- HASZAR.D’S GAZETTE, JULY 4.

I GLEANINGS FBOI LATE PAPERS.

Tar Tvaits.—The Musselmsns are grea‘ fanatics. Their wooden houses are frequently destroyed by lire; but they build them again of wood believing that it is impious to build dwel- lin s lor perishable man of so durable a mate- ria as stone. Of course, to be consistent, when a man dies. they should pull down his house; but this we believe is not done. To this spirit of fanaticism, which excludes all reforms and innovations, is to be attributed the decay of the Ottoman Em ire. When the late Sultan Mahmoud replace the turbai_is of his soldiers by caps. he wished also to introduce

aks to the caps as a protection from the sun.

he Uleinah or Council of State, however, op- posed the measure on the ground_that no_Mus- elman could perform his devotions without touching the ground with his forehead. As it was of course impossible to turn the cap round at prayer time. the peak had to he sacriﬁced.- Sultan Mahmoud was, we believe, not the only Prince who has been unlucky in the matter of caps. We have sometimes noticed misconcep- tions to exist respecting the Mohammedan Pa- radise. Mahoinet has been said to have declared that women have no souls, and to have refused them admission into his heaven. The truth is. that the Koran in several places distinctly states the contrary. There is, however, an obscure ssage in the 56th chapter which seems to int, that no old woman will be admitted among the blessed. ’I‘he story runs that this passage once got Mabomet into trouble. The reader has probably heard the anecdote, but it will bear repeating. Mahomet, strong of head an strong of arm, was the greatest of warrior- gophets. 'I‘he deeds of John of Leyden or of hamyl pale before those of the lounder or Islainism. Ile may have been an importer, but, as this world goes, he was a great man; and as it is useful to observe how a great man gets out ofa scrape, sup so we hear the story. One day a reylieade lady attacked the prophet on the su ject of th.~ above-mentioned passage in the 50th chapter of the Koran. She said she was very sorry she was so old, but that she could not help; and she must say it was very hard that age, which deprived her of the plea- sures of a wicked world below, should cause her to be shutout of Paradise. Mahomct replied he was very sorry, but what was written was written, and he could not make an exception in her particular case. Hereupon she shower- e upon him such a [load of tears, that the propiet, not wishing to get into hot water about such a trifle, considered what he had better do. Suddenly he hit upon an idea (he was one of the few men who do get ideas,) and he told her to dry her tears and be consoled: for though it was true that there were no old women in Paradise, she would be admitted, nevertheless, l'or she would be made young again ﬁrst. This story reminds us of the gal- lant Frenchman, who, in reply to the question, why wouion were not admitted into the L ham- ber of Deputies, said that to be a member it was necessary to be forty ears old, and it was impossible to en pose that any lady could reach that ago.—-T/ie itcrary Mm‘! Coach.

Tllll ISTHMUS OF PEREKOP.

The Isthmus of Perckop, which unites the Crimea to the main land, is so often mentioned in the accounts of the operations of the allied troops in the East, that the following particu- culars respecting it will robably prove of in- tercst :—’Iho Isthmus of ’erekop, called in tho Tartar language, the ‘Gate of Gold,’ is situ- ated between the Black Sea and the Putrid Sea

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and is ten vcrsts lon by six wide (25 vcrsts make 20 miles). ’I'o the west extends the Gulf of Perekop. closed on the side of the continent" by Cape Sc-ilgasch, and on the side of the Cri- mea by a promontory of the same name as that isthmus.—l’erekop is the capital of the circle of that name which touches the circles of- Aleschiki, Siiiiplicropol, and Eupatoria. On‘ the east the country is indented by a great number of bays; and several streams, one of which is the Sal hir. The climate is generally insalubrious. ' ho town and fortress of Pere- kop are situated on the isthmus, between the Gulfof Siwasch in the Sea of Azoﬁ} and a line

high. All these works were ﬂanked by towers and defended by the fort of Orkapu. The en- trenchmenls were, however, carried by the Russians, and two days alter, the fortress sur- rendered. The next ear there was another attempt at invasion on the part of the Russians, but without success, as the walls were then repaired, and the Khan commanded in person and beat olf the assailants. In 1770 the Bus- sians failed against the fortress. but the year after. 90,000 men succeeded in seizing on the isthmus, which the Russians have since held possesion of .

