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and paraphernalia of royalty from juxtaposition with the
at and mores republic.” Lhe Brotherhood say
ident Roberts bas more sincere followers at the pre-
sent moment than President Johnson. This may be
rejudice; but they allirm that they are ready to go
arther in support of Roberts than the copperheads and
vonservative republicans would in favor of the occupant
of the White House. One thing may be relied on—when
the Fenjans move this timo they move with a vengeance.
A large body of men, said to he composed of Fenians,
drills ao at Burlington, Vt. They are all armed,
At St Alban's and other places on the American border,
men of unmistakeable Fenian aspect appear and disap-
pear ina suspicious manner. One can hardly think that
these men will be mad enough to attempt a second raid
upon Canada ; but when it 1s covsidered tbat the United
States contain so many idle and reckless adventurers,
ready to take a hand in any game that may present itself,
and that thie Fenian faree is a most popularthing, another
raid on Canada, and even on our own inoffensive Pro-
vince, does not appear so improbable. It would seem
that both the American and Canadian Governments an-
ticipate something of the sort; for we see it announced
that a body of U.S, troops has been hurriedly despatch-
ed over the Hudson River Railraad to Oswego, and that
some of the regular forces stationed in Canada have been
moved towards the frontier, We presume the authori,
ties have such information as justifies these precautions,

and it be that the unusual silence of the Fenians
now is only an evidence of their greater earnestness and
prudence, ;

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Aw Arrectring Souxe.—The Richmond Enguir-
er of a few days since, has the following: —

An aflecting scene took place a few days ago at
the police-station, which melted moro than one stern
heart to tears. A young man of most respectable
connections had been arrested for drunkenvess and
disorderly conduc’, aud was raving like @ maniac 19
his cell, and when his aged mother, attired in
widow's weeds, entered the station-house, and request-
ed to be allowed an interview, the request was grant-
ed, and she stood face to face with her erring son.
The surprise almost sobered him for a moment,
‘and he greeted her with manly tenderness, but the
demon ol intoxication soou broke forth in fresh rav-
ings. The mother ondeavered to calm and sooth
him, but {without avail; his dulled car was deat,
even to the toues of maternal love, and retiring from
the cell, she sank into a seat, while the sobs so long
choked down, bnrst forth with passionate vehemence
for her son,-—her fallen son, her fond hope and pride,
the prop and stay of her old age,—for whom she
would willingly have laid down her life. For two
hours her uncoatrollable agitation had full sway,
and then, with aw effort at calmness, she departed.

Tt was a scene which pone could view without
emotion, and spoke in thunder tones of the evils of
strong drink. For yourown sake, for your mother’s
sake, for God's sake, spurn the intoxicating bowl.
It is fraught with rnin to body and soul; it is a liquid
fire ; distilled damuation ; the strongest weapon of
all the dovil’s potent enginery. Don’t drink. The
rudy bow! may invite, but there is death in overy

. sparkle; tears and sighs in every glowing drop.

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It will deprive you of health, fortune, reputation,

and friends; mar your every prospect, blight your

every hope, bring dowr the grey hairs of your par-

ents in shame and sorrow to the grave, and finally

consign you a poor, bloated, disgraced wreck, to a

pauper’s trenchin Potter's field. Boys, don’t drink.
Zz

On March Ist. the Queen held a Levee, or Draw-
ing Room, or something of that sort, and the Hon.
8. L. Tilley was presented.. A private letter from
London describes the costume he wore on the occasion
viz., white satin breeches and waistcoat, white silk
stockings. knee and shoe buckles, light blue coat
trimmed ‘with silver, and a cocked hat.—S John
Freeman. . j

It is said that the “Prime Minister” of Nova
Scotia was, on that’ occasion, got up in a precisely
similar manuer, except that his breeches were
erimson plush. His cocked hat was made of an
old Colonist. — Hz. Chron.

FROM THE STATES.
Arrival of R. M. S. Africa.

[From the Halifax Express.]

