YALIII 0' IXPOITI.

lee of as for the fiscal year wsugssalel by Q_43.“C.3fl than the prseeilliiirycur, owing ohie to the It‘ h price ofcoetori is the [rut hitlfthe year. tvhioh price bu -3000 ‘Md 'N|°-llflfi The export eftweailataflii in I041 amounted to 86$.10l,92l. .WIIICh tail in isso t-i see,osr,:1s. and in test to s2t.tus,t_stis—wnti he ulmu absolute fltirtairity ofa still further reduction in the current ear. , of rice and tobacco have also fallen off; and the President argues from these lhcta. that it low rate of duty on itretgn nierdteedlee has nu benefitled the ftirriiiug population, by raising the ice of agricultural products in foreign markets.

1‘: production ufgold in California is likely to continue for some time; the enltanoertieut of prices. a rising spirit of speculation and adveature, have already sprung up in consequence; and the Presi- dent says, unless some check is given to the tendency toward over-

‘ , the nest disastrous consequences to the business and character of the Atnerican people itiay be anticipated. TARIFF.

The substitution of specific for cl-raloreits duties is iitrongly vucetutnended, in consequence of the numerous frauds which con- tinue to be practised u the Revenue. The iicticiil eviisioti of the present law, the liiitnguishing condition of mine of the great interests of the country, caused by over-itiiportations and consequent depressed prices,—-wiilt the failure to obtain a foreign market for the increasing surplus of breadsluflii end provisiotts, induce tlto President egaut to. recommend a modification of the existing tariff.

. CALIFORNIA. .

Trade with the Snridwicb Islands and Oregon increase daily.

Qtlnrtl mining continues to atlrtiit great attention; seventy nin- chines are already in operation or in process ofcoiuitruciiou.

The ship Daedalus, sent out by the British govt-ntvnriit to so:-rcli fir Sir In‘).-| I-‘mnkliii, nrrlvel at San I"r.tncisco, O.ct.ithcr ‘ . o traces ofthe expedition had been discovered, and it is the opirtion of the ofllcers that all further atteirtpts to find traces of the vessels will prove fruitless.

Accounts from the Sandwich Islands are to Sept. 20. Hon. \V. L. Lee, and G. R. Robertson of the land cornniission, are engaged in Hawaii in duties of that board in settling laitd claiitts Some 15,000 have been dis ed of, and it large number remain to be investigated. 'l‘wo veitrs more will be required to finish their labors, when titles there will be placed upon record, and fully esttibltslied.

From late American l5ap_ei-ii.‘ A .-

81-ouxs oiv -rite Oitro.—Dti1-nrtssitvc C.u.rixu'rv.—Wreclts and loss oflife on \Vestern Rivers, from storms, are of rare occur- rence. On Thureday night week a severe iitorrn occurred tilting the valley of the Ohio. and sail havoc with life and properly wnl mede among the coal horit.-t.—'l‘wo from Pittsliaig were sunk nu.-ir Porlemttuth. and thirteen lives were lost. Ortly one person of the crews survived. He lashed himself to it lanlr, rtiid was in the water five hours before he could reach the s ore. It watt rumoured at Marysville. tltat nine conl boats and about 50 men were «-st.

The Postmaster (icneral's Report, which has been laid before Congress, recorutnends it unifortn rate of one cent postage upon newspapers under 3000 miles, and double that rate over that dis- tanro

The Revenue under the present law, has fallen off froitt 2_5 to 30

I‘ cant. Mr. Corwiri's report shows a balance oftrtide against the

. St: 1 of about 24 million dollars.

The Chillicothe Gazette states, that Mettsrit Bartlett and May. packers in that city, recently killed, cut and liurrr.-lled in one day, 429 hugs, the total weight of which was lI3,0l3 pounds, and pro- duced over 600 barrels of pork.

At the annual meeting of the Ilelfast 'l‘own tnlsfllrtn. the Rev. William Johnston stated that tbi-re are 600 public ltrtuscs in llelfiist. and the quantity of whiskey sold in the town annually, as sltowtt by the excise return, amounts to £230,000.

