Summerside Journal -- 1866-12-20 -- Page 2

aboot the goth inst, ri

THR TASH “RENRIAAGN” OF “Ae

Dering Ure spring avd eammer of 1646
weowing
divsati-iection among Cie poopie ot tie Seath

thove were sighs 90) diwconiont wad

of Teeland, ated wos deemed necessary to bn
ercase the military force of the Crown in that
country, ‘Toward the latter end of July a
widesprond] insurrection was expecidéd to take
piace et way toment., 82000 regalia troops
wet stalioned in the island the writ of Habeas
Coryiwa was Faypaiolod and a reward of £500
vfl®red tor the ayprchension of O'Brien, and
£309 each tor Meagier, Dilion and Doheny.
A Piper cate’ the Merion, which had for a!
Jong tie bewt sewing the eeed of t
We sOpytepseal, and the editor ajei ally
counected with it imprisoned. Ex
ya Mthictoriee or pikes were discovered in
Dublin weal all the chief towns und cities in
tag Westamd Soaih, and the peoasaniry of
Clomid, Waterford and ‘Tiperary swore to
fight Othe last in defence ot iy leaders
whw had ep refuge ainoug them. These
Jeatlets, Smith O'Brien gsmong the rest, threw |
ofthe mask which they lad previously worn, |
aad avowed their determined purpose to first!
Kill or cay ture the Imperial army and then to |
establish’: Republican Government, Ona the |
und of August, Viscounte tbardi who was!
thon Vommander-in-Chict of the British army
srvived in Treluid and assumed conmmind in}
perspn of ai troops stitioned there for
the purpos: of preserving liw and order. |
umerous arrests were made throughout the |
svountpy, bul as yes, the principal leaders re- |
majued secret amoung the mountains, where ir}
Was Announced by the sensation-monszers ol}
that day, and at once believed by a large pro- |
purtion of a too confiding public, that 100,000 |
disciplined and’ well armed men were under}
the command of the insurgent chieftains, and
waited but their nod to pour like an avalanche |
inte the'tair valleys of the Emerald fle, ant!
drivy the accursed Saxon into the sea, We,
diention this canard as a specimen of what)
auay, not iimprobably, be invented by the
s\imerican press, anil transmitted to this coun-

" About the middle of Augrst occurred
teat battle of Barringary,” between a
Tew policemen, who were in quest of Smith
O'Brien, and the mob. This *battle of the
potitoe patch,” which is never heard or spoken
of without laughter, was first announneed in}
New York by the N.Y. Vribune, a glori-
vous viclory for the cause of freedom.” The}
British troops were reported + utterly deteated
and destroyed, On the strength of this un-
Tounded statement, the ‘Irish Directory” in
New York, with which the philosophical
ilorace Greely was himself connected, col-
lected a large amount of additional funds from
the easily deluded Trish inhabitants of that
wity, which, together with many thousand of
aiollurs previously collected, never went any
further than the pockets of the individuals
who composed the Directory. Not a few
American sympathizers were, at this time,
Known to bein [reland,and the Imperial Goy-
ernment notified the United States authorities
that if any of these persons were founfl aiding
or assisting in the rebellion they would be
forthwithlmng. QOnthe 2hot August, Smith
4)’ Brien, the leader of the revolt, was arrested
at Thunles, und with his capmre the rebellion
(if it could be dignified by that name) cnded.—
tlamiiton Spectator,

;

THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

A correspondent of the Bestan Courter
writing from England to that journal gives
the following -interesting account of this ex-
tensive establishment,

©The Bank of England is an immense af-
fair, covering an area of eight acres, and
employing upwards of 1090 clerks, &c., in its

vast operations. By the kindness of a friend

we were admitted to the purts of it from which j
the public are excluded. We first went to
the bullion vaults. ‘Phere we saw a pile of
Lags filed with American gold contsining
about S4.000.000 and some twelve or fifteen
trucks, on each of which lay bars of gold each
one of which contained abe $5000 worth of
the metal. By a rough cateulation of mine
q reckoned the gold on the trucks to be worth
“about $60,000,000, In another room we saw
bags, boxes und kegs of silver to a very large
amount. Wethen went to the cancelled note
room, You must remember that every Bank
of Englintiwte is printed in duplicate, and)
one copy repaid but twice from the bunk, but)
every one that comes back is then recorded in
‘Looks for the purpose, tied up in’ bundles and
stored away for seven years, and then burned.
dtonce, ny loyal question arises about any
note, it can be traced and found in a few
minutes, so perfect are their arrangements.
When you remember that a’Bank of England
note is wboat twice as wide as a greenback,”
and that between 40 and £50,000 often come
in during the day, you see how vast the accu-
jiulation will be.

