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TIE CHOLERA AT HARPER's FERpr- cores
pondeDt OF the Baltimore San, writing under date
Of the 9tb instant, remarks -" According To ex-
pectation, left Harper's Ferry this morning, and
arrived here, all safe and sound. | remained in
that gloomy place all yesterday, and gloomy in
deed II was There were no more deaths yester-
day, after sunrise, but number of reports were in
circulation, and ! believe that there We're several
new cases. But the alarm created by the deaths
Of The day tttOrc was truly awful. Yesterday
morning the Gay was ushered in by the news OF
Mr.. CaTreiPs death. The next circumstance which
cast sun greater gloomover every face was the
slow, solemn march of those conveying the re-
Elains Of the esteemed DR.. Hays 10 the cars lie
was taken 10 his farm, at New Market, Md. At
every turn, nom street 10 street, were seen carts
and wagons, loading and conveying parts of the
effects OF czens from the town. Messrs kurlZ
Young. and others, prominent merchants of the
place. had closed their stores end were lea wing for
the country. Here and there were seen companies
OF men and women in melancholy conversation
not single smile TO tighten he gloom was seen on
any countenance-al looked sad, and sad ndsed it
was There were but few at work Yesterday in
the armory the excitement being too great for any
one to attend to business. To allay the fright of
the travelling public, learned from Captain Brown
(conduciOr) thar the trains for the present would
not stop al the ferry for dinner, but keep on to
Mafunsbuig When left, this morning. better
feeling seemtd To be gaming ground aud unless
there Il another sad demonstration OF death power
by means al cholera, things will soon assume
better aspect. Two cholera cases, of which was
particularly informed by those who knew them
were getting better, and, It was believed, would
recover, though The disease acts very quick, and is
very fatal"
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pie He congratulates Psrlisment on the improve.
meDt OF the revenue He avowed great satisfaction
with his visit to the Weand Canal and qualification
at the courtesy of the citizens of Buffalo that
casion. lie recommends the members, when they
turn home to promote measures of practical utility
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hTTEsrT At MuRDER.--An attempt to shoot the
notorious DicL Maney was made last nilh,, be-
tween and ~ O'Clock, as he was passing sleag
moysmensine road, above Carpenter street. One oiIi
u supposed to have hit him. az he ran away Imp
mg Two other halls HIT lad about twelve years
OF see. named Charles Armitage, whe was siand.
ing on The step 81 his fathers house. One ball
psssed through bus body shove the lef hip, and The
o'her lodged IN his rirh ffs -. and wsseStracted
Nv ne Uivsicirre 90 l.1 Ir 10 wa feared last
= u. tllL LL- LA L---.- Ill NAr III nnfI.ny =
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Tohosrs, August 10, 1850
This day at ~ o'clock his ESeslleuey the Governor
sgeneraL prorowued the Provincial Parliament. Ths
Legislstive Couscil Chambers crowded The Buff
-,aio visitsrs present
HE Ezcesncy. In the Queens name sssen ed 10 1O7
oils among which we're, Act for the tran ser and
management II the Provincial Post 0face; acts 10
sausse ssseesments 70 establish free banking to
pose 20 per cent on foreign reprints Of English copy
rights; Incorporating company for the settlement
and mor. improvement Of the colored populs ION to
nah. IN. sleetSon OF jurists By ballot giving NUM-
ipalitis power issue OF withhold tavern lice 4
In hie sferch his Excellepcy said he would carry
che poet an sv into ea-ot without unnecessary de-
av ne eTprssssd sstisfsetiou at the addresses pro
possd nv either House, expressing loyalty 10 ths
trr-us s1a sachm ent 10 the institutions OF the Pro-
:, Sc nj res.~d condolences that the s~nfim~nts
- tbs sseft, are thss Of tbs great bcdy q the PEG
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SrEaNBosr LEXINGTON Suu.-The Rocheste
Democrat Of the 5h inst states that the stes mbost
Lexington was run into last night of Conesut, by
the propeller Allegheny, which to~ed her into
Conssut ITsTbcI. whsrr she soon after sunk. No
lvss weie lost The Leusgos is 40 old vessel -
The bss h slight.
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Suicide In Wilmington, Del.