By tho R. M. S. Africa, which arrived at this
port last night, we received New York and Boston
papers to the 26th and 27th iust., respectively. The
most important items of news have been anticipated
by telegraph. A despatch from Washington says
the Judiciary Committee will probably report in
favor of Senator Wilson's resolutions to release Jeff.
Davis. It is also believed that Congress will adopt
the resolation, and that Davis will be released in a
week, :

A Washington paper of Tnesday last'say that the
receipts from internal revenue sources continue to
be below the daily average called for by the official
estimates, Notwithstanding this fact, however, it
is confident¥y,believed by reliable official authorities
that the total for the fiscal year, shown on the 30th

June next, will equal, if not exceed, the regular es-
timates upon which the revised Jaw of last July was

According to the New Orleans Jimes, the amount
of cotton which had come to hand siace September
1, of last year, was 1, 524,093 bales, showing a sup-
ply in six months equal to the estimated amount, at
the baginning of the season, that would be in the
market during the whole year.

ATROCIOUS AFFAIR.

A despatch stated a few days. ago that Escobedo,
the Liberal General in Mexico, had ordered the ex-

ecution of all prisoners of foreign origin taken with) >Y,

arms in their hands in a battle which had taken
place a couple of days prior to his issuing of the or-
der. Later accounts state that this inhuman com-
mand was carried into effect, and that one hundred
and twent men, French by birth, who had en-

listed int jag army of Miramon, who had
been taken et were marched out and execut-
ed in cold blood. ‘One by one,” says the report,

* the prisoners were shot, and each bloody body was
loft as it fell for the next victim in order to look up-
on, We are informed that but few of the doomed
victims faltered; and when marched out for execu-
tion most of them sabg the Marsellaise Hymn.”
The bloody monster who ordered this cowardly
ps ng ) ordered a gravd ball in honor of the
event ; he invited one hundred and fifty of the chief,
ladies of the place, and was surprised to fiud bot

nt. Whether he ordered the remaining
oue huadred and thirty-five ladies to be executed or
not we are not informed. Nothiog more inhuman,

_utterally infamous than the above narrated
pres has occurred withio the history of modern

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(For tHe Heratn.)

The Kzaminer of the 25th ult shows its Editor io
his true colors, in the means used to try to prejudice
the electors of this District against My. Ke
says the small office-holders under the late Go
are working, ‘‘might and main,” to secure Mr,
Reilly’s election. This, certainly, appears small on
Whelan’s part, in writing what he himself knows to be
tulse and to the contrary. Such stuff can only serve
to blindfold narrow-minded people that do not see the
difference

It is Cetiaint very ungrateful of Whelan to disown
the services of the Conservatives of Head St. Peter's
Bay, some of the oflice-holders in particular, who went
to so much trouble at his last election in getting up a
rand display to follow him to Morell, which was more
Norm ever the Liberals done for him at any of his
former elections; and to prove the falseness of his
assertions he has now got a Tory office-holder can-
vassing the District for ah and his colleague, in the
erson of John A, McLean,—this is an undisputable
act which cannot be denied,

or his amizble colleague here by propagating mean
falsehood:, to refutation of which I believe Mr Reilly
would not stoop, .

Hoping, in future, that the Editor of the Mxaminer
will be guided by truth, which he will find to gain him
more respect than the course he is at present pursuing,

I beg to subscribe myself
AN ELECTOR.
ead St. Peter's Bay, :

Apr'l 3, 1867,
The He

Wedneaday. April 10, ISG.
MAJOR POLLARD AGAIN. _

Stxcx our last issue, the Royal Gazette has appeared,
containing the dismissal of Major Pollard from the
Volunteer Militia Service. This appears to us to be
the last act of un arbitrary proceeding, @rich has
aroused no small degree of indignation in the community
generally, A mass meeting wag held in the Temperance
Hall on Monday evening to express sympathy with the
Major and condemnation of his treatment. The ac-
count of the meeting we subjoin. The Patriot and
the Summerside Journal have already taken the Major's
case in hand, and placed the facts before the public in
their trae hght. Several of the Volunteer Companies
feel so deeply in the matter, that they are going to
give up their arms, and, altogether, the prospects
are that Major Pollard’s dismissal is going to act most
disastrously upon the Volunteer and Militia organiza-
tion, There is one chance left to obviate this diffi-
culty, and that is, for the Commander-in-Chiet to re-
consider the whole affair, and reinstate the Major in
his former position, with the addition of the appoint-
ment and pay of Inspecting Officer of Militia. The
Legislature can manage the latter appointment, and we
trust that His Excellency will perceive, before it is too
late, the unfortunate position in which he is placed by
his hasty and summary proceedings. Although Major
Pollard has been degraded as far as his enemies can
degrade him, yet it must bea satisfaction to him to know
that he enjoys the esteem and sympathy of the whole
community, without regard to creed or class, His mili-
tary superiéys may, perhaps, from motives which would
not bear investigation, wish to ignore Major Pollard’s
claims to promotion and reward, and to remove him
from their path; but the public at large are ready to
acknowledze his important services to the Volunteer
and Militia foree, and are determined, if they cannot
reward him as he deserves, not to allow him to be
crushed without a protest against the high-handed and
ungrateful treatment to Which he has been subjected,

