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HASZARD’S GAZETTE. NOVEMBER 2.

GENERAL I_§_1_'EI.I.IGBXCE.

THE JAPAN EXPEDITION.

Bayard Taylor gives an account of a visit made to the Loo Choo Island, which is tributary to the Japanese Prince of Sat- suma. Probably".-ntlilqre than a dozen vessels had ever been thsre befiirs, and tllfi arrival ofthqtwo grunt steamers, with the Saratoga ad Supply, created, as may be supposed, an iinmenp sensation. Fourflll the’ expedition traversed one hall of the

IIBCELLANEOUB.

A ROMANCE OF LIVERPOOL

There are events occurring around us every day as strange as any that was ever coined in the brain ofthe novelist. Present things have not the enchsntmcnt oi‘-that dimince which gives such a colouring, of romance to those of the past; hence, tales ‘that are listened to with indifference at the pa;-iod of their occurrcnc, in aler yssrs thrill on the ear and awaken the belt

I‘sltlnd,“alt‘enflbd by‘g'3'ii’erninent‘spies, whos‘e Wfiaclings of the heart. “We question. l'I0W

espionage it was immpossible to esca e. 'l‘lie commodore returned the rcgent's t at Shedr. He went in state with a proces- sion of more than two hundred oflicers, seanieanndinarines,-with two-field p’ and two bands of music. Great numbers of the nntives came to see them, and they had .a graadnative dinner, composed thirty one dishes. Port Lloyd, the harbor of Peel Island, was also explored. It is six miles ltnig, covered with dense tropical vegetation.-—The inhabitants, thirty in all, are-English, American and Kanalt, mostly runaway sailors, who raise a few vegeta- bles, which they sell to sailors. Port Lloyd

is a splendid andsecure harbor, and the M

only one in all this part of the Pacific which will answer as a stop ing place and calling station for our new Pacific steamers when they get under way.

CHIN SUBSCRIPTION PAPER. (I-‘rein the New York Presbyterian.)

Our readers have‘been apprized of the fact that the Chinese in California have contributetl liber- slly towards the erection of the Chinese Mission (‘hurch at San Francisco, under the care of the Rev. Mr. Spear of our board of Foreign Missions. it is certainly a most interesting and significant circninstance, that these Pagans should be giving their money to build a Christian Church. Th-~y have taken the matter in hand themselves, and obtained the subscriptions by their own efliirts The suhscriptioiapsper is written on a red sheet -—red being the color of ceremony. A copy of this document has been kindly sent us by it friend in San Francisco, which we herewith append in full, for the information ofthe ‘- Flowery-flag poo- p e . ' w c res -riavi.

Mt-mon'al.—Tliis present paper respectfully showetli that the flowery-flag people (Americans) have determined .to erect a briclr‘edit‘ics, three stories in height-, in Tong-ysn street, [a classical name for the Chinese, derived from the celebrated Tang or Thug dynasty, which was contempora- neous with the Saxons in Englsnd.] The first story will contain a school-room, for instruction in reading and translating the American language and literature, in geography and astronomy, and in the sciences and cnstonis of this country; and also a library, reading-room and dispensary. From these will result the benefits also of increas- ed friendehip. harmony, and niuinsl intercourse.

