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Mrs. HELEN CLARKE.-A Brownsville paper
contains the following notice Of the late Mrs.
Helen Clarke, whose death is recorded under
our obituary head. Mrs. Clarke was
daughter Of the late Guy Catlin Esq of this
lace, and greatly beloved by all who knew
her.
In THIS affective dspensation Of Divine
Providence, we recognize the truth of the
saving. that, Z" in the midst of life we are in
DEATH" for scarce had the Joyous greetings
of happy New Year" died away upon the
ear when this whole community was startled
Ey the painful intelligence that Mrs. C. was
no more. We hare, in vivid recollection,
the times when she went in and ont among
us, the picture of perfect health, and as one
who bid fair for long and prosperous life.
Bat lie who knows the end from the begin
ming, and who seeth not as man seeth, had
determined otherwise, and we bow with res
pect and submission to his will. The illness
of Mira. c. was somewhat protracted, and her
suii,rings, Mt times, intensely painful ; but
she endured them all with remarkable pa
thence and fortitudc, until, Unexpectedly to
her friends. death suddenly camo and released
her from them. Thus sad void has been
r7oduced in her family; in the Church of
which she was member, and in the commu-
nitv where she lived She was distinguished
in n remarkable degree for the energy and
decision of her character, for her natural
kindness of disposition; for her sprightliness
cf manners; for the warmth of her friendship
and for her bcnevolence to the poor, the sor-
rowing and the unfortunate, To the Church
of her adoption she was ardently attached,
and took prominent part IN all the measures
that were undertaken to promote its inter-
ests and its popularity.
None were more ready TO make personal
efforts for the Advancement of the cause CT
religion or to contribute of her substance to-
wards supporting the Gospel at home, or to-
wards sending it to the heathen nations
abroad To her family she was a pillar of
support, and her death will, therefore. be to
them an rreparabe loss. Who can tell the de-
ISOLATION Of that once happy home, Of which
she seemed to be the very life and soul
Who can comprehend the unalterable sorrow
of that now companiOnless husband, and of
those now mothcrlCss children Who can
supply the place that has now been made
vacant in the circle of her relatives and her
friends In word, who can adequately
describe the magnitude of the loss that has
been occasioncd to all. by her sudden remo-
val from the sphere Of her earthly existence
One sweet comfort, however, remains for us,
in the midst of our grief, and that is the fact
that her loss has, in all probability, been her
in finite and everlasting gain, and that, whilst
we mourn her untimcly departure, we mourn
not as those who have no hope. May
the God of all grace enable US to dry up
the fountain of our tears, TO moderate the
flow of our sorrow, and prepare, by repent
ancc and faith, to follow her to that blessed
land Of glory. where sin and sorrow and death
are forever unknown; but where there is
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more.
The OVERTHROW or SouLouQUE.-A letter
| of December 3Oth from Port Prince. in
the Evening Post, gives the details of the de,
| feat Of the liaytien army, from which 1t ap-
pears that the army under the immediate
command Of Spulouquc, cightoCp tb0u and
strong, was put to l'lght by only tolr hHn.
d,cd Dominicans. The Emperor is said to
have had in his treasure chest three MILL on
dollars in currency, and eighty thousand
/ Spanish dollars All thi, is lost, with guns,
ammunition and provision, and other bag
gage and money. The retreating troops have
/ thrown away their arms, and the Emperor is
said to have reached Bonheur. II small place
some sixty miles from the Cape, with about a
thousand men
| The New York Times gives the following
/ concerning the battle, The force under the
| immediate command of the Emperor amount
/ ed to about eighteen thousand men. when
| near Las Cahobas, in an open plain, bordercd
| by piece of woods, they came upon body
| of Dominicans, about four hundred ia num-
/ her, with cannon The advance guard con-
tinued to move forward until within gunshOt
Of the Domiuicans. The leader Of the Do
minicans then advanced in front of his troops,
and Valentine, who leads the Hayten ad-
] 1,
| a briefparley they separated ,eachreturnng t }
| own troops but on hi. way, the Dominican
| discharged a pistol, whereupon one of the
regiments from the South Of llayti, without
orders, opened a fire upon the Dominicans
which they promptly returned An officer of
| this southern regiment then mounted his
| horse, called upon his troops to follow him
and threw themselves back upon the main body
! of the Haytien army, which was simultane-
ously charged by the Domincans The ex-
ample of the Southern troops proved conta-
| gious and very soon the greater part Of the
army had deserted leaving the Emperor and
his Staff almost alone, They took to a by path
through the woods and escaped, but by the
narrowcst chance. The enemy were at one
time within few feet of him and he was saved
by the loyal exertions of his staff officers,
several of whom lost their lives in defending
his. As for the Domnicans following up
their advantage, that is out Of the question,
They have not the force necessary to mar ch
into, much less through, the popu lous parts
of llayti
REV. +. H. CHAPiy, in his recent lecture in
this place upon practical Life, hit off one
of the popular vices of society-lying-in a
very effective manner. We give couple Of
. Il Of a.,