U Vll O UOSW&SVL&..B VEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1845. a A Valuable Almanac. ti'e writer of the following letter has our thanks for e Almanac enclosed. It will be published seconding seq:se.stion, for several weeks, and will be found 'cable to 'oust n men and others: Oawrott, December 10, 1845. la r vvits. Enr-rons:—.l enclose for publication, if yoti oose, a fir4ular Almanac, for 1846. Three things, are, to me, desirable in the publication such calendars: tat. Compactness, distinctness, and neatness. :lit That they be placed where .they may be cut nut :Lb the teat.; possible mutilation or the paper. This, a , the outer corner—either iop or bottom—of e t hird pace; or at the back of the same location, on e fourth 31 That they be inserted more than one week—so tit ,liffoent member. of a family, may, if they wish, tare a cliy. Dario; the time that your paper has fallen under my ~,m anon. I love seen no intimation of the estimate in hreh v.. 0 hoWericinal articles, on subjects not mimeo. with politic, or of the principles on which you insert :rat. But the recent appearance of two or three didac c li l e ugh a signature (C. S. A.) long familiar to see of e s—iii,licates that on some grounds such articles rrfurni.died, and are published. Are such communiea .ons dewed t Are they published usually from your . wirregard 01 their value, or to gratify the writers ! • With regards, W. D. Wcd , ..iirr original communications, are always will to publish them, and would be glad to hear frorn.Mr C0i1,1:1e1/CC V•Nr..V, TABULAR AID ANAL Ll@AOO EOM ER= '.naUl. Jun WIWI 'sun. Mon MUM E= I= BEI laNt a \, ;Sun 1=1212 IDE 1121 BEI %Pr. DEI.. (rues! UM IMIZI irttil...lrt.r 'Well rmul. ,un In FM I I, i 1 i. 13 Iti I 17 118 19 I •2() I; 1% , ' ' 2.1 I 4 I 5 - 1. K.l 29 30 I Iif:DERLY BOOK OF HA ND'S BRIGADE FRONI WYOMING TO 'TOGA. Ma I Qyarters. Tioga Aug. 21, 1'779 Ai itc. ORDEns.—A 4 a great number of bags ail 'e watilinoi in order to carry on flour fur dniiv, and to. there no other way procu- I,: diem than cutting up teals and malting aein into b,cs. It being absolutely necessary the bags should be fticnished iminediattly, me Commander-in-Chief requests that Gen. Maxwell will direct as many tents cut up and 'Ands ealp:oyed as will complete TA bar. Col. Seeley will furnish the same number Brioade. t 11 , .Yey writ furnish in same manner tnin Hand's Briaatie. Thu Qlarter Master is directed to furnish ai v.,;tl pa:terns, needles, twines &c., fur .le purpose. . 'itte number of tents would otherwise :le been retrenched previous to our march, trru. 'the present inconvenience to the troops ; reliucituz the tents can he very trilling. but the inconvenience were ever so great it ksubmitted to from necessity. ;he Genci'al requests the lavor of having ~ ,w .tness roompleted in all conceivable ex- The state of MIT magazine and other rtant motives urges 11.9 to pat a speedy nn to' the carnonic.u. wilo ;k are pwsessed, of kegs which are not in 'immediate want of, are reques !•!., sen d them to th^ ComMissary. hie!' are private property shall be If a nnrohcr •f tlifte kegs be not will be impossible to carry on a of salt Firosions and liquor for the fewterN, noga, Aug. 22, 1779. Fie:d Oflieer of the day. Col. Celly, Brigade )1:)ot. cad further order the commissary is directed to issue no inure fresh beef to the army. At a General Court Martial, whereof Lieut. Dehart is President, Sergent Abbey of the l't J'er=ev Regiment. tried for robbing the State stores of liquor, found guilty, and senten ced as follows,' viz : first to he reduced.to the rat.ks. second to be stopped of one Tooth's snare of state rum, and be accountablb to the Sa:ea s if he had received it, and third that the mode of his reduction be that the guard shall him on the parade at the dead of his re -7,-.at, that the Drum Major shall strip off his and make him put it on wrong side out '‘,rds, that a canteen be hung round his neck, a:; I then turned into the rank s. " Oaptain Wilson of the same Regiment; char- EFd with being an accomplice accessary to rob h:ng the State stores when commimilitit! the Ford set over them, was found guilty and sen. :eared to be reduced to the :ranks, to be strp- Ped of one month's State stores as in case of S'rg't Abbey and • run the gauntlet thro' Gen. Maxwell's Brigade- Thomas Perry, Private. in the same Reg't, was tried for, and found guilty'of , robbing the State Stores of rum, while!t'sentry over them, aad sentenced to be stopped as in the other two trstances • and run the gauntlet through Gen. ) 11 twell's Brigade. Wm. Weston and John Flinn of the same Regiment, tried for robbing the same stores, and found guilty of only partaking of them, at the same time knowing them to have been Plundered, were sentenced to be stopped as be fore mentioned. The Commander-in-Chief approves the gen-. lfaces, and orders that punishment be inflicted <<,s evening at roll call. The Court of Inquiry, of which Major Ed. wards is appointed president, to set tomorrow Morning at 10 o'clock. • , • „ BRIGADE Ortusns,'f'ioga, Aug. 23, '79 The Commanding Officers of Corps are de sired to pay particular attention to see that their packsaddles are examined, and those that are bad be repaired immediately, that they have a sufficiency of lash rope, and their pack :horses are collared. Head Quarters, Tioga, Aug. 24. 