PRL AT This isthe mark supreme: my soul attend ;

HISESSLAWT. oh lls thy own dignity, nor ever scorn thy —o 8

aie oe . | Behold! the heavenly host assistance all shall = , iTo lift thee far above the grov’lling scenes of earths

: , mr 1OY . Majestic truth! this should inspire to good ; VAIN ARE THE JOYS OF LIFE. Twill lead to life and immortality. ¥e sons of earth, whom proud Ambition taught,

That wealth and honour are with blessings fraught; {Fo ah! Jife’s joys, fly like the day’s illusive schemes, That those, her votaries, their orisons she hears ; ‘When once our youthful days of life are o’er; And on the wings of Fame triumphant bears ‘When sacred Reason gilds with clearest beams,

The logg’d for joys replete: And fading shadows fail to please us more.

List yet to me the while. Farewell, we know when age comes creeping on, | “That life grows weariness and woe. }

FOR THE EXAMINER.

How oft unto the battle-field the warrior goes, With heart elate, to combat with his foes; __ Hore leads him onward; Promotion veils his dread ; When, ah! some pointed bullet, lays him with the dead‘ Then by relentless feet, He’s trampl’d o’er and o’er!

‘Hail, Night! thou gentle emblamatic shade

Of that tremendous period fixed by God, —

| When drear forgetfulness shall veil the mighty dead, And Fame forgotten lie beneath the green grass sod.

| Yea, all our titles, deeds, and wealth combined,

. . . Shall with ourselves, mix into silent dust.

How oft have Ocean’s DENY tars and brave | defi to each mountain wave White aletege raised to reach the wish’d for shore, Thus ends the race of feeble man ae, s And social gangs would think of storms no more. No Power, nor Honour, Fame or youthful f e. Delusive hope r some fatal rock unseen, Can palliate with Death to ward the dreadfu oT Where all is lost! here ends the sailor’s fancied dream, For Virtue only, éhen, will triumph o’er the tomb - In dark unfathom’d deeps, J. M. K.

Where sunbeams never come. St. Peter’s Bay, Nov. 16th, 1847.

How oft to distant lands, far from his friends and home, Man, aspiring soul! for riches still would roam ; _ MUSICAL CATECHISM. Should Fortune grant? it ne’er would ease the mind ; 1. What isa slur? Death calls us hence ; but leaves our wealth behind Almost any remark one singer makes about another. For others to enjoy, 2. What notes require more time than others ? As they shall think it fit. | Notes of hand signed by bankrupt creditors. | 3. What is beating time ? How vain then are the keen pursuits of Fortune’s plume,| Singing so fast that time cannot keep up with you. How vain the glitt’ring honours earth bestows! | 4. What is a rest? Unless they to the owner’s breast become, | _ Going out of the choir to get some refreshment du- The true perennial source of sweet and calm repose, rine sermon time. oe Through life’s all changing scenes; | 3. What is singing with the understanding ? | j

But most at dissolution’s hour. Marking time on the floor with your foot.

6. What is a staccata movement ?

Leaving the choir in a huff, because one is dissatisfied with the leader’s requirements.

7. What is figured base ?

But, ah! those fading honours rarely can impart Such heavenly comforts to the sorrow-laden breast; Nor can they whisper true contentment to the heart, Or hush discordant passions peacefully to rest ;

‘ sl. . ; "LW ? ; . . . For they, like clonds, but quickly rise, ‘singing books, supposed to be executed usually during And just as quickly pass xway.

sermon time. *Tis like rude Boreas’ chilling breath upon the sea | 8. What is a swell ? nd Vieistriane it] odd Wee an SUS atecses ail. i professor of music who pretends to know every The gales of Wealth and Fame, to dreadful storms o \thing about the science, while he cannot conceal his rise; ; . |own ignorance,

[ mean, when blown by Avarice and puff’d-up vanity, "9 "With what propriety may a clarionet be used to "Twill soon the sacred mansion of the soul disguise ; ‘accompany church music ?

And leave es os wregk, | With about the same as a tin kittle, beat with a pair Which sensibility cannot endure. of tongs, may be used to accompany an Aolean harp. Then let this solemn truth invade your ear, 10. Ww hat is a legato movement ? Ye gaudy tribes, that ever grasp at power aud fame, : lhe er of Santa Anna at Gerro Cordo.—Boston That strive with cunning skill, to hasten to the rear, | Courier. With those who toil to gain a mighty name,

Whose midnight hours pass off in dream,) Comrort ror Home.y W omen.—Beauty, says Lord

Filling stations of important trust. ‘Kaimes, ‘is a dangerous property, tending to corrupt ithe mind ofa wife, though it soon loses its influence over the husband. A figure agreeable and engaging ‘which inspires affection without the ebriety of love, is a ‘much safer choice. The graces lose not their influence ‘like beauty. At the end of thirty years a virtuous wo- /man, who makes an agreeable companion, charms her ‘husband perhaps more than at first. The comparison

er s caale}, Of love to fires holds good in one respect, that the fiercer Ah! what now; say what is allthe power and wealth): 10:05 the sooner it is extinguished,’

This world can give? how bubble-like and empty is the| whole! “ i sepa E’en joined to illustrions parentage, and vig’rous health,! [ove anp Deer.—There is very little difference be- When laid in serious balance with th’ immortal soul ? ‘tween the man in love and the man in debt. Both the We know when life’s short measured date comes|debtor and the lover commence operations by promis- round, sory notes; the former giving bills to his creditor, and

These all shall go; and never will return. ithe latter sending billet dour to his fair one. The lover,

|by promising to cherish, is honoured with a place in the

That trifles born of earth, can never bless the mind;

Like airy shadows—swift on the wing—soon pass.

