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ever she would be likely to go, and we have
ohmbed the cliff upon the cape.’

‘De you find any tras:s of her?’

* No, Senor.’

‘Then you must look farther.’

‘Would it rot be well, Senor, to call aid
from the town Ihe Senorita was well
knowe by the people, and much beloved
They would help ue wi-lingly.’

‘NX not vet, Baptiste Let ovr own
People search aw ele langer But I see no
esuse for alerom Estelle may Ve reading for

her own pleasure '

Ah, Senor, replied the woodman, shak-
ing bs head, * ebe would got wander alone
in the forest at this how.’

*sh: is not alane

‘Ooly Ninais with her; and they know
thar tl e Gipsies are in the neighborhood.’

‘Curajo! What care they for Gipsies
Go, bapuste, and take anether tarn ip the
beaten track.’

Toe woodman departed. and Don Rernardo
pacel up aad down the room as before. By
and by he sat down by the lamp and opened
a bovk It was o large v lume, with leaves
of parchment, and bore upon ite pages an
illuminated history af the family of d Acosta
Je was studying this when ove of the female
servanta entered, aad with the announce
ment toat a may wished te s;eak with fon
Berne d€.

° Who is he ?°

* | know not, Senor.’

+ Llawe you never seen

* Never.’

+ What does he say ?’

‘VUnly tuat he wishes to speak with Don
Berpardo d' Acyeta.’

‘le be alone ’

* He is Senor.’

* You may conduct bie to me

- Who can #& be,’ muttered the elealde,
alter hia servante had guue “it may be
sume one on judicig) bo sness, and it may be
eome one who waots & Liuwever, ib is
wafe to be preparad '

Thus speaking he we tto an oaker cabinet,
in one corner of the rvom, and irom a drawer
he took a pair of 6 ver-mounted pietols
which, when he had examined the primings
and tried the fiots, he placed in bis bosom.

him before ?*

~AVOE.

tinued )

INCIDENTS
STEAMBOAT

OF THE OHIO
CALAMITY.

RIVER

A ton hing appeal wes mace by Miss Jones!
to a zentieman on’b rard As the wood work

was becoming too heated to bear, até the
flames were forcing their way gradually into
the cabin, she went to &m saying, “* Oh,
Mr o=-, you have talked to me this even-

you know wh

me! Oh,
her

guy, you have danced with we,
where I came from; anve
He A id he

could not save her.

Zam and
save me! O

dind a wife to save, and
d vor girl ghe is beyond earthly help now.

save me

One of the geytiemen ou board had the pre
sence of mind to unhinze a door, which he
threw into the river; and, after his wife and
he had jumped in, he placed her in a position
du reach shure. ‘Now stay here, dear,"
was his request. ‘+ antil | can fix myself some
way. and we can beth be saved.”” Imajine
the husband's agony, just as he bad procured
sumething that would floet, to see a man swim
toward the frail suppors of hia wife and kyock
her away trom it, She was drowned.

dene gentleman and wife eseaped in gather a
yomautic manner, Fastening life-preservers
tu both of their persons he tied her right arin
tu hus left, then took as utter, over which they
placed buth arms. 4 Now. one, two, ghree,
jump '** pe cried, when both jumped, ggd alter
@® Lule mandeuvmng tiey arrived safely on
shore, minus, several articles of
apparel weeded to wake them preseudabie.

huwever

A iady on board the States relates that she
and her husband were meyigg towserd the
shore, in the water, she saw one of the life
boats filled with people who kad escaped.

But all at ence she America begins backing
toward store, aud were) essly the rude rudder,
strikes the wuat, erushing and ypsettin
None of those passengers were saved. A
escaping owe dauger only to meet death
avother form.

From the shore could be seen women with
but their rebes de nuit to protect
thei, rushing absut ia the flames, screaming
for help; mothers, with their children in their
arms, most of them
frantically.

nothing

shies, rushing about

Que mother, bolding her baby in her arms,
yan ty the guards, but the water seemed to ber
only a chilly grave; then she jumped in the
cabin azain, then tothe ruards Ihe last that
was seen of ber she was standing up with her
baby hugged clused tu her, in her awtul death,
byuruig up.

The seene at Warsaw beyzars description

; ‘
eenals ou account of the threatened war.

(a Provisional Guveruwent has

RUTHLESS POLICY OF RUSsIA_ IN
POLAND.

M. Batousel koff, Curator of the Educational

Distriet of Vilwa, in Lithuania, hes

+4 oft ial \

a series OF impal,
rious indications of the gpirit of

articles in the local
yoving some «
Rus

at tre ste

mn winery in that eaurntry He declares
ws hitherto taken tor R
Lithuan.a, by forbidding the use ot |

& schools and eontiscat ig all Pohen raya
books, are not sufficient for the purpose, and
that ‘unless the Pohsh vouths are entirely re

oved from the inflaence of their parents there

* The pupils,”

the day in

can be no real Kussitication.”’
he adds, “pass only five hours ot
the schools; daring the remainder of the time
in contact with the
pernicious Polish element. All.the good prin
‘ pies which are inculcated into them at sx hool
are lost in conversing with their fathers ana
mothers in Palish. These imprudent parents
go nat understand what a demoralizing influ
nee they exercise on their children. He there
fore ree mmends, as a preliminary measure,
that all children, except thase who hive wah

and on holidays they are

thei parents, should, witer tue hours of u ly,
be placed under the surveillance of Committees
and Sion

educational othcris, j
wid 1

mmposed of

mivy be allowed to board with persons p
with certificates from the authurmies ¥ of pas
. oe
“ ood condact. !
The official urna! of the Government ot
Kie?® cives some interesting parti ulars relative

to the acquisition by Russians of land in the

south-eastern provinces of Poland. Thenum
her of Russian fand-owners in those province
{t savs, is now 920, which ts 40 per cent mor

Before the insurrection, ‘ )0-

than in 1865.
000 dessiatins of land were in the possession of
Poles, whereas they now ho d 3,800,000 only,
the vemainder having beea contin sted by the
Government, aid sold by publie auction to
persons of Russian extraction.
~~
HONOURS TO GEN. DOYLE AND CHIEF
JUSTICE YOUNG.

The Queen has sanctioned two statutes and
an extension on an altered basis, of the Order
of St. Michael and St. George, as an order of
reward for colonia} servies, or service ia con-
necyon with the Colonies, and we have much
pleasure in bewyg able to notity that the name
of our Lieut-Gevernor has been included in the
hist of Bui f that Order, as

an Apprecietion Sint

ymmanders «

tht C

f his service se Colonies

in coanection with his judicious management
the Treut and Chesapeake affairs,
inistering the voverument ot Nova Scotia.
The order was established in ISIS) for na
tives aud with Corfu and
Malta, and is probably based uvon an old
Ven tian order of the former place, It
now, as has been often talked of, been extend-
ed to be a colonial ordet of the Cc lonies of
Great Britain ail It consiste
of three classes, viz: Kuishts Grand,G C M.G ;
Kuights Commanders, K. C. M. G.; and Com
jr ions, C M. G

We have ulso to congratulate Chief
Young, who has had the honor of Kniszhthood
eonterred upon him.—//z. Reporter, Jan. 4.

wh le ad

oticials connected

'
Has

over the world.

Latest News by Telegraph.
FROM EUROPE.
London, Dee 30

The new House of Commona met yeaterday
for preliminary business only The Ministers
Whe were reelected look the oath of office

Write were issued tor elections to fill the
Facunt seats, attur which the tlouse adjourued ty
6th of February.

