Summerside Journal -- 1867-05-09 -- Page 2

fire. Mo, therefare, wonld strongly arg
the claims of petitioners to tle exenption
prayed for,

Ordered that said pet
table.

lon. Attorney General presented seve-
ral petitions on Kt uls, Bridges and)
Wharis; all of which were read and. or-
dered to be referred to the members of the
several Districts.

On motion of the hon. Col. Sceretary, |
the petitions relating to the opening ot
new Romls were severally read, aud or-
alered to be laid on the table,

The petition of divers inhabitants of
Cardigan, concerning the opening ofa new |
road through the lands of John Parker, and |
others, was ordered to be withlrawn, on
the ground that the prayer of the said pe-
tition could not be entertained by the
louse, the remedy, according to Statute,
being in an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Hon, Mr. Durtean gave notice that, to
morrow, he would ask the Government if
they intended to make any alterations re-
lative to the manner in which the Hills
boro’ Ferry v conducted, and if they
contemplated any improvements in the
running of the Ferry Boat.

A short debate here took place in which |
the hon. Mr. Coles, Messrs. Davies and}
Dunean took part.

Hon. Mr. Davies congratulated the House
on the unanimity which had prevailed) up
to this period of the Session, noe counter
resolutions having been submitted in op-
position to any question of importance.

Hon, Leader of the Government sup-
posed that matters had been so well cou-
ducted that no room was left for censure,

Hon, Leader of the Opposition would
correct the hon, Mr. Davies, and inform
that hon. member that two counter reso-
lutions had been submitted of considerable
importance, the one being to recommit the
Reyenne Bill, with the view ot lowering
the duties on certain liquors imported to
this Colony—the other relative to the grant
for Steam communication with Souris, Ge.
How such resolutions could have escaped
the notice of the hon. Mr Davies, ifhe were
in his seat. he was at a loss to know.

Ion, Mr. Hensley said that the matter
must haye escaped the memory of his hon.
colleague in the Goverment,

House adjourned.

WEDNrspay, May 1.

Non Attorney General presented to the
House a Bill for the continuance of certain
expiring laws, which was received, read,
and committed to a committee of the whole,
dfon, Mr, Laird in the chair,

teported agreed to,

On motion ofthe hon, Attorney General,
the time limited for the re eption of new
matter was extended to Wednesday next,
the 8th inst, in so far as relates to matters
ofa public nature,

Ifon, Colonial Sceretary presented to the
Tlouse a memorandum of the Stock now
on the Government Stock Farm,

Ilon, Attorney General presented a Bill
to enable George C. Stiles, of Westmor-
Jand County, New Brunswick, to obtain
Letters Patent for the invention of a new
and useful improvement in the construc:
tion of Spinning Wheels,

The said Bill was received, vend, and
ordered to be referred to The Special Com-
mittee to report thereon,

The Bill to diminish the delay and ex-
pense of proceedings in the Court of Chan-
cery was read a third time and passed.

fon, Attorney General presented to the

aioae the Reports of the Visitors of Schools
bern three -

. b ees wee ol AEE...
the Island for the past y«
by the Board of Education,

Ifon. Leader of the Government said
from the unrelinble manner in which the
information given in’ those reports was
collected, the House ju previous Sessions
did not consider themget suficient import-
ance to be published il the Journals. But
as the Board of Edueation had transmitted
the snid papers to that hon. Ileuse, it
would, perhaps, be as well to. publish at
Jeast © portion of them in the Journals.

peered ct

itiens be ladon the

a8 transmitted

Mr. Reilly—It appeared that but little
importance had been attached to the Re-
ports of School Visitors by that hon. House.

Vhen the large amount of public revenue
expended on edueation would be taken
into consideration, it appeared strange in-
deed that the printing of Reports, which
should be of material importance, was
considered a waste of public money. He
believed, and in fact it could be proved if
necessary, that much of the intormation
given in those Reports was from the hear-
say of others, and not the result of person-
al observation on the part ef the Visitors.
That, however, could not be wondered at,
when the smull pittance allowed for the
School inspection of the whole Colony was
but £300 a year—a sum smaller than that
given to the Superintendent of Public
Works last year as travelling fees alone.
He said the office of School inspector should
be non-political, and merit, rather than
political favoritism, should influence the
appointinent of officers, whose duties were
so essential to the best interests of eduea-
tion, When the question came before the
Tfouse in amore general form, it could be
entered into more fully, and, he hoped,
With satisfactory results,

Tfon. Attorney General—When the Fa-
ueation Act would be presented in a few
days to the consideration of the Louse, the
views of the Government would be known
relative to the appointinent of Visitors, as
wellas the general question of Educa-
tion.

