A rsItii.ous vonnl. At a meeting of the passengers on board the United States’ mail steamship Arago, held February 29, l&’i6, at the close of her fifth voyage froin Havre, Franc0_. ‘'3 Ne?’ York,the following paper. ¢X[H‘e99"_’° °“h°_"' feelings in vieiv of the facts therein detail- ed, was adopted 2 “ The steamship Arago left Havre on the 13th of Februurv inst, and Coives at about two o'clock on the following morning ; ivea- ther as favourable as could be looked for in a winter passage enabled us to make a pros- perous run. without any remarkable inci- dent, until the morning of the ‘..’.'.‘.d when at six o’clock, icebergs were discovered in the northern and southern horizons. I‘he usual interest was excited, though the sur- prise at so unusual a sight at this season of the year was less from the fact, that the ship had encountered ice in her oiitwnrd pass- age, and had suffered some trifling damage in the contiict. Yet none ivcre prepared in the remote-st degree for the for-niidable and dangerous obstruction that lay in our west-

ward path. In the course of the morning,‘ f,,,. um third “me, fine ourselves embnymp helped

however, fragments and detached Inusses of‘ all shapes and mangitudes began to appeal‘. ' and so rapidly increased in nuiiiber, that‘ only by quick operation and skilful uiiinage-A merit ofthe helm and the engine were dan-, gerous encounters avoided. After ruiiiiing

the gauntlet of these swarming enemies tor, several hours, ii clearer sea approached be-1

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I-IASZARD'S GAZETTE, MAY 10.

have found little room for hope, but in the special interposltion ofa kind Provi

“Our course continued throughout the

day to the south-cast, with an occasional. attempt to make way to the westward. A ' evening closed, the ship was hove-to, and} remained quiet until ten o'clock, when ill full moon shed its clear soft light over tliel sea, revealing the smallest object, andl enabling us to get under way and move‘ with comparative safety. Another night thus passed, and Sunday morning found, us one hundred and eighty miles to the: south from our course, and attempting to‘ double what at last seemed to be the south- ern cape of the icy region; and as we rounded it and retook a riortli-westerly course, a new but more scattered field lay. before us, through which we finally thread- ed our way in safety, and a clear open sea_ once more revealed itself. Three or four hours passed, however, before our minds were even assured, or our faithful com-i

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inander relaxed in the least degree his h

vigilance. A fear that we might again, and i

kept suspense iilive for several hours, untill night returned without bringing new dith- culties, and finally hid from our eyes those we had so happily passed. Fifty-fourhoursi

merit, during which time we had sailed five hundred and twenty miles from north to south before the great barrier, and pene-

fore 09. 8-Dd We l“d“l8°d lb" " "‘°m°“‘ ‘he ' trated it to the westward a distance ofthirty *'°P° °f h“}’l“8 Passed ll"-’ d‘"‘3°"- Bl“ miles, to meet it again densely packed as

very soon it was again descried directly;fa.. a. coup} be seem

From the extreme

lltelld. Ind 3 "°3"°" °PP"°“°l‘ 5_l"“"°d ll l°; oint of our nortliing, no glass could discern 5° °l°'°l.Y llllcked ‘"‘d ““°"lY "“P"5“l’l°-ta passage beyond, and immense icebergs

The ship was then headed to the north,witht the hope ot' finding the end ofthe pack, and‘ h

