in ,.ih . -' l)dIrirpci-i.il’ey'Ii‘t r ' which toolt.ccgn_icance of tho ‘ its in! p I _ _ ' villus instances are concerned, it is, and so .. V HASZARD’§ GAZETTE. OCTOREB 19. TIITIIIIOI. sums: Law. THE was UP0l'i Thefollo ' canal and timely min. is taken ‘fies-s O ' ‘ ‘,'ilT'..,:s-c'uris news‘ _.that do not i of torn ‘ , but evfi regarvllthe mo «Lents of peculiar flieltfi as “lqjudicio"i:”and“ ‘ roet.!.“ this as “siiici ' When the siovstaiohlle gan, they tliougltt it alto ether pharisaic; anon, tlieyfthought it p uctivc of good in restraining the “lower classes,’“but regard- ed the eaclcsion of wine as an 0YGl'.-.Hl'l:g- eni measure. sin, a uiescin in t is, —...a as - A‘ om°$'..mc¥a--...m-. t 'rp,jdvocates too in- z I,’ ’and especially oll'orieive~ia-theirvionirireiationl ofthose who make, impnrt,,sad sell. the ruinous liquid. They tlioltglt_-that, so long as the law sanctioned thesp pursuits so long the trafiic- ltsrs ingrog were entitled to respect andmonsidcratiaii. Moral suasion, ‘ to the. mind and. feelings of tho haflm, was the only hhioaco which tliay regarded as conducive tn- the promotion _of good re- sults, But that era passed aws , and friends of temperance, grow‘ ' znioi-e a 've, pnooured the enactment of a law prohibit the importation, maiairfactaire, or sale’-'3 strong drinks. This law has long been denounced by these respectable journals, as u oastitutioiial, unjust, and oppressive; audit was the ha y privilege to the ._Pltilidslpbio or to ' ver that it was neither more nor ess than a “ sump- tuary law.” and sumptuary lavrshad long ago beenrc ' d, oven in England, as an abridgcmeut of liberty that con it only be ‘ustilied oirgrounds of extreme necessity. ut what was the import of tho sumptuary laws thus ihanouaco ? They were laws ' expenses of families, and teiprevont private extrava- gance, u llmit or restrain peo- . W3’-°°" ~‘°. . . . ple in tl1eir.atylo- of living. As the prohibi- _ .tary law now familiar to us attempts no- thing of this kind, but on the contrary, aims directly at, a ' our comforts and enjoyluettts by the iialiib tion of nothing but evil, the people have found it diflicult to identify it with. the Iumptuary enactments the rave, and he himself, still in the prime ofli o, is now a confirmed drunkard. And also, that W'alter I). Haley, who killed John Nelson in a drunken spree at V‘Vay- nesville, Ohio, lIaI__been conypetqd of ima- slaughter in the fiht de res,’ iirdgcentenced to the State pri fihr lie. One igould sup- "?'° ‘*".."‘.°.’.’.. .-..:.':“L‘: ,....""*' '*:...°°=:'. III‘. ' i tboirnfisrr, woiébeslow fhpp ’ is in any manner tllfl Ylfllltion. of a Avltln‘. f Maine designed and adapted to remove that cause. _But a crigis is approac ing iii_the State at‘. Mar"yland. The prohib tory‘ law’ is the important Politicians in both I-- ties are anxious to frustrat the rg_cft.he fl‘-iends Gftemiperaiicii, that their own ‘ranks may remain unbroken. To accmrpllsh _tlLis purpose the heavens and the ea_ I ___are_to e moved. ‘The ‘law cannot be suceessliflly assailed u its merits, and t attempt is being ma e to defeats it by inducing the votes to believe that, however ood it ma ’be,psru, we are unsuited for it; that the people of Maryland are so degraded‘ by the use of strqn ‘ck, so infatuated with the lovo'of it‘; an‘ an destitute of moral principle, that they will defeat its operation if it shall be -enacted. Bass and insulting as are these stratagems, they may have their designed effect if the true‘ fl-ietidd ‘of the Temperance cause are not vigilhnt and active, and prompt to expose and rebuke owory imposition of the kind. Let them be up and ready. The cause-the‘cause— befnre a thousand parties. ' iiiiws or In naum_yi_n._ OPENING 0!