'7 moasrurb’ VOL. it IBAEAAIB9 ll A13 0? Furnishing the New Temperance Hall. (Under the Patronage of Lady Bdflfirffiflfl-) ' h‘ '1‘ be" I l ted “'~;‘.'.!::'.T:.:'.'.!’:'::::.'.*.:'£ .:.'..::::"...'".:::..'>:.-:..z °.:’::.:'..° .. uitnbly furnishing the same. A Baranr will therefore he held, for his purpose, in the said Building. 0!! FRIDAY, TI“ and day ofJomsurg mil. . - ' t'lt lb or rit of an w«~.=~<=;°.:.-.;'::,'.-,**.-.:-:r.:::.':'.,"..°'.:f..':.;‘; .3. ..°. . i:I°)l:‘InII; ilitrnctive an ible—to make it at once a rallying point fog fig. sons and their riendn, and a credit to the community. To compliali this object, however, from the Funds of the. several Town Divisions was found to be totally impracticable. without causing ' ’barranetnout thereto. An appeal to the liberaltty of the '°"°."h.:n M gfon been determined upon; and it is hoped that P"l’l'° . "dl "ho f,g'| dig to further this object, but who have mo" mu I need their aborn will do so without delay. Ladies 1'0‘ P‘ °°mmu,;, otyect not ouf by ‘working for it themselves. but dial; hyoldiizrting thejattintioa 0 their friends toward! ll. Ind |°ll°l° fin'i‘IIl0|.I.I’)IllD“bV.-III‘ inn List of Ladies who have kindly consented to receive contributions z_—- ' Mrs. Yonn , M: u' tits. I’. DEVIRI, — Lydiard. _ Mrs. Cundallp Minn P. I)esBrieny, -—_— W. B. Dawson, Mrs. Owen, Miss Chtippell, —- Orlebar, Mrs. Ilenrd, __ H. “gag,-d’ —- G. Ilaszard, — I. Smith, — B. Moore. _ \V. C. 'I‘rot\'at'i, : Mrs. Cross. — M. Butcher. Articles ma also be sent to the Rev MI'- Fil’-8"‘l‘l- M°""‘ W‘ B. Dawson, . Heard, J. Rider and B. Moore. belled, Fen 1-tr: Trustin- NI P:r|iil.i‘a.‘li,sI‘iif iiie lA.rticlee, the name of the contri- Iilicland the ’ ice not upon each Article. Ana side to those “hr winh topitontribute the following is a List e such Articles W lmrynost likel to be uieful:—Ornnmental needle-work of all Itindsuflillinery fishy Linen . Toys of all sorts, Dolle dressed in the coetuiiie of ditl‘er'ent nations. ll “'9 P°“"“ °f F"“'°°* ‘my’ w“|°" ggoghnd an-,_, Miniature Articles of Furniture, as chain, tables, beds, &¢'.—Models of Public Buildings. Illillli ‘W-.-'B|lll)°l, “:°'ki T."-nu’. goods, Engravings. Drawings of all _kinds. ltllnllngl. Curious Ilinersl specimens, Dried Botnniesl specimens. II "Gill". Masses, &c.—Shelle, Prepared Insects. Choice Plants, Books, Sweetnients, Cakes.’ &c.—Materialn for Needlework. Nd M0“! "0 buy Materials. sand on the Evening of Wednesday the 7th January, A Vocal and Instrumental concert will be given in the Hall by Several talented Vocalists and Musicians, who have kindly volunteered their services for the 0¢'4'«lIiQl|: Tigh- etn to be had ntotflr Bsflnuglhcommmu ' B’ °' ° ° w. is. DAWSON, Chairman. Ostober 6. 1351- (1 3°"-) Molasses, Oatmeal and Seal Oil. ENDERS will be received at the SherilI"n Oliice, until \Ved- nenday tho Thirt -first day of December, from persons desi- rous offurninbing the C arlottetown Jail with such quantities of Molasses, Oatmeal and Seal Oil. as may be required for Twelve ' Months, the name to be of an unexccpiionnble quality. Tenders to express the price per gallon and per pound. Payment will be ""d° “"'""|" WIl.l.IA.\i HODGES, Sberifi' of Queen's County. Charlottetown, Nov. 28, 185]. NOTICE. IVNI-IRS of I-‘arm-etettdingn or Proprietors of Land for Sale. and to Let or Lease, in Prince Edward Island, are solicited to communicate with the Subscriber. as to terms and particulars of name, for .2ie information of intending settlers of small capital, and of the Scotch Agricultural class. An early notice, per Post ('"°P'u)' wi“m°°mm"i°"' wtt.t.t.t.\t l.A‘.\l0N'I‘. General Com. Agent. 2 Howard Street, Glasgow, 5th September, l85l. NOTICE. HE Members of the Georgetown Bianch of the Royal Agri- cultural Society, whose Subscriptions for the present year are not paid up. are hereby notified. that unless the name be paid on or before the lat January, 1862, they will not be entitled to any ofthe privileges of the Social . Persons desirous of becoming Merriliers. are . 