The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-08 00:00:00

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A YANKEE SERMON ON WOMAN.

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How solveless is Woman!
How tender is Woman !
How lofty is Woman!
How loving is Woman!
Hew childlike is Woman !

My hearers—sure enough, how solveless is
woman ! She is an unguessable riddle—a most
intricate enigma; a flower which, by analysing,
no one can tell to a certainty whether it be

poisonous or noxious,—not always. She has been
with man from the beginning, and he hasn't
found her out yet. She is comparatively an
unexplored country—an alphabet of hieroglyphics
—a magnetic mystery. Nobody knows what her
heart contains. Sometimes it seems stuffed with
love, tenderness, and sympathy, and at others
filled with nothing but grit and gravel. It

won't answer to shake her—if you do, you cause
the acids and the alkalies of her nature to come
in contact, and then such an effervescence takes
place as might lower the ambition of pearl-ash
and cider. Like the month of April, she is all
sunshine and flowers. Many a tear-drop of hers
dries and evaporates in the light of her smile ere
it has a chance to fall ; and many a bright smile
is suddenly quenched by a sprinkling from some
passing cloud of sorrow not larger than a bed
blanket. Griefs bubble out' from her bosom to
burst in an atmosphere of joy ; and joys, like
autumnal flowers, spring from the warm beds
of her heart, to be cut down by the sudden
frost of grief. A queer pompound is woman.
She is made- up of industry, boldness, beauty,
silks, satins, jealousy, love, hatred, horse-hair,
whalebone, piety, point, gaiety, gum-elastic,
bear's-grease, sympathy, tears, smiles, affection,
and kindness. She talks with her tongue, speaks
with her eyes, is eloquent with her actions, and
yet I can't understand her.
My friends,—How tender is woman! She is
as tender as a chicken, and as tough as an old
gobbler. She must be screened from the hot
summer's sun, and sheltered from storms, and pro-
tected from the blasts of the winter—and yet she,
if she makes up her mind to do it, she can out-
sweat the sun, face a north-easter, and be a match
far the d—l. But inwardly she is as tender as
the mercies of Heaven ; her heart is as much
softer than the human as bees'-wax is softer than
a brick-bat.

Her sympathies are as delicate as the down, ,
and her love appears as fresh and unfading amid
tip sorrows of adversity as the ever-green wreath
that encircles the broad brow of winter. Her
tenderness is too tough to be destroyed by what-
ever chance fortune or time may bring; tough as
tripe, and twice as common.
My dear friends—How lofty is woman! No
matter whether born in a cellar, she can some-
times be as lofty as a garret. When she once
gets her back up, Oh, cats and broomsticks, look
out for yourselves !
She is as high as Olympus, and as savage as a
sausage machine. In her wrath she is as crazy
as a bed-bug, as strong as a tiger, and as terrible
as a tornado. She blazes up as though she were
a tar-barrel, and in a moment all is over, and
nobody killed. When she comes down from the
mountains, whence she was rolling big stones
upon the people below, softens down to a jelly,
and becomes as quiescent as a goose-pond after a
tempest. The breeches won't lit—she must
resume the petticoats and be a woman after all.
My hearers—How loving is woman! Ay, she
is amazingly sticky in her attachments. She will
cling to the chosen object of her heart like a
possum to a gum-tree ; and you can't separate
her without snapping strings that no art can
mend, and leaving a portion of her soul upon the
upper leather of her affections. She will see
something to love where others can discover
nothing even to admire; and when her fondness
is fastened upon a fellow it stays there, like glue
and molasses in a bushy head of hair.

My hearers—How childlike is woman ! A play-
thing in the world's great toy-shop. Her home
is the realm of fancy—her existence is a kind of
reality—her very miseries are mingled with a
pleasing romance—her presence is always bright,
and her future still brighter. Would that I were
a woman, to be pleased with every posy that
props its head above the needs of this world, and
have no thorns to molest me while gathering the
wild flowers of imaginations! Childlike—woman
is very happy. Tickled with the straw of flattery,
delighted with every rainbow-tinted bubble that
floats upon the wave of time, and as merry as a
cricket, she dances to the sunlight of joy, and
seems to use every endeavour to coax male,
moody mortals, into brighter and happier paths.
So mote it be.