‘ THE DARDANELLES The Dardsnellsa are open—the vanguard of the combined fleets float upon the Sea of Marrnora (if the whole naval force be not there), andthe Treaty of Adrianopls is no more. Such are the first consequences of Russian duplicity and fraud. The first Russian soldier that crossed the Pruth virtu- ally cancelled that Treaty; but the entrance of foreign ships of war allows no opportunity for paltering with the question—the Dartlanelles can- not be again, unless it be “through the scandalous romirsness,or the extreme treachery of those Powers who have taken upo themselves the onerous task of arbitrating between Russia and the peace of the world. The Sultan has thrown up the undignificd otiics of Russian of a bygone age; 1 Failing in. every effort to attack the law upon prineip , an in many instances mag- nanimouply admitting it is a good law, “ if it can be enforced,” they have gone earnestly to work to prove the impossibility of enforc- ing it; and ‘on thispoint they ofi'er some strange testimony. ..l’notninent amongtheir willing witnesses stands the editor of: the Boston Transcript, who boasts of having been pcrlic crsmiaia in the violation of -the Maine w in. Maine, who boasts of having been one of fifiy persons at dinner at a public table where the champagne bottles were 0 “with aloud report” and passed round; and who boasts of hsvin been one of a party of twenty who “inbroar visited at: bar-room of atf.a‘ohion-f a e_ , whose re was a grea owo decanters filled and “where the company the barltee r, the, arniture of the room, and everyt iug which meets the eye indicate that it isa bar-room, with every facility for the open hole of ardent spirits by the glass to all applicants.” And he concludes by saying: " We must believe our own senses and positive evidence ziiipreforence to the statements of; others, and the negative testi- mony furnished, by those who are evidently not osted u . Si; far as the cases cited by this editor are concerned, we are inclined to believe him. —-“He is either ullty bf falsehood, or of going into the St 'te‘of Maine and partici- pating in, oratildtist of being privy to, the violation dflier laws."-—VV,e acquit him of the former;‘ but by no means envy his position as it transgrcssor in the latter case. —And ifguilty,'. at he confesses, or, rather, boasts, what is proved? The injustice of the Maine law’? That ' not alle ed. Is ency proved? far as t e indi- for also as, those instances prove a general ‘rule; but no farther. ‘It may be also that ' the cltaractcr lib opposition to the law, is also prov “aft even }be most respectable ' among those tvlldoppodll, it, do not scruplo ’-to boast that they h’ vs siicceasfully violated it, ‘warm ‘p‘op;tltutli:,:ial efiiphctment '0 "cont ncc’ ,' ‘e‘ 'w'' ea c e peope, is ail, admitted are legal felons, and their mdral" ' tion s nobetter. e ‘right of individdals to nullify Stateeapait; meats‘ never bheii claimed " gatekeeper,” and we trust that the Western Powers will’ never allow him to resume it, and shut up the Dsrdanellcs again. The Em ror of Russia has made his choice, and mast sbi by its consequences. c cannot be saved by grace of Lord Aberdeen, bowevor strenuously that no- ble lord, upon whose entrance into ofice tho Rus- sian sttaek upon the indepcndance of 'l‘urkey .was begun, may endeavour to save him; and now that England and France have found it necessary to take part in tho strife, thprs should be no weak comprornises—no coneessions—ths time is past for diplomatic civilitior, and henceforth diplomacy must have for its sole ob‘ oi the obtaining of sulficicnt guarantees that ussia will. not again 'disturb the ‘peace. The reckless drunkard who makes a noise in the night and alarms people their beds. is deposited in the