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= .; Bhe i of a Drunkard BY DICKENS, ( Concluded.) And he shrieked for help till his voice failed him, he raised his head and looked up avehe long disthal streets he recollected that oliteasts like "himself; condemned: to wanderiday' and night in tose dreadful streets, had somtimes gone distracted with their loneliness) Ze veriembured to have d many years, before that a, homeless wretch, had onge been found in, a solitary corner, sharpening a rusty knife,. to, plunge ifito he own hewitt, preferring death to that endless, weary wandering to and fio. In an 'instant lis resolve was taken ; hig limbs recuived new life; he rau quickly trom the Spot, aud paused 'not for breath until he aeached the riverside, ~ Uexcrept sottly down the steep) stone stains that lead from the commencembnt of Waterloo! bridge, down to the waters level. Ale erduched into a comer and: held his hreath as the patrol passed. Neyer did a prisoner's pete throb with the hope ot li- Lang and life half so eayerly as did that of the wretched man at the prospect, of death. The wateh passed close to him, but. he re- mained unobserved ; and 'after, waiting. till 'the Sound of foulsteps had died away in ue distanée, he cautiously decended -and oul beneath the gloomy arch that forms 'the Trdg" place trom the river. icf The tide was in, and the water flowed at "at his feet. 'The vain had ceased, the wind "Was: Juiled, and all Was, for the moment "still and (uict--so quiet that 'the npplng roPthe waters against the barges that were muored' theré, Was' distinctly "audible to his eas. "The stréam stolu lauguidly and slug~ gishly on. Strange and' 'fintastic forms tone tb the Sittfuce and beckoned on him to approach; dark, cleaming eyes peered from Une water 'and seemed to mock his' hesita- tivif} Aes hollow' murmurs fram behind ule ud nim onwards, fiaces, took-a short tun, a desperate leap, and plunued into ths river. | SeC Bs had passed when he me ee ee a what' a change had fiosiy fajandd: in that short' time meal his thoughts aud feelings! Lile, lite i] hi in any:form poverty, misery, starvation any-|/ - thing but death. He fought and struggled with-the awatel that closed over his head wad sereamed in agouies | of terror. The curse of hisiown sou rangin his ews. 'Lhe ante Eun one foot of dry ground, he could | wlmost touch the step. "One hand's breadth sueaver, and he was saved--but the tide' bore ee onveucdl under the dark arches of the, gers ind-he-sank to the bottom: «| Again he rose and strugeled for life-- For cue instant--for one: brief instint--the buildings on the river banks, the lights on the bridged under whieh the) vurrent. had horue him, the black water and the fast dlying clouds, were 'distinctly Visible, once wore he sunk,'and onceagain he rose, bright flames of fire shot up from 'earth to heaven wily twcled before his eyes, whilst the wa- ter Pant in his ears and stunned him 1ts tL dU r saresk afterwar ds the body was washed a a shore some miles down the river, a swollen and Aistigored Mss. Unrecounized aud impitic *E was "borne 'to the traveand, 'here it 1s long since "nouldered en oa € ae =o _» | Brom the ine Christian Advocate, een ite oto ak Mothers) | ' Berra ead a mother : aa flat a oie listory dues it brine with i ib of smiles' aiid 3 of kindatss, of tews shed by night, je al at the morniny's dawns oh tiurequited, of cares for whivh there can 4d lo reculnpense on earth.' ' rea A deep aud almost hallowed charm is aie en with at, aid' its mention recalls vhoughts, and 'Somnds, which otherwise would huve passed away aiid been forgot- teu. Its "iia nny lingers with us through rer scalielof lite, 'in all-the vividness of yeah TASING our datkest' moments ' with ins nuberctading beauty, like sume ey tint andveeles cial sunlight. Al ut is pure, and gentle, in our na- Aured ti ne their mysti¢ iifluenee wound tunic, till we come'to resard it us some: re angelic and etherial than' any? F Gurls something En Wve ee 'rathisenidore than lover ith Tl rough the lony vista of vi roue elie, oan the ovis is waving above her ow we" heir a /miuther's ern voice spoaking in'sott, Avoliatt Strains those words otimildness and love whieh ouly a inother ean utter yaa poitting us to that spirit 'here ill uel aeitlte tlie ana of earth's flowers. ort sage sot ~ A mother's memor ry is a aie oasis 5 et a my désett: where all is bei aid when the' élouds and pes of tid are driven upon us, we talk "refuge from their fury in its Elysian enti. Whatjis yu, rode s memory: bat oug remembrance of the: happiest hou hte? he. stuuny, days ofichildhood are "| lainey pitas With a muthens deeds, ds ove; ual in youth, and i C spud driest, tireless, affeo- 'ul i awaithe patlis uf infaney with | Sane pillow for Us to vecliue up- ole ~_ wearied with the toil of lifeinc } Jove, deep and unt; athomable P