The Herald -- 1868-01-29 -- Page 2

ie a te te

ss ateeneienen dae ee “ie aga ne —
TENANE UNION DISTURBANCES,

very watruthiul, reflections most iajariously upou ® large
pertiva of the community, it is not ble that the Ten-
ant Unien ebullition would. by the every day suey ©
ull sucial life, been vd out of remembrance, us at
wumbered among th, things elmest forgouten. Lut when
the of Colomal record are ae — wan

pelitiweal pesiuen piven ja.
habitants, aud to be handed down to after gene-ations a»

aoe 8 law sow nr yoy geomet pate Ha
stly depsived u t pre
~ Anaastn hors orn hem sanggagli et mae gl say eral a
that the shatts of malewelence way fll harmless
: ial

Maat

Ce wendants.

free to coutess that the violation of moral,
‘law, and which
law, incure just pala s und penalties

and by
an nee &

refractory, with gustion, Mut the de-
a of en ettine pars tong without vial, at the
vaprice of a certain few is wn

anomaly, a state uf things tn-
enviable, and we opie something we

be

theut the pale of our
buastfai constitution, whereby all men are held
tw beimnocent, until proved tv be ond pronounced guilty,
twelve of theix equals, For free born Nvitish sulygects,
ihottine a ooh the old fire which sctuated our an-
ves.ors, who obtained our by nptener oar and Solera!
constitutional privileges, tu be punis' with unjast or wn.
neressary p wr presi cctalened to fouter disrespect fur
. contempt for the adaiinistraters, and an organ-
ined resistance for the overthrew of the petty tyramny,
Fearless of euceesstul con . we broadly and hen-

dustrions and respectable wen in the Colony, have been,
wad now are, under unjust and unnecessary proscnption,
outlawgdy coudemred to vivid death without tral, 4 privi-
lege extended to the midaight assaesin, ana for what? We
dare challenge their must vhetiaate accusers, to look them
in the fate, isher in the open Court, the publie halt, the
common street, or in secial meeting, and say, you are guilty
of a breach of any luw, or of inciting others to do so,

Ne; to such hardibood they will not commit themselves. |

t.if it were to obtain a Liutle political ascendancy, we fear
rae fades 4 ut their honor under the heel of their boot,—

Political ethivs “ave been sadly prostituted. We hope it
108 aseenduacy.
We wu the assertion that an unrestricted investiga-

tien et tho Tonunt Union affuirs, would eyord om
that, at ity inception, political intrigue was the object, an:
‘nae the forties ey cat it on fout have hitherto shared
Metle oF none of the responsibilities or the odium at a more
advanevd stage (uown around it ate ner or design,"
and who, in their writings in to it, have been
wost unguarded in their language and most unmerciful in
the exercise of the - ower commaticd to them, thus evading

yoactiption, though they ought with cthers to share the
vain, if theban isjustto any, ae

\ Agahy, we say, an impartial inquiry would bring closely
to: view the fwet that the languege and actions of the first
leaguers were more in violation of Jaw and good ordgr than
two years later, when it was stamped out at the bayonet's
joint, and yet it‘was overlooked by the authorities, probs.
tt -edaute itowas th mselves who done it. lt would alae
be proven that a¢ time advanced, the leadmg principles of
the inetttution improved as fast as the delusive and selfish
ere of the first projectors could be worked off, and
neW influence fmported, until - length in its written consti-
tution tt beceme tionable,

Now, while the, onginwors could plant cannon’? on
the Queen's highway. ** stand to the people's back with
eword in hand,’ publish a * determination to withstand
either Sheriff, Bailiff, Conetable or any other man,” an-
nouncing themselves to be supporters of the then present
Government, dling the highest offiees, enjoying the largest

salaries, and intimate friends of the prop +, with whom
they had intlueace. , i
a The latter conductors of the institution have been malig-
: x ned, charged with disloyalty, inciting to sedition, murder,
‘ arson, incendierisin, of having disgraced the Culony in ‘thé
|

eyes of the world, volving the expenditure of thousands
of pounds of public money, and degraded by the deprivation
of office of distinction and honor, insulted, hunted down, at
the point of the bayonet. interdicted, prescribed, consigned
to ¢ivil'death for yn inhm:ted — = their ierap cr
éubjected te scorn atv erision, with poison
ate oe the public records of the Colony, which ure as
deuegit? am the bottamless pit. What a contrast?

