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ib i SIAR & os aa Gare ¥ 'A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND a © Family DN ewapaper ; 8 PUBLISHED AT THE ' " WICTORIA BLOCK, PHINCE ALBERT COUNTY OF ONTARIO, | ; EVERY THURS D AY M 0 RNING : BAIRD &P "PARSONS, TERMS : --$1.50 per anne annum, if paid within six id within that time. $2.00. Nosub- Moats tists . months; andnopaper d antil 211 arrears are paid ers containing money. when addressed to arden pre-paid dremel, wilibeatourrisk '2 RATES OF ADVERTISING. * For each line, first insertion con -Subsequent insertions, per . 0.02 [PORT PERRY. of ote wee IE, PRINCE ALBERT, ONT, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1871. DENTIS STRY. FB H. L. Harnden, L.D.S., Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, Of Ten Years Experience, OFFICE IN BIGELOW'S BLOCK, RESIDENCE. PRIN PRINCE ALBERT, Particular attention given to the lati of Children's Teeth. Mineral Teeth nointsd on Gold, Silver and Vuleanized Rubbe ' Teeth filled rh Gold so as & preserve them from further decay. Nitrous Oxide Gass ministered for the painless extraction of Teeth. --Oonstitation free a ART Wor Warted: Sept. 7 1870. 36-1y Cards, under 6 limes, per annum...... 5 00 Advertisegents measured in pareil and charged according to the space they, occupy. Ad isemeutsrceived (ornublicationwithobtspes | " instructions, will be inserted unti id, and ke godheom ngly, Noudvertisemem will be ¢ taken fo paid for. Aliberal liscount allowed to Merchants and-otliers who idvertisehy the year oriall-yes TP Theseterms wikhin ll citer, be strictlya lt. he. sonatantly inareasing importance of the North , C. N, VARS RACTICAL Dentist, OslawayOnt.-- Derital 'Rooms dikeétly opporite the post oflie entrance Simcoe street, third door north of'the Ontario Bank. xnguvance, Bidingof Ontario render thep! a rirerating ofthe-courty 3 oi Togatume nal newsgiven, w be unsui passedby aay loca {paper patlistes i Car in Canada. A JOB DEPARTMENT. Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters. Programmes, Bill, Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books. Cireck Books. Circulars, Business Cards. Ball Cards, Ke , &e ave und color, executed promptly, and atany othe) establishmentin thie hand bills he. sprinted em done to take home withthem J. BAIRD. | H. PARSON. a A ---------------------------- Profe saional Cards, Dr. Brathwaite, 'PRINCE ALBERT, * Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur. -- AE DR. WARE, ORONER for the County of Ontario, Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, * Belneo Albert Drs. McGILL & RAE, . HYSICIANS, Surgeons, &c., &c. Office an am Surgeons, Ochawa. WAM. M'GILL, M. D. FRANCIS RAE. M.'B. SAMUEL H, COCHRANE, LL.D.: RISTER, County Crown Attorney, A torin Cliancey, Notary Public, &c., rock street, Whitby. R. J. WILSON, ARRISTER, Attorney at Law, Solicitor Bi Chanery, &c. Office in the Victoria 8 dos Boose, 'Whitby. ' LYMAN ENGLISH, L. L. B,, OLICI'TOR in. Chancery, Attorney, Conyeyancer, &c., Oshawa. - Office--Simcoe street, opposite the post office. -- SONG FILE YOUNG SMITH ,. 04 Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor in a. pA ary, "and Insolvency, Notary Pub of fos McAillan's Block, Brock Btreet, Whit- 'by, Onta Ontario. 4 rie eee se ee | . _ CAMERON & MACDONELL, { ARRISTERS and Attorneys at Law, Solicitors County Council Ontario, Offices: ourt House. ©. CAMERON. 1 H. J. MACDONELL. } JAMES LAMON, THE ONTARIO FARMERS' Mutual Insurance Company HIS Company is now fully organized and is prepared 10 accept risks on Farm Buildings and their contents, country School Houses and Churches. Those wishing to insure and thereby support a Home Insurance Company bave now an opportunity of doing so either ta applying to the Head Office, or to any of the local Agents of the Company. Our rates will be ound as low as those of a PORT PERRY. A Li Subscriber Tavi ing leased to above Hotel, 'has fitted up in a style in keeping. with the Sapidly increasing business and Ph din of the lage and neighborhood, and with direct re- ference to the comfort and convenience of tho public Visio attention paid to the