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are determined t o roast him every time he come within |ter. If this practice deserves to be called by any ot her our reach.—-The reference to the Palladium is kind |name than that of éwindling, we should like to be told and complimentary : the Islander and its party laboured | of it. For more than two years to convince the public that we

abandoned the principles on which that paper was con- Cenrrat Acapemy.—The semi-annual Examina-

ducted. It is very satisfactory to receive the admis- iy pat these ggg Fee wae ane fully . si 4

son through their own organ, that they have been all|closely examined in those branches that are taught in the time propagating a lie. ° the Academy, namely, the Classics, Mathematics, Geo- FE ie graphy, English Grammar, Book-keeping, Writing, &c.

. __jand it is due to the Masters to state, that a great im- Opinion OF a CoTEMPORARY JouRNAL.—The curious provement was manifest in the progress hae by the

ease lately tried before the Court of Public Opinion in| Boys, under the present management. His Excellency this Island, namely, George Coles, Esq., versus Sir Do- the Lieutenant Governor, the Patron and Visitor of the nald Campbell, has been taken up by the Halifax 4ca- Academy, attended on both days, and took much inter-

est inthe Examination. Some of the Trustees also dian Recorder, and discussed at some length. The were present, but we regret to say that only two or

Recorder reviews the correspondence, giving in brief the| three Parents attended. Why this apathy should exist, leading particulars of it, and concludes by saying, His|W€ cannot understand. We hope, however, that Pa- Excellency’s version of the interviews “did not satisfy rents will take the hint, and in future manifest more eiGieltn tote 4 east eadanaan interest in the success of this Institution—the most use- - pS BO Prompuy Gnewered,- ane gave the *1ie Ml and important in the Colony.—[Gaz.

circumstantial’ to His Excellency as politely as Sir Do- a

mald gave it tohim. For the purpose of setting His} Sr. Pavi’s Sunpay Scnoot ann Inrant Scnoo..— Excelleucy right, and showing that his ‘ recollection is| On Sunday week the children of the Sunday School in not the most accurate,’ Mr. Coles relates the conversa-|COMMexion with St. Paul’s Church, numbering about

; 5: ; 220, were examined in the Church, the School-house tion that took place on both occasions with such minute-| not now affording sufficient accommodation for children,

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Mason, are now exhibited in the President's house. '‘l’heir commercial value is about four thousand dollars, their geological value is incalculable; for they show that there must be a vast and inexhaustible deposit of gold in the mountain of Sierra Neuvada. Washed cown from this mountain, and on both sides of it, the gold is found in the plains below in grains, dust, scales and lumps. Most of the specimens which I saw looked like scales; others were in dust and in grains.— There were some lumps of pure gold, and others mixed with quartz.”

They are beginning to discover copper mines also Some specimens of that article obtained near the gotd district, have been left at the office of the Baltimore Sun. The ore is said to yield ninety-five per cent of pure metal, and it is found in such abundance as to be perhaps as valuable as the gold mines themselves.

A Mr. Parker recently wrote from St. Francisco, to one of his friends in Boston, that he had about one hundred thousand dollers worth of California gold, and |was going to Moazatland with it to purchase goods.

A shocking steamboat accident had occurred a few ‘miles above Vicksburgh. The splendid Steamer Wyandot was wrecked, by which disaster thirty lives i were lost. | ‘The Boston Courier notices a similar accident to the ‘steamer Magdalena, by which four or five lives were

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mess as cannot fail of convincing the public that he speaks parents and visitors. The examinations of the elder) _ Harp To Beat.—The following appeared a few days the truth.” scholars were principally confined to the Scriptures, as hill ae lvanian te EE A aig nye way are initiatory Ca. Schuykill County, against the world, rs, Dress ' ene . , and those of the younger children to the initiatory Ca- am eee : : e

P a aed m ~— React = the techisms and the Commandments. The whole formed “if of Michael Dress, of this Township, was delivered ander SES Che Fa, BO pereen in his Senses Can 'a truly gratifying and interesting spectacle. At the 0! four children, two boys and two girls—three of them

‘doubt Sir Donald’s statement”—it was, in the opinion close, rewards were distributed among the children, mice living and doing na She is now the mother of

of the Professor, the very essence of truth; but Num-| well for the Pe wd on oe while eater weag. and is ouly 38 years ofage. Beat this if