1779. Field Officer, Cul. Ogden, Brigade Major, - Marshall. Col. Cortland's Regiment is annexed to Gen. Clinton's Brigade, Col. Aldens to Geri. Poor's, the 4th Penna. Reg't and Rifle Corps to Gen. Hand's Brigade. The Brigade Comtnissary to draw thirty days flour anal salt to-morrow, exclusive of what may be used by the troops this day and to-morrow. They are to see that it be put up in bags and the Brigade Quarter Master's are to have it properly slung to he put horseback, as the army will move on Wednesday morn ing ; the Quarter Master and Commissary General will have the articles in thaw depart ments perfectly ready to he moved off. A pro per number ofaxes, seythes'and fasrine hatch ets, to be drawn this day and ground fur use. t The pouches and powde r horns which are not absolutely necessary for the troops who have drawn them. are to be immediately re turned to the Commissary of Military stores to supply the troops who have no cartridge boxes. The troops to draw a proper number of flints and a sufficient quantity of ammunition to fill their cartridge boxes. Also one hundred and fifty rounds each of spare cartriihres are to he drawn for them. The Artillery to draw the same quantity of flour and salt as the other troops. Col. Proctor will have arcflnunition fixed for the six three pounders, the two how itzers and the Coharns, the six pounders are to he left in this garrison. Col. Bond to have all ;the horses collected this day which have not been already assigned, that Gen. Clinton's Brigade may he supplied. As the troops should move as lightly as pos sible, the officers are reqested to leave at the garrison all the baggage ,they can possibly spare. All the women and children to remain at this post, and the commanding officers of the Garrison will have orders respecting them. The officer's servants who conduct pack horses are each to drive five horses. The field and other officers will make this arrange ment among themselves. As this is a campaign where everyone must expect to encounter difficulties Tar surpasqing those of common 'campaigns, the officers ought not, and the Commander-in-chief trusts they will net think of diminishing the strength of the army by a multiplicity of servants or impede its progress bv unnecessary baggage. 'Flue troops aho want shoes or overalls are to make returns this day and draw them.— The Commissary and Quarter Master General are directed to have all their stores moved to the Garrison this day. IHMEMEZ l'nrs Thrx MI MEE UM UM =I m The troops to draw six. days salted pro visions to-morrow in the lOrenoon. Two days of which are to be cooked in tile evening. Two hundred and fifty men properly officered exclusive of Boatmen, to be left as a garrison at this post. Col. Chreve to take command of those men to parade to-morrow, morning at 7 o'clock, and immediately afterwards more up and take post. The hospital to be immediate ly removed to the garrison. A sT . nal will be given by one cannon from the Park, to-morrow at 3 o'clock in the after noon, striking the encampment when All the troops will move to their respective places with their baggage loaded ready for a march. Every thing is to be in perfect readiness.— Provisions to this time, that the business may be condensed with order anti expedition.— Second gun from the Park will notify the army to encamp in stk.}, order as to he able to move early the next morning without confusion, and agreeable to the plan or order of march and battle delivered to the officers on the 24th of Mac last. , The right flank of the army to be composed of '2OO chosen men, commanded by Col. Du bois, the left to he composed of 200 chosen men, commanded by Col. Ogden, and to he selected from the line, and in addition to them, the German Battalion is to he divided into four equal companies, two of which to be on the right and the other two on the left of the army, annexed to the flanking division. The com manding officers of the flanks will direct those divisions to he completed to fitly men each from the flanks, two of which are to march about ten rods within the front of the flanking divisions, and two of the same distance within the rear of the flanks ; the business of these divisions is to gain the rear of the enemy with out loss of time when the flank to which they are annexed are attacked. The German Battalion to be replaced by two companies of light infantry from Gen. Clin ton's, one from Gen. Maxwell's, and one from Gen. Poor's Brigade, consisting of fifty non commissioned officers and privates, each these to be chosen troops and annexed to Col. But ler's Reg't. • The covering parties for the Ist and 2d line to be drawn out and officered as also the flank ing divisions at 12 o'clock to-morrow, and up on the teating of the drum assemble, which will be in an hour• after the gun. The respec tive corps and detachments may take their pro per places, the troops that