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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-26
Passengers Arrived

H. steamship Rattle from Lirepool-The Rev DR.. J. w
Alexander LAZY and II Addery and sister w r. Allen
Thos An.ley Atkins, Appleton. O w. AndIews H.
Austin J. G. ADders and LADY, !. T.. Anderson T Braud
L. Beuden, Bodsco and lady, Jas Boorman. lady aud
three servants Mrs Booth children ard servant C.
Boycs. Sonar. C. CI,;sen. n 7 caIgl Jsnes Con
nor T Copeland lady, child and seryast z Co.dn. C.
Converse, g. Davis and lady, Calvin Durand Eccl@s,
Mics Fgber Elliott, +. \. Carssen Miss Rinserlec
Garcia 4. Cry, i. Gliddon. n II. Gillian. Goldman,
S. Goodhue NJ Gounsr msS z. Grove, II 81 Gogsnheim,
{. p Hapekel. J. p and J. HanIi Mas NJ Hazard Z.
II sings, William Henley. ST. HedlAnd. J. Holmes,
g. Jor Kohnssp, o. Lee LADY aud servant T. Johns,
". ". LemSn Ni.s Leupp, Miss Lenpp. Mss Leupp,
Miss Leyefe Leise % sister Miss lockwood r. LIcey,
Alexander AcCoEochie Mailer, Thos. Mary, Mil
l.r J. Moburn " w. Montsomery, ~ MonshaB @ Mord.
SOD, lady, infant aud A l. Myers Mu w Probst
~ Porter. = T Ps.eI and Iaay P.ysies LAZY asil.
and lady Nj, Parker Oh Perkins ady servant; J A.
Pesn and lady Col w Preston o Price ana lady, Mr. Pun.
rett, lady. +ehldu and sery't'J Ray Raymond g.
Robbns A. r. gsufer NJ St.atz echeperhsusen,
Shove and daughter, TAFT rapseott. lady. child and
servant Ms Teee T T3er, Jas. Tucsernin and LAZY
c. HolzodfrA HunM d ant lsey rlcksnrsa J. V.n
Wat and son Mr. Wakefield sLi servant Ward and LADY
Weber J. W. Wheeler. lady aud three daughter y. K
Wrisht ". Wikens and lacy WHEREOF Miss %oolseJ-
total 60.
Ia ,hip Ne,eary 6rom gdrre-D Bennett w, Frost died
18th inst Johu Hopson a Of Lo1don, ssed p
In mir Lucy TAonpsan lros Li,eyp1a-Hs ID. L. White
infant md servant. Ed Webster.
n brig Presn Royal from ersadd eonard Peck John
Ds,enpor Lieut.. W. Mac Donald Mil Of the 18th Csnsro
nisn. p Buterbrdge
IN BRIG Ocean Bird from Ssa .Ear Nj Henry Weden,n
joseph Scott, Andres Fsus, Htmpi, aud
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MARLNE JOURNAL.
Cleared.
PORT or NEw-YoRK.......ocr. 2

st.snss'p--Al~hN1s scheDck, Savannah. T. L. M.chl
Jsnssswu, rsii,h Nocls, Indian flessn,s Nsskvie,
Murray Chsits stop, SpofoId. Tilestor Co.
smps-We.ir.iaseI, WAnaei, New Orleans, Stanton l.
Thonr.en Cultiysor. Russell, liverpool Williams Guion
kain Ham lask Hamburg, T.. Bech Kunhardt. S.ndus-
ty, Williams New Orleans Stuses Chairman Co. Cavalier,
Jordan Noble, Snow Burgess.
ssrss-Arus Wheeler Galveston, Cisc1ents Co.. Ro.
sse, f,rce Bias n NJ Freeman CO Gem u tie Sea,
Miller Coses ane mtras', Galway C..-doi Francs Ella,
Giasbov DugG3, Lelsnd Co.
b. Charles. Clubhouse. st. John N B, A smhers 4 Co.
soAoossr-Di.Hond, Carey Phladelphie : W. Mckee;
j. ii. Warren, Chapman New Haven, j. B. Edvuds I'm
her Bsot1, Attakssss. z Peers Aa.onc Perry Jack
ioDytle Buck Co Sussex, Martin BA!mors asrriI
Abbott; IfeIc Rich. Smith, Philadelphia las Hand Ca
Ste .sAeD phis Watson, Chare.tan DsaEse, Cops
Philadelphia; Black Diamond, Allen, Philadelphia
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-26

