LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 226, 14 March 1861, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

/Auction —Messrs. Powell and Co. sold by auction on last., the household furniture aud effects of Mr. J. T. Tylee. who has left for Ahuriri; the attendance was good, and the prices realized were satisfactory. On Monday the same firm sold an extensive assortment of merchandize, which excited considerable competition, and was disposed of at favourable rates.

The Natives. —The Maori flag was hoisted at Otaki on Tuesday. 7'he friendly natives made a counter demonstration by hoisting a Union Jack. ~ .Everything was done quietly, and no action is intended. We have a letter

from a correspondent, vvitii.au account of the meeting, but have not room for its insertion. A native came down the river yesterday evening, who reports that there was an engagement on the 3rd March between IUOO A/noris ami 400 soldiers near the Peach • {rove. The soldiers were led into an ambuscade hy a friendly Maori (who was afterwards captured and sent on hoard a man oi war), and repulsed the enemy five or six times, hut had eventually to retreat with considerable loss.' The Maoris also suffered severely. /Whatever truth there may be in this, it is certain that the Wailcatos are gelling short of caps, and have sent down the coast to the Ngatiraukawas for a supply.

WELLINGTON. (From our own Correspondent.) March 4th, 1861. On Saturday last, after Doctor Featnerston’s election, he addressed his constituents. His speech was not long and much to,the point; his language was eloquent, and his tone altogether most conciliatory —so niuclyso that it would have satisfied the most fastidious Wad. Tin; only one that, showed face, altho* there must have been 80 to 100 electors present, was Simms the Waggoner, who managed! to get four votes, including his own, last elec j tion. The celebrated John Jlunyan case commenced on Friday. 7’he grand jury ignored the. bill for manslaughter against Capt. Allen ; in fact, they could not have well done otherwise after the Judge’s charge; which was good; there is not the slightest doubt but that the •revolver went off by accident, notwithstanding that the captain was justified in firing. The mutineers were sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment with hard labour, and those for plundering cargo six months. . T he name of the seaman that w r as shot was not'McDonald, but Scott, and he was a son of Capt. Scott, of The Spray brig; he was at one time trading! |out of our port, and it seems was a most in-j

icorrigible fellow. - Our elections for the town ■ fake place next Monday; I scarcely think! there will he much opposition. Dr. Monro is: ; reported to be the new speaker in the house! .of Representatives; although a supporter ofj [Stafford's, he is rather a moderate man, and! ! would make a good speaker. The vacancy! caused by the death of Capt. King cannot be ( (tiled up until the Assembly meets; Thos. King ’is a candidate, but Stafford could easily buy jup this tom tit with a good government billet | A sad accident has just occurred either late last night or early tin's morning. The schooner Dove, 35 tons, well known in the Port Cooper at id Napier trade, had come off the stocks and anchored in the harbour without ballast; a gale of wind came on, and the vessel capsized; we can only see her masts. Poor old Jones,. the master, anil a seaman named Jack Dunlop, were on board. And now 12.45 p.m.) I learn, that when tbe wind bad so far moderated as to enable a boat to go to the Dove, it was found that as the vessel was

(sinking they bad been saved by tbe crew of | the Sisters, that craft being fortunately alongside.' Wind just changed from iV.VV. to a (black looking south-easter and rain. The hulk Oliver Laiug is nearly afloat again ; she is going to be removed in accordance with the new harbour regulations. We have a most extraordinary high tide to-day, several of. the wharves on a level with the water. Your selection of candidates for the Provincial Council is generally looked upon here as judicious. It seeius now-probable that the King flag will be this montli hoisted at Otaki. . March 11th, 1861.