doubling it; but after steaming upon t is course for more than thirty miles, the most powerful glass could discover no limit to the barrier. The attempt to find a passage in that direction was therefore abandoned, and the ship returned to her former posi- tion The weather during the day had been broken, and the afternoon looked gloomy, with occasional snow squalls, which added temporarily to our discouragement. Night closed in without the prospect of release from our embarrassing position. A moon, however, enabled us to feel our way in search of an escape, but with little success, and morning found us still in the icy neigh- bourhood. A south-easterly course had taken us slowly alon the broken edge, which was interrupts by occasional bays and indentations. “ During the twenty-four hours thus pass- ed we had, with every other favourable cir- cumstance, made scarcely any westward progress, and had but little, if at all, im- proved our position. Ice still inclosed us on svery side. and the clear water in which we were working was but one of the deep bays which had at first the appearance of an open way to the westward. After steam- ing for some time in that direction, we were again stopped, as upon the previous morning. by it close pack ahead. The view presented to the eye during this morn- ing was truly magnificent; and, dissociated from the sense of peril which our position so well justified, the mind and fancy could dwell upon the scene with the intsnsest pleasure. A vast icy territory passed in rs- view before us in our southerly course, which was now resumed as the only hope that seemed left of deliverance. Icebergs of ‘various sizes and shapes, that required but little effort of the imagination to con- vert into srchitsctursl forms,’ and bring to the s the illusion of scattered hamlets, ruin cathedrals, columns and arches. The beautiful and grotesque forms of the floating msssss added new details to the scene. of which the on was at once awfully grand and charmingly picturesque. But the mind was little disposed to such conternplstions under the heavy anxieties that began to weigh upon it as time wore on without apparently bringing any relief. The weather during this day, though still broken and unsettled, was more favourable than on the previous day, and was watched with intense solicitude, inasmuch as it was as important to our safety as it" was un- usual in that locality. Its continuance was, therefore, dsvoutly prayed for as our chief dependence under God. Had a fog shut

were seen stretching from the extreme southern point, where we finally passed the pac . tis, therefore, within the truth to tneasure the extent of this enormous icy barrier at two hundred iind fifty miles in length by fifty miles in breadth—stretching over more than three degrees both of lati- tude and oflungitude. It is for others to draw from this, our experience, the valu- able cautions that may secure the safety of life and property to an incalculable amount. It is for us to bear most willing and empha- tic testimony to the sagacity, fidelity, and prudence of him to whom alone, under Al- mighty God, we oive our preservation. And it is chiefly with the object of bringing forcibly to view the rest resources of mind and body demands by the exigences of our position, that the above facts are detail- ed. No terms of admiration could ade- quately express our sense of the devotion and skill which our noble coiumander.Ca t. Lines, maintained for fifty consecutive hours his most exhausting position and try- ing duty in the bow of the ship, exposed to the severe cold and enetrating winds, watching with incessant activity and patient care the dangerous enemies that threatened at each moment to disable us, and avoiding them with an unerring skill that exhibited the earnest self-possession and erfcct com- mand of his ample powers o mind and body.”

Till Qorcnsr Trur F.vr.it PERFORMED. —The Cunard steamer Persia which sailed from New York April 2, arrived at Liver- pool after a passage of nine days and twelve hours, the quickest trip ever made, being six hours shorter than that of the famous passage of the ill-fated Arctic. which sailed from New York on the 7th of Feb. 1853, and arrived at Liverpool in nine days and eighteen hours.

The Asia, under Ca t. Judkins, made the trip from New York to Liverpool in May, I851, in ten days and six hours. These are the quickest outward trips ever performed. Capt. Comstock, in the Collins steamer Baltic, yet heads the list of quick trips from Liverpool to New York. The Baltic sailed from Liverpool Aug. 6, I851, and arrived at New Yor in nine do s, thir- teen hours ondforty minutes. The ¢rsio‘s last trip to New York is reported to have been made in wins days and or half l If this groves correct, the Baltic is beaten by on

our and forty minutes.

The Emperor Napoleon has purchased an extensivs piece o groun between St. Cloud and Mount Vslerien, for the purpose

down upon us, or s sis arisen, and we thus bscosis inclossd fit the ice, we should

of srectiags model farm.

had thus worn on in danger and embarrass-’

[Articles under Ali-ending are solely on the responsibility of t Division. of B. Temperance, P. E. Isl

pliiblislied e Grand and]

UPON WHOSE HEAD 1S HIS BLOOD.

