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If f lfclessiacthsd specialy to make ‘search In ‘ﬂtur-no . reportin their errand B fruit- less ens. Intelligence from the Western Is-

lands bss~bcau received, down to the 18th of Februar , '_t_it makes no mention oft e object o opt solicitude. With reluctance and pain, we aﬁ at last compelled to adinit_t0 our mind the conviction that the Pacific is now drifting in the cavernous depths of the ocean. is shattered, shapelsss wreck. Four weeks ago we wrote hopefully, giving reasons for t _e . that was within us; and we new 5961. 13 incniabant to assign the causes which htlva blanched the ruddy features of Hope into the s of Despair.

The winter has been one o seves-it , both on sea and. land. 'l'°mP°“5 esolated the ocean in latitudes most , uented by European traders, while the {rigidity of the temperature has attlie same time impaired the ability of the nmrlner 80 l0 manage his bark ’as to defy the storm. But winds and waves had beforc.exhausted their power upon the good ship Pacific. Mid by he’ pantin engines she dashed, scornfully, from

or lo-'ty and massive sides the foainiiig seas. it was not these that she perished. n the month of January a vast portion of the Atlan- tieoceamalwsys open to navigation at that lesson of the year, was taken possession of by an icy continent, with its mountains and

lains. We believe that she ran against this

cy barrier, in impetuous speed. ind lb”-i dc" traction was the result.

We cannot resist the conclusion that the cabin wreck seen on the 7th of February by the steamship Edinbur h, was all that will ever be seen of the missing steamship. llie Paciﬁc sailed from Liverpool on the 23d of January, before any ice had been reported, and with the winds that then prevailed she would; have reached in due course lat. 47 ° l0"-00 on about the 28th of January, and would t.li‘cn most certainly have encountered the ice. '1lie Persia sailed three days after the Paciﬁc, and running probably a degree further south struck the ice on the 31st of January in lat 40 ‘' lon- gitude 46 “.

That encounter was not without peril. 'l‘lie Edinbnrgli reported that “on the

steamship 7th of l<eb., in lat. 46 37, ion. 45 43, at 4 P i\l., assed two oak doors, the knobs of

which appeared to be white; also two windows with Venetian blinds, and a work box: and at the same time saw several pieces of wrecked stall.” ‘Bearing in mind that the Paciﬁc would have steered for a point of latitude and longi- tude not more than thirtyor forty miles distant from the place in which this wreck was seen, and that she probably reached that desired point ten days prior to the 7th of February, that she then certainly and unexpectedly en- countered masscs of ice, and it leaves scarce- ly a doubt that the Paciﬁc was lost on or about the 28th of January, between the parallels of 46 and 47 of latitude, and 45 and 46 of longitude. The late of tlie ship may not, necessarily. have become the fate of her passen- ers and crew. We have not the heart to dissipate the hope which still lingers in many a stricken breast. With lifeboats more than siiliicient to accommodate every soul on oard, there are chances that some, or many, or all, ma have been rescued by a passing vessel. \{'hether living or dead we cast no word of reproach against Captain Asa Eldridge, _the the commander of the Pacific. If, in a _spirit of emulation, he ex osed his ship and his life to hazard, he only id as they have done who in his profession are everyw ere re rded as ttcrns of rudcnco and ability. apt. Jud- ins of the ersia, escaped narrowly. Captain Lines of the Arago struck heavily on ice. Captain Stone of the Arabia was_ hxposcd_to imminent peril from contact with ice. While Ospt. Comstock of the Baltic, and Capt. West of the Atlantic were in positions which caused them grave apprehensions. _ On the lit of March 1841, the pteamship President sailed from New York with thirty passengers, and never was s in heard of. in bat year ice was several times reported, and the belief is general that she was destro ed h an encounter with ice. On the 19th of a._rc 1864, the steamship City of Glasgow sailed from Live l for Philadelphia, with more four iindi-ed seals on board. and hi" never been heard of. She too, is believed to have been destroyed by ice, for in that year there were more vessels that report ics, than had ever been known before. Ice is the great slsniy which ships propelled by steam have to fear and no form of construction seems to Iﬁld security. The President wap without con rtsionts,_the Paciﬁc was partiall ro- vi with b heads, while the City G asgow was psrfoctlydividsd b water-tight bulkheads. its value of t Pacific and her cargo was about two millions of dollars, and the loss will fall heavily oh the underwriters. '~ It would soon to be proper tlllt they should now assume some control over the routes which steamers mav take between the months of January and The owners of the Paciﬁc have de-