PUBLIC MEETING,

On Monday rong last, 8th inst., a large and
respectable meeting of the citizens of Charlottetown
—numbering over seven hundred persons—was he!d in
the Temperance Hall, for the ek a of taking into
consideration the recent dismissal of Major Pollard
from the position which he held in the Volunteer Militia.
On motion of Hon. Geo. Beer, seconded by Mr. Archd.
McNeill, P. W. Hyndman, Esq., was called to the
Chair, and P. 8. McGowan having been appointed Se-
eretary, the meeting proceeded to the consideration of
the manner in which Major Pollard had been treated in
having bis services so summarily dispensed with by the
Commander-in-Chief, without being granted the privi-
lege of a fair and impartial trial, and without ever hay-
ing his offence properly stated to him. Several gentle-
men addressed the meeting on the part of Mr. Pollard,
and though the Chairman called upon any person taking
the opposite side to express his views, no one came for-
ward to justify the action of the military authorities
towards the Major. After a discussion of the subject,
the following Resolution was moved by Geo. Alle fy
Esq., seconded by Mr. J. Williams, and unanimously
adopted—

Whereas, J. B. Pollard, Esq., late Major in the
Volunteer Militia Service, has been connected with
that organization for the — ase years, and has, in
the various capacities held by him therein, largely con-
tributed to place that service on its present footing of
efficiency in drill, discipline, and military knowledge,—
and whereas the Commander-in-Chief has dispensed
with Mr, Pellard’s services without an investigation of
the supposed charges preferred against him,

Be it therefore Resolveil, That this meeting hereby re-
cords its disapproval of the course adopted towards
Mr. Pollard in thus summarily dispensing with his ser-
vices, and its regret that the Commander-in-Chief had
not exercised his legal prerogative of instituting a Court
of Enquiry to investigate the supposed breaches of dis-
cipling and military regulations alleged to have been
committed by him,

An address to Mr, Pollard, which had deen prepared

a Committee appointed for that pereen, Was then
submitted to the meeting for its approval, and it having
been unanimously adopted, it was moved that it be pre-
sented to that gentleman as an expression of the feel-
ings of the meeting. The motion having been earried,
three cheers were given for the Queen, and three for
Mr. Pollard, and the meeting dispersed,

The address and reply were as follows :—

TO J. B, POLLARD, ESQ., LATE MAJOR OF
Ist QUEEN'S CO, VOLUNTEER BRIGADE.
Dear Sir;

We, your fellow-citizens, beg to express to you our
appreciation of the important and efficient services
which, for upwards of twenty years past, you have ren-
dered the militia and velunteer organization of this Co-
lony,—services which, on more than one occasion, have
received the justly-merited approval aud commendation
not only of the ui hest military authorities of this, your
natiye land, but also of the most distinguished person-
ages and military officers who, as visitors to our shores,
bave had an opportunity of jucging of your abilities,

By your disinterested zeal and self-sacrifiving devo-
tion in the cause, from your earliest connection there-
with, and your superior knowledge of drill and military
tactics, acquired from a service extending over such a

of time, in every gradation of rank, trom

Wee: ' : hat of & private to your late position, the Volunteers,

- Tn on the 26th inst., ® fracas occurred|as then commanded, attained a higher degree of

otwe rt. Bingham, who acted as Judge Adyo-|efiiciency while the. tion was sustained upon a
eate in the trial of Mrs, Surratt, and the caleyrated, purely voluntary principle, than the present m

