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Loxnox, 12, eve.—TIn the House of Commons
Go euane. reply of the Queen to the petition of
the Hoyse of Commons, based on Mr, Gledses's third
“Fee waeannounced, The Queen says” that re-
on Sheen of the House of Commons, she de-
that her interest in the yoy will eat te
SAE Semorr partiancntary tien on the sub.
pa ‘o-morrow Mr. Gladstone will bring in a bill
to for the any making of additional
to the Irish Charch.
ANTINOPLE, May 12.-—The Sultan opened the
new Ene verenter, 8 greek remarkable for ite
fiberality. He said time had come when Turkish
manpere mast yield to Kuropean civilization.
Yorx, pe | 13.—Advices from the City of
Mexico to the 1st of May, say that Juarea is in quiet
possesion 4 anew. and that all attempts at
the
in different parts of the country have been
-++-The case of John H. Surratt was be-
Criminal Court at Washington yesterday, and
the of the prisoner's counsel the trial war
postponed until next Jone,
* Orrawa, May 12.--The Dominion Government have
reovived no i jon an yet, of the intended despatch
of an ee < to the Canaelion fishing waar, &
: that the proposed Canadian marine y
tdi boasice mainly of amall cruisers especially ales ed
as coast guards, which will generally remain within a
marive league from the shore, and warn iutraders
‘way... An effort will he made in the Senate to de-
the bill for the reduction of the Goyernoy General's
salary. It iv pot probable that that body will take the
1 sibifity of ling it... . Evidenve of consider-
‘able importance, of gp entirely new character, is now
‘being taken in the agsassinglion case; bat ite pnrport
Will rot be allowed to transpire for some days. Dete-
‘tives have made further ecigures of Fenian papers.
' Orrawa, May 13.~The House of Commons yester-
day, on motion of Mr. Campbell, of Inverness, voted
‘for correspondence respecting carriage of mails across
‘the straits of Canso, Sir John A. MacDonald has in-
troduced a bill extending the Canadian Lusolvent Act
to the whole of the Dominion, With some amendments
the Militia Bill passed through Committee. The form
of oath was changed by omitting reference. to * Dom-
inion of Canada.” A. G. Jones, of Halifax, in the
‘absence of Mr. Savary, moved the second reading of the
“bill authorizing the Nova Svotja Banks to issue notes of
‘emall denominations, like the Banks do in the other
‘Provinges; he argued that as the Nova Scotia Banks
shad to bear harthens, so they should enjoy all the pri-
‘vileges of the Banks throughout the Dominion. The
Bill was regd 9 second time, aud referred to committee
oP ropes and commerce, Hon, Mr. Rose consenting
theteto with the reservation that the Government
would not promise to support the Dill, ae they had the
whole subject of Banking under their consideration and
the framing of a general law..,,.The House met to-day
at lio’clock. Sir John A. MacDonald moved third
‘reading of the bill respecting the duties of Justices of
the out of Sessions, Dorion objected on the
Fund that the Dominion Parliament had no right to
een, is the premises. This point is now under
SHON.
‘ » May 13, eve.—In accordance with a general
Biv. Mm Sesived at in the House of Commons last
‘night, Mr. Gladstone. this afternoon, soon after the
commencement of sitting, moved a bill to prevent the
Chere . pg ed i poe to livings . the _—_
‘Ch or ae ed period and absolutely suspen
ore, of the Gesbealedion of the Irivh Church
1 ishment for the same time.... The Queen, to-
; oy. in presence of a large multitude of spectators, laid
+ with imposing ceremonies the corner stone of the
‘Thamee Hospital, which is to be built on the Thames.
‘ immediately opposite the Houses of Parliament. Her
. njeaty was attended by the Prince and Princess of
‘ and members of the Royal family, and by
— the Ministry and Chief Officers of State...
Corporation of the City of London have presented
on oe ss to the Queen, declaring profound ympathy
. with Her Majesty for injuries received by Prince Aiteed
at the hands of an assassin, and expressing their de-
-testation of the attempted crime..,, The funeral of
Lord Brongham took place to day at‘ Cannes,"
» New York, May 14.—Gold opened at 804.
NDON, wt 6.—Consols 04) a 944 for money ,
verpool Red Wheat I4s. Id.; Pork firmer at 84s. ;
‘Lard cel! at 688. ; common Hosin 60s, $d.; others ap-
changed. The accounts which have been received 5
, mail and telegraph give promise of an unusually large
and fine crop of wheat in the gountry about the Blick
» Vienna, May j4.—Phe Bill guaranteeing the right
trial ‘by Jury passed the Lower House of the Austrian
Kaisrath yesterday, Charles Francia Adams, U. S.
a vga yg o bg seta tte of Lg
» with whom bi & special andience. Mr.
‘Adams Jeft Londgn soon afterwards for the Continent,
dea Mr, Moran in charge of the Ameriean legation
bi y:..,,Gold market steady and unchanged.
| Toronto, May 16,—It is stated that the Conneil of
oy Catholic Bishops, now in seasion at Quebec,
ve chosen Bishop Lynch. of ‘Toronto, to be Arghbieh-
op of the Provinces, subject to confirmation by the
Pope. It ie also announced that Father Dowd. of
iPoutreel will be appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the
: in the room of Bishop Lynch.
° Wasninoton, May 16.—The Impeachment of Presi-
nent J came up at noon to-day in the Senate,
when the question was taken on the 11th article. ‘The
vote stood $5 for conviction, to 19 for acquittal, The
required wraete not being affirmative, the President
Dome op the 11th article. Immediately after
veting, ate +> ae to May 20th.
© Mowrreap, May 14.—A man named Duggan, asaloon
Hg anaot’ with tothe Sapliontcd to’ tao fiot rte
ing, r wit ng implica n the plot for the
, assassination of McGee. ae : °
3 prisoners were examined hefore Jn ourso
¥ had doors aa et aye Bs mins tented
to present in Duggan's house in December when
the md was hatched. ‘Twelve American and
_ twelve n Fenians were also present,
+ One man, called Smith, was selected to do a certain
re could nat say which job it was, bat he
one of them say:—'' My God. if Mr. McGee
paly Frew what he haem store for him. wouldn't he
fs country.” Witness aleo heard another mgn
ray: ‘* Smith, you did that job of burning the Orange
; Airet rate.” Witness identified Whalen as the
Pre preter tt be .
: ve for ‘a to-morrow murnio
in charge of the officers. * .
Mn. Berour rrom a Consxnvatiye potnr oF
view — Few people now in existence. could, five yeare
feo. have hoped to have lived long enough to read in
the Conservative organ of the British Government. the
‘panegyrie.on My. Hright, which appopred in the (lobe
Tt commences thus ;—" Mr. t
noble type; he is the natural succers-
x; he is the great Meta re-
lace. It is tortunaig for Bog-
a n of thie grder, of such a
time moderates hija egtreme opinions with-
bat m his energy, or slimming the splen-
dour of hie . May we always have euch a
_tribone of ." The Globe then goes on to tell
-the world » Bright represents the best apd man-
liest jes of the stalwart Saxon: that he al-
ways ie honest and straightforward; that he has no lust
for office; that if he hits hard he never bite fouls that
pe ie not respected but liked by bis political op-
‘very classes who differ from bin
most nage Ey amy a
‘most of hie glorious * Tribque of the poaple."—
hae been. arrested in Montreal, who
to. asenssinate Hon. TY. D. oe
THE HERALD, WEDNESDAY,
868,
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THE FISHERIES.
The very proper Legislation of the Dominion Portia.
ment, last Session, and In which the Luperial Govern-
ment concurred, to demand a tonnage duty of 82 from
all American vessels fishing In Colonial waters, has ex-
cited some attention In the House of Representatives at
Washington. The previous tonnage duty of half a
dollar was a farce, which, small as it was, was evaded to
& great extent by American fishermen. The inadequate
force in the Gulfto see that Licenses were taken out at
that rate, necessarily rendered the arrangement a failure,
48 Its success depended altogether upon the honesty of
American masters. Since the Americans, in a fit of re-
venge, were so foolish as to abrogate the Reciprocity
Treaty, and place prohibitive duties upon Colonial pro-
duetions, the Colonists, it must be admitted, are justi-
fied in maintaining, by every means within their power
their treaty rights in the matter of thelr own fisiung
grounds. It is, therefore, a source of satisfaction to us
to find the Dominion and Imperial Goveramenta in wol-
son on this question, determined to enforce ia the most
summary manner the stipulations of the Treaty of 1814,
with reapeet to the Gulf Fisheries, in cases where Am-
erican vessels may be caught fishing without license with-
in thyee marine miles of these shores. 4 large fleet is to
be sent into the Guif to enforce the Legislation of the Do-
miniou Parliament on this question ;and if the Amevicans
fancy they cap violate with impunity Tuternational Law,
they will find theay-eives mach mistaken, According to a
report which we give below, the 4merican Government Is
about to despatch a fleet of war veagels into the Gulf,
ogtensibly for the protection of their own fishermen, but
iu reality, as a menace to Great Britain and her Colonles.
