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Provisions, (Next door to Douglass's Furniture Roonis,) at ox-
ahs 0) Ratna 3¢ NA a tremely LOW. PRICKS,: the following articles, vias—
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Pork; (carcass) 6d 46 6d4 Flow,:: * Tra,
Do (small) 7d to Od 6 . ' 1
Matton, per lb, 8d to 6d Cornmeal; Salt,

eal, por Ib., 3d to 5d Sugar, Rive,

Ham, per ib., Td to T0d Kerosene Oil, Molasses,
Butter, (fresh) Ie 4d to 1s Sd Tobac Pork

Do by-the tub, ls.ld to 1s 2d seco, OFR;
Cheese, pet Ib., 4d to 6d Soap, Canilles,
Talla, peeilb.i 7d to 94) SPARCIT, anit almost _eyery other article'to be found
ard, per mf 3q lit ® gétierat Grocery Store.—Parties will find it to
pie Th beh 00 Ibs 15s to 16s their advantage to call before purchasing elsewhere.

: : , ie) JAMES’ PEARDON.,
Kggs, per dozen, 10d to 1s Magy : :
Gri. ith ten) nna cI
Barley, per bushel, 88 9d to“4s x
Oata pen itn 2s 2d to 3s 4d JOHN BELL,
pasiaszsts, Lae «. Negutatle) MANUFACTURER OF “CLOTHING
Potatoes, per boshel, 1s 3dto le Gd} TN all its branches, thankful to his Friends and th-
Poultry. Patrons for past favors, begs leave to inform them
aneewe ree 2s to $s}and the public yenerally, that he is still to be found at
Turkeys, each, 4s to 8s | his
Tou, sab. Bop r ys bed OD: STAN D,
lacks ols
i i Lo Fish. i a Queen Street,
ofi@, per gtl-« §f0~*land is prepared to make up/all kinds of garmenté en
Herings, por barrel, 25 to 408) sted A him in the latest style and improvement of
kercl, per dozen, pee 26 Gd to 48} shion.
' umber.
Boards (Hemlock) Ba Gd to 44 _ .Lerms Cash. »

De * (Spruce) As to 5s rv Entrance at'the Side Door.

Ds. tPlue) I Belen macnn tn ALL, nO
Shingles, per M, gear 19s to 18s anrwT tA. COA ‘

udries.

Hay, per. ton, 753 to 60s) Rimmel s stella Colas Bouquet,
Straw, per cwt., Istols9d| dedicat by permission to this
‘Timothy Seed, none taloui-s< Artiste. .
Clover, Seed, per Ib., none Mer beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,

He ei pe aa ut io a As a rich jewel in Kthiop’s ear.

> ng, per Ib., to PS Re

H es, per tb., i 44d Perfumes for the Handkerchief.

ool, 1s to 1s 8d Alexandra, Guards, Fragebane,
Sheepskins, 1s 6d to 1s 9d Princess of Wales, Rimmel's, Lilly of the Valley
Apples, per doz., 2d to 4d Jockey Club, Wood Vidlet, Millefleur,
Partridges, i0d to 1s 3d Essence Bouquet, Patchouly, Violet.

4 i GEORGE LEWIS, Market Clerk., West End New Mown Hay, Loves Myrtle.

. GHARLOTTETOWN MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Capital, £12,675.

‘1 -ohOaRD OF DIRECTORS;
Witatam, Brows, Esa., President,

Bf th vara Hi, J. Calbeck, Esq.,

tte ‘hos: W, Dodd, Beqe,
+. "Thomas Essery,

Hor! tg © Coles,

Mr, Artemas Lord,
Mr, William Dodd,

Mr, Owen Cornolly,

Richard Heartz, Req,

‘Thomas DesBrisay, Esq.,
Mark Butcher, Req.
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“cy \o ,Miffiee hours from 10 a. m, to 4 p. m, ‘
a Il. PALMER, Seoretary.
Matual Fire Tnapegiivn Offcs, Kent 8t., }
Cha town, Feb, 16, 1866. y

AMERICAN HOTEL,
KENTSTREUT, +) °- | CHARLOTTETOWN
(Eis Horet,, formérly known as the '* GLOBE
*&* HOTEL,” is the largest in the City, and centrally
situated; itis now opened for thé reception of perma-
nent and tramstent Boarders.” The subsciiber trugts, by
strieg attefition tal thé Wants and comfort of his friends
andthe publie generally, to merit ‘a share of publi¢ pa-
tronaosd! i. eno | a w io)

GP Titi Busr dy Lagtons always on band. Good
stabling for.aby number of horses, with a careful hostler

n attendance. f
* JOUN-MURPHY, Proprietor.

