For]? T R Y. [Fan rm: COLONIAL HenALuJ

ON THE APPROACH or SPRING. ’Tis past—gay Flora crowns the swelling sphere ; No more the plains in wintry sadness mpurn; But when for me shall bloom the youthful year, Or when the dreams of infant life return?

Full soon, alas ! the soft illusion fades,

That on. young fancy’s headless morn beguiles, When the/dear hope of lasting bliss pervades Her fairy warblings and her syren smiles.

Oh life ! what pangs the feeling‘soul must bear, \ That, lone and hopeless, treads thy toilsorne way ; But virtue's hand dispels each baneful care,

And points exulting to the blissful day—

The day'that’s destined to a softer shore

Shall prove thy sorrows and thy woes no more.

Cavendish, April 29th, 1810.

UNITED STATES. WASHINGTON, APRIL 28.

House or REPRESENTATIVES.—ATTEMPT 'ro STAB.——-On Tilesday last, while a debate was going on in the House. a brutal fight took place between Mr. Rice Garland of Louisiana, and Mr. Bynum of North Carolina, in the course of which, Mr. Bynum gave the lie, received seve- ral blows, and attempted to stab his adversary. The correspondent ofthe Baltimore American thus describes the disgraceful scene. The docu- ment referred to, was one quoted by Mr. Wise, showing the national expenditures for a number of years. ~ Mr. Saltonstall resumed his remarks, and while he was speaking, Mr. Bynum, ofN. C. crime to the part of the House in which Mr. Garland, of Louisiana, was Sitting. In the hearing of Mr. G., and while addressing him, he stated, that the document was asuspicious paper, and intimated that it was corrupt. Mr. G. maintained that it was true. [All this conver- sation was between the two members, and one or two others in their vicinity] Mr. G. then appealed to Mr. Linn Banks, and others, in proof of what he had said. Mr. Banks, as I understand, confirmed it.

Be that as'it may, hard words soon passed

between the two members. The lie was given by Mr. Bynum, and Mr. Garland, in answer to it, seized Mr B. by the throat, and struck him two or three times. i Mr. B in return, after scratching the face of Mr. G. drew a knife. He uttered horrid imprecations, in it voice which was heard in the hall. ' , Mr. B. was seen by the crowdsin the galleries, with his knife in his right hand, and heard using the most brutal language, ‘liar,’ ‘puppy,’ ‘scouudrel,’ &c.

Mr. G. no less excited, but more silent, con- tinued to deal heavy blows against his antagonist.

‘ As soon as could be, the two members were

separated by Mr. Evans and I‘Ir..Bfllll{S, aided in those around them. After the separation, lVIr. Bynum still attempted to reach Mr. G. and stab him with the knife which he brandished in the fir. The Speaker in the meantime took the Chair. The Sergeant-at—Arms was ordered to arrest the members, but their friends protected them. Both now withdrew from the bar of the House, and partial order was restored. , During the interruption, the members left i ir places; all upon the outside ofthe hall rushed in. Order was at length restored] Mr. Dr'omgoole, Mr. \Vise, and'others, spoke

- briefly but forcibly, in condemnation ofthe pro-

ceedings that had taken place, and urging the necessity of measures to prevent a repetition of them; and the latter gentleman moved the appointment of a Committee to investigate the affair, with power to send for persons and papers.

The motion was eloquently sustained by‘

Messrs. Connor, Banks, Briggs and Andrews, who expressed the regret and shame with which they had seen the frequent violationsofdecorum, of which the House had lately become the theatre, and the absolute necessity ofan effective remedy. '

The resolution was unanimously adopted, and Messrs. _ Underwood, Butler, Briggs, Chifl‘ord and Cooper were appointed the Committee.

The House then went again into the Commit- tee of the whole, and resumed the consideration ofthe Civil and Diplomatic bill, which was con- tinued until 11 o’clock at night, without getting the bill out. of Committee. a

BATTLE VVI'I‘H WILD ELEPHANTS. i (From the Bombay Courier.)

