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To this ficld of honorable labour ‘she snvites all fer children, without refer-

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: : : ~ lige. A *dauber” was putting on the,a national whig of 48 4 mere creature of; the law, bat whe

| inishing touches to a white streak, on the

ABISMER.

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Bint te eee —_ CT tas ent

theri am a ] ae ' lawyer eg

a paltry faction. In no case will the not, 1 cannot say. [Laughter.}

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ence to past differences of opinion, asd 10) larboard bow,

icandidate in 1852 be permitted to run as! ().—Do you write poetry, and attend t»

£25,000 per annum, the salary now paid

utter oblivion of the riyalrias and ardent) feelings which past confegts have arols- | ed. Ja this feld there 4s work enough

Ri a saea dl al “ seek! »has given evider fi ition, and think 1 eh Ser ys atl, fortwenty yeuys to come. Upon) raw hand who was just shipped te seek ‘unless he has giv on evidence of profound 1 } ° id til ik lt more honourad}

this field | am prepared to enter, a5 a0 huovble labourer, in the spirit evoked at the erent meeting held in the Capital on the 23th of August. | believe that a Go- verument fostering that ‘spirit — nobly sustained by it, and dedicating the public

. . . ° . > ‘ ; Al ’ , ‘Tue captain, having some business toa free soiler in the North, and, as a,the induigeace of a poct’s ‘ransact on sliore, stepped to & bout Southern man in the South ; nor is if, than the law os with some of the crew, and addressing a'likely that a military man will succeed,| A.—TI soineiimes do indulge in ima :

fancy more

’

‘his fortin,” said, © Let go the painter ; meaning the Jine which ig attached to

the bow of the boat, and whick gecured'on both sides, and no new eleventh hour

us to the ship.

‘rushed to the other side, hauled out his'prize as the mere reward of a skilful,

‘\statesmanship and attachment to the do so than to take fees for leval adyi

i@ &

‘Union. Mere availability has run its race, which I am not able to give. (Lager)

(.—Do you not frequently indulge iy

man can expectat this Crisis in our na-limagination and faney Circumstances! The verdant youth with a great flourish, tional affairs, to run away with the big which vever occurred ?

ti#asure and the public credit to the work Knife, and made a dash at two ropes | intrigue.

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pod. Wath a view to give form and fection to that spirit, | have accepted the inpflortant mission with which Tam Sharged. Tf siicceed our canniry will ret the advantage —if [ fail, the mortifi-

of sodeer ria} developement, may do much v ¢

gation will be my own, but T shall bear

}} with the consciouaness that [ have done mv Hest. . “Gre word on a topic of a personal mature. Tt has been for some time past the habit of certain writers to charge ae day the anthorship of whatever dis- pleases them in the columns of the iberal’ Press: Of the general manage- thent of the Press TI do not eoiplain. Aftictles often appear in it which | have moi the. ability to write. Others which, for many reasons, 1 wish had been sup- pressed. In this parting hour perhaps J we the declaration to friends and fues — that, since [ entered Sir John Harvey’s Government in the winter of L848, [ have wot written tenarticles inany newspaper.

a Sime of ig ‘ . Th w | have written have been brief

explanations of the acts and views of the Administration, or the Lieutenant Go- vernor, without a single offensive personal allusion toany political opponent. Since the Railway meeting in August, I have hot written a line, ~ With these explanations, which cannot be deemed inappropriate at the present line. T nave only to thank you for all.the eonfilience reposed, and all the kindness shown to me, during the thirteen years that [ have been your representative. Amidst the heady currents of the great Metropolis to which [ am hastening, miny a familiar face will recall my thous!its to home; and, beneath the atately structures of Europe, | shal! not ead tv forget the happy hours which | vave passed in the scattered hamlets Lere many of you reside. Meanwhile, 3 have the honor to be, - Gentlemen, very truly yours,

JOSEPH HOWE. « Malifax, October 30, 1850.

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THE LAW AND THE PROFITS.

Sir Join Jervis, late Attorney Genera! of Exgiand, and now Lord Chief Justice of the Cjueen’s Bench, furnishes the faliowing truatworthy information on the wubject of forensic emolument in Eng- jand, as gathered by the leading members ofthe Bar:

»The tnost explicit, and we believe, trustworthy information on this head was Aaat derived from Sir John Jervis, then her Majesty’s Attorney General, and now Chief Justice of the Common Pless. In anticipation of the course of examination Jikely to be adopted by the Committee, Shia gentleman has classified the incomes. now actually in the course of making by eur leading edvocates, under the two heads, of those exceeding £3,000 per an. Ahe present aalary of the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and those exceeding

to the Puisne Judges. He states it as he result of his own investigation, that there are eiglit gentlemen at the Mnalish ‘Dar now making more than £9,000 a year, and twenty-four (including the eight) making above £5,000 a-year, Out ofthe eight, again, he says, that five to his knowledge are making £11,000 a- year, and that one is making more than £20,000, a eum larger thar any ever made in one year by the late Lord Abinger, ne that greatest of .Visi Prius ‘Yeaders himself told Sir J. Jervis only a fiw weeks before his death.

