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hev. Dr. Kall was sitting in his study one pleasant August. afternoon, his thoughts intent upon his Sunday sermon, and his mind withdrawn from earthly cares, when his twin of thought was ludcly interrupted, and his attention distracted from his meme by the following convcrfia- tion: “Oh; Nellie, when: ‘arc youâ€"you“ ought to have been thereâ€"just the stunningcst fel- low." Thcn a sound of running feet, and pretty soon he hand his daughter cxclaim : “Ia‘that you Maggie '3” “Yea, come down quick, I’ve got some- thing to tell you." "1’1! be there in half ajifl'y.” Then a. door opened and shut, and in a few minutesâ€" “What do you Lhink,as I was coming over here, there was just the smnningest fellow right in front of me. Just as 1 got opposite ,the new church, my music roll alipâ€"ped,and cvcry paper in it fullnn (he. nidewalk. founded." “And so I was, butit was so x‘uliculous that I almost died a lalxghing_.’f _ “Well, the fellow, do you think. stopped, turned round and helped me pick them up. I woe all hunky dory then. llc walked as for us' here with me, and I thanked him of ammo, etc., etc. You J know how tie your- self." The good doctor scratched his hczul. Could that be his Nellie,whom he thought so lady like? He opened the door, softly, a little crack, thinking, no doubt, that ho had a right to play the part of a. listener to so strangely mixed a conversation, and in his own house. Very soon it was to be contin- ued, this time his daughter commenci mg the conversation. “There, how’s that for high ‘2" “0h, isn’t that sweet. How much was it “I” “Only five dollars, cheap enough.” “Yes, indeed, but you said you Were going to have pink, this is blue." “Never mind, it is all the some in Dutch.” The Doctor peeped to see what they were talking aboutâ€"and Miss Nellie was exhibi- ting her new bonnet to the admiring gaze of her friend. “It's raging hot here.” “Well, I don’t know as I can make it any cooler," said Nellie, looking around, “I s’pose father'd kill me if I opened a door." Her father had requested her the day before to keep the doors closed. “Yes, I had a starving old time last Tues- dayrnight." “I guess it's time for me to absquatulace,” said Maggie xisingu “Dentâ€"fear yourBelf away. Are you going to the lecture to-night ?” “Geo. Saunders said he should go home with you to-night." “Did he? He'd better spell able first.” “That’s so. If there’s anything I hate ’tis the boys bothering round; they ought to be putin 9. barrel and fed through the bungâ€" hole until they are old enough to behave.” “I must bid you a fond adieu now, I‘ve got thousands of errands to do." “Well, good bye." . “Oh, the dickens, I’ve left my parasol.” “Here it is.” “Now, good bye, be sure and come to- night.” “You, good bye." Then the door closed, and Nellie went up stairs. The Doctor gently shut the door, with a sly twinkle in his eyes. He set buried in thought some little time. Now and then a humored smile broke over his face. And once he shook with silent laughter. Then again his face lengthened and his brow grew dark,until. at last with a proiound shake of the head he sat down to resume his Sermon; but in vain, he could not concenâ€" trate his thoughts, not an idea would enter his brain ; so that he sat idly scratching his pen on the paper, till at last with a gesture of impatience, he pushed back his chair, gut up, shook himself, took his hat and went out for a walk. He got as far as the gate when an idea seemed to strike him. He came back, hung up his hat, and went in search of his Wifo. For a long time they were closeted tu-gothcr, until time lor tea. When the tea. was ready, Miss Nellie came down, equipped for the lecture. After they were fairly seated at the table, Mrs. Hall said “My dear sir, will you have some tea '2” “In half ajifiy, Madam.” Nellie looked up, but her father took no notice. “Really, this cake is stunning,” went on the Doctor, as solemn as a judge. “Gracious, I’m con-dumbfounded,” ejaculated the D00- tor, getting it a little Wrong‘ A_,A _»,.A..- Neullie ggzcd at her father' in perlect amaze- meat. “Iii-y dear, this sauce is staving. Where didyou w W”. _ . . “I made it,”aaid his will: cooly. , “Oh, well, it‘s all the same in German." Neflie dropped her knite and 101k. “You must give me some money for the butcher tomorrow,” said Mrs. Hall. “You’ll have to spell ‘ability’ firmng-owlcd the Dnanmely. _ _ . ‘ ,,n Then suddenly taking out his handker- chief he gave his noun a tremendous blow. “There,” said he, “.how’s that for high?" “I know how 'tis myself,”mcckly rupliud his wife. This cupped the climax. The knowledge that her father must have heard the afternoon conversation was too much 10: Nellie. She burst into tears and lo“ the room. The sage Doctor nodded wisely to his wife, and when she had got out of hearing, exclaimed, “There, wife, I guess we shall hear no more slang phrases from her.” [Correspondence ofthe New York Sun.] Camden is the loveliest village of New Jersey, opposite Philadelphia. But for the river Delaware, Camden would be Philadel- phia, and Philadelphia. would be a village beyond the Schuylkill. Everything in Cam- den is lovelyâ€"not to put too broad a point on itâ€"hut Camden jail. "Gracious! I should have been dumb- Here the normal Camdenian loveliness ceases. Space in Camden is valuable, and comer lots can be had at no price. This was the case even nearly twenty years ago, when Camden Court Houso was built above glound, and Camden jail shovelled out six Icet beneath it, paved. with bricks and flagâ€" stones, fenced off into numerous cells, has. coed by an unlimited amount of iron 1- bars, and not. unlimited amount of