Jenny Litidi.-t now giving farewell concerts in Boston. The Dai- ly Advertiser says of her performances that " they are beyond the ordinary language of praise.”

A correspondent of the London Builder siiggvsts tlte substitu- tion of ground glass for stone facings of liuililings. It might be beautifully moulded. and every shower would wiisli it clean.

More than one tltousttnrl emigrant wagons passed tlirougli Indianapolis diiringtlte wrek ending 20th tilt-, sll bound west.

The New England Farmer cautions the public against a spurious Vinegar, made of sulphuric acid and water, which is very acid indeed. but not wltolesotue. It is sold both as white wine and cider vinegar.

Novel Exportation.—'I'he New York Herald reports that among other commodities of various kinds. comprising the cargo ofa vessel which left New York last week, for Chagres. wees consignment of one hundred Cuts. for the California, and Oregon markets. They will not be considered so very singular when it is known that in Oregon, where horses and titles are plentiful and cats scarce,it is not uncommon to exchange a horse for a cat. _

In I848. the value of the opium imported into Cliinn, was $21,500,000, and iii I840 it amounted to $i7.(l00.000- Al the same rate of increase, the amount for the present your will be $36,000,000! such is the sum which is paid bv a people. already crushed to the earth under the burdens heaped upon

in by their idulatrv and superstition, from a drug whit-.lt produces the direst evils. swing by Machinery —A Sewing Machine is in operation in the United States. and is now on exhibition at the Fair lmltl in Castle Garden, New York. It is constantly surrounded by :1 crowd ofspcctators. It it about I‘) inches square, wciirhs 65 pounds, and will do the work of 8 or 10 persons. It is called Singer's Strait Needle Perpendiculs Action Sewing Macliins.

A Paris correspondent of the St. Louis Republican, tells ofa fire varnish, recently discovered and brought out bv it Sp.-iitiard, named Don Jose do Gueseda. It was first tried at .\Iiit.in7.:ts, in the pre- sence of the Governor and city authorities, and saccrecdctl to the admiration ofoverybody. It has since been tried in llladrid. Foitr small frame houses, covered wit tar and turpentine. were enacted on an open square. Two of these houses were re-covered with the varnish, and the others were not. 'I‘he latter were reduced to ashes almost as soon as they were set on fire, whereas the former, in spite of the tar and turpentine, remained perfectly uninjured to the end of the trial, which lasted two hours. The trial was the more severe as the fottr houses were close together, and all of them were on fire on the inside, but the ll-tmmi did nrit bleak forth at llll from the varnished houses ; besides this. in the midst of the cunll ignition, two gallons of strong essence were thrown upon the varitislted houses, and tbev were immediately entirely rtnvelo ed in flames ; but when the liquid was exltausted, the walls appeared perfectly Intact as before.

At a foot race recently ran in Boston, an Irislim.-in was the stic- oessful compeIitor—going over six miles in thirlv-one minutes !

Tliir ersons were recently drowned by tlte sinking of tltc steamer Archer on the Yllississip ii. ' _

Lydia 8. Ilall recently rec. vercil 31400 from the riih_oriiies of Lowell. for injuries sustained in consequence of her having fallen on as icy side walk in that cit .

-rtu: as-.srnut¢cv.—'I‘here are 12 can- didates in the field for the Presidency of the United States. Judge

as is the youngest, being only 89 years of rigs ; Geul. Lane in 00 years old ; l"illinore, 58; Genl. tlonstori. 00; Geri. llutler. 60; Mr. Buchanan. 62; Geri. Scott, 61; Geo. Case, 63; Daniel Web- Ier. O8; and Henry Clay, 75 can ofage.

Raise Evssv 1-tsisto.— .vei-y farmer should make it a rule to

as that he sari raise and make on his farm.

