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The Bible.

Beaming through the depths of night,

Brighter than ten thousand gems,

Or the costliest diadems.

"Tis an Orb-—more radiant far

Than the fairest evening star;

Yes, the sun outshining even

When it rides midway in heaven!

"Tis a Fountain, pouring forth

Streams of life to gladden earth;

Whence eternal blessings flow,

Antidote to human woe.

"Tis an Ocean, vast and clear,

In which rays divine appear,

Bearing freight, the choicest store

Ever borne the wide earth o’er.

"Tis a mine, far deeper, too,

Than man mortal ever go;

Search we may for many years,

Still some new, rich gems appears.

Blessed Bible! Precious Word!

Boon most sacred from the Lord;

Glory to His name be given

For this best, rich gift of Heaven.

A place for the Bible.

In ancient times it was customary for a prophet, after writing a prophecy, to nail up the parchment on the temple- gate, that all the people might read it. De Quincy, we think, asserts that a thing is not necessarily published because it is printed. Next to having a good book circulated, it should be read. Once, in Scotland, a persecution drove the people to putting their Bible into corners. One family concealed it under a great foot- stool. It was a safe place, ever within reach, and was read. We fear that Christians now hide the Bible in corners where it is read with difficulty. We fear too many families keep the Word of God quite out of reach, and further off than the Scotchman's footstool.

There is, first, the HALF-CORNER. This is a nook on the most inconvenient shelf in the old bookcase. If you examine the spot carefully, you must dig down through various strata of papers, magazines, Sun- day school and hymn-books; then through a heavier ledge of such solid reading as Doddridge and Baxter have left us, ere you come to the good Book below them all, in the lowest stratum. In doing all this, you must be sure not to disarrange the shelf. The books must be left in the same conical pile which has stood for fif- ty years; and when you are through reading, the Bible must be put back in its old place in the corner, and the door closed, as if it wasn't opened except on Sundays. This is the rule of the house, and nobody introduces himself to this shelf-corner without regarding the house- wife's orderly ways and conical bookpile.

There is also the STAND-CORNER. This is not quite so inconvenient. If a des- perate sortie be made, a copy of the Scriptures can be recovered without any- thing more serious than overhauling a dozen papers, spilling trinkets from the work-basket, jogging the lamp, and over- turning the apples from the glass vase. Often a history of the Rebellion and the child[?]n's Christmas primers will have to be encountered. Whatever goes wrong, one must not suppose for an instant that the head of the family, who has burrowed for so many years into this corner, ever has any trouble; nor that the children can ever be afraid of a book which is seldom brought out except by upheavals of everybody's things.

We might allude also to the TRUNK- CORNER. While this is a safe place, the objection is that trunks are now so deep that, when a young man keeps his Bible in this corner, it rarely sees the daylight. It is so much easier, even on the Sab- bath, to reach a copy of Dickens or Shakespeare on the table than to stoop so far for a spiritual book.

From all this we may safely affirm that in most families the Word of God is too much "laid on the shelf" and put into corners. It is just as bad where the book, soft with velvet, has such heavy golden clasps that it is difficult to open. We remember the Bible has been many times locked to many; and, therefore, this superstition of gold clasps is half a lock to many; and is, there- fore, unopened, or, like a money-box, put away in a dark corner.

If pains were taken to keep the Word of God WITHIN REACH, our families would read it far more. Many a soldier during the war learned a new way of reading the Bible, because he could al- ways reach it, for he carried a copy against his heart! Abolish, then, the old corners. Start a fashion of leaving the Bible on the table, where anybody can take it up without attracting curiosity or undermining the house. Have it printed and bound for use. In type and ar- rangement give it as lovely a face as any book in the library. Not the great quarto which would crush little Mary, of six years, if she attempts to carry it to her father before prayers; nor the tuode- cimo, with type to blind the eyes and make every page look alike. We prefer a Bible with such a look inside that every verse seems to say, "What do I mean?" and every page at once, as you open it, "Do I look like Paul's words, or Christ's?"

Such a Bible, if not "laid away," will be read. Such a book, with text-marks and the owner's marginal notes, will at- tract the eye at once. Just give it table- room to get open; and it will have notice. It will become the family book. And we need only add that, when by-and-by the minister is called in after some one dies —a Christian, as they tell us—it will not be necessary for him to make special in- quiry for a Bible in the house, as is often the case, that he may find the most ap- propriate words for the introductory ser- vice of the funeral.—INDEPENDENT.

Samuel Fiske.

The following reminiscences of Rev. Samuel Fiske, popularly known as "Dunn Browne," are from an article in the last CONGREGATIONAL QUARTERLY.

Professor Tyler says of him:

"Entering Amherst College, in the autumn of 1844, as, I believe, the young- est, and, as I know, the smallest, and, as his classmates will all agree, the brightest and smartest of his class, he took at once high rank as a scholar. Perhaps his forte was in mathematics; but he excel- led also in the classics; and all the depart- ments. *

**I remember just where he sat, and just how he looked, when he was a Junior under my own instruction. In my mind's eye I see him now, curled up in the corner of his seat, scarcely occupying more room than a kitten, playful as a kitten, too, still the boy, and yet in promise the coming man of his class, his eye flashing with in- terest, his face beaming with intellectual life and joy, and his whole body vibrat- ing and throbbing in spontaneous sym- pathy with his active mind."

Many of his sallies are remembered, as well as his drawing food for mirth even from the Hebrew grammar. One re- collection must suffice. At an examina- tion of the class, by the professor in theology, being questioned upon some topic, he omitted one point, to which the professor called his attention. He re- membered, he said, that was treated, but had forgotten how. "Well, sir," said the professor, in his peculiar and genial way, "suppose you were on a western steamboat, and somebody should ask you about that point, how would it do for you to answer, that Professor — said something about it, but you did not real- ly know that?" "Ah," replied he, "nobody will catch me on a western steamboat without notes of Professor —'s lectures under my arm!" The imaginary scene was altogether too much for the gravity of the professor and the class.

In 1852, he returned to Amherst, where he spent the next three years as tutor.

"Still a mere freshman, in apparent age and size, and mistaken for such when he first came upon the college grounds, some of the fathers of the freshman-class were disposed to patronise the young man, and more fatherly sophomores undertook to give him good advice touching his duties to his superiors. He enjoyed the mistake too well to correct it; and his amusement was only equalled by their surprise when they discovered their error by finding him in the tutor's chair, and themselves sitting under his instruction. A- bout the same time a clergyman, laboring under the same mistake, asked him if he proposed to enter college. He replied that he had about made up his mind to take a shorter course into the ministry. The clergyman proceeded to argue the point, insisting on the superior value of a college education, when the tutor en- lightened him by saying, 'Perhaps you do not understand my reasons for not enter- ing college: it is because I have already been through, and know all about it by experience.'"