The nomination of twelve members to represent the city takes place to-day at 12 o’clock; if I can let you know the result in time per mail I will do so ; meantime I shall

jot down my impressions...jQtiL oJLwbat. ' | the party, not jess than nine wilDbq returned.:. Featherston will have' opposition from the radicals, [from sheer mischief; the twelve ticket in Advertiser As carefully inserted “ communicated.’’ I know myself that several have allowed their names to be put down for what they call a lark—certainly, a pretty way of playing with representative institutions. The WairArapa will return Capt. Smith and Carter; opposition would be folly. Hutt and , Country districts pretty safe. A large majority : certain against the rads. Much to the surprise of the iVapier folks, Stark, an Auckland man and stranger, has defeated Colenzo, I who is a most unpopular man, and mischievous with both pen and tongue, Tom prime minister and financier; the change is at any .rate to-the better. Ormond, who is a more moderate man, lias beat Joe Rhodes. Weld has been returned for the Cheviot; many of the electors w T ere taken aback, not knowing of . a contest. Weld managed to get bis own and otlfer shepherds. to vote. I must confess that in both the Canterbury and Otago districts several of the constituencies have been culpably apathetic. In the Otago district there were only present to nominate a Parson and a Doctor, and they were nearly too late, theReturning officer w r as just going to leave. 7’he member, Captain Fraser, returned, was thun-. darstruck at such a fluke. The Independent has lately received from England a new Caxton machine, which can throw off 1200 copies an hour ; it is a beautiful piece of machinery, of foimple construction, and can be easily worked by two hands and a boy. 7’he circulation of this paper continues to increase. The sale of the last Summary for .Europe wras‘over 1500 copies. The Spectator got up for the mail a very good one. I omitted to mention (in order that / might ascertain the reason) that - Mr. A daiti Burnes, late 3lanager of the Oriental Bank, Wellington, had;deft the manage-' incut of the Melbourne branch, and gone as A/anager of the Union Bank of Australia at I (Sydney. Some say that Mr. B. was most j unpopular, far too inquisitorial abont customers’ i-iamling, talked a little too free, and fright- ! ened of liis own shadow. Mercliants were too- • independent to stand this, and wrote the Lonjih.n Board, anil he was ordered home. Another report is, that contrary to orders lie coalesced with the other Hanks, which theOriental never would do before;'an angry correspondence eusued ; Mr. Burns showed his hauteur ; the result Was that he was quietly t.ohl to send in liis resignation. 7’he Banks 3 folt bound in honour to provide for him ; and as the Sydney Manager, who is m bad health, was going home on furlough for two years, Adam was popped in. It will be a loss to him of over .£SOO per annum ; this is not like the generality of (Scotchmen —“gawn bauclc again.” I was told that your late Manager, at Wanganui—Fraser—-who is now a full private, was seen at Taranaki, keeping sentry, by some of our Wellington Shark Contractors, but lie would hot speak; they say he looked sulky, and denies that lie is the same person ; its his own fault that He does not get promotion, as several of the officers of the 65th, who knew him at Wanganui, had influence to obtain it. The Hutt races come Iff next JVeilnesday ; owing to the small utu subscribed no found horses have entered, and I predict a (failure. The" Tyne arrived yesterday afternoon. The Airedale, from Taranaki, tyc., is now two days behind her time.

£-past 1 o'clock,. The nominations are’over, the candidates* are addressing the constituency?—l leave to report to catch the mail. I don’t care for the speeches, or show of hands* as..to-morrow will determine. I annex a list of candidates, —Messrs. G. Hunter, It. C* Carpenter, Robert Stokes, C. 13. Borlase, Wm. Fawcett, W. W. Taylor, W. Spinks, W. B. Rhodes, J. H. Wallace, Johnny'Martin, Michael Quin,, George Crawford, George Allen, George Turnbull, C. J. tfliarazyn, G. .Edwards, R J. Duncan, Peter Laing, uml Johnny Mclntosh. Nineteen in all. Neither Wakefield, Old Bowler, nor William, were game to come to the scratch. Howler, in proposing Borlase, made one of the most stupid and .silly speeches he ever did, and gave the Queen’s English a good overhauling. From all 1 can see at present the Doctor has nothing to fear.