arrangeâ€" ments for pure and wholesome air and light. it. is evident that Dr. Diu Lewis was not consulted on the hygienic question when Camden jail was projected under ground. Certainly he would not advise mm the hot air be all kept at the top of the cells and all tho cold on the floors. One of the prisoners told me that the sup- ply of rats is unlimited. They are gay and testive rats, tame as playful kittens, and, leafless 0t consequences, pursue their gambols through the cells, sometimes play- ing leapâ€"frog over the beds of the imprisoned sleepers. But the grand promenade corridor, sixty feet ‘long, is the scene of their wildest sports The faithful watchman has more than once soothed the tedium of his mid- night vigil by practising on them with his revolver. It would seem a. better plan to let these mlrthtul creatures monopolize the corridors at night, instead of driving them into the cells. But your cotrosponent is not 3 Camden philanthropist and therefore his opinion on the rat question is not pressed. DR. JOHN VAVASOUR NOEL. Into this damp, unwholesome, rat-infested hole, kindest-hearted of Sheriffs, Barry Fred- ericks, locked up,near1y three months ago, one _30N 0? am JOHN MAODONALD’S FINANCIAL AGENT IN JAILâ€"MARRIAGE BELLS AND ORANGE “OWNSâ€"THE BUSBAND‘S TRIP TO CANADAâ€" m RETURN AND MEETING WKTK THE GHASTLY CBAXBERLAINâ€" TEROWN INTO A FKLON‘B CELL. The Prisoner of Camden. 9?. John “faraway Roclmtall, almost tough:- ‘ mg the six feet mark ; more handsome than | half the men whose smbrosial locks are not-2 brown; hazel eyes, yet not. so soft; as his‘ wife’s brown eyes, so he told me; a m1litary air in his manner, acquired, doubtless, in the I: experienco which a Canadian Major’s com» mission is expected to require of one whose duty it was to help watch the border tor those playful countryman of ours, the Feniaus. Nine years ago this young man took his Bachelor degree at Queen’s College, Kings- ton, and tour years litter the Royal College of Surgeons gave him the right to kill and cure” eecqu/muartcm. Canada is what Stephen A., Douglas said of Vermontâ€"“a good country to emigrate from.” So, in l868,the young doctor left Her Majesty’s Dominion for “the States,” drawn hither by a profl‘ered situation as as- sistant principal to a boys’ school, at Fair- view, six miles from Camden, toward Mount Holly, and near the Quaker village of Moorestown. Here he spent a year in the discharge ot his duty with eminent satisfacâ€" tion to his employer. In Moorestown lived a. family composed of mother, son and four daughters. The trend oi the family had, , some years before, paid his last mortal debt, I leaving those behind the recipients of an ,income ample {or all their wants, with a good margin for the pumhase of enough of life’s luxuries. It it; the old story, of course. Handsome young stranger propelly presentedâ€"good familyâ€"lather, also John V. N00], for a great many years Sir John Macdolml l's financial agent, at the same time a grand officer of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Canadaâ€" mothor, of the stock that made the ccmpany at the Govoi'nor-Geueral's balls; good Canadian blood without a flaw in the podi- gi‘oc or a blot on tho esoutoheon. 0t course it is the old story of lovda young dream, and the after-waking by marriage bells and the perfume of orange flowers. Noel found himself partner ofa thriving house in Dela- ware avenue, Philadelphia, and by and by the hood of the firm. All went as smoothly as should be. Home was but half an hour’s drivu irom Philadelphia, and thither always atter the close or business the doctor tended his steps. THE nocron VISITS ms onn sons. One night, at the termination of that due course of time which nature .mposes in such cases, another John Vavasour Noel made himself a welcome though helpless member of the little family. Within a year a daugh- ter came as a second guarantee of love and happiness. Last Spring, broken down by devotion to business, Dr. Noel went, on advrce of some who were, and one or two who were not his friends, to his father’s home in Kingston to recuperate his health. His last sight of his wife showed her holding up in her arms their little boy, that he might see his father as he walked away, leaving, as he thought, only a happy home behind him that would be the dearer after an absence of a tew weeks. Satan is, with more than the Miltonic reasons given, beiichd to have had much to do with break- : ing up a pleasant family arrangement in the world’s early history. Blennerhassett had his Burr. Dr. Fauatus made no money out of Herr Mephistopheles, and Dr. Noel is like- ly to reap small stamps and less comfort from the existence of his late book-keeper. One Chamberlin may well be characterized by the doctor as the “heavy villain" in his little life drama, the end of which is not yet. Noel had pitied this man it seems, had helped him to money when in need, and finally, to a gOud position in his own house Chamberlain, by all the accounts, had for some years been an inmate of the Harris mansron in Moorestown, having wound his way to the confidence of all its occupants, and he it was who urged most strongly and affectionately that Noel should yield to all their entreaties, and seek the restoration of his health by means of his native Canadian air. Noel yielded. Arrived at his father’s house, he was prostrated for some weeks by sickness, cheered, however, by loving mes- , sages frgm his loving wife and tender tidings of his little ones. He had not yet passed the period of convulescence when, to his horror and surprise, he one day received alctter lrom his wife containing the assurance that their marriage days were ended, and