tc keep their steamers below 42° of

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1 ii e until the reach 46° '$lo.g of- the Peiisia on her A OI‘ s uvrs that her commander followstlb I0 , ,2 and consequently saf'e,_ _§9‘ P0‘ unreasonable that tho 'o ’ _ wfllﬂfl Ill , 9" tiibliiib a rule which none may be at liberty '0 viclste. rs. time which moy,b,e,II-Y°<l'l*.Y_ “- suing the northern sn‘¢l.,hIlbr<lous route on no; excjeg fi-,,~,n four‘ &tp|.l‘,el ttll:IIr:.. ‘mi tri in i oi-encoisno ‘ -‘c ' 9 I _ - sive aid tremendous risk of life and propoftxv but in almost every case b_§|l.V"W0l', steamers taking that route have from I day and 0 half to three days by hindrance from loo-I loss on one voyage for each ship equal t entire loss of tilnQ,0p,,,hO|' voysire for 8 year by a more southerly route.—From the New Yer Couricrand Enquirer, March 22.

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’l‘he subjoined extracts of a letter received from ii correspondent in Constantino is. by his friend in New Brunswick, will be ound ‘very interesting. The letter is dated 2d March :—‘

“ 'l‘lie on dit is, the Sultan intends givin a Ball and Concert at Easter, in return for t e' hospitality shown by the Allies. The affair is to take place at his . resent rcsidenceon the

osphorus, a most enc anting spot such as you ma have read of in the “Arabian Nights." The ladies of the Harem will be present, but out of view ofthc many longing eyes. In fact, it will be ‘a sight worth coming all the way from New Brunswick to see.

This lace (Constantino leg is at present throng with strangers 0 al nations—fi-om the Indian Prince to the lowest London Black- leg—-one continued scene of gambling, drinking and rioting. Notwithstandingthe strong mili- tary Police Force both we and the French have murders, and assaults pnevail to a great extent. ' ‘ We have an Opera three times a week and a French Vaudeville the other four. ' ' '' 'l‘iie truth is, if the War continues, the Country will be quite civilised. As it is, many rivilcgcs have lately been granted to the Christian, such as the right of holding property and marrying with Tur ish women. ' " " Some of the rides about Constantinople are very beautiful.

SINGULAR. Lire Rrs-roam: —-A recent and highly respcvizible English paper relates a cir- cumstance of extraordinary character, which occured a short time since in one of tho flourishing towns of the middle counties. A clergyman died, and his wife and daughters, on the third day after his decease, recollccting that no likeness remained of the once cherished

closed over him, that the body should be on- shroudcd and a portrait taken. A young lady ofsoinc professional celebrity was engaged for the task. She, with the assistance of the attendant took of} the shroud, and placed the body in the requisite posture; but other duties requiring the artist’s attention, the sketch was deferred till noon. About 12 o'clock at the foot of the bed the lady commenced and went through an hour's work on this image ofdcatli.

At this stage of the proceedings, by some unaccountable motion, the hcai of the death- like ligure fell on one side. Nothing dnuiitcd, the artist carefully took hold of the head to replace it, when lo! the eyes opened, and staring her full in the face, the “ dead" inquir- c ; “ Who are you;" The young“ rol'cssi- oniil," without trepidation. took the undiige from the head and rubbed his neck. He ironic- diately saw the shroud iind laiiiglicd iinmode— rately. The artist quietly called the fnmil , their joy may be imagined but cannot be e- scribed. That evening, he who had lain three days in his shroud, bemoancd b mothers and sisters with agonizing tears, gaddencd their hearts by taking his accustomed place at their tea-table, and at this inoiiicnt is making an excursion in North Wales.

l|tPﬂ0VtMll(1'iN Gumrs-rs Amara S. Thomp- son of Springﬁeld, Pennsylvania, has invented a method of making ii seamless sack cast out of a single piece of cloth. By afsw changes in the loops and buttons the garment may be converted into a cloak, and then lniosnolher formed gar-. ment called a islms. These changes are all msdo with rapidity. 0: e piece of cloth is thus caused to serve several di ercnt purposes. The expense is no greater than fora common ssck cost.-—-. Scieiuijﬁc Ammbcri.