SCOTLAND. (From our own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, Dec. 18, 1860. You will be enjoying yourself in the open air—if it be not too hot for enjoyment. We have now to be increasing our garments and drawing them closer round us. The fireplace has become the centre of attraction, and fire-, side enjoyments among the domestic portion of us are now, to use a sort of slang phrase, the rage. The French live in public—we live in our own houses ; aud yet, in these wintermonths, a quietly disposed man like , myself is not a little surprised at the routs and assemblies, .the soirees and concerts, the lectures and dances, that people get up for their evening and nightly amusement, the utmost powers of man and horse being brought into requisition tor that purpose,- and- both man and horse, I believe, displaying a very surprising amount of ingenuity. We have to be thankful however for, as yet at least, a very mild winter." Past year, at this time, the cold was intense —indeed, perfectly intolerable ; but hitherto winter has made no very great change, in point of icold, from much of what we had to call summer. To-day the sun is shining beautifully despite th« fall of occasional flak«« of, snow.

The Philosophical Institution is now in full operation also. This is an institution for the purpose of giving the inhabitants n superior means of intellectual enjoyment and improvement. ; There ; is a very extensive and, most excellent library and reading room connected with it; and (luring the winter months lectures on interesting topics are delivered by men of eminence. ; It is ill a 'flourishing condition, the in os t. intelligent and influential citizens are conn,opted=with ; is, and r among its Presidents were/Wilson and Macaulay ; ,it 3 present President. is Lord;.Brougham.< * '; ■ i We liaye.heem. fpr .a- few, .days .enjoying a laugh a,t.the expenpe t of- one . who- likes jinuch. rather to be,,.:tjie >r; source ; thau. the -subject;of mirth-—namely; the Scptsyan.,. The Scotsman has a strange antipathy to one .of .whom, po doubt you have heard—DuencanMcLaren, Whenever he sees this gentleman’s name in connection .-with anything, he,,pounces upon if at once, and denounces him in the most violent manner. An association has lately been -fortped. for abolishing:, the, annuity tax— Duncan . McLaren, secretary. Z'he annuity tax, in its present form, being the offspring of the Lord Advocate’s brains, is of. course quite a favourite with the. Scotsman. And so he descends upon the head of the devoted: Duncan, like.a wolf ou the fold, and mangles and tears him through two mortal colurrins : ; when, lo and behold, he . wakes up next .mprningTo find that it is not Duncan , McLaren, his foe of .innumerable years, ex Lord Provost;of Edinburgh, Bs c. fy c., but Z>uncan McLaren, hotel keeper,/that.is the said secretary !., Speaking of the annuity , tax—sthe opposition to it is assuming a.yery formidable .form,; not only have several dissenting .ministers declared that they will not pay, & is the dissenting community in general is in a state of ferment; but Whigs and Tories in high places are. uniting to condemn and ; determined to abolish it. /That the result may be it is not easy to se.e. .Meanwhile, the agitation must be .very favourable no doubt to the city clergy, in the way of attracting people to their ministry,, and impressing them, rightly with religious notions. Wo have had a good deal of excitement of late about religion, the main cause of it:being a Richard Weaver, who was. a collier and pugilist, and.in the days of his folly went by the name,.of Dauntless Dick, He seems to carry the same intrepid , spirit into his preach-, ing that be, was wont to display in. his fighting ; and although the fastidious, tastes of some have been .offended .by his rough and ready way of speaking, I believe, lie has been the means of doing much good to. many who had ceased to attend the ordinary services of religion, and over whom more refined, preachers seem to have no power.. He and his coadjutors have held -midnight meetings with the cabmen, and also with fallen women,-many of the latter to whom have been reclaimed from their mournful mode of life.

Dr. Cheever,. from New York, has been amongst us, trying to stir u.s up on. the question of slavery. Alas! we are not easily stirred, and..l daresay the doctor’s visit has produced no great result. Does this apathy to a tremendous evil arise from its being out of sight, or from its mysterious complications, and our own consequent share in it? You will observe things are running high at present in America, but it is supposed this,talk of secession on the-part of those southerners, will.lead,t.o nothing practical.

