Summerside Journal -- 1867-04-04 -- Page 2

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SUMMERSIDE JOURNAL,
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tus hope that, new the election is over, |) T
| theme will be less oocasion for mere politic. 1

al clap-teapy and that this great question, |!

stripped ot all party stvife ard animosity, |!
will come home to the fireside, be thorough:

unless one has seen, to imagine thie fresh.
oes, thie jnnocent Many of them are
flowers—flowers just bersting into bloom ;
onty the morning rose, with its pore and
delighttul tints, with ite petals studded with
dewelrops can give an idea of this, Far
in advaneo, this, of Ge beauty of France,
with its distinet, finished fixed intoule,

Here all
’ ‘caey and
continual flo v of dife; eves fall of candor,
blue as violets, looking without conscious:

Correspondence,
VO THE ELECTORS OF P, B. ISLANDS

Fellow Colonists: ly understood and honestly decided,

It is with some degree ot reluctance that "yyy objections against the Quebce
I venture on an expression of thought re) Scheme on our part are chiefly financial.
lnting ¢@ the vexed question of Contedora: ppat the allowance tor our local’ purposes
tion, ts great importance — its clo#e | ie not suticiont lor ou wants, or propor:
conneetion with) our future wellare Or ii nal to the other Provinees—that a werent:
degradation, urges nie to lay betore JO or Revenue would be raised under the new |
ness of what they are looking at; at the) what Leonceive to be a solution of the cod: and that a large portion of it would |
shtest emotion the blood effuses itself) contvoversy, and which soae oe much) ye sponton the public works of the other |
the checks, the neek, even down to) better qualified should have done long ¢1e! provinces,tront whieh we would derive but | +
the shoulders, in’ pure plestinted waves; | this, |litthe benefit, Some propose to enter the |’
Jou see emotion fitting on these transpar-| We have spent two years in tearing to} union and contribute our tall quota to-|
ent flashes, like the varying tints that play) pieces the Quebee Scheme, and abusing its) wards the general delence,say £25,04 Myer!
upon theirmeadows ; and this virgin parity | authors or friends. ‘Phe merest quibbles | year, provided. we are allowed to keep)
js so genuine that you fecl an impulse to) have engaged the pens of oar great writers, | and disburse our own Revenue,
Jower your eyes in respect. And yet, all) rather than great principles; and personal | [sland is
Jiatural and artless as they are,they are not biekerings, with no small admixture ot) miserable s«
Janguid and listless; they enjoy and can. spicy sling, have occupied public attention other disadvantages, be content to exist
yactual service like their brothers; with justead of the important questions actually | with less than half the revenue we may
r floating in the wind, they are to) involved in Conutederation,

| have by fair terms with the union, perhaps

n, when only six years old, galloping) Canada has had her full share of abuseat {it may be accomplished, It is) believed
on horseback and taking long walks. Ino our hands altempting to thrust uponus that we may now obtain terms of the most
this country a life of action fortities they plegmatic temperament, suid the heart be- yey gvasping, domineering, reckless char. | Will plice us ina most excellent financial
comes more simple while the body is) be- | veto has aflorded iarge supplies of materi-| position, and whieh raust be followed hy
coming more round.” alto the imagination of some of our pro-| estate of pr

Long before Canada had expressed ¢

| sperity to our rieultural, |
oo bores [intent politicimes,
Latest from Evrope,
aga {thought upon Confederation, these Lower

Lhave yet to learn | masutacturing and commercial interests, |
that this treatment is deserved,
ish Mail which arrived | Provinces had sought a Legislative Union,

1

t

} such as we have never even dreamt of,

| In giving up all their revenues to the
|General Government, each Provinee re-i
| quired, in the first place, ficient
for local wants. It was agrecd that, in}

dy the Eng

TI

federation, and our present revenue, may be

Emigration,
Proteetion of Ficherics
Marine |lospitale,
Insane Asylum,

Postel Expenses,
Aght hous,

suoys, Beacons, &e.,
wport and Crstomes,

Volunteers and Militia, Penitentiarios,

merest of Public Dott.

The contrast betweon revenue under Con-

hus stated s—

Permanent local revenue

under Confederation, 72,756 11 3

Items defrayed trom public |

40,000 9 0
Total revenue under Confed., £112,756 11 3
Potal ordinary revenue for 66, 7

purse estimated at

TeV eis

ASS

IURSDAY, APRIL

communications,
end aiicessesef our correspondents as a uae
i reniy of Ligier good faih.
£ ® a. take to rewuen comin

‘Hearlig that Me Town Road was net in

4, 1867,
Sawmanerside Hournal.
TAURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1387.

ba No notice con ve ken of ononymous
We saust know the names

We cannot un ler-
ations thet are not used

EDITORIAL WANDERINGS.,
Lanny oon «Friday morning last we
indertook a journey to the Metropolis,

