Summerside Journal -- 1867-06-13 -- Page 2

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‘ods, the same ‘languid, sleepy sort of

mile, the sume secking for an opportunity |
d say something to her in an undertone,

sll that was wanting of the conduct T re-

narked toward her sister, was a certain

lance ot intelligence and meaning, which

w did not assume on the present occasion,

Iwo persons present were greatly annoy: |
vd; niyseld and Nareissa. fier eyes flash. |
ed. her lips curled and quivered, and fiery,
Italian wrath seemed ready to burst forth}
ateverymoment, Teoncealed my teelings |
better; but, nevertheless, I watched with
painful eagerness, determined to call him
to a serious account if he gave me any oc- |
easion, T had nothing to complain of in |
the conduct of Beatrice, Teould see her}
shrink from him, and sometimes, a look }
ot sickening loathing came inte her face,
which told plainly that he had no hold
upon her regard,

When I retired to my room that night I
tried to examine, calmly and deliberately,
my own feelings; but calmness and de-
liberation were notto be had, Beatrice
had wound herself into my heart too deep-
ly to be cast out, whatever reason might
say. There were objections, certainly,
She was much younger than myself, an
Italian, 2» Roman Catholic. But she was
so beaatitul, so graceful; there was such
a tenderness, mingled with a sort of spark-
ling vivacity in her conversation, so many
nameless graces, that not to love her
seemed impossible, Her education had
been English, too, She had none of the
thoughts, none of the feelings, I felt sure,
to which we so strongly object in many
Ttalian women, and the only conclusion I
could come to, was, to discover, as soon
as possible, what progress I had made in
ard, The opportunity presented
itself the very next morning. From my
window, as T was dressing, I stiw her go
and seat herself beneath one of the foun-
tains in the farther part of the garden, and
I hurried down to obtain a few minutes’
conversation with her before the rest of
tumily had visen, She looked up -and
smiled as Lapproached, anda seated myself
by herside. The beautiful myrtle-covered
Appenines were sweeping down below us,
toward Florence, and rising“up toward the
sky above, shrouding theinselves higher
up in their thick chesnut-trees: ‘The sky
was bright and clear; but the heat of the
day had not yet made itself felt, and there
was a cool, refreshing morning breeze,
which took away the languor of an Italian
spring day, Wer eyes looked brighter
than [ had ever seen them, and there was
a taint, rosy color in her cheek, which
added greatly to her beauty. Our conver-
sation w very strange, at least the first
pirt of it. On he t, it consisted alto-
gether of one monosyllible, two or three
times repeated, ‘This is exceedingly
beautilul,” I said, gazing from ker to the
Landscape, ‘ Could you ever make up
your mind to quit these lovely scenes, and
dwell in a colder and less genial land?”

* Yes,” she answered,

"And could you there be content and
happy, among a people less warm in cha-
racter, less imbued with taste 2”

Yes,” she said with a sign, and. the
color fading away in her eheek.

‘And could you go thither with me!”
Tasked, “and make the whole happiness
of one heart that loves you, and brighten

A very singular Weident occurred afew)
days ago in Marysviile, Callornia, 4!
gentleman, wishing to have a photograph |
taken of his two boys, went with them to
a photogtaph gallery, While * fixing up”
the children a litte, preparatory to the
operation, be asked tor a basin of water
to wash their faces, He was dinected to
‘another room, and on returning the boys
sat ipr their pictures, But the operator
presently notice! that the two lads were)
growing very black in the lace, and on in-
vestigation found that iustead of water
they had used a basin ot chemicals pre-
pared tor pictures, It was too lite to
remedy the accident. This suggests a
novel and perhaps efficacious method of
* reconstruction !” It would be permanent
enough to make a good beginning.