Late one bitterly cold and stormy night in Jan- uary last, when ihe wind it as viliirling the snow with frightful violence, two young men, brothers, left the tavern in a thinly populated village. for their home which was at some distance. They had been both drinking very deeply, one much more so than the other, and he began to lug ere one-lialf of the distance had been accomplished. Stupcfied by liquor. the strong, driving blast took away the litile remaining strength. and he sank down in the snow, calling upon his brother for

p. “ Help yourself." was the surly reply; i have you enougli."

Another feeble cry for assistance.

" l’ve helped you home times enough; Ishrm‘t do it again.” was the second response. He did not think his words were to be a prophecy,aiid litm- self alinost senseless, staggered onward, at times almost borne down by the force of the wind. Then, plodding on again in the darkness and storm, muttering deep curses.

At last. the house was reached. The widowed moilier, filled with fearful forebodings, hsd swsited, watched, an listened, until her heart was almost paralysed by fear. A load of anxiety was lifted when she heard the well-known foot- steps; but when one came in alone, the hasty inquiry for the absent one was full of fear.

" Oh, he's out_here swsys; he would not come along,” was the reply, as he threw himself down before the firs. and in a few minutes was in the deep sleep of inebristion.

With tests, the wretched mother went into an adjoining bedroom, where slept another of her sons. begging him to get up and go in sosrch of the absent one.

*‘ Mother, I can't,” was the reply " l csonot leave my warm bed this dreadful night; I have done it too many times this winter already. He has brought it all on himself, snd if he perishes, why he must. I csii’t go.”

It was useless to entrest. Thst wretched mo- that know it was ussless for her to think of going herself: the dreadful storm, the intense cold, the iuipsnetrsbls dsrlinsss. sll precluded the ides: and even should she go and find him, she, with her wssk frame, pslsied with far, would be pow- srlsss to render him the least assistance.

ssrily. wretchedly flew the hours of that dreadful night-watch to the lonely hssrt-broken iuothsr. She listened. and watched, and prayed, hoping sqsinst hops. until the morning dawned. The storm hsd ceased, but the wind whistlsd s mourufiil dirge to her ssd, aching heart.

The broiliers were aroused, and gathering a neigbour or two. they went in search of the lost He was found about half-way home.

Dear reader, I shudder when I tell you of the horrid, sickening spectacle. Half buried in the drifis of mow, he lay, with his face upturned in the inurning sun, swollen and disfigured ; his eye- biills eniirely protruded from their sockets; his swollen tongue lulliug out on the pure snow, one hand in his pocket grasping the bottle, and his body siiffsnd dead.

And so, when he might have been in the glory of his manhood, he had perished—gons before his Maker in his pollution.

And upon whose head is his bloodl

is it upon that of the brother, with all his faculties and senses bsnnmbrd. except the one idea, the thought for his own ssfety—upon him who had lost all capabilities of human reasoning in the helplessness of inebristion ;

Is it on the head of him. whose love, and kind- ness, snd patience had so often been exhausted- who had so often. and night sftsr night had deprived himself of the creature comforts which we so much riu—Ieft the comfortable fire and warm bod, followed and sought out the lost one, safely guiding him horns, repsstsdly saving him from a miserable dssth ; and now. when he saw that all his efforts were thrown sws . and his patience entirely worn out, is his brstlier’s blood upon his head?

Is it upon that of the poor heart-broken author, who wseps and moans. sad ivrings her hands in the anguish and disgrace of the bereavement!

Or. is it upon him who earns his respectability and livelihood by dealing out the liquid poison- upor. him who, on that dreadful night, rsiidsrsd him helpless by his tlsry drsunlits, and than per- iuittsd him to go out in the driving storm? 1', is it upon those who make it, and ill the land with ibis dirsful curss

I say, Nay! upon none ofthsss.

It is upon those to whom it is given to make the laws that govern the land. It is upon 1 it is their business, their duty to uisks laws that shall bsuish this dsstli-hsstsning, this inur-

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dsrisg curss from our shores, t them look to it, for fssrful indeed may be their reckoning with the blood of thousands upon their souls!

idiminish with ‘real

was nun-s or Liuuos ssr.r.iao I

We copy the following lists of the doings of the Traffic in London, for s few weeks. from the Alliance, published in that City, devoted to ' ‘cin- persucc and Prohibition :-

64 Serious Accidents or Cases of Striking Bodi-

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H3 ‘Robberies of or by drunken persons. 226 llrawls or violent Assaults.

