foipe ()uick d^^ice O f mTtb is in b^r l<tugb. Her li^hf *t«p te^mpd Bouiding upon tlir air with alt 'h** life, 1 be buoyant hf*t of one unt /ocbf'i by aorrow —— — I here wa» anolhrr drawo ia after y e a n t The fac* wan y-u u z atxll ; but i'« happy look Was >[one, ilirch**k h^d i # colour and th e lipns lig*it ihai odc»- liad played I.ikr suiHdiQe 10 lhasr wy« qurticlied aod dim h nr irars h.«d wasted it h**r long dark Uair f lojt d hrr rnrthrttd to wravef I'obraid d, &<>d u p u i It^r p-t n . luo hand (ler tit*ad ra> b^n> as n in paui-DO trace M a\ Mi nftliai iw p .i e^iiy ^li c l «<ticc prrni'd as c uid no it as carc Mrtud prf«? uod b--f md no fn^mory T wa«oi<r whom tne loved ondoabt ngly, \p y«-o'h « jJl *-*er lov»* br m u ^ i b » r »m-le, <nd naid mo>> gentle hi- g« -»n -fHJfh he knew Another lud tin vows - OK / vhere aye toma C an trifle, it* cold vtri'y «nli all * The w*im tool’s precious throbs lo wUov it If A (numph that a food drvn’orf heart I Is hr»atmg (or them who cun h^ar :o call YihjoR ft1 *^rs m’o beauty nod 'hen cru*h i h e s I Afl»*c uius tf-n pled on aod hnpt*s dtrs royed, l e a n wruiigfp'Oi v**ry bitterness and stghs 1 lirtt watte tue brratb of hfo- these all were ber’s W hose tma^e is before mi* ^h<* l*ad Life's hope lo a most fragile baik to love/ 'Tw a s wrecked—wrecked by love i treachery sbe knew Y e t tpoke not o f hU falsehood , but the charm 71»a^ hound her to e iistenee was dispcllrd — day* were oiu&beitrd .—3be is sleeping now L- E. L The following touching aod pattirtic linefl are extract ed froma Po*ot eoii'M 1 be a*e or Beoevo- lroce/’ bj Cariut Ifiictn. of New H^reo. Coo The feelings cl the affectionate and tender hus band who has juai buried tlie wife- of hit Ikiwm and the mother of his children we think are he* most affediDgly r* preseo ed -~£d Hrr *' C h a b l o t t f . a n d O k v i l i i .* ** Whro from lhe bunai io his twMne ruuraed The brok*o hear **d Oivillr and bebeld Around all still all dr»o!ate within-' A (etlmg of his u i * t lonelmeis Rmh’d f>h hi* mu) aitb overwhelming power. Entering his door uiigreeted and unm4,t. Missing Aer fkee* that atwaj s bnph eoed quick At bi« approaeh^Aer voice tflftt iweetrr graw-** On tbe 6r»t seat pre*enu-d down at ooca* As If all streng* h wereio a moment gooe, Hr nuuk dissolving io a flood of teara V Hen at his tahle, in Aer wonted seat. He first bebeld anotber«-«hen hr saw The last unfioi»>h*d labours of her hand. Her needie p**o. and p e n c ^ a t his wish Uotauch'd remaining jo*< a* left b j her \ Aod when be cast an eye upon her plant* Perennial* and her ar< mm ick shnib*, In her neat vates, left unwaten-d Ujflf, Drnppiog uoiimely l«ves. Wigh ed bods, Hi* rising grief d 6 effort could *qppre». If iu bis house trough *l« di«>rdered roomi He waodrred, or through alleyi we<dy grew a Xr, lus neglected gardeiwor alone The sylvan waifs of her accmtow’d choice i At every step some object aaH*d to mind Her wottft or her affectionr~awf Ibus kept Ogeolng »fretb tbe wound within -his breast.** i ,rfh t4'*\ ‘ ‘ at least as much as Robert Bat- “ 1 visfed the Springs in my ?nacb *ud four; a Mr. Elijnh W*gS 'v*9 there with his coach and four er^ys, , mine were bays; I arrived there first, aod obtained the best stables for my horses.