Ifriewtricsir-r Paoruo-rs.--'l‘lie th-st ueetioiis mooted at the

ing of Congress, as we are informed by t New York Hvreld. were the fo|lcwing—A Railroad from Missouri to San I"riiuciseo—- a Telegraph on the same routs-e line of Steam Ships from San Francisco to Cliisa—and it Mint in California.

The resent movements by t British Government. and in those Oelevtiss. with reference to the Great Railroad from Halifax to suit. have evidently incited our American

hope 't . of telegraph lines bailt sad in olpersttort in the Uuhsd Ceaeduis tedat (root tx.ooo to is.ooo ".31.. dkaat points is

Quebec wit New Oils:

5 st 44

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splalser. is New York

gt loo. 8! ' 42 min. West.-—Mr. l’ocl's table of snow storms extends

that Dr. lrovra lies jun discovered. at the 0bs_srvetory cflerllu. I new oouiut. in the constellation Cutie V_ensticss. ‘fills comet is v lerabioes. end has two tails. As it will_soos he is osttjitne

‘Eh it ntuy be seen in the evening in the north-were. and in the tnorriin in the north-east. at a dititiincu of fiortt ‘even to eight degrees lioni tltc l:iiit star of the tail of Ursa Major.

11,". ,,,,,,,, ,,i mg port of New York on Saturday morning last. 22 steaitiei-it, N0 eltipe, 83 barks, ll0 brigs, rind I1-I scltooacrs. Total, 5.59.

One liundiod and filly riegroes left llnltimore for Liberia on'8ritur-

av.

The St. Louis Union of the I'lth s:iys. Col. I"remrtnt has com-

‘tired and cottlirtiied the exile of his Miiriposii tract of gold land in California to a London Company for one ttiillion ofdollars.

Mrs. Sherwood, auth-tress of “ Little Henry and lla:ircr," and it great tnntiy other works for cltildren, died lately in lingltittd, at the age of 77.

MILANCROLY Acctusmr-.—.'\ young girl, aged iiboot twelve years, living in this uoighbriurlmoil iif Aitiltorst. adaugliter of .\Ir. John, while iittemptitig, lately, to draw it til of water from I well, provided with it uiviiig- lc. accidentally slipped, as was supposed. and was sit‘ uetnentl outid drowned in t e we . low careless, nrtt to have walls properly i.-urba ! We record siriiiliir accidents from town and country alutost every s:--.ison.—.'V‘srir Brunswick

war or.

I'otso.vitIo tnr Musrtttooxsit.——A recent foreign paper an-

: nouiices the de.itli oftwo respected otlicers of the o giiiu Cairns-

’ triers, from the poison of inusltrooiiis, dressed into some favourite sauce. of wltlcli they both pnrtook at dinner.

j 'I'lte bodies of it young matt, and l outig woman, bound together

, by p ickct-ltaitdkercliiefs, were recent y found in the Seine, at l'.i-

l ris. lit the pocket of this young man. wait it nor, shtitig tlt:it tht-y

’ had committed ituiuiili.-. biemiuiio they loved each other tenderly, and there were ubstitcles to their '

.‘\ll'.ll£|lIlIl'U Crilttudrelli. tlte dufeiitler of the walls of Rome against the l“reticlt, has been since his condeiiintitiori. transferred to the baguiu of Aitcoiizi, where he wears the red prison-serge and the Cllilllll ttflhe convict. 'I‘ltii people crowd to see him. II! he works in the public places with a had on his shoulders.

The Poly -ir.u'an, of Scpteiiilicr H, has the fnlloviiiig, relative to the late \'tllC.'|lllC nriiptiitti of .\l:titita .-in :—

“ “lo learn from a gciitlciiiriit just roiitrui-,d from Hawaii, that the acliitri iii the crater oit .\lanita lain, has twillllttll in nu extcitsivc eruption of molten luv.i, which is flowing oil‘ in a Soutlt-west direc- tion of about three miles in twenty-four hours. Its ttppezirnitce on board ship, at n tlistiiricc of sixty or severity iiiil-s, was uubliitie and grand beyond descriptiott. In eetl. wliltt t::iii lite ituitgiried more int, on at dark night, than ll ittolteit II\I‘f rolling down this side ofa mountain l.|_tttl0 rt high, sweepitt,-1 eti-ry thing before it, and ltieariitg trot.-it and rocks willi resistle-Iii form: upon its liosotti? I"roitt tlto course taltcii b_v tltc struuiii, it it tlioiight it will reach the sea some \\’IIL'I'e to the Soutliivard of Keiilaikckuu."

