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A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF POLITICS, LITERATURE

ED VARD WHELAN] Chis is true Liberty, when Feee-born Men, iviry ta advise the Wabdlie, “may speale free.——RURIPIDES. fEDTTOR axp PUBLISHER. anes a a eR a eR RR SE Caan SRR aa:

Vou. VIEL CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, FEBRUARY. 14, 1859. No. 32. Oy cer eee ae re ———— _ — = =

CHEBUCTO WAREHOUSE. | Woetry. aire ; i onnecti ith his business in| : mss SITE subscriber has, in connection wit! é ines Snaheidiibbininscc, kia i Halicax, opened a WHOLESALE WAREMOUSE and GENERAL COMMISSION AGENCY, Sond of Queen's Wharf, and next deor to J. & T. Monrrs. Advances wads ou consigaments. Produce, Fish, &c., tor- Parded. Lasurance effected, &e. BY OLIVER W. HOLMES. Just received per “Ocean Bride," 100 barrels extra-Southern FLOUR, 100 do - Canada do $0 do frea)-ground CORNMEAL, 50 boxes RAISINS, : 20 do Pipes, 10 chests TEA, 95) gallons BRANDY, 10 boxes Havana Cigars, Boxes Cavendish TOBACCO, Hhds Porto Rieo SUGAR, Juncheons MaLASSES, Tierces Treacle, 10 pieces SATINELTE (consignment), Dt ‘nt and common Windlass Gear, 50 barrels prime Labrador HERRINGS, 6 do Pilot BREAD. re ena ite Por sale cheap b PW YNDMAN. ; Fox wee Sree. 2 1848 * Ce The century shrivels like a scrol]— in. weahenwes ; 5 > saan is a enn a he past become 3 the present ; P . i al Bt li ccalen : ; boca ; } fe } } ATEN & etre > #7 And face to f ce, and seul to soul, to the shove-as she passed alony, znd took them on board. :} % : q r " . c . i‘ i ¥ 9 i GpiR Li ° is We greet tie monarch-peasant ! Bat for this suceour, many of them wiust beve miserably British Warchouse Qneen’s fquare.| meneviry

While Snexstonr strained in feeble fights

‘extremities,

January 25th, 1859,

The name each heart is beatine— Each glistening eve ard fiuszing cheek } } found the ri f d oll « nes Bw ys & BOUIN Way Gown the steamer found the river fre v y fo light and flame repeating. J | Paes

We coine in one tamultuous tide— board, the passengers took to the shore, ard attempted to

One surge of wild emetioa—

Rolls in the Western Ovean. eengers found their way so blocked up with ice aud snow that they cou'd make no headway. They remained struggling in Ax when on cloudless, quartered moon ( Hangs o'er each storied river, ” . . The swelling breast of Ayr and Deon With sea-green wavelets quiver.

nents from-cold and’bunger, Pwo were frozen to death, and many others were badly frost-bitten. On the third day the weather moderated, and the ice so brokcn up as to allow the Enterprise to make her way down the stream, She fire guns and blew hor whistle, aud thus recalled .the stragyler

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With Corydon and Phillis The minesare leokingup. The feeling at Victoria is mach ‘ 4uul it Minis — » > . : rie , . . . . hye > ve 7 : unc! ha |- Re cPYyere eathe While Worn was clunbing Abrabam's heights, =e then ERENT. volwithstagding tee oe weathe r.

To snatch the Bourbon lilies, At latest dates the ice had broke up in Fraser river, as high up us the fo:ks of Mraser and Tiompson, and the bosts were stated to Le muking their usaal trips upimoaired,

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PEXILES sabscriber, having recommenced buiness in the pre- | 3 urises formerly ceeapied by Mr. Jagoinz McLean, takes | She earliest oppurtunity to infurm his friends and the public eneraliy, that he has just received per ship Isabel, from papier bis FALL SUPPLY of BRITISH DRY GOODS,

suited ty the scuson.

