‘while at the same time, we noticed a gentle-

ittsiaairs G._tzE'r'rE. DECEMBER 21.

GLIAIIIG6 PRO! LATE PAPERS.

A VISIT TO THE HUMBOLT.

The following graphic description ofthe Steamer Humbolt as she now lies stranded at Portugese Cove, at the enterance of Halifax Harbour we clip from the B.1'tirIi JV'orlIi ./Iinericun.

The wreck of this fine steamer has at- tracted numbers of visitors during the last week to the unfrequentcd village of Portu- guese Cove. All classes seem to take an interest in this vessel. His Excellency, and the Adiniial’s family rode down to the shore, to inspect the scene of the disaster,

mun taking a sketch of it.

On nearing the ship we found the little Darttnotith steamer engaged in transliip- ping the cargo, and looking smaller tltan ever beside her Leviathan sister.

We were tmich astonished in the midst ofso much activity and bustle. atid on an emergency where so much energy was re- quired, to see crowds of strong, sturdy look- ing men, evidently fishermen belonging to the place, leaning indolently over the side ofthe quarter deck. and gazing listli-ssly at those at work, while some village Hump- den tvas descanting on their wrongs. This amphibious patriot was quite as modest in his expectations as most grievatice mougcrs elsewhere are. The fit-st item in his “ cuta- logue of woes” was that the Captain was unreasonable enough to expect them to work for twenty shillings per diem! On en- quiring, we found tliatthe men had demand- ed ten shillings on the first day, fifteen on the second, and struck for more until they reached twenty shillings. Nothing can be more discreditnble than such conduct.

Fortunately a suflicient gang was at hand to perform all the necessary labor; and the malcon'ents, looking very sulky, and not a little sheepish, were “ left alone to their, glory.” S

The tide was then low, and we were i-n- abled to get into the saloon. The wnterl on the leeward side had risen over the floor. Pieces of ornamental wood work were float-1 ing about; and the trat-e.~i, Wllt.'l'C furiiittire, { &c., had been wrenchcd off mid removed, preseiited a sad aspect ol'desti'iictioii. ‘

But there was still inncli that had not been displaced, and trhicli, ifa severe enst- ? erly gale came on, must inevitably lie dc-J stroyed with the ship, and a large portion of the cargo. ‘

The clusters of Grapes tastefully cast in l bronze, with which the paiiellings were i adorned. and the pipes, by which the Sa-l loon was heated by hot stir, and which were l evidently for ornninent us well as use, and many other valuable fixtures, were still there.

\Vliile rambling about through the Ca-\ bins, the groaning and creaking of the R Steamer, as she strained heavily, on the rocks, with every swell, induced its, as we have nothing nautical about us and have til piuus liuiiui uf null. Wallet‘, I0 l.lllllK "dis-. cretion the better part of valour,” so we l scrambled up on deck, and amused our-l selves, by twitching the sailors raising thel cargo from the forecastle.

Every box and bale, that came up was dripping with water-—some of Ill(‘ln we no- ticed marked “this side tip with care,” “to be kept dry,” the owners, evidently, never having dreamed of such a mishap.

On" enquiring from one ofthe Ollicors the cause oftlte disaster, he informed us, that at seven o'clock, a. m., they were near Sanibro, where they took on board a fislier- man, who represented himself as a Pilot, but pretended that he liadlefl his Branch at

time. It was then quite clear. They soon, however, entered into a dense bank of fog, and half an hour afterwards, the Ship struck heavily on a rock. By reversing the en- gines, she was got off; but, as it was soon apparent that she was in a sinking state, the Captain determined to strand her. He accordingly ran her in the direction of the land, and she soon struck on a sh--lving ledge nearly opposite the village of Portu- guese cove. Although not more than forty feet frotn the short-, the mist was so (I('liSt3, that they were unable to see the lniid. Their gun, however, had alarmed the whole nest of fishermen, who soon swartned on board and informed them of their position.