Fashion is an imperious mistress. Many
fashionable ladies think itno hardship to
have their dark locks bleached to a gold-
en (?) hue. Not long ago a brown-haired
beauty resolutely submitted to the process
of having her head entirely shaved and
now contentedly sports a fashionable wig.
Another young lady to whom beauty must
have beon aw peal of great price, with
wonderiuyl fortitude had all her own teeta
—which were, to be sure, uneven and not
so White as might be—extracted, that she
might have a iandsomer set put in her
mouth, A short time since the papers re-
corded the death of a lady who bad been
accustomed to draw her corsets together
by the aid of a rope, iastened to the ceiling
ot her room, One day she drew herself a
little too close, and burst a blood vessel.
‘The death of such a foolish creature can
be no great loss to the world; but it does
seem hurd that she should have sacrificed
herself iguorantly. Could not somebody
have tou her that tight lacing was old
style since gymuastices, skating, croquet,
aud similar athletic sports haye come into
vogue?

A short time ago a New Jersey farmer
of tilty ov thereabouts took a taucy to his
neighbor's wile. So he lett his own family
and came to New York in company with
the lady and her husband; and a bargain
was made, by which he agreed to pay to
the original husbaud B6UUU for the, wile,

couple sailed tor Calitornia. ‘Th
yominu brought more than she was worthy

omething new in the way of pinsis «a

jeed, ‘There is a newly patented arti-
cen this ling which will remain in posi-
tion when once placed, and will not injure
fabric, Lhe improvement consists in form-
ing the shank with one or more swells or
enlargements, beginning at er new the
point, and terminating in square or bevel-
ed shoulders ; or if designed to be perma-'
nently placed, as in fastening papers to-
gether, the expanded portion is provided
with barbed points, so thatif once inserted
itcannot be withdrawn. By using this
‘pin no anxiety need be telt by the ladies
lest some article of apparel should become’
unpinned,

Among the singular reasons assigned by
suicides lor cutting short their lives is the
following, given by a man who recently
hung himselt in Paris. In the pocket. of
his coat was a written paper-to the follow-
ing effect; I have lived 38 years entirely

sone home, where you’would 1éign like one

adored 2” .
* Yes,” she answered again and bent

her head till her forehead almogt touched |

her knees, : t

Then suddenly she started, and, looking |
up in my face, she added, ‘* But you}
think not what you do, and [ must not let}
you speak such words, and go on .in the
same course till you consider well, and
determine reasonably.” I answeretl as
might be expected, that I had considered,
that [ had thought what [ was dojng, and
that my happiness difpended upon her.

(Conclusion in of next.)

Miscellaneous.

Twenty-Five Tiovsanp Deatus1n En-
Gust Coat Mines.—The last number of
the Ldinburgh Review, has an article on
accidents in coal mines, which gives some
startling statistics. The writer says :—‘'By
searching into various. local publications
in the nottlref,ogland, and by a fair
estimate of probabilitics’ arising: from what
has been discovered, we are quite warrant-
ed in assuniing the total nuinber of lives
sacrificed in‘our coal mining, from the
earliest notices to the yea? 1850, to be not

‘ ay certainly

Jess than ten thousand.
not too high an estimate,
very low one.’ In Novem
1850, the first act for the¥jnspection of
coal mines came into opérati®n.and hence-
forth we have some authentic data for
aceidents. During the ten years from 1850
to 1860 the deaths in or at the British Coal
Mines amounted to 9090. In the ensuing
five yours, ending 1865, the deaths were
altogether 4827. Thus,then adding to the
10,000 deaths up to 1850, 10,000 more, in
round numbers, up ts 1860, and neurly five
thousand more up to the close of 1865, we
have in all an estimate of nearly 45,000
deaths from coal mine accidents, from the
commencement of any account of them to
within a little more than a year of tho
prescat date.” ae
A certain member of the Reformed Pres-
byterian Synod was recently expelled from
his seat-in that Assembly because he as-
serted boldly that he wis in the habit of
singing hymns .of human composition.
The Offender is to be dealt with for a
‘« gross violation of the estiblished order
of.that;Church inghe dse of human psalm-
ody, according t@@he oder and discipline
of the Church in sth cages.” Pretty strict
rules those whigh Fegard the singing of
** human hymns’ as a ** gross” offence.
Boston still continues to be in a hubbub
abont the liquor law. Various devices are
contrived to ‘' get.a drink” and yet avoid
the penalty. Club houses have opened on
a peculiar principle. Each member has a
kind of post-oflice-like box, ot which he
' keeps the,key, But semi-occasionally he
leaves w Ijttle card inside, and when he
wants something refreshing he walks into
the club-raony, unlocks his box, and lo, it
is there, fee #2'¢
A-remarkabje
ness ocourred a