While we condemn every act committed against law and
good order by the tenantry or leaguers, against tke rules of
the nanocintion. we have no dispo-ition to os clear of any

sible conduct of the league, sanctions y itw negre

or honestly, chargeable to it Ly imputation, But we
most diatinctly and Spengenically protest agaloys the
whelesale discreet maligning and proscription appor-
tioned to leagaers by parties whose conduct cannot be
apptoved by the Wise and patriotic, aud we confidently
appeal to all classes:in the commanity, ofall shades and
politics, whether thoy be *-associated leaguers,” *sym-
hisers” or outsiders, to unite in a petition to the
egisiature for a striet and {mpartial enquiry into the
* Penant Union Disturbance,” with the vitw to the con.
finmation or correction of the representations made to
Mer Majesty's Government, as published in the ‘Apperdix
(G, to the Jo js of the House of Assembly for 1866,”
which forms the basis of recciminatiou and proscription
to alarge nuthber of persons *fohabiting the wealthier
settlemunts)” that the peace and contentment of the Col-

ony may niet be endangered thereby.

Next week I pemae to submit, fora proval or other-
A a draft uf a petition, for the people's siguavure, to
Abe Logudavare.

the present 1 remain
AB act mt MANOAH ROWE.

Montague Bridge, Jan, 21st, 1868.
r Yo nk Epiron ov tite tenatn,

oe great subject which occupies the mind of man
more than any other at tho'present day ts that of Eda-
catida. This subject, although: a very important one,
dogs Wot Lecuive, Oo some parts of our little Island, the
attention, its necessity d ds. Now, this, without
doubt. should be one of the first: things to which parents

nid attend in bringing * their children, but un-
fortunately, the education of their children is very wach
negloeted. It is almost an inspossibility for any person
so gait a fespectable livelihood if he hus not required
au education. 1 know of many pages up persons in
P..E. Island who might baye held at the present day
far more minent situations iv society than they are
new holding, were it net for their parents’ regleet of
them while youths. Many of them might have been
elevated to the highest offices on the Island or elsewhere,
wifo are now Oveupying the lowest stations in society.
J know others who’ have Leen going to school tor years
and yet know very littley whilst both they and ‘their
' ima,iie they know d great deal. 1 would ask,
from what source this fault. may have arisen; it may,
pertaps. haVe arisen from the persons not having any
talents for studying, or, eehers, beeause he cons
privy oA , Which he cun scarcely i Fin,

ent
wal rect; but the majority of parsons will, I think,
“ peer aries Hoa’ the devetis of the her in
not having u teguisita knowledge of the Uranches Winch
he neédertukesto infuse mto the minds uf bis pupily.
Many teacher believe, that aiver they have remuined

college fur ong or (Wo yates, thepare
- ip A bea natil ulnust any branch of learning,
anto the mibds of their pupils, yet nuthing is farther from,

truth, are at present Many Sacesepied
sehools on different parts of the Island; vow, this fault
aries from tea wonpicos Of the several vonimitte eae
differemt districts in not tle School-houses ax
reqbired; tor boW con parents expect their clilldren to
re Se p.aehect Sor tome or eight ‘ours, enffering

stormy of Winter, while they there! vee
j the blazing fires of their comfortable

‘Were it not that certain dvcuments, including statements | wtugation

wuflicts | the education of those

, it will be admiticd to be ne more than the ex- |

estly assert that many of the most loyal, trustworthy, ja |

iets | bus in’ mitch sttosger language :—-

am not, 1 ir. vor with wish to
po gang fe : en I we
‘ago, whielr ies

lhe, Those who do not

cation when they have an

other rae their uegleet.
vilueation are to ensure the

j and eternty, Now ben this

i . What a wonsler it is

give ita litle more attention! H

| that pareuts and i at
under their charge,
that sowe abler pea will take op this great question
education immediately, as our Parliament promises t
legislate on it at iis next session,
T remain, &..
A PUPIL,

