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Central Academy. | [[E Classes at the Central Academy will be re-opened on |

MONDAY, the 26th instant. Parents and Guardians

are requested to enter Pupils as early as may be convenient, | as the different Classes will be at once formed, and Pupils | afterwards enterin.s them will do so at great disadvantage as) compared with those who may have attended from the com- mencement °

AN EVENING MELODY.

Oh that yon pines which crown the steep Their fires might ne‘er surrender ! Oh that yon fervid knoll might keep, ae ae ‘ While lasts the world, its splendor ! FEES OF TUITION. | Reading, Writing. Arithmetic and Eng. Grammar, £0 12 6| Algebra and Geometry,.......esseeresereeees oo 2 2S Book-keeping, Geography and the Use of the Globes, 110 @ Analytical Trigonometry, the higher Geometry, the Differential and Integral Caleulus, with their application to Mechanics, Land Surveying, Na- vigation and Astronomy, including the use of

per term. Pale poplars on the wind that lean, And in the sunset shiver, Oh that your golden stems might screen For aye yon glassy river!

That yon white bird on homeward wing Soft-sliding without motion, And now in blue air vanishing

> 9 : : all necessary Instruments,......++ss+++++eee 0 0 | Cit taiie. alah teeh ti cehae French Language and Literature, .........+++> , aes. @i Natural Philosophy, .......-e.eseececeeeeeeees 2 0 0 Beyond our sight might never flee, Greek and Latin COMIGR. i, Sassnae 210 0) Yet onward still be flying;

JOHN KENNY. Acting Head Master. (Gaz. Ex.& Isl.1m)

And all the dying day might be July 15, 1858. Immortal in its dying ;

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Education.

ie connection with the Royal College of Preceptors, London, Mr. Taomas Leewixa, Associate of the above named Corporation,

es to open a SCHOOL in Charlottetown, early in August. The | course of instruction will comprehend Classics, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and the usual requirements of a sound English Education. The progress made will be periodically subjected to the rigid test of impartial examination, under the superintendance of a Proetor, appointed She sings, ‘«‘ Not mine the holier shrine with the sanction of the Council, and Certificates granted in accordance : Bu 5" ‘1 - iconieceteanan 1? ~ 7? gith ascertained merit. ut mine the cioudy porta :

As cireumstances have prevented Mr. Leewixe reaching the | — 4¢Jantic Monthly.

Island so soon as he wished, further information may for the present} : be obtained from Dr. Day.

Devizes, June 16, 1858. July 12.

CITY GROCERY.

Pellucid thus in golden trance, Thus mute in expectation,

What waits the Earth? Deliverance? Ah, no! Transfiguration !

She dreams of that New Earth divine, Conceived of seed immortal] :

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Tue Revet Court rx Ixvra.—Dr. Daff, in a letter to the

Edinburgh Witness, writes: During the rebellion we were

‘very much in the dark as to how matters were managed at

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: . i" . eo ithe head-quarters of the enemy. The late trial of the ex- ECRIVED per “ Provipence’’ and ‘ ARIEL, from | r--. = _ . 4 og ; s

1 Selifas. and bas on hand King of Delhi has disclosed much relative to the inner work-

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Ifhds Sugar ' Tea in variety Blacking ings of the machine of insurrection, and temporarily restored

Puns b’t Molasses Superior Coffee Tobacco Mogul sovereignty there. And, since the final capture of

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Jamaica Rum Biscuit in variety Cigars | Lucknow, we learn that there the re}els set up as their new

strong Spirits Annapolis Cheese Digby Merrings | king a youth of ten years of age, a son of the Jate king, now

=? ss ee a . i “ sheila ims pa. Hhds Holland Gin Raisins Ri e : a prisoner in Fort William. This youth was of course a best Cognac Brandy Currants Crushed Sugar

: : : mere puppet in the hands of the insurgeuts ; while his mother, Seoteh Whiskey Dye-stuffs Sweet Oil pel ™ :

PET. Malt do ea Pale Seal Oil a woman of energetic but abandoned character, was Regent,

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1858.

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; meee |passed through the severe storms encountered by the fleet without the least injury, every thing moving with the pre- cision of clock work on board.