nd probably a

r"of the year

Jasipans of sudden blind-
ew weeks ago in Bethle-

hem, Peritisylvania, A young girl, about

*. #@n years old, wh y school complained

~~ of pain-in her cye: cae permission
to go hont® d josh, was‘ granted,

hut before she ltr ‘home, which
was ovly abous 600 yards from. fe school,
she became totally blind. _ Up to this time
al) efforts to restore het sight have proved
fruitless,
In Louisville, Kentuoky, a young lady
of picty, refinement; and culture was res
fused permission to unite with a Baptist
chureli of that city, in pecordance with the
advice of thé pastor, solely because she
Hid been A teaches in a freednyan's school,
‘They eVideutly need mission:ntes im Louis.
ville,
Atenas Ward bequeathed his library to
MEWerpuarbscanhaalsst his native |
** grub” that make the butter fly. v

which disquiets ne. 1 am going to: try
and solve it in another world, which is
just as unknown to me as the one I quit.
but where I shall tind, as [have been told,
what I have vainly sought for in this—the
realization of my dreaus.”

Work on a new suspension bridge over the
ygira river has begun. The landing on
the- U.S, side is near the gas works, and on
the Canada side a little below the Clifton
Ilouse. The new bridge will be no longer
than the-old one. f

A New York paper says:—A number of
the Fenian Brotherhood, and refugees from
Trelind, met yesterday at three o'clock at the
Apollo Rooms in Prince Street. The meet-
ing was strictly private, but from those pre-
sent it wis ascertained that the object was to
receive the reports of men lately arrived from
Ireland, who represented that all hopes of
success in that country were now abandoned,
and that they only looked to Col. Roberts and
his party to take such action ag would se-
cure such hostages for those men now under
sentence of death by the Britisl1 Government,
and to secure the liberty of the men now in
prison. fn

We are gladto learn that the Synods of:
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,- in connex-
ion with the Church of Scotland, are likely to
form a Union at their next meeting. This is
agit ought to be. After this Union has been
completed it will not be long until nearly all
the Presbyterians of theaMaritiine Provinces
form one body.—Presbyterian,

The Globe says that a number of counter-
feit half-sovereigns have been passed off ut
one of our City Banks. The fraud was de-
tected yesterday, when one of them was fonnd
in a quantity of gold which the Bank was
paying out toa broker. ‘ The counterfeit is
of a brighter color than the real article; the
coating is probably of Australian gold, the in-
terior of platinum.” St. John Tel.

Sounn Apvice.—The New York Albion
affers some very sound advice to American
newspapers who are deriding tho efforts of
Colonists to bring about Colonial Union. It
bays :— :

and eminently fortunate people of British
North America, we would say to our over-
anxious, American Cousins—‘' Bestow your
sympathies and counsels upon your own dis-
franchised, disheartened, and desponding
countrymen, who are now lying prosirate at
the feet of not only youthful, but * irresponsi-
ble’ and inexperienced military commanders—
whose word is law, ‘till another order is issued
from these head-quarters.’ Confer your criti-
cisms upon your own sclf-willed despots of
high places in your own fand; but forbear
further misstatements in reference to your
neighbors, until you can, at least, comprehend
the spirit of freedom and good government.
The very foundation of these cherished liber-
ties the Northern Provinces are determined
to perpetuate on this continent, and before
the closo of the present century there may
possibly bo other communities on this con-
tinént desirous of joining the stable and well-
governed Doininion of Canada.”