. UNITED SPATES.. The President delivered his. Message on the '4th November. :

The first topic discussed is the revolutionary crisis. lEhUe the country is eminently prosperous in all itsmaterial interests, Mrrßu channan asks why the union, the source of all these blessings, is threatened with destruction? The cause is at hand. It is the long continued and intemperate interference of the Northern people with ’the question of slavery in the S outhj which has given rise to servile insurrections, and inspired the slaves with vague potions of freedom. Hence: a sense of securityno longer exists around th,e family altar. The .Message takes the ground that the election, of Lincoln involves no provocation for disunion, and states that the South is in ho: immediate danger therefrom. Mr. Puclianan, considers secession revolutionary, and denies the doctrine of constitutional secession. He next contends that'the Federal Government has no right to coerce seceding States into submission, and that coercion is impracticable. The relations with all foreign Powers, excepting /Spain, are reported amicable and satisfactory.,, Some suggestions are made relative to the purchase of Cuba. . . As the disputed title to the Island of San Juan with Great Britain Is under negotiation, it is notdeeraed advisable to nuke any allusion to the subject. ■ The President' regards the visit of the Prince of AVales as a most auspicious event. Its consequences cannot fail to increase the kindred and kindly feelings which we trust may ever actuate the Governniauts..aud people of both countries.

The financial condition, is briefly discussed, and a considerable reduction is shown in the annual expenditure. The Message concludes with some lengthy remarks about the necessity of modification in the tariff to meet the deficiencies of revenue. Ai ter reading the Message, an amendment was moved and carried:-—“ That so much as related to the perilous condition of the country he referred to a Aeiect Committee of one from each State.”

The'secession movement has caused a financial, panic, and in. the south a number of banks, among others those of Philadelphia, Washing

tori, Baltimore,. Trenton, and Pittsburg liad suspended payment. The Treasury at Washington could not pay official salaries. Civil war lias again broken out.in Kansas; .y Mr. S. A. Douglas one of the defeated Candidates for thri "Presidency in a letter to the people" of , Orleans, argues that Mr; Lincoln’s eli ctioii is no ground for secession, 1 As to new legislation lie asks: Will Mr. Lincoln’ arid his party have the powerdo repeal or change those lawsj. or to enact 'others ? It is well known'.that they. Will be in a minority in both, houses, of Cony gress,, with the Supreme Court against them: in ; elected ' already' a. sufficient 'number ' of ’ Democratic' members of Congress, bold arid" true national I men, pledged to'the Cincinnati platform and doctrine of non-intervention' by Congress with i the question_of slavery iti the States and terarid the district of C'dlumbia, ,who' adtled ‘to the Southern representatives, will give at; least twenty majority against Mr. Lincoln and his party on all these questions, In the Senate there is also a decided and reliaU ble majority. Hence ho bill can pass either House of . Congress impairing or disturbing the rights or institutions of the Southern people, in any manner whatever, unless a portion';of the Southern senators andrepresenfatives absent themselves, so as to give an Abolition majority in consequence of their absence,

The Chattanonga Gazette reports a conversation alleged to have taken place betweena Southern planter and the President elect. The Gazette says :—This planter desired to purchase an additional supply of negroes to pick his present crop ofcotton, but feared.to do so on account of the great depreciation in their value and the alarming excitement which pervaded-the; South. >ln order to ascertain from his own lips Lincoln’s policy, he visited him at his residence in Springfield, Illinois. Mr. £incoln informed him that he .was opposed to any interference with slavery in the States, or with the inter-iS'tate slave trade , that he was opposed to abolishing or interfering with slavery in the district, of Columbia; and that he was only opposed to its extension in the territories but added, ‘ that was.only an opinion of his.’ He was,then asked,what would he do in the event that South Caroliua secededfrom the Union. He repled that he would let her go, if Congress did not pass a * Force Bill.’ He stated: that if no one would accept office in that State, of course ;they could receive no benefits from the Government, and the whole expense of the distribution of the mails would devolve on .her own citizens. He concluded ;"by advising the. Mississippi to purchase as many negroes as he needed, and expressed the opinion that in twelve months slave property would be worth more than it ever had been.. Upon these assurances the gentleman was, on iVaturday, making his way to Virginia to purchase more negroes., He says that .Lincoln is a man of profound acquirements, and that he doubts not will make as good, if not a. better, President than Buchanan has done.