that henceforth she was his wife no longer. Shocked, stunned, and if we are to believe him, almost crazed, he hastened to return over a distance of five hundred miles to as- certain, if possible, the occasion of this change in the current of his wife's affec- . more helpless than is this prisoner of Carn- ms PALE AND GHABTLY CHAMBERLAIN. , The first he met in the store in Philadel. . phia was the pale and ghastly Chamberlain, yet, why he should turn pale, Whose friendly , protestations had never been wanting toward ‘ Noel, was more than the latter could divine. i Chamberlain promised to intercede for him â€"tourrange for an interview between the, doctor and his wiie. Two days after Chamâ€" ' bcrlain was the bearer of a cold and formal message from the wife, declining to see her l husband under any circumstances. Perâ€" suaded by Chamberlain's plausible words he returned again to Canada, to find docuv mentary evidence that Chamberlain himself was the ( he who had poisoned his wife’s mind against him. Then came the insatiable longing to see his children, and he returned to Moorcstown, took his son, and went to I the Park liotel. A few days morefihepnd child was in the care oi his iather's family in i Canada. Meantime the wife hurl instituted proceedings {or a divorce and the custody of the child. Noel returned to oppose her. While waiting to file his answer in the divorce case, he was, on the night of October 10, arrested by the Sheriil of Camden on a writ of we met rcgno and locked up in the Camden jail. lle charges that Chamberlain is the architect of his ruin, and that these proceedings are of the nature of a conspiracy to deprive him of his share of the business in Philadelphia, to destroy his relations with his wife, and to make t separation from his children irrevocable. ' e writ issues out of that court with which, last week, we had much to doâ€"the High Court of Chan- cery at Trenton. The amount of bail, in default of which Noel will have to pass a Christmas, as he has. already passed a birthday and a Thanksgiving in jail, unless released is fixed at the trifling sum or $8,000â€"easy enough to be got, even in Gam- den, it you can make its philanthropic breast heave as the sight or your snperabundant “ coilaterals,” but hard to be got as a blood- less pound of flesh if you have them not. FACING THE PRISON CORRIDOR. The divorce suit still goes on. The help. less prisoner in Camden jail, pacing the cor- ridor for fourteen out of the twentyâ€"four p hours, has but small chance to show by what foul means men would steal his wife away. and turn the loving lispings of his little ones to words of hate through the years that must pass before their own clear reason can prove that he, their father, was murdered in the pure, chaste house of their young affec- tions. The prisoner of Chillon was not den. Chancery has hold of Lim. Chancery means to hold him. Chancery has nothing to do with violated hiylscholds, ruined repu- tations, or breaking hearts. The local press has tried to do something for Noel, and, I am told, the local press h s evun tried the well-plated armor of Chancery. But all this has been but vanity to the local press, and the veriest additional vexation to the Cam- den prisoner. ’l‘he one has but wasted its ink, and the other like another poor Jo, keeps ,“moving on,” up and down his sixty teetof damp, unwholesome corridorâ€"all be- cause chancery shakes its learned wig and says: “$8,000, or he ezeat regno I" some- thing of this Noel case came to your corres- pondent’s ear the other day, and moved by those principles which spring eternal in the breast of every Sun correspondent, he went a dollar on it, and hurried to Camden jail,with iron bars between him and Dr. John Vavas- our Noel, he heard the story fuller and a thousand times better told than the more hints which have just been given. Noel begged that the Sun-light might be let in on ‘ himâ€"plead like a. Woman, With those brown eyes of his, that the Sun would not let such Lions groan: injustiea be ’4 ‘ A?" him wfigbwit mining one cry of 3 “9-3 633% should pierce: the ears of all com flaw?“ fame the powâ€" cx‘s that be either 1 3 Eras Mn M once, that he might delend l.‘ mast”, or else place his ball at such a figurn 55 Banger might com- mand. He told I ‘0 fic-hat he was dyingâ€"â€" literally dying. B: 33 39:? me ministmtions of some few good :ammW-«kindest and gentlest of all, tho mgr: aim Maria’s witsâ€"s there would have ham 3‘ Emper’a inneiul weeks ago, and ll 9, mafia would have had a. cell all"to themsel'mg @141; m range of the gentle watchmau’s revoking. 21' Juan: A. DODSON. Mt. l’opkius mm a. l‘»aChclul‘. I mention this fact with all due reverence for the name "and sympathy for the condition. He was well-Io-do in 111:: woxld, if owning my flue farm and being plaintiff in a lawsuit is any criterion. Aside 1mm Mr. I’opkihs’s misfortune in l>e~ ing :1. bachelor, hi: bud but one Iaultâ€"ra general aversion to female society and apar- (écularawrsion to Miss Sallie Hopkins, the defendant in the above,- named lawwit. Now, be it known, that though Miss Sal- lie’s numo was put down in the list of 0. Mm’s, (Old Maids,) she was the roundcst, realest, dimplud Checked spinster that ever lived 111 Lincoln. She had the softest. brown eyes, with a nick of looking down and poop. ing under her lashes, pcl‘lectly bowildoring, and her hair shat. waved and shone, in the sunlight, in such a. manner that a sulcepti- ble lady, like you and I, would have felt an irresistibb desire to have had sole ownership of the “nutvbrown locks.” But however {animating Miss Sallie was to tho sex in gunuml, as l have said, between her and Mr. l’upkins there was