We were in one reom that had the receipts
of two years, and there were about $3,000,-
000,000, 2 sum that bewilders ene to imagine.
A package containing £1,009,000, was placed
in iny hands, #0 that for about halt a minute
I was a millionaire, but like all other million-
nires Fhad to give up my treasures, only I

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SUMMERSIDE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DRCEMBER 20, 1866,

ter Vekweas Banths. — Tie Womlen
corp spondeat ed det Hieawe Uistane. whe
has heen making Pesenrches ofeong the
dally mewspapers at Tent cit, ivex sone
interesting Statistics on the spbinet, OF
the Toa h * Tava inlermed that its
ciwulation, merning aud evening, is about
60.000, ond Unet Hts met protts lost year
net tar fran £90,000 . 8250,0900."
The mest popular paper in Ragland, owing!
to its cheapaess aid its powertul advocacy
of the Reform garsti is the London
Telegraph. Wt tea moming paper only,
and its civeulation ranges from 15,000 te)
160,000 dadiy, ail its profits last vear were
within adraction of $260,0% The Sta
dard, a cheap paper somewhat similar to
ast mentioned, circulates in its morn-
wad evening editions abort $5,000
copies, Melding a profit last: year oC uot
far trom $126,000. ‘The Meralid, the only
tory oman, has a daily circulation of 1900
only, Which pays, however, about $10,000
profits, The Morning -ldeertiser, Ue vie-
tular's paper, has a circulation of 25,000,
and cleared Last year 860,000. “Phe Marn-
y Post, the avistocratic organ, circulates |
rbot |
ably |
re-

SANs,

|

i
even less than the /ferald, and pay

tue same. Phe Daily News, so bavor
known here for its opposition to the

bellion, gets ereditin well intormed ¢ es, |
tor a daily civeulation of 6000, The Sfar, |

unt

John Brights orzan, in which he i
owner and sometimes a contributor, rt
morning and evening edition, and cireu-
fates about 30,000 copies daily, and the

3 stockholders of the Star property divided

among thelr own selyes, on the first of hast
January, « little more than 40,000,

PROPOSED INTERCOLONIAL SPEAM-
SHIP COMPANY... va

We have before us the prospectus of the
proposed Company, with list of Provincit!
Direetors, who are losding 1aen in ‘Poronto,
Hamilton, London, and the West, generally.
‘They include the Ton. W. McMaster, M. L.
C., and the Hon. W. P. Howland, M. P. P.,
Minister of Finanee, both of Toronto, the
ifon. John Carting, London, C. W.. Donald
Metnnes and Adam Brown, Esqa., Hamilton;
David Allen, Psq.. Guelph, &e., . The|
Provisional ‘Treasurer is Jolin Proctor, Esq.,
Ilamilton. The proposed capital of the com-
pany is $259,000, (with power to increase),
and the shares S100 each, so as to embrace a
large nuinberef interests. ‘The object of the
any iy to promote trade with the Lake
rio ports and the Maritime Provinces.
to be carried on by « trt-iweekly line
of first-class lron Sevew Steamers, which are
totouchat Shediac, Charlotielown aad Dictou.
+ They will be employed during the seas
open navigation between the above ports, and
during the winter months inthe West India
‘Trade, or on the route be tween Th
Boston,”

the most improved design adapted for the
navigation between the Ports of Lake Ontario

terying capacity equal to 6,000 barre |s
4,000 barrels, or an equivient, could
be carried through the Locks en the St. Liaw-
rence ( and the balance of the
taken dn board at Mon and Quel
‘Lhe commercial statisties upon which the
success of the proposed enterprise rests are
well known. ‘Phe Maritine Provinees, in-
cluding Newfoundland, iuported the following
articles last yenr
Flour, 876.53 barrcis:
Beef, Pork and Hams, 5.160,000 pounds ;
Butter, 725,000 pounds ;
Boots and Shous, 4.784 packages;
‘besides

of ilour;

other articles not enumer- |
. The Prospectus says:

‘Subsequent investigation have developed
the fact that most of the commodities have |
been the produce of Canada, but supplied |
through the United States under the Reci-
procity Treaty.”