7 :
To rux Everox or rue Henatn,

ty,

i

'

holds, Was not sought for b
the late Me: Whelan, in Mareb last, was
election held te fill the vacauey cansed in the
a prada ay es

aveeptance the Queen's '
aan alae enti Genaeaaans Ue illy, and
[he refused to acoept it. Again, alter the lamented

ed at the
en-
t

| death of Mr. Whelan. the office having become vacant, | than

jand it having become necessary to make an appoiut-
ment, it was again offered to, and accepted by, Mr,

Reilly. | have very guod reason for knowing that this

Htment was made without any solicitation on the

) part vt Mr. Reilly.

'

Your obedient servant,
JOSEPH HENSLEY.

' : ewe eee
| The Merald.

| Waidndndays Derails) 20, 18608,

| LEGISLATION FOR IRELAND.

ee

} Surrnuxep.—Alas! for Lreland,

Noatu.—From the bottum of my heart a veice responds
— Alas! for Ireiand.

ritrep.--Can paething, think ye, Sir, be dune for her
/ —the gem of the sea?

| —Nocrrs AMBROSIAN.Y : Dlackwood's Magacine, Decem-

ber, 1834,

Maxy an effort has been made during the three and
thirty years which have elapsed sine the shove was
written to remove the grievances of Ireland, but as yet,
the questivn of the simple Ettrick shepherd remaing an-
auswered, During that time, the world bas seen the
rise and fall of many a public man and many a public
policy that promised to better the oondition of Ireland ;
but that unhappy country still remains to. be pointed to
with reproach by ‘all who envy or fear the greatnuss
of England.”

A very fine practice prevails in England of discussing
inthe papers for weeks before the. opening of Parlia-
ment the priveipal questions that are likely to engage
the attention of the Imperial Legislatore during the
coming session. This excellent practice has the advan-
tage of presenting to the public each great question in
all its bearings, independently of Parliament, and
thereby very often preventing those outbursts of ‘elo«
quence on the part-of M. P's, (or M. P. P's.) which
are addressed apparently to “Mr, Speaker,” or “ Mr,
Chairman,” but really to Mr. Voter, If euch a con-
sumination could be reached on this Island, by this or
any similar means, we believe that it would bea great
public boon, But this is beside the present question.
We find, accordingly, that the papers reeeived by the
last English Mail-or two contain lengthy articles on the
subjects that are likely to engage the attention’ of the
British Parliament at-its next session. No one who
has. the ieast idea of the present temper of the English
mind will be'warprised that the pre-eminence among
these is given to Itish affairs. It is au old saying that
* out of evil always comes goo,” and it is certain that
Fenianism, notwithstanding the mischief it has done,
has produced at least one good effect: it has directed
the attention of the thinking portion of ‘Englishmen to
the grievances which Fenianism pretends that it is its ins
tention to remedy. When we find the great organ of
English public opinion use such energetic language on
this subject as the fellowing, we may be sure that there
is a great deal of reality about the publicly expressed
wishes of the leading statesmen of Britain to give sa-
tisfaction to Ifeland :—

“‘ We hear on all sides that the next session of Par-
Hament is to be devoted to the adairs of Ireland. The
whole genins of the Legislature, frée from the xhackles
of reform, and no longer distracted by remote obstacles
in Abyssinia, ts to be tnened, whole and undivided, on
this arduous and Intricate subject. The mists of error
are to be swept aside by the togical application of a few

sound, well-selected prsciples, and this standing dis-
grace of British polities is to be removed forever.”

