-Qfi

.,..all'uin ‘regiment and,

~- the ‘I-egltnent expressed the devoted readi-

" F|'t'twlt‘tlid not show a large front. The

"midst of the mass tippuged to it, Wltlltr

HASzARD'8 GAZETTE. .I')EC-EMBER 23.

IIICIIJJIIOUI.

Tits NHI1 v-srcnsn A1‘ Ws'reat.oo.- The moment the Belgians were seen run- "'"|tt l>_sst the regiment. to the tear. the :lil Bu.ttalinn_‘_Royala. and 44th on its ' lit in Dovotttithe p--int alts l» y, and for . ,, iiua Ittaintaiufl theiagronsd 5.. a manner becoming British.Soldiers. 'l'ht- ll'2d waegt thir titae reduced ‘to lesstlien 300. A column of-3.000 was in position it. freiit offie regiment. which was coneealad brtln tlalare ot'the ground. The l"Ienc|- cointntinder, having possessed himself ot'su udvuntageous a post, and secin the troop. give way, ‘considered everyt ig-geitted, and grounded artns. This was the state of ' General Vaek rode up-to tltr called ,out,. 992.], you must ¢l|.ll|‘tl9}i fill‘ all the troops to your right and loll have given way!" Three cheers frotn ness of every individual in the ranks. The regiment I‘-irined four deep. and -in that com -t order advanced until within twenty paces. when it fired a volts and instantly darted into the heart ofthe Fzreuch coluinu, in which it "became almost invisible in tha-

the truest was in the act of charging. antlthe instant before it came in contact with the enemy, the Scots Gre a name trotting up in the rear of- its fiiin s. when liitlt c-trp-t shunted “Scotland l'or t-vi-r!" Tin tzoltltnii was instantly hr--ken, and it- its fii,vht.tho cavalry ride ov--r it. ' M result til this dash, which otily occupied a few minutes, was a loss to the enemy of two eagles and 2,930 men; those that escaped, doing so without arms or knap- sotcks. Afbr this brilliant afiiiir, Sir Denis Pack rodo up to the regiment and said, “ You have saved the day, Highlanders; but you must return to your position; there is more work to be done.” The issue of

stretched from one side of the horizon to the other. These lunar rainbows may he attributed mainly in two causes, the great hrilliuncy ot'the moon in this region, and the highly rarefied stategof the atmosphere

-Pll0V'I.‘DENCIo

One man suclts an orange. and is choked by a seed; another swallows’ a peoknife. and lives; one runs a thorn into his hand and tip skill.can'save him; another has the jliafl of ,1 driven completely through his body. and recovers; one is utIut‘lut'lletl on It smooth cojprnijn , and , breakp hie neck; another is tosid ' t of a‘ gig over Brighton Clilf. and slii-vives; one walks out oti a windy day, and meets death by a- brickbat; ‘att'tither' is blown tip in tho air, like Lord Hutton in Guernsey Castle and comes down uninjured. The escape of this noble- man was indeed a miracle. An explosion ofgunpowder. which killed his mother and some of his children, and many other per- sons, and blew up the whole fabric of the castle, lodged ‘him in hie bed on I wall overhanging a tremendonsprecipice. “Per- ceiving a mighty disorder (as well he might). be was going to step out of his bed to know what the matter was, which if he had done, he had been irreeoversbly lost. but, in the instant of hie moving, a fiash of lightning came and showed him the reci- pice,ivhi-renpon he lay still, till people came and took him down."

OLEAIINGS PRO! LATE PAPEnB.

A New Pito.i:c'rit.a.-—Tlie inventive fuc- nlty oi" the age protnises to familiarise us with another projectile of terrible power. which will cast into the shade all the shells now in use. We hear that there is before the Ordnance committee a shell charged with It liquid which, alter its_ release by llll' concussion of the ball, will instaneously

this initviitnble charge-the total route and entire destruction of a French column of 3,03) picked infantry, 20 to 30 files in depth, by a force not the tenth part. oftheir number, formed four deep--prrves in it most striking manner the folly of sending troops into action lortned in such niasses. h iwever slender the ranks ot'the opposing force may be. Columns ol §,00J or 4,030

become it sheet of lire, burning to a cinder anything it may touch, and sufibcating by its sm ike any one brought within its radius We are not aware ofthe nature of the in- flammable ingredients, but we can bear personal testitnony to the efficiency of the liquid. tiir we have scen a very small quan- tity of it burn to ashes, with incredible ra- pidity thick carpets, wools, coals. &c. A