Rererdy Jobowon, the American Minister, ju
a speech yesterday toa deputation of the Lon-
dou Workingmen's Society, exid that the Natury)-
ization Treaty between he United States and
Great Britain was certain of ratitication by the
United States Senate. The Prealy provides (hat
a i5.iUsb subjcel whe has been yetyralized in the!
United Btates, shall have the came rights fo pro-
tection on his returw to Englaud asa uative beru
Agierican

It is the general impression that the Conserva-
tives willbe succeaxtul in the election of uig ip
bere of Parl aujecut tu §ll tacancies.

London, Dee. 31

A despateh from Wigan save that a terrible

explosion ceeurred in Haydock Colliery to day,

i ava tna 22 dead bodies Lave already been taken

OUL of ibe rule {
Cole Bates, Justice of the Peace at Tipperary |
has been shet dead in that ety by unkuown par-
ties. Nou arrests have been made.
London. Dee 30
The following despateh from Constantinople
comprises the latest oy the Eastern question ;
“igreat preparations are being made in the ar
‘lran-
sports loaded with supplies bave been seut to
Hobart Pasua's fleet.”
Lendon, Dee 3)
One day's later news has been received from
Constantinople. —The insurgents in Crete have
all wade submission te the Turkish authority. and
been establi- hed
«here,
London, Dee 3

publ shed

- = ry

rely ggow the loyalty and patriotiam of the army
to syatuly bing gu paminitdiaing peace aud the lia-

Veugl hover, London, Jan 4

In veiw of Preadent Jolnosoo’s Atnesty Pro
clamation of the Voth of December Jeflersen
John Shdell, Jawes M. Maron, A. Duldley

Davis, .
Mann, aud wher ex-Repels are prepoung to re
turn te the Un ed United Siales

Phe Press of London get erally appreve of the
Preaty between China and bngiand recently cou

lavgeudgeu aad Mr. Burhngaime
Landen. Jan 3

an the Bastern difficulty will

Oth of Junuary

wluld ite delWerations prave

i demand strict non mterven-

cluded by Lowd

The Center pee
weet at Paris on the
It is suid that
abortive, Ruesia wil
thon on the part el Lhe
quarrel between Greece Durbey.
Athens, Jan 4.
It iw stated that the Turkish Admiral Hebart
Pacha bas formally dewanded the surrender of
the Great Steamer Erosis. The despatch adds
that war is cousidered wevitable at Athens.
Paris, Jan. 3
It ie reported that several Freuch irouclads are
eT Paris, Jan. 4
Mr. Burlingame and the other members ot the
Obinese Embassy have arrived in Pary :
Phe Emperor Napoleon has subseribed SOOO
frances tor @ monument to be erec ted tu Che late

ft ’
JL peel Maaxiuuiiian :
Madrid, Jan 3

A special despateh from Magala yesterday re |

ports that the tnsurgents there tired on a boat of

the American steamer Swartara, while
Cien.

conveying
au American family to the ship. Serran
vret atthe act, and assured the

]

expre seed much re
United States minister that the guilty ones woul
be punished. A short time after the troope attack
ed the insurgents in the streets and carned their
barricades and dispersed the rebels with Lome

A Loudon despatch ceo
Malaga by Gea Keda, The to
100 walled and GUU prisovere. Ih
Provisional Govertiinent eou emplate a
by placing Montpensier oo the throne of Spain as
roun asthe citigens je the Provtae of Malaya ure
disarmed and before thes ‘ertes bas a chance to as
senble Generals Serrano and R ida SU pp rt
but Gen. Prim opposes the movement The Span-
ish people generally favor a republic, but wall be
overpowered by the military

Official reporte state the loas of the insurgents
during the fighting at Malaga was 400 men.

Tue city is pow pertegtly trangu’l

New York, Jan. 4.

A prewaiure eX; losion occurred yeaterday
poon, at the wreck of the steamer Seotiand, off
Sandy lock, which reeu ted in the death of four
men ‘and the severe wounding of several others.

Muouey easy

Higenis’ ios Was
is beheved the

oup d etat

FROM CANADA.
Mantregl, Dec Se
Much destitution existe amegg the people of
this cily, and seup kitchens have agai beeu gpen
ed
One hundred and eseventy-four frea oeenrred
in thie city up te date the pressyt year, aud one
hundred and fourteen last year
Montreal, Dee 31
Whelan ease came up before full Court of Err
or and Appeal Draper presiding Cameron
said vt was doubttul whether the case should be

Justice | brought before Court by a Writ of Error iesned |

by Queen's Beceh, or by a Writ of Appeal weacd
by Court of Error and Appeal. To be certain he
adopted both methods fle preferred to poocer d
by Court of Writ, as under that Writ be could
assign vew grounds of error not argued belore
the Lower Court, which be could tot do by a
suuple tranaler of record on Writ of Appeal

Robertson and Auderaoy, for the Crown, ar-
gued that the prisoner was not properly before
the Court; that the Writ of Error did not lie in
criminal cases; that both Write were no beiter
than waste paper, that jn order to bring the
prisover before the Court, epeeial ordera woul
have to be wade.

‘Fue President eaid there must be some way to
bring the cause before them. The firat question
to be settled wae that'ef juriadiction, aud under
which process proceedings were to be taken
Phey would adjouru the case wutil Mouday to de
cide the point,

Whelan was remanded to the custody of the
Sherif of York, aud the Court adjourned.

The opinion gerucrally prevails that the case is
eo intricate, aod eurrounded with su legal point.
and technica! degs which will eecugy so long a
time in that Wheiga ueseor will be
executed.

vetllemecayl,

Muutresl, Jan 2
The new Governor ia to be invited by pro-
minent citigeus to a grand banquet io Montreal
this week
Serious differences are reported in the accounts
of the Ontario Board of Agriculture
In the libel ense of Price va, Beattie of tho
Terento “ Leader,” the Jury could not agree.
New Year's Day passed off quietty. There
wae little visiting It waa intensely cold. A
man dropped dead while waking calis
Montreal, Jan. 4.
The ease of Whelan wae taken at lla om, te
day, betore the Court of Error and Appeal Judge
Draper presiding The Court decided that the
proceedings must cowe belore it by Wrest
of Error. and that a Writ of Appeal could not
stand in criminal cases. The Court sustained th-

d-cision of the Judgesot the Court of Queen's |

Bench, to the effect that the prisoner had no right
to chalienge for cause belore the twenty por-mp-
tory challenge swallowed by law were exhane ed

Cameron, ou belalf of Whelan, aseigned errors

Lurepean power® li the

tics the oceupation of |

w ( i ebritiea. On these
. Grant, or any other of our ce

C 0 R R L 8 P 0 N D E N 0 E i days, the mighty Heads of Department, and
anwar | Bonde of Bureaus, descend from their lofty pe-
ler 2 2 etive

| T ; 4 ‘BR. i destal, and meet the clerks in their reepee
To ruk Eviron oy THE EXAMENBR — be, Sree ees ioct of qentieanees “a
sie | vitaticne are, indeed, sent around previously te
A writer in the last Herald, signing himsell the gentlemen in the various Pees, to gener
} Head of thei Bureau at his residence am par ake
kor mysell, however, [T take
Dur-

» Subd
ne rain the Wyster Sut
bringe up ayall ) of hie hospitality.