We are gratified to know that Great Britain was never
in a better position to repress domestic treason, or un-
dertake a foreign war, than she Is at present. Fhe
statesmen who guide the destinies of the Empire are
possessed ofthe spirit which brooks neither inanuit to
the national honor, yor vielation of the rights of the sub
ject. The sogner, therefore, this question of the fisher-
les and of Colonial rights Is settled, even if it be at the
canpo’'s mouth, the better. We woul] rather sce an
appeal to arms at once and ihe Colonies annexed, than
submit to perpetual menace, and systematic robbery
ang insult, By the judicious exercise of her invincible
power at this crisis, Great Britain will do a great deal fo
win back the waning loyalty of hey Provinces, and es-
tablish upon this Continent that brilliant prestige which
has attached to her history for upwards of a thousand
years. The Fisherles should bo protected at all hazards:
as much for Imperial interests as for the riguts inyelyed
in the case. The Americans, will thereby be con-
vinced that the Mother Country and her Colonies are tn
earnest about the matter, and the Washington Cabinet
will shape its course accordingly. Judging: from the
subjolued report of proceedings in the House of Repre-
sentatives on the 7th instant, a good deal of “ spread-
eagleism ” was indulged In when the question came up
before that Body, but the good sense of the House pre-
vailed over the combative notions of a curious fish call-
ed Pixe, from the State of Maine, who desired war and
nothing but war with Great Britain. It will be seen
that determination upon the part of Imperial and Colo-
nial Authorities alone is wanted to settle the question
upon a fair basis, until the Reciprocity Treaty is re-
stored, and Free Trade cnee more adopted between the
Colonies and the United States.
* Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, re-
ported a jolut resolution requesting the President of the
United States to send a sufficient number of vessels of |
war to the fishing grounds in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
adjacent to the British provinces for the purpose of pro-
tecting American vessels in the exercise of their rights,
as recognized in the treaty of 1803, outside of one marine
league of the shore line as it follows the indentions of
the coast, and a'so for the purpose of taking care that
valuable property in shipping shall not be confiscated for
alleged infractions of provincial rights in the fishing
grounds; and that whatever punishment for trespass is
inflicted shall he in proportion to the pecuntary Injury
occasioned hy the offence, Mr. Pike proceeded to ex-
plain and adygeate the resolution. He stated, in the
course of his remarks, that the government of the Do.
minion of Canada was proposing to Impose a tax of 84
aton qn American fishing vessels, and to send vessels
of war to enforce that tax. It was, therefore, proper
that the American government shquld send vessels of
war there to protect American interests,
Mr. Benjamin, (rep.) of Mo., inquired whether the
President had not that authority already? —
Mr. Pike replied that it was because Gongress lacked
authority to do that. He went on tq explain that the
third article of the Treaty of Haris recognized certain
rights of American fishermen to fish where they had
been accustomed to exercise those rights till the Con-
vention of 1618; that at that Convention the Amer!can
government, for certain regsons ylelded the right to tieh
within threg miles of certain coasts, and that the question
whether that limjt of three mites should be from head-
land to headland, as contended for by the provincial
authorities, or should follow the iudentions of the coast,
as contended for by the American fishermen,
Mr. Washburne, of Ill., remarked that this was one of
those matters that should be fully considered, for it
certainly Implied that if the government should get Into
a difficnity on the subject it might be a serious one,
The last part of the resolution provided that no greater
punishment should be allowed than was proportionate to
the pecuniary damages occasioned. Who was to be the
jndge of that? To whom was that t power to be
confided? These were questions which should be ver
carefully considered before such a resolution was F
He doubted very much the propriety of passing it with-
out knowing more on the sub!
Mr. Chanler, (dem.) of N. Y., ap the resolution,
The fishing along the ecoust of New England had ceased
to be in the hands of fishermen alono, and had fallen into
the hands of monopolists, who, by organizing large steam
vessels, were absorbing the fishing interests, That was
the case aronnd Cape Cod, ani it extended also to the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, ‘This resolution, therefore, was
intended to protect such fishing monopolies, Another
object of it appeared to be to give inereased value to
= _ yr | —— which the tes mag had
n selling, ¢ it necessary to re-purchase them,
Mr. Date Cre. of Mass., spoke for five minutes in
rt of the resolutfon. It was simp'y that American
fishermen in those —— shonld haye fair play, Tt was
nat 4 declaration of war. There would be no trouble a-
rising ont of It, The President did not propose to in-
terfere unless there was some expression of opinion on
ed — Britain and other nations to protect the
terests of their citizens.
ind Washburne, of pr ’ eh se hy a was to
le; Qn the amount of pecuniary damage
4 Mr. Muley replied that when an aes vessel wan
curried in by the provincial Fog: ab there would bea
naval officer representing United States, and that
when gn American vessel-of-war would see a cojoulal
cutter coming up to carry in a fishing vessel because she
has caught fleh within three miles of the shore the Ame-
rican officer ye gen tye d You eon ood = ean ~
confisgation; I will accompany you in ai respo
for her damage or what wren te 5
opinion that it would be
Mr. expreaped
Segun te werner If a necessity ex-
for sending more naval vessels to the ; gos
thorit, in the President it,
retyeed ta do te Ontowens aneha br tow Soest
them he said the
that our own laws shall be enforced, Are you afraid to
Sagem ae If you are, I hope you will vote down
Mr. Spalding moved to amead the resolution so as to
make it read
That the Presklent he requested to send a sufficient
number of vessels of war to the fishing grounds in the
iulf of St. Lawrence adjacent to the British Provinces,
for the purpose of ing American vessels in the
exercise of their rights as indicated ln the existing trea-
ties.
The previous question was seconded.
Mr. ia p eer te lay the resolution on the table
which was rejected by a vote of 51 to 76.
‘The joint reselution as thas modified was then passed
yeas 92, nays JY ’
THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOUNSON.
Sixew our last Issue, the telegraph has informed us
that President Johason, coutrary to general expectation,
has been virtually acquitted by the United tates Sen-
ate—the Eleventh, and stoongest, article of lmpeach-
ment having broker, down. This proves to us that the
Senate has on this, as on former occasions, proved a
highly Conservative element in the Constitution of the
United States—indeed, we may say its safeguard, The
Impeachment managers appear to have sadly bungled,
and the scenes in the House of Representatives, during
the progress of the trial, for which they are responsible,
are simply disgraceful. The gross personal debate, if
debate “it can be called, on the 2nd Instant, between Re-
presentative Donnelly, of Minnesota, and Senator
Washburne, of Hitnois, was as outrageous and tn ecent
as anything that has ever been reported of a Represen-
tative bods. The foulest epithets were hurled at each |
other. Language such as n> one would expect to
hear outside of the slams of the Five Points, or some
other such dens of Infamy, was used and reiterated In
the halls of Congress, Here ix a speclmen—Mr. Wash-
barne sald it was Donnelly's sche'ue of plunder which
made him (Waslburne) oppose him. “ Every corrupt
measure in Congress had reccived Mr, Donucelly's sup-
port." He (Washburne) “if called upon to make a
personal explanation, should only make it with a mem-
ber (alluding to Donnelly} who is not covered over
with erime and infamy, whose record is not stained |
with every frand—with whiskey and other frauds—with |
aman who has not proved false alike to his friends, his
country, his constituents, his polities, his religion and
his God." ‘This ix only a specimen of mach more of the
same sort from Mr. Washburne, Mr. Donnelly was not
behind in the use of choice Billingsgate. We said of|
Washburne ;—~* If there be in our midst one low, sor-
did, yylgae goul—one mind barren of mediocre intelli-
genee, one heart calioug to every kindly sentiment, and
to every generous emotion, one tongue leprous with
slander, one mouth which is like unto a den of foul
boasts, giving forth deadly odors; If there be one char-
acter which, While blotched and spotted, yet raves and
rants and blackguards like a prostitute; if there be here
one bold, bad, empty, bellowing demagogue, it ts the |
gentleman from ljinols." Fool, liar, blackguard, j
wretch, and such like epithets, are freely used by these
members of Congress to each other, while Speaker Col-
fax sits in his chair and hears it all, and the other mem-
bers laugh and enjoy it as fine fun. No wonder, on
reading over this scene, that the New York Jerald
should exclaim: “ Ilow dreadfully demoralized our na-
tional legislature has become! These foul-mouthed
members and an Incompetent Speaker are bringing the
country Into disgrace, They are utterly unfit for the
positions they occupy. As to Mr. Colfax, if there were
any way of iinpeaching and removing him from the
chair he has so long disgraced, and which he is entirely
Incapable of occupying, it- would be a blessing to the
country.” All these scandalous scenes, however, natur-
ally result from the Jacobin violence and usurpation of
the radical faction in power, and there is little hope of
a change, we fear, until the people become aroused, and
{a the next election send another and better set of men
to Washington.
