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And still, wherever the beautiful maid/dive at the wandered, a deafening vell of wragh and qari was gene, -.. vengeance rose up againstthe tyrants.—| “ Jonathan,” said the Quaker, yi gf long breath, “place that money,” refer-

The people of both races and.all classes) ; flew to arms, appointing a general ren-|ring te the amount received for the draft,

dezvous for the 24th of June, atthe resi-|“away in the safe, and Jock itup, and

dence of the absent and now imprisoned| put the key in thy pocket. , Suan Coste “ Well,” said the Signor, who is always

It was there debated by the people as|fond of a joke, “ now I will give you a to the mode of attack,and who should be|proposition. If 1 can, standin z where I their leader, but nothing being agreed on)am, draw that money into my pocket, I the whole assemblage bade fair to break/may keep it; if f cannot f will surrender up in confusion when a tall and powerful) the draft, and the money is yours.’ built stranger, who had just entered T'exas| ‘Go thy way, friend, thou shouldst. not from the States, came forward and ad-|do such things,’ said the Quaker, politely ‘dressed the multitude as follows: bowing the Signor to the door.

“fam asiranger, but [ am also a man; and I owe my life, soul, body, health and happiness, all—all to a woman—my mo- ther! And if I turna deaf ear to the prayers of an innocent woman, asking my ‘aid against a villain, may both my mother and my God curse me! I go for one, and, should you stay behind, alone to fight Col.

Wives weit AppreciaTep.—The clergy of the Greek Church are permitted to marry while in deacon’s orders, but their bishops and monks are unmarried, If, however, the wife of a papas dies, he

; ; ; F your | Said the knowledge of this gains for her Pedras, and his.armed, ravishers, of your) , larger amount of respect end attention

wives and daughters,” ; ; : . ‘than is usual the lot of her sex inthe East, The speech was received with vharne| A friend of mine who had resided soine tremendous cheers, and then a general * ,

‘time in Syria, was surprised, on entering shout that seemed to shake the solid earth, ’ ene ering uttered the first. peal of the revolution, the house of one of the principal priests, “We will go. Death to the tyrants! find the Reverend Papas washing with Freedom ee Texans, and the giant his own hands the linen of bis household.

: ‘On enquiring the reason, the papas re-

shall be our leader.” Regt up ; . vas heard Plied, “Ido this tosaye my wife Jabour And then for the first time was hearc het Rec De tie the Berean hee mm

inthe land of the wild a name destined, ys to become an echo to the pulsation of al} Know, oh Kyrie, that the law of our hearts—the name of Thomas J. Rusk. jchurch does not permit me to have an- The next day he !ed his raw troops to other and I ae re ik all OF SORE the attack of Nacogdoches, and stormed *% * Cal. —v¥o es from Nineveh, every position against immense odds.| Nayar Anecpore.—A friend of ours After an assault of four hours the charge mentions a laughable anecdote which he ving dreadful on both sides, fortunately heard not long ago in Rotterdam. It aim "g the slain was the dead body of the! seams that on one oceasion one of our atros. U3 Ferdinand Pedraa, inational vessels, exchanging salutes with Such Was the debut of Rusk of Texas ;)_ Dutch vessel, accidently fired a shotted and from ‘iat day his popularity has gone sun. No sooner did the ball strike the on steadijy creasing, without a transi— utch ship, than up ran a defiant flag, the tory eclipse, Of So much as a cloud to firing ceased, and two officers came in dim its splendc '" In vain, for three years, 'the captain’s gig to announce that a man Gen. Cos demas Wed his arrest. Mexico had been killed, and to ask redress, The had not soldiers enough to take him,and American commander instantly ordered

these out of the count*y. Afterwards he) board of the Dutch vessel, explaining the amassed a foriane at tive Texan bar, and | accident ; adding, as he concluded: * And was chosen one of the fics t Senators of the'the man whose carelessness has occasion- new State annexed—a p‘ace which he ed this sad disaster shall be hung at the may hold for life if he wills it. yard-arin to-morrow morning, if [ succeed ' in discovering him.” * No, na, no!” ex- claimed the Dutch commander; “ it ish TIE PRINCE OF M-AGICLANS. jenoff now —de abology is enofi—blaanty ; j let the poor devil go; dare ish blaanty It is related of Signor Blitz, that with- | more Dotchmen in Holland—blaanty !”— ing one day while in Pennsylvania, 0 Knickerbocker.

srocure a draft on New York, for a cer-| tei amount, he stepped into one of the| Tae two Erranps.—At Perth, re- gountry banks in that State and made/cently, a Free Kirk minister and a medi-

Known his. wishes to.the proper officer,'¢a! friend fell in with each other upon the

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cannot give her a suceessor; and it is’

in 1845-6 he assiegec! to chose the last of his barge, and in fifteen minntes was on

who, by the way, was a stiff staid old,

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suffering from the cold, and almost frozen by the eoldness of the temperature to which he had been exposed,

“Can you tell me,” asked a grave pundit,” why a conundrum that nobody can guess is like a ghost?” “ No.”

