Camden Commercial Courier, 1837-06-24

talina, on seeing Don Juan receive a wound and stagger, cried out, "That was the blow of a base and cowardly trai'or!" "Thou host!" replied the second of Don Francisco de Rojas. Cutalina approached the stranger with her dagger in lier hand* in an instant, two blades of steel sparkled in the shade; and the silence of the forest which had been interrupted by the strife of the two principals only, was broken iu upon by a deadly combat, arising from no other cause than the insatiable thirst of a woman for blood. Scarcely were the hostile weapons opposed to ea *h other ere Don Francisco's friend fell mortally wounded, lie asked for a priest. On hearing the agonized cry of her victim, Catalina's heurt became vulnerable for the first time. She thought she knew the voice; and leaning over the dying man, she recognized by the uncertain light of the moon, which had just risen, features which struck her with horror and remorse. "Who arc you then!" she asked as if re-1 proaclnng her victim with the crime she had just committed. "Captain Michael dc Erasno," replied the dying man. Tne unhappy woman had killed her brother! A THRILLING INCIDENT. BV CUMMING. My feelings were very poetical, as 1 walked slowly towards the door of the village church. I entered. A popular preacher was holding forth, and the little meeting-house was much crowded I however, pressed up the isle, until I had gained a position where I could have a fair view of the faces of nearly all present. I soon perceived I was an object of attention. Many of the congregation looked

scruicuuu ins ucaii 111 perplexity, thought it~meaut one thing then another, but finally gave it up, and asked the Constable to explain the unintelligible sentence. "Why, may it please your honor," replied the Constable, ' you know I went arler the rascal and couid'nt catch him, because Fie run to a swamp and crossing it on a rail, got away from me : therefore, 'nou ?st coinc-at-ebus* means I could not catch he scoundrel, and 'et railum swampo* neons he crossed the sua nip on a rail." The Judge bowed profoundly, thanked lim for his learned kindness, and *promsed, whenever there was a vacancy in the professorship of languages, to recommend him for the station. Beautiful Extract.?It cannot be that sarth is mans's only abiding place. It cannot be that life is a bubble, cast up by the ocean of eternity, to float a moment ipon its waves and sink into nothing? :lse why is it that the high and glorious ispirations, which leap like angels from the temple of our hearts, arc forever wangling about unsatisfied T Why is it that the rainbow and the cloud come over us with beauty that is not of earth, and leave lis to. fade muse upon their faded loveliness? Why is it that the stars which

' hold their festival around the midnight throne' are set above our limited faculties; forever mocking us with their unapproachable glory ? And finally, why is it that bright forms ol human beauty arc presented to our views and then taken from us, leaving the thousand streams of our affections to flow back in Alpine torrents upon our heart ? Wc arc born for a higher destiny than that of earth. There is a realm where rainbow never fades; where the stars will be spread out before us like islands on the mighty ocean, and where the beautiful beings which here pass before us like shadows, which stay ill our presence forever. . Running in Debt.?The following remarks upon this subject arc extracted from D'Isracli's new work?" lJenria'.ta Temple." ** If youth but knew the fatal misery that they arc entailing on themselves the moment they accept a pecuniary credit to which they are not entitled, how they would start in their career ! how pale they woulJ turn ! how they would tremble and clasp their hands in agony at which they arc disponing ! Debt is the prolific mother of crime; it taints the course of life in all its streams. Ilencc so many unhappy marriages, so manv nrostuuted nens.

uui-u wiT'iis ago, Bl) 1 "CirniHiiBU 10 Keep an rye upon yon. Brother John has got home now, and he says it' he can catch the follow, he'll wring his nose lor him : and I ain't sure hut you're the good for nothing follow after all !" The last words she uttered were at the very top of her voice. Header did you ever take a shower bath ? Q,uef.r Elopement.?Some foolish fellow started a paragraph a short lime since from New York, announcing that Mrs. Jones, wife of .Mr. Jones, Indian Missionary, had secretly left her husband, and returned to her friends in England. We j have art means of knowing which suited the lady best, living in style in England, ! single, or as the wife of a good husband, | in Western America. As to eloping it is all nonsense; as Mr. Jones accompanied his lady to this city, paid her passage on j board ship Europe, and also the passage of an adopted daughter, a young Indian girl, named Catherine Sunnegao, who went to Europe with the intention of returning with Mrs. Jones. The ship was [delayed three days at .quarantine, by contrary winds, and each and every day Mr. j J. was on board, and remained with his

