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b, «i PORT PERRY TERMS. --§ 1.50 vik ANNUM) VOL. I, No. 41.] ESS a ee ah Port Perry Stodr AND ORTH OVIARIO ADVERTISER 13 PUBLISHED Every THURSDAY Morning AT THE OFFICE N PAXTON'S NEW. BUILDING, QUEEN STREET, PORT PERRY, C. W., i ins Notideg of the Political, So- And conta iceg of - Pol cals ial, snd Moral 'questions ¥ % ltural and Gommerelal extracts ; tome of the General and Local News of the week, together with carefully selected Miscellany ? Terms. --$1.50 a year; but $1 1f paid in advance, * TERMS OF ADVERTISING. Ten lines and under--3 insertions. ... $1 00 Above ten lines, 1st Juggs tion per line. ..08 Each subsequent Insertion... eevee .02 IF" Professional and business Cards, six limes and under, $5 per annum, §3 for six months. 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ONTARIO BOTEL . BROCK 8S7T., WHITBY. ©. DAWES, Proprietor. THE RAILROAD HOUSE! PORT PHRRY. N.SINCLAIR, - - - PROPRIETOR. HE Subscriber begs to state that having r the above the travelling public will find i " most ¢ fortablo home. > 2 1o.b8a Stabling, attentive Ostlers, and the best of accommodation are always at Who service hogs customers. = <p } e is kept constantly supplied with Liquors of the choicest ay Be 4 Parties wishing to enjoy a day or two of Fishing or hunting on Lake Bek) can always be accommodated with good boats and Fishing Tackle. N, SINOLAIR. Port Perry, August 8, 1866. 1-tf, Royal Canadian Hotel, 'PORT PERRY, C. W. J. J. SHAW - - - PROPRIETOR. Fishing or shooting parties for Lake | Scagog will find at this: house good boats, guns, and tatkle. J A new and commodious Hall has lately been built in connection with this House, 22 x 80 feet, called Port Perry Hall, and is open for Political Meetings, Balls, Cou- certs, or Shows. The Bar has been refitted, and is well sup- plied with choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Good Stabling and Altentive Ostlers. Port Perry, August. 8, 1866. 1-tf THE ROBSON HOUSE! (LATE SCRIPTURE'S HOTEL) DUNDAS.STREET WHITBY, C. W, GEORGE ROBSON - - - Proprietor. Tue subscriber begs to announce that he has leased the building formerly known as Scripture's Hotel, for a term of years, and that he has now renovated and re-furnished the building throughout. The = Town, : v The Railway Omnibus calls at the Hotel, and the Stages for Uxbridge and Beaverton leave the door every morning. 53 Careful ostlers always.in attendance, GEO. ROBSO August 10, 1866. DR. JONES, ASSOCIATE CORONER 1-tf, ji i ii Absa = HAM PERRY, Registrar. o Brock St. ~ on Y OHN SHEIR, Engineer. Office, at the Court House. 1 AS. HOLDEN, Official Assignee. Office J in McMillan's Block, Brock St. 1 ¥ J. MACDOXELL, Clerk of the Peace 1 and County Solicitor, 1 V. HAM, Deputy Clerk of the Crown eo and Pleas; Clerk of County Court and Registrar of the Surrogate Court. Office at the Court House. 1 OCHRANE & COCHRANE, Barristers, Attornies, Conveyancers.and Notaries, Public, kc. Office over Mr. Bigelow's store, Port Perry. 8S. H. CocHRANE, «Co. Crown Atty. W. M. CoCcHRANE, Port Perry. HAMER GREENWOOD, Attorney-at- e Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Pablic, Conveyancer, &c., Whitby. Rooms ¥t to the Registry office, Brock st 1 Sd mes J. WILSON, Barrister, Attorney-at- e Law, Solicitor in Chancery, &c.-- Office next to Registry office, Brock street, Whitby. 1 LBERT SPRING, LICENSED AUCTIONEER A for the Townships of Reach, Brock, Uxbridge and Scott. Orders taken atgthis office, and days of sal¢ appointed. BURNHAM, Clerk of #hird Division Court, County of Ontario. Orpice--Over J. Biglow's store, Port Perry. ROYAL CANADIAN BANK! PORT PERRY AGENCY. JOSEPH BIGELOW, 14f savisinAggent. MARRIAGE _ LICENSES ! : > ny AUTHORITY, Issued at Port Perry. OFFIC --At the Scugog Houdo. 1 HENRY CHARLES. Livery Stables. MACKENZIE. Proprietor. The pub- C. lic supplied with first-class Horses . and carriages, at moderate rates. Port Perry, April 4th, 1867. 'MRS. W. H. MOORE, 34 OR THE COUNTY OR ONTARIO, \LBERT,. ¢ EATING HOUSE! Good Accommodations for Travellers, Stabling end attentive Ostlers. JAMES PARKIN, Proprietor. Manchester, Oct. 3rd, 866. 8l a Bricks & Drain Tiles IE subscriber wishes to acquaint the T Public with the fact that Le has now on hand a large quantity of Bricks and Drain Tiles, at his Yard, in Port Perry, And is prepared to increase his operations to meet the increasing demand. The subseriber is also prepared to take of Bricks in houses, &c. JAMES GOOD. Port Perry, Aug. 7, 1866, 3 NOT OFF THE TRACK! BUT RUNNING AT THE RATE OF $2 a doz. for Photographs, AND 25¢. Each for Lettergraphs ! : --ALSO--- WATCHES and CLOCKS, AND Jewelry and Accorgeons 3" Repaired at J. A. CLARK'S Photograph Car, Brock St., Uxbridge. hal XPridge, Oct. 20, 1866. 