Catrronntan Onatory.—A Stump Orator, named Fergu- son, thus delivered himself at a public meeting in California recently :-—

“IT am the strongest Douglas man there is alive, and as between him and Buchanan, Lam for Douglas first, last and all the time. (Cheers.) I have worked for the Consolidation Bill with all my heart and strength ; it has become a law, and I say to you now, vote for no man who is opposed to that 'bill. (Renewed. cheers.) Now as to that so-called Demo- ‘cratic Convention which was held up here, I pronounce it a |hoax and an infamous outrage. (Laughter and cheers.) Why, they went to work and carried the country members in | Bennett's Hall, made nominations and presented them cut |and dried to the-convention, and they were adopted without | discussion. The Democracy of Wards one and two had no voice in the caucus at Bennett’s-Hall. I pronounce that con- vention a bogus institution. (Great Laughter.) [ ask, is this Democratic usage? (A voice, “ Didn’t you go for it!”’) “Nary atime. Ign for Democratic usage always, but the nomination of this ticket is the d—st outrage out.”

Is Indignant at being called a‘ Black Republican.” — “These Buchaun men say that Douglas is a Black Re publican, and that Douglas men are the same. By G—4, sir, we can’t stand that ; we know we are right, and are

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| they held a minagity convention, and adooted a ticket; they ‘brought this into the convention and called it a-Democratic }ticket, giving no. representation to the first and second Wards. No man is obliged to pay any respect to it, and I tell you so to-night. Iam a Douglas man ; and if this ticket succeeds, ‘every Douglas man will be sent to h—I!.”

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Is Farpay an Untocxy Day ?—Amerizans, at any rate, have no reason to be afraid of Friday. Mr. Timbs gives us this catalogue of fortunate circumstances occurring on that day :—“ On Friday, August 21, 1492, Christopher Colum- bus sailed on Mis great voyage of discovery. On Friday, | October 12, 1492, he first discovered land. On Friday, | January 4, 1493, he sailed. on his return to Spain, which, if|

going ahead. Had that convention voted fairly, 1 would | -| Monday morning fell in with the British ship Grotts, Captain

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| owing to the high state of the water, was very rapid, and Mrs. |Stranburg had as much as she could do to keep herself and | child above the surface ; but she proved equal tothe dangerous /Situation in which she was placed, and her perilous journey idown the river would not beve been attended with half the | danger that it was if her unselfish heart had not prompted her 'to-save a man who was unable to save liimself. A short time | after leaving the boat, she saw a man struggling in the water, jand she knew from his movements that he was too much ex- ‘hausted to save himself from going to the bottom ; so she generous!y and nobly jeopardized her life tosave him; she | grasped him by the arm, at the risk of being pulled from her | frail support, and assisted him in getting upon a little piece of | plank that was hardly sufficient to keep herseif and her child wre the surface of the Father of Waters. After floating foy an hour and a half, the three were rescued by some men, whg, | having beard the explosion, launched a small boat and started |up stream to render assistance to the unfortunate suffzrers. When the man who was rescued by Mrs. Stranburg placed his | feet in the boat, he tried to express the gratituce which he felt te | wards his preserver ; but lis heart was so full of thankfulness that his tongue refused to give full utterance to his grateful feelings. | Mrs. Stranfiurg left this city about three months ago, and went ‘to Glinton, Miss., her birth place, where her relations reside. | She took passage of the Pennsylvania tv Vicksburg, and arrived ‘at her own house in this city on Monday evening. ~ B’oomng- ton (Ill) Pantagraph.

*—ee + . ca as | Ternizee Morrauity at Sea—A Herore Wire.—Pier | follewing statement in the New York papers reminds us of the |couragrous conduct of Mrs. Patten, of Boston, under sinailar circumstances, with which our readers are, doubtiess, farnudsar— “Captain Baggs, of the New York steam tug Huntress, on

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Nichols, ten miles east of Fire Island, in a condition of great distress, and towed her into quarantine at New York. The | Grotta left Sagua la Grande, Cub2, on the 25:h ult, and on the second day out the yellow fever broke out among ihe crew in | its most viruleat form, and one after another died and was con- signed to the deep, the ordinary remedies proving ineffectual in levery case. On the ninth day out there were none deft but the ‘captain, his wife and two of the crew. Ou the first of July the lcaptain was taken down with the fever, end lis wife, who hod ‘until now been unremitting in her attentions to the sick among ithe oficers and crew, was obliged to nfirse her sick husband, land also occasionally to take her position atthe wheel, while | the surviving crew worked the ship. ‘The Captain had already decided to put into New York, and was making the best of his way toSandy Hook. While he was yet able to give directions, he instructed his wife how to steerthe ship. When spoken by

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Symond’s best Port Pickles Spices Mummu Khan, whom she made Chief Justice and Chanee!lor _— Sauces Soa of the Exchequer, was openly acknowledged in that relation ine Pp > .. « - ‘ 2 ‘