a kind of introduction to & slpp at youre} vo pleasure in such public entertainments,
Ovys-

‘ Fabiola,”

pe is
opinion, ing
Waghingtop I have never onee attended a public
meeption, thatgh frequently aud urgeatly r quest-

ed te do so by iny friends

self and those who are of youl

when they ave gut ol their element a

und when not well preserved, like

ters,
certain time,
’

. 2 . uw
lother decaying matter,are not quite as pleasing

| joyment to the Scottish citizens of Washinghten

to the nasal organs a3 the perfume fF On Wednesday night David Kennedy, the cele- |

tO| brated Scottieh Voealixt gave a public concert
j | for the benedit of Bt. Andrew's Sasirty, in Met
Bay igerott Fall, which was filled to evenlowing 1
more than a mouth ago by Messrs Jysird, Mac | paye heard = _ how er saat
: i ~ , dezen times; but TL never beard bin sing with
Malan, Currie, &c., are not vow re dole - . | poh nan aud sweetaees ae he did on thal night.
lugreeable pertame, and for this reason J tlyus | Every song was followed by Wie moat rapturous ap-
but, in this in-| plause and many of them were repeatedly encored.

venture

aud [may

sweet thyme;
that the crustacivus mnocents, dey oure¢

that * Fabiola’’ (4 venerable

‘stance, a nom de plume, stolen from a ( ardinal)

might serve up for tie public taste a dish more | public men of the gation, We had Senater
>|) Cameron. of Pennsylvania (ex Secretary of War)
: Senate: Ramsay, of Minnesota, Senator Sawyer.
Phe writer in the Herald attempts to bring} 4¢ South Carolina, Jobo A. Bingham, Memder of
alluded to the * sup- | Congress from Ohio, Judge Loughriige. Member
lef Congress from Towa, Mr Alexander, Post-

sayory tian the well digested * Oyster Supper.

ridicule on you tor havits
per.’? He wugt not allempt to throw dust in

yur eyes in this way. He must be a very bold, | citizens, Speeches were wade by all the gendle-
1 jmen | have named and wany ethers thou. Jolin
A. Bingham—whe, your readers wil remember,
iwas ope of the managers in the lupeachiment
tainment and a public or quasi public one. | trial, aud who, since Thad Stevens ia gone, will
probably be regarded as the leader of the radical
party ia the louse — made several elegant
s-recbes, In which be showed a = yemarkable
|familarity with the history and literature go!
) Sco land. The praises which were so liberally be
stowed upon Scotland aod Scotchmen by all the
goeakers, must have made all the natives of © the
Land 0 cakes” present, fee! like thanking Divine

or otherwise @ very 1guorant man, if he Cannot

perceive a dillerence between a pra enter

Measrs. Laird, McMillan and Currie might live
land privately ou oysters trom January, L509,
itill February, 1900, acd I don’tthink that you,
or any one else, would be justified in finding
tuult with their peculiar tastes ; but if they give
a Supper, Ora dinner, or ely thing else, ou the
of the Tweed. Senator Cameron, who was al
ove time a fierce Kanownothing, and who tas al-
ways been distinguished for bie howility to tie
forego element in American polities declared
wiJl deny any man the rizht of criticising the that our couniry owed its greatness and glory aD
: : }agrest weasure, to the influevee of the Se: ttis.
leecment in eur population. la support of his
}®etement, be referred te the bawes of many ot
: : : hour greatest Beldiers and statesmen lo prove their
jyer, introduces his subject by means uf the noW | Scot ish descent. He paid glowing tributes to
over stale oysters. He then lets out ‘unounst,’ | the character of the nat on for piety, utelligence,
f ert : hon sy, industry, and thrift; and expressed the
oo —, ae eers eer eee call 1, @ hope that the tide of Humigration would coutinue

juantuin of the anunus which predominates. | ty pr ng thousands of them annually te our shores.
|The policy of the Hon Jas. Pope is that which) At the same time, he could not refrain from ire
jis the source of trouble. Mr. Pope is accused | ing expression to bis intensely American pre-

jor acting the part of a double dealer, He was) judices, by declaring that be would not care if
ve individual of any other nationality should eset

Leader of & Government for several years; he y ;
never, when be was in power, manifested any | Cress the ecean to yer country, W hen Senator
‘ ! } : ; . ‘ artialit Sevletiwe

sizns of fair play to Catholics. Perhaps, Mr. Cameron expressed Chis partiality tor Scotchiwen,
; ‘tp jhe but expressed the general eentiment of the
Editor, you will not regard me as presumptuous | ie alten alin Ot grantee Gct-s

ti | offer a sincere and humble OpOn Ob this | ane avert + Bibra Stn 8 " 1 ,
,: thiehy I k : h i ' i very briet residence ia this country fo prove Lo the
subject, which [know is shared in by three stranger that Seotchwen are more highly bo ored
jfeurths of the independent electors of this | and esteemed by Americans than any other clase
| ountry. For some tweuly years or more the lof foreigners.
gerate their virtues. Everything pertaining to

jelectors of this County gave their support to
Liberals, so called, at least; during that period | Scotland appears to the average Amencan i
couleur de rose. The tawe of her ancient war-

| they rejected, over and over, some of the most
riers and ber modern piilosuphers and poets,

respectable Catholics ia the County, merely
because they called themselves Conservatives blinds bin to the miner vicee of religious bigetry

Having given our cordial support to the so-
, called “Liberals,” we asked them for fair play |
|some twelve yearsago. Atthe period to which
}wo advert, the Rev. Angus McDonald, then and , the syuipalhy and challenge the admiration of a
jnow Reetor of St. Dunstan's College, petitioned people themselves pre-emineuily warkke ; while

}the Government tor a grant to St. Dunstan's) the beauty aud tenderness of ber national lyrics
captivate their imayination, The rawes ot

HCollege, The ‘Rector’ was then very young,
jand certainly he would uot have presutmed to. Wallace and Burns are as failiar to them as that
ot George Washington. lu far western homes

address a Petition to the Legislature were he ,
| not backed by the Catholic community. His Shere the nauies of Byron, Shelley, or Colernige
Petition was treated with the same disdain by Dat@ Bever been trerd, the name of Burne ts
the “Liberalis’’ as was the very moderate me- igved sad reserved, aud © enpy of be poems i
jmorial of His Lordship Bishop Melntere |
treae! hy the present Government. The ine |
broduction of our present system of Education | Night, the Lady of the Lake, and Marmion, who
| caused dissensions which bave, vot yet, by any have never read the song of Firewater, by their
|meang disappeared. I may axfely say that! own greatest poet. although it has beeu called
jnever would such bitter animosities have been | their only ualional poen.
raepreng vi in our little Colony bad it not been The ovly drink that we bad at the banquet
for the introduction of our present system of! Wa* “the juice Scote bear ean giak us.” in the
| Education. Thes@ animosities caused the great | form ef bet punch
| bulk of Catholics to oppose Mr. Pope and bis ed guests, being evidently unused te Bo potent a
| narty, and,such beinz the case, how could they, beverage, Were -to Use al eXpression Commen io
}during his administration, expect or ask any-|
thing from him. But the case was quite differ
jené with Mr. Hensley ang the ‘iberals.’’
We supported them for the last twenty years
jand more, and from them we expected fair
jplay They not only refused justice when
ithey had it im their power to diapense it, but
they actually vioientiy oppose those who even
whisper of domyz justice to Catholics. Mr.!. :

pone has been > Kae like a pick-p cket on |! dxus om en 3 a eo
j ; ee ey ‘ Upel Your chatacter ae a poople hat appeared mm
this score; Mr. Havilaud has been vilitied for un Reston Adeestionr
the same reason, and Cul, Gray hag been held agentes a
yp for publig contempt.