RE-OPENING Or WALTHAM ABBEY.—On the 800th
anniversary of its consecration, the Abbey Church of
Waltham was re-opened, after partial restoration by Mr.

W. Burges..The weather was very fine, and the day was
quite a festival in the town—the bells ringing, and the
union jack flying from the ancient tower. It is
generally known that of the celebrated Abbey of Wal-
tham Holy Cross, erected by Bing Harold, the nave is
all that at present remains, and this now forms the

parish church. Its condition till lately was melancholy
in the extreme. The parishioners of Waltham (none of
them rich) have, to their great honour, put the church

into substantial repair to be again used with safety for

Divine service, at a cost of £1,400.

SHEEP DESTROYED BY DOOS.—One night last week
a number of sheep being in the yard of Mr. Dunning's
farm, at Up-Sydling, were attacked and worried by two

dogs, and to such an extent had the vicious propeusities

of theses animals been carried, that no fewer than 139

of the sheep were found dead in the morning, and

several others can scarcely survive. The sheep had been
so worried by the dogs that they rau into a heap in the
corner of the yard, and the greater portion were then
suffocated, and rendered quite useless for human food.
We understand the dugs were seen by the shepherd
leaving the yard when he entered it, and that lie an
identify them as belonging to Mr. Cornielf, of Hill-field
farm, and Mr. George Durdeu, of Huntley farm. They

consequently had come three miles to the slaughter. The
dog belonging to Mr. Cornick, which was very old and
toothless, was shot by that gentleman's request, but we

have not heard whether Mr. Darden's, which is a half-

bred lurcher, and which probably did the greater portion

of the mischief, has been similarly served. If it has
not it ought to be, for dogs once given to worrying
sheep never leave it off. This serious loss will, no
doubt, become the subject of an action for damages.—

Dorset Express.
AN AMERICAN SHIP OX THE BLACKWATER BANK.—
Cahore, Wexford, batty I.—This morning intelligence
was received here that a large ship was on the Black-

water Bank. The lifeboat of the Royal National Life-
boat Institution immediately put to sea. On reaching
the bank the ship proved to be the Vanguard, of New

York, with a cargo from Liverpool. The captain ex-
pressed his satisfaction at the prompt and timely arrival
of the lifeboat, and begged of her crew to remain by
him until it would be seen whether the ship would be
got off or not. Shortly afterwards two steam tugs,
with 30 men on board, made their appearance. After
several hours of exertion the Vanguard was fortunately
got off her perilous position, and taken to Kingstown
for repairs. She had got on this dangerous bank this
morning, owing to the foggy state of the weather. After
having been away nine hours the lifeboat returned to
the shore. Although the boat rendered, on this occa-
sion, no actual service, yet it would have been a very
different affair if the ship had been a passenger one, like
the Pomona, which, about twelve months ago, went to
pieces on the dangerous Blackwater Bank, and when
nearly 400 poor creatures lost their lives on that disas-
trous occasion. The National Lifeboat Institution has
now three valuable lifeboats in this neighbourhood, one
of them a large powerful sailing lifeboat, which would
probably take off a wreck on one trip sixty people.

AN INDIAN ENTOY TQ ENGLAND.—We read in the
Ne ty York Courier :—" A few days since, a lone daughter
of the forest, Nah-nee-bahwe-qua, which in English
means an upright woman, highly gifted by nature, and
improved by a liberal education, arrived here on her
way to England, on a mission to the Queen of Great
Britain, to appear in person before her Majesty, and
state the sufferings of her people. Her people are the
Ojibwas, residing within the boundaries of the province
of Upper Canada; they number about 1,000 souls, and
occupy three little villages. Their home is at Owen's

