Washington sentinel., 1856-05-15

| OHc lUouSdHu DOttuTS LTeUttuHt.--
The well known distiller, John NJ Barnard, Of
Boston, with "yiew to neite the spirit OF
duty in the statesman and TO advance the cause
of temperance in a reasonable and practical
way" offers premium Of one thousand dollars
for the best essay on the subject of legislative
enactments designed TO regulate the manufac-
ture, sale, and use of Intoxicating liquors, to be
accom- panied by an outline of law for conside-
ration. The premium is to be awarded by a
board ofjudges consisting Of Hon. John J. Gil
christ, Chief Justice of the Court of Claims at
Washington, Hon. John III. Clifford, Rev.
Alexander H. Vinton, ID. d., Hon. Peter Coop
er, of New York, and Nahum Capen, of Dor
chester.
...... A Whaleman among the Arabs.--The
whaling brig Lewis Bruce, Of Orleans, Capt.
Ryder, arrived at this port yesterday from the
coast of Africa, where she has been cruising
for several months in search of whales. She
brought home 80 barrels of oil, and $4,000
lbs. Of bone. The whalemen during their
voyage were often in the vicinity Of the wander
ing Arabs, who frequently came down TO the
coast from the Great Desert. Captain Ryder
was once captured by some of them, while on
shore, and they attempted to get him on a
camel and carry him off alive but the captain
Of, and he manfully resisted, when the savages
shot him in the legs to cripple him, and he in
turn shot one of the Arabs dead Fortunately
at this juncture he was saved by other whale
men coming to the rescue, who drove the
Arabs off, and carried the wounded man to his
vessel. Capt. Ryder recovered from his wounds
and came home in command of his vessel
There were about dozen whaling vessels on
the coast and the seamen had carried on con-
siderable trading with the natives, who are
represented as being exceedingly treacherous.
The men while on shore always went in COM
pany and were we'll armed
...... A Boston banking house received
draft yesterday forenoon for $40, which con-
tanned the following memorandum upon its
face -" Ny dear wife, ] have been to Chicago
and am coming home as soon as | get this
money; you will therefore pay this at once if
you wish me to come home;' and upon the
back of this paper was this singular endorse
ment:-"T This is for token to my wife to know
that she is to pay the money-you paid me
sixty dollars when ] left homes" and post
script to the effect that there should be "no
protest in any event" The maker of the draft
signs "his X mark before notary, being
probably unable to write his name. Although
the parties who received the draft had no fears
at first that it would be dishonored, they began
to grow little suspicious when they turned it
over and discovered that the drawers wife had
paid $50 to send him abroad, thinking it doubt
full whether she wonld be willing to invest $40
more to get him back How little they knew
of human naturel
...... Egg Pone.-Take three fresh eggs to
one quart Of meal, and mix with milk and add
one table spoonful of butter; mix all well to-
gether, and make up Of consistence somewhat
thicker than the cakes, or SO thick that it viii
not pour OUT bake in a tin pan set in Dutch
oven, not too hot at first, but by gradual aug
mentation of heat till done. The object of this
is TO secure the baking of the bottom first, which
will ensure the rising of the cake, cause it to
become beautifully brown on, the top, and when
placed on the table and cut, to resemble pound
cake.