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Fen ret eat q are ; : } : ss the! window that faced the river, the scene was most Strang
heen produced; and should the country be 4nyolved.in the have been the only arguments wo nae | can be termed) eres. pabiccoiteg tetas ueitaroete ae Sort Laws and striking. An bour before, Wen 1 lay do | wag
. 3 . oe + ome Ae Siaee ne | ; i ivions.. The« Ivocate is one { pop rt 9 * rhe é 1 A 1 wild and awful sound of
on against the advanced against my opipions 6 LAUSe Pac ’ : . aay : lent; now there came.a wi wi nd of ae
ry, he v no . in oe i -

7 " ot 4 elements through the darkness Souuds of grinding 3 5
that the best means of allaying the discontent manifesting | more affluent brethren, to whom they naturally look for as- | save the people trom absolute starvation. ‘om, cracking-—of rushing, roaring waters, and the Pte
‘itself there wi!l be to eniploy the money designed for sup- | sistance and protection, in all their difficulties ; and however er wee

3 . s Af sinmission | winds, bringing from above the heavy dull explosions of jee.
porting this farcical expedition in investigating the. titles of disagreeable it may be.to be subject to uncharitable remarks, Leste pith Laced ay ves a Ne, tpt pee ol Isle; fringecet T elongabe banks flared hundreds of to Jee
: ies who, nin recess” ; : yea, and, in my opinion, so uNbeceming 4) appolnted fo my #: ; die snes WR © BIE 0 : voives—those. of men, womer :
the parties wlio, as he says, have obtained “legal (2) precess pinkie cr deoaioarsl thas jieteck tameaics spas are oni £0 is faithfully carried out, and if the reports of that comms: cries of aii Joe ye mei Reine dee Pe, 9,
, 7 : sind ary Se this i ri : 3 : )—eane on a BS. : y the,
8 be ae wishes to associate “Responsible Go-| be misapplied Vinflidates the duty d have thus endeavoured } sion are honoprably ac vert nbn by roe renee “Seid Se pe valeaivo dh weaite 1B Siicicoens, widhe aie city,
6 arty yarticular manner, with me and my family.;' to fulfil; and should these series of letters, with their re- do mare for the peace /anc welfare if vs ia i tae tral masses nidving on the Waters, and then the “te
sap aieaced tet ty the diffusion of its principles among the plies, be eventually the means of properly seeuring the ei ra rag eomedener set pO agg toms, rade to the Church | fresh sheets away as those rushed against them. Beloy
: may t i isti f. i i “shall feel myself amply repaid for the unfair} lature or is m _advocates, Next to the » te : 5 hose pas econo Belo
tenantry, we may. hope to see the “ enviable distinction of M, jin question, shal! fi rae ‘ex cea i - (that frightful ineabus, whieb-has.preyed upon its very-vitals, | from the bridge where the land 8 we yee rere contin.
P. P? added to our family honours.” He would pay or a cava ed * pe edaiania ce a3 public » ig almost too{and which has convulsed ireland to its very centre), stands | striking against.the ogg peice pit: sith
; : rt i ays ae Stee : : ; sind Te Y ‘ ' rable
pieeer bs ta et A le a ah Jone shy idokat sca aie a notice. Ehabe songbt no man’s favor or ap-|the monster evil—the law of Jandlord ‘and tenant—which ' ders of a —_ Cogent pice ap tative scene je meant
decided e al, belongs the honour © it, ape yA who pro-} probation; the tenor of my letters are more likely to incur has so subdivided and destroyed property, that it has left to ran igi copes fe as ‘og staid oti
note getahs One aie ar cand apace retire dont reproach and censure from a misjudging world; but 1 have} a numerous and naked population yorlieg ae it pore vane ee wy rire deur to the city, met ag ere ta;
Se a os ake et i isfacti , rtain simi ti- | toes, and those of the worst description, for their daily loo, ) tiver-side, : w he ; ys ‘ood.
ic i si tives of pub- | the satisfaction to know that’ many entertain similar senti- | toes, t , bets wo uaghe- intelligence: aman
aha public SPEYICD, ap.cun . See at meamare” aafe ments, and mostardently desire a reformation in the affair. | Hence arises that. constant struggle between aaierd and hii apd athe eh at Gd rons inaby pp “in his
" at (psy Sugepat. the, Sxper Sit be emg | offices there} Thisisa public question. ~Assuch 1 have treated it, and | tenant, Ws which the former does all in his power to-obtain Lies 38 ue8 wit i aueh dishabile. We Siena a
bi Wikies ehjoctions bractiony Sire Ah and that it| shell exercise my own judgment when and-iu what manner pe eee ‘fil a “of tat eye o at Nie eo pha Hed Maik, Khe proceeded under a Wide-arehed jac
we f , ° s A . : tae pg as ; y th u epts of the covenants o the rive f; : ! hed pas
Was “time that different course should ps followed.” “P."11 shall appear before the community. 1 disclaim imputing pgs Hy * ‘h ve there is. not to be found iw|sage beneath a garden terrace. Betore us flared a cre i
will find that course prescribed in Lerd Russell's despatch | unworthy or improper motives to any one; but must main- i cae sit i db iets which makes Englishmes bap- fire, showing the blackened vaults and shadowy
to Sir C. A. Fitz Roy, of 16th October, 1839. As the govern-| tain that we all have neglected our duty ; and as it is admit-| Ireland that independence ‘ pillars