compose the cover ing parties and flanking divisions are to be furnished tt•ith proper proportion of tents that they may encamp in order of march or battle as circumstances may require : the proportion of tents for this expedition is to be one tent for every 8 men. The Brigadiers will see that no more tents carried on for the officers than are absolutely necessary. The Gen'l flatters himself that the officers will from their zerl to service, cheer fully assist in retrenching the baggage of the army and removing every obstacle to its march. • Lieut. Col. Reimer is appointed sub-Inspector in this army and to be respected-and obeyed accordingly:. BEWARE of the wicked and ungodly, for they wilt lead thee into temptation. . PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT TOIVANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. & H. P. GOODRICH. " REGARDLESS OF DENUtiCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." Customs and Manners of the. Chinese. [The following sketches of Chinese manners and cus toms, and some account of their country and government, will be fount! ly interesting to ...out side barbarians," who of necessity,Nid almost totally unacquainted by the Celestials. They ant from lectures lately delivered by Mr. Fletcher Webster, at New York, and are excit ing much attention. Mr. Webster accompanied Mr. Cushing in his mission to China, and had an op[mnu nity "rarely offered, of observing this people, so peculiar. ly our antipodes imevery thing.] Mr. Webster commenced his lecture by an allusion to the difficulty he experienced in ar ranging is materials of information respect ing aco ntry so vast. so populous, so important and yet eo little known. re thought that ar ranging is the heat course would be to adopt the narrative foiru, interspersing the narration with occasional remarks on the manners and habits of the Chinese. The legation of which Mr. Webster was a member arrived at Macao, after touching at Ceylon, the 23d of February, 1844. So soon as they were burly established, and the requir ed visits of ceremony had been made, a letter was despatched to Canton, to the high Com missioner Ching. on the important subjects embraced in the commission entrusted to the legation. Macon Mr. Webster described as a city about a mile in width. on the South side of the bay into the which the Canton river empties itself, distant about seventy miles from the city of Caution, and connected with the island of Hunan. It presented a striking re semblance to the village of Naliant in the Uni ted Stales. It is an ancient Portuguese settle ment, not belonging to the Portuguese, but held by theca on a sort of ground rent, paid to the Chinese Government. It is defended on three sides by the water, and on the other side by a high wall stretching across the narrow beach. Beyond this wall Europeans must not pass. It bas about 20,059 inhabitants, three torts, and an army of 4000 men. Both the Chinese and Portuguese have a custom house. and both exercise municipal authority over the people of their respective 'inous. • The streets the principal one excepted, are narrow, dirty and dark. Macao bears to the entire empire about the same relation that a small town at the Southern extremity of Florida would to the United States. The first impulse of a European or an American in the streets of Macna is to seize the Chinese pedestrians by their ridiculous queus and pull teem. They have a very swag iering gait, their long tails, made still longer by braids and ribbons intertwined, sweep klong the ground and wave front side to side until the temptation becomes almost irresisti ble. One day it was announced that a letter from Clung was on its way to the American minis ter, borne by fear high officers from Canton.— Every thing was prepared, said Mr. Webst , r, and m e sat waiting for our important visitors; at length. hearing sonic discordant noises, we peeped -throne' the blinds of the verandah that we might observe their approach. Two ill looking fellows, with wire caps my their heads—one of them with a whip. and/he oth er with an ace in his hand—led the proression. These were the executioners, who always pre cede a high officer. Next came a score of poorly dressed and very dirty soldiers, with spears and shields, and halberts. Then two or three men on wretched ponies, whose hair stood out in all directions, and whose manes and tails were ignorant of brush or currycomb; then the hand of music, and finally the sedan chairs, on which were borne four large, fine looking persons. wlio proved to be the high officers. They were dressed in light colored crapegowns. fastened round their waists bytgue silk girdles, buckles and precious s tones. We stood tip to receive them with our hats on, for it is Chinese etiquette to he covered.— ' They entered with their raps on. displaying Itheir red and Moe buttons and peacock's feath- I ems. The button is fastened to the top of the cap, ami the kather hangs down behind.