Scissor AND As-r.—The Panama Railway‘is now complete from one side of the Isthmus to the other. a distance of forty-nine miles. rising at one part of the line to the height of 250 leet above the sea. Communication between the two oceans will now be more rapid than ever; and when the Paciﬁc line of steamers is in operation from Panama to Sydney. we shall ﬁt news from Australia in about fort da s. e cost of this work is L 1,-400.003. The rail- way from Alexandria to Cairo, I30 miles, will be opened through the entire route, as soon as the three bridges are ﬁnished, and then loco- motives will go screaming and panting throu h the land of the Pharaohs. In India, too, t e railway is open for 120 miles.—This, for in- dostan is good progress; but the Indian tele- graph may be cited as an instance of praise- worthy enterprise—3000 miles having been erected in less than twelve months, at a cost of 41 er mile. Think of the wires being stretc ed to within a few miles of the Khyber Aline is also to be carried to Proms. Rangoon, and to the capital of Aracan; so that ere lon the governor-general will receive daily or hour y reports of what is oing on in the motest parts of his wide dominion. And our

munioations with the west are likely to be expedited, for a submarine wire will soon come into lay from Nova Scotia to St. John's New- foun land ; and after that, means are to found for laying a wire from St. John’s to Gal- way, and then messa es from New York will be as frequent and famiﬁar as they now are from France. There is something trul wonderful

in the rapid extension of the electric telegraph.

About a year ago, a man named Cousin fell down on the track of the Great Western Rail- way in England, while in a state of intoxica- tion, and was killed. The tavern-keeper from whom he had received his last lass, was late- ly indicted and found guilty. T e line in such a case is £25.

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A coursxrxn wiri:.—It is a blessed thing for a poor man to have a contented, loving wife- one who will not wish to live in a style beyond her husband's income, just because her next door neighbor does——one who can be hap y in the love of her husband, her home, an its smiles or its favor.

A brandy barrel marked upon the outside “ New York brandy," was found buried in a St. Louis graveyard on the 3rd inst ; and upon opening it was found to contain the body of a female about twenty-two years of age.

BUYING MARBLES.

The Mobile Journal should be credited with the following humorous and graphic life- sketch : ‘

Pa (Reading a newspaper mutters)—No rise in the river—-never going to rise again, I be- lieve wife.

Little Daughter—I wish the, rivers wouﬁd rise. . Pa—What have you got to do witht c river's rising?

L. D.-—A great deal, papa, for then the boats would run.

Pu—And what have boats’ running my child,

L. D.-—’l‘hey would bring the cotton down.

‘ Pa (looking over his spectaclcs,)—and what have on to do, pet, with cotton bales?

L. L.—Why, if the cotton was down, pa, you would be able to sell it, you know, dear

( ilin ly.) pa£:.—a:I)d wghat then I L. l).—You would have plenty of money.

Pa—Well? L. D.—(laying her _little hand on his shoul-

you to do with the eyl

A NIGHT INCIDENT.

We have put a dumb-waiter in our house. A dumb-waiter is a good thing to have in the country, on account ofits convenience. If you have company, everything can be sent up from the kitchen without any trouble. To provide for contingencies, we had all our doors deafen- ed In consequence, you cannot hear anything that is going on in the story below ; and, when

on are in an upper room of the house. there mightbe a democratic ratiﬁcation meeting in the cellar, and you would not know it. Tliere- fore, if any one should break into the basement, itwould not disturb us; but to please Mrs. Sparrowgrass, I put stout iron bars in all the lower windows. Besides, Mrs. Sparrowgrass bought a rattle when she was in Philadelphia ; such a rattle as watchmen carry there. This is to alarm our neighbor, who, upon the signal. is to come to the rescue with his revolver. e isa rush man, prone to pull trigger ﬁrst, and make inquiries afterwards.

One evening, Mrs. S. had retired, and I was busy wuitin . when it struck me, a glass of ice water would be palatable. So I took a candle and the pitcher, and went down to the pump. Our pump is in the kitchen. A country pump, in the kitchen is more convenient; but a well with buckets is certainly more picturesque. Unfortunately, our well water has not been sweet, since it was cleaned out. First I had to open a bolted door that lets you into the base- ment-hall. and then I went to the kitchen door, which proved to be locked. ‘Then I remembered that our girl always carried the key up-stairs with her, and slept with it under her illow. Then I retraced my steps ; bolted the basement door, and went a to the dining-room. As is always the case, found when I could not get any water, I was thirstier than I suppose I was. Then I thought I would wake our girl up. Then I concluded not to do it. Then I thought of the well, but I gave that up on ac- count of its ﬂavor. Then I opened the closet doors—-there was no water there; and then] thou ht of the dumb-waiter! The novelty of the i ea made me smile : I took out two of the moveable shelves. stood the pitcher on the bot- tom of the dumb-waiter, got in myselfwith the lamp; let myself down, until I su posed I was within a foot ofthe lloor below, an then let go !