— M r. W igg beinp a very conse quential youug man, and a great shot, could hit a dollar nine times out of ten ; he was much of a gal lant, and I *dd very impudent be bad the impudence to turn out of tbe stable my four horses, aod put bis in. My servant John, who was a very fiithful one, th^n,’ said the/Major; take him at three , o r six ifeetdisV tance;’ »no,r said Ip. * theiiibatbr will certainly f a l l / .* w e ll/ said Ws^ ‘ 1 viU/fput you on a plan.to kill him f , 1 1 ^rill tolace you twenty; yards apart—naflvaoce aad when you please;’ ‘ w e ll then/ •aid I , . ‘.since I rnait light, l^U p r pose this to be Uie aafest t^a Major then drilled me,,an<.l i \ t ^ ‘ after you ape plac'vd a t y o u r sta tions, twenty y a rds apart, an,d Ihd pistol pu^into your hands, cocked* tlie word will bp givt^p, advan .;tt# one, two, or three Mejj* !mnke a feint to fire, but So siirS^t went and turned out M r. \Vigg*a[reserveyour Are, be #i)I # horses; there Imd fallen a rain', [yon can advance as ’close $6 yo0 “ please.’ I agreed toi the M ijor’s plan of fighting. The preliinina- ries were arranged by the Major* with my adversary’* friend, And five o’clock,tbe next laorniag, wav tbe hotir appointed ifor meeting, and God knows 1 suffered enough that night—1 got tbe favor of M>*. Samuel Kein, to write my will* bad it witnessed', and locked up ili my trutik« with a letter to my wife, tbe key 1 gave to my servant XohiL I theri repaired to the grtnmd—• were placed, and the pist’dl* and tbe horses rolled in the mild Wjgg cafte abd asked who turn ed out bis horses, the hostler told hith Major Bailey’s John; he ask ed for the boy, and tbe boy came, he beat him with a club until be almost killed bim. I was .enla ced in playing whi&t with Major W illis, VIr. Samuel Overton, and Peter Tinsley ; the boy came tp me shockingly beateri, bis head cut to pieces. 1 asked him what was tbe matter? he said. “ Mr. \NV»gg did i t “ for what John?” “ fur turning his horses out of your stable ; he bad turned out your horses and put bis in j 1 did not wish to vex you by telling you of it, knowing 1 bad a right to turn bis ont, and put in your’s, as (hey were our stalls, and because his horses rolled in tUe mud, he of almost every descrijiti m. Palmyra, Jtfoy 52, lfeS2. 10-tf Sclfool Cei^iiicates* F o r sale a t tlie Palmy fa Herald Oificc Miscellaneous we put into our hands—our seconds threw up for the word. Colonel Barnhurst, W igg’s second, Woa it—it was given by him* adyincc t 1 did as 1 bad been directed by M ajor Lewis—1 advanced tiir e steps, made fit feinj, and. he fired-^' he niisse^~my few '#as over*-— beat me as be did ” I arose from I stood my grouitt) ihstead of ad- the table, and went to see Mr.|vanclng,. and took deliberate aid# W igg; 1 suppose one hundred at him. fired and broke his spectators were looking at us. I be fell'-1 was iiqre I had fcilt&l addressed bim by saying “ Mr. him—both seconds ran to liittf __ _ W isR, by tvhat authority did yoii my second halloed to ine. ! ad- undertake to whip my savant advanced, tvith a faint he^i^, appre- you have j he replied, “ because, bended he might aot*btf^eil d, and be is a d ------ d impertinent scoua-j would require anotber abot-^but, drel, and if you take his part, you to my great relief, he haiiddd me are no better than himself.” I up > bis hand and fainted f rott loss of with my fist, and knocked him!blood. Duct. M anly dressed hist down, kicked and cuffed h idj And wound and he wa4 taken to i.htf no one offered to take me away