The conduct ofthe Captain and crew has been most praiseworthy. Every effort hav- ing been made to save all that can be pre- served. The ship has been put in charge ofthe Hon. S. Cunard & Co; and we un- derstand a powerful steamer is on her ivay from New York, with every description of motive powers for the purpose of removing the cargo, and, if possible of floating off the

attained. Every exertion, how r, we are sure, will be made, to lighten t s calamity, which it is said, is entirely attributable to the pretended pilot, who was " liailf seas over” at the time.—l-Ie may thank his stars, l and the forbearance ofthe sufferers that he did not meet at their hands with the punish- \ meat he deserved-

ship. We fear the latter object ctinfiarccly be

WAn.—For a period of nearly forty years the delightful blessings of interna- tional pesce and prosperit ave been dif- fused throu hoiit the continent of Europe; and in this rtuf respite from the shocks of nations, 9. wonderful progress has been achieved in everything which tends to en- lighten and promote the prosperity of the human race. A riculture has flourished —-the soil, enric ed by the blood of for- mer generations, and tilled by u people who had learned to know tlnd.feitr the honors of war, yielding rich stores to the husband- mun. Instead of the deep booming of the autumn and the heavy tramp of armies, you heard the clung of the hammer on the anvil, the clash of the loom and buisy whirl of the sphdls. The ‘long neglected arts

revived again; science flourished, and poor,

own-trodden commerce welcomed the fancied millennium with joy, and stretched forth her broad arms to weave a golden net- work around the world. Peace reigned in Euro . Peace? No! It was but the selfish comp acency ofexhuusted resources—tired energies; the sullen repose of.the wounded tiger. It was not the result of mutual good will and honest forbearance among men- Some of the European nations have waited but to gather strength for a fiercer conflict —to harden their muscles for u deadlier struggle for supremacy.

"wilight darkens; dark, jagged clouds are gathering in the horizon, and the troubled elements are ominous ofiin ap- proaching stortn.—The god of battles has

onned his blood red-plumes, and is ready to spread his wings to the blast. The plow- shares and pruning books of honest in- dustry are to be again moulded into im- plenlents of slaughter, and that fertile coun- try so lately rich with the gatherings of harvest, whose every plain and hillside tells a tale of sangiiinary warfare in days gone by, whose every valley was once a cetnetry for the stricken victims, is again to be renched in the drippings of war. The latest advices from the cast tell us that the torch applied \\ hich may soon set all Europe in a blaze; an -* Cliriiitiiin kings, influenced by black desire \Vitli lioiiounible l'|lifi‘tIIlI in their hire, Causc war to rage, and blood around to pour."

Darker gathers the shadowy twilight, and it is greatly to be feared that an awfu night is at hand. Rome on the rushing gale may still come the heavy thunder of the caution, the groans ofthe dying, and the heart rending cries of widows an dcspairiiig orpliiiiis; while ever and anon the lurid llash ofburning homesteads, and villages and towns, dissipates the darkness of niiilnight. \Vlio can fort-tell the result?

t is hidden in the inscrutable mysteries of futiirity. We can but prayGod speed the right. VVe can only trust that if this is but the prelude to a general European war the corotials oftyrants will be levelled in the dust; their sccptres brokcn,aiid their thrones destroyed; and that the bright star of human kindness, encircled by a halo of Liberty, will rise in the east, and bless regenerated nations cvertnore: —Bortori Journal.

Louis Napoleon is reported to have l00,- 000 men ready to march for Constantinople at five days warning;--also that he has in- formed Austria that he will consider it a cause for war it‘ she harbors armed Rus- sians.

SllANGlIAE,—A letter from an American missionary at Sliangliae, dated September '20, describes the state of things in that placctl:us—-—

With regard to the rebellion here, it still remains in about the same stiite. It is re- ported that the leaders sent to Naiiltiii and the insurgents there said they could not helptliein unless they left offsmoking opium, and believed in the doctrines of Jesus. The first they will certainly demur at, for they are most inveterate opium smokers. The city remains quiet so far as all acts of violence are concerned. In fact it ought to be quiet, for business has ceased and shops are all shut except a few eating estab- lishments. In some streets it looks like a, city deserted.