1unsted to signi y their intention to the Secretary, and pay theirsubscriptions on or before the same date. _ By order of the Committee. MARTIN BYRNE, Sec‘y. 61. Treasurer. To the Tenants on Lots 9 do 6|. Georgetown, Oct. 24, I851. ds ofMsrch, 1851, been a pointed Agent totslte charge of 9 8|, in this Island, the roperty of Lawrence Suliean Esq., notifies the'l‘enanta on those Townships, that all rents, and Arrears of Root, due on the said Property, are required to be paid to him forthwith, he alone being authorized to receive the same. JAMES YEO. roiitttti. spin 9, test. THE Subscriber having, by Power of Attorney, dated the 6th IHPS WHEREAS b Power of Attorney. hearing date the eventh day of Jo y, 1851, I have been appointed the Agent of His Charlotte Aliee Lisle Coin ton, of France, to take the man a at of her y in this sliind. This in to ive Notice to a persons iride t to the said Miss Compton, for cat, arrears of Rent or otherwiee,to pay the same to me, who am also etn wered to sell or lease Land in this Island, belonging to the aforesaid Miss Compton. HANNAH COMPTON. It. Eleunor's,Nov. 4, IBM. LL having any legal denisndn against the Estate of June lI'Doru\r.o, late of Georgetown, "‘ 1 ' e.decenned, url requested to furnish the same duly attested to Mr. Jsrlreio J. .U'&Iull. of G etowa. within Six calendar months; and all persons hlnbted to the said Estate are requested to make immediate pa of their respective Accounts, I‘roniissory Notes, &e., &o., to A. I‘ "'”‘ “‘ E. THORNTON, ' ‘ MARTIN BYRNE, I naivtut. BIIENAN, GOWN-vs. list osts.. tent. . O '3°.3°“3uAn‘“mVa §i:.......... "3'-.':..""'.. -:.§..~r.3 -.:.‘~’-.':'r.:: srrnsssssr ' rut. .... “"" '°‘ ' wkh iris hn_H..'.‘yr.:_.“ '°‘''hM ‘ A filisrcllancotts. (Front the London Jllhsnaam.) I:‘.XPI-EDITION TO CENTRAL AFRICA. Your readers have already been made so uainted with the death of Mr. Richardson in Bornu. which melnnc oly event adds another name to the large numbe of those who have fallen a sacrifice in the cause of African discovery. His venturing on so gigantic ajour- ney as that which he originated, could indeed only be looked at with apprehension b all who know him personally, as he was of feeble constitution; t ough he successfully accomplished his first journey in the northern part of the Sahara. occupying nearly a year, during which he endured considerable hardships and privationn, without apparent injury to his health. His death is ie more to be deplored by his friends, as he wasso near Lake Tna . the end of hisrruinsion. whence he was to return by the direct road to Tri- I. As the deceased traveller had little or no part in the scientific interests of the expedition. these will suffer no interruption front his untimely end; Drs. Barth and Overweg will continue their jottrney as before. It is earnestly to be hoped, that they will be permitted to bring their perilous undertaking to an end, and have the good fortune to return to Europe with the results of their extensive and iinportnnt labours. . Full accounts frotn the two lnnt~natned travellers have just arrived in Europe. In these they confirm, your readers know. the tidings ofthe death oftheir companion. and report favourably on their own ltealtlt and progress. Your readers will recollect, tltnt Dr. Barth lind arrived at Kano in February. At this place he remained during that trtoiitlt and the early part of March; and then, I)r. Over- weg not having yct rejoined him. he set out for Kukn, which pl.ico he reached. as you know, on the 2d of April. On his arrival he presented himncl“ at tho S|iiek’s palace as one of the surviving Christians who had coins from England to bring hiiti presents front Her British Majesty. Mr. Richardson had died so suddenly, that he was unable to leave. in his capacity as hand of the expedition, and ofliciul representative of the English Government,»ur:d direc- tions as to the courneto be pursued generally; and liD interpreter and servants had de sired every thing belonging to him with the Vizier of Bornu. )r. Barth was received with great kindness and hospitality by the Sultan. The happiness which he felt in receiv- ing letters and hearing Europe after a lapse of nearly nine months, he says he was unable to describe. While awaiting the arrival of Dr. Overweg, Dr. Barth mnde pro- parntions for the exploration of 'I‘n:id. and collected information respecting every quarter of Central Africa, with the zeal and inde- fnligability which distinguish this enthusiastic u'nveller,——tltongh the state of scanty provision and disorganization H which he found the whole expedition on his arrival at Kuku were snflicient to have dis- couraged the most one tic. 