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BRITISH PERIODICALS.
The London Quarterly Review, (Contervative.)
The Edinburgh Review, (Whig.) ‘
The Westminster Review, (Radical.)
The North British Review, (Free, Chureh,)
AND
'|Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, (Tory.)
i 4 ——s

HE interest of these,Periodicals to American roaders is
rather increased than diminished the .articles they
contain on-our late Civit War, and though sometinies tinged
with Rr judice, they may still, considering their,greatabili-
ty atid the different stand-points from which they are writ-
ten, be read dnd: studied with advantage by the people of
this country, of every crogd and party,

, -TERMS VOR 1866;
\) Payable in Gaited States currency.

(yg Subscriber offers for Sale at the Kent Street

Grocery Store,

The Bard of Avon'a Perfume, in a neat Box { Sydenham, Bau
de Cologae, Treble Lavender Water, Extract of _Layendet
Flowers, Verbena’ Water, Tercentenary Sachet, Perfumedr
Teicentenary Souvenir, Shakespear Golden Scented Locken
soft and glossy; Rose Ieaf Powder, an improvement oil
Violet. Powder; Bloom of Ninion, for, the Complexion;
Depilatory Powder for removing superfluous haire without
in ury ‘to ‘the skin; Napoleon Pommade, for fis ng the
Mustachos; and instantaneous Hair Dye, for gvingt he Hair
and Whiskers a natural and permanest shade withou trouble
and danger,

Rimmel Rose, Water Crackers, a new and amusing device

for evening parties,
W.R. WATSON.
Drug Store, Dea, 22; 1864.
TURKEY FIGS !
PPURKRY FIGS, MUSCATEL RAISINS,
ZANTR: CURRANTS
Jordan Almonds,
Walnuta,
Ground Spices,

ESSENCES, *
Gelatine, « /
E sking Powder,

, Pioklos afid Sauces, ‘
For mle by 4 ME’ OW UR,. WATSON,,.,
City Drug Stora Dec. 20, 1865, r

my MOR Aah

Auctioneer, & Commission Merchant

MASON'S "THREE-STORY “BUITDING
“* DORCHESTER STREET.

Extract of Lime Juice and Glycerine, for making the Hair ud

| Discounting Again!
| DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY

‘DELANY & BYRNE!

\ Aryeay
to obtain it, we w
entire STOCK of

DRY. GOODS,
‘WAT AND’ CAPS.
BSOots avd Suoss,
“Skeleton, Skirts,

Ete., ‘etc., etc.,
Ata Disc ount ot Twenty por Cent
“FOR CASH ONLY!
We will give 109. Worth of Goods for

We will give 20s, worth of Goods for
We will give 30s, worth of, Goods for «)

tr" Larger Sums in Proportion. 2%

83
16s
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80 er h

This is. good .opportanity for those who’ have
money to invest it to, advantage,

' DELANY & BYRNE,
Queen, Street, opposite Hon. D. Brenan’s,
Ch‘town, Aug 1, 1966... ipesp

A FREEHOLD FARM
FOR SALE!

ONSISTING of 176 acres..of FRONT. LAND, in a
state of culti prion ge pep WELLING HOUSE,
BARN, COACH HOUSE, ‘T/MUESHING MACHINK,
and_all other requisites suitable for a Farm, Also,—One
Howpren Acizs of WOOD’ GAND, inthe rear, situate on
the South side.of Elliot River ebdut seyen miles from char.
lottetown, and quite near two Public Wharfs, for shippmg
Produce, &e. eee
‘The above Prez erty, ia-welk worth the Notice of any person
wishing to putchase a guod freehold property, being the es-
tate of the Inte J. C. Wanitr;' Esq ‘Tithe “will be ‘given for
two-thirds of the purchase money. ‘Enquire at the Office of
Henny Patwen, [eq., or ot the residence of the Subscriber,
Prince Strect, ie ‘ fs
CATUERINE WRIGHT, Exccutrix,
Ch.town, Sept? 20; 1864. : :
rT a
KEN’. SERELT. CLOTHING STORE.
HE subscriber has ved.
| LY reesonable tering, the followin
‘Black Broadoloths anc Doeskins, ©
vo. SBweeds and Silk Mixtures, bt
Heavy, Wiitaeys and Beavers, &@., &e,