The Superintendent of the Banking Department
gives notice that he has converted the securities of the
sard City Bank of this city into money, and its cir
culstng notes viii now be redeemed on presentstisn
at the Manhattan Bank in this city.
Mr. Albert H. Nicolays regular semi weekly auction
sale of stock. and bonds viii take place on Monday,
10Th irst at I2 o'clock al the Merchants Exchange.
The interest on the stocks of the Corporation Of
New-Yori due Nov. J. 1857, will be paid on Monday,
Nov. by A. V. Stout, esq, Chamberlain Of the City,
at the Shoe and Leather Bank, corner of Broadway
and Chambers street.
We understand that Messrs. Robb, Halett & Co.
had no sterling bills returned protested for non.sccept
srcs, nor do they expect any. The bills on the Com
meTcial Bank of Liverpool are all night, and from the
information we have We believe will be psid. There
will only be about TO- 900 their house returned
protested for non payment A dispatch wa. received
from New. Orleans, which speaks confidently of the
ability of the Bank of James Robb to fully sustain
itself
Vhe notes of the Lee Bank of Massachusetts, are
cow taken at the Metropolitan Bank on the same
terms as other Eastern money.
The statement of the l.. S. Treasury shows the
Amount dsps. Gs waiii:ca ''''''' o
Amount x..i:iaa, ii,..afsT Boston '''''
Amo, Ma, ~ I'm ss85el %
fork, N. 18th Oct............,,..,,.. 9s6l9s IL
Amount OF deposit, Assistant Treasurer Pills.
.,,,s Pima, Pa lnh oet...:................ us49 81
,,,ou ton, $ g. ieta ooi.......:...... s37 Sc
leans La. 10Th Oct. 47ssSs s.
Amount Of deposit, Assistant Treasurer ST.
LOUIS ho'''''.''' L439s75 2.
The Executive Council of the Board OF Trade. SAWS
Tie Philadelphia Ledger have passed resolution
wgipg the banks to accep. the law of the extra ses
sion of the Legislature. The same body a. the same
tine passed the following:
Re,ord This tie section Of the law requiring the bank, "a
In of debts the I0es Of other banks ,b m ~
opinion Of hi. ard 70 be extended receive the ro
Of ell solvent BANKS Of this STATE On deposit, and pay them o
currency
The following resolution was introduced in the State
Senate Of Tennessee on the 18th inst, aud lost by
vote OF TO 10
Rered By the General Assembly Of the State Of Tennessee
that III. Banks Of this State be permitted % uspecd specie
Until the IL; Of April 1857 without occurring TIE yens-
ue"ri,Dsd In their charters foT fsel susrensor
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-26