“Shall f tell you now or next month !”

“ Now, if you please.”

* Well, sir, because sooner, or later,

every body must give it up!”

“Sam, can you tell me why the art of self-defence am like a ribber at low tide 2”

‘* No, Sambo, doesn’t see any similarity of de two subjects, so derfore, | guy it

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“Well den, I'll tell. ’Case it develops

de mussels.”

A Modern physiologist notes the ex- traordinary fact, that at the dinner table, every time aman crooks his elbow his mouth opens. Can anybody explain this phenomena,

Jenny Lind has £150,000 in the British funds—the 3 per cents—and pays to the British Government annually £4,500 in- ‘come tax. She has given away about |£48,000 in charity. The whole amount of her European wealth is estimated at

| One million dollars.

| ‘More Jews, says Professor Tholuck, have been converted to Christianity dur- ing the last twenty-five years than dur- ing the seventeen centuries preceding.

rag gLamimea.

Saturday, December 7, 1850. Peoctrenpreconmnereanment me Soe re a te eer ee “LIARS SHOULD HAVE GOOD MEMORIES.” Tuat “liars should have good memo- ries,’ is an undeniable trnth, whose ex- emplification is nearly every week oblig- ingly presented to us in the columns of that most veracious Print which professes to be “ open to all parties and influenced by none”—(’tis quite in character for the thing to have a lie always printed con- ‘spicuously under its name} and which ‘draws its weekly supply of twaddle froin the pen ofan individual who became the “humble and obedient servant” of the Family Compact, partly through spite and ‘disappointment, and partly through a

, atreet, and walked and talked together g@"uine canny love of the siller, after he

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— sdinsihdnmamsiecinsiannivhasien ; " ‘ na ’ a ~ won os ms glove, he lifted it and the the rooster came out alive and well, only Campbell had any wish or intention to es.

tablish Responsible Government; ang

as for the information said to have been

received by Maclean, nately, that “ eep. ‘tain Snatchers” sought to bribe Sir Don ald, we may ask, why are the publie not furnished with their names? It is not frem any feeling of delicacy or respect for the Snatchers, that the names are withheld—it may, however, be from the wholesome fear of a cowhiding, or some- thing of that nature; forall your great liars are invariably great cowards. Mr

Coles was the only member of Govern. ment in the House at the time the ques. tion of increasing the Salary came before it. Sir Donald distinetly told that Gen- tleman that he might exercise an inde- pendent judgment in reference to it-— that the increase of Salary was not to be regarded as a Government question—that the Colonial Minister did not urge it in his despatch, wherein he recommended the re-enactment ofthe Land Tax, though Maclean attempts to shew, that if the increase were not voted, the re-enactment would not receive the Royal allowance, Mr. Coles, of course, spoke and voted against the increase, and still held his place in the Council. Could he have . done so, inthe teeth ofa recommendation from Lord. Grey—a compliance with which could alone secure, according to Maclean, Her Majesty’s assent to the Land Tax Bill.

There is no “ probability” whatever,

that “the vesting the Land Tax in the

Colony, for aseries of years, would be

refused the Royal assent” if no provision

were made for the Governor, for Lord

Grey suggested that the proceeds of that Tax, “would admit of a reduction of Duties, with a view to the encouragement of the Trade of the Colony.” He says- not a word about a provision for the Go- vernor. We quote his Lordship’s words,

as printed in the Appendix to the Journal

‘for 1848 :—

“ T can see no objection to the renewal of this Tax. On the contrary, IF am of opinion that inthe present circumstances of Prince Edward Island, it is by far the best mode that could be adopted for pro- viding forthe necessary expenditure of

Quaker. Being informed that he could urail they reached a certain dq@r, when had been deservedly kicked about his be accommodated, he was asked— ‘the surgeon was about to shake hands, business by a constituency he had dis-

“In whose name shall I draw the. Saying that he had a call to make. *Nays'| raced and betrayed. We beg now to

replied the minister, “I am calling here’

the Colony. IT should even be prepared to advise the Queen to sanction any Law {which might be passed by the loeal Le- igislature for raising a larger proportion

5” ; ; owt my own, Signor Blitz,” was the too; so we sha}l not separate,”—and in| point out a remarkable instance wherein of the Colonial Revenue from this source, answer y conn , they both went. The divine had been' the liar of the Islander verifies the above 89 28 to admit of a reduction of Duties,

“ Art thou the wonderful man who is, performing all these mysterious things :” asked the Quaker.