station-house, whe- ther he likes it or not; and the inclinations and dispositions of the Emperor Nicholas, also must set at. when he is brought into subjec- tion, as he will be, to the rights of nations and the cause of order. The opening of the Dardanelles. if it became permanent (the Treaty of Adrianoplc being do- e with the termination of peace between Russia and the Turks), will be one of the greatest events, fraught with the mightiest consequences to the world, that has occurred in modern history; while one of its earliest efl'ects will be to out off the right arm of Russia. “It ma he said, , observes a recent writer, “that these boundry straits between Europe and Asia are open to com- merce. Yes to unprotected commerce, but what security is there for the continued prosecution of unprotected commerce! What would be th worth of the commerce of the Mediterranean, if any one Power or any two Powers could close the Straits of Gibrslter as the Dardancllos have been closed? Let the coasts of the l-Juxins and ofits adjacent seas be thrown open, and in despite of the rigid exclusiveness of Russian government, commlroo will be multiplied two or three fold ; in a few years civilisation will follow commerce. and all the benr@ts of free. ovornmcnt, if not actually fresfovernmspt itself.’ This is what the Can res s. as the Emperor Francis of Aus- tria at Verona tn ‘I822 professed ‘to feel-that scholars, gentlemen, or merchants, are"not.wha| s despot wants--he wants nothing but ‘obedient subjects and well-drilled soldiers.’ " Civilization the Emperor of Russia dreads, case before 'llq regress, mind throws off its shackles, and the sort coins to be . Civilisation is what the Empe- ror of Austria drsads, because his mythic power lrmslntaised by ‘ignorance and ‘superstition; and habits of communion and correspondence with His cost al nations would efiect the downfall of all that is bigoted and restrictive in principle, and that is vicious sod arbitrs in the practice of the Austrian Govcrninsnt. he oowsr ‘co and trea- chery of Andria. observed in its rleining friend- ship vow tdo Turkey, whilst Russia was able to 8 3 Q. cduntitf; ' ltlsstify e'“Note of llIe’Coufsrcnce with the ‘ But,itnia ba‘said,tlis_Boston.1t~suon'pt -_n on gndtptnd 1;! M-I,IIchi|Iofi“ ' but asi e‘ no paper, and its sayin s "'“""'!" ° ""°' " -1 -‘I‘-.»&-« -rig; m» or - ::.. .::.....-- -'-n.-.~.: whole t0¢l|0_M|_ JAM . ‘ ¢,i ' ‘ . _ ’‘h In "9F'9..’° .° ‘.!“.'!9«*l‘.'.°‘.!"“l'|"‘°7- _ iotho mduct of _ “ “pot!- dds ' '.to In ‘int. soul-or~sawniiy&.ioor. for Turks, are, r is not to son 33:: of AltItl'lI,IIllhel:Id tho fomipooof-the Chi. ,On all sides ruin prssoots i _l[_qt thy gassf ths Aastrlsa doiainioiis; andrlet; ii ly ossapetlistiisaitatsjsws oflttehol sl yo _ 'susa.iis rocsp_iios, tolbo devour: by=tho - sing. and a wii by. and kept -under tho -lrool dos in The darltnsse._n_f the rig, and alread the morning ,stas rblnger of the com- ' or a is . l giog, already fools the coming authority, and‘ in imagination tbs welcoming ' is noblehoartod countrymen. was love free; and ‘mouth, still p'sp'tlng for froodolll tll,ll_., . slddlgnllsd ‘tenant which pool .4 choose rd to'his sir- ylsrd llusgsryyssd to ‘day whoa, ' ed‘ byoldlorlpsohllt st Plifli ||'t|I0|°llhO fsno--the O H I, i III! N‘ is . "'”'Ti""Ci’i"' ""‘H:vltt .,*."Ill't'ly-'l')‘I sflin r-'::r‘yo7i' t rtlsth -ll-sod the war; ither will the unsubilued (Iircssajoy, with mar’ loos Sabamyl at their hood. mom to a ' vas of any 0 poitunityof troubling the Rnssiaio that may cflisr. The finairlnn (lo- vcrnmriit it friondless. and Kossuth’s reimirks are correct. History charges it with unjust and cruel wsroi inst ‘ aer _ ‘ ' character isti'plicld's ,ths present llIIi_B.' Having I in freely acct-pfed to protect i ~v« we and iberties of a great number of_r.