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Opposite the Post Office. Yong» Street, ’N Omnibus leaves the above Hotel every Morning. (Sundays excepled.) at seven o’clock. for Toronto; returning the same evening. «y-Horses and Buggies kept for hire. RIC HARD NIC H OLLS. Proprietor: WILLIAM HARRISON, TSaddle and Harness Maker, ' Next door to G. A, Barnard’s. “sun n. 1951‘ " Cnnsultalions Free. and all Work “’arrantad Toronto, June. 1867. l-wy. 80] CHAS. POLLOCK, 08] MPORTER ofBriliih, French German and Ametican. Fancy and SYaple Dry Goods. No. 80. City Buildings. King Stre -t East. opposite St. James’ Cathedral, Toronto. C. W. Nov. 5. 1857. y‘lQ-lf r 66, King Street East. Taroulu. Particular attention given to the regulatign 0 Children’s Teelh. June. 1857 June. 1857‘ plan-klmm & “'llitclnu-ch RICHMOND HILL HOTEL, Richmond Hill. June. 1957‘ lune. 1857 September, 23. 1857‘ rl‘VVO Miles North of Richmond HI”, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries. “fines. Liquors. Handwnre. Guns. Earthenware, &c. [F Also. Licensed Auctioneer. gaugimaa minnow. 52. JAMES LANGSTAFF: NNKEEPER. Licensed Auctioneer for the Counties of York. Ontario and Simcoe. Corner of Youge and Brndford streets. Holland Landing. JOHN HARRINGTON, JR., November. 146.1851 TMPORTER of British and American Dry Goods, Groceries. Wines. Liquors, Oils. Paints, &c.. Jtc. Richmond Hill. June. 1837, $1.ny October 15‘1857 E * Inn, and Livery Stables, Your. SI‘HEI-ZT. OSEPH GABY begs to inform the public that he has commenced to run A Stage lrum lheabove Hotel to the O.S.&H.R R. Station. (Richmond Hill) twice a day; and will convey passengers to any pan ef the comm-y, night or day. in ten minutes nntice. RESIDENCES :â€"-Henr_\' Smrlser. Laskay. King ; Thus. Bowman. Almira, Markham. June, 1857‘ Itichmond Hill. Tune. 1857. g THOMAS SEDMAN, Garriage, \Vaggon .S; Sleigh SMELSER & BOWMAN, Licensed Auctioneers! Richmond Hill, June. 1857. EiThmend um. June. 1857 lune. 18574 Opposite the White Swan Inn Richmond Hill. June [0. 1857. gJ June, 1857 AUCTIONEER. GEORGE DODD, Veterinary Surgeon. Grainers, Gildms, Glaziers, and Paper Hangers. (Late M. Tetfy) MPORTER of British and Foreign Dry Goods. \Vine and Spirit Men:th dkc. THO RNIIIL L. July 23. 1857‘ HYSICIAN & SURGEON, Comm- of Yonge and Centre Streets. J. W. GIBSON, Boot and Shoe Maker, Opposite J. K. Falconbridge’s. YONGE STREET. RICHMOND HILL. 5 PAINTERS, «9” kinds qf .Mired Paints ‘ Oils, Glass, and Putty. G091) \VORKMEN _SENT TO ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY. Richmond Hill. Oct. 15. 1857. HENRY SANDERSON, "HORSE & FARRIER” INN ‘LERK THIRD DIVISION COURT ' Offic:.RichmaIId Hill, Corner of Yonge and Centre Streets. RICHMOND HILL. AILIFF Second and Third DIVISION ‘ Court. Office. Richmond Hill. WARD 8L McC AUSLAND, CHARLES DURRANT, Veterinary Surgeon, AND JOHN COULTER, Tailor and Clothier, ‘nYonge 51.. Richmond Hill. JAMES MCCLURE, House. Sigh and Ornamental JOSEPH KELLER, G. A. BA RNARI), Lot 26. 4th Com, Vnughau JOHN GRIEVE, THE WHITE SWAN FOR THE TOWNSHIPS Ur ’l'lwrnln‘ll. J. N. REID, MAKER, RY GOODS. GROCEIHES. Winas. Liquors, Hardware. die. P. CROSBY, SURGERY. \V.C.ADAMS DOCTOR JOSEPH GABY. Dental Richmbud Hill. l’roprietor‘ 7g-l y gJ-wy, g Livy, gal -wy. gJ -w_v g. l-w)’. z-l-ws' gJ -w_\‘ ‘10-" glG-ly ng-tf glwy. gQS-lf gQQ-lf gIQ-l An Omnibus lo and erm‘Toronto, calls at the Hotel, daily. ‘ Regalia, Principe. Hpvana. Manillaland other brands ‘of Cigars and Chamois. Liquors of the best brands at the Bar. and every attention paid to Guests. E1 always in attendanâ€"co. Choice Wines and Liquors. Beer, Porter Enid various Summer Beverages. Richmond Hi“. June. 1857 i' habitantsof the above-named Village and surrounding Country. and the Public gen- erally. that he ha leased the abova Hotel. formerly kept by THOMAS MAY. which he has fitted up and furn'mhed for the accommodation) of his Customers.aud he trusts by constant attention I to their wants to secure a liberal patronage. Ladies' and Gentlemens“ Boots and Shoes. made afler thalalest styles. August 6. l857. g9~6m. Thornhill. Nov. 15, 1857‘ 7039!.T97..'19'_TX71 WE“ WORKS: rpHE Subscriber beg: to inform the In- MPOR'l‘ERS and dealers in .Itahan ~ and American Marble, also manufac- mum of Monuments, Conotaphs, Tomb and Gravq Slones.0rnnmoulnl enclosures for Gram plots. &c. Ordprs \hrough our Agents will re- ceive prompt attention. D. CARLOS YALE. WI. YALE. D. DAVIS. AGENT. J~ 13- DEEGIER. Agent. Riclunnnd II? Coats of Arms. and every description of Herald Painling. executed with despalch,aud at reasonable charges. Junu. 1857, . ngy. DEALER in Groceries. Wines and Liquors, Tluonhill. C. ‘V. ‘ V Choice brands of Tens. Sugars and Coffees on hand. genuine is imported. An nworlmeut of Bread. Biscuit and Cakes, constantly on hand. 