Starting Facrs.—In consequence of the
loss of slave Aabor in the Cotton States, and
the dvercased cultivation of that iy a It is
said in New York that supplies will shortly
arrive there from Bombay-and be delivered
free at twenty cents a -poufidea far less rate
than thatof Now Orleans shipments to that
city, while the quality ie suid to be nearly
equal, and daily improving,

Starvation ALona tus Guur S#onr.--
The distressed condition of the inhabitants in
tmuny places along the gulf of the St. Lawren-
ce; in the districts surrounding Gaspe, owing
to the failure of the crops And the partial fail-
ure of the fisheries last season, hha, we learn,
reached a point nearly bordering on starva-
tion. It is to be huped tliat iminediate means
will be adopted to relieve these poor. people,
for no one whd has not seen the amount of
destitition that exists can have any adeqaate
iden of the siifuring and misery they have fo
undergo.—Quelec News. ’ °

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the United States for the week ended on the

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THE LONDON CONFERENCE.

VIEWS OF MNGi JOURNALS.

The Spectator says that ifthe Oonferonce |
succeeds in pmintaining pes me tacit
will be established ot dar greagie pore: |
auce than any possible solutio OF the Lux-
embourg question, ‘The Karopean tribu-
nal dissolved by the Crimean” war will
have been reestablished, to the immense
benefit of mankind, ‘There is no longer a
Power on the Continent Which can do as
it likes, without consulting anybody, but
many Powers so equal and so bound to»
gether that they. must per force prefer
the regime of law to the regime of tovee.
The tate of Belgium and Holland, for ek-
ample, is no longer dependent upon Napo-
leon’s flat, or that of Denmark upon the
policy of Berlin. The Powers are jealous
again, and with reason, and every acces-
sion of territory, however small, every in-
trigue, however secret, will be watched
with anxious care, and, if needful, arr
by the council of tive, which alone h;
Strength to maintiin the European pe
and an interest in doing so,

The Economist says:—'t We can stave
off this war by tiking new, vague, and ing,
detinitely large obligations for the future,
which we hope we may be never called
upon, and in our hearts we have never
seriously resolved to fulfil. We ourselves
should object seriously even to repeating
again the words of obligation, which have
now lost so much force through the viola-
tions of their pledges by all the parties to
the treaties of 1814 and 1815; to renew,
formally, those obligations would be in it-
self a fresh obligation, But not only to
renew, but to add to them obligations of iw
very formidable nature, seems to us a
policy of the most alarming kind,” ae

The Times, notwithstanding the satislac-
tory termination of the Confereece, does
not take ahopeful view of the future, “All
Europe is, as it were, mined; the slightest

scident may apply the torch, and yet it

has become so use( to the danger that it
has almost learned to consider this atmed
peace as the natural state of mankind:
Now, with all respect for the labor’ret
liplomacy, we must declare that we liye,
no hope of 2 really stable pacification unt
this state of things has thoroughly ameitd-4
ed. The disputes, like this one of Lux
bourg, which periodically break out, are
not the disease itself, but the symptoms 0!
the disease which lie below, Till nations:
can be prevailed ou not merely to keep the
peace for the moment, but so to regulate
their affairs as to give -ceurity that they
mein to keep the peace herealter, only the
first step has been taken in « pacific direc-
tion, France has been the great offender
in this matter, She itis who has set the
evil example which has invested peace, as
at present known to Europe, with most of
the evils of war. The Emperor. has ‘an-
nounced that, this question of Luxembourg
being once amicably settled, he will re-
nounce all views of territorial aggrandise-
ment. This assurance will carry weight
and produce a better state of things: in
Europe just in proportion as it is accom-
panied by a red disarmanient. ‘France
has no invasion to fear, AIL that Lurope
8 to be let alone; but as long
emains armed no ution will feel
(din placing its forces on ~*really
pucilic footing, Let the Euiperot Wapele-
on set the example: to other sovereigns,
and he will have ‘conterred ‘on his’ “Own
subjects and on thé rest ef mankind ‘a
benefit which he will regard in the Jatter
pears ot his life with more real satisfaction
than all the triumphs of his arms and all
the suocesses of his diplomacy.
There is reason to believe that the Lon-
don Conference will not terminate without
a suggestion. or even a formel- proposal,
being niade by one of the Powers—pro-
bably by our own Government, tora gen-
eral disarmament, I! such a propasal be
enterttined, a Cougress of the great Powers
would naturally follow. Eurape is brist-
ling with arms; it ie one vast camp, where
rival hosts are being mustered and drilled
nad equipped, in expectation of a great
shock of arms, Any Power which could
conjure away the threatened stam) and
substitute a peaceful solution for thé arvit-
rament of the sword, would be « gpiversal
benefactor And to obtain » bond side dis-
armament is to insure a‘peadeilil @tution
Unhappily, Europe has not yet reaghed the
gelden age of ae which awaits herhin
the futire; and although no Power will
object to the principal of a general disarm-
ament, we feur that it has no chance at
present of being carried inte) effect. The
Chassepots and needle-guns; ‘and all the
wonderful new enginery of war, will be
tried on the battle-tield, before any propo-
sal for a general disarmamontavill be lis-
tened to—or at least acted upou.”

