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ny rem of B than it did to these on f

te which the Enipress replied that ‘She

art,

the fellewing distfibation of «eats and re
main so nati the Consus of TS71, when]
vey

should aot feel inelined to take etch al Upper Caneda will get a number of
m8 trip; but hoped te pay a visilte Uoial Beals i=
i Upper Canada - . $2 |
“neti expreseed his thanks, and] Lower Canada “ ‘ 6S ;
then the Empress said, with one of her] Nova Seotia . .
kind expressions of cou anc New Branswitk - .
> Lam sorry for these poor men who i
the Fleetwing, aud t their’ Whole House = - Z

Mr. Devnet repHed that all that possioy
could be was done to save them, and that
aifteepty regretted the mistortene,

Golonial and other Stems,
THE TERMS OFYUNION.

We give below aa article from tte

. ™,
ronto Globe, of the 22nd February, ‘ing yy.
) it

vegan! to.the terms of Union
by the Delegates in England :—
[From the Toronto Globe, Feb. 22}

We received last evening from Mr. 7.
Gordon Brown, who is at present in Fug
land, a synopsis of the changes made j

the Confederation scheme by the Delegates |

from Canada, Nova Qecotia and New Bruns-
i Mr. Brown had not seen Lord
rnarvon’s Bill when his despateh wa
Je up, but we have no doubt that the
measure will be found to be in harmony
with his information,

The name of the new Confederation is
to be CANADA! Upper Canada is to be
atyled the Province of ONTARIO; Lower
Canada is to be styled QUEBEC; and the
other Provinces are to retain their present
designations. We fiiney this as good a
selection as could have been made,

The general featares of the scheme of
the Quebee Conference are maintained:
but we deeply regret to learn that: there
have been § al very important modili-
extions made in matters of detail.

And, fost, a serious chinge has been
made in the annual grants from the Pede-
ral chests tor the support of the Local Goy-
ernments. Under the Quebee* scheme. it
was provided, that exch Province em-
braced in the Union should reeecive from
the Federal treasury an annual grant equal
to eighty gents per head of its population,
stablished by the census of 1861—such
aid to bein full sittlement of all fature
demands upon the Federal Government
for local purposes.” The annual burden
4hus imposed on the Pederal chest was as
follows :—

Upper Canada pop. 1,596,091 $1,116, dingly unjust; and
Lower Canina ** 880 no hardly unde nd how the repre-
Noya Scotia Hs 964.586 | Sentutives of Upper Canada now in London
Now Brunswick 201,633] Wssented to them. ‘Phere may be yet an
2 \G38

Total annual grant, $2,472,450
These annual grants vere not to increase
in future y. ius with the increase of popu-
lation, but to remain pernmimently itt th

But this principle, it now apps
been overthrown by the Delegates s
s regards New Brunswick.

Proving
from'time to time, ¢
ercases, notil she
her grant will amount to $320,000.

that of the other P
stutionary—but at

ovinees, is to remain
$520,000,

It will be recollected that under the
scheme, New Brunswick had a

Quiche:
special advantage over the other Provinces.
The 65th resolution declar:
* position of New Brun
*asto entail large inimediate ¢
“Her 1c
“the petiod of ten years from the time
“when the Union takes effect, an addi-
“tional allowance of $63,000 per annum
“shall be made to that Provinee.’ Our
despatch does not say that this ‘special
grit is to remain a part of the scheme, in
ition to the new boon conferred ou New
Beunswick—but we infer that it is; and it
so,-very great injustice has been done to
the other Provinces.

But thisis not the worst. It appears
that the Delegates have agreed to incres
the grants to all the Local Government:
and that not on the just principle of popu-
lation adopted at Quebec, but in amanner
totiuly irrational and most unjust to Upper
Canada! In addition to the eighty cents
per head distributed as already shown, the
Delegates have agreed that the following
annual gran Tbe paid permanently
from the Federal chest :—

being such
res upon

‘To Upper Canada, oe $30,000
‘Lo Lower Canada, - - 70.000
‘To Nova Scotia, - - 60,000
‘Lo New brunswick, - - 50,000
Total additional grants, | - $260,000

IIad this sum of $260,000 been distribu-
ted according to population us deterinined
hy the census Of 1881, the distribution
would have been as follows :—

Upper Canada, — - -

Lower Canada - :
Nova Scotin, - -
Now Brunswick - -

Total : -

The whole grant for local purpo
der the Schenie as amended will now
follows :—*

Upper Canada +e

Lower Canada” - -

Nova Scotia

New Bruntswtck

Total - :

These grants, at the estimated populations
of the several Provinces on 1st January, 1867,
, give tho following yates ot grant per

head :— ‘

ae Population. Per head.
Upper.Canada ~- 1,802,056 60 cents
Lower Canada -._ 1,288,830 wa
Nova Scotia <= 781 bo) *
New Brunswick ~~. 295,08t 110

Nothing could’ He more seandalously
unjust to Upper Canada than this, and we
are amazed that Mr. Howland could be a
party to it.