Sherry Wine Table Salt Candles ‘to her, and, trom his influence over her, wielded in reality

Madeira do Nuts Washing Powders [supreme power in the rebel state. Among other honors

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Champagne Shelled Almonds eae £2 i lo |showered on him, the Begum or Queen Mother as Rezent * 3° ’ tae « , ey adie mes fe “ ri t Edinburgh Ale ees Patent Medicines | delegated, as the highest act of grace towards |

Pale Ale Burning Fluid

London Porter Brashes | the office of passing sentence of death against ali Christians ! A e Suc ° mt . Boe - - “ae : : And a great variety of other small and useful articles too nu- | 2" office in discharging the duties of which he 1s said to merous to mention. Cash paid for good clean Timothy Seed. | have displayed uncommon activity. In subordination to bim

December 14, 1857. ly HUGH FRASER. | were the generals and other high military officials ; while the

“WEW GOODS—SPR [ING 1858. chief civil appointments were sold to the highest bidders,

| | since all civil office really meant unlimited power of extortion London House, Established 1820. | with impunity. Some of the higher civil functionaries thus » ar subscribers have received. pership ‘* ISABEL,” from | contributed from their own stores large sums of money to Liverpool-— |the treasury, refusing at the same time all salary until the 120 Packages British and Foreign Merchandize, 10 British power should be finally and completely annihilated Tons Iron, in Oude! There was an active intelligence department,

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Salad Oil | in fall charge of all matters of state. One of her paramours, | ' }

he had not reached in safety, the happy result would never have been known which led to the settlement on this vast

jin safety. On Friday, November 22, 1493, he arrived at | Hispaniola, on his second voyage to’America. On Friday,

the continent of America. On Fridiy, March 5, 1496, Henry VILL. of England gave to John Cabot his commission, which led to the diseovery of North America. This is the first American State paper in England. On Friday, Sept. 7, 1565, Melendez founded St. Augustine, the oldest tow? in the United States by more than forty years. On Friday, November 10, 1620, The May-Flower, with the Pilgrims, made the harbour of Proviace Town; and on the same day they signed the august compact, the forerunner of our present glorious constitution. Oa Friday, December 22, 1629, the Pilgrims made their fina] landing at Plymouth Rock. On

which, with Stock on hand, will be sold at their usual low | whose principal duty was the discovery of all persons eligible

prices for prompt payment. Present importation consists of—| for pillage ; and confiscations of every kind were rife| 4 norican freedom, Was born. On Friday, June 16 itt ; ’ wes ™ . ’ “mr ‘

throughout every portion of the Oude territory. In the city} 14:1) was sciged and fortified. On Friday, October 7, 1777

2 chests prime ( ongou TEA 9 trunks Ladies’ Boots & Shoes 2 eases Ready-made Clothing. + cases fownend’s Hats & Caps do Millinery, 2 do Straw and Silk Bonnets do containing Parasols. Muslin dresses, Shawls & Mantles do Ribbons, 1 case Gloves, 1 do Hosiery

do summer Clothes, Gambroons, Drills, &e

do Floor Cloth, 1 ease Flannels and Woollens 50 boxes “‘ London’’ Soap, 1 case Starch, 1 chest Indigo

Sodom for wickedoess—one of the most important items of | lrevenue was derived from the myriads there who devoted |

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Abbashi, had undertaken to pay to the State 60,000 rupees (£6,000) per annum, for only one particular resort of such

5 bundles Spring Steel, 10 tons Bar Iron. _ ried unhappy persons. It is not without hesitation that one is| Ch. Town, May 24, 1598. D. G. & 8. DAVIES. _ | led even to allude to such monstrosities ; and yet, without so | doing, how are the people of Great Britain to know the sort | ‘of material with which we have to deal in attempting to re- master. This copper.and copper-fastened organize an ee and elevate to ne cagenanee and pro-

clipper-built ship will sail from Liverpool, England, | prieties of civilized life a people so sunk in the fil:h and mire

about the Ist SEPTEMBER next. She hasalways) of utter shamelessness ?