t was like the passage through some bandips

i } i i i i : 1 ir i structi : r- | around us. é
Seas Hive v3 Toms sleist over. this Yeguatal RO hae OG he Dich chp ee ate ret Pate a fae nee Stitt ee toed nei Set oslels sharon At every opening on the river’s banks stood
carried into operation in the surrounding colonies, it is time | affairs of this trust, it necessarily becomes our pone stctuibin te ee tenure under which land is at present | with iorches, aud poles, and ne rete Women ¢ A
ene hic, en ita, inane porperst th cbitslugoh I may observe, that these Lands were sold | held, by which the, actual cultivator of the soil has nothing | out of the oat ripearamaicipnny the Own Op.
: : ae “in Nowe Se h poagenfargante? ‘4 ‘sk mid ne proof in 1836 and Fealised £3 900. This sum ought to have been | for his labour but the sweat of his brow, and which does not = Sorte oe ‘ieniiad heads, were hurrying. h ip
that ince bot tantehohotd: Nia electiiastaneae, and tate paid ininediately fit’ ‘the Treasury. Has such béen the} even afford him his daily bread. sl ee scousing apie ie, bie Phi nesae HS Pb hore and ;
that country. That it is “exploded” in Canada, isa reck- case? If not, who has benefited by this transaction? ~— By | to. live under the fostering influences 4 ' scguhipnnyt Irish dir wily to the bridge, where, though the ice, considering. 4
tae faleshood, ‘The Governor Gencrl has declared his be-| Lord Glenelg’s despatch, dated in Deer. 1838, the proceeds soil, ean have no idea of the profitless aieee ot an free i wastwofeet thick,was moving Offin as orderlya style as that
lief of the impossibility of governing the Colony upon any of the Church Lands, amounting to xbout £3,000 (Interest who, githouse prover tially ander goa ae pe sat be expected, yeti presented a striking spectacle: at
- other system. “P.” and his Triends imzy well dread its in-| not included), were directed to be appropriated to Schools, | pr ived of the” Nessings OR TOBE ENE COUIOT LS g ives (Light of their torches, we could see it hurrying along
traduction here. Under its influence their dynasty would | in connexion with the Church (the amount the School Lands almost of their natural right uf a root Pr pe a _ OF deine of'many yards square, which came ever and ;
soon crumble to dust. And should it.be the means of my | realised was about £900, for general education). it is evident | from the bleak winds.of eaten, bee: sauces? t ry at eer cae cdneussion ageit Teston etna tga
elevation to office, I shal! be,so much the prouder of the) that if this find was properly managed during the preced- ae gned e vats spt the ip ond ei ua tt embled- beneath us. ‘The grinding’ and-rastling
distinction, that the means which procured it were good. At|ing seven years, it would have yielded, to this period, at are 8 5 re tenant beings Dy the eon oe agen oe od to Sie whiteness ofthe. icesmeansed; ae they chafed :
all events, “ P.” may rely op my adhering to the cause of | £1200 interest, thus making a total of £4200. At present, the tender. anise ofa eel nee pl pie Ey gh ee other in going along, and raised round their edges 4 snowy
= the oppressed tenautry—the cause of humanity and justice. | shall forbear entering into this question, but shall patiently | 1n Power, on mo, ope ! Ns Econte ung Be Po etahihad & anauianeleeld bat the-ecenes ania
Trisk all on this, and am as sure of their gratitude and sup-|await the appearance of an Account Current, when the. se- pesceeties rae tural "Be OOH of Se ihe vitor fateh te, areuitd were not less striking. Under old-dingy a
t as he and his party are of their erecralion and contempt. | crets of the trust (if any really exist) will, uo doubt, be brought | soon as the 2oth of March or 1 of Sey 2 ;