The above Goods will bé found suitable for Pall and Win
ter wear, and can be recommended tothe Public as being of
a first-rate qua'ity.
turing continually, READY-MADE CLOTHING in—
Over Coats, Sack Coats,
Shooting Coats, Pants, Vests, &c.
The subscriber pays particular attention to the wants of
working’ mer; afd, to accommodate them, he is manufac-
turing Hemespun Suits, whieh kind of »wear will. be found
to give more satisfaction to laboring men and mechanics than
anything else t fy can purchase,
He also takés this opportunity of sincerely thanking his
numerous friends and’ customets for the very liberal patron-
age bestowed upon) him uring the ‘last nine years, and to
respectfully solicit a continuance of the same, as he is better
epared to accommodate them this Fali than he has ever

been before. i
PATRICK REILLY,
_Detober 19, 84, . L
Fire! Fire!! Fire!!

McKINNON & FRASER S

GARRIAGE FACTORY,

* PRINCE STREET,

RE-OPENED!

HE Subscribers, in announcing the: re-opening of their

Factory, destroyed by fire in the early part of the
Summer, avail them-elyes of the opportunity of returning
thanks for the very liberal patronage extended to them in
the past, and respectfully request a continuance of the
same for the future, ‘Their new Factory being so large and
so well fitted up as to be second to none in Prince Edward
Island, and, moréover, a large Stock of the very best Mate-
riale ‘use in their trade having been lately received by
them from the United States, their! facilities for carrying on
Business are greatly increased, and they are now prepared

to supply ‘
Carriages, Sleighs, &c.,

in ag good style as oan be got up in the City, and upon a»
reasonable terms, ~

Job Work. of all kinds in our line strictly attend-
to,

Painti also done in the best atyle,
ne McKINNON & FRASER,

Notice to Debtors,

ALL, persons indebted to the foregoing Firm are carnest-
ly requested 'to make imshediate payment of their ective
Accounts. The losses sustaimed by the burning of. their
Premises demand that these outstanding debts be paid up

monet MCKINNON & FRASER.

Upper Prince Street, Ch'town,
October 3rd, 1696, PEI $n

YARMOUTH STOVES! °*'

UST ‘RECEIVED by the Subscriber, per Schooner Mary

from Yarmouth, a full and complete Cargo of those
edlebrited Sitowes, consisting of Cooking, Box and
Franklin, the character of which is-so well known to our
Island farmers, torwhom they have given such general sutia-
faction. They will be gold at the usual terms, for Cash or
approved Notes, , j

| R. J. CLARKE.
Orwell Cheap Store, }
September 12th, 1866,

BNO UR Ps
HEAP FOR CASH. Apply to

M NEY, to ra our bills, and, in order
NE al, trom this date, offer our

He has also on hand, and «is manufac-|legs very miuch. brujsed.

. lfrom the effects of it,

“CHARLOTTETOWN -P, E,-JSLAND, WEDNESDAY? OGOTOBER- 31; 1866,

enn ec

Pliscedlancons and Geneval Dews,

THE’ LOSS OF THE «EVENING STAR.”

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PARTIOUUARS (OF -THE ‘TRERIBLE CALAMITY,

The New York Tribune says:—rIt appoars. that, the
Evening Starencountered a terrible gale on the evening
of Tuesday, Oct. 2, when about 240 miles north-east of
Metaulfla Teer, At midnight, on the 2d inst., her rud-
dee chains were broken and the vessel being upimanage-
able, lay in the trough of the sea.’ gue

The waves were breaking over her all wy her up-
~ works being all, carried aways Both the wheel-
1ouses were swept off, nothing remaining but the uron
frames. ‘The pilot-bouse and guards had also been ear-
ried away. out. six o'clock a heavy, sea, rolled ever

' Ther starboard quarter, sinking her almost immediately ;

then ensyed.a leart-rending scene, . A piece;af the hur-
ricane deck, 100 feet long, .was ¢rowded with human
beings. ““There were but four life-preservers on board,
Which were distributed among the ladies. ‘Tha members
of the ballet troupe and French circus company, not
speaking English, could not understand what orders
werd given in relation to, the boats, and very few, if any,
managed to reach them, The shrieks of the frantic wo-
men could be heard above the roar of the angry, waves,
rushing td and fro, imploring for aid, butt was each
for herséii, ts a