__a_tiops: :11. _ uplands played a pearl an who min us his ward. ’ was the constitutional ruler over nations once the freest in Europe ; over Austria, the Netherlands. Castile, Ilragun, Sicily. Bohemia, Hungary, the Gcriiitp Empire; to say nothing of Lombardy and Polish Galacia, which were cnnqncrrd provinces. In every liistuuce ex- erpi ‘Sicily (which after all is no real ezi-cptilm) the Austrian dynasty flagrantly bairs ed its so- lemn Ir-tat; snd—-generally by open violence and perliilsons ferocity, else by gradual encroachments —hu aiiihilated the fundamental compact on which its royal dignity was foundvd- Such a tissue cu uct.,-"oven is. the. judgment-of a Greek, Punic, or Roman heathen was-impious and cxecrablc crime. The holders of power-so gained were regarded as self-out-lawod-bhateful in gods, and rving of no defined from mes " Punishment scans now about to fall upon Austria, and one of the greatest events of the coming war —it‘ Russia still be resolute for war, and Austria holds with the Caar—will be the annihilation of that Empire and the uprising of free,.enlightsuéd, and popular States, devoted to the ever-living and holy principles of religious, political, and com- mercial liberty. AUSTRALIA. There have been further arrivals of Australian gold to s arge extent. The Marlborough, from Melbourne, brings 75,000_oz. value abc £300,000; the x has alto arrived, but the tpiantlty of gold she brings is not ascertained. ' he 'lyhonn brings 7,373 oz, value £20,492. 'l‘he total imports of the present week amount to upwards of £600,000. Both the former vetsels.hsve made very quick passages. By these irrlvals important intelligence has been‘ received. The arrivals of goods had been encr- mons, overstoclting the markets to on patent which had sent down prices from 30 to50 per cent., and oven at this decline it was found im- possible to c act aalas.- Tlte shopkeepers who had purchase for arrival wererepudialing their costracts. and a ststcofmuchooafusion incon- sequence prevailed. lt appears, howsver, that it: "or ‘ spat-t> ‘lie liuusa ,- been moat unfavourable, and tharoada to the dig;-inns were in an impsssible state. Wlion they could hctrsversed with safety, a reaction in the market was anticipated, and many‘ of the mer- chants were therefore not desirous of pressing goods for sale at the current rates. The latest returns from the mines were favourable, sad drew an increase-in the yield of gold. the season had not fairly commenced. Gold was. in some demand for shipment to England at 77s 6d per oz,_ and the exchange was at 2 per cent prem. DISASTER8 AND LOSS OF LIFE IN THE In I.“ l(ERSEY.' ‘ ‘ or w onflosd evening, an Monday, withgic the most vi:l’cat hurricanes experienced for many years. In the town, chim- neys, tilos, scafislding and windows were blown down in ever street. and the time-ball on the summit of the ‘leetric Telegra li-oflice was much strained, and would eventual y have been torn away bad it not been secured by ropes as soon as the danger was crceived. The river throughout the day was var rough,,,.bu,tin,the evening ‘ill liashlpd itself into a _rfec_t fury. Some rules a t e is ity. _ to cross to lilheshirefirr the _ odsid?T t from the landing-stage; but, after butfstlpg hbout for two hours, found it impossible to proceed, aid the boat had to return and land bcr passengers at the Prince’s Pier, and .whilst making l'ost- snapped no less than five hawsers. All the ferry-boats ceased to ply. Tho ‘accidents on the river have been numerous, and it is feared that very bad accounts will be received from the various pbrta ronud the coast. The American pscketcshiy Neva, which sailed on Thursday, put