When the call came for three hundred thousand men, he entered the army as a private soldier, but was soon promoted to the rank of captain, and fell at the head of his command, on the second day of the battle of the Wilderness, and died after sixteen days of suffering. His last hours are thus described:

"When a surgical examination had re- moved the last ground of hope for his recovery, and a chill came over him, which he took for the last, he said, 'Now, death can't be far off;' but presently he added, 'heaven is a better country than this.' Then, turning to his brother, he inquired, 'Ass, do you think heaven comes right off, that is, immediately after death? Well; I shall be there and know all about it pretty soon.' Then followed messages of love to absent friends, tender words to those by his side, particular charges touching his 'darling' children, and thoughtful instructions about his affairs—-all as calm and tranquil as if he were in perfect health. The last night of his life, as his brother was sitting by his side, at midnight, he seemed to be awake and thinking. Presently, he said, "I have been running everything over in my mind, to see if I had left anything undone towards them;' meaning his wife and children. 'I can't think of anything I have left.' When assured that he had remembered everything, and had nothing to do but just to lay himself in Jesus' arms, and rest, he smiled as if well pleas- ed; and when asked, 'You can love and trust Him?' he said, 'Yes, I can, perfectly.' They repeated hymns to him, such as 'Jesus, lover of my soul,' and 'Rock of ages, cleft for me;' and he repeated them after them. His brother happening to pass between him and the light, he asked, 'Who is that?' 'Your brother Asa; you must not forget him.' Instantly carrying the significance of the words forward to that world whither he was so soon going, he said, 'heaven must be a very forgetful place if I do.' Sab- bath morning, the salutation, 'To-day I shall get my marching orders; well, I am ready.' His brother asked him how he had rested. 'Oh, beautifully!' he an- swered, 'just like a sleeping angel.' Then he smiled, and added, 'But I don't look much like one, do I?' Thus cheerfully did he obey his last orders—-thus natural- ly did he die, just as he lived—-just like himself; thus beautifully did he pass from the Sabbath on earth to the Sab- bath in heaven. And now he has fought his last fight, and conquered the last enemy."—PACIFIC.

Telegrams.

London, August 25TH.-—Treaty of peace signed yesterday.

Austria consented to cede Venetia to Italy.

President Johnson has resolved to abandon prosecuting the Fenians.

August 27TH.—-The King of Prussia in reply to the address of the Chamber of Deputies stated that while acknow- ledging the right of the Chamber con- cerning budget, yet should conflict be renewed, Government would repeat pre- vious course of action.

AUGUST 28TH.—The difficulties be- tween the United States and Mexico in- creasing.

Treaty of peace between Austria and Prussia stated to be ratified.

Rent (Great) reform demonstration at Birmingham.

AUGUST 29TH.—The Treaty alliance between Prussia, Oldenburg and Aus- tria.

Prussian Treaty is merely an amplifica- tion Treaty peace.

EUROPEAN SUMMARY.

The Atlantic cable has been complet- ed. The Queen has sent a congratulatory message to the President, to which the President has replied; and numerous messages have been exchanged between the two countries.

Cholera is spreading with rapidity in the east of London.

A monster Reform meeting has been held in Islington, and lesser meetings elsewhere in London, at which resolu- tions were passed denouncing the con- duct of Government. Tranquillity is restored.

The Secretary of the Interior in the American Cabinet has resigned. Gene- rals Grant and Sherman have been pro- moted.

The King of Italy has been warmly received at Padua, where he has fixed his headquarters.

Mr. Napier has declined the appoint- ment of Lord Justice of Appeal in Ire- land.

Tennessee has been restored to the right of representation in Congress.

Cholera is extending in New York.

Ministers have brought in a bill for continuing the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland.

Captain Tyler's report on the acceler- ation of the Anglo-Indian mails has been laid before Parliament. It recommends the abandonment of the Marseilles route for another by the port of Brindisi in Italy.

Warrants have been obtained by the American cousul for the seizure of seven ships in Liverpool alleged to belong to the Confederacy.

The approaching visit of the Ameri- can fleet is hailed with enthusiasm in St. Petersburg.

Martial law has been re-established in New Orleans.

The cattle plague has disappeared in Ireland.

America.

President Johnson has signed the bill re-admitting Tennessee, but sent a mes- sage to Congress stating that his signa- ture was not to be considered as admit- ting the right of Congress to pass laws preliminary to the admission of States, nor as committing himself to the state- ments made in the preamble. The Ra- dical members received portions of the message with derisive laughter.

The President had permitted the as- sembly of the Texan legislature.

The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives have reported that there is no probable cause to believe that Mr. Davis was privy to the assassination of President Lincoln. The committee recommend a further investigation and speedy trial.

From a later despatch, dated July 29, we quote the following items:—-

The passage of the bill revising the neutrality laws by the House of Repre- sentatives has created much excitement in Fenian circles, and it is believed that the measure was carried in consequence of the sympathy felt by the Radicals for the Fenians. The bill, though general in its applications, is regarded as having a particular bearing upon the Fenian move- ment. Previous to its passage prominent Fenians had been in frequent consulta- tion with several of the leading Radical members, and have been on the floor of the House watching the debate upon the bill. Colonel Roberts, the Head Con- gressmen, including Banks, of Mas- sachusetts. Journals sympathising with the Fenians interpret the new law so as to permit the sale of war vessels and material to the Fenians, and predict the resuscitation of the Brotherhood and the speedy development of hostile purposes.

The Senate passed—-24 to 19-—the bill admitting Nebraska into the Union as a State. Mr. Sumner, of Massachusetts, opposed the bill on the ground that the constitution of Nebraska limited the right of suffrage to white men.

Latest.

We have just received the following by telegram from Paris:—

"The French Cabinet has addressed a note to the Prussian government poin- ting out that the great changes in the political organisation of Germany render it necessary that the French frontier should be rectified by a cession of ter- ritory to France. The French Cabinet made, on August 8, a further communi- cation to the cabinet of Berlin, demand- ing the restoration of the French frontier as it existed in 1814."

The ‘Siecle’ of to-day, August 10, says:—-“France, in view of the consi- deration aggrandisement of Prussia, is said to have opened negotiations with the Berlin Cabinet relative to the Rhine frontier. Prussia has not yet thought fit to entertain the French propositions.”

The Anti-Slavery Society.

The thirty-third anniversary of the American Anti-Slavery Society was held on Tuesday, May 8th, in the Church of the Puritans. The chair was taken at 10 o'clock by Mr. Wendell Phillips, President of the Society. Theodore Tilton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. Stanton oc- cupied seats on the platform.

The proceedings were opened with pray- er by the Rev. George H. Hepworth, of Boston. Letters from Hon. Charles Sum- ner and Chief-Justice Chase, and others, were read.

Mr. Phillips read the following resolu- tions, having previously stated that they would form the subject of discussion at the meeting:

Resolved, That considering what the nation owes the negro, what it has pro- mised him, and remembering the lesson of the war, it is evident there is no course for us to tread, either safe, just, or honorable, except to guarantee to him at once every political right enjoyed by every citizen, in the same circumstances. Every other path is alike deathly and infamous.

Resolved, That the present condition of the negro is one of nominal freedom, but of suffering almost equal with that he en- dured under the yoke, of entire dependence on the white race for every privilege, and the recognition of every right—that no mere enactment of Congress can alter this, unless it makes him in every respect the absolute equal of the white man before the law.