MEXICO. The British Legation has been robbed by order of General Miramon. The government professes it. will meanwhile only make use of J£2oo,pbo of the amount, to be reimbursed out of- certain contributions and duties..

NAYAL PREPARATIONS IN FRANCE

. Marseilles, December 1., When I first visited the arsenal of Cher bourg, the general tranquillity of that place greatly astonished me. . The forges were mostly silent, and the building docks all. save one, deserted. In that magnificent harbour, though hundreds of merchant ships were riding, there was only one government vessel, the stationnaire or look-out.steamer —and the spacious docks did not contain above one ship of the first class., The Normandie was, floating without niasts or plates, and but one other frigate was constructing. , There were the great white forts, strong and imposing as ever, the tremendous redoubts, arid the granite ridge away out at sea, against which the long rollers of .the Channel broke in .snowy foam. But there were no, fleets, of gunboats behind the Digue, and not ten guns, in, position along that “ thin white line.” xS'enatflrs were haranguing parliament about the danger which might be expected from the “ vast preparations ” of Cherbourg, while that giant arsenal was absolutely sleeping. We were veting millions to protect ourselves from.her. armaments, while the 90.-guii was the only ,armed -ship within, all, her spacious bounds. Such was Cherbourg four months ago, and such, from all accounts, it remains at present. Passing on to the “land’s end” of France,./ sailed past the eighteen hundred guns which com mand the entrance of, Brest—that .unrivalled port, impregnable by nature not less than by art. The Penfeld river, which forms alike ihe merchant and Government port,- was crowded with vessels. I counted more than forty war-ships in the basins, though only two were armed and, ready for instant service. Two days I devoted .to an inspection of the arsenal. 7 T here was undoubtedly great activity observable in every department. Six thousand men rose every morning, at. five, and thronged in one broad stream to the...dockyard gates to commence their, long and laborious toil. But though there could scarcely have been greater activity exhibited in the arsenal, there were but three craft building in the yard. Of these, one was the iron-armed Magenta, the. other the 120-gunf Ville de Lyon, the third a,small'steam transport. Three or four frigates were undergoing slight alterations, anc some’ old damaged hulks Were, being repaired whether,for sea-service or not, I I had an opportunity of conversing with th<