'l'ho r-attic paper says :—-

“'I'lto Island of l\'altoolowc. tvlticlt is rtboitt fourteen miles in lttgtlt, was all on fire on Saturday last, lllItI lturiicd for three or four

ays. ’l'ltu fire at night presented a gniriil .-iiglit—li,;liting up tlte ailjacnut Illillltlll arid the sun for fifty miles around. The slnitd is not llIIIt'IIllIl!tI, except by one or two convict-i, nitd is covered only with low sltriibliery and grass. which is ll|pptNL'lI to have IIL’|'ll ric- idoutly set on fire bv sortie tislicrtiit-ii. The light was pl.iialy seen

Ilt:l't:, iii llouululu, during the whole of Stitiirday night, but was l gt-iii.-rally supposed to hive I)t‘cIl caused by the eruptioit.

The Nt-rtriglt liri:ird of giuiriliaitts are etttcrlaining it project for sending I000 of the pnitpers to Aiiierica.

NI:\\' UU1‘I.l-:1‘ roit rut: Iaisii.—-The Dublin I".vcniug Mail says,—“ The Spunlsll Govt.-riittii-tit have, we are iuforiiietl. coitcod- ed i'| grant oftwo ltuitdrctl and fifty r-qvturc miles of country on the Itatilts oftlie Guritlalquivt.-r, in the proviucr.-s of Attd.tlirsia rind Es- treinadurii, ‘cunt ivuiitg more tltziii lti0,tl00 acres of land, of the richest quality,‘ to be culoiti.-ted by Irish settlers, under the follow- ing couditiotts :—-

liteniptioii froiii taxation for 2'' gears niture. clothing, and ri,v_vrii;u2:ur.-il iiiiplutttnrtts, free ofiliily. |'n- \'ilt-go iiffclliitg tiiitbi.-r for building III the ruyzil fiircsls. I'oivor In appoint their own iuurticipal autltoritioes. 'l'lit'- district iit qutesti-in I liaving been depopulatcd by the expulsion of the Moore, has never | been fully occupied.”

Lietit. Gcul. Sir C. Napier, i’. is reported, will have the comiuztinl at the Cape, and that the appointment has been rec- omiueuiled at the War Oflice and Horse Guards.