Ton. Leader of the Opposition said he
was always of the opinion that the School
Visitors were inadequately paid. Clerks
in Merchants’ Establishments, in many
eases, had better salaries than were allow-
ed for the inspeetion of Schools for the
whole Colony; and he was of opinion that
one Superintendent of Schools for the
whole Island, properly paid, and of super-
jor attainments, would give more general
satistaction than the present mode. Ife
said that Dr. Ryerson, Superintendent. of
Edueation in Upper-Canada, had held that
office for many yeu no matter what
party had the Government in that country
r

"he office should not be viewed pelitically
and should be held during good be
viour.

Mr. P. Sinclair was happy to hear that
there appeared a disposition to make the
office of School Visitor nou-political, It
was high time that a change of some kind
was mude, [le was of opinion that a
Visitor for each of the three Counties of
this Island would give more general satis-
faction. He would be willing to have
such officers ippointed during goo’ be-
haviour, =. “° ow

Mr. Howlan Said it was indeed strange
that Reports relating; t) the expenditure

of some £16,000 of the Reyenue, annually,
were so utterly useless, and so unreliable
as not to be worth publishing. ‘The super-
yision of the educational interests of the
whole Colony required a larger sum than
had hitherto heat yoted for that service.
He hoped that hon, members on both sides
ot the house would concur jn the necessity
not only inereasing the salary, but also
of tem pointnient of gentlemen. of sup-
. erior taltats and attainments for the dis-
charge of those onerous duties connected

Paud

Fevidenee of the tal

| Belfast was conducted, and suid that high

with the offer of School Inspeetor. And)
he was happy to say that he believed th
were those among the young mon ef this
Colony who possessed those required abil: |
ities,
Mr, Arsenanx sald tat, fram his own |
personal knowledge, the School Visitor's |
Report of certain Schools in’ parts of the |
District which he had the honor to repre-
sent, was not relitble, In) proot of his;
renurks, he referred to the Report. in}
question, aud read its statements touchin Z|
Schools at Lot 15, said to be unoccupied, |
also attributing apathy, in regard to}
education, to the French population of that |
part of the count Such statements, he
said, were not true, aad only tarnished
icious nature of such)
reports, Then he explained the diteulty |
of procuring licensed ‘Peachers under the |
revised School Act, which enjoined the |
mpwing instruction in English as well
as French. In the abscnee of such teach-
ers, young ladies were employed and paid
hy voluntary subs ious. There being,
according to the Visitor's Report, some
six or seven school houses in the vicinity
to which he alluded, was proof suflicient
to show that the inhabitants were not un-
mindtul of the necessity of educating their
children,
Cameron said that merit, and not
A should be considered relative
ppointnent of School Visitors.
sonal Knowledge, he could vouch
for the correctness of tat portion of the
Report now betore the house, rehitive to
Schools in his District. And then he eom-
mended the assiduity of the present Visitor
for the Western Section of the Islnd,

Mr, Bell concurred with the remav

made by the hon. member (Mr, Came
rekutive to the diligent and painstaking

couduct of the Visitor alluded to; and
urged the necessity of placing the educa-
tional system of the Colony on the best
possible basis.

Mr, MeAulay could not understand what
the question betore the house was. Sur
it was not contemplated to plaice restric-
tions on the thoughts and opinions of'men
who might hold Government appoint-
ments ?

Nr, Dayies
Were nore ¢

tid that parents general
ble of judging the progress
made by their children, than were the
Visitor, who, from a hasty callata School,
could Know but very little of the real state
of such Schools. ‘Phe principle amend-
nent which requived to be made in the
School Act, was the payit gol the whole
of the Poachers’ salaries from the ‘Tre
so as to enwtble them to make a respe
ng, and eause young men of wbil
take a greater and more permanent inter-

est in their profession, Schoolhouses, in
soine localities, we ected too close to
each other, Some settlements appeared

to be more highly favored in that- respect
than others. It was, in his opinion, ab-
surd to have eleven or twelve nen called
together to examine candidates for the of-
fice of School ‘Teacher. One person otf
quiuified attainments could
duty as efficiently as a whole Board of
Kdueation. He alluded to the satistietory
manner in which the Gramm; thaol at

schools of that nature, if mor
established, would be productive
good, ‘The ordinary

enerauly
of much
hools could be

conducted by Teachers of a lower class,
and Females might, asin the United States,
In

be more
high, or
Mathen

those
raphy,
other

generally employed:
x Gc

tion, and

| Chronicle, in the course of a longthy article

Pertorm that |#ttendants that the change to her native

‘SUMMERSIDE JOURNAL, THURS

Colonial and other

Aes,
Mont Srranens Wantren. ~The Quebec

on the transportation’ of four from Canada to

the Gulf of St. Lawrence, says:

"The ansicty to get the supply of four by
the Gulf route is now thoroughly awakened at
St. John, we believe. The tlestthing required
is additional accomodation for discharging |
and loading at the railway wharf, With this}
furnished, a steamer of not more than the re- |
quisiw: draught might be employed to make
the trip once in three weeks; and the mer-
chants of St. John, ax being most interested, |
are the people who ought to charter such a)
steamer. Our friends below scem to labour
under a delusion about the superabundant
enterprise and capital that is to rush to their
istance from the St. Lawrence, and more
ally from Montreal. This is a matter
in which they ought to do something to help
themselves. ‘They ought to know more about
Shediac than we do up here, and they can
seareely expeet people at a distance to avert
capital and incur riskin an undertaking which
may prove impracticable from want of accom-
modation at their end of the line.”

A recent letter to a gentleman in this city,
from a reliable source in California, mentions
the fuct ef a tree lately being cut down on
Grand Island, Sacramento River, from which
509 cords of wood were made, which sold at
$5 per cord. To add to the value of the tree,
there were foundin its hollow trunk namerous
swirms of bees, whose store of sweets was
suillcient in quantity to sell for $500, making
the total value of the trée and contents $750.
The writer adds that there are many trees in
the vicinity which are large enough to make
25 to 380 cords of wood each. They may or
may Not contain honey. In some parts of the
5 is conducted on an extens:
le, individual farmers sometimes so fig
from one thousand to fifteen hundred acres of
wheat and barley alone. One instance is
mentioned by the writer of the communication
referred to in which a farmer in Almeda
County had some four thousand agres in one
vast field, sown with wheatand barley. Crops
were looking excellently at the time this was
written, wnich was in February list.

We observe that the Western papers give
hopeful accounts of the appearance of the
wheat croy It is said that very litte has
been winter-killed, and that the appearance of
the crops is now very much better than it was
last Spring. The Can n in noticing this
fact expresses a hope that the good accounts
will have an ameliorating effect on the high
price of flour,

At the Paris Exhibition it is said jthat a
novelty will be on exhibition, in the sliape of
an urtificial horse. ‘Phe ingeniously construct-
ed animal when ready forthe road, will travel
twenty-five miles without stopping, and after-
wards may be wound up ina few moments so
as to goas much further,and so on indefinitely.
A li like this must be a valuable acquisi-
tion, provided it can be bought as cheaply as
the noble animal of which it is a copy.

The London Court Journal says that it is
the intention of the Princess of Wales to re-
turn to Copenhagen with the Queen of Den-
mark, it being the opinion of her medical
tir
beneficial effeet, and tend to
vy of their royal patient.

Ata public necting in ‘Tipperary, Ireland,
one speaker illustrated the growing importance
of the town by stating that in the purchase of
butter alonejupwards of £1,000,000a year was
expended,

A swarm of locusts has again settled on the
island of Sardinia, so that this year’s crop will
probably be destroyed, as were those of last

will have a me
a speedier recoy

The Russians have made a discovery on the

essen to the ordiniry pursu
should be imparted; and tho.
who desired to give their children the
higher attainments of a classical edu
tion should not procure the means of a
quiring such attainments from the public
revenue,

Mr. Henderson said that, in justice to
the gentleman who held the ofiiee of School
Visitor for the Eastern Section of the Is-
land, he felt bound to state that some of
the allusions made to that geptlemian were
unjust anduntiir, It was well known to
hon, gentlemen on both sides of the house
that the ofllcer to whom allusion was made
had, formany years, been a teacher ot
youth in the Colony, and also master at
one tine in the princi institution of
arning on the Island, in both of which
capacities he had done some service to the
country. When the small sulary allowed
him, as Visitor of the whole of the Eastern
section of the Island, was considered, and
also his advanced years, he thought some
allowance should be made for any imper-
lections that might appear in his Report.
Ile was astonished at the remarks of the
hon. member for Belfi (Mv. Davies)
comparing the knowle ol parents with
that of School Visitors, relative to the im-
provement made at Schools. Tt was well
known that there were those who ¢
but little about the Education of thei
dren, It was, therefore, necessary that
the Government of the country should pro-
tect the childven of such parents, even
against the neglect of their own parents,
especially as such neglect would inevitably
lead to dangerous consequences to Socic