ieeest fin-e

of vvorthiest sons,

ever, whether an one will read the follow' ing truthful. a afiecting fact, vvithoilf fceling_touchcd with their simplicity, and beam . About eleven years ago, long be- gold discovery in Australia had started the people of England, and tempt- ed from her shores some of her best and a silk manufacturer of Manchester, (from personal considerations we so press his name,) having failed in business, quilted his native country for that distant colony, lenvin behind him a wife and two children. 0 a sensitive mind there is no change so bitter as one from allloence to poverty, and so keenly did Mrs. (for so we sflall term her) feel this, that she determined to leave the scene of her former prosperity, and accordingly came to Liverpool, hoping among stran ers to hide her altered circumstances, an find a livin by industry for benelf and children. By gin application of hei needle she en- dsnvoured to keep gaunt tamine from her now humble hearth. Time liew on, and, although her husband had pron.ised to write and inform her ofhis success in his struggles in a sphere so new, an cheer her with hopes of returning fortune, no such tidings came; but after an absence of two years and it half, intelligence reached her that he had died in it strange land. Unused to the rough labours oflife, this was enough to fill with despair and dishearteli the H108! courageous. The resence ofher children, however, nerved lier to fresh exertion. But the unfortunate seldom find friends, and those little articles, the wreck of other and better days, one by one went to find bread for the starving children. Even clothes where sold to meet the demands of pheart- less landlord. But in the meantime the stranger in Australia had prospered, and not only written to his faithful wife, but sen hcrremittances, which never reached their destination, her whereabouts not being known. Every article offurniture had been sold by Mrs. M , and there seemed for her and her children but the last resource ofthe friendless, when the former unsuc- ccssful merchant arrived in England a

The middle story will ‘be occupied by a church. where, on the advent of the Sabbath. thrre w’ be preaching and instruction in the doctrines of Jesus, sdtnunishing men to repentance and re- fornniiion. The upper story will be the residence of the pastor and his farm! The entire cost of‘ the Iiuildnig and materials will sinoont to about, twenty thousand dollsis. The Americana have siib- 7 scribed towards this object nearly seventeen tliou- sand dollars. We now request the gentli.-nien of the Middle Flowery Kingdoiii, whether wealthy merchants, honorable visitors, men of benevolence, or just. scholars, to gratify us by aflbrding their assistance towards completing the sum required. This is respectfully presented, in the confident hope it wil meetwitli your favour.

See Yup Co., 3200; Yeung We Co., I00: Ning Young Co., I00: Chou China. I00; Tong K. Acliick 81. Co., IUJ;'Gcs Atsi, 50; Lee Kim & (.20.. I00; Canton Co., 100; 31.0-to Yosli 90: Sam We ,8: ,o.. ; so Asses, 50; Yo Shing Co., 50; We Shing Co., 40; Shun Lung _C0,, 50; Lwan Wo Co., 30; Fung On C0,, 50: Pun Chi, 30; Ho Chsk, 90; Tong Hing Co., 30; Kwcng Cltsutig Co., 50; Uoon We Co..‘50; Hop Kee o-., . g -Yik Co.,130; Ye Flong Co.,60; Yo Fang Co.,.60; Tong 'Yik, I0: Yo Yo Co., 30; Hop Chenn¢.Co., 10; Tani Tsn. 00; Kong Pow Chong, I0; Hung Shiug Co.,

Wo Co., 50; 59, Lhy Lung(Co.. 50; Yu Yst-ting. I0; Ye Hop Co., 40; wan Shing Co., 30; Ahing, 50;

Lo Yuen, 20; Ho Acheung, 30; Kn Chbo, I5; Tong Kit, 10 Cu Molt-sso, 10; Cssli' 10.

Russia Axo Tusxav.-—'| he first division of on boats of the flotilla at Ismail sailed on the 2th Septem , to exercise on the rivet‘. but

the state of the Danube, and the unsteadiness of the winds, and rticularly the want of steam ts" revcti them from ascending to Gitlatz, as their commander,‘ train Sistrcti,

nnzdad vto-do. 1 hisbtiotilla is consequen regar asa fai are, ing an- able to actuiiyn the Upper Danube.