a. deadly fund; and the cause of all the trouolc was a meadow, spreading lair and wide between MISS ballie’s and Mr. Popkins’ farms. Now, the truth of the matter was this : The meadow justly belonged to Mr. Popkins, but instead of going to Miss Sallit. and frankly stating the case, he musm serve a pro- cess 01 law. Miss Sallie flew all to piuces, and declared she would maintain her rights at any cost. 1 am confident, from the manner in which the whole thing ended, that had Mr. Popkius gone to her, himself, she would have wlinâ€" quishcd it gracefully, but a woman has a mortal honor ol being forced to do anything. Tie a thread round their necks, feed them sugar plums, and you can lead them to the “jumping 011' place ;” go to driving them, and 10: obstinacy, they will beat Mail; Twain’s mule in the holy land all Io pieces. When Miss Sallie mat Mr. Popkins on the street, her nose was decidly “ reu‘oussi," and Mr. i‘upkins looked like an automaton Car- lH‘I' giant. The neighbors were forch to take yarn in this case, for when invitations were issued for the regular tea-parties, thosu who invited Mr. l’oykins were obliged to omit Miss Salim and Vicu-Vcrsa. In the muunwhilc me law-suit “dragged its slow lungm along,” 1min Session to susâ€" sion, from term to term, until Popkins versus Hopkins was as familiar as A, B, 0. But late had taken in hands the destiny of these two obstinate individuals, and soon brought mattfirs to a most satislucloi‘y conclusion, although the unconscious mediator was mthpl a burlesque on the “high tragedy” daity enacted. . . n . n- ,,,i Ifhere lived close to these belligemnts, a good-natured old man, nearly as deaf as a post, who had the greatest faculty for blunâ€" daring on unfortunate facts of any indi- vidual known either in Ancient 01' Modern History. u.. He never heard anything correctly, and it was an utter impossibility to try and explain; you would certainly find yourself floundering about in a “perfect slough of despair.” Miss Sallle and Mr. Popkins had received notice that their case would come up, for a. final hearing, in Harrow, on the Tuesday of next week. Miss Sallie concluded to take the stage ; Uncle Ben onper, our deaf friend, bad business a. little distance on the road, and he would take 1he stage too, and Mr. l’opkins' saddle horse 11:1? sick just as he was needed, and no time for any other M'- rangements, so he must take the same 0011- veyaucc. Miss Sallie came floating down to the gate with white ribbons and bows,and dainty dross, sufficient to bewilder a man with as stony a. heart as the Sphinx, and saw, approaching from the opposite side, but foe in imma- culate broadcloth, and shirt-front. For a moment the color flashed to her cheek, and she hall-resolved to go back, but to be out- done by a. man, and he a Popkins, was not to be thought of, So she stepped in the coach with an air of sixteen Queen Vic- tories, elevated her head until it made an acutenngle with her nose, and then became sublimely unconscious of anyone’s presence. Mr. Popkins seated himself as though he had swallowed it whole foundry, and had his pockets full of eggs for dessert. Just then came Uncle Ben, pufling and blowing, utterly unconscious of the oaths of the impatient “ Jehu." “ Good morning, Miss Sallie," said he, carefully seating himself beside her. “ G001 morning, Mr. Popkins. Where might you be going, and what for ‘2” U “T6 Harrow,” said Mr. Popkins, in his must polite manner, answering ‘lw first qucsfion £5131» ignoring the lust. “ Du tell i” and tho round face fairly glow- ed with placid surprise. “Going to marry? Well, I told Hester last night that was the bth way to settle the suit after all. There ain’t a more capable girl anywhere than Sallie, and I am glad you've found it out. And Mr. Popliins is wonderful clever,” turn- ing to Sallie, “and instead of being two farms and a lawsuit, there need only be one. Law bless me 1" rubbing his hands with in- creased satisfaction, “if it ain’t a tip top arâ€" rangement l” Mr. l’opkins clutched at his throat, as though he were choking to death, and made spasmodic efforts to say a word ofexplana~ tion, but his tongue seemed palsied and failed him utterly in this emergency. Miss Sallie with a face of the deepest rose color, placed her hand to her mouth and shouting, so as to startle the horses, said : “ I am going to see Mr. Stiles on business} Oh, day of blunders! Mr. Stiles was her lawyer, but the unfortunate girl was unaware that a Presbyterian Minister had the same same delightful cognomen. “ Mr. Stiles, indeed," said our friend. -‘ Well, I’ve heard him well spoken of, but I never expected you, Sallie, a. Baptist, to be married by any one but a minister in your own own church ; but I suppose you gave way to Mr. Popkins, and 1 think it shows a down- right good disposition.” Miss Sallie gave up in despair and looked fixedly out of the Window, while Mr. Pop- kins’ lip moved occasionally, as though he were saying “Water! water!” But the un- concious cauSu of all this turmoil sat serene and happy, indulging in an occasional chuckle and knowing glance to Mr. I’., but at this moment he saw he had arrived at his destination, and Wishing his two victims “ much happiness,” left them. The human heart is a strange affair, to say the least of it. Had any one advised Mr. 1 Popkins to marry Miss Sallie, he would have 3 rejected the idea immediately! and she her- 1 self would have taken it as an insult; but the totally unexpected manner in which the matter had been brought up made altogether a. different affair of it. He stole a. glance at Miss Sallie. Her face was still turned away, and she was apparently studying nature. She was pretty, Mr. iopkins could not deny. What ifâ€"ifâ€"and his heart gave a. tremend- ous bound. What a fool he had been all this time! He must 11y at any rate, and risk a repulse. So without any more htsitution, for our hero was brave, he took Uncle Ben’s seat and said quietlyi: “Miss Sallie.” The iace turned the eighteenth part of an inch towards him. Not much encourage- ment, but a. Mile. “ Miss Sallie,” be repeated, “I’ve been fool and a brute.” 