Table and the Bar. Comfortable Stables and attentive Hostlers., Neither labor nor expense will bo spared in making the RoyaR Cavadian Hotel worthy of | public pat ublic patronage. » 3 Port Perry, June 16, 1869. "REVERE HOUSE," MANCHESTER PROPRIETOR. ased the above hotel, and has farnishicd the Bar with the choicest liquors and cigars. Every attention Jud, to use Stages to and from Whitby call daily. (Carefu ostlers always in attendance, Mackie's Hotel, NC (LATE BRODIE'S,) WALTON STREET, PORT HOPE 4 ; War. "MACKIE, Pidpetor, Jewett's 'Hotel, KENT STREET, LINDSAY. Good Stable and shed attached, and an attentive ostler always in attendance, Free Omnibus to and from the Cars and Boats. DAFOE HOUSE UTICA 00D accommodations. Careful attention to the requirements of travelers and guests. The barsupplied with the best wines, liquors ny cigars Good stabling. -J. DAFOE, Proprietor," Company in Can ings, Brock Street, Whitby. a Le FAIRBANKS, Tuy .s 27-1y foeT at oll Li Office Build- Centre Hotel, SAINTFIELD, + FAS. -OAMERON, Proprietor. WESTERN NCE COPY TORONTO, C. 'W. INCORPORATED . ovine Capital, = = President 1851. $400,000 HON. joun PN MURRIOH JAMES BRI NG GENERAL vf ~~ BRITIST AMERICAN Assurance Company ! FIRE AND MARINE, Oldest Chartered Upper Canadian Company. HEAD GFFCIEC CORNER oF CHTRCH AND OURT STREETS, 7 ORONT 0: -- Boaip or Rxecron --Hon. G. al Allan, Geo. J ALBION HOTEL, A. MASON, _- = Proprietor This Hotel hagundergone a thorough renova- tion and been fitted up with a view to the com- fort and convenience of the traveling public. -- Every attention will be paid to the table and bar, while obliging and atientive hostlers will have charge of the stables. Whitby, 20th June, 1870. ---- | now prepared to lend any amount of Money on the security of Good Farm, or Pro- ductive Town Prope rly at the lowest possible rate of interest in sums and manner to suit bor rowers. Principal can be repaid by yearly in- wigimeniy or in one sum, Several well cultivated Farms and Lots of Wild Land for sale cheap. Boyd, Hon, W Harris Peter Patar- son, G. ens Ban. 3. H. Rutherfor Guvernnes G. Perceval Ridout. Peter Pauterson. Trustees : Ki. H. Rmherford, Hon W. Cayley: Thos Harris. Minager Marie De) part jet s mm. Stew- ord: Fire Inspector : EK. Raby Tr. W, BIRCHALL, fai Director. DAVID J. ADAMS, AGENT, PRINCE ALBERT. Tetiy Goverr,or : Conveyancer, &c.--Land Agent, c heli. fice over Armstrong's Hotel, Main Street Uxbridge. FAREWELL & McGEE, ARRISTERS, Attorneys, Solicitors, O8n- veyancers 'and Notaries Public, Oshawa.-- Office, one door North of the Post Office; and at Bowmanville, office Mr. Feeter's Block, oppo- site Town Hall. B. FAREWELL, L.L.B. | R. M'GEE, B. A. JOHN BILLINGS, ARRISTER, Attorney at Law, Solicitor . in Chance! 7 Nowy Public, Conveyander, &e., Prince Al Office over in the Royal Arcade, Port iy P. A. HURD, Ti TTORNEY t Law, and Solicitor in Chan- Port. Perry. Office in the Royal Eon rt Perry. TTORNEY at Law, Solicitor in Ch Vi A &c., A Dentistry. AAAANMAAAAAAAMAAAAAAANMANA, 'J. Ds Eottingham, { DENTIS B ORL LI. IA, C.W. _ Bya New Process, oss, Teoth can be Ex-| "tracted without ut pain, at his office, 3.0.0. 17 ropetel 30. #1 to exeéute all operations goanceteq Hy his profession with neatness and - disp ir examine his specimens.' parts of sets, or whole 2 and i » BLL ention' fo the Teeth gress A he health. ¥ithoat Seeth in in Joud 2 t impossible to masticate food for the v and consequently there: be good If you have decayed teeth, get them filled. i baveaay out set them replaced b; ney 'ones. low, and all work warrant! « If the wo it is' not satisfactorily doa, he wl hours fom. m. to 5 »- m. 1867. 0. D WAID SB Wain Brock St. Dabedge Rudd | E. MAJOR, W. M. WILLCOX, BURELIA, PRINCE ALBERT. Sept. 29, 1870. 39 a te. ib in the Boi of 2 HE) Auctioneers. MAJOR & Ww TLLCOX. AUTION CEERS ¥OR THE COUNTY OF ONTARIO. Valuators, Land Agents, Commission Merchants, &e, ACCOUNTS COLLECTED PROMPTLY. Money to Loan at 8 per cent. J.C. PILKEY b. Licensey Auctioneer FOR THE County of Ontario The Subscriber. will furnish Blank Notes and Stamps for sales. All sales attended to--on the shortest otice-a) ywhere within the County -- Terms liberal, os Sha id tree of charge.