bouse—on; the aect\Hd d a y his artt from him, every one despised his was amputated; M uch eclat was imperious behaviour; be halloed bestowed on me for my fiiuppofeil enough, Hut 1 had given .him too bravery. If 1 m a y b e permitted mUcb, for he kept lii* bed two to take myaelf as a criterion to weeks before he showed him selfjudge byt I do most candidly say, and about twenty days after 1 bad that thew ia not one particle of dogged him, a Colonel Baruhurst, bravery evinced 'jy fighting a duel a brother in-law to this Mr. Wifg —*t .i^ the Cifi^prin^ of a falst! delivered tie a challenge as 1 was setii6 of boomr—the most timid walking by the Spring. I looked d>*B> placed in a situation wbiclf at it and said, 1 knew nothing a- Qonuaandji tba admiration and flattery of others^ sorruond him t»y complimentary signals of hie From tht Baltimore Morning Chronicle. MAJOR BAILEY. Most of our reader* must have heard of th*e noted gambler, Major Bailey, tie has lately published the “ Metnoirs uf bis Life;” from which the following extract is to ken. Tbe avowal of his fears )n fighting a duel, (says a Netv-Yotfe •*»litor,)is creditable to his candor, as tbe-general c6nclu»\ons Irt isrms fiom his own Case, of tbe cour&ge- >*vimc(l by other duellist* a rt to his judgment. W e believe Wjtb him, 1 kft the mer6 *ct of fighting a duel 'la no indication of courage. ..md that among professed ddellists (a class of men, to ortr credit, n«.« ’ utiown here) therfe is not one m b«> did oof, in bis first trial, trfemblt bout fighting that way j he obier: Ved my pdtrage dpon his hrotbef* in-law, demanded satisfaction! and superior grade— vanity and pride be must bave a decisive answer.— will supplant reason a n d reflection f told him I must See a friend, an^fand he instantly becomes a dupe he should boar from mtf; <( w-illjto himself, and dommtttri&g ta sir, said he, see yftti do U im 5 Dedi-!others--|-hence trirfes a re magnified ately,” *n^ walked off; i have, by him into enorntilies, and a want been sorry since that £ did not of nerve is supplied by a lore o f ‘ domination.” Utichestir, Jtuifast IS. . i -j „■ W onderful / —On^the 27tth Jd-< vnn AiuAfifflr * **» ^ there was killed, in the.tow n you mu|tngh.t—your standing here 0f Qcrrlp is that tre * t bit^ as I did W igg. 1 wertt dud shoved tbe chal lenge! to Maj. Tiiomas Lewis, a S a * . C l . sehicb, d o n o t, yo n w ill b e h issed out o f ? ? s ? ? . 1!1* 1] ! ® ® th e p i a t e ; i f y o u sa y yo'n Slre not a f r a id , 1 w ill be yoiii- s e c o n d .”-^- i replied, “ sir 1 cannot say so with U u th ~ l nfever had shot a pistol in All my life, and this gen tleman could Strike the sijte of ft dollar, nine llnies out of ten, shoot? [qg a t a mark, and What willjb*; my chance ?” « well come*” lhe M ajor, « let me sTe bowJ,i(U- can shoot1 cbuld the size of a man,4 «ays be, # M ^ y p l C t t d o j you jiust take him 5ntiia>idkerchierK length/ to jrS&fc I objected j ‘well contain one jiu n irfd And tnaket I t Q n e; ;of. the snakes had t^fo cq>mpltte beads and necks, with otic body ; anotb fcf had ttvo bjSads With due neclfc and4l?ody ; and a thifd had.on^ ajt^tfjiaif heads, w ith one nctelc jiipUwd separate bodie*J is singular still, the^e d ^ . formed rept^fesi jreres ,a:s and 'ap r ig h tl^l^.jth c , others.l-i T h e y are in t^^iqsfjrfsjbti of one o f the whore they may be.js§cit,l?y.the curious* Cpikmunkatei*