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The Trinity times., 1855-09-08
Y1OACE.
IFrom Household Woras.l

Now yadace is a game. There are re-
CURED TO plav il neither cards nvr ce,
cues, balls, checker board, counters, fish,
pawns. castles nor rocks. 1t can be play
in winter or in summer at home or abroad,
in perfect silence, amidst the greatest hub
hub. The race is to the swift in yadace, for
the most skillful player must win. You
cannot cheat at yadace and it is game
that child of nine may begin. and may not
have finished when he finds himself an old
man ef ninety.
The game is of the utmost simpl' city
and consists solely in abstaining from re-
ceiving anything whatsoever from the per
son with whom you play. In ord. to ratty
the convention which is established between
the parties at the commencement of game,
each player takes by the end a morsel of
straw, slip OF paper or even blade OF
grass, which is broken or torn in two be-
tween them, the eacramental formula " va
ddce" being pronounced at the same timr.
After this, the law of the game is in full
force. In some cases, when one of the play
ers imagines that he has to al with al in
exp rienc d or inattent vc playr. h. immc
d.atcly att mpts to catch hm by presenting
him with the pcc4 of straw or paper VIII cf
has remained on his de, und pretenc. o
having il m asurt AGAINST the 9th r.
Should the novice be fool .sh enough to ac
crpt the fragment, the terrible yadace il
forthwith thund rtd forth, and the game il
lost in the very outset. But it rarely hap
pens, save, perhaps, when one Of the players
is European, totally q stranger to the ira
d tiols OF the game, that any one is foult
thoughtiess enough to be caught in th
gross, palpable trap. Much more fr quehtly
a struggle oi mutual a,tuteAess, cautiou
aid rcumsp ctlon bo gins, VIII ch is pro
loIgd ,or days, weeks, montns, aid ii
ma ~ cases, years
As it is almost impossible that person
who 1--we haD illally together should no
sonotm s id t lavodable to take some
,a.4a .reu G+- t..,A l., ti.agr ,Don, ii
The Trinity times., 1855-09-08

z4y- The r-nI.e medical College Of
-,,.I,u..ia mas 80 sluDents. olA y0aAg la-
40. gTad...t.G Il tue recent commencement
The Trinity times., 1855-09-08

.pp ID a - "a .oaJ laJ -. u
wtnolt pr ID e. 10 Il "a. 0. y.dtce. The
M1Gr II autIJr.t t,es III ..ittOa sp c ally k -
ora zap u. til la ID but tn y say noth-
iag OF blow. Perhaps tn y th.dk tnat
with losl I'm such "a gltt coild hever, al
d r aIy CIRCUMSTANCES. ue rcc.lYcd but
must naturally Dc returned as aooa gIv-u.
adlce may m)rc prop rly De look d
upoh as a gains ef It's tina as &c
adapted to gambling purposes but the Al
gurlIes mak:--or raLn,r u.s. d to make
subservlent to the good sergice Of mlmmoL
to tremendous extent. Before. the treuch
conquest, in the old times Of the Uey add
his JewellLd faa, with which he was won't
to rap the fingers of Europ sah coasuls VIII en
tn we're impertInent-N when the Mussul-
man population of Algiers was both nu-
IN rous aud wealthy, yadace was in the
highest fashion: husbands played at yadace
with their wives brothers with their Sis
tiers friends among themselves--and enor-
nous sums were frequently won and lost
Houses, gardens, farms, nay, whole estates
were often staked and many wealthy
Moslem saw his fortune depart from HIN ioi
having had the imprudence to accept plpe
of tobacco, a cup OF couee, q morsel OF pa
lati, without having prououn ;ed the tails
manic ord Fl bali" However, ther,
were ma. players at yadace so caution.
and atte ii e. that they were enabled tC
continue tue mutual struggle for ma y
years, in spite Of the most ingenious rus =
aad t5s nos. deeQly-laid 9la:s :? zap o.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01

