hqeers' should hereafter be gfd in the State." The recall has been, that of It1,~t';tl electors in that State, llI,281 have voted 0.9 Lianne,‘ being it ntzijnrity on this important int. ofcight thou- sand. nine hundretl and eighty-two. This, considering the strength of the traflic in every city and towtt iii the State. the deep interest of every licensed vendor in tire continuance of his license, and the power of the trade to controul the votes of the Ignorant and the vi- eioue, we cannot but consider it great result; honorable to the ac- tivity and zeal of our friends and brethren , the‘ good sense, hutnani- ty, and pattiotisttt of the people, and bidding us press forward with to and confidence iti every part of the Union.

{fut frotn Maine has conic our highest encouragement. Ear- ly in I837. nu able Report was made by a Committee of the Legislature of that State on nutnerous petitions for protection from the evils of the traffic. 'l‘liat committee presented it bill ftir the entire prohibition of the traflic in the State: but itwas lost in the Legialature.—-Yet, it was not lost to the commutes nor to the people. From that period the friends of the mea- sure have beeti ussi«luous in their labour to form. it to the pub- lic sentiment of the State. More titan a year since they car- tied the subject, as they felt they had a ritrltt to do. to tire |,.||ot, 503, gm] returned to the Legislature. whiclt passe-.l the bill; but it was vetoed by tlte then acting Governor. Nothing tlauntcd, the bill. willt improvements. was pressed tiptiit the now existing: Legislature, as demanded by the people. ‘ ,‘\l most without delay. it was adoptetl by a cttlnllllllltllflfi:ln:t_|tlI‘lly._ um ggceivet] the approval of the Governor._ By tlits law of Maine. all traffic in epiritutitts or intoxicating liquors. except for medicine -and the arts, is forbidden utttle: pains and penal- ties; and all spirituous and intoxicating liquors, kept for sale. but for these purposes, and by an individual especially cotn~ rnissionetl, unrlrrbvntls. is to be seized and tlt-stroyed by tlte

public authorities. Such a law, if it is indeed the voice of the people, affords all the protection which a ton: oppressed and suffering community can desire. It ptits out the fires which have been burning the bodies and stnils of men. lt_cuts offthe supply which creates tltedemand forittttixieating drinks. It puts an ettd to all snbterftige.-, and frauds and evasion‘ of law. It makes the State asafe abode for the miserable ine- liriate, and secures to the people a temperance millennium. It ' almost a visiott of the night; and the ttiittd anxiously en- , will it be sustains-f I ‘\ thousand voices answer, Yes 3 ! Already iti her cliiefcities and towns, m--n t-ngagetl in , flic, from the highest tti the lowest, have disposetl of _ “stock in trade; and where they have per.-istetl tn tltc sale, a quor has be-it seized by the ma-_Iistr:ite, autl. itt open day amid approving multitudes, pou"etl upon the earth or turned into the sea. .

So great a scene. in one of the principal Stat-s of ortr Union. the result of no sudden action, of r.o wild fanaticism, but _of profound thought and arduous labour, impresses the mind with solemn awe. We pause for a moment to ask, what wtitiltlhe the condition of our noble ctiuntry. if every State in the Utiion were to adopt and carry out the eatne principle? Wllerr’, comparatively, would be ottr pauperism and crime? Where. families, torti and scribed by drunken fathers and drunken sons? Where tenants for your vast jails, and poor botises, and lunatic asylutnsl In the beautiful language of inspira- tion, “ Violence would no more be hand in our gtreets; wast- ing nor destruction itt our borders." And yet M line was ottcc as far from this action—once as ready f'or the fttll indulgence of vicious appetite, and as freely wasting on the iiitoittcattng cop the millions of dollars, as other States of the Union. ller present proud eminence, is the fruit of humble, prayerful.

rsevering labour in all lter cities. toivns and vilagrs; in her liiirbours, and her ships. in her colleges and schools of learn- ing. in her tnedical department, in hvrchurcltcs of various dc- nominations, itt her Legislature and courts ofjnstice.