'I‘ho Vizier of Benin had lent him one hundred dollars. with which he was enabled to pay part of the salary due to Mr. Richardson's servants. On the 7th of A il, a eourier from Zinder arrived at Ztrltl with the news that Dr. gvcrweg had just returned to the former pltlce. and intended to ,. eooed to Kukn, either direct or by the way of Ksno. Ile had sent on his efi'ects,—belioving Dr. Barth to be there. Should he have been obligedtogo b Kano, let us hope that he will have rejoined his . panion in safety; but since Dr. Barth had left that place. the way from then has become very _" , several caravans of considerable siso having been plundered .§.anhhn*isashittnl.et.naarideil. On the 23d of Apri , Dr. Overvve not having arrived, Dr. Barth started on an excursion along Lake ' ‘end, as far as Angornn. Dur- ing two days he was half the titne in tho water—-sometitnes up to his horse's back. He visited in that region the Buddumas, a peocple who live on what by Denhnm were described an small is- nn s within the lake, but which tttrn out to be extensive meadow lands, the superficialextent of which is iituclt greater than that of the lake itself. 'l'liis lake is described by Dr. Barth as an immense marsh, of which the only portion lit for navigation, is it deep chan- nel formed by tlto River Shary, which pours ittttitense volumes of water into it. Dr. Barth has sent a vocabulary of the Duddnmns to the Cheva- lier Bunsen. which it is presumed, will prove of great interest, as being that ofn nation that has preserved its itidcpciido.-ticc froiti the remotest period. Dr. llarth has also sent home at various times, a great nutnbcr of itnportniit itineraries. MYS'l‘l’.RlOUS Dl".A’l‘lI OI’ A LADY. An invr.-stig:ition. which did not tnrmin.-rte till nearly one o'clock on Sztturdn titorning, was opened mi I"rid:iy ztftcrnoun. before Mr. \V:ikt-ly. tit: C(|I'(\llt'.l‘, and ti jury of ltoitsizliuldvr.-4 of .\lary-le-lmnc. at tho lltill';ilo‘s IIt!:llI 'I‘:tvcrn, Ni-iv-rotitl, as tn the circuttistutico-s cotitieclctl with tho death of .\Its. .\l:ir_v l'.|i7.:tbotli Kelly, aged 70, tin iiitlepeuilunt lady of large lill‘lll‘.Ic, residing at No. 9, .\'o1Iiugltnm- terrace, Ilo-.;ctit‘s-park. The proceedings, from the rumours :ttl.i.tt on tliusubjcct, littd excited great interest. being alleged that the deceased had died itt ll very tiiysterious and auspicious niuuuor. leaving property to the value of .L'3l).000, whicli was claimed by Captain I’i‘L-iierick Corner (Into oftlio Indian army) as the nllogr-il sort of the tli.-ccttsud lrtdy, who bud never been married, and who had a will in his pocket, stated to have made by the deceased, leav- ing the whole ofthe deceased lndy‘s property to him. The regis- trar had refused to register the tlt::Illl, and hence the inquest. The jury having viewed the body of the deceased, which lay at Ilt‘I' residence. Margaret Liddcll, a servant. was first exaniincd, and stated, that alto found deceased in lit-r bod in it state of lllsell.