— l'hey approached, shook their hands at us, and the chief preseuted the letter to the Minister. I In receiving it. he motioned to them to he seat ed, and take off their raps; which. observing carefully our own movements, and keeping ex• act time with us, they did. One of the inter preters now read the letter, and alter a short interval of silence, such conversation . as can be carried on by means of interpreters, and looks, and signs. took place. The first civility was, on their part, asking our names [laughter ;] this information being given and reciprocated, they proceeded to shock our notions of good breeding by asking our ages! This. however, is an indispensable attention, and we returned it at once. Alter a few minutes' conversation, a luncheon in the Chinese style, was announced, and we enter- ed the dining roam; our guests, according to Chinese etiquette, seated on the left. Chop sticks had been provided for I:II-of us, and we made our first experiments with them, to the unrestrained amusement of our guests. They showed little inclination to eat, but a decided taste for the ba rbarian- liquors , champagne and cherry bounce, [laughter.] We were, aston ished at the very loud touc of their voices; it must have been easy to hear in the street every thing said by them. As it is a point of polite ness to empty one's glass whenever drinking with a friend—and they each drank with all of us—they becaine, gradually, as elevated. as their voices. Civilities were now exchanged with the greatest urbanity. One we would have gladly dispensed with. It is in the fashion for every one to help himself with his own chop-sticks, from any dish on the table within his reach ; and when he feels desirous of offering a testi. monial of regard. as well as respect, he reach es out and seizes something with his own chop-sticks. and motioning to the individual for -whom he.designs the favor to open his mouth, puts the morsel, whatever it ts, between his teeth. As they are not-particularly nice in their eating, and their teeth are by no means pearls, we would have pardoned the omission of this attention. It was, however, not to be escaped; all that was left us was retaliation, which we immediately practised. After an hour at table. of shouting conversa tion on their part, and of -.nods and becks and wreathed smiles" on ours, we rose and moved to the verandah, where a new seri.:4 of delicate attentions surprised us. They now began to examine our apparel, piece by piece—cravat. coat.- waistcoat, shirt-bosom. trousers, sword. belt, gloves. all in turn were Inspected. For tunately, our good genius, Dr. Parker, told us this was- the very acme of politeness, Mid to be imitated Without delay. We therefore ex amined their caps and buttons. and peacock feathers, their little embroidered bags,--whiefr, with fan-cases and snuff-boxes. they hang from their girdles; their thumb.rings crfagate, their silken girdles and jewelled buckles. One of them.- Tung Lin. a Tartar, made himself merry with a sword-belt belonging to one of us. lie put in on to show how much too sma:l it was, strutted up and down to show us his portly figure. struck his full-chest, anti told us in a - voice of thunder that he was a lklantchou—a . terror spreading Tartar general. After two hours of intellectual intercourse of this sort our friends retired. The procession re-funned, gong's heat and pipes squealed, the executioners yelled, he little ponies were pull. ed between their rider's legs, and we were left to reflect upon Chinese men and manners. The population of China has beck variously estimated, the hest-informed writers differing so much as to render any conclusion unsafe.— The difference between some of them exceeds 100,000,000. According to some there are not less than 350,000.000, while others [Towle this number to 180,000,000. The Chinese -compute themselves at 300,000,000. :Ur. 'Webster thought the computation of the Chi nese correct, and to show this, nonpareil Chi na with other countries. He said, take France for instance, which, with a surface of 200.000 of people—or 150 to each square mile. Her soil, climate, &c., are no more favorable than those of China—nor are her people more in dustrious, frugal or temperate. China proper is as fertile and as well cultivated as France. Its Southern portion produces two crops a year ; and it was as well tilled, when Cmsar conquered Caul as now. kler people are the most industrious and frugal in the world. For 200 years they have not heard of war 4 marriage is encouraged. and emigration is strictly prohibited. China Prop er is thus capable o f maintaining a population eight times that of France. In Chinese Tar tary the people are more nomadic, and are of course comparatively sparse. Suppose then that this part is peopled two thirds as densely as Russia, which has 20 to the square mile. if China proper is as dense as France,it would con tain 240,000,000 ; and Chinese Tartary 60 mil lions more, making 310.000.000 in all. Or giving to all alike a density one third that of France, the population would exceed 250,000.