flua is .ztlIe,y exss-,ssa, SD aer',sif CT sh'
orr bsssy ofi,e are rOs obliged 70 tHH TIE nc" p0
cess 81 .oi-sse At IL. Pnlsislphis Mini'
The I:rcis Cezt-al R..l;oss, a. We sI%'ea ere
iay wiz Iespne pay ment az IL eorp 'h' Ga M'H'"''
CT. -. 49,
The foilC~iIS is stasment OF toe stes O. me 49,
nois Central Raii.otd Compto> anas rom JAZZ -
Sept 80 1871, Inclusive:
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Tie fol-Sing comprises a list Of "a the ceIaHJ
bake he noses Of which of Sc ard up vsrd are To-
oev, On DEPOSIT a; the bsrk in Philsdephis;
Alebtown B,ni D.eu.owr.
Bsr1 e Chester County
Bsni Of Dsi.~.ie County, ob,.:.r.
sni q Montsomsry County.
Co.anbia BsnE. Collrlbia
Doyle Bank. Doyierowu.
u la cen and Necbanie.' Bark, Ess,on.
F'IIscrs BsIh Of Bucks County BIroL
fsIIs.rs BsEt Of Readirg. Realms.
Faimer, Bs1i Of setuylkih County Potisv-e'
Lock Haven Bani, Penn.
Much Chunk Bank. M,tcb Ca11i.
VS.: Branch BANK ., wlIarn.Por.
Wyoming BaDt, a. WIkes5aire.
s.Toudsbirgh Bank.
Ca.swi,.s Bsrl.
BoidsntosD Bsa sils COMPANY, EoFdeftowp
Buiir stoD County Bs1h. Med:oTc
Fsrmcs Bsnk. Moant Holy.
II. s:HS . ssi M. N B.nl
Princeton Bank. a. Princeton
Ste O. BSnl Camden
State Bsnt Nv. Brun.W.'.:
Trenton Bsrking Company, Trep.or-
Mount holly Banh.
STATE Bsn., EeSnk ,,..
al bah. Dsa,rs are ess.ss on are
redeemed 81 par in Nev.York. - follows
Newark Banking Company, st the hercns,'s D-'''
STATE Bank a. the M.nhsttsn Company
blechsl,cs' Bank al the Mechanics BanE.
Newark City Bank, a. the Confidential BANK
The Nontreol Commercial Advertiser says: bo'n
Wholesale snd ret tail business is a. an end, and what Is
Usually the busiest of the year has become the
duIlest.
TIE OMAHA NeJrasktdx Of the ith inst. says
0rbe Nebraska bal Ike which continue 10 meet their
liabilities promptly by paying speais on their q Jtes
and to depositors, are the Bank OF Nebra'ks, al
Omaha; Bank of Desoto, and Waubeek Bank: at
Dcsoto: and Bank Of Tekama at Texans. Ihs
platte Valley Bank and snk Of Florence claimed
10 be solvent but reports very prejudicia 20 their
credit are in circulation We think the public. had
better keep an eye to them."
TIE PHILADELPHIA Bulletin prepares from the last
weekly reports and reeods of last year the following
statement of the tunnage from the Lehga AMI Schuyl-
~. 4 - tba
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-26

The receipts Of this Company for the present year
up 10 Oct. II, are $2A3'2l 81 sgsins, $o57 1872 90
for the came period last eara decrease Of $4,000 30
The amount of business done however, has been
larger this year than io 1856 the deficit arising from
reduction Of the rates of toll on of the most i'm
portrait articles of transportation.
The statement in gu, issue Of Saturday thai the
stoppsge Of work on the Auburn and Allentown
Railroad was in consequence of the suspension
OF Mesiu Choutesu, Sanford & Co., was in
correct and We requested to say thai thst firm has
aot suspended, nor has it ever had any business
relations with the road named
The following New -Eogland bards are reported 10
pay specie on their bills: The New London, at New.
London; Connecticut River, q. Hartford; Midile.owa
and Central &. Mid IetowD; Iron Bank, a. Salisbury;
the Msrtha's Vineyard Bank, and the Pacific Bsak, a.
Nantucket.
In bullion the business il quite moderate, AID the
,a,e Of premium ranges from to II pss cont. The
demand continues 10 be mainly for the supply Of other
cities and the quantity offering for s.ls is large The
kw state Of the bullion fand o. the Assay Ofiee i.
snbsrsssDg the bullion dealers. The colo Of the
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-26
nssasfers. Ac.

SLIP suSoFsLAxu which s,riyse CITY Point ian pk,
win tuns railroad iros or tie East RstoA
dtansl a. Barrsons Bar fes days whsrs Oh. bed
spe destruction BY FIRE. FER dsek sassA
BY he's. from tov'ppe on Friday, duIins thu gale al M
qr'd thc strenuous eroitoIs OF the captain snd crew
sIest the progress Of the Rsmss Caps Cory sssty
buried in his Efforts 20 he ship.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-26

MINIATURE ALAASAc......THIs DAY.
scn-Rses.... 6:2 Sets.......5;C6 oon sets.. IS
BTGH wLFEa....TBI D.y.
Ssrdy Hook. 10 q Gov Isrd. I'm Hell Gsts..... Q5
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-26

The business of the Clearing House today was
eeo99 800. The amount OF State currency certi-
hca,es Issued by the Metropolitan Bank is now about
hree millions. This amount, although practically
withdrawn from circulation, is not voluntarily so, as
The banks owning it would gladly have it redeemed by
The banks Issuing IT, or would discount ii to dealers if
The proper quality of paper could be obtained. We
Apprehend the principal difficulty with the banks
y not 50 much the scarcity Of the scarcity of
No. paper offered for discount. Wehear of SO Vers
OF the largo banks which would willingly expand their
line somewhat if they could be fully satisfied with the
paper offered.
The receipts Of the Michigan Central Railroad ior
sep.smeeE ~ste.. '.'.................. S0l828 "a
StPtctnper, 100 S7l,9l2 r
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The total shipments from the Detro. collection dis
trict to Canadian ports were :, 10000 fl.
Tie receipts of lumber at Chicago, for The pas. SIX
ysars, are a. follows:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-26