| i ; i ri sry corinorants serve |at whose feet rushed the vexed waters, at every Opening fi
Ay RE An Sa MS hat “ P.” | more fully to light. the rent gall days) arrives, these hungry cormorat . ce ening fio
sebe ‘L cannot conclude without hehe pnOras per Fiat’ y a S. | notice upon the tenants, that on such a day they will expect | the city to the stream, oe PORE HE Raa
ae May be the better of his eeceut Sine: d 4 to be 18th Jany. 1844 the rent to be paid at their offices. ‘The unfortunate tenants; were seen wild-looking throngs, wa ikingly con
ing; as his complexion has long indicated him t ¥. 4

to ti bh ec Oo admipisterit £ of the £900 towards ener u i i so re- 3. Ss ( wing ¥ ;|/ torches, might be dimly discerned the old dusty towe
romote Dis r Vv y 5 ‘ - y e- | ments. The result Is, that on the follo ing day au attorney's ’ Ea :

Pp pcovery, { entrust ¢ you the ) a ge reral Education, this also ma % 4

i of this emetic. Should its operation produce a second emis- quire looking into. 1 trust others, nore competent than letter is sent, which is quickly followed by a distress, and gables of this picturesque town; and high around, the

3 , ir tore by the eollectec fall
-asufferer from the overflow of the bile. As 1am anxious| P. S.—With respect to the management or exyenditure | are generally unprepared to tneet the one-sided appoint- | ous by their torches. Above, by E ' glare of the

; , : F . armers stock. ‘This proceeding naturally }sides of the wooden mountains, silent and dusk.
| da ; 2 ‘ i will uot lose sight of this subject. the sale of the farmers stock. proc g p r : iii
sion, I shall repeat the dose, At present, I beg leave to sub- | myself, will uot lose sig eh J reduces the tenant to insolvency, and puts it completely out | of the old eustle, too, overlooked Pr husy He ian nay
seribe myself, ike nhadaht aera ‘ Jo tue Eprror os THE CoLoniat HERALD. of his power to meet either of the succeeding gales. Kject-} gloom and indifferenee, as if it fe ; ye 3 9 once

; NF PMF ROR PRAT WILLIAM CLARK. — ments follow, an “habere” is issued, the tenant is turned out. ) times of stir and human excitement, but had long

Sir ;—I have been much gratified in perusing the Seventh | and he sees the Jand which he and his ancestors cultivated with them, and had no ip posers wake man, the
Report of the Colonial Church Society, which has recently) late and early, pass into strange hands, the heartless agent ehanges ot the seasons, than to stand through all
reached this Island. Aimoug other interesting subjects, the receiving, a3 a douceur, £100 or £200 from the comning-in | monument of the past. ‘
following quotations are calculated to call forth greater ener-|tenant. What follows? The murder of either the agent :

Darnley, Jony. 10th, 1844.

"To tue Epiror oy rar Coromiar-Herap.