Who heard the wailing infant's ery— The babe beneath the shiclin®, W hose song to-night in every sky (=-AnSO— Will shake earth's starry cciling— 72 Chests TE.\, 60 Half chests do., 100 Boxes SOAP, 10 Bags RICE, Porto Rico and Crushed SUGAR,

Currants, Raisins, Pickles,

Oe Paraguay, Burxos Avurs, and Braztu.—River Plate journals to the SUth of November have been ieceived via Mugiund, Tho St. Lawrence, falmonth, Perry and Bais- bridge, the advanee cf the Paraguay expediton, were at anchor at Muntevideo. Lt was rumored iu Montevideo that 4 secret treaty had been entered into between the Uniie® States and Buenos Ayres, by which the latter was to cede to And superior Salad Oil, . the former a piece of teriisory asa depot. On the other which will be sold at the lowest prices for Cash. ‘Thoagh never tone so tender— nand, a coufideraticn is adviced between Besz:', Bolivia, me WILLIAM BROWN. We love hima, oe his oe Chili, Piraguay, &c., to neatrslize the iufluence of th: Charlottetown, October at, 1808. nda dthnnishiibiate basin His, wasteiql selfaurpensor. United States. Brazil has sent a squadron ef observation Carpetting & Rugs. We praise hia not for gifts divine— to waich the U. 3 fleet. ‘Ihe Orientu! Stare and the Ar- WYOR SALE at cost and charges at the Subscriber's Room, . liis muse was born ot aren — ea ree ee a ae ueen’s Square— is manhood breathes in every line— ihe Uninet States and Paraguay. omez, Governor of the A sre descthnséiit of Carpetting in WOOL and HEMP. Was ever heart more human? Province ef San Juan, has resisted Goneral Urquiz., in eon- ; one eae ' PITGS sequence of wheh Gen, Benarides was killed. The affair + ee ~ Seana tap te to call and was becoming the bosis of au insurrection against the govern- perenne: gai WILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer. sop of Buenes Ayres. At Hahies Abresen, Fangeaiqur, Charlottetown. December 20. venerul cacuyus ef the State af Buchos so Sree, Nad Yee — See ana EEEEEP SEE" — a PERE erdered iu a ‘drunken brawl, A serious celivit is ap-

Cacsbucto Warehouse. No soul could sink beneath his love ; pretended inthe Gaunces.

UST RECEIVED, per sehr. ** ROMP”’— Not even angel blusted ; ‘ib

Whose passion-breathing voice ascends And floats like incense o'er us,

Whose ringing lay of friendship blends With Labor's anvil chorus ?

We love him, not for sweetest song—

We love him. praise him, just for this: In every form and feature,

Through wealth and want, through wo and bliss, lic saw his fellow-creature.