TIon, Leader of the’Government reviey
ed the different experiments that had been
resorted to, velati to the Free Sehool
System, with the view of improving it.
The Visitors’ department had also heen
changed from one for the whole Island as
at first, to the dividing of the work into
tivo sections, and appointing a Visitor for
each. ‘The latter mode, it’ ppeared, had
not given that gencral satistaction which
was expected. ‘The whole question would,
however, shortly be submitted to the
house, when ths subject generally might
be more fully debated. He hoped, how-
ever, that no party fecling would be mani-
tested on that question,

Mr. MeNeill—It was impossible to know
from the Reports transmitted, what the
state of Education was in the country.
Much of the success of teaching was_ the
result of tact on the part of the teacher
Local Boards should be appointed in d
ferent localities, the members of which
should be competent to examine schools,
and they should attend at the visits of the
inspector

Ordered that said Reports be Jaid on the
table,

Ifon. Mr. Dunean then asked what alter-
ations of arrangements, if any, the Goy-
ernment contemplated relative to the
Hillsboro’ Ferry—and at the same time
would correct a remark made by hin yes-
lerday, relative to the Ferry Steamer
stopping at four o’elock in the Fall of the
ir. He was sineo informed that they
ways ran till five o'clock.

parents

Tfon. Leader of the Government said, in
reply, that there was no time since notice
was yiven, for the Government to investi-
gate the matter, Ifany material change
was required, it was better for the house
to consider it in Committee, and come to
some resolution on the subject. The Goy-
ernment was prepared to give every pos-
sible facility to the public, relative to thi
Ferry, and he would be willing to hes
the subject freely debated by the house in
Committee of the whole,

Nouse adjourned.

Sn Danb wi hieley heohaeaaisy able Htters
who had observed that the bricks with which
the Kirghise supplied Fort No. 1 were ex-
tremely well baked, evidently very old, and
partly covered with mortar, ascertained that
they had been found amongst some ruins ata
distance of about fifteen miles from the fort,

vhich was formerly on the banks of}
the sea of Aral, Some oflicers were sent to
examine the place and discovered a town.about
three miles in diameter, completely buried in
sand and overgrown with bushes. None of
them could form any conjecture as towhat the
town may have been, but a description has
heen sent to the central administration, and
the enquiry will be taken up by scientifie men.

The City Council of Halifax have passed an
ordinance for preventing minors smoking in
the streets. It enacts that for the first
offense the offender shall be arrested and con-
veyed to the Police Office, and kept there for
— hours, unless released by the Mayor ar
presiding Alderman; and if the offence be re
peated, a fine of not less than $2 or five days
imprisonment in the county Jail.

In illustration of the present condition to
whieh the working of the Atlantic eable has
heen brought, it is mentioned that recently,in
the business of three entire days, during which
messages were transmitted containing 24,440
letters (or 48,880 letters when doubted for
repetition), the repetitions showed a mistake
of only one letter, consisting in the substitu-
tion of Pattieson for Patterson,

An astronomical phenomenon of which two
observations are only on record, will occur
during the present year. On August
Jupiter will appear to lose its moons for near-
ly two hours—three of them disappearing by
ing across its face, and the fourth being
masked by its shade

During the past year 2,000 unfortunate
women attended the midnight mectings in
London held for the good of this class. 411
were rescued. A large proportion of those
who come under the notice of the Reformity
Institute ave found to be orphans either entire
or partial. ‘This society received 559 during
the year, 6D of these it restored to their friends
and found situations for 232. ‘The whole
number of prostitutes in London is 40,000.
About 1,000 are rescued annually.

A horrible ease of burying alive occurred in
Jacksonville, Illinois. A beautiful young
lady of seventeen, engaged to be marricd,was
fonnd in her bed one morning to all appear-
ance dead. Physicians examined the body and
pronouncedherso, She had taken chjoroform
for her teeth, and there seemed no possible
doubt that the dose had been a fat#® one.
She was buried. A few days since, her rela-
tives, being abont to remove to another state,
desired to take the remains with them. ‘They
opened the eoflin and were horror struck to
find the corpse turned over, both hands, full |
of hair and the clothing torn to shreds.—
Chloroform had placed her in a deep trance
from which she awoke to find herself in her
coffin and her grave,

A New Tuixa 1n Parer.—It seems we have
t reached the full measure of the capa-
8 of paper for articles of toilet. A Phil-
adelphia paper contains an advertisement gg
‘water proof shirt front,” which is deser,
as a snow white shield, light and pleasan
wear, which looks better than linen, never
rumples, and when soiled may be wiped off
with a wet towel orsponge. One will last for
months. With one of these overyour colored
shirt you may go to Loudon and Bible without
a change of linen, If you wish to attund a
wedding, you have but afew minutes work.
This wonderful article costs but twenty-five
cents,

Thanks to Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
we have been relieved from sleepless night®
of painful watching with poor, suffering tecth-
ing children. *Tt gives not only rest, but vig-
our and health—-the little fellow will wake up |
bright, cheerful and refreshed—softens the
gnims, cures wind colic and regulates the bow- |
els.— [Christian Cabinet. ]

D
“Latest by Telegraph !