-'tlrilll_v in which condition she lay for several hours and then died. Captain Corner, doceused‘s son, was aware of her condition, but tto medi- cal man was sent for. She could not in any way account for de- censed'n death. Believed slio had left rt deal of property. ’I'|io coroner, after hearingthin evidence, consulted with the jury, niid resolved to adjourn the inquiry till nino o'clock the name evening, for a pas! morleui examination of the body, which was entrusted to Mr. Gilham, the head surgeon of Murylebone Infirmary. On the re-nenentbliug of the jury, Ctiptnin Frederick Corner was examined. He said he was the son of the deceased lady. who was seventy years of age. She had been sickly several times, but always lu-id an abhorronco of doctors. and would never have medical advice until about four moiitlin since, when it friend of his prescribed for her. The natne of lils friend. was Dr. Frith, of New-cross, Dept- ford. Ila prescribed sortie pills for her. but she only took two or three, and positively refused to take any ttioro. Ile repeatedly l'ItI- vised the deceased to have advice, and so did the servant, but with- out effect. By the Coroner : The deceased had made It will five years since, in which she had lefl all her property, which was considerable to him. He had that will in his possession now and had lind it ever since it was made, live ears ago. On the Coroner asking the captain why, when he ound his parent so near death, he had not sent fora medical man, he replied-As l'| dutiful son he did not feel justified in going beyond the wish of a parent, and therefore he sent for no one. Anne Meredith, ti cbarwomnn, stated she was employed at de- cenned‘e house. She had never seen deceased until within three minutes of her death, when she was called to look at her. She knew the family throu h the kindness of Captain Corner to her late husband some time be ore his death. Always understood the cup- tairt to be the son ofthe ’eceased lady, but could in no way account for the death of Mrs. Kelly. Mr. Gilliam, head as eon of Murylebone Infirrnnry, was then examined, and deposed t at he had made tl port siorteni examina- tion. He found the brain, lungs, intestines, and liver perfectly healthy. The stomach appeared nearly empty, and he could not detected any evidence of poison. The esrt ivnn rather fatty, but the ventricles were all healthy. On the Coroner enqui ing what was the actual cause of death, 3* Gilbert: ntated,tliat it was inexplicable. There was no disease of any organ, ereny tliliigto indicate what lied been the cause of death. ' Captain Corner (la answer to a jurymsn, as to why hen lied to St. Mnryleborie workhonee on the subject of the dent ) est is ob- ject was to register the death; but, finding he could not get it re- gistered, he applied to the oersner‘s editor; and the coroner, upon 1 the hut being communicated to him, issued his warrant for the in- ‘l“ ‘ ficoroner. having remarked upon the singular cbarncte of the case. be jury returned the following verdict—“ That the deceased had from some mortal cause unknown to the jury, and not discovered on making it post martem examinution."—Dat'ly News. THE BROKEN IIEARTED. (mortal: n. PRBNTICI. I hve seen the infant sinking down, like a stricken flower. to the grave—the strong man fiercely breathing out his soul u n the field of baltle—-the miserable convict standing upon the ace old, with a deep ctrse quivering upon his lips-—I have viewed death in all his fomiu of darkness and vengeance with it tenrlenn eye—but I never could look on woman, young and lovely woman, fading away from the earth in beautiful and uncomplninirtg melancholy, without feel- ing thevery fountains of life turned to tears and dust. Death is always teriible, but when a fornt of angel beauty is passing away to tliosilent land of the sleepers. the heart feels that something lovely in the universe is ceasing from existence, and broods, with n sense of utter desolation over the lonely thoughts that come up like apectres from the grave to haunt our niitlniglit musings. Two years ago I took up my residence for a few weeks in a coun- try villago in the eastern part of New England. Soon after my ar- rival, I became acquainted with it lovely girl, apparently about seventeen years of age. She had lost the idol of her pure lienrt'n purest love, arid the shadows of deep and holy memories were nestling like the wing of death upon her bro\v. I first met her in the presence of the mirthful. She was indeed a creature to be worehippcd—licr brow was gnrlnnded with the young year's sweet- est fIewers—and