mail, when moving to an attack. must in- column of infantry, a row of tents, a ship, variably sitfer greatlosses frotn the tire of store house. and barracks, a forest, any- "an opponent, while they can inflict hut thing which acknowledges the terrible in-

little lows in retnrn—for lie mtist be a bad

’ltnence of fire, could be consumed in a few

mnrltstnan indeed who cannot hit so protni- ninnttes by the visitation of a shell charged

neat a targt-:t.i\'hether his weapon be a nine- Willi Ibis, noxious ll_Iiid.

lt will, we dare

milder. s c uitintin inusket,ora Minie rille. say. require very careful handling by the At Quaint li_ras,the 93d, about 600 strong, artillery. for it is of so subtle a nature that cliarged, by the personal order of the Duke the escape of itnv slight quantity w -uld_ liimst-lf, a French colutnn estimated by the carry with it direful consequences. Like latter in from |,2.tD to 1,40), many files boulel aspltgzia. it is calculated to be formi- dccp; the consequence was the itittnediatv dable alike to friend and foe, if it be not

retreat of the enemy, almost all of whom fell by the fire of their ptirsners, not more than '20-.) to 330 making their esenpi-.—a fact which General Lord Raglan, the pre- sent Master-General of the‘Orduance, can testify. Luutt Mousrttzts.—Prol'. Phillips of England," in the course of some remar I lately on luttnr tnoutittiins, observed, thal daily experience _sliowt-d that the more ‘their It-lurtctipic power was increased thi- less circular appeared the lunatt-_ craters. and the less s_mooth the surface ot'the tnooti. All was sharp 'lItltl_,ll'l’ll.tll8d —a perfect rep- resentation of its past history. On the ttiitch tnootetl question as to there being "traces of water on the stirlnce of the tnnon ‘ as now preseitted to us, the Professor said that at one time he believed, that there was no trace of water to be seen, but he can fussed that more recent observations, par- ticularly those, made with Lord R.o.sse's telescope, shook his belief in that opinion.

GL4.-s.—lt .is a curious fact in science, that glass resists the action of all acids ex- cept the lluoric; it loses notliin in weight by use or age; it is more caps le than ull other substances of receiving the highest degree of poli.-th.‘—-it‘ melted several times over, and properly cabled in the furnace, receiving it polish almost rivaling the dia- mond in brillancy. It is capable of re- ceiving the richest colors produced rotn gold or other metallic coloring, atid will re- tuip its original brilliancy of hue for ages. Med tls, too, embedded in glass, can be made to retain forever their original purity and appearance.

Lire wt-rttour NOUl.IItlMlN'l‘.—lII ordi- nary citsra, human life may be preserved from six to eight days only without food or n .-..-ishem-.nt. Sometimes, however. re- t||| -k.t‘.ili- t:.t-ins ucciir it'ltrri- lit'o- is rt-taint d for n in.ic‘o l IIIKPI’ ||('l‘l--ll. The Medical Essays, a medical journal of reliable cha- racter psblished in Edinburgh, mentions the ease of a young lady who was thrown into such violent tetanus or rigidity of the muscles by a severe mental shock. that she was unable to swallow any food for a period of tifty-four days. A still more extraordi- nary account is related, but upon what authority we know not. of! Illn 750; _0|t recovering front a fever, had such a dislike to food ot all kinds, that l'or_etgltteen years he never swallowed any this] lttlt ills!‘- Ttis baht-I bills of such a man would not ataeeet to‘ uselt.-I

llloiosiienr in tea Ssaowtcs l.:|.All.—- ‘If list an ii at Mr -may in Jim liel°ure’tbe_e elt of the evenia twilight. 'h".'u.'.-Q on a Jtfll Of

' the Sandwich lslands sea I

watched with vigilance. But we date say some plan will be devised for preventing the escape of any particles. We shall be auxious to now what the committee of Ordnance ofiicers thitiks of this projectile.- U. S Gazelle.

Rscrtntriso-roa 1-its .Aastv.—We un- dei-stand.saya the Washington Star, that live hundred recruits for the Utiited States Army, were obtained duiing the month of Octolierjttitt passed—the olli-rs of 1333 be ing rt-ji-cletl from various causes. This result shows the capital working of the new army pay law, the description of men en- listed under it being inuclt more satisfactory tliiin bet-etol'ore.