We will not pause here, hretltren and friends, to agitate

and discuss a thousand questions. and solve diflicultics which may have arisen in the minds of the dotihtful and unbelieving. We have the model before us. The action of Maine is a mat- ter ufliietory. Shall we not thank God and take courage! Shallgnot rise from one end of America to the other, and givefictlte approving voice? Shall we not strive for the same results in our various lticaliticsl Niall not the saute un- relenting foe be subdued all over the world! Let the millions of dollars once wasted in Maine. now be expended upon her farms, her btiildings, her schools, her means of education and religion, and soon among all her sister republics. the will he an object of universal admiration. But why Maine alone? Why shall not the wives and children, and the already delu- ded stricken men, scattered all over the hills and valleys of this vast land, receive the same protection? In asking for law, we abandon in no case, where it is available, mural Iualiom But there are upltoltfers of intemperance, who are beyond its reach; and we mttsteither, with our children, wither and die under its Icorching tyranny, or rise in our majesty as a free people, and by that same arm which shuts out the gambler and the counterftiitcr, and destroys their implements, shot out and destroy this bloody demon, which has stalked forth with on- blushing effrontcry and rioted amid the tears and groans of its bleeding victims. Greater moral triumphs there may not have have been than our eyes have witnessed in the progress of temperance, but greater things than we have seen shall we yct see. Difliculties there may be in other States greater than Maine had to encounter. Our populous cities, our merchant princes rolling up their wealth, our vast importers and mighty

istillers may laugh us to scorn and bid us defiance. Ilut doth not God know I Is he ntit an avenger! Doth he not hear the cry of the fatherlesst Hath he not said, “ Woe to him that btiildeth a town with blood, and cstablisheth I city with iniquity,” and may he not, for the iniqoitics of lter traflic, “ send pestilence into the city and blood into her streets,” and give a triumph before we ask it.

B ethren and fiiends! from this privileged mount, this de- lightful gatherin . we beseech you in all parts of our rising. fur-spreading Ill noble Republic, and throughout the adjacent Provinces, to rouse to new efforts, and bid our land and the world be free. This, be it remembered, is the forming age of a nation. destined, we believe, to be one of the mightiest on the globe. and a model to all that come after us. If we lay the futindatious right; if we have respect in all we think and do to the moral and physical laws of his kingdom, God will own and bless us; and the nations of the earth, taking knowledge of our prosperity, will follow in otir wake, and we sh-.ill be instrurnetital of preparing the earth for the reign of Him in whom all are tti be blessed.

Let harmony and love pervade all our councils. Let there be no internal atrifcs and collisions. Let us be generous, iro- ble and firm. Let our dependence be tipon an Almighty arm. Let the philanthropists and patriots, the friends of law and order, ministers and churches of ottr land see, that, in all otir organizations, we seek not ourselves, but the public good. Let thtna whose habits we would reform. whose business we would destroy and root out for ever, see that we are actuated by the kindest motives and most generous dispositions. Le- gislators we must have, magistrates we must hue, who will give us and our children protection from the traffic. It is right therefore, it is a duty, which we owe to ourselves, to our children, and to our common country, to go to the ballot box, and there secure them ; to do that. in defiance of all the out- cries of political aspirants, which men do in a thousand cases, without calumtiy or reproach, for far inferior private and social interests. Thus moving forward in one harmonious, unbroken phalanx, in the strength, and with the aid of the Lord of Hosts, we shall soon see removed, not merely front one State, but from our whole land, from a continent and a world, one of the inset curses with which earth has been stttioistt.

Ratisair H. WAt.wott'rtt, Pres‘t.

UNITED STATES.

Gnuaa‘ I-‘rues ll 1-its Wooria or Manrn.—'I‘lie American tapers state that extensive fires have been raging for I fortnight teeth and west eflabee, go far as Mount Desert, a distance ot'_0o miles. destroying all the timber in that region.‘ The Gutter mill- daei company. at Cutlu, wbose timber was estimated to be worth QIIOJOO, has been swept clear._ Also. four thousand aereti, W to John Belch, ship-builder, at Prescott. It was with y be saved his ships on the ateelis. In Parry. several farm- evsbsveleatallthelrtituberautlet-ops.