but made her escape trorn the convent, and having assumed male attire for the purpose of avoiding capture, her real sex was not discovered until the lapse of many years, during which she fought with groat bravery as a soldier in the Nuiv World, and was pro mottd to the rank of Ensign, iler violent temper led her into inuny scrapes, and she committed several murders?hut ultimately obtained her pardon both from King and Pope, and died in obscurity. From the history of this during Amazon, wc extract the folio wi .g murder duel. The iNu i-ensign loved play with a sort of frenzy, and the violence of her temper rendered lier disgusting to those who only sought amusement in it. She was therefore dread cd in the gaming house, which she always made a point ol visiting whenever she arrived in a town in which any existed. One1 day, after her return to La Conception, she was losing?a dispute arose about a throw; the banker wanted to speak, but she ordered him to be silent. He replied in a word so insulting, that Catuliua became frantic frith rage. "Dare to repeat that word," said she. The unhanov man Hwl -...j

_ B. lit itlt lim first s\mptoms of this surprising change sometime after he had lain all night in the fields, after a debauch, till by degrees every part grew into a bony substance, excepting his skin, eyes and intestines. His joints settled in such a manner, that no ligament had its proper operation ; he could not lie down nor rise up without assistance. He had at last no bend in his body ; yet when he was placed upright, like a statute of stone, he could stand, hut could not move in the least. His teeth were joined and formed into one entire hone, therefore a hole was broken through them to convey liquid substance for Iris nourishment. The tongue lost its use, and his sight left him sometime before ho expired. Advertising.-?"Hard times now, can't advertise as much as usual," said a customer Unite the contrary, my friend; now 19 the very lime to advertise; your store is full of goods, and you want customers; you must invite them through the medium of the newspapers. That's the advice wc givo to the Delavan's, and what s the consequence? their slorn iu TIIUHIO 0,1

- - ? -- - J * " I On entering this neat tho' plain temple, I was forcibly struck with the appropriateness of the following inscription in letters of guilt over each of the inner doors, "All gentlemen! are requested to refrain from spittin* tobacco juice on the floor. N. B.? So smoking in front of the church allowed." j And I was equally gratified (judging from the appearances of the A >or) that this inscription was not without its desired effect.? Now, would not this plan he worthy of imitation by tnauy of our sister Churches, especially those which are so often deluged with the juice of this fragrant weed? And to the disgrace of many who would fain pass, themselves off for gentlemen in the world, | yet when they get within the walls of a Methodist church, throw oflf all restrain, and ' think because these are free churches they are at perfect freedom to do as thev please. Such poisons would not hazard their reputation for goou breeding by noing into a gentleman's parlor and saturating the floor with their dcposiles, hut still they would think it

wuiim permit, ior wo uie surciy one III soul!! Cruel formality that throws uj> a barrier between hearts made for each other !* Yet I determined to take the same path. I followed aficr her. She looked behind, and I thought that she evinced some emotion at recognizing ine as being the stranger of the day. I quickened my pace, and she actually slackened hers, so as to let me come up with her. * Noble creature !' thought I, 'her heart is superior to the shackles ??f custom.' At length I came within stones throw of her, She suddenly halted and turned her face towards me. My heart swelled to overflowing, and my eyes filled with tears of rapture. I leached the spot where she stood. She began to speak, and I took ofl* my hat as if doing reverence to an angel. 4 Arc you a pedlar ?' ' My dear girl that is not my occupation.* 4 Well, I don't know,* continued she, not very bashfully, and eyeing me sternly, ' I thought when I saw you at the meeting house, thai you looked like a pedlar who passed off a puier dollar on me about . i i. _. i i... ? i . ?