Poui1"ttv IN ‘rill Ustran S-ri'rss.—'l‘he value of poultry iii the United States at the preseut time is estimated at 320300.000. ’l‘he A'stor House in New York requires a suopl_v of 7500 eggs per week.

VARIETIEB.

Hsst.-rtt.—An indispensable requisite- for business as well as smuseinent—wbich oung men spend the greater part of their money in damaging, and old men the greater p;.rt of their wealth in repairing.

A (frantic Ct.-its rou S-rour Penna..- Get it situation as letter-carrier, and live on your salary!

How I love to see an innocent, open- heiirted girl, who thinks more humbly of hers»-ll" than others think of her! For the excellenees of the humble-minded give us ‘pleasure, while we are displeased at those of the proud.

To think kindly of each other is well; to speak kindly of each other is better; but to itct kindly, one toward another. is host of all." .

The " lin:-s of life" that a woman cares most to see in her hands, are the marriage lines.

Wonrn A1‘ rite Fosoa.-—'l‘he following inscription is from a tablet recently put a in Letheringsett churchyard, to the memo- ry of Johnson Jex, village blacksmith. whose career has I! very remarkable :-

Born in obscurity, In v--: w-..*:.::.:i::t--**- - By the fares ofptsorlginaland lnventlve genlas,

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men of serapnluns lategrlty and more worth. _ not. re rttless of wealth A lneetiel tntlie votes of line. He 'vetlanddled ashitils lte. . C-we _

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EA8Z.ARD’8 GAZETTE}. Bsttirtlsy. Deoenher 98. 1854.

sraiit coitstuxtcn-tos.

OUI attention has been directed to an article in the Eswaiarr bearing the above title That the trensniiseion of the mails has been irregu- lar, for some length of time. we are repnred fully to admit. and that the route liy ictou is not the best that it is in our war to issces llut still we do not see. how the matter will be at all remedied by substitutin the proposed steamer route for that -which is now in use llits the writer in the Eumitter made the requi- site caleulationsl \Ve rather doubt wlietliar such is the case.‘ Let us see. As the case now stands. tlvere is it-mail made up in llitlifux evarv day, for Pictuu, with the exception of Sunday. That Mail is in Piotou the next. morn- ing at 10 o‘clock. and if our Steamer be there to receive it. in five or six hours subsequently. we shall have it lnu‘ded in Charlottetown. an that. in ordinary times. the English Mail. with- in twsnty-four hours. and often in less time, after its arrival in llalilitx. is at the Post Olice here. If thirty-six hours have elapsed, it must have been in consequence of some unforeseen accident. and it is our impression that so much as forty-eight hours‘ delay has never occurred tiring the part of the season in which the steam boat was able to ply. According to the teen‘ ‘s own account, it would take from forty to fifty hours to bring the Mail frotn llaltfax to Charlottetown. so that we cannot but conclude that. in point of celerity of trans- mission. we should make an exchange for the worse were the plan suggested and rucouiinrnd~ -d b the E.tvmu'm-r to Fe adopted 'l‘t~eri- would be an additional de ay also to he cal:-u.‘ latod for in landing one am and taking in another, from six to eight hours at the least would be required for this purpose, so that the time absolutely necessary in making the passe , to ther with the requisite and unm,-..id.. we do an “either It. would render it impossible to hits two Ina I: per week. For. any that it takes forty-eight hours to and the some to r_eturn. that will make four days, and giving six Working hours. three to unload and three to reload, at each place. another day will have to be re-added. making five out of seven days. occupied with one fvlail. No! If the Pioton route is to be abandoned,‘ that to BI|l’tlcl_'I0ls Harbour which we pointed out a few weeks since, is the one that should be adopted. 'I‘hnt would bring.us fifty miles nearer to Halifax and enable us, if we so chose. to have, like the people of Pictou. six mails in the week. and ena le passengers to leave Halifax in the inirnin and reach Charlottetown in the eve- ning o the some day. But though we do not agree with our contemporary in his view ol' the ropriety of having t o postal communi- cation y steam direct to and from Halifax, we fully coincide with him respecting the advantages that oouiuterce would derive from having the trade with Halifax carried on by the employment of n-steam vessel of pro r dimensions: but, in order to pay, it should, we think. take in Boston as part of the route. A vessel of, any two hundred tons with suitable accutnodntions lor passengers. might leave (.‘htu-luttetown on Tuesday niurnin (thus iving Monday for loading) he in Ilnli ax on Wednesday night, or early Tliursday morning. enve llalifax on Friday, and be in oston on the Monday fu lowing. leaving that port on fuesday. und landing at llnliliix on Tliursdaiy, ‘is in titiarlottetown on the Monday fortnight. after ler fi.e.d ptrture fro.n thence; at pll events. make two trips within the month to and from we do not or it moment doubt but that such a speculation, if well tlltllltlgtd, would be it retnu_nerati\'e one. 'l‘hc tr tde tweent is Isl ind and the rtof Boston is b tcuiuing every year greater, an would increase in proportion as facilities of intercourse were nfiordad. The traveller from Halifax wi l hnrdl prefer the passage by sea to the route over and. but the American might do so. it enabling him to carry ngrenter quantity 0 luggxtguwand avoiding the risk and trouble of trans-sliipnient. and being, jerluips. it cheaper and less fatiguing mode of reaching his ties- tiiiation than travelling by land But this. like all other mercantile specuutions. must be left to be performed through the agency of that spirit of adventure and competition which is the characteristic of the age we live in. " return to the transmission of the i\inils~—Wu trust that the Government will give the matter it full consideration: it. few hundred pounds would be well bestowed in also-tin a short. safe, and speed line, of postal conintuuicntiou, between the A antic and the Is and.