0h wise Mr. Popkinsl He had started on the direct road to a woman’s heart. Either now A lunfsung‘kfigm ENDED. 4V. that though Miss Sal- down in the list of 0. she was the l‘oundcst, from wu‘fiarincss m‘ a sauna of justlw th‘ 3; alwaya take the opposite side. Miss Sallie made up her mind from this moment that he Was a gentleman and a second Solomon, and she gumed her face completely round. “Do you think," he continued, “that we can settle this lawsuit in the sensible man- ner suggested by Uncle Ben? I do lpve you, Miss Sallie, findi-bfzfigquel I believe PW lo'v'cd you all the fime and never knew Miss Sallie was completely vanquished, and the answer, although Whispered,. was hceud by Mr. l’opkins above the noise of the wheels and the cracking of the driver’s whip. it until to-day." The suit. of I’opkins versus Hopkins was dismissed that day. The BaptisL minister got a fee, and the people at home are firmly convinced that. Mr. and Mus. Popkins are the best bands in the world to keep a secret! ANO'l‘ll’Ell STEAMER mailman newt“ IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA. , _‘ Another steamer belonging to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has now to be added to the already long list ofdis ibled ves- suls of this line by the breaking down of the Costa Rice. in the Gulf of Californi l on the 20th ultimo by the fracture of the axle of her propeller. The reports received with regard ,m‘tlie accident are slightly conflicting, a: (1 caused all manner of rumors yesterday after- ndou in Wall street. The file dispatch re- ceived was by Mr. F. R. Baby, agent of the line, which is as follows : “The Pacific Mail steamship Cogta Rica. broke the axle of her propeller on the 20th inst. in the Guli of California, 84 miles 'mm land, and is in a. disabled condition.” Luturixi the evening another telegraphic dispatch was received as follows : “ l‘he steamer Costa Rica, from Panama {or San Francisco, drake her axle ofl Cigucna Gulf of California, on the 20th inst. She was then eighty-four miles from land. 0n the 24th she was within four miles of Manzan- illa.” ‘ It is believed that the disabled vessel is making for Manzanilla under sail, and it is expected she will put in there if the wind is favorable, but owing to the tempestuous weather, some anxiety is felt until tidings are received of her arrival in port The Costa. Rica is one of the best 0! the fleet,being iron built. She is commanded by Captain J. M. Dow. In Novemder, 1868, she was built for the Panama Railroad Company at Wilâ€" mington, Del. She is classed A1 at Lloyds, 1,457 tons burden. 229 feet in length, 35 feet breadth ol beam, 21 teat depth or hold, and draws 20 feet of water. It is believed that if the disabled vessel reaches Manzanilla saiely her detention will be only temporary, so that the mails and passengers which lelt Panama on the 9th will be taken to their destination without much delay. [From the Athenmum.] On reconsidering the subject of the very curious paper on the Deluge, which was read by Mr. George Smith, on Tuesday evening last, before the Soclety of Blbliuul Archaeoloâ€" gy, I have come to the 00110111le11 that the Series or Izdubar legends is neither more nor less than the local rendering of the old uni- versal solar myth. I have already stand that the representative of Izdubar in that valuable repertory 0t Babylonian tradition, Ibn Wakshi’s work, ‘On the Agriculture of the Nabathzeans,’ is Yumaâ€"Shad, or J cmshid, the Arian name tor “the Sun." The name which Mr. Smith provisionally reads as Izdubar, probably means “the sour-Ce 0t lire.” At any rate “fire” is the governing element of the name, and hence the application by the Greeks to the primaeval sage of Babylon of the title of Zoroaster, who is said not only to have taught the Babyloninns as- tronomy and astrorogy, but to have intro- duced the worship of lire. The early Jews and. Chistians compared this Zoroaster With the Nimrod ,of the Bible, and hence arose the many traditions which throughout Babylonia connect Nimrod With “ the tire." The original hero of the legend, however, was “ the Sun." The twelve tablets of Izdu- bar represent the twelve months, and each tablet will, i believe,'be found to embody a legend especially connected with the month, or zodiucal sign to which it refers. Thus the conquest of the winged Bull to which Mr. Smith refers will be found, I believe, to belong to the second tablet of the series, that is, to the sign Taurus, which had the name of “the Bull” in the Babylonian Calendar. The sixth tablet in the same way, from which Mr. Smith has trans- lateda curious legend about. lshtar, or Venus, represents the month which answered to Virgo in the zodiac, and was dedicated to Venus in the Babylonian Calendar. There is some doubt about the identifica- tion of the tenth tablet with the tenth month, because the name of the Babylonian momh, answering to Tebeth, is difiicult of explanaâ€" tion, but 1 think that. the deities, Pap-sukcd and Mamit, to whom it, was dedicated, Were the arbiters otlife and death, which is the especial subject of Izdubm‘s tenth tablet. Perhaps, also, death was associated with the period of the Winter solstice, which occurred under Capricorn. The most satisfactory