Resolved, That the Southern States may see the history and future of policy they are initiating in the glass of Jamaica, and find that every attempt to cheat the eman- cipated negro out of substantial freedom incurs bankruptcy, wrecks property, and ends in blood.

Resolved, That the Rebellion has not ceased; it has only changed its weapons. Once it fought, now it intrigues; once it followed Lee in arms, now it follows President Johnson in guile and chicanery; once it had its headquarters in Richmond, now it encamps in the White House.

Resolved, That the President has be- trayed the loyal North: is bent on giving it over, bound hand foot, into the hands of its once conquered foe; that he should long ago have been impeached for gross usurpation in his manifest use of his high powers to aid Rebellion, and for the treasonable purpose of defeating the secure and peaceful settlement of the nation.

Resolved, That the cordial thanks of the nation, especially of the Abolitionists, are due to the clear-sighted and devoted cour- age of Congress for its check and rebuke to treason by passing the Civil Rights bill over the veto of the Southern leader. [Applause.]

Resolved That we demand of Congress, as clearly within its constitutional author- ity, to secure, by appropriate legislation, his political rights, especially the right of suffrage, to every citizen of the United States (applause); to assert as a principle of national law definitely settled by the defeat of the Rebellion in the field, that no State is REPUBLICAN in a constitutional and national sense which makes any dis- tinction in civil or political rights among its citizens on account of race or descent; and thirdly to call on the loyal citizens of the late rebellious States to assemble, by delegates in Convention in such State, and form for it a State Constitution and State measures to regain its place in Congress by choice of senators and representatives: but that the basis of final settlement should be universal suffrage and universal amnes- ty. (Applause.)

Resolved, That once a compromise of great principles for immediate ends might have had some plausible defense; but, to-day, and in this crisis, whoever pur- poses to settle any national issue on any basis but that of absolute justice mistakes his time—has failed to learn the lesson of the War—postpones justice, weakens liberty, jeopards nationality, and is a worse traitor, because a more dangerous one, than any armed Rebel has been for the last four years. Better defeat on a true basis than success on a compromise of rights. (Ap- plause.) Better that the Rebels should take possession of the Government in 1868 than thwart the course of events and surrender the fruits of victory by agreeing to any compromise which accepts peace on terms unjust to any race, interest, or section. [Applause.]

Resolved, That when Representatives and Senators forgot the last four years, and imitated the truckling politicians of our disgraceful eras, by admitting the white aristocracy of Colorado as a Republican State into this Union—they stultified themselves, betrayed the North, and every the Traitor of the White House and the Rebels of the South an unanswerable ar- gument against all their hollow zeal for justice and freedom. [Great applause.] NEW YORK OBSERVER

Bangkok Recorder.

Great Events.

By our last European mails—-the one by the “Seewoon” the other by the “Chow Phya” we have it fully confirmed that two great events have recently occurred in the Western world well worthy of signalizing any year, even this which has long been anticipated and accounted by Biblical scholars as the greatest, in some res- pects, of all the years that have come and gone since the commencement of the christian era. We allude to the successful working of the Atlantic Telegraph line, and the new division of political power in Europe.

The successful working of the At- lantic Telegraph, we are persuaded, is an event which has wrapped up in it oceans of future good and glory to our world, and will be opened for her use with great rapidity by Him who is the Wisdom the Counsellor the Mighty God over all. Already has it narrowed the Atlantic ocean to a small river so that persons can converse to- gether from shore to shore. Already Europe and America are saluting each other daily by the hearty good morning; and are hourly talking together on the great topics of Church and State. The great transactions of the two con- tinents are now being hourly brought with lightning rapidity to each others doors, and the business men on either continent have only to step to their doors at any time to hear of all the great and leading events that are transpiring on either hemisphere. And this magnificent work is going to give birth to a multitude of other Atlantic Telegraphs in rapid succession, until messages between the Eastern and Western worlds will be carried by lightning in continual floods.

And with regard to the new divi- sion of power in Europe, it appears to us that sublime strides have been made towards popular rule and per- fection in human government—That absolutism in Europe has received its death warrant—-That Popery is now entirely girdled and must soon die— That Rome is shut up in liberated Italy and cannot long hold out against the tide of Italian progress by which she is becoming more and more cir- cumscribed in her civil and religious despotism—-That France ceases to be a dictator to the European nations—- That Austria, having been thoroughly humbled can no longer cramp Italy nor have a word to say in the rule of any of the German States—-That Prus- sia, while in the pride of her heart, she thought to enlarge her borders and establish an absolute monarchy has been made by the “King of kings” to work wondrous good by consolida- ting Germany and constituting her essentially a limited monarchy in which she herself can have only her due proportion of power, but united with her sister states will become the bulwark of Europe, contrasted with which even France cannot hope to be first.-—That in France the principles of popular government have received a great impetus by the steps which Napoleon III took to enlarge his em- pire and establish his absolutism-—And that finally England, comparatively free from absolutism as she has long been, feels stimulated by what she has witnessed in the U. S. and by what she is seeing on the continent of Eu- rope to renewed courage and effort in seeking still more advancement in the principles of liberty and popular gov- ernment, and will never be quiet until aristocracy has been thoroughly era- dicated.

The Sandwich Islands.

Having recently received a very in- teresting book titled The Hawaiian Islands by Rev. R. Anderson D. D. senior secretary of the A. B. C. F. M. we propose to write a series of articles for the Recorder based on the inform- ation this book gives concerning those Islands. Our main object is to show what the gospel has done for that once most benighted, degraded, and barbarous people, and what it is wait- ing to do for the Siamese whom we may regard as standing on the thresh- hold of civilisation.

The Hawaiian Islands have general- ly been denominated The Sandwich Islands, a name given to them by Capt Ja. Cook who was the first Eu- ropean to discover them in 1778. But this name is not recognized in the constitution and laws of the Islands. They are known by the people and the Laws only as The Hawaiian Is- lands, the largest isle of the group giv- ing name to the ten. Their respective names are Hawaii, Maui, Mo-lo-kini, Ka-hu-la-we, La-nai, Mo-lo-kai, Kau- ai, Ni-i-hau, and Kau-la. They are situated about midway in the Pacific Ocean between Panama and Canton, and very nearly in a strait line from the two places—-their direction from Panama being about West one point North. The group are nearly all in a line stretching N. E. & S. E.—-Ha- waii being the most southerly. They lie between 18°50' and 22°20' North latitude; and 154°53' and 160°15' west longitude from Greenwich. Their distance from Canton is 4800, from Japan 3400, and from Sidney in Aus- tralia but little more than from Can- ton.

Rev. William Ellis, an English Missionary, in his narrative of a Tour through the island of Hawaii in 1823 thus states the comparative sizes of the group.

Kaula Molokini } little more than barren rocks.

