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MISCELLANY. j
[kortiik im?k1'knj1kxt i?i:i:ss.]
Sober Seoond Thoughts About Intemper- ' (
ance.
Whatever, our enquiries may be, wo!
otiolit to arrive nt tlie truth. Tlietvfon; !
0 ^ 1
we recommenu 10 uieineuils ot the ".Maim: i:
Liquor Law" "a sober second thought." Wo ;
"" bog them to look back into the history of !
:i> ngos past, and in tlie experience of the present
Temperance movement, and compare
It with _it.s first humble and "respectable" ;
-object, that of reclaiming tho intemperate !1
"by moral suasion. The teachings of those '
days arc not the present intolerant doc- i
trincs of total prohibition?of the "Maine 1
Law." If they would look back, a flash oT
truth might pass through their minds and |
dispel the darkness that obfuscates their '
.... . 1 i
dim prejudiced vision. We have reached.'
/it last, the climax of sumptuaries' fanatical 11
laws, (at the North,) calculated only to do
harm to the good cause of temperance. 1
Wo must confess in candor that the ;
f 1
friends of tempcrnncc, at first with the prop-; <
cr power of moral suasion directed to the i
habitual drunkard, was crowned with ?n-cat 1
ailAAA^fi !i . I . ? I '
oucuu? i4s> IUIIf4 #l?i 1L WiU> CQUIIUCCI lO IIS 1C*
. ~ " I
gitimate object?the reformation of the j
^drunkard by inoral simsion. V i
Yes,let the temperance advocates go back
^ to their first and honest principles,* and then j
Jio opposition will attend their "praisewor-j
thy efforts. ' Under those principles, I was ;
* among the first, iri-l'hiladelphia, where they ;
had their origin, to advocate them. But as
soon as tliey departed from the principle of
unorul s'ui?iohj .aiid passcd into a law intol
' 'tolerant measures, I quit them. I could!
not countenance fanatical lectures, which j
v -only started up'a fresh supply" of drunk-j
' -O F/lo 'nii/1 ? i- - "
null UUIICU UI3WUIVIII HlllOllg nil I
classes.-rind discouragement and disgust;
'vamong'llifc best friends." of the temper nncc I
reform. j
- - -. v*.jc. ' ' y .s k y/ I
v ;. We ft) 1^ see and agree as to the liorror of j
... intemperance, and as to t^io abuse of eating j
.-ordririfcing; wo Agree as to the existip'g evil. T
>Ttad'^tjekiou^g,: "how shdll wo go about r
to assist, with all our moral power to oraqi-1
cate it^at least, in.its greatest extent1? " \ I
-f:. Onr Iicgislaturfe, in their wisdom, have!
. : which in its spirit,
* is-int^uded'to regulate, and hot prqjiibit the
sale of;al! kmds'of liquors, wipes,' <fcc. The
. people by {hat laniard mado to elect who
shall' bo lli<?pcrson$ who are entrusted wiUi
v* tho.cxecuUort yf jliqf'lawj. and to camming
jnto. aotunl practice this law; and the Coari??"i1
rinn I a ?-'* -?1 --
v.Kwi iMv ku [jrcrn, fllf^fctibnj:
tlio wants "^thc pe^?'
,,-0a./?!Wing yhom 'Uo.v U.ink lit a,,.I .
""propi&f personsev6ry kiria of liquort
: The vqndots' nre r^qirirgd- to ,
retailers of liquors shall not sell tliem ii
less quantities than a stipulated number o
gallons, and still, it is expected, that the
Council should evade the law when they
have taken an oath to fulfill the law, and
when the majority of the people did elect
them for the proper regulation of the sale
of liquors.
I know that well thinking persons have
found fault with the Council of this place
for granting any licenses at all, under, I
think, a false conception of the application
of the law. Their blind tmiI has ever made
lliem find great fault with all the voters that
have elected the Council that did grant at
;tii any license. All these erroneous views
on this matter proves llio old adage, "Various
men, various minds?so inanv men, so
many minds." ,1. TOO NO.
A. Year in the Crimea?The Siege of Sevastopol.
We find in the New York Herald the
(umt'Xftd record of a year's events in the Crimea.
It embraces a journal of the siege of
Sevastopol, from the commencement to the
ivacuation l>v the Hnssians of the South
ide. It is very interesting, and will enable
lie reader to see at a glance how the opcat
ions which have attracted the attention
the whole civilized world have progressed :
Sept. 14, 1854?The Allied army. 70,D00
men, consisting of English, French and
Turkish troops, landed at Kupatoria, in the
Crimea. It was conveyed in one hundred
vessels and escorted by the entire Allied
lleet of war ships then in the l'laek Sea.
Twelve thousand men were held at lJaltschik,
(Turkev.) with an immense force of
o-;i!..r?
20.?1 SattIt; (if the. Alinsi. Tn this engagement
the Kuglish brought into action
2L>,000 men ; the French *25,000 ; the Turks
(as estimated by readers and the hints of
civilizeil general o Ulcers,) 8,000. The Russians
hail 08,000 men in a good position
on the heights across the river, which were
stormed and turned by the Allies. As a
reradt, the generals stated that the English
had 31U killed, i,818 wounded : the
French 318 killed, 1,033 wounded; the
Russians 2,-180 killed and 4,Gtt<) wounded;
that the Turks (no odicial reports regarding
their losses,) 259 killed and 1,280 wounded.
I'he list returned as wounded, contain nil
ivho were lost by accident or in crossing
lie river, or just after tin*, battle. Amongst
lie Knglisli dead were 00 officers; 114 sergeants,
ami 24 drummers. The French
oss in officers was reported as about the
same with that of the English. The Tuilcisli
loss is only estimated, as the English
i>r French officers did not allude to it, ami the
Sultan lias never made :i return, in any way
known to Christian readers, in public.
23.?A powder Magazine belonging.to
the Itiissian armv exploded at lYrekop, and
480 men were killed.
2G.?Marshal Saint Arnnud resigned the
chief eoimnand of the French army, and
h.'tt tor Constantinople. He was then in
bad health, mul died in a few days.
October 1 '2.-?From 5th lo this day the
Russian garrison of Sevastopol had by bombardment,
120 men killed and 480 wounded.
Admiral Kornileff was among the killed.
17.?Renewed bombardment. The Allies
fired by sea and land on Sevastopol,
when the English had 43 men killed and
ISO wounded on their ship* by the Russian
fire from the batteries. Russian loss not
known?supposed to be trifling.
>v28.?The Russian garrison in Sevastopol
sallied tbrth and captured a French battery.
The French had 04 men killed, and the
Russians 20. During the sortie the English
had 4 men wounded, the French 70, and
thoTlussians 7. Lord Dunkellin wns taken
prisoner. ?
38.?Two hundred and thirty French
kilcd by the explosion of a siege battery.
Four hundred and sixt$-fivo Russians killed
by air-explosion in the Rcdnn.
25?*=-Bntllo of Balaklavn, There were
engaged 30,000 JRussians, 3,000 English,
4,000 Frent-b, and a little more than that
number of Turks. The Russians had 1,780
killed;'the English 1,100, the French 230,
and'the Turks about 980. The wounded
wero '-Yib't coun I ed by any party. . The English
light" cavalry, "the Light lJrigade,"
Werp nearly annihilated in thcit^ charge.
Tlie'horses are included amour* thfir Ull^l
-20:r-Tl?e KjissianS ijiadc n fiortie towards
13rt1aklj\vrt from Sevastopol. "Tiiey ntifchered
6,q,Q0. T%y. had C75 killed. 'Jfie A1-,
ljeg; Id^vyiisbetween two and threefiuridrjjS;
avertiJbeV, tfA-Battle- of Iok^ruiarirQ
Ilere the 3*us4ians had 40,000 to 60,606,
menj the EnfrfUTi 8,000^and Hj6; Freitbli
5,84(W;'?he English ha<1^02 killed and
2,143^outided ; the ^Frehch 389 ; killed,
and Yfi&t'Wouftd^^* ud * tho Russifirfs 3,Ol
ijVd^ npd '3',(500^j?^tded. Odo b.Un^
in JLh^
WM*M'
- imBm.
11 25.?Russian sortie from Sevastopol.]
f, Forty-three English, 27 French and 245
j Russians killed ; wounded not enumerated. j
| The English took nine Russian guns.
28.?Seven hundred Russian powder j
wagons lost in a snow storm near Ferekop,
' with 7,000 men.
2!).?For eleven nights (up to December
18) from this date, the Russians made sur
lirs from Sevastopol on (In; French trenches.!
Each night the French lost (in killed) about j
ft ??'< V ?>?*? ? ?>?/! #!*/? l^ncui.tna 1*1. r. 1
: French would have thus lost. 440 and the ;
Russians *770. No returns of the wounded.1
Cholera and fever ia?jed in the Allied j
(lines. The commanders estimated their;
j losses from these diseases alone at the rat61
of fifty men a day from November 1 /> to
December 28, thus runninu si dead list of
! 1,(580.
From November 10 to December 1, l.i
: 000 Turks had died from cholera and 255 |
I from the effects of wounds. Total Turkish i
, dead 1,275.
i December 12.?One thousand one bun-;
I died sick men of the Allied army removed j
[ from the trenches and camps of lialaklava; j
; 190 English soldiers (Foot Guards and ;
97th Hi^jiment) died of wounds atiddis-!
' eases.
! i f: <1.:- .i - ?n.?- .i - I
m\J. 1. IIMII una infill !U IIIU ^Olll MIC ;
Russians made eight sorties and had SOT
inon killed. The Allies lost 00S.
22.?The French had S,79-l sick in the
hospitals of Const ntinoplc, of whom
were dangerously wounded.
24.?Fuur hundred and liftv-six 1 Russians
drowned in the Sea of AzoiT by the loss of1
| live war ships.
23.?The Russians had lost 0,000 men '
j in ami around Sevastopol in ten days. j
.///?>//? ? T t?'i'i ? i?i
. i, 1 uu iiiiu :
1.387 men in the hospitals at Scutari, dy-j
ing at au average rate of sixty per day.
, 'J lie Turkish army was hoing cut oil' ;it:
: the rate of forty mon a day.
11 .-Forty Russians and seventeen French !
! killed in a sortie.
; 13?Seventy-four Russians, sixty-eight j
. Knglish and twenty-six French killed in n j"
sortie. j
j 1 j?A Hies lost 101 men in a sortie, and
; the Russians .210.
I 20.?Russians and French lost 49 men j
in a sortie.
23?170 French and 59 Russians killed j
in a sortie.
31.?183 French killed and 115 wounded
in a sortie.
i .. ... . -
rrencn ^Sili December, 1854, to 27th I
January, the Russians sai<l they had lost:
Killed or disease of wounds. . . 7,SOI
i Died of which or accident. . . 4,019
Total , 11,8-20
Of others wounded and prisoners they
i had also,-15,448?total'hgrs flu combat. j
! February.?Tlie English army in the
'Crimea had dwindled down to 12,000 men.
| The Russian army in the Debrudscha was
I being s?vopt off at the rate of. fifty men a
| day by fever an J cholera.
The Turks in the Crimea were dying in
largo numbers, but no returns were made.
13 ? 35 Russians killed in a sortie, and
5 French.
17?liattle of Kupatoria. The Russians :
j had 20,000 ~ infantrjr and 0,(500 cavalry, j
; J lie Turks and JSritisli fleet defended the
; place, Russian loss'200 killed and 1,140
| wounded. Tlie Turks had 150 killed, but
wounded not stated. British lost none,
j March 1.?Allied fire re-opened on ' Se<
vastopol.
i ' 12.?The Russians fired from the heights
j of lJalaklava on the Allies.
! 14.?The Turkish cavalry made an adi
vance from Eupatoria, but was repulsed by
j the Russians and lost 35 men.
17.?Tlie Russians routed an advance of
the Turkish infantry from Kupntoria and
killed GO men ; Russians loss 14 killed.
?.?The French attacked tho Russian
reboubts before Sevastopol, but were repulsed,'losing
103 men.