: iene i oo 2 hhds. strictly prime Porto Rico SUGAR, y No mortal power could soar above , Puc Sturt Amenres.—Dutes from Paraguay to Nov. 3 pan %ortu Rie 3~ES. For sale by «ride th: } <tlaakee ? i ¥ ; eae . ne urty Rico MOLAS = = - -NDY AN The pride that all outlasted ! 80:b, and Kio Jsane:re to Dee. 23rd, have been reccived ai Nev. ZZ OVS. . ‘ ava Pb shal- - " oT. : R22" Ar! Tleaven had set one living man Cinaidanth : ; SN es eke Tiae® Anton Fs ’ r JOUSIGELL : utcmen ned .ocut the United statcs Be ? i 3 34 BSA hr 7 2 Bevond the student’s tether,— oOngsiceiabie excitcircn = (U i - ; . a. “3, 3 eS; « ey -s “Ty: 1. ae : 9 Sot A Me rleug? NORTE SID mn Cx QUEEN-SGUARE Lis virtues, frailties lie may scan, I araguay expedition, end tue kica af a could Apel icap 6 WSS ——? nae Who weighs them all together! Leegce against the Americans was openly brosehed. ty & 13. , 4, . lacie iol ices ane beat Fall, 1858 Prom Paraguay we learn that Lep:z was actively makin, ie eese ~~ . . ‘ tee oe = ay & tes he avy Wee J - UST RECEIVED per - Vicronta’’ from Ilartrax, and I fling my peas — oe. preperations for war. [le is suid to have 8000 er 10,000 for sale by the subserider:— 5 Ot — theugh dead, et roups, highly disciplined and commanded by English aud " . et Nature's nursing, bonniest bairn 5 . a % lhds Sucar Tea in variety Blacking gee ate her d aot me ar rena French ofhcers. Phe forr of tuowatta was pertectly mounted roe cs oe rp : eneata i dlsic ping. se . ao y . Punas >t Molasses Superior Coffee Po baccy wera ie win fine artillery, and the garrison Was composed cf the ‘risa piscuit in variety ‘war _ : . ; Bouwor of thaduee 1) rng loud in hia @eterminaticn to Jausica Raw - ae ee eee Slessinen The waning suns, the wasting globe renee ee Lopez i ‘oud tu bis ¢etermiaacicn te ae a a Aanapytie nee Rite pares Sball spare the minstrel’s story — gield nothing to the United States. spears tLhds Holland Gin en Ceus! ees The centuries weave his purple robe, Sericus riots had cceurred at Lima and Callao, in con- 2st Coensae andy Currants rushea suge ¢ a ? . ae ; i ; : ar aes br andy a 7 fa Sweet Ui! = The mountain-mist of glory! -equenee of the importation of ready-inmade houses from the cote W hisgey oe ; he 3 iat ' nen iad 1 ands tuts Seal Vil Se aa = emer | Unired States, which the workmen atiempted to prevent the P.i.1. Malt do *runes Pals Seal Oi ° “ ; a Te Rial Sot il ! ~ $+ | j , * unding of. The mob and gusrd came in collisicn, wher Common W hisxey Karthen Jars Salad Oil Gleaninas fv {VT 9 g ; JAP S, undil 8 of, i fi : wb and gu uc a bs Sy:nond 's best Port Pickles Spices ~ several ou both s.des were kiiled and wounded. President ¢ om : anc SLO LOLOL LOR LLL LLL LOAN OL LN OLE IAL LP Pe . os . 2 “ ere if Win D.tuce’s Suap . ; we - Ca:tiily ordered a detachment of troops to serve, when foe YVabie Salt Candles Prospects oy Trapr im tar Usiren Sratres.—The New ites OF Sater : ME Re ore Shorry Wine bauble Sats Wa - el Pe ee ae | aes by ae ae ee ar be es 7 mother collision took pluce, in which several were killed. : oi sk ashing owders | wrk she: t , stat u: $1205 nei n ine ter esey of y. - i : » Mduira da Beats ee - ks — ! 1X 7 wre a ee re eee nse {Finally a committee was sent by Congress to treut with the Champugns Sicilod Aimonas mn ing M oP business throughout the Union:— lbootikce. which resuifed Ga jutrodudiug fate that body a We teats | Confectiovary atent Alecicines ae a i ic. cre eis aot ae ‘ we _ ss antes Po Ale sot emlat Fluid “It is gratifying to be enabled to bear testimony to a|imeasure deereeing that after the dst of August, 1859, all Lowa Porter Brushes | steady and progressive, if not a rypid improvement in fenera! | yavufuctared vouds shall pay a duty of 20 per cent. ou the Ania great variety of otaer small and useful articles too nu-| irade—an improvement the sulutary effects of which are be- loiesent tarit; that all raw materials shall be admitted free. mervus toamention. Cash paid for good clean Timothy Seed. | ginuing to tell not cniy upon the more immediate commerce | Both cities were placed wuder tuartial law during the ricts 7 Teo 4 Wp ‘ ’ ~ - ° . . : aad HUGU FRASER. | of the city, but upon the various industria! interests of the | Sb iiemannen geet appar ioraneetapeeeranae Nbvember 29, 1853. ly a | eountry at large. In the nature of thongs, and in the strict! Frow Mixicg —Vera Citz dates to the 24th of Jan. have —e een 2 wait - — ae aie Ss - . S a> aoe re } . e ° i : e 5 ; nf s * ‘ . » ea i , > 2 > NEW AND IMPROVED NOVA SCOTIA 5 saergetnn to the laws of cause and effect, this barn ia the tae, | been received at Now Orleans, by the steamer Tennessee. c 7 "NEST Pry TT HS frous the lowest Gepthe of commercial und finaneial depression | Phe civil war continued. «Ss B : j NW} THER. STO} 5:3. , ; : : vay ' i ee : —% rm - Oe, f COOKING AND © pe a if a —of which the last year and the preceding fall are the me-| ~The Spanish fuet left Sacrifieios ono the 20th inst. for Wy -PIVE an assortment New and Improved) : cot. es ; ; a : ae and ‘ Us? ARRIV ED, — 1 COOKING i sai ‘ wn OV ES | moriats — was to be touked for, it istrue, bui not Ioaked for Ulavana. The FPieuwch ond iengtish Seets weie at Sacrificics. eF strons and substantial COOKING and other STOVES, pon! ee Ee elie ee SOR Stree te a > yr : . sini, eetdh Gud Pale tds sith larvae | SO £OCN., 428 it Js, 1 would stem that present reaify, 10 “yatranted Nova Seotia eastings—end not lankee—with large ‘