By such the soul is hurt; alas! too oft we find,

As breathing dims the clear transparent glass. Then that which once refulgent was, Grows mistified by sordid cares.

Yes ; they shall moulder, perish, and decay ;

Stern ruin o’er Creation’s face shall surely come:

But mark, when the sun and moon and stars shall fade

away,

The soul shall triumph in its uncorrupted bloom. |

Away then, wordly honours! far away! |

Ye have no place ‘mid spheres of heavenly

bliss.

How empty then, are all our hopes and fears, Yes; fears for fancied ills which seldom do molest!

Why do we long for transport inthis “ Vale of tears,”

Or let its absence discompose the breast 2 Heaven’s Lord won’t sell the poor of earth, | That he despises them for poverty.

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What tho’ the blust’ring storms of life arise, And grief usurp fair joy’s alluring place ; | A scene more beauteous waits us in the skies, | Where Sin dares never show its odious face! | Mark well the page; no wolves shall enter there; TrvuTH stands the Porter: let false deceit beware!

The soul that keeps this glorious prize in view, | Shall mount in spite of treacherie’s dark aim ; If he, the Hydra forms of Vice strives to subdue,

He’ll move toward that heaven from whence he came; |

Tho’ “ narrow is the path that leads to life,” The heaven-bound sou! sha!! never go astray.

lady’s good books ; and the debtor, by promising to pay, winneth admission into the creditor’s ledger. Love keepeth its captive awake all night; so doth debt. Love is uncalculating, and debt holdeth no reckoning, The man who oweth money is in need of brass, and so is the swain who poppeth the question.— Exchange.

Security or France.—Old Marshal Soult, in his

‘retirement from the Ministry, has written Louis

Philippe a somewhat waggish letter. The Duke has made his exit with alaugh. He says to the Kiug

—*T will enjoy that repose amidst the general securit

Which the exalted wisdom of your Majesty has procured for France.” Such repose reminds us of the Dutch- man, who smoked his pipe over a barrel of gunpowder, innocently believing itto be so much onion seed,

Valuable Leasehold Farm for sale. HE Subscriber is desirous of selling the Leasehold Interest of that valuable Farm at pre-

sent occupied by him, situate on the St. Peter’s Road, eleven miles from Chailoltetown, It comprises One Hundred acres of Land, twenty acres of which are cleared, and fit for the Plough; and an abundance of soft and hard wood is to be found on the remainder, There is a Dwelling House, a good Stable and out-hou- ses onthe Premises. The term of lease is 999 years. and liable to an annual Rent of One Shilling per acre, For terms and other particulars, apply to the Subsceri-

Premises. bree "BAe TPM WILLIAM CONNELLY. St. Peter’s Road, Sept. 18, 1847.

To Tailors, HENRY FOUND, Teacner or Courtine,

Is desirous of forming a Class for the purpose of teaching Young Men who may be anxious to Jearn, the Art of Cutting, in al] its various departments. Persons doing business in his line, as Masters, will have an opportunity afforded them, of learning Mr. Found’s System of cutting Garments with preci- sion and taste. They will do well by making early application, as Mr. F. intends to commence in the month of October next, and as the number of pupils will be limeted to twelve.

Masters from the country can take lessons in three hours, which will be of great benefit to them as a guide or method Patterns of Garments sent to any part of the country at Is. 6d by forwarding the cash, and paying postage.

Terms made known on application at his Residence, Upper Queen Street, opposite Apothecaries’ Hall.

H. F. will undertake to instruct Females in the making of Summer Vests and Trowsers, which will afford to those who learn a sure and competent livelihood when properly taught None but respectable characters need apply.

August 14, 1847.

Bell-Hanging, Lock and White Smith Work. AVID O’NEILL begs leave to ac-

guaint his friends and the public generally, that, having re- turned fromthe United States, he has opened an Establishment on the north side of the Provincial Building, and adjoining the premises of Mr. James Cantelo, where he js repared to exe- cute all kinds of work in the Lock, Gun, and White Smith Bu- isness. Bell Hanging—and repairs made to Bells and Bel? Wires—will be done at short notice. D. O’NIELL having studied his business attentively, and

The scribbling usually found on the blank pages of'| adopted the most approved and modern style of workmanship, , = C J >

trusts that he will be favoured with the patronage of the pub-

lic, and willendeavour to merit it by diligence and punctuality jin the discharge of his orders. : August 7.

A CARD. A'S the Subscriber has decided upon remain- ~~~ ing in the Island he will resume his practice in the various

| departments of his profession ; and will again appear as Coun- |sel in the Courts of Law and Equity.

CHARLES YOUNG. Terrace, Charlottetown, Aug. 7.

HEAD STONES. JERSONS wishing to obtain Heap SToNEs,

can be supplied by applying to the Subscriber, at Mr. A. McKinnon’s, opposite the Gazette Office, or at Mr. Peake’s Yard. at the Head of the Queen’s Wharf.

TOMB STONES and MONUMENTS made to order. JOHN CARMICHAEL.

WANTED. —

PWELVE JOURNEYMEN TAILORS, who will

get constant employment, the best of Workman highes Wages in Town. Apply to

August 6th, 1847.

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been charged with attempting to poison his wife with snuff and beer, We have heard many wives complain

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A Poor Poer’s Wisu.—*Oh! that a soverej ,

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