The second departure from the Quebec
scheme js, that until Prince Edward Island
comes into thg Union, Nova Scotia and

‘New Briingwick shall have between them
the four ses in the Upper Chamber that
the Island wits to have had
tion will now be as follow

oe eae Population. “Members
“Upper Canada * -

The distribu

1,802,056 24

Lower Canada © + - 1,288,880 24
“ava § +

665,884 24

s nothing to pilliate this change
i A © %ieheo scheme, the’ injustice to
- Lpper Canadi was marked @notigh—but
_ toadd to it in this « anner was totally in-
defensive, - Why,.the three J’rovinces of
+ Lowat : Cinada, Nova ceotta and New
Brunswick united have but 440,689 people
niore than Upper Canada, and yet they
have 43 Legislative Councillors ane Upper]
Canada but 24. Every Upper Causda
Councillor will thus represent 75,08) pro-
Pe, while the average of all the rest will
but 40,682. The thing is uiterly unfair, |
; hae YC auanjens will stint. wi 1!

d=}

agreed upon |

“tyrranted to Separate Schools

,
That
s ty reeciye an increased subsidy
her population in-
us 400,000 people and
Lhen
the increase is to stop, and her grant, like

— That ‘* the

al revenues, it isagreed that lor

The fowvA departure from the Quebec |
scheme is the transterrence of contro! over |
the Fisheries and over Penigntiaries from |

tthe Locat to the General*Government.{
Phis is ver

liment. — It is just-putting in the wed of}

| Federal interterence in Tocal matters. The
more distinct and apart are the duties and
fimetions ot the two governments the bet-
t

st, but very far from least, comes the
rian School question, Aud here, as
word is not so clear as we could have
Hdesired, we give the ips.ssiiaa verba ot our
| despatch,

* In reference to the School question,
Pelanses have been introdicedd, firs, stating
ithatany priveleges granted to Separate
(Schools in Upper Canada shall also. be
in Lower
that all measures
about Separate Schools shall be subject to
fan appeal to the Governor-General in
{| Council,”
| sto the first of these provisions, it
ms Very harmtess, ‘There is not mach
dangerot aa Upper Canada— beg par-
don—Ontario Legislature passing lows for

me

rida; and, second,

hl :
the further extension of sectarianism in
the working ot our Common School system

Lhe meaning of the second provision is,
unfortunately, not clear. The dist resulu-
ition of the Quebee scheme provides that
any Bill passed by a Loval Legislature
L be subject to disullowane the
roor-General within one year ot
‘*the passing thereof;” and it nothing
more is done to the Confederation Bill
than to contirm this power of disallowance,
and to state the precise mode of bringing
objections to any Separate School Bill
fully under the notice of the Federal x-
ecutive, with a view to its disallowance—
there can be no possible objection to that.
s the power of interference of the
wuthoritics ative, little harm

What was tov be! feared was
eous proposal to clothe the Ped
aval Parliunent with the right to legislate
in school matters in direet defiance of the
Local Legislature.

These we understand to be the whole
of the departures made ftrone the original
Quebec scheme, Some of them are quite
sonable and ¢

opportunity of amending some of them.
When we have the bill at tull length, we
will be in a better position to survey the
whole question, But, meantime, wehave
no hesitation in stating our opinion, that
il the whole tale has been told in our des-
patch—il there are no other changes to be
heard of—the bill, with all its de 3, wil
be an immense boon to the people ot Up-
per Canada, and we will heartily rejoice
wheu it receives the reyal sanction,