“’'The same,” answered the Signor.

“ And now, friend, will thee show me one of thy tricks?” enquired the quaker.

With pleasure,” said the Magician, and taking a quarter of a dollar from his, pocket, he handed it to the officer and requested him to mark it so that he would, be able to distinguish it. This the Qua- ker did.

“ and now,” said' the Signor, taking a) love trem his pocket and placing it over) the quarter,

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which he ‘had laid on the, counter, “are you sure the quarter is un- der the glove.

“ Quite sure.” answered the Quaker,| ently lifting the glove and behoiding the quarter snug!y ensconced under it.

+ Sure, quite sure 2” asked the Signor.

“Yes, friend, [see it with my own eyes,” answered the other.

“ f,ift the glove,” said the Magician.

The Quaker did so, and to his conster- nation the quarter Was gone.

“ Friend,” said the Quaker, “ wilt thou do that onee more ?”

Again the quaker placed the’ quar- ter in the same position, and motioning the Signor to stand back, the Quaker

‘heen sent for, at a subsequent hour, to

‘yeoman of the neighbourhood of Keigh-|

sent for to marry a fair disciple, a pattern’ of virtue and decorum; the doctor had,

put the lady to bed! There was yet time, however, for the marrieze. ‘The priest, did his office and departed; leaving his friend behind him to assist ‘n increasing the number of guests for the wedding dinner.

Lytxe 1Nv Bep ror Forty YxaRs.— Considerably above forty years ago, a

lev, got entangled inthe meshes of tae tender passion, and snfiered disapppint-

have elapsed since he gravely ee

pruth, Not more than two or three weeks

his readers that the late Governor was desperately solicitous, Jast winter, to esta- blish Responsible Government, and was only prevented from doing so by the al- leged blundering of the Liberal party in’ the Assembly. In his paper of the 29th; he qnite forgets the lie, when he asserts, that the majority wanted Sir Donald “to.

with a view to the encouragement of the Trade of the Colony. I would suggest, however, that the T'ax should be levied at the same rate per Acre upon all Lands, whether the same be improved or unim- proved,”

Even if it were true, that the Governor “never received a shilling of the £500,” which the Public Accounts can prove to be false, that would be no exeuse for the Assembly’s extravagance in voting it, when they were not required to give it,

ment. Having taken to bed at that time! ayert his influence to establish Responsi- | fr it was Sir Donsld’s intention to pocket ble Government,” which “ he resolutely,”;©°°TY farthing of the amount in the

he has kept it ever since, neither threats nor entreaties ever once inducing bim to leave it. eats well, is conscious of all that is being done around him, and enjoying a small competency, he resolves to end his days where he has so ingloriously immured himself for nearly half a century.— Brad- jord Gazelle.

A Porr asisa Perr. A Correspon- dent of the .Vew York Courier and En- quirer writes an account of a new irop gate which was exposed toa heat that completely destroyed jts competitor, and from which was taken, after the trial, a live rooster and a lump of stamped butter. The butter. was harder than when it was

placed his eyes dewn upon @ level with the counter, and ier 1 ¢}ig sudden

put in, the stamp remaining perfect, and]

flis health is uninjured, he|Says the Islander, “ refused to” do,

Maclean says, he iscredibly informed that “ certain Snatchers’ called upon Sir Donald, when the question of votiag an

absence of an increase out of the British

Exchequer.

Tue Steamer Rose made her last tripfor

increase to his Salary was about to come|the season on Thursday morning last.

before the Assembly, and offered to sup-|She has not yet returned. port the measure, providing his Excel-jno important news.

i. We anticipate The Mails will be

lency would cbange his Government. despatched in a sailing vessel, in charge Now, what need was there of the bribe. of Capt. Turnbull, until ‘the closing of if the Governor was himself desirous 9" the navigation.

the change? All the facts, as we have

repeatedly and successfully shewn, are)Tae Brigt. Empress, noticed under - opposed to the belicf; that Sir Donald chipping head on Wednesday as being: