The Herald -- 1868-02-12 -- Page 2

Sa seamnevonany
few feeble raya were uiveady strugggling through the |
rift it had made:

* Yes, Mary,’ he answered, softly, and I heard it said,
— once,, what a good wife Audrew Lee must’

ve.
“Mrs, Lee turned her face towards her husband, |
There was light in it. and light in her eyee. But there
Was soincthing in tho expreesion of the countenance
thatw tittle tee led him,

* Do you think so!” she asked, quite soberly.
‘What a qnestion !’ ejaculated Andrew Lee. starting
up. dnd going around to the side of the table where his
wife was ritting,

‘ Whata question, Mary!’ ho repeated, as he stood

er.
‘ou,’

Tt was all she said.

* Yer, darling,’ was his warmly epok
stooped down and kissed her,

‘ How strange that you should ask such a question,’

‘Ifyou mi only tell me so, now and they, And-
rew, it would do me good.’

And Mrs. Lee arose, and Teanjng her face against
the manly breast of lice husband, stood and wept.

What a strong light broke in upon the mind of And-
rew Lee. Ile had never given even to his -wife the
sinall reward of praise for all the loving interest she
had manifested, until doubt of love had entertained her
soul, and made the light about her thick darkness. No
wonder that her face grew clouded, nor that what he
considered moodiness and ill-nature took possession of
her spirit,

‘You are good and true, Mary, my own dear wife,
I am proud of you—TI love you—and my first desire iv
yourhappiness. Oh, if I could always see your face jn
thé sunshine my home weuld be the dearest place on
earth,’

How precious to me are your words ef love and
praise, Andrew,” eaid Mrs, Lee, smiling up through her
tears in her face, * Witlr them in my cars, my heart can
never lie.in the shadow.’ :

Yow easy had been the work of Andrew Lee. He
had swept his hand acvosss the cloudy horizon of his
home, and now the bright sunshine was streaming down
and flooding that home with joy and beauty. ’

enanewer, as he

*
Miscellaneous,

Tux Work or Natureé ar NiuGAra.—The Hamil-
ton 7imes says during the R esent era of Human history,
or since the discovery of Niagra by civilized man the
great cataract has changed little in appearance, and
although the everlastirg waters have been constantly
at work wearing away the shelf of rock, the rato of

rogrcas is scarcely perceptible in a life time. True,

‘able Rock, which only afew years since was a ‘stu-
pendous cliff pteivaging the fearful al
‘entirely erdmbled away in the memory of the present
generation ; and geologists tells us that the Falls were
griginally located at Queenstown, and have recéded io
time by the wearing of the Waters a distance of seven
miles to their present point of descent. But euch cal-

iye8, hag almost | them where they may be always made available on the

AN ARTICLE FOR THE SEABON.
eae aN fe
INTERESTING TO PYERYBODY. ‘

Thia is the season of poetry, Sentiment thaws out
with the snow, and expands” with the carly flowers.
The prese grows eloquent on the tender grass. the un-
folding buds, and siher verpal vegetables, Bat with
all this elevation of the spirit, there are many afitictions
of the flesh. Appetite, over-stimulated by the etriogent
cold of wjoter, eabject the weak stomach to dyepepsia,
and the liver. to an overflow of bile. The load: is
over-rich, and among the consequences are boils, erup-
tions, and othor external disorders. 11 health is a sad
drawback fo ony Lnjoymeht of the glories of nature,
and therefore it is as well, in adyanee of the fervid
heats of summer, to porify the fluids.of the body, give
tone and energy to the digestive powers, and yemove
from the superficial vessels thoee acrid humors which
sometimes produce a species of efloresence, much less
agreealle than thot of the orchard or purterre,

Under these circumstances, we cannot better serve
the U\speptic or plethorie reader, or, in fact, any read-
er who {is out of bealth or bas had a promomtory
warning of coming sickness, than by advising him (or
her) to have recourse to Holloway's famous remedies.
Whatever may be the source of the diffieulty, in what-
ever portion of the system the seed of disease may be
entrenched, Holloway’s Pills will surely reach the
locality, und extinguish the disorder in its elementary
Stage. They are peremptory messengers that will not
he denied access to the most intricate windings of the
internal organization, and which no principle inimical
to health in any part ot the human machine can, success-
fully resist. ‘This may seem a sweeping assertion, but
there is a mass of authentic testimony to fall back
upon which will fully sustam it. Tt is a familiar aphor-
ism that ‘* what everybody says must be true,’ and it
is beyond controversy that the majority of ehriatendom
use and praise Holloway’s remédies. War demands
his Omtment for its amutlated Victims, and Peace re-
quires it for her chapter.of accidents. He who keeps
by him béth his Pills and Ointment, as standard bouse-
hold remedies, may say with Cato, though In a different
sense—

* Thus am I dows?y armed !"?