Masonic, — The Independent Grand
Lodge of Noya Scotia is now recognized
by ten Foreign Grand Lodges, making, as
the Halifax Citizen assures, thirty four re-
cognitions —a larger number than any
Gran-! Lodge has received within so short
wu period., In e respect the Grand
Lodge df Nova sin gAhealthy eon-
dition, and is destined to take a prominent
part ii the ind Lodge formation of Bri-
tish Amer which many of the brother-
hood look forward to with pleasure, When
will the Masons of New Brunswick move ?
—Sl, John Mor, N

So

Dreadful Confligrdtion at Zokohama,
Japan,

English papers reecived by last mail
contain particulars of & great fire at the
above place. It occurred on Monday, the
26th Noy. It consumed dwellings, public
buildings, warehouses, ete., covering an
wea of some 59 acres, destroyed some 100
lives, and caused a loss to persons insured
of some four ov five million dollars, The
fire broke ont in a portion of the town li-
ceused by the Government for prostitutes,
and owing to the high wind which preyail-
edat the time spread with fearful rapidity,
licking up houses, property of various
kinds, and human life, in its mad career,
A change of wind prevented the entire
town from being made a heap of ruins.

Tne Petersburg Zndex laments on the
continued imprisonment of Je Davis :—

“ And this man is dying meantime. In-
Justice preying upon his soul, confinement
wearing out his body, the neglect of his
own people sickening his heart. Surely
the crowning shame of those which dis-
grace the t six years of American his-
tory is thi

An English Rector refused th marry a
couple for a less sum than thirteen shill-
ings, whereupon thebridegroom brought
i suit nst him, Phe court decided that
the rector's claim, which was based on an
allegwed immemorial custom, could not be |
upheld inlaw. 9+ : ;

Perm n has detingiven bythe French
imperial commission to the Bible Society
of Franco to have its stand inthe park sur-
rounding the Paris exhibition. The Bible
committee of England propose to unite in
the movement, and to make the occasion
one for the wide distribution of the whole
| Bible or thy New ‘Lestament in many diff?
erent langu It is thought that some
2,000,000 copies may thus be disposed of,

and the sum of $80,000 is now being i
by subscriptionin England to aid in this
euterprise, _

PovuLst1I0n OF THE Wortp,—The po-
pulation of the world ineveased. From
the best and latest sources of information
we derive the following estimates :—-
America, 63,000,000 ; Europe, 265,000,000
Africa, 116,000,000} Asia, 400,000,000 5
Japan, 35,000,000; Oceanica, 22,000,000;
‘Total 1,200,000,00.

‘These are as*follows:—Protestants, 85-
000,000; Cathol 180,000,000; Greeks,
68,000,000; other seets, 7,000,000; Jews,
6,000,000; Mahommedans, 144,000,000;
Pagans, 710,000,000. Total-~one thou-
sand two hundred niijlions,

Very animited discussions are carried an by
the Common Council of New York. One of
these recently occurred, in'which several of
the members wishing to add weight to the
views expressed, hurled inkstands at each
other. A similar scene has recently been en-
acted in Philadelphia by the city father's there,
resulting at last in a rough and tumble fight.
At one time there was a prospect of the whole
Countil becoming engaged in tho interesting
performance ; the presiding officer, however,
turned off the gas, and thus quelled the row,
We learn from the Halifax Witness, that the
congregation of St. Paul's Churéh in that city
have founded an institution f«r the support
and training of destitute young girls. This
class of persons, usually left to grow up in
poverty and become a prey, to vice, will in!
this institution have the advantage of a home,

ialence, and still hold for higher prices;

Montreal Flour Market.

irrte

Feb. VS

we Report

Fiore. — The.market has exhibited no
matcrial change for some weeks past. Speen.

lagors who have held the bulk of (he stock | Bounties in your paper, which | liked very)

af cvonfi-
hat
slight decline in England, temporary depre
sion in the States, and inereased receipts here,
with only a limited demand, have had for the
last few days a weakening effect, and sales
have been made ata slight decline, Should

for some tine, have shown no lack

duty on wheat and flour a farther decline may
take place, but as we'think it will be ef sWort

| duration, as with theopening mouths of spring

present stocks will soon fint outlets, Harty
in the year we reverted to the limited supplies
in Europe and the improbability of the United
States having mach to spare for: export, and
subsequent enquiries confirm us in the im-
pression that a much higher range of prices
must prevail before many months in’ the
British markets. In the United States, with
more case in the money market, a settled fi-
nancial policy oa the pyt of the Government,
and less haste in the cohteaction of the cur-
rency. the result would be greater confidence,
and speculitors would operiie widh more con-
fidence in view of the now very greneral con-
viction that the supplies of dentine flour will
be within requirements. © Extras: are. still
scarce and in demand for the local trade. ,