she moved through the crowd with such rt floating rind unearthly grace, that the bewildered gazer altnost looked to ma her fade into the air. like the creation of seine pleasant dream. She seemed cheerful rind even gay; yet, I saw that her guiety was but the tnockcry of her feelings. She smiled, btit there was some- thing in her smile, which told that its mournful beauty was but the bright reflection ofn tear--and her eye-lids, at times, closed heavily down, as if struggling to repress the title of agony that was burrit- ing from her henrt‘s secret iirn. She looked as if she could have left the scene of festivity and gone out beneath the quiet stars. and ltiid her foreltetitl down upon the fresh green earth, and ured out her stricken soul, gush utter gush, till it mingled with tliii eternal futtnltiln of life and purity. Days and weeks passed on, and that sweet girl gave me her confidence, and I became to her as a bra- tlicr. She was twisting away by disease. The smile upon her lip was f.iintcr, the purple veins upon her cheek grew visible. .-tud tlio cadence of her voice became daily more weak and tremitlous. On a quiet evening in the depth of June, I watiderod out ti little distance in ths opeti air. It was then she told tne the tale of her passion. and the blight that had come down like mildew upon her life. Love had been a portion of her existence. Its tendrils had been twined around her heart in her earliest years. and, when they were rent away. they left it wound which flowed till all the springs of her soul was blood. “ Inm passing away,“ said she, “ and it should be so. 'l‘ho winds have gone over my life, and the bright buds of hope, and the sweet blossoms of pan- sion are scattered down, and lie ivitbercd in the dust. or rotting away upon the chill waters of memory. And yet I cannot go down among the tombs without a tear. It is hard to take leave of the friends who love me—it is very hard to bid farewell to those dear scenes, which, from day to day, have sought the colour of my life, and nympathised with my jo n and sorrows. That little grave, where I have so often ntraye with in hurled love. and where u‘; tiisseeeveii now, the sweet. tong] 9] _ s voice come ntealin uronn me, till the whale air becomes one i%nsfiHfi5mm'W that pensive star which we used to watch in its early rising, and on which my fancy can still picture his form looking down upon me, beckoning me to his own bright home; every flower, and tree. and rtvulet on which the memory of our early love has set its undying seal, have become dear to me. and I cannot, without it sigh, close my eyes upon tltern for ever." I have lately heard that the bean- tiful girl of whom I have spoken is dead. 'l'lie close of her life was calm as the falling ofn quiet strc:tin—" gcntlo as the sinking of the bronze that lingers for it time I|rt)ll'ltI rt bed of withered roses, utid tlicu (IIDS an if it were from very swcr-tneii.s." It cannot be that ertrtli is man's abiding place. It cannot be tliztt otir life is .1 bubble cast up by the Ocean of Etertiily, to float l’| moment upon its waters, and sink itito darkness and notbingness. I-Ilse why is it, that the high and glorious aspirzitions which leap like angels frniti the temples ofour hearts. are for ever wandering nbroud ttiiszitiiiliod? \Vhy is it that the-. r.-iiiihow and the cloud come over on with a beauty that is not of earth. and IllPII passes I'll‘. and leave us to must: upon their f:iilr:d lnvclitii.-ss? \Vlty is it that the stars, which “ hold their ft,-sti\':ils urnunil the midnight throne." are st-t above our grasp of our lIlflll(‘lI f.iuiltii=s—furevcr inm:l.iug us with their ttiiappru.icli:tlrlc glory? And finally. why ii it that bright forms of lium:ttt beauty are pro.-iotited to out view. “ml lll¢‘!I tnlu,-n front u.~i—lo:iviiig tltctlmttsriitd streauts of our allirclitiii to tluw back in :iii Alpine torrent upon our Its-arts? “'0 are born for a higher tli-~'tin_v than that of earth. 'I'linru is .'i I'L‘lIllII wliere the rziinbniv Ilt'\'l',l’ fziili.-.