i

veeasion of what they consider a victory, and

|

lif the same becomes public, he must be an

jignoramus of the fiest class,or a born fool,that

}

|
. . ’

} propriely of such a feed.

| The writer alluded to, like @ cunning law-

in modern Cigea, marred the character of her
people, Her obstinate and heroic struggles for

theusands of Americans that have read and ad-
mired Tam O° Shanter, the Cottar’s Saturdsy

}

Your correspondent, baying on one memorable
oveasios, that you knew of engsged ina contest
with Joho Barleycorn. and came off coneiderabiy
second best, pradeuily reselved nel te renew the
couflict. Lb eticlose an eriginal poem, read by the
writer on the eceasion Your readers will be

Mo received were merited,
Noue of your own ci izens conld feel greater

gone lesding Aierican Jourual to correct the
iisrepresentations of ruch ignerant, prejudiced
and emphirical observers ae that * Berwick ”
but habitual indel-nce, together with the pressure
ot more unperative dutier, tustrated my demgn
The Examiner ia tar too medest in its estimate
of the cCharacier of your young ten, when it clans

Tt hus been rumored here that a few of the
“Lberuls’? of Charlottetown have returned
the Bramener because it did not abuse the
| Bishop and Catholics in general. Several
names are mentioned, but I will no: write them
jfor fear the report is not correct in all cases; for them ouly a superiorily over the young men of
lit wt is correct the present Government is the west. Since I lett P. E Island 1 bave
'doumed. | traversed nearly every State east of the Rocky

two years and a balf that TP have been in|

Last week was a week of care triumph and en |

Providence for having placed their vativity north |

and ictolerance which, bistery julerais him, has, |

touuvd on the centre table, In fact, there are |

Sowe of our wost distinguisb- |

this country —seul home © walking en their oars.” |

able te judge for themselves Whether Whe plaudits |

It Was my purpose atone |
tine lowriie a series of letters on Po b. Island te!

| @RANTS TO DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS

Ed. Progress :

Although yon and I differ in onr political opin

jos, still asa public journalist, I trast, you will
not consicer it intrasive on my part, to request a
epace in the columns of your widely circalated
journgt to yuire ex pression te my views relative to
that important qheation, now under « yiside ration
of unenlightened. and, I trust a just publie, viz:
the viving of a Grant, by the Leyislature, to St.
Dunstan's Colleve awl othe r efficient schools m
the towns of PE sland dn discnasing the
merits of this qrestion, I wish to de so exlmly and
| dispussion steely, withont harting the feelings of
any Chrixtinn denomination on BP, KE fstand.

| Some of our public jonrnalists have endeavored
lto show the unreasonuableness of the question by
cuutionuing the Protestants of P BE [siaud to emer
| their solemmm protest avainst a society of christians
who had lit the fires of Smithfield, &e Now,
cir T eonsider this mode of argument to be by no
jeans proper, or tangible in its logic and cannot
lf.ilto recoil on ite author with that indelible
jodium, which alf such arguments so highly and
| justly deserves: -and which is always the means
lof. unnecessarily arousing personal animosities
and exciting religjons strife throughout the length

| be argued in an honorable and ehrieting-like nuan-
l per: nud. consequently, uo offence well be given to
jeither party. The chief argaments nade ase of by

those who are opposed to a Grant to St. Daonrtan 6)

be done in cases of difficulty, where our beg
exertions will be but ivadequate and imperfect
hut we speak of the case where we cay effect
our best desires, and effect them in the heat
manner. We need not be told of the influense
“p-
We adwit
the truth of this observation, but only to some

of useful knowledge, of « cultivated mind,
on the moral and religious habits,

extent.

Secular education will of itself make
a good scholar, but it only contributes to tunke
a good man; in the latter work religion mug
bave the first and largest share. At agurs
witmosphere promotes the health of the E
but food supports and preserves it trom decay ;
so do the observances of religivs nourish the
life of the soul. By secular education we guia
& more comprehensive view vfour many duties:
hy religion we are strengthened (0 perform

On Tuesday night we gave bin a supper, which | and breadth of the land Give the qneation, Ieav. them well.
was attended by some of the most distinguished | a calor and dispassionate eowsiderution. and let i}

Dr. McArthur, a Scotch gentleman; Gnd «
Presbyterian, after having stated, in his og).
dence before the Lords’ Commitize, sume

i College. are, that it would destrey our preseus } years ago, that the schools for children of the

} Eduegtion Act, and that un additional taxation
|} would be unavoidably tecessary.on the gronnds

adequate to the demand. Relative to the first ob-
| jeetion, dT have to say that it is not proposed to in-
j terfere with the present system of Dietrict Schools,
lor in any way to injare the present Edacati n Act
It is werely a surmise of a certain party withont
the least foundation, and [ am sorry tu sity (hat
there are too many ready and willing to base their
i fears on a flhinsy surmise, and jump at cone lasions,
} without viving the question that consideration
iwhich its importance demends. The second ob
Hyection is, the want of funds Now, Mr. Editor,

there ds a stad of officials in our Colonial Building |

lreeeiving jn all, [ believe, about the eam of seven
|
Among the staff of officials who now fill the most
important offices on oul island are mun receiving
£300 and £390 a year, with assistants, who do
ln arly all the work of the offices for £100, or
| £1508 year; and if our Leuislature and Govern-
| ment would only practice a little economy, and
leurtail these offce- ni

land vive the man that is now vetting £3990. pr
£300, 4 salary of £200, instead, (1 might venture
Ito say that £150 a year would be quite suflicient).
ith-re would be quite a saving tw the country lp

is respect al. ne- ;

ee muy say that no pereen conld be found to
till these important offjces for such a swall sum ;
i but Lam well aware. and indeed I feel satistied,
that men fally ax competent as the present officials
could be vot to fill these offices for the sum I have
mentioned and would be ouly too glad to embrace
the opportunity. This, Mr. Editor, would ~~
saving of some £1 000 to the country, and thereby

]
|

would render it easy and t ven! pe
meet the Grant to St. Duystan’s College —without
anv additional taxation :

| The Catholic population of P. E. Island nem-
35 000, and with the aid of that nain-

| bers ubout . ‘ ;
ber. they huve assisted in the shape of taxes anc

otherwise to build the Prince of Wales College.
laclely for the use of the Protestant pertion of the
community, together with the furnishing of

i » Dn » -
with all necessary requirements aud Professors te

lcontribated by the Catholies. without a murnoar-
land every enlightened and impartial person cannot
| bat perceive that the Catholic population eof P. E
liwtand do not receive the smallest amount of bene-
| fit from avid College, although they are compelled
lby the Levislature and Government to assist in
| defraying the expenses

Some will argue that the Princes of Wales Co!

j lege is open to Cutholios as well ae Protestante ; |
Independence, agatust auch terrible odds, enlist | boat it mast be understood that before the Prince of |

Wales College was thongbt of. the Catholics bailt
St Danstan’s College, without the aid of Govern
| wert. or assistance from the Regenae of P. E Is-

'

a Task any fair and impartial observer, is it
| just that the Cutholice of PE Island should be
) excluded from participating in w feir share of the
| Grants for Education? And wa subjects to onr be
loved Queen, is it net tyranny to compel the Ca-
tholies to aid in supporting a Cotleze that renders
lthem no benefit and on the other hand are refused
lanvthing in the shape of an eqnivalent from onr
jeulightened and Liberal Legislature in nid of their
} College built at their own expense? Let every
}candid Protestant pat the question te bimself and
ask bis conscience. is it justice? Le it tair play ?
Is it duing as von weuld wish others to do unto
you? Under the present Education Act a teacher
ina miserable shanty 1s allowed from Government
leome £5) gw veur: but in an institution like St
' Pwnatan'a College where a superior education may
be obtained withont ivterfering with the religions
belief of auy class. sbiiiing of wid wall Lot be
lyviven by the majority of the present House of
Assembly What a contrast! Still. in the view
ef onr wise men. the log shanty is the most ep-
titled to wid from the State.