14-tf PROCLAMATION To Al Whom it May Concern !! NOW ALL MEN by these Presents : That it having come to the knowledge of the undersigned that thére re certain individuals resident in and about Port Perry who contemplate erecting Dwellings, &c., in the aforesaid Town of Port Pergy, Now Tms 18 Tuererore To Nomir¥ the aforesaid residents of Port Perry, and its vicinity that 1 am pre| to Build, Erect, and Coipletogga a substantial and satisfac- tory manner, Wg such BUILDINGS, whether of Wood, Brick or Stone. AND WHEREAS having leased the Sash and Door Factory, I am prepared to furnish Sask, Doors, Mouldings, Scroll- Sawing, Face-Planing and Flooring on the | REASONABLE RATES. © i TEST NOTICE AND AT Mi 1lin maker,| Given under my hand at Port Perry, in Midmer and Re ak 2 the Townshiy of Reach, and County Ji. Tr) BR Ae Shere and on the shortest noti : ' (Sigaed) GEO. ROBINSON. £3 Residence first house North of Mr. Gamble's store. 'Notz--d few Thousand Feet of Seasoned Flooring for sale. 3 ' BROCK HOUSE! BROCK. HE Subscriber, in returning to the busi- ness formerly carried on by him, solicits 'ting a Note drawn by Wm. a call from his old customers and the pub- lic generally. Liquors;-~Come & Try Them. 'Other accomodations equal, with goo Stabling and an attentive Ostler. E PUBLIC are hereby forbid negotia- Wallace, | Sept. 15th,'1865, in favor of Truman Wilson, {by whom the same is endorsed, for the sum of Eleven Dollars, with interest at ten per cent, and payable 12 months after date, d a8 payment of the same has been stopped. Brock, Peb. 5, 1867. 26-1y JAMES THOMPSON. DONALD STALKER. Brock, April 3rd 1867. I are p Y ) OPP the Post Office, and in the centre of the |, does not perceive you, then bring it here, and open my door. my door is opened, I. will give you | horse. him warmly, and went his way, 14-34 SELECT READING. PORT PERRY them. The two servants of still devising to destro him. The Strength of Gratitude. AN: ITALIAN 'FABLE. In the isle of Sicily there was for- merly a king named Philip, who had an only son named Guzmin. The king took great pleasurein the chase, and one day while hunting with his lords captured » wild mun of great strength aud size, and 80 hairy and Took upou. ~ He Lud him bound, and led to nis pnlace, where ha shut him up in a safe and convenient place, and commanded that he should be kept a close prisoner. He gave the queen. the key of his prison, and '|every day, as a kind of passtime, went himself to visit it. One day when the king had gone out with a noble company to the chase, after having given the queen a special charge concerning the key, it came into the head: of the 'boy | Guzmin to visit the wild man. 8, with a bow and arrow in histand, ho went. all along to the bars 'of his cage. After looking at him awhile, he began to talk with him. And as they talked, the wild man took the arrow from the childs 'hand. It was beautifully ornamented; and the child began to cry for it and complain, demanding it back again. my prison door; and I will return it to you; otherwise I will not." can I open your prison and d-liver you when I have not the means?' 'If you wil] consent to deliver me,' answered the wild man, ' I will tell you bow you may do it." 'Tow ' asked Guzmin, ' Watch low, and rob her of her key wheri she . | your arrow ; and I shall remember and reward you hereafter and else. where! - Guzmin, who thought only of his{ arrow, went at once 'to' his 'mother | on, a upeh 'your door you i here that you f, forif nu 0 80 far. 11¢ d e i d 1 in delivered hita, He then thuk: 4 As soon as the queen had waked, | ( She demanded of from her without her knowledge. out delay, livered him, and that she had sent changed to grief, and ordering his soldiers to mount their horses and ac- company him, he made a great search throughall the country to find his son, mourning him far more than the loss of the savage. But he sought in vain, for Guzmin and his servants had ridden a long way off, over mountains, and valleys, and rivers, dwelling now in one place; cow in another, until he was sixteen years old, and was as beautiful as tl e rose of the morning. It so happened that a fiendish purpose then took possess ion of his servants. It was to put him to death, and divide between them his gold and jewels. But their purposes was in vain, for God order- ed that they should not agree togeth- with a handsome young man mount- ed upon orse richly caparisor ed, who Guzmin most gra- ciously, id to him; ¢I€ it is your pleasu?