back through stress of weather, and arrived in the river on Monday evening. During the gals she drag- ged her anchors, and went ashore ncartbe Sandon Dock Basin. She had on board l0O.psssengers, and when she ,yent ashore .sevoral attempted to jump frcm the ship to the pier-hood, but fell into the river, and was drowned. The Jose Walker, for New ork, .also wontashore near the some place‘, and sustained oonbidsra msge. The brig Caroline from Prinee'Edwsrd Island, got more or the helm Dock, and loss mast and bswsprit; The captain, fearlhg that the vessel was in irtiminsntdln er jumped ashore, and the crew, ‘and a woman, hit five children, passengers, were sli'o_Ily _afte‘r gr_ds,rsoqpod. _ -it high tide thq ship, canto 0 river, and got sphere on Pl ' mall vessels were soc west lightship d rished. 'I'lie Iatrissio. rnm Pnncs Edward sland, is ssbtws .‘ its Crarnoly Moore Dock, with loss of foremost, bows tit, rudder, the. flat sunk in the Hllhisson Ilock dflcul tho1.cI‘IIr.I'Qssavad. The American, from tiis port for has Frsitoisco, got ashore ncsr Southport, aId_at one time its ofid she would go'te‘ The lifs- t,wen,t on tshor all siglitu-‘Rho ‘William srd,‘ Quebec, was put as above 'th_u Instr c ‘U 3' :3. ll’ ton snk. having ported ltsr hltehtli‘. The Shooting Star, dlseharginmgn, t ‘s lilosk, losialllisr topciqpts ’ [fit etephenflf or‘ front 8 _J' b ' . _. tspsh ff fltm &; "till! 0'3 Erin W o. scours-boa, fiapgld anti: roclt si_Ns'w '§.s.i....,, and -thrss persons who were in list were saved | 'v the river, wore Iowa is. hot timely lntsrfoiuios of tho<-palles, -ac’. I-finds. from Quebec, was to contact w'ltli_tlis' Elisabeth, for Imynta,-lit the river, and boil; v a not their tvltki . Posrli n ssnkoltlis ortflbodlh, ' land dor (lat) v y. Thserows wire , the ,,,_,‘..,, .v 8 ntllintoolnd’ :9-'..w «il"’i"-‘*3’-l ~ We ha 9 ulit of the issue of this conflict into rah" 3.‘ . ‘ r ‘polar is insanely cashing Ii hw’flsta_m'a . ore all that it is represent Ito hlultpt ‘ not pe Will) the pew- i~'i."'i'ri..' ° ‘iii 'ii'.°.'.3"i'..,,§"'E‘§".'.'i’..r°,..;i.'°"°' those Gov riimnnis please to adopt, but Hangar)‘; I II Itttzlflfl‘ u;f'.‘.'}* the weather had for the at: previous weeks oh and drifted u the no to under of the north- uring tho sls. and all on board A cm , and with great roi~°-Ila?-' nmitsstso his own credit, by having a couple of has all nuns e . ‘ . tr " 5 Pier-head some oiniiasdflupasouw wfi li-dinprudsntly vsiursd too.aoar the edge or b -rucasd I ll Lou Clsrsn_tltin '.,*,_ ‘:'l'Y'“°" that t-itv upon a charge ufilistribuling the Bible and the l’Ilgrin|'s Pmgri-ss.—-'l'liti Etiil of Shutter- bury briefly explained that the object of the deputation was lu lay before his lurdslllp the case £Illd M. Cunniiiizhatu. and to stillcll the inter- I O -i v lltin of has May.-ny's GtWt'IllllN'.II to procure Clhremlori laid he entirely concurred in the opi- nion explored by Lord Sli-itiosbury as to the , character it thj law in quest:--ii, which was not ‘ only contrary to the principles of the Gospel, hot to the spirit of the ago. His lordship said he was quite fsiniliar with the facts of llI8t‘.1I!'t’. having received a dcspalch from Mr. Scailet on t_lio‘snlsjoct, and that he had lost no time in for- whrtliiu his directions to that gcotloinnn ‘ which he did the same evening by post. Mr. ttl'lI‘l Jifl wi the greatest aoalin tbs matter. and in a manner to secure his (Lord Claremlon'sl dmire approbation. -All the members of lh Cabinet with whom he hail had an opportunity ufeominunicating entirely agreed with him in the view he took of e case, and he felt that it was min in which no exertion shouhl be spared on his rt to secure Miss Cuiiniiiuliaiiie’s release. His urdship concluded by thanking the tlepiitntion for urging this subject upon his attention, adding. that their so doing aflliriled a strong indication of the interest felt in the case by all classes.