I feel satisfied, however, that the Protestants of
Prince Edward Island are not the men that wilt
refuse their Catholic felluw-men—that is,
they will maturely cousi'er the matter—equal pri
vileges and rights which they are mest und unted!y
lenteth-d to; mor do I bevieve that our Protextint
nei, bbors will. as & respectabie and intelligent
body of people, endeavor to withhold from their
| Catholic neizubers that which they, if in uur place,
wead ask tor.

lu coosidering the question I would suggest the
propriety of placing under foot all rel.givus ani-
| mosities, and iet neither party be the means of
warring the youd feeling that now exists betwees
Catholics and Protcstancs turvugh the length aud
breadth of the land

Pee Catholics, of course, were induced to believe,
fro:n deme of the leading men of the present Gov-
erawent, previous to the last Geveral Blectiva, that
it they were only returned to power tbe St. Dun-
stan’s College showid gata Grant; but it appears,
after getting Catholic support, and bemg placed in

i

thousand six handred and seventeen pou dea year |

holders of their bigh salary, | children ;

yy no means difflcalt, to |

after)

humbler classes, in and about Dublin, were,

japaster of this city, and many other distinguished | pyar our present Revenue would be altogether tn- | geverally speaking, inferior, made an honor.

able exception iu favor of the Mill Streeg
Schools kept by the Brothers, Speaking of
‘the Dublin Schools he says :—~

| 7 do not think that we have one decided}
good School, except the one in Mill-Surees.”2
Lords’ Report on National Education, p- 301,

| The Rev. George Dwyer, a Protestant
Rector, stated in his examination as follows: —

| “T would say the most perfect Schools [
have ever seen in my life were the Schools jy
Mill-Street, in Dublin, and the Sehvols jn
Cork (kept by the Brothers.) The mos: ex.
traordinary progress I ever saw made
the most admirable adaptation of
the mformation to be communicated to the
peculiar bent and genius aud disposition ef the
child; @ sifting and searching of what the
‘future destination of the child was, and an
plication of instruction to that destination; 9
most curious eliciting and drawing forth aad
development ot the powers of the childres,”—
Ibid, p. 1245.
The editor of a Dublin journal, writing of the
Christian Brothers’ Schovls says :—* Of sheir
of the great good which they are
‘capable of effecting, we have ourselves no
doubt. Let us have a sufficient number of
‘them in different parte of the Kingdom, and
with these and the many other Schools, cone
| ducted, perhaps, on different plans, but all oa

merits,

The tendency ts indeed. to exag-| paid College, with high salaries. All this was) the same principle of the moral and intelleetual

improvement of the young children, seon
would we see realized our brightest dreams of
ithe glory that shone forth from the Irish
| Church « thousand years ago, when he whole
land was consecrated ground,—an Island ef
/Suints;—when our beloved country stood,
amid the darkness that hung over the eur-
rounding n@tions, like a temple iy the desert,
to which travellers from every clime focked,
ad within whose Sanctuary wag foond the
‘light of knowledge and religion; when our
‘sainted fathers croseed the seas and the moos
‘tains, and pemetrated into distgt lands; inte
| Scotland, and England, and France, sed
Spain, and Germany, and Italy, and established
Schools, and Monasteries, and Colleges there,
and stamped the features of Irish yenius and
Irish virtue upon the character of the people
among whew they dwelt. Our imagination
loves to dwell upon these bright scenes, not as

upon Garrea recuhectiucs of shinzs mat bere

passed away, and cannot return, but ss sponse
| garden over which a hurricane of desvlation
has passed, blizbting its fruits an@ flowers,
but leaving the first richuess of soil fur another
Spring to revive in all its primitive freshness
The generation «f to-day bas all
the promise of the veneration uf old. Let the
same means be put in their hands; let them
have the same education, the same protection,

the same encouragement; and, before the

and fertility.

children that now lisp on the mother’s knee
shall have sunk into oll ave, we shall bave

another chapter in the history of our sages,
auotber pave in the calendar uf vur saints.”

| THE WANT OF PURE WATER IN
CHARLOTTETOWN,

Relatives bunting for each other, the woynded
screaming with pain; people, who at home
were blessed with wealiu, bemoaned their sad
plight. The ladies geverally had preforce to
goto bed while their linen was being dried
Clothing was Bbroyzht by the open-handed and

The meeting of the Conference of th: Great
Powers on the Oriental question, whieh was fixed
tor the 2nd of January, bas been pe stponed, and
the date of ite assemblage, if indeed 4 ie convened
at all, is new quite yucertaim

Constaftinople Dee 31

with reepeet te the disallowance of ghatienge fur | °
exuse of Sparks, and of peremptory pee of | a" had the impudence to defend
Hodging, the same as he did before the Court of | Mr. Ciark; the leading Oranzeman on the
Queen's Bene, and went into a leugthy argument, | Island would have a better chance of being
quoting numerous authorities, chiefly American, |¢lected than the same ehap. But the richest
in supportot bis pasition part of “‘Fabiola’s’’ letter is the winding up|

“Fabiola”

| Mountains; aud J am fully eonvinced that the |

character of yous young men will cowpare taver

ably w'th that of the young menu in auy part of the
American Untouw. Let any man come from |
yourceuntry to this whose own knowledge is |
ewpblirtcal or superficial, and on finding that |
Americans surpass hiny jy this species of know. |

| caucus meeting, and came to the conclusion that

high positions them-elves, they forgot the claiuws of |
Catholics, and when «© respee'ful Mewmoral was | i
placed in the bands of the Guvernwent, by His Dna Jexxrms, one of our respected members
Lordship the Bishop of Charlettetown, ther belda forthe city, has, as Health Officer, addrensed
they would not Isy iS before the Legislature to & communication to the City Coancil, whereia

know whether they would give their cyuseat to! he states that, in his opinion, much of the

warm hearted citizens of Warsaw. aud every,
thing wae done to reuder em us comfortabie |
as possible puder the circumsiances