rformed her trips with regularity, end landed her cargoes | | in good condition. Shippers will please have their. Goods| Tye Misnap or goe TeLecrarmic Cante.—The addition | alongside at an early date. Has good accommodation for/+, the statement in another place in regard to the mishaps | Cabin Passengers. For further particulars please apply t9) 46 the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, Mr. Richards, a passenger, Axprew Duncan, Esq., 12 Baltic Buildings: or, at Ch. Town, | a. ae ara Caladie tiie Mellnatie ree! » to DUNCAN, MASON & Co. , | 285 communicate , 1e a 1¢ following, whic! , N. B.—London Goods taken at reduced rates. gathered from Mr. Field and the lieutenant of the Niagara: Ch. Town, P. E.1., June 9, 1858. They stated that both vessels, the Niagara and Agamemnon, |

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indienne i . : . . > fy b d >} ——__—..- ve experienced the most violent southerly gales from the day | Great Encouragement. | they left Plymouth, and were driven as far north as latitude |

i8o8. | 54—muceh higher than the rendezvous—thus delaying their

1858. JULY.

N order to make room for Extensive FALL IMPORTATIONS, which \operations for several days. The Niagara behaved in ali | the Subscriber expects early in onan Ey a a ‘respects like a thorough sea-going vesset, and was none the | MERCHANDIZE, AT A GREAT REDUCTION ON FORMER PRICEs, | Worse for the storms. The Agamemuon, - we er And would specially invite the public to a participation in the great suffered severely. At one time the commanc or 0 tae £ ~~ bargains now offered in purchasing at this establishment. | memnon informed his first officer that they might as well pre- => = | pare fora watery grave,—he had no hopes of saving his vessel For Sale, 'two hours longer, so great was her straining. Bat the storm A QUANTITY of large well-made BIRCH TIMBER, with | subsided at last, and the Agamemnou rode out the gale. A | #&% three-inch DEALS, Lathwood and Spars, as annexed :—! most unfortunate accident occurred on board, however, caused by the breaking loose of the ‘cone’ which held the cable in its position on the gun deck. The cable * got adrift,” and | was pitched about the deck, undoubtedly much to its dam ge © to 300 tons small sized Hardwood, to suit the St. Two hundred tons of ans ae fot poe oo. John’s market, will be shipped on shares, or at alow freight. | and caused infinite th uble. wo _—- cc = = Enquire of Messrs. Longworth & Hyndman, Ch. Town ; | these accidents, one of them having an arm broken, and the Fdward Albro & Co., Halitax ; or Mr. Thomas Annear, Mon-) other having a leg broken. taigue River. : The two vessels, and their s Orwell, May 24, 1858. STEPHENS & CLARKE. ground, and on the morning of the 26th, a connection of the : For Sale. cable was effected ; the weather being hen eens ar . FEET of 3 inch good quality, fresh cut SPRUCE The paying out of the cable had seareely eommenend before l 1.000 DEALS, stalls decke aalivate by Mr. THOMAS | the wire snapped. After a few hours detention, anotaer ANNEAR, Montogue River. Enquire of Bexsaurs Davres, Esqr., | splice was made, and the steamers started, the Agamemnon | asiettotewn, oF © SfEPHENS & CLARKE, Orwell. | ang her consort for Ireland, the Niagara and her compan‘on eee for the American coast. Signals were kept up between the

Five Pounds Reward! two fleets constantly, a message being transmitted every

TOLEN from Prince Street Wharf, on Saturday night last, a large |

3 to 400 tons new Birch Timber 40 to 50 thousand three-inch Deals 10 to 12 eords Lathwood

I to 200 Spars

tenders finally arrived on the ;

Gfieen minutes; and all was going on well till about forty - - ' : lb da 7 -

schooner-rigged BOAT, of 28 feet keel, 10 feet beam, bottom miles had been p2id out when the electricians on board the

coated blacx to the gunwale, witha ok qnee ~_— 7 = gunwale, Niagara discovered that the current was broken. This was

has been used as a Ferry Boat on Charlottetown Jerry. ny person | ~ 3 . . OT ’ ee ai

giving information which will lead to the conviction of the offender, will at half past twelve a.m. of the Sith. The Niagar & was

immediately put about, and she had already reached the mid-

Teceive the above Reward. nails i . : Ch. Town, August 2, 1558. Ist | HENRY P. WEISH. | icean rendezvous at 8 o'clock, when first seen by the Alice Munroe.