'I‘hornhill. Sept. 25. 1857. zl'Iâ€"lv HOLLAND LANDING. J. VERNEY, Boot and Shoe Maker. Saddle and Harness Maker, 'I‘HORNHILL. Hill. , Toronto. July'lO, 1857 LAG, Banner and Ornamental Paimér. Elizabeth Street. Toronto.â€"Over W. Grif- fith's Grocery Store. June. 1857‘ ll MflWINl} AMI KEEPING 1U ACHI NIL'S, Richmond Hill, Juno 20. 1857‘ M. MORRISON. Agent, Toronto. June Ich. 1857. gl-wy. June. 1857 no. 138 YONG}: STREET. “24.x qutzu rumm- Holland Landing. Sept. 10. 1857 WELLINGTON HOTEL, January 14. 1858 January 14, 1858 Barristers, &;c., NO. 7. WELLINGTON BUILDINGS, KING STA, TORONTO, PPOSITE A. LAW’S. Yonge street, Rxch- mond Hill. fl And lVIasam'c Hall, YONG}; STREET XTENSIVE Slnbfing, and obliging Hustlers AGENT FOR Darling & Aitchison’s COMBINED HARON. Attentive Hosllers always ‘ attendance. J. KAVANAGH, JOHN MURPHY, House Decorator, Painter, PAPER, HANGER, GLAZIER ROBERT J. GRIFFITH, Toronto. June 18m. 1857 MESSRS. J. St W. BOYD, DEALER IN PAPER HANGINGS. HOUSE DECORATIONS, &cV 65. YORK STREET. TORONTO, C. W. EAR the Railroad Station. Aurora Careful Hosllers always in altendunce. C. CASE, Ptoprietor.‘ Vol. 1. 'OOD Stabl‘mg and Altenlivo'Hosllers ‘1\Il\‘ u.” l Bottled Ale Depot, D. C. & W. YALE, N0. 49, King Street, DAVID ATKINSON, A. GALLANOUGH, CALEB LUDFORD MANSION HOUSE, CLYDE HOTEL, KING STBELT EASTLTUiUNTO. 4 Doors West of Bay Street. VICTORY HOTEL, LUKES’ HOTEL &c., &c. ROBERT WISEMAN. _ Proprietor. - THOS. LUKES. r, Agent, Richmond JOHN MILLS. IVITII 0R IVITHOUT OFFENCE TO FRIENDS 0R FOES, I SKETOII YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT Proprietor Pnpriuor. (IA-am g.2-wy gJâ€"wy Proprietor. g. l -wy, g-3-w3' gl'Iâ€"lV 3.1M g24-lf g5 If. 132 ‘3‘2 Ill Reconciliation he found impossible and all the ordinary modes of fight- in}:I a duel being rejected, a new PTO- position was made. It was thisâ€" that in order to disarm one of the parties of his decided advantage as a duelist. and to prevent the other. as far as poSSible, from being butch- ered, as well as wantonly insulted, and, in short, to place both upon as perfect an equality as possible, the following articles should be agreed to : That the landlord should give up the use of a large empty room. which extended over the whole top of his house,and allow every window to be closely blocked up with shut- ters_and boards. When this was done, the duellists should be divest- ed of every article ofolothing, armed each with a brace of pistols and a lbowne knife. and then to be let into the roomâ€"three minutes beinggiven, afler the closing of the door, before hostilities should commence, the ex- plrallon of the time being announced to them by three rapid knocks upon llhe door. The following terrible account of 1a duel in the United States, is no work of fiction, but the history ofan actual occurrence, that took place in a public tavern some years ago, and amidst a number of witnesses. To make the story intelligible, it should be promised,that aswaggering slave. holding man, callintr himself colonel. one of those rufiian y bullies that oc- casionally infest society, on entering a tavern, sw'ore that he Would‘raise a fight, and, in order to do so. walk- ed quietly up to a young man in the company, and, after listening tosorne private conversation between him- self and a friend, deliberately told him that he was a lair and a coward. A challenge to fight a duel was the consequence, and the awful narra- tive that follows,discloses the frenzied mode of fighting, and the result of the fight. “ The day was dark, .the markets dull, The ’Qliaqggwas thin, gazzettes were full, Savage as men’s spirits may be, such a scene of preparation was en- ough to silence, if not awe them. While it Was passing. no man spoke ; but all looked curiously upon the fine. muscular persons that were soon, in an probability, about to 'cm each other up