illustration, however, occurs in reference to the eleventh month. This is called ‘_in Baby- Ionian “ the rainy." It was dedicated to the god of rain and tempests, and it answers in the zodiac to Aquarius. Hence the legend on the eleventh tablet embodics the story of the Deluge. The last tablet of the series probably con- mined the notice of the close of Izdubar’e lite preparatory to his being reâ€"bom with the new year. The Babylonian name of the mouth refers to the harvest, not, however, I presume, as a season of the year, but with reference to the cutting of the com, as the close of vegetable life. I have ,not yet had time to examine the fragments of tablets with a View to further illustration of the myth, but the points of reSemblance‘which I have noted are so marked that I have thought it as well as onceto communicate them,through your pages, to the public. Dec. 5, 1872. H. C. RAWLINSON. â€"â€"The revenue of the Ayr harbor during the past year was £6,000. â€"The size; of the new dock for Ayr is to be 525- acres, and is to cost £120,000. â€"-Four men have been committed for hial for taking forcible possession of land in Kilkcnny. -â€"'i'he finest bread has been reduced in Glasgow one half-penny, and is now selling at 9d. per 4 lb. loaf. â€"Numerous ‘ seals, very rare in those waters, are making their appearance at the mouth of Holy Loch and in Lochlong. â€"’1‘Im Marquis of Huntly has granted liberty to his tenants to shoot and snare hares and rabbits on their arable land. â€"Miss Dimdon has recovered £750 dam- ages against Falmer Culhane, at Dublin, for breach of marriage contract. He being only forty-five, could not secure the consent of his brother. --Four iron companies in the North dis- trict have each more than 150 puddling fur- naces, and three have from 100 to 130 each. â€"The capital stock invested in British and Irish railways had attained last year the enormous sum of $2,763,400,000. The total length of the railways of the United King- dom was, in 1871, 15,376 miles. -The Scotsman understands that the Knox Memorial Committee, after careful delibora. tion, have unanimously resolved that the memorial should be of a monumental charac. her, on a scale worthy of the man, of Scot- land, and of Edinburgh. â€"-The Djuvan Arik Pass‘ leading from the Darin valley to Kashgar, and hitherto acces- sible only to hardy mountaineers, has, by the Russian engineers, been made passable for field artillery and carriages. The works of the Russian engineerl are described as gi- ganlic. The Pacific Mun fateamship Laue. The Izdlmnr Legends. GREAT BRITAIN. who: the push few yam the want of house accommodation in Motherwell for workingmen has been much felt; so much so that men have been forced to gm up situations for the want of dwellings. The Commissioners of the burgh have been adopt- ing measures for preventing overcrowding, but; their efforts have been muchighindered on account of the scarcity“ of wages. Now, however, new tenements are to be erected by Dr. Tennant Barrie in one of the best parts of the town, and they are likely to meet the requirements of the workingmen. wMessrs. Blackwcod have in the press a work cutitled “:Archmologicul Sketches in Scotland,” by Capt. T. P. White, B. E., of the Ordnance Survey. . The volume deals with the ecclesiastical antiquities oi Kintyre, a district: of the Westeranighlands rich in early relics, and it IS contemplated by the author that the present volume shall form the first of a series embracing the pre-his- toric and mediaeval antiquities of this and some other districts, with the survey of which he has been officially connected. â€"â€"A correspondent vouchcs for the truth of the following amusing story of matri- monial difficulties: At a small town on the coast of Ayrshire, recently, a. decent weaver 110m Paisley, a widower, was to have been married to the daughter of a respectable old residenter â€"-a buxom young woman who had been employed as dairymaid in a neigh- boring farm. Thinking [hit the proclama- tion of the bonus in the county kirk was sufficient, the bridegroom did not deem it. neccsmry to get himself “cried” in his own parish. The guests had assembled, the feast was ready, the minister had come, the brid: produced her lines, but, alas! the gallant bridegroom, to the consternation of all, had no such documents to show. What was‘ to be done? Some suggested one thing, some another. One ingenious individ- ual proposed that the minister should go on as if all things were right, and got the proclamation made afterwards. The official, of course, was deaf to all such en- treaties, and refused to make the two “one. flesh" until legal forms 'had both obsched. The bride was in toms, the bridegroom had a craven woeJJCgone look, while brother and‘ sister {rotted and tinned. Altogether it was a rich scene tor a painter. The goods things were partaken of, but it was a feast without gladiiess to those more immediately con- corned, and, to make matters worse, the rui- fian boysoutside, though ignorant of the dilemmuwithin, knocked and stoned the shutter, broke the glass of the windows, and strewcd floor, and table and guests with “nailrunts” and mud. The disappointed couple have since, however, under more pleasant Circumstances, attained the full fruition of their hopesâ€"Kflmarnock Adver- tiser. Physician’s Report of a Remarkablu Luse GAGETOWN, N.B., July 22, 1868. Mr. James I. Fellows, Chqmist: I)earSir,~-â€"Allow 1m; to hear my Imlinmny 1n x'avorol' your Compound Syrup of Hypoâ€" phosphites. 