{inspector of works (or an overseer) on board the which-was the centre of considerable activity. He informed, me tliat her dimensions \vere from stem to stern 96 feet (slightly lohger than La Normandie), and-from keel to upper deck 40 feet. I found- that her sides’ were composed of' a middle' rib -of teak, 14 inches thick, flanked by two ribs• of-oak, each of 8 inches, and that her'port holes numbered sixty. ! Her iron sheathing was to consist of plates of ah average weight of three tonsj and 4§ inches thick, /n the-artillery ateliers numerous guns of the largest calibre were in process of rifling. Though the French do not seem to have arrived at>our perfection iii' their, rifled; ordnance they .have, made up for, this short coming by the immense .number of canons rayes ]which they-possess,,?/ The, greatest display off;these articles ,of wa.rj is to. be the arsenal; of (Brest. , v .Now that -Mi'. .Whitworth has.talked:matters quietly over with the Emperor, ydiose inventive genigsj in regard.to cannon equals that of the late Lord Dundonald in Infernal machines, there is little doubt that;; aided by Mr. Cobden’s convenient, treaty, the Imperial artillery wilf soon comprise guns of the same excellence as, those .which so recently knocked to pieces the guns of the Taku forts. Brest and Rochefort were the only two arsenals in, which there appeared to be any remarkable activity. ,L’Orient, that most gloomy of ;French seaports—a city renowned all overs the empire, for sardines and sadness—is,- as you are aware, the shipbuilding yard par excellence. It, has no, vast magazines, as at Brest* where you will, find vvine, salt, meat, biscuits, and other, provisions —to say nothing of guns* powder, and • shotsufficient, to keep the whole navy “ going ” for six or twelve months. But it has admirable resources for i the; building ; and equipping of large vessels, and though, the ateliers are neither so numerous nor so complete as those of Cherbourg, they are well furnished with stout, machines of British manufacture, in-j eluding the celebrated steam hammer, and “ manned ” by picked hands.; I found at Z’Orient two of those terrible fregates, blindees, —La Couronne . and La Solferino. . You observe that, the Emperor does not forget liis Italian conquests in his naval improvements. Unfortunately all the freya f es blindees on, the stocks (or off them) at present have been, hap-, tised, or Mice and .Savoy might ;haye been honoured in the, christening of two of them, //owever, as ten,other similar:frigates are to laid down shortly, >the annexed cpuntriesswill possibly be remembered. The Solferino is ■ in, a far more advanced conditi >n.. than the .Magenta. She is larger,; measuring 62 metres long. La Couronne is of nearly equal proportions. . Besides the two . cuirassed ships, into whose mysterious labyrinths I was bold enough to penetrate, I remarked on the'stocks the a 50-gun, frigate undergoing repairs, and La Victoire ~(60 guns)* a comparatively new vessel* also repairing. But these preparations were not very formidable for I/Orient. - ■ At the port of Toulon I surveyed the last off those tremendous; which have been terrifying nations , and - rulers all over .Europe. What did I find on visiting that most splendid naval arsenal ? Why, there were only two vessels in course of construction, one of them: the Intrepide, a sister of La Gloire,, now: rapidly approaching completion. Certainly there were numerous-small transportsr-r-wasps of the navy—on the, slips, and numerous! damaged craft being put in

order, but only two large vessels were puiming.! This for such an enormous port as Toulon somewhat astonished me. Therewasabgolutely nothing doing in the ateliers.: There were not fifty men at ; work .in the great cor derie establishment, which : is ' considerably more than a quarter of a mile long;-and though it was a full working hour, I did not count above twenty-five men in the large forging house. The workmen seemed to be hanging about doing little or-nothing except chatting, with sentinels and gendarmes, or promenading about the yard to get the benefit of the breeze from the il/editeiranean. This may appear very strange, but so it was. More than 2000 of the workmen at Toulon are convicts, and; labour in gangs of ten or a dozen chained the one to. the other. The gendarmes say they are splendid fellows for work, and that they enjoy the same preeminence in the arsenal as the Zouaves do in the army, which is saying much for such a villainous set of “ roughs.” The forcats are of course distinguished from ,the other workmenby.their variegated livery and by the vigilance ‘ with which their movements are supervised.. ;Ifc -may> interest some , ,of ;your readers to know that: there are at present nearly 4500 convicts, in: the Bagne or prison of Toulon. I have visited the various departments of that vast prison,;’and find that the arrangements for the inmates are on an extremely liberal scale,, the dormitories being especially well constructed. Five years is the shortest period for which convicts, are; sent to Toulon. But whilst giving these facts, your readers may suppose that I have entirely overlooked ihat gem of the French marine, the jrqn-plated invulnerable Gloire, .about which- all the scientific minds of Britain, have been, hazarding-all sorts of opinions.'.. -Whatever,; notions .may .be entertained in England regarding the strength or sea going qualities of this vessel, people in this quarter of the globe have no misgivings 011 the subject. The Gloire was: admirably tested in the recent Algerian trip of Napoleon 111. I. have spoken with men*who assisted in the working of that ship to the African coast, and' they declared 1 that not, even the Imperial yacht i 1 self, light and" trim , cut as she is, behaved so well during the heavy * gales which the. squadron encountered as soon as it had left the French coast, I know that during

those gales the steamers. ftonv- Cette were unable to leave port in consequence of the frightfully houleuse state of the -sea, and. that no fishing squadron in, any of the Mediterranean! ports, durst attempt to leave its moorings''.. The Gloire,’heavily charged, with her full' amount of ammunition, with,, all s ]iey guns, wjth provisions, for-.some months, with, her.tremendous engines, and .her 4f-incii coat of mail——the Gloire cut through those giant billows with a steadiness little less than tlie Great Eastern herself when she breasted the gala ih the,English Channel during her first 'sea voyage.— Letter tn~Scotsmdn.