We helleve in being fore-armed against disease and
casualities, as far as prssible. Some years ago a man
was bitten by a cobra di capella in the Surrey Zoologi-
eal gardens, in London, A preparation had been pro-
vided which was said to be a certain antidote: to the
poison of this serpent; but it was not at hand, and the

voor fellow was dead before the remedy could be found.
Vo mention this fact to illustrate the neeessity of hav-
ing Holloway’s Pills and Ointment always within reach

Thot they are specifics for nine-tenths of the diseaacs of
the human race seems ‘to be w fact establiched by eon-
clusive proofs; and if se, the propriety ef keeping

\ingtont, niust bo obvious to the head of every family,
eo Cincinnati Sun,

steamer te tana

A Most Srrayce Cuarten.—A correspondént writes
us fron) Waterloo, Iowa, asking if we know one Edgar
Burnham, and of hig history.

—S————
a
wv 1 passages
e be hal a the harem.

south-engt of the Temple. Aqueducts, cisterns
have also been discoy
» throwing new light

on the building, the @rrangemepts, and the services of

the Temple. The g complete exploration of
ancient Jerusalem ieee enl and auspiciously com-
menced. The opportune visit ofthe sultan and Grand

Vizier to this country, and the representations made to
the latter by the Archbishop of York, followed up as
they have been by the energy, thewisdom, and tact of
Lievt Warren and his admirable staff, have smoothed
down Moslem prejudi¢e, removed local oppositiqn, and
thas brought about o; unities for exploration and ¢xy
cayation such as never occurred before; and besides,
large numbers of Arab laborers have been trained to the’
work, and are eager to be employed; and the exact
— for successful @xploratiqus are now quite well
known.

The Hecald.

hococchoteese so cre. Ped

THE ST. PETERS ELECTION
Is now over, and those who finclod they had sufficlent
influence to divide the cleetors and defeat the Queen's
Printer, have had their eyes opened to the bitter fact
that they are not half such clever aud influential fellows
as they took themselves to be. Whatever lies and
fraud gould accomplish to defeat us, was attempted, but
in valu. The people stood true to us, and returned us
by a majority of twe hundred and fifty votes or so over
our opponent, Mr. McEwen, This gentleman was un-

ie
‘the Nova papers that public mect-
ings arg being held all over the Province for the
purpose of demanding a Repeal of the Union with
Canada, The Legislature of the Province is pledged to
carry out, in a constitutional way, the wishes of the

people upon this.point; and we have no doubt that the
most strenuous efforts will be made to Induce the Im-
perlal Parliament to.repeal the Act of Union, iu so far
as Nova Scotla 1s concerned. [It is not for mg to say
what the Imperial Government will do in the matter of
Repeal;. but, considering the sentiments and policy of
English statesmen npon the question of.a Union of the
Colonies, we think it unlike'y that they will unto what
has been done. ‘Phe venal Legislature which betrayed
the rights of the epi is responsible for the present
attitude of Nova dcot aid met the Government and
Parliament of Great Britain. “We hope that Nova Sco-
tla will revert to her former independent position, and
we shall watch with mach interest the result of her ap-
plication for repeal; but should the application be re-
fused, it would be for the interest of the Dominion to
allow one.of its discontented members to quietly with-
draw froma forced union rather than jéopardise the
harmony of the whole by enforcing an unwilling con-
nection between them,

PROBABILITY OF WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND
AND THE UNITED STATES.

Ovn despatches to-day are of a serious nature. If the
telegrams received are reliable, there is every probability of
a war between Great Britain and the United’ States, We
hope these despatches are sensational, such ag the Amer-

doubtedly made a fool of by a few designing Individuals
with ulterior designs on the District—sleek-faced char-
acters with black hearts, aud great pretensions of liber-
ality. Ile must now remember our advice to him at
Georgetown, and thank us for sincerity, whilst his ad-
visers, we doubt not, are doing penanee in sackcloth
and ashes for their stupidity in cutting a switch to be
applied to their own backs in due time, From the very
outset of the contest, we had not the slightest doybt as
te the result of the election, Our only dread was that
the people, harrassed with three elections within one
year, and despising thé factions opposition which was
being raised against ug, might not come to the polls at
all, This proved true to a certain extent, which accounts
for the deficien.y in the vote of the District by some
one hundred and fifty votes.

time within twenty years, adopted at St. Peter's ov the

for Mr. McEwen, at tho largest polling division in the
“Mstrict, the paltry number of forty-three votes,
The contest has don’ géod in more ways thavone, Tt

their incorruptible, unpurchaseable character Not ail
the wealth of California could have materially altered
the result of the election. They found ns true upon the
question of Confederation, _ Every promise we had made
we endeavored to fulfll; and they have declared them-
selves satisfied to give us a fair trial for three years to
come, We promise them that, whilst in our keeping,

culations must extend far into the preadamic period, if

‘ in time of recorde - none —
the rate of recession during the time of ree d obser pees we give it in the Democras, aa it is, that. we may cor- |

vations be taken as an index. ‘There are now appenr-
onees, loweyer, that indicate a sndden and entire

change of the form of the Canadian Falle, liable to oo- |
our at any dime, gud in a manner that would be likely |
to diminish, if not entirely divert the stream at present |

a over the precipice on the American side of
Goat Island, Within the past two years a peeuliar:
motion of the rapids at a peculiar point about S00 yards,
‘nbove the curve in the Falls, over which the greatest |
‘body of water descends, has attracted the attention of
gareiul observers, and given rire to the belief that the
current has made a breach through the soft sliale strata
‘underlying the limestone ledge over which the main
descends, This shale strata is noticed under
Table Rock. aud the brinks of the river on either side
below the Fallz, and descend toward the south at a
grade that would reach the bed of the river about 800
ards above the Canadian Falls. The theory described |
as resolved itself inte an undoubted fact within a few |
weeks past. Within that time Dr. J. N. Osborne, at)
Chippawa, has noted a marked and constant change in
the motion of the rapids at the point indicated, and it
ia nlso reported that the indications are discovered of
the pouring of a subterranean strean) into the gulf be-
low the Falls, which the abcence of the mist, it is
thought, would reveal beyond adoubt. ‘The ultimate
result of this action of the water must be to cause a
pudden receding of the Falls at some time to the point
where the limestone strata terminate, and a complete
change in the appearance of the cataract. A gentle-
py, the vicinity of the Falls, of whom we obtain
these particulars, fully believes thatthe days of the
great * Horse shoe"’ are numbered.

;

Neoro Ovrraces 1x Sour Canorina.—Shocking
outrage in Darlington District.—Albout eleven o'clock ov
Friday night last, five negroes came to the siore of Mr.
M. A. Muldow, in Darlington district, about nine miles
ftom the court house, and rapping up the clerk, Mr. R.
Sugs, asked admittance. Mr. Sugs inquired who‘they
werd; and received the response that they were feiends
@ome to trade with him, opened the door of the store.

negroes, armed with double Sarrelled shot guns,
tered, and placing their weapons in the corner of the
room, commenced examining goods, remarking phat
they were in the employ of the railroad, bad just been
off, and desired to make purchase to the extent of
each, About $50 worth of goods were selected,
when one of the namber asked Mr, Suge if he could
nge atreasury note of the denomination of $10).
The wife of Mr. Suge, who was in an adjoining room,
heard the remark, and ber suspicions being excited by it
she wentout of the back docrto the house of a gentle-
man named Wyndman, and requested him to come to
“the store, and iu case any trouble should oceur, to ren-
der Mr. Suge any aselatance he could = Mr. Wyndham
complied, taking a gun with him, and os he reached the
‘ptore heard the report of aehot. lle threw open the
@oor. and was immediately fired upon five times hy the
et He retarned the fire, when they rushed upon
and seized bis gun, aud a scuffie ensped, durmg

. rag he managed to effect ais escape, end ing to

«Mr. Muldrow’s house, reported the condition of affairs.

. Ap coon aa the latter eould dress and arm Limself. be rav

0 the store accompanied by Mr. Wyrdham. ‘There all
‘was quiet, and entermg they found tho shelyes of the
Seve tely stripped; the money desk robbed, and
a8, lyifg deed on the floor, a load of

clerk, fr.
‘ ad rhe at parsed through his head. From this
melanch

a

scene Messrs M and Wyndbam went
to the of the Jatter, where they found that Mr.
he ms father-in-law bad beeu.dangerouely shot

in the bead, end his wife in taree different places
' on her person-hy;the same party of angreater- her les-
A Seeonp Utyvests.—An old mon of accurate phy-
hides ng td the. nashe of pee! Wibiets es
bie court. His clothes looked as if
ne wt 8 ~~ % + had
r world than from t