alive. Good-nightâ€" Good- night, loveâ€"the stars arP in sight; We must part. for ‘tis lale on the hull, You take the path that leads round to the right, And I will go down by tln; mill. Good-night. Will it be believed that this ar- rangement was instantly agreed to? But so it wasâ€"And artolerable party immediately ' proceeded up stairs, some to make the needfeel arrange- ment-s, and others to listen to this an- seen fight, .and awaitits exciting re- suit. And half the town Washreaking. The countersign of cash was “ Stop,’ Bankers and bankrupts shut upfhop, But come at'loâ€"morrow‘s twilightâ€"â€" Come early, for I will be here. The priests of the soul, by its own inner light. Shall meet us, and marry us, deaf. Good-night. And honest hearts- were aching. “ \Y hen near the ’Change my fancy spied A faded form, with hasty slride,r “ That honest Industry had tried To gain fair Credit for his bride‘ And found the lady willing; But. ah! a fortune-hunter came And Speculation was his name, A rake not worth a shilling. “ ’Vhile thus poor Credit seemed to sigh, Her cousin, Confidence, came by, A'nd [hen poor Credit smarted, He filched her fortune and Mr name, He fixcdn blot upon her name, And left her broken-hearted. (Methinks he must be clever ;) For when he whispered in her car, She checked the sigh, she dried the tear And smiled as SWeet as ever.” Her eyes had lost their lustre ; Iler character was gone, she said, For hasely she had been betrayed And nobody would trust her. “ The villian was on mischief bent; He gained both dad and mam’s consent, Beneath griet’s bmthen steeping, Her name was Credit, and she said Hex falher, Trade, was lately dead, “ The smile that she was wont to wear Was withered by the hand 0! care, Her mol'her, Commerce di‘ooping. 521m 15mm]. Confidence and Credit u.) ' : closing of the door, before 8 should commence, the ex- of the time being announced by three rapid knocks upon A Due] in Darkness. Good Night. AND YORK RIDINGS’ GAZETTE. RICHMOND HILL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1858 All things being ready. the door. which had cautiously been kept closed, to prevent the interior of they place being seen by the duelists, was opened. and they entered the room of death together. 'I he old man, whose friend oneof them was, wept in silent bitterness; but, by an in- voluntary action, as the young man passed out of sight, evidently be- Sriught heaven to assist the innocent. The door was closed. The time keeper drew out his watch. and kept his eyes steadily fixed upon it. The aSSCmbled party employed thatbrief period in ofi‘ering and accepting (in whispers) bets from one to five hund- red or more dollars, as to the result. Ancording to sporting phrase, ‘ the colonel was the favorite,’ though the backers of neither one nor the other [appeared to offer very long odds. But many who best knew him spoke outâ€"right their gladness, when an examination proved that he was perfectly dead. Both bodies were so mangled, that it was next to im- possible to handle them without touching the wounds. The best of it was, however, that the conquerer oflhis fearful white savage was found to be slill alive. He was taken down stairs instantly, stimulants were given. and he began to revive. His body was then careâ€" fully washed; after which. being cautiously wrapped up, he was con- veyed away to the nearest surgeon‘s some (ime afier midnight. ‘About half-an-hour was, ill re- collect right, alloWed to pass in close and attentive listening. to catch the most distant sOund from within. None was heard ; and at the expir- ation ol'that period, amidst a crowd of the most horrible of‘ anxious faces, the door was opened. and the whole part). rushed in. Towards the re- moter end, and not far from the wall, lay a heap like ol'red cloth. It was composed of the gashed and bloody bodies ofthe duelists! One lay across the other. They were taken up ; and something like a distant murmur ofapplause follOWed when it was dis- covered that the colonel was under- most I The room exhibited a spectacle not to be described. The young man eventually recov: ered entirely of all hlS wounds, end was often congratulated of havnng rid the country of a monster whom few dared to attack. This was not all. During his con- valescence, inquiries were frequent- ly made of him as to how the fight was managed; and he accordingly gave the following curious account as nearly as the writer‘can remem- ber :â€" ‘ received the contents himself. And then followed a hasty step across the floorâ€"another pistol reportâ€"â€"the clashing of knives, and a brief, but seemingly desperate, attempt to wresile, which quickly terminated, and all again was quiet. ‘It’s all up I’ whispered bet drinks for the crowd.’ ‘ Taken!’ said another. to want a julap.’ ‘ When the door was Vclosed,’ said he, ‘ we were urrounded by the Everybody expected,upon the giv- ing ol the signal, to hear the com- mencement of the strife; but they listened in dead silence to no purpose â€"-not the remotest sound, even of a footstcp, could be heard. And thus they waited five minutes, and ten, and twenty, and yet the combatants gave no sign After the lapse, as near as might be conjectured, of hall? an-hour. or thereabouts, one pistol was discharged; and although the listeners had been in continued ex'- pectation of it so long, when it did come, a sudden start of surprise ran through them, as though each man had instantly felt that he might have And thus they would have gone on, had not the third report beenjust then heard, followed by a prolonged cmtfiict, hand to hand, and knife to knife, in the course of which the fourth pistol was. exploded. The strokes of‘the knives began to grow less frequent.and more faintin sound ; but ere they had enterely ceased, a heavy body dropped with a dead sound upon the'fioor of the room. Another instant. and there followed another heavy fall. ‘The time-keeper closed his watch. and gave the signal; at the same moment, all the lights on the landing and staircase were extinguished, in order that no my might pass through the least crevice into the inside of the room. ‘ Fifty to forty the colonel has killed him!’ remarked a third. ‘ He was a very nice young man, but he can’t come in this time.’ Some individuals present were for opening the doors immediately ; but this proposition was overruled on the ground that; if the fight was not yet over, the most able might take advantage of the appearance of the light to kill the other even lying on the boards. ' ’1]. one, I ‘I begin most profound darkness. - It seemed for some moments to confound the senses and be close to my eyes.â€" During the three minutes allowod be- fore the battle might begin, my prin- clpnl aim was to getaway from my antagonist into another part of the room. without his knowledge, and to stand there by the wall, until, per- haps, he should make some move- ment. by the sound of which I couldl be directed in my attack. The crowd l outside was as still as death. I held my breath, and treading so lightly that I could not hear my own foot- falls. Istole away to that side of the room on which I entered. Whether he had CalCulated that I should natur- ally do so, and had, therefore, taken the same direction, nobody can tell ; but no sooner had Istood to listen for him, than I found he was some- where about meâ€"l could hear his breathing. \Vith the greatest cau- tion and silence. Ihastened to an- other part. expecting every moment that he would run against me, or I against him. And in this kind of manmuvertng, sometimes to get away, and sometimes to approach. if 1 fancied, though why, I know not, that an advantage might be gained, the greater part of the silent half- hour you speak of was spent. Eventually, whether my eyes had become more accommodated to the blackness, or from whatever cause, but true enough it is, I perceived a pair of eyes on the other side, near- ly opposite me. They shone like those ofa hyena in the night. I fired instantly. and rushed forward. The flash showed me the colonel crouched down against the wall, and must'have equally directed him to me. He fired as he advanced, but missed. \Ve were almost close together. The empty pistols were thrown down and the knives used. He rushed on with great ferocity, and tried to grapple with me,but I slipped out ofhis arms; and for an instant being quite separ- ated, both stood still, listening for the place of the other. I think he must have heard me, for he fired a second time, with such effect as you have all seemâ€"Nothing but his knife now remained. I had a knife and pistol. W" were so close together that he was upon me almost as