' OO - n C/tvflA QftWOafAr?/?l
{They bad 4G3 killed and 1000 wounded.
. Etfglish and French loss is reported as only
"slight." .
23.?Tremendous sortie of the Russians.
They had 700 killed, and-large number
.wounded.?Frcnch had 350"killed, inekiding
t\vo officers, and LI19 English 480 killed,
including four officers. > - /l jJjApril
9.?Three hundred.and forty Allied-'
gffiis opened fire on'Sevnstoppi.
13.?Severe sortie engagement. Loss on ,
all sides 1,000 killed mid 2,580 wounded,
jjr; 24.?Loss of Sardinian transport by>flre,
Xvith eight men. .
May 1.?The Frenoh,.look the Russians
rifle pit?. 1 French Joss 380?kiHed, ntitbhad(about)
600 wouoded. ftussianlf killed 408, ,
.2^?Allied ndvunco upon works
of .counter app^^^, Bevero^cn^agement,
ta^t&eii->orl?,
[ Sardinians had 220,000 men operating in ! r
tlie Crimea. 1t<
23.?The French carried on a severe
fight with nearly the entire garrison of Se- 1<
vastopol, who were defending a placc <le \ a
a r nice near the Quarantine bastion. The 1 o
French took part in it. The battle lasted I h
all night, but the losses were not given. I u
24.?The French carried the remaining I a
portion of the works. The Russians had c
2,500 men /'<>? dc combat, and the French c
(seventeen battalions) nearly as many.
The Allied sqfladron entered the Straits j o
of Kertseh and commenced the destruction j w
of all the houses, food, supplies, public build- j n
ings ifee., near which the ship cou^d reach, j it
28.?Up to this day the Allies, in the
Sea of Azotf, had committed great ravages. I \
June 6.?Another bombardment of Se-i
......i 1 MM. I." I > - - " - - :
> a.-jiujjui. j. in; r reuen mane a licice iUiJlCK :
on tlic Mameton. i w
7.?Capture of the MamoliJn and While ! ti
Towers, after :i dreadful fight. Russian \ fi
loss 4,.">G0; Flench 1,000 men hor.t ilu 'y
combat ; Knglij.li 1 DO men and 11 officers j \\
killed, 510 wounded, and 15 missing.
14.?The Allies, in the Sea of A /.off,! a
had taken Kortuh, Arabat Anapa, Genitchi, j
liardiansk, Mariupol and Taganrog. Most |
uf them were buried, inhabitants plundered, d
and the country devastated.
18?Assault on the Mamelon and Redan is
by the French and English." Tliey were
repulsed.?French lor. I 137 officers killed, 19 y
desperately wounded and 17 prisoners; 1,51
I men killed and missing, and 1,(5 11
gone to ambulances. English officers kill-(h
ed 19; wounded 74; men killed and I
wounded 1,598. Russian lost?killed, 2 i
general officers and 78 men, and 4.798' sj
wounded. i It
July 10?Fourth bombardment of So-> li
vastopol. i u
14.?liussiau so) tit; on the French. { I
1(5.?Another sortie. Estimated losses U
of tliesc operations : Allies 2,000 killed and j
wounded ; Russians 5,000. j tl
August 11.?Bombardment of Sweaborg,; ti
Forty-five Russians killed, and 200 wound-'
ed. * ' y
10.?Rattle of Traktir Bridge. French , sj
loss?9 officers and 318 men killed, 8 ofii- r*
cers and 1,103 wounded. Russians?3iv
generals, and about .'3,000 men killed, with j ii
over 5,000 wounded. English loss, none, j h
Sardinian loss, 000 men hors <le combat. | o
Sept. 5.?Renewed bombardment. Con-lh
tinned until the morning of the 9lh. j o
8.?Successful assault by the allies, and i oi
evacuation by the Russians of the South ] el
side of Sevastopol. .ll
Sam Slick's Last. ]c
Here is Sam Slick's last, and one of his
very best: h
"I shall never forget a rise I once took ti
out of a set of jockies at Albany. I had s(
to Slickvillc. I was considerable proud off it
liini, I do assure you, for ho look the rag! g,
oil' tlio bush in great style. Well, our sta-!