®, I will join you on your travel." ; 'Guzmin accepted. the offer most gladly, and with many thanks, and they went on their way. This young man was the sayage whom. Guzmin had delivered. 1li favored ashe was, he had a kiid heart, and was ready to do good to every one. lle had performed some little service fora fairy, who recog- nizing his kindness, rewarded him by making him the handsomest and. wisest young man then living, and also sharing with .him her power. She gave him 'also a fairy horse to bear him wherever he wished to go. Guzmin rode with this young man without 'knowing lim (though he knew Guzmin well), till they arrived at a great city where lived King Geol- frey, who had two daughters of won- drous beauty aud grace. The one named Potentia, the other Eleutheria, they were so much loved by the NOTE LOST. y iw that he could not live without them. Now 'in the country over which King Geoffry ruled, there were two cruel and frightful horses, who killed all the other animals and sometimes even men, a terror to the whole peo- ple. And there was no one so strong and courageous that he dared attack my horse, which is a fairy, and trous| The wild man answered : " Open | ble yourself no further.' ; 3 Giuzmin returned to the king and |' told him all he had been bidden. The Then the child said to bim : ¢ How | Kiug sent him a good farrier, whom he commanded to do all that Guzmm: should require. bade him make the horseshoes: ubuve, the farrier refused, and mocked Guzmin, and treated him as a' fool! Guzmin - complained to the 'kings The king, therefore, ordered the: far= when your mother is | rier,under pain of his severe displea-| sleep at noon ; look under her pil- | sure, to do whatever Guzmin bs oe mense h w : ; As soon as or ny shoes with long ' ertmps said to Guzmin:--¢ Mount at an' edi hour, and ride until you hear nd fidding her asleep, stole her ke: i : pt and entridd ito. rim fe py fo Then dismount, rid your horse of hil ing to him: * If saddle and bridle, and let Climb a high tree, and wat: spe of your undertaking? 4 a he missed the key, and was' greatly | holding him so young and handsome MANCHESTER. astonished. She flew to the prison, |t 0 and found the door open. and thet prisoner - gone. Msits at all hours of the day. Good|eve:y one who had taken the key |}. arrived at the place where were the savage amimals, and had heard When Guzmin saw his mother's | one of them neigh, he did as he had distress, he told her all he had done. | been bidden. But her distress was thereby increased | cended into the tree, than the savage since she feared that the king, in his| horse attacked the fairy animal he first anger on his return from the| had ridden, and there began a dread- chase, would kill the boy; so, with-| [ul battle, like that of two fierce she called two of her faith- | jions. ful servants, and giving them gold | fury like wild bours chased b and silver and fleet horses, put her | Finally the fairy horse gave the oth- son in their charge, bidding them | er (wo fearful blows in the mouth flee with him. No sooner were they | with his feet, breaking his jaw and gone "than the king arrived, and | rendering him unable to fight. Guz- Contracts for the furnishing and laying up | went straight to the prison to see the| min now descended from the tree, savage ; finding him goue, he was in| and putting on him a halter he had a great rage. But when the queen| Lrought with him, led him away to told. him it was Guzmin who had de fhe city, and presented him to the him away for fear of him, his anger| a feast of triumph, to which he invi- er. At this very time they fell in|which moved its wings but could of his th, and warlike youth, and that he had frequently boasted that he could kill himself. When the king had heard these things, he sent for him to" tome be- him for his whole Sait Joti kill f 'mals then devastating his kingdom] but Guzmin wished not to io a lask so difficult and dan 3 ened him with refuse. : "ol - Guzmin therefore left the [resence anguish of mind, seeing which, his' unknown friend demanded the cause Cuzmin told him, th him; ¢ I will show you how joi may and