Bone Dust and Gypsum. ; r il PANIUE subscriber See eee ksabeve valuable} It was believed on board the Niagara eo S MANURES from the Crushing Mills of Mr. Friar, ot the second _breaking was 3 kink in the Agamemsce 8 wire, Wallace, N. 8. and offers them for sale on liberal terms. eaused by its disarrangement during the gale; but of this May 31, 1853. W. W. IRVING. | there is no certainty. Nothing was said to Mr. Richards oad ~ ‘Wool and Sheep-skins, , oe the working of at “ brakes,” probably there had

: nn, A ae en no oceasion to put them in use. ‘SELL’ PROVISION EEORE Mecktiness. 7 | We learn from another source a confirmation of the pate ne 14, ‘ment that the Niagara, with her enormous load of cable, j

Charlottetown, June 14, 1858. Gin

\their miserable lives to infamy. Une contractor, Mussamut | laid b ) air

Friday, February 22, (reorge Washington, the father of

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, alle » tal fF. aha o hefore desionated as yery | . of Lucknow itself—which I have before designated as a very | in. surrender of Saratoga was made, which had such power |

and influence in inducing France to declare for our cause. On Friday, September 22, 1789, the treagon of Arnold was re, which saved us from destruction. On Friday,

October 19, 1781, the surrender of York-town, the crowning | ‘glory of the American arms, occurred. On Friday, July 7, | 1776, the motion of Congress was made by John Adams, |

seconded by Richard Henry Lee, that the United States

'eglonies were, and of right ought to be, free and independent.” cS > ; sz

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Krsses More Precrovs ruan Jewets.—A night or two ago @ fair, sweet girl, residing on Race, near Fourth-street,

was partially awakened from her slembers by a man in her | fe +" ¥ lalmost senseless. At last we srrived safely, and I am now

chamber, but not fully aroused, she lay with closed lips for a

minute, when the sound being repeated, she started up and | saw by the light of the little jet upon the gxs-burner a man’s | over t)

continent. On Friday, March 15, 1493, he arrived at Palos,

| directing the ship towards Sandy Hook. In ene hour after the ‘ship was taken in tow, Capt. Nichols died, leaving only three

ithe steamer, the captain’s wife stood heroically at the helm,

lout of eleven persons alive on beard—the two foremast hands

wnd the courageous Mrs Nichols. The lady and the two sur-

| vivers of the crew have been properly cared for.

1e¢ favo ite, ‘ “ : ae e a ' e¢ favorite.| Ja6 13, 1494. be, though unknown to bimself, discovered | Jeo

Tue Frazer River Menes.—All accounts from the new!y discovered goid mines on Frazer River represent the ‘* dig-

325 a day for several days together. ‘The difficulties to be encountered in reaching the locality are very great, and are ony overcome by great perseverance and ofientimes with great suttering. One correspondent describes his experience thus :

“ After two days’ sojourn we started, six in each canoe, and arrived, atter len days’ travel, at Bellingham Bay, where we purchased some snore provisions. Next day we left, and intwo days arrived at Fort aangley, when we intended buying some |four, had not the fellows asked such a high price—$35 per ‘barrel. After travelling 15 m!les above Fort Langley we en- countered the first rapids, and wherever it was practicable we / hauled on our lineson shore. Thecus 2ut increased daily, and |not being able to haul our lines on shio.2 SDY More, we were compelled to get into the water, and God knows What we have suffered. For five days, from morning till night, we were drag- ging our canoes, waist deep in water as cold as icf, and con- |stantly in danger of being washed under and carried awoy. Esch had a rope fastened to him to pul! upstream. One of our |company wonld have drowned had I not at the moment thrown a rope to him. The other oarty thet came ont had their cano 8

|broken against the rocks, losing everything they had; and ! | know of six persons who were drowned. All this alarmed ue, land seeing the impossibility of our going ap, we came tote lconclusion to return. J have seen steamers and railroads in }:notion, bat the way we rushed down bests the telegraph. | Every minute I expected to be cut to pieces against the rocks |which rise perpendicular on each side, leaving a space but 20 et wide, through which we went like lightoing, leaving me

| stopping here, intending to weit another chance to go up.” The Hodson’s Bay Company exercise almost despotic rule he whole comntry ; allow no provisions to be carried into

form disappearing through the window. She screamed in-| their territory for sale ; and charge $5 fora license for every

voluntarily, and her father, armed with a revolver, was in her | |woom in a few moments, greatly agitated and alarmed.

The parent was disposed to thiak his daughter had been | dreaming, when in looking around, he observed upon his daughter’s dressing bureau, where a beautiful enameled watch, a pair of heavy bracelets, a diamond ring, and a necklace were lying, a slip of paper, on which was written :—

Fairest, Dearest Girl ;—I came here to rob, but your beauty made me honest for the time. I saw these jewels, but believing them yours, I could not take them. I have | stolen what I value more—three delicious kisses from you unconscious lips. Do not be offended, they were gentle and innocent. Ayn Unknown Lover.