-r. where the stars will be l[llt'.'ltI out lit-litre IN like the i~tlnmls that slunilu-r oti the Ocean, and ivlicre the bean- til'ul linings which lioru pass bi-fore its like visions, will stay in our prr-scnco for ever. llright creature of my tlrcziiii-t—in that realm law» then again ! liven now thy last iinago is siiniotiiiics with me. In the ttivsterious silcnco ofiitidnight, when tlte streams are glowing in the light of itiau_v stars. that image ctvines floating upon the beam tlt:it lingers around my pillow, and stands before trio in IN p:ilo, tllltl, luvs.-lim.--is, till its own spirit nirike like a spell frotti llnavert upon my tlmugtii-. and the griefof years is turned to dreunis of blr-stmliis-ss nitd peace. [The folinu ing lr-ltr-r. inserted by ri-quest, is copied from the (.‘hri's, firm I't'u'lur. pulrlished at St. John, N. II. It will doubtless, Ii. read with interest in this Isl.-ind, as it has rt'fi‘N'Vlt‘sl lo lltu u\\ fill storm, altenslcd with great loss oflifc, which ncciirreil ou the 5th October. Dunn Bno-I-tinn.——I should have written you before. but have waited to are Captain Iltlliarsl to get corrvvt into-lligr-rice of our beloved brother tfaitis-vine. lle ceetirviis wlivt we heard concern- ing liitii. Ilrotlter (‘slits-rtins-. rode the gals! until Saliliullt Iiiorriitig, when about five o'clock. he Ir" . . "-- and drove Iln nation the breakers, and as as ' - ..su I\JI'|ssen .... . - :5 . . ~sel turns: over live or three times. carr_tin away her masts eta.’ ‘I wing no- thing upon the cl--ck. (‘ii -Iatril illiaril wuu lirotlir-r-ie-law in our much est:-r-rtml brother. In rode net the gale ta Ilalprvqnc harbfllf. ntid when the storm abated went sheet in nssiles nearer to "rig Island and iliscoverrsl brother Catherine's vessel on shore, ennu- srsorie brad boarded her, and had three bodies on the bank, which iiiid been fished out ofthe vs-col, two out r-fthe held and one out of the cabin berths. 'l‘hin letter, Ca in Hilliard discovered to be ‘ his sister's non. Simon Catherisse. Ie had the Bible buttoned in his bosom. and one of the others srse Alexander h_l‘Kerisio, he had his name on his arm. and the other was A. Barnes. He is the lnsteon of that family of five, all have been drowned. and have lefl their father and mother to mourn their lose; both are aged. Ilrother Catherine and his sorts John and Grant have not been dis- covcretl. It is thought they were buried in the sand. _ _ Thus the Church of Christ has sustained a great loss in this place. "is son John was Dent,-in of the Church. and they are gonc.—Wo shall bear their voice no more. I myself have lost one with whom I took sweet counsel going to the house of God, and how their loan is to be made up, God knoweth. Our dear sister Catherine has lost her husband and four sons. She may well say its Job said : " O my friends pity me for the hand of God hath touched me.” Ilut dear brother, this is but a part of the sufferings in this place. 'I‘hero wer re men from here with Captain Joseph Cathe- ‘ brother, no tidings of whom. nor any of his crew ed. They are nupposetl to have fonridered st rd picked up her Pink with her name "Ame- ri been taken from this little settlement eleven men lu life, and have lef\ behind them nix widows with no, three with six each, and an only son of a mother without any support. Deer brother Very, it will be of little use to enter into the scene of sorrow that I have witnessed the last four weeks. It in heart- arctic. CllARLOT'TETOWN,PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1851. N0. 