Tur Mormon Evirs.—A lecture on Mor-
monism alludes as follows to one of the dis
turbing clements among the Saints :

* There is one element among themselves
that is troublesome. ‘The gene:al testimony
of the Gentiles who have lived in intimate so-
cial relations with then: is that the young girls
(to their honor be it said) wre mostly d
ed. Growing up with it, they fave seen the
institution with all its abominations, and op-
posed as itis to all their holier feeling, und
better instincts, no amount of spiritual thun-
der ean entirely control them. Here, as
everywhere, they are a priveleged class, and
cannot very well be whipped Sr imprisoned.
Like most of the descendants of Eye, they will
talk, and are ever ready to elope with a Gen-
tile who has the courage and can get away
with them, ‘They cannot marry a Gentile and
remain peacefully at home. Very naturally
they prefer a whole Gentile to one-tenth of a
Mormon. The most effectual way of breaking
up the whole system would be to send an army
of 10,000 unmarried men there and protect
every man who married a Morm®n wontan
and brought her to camp, We might in this
way get rid of the nuisance withourbloodshed
or incurring the odium of a religious persecu-
tion,

London, Feb. 25,
In accordance with the programme announ-
ced by the Government gn the 11th, resolu-

tions on Reform were introduced into the
House of Commons this evening. Mr. D'Isra-
eli the Chancellor of the Exchequer, opened
the debate on the part of the Govern ent,
and proposed four new franehies and to change
some of the borough seats. Mr. Bright fol-
lowed and made a strong speech in opposition
to the scheme of the Derby adminstration.

‘The reform measure of Earl Derby forms
the topic of general conversation. ‘Lhe lead-
ing newspapers have editévial articles in ap-
proval of them.

‘The English Government promises to issue

the postal service between Greut ,Britaia and
the United States,

‘The news from Spain is of an exciting char-
acter, though the government of that country
is seeking to keep trom the public the course
of events; there is no longer any doubt that a
| Serious insurrection is impending.

The Princess Alexandra has been safely
delivered ofadaughter. The war estimates
as presented in the Ministerial Budget, are
lingely increased over those of the preceding
year. :

None of the Fenians who participated in the
late revolt have been eaptared, Ni f
prisoners who were arrested in Dublin on
suspicion of being Fenians have been tried,
found guilty. and heavily sentenced.

Lord Derby has had a slight attack of gout.
It promises to yield to treatment, but it is
necessary that he should, as muchas possible,
remain in the same temperature.

Verona, Feb. 22.
Baron Von Buest, minister of State of the
Austrian Empire, says that Austria is-in favor
of the evacuation of Servia by the Turkish
forces. So fur as ¢ n affairs are congern-
ed the Baron says it is the policy of the Gov-
ernment to ayoid the questign entircly. :
Berlin, Feb, 29:1
Intelligence has been received from Vienna
that serious ajprehensions are entertiined
there of a rising of the peasants in the Aus-
trian provinces, on the Danube, and a large
number of arrests have been made by the
Government authorities. ‘

Vienna, Feb. 21,
The restoration of the Constitution of 1848
to Hungary by the Emperor Francis Joseph
has had the effect to remove the troitbles
heretofore existing in that country. The peo-
ple are now quite and contented,
New. York, Feb, 21.
President Roberts has called a convention
of the Fenian Brotherhood in the State of New
York, for the 26th inst., to meet in Utica.
also the Brotherhood of Illinois will meet on
the 12th of March and Chicago, The Fenians
of Pexnsylvania will hold a convention early
in April, and Staté Conventions of the Bro-
therhvod will soon follow in all the other
States.

Athens, Feb, 20.
News has been recolved here thatthe Turk-
ish Government is about to send a mitivofWwar
in pursuit of the Greek ship anhelleaton, at
the Island of Candia, An armed brig will be
despatched from Greece to her assistance, in
: of emergency.
San Francisco, Leb, 20.
The. Fenians held a large and cnthusiastic
meeting here last night, and resolved to ear-
nestly co-operate with their Eastern Brethren
to achieve the independence of Lreland,

a CC

Children often look pale and sick from no
other e@ause than having worms inthe stomach.
Brown's **Vermituge Comfits” will destroy
worms without injury to the child.