bimenif. ii

bosiness do you follow, Wilmot
t No Tun atevaen: A

vefore the
ve had been bought in his youtful
more from

Saxe amnesiac

[2 * +

We do; and as it is a strange, true one, known to hun-

rect some errors those who speak cf him have fallen inte,
Kight years ago, when we were engaged as city editor to a
Milwaukee paper, there lived in this State an editor named
Powell, now connected’with a Chicago papes, we think.
He is, unless he kas quit it lately. ' ‘
In 1862, Powell was married to a Miss Filen Burnham of
roadhead, Wis., after a courtship of son months,—
Miss Burnham's parents were old residents of Broadhead,
and of high respectibility, tha -Caughter-taught music, had
a large number of pupils, and wna very-attractive. Powell
lived as husband for two years, she being oll that time a
good wife in all respects, presenting him but one child, At
the expiration of two ycars, when pbout 21 years of age,
Mrs. Powell's voice changed, she grew light whiskers, and
gradually changed her sex, developing into 9 man in all res-
pects, as if nature, anxjous for a freak, had turned a portion
of hersel? inside out.

The husband and wife separated when the wife became a
man, and Mrs, Eilen Powell took the name of Edgar Burn.
ham, donned male attire, sought and obtained employment
asacievk in Chicago, and lived there a single man for one
year. .

’ During this time he fell in love with ancice of Senator
Morgan, of New York, but dic not marry her. But about |
the cnd of the yeat he did marry d young Jady of Broadhead.
Wis.. a Miss Gerta Everett, who was a music pupil of his
when he was Miss Ellen Burnbum, over three years previous
tothe marriage, ‘This second marriage was about two
years ago. Soon efier this marringé, ** Kdgar’’ Burnham
ane wife removed to Waterloo, Where they now reside, or
did not long since.

The tormer wile is now a man; the former wife is now a
husband, the former mother is now a father; the former
young lady, teacher of a young Indy, is now that young
lady's husband, ‘Truth is, indeed, stranger than fiction,
and the ebove simple statement of facts borders s@ upon the
marvelous we could, not believe it did we not prisonally
know all the parties — Wisconsin paper.

»
7

TRLEGRAPMING JN THE Tropics:—An English pub-
licntion contains some curtous particulars concerning
telegraphing iv the trepies, from which we extract the
following facts. “In fudis the condition of the country
renders a different. method of censtructing telegraph
wire neceasary. Traversing, as the wires do, dense

we do in this country. They are, in fact, emall bara of
iron, three-cighths of on inch in thicknees. An amount
of rigidity is thos obtained which is necessary to meet
the reqairements of the country, The bars of iron are
placed on the tops of bamboos at a sufficient height to
allow the country garts to pass underneath them, and
evetl to give passage to loaded elephants. The size of
theee condugting bare is necessitated by the, heavy rai
Which fall in the wet seasone in India, Even in Eng.
land, the rain dripping in a stream from the telegraph
Wire to the poet is sufiicient to stop the working of the
wire, inasmuch a8 the electric enrrent cavapes directly
to the earth, and is then dispersed, “The same rule
that obtains in one dependency will obtain in alltropigal
countriee, and deviations from the aropean method of
constructing clectrie telegraphs will be neeessiated. Ta
all countrics where thander, storms are frequent, and
where dense fogs prevail, it is necessary at tines to
have ttertaded b

rent through the storm, When a thunder storm occurs
evenin this country the ¢lectric spark eometiines rune
along tlie wires from station to station, aud doe’ great
damage to the finer parts of tho working apparatas.
If such mishaps occasionally oecur in these temperate
regions, what must have to be provided againet in the
Tudian monsoon? Lightning condactora in such conn-
trios are necessary at Various ae of the line to conduct
to the earth the anwelcome visitor, which, in the moet
temperate climates, is sufficient to reverse the polarity
of the needles, ‘

In England there ie a eystem of switches employed
resembling thowe on railways, by the use of whigh onc
wire oan be putin communication withany other, instead
of the dircet one jt 18 usually placed in communication
with. In thie mannera thonder etorm which interferes
yib the working may be pecaped, Fg a cireultous roate,
ree from the Banos storm eeénred. Foge are dodged
in the eame ingenias mann¢r, a divergence in the route
of a hondred Wiles or eo cAuting no lose of time, inns.
much as the epeed of telegraphic coemwrantention Is oqaals
at least, to the apoed with which light travels,