please the king in his dv sire. shall send your good farrier, and' Jet him make you four horseshoes, very: large, larger than other horseshoes by two fingers, with two eramp-hooks a finger long, behind. Put them on But when Guzmin that it should reach the ears of the king, that their master wasa valiant the terrible horses without hurt t0{ cass fore him, and promised him a gift! ill-fuvored 'that lie was a sight to which would satisfy hit one.of the ani. When the king saw this, 'he 'threat death if Le should dare} of the king in much perplexity and The unknown friend then sid to ¥ be victorious over the terrible liorse, 3 turn to him, and tell him that he mes, know that zmin, "shall T éver e many favors I am you! But he fail? Apr 4 have been with you, and yet Edo not know me, Iam the say- Whom you delivered from your 8 prison ;and my name is Rob- ~ You delivered me from death [and I have sought to repay you.' He then toldshim the fairy's kind- B how she bad changed him to a iisome youth, and shared with him) g Rover, at high 8uzmin was 1p ed and delighted. . (Ele time came for Guzmin (o ap- ea bet the king, ard his com- went with him. The king nded that Ms two daughters be brought before Guzmin. Bey appeared, covered with *beauti- wt ite veils, so that no one conld 16 recogdized the one fiom the Hier by their appearance, Fhen the king said to Guzmin:-- Which is she whom Iam to give to n marriage 7' Zmin was silent, not kuowing The king pressed him : , Ul Guzmin said;-- ¥e time which you gave ine has Xpired. His words were confirmed by the ppany. While the king and all 8 others were wailing, there came The farrier then made the four i put them on the fairy Then the unknown young pid eighing of one of the terrible ani= ols you are going 10 encoun him' io aol [O} hem to the king; and when Guzmin |, rode out in the early morning, bol men and women were watching at he windows to see him, And be- hey pitied him, and said, ¢ Alus! hat ke should rush on to death ! But he went Ulithely ; and when No sooner had he as- Both horses foamed in their dogs. ing. The king was glad, and made ted the whole city. The feast gpd triumph over, he de- mauded that?Guzmin shenld capture the other savage beast and bring him in his presence. His companion or- dered him to do as before. The fairy horse fought again' and so val- inntly that the other received a blow that lamed him in one of his legs. Guzmin then bound and led him to the king, as he had his fellow ; and thus the countryfwas delivered from a heavy cuise. When Guznin was returned fo his lodgings and laid him down to*sleep, he was disturbed by a great noise in a vessel of honey. He arose, and open- ing the vessel, perceived a wasp, not lift itself from the honey. Pity- ing the miserable little inscct, he set it at liberty. It was the next day that King Geoffrey sent for him, and when he liad uppeared bef>re him, 'said :--¢ It is by your means that my kingdom has been delivered from a terror and a curse, for which I wish to reward you ; and as I have no other gift suited to your merit, I* have deter mined to give you one of my. daugh- ters in marriage. Dut yon must un derstand, that I have two, One of whom, named Potentia, has hair like fine gold ; the other, Eleuthena, has hair like fine silver ; and now if you can divine which is she who has the tresses of gold I will give her to you ia marriage ; otherwise you. shall lose your head.' ¢ 1s this the reward of my labors ?' exclaimed Guzmin. ¢]s this the great benefit you promised tv render me for delivering your. kingdom ? Alas! I have merited better from you. But let it be at your discretion ty. give you till to-morrow to matter.' | told him all that the king had said. olde Juptilshe had driven it away three --¢ Sire, this is your daughter who has the golden hair. Do with me as ii pleases your majes- 3 ¢ Leave me,' said the king. "3 will study. the Guzmin found kis companion, and ¢ Be not troubled," was his answer ¢ for I will deliver you from the dan- ou remember the Ihe wasp, and buzzing, flew round ace of Potentia, she who had the den hair. Annoyed by the. little ure, she drove it away ; bat not fies, did it final y leave her. Sull' Guzmin was somewhat in bt, hardly daring to trust to so pall a, circumstance for his guid- hut he confided in his only ful companion. 'king now addressed him:-- at do you say, Guzmin? We + ey. and set 'at liberty. 