Children having worms requine: immediate
attention, as negloct of the trouble often causes
prolonged sickness.

To Motirrs:—Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup, for Children, is an old and well-tried
remedy. It has stood the testof many, many
y and never known to fail. It not'only
relieves the child from pain, but invigorates
the stomach and bowels, cures wind colic, and
gives rest and health to the child and comfort
td the mother. : re A |

‘ ‘
Sore Throat, Coughs, Colds, and similar
troubles, if suffered to progress, result in
serious pulmonary. affections, oftentinies in-
curable,
directly the seat of the disease, and give
almost instant relief. They have been tho-
roughly tested, and maintain the gaod reputa-
tion they have justly acquired As there are
imitations be sure to obtain the genuine.

T have been afflicted a Jong time with a swel-
ling on my neck and have applied different
things to little or no purpose until I used J. B
Fliteh’s Golden Ointment, which has niade a
cure, and I tuke pleasure, in recommending
it to the public :

and will be trained to lives of usefulness, The HUGH CAVANAGIL
ig bite! altenprt gues oon River John, Pictou

SUMMERSIDE JOURNAL,

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the blue book giving a complete account of

* Brown's Bronchial Troches” reach |'

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THURSDAY, MAI

Correspondence,

Eurror or JOURNAL.

Ve nt

THE
Six
A week or two ago T saw an article on

well; and last week [saw in the Journal

which Idid not think so much of.
Fisherman says that most people look at
the Bounty question trom a wroag point

witrem being an inprove- | Congress determine on impofing the increased] of yiew, and I suppose that his letter is in-

tended to place the readers of the Jounal
on the right stand point, Well, T have
tried hard to see through the Fisherman's
spectacles, and cannot conscientiously
say thatthe view appears any finer, He
seems to think that your potato illustra?
tion does'nt fit. Ile says that it would be
appropriate if it was attempted to cultivate
the silk worm or the cotton plint on the
Island. Now the illustration in that case
wouldnt doatall, Lwill try to show why

Lhe potato is suited tS our soiland climate,
and ifour Farmers are skiltul and indus-
trious, they can raise any quantity of than.
Tt would be impossible to raise either si
or cotton ia this cold country, by cultive
tors everso skilful and ever so industrious,

According to ‘tA. Bisherman’s" own
story, the s that surround us are full of
fish, spoiling to be caught, and il our fish-
ermen were skillul, intelligent and indus
trious, they might speedily make their lor-
tunes. ‘There are, no doubt, lots of farm-
ers in the country who cannot raise enough
potatoes for their own use. They are
vither lazy or ignorant, or improyident,
and although Nature has done her share
towards prodacing potatoes and oats in
abundance, they do not avail themsclyes
of her generosity. ‘Phis is just ‘* A Fish-
ermian’s” story, when you strip it of unne-
cessary words. We have plenty of fish.
Yankees and Nova Scotians who know
how to eatch them, make a jolly good
thing of it, but P. E. Islanders who don't
know how to build a fishing cratt, are too
ignorant to choose a proper outlit, and are
too indolent, too stupid and unskilful to
tatch the fish, Which, like the roast pigs in
the child's story, are swimming around
our shores, erying *t who'll catch us, who'll
eatch us,” cant make the business pay.
Well, Dinsure the Island Fishermen ought
to fecl obliged to their advocate for the
very good character he has given then.
I don’t believe that he tells the exact truth
in this matter. I tind that our Island boys
in every other sphere caQcompete suc-
eesstully with both Y% es and) Nova
Scotians, and T don't belig® tat they fall
so far behind these smart people in so sinr
ple a matter as catching fish. Any how,
supposing ‘A herman’s” story to be
the plain unvarnished truth, Ido not see
how giving our ** unskilful, ignorant fish-
ermen” a Bounty is going to mend matters.
If Government ought to give a bounty to