On the 24th of September, at midnight, I re- ceived information that two elephants ofvery tin- common size had made their appearance within a few hundred yards of the cantonments, and close to a village. All the public and private elephants

r man Was't'orn limb ‘from li’mb’,‘ a child. 33.33:: to death, andtwo other persons (females)- ' nd . ‘ i ‘

“Theftii destruction now became absolutely nee cessary: and as they showed no Inclination to quit the village in which the. mischief had- been done, we gained time toribring rip-the four- pounders, from which they Soon received several round-shot, and abundance of grape each.. The largest of the two was even. brought to the ground by a round-shot in the head; but after- remaining there a quarter of an hour, apparently lifeless, he got up again, as vigorous asjever, and the desperation of both at this period exceeds all description. They made repeated gcharges at the guns, and ifit had not been for the steadiness and bravery _of the artillerymen, who more than once turned them off, by shots in the head and body, when within a few paces ofthein, many dreadful casualties must. have occurred. ‘ We were now obliged to desist for want of ammunition, and before a fresh supply could be obtained, the elephants quitted the village, and,

thomrli streaming with blood from ahundred wourids, peoceeded, ’With a rapidity of which I had no idea, towards Hazareebagn. They were at length brought up by the horsemen and our elephants, when within a veryshort distance of a crowded bazar, and ultimately, after many renewals of the most formidable and ferocious attack upon the guns, gave up the contest With their lives. Nineteen four-pound shots have al- ready been taken outrof their bodies, and I imagine eight or ten more Will yet be found, One of the elephants measured 26 feet 9.;- inches from the tip of the trunk tothe tip of the tail, and was 11 feet high; the other was 24/feet in length, and 10 feet high. I

I am of opinion that they must have escaped from Hyderabad, or some other part of the Dec- can, for I have never heart] Ofor seen animals of their size in this part OfIndia.

E. ROUGHSEDGE, Capt. Comd. Ramghue Batt.

The wisdom of the CREATOR, says a distin- guished anatomist, is in nothing seen more glori- ously than in the heart. And how well does it perform its Oflice ! An anatomist who understood its structure might say beforehand that it would play ~; but, from the complexity of its mechanism and the delicacy of many ofits parts, he must be

apprehensive that it would always be liable to derangement, and that it would soon work itself out. Yet does this wonderful machine go on, night and day, for eighty years together, at the rate ofa hundred thousand strokes every twenty- four hours, having at every stroke a great resis- tance tO overcome; and it continues this action for this length oftime without disorder, and with- out weariness. That it should continuethis action for this length oftime without disorder is won- derful; that it should be capable of continuing it without weariness is still_more astonishing.

Never, for a single moment, night or day, does it intermit its labour, neither through our waking

nor our sleeping hours. On it goes, without in- termission, at the rate of a hundred thousand strokes every twenty four hours; yet it never seems exhausted. Rest would have been incom- patible with its functitins. While it slept, the whole machinery must have stopped, and the animal inevitably perish. It was necessary that it should be made capable of working for ever, without the cessation ofa moment—without the least degree of weariness. It is so made, and the powerofihe Creator in so constructing it can in nothing be exceeded but His wisdonil—From “ The Doctor.”

The Charitable Institutions in England are said to amount to 5,627, and the Friendly So- cieties to 6,756, and £5,600,000 are collected in rates annually for the support of the poor.

REMARKS ON THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF HUSBANDRY —1: Whatever may be the nature of the soil, and situation of your farm, remem- ber, that there is no soil so good but it may be exhausted and ruined by'bad tillage, and that there is none so bad that cannot.be ren- dered fertile by good tillage; even heath, ifit can but be ploughed and awarded.

2. The'triie art of husbandry consists in suffering no crop to grow upon your land that will so far exhaust your soil as to lessen the value of your succeeding crop, whatever pro-i fit such a crop m_ay afford you.

3. To aroid this, suffer no one crap to grow two years successively upon the same piece of ground, excepting grass and buckwheat, with- out the fertilizing aid of rich manures to sup- port the strength of the soil ; and even then, a change of crops will generally do best, ex- cept onions, cargots and hemp. \

4: Every plant deriveth from the earth, for its growth, such’properties as are peculiar to itself; this plant, when followed succes-

to apprise every inhabitant of his «finger, m, v

“ . ,. v mth'e House'oflelmibly, ‘- r - ' r ' r1. .' ' ;i.-Aprii 24th, low. AS _ 7 i v IlIaEBSgSion,,_passed‘the following Resolutroqj:b—i u ' . s it hr 5 amount ofprivate Notes, issue. y pérSXEEEEIVeuY Bgrunswiok, and ppynble inhHalifiuri,