Gev. Miramon was marching on the capital. He had 9 tise, s) yaluable at all seasons. Will be sold at the manu-|the future. True, it could never be doubted that the un-| . ,* aead ve ay eee . " ~* 2 r } 7 é : : : facturer’s prices this Season, in order to establish the quality | conquerable energics of a country like this would rise superior ’ ms ‘ r ? ° “y “Lm i ‘ a 6 y . ‘ and advantages of thes: Valuable Stoves—these being among! ty the paralysis consequent uponthe swee xing convulsion of | | tot Mec s hud notified goverument that unlesa a i i i ow be seen i 57-8 i . : ..| Enelish Ministers had notibed goverument that unles3i th first importation to this Island. Can now be seen in| 1857-8, but the most sanguine among us were constrained to | English Ministers had ne g ien 7

ar . — in ayo W and| enee, bas outstrippcd, or is outstripping, the anticipations of M-tal Boilers, to suit Farmers, and made to save wood and} ence, bas oulsiry » OF 1s OUutstripp anti un | foreigners who pale, upeer a threat of expu:sicn,

| The Pes, of the city of Mexico, states that the [’reneh and

i a > > ° . ’ - . % , } ; ha Stase of the Agent for this Isl at Orwell. | . rar oe tion of dullars was puid, to satisfy the claims of the French Operation at the Store of the AO ena STEPLIENS jacknowledge that the progesa-of sequvery must necessari'y be | Oe “y lb * Me within a ‘sg, the fleets of those seember L: 4 oir 4aNiD. Pe ; . ‘o } aire inensh suijects thin six Gays, the Beets of those | Orwell, December 15. ; ————— |the work of years, and the slow product of a severe penance | * nS ee a

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MOLASSES, SUGAR, TEA, ac. ] ires no extraordinary discernment to see that that penane 7 « > . , sy » 3 ia ig i i see ig 2 j &2n5ce > SUBS 22 OFFERS FOR SALE at sma! | quires fo A , : , xe : ee : a ' toh es 7 ix now about over, and that the remembrances of pa-t cala- The Gevernment palace was destroyed on the 10th, by s , — e, , e : ° . a’ se Po hae 3 ee Sank i . Viipum lett { : 18 Puncheons choice Puerto Rico MOLASSES, mities are about to be suuk in the contemplation of a future | tbe explosivn of the magszioe, just after Misamon left it tor 2 Hhds. do do SUGAR, of unqualified and uninterrupted prosperity.” 2 do Holland's GENEVA, SE EEN

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30 Boxes Liverpool SOAP, : ° a New Yors, dan. 28.—Steamer [linois with she California

: : ; . ; vuntries would take possession of Vera Crvz and ‘'ampico. for past fullics, expansions and extravagunces. But it re- | COUBtries would lume possessios .