“The boats were all capsized, and those, who bad
reached theti were clinging to their sides, but the heavy
seas would wasli them away, when others more fortunate
would: fill’ theip Teh There are only 23 per
saved.’ Besides the, purser’s boat, which BA a a-
vannah with 10 persons, a boat containing the third mate
atid five persous . with two dead bodies, bas arrived at
Fernandia, Florida.’ The schooner Morning, Star picked
up one of the Tife-boats, containing the pilot, cook, as-
stant engineer, dnd fouk passengers.
~ 4¢Tn addition to, the French Circus Company and Bal-
let Troupe, there were 42 frail women, who for, var.ous
reasons were sceking another field to prosecute their un-
holy calling.’ Some with impaired constitutions, were
migrating to a.warmer.clime; others were. suflerin
with ennui, and ymerely wanted a change of scene.
is stated that onc young girl has lett a.widewed, mother,
sister and ghiduaprovided for, she being their only sup-
port, ‘Lhe sister is being, educated at a private school,
and knows i of her sister's shame.

“John Thuro, of New Orleansyone of the engers
on-the ill-fated vessel, bo a policy: for $10,005 in
the Accidental Insurance Company, for which he paid
$10, » Several of the unfortunates had their lives insured
for the benefit.of those dependent on them, m various
New York Companies.”

rROM THE PURSEK's ACCOLNT.

A little before. daylight, Gaptain &napp went into the
cabin and, notified the. passengers that he bad done all
that was in his power td save the ship, and chat he was
satisfied she would go down before» many minutes had
passed; he then closed the dabin doors, and with the as-
sistance of myself, com } ting the boats clear
from their, fastenings. ‘The captain now opened the
doors on each side of the social hall, and efforts were

r boutto be made to get the ladies into the boats. It was
offers for saly qn sow 8 o'lock,ACToy often dais we

were about taking. the first lady fromthe cabin door, a
heavy sea.swept-the decks, swamping the vessel; she

*}made one lurch and went down.) I now: found imyself

struggling ip the, water, surrounded by ‘drift wool; a
sharp piece entered: nlyoupper lip, piercing: my gum;
my (ace. was cut in two or: three es; my arms and
Three lady passengers were
galing wih me in the water, having their arms
around. me, but I could render them no assistance. After
hanging to.a piece of the wreck for three hours, one of
the sltip's boats floated to me.and I climbed into it, bat
was capsized six Limes, eachtime losing my hold, -From
what. k saw and heard, I think all the boats were capsized
when the vessel went down; all this time the sea was
running very high, and until the afternoon the boat:con-
taining myself.and companions was surrounded by im-
mense quantities of drift wood. The wind was still
blowing a hurricane; that evening the wind and sea
abated considerably; Capt. Knapp, in attempting to
reach our.boat, was struck on the bead with a heavy
piece of drift wood, and inmediately sank; besides my-
self, our party .eonsisted of the following persons:
Robert. Finger, chief engineer; John Lang, water-
tender; Evrederick, Shaffer, coal passer; Geo. Smith,
seamen; John Powers, seaman; Dennis Gannon,
waiter; Rowland. Stephens, waiter; Edward Larner,

assenger; H, H. Harris, passenger. ‘Thursday morn-
ing opened calm and pleasant, © were now on the
broad ocean, without anything to eat,.and very poorly
clad. My wardrobe consisted of a shirt, pair of pants,
and neck-tie. About 8 o'clock, a. m., we fell in with
one of the ship’s boats, containing the third mate and
hine of the passengers and crew. We now rigged a
sail from several life-preservers, the other boat elas
her own sail. Both boats now shaped their course west-
ward, in hopes of reaching land or falling in with some
passing vessel. ‘The wind at thie time was about E.N.E. ;
soon alter dark we lost sight of the other boat, and have
not seen her since. This boat arrived at Fernandia,
Florida, on Sunday moraing, Oct. 7, with six persons
and two dead bodies, :

A PASSENGER'S ACCOUNT.