LETTING GO THE PAINTER.

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hanging over the side. A heavy splash

hand acry Was lieard below, when he ex- e Th ij ‘ . claimed, “all right, csp’a, he’s a goner ;!Ington on the 17th inst. Senator Foote! ped, ad !

tubs, brushes and ali!”

treated toa cold bath sprang up the sides

the mainmast with a rope’send in his hand, and vowing “vengeance upon his dirty hide."—.Month!y Rose.

Gas APPARATUS FOR Private DweEt- Lines.—-A correspondent of the Builder

my own premises, constructed on a very small scale, consisting of furnace, retort, vessel for purifying, and gasometer, the whole occupying a space of only five feet square. The material use for making

grease or fat of any description, it matters

in the retort; it produces a brilliant white light, far surpassing any gas made from jcoal. J have had it constantly in use fur eighteen months, and no bad resulta

have occurred, although it isa thickly

populated neighbourhood. ‘The appara-' particularly at Worchester and Boston | tus 18 not at all expensive: it consists of Ty the

only three vesse!s, and can be adapted to any number of burners. Sufficient gas can be made in one hour to supply one |burner for a sitting-room for twelve hours, at a cost of about three pence hialfpenny.”

| ‘CarnpinaL Waseman.— By letters from Rome we leara that the consistory which is to be held early in the present moxth, the Archbishop of Cologne, and the

|promoted to the cardinalate. Dr. Wise- ‘man, the present Bishop of the J.ondon | district, will at the same time receive the like dignity, but upon the express condi- tion that he resides in Rome, which he has consented to do.

United States.

Amin Bey, the Turkish Ambassador, continues to receive a great deal of atten- tion in the United States. The Boston correspondent of the Hera’d says :—Amin

Bey has visited the alma mater of our greatest men, Cambridge, and al! the edi- fices connected with it, the hospitals,

He hag yet much to see, and is warmly

says, “T have an apparatus for lighting:

not how dirty, as the whole is burnt off

poor houses, and prisons, of the city,! ford a good market.

' A Clay © barbecue” was held at Lex ‘not being able to attend, addressed a let-

with the following sentiment to be given

of the vessel, and, when we leftin the/in his name :—“Iienry Cuavy—The ve-| brass, copper, and go!d, whic! a } 2 ' ° , . : 4 . . is boat, we saw hin chasing our hero up perable chairman, of the Committee of|out to California, and after being dag

‘Thirteen—the magnanimous statesman who, when his country is in’ danger,

i+knows no North, no South, no East, no

‘West; who shrinks from no difficulties,

‘recoils from no dangers, and dares to do! ‘his duty, regardiess alike of censure and

of applause-—in defiance of faction and factioniste, May his noble example be

jboth admired aud emulated.”

Tue Washington National Intelligence, (of Saturday, says that the British Govern-

‘ment has withdrawn all its demands, for

gas is the refuse of the kitchen, such &3 port and other duties from the harbor of

‘San Juan de Nicaragua, and the naviga- ition of that noble river and the Jakes connected with it are fully open to Ame- rican enterprise. . pea

| The fugitive Siave Law bill is exciting ia vast dea! of i]) feeling in the North—

latter city, houses are barrieaded, and the inmates armec to resist any at- tempt to arrest supposed fligitives. A Vigilance Commuttee, numbering one hundred, has been formed, and G. C.

| Loring and other leading lawyers, have,

‘volunteered to defend any fugitive that ‘may be arrested. i

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Maine offers a farm to any citizen of the jtions. A law has passed the Legislature igiving any mana farm of from one to two hundred acres, as he may desire, at |the nominal price of filty cents an acre,

payable in one, two and three years, in

chaser as to the State. Vhe farmer must however, clear up a certain number: of

house for his residence, or in other words

and make it his home.

In the eastern part of Maine are thou- sands of acres of the best and most pro- dnuetive land in New Engiand, owned, iby the Stete, and offered to settlers on’ ithe above advantageous conditions. In! ‘Aroostook County, where much of the! land is, creat crops have been raised, |

‘and the operations of the Jumberman af-! The climate is,

: . | A Lineran Orrer —The State of ern luminary,

c ‘United Stutes o D hera]l e i. Bishops of Brestaw and Olmutz, are to he| | ted States ow the ingst liveral cond}

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acres within a given time and erect a! | |

he must go to work, improve his farm,’

A.—I tried to imagine that you wer a gentleman and a man of education and fT had to give it up aa a vain uagiustion,. [Renewed laughter. } a

Tuz Last Dopar.—A Boston paper.