moital sv, nypauth y. can be, who cat, Ne the @ftuct thanay have in forming! He retreated a few! hity obean, ait and devoted as, the character, in moulding the mind, and in giving a tone to the imagination and the fa- culties? Home! what are all boasted j joys, all its sweets, all its pleasures, unless a mo- er's fond smile beams upon us, unless a he yoice is heard waking an elo with- in its wallls, unless a mother's presence is seen and felt? Father, Brother, Friend-- dear as they may be, cannot supply a mo- they's place, nor sympathise with the heart and feelings as a mother shows herself to do, by those thousand nameless acts of de- voted love, which none but she can perform. They cannot love and cherish with a mo- ther's undying, unchanging affection ; firm asa rock whieit no® convulsion of the ele- ments can Shike, we find in 'her the same firm) support in every vidissitude of life, we can ever' recline with contidence upon that faithtul bosom. The ever-bright' svenes of our childhood and early home are duulily endeared to tis by the regollection, that there a mother's yoice first sung her infant lallabys to soothe our fretful way wardness, that there a mo- ther's warm, endearing, rapturous kiss was first pressed upon cur lips. A good mother needs no enlogy, her actions speak for them- Sélvesin'a language which all' understand and appreciate ; her deeds need not' to' be emblazoned by the wuimpet-tonsue of fume, tv preseive them trom oblivion, "for in eve- ry lLonie of humun thought, in every wi lk aid condition' of life, a mothe? s influence is felt and acknowledged.' "What an im- mense respunsibility, then, résts upon a mo0- ther! Itis hers to form the minds) and character of future generations; it is hers to say whether they. shall be elevated, mo- ral and relivious, or the opposite. . Let her then. be:imbued with a spirit of caimest solicitude, in view of her immense respon sibility, let her, ever remember that a nation's weal or woe may depend upon her exertions, Dy D..Wiitisron, Raleigh, Tuly Vth, \ 852. Canada 46 Years Ago. An old manuscript has' fallen into 'our hands, written by Hugh Gray, entitled "Remarks on Canada in 1806, and 1807," which was afterwards compiled, by, John Comer in 1825. Tt contains a very concise, but interesting description of the Province, towether with some of the statistics ofthat period which may bé useful for reference, in comparison with similar statistics of the present time, to exhibit the prosperity of Canada. We shall make room in our co- lumns, for portions of it, from time to time until the whole of this old manuscript shall be published. Below we commence the publication of the first part. [mps, op y. 1 REMARKS ON CANADA IN 1806-7. BY HUGH GRAY, "The ctymolowy of the word Canada, is thus whimsically defined. The Spaniards had visited this country before the French, but finding it'véry barren and without gold, (the grand object of their (pursuit,) 'they frequently on the eve of their departure, mentioned i in the presence' of the Indians, "dea nada," signifying "here is nothine. ". Whien the Prench visited the country, hit | Indians in hopes of getting rid of them, and supposing them 'Spaniads, repeated ! frequently "aed nada," which the French | not understanding thought, might be the namie of the counts ry 5 hence they called' it Canada, The face of Ne heayens appears' quite darkened withsmoke, arising trom the bur ing of the. woods, " Which. is the method takerk in, this part of the world;to clear and prepare the land for cultivation, We see the forest burning at a great, distance, and ma variety of situations. One cainot help regretting this apparent waste of timber; but the froba Is, there ds yeb)as, much to be fuund in situations from which it can, be easily transpor ted to the river, as the mar- ket requires ; besides the oreater part of the timbur we see bur ning is BY an interior qual- ity, and would not be worth the ex spense of bausportation, When. the undérwoud is thick, whicly is generally the Lase, the blaze of the buruing forest is awful. Itcontinves to burn fur weeks together, and you sty ordinary sizeq-hiees, the trunks of very large trees, scurelied black to thd very tops, 'Lhe fire lays waste everything before it for many. mules beyond what those who, first kindled 'it. intended, or could cultivate ; and: you see a new forest' grownup in many places, while the élurved" trunks of lofty trees still '|remiinnedrly the same as When first' bur ut, for ibis the quality of charvoal to preserve what it surrounds trom corruption, Phe mawiitude of the River St. Lawrence strikes one very forcibly ; 20 miles of fresh water im breadth, fron' 10 to 40 fythoms: in. 