2 Se

The miserable cabins with broken win-
dows, and whose gaping walls by a hun-
dred openings let in the wind and the
rain, are no longer to be seen; they are
replaced by large well built, well lighted
school houses, A neat well painted,
well finished school house is one of the
surest indications of the advanced intel-
ligence of the people of the settlement
in which it is found, that we know of.
Another sign of the enlightment of the
inhabitants of a country is the state of
their churchesand meeting hodses, Who
can think very highly of a people who

' suifer the house dedicated tu the service

Balance in favor of Conféd,, £35,90f 17 2) the very best condition, we determined | of God to remain unfinished and unpaint-
But, if we follow the advice of those who! to go by way of Bedeque, and the An-

It the | urge us co keep out in the eald, and pay the) dorson Road:
istied to submit to such al ¢
mens this, and beside all'«

deneral Government our portion of the cost
defence, &c., the contrast would stand!
thas :—
‘Total revenue under Confederation, £112,7
Present revenue of P, EB. L, £76,851 |
Less our queta for defence, 25,000

!
Making our nett local revenue

cout of Confederation, OA,S51

In order to reach the!

Now travelling on the ice in the l@tter
end of March is not the pleasantest thing
that a nervous man or woman cafgdo,
In fact it requires considerable experience
and a thorough’ knowledge of the sate

ora Yeanty Loss ro PLE. Isrann, ov £60,905, and unsate places of the bay one is

We presume the other Provinees will con-

bsent to pay us, on entering the Union, 8800,-

000, as an equivalent for the loss of Crown
and the absepce of revenue from
mud minerals. .oWith this sua, our
nmnent will at onc be i position to

travelling over in order tu prevent sneh
a person fiom being conscious of a num-
ber ofexceedingly disagreeable sensatiens
while making the passage from land to
land. ‘Che numerous flocks of wild

here on Saturday last, we have Muropean |
news to the 16th inst. ‘The news is not
ef a very important nature. Below will |
be found a few items :— |
TILE INSURRECTION

The Ameriean-Ivish have miade a fatal)
snistuke. Men who have left Ireland |
twenty or thirty years age in afiliction,
have cherished the memory of their sorrows |
and ignored all that has sinee been done to!
relieve the distress of their countrymen ,

audit was ooly when that Scheme was!
about being consummated, that Canada
stepped in aid proposed the Vnion of all
the British Provinces, ‘wo reasons urged |
the propriciy of thi ‘ion on her part.
Lhe territle war through which our ne |
bors in the United States were |
had unfortunately developed such a hostile |
disposition against these Provinces, that,
under Providence, nothing less than our
tanost exertions, backed by the strong
won of Great Brituin, could have prevented

geese over head kept on contiiually warn-
‘ing us, in truinpet tones, that there were
openings and soft places ahead and,on
both sites of us. The long and oy

out allthe large Proprietory interests t

addition to the at public work renuunanthe Island, and pay off the obligs
eral laws and defence of the conutry, the tions incurred tor Estates recently purchased
General Government should take Upon It: from Proprietors. We may then, by the
self the disbursement of certain sale crifice of about £50,000, convert all the i : a
the expenses of mail services, impost into freeholds, at such a price as will, cracks that yawned here and there, show-
eustomis, volunteers, and militia, light-| satisfy any reasonable mind, and prevent the, ing the blaci: water below, were by no
houses, &e,, Ge, That for defraying their | necessity for Tenant Leaguers or kindred} ),eans pleasaut to contemplate, nor alto-
local requirements, each Province should COURSE ON Uhage HOLES Ga atostauaes Uaslier safe to cross. Considerable fajth
re he revenue arising tr frown really desir PY peace ¢ sperity : :

Pea UA COVERS SUR rom Crown cal) ny the. length and breaddh of thi, {had to be excveised in order to. be con-
Lands, mites and minerals, end that they | eXisting thro’ the Tength and” breaddh of this | 3S Puyo ae ‘
should receive in addition from the pablic, beautiful Ghind, the opportunity new afforded | vineed that the ponds of water that lay

in the track had for a bottom one or two

ed. If men take a pride in making their
own dwellings handsome and commodi-

former beautifal settlement hy the short-|ous, should they net be at some pains
est route it was necessary to take a drive | and expeuse to make the house especially
273g) 0f some five or six miles on the jice, dedicated to the service of their Maker,

at the very least a decent, well finished,
well preserved structure. A traveller
who sees a place of worship in a neglect-
ed, unfinished condition, is apt with very
good reason to conclude that the congre-
gation to which it belongs is lamentably
deficient, if not in piety at least in good
taste and, wise liberality. We were
much pained to see on our road a grave
yard uutenced and uncared for in other
respects. Surely the last resting place
of those whom we have loved is no fit
feeding place for che beasts of the field.
The condition of a burial ground certainly
does not effect the dead, but we do not
envy that man his feclings who can_ see
without emotion the sod which covers
the grave of his mother, his wife, or his
daughter and others of his kindred, root-
ed up by the pigs, and defiled by the
, beasts who make the church yard a feed-
ing ground, We caunot think that feel-

chest, 89 cents per head, according to. the is culentated to produce this result.

whom they left behind. They have not) our having been overvuan by the lawless
cared for the efforts successfully made to! unprincipled gangs which emerged from
improve the political and sociul condition | that war. ‘The threatened abr tion by
ot the people and to establish a conviction | the United States of the Reciprocity Treaty pit: Hiitethis de: hob ihoualsac NUN

cneral desire to redress the grievances | Which had so wnazingly improved ey Binns dale hieicrevonle aa wi irae
hich are justly complained of and concede | branch of tele on both sides of the line.) 3 and minerals of $100 O00 nv cane
L reasonable demands, Whatever may) compelled our st.tssmen to seek for aj 1 Svotia B107,000 ABUL HG ee
ave been the ease formerly, there is no! closer commercial boud between the Brit-| Sy SUG GUO? whhilee Ane innaa Sanitce
unwillingness now to render justice to fre- | ish Proving nd then unitedly av EN Tian ERUBGE ‘ nothiny ! (lore

population of 1361, forall time to come.
Now this would have worked well enough,
had the resonrees of cach Colony been on

Janet and ai iinedn ink i dissappenring i Oeiae tH ae VA Oy ' u Ny ii lies the seeret of the difficulties whieh, tor
under wise laws and judicious arrange. | pang c ue 4 Ne neny years, we have had to eranple with

ments which statesmen of all shades of} profitable field of wetion,
opinion concur in, ‘he Fenian insurrection |
which created so much alarm and js still) since taken place between the gr
the subject of uneasiness, must fail PECAN SG Git leaders of these Provinces, L have dis) 33
the, people, of Ireland generally have no ) covered no attompt ou the part of Can ho equivilent torus, She had long betore
auth Ay Amoticdiy lenders, Of whom ttle ey overreach the Maritime Colonies.) granted away all our lands to certain pro-
more is heard than that they flaunt in tiD-| When a departure from general principles | prietors, and we had to work our way as
hons and tall feathers, where tlidro (SUG ie munud tbl tion 6 Hite ar Cananiiit! buaL Wil GOUILl! )

danger, and tell their unhappy followers

) while the other Colonies have «
Through wl the negotiations which haye | revenues, handed over to the
ttpoliti-: British Government when the +
tem was introduced, Great Brittin had

yjoyed their
ro by the
pousible

40 “40 in” and fieht where the fire is hot politici ns he its tid—it was invariably for! Tere then was a fair ground for eom-
] Lh oye hese unhipiy. lisurront’ the benetit of one or another of the smaller pensation when an invitation w iven to
eld teabtlan dy) reso Mn letppy Insurgents | vovinees, and unquestionably to the detri-

ited j 1 us to enter upon equal terms a Union oi
i ‘ j ment of the interests of Canada, For in-! se ies. Then « t ore
themselves are dupes of their own igno- [ene | FTTH LE WHE EUTUOSUIEGHTLI Note ul these Colonies. : When could a more
sad a jeved | Sines, Wach Ie wis represented that New-! tayorable opportunity be presented than
rance and ambition, ‘The one believed nnd had fereultural or at ue
f ¢ toundland had no agricultural or other in- | w sopen tous, if we had only sent oa
that an immense power was coming OVEN epost to fall | He ay lige . te ; : nes
: ga eae LOCNCBL 10.7 Itt mek upon, whenever her: suitable delggation to the Colonial Oliice.
the sea to help them to obtain semething |... lishiner int Enuluditlwi < ‘ t ‘ ; ae)
ant) cae ceeun : gr ishine in sled, It Was atonee of laying oux just claims before the British
which they cannot better define than by the |® ceded that tt asa lie execptton el a ir) ‘ ‘ “5 fi
: a ee mat | conceded: that S was a fan exception; Government, and asks hs the first. con- |
use of the word © rights,” and the others |. 1 he ov oohuai Wee Wun i
. 5 ~jandon the ground of giving up to the) dition of union, an equivalent lov the loss
were vain enough to suppose that on their Ganon Gover homatinss * Ace ry
: i if reneral Governimenther mines and miner. | we had sustained by the erantine away all
appearance the whole country would rise als, the sum of $150,000 was added to the : ° Sear, ©
against the Government, ‘he penalty of these HoruGu OL ihabColt Hee Luwasale sl ve our kunds
errors Will be serious, and while the misguided , i He NURS ia in Re ga late ih OWN On referring to the Quebec Conlerence,
Jrishmen who have followed American leading || a 7 x , Vl Hah is il leet addition we tind a proposition was offered by the
will be pitied, no commiseration will be given | vy eta i en Me, in order UO Ton, George Coles, that the stm of £200,-
to foreign adventurers who have so cruelly meet het oe expenditure HSMN OO ste. should be given to 2B. E. Island to
Jed them astray, “These leaders are described | the difliculty was met by an extra allows! pyy up the lands rciaining in the hands
as men ‘who having become unfitted for] ance of 363,000 per yeu for ten years ‘ot the Proprietors—both Te sehold and
steady industry by the habits gained during | Ever since the Quebec Scheme (which waa! wilderness. Phe principle involved in
the fonr years of war, are now bent upon| based on the principle of even-handed jus- | this requ tppenard so outrageous, that
ratitying their propensities at our expense. | tice to: Y ree tt whallthe!... rp Oy
rid ying propensi our expense i Y Ht NOUN ‘ uy to; nae rh all the no one else would, lor at moment, enter-
Ay Fl me " 5 ive } yore { ‘ ; * Of 7
OUEMIIEAL ADUINGNLS TGC Hie Gait ae {tain the thought. Jd not die Proprietors
mage Ge Che tabins Oe Git rights been acknowled by the British and

are dupes of the “ braves” in feathers, who |

‘The peasantry and labourers who make up the
bulk of the Fenian levies, follow these men
with implicit obedience. ‘They find them bold |

yoluble, confident in assertion; they see they rey ay iva ’ Adi ve het heard Colonial Government id, were their
have good clothes and plenty of money; and 4 i Mote a " { a An ie UA ading for oases worse thin pe led all over the
they believe they have the strength not only | 2° | ; i sale Minton ts evens ate | Continent? Why, then, shoulda hurge sam
of the American Fenian organization, but of Mt PAU CEOR ELON tO. (DIG cL Hib of money be tuken trom the other Volon-

the United States themselves behind them,” | @&ebee Scheme in its entirety, proving that
Whatever may be behind them, they find a | She, at least, had no desire to seek an in-
powerful Government in front, andthe respect- | Credse to her own local revenue, at. the
able and reflecting population siding with the | Aaa the Lower Provinces. Now,
authorities. The case was different in former | observe how our politiciens and sevibblers YS srals, tr hic sive
rebellions, when Irish gentlemen came out| lieve used this AL MGRRTRARETE of Canada Oo Ec A hae if v Mp A Mad:
and stood at the head of insurgents fighting | keep close to the Quebee Scheme, not by! i ine a a ut Wid ut wy ult placed
and dying for their cause. In this Fenian | way of commendation, but as a strong ar. On the sume level its the other Colonies, in
rising we find only poor labourers following | euiment against our coatede {hee an ile our liability to contribute our equal por
the feathered adventurers, and a hundred or! round that nol one 6f the provi sions of the Use) the gene ral revenue, thatit was only
#0 of Dublin shop-boys, ‘who, missing at the | Oyebre Scheme eanbl he ied What fe just and fur to this Island to place as ub
commencement of business on Ash-Wednes-| the tacts? Not BHe BREE hie np ye n equal footing with the ether Provinces,
tlay putin their appearance in the afternoon, dd An Bele OF its Sb Wi ite winte, 28 tour local revenue, If the Sint
when the prospects of insurrection were but tl al wy ae Ws BUN ane poms Lands, mines and minerals ofeach Colony
darkening. The fuct is, the real people of at pet te Nive JUSE obtain ec had been given up to the General Goyert-
Treland without abating one iota of their claims | HS Concessions in their favor, whieh has ment, we should then haye no fault to sind
tor redress of grievances, are unwilling to join already Pub quite ® now aspect on: thes on this point; but, to allow upwards ot
the out of work * generals” and © captains” | 5 theme, ‘Phe 89 cents per head has been | one millon and FY half dollars to be divi led
who have come across the Atlantic in. search tually changed to the following: ratio, | among the otl ot membe e of the. C fi d
of furtnne, taking the estimated population on the, 1st eens Lt 4 this Pi crea ed IME
i i MUNN TSU 2) We EUDHeR dU ie erney, and for this 1 royvince to reeeiveno-
Tho agents of the different fire insurance |? Muy, ’ Deu ELINA) thing, Was a principle that never would
companies in Liverpool on Thursday held a Population, ‘have receiy dt the sanction of the Conter-
arecting, and it was agreed that every means ‘ence or the British Government, il proper-

jes lor the especial benetit of a class in one
Colony? It however, the request had
been based on the facets above stated, that
we had neither Crown Lands, mines, nor

per head,

Upper Canada, 1,802.056 60 cents.

should be tuken to prevent the action of. in Lower ZBSNSi i i i
ha 4 : zower Canada, 1,288,880 74 re ‘ly Jaid before them
cendiacies, ‘The managers of all the local Nova Scotia, ! BGS, 781 $8 “ i a peenelny
banks aye received a warning to the effect New Branswick, 205,084 oO. Stil more recently, the delegates from