'rwo waexs LATER rtioit CALIFORNIA.

The electric lt.t.tnoip, frust Cliagres for New Yorlr, pot

met last, unfit ofeoal, IIIV.l|l|l

W M II M3 .'.v I . . bl, sad the ctifrimtix Illll ofaug. lb.

The assures p Bvetlisr -losathaa. (rest Chagree, t into lsvasssh ea tbessns day. having as ' terria aalee. HQ U! [era and CH0 is gold air freight. Tuegsssrataseshsncstttsrstabstaid lobes to. 1b eaubsr but unless! tumtvhtr I-r -rmtto-.

and gold was obtained in abundance. The state of.soctety‘had greatly improved, through the energy of the Vtgilan_cc Lom- mtttee and the legal atitltovitics. Business at Sun l'ranc_tIc0 was brisk, httt large supplies of produce had caused a Illlllt dgprgggion to prices. The current rates for most articles were about the same as at previous dates.

NEW BRUNS\V'ICK.

A Vtst'roa.—On I"ritla evening lost. the American fishing schooner C. 6! It. Ilogertt, he-longing to the port of New I.otId0nt Connecticut. arrived at Cliathnni. for the purpose of procuring a supply of stilt and linrrels. She soiled again oit Eatttrdny afternoon. This vessel carries a crew of nineteen iiitui, has been uheelll fI'0I|t home about six wet-.ks,and has ttow on board 420 barrels Mackerel, and had she not been conipellcd to put into port, would now‘ he oti her way lioint: with a full fare, which we tire toltl, would yield about $I50 to ettcli innit. The Cttptniu inftirtiietl us that there were uptvittdrt of 900 soil oflisliitig vessels in the Gulf, iiitttiy of IIIl.:In on their second, untl IP\‘t.'ft|I on their Iltird vnyti,i',u. Thtisl. while our iieitghlt-Iurs ore reaping tl liandstiinc return from the protlttco of our l"i-tlterieti, we find it it diflicult riizttter to gut tl fresh fish of airy description,tiltltonglt t‘it y are swttriuing oti our aliores.—Jlltrtimt- chi Gleaner. Sept. I1.

Tut: llsctmr Fittr. t.v I‘oit-rt.A.-tn.—We gave in ntir last, a hasty sketch oftlre severe fire which broke out iii the Parish of Pttrtlautl titi l-‘rit|:ty evctiittg, aittl wlticli we fiiitl in the itiatti corrt-t-i. 'l‘Iie wliolc number of building: Ilcstrtiycd, tttnotittts to nearly forty, and valued at about £7000; there was \'t.‘r_‘v' little it.s.tranre on them, and as they were principally t|CC|l|Ilt‘(l by tho l:thourin:_v t-. asses, the loss will he lte.t\'ily felt by them. It is t-stitnatetl that about I00 fattiilies wcie turn- d ottt oflitiuse and lI'tilI0 by this calamity.

Tltere ll1t! been rt tnarktttl iirtprtivetiieitt in the comiito.rci.tl aspect of the country, uhnit ctitirpztred with the week previous. 'I'lte effects of the hire failures have been liupily restricted tti it ttarruvv cornpztss, by judicious nntl well-tituietl :it.l front Joint Stock Hank- ing Cotnpanitis. Tho tntirketit for Colonial prtitlncti ure docitledly in It more favourable position than at previous advices. The Ex- port trade of Great Britain is steadily increasing.

The Post tualtt-s the following rcinarkoltle statement : “ People die at the rate of five a mitiutt-,, taking the whole world together ” At the rate of live it ittiitute, the titttitbcr of deaths itt ti year would be ll little over 2,600,000, und as there are about I,0l)0,0tlt‘l,000 if people on the globe, it would require about -100 yours to clear thetn offby denth tit that rttte. 'I'lie re-.tl nuutlu-.r of deaths it ittiiiuto is nearer fifty than five, we suspect.

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'rUi:sDAY,_s__r:P'rEMBt~:R so. 1851.