. Butler, during which the latter declared. that/'mre ht evi ad te thls Colony, in the. year 1860, of

‘the of this by Court Martial authority’ jy; the Prince of Wales, the Volunteer

‘was the marder of an innocent woman. He accused
‘Bingham of having withheld exculpatory ovi-

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ey under your command, enjoyed the
Li
Body Guard to the ill

ished honor of forming a

in that important case. |

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é al The hearty co-operation of the Prince of Wales,
am

Mr. Whe}an will not gain much support for himself|

ous visitor, and during the/two previous to the 17th,

riod of his stay, although very many, salutes were
Fred, not the slightest accidemt oceurred to mar the re- I
joicings of the oveasion—a circumstance contrasting
favorably with the discharge of similar duties performed
by regular troops in the neighboring Colonies, where
loss of life was sustained.

Trish, and other Volunteer Companies on the saime oc-
casion, and their able discharge of the several duties
assigned to them at that time, elicited the flattering}!
compliments of His Royal Highnéss, and furnish s)i
proof of the efficiency of the Volunteer organisation as
then constituted. . : ae
As the representative of a population of eighty
thousand, your gallant and successful competition
against the representatives of the six hundred thousand
inhabitants of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick at the
inter-Colonial Shooting Match, held at Troro, N. 5., mm
the year 1862, won for yourself, throughout. British
North America, the reputation of a first-class marksman,
and has assisted to earn a character and standing for
the Volunteers of P. E, Island unequalled by those of
the Sister Colonies,

We might refer to many other instances corroborative
of your zeal and interest in the Volunteer cause and of
your efficiency in drill and your valued services as a
Volunteer and Volanteer Militia Officer, but as they
are so well known to the public, we deem it unnecessary
further to particularize.

In view of these facts, it is with extreme regret that
we learn, from a correspondeney in the local papers, of
your recent dismissal from a service to which you have
gratuitously devoted so much time and attention, and in
which you haye evinced so much talent and anne
We fail to perceive from the facts before the public
any just cause for so summary a dismissal, and cannot
but express our unqualified py a of the extraor-|!
dinary course pursued by His Excellency the Com-
mander-in-Chiet in his refusal of a Court of Enquiry to
investigate the alleged breach of the supposed ** orders
or military usages” charged against you, and in his
owe with your services without @ trial, t

We heg to tender you our sincere sympathy in the
circumstances in which you are placed, and to éxpress
the hope that your case may be reconsidered, and that
the time may not be far distant when you will occupy a
rouder and more honorav!e position than you have
itherto attained,—a position to which you are justly
entitled, and one in which your valuable services will
be adequately remunerated,

On behalf of mecting,
P. W. ITYNDMAN, Chairman.
P.S. McGOWAN, Secretary.

REPLY.

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GENTLEMEN :

The address which you, on behalf of the meeting
held this evening, haye presented, 1s, I need not assure
you, genti ying to me. IJ fear, however, that my ser-
vices have been overrated by you, mach of the credit
being due to the hearty co-operation of the officers and
men under my command. 1am happy to find that the
manner in which my services have been dispensed with
by the Commander-in-Chief has met with the disapproval
of so large a number of my fellow-citizens—Volunteers
and civilians. I have, sinee my connection with the
Volurteer movement, received many kind attentions,
and many marks of respect; but I can truly say that the
present moment is the proudest one of my life, and the
recollection of it death alone can blot out. As regards
the a of your address, I can, of course,
say nothing; but your presence here this evening gives
me the assurance that my services in aid of the Volun-
teer cause have not been unappreciated by my fellow-
townsmen. I therefore, Gentlemen, tender you my
sincere thanks for the address you have presented me,
and the expressions of sympathy therein contained,

* And have the honor to be,

Their obedient servant, -
J. B. POLLARD,

P. S. McGowan, Secretary.
Charlottetown, April 9, 1867.

By order,

For the information of our readers, we publish below
the editorial article from the Patriot, in telerence to
the St. Patrick's Day Sermon in this city, to which we
alluded last week, and also the Very Rey. Dr. Me-
Donald's letter thercon, The matter in dispute is
placed in so simple a light, and the truth so plainly
told in the Rev. Doctor's trenchant letter, that comment
on our part is rendered unnecessary. Had the Rey.
gentleman placed the Scottish mette, ‘Nemo me
impune lacessit,” over the stormed battery, we would
consider the picture complete :

[From the “ Patriot,’’ March 28.]