1132 reading. for they refuse to be comforted. To hear cries of the dinconnolnte mothers, and to see the weeping children, and no father to return to procure their winter‘n bread, no eboen_ for their feet. I went into one house where I saw one of these widows nit- ting weeping, and a child on each side of her, and one on her knee and neither of the three was three years old. Lord have mercy on them. Dear brother, I want you and all the ministering‘ brethren to preach a good charity sermon, that will warm the eerie of the congregations and give them to know that they who give to the poor, lend to the Lord, and no doubt, he will give them good in- terest. I will no no more on that head, as I intend by and by. to give you a. brie sketch of brother Catherine’n course, since he was hot’! iiguin. \Ve have reason to be thankful that all that God has done is well done. He in still carrying on his work amongst lie. I have baptized eight since I last wrote, a there are four more re- ceived for baptism. On leaving home last Monday, to come to St. John, as I came to the Roman Catholic Chapel at St. George, in turning to come into the St. John Road, my horse, who is like myself, somewhat ptro_rig- headed, would turn into the Ma uguadevic, I tried to turn him into the St. John, and finding be con d not go the way he wanted, be turned quickly round and run the fore wheel under the box of the waggon and unlocked it, and out I went hendforemast and landed on my left shoulder, disloctiting it. I thanked God it was ll0_W0t‘uG. and being within fort rods of Dr.Tbomnon'n since, he put It in with linrd work to himncl but harder to me; he did it well, and after it was bound up I came on to the City, and feel as comfortable as can be expected, and thank God for his mercies to me it sinner. Jansnn Wanxna. Masquareen, N. B., Nov. 5, 1851. Macutnunr rou CooirnuIian:.—A novel method of con- structing cnsksand barrels, and all vessels connected with eooperage is now in operation at the patent ceoperage works in Wen|oc_k- road, London. By the employment of the steam-engine, tho ctr- culur saw, and a recently invented jointing and back machine, a. cask of the largest diinennionn can be completely formed and made read for use iii the short space of five minutes from the raw Ina- teriai—viz., it piece of oak. The sttiven ofthe cask are firnt cut with straight sides, the circular saw being placed at right angles with the oak plank. The stave is then placed horizontally, and bent into II curvo bya powerful machine, and brought into contact with acircular saw on each side of it, placed at an an lo. This process gives the proper shape to the stave, the sides being gradually tapered at the end and being made to bulge in the middle. 'I‘lie jointing and backing machine, the new invention, in also used for this purpose, and is tnore rapid in its execution than the angu- lar saws; it in fact, works with the most rnnrvellous rapidity and precision. The strives and one end of the cork are then placed in it machine formed ofiron rods. called it trussing machine, each rotl acts upon a separate stave, and the whole ofthe stoves being equal- ly compressed into a circle, the hoops are placed around them, and the cash is complete. The nentnene and finish of the work is equal to what a good cabinet-maker can reduce, every part being true and accurate. 'I‘he calculation is, t at 15 workmen with the use of this machinery, can make I50 cankn a day; whereas the same number of persons using only manual labour could ncarcel produce a seventh part of that number. The importance of the invention, and the application of steam power to it, may be imagined from the fact. that the great brewing firms of the metropolis alone ex- pend many thousand pounds annually in cooperage, that the es- penditure of the navy is still greater, and that the demand of the vintages of the Continent in so great, that u out deal of wmo is ' ' ' xasssls to ld it. CURIOSITY OP VVATEB. Nor is the hailstone l-as soluble in earth than in air. Placed un- der a bellglass with twice its weight of lime, it gradually melts and tlisappearnnnd there remain four parts, instead of three, of perfect- jay dry earth under the glass. Of a plaster of Paris statue, we’ hing ve pounds, more tltnn one good pound of solidified water. ‘no the precious op-.il is but it muss offlint and tvatencombined in the pro- portion ofnine grains ofthe earthy ingredient to one ofthe fluid. Of an acre ofclay latid a foot deep, weighing about one thousand two hundred tons, at least four hundred tons are water; and. even of the great tiiountnin chains with which the globe is ribbed, many millions oftons nro tr.