THE COSSACKS. The organization of Cossack regiments is conducted in nearly a similar way as the regular service. All the Cossacks are soldiers born, their term of service being twenty years abroad or twenty five iit home; they pay no taxes, but are obliged to equip themselves at their own expense. Out of it population of little more than linlf a million there are 50 regiments of8-'10 men each, and nine com- panies ofartillery, having each eight pieces ofeitnnon. When troops are wanted for the Caucasus, each district receives notice of the number of soldiers and oflicers it is to supply, and the fit-st names in the military boo s are selected without distinction. They are marched to the frontier, and when assembled, classed in squadrons, and offi- cers appointed to command them. Recent attempts to subject them to European dis- cipline, have it is said, destroyed their valuable aptitude for acting as skirmisliers. The rearing of cattle, particularly horses, is the cliiefsource of gain to the Cossacks, and Count Platofi"s studs are in the highest repute. The vast herds are allowed to wander about the steppes without care or superiritendence. They never enter a stable; summer and winter they are in the open air, and mtist procure their own food, and hence become extremely vigorous, supporting the most trying campaigns with remarkable hardihood. Nothing can be more simple and expeditious than the mode in which they are broken in. The horse is caught with it noose, he is saddled and bridled, the rider mounts him, and he is allowed to gallop over the steppe until he falls exhausted. rom that momenfhe is perfectly tamed, and may be ridden without dungeI_'.—JV'. Y. Illustrated Journal

Piiiitrtttc.-A London paper states that a new method of painting has been dis- covered and employed by Horace Vernet. It consists in “mixin the colors with olive . When the picture is painted the back of the canvass is covered with it coating of fuller’s earth, which draws the oil through and absorbs it entirely, The psintin is thus reduced to the nature of paste. a fuller’! earth is then removed from the‘ canvas, and a coat of linseed oil is a d -—slwuys at the back. The eolors,ii thun- turn, imbibe this oil, and ‘all the mellowed

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Tu: “Tutu”nfiuausrosnua-r.—Next to the berth of dor at Paris, the post of the con-sqotident ct‘ the Titan ‘is, perhaps most to he desired." His salary is

some suite of rooina furnished and paid for by the paper; he has two clerks constantly in his employ, who read the French 'ournulu, translate, collate, cut out items rom

lignaiii, add their eyes, invention, experi- ence, and observation to his. These gentle- men are paid by the Times, ofcousre. e correspondent buys and charges to the paper any books of which he may stand in need; and the library is a very choice and complete collection of standard authors, cyclopaadias, dictionaries, and other works of reference. He is empowered to pay for any im ortant intelligence just what it may cost. hen the ost-oflice closes early- to the infinite annoyance of the correspond- ents of lower degree—he writes on merrily to sunset, and then hires a man to jump in- to the seven o'clock train and takes his let- ter to London ! The Times pays the bill!

UNITED STATES.

The R. M. Steamship Canada arrived at Halifax on 'l‘liui-sday, 36hours from Bos- ton, and left for liverpcol at ‘2 AM. next morning.

Legislative gatherin at Washington had coimiienced, but the resident's Message had not been promulgated. This important State paper will be looked for with much anxiety. otices of several Bills in the Senate are indicative of an exciting Session, Among these ure—propositions to grant land for railway purposes; whether the King of the Sandwich Islands is desirous of coding them to the United States, and on what terms; also to devise some means for alleviating the present awful mortality on board emigrant slti s.

It is estimated that the additional appropri- ations to meet deficiencies for the present and previous fiscal years will be more than a million and a half of dollars. The total appropriations asked to cover expenses for tlie fiscal year ending June 14, IE55, will foot up nearly forty millions.

Out oftliirty two thousand seven hundred and sixty two passengers arrived at New York during the last month, one thousand one hundred and forty one persons died of Cholera.

No sooner has the cool weather fairly relieved the people of New rleans rom the yellow fever than the cholera makes its appearance, and threatens to prove almost as great a scourge as the former pernicious disease. One hundred and twenty nine persons, mostly emigrants, died last week, an now we learn that one ofthe most distinguished physicians ofthat city expired Thursday morning. Another account states that two hundred and fourteen persons died in New Orlerns during the past week.

DISTRUCTIVI: Fiitr: n‘ Nuw Yortx.—0n Saturday afternoon lust, ii fire broke out in the extensive publishing establishment of Messrs. Harper dc llt-others, which spread with great rspidity,destruyirig property to ulsrgs amount. Several adjoining buildings also took fits, and it. was with ditllculty the flames were extinguished. 'l‘he eslallllellmetll of the Messrs. urpsr compri- sed about seven buildings between Pearl and Cliflbrd streets, and their loss will be much regretted by the public generally.