Canada, now shut out from the United States
markets by the abrogation of the Reciprocity
‘Treaty, proposes to supply the Maritime Pr
vinees directly with the produce which we
have been taking tadivectly, and also to curry
back such articles as we can supply. The
Prospectus greatly understates what may be
the capacity of the Maritime Provinces in this
respect; time and expericnce alone can reveal
the extent of the trattic that will spring up.
Tt sa

Canada. on the other hand. offers to. the
Maritime Provinces, a large and profitable
market for their Coal, Fish, Fish-oils, &c¢., as
well as Sugars and other West India products
—with any, or all, of which the return cargo
could be completed

The Coal ef Nova Scotia is of excellent
quality, both for houschold and furnace pur-
poses, and also for the manufacture of gas.
Tt is fully equal to, if not batepe inn, the coal
now so largely imported from the United
States. The consumption of coals is yearly
increasing in Canada, and must continue to
increase. ‘Ihe Nova Scotia coal can be pur-

many

jad not quite as much trouble with mine as
many of the others, uet having te take care of

itso jong, perhaps il did me quite as much}
[ saw one note that)
ayas issacd in 1690, and had been out of: the |
dank for nearly one hundred and fifty years, |

qoud as theirs often do.

and others nearly as old as that one,

We then went to the printing and binding
rooms, tur they do all their own work of that
kind, and saw all the various processes.
printing machines number gach note as it is
struck off} by a curious arrangement in the
press, and every note is registered by the

jaaehine itself as itis printed, so. that’ none!

canbe stolen by the workmen, ‘The paper is
alsg mrinutactured here, and it is in the water
marks of the paper that the difficulty of coun-
turteiting lies. ‘The notes are signed also by
mmachivery, and the whole process is very
«curious.

The testing room for coin was also inter-
esting. The gold sovereigns, as they come
in, are put ina large hopper, which distributes
them. “These tubes are then placed on a
weighing machine so delicately adjusted that
it will register one hundredth purt of a grain.
'The sovereigns slide slowly from the tube
intora little channel, were they are weighed
us they pass. If full weight the machine drops
them on-one side, if light, it tosses them over
to the other with an almost conteniptible ting,
and they are taken to another machine, and
éhere cut through the edye, so that they ean-
not go dato virculation again, About thirty-
Ave theusand per day muy be tested in. this

sway. In the coin ruom, we were shown bags
on bags of various coin, and ove containing
£1,000 was put into my hands, giving me com-
mand of more gold than Tain likely to handle
again, ‘These details will be enough to en-
able you to see whit a vast concern is this
great Bank of Kngland.”

‘There are in Canada 13 railways, with 2.184
wiles of round opened for traffic. Names—
Grent Western.5464 mile irand Trank, 857;
London and Port Stanley, 25; Welland, 254;
Northern and Canada, 97; Port Hope, 443
Peterbora ancewort ope, 62; Coburg and
Peterboro,—yPuckville and Ottiwa, 87 + Otti-
wa and Pre: t, S64; Caidlon and Greenville,
Bo; Stursténd and Chowbly, 43; St. Lawrence
und Industry, 12 miles open ‘otal cost of
roads, with equipments 6121,548,159.

It is stated that the Hon, John Morriséy, of
New York, fias given $7,000 tu a Church fa
that city. e

A despatch per Atlantic Cable states that
the Jelegates are w ng together very har-
moniously in Lond ‘

A statue of Queen Victoria is to be exccu-
ted by Marshall Wood, for the city of Mon-
trol, * ”

The light house on Tron Bound Island, en-

+] 2.210 Ibs.

The}

chased at Pictou at about, $2.50 per ton of
so thatafter allowing a very re-
rate of freight to the steamers, it
could be laid dow.: in ‘Toronto or Hamilton at
$5.00 per ton, a price considerably below that
of the coal imported from the State of Ohio.
Ttis trom the State of Ohio that the best
buiiding stone of Canada is Supplied. We
recently expressed the opinion that our build-
‘ing stone is not inferior to any imported to
| Canada, being deemed amongst the very best
which New York and Porthind Me... ean ob-
| tiing but on this point we shall be in a posi-
tion to speak with more accuracy ina short
jtiue, If the opening up of this trade leads
hus to go more into fishing and to the West
India ‘Trade, we shall not want for return
curgoes to send to Canada even should our
minerals and mineral products not be taken
in such gnantities in Canada as we lave rea-
son to believe they will be. We have. said
enough to show that the proposed Company
merits the best attention of cur merchants and
capitalists.
little difficulty, we apprehend, in’ raising a
eapital of $250,000, and placed under good
management, there can be litde doubt that
the proposed line of steamers will give a vast
impetus to intercolonial commerce and obtain
a large amount of trafic. Copies of the Pro-
spectus will no doubt shortly be placed in the
News Room, and cirewated aniong our mer-
cantile men, for their niature consideration,
Meanwhile we are willing to do our own part
in makiog known the nature of an enterprise
which promises to. be fraught with ¢o many
commercial advantages. — St, Juha Journal.
BORCHERS US GABON AE Gaerne
PRUSS ON PRESIDENT
SON'S MESSAGE,
The following opinions are expressed of
President Johnson's Message: ‘The New
York World says—‘* Both the tone and the
arguinents of the message are excellent. In
dignity, decorum, and chaste simplicity of
language, few nessages ever sent to Congress
hi been more creditable, It is entirely
free from the agperity sometimes too treely
exhibited in Mr. Jolinson’s popular speeches.
In his reasoning there is nothing wire-drawn
—there are no fetches of ingenuity—but a
straightforward presentation of the solid
ground of Ifis policy, Tf the exelusion of part
of the States from Congress is justifiable now,
it will be equally «justifiable ten, twenty, fifty
yeaas hence. The logical consequence is a
verpetual dissolution of the Union.” The
Kew York Times says the ** Message his the
merit of comparative brevity. It discusses
aspect of the restoration question, embodies
the salient points of the Department reports,
offers suggestions on minor matters of prac-
tical legislation, and glances at our foreign
relutions—all with moderation and good tem-
per, though not with uniform good taste A