Twelve months ago, the observance of the anni-
versary of Ireland's patron saint Was, in this community,
attended with a ee deal of uneasiness and bad
feeling. With a change of Government, we thought
nothing unpleasant or disagreeable would have
oceurred this year to eal! for censure or mar the
harmony of St. Patrick’s day celebration In this,
however, we were, itappears, mistaken. On Sunday,
the 17th inst., a sermon was preached in the Roman
Catholic Cathedral in this city which offended’ some
and surprised many of our citizens. By invitation, a
young Scotch peers ocenpied the pulpit on this ocea-
sion, and so un-British were the Constitutional doctrines
enuneiated in the sermon that a Roman Catholic
entleman connected with Her Majesty's Army marked
Ris disapproval of them by at once walking out of the
Church. He also felt constrained by a sense of duty to
report the circumstance to the officer oommanding the
Troops. ‘The sermon, it is reported, was more suitable
for a Fenian cirele than for a. nee he. gg: of loyal
British subjects. Had the preacher been an Irishman,
we could make some allowance for passionate appeals
and fervid eloquence on the subject of Ireland's tlahts
and wrongs, but coming from the lips ot a Scotchman,
we consider the sermon referred to, judging by report,
as an attempt to pander to Irish prejudices and tickle
the palate of ignorant Fenian sy1 isers, For this,
at a time like the present, there can bo no defence,
The only excuse that can be pleaded in palliation of
such thoughtless conduct is that his reverence was a
young man, Let us hope that the offence may never
be repeated,

To tae Eprrok ov tam Paraior,

Sin :—Yesterday's issue of the Semi-Weekly Patriot
was to me this morning, and my attention w
drawn to certain editorial remarks made by. you in
reference to the ‘Anniversary of Ireland’s patron
Saint,” and as these remarks contain charges of a ye
serious nature, [ trust your own sense of honor wi
dictate to you the justice and propriety of allowing me
to say a few words in reply through the same medium
Sea these grave charges haye been given to the

P
In referonce to the opening paragraph of your
editorial, “I will only say that tee gentlemen vl
manifested such strange symptoms of uneasiness, (but
of the Titus Oates stamp) and who gave evident proof
of bad feelings twelve months ago, only brought upon
theniselves the ridicule and contempt of all right.
thinking men in the commuuity. You saythat, + with
a change of Go ent, we thought that nothin
unpleasant or le would have oceurred this
_ to call for censure or mar the harmony of St,

‘atrick’s Day's celebration.” In this we are of accord
nor am I aware that anything unpleasant or disagree-
able has occurred, as far as the Catholics of this com-
munity are concerned, But you go on to say that,
‘in this, however, we were, it appears, mistaken ;”
and then go on'to give your reasons, from which. i¢
— that you are still laboring under a slight
m s - ?

In the early part of this month, the Rey. Ronald B.
McDonald was invited by me to preach in St, Daustan’s
Cathedral on the Feast of St. Patrick. 1 did not invite
ey er ro a ‘ = lish, Trish, or ae

wing rous bs a disposition,
well known piety, and highly cultivated talents, I
thought he would not refuse my request, and that his
discourse would be worthy of the occasion. In this I
was not disappointed, Mr, McDonald kindly accepted
my invitation, and accordingly came to town a day or
© submitted to me the

manuscript of his disequrse, and after a careful

McDenald, would e
which would stand
either in , point of
morality, or loyalty to the British
a cose Pos WW text the
chapter, and 1, 2y 38,
of his sexmoa i ‘dwelt

through Continental Europe. He referred to the labor
and zeal of Columba of Iona, of Columbanus, and
other names illustrious for learning, piety,and apostolic
zeal,
from a senge of

dying fidelity with which the sons of St. Patrick, under
the most tgs? circumstances, ever clung to the
ancient faith. ITe

so it is only under trials and a
traits of individuals or nations are brought out in bold
relief,
piety, and Christian zeal of Irishmen, lay and clerica!
of the present day, in diffusing religion and piety all
over the world. He did not forget’ to point out how
guarded the sons of Ireland ought to be be at the
present time against the machinations Of irreligious
and designing

counsel, to le
religion. -He said that there is man
many « beautiful slo
cottage untemanted in Ireland, while those who might
have tilled and occupied them are employed in hewing