that they must keep a good force at night on : the Maritime Provinces, while in London,
their premises, in order that any attempt to| What now becomes of the stale ery of reconsidered our peenliu position, and
brenk open the banks might be prevented, | our Leader: We can get no ocher terms?! concluded that we were entitled, on. this
‘The magistrates have alro been provided with | AS to the terms we might have gained) ground, to a liberal grant. They propos-
« copy of the Riot Act; and four steamers are | through the influence of the Colonial Of- ed that $809,900 should be paid to this [s-
reported to have been chartered by the Goy- | fice, if we had only sent a suitable delega- land, in addition to the allotment ot the
ernment and manned by marines trom Her | tion there, as we were invited to do, it is Quebee Seheme; and, had the proposal
Un Re My dene ealy at present anchored | useless to predict, The above retutation been endorsed hy Canada, in all probability
ae eanisd Nene alibRIne hale sae ety ae to convince you that our hate Hla tions would Nave returned rt
aé'any Fenian landing. a it A Nrecies alwiays prool, and that itis large majority in favor of ¢ onlederation,
Sole curious weapons, unmistakeably Fe- | ey 1 ae PM My waco fo wpopular Canada, HOMEY CRs QUT OG sCe tt cee Nes
nian, hiaye been found near Mallow. “They bY ae ey Meisel obliviotts Ky other firm, at that time, this Aeparture fromthe
are A kort of javeline, a sharp spear with a LG Important Interests in the Quebee Scheme, It was in perfect con-!
vane handle, and might be thrown skilfull » to ride their little hobby, sisteney with her previous position, We
as to intlict a severe wound, ‘These spe The Wnion of these British Provinces is w her. Since then, however, |
are spoken of as American, a subject which has engaged the most pro- greed, with New itrunswick
found thought of the greatest minds on, ind Ua, to make some important

Forty prisoners, including Burke, have been

committed for high treason hy the Limerick | both sides of the Atlantic. Al) shades of dterations in the Quebue Scheme; whieh
inagistrates, A copy of an oith was found on politicians in the mother counteyy have wwe tlso for our benefit, on entering the

Burke binding the acceptors not to take up given their unqualified approval’ of the) Unien, and gives us good grotmd for be-

peat iaat pale Mk eG ali give infor- | plan, In the United States, some of her! lieving that, on a proper representation,
posed to have Bane aulinintetened tit ilk ites | best men sce in this union the only method | our claim to the $s 10,600, as an equivalent
suns us refused to join the insurgents, i by which British rule and influence ean be | lor the absence ot Crown Lands, &e., will
Whe Londonderiy dourndiivepntts u recent | perpetuated on this continent; and the best he acceded to. Our financial position will
agrarian outrage in ER GHGESNH atom: rt to! aie MCU cting gone of those gi-} Miah Ue ne follows i
nesassinate the Rev. Dr, Allver, GE NawiGunns 1 tic evils which are unhappily accumu , Per-capita tax, 80 cts. per head, $64,800
stewart. lating in their midst, thr ttening to sweep Literest on assumed debt, less

‘extra suis be given to any teacher of said

The Incidental benefits resulting from Con-
federation would sufiice to fill a long letter,
Who can. sutiicigptly estimate the value to
this Colony of unf@ered intercourse with all
the other Provinees,—no barriers to trade or |
by Custom Louse restrietions or
veess to ull those great and noble
institutions, of which the other Provinces
justly boast, which would freely open up to!
our young men a new world of thought and
action? On the other hand, what great diy-
advantages will full to our lot, if, by a con-
tinued refusal to accept fair terms, a duty is
imposed hy the other Colonies on all our pro-
duce, cattle, horses, manufactures, fish, ¢
&e. In the Union virtually, yet liable to all
the restrictions imposed on foreigners, we
would have none of the advantages that may
he derived by our position as a British
Province, Should we persist m_ rejecting
such terms asare fair and just to P.N. Is.
land, we shall derserve to remain, a spectacle
for the aniazement of all intelligent men, a
dishonor to our Mother ©

Jountry, and a re-

proach to our fslind for ages to come,
Trusting these thoughts and figures may
have some little influence in’ placing this im-
portant subject in its true and proper light,

and in leading you to # right decision,
1 remain, Pellow-Colonis

Your obedient servant.

WILLIAM HEARD.

Charlottetown, 2ist March,.1867,

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plvOR oF rik JOUUNAL

In looising over the Journal yesterday even-
ing, my attention was attracted by the notice
of a inceting held some time age, in ihe
the Normal School room, Charlottetown, ‘tor
the purpose of drafting a petition to ie Leg-
isliture, praying for the redress of certain
grievances caused by the defective state of
the present Education Act.”

1 heartily coincide with my confrercs in
theirs noble determination, but at the same
dime, £ would bey leave to offer a few obser-
vatious on some of the suggestions set forth
at their meeting.

That we need a reform in the present Ex
cation Act, is a fact which no individual will
have the hardihood to question; but it should
be based on such principles as not to make
the matter worse than it nowis. Vesting, for
instance, in the Professors of Prince of Wiles
College, at the request of the ‘Trustees of a
istrict, the power to dismiss a teacher, a
volonte, is, in my humble opinon, a measure
which our Legislators will not, in’ their wis-
dom, allow to become law. In the event of
any differences arising between the acher
and the ‘Trustees, there is a provision in the
present Act, by which the ‘Teacher is enabled
to appeal to the Board of Education, in order
to have the matter properly investigated;
whereas should the suggestion aliuded to be-
come the order of law, it would leave the
‘Teacher in the unhappy position of losing his
school at any day, a the pleasure of the
‘Trustees, and sometimes for very frivolous

pain '
reasons, its it often happens.

