HASZAIUYS GAZlt2'l“l‘E. NOVEMBER 15.

nrsourioiv or i-si.ssriiis.‘: In Palestine you are nearly as much in the wilderness as when in Arabia, for as to inhabitants, they are precisely the thin s which do not exist, for all you can tel, except in the towns and villages you pass through. You ride on day alter day, and you rise over each hill, and you sink into each valley, and except an occasional soli- tary traveller with his servant and his muleteer, or a 'l‘urkish oﬁicial with his party, rarely does a moving object appear upon the landscape. No cattle are on the land, and no passengers are on the higli- ways. How lonely it is; end this loneli- ness strikes you niore than that of the Desert, for it seems unnatural because here there should be life, and there is none. Sometimes you may make out a distance on the hillside a single ligure—a man upon adonkey. It is the only moving thing your eye can detect all round. And so you go on through this desolate land. From Jerusalem to Beyrout, you scarcely light upon one single scene of rural indus- try—not one single scene of life that can be compared with those on the Arab pas- tures froin the top of Jabelel Sufar to the wells of el Mileh. 'l‘liere, in places, the country was full ofpeople and children, and ﬂocks and herds—-a rejoicing picture of pastoral existence in all its snnunding wealth; while here, in the country of til- lage, and towns, and villages, the whole land seemed to lie under a epell.—Loulh’s Waiidercr in Jrabia.

AN Unsusrscriso SCOTCH Lsov IN LoNnoiv.—An elderly female from the north of Scotland, while on a visit to London, had her pocket picked by a youth, who being an inexperienced practitioner, let some of the money fall on the pavement. The old lady looked round, and seeing the boy groping for the cash in the gutter, goodiiaturedly assisted him in searching for what she supposed to be his silver. The money having been picked up, and the boy having answered atiirmativcly to the

-inquiry, “Are you sure ye've gotten it a".”' the good old dame proceeded lioinc- wards in that pleasant state of mind which follows the performance of a good action. Great was her dismay and horror, however, on discovering, on her arrival, that her pocket had been relieved of all its contents except sixpence and some “ sweeties.”-— Greeiioclc ddverliser.

Moii.\ioNisiu.—-At one of the meetings lately held at Copenhagen, a Jew hawker, after listening to them with great attention, cried, “ I abjure Judaism, and Iemhrace the worship of the Latter Day Saints.” He was at once accepted. He then got up and proposed the abolition of polygamy, which is authorized by the sect. An angry discussion ensued. The Jew was warmly supported by several women of the lower classes, and the Mormons were backed by the men. “If we abolish polygamy,” cried a jovial butcher, “we shall never make any more proselytes, for that is the bait at which people bite.” “ lf polygamy is abolished," shouted a shrivelled tailor, “I will abandon Mormonism at once. only adopted it in order to be able to marry as often as I liked.” These decla- rations were received with shouts of deri- sion from the spectators in the galleries. At length the Mormons became exaspera- ted, and, rushing on the Jew, they beat him savagely, and even trampled him under foot. This led to a regular ﬁght between the polygamists and their adversaries, and the windows, lamps, and chairs were smashed to provide missiles. After a while a body of police came in, arrested the leaders in the row, and cleared the room.- Galignani.

INTIMPIRANCI IN Kisus.-—A letter from a Home Missionary says: “ In this new Territory, one ofthe greatest obstaclese to the spread of the Gospel is the alarming,’ prevalence of Intemperance." And this is‘ doubtless one cause of the barbarianism‘ and ferocity of the opponents of all free-] dom. They stimulate with rum and whis- ltey till they are capable of any crime the; most outrsgeties. Rum and tyranny erei twin sisters. Be who fosters one will foster the other. and he opposes one, must:

oppose the ot .

A Wouncurui. WoiuaN.—-There is nowi said to be living upon Bates Island, in; Casco Bay, off the coast of Maine, a. woman of the most wonderful hardihood.

The island contains about ﬁve acres, the

largest portion of which she has put under

cultivation, raising handsome crops of potatoes and other vegetables yearly. The

land never was ploughed, but has been

thoroughly hoed over by her. The re- maining portion she devotes to raising hay

of a very superior quality, every crop of which she has mowed and cured with her own hand. The early part of the day she

devotes to ﬁshing, going through the break- ers iii a fragile skiff, rowing single-handed where manv a strong man would quail and hesitate. he results of her day ’s ﬁshing

she exchanges for money and groceries with dealers who visit the island from Portland.

A Lanes Fn.—The Nashville Banner says, that Captain Albert Pike of Arkansas, recently gained a sat at law, for which he gets the comfortable fee of $160,000. The case was an Indian claim to the value of $320,000, which he has been prosecuting for several years, upon an agreement that if he gained the suit he would be entitled to one half, if not, nothing. The suit was lately decided by the United States Su- preme Court at Washington in favour of his clients.