Curious CoIniiurior4.—The_New York Jews have introduced choral singing into their wor- ship, and anion other pieces - ive part of " I‘ know that rig odsomsr liveth, ’ from thoors; torioof the osslahz-4-‘Boston D. Air. ,

Sintv Base-rivur..—-'l‘lse‘rs is a young lady so dasslingl beautiful that her gaurdians donut dare to slow heftolgo out of the housc.~ he remains shut up at home,.sad' is only visible to female visitors. What a blsssin the sin l pox would be to this imprisoned be is! It should be added that, with the " fatal gift of beauty," the young lad possesses other e arms, amount-

ing to about 300,000!—N. Y. Mirror.

—'1‘his ‘ -ostimltll i

son and brother, it was agreed, ere the grave “'

§_urra_aoa.iii MABBACHUSIT _4--Ths “ sells ﬂuivte of Delegates h ' pic ' 'II‘tlyiIl\l to the State Cons on,

title .'l1'I‘s‘t in that commonwealth must able to ' ‘ ‘ ‘a “ »\v.r‘lta. The amendment originst» ed in the

‘Cosror WA§,f'&.he Ctisnmllcr-ofnhs British Excllequ Ts" itilement made In Psvliimsirt, ‘ oflho two years war with Rue sis at 803,504,000. or about $200,000,00tll~ Add 'tn_tiiis sum equsl amounts for France, Rus- sia, sod Turkey, and we have a total of 3800. 000,000! it will take, prehsps, one thousand millions of dollars in pay all the expenses of the war.

OsLi'roIii4ii.—-A San Francisco letter in the .Navv. York Commercial,Ailveri‘iser says, that Cali- fornia is new more prosperous than ever sgiiculinral prospects are excellent, and her ex- ports of when will ihis year be very large. 'l‘liose bear qualiﬁed iojudge, estimate the yield of gold in I850 at $60,000,000. of which will it is sub- posed It least $90,000,000 will ‘be retained in the Stale.

SUBMARINI 'I‘ri.rcnsrix.—'l‘he joint British, Ffeﬂch. Ind Ssrdinisn Submarine Telegraph Company has completed its arrangements for con- tinuing the line from the coast of Africa by way of Alexsndris,Jerusslem.Dsaisscus, &c., in Cal- cuiis. where it must ere long he cxlended In Mel-

a dislsnce of 18,500 miles.

Tiis Discovriisii or GOT'l'A-PRRCHA .—'i‘he Pre- sident of the India Board, Mr. Vernon Smith. has placed on his list of military notniivaiioiis for No- vember next, the son of the discoverer of this in spisssled up of In liidisn tree, without the help of which we should not be able, as we now sre. to know in ﬁve minutes’ time uhst transpires in Crim Tarlsry, 3000 miles off. The discoverer was Dr. _WiIlism Montgomsric, of the Indian medical '3""=*‘u and this only in the year I846, slihough manyof the countries producing the article have been in Luropesn occupation for above three hun- dred years. 'llie mode in which the discovery was made is worth mentioning. Dr. Montgornerle observing certain Malay knife and kris handles, inquired the nature of the material lrom which they were made, and from the crude nsiive manu- lﬂclufv. inlerred at once the extensive use. to which the gutta-perclia might be put in the gng Ol Europe. He purchased a quantity of the raw inalerial, sending, from Singapore, part of ii in li_e-seal and part to Europe, and suggesting some of the rises in which he fancied it might be appli- llie quantity sent to England secured to him at once, as the discoverer, lhe gold medal of He Society of .-\ris, his sole reward, until the Presi- denlof the India Board, on no other ground whal- soever than his discovery, liberally bestowed his patronage on his son-—Lomion paper,

o——— 'l‘A LK. (From the Hubfaz Acadian Recorder.)