California or Australia; or, perhaps their bones lie

scattered over the bottom of the broad Atlantic. I
have not the manuscript in my possession, but this is
the sum and substance of the whole discourse, and if
thore be anything un-British in all this, I cannot, for

favored the
always with
contemptible, and beneath notice. Words aro double-
edged, and will cut both ways. This being ‘he case,
I will merely use your own words, and make them cut
gi direction quite different from what you intended,

sentences, leavin
possession, and then your language will read thus:

rusal
hat any man, acquainted with Mr.

eta yory able prodnetion, and

e test of the severest criticism,
atyle, ‘Theology, sound Christian
ne. The young
phecy of Baruch, v.
5 and s. In the course

on the glorious
ler the Irish people
jety

MEETING AT FORT AUGUSTUS.
found it to be w

A number of placards having been posted op at
the Fort Augustus, Monaghan and several other set-
tlements on both sides of the Hilsborough river,
purporting that a Public Meeting would again be
held at Mr, James McDonald's, Fort Augustus, on
Wednesday, the 3d April, instant, for the purpose
of nominating a fit and proper person to represent
this district in the House of Assembly—a few of the
neighboring settlers attended to know the meaning
thereof, when” shortly after one o'clock Mr. Joho
Rosg, of the Weekly, Messrs. Leonard Wood, John
Wood, James Wood, Martin Myres, Charles
Stewart, and one or two others from ‘Lot 48, came
there, who, after severally expressing their disappro-
bation of the Hon, Edward Whelan’s appointment
to the office of Queen’s Printer, Mr. Ross signified
his intention of offering as a candidate to oppose the
Hon, Mr, Coles, should he only get a person to pro-
jpose and second his nominatién therefor. A motion
was thereupon made to appoint a Chairman and
Secretary, but which offices none of the people of
Fort Augustus or any ot the neighboring Settlements
would accept, alleging that the meeting was sought
to be got up surreptitiously, and without any one
knowing who were its authors, Mr. Leonard Wood
admitted that it was hin who got the placards print-
ed, but that it was by direction of one James Smith
—a School master on the Monaghan road,—that he
did not come there to support Mr. Ross exclusively,
but would support any other who might offer agaiust
Mr. Coles.

Mr. John Wood, of Lot 48, was then called to the
Chair, and after expressing his own views in regard
to Mr. Coles’ undue tavor towards Mr, Whelan and
his hostile bearing to.the Tenaut League, Mr. Ross,
Mr. James Laverty, Mr. James Trayuor, junr., of
Milleove, Francis MeQuaid, Esq., James Traynor of
Monaghan, and Mon. F. Kelly, severally addressed
the Chair. A motion was made to nominate J. H.
Fletcher, Esq., as a fit and proper person to be a
candidate for the district, which was negatived, and
the following resolution proposed by Mr. James
Traynor, of Millcove, seconded by Francis McQuaid

Reload
nission destined by Almighty God h
n diffusing, at an early period, learning and

He ghowed why it was that Continental Lurop2,
x atltudes bestowed on Ireland the

lorious title of Island of Saints, He spoke of the un-

said that as gold was tried by fire,
fictions that the noble

He spoke in well-merited terms of the pon

men, who would attempt, by wicked
ad them from the paths of duty and
a broad acre,
lying waste, and many a roofless

lown the forests of America, digging in the mines of

mou ldering in the soil of some foreign battle field, or

he life ef me, see it,

The commoats and opinions with which you have
ublic in reference to this sermon, but
© saving clause, ‘' it is reported,” are too

merely change the subject of one or two of your own
tne object and predicate in peaceable

jeomitg from an Irishman, or at least, the son of an

!|instead of ** two,” as therein printed.