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skull has spent so much of his life in publishing false e year. 7 | There are at present about ten thousand Germans in

hoods for facts, that nobody who knows him believes, On Monday morning the Infant School, under the ma- Boston and its vicinity of whom about 5000 are Protes-

him to be a judge as to what is truth or what is error. nagement of Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard, was examined in tants, ‘They have one Roman Catholic and two Protes

the presence of the Committee and a large number of tant churches and one “re Synagogue. — .

ss visitors, and the promptness of the children elicited sin-| The children of our adopted citizens will, in a few THE LectstaTure.— By a Proclamation a last Tues-| cere expressions of gratification. In the evening the | years, outnumber the descendants of the original settlers

day’s Gazette the Legislature of this Island is summon- | younger children of both Schools were entertained with of New England, and, of course, control its institutions.

ed to meet for the despatch of business on Tuesday the the exhibition of the Magic Lantern, and regaled with The Irish population of Boston and vicinity amounts

2th of February. By this late meeting we shall, it is Cake, &c., and on Tuesday evening the annual Tea to 34,000. likely, have a much shorter Session than what has been | “''Y Of the elder children attending both Schools, took’ A Town For THe Girts.—The Elizabethtown (Ky,) ys : : place, (the school-room being literally crowded with vi-' Register gives the following important information: for some years—quite a desideratum,—and as the Tory sitors) at which several beautiful little airs were sung) A. singular legend of our town is yet remembered, party, like the Bull in the China Shop, expect to have by the children, and addresses were made by His Ex-|and practised by many of our young men and good every thing their own way, and not a great deal of mar} Soreeey = Lieut. yrs — rt oF aa ea a At " ene of “ an : : . jirrends to the cause of religious education, a nghlyia 1@ single young men under seventy-five, at a for- ney mm the Treasury to scramble for, the public may an- | pleased with the prosperous State of the Schools, a alll mal meeting, ae that in all tone time, every ticipate a dull and peaceful Session. looking forward with hope to the proceedings of the! youn lady who visited our village, and expressed her- ensuing year.—[Gaz. self pleased with the place, should have an offer of mar- Tse Maits.—Up tothe time at which our paper ge riage from some member of the association. If no oné

was being put to press (6 o'clock, p. m.) the Courier| Fire.—The new Barn of Mr. Wm. Legyt, Prince. Volunteered in this valuable enterprise, the whole as-

hi town Road, was destroyed by Fire on Sunday the 17th S0¢/ation were to submit to draft. We publish this in- had not arrived from the Wood Islands—by which route | December, in which wen ps about 15 tons of /Ormation for the encouragement of our fair readers at

they are to come—with the English and Colonial mails, ¢5.¥° andsome Seed Wheat. The fire took place \# distance. nor is there any likelihood of their being here to-night, while himself. family, and most of his neighbours were | THe Suprise or New Yorx.— Nearly three as there must have been considerable delay in crossing, attending Divine Service at Milton Church, columns ofthe New York Sun are occupied with a jist ee ibelilpihlliebuindiitenettlithiniglanniiaisdiiiidanAiaantiateas \of the shipping now in that port. The Sun says :— owing to the late stormy weather. | [ yee ae latina “At a moderate computation, the shipping in port would Metancnory Accient.—The following is an ©*-' make a line of vessels, touching each other, fifty miles ‘in length.” From a summary of the whole, it appears ‘that there are in port 1254 vessels, including steamers; but exclusive of ferry-boats. Tonhage, 297,532. Eleven steamers are now building, measuring 23,700 tons.

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‘tract of a letter from Tatamagouche, dated the 9th in- Mrcnanics’ Instirure.—lIs there to be a Session of rant -—

the Mechanics’ Institute this winter, or this once-flou-| “A sad accident occurred here last evening. A Barn rishing institution to become extinct through the apathy, belonging to Peter Tidd, Esq. was burnt, and what is

: infinitely worse, Mr. Tidd himself perished in the fire. | ffi ? | ‘ S i ’ i T ‘ . or want of energy amongst its officers? Last Spring * [have not been able to gather the particulars, butas | “Tonnace or tHe Unirep Srares ror ONE YEAR

hubbub was made about reforming and improving the far as I have been able to learn, Mr. Tidd was thrash-|—T'he tonnage inthe United States built during the

condition of the Institute, and two or three meetings hing in the barn by candle light, when some of the chaff; Year ending 30th June iant wae = follows :—Ships, 141

were convened, with the view of carrying out this ob- having caught fire, he went to the mow and threw Brigs, 168; Schooners, 689; Sloops and canal boats, . down some hay, thereby attempting to smother the fire,)392; Steamboats, 198—forming a total tonnage built