The order in which the islands are named in the above table, is the same in which they are situated in a line stretching from the S. E. to the N. E. excepting the island Kanai which lies due west from Hawaii. There is every evidence that the whole group had a volcanic origin. On the island of Hawaii there is now a grand volcanic crater, which occasion- ally sends out floods of melted lava. The islands were thrown up from the abyss of the Pacific so many ages since as that a good depth of soil is found generally on each of them, ex- cepting Kaula and Molokini. Forests abound in the mountains. The valleys are excellent for the growth of sugar cane, which was found to be indigi- nous, growing very large without under cultivation. It has since been brought under cultivation with the best results. A root, called by the islanders taro, which is the arum esculentum a- bounds on the islands, and has from time immemorial been the staff of life to the natives, until latterly they have learn- ed to rely as much, if not more, upon other food. They also have a kind of sweet potatoe which grows very large, and would appear to be about as rich in saccharine matter as the white sweet potatoe of Siam. Bread-fruit, cocoanut, banana, Ohilo (a berry, Ohia a juicy red apple) arrowroot, strawberry, and raspberry are the principal indigenous fruits of the islands. Oranges, limes, citrons, grapes, pine apples, pa paw ap- ples, cucumbers, and watermellons had been introduced as early as 1823. Beans, onions, pumpkins, and cab- bages, seem to have been added to the vegetables since.

At the time of the discovery of the Islands there were only three kinds of quadrupeds to be found on them—viz., a species of hog, a small lizard, and an animal a little larger than a mouse. The hogs, being wild, were sometimes ferocious; but with this exception and a small centipede, there was nothing among animals “to hurt or destroy on the islands. Goats, sheep, horses, and cattle were brought there from California, and the latter were abun- dant as early as 1823. Sheep thrive well on the mountain sides but not on the plains as it is there are too warm.

There are but few land birds, among which are enumerated a kind of owl, a purple paraquet, red, yellow, and green woodpeckers, wild geese, and ducks. The feathers of the woodpecker were in great repute for decorating the helmets and cloaks of the chiefs.

The climate of the islands is excel- lent. “Much of the weather at all seasons is delightful; the sky cloud- less, the atmosphere clear and bracing. Nothing can exceed the brilliancy of the moonlight nights.” Thunder storms are of the most agreeable kind, very rarely heavy, or at all fearful. And hurricanes are unknown. “The general temperature of the islands ap- proaches near the point regarded by physiologists as most conducive to health and longevity.”

The following Meteorological table kept by the American Missionaries gives much information in regard to the climate. The thermometrical ob- servations were noted at 8 A. M. 3 P. M. and 8 P. M.

The population of the group was estimated by CAPT. COOK at the time of their discovery at 400,000 but this is regarded by the Missionaries as be- ing too large. The latter estimated the population at the time of their ar- rival in 1820 to be about 150,000-—a little more then half of which belong- ed to Hawaii. But they found much evidence that the population had once been much greater.

Kamchamoha was the most power- ful chief among many who ruled the islands. His rule was limited to Hawaii and did not even embrace the whole of it. His power gradually ex- tended until he had the undisputed possession of all the islands several years afterwards.

The inhabitants of the islands are supposed to have had their origin from the Malay tribes, as their features and complexion are the same and many of their words very similar.

Judging from the genealogy which their chiefs have kept it would seem that they have been a people under rulers more than 70 reigns.

The Murder Case.

Judge Koon Klang has replied to our report of the murder of a priest at Wat Sangkachai, and we have just published his letter in our last issue of the Siamese Recorder. He admits that the murder did indeed occur at the place and time reported, but de- nies that he ever received any bribe for the liberation of the prisoners, and affirms that they have not been liberat- ed, but are still held as prisoners, awaiting a more thorough trial of the case. The Judge unwittingly reveals a great weakness in the Siamese Judi- ciary, by saying that the trial of the case has been thus long deferred be- cause many persons who should appear as witnesses have fled from their homes beyond call of the court in fear of the vindictiveness of the powerful friends of the prisoners in case they should be required to give their testimony. In our Siamese paper we have taken notice of this imbecility of the Judi- ciary system, and have expressed our fears that it but too plainly shows that the courts of Siam are so loose in their parts as to incapacitate them for trust- worthy service, like a watch rattling about in its case-—pins out-—balance wheel unsteady—-and consequently stopping, and then going most unfaith- fully to the great annoyance of its possessor.

As the Judge does not deny that money was paid to somebody by the friends of the prisoners, and thinking that he might perhaps hope to clear himself of guilt in the matter by say- ing that he did not receive the money or that it was not received as a bribe, we took occasion to say in reply to him that any money received either by the Judge or his assistants from the friends of either party while the suit was ponding, would by all right- eous laws be accounted a bribe, and would be condemned as an outrage of Justice, and render the recipient of such money liable to severe punish- ment.

That letter of the Judge also brings out into clear light the terrible power this people, especially the more infla- ential, have to silence faithful witness- ing in their courts of judicature. To give in faithful testimony in these courts often proves to be the opening of flood-gates of apprehension and sorrow upon the persons, families and relatives of the witnessess; and it is so dreadful in the anticipation as to lead those liable to be suspensed to flee their homes and hide as it were in the wilderness or "in dens and caves of the earth" from an approach- ing trial like the one we are contem- plating. There seems to be no pow- er in the government to controal or check this power of reeking person- al vengeance on men, especially those who witness against wrong doing. The fear of it runs through all grades of society from the highest to the low- est, so that it is next to impossible to get even an hired man or woman to testify of any wrong action in a fellow servant however truthful the testimony rendered might be, or however much needed.

We understand that the govern- ment has been waked up by car re- port of that case of murder, and that the prospect is, that something thorough will be done in regard to it. There does not seem to be any reason to doubt that the prisoners were about the same as liberated, and that the people in the neighborhood had much reason to think that the trial of the murderers was to be dropped, and thus Robbery and Murder be left to run rampant and wild among them.

The late Eclipse.

The natives had been anticipating much fun on the evening of the 21st inst. as they had been informed that the moon would on that eve. at 7 49 o'clock, be totally eclipsed, and would be visible at Bangkok, provi- ded of course that the clouds should be propitious. This event, always to them exciting, they knew was to occur in the wettest of the wet season, and the past week had shown a remar- kable predilection for the evening time as being the best for pouring down rain. But the evening previous being an exception, with the moon shining in great glory, the people calculated that that gracious dispensation would almost of course be continued into an- other night. Hence many of the would-be-learned young men, we fan- cy, had learned by calculations (from the Bangkok Calendar of course) the time of the first contact of the penum- bra—-the middle—-and the last of the contact. And many of them who by the flourishing of commerce these lat- ter years have become affluent, at least enough so to own and carry a watch with much show of gold chains, key, and seals, had no doubt anticipated the hour, and set their time pieces by the semi-monthly calendar we publish in the Siamese Recorder; and not a few, we presume, had determined to turn the eclipse into an occasion of gambling, as they do nearly everything else, and had staked wagers with re- gard to it. Others had got their gins, drums, gongs, bells, and whatnots in- numerable ready for making a great noise at the temples and private dwel- lings to show their sympathy for the Queen of night in her hour of agony, going down into the belly of the monster Rahoo. And the more enlightened while seeing no reason for the notion about Rahoo could not well forego the sport according to old and loved cus- toms, had prepared themselves for len- ding aid to the universal frolic.