Letters from Constsntiiaipls mention that of the number of English ofioecs,most., if not all, belonging to the Indian service, who are now in Turkey, are constan y on the move from Varna to Shonils, and‘ ot ’ r parts of Turk where there are strong mi ltary etlcam men , or to the head usrtsrs cf the general 0 cars. me oflicers o artillery in t e same service have, within the last few days, passed through Paris on their was to Constantinople, and have obtained letters of introduction to the Grand Master of the Artillery and other functionaries.‘

Two magnificent steam fri ties, of 400-horse

. power, have been fitted out . or sea at C untan-

tinople, one of which, the ‘Sulane Vali , was about to sail at last accounts for the Sea of Marmors. I , ‘

A des tch from Censiiintinople states that part sp rit had ceased to exist in that ca’ ital upon the declaration ofvvsr, and the enthusiasm exhibited by all ‘classes was perfectly indescri- babls. The women sent their wels from the liitrcms to be sold for the bone t of the State, and several wealthy : had promised to raise a corps.ot‘ 15,000 horse at their own expense. -

In the yivats Constantinople letters the Eastern aestion is examined in eve y pointof view, an the conclusion unsninio” y come to is that there Is no e_ ' from war. Russian agents are said to be actively at work stirring up itisurrecfions Turkey. ‘

we lssrti by amps that Miss M. Cunlnng- hairbne been Ii ted from Eel, by order of the tslrnndrboks of Tuscany,‘ ho ibuiid it lai- possible to witlisbad tbs ' tgivsit tohiai by

the Earl of A dtvsppoisssd swshi itt tlis Stats ctcovmscti-' cut has send a htlydbrlfiub sf probiu' of

insrr'ngs.-Where's his instbct I" ' Johnson ‘win indny persons dielwltli out a will, bfl Ibwfls Iglfl til

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~ they are always well (mad.

- wealthy man. Through a chain of circum-

' stances the suffering wife and mother were

discovered, and once again raised to ailin- ence; for, besides $70,000 which was show- ered into her lap, large possessions in Australia are now held by her husband. It only remains to add, that the now happy family are about proceeding to Australia; but the tale may be relied on as one of the strange things told in connection with that colony and the eventfu lhistories of families. —Lirerpool Journal.

I-‘iturrs or A HALF‘ CrN'ruitr.—Fitty years ago steamboats were unknown; now there are 3000 afloat on American waters alone. In I800 there was not a railroad in the world; now there are ten thousand miles in the United States alone, and about 22,000 in America and ngland. Half ii century ago it took some weeks to convey news from Washington to New Orleans; now, not as many seconds as it then did weeks. Fifty years ago, the most rapid printing press was worked by hand power; now steam prints 20,000 papers an hour, on a single press.

Fitnsci-i Fsitus.—I-Ion. W. C. Rives of Virginia, delivered an address at the Agri- cultural Fair of New York, recently. We take from it the following description of the minute division of landed property in raricc:—" In the country which is sepa- rated from England by a narrow ass, an yet more by a strongly contracted national character, institutions, and manners, the discouragements of agriculture are of a pre- cisely opposite nature, There it is not the monopoly, but the extreme and unnatural subdivision, of landed property, and the diminotiveness of farms, almost to the verge of the infinite divlsibility of matter, that op- poses the most serious obstacle to the general progress of agricultural improve- ment. What would we think on this broad continent of ours, of a field measuring one and a half yards by two, and a farmer own- ing and cultivating a single furrow, and that by no means a longcne. And et in Lorraine there are exam lee of the crater nttested b the authority 0 a grave and res- pectable llrench writer, and in Brittany the comtnon name applied by the peasant to his ossessicn is sillisvi, or furrow, and it is, in act, otteii nothing more. It is estimated that there are about a million and 'a quarter of proprietors in France, none of which hold more than two vtectuns, or five acres ofland, and dividi the whole .at-Q of the country by the tots nurnber of prietors of every grade, the average sine of the farms is about eleven and a half acres. This in- ordinate subdivision of landed property, encumbered, too, for the most part with hereditary mortgages, which have descend- ed with the land from father to son, must, it is evident, in much the larger number ofjn- stances’, leave neither the space nor the tea ital necessary for an improved system of ushsndvy.. 'I‘hcrsni-gnotwltbstsnding. examples nf.bigh sad succssstbl farming