1 have use: it myself for Tuber. cnaosxs with markud benefit, and have given it to :1 great number of my patients, \HLII {In- Same results as I experienced from its use. During the last seven years I have devoted my- selfalmost, exclnswely to the treatment 0! Consumption, havng cxses under my cum in all pans of the Provincu; so that I am enabled tospeak Rom experience of the benefits de- rived from m: use. T10 mo: 4 ked was a case which wa. under my care in March last. This was a patient who had been under treatmenb nine months with no benificial results. When I first saw him he was no feeble that he could nob sibup long 911011 11 to have his heart, and lungs examined. ’hat disease he had been treated for did not appear, but 1 found him Hufi‘ Iing under Chronic Splen‘n-is. He had :1 sm‘ re cough, dyspuwu, palpitation or the beam. impaimd‘ (llgo'smon, and consequent ~,euem1emacxatiou. I put him under 1ranâ€" mentv, and in a few weeks he was able It) move about allude, but sml Lhe debility continued. I then prescribed your Compound Syrup (11' Hypophosphites, and after using [our bottles he \‘as able to attend to his farm, and is now perfecbly well. In M men he was given up by rom- physicians respectively; in kay be as- sisbed in pluwiug eighteen acres of land, and had Inn up in flesh from 136 to 145 pounds “7ng 1 v. "My... I send you “1115 for the purpose of making whim. um you please of it», and Wis 1 you all suc- ceas in your labor for the beneIiL of Hlffming humanity. Strongly recommending the use of your Compound Syrup of Hypoplmsphims {0 all who sufler m any way Aron) disease or weak- ness of the Lungs, Bronchial Tubus, or gelwra do bum , Believe me, your obedient servant, J. H. W. SCOTTM. D. Persons desirous of visiting the above states with the intention, if suited, 0t pur- chasing timber, mineralpr improved arming land direct from the owners at the present very low prices, and not in the hands of speculators, but must be sold at a great sec- ritiee, and parties Wishing reliable informs. tion about the climate, soil, products, &c.,and tickets at reduced rates to visit the states and free transportation to see the lands, it will be to their advantage to communicate with the subscriber as he is well acquainted with the above states and the most desirable to settle in; good climate, fertile soil, and advantages of railroads, navigation and other facilities for the best markets. This is the best opportunity ever offered to get a cheap home and the best climate in America. Send for circular of lands and card. S. 0. CASE, Southern Land Commissioner, 202, North John Street, Hamilton. 500 CHEAP mmovm) FARMS, AND 200,000 man or VALUABLK mum; LANDS FOR SALE. BLAIKIJS & ALEXANDER, STOCK BROKERS N ORTH CAROLJNA &V1FGIN1A LANDS. FINANCIAL AGENTS Stocks, Bonds, 85 other Securities Orders From the Country CAREFULLY ATTENDED T0. Money lent on Mortgage, at low rate of Interest, and exismng Mortgages bought, on very favorable terms. BLAIIKIE $5 ALEXANDER, 10 King Street, East, Toronto. Toronto, Nov 29. alf 4i. EVERY HOUSE & STORE JOHNSON PATENT ! ! COMBINED Fire and Garden Pumps! 80,000 IN USE AGENTS VVANTED In ever“ part of the Dominion. w. u. NUfiNN, PRICE - - - $9.00 SPRING TR_ADE, 1872. DAVID McLELLAN dz Co. .53 KING STREET WES’I HAMILTON, RE SHOWING A LARGE AND WELL A ASSORTED STOCK 0F Gm'rs’ FURNISHINGS & J EWELLRY. SMALL WARES, FANCY Goons. Hosan, GLOVES dz CORSETS, HOOP SKIRT! AND BUSTLEE. N. B.â€"â€"0rdera by etter promptly and care» ml‘ly filledLA n Eiéfim DOUG HT 6; SOLD ON COMMISSION. CHRONIC SPLEN I'IHS SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THE NI)â€" Liberal rllscoun to the trade. BELLEVILLE. THE BRITISH AMERICAN COMMERCIAL WQOLL‘E GE Is the Only First-Glass Business School in Ontario! The course of insn‘uchon is Lhovouah and prnclical in ever department. Altho lg): tho I'n‘ea-of mitinn are- higher, the average attendance is equal to that of all other businea Schuols in the i'mvixmpâ€"a fact which sufficwnuy lllustrales its rapid progress, and at,- tests the pref ronce orthe pnbhc {og'a‘tbog'ough busmessuis i \lin ,..A.A1,., AHAALA A __ .L» k“. Mr. déll hm [WOD commercial with 1 us lustimion tor the l: a,» seven years. and during tho 111st yeurhas spam considemmu timeln Chicago and other cities in virining the larger business homes and L ading c unmercial schools for the purpose or oxaminingaud investrqzuinyz the bes( forms of business recom, pro pill'dLuI‘X to intrrduc ng new andimpormnt features into the course of instruction. We have Introduced an entirely new set. of text. booln compiled oxprnssly for this. chain 01 colleges, and can offer to 1))" Y( IUNG MEN OF CANADA 3 busiuebs course never before at- tempted 11) any commm‘mal school in this country. Our teachers are men 01' ex cri nee and avidly. and not mere novices in the profosskm. Our penmanship has received First Prize every year at me Provinci 11 EXhiblLiLDS forum last TESTIMONIALS: We, the undersigned Bankers and Business men, after having examined the business forms adwp ed by the 131i Lish Amerieszom mercial Coilegemlso a syuopsm (if we course oi'inr-n‘ncnion, have plowure In at Lingilmt‘ we believe in admirably adapted I0 1110ch the requirements of those cmltempluling business pursuits anujudging fl’( m wnnt We know of the go: ileum-n connected with we instiiuiion, wu havenoiwsimnioni.. commenvling it, In those anxious to becure the necessa y basis for Hm 11mm 5L class 01' commercial annulment; :â€" J. AUSTIN, Esq., JOHN MAUGHAN, 12:39., HON. WM. McMAS'I‘ER, HON. JOHN SIMPSON, l Pliesident Dominion Bank ; HON. J. HILLYARD CAMERON, President Provincial insurance Company; JAMES YOUNG, Esq, M. P.,Ga1t ; MESSRS. DUNN, WyliMAN & 00., ‘.‘11)' friends among Merchants and Uusino» men are, cmirely inn numerous to mention, and Wc can (,x\1|,\'relm'uur putrom m Hm lending wildness firms thorughout every town and city in Ontario. bond for nur new circular and catalogue. JXiUlI'CSS, ()DT‘J LI; 8:: 'l‘j£()[7',l‘, “Toronto, Nov.. 20. 