'Tt re yout safety, for it will go the OW aftet"thie banquet' to the |i J e times. dround 0 has 'the golden drive it away with ." When you have s 10 be your wife.' visions le had brought with hii, and sat down to wait. [# 1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVACE: [WHOLE No. 41 of e brave grenadier wus aston ten miley from where he was staying, and would give them an opportunity the French which was then on foot. They hoped to surprise this post, and were moving so rapidly upon it that mallest goodness | they were not more than two hours * 1 So distang froin sie Plage where he was , Guzmin." suid he other. | 8"YIE, iid which ere is no need that yon reward to pass on their line of march, It 'what I have done for you, So matters uot how he heard the news. they wouid have Lt is suflicient'to say that he deter-- mined at once to act upon it. IIc had no idea of being captured by the enemy in their advance, and lie at once set off for the pass. Ile kuew that the pass was defended by a stout tower, and a garrison of thirty men, and he hoped to be able to warn the of their danger. ae hggtened on, andarriving there Tolind the tower in a perfect condi- tion. It had just been vacated by the garrison, who had heard of the approach of the Austrians; and had been seized with a panic thereat, and fled, leaving their arms, consisting of thirty excel'ent wuskets. La Tour, d'Avergue gnashed his teeth with rage' as le discovered this. Searching in the building he found several boxes of ammunition which the cowards had not destroyed. For a moment he was in despair, but thon with a grim swile he begun to fasten the maia door, and pile against | it such articles us he cou'd find. When he had done this he loaded all the guns he could find, and placed them, together with a good supply of ammunition, under the loop-loles that commanded the road by which the enemy must advance, Then he ate heartily of the pro He had ab- solutely formed the heroic potion to defend the tower aloue against the enemy. There were some things in his fa- lir vor in such an undertaking, pass was steep and narrow, and the encmy's troops would be fully cx- posed to the fire from the Tower, -- The original garrison of thirty men 1 an end to this.' edd or rd goin Mion tie Redd of "He beenpointed out by the wasp, saying. «Her veil was then removed, and they saw that it wus indeed she. King Geofirey, in the presence of all the people, and to their great sat isfaction, gave her'to him in marri- age; aud to his faithful and grateful friend Robinet, was given her sister, the maiden with the silver hair, Gazmin was made known to King Geoffrey that he was the son of the King of Sicily, at which he was greatly pleased, and ordered that his nuptials be celebrated with all possi- ble magnificence and triumph, - He also sent tidings to the king and neen of Sicily of ihe marrage of dei son with his ow house, adding great praises of the courage and ex- cellence of the young Prince, No words can express the gladness of his parents that he was at last found by them, aud that lie had proved him- self worthy of their love, and the long anxiety they. bad suffered on his account. The First Grenadier of France. For many a year, there was a touching and beautiful custom to be witnessed in a certain regiment of French Grenadiers, and which was meant to commemorate the heroism of w departed comrade. Wiien the parties assembled for parade and the roll was called, there was one to which its owner could not answer--it was that of La Tour d'Avergne. When it was called, the oldest sergeant present stepped forward, and raising his hand to his cap, said prgudly 3 Died on the field of honor I For fourteen years this custom was continned and only ceased when the restored Bourbons, to please their foreign masters, forbade every- thing that was calculated to pre serve the spirits of the soldiers of France. La Tour d'Avergne was not nn- worthy in life the honor thus paid him after his death. lie was edu- cated for the army, entered itin 1767 and in 1781 served under the Duke de Crillon, at the scige of Port Mahon, Te served always with dis- tinction, but constantly refused of- fers of promotion, sayirg that he was only fit for the command of a compairy of Grenadiers ; but finally, the various Grenadier companies be- ing united, he found himself in com- mand of a body cf eight thousand fen, while retainingionly the rank of captain. Hence he was known as the First Grenadier of France. | But it is of one particular exploit of his that