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THE DYING BED. \

Young says 1-" In life and health we think with men, but Utadying lied, with God.” How ottendo we see this illus- trsted! What a change comes over the views and feelings of those who are brought to the verge of eternity ! How difl'crently do they admit they would have acted, had they but always viewed things in the light which is cast upon them in the valle and shadow of death! A ministerial friend writes us of one of his parishioners, just deceased :—“ His protracted illm-ss pre-

pared us all fsrthe change. He diedon

church, and thus made an open profession of religion. I have no doubt he was a gpod man, althou h in error as to his duty. is life would ave done honour to a "Christian, except in one respect--his neg- ‘lect of public profession ofreli ion. He as- sured me no other reason ha deterred him but a deep sense of his utter unworthiness ofthe privilege, and of his unfitness to per- form the dutit-s of a member of the church. This was an error of judgment, to say the least ; and his course, in this respect, he re rctted the night before he died.” ere is a lesson for us all, viz: not to neglect obedience to the plain commands of Christ, lest we plant thorns in our dying illow ; but especially is there warning an instruction for those who secretly indulge the hope that they are Christians, and yet hesitate and delay to confess Christ before men, by identifying themselves in a public profession of religion with the cause and people of God. It is not a question of worthiness, but of faith and obedience; and he who neglects so plain in dpty may be sure that he will deeply regret it in a dying hour. e have known the individual above refer-‘ red to for many years, and have often urg- ed this duty upon him, felt that he needed nothing else to ntford the most cheering evi- dence of his discipleship. \Vo would that all who occupy the position he did, might but for a moment, in imagination, throw themselves forward upon a dying bed, and obtain the views of duty which he then had and which will then assuredly flash upon them in the near prospect of an exchange

Tun Rii-‘t.i'..—Many persons who are very expert in the use of the rifle, know nothing ofthe principle on which it operates, and would be at a loss ifaskcd why ll grooved barrel throwsa ball truer than a smooth bore. The reasons are:—In the lirst place, no bullet is or can be cast perfectly spheri- cal. One side is always heavier than the other, and the ball always swerves from right to left of projection. However hard it may be to prove this theoretically, prac- tice demonstrates it. he same smooth bore, immovably fixed, twice loaded with the same charge, ofthe sanic powder, and ofballs cast in the same mould, will not plant them in the same spot, at the same distance.—The rifle barrel is a female screw, which gives the tightly driven ball a rotati- on, so that the bullet, or rather slug, swerves with the twist ofthe screw; another revolution corrects the error. There are but three motions in a rifle ball—.-the straight forward, the spiral, and the down- ward, caused by the force of gravity. A rifle ofthirty to the pound, drops its ball about a foot in a hundred yards. Rifles are sighted, therefore, to meet the deviation. On leavi the barrel, the ball moves above the line 0 sight, continually falling in a pa- rabolical curve, till it intersects it. The

oint of intersection is called the point blank.--Who invented the rifle is not known. Its principal was known to the North American Indians before the discove- ry of the continent. Their arrows are lea- thered spirally, and move precisely in the manner of a rifle ball.

A Mass-na Pincn Our-cons. We have lately supposed Arna's Cherry Pectcral was the Ultinis 'l‘hn|s in its line, and that nothing had been or would he invented which could surpass it in its line points of sxcell nice as ii medicine. But we are confidently assured by those conipetsnt to judge on the subiisct, that Dr. Aysr's nevv Pills excel in h' medics artistry even that widely celebrated cm l- msnt cfhis skill. He hsis succeeded in making them not evil pleasant to take but powerful to cure the large ass of complaints which require n purgntivs remsdy.—I.¢ricaster Argus. Ky.

EASZARIIT8 GAZETTE.

Wednesday, Hovsniber 9, 1868.

the " Fairy Queen” has the following remarks

A Public Meeting was‘ holden st Charlottetown. P. E. l., on the 19th, at which strong rescl tionq‘. condemnstory of the " base and inhuinsu con uct,cf. the Ca tnin and others of the crew of the Sjeniiier Fairy ueen, who treschercusl took away the two boats capable of containing slf the asssngcrs and crew, when the Steamer was in s sin in state.