Loxpox. May 1,
It is understood that Lord Stanley, the See-

(retary of State for foreign affairs, who repre-

sents Great Britain at the Peace Conference,
will preside over its deliberations.
Loxpos, May 1, (evening. )
The Peace Congress will mect on the 12th,

instead of the loth May.—King George, of

Greece, has arrived in London.-—No stock or
markets to report, to-day being a holiday.
Livenroor, May 1, noon.

Cottons open casicr,and prices have declined.
Middling uplands 1154, sales to-day probably
reached 8000 bales. Peas have declined 44s.
Gd. Pork 76, 3d, Refined Petroleum Isd4d.

May 1.—Reports froMBritish Honduras of
a later date received in Jamaica speak of fresh
disturbance having occurred there. The
Governor of Jamaica had, in consequence,
ziven orders ‘a Col. Hunt, of the Militia, to
aid Mr. Archer, the Deputy Comimandent,
Lieut. Hopkins, and Ensign Nevookender, to
proceed immediately to Ruatan, but it is not
stated whether additional troops were to be
sent.

Denix, May 2.
The Fenian prisoners Burke and Doane
have been convicted of high treason and sen-
tenced to be hanged on the 26th of the present
month,
The trial of McCafferty is now in progress
before the Commission,
Loxpox, May 2.—Evening.
Considerable uneasiness is felt in financial
circles both here and on the Continent, as to
the result of the forthcoming Peace Conter-
ence,
Karl Derby says officially that no plan has

been certainly fixed uponsis a basis of settle- |

ment of the Luxemburg question, though he
confidently hopes a permanent peace will be
the result of deliberations of the Congres

spatches have been
ate a rising of the Re-

3, evening.—De
rece which
publicans in Cataloni main, has oceurr:
Nothing has transpired us to the proportions
of the insurrection,

Wasuincron, May 1.

Senor Romero, the Mexiean Minister, re-
ceived to-day the following telegram from the
Mexican Consul at New Orleans:

‘New Orleans, April 80.--'lo M. Romero,
Mexican Minister, Washington+ Miramon is
dead; Imperial Force disbanded; Marguese
completely defeated; Querrata taken; May
mmilian hidden .”

Montrearn, C. 8.

The Parliament has been further prorogued

until the 16thinst. The Steamship St. George

from Glasgow, passed Father Point this morn-

ing. The Ste: tip Moravian left the river
at 6 pan, to-day, for Portland, Me.

Tonosto, C. W., May

The St.Lawrence Canal was opened to-c

Great activity is looked for during the coming |
week. Breadstulls are firm at higt prices.

There is a great quantity of grains in’ ware-
houses awaiting shipment.

Summerside Journal,

THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1867,

1a No. not ee can ‘be taken ot anonymous
communications. We must know the names
and addresses of our corresponden

ranty of their good faith. We cannot unc
take to return communications thatare not used

AMERICAN AFIAIRS,
Tire late ciyil war has made a_ ve
great change in American pontics, rr
finns ta tho erat ctrngglea hotwoon tho
North and the South, the standing army
of the United States appeared to Euro-
pean eyes ridiculously small.

used against the lawless and treacherous
Indian tribes of the far West, but no one

jthonght of turning the military power of

the Republic against the free born citi-
zens ofthe United States. It was the
proud boast of those citizens that the civil
power of the Republic was amply suffi-
cient to preserve the peace of the country
and to protect the property of its inhabi-
tants from Maine to Florida, from New
York to Iowa. then considered by the Americans an in-
strument of tyranny, and only needed by
old-world despots to keep in slavish sul -
jection the unwilling and unhappy peoples
who were so unfortunate as to live beneath
their iron rule. They believed that the
day would never come when one section
of the Great Republic, the modern Hx-
amplar of freedom to the down-trodden
nations of the old-world—should find it
necessary to use this same hated instru-

ment of tyranny to keep within the bounds |

of the Union millions of free men who
were struggling in vain to break the band
that joined themsto the Republic.
is noydoubt that if the thoughtful men of
the Uirited States had twenty years ago
been favored with a glimpse of what is
going on to-day in the country which
they were so justly proud of, they would

have been filled with the profoundest |

grief. The thought that the people of
the United States would be foreed to om-
ploy against their fellow-citizens—their

own flesh and blood—the very same}

means of coercion as despotic Russia
was then using to keep in slavery the gal-
lant Poles, Imperial Austria the indig-
nant Italians, and monarchical Britain
the ill-used and impatient Lrish—yould
cause them great sorrow and deep umi-
liation. ‘They would be ready to confess
when matters had come to this pass
with the Republic, that democracy y
a failure, and they would despair for the
cause of human freedom.