-- Debts: collected ry PILKEY, Frou P.O: THOS. H. WALSHE. . EN. Auslionee | dos the Town- ips of ders left punctually this offs or at ngton, or otherwise; ai e. Homombonce tario Auctioneer. al : rm Toy nts the Sovaos HENRY CHARLES. © o From Turd & Later, re nor nish $0 in i deseription 1 made in Deb and other Securities, Silver and Greenbacks bought and sold. For further particulars, apply to + JAMES HOLDEN, Official. Assignee, Money Broker, &ec. OFFICE--MeMillian's Block, Brock Street. Whitby, Sept. 29, 1869. -39-t , Mortgages, FIRST CLASS HARNESS WM. THOMPSON, Saddle and Harness MAKER, MAN HES STER QULD embrace Ns opportunity of return- WwW ing thanks to his customers for their steady and increasing patronage, and would in- orm the farming community and others that it will be to their advantage to leave their orders with War. TroursoN, Manchester. He uses only the BEST MA' ATERIAL, AL, and Jakssitn up in GOOD STYLE and at MODER. PRICES. I~ REPAIRING. NEATLY DONE. £4 EM THOMPSON. Manchester, Feb. 16, 1871. 8 THE GREAT LABOR - SAVING . MACHINE! . roe 400 Sold within 'the last few The undersigned having exclu : to ma fictive the THE ONTARIO nas Macun rrp dooraer any any' umbe be tera) Sud i k Ha ia > br | bdubiid & HURD. Port Perry, Nov. 11th, 1869, Reine Albert, Oc, 26, 1870, 9 f You bear witness, gentlemen,' he said, the ship.' ship's side. us alone on the surlace'of the great sea. ¢ that I left nothing undone, and it was not until every effort had failed that I.left He would bave said, more, but something which caught his eye made him shout to hia 1 men to seize their oars, and then altogether they rowed away from the At first 1 did not know why this was done, but I soon saw that it was to avoid the vortex which the sinking vessel would cause ; for belore five minutgs had elapsed the great ship began toroll slowly Irom side to side--and then in spite of myeelf I utter- edacry asit gave a plunge forward, and seemed to dive down opt of sight, leaving exposure.' «Looking will not mend it, my lads,' anid the captain bravely. ¢Let us be hopeful and fight through it as bravely as we can. a hotels. . SAVED. examination being made of ®ach bag and EE eta edR ; case of provisions, they were, without ex- Roy al Canadian fIotel, from Clumber! Journal. ception found to have been destroyed by a charge here to save as well as ourselves.' faint cheer, as, in accordance with his or. skimming over the sea. Night, morning --night,morning sucoeed- more unbearable. Never despair; and recolleot that we have He poihted to me; and the men give a ders, the sail was once more hoisted' the boat rimmed, and we were once more ed each other, for [don't kuow how many strange and misty days of horror; with a gnawing pain of hunger tormenting us, and the pain of thirst becoming hourly more and Caplan Webster held ° [away, affecting us all with a deep feeling [=rFhe night' came on hnd~ of awe as' we thoughtof the 'frail defence we had against death, To us the vast ocean, lipaving #6 slowly and regularly. be- neath, seemed like the threshold of elernity and I know that ne one slept, for we alj sat watching and longing for the morning. At another time I could have remained rapt with wongé¥ and joy at the glorious sunrise which e surface of | the sea wil ut there was the great sense of the solitude oppressing me always, while around me were the pale haggard faces of the men who knw the -perilous strait in which wo lay. As the mogntng broke, though, the captain rose up in the bows, and stood looking around in every direaiion, to try if he eould make out {up bravely, and encouraged us all; bur we | could only see that we were sailing on jo our death--a death of torment with burning sun above ue, and the mocking water around, ever tantalizin ed vs ta drink, as it leaped musically the frail sides, foaming, sparkling and pure. But the Captain's advice was nat alway, taken ; though, with a faint smile on his lip, Mr. Gray, the first mate, owned to his weakness, Tie petsinted during one ane the bubbling sizeame, With, delicians,: melting f vita hanging,over the, bright, glistening