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THE NEW ‘* BULLET PUMP.” ~ CEN-
TRIFUGAL FORCE. FOR WAR
PURPOSES,

(From Galignani’s Messenger, May 9.)

Under the name of the ** bullet pump”
many & sarcasm has been recently cast on
the inventor of a contrivance. by which
the celebrated * corporal’and Jour men”
might destroy a whole batallion in a few
minutes. ‘The invention, however, is not
so ubsolutely devoid of merit as.to prevent
the Augsburg Gazedte /rom rettirnitigsto the
charge, and endeavoring to demonstrate
its practical utility. Nor is this destruc-
tive engine quite new, inertia and velocity
having ere this been applied to’ obtaining
an immense power of brojection.

In 1885, M. Steinhell caused a model of
this same machine to be constructed; it
could be managed by a single man, and
was submitted to the inspection of the
military commission, which spade a series
of experiments that left no doubt as to its
destructive powers, , Its principle simply
consists in a proper papieean of centri-
tugal foree. A metallic disk is made to
revolve cither by steamer by animal
power ; on each side of tho disk a groove
14 cut, going from the centre to the cireum-
ference. The-eentre itself ishollowed out
so as to receive bullets, Pht rotatory mo-
tion of the disk causes the bullet to get in-
to the grooves, in which they fit loosely.
and, obeyiig the laws of vehtritugal force.
they run to the civeumfereiice and “fly off
with a velocity twenty times greater than
tliat of the rotatidnio€ thedisk, . There are
several contrivanees-proykleds tor giving
the bullets the same diregligh: In 1848,
M. Steinhill caused a machine toy grape
shot to bo made ; it was worked by steam ;
but the military commission witioli axa
fried it was.of opinion that it could not be
used for the field, but might do good ser-
vice in the navy, or for the defence of for-
tresses, ; i!

Two lidios from the country, on a shop-
ping excursion, dropped into’ a hardware
store where agricultural implements were
sold and innevently asked for cradles. The
storekeuber said it was rather late in the
season tor the article, and he had sold all
he had purchased. The ladies looked at
each other wonderingly, and whispered
laughingly, when one turning to the

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LATEST from EUROPE.

Arrtval of tue “ Cuba.”

Tt is always ‘gratifying to the people when
they see the Queen in public, and. Urey dem-
onstrate their aff-ction in a way that cannot
be mistaken. ‘This was very strikingly shown
when her’ Majesty daid che . foundation:

jatene, onthe 2oth, of the new Hall of Arts

aud Sciences at Kensington, to the memory
af Prince Albert. The ceremony was very

short, and the musical performances were as
perfect as Mr, Costo andthe Royat Italian
Opera could make them, The Archbishop of
Canterbury, offered up a prayer, and the
Prince of Wales, as chairman of the com-
mittee, read an address to the Queen. lle:
Majesty brietly replied, and the proceedings
were over, By two o'elock her Majesty was
back at Windsor. An important statement
was pide in the House of Lords on the 24th
by Lord Derby, Replying to a question put
by Lord John Russell, his lordship said that
inrespect to the Alabama claims, the Guv-

elernment of the United States had accepted

the propose! to refer the matter to arbitration,

} Diderences of opinion ‘Nad arisen as to the

form iv, which the matter was to be brought
torwary betdre the arbitrator. ‘The British
Goverfiment wished to have a statement of
the points in dispute, while the Government
of the United States wished to have all the
correspoudence lnid before the arbitrator,
There were some points which the British
Government could not consent to submit to
arbitration; but the negotiations on the matter
were proceeding in a thoroughly friendly spi-
rit—the most gratifying feature in the expla-
nation, The Premier's answer may be re-
-garded as disposing with the story that recent-
ly ryerrae considerable currency and belief,
do the effect that Mr. Seward was negotiating
with our Government for the transfer to the
United States of the whole of British North
America, and that the basis of the settlement
was the foregping of the Alabama claims.