SoLomon's ct Times
ishes an Inte
m

publ resting letter lu aaa to the discov-
eries at Jerosalem, from which we select the folto
— The collossal foandutions of the
are ‘stones of tow cubits, and sténcs of
by & n or his successors on the

:

jungles aud forests swarming with birds aud animals, it)
is necessary to make the wires very mach stronger than |

attery powe: in order to drive the enr- |}

|| well with thre comunity of

their Interests will never be betrayed. We now re-
turn them cur sincere and heartfelt thanks for thele in-

intwo for the magnificent demonstration with which they
| celebrated their triumph on the duy after the election
| —a demonstration of which they and we may well feel
proud, and which will long be remembered ia the Second
Distiict of King’s County. Some sixty horses -and
sleighs, owoed by the most ivspectable and influential
men of the IMstrict, with flags, and banners and bag-
pipes, conveyed «s fron. the Mead of the Bay to Mount
Stewart, and there. after.a farewell speech from the two
members for the Distifet, parted company with us.

This election has s!xo demonstrated the extent to
which the meaner passicns of the heart—detraction,
envy and jealousy—are culti,afed by some partics.. We
have in our possession a half » bushel of letters and
manifestoes addressed to the clectots by people whom
we judged to. be honvrable in theig dealings with all
men. Of course these people, who never expect to suc-
ceed ia life themselves—and never will—having very little
scruple to belie us most foully, simply because we have
been more successful than themselves, were Mean enough
to send to some of our friends these documents, without
paying the postage on them. -When renelyed, they
had no other effect than that of exciting a pro-
found contempt for their authors, whilst piles of them |
still glut the post offices to which they were forwarded,
to be returned, no doubt, in the course of a few days, to
whence they came, With double postage to be paid on
them. Every numbskull and worthless character who
had once shaken hands with the late Queen’ Printer
jumped at once to the conclusion that he had fallen into
the “dead lion's” skin, and forthwith he must issue a
manifesto to the electors of the Second District of King's
County; but the uniistakenble bray and the long ears
betrayed the trae pature of the would-be ‘*Jions,” As
they have now demonstraicd thelr influence, we do not
even mention their names. We leave then to their own

Tho oxasperating anil in- |
sulting proceeding of swearing voters was, for the first |

ith instant; but even this poor dedge could only obtain |

has demonstrated the strengih of the people, and prdved |

ldependent and manly support ip the hour of trial, and |

ican press delight in manufacturing, for if they are not, the

; cantemplation of such a war must bring the most serious
| reflections to every thinking man. Especially as Colonists

would we be placed in a most eritienl condition. For many,
;many years the scourge of war has been averted from us,
| but, as @ matter of course, in a contest between Great Bri-
| tain and the United States, all these Colonies would expe-
| rlenee ton greater or less degree, the desolating effects of
‘war. We pray that the threatened contest may be averted,
, and that reasonable men in both countries will exercise their
| influence with their respective Governments to settle the
| Alabana Claims in some way consistent with national
right and honor, without anappeal to arms.

Exri,natony,—The editorial management of the Exam-
| ner having, as we learn from the best authority, fallen into
| the hands of ROBERT BLAKE IRVING, an individua)
| pretty well known throughout thiv Island, our readers and
| the public generaliy, will udderstand why we shall not con-
| descend to notice any articles which may apppear in that
| paper in reference to ourselyes. We may, however, deem
| it necessary to hold the Exceutors responsible before a Court
| of Justice for a certain editorial article which appeared
lin the Hramiver during our absence from town, With
| this explanation, we drop the Hxaminer once ard for all.

hasnciinttntemngrie prstetas

Bracxwoon's Maoszine for January, contains on address
to working men, by Felix Holt; continuations’ of former
stories; Sketches on Polynesia ;.Modern Cynicism ; What
| I did at Belgradf; the Night Wanderer ofan Afghaun Fort;
|and also so an article on the Education of the people of
England, ‘

[For tne Mena. ]
Ain. — Auld Lang Syne,
Should Nova Scotia e'er forget

The happy days of yore,

When Freedom's jewel, richly set,

Adorned the eres: she bore?

Chorus—Adorned the orest she bore, my boys,
Adorned the crest she bore,

‘Till, robbed by heartless cnemios,
She wears the gem no mare!

Aye! long shall Nova Scotia hold
In scorn, the names of those
Who, for the “mess of pottage,” sold
Thetr birthright to their foes!
Chorus—Their birthright to their foes, my boys,
Their birthright to their foes,

By means and measures most yuwise,
As all the Province knows,

Now, dowle frae her hills and dales
She lifts her voice in vain,
The “ New Dominion's” yoke she feels,

reficctions—trasting to time to convince them that envy |
ee never advance any mau'g position in this |
worid.