But alas! there came up late in the afternoon of that day portentous clouds, surcharged with electricity, and brought out the whole artillery of the heavens into extraordinary action until late in the evening; and never perhaps was the moon more densely covered by clouds than then—-so that every hope of seeing her until after the eclipse seemed by all to be lost. No native appeared to have faith enough in his calculations for the eclipse to act by faith only. Nothing could be done without sight. Not a note of the least sympathy for the moon was heard in any quarter until one third of her face had emerged from the eclipse about half past 10 o'clock, when the clouds broke away just enough to show the disk of the moon dimly. The few who had managed to keep awake and on the look out for it, were then convinced that the moon had indeed been swal- lowed up or down somewhere, and was then being delivered, and that it was high time to begin the demonstrations of joy. Some of them fired guns, others beat gongs, and some rang bells, and fired crackers.

The effort seemed sleepy and feeble at the beginning; but it quickly woke up the whole city, and there seemed to be a great turn out, as it were to redeem the time that had been lost in doubting. The noise was so uproarious and so unseasonable that the thousands of crows roosting on trees near our house were terribly scared, and flew about in the dead of night in much confusion, adding their notes ha ha kalawa to the universal jargon. And the thousands of dogs in the city were alarmed and set up barking and howl- ing for the space of half an hour.

LOCAL.

We have long observed that the dike in front of the Protestant ceme- tery has nearly all broken away leav- ing a very untidy and shiftless look to that otherwise well cared for and neat place. We are witnesses that the Protestant community of this city have ever been prompt to respond liberally to every call for their sympa- thy and aid in fitting up and beauti- fying the cemetery grounds, and we doubt not that they will again evince the same readiness and liberality if duly invited to aid in making the re- pairs which are now needed.

The Steamer "Chow Phya" arri- ved here from Singapore, on the 26th inst. She left Singapore, on the even- ing of the 22nd inst., and had plea- sant weather during the passage, arri- ved at the Bar, on the 26th crossed the Bar, at 4.30 P. M. anchored at Paknam, at 6 P. M. and arrived at Bangkok at 8 P. M.

The next monthly concert for pray- er will be held at the house of Rev. Wm. Dean D. D. on Monday the 1st proximo at 4 o'clock P. M.

This meeting is denominated a con- cert because all evangelical Christians throughout the world have concerted to meet in their several neighborhoods on the first Monday of every month for the purpose of praying to God for the speedy convertion of the world to Christ.

Prussia.

The following offi cial notice appears in the 'North German Gazette' of Au- gust 8:—-

The royal family has not been spared the sacrifices demanded by war. The distressing intelligence has arrived that Prince Anton von Hohenzollern suc- cumbed the day before yesterday, at Königinhof, to the four wounds he re- ceived upon the 3rd July at the battle near Königgrätz. By this melancholy event the reigning family and the court are placed in mourning.

DAVIS INDICTED FOR TREASON.—-On Thursday last, the Grand Jury of the United States Circuit Court, in session at Norfolk, Va., brought in a true bill against Jefferson Davis for treason, and adjourned until the first Thursday in June, to meet in Richmond. It is stated that since the declaration of martial law has been re- voked, Chief-Justice Chase has consented to preside at the trial, and that it will be conducted by Attorney-General Speed, who will be assisted by Wm. M. Evarts, Esq., of this city. Mr. Davis will be defended by Charles O’Connor, Esq., of this city, and other counsel. He has ex- pressed his satisfaction at the prospect of a speedy trial of his case.

The present King of Siam.

The above is the title of sketches unpublished and incomplete, from which we propose to give extracts.

Chapter. I. The great family of PRA POOTS YAWT FA.

Chapter. II. The present king's childhood.

Chapter. III. His elder brother takes the throne and governs with a jealous sway.

Chapter. IV. CHOW FA YAI in the priesthood.

Chapter. V. His Coronation. Chapter. VI. Treaties made with foreign powers.

Chapter. VII. Missionary ladies teach in the palace.

Chapter. VIII. Liberal policy con- nected with commerce.

Under this chapter we have the following.

At the coronation of the present king prominent foreigners were invi- ted to a public dinner, and the king then intimated that he should adopt the policy of enlightened nations. Ship duties would be lessened so as to encourage commerce. New canals would be made. New roads opened and the people would be left free to seize on truth wherever found.

In many respects the king has fully met the expectations raised at the time of his coronation. The treaties he has made with the western nations have given an impulse to commerce quite equal to the present resources of the country. True, there are abun- dant resources to be developed; but this must be the work of time and of improved production. Opportunities to sell have been created, and when the wants of the people are so multi- plied as to become a strong impetus to effort, the great valleys of these beautiful rivers throughout their length and breadth will rejoice in wav- ing grain, the banks of the streams abound in luxurious fruits, and the highlands give pasterage and wood- land that shall supply every demand of a multiplying thriving community.

New roads have been opened, new canals made, others are being pro- jected, and we see no reason for any person or any nation to complain of the king in these respects. He is in- clined to listen to every reasonable wish of all his friends, and to enter in- to any scheme that shall add to the physical perfection of his country. His resources are limited, his wants are multiplied, and none so well as himself knows how difficult it is to meet the wants of a community made up of a great variety of character and an equally great variety of opinions.

The king was too long in the priest- hood to love war or warlike imple- ments. He has never given himself to these departments. Nor is he dis- tinguished for manner in any way. He plunges "in medias res" feeling that he himself can express his own thoughts and convey his own ideas better than any one can for him, though he may not quite so handsome- ly execute. The king is a self reliant man, and when conviction really takes hold of him he is not slow to act. He is out spoken and fearless in the ex- pression of his own sentiments, and the accomplishment of his own pur- poses.

The king is an indefatigable man, as full of business as the most business like, as full of pleasure, seemingly, as the most pleasure loving. We have had weekly newspapers both English and Siamese during the last two years and the king has been at the head of copious practical correspondents. His articles are to the purpose because he has spoken when he has had some- thing to say, and could not hold his peace. Few men writing from such a standpoint would bear on the even tenor of his way as he has done. He is a Champion for the Buddhist reli- gion now gasping in its death strug- gles. He, an old man of more than sixty, has within the last fifteen years become the real father of more than sixty children, and of course is the champion of poligamy; yet with his perceptions eclipsed by these, he sees many truths strongly and clearly, and is a fearless patron, where many who have occupied positions, which ought to command clearer vision are far less clear sighted. How many times have foreigners plead with him to muzzle the press, yet he, conscious of his own uprightness of purpose, and asking for light, still forbears and patronises.

He knows how to reward merit and remunerate favors. He has helped to build both Protestant and Catholic and Mahomedan places of worship. Not because he would patronize these reli- gions, but add to the advantages of his country, helping all that shelter themselves under the shadow of his throne. He almost alone of all the kingdom has given substantial proof of gratitude for favors received. A few years since he forwarded to Ame- rica to Mrs. CASWELL, the widow of the Rev. JESSE CASWELL his English teacher, one thousand dollars, and a gain to the same person still later five hundred dollars. To Drs. BRADLEY and CAMPBELL he has given liberal presents as tokens of gratitude for med- ical aid. He is characterized by gen- erous subscriptions to aid benevolent purposes.

