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A large variety of new Fancy Type and Borders, for Cards, Circulars, &c. kepi always on ^and. 33u0iur## 5>trcctori>. I)r. JAMES LANGSTAFF, flick mo nd Ilill, December, 1858. I -tf JOSEPH KELLER, BAILIFF Second and Third DIVISION Court. Office, Richmond Hill. December, 1858. ] -tf A1' J. B. DEEGIER, POINTED CONSTABLE at the XX Assizes for the Counties of York, On- tario and Simcoe. Residenceâ€"Corner of Wright and Yonge Streets, near A Wright, Esq’s. Richmond Hill. Dec. 1858. 65-1-tf P. CROSBY, DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Wines, ^ JL^Wines, Liquors, Hardware, &c. Richmond Hill, Dec. 1858. 1-tf T. J. WHEELER, WATCH & CLOCK MAKER, JEWELLER, &o. RICHMOND HILL, Oct. 1.1853. 69-ly THOMAS SEDMAN, flSSpgHPh FUNERAL FURNISHER, CARRIAGE, Waggon & Sleigh Maker? Opposite the White Swan Inn. Richmond Hill, Dec. 1858. 1-tf JAMES McCLURE, INNKEEPER. Licensed Auctioneer for the Counties of York, Ontario and Simcoe. Corner of Yongo and Bradford streets, Holland Landing. December, 1 858. 25-1-tf JOHN HARRINGTON, Jr., DEALER in Dry Goods, Groceries, Wint>.-<, Liquors, Hardware,Glass, Earthenware, See. [J3* Also, Licensed Auctioneer. Richmond Hill, Dec. 1858. 1-tf WELLINGTON HOTEL, NEAR the Railroad Station, Aurora. Careful Hostlers always in attendance. C. CASE, Proprietor. December 1858. 32-1-tf MANSION HOUSE, SHARON, Attentive Hostlers always in attendance, J. kavanagii, Proprietor. December, 1858. 32-1-tf G jfork (itommonhmiltlj AND RICHMOND HILL ADVERTISER. VoL I. KICHMOND HILL, FRIDAY, MARCH IS, 1859. No, 1®. THE PLOUGH IlW, RICHMOND HILL GOOD ACCOMMODATION FOR TRAVELLERS. ROBERT RAYMOND, Proprietor. Richmond Hill, Feb. 1859, 8-ly JOHN COULTER, Tailor and Clotliier Yonge St., Richmond Hill, December, 185K 1-it GEORGE DODD, Veterinary Surgeon Lot 26, 4th Con., Vnughan. • HORSE & FARRIER” INN. gl5- 1-tf J. VERNEY, iSoot and 8hoc Maker. OPPOSITE A. LAW’S, Yonge street, Rich- mond Hill. Ladies’ and Gentlemens’ Boots and Shoes, made after the latest styles. December 1858. l-8m YONGE,STREET HOTEL, AURORA. always on hand, dation for Travellers, Cigars of all brands. D. MCLEOD, Aurora, July 6, 1858. Wines and Liquors Excellent Accommo- Fariiiers, and others ’roprietor. 57 Gi J. N. REID, pHYSICIAN & SURGEON Corner of Yonge and Centre Streets, Thornhill, December 1858. 10- 1-tf ROACH’S HOTEL, (CORNER of Front and George s rects, J one block east of the AJarket, Toronto. JOHN ROACH, Pinpriecor. December, 1858. 39-1-tf A ROBERT SIVER, Boot and Shoe Maker5 DJOINING the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Yongo Street, Richmond Hill. A choice selection of Gentlemens’, Ladies’ and Childrens’ Boots and Shoes constantly on hand, and ms^le to order on the Shortest No- tice. O" Ail kinds Shoemakers Finding for sale. Richmond ilill, Dec. 1858. 1-tf T. MACBETH, Jm\, CARRIAGE, SIGN, AND- Ornamental Painter, Richmond Hill, Feb. 17, 1858. t37-lv eltitiona. BLACK HORSE HOTEL [FORMERLY KEPT BY WM. ROLPH,] (CORNER of Palace and George streets, east J of the Market Square, Toronto. Board $1 por day. Good Stabling and attentive Hostlers always in attendance. An omnibus to and from the Railroad Station. THOMAS PALMER. Proprietor. Toronto, Fob 26, 185S. t38-ly NEW STORE, Jim. Richmond Hill? /HORNER of Wriirht & Yonsre streets Vj Cheap Crockery and Credit. Dee. 3. 1858. Groceries and Provisions. Glassware cheap for Cash. No D. HOPKINS. 1-tf THORNHILL HOTEL. rpilE I rui Subscriber begs to inform the ublie that lie lias leased the above premises, and fitted them up in a neat and comfortable style. Boarders and transient visitors will find the accomodations in every way agreeable. The best of Liquors and Cigars carefully selected. Good stabling and attentive hostlers HENRY LEMON, Thornhill, ? Jan 20.1858.( Propiietor. t38 EDWARD CROWN, ETAS always on hand a large and well assorted stock of DRAPERY, GRO- CERIES, BOOTS and SHOES, &c. &c. which will be sold at prices that will defy com- petition. Thornhill. July 30, 1858, 60-ly GLOUCESTER HOTEL, THREE MILES NORTH OF TORONTO, ON VONGE-ST. fjHHE above Hotel is fitted up in neat and L com'ortnble style. Transient visitors aud others will find tho accommodations to be that of the first class, while the charges will be ex- tremely low, O’ Good Stabling and an attentive Hostler. THOMAS COATES, Proprietor. Yonge Street, Dec, 1858. G2-ly DR. J. W. G R I F F ! T H, MARKHAM VILLAGE, C.W. Dec. 2, 1858. 