In conclusion, whist again returning thanks to the!
electors of the Second District for their handsome sup- |
port, and more particularly to thosy leading geutlemen |
who were put to much Pteurpaicnce and trouble on our |
recount, we recommend the past to be forgotten—that
thus the District may become once more harmonious
and united, prepared at any future time to say with
one voice who the people's choice shall be, and to
frown down impertinent and factions opposition. :

THE MELTING OF THE LEGISLATURE,

By reference to the last Royal Gazette, it will be seen
that the Legislature of this Island is caNed) together
“for the despatch of business” on the 4th of Mareli
next. It isto be regretted that the Attorney-General's
presence at the Court in Georgetown and other import- |
ant matters prevent an earlier eall of the Howse in-
-order that fuller time might be given to. the various
questions to be brought before it; but even as it is,.we
think we can assure the country, that no, hasty legisia-
tion upon important questions will be © attempted.
Suilleient time will be allowed to duly) consider and
mature whatever measures m
be introduced In reference to

education, the road service, and the various other pub-
le ‘services demanding the attention of the Legisla-
ture. We shall be prepared to furnish our readers
with fall and correct details of our local Parliamentary
proceedings without unnecessary delay. Of course, the
Jstander, a8 in duty bound, represents the Mod hae mane
in the Worst Tight posstb!c, and as being devoid of
energy, influence and ability, This may be so; bat we
beg to observe that their predecessors are not ina posl-

tion to twit them on these is, nor is there in Prince
Edward Island a body of gentlemen to be found with
superior abjlities. We may also say this of the Govern-
ment, that if they are not able to ace aily Vast

He good, sach as would strike the attention

amount of puly
of all men, that in honesty of purpose and intention, they

have no — They have been trac to yoy pledges
upen Confederation; they haye increased teachers’
salaries without an tnerense of taxation; they have
been economical in the expenditure of the revenne;

soldiers, and they are heartily endeavoring to finally

settle the land question, and develop the resources of

the Colony withont trespassing on any particular in-

terest. Two or three years hence the people will be

better prepared to j of the character and ability of

the Government than yg Amn a few months’
the

tenure of - ee with : es to contend
wih in regard nanees, &., entatled pon them by
baP> Tae Concert secetly given at 8). Andrew's
Hal by the Poptis of St. Dunsian’s College has taken so
Permit his students to the Concert on the night
‘of St, Patrick's Pay, and we are glad to know that he
has yery kind:y given his consent fo the proposition.
Kar We learn that the leading article in last weep's
Henato I attributed to the pen of a Catholte clergy-
man. To disabuse the public mind of this idea, te will
say at once that the article in question was contributed
hy a Protestant gentleman, who alone is entitled to the

“y be deemed necessary to
the subject of land tenures, |

they lTave governed the GCelqny without the aid of|

a

Which galls and gives her pain.

Chorus—Which gatis and gives her patn, my boys,
Which galls and gives her pain,
Until her rreeborn sons shall rise,
Aud shake it off again.

Yes, let them shout, that mighty host,
Who Freedom's impuise feel,

‘Till every rock around the coast
Shall echo back Rerear.

Chorus—Shall echo back Repeal, my boys,
Shall echo back Repeal,
A smaller hoon she must despise,
Rervat! Repeat! Repgar!

“ROB THE RANTER.”
Ch, Town, Feb, 10, 1868, ?

Cuantorretows Denatine Civk.—Oa Friday evening
jast, as before announced, Mr. Thomas Kairwin lectured on
the subject of a “Free Press,” before a large und apprecia-
tive audience, in which we were glad to see some of our
leading merchahts and citizens.

Phe lecturer in a forcible and pleasant style, advocated
the beucfits and advisability of a free press, maintianing
that all would take « paper they had to pay nothing for,
that all merchants and advertisers would send theit adver.
tisenenta to the paper that hac the largest cireulation, such
paper, by that means, would be rendered not only seif-sus-
taining, but profitable, and would confer by its extensive cir-
culation, a great and lasting benefit to commercial men, to
whom advertisit g is now so Absolutely necessary. And that
a Free Press would greatly eonduce to the amalgamation
and healing of those petty strifes and religious cee
which are, in his opinion, rather opened afresh and innita-
ted, than cemented by the numerous papers of this Is!and.