‘The next point to which [ wish to refer is
the increase of salary according to the length ;
of service. I, for one, although L would reap
a good share of benefit by such change, cannot}
seo any justice in allotting a higher salary to |
the master who has tiught ten years, than to)
him who has taken charge of a school rue
twelve months ayo, merely because the for-
mer has taught nine year:

‘Ss longer thin the

latter, This would be the means of keep-
ing up a certain class of incompetent
teachers who make school teaching a trade,

but who were never called to such yovation,
We are living in an age of progress, and pro-
gress should be appreciated at its real value,

Let the salary be increased according to the
teacher's competency. The branches required
of those who will qualify for the Virst Class,
being the same as they are at present, and a
liberal allowance granted to such cliss. Let

class, who may make himself competent in
any of the higher branches, according as he!
will qualify in each, before a Just Board of!
Education. Let this be done until he has i
made hinielf fitin all the branches required |
for the Second Class, then be recognized as |
a Second Class Teacher, and be entitled to
the salary granted to such class, without any

fect of sulidice. In wading through them
our state of mind was such that we would
not hove Leen all surprised to have
secu the horse break throngh and give
us the pleasere of dragging him out if we
could, Thsain several placeg on beth
sides of the (rack there were spots two or
t'vce feet in cire:mference that looked
ominously black, and made us wish to
be once more safe on dry land. We can
assure the reader thatave gave a long

self on tei-a figna once more.
While on the ice, quice a rampber of and
diggers at werk, aud when we yee fairly
ashore we ford ourselves driving between
two rouges of mul incuntains, j tur Be-
deéque friends see: deviernined tu “avail
themselves of the stoves of fértilizing
matters that bouncdfal mother Nature has
for thousands of years been layir
their special use wnt benefit. He mud
that lies at t'e Lotion ofemoest of our
Leys eud rive sis of amore real value to
our (slid farmers thoi veins of
bearing qt Hy its means the y

drawn sigh of relief when we “We ou.)

of their terms will be very greatly, in-
creased, and
‘be able to
‘many comforts and lustries which are

tRey, in consequence,’ will
surround themselves with

now beyond their 1
we have no duabt the raul will be raised
hy stewm. ‘Lhe cost of a decdging ma-
eis notso great thata number of
well-to-do farmers, by clubbing together,
could not purchase one. ‘Lhe labor of
raising the mud would then bediminished
more than a hundred per cent., and it
could be obtained br those who wished
to Duy it at a much ¢ er rate than at
(o-opmnsvron is a wword that
we Islanters seurecly know che meaning
of. Wehope that we will cre lung, as a
people, be able te realize that imany
things can be eifeeted by combine: action
which never could be done by individual

present,

eflurt. ‘The bees, since the creation,
have instinctively acted upon this. truih ;
but mankind have been jor thonsands

of years conning the lesson, ool have not
yet learned it pertectly.

Ihe scenery of even the most beauti-
ful parts of the Island is, in winter, ex-
ceediugly: tame, and even dreary. ‘he
greater part of its surface is covered by
a mantle of unyarying whitcr.css, and the
woods and groves are cither of a dull
sombre brown, or of a glooiny black.
Though at this season of the year nature
appears in her most melancioly ant for-
bidding aspect, yet tle observant traveller

need not find the road long, asit is neither’

wearisome or uninteresting. ‘There are
many things in the county through
which he passes to engage his atiention,
The appearance of the farm houses and
their surroundings, the state of the fences,
the coulition of such of the live stock as
can be seen, the general aspect of the
country, to say nothing of the look ef the
people whom he pesses and whom he
mects, all atford material for observetion
and food for comment.
there is not a people in America so well
and comfortably lLoused as are the farm-
ers of this Island. The imprevement
made in their buildings during the last
few years, is really astonishing. One

vill traycl for a whole day without sceing

asingle hut, such as those which tormed
the dwellings of whole settlements a few
years ago. ti the older settlements,
large and handsome houses and roomy
barns, with quite a profusion of smaller
out-buildings, may be seen on almost
every farm; enc in the mote reéent ones

Ve saw, |

AA up for!

+ Bye and bye}

We believe that

ing or superstition which leads men to
make their burial places beautiful. Many
other objects were presented to our view
as we passed along, but space will not
permit of us saying more. As we neared
‘the city we saw many new and handsome
‘buildings, but as the city deserves an
,article by itself, we will not do it the in-
justice of placing our impressions of it at
the tail end of this one, we will notice
it next week,