This story sounds romantic, but we are assured up best authority that it is strictly veracious, and we publish it as an evidence that the age of gallantry and sentiment is not at an end; that the race of Rinaldo Rinaldino is not extinct. — New Orleans Delta.

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person who goes up the river. The Americans contend th t the Company have ro exclusive privilege to trade with the whites; but, as said Company have an armed vessel—IL R. M.’s war steamer Satellite—stationed at the mou'h of Frazr

| river, and an armed boat at Fort Langley, forty miles up, their

demands ere generally obeyed. One instance is reported, where

,a emall American vessel, disregarding the commands of the Company, entered Frazer river in spite of opposition , and it 43 ‘said the British captain dared not take the responsibility of

firing upen her. ‘This story, however, needs confirmation. It is estimated that at least eight thousand people have already

lleft California for the new mines since the breaking out of this

excitement. Besides those intending to mine. quite a number have gone up to trade, and others to epeculate in lots upon the” sites of future cities. etc. Six steamers have been laid on the route between San Francisco and the new mines, beside eight

lorten sailing vessels. Every ship left crowded with adventurers,

and tickets are sold days in advance. The last steamer thet left the Cortez, is supposed to have carried off full fifteen hur - idred passengers, though only about nine hundred appesred on

he custom heuse returns. Among others, eeveral gentlemen s hae ‘ connected with the California press have gone up with the u- A Brave Woman.—Mrs. Caroline C. Strinburg, wife of P. aS eile teak lial! all shia old ize. Caroline ©. Bir es wire OF F-| tention of starting newspapers at different points in the new etranoure nis it fasait 3: Cc 1 ine enmnsvivanl i . ‘ alain ee Siadonggadly pee teeter M ansyva4las) country. One paper, the North American, by Williston. Ba:t- which was burnt to the water's e!ge im the Mississippt, sixty . : ; , , rn ; Y \tett, & Towne, is already announced st Victoria, V.1., tLe

niles below Memphis, on Sunday morning, the 12:hinst. Mrs Stranburg left her berth just befor» the explosion took place, and when she heard the report, which shook every piece of timber in the boat, she caught hold of her little child, which was on'y two months old, and rushed into the lacies’ cabin at the very moment that a large piece of machinery came crashing through

the foor. She ran to the captain’s room and told him that the} boat was on fire, but he said she was mistaken, and advised her |

to be calm. She said she was not mistsken, and her manner was so earnest that the captain, thinking she mighé be correct, went down to the boiler deck. He returned in a short time and remarked to Mrs. Stranburg: ‘‘ There is no danger now—the

fice has been subdued.” Mrs. Stranburg, however, would not |

be convinced ; she insisted that the boat was in flames, and told the captain to make preparations for saving the passengers. As

she finished speaking, the flames broke through the cabin floor, |

and in less than a minute the cabin was filled with smoke. She saw the time for action had arrived, and she knew that her hfe aud that of her child depen.ied upon her own exertions ; so she went down the private staircase, and was fortunate enough to reach the boiler deck insafely. Knowing that she would perish

by fire if she staid on the boat, she determined to leave it and |

run the risk of meeting ker death by another method. She ac- cordingly seized a board about seven feet long and about eight or ten inches wide, and grasping ber child with one arm and the board with the other, plunged into the river. The curren’,

‘capita! of the Hudson's Bay Company's possessions.

A great part of the emigrants are old Cel:fornia miners, en. the sudden hegira has elready. had its efect in reducing the receipts of dust at San Francisco. The decrease is estimated at £109 000 a week, or over $21,000,000 a year. The mines

(on the Lumney, or Nowk Sack River. in Washingt n, are also attracting many adventurers.— California Pape

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A lawyer in Sweden has been condemned to one months’ ‘imprisonment for having undertaken the defence of an unjast cause. If that law was in force in this country, we should want very large jails.

A few days ago, William Layeock, of Bradford. Engiind, undertook to walk ten miles and throw five tons weigh! over ins head inthe space of two hours. He accomplisiied this extra

dinary feat in four minutes less than the true. In the first hour ihe walked six miles, and threw e half cwt. over his heed 120 times.

The richest man in England is the Marquis of West- |minister. His wealth is estimated et twenty one million pounds

steriing, or one hundred, end five millions of dollars, and he }annual income st seven hundred thousand pounds, or three millions five Inscdred thousand dollars.

Lgings”’ to be highly productive ; many minets have averaged

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