soon as the pistol ball. The latter stag- gered me a little at the moment, but 1 met him with the knife, and from that time we never separated again. My object was to keep him-from closing upon me, until 1 was as cer- tain as darkness would permit of using my last ball to advantage. In consequence of that I retreated in various ways, both still fighting, sometimes on the open floor, and sometimes knocking ourselves with violence against the wall. At length, having safely reached the opposite side. I stood still, resolv- ed not to move again, until he either approached, having, perhaps, found me out, or by some means or othcrl could discover his position in the room. Having now got beyond his reached, Ifelt to be motionless on my part would be the wisest step, and calculated that his passion and fury would soon lead him on to the exhibition of less caution. Nothing of the kind occurred. and yet the first ball discharged was mine. A mouse could have been heard to stir : but we were perfectly lost to each other. Such is the tale, as nearly as the writer can remember, that was re- late'l to him. He has a wellâ€"found- ed belief that all the details are per- l'cclly true. We were teaching an ‘ academy’ down in the‘wire-grass country of South GeOrgia. soon after we left college, and among the ‘higher branches’ taught in that ‘institoo- shun,’ were the rudlments of~astron-i army, to which text-book we had in-l troduced a class of sand-hill boys} and gropher-trapping girls, ranging in age from 14 to 20 years. A few- recitations. confined principally to correction of mutilated pronolxncia- tions, ‘ stairs. heavineg bodies, the yenrth, comics, planics, etc.’ and then we made the advanced classl the startling and incredible and nouncement that the sun did not. rise I andset daily ;‘ lhat the revolution-of: the enrlh on its axis made night andi «lay, etc. There were a'few open countenancos in that gaplniz and wonder stricken class about then. I was growing faint. I found my strength falling, and then I fired my second pistol. The light instantan- eously made, showed both men red- der than the Indian on the field of battle. Iheard that he staggered, and rushed with all my strength upon him. He still fought a liltle,bu1 sud- denly dropped before me. and more. than that I do not know. Thc editor of the Carolinz'an, at Fayettevilie, N. C., tells an amus- ing incident in his experience, as fol- lows :â€" The Sun @rihum, Somebody has said, that the worst use you can put a man to. is to hang him ; and we say, the worst use you can make ofa man’s beard. is to shave it off. ' If a beard was not imade to be worn manly, there was in great mistake in ever giving it to man at all. ‘This is no idle whim of ours, but a settled conviction of the proprieties of manhood ; and if we had a word of advice to give the Cultivator boyson this subject, we would say, never let a razor lay its edge on the down of your virgin faces, and thereby escape innumer- lable twinges, t‘oothaches. weak eyes, sore throats, consumptions and other :penalties for tho: outraging .a WISC 'fand merciful providencg. Whjfih-uu- derstands'Lhe getting up of WQmGD'S ’Waists and men‘s faces Quite as well as we do. About 60 or 70 years ago, when the manufacturing trade was in its infancy, several poor Scotchmen settled in Manchester, who ultim- ately became millionaires, and whose descendants are still connected with that city. We were speaking a short time ago with a very old wo- man, who knew one of these men in his early struggles. His landlady thought he paid too little for his room, and was determined to raise his rent from ls 6d to ls 8d a week. This the Scotchman stoutly resist- ed, and was resolved to pack up his baggage and begone, rather than pay a fraction more than eighteen- pence. After gaining th s point, he ‘concluded the dispute with this ax- liom, which ought to be remembered by our young men : “ It isn’t that I mind so muckle for the odd tup- pence; but. ye ken, Betty, it's the breaking into a fresh piece o’stller.” We met, ourselves, with a similar illustration of Manchester prudence in connexion with our Great Exhib- ition, “ Why (lid you not take two guinea tickets for yourself and fam- ily l” we asked a gentleman of con- lsiderahle property ; “The guinea investment, you know, does not aJ- mit