land to advantage, there are lots of people
on the Islind who onght to apply for a
bounty on potatoes and other firm produce
withouta day’s delay, If * A Fisherman”
will show how a bounty will make our
fishermen as skilful and intelligent as the
Nova Scotians and Yankees, perhaps he
might make out a better case. I always
thought that constant practice, for a few
years, would make men of ordinary men-
tal endowments skilful in any mechanical
art. Now it strikes me very forcibly that
there are a good many men on the Island
who have had this experience, andtif they
do not know how to catch fish now they
neyer will learn, even though they get a
bounty of 2 pound instead of a dollara
barrel on the fish they eatch. ‘A Pish-
erman’s” argument for bounties done up in
smill amounts to this:—‘* We have inex-
haustible stoves of fish within easy reach
of us. Our fishermen are too ignoraht and
too clumsy to catch them. We ought
therefore to give them a bounty.” ‘This,
many people, Farmers who will haye to
pay this bounty. especially, will consider
very loose reasoning. If fishermen do not
understand their business, let them geta
knowledge of it as fast as they can, in the
same way as some of us Farmers got to
understand the ins and outs of ow occu-
pation. We did not ask the Fishermen to
pay our school fees, and we wont, it we
can help it, pay for their education,

But T believe that fishing does pay on
this Island, Young men ean earn as good
Wages at fishing us they can at almost
every otheremployment. I see fishermen
come to these parts from the West dressed
in broad cloth, with a yard. or two more
or less of gold chain dangling from their
waisteoat pocket, to siy nothing of the nine
ponud repeater at the end of it. What do
these gents, who ean aterd ta buy broad
cloth coats, gold chains and watches, want
ofa bounty? Tean't afford these things,
yet I don’t sing out for a bounty on turnips.
I don't even believe ona bounty on flax,
I believe that the less any industry de-
pends on Goyernmentt the better it will
thrive, Ifour Farmers were to club to-
gether and assist one another in getting
better stock and more information, it
would be better for them than any amount
of Government tinkering, A-lon't believe
in this robbing-Peter-to-pay-Paul policy.
Let every tub stand on its own bottom,
Rays

A FARMER,
Prince Cognty, March 4, 1867,

To Tie MSfron or tne Jounnar
Siri—

I have lor some time past seen the no-
cessity of luving some kind of a charitable
Society in Summerside, There are a great
many destitute persons in our midst. Some
of these deserve to be relieved, others do
not. Now to distinguish the worthy from
the unworthy, is notan oasy matter at prey
sent. When children come to a house for
charity, itis hard to refuse them, yet the
parents of those children may bo well able

to work, but too fond of Hquor and too

farmers because they can’t cultivate their

ICH 7, Ts67.

liazy to work, Now a Society would re-
lmedy this. Let all applications fer charity
Ibe made to a commltteqappolnted by the
Society, whe wonld be able to judge of the |
worth ef the applicant; besides, det there
be so many persons appointed monthly to |
| Welt these destitute people, especially all
who apply for aid. Ladies would do best
jfor this, they conld devote more time than
jmen to it, and know better how to sympa

ta communication signed A Fisherman,” | thise with the poor mothers and children
This |

ot—too often—worthless fathers,

Lot something be done, and done at
What gentleman or lady will @ike
»? What lady will be a Miss
Nig Whoever she may be she
}may depend on the hearty support of a

SOJOURNER,
Sumnierside, March 6, 1867.

— oe -

Summerside Hournal.

yarn No notice can ve tigen of anony
communications, We must know the names
ind addresses of our correspondents asa gua-
ranty of their good fuith, We cannot under-
take to reuten conuunications thatare not used

ELECTIONS.