'depth is a vast body of water; L really do believe duto the occ from this river, than from all the vivers in Kurope put Loyether. A. dos zen Danubes, Rhiues, hones, 'Taguses, jaud Thumeses, would: be nothing to this, Gan: vdlin jh is put oa her winter clots.ing, sheds, Wrapped in snow, and) the rivers ave bouud wp, inive--we haye alliassument our Hwinter dresses ; furs and flannels are subshi- tuted fornankvens and muslins., Lhe wharves aud quays, 'may sO moving a scene, ave now deserted; business isat astand. The here and there amongst the half consumed' thit thereis more fresh peta thrown | merchant and the variety of people employ- ed by him, are now idle ; amusements and iustivity have assumed the place of the more serious and important occupations of hfe. \ The amusements of this country, par- ticulaly the winter amusements, haye a destructive! character; you would look in vain for any thing of the same kind, in the tumperate climes of Europe. The population of Canada at thetime it came into the possession of the British in 1759-60 "amounted to. 75, 600. souls, as it appears from General Murray's report to the) British Government, immediately after the conquest. At that time) the ex- tensive country, now called Upper Canada, was not, inhubited by any Europeans. At present (1807,) the two Canadas contains at least 8300, 000 inhabitants ; of these Low- er Canada contains about two-thirds. In Upper Canada the population a- mounts to about 100. 000, these are mostly British, at least they most all speak English, and are governed strictly by the laws of 'Eng- land, both in civil aud criminal Mittens and in questions relative to real property, as well as in questious relative to personal property. 'The lands are held by English tenurds, and the courts of justice are reou- luted agreeably to the forms of the respec- tive courts in England. Niagara was formerly the capital of Up- per Canada, but about, twelve years ago York was laid out for a town, and the seat of government transferred to it, Thirty yeats ago' Upper Canada was nearly a continued forest; that a population of 100, 000, should in that space of time accumulate ts a proof that the country and climate are propitious. (Lo be Continued.) Spiril of une Anti-Slavery Press. MAINE. The Portland (Me.) Inquirer, in noticing the able letter recently addressed by the Tun, S. P. Chase to B. F. Butler Esq. in relation to, the apostacy of the Free. Demo- cracy of New York, uses the following lan- guape, "Lhe treachery iof those men is pecuhar) Lhe veteran Liberyy Party was well organized throughout the free States, under able popular leader to whom its at- tachment was intensely strong. » 'Those Barnburners knowing that alone they would be crushed, asked to open our ranks, receive them with their candidate, and they would adopt a firm perpetual support to our Prin- ciples. Thé offer was magnanimously ac- cepted, and a candidate manfully supported whom every former Sentiment of their souls abhorred. Rave is such contiding genero-| 5 sity. And how has it been treated? By apostacy and pertidious ingratitude. Their honor was the honor only" of the blackleg. We, know many of those men had the most positive assurances of fidelity. We belie- ved Preston King was to be trusted. We believed that public honor was something to Martin and John Van Buren, and thav such papers i as the Eyening Post and But fulo Republic had some char acter to be re-}) lied on. 'Lhe cause which they, have be- trayed will become their executioner, and derive advancement from their treachery." _ NEW HAMPSHIRE, The Independent, Democrat, in an article under the 'caption of "The Presidency-- The Issue," walks right straight' into' the defection of the Barnburners of New York, and handles them without gloves in the following style : : Vor ramselyes, we are utterly at a loss to see what honest apology, amin who has' once broken free from the trammels of par- ty, and found himself a free man, with a free heart treely beating for free, pringiples, can asivn to himself for taking: a moment when is old foes are bowing Tayreut at the shrine of oppression, to crawl back to his old allesiaiice. No honest apology can be given. Before God and' his own conscience, every such man must feel that he has'sunk his manliness, and proved false to the high- est light that eyer, shone, upon his.soul-- There can be no excuse for such a course which does not (esolve itSelf into'the basest and ost unworthy motiv es Bap ever actia- ted man. 'We have no charity for sucli tergiversa- tion. * We understand io moral tithe by which to either justly or apologize for it. 