Nova Scotia, are now in circulation in this Island,’ an are transferable by delivery. only ; and whereas the issue of'such Notes is not abthorit-ted by any law ofthis Br qpy other ofthe British Provinces, or. of the Imperial aria- ment, nor is any security prov1ded for the redelrnptipn thereofi‘but the Circulation or passmg thereof wtt riri tée said Province of New Brunswtck has been prohibibte , under a penalty of Five Funds for each offence, y a Law passed for that purpose ; and whereas a, Bill, beipg a transcript of the New Brunsvnck Act referred-to, was unanimously passed by this House. during the present Session, to prevent the further circulation ofsuch Notes, after the First day. of October next,‘wliich Bill has been rejected by the Legislative Councrl; and whereas the moat serious consequences may liereafter_ be felt by the inhabitants of'tbis Colony, if thecuculation ofthe said Notes is not restricted : Tlieerare,.Resol'ued,’un . . s- ly That this House pledges itself to take. the subl‘ect ngiiin into its most serious consrderation at its next bes-

sion." , _, r h ‘ . And whereas the House have this Sessmn passed asi- m'ilar Bill, 'which has been negatived by the turmoil; Therefore, Ordered, that the furegorng Resolution be thricepublished in'the Royal Gazette and Colonial Her- ald, Newspapers, that the ppblic may be sufiieiently ap; prised of the intention of this House, and of the risk 0. receiving such irresponsible paper as-a sufficient enduring

consideration for their goods and property. the House, WILLIAM CULLEN, Clerk. \ .

THE MAILS. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Foreign

and Inland Mails will be made 'up at the Post

Office, Charlottetown, until further notice, aS‘ follows :—

For Pictou, Halifax, file. every Thursday, at 9, A. M.

For Miramichi, 4rd, every Friday, at 10, A. M. s

The Western Inland Mail every Monday, at 10, A. M.

The Eastern do. every Wednesday, at 1,2.

The Vernon River, Belfast, Georgetown and Murray Harbour do. every Saturday, at 8, A. M.

E. CHAPPELL, P. M. Post Office, 8th May, 1840.

TEMPERANCE ESSAY.

A T a General Meeting ofthe Charlottetown

Temperance Society, held on the (lib April inst. it was unanimously—

RESOLVED, That a Committee be appointed, to provide a fund, and make the necessary arrangements for offering a Prize for the best Essay upon the subject of the Tralfic in Ardent Spirits, as bearing upon the civil, political, domestic, moral and physical interests of this Colony—such Essay to be the production ofa member ofa Temperance Society.

In conformity with the above Resolution, the Com- mittee beg leave to acquaint the Friends of Tempe- rance, thatsSubscription Lists for the purpose of raising a Fund for the object mentioned in the said Resolution, are now lying for signature at the Stores of Mr. Pcake, Mr. C. Welsh, and Mr: T. Desbrisay, Queen Street; at Mr. John Bovyer's, Richmond Street; Mr. George Beer’s, King's Square, and at the Colonial Herald Printing Office.

LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE. POLICIES will be isSued by the Subscriber,

in either of the above departments, on the most

reasonable terms. . CHARLES YOUNG, Agent of the “ ETNA” and “ ALLIANCE” Insurance Companies. Charlottetown, Dec. 11, 1838. s I

DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSIIIP.

OTICE is hereby given, that the Co- _ partnership hitherto existing between the under- SIgned, was, on the first day of March, instant, dissol- ved. by mutual consent—--tlieir term having on that day expired. All persons having demands against the said firm, are requested to render their accounts ‘for adjust- ment, and all those indebted are requested to make im- mediate payment to John Hobs.

JOHN HOBS,

' DONALD NIC . Charlottetown, 61h March, 1840. OLSON

OHN HOBS, Cabinet Maker and Uphol- sterer, bogs leave to acquaint the Inhabitants of Charlottetown, and the public generally, that he is now carrying on the above business, in his Shop in Kent Street, opposite the residence of T. B. Treniain Esqr, vgheredall ordedrs in his line will be thankfull , receive an execute wi ' r on mOdérate terms. th neatuess, punctuality, and March 6, 1840.