52-ly CHRISTIAN WURSTER, SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER, 7OULD inform the inhabitants of Maple YY Village and surrounding country, that he has opened a Shop in the above line, where ho will, by strict attention to all orders, endeavor to merit a share of their support. Repairing neatly and expediciously attended to. [TF All Work Warranted. Maple Village, Aug. 20. 1858. G3-6m JAMES HALL, HAS always on hand a large assortment of BOOTS and SHOES, which will bo sold at prices to meet the times. Richmond Hill, Doc. 1858. 54-l-ly W. HODGE & Co. VY^HOLESALE and Retail Copper, Tin VY and iron Plate Woike/«, and Furnishing Ironmongers, Parties giving this house a call «’ill find their orders punctually attended to, and the lowest prices charged. Richmond Hill, Dec. 1858. 54-1-ly EDMUND GRAINGER, BU T C II E R, THORNHILL. Fresh and Pickled Meats, Poultry, &c., always on hand. Families supplied on the shortest notice. Thornhill, Dec. 1558. 41-ltf HALF-WAY HOUSE, RICHMOND HILL, FjplIE Subscriber begs to inform hi* I numerous Rations and tiie public, that he has removed from the White Swan Hotel to the above Premises, where there will be found excellent ac- commodation for Travellers, and good Stabling. Horses and Buggies (or Hire. JOSEPH GABY, Proprietor. Richmond Hill, Oct. 22, 1858. 72-7m GREEN BUSH HOTEL, It MILKS NORTH OV TORONTO ON 1 HE YONGE STREET ROAD. fpHE Proprietor begs to inform the 1^ public that he has purchased the above Hotel, and has recently refitted and furnished it throughout in a comfortable style. The Bar will bo continually supplied with good Liquors and Cigars. Good Stables attached to the premises, with careful Hostlers to at- tend to travellers wants. THOMAS STEELE, Proprietor. (formerly of tho Bond Lake Hotel.) Sept. 29, 1858. G9-ly ST. LAWRENCE HOTEL 142 KING STREET, TORONTO. mHE Subscriber begs to inform his friends and the public generally that he has opened the above Hotel, opposite the St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto. His bar will always be found replete with all kinds of Liquors of first-rate quality. His Table will also be found recherlte. Good Stables are attached to the premises. W. M. SHORT. Viitinart Surgeon, Proprietor. Toronto Sept. 17, 1858. 67-ly CLYDE HOTEL, KING STREET EAST, TORONTO. OOD Stabling and Attentive Hostlers JOHN MILLS, Proprietor. December, 1858. l-,tf WILLIAM HARRISON, Saddle nnd Harness Maker? Next door to G. A, Barnard’s, Richmond Hill. December, 1858. 1-tf RICHMOND HILL HOTEL. A STAGE runs from the above Hotel to Toronto every morning, starting from the Elgin Mills at 7, a.m. and returning at 7, j*m. Fare 2s. 6d. each way. POOD accommodation for travellers. RICHARD NICHOLLS, Proprietor. Richmond Hill, Dec. 2, 1858 1*55 JAMES JENKINS’, Grocery &. Provision Store RICHMOND HILL NO CREDIT GIVEN. Procuco taken in exchange. The above is the oldest established Grocery' and Provision Store on tho Hill,. Dec. 2, 1858. 55-1 y ANGLO-AMERICAN HOUSE ! MARKHAM VILLAGE. GOOD Accommodations. Wines, Liquors and Cigars of the choicest brands. R. MARR, Proprietor. Markham, Dec, 1858, 57-ly WILLIAM U. SKENE, MILLWRIGHT) ALTON A, BEGS to intimate that he is now pre- pared to erect MILLS of every description, by contract or otherwise, on reasonable terms. Ho is also agent for some of the best Foundrys in Canada. All contract jobs warranted from three to six months. From thirteen years’ experience he hopes lo give general satisfaction. S’ WAN HOTEL, THORNHILL. Good Accommodation for Travellers. JOHN SH1ELS, Proprietor • Thornhill Jan. 10, 1859. 9-lv I £3,500 TO INVEST, For Eligible Farm Mort- gages at reduced rates. OANS NEGOTIATED for Farmers and j others through the agency ot the various Credit Companuo and Private Capitalists, on alj description of Colateaal Securitiet, for l°n£» or short periods. R, Nt GOOCH, Jtloney <f General Broker^ (NEAR THE TORONTO EXCHANGE,) TORONTO. January 20.1859. 