English statesmen now see that it ia usvless any
longer to shirk the question. Nething short of the
abolition of the present system of the Land Tenure.
and the disendowment of the Church Establishment,
will satisfy the people of Ireland. The tenant must be
made to feel some kind of interest in the soil he tills,
and must be sectred fn its possession against the
whim or the revenge of his landlord. As to the other
cause Of disaffection aientioned above, we feel that we
cannot do better than quote ag extract on the subject
from a speech lately delivered at Southport by Mr.
Gladstone, one of the most elequent and influcntal
members of the British Parliament, A fler referring to
the prosperity, loyalty and eowtentment of the people
of Scotland, Mr. Gladstone said that in Ireland we
have pot t sinull Caine of the nation halding the loru
of religious belief common to the majority of the Eng-
Tish people, and, therefore, the public ‘* endowments of
the country ure given exclusively to the religion of «
small number gf persons comprising almost.all the
wealth of the country, while the multitude of the peor
of the country are left to shit for thomselven: that is
to say, religious inequality exiets tn Ireland in ite most
glaring form.” Englishmen, he siys plainly, would
not endure such an anomaly in their own country ; they
would not beat.an attempt made by « dominant Ca-
tholie minority to appropriate the public endowments,

| sje

that come to them fron seross the Clinnnel. Thirty
years age, Lord Mataulay expressed the same iden,

Tg
re

a

a gil hoe cae wales
_ Me ( does not see any inseperable obstacle
in the path of the. stateswan! invdealing with Irivh
questions. There ie a epeciewiof ehchantinent, he tells

+

a»

-|murmur, The

and yet they turn an appatontly deat ear to the’ wails |

sry v0 place | 104 68,

HERALD, WEDNESDAY, J

which has been pursued in the
Goverament of Ireland has been always and altogether
different from that which has made Scotland the peace-
able and contented dation that she is. ‘The remarks of
Mr. Gladstone on this important subject are so correct,
and so full of serious meaning, we need offer no

roadets for re- g them :—

apelogy to our
* tobe a union of three k

“This
arises, “If ‘the three
how a

Now, one
tu be
My answer is this:

ment. TI

the Pa: vnt of Great
dom has never failed to
(Cheers.) There must
sent. They abound, and I am Kkful they a’
this community, (Laughter.) If there not been a
fuctity for the importation of Scotchmen, It is highly
probable that I should not have been here, (laughter);
but I appeal to you who, as Englishmen, pride your-
selves as being the first amoung the nations of the world
in the sense of public justice—have we treated Ireland
as We have treated Scotland? If we had endeavored to
govern the Scotch according ‘o the English notion and
ideas, Task whether they would have been the contented
community they now are.” (Cheers. )

The obvious meahing of this extract is that England
is, ina great measure, the real cause of the migery and
disaffection which for eonturies bave prevailed in Ire-
land, and that it is her duty now to remedy them as
speedily and effectually as possible, This is, it cannot
be doubted, the verdhet of the civihzed world, Let us
hope that Eugiand will recognize her duty, and do it.

A repeal meeting was held in the City of Halifax on
Monday evening, the 13th inst., at which the following
resolutions were passed :—

Whereas, Owing to the great diversity, of interests
and feeling between the Provinces of Novm Seotia and
Canada, the public sentiment of the le of Nova
Scotia is distinctly opposed to the Confederation of this
Province with the Provinee of Canada. ped

And whereas, The people of Nova Scotia never did bes
Come aveeuting parties to the Act of Union, the, Legis.
lature which sanctioned such Act having done so in
direct opposition to the well understood wishes of the
people, atid by assuming @ power never entrested to}
them. i

Therefore resolved, That in the opinion of this mvet-
ing, the Act of Union, as passed and made law by the
Tmperial Parliament, has no claim upon the lepaiee of
the people of Nova Scotia, any obedience yielded to
such Act being a matter of eoercion, and Bot given
with the free assent of a free people. .