FAUsTN l., AND his BLACK ARMY
Sunday morning is the appointed time tor
these military displays, and accordingly on
the morning of the 18Th, at an eurly hour,
drums were heard blanng from all quarters,
and bodies OF troops came i'orl every d.
rec ion hurryng to the place of parade.
Twas surprised to see such a large mum
Der Of troops on parade at once in SO small
city-,here being not ess than 5000
men, armed and equipped. | was also sur.
prsed to see them all dressed so uniformly
and so neatly equipped. In vain did look
for ragged and barelooted soldiers through
out the lines of this vast army-not one
was to be found. The ragged and some
times barefooted soldier that we often meet
in the street throug ghout the week seems 70
be completely metamorphosed to a WELL
equipped and armed veteran Of the Sunday
morning parade.
And the officers Of the army, whom we
always find decently equipped, were decked
with gorgevusness Of military trimmings
that / have never seen equalled before.
The tout ensemble presented very brilliant
spectacle indeed, as they performed their
various eyolutions with great apparent mill
tary exactness. The superior officers were
all mounted on very fine prancing stecds,
and their golden decorations and swords
flashed and CLEANED in the sunshine, as
they rode from line to line Of this vast mill.
tary array in the discharge Of their duties.
Tie troops were faally oil drawn upin hol-
low square to await the review of the en-
p,ror. At this juncture the heat OF the sun
was gaining in intensity, and the hour Of
worship at the Protestant mission was ap-
preaching, and | decided to leave the ground
quite satisfied at having witnessed all the
preliminary military evolutions, and not
being very anxious to witness the formal
houors reserved for the chief OF the state.
This military system is the life Of the
Haytiens, aad the snimating spirit Of the
government. This nation was born with
tn, sword in its hand, amid the awful
throes, horrors, and cenv ulsions of bloody
aud unrelenting warfare. lha. hand has
never ceased to grasp with . firm hold the
sword, and counts every male IIuyiien able
TO do duty. soldier as the general rule,
and leaving exceptions to take care Of them
selves. Correspondent oil Tribune.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01

FINDING THE TExT.-A pious old lacy
no was too unwell to attend meeting,
used to send her thickheaded husband TO
church, to find out what teAt the preacher
selected as the foundation of his discourse.
The poor Ounce was rarely fortunate
enough to remember the words OF the text,
or even the chapter and verse where they
could be found but one Sabbath he ran
home in hot haste, and with smile Of sat.
isfaction on his face, Informed his wife that
he could repeat every word of the text with
out missing a single syllable.
The text was as follows :-"An angel
came down from Heaven and took live
coal from the altar"
"Well, let us hear the text, remarked the
good woman.
"Know every word" replied the hus-
band
81 am anxious 10 hear it," continued the
wife.
"They are nice words" continued the
husband.
81 am glad your memory is improving,
but don't keep me in suspense, my dear"
"Just get your big Bible, and | will say
the words, for | know them by heart
Why, | said them hundred times on my
way home"
"Wel, now let's hear them"
"Ahem," said the husband, clearing his
hroat,-"An Ingen came dawn from New
Haven and took live colt by the tail and
jeiked him ont Of the halter"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01

SURGICAL OPERATIoN.-For years a wo.
man in this town has been subject to severe
pains, caused by swelling on her side, at
times deraDged. A few weeks since, it
was considered necessary to open the
swelling. The operation was successful
ly performed by DR.. +. p. Fearing, of this
town, and resulted in the extrication Of
thirty sepen needles from the side Of the
patient The largest needle was an inch
and half in length, and it IS supposed
that there are few needles still remaining
in her side. When they were swallowed
the patent was unable to say, but the pre-
sumption is, about - years ago. She was
gradually drawn over one side by the pain,
but is now quite comfortable.--Nantucket
Inquirer.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01

WORDS OF CONSOLATION TO THE BER.
EAvEp.-Dr. Judson once wrote 10 friend
in The hour oi rial, as follows -
$50 the light of your dwelling has gone
out, my poor brother and it is all darkness
there, only as you draw down BY faith
some CLEANS of The light Of heaven, and
coldness has gathered round your heart
stone your home probably desolate, your
children scattered, and you homeless
wanderer over the face OF the land
We have both tasted of those bitter cups
once and again, we have found them bitter,
and we have found them sweet too.--
Every cup stirred by the finger Of God, be-
comes sweet to tho humble believer. Do
you remember how our late wives and 9TH
ers used TO cluster round the well curb in
the mission premises OF the close of the
day 7 can almost see them sitting there
with their smiling faces, as look out Of
the windows at which am now writing
Where are ours now Clustering around
the we'll curb on the fountain Of living wa
ter, to which the Lamb OF Heaven shows
them the way reposing in the arms Of in
finite Love, who wipes away all their tears
with his own hand. Let Us travel on and
look up. We shall soon be there. Al
sure as write, and you read these lines,
we Ihall seon be there. Many a weary
step We may yet have to take, but we shall
get there at last. And the longer and
more odious the way, the sweeter will. be
our repose."
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01