8-10 SPEAK OF A MAN AS YOU FIND HIM. Let us speak of a man as we find him, And censure alone what wo see ; If to blame, why then let us remind himâ€" From faults there is none of us free. If the veil from the heart could be torn, And the mind could be read on each brow, Thore is thousands we’d pass by in scorn Whom we’re loading with high honors, now. Let us speak of a man as wo find him, And heed not what others may say , If lie’s frail, why a kind word may bind him Where coldness would turn him away. Oh ! the heart must be barren, indcet., Where no bud of lepentance can bloom ; Then pause ere you cause it to bleedâ€" On a smile or a frown hangs its doom ! GOLDSMITH'S STATUTE. From the Mo ning Herald. Trinity College, Dublin ! There are very few people or nations amongst whom these three words will not find recognition, and arouse memories of happiness, and emula- tion, and honor. And yet of all the legion which the great college has contributed to the literature of the world, one of its alumni will forever hold the leadâ€"he who was born, as his illustrious friend Johnson fanci- fully and not over classically said, ‘ ubi Palas posuit nomen ’â€"Oliver Goldsmith* At the end of nearly a century there is to be raised in the chief quadrangle of Dublin College, and by the suggestion of the Univer- sity, a statute to him of whom it was said, ‘ uihil erat quod non letiget ; nihil quod tetigel non ornavit.’ The representation of the not very hand- some face of the truly great poet, the adventurous traveller, and pen- sive essayist, the laborious but im- mortal compiler, and the sadly un- successful dandy, is to rise in that square where, on one October morn- ing, ho entered, in great trepidation and ambition, those doors of that theatre which, line the fancied pal- aces of Oriental fiction, were to give to so many fame, and glory, and great place. We do not add wealth, for no college on earth, we think, ever considered so little that very ‘ necessary part of the play to be considered,’ as did Trinity College, Dublin. From the time that Usher saw its foundation to that when Peel produced his scheme for una- availing rivalry, it was held on the advancing tenor of its wav, and those who received its favors, or achieved its honors, felt like Gold- smithâ€"the gentlest of its sonsâ€" they ‘ Dragged at each remove a length’ning chain.’ The representation of the floreated columns is on many a print in the tions are its sole and unchallengeable property. The list of the great men whom Dublin College has produced would constitute a wonder to those who fancy they are antiquarians.â€" We mean, of course, men of letters; for that such men as Arthur Well- esley struggled on in college strife for a few years, is a fact that does not entitle the college to claim the Duke of Wellington, any more than the same university claims Roscom- mon, ihe poet, because Lord Straf- ford. being Lord Lieutenant of Ire- land, sent his nephew there ; or a late Duke of Richmond, because, for the same reasons, the same course was taken. But ihe college that could begin with Usher and end with ihe first men of the present time must have reckoned in its history a long list of those with whom we may guess, from his writings, Oliver Goldsmith would have been by his own desire identified. Dublin Uni- versity has inculcated respect for re- ligion, and law, and honor, for three centuries ; and now it proposes to commemorate the most effectual champion of the three whom it has ever sent forth into the world of fic- tion. There can be conceived in such a matter nothing more graceful than the desire of the University of Dublin to make its grounds the re- ceptacle of the memorial of one of the greatest as well as one of the poorest of its students, and one of the most illustrious of its sons. But while we give Trinity College, Dub- lin, all credit for this proceeding, we cannot but remember that the statute of Goldsmith will be in many things companionless if there are no other statues within the same quadrangle. It would be impossible for us to name without invidious notice the men who should stand in the same square with that memorial, but it might be well asked where is Usher and where is Swift? The first has ceased to be named amongst the il- lustrious men of Ireland, and the s< e cond has been claimed as an English- man, by the latest stretch of Cock- ney audacity. If any man shall eve- wri te the Athena IJublinicnscs, nr quadrangle in the world will be moro insufficient to hold the statues of which he shall