: at : EPR AD .. | gies, on the part of our Church, towards effectually support-| or the new tenant, and the expiation upon the gallows of the! Qy Practican anxp Seecunative Apiirry,— :
~— Srr3—UOnderstanding that a. portion of our community ing this excellent Institution, whieh hitherto bas been wet} foul crime by the execution of the wretch who was ejected,| kinds of ability here ported ouft. tpust exist soni
have it in contemplation to establish a District Visiting So-) with a spirit of lukewarmness, although its introduction, in| and who, driven to madness by seeing hiinself, his wite-and | eyery individual, but they are often combined. in ve
. ciety in this town, may J request your insertion of the fol- the year 1840, promised its permanent establishment in this] family, thrown wanderers upon the wide world, satiates bis | equal proportions. A high degree of speculative isift
Jowing extract from the Rev. C. Benson’s District Visitor’s | jjand. vengeance in the blood of his real or imaginary enemy. To) |y found in conjunction with a low degree of prae
ential peplipeayy 48° F740, Tom. sheir joernalion andl gnitte Your obedient Servant, these frightful and lamentable causes are to be attributed lity ; and conversely, the practical talents are son}
eae B. the assassiuations of Messrs. Hall, Hussey, and others, who, perior to the speculative. Men, who have exh
= ie cae 17th; 1844. m Jany. 16th, 1844. through their agents, endeavoured to enrich theinselves, and

greatest powers of mind in their writings, haying

their ruthless mercenaries, by trampling upon ruined cotta-| altogether inefficient in actiye life, and incapable of w

ges and broken hearts. The expiration of leases is another

4 : : soe eee * | have reason to believe that Dissenters would, in many themselves of their own wisdom, With cor
Pee en eres = Sid the cause which Tksew iam : quarters, heartily embrace the Church, had we more evan tryitful source of gain to the grinding agents, and of misery | yjews, and a capacity for profound reasoning ou fb
searched out.--Jos aon cig 1B. rae eto. Sed gélical ministers to send among them.” ‘ to their victims. No matter with what care the tenant may | f,jrs, they have felt bewildered in actual emerg
Aa faquiry 1 concerning the formation ef District Visiting |” « Your Committee continue to receive assurances from.the ‘have worked the land—no matter how punctually he may | Keen and close observers of the characters, the failin
ae os ee. -. . Societies, answered. Corresponding Committee, and other friends on the spot, that Ihave paid his rent, he cannot obtain the renewal of his lease, | the accouplishiments of others, they haye not had t
As the following questious, proposed by a correspondent, | nothing would prevent its beneficial operations, were exist | uyless ie is able and willing to pay such a premitun for it} of coufurming their own conduct to their theeretical st
relate toa difficulty which has no doubt often presented it- | ing in:pediments removed. 2 hints as is offered by another. He demurs to the terms. Then | ard of excellence. Giants in the. closet, they have
‘self to the clergy, on entering a new parish, we have givep “ The people are anxious to have faithful clergymen and |

: ‘ follows an ejectment upon title, accompanied by all its hor- | pat children in the world. ‘This destitution of practic
them, with the answer, at length, and hope both will be| pious Catechists and Seloolmasters.

4 re ih ¥ ~ = bd 1 ¢ “oC . . . o
ver | } hey are willing (0 rors, whieh fill the cruel agent’s pockets with gold, while it} in men of fine intellect often excitesthe Wonder of
found useful under similar circumstances :— contribute’ for these purposes, and generally desire 0 see | jocks up inadungeon the wretched ejected tenant, How

: . C : = 3 { yp They ‘seem to expect that be who has shown powers
_* May I take the liberty. of putting a question, which 1] the Colonial Chureh Society het eB bolder Poser can peace—how can industry—how ean loyalty be expected }yyind bespeaking an almost all-cemprehensive int
should be very glad if you would answer? What is your| «A public Meeting of the Members of the Society was te-. jy g land where such brutal atrocities are perpetrated and