- 000. The Chinese had ample !means 01 tak g the census, and he saw nu reason to doub: the accuracy of their statistics. Canton itself, Mr. Webster described as sit uated on a low piece of ground, hardly above the level of the river. Lofty hills approach it on the East. and an eminence is close to r% on which is a Tartar military station. Its streets are seldom over eight feet in width ; the hou ses low and dark. The city within the walls is said to be smaller titan the suburbs. One cannot discover which is the city, and which the suburbs, until informed. The walls, which are high and very massive, form the Ilacks of shops anti stores, built along them. I walk ing next the walls one sees nothing but shops. Even the gates are not noticeable, of which there are many in the suburbs, as well as arch es crossing the streets. The factories of the merchants are situated on the very bank of the river, and are much the lineal and largest build ings that he saw excepting the temple. Mr. Webster gave an cruising history of his search for a teacher. lie was aided by Dr. Parker, and one was at length found. He was not a native Tartar, but was a tall well favored man, and, said Mr. Webster, I augur ed very favorably our success with him. I noticed that om,hia first arrival there was tin appearance of mystery and concealment. The Chinese who introduced film seemed very anx ious. There was a whispering and shutting of doors; and a great many injunctions. appa rently, and assurances, exclamations and ges tures. However, we sat down to our task at last, and got through the alphabet, for the Mantchou language has an alphabet. The next day, agreeably toappointment, he came again. and there was the - same closing of doors, and looking behind and around, and springing up. if any one entered, and in short such a mysterious air about the whole thing, as if we were conspirators in some plot. I ob served he was nervous and much aginued.hard ly able to crw - nand himself, and laboring evi dently under some very great excitement. He Jurnited up at any noise, as though he appre. [tended imminent danger, or some one was about to spring opond)im from behind. How ever, we got through our lesson. Tho next day he was missing at the appoint ed time. The day following he appeared; and with more perturbation than ever. Ile could hardly speak or stand. He had grown, hag gard ; his eyes were swollen. Never certain ly was mortal fear of something,l did not know what, more plainly depicted on a man's face than on his. He was accompanied by Dr. Parker's attendant. They entered carefully and softly, closed and fastened,the door, made sure that:no one was in the room, and then his friend, in a low tone, told me the nature of the case. He was afraid of losing his head for coming to teach a foreigner Mantehrro. He begged me to receive back my money, which he brough in his hand, and let him Igo. He could not come again. He told me. and I be lieve it, that he was an the. point of taking poi son to rid himself of his trouble. That ho had eaten no rice, and taken no sleep since he first came. He expected every moment to be seiz ed by the mandarins, and carried off to, be be headed. There was no arguing with him, no comforting or assuring him ; and . the only thing to be done was to let him go. Mr. Webster subsequently found two Tar tars who had no fear of the mandarins, and who remained with him long after all idea of going to Pekin was abandoned. While at Carton Mr. Webster visited the country seat of a Chinese gentleman. known as Pun-nn-pia. lately created Duke Await.— (It may bens well to say that we make as good a guess at the orthography of these names is we can.) The villa was named Puntong and. was situated on the river, about three miles above Canton. It was about 100 acres in ex - - tent in the middle of paddy fields, covered with water. The approach to it was along a canal leading from the river. The were sev eral houses. and detached out buildings. Long wooden bridges, such as are represented on dinner pities. connect the various buildings, which are all built on piles, of a sort of glazed brick. The main house was perhaps sixty feet qn ire, two stories high, with numerous apartments. The large drawing room was handsome and handsomely furnished. In the rear (I ibis building was a theatre: the stage fronting, the windows of the back drawing room: 4 Between the two buildings is a fish pond. an indispensable requisite in Chinese country place. On nights of performance long pules are thrust into the mud at the bottom of the pond, with !antdins at their tops. There was an aviary made of wire, filled with gold and silver pheasants of extreme beauty. A tame deer, two beautiful adjutants and a monkey, Made up the collection of animals. The gen eral P I)pp:lr:ince" was pleasing, hut there was nothing like what we call cum fort. Fifty or sixty women, all of the small feet kind. assembled either to see the place or to see the American party. They fled at the ap proach of the latter, and huddled together in distant apartments. The American party sur rounded two or three in a corner, and the la dies managed to keep them still, so.that their costume and dresses were examined. The description given of them by Mr. Webster cor responded very closely with the published ac counts and pictures. They