| muneratiy

TUE JOUN-

trince fo Mahone Bay, wall bedightcd on or

ville sen tht

j middle ages.

| government, and studied it loug and. closely,

If it be formed, and thore will be |

ercement te the Cont after the Wary had
rendonsl thelr verdict. Tomay be cousared
to a histery ot Fiernece, omitting tire revolution
which ovwthrow the Beurhomeoax a trivial
matter net worth mentioning in y ming their
claiins te dhe thettee.” Uhe New Verk Tri
hune has © ne heart te dwell apon this dreary,
litelows qlecitnent there ie nethingr chat any
loyal man con pead with comtert or ope.
Andrew Johnson tease much nn efemy ax
when #6 taonsced the nation from lis White
Howse steps ten mowths aga te dove ie
mean to gad us in the work ef reconsteuction
Phe daty develving Upén Congtess becomes
mere svlema and responsible, and we look to
Congress with infinite yearning.” The San
save the message “+ bears evidence of ear ful
and thonghiful preparation, is dignified in
tone, able in argument, reapectinl in lain-
wuage — yet frm: and decisive in’ the opin-
fon expre upon matters of national con-
cern, asa dit y production, the message is

editable to the President. It is clear in ex-

News by the Cable!
Rome, Dee. 1. |
The man Who gave information which!
lod te the arpest of Sarratt, is a French
Canadian, named St. Marie, who was tor-
merly a Union sojfier, and afterwards
served in the PapaP Zotayes, Both he |
and Surratt were in love with the same |
lady in Washington, and St. Marie betray- |
ed Surratt throteh i alousy. tle says)
| Surratt told him that Mr, Lincoli’s assassi- |
nation wits a preconcerted plot, that he,
Surratt, carried trom Jel, Davters &
net at Richmond the principal details of
pression, euphonious, and grammaiies!, and the plot to Washington, and that the as: |
the only ground for criticism is found in the Sasstuntion was not only in -aceordance
prosility of its sentences—the absense of with Jon Davis's Cabluct, but done by
terseness and pointedness, ‘The paper as a) their dircetions and orders,
whole, is above the average of state papers | Rome, Dee. 12.
in point of ability.” | This morning the French troops evacua- |
ted the Castle of St. Angelo. The French |

Prerty Goop.—A Baptist: minister was | flgy was run down, and the Pontifical
once placed in very peculiar circumstances. colors hoisted. ‘Phe 29th regiment left for
ft is not said that the language which he used France.
at the close of these cireninstances was meant) | The Pope will stay at Civita Vecchia ten
as an argument tor his manner of thinking. days,

Lt would only seem that, with the wisdom | Dresden, Dee. 11.
which common sense imparts, lie made, the) Saxon officers refuso to serve under

best of a bad case | Peussia, and have resigned.
He was invited by a Methodist minister to a
preach in his pulpit, He performed the ser-) Conoxen's Ixquest.—An inquest was held
vice, As soon as he had closed, the Metho-|jetore Dr. Beer, one of the Coroner's for
dist weat dowa trom the pulpit, and stood in Queen's County, on Monday last, on the body |
front ofatable. ‘Phe Baptist did not know} of Margaret Hewit, who died suddenly on!
what was to be done, but supposing there was | Sunday morning. After hearing the evidence,
no hari to fullaw, also descended, and took | medical and otherwise, the Jury returned a
his seat in achairbehindthe table. ‘Lhe Bap-! verdict of * death from inflamation ¢.u-ed by
tist. from his labors in the pulpit, had become | the use of ardent spirits.”— Ec.
very thirsty, and seeing a bowl of water on :
the tuble, immediately drank it up. Brown's Vermifuge Comflts or Worm Loz-
The Methodist, by thle time, had hegun to} enges, contain no form of mercury to which
speak. Tho Baptist listened, and he found! pany worm remedies owe their eflicacy. The
that some persons were soon to be christened, | ingredients are well calculated for the purpose
whieh, of course, came in conflict with the | they are intended to accomplish ving been
Baptist’s vie hut what troubled him now! yscd with success by eminent medical men in
the moot wes, that although there had been) purope.
“enough water, he had used it all to quench |
his thirst,” ‘ankles for sevoral years und could get no re-