we wish to write more [than his carcer in general. ~ When he fvas ovér forty years of lage, he went on a visit to- a friend, not far from a scction that was soon to become the scene of a busy cam- ergne sel , TC, BO The Bropie] had to wait some time for tl:e enemy. | but expressive scene at roll call in They were longer in coming than he | his regiment was commenced and had expected, and for a.while he was | continued by the express command tempted to believe that they had] of the emperor. could cusily hold it against a divi- |, nt, or er, and 1 abandoned the expedition. About midnight, however, his practiced ear caught the tramp of fect. Every moment the sound came nearer, and at last he heard them cu- he Nad Burge of their presence and intentions, quick commands of the officers, and pass. disturbed. der, feeling assured that the garrison and was prepared to receive him saw that he could not smprise the post, as hie had hoped to do, a deemed it prudent to'wait until daylight be- fore making the attack. At sun ris¢ he summoned the gar- rison to surrender. A grenadier answered the summons. * Say to your commander, said Le in reply to the messenger, "that the garvison will defend this post to the last extremity The officer who had borne the flag of truce retired, and in ten min utes a | i:ce of artillery was brought into the pass and opended on the tower. But to effect this the picee had to be placed directly in front of the tower, and within easy range of it. They had scarcely got the gun in position when a rapid fice was opened on it from the tower, aud continued with such marked cffect that the piece was withdrawn after the sccoud discharge, with a loss of five men. This was a bad beginning, so half an hour after the gun was withdrawn the Austrian Colonel ordered an as- sault. As the troops entered the defile, they were received with a rapid and accurate fire, so that when they had passed over half the ground they had to traverse, they had lost fifteen men, Disheartened by this they re- turned to the mouth of the defile. The fire from the tower had been rapid and accurate, but the Austrian commander had noticed this pecali- arity wut it--every shot seemed to come from the same place. For a while this perplexed him, but at last he came to the conclusion that there were a number of loop-holes close to- gether in the tower, so constructed as to command the ravine perfectly. At. sunset the last assault was made and repulsed, and at dark the Austrian under sent a d summons to the gariison. This time the answer was favor- able, The garrison offered to surren- allowed to march out with their terms were accepted. paign. While there he was busy in of the country, thinking it rut un- ger before you. wasp that you rescued from the ves likely that bis kuowledge might be able {o discharge them all, loaded niuskets, but had use,to him some day, and while re. learn that the war had been shifted to his quarter, and & regiment of Austrians was pushing on to occupy a narrow pass to prevent an important movement of have proved yourself the "bravest of * | the brave. had accomplished his end, whi , which was to liold the place twenty-four hours, in order to give the French army time to. complete its mancenvre After thit he knew the pass '®ould be of no consegnence to the enemy. When the démand for a s L urrender came to lim afer the assault, he con: sented to it othe conditions named. The nextday at<suntise the Aus: trian troops: lined the pads in two files, extending from its mouth to the tower, leaving a space between them for the garrison to pass out. The heavy door of the tower open- od slowly, and ina few minutes a bronzed and scafred grenadier, liter- ally loaded down with muskets, came out and passed down the line of troops, He walked with difficulty under bis'licavy Joady - To the surprise of the Austrians, ho vie followed him from the tower. In astonishment the Austbian colo nel rode up to him, and asked in French why the garrison did not come out, «3 am the garrison, colonel,' said the soldier, proudly. < What ! exclaimed the colonel: do you mean to say that you have held that tower against me?' 'TI have had that honor, colonel,' was the reply. : - "What possessed you to make tha! attempt, grenadier ' The "honor of France was at stake. The colonel gazed at him for a moment with ' undisguised . admira ion.