We are sorry for him that there are of many inducements to keep him from accepting the truths of christian- ity. We hope before it is too late, he will break away from them all Certainly in his heart of hearts he can have no great reverence for that reli- gion, that wor-ships a man, who made no professions of power to save, who could only reply when called to help in extremity " tam boon tam kam." The king thinks too much, knows too much of the invisible and unseen, not to be able to comprehend a spiritual existence, that pervades all space and possesses all power—-mighty to save.

The formalities of Buddhism and the claims of iron custom absorb much of the king's precious time, and consume greatly his moneyed resources. As some compensation, they bring the king much among his people, and give the people many opportunities to minister to his pleasure and so become personally interested in their sover- eign and king.

He visits many places in his king- dom, particularly, the Diamond City. On these excursions, he takes the air of a gentleman of many resources. He will set out in his own steamer, the "Royal Seat" (the first steamer built in the country above play thing pretensions) or some fine new made steamer—-tak- ing many of his children with their mothers and attendants, accompanied by quite a fleet of steamers, occupied by the prominent nobility, and be away from the capital weeks with no business but change, or meeting some custom as the shaving of a top-knot. He goes in all weathers and always safely, seeming to have a charmed life. There never has been a serious accident since the introduction of steamers. Their success has made the people venture- some.

For the Bangkok Recorder.

It is a pleasure occasionally, to leave this vast city, with its noise and bus- tle, and babel of tongues, and rusticate for a time among rice fields, country villages, and farm houses, and also to try one's skill as a sportsman upon flocks of birds. Ascending the Mei- nam Chow Phya however, at this sea- son of the year, when the water from up the country is so strong down, as to overcome all influence of the tide, is a little like the Darkies road to Jor- dan, a "hard road to trabel." On the afternoon of Sept. 11th we turned our back upon the city, and directed our course as nearly North as circum- stances allowed. But scarcely had we passed Bangkok Noi, and the city, and its palaces, and pagodas, were re- ceding slowly in the distance, and the sun was approaching so near the hor- izon that every thing wore an air of pleasantness when the rumble of dis- tant thunder, and the appearance in the west of a black cloud announe- ed the approach of one of those dash- ing rains, of which September in this country is so prolific. We had barely time to reach a raft of teak timber moored some distance ahead, and pre- pare. It rained, and rained without intermission, and dashed in under the attap covering which protected the men, and some even penetrated into our own rather comfortable quarters. The cook tried to prepare dinner, but the rain put out his fire, and he an- nounced a failure, so we were obli- ged to make the best of some cold victuals, and retire to rest. The clear and early morning carried us through some Peguan villages above the city, and which indeed may be considered as part of its suburbs. Here most of the rice pots, and water jars used in the city are made, and the shops in the vicinity of the kilns are full of those wares.

Pakret, a short canal, about three quarters of a mile long, cuts off a long bend in the river. Here is another Peguan village, and some floating houses are also moored at the mouth of the canal, occupied chiefly by China- men.

Leaving Pakret we also leave for a time the busy, noisy Chinaman, as be- tween that and the old city, there is but little for him to do, but wherever there is water enough to moor a float- ing house, and inhabitants sufficient to justify him in starting a gambling shop, there we find that same busy John again.

Still for some distance further on, the inhabitants upon the banks are chiefly Peguans, who are the descen- dants either of captives brought here during some of the wars with that people, or of those who took refuge here when their country was attacked by some of the other surrounding na- tions. They hold the Buddhist reli- gion, and are to all intents, and pur- pose Siamese, still they have their own temples, where the male portion of their children are taught to read the Peguan language. The bricks used for building in the city, are made by them, and the sand used for the same purpose is fished up by them from the bottom of the river. At a certain place the river widens out, leaving the water in some places only one and a half, or two fathoms deep. In these places the sand brought down by the current appears to accumulate. Here they moor their boats, and putting a pole down at the side of the boat, a man with basket in hand descends the pole, and returns in a few seconds with a basket full of pretty sand, drip- ping wet, which is received by a per- son in the boat. Having taken time to breathe he again descends. At Bangsai, the Rahsang branch joins. At this season of the year the river in most places is overflowing its banks, and where the banks are free from jungle a magnificent view of the rice fields is obtained, which promise an abundant crop. The water, however, is said not to be as high as it usually is at this season of the year.

The old city Ayuthia is situated at the junction of several minor branches of this great river. In approaching it from any direction it presents but a dismal appearance. It was destroyed about one hundred years ago, by the Burmese, but the old walls are still in many places visible, and the ruins of many of the temples and pagodas, al- though built of no more durable ma- terial than brick and mortar, are still in a considerable state of preservation. But they are grown over with weeds, and tall grass so that it is next to im- possible to approach them, and they are apparently the habitation of bats, reptiles &c. The devastation of the Burmese must have been thorough. Although holding the Buddhist reli- gion, in common with the Siamese, not a temple even appears to have es- caped them for miles around. The modern city consists chiefly of float- ing houses in the creeks, and canals. It would be difficult to tell the num- ber of inhabitants, but might be gues- sed to be about 25,000, many of whom are Chinese. The principle objects of interest are a large temple, on the south side of the city, and said to occupy the site of the Burmese camp, during the siege, and is celebra- ted for the number of its idols, which are estimated by some, as high as ten or fifteen thousand. The Chinese, and Siamese unite at this temple. About fifty priests teach daily the Buddhist religion, and here also the Chinaman burns his joss sticks, and worships the spirits of his ancestors. The other object of interest is a vast stack of brick and mortar, some three or four miles, north of the city, called the Kow Tong, (Golden Mountains,) and well deserves the name, as it must have taken a vast amount of labor, and expense to build it. It was built before the destruction of the City, and instead of sharing the general de- vastation, is said to have been even completed by the Burmese. It con- tains a base of about seventy five yards square, and terminates in a spire at the height of about three hundred feet. The ravages of time however are beginning to tell upon it. It is sinking down in many places, the top of the spire is inclining considerably, and grass is springing out in many places over it.

Sprouts of the Po tree too, that des- troyer of all walls, and mason work in the east are also coming out all over it. This artificial mountain is said to be, once a year, the scene of a gala-day, which is partly a festive, and partly a religious occasion. On a certain day of the eleventh month, all the inhabi- tants of the city, and surrounding country flock thither, clothed in their best apparel. Fathers and mothers, young men and maidens, and little children, all meet together. Many a marriage has had its origan their. Ac- cording to Siamese custom, the young folks do not enjoy the same freedom of conversing together that they do in European countries; but when a young man sees a lady who pleases him, he marks her, and when the proper time comes, he begs her of her parents. This festive occasion therefore gives the young men an opportunity, of seeing all the fair sex of the city and community at once.

From an elevated position on this mountain, one obtains a magnificent view of the surrounding country, which is one vast plain clothed at this sea- son of the year in living green. Green trees upon their banks, mark the win- dings, and twistings of the different creeks, and canals, whilst the vast plain is covered with growing rice, lifting its head above the overflowing waters. His Majesty, has erected a palace at the old city, which he occu- pies during the short visits which he makes to the ancient capital of his kingdom. Few better situations for a great inland city can be conceived of than Ayuthia. It is surrounded by a vast extent of the best rice growing country, and the facilities for irriga- tion, in case of necessity are ample, so that an abundant crop would be al- most always certain. In the hands of a few enterprising Hollanders, with their diking, ditching, and canaling propensities, a Queen city might be raised there, fed by the richest coun- try, and sending millions of produce annually to the capital.