__ His feelings, as might be supposed, were jer until Pused J. B. Fitch's Golden Oint-
indescribably painful—his terror was now at | sUieMlcl liu cured nie:

its height, as he saw his Methodist brother Mrs. ELISHA PORTER,
xbout to place his fingers in the bowl, but ap- | A aeutlh
proaching him he said. with as much compo-) | a es
sv of countenance as he could command: | he Mother can rely upon Mrs. Winslow's
““My dear brother, [am sorry to inform you, , Seething Syrup to give rest and health to her
that [have drank up your little Jordan, en- | child. It not only relieves the child: from
tirely dry Carolina Baptist. ‘pain, but regulates the stomach and bowels,
4 ‘ tcures wind colic, sofiens the gums, reduces
influmation, and will carry the infant safely

I heve been tronbled with Erysipelas in my

Summerside Journal,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1968.

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pa No notice con be taken of anonymous

Jecommontcetiora We must knew the names)
| and addresses tof Our correspondents me a uae |

ranty of thaie god faith, We entivet under. |
take to return comiuunications that are hut used |

\
CHRISTMAS DAY,
Berorn we again address our readers
Christmas shall have come and gone, Ere
it be too late then,we, in the good old fash-
ioned phrase, wish them a Merry Cunist-
mas. Weare among those Who devoutly |
believe in Christinas. We think that there
is no more appropriate season tor general |
rejoicing than that day which is kept in

commemoration ef the birth of the Rr-
bEemMER of mankind. If there is any tine
more than another when our hearts should
be filled with gratitude te Gop, and with
love for our ftellow-creatures, it surely is
on the anniversary of that day which was
heralded by the angels of Heaven singing
‘fon earth peace, good will toward men,”
At this joyous season particularly, every
one should endeayor to pat in practice the
distinguishing principle of our Holy Re-
ligion of love toward each other, . ‘The
cifort to banish from our minds, even for
asingle day, hates, dislikes, uncharitable
thoughts, and the whole brood of unloyely
feelings and passions. cannot fail of doiug
a world of good to those who honestly aud
heartily makg it. The attempt sincerely
mide to be at peace with all the world,
and the cndeayor to make every one
around us happy, must exercise a bene-
ficial influence on ourselves and on all
those with whom we may happen to come
in. contact. How pleasant, evén for a
single day, to see all faees beaming with
sniiles, to hear none but kind words ut-
tered, and good wishes expressed. What
ean be more gratefail to the really bene-
volent heart, than to sve all young, and
old, grave and gay, high and low, vieh
and poor, heartily enjoying themsely
Jand being drawn closer to one another by
mutual good wishes and kindly offices,

SCRAATT! | through the evitical period of teething. :
| ho enpture of John UW. Surratt, onc of tic; wor toma R Ru uae
| parties charged with conspiring to murder the | CHRISTMAS EVE,

late President Lincoln, is agreateyentforthe! The following beautiful lines are from
United States. ‘The extreme ee ey | Alo pen Of Tew Craig, of Edinburgh, and
who insist on explicating ex-President Davis | : DN
Bea bee : have been selected for the * Journat.
in that foul deed, will doubtless bestir theim- | y y
On this blessed eve we sing

selyes to extort from Surratt such a confes-
i i q is.) Glad tidings! Glad tidings !
sion as my secure the execution of Davis. | ad tidings! Glad tidings ¢

The Boston Advertiser says on this su'ject:— ‘To men of good will we bring
Glad tidings! Glad tidings !

“Surratt stands as the only known repre- |
sentutive ofa conspiracy which, though it was |
formed and culminated within the last two} . ; ct Bp
years, though six or seven of its members | He who was the King of kings—
have been arrainged and convicted, though! He and none other—
the most accute legal minds have been ene
ployed to sift it to the bottom, is to-day wrap-
ped in as dense and unfathomable mystery as |
Ore sy similar plot in the dimbess of the |
The extent of the general ig- |
horance about itinay well be guaged by the}
fact that of the two well known gentlemen |
who were put in charge of the case by the

Came not. borne on angels’ wings
To His poor mother.

