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cor ‘nos-r nous. Not long since, we had occasion to ride sotne lllea in a public conve sites, which was well Illed ' . ' sf '

_ tty It 01 ‘ it!“ A them was a little bad of a girl, whose apes vat-tots objects that we passed. artlssa questions and simple suggestions, stfovded aa,and,we unis, the rest, a good deal of gstisfsetiee. We were ody sorry that our core-

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hftcr exhausting li‘e‘i' limited vocabulary: ll least we suppose so from the fact of her silence —ehe relapsed into a fit of abstraction, in w ' she continued for a mile or so, when, suddenly spying some familiar object by the roadside, joyously Qlolnilnrd, ' Got ‘moat home’-—repoattng the eapreasienneesin and again, as if it filled her tiysonl with ecstney. - -

.‘ Got ’tuust borne. There is music in the words, and yet there is something about them tbtdnstln e are apt to pained when apprtvachina the consummation even ofaa antieipat joy. The expectant bride will heloundin tears, an hour before her truth is pijgjitcd. It, then, we hesitate to srnlirsu, the

' that awaits its, shall we not tremble (we speak figuratively) to meet -that of which we know compuativsly nothing—or if anything, blit a little! ‘

‘ Got ‘most home.’ So says "the mariner ‘who has crossed the foamy billows, as he nears the shore, whose every inch isas familiar to him as his own hand. , But does he think, that there are shoals and roehe even there! that he Iway. go down _in the depths of the sea in the very face of his mother's cottage! The breaking of a chain. the yielding of an inch of iron, would be as fatal tohtni sat dpoison of the Borgias. Beware, uilerl You are, indeed, most home, but you are not there!

' Get ‘most home.’ So whispers the invalid when tinted check has been bleached, whose

GLIAIIIGI F30‘ LAT! PAPERS.

Jana anti ran Russ Tnana.-—A cor-

dent may N... (as New thinks the extensive picparatioes will be made to open the "liquor trade.” in Japan next year, as no b A" jness in the world pays bet- ter, esmciallnn a new country. It is one, too, that «is easily and cheaply established, and, if we may credit the published accounts of the entertainments given on board our squadron, to " t cotiiuiisdIon‘crs" and their attendants, the way is’ pretty well opened for the introduction of Champagne, rum-punch end brandy-ernnsliea into that country. Truly, it seems that if something be not done in this meuer, Japan may yet curse the day that Commodore Perry's _fisg first appeared in its waters. It is I cllrlottl fact that the first evidences which pagan countries receive of civilization and Chm- tianity are missionaries and wliiskey-bar- rels, and they often go in the same shi . The morals of trade are sadly below the Christian standard, and the mischiefs which the latter intlict by sending whiskey among a people to whom it is unknown, or with whom it is unused, must be a great obstacle to the efforts to propagate the principles of a pure religion among them. Rum, the curse of the world, seems to destroy the moral sense of those who deal in it, and a nation will be debauched,that a few dealers may revel in the profits of such ill-gotten wealth. ,

Grass Biticxs.--Amongst the more re- cent invcntions patented by manufacturers,

lashing eye has been dimmed, by the subtle chemistry of disease, as she describes the green tree-tops that nod above the roof where her rents dwell. The moment is like Heaven to She has hoped for it, endured for it, prayed for it, saying as did one of old,‘ Let me die unsung mine own kindred,snd be bttried among liitie own people.’ And now home is but a little way of, and’ she rejoices that her weary eyes 'shall close where first they opened. Poor sottl! Alifethstis measured by seconds has no lien upon such a consummation. The threshold of your house is indeed near, but others may hear your stiffened body over it. Your heart beats but feebly now—why knows but before your home ‘is reached, its throbbings shall have cease altogether! ' -‘ Gut ’most home.’ It is the utterance of the veteran who stands upon the edge of Paradise, and ll’-tilts out upon its panorama of glories. Cnutiou.moet venerable father. Does the per- futti~-uftto‘-lr, and loving deeds haunt the long |t-Ilhwuv which you have trod’ Can you shake olftlte dust of travel from your feet, and say it has not stained them! Have you kept your armor bright by attrition with the enemy, and have no dews rusted our helmet, while you slept by the wayside? 0 all those questions you respond,