And it is also resolved, That this meeting hail with
much satisfaction the action of the members of the Nova
Scotia Legislature, and also of the Nova Scotia mem-
bere of the Dommion House of Commons who have sig-
nified their determination to use constitutional means
to bring about a repeal of so much of the Act of Union
as refers to the Province of Nuva Scotia; and: also ex.
pes the hope that the Legislature of this Province,
minediately after assembling for the despatch of’ busi-
ness,will tuke the necessary steps to bring this subject

por the Government and. Parliament of Great’ Bri-
tain. . ‘

We are in receipt of Dlackwood's Magazine and the
North British Review, The plensing style in whieh
they are written, together with the varied selections of

interesting reading which they contain, render them
truly desirable to be mbtatnad: for amusement during
the long mid wearisome evenings of the winter
season. Iu the former are coutained articles on “The
Church—her State and Prospects;” “ Sir Charles
Wood's Administration of Iudion Affairs,” * Tho Con-
vereation of England,” and “The Government of the
Preoa’ In the latter, Kelutions'of Heathenisni und
Judaism with Christianity; = Modern Provencal
Poems;'*.*' Ralph ‘Waldo Emerson; “The Natiral’
History of Morals ;"' «The Militaryfeyereineal Burope ;”
** Population; * Italy ia 12674" + The Social Sores
of Britain.”

‘To Connespoxpexts.—* Wide-Awake” and‘: Ob-
server” have come to hand, but are crowded out ef:
this wook's iseie.
ee

A vad calamity: for a poor man, by which himaelf,
wile and six guenatiltved were leit hoaseless, elothe-
less and foodiess.. On Sunday, the 26th, about three
v’clovk in the morning, the house of Mr. James Mul-
ae Johusen's mart: Las 35, re destroyed by fire, —

je cause was the ignitin & quantity of bevtled
flax on the loft, Fis whe not wae bai. foarte had
temporarily over it. The fire immediately descended
into the body of the house, rendering it impossible to.
Save anything except the children, who were carried
out and laid on the snow, and another effort tu obtain
# fow clothes to sbelter them from the inclemency of
the season, —Com,

It is ramored that an American company i# contem-
lating the construction of « railrond between Char-

ottetown and Summerside, and that ta are private-
iy engaged at present in examining the situation of the
country, _ We know that the t has. been discavsed.

before 's Literary Debuting hk se Summeraide
the railroad plan wag ot only considered as a

and
‘local
could secure for ous Island home.) ||
The telegraph vable wi communicates between

ey — ch cables alwaye in working order
ties ty have two such ‘ ein

ed st “ an ace pay bal ney the ter ot
still cony e news of w our ling owamun
now fee! themselves bela ; 4 ” % me

We understand that the parishioners ot! St. Cath.

-| building, with an outer wall |

derstand that all he wanted was to

out of the account, awarded epeci

dict for £292 14a. Bd. For the

an expert in his criminal art,

calendar months’

took place at the Temperance Hall, on Monda

‘then re

Nw

Sepia

an edith | bwed With an Irish nafienal fecting, and honestlyask) 1 of the favorable state
wilsowe tay ot | banal. fe war ede would be be at [and 43 ey te
whe! with the " Ce ea ry of the thriving countryman.
Engtoiman aeomis very strange stant! ed
Irishman can be expe fe bear under it without » nave tae constantly enoteres