‘or he came to weep and smile,

Humble und lowly ;
Came to share all pain and toil,

Oac still declaring that Jefferson Davis was| Making them holy.
the chief conspirator, while the other stikes
his reputation on the shocking and incredible
aecusation that the present President of the
United States was an accomplice in the plot. |
All the fucts in the case are known to John
Surratt, and to no other man who can be}
mained; and with his person in our possession
the nation could well afford to cr him his
life, his liherty,or any other price which might
be sufficient to secure it, to obtain trom his lips
the information which will shed the light of
diy upon the most difticult as wellas the most
criminal mystery of our time, Hitherto the
policy of those entrusted with the matter |
been to disdain all information in elucidation
of the problem from who alone were able to
give it; and Mrs. Surratt and the rest lie in
the endless silence of the yrave, while our
records are detaced by the testimony of facile
perjurers like Montgomery and Canover.
While John Surratt survives there is yet a
chance to repair the evil which if he dies with
his lips sealed, may be irretrievable.” Tn our Father's house above
If Montgomery and Conorya anid the other All the lights are burning ;
“‘perjavers” risked their soul’s silvation tor a fi cate 7
litle money, why do Americans expect thi) Le is waiting full of love
Surratt, whois undoubtedly connected with
the murder in some shape, to tell nothing but
the truth when he cane o hiis life”
and his liberty” by lyin
The American Government paid) many
thousands of doilars to secure the person of
Jetterson Davis, whom (icy charged with
being | to Lincoln's assassination; it need
strange if they invest a little money
to procure such evidence as will
justify their conduct in treating Davis as an

So we come this night to sing
Glad tidings ! Glad tidings !
And to all this house we bring
Glad tidings! Glad tidings !

On this blessed eve we sing
Glad tidings! Glad tidings !
Unto sinful men we bring

Glad tidings! Glad tidings !

Christ hath poured his blood like wine
For all the sinning—

He who came this night divine,
Our si

yation winning.

Tor His son's returning.

| He who took our mortal life,

_ ‘This night with erying,

Victor in death's mortal strife,
He holds the dying.

In his arms he holds them fast,

assassin. Judge Holt, who hired perjured| When they are failing ;
vigabonds to swear away the lives of other! when the moment comes at last,

Southerners, cin doubtless be secured to
manage any new picce of infamy for tie Goy-
ermment.--St. John (VB) Journal.

Hush’d be our wailing.

For to us on earth they ery,
Glad tidings! Glad tidings ¢

'O grave, where is thy victory !

Glad tidings! Glad tidings !

It is again proposed to unite the Bermuda
Islands with Nova Scotia, and also with the
West Indies and Trinidad, by a submgrine
telegraph,

It is stated that the profits of the 5th Av
(N.Y.) Hotel during the month of Oct
were $360,000, The average number of gt
was six hundred, which would give a prof
each of three dollars a day.

It may possibly Interes¢ many in PL TE
land to Jearn that the Superintendant ot
Mission louse of Industry, in New York.
written a letter imploring persons not to.)
that city for employment, as there are t
sands already out of employment, and ¢
destitute,

The other day Caroline Anderson stey
into a lace and tiney store in Baltin
* Just to look at some things,” but whena
to leave a clerk stepped her, searched
and, from two capicious receptacles ben:
her crinoline, drew forth 4 gross alps
braid, 57 pieces velvet ribbon, 6 doz.
nets, 158 yds. inaltese lace, of the value
SLV0.82, which she had stolen. Caroline
sent up to the Superior Court. 4

The taste for horseflesh,” says the Fran”
“ds decidedly increasing in’ Paris. —Tho
are at present in the capital seven butcher {
for the sale of that conmodity, and which o
pose of about 40,000 Ibs. weight per wer
The annual consumption may therefore
estimated at 1000 tons, or more than ten tin
the quantity of meat distribited to the poor
the twenty bureaus de ‘betnfaisance. So 4
horseti¢h has been exempt from the octr
duty, and sells at from five sous to one fat
the Kilograime of two pounds.” .