[T will he wait that on ulti.-rtttioii in the days oftlie Mitils lt.-ttvitig Cliurlutttitowo for I’ictou hats been advertised; and that they will be closed in future on the rnortiittga of Tues.I=.ty rind Friday, at 9 0’Cl0Cl<. ttlstcntl of \Vcdtit-.stlttya and Stiturdti e, as lterctoliire. By this urrutigetnent the tttnkttig up oftlie .\Itti|s or Htiglttittl is deferred frotii Saturday to Tuesday, thereby obviating the ittt‘oiivenic..ce and delay tvhicli lieftire took three in tho .\Ittilrt lying in the llnlifax Post Utlice for four days before they were ftJl'\\'i.'|'tJ¢tI by the Atlantic steaiiicis.

It‘ was with much pleasure that we saw the outside of the Central Academy assuming an appearance tnorc worthy of the Metropolis of the Island ; and the gratifi- cation was mttch enhanced, when we entered tltc build- ing and viewed the judicious alteratiotis that were taking place inside. The front and back rooms, which had been separated by along narrow corridor which only served to encourage and perpetuate a thorough drttft through the entire building, are now made into one large rootu capable of containing, with a dire regard to individual convenience, upwards of ninety boys. There is at the South etid ofthc room an elevated platform or dais on which is placed the seat of the master, who at it single glance can take in the whole of the pupils, as the seats are gradually and proportionately elevated as they recede, the smallest of the scholars being imme- diatcly in front of the master, and the largest-—and some are pretty well grown—at the furthest extremity of the room. The desks are so arranged, that each boy can leave his seat, when going to his class, without disturbing his neighbor, there is an appropriate place for the slate, books, pens, &c., for each individual. These urrangments of themselves contribute much to the keeping of good order, but the alteration in the mode of hearing the classes strikes us as the greatest improvement that has been made, and one that could not have been effected without the previous alterations. It was formerly the custom—from necessity—to hear thc class in the room in which the rest of the pupils were learning their tasks, or employed in writing or arithmetic ; these latter operations cannot be, or at all events are not performed in silence, and there is always something or other going on that frotn titne to titnc calls off the attention of both the master and pupils from the task that ought to occupy thc individual energies of both. This is now avoided: there are two rooms, each having its own entrance from the main school room, in which two of the masters are separately oc- cupied each with a class, while tltc third remains in charge of the rest ofthe boys, who are preparing to be called out in turn. The consequence is, tlitit in each of the class rooms there is a. master and his class who, liable to no interruptions from withotit, are enabled to give their whole and undivided attention to tire subject matter of their immediate studies. Those who have been accustomed to the difficulties attendant upon the rendering a correct translation of it Greek or Latin author into English can best appreciate the change ; but all, it is presumed, must be aware of the advantages with which seclusion and quiet are attended to both master and pupil. The writer of this was made fully sensible of the benefits that already resulted and will con- tinue to do so from this amended routine. It gave him pleasure to see how it enabled the master to do that strict justice to each individual which, however willing, he was unable to do before. There are now on the Roll in all 95 pu ils, of whom «I are studying Greek and 25 Latin. tie is but it small proportion, consi- derin that the Academy is in the richest district of the Islan , but we do not despair, but that, as the time proceeds, the necessity of learning will be so apparent, that all will endeavor to avail themselves of advantages which are now common to all civilized communities.

There are studying Geometry, (Euclid,) I2

“ “ Trigonometry, 8

" “ Algebra, I2

“ “ Geography, 30

" “ History, 34

Their respective ages are as follow:

Under I0, 27 Between 10 and I4, 40 “ I4 and I8, I9

Above 18, 7

The Academy ever has been, and still is to a certain degree, a Normal School for district teachers, and as such has done a deal of service, and we are anxious to see the sphere of its usefulness in this respect greatly extended. On this important subject we will at some future day enlarge; our opinion being, that it should be incumbent on eve candidate for a school in the country to have p at least three months at tho Ceritrsl Academy, and in order to enable him to do so, a sum sufllcierit, for the purpose of paying his board, should be advanced him out of the Treasury, to be re- paid by instaltnefi out of his subsequent yearly allowance.