**Had the gentleman connected with Her ag ay be wrmy
been an Englishman of the honest * John Bull” stamp,
we could make some allowance for his condact; but

honest Irishman, we must consider the conduct referred
to asan attempt to pander to Protestant prejudices,
and tickle the palate of a few would-be-aristocrats,
who ‘very likely laugh at him for his trouble. The
only excuse that can be pleaded in palliation of
such thoughtless conduct, is that the gentleman in
question is wyoung man. Let us hope that the offence
may neyer be. repeated”’ This is what isQcalled, in
Mnilitary tacties, stormi our No. 1. or A. ieee
turning the guns and making them play, with deadly
effect, upon yourself and the gallant young Knight
who had the misfortune ot being placed under cover of
your artillery.
Had the young gentleman to whom yeu allude as
your authority, and whom Pps’ would represent as the
public censor of clergy and laity, been for a few times
present on similar occasions in Quebec, Montreal, or
any of the other unquestionably loyal cities of British
America, perhaps he would have reconciled his ideas
of loyalty with those ef good manners and ordinary
common sense.
I am sorry te be placed under the disagreeable
necessity of appearing in the columns of a newspaper,
but your remarks of yesterday have left me no alter-
native, Ican assure you—and I must also speak for
my Rev. friend in Ing absence—that you could not haye
touched either of us ona more sensitive point than by
ealling in question our loyalty to-our gracious and
virtaous Queen, and to the British Throne. I trust, |
however, that we have toe much regard for the teach-
ings and practice of the Christian religion, and too
lively a sense of honer and loyalty to make us ever
feel ashamed to appear in the company of the most
loyal of Her Majesty's subjects. I can also assure you
that we have too much respect for the name we inherit
to crouch down like. mere criminals, and listen in
silence to a lecture.on loyalty, chivalry, bOnor, or
valor from you, Sir, or from any gentlemen whose
names have yet to find a place in connection with any-
ping glorious or heroic in the annals of the British
Empire. :
Gentlemanly and Christian treatment is only what I
reasonably expect te receive at your hands; fer any
person acquainted with my disposition will bear me
out in saying that it is not a desire to provoke idle,
useless, or angry controversy, but a stern sense of
duty and honor, that has driven me, I may say for the
first time in my life, into the columns of a public
newspaper ; and let me hope that, under such peculiarly
disagreeable circumstances, it may also be the last.

Thave the honor to be, Sit,
* Yotir obedient Servant,

D. McDONALD.
St. Dunetan's Cathedral,
Charlottetown, March 29, 1867.

Tur Nomination of Candidates for vacancies in the
House ot Assembly for the First and Second Districts of
King’s County, and the Third District of Queen's County,
comes off to-day ; but we are not prepared te give the
names of the candidates, as we have net yet learned
them. Should there be any opposition in thése Dis-
tricts, it will prove rather ombarrassing to the Govern-
ment to have four of its supporters—three of them the
principal office-holders—absent from the Legislature
for ten days after its meeting. However, we do not
anticipate that the minority will attempt to take any
advantage of this circumstance during the interval
between tie 18th—the day of the meoting of the
Legislature—and the 28th—the day of the return of the
Writs. The only difference is that business will be
more or less delayed thereby,

Tne meeting called by J. D. Has#ard Esqr., Secre-
tary of the Royal Agricultaral So¢iety, in the ‘Teniper-
ance Hall, last Friday, "for the purpose of forming a
Society for the culture and manufacture of Flax, was a
failure, owing to the bad state of the roads. It is now
proposed to open a subscription list for the names of
parties fayorable to the movement, and to petition the
Legislature for a grant in its aid. This is « move in
the right direction, and we hope te seo it carried for-
ward to a successful issue.

We have received from the ‘ Johnson Type Foundry,

Philadelphia, the January number of their “Typo-
graphic Advertiser.”

In the notice of the death of the late James Flynn, of
Winter River, a mistake ecours relative to the number
of children left by him. The namber ought to be ten

We aro pleased to learn that the Sammerside seo-
tioh of the Rey. Mr. Frame’s’ congregation, which
has half his services, ata meeting held on Monday

Esq., was unanimously adopted ;—

Resolved, That, as a meeting of over 500 electors

of this District was held at this place on the 25thrday
of March now last past, unanimously agreed and en-
gaged to support the Hon, George Coles, the Leader
of the present Government, at the coming Election,
this me@ting hereby reiterates that guarantee that
they will return him against any opposition that may
offer against him.