you on the gay promenade days.” Listen to me. young man,” he said; don't talk without thinking. ‘It is not that] care for four two- guinea tickets ; but”â€"dropping his voice as though he wished to im- press on me as a secret,â€"a new truthâ€"“ don't you see, it would have involved a twenty guinea dress a piece for my wife and two daugh- ters t”â€"Frazers’ .Mugazine. Next morning we were waited upon by a grave, sage looking pa- tron of ours, who with some aspar- ity of countenance, and, as we im- agincd, contemptuous sevarity of expression, thus delivered himself: “ We’ve employed ye here to lam our young ones, haint we 7.” We assented. “ Well.” continued he, “ what’s all this riggymnrole and ’stronomy and stuff about the sun not settin’ and risin,’ and the yearth turning upside-down of a night, and sich like infidel talk ye‘ve a bin foolin’ the skollars with ’l” “ Stop," cried he, “how do you know that? Who’s been that to measure it? What surve’er’s ever drug his chnn over that route? Taint so l” In vain we assured him that sci- entific men had demonstrated it, philosophers proved it beyond a doubt, and that the learned and em- inent men in the world admitted and believed it. 1 “They don’t know nothin’ about it," was his dogmatic response ; “ not a bit mor’n I do, and they’ve never any been closter to the sun than I hev.‘ lt’s agin reason, scence and scripter to say that the sun don’t set for that"s a text ,which' mabbe you’ve seed. if you tend the Bible â€"which I kaint believe you ever did read itâ€"sayin’ ‘from the risin’ of the sun to the goin' down tharof ;’ and see here, young man, if you [mint teech the children somethin’ better’n sich fool talk and infydel argyment, you mout as well look out for a Dooly settlement whar thar ain't no churches, and the folks never heern o’ the Bible.” Now, thought we, for a triumph of science, a lightening up of this benighted understanding. Inviting him into the academy we proceeded to draw a diagram upon the black- board, for the purpose ofillustration. “ Now.’ said we. " the sun is ninetyâ€" five millions ofmiles from the earth, andâ€" Brother Harris, ofthe Ohio Cul- tivator, sets ofl'the following in re- ference to shaving :â€" We caved. wiped out the diagram with our left coal-tail, bowed out our indignant patron, and the next morning the ‘ stonomv cIaSS’ was advanced to Peter Parley’s geogra- phy, and the sun permitted to l‘lSC and set as usual. Scotch and English Prudence. To Shave or not to Shave G OES.â€"â€"Byron. ,‘ul- re- )rst ang use l. is not was to t of the we the we its gin ter- res, her There is no sweeter element in the cup oflife than the joys of true friendship. Some of the purest 'happiness springs from the holy union offriendly hearts. We do not 'speak of summer weather friends. whose attachments are like the frail ‘beauty of the summertime. but of ‘those who are ever true in the win- tter-time of adversity and ‘affiiction ; ‘ weeping with those that weep. and 'mourning with those that mourn; and whose friendships smilethrough the winter's blast. and bloom all the brighter when all has faded. There are such friends in the world. Their kind letters for some time past have fallen gratefully upon the sorrowing hearts of homl‘. \Ve cannot publish all those whicn were written with that view, but they are none the less prized. Cl I‘€ 35 Si From the Liverpool Times, Jan. ‘27. The all-engrossing topic ofconversation continues to be the marriage of the Prin- cess Royal. We devote several columns to-day to details of the proceedings on the occasion which we have not already pub- lished.-â€"â€"Thcre seems to be only one feel- ing in the Kingdom, and that is, unbound- ed satisfaction at the choice of the Prin- cess Royal. How changed from the ex- pressions used by influential journals, when the subject was first mooted, some 12 or 18 months ago. Then Prussia and the Prussians were a beggarly and \ dastardly set, aye, and cowardly, into- the bargain, for they did not k 01w which side would prove conquerors in the Crimea, and thus kept aloof irom any compact, so that they might at any moment give their Weight to the winners. No'ni'Prussia is lauded up to the sky, its_ang, Princes, and Poten- tates are everything that is good and de- sirable. But enough, the dynasties of Great Britiun and Prussia are now linked together, whether for better or worse time alone will tell. Mrs. Stowe’s book, Drerl. teaches many a lesson to white folks through a dark medium, and not the least pointed one is the rebuke given Christian denominations by “Old Tilf,” for their mint, amise. and cummin wrangles, while inquirers are asking the plan of salvation. “ Old Tifi',” has the care of the chil- dren of his dead mistress, and hav- ing told them that their mother had gone to the land of Canaan. one in- quires as follows : “ Uncle Tifl‘, where is the land of Canaan 7.” “De Lor’-a-massy, chile dat ar's what I’d like to know myself. 