[From the Patriot.)
SUPREME COURT.
woplis of the

Barracks. 1866,
Plaintiffs, bricklayers ax, entered ioe 8 contract

with the Goverument for the completion of the work.
no was to be a square, flat-roofed brick
vetlding inches thick Inside
wae a wall. 14 inches in thickness, five feet
high and arched uverhead., For the pa of veutil-
ation, av apartore or open apace of ui ches was left
between the two walle. It was im evidence that the
contractors had followed the plan aud specification to
the letter, bat that as the mason-work was
the arch tambled down. ln rebuilding it, the Super-
intendant of Public Works ordered the space between
the walle to be reduced from 9 inches to 44. The de-
fence wae that the work was not properly executed,
nor eupported by the outside wall as it should have
been, aud that that was the reneon it did not stand,
The Plaintiffe admitted that the inner aud outer walle
were not connected, but that was no fault of theire/
They built the arch according to agreement, and did
vot fee} themselves bound to supply auy omuision or
defect in_ the plan and specifiontion, ~The alteration
afterwards made in the building by the Superintondant
of Public Works, was proof that the plan was defective.
On the other hand the defer t's cuneul contended
that it was the duty of the Plaintiffs to strengthen the
inner wall, by projecting the bricks at the spring of the
arch against the outer wall, but thie would not only vary’
the contract bu: increase the cost of the work beyond
what the plan and specification led: the contractors to
understand at the time they tendered. Verdict for
the whole amount elaimved: the Government, the
Attorney General, Solicitur General ‘J. Lonk-
worth; fur the Plaintiff, Messra. C. er and Me:
Lead, .
The case of William MeGill ce Jolin Currie, oedu-
pied all Thureday, This was an aciion to recover dam.
ages fore breach of contract and the verges (£143,)
of an account stated between the peer With the ex-
ception of the price of iron, four Is of flogr, aid
commission on the invoice of imported goods, the cor-
reotness of the acevunt was admitted. With regpect
to the claim for damages, it was ip evideute that iv
January, 1866, the Defendant entered into agreement |
with the Plaintiff to baild's tine of about 200
tour, binding himeelf ander a of £100 to hare,
her finished by the 25th Joly fillowing. The vesse
was not launched before the 6th of November, nor de-
livered till two or three daya after, MoGill admitted
that he gave the contractor up to the firat uf Se tember
to finish her, while the contractor and eome of his wit-
Hesses swore that no specific date was wamed, but that
the extension was in general terias to the fall, Evi-

dence way also adduced tu show that shipping was dull

in England in 1868, that the Piatotiff had abandoned
his ori inal idea of sending the vessel home at mideaw-
mer with a cargo of deals, aud led the defendant te uu-,
have her in time for
was pot asa §

the fall shipment of oate, am ange ety
re Plaintiff prov

for eea till tho first of December. a

he was not only unable to ship a devkload, but lad to
pay a heavier rate of Insurance wad a higher prive for

oats than he would have done, had she sailed earlier iu

of Commission

the searon. The Jury etrack the cbar,
ea for.

al,
increased inearance consequent apon thy :
the veseel, andthy a majority of 10 to. 2 returned a ver-
lantift, Palmer and
MeLeod; for the defendant, H and Hensley.

On Friday afternoon, Roderick McKinnon, indicted
for forging a note of band, was tried and oonvieted, The
prisoner is quite a young man, and not hy any meane
The names of the wit-
neas, cudorser aud both thakers of the note were ry bes
but in each a clumsy way aa to excite euspicion at fires
sight. ‘The spelling was incorrect, and small letwre
were used instead of capitals, Montha were written
~ Mounts.” For the Crown, the Attorney and Solicitor
General ; for the defence, Brecken and Hudgsen.

In the evening the | case on the docket,

John Haszard es the Charlottetown Mutual Ingurance

Company was calied, aud the trial is guing da as we
write. The nature of this activn is fully eaplained in
the Company's annoal Report, published last week,

The Petit Jury were discharged yesterday. ‘Phe ap-
peals, summary suits, and grgaments, will probably
vocopy the Conrt the greater part of vext week.

In the case of John Haszard ps. the Insuraned, Com-
pany, the Jury returned g verdict for £1000, the
amount claimed, besides interest. On Monday, the

Court pronounced sentence on the several prisoners as

follows :—Donalil MeoIntosh,, convicted mia » 38

inprisanment with hard labor. John
Hayden, couvloted larceny, 10 calendar months’ im-
prisonment, with bard labor; and Rodcrick McKinnon,

convicted of forgery, A talectine mooths’ imprisonment,
“The summary and
finished yesterday.

appeal suits were then taken up and

once tietieehemetpepmapens °F |
CHARLOTTETOWN MUTUAL FIRE: IN-
SURANCE COMPANY.
The Nineteenth Annual Report ef the above rte ord
Int
n