manliest, said 51 r. %V.. as much surprise at the small waists -of our ladies as we did at their small feet, and in quired with equA anxiety if they were not thus compressed with great pain. This fashion of small feet is not confined to rank—indeed there is no distinction of rank. Any parents having a daughter, with promises to be beautiful, bandage her feet and compress them, or rather prevent their growth. The 'children of more ordinary pretensions are not exposed (b this torture. Every Chi nese, so soon as he can afford it, takes a small footed wife. lle sends for some old lady, whose well known and, recognized, and there considered respectable, trade is that ofa "go between," and impires who among his neigh. hors has a nice daughter who would do for a %vile. The lady mentions one and gives a description of her appearance. She then sees the young lady whom she think he would prefer—some Miss Lee Nang pr Non Seen, and describes the merits of the gallant Noo Chung. The parents then, with her help arrange the settlement, and the bride is given away with as great ceremonies and rejoicings as the means of the families,will the husband first sees her face when he meets her at the door of his house, and taking her out of her sedan chair, raises her veil. The government of China is pattiarchial, 'twit it is a pure unalloyed desputi-nn. The Czar of Russia wields a powerless uncontrolled titan that oh the Emperor of China. He reigns absolute and supreme. and knows no restraint upon his will. The laws are mere expressions of his pleasure. The soil of all China is his ' own inheritance. The lives, fortunes and hon. or of his subjects are in Lis hand. As theirfath !er and sovereign lie may take either of all from them, by nil arbitary stroke of his vermil lion pencil. His power knows no checks or balances or bounds. Ile is besides, to his peo pie, the representative and rice-roy of the Al mighty—the }mid of religion—the eon of heav en, in immediate - communication with the Su preme, and the only being authorized to hold such communication. All religious observances and rites, as well as municipal laws, derive their sanction and obli gations from him. In'short, he is invested with every attribute that unlimted power can extort from the fear and ignorance of subject millions. His vast empire, for the purposes of government. is divided into great provinces. At the head of each of these is a high officer, responsible imme diately to him for its order and good government. Each province is again subdivided into districts, districts into towns, villages and hundreds. Each of these subdivisions has its proper head, who is•responsible. to his immediate supe rior for the conduct and condition of those un der his rule. In, case of crime, or even acci dent, punishment is made to fall not only on the guilty themselves, but on those whose duty it was to detector prevent it. For a serious crime ordisturhance, not only on the guilty themselves, but the heads of the towns in which it tank place. and the district in which the town lies, and of the province in which the district is in cluded, are punished in various degrees: The blow from the Emperor is felt through. nut the whole chain. Families are held respon sible for the behavior of each member of them. It seems to us cruel to punish a fatally for the offence of ono, or to ravage a district fora crime of some of its inhabitants. but the theory is that all the members of the.empire are bound to preserve order and peace, and are responsible for its infraction ;its in England and in this country, where towns are hell liable for prop erty destroyed by mobs. And in China this' theory is nevo allowed to become a dead letter. and harsh as it may seem. it cannot be denied that experience has proved it of wonderful effi cacy in . ffie preservation of quiet and tranquility. Mr. Webster related one instance to illustrate its operation. On some occasion, when there was unusual excitement among the people at Canton, a large mob surrounded in the evening the foreign factories.. An American, who had been out on the river, was obliged to make his way through the crowd to reach his home. On getting into his hong, as they call each ":ZWITD.3If.III •trierelrant's residence, he found that he Indbeen robbed of his watch. When, or by. Whom it was taken among that crowd of Chinese—all dressed alike. alllookine alike, and closely pack ed touether c ki the dark, no.one of whom he had t- • •fbefore see- n. or would probably see rikain— L of course he could not tell. All be could say was. it had been-taken by :+oloe one among the hundreds jammed togeth., er in the square. The probability of receivevirg it was very remote, but lie made y his complaint to the proper Chinese 'functionary, and stated the ease. The mandaliu told hint that within so many days lie should have his watch. That very day all the place officers in that part of Canton. to the number of one or two hundred, were seized upon and imprisoned. One of them was then brought before the mandarin, and the robbery !stated to him, and he was informed that he must find the watch and bring it back, and that all his comrades would remain in jail until he did. Each one of the poor fellows thus confined had a family dependent on him for support; and friends and relations interested in his release. All there at once became most active in their exertions to discover the watch and set free the prisoners. Their friends and their friend'•' friends were interested ; the army of police offi cers increassd geometrically. 