(Sigoed) JOHN WOOD, Chairman,

PUBLIC MEETING AT KELLY’S ‘CROSS.

Pursuant to notice, a public meeting was held at
Kelly's Cross, Lot 29, on Thursday evening, the 21st
ult., for the purpose of taking into consideration the
local interests of this loeality.

The meeting was duly organized by appointing
Mr, James Gorman, Chairman, and the undersigned
Secretary. Several gentlemen present spoke at con-
siderable length of the many disadvantages under
which this community labored for many years for
want of a Post Office in-a central place, in their
midst : aud also of a Magistrate's Court, as ‘well as
a representative in the Commissioners’ Court at
DeSable. They very justly observed that while the
surrounding settlements could boast of having a J. P.
at every corner, in many cases within Sow-shot of
each other, their convenience in this respect has been
strangely overlooked. They, however, trusted that~
the new Administration, which they have always
supported, would not on this occasion forget their
claims or forfeit their confidenee. The business of
the meeting concluded by submitting the following
resolutions, which were carried unanimously ;

Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting it is:
highly desirable to have a Post Office established at
Kelly’s Cross, Lot 29, for the convenience of the
“wenn and that a committee be forthwith chosen to

raught a petition humbly requesting the Legislature
to order a grant in support of the same,

Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting a
Magistrate’s Court should be established in this
Settlement.

Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, a
representative in the Commissioners’ Court at De-
Sable should be appointed from this vicinity. |

Jouw Braver, B8ec'y.
DEATH BY DROWNING.

Two young men named —— Morrow, of Ban-
nockburn, and —— Munro, of Jobuston’s Road,
servants of Mr. Heury Douse, were drowned by fall-
ing through the ice, on Saturday night last, near the -
North River Bridge. It appears they had been
drinking at the Queen's Arms Inn, and must have
been considerably the worse for liquor—a cap and
the whip wipe pe. to them having been found on the
road about half way between the Inn and the ice.
Thei: cries for help were heard by Mr. Moreside, of.
North River, who went down immediately to the
river, but could see no one. He shouted to them, but
there was no reply made. He thouglit he heard the ©
horse struggling further up the river, whereupon he
alarmed the neighborhood; dnd although several
people turned out at once, nothing could be seen of
the unfortunate sufferers. ‘

On Sanday morning a large number of the inhab-
itants of the neighborhood were employedin seareh- °
ing for the bodies, when that of poor Munro was
discovered near the edge of the ice on the flats, the

tide being at flood at the time of the accident. The
other body has not yet been recovered.
We hope the inquest, whieh has not yet been held,

will institute a close enquiry into the facts relating
to the condition in which the unfortunate men were,
when they were allowed to leave the Queén’s Arms

Ion. The drinking habits at such road-side Inns
fro, we to say, very much on the increase—
are sadly demoralizing aud extremely dangerous to
the travelling public, and not unfrequently result in
such calamities as that we have now the painful daty
to record, —-Ex,

Warson’s New Suor.—We are glad to see that
our enterprising townsman, Wm. R. Watson, Eaq.,
has removed his business to his new brick premises
on Queen Street, ‘The present shop is somow
smaller thaw the old one, butits internal arra
ments are more tasteful and highly finished.
office is a model of compactness, neatness and con ;

evening last, after subscribing a large amount to as-
sist in clearing the debt off their commodious and
elegant Church, unanimously agreed to their
Pastor one handred pounds per apaam " f

Witv Gursa have been very plenty in the market
for the past few days—mach more so than usual.
—We saw one Indian yesterday with a dozen, and
we have heard of several sportsmen from the City

having ‘ bagged’ a like number,—Js/,

venience. With the exception of the counter tops
and show oases, which @re black walnut, all the in-
side work is painted white (enamel,) while the tase
ot the shelves, &c., are covered with gilt. 8
establishment is certainly the handsomest in the city,
and at night its brillant front presents an odes
contrast to the burned district, Mr, Wats cus-
tomers—both now and old—will find his new shop
well tended and well filled with the best of everything
in his line of business.—Pat,