show the right to stand there than the Parliament- square of Trinity College, Dublin,â€" It is, however, a very good begin- ning t o inaugurate1 the work with the statue of Goldsmith. With that kind of nationality we have full sympathy â€"the nationality which makes its ri- valry that of success in the great career of amusing and improving whole nations and people, as distin- guished from a class of provincial agitationsâ€"a power which, as Gold- smith sang of one of his great equals, That we scarcely can praise it or blame it too much, is such ; but as to the use of which, all who relv on the future progress of the antipodes, and the stamp of the sound i natjon must depend on the discretion learning obtained within them, may be traced in the advance of the civi- lization of tiie human race. In fic- tion, however, Dublin was, in truth, â-  the silent sister.’ It was only in the honorary quality that Johnson the Great was made, by her, a doctor of laws. The rise of Oliver Goldsmith was, however, a grand epoch for Dublin University in the style of fic- tion. The kindly and genial feeling, and the curious and successful guesses at human nature, adopted from native thought, and accepted without experience, caught hold of the mind of the empire and all Eng- lish speaking countries, and made an alumnus of Dublin a teacher of kindness to the entire world, and his one work ‘a thing of beauty and a joy for ever.’ kn era in Ireland ha3 passed away when provincial demo- crats and fair-time agitators were great men. 'The heart and the health of the nation have (not, per- haps, recovered themselves; but be- come conscious of their own exist- ence, and the tendency of the spirit is nowhere better shown than in the proposal for a statute to Goldsmith, and the demand of the University that it should be erected within their bounds, and on the spot on which the first conceptions began which have made the sizar of Trinity Col- lege a leader of not only the minds but of the hearts of men. The awk- ward boy who ‘ refused to carry up the fellows’ dinner’ has done more than acts of Parliament to surely establish the Church, and hundreds have supported her position, more from the reading of the ‘ Vicar of Wakefield ’ than the ordinances of Henry VIII. The University of Dublin is rich in the memories of men whom it can claim, and whose wjJl-earned and far-spread reputa- which must be an absolute neces- sity of the days in which we live. It is. however, no little testimony to the advance of public opinion in a healthy direction, that Dublin erects a statue to Oliver Goldsmith, and the Irish University claims that it shall stand within its walls. LITTLE ELLA ; OR, LIFE’S GREAT MYSTERY. ‘Mamma, what makes your cheeks look so white V said a little fair-haired girl of some five sum- mers, as she held up a bunch of flowers for her mother to smell : ‘they used to be red like these roses.’ She looked at her mother thoughtfully for a few moments, but as she received no reply to her question, she added, putting her face close to her mother’sâ€"‘ Will they put you in the ground, too, as they did papa when he looked so white, and went to sleep so we could not wake him?’ The mother folded her child to her heart, and prayed to Him who hath s&id he will be the Father of the fatherless, and who carries the lambs of his Hock in his bosom. ‘ Yes, my child,’ she at length said, ‘ 1 feel I shall soon fall asleep as papa did so sound asleep that even your dear little voice cannot wake me. I must leave you for a time, but you must be a good girl, and we shall meet again, nevermore to part.’ But as the gentle mother gazed upon that innocent face up- turned to hers, she saw that the pure spirit within had not yet been an inhabitant of earth long enough to learn the great mystery of death, and she almost wished, if it were God’s will, that her sinless child BLOODâ€"CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT IT. Blood is a mighty river of life, the mysterious centre of chemical and vital actions as they are indispen- sible,. soliciting our attention no less by the many problems it presents to speculative ingenuity than by the many practical conclusions to which those speculations lead. L is a tor- rent impetuously rushing through every part of the body, carried by an