1872. 111p. Dr. \Vlmeler's Compound Elixir of Phosphates and ‘jiillsk '- is called a Nutritive Tonic, be cause le Jlumm constitute more thannhali Lliu InaLeriul ()1 (ha human body, and are :1 b- soluiely esreutial to the growth of lioue,Muscle and Nerve which cum on attain lull develope- muutwiihuui‘. Tiny promote a good appetite. perfect digestion, creme Lure, healthy, vitally,- iug blood. and supply the WHNLG consiamily going on in the system as the remit, of mental and physicalexertion. Being combined Willi (Jullsaya, the Pm‘uvumllnyrk, the only specific for (‘hiils 11nd li‘evcr, and that COHdlLlOIl of Nervous i’i'mu'aiiuu and Geneva] Debilitvy xuising from low viin‘ily and exhaustive UN- t‘iiSBS, it forms :H‘ elpguut null agreeable ii‘ cratingLouie,purelypiiysiulogmnli1. ils "(Hill)", that may be Luiwn mil-l); uuu r all l'li‘i‘lllll- minutes, and all (ll ml vumliux-m or (he bnd‘, as it builds up the consiiliiumi in the same manue ' as our uziiiy i‘oixi. Sold;hy all (In is! ‘ ‘ 1‘ $1. This well-known hotel has been refitted throughout, m 1,110 mnsL mod~rn swla 01 a first class hotel. H ls table 15 furnished with antGC delicacies of the swam. ’1 he most. convenient Sample Room In the cit-y for commcwml travders, omnibus louvw in aime for an trains Past. 01' west. 1500. ii mva t' THOMAS VEAZIE (late of tho Veazie House, Geneva, N. Y.,) Proprietor. AMERIGAE HOTEL, Gr BIN IEJICAIJ 351‘.II\L(Z‘; b} ( ) I“ F I OH On renelpt 01‘ $8 We win send tq any address: 9 a 0218b containing one dozen 01' 0110109 \leer 6 c. v12 : CHRIS’l‘MAS CASES ! '2 Bottles Sparkling Moselle. 2 “ Alicante. 2 " Pale Sherry. 1 “ Manzan 1113,. 1 " Old Port. 1 ” Manen. 1 “ Vin de St.George (claret) 1 “ Pale 131‘an dy. 1 ” Liqueur. , This hong below our u uni prlcesmvm only oxrend to the New Ye r. ANGLO AMERICAN HOTEJ HAMILTON, ONT. QUETTON ST.GEORGE & 00., F. \V. BE 1%.-13MAN -S THE PUREST ITALIAN CASTOR (11L E, in which both the Tastp and Smell are thoroughly disguised. CASTQR OIL EMULSION! Children Achuflly Cry E‘ov 1L! cines‘ Nov” 20. 13:2 ]t is recqmmemled and prescribed by 1116 rlncinlemndical men in Ontario and sold by ruggists at 25 cm. Use itand avoid the Lvonblp and unpleasant- npss 01‘ forcing children 10 Luke nauseous medl- GRAY, BERNIE & 00., 8131113, Collars, Fronts, WHOLESALE IMPORTERS, 42 YOUNG STREET TORONTO. QHOW A COMPLETE STOCK OB‘ Gema’ J ewellry, Umbrella ER“ 24, Comm ,‘ 1mm & Bustiers BROWN, GILLESPIE & 0‘0; WHOLESALE GROCERS, DIRECT IMPORTERS mowâ€"â€" TEAS, ‘7 SUGARS £30., 860 FARM FOTR SALE “‘OOD BUILDlNGS, SPRING CREEK, ‘ Bestland in Ontario fm‘ralsing whem; withlnun‘ee'mHes 01 the city of Hamilton. and two miles Irom Dundns, will be sold Very cheap, t‘lt‘le good. Apply to ROBERT RALSTON, HAMILTON". CONTAINING- 25'7 ACRES 19-6 at prii 4. mw «0. (L Nov. 11 OIQers p5: mqgcarem 11y filled President of Cauadmufiank of Commerce; TELEGRAPH INSTITUTE, Den 8 Manager IsolaLbd Iiiék Insurance Co’y; KIN Gr 81‘ H.131 PIP VV ES'I‘, xiérch'ZB. 1872. TO THE TRABB. "\VINTO 1H "HEIECI IAN'L‘S, OIfiONTO Scarfs, Ties and Bows, Hosiery ‘9 Gloves, Small Wares & Trlmmlngn The Reason Why ARCHDALE “3113(3); gt: com IN WEST FLAMROROVGH, H AMIL’I‘ON , ON '1“ PRO E'RIFTOR ROBERT RALSTON, N0. 3, Kingsmvwst, Hamilton l’l‘eslden‘L of Ontario Bank; WILSON'S GRAY, RENNIE & Co. Mercantile Agency; Chemist, Ham il'mn. awn-31 fl flip-4| nANDâ€" nfnâ€"t, EEK, new ; lwn, Very CH B. HALDANVE, Esq? ADAM OLIVER, Esq, M. PU Ingerscll HUGH SCQTT, Esq‘ mos. N. GIBBS, 19qu Lg, p, WM. GOODERHAM, F.qu Presidan Bun HON. ALEX. McKEfiZTE, t9 0 0 , 0 0 0 ‘ AOILES HON. JOHN CRAWFQRD, Excellent Farming my} Sp {did PINE LANDS: The Oldast Established House in Canada. PIANOS & ORGâ€"ANS? Chickering & flaws. aninwny a: lions . Dani-um & finun. CE LE BR ATED PIAV OS; Mason Hamlin iii-gun caflmsmnu George AJ’riucé &L‘o.. Bufi'filo VVhlch we ofl‘m‘ at ‘mwm‘ rates than any other house in the Domnxion. Secondhand Philth mm FIFTY DOLLARS upwm'dfi. Send for Circular, Price Lists, Terms &c no fore purchasing eigefll \YE KEEP IN STOCK A Large Assortment of Pianos BY WELL ’NOWN MAKERS, TEE APPLE FON Family Knitting Machine. THE ONLY MAUHIA'E EVER INVEN ‘ ED TIIATAIEETS ALL THE RE UIRE, MENTS OF THE PUBLIC. END FOR CIRCULAR. Ladies \Vantem L in every town and village in Canada to act“ as agents. InstrucLion given grams. Apply 7 APPLm-ON KNITTING MACHINE com THEY ARE IN USE on the G. W. R.. 011mm; Government, Bullchngs, Londnn, Belleville- Oshawa, Bowmunville, and many other placess In Canada. Full particulars on application to FIRE ENGINE: 2" 1‘3 EVERY TOWN,” Villagie & Factory” T ORON'TO. Sean 8. Hats, Gaps, Furs, Gloves, 6w“ STOCK, Large and Complete Buffalo Robes Good Value Ur JOS.WEY&CO July 6. Iain (Jen. A‘dlem'gvr Queen‘s City Fire In. 00': G en. Muilagef \Vcstern Assuranee (10’ ' Aug 25, ’7'. ND "B‘OR OZRGJXNS EARE’I‘HE SOLE AN!) EXCLUSIVE; AGENTS for the following Mnnufacmrem & \Vholesale Dealers in with every (loser! Mon of goods in them ln'auc 1 of trade. SIIOULD I-IAVE TI-“IEM. FQR SALE, 3'7 YONGE STREET, General A .Domminn of Canada. President Royai Canadian Bank MICHIGAN l’residént Bin}; 02‘ Tox‘omrx A. .4; §:VNK:)'1fi)HEIMER, 15 King St, East! Cl‘onOIx T0. CHEMICAL PER WEEK and expenses paid: We wautun agentiu every county. ‘- First owns, first served.” Onevagent made $170 in 11 days. Address Hudson RiverWlm Co... 80 King St. West, Toronto, 0nt.,. c.2- 180 Maid“: Lane, New york . (l. NUNN, â€"U!4 easiu‘cr 01 (mun-in innd Cum: nigh-10mm (i rand Rapids“, Mich 5 W44-9m Box 615. Hamiltpn, 0m Osh-Awa “ wines Bron her- ax'p 1y 131