‘Throat Affections.—A_ physician writin,
from Newsane, New York, speaking of th
bencfleial effects resulting from the use o-
Brown’s Bronchial Troches, suys: For alle
ating that horrid irritation only felt by those
who have suffered from any Bronchial Att
tién, and for Hoarseness and sore throat too, -
T Am free to confess (though [am an M.D.) —
they answer all you claim for them, To~
avoid disappointment, he sure to obtajit the

The Herald pronounces the dogument “ an; geruine Brown's Bronchial Troches,

The social influences of the good old tash-
Sioned Christinas are most beneficial. At
that season the barrier which separates
the rich from the poor, is ina great part
broken down. The graceful and welcome
{gifts which the wealthier classes are then
wont to dispense among their poorer
j brethren, are received with unmurmur-
jing, unenvying gratitude, Those gifts
are not considered the grudging dole of a
inisealled charity, but tokens of the good
will and sympathy which one class of
Christians tecl for their brethren who are
jless highly favored as to worldly posses-
sions. All hard and bitter thoughts: are
suppressed, all hearts ave softened, and all
feel their common faith to be indeed a
strong and aa enduring: bond®of brother-
hood. Christnas is a great healer of
strifes, a smiling sott-handed peace-maker,
At this happy sexson the members of
families, cstranged through the year,
are brought together, every breach is

healed, every injury and every offence

forgiven. It seems to us a great pity that
every one does not ayail himself to the
utmost of the ample opportunities that
this, the great Christian Vostival affords
him of shewing his good willand kindly
fecling towards ullmen, What time when
the heart is soltened by the contemplation
ofthe great goodness of our Father in
Ileaven in reconciling us to himself by the
great first Christmas Gilt, is better fitted
tu ask forgiveness of those whom we have
offended, and freely and tuly to accord
our forgiveness to those who, in the course
of the year may haye offvuded us? ‘Phere
should be no coldness, no estrangement,
be nursing of wrath on Christinas Day.
We do not think thu it is particulary hard
on that day, at least, to bless them that
curse us, and to do good to them that de-
spitefully use us. Happy the man who,
on Chrishaas day, can honestly and from
his heart of hearts say, ‘1 on this blessed
day harbor iu ny breast no hard thoughts
ofany man, Lbear no ill willto any of
God's creatures. HfL hage an enemy 1
sincerely hope that God will bless him in
jhis basket and in his store on this joyfal
‘season. ‘To every man,woman,aid child,

Day? How wise and knowing the clder
ones look. ‘They dont believe that Santa
‘Clans sent all those good things, not they,
Hat still there isa doolt—some Hugering
traces of their carly faith in the dark faced
veWarder of good children still remain,
Who does trot enjey the leok of undisguis-
ed wonderment, and the shouts of heart-
ott delight of the toddling, wee things, as
treasure after Weasare mevts their detight-
ed gaze, There was a time when we
thought those stockings almost bottomless
and their contents the most desirable of
earthly twensures. We are wiser now.

| Heigh ho! How the little ones do_ enjoy

Christmas; it does our heart good to see

(them, ‘The profusion of good things, the

un wonted indulgeuces, the merry gunws
and kind words and pleasant looks of all,
make it a time to be heartily enjoyed, to
be pleasantly remembered,and to be again
looked forward to with joyful anticipation,
Those who love to see children happy-—
and who does not ?—should spare no pains
to make Christinas for thern at least,a joy-
ful season.

One of the most boautiful and Christians
like of Christinys customs is for those who
ean at all afford the luxury of benevolence
to contribute something from their abun-
dance, towards making their poorer breth-
ren happy on that day. Real poverty is
sad, sad thing at any time, but its gripe is
felt to be peculiarly hard and pinching on
Christmas Day. For the honest poor man
to see his table without the simple luxuries
that he has been vent to enjoy on Christ>
mas Day,is felt to be 2 bitter deprivation,
Not to beable to give her children the little
treat that they haye been ever accus-
tomed to, and to which they haye always
looked forward with such delighted ex-
pectation, wrings many a foud mother's
heart, aud causes her to fegl her poverty
with tentold bitterness. It is a little thing
to fret one’s self about, many of our read-
ers may think, but pray God that you may
never be brought to feel what itis not to
be able to have a Christnas pudding or to
be without the means of purchasing for
your children their little Christinas indul-
genees. Let those of our readers who ean
by any means afford to spare a. dollar,
make some poor mother happy by giving
her the means of purchasing something
that will cause her and her little ones to
feel that this Christinas is really Christmas
with them, Depend upon it that the con-
sideration of having contributed to the hap-
piness of others will give to their Christ-
mas dinner a relish which the most ex-
quisitely flayored sauces would fail to im-
part. It you cau gladden one sorrowlul
heart, it} you can wipe the tears from the
eyes of one ot God's poor, if you can send
aray of hope and love into the heart that
is sunk in despair, and that is filled with
bitterness towards mankind, you will be
able, by your own experience, to realize
the truth of that beautiful saying of the
Loving One whose advent we are about to
commemorate: * Itis more blessed to give
than to receive.”