The badal parties on board lost everything

It is officially announced that the lastof the in- | Rebinsou and Anderson replied for the Crown. |
surgente in the Island of Crete bave surrendered | YBDg that no substastial Injustices bad beeu done
to the Porte. The Turque newspaper says that to the prisoner. ‘They also clauned thal by the;
the Porte hae not yet accepted and probably will Judges ruling that the authorities quoted by Caw- |
not approve of the propositiea of a European Coue erou did not apply, the piigover bad received his |

sentence which is sufficiently long-winded, and
which T will give tor the edification of your
readers os

ledge, as well as in the ert of displayiag it tu ad |
| vantage he will at once throw up the sponge. and |
| return to you deeply impressed with the superiori-
‘We can also assure the Editor of the! ty of everythmy that pertains to America Let |

grant the prayer of the Memmrial or not.
This, | consider was treating Catbelws tery un-—
just.y, aud were they to treat any other degomina-—
tion of Christians the sawe, | would say that it was
very far trow pursuing » just and straightforward

sickness, very prevalent in » certain part of
the city, is due to the poisonous matter inter-
mingled with the water in the vicinny—which

but their sleeping apparel. Calicoes took the |
= ef elegant vestments. Red worsted |
oods or bounets, or anythinz that would | There was a demonstration at Sevilie seme
cover their feet an@ nakedness. Clothing was) days ago, aud (eu. Cabalero Deroda was ordered
gone, elegant trousseaux, which bad cost so} there with # bedy of ngtivnaltroape = The people |
sauek time and trouble jn getting together, | were disarmed, however, before tie General's ar-
were lapped up inthe jungry Games, Money) ial. The country js entirely quiet.
was gone, ct penniless, nearly naked, three | For the purpose of reducing the budget for the |
ot the wewly married couples changed their coming year the suppression of 37 Captain Gen- |
warm beds for the iey water im the river, and Gubn tuageted
half dead with fright, and two-thirds frozen, | Maschal Pavia, vecsutly Govern? Genesal of
they auly reached the friendly shore to be Madrid, to ded.
greetea by @ piercing cold wind But at least | Londpn, Dee 31
they were saved, ani they fell into the hands) 4 despatch from Sueg in anticipation of the Au
of good Samaritans. One coup’e, ps! mar | tralian mnsile state that intelligence bas been re- |
ried, have fulfilled their hdly vow to lure each | ceived at Melbourne from New Zealand that filty |
wther yutil death shoy'd part them; but de ati | Europea families jaye been uurdered by Ma-
souk them both — & th together— frozen, { vries,
drowned, dead, in their beautiful youth, with | |
the kiss of their pure love f.ozeu on their lips Telegraphic reperts have been received trom
: hae | Alexandria of au earthquake at or in the neigh-
A gentleman with his sister, a lovely a @ | wnvtund ot Tabriz, a Persian city, of about

accomplished young lady, were paskensers On| 6y.0C0 people. on Sunday lest. “Though the
the United States. At the first shock the | shocks were described as very viuient, uo ee
gentleman was thrown from his bed on the |rieus disaster or lows of life ie so far kuewu to!
four. Hastily pulliug on bis pantaloons he | have beeu caused by the phenomenon
rushed to the stateroom of bis sister, burst | : Londeu, Jap. 1.
opan the door, aad, sewing her in hisa:ms,| The Times to-day in @ leading editorial de-
carried ber down on the main deck, where, | vvunces the projects of the Liberals for the abu. |
procuring a door shutter, he threw it overboard | by ion of primegeniture, &e., and saye that |
and leaped after it, wite his ¢ister in his arms. | Bugland is easeutiully srimiveratic aud conserve: |
He placed her securely os the shutter, and wus) "** London, Jan 2
swioming behind, pushing it, with his precious | sphere was a large Fevien deanwetrativn in
joad, towerd the shore, when to his burror, 94 Cory yesterday, at which Mr. O'Sylivau made a
biz, burly and able bodied man swam UP, | strong speech
pushed hia sister of the board and cliybed| Tbe Directors of Bank of Overend, Gurney
upon ik bimsc J, | & Co., which failed some tine ago, and whose

The young girl sank with a scream, and ii oifaira have been in process of liquidgtion, have
she came t> the surface it was so dark and the | an ae ede a an ae - charge vi

wer aia | irau i” ‘ ‘
gear eng ed vomge not a her | Str. Ashbury, in his note to Mesare Bennett
lac dene aithe dasturdiy act he made after! ¢ Stebbire of New York, relative tu the pro-
the author, and seizing him by the throat a ‘posed Yacht Race, after objecting to the tonnage
struggle to the death ensued, They rose and ; ot the * Dauntless,” says he will race the” Phaw- |
sank together, sfill strazzling, and when last | tom” across the Atlantic—he will go in any eveut.|
seen were grappling with each other. Whether | and thus give the “ Shapbo” and otger Mugiish
either was saved or both went down together | yachts a chance lo accept
is not known, The eister sank beneath the | _ _ London, Jan, 2
waves and was lost, but she was terribly | Government of Greece is actively engaged in
avenged by her brother. Two ladies, whose Pttleeting and completing tie armament of the |
asames are unreported, placed on board the | mMtisael troupe Peris. J 1
a te . a . Jan 1.
Sates by Me Townsend Whelan, a ankes of The Emperor Napoleon, at the usuat Now
Philadelphia, were assuredly Jost. They took | Year's reception of the Diplowie Corps, in re
r , a , 7

passaze for New Orle ans Mr. Whelan came plying to the addresaes of the representatives of |
down yesterday in se weh of thas, bwt could | foreign powers, said that be realized with much |
obtain no clue to their fate. | pleasure the conciljatery spirit animating the |

Wr. George Zaigier, of Nashville, end wife | European Goverumeuts whieh enables them to |
who egcaped so unraculously, were meeried wt j quiet soimesities and swoeeth wternatioual dit-|
Fremom, (unio, ow Saturday nizut preceding | 2cultire as tact as they arise. thus insuring the |
the dieanes, ° prepay of — He confidently hoped that
: } ihe gear 1SO9 would prove as aatistaciory ae tne
At the piace, gear florence, where the boats pear which bad just closed, aud that the c oma
eollided the river 4s0k a bend, though there is! of eveuts wight diseipate unfavorable apprehe-
over twenty feet gi woter, which allowed them! bensions and couselidate the pewee as Hverssary

lenty of roow. jto the wellgre aud progress of givilwed netious |
; Pass gud J. N. Price, brothers, of this a ae Paris, Jan 2

: : & aris, Jan

city, made their escape log pber, and had * The conference for the settlement of the dif.
Invst thrilling adveniure. Whey they left the | ferences between Turkey and Greece will be
boat it was almost entively weppped up in! composed of the Ambaseadars to France trou |
flames, andl searly a) woo could bgg fied the the various Powers of Europe.

ference.

Madrid Dee. 30, via London, Dee. 31

}

London. Jan, 5.

The Judge's decision will be given on the 22ad
instant.
Montreal. Jan 5th
Between four and five hundred deaths from

| small pos vecurred in Muntreal during the pesi |

year

A Grand Banquet will be given to Governor

Grand Tryon Railway Company, was te-day com-
mitted by a Toronto Magistrate to take his trial
ona charge of vbiaining moary yonder tale pre
tenes. :

Fiour 5 cents dearer. active demand.

Ata mecting of the board of Trade, to day, the
feeling Was Unanimons in favor of a change in the
Act relating to Luspeciors of Flour, go as te make
itagree with the New York syatew, and thus se-
cure w greater share of the Maratime Trade.

Toronto. Jan. 5.

The Whelan case came up yesterday before the

Court of Error and Appeal

per course to bring tbe prisoner belore tbe Court.
Hon. J. H. Cauervo made aa able aud elaborate
argument og the side ef the prisoucr, Messrs
Kebiusou & Andersou replied for the Crows

Phe prigouer was rewauded yniil 22nd just.,
when a decision will be given,

FROM THE STATES,

: New York, Dee 31.