'Lav ing pledged ourselves to " tight on and ficht ever" agtinst the crowning evil of ouriland: we'should despise ourselves, and feel that we that we deserved the scorn of all lonovable men, if we could prove re- Creant to that pledye nan how 'like 'this. So. will the people, thé honest and true free men of New York and the whole coun- ty look upon those dubious leaders who, for the hopd of spoils and plice, huve con- spired to betray their pledges und the tree-|- VA' dom of their country." VERMON'. _ We notice in the Brandon Post, a re | port.of the Bree Demucratic, Convention, lately heldin that state, and by which Con-) yeution Lawrence Brainerd of St. Albans, wasmominatéd for Goyernur of the State. A-spivited set of resolutions were passed, of Which we subjoin the third, which refers grate to Australia, ty the proslavery Whig and Democratic platforms, contrasted in their second reso- lution, and sets forth in conclusion a mag- ,| Hanimous determination not to acquiesce in the coinpromise measures, 3. 'That we meet these unblushing and profligate attempts of these, parties to bind the people of the North tothe car of slavery--to make free States slay e-hunting gvounds and their freemen slave hunters for- ever--to stifle at once and for all time, all discussion of slavery and its encroachments upon the rights and principles of the North, with a bold and resolute defiance, and we tell them, plainly, That, with us, the Compromise measures are not a " finality :" That we will resist, with all the means that God and the Constitution of our coun- try have put into our hands, the extension of slavery into any of the Territories of the Nation, organized or unorganized, now own- ed oy which may be hereafter acquired by the United Stites, and will demand that, whenever any such attempt is made to es- tablish it in such Territories, the power of Congress shall be exercised to abolish 'and destroy it : That, with our consent, no new States shall ever be added to the Union with slave- holding constitutions: That we will not cease to demand the ex- ercise ofall the constitutional powers of Con- gress to abolish slavery and the slave trade, wherever they exist under its jurisdiction; whether on the high seas, or under the walls of the Capitol : That we will never, become slave-hunters be the cost or the peril what it may, and will "adhere to, " "abide by," or 'insist on the strict enforcement " of the Fugitive Slave Law, but will, on the contrary, con- tinue to deneuires it as a. ovoss violation, of the Constitution, an outrage upon the prin- '| ciples. of civil liber ty anda 'diswrace to civili- zation and Christianity; and to demand its repeal as alike due to the rights of man, the principles of republican freedom and the honor of our beloved country : That we will never cease to assert the 'right of free discussion, in and owt of Con- gress In relation to slavery and all other sub- jects of interest to the welfare of the people and will neyer hesitate to pronounce that democracy a sham democracy and that whigism a Zory whigism which demands the 'people to be silent upon any question of public concérnment and seeks to stifle free speech and shackle a free press : That, in relation to all these attempts by the old parties to lay the spirit and princi- ples and people of the free States, bound and gageed and polluted at the feet af the' slave | power, We Say, with that fearless cham- pion of freedom, Joshua R. Giddings, " we hold them in unutterable contempt--awe wmainple them under our feet--we spit upon then." Mrs, Goupscumips-- A' correspondent of the Courrier des Htats Unis writes trom London; under date of the 19th ult: " Jenney. Lind will not sing. She has resisted alike the offers and the prayers of the director.and the committee, 'Lhe real cause of this refusal, which nothing can oyer- come, is doubtless that the famous song- stress is in a condition tuo interesting to ad: mit of herappearance on the stage. She sails to-day with her husband for Ger here is no call for them to emi- With one half of what she brings from America, Mad. Gold- schmidt, might purchase a dozen princi- palities, and give the little pianist, whom she has chosen for a husband, a . position. far more brilliant than Jing Otho's, many. HE Steamers London and Sam Ward will leaye Detroit for the Sault Ste Marie, touching at Mackinac, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 9 o'clock a. M., in con- nection with the Steamers Cleveland and: Forest City, running between Cleveland and Detroit, with the Atlantic, Ocean and May Flower between Detroit and Buttalo, with Steamer Arrow between aoe and} "Detroit: Passengers to Buffalo, Cleveland and Sandusky can procure tickets or Saihcseht on any of the ubove boats, with the assur- ance of a speedy transit to the Sault, ard thence to' all ports on Lake' Superior by the steamer Baltimore and Propellers lnde- pendence and Napoleon. The Propeller Peninsula will also run regularly between Cleveland and the Sault, touching at Detroit, Lexington, Point au Barks, An Sauble, 'and at Thinider bay Island. AGENTS. Srepaen Cremenx, Detroit, 8. McKuiaut, f role Tit. Liviscsron, ¢ Sault Ste Marie NEW BOARDING HOUSE. COMMODIOUS LODGING AND BOARDING HOUSE, for ascomoda- tion of respectable