‘hYea,,verily.’ Then indeed, you have ' got most o

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‘ Got ’most home.’ Who knows but you have, You, whose eye now rests upon this paragraph, may be almost there. Eternity is never far from us. The end is always nigh. Death is ofteuer like a tltsh than a slow fire. Perhaps you have ' got most home.’- Btgflalo Express.

DIIINlTIO!t9.—Aclds are sour substan- ces, such as vinegar, oil of vitriol, (sul- phuric acid,) lemon-juice, &c. Alkalies are nubstances like potash, soda, &c. which have a caustic (burning) taste. Acid will destroy the properties of an alkali, and iaicr earsc; that is, they will unite together, and both lose their properties. For example, we can mix sulphuric acid, which is it powerful acid, and capable of destroying the Hush immediately, with strong quick-lime, which is so cauntic or homing, as to destroy the clothing or lfesh, and when united they will both lose their properties, and form the mild, tasteless, harmless plaster of Paris. If an acid were swallowed by a person, the physician or chemist would administer an alkali to combine with it, and destroy its action upon the system. So, ifan alkali were swallowed, he would give an acid.

There are many alkalies, though but few

of thorn are common. We seldom meet with more than five of these, viz: potash, soda, ammonia, litne, and magnesia. The nnmesnf these can be readily remembered by noticing. that the first letters, in the vnrder which we have placed them, spell the .word Psalm. Ammonia is what is common- ly csllcd hartshorn. ’Any one of these five suastances will unite with an acid and neo- tr ize or destroy its properties.

Novat. Qussr-teir.—At s debating so- ciety in Schenectady, the other day, the subject for discussion was, the most beauti-

v ful production, a girl or e strawberry? Af- ter continuing the argument for two nights, the meeting tinntly a journen without com- ing to the conclusion--the old members going for the strawberries and the young ones for the girls.

A Mornss’s Ittvt.nsscs.—In England, some ‘years a o, a man presented himself ‘be£irs'a’b‘ody of clergyman to be examined,

" ‘lie might be licensed to preach the gos-

Hls advantages for study had not very ‘great, and he had many fears

« thdthe cbtsl not sustain himself,and answer the ntlnterous ‘questions which ‘e knew would bdpropdsed. With a_trembltng heart he stood up before his fathers and brethren, and she ofthern asked him with whom, lie‘ bndinlled divinity? .

’ "l'I|I‘ybIig sun was somewhat conliised 1 ' question, for he knew very well that

5% not enfloyed the indtruction of any had ivine; and he repIied,_wtt

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we-hear of one by Mr. Summerfield, of the glass works, Birmingham Heath, England, for what are termed chromatic glass, or glass-faced grooved bricks. By Mr. Sum- merfield’s process, red or other clay can be combined with glass, and'this will secure durability, entire resistance to moisture, and give an ornamental appearance to the building. The form of the brick is also, by means ofa groove at the side and end, made so as to add greatly to the strength of the erection, the joints by this means bein brought close together, and the mortar acts as a dowell from the shape of the groove.- The London Builder. ,

Msswracruns or Psi-ztt.—Public atten- tion has been excited of late to the means of manufacturing an adequate supply of paper for the purposes of writing and print- ‘in , and muchintercst has been created on the subject by the successful application ofa plant, very abundant in Canada, whic promises to effect this increasing decider- atum. Specimens of the new paper have been distributed by the inventor, S. R. Andres, Esq., of Chambly, and highly com- mcndatory notice has been taken of it in several journals. Any person who has examined these s cimens must feel satis- fied that n valuab e discovery has been ac- coniplisbed, which will soon be carried to great perfection. The American name of the plant is the most expressive “ White- top ;" but in Canada it is called " Immor- telle” and thence " Life Everlasting.” The learned botanical term for it, is gna- phalium, and hence the manufactured ar- ticle is called by way of distinction “Gna- phnlic Paper.”