73 Cases or Cruelty to Wives or Children. 160 Premature Deaths.

57 Actual or attempted Suicides.

-l7 Murders or Manslaugliters.

The enemies of Prohibition will look upon the above occurrences as small matters compared to the great and important interests of Ruin-sellers. They may gather their tropeies till the lsiid is de- luged in blood, and they are compelled to wade in it ankle deep to prosecute their busincss—till the walls ofthe dying. and the subs and groans ofthe mutilated and bereaved fill the sir and rise above the bowling blast ; thry must be permitted to continue on in their work, The lives of wo- men and children, deaths by suicidsl hands." the stiffened bodies lying in gutters, under stone walls or in open fie|ds—ihe bloody knives of murderers and assassins. prison gates and bars, the gallows and souls reeking in human gore hurried into eternity. are nothing to them. nothing! when weighed in the scale of Rumse|ler‘s right: .’—the right to make uioney thereby !

“ '1‘liese are ‘run RIGHTS they claim—they love

them well,- Hired Engineers upon the road to Hell! !"

We ask our readers what other business pro- duces the liks results‘ And is it not right and 'ust, to exterminate a traffic fraught with such direful consequences.

noaaiau ’l‘|tAOIDY—FOUlt criiwsln In.i.sn sr ruliii rsoriiss. [From the Syracuse Joimtof.]

A most heart-reading occurrence took place yesterday (Saturday). on the Oneida Lake Shore Road, six miles east of the village of Bridgeport, in Madison County. A womsii by the name of Ward, the wife of Mathew Wsrd—who is repre- seiited to iii: as being a drunken, worthless fellow, murdered four of her children in cold blood.

It appears that the husband had nrglectod his family and treated them in s most cruel manner. The wife and mother had threatened that if Its did not reform his stays and help her to lake pro- per cars of the children. she would murder them and take her own life. He heeded not her threat, but persisted in his brutslit .

Yesterday morning he lo I his home to go fish- ing on the lake, and during his sbsencs she executed her threat, taking on us, and with it cutting the threats of four or five children, the youngest of whom was only two months old. The oldest of tlis children. aged about sighs years, our only by running away, she vainly pursiiiizg Iiiis. with the ass in hsod.for sons

istsnce.

She then returned to the house where she had perpetrated these shocking sets, and seising hsr

usbsnd's razor, attempted to commit suicide by suiting her throat. She did not outdosp enough, however, to render the wound fatal. and when discovered was literally covered with blood. and sufliiring the most intsuse agony.

A CAPITAL Toss:-.—At s Tsuipsrsncs Con- vention held in New York. the following laugh- sbls tosst was given and drunk in s glass of cold water. It rather beats the fsiuous “ House that Jack built :"

" Here is health to the memory of the man-

know not his name, but no matter for that- who chopped down the trees. who olssred tbs laud, w o plou hsd the ground, who rs the corn, that fe the goose. that bore the quill that made the pen, that wrote the pledge of total sbuimwcefrom all inlosieoting liquors.’

Scor'r’s SlNslBlLl‘l'Y.-—sll' Walter Scott could never eat thellesh of any creature he had known while alive. ‘‘I had once,” said he, a noble yoke of oxen, which, with the usual agricultural gratitude, we killvd for tire tabla: they say it was the finest beef in the four counties; but! never could taste Gog and Ms whom I used to admire in the plan .——More- over, when l was an otficero yeomanry and used to dress iiiy own chugenl formed an acquaintance with a flock of white turkeys, by throwing them a hand- ful of cats how and then when I came from the stable.’ I saw their numbers ain, and never at- eat any 0 them withotit being

tempted to ‘ yet Ihave as much of the

sick ; and

_ ‘rugged and ‘tough, aboti me as is

necessary to carry me through all sorts

of duty without much sentimental com-

punction.