WILMINGrsN, Aug To, Io3O,
colored man, named A. Kinsman, cut his throat
to. day in the market house, with razor The wound
was promptly sewed up by DR.. Baker, but no hopes
entertained OF the recovery Of the suicide.
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Our Sing Sing correspondence.
Sing Sing Prison on FIRE.

At about twenty minutes past twelve O'Clock, p.
M, fire was discovered in the carpet department
of Sing Sing Prison. AT this moment the large
North building, used a ills and carpet factory,
is in flames, and there is but little hope of saving
it, The four fire companies are on the ground,
with their machines, assisted by some fifty of the
prisoners were in their cells taking dinner.
1t is impossible to form any estimate of the loss;
the fire is rapidly increasing Up.
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CoNJteAL INFIDEDIrY-CRUFL RAScALfrY.-A
man named EDos Hobbs, of Belyule, Canada,
about Two years ago, forsook his wife and three
ceildren, and came To live in Syracuse with another
woman. For the past year he has been writing to
his WIFE from time 10 time, peniient letters, hlled
with assurances Of affection for her, and earnest
entreaties to her to come with their children, and
egsin hive with him in peace. After the receipt Of
several such letters, she 10 this city to for
herself il his circumstances and conduct such
that she could return 10 him. Hobbs received her
with great kindness, showed her a house that he
was building for his family and reiterated his per-
suasons that she would again become his COM
panion. She yielded, went Immediately back 10
Canada, and soon returned with two Of their chill
dren--tbe one, William Henry, about years old,
and the other John James, D years old. Mrs.
Hohbs found her husband Ia his new house but
with him WAS the wreiched woman, Alice Sim
mons, for whose sake he had violated his marriage
vows, and abandoned his family He promised,
however, that he would send Alice away, forever,
rs SOC as he could raise sufficient money to pay
her expenses 10 this state of distressing suspense
Mrs. Hobbs was kept until the morning Of the l0th
Of July, when Alice Summons left, avowedly for
Canada. A few hours after her departure, Mr..
Hobbs cane TO his wife, and persuaded her to
dress up the little boys, that he might take them 10
chow OF animals then in the city. To crafty
her husband and children, she complied, ana since
then has neither OF them. There Is reason to
believe that Hobbs took his boys, and, in company
with Alice Summons, started for Wisconsin or llli-
nous. They were heard of together, and followed
- far as Buffalo. To make her condition more
iniolersble, and to aggrs vate his wickedness,
IL was found that Hobbs had sold the house in
which he left his wife, and had taken the money
of with him. The agony of Mrs Hobbs when she
learnt that che had been betrayed and robbed Of
her children, casbot BE- described Her sufferings
still are terribly seyere-greaier han be endured,
unless some hope Of the recovery Of her children
shall loon lie awsked in her desolated bosom She
IL thrown helpless upon the charity Of the city
SICK and well nigh distracted. She can make no
exeTtions for herself but only weeps for her chill
dren, and refuses TO be eomforted bscause they are
not. IN any person, TO whom this account may
come, shall know Enos Hobbs, and will give infor
nation 81 his retreat to Mr.. ID. s. Geer, the poor
matter Of Syracuse, the children Of Mrs Hobbs
about thirty -four years Of age. Is short built, and
has dark hair. He is a shoemaker. Alice Sim
mons 10 small sized, rather delicately formed e.
male, about thirty years 81 age has fair Gem
pletion. and black hair. The little buys are full
fac.d, bright, pie asing children.-dibany Rn,cker-
bockr, dsgpsf 10.
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Tns REPORTED Tram or YaMKE Sullivan
From private letter, dated MIDDLE Fork, June rs,
1850, we learn (ssys the Jersey City Se~ftre that
the prize fighter. Yankee Sullivan, has met with an
untimely end at Sacramento City. The writes
says, that sullivan ass. LIED man by striking him
blow with he fist ~hen pistol yss i'm m -dstely
sveiisd ~ the bu,iy ~ the alte5. anil fire T.
ttus huIty nc hun INTO stsreity lnf tae utIr r.
thus Ne canr voach, as a come % us gamuf
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The ArTEMITED AnDuCuoN-RoBNsoS IL ED.
REDS CIRCUs An article appeared m our paper,
some two weeks since. In which we alleged an
understanding that rome one of the company OF
Robinson Eldred's circus had attempted the abb
duction Of two young girls, the daughters Of a
widow CLARK, LIVING on Beebees Island. From
rIuiry OF the girls IN question, appears that the
individual who desired them 10 accompany him.
sDd who refused, until severely threatened, to give
them up, Turns out a. be the keeper Of a side shcw
merely, and that he had no connection with Rob
inson Il Eldred's circus. The whole facts in the
case are as then represented by US, with the excep
ton that the person who attempted the offence was
not Of the clcus, although he presented himself
as such 10 the girls -JFafGtclrn (N. " Demo
quito Unton, AEg.7
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SING SING, August 9, 1850.
The Fire at Sing Si,g State Prison