But this which no doubt would have
appeared to them one of the impossibili-
ties, has, in our day, come to pass. We
to-day see the deplorable spectacle of a
large and important section of the neigh-
bouring republic placed under a purely
military rule in a time of profound peace.
We sce one portion of the people of the
United States, in open defiance of the
nstitution under which they live and
which they profess to be guided, with
irms in their hands dictating to the people
of another portion how they shall be ruled
—thrusting a Constitution down. their
throats ee bayonet’s point! ‘The
ten ‘rebel’ Mtates are divided into five
districts, over cach of which is placed a
military dictator, whose authority is as
unlimited as that of a Turkish Pasha.
Under his rule the ordinary civil tribu-
nals and authorities of the country exer-
cise their functions by sufferance. It is
his duty,not theirs, * to protect all persons
in their rights of person and property—
to suppress insurrection, disorder, and
violence-—and to punish, or cause to be
punished, all disturbers of the public
peace and criminals, and to this end he

rtL, Reporter.

Thirty-five cents a bottle,

AY, MAY 9, 1867,

The bay-!
onet and the bullet were now and then!

There

| jurisdiction and try offenders ; or when in)
| his judgment it may be necessary for the |
| trial of offenders, he shall have power to.
organize Military Commissions or Tribu. |
nals for that purpose, and all interference
“under color of State authority, with the
exerelse of military authority under this
Act, shall be null and void.’ This is the
firman under which the western pashas
act. Is it nota mockery to call the
people—cursed with such an iron despo-
tism—inhabitants of a Free State ?

The Radical Party by whom this Mili-

j tary Reconstruction Law was passed, are
| determined that the Southern people
shall drink the cup of defeat and humilia-
tion ta the very dregs. ‘They are deter-
mined thit the Southern States shall be
| ruled according to their will, and itis
their will that those States shall have no
voice in the next presidential election,
and that they shall, for all future time,
allow themselves to be governed by a
jclass of ignorant, inferior and debased
jnegroes, ‘The Northern fanatics show
considerable method and no little cun-
{ning in their madness. Although in
imost of their own States they do not al-
jlow the negro the privilege of the tran-
jehise, and although he is debarred by
j the color of his skin from filling posts of
|responsibility and power in the govern-
ment, still they, with a humanity for
which the people of the South no doubt
will give them due credit, remove from the
‘southern black man—an inferior being in
| most respects from the black man of the
| North—all civil disabilities,and make him
jin every respect the equal of his white
| fellow citizen. ‘This being the case, is it
}any wonder that an indignant Southerner
should the other y ‘it is not re-
gard for the principle of equel suffrage,
but from hatred of us that the coloured
men are enfranchised.”” It seems to us
as great a stretch of tyranny we ever
heard of, for the North to insist upon
clothing the negro, who was but the
other day a slave, without the least pre-
| paration, with all the powers and privile-
ges of his better instructed and in every
way superior white fellow countrymen.
By enfranchising a man the state confers
upon him not only the power of govern-
ing himself, but it also invests him with
the power of governing others. Now it
appears to us that aman has no_ better
right to govern his felloyman, without
being qualified to do so, than he has to
make shoes for him without having first
acquired the skill necessary to make a
decent pair of boots or shoes,

Nobody pretends to say that the South-
ern negro is at present cither morally or in-
tellectually qualified to take a part, how-
ever indirect, in the government either of
himself or of others ; and we must confuse
it to be our opinion thathe never willbe
competent to act as becomes a citizen of
an enlightened country Llessed with pop-
ular institutions. ‘The political history
of neither St. Domingo nor Jamaica affords
very strong proofs of the capacity of the
Inegro for self-government. ‘The future

of the South appears at present a dreary
one naeeu, PMC YUU are UniaE oyery

neans to alienate aud exasperate the
South. That the Southern States will
ever again be cordially united with the
North, we deem an impossibility. They
will be almost sure to seize with avidity
the very first opportunity that presents
itself of throwing oif the!

hated Northern
yoko—for hereafter they will look upon
thentselves as belonging to the Union by
compulsion,