We think the course of proceedings adopted by the inhabitants of Charlottetown, however strong their sytnpnthles and indignation iiisy be. entirely unwar- sntsd in the presence of the investigation made at Pictou, and the evidence now before the Sn irsme Conrt, anticipatory of the trial of the wrctclie itisn alluded to. We regret too. to see, thsts political turn has bsen given to the alfsir. with a view to damaging the populsrit of the existing Government.

The sflciency of t s best on ht to have been propsrly snqaired into and test previously to her srnplo The Islanders themselves an to blsms, if they stnbsrtred their valuables in a rotten shi (sovsrsmsnt in nssing tlis Mnils in her were merely performing a uty in facilitating public and rivsts correspondence by a ready means. We sboud stars if anybody censured our Postmaster General who had smplsysd Hyde or King to carry the Mails, boasts a rotten Coach had gone to pieces

I passengers were killed. . certain int In agree with the ‘utter of the Sun I the Government ot'Princs

Edward Island had -srsly advertised for a ‘vocal of sufleisnt borthen and power to carry itbs malls sshltyésnbject to the up button of A. 3. & 0. wl at prescribing that she was to

of any particular horse war. and a vessel ‘ind boss olrsd and bad dulyinspoctod Isl vs has said.

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the ,with his family and frincds around’ him. He e rssscd regret, just before his death, that e had not united with the

The Halifax Daily Sun in noticing the loss of '

But what the people have to complain of is, that after the time for receiving tenders had gone by, instead ofndvertising agnin for a host of a lower power, or for any boat lit for the purpose, they sent for one of notoriously had chiirooter,and not contented with this, they stept out of their own proper in here, came - solves the inspectors of theboat, em oy the so an t organ to tronpet lortti as ex- csllancies and her seandnass,snd b this means drive a sound comfortable and cient vessel 0! the station, and substitute the worthless ootiosrn that the bad thsir own, and her a«monoply'of~the'truds for three cars. It is for not acting in good faith that we blame them, for not sptinting III 0

' «cotsiuisslooers, for ‘having violated the

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their own advertisement, for having acted with p’a’rt.ialit{. Let us suppose that in advertising the nildin n brid across nrlver had stipulated t t the tenders should be put in by a certain day, that the qprsoo tenderin should ive good security, thntt e bridge should stand no for three cars, and suppose that the aftsrwards gun be building 0 the mate ri go to a man who had ut in no tender, and that they neglected to ta e an security, and the bridge had broken down wit in a car, and nine or ten ople were killed, wool not the public in t is case have it right to come for- ward and condemn a government that had so acted? And would not the members of it have been morally guilty of the murder of those who had perished by the brenkin of the bridge! Now where is the dilliirence! e Steamer was intended to be a floating bridge, and they were bound to take care that it was a ood one and ifit broke, as it has done, they have it ri ht to bear the blame. We think Mr. Nugunt ha bet- ter attend to the political affairs of his own province instead of intermeddling with those of a Colony he knows nothin of, except it may be through a very polluted e annel. Indeed we rather more than suspect that the article was originally manufactured here though it has possibly undergone some alterations and had some additions made to it on the other side of the water. In publishing the letter of “a Townsman we give it as we got it, by no laesns subscribing to the opinion of the wri- ter “ that every necessary courtesy was con- ceded to,Mr. Peiike prior to the tings merit of the Fairy Queen as a government mail acket".

[For Ilasui'il‘;Enuttc]

To His F.xcs:i.t.ni:cv Sin A. BANNIIIRMAN, Believing as I do, that you have the welfare of this Island sincerely at heart, as well as an earnest desire to promote any measure which may contribute to its prosperity, I make no apology for addressing you on the sulijsct of Banking, thoroughly convinced in my own mind, that the community ofthis Colony can never "go ahead" or even keep pace with the rest of the world without the establishment ofs Bank.