-The deputation, after thanking his lordship for his courtesy sad the prompt manner in which he had taken up the case, wiihilrow. G lrmrwsl Disrovreiiv or GoLD AND OTIIII. Piiaciovs Mr:-ru.s is 'l‘i.~rxsv.—A discovery has been made in Turkey in the course of the rail- way survey, which will probably increase the Csar‘s avidity for that flue country. Messrs Laaliy, the engineers of the contemplated rail- vvva , have returned to Constantinople. bringing ,_wi_tli them large quantities of almost every sort of tnctalliferous orc, viz., gold, silver. iuercury copper, load, antimony, arsenic, and iron; and also coal, alum, llllprlrv anil Iulplier. lt is ulatod that the annual produce ofthe fields may be four millions sterling. The gold has been found near Adrianople, in the plains formed by the earthy deposits, and in the ferruginous sands of the river Aids, and also on the slopes of Mount Pclion and Mount Ossa in Thessaly, intermixed with extensive deposits of ligniie. The silver and lead mines appear to be of most value. and of immense extent particularly those of Mount Pelion, where more than ‘200 different galleries have been already opened, showing an amount of richness in mineral deposits al- most fabulous. The lead mines of Mount Potion are only three or four miles from the harbours Zsora and Volo, and have an abundance of water power and fuel. The Queen was still in the highland of Aber- deenshiae, where she had been recreated by it meeting of the clans of the Duffic, Forbes, and Fat-quharson Highlanders, all clad in kilts, and oopizanded by their respective " luirtls” or e . The quiet of the Royal Family was disturbed by it confla tion in the vicinity of the _royal residence, Imoral, which broke outin it block of bttildin ocou ied by the masons employed on the wor s of V e new lace. ive wooden buildings were destroys , and considerable exertion was nccessar to prevent communica- tion oftlie flames wi the new building. A line was formed for conveying water from the river to the burnin buildings, in which Prince Albert took a stan , and the youn Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, it is a ded, were also active] engaged, the Queen also looking on, and givzng directions for saving the clothes shorts 0 the men—a somewhat novel employ- ment for royalty. One million six hundred thousand pounds have already been voted to defray the cost of building the New Houses of Parlinient. Dr. lck, an excellent meteorologist, has after the closest observation of the moon and weather, arrived at the conclusion that there is not the slightest observable dependence between them. There is now lying at Gibraltar an English vessel, the Maltese part of the crew of which inutinied while at sea, and endeavoured to mur- der their sbipmates. Sever men were shot, ahd"tbe remainder have been sent to prison at Gibraltar. Mr. Shepherd, of Brcmpton, has patenteds machine for the production of gas from water by means of electro-magnetism. Hy it, as of cod "illuminating power can be made for a mere trifle perl000 feet. It is proposed to drive lo- comotives snd marine engines by it instead of steam; a trial is about tobo made on two rail- ways. Uars or rrir S'I'lRE0lfCOPl.