colored persons has just been neatly fitted up by George Carter, in the city of Detroit, Michigan. Mr Carter, would respectfully intorm his friends and the public generally, that he shall keep a well furnished table with all the attention and regulation about his house, which is necessary to render those comfortable and | satistied who may favor him with. their patronage, "MRS. ALE x ANDER'S HOUSE. Corner of Bates and Congress sts., \ RS. A. furnishes the L tion on the most BOARDING-~- best accommoda- reasonable terms. Please give her a eull FOSTER'S HOTEL, \ R. LEVI FOSTER, of Amberstbure, i Canada West, w ould inform his friends and the public generally, that he has neatly fitted up a Hotel, on Market street for the accommodation of such as may fayor him with their patronage. His prices shall be liberal, and no time and pains spared to render satisfaction to his customers. He has also a, variety of splendid carriages. and horses to let, connected with the aboye esta- blishment, for the accommodation of the public. ANTI- SL AVERY BOOKS O be had in Detroit, at McFarren's Book Store Jefferson Avenue. The UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SLAVERY, by Lysander Spooner. HENRY BIBB'S NARRATIVE OF SLAVERY, Illustrated with Engravings. This work will be sent to order by applying tp the book agent of the True Wesleyan boek concern, No: 8 8 Spruce st., N.Y. orto Wim, Hamed at 61 Johnst., at the tollow- ing prices + Paper covers - - - - $0374 Cloth nnditg -° - - - 050 Extra gilt bound. - -- - 100 For cash in hand one third will be taken UNIVERSAL HISTORY of the Coton- ep and INpran Race. By R. B. Lewis. co FOR SALE, by James Dou- GALL, Winpsor, Canapa Wxst, op- posite Detroit, in the Township of Sandwich. Lot No. 121, 3 Concession, containing 120 acres; Lot 120 and' east part 'of 119, 3 Gdnasssian, containing 87 acres, forming a block of 189 acres, price $3 per acre. These Lands are six and a half miles from Windsor, and four miles back from the Detroit River, a good road is opened out to them, the land.is dry and o} first-rate quality, the timber cousisting of hickory, white oak, &e., is very valuable, the hickory alone being worth the price asked for the land. Lot No. 17, 9th Concession, 200 acres, at $2 50 per acre, situated immediately i in the rear of the above Lots, there being only a corner of another Lot between them. Lot No, 117, 12th Concession, 100 acres, at $2.50 per acre, situated on the Town Line. between Sandwich and Maidstone, about four miles back, by direct road, trom Lake St. Clair, the River Peches, or Peach liver, runs through a corner of the Lot. Several valuable Building Lots in the Village of Windsor, One-third will. be: required to be paid down, and the balance in two annual in- stalments, with interest; if all paid in cash a liberal discount will be made. Also a valuable Lot, with a new frame store upon it, in the village of Dresden, ad- Joining the Dawn Institute, on the River Sydenham, being at the head of the navi- gation of that river, it is an excellent, position for a country store, Price $400. CHEAP BOSTON STORE. Bos AND: SHOES. « The. subscriber has on hand at all times a full and complete assortment of Boots and Shoesof descriptions, of superior quality and work- manship, which will be sold at extreme low prices, tor READY PAY ONLY. 'The Citizens of Detroit and the surronnd- ing country are respectfully invited to call in and examine our stock and prices. before purchasing elswhere, as they camiot but be suited, I keep on hand a constant supply of my own manufacture, made from the best. materials the market here or the east awill afford. 'This establishment keeps in constant. employment about seventy hands, with an expericnced foreman to superintend, and all work sold by meas my own manufacture, will be warranted, and at about the same rice that eastern work is sold. Also, always on-hand, a general and com- plete assortment of Ladies,' Gentlemen's. Misses? and Children's Boots and Shoes of ill descriptions of Easizrn munufacture, and of as good quality as can be purchased in the eastern market, which will be sold cheaper than at any other establishment i in the state. Allthe above work was selected expressly for the retail trade, and is of the yery best quality--any work purchased at this estab- lishment, proving ditferent from that repre- sented, may be returned and the money will be refunded. Boots and Shoes of all descriptions made: to order on the shiortest notice. Repairing in all its branches done in a. neat and durable manner, at prices to sult. the times. Findings of all descriptions kept con stantly on hand. L, L. FARNSWORTH. A&B" Dont forget the number and get, into the wrong Shop, but remember the Gorm Srore, 54, east side of Wood- ward Avenue, five doors below the Presby- terian Church, and 2d store from Jefterson Avenue, nl4.