Arsres,.e of capital employ ed.......... 6,lls So
There are large number Of single mill. IL y..
rou, parts Of the stse which turn out immense quantities
g beside those turned out BY hand which In the
aouut 70 respectable figure. The whole
mated Al on hundred millions worth on average g
anon ,na 10 COO This added TO the Of ath
and u bT swes the annual product Of pees -
II. Il
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-07-02
QGljt au0 BUmor.
Douglas Jerrold's wit.

Mr.. Herod, the poet and lecturer, ask
ed Jerrold, somewhat inopportuncly if
he had read his descent into He'll
ono, replied the dramatist; "but ]
should like to see itl'
This is a good illustration of Jcrrold''
irresistible tendency to witticism. Tic
would rather lose a friend. or fifty pei
cent. Of any mans estimation. we NIGH.
almost say respect, than miss the op.
portunity Of porpctrating a genuine
witticism.
At a supper party a Scotchmau
and Englishmun were dispuGng ON
the relative merits and dement's of
James the First. Ctho sixth James Of
Scotland,) and George the Fourth, and
with so much oarnostness that the
whole company were conn lied to be
listeners. The persons wgzcd warm
and somewhat indecent.
"Your royal James. indccd,-T could
spit upon him. exclaimed the indignant
EngIishman.
"And I would spit upon your worth
less George' rctortod the Scotchman.
Jcrrold who was among the unwill-
ing listeners here turned to one of the
servants with
Waiter, spittoons for twol'
1t is scarcely necessary to add that
the uproarious laugh which greeted
this bit Of exquisite humor finally set
tied the dispute.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-07-02

THE BAsHFUL Washington
Irving, at a party in England, one day
playfully asserted, that the love of an
nexation which the Anglo Saxon race
displayed on every occasion, proceeded
probably from its maurajSe hoatc rather
than its greediness. As a proof he ci.
ted the story of bashful friend of his,
who, being asked to a dinner party, sat
down to the table next to the hostess
in a great state of excitement, owing to
his recluse life. A few glasses of wine
mounting to his brain, completed his
confusion, and dissipated the small re-
mains of presence of mind. Casting
his eyes down he saw on his lap some
white linen. "My heavensI" thought
he, "that's my shirt protruding at my
waistband." He Immediately COM
menced to tuck in the offending portion
of his dress, but the more he tucked in,
the more there seemed to remain. At
last he made a desperate effort, when a
sudden crash, and a scream from the
company brought MIN to his senses.
He had been all the time stufing the ta-
ble-cloth into his brceches, and the last
time had swept every thing clean off the
table Thus our bashful friend annex
ed a tablo-cIoth, thinking it the tail Of
his own shirt.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-07-02

same moment gun was pointed at Bill
Hart by another person, when Taylor
exclaimed, che has shotme, letme shooot
him" and fired. Both fell. Citizens
commenced rushing in, well armed, as
well as many Of The dcspcradocs, and
the shooting became general The
gang of rowdies broke from the room
by O back door; many of them who
come up after the melee commenced,
Hed-fuding that they we're coming to
close quarters.
by this time at tloastsomo three hund-
red citizcns had COLLECTED. all well arm
ed-lor So was well s.aan chat this gang
of rowdios could have ot their com
mand scvcnty-fyo or a hundred men
within fifteen minutes Many Of them
came i'm sight, but very wisely withdrew.
Five persons were killed, two citizens
and three Of the desperadocs. Taylor
may recover.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-07-02