Affuirs in Ireland are not yet so settled that
the Government can dispense with the’ arbi-
trary power which was given to it by Purlia-
ment at the commencement of the session of
1866. The Fenian trials are still going on,
and convictions, on-the evidence of informers,
multiply.

‘Lhe pacific arrangement entered into. at the
Suggestion of Great Britain, between France
and. Prussia is stale news; but it may as well
be mentioned that the treaty referring thereto
has been signed by the Emperor of the French,
and the King of Prussia. All prospect of a

hitch is, therefore, for the present ont of the
I

question. In France, however, there is a good
deal of uneasiness about the army, ‘The Em-
peror, it is believed, would willingly agree to
Lord Stanley's suggestion of a disarmament,
but there are influential parties in the State
whose members are opposed to this, The
difficulty is not lessened by the Committee on
the Organization of the Army, ‘That commit-
tee is suid to be opposed to all the Govern-
ment propositions as to the army. ‘The semi-
official papers express a hope that some
agreement may be come to speedily, Perhaps
as the committee have consenced that the et-
fective force of the empire shall be 80,000
men, the proposition may contaiu ths basis of
a settlement,

A deputation recently waited on the King
of Italy to congratulate him on the marriage
of Prince Amadeous, and they referred with
satisfaction to his Majesty’s renune :
considerable portion of the civil list. The
King, in his reply, took rather a gloomy view
ot the future. He said that complications
might arise at any time, and it was desirable
to yet the finances of the country in order.
This allusion was evidently intended to oper-
ate on the deputies who ure opposed to the
Church Property Bill in Parliament. ‘The
bill meets with much opposition, but the belief
appears te be that the Government will suc-
ceed in passing it. If the bill should not pass,
then, according to the quidnunes, there will
be a coup d'etat, ‘This last story is now an-
tique as well as improbable,

in the present temper of Italy it would be a
perilous experiment for King Victor Emmian-
uel,

‘The Turks do not appear to be successful in
putting down the insurrection in Crete. It
is admitted in a Constantinople telegram that
Omar Pasha has been beaten by the Chris-
tians. ‘Three times he attacked the latter at
Sphakia, and was driven buck each time.
Such admissions show that the general is in a
bad way. The Turkish Government is always
promising reforms, but appears to be tardy in
carrying them out. One of the projected re-
forms is to be a reconstruction of the fingn-
cial system. ‘This ominous announcement is
regarded as the precursor of a foreign loan—
assuming that foreigners will be~ foolish
enongh to lend monty to a decrepid and de-
caying government.

Now that the Emperor Francis Joseph has
made his peace with the Hungarians, great
preparations are being made for crowning him
King of Hungary. A contest between the
sovereign and people, which has extended
nearly over twanty years, terminating thus
auspiciously, is indeed a remarkable event.
Ina very singular letter which he lately
addressed to the English Minister at Florence,,
Iam informed that Garibaldi formally sets
forth his title to the governorship of Rome, to
which office he states himself to have been
elected by the Roman people of 1848-9, and
from which high estate he denies that lie has
ever been legally deposed. In the eyes of
Garibaldi the Pope is a mere usurper, and his
position as a temporal sovereign logically un-
tenable.—Darly News Correspondent.

The ball given on Saturday, the 18th, at the
Tuileries by the Emperor and Empress to the
royal personages now in Paris scems to have
been of extraordinary magnificence. The
Galerie de la Paix, the Salle du Trone, the
Galerie de Diane, their Majesties’ private
saloons, and'the Salles des Murechaux were
all splendidly lit up, this last being used as a
ball-room.e The number ‘of invitations was
limited, scarcely more than 1500, this fete
being what is culleda * petit grand bal.” The
reserved gardens were illuminatgd by a mul-
titude of electric lights of divers colors, and
produced a marvelous effect outside. Conse-
quently, all the approaches to the palace were
thronged.