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CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
Tur Patriot of the 14th says :—* Bishop MeIntyre has
commenced the cellar wall of a Monastary building, on
the lot adjoining Mr. Hyndman’s European Exchange.
Owen Connolly, Esq., is digging the cellar of a new
shop, between the premises of F. LePage, Esq., and
McRae's Tailoring Establishment, and the Queen's
Printer is doing a sfinilar work on his premises near the
Temperance Hall—Messrs. McKinnon and Fraser, Car-
rlage-buikders, are also both preparing to build this
summer. ‘These, with the Bishop's Palace, will be
mneng the civie Improvements for 1868.” With ref_r-
ence to His Lordship Bishop MeIntyre, we may say that
he ts actively engayed in building, not merely a Monas-
tery, but a school for the Christian Brothers, on the site
mentioned by the Putriot, and also a residence for him-
self on the site of Reddin’s red Warchouse, Great
George Street. Before the Autumn, both these build-
ings wiil be completed, to add to the improvements of
the City, and the advantage of the Catholic community.
Too much praise eannot be given to the Bishop for his
sclf-sacrificing efforts to educate the flock entrusted to
his care, With the zeal of tha carly Apostles, he has,
since his elevation to the episcopacy, and without any
strain upon the community, foanded institutions of
learning throughout the Colony, whose fruits, already
experienced, will be known and appreciated many years
after their author shall have passed to another world to
enjoy the rewards of his labor. Under his auspices,
aided by a zealous Priesthood and obedient laity, Stately
temples are being erected to the worship of God, to
bless, with the benign influence of religion, the land
wherein they exist. The foundations of the moral and
intellectual superiority of the Catholic population are
being laid broad and deep, so as to be prolonged into
future generations. Altogether, the prospects of the
Catholle Church in this small Island of the Gulf of St.
Lawrenee are as bright and cheering as in any portion
of Her Gracious Majesty's American possessions. May
they improve flay by day, and long may the noble and
accomplished Prelate, by whose zeal this state of affairs
has been brought about, be spared to us to guido us by
hia wisdom, and to stimulate us by his energy and liv-
Ing faith, ‘To return to the buildings now in course oferee-
tion, it may not be amiss to state that they will be some
thing noble in thelr style and dimensions. The Christian
Brothers’ School, for example, is to be elliptic in style,
seventy-seven feet in length by forty-six in breadth,
and four stories high. The Episcopal residence is to be
a combination of the Gothic and elliptic styles—the in-
side consisting of Gothic tracery, with square windows
and Gothic tracery on the outside, Its dimensions will
be sixty-one feet jn Jength by forty-nine in hreadth, and
four stortes high, he Colonial Building, where the
assembled wisdom of the Colony congregates once a
year, will be shabby contrasted with either of the
buildings whose proportions we have just given, and
Groat George Street will take precedence as the princi-
pal thoroughfare of the ity, from the number and
character of the buildings which will adorn it hefore
the close of summer,
Tue Patriot contains a case of “ remarkable preser-
vation of a lost child.” A little boy, three and a half
years old, gan of Mr. Aloxander Stewart, of Spring-
town, Lot 67, strayed away from home on the 18th
metant, and after being exposed to the inclewency of
the weather for twenty-loar houra, without food, bare-
footed, and thinly clad, was found sate and sound, by
his parents und their neighbors, who turned out in force
to find the little wanderer.
prensa ec smermsmnaaet
OBITUARY.
Died, at the North american Hotel, Charlottetown,
on Wednesday, the 13th instant, from Inflammation of
the Lungs, after an illness of fourteen days, Edmand
FP. Byrne, Esq., Assistant Postmaster-General of this
Island, aged twenty-six years. The deceased was be
young man of exemplary eharscter and superior abili-
ties. His unassuming disposition seeured for him mary
warm friends in Charlottetown, where, previous to bis
appointment to the Post Office Department, he had been
doing business for a few years. Tn his official capacity,
he gave every satisfaction, both to the Government and
to the public generally,—nor are we surprised at this
from our knowledge of his urbane nature, his aptitude
for official dutive, and his zeal in the discharge thereof.
The principal support of a widowed mother, and cut
off in the early bloom of manhood, when his intellect
and character were beginning to make him knows, and
appreciated, he died uuiversally regretied by the com-
tunity at large. Byt to as, who knew him intimately,
aud enjoyed his friendship, his untimely death is a
source of poignant grief. Le sleeps, however, the
sleep of peace ; for whilst he wished, for te sake of
others rather than himself, to live, he died in resigna-
tion to the Divine Will, at peace with God and man,
and fortified by the last Sacramente of the Church, ad-
ministered to him by the Very Rev, De, MacDonald.
We sincerely sympathize with his sorrowing friends, and
offer them our condolence on this melancholy occasion.
We unite with them in the prayer that the doar deceased
may reat in peace, and we entertain a well-grounded
belief that he bas passed from a miserable world of
trials and temptations to a happy and immortal home.
Tun ** Case” or Nova Scorta.—Respecting this
sublect, the London correspondent of the Toronto
GloLe, writing under date of April 25th, furnishes the
following :—-
“The case of Nova Scotia malcontents will be
brought before the House of Commons by Mr, Bright,
people of that province,
who will move that counsel bo heard on their behalf,
at the bar or the Howse. Mesera. Howe and Annand
have retained My, Vernon Haneourt (Historiens,) as
counsel for the anti-Confecerate party. ‘These gentle-
nen declare that they will be content with rn Oe
of a Parliamentary Committee, and it is probable that
Mr Bright will, make a motion to that efieet, The m-
tention was to bring the subject before the Honee in
the course of next week, bot itie expected that the Irish
debates will prove an unsuperable obstacle to that ar-
rangement. I do not think there 1s the slightest chance
that even a motion for inquiry will be paseed, or that
more will be done than is involved iu making a Varlia-
mentary demonstration.
The Duke of Backingham will, of course, decline to
comply with the request of the Nova Seotia petitioners ;
but T isdess his formal answer will be expressed in
terms #0 coruteons and conciliatory, that the anti-Con-
federationists will almost forgive the Duke for refusing
to take & party and local view of a great Imperial ques-
tian,
We think onr contemporary the Islander made a
mistake as to the nature of the * Extraordinary mete-
orice appearance ’’ which he witnessed at Cape Tra-
verde on the 13th inst. The ** extraordinary appear-
anoe"’ referred to seemed to us to be the outer lining
of a cloud touched by the light of the sun already below
the horizon. The peentiar conformation of the clouds
in the Northern and Western parts of the heavens at
that hour in the evening occasioned the sinuous, zigzag
streak of light witnessed by oar econtemporary—and
considering that the luminoas track at one time seemed
to be connected with the bright atav Venus, visible for
a time, the mistake is easily accounted for,
Arcuptsnor Conno.tsy’s Ornation.—The voice of the
leading Canadian papers confirms us in our expressed
opinion that the oration of His Grace Archbishop Con-
nolly, on the oceasion of the Reqguem High Vass, in
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Halifix, foi the repose of the soul
of the late Hon. Thos. D'Arcy McGee, was a mastor-
plece of pulpit eloquence—far away in advance of any
similar effort that has yet come under public notice. It
isa noble tribute of friendship to departed greatness,
and as the lessons contained in It are applicable to less
exalted personages, we will endeavor to publish it in
our next No,
Tue Westainsrer Review for April, contates the
following articles:—1. Don Quixote; 2. The Pilgrim
and the Shrine; 3. Modern Notions of Government;
The Irish Question; 4, Hindoo Epic Poetry; The Ma-
habara‘a; 5. Popular Education; 6. The Church System
of Ireland and Canada; 7. Spiritual Wines; 8. De-
moeratic Government In Victorla; Contemporary Liter-
ature.