RUSSIAN TEnMstr PsAcE.-When The
evacuation of South Sevastopol was an
nounced at the Court Of st. Petersburg
DIR. -, an intelligent but free spoken
Tennessean, now in that city, said in the
presence Of the Grand Duke Constantine
'Will this influence a peace y "The on
ly peace Russia will accept" was the re.
mar ksble reply of the prince, must not
only guaranty liberty of worship 70 all
classes Of Christians in Turkey, but il nust
constitute and declare Constantinople a
free port, tn, Bosphcrus a common avenue
and the EuSine the bazaar OF the commerce
oi tn, world"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01

The Balloon AscEssIoN AT CWcIsSA-
IA LIVE HoRsE CARRIED THRoUos
THE AIR.-Mons. GODDARD made his third
ascension from this city yesterday after
mo n. The announcement lbat be would
tlke live horse with him, served tn in
crease the anxiety to witness the nsce nsion.
At 4 O'clock Tive immense enclosure recent.
ly used by the Horticulture Society, on
Vine street, above Fourth, and he adjoin-
ing STREETS and surrounding houses for a
great distance, were crowded with people.
Full twenty thousand people must have
been assembled in The vicinity, presenting,
Of itself, a magnificent spec aclr. Al live
o'clock The monster balloon was fully iniia-
ed. when The car was attached, and The
horse suspended, by means Of belts, below
the car. The weather was delightfully."-
clear and cain, and Mons. GODDARD and his
daring lady being seated in tn, car, the bal
loon was cut loose, aud glidcd beautifully
upward and nor,hward amid the cheers OF
the ihou.ands below. The horse kept his
legs perfectly still, but kept constantly
moving his head first TO the one and then
to the other side, as il considerably aston.
shed at his predcamenl.
Ii had been pre- viously arranged that
Mons. &. should be followed by The gentle.
men who had engaged passage in carriage,
and he would descend as soou as possible,
cut loose the horse and take them aboard.
He commenced descending while over the
10th Ward, and finally very gently and
without the least trouble, landed on the hill
side, north oi Hamilton Road and near Vine
street. As soon as the horse touched the
earth he commenced eating grass, as uncon-
cernedly as If he had been wandering in a
pasture. Within two minutes, the balloon,
was surrounded by several thousand people
among whom were the Rover Dragons
who had galloped to the spot. -
The horse was unbuckled, and Messrs.
Rockey Thompson, mail agent; John
Sharp, City Councilman, and of the En-
quirer Office and Mr.. Bcllman, o. the Ga
zette seated themselves in the car, With
Mons and Mad. g., and the balloon again
glided beautifully upward and sailed directly
North. We presume they RENAME in Tho
air until late hour We are promised an
account OF The voyage from the pen Of MIR.
Thompson.
The horse was return ed to the city sur.
rounded by large or wd OF men aad boys,
He is small animal, rather on The muish
order, as number of persons who or OVID
ed too closely upon him, and received his
heels into their slomachs, can testify. He
was quite lion during the evening.
We learn this morning that the eronauts
after proceeding in their voyage until atsut
eight O'Clock, arrived in the vicinity Of
Weslchcsier, about sixt-en miles from the
city. There, as they were hoverng in mid
air, they were asked il they would not stop
and Ia tea-'aaing the lady uho had the
kindness TO extend the invitation, at her
word, they descended to terra .Grma, and
enjoyed pleasan, repast after their Grial
voyage.-Clncinaui Times, Ocr. l9.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01

AsEcporE or THE FRENCH EMPEROR.-
About this time last year, man named
Loubcrs, ex-chief Of principle restaurant
in the Pslsis Royal, discovered means OF
preserving meat, sc a. cgive it fresh at th'
eLd OF any number of years. believe him
to have been she first. Since, three have
found ont something analogous, and ere put.
ting it largely into practice. The man LETT
his place, and applied to some capitalists 10
help him in forming company for the work
ing of his discovery. Their proposals
were selfish, and offered him, tho discover
er, so little advantage, that he gave the
whole thing up, having obsained, through
some private protection, to be allowed to
furnish some preserved articles for the Bel
tic fleet. As last chance, however, he
wrote to the Emperor, recounting tho whole.
No answer came, and at the end OF tour "
five months he left Paris for his native vii
lage, in Berry, despairing of ever succeed
ing wi his plan. In April last, came one
morning telegraph despatch, telling this
man to come to the Tuileries as fast as
possible. He did so, and was the following
morning in Napoleon's cabinet. I'll have
,quired into The WHOLE" said the Empe-
ror your meats sent me to the Baltic
succeeded completely; but that is partial
essay. The really important thing would
be to bear upon the prices Of meat at h'me.
You ought to 60 to South America, and
from thence send home ship loads of meat,
whole teasts preserved. We should then
see what your method is worth" ~ quite
agree to that" was the reply " but have
not penny to do it with" The Emperor
took some notes out OF drawer. There"
said he" are fifty thousand francs (f2000);
GO and see what you can do; and if your
plan succeeds, will take care Of your fu-
ture fortuues.n The man sailed for Ameri-
ca he is now at Buenos Ayres, and per-
son of my acquaintance has read a letter
from him dated thence, and expressing the
best possible hopes OF his enterprise
Manchester Guardian.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01