Tiuvsi. 'ro CAl.I!‘0RNlA.—Tlie Paciﬁc Steamship Company, running in connection with the Panama Railroad, has been very prosperous this season. Its net earnings for the past year have been about $800,000, which will afford a dividend of20 per cent. and leave a surplus. It is reported that the spare stcamships of this company will be put on the Tehuantepec route when that road is completed, which will be about the lat of January. There will be a running of about 8000 miles by this route.

NEW ZEALAND.

The Prince of VVales, from Auckland, has arrived. She left on the l7th of July.

The disturbance between the two native tribes in Tarnaki, New Plymouth, had sub- sided, and the colonists were under no por- sonul apprehension but for fear that the weaker tribe might be driven into New Ply- mouth and a conflict ensue there. The Government had sent 250 men belonging to the 58th and 65 Regiments to the district, where permanent barracks are to be erect-

New Zealand appears to be in a ﬁourisli- ing condition The grain crops are plenti- ful; ﬂour, £l8 to £25 per ton; fresh bci-f, 6d per lb.; salt beef, £5 per tierce; flax, £30 per ton, not much in the market: gum, £l‘..’. per ton, average; spars, average £4 i0s. per load on board; wool, 9d. to is. ‘2d. per lb. at Canterbury, average is. Freight l§d. per lb. The great deﬁciency is the want of the poorer class of labotirers, to whom 8s. per day is paid by Government. Ordinary wiiges, l0s. to l2s. ; carpenters, I29. to l4s.; artisans generally, l2s. to Ms. Those only who can labour are required

Large quantities of Peruvian guano are now imported into New Zealand.

The New York Herald says “that the Masonic fraternity of that State contemplate erecting in the city of New York so ediﬁce which will ex- ceed in magniﬁcence and ﬁnish anything ofthe

ind on this continent. It is to be ﬁve stories high, of ivhite marble, one hundred feet front by one hundred and twenty-ﬁve deep. It will con- tsin ample sccomodiitions for all masonic pllrpost-E and the eppointmeiits and directions of the rooms will be on the most splendid and costly scale The Masonic temple in Philadelphia, which is regarded as a miracle of beauty and magniﬁcence, cost about $300,000, but this ediﬁce is expected to cost $500,000. It will probably be located on Broadway.

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A severe storm had been felt at Oswego on the 3lst.—s schooner from Chicago, wheat laden, was ashore with her list: half mast, and the crew in the rigging ;—nesr a foot of snow lied fallen.

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The Prussian Correspondence announces, that the commission appointed to establish the new. line of frontier common to Russia and Moldavia

as dissolved itself, without having accom

IISCELLANEOUB.

READING oNir’s own PAPER.-—w8 be- lieve that as a general thing otir stib- scribers ure as honorable as can be found anywhere. Occasionally we meet with instances of a different character. Now and then a wobegone moiieylcss cpistle, makes its advent to our office, from some subscriber who hasn’t paid a cent for his

aper for years, but which concludes with the laconic injunction—“ Stop my

aper.” On such occasions we are tem- pted to soliloquize somewhat as follows : “My paper," eh ‘.1 Why, man, you haven’t owned a paper for years ! You have taken a paper, and red apaper, but was it your paper”! Your paper, for- sootli ! Why, the very ink that erases your name from the subscription listgwas paid for with other people's money! Stop ! Why you might as well talk about stopping the revolution of your earth——or commanding your sun to stop the supply ofyoiir daylight’! Go to— man! “ Pay what thou owest.” and the nexttimethoii writest to an editor for adiscontiniiance be sure that thy request be accompanied with enough of money to render “stop my paper,” other than a mere ﬁgure of speech. So much for the soliloquy. New for the contrast. We have just opened a letter, from a sub- scriber whom we have never seen, but who is obviously an honest man. it isa model letter. Thanks to our kind friends we are receiving many stich. He says; “ I must apologize for not send- ing the money before. I have been a reader of the Recorder for many years. I have always aid in advance until the present year. ﬁnd that I do not feel right when I take your paper out ofthe oflicc. I send you three dollars, which yoit will please place to my credit, I shall then have the pleasure of reading my own paper.

Mom: THAN A MA'rcu.—-A Scotch for- mer. celebrated in his neighborhood for his immense strength and skill in the athletic exercise, very frequently had the pleasure of ﬁghting people who came to try iftlicy could settle him or not. Lord ,a great pugilistic ainateur, had come from London on purpose to fight the athletic Scott. The latter was working in an incloseure at a little dis- tance from his house, when, the noble lord arrived. His lordship tied his horse to a tree, and addressed the farmer :- “ Friend, I have heard a great deal of talk iiboiit you and l have come it long way to see whit-.li ofus is the best wrest- ler.” The scotchniati, without answer- ing. seized the nobleman by the middle of the body, pitched him over the hedge and then set about working. When his lordship Iiad got hiinsclf fairly picked up. “ Well,” said the farmer, “ have you any thing more to say to me P” " No,”rep|icd his lordship ; “ but perhaps you will be so good as to throw me my horse.