Sound, on the northern shore of Lake Huron. These
people have embraced Christianity, have become civilised,
have devoted their lives to labour, have good farms,
well cultivated, good houses, and pleasant homes.
These pleasant homes are about being taken from them
Dy the ruthless hand of power, and these poor Ojibwas
are to be driven into the wilderness, upon a barren
waste, to suffer, to starve, to die. Nah-nee-bahwe-qua
3fa Sabbath last, attended Friends' meeting, and there
)ffered up a fervent prayer, after which she addressed
the meeting, and the recital of the sufferings of her
people brought tears in the eyes of Friends. She is a
member of the Methodist Church, and has with her the
credentials of her membership and good standing,
together with a letter of authority, signed by the chief
her nation, to appear as their representative to the
Queen. It is to be hoped that the Society of Friends in
England will interest themselves with the Queen in
behalf of the s4fering Ojibwas,"

WHO WANTS TIMBER?

(From the Hobart Town Mercury)

Tasmania abounds with forests of timber, almost unli-
mited in extent, and of a quality equal, if not superiOr,
to any other hardwood in the world. Its strength and
durability have been frequently tested. It has been
pronounced by scientific men to be unsurpassed in these
qualities by any other timber of which we have any
knowledge. Amongst our trees are the blue gum
(Eucalyptus globulus), the stringy bark (Bucalpytus
gigantea), and the peppermint (Eswalpytus amygla-
lina). These timbers, from their superior quality, have
attracted considerable attention ; but, unfortunately for
us, that attention has not been secured in the
right quarters. Very many years ago Sir John
Franklin brought the subject under the notice of
the British Government, and strongly recommended
that our timber should be employed for naval purposes.
Since then, Sir William Denison has, by scientific tests
and by experiments, confirmed the favourable opinions
expressed by Sir John Franklin regarding its valuable
properties, and we believe Sir Henry Young has also
represented its usefulness to the Admiralty. The
reputation of our hardwood has hitherto been strictly
confined to the Australian colonies. It has been
used to a considerable extent in the construction of

Victorian railways and other public works;. indeed,

it will be found in the structure of thousands of
public and private buildings in the chief cities and

towns of Australia and New Zealand. But we are is
, a position to supply the whole world if the whole
world would only deal with us. The enormous con-
sumption of timber now going on in railways alone must
soon make the question of supply worthy of the most
serious consideration ; and surely, then, the inexhausti-
ble forests of this hardwood now lying despised and
useless in,Tasmania cannot be, and ought not to be, a
matter of indifference to railway contractors and others
immediately interested in railways. But here again
comes the question :—.How are we to make our advan-
tages in this respect known? Our Government won't
budge au inch; and we may write to all eternity, and
yet fail to attract the attention of a single individual to
whose mind the subject would practically colhmend
itself. This is the difficulty we want to overcome. Let ,
us once accomplish this, and we shall have no fear con-
cerning the future prosperity of Tasmania,.
Then, again, in addition to supplying an article supe-
rior in qnality-:--that is in durability—to any timber
hitherto employed, we can do this on terms as reason-
able, if not more reasonable, than any other country.
This is an argument which generally carries some weight
with it. All the banks of our noble rivers are fringed
with some of the most stupendous and magnifioeut trees
in the world, Ships of any conceivable tonnage could
lay alongside and load with timber without the slightest
risk or inconvenience. The sawmills at Oyster Cove, 1
and the Strathblane establishment at Port Esperance,

have been erected in positions to facilitate the con-
veyance of cut timber to the water's edge. Tram-

ways have likewise been laid down and ietties
have been built indeed, eyery difficylty which pr..