He ee ld © Ge

Misstonany Miwirnc.—We had the
|pleasure of being present at the annual
Wesleyan Missionary Meeting, held in
Chaslottetown, on Monday Evening
1 he large and beautiful church
of thet body was well filled with atten-
tive hearers. ‘the chair was ably and
efliciently led by an old and worthy
meraber of the Wesleyan Charch, Robert
Longworth, Esy. The tepurt, which
was carefully prepared, and contained
much valuable intermation in reference
to the progress of the work of Missions,
was read by the Secretary, W. E. Daw-
son, Esy. ‘Phe ev. and lay gentlemen
who moved, sceonded, and supported the
resolutions, Ww the Revs. Messrs.
| Richey, Chappel, Secherland, Davies,
tovers, Hou. Ceocse Beer, Won. Dr.
Young, mid William ctoard, Esq. Went
fof space will not permit of us givins the
briciest outline of the speeches; but we
jMust sev that they were exeellent, and
| the appeels made on behalf of the Mis-
| sionary were very earnest and
j pathetic. {t was cic of the most inter-
esting meetings of the kind we have ever
‘been privileged to attend. We have
not heard whet amovnt was collected on
ithe occasion, but if the collection was in
j keeping with the rest of the meeting, it
j was certainly good,

|
ee

Wk have been requested to publish a
correspondence between Major Pollard and
the Commander-in-Chiel, which appeared
in some of the City papers. Want of
space will not permit of us this week doing
so. We have however read it, and trom
jwhat we learn from it, and what we
have heard, we ave inclined to believe that
the Major has not reecived that courtesy
due to hin, nor yet that right which be-
‘longs to, and should be given, to every
British subject—a firir and impartial hear-
tag Ivis now, we believe, some five er
six yours since Major Pollard first formed
a Volunteer Company. Me was then, by
# unaninous voice of the members of that
Company, selected and appointed Captain.
Both officers and men at that time had to
clothe themselves, which they did at a
heavy outlay. On all publi¢ occasions
when the Volunteers were required, the
boom of the cannon told the public but too
plain that the Artillery were ‘turned out.
Well do we remember the morning when
Ceneral Williams inspected the Company,
and. spoke in the highest terms of the mili-
tary training evinced by the nen, and
paid ahigh compliment to Captain Pollard,
their then only drill instructor. Many
times have we, when in the ranks, heard
the Commander-in-Chi {compliment Cap-
tain Pollard on the efi bieney ot his Com-
pany ; and when the Prince of Wales visi-
| ted our Island, the highestand most honor-
jtble position to be filled by Volunteers
j Was awarded to Captain Pollard and his
jmen. We mention these things merely to
show the position that officer then stooe in,
jad that he having been promoted to the
hrank of Major, has acquired a Military re-
putation, at home and in’ the Provinces,
for who has yet lorgotten the handsome
prize he eavried off trom ‘Truro, N. Seotin,
uring all this time that officer, we be-
ve, received no pay ; and not only that,
but wh.n an office was required to be fill:
ed, which had the handsome salury of
£300 attached to it, to be paid out of the
pockets of the tax-payers of this Island,
that worthy and qualified ofticer was over.

|

wellfinished barns. The improvement | looked, and it was given to a perfect stran-

BATON A . down Gvery moral barrier and bring all aetnal debt 90,427 consideration to the length of service . .

i 4 i 3 H i t Me ; 9 2 1 ft th of service, he log Réuses i . ae

THE UNITED ST 8S GOVERNMENT | {hat is good and noble down toa degraded , Fees from Public Offices, Liven- Unfortunately, we see some teachers who the log 7 wh the ne nal “settlers
AND THE CONDITION OF IRELAND, | level. “In these Colonies the mostreliable |. ee8 Seay 3,200 have Superintended schools for a number of| Mave very nearly quite disappeared, and
“jn trustworthy men are on the side of! Hines and Penalties, 820 years, and who have not yet rendered any of | in their places avo'scen tidy cottages and

The Morning Advertiser publishes the fol- | Confederation, (excepting of course P, 1, | al ete, ere of ‘ their pupils fit to appear before the Board of,

Jowing extraordinary statement :—“ Itappears | [sland,) not excepting the great Leader of | fad Maui mt Hane Education; whilst there are young teachers, jin the breed of ca:+le, sheep and hogs,

tu be ae that Mr. Adains, the’ United | the Anti-Contederates. ‘ whose eloquent | la isdkia leh 1400 who, y Fre arity He Hale Maye wade! connot fail to tmnioss itself on the atten
States Minister, has, hy direction of his Gov- specehes in favor of the union of all the: + Oh HERA ee ee eee oa 7 i y i
ernment, brought before Her Majesty's Min- | Provinces from Newfoundland to Vaneat| Quebee Schome allowance, $176,847) respectable positions in society. ‘Lo these,| ton of the most unebservant, Long. ,

isters the neglected condition of Ireland, and
pointed out in perhaps not the most concilia-
tory tone, the course which those whom Mr.
Adams represents declare should be immedi-
ately adupted with the view of removing the
existing causes of Irish disaffection, and of

ver's Island,” still ring through the length
and breadth of the land, and have undoult-
edly had a Jarge share in’ bring ng this
question to its present condition.