The paper is glossy, smooth and thin, and evidently tnuch stronger than that de- generate kind in the manufacture of which cotton is so largely ttsed. The stalk as 'well its the flower of the plant may be em- ployed, but from the white silky flowers alone a finer and whiter article can of course be produced. The manufacturers assert that, without taking into considera- ti~.n the difference of the cost of materials, paper may be made from this plant at I2} per cent less expense than from rags. The: adhesive qunlites of the plant are such that, in the manufacture of the paper, no animal matter need be used, and a ood surface is obtained without sizing. he Messrs. Andres have secured a patent for the in- vention, and intend to erect a large manu- fitctory on their own remises; they can- not fail to refiect cre it on Canada, and we sincerely wish them succesnin their use- ful undertaking.--Quebec Chronicle.

Porno Cttor.—Potatoes are sellin at four for a dime in New Orleans. be Picayune says, the man who would bring a few thopsand barrels there, just now, would make a fortune. New England will be able to supply the necessities of New Orleans. The Connecticut papers say, that potatoes is the best crop in the State, yielding three times the usuil amount. The price has fallen correspondingly. '

_ Btu-rtst-t Goi.n.—There is a good thing in the Courier the Elite Unis, which we translate, as it will be new in English, and a new joke is worth something nbw-a-dayev Some da s since, says the Paris correspon- dent of t e above mentioned sheet, in one of the frontier villages, an Englishman and a Prussian got into a quarrel at the gaming table, which ended in a challenge from one of the panics, and an arrangement for a duel to come of next morning; arms cho- sen, pistols, distance ten paces. Arrived on the ground lots were drawn for the first llre, whichtbe ' Iishninn won, and min- sed his antagonist. The Prussian rnade

moment he levelled his weapon-—

. “Stop ’ cried the’lnglisnmnn--

"I'll buy yourehott" ‘- ' ~ At the strange proposal the. Prussian ad-

versar was for nmonisnt fixed in astonish-

ment at on re ion, concluded that the “little afair '1 niiglit be so arranged,- ifinan was rich--the Prussian

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a deed shot, so the chance was valued at 25,000 francs, whichiohn Bull paid down with great good ' hit

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Buses-rru-rs roa COAI-.—-X‘ cheap sub- stitute t'er coal may be as follows: —-One third-clay, one-th' chc pped straw, one-third coal dust, mixed t either to a pro- r consistency, made into locks, similar to bricks. when dried in the sun or other heat, it will become hard and suitable for burning in stoves, ovens, Q-c.

DIATH or "run Rev. J. G. Ptn.—The Rev.J. G. Pike, a Baptist minister, well known as areligious author, expired and- denly, at his residence in Derby. His wri- tinge,especially his invaluable Persuasincs to Early Pistg, have had a very extensive cir- culation both in England and in America.

was also, in later years, one of the So- cretaries of the Derby and Derbyshire Bible Society.—London atrial.

Gen. Bodisco. late governor of Bomarsund, has been asked his opinion of Sebastopol’s holding out, and he has declared that if attacked from the land side as Bomsrsund was. it is impossible to defend it. He said that the French rilles rendered itutterly impossible for the gunners at the em- brssurcs to take aim.

Recent communications from St._Petersburg afford evidence that the present policy of the Emperor is causing great discontent among cer- tain classes ofhis subjects. and it is hinted that, should he not listen to the earnest representations that have been made: to him h those whose in- terests are seriously injured by the continuance

- ofthe war, a revolutionary crisis may occur.