—A couple of flat d uerreot pe ictures c any scene are put into a|‘Ilttle boyx. lllhcn they are looked at in a con la of reflectors pro rly arranged, the scene it f sccinp to be visible. in bold relief. So, for example, 'we may perchaiice loook in upon the river Volga-flowing between its banks, and in- spect the piles and works of a great unfinished bridge, forming a track partly across the tide um an . -—evsr_v ustsssound and as real as thong 'ths river and its banks and the rest work there in progress had been modell by the fairles. Goethe tells a story of a fair who was as " about by a mortal lnaamslbox. through the chinks of which could be seen her saniptebiis palace. Here is a box ofaboul the satne'siae, containing any fairy scene that by the hel of photography, we may be disposed to sup. It is called the Stersoscope. And of what use is its magic? To go no farther than the particular picture just suggested, of very ‘great use. he Emperor of all the ltussias is.in a gtoa .liurry for the completion of the bridge thptdllytittlooontod. He used to make frequent .Iqt|[.'IlQedtltDne an the works. and if he remained aloofallost, the architect never seemed to him to Joflciomly indostrlous. ‘sores alt, trouble to his Imperial master, and 3' The architect now stilabls copies of the workstation " ones a lbrtnvt by the sun, and sent to St. l Prlretollut*g‘."' here they are put into asteroo- . taps, itb, ‘hich the Emperor may sit in his ,, ,_ssfi,i which he may count every darn tnd post? soe‘evsry ripple of the distant tide.- " Household Words Tlrhprita ofa passage to California, which a few years ago was 8600 in the U. 8. mail line of sdillllihl now oosths as‘. ‘follows:—'I'hr:i'i,gli , ostsf csascain 00:Bddo . ; ;syootd§'s%t_h .h_g‘giid.boiard, sso. ' I -- . 5 Sairsa or HIARIKO its Fisii.—_-In order it asosrtslrscho truth ofa common assertion 5‘ that fish bhhildhr voicct in cotN.crsati6fl 011 ‘ the imlrn‘or.“.ire.m, my friend and myself , locted for close observation a trout poised t.Il1'lIcttwI deep in ‘water. Nil,“ I was attnatogl _, bind the fish:-I3; so, rlricsl ‘ K o i'icOltn.- to the ' cite the" lay, one gpn Tbs posaibilttyoftholashbdbg toss lady's lfierau-iii from priaoii.—Tlie Earl of basrolofhis ' by the fish was thus wholly prevented, and the report produced not the slightest apps- rent effect upon him. The second was then fired, still he remained immovable, cvincing not the slightest symptom of having heard the report. This ex riment was alter. wards often repented, and precisely similar results were invariably obtained ; neither could I or others over awaken symptoms or alarm in the flashes near the but by slinut. ing to tll’!min the loudest toiics, iilthough our distance from them some-times did not exceed 6 feet. It is possible that they may be in some manner affected by vibration communicated to their element, either di- rectly or by the intervention of aerio lpul- sations, although his not clearly proved that they possess organs appropriated ex- clusively to the purpose of heariog.—Ro- vtaIrl’r Fly I"islicr’r Entomology. Tris: Siuoitiivo Lsniizs or Pariu.—Ac- cording to a recent writer, the women of" Lima are inveterate smokers. It is no uncommon sight, however startlin the fact may appear to those vaporish la ies, who would “die of a rose in aromatic pain, ” not to say anything of the ossiblo effect of the remote odour of an avanah, it is no uncommon sight, to see a prett , delicate looking Liinuucse lady purchasing, at the open cigar booths, vigorous cigars, such as would stagger the nerves of some of our most robust male smokers. And they smoke them too; the ladies do not go about the street smoking, but, like knowing smo- kers take a quiet puff at home, while the more common women may be constantly seen blowing at enormous cigars as they walk about the streets. Tiiusrzlt I-‘on Posts.