sented itself has been overcome, and all that we now
want is a market. In England, in France, in Ger-
many, and in India such a market exists we know.
Tenders were invited a short time since, in a public
journal in Launceston, by a gentleman residing on the

northern side of this island, and who is acting as agent

for others, for the supply of an immense quantity
railway sleepers for India. This was the first tender

ever invited in this colony, and many, on that account,
but more especially on account of the magnitude
of the contract—involving about four millions ster-
ling—were credulous as to its being a bona fide trans-

action. At all events it is consolatory to know that
an offer has been made by the principal mer4auts
engaged in the timber trade to supply 4ndia with the
whole quantity required, and tliat, too, at a price for
which no other country could afford to supply timber of
the same quality even if it had timber of the same

quality to supply. Should this contract be accepted
by the Indian government we shall need no other

advertisement. From what we can learn, those who
are interested in railways are not in a position to ttgA

up their noses at this, as they pretended to do at

every other Tasmanian export. it is clearly to their

own interest to deal with us, and self-interest is a mar-

Tellous antidote to such ill-founded prejudices. Several
of our homeward-bound wool ships have taken speci-
mgns of railway sleepers with them to England, and
those ships which will sail du.►zng the present month
will take others. If this were known, contractors, and
those interested in railways, might think it worth their
while to inspect the article we now offer and form their
own judgment regarding its value. Ships, for a mere
nominal freight, would gladly ballast with these sleepers
instead of with stone as Represent.

ATTEMPTED MURPJR BY A " BETTING

MAN."

On Saturday John Flaherty, thirty years of age,
residing at 11, Shackelwell-street, Mile-end, was charged
at the Worship-street Police-court, on a warrant issued

by Mr. D'Eyncourt, with the following outrage :
Catherine Murray, whose evidence was given while
seated, in consequence of her manifest enfeebled condi-
tion, said—l have lived with the prisoner as his wife
for the 14st twelve mouths, He is what is known as
a " betting man." He gets his living on the "turf,"
and I ply my needle. On Friday morning at the
breakfast table some words ensued about money. He
insisted upon my supplying him with some, and because
I could not he took up a knife, stood in front of me,
and said, " I will be your butcher—l will be the death
of you before you are confined ;" at the same moment
he cut at my throat with the knife. Instinctively I
held up my hand, and one of the fingers was nearly cut
off from its coming in contact with the blade ; it only
hangs by a small integument. I escaped from the house,
and am of course in fear of my life. Whenever he
wants money he threatens me if I do not procure it for
him. At the time in question he struck me with his
fist in my face, as I was escaping from him. Theblack
eye I have is consequent upon such attack. Subse-
quently I procured a warrant for his arrest. At this
very time I am giving evidence 1 feel that I am in
labour. I have had a medical practioner with me for
the last twelve hours.

Maria Digs,ins, a servant to the complainant, gave
corroborative testimony ; and yet more decidedly spoke
to tl►e act in question as being an intent to cut the
woman's throat.

Sarah Edmonds, a married woman and a neighbour,
said she saw the injured woman run from the house half
attired and bleeding from the hand.
A medical certificate was put in, substantiating all that
had been advanced relative to the injuries received, and
Fairall, warrant officer of the court, gave testimony of
having apprehended the prisoner at his house, and said
that he had made a very determined resistance.
The prisoner, in a very excited manner, denied the
charge and was remanded.

EXTENSIVE MANUFACTURE OF HEAVY GUNS.—
The guu factories at Woolwich are now working
night and day on a prodigious scale, forging the Arm-
strong guns of all sizes, from 6 to 100-pounders. It is
expected that 1,200 guns, chiefly of the larger des-
cription, will be made this year. During the five
months the factory has been in operation, 48 complete
batteries of field artillery have been turned out and
equipped for service, as well as 240 pounders for
naval use, besides a large number of 100-pounders in
progress of manufacture, and which will be ready by
the Ist of August next.
THE TRADE OF AUSTRALIA.—The Morning Herald
says the next three months will be a period of great
anxiety to all connected with the trade of Australia.
The Times states that the stoppage of the three large
firms at Melbourne, as already mentioned, had been

followed by a number of establishments of less magnitude.
The balance sheets presented are also said to be most
unfavourable to the prospects of holders and importers
of goods. The consumption of goods was falling off, yet
stocks continued to arrive. It is to be hoped, however,
that the present crisis may end by purging the trade of
the unsound elements that have characterised it for a
long time past.

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