A schocner—the Li'iIy—is reported to have made ii " run" of two hundred miles—via., from Cape Vincent to Tort-nto—-in the short space of fourteen hours, or at the rate of 14 2-7 miles per huun

The free peopls of colour of Liberia have pre- sented Mrs. Beecher Stowe with a massive Ring of African Gold. An appropriate present.

Arrival of the “Arctic.” FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EJVGLJJVD. The steamship Arctic arrived at New York on Sunday, with Liverpool dates to the 30th

ov.

A fair business was doing in Breadltufls, at a reduction of 1d. on Wheat, 6d. and in wine instances Is. on Flour, and Is. on Indian Corn.

Nothing had occurred along the Danube. Heavy rain and snow had set in.

The British and French fleets were at Bricos.

The Turkish fleet had gone to the Black Sea, to keep open the coadt of Cireassiu.

The English Admiral, Sir John Lyon, was on his way to take command of the British fleet.

t is r r , contrary to former advices, that Dost lahoinet is hostile to the Russians, as are all the Mahomedan tribes of India.

There is no interesting news from Great Bri- tain, except lb reported treaty between England and France, to uarsnbee the rights of Turkey.

Admiral Dun u, with the British ships Tiger and Ni r,_was to proceed to the Black Sea, on the l5t , to examine the coast between the Bos- pliorus and Varna. This accoin ' lislied, he would return to the Darditnelles. he mission of this squadron is connected with the keeping open the mouth of the Danube to commerce.

Rain and snow had been heavy in part of Wallacliaia, so that operations were to a great extent. impracticable.

Constantinople is tranquil; the fl hting since last advices ha been unimportant. n or about the 20th. the Russians attacked the fort of Tultuchs, but were beaten cl’. Tultsclis is the last Turkish -fortress on the Danube.

From Vienna, wth, rumors coins of a Turk- ish detachment having been attacked by the Servlans at Usltltual on be Servo Bosnian fron- tiers, and repulsed with a loss on both sides of 500 men. -

To show how contradictory are the sources of infornistion, another despstch us. that the diflppgties between the Ports and rvisnssrs sett .

The Turks are to garrison the town on the border, and the Sorvian oontiti at of‘ 12,000 men will be pciiiitted to join army ou the Danube.

latest accounts confirm the account that the ‘Parks had es tured and hold the important. fortress of io las nsar Bstorn. times have the Ituduna ‘by sea and land at- tuiiiptsd to take it.'md Iva tiiuss have ‘been ruplhud.

cuptab of s Iurslmut ship m-rlvsd st Ou- stsutlnopls on the 10$. having not a Iudau tlsst about three days bs

thud was all-

upwurds of£I,fi)0 a-year: he has a hsnd- “.3

ton» oftlis old uiastsrusre obtained." ~.

foreniotvsrybrfrom L60 cutauutuaubo h(Ifl_QflIrd isoaptstu

met the Turkish lest sailing in the mine direc- tion, snd was of the opinion that they would not continue their course long without coming in conhct. Front Odessa it was stated that a portion of udsu lust, consisting of three ships of‘ the line, Ive friguus, and several steamers, had sailed from Ssbasta 1. Milton letters state that the contract, just sort- elud d with houses is Msltu.- for the supply of prov sioiis to the English ships upecif y that they shalt be deliverable when required . The Turkish Admiralty has provided a special order for the refitting of the French and English

stsstiisra.

On the 15th, 400 vessels were leading corn st OIII.

, It is ecnflrutsd tbuts Russian ship of us: run ashore and want to pieces——of the crew and troops, of whom it had 1600 men on board, I400 perished, and the remaining 900 were rescued by the Turksuad sent as prisoners to Constantinople. Another ship is reported to have been lost near La Vastii u .

Some olllll oflicers of distinction have lli-sady taken service with the Turks, and others have signified their intention to do so -

Gun-r Bat1'aiit.—Rstlisr an interesting inci- dent huppensdiu the London Money Market the week, which is thus commented on in e utonentary article of the Tituss:—" It appears that the £000.000 sterling of gold das utclied this week on account of the Era tor of ussia, is the produce of Exelieqiisr bills held lately by him in English funds. Instead of being forwarded to St. Petersburgh, the greater part of his gold is believed to have been sent to Amsterdam, but whether it will be invested there or otherwise disposed of is uncertain. The manure is a remarkable ons, and may be interpreted as an early precaution at the onset of a career of ag- gression in which a war with England is believed to be inevitable, or as a ridiculous attempt to show anger and produce an inconvenience in the money market London, Nov 30. Parliament has been further prcrogued until January 3rd.