elaborate network of vessels, which, in the course of the twelve months convey to the various tis- sues, not less than 3,000 pounds weight of nutritive material and convey to the various tissues, not less than three thousand pounds weight of waste. At every mo- ment of our lives there is nearly ten pounds of this fluid rushing in one continuous throbbing stream, from the heart through the great arteries which branch and branch liKe a tree, the vessels becoming smaller and smaller as they subdivide, till they are invisible to the naked eye, and then they are called capillaries (hair like vessels,) although they are no more to be compared in calibre with hairs, than hairs arc with cables.â€" might be permitted to go with her to that upper and brighter world * * * A few days after this, little Ella stood by her mother’s grave, and as they lowered the cof- fin into it, and began to throw in the earth she burst into tears, and said in plaintive accents, which mov- ed the stoutest heartsâ€" ‘Oh, put me in therewith my darling mamma !â€"there is room enough ! Oh, please let me sleep there with my mamma!’ Her aunt, a good, kind lady, took her by the hand, and tried to explain to her the sad lesson which all must learn, that it was more than sleepâ€" it was death I But what could she know of death, who had not yet learned what life was? How could she understand the great mystery which the wisest cannot fully com- prehend 1 Oh, how it must chill the young heart thus to meet death upon the threshold of life ! Happy are they who are spared, when young, the awful lesson which makes them orphans, casting a dark shadow upon the bright morning of their existance. Ella strove to un- derstand what her aunt said to her, and askedâ€" ‘ Must we all die V 1 Yes.’ said her aunt, kindly ; ‘but we shall all live again.’ ‘ Will my mamma live again, and shall I see her V ‘ Yes,’ replied her aunt, ‘ you will see her in a better world, I trust,’ and as she led her slowly away from the grave, she added, ‘ but not until you too have died like her, and your body has been buried in the ground.’ ‘ May I not ask God to lot me die now.’ said Ella, ‘ that I may see mamma!â€"she always told me to ask God for everything.’ ‘ My dear child,’ said her aunt, when she saw how hard a lesson it was for one so young to understand, ‘ the Lord does all things well, and he will take care of you, and in the judgment morning, when all shall rise, you will see your mother again, and may you be prepared to meet her.’ As her aunt pronounced these last words, little Ella’s face brightened up. and she ceased to ask any more questions. But when at night she had retired to her little bed, she said to herselfâ€" I will be prepared every morning to meet my mamma, and then I shall surely see her on that one my aunt told me about.' The next morning she was miss- ing, and search being made, she was found standing by the side of her mother’s grave ; and when question- ed, told her aunt she came there early, so as to be the first to meet her mother when she should rise. A few weeks after, a little grave was made there, beside the one so recently covered with the green sod ; and little Ella was laid to rest by the side of that mother she had loved so well in life that death could not long separate them, and those who laid her there wept not, for they knew that she had been called away by the voice of love from a world of sin aud suffering. But many, orphaned like her, have been often left to the world’s care and pity, that their sufferings might keep alive in the hearts of others the holy principle of charity, the practice of which is so well pleasing to God.â€" The Little Pilgrim. These vessels forna a network finer than the finest laceâ€"so fine, indeed, that if we pierce the surface at al- most any part with the point of a needle, we open one of them and let out its blood. In these vessels the blood yields some of its nutrient ma- terials, and receives in exchange some of the wasted products of tis- sue : thus modified, the stream con- tinues its rapid course backwards to the heart through a system of veins, which commence in the myriad ca- pillaries that form the termination of the arteries. The veins, instead of subdividing like the arteries, become gradually less and less numerous, their twigs entering branches, and the branches trunks, till they reach the heart. No sooner has the blood poured into the heart from the veins than it rushes through the lungs, and from them back again lo the heart and arteries, thus com- pleting the circle, or circulation.