M SS eh tn tes ot } i

ay 2 . : i who has, perhaps, poured a flood of light on the
PR) i ti Cc : 7 ‘harlottetoWu, His age s a : ; 3
3 's entering #pen-s parist'} cently held in the Councit Chamber in Charlottetown, His action to be pursued by others, should, as a matter of

2 7 1 esa a -entomng pee aay Oe < oul ; ‘ are sanctioned by law?) Pacts will on another occasion

in which he can find very. few,.or none, fit to be visitors: Excellency the Governor in the chair, and attended by the prove that these appalling stateménts are not idle assertions, | he able to achieve aby enterprise and mastén aby a
Js there any good done by appointing persons to deliver} Chief Justice and several Members of the Legistature. Very but that they are a part and parcel of the frightful picture | jimselt. Such expectations, however, are ound
tracts who are not serious? lu case none were to be found, | decided Resolutions were unanimously adopted. Ba oto Iealand > a€-thiaswiodient presents. ‘They are facts Aidanarded. it divea dicts sn ong diye danas oat ale

j would yo) recommend any Society being established upti celiency pointed out, in elegant and forcible language, both) whieh, without the slightest expectation of redress, are, with | eonfer excellence in all. or even in things requiring
‘some change was perceptible? dn case of one or two, would | the futility of the objections made to the introduction ofa) a pind stupid desperation, driving thé Ivish into all the risks | reise of the same ficilties Both radtichl Wahf
“you advise a portion of the parish being Committed to their | new Society into the field of Coloutal destitution, and the) ang dangers of imprisonment, banishment aud death. Sine. “aid alGbhe sodelmeitane okie I
hands, ans inore being added as you could find serviceuble claims of the Colovial.Church Socicty upou the regard and | " sai Z oue * that account : by no ne n ; implies the other,

persons? J rather ineline’to this latter plav 5 because, ifn | support ofthe Members of our Chureh, . Breaxinc op or tHE Ice 1. ‘rar Neckar.—When aj moré tlian dexterity ia reeiha ra ‘ it seein on art of le
order to swee)) a parish you put any pérsons in the place of “Fally participating in the anxiety felt in Prince Edward | hase'a “ fay al sie : hie lava ee n : b xt like BROCE e ad y i ot i ; b aa 5
yisitors whose heart is not occupied in their work, even al-| Island, that an increased number of Clergymen should be) "0" : halt a ae tie coat qu pale nest ; axing ue sve ge : + hide Sate, SHOug Ie Migy Ste eae
“though you might + upon more proper persons alterwards, | appointed, your Committee promptly responded to the Reso- | aia a ee rad eae: a theo, v Lal y ' ren dss ae physical skill, *
‘it is exceedingly difficult to get rid of those whom you have | jutions of the Meeting, by offering to meet Colonial SRDS Gra I eee eee ee De COUR. cre Carers inten a

- talready employed.” ~
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ot-e—eter

Emutatiox.—Emnlation seems to be synonymous
laudable ambition; for when we excite emulation amon
ebildren, what ts it but ambition that we stir in them? Ai
in doing so, we cannot too carefully guard against p
their envy and jealousy. Bot the propensity in huma
io delight in superiority, may, however, be rendered
useful both to the teacher and the pupil, if great
taken to keep it within due bounds, and to attach a pi pyar:
degree of importance, severally, to eaeh advantage that tt

be derived from nature, or acquired by care and study. And E

tions of £100, for any destitute and defined locality, with an | CY"3 but the practienl eye of the bis knows when Ws
; Answer: equal sum—to be continued annually, so. long as the,meet- : Heat as vidi take Ay 1 Yipee - Fhe ice will go aplitieiben
“The questions you have proposed, as to the employment | ing demanded it, and the funds of the Society enabled your | ; flo a et: isa pe at) in = te it .— po
of persons as District.Visitors who are not serious, are im- | Committee to make the grant. The result of this proposal ha y ee “a : 5 ries id eg bAh Sia lace aig avira aoa ock.
‘portant: And as it has often been put to the Committee be- | js anxiously expected. : «A sae vat, by tne ring to the files of hewspapers where
-tore, they ‘would offer to you the same opinion they have| “The humble labours of Mr. Brooks, the Society’s devo- | is figs fat ny ye *S:a86318 cack year recorded, it is ue,
given to. others, which'is, in fact, to adopt the latter of the | ted Catechist and Schoolmaster at Murray Harbour, -in this ce ‘egu'at ce - ace i breakeesipiin: 1s Rhine, 19 of
‘two plans thut have ‘presented themselves to your own mind, | Island, have been very satisfactory. Testimony has been them are in. the. night. he boatmen on the Neckar, after