President Johnson is by no means. to
be blamed for the deplorable state of af-
fairs which now exists in the United
States. He has done everything that a
wise and patriotic man could do to recon-
cile the South to its hard lot, and to pre-
serve the Union. He has offered a firm,
if not always a temperate opposition to
the encroachments of those worst of dis-
unionists, the Northern Radicals. Con-
sidering himself bound by his oath to
govern according to the Constitution, he
has time and again vetoed the unconstitu-
tional acts of the Congressional majority.
But these efforts have been in vain, Ile
has himself been insulted and impeached.
| Phe Radical party are determined to al-
low nothing to stand in. the way of their
jambition and their revenge, and the Pre-
isident may think himself very lucky if
he is not himself sacrificed to the un-
jreasoning rage of his enemies. The
| Supreme Court too has vainly attempted
to arrest the majority on their road to
‘ruin. Its authority has been set at defi-
jance and its decisions disregarded.

LEGISLATIVE.

Wr have received the Summary Re-
| port for May 4th, but have not space to
jinsert if at length, here was no_ busi-
jness of very great importance transacted
jon that day. A number of new post of-
|fices, most of which were much needed,
‘were established, We give the list be-
slow. There was also a very lively de-
| bate about the appointment of Mr. Beuj.
| Balderson to the office of Registrar of
Deeds. Questions were asked by the
Opposition relative to that gentleman's
connection with the Tenant League, and
answered by the Government. ‘There is
no indieation in the Report before us as
to what is to be done in the matter of this
appointment. Our own opinion is that
if itis proved that Mr. Balderson took
any active part in the proceedings of that
unfortunate organization, he will not be
permitted to retain his situation. The
ILouse took into consideration the subdi-
vision of the grants allowed the paupers
ef the Colony. Ve trust that the grant
| to the poor this year is a liberal one.

A Post Office a¢ ar near Pisquid Bridge
| Lot 87 5 Johnston’s River Bridge, Lot 85;
'Corran’ Ban Bridge, Grand ‘Tracadie ;
Montague Cross Rowd; Belle Creek, Lot
62; Wood Island Road; Marie Bridge,
Lot 40; On road from ‘Tryon to Be-
deque ; John Walsh's, Lot 27; P. 'Tray-
nor'’s Old ‘Tryon Road, Lot 20; Darnley,
Lot 18; Cross Road, Lower Freetown ;
at James Doyle's, Skinner's Pond; Alex.
Beaton’s, Mast Point; Jos. Davison’s,
Tiot 20; R. MeLennan’s West Line
Road; G. Voster’s, Nine Mile Creck ;
Peter's Road, Lot 68; Hugh MeLean’s,
De Gros’ Marsh; Mdmonds’, Lot 66;
Angus McDonald's, Scotch Fort; James

may allow Idbal civil tribunals to take

Curtis’, Winsloe Road,

£@° According to announcement, &
meeting Was held on Monday evening
last, for the purpose of making arrange-
ments to purchase a site of land for a
Protestant Cemetery, The Hon, J.B,
Gardiner was called to the chair, and Mr
J. Bertram was appointed Scerctary. The
Rey. Mr, Frame, R. A. Strong, Asher
Black, D. Montgomery, and others,spoke
of the desirability and want of such a
place, and would co-operate in endeavor-
ing to procure one, A resolution was
passed unanimoasly, to the effect that the
said site of land fora Cemetery, when pur-
chased, should be the property of the
different Protestant denominations
Summerside and vicinity, and that it
should be paid for by subscription, A
committee was appointed to procure a
suitable site, and report at a meeting to
be held next Monday evening, at eight
o'clock. We trust that all who can will
be at this mecting.
———
Panties ordering Groceries, &c.,fronr
St. John, N. B., will find the card of C.
I.. Richards, under the head of ** Business
Cards,” on our first page. ‘They will find
this establishment a satisfactory place to
do business with, and we haye muclr
pleasure in recommending it.
20) COE OES

oy Mercnay‘rs and others in St.
, Canada, and other places’ will
find it to their advantage to publish their cards
inthe Journal. Several Cards from those
places aro now in our columns, and this week
we publish two more. J. HL, Allen, of St.
John, is a gentleman with whom we have
done a good deal of business, and we have
much pleasure in recommending him to all
who wish the services of a good Commission
Merchant. Mr. John O'Neill, formerly ot
this place, also adyertises as a Commission
Merchant in St. John. Ile is well known
here, and we wish him success.

Coma
John, Hal

Wr observe hy the last Jlander that Henry
Bee sq., has been promoted to the rank of
Major General Queen's County Volunteers.
A congratulatory address was presented to
Mr. Beer by the members of the Dundas Rifle
Company of which he was Captain for seven
yeurs, previous to his promotion, to which he
Inade a suitable reply. Mr, McRae has been
elected Captain of the above company.