â€" Blackwood'1 s Magazine. BONES. The following shows what is done- with bones in New Yoik. The same operations are carried on upon an exiensive scale in the vicinity of Boston : ‘ The price paid for bones varies according to quality. Thigh bones of bullocks are made into handles of tooth brushes, and are of the most value, befhg worth 10 or 12 cents apiece. The jaw bones rank next, and sell for $18 per thousand â€" The “ short ” bones, which are thrown from the family table, are worth 50 cents per bushel. A Mr. Greene, in New York, pays $100 per day for bones, and there are many in that city who pay an equal amount. Ox hoofs are worth $40 per ton, horse hoofs and sheep hoofs and horns, $15 per ton. On the ar- rival of the bones at the factory, the thigh and jaw bones are sawn so as to admit of the removal of the marrow. Thov are then thrown into a vast cauldron, and boiled un- til all the marrow and fatty sub- stances attached to them are tho- roughly extracted. The fat is then skimmed off and placed in colors, and the bones are deposited in heaps for assortment. The thigh bones are placed in one heap for the turn- ers, the jaw and other bones suitable for buttons are placed in a second pile : the bones suitable for bone black come No. 3, and the remainder are ground up for phosphorus and- manures. Bone-blar,k is used by sugar refiners, and is worth 21 and 3£ cents per pound. Stuart’s lefin- ery pays $40,000 annually for this nrtie’e, and each of the other ten re- fineries pay nearly the same amount. Mr. Greene realizes about $19,£)00 per annum from soap fat produced.. bv bone boiling. SCENE IN A. DISSECTING ROOM. A correspondent informs us of a' case narrated in the ‘ British Mer- cury,’ June 12, 1790, with the re- mark of the editor : ‘ Casuists may amuse themselves with settling whe- ther the following action be ranged under the title of justice or human- ity.’ The case is this : A young gentleman who had stud-- ied at a celebrated university, and having a strong predilection for ana- tomy, took great pleasure in attend- ing on dissections. One evening he, with many others, was anxiously at- tending on the commencement of that operation on the body of a ro- torious malefactor, who lay stretch- ed on the iable before them ; tho surgeon who had beeen placing it in a proper situation, turned to the class and addressed them thus : * I am pretty, certain, gentlemen, from the warmth of the subject, and flexi- bility of the limbs, that by a proper degree of attention and care the vi- tal heat would return, and life in consequence would take place.â€" But, then, when it is considered what a rascal we should have among us, that he was executed for having murdered a girl who was with child by him ; and thai were he restored to life he would probably murder somebody else. When these things are coolly considered, I own it is my opinion that we had better proceed with the dissection.’ With these words, he plunged the knife into the breast of the carcase, and precluded at once all dread of future assassi- nation or hopes of repentance. Tiie Oldest Inhabitant.â€"A cor- respondent in the London Times calcu- lates the age of the great California tree, in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, at about six thousand, four hundred and eight! It must have been planted, ac- cording to that, when Adam was a very small baby, if not before. The same writer refers to another California tree which must be at least seven thousand,, one hundred and twenty-eight years old. The method in which this computation was made is this: The writer took two pieces of the wood of the treeâ€"one of the heart, and the other of the sapwoodâ€"about an inch square, and he counted the con- centric layers, which are supposed to in- dicate the annual growth! Tn the heart- wood he found forty-five layers to the Inch, and in the sapwood twenty-one ; and as ihe tree is fourteen feet in diameterâ€" ten of heart and four of soapâ€"the result was easily obtained. The second tree spoken of was thirty-nine feet in diameter. i