N THE Partnership heretofore subsisting be-

tween the Subscribers, under the Firm of Par/tin} <3» Pleadwe/l, carrying on business in Charlottetown and at Crapaud, is this day rlisSolved, by mutual consent. All persons who stand indebted to the said late firm are requested to make immediate payment of the debts due at Charlottetown, to Josiah Perkin, and at Ci‘apaud ti; 'I;_hornl:is Eleadwoll. All accounts remaining unpdid, :lhrtzriér Fifteenth instant, Will be sued for without dis-

JOSIAH PARKIN,

THOVIAS P . ‘ Charlottetown, April 3d, 1840‘ LE ADVVELL.

, TAILORING- HE Subscribers beg leave to acquaint the Inhabitants of Charlottetown, and the public e- nerally, that they intend carrying on the above businegss in all. its various branches, in the Shop adjoining thai occupied by Mr. H. Stamper, Stationer, Queen Street ‘ and from ltlie.kn0wledge and experience they have; gained, while in business in Halifax, they flatter them-1 selves, should they be favoured with a share of ubli patronage, to give general satisfaction. p c H TURNBULL & FOUND N.B.—Militar Uniforms .

Apr“ 30’ lsyo. made to order.

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O ' ' '1 MINlemIflme i - fl , fibm Wate. ' , Ex.?m:rpho , and'Jalm Crag, 13.1.93;

thefHouse of Assembly, at its‘

V Ythe above-recent arrivals; they ‘ has received . ., ,

A Large Assortment of, w 4 id.

‘ BRITISH MANUFACTURE&,,

com risin ever article in his usual uggenen! ' busirliesa—gwhichyhe offers on reasonable terms“ (by

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MAI. B.-—A few gallons of very superior ultras?"

. v , » DANIED Charlottetown, 13th May, 184 . i . ,3}, ,

GARDEN AND FIELD SEED», V” UST received by the Subscriber J Alice, from England, 11' chemist“)pr G . oou,&c. l“. Kgr.

., . ~, GEORGE.“ .‘ p . Queen Square, May 15th, 1840. ’. s whitish;

SEED WHEAT FOR SALE. ‘ " l‘ d

THE Subscriber offers for Sales. . . my of good'seed Wheat. An Early bppli i . requisite. ' ' ..-' ~‘ w"

key—a prime article.

and Farm SEEDS, GARDEN

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. STORAGE, * ""S‘l;.nt.f : “saliva-iv, Merchants and others can oeuomliodhtedthitbsupis a e in that commodious ni IngTOP edited” r ‘, ‘5‘ of the Hon. Mr. Peake. This Buildiiig comprise; a Loatg‘, suitable for fitting out rigging, &cL—A good Cellar; fc'rt‘n I. also be had under_the above premi’sés.“"‘ """ "1’ l i . t v K. MACKENZIEJ," Charlottetown, lst May, 1840.2 * '. '. r a UST RECEIVED, and for 'Sale by Subscriber, a general assortment, coriaisfiugpf‘: r39, _ 440 Packages . _ . .1“, . British and Vth India GOODS, . TEAS, FURS,.4~c. - . . ' DAVID 'WILSON.‘ l V

D... c, 1839.

TO BE LET, andrPOSSESSION given IMME-u . ' DIATELY. ' ' , i ‘ ' THE whole or a part of that ' well-known v Dwelling House and Premises in Pownal Street, lately occupied by Mrs. Rebecca Miller. This Hpupoo Comprises four Rooms on the first floor, in one ofwhich. (30 feet by 24), the Meetings of the Mechanics' In: stitute are held ; four Rooms on the second floor, one of' which is the same size as the one mentioned about,” and a large garret. There is a commodious and ex-,, cellent Cellar under the whole. A Stable, and other out' houses, together with a small Garden, are attached ~ to the premises. Rent moderate. ‘For lbrther particular‘s»? apply at the Herald Office,or to . . . CHARLOTTE BAGNALL. Pownal Street, lst May, 1840. _

TOLET,‘

Either Yearly, or for :1 Term of Yuma-mo T W 0 BUILDING LOTS, with a BARN and" STABLE, fronting on King Street, nearly opposith

to Mr. D. Ramsay’s, and one fronting on “later Street“ also, one-lialf of that Store, with a good. Cellar, occupied ' by Messrs. J. B. Cooper'& Co.‘ Immediate assessio'li" will lie-given, upon application to D. VVils‘on, eréhinfgf. or to the Subscriber, 9» ’ ’ : ‘i’r-“t‘a

B. SCOTT-c

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Charlottetown, May 1.4th, 1840.