The statement was discredited.

terrib'e cunsteruation caused thereby. The Liberals bave taken Mazatlan.

The Hngtish and French Admirals have made a forma!

°o ’ : ev . +9 < - 2 Cases MATCHES, and threatgning demand on Juarez fur prompt payment of

Atso—A lot of Carpetting and Hearth Rugs, very eheap. | sails of the Sth iost., and $1,800,000, hes arrived.

P ‘ Poveetes ! ‘ sda AM DODD. % : ° 7. Og : ihe Esgtish bone 3. aoe | The market at San Francisco was very dail fer Atlante |” 2 iii Queen Square, January 10, 1859. im Wer | ————--+ 2+ f barrens Sanpwicu [stanps.—Our dates from the Sandwich Islands

8 CH ALD HITE, Gold: dest was coming jin-sines seprdly. are to the 2d December. The Honolula papers are calling Blacksmith, Machinist, &- | The President's mersage, by the overland express, reached | ye ETURNS thanks to the Inhabitants of Charlottetown and | San Francisco only two days iu advance of its receipt by the | scema that there are abups $350,000 lusested in this business watt, ne pe me ar vaaint eta tat aeons is ‘ te The ice had broken |°°*: and thet about 2UUU tons of sugar will be produced. af ‘ -euTe 2 5 > in t all! Man *: ‘ OK « i en: | ee ’ , : iid t Pg : ceived for the font oe years, and he oi Sees Mee es The Fraacr mines were looking up. - tee Bad DroKkeD rie Islands are capable of producing 12,500 tons of sugar he has removed his Workshop to King’s Square, opposite the) 1) in the river, aud the steamers were making their a-uai spnauliy. ‘fhe Uswailan Legislature was to meet on the 6th Store of Messrs. Beer & Sox. where he respectfully solicits a) ‘ie = gu y Walle 2 i : age ao : : i . | December. continuance of theirpatrovage. d at th | ‘The present season had been unusually cold in Catifornia. | oe - He is prepared to execute—on liberal terms and at the er eee i better k Sir shortest nutice— | Ao extraordinary amount of soow has fallen in the mountaius,) European Irems.—Lord Broughton—bctter known as 5

‘and the roads are rendered uncommonly impassable. | Jobo Cam Uebhouse—is about to appear once more as au

rgin i i f ipticns. | is Gu? Bias hp : ’ ; . r = eee nae ear tey, | Daring the year 1858, there were 87 suits for divorce com- | guthor, He is to publish « volume ubout * ltaly, the result Cornings,_steigh and Ship Work always on dand. enced in Sav Fiapcis-o,—G-4 by wives, and 23 by husbands. | of Waly visits to its antiquities, picture galleries, aud “ green

Charlottetown. Nov. 29, 1858. 3m | Duriog the year, 62 divorces were granted, du 1398, there delights,” trom 1816 to ixd4. MAESSRS. : STANFIELD & LORD beg to inform the were U4 applications for insolvency = San Franeisee, with aa) & French super relates that when Rothsebild was asked i Venuere of Prince Edward Island, that alter this date aggrega'e ol liatilities of $1,609,524; and assets amounting: whether he would not like to become a temporal King of the

their NEW MLLUat TRYON will be ready for Dyeing, Fuihng to $(0.608. The total number of deaths in San Francisco Jews in Palestine, “Ob, ae,” said he, “ L would rather be |

aad Dressing Clagh, having spared no expense in fitting up. during the year 1858 was 1025. ‘The greatest mouthly mor- Jew of the Kings thau King of the Jews.”

The services of Wr. Lippincott, of Pictou, being secured #8 tality was 127—in July. S akihe

Manager, they gaarantee to finish work in the best possible | A great excitement was caused at Orleans Flat, Nevada Cnorzra.—No medicine is more prompt in its actiou on this

menaer, om the usual terms, 2 t wil] county. on the Lsth December, by the discovery thafa PhY-" disease than Perry Davie’s Pain Killer. Inis the acknowledged Mr. Il. Causucx, of Sydney Street, Charlottetown, ‘sician of the place had stolen the corpse of a child from it8 antidote which seldom fails if applied in its early sympteme.