Tun Sui.-rut sun run Jnws.—Dr. Co- hen, the President of the Israelite Consis- torial Committee of Paris, had an audience ofthe Sultan oti the ‘list of August, in the Palace ofChcragan, in which his Majesty declared, that all privileges and immunities hitherto granted to the Christians were to be extended also to the Jews of Turkey, “ for that the paternal heart ofhis Majesty would never suffer the slightest difference to exist between the rajahs (non-.\lussulman subjects) ofhis empire.” The Sultan ad-

" My heart is vast, and comprises in its love all my subjects equally."

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Cost. Consuiurrton av S-rnssaits.— The coals consumed by the West India and Brazilian mail steamers amount to about I40,000 tone at year, at a cost of from 40s. to 50s. per ton. The large steamer Atrato, belonging to that company, consumes about I300 tons in eleven or twelve days. The extra expense of fuel latterly to the Penin- sular and Oriental Company has nearl reached a quarter of a million sterling annually.

The Rev. Horatio Potter, D. D,, of St. Peter’s Church, Albany, has been elected Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of New York, in the room of Dr. Wainwright, de- ceased. The election nppears to have given general satisfaction.

The Ottawa Citizen is “informed that lumbering operations will not be carried on upon so large a scale during the approach- ing sctison as usual. Several ofthe largest firms have resolved to curtail their business, and it is supposed that some others will fol- low in their wake. he reasons are very probably the prospects of low prices next year; and perhaps the fact that there are now from three to four millions of feet ready made and laid tip awaiting the opening of the market, to be added to the stock in Quebec, may have some sfl'cct.—Qu¢bec Chronicle.

The New York Shipping List states, as an illustration of the depressed condition of the carrying trade, that a merchant exten- sively engaged in the ehippitig business states that he has just had a first-class ship olfered to him for a twelve montlis' voyage gratis-nothing being required by the own- er, but a guarantee that the vessel shotild be returned to him at the expiration ofthat period, in as good condition as when she was taken. It is alleged,that the rates now cttrrent are scarcely sufficient to pay the expenses of sailing the vessels.

Dnrnotr, Oct. 9—Tbe steamer E. K- Colliris, which left here last night with it number of passengers from Sault St. Marie for Cleveland, took fire about moonlight near Maiden, on was soon enveloped in flames. Great consternation prevailed among the passengers, most of whom were asleep, and many of whom plunged into the water. Twenty three persons were lost by fire or drowning.

Our Quebec exchanges furnish the Provisions ofthe Ministerial llill changing the Constitution of the Legislative Council are as follows:

“ It is prop to make it elrctive-to consist of sixty mernbere—thirt from Upper and thirty from Lower Canada. ' be members are is elected for six years. sent members to hold their'sests for life.—-,'l'wenty members will be elected immediately on the passing of the bill, twenty more at the end of two ears and so on, till the number is completed. has the transi- tion front the present to the elective system will be very gradual indeed, thereby avoiding many of the evils anticipated by thosd opposed to th change. meal will have the power to diuolvt the Counts’! at any rt'nis.”

In the way of lecuting its perfect independence we presume.

NILW IIUNIWIOI.

Our new Governor, the Hon. J..Henry T, Manners Sutton, arrived here on Thurs- day lnst, and pros to hndericton on the followin . ' On Saturds , in Counci Cliatnbdr, be present his commission as Lieutenant Govevnceoftlye » vince, took the use oaths. and Is-. sutned the ininretian of the Govern- niettt,

The General Asssnibl of this Province‘ issurnsioeedtoinset at rederiotcnferthe

Thursday, the lflth

deapateh of busineu, on i ' early ssesieois called for the

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give it effect so far as the Province is con- cerned.-— Wt'lncss._

the Wcehynn Chapel, Bishop street, Lei- cester, was supplied on a recent Sabbath morning and evening, by a gentleman who first preached in Leicester sixty-eaht earn ego! The preacher-—the Rev. J ti ick- ling of Newark, or, us he is more generally known, “ Father Hickling "—is the second oldest in the lveslcyan Connexion. He was originally sent out into tlte ministry" by the Rev. John Wesley, and is one of the few remaining contemporaries of that apos- tolic man. Mr. Hickling isin his eighty- ninth year.