PHmopGNA.-A correspondent Of
the Taunton Gazette writes from Ber-
lin the following account Of the game
as practised among the Germans:
"Here, when a couple exchange phil
openas, the object Of each is not mainly
to pronounce the common word at their
next meeting, but with the exchange
the sport has not begun. The after
object is to draw the other into accep-
ting some offer, and if that is done, the
"philopUna" is spoken, and a forfeit
required. To illustrate it better by eX-
ample, A and B, exchange philop@nas
at party, and in a few days after, A
calls upon B at his or her residence
A, instead of waiting to be asked in,
enters Just before the invitation; if of
fered a chair, takes a seat upon the sofa;
if B presses the butter to A at the table,
A takes cheese instead, and so on, al
ways taking care to accept nothing, but
in a quiet way endeavOring to force the
other party into an acceptance OF some
offer on his own side. If at that visit
either is successful, he Immediately says
"philopGna," but if both be on their
guard the thing may pass on to a sub
sequent occasion.
The reader will instantly see how
preferable this method is to our own,
where oftentimes there is a rude haste
exhibited to be the first to speak, and
where the person who has the least on
his mind is generally successful.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-07-02

From the Spanish Of Juan Rioz de Hits.
LITTLE WOMEN.

In little precious stone what splendor meets
the eyes!
In a little lump Of sugar how much Of sweet
ness lies,
So IN "a little woman love grows and multplies'
You recollect the proverb says-"A word un'
TO the WISE"
A peppor-oorn is very small, but seasons every
dinner,
More than an other condiments altho' tits
spunkled thinneri
Just 80 a little woman is, ii love will let you
win her
There's not a Joy in oil the world you will not
find within her.
As within the little rose you find the richest
dyes,
And in a little grain Of goId much price and
value lies,
Az from a little balsam much odor doth arise,
So i'm little woman there's a taste Of Paradise
The skvIark and Cie Nightingale, though
small aud light Of wing,
Yet warble sweeter in the grove than all the
birds that singi
And go little woman, though a very little
thing,
Is swoetor far than sugar, and flowers that
bloom in SPRING
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9(lStCll0NCOUS
Death Of Douglas Jorrold.

nv,
% Inc me IaSJ steamer brings Intelligence
". 'uy SrU"ea III. ae'th oI DOUGLAS JER-
I'D I'D iI. iI's IInesS was short, and he
.,., D.g'''Cq ci nus Iast' June the oth, IN the
arms Ii, Oh ms eldest son, retaining his in
,e"rIO u4IlI "i'1in few moments of his
oeath. ,dd lie was born ON the 3D. Of Jan
uary. IoO3. His father was manager of
lno ShGerness theatcr. His first OK
pressed passion was for the sea, and he
|",a'no9 a mldshlpmans appointment.
OuJ Witl the war with France ended his
n'"'''aI career. and he was apprcnticcd
TO printer. While an apprentice he
was a nara student OF Shakespeare. The
London limos SAYS. An essay ON the
opera oi "'' prosecute, which he drop
pea mo the editorial box ofa news- paper
ON winch he was employed as a compos-
Iior, Is the reported beginning of his lit
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-07-02
Ludicrous Effects of the Appearance
of q Comet i'm l7l2.

ofa Comet i'm mo
AS everybody Us ON the qui vive i'm re-
gard TO the comet aud as all sorts Of
ideas are around i'm regard TO it. we
give the following amusing sketch
CLEANED from an old papew-ln the year
of lIl2. Mr.. Winston, having calcu-
lated the return of a comet which was
to make Its appearance ON Wednesday,
the l4th Of October, at five minutes after
bTc ln the morning gave notice to the
pqI9,.ute accordingly, with the terrifying
'ooi4qh, tnaI total dissolution OF the
Wo!,u ", oy llre was To take place ON the
T,,tIiiUU't loIIoWihg. Inc reputation Mr..
w ",s,oh hau long maintained IN Eng
,"no, u. ,..., o9'h as oI'Ine ana PhHosopher'
'J.. ,''Ie OF no Gouoi win the popuIace
U ."e 'Iulh OF ms PtgoIcHon. several
numerous events l0oE place. a numOe
%, 1 persons Ia ana ABOUT London seized
an al ."5 Dar2's am" ooaJ, ihey could lay
,.o'' 4a""s ON in the ih"mes' very IA
c'"'''l T. cohc.oding. ina' when ihe con
"'-."l'oN 0ooN pace lheTe would DO inc
mus 7"g'y on inc |",et. n gentleman
"o ''T" "g-'lg'eb I"."lIy prayer !ot
oe'.lI 'l'h .'s years informed ms VIE
Una, ,' was ms oe'efml.alioh TO resume
,'"' '"""..'G Piac''ce 'He same evening"
9". MS WIG A4NI 2 engaged q pan at hcf
mouse, Sc, persuaded iler husband TO put 10
OH lil, she saw whether the comet oD'
pe",e" OF hol. Inc 9ouih sea STOCK I'M
uDuIalti\ ltl 10 D per cent, ana the In
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-07-02
Desperate Fight with Robbers.