-ttcr solidified in earth. \Vtitcr, indecd, exists around us In an extent, and under conditions which escape the notice of cursory observers. \Vhen the dyer buys of the dry stiller one liitndred pounds each of alum, carbonate ofso- d.i, and soap, he obtains, in excltnnge for his ntoney, no less than forty—tii-e pounds of water in the first lot, sixty-four pounds in Illll. second, and a variable quantity, sometimes amounting to seventy- three and :i half pounds, in the third. Even the transparent air ivo brr.-:itlu:. contains, in ordinary wcnthcr about five grains of water dilliiscil through each cubic foot of its bulk, and this rarefied water no more wets the airtbun the solidified water wets the lime or opal in which it is absorbi.-d.—Quarlcrly Review. L m From late English and American Papers. (From the Hulr_'/‘ax Colonist, Dec. 3.) FRIGIITPUL CASUALTY IN NEVV YORK! One of the most painful casualties. involving a frightful loss of life, which it has ever been our duty to record, took place on Thurs- day afternoon at the Ninth \VartI School House, in Greenwich Ave- nue, when fifly little children, boys and girls, were without a mo- nient‘a warning, hurried into eternity. ‘ The school building is n lrge five-story new stone edifice, built as was supposed, iii the most thorough-going manner. The stair- way is of that description known among builders in a neelI-etat'r- ¢‘Iru(, flagged with stone on the ground fioor. In the rear of the building there is another stairway; but the principal mode of access to the School-rooms is by the well—stnircnne. On the first landing is located the Primary Department; on the second, the Girls‘ Department; on the third, the Boys’ Department, and soon; and daily, some eight hundred children of both sexes attend the School. Shortly after two o'clock on Tlinrnday, all the pupils being in the building. the principal of Ilia female department, Mien Harrison. was suddenly seized with it fit of paralysis, and fell fainting frorri her chair. The pupils became alarmed, and two or three ran out to procure assistance for her. Seeing the children running, some incorieiilcr-ate person in the street, raised the cry of “ fire." the Bell on Jelferson market station, which is within it block, was uicltl struck, and in it moment, a crowd gathered around the gehoof-house. 'l‘he alarm of fire having communicated to the pupils, rendered them almost frantic with excitement, and they all rushed out in a body, from the four doors, crowding down to the street by means of the well stair-case. In the excitement of the rrioment, the children were sortie oftheni forced over the baiiliiuterl, others leaped down, and were instantly killed by falling I the pavement at the bottom of the well, and finally the rush lie so great, that the DII|||IIIEl’w gave way, and the children were pre- cipnted down. more than fifty steps, and piled one on the other at the bottom of the well. 'I'lie confusion can be better imagined than described. The poor, unthinking infants, all screaming with fright or with pttin, followed so svriflly one on the other, that many who were not injured in the fall, were smothered by those who fell on them; and worse than all, the street doors opeuin inwards, were cloned by the mass of children against them, so I t it was impossible to open them frotn the outniile,nnd there being no means of egress for those who arrived without injury at the bottom, they were crushed and suiothered by those who fell on them. As soon as the nature of the excitement was known to them, the teachers dis layed tlis most praiseworihy presence of mind. Hie Louisa DIOIJAIIIIIQ, one of the assistants in the primary department. placed herself in the doorway, and did all in her power to prevent the riffriglited children from rushing out. and the other teachers did as much, otherwise the destruction of life must have been nteali greater. So impeluoun was the rush, hownver,tlint Ive ef the teachers, two, Miss Margaretta l.. Smith, Miss Cornelia L. Barnes. ‘ ‘*4’ .4