We are indc'ted to the Very Rev. Dr. Hannan, of Mah-
fux, for a copy of “ Reports of the School Commission-
ers for the City of Halifax for the years 1866 and 1867,
with Extracts from the Laws relative to Public Educa-
tion; Outline of a System of Public Schools for the City
of Halifax; and other information.” We hope to make
use of this Pamphlet before long.
We understand that about forty Militia-men of Col.
McGill's Regiment are to be sued up to a Magistrates’
Court, in City Ilall, on Saturday next, for non-attend-
ance atdrill, A previous batch were had up and fined
on Saturday last,
Tum body of the late Michacl MeWade Esq. of
Souris, was recovered on Wednesday last, in a good
state of preservation, and was immediately forwarded to
Souris for interment. It was found not fur distant from
the spot where he fell in,
We beg to fail attaution to the advertisement In to-
day's paper concerning the Buckerr Reaping and Mow-
ing Machine. It is said to be superior to MANNy's, and
can be obtained on reasonable terms on application to
Mre Stewart, the Agent for this Island,
F. Hynpman, Esq., R.N., an old school fellow of ours,
has been appointed assistant Paymaster in charge to the
Newport, detailed for surveying service in the Mediter-
ranean, We congratulate our friend upon his appoint-
ment,
Jas. F. Montcomeny, Esq., has imported this spring,
four new kinds of seed potatoes for the use of his tenants.
This is the sort of spirit which ought to actuate all land-
lords, and the exercise of which would be productive
of contentment amongst the tenantry.
Crnisty's Amateur Minstrels gave two performances
in Temperance Hall last week, The performances, we
learn, deserved better patronage than they received.
The Mingtreis promise to visit Pictou during the sum-
mer, and give a performance thero,
SumMenstpe promises to have an opposition steamer
this season, a New Brunswick Company being about
to place the steamer Emperor on the route between the
ae Shore, Shediae, Summerside, Charlottetown and
jctou, '
We learn that Professor Ingles has signified his in-
tention of withdrawing from the Prince of Wales
College at the termination of his present term of agree-
ment, ho being about to return to Scotland.
Tue Hon. G. W. Howlan will please accept our
thanks for a copy of the St. Louis Guardian, contain.
ing an able article on the late Hén, Thomas D'Arcy
MeGee. Having commenced republishing the article
from the New York Tablet, on the same subject, before
the Guardian came to hand, the necessity for using the
latter is obviated, and we therefore return the paper.
An Ottawa despatch says that an efficient marine
police foree is to be established, the Home and
Canadian Governments each paying half the expense,
Formerly, three warnings were given to vessels iMegal.
ly engaged in fishing: now, every foreign vessel fishing
within British jurisdiction, without a license, is at once
seized,
We are in receipt of a copy of the May number of tho
Dominion Monthly, which, as usual, is well filled with
choice reading matter. This namber, among other at-
tractive features, contains a portrait of th :
T. D. McGee, yo ee
The Tablet inseribed on the wall of DesRarret's
Block, Ottawa, was anveiled a few days ago. The in-
eeription is as followa:—* Here fell, on the soventh of
| April, 1868 he the assassin's hand, the ion. Thomas
D'Arey MeGee."
A return which has been laid before the Honse of
Commons, at Ottawa, respecting the extent of the rail-
wave inthe Dominion, shows that in Ontario and
Que-
j bee. there are 2.188 miles of track; in N Seot
jand New Branewick 2,522. ' ity ”
Tux Spring vessels are arriving, Tho Folans has
arrived from Glasgow; the Consort, frow Liv: rpoal
has also arrived, and the Undine is said te bo of the
Harbor.
A French paper states that Sothern, the Englieh
Actor, has gone eratv. He mmagines he haa eleven fin-
gers, and passes all day in counting his ten, In order to
| find the missing digit.
Tr ts saki that there isan agent of the Nova Scotia
| favernment at present in this elty, with the view of
purchasing potatoes, oats &e., for some of the poorer
Tur peor people of Cape Breton petitioned the Do-
minton House of Commons for assistance, and were met
with a prompt refusal. They are to be pitied,
Tur Rev. Thos. Danean, of St. James! Chureh,
Charlottetown, Is on a visit to his native land, Scotland,
for the benefit of bis health.
Tur first Prize Meeting of the Dominion Rifle Assocl-
ation will take place at Montreal, on Wednesday, the
15th September,
Tw the Hotel des Tava'ides at Paris are still to be found
940 soldiers of the first Napoleon, among them one wha
lost both legs more than seventy-five years ago,
The Conrt of Commissioners for the recovery of Small
Debts at Cranhorey point, Lot 36, has been remo ed to
Fletgher'’s Corner, Fort Augustue,
Mownnay, the 25th inst.. will be observed asa Hob.
day at the Public Oflives in consequence of the Anni-
versary of Her Majesty's birth falling on Sunday.
Ricuarp Hupson, Esq , of Tryon, has been appoint.
ed Commissioner for taking affidavits to be used n the
Supreme Court of Judicature of this Island.
Tur Hon. Attorney General, the Hon. Mr, Haythorno,
and the Hon, Mr, Haviland have been in Halifax during
the past week
Sir Roderick J. Murchison hav been elected a foreign
member of the Paris Academy of Science, in place of
Professor Farady, deecased.
Atarnr If, Yarrs. Feq., has been appointed Marshal
of the Viee Admiralty Court of this Island, in the place
of Robert Hyndman, Esq., deceased.
Fiusr Arrival Tuts Sprina.—The Ship L. C. Owen,
Brown, master, arrived here on Thursday, from Liver-
pool with a general cargo of goods for this port.
The death is announced of Sir James Simpson, who
succeeded tothe command of the British troops before
Sebastopol, on the death of Lord Raglan.
Since the assassination, Mr. Notman, Montreal, has
oe 59,000 photographs of the late Man, dD,
eGee,
Vesuvins ie said to have refoymed. It seems to have
abandoned its Violent courses, and hag very nearly quit
smoking.
Mr. Kennedy, the Seottish Vocalist,
ITalifax next July,
SuVERAL cargoes of hay have been imported Into Sum-
merside and Orwell this spring.
Net, Rankin, Esq., is going to have an exhibition of
Fine arts tn his Auction Rooms this day.
Tue submarine cable between tiis Island
Malalond is agai repaired.
Tun dwelling house of Lewis Wright, Esq., of Searle.
town, Was consumed by fre on Thursday last.
tY Gausraitu's Baxp will play on Hillsboro
Square on Thursday evening, at 7 Pelod, ass
Two live Fenians are reported to have been arres
recently at Woodstock, N. B. -
Tur City Fathers are doing a good wo
Queen Street Macadamized. .. venders
ia expected iy
and tha
The interior of the Halifax Hotel, durin
month, has been thoroughly renovated, ata large out-
lay to the —. The house now is in excellent
condition, and we are pleased w learn, extensively
patronized. In the management of the establishment
the ee. is assisted by his son Alexr, Heaslein
#0 Sa known as clerk, and by Mr. French as
steward,-—Judging from present appearances, and the
large and increasing amount of travel, We expect soon to
see an addition made to the building. —Jz, Express.
thy and ben-
the soul which
the past
Symparay AND Benkvotence.—Sym
evolence constitute those finer feelings o
at once adorn human natare, What is it that guards
oor helpless infancy, and instructs our childhood but
sympathy? Whiatis it that performs all the kind offices
of foendsbip, in viper years, bat sympathy? Whatis
it that consoles us in our last momeuts, and defends our
character when dead, but eympathy? A person with-
out sympathy, and living only for hunself, is the baseat
and most odious of characters,
Trikes Woxvens In Heaven.—John Newton says,
* When T get to heaven, I shall see three wonders there.
The first wonder shall be to see so many people there
whom I did not expegt to sev; the second wonder will
be to miss many whom I did expect to see; and the
third and greatest wonder of al! will be to find myself
there.”
ss ti
On Lot 40, at his residence, Thomas Donovan, Black
Smith native of the Parish
County Waterford, Ireland,
May he rest in peace,
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and most popular remedies at all seasous, and under all
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burns are presently benefited and ultimately cured by
these healing, soothing, and purifying medicamonte.