half supporting me as we wandered in the pleasant lanes, talking ot the happy, future. Then again the golden: glowing haze and the burning heat, the muttering of voices, the soft fluttering of thé #hil ; and'thien once mote the black darkness; mingied now as if with the hissing of Wy "winds § and then it seemed to me a if my Head sank | upon my husband's neck, and 1 went ta sleep. And it was 'so; but it was almost the long sleep of Jeath ; and so near had been the end that it was not until after days of unremitting attention that reagon returned, and | found that I was lying in a cot and a dunly shaded cabin. Fora long time | could not realize the past--could not un- derstand where I was. motion of the vessel, the wash-wash of the water hurrying by,and occasionally a heavy footstep on the deck overhead. But at last came 4 sign, apparently .cloie at hand, followed by a rustling-noise ; and tursing my weary eyes in that dMectian, it was for them 10 encounter my husbind's face, but #0 care-worn, pahid and anxious as to be almost urrecognizable. The next moment my feeble arms were round his feck, and _ There was 8 heavy | would hasten his end ; for soon delerious, starting as if spoken to, then leaping up and wanting to alter the direc- tion of the boat's head ; couple of the sailors tried to restrain him, their weakness was such them aside, and they sank back in their lie grew while, when a that he thrust = HONEY I tony telt net a and we It was time for sail hoisted, which the soft bresze gently filfed, andthe boat began to go lightly over the swell, aaptain decided 10 sail for the island of Am- sterdam, a liny spec in mid-ocean, but though ut the present tine the sea and sky' were serene and bright, we did not know tiny boat: Oue--two--three days we sailed on, and then came a change--a fieice wind blow- island lay. First, the sky grew black with clouds, while the sea became white and foaming, the waves each moment curling sides and splashed over. was altered, the sail lowered all but®a tiny ride swillly over the waves, now riding over a great hill of water, hanging balanced on the foamy ndge," and Jhen plunging and gliding down nto a di ~eemed impossible that we could ever rise. constantly dashed over the sides. would bave helped, but every one smiled, which was now icily cold. It might be thought that jp such a time whete 1he other boats were, but though he + | tried again and again he could see nothing ; that "we- were alone. -- repining however, and every man set busily to work arranging such things as we had in the boat ; then a hitle mast was set up and a After a short consultation the which might prove to vs a 'haven of refuge till a passing vessel gayld take ue off; for how soon a storm might arise, lo engulph our ing from the very direction in whioh our up more fiercely, till they teat against the The boal's course portion, and then the little vessel began to th from which it Then came a time when every one excep! the captain, who sat pale and stern steering the boat, began 10 bale out the water which Even 1 and tried to make the part of the boat [ was in more comfortable by putting up a portion of the sail to screen me from the spray, of trouble men would have' bren moyed by selfish thoughts ; but it was, 101 so for again and again it seemed to me that I was made the first considerations When biscuit and 2 tupe aside which held the sail, and mutter. ing angrily, trampled bpon ne as he made at the captain, who was steering. Chive tried to restrain him ; and in spite of my for the poor creature cscmed to catch his foot in wy dress, aud before we were aware of it, he made a lurch sideways and felt into the water. For a fow moments we were all petrihad; but the capjain changed the boat's course and fan back to the place where the mate dieappeare.l; but though we ran to and fio for some time, and though every eye was gazing-intently at the limpid water, we saw 110 more of the poor mate, and for. jhe rest of the evening I sat with my head bowed down upon my knees, praying that Sep might come. "The silence that reigned upon that litte boat was almost startling ; bat it was si- lence