■To the Editor of tlie Wanganui Chronicle. ' Sik,~As ( : the tieatlt ’(political)’ of "every M.P.C. is' now recorded, ”an'd : softie are already interred, permit mpV a silent admirer bf/one of them ( Poor iTbrrymam !) for' his bashfulness, simplicity ,! of eloqfiencft, ktid (when pressed modest assurance and consistency of, conduct, United with his urbane manners (as exhibited at Wanganui.),-.«aud.-.his<.politiGak. integrity,, to propose the following by way of Epitaph,,or should it please better,,.public Lament, to be said or sung - will meet undivided approval, even though tears should be restrained, which, for, the sake of decorum, on so solemn an occasion, it is hoped will be the .case. f , r , , Believe m’eV deaf sir, - -~ - - . ... Jours .respectfully, ~r. .BaB.^ANDES.; i : ■ EPITAPH. : ■ . N.on irritamenium. Peace, sirs! giyeear tomeawhile,. - My story is but short ’Tis in famed Madame Blaize’s style, . But not so deftly wrought., In \V—ton there, lived, in sooth, ... A man,who,was our pride, - * •' . For all . belieyed .lie spoke the .truth —■* Excepting when, lie lied. ; His bonesty claimecl'all belief, 1 Since-nought he would conceal; 1 none supposed he was a thief—- ■ But those who thought he’d steal. His heart, alike for good pr bad, . ' Would melt at sorrow's,call,. . . ■ He'would,have given tjiern ail he had—- ' But that he kept. it ; ail. , • To,gain the praises of mankind, / ; He would have clothed the needy ; He would have fed the poor and blind—- , But that, lie thought them greedy. /Lis learning, as hisdife ’declares, Few scholars e’er could touch ; And great men said it equalled theirs—

• Wherein he knew as much. To state affairs his mind he bent, - ; To cleanse'the Augean stable, Or overturn the government — . But found he was not able. He then, by fight with wit and- fun, Resolved to bear the sway, And all agreed,he would have won— But that lie lost the day. . ... But soon his followers.rallied round, To whom’twas clearly shown, That if a man can stand liis ground— He does not tunable down. He. hinted many things most true, . Though somewhat out of place ; That things impossible to do— . ‘'-"■Would'never;coine to pass. , He proved.tliat riclies formed, a, gem. That poor men iie’er possess ; That when lie took a crown from them— They had five shillings less. He showed that libertyvliad joys Which prisoners might not know ; . That if they \yished to. keep the prize—- ; They must not let it go. ’Twas thus lie lived a life refined, Alternate gay and sad, ’ And all supposed’ him sound of mind— But those who thought him mad. At length lie died—and some believed , lie met with instant death ; . Though all maintain lie would liavo lived— But.something.stopped his ,breath. Then let us tune our .hearts to sorrow, Since ’twill not be.denied, Thathadhelived.untilto-morrowr-r----;To-day he had not died.--

Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— ~Deranged stomach, side headache.—-Our comfort, happiness, and security depend on the knowledge that most diseases originate from : apparently a trifling beginning, and the large proportion: of them spring from inattention to.the state of the stomach. Professor Holloway has turned ; his knowledge touseful account bydiscovering medh cines which cure without exception,., the i attendants on disordered digestion.,: They ward off, likewise, the torturing sick headache. The Ointment should ;be well rubbed,.twice daily, over, the-stomach, liver,.and bowels,, to them it penetrates, and,;aided,by the Pills, immediately works such a ; revolution, as establishes perfect digestion. • -24 f