--The best timber for posts, in the order of durability, is red cedar, yellow locust, arbor vitie, (or white cedar of some places), white oak and chest- nut. Charring posts of the more perisha- ble sortsto render them durable, is oflittle use; for the charred portions are made brittle, and the only part oftha post stress- ing strength, is the interior, which is liable to the changes of dryness and moisture as ever, through the porosity ofthe charcoal. Saltnig posts by boring a hole obliquely downward at the surface of the earth, and plunging in salt is for more effectual.- Cases are known in this country, ofred ce- dar posts nearly a.hundred years old per- fcctly sound. REMOVING A RING ritoat a Yotma Lan\"s l~‘nvGiiii.—])r. Castle, of this city,’ communicates to the Boston Medical and Sur 'cal Journal, the following ingenious mctfiid, devised by im, for extracting a young lady’s finger from a ring which was too small for her We give his story in his own language: “ An interesting young lady about seventeen years of a e, had presen- ted to her a gold ring, w ich she forced over the joints of her middle finger. After a few minutes the finger commenced swel- ling, and the ring could not ho’-_l'emoved. The family ph sician, Dr. ——, was sent for, but could db nothing. The family, and the young lady especially, were now in the greatest consternation. A jeweller was sent for. After many futile attempts to cut the ring with cutting-nippers, and to saw it apart with it fine saw, and alter bruising and lacerating the flesh, warm fomcntntions and leeches were applied, but all without affording the slightest benefit. requested my presence, with the compliment that “perhaps my mechanical ingenuity might suggest something.” I at once pro- ceeded to the house of the patient, and found the young lady in a most deplorable state ofmental agony, the doctor embarras- sed, and the family in a high state of excite- ment. I procured some prepared chalk, and applied it between the ridges of swollen flesh, and all round the fin er, and succeded in drying the oozing and a raded flesh; then with a narrow piece of soft linen I succedc in polishing the ring, by drawin it gently round the ring between the swo len parts. I then applied quicksilver to the whole sur- face of the ring. In less than three minutes the ring was broken (by pressing it to- gether) in four pieces, to the great relief of all parties. In a similar manner (without the chalk) I some time since extracted a small brass ring from the ear of a child, who, child-like, had insertodiit into the cavit of its car. The 0 oration was more pain ul and tedious, but was cessful. The moduropcrondi: silver at once permeates the metals, if clean (with the exception of iron, steel, platina, and one or two others,) and auialgamntes with them. It immediately crystalizos and renders the metal as hard and as brittle as glass. Hence the ease with which metals pmalgamated with quicksilver can be bro- on. Dr.---— Maxmo Auouit nous wirrt A Guia- i.a-r.—“My boy, what are you doing with that gimblet?" asked I ofa llaxcu beaded urchin, who was labour‘ « wit a might at a piece of board be re him. “Trying to make an augur hole,” was the reply, without raising his eyes. Precisely the business of at least two- thirds of the world—n_ia.king augur holes with a gimblet! Here is a g ,_ front the clerk's desk behind the counter. s s rts a moustach, carries a ratsn, drinks csmpagne. talks about the profit of bankiri or shaving notes. He thinks he is real a great man; but everybody around him use that he is only “making augiur holes with a gimblet.” iss C. is a nice, pretty girl, and she might be very usofiil, too, for she has intel- ' I , I lofas ‘k h §3i7'uii'n§.’i.",im.‘}i.i5iir‘i"u.‘ ‘,'i"..i.iii labor, forgets, or trhs to fo that her wher :s a mechanic-6.:-r;dh"lL.’f¢;f‘u“V:|'7, h s vistr o ,_ iii‘ that" s‘n’,ka"aghrfholt nods wisgiattss‘ lllrls‘ ligeiice onough~—but alto must be the ton--i ' youn A., who has escaped‘ ll