There are some peculiar ofices in every Go- vernment which require to be filled with not only men ofintogrity and those sincerely desirous of doing their duty. but with those who. t'ro‘tn experience, age. and previous habits of life, are capable ol performing the services incident to the trust reposed in them. Among these. the situations at’ kee re of Light Houses and llarbour Mus are, who have the init..u etnunt ul the Buoys connected with the navigation of the Harbor entrusted to their care. are the most important. so much both oflile and property dttpends n It the proper discharge of their respective ties. thpt it requires. particularly in the case of Ker r of Buoys. iucree.-«tug \'l- gilntit.-e and unremitting attention. It is at the it most imp-utatici-. t at tocru eiuiulil not vxir-I \dVl‘I| the IwlMl0W ul I doubt its to the correct. ness of the conduct of those ofic.-rs. Masters oi Vessels must have the most perfect confidence that the Buoys and Beacons which are placed to want them ,, ’ _ ‘ _ ' _, ' their proper places. Now. the charge of our corres- pondent ‘-A know-nothing," is, that one of the ttnoys. during the early part of this month-

eoeuiber-wtts seen fiuating about in an oppo- site direction from the lace ln which it was originall inoortid ;" an he adds that “ several vessels ve been placed in great damage through the Iegli lice of Mr. Little." Now. If this be correct. t elderation as to whether a man of Mr. Little's

atblned w th ladeial perseverance. age and want. as we sboald think from revioue He aisstereil some of the grsatqt dllealtles of lsnblts of ms. of the requisite tact an experi- : - l , ones in nautical matters, should be continued Ailvaaelng tenths forge ts the huelble, ’ in a post w a few hours‘ as lgenoe might Andhpp theberesetiaetusheellbsuetsrt be protlaetlvs of the lots both o pro rty and Qqnlrin ,h,_Illtbl lehsfl llfs. lt is one thing to collect the isobar! and ' ' is tell. Berber dues. and another to do all. at a glance, A vast and varied amount of to see that is nothing to laipeda or o _ ldlll atruet the natl tics of an extensive llsrbgr And gsneesl knowledge. Integrity, astlt ty. and taoilet-.ts talent, is all as was a that is received lbr the eeainsti‘s eye

one; a y a ssaisas's kaoeled and experience, is absolute aeseslry in £ other. We do t edge rselvss for the t of the Buoy lief: . bat ttieeeneinnleatloti’belngsooa-nipoolod

by a real as well as as nnowytnous slgtiatere. wesesnoreeseete tit tliel'act.tbtiitglt poplbtyad it at all tion, and it so. oulaaois hal be sq D to giant thsykeve, sate gt. " l