blc help Pat Monoghan (him I used to call
Mr. Monoghan,) would stuft* him with fresh
clover without me knowing it, and, as sure Jo/
as I rates, T broke his wind by driving him 1 tli
too fast. It gave him I Ik; "heaves," that is m
made his Hanks hertvc like a blacksmith's C
bellows. We call it "heaves," Brittishers call ?
it "broken-wind."?Well, there is no cure M
for it, though some folks tell you a hornet's (J
nest cut uj> fine, and put, in their meal will j']'
doit; and others says sift the oats clean, j pt
and give them junipper bcriies in it, and i or
that will do it, or ginger, or what not; butisti
these are all quackeries. You can't cure it, j sli
for it's a rupture of an air-vessel, aud you te
can't get to it to sew it up. But you can th
fix it up by diet, and care and proper usage, th
so that you can deceive an old hand, pro- to
vidin' you don't lot him ride or drive the tli
beast too fast. co
"Well, I doctored and worked with him
so, the most that" could be perceived was a 01
?! 1:*. '1.1 *i :_.i u I
Mlgllls CU1U, IlUllllII?j; lO U1II1U, II1UUI1 U? Q\
frighten you. And when I got him tip to p]
the.notch, I advertised him'for sale, as lie- fa,
longing to a person going; down East, who id
only parted with him because he thought l,f
him too hcavey for a man who never trav- hi
elcd less'than a mile'.ift two'mirititos and tlj
twenty seconds. "NVell, he was sold at auc- Ci
tion, ai)d knocked-down to Rip Van Dam,
the attorney-goiter*!, for ffae hundred dollars; oi
and the owner put a saddle and bridle on pt
him and took a bet.of two hundred dollars th
with "foe ho could do rt mile in two minutes as
fifty seconds. lie didn't know mo from he
Xdam, personally, at the time, but he had
heard^f me, and bought the lioi^e because or
if, w^fcnid Sam Slick-owned him. - in
*.^W311, ho started'off, and lost his bet; bi
for whfttfhe got near tin* winnin' post the sn
horse choked,/ell,, and pitched tho rider off tli
n*lf-w4yto Troy, nud nearly died himself, m
The umpire handed mo the moneyf-iind I ih
rliir* rtuf. fr\* tVia ofaomltAd< intAiwlin1 w?*11
^ vVfr?v V?V wWMillWVnt y !, 'NKj * '?
Jtist a%T::roftclied tho wharf I heard * jny fpf
ow-cliested, slabsided, narrow-soulcd, lan-!
urn-jawed, Yankee client."
"Well, said I, that's a considerable of- a
>ng name to write on the back of a letter,
in't it? It ain't good to use such u swad
f words, it's no wonder you have the
caves; but I'll euro you, I warn't brought
p to wranglin' I han't time to tight you,
nd besides" said I, "you are broken-windJ
but I'll heave you over the wharf to!
ool yon, boots and all, by gravy.
"Didn't you advertise," said he, "that the j
nly reason you had to part with the horse j
as, that he was too heavy for a man who j
ever traveled slower than a mile in two j
linutcs and twenty seconds."
"Never," said I, "I never said .such a word.;
Vliat will you bet I did ?"
"Five dollsrs," said lie. '
"J>0110," said 1. And Yanderbilt (lie;
as just, going on board the steamer at the j
me) "Yanderbilt," sais I,"bold these stakes, j
iend," said I; "I won't say yon lie, but \
ou talk uncommonly like the way I do!
ben I lie. Now prove it."
"And lie pulled out one of my printed
(Ivertisement-s, and said "Read that."
"Well, I read it. "It ain't here," said I.
"Ain't it P said he. "I leave it to Van-!
erbilt."
"Mr. Sliek," said he, "you have lost?it
i hero."
"Will you bet five dollars," said I, "though
ou have seen it, that it's here V'
"Yes," said lie, "I will."
"Done," said I. ."Now how do you spell'
envy ?"
"Il-c-a v-y," said lie.