The Power of Conscience.

Not long ago a gentleman who was en- gaged in the oil business had made some twelve or fifteen thousand dollars, and he concluded that he had made enough—- extraordinary as it may seem!—-and that he would wind up his affairs and come home. I do not believe one of you would have done it! Fifteen thousand dollars? Why, that is just enough to bait the trap of mammon! Well, he wound up his af- fairs, and was on the point of leaving, when he was met by a young man of his acquaintance (I believe they both reside in New York), who had invested six thousand dollars, all he had, in an ex- perimental well, and been boring and boring until he had given out in dis- couragement. And, coming to this man, he said, “I shall lose six thousand dollars if I am obliged to give up my interest in that well;” and begged him to take it off his hands. “I am selling out, and not taking on,” says the man. But the young man plead with him, and out of personal kindness he said, “Very well, I will take it.” In two days they struck a vein in this well, and it was an immensely fruit- ful well; and he sold his share for two hundred thousand dollars. The young man was present when the check was drawn on New York for the amount, and he felt like death, and mourned, and said, “It is always my luck: I am always a little too late.” And the man said, “You may take ten thousand of it, if you want.” The young man thought he was jesting; but he assured him that he was not, and said, “I will make it twenty thousand, if it will do you any good.” “Or,” said he, “I will make it fifty thou- sand.” “Well,” said he, “take the whole of it: I do not want it. Give me the six thousand, and you may have the advan- tage of the good luck.” And so he gave the young man the two hundred thou- sand. All of you that would have done that may rise up!—-INDEPENDENT.

Boundary between Siam and
British Burmah.

According to the FRIEND OF INDIA, Lieutenant Bagge of the Royal Engineers who completed the demarcation of the north east boundary between Tenasserim and Siam during last dry season as far as the Amya Pass, will proceed, to Bangkok for the purpose of getting assistance there, with which to recommence the work. Lieut. Bagge requires elephants and guides, which are more easily procured from the Siamese than in any part of our own territory, and will make an early start in November, beginning at the Pak- chan river our most Southern limit and will work up northward to the pass.

The Government should appoint a col- league to accompany Lieutenant Bagge, so as to be prepared for every contingen- cy whether in the case of sickness or accid- ent. Two officers can help one another in case of either being temporarily disabled, and the whole season's work is then not not entirely lost.

A Thrilling Incident.

Returning from a visit to New Orleans, we were fortansle enough to secure a pas- sage in a steamboat with but few passen- gers. Among the ladies, one especially interested us. She was the 'widow of a wealthy planter and was returning with only one child to her father's home. Her devotion to the child was very touching, and the eyes of her old black nurse would fill with tears as she besought her mistress 'not to love that boy too much, or the Lord would take him away from her.'

We passed through the canal at Louis- ville, and stopped for a few minutes at the wharf, when the nurse, wishing to see the city, walked out on the guard at the back of the boat, where, by a sudden effort, the child sprang from her arms into the terri- ble current that sweeps towards the falls, and disappeared immediately. The con- fusion which ensued attracted the atten- tion of a gentleman who was in the front part of the boat quietly reading. Rising hastily he asked for something the child had worn. The nurse handed him a tiny apron she had torn off in her efforts to re- tain the child in her arms. Turning to a splendid Newfoundland dog that was ea- gerly watching his countenance, he pointed first to the apron, and then to the spot where the child had gone under.

In an instant the noble dog leaped into the rushing water, and he also soon disap- peared. By this time the excitement was intense, and some persons on shore suppos- ing the dog was lost, as well as the child, procured a boat and started off in search of the body. Just at this moment the dog was seen far away with something in his mouth. Bravely he struggled with the waves; but it was evident that his strength was fast failing, and more than one breast gave a sigh of relief as the boat reached him, and it was announced that he had saved the child, and it was still alive.

They were brought to the shore—the dog and the child. Giving a single glance to satisfy herself that the child was really living, the young mother rushed forward, and sinking beside the dog, threw her arms around his neck and burst into tears. Not many could view the sight unmoved, and as she caressed and kissed his shaggy head, she looked up to its owner and said— 'Oh, sir, I must have this dog! I am rich; take all I have, everything, but give me my child's preserver!' The gentleman smiled, and patting his dog's head, said—-'I am very glad he has been of service to you; but nothing could induce me to part with him.'—-Lo. Co. NEWS.

Statistics of the principle Towns of England, Ireland and Scotland, com- pared with the population of London.

The New Heart.

Some people keep their magnifying- glass ready, and the minute a religious emotion puts out its head, they catch it and kill it, to look at it through the mic- roscope, and see if it is the right kind. Do you know my friends, that you can- not love and be examining your love at the same time? Some people, instead of getting evidence by runing in the way of life, take a dark lantern, and get down on their knees, and crawl on the bound- ary up and down to make sure whether they have crossed it. If you want to make sure, run, and when you come in sight of the celestial city, and hear the songs of the angels, then you'll know you are across. Some people stay so near the boundary line all their lives that they can hear the lions roar all the while.— Beecher.

Religion in Business.

Let no calculation of advantage or pro- fit, no keenness of competition, induce the merchant, the manufacturer, or tradesman, to neglect the indication of right and wrong, furnished by the ready application of "The royal law" by conscience. You are not mere money getters, or money worshippers. If gain is to be gotten, it must come with God's blessing and consis- tently with obligations and professions of a disciple of Christ. For the religion of Jesus Christ is not for holy days and holy places only—a few times and seasons, and duties, and relationships, and circumstan- ces. A religion based, indeed, upon the most stupendous facts of divine wisdom, power, and love; a religion involving subli- mest truths and propounding loftiest mo- tives, but descending to and embracing life, and ennobling and consecrating all life's humblest duties, its most trivial oc- currences and occupations. A religion not to be donned and doffed at pleasured not to be reserved, for out of the way and exceptional cases, as too sublime, too sub- tle, too transcendental for daily wear and tear; but a religion to regulate our most secular engagements, and among them the commerce of the merchant prince and the sales of the retail store keeper.

The religion of Christ is a religion for ledgers and counters, no less than for churches and death-beds. And because professors of Christ's religion forget this, they are stumbling blocks to weak bre- thren and to a sneering world. Church- member-ship, household forms, will not prove them Christ's. "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, and they that deal truly are his delight." "Shall I count them pure with the unjust balances, and with the deceitful weights?"—PACIFIC

The Minister's Salary.

A worthy miller—-so Dr. Chaplin tells the story in Dr. Dunbar's memoir—-was once pained by hearing that the minister was going away for want of support, the church having decided they could no long- er raise his salary. He called a meeting and addressed his brethren very modestly, for he was one of the poorest among these comfortable farmers. He asked if want of money was the only reason for this change, and if all were united in desiring the ser- vices of the pastor could they still keep him. There was but one voice in reply. The pastor was useful and beloved; but the flock was so poor!