IC'AUTION T0 LUMBERERS.

ALL Persons found trespassing upon any‘of the Estates of the Right Honorable the Earl of' SELKIRK, in this Island, by cutting timber, or Othell-

wise, will be prosecnted with the utmost rigour ofthe Law. Tenants requiring Timber for Farm Buildings. &c. must apply to the subscriber. ’ ' .. i

‘ W. DOUSE, Land Agent. f‘

. i . CAUTION.

ALL Persons are hereby cautioned. against‘

.cutting or carrying away Timber, or Wood ofany,‘ description, from that part of Township No. 43, belong- ing to the Estate ofthe late Honorable William Towns- bend, deceased, if they wish to avoid, law and low

costs. CHAR LES. WORRELL, , Mortgagee in possession.‘

LOST,

ON MONDAY last, in Queen Street, it black . Lace VEIL. The finder will be rewarded on leavmg it at the Colonial Herald Office. ' May 7th, 1840.

‘ PASTURE. ‘ v -’ ORSES and CATTLE will be taken‘in for the ensuing Summer, on the Farm lately occul-

pied by Mr. Samuel Aldrid e. Teri s b ' ' on application to g u may 8 known

GEORGEBEER s ". ' RaspberryHiii,May14ih,184o.- » ‘ ’- in“-

AURELIAN-’ ’. 3.1,. i' H E ’I‘HOROUliH-BRED HORSE AU ELI- AN will stand for the season, commencincI Int May, at the Government House Stables. Terms aTwo ounds, and Five Shillings to the Groom—to b’eipai‘d atlt‘he‘tiine. V ' - I . V ‘ ‘ ‘ i " I URELIAN was imported from En lund'dast" car His Excellency the Lieutenant. Goveinorfis a {healing Horse, srx yearsrold, by ,Oppidan, darn by Pioneer grand dam y. Stavely, &c. &c. Oppidnri wasTgotlb'y‘ Reubens, out ofDorina, by Gohimna, (Sec. " "d N. B.—Mures not proving in foal last year, will be oer- ved on payment ofthe Groom's fee onl . I The Anrelian ProduceCup, to be given by His Excel- lency, Will be run for ianeptember, 1843; if ' ‘ See advertisement oflast year. ’ ‘ ' i

, CANADIANHORSE, THE‘Celebrated CANADIAN HORSE 'wiu

at the station were dispatched in ursuit of ' . COMMISSION ‘ “and forthe ensuing season at the foil wi " l' t them, and at da .hreak’ th 2' h pi ' - "my {M-t‘m “r mm ye?” “P°" "‘9 53'“ HE s - BUSINESS' “SrV‘Z=—A‘Charl°ttetowm on Saturda 'ihnghp formed that the; size no: 9 0‘ t. fi was in ground, wrll exhaust. the sort ofthose proper- T h' f' "Escr'bfr begs leave to announce to 0" Monday, the 4th at the Subscriber‘sylalliot an?“ ‘1 apparen erceness ties peculiar to itself without lessen' ' '5 "e" 9’ “n the Public at lara l onTuesda d W ’ ‘ ' ’ ‘ ' t ’i , , m “5 . l c tiat he has , ‘ ‘ yfln ednesday the 5th and 6th

r had. rendered all attempts for the”, selzure um power m produce son’le other p‘ams _ gthis figglquctedapuiine‘s’s zit/s an Auctioneer ahd’ Commission Pad 5, Stable; on Thursday tlie 7th arid Friday lan‘ifgtihf’ availing, and that they had retreated to a large {act is must shim": in the article of: flu Bridge Jay Le?" :ngsrzrntilge extremity lpt‘ gatburst 3t Jolt: liege, (tljape Traverse; on Satin-(layind Mont. sugarcane ad'oiiiincrthe vil'lacre. , - ,. r R. -' ‘ ailment)”: ilmour “y, If: t an 11th at Thomas .Rob'n ’: 5.. a .l a 3 “Inch “ll-l not be“. ‘0 be reaped often" «inkin,&.Co.—where orders Will be thank u][ receiv: on Tuesday and Wednesday, the.l2tlil':nil Bigguii,‘