W. W, Llarris, a passenger, says in hie account: —At
54 o'clock, the captain notified the women that all who
wished to take their chances in the boats could do so.
Parsef Allan placed a number of women in the boats,
but at the mowed these were detached fiom the wreck,
they were swamped. “All the women that could get them
bad life-preservers, but those were very few in number.
Meahwitte'the bhip Was moving Very fast. I ‘stood by
one-of the hatch covers in company with several-women,
intending to cling tg it when thé vessel should go down,
which we expected eyery moment. Ina few minutes
she shipped a heavy sca forward of her starboard wheel
house, completely covering the vessel. She never rose
again out of this sea, but went down in an instant, I
was carried down with her about twenty or thirty feet.
On coming to the surface of the water again, I caught
hold. of a heavy prece of the guard to support myself;
but being several times struck by pieces of the wreck, I
rélinquished my hold. Inext succeeded in getting upon
a pieve of the framework of the saloon; where T stood
two or three hours, baving been washed off two or three
times, At this time I could see most of the debris as it
lay before me, One piece of the hurricane deck some
100 feet long was crowded with human beings, whose
shrivks of terror and despair rose above the fury of the
storm. While clinging to my piece of the wreck, I saw
one of. the life-beats, to:which several persons, were
clinging, turn bottom up. 1 swam to her, and with the
assistanve of others, succecded in righting the boat.
Some eighteen of us got hold of the boat, which was com-
pletwly'filled with water, Some of those clinging to the
sides of the boat with mé were soon washed away.
"Their places were. quickly filled by,others. She turned
over and over in thy water lke a log... After great ex-
eftion wemanaged to get her, freed:of water. During
the evening of the Sd (Wednesday) we began to suffer
considerably for the want of food and water,
our party found a turnip floating near the boat, and hav-

oe ing secured it, divided it with his companions, Some
~ [who

had been drinking sale water became quite delirious

#o intense bad their thirst become.

jother boat had a

One of

Some even drank their own urine
From the canvass

as

i en
wind, helped us along

on the next morning
(the 4th) we fell in. with one ol the ship's life-boate von-

by the aid of the strong \
toward the shore, At eight o’

taining the third mate and vine men. They gave each

-4of us & handful of crackers, they having been fortunate

Lenough to savo.a box of them from among the drift of
the wreck, Shortly afterward we parted company, The
oot gail... Both boatsnow stood for
the land, wind, about Eo N. Eve At 5 o'clock on the
morning of tha Sth, we saw ai sail, whith proved to be
the bark Fleeting, of Lavrvig, Norway: :

“We learn the followin’ particulars of a distressing fire
at New Cornwall, Lancnburgh County, from the vour-

nal of this morning :

On Tuesday last, at about half-past three in the morn-
ing, the family of the Rev. Augustus Shields. were
aroused from sleep by the eget of their residence.
It appears to’have commented at the gable end, from the
outside. It is feared it was the werk of an incendiary.
[twas with difficulty their ehildren were rescued from
the flanies.. Attempts were madé to save some of the
furniture, books and clothing, but in'vain. In about an
hour all was ia ashes, and the family homeless, with
only the clothes worn‘ow the eh Mee yA Fhe above
facts were ig to 'thé notice of the Granville Street
Congregation, on Wednesday evening, when a resolu-
tion was unanimously passed, expressing sympathy for
Mrvand Mrs, Shields and family, under the distressing
lealamity.../As several friends ‘were desirous ‘of render-
ing aid without delay, and so alleviating the sad misfot-
tune, a committee: was forthwith appointed to recei¥e
and forward such money, books, etc., as might be’ con-
tributed by: Chvistian frivrds, | The following gentlemen
were fequested to form the said committee ORs ee.
Pryor, S: Seldon, RK. N. Beckwith, and Alexander Rob-
insom i viveniiol ’ cole

‘THE’ GREENLAND HALIBUT FISHERY.

AJ

Schooner ‘‘ John Atwood,” of Provincetown, under
command of Captain Pomeroy, which was chartered. by
arties in this town, and sailed from this) port in. July
ast for Greenland, to engage in the halibut fishery, ar-
rived here on Monday, @ brought home about seven
hundred quintals of fletched and salted halibut, ready
for smoking,.and eighty-five barrels of fins, and would
have obtained a much larger fave had she not lost most
of her trawls which were full of fish. The quality is
pronounced far superior to any ever offered before in
om market, and will readily command an extra price.
he schooner had a fine passage out, stopping in Hali-
fax two days,,and arriving in Holsteinberg on the 19th
day from this port., This, is a Danish settlement, and
the inhabitants are mostly Esquimaux, and follow fishing
and seal hunting for a livlihood.. They were muc!
pleted atthe arrival of the schooner. and were quit:
ospitably, The passage-home was also a good one, ov
eupying slateen | , nrcrole
é R SonReHsABOR with Captain, Pomeroy, he informed
us that there are plenty of halibut in the waters about
Greenland, and of Large size. .In order to make this
branch of the Laborion.s sonseen, it will be ne to
start away in May, which will give ouaie time to obtain
a full fare Anfing the best pertion of the fishing. season.
The fishing tackle must be stronger than that used on
pp ReWae and tho officers of the vessel musbbe composed
of men who haye cruised in the Polar regio on of
thorough experience well acquainted with the coast
and understand how to avoid getting among the ice-bergs.
This is the greatest danger to be teared, and it reqnires
the utmost vigilance both by day and night... None. but
the staunchest .vessels should venture into that ion,
and they should be fitted expressly -for the busi-
ness. e ‘* Atwood"’ went as fr as 68 degrees north.
The result of her trip proves that the baisnegs, if. pro-
perly managed. can be made profitable, and in all prob-
ability another season will witness other craft from this
port on their way northward th pursue the halibut fishery,
—Cape Ann Advertiser. ,