Once Colored Always Colorcd.—A ne- gro woman was relating her experience to a gaping congregation of colour, and among other things she said she had been in heaven. One of the ladies of color asked her:

‘ Sister, did you see any black folks in heaven.

‘ Oh, get out l you ‘ spose I go in do kitchen when l was dar.’

This reminds us of the ancetlote of att- other colored man who was so convin- ced of the lowliness of his position and that labor was his natural lot, that he was even indifferent as to a future state, he- lieving that ’dey’ll make nigger work eben cf he go to the Hcbben. A clergyman tried to argue him out of his oppinon by representing that this could not he the case, inasmuch as there was absolutely no work for him to do in Heaven. His

Ii .plished that task.

answer was,

"ob Y°“ $,"“.V Massa. l knows b g ter.——lf dares no work folks up dar fa; dey'll make some fur ’em and if (ieI'Qt' nuflin better to do dey’ll make ’em ,|,,,b de clouds along. You can’t fool dis cl ‘I Massa ” " °

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Dsricisucias or 'rl0N.—I do not wish %i‘li§§. ‘.7.i.'3.?".'f§’I.'l.',;’.'.‘ £2. ‘.’.r..°.§'.'."’.'..‘.f"‘.‘ Y” Gillie!’ Of the great universities of ayuehave and college training which tdgcther had extended over ten years, an accom li hi: ¢lM3l¢. In able mathematician pegs ii wholly unacqusinted with externiil Jiisturee ignorant of the principle upon which g’ common steam engine is constructed i a rant even of the mechanism whfcl lil- carries about with him in his own bid ° and utterly unversed in the ﬁrst rin Ply’ of that law of the land under ipvhitflipir lives‘ I ‘ma I °‘"l ll. one of those wh: say, “ Give us a little more of this kind of knowledge in the ﬁrst instance and let ch ‘ornamental parts of teaching ’come I t e if there is time and inclination for it Teri

although I know well that th l(lttIng.k practice another,

0 ta e one ' t .f - knew a littliem ;l‘t':l=':‘Il:?J:l|yill:h.a‘i|irm.n breathe and the water [hay drink ‘h 0)’ would be a saving of many lives ntiw doe: troyed or shortened by _delicient sanatory arrangements. So again, if mm undeh stand better the functions of the by-gi there would be fewer deaths from n’ _"’°Tk» from mental excitement, evenoli-:1; intemperance. Generally speaking, I be-

Uivivsasirv EDUCA- *° -peak in the lan.

I s eory is o e Y“ I do bi.-liege

,physical law with a full cl

lieve that for one person, who breaks; that he is breaking it, kniiivlin‘:nwhii)tuli:e.i: mung and foreseeing the consequences,

ere are hundreds who break the" luv. l" °h°°" l€"°"‘1"¢°. and whom a little

Afirzv 1: b?EADl-IN -rise S'0UND or run

- .— acksrnith in this neighbour- hood has for some time past, to the comfort of his nearest neighbours, successfully l"‘“°l|5€d it very simple coiitrivance to diminish in a great degree the loud noise caused by the persecution of the hammer on the anvil. It is merely to suspend a piece of iron chaiti to the horn of the anvil, which carries offii great portion ofthe

:2<:il;tetam.s’t::i.nd usually produced.—Brcchi'n

A New Pisroi..—On the 8th inst., His Royal Highness the Cominander-in-Chief l‘€Ct-‘lvecl u deputation from the proprietors ofa newly-invented American pistol, which bids fair to surpass, in utility and effective- ness, all previous inventions. The pistol will receive nine charges at once, which can be delivered successively in twelve se- conds‘. Carbines on the same principle will contiiin tweiity-ﬁve charges. Mr. Hazle- “'0"d. the agent of the manufacturers and patentccs, assisted by Captain Bcllairs, ex- plained the principle of the weapon to his royal liigliness, who expressed himselfmuch in favour ofthe invention, and recommend- ed that it be sent for trial to Colonels Hay and Dickson, respectively commanding at Hillle until Enfield. We may explain brief- ly that the pistol consists of two barrels, one above the other. The lower tube con- atn_s the charges, which consists each of a conical. bullet containing its own powder, hermetically enclosed by a co per capsule, ﬁlled with detonating ingre ients. One pull of the trigger hits a bullet into the up- per tube, or barrel, and instantaneously discharges it. The piece rarely re uires cleaning_—can be discharged many and- reds of times without detriment—and ifthe spiral spring, which forces the bullets down- _ivards,_ becomes iiijurcd, it can be replaced inia-minute or two by an armourer. The original inventors of the pistol are Messrs. Smith and Wesson, of Hartford, Connecti- cut, and the petentee for England is Mr. W. R. Palmer, of Connecticut.—Morin'itg

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