'the whole peo ple became thief•takers, and, and at the end of three days the wz.tch was found, in an obscure hut in the country, twenty Miles from Qanton, and restored to its owner. In other cases of theft. a similar, though harsher course, is some times pursued. but the result is generally the discovery of the thief and tl.e testoration.of thit Ot , l'fi If a theft takes place in a house, on complaint to a mandarin all the servants are arrested and taken before hint, and both the guilty and inno cent banit:toed, till the really guilty at last confesses. rite cruelty of this course nct un frequently; indeed generally, among foreigners, prevents complaints being made. The Chinese code both civil and criminal, is immensely vol _union-ills and detailed. There is apparently nothing which can be done or starred that is not provided for. The second Lecture, which we shall publish next week, will be found equally novel and interesting. . JEwish ANECDOTES.—T he following anec dotes are translated from an interesting work, published at Paris, entitled Lea Alatinlea du Samedi. (The Saturday Morning's,) written by G. Pen Levi, for the use of the Israelitlsh youth of France: David in the wilderness-4 legend When Icing David was flying across the De sert of Ziph, pusued by Saul, he grew impatient at the odantity of spiders' webs which he had t to break, and one day. when he was - picked by a worm, he cried nut in his passion. " Great God! why hest thou created flies and spiders. which are of no use, and only serve to hurt me ?" " I will make you understand," answered a pro. plietie voice. Some time afterwards, he descended Mount Achill, and ventured by night into the camp of Saul, to deprive hint, while asleep, of his arms and his cap. After having succeeded in this project, he was about to retire, when his fonthe came entanaled in the legs of the faithful Abner, who slept beside Saul. Great was the embar rassment of David, how he should disengage his foot from the hold of Abner, without awakening this valiant servant, and to find himself surprised thus, alone, in the ramp i of the enemy. David's anxiety was at its height, when a fly hit Abner on the leg, and the pain which the warrior felt, made hint make a movement, of which David availed himself to withdraw his foot ; he then fled quickly, thanking God for having err a:cd 11 es. Saul, however, pursued him into the Dees ;t, and ty escape him, David had skipped into a cay. ern, when God sent a spider, which wove, its web across the entrance of this rock. Saul and Ahnar were quickly in the footsteps of the fugi tive, and Ahnar having said, he is doubtless conceited in this rock ; Jet us go and seek him there." It is useless," answered Saul, •• do you not see that the entrance of this cavern is coy. ered with a spider's web, and that no one could have entered without breaking this delicate tut. sue ?•' You are rieht," answered Abner, and they retired, to continue their search in another part of the Desert. Then David cast himself nn the ground, and cried, " Lord, pardon me, for having doubted thy wisdom : henceforth my feeble understand ing shall not cease to humble itself before the sublime harmonies of creation. Lord, the small est of thy creatures are of uie to . man : the spi ders and the flies themselves have a part to per form in nature. - Lord, what thou sayest is well; what thou doest is just." KEEP GOOD COMPANY.—There is a certain magic or charm in company. for it will assimi late and make you like to them by much con versation with them. if they be good compa ny, it is a great means to make you good, or confirm you in goodness; but it they "be bad, it is twenty to one but they will corrupt or in fect You. Men or women that are greedy-of acquaintance or hasty in it. are often shared id ill company before they are aware, and entan- • gled so that they cannot - easily get loose from it after, when they would. CHARCOAL tiN ANTID 'IS' TO Polsox.—An old English paper "contains a statement.that char coal possesses the power of counteracting the effects of mineral poison. Fite grains of arse nic in a half glass of strong mixture of charcoal were swallowed fastirg. Pen and thirst fut. lowed. but the pain was allayed by swallow. ing another glass of eliorcoal mixture. At noon no had affects were felt. Let it be tried in casea of mineral poison. MAERIAGE.S.—In all marriage notices, the name of the officiating minister should always 'appear. 4. Western papers objects to this aoctrine. and says, by the lame rule, every obituary notice Should have the name of the attending physician. A proposition which would find no favor with the faculty.
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