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The Mails by the Southern roots to Be. dequu, Caps Traverse. 'I‘ryon River. are made up every Monday morning at to o’clock. l’wr. Manes, Courier.

The Eastern Mails to Bay Fortune, Fair- ﬁeld, Mount Pleasant, Lot 47, St. Margarets. St. Peters, Souris—every Wednesday morn. a; at It! o’clock—PAT. FEEHAN, Courier.

The Western Mails to Bedeqne. Cascnm- pse.Csvendish. I‘igmont tiny. Lot l6, New Glasgow. New London. Park (’orner, I’ort IIiIl, I’rincu 'I‘ovvn, St. I‘ilonnoru, 'I'iguish, Traveller‘s lleut —-every'l‘linrsday morningot

' It) o'clock—RICHARD BAGNAI.L.Courier.

The Southern Mai's to George Town—- Wednesday and Saturday inorn'ngs at 8 o'- clock. 'l‘o Belfast, Murray Harbour. Vernon River, ‘VIII‘G Sands—every Saturday at ? o'clock, a. ar.-—Sa1\ror:r. LANE, Courier.

WEOI’ULAR TALES.“

STORY OF THE FARMER. AND THE SOLDIER.

Itwas a cold evening in Winter. A lamp cast its cheerful ray from the window ofa small farm house, inane ofthe villages of New Eng— land. A fire was burning brightly on the hearth, and It“) brothers sat near it. Several school hooks lay bythcm on the table, from which they had been studying for the next day.

Their parents had retired to rest, andthe boys were conversing earnest- The youngest who was about thirteen, said ‘ John, I mean to be aSoldier.’ ' “’hy so, James?’ ‘I have been readiugtbe life of Alex- ander of Macedon, and also a good deal about Napoleon Bonaparte. I think they were the greatest men that ever lived. There is nothing in this porld like the glory of the War- riur.

‘ It does not seem to me glorious, to do so much harm. To destroy multidues of innocent men, and to make such mourning in familcs, and ~ much poverty and misery in the \t rld, is more cruel than glorious.’ Oh, but then, Johu,to be so hon- d and to have so many soldiers l".- t’1' Your command, and the fame

uch mighty victories—what glory to be compared with this?

_ ‘James, our good minister told us Ill his sermon last Sunday, that the

The voice of their father was now heard, calling, boys, go to bed.— Sn ended their conversation for that night.

Fifteen years passed away, and the sameseason again returned. From the same window a bright lamp gleamed, and on the same hearth was a cheerful ﬁre. The building seemed unaltered, but among its in- matestbere were changes. The. pa- rents who had then retired to rest, had now laid down in the deeper sleep of the grave. They were pious and among the little circle of their native village. their memory was held in sweet remembrance.

In the some chairs which they used to occupy, were seated their eldest son and his wife. A babe lay in the cradle, and ttro other little ones breathed sweetly from their trundle- bed. in the quiet sleep ofchildhood.

Ablast with snow came against thecaseinent. Inlwaysthiuk, said John. a great deal about my poor brother. at this season, and especially in stormy nights. But it is now so many years since we have heard from him, and his way ol'lifc expos- ed him to so much danger, that I

composed air before the spectators, who immediately surrounded him.— All endeavoured to console him: but they soon learned with horror that the fall ofhis son was not accidental. for that he himself had precipitated him from the top of the steeple.— ‘ Heavens!’ exclaimed they, 'is it possible—what fury—what madness!’ ‘ Listen to me replied the father without emotion:—

‘In our trade there are certain rules and customs. The oldest and most experienced ventures into dau- ger ﬁrst, the younger follows. Ac- cording as one ladder is secured by cords another is raised, which is at ﬁrst fastened at the bottom to the top part ofthe other. Then the old- est ascends this ladder,which is only steadied at the bottom; and. assisted by his companion. who supplies him with cord. he proceeds to fasten it at the top. This is the work of the greatest danger. As I was occupied or thoextremity ofthe ladder, I sud- denly heard my son csclnim below me. ‘ Father, father, there‘s a cloud before my eyes; [know not where l arn.’ I instantly raised my right foot and gave him a kick, which struck

tear we have strong reason to believe him in the forehead,aud he fell with-

him dead. wife. ‘that he would be a Soldier!’

What a pity, replied the . out uttering a word.’

‘ Infamous wretcli! monster! what

A faint knocking was heard at the . demon could have urged you to such

door. tered wearily, and leaning upon two crutches. Ilis clothes Were thin and tattered. and his countenance hag- gard they rcncIImI him a chair.aud he sank into it. He. gazed earnestly on each of their faces, then on the sleeping children; and then on every article of furniture, as on some recol- lecti-d friend, stretching out his wi- thered nrms,he said in a tone scarce- lv audible. ' Brother—Brother!’——; 'I‘lie souudofthnt voice opened the tender rcmcmbrances ofmuny years. He, hastcucd to welcome the. wan- derer, and mingle their tears with his.

‘ Bro'her, Sister, I have came home to you to die.’ He Was too much exhausted to converse, and thev exerted themselves to prepare hiui fitting nourishment,and to make him Comfortable for the night, The next morning he was unable to rise. 'l‘hey sat by his bed, and Sootlicd his worn heart with kindness. and told him the simple narrative of all that had befallen them in their quiet a- bode.

To he concluded on Saturday.

THE MASON AND HIS SON.