The Ointment rabbed upon the abdomen checks all ten-
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cording to the instructions accompanying every packet.
of Newtown, Silver Mines,
in the 7ith year of his age.
-
Loxnox, 12, eve.—TIn the House of Commons
Go euane. reply of the Queen to the petition of
the Hoyse of Commons, based on Mr, Gledses's third
“Fee waeannounced, The Queen says” that re-
on Sheen of the House of Commons, she de-
that her interest in the yoy will eat te
SAE Semorr partiancntary tien on the sub.
pa ‘o-morrow Mr. Gladstone will bring in a bill
to for the any making of additional
to the Irish Charch.
ANTINOPLE, May 12.-—The Sultan opened the
new Ene verenter, 8 greek remarkable for ite
fiberality. He said time had come when Turkish
manpere mast yield to Kuropean civilization.
Yorx, pe | 13.—Advices from the City of
Mexico to the 1st of May, say that Juarea is in quiet
possesion 4 anew. and that all attempts at
the
in different parts of the country have been
-++-The case of John H. Surratt was be-
Criminal Court at Washington yesterday, and
the of the prisoner's counsel the trial war
postponed until next Jone,
* Orrawa, May 12.--The Dominion Government have
reovived no i jon an yet, of the intended despatch
of an ee < to the Canaelion fishing waar, &
: that the proposed Canadian marine y
tdi boasice mainly of amall cruisers especially ales ed
as coast guards, which will generally remain within a
marive league from the shore, and warn iutraders
‘way... An effort will he made in the Senate to de-
the bill for the reduction of the Goyernoy General's
salary. It iv pot probable that that body will take the
1 sibifity of ling it... . Evidenve of consider-
‘able importance, of gp entirely new character, is now
‘being taken in the agsassinglion case; bat ite pnrport
Will rot be allowed to transpire for some days. Dete-
‘tives have made further ecigures of Fenian papers.
' Orrawa, May 13.~The House of Commons yester-
day, on motion of Mr. Campbell, of Inverness, voted
‘for correspondence respecting carriage of mails across
‘the straits of Canso, Sir John A. MacDonald has in-
troduced a bill extending the Canadian Lusolvent Act
to the whole of the Dominion, With some amendments
the Militia Bill passed through Committee. The form
of oath was changed by omitting reference. to * Dom-
inion of Canada.” A. G. Jones, of Halifax, in the
‘absence of Mr. Savary, moved the second reading of the
“bill authorizing the Nova Svotja Banks to issue notes of
‘emall denominations, like the Banks do in the other
‘Provinges; he argued that as the Nova Scotia Banks
shad to bear harthens, so they should enjoy all the pri-
‘vileges of the Banks throughout the Dominion. The
Bill was regd 9 second time, aud referred to committee
oP ropes and commerce, Hon, Mr. Rose consenting
theteto with the reservation that the Government
would not promise to support the Dill, ae they had the
whole subject of Banking under their consideration and
the framing of a general law..,,.The House met to-day
at lio’clock. Sir John A. MacDonald moved third
‘reading of the bill respecting the duties of Justices of
the out of Sessions, Dorion objected on the
Fund that the Dominion Parliament had no right to
een, is the premises. This point is now under
SHON.
‘ » May 13, eve.—In accordance with a general
Biv. Mm Sesived at in the House of Commons last
‘night, Mr. Gladstone. this afternoon, soon after the
commencement of sitting, moved a bill to prevent the
Chere . pg ed i poe to livings . the _—_
‘Ch or ae ed period and absolutely suspen
ore, of the Gesbealedion of the Irivh Church
1 ishment for the same time.... The Queen, to-
; oy. in presence of a large multitude of spectators, laid
+ with imposing ceremonies the corner stone of the
‘Thamee Hospital, which is to be built on the Thames.
‘ immediately opposite the Houses of Parliament. Her
. njeaty was attended by the Prince and Princess of
‘ and members of the Royal family, and by
— the Ministry and Chief Officers of State...
Corporation of the City of London have presented
on oe ss to the Queen, declaring profound ympathy
. with Her Majesty for injuries received by Prince Aiteed
at the hands of an assassin, and expressing their de-
-testation of the attempted crime..,, The funeral of
Lord Brongham took place to day at‘ Cannes,"
» New York, May 14.—Gold opened at 804.
NDON, wt 6.—Consols 04) a 944 for money ,
verpool Red Wheat I4s. Id.; Pork firmer at 84s. ;
‘Lard cel! at 688. ; common Hosin 60s, $d.; others ap-
changed. The accounts which have been received 5
, mail and telegraph give promise of an unusually large
and fine crop of wheat in the gountry about the Blick
» Vienna, May j4.—Phe Bill guaranteeing the right
trial ‘by Jury passed the Lower House of the Austrian
Kaisrath yesterday, Charles Francia Adams, U. S.
a vga yg o bg seta tte of Lg
» with whom bi & special andience. Mr.
‘Adams Jeft Londgn soon afterwards for the Continent,
dea Mr, Moran in charge of the Ameriean legation
bi y:..,,Gold market steady and unchanged.
| Toronto, May 16,—It is stated that the Conneil of
oy Catholic Bishops, now in seasion at Quebec,
ve chosen Bishop Lynch. of ‘Toronto, to be Arghbieh-
op of the Provinces, subject to confirmation by the
Pope. It ie also announced that Father Dowd. of
iPoutreel will be appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the
: in the room of Bishop Lynch.
° Wasninoton, May 16.—The Impeachment of Presi-
nent J came up at noon to-day in the Senate,
when the question was taken on the 11th article. ‘The
vote stood $5 for conviction, to 19 for acquittal, The
required wraete not being affirmative, the President
Dome op the 11th article. Immediately after
veting, ate +> ae to May 20th.
© Mowrreap, May 14.—A man named Duggan, asaloon
Hg anaot’ with tothe Sapliontcd to’ tao fiot rte
ing, r wit ng implica n the plot for the
, assassination of McGee. ae : °
3 prisoners were examined hefore Jn ourso
¥ had doors aa et aye Bs mins tented
to present in Duggan's house in December when
the md was hatched. ‘Twelve American and
_ twelve n Fenians were also present,
+ One man, called Smith, was selected to do a certain
re could nat say which job it was, bat he
one of them say:—'' My God. if Mr. McGee
paly Frew what he haem store for him. wouldn't he
fs country.” Witness aleo heard another mgn
ray: ‘* Smith, you did that job of burning the Orange
; Airet rate.” Witness identified Whalen as the
Pre preter tt be .
: ve for ‘a to-morrow murnio
in charge of the officers. * .
Mn. Berour rrom a Consxnvatiye potnr oF
view — Few people now in existence. could, five yeare
feo. have hoped to have lived long enough to read in
the Conservative organ of the British Government. the
‘panegyrie.on My. Hright, which appopred in the (lobe
Tt commences thus ;—" Mr. t
noble type; he is the natural succers-
x; he is the great Meta re-
lace. It is tortunaig for Bog-
a n of thie grder, of such a
time moderates hija egtreme opinions with-
bat m his energy, or slimming the splen-
dour of hie . May we always have euch a
_tribone of ." The Globe then goes on to tell
-the world » Bright represents the best apd man-
liest jes of the stalwart Saxon: that he al-
ways ie honest and straightforward; that he has no lust
for office; that if he hits hard he never bite fouls that
pe ie not respected but liked by bis political op-
‘very classes who differ from bin
most nage Ey amy a
‘most of hie glorious * Tribque of the poaple."—
hae been. arrested in Montreal, who
to. asenssinate Hon. TY. D. oe
THE HERALD, WEDNESDAY,
868,
- verano meme
MAY 2!
~coumtmatnnt
Rerata.
— Bhe Mera
Wednesdays, Muy
20, 1sGs.
aan
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THE FISHERIES.