--Then, raising his cap, said warmly : ' ¢ Grenadier, T salute you. You fired with amazing rapidity, but with surprising aceuracy, for it was well known in the ary that he never threw away a shot." Ho had deter- mined to stand go his post until he the Laloon descended it was evident a change had come over the scene. The rain had ceased, and the appear. ance of everything was of the dark- est hue ; whether it was an under stratum of dark clouds, could not be known. Suddenly a glimmer of light was scen for a moment. Theh, with anxious eyes cast downward to perceive any object, at last small squares, with darker margins, were clearly visible. These proved to le ficlds and hedges; and they appeared to vanish as quickly as objects pass- ed when in a mail train, A town, - afterwards proved to bo ApplaLy, was at last scen, and I heard tie sound of musical instruments. I then called out to know where I was, but the reply was unintelligible. they, however, saw it was a baloon. about two miles further on, the grap- vel caught in a large oak tree and lield fast. This afterwards proved to be Dagla Wood, Dufton, near Apple. by Westmoreland.» 1 then cal lustily, and sounds of persons" sing- ing and playing music were. heard, These proved to be four young men whom 1 heard at Appleby, where they had been to a ball. They wera natives of Dafton ; and as they ad- vanced nearer their native village my voice was heard. One of them more bold than the rest, was teat forward to sccif it were really a bo. gie, as they had beard of such things before, However, their fears were soon dispelled, when the replies to their questions were answered satis~ factorily:= They at once set to "work to pull the baloon out of the wood, and convey it to a field where it could be folded up. It was then three o'clock in the morning. Those young musicians afterwards playcd a tune to the village, and many were the heads out of the windows to inquire the reason for such an up- usual procee ling. When it became known that a baloon had come from ublin, hundreds came: as eatly as ous cary to be collected, and' sent all, with the grenadier, into the French i This | the whole affair. cars of Napoleon, he offered to pro- five'o'clock to see this curions baloon and many were the inquiries to know how a man could come from Dublin in sic a thing as that! I, however, - shall never forget their kindness. many were the breakfagts prepared for me, and 1 was positively pressed to cat two ; all wished me long life and prosperity at parting, and hoped if ever I came thut way to give them The oflicer caused all the arms which La Tour &' Avergne could not Ics, together with a note reiating When fhe knowledge came to the note La Tour d' Avergne, but the atter declined to accept the promo- a call. tering the defile Immediately he aerial voyage has proved one of the discharged a couple of muskets into | most during and successful on re- the darkness to let them know thaticord, Las sent to the Dublin papers ud he heard the shortlgount of the journey: -- from the sounds he supposed that|of my perilous aerial voyage from the troops were retiring from the | Dublin to Westmoreland. Until the morning Le was un-| oon ascended at 4.40, and took a The Austrian comman-| northerly direction had been informed of his movements, | cond ; but, from the velocity the ba-- der at sunrise the next morning, if arms and return Lo the army unmo- lested. After some hesitation tie ion, saying that he preferred to re- An Extraordinary Aerial Voyage. Mz. {Tolsman, the acronant, whose the following highly interesting ac-- '1 bug to give you the particulars The ba- to Clontarf, where it was my intention to des- loon was trayelling at, I perceived it was foolish to try. For half a minute I was over the maddy stand bytween Glontarf and Howth, where anothegattempt was made to land ; bat before the baloon descended 100 feet,it was driven Letween Howth and Ircland's Eye. It now became evident to me that landing in Ireland was out of the question, and that all arrangements must be made to be driven either to Wales or Lan- cashire. The first thing that struck me was to drop the grapnel to the full extent, 120 feet. This acted as a guide to the distance the baloon might be kept above the surface of the water, it being now dark ; ,and. by placing one hand ou the rope, the effect of the grapnel striking the water was distinctly felt. With an open bag of ballast on my knee, every time the grapnel struck the water a couple of handsful of sand was thrown out, and to this plan alone 1 own my own