Tryon aly ~ sive toile Sains wes ee ak | grave. At first the people were going to lyach the doctor, No family should by without @ bottle of it always on band. ’ =f. :

vi Ae . | Survexina av Frazer River.—The dates from Victoria THE BURNS’ FESTIVAL IN BOSTON. jare to December 27th. and from Langley, British Columbia, to December 26th. Some very severe weather bas been felt | in the Frozer River region, and a good deal of suffering was” caused thereby. A nunber of deaths have ceeurred from the | Nis birthday—nay, we need not speak cold. Ou the 9th December the steamer Enterprise started from Fort Hope to Langley with about 409 miuers. On the ‘find that N

was unable to proceed. There being a lack of provisions on make their way overland to Langley, supposed distance about

As crowding through the Frith of Clyde 15 miles. A heavy snow storm was ragiog, and the pas-

the woocs for three Gays and nights, suffering uuheard of tor-

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‘but were happily pacified before they hal proceeded to! Tho New York Albion, in au article on these Culonies,

makes the following satisfactory announcement :—

| We may here take the opportanity of congretulatiag the Government and peop'e of New DLrunswick and Nova Scotia, on the fact that, in these times of commeretal-de- pression—from which we hove both Provinces are now em- erging—their financial eredit staods very big’ in the home ‘market. By the last papers received here from London, we

ew Brunswick and Nova Scotia Bonds are quoied iat from ten to eleven per cent. premium, exelusive of divi« cends ; a repute of which few, if avy, much older borrowers in the European market can boast. Another interesting ‘fact, in regard to the progress of these two Colonies, also | comes to us in the late English papers. They announce thas ithe Cunard Steamship Company intend despatching in the [spring a first-class screw steamer direct to Halifex and St, John, to accommodate ihe shippers of spring-goods to those | Places. Let us hope that the trade thus to be opened ex- perimentaily will give suflicient promise of prefit, to induce | Messrs. Cunard to establish a line to St. John, which would (tend to bring New Brunswiek promineutly into the changed of emigration from the Old Werld.

Resnery o a Couxtry Treacuner.—Creverann, O., Jan. 24—The Plaindcaler says that ow Friduy night, at 10 o'clock, three men entered the office of the Treasurer of j Uoshiceton Ucunty, snd while one of tum engaged tho jtreasuier tn vonversation, the other two threw a shawi over his head and held him. The first then robbed him cf hia keys, opened the safe and teuk therefrom $20,000. All taree dceamped @400 cf the money was in gold nud silver

it appears from late Cuben Journals, that protests scaiast President Buchannan s proposed purchase of Cuba have beea sent fo the Queen of Spam Irew 21 cities and towns of the Island, besides tae bishops and ceclesiastics of Llavaun ; the Goveincr and. ecciesiastics of DSantiaga de Cuba; whe ladies of Havana. Matanzas, and Dejueal ; the uaive:siry of Hovans , ihe economical soeietics of Uuvana and Santivgo ; the bata! cas vud squadrons cf volunteers of Uavaua, and the army of Cuba; the Bank of Spain ef Havana ; professors in the iwe- paratory and special schools of Havana ; the colleges of !sy- vers and notarics of the same cities, and tribuna! of ecmmerce of Matanzas,

Exopement— Arnest—Scicipr.— Bellows Falls, Jan. 28. =A young man named [arrison Sanders aud the wile of his brother Daniel Sauders of Springfield, Vt., eloped last night ani came to this place and stopped at the Bellows Falls ifeuse. About 3 o'clock the Sheriff with the husband er- rived to arrest them, and reaching the ruom, they waited for tem to dress, and upon entering, observed the parties driuk- ing semething which was dashed cut of their hands, They

ordered a forced loxn of $660,000 at Guadalajara, including |

the Capitel. From 10V to 200 persons were killed, and |

suid it was strychnine. The young man died iu about weuty minutes. ‘The young woman was expected to recover.