The very proper Legislation of the Dominion Portia.
ment, last Session, and In which the Luperial Govern-
ment concurred, to demand a tonnage duty of 82 from
all American vessels fishing In Colonial waters, has ex-
cited some attention In the House of Representatives at
Washington. The previous tonnage duty of half a
dollar was a farce, which, small as it was, was evaded to
& great extent by American fishermen. The inadequate
force in the Gulfto see that Licenses were taken out at
that rate, necessarily rendered the arrangement a failure,
48 Its success depended altogether upon the honesty of
American masters. Since the Americans, in a fit of re-
venge, were so foolish as to abrogate the Reciprocity
Treaty, and place prohibitive duties upon Colonial pro-
duetions, the Colonists, it must be admitted, are justi-
fied in maintaining, by every means within their power
their treaty rights in the matter of thelr own fisiung
grounds. It is, therefore, a source of satisfaction to us
to find the Dominion and Imperial Goveramenta in wol-
son on this question, determined to enforce ia the most
summary manner the stipulations of the Treaty of 1814,
with reapeet to the Gulf Fisheries, in cases where Am-
erican vessels may be caught fishing without license with-
in thyee marine miles of these shores. 4 large fleet is to
be sent into the Guif to enforce the Legislation of the Do-
miniou Parliament on this question ;and if the Amevicans
fancy they cap violate with impunity Tuternational Law,
they will find theay-eives mach mistaken, According to a
report which we give below, the 4merican Government Is
about to despatch a fleet of war veagels into the Gulf,
ogtensibly for the protection of their own fishermen, but
iu reality, as a menace to Great Britain and her Colonles.
We are gratified to know that Great Britain was never
in a better position to repress domestic treason, or un-
dertake a foreign war, than she Is at present. Fhe
statesmen who guide the destinies of the Empire are
possessed ofthe spirit which brooks neither inanuit to
the national honor, yor vielation of the rights of the sub
ject. The sogner, therefore, this question of the fisher-
les and of Colonial rights Is settled, even if it be at the
canpo’'s mouth, the better. We woul] rather sce an
appeal to arms at once and ihe Colonies annexed, than
submit to perpetual menace, and systematic robbery
ang insult, By the judicious exercise of her invincible
power at this crisis, Great Britain will do a great deal fo
win back the waning loyalty of hey Provinces, and es-
tablish upon this Continent that brilliant prestige which
has attached to her history for upwards of a thousand
years. The Fisherles should bo protected at all hazards:
as much for Imperial interests as for the riguts inyelyed
in the case. The Americans, will thereby be con-
vinced that the Mother Country and her Colonies are tn
earnest about the matter, and the Washington Cabinet
will shape its course accordingly. Judging: from the
subjolued report of proceedings in the House of Repre-
sentatives on the 7th instant, a good deal of “ spread-
eagleism ” was indulged In when the question came up
before that Body, but the good sense of the House pre-
vailed over the combative notions of a curious fish call-
ed Pixe, from the State of Maine, who desired war and
nothing but war with Great Britain. It will be seen
that determination upon the part of Imperial and Colo-
nial Authorities alone is wanted to settle the question
upon a fair basis, until the Reciprocity Treaty is re-
stored, and Free Trade cnee more adopted between the
Colonies and the United States.
* Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, re-
ported a jolut resolution requesting the President of the
United States to send a sufficient number of vessels of |
war to the fishing grounds in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
adjacent to the British provinces for the purpose of pro-
tecting American vessels in the exercise of their rights,
as recognized in the treaty of 1803, outside of one marine
league of the shore line as it follows the indentions of
the coast, and a'so for the purpose of taking care that
valuable property in shipping shall not be confiscated for
alleged infractions of provincial rights in the fishing
grounds; and that whatever punishment for trespass is
inflicted shall he in proportion to the pecuntary Injury
occasioned hy the offence, Mr. Pike proceeded to ex-
plain and adygeate the resolution. He stated, in the
course of his remarks, that the government of the Do.
minion of Canada was proposing to Impose a tax of 84
aton qn American fishing vessels, and to send vessels
of war to enforce that tax. It was, therefore, proper
that the American government shquld send vessels of
war there to protect American interests,
Mr. Benjamin, (rep.) of Mo., inquired whether the
President had not that authority already? —
Mr. Pike replied that it was because Gongress lacked
authority to do that. He went on tq explain that the
third article of the Treaty of Haris recognized certain
rights of American fishermen to fish where they had
been accustomed to exercise those rights till the Con-
vention of 1618; that at that Convention the Amer!can
government, for certain regsons ylelded the right to tieh
within threg miles of certain coasts, and that the question
whether that limjt of three mites should be from head-
land to headland, as contended for by the provincial
authorities, or should follow the iudentions of the coast,
as contended for by the American fishermen,
Mr. Washburne, of Ill., remarked that this was one of
those matters that should be fully considered, for it
certainly Implied that if the government should get Into
a difficnity on the subject it might be a serious one,
The last part of the resolution provided that no greater
punishment should be allowed than was proportionate to
the pecuniary damages occasioned. Who was to be the
jndge of that? To whom was that t power to be
confided? These were questions which should be ver
carefully considered before such a resolution was F
He doubted very much the propriety of passing it with-
out knowing more on the sub!
Mr. Chanler, (dem.) of N. Y., ap the resolution,
The fishing along the ecoust of New England had ceased
to be in the hands of fishermen alono, and had fallen into
the hands of monopolists, who, by organizing large steam
vessels, were absorbing the fishing interests, That was
the case aronnd Cape Cod, ani it extended also to the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, ‘This resolution, therefore, was
intended to protect such fishing monopolies, Another
object of it appeared to be to give inereased value to
= _ yr | —— which the tes mag had
n selling, ¢ it necessary to re-purchase them,
Mr. Date Cre. of Mass., spoke for five minutes in
rt of the resolutfon. It was simp'y that American
fishermen in those —— shonld haye fair play, Tt was
nat 4 declaration of war. There would be no trouble a-
rising ont of It, The President did not propose to in-
terfere unless there was some expression of opinion on
ed — Britain and other nations to protect the
terests of their citizens.
ind Washburne, of pr ’ eh se hy a was to
le; Qn the amount of pecuniary damage
4 Mr. Muley replied that when an aes vessel wan
curried in by the provincial Fog: ab there would bea
naval officer representing United States, and that
when gn American vessel-of-war would see a cojoulal
cutter coming up to carry in a fishing vessel because she
has caught fleh within three miles of the shore the Ame-
rican officer ye gen tye d You eon ood = ean ~
confisgation; I will accompany you in ai respo
for her damage or what wren te 5
opinion that it would be
Mr. expreaped
Segun te werner If a necessity ex-
for sending more naval vessels to the ; gos
thorit, in the President it,
retyeed ta do te Ontowens aneha br tow Soest
them he said the
that our own laws shall be enforced, Are you afraid to
Sagem ae If you are, I hope you will vote down
Mr. Spalding moved to amead the resolution so as to
make it read
That the Presklent he requested to send a sufficient
number of vessels of war to the fishing grounds in the
iulf of St. Lawrence adjacent to the British Provinces,
for the purpose of ing American vessels in the
exercise of their rights as indicated ln the existing trea-
ties.
The previous question was seconded.
Mr. ia p eer te lay the resolution on the table
which was rejected by a vote of 51 to 76.
‘The joint reselution as thas modified was then passed
yeas 92, nays JY ’
THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOUNSON.
Sixew our last Issue, the telegraph has informed us
that President Johason, coutrary to general expectation,
has been virtually acquitted by the United tates Sen-
ate—the Eleventh, and stoongest, article of lmpeach-
ment having broker, down. This proves to us that the
Senate has on this, as on former occasions, proved a
highly Conservative element in the Constitution of the
United States—indeed, we may say its safeguard, The
Impeachment managers appear to have sadly bungled,
and the scenes in the House of Representatives, during
the progress of the trial, for which they are responsible,
are simply disgraceful. The gross personal debate, if
debate “it can be called, on the 2nd Instant, between Re-
presentative Donnelly, of Minnesota, and Senator
Washburne, of Hitnois, was as outrageous and tn ecent
as anything that has ever been reported of a Represen-
tative bods. The foulest epithets were hurled at each |
other. Language such as n> one would expect to
hear outside of the slams of the Five Points, or some
other such dens of Infamy, was used and reiterated In
the halls of Congress, Here ix a speclmen—Mr. Wash-
barne sald it was Donnelly's sche'ue of plunder which
made him (Waslburne) oppose him. “ Every corrupt
measure in Congress had reccived Mr, Donucelly's sup-
port." He (Washburne) “if called upon to make a
personal explanation, should only make it with a mem-
ber (alluding to Donnelly} who is not covered over
with erime and infamy, whose record is not stained |
with every frand—with whiskey and other frauds—with |
aman who has not proved false alike to his friends, his
country, his constituents, his polities, his religion and
his God." ‘This ix only a specimen of mach more of the
same sort from Mr. Washburne, Mr. Donnelly was not
behind in the use of choice Billingsgate. We said of|
Washburne ;—~* If there be in our midst one low, sor-
did, yylgae goul—one mind barren of mediocre intelli-
genee, one heart calioug to every kindly sentiment, and
to every generous emotion, one tongue leprous with
slander, one mouth which is like unto a den of foul
boasts, giving forth deadly odors; If there be one char-
acter which, While blotched and spotted, yet raves and
rants and blackguards like a prostitute; if there be here
one bold, bad, empty, bellowing demagogue, it ts the |
gentleman from ljinols." Fool, liar, blackguard, j
wretch, and such like epithets, are freely used by these
members of Congress to each other, while Speaker Col-
fax sits in his chair and hears it all, and the other mem-
bers laugh and enjoy it as fine fun. No wonder, on
reading over this scene, that the New York Jerald
should exclaim: “ Ilow dreadfully demoralized our na-
tional legislature has become! These foul-mouthed
members and an Incompetent Speaker are bringing the
country Into disgrace, They are utterly unfit for the
positions they occupy. As to Mr. Colfax, if there were
any way of iinpeaching and removing him from the
chair he has so long disgraced, and which he is entirely
Incapable of occupying, it- would be a blessing to the
country.” All these scandalous scenes, however, natur-
ally result from the Jacobin violence and usurpation of
the radical faction in power, and there is little hope of
a change, we fear, until the people become aroused, and
{a the next election send another and better set of men
to Washington.