"Exactly," sais I; "so' do I. But this is \ <
lelt huuvey. 1 did it on purpose. 1 scorn!
> talc.: a man in about a horse, so I pub
shed his defect to ail the world. I said he j
as loo hmvey for harness, and so he is. j
Ie ain't worthy fifty dollars. I wouldn't! i
dee him as a gift?he ain't worth nomlcm.";
"Well, 1 did see that," said lie, "but 1 i
ought it was an error of the press, or thai!
ie owner couldn't spell."
"Oil !" sais I, "don't take me fur one of
mil* lmrn'o T 1
wv.. ?vv? vvvitj a \ji > uu, 1 mill
>ell, but you can't read, that's all; You j
nnind me," says I, "of a feller in Slick- i
illerwlien llie sixcent letter stamp came J
ito Cushion. He licked the stamp so hard |
c took all the gum off, and it wouldn't stay i
ii, no how he could fix it, so that what does
e do hut put a pin through it, and writes
ii the letter, "Paid if the darned thing will
illy stick.'' Now if you go and lick a stamp j
;ernally that way, folks will put a pin <
trough it, and the story will slick to you |
never and over, lint coine 011 hoard, and 1
it's liquor, and I will stand *reat. i
' I felt sorry for the poor critter, and told
im how to feed the horse, and advised him |
? take him to Saratoga, advertise him, ami i(
II him the same way; and lie did, audi;
lit rid of him.. The rise raised his eliarac- j j
:r as a lawyer amazing. He was elected,,
(jvernor next year." j j
Tho City Council of Columbia.
The following rs from the Columbia Car-;1
inian, in reply to the recent, manifesto oft,
ic City Council in relation to the eject-j "j
ent of Dr. Gibbes from the Council!
handier: i j
"We are indebted to the courtesy of the
ayor fitfr a copy of the address of tho}
uuncil to the public otj tho late issue, j'
here are some points in it relative to sup-'!
>sed personal hostility which might needL
nnment, but we let them pass, with the ' j
fiteinent that wo think we have fclearly
lewn rather an humble temper in the mat- ^
r, and that feelings of irritation had 110ing
to do with the determination to tend
e right of the Mayor to question us as | '
purpose at a public meeting, which u tts
enpecial jx>int made with him in private ,
n versa t ion and at the public issue.
We have no* s'ecret influences to prevent
ir giving publicity to the document, how-1
er nrrogant' its claims, or labored its exiina^ions.
It is n ytry bold paper in the '
ce of the jcciunulait&l and unanimous ev- .
eneo of every other Municipal board we j
ive hoard from as to othei'rfeommuaUics, i r
id we are more limn ever satisfied with ;
ie propriety of our position, since the1,
auncil openly avows?
"Tho.present cify printers do not report \
ir proceedings, and havo nc^cr npplied for .
rmiss'-vn to do so. "Ulud 'they applied,
eir applicatiapwonld have been rejected,* ?
Dr. Gibbet was, for reasons / which willireafter
be given." - g
If they arc to adopt the rules or ^secret j
der; to sifby .tho light ofi?a dark jlpot^rn. c
their legislation,"'and thus.Jsolat^'jOfduma
from other cUies, whether larger or jj
nailer, let the people know ft* ana Ixjw *
eir n?^s io authority, .since they -haye
>t the privileges-^oy^ elsewhewV "In
e lariguage'of the Charleston Mercury:
, ^o.claim ft ^^undAroen|al;prrfciple ?.
her citizens has felt it his duty to present it.
Wc have no fears of the result.
As to secret meetings for police and other
consultations, we have never questioned
their right to exclude citizens on such occasions?but
in our case/ at an ordinary publie
meeting, distinction was made between
our personal self and that of other citizens
in attendance?and that too, When wc claimed
to be there as "a citizen and corporator."
The publication of the letters of Mayors
in relation to the publicity of their meetiugs
and the usual rules as to reporters was not
to create opposition to the Mayor or to the
Council, but to show facts to the citizens as
to their extraordinary assumptions?and the
comments of the press were given, and will
be continued, to let them see liow the caso
is viewed abroad.