The late European news has caused no small talk-—no. much small Islk-—smung the lame, about town. About that dear linle cherub oi‘ a “Kmll Or Illlllel’-"’—born a King, only think of iliat—aliies it look like its great papa, or L1 it a beauty like Ihe Empress, is lovely niaimna‘! ilappy the woman who will be “ cliiirchvd” about the sums time as iliai Empress, in she can ziluays say " the King ul'A|uicrs isjust the same age as our Bill, or Tommy l” 'l‘heii ihoso darl. inc, dear, ciiiiizlng. sweet, lovely, liuls habv cluilies—wli-at a privilege so iiiany of lhe Psrisiaii and Eiiglisli ladies enjoyed of being able to feast their eyes upon the long clothes and short cloilies, lhe pilialiircs. blankets. and uncxpressllilcs of s sucking Emperor! Will the Emperor that is to be, wear caps! Why don’i the horrid newspaper people give us more particulars shout these im- portant mailers? Why don't somebody have on- terprise enough in cat hold or one, or two, of the little dads, and bring them out here so we could see iliem too, and dress our babies just like the liule King of What-d’ ye-call-ll?

. Talk among the younger lsdies is, so the young Prince of Prussia is coming to Eoglsndsgsin, in Ms ,a-.vpcrki'n' the Princess Royal. Wood" if he as written her any lovs~leuevs since he was in England, last ‘Autumn, and if he sent hop '3 Valentine, lssI'Fubrusvy? Would like in see it, if he did. omler how he will in-.i when he comes to make up to her! Wonder il'1'io‘will ask her to come and take s wslk round the l’uini-no, not‘ round the Point, lnit in the garden, or some-‘ wlfhrs--jnttthc.-_ ssme'ws'y Iltstfsomlibody ilm, I know of does-with nosnsitsr-who, and than if he will snails, sod sigh, and say‘ sversumsny thin s, sod look so handsome, and best round the‘ bus s long time, and then pop ihs giieslioii, ‘gig s... In to no-msttsr-who; or i he will throw himself on his ‘lions’ before lisr, whenever he sees list, just as the Knights in the old novels do, and offer to conquer all Euro 0 for her, and swear that he will dis if she won t have him ' or if they will just aisks a bargain about ii, like buy.

hourne, the British cspiial ofAiislrslis, altogether‘

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MR. ﬁscyav-s HISTORY. xllltrgh, ' sss been publishing a iss of hryicles ﬂ r. y's misrepresgm. ‘o ﬂ h_aeilsnd_"Ind ih ﬂourish Presbyterian ' i ' -‘ s no y of

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- _ \ , gross oxsggerstlos, _nou _ _ ungu, "9 adduced, and ' ﬂ, y sﬁly, mm 'tion of evidence to hi ' 's " a what may be called tho ' ' of

from the ritual element in lgi sctsrisrs alike the non-religious portion of in community.” , ’~' niches in which we sllu o are obviously th ' 'roiluciiom of the celebrated Hugh Miller, and e thus sums up :—" Such irsvesiies or his history cannot sur-

vive the age in which they are Written. 0 liter. ,a,ry egcellgiice, no airs _ol_'_philoscphic impartia- ‘iliy, no siicen“ =' ' ‘ ' ' am." :'am,,.