Tire laws relating to Elections in this
Island still need improvement. It should
be the aim of our legislators that the
popular vote be taken fairly, speed-
ily and quietly. Those provisions of
the election law which forbid the sell-
ing or dispensing of intoxicating li-
quors within a certain distance. of the
polling places would, if enforced, ensure
peace and quictuess at elections, | We
Islanders, while in: our sober senses,
ure a very, peaceable forbearing people,
but when we take a drop too much—
which indeed we are too prone to do—
we become unruly ant somewhat quarrel-
some. Besides, @ drunkgi man, or one
even ‘half’ seas over,” is not afall in a
fit state to exercirse the important privi-
lege of the franchise. ‘The system of
simultaneous polling is an admirable one,
and by keeping every voter in his own
polling division docs more towards mak-
ing elections peaccable and orderly than
any other mode that ‘coul{l be devised.
Vote by ballot may secure fairness at
elections ; but we have heard and read
that in the United States where that
systema obtains there is at least quite as
much trickery and as 1nch corruption of
all kinds ns in countries where the people
vote gpenly. At any rate, our preju-
dices and feelings are in favor of open
voting. There appea?s something cow-
ardly and conspirator-like in a man’s
giving a secret yote. Itis in ouropinion
much more becoming a free man to go
boldly to the polls and there openly to
proclaim the names of the men to whom
ne gives his support. For our own part
we never yet gave a secret vote without
reluctanee. We wished every one to
know how we yoted and why we voted.
This, as we said before, may be a mere
prejudice, but ifit is,itis one which we en-
tertain in cammon with hundreds of
thousands of British freemen. | But there
is one improvement in our mode of ¢on-
ducting elections that is loudly called
for. ‘There, should be no, qualifying of
voters on the day of election, This busi-
ness should-have been doné beforehand.
Independently of the needless and pro-
voking delays which it occasions, it seems
to us nothing less than impious to ad-
minister a solemn oath to an excited,
and it may be a hall-intoxicated man,
in the ndadst of a vociferating heated
crowd, It is &bsurd 'to suppose that
the elector in such circumstances cin
properly understand the oath which is
read to him, and equally absurd to
imagine that he can come toya reasonable
and conscientious determination as_ to
whether he will take it or nat, amid the
contradictory interpretations which he
hears on every side of him, Jn practice,
the unscrupulous man-gocs forward and
swears because he has made up his mind
to do so without giving a single thought
as to the meaning of the oath that is ten-
dered to him, and the really honest voter
becomes so annoyed and perplexed by
the whole proceedings that he is in no
fit state of mind to swear to anything.
It is, besides, unreasonable to-leave it to
a man’s unsupported-testimony to prove
his qualification, He should in this, as
in all other cases where evidence is re-
quired, be allowed to prove his claim by
documentary or oral evidence, and there
should be some better means ofdeciding
upon his right to exercise the franchise,
than by muking the ‘voter the judge in
his own'case. At the hustings the per-
plexed yoter has no assistance in forming.
an opinion. The returning officer has a
thousand other matters to think of and
to distract his attention, and he may be,
and often is, a warm partisan on the
one side or the other. Let him be ever
so honest and capable, it is unreasonable,
under these cireumstances,to expect him
to give a wise and an impartial decision.
The representatives of the various candi-
dates are of course improper advisers,
they will naturally lean to that interpre-
tation of the law or také that view of the
facets which favors théirown side. ‘Ihe
poor man, if an honest one, is sadly and
unnecessarily perplexed, By this fore-
ing. men to swear to their qualification,
during the heat*of an election, much
valuable time is wasted, many bad votes
are allowed to pass, and many good votes
refusedy. The sanctity of an oath, too,
is much lessened fh public esteem by its
being administe! in‘a hasty, and we
are forced to say, in an, irreverent man-
ner, The remedy of these evils is ex-
tremely simple, and we only wonder that
it has not been applied long ago. The
names of the voters should be registered
some time previous to the election, A
Court should be held in every electoral
district, or in every polling division, at
which every elector should be required to
present himself and assert’ his right to
vote at the coming clectign, and if neces-
sary to-ptove that right. The Coyrt
would, of course, be attended by the ro-
presentatives of the various political
parties in the country, whose interest it
would be to Mttow no’ man’s name to be
put on the Register who did not possess
alegal right to vote. ‘here would, in
this Court, be no indecent haste, no un-
necessary noise, ne disputing or wrang-

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ling. Every one would have ample time
and opportunity to prove his right to
vote, not by his own oath merely, but
by the evidence of his neighbors or his
documents. The Register so made
would be printed and posted in various
public places in the polling divisions to
give every one an opportunity of secing
what names had been registered, and ot
using the proper means of getting his
own recorded if he had hitherto ueglected
to do so. At. the election those only
whose names were on the register would
have the privilege of voting. {any one
really entitled to the franchise cared so
little for the privilege of voting as not to
take the trouble.ofhaying. his name re-
corded, he would for that clection be
virtually disfranchised. . Whenan elector
came forward to the polls and gave his
name to the returning officer the only
enquiry would be ‘tis his name on— the
Register?” As the names on the Register
would be arranged in alphabetical order,
to answer this question would not take
more than half a minute, and without fur~
ther delay the yote would be duly recorded.
There would then be no cries of ** Swear
him, Swear him,” no tedious delay while
the oath was being read and explained
to the voter, and no irreverent trifling
with the solemnity of an oath, It is our
opinion that if the law relating” to the
selling and dispensiug of spirituous
liquors at or near the hustings were en-
forced, and if the method of registering
the names of voters were adopted, our
system of conducting elections could
hardly be improved upon,

(ce Gopny’s Lady's Book for Marcle
has come to hand. It contains many
excellent engravings and fashion plates,
yaluable information, spicy reading, and

much beside that is mstruecting. The
Frontspiece, the ‘* Watchjng Baby,”
is admirable. Lvery Lady shauld take
a copy.