"Well," replied the miller, "I have a plan by which I can raise his salary with- out asking one of you for one dollar, if you will allow me to take my own way to do it, I will assume the responsibility for one year. Have I your consent?"

Of course they could not refuse this; although they expressed surprise, knowing the miller to be but a poor man.

The year drew to a close. The minister had been blessed in his labors, and no one had been called on for money. When they came together, the miller asked the pastor if his wants had been supplied and his sal- ary promptly met? He replied in the af- firmative. When the brethren were asked if they were any poorer than at the begin- ning of the year, each one replied "No," and asked how they could be, when their church privileges had been so mysterious- ly paid for. He asked again, "Is any man here any poorer for keeping the minister?" And the reply was the same as before. "Then," he said, brethren, I have only to tell you that YOU have paid the salary the same as you always did, only more of it and with greater promptness. You re- member you told me to take my own way in this matter; and I have done so. As each one of you brought his grist to the mill, I took out as much grain as I thought your proportion, and laid it away for the salary. When harvest was over, I sold it, and have paid the minister regularly from the proceeds. You confess that you are no poorer; so you never missed it, and therefore made no sacrifice. Now I pro- pose that we stop talking about poverty, and about letting our minister go, and add enough to his salary to make us feel that we are doing something."—Lo. Co. News.

Borlase says he saw a lobster attack an oyster, who persisted in closing his shell as often as the lobster attempted to in- trude within it. After many failures, the lobster took a small stone and placed it between the shells as soon as they were separated, and then devoured the fish. Mr. Gardner, in his "Curiosities of Na- tural History," states that he once watch- ed a crab enlarging its burrow on the sand; and about every two minutes it came up to the surface with a quantity of sand in its left claw, and by a sudden jerk threw it to the distance of about six inches. Having a few shells in his poc- ket, he endeavored to throw one of them into the hole; three of them fell near the hole, and the fourth rolled into it. Five minutes afterwards the animal made its appearance, bringing with it the shell, which had gone down, and, carrying it to the distance of a foot from its burrow, there deposited it. Seeing the others ly- ing near the mouth of the hole, it imme- diately carried them, one by one, to the place where the first had been deposited, and then resumed its original labor. Gilbert White tells us of an old hunting mare which ran on the common, and which being taken ill, came down into the village, as it were, to implore the help of man, and died the following night in the streets. A writer in FRAZER relates of a hen, which had hatched several broods of ducklings, that from experience she lost all the anxiety usually borne by those foster mothers by the indomitable perseverance with which the young pal- mipedes take to the water as soon as they are born, and quietly led to the brink of the pond, calmly watching them as they floated on the surface, or dusting herself on the sunny bank to wait unconcernedly their return. Duges saw a spider which had seized a bee by the back, and effect- ually prevented it from taking flight; but the legs being at liberty, it dragged the spider along, which presently sus- pended it by a thread from its web, leav- ing it dangle in the air till it was dead, and then it was drawn up and devoured. An individual living in the square at St. Mare's, Venice, has been in the habit of scattering grain every day at two o'clock, previous to which hour the birds assem- ble in one place on the cathedral; and as the clock strikes, they take wing and hover round his window in small circles, till he appears and distributes a few handfuls of food. This, at all events, indicates the faculty of noting time, and may be placed on a parallel with the story of the dog who went to church re- gularly every Sunday at the proper hour to meet his master. Animals are prompt at using their experience in reference to things from which they have suffered pain or annoyance. Grant mentions an orang outang which, having had when ill some medicine administered in an egg, could never be induced to take one after- wards. Le Vaillant's monkey was ex- tremely fond of brandy, but would not be prevailed on to touch it again after a lighted match had been applied to some it was drinking. A dog had been beaten while some musk was held to its nose, and ever after fled whenever it accident- ally smelt the drug, and was so suscepti- ble that it was used in some physiological experiments to discover whether any portion of musk had been received by the body through the organs of digestion —a severe test of the dog's sense of smell and capability of profiting by experience. Strend of Prague had a cat on which he wished to make some experiments with an air-pump; but as soon as the creature felt the exhaustion of the air, it rapidly placed its foot on the valve, and thus stopped the action. A dog having great antipathy to the sound of a violin, always sought to get the bow and conceal it. Plutarch tells of an artful mule, which, when laden with salt, fell into a stream, and finding its load thereby sensibly lightened, adopted the expedient after- wards, and whenever it crossed a stream slipped souse into the water with its pan- niers; and to cure it of the trick the pan- niers were filled with sponge, under which, when fully saturated, it could barely stagger.

The intelligence is most remarkable when experience seems to prompt a plan of action, or where the animal devises a connected scheme to effect some desirable object; as in the case of a cow, which having strayed into an open granary, con- tinued its visits by drawing the bolt with its horn. The Arctic wolves hunt to- gether in companies, and if they meet an animal which they have not the courage to attack openly, they form into a semi- circle or crescent, and rush down upon it, till the creature, terrified by the num- bers of its enemies, hurries over a preci- pice and is dashed to pieces, when they search out the body and enjoy the feast. Halliday mentions a mason-bee which had built its nest close to a window gen- erally fastened with a shutter, but which, when thrown back, lay so close to the wall, that its nest was completely shut in. To prevent this occurrence, it formed a little lump of clay, which hindered the shutter from fitting tight to the wall, and left room for its own ingress and egress. Jesse recounts the circumstances of some rats destroying the bladder fastened over the nose of an oil-bottle, and making free with the oil by dipping their tails into it and licking it off. Dr. Pelican saw some rats engaged in the same manner round the bunghole of a cask of wine, into which, if the hole had been large enough, they would doubtless have fallen from intoxication. The same principle was carried still further, and with an evident knowledge of the law which prohibits the occupancy of the same place by two bodies at one and the same time, by the dog which threw stones into the well, and the fox which dropped them into the neck of a pitcher, in order to get at the water. Degrandpre put a monkey to the proof by leaving on a table an open bottle of aniseed brandy, from which the monkey extracted with its fingers as much as it could manage to reach, and then poured sand into the bottle till the liquor ran over. Cuvier tells us of an orang-outang unlocking a door by trying a whole bunch till it found the right key, and if the lock was too high it fetched a stool and mount- ed on it. Le Vaillant's monkey when tired, used to jump on the backs of his dogs for a ride; but one of them object- ing to this mode of treatment, stood still the moment the monkey had taken it seat, and thus got rid of the nuisance. This reminds us of the horses which are run without riders in the Corso at Rome, and which are harnessed with loaded spurs, which goad them as they run; the older horses having experienced that their own speed causes the spurs to play, have the sagacity to stop, leaving the younger and less experienced beasts to decide the race without them. These instances, extracted from a work which literally brims over with facts of a kind- red nature, abundantly testify that those creatures on which man has too often looked with scorn, and on which he has heaped indignity and multiplied suffering, have mental faculties, emotions, and sym- pathies, which give them a claim upon our most tender regard, and render them equally the subjects of profitable study and the fit recipients of human kindness. —-HIBBERD'S GARDNER'S MAGAZINE.

CORRECTION.

In the Tide Table of the Bangkok Calendar for 1866 for May, June, Au- gust, and October, for High read Low, and for Low read HIGH.

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