—
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
Tur Patriot of the 14th says :—* Bishop MeIntyre has
commenced the cellar wall of a Monastary building, on
the lot adjoining Mr. Hyndman’s European Exchange.
Owen Connolly, Esq., is digging the cellar of a new
shop, between the premises of F. LePage, Esq., and
McRae's Tailoring Establishment, and the Queen's
Printer is doing a sfinilar work on his premises near the
Temperance Hall—Messrs. McKinnon and Fraser, Car-
rlage-buikders, are also both preparing to build this
summer. ‘These, with the Bishop's Palace, will be
mneng the civie Improvements for 1868.” With ref_r-
ence to His Lordship Bishop MeIntyre, we may say that
he ts actively engayed in building, not merely a Monas-
tery, but a school for the Christian Brothers, on the site
mentioned by the Putriot, and also a residence for him-
self on the site of Reddin’s red Warchouse, Great
George Street. Before the Autumn, both these build-
ings wiil be completed, to add to the improvements of
the City, and the advantage of the Catholic community.
Too much praise eannot be given to the Bishop for his
sclf-sacrificing efforts to educate the flock entrusted to
his care, With the zeal of tha carly Apostles, he has,
since his elevation to the episcopacy, and without any
strain upon the community, foanded institutions of
learning throughout the Colony, whose fruits, already
experienced, will be known and appreciated many years
after their author shall have passed to another world to
enjoy the rewards of his labor. Under his auspices,
aided by a zealous Priesthood and obedient laity, Stately
temples are being erected to the worship of God, to
bless, with the benign influence of religion, the land
wherein they exist. The foundations of the moral and
intellectual superiority of the Catholic population are
being laid broad and deep, so as to be prolonged into
future generations. Altogether, the prospects of the
Catholle Church in this small Island of the Gulf of St.
Lawrenee are as bright and cheering as in any portion
of Her Gracious Majesty's American possessions. May
they improve flay by day, and long may the noble and
accomplished Prelate, by whose zeal this state of affairs
has been brought about, be spared to us to guido us by
hia wisdom, and to stimulate us by his energy and liv-
Ing faith, ‘To return to the buildings now in course oferee-
tion, it may not be amiss to state that they will be some
thing noble in thelr style and dimensions. The Christian
Brothers’ School, for example, is to be elliptic in style,
seventy-seven feet in length by forty-six in breadth,
and four stories high. The Episcopal residence is to be
a combination of the Gothic and elliptic styles—the in-
side consisting of Gothic tracery, with square windows
and Gothic tracery on the outside, Its dimensions will
be sixty-one feet jn Jength by forty-nine in hreadth, and
four stortes high, he Colonial Building, where the
assembled wisdom of the Colony congregates once a
year, will be shabby contrasted with either of the
buildings whose proportions we have just given, and
Groat George Street will take precedence as the princi-
pal thoroughfare of the ity, from the number and
character of the buildings which will adorn it hefore
the close of summer,
Tue Patriot contains a case of “ remarkable preser-
vation of a lost child.” A little boy, three and a half
years old, gan of Mr. Aloxander Stewart, of Spring-
town, Lot 67, strayed away from home on the 18th
metant, and after being exposed to the inclewency of
the weather for twenty-loar houra, without food, bare-
footed, and thinly clad, was found sate and sound, by
his parents und their neighbors, who turned out in force
to find the little wanderer.
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OBITUARY.
Died, at the North american Hotel, Charlottetown,
on Wednesday, the 13th instant, from Inflammation of
the Lungs, after an illness of fourteen days, Edmand
FP. Byrne, Esq., Assistant Postmaster-General of this
Island, aged twenty-six years. The deceased was be
young man of exemplary eharscter and superior abili-
ties. His unassuming disposition seeured for him mary
warm friends in Charlottetown, where, previous to bis
appointment to the Post Office Department, he had been
doing business for a few years. Tn his official capacity,
he gave every satisfaction, both to the Government and
to the public generally,—nor are we surprised at this
from our knowledge of his urbane nature, his aptitude
for official dutive, and his zeal in the discharge thereof.
The principal support of a widowed mother, and cut
off in the early bloom of manhood, when his intellect
and character were beginning to make him knows, and
appreciated, he died uuiversally regretied by the com-
tunity at large. Byt to as, who knew him intimately,
aud enjoyed his friendship, his untimely death is a
source of poignant grief. Le sleeps, however, the
sleep of peace ; for whilst he wished, for te sake of
others rather than himself, to live, he died in resigna-
tion to the Divine Will, at peace with God and man,
and fortified by the last Sacramente of the Church, ad-
ministered to him by the Very Rev, De, MacDonald.
We sincerely sympathize with his sorrowing friends, and
offer them our condolence on this melancholy occasion.
We unite with them in the prayer that the doar deceased
may reat in peace, and we entertain a well-grounded
belief that he bas passed from a miserable world of
trials and temptations to a happy and immortal home.
Tun ** Case” or Nova Scorta.—Respecting this
sublect, the London correspondent of the Toronto
GloLe, writing under date of April 25th, furnishes the
following :—-
“The case of Nova Scotia malcontents will be
brought before the House of Commons by Mr, Bright,
people of that province,
who will move that counsel bo heard on their behalf,
at the bar or the Howse. Mesera. Howe and Annand
have retained My, Vernon Haneourt (Historiens,) as
counsel for the anti-Confecerate party. ‘These gentle-
nen declare that they will be content with rn Oe
of a Parliamentary Committee, and it is probable that
Mr Bright will, make a motion to that efieet, The m-
tention was to bring the subject before the Honee in
the course of next week, bot itie expected that the Irish
debates will prove an unsuperable obstacle to that ar-
rangement. I do not think there 1s the slightest chance
that even a motion for inquiry will be paseed, or that
more will be done than is involved iu making a Varlia-
mentary demonstration.
The Duke of Backingham will, of course, decline to
comply with the request of the Nova Seotia petitioners ;
but T isdess his formal answer will be expressed in
terms #0 coruteons and conciliatory, that the anti-Con-
federationists will almost forgive the Duke for refusing
to take & party and local view of a great Imperial ques-
tian,
We think onr contemporary the Islander made a
mistake as to the nature of the * Extraordinary mete-
orice appearance ’’ which he witnessed at Cape Tra-
verde on the 13th inst. The ** extraordinary appear-
anoe"’ referred to seemed to us to be the outer lining
of a cloud touched by the light of the sun already below
the horizon. The peentiar conformation of the clouds
in the Northern and Western parts of the heavens at
that hour in the evening occasioned the sinuous, zigzag
streak of light witnessed by oar econtemporary—and
considering that the luminoas track at one time seemed
to be connected with the bright atav Venus, visible for
a time, the mistake is easily accounted for,
Arcuptsnor Conno.tsy’s Ornation.—The voice of the
leading Canadian papers confirms us in our expressed
opinion that the oration of His Grace Archbishop Con-
nolly, on the oceasion of the Reqguem High Vass, in
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Halifix, foi the repose of the soul
of the late Hon. Thos. D'Arcy McGee, was a mastor-
plece of pulpit eloquence—far away in advance of any
similar effort that has yet come under public notice. It
isa noble tribute of friendship to departed greatness,
and as the lessons contained in It are applicable to less
exalted personages, we will endeavor to publish it in
our next No,
Tue Westainsrer Review for April, contates the
following articles:—1. Don Quixote; 2. The Pilgrim
and the Shrine; 3. Modern Notions of Government;
The Irish Question; 4, Hindoo Epic Poetry; The Ma-
habara‘a; 5. Popular Education; 6. The Church System
of Ireland and Canada; 7. Spiritual Wines; 8. De-
moeratic Government In Victorla; Contemporary Liter-
ature.