Admission of their fur-

Tii: Discovrznr or Guctuns IN New Zcauxs.-—'I‘lie following account of the discovery of glaciers at art eleva- tion of ‘ feet, at Milford Ilzivi.-it, west coast of the Middle Island, New ' eelsnd, is from a letter received from Dr. Lyall, iiur.(eon of H. M. steam vessel Adieron, Captain Stokes, r:iiiplo_vi-tl surveying the coasts in that lo- cality. The writer is known to many of our readers a zealous uatunlist, who accompanied Sir James Clark Rose duriii: his three advctitui-nits south poltrexperlitions:— " Milfortl llaveii, New Zr.-alainl, 13th March, I85l. Since my last. date we have been in two or three sounds, where the water was so deep tli it tvo had to let an the anchor l close to the shorr, .'llIIl their iualte fast to the trees by ltawscrs. In one place we |i:tl llIl‘('.i' aiii-liors dowzt anal a cable fast to the trees from each qiiztter. \Ve spent about a f-trttti;:ltt in the cele- bratr.-tl lluslty l‘la_v. til" Cook. The liarbuur we are IIIIW in is one of the most remarkable l have over soon. It is abitiil nine or ten ' miles deep, and not above a mile or live across at the widest part. The entrance is narrow, and innnedintely on entering you have immense prccipiccs of 3300 feet, lowering right over our head, on both sides. As we went in, the engineers could see the muunlairts on both uizles at once, from the strike hole of iiftlte sleautcr. I wish your were here to take some sketcltes of the scenery. 'l‘lic hills surrounding the harbour vary in height from upwards of 40Ll0 to near 7000 feet, and on many iif them utibriilten streams of water are iei-n, ori;_viu.'ttiu2 at I height of 4000 to 5000 feet. 'l'lit-rc is oito largo waterfall on the side of the eouitd I100 l'i.-ct. and a line one close to where the ship is. between 400 to 500 feet. There are glaciers in the cleft, near the tops ofsomc ofthe moiintaiiis. I suct:cerli:d yesterday in getting to the ltiwcsl uf them, which I C:Ilt:IIliIlt:tl to be about 2000 feet above that lvvcl of the sun. ltad a tremendous scramble at one place. having to surmoitiit an almost perpendi- cular precipice of about I200 feet. I was atnply rewarded for my trouble, ltowcvvr, by the number of new plants I found beside the glacier.“ It may be remcnibcred that .\lr. Darwin noticed the curious plieitoinettou of glsciers d- sccittlirip to the level ufllie sea in the Gulf-if l’r-ass, on the siiiiilarlv nioiint:tiit- on! and stormy westciiast of l'ata;_vittiia (Lit. 43 deg. S.) : and no one c1n coiriparc the opposite cast and west coasts of Scot- land, Ii-cl-..nd_ Norway and Sn-.-dcn. South Ailli-rice, and Tas- mania, rcspuctively, with those of tho New Zealand islands, without being struck with the similarity of their prominent features. The eastern side in all these cases is tolerably continuous in 0lllllfl6—lI;lll.t'I’, drier, sud itinre sunny; while the western, which is the windward, is, on he contrary, indented by fingering fior-ls, running deep into the heart of Ilie country, which is mountainous. perennially humid, foggy, rugged, an boisterous. more uniform in tenip.:rittt.'c, and rcrcly visited by the sun's rays.

Snow S-roasts.-—A valuable statistic of snow storms in Nova Scolia, during the last seven years, is published in the Pictuu Chronicle of the Id inst., hy Henry Poole, I-‘.sq., Superintendent of the Albion Mines. Mr. Poole hits kept a Meteorological Journal for a rianiber of years ; as he is s gentleimin of great scientific nt- tainvnenls, iindpoeseesed of all the best modern instruments his ob- servations have been greatly relied upon by men of science on both lids-.e the Atlantic.

The Albion Mines are in lat. 45‘ 84 min. and 80 sec. North,

from January I!“ to December IMI. seven years, that sine feet six inches nearly fell annually on a level. In England nine inches of snow melted, averagp eiie inelt of water; but in Nova Ssotia, it sires seventeen inc es of snow to make an inch of water. Mr. oole therefore infers, that the snow of Nova Bcoiia is twice as light, or dry, as that ofErtglsrid; and col- ueetly, would be twice as easily removed by the snow plo It. fits heaviest fiill ofsiiow, in Nova Bcotis, was in latiusry 8“. when the storm la

aiiovr stories sue st tbb tins. very usst‘al.--.Mu-lriissuiehr.

IHIASZAIRIIVS GAZETTE. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1851. Wr. had thou ht of o'fferiug some remarks upon the

editorial in the gel (Whelan’s) Gazelle, of tho I5th

instant, on the subject of the Georgetown Election, but we have altered our iniud, for, in the first place, if worth answering at all, it has been effectually res- potidcd to by oitr worthy contemporary, tlte Islander; in the second place, because the threatened Sctturi.-tv having been abandoned, Mr. M‘Auluy is the Member to all intents and urposcs, and it has ceased to be in the power of Mr. yrno or any one chic to dispossess him of his Seat, unless, indeed, tlte Majority of tlte House may not like the cut of his jiicc, in wlticlt case, according to the doctrine laid down by it Member oftlrc present Administration, high in office, they will be per- fectly justified in turning him out, any law to the con- trary notwithstanding. Should any attempts be made to dispense with the Election Law, or to violate city of its provisions, we shall not fail to record them with it suitable commentary. We think it it good time, how- ever, to bring to the notice of our readers, and, conse- quently, to that of such of the Members of the Houst- ol'Asscmbly as may rank under that catcgor , the con- duct of the leaders in the neighboring Coloity of Nova