Aunuu nin Husciav.--Soinetliing important is evidently about to transpire in Hungary. A correspondent of the Times, under date of the 29d Nsv., mentions that man and artillery were being hurried off from Vienna to the Hungarian Pro- V' During the previous three days, 98 guns had left, and the directors of the railroads had been ordered to stop sending goods for eight days, 8| their freight trains will be required in sending military stores to Hungary.

The Dtti uriuy corps has received orders to hold itself ready to march.

Tiiu Attunicatr STIAMIHP Humboldt.-— This ill fated ship lies in the same position at last reported, filling at high water, and partially dry at ebb tide. The Ferry steam- er continues her trips to the scene of dis- aster, bringing up goods as fast they are saved from the wreck. Capt Lines and his ofliceru and ship's company are inde- fatigable in their exertions to rescue ro- perty. We learn that the steamer “ Marwn one o the ow or and Charleston line of packets, left the former port for Hali- fax on Thursday last, having on board steam pumps and al the means and a pliances, which the in euuity of our enter- prising neighboursc l into requisition in similar cases, for the purpose of getting the

u oneumon afloat. The weather fortunately keeps moderate, with the wind ofl‘ shore. Marion may be expected here to day, when operations will be immediately commenced.

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Murriitu or -riia Nova Sea-rta LI:oisi.i-rnuu. -—The Gazette contained a roclsmation, preroga- ing the General Assembly rom 29th December to the 96th day of January, that to meetfor the da- pot burnisu.

EABZARIITB GAZETTE. Wednesday, December 81. 1858.

MB. WHEAN AND THE MAGISTBACY.

Some few weeks since Mr. Whslsu threw down the gauntlet to the retired Magistrates clisllengiiig Ilium to bring forward ths “other circumstances alluded to in their answer to his Excsllsucy’s first note. We have waited in order to give time for the reply, more as a matter of courtesy than in the ex- poouitioii that thou gsatluiuss who felt tltsrnsslvus compelled to resign rather than have their names associated with that of Edward Whslsn iii the Com. mission of the Peace would ooiidsuesiid to enter into a correspondence with him. We, however, who are diflsrsntly situated, wars unwilling that the challenge should remain any longer uuunswsrsd. and place our- selves in the lists. not as tbs champion of the retired magistrates. but as a visdicstcr of the insulted justice of the country. One of the greatest basalts conferred by the Press on any community is the holding up to public scorn and dutsstutioii vies in every shape, and suffering as circumstances to prevent its dragging faith it‘ necessary, the criminal into open day and boldly charging him with his clsucss. We feel sstisdsd that it will be sssu, in the prosecution of the course we have marked out for ourselves, that this adieu, disugrsssbls and uriplaaasiitss it must necessarily be, is to us use ufduty. sad that tcubriuk from the snou- tieii of it would be to latter the rspvoselt of‘ moral cowardice and unltnsss for our times. It is possible -though we do not think it -- that Ir. Wltalau may be so obtuse of intellect and dull of perception as last utonsstsrsoeguhuiu the ass of tbs gsusrul and iudsflaits words of‘ those who piutsstsd against his appoint-sst is a seat as the suns boneli with than- sslvss as uuwllliugnsm ts become the perusal secu- uws of Ir. Whslau, s dlslneliustios to mix them- selves up with a personal eoati-uvsny with liiut.wIiisb while it usuld bu ptodaotivs of so honor is tbsiuoolvsu, would isavitsbly be attended with much iseunvsai- mcu sud isdivlussl diusurufsri. It is also psulb|s_ that Mr. Whales may have forgotten that he has been repeatedly sssuusd, as we shall hsrssfter show, of a crime which more than any other has In all ages sad is all countries been held to reader the person guilty sf it infamous and salt for society. It is liltswlos possible that Iv. Wbslaa iusy oossidsr liiiinslr as having been acquitted sud asusllaisd Item the charge by the dueisiuu sftbs luts Huuss ol'AauInhly. ‘His absijs made by Mr. Pslinsr. Ir. Wlislss‘s