18th Jan., » Pursuant to notice published in. the

por ar iene a pp It will be newspapers
enna rs souinene pravinatn. iiriss | ‘The President having taken tho chair, stated to the

meeting that it was the Anuoal General meeting of the
Company, called. for .the Pye '
of in

of affording the Di-

tors an oppirtunit ing the Company of

Capes Tormentine anil hae uot yet been re- Freie receedings for the past year, and giving them an
paired, neither is there any possibility of repairing it opportunity of waming a new Board for the present
‘ é: | How very desirubleia it wot to all par-'| year; and latte cocerentind that the number nevessary |

were present, called on the Secretary to read the netice
‘convening the meeting. The Secretary haying done ao,
¢

the following

REPORT:
Your directors, in prese

the Nineteenth Annual

bert's, Cardigan, in com with the wishes of | Report, cannot they have much to communicate.

their beloved Bialio . intend building # large two-stury | Another calm haa been on the Company for the

Pei ra nt tee betloe sogymatmonntion of thelr pee- | Se Nendred, poets taking fogether™ £1900." The

tor. We iy wish ony gu Irivnds success a “of :

their ge n fortaking. i ‘| tot claim Ie nos yet Gna, Solon te.bedone

Barrel of Labrador herring Fares aelbog at the mar:,

ket square doring the course of last week for the small of Goods i

sum of he slings, at 04 Seis: tae, hares. itee as the seep dle Comupnay, coe
were contalied of ¥

: , oe opsor ed | Bids avai, and a Inde would be justified in paying so

coe
sn aye occupiers of carpenters’ shops
Thomas | and 2 ; ;
; weak Diesetors etal tne that they be more careful re-

jand William

=

Your’ Directors regret to find that, notwithstanding
the suggestions thrown out by the Directors of this
Com in thelr Report of 1865, to the residents at St.
Seasere. regarding reservoirs, that nothing of the kind
Gas coumeved in the uenpinockseds thay Woes Gercheee
since occu: ne} , they wou refore

t that no more risks be talen in that neighborhood,
that the present risks be allowed to expire at the end
the term.

Your directors would also call the attention of the re-
sidents at Summerside to the constant necessity of keep-
ing thelr Fire ee and hose in good working order,
and if water is not at all times convenient, let them sink
a reservoir next Spring, and fill it with galt water. It is
well known that one bucket of salt water is worth two

also again » ¢ to those resident at
¥ Ae olr Bulle the ensulvg spring,

garding their stoves, as'some of your Board occasionally
see oo neglect in this respect, notwithstanding the law
-to the contrary.

Your ‘observe the very low rate of
premiam in th 'y for the last nineteen years
past, very many of the 'y holders only half to
three quarters per cent, whereas in any other Company
they would have paid more than double, so that should
they be called on for oné or two per cent, under their
bonds, they still would be great by the operation
of this Company.

That the accounts of the Company for the past year
have been duly audited and passed, the abstract stands

as follows:
BANK DEPOSIT.
ae. <;
Amanat of balance In Bank 31st December,

,

To amount paid in Bank, not charged in last
year's account, (recelyed) on account
of old debts, :

Amount paid tn Hank daring the year, from
- December, 1866, to 31st December,
1

Amount paid In Bank this year, received fn
full for outstanding debts,

Interest’allowed at Bank this year,

Cash on hand since pald into Hank,

£394 5 4

426 6 6

4117 8
16 110
B.7h

£634 19 lo
CONTRA,
a GR.
By amount pald Hugh Monaghan tn fall for
his elafin
By amount paid John Haszard for his loss

on store,

By amount'pald Hon. W. W Lord, for re-
pairs last year and omitted to be eb A

By deposit receipt of Bank of Prince Ed-
ward Island, ‘

By balance in Bank 3lst Dec., 1867,

By in

£200
200
16

_ 800
wi &

49 Vit

i cteeeiinemeanateied

£a3i 19 10

6
0
8
O

eo.a os’ 'o-

Audited and found ¢orreet,

Signed)

: Sigued)
Charlottetown, Sist Dec. 1867.

That after the gfest conflagration many of the Com-
pany allowed their policies to expire, until our iocoime
became reduced to nearly one half. Since then thirty
new policics have bevaltaken out, and we hope soon to
reouver our former position.