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A Wuore Ieiages Pocres witu a Neeno.--The Detro't Piece Press of the Gia inst. tetls of a singular elopement in thet wicinny on Saturday. A young girl named Sarah Judsur, whese father lives on @ fine property a mnie or two from Pontiac, “loped on Saturday and came to Detroit. The partner of her ight was a bleck man, who bed been in the employmeat of her tather for sone tine in the capacity ef fara hand. The first ntimation that the father had of the mention of the parties was conveyed by the fact of there thgi. They immediately crossed werto Windsor, upon reaching this city, ful’y seusib'e that hey never conld accomplish their unnatural designs on this ude, as ne ofiem) or clergyman could Lave bern found who vould have eo for transgressed the bounds of decency as to ive theecuple, the appearance of the girl being such as would ‘bid the uniew in the mind of any sensib'e man, to ery nothing ofthe law in thecase. Some individual was found i Canada who performed the ceremony, however, ond the two were mace une. They ere pow in Wincser enjoying the sweets of tha eae POON,

A Mops. Lover.—The Detroit Fiee -Preesa givea the ‘folowing description of the negro who won the heart and band fthe young white leiress in tha’ city:—We wore at some little pains yesterday to get a sight of this modern Othello who gad wana second Licademena, and found a lean, long-shanked, olbling darker, abcout fifty years of oge, his white wool showing “fF a countenance of cupertine ivory binck tw a frightful idvaniage. {nh hia eserpe from the Somh he weeived a shot bione of his legs, which adds nothrg to the elegence of bis logumetion, and there int @solitery ivory remaining to relieve the horrtd-cagsis that yawns whenever he attempts to ean!e,

| ‘Desnirurion anv Drspain.—Martin Nelson, a poor feilow with who fortune had net been very kind, seeing his wife and fumily starving around him, attempted to hitl himself at his residence, corner cf West and Albany streets, New York, on Friday night. “He stabbed himselfin the neck, in-

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flictiny a frightful wound, ond was carried to the Hospital ‘astute of great dang.r. News caine that his poor wif. ldied next day of destitution,

A. Sisance Duixx.—An old toper said that be could, when blindfolded, tell each of several kiuds of liqaors. When brandy, whiskey, gin, and other drinks were presented to him, he pronounced correctly what they were. At length a

giuss of pure water was given to his; be tasted it, pau-ed,

atteniion to the profits of sugar raising on the Islands. Is |

tasted it again, and again considere|, and shook his head, | At last he said—* Gentlewen, [ give it up. 1 am‘ uot uset to that sort of liquor.”

j Noruine Lixge [housvuca.—A celc brated swindlerces they | narrates oue of her operations :---" [ was onee in the Uity o:

Washirgton, exathining heads, &c., and bad rather bad luck. I cou'du’t wake much more than my beard, and determined (in some way to raise the wind ; so [ one day sont the moe who travelled with me to a swamp, where ho ent 200.1 \These he drew to the city, according to my order: : _theus on the streets to sell as canes eut from the Meust Vr. ,non estate, and afl of them were sold for a dullar a-pi.c. , L don’t suppose,” added the madam, * that a single wan 9. bought a cane cared any more for Washington than i J ‘but they thought it would be a nice idea to bave & exne fron, his farm, and they never knew the difference. Tiere is \nething like humbug. People will pay more for it than for janything else; and so long as they will be hambugged, I migts as well make something of it as anybody.”

A young lady remarked to a fon, tho other day, that his -nen-kuile, in one respect, resembled hiw. The ladies in the ‘room cominenced guessing what it could be. At last a ‘smart-lovk ng little boy, who until now sat in ove creer silent, was asked to guess. Afier examining the knife closely, ‘he turned round, and, in a canning manner, said, “ Well, [ ‘don’t know, uuless because it’s dull,”

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