engendered of despair, and when in the pale moonlight I looked up again [ was to have that despair augmented by the fixed stare of poor Clive's eyes. 1 did not know then, but [ heard italter- watds, that my share of the food und water had been daily angmented by the hait of his, and now it seemed that he was dying, and that | was to-tose my sole protector. -- I lung myself at his feet and tried tospeak, bat my mouth was parched and dry. 1 gaze on four impassive,stony figures, whose fixed and heavy eyes responded not to my appeal, There was a smile though on poor Clive's face as he lelt my arms clasp him, and slipping frem his seat, lower and low- er, he sat at last on the bottom of the boat with hin head resting upon my breast, while the sigh of content he gave sent a shudder through me, for my beart whispered that it was his last. ¢ Throw some water in his face, moisten his hair," whispered a harsh voice, which I did not recognize as the captain's ; but | places, helplessly gazing at him as he climbed over the boat's thwarts, pushed the efforta to stay it I uttered a loud scream, looked round tor help, but it was only tod + stowty; though, that toding care, now (hat water, or wine, were passed 1ound-I receiv- ed always the firet share; end all through thet wild and fearful time, even the rough- est sailor there was ready to show me re- spect, and Iry to' Jo some little act to show his willingness to serve me. For a whole week we were borne along that great chaos of troubled waters, each moment expecting some huge wave to en- gulph ue ; and then slowly the tempest be- gan to abate. First, the wind went down, and then by slow degrees, the waves--so the peril was supposed not to be so great, one of the sailors, who wae steering, delug- home. tried to obey it, and bathed my husband's lurehead, but apparently without effect, for he lay motionless, his arms lightly circling me, and his eyes half closed ; and then it was, that with budily powers momentarily growing weaker, my mental faculties seer- ed 10 become more active, and my tears fell lasp pe I thought how hard it was for him eo young and brave lo die thus early. At times } asked myself whether I was to blame-- whether I onght not to have dissua- | ded him from _agcepling this post--to_ have been content with less brilliant prospects at 1 felt thas it was for my sake he had accepted it, and this was to be the ing that our last tour had come, . The confusion caused by this sudden keep themselves afloat, for they felt thal the boat was going was going down. frea once more. 'a time when every thought had been direect- ed the boat fiom end 10 nd, so that it seem- ed about to sink, and I clung to Clive, leel- danger made malters worse, and two men plunged overboard with an<war .each, to But a few words from Captain Webster restored confidence ;.and'in spite of fatigue, the wa- 'ter wae attacked, so that"each moment the vessel rose higher, and at last was entirely It was two days, though, Dolor the sun once again shene out 10 sheer our : disgon- solate state ; disgonsolate indeed, for in the time of peril the little water casks had been | washed or thrown out, while the greater part of our provisions had flosted. away, at 7 Saotned wo hill out vefy hoasts; when upon end. to find it still and placid as if in sleep.-- the éailots snatched at it. where he lay with bi but the bottie was gone. j o --~ keeping af biscuits, were | hol globe, seemed 10 scorch my Bandy Apu {4 fy tnd we.) oto | eo d an 'numbed | a time of dense black: darkness, he. one win ing so long in the water. It almost | mingled with and running into the other. ~| That long, long night paseed, and with the morning sun I gazed upon Clive's face, The captain, who was the only man who moved, seemed to me--Tor all [ saw was in a dreamy, misty way--secured'the rud- der and then crawled forward, when he pressed a sarap of biscuit' wto. my hand, aud from a bottle would have pressed 8 few drops between my lips when one of There was a moment's struggle, and the precious liquid dropped over the side, the sailors made a rush for it, one falling over the boat's edge, ace in the walter, too weak.to