e came down so suddenly, that I was shot

out of the ap ratus as if it had been a cata- ult; it bro e the pitcher, extin uished the amp, and landed me in the mi die of the kitchen at midni ht, with no tire. and the air not much above t e zero point. The truth is, I had miscaloulated the distance of the descent- instead of falling one foot, I had fallen ﬁve. My ﬁrst'impulse was, to ascend by the wayl came down, but I found that impracticable.

of rainparts running from east to West. Aden and looking up into his face)—Then you trench of twenty-four feet deep. provided with a f could pa ma that gold twenty-dollar piece you drawbridge, and coated withvcut stone at both borrow of her, you know, papa. sides, runs acrpss the isthmus opposite the? Pa—And what then,minxl town. The site tion of the town is not a good L.D.—Aunt Sarah would pay sister Jane the one, and the houses are poor, in appearance, dollar she promised to give her on New Year's. being covered with thatch. and the streets nar- ; but did’nt, coz she did’nt have no cotton—I row. The great article _of trade is salt, which mean no money, pa. otravans come to carr away in summer.—'I‘he‘, Pa—Well, what else! (Looks at her curi- Inhabitants. 85003 3. in number at most, ously, with a half smile.) are composed of Russians, Tartars, Armenians,‘ L. D.—Cousin Jane would pay brother John and Jews. The citadel had formerly a certain his ﬁfty cents back, and he said when he got it importance, buta fewyearsngo. the walls were he would pay me the half dime he owes me. allowed to fall to ruin. Latel considerable and two dimes to buy marbles, and this is |'ep’lIl'8 have been eﬁected in the uildings, and what I want the rivers to rise for, and the big other works have been erected. At three versts boats to run! And owe nurse the other distaiice from Pereko is the village of Armen- dime, and I must pay my debts. skoi, inhabited by ews, Greeks, and Arme- Pa looked at ma.— ‘There it is,’ he said. nians. It was in 1736 that the Russians ap- we are all, big and little, like a row of bricks cared for the ﬁrst time in the Crimea, under —touch the hand one, and, me! away we all 5; command of General Munnich, who had go, down to my little Carrie here. She has, as wi u him 100,000 men. They found the isth- a child, as much interest in the rise as I have. mu‘. cut across by a trench 2 metres wide and We are all, old and young, waiting for money 14 deep, and protected by a wall 20 metres to buy marbles.’

ThenI tried the kitchen-door, it was locked; I tried to force it open; it was made of two- inch stulf, and held its own. Then I hoisted a window, and there were the rigid iron bars. lfI ever felt angry at anybody, it was at myself, for putting up those bars to please Mrs. Spar- rowgrass. I put them up, not to keep people in, but to kee people out.

laid my c eek against the ice-cold barriers : it was as blac as ink overhead. hen I thought of Baron Trenck, and the risoner of Chillon. Then Imade a noise! Is outed un- til I was hoarse, and ruined our preserving- kettle with the poker. That brought our do s out in full bark, and between us we made nig t hideous. Then I thou ht I heard a voice, and listened—it was Mrs. parrowgrass callin to me from the top of the staircase. I trie to make her hear me, but the dogs united with howl, and growl, and bark, so as to drown my voice, which is naturally plaintive and tender. Besides, there were two bolted oors and double dcaﬁned ﬂoors between us; how could she recognise my voice, even if she did hear it? Mrs. Sparrowgrass called once or twice, and

then got frightened: the next thing I_heard -

was a sound, as it’ the roof had fallen in, by which I understood that Mrs. S arrowgrass was springing the rattle! That cal ed out our neigh or, alread wide awake; he came to the rescue with a ull-terrier, a Newfoundland pup, a lantern, and a revolver. The moment he saw me at the window, he shot at me, but fortunately missed me. I throw myself under the kitchen table and ventured to expostulate with him, but he would not listen to reason. In the excitement, I had forgotten his name. and that made matters worse. It was not un- til he had roused up everybody around, broken in the basement-door, gotten into the kitchen with his savage dogs and shooting iron, and seized me by the collar that be recognised me- and then he wanted me to explain it! But what kind of an explanation could I make to him? I told him he would have to wait until my mind was composed, and then I would let him understand the whole matter fully. But he never would have had the articulars from me, for I do not approve o neighbors that shoot at you, break in your door, and treat you, in your own house, as if you were ajail-bird. He knows all about it, however—somebod has told him ; somebody tells everybody everything in our village.-