Se nnn

hare We were shown the other day hy Mr.
Charles Weldon, travelling Agent tor Nicoll’s
Boot and Shoe Factory, a sample lot of Boots
made at the above establishment. ‘Lhe work
vas very neat and well executed, surpassing
ar, we believe, the imported boots and shoes.
‘The Agent, we a d to learn, received
some large orders inthis place. [Lome manu-
factures should be encouraged

Tie Mali Express of May 1st contains
the notice of a large and influential Confed-
erate meeting of over two thousand Citizens,
The gentlemen who have been nominated to
represent the City of Halifax in the House of
Commons of Canada, on the side of Union,are
John Tobin, Esq., and S$. L, Shannon, Esq.
For the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia:
V. C. Hill, Stephen Tobin, and George Mc-
Leod, squires.

The Nova Scotian says information has been
received at the Treasury Department, Wash-
ington, that the Canadian officers of Customs
are aiding and abetting, in every possible way,
the practice of Smuggling goods trom Canada

into the United States. Merchants and men
OU TER TOW Loa ge emp eee babe fe CCUndit TUTE

Knglaind are said to have embarked capital in
this contraband busine

The Hal

“The dead body of a man named McKenna
was found in the water at the North West
Arm yesterday. The deceased belonged to
Prince Edward Islind, and arrived here by
the Steamer Commerce on Wednesday last.
An inquest was held on the body yesterday,
and a verdict of ‘accidental death? was re-
turned.”

bG@'he Steamer ‘Princess of Wales” has
taken from this Port already this Spring over
fifty head of very fine cattle. On Tuesday
lust she took about 120 barrels oysters, 200
bushels grain, 2 horses,several barrels of eggs,
and uw quantity of other treight.

‘This speaks well for the business of our
little town.

iar W

press of the 3d of May ssys:

Eien Sunes

: have rec

ived the Amerie Aqre

culturisé for May. ‘This is a very usotal and °

interesting paper for farmers. It contains a
number of wood cuts in each number. ‘The.
price is $1,560 per annum, audmay be ordered,
at our Book Store or at the Book Stare ot Mr
Ilenry Harvie, Charlottetown.

Ka Ton Amherst Gazette comes to us im
anenlarged torm. Lt is now the size of the
Journal, is neatly printed, aud presents a
je appearance. We are glad to see
sv well patronized, and wish its pro-
prietar, d. Albert Black, Esq., every success.

va We understand that a quantity of lea-
ther manutietured at the * City Vannery " of
Charlottetown, was recently disposed of in
Canada tor four cents a pound more than Mr.
Dawson receives for it on the Island, notwith-
standing the duties. Under Confederation
this would go in duty free.

Wer learn that the Rev. W. R. Frame has.
this week received a letter from the Rey. Mr.
Chiniquy, in which he states that he expects
to have the pleasure of iting P. B. dsland
during the coming summer.

Tun Quebee papers ot April 28d say: The
first vessel from sea this season passed War~
ther Point yesterday. ‘The ice opposite the
City was still firm. [fit didn’t move soon an
attempt would he made to blow it up with gun-

powder,

ba” Tue veport that the Hon. James Yeo
was dead is not true. Up to the time of our
going to press Mr. Yeo was still living,
although very low.

Wer ha

have received Kirkwood, Livingstone
& Co.'s Circular for Aprilao. Flour is quoted
At $0.25, 9.50, 8.75, 8.50, 8.45, 8.40,

Rememper the Sale. by Anction, of the
Kishing Schoener, on ‘Cuesday next.

On Friday the Government, through the
Attorney General, introduced a short Bill to
amend the Education Laws, so far as to in-
crease the salaries of School masters five
pounds a year for three years, until the
amount shall reach £60, which shall be the
maximum,—the salaries of female teachers to
be raised in like proportion, No teacher shall
be allowed the highest salary unless he has
taught three years consecutively. We have
not been able to hear the Bill read, and cannot
now say what other provisions it contains.—
Hraminer,

A reliable remedy for expelling worms so
common with young children will be found in
Browns “ Vermituge Comfits,” or Worm Loz-
enges, which are pleasant to the taste; and no
child will refuse to take them.

The combination of ingredients used in
making the ** Comfits” is suchas to give the
best possible eficet and safety. ni

‘Tested by time.—T'or throat diseases, colds
and coughs, ‘ Brown's Bronchial Troches”
have proved their efficacy by a test of many
yours, The good effects resulting from the
use of the ‘Troches have brought out many
worthless imitations. Obtain only “ Browns
Bronchial T'roches,” :

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