sry research and much more than common sags-

“ city, on silver-tongued press or golden-tongucd

exclie'qi‘i‘cr'cs‘ii‘lorig save them from the fats that awaits the ill-cniened productions of learning sup- plying the lsck of principle, of eloquence leaning on fables, and of talent in league with error. Say what you will, people will distrust the whole represenistiont of an historian who liss been con- victed of wilful sud siudied sxszserstion. We have heard, though we cannot vouch for the truth of the story, that Thomas Carlyle, when exhort- ing s l'riend'Io amuse himself, after hard sl y, with light reading, and being asked what works he would recommend. replied, ‘ Why, Thac- lrersy’s last novel, or Mscaulsy‘s list volume. or any other of the best works of fiction !’ "

srrscrs or run was ex nu Jlws ill rsassriitp. Your readers will rejoice to learn Ihst the war‘ has already glvonipromise of great results infar- our of liberty. othing, however, is likely to Inleresl ihem moile tlisnihe news from the Holy Land, Sir Moses Monieliurc, sn enlighisned gm) benevolent, though not Christian Jew, is diligent- ly occupied in carrying out messures for establish- inghis despised race in numbers over the face of Iheir_ own land. Under the protection of: ﬁrmsn _0l)lllned a few monllis since from the sultan, the

--Jews are now eniiilsd to some there so fsrmers

and husbsndmsn, and already several colonies are planted with good prospects of success. Csn ithis he the first decided movement rowsrd; rho accomplishment of prophecy relative to the later history of this wondrous people? life will watch its progress wilbvinlenss interest. .

it is said that the widow of ‘Admiral Bruat has been designated for the high position 9| verness to the ipfant of France; and that .l_adame do Brancion, a_widow of the Colonel killed before Sebastopol, is to be sub-governess.

All the ladies desire, and yet none dare ask for, a letter, said to be in the Philadelphia Post- ollice, addressed "To the finest lady in Penn- sylvania.’

iioussirow TIKEAIURES.

.4 Treasure of c Husband.-Carries the baby.

A Treasure ofa lVg’/'¢.—-Never asks for money.

A 'l‘rea.rurr of/i Si.-n.—-i{:is money in the funds.

/1 ’I‘rec.rur«~ of a Daughter —Lnoks the um. age as her inoIlier—if anything, a lriﬂe older.

A. Treasure of a Servant.—-Runs to ihe post in less than halfsn hour.

A Treasure qfa Cook.—is no: h ysisrical when- ever there is company to dinner.

A Treasure of c Baby.--Doesn't disturb its dear papa in the middle ot the iiiglil.—PuatIt.

Wiiim his physician advised him to “takes walk upon an empty stomach," Smith asked, “Upon whose. ”

A Cri.riiiui'rse post at one time sdvsrtiscd that he would supply "Lines for any occasion." A ﬁsherman sought him shortly after and wanted “a line strong enough to csicli s porpoise."

\Viiv does a man with his sweetheart on‘i wet day look briuhler than on any other occasion f—- Iiecsuse he has all the sppcsrrncc of the rainbow (rsin beau).

New Rssniso crss 0i.i> sicir.—"I'l| up. two children, iflcsn have ‘em cheap,” and . isll Yankee, on entering a milk-shop ilis ‘oihn

av. “Two cliildrcn—whst two children? "why.l ain't got any myself, siid your sign raids F'ami'lies'suppIi'ed, den i ii 7"

‘Holloway? Pills the most cerlsin cars for rbivsr and Stomach Compisints.— r. Chsrlss Bingley, of Giiysbcrougli, Nova Scoiis, was ssverclsulferor for upwards of sight cars with a disused liver, the fssslty isforincd im, that one part ofit wss cmlvsly gone, and it was only by ihe most sbsieirlloos living and rsllrsnsnt, that -trcooulu lnpo'iorou;aio"lungia the land oftho living. He went to England for lbs per ossof oovisshing the most famous physicians, w_ ii ho "was void the sans-thins by several of the caliy nu 1L~:itad,‘howsver,to whom llr. nglsy

rho mstsses in con ss'ss.~vscou.

Asa.

inns _ y,oracans;ybisd I t “'0, |_°l|0_1 What is: .,sli_o do ssdfivliss will as y . Will she be frightened by the “ma, s will she send Young Prussia cl with s lies in his ear l Csn’i one find our all the srtiealsrs some way! Oh, how plssssnt it too be to hop:

‘.1 to [ive tlsllowsy‘s Pills at fair trial, which‘ lie sic,-the result was, that by fiﬂoyorigg "wlshthsni ht‘ two niosihs, he was unplug], cured, and has since resumed his duties enjoying be best of lissllli.