{@ On Saturday next the Sheriff
will declare the members elected for
Prince County. ‘The same will be done
in cach of the other Counties. We will
endeavour to obtain the number of votes
polled by cach Candidate and give them
next week. ‘The names of Candidates
elected, as published by us last weck
was correct. ‘The Liberals have nine~
teen—the Conservatives cleyen.

(e We understand that the examin-
ation of the Pupils at the Grammar
School, by the Visitor, took place on
Tucsday last, gyfl we are glad to hear
that a considerable improyement has
taken place, as well in the number of
scholars, as in their progress in their

studies. ‘They were examined in Greek,
Latin, Algebra, Geometry, and in

Ancient History, and in every branch
acquitted themselves in a way creditable
to themselves and their Teacher, Mr. A.
McRae.—The two Master ‘Warburtons,
Sidney. Campbell, and Thomas Haywood,

their readiness and the correctness of
their answers, both in Mathematics and
History.

(«Fur English mail arrived in
Charlottetown on Sunday lust. No very
important news was received.

ty" We are pleased to add to our
Subscription list some ten new Subscrib-
ers from Cape Traverse, and abaqut the
same number from Crapaud. 4 i

[e We hope the newly-inaugurated
Government will not be long in power
before a new system of mails is‘ in-
augurated.” a ‘

ia A new Line-of-battle ship's model
has been patented in England which is
said to be perfectly impervious to the
enemies’ fire, and in which the men at
the guns work in complete security.

Tur mud-diggers we observe | are
again at work on the ice in Bedeque
Harbor, as well as in several other
localities. es

Tur ice on the West’ River where it
had been newly cut open measured six~
tcen inches in depth, i

Tr affords us no smallamount of gratifi-
cation to see the proficiency of the Volun-
teers in Charlottetown, who drill in the
new Shed every cvening. | There is

together. M

We have not réceived our English
papers for the last two mails. We) wish
the fellow who took them to read, would
forward them when done with.

KB Arhmor is current in New York that
President Johnson has tendered the Postmas-
ter Generalship to Horace Greeley.

OntrvaAry.—It becomes our painful duty
this day to ghronicle the death of Mr. Donald
McKay, mérchant, of Clifton, New London,
which oegured about,7.o’clock, on the evening
of Saturday, the 284 inst, tis disease was
inflammation of the lungs, which, after a few
days of severe suffering, abridged his earthly
career, notwithstanding the diligence and skill
of his physician, and attention of his frienda.

Asa merchant, the late; Mr. McKay was
honest and truthful. He was mild and lenient
towards those who were indebted to him, and
compassionate towards the poor and needy,
Ile was a true and constant friend, a.kind
brother, a datiful and loving son, an affection-
ute and devoted husband, and was respected
by all who knew him for his mild and unas-
suming manners, Butalas! stern death hus
done its work; now his name and the memory
of his kind actions, and many good qualities
alone remain. These shall be remembered
by the people of this locality a long time after
his lifeless body has commingled with its
kindred clement. .

The deceased was just in the prime of life.
His aye was 38 years and 9 months. The last
tribute of respect was paid him this day by a
large concougée of relations and friends who
followed hidg@arthly romains to the narrow
house whiéh*awaits us all,

We deeply sympathize with his bereaved
partner, his aged father and mother, ag well
as with his relations and friends, who mourn
the loss of one 80 justly loved, and. we, gom-
niend them for comfort to the Father of mer-
cles and the God of consolation—to Him who
hath said, “Lam the resurrection and the
life."—Com. to Pat. ‘

Clifion, Feb. 26, 1867.

We too knew and dealt with Mr. McKay
for many years, and can truly say that a more
amiable and a more honest man we never met,
We can readily believe that his loss will se
long felt, and his memory fondly cherished,
not by the members of his own family pnly,
but by a very large circle of friepds and acy
quaintances.—[ Ep. Jovrwat, 4

particularly, distinguished themselves by *

ample accommodation in the Drill Shed,
and two Companies generally’ occupy it