COUNCIL ELECTIONS,

Tur Council elections eame off yester-
day, the complete results have not yet
come to hand. As fiu'as we can learn,
Mr. Yeo is returned for the first distri t,
and Mr, Muivhead for the second. ‘The
only polling place’ we visited was that at
St. Eleanors, When the poll was opened
by the Sheriff, Mr. Campbell resigned his
position as Candidate, and accompanied
his resignation with the following explana-
tions and remarks :—

** He observed that he had on Monday
evening, attended & meeting of the Con-
servative Party in Princetown. ‘That he
there stated it Mr. Ramsay would persist
in running, he for the interest of the
Party, woud retire. The whole meeting,
with the exception of one solitary indivi-

out. Tn detian of his opposition trons
Lhis own party, in his own inimediate
neighborhood, Mr. Ramsay deelared his
uniterable intention of contesting the
election, Seeing the impossibility of two
Coservatives contending with one Liberal
with anything like ince of success; he
CM ) signified his intention of retiring,
Ma. Campbell stated that he was not afraid
to contest the election with Mr, Muirhead
single handed, but would not contest it
with such heavy odds against him, He
pointedly commented upon the unen-
viable position occupied by Mr. Ramsay

fon the face of this broad earth, do most
heartily wish_a hanyiy Christmas.” Who
doges not wish this happy, this godlike
| frame of mind to ke his on Puesday morn-
ing next? Will not such a man enjoy
his Christnas roast be
with a keen and healthy Zest, and will he
‘not mingle in the sports of the children
}with the lightheartedness, if not with the
‘innoeence of childhood ?

What a happy tine Christmas is for the
shildren,
we overheard a group of little ones count-
jing on their fingers the dayg that were yet
‘to pass before Christraas Day. ILow well
do we remember when we ourselyes did
ithe same thing, [thas been said by some
one that we live our lives over again in
our children, Inno instance did we real-
jize this truth so vividly as when we heard
| the children speculiting on the pleasures
jof the coming Christmas. Ina twinkling
jwe were living over our youthiul days
jagain, ‘Lhe faces of the loved ones of ow
youth appeared before our miud’s eye with
jt distinctness really wonderful, ‘Lhe in-

tervening y svemed as a troubled
dream. We were ohce more a child—n
child at Christwas—Christmas with its
‘Holidays, its presents, itssports, and its
| unstinted supplies of good things to eat.
, One scene,the magic of memory even now
jas We write, conjures up with the distinet-
jess of yesterday, We are sitting up in
jour little bed plunging our hands deep in-
to our Christmas stocking fffed to burst-
ling with nuts and cakes and sweeties, and
that wonderful blue covtred book—the
first we ever owned—all the “pile of the
mysterious Santa Claus. Who ‘oes. not

|

and plum padding

Tt was only the other day thit

in thre ¢ himself upon a constityens

which ¥ery plainly showed that they did not
want him any longer. He declared that
Mr. Iuumsay would have to bear the whole
blume of the defeat of the Conseryative

Party in the Second Legislative Council
District. Many Conservatives would
much rather yete for Mr. Muirhead

than for Mr, Riansiy, and many others
would not vote at all, Mr. Campbell res
groited that a district soe tially Conser-
vative, would be lost, owing to the inor-
dinate vanity and wrongheadedness of an
individual whose antecedent, as far as
ability is concerned, did not entitle
him to the contidenee of the Conservative
party. Mer. Campbell further remarked
upon what he termed the pompous igno-
rance and presumption ofa lew individuals
such as C. Lowatt, Esq., proposing absurd
tests to the gentleman who offered them-
selves as Candidates atthe recent nomi-
nition for Legislative Councillors, Ho
asked if the thinking and intelligent mem-
bers of the comunmnily are to be bullied hy
such meu as C. Mowatt, who had never
the opportunity of seeing the sky over
any country larger or more important
than Prince Edward Islind, Mr. Camp-
bell stated that his views were opposed
to Conlederation, as_ at present before the
public, but admitted that it was an ex-
ceedingly dificult question, and that it
required more ability than he possessed
to do justice to so profound.a subject,

rw Tie Mail Couriers crossed the
Straits via Capes Traverse & ‘Tormentine
with the Mails on Monday last, for the
first time this season, Tn our last num.
ber we suggested the establishment
of a semi-weekly niail from this place to
Cape Traverse during the winter monthe,
‘This must be done betove long, if it is the

desire of the authorities to foster the inter-
ests of the people,

te Tie “Book of 500 Riddles” may

sympathize with the children on Christmas| be had at Bertram & Barnard's Book Store.

dual, were against Mr. Ramsay's coming -

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