Ae rue W ctHS otHS ctdte fTtsvH.
A fire broke out at the State Prison at this place,
about half rast II O'Clock, p. M, this day, in the
carpet and weave shop of Messrs. Sheppard &c Co.
The fire soon communicated to the shop of
James Homer IL Co., of % Cliff street, New York,
file cutters and grinders, which, together with the
carpet shop were totally destroyed. The fremen
of the village were quickly the spot and did all
in their power TO subdue the fiery element. From
the place in which the fire originated, together
with the fact that there was no one working near
the place, have no doubt but that it was the work
Of convict. Great praise is due 10 the officers OF
the Prison for furnishing the iremen with refresh
ments and TO the cZeDs IN general for lending their
aid in checking the flames
The convicis were let out TO work the engines,
end seemed to enjoy the fun, especially Donaldson,
the clown, and Ashley, the counerfeter. The
fire of February 4h, so the State will be the
greatest losers
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LATE PROM ToRTo RIco.-We learn from Capt.
krwsn, Il the brig Fashion, nj this port yesterday
from Ponce, II. r., whence she sailed on the 2}l
ult. that when he sailed there were n number OF
port, who would be obliged to ie0vei In ballast,
the crop Of sugar had nearly all been shipped
Produce was scarce and IN good demand. Sugar
selling at % 10 TO - 25 and nolasses at nc.
young crops were represented looking very
promising. Accounts from the Windward Islands
had been received AT Ponce, stating that upwards
of forty vessels were driven ashore and wrecked
durng the hurricane Of the llth and 18th Of July
Bali. dmcricau. August 10.
GIN. Isaac BOWMAN, one Of the Early settlers in
The wyeming Valley, died IN Wilkesbarre. on
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IS.nturE.N EI.rtinn

D.Lrtaosr, Aug 10, 1850.
The wbiss beve carried Louisville BY an all majori
~ and the 6smocrats have carried Jen~rson county.
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DEPAI CATION or A CLERK OF THE WESTERN RAIL
RoAD.-Tbe Springfield Repubiicsa says, that some
time since it ascertain,d that there was dis
cfeparcy in the accounts of the late chief clerk of
the corporation, which 1t was hoped would be
re conciIed on further examination, but that there
is no longer question that he is defauter 10 a
large amount. This was stated, on Wednesday,
To he at least seventy thousand dollars. The rail-
road company hold Mr.. Wares real estate. which
was made over 10 them the occasion of the first
discovery or suspicion of deficiency, and which,
il is estimated, will net about $50 900 Mr. Ware
himself left town early in the week, and, it is pre-.
sumed, will not return. But the reports that he
had carried away one or mere Of the books OF the
corporation, and that an officer was in pursuit Of
him, which were current on Wednesday, are not,
we have reason to believe. correct
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DEATH by LIGHTNING Miss Catherine Phillips,
was struck dead by lightning, on Wedne sday ever
ing, about seven O'clock, al her residence in Car
pen,er street. Miss Phillips resided in a small
house, with her father, who, at the same time she
received her death shock, received slight one.
The lightning appeared 10 have entered by nail
the end of the building near the roof, then
passing through, knocked off the plasering, and,
crossing the brass trimmings of trunk thai stood
IN the corner Of the room, shiyered post as it
passed TO the lower room, and, on its passage,
knocked a clock down, after which il entered the
plaserng. and scaled il oil on the side of the room
and passed over tin waiter; II could not BE- traced
any farther. There was no one in the room at the
time Miss u. received the shock IL is supposed
she Was just entering the room from the bed room.
Her father was sitting in the entry the door.
She was raised from the floor, where she had
fallen On her face, but hfe was extinct.-ProUi-
denoe Journal Aug. g.
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E,.c,ro.masnen.m IS a Mo,,v. Power.