Scotin :—ln the discussion on the subject ofthe Victoria

Election, Mr. Johnston stated-—“ The question llIVOl\'(‘(I

“important principles--it would be a precedent iit all

“ time to come, and, ifthe House sanctioned the illegal

“ acts of the Deputy Sheriff, now open for their judg-

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“jority of votes, and who legally ought to be I‘t.‘l.Ul‘ll(‘t.l.

“in la .” To which Mr. Howe rcplicd—"'I‘ltat he “ ltad maturcly weighed this question since Saturday;

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dolsh Iluier elsueltlesiflsebsssiitlie stli alt. for Loaded. ssoéaanoéiiu amsyroou the ten Nov.,.wltlt it fresh W l bresee. Outhemnrn A_ ,._.|,

7 in of the fled, at I. a west on shore on Carrlboo Island in the Non). sh... «rm. 3;, 1,... "Ice. during a violent siiow_storoi, and and to relate ritsrsluu nfher

perished; twelve having been thrown “mm” by ,i,. 4;," ,( tho tviitmmast.eniI t other live either killed, or drowngd by 3|" ml oif the fcretopmaet. 'I‘he Ciiptrii_ii, Mate. second Male. and three of t is sesttieii were saved, by lashing themselves is the rigging, where they reittsirted trllaboui 0 o'clock in the evening. liavi bees‘ .l1 ioii_rs on the wreck, the sea washing over them all the if»... when seeing a Ire on the and It being low water, they jusipat user- board, and hiive iii the surf, where they weremet by two Indians who_toolr tlieiti to their house, and rendered them all the smielattca possible. On the 24th, Sclvi. Saint Helena. llerniar. Master, earns to their rescue, toolr tltein on board a landed them safe at Caps 81 llflttec. from which place they came up by land. Capt. Rudolph reports that the ship went to pieces before they left. Eight of the bodies of the unfortunate seamen were picked up on shore and tin. ricd at the same liico.

The Ship Aberdeen is on shore opposite Kentaraslts, end it is supposed she will be I total wreck

A telegnipltir: Despatcli from Quebec. to the St. John Reading Room, states that “users. Stewart and Dnltbttrd have been elected for that l:tIy._nud .\l. (‘liauvcait for Ilia Count . There had been rriucli rioting Ill some of the Districts—-hey forge, ehiuels slack on sticks, DIIIII other weapons lnd been used. ln two \Vardo--Ch:intp- lain and ltcclt'e—troops were called out to keep peace.

NEWFOUNDLAND. .

fltwlor .\lullm:k has part-liased a clerk in England, to be placed in one ofthe lmve-rs iiflhc-, Catliedral at St. .ltihn’a; its- dials are to he illuittiiiiitr-rl, sothat it will be a beacon to vessels 3| S03. M we-il as :i QI'9ltI convenience to the citizens at niulit.-- Me-'-I at-«.l in-ulirv hive ltccn verv high at St. .lolin‘.e this 80-‘whit: cause nttrilmicil to tltc want of steam conveyance between that place anvl Nova Scuta.—

“ meat, they would enable a Sheriff at any liitiii-c time I

“ to prevent the return of tltc Candidate having it ma- 1 , "m,

Mr. \V. .\lcKay. to Miss Rachel lltli dim hter of M . J h \'V ll: .

“ llc deprecated prirly spirit in the corisirlcralioii qflliis l °r‘l‘° """° l'l='°°- l S I 0 n . ". al r '