: ; ard a word spo- . ject, but since then we have never heard a Pp ‘but it burnt up so instantaneously that he was surrounded

that year of 243,782 6785. = The return which will be

ken about the affair. What! are President, Vice witi, game before he could make his escape. Mr. Tidd made for the fiscal year ending June 1848 :—Ships, 254;

President, Secretary and Committee, a] asleep-—and is was very much respected by all who knew him. There

there no one to remind them with a gentle touch, that' Were above fifteen head of cattle burnt to death.— East.

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UNITED STATES. To Agents ann Susscripers.—We request such} : ae. of our Country Agents as may have received money on. By New York papers we learn that most of the cases

; : of Cholera that bad been reported had proved to be account of Tue Examiner to forward the same to vs nothing more than Dysentry. A few deaths by the

with as little delay as possible. We beg, at the Same former disease had, however, occurred, but not a suffi- time, to remind our delinquent Subscribers—who are cient number to create any alatm. neither few nor far between—that if they mean to; ‘The Gold Mania still continues. _A New York naper t on account of the Paper, it is S8YS that since October 7, no less than three steamers, make us any payment 0 h : ‘seven ships and a bark had cleared from that port for high time for them to commence. We have shown as/Cylifornis, and that half-a-dozen others Had sailed from much forbearance as could be expected of any one ;| Boston, Baltimore and Salem for the same destination. and we now beg to inform those of our Subscribers} The Boston Post gives us the following : NIA. — , who have, as yet, paid us nothing, that we can no long- More Ricaes ¥rrom CALirornia.— Among the

, W specimens of the mineral wealth of California which er submit to be kept out of our lawful earnings. We) yor. brought to Washington on Tnesday by Lieut.

appeal to their consciences, if they have any, and ask; | Loeser, were some grains of metal supposed to be platina, Is it fair, honest, manly, to take the fruits of our laborjone ofthe heaviest of metals; and also a rich specimen , ;

: ine the least return 2)0f Cinnabar, or the ore of quicksilver, (very heavy.) for nearly 18 months without making They are transmitted to the mint, with the gold of Cali-

We could mention scores of people who — wen '"/ fornia, also'to be submitted to analysis. Some suppose their professions of attachment to the Liberal Cause:'that the quicksilver mine of California may prove more but they are the very worst enemies it has, for they|valuable even than its placers of gold.

a The Washineton correspondent of the Baltimore subscribe to a paper, under the plea of supporting that Sun says: . .

cause, and they not only decline paying for it, but ~e “The specimens of gold sent from California to the with si'ence or contempt the demand made by the Prin-| War Departinent by the Governor of California, Col.

Brigs, 174; Schooners, 601; Sloops and canal boats, ‘547; Steamboats, 175—being a total tonnage built ‘during the year of 816,075 54 90, and an increase over ‘the previous year of 65,342 82 95,

The editor of the Steuben Courier (U, S. paper) pub- ‘lishes marriage notices under the head of “ Joint Reso- lutions.” He has decidedly a legislature turn, and we ‘should not be surprised to hear of his being elected to ‘the Presidency at some future day.

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| DIED.

| At little Marsh, near Princetown, on the 14th of De- cember, after a severe illness of three weeks, which ‘she bore with much patience and resignation, Hein, wife of Mr. George Owen, in the 55th year of her age, leaving a large family to mourn for the Joss of an at- ‘fectionate and kind parent,

| On the 22d December, at Smithfield, Hillsborough | River, Mr. John Classon, aged 72 years. He was a na- ‘tive of Riga, Russia, and was a resident on this [sland for the last 40 years, much respected in uie neighbour- ‘hood where he resided.

PASSENGERS.

In the Rob Roy, en route for England—James Peake, Esq., and Mr. James Reddin. ' The schooner I"ly, Campbell, left Halifax on the Lith ult. and arrived at Bedeque on the 19th, Passen- /ger—Mr. Jeremiah Conghlan of Cascumpec.

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