L.
The philosophers OF Europe have generally con-
cmded that the employment of electromagnetic
power, as a mechanical agent, Is entirely iniprac-
tcable on account OF AZ great expense. They have
estimated II yarlously from thirty to one hundred
and hfty times The cost of steam Grsted the
diseoverer Of electro ma 9aeiism in a recent com
nnunleation before the British Association pro-
nounced decidedly against its use, ais conclusions
having been based upon careful experiments Lie
big asserted lis bfhty several years since
though spon hypothetical grounds. He assumed
that tine heat generated by the galvanc current
the true measure OF Its Mechanical force; and the
heat thus pc nerated proved TO be insignificant
when compared with the heat obtained by an equal
expenditure in ordin ary combustion, this new power
utterly out of The question Prof. Philips,
Prof Grove, Mr.. Joule, Mr.. Robert Hunt, ell
distinguished for their scientific attainments, ana
indeed, nearly all writer's upon the subject for seve.
raj years past, have discouraged all idea OF electro
motive power. IN the present state of our know
ledge. The most recent paper on the subject is
one from Mr.. Hunt, com rauncated TO the Society
oil Arts, in London, last month, and published IN Sc
veral scientific journals. He had paid great atten-
ton to The subject, and found that under the most
favorable conditions, electro magnetic power was
flty times more expensive than steam power. lie
states that, al e.ftieh of incl distance four
fhs of the power of an elecro-magnet was lost;
and that the attractive force OF a magnet being one
hundred and fifty pounds, when free of disturb
ance, fell To one. half, by causing magnet TO re-
yolve near its poles. This is very discouraging
for we had hoped better things of electro-magnet-
ism in these days, when steam Is making such sad
havoc of human life and property We shall soon,
however see whether the European SaUd.ts are
right IN their deductions or not. Professor Page
will, in few days, make public the results of his
investigations; and, although we have been per-
United 10 see some of them we cannot anticipate
more Than 10 slate, that he has beautiful electro
magnetic engine of five horse power, worked by
battery contained within three cubic feet, which he
will exhibit, and the economy of which we shall
doubtless know from him. Among the startling
wonders he has produced, is an electro magnet
which raises three hundred pounds through ten
inches-a least "A thousand times the most power
ful magnet ever made. He has also, discovered
new explosive force in the gavanic current, by
which he produces, at pleasure rapid succession
Of explosions, as loud as pistol, or so faint as
10 ha
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ROADS! ROAD9.-

4 PPLICATION will be made to
L "A the Legislature at it, next ses-
sion, for the appointment of Com
missloners TO alter the following
Roads, viz: a9An99 T
.ia From Pickens G. H., to intersect
the keow Turnpike Road at Its
lower Terminus. (9fln q iqfferiri
From Pickens G. Fl. 10 Greenville
OH. nae 8
y From Pickens O. III. to Hagood's
Store. isiia9tiN
From Pickens O. III. to Eastatoe.
From Carter Claytons' to 10 Mile
Canp-ground,@ IS ~ Xag9fee
And from Pickens OH, TO w ri.
Striblings. si1lSjksf
!. Aug. 30, ls5o 10 3m
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From the Literary Nfessenscr.