*— The following fact occurred at Clagenfurt in (,‘ariuthin, when the French army occupied the town.—

0nd oflil'e was the test of its good- '

"“99- Now, Alexander, that" you

Will the great, got intoxicated, and died like a madman; and Napoleon was imprisoned on a desolate Isl- a“d, like a chained wild beast, for all III"? World to gaze and wonder at.— ttvas as necessary that he should 9 Conﬁned,” that a ferocious mon- “orthould be put in a cage. “ho, your ideas are very limit- in were not capable of admir- Kheroes. You arejust tit to be a "met. I dare say that to break a

The lightning had much injured the

_poiut ot'a very high steeple of the

principal church; and a masnn and his son were. employed to repair it. A crowd of inhabitants assembled at

I . - a gtho place to Witness this petliutts o-

peration. The father. a man of fifty years ot‘age, still vigorous and ac- tive, ascended first: his son followed him; they aImOst reached the sum- mit; the spectators tremblineg countedstbeir steps, when they saw the son suddenly lose hold ofthe ladder and fall to the ground. A cry of terror arose .

It wasopened, and a man en- l a crime?’ ‘ Softly, gentlemen; I am

assuredly to be pitted: but I am far from believing myself guilty. In our trade it is well know-o that if the heart turns giddy in a dangerous po- sition where there is no means of assisting one’s self, and of taking

time to recover, that man is Irre-

’ case of my son, _ that his sight was gone, there was no

Now such was. the

trievably lost. From the moment

hope for him; in two or three se-

‘ couds he must necessarily have fallen; but before that,uud in his la~t ugontes,

he would undoubtedly havce grasped

t at the tottering ladder I was placed gun; he would have dr

rigged it away and we should have both fallen. In an instant I foresaw this inevitable result, and I prevented it by deal- ing the blow, which precipitated him, and which—saved me as you see.— Now tell me you who call me mon- ster, ifI had killed myself at the some time with him, who would have supported his unfortunate wife and children, who henct-forwurd have no- thing to look outfor but my labors! To die for him would perhaps have been the duty ofa father; but to tile along with him without any utility. is,

deed, my lord.’ replied the gabbler, ‘ we are so crowded at table that I do not know where to put my hand.’ ° Put it in your mouth,’ said the Prince.

From American Papers.

Tue Fr.ooos.—l\hussu.t.ss, Nov» 9.-—From all parts we received the most deplorable accounts ofthe dis- asters committed by the heavy rain: which have fallen during the last week. The steamboat with dis- patchcs from Corsica. on the 7th brought us accounts ot'the hi it roads being broken up in that islan . Yes- terday the Italian boats had letter. from Leghorn to the 6th. They state that the Aron had swollen to that extent that Florence was nearly placed under water, the goods in «- veral warehouses were completely destroyed, and at the custom-house the water rose five feet. The beau. tiful suspension-bridge is a heap of ruins, and the ancient bridge Oreﬂci oienaccsto fall down every instant. The delightful promenade of the C‘- siou hears the appearance of a lake, and in other on: ‘s of the town furni- ture, cuttle,&c. , ﬂoated in the. princi- pal streets. T'oe plains of Tuscany along the Arno are at least three foot under water; the railroad from Leg- horn to Visa is so inundated that the carriages cannot pass. llere, in the

south of ‘ n rte. tiw ro' g on; considerable[drainage ’I’lid’ia‘riaetfiare

almost impassable, and the mails or. rive at Marseilles six and seven hours beyond their usual time.

A DOUBLE Somme—A few days ago, a young man named Din-ken, aged ‘2I, a clerk in the 'I‘ower Ham- lets Court of Request, and a female named Davies, aged 22, the daughter ofa surgeon ol'tliat name and very respectahly connected poisoned themselves by taking prussic acid,and were found dead on the same bed at the house ofDuckett’s father. They had been attached to each other up- wards of live years; and the fear if thev were married, of being unable to support themselves, is surmised to he the cause of their destroying themselves.

YANKEE Museum—At the en- trance of the American House of re- preseiitntives is the following admo- ‘ nition:-—' Gentlemen will be pleased not to place their feet on the boards

believe. what neither religion norJus- in {mm M. the ganpry’ as we din

lice rrquire.’

During some moments a profound silence reigned through the assembled crowd; the. mason was arrested and delivered over to the tribunals. I‘Ie there displayed the same. ﬁrmness he had shown bchro the. people. The Judges, like the multitude, could not rcsi-at a first impulse of horror: but,

All crowded towards

the unfortunate man, who lay shut-

tipon rcﬂecting ou the situation in which he was placed and the motive assigned for his conduct, they ac.- knowledgcd that his reasoning. how- ever IiOrritic, was just, and exhibited a presence of mind. to which,though with shuddering. they could not re- fuse their admiration.

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A GEN-rt: His'r.-—‘ Your band an- noys me exreedingly,’ said the Prince

from them falls on Senators ‘ heads.’

The population of Lower Canada. is CrlilnllIPtI the present year at 678,- 500; in "33], it Was 5| I.9l9. Aug- mentation in 13 years, 169,671.

The barque Elizabeth from Hull, I‘ing to St. John, N. It. Was totally

wrecked. a few weeks ago, near Irubec. Crow with ditficulty savad.

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A Channel through the ice. for 15 vessels, commenced in Bangor “ar- bour 0n the 7th inst. was still in pro- gress on the morning of the 9th, at about a mile per day.

tercd upon the pavement" without a sign of life. In the meantime the fa- ther coatinued to ascend, performed his task, descended with song froid. and appeared with a melancholy, but.

The Quebec Gazette states that the thermometers on the morning of the Itthinst. was down to from ‘0 to 20 degrees below Zero.

of La Roche-Suryon, to a talkative person who was sitting near him at dinner, and who was constantlysuit- ingths action to the word. '-In-

Dairofsteers is your highest ambi- p'ri and to spend your days in

“thin and reaping would be gloo I, W] t,.for you. '