Cxuonr FOUL.-—A New York paper has this: “ A bachelor friend of ours passing up the street yesterday, picked up n tiiimble. He stoo tor a moment meditating on the probable owner, when pressing it to hiit lips, he said; “Oh, that it was the fair lips of the wearer.” Just as he had finished, a big, fat, ugly, black wetich, looked out.of the upper window and said, “Boss, jts please to fro diit fitnble in de entry, I jia drapt it." Oiir friend fainted.

Hollcwar/‘s Ointment and Pill: Su rising Remediesfor the (Mrs qfBad Leg.v.—Mra Aiken, stewardess ofa steam vesscl, residing in William- street, Great Howard-street, Liverpool, was sfilicted for years with a dreadfully bad leg, in which were severa‘l deeply seated ulceni that defied the skill of many eminent surgeons. AI lnstshe was obliged to resign her situation and go into the Liverpool Infirmary, where she remained five weeks without improvement. She left the Institution. nntltts a last resource com- menced using l-Iollow:t,v’s Ointment and Pills, and these valuable medicines speedily elfucted a sound and perfect cure of her leg, and restored her to health and strength.

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Saturday, October 21, 1854.

Ir is with great satisfaction that we have given in another column, the letter of ohr cor- respondent ‘- Aqua," on the subject of furnish- ing the town with a copious supply of‘ water. We are glad of hnvinga beginning made upon a matter of so much importance to the health,

consequently, to the comfort and happiness _o lo of the town era are certain truths, self-evident though they be, and recog- nized by all classes, which are Ion in beiti acted upon. The preservation of the health of the community is one 0 admit that pure air, and a constant succession ofit, without which it can not long remain so’, pure water, and plenty of it, and thorough cleanliness are indispensable requisites in all sanitnr regulations. But when, in order to carry t ese regulations into efi'ect, a trifling sum is demanded from each of the inhabitants, in proportion to their means of‘ payment, it is truly surprising—or rather would be, if it were not: so oommon—to find what an outer is raised. “Taxes! Taxes! No more taxes‘ is the cry raised by the selfish, and echoed by the vu or. VVhereun, ifthey are only viewed in their proper light, such cotnpulsory ex endi- tures are the most economical means of 0 rain- ing, or preserving that greatest of all possible blessings, health, without which, no others can be truly appreciated or enjoyed. We trust the subject of supplying the town with plenty of good fresh water, will on go the nttention of all, and that we shall be avored with commu- nications relative to the best mode of accom- plishing this desirable object, from all those who are qualified to give us the requisite infor- mation, tind they may be assured of immediate attention being paid to them.

While upon the subject, we may beg to sug- gest that there is one obvious source from whence the lower‘portion of the town may be supplied, we allu e to what is known by the name of Grey's Spring, and we trust that the talented gentleman, who, some years since, at the suggestion of the Hon Chas. Young, made. on estimnteof the expense of forming a reser- voir on Qucen’s Square, to be tiupplied from this source, will uguin take the subject into consideration, and give us at his leisure,during the winter, some practicu data vt-hereon to estimate the espense, and the probability of lessening such expense by supplying vessels with water at an easy and cheap rate, &c., the. We would also call the attention of our in- telligent readers to the search for such descrip- tion of other natural sources, if any exist, wherewith to supply the higher parts of the town and failing in these, to the practicability of forming a reservoir on and above the residences of the Hon Cupt. Swahey, or William Forgan, e solicit at the same time, communications on _the subject of Artesien Wells, as it is our intention to call the attention of the Legistauire at an early day, to this im- portent. subject, not only in reference to rtr curing constant sup lies of water at the sur ace of the soil, but for t e pur one also of nscsr- taining the existence of con ,salt, or other neces- sary or useful prodt_iotious of nature below the