The Livery Stable of Briggs Brothers in this
City wasdestroyed by Gre last night with one
hundred ang filly hurses and pumerous Carriages.
Phe lows is § 2,000,000.

A fire in Providence to day deateoyed the
Daily Press Newspaper vilice, and other valu-
able property.

No quetable change in either money or Gould
warket to-day.

Now York. Jan. 2

A evere soow-storm yesterday extended over a
Wide tract of country at the uerth gud east
iG iw badly dritted, causieg delay Lo railroad trains.

Fire in Bangor, Maine, last eight, destroyed
property to the amount ef & quarter milieu dul-
hon dollars Beveral of the largest werohants ou
Broad street wore burued eut.

Now York, Jan. 6.

There was considerable exoitemeut in Washing-
tom to-day iu Cousequeuce of twy ovlored wea being
fouud dead in their beds a§ the residence of the
Frengh Minister. Large crowds were surreuning
tbe house = Reports wore circuiased that they were
either suffocated or poisoned.

General Spiuuer sll remains very unwell and is
unable to be at Liedesk at the Treasury Depurt-
uenut

Guid closed at 184 1-4. Mongy easier.

Holloway's Pills and Ointment —Vemale Cow-
plaints 0 the wothers of England devulres
much and serious responsibility in securing for
their daughters rebust bealth ; frequently, alas!
thoughtlessly sacrificed by culpable baahfulness
at a parbeular period of life, when all-important

The sittings | changes take place in the temale constitution, |

Mecks aud were struggling to evade the gheet| will de held in the Cuy, aud will be presided upon the wanagement of which depead future

of flages that overspread the water. Ky lucky 0 !
hanes the brothers reached one of the tengers' The time of the meeting bas wot yet been duly
aft the States, and slid down ite the water, \Apseed =.
and, efter pouch difliculty, got ashore. To)

their coolness and ecoyrege much of the life- |
saving is gue, and duew eeim survey of the that the peeeont situation of Italian aflwirs wae
dire situation jn great part jnsyred the trans- good bys shat if the present amiable
mingion Cf intethzert wecouuds of he gd sagter.— | should beveme cloudy, and trouble in the future
fouisedle Courier Journat. labould Avewgue Mminent, he would confidently

k Florence, Jan {,
King Vietor Ewmanuel te-duy in his

over by M. Gavallatte, the new French Secretary | happiness or nusery.

s will find a Cheay

|

in eetablishing those tunctions, upon the due per

formagece of which, health and even life iteelf de- |

: L reply to pend = Mother and daughter way eafely use these |Christuage aud N “ine : aan
ithe New Year's congratulations of bis staff, suid | powerbil deobstrucut remedies sew at consull- — ~* ud New Year's day with pleasant

itholics sought; but which, they rest assured,

{ rood sense of enlightened Protestanti j; we ’ :
the go 7 es ct en mind with which to class fy them.

; The Judges yuan-|
| imously decided that a Writ of Errer was the pro | tyrants ; while the latter are treated in this

| right of peremptory challenge in Sparks, by con-| Reaminer that the Liberais of St. Peter's)
senting to challenge for cause,

ihave, as they always hed, full confidence in
‘the Government, and feel assured that, when

the proper time comea, it will accord to the
Cutholica that measure of justice which, em
juow, enlightened Protestants are bevinning to
a lvocate; but which, if pressed before its Justice |

was freely admitted, would only serve to in-|

‘eralships, Goveruerships und Lishoprics have) Young abvut 20th instant, at whieh feur Lieuten- | fluence anew the passions and awaken the pre- |
| aut Governors, and the whole of the Dominion | judices of sectarianism, whick until this chanze | ad with lectures tog Horace Greely, E. P.
and Loca] Cabinets are expected to be present. in the public sentiment has pr-duced some | Whipple, Petroleum VY. Naeby, the celebrated

Nolavn, the author of the pamphlet agninat the ifruit, might have rushed forward with a force humorist, and last, though not least, Joho is,

's) resistless aw to carry the majority of the}

Protestant eomimynity with it, and thus delay | ters. Have you ever beard Join B. Gough? It ‘THE BROTHERS OF THE CHRISTIA

| judefinitely that measure of justice which Gar ,

jwill, ere long, freely accord them,"'

A long breath is necessary after reading the |
above unsrenmatical rigmarule, which is as)
insulting to Protestants as it cannot fail to be
to Catholics. The great majority of the
former gre indireetly pug down as ignorant

'fashion . “Catholics, we know that you are
treated with injustice, but be very quiet aud
trust to us and all will be right by and by; if
you open your jyouths we wil all join syainst
you. {t is true you put us in power; but, if
you look to other quarters for redmas, we will
use the rod over your backs. It you support
such men as Haviland aud Pope, we will let
you see that you myst remain our servants.
Just remajn on your knees, and do what we
tell you, and when the ‘proper time comes’ we
may allow you to stand up and may ‘accord’
you justice; butif you say a word displeasing,
we will put you on your backs aud keep you
there.”

‘fhe Government defender would treat Ca |
tholics like @o many little children, give them |
a few “aweeties,’’ and, if they fare not quiet |
threaten them with a sound whipping. I know,
the people at St Peter's as well as any,
“Pahiole’? who eau betake himself from Char-|
lottetown to “King's Oounte,"’ ia imagination,

and [ ean assure you that, in this district, the

offensive policy of Mr. Heasley's Government |
last Spriug on the Bishop's memorial, bas not
a score Of supporters. Slaves may trust |
traitors @ seeand times byt freegen will not. |
‘Do you, Mr, Editor, eontinue 40 expose the |
jwhort-comings of the Governmeyt, and your

him be a man of cultivated jntellect, and be will
oyly laugh at the Yaukee’s pretegsions to superi- |
erity, f ehaill wrile you further on this subject at
some future time.

We are well suppled in Washington this winter
with theatrics! aud other sources of public enter-
tainment. We have bad severgl etar actors and
actresers already thie seeson We have had
tragedy, comedy, French and German Opera,
Black Crook, &e ,&&c. We have aleo been taver

Gough, beyond question the greatest of living ora-

vot, it is vain for we to atteaipt to describe him to |
yeu. | can find vo staudard or measure with!
which to compare bis powers—no type or order of |
His genuis ww!
sui geneus Such great masters of the bistriome |
art as Forrest. Murdock or Booth, wey charm
you with the power ef their acting.and ii beauty |
of their elocution. You know, bowever, that
they have wade elocution and oratory the study
of yeara, sauje of them having published elaborate |
works on the subject. You kuew that every in- |
tunation of the voice, every look, gesture and
attitude, have been carefully studied and prac-
tieed by them before their appearance on the
stage. You kuow, besides, that they all enjoyed
the advantages of § liberal education in youth.
Here is a man, however, selfauade, and seliedu-
cated, who never studied any rules of elocytion,
who scouts the idea of teaching oratory ae an art,
as | have beard him do, and yet sweeps along the
whole gawut of human emotions, from deep |
tragedy down to broad farce, with a power that
defies all successful competition. Were bis)
thoughis written, they would not strike you as.
being very remarkable either for their beauty or
originality, much less for their graces ef diction
Nay you will frequently obserye iy hia speech!
errors of grammar and prongneiation that bear
evidence to the impertection of bis early educa-
tion, sud which in auy other speaker would be
called gross vulgarisws. For instance, | beard |
him ounce begin a lecture with the remark: )
* Lt aay be considered presumptuous in me ot

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— the goun © presumptuous” being pronounced
presympghious. You feel, however, how vain aad |
iriveloug wre auch objections when you contem- |
plate the power of that man, whose genius rises |
a law unto bimself. How wonderful indeed must |
be the power of tugt wan, that can make the pas
sions and feelings of au enlightened audience the!
toy and plaything of bis will, and say, for two,
hours, keep his bearers constantly alteruating |
between laughter and tears!

