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LETT four sons and daughter.


Com. W Donough died Of pulmonary disease.
The National Advocate states that +" he literally
wasted to the bone. not weighing, when he died,
more than sirty pounds"


The Legislature of New Jersey has annued the Charter
Of the New Jersey Lombard and Protection Bank and a
pointed Commissioners 10 settle its concerns.


LITERARY


unr readers will perceive in to-day's paper proposals
for publishing a New Poem, entitled "a PEEP AT THE
PENINSULA &C. Several parts, what The author IN
his all, ersemen has termed Cano have already appear.
ed in co,umnsand from the very great ayldy WIN
which they we're read, wherever our paper circulated we
have no doubt thai tile work its finished state, will meet
with very great success


The object of the author throughout this whole perfor-
NANCE is very apparent 1t is evidently his intention to
bn,esaue prose production of certain consequential
little Corporal of Borough who, in the course OF
ride lie took through this Sate during the past summer,
Kent journal of his travels which he noticed every tri
fling occurrence he met with and which he has since
been SO sy as to present the Public, under the name
ef peeb at fhs Peninsula" Such tissue OF inflated
commonplace folly and extreme setcomplacency we may
safely affirm has been equaled bcfore-most asst
redy, ii has never been surpassed


Tie importance lie has given to things of no moment
his empty and miserable concets-and the constant en-
pnymen of the personal pronoun in its nomnatlye and
possessve pralare happily hit off in this satire poem
The cuts or engavngs, feel well assured VIII be hgh
ly amusinglake for instance, the corporafs interview
with Gen Fisher (he Sheriff Of Kent) and the affair Of
the Ba-hs visit to that Unsuitable scribber the Milford
Bard and his ride wit. the Sussex County Belle Upon
the whole we entertain doubt that the Poet'cdi feeI
win be well receved-and sincerely hope that he enc
which the author had view, may be completely accom-
pshed-though, speak canddy, we are AFRAID thae e
sensb,ies Of the little Corporal SO morbid and thai
he SO sorely afflicted with what Horace calls the "oacG
hes scribendi" that he will never be induced TO thro"
aside his quill.


Tredrod in his Treatise on Railroads and Carriages
Of rail XaY will consist IN M