Upon the close of the lecture an interosting debate en-
sued, alien which a.vote of thanks was tendered to the lee-
ture: for his very able and interesting lecture.

The subject adjourned, es before announced, “Is the
ap poticy of Fngtand towards Ireland the best ealeu-
ated to promote the hapip and contentment of the
people and secure their attachment and loyalty to the Hrit-
ish Crown,” will be opened on next Friday A.
S. Longworth, Esq., and closed by the vob

li, BR, Pitzonnaro, Bee'y,

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Faumens’ Civn.—At « meoting of a namber of Farmers
from various sections of (Queen's County, held last ev,
at the Nerth Am Hotel, a society was formed nam
the Farmers’ Club, the object of whieh is the diffusion of
practical and acientiffe poemlodae on the subject of Agricul-
ture, Alex, Robertson, 3 it, Peter's Koad) was called
to the chair, and Mr. A. MeNeiil was a to fot as
Secretary. Several resolutions were submitted and adopted
for the government of the society, and the following gentle-
men were appoigted. bearers for the —m year, vie:
— President-—J, 'T. ae Beg. MPL BP. Vice —_
+ ey

cael ~—H.
=~» Secretary Arch, MeNeiil. — Alow,

startin. lireehiey
m Dixon

Pe .

Point Road, Esquire, were appointed a committee,

power to their number. wi meeting

peg iy tag = Ey
‘ A. MeNana, Bee'y.

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Four Avovsetvs

credit of whatever morit or importance the article may

Larenany Leertrere.—+ The subject

— A

SS

. | of the Cr
results iu eotand ‘that have

debating, the majority were of opinion that the South had a
great many grievances to eg eg of, although not of suf.
ficient magnitude to warrant them in involving the country
in a suicidal war, the sad effets of which we all deplore.
Last Saturday night was devoted to recitations, which, (if
we are to judge by the repeated rounds of applause), were
admirably well rendered, On next Saturday night, Mr. J,
Roache will deliver a lecture on Science, Owing to the

at abilitv of the lecturer, and the importance of the sub-
ect, we assure our patrons of having a rare literary dish

served up tor their benefit. “se
M, N. C, LAFFERTY,
Feb, 11, 1868, | Secretary,

Crry Mankers.--Sinco our last notice of the city
markets we have no change to note in prices. This
week, owing to the stormy weatber and bad roads, the
supply of meat, breadstuffs, &c,, was unusually smull.
Outs are in good request at previous rates, and so is
hay. Pork continues duil and unchanged By way of
correcting part of last Saturday"s prices, we my observe
that, with the exception of hay and straw, all other
Articles are sold by she 100 pounds and aot by the
hundred weight.— Pat,

We regret to learn that a lurge number of the Wants
in this City, at the present moment, are dry, Shoulda
fire unfortunately break out, it would be found almost an
impossibility to procure a moderate supply of water, It
therefore behooves the inhabitants to be oahu vigilant
in looking after thelr fires, flues, stores, pipes, &c., &c,
The te Pumps, and the apparatus belonging thereto,
should at once be looked after, put tu working order, a
in a safe and convenient place, so as to be ready for use
ata moment's notlee. Water from the river would be
the chief dependence in the event of a tlre.-—Je2.

St. Dungtan's Treuypnancn Socirry.— On Ho
evening next, in St, Andrew's Hall, Mr. Alexander Mc-
Dona'd will deliver a lecture to the a Society. . Sub.
Ject,~T'be History of Englund. Doors open at 74 o'clock,
lecture to commence at 8 o'clock. ‘The usual fee will be
charged for admission. Ladics.admitted free,

Joun Wrxxe, Sec'y,

Ch’town, Feb, 12, 1868
aa a re me

All Sorts of Paragrap

~
Axotunn Brocit Anpen Case.—In the, beginning of.
the war, as we learn froma Rochester (N. Y ) paper,
two young men residing in that city were very warm
friends One of them avas married, but went to the war;
previous to exacting. from his friend a promise that,
should _ fallin battle the friend would marry his wife
and give her a permanent home and support,” With this
assurance that his wife was provided for, the soldier went
to the war. After a while report came that he wes killed
in battle, and his wife mourned for her lost husband,

| He did not return, at all.eveuts, even at the end. ef the

war, and after adue space was given to mourning, the
promise given was fuliilled; the widow became the wife
ofthe husband's friend, and their {oy was crowned by
the birth of « handsome child ob which the parents doat-
ed, A short tinie since the long absent soldier reappear.
ed, explained the reason of his long absence and claline
his wife. The second husband was loth ‘to Vw ato
his wife, wio was the mother of his childalso; and he
dectined to give herup. The question as to which had
the best right to the woman was submitted to a legal
tribunal, and, on the last day of 1867, the court decided
that the first marriage was binding, and the wife must
pass vo the former husband--a decision which all par-
ties are understood to abide. Whatbecomes of the cluld
is not stated, but, of course the father will have the best
right to her custody.