1’s studdin’ ‘ pon dat 31'. 1’5 gwine to camp-meetin' to find out. Is ben to plenty of dem ar, and never could quite see clar. ‘Pears like they talk about everything else, mor’n they does about dat. Dar’s the Methodis’. dey cut up de Presby- ter’ans. and de-Presbyter’ans pitches into the Methodists; and den both on ’19an down on the ’Piscopals. My ole mist’ was ’1’iscopal,.‘and I never seed no harm in it. - An’ the Baptists mink dey a’nt none on ’em right ; and while dey’s a blowin7 out at each other (lat ar’way. I’s wonderin’ whar’s de way to Canaan?” The young oyster is unprotected by any shell, and starts into life a lively minute thing, all life and mc- tion. flitting about in the sea as quickly as a summer fly does from flower to flower. Its appearance, with a microscope, is that of an “oyster cherub," with wing-like lobes. flanking a mouth and should- ers, uncumbered with inferior cru- ral prolongations. It passes through a vivacious juvenility, skipping up and down. Afterwards it begins to harden around the outside, the first shell being scarcely thicker than a thin skin, gradually attaining the consistency of a transparent shcll. It is then about the size of a penny. By slow degrees it becomes larger and harder, settles down into a steady and clumsy oyster, andis the parent of other oyster cherobs ; and thus would it live and die, were it not for man’s having discovered what a delicious morsel this unsight- ly shell contained. The world without has its storms, but the “sun is sxill shining.” Life has its storms. Tliickly its sha‘ (lows overcast the brief pilgrimage of man. But there patches ofsunny sky ; bright, beautiful resting-places by the way side, upon which we look even as they go back in the haze of time’s distance. Afler.t§;cliingof Dglld had been .cap- lured, he was n_enrly_ pummelled to. 'tleath an Irish soldier, who, with his full, sluted the old vill'mn in pugilisfiz style. Its early habits are very little known. -And '1 greater change is scarcely exhibited in the frolicsome tad-pole. turning. as it does, into a load, than takes place in the oyster. Union of England and Prussia “Whar’s de way to Canaan. ?" True Friends The Oyster. N0. 37. No event connected with the ter- rible drama of India has stirred up to its foundation the heart of Eng- land like the unexpected death of General llarelock. Just as his he- roic work was done. andibefore the applause and honors of his admir- ing country had reached him, he was ignominonsly cut down, the victim of disease, and expired on a bed 01' sickness, instead :Qf dying as his gallant soul must have yearn- ed, on the field of ballle With his feet to the foe. it is extraordinary how public instinct had salt:ch this great soldier for the true her g of India, and his return hoine'wonl ‘ have been the occasion of pub ie' enthusiasm such as has rarely be witnessed here. The ’governme of the day has Ion some popularit by the slow and niggardly manne» that Havelock was rewarded. A t2r an unwise delay he was baron- etted, and then, after more hesita- tion, an annuity of £1,000 was con-5 ferred upon him. All this seemed ' paltry after services so brilliant, and contrasts were soon drawn to the immense compensations bestowed on Generals of more aristocratic pretensions. The Times, at last, broke into a loud remonstraucc, and boldly told the government that In- dia had been saved by the middle classes, while its finger of scorn was pointed at the aristocratic noodles who had disgraced England in the Crimea. The noble' Have- lock has died‘before thencws of his boronetcy, or the ,£l,000 a year, had reached him, and this humili- ation, at least, he was spared. Lord Palmerston could'hardly do a. better thing to