‘and ratherto begin with a portion of the parish, and add to | borne to his irreproacbable.character from different quarters.” the severe frost of 1840, accordingly, one night, when the
‘the districts and visitors, as suitable persons can he called

ah fhad sagrostagt some re said, o It stl go to-night.” | the teacher, while he excites emulation, ought, in er
- ae . és lin en ea To our eyes there appeared uo more likelihood than there | check presumption, to take frequent oceasion to remind b
pirate ite peste Bes int thore PRICE AT WHICH WHE AT. CAN BE GROWN IN had done on the first day of the thaw. All was one hard silecomeh sinha that every one ‘gifted with distinguished ta
oe 5 is Le AMERICA. ‘ ; surface of ice. No water had flowed over it; and one could | lents is justly expected to excel his Gon:petitors, and U
‘To THE E:pitor or THE CoLoniaL HERALD. (From the Liverpool Times.) , at sunset have ventured to walk across.it. But when it be-|is to be ascertained if he haye not more cause for humil
fh Ie; PDIP BO es Ley , The following estimate of the extent of the wheat-growing | came dark, torches were seen flaring here and there, along | than pride upon comparing his acquirements with his
Sir; dhave refrained from addressing you on the impor-| capabilities of the United States, and of the price at which

the banks of the Neckar, especially by the city, where the
houses and mills might be endangered by a sudden breaking
loose, and as sudden rising ofthe flood; for the Neckar, ly-

rior powers and opportunities of improving himself. B
if he excel them in one respect, they may possibly have:
advantage over him in another. ret
Dreams.—When reason descends from ber thr
seeks a transitory respite from her labour, faney usurps!
vacant seat, and in pretended majesty would fain exert bi
sister’s various powers. ‘These she enacts to the best of bi
ability, and with about the same success as attends. a mo
when he attempts the several operations connected with th

- tant subject of the Church Se¢hool Glebe fund, in the vain} that description of grain cau be grown in that country, is
‘hope that, ere this, some public explanation would have | from the pen ofa gentleman who has made the corn trade | loose _ floo :

- been afforded, proving that the best interests of the Church | of America his study and business for between thirty and|ing ina deep valley, and running for forty or fifty miles
were no longer violated, ang that preparation was going for-| forty years, If itis at all near the truth, it proves that the along it, with a highand mountainous country on each side,
ward towards giving the children of our poorer brethren a|lopes entertained by some, parties, and the fears felt by | rises rapidly sometimes after heavy rains, or a deep snow, fol-
religious education. Jn fact, a statement ought to have ap- | others, ofan immense extension of the corn-trade of America, | lowed, by a rapid thaw, to thirty or forty feet; and marks

i peared in the shape ofan Account Current, from the com-|are very ill-lounded. The writer, after examining the re- | may be seen on many of the houses showing the height to
mencement of the’receipt of the fund to the present moment, | sults of the last two or three harvests, and showing how little which it rose in certain years. ‘The highest of these is
detailing every particular transaction as to its investment, | foundation there was for tie reports of a great annual surplus