Sir Colin Campbell stops the grog of all his men who do not occasionally write home to their parents.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Srraiiisoar Exrnosioiv run you or Lin.—- On Monday morning the Ben. Beveridge, a small higli-pressure steamer, p‘lying occasion- ally between Fredericton and oodstock, ex- ploded hcr boiler when about half a mile from the former place. Two men were killed and several severely injured. Captain Dougan was among the latter. One of the ﬁremen is miss- ing. and the engineer, who was seen shortly alter the accident has not since been heard of. Some were scalded, and one or two persons were thrown some distance l'roin the scene of disaster. Fortunately the number of passen- gers on board at the time was small: had it

een otherwise, the results would have been melancholy. The cause of the accident was, that the water wasallowed to get too low in the boiler, which burst as soon as the working of the engine injected fresh water into it.‘ The boat was scattered into fragments. She was owned by Messrs. Council and Chase. and we are informed that her boiler was equal to that of an boat on the river. Her ordinary rate of spec was 12 miles per hour.—We are ghid to learn that the Government will immediately make a strict investigation into the cause of the accident. We are informed that the parties connected with the boat refused. when called upon early in the season, to comply with the requirements of the w; the penalties in such cases are heavy and will probably be enforced. Nothing further has come to hand respecting. the fate of the engineer. It is generally sup- pised that be is not among the living.—The time he was last seen was a minute or two previous to the causualty. We ho e that steamboat owners and commanders wil derive a salutary lesson from this event. T 0 much caution cannot be exercised where many lives are at stake.—1Vews.

THE FISHEBY COMMISSION. (From the New Brunswiclter.)

We announced some time since that our res-

cted townsman, M. II. Perley, Esq , had been selected as the British Fishery Commissioner under the Reciprocity Treaty with the United States. We -are now happy to announce, that Mr. Perley has received his commission under the Royal Sign i\lanual.snd we have been kind- lyl permitted to make the following extract from t e Despatch of Lord Clarendon, which accom- panied it :-

“Forcign Oﬁce, May 29, I855.

“ Sis..—I have to acquaint you that Iler Ma- jeety‘s Government have reeommciudcd you to the Queen for tlie appointment ofCoiiimissioiier on the part of Great Britain, under the first and second articles of the Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States on the 5th ofJune, 1854.

“They have been induced to make choice of you for that up ointment. by the intelligence and local know edge which you displayed in your communications with Her .lIujcs:y’s Minis- ter at Washington, while the Treaty was under negotiation ; and they feel conﬁdent, that in en- trusting to you the duties to be performed under those articles of the Treaty, they place them in good hands.

“ I transmit to you your Commission under the Royal Sign Manual, together with a copy of the 'I'rcaty. You will perceive from the latter, that your duties will be to proceed, in conjunc- tion with the Commissioner ofthe United States, to examine the coasts of the North American Provinces, and of the United States, embraced within the provisions of the ﬁrst and secondar- ticles, and to designate the places reserved by those articles from the common right of ﬁshing therein. .

“ CLARENDON.

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Si ned “ M. I§k'RLls')Y, Esq.” We understand that Mr. Perley is instructed to attend to any directions he may receive from Her Majesty’s linister at Wnsliingtm. and to report his proceedings direct to the Foreign Of- ﬁce, without reference to the Colonial authori- ties, and apart from any Colonial control what-

ever. It cannot fail to be gratifying to the natives of this Province. that one of themselves has so distinguished himself by skill and ability in a great international negotiation, as to haxe been selected by Her Majesty's Ministers for an im- portant national ollicc. 'l‘he ilnth-ring and gracious manner in which Mr. Perloy s appoint- ment has been conferred, should giic big satis- faction ; it aﬁords convincing proof that New, Brunswickers who (ualify themselves for the ublic service, and display activity and into!- Iigence in forwarding t e interests of the Crown, may herealtcr lay claim to Imperial appointments, even of the luighr-st grade. A precedent has been established by Mr. Perley, who has been raised to a position of honor and emolument far beyond any l‘roi'incial appoint- ment, and line thus opomd the way for the am- bition of the rising youth of .\'ew-lirunswick. They mu now l.-elie\'o, that there are places within their reach for which it will be well

worth their while to struggle. We learn that Mr. Purl.-y leaves very shortly

for Washington. to confer with lllr. (frompton,

' and meet the United States‘ commission;-r,witlt