We are grateful for what lies been done, but we trust that those, an inn eat of whose duty is to

instruction for all who need it. will but coridder V

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this as a beginning. The government of the people is now in the pcople’s own hands, and before they can discharge their new duties with advantage to them- selves and benefit to posterity, they must be educated in conformity thereto. If our rulers tire to be taken from all classes of society, all classes should have it in their power so to educate their children,,es to make them competent to take their share in the administra- tion of government which, as the Island increases in wealth and population, will require a correspondent increase in knowledge. The art of overntnent is like all other arts to be taught, and on can it is so, many attd perhaps fatal will be the errors that newly nttttlc sttitcsrticu will be apt to full itito before they have dis- covcrcd the right path.

'l‘herc are many who undervalue classical knowledge; who cxclaitn against tlte teaching of Latin untl Grcck its super-fltioits, necessary only to professional men, and even to be dispensed with iti them. A few words oit this subject may not be out of plo.ce.v It should he re- tnembct-cd that the bulk of all modern languages is composed of words derived tneditttely or immediately from those of Greece or Rome. The language of the Goth or of thc Celt, however imaginative and poetical, is totally unfit for the purposes of philosophy, the sciences, or the arts. Every dny’s experience shows, that in the multitude of discoveries and inventions that are continually taking place, means would be wanting to describe them, if the discovcrcrs or inventors were confined to the limited vocabulary of the Saxon, the Norman, or the Celt, or of all conjoined. Hence the ticccssity—thc absolute necessity—-of having recourse to richer and more copious sources of expression. If the words gravitation, electricity, magnetism, find no cor- respondent terms iii the speech of our rude and liar- barons ancestors, wlitit shall we say of orygen, h_t;tlrogeii, carbon, and nitrogen which are now, such is the spread of information, become in all cotiiitries whet-c education is properly cared for, “familiar in their nmtitlis its household words.” And are we only, of all America, to rctnain tt century behind the ago? Are otir sons, when they go forth into tlte world, to be distittguislietl only by their want of education P Is it for ever to be said, “ If you wislt your sort educated, yott must send him to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, or further still, from his father's hearth, and the fellowship and synt- pzttliies of nature and frientlsliip," and to what end per-hope? That he may despise the country and the people who are still condemned to languish in the want of that which he has gone so for to procure, and has begun to appreciate at its proper value. Those are cotisitlerntioris which ought to occupy the attention of those entrusted with the interests both of the present and future generations of the inhabitants of this fertile Island. And they cannot well go wrong when it is considered that their path is straight before them, and that their WtIl.CIIWOI‘t‘I should be “ Forward.”

\Vir.trevctt may be our opinion of the political abili- ties of the gentlemen composing the present Adminis- tration, we have never for it single moment thought of impugning their private characters, or intcrmcddling with their failings, nor shall we now do them tlte foul injustice of supposin that the infamous attack made by Mr. VVhclan in the fiat/al Gazelle of yesterday, is coitu- tcnanced by it single other member. To deign to repl to it would be to put ourselves on a level with Edward which would be a degradation indeed!

p the Bishop of Nova Scotit, was it passenger in tits 8 timer Rose on Thursday last. llis Lordship proceeded immediutcl to Government Ilouse, to become the guest of Sir Alexander anti I.ady Btiiinertnnn during his stay. On Saturday last ho was waited upon liy tlte clergy, chorchwnrdens, vcstry and a nntribcr of the con- gregation ofSt. I’ttttl's Church, who presented him with the follow- ing address, to which Ilia Lordship replied e.r trinpore, tit consider- able lcngtli, and touched it on many topics connected with the welfare ofthe Church in P. I'.. Island, expressing at the mine titne his gratification at the address then presented. On Sunday liis Lordship preached iit St. I’tiul‘s Church, from St. Mtirk, Ist t:ltnp.. vs. 40 and 4|. No better proof can be afforded of tire excellence of the discourse than that it was suited to the tastes and comprehen- eions of the whole congregation, who high and low, learned and unlearncd. alike a read in speaking of it in terms of the highest approbation. Ilis rtlsltip yesterda left Iowa for St. I-'.leanor’s. I e will preach iti St. Paul's Church in the forcttoon of Sunday ncxt.