MAN.
Not thine, not thine, is the glitterng crest,
The glance of the snow white plume
And the badge that CLEANS fsom the warrior
breast,
d star mid the battles gloom.
Nor is thy place mid the host
Where the worsteed champs therein,
Where the waving plumos are like soa.foam tost
And the turf wears CORY stain
sNotthere not there is thy glorious dover,
But holier mead is thine:
Where the proud have fallen in triump's hour,
And the red blood flowed like wino--.-
To wipe thc dew from tho clammy brow,
Topillow the dropping head.
To cool the paroh'd lips fevercd glow
And to smooth down the. lonely bed.
Not thine, not thinc,i is the towering height
Where ambition rears her throne.
The timid dove wings not her fight
Where the eagle scars alonol
But in the hall and in the bower,
Man feels thy charm, and OWNS thy power
That fetters him to car;h
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p o 0GTR ".
MY O wv.

MY u w ". l7t 4
BY the strange beating of my heart,
Finding no place for all its joy
BY those soft tears that wet my cheek,
Like dew drops from the summer sky
BY this wild rush through every vein
This chokcd and trembling tone.
surcharged with bliss it cannot toll----
I feel thou art my own.
And yet it cannot all be true,
I've dreamed thouaand wilder dreams;
But this is brighter wilder far,
Than even the widest seems,
I've dreamed ofwondrous spirit climoS
Ofgle.ies and of blisses won;
But neer before did vision come,
To say thou vert my ownl
Ny own my own! i,.uS gazing on,
Ny life-breath seems to obb away,
Aud DER and DER and still again,
The samo dear words sayl
know-,--I know it must b. true,
And here with heaven and love alone
l hold thee noxt my heart of hearts,
For thou art all my own!
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M 10 S 0E q a on lG Gus.
DOWN EAST FISHERMAN'S LUCK,
OR CAPT. sPINNET's ADVENTURE
WITH THE PIRATE,

T.
WITH THE PIRATE.
There lived, not many wears ago,
on the eastern shore of Mt Desert.
which is a large island off the coast
OF Maine, an old fisherman by the
name of Jedediah Spinnet, who own
ed a schooner Of some hundred tons
burden, in which he, together with
four stout sons, was wont TO 90,
about once a year, to the Grand
Banks for the purpose of catching
Goldfish. The old man had five things
upon the peculiar merits of which he
loved to boast-his schooner and his
four sons. The first had seen her
sixth year, and was stout, we'll
built craft but as for beauty and re-
markab!e speed, she could not be
said to possess much of either quail
ty. The four sons, however, were
all that their father represented them
to be, and no one ever doubted his
word when he said that their like
was not to be found for fflv miles
around. The oldest was thirty-two
while the youngest had Just compile
ted his twentv-sixth year, and they
answered to the names of Seth, An
drew, John, and Samuel.
One bright morning in early spring,
Capt. Spnnet was sitting upon the
bottom of small skiff which had
been keeled up on the beach, earnest
ly engaged in smoking an old pipe,
and congratulating himself on his
possession of the schooner, which
lay at anchor about a cables length
from the shore, when he was aroused
by the approach of a stranger. The
new conner was man of about fifty
years of age, very good looking, and,
WIthal, one whose appearance beto-
kened the man Of wealth.
Good morning, sir, said he, as he
came up to the spot where the old
fisherman was sitting.
Same to you, SIR answered Spin
net, removing the pipe from his
mouth, and at the same time envel-
oping his head in cloud of smoke.
Can you inform me where ! can
find Captain Spinnet?' asked the
stranger.
We'll, you needn't go any further,
for | lreckon I'm the only Capt, Spin
net in this quarter
;Ah, I'm glad of that, for I feared
you might have gone to sea-
Il. 'H,you'd a come day later, /
guess you would ave found me gone
Then I'm just in time '-
.P'haps so,' leconically replied the
fisherman, as he gave another whiff
at his old pipe -t I
You have been recommended to
eas a man who might be trusted
Il never get trusted, stranger, I'm,
one O those kind as pays every thing
on the nail"
Ah,you misunderstood me, said
the new corners with a smile. ~ al
luded TO your .faithfumess when
placed in charge of an important
frust.'a ,ta &, ,ez ,.s
sThat'sit. eht Then eff youll find
a mansthatgays Jed Spinnet amt as
honest as a hard silver dollar I'd
ike to see him., and the old mans
fist came down with tremendous
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