Important Toxnapvo Exrermiveyts ix France ~Let-
ters from Brest mention the extraordinary effects produced
by a new kind of torpedo tried im the river of Landernea,
which flows into the bay. The vessel selected for destruct.
ion was an old ship, the Wagrant. of 100 tons, the first teir
of which had been cut down, The new torpedo is far eu-
perior to the —— or American and Russian one, The
former is only eflicacious when the vessel is passing over it,
the iattey are so contrived as to stick to the vessel and cause
ashock, But the new French torpedo produced its effect
at « distance of 12 metres from the hull and 6 metres below
water, There were four torpedoes thus placed around the
vessel, and connected by wires with an electric Lattery on
shore. On the signals bang givin, hres fminiense sheaves
of water were seen rising to the height of a sixth story; the
wire of the fourth torpedo being broken, it did not go off.
Nevertheless, the (fect was astounding ; the ribs and planks
of the vessel were shivered, and there was varely time; ow-
ing moreover to the precautions taken, to run the vessel on
shore. Such torpedoes will hengeferth prove excellent
safeguards to ports in time of war,— London Timea,

Dips't Like tue Liquvor.—A Portland, Me., paper
tells the-etory of “a countryman who was coming fron:
that place to Boston on one of the steamers, and who
met with a curious accident. The vessels, it seems,
have fire annihilators placed round in convenient spote,
The gentleman froin the interior became thirsty p-ered
an annihilator fora time and evidently concluded it was
some ahh ag drinking arrangement, and was not
going to show his greenness by asking about it. Soho
stepped up smarily, put the nozzle in his mouth and
turned it on, The effect was instantaneous and stupen-
deus! The countryman was knocked sprawliag somo
ten foot away. The shock to his internal organization
tiuet have been something tremendous, for he remained
retiseless and speechless jor some time. “When he auf.
ficiently recovered to artiealate, he wanted to know if
“the boiler had burst,"

The onward tend of the popular mind in Euro

has been illustrated im England by the passing of the
Reform Bill; ix France by tho increasing power of the
Chambers; in Austria by the ptomulgation of a new and
more liberal constitution; in Prussian by a growing
courtesy toward Parliamentary deputies, and in. Haly
by a popular excitement which shakes the foundations
of the throne ang borders on revolution. Nor have
Similar manifestations been wanting in those outporte
of civihzations in Europe, Russia aud Turkey, Every-
hore std ahr ngs ones the people have
youn asserting their rights; aud gonerally there

been progress in the right direction, amie

Mrs, Mary McDonald, wife of the late Ewen MeDonald,
of Lancaster, Upper Canada, died a short time ago, at tho
age df 100 years and one month, She was a native of In-
verhesshire, Scotland, was married at the carly age of 16,
and shortly after, with her husband. emigrated to Nova
Seotia, but subsequently removed to Glengerry, Upper Ca-
nada, This venerable lady, truly a mother of Imaol, had 11
children, 73 grandchildren, 448 greatgrandehildren, 17 of
the next generation, cight of the next, ail of whom might
have attended at her funeral, Of her sons, three served
their king and country in the war of 1812, and thirteen of
her grandsons did .he same in the rebellion of 1837-38.—
True Witness, : i

Tha second declaration of the Limerick priesthood,
which bears the signature of two dignitaries and thirty
parish priests or curates, and is to yet further names,
valls upon the government to satisfy the aspirations of
Ireland by.xestoring the blessings of domestic legislation,
This concession, which they believe "to be fully com-
patible with the integrity af the yt ew the security

»” would, they add, ** have the like wappy
singnally attended a si
adjustavent récently in Leagary.”

hebige wir ; ; p in England, Tho ‘roast
horse of Old bee an become a8 popular s
dish as the roast beef. man writes ® letter to tho
London Times, in which he describes the blissful sensa-
tions attendant apon the mastication of steake from an
old grey poner, 18 years of age, which the writ-r

ridden six miles on the previous day. ‘Having in

a number of guests, he cut the poney's throat, and

—- ; roby! dinner. The ery, pore” pro-
free from

ve a 4Ay ;
scatter a

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