The great differences between our Con-

ithe

then, award the prize of merit; and not to
those who make school teaching dimere rou-
tine.

legyed, short-wooled sheep are no longer

to be seen on the road sides, and the pigs.
lo not look as if they wee ke ‘

a : 2 ay § »@ Kept for

There are several other points on which I sporting purposes, ‘The horses Pia are |

would wish to speak, but having already oc. |) 5 : a ha oe

cupicd too much of your yaluable spice, 1| YerY B00, sone equal .o any in the Pio-

Tn addition to the above allotment,
Maritime Provinces have had
|granted, and to which we are also
entitled:
Ist-—An additional yearly allow-
anee; in proportion to New

allaying that feeling of intense irritation known federate and Anti confederate leaders is, | Brunswick, onr quota would be 18,674| Will conclude by entreating most earnestly our | Vinces, but we must say that we believe
to exist aniong the large Irish population in| afterall, ofsmallimportauce, The former | Quil.eNew: Bruitewlck and Nova Legislature to give due consideration to/ this most useful of all animals are very
rj pay ‘ . . * wiley vank i shininnk . : 4 A nati ; . face a
America, ‘The events of the last fortnight in | honestly ficknowledge that a scheme of} Scotia are ty have their per-capita a Peet 4 DEPOT 88 that of Kdaca-|much neglected and often N-ivented.
Treland, including the arrest of some Ameri- | union might be devised for, this Island tux, according to census every tion, and to devise some scheme to amelior- The cows and oxen t 1 1
ean citizens, though not native Americans, are | which would result in the prosperity and | 10 years, until their respective ate the puor teacher's hard lot. vel fed n ee ee a sleek,
stated to form features in Mr. Adam's corres- rapid improvement ol all our interests. population shall reach 400,000. Yours, cte., Ys i eet Mien different from
pondence with Lord Stanley; and report says, | Te latter would willingly agree to. fair, Our proportion of population At*eene | the sickly, miserable looking creatures
that while they ate alluded to in a manner | terms, but, as they allege, these cannot be would be 182,000, and our in- Bloomfield, Mare} 30th, 1867. which we remember to have seen the vory
calculated to ‘secure for the United States | ottained, They determine not to admit crease of per-capita tax, 40,800| = - SSS. ~ | picivves of misery, standing arovid the
President and those Snumediately about him th incipl ss Now f fe | ‘Throat Arrections axp HoArsennss.--| rend
the good opinion and Joyalty of the Irish-Am- he principle on uny terms. Now let us isk | tiiufidte Lacal Ne $259,891 | All suffering from Irritation of the ‘Throat and | farm heuses, in our early hoybood.. It
y sat artios nr "i imate Loe venue, 32,82 y and; salt e's
one question, If both parties are agreed | ’ was very pleasant to see the children!

erican element spread over the Great Ameri-

can Republic, itis notlikely the remonstrance ; uel a
made Wy Mr. Adanie, where tors and stig- | COMMON sense, and on behalf of the im-| In addition to the above, the General Gov:

gestions gome to be discussed, will create perilled interests ot this Island for gen+| ernment are to defray the following salaries
anything but feclings of indignation and con- erations to come, why ave not the terms pro-|and charges, which are estimated to be at
tempt.” We do not believe the American |posed? Why keep up this bitter strife aud | least 40,000 per year, Island currency :—

to nevept fair terms, then, in the name ot} orin PE. I. currency, £72,756 118 $d.

lloarseness, will be agrecably surprised at the |
almost immediate relief afforded by the use
of Brown's Bronchial Troches, The demul-
cent ingredients allay pulmonary irritation;
and, after public speaking or singing, whon

Giorernment capable of anything so absurd ae | tgitation, if it is uppareut that we shall | Salary of Lt, Governor, Judicial expenses,
this, | ultimately become part of the Union? Let | Salary of the Judges, MManagens't of {ndiang, |

much exercise, their use will
strength to the vocal organs,

| clothed,
the throat is wearied and weakened by tov! looked, as children should always look, |
give renewed | happy and well fed,

; 100, We noticed a very great improvement,

going to und coming from school, so
rosy, 80 smilifig, and 86 eomfétta’)ly |
Every one of those who we saw,

In the school house

ger, And now when Major Pollard aske
lor a Court of Enquiry to investigate a
charge made against him, he is denied ft,
We trust the Volunteer Artillery will stand
by their old and much loved Captain un-
lil he obtains that right he now demands.

Tne Prospectus of a new French paper,
to be called the Afoniteuy Acadien, has
heen received. It is to be published at
Chatham, N. B.

‘Tim main portion of the town of Both-
well, Canada, was destroyed by fire on
Monday the 19th ultimo,

Govry's Tady'’s Book for April hae been
received. ‘The fishions are very beautifal.
The steel plato engraving, “ In the Wooda.'t
is well worth the whole price of the Book.
The wood cut “The Hoop Manis,” is very
amusing. ‘The literary contents are spi
and moral intone. Every lady should at ps 4
send in their order to Berteam’s or Harvie's
Book Store,

Tnk wild geese have come, and if we may
judge by the large number we seen offered for
sale here, they are pretty plenty,. One man
had forty on a sleigh yesterday, some of whieh
sold as low ae 2s. 6d, i