The outrage of ejection by the Council
was not the less an indignity because it was
premeditated and anticipated?and had resistance
been made, which would have been
done it' personal feelings had governed us,
the amount of force ordered by the Mayor
may have, been a subject of serious results
to that officer and to the community. It
was always our intention to bring the caso
before the judicial tribunals in such form
as might be necessary to test the principle,
and furnish a warning tu "men clothed in
a little brief authority."
As the Council has attempted to attribute
our late issue with them to "angry feel
iug-1 ? iwcuumcui ana irritation ot tlio
moment," and recommends to us "a more
dispassionate review of the a flair," we think
it due to self respect to say that, howevor
ilecply we felt our position, we never ucted
with more calmness and deliberation?and
have neither shown anger nor irritation in
the matter. The Mayor was informed before
hand that the net of ex pulsion would of
course" bo considered an indignity, and this
in the presence of witnesses. Iti relation
to the elaborate efl'ort to make it appear
that "only a ceremony" was arranged, tho
only notice we deem necessary is to call attention
to the reply of tho Mayor, to our
protest:
"You may protest as much as you please,
but you have got to leave."
The Mayor authorized this report of his
reply, which is inconsistent with the statement
of the Council. ^
[From the Presbyterian Advocate.J
Something Playful.
Mr. Annan.?The Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
have just come to hand; and the; list of
names of ministers presents these laborers
in an encouraging light. . *" ,
As Jtusbanifnicn, which they profess to
be, they have several fields, for sowing the
*ood seed. To break up the fallowing
ground, there are three Colters; to reap
lie harvest, two Sickles; null to clean tlio
'rain, two Kiddles. That they arc good
armors it would seem from the fact that .
nnong all tlio Holds therein but one T^ced,
md this, is medicinal, (0. 1).,) one Root and
>ne Bush. Connected with the landscape,
ire Hoggs, and Woods, and Hills, and
Dales, and 1 'arks, .aiid Glens. Sharon is
here, with his liose,a llawlkprn^atid h
iHy. . '
All builders, (which these mi.uislors also
>rofess to ho) tlioro arc among tliem Carpenters,
"Mortons, and aVaintor.,-, For buildno;
material tliey have. Wood.^fufd Stone,
riicy have already a Houftc,1- bj^iderf.-Ililllouses,
with Walls ami Hallir They liavo
i Town \y.Uh one Street, an OvcratTeet, n
?tone-road, and fiyo Lanes. They have
wo Churches,-with six Bells. Tl/ey.. hfjte
ilso txvq Bankn, belioyed to be sou pd^: also
i llattKyJ but no Matter. There aVe&on
>f various trades among thorn, viz : fifteen
,?MI - ?.l * *? ! ^
Miners wun uieir amis, a weaver, a Wag- ..
yier, three Cartons, three I'otters, with
hoopers, Wrights, and a great many Smiths; . *
Chore is a Sailor also, with a Helm,. but no-i., hip
to launch from the Quay. Though*.?" "
hey hold to ministerial parity, they havo ..
lircc Bishops to one Priest. .They, seein to " .
lave coine from various gajts of |Ue world,
is there are among thcm^ Woorefi, French, ?
Inglish, and Wekn, Ivhile there is.hut one
5nuain. Thoy areoftafmost nllebtnplex- .
ons, White, yh*ehr IQunn, BroWn, and
SreVji and yet u iff admitted thatf>'therela *. C
>ut one -taroodhue. jtt is a favorahlo con-.-^" :
iderntion thftt. of tho whole number, 2,- ;.t>
108, therc'ftNLibut three Savages;;- SevoraF. ?
if them {irif^pung,'1 ,-jfc ^atrphild. v
U might be expected artiaflff eo ifrariy,
here are Lon^i0? Little- S^J^id/SIaejir,
>!iarp r.nd Bright, but there is' no*Dull one.
They seemlo te -mnnrkably nptodvhA?:- 'i?, ' "
ig but onoJBoftd, one ^^ .ind ^Qpfl. ' '
rirtuowfoundaniongtJieixj, bjit not Vice,
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