“One by One THE Sans ark Faviva."—The old
vetrans of Canada are fast going to “‘ that bourne whence
no trvelerreturns.” ‘There are but few now ‘left, and
it is only occasionally that it falls to the lot of the jour-
nalist'to chronicle the death of one who figured in that
that troublous time when Canada bad to fight her way
through grest internal difficulties and oppose, by armed
force, the endeavors of her mére powerful neighbor who
sought to force her into an alliance at once distastefal to
her Les ar and detrimental to her interests, On Satur-
day last the fuberal of one of these vetrans was seen
wending its way slowly through the streets of this city,

The body that was being conveyed to its last sarily
resting place, was all that remained of Hugh Byres, of
Black Rapids, » man who, a8 buglar sounded the charge
at Lundy’s Lane, the attack at Fort Niagara, and too
part at the battle of Queenstown Heights, where the
noble Brock fell fighting for his country. Nothing de-
lighted the vetran loyalist, whose remains were on Satu ‘
day fcllowed to the grave by a large number of friends
and neighbors, so much, during his declining years, as
recounting the incidents of his younger days. Though in
declining years his loyal heart beat high, and his failing
limbs gained strength as he heard ang thought of the
dastardly attémpts upon Canada by the cut-throat
Fenians, and it was not without strong persuasion on the
part of his friends that he could be induced not to enrol
himself as a Volunteer and go forth onee more to fight
for the liberty and integrity of his country. Another in-
stance added to the many we daily hear of the trae spirit
of loyalty which exists in the breasts of the majority of
the Irish and Romon Catholic portion-ot the populstion
of these colonics. The deceased had lived for upwards
of half a century in Canada, and at the close of an event-
ful life, during which he had secured the esteem of very
many, his remains were interred in the Roman Catholic
cemetery bere. May the — which animated these old
vetrans exist forever, and become intensified by, years,
in the breasts of their decendants,—Canadian paper.

A young woman of eighteen; who presented the most
remarkable instance on record of the disease called
hydrocephalus, has recently’ died in New York. Her
head was thirty-seven inches in its cireamferenve, and
twenty-seven over the vortex, from one ear to the other;
while her body was little more than a skeleton. Her
mother had steadfastly refased the most tempting offers
of money, Mr, Barnum offering $25,000, to have her
afflieted child exhibited tothe public, and now refuses
on any terms¢to have the rémains preserved in the interest
of science. ;

\
The account gives in the Philadelphia papers of the
luxurious style in which the distinguished banket, Jae
Cooke, travelled from Philadelphia to Sandusky, seems
to eclipse anything coming properly withen the bounds
of aristocracy, either in this country orin England. Thy
elegant special ear tendered the great buyer and seller
of uational securities was a superb affair, having all con-
veniences of & well apppointed dwelling—a porch in the
rear where several may sit and take the air free from
dust; ar. elegaht (arnished saloon or parlor, with sofas,
tables and mirrors; a sleeping ap&rtment, whers sofa
seats ate quickly transformed into easy couches; a dinin

room with extension tabtes ‘and all teceséary et ceteras ;
4 pantry well stocked with substantials ; washrooms, etc,

PMG: i :

At a recent télp of one of the Bastern coast steamers
it was thought for a tinie that the boat was in’ danyer,
and al! the passe t ofr ure with the éx~

ttetown, P. B. 1 A. McNEILL, veption of an old lady, who declared with great empha~“
ov. 25, 1868.

Charlottetown, P. EB. Island, Jaly 20, 1866 Quooa-Stroet, May 21, 1866. of the life-preservers we managed to rig up a sail which,

sis that she had rather sink than go floating around.”