struggle buck till the captain | and the stot! old sailor dragged him in A time of bright golden mist, with a red | 8 Then Ploasapt visions of green flelds and the tears of thankfulness flowing, for 1 knew that we were saved. Saved, deed ; but how near had been our end may be divined when I relate that the merchantman that picked us up passed usin the night ; but the sails of our bout altracted -the 'autention of a swlor; and the impression at first was that the du'y to be performed was to afford Christian burial --a right indeed needed by the three suil- ors. Caplain Webster and thie mate being the only sutvivora. A month later-- weak and ouly shadows of our former selvas, we lauded at Madras, the destination of the vessel that had picked us up ; and soon after, bot with many a shiver of dread, we re-embarked, soon alter to reach Java in safety. It was not for many mouths that I recovered from a Alrange, nervous depression, whose effuct was to bring before we in all the vividness of reality, those terrible hours when all seemed shrouded in a golden haze whose scorching heat had burned and wasted the life wittiin me, But by degrees caine re- stored health and the calmness of strength- ened nerves. We learned afterwards that the two boats and their crews were also picked up, alter many days of fearful suf. fering, similar to that which marked with indeliablo lines the forehead of my hus- band--a glance at which at any lime is sufficient to bring back to memory our fearful peril, and the manner io which we wera saved from death. / Ot ---- ! VERY MODEST. 'The Rochester Union says: ¢ The last instance of modesty 1s that of a lady who refused lo wear a watch in: her busom be- cause it had hands." Come now--was it because the watch had hands,or was it be- cause the hands had no feeling ? et ¢ What's the difference between sixty minutes and my youngest sister?' asked a precocious boy of his grave uncle. ¢I don't know ; what is it; was the uncle's reply. ¢ Why, one's an hour and other 1s our Ann,' was the stunning explanation. ---------- ~~ --ee--. An Atlanta paper of last week says: ¢ A lady in this city tied her hubby's hands and feel the other day, just for tun, and then weni through lis pockets for a certain billet doux. His physicians say that his face won't be badly scarred, though he may re- main permanently bald." ------------ A young lady says the reakon why tall men succeed beet in matrimony is because sensible women favor Hym®n. --------------el el ---- ¢ Speak, that 1 may see thee,' said So- their linkling, and men by their talking. ¢« Sam, how many 'logs have you sawed eh? ¢ Why, ma'am when I've got this and three others done, 1'll have sawed four." ; -------- What are those things which though they appear Iwice every day and (wi every week, yet are only seen twice in a year? Ans.--Vowels. . The following epitaph is from a grave. slone out west : # Here lies the body of Andsew Leer, ' Whose mouth stretched from ear to ear, Reader, tread lightly o'er his head, For if be gapes, by Jove your dead." "How often does the steam car make |; trips on this railroad 1? asked a countryma as he stepped into the . station of the Borel i lr waters, Then the ald days, with. Clive | yp upon the vessels course' being changed, | crates-to-a-fair boy. ~ We knpw metals by | ATER. tan __ BATHER DARK. Tf only half of what at Mf. Royal. writes ia Nouveau Monde wete true parlies wau aud do well to think twice ere théy set out for tie famous Nor-West Territory. He goes onto say ::-1 am not aware if people" in Canada know that the Red River region is almost absolutely without wood. With exception of a fringe along the chief wat conrse--a funge which will gertainly be reduced to nothing in a few years--there is no wood in the Province of Manitoba, It is a country of prairie, and nothing but prairie 1 beg your readers to pay partienlar aitention to this,-even though they may not have read. the wise and judicious bodk « [Bishop Tache on the eutject. But don't peuple know well what is implied in the phrase, there is no wood, in a country like ours, where th winter saath colder than at Oitawa, an lasts from the