1 have met my eateemed old friend, Senator)

strict decorum ; the exact observance of disci-

poisonous matter flows principally from several
cess-pools in the neighborhood. We think
the Ductor is right: and we think, besides,
that he is deserving of much praise for bring-
— ing the matter so clearly befure the public.
= Sl - The pump to which the Doctor siluded in bus
éhe & xaminer. report has been closed ; and we think thet
em she sooner @ bailf doaen others are closed the

| better. Bi is fall time that eur citizens should
'stir themselves to have a supply of pure water.

N_ lis no wonder that so many in our madsi are
SCHUOLS. | dying, when we remember that sey were
¢ drinking water for yeers—water which we

We ourselyes have had the opportunity © ’
witnessing the great improvement ie propriety | kuow to have been refused by the lower wom
Pubhe sentiment

of conduct and in learning made by pupils at '® quarter of @ century ago. , ms
tending the schools of the Brothers. The has been awakened on the subject, and +

| general impression is, that we mast bave pure
water at any cost. His Worship the Magor

ovuuree
Trusting, Mr. Editor, that you will excuse the
lesgth of tuis communication.
1 remain yours very respectfully,
Jescra Menrar.
Lot 11, Dee 22, 1868

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Charlottetown, January 11, 1869.

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pline ; the respectful demeanour of the boys ; es onl
the surprising facility with which the several jend other leading citizens are om the alert,

classes marshal themselves into order, at a | 4r¢ doing their best to remedy the evil. The
the absence of all sypali freaks | laudable exertiona of the Hor. Col Gray, 9
of mischief, which, to as great extent, in our) the good aameh, ae worthy of honorable pene:
common schools, divide the day between frolic | 0% The pe eee, be decided is
and drowsy gpplication; the general eager-_ this : Whenee is the supply of pure water =
ness aud concentration of mind ou their pre- be obtained? Now, we think that “Col Gray's
sent business, manifested even by the youngest, | Spring,” as it is generally called, — supply
exhibit, on one hand, a decided proof of unceas- the city for at least one or two generations. To
ing vigilance. of cordial zeal, of consummate have this supply will cost something ; but ait
skill, on the part of the masters; and, on the | Must not be frightened at this. The idea of
other, a lively picture of the habits of order supplying the city by truckmen may do for®
and diligence to which the young vulatile mind | few weeks or months, but is only a mere tem-
may, by an easy but well adapted system, be | porary aljernauve. Means ae: be adopted to
redueed. The extreme ignorance of some hgye ® permanent and certain supply. Woes
pupils, the extreme aversion of still more to | "ot well enough versed in Hydrostgtice 7
constaut application, are among the b arassing Hydrolics, to offer the bent suggestive to

difficulties which every teacner bas to meet, adopted. However, we think that a large bes
But, in the Christian Schools, these are ia, |servoir shesld be built around the Spring
creased ty a great degree hy the number, vary- | sufficiently high to enable the male by 1
ing in each schvol, from one to three hundred; | pressure, to foree itself through pipes ito the
aud these often takeu from a clasa of society, | City. The parties through whose propery the
in which wholesome restraint is nop always one ~~ from the Spring now runs might com
of the “household words'’ The success of | plain of their rights being invaded in cone

given signal ;

popularity will continue to mcrease, as [ assure | Poland, frequently in society since the opening of the Brothers in mastering these difficulties de- |wequenge of the stream being stopped j os

you it is now doing to a large extent all!) the present session of Congress

\throush this County.
Your obedient servant,
TRUTH.
Head St. Peter's Bay, Jan. 6, 1369.

Seconp Apysrror’s Orrice,

Washingtou, DB. C., Dee. Qlat, 1868,
|} Eprror EXAMINER:

| With the approach of the Christmas holidays I

Yew the compliments of the season.

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He expresses!
himself as greatly delighted with your country ;|
eats ita little earthly paradise, and purposes, he)
‘eays, to spend a portion of next summer thers, |
} have vo doubt that he will receive the consider. |
ation and alteution amougat you to which hix
elevated character aud hie secial standing and)
| reputation ia his own country entitle him. It is!
(very rarely indeed that a public wan ia this,
}country bears biaself in such a manner as, pot
| only to silence the cavillings and criticixme of his

political enemies, but even te extort unwilling |
praise from them. Yet, this, Mr Poland has sue- classes ;

jcovded in accowmpliching. His elevated moral

Holloway’e Pill, eapecia!- Te#elved to write a brief letter to my eld friend character, his fine abiljtics,bis honor and integrity,
ly ft wided with Ointment, have the happiest effeet (the Ecamizer, if for no other purpose than to give /his unselfish devotion ty te pubic good, bas

perfect freedom from partizan prejudices, have

Goverament clerks always look forward to) won for him the esteew and confidence of all the

_good wen of both political parties; while his

ipatione Ov these days the great men of urbane maypers—courtly and dignified without a with t' e grosser

ing any ene, Jjnivereally adopted us the one the nation keep open house for the reception and spice of superciliousness—bave made ban a tavor-

situation | grand remedy tor female complaints, these Pills entertainment of the public.

Kvedy lady or gen-

jite in gil secial circles,

never fail, vever weaket the system, aud always | tleuan that desires can have the twoor of shaking, inteuds fy take up his sumuier resideuce with

“bring about the desired result.

lot Grey Cottors

| hands with the President, Cabiyet dfiuisters, Gen.

| you. Ml.

Such is the man who!

an Act of our Legwlature

seryes much praise. Aborg all things it would) we presume that '
an sxiom ad-

be injustice not to votice, in a particular man- | would settle that matter. It is cal
ner, the fruits of early piety, and the strict ob- | mitted by all civilized pations, ten mr "
servance of religious duties which the teaching rights must yield to public advantage, a
of the Brothers have produced in so many of | that is true, it certainly should be es
their pupils. The acquisition of mere kaow- | hie ynstance. All shat we want is yee
ledge is by no means the only or the most im.) cheapest and best means be adopted, !

supply the citizens with pure water.

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portant ecd of ¢he education of the poorer delay, to
nor is knowledge itself, to them at eer au
least, a good, unless in so far ag ithelpsto} Taw letter of Mr. Joseph Murphy, 08 ere
discipline the mind for higher thoughts, to | tion, mserted in another column, awl :
form the heart for the reception of purer feel- (of perusal. We are not acquainted ve i:

ings, than those which perpetual contact | Murphy, but we may say that we knw ye
scenes of human existence is from the manly, independent, logical poy
not now of the | Of bis communication which is such os
| County may well boast of. After all me
of this colony are nog sugt be
Patriot aug Progress wou'd wish them to De

apt to generate. We speak
necessity of uniting, in eyery gase, relizious
with literary education, nor of what ought to |

at Farconer & Paraick’s, South Side Queen Square.

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