retrieve himself in popular esteem than. cpnlfer these small honours on liis'son at the first meeting of Parliament. THE surply How ABOUT THE BXCHELOkS l-â€".We lately visited a” bachelor's house,“ and found no less than liall'a doZen‘L-single gentlemen around the fire. The apnarent- ly trivial circumstance elicited some re- mark, and for the last few days we have looked at every assembly we have been In With a special eye to the bachelors. Everywhere these individuals, are to be met with, of all ages and sizes. They mestly Seem to he possessed of all that is said to make a dual existence happy ; yet they don’t marry. It is not that there is any disproportion between the sexes, for, at the time of the last census,rt_h‘er,e were only six more 'mal thin females in Hamilton, and we akre that of those who have left the country since; there are quite as many gentlemen as ladies. There must consequently be about as many spin- sters as bachelors in the city, and a large proportion of both. “Te are sure all, both ladies and gentlemen, Will agree with us that this is not a normal state of society. Its causes, therefore, mUst be customs or habits repugnant to nature and reason_ If we only knPW what they were , as a rdlional people we would find a re- medy; we say a remedy, for the existing s'ate of matters is assuredly an evil.â€" Spectator. place 0d lhe 9th of-Fehrltl‘mfyhz‘xhfl publw savs thfit i‘nomhérs of fhéhl from Rochester and other places their attendance. W'Ho IS HE?~â€"A deSpatcll from Goshen, Ind., states that George McLanc, glius George McDongall, from-Canada, the accomplice ol'tho notorious Townsend, and “Mo had confessed over thirty highway rob- bericsfiand thefts, was taken on Tues- day by about five hundred of tho. Vigilance Committee, and hanged on Diamond Lake hill,’ ,four miles south east 01 Ligonier, Ind. Evory- thing passed off quietly. So far 22 thieves and counterfcilers have been taken, and the committee are aflcr more. and towjfig homes with. The gungl am happy to say, were saved, buta waggon of. Major Scott’s battery was blown up. I must not fail to mention the excellent conduct of a Sowar of the. 4th Irregular Cavalry, and two men of the 9th Lancers, privates Thomas Hancock and John Purcell, who, when my horse was shot down, remained by me throughout. One of these men and the Sowar offered me their horses, and l was dragged out by the Sowar’s horse. Private lIancoek was severely wounded, and private Purcell’s horse was killed under him. The Sowar’s name is Roopur Khan. Lntest English papers say that the decoration of the Victoria cross‘ had been conferred upon some inferior oflicers and privates, among them Lieuy. Havelock, of (he lOIh regiment, -who was aidrde-camp to the late General Haveloek; who thus described one of his acts of bravery in a dcspatch last August :â€" In the combat zit Cawnpore, Lieut. Hayelock was my aidde-cump. 'llle G-l-th regiment had been much under ar- tillery fire, from which it had severely sufl'ered. The whole-of the infantry were lying down in lineayijhen, perceiving that the enemy, had brought out the last reserved gun, a Q-L-pounder, and were rallying round'it, I called up the regiment to rise and advance. Without-another word from me, Lieut. Havelock placed himself on ill: horse, in front of the centre of the G-l-lh, opposite the muzzle of the gun. Major Stirling, commanding the regiment, was in front, dismounted, but the Lieutenant continued to move steadily on in front. of the regiment at a_ foot pace, on hi3 horse. The gun discharged shot until the troops were within a’sh'ort dis- tance, when they tired grape. In' went the corps, led by the lieutenant, who still steered steadily on the gun’s muzzle until it was mastered by a rush of thefidpth. The bravery of two of the privates who have been thus honoured was tlus reported by Gen. Grant in June last: Musonsvc lli ions, we shall have no ice next summer cool our -‘ beverages.” The“ Heston -denlers propose to obviate the difficulty sending out steam lugs to~the banks, 1 towing m a few ice belgs‘to fill their I‘he urandes of H ala ICE Pawnâ€"The subject of Vlhe ! ice is rather a cool one to gel up upon, hu! the ice dealers are réally alarmed at the continued moderate General Havelock. “'91)! A Brave Act. .m; m sent firmfnity [u omise {if the to‘ Jake indi-