first of November to the mid of May, withvut the legst thaw or ony mil weather.' ! " You may no doubt meet me with the afte 2 mous reports of Hind and Dawkan, "ax well as the shameless ta «hoods of Dr. Schul:z and the journals of Upper Canada in refer- ence to ihe climate of Red River, 'The for- mer enher allowed themselves to be decejv- ed wr goothdmith, or had watructions lo frame their notes of travel 10 orion wayl Aes. to the later, their nim is 10 altract, under 'alse pretences, emigrants (10in old counties in order 10 help them 10 «eenre that political ascendency which wn, m: Jory of the popula- tion gives. Very well. Lat these poor emigrants, accustomed (0 the mild and smoky : tmosphere of England, come, and wa shall soon see how many of them will stay with us after the first or second winter. It the above be-trus to mny extent Mr, Royal is doing good service to the stranger ; 'bat if false he ought wot to be allowed to remain in that dreadful country a week lunger. He ought to be {ransported tor his own and his country's good into a bette® land. -------- A ---- A FEARFUL JNURRICANE, One of those fearfully destructive visitants presed over East St. Louis on. Wedpeeday 8th inst. killing from ten to a dozen peoples severely injuring upwards of 30 and de- stioying about a million dollar's worth of propuily. St. Louis, March 8 A terrific hurricane passed over a portion of East Si. Louis be'ween two and threa thus alternoon. Ju first struck the elevator ou the river, look pair of its rewf off, and "passing tothe north-east, totally demoli-hed the freight depot of the St. Lous and Van- dalia Railroad, the freight and passenger depot ol, the North-Eastern Railioad,. iwo Areight depots and a portion ot the passenger depots aud ticket offices and the large round house of the Ctigago "and Alton Railroad, the car-house, freight offices, nd part of ons of the freight depots of 0, &M R. R the freight and passenger depot of the T. & W. R. R., and a numter of dweliing-hovses in the vicinny--everything withii a space from 200 10 300 yards wide-- wag actually torn 10 pieces ; trains were hurled from the track, the round house ot the Chicsgo and Alton Road, after being blownidown, caught fite from an engine inside and was burned, and the enzineer of the locomuljve was burned to deatti. The number of kitled and wounded cannot be stated 'to-night, but seven are known to be kilied, and between thirty and forty seriously wounded. It is beliaved a number of persone are suill buri~ ed beneath the ruins. ee A --r eae FEEDING THE HUNGRY. An inveterate kawist has just gotlen hia fingers burned to the fune of upwards of $20,000 including cost, and Berve him right. He has been suing or eued for 19 yeara past. Quesec, March, 8.--The famous jury trial, Gugy ve. Brown, for damages closed last evening in a verdict for the plaintiff of $17,976 awid Icud applause. Notice of appeal will be given by the defendant, Me, Brown. The judge in his charge maintains wined that the plawufl had. made ovt his case that Brown had maliciously and withe ont probable canse instituted three actions against Gugy-- the first in 1852--and that in defending suid actions be sufiered damage o the extent of $30,000. It'said that Brown js likely to lose his reason as well ua the suit ; it is no wondef after 19 years of the glorious uncertainity of aw--not to speak of ite expensd. ee TW WORTH TRYING, _A Medical correspondent of the London (England) Lancet says; -- 4 A few years ngo, when in Chins, [ ascertained that the natives, when attacked with facial neuralgia, used oil of pepper= mint, which they lightly applied to the seal of pain with a camel's hair i Since then, in my own practice, I (requeni~ ly employed this oil as a local aresihetie, not only in: neuralgis, but also in gout, with remarkably good results," A short tine agoa whale was stranded on the coast, and purchased asa speculation. by a sharp practitioner, who advertised for Information how to preserve it: A wag replied to the advettisement, tendering the desired information on receipt of 'half a grown's worth 'of postage stamps, which: arrived, and the arae sien was aly " 1h it