PArERs AND Booxs.-W. C. Bryant,
the American poet, speaking Of newspap-
ers, said Books are the precious metals
in mas mssses---newspapers coin them for gen
eral use, put them into the most convent
cnt forms, and pass them from hand to
hand" "Newspapers," hs said, are the
ushers of books. Who wonld know when
book is published but for the friendly in.
formation Of the newspaper 2" He added
"that he had been sometimes tempted to
regret that the wise, witty, or eloquent
things which appeared in these 'folios Of
four pages - they were called by Cow
per, should not be inscribed on more dura,
be tablets, instead Of going the next norm
ing to wrap parcels or ligh, kitchen fres;
but he was fslly satisfied with their fate,
when he reflected that they had first been
read by thousands, and whatever was good
in them had passed into the general
mind"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01

AFFLIcTISG.-A terrible instance of the
suffering, caused by Post Office mismanage-
ment Of robbery, happened recently at st.
Louis. A man who went thence to Texas
to return Immediately, found some prof,a-
bic business which would detain him sever
ol months, and therefore wrote 10 bis wife
inclosing one hundred and fifty dollars for
her present wants. The letter never
reached her, and being, with her five chi Id
rem turned out OF her home for non-pay.
ment Of rent, aud driven TO despair by the
idea that her husband had deserted her, she
drowned herself and youngest child in the
Mississippi The unhappy husband and
father receiving no answer to his letter, re-
turned to st. Louis to find himself wild
over, and his children supported by public
charity. The Postmaster who stole that
one hundred and Fifty dollars will have
fearful account settle with a department,
the Head Of which ii i, impossible to cheat
or deceive.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01
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HALIFAX, Wednesday morning


HALIFAX, ednesday morning
The Africa arrived chi. morning. with
Liverpool dates 10 the 18th inst.
The news, commercially and financially.
is OF much importance.
The Cotton nsrks, was dull snd- consid.
erably lower.
Brssdstuffs slightly advanced.
Provisions without material change. /:
Money continued tight. !
Consols closed at S7i.
News Of the bombardment Of Odessa by
The allied feet WAS daily looked for.
A slight engagement had taken plsss
near Kcrtsch, and resulted In favor Of the
Allies.
The news BY Il is arrival, in comner-
cisl sense, 10 highly important, bat Otherwise
there is but little of interest
Affairs at Sebsstopol bad sndeSg0ns no
change, and except an occasional inter-
change Of sho.s, every thing was quist.
The Allies were threatening Perekop,
and were also tnaniiesting some activity on
the Daunbe. 'H
The steamship Hermann left Souihsmp-
ton for New York on the 10th inst, with .
full complement Of passengers,
!; From Asia ihelnews is unimpoYtent.--
The Tsrks still held out at Kars, although
closcly invested and much distressed tor
provisions. .n fr-r 7afr 10.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Cotton market had exhibited great
depres. ion, amounting almost to panic,
and prices were fully one farlhing lower,
while in some cases forced sales had been
made to even still greater reduction from
the quotations advised per Atlantic. Tho
weeks business was restricted 10 about 81,
600 bales, Of which spectators took but .
very small proportion.
The London money market continued
very tight, but the Bank oi England yet
further advanced ii rates Of discount.
Consols had shown considerable vsria.
ton, but finally closed ut 81 l-2 for mon
ey. a... ..a ..,ase %. aHeF &
For BreadstufIs, fair demand existed,
At the extreme prices Of the week preced-
ing, and in some descriptions slight ad-
vance had taken place.
Ii,dian Corn was in morderste rsquest at
former rates. d"
Provisions were steady q, about former
rates.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01