‘ : one accompanying the breaking up of the ice in 1784,| mystery of shaving; and thus ends a very short and
securities, &c. &c. of whext, which have from time to time (and especially after | and is on the second story of the houses, about twenty feet | sive dissertation upon dreams. ‘ 5,
Although a mantle has been thrown around these matters;| last harvest) been published in the American papers, ob-| above the road, which road is as high again above the ordi-

eo
i Hoxsres.—lf you want to be happy, mount a hobby.
and every encouragement given to frustrate so desirable av | serves:-— : nary level of the river. _ When one of these sudden floods | you want to be learned, have a hobby. This worl«
object, 1 will not, nevertheless, be deterred in reminding the| Very erroneous estimates have heen made abroad, as|aceompanies the breaking-np ofan ice perhaps two feet) dreary place to a man who has not a hobby. He knows 0!
public of the evil under which the poorer classes still suffer | well as at home, of the capacity and disposition of this coun-| thick, the spectacle is perfectly subline. The solid mass, | what te do with his time if he has got any te.spare, @
one so detrimental to their spiritual and moral welfare } try to extend the culture of wheat, and the idea is constantly | heaved by the water, which is driven like a mighty wedge | he has got none to spare, he knows not how to season
and comfort. held np in England, by the advocates of the Corn Laws, that | beneath, rifts and explodesas with the reports of cannon. | labour so as to make it palatable. A man’ will learn |
That the communicants : of the lstablished Church have | if these are abolished the United States will inundate Eng-|The huge masses of ice are tossed up by the torrents that | in a week riding on a hobby, than in twelye months’
an undoubted right to make any inquiries into this fund, is| land with wheat at any price she will pay for it. rush from beneath them, and, rearing their sharp crystalised | on his leather soles, ~ Boys should not cease to ride be
- undeniable; and though we may not possess the power legally|__ “The price of one dollar per bushel in the Atlantie cities | edges against each other, grind ani roar, like lions in com-) when they become men ; they ought merely to i"
to interfere, it still becomes our duly, as Christians, to yield | is not considered more than remunerative, nor is wheat es-| bat with tigers. The whole scene, that a few minutes be-| manly hobbies, and ride on. © In fact, the most
evangelical obedience, in all that appertains to the honor and | teemed a profitable crop by the farmers at less than a dollat| fore was silent and motionless, becomes one chaos of confu- | tion of the life of man, is that which he spends on is
glory of our Redeemer, and not wilfully to neglect or evade | and twenty-five cents. The reason is evident. Not only |sion, uproar, the crushing of conflicting, and grinding of | He himselfis bappy in riding, and most probably he i
his service, under au erroneous idea that responsibility can-| does it require more labour and better tillage than Indian | furious and vast sheets of ice against each other. ‘There is| or discovers something which promotes the happi
not exist without our concurrence. We are commanded “to|corn, but it'is a far more .uncertain crop; experience|a rush and songh of waters all in activity.

It is as if|others, All great improvements in art, all great d
be diligent in seeking to save souls,” and to stir up others in | having proved that a general good crop cannot be expected |they had sprung at once froma long sleep, and awoke not|in science, have been made by men when riding
promoting public good, by example and influence. in more than one out of four years—perhaps the average of|only with their old voice, but with a hubbub of strange

In whiat manner bave we-fulfilled this trust reposed in us?