The San Antonio (Texas) papers Of
the Both uIt. are filled with the most OK
citing accounts of recent dreadful en-
counter with q band of rullians in that
city, during which five persons were
killed and one wounded. As our read
crs well know, there has been for a long
time past a desperate gang Of thieves,
robbers and house-brcakcrs hanging
about San Antonio, whose repeated viii
lainics we have almost weekly recorded.
On the night of the Goth, it seems, a
horrible murder was committed but O
few miles below the town. The wife of
one Mr.. Garza was killed i'm her own
house by some soyen or eight assassins,
and the house then robbed of money and
yaluablcs. A reward Of $4,000 was Of
fered next morning for the apprehension
of the murdercrs, and Sheriff Henry
with n posse, hasteued to the place of
the bloody scene. The Texan, of the
18th ult, adds:
About - o'clock a gang of some
dozen dosperadocs had collected i'm the
city on tho west side Of the river, many
of them i'm a darkened room, as a sort
,of resort for the moment Here the
shooting commenced between the des,
peradoes and some three or four citizens,
Fielstrop killed one desperate, and was
shot through the head by another.
At this awful iuncture, Jim Taylor
than whom a braver man never lived
gave orders TO some three Of his com
rados to follow him-and at the same
moment he broke through the window
into the darkened room. AS he enter
ed, Bill Hart, a notorious character
shot him through tho breast, and at th
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-07-02

THE FIRST QUAKER PUN.-Not long
since a "Friend" who rejoiced in the
name Of Comfort, paid his devOirs to a
Young and attractive Quaker widow,
named Rachel II. Either. Her griefs
were too new, or her lover too old, or
from other causes, herlOver was declined,
whereupon a Quaker friend remarked
0that it was the Grst instance he had
known where Rachel refused to be com
forted." The anecdote is remarkable
as having been the first Quaker pun on
record.-SmyrRa NeDs.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-07-02
The Seizure ortho Key to the Red Sea


The last foreign news announces that
the East India Company have taken pos
session of the Island of Perrin. This
act was one of those summary proceed
ings which are very much condemned by
British statesmen and British nCwspa-
pcrs when others than their own people
are guilty of them, but which are always
justified by the motive, A British ship
was wrecked and piIlagcd by the natives.
The East India Company, believing that
the authority existing on the Island was
insufficient to give protection to ship
wrecked scamen, took possession of the
Island and has placed a garrison there
Commercial policy of stronger motive
probably was the real induccmcnt to
this act There is a strong probability
that the Isthmus of Sucz will be opened
by a canal. hoproiect has been talked
of and the calculations and estimates
made The Red Sea viii then be the
commercial highway between Europe
and Asia. Perrin commands this high
way, and no vessel can pass without tho
permission of those who possess it, It
is situated between Arabia and Africa,
ON the very point at which the Red Sea
commences, and it divides the strait into
two channels. The passage to the east
ON the side of Arabia, is only three
miles wide; that to the west, ON the AT
rican side is about ten or twelve. On
the southwest, towards the widest en-
trance of the strait the island forms
one of the finest ports imaginable. 1t
| is q mile in length, and half mile in
breadth, and the depth varies from Z to
/ 25 mthoms. The anchorage is excel
| lent the entrance is perfectly sheltered
| and it is no exaggoration to say that 40
ships oftho line might easily anchor
there i'm smooth water, 100 yards from
the shore A few ships-of-wor stationed
there win be sufficient Theoretically to
close the entrance to the Red Sea- IL
. is sterile place itself devoid Of water,
| but Alden is at hand, whore necessary
supplies can be had A detachment Of
artillery Of the Indian army has been
stationed at Perrin professionally "a
temporary arsenal and Publications have
been erected and supplies ofall descrip-
tious have been brought from Alden for
the garrison which is TO occupy that dos,
olato station Public Ledqer.