Presctitly the man who hed been thus ter to the committee, which concludes! says that parties in that city a

(> tenth re maki lumps of tnilation gold, consisting. off 1 3re segt Vp

there by some lucky fellow. dressed as miner, and sold for the © élear rit” ‘Tals throws wooden nutmegs, basswo, hams, and other notions into the shade, ids lise t lee A Yankee has just invented a to catch rats. He says, “Locate ; bed ina place much infested with thi animals, and on retiviag put ont the light™ Chen strew over your pilléw some strony ” smelling cheese, three or four herring some barley meal or new malt, and” sprinkle of dried codfish. Keep awake” til] vou find the rate at work, and dudi® | make a grab.” ove

The Weekly Chronicle says—*“ The” American papers are little else than dai yr. and hourly bulletins of Jenny Lind. Hf she looked—what she sxii~where ebe went--what she ate—whosin she saw—'! whom she spoke to—-who shook hands ’ with her—what she is like--what gart of jmind, heart, and sou! she has—how she’ | Walks, sils, stands, rides, and eats—how | long she'll stay in the Srotes—how lony’’ in. New York—when shel! sing—how®

iwill everybody, as everyhody muat, ret

to hear her—every bedy is pushing,” crowding, moving hither ard thither te ‘see “the Nightingale,” * the grest North? ” “the Queer of Song” **

Out West, when Tron Thumb wae”

selling his pamphlets and greeting thé - Jadies with a kias, a negro woman bought.”

one and puckered up her mouth for a en. *

Jute. “Tom drew back: * Ah, sh,’ saya

he, “ go away, coloured woman, diz child ” . . = 7 , : . te . pwr f oes ae > ; tien of es Lett cau oe io the pa ain't 7gwaine to ’malgamate.” atic € adv ue - . taba woman,

b g ance 10 The Pur- | please God !” exclaimed the nezro wo an,

‘Well, |

in astonishment, “if he wasn’t no bigger’ dan @ mouse, he’d sure tu hab suffg? ” agin the coloured pop’lation,”

ae hes

_ Among the * Iatest from America,” it” is stated that an editor down East got hie | pocket full of money, and was afraid te

co by the Museum, lest they should cateh’ him for a curiosity. “ine

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LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. Our latest California papers furnish the

nm eS

; following j so interested in the system and good order) healthy, the soil easy of cultivation, and... & Heme respecting the progres

ofall the institutions of this kind in Bos-'the means of cultivation and social ag: (of mining operations in that country. ; ' | ton, He has also been in Lowell, and yaneement constantly increasing. Whe!

visited minutely several of its chief fuc-| Par Mixxs.—During the week severs}

wil say that Maine does not pursue a ¢j ceaceuaiill ea tories, Although a very silent man and liberal policy with her pa! P friends have visited us with specimens”

en slic Jands, or taken from differ ins j 5 7 F we ol ; : ; ent veins in Southe he is said to have been greatly struck with it ; ae

en g oemigrate to the West when ench faci- ; imere the wonders of this Manchester of our ' lo werent, thermost beautiful oo

teat

: ‘ities are offered them at home ?— /ullo- country, and its operations and machinery, |

ife called aiso, a day or two since, to = amine the Quincy granite quarries where he had an opportunity of seeing what! machinery of the best kind can do with:

He returns to New York next week, roufe for the West.

The Washington correspondent of the, Herald, speculating on the Candidates for! the President’s chair, says:—General Scott is now looked upon as a preminent! whig candidate for the Presidency in’ 1852; but, after the experience of the! ‘ast two years, Gen. Scott cannot expect) to be taken up for better or worse, merely on account of his inilitary services. Gen. Scott, if he means to be a candidate, he;

all leading topics of the day, and must

~ One gallant ship ‘lay to” off Commer- Gial Wharf, nearly pad for a long voy-

take his election, whether he will run ee

well Gazelle.

eee ee

Liberty or THe Pagssin tur Unir-' It was

ep Strates.—The Postmaster at Fufala

ry © has notified the editor of the Nutional the least assistance from man and beast.) Brq, the abolition piper of New York

ev that he will no longer deliver the paper

to subscribers in that Vicinity. because he considers it an ineendiary publication!

Ose oF THE Witnesses.—During the trial of Drury, on the torpedo charge, in New ¥ork, Mr. Clark, counsel for the accused, attempted an irrelevant erogs- examination of one Jacob B. Sheys, and om off second best, as below describ- ed :—

Cross-examined by Mr. Clark.—1] was not an assistant justice at the time of the

must expect to be cateceised in regard to conversation.

Q.--What are you now ?

;Was shown to us by Mr. Stillwell, Me™ Intrinsic value is nearly $400; the pieee | Js pure go'd, of a deep rich yellow coler.? | dug by @ party in the rich gules * “Moguelomne., From the same hole - the lucky hombres took 50 pounds is) eight days. y | Pine Crosstxe.—From thie que 7 ‘the reports are conflicting. A general | Impression is entertained that the bew jare too deep to be reached by the pre sent work, and that a Jarger company” must be formed, if any advantage wo accrue from the speculation. "

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{?7"On Saturday last, two mines. showed us 25 pounds of gold dust, part. of which they had dug during the week. preceding at the rate of two pounds par day, atthe new diggings near Murphy’, called Douglass’s Flats, on the Stanislaus, .

They deposited their ore with a geatie

A.—I] was rearcd to the profeseion ef/mzu in town, atid went back to try agam,