HoRRiBLG CATAsrRoHE-About three
o'clock on Friday evening, 18th inst, the
Steamer Sonora landed at Portland wharf
and discharged some freight, among which
were two kegs of powder. The powder
was left on the river bank temporarily,
when three little boys approached it, and
concluding to throw FIRE into one Of the
kegs, through sport. Accordingly, having
burst the head of one of the kegs in, and
procured matches and fire crackers, one of
them lighted cracker and stepped up de.
libera'ely threw it into the open keg. Both
keys being close together, exploded carry
ing two Of the boys high in the air. When
first found they were completely wrapped
in flames, and uttered the most heart rend.
ing screams and cries for assistance. -
Their burning clothes were Immediately
extingushed. Then followed one of The
widest scenes of excitement. Men, wo.
men and children rushed indiscrminately to
the spot, and among them the parents of
one, and the brothers and sisters OF another
OF the poor tile victims. The three were
the sons respectiv ly OF Messrs. j. Fhzger-
aid, A. Gibson, and d. c. Arnes Young
Gibson lived about twenty six hours after
the accident, and Mr.. Filzgerald's son about
ioriy. The little son Of Mr.. Arnes escaped
without being seriously injured. and will,
perhaps, soon recover. The two former
were horribly burned aud bruised, so much
so that they were not recognized by those
who first reached them.-[fulton (Me.,)
Telegraph.
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hERAlD OF THE TIMES.
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THURSDAY O,ember l, 1876.

II Mayor Swinburne and a portion OF
the Commissioners Of the Asylum came In
collision on "Wednesday last. Complaints
were made To the Mayor that wosnnn was
keeping disreputsblc house in the north
ea,, part of the city; he gave her notice
that 81 must leave, which she promised to
do. bn' tailed to keep her pledge good.
Farther complaints were made, and the
Mayor ordered the Oversecr Of the Poor to
commit her to the Asylum, not AS auper,
but 'or the olf'nce above named he in
tended to keep her there only for few
days, or until she would promise to give up
the housc, or | ave the city. Here the
Mayor made a mistake he should have
committed he, to Jail, and not to the Asy.
lun., because the last named Institution is
designed to be home and respectable re-
fnge for the poor and unlortunaie,--a not
receptacle for the guilty and proflgste
who deserve incarceration in a House OF
Correction.
The woman promised to comply with the
Mayors terms, and he accordingly sent an
order by the Overseer Of the Poor to the
keeper OF the Asylum for the discharge o:
the woman the keeper refused to dis
charge her upon this ORDER saying that his
instructions from the Commissioners were
not to discharge any person except by an
order from their Board. The Mayor then
sen, another order, which came into thet
hands Of the Commissioners, and they Offer
ed to endorse it, but the Mayor would not
consent 10 this, contending that he had
right to discharge any person that he had
committed. Tho keeper OF the Asylum
refused 10 comply with thi, order the
Mayor then obtained warrant for the wo-
man, and went to the Asylum with the
Sheriff, his Deputy and :he Overseer of the
Poor, and, breaking open the door, brough.
the. woman to the city. Thus the matter
Stands. The Mayor contends that the city
authorities have control over the Asylum,
and that tho Commissioners should be r..
sponsible to the Council for their acts, ex-
pendiiures, 81, tn, same as any other
Committee. On the other hand, the Com
missioners contend that they have exclusive
control over the Asylum, the expenditure
al funds, the discharge Of persons com
mitted there, &C., and that the city authori-
it's have no right to interfere with them.
These we understand to be the facts in the
case.
We think the Mayor is right in claiming
10 discharge person committed there by
his order, beouse it is natural 10 presume
that, knowing all the facts of the case. he
is The best Judge as TO what should be done.
In regaid to the financial affairs of the In
stitution, we were long ago convinced that
there was monkery in the management
We do not speak OF any particular year.
but we mean for. years past, in all the differ.
eft Boards aud it is quite time that there
WIS thorough renovation of the system Of
managing this most benevolent and ex Gel
ent Institution, as far as its fsca affairs
ara concerned
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-01

We learn from the "Enirs' Acte' that
Madame La Grange goes to Rio Janeiro
after the conclusion Of her engagement at
the Academy Of Music. She is engaged
there for six months, and is to receive for
her services 10000 francs and TO sing
at the rate Of eight performances per
m nth, and being paid three thousand
francs for every performance above that
number She ir also tn have free ben
eft, guaranteed to yield 100000, at least
Travelling expences for family and servants
to be paid by the manager, and furnished
house, horse and carriage during her stay
in Rio Jspeiro. Morcell and Tambsrlik
have been offered similarly liberal terms.