We should ouly observe that, if with thirteen ef our
clttzens as a Board of Directors, all of whom own largo
properties, we cannot succeed, how are foreign ayencicw,
with oul¥ one, to do so? ‘There have been upwards of
a dozen foreign agencies commenced business since this
parang sisted ; however, there are only one or two deft,

Your Directors, in resigning their offices, hope and
trust that the new Board will endeavor to perpetuate
the confidence this Company has always enjoyed iu the
community; and that it may soon overcome Its losses
and enjoy its usual prosperity. at

By order ofthe Board,
Dee. 81, 1867. HENRY PALER, Secretary.

Moved by Mr, W.C. Trowan, and seconded by Hon.

Ws. Dopp,
MN. J. Cattance,

»| W. W. Lord, that the Report be adopted and publishwu,
that iv consequence of the delay in fluishing the vessel,

The President then informed the Company thas it
was necessary to appoint a new board uf Directors to
consist of thirteen persons, five of whom should be
choosen fron the present Board, and the other eight
trom the Company,

The Company then, agreeable to the Act of Incor-
poration, proceeded to the election of five persons from
the;present Board, when the Hons rge Beer,
George Coles, and H. J. Callbeck, and William Brown
id, Exqrs., were declared duly elected.

The Compan) then balloted for eight others out of the
Company. when the Hon. W. W. Lord, Bertram Moore,
Thomas Dodd, Artemay Lord, Mark Butcher, Thos.
Kssery, John Scott, and Wilham Heard, Ksqrs., wore
declared duly elected. ‘

The thanks of the Company were then given to
William Brown, Esquire, and the Board of Directors
and other officers for their attention to, and good
management of, the affairs of the Company fer the pas
year. ‘

By crder of the Directors.
Hexny Pacman, See'y,

_ All Sorts of Items, ;

A colored man nawed Peter Smyth, who died on New |
Year's Eve, at Preston, is said to have atated on his
death bed the particulars’ of the murder of a Pedlar
sone twenty-five years ago. Ife stated with great par-
tionlarity the mode iu which he was killed, and the fact
that ho wae buried iu the cellar of a house at Preston,
and some £72 and box of jewelry, &e., taken from
him. — Whether the old gentleman labored ander some
mental hallucination is yet. to be determived. George
Shiels, Esq., = Dartmouth, is investigating the matter.

—Hzx. Union

A terrible affair ocourred at Oyedburg. East Tennes-
sev, of Tuesday the 7th inst. Sheriff Parkington at-
tompted tv arrest an old man named Duncan. Dancan
drew a pistol and shot off the Sheriff's thumb. Park.
ington’s son then fired, killing Duncan, whose son
coming Op at the moment, fired in young Parking-
ton instantly. comes his son sluin, Parkington then
shot yoong Dancan through the heart. The most in-
tense excitement followed, owing to the extensive rela-
ious of both parties. Further trouble isapptehouded.

A Cincinnati ges states that abolit three years ago,
4 poor orphan girl applied and was admitted to set
type for that paper. She worked two years, during.
which time she earned besides her board, about #206,
and availing herself of tho facilities which the printing
offive afforded, acquired a good education, She isnow
associate vditoress ef a amd per and. is engaged
to be married to one of the smartest lawyers in Oblo.
We should not be inclined to credit the, above if we
did not have «9 many evirleuces of the elevating infla-
ences of the printing : : :

sect fedaced lande-cufpotal oaiaed Georg ° Witsoe » shes
¥ le 8

as to Toone Bettaoks Mentcoll eo the sitter a

26th ult. Both men had iinbibed freely. The bil

entered Campbell's neck and ed throug’ his chest,
killing him instantly. Wileon ie ta custody,

Farmers will take notice that breachy steers may be
oured of the bad habit by cutting off the eyelashes of
the under lide. The effect is the same as sending
Sameon tg the barber, for thie state
went is Samuel Thorne, the great/breeder,

thers hae nut beeu #0 i¢e ia the

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