We are indc'ted to the Very Rev. Dr. Hannan, of Mah-
fux, for a copy of “ Reports of the School Commission-
ers for the City of Halifax for the years 1866 and 1867,
with Extracts from the Laws relative to Public Educa-
tion; Outline of a System of Public Schools for the City
of Halifax; and other information.” We hope to make
use of this Pamphlet before long.
We understand that about forty Militia-men of Col.
McGill's Regiment are to be sued up to a Magistrates’
Court, in City Ilall, on Saturday next, for non-attend-
ance atdrill, A previous batch were had up and fined
on Saturday last,
Tum body of the late Michacl MeWade Esq. of
Souris, was recovered on Wednesday last, in a good
state of preservation, and was immediately forwarded to
Souris for interment. It was found not fur distant from
the spot where he fell in,
We beg to fail attaution to the advertisement In to-
day's paper concerning the Buckerr Reaping and Mow-
ing Machine. It is said to be superior to MANNy's, and
can be obtained on reasonable terms on application to
Mre Stewart, the Agent for this Island,
F. Hynpman, Esq., R.N., an old school fellow of ours,
has been appointed assistant Paymaster in charge to the
Newport, detailed for surveying service in the Mediter-
ranean, We congratulate our friend upon his appoint-
ment,
Jas. F. Montcomeny, Esq., has imported this spring,
four new kinds of seed potatoes for the use of his tenants.
This is the sort of spirit which ought to actuate all land-
lords, and the exercise of which would be productive
of contentment amongst the tenantry.
Crnisty's Amateur Minstrels gave two performances
in Temperance Hall last week, The performances, we
learn, deserved better patronage than they received.
The Mingtreis promise to visit Pictou during the sum-
mer, and give a performance thero,
SumMenstpe promises to have an opposition steamer
this season, a New Brunswick Company being about
to place the steamer Emperor on the route between the
ae Shore, Shediae, Summerside, Charlottetown and
jctou, '
We learn that Professor Ingles has signified his in-
tention of withdrawing from the Prince of Wales
College at the termination of his present term of agree-
ment, ho being about to return to Scotland.
Tue Hon. G. W. Howlan will please accept our
thanks for a copy of the St. Louis Guardian, contain.
ing an able article on the late Hén, Thomas D'Arcy
MeGee. Having commenced republishing the article
from the New York Tablet, on the same subject, before
the Guardian came to hand, the necessity for using the
latter is obviated, and we therefore return the paper.
An Ottawa despatch says that an efficient marine
police foree is to be established, the Home and
Canadian Governments each paying half the expense,
Formerly, three warnings were given to vessels iMegal.
ly engaged in fishing: now, every foreign vessel fishing
within British jurisdiction, without a license, is at once
seized,
We are in receipt of a copy of the May number of tho
Dominion Monthly, which, as usual, is well filled with
choice reading matter. This namber, among other at-
tractive features, contains a portrait of th :
T. D. McGee, yo ee
The Tablet inseribed on the wall of DesRarret's
Block, Ottawa, was anveiled a few days ago. The in-
eeription is as followa:—* Here fell, on the soventh of
| April, 1868 he the assassin's hand, the ion. Thomas
D'Arey MeGee."
A return which has been laid before the Honse of
Commons, at Ottawa, respecting the extent of the rail-
wave inthe Dominion, shows that in Ontario and
Que-
j bee. there are 2.188 miles of track; in N Seot
jand New Branewick 2,522. ' ity ”
Tux Spring vessels are arriving, Tho Folans has
arrived from Glasgow; the Consort, frow Liv: rpoal
has also arrived, and the Undine is said te bo of the
Harbor.
A French paper states that Sothern, the Englieh
Actor, has gone eratv. He mmagines he haa eleven fin-
gers, and passes all day in counting his ten, In order to
| find the missing digit.
Tr ts saki that there isan agent of the Nova Scotia
| favernment at present in this elty, with the view of
purchasing potatoes, oats &e., for some of the poorer
Tur peor people of Cape Breton petitioned the Do-
minton House of Commons for assistance, and were met
with a prompt refusal. They are to be pitied,
Tur Rev. Thos. Danean, of St. James! Chureh,
Charlottetown, Is on a visit to his native land, Scotland,
for the benefit of bis health.
Tur first Prize Meeting of the Dominion Rifle Assocl-
ation will take place at Montreal, on Wednesday, the
15th September,
Tw the Hotel des Tava'ides at Paris are still to be found
940 soldiers of the first Napoleon, among them one wha
lost both legs more than seventy-five years ago,
The Conrt of Commissioners for the recovery of Small
Debts at Cranhorey point, Lot 36, has been remo ed to
Fletgher'’s Corner, Fort Augustue,
Mownnay, the 25th inst.. will be observed asa Hob.
day at the Public Oflives in consequence of the Anni-
versary of Her Majesty's birth falling on Sunday.
Ricuarp Hupson, Esq , of Tryon, has been appoint.
ed Commissioner for taking affidavits to be used n the
Supreme Court of Judicature of this Island.
Tur Hon. Attorney General, the Hon. Mr, Haythorno,
and the Hon, Mr, Haviland have been in Halifax during
the past week
Sir Roderick J. Murchison hav been elected a foreign
member of the Paris Academy of Science, in place of
Professor Farady, deecased.
Atarnr If, Yarrs. Feq., has been appointed Marshal
of the Viee Admiralty Court of this Island, in the place
of Robert Hyndman, Esq., deceased.
Fiusr Arrival Tuts Sprina.—The Ship L. C. Owen,
Brown, master, arrived here on Thursday, from Liver-
pool with a general cargo of goods for this port.
The death is announced of Sir James Simpson, who
succeeded tothe command of the British troops before
Sebastopol, on the death of Lord Raglan.
Since the assassination, Mr. Notman, Montreal, has
oe 59,000 photographs of the late Man, dD,
eGee,
Vesuvins ie said to have refoymed. It seems to have
abandoned its Violent courses, and hag very nearly quit
smoking.
Mr. Kennedy, the Seottish Vocalist,
ITalifax next July,
SuVERAL cargoes of hay have been imported Into Sum-
merside and Orwell this spring.
Net, Rankin, Esq., is going to have an exhibition of
Fine arts tn his Auction Rooms this day.
Tue submarine cable between tiis Island
Malalond is agai repaired.
Tun dwelling house of Lewis Wright, Esq., of Searle.
town, Was consumed by fre on Thursday last.
tY Gausraitu's Baxp will play on Hillsboro
Square on Thursday evening, at 7 Pelod, ass
Two live Fenians are reported to have been arres
recently at Woodstock, N. B. -
Tur City Fathers are doing a good wo
Queen Street Macadamized. .. venders
ia expected iy
and tha
The interior of the Halifax Hotel, durin
month, has been thoroughly renovated, ata large out-
lay to the —. The house now is in excellent
condition, and we are pleased w learn, extensively
patronized. In the management of the establishment
the ee. is assisted by his son Alexr, Heaslein
#0 Sa known as clerk, and by Mr. French as
steward,-—Judging from present appearances, and the
large and increasing amount of travel, We expect soon to
see an addition made to the building. —Jz, Express.
thy and ben-
the soul which
the past
Symparay AND Benkvotence.—Sym
evolence constitute those finer feelings o
at once adorn human natare, What is it that guards
oor helpless infancy, and instructs our childhood but
sympathy? Whiatis it that performs all the kind offices
of foendsbip, in viper years, bat sympathy? Whatis
it that consoles us in our last momeuts, and defends our
character when dead, but eympathy? A person with-
out sympathy, and living only for hunself, is the baseat
and most odious of characters,
Trikes Woxvens In Heaven.—John Newton says,
* When T get to heaven, I shall see three wonders there.
The first wonder shall be to see so many people there
whom I did not expegt to sev; the second wonder will
be to miss many whom I did expect to see; and the
third and greatest wonder of al! will be to find myself
there.”
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On Lot 40, at his residence, Thomas Donovan, Black
Smith native of the Parish
County Waterford, Ireland,
May he rest in peace,
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