1 | era } y a hobbies. In fine, the greatest luminaries of mind W
the last fifty years will go nearer to one in five. This is suf-| sounds both from their own bed and from the men on the| world has produced have been hobby riders; men |
Have we not woefully neglected this sacred duty? Are our | ficientto account for the fact, well ascertained, that wheat| banks, As these tremendous blocks of ice are thus rushing parently sacrificed themselves for the good of mankin
consciences so seared as to be dead -and insensible to our? does not increase in the old States pro rata with the popu- | down the river—and many of them are carried out by their | who, after a!l, were merely consulting their own pri al
deeds of omiésion as well as those of commission? If we, | lation, but that these already have .to rely on the west for a} own mutual violence upon the banks—they would, if -not|piuess in riding their hobbies. ‘The silk-worm that spl
the laity, aré found deficient in not requiring a full investiga-| part of their consumption. In the west, there must he an | guarded against, do infinite damage, crushing boats, smash-| its cocoon of silk con amore, is happier than the saucy ra
tion into this fund, in what position do our ministers appear? | increase eyery year to meet not only this demand from the | ing mill-works, and tearing away every thing that obstructed gant who sometimes decorates her person with thro Jat
Have they only to preach the gospel, and permit rumours | old States, but also to feed a population at home, increasing |them. A constant and anxious watch becomes necessary. | of the insect, It is Au enthusiast, and whenever the
so seriously affecting the safety of the find to pass unnoticed | in the Missiesippi Valley at the rate of eighty percent. in ten | A man from each village or town is ready, at the first glimpse | enthusiasm there is happiness. f We have no occasi
and unregarded, and patiently to await the fulfilment of a| years, and a large proportion of that increase not in the | of its breaking up, to ride to the next place, giving the alarm pity the enthusiast; he is bappier than we are, if we af
‘dniy committed to those who are put in authority over them? | wheat districts, Great Britain will abolish her Corn Laws, | as. he goes, by crying aloud, The ice.goes! The ice goes !”| enthusiasts. We are yawning for want of exci emer
Previous to such a conclusion, these rumours ought to have | and guarantee fifty-five shillings per quarter for. teu years, |The people all flock to the river side; guns are fired, and tor-| for want of excitement we take to smoking, and ¢
' been openly brought before the publig authorities, for en-| for wheat delivered at her seaport towns, it might have some | ches appear in every direction. The boatmen get their ves- | and gambling, and roaming. He, on the contrary, has
‘quiry, that their truth or falsehood might be ascertained; for | influence to extend its culture on this side; but helow that| sels, which happen to have been frozen up, dragged out of| amusement and time flies sweetly oyer his head as he
if the clergy residing on the spot appear to attach no inipor- | price our export will be very small, as it always has been,|the waters; and along the streets ¢ftowns, men and boys | on the Ree Rha of thought. oe
fance tothem, how can our respected Diocesan, residing at’ unless after unusually productive erops, And should the} in crowds stand with poles, ready to push away the blocks| Friendships are sometimes as warm as they are
a distance, be reasonably expected to take the burden upow'| population of Great Britain continue to merease in the same | that threaten damage ; and if the waters appear likely to| One may be formed by sharing a Prayer-book in
himeelf. Ngee rate as since the year 1800, she will be compelled, by the| rise rapidly, te be in readiness, many of them, to get the |another from a passenger in Oxford-street. 0 ,
All we now require is zeal and energy; and when the | actual want of bread grain, to abolish her Corn Laws within | goods out of their houses, into numbers of which it will flow. | the pleasing intelligence that our purse has beet j
Clergy shall bave-come forward, fearing no man’s power, | ten years, and to grant bounties, to obtain a regular supply | {magine at the same moment this. scene of excitement ex-|stracted by a pickpocket. A man who hls eat ffm
and cotrting no man’s favor, we may then be certain that of bread before twenty years. For af the termination of that | tending along the banks of the great rivers of Germany and | introduction before he iaitiPebion to offer a civility, goes ou
those “whispers” will be well looked into; they ought to} period, without any allowance for unfavourable ergps, the} of their tributaries—and what an’ animated idea! On the | grave leaving an unregretted clique behind who do not valié
set the exannile; theirs ought to be the firet place in every population will be such, that English soil cannot furnish us| night, then, on which the boatman prognosticated the going fis demise ata pin’s tee while he who takes mankind,

christian. enterprise. on ‘ with food of all kinds.” : of the ice, we were actually awoke by the swift galloping | they come, rough and smooth together, will find ore ay
. Ihave been-#warrantably accused. of making unjustand| The fact that the abundant harvest of last year, though "past of a horse, and the loud ery of a man—* The ice goes! | dross combined, but, with a little discrimination, he

. ealumnious statements, dnd of having arrived at false con- | aided by three million quarters of foreign wheat, wagybarely |The ice goes!” I leaped from my bed, struck a light, looked | not be tre y puz
clusions; these, as well as other ungencrous expressions, b ; ' .

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Sufficient for the wants of the cauntry, beats out the opinion & my watch, and it was—just twelve! ‘Throwing open & the eo quently puzzled in m g his ele

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