preservation and suc- cess. The ballast taken was about 25 stone. lor three hours that plan was carried out, and then came on the most drenching and merciless rain 1 ever have felt. I could not see fifteen feet before me, and the noise of the rain on the baloun and the water was such as to _entirely unnerve. My hands became numb, and I was drenched to the skin, now began to percéive my position moré acut:ly, though I determined I would not give up until all the ballast and moveables were gone, The rain was making the baloon heavier every moinent, and the bal last was thrown out more freely till about ten o'clock, when the fatigue overcame me. I fell into a stupor for a few moments. By this time the baloon had descended to within six fect of the water, and instantly out went 281bs. of ballast. Tho ef- fect of this was that the baloon rose to an altitude of a mile, entirely through tke ruin clouds, and then the woon shone brilliantly, and in this of an hour. position it remained about a quarter The effect of the moon shining on the cloud beneath was If I have pressed upon your lggeribing this re- paca tog nch d A Valley of Death in Java. A destrnctive agency of carbonic acid gas on animal life is well excn- plified in certain places where large quanties arc evolved from the earth. The most striking instance, however. is the celebrated valley of Java, which if any animal enters, Le never leaves. The following inter- esting account is given by an eye- witness --- > * We took with us two dogs and some fowls to try experiments in this poisonous hollow. On arriving at the foot of the mountain, we dis- mounted and scrambled up thé side, about a quarter of a mile, holding on by the branches of the trees. When within a few yards of the val- ley, we experienced a stroug, nause- ous, suffocating smell, but on conning close to its edge this disagreeable odor left us. The valley appeared to be about half a mile in circamfler-- ence, oval, and the depth from thirty to thirty five feet; the bottom quite flat, no vegetation; strewed wth some very large (apparently) river stones and the whole covered with skeletons of human beings, tigers, pigs, peacocks, and all sorts of birds. We could not perceive any vapor or, any opening in the ground, which last appearcd to be of a herd, sandy, substance. It was now proposed by onc of the party to cuter tie valley, but at the spot where we were this was difficult, at least for me, as one false step would have brought us to eternity, secing no assistance 'could be given: With the sssistance of a bamboo we went down within 18 feet of the bottom. lere we did not cxperienze any difficulty in breathing, but an offensive, nauseous smell anuoyed ns. We now fastened a dog to the end of a bamboo, cigh- teen feet long and sent him in. We had cur watches in our hands, and in fourteen seconds he fell on "his back. [Ie did not move his limbs or look round, but continued to breathe 18 minutes, We then sent in an- other, or rather he got lopse and 1 walked in to where the. other dog was lying. Ie then stood quite still, sud in ten minutes fell on his mate, and never after moved his limbs; he continued to breathe seven minutes. We now tried a fowl, which died in a minute and a half. We threw in another which died be- fore touching the ground. During these experiments we experienced a heavy shower of rain; but were so interested in the awtul sight before us that we did not care for getting wet. On the opposite side, near large stone was the skeleton of a liu- {man being who must have perished on his back, with bis right hand under his head, From being ex- posed to weataer, the bones were bleached as white as ivory, but an such as any artist might be proud of. The shadow of the baloon was dis-| Lis skeleton.--IV. Ye tinctly to be scen travelling over the - rough and uneven Soule; giving the Meantime, La Tour ' Avergne had {ida of a baloon r passed an anxious day in the tower. | now became calm. No longer the | munching candy 'at a lecture, f yor. acquainting himself with the features | --He had opened the fight with thirty | hum of the ocean or the rain. All are annoying me very mn fat No ygt been | was still, but whether the sea still} I «int neither,' said the urchin, 'I'm He had raged "beneath was uwkuowid. Asignawing this 'ere candy' © attempt to ge it would have been madness. ------e a ¢ Look here, boy," said a nervous Everything | gentleman to an orchin 'who wae 3 was anxious 'to procarg -»