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Town Cu icit.—Wo would res ectfully suggest. that ll public meeting iuigit licl on New Yenr‘s day, in order In take the sense 0f.lll0 "own upon this increasingly llll[10l'ltlltl5lllI_|9t?.l lfa conipotcnt tiuiiibcr in persons interested in

might be then organized so us to act-uinplisli this and early in the ensuing summer lfuur ctinlt'lI.I -o-raries are of this opinion. they “ill prubnb y join with us, and ciidenrour to elect the meeting we dcsiro. ‘

lt will be seen by it communication in our last issue, aml by the series of Resolutions

'l.‘uinpernnee are anxious to do all in their pow- er to make their Inbonrs in the cause they ura- eti aged in as widely ht-in-lftiul as [mi-illc. an we think that our readers will he of opi-. uion with us, that they are taking tho‘ right path. and one that will not fail to be produc- tive ofn good deal of benefit to all parties. 'l‘liey are not onl aiming at the diflitsion ofieuipi.-r- nnoe principles. but of the pi'tut~iplcs of sound knowledge and information, to strive to iinliuc the minds of the young with the thirst for learning which springs from the wells of truth, the nttttitting ot which will invigorate the mind. strengthen the understanding, correct the judgment, and supersede the necessity or the wtsli to luivo recourse to those itupure sources of mental excitenieut which liuvo been the ruin of the best dispositions, and brightest and most promising tilt-nts. They linvc determined like- wise, that teinpcrunco shall now and then. as is fitting and proper. put mi the robe ol'clict-r- fulnoss and gaicty. and show the world. what ovi-ry truly tcuipi-rate ionn is well ('0ll\lIl('0(l of, that nbslinenco l'roui factiiious stiiiiiiluuts only mailers the mind iuorc ltrt-iily it ‘ttt-illl\'t‘ to those

have their luuiidntions in our coinuion tiotiiru. We hear also that the Hall is to be lighted with tins ; this will serve to 'give cfi?-ct to the noble proportions of the room, and add to its cheer-

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Tizitt-ait.tNct: HALL, (flinrlottetown. Dec. 2tst, 1854.

A meeting of the Order of the Sons of’l‘em- pt rarico htiriiigbt-en called by n Requisition to the Grind W. P.,_itnd by being duly publjslicd was held this evening. the G. W. 1’. in the Chair, Bro. Morrison was requested to net as Secretary.

Tlis following Resolutions were unanimously adopted. Moved by the Rev. Julin Mt-Murray. 0. Chap , and Seconded by Bro. Peter Des- Brisay, G. Scribe. '

Wli runs it is needful for the extension of our Or- der ntitl for the progress of the 'l‘trttipi.-rttnce cnuse llt general. that .\loe-lliigs he held in 'l'tiwti ttiitl Ciiuntty. it vvliioli the utshltc be invited; nod in all tlwsu

'_ I , , ‘ ' ' net-sssnr,i"fr the aceooiplisliinent of the end priiposml: T/ien_-fore. Ruolve-I, that it ct-muiittes of nine be iippuinti:tl.— l'liren from the G. U , two from each of the H. IL, to wliotii, with the 1} lV. l'.. full power he givrn to devise int-ans for holding and sustaining the pic- poseil Meetings dating the “inter aensun

Moved by the Rrv. .\lr. Burnett. and Setmnded by Bro., \\ . C. Trowan, G. W. A. - \\'lu-ranstlieie are many tn'etitrtl and hill ientinl persons, who I-ir veiis-itta ltmwiii tti tlieiiiselu-s do not t'ttttllL‘I!l. tlu-tit-elvra \\l|ll the 'l'rtupi-rouru cou.-1-., you are oevertlu-l--is pri-pnn-d logo \\lllI us on t-road prin- 'i~.ipI--ii to carry it'tiie.t-are linvtng for its obj-rrt the sup- pr-.-‘sion of the Liquor ’l'rn1tii-; Ru.,[g..l_ um; ,. t,'nnimitti-e ofnitiu be iipiiuintuil tvi.li power to add to their ntiinbers to nrgaiiitzs it 'l'ertiperuti<‘e Alli incoe_ Moved by Bro. Tlie lltin. C. Young. 1'. G.. ‘V. .,nnd Seconded by Bro. J. W. Morrison, P, 6., W A. Wlo was it is expedient that some elfort he nude to furnish IttI‘llltil lttI|IttIVrttIt'IIl for our young

tle- it llirrefortt Ii t$rtIl\t'|l. that It Fiititiiiilteie ofrine lie itopointeil. three from G. I). and two ll..." amt. 'l_ ll,