In Prussia a)l the drug shops are under the
immediate charge of the police. Every drug-
gist’s clerk is compelled to serve a long ap-
prenticeship and pass a severe examination
betore he is permitted to put up prescriptions.
And no druggistis permitted to put up poisons
in snfficient quantity to cause death ona mere
prescription—it must be done under the eye
of the prescribing physician himself.

Crops 1n tus Unitep States.—A letter
from Springfield, Il]., remarks :—

“Wheat flelds aro luxuriant, The cool
season is not injurious to growing wheat. —
Winter wheat is surpassingly promising.—In
sume few localities on flat, low lands, it looks
‘sorry.’. The siting Variety thrives apace and

romises well, , An immense breadth of land
8 being planted with corn. Should tho season
be propituous, corn, if not wine (as the grapes
are daniaged) will ‘be marvelously abundant
baa acelin f rudsonably low. rass looks
well,

The Laka City (Minnesota) Leader says
cold weather is always best for growing wheat,
and adds: \

“We confess fo some surprise that among
all the farthers with whom we have conversed
in regard t8 the whoat crop, we have failed to
find a single cronker.. Not one.of them would
have the weather warmer,-exeept that the
frosts of the night have sometimes beon severe
enough to delay work in the field fora time in
the morning. -W® are nat convinced that
‘cold, late spring’ is not the best guarantee of
a good crop. The springs of 1867, 1860, and

hp oshi storekeeper remarked: ‘* Out of

Tentey vatwity eye. olways in

1865, were late and cold, and we never had
better yields of wheat than during those seu-

AL, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1867,

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UNION PROCLAMATION,

We published in our last week's issue
the Queen's Proclamation for uniting the
Vrovinees of Canada, Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick into one Dominion.
After the first day of July, 1867, Confed-
eration will be an accomplished fact in
the Provinces named above. The New
Dominion begins its career under the
happiest auspices. It has no enemies
except those whom it cherishes in its own
bosom. The Mother Country regards it
with the kindest feelings,’ and British
subjects all the world over wish it a long
anda prosperous existence. It is said
by some that our neighbours and cousins
of the United States look upon the estab-
lishment of a what they consider a New
State on their borders, *with jealousy,
and these persons. predict that by fair
means or foul, by treaty or by war, the
New Dominion will ere long be incorpo-
rated among the States of the Western
Republic. These persons, we imagine,
fall into the very common mistake of
imagining the utterances of a few noisy
demagogues and of some half dozen anti-
British editors to be the voice of the
people of the United States. ‘This is how-
ever very far from being the case. The
thoughtful and really influential men in
the United States entertain no jealous
feelings either of Great Britain herself or
of her North American dependencies.
They cheerfully admit that British Colo-
nists have a right to enter into what poli-
tical combinations ‘they please, and to
choose that form of Government which
they deem best suited to their situation
and necessities. It would be indeed sin-
gular if that nation which considers itself
the freest upon carth would not recogni-
zethe right of four millions of people
hound to it by no tic, to dispose of
themselves in any way they may think
proper. We do not think that the Ame-
ricans will attempt to force the Canadians
to unite with them. Such an attempt,
even if successful, would injure rather
than benefit the Union. A conquered
country is yery seldom a contented one.
The yoke of the victor, be it ever so light
and easy, galls the necks of its people, and
renders them impatient and discontented.
They become morbidly sensitive and are
exccedingly ready to take offence, Neces-
sary taxation they look upon as extortion
and sulutary restrictions as the manifes-
tations of wanton tyranny. In_ such
countries conspiracies are rife at all sea-
sons and the people are eyer ripe for insur.
rection. If force were used by the Am-
ericans to annex Canada to the republic,
they would find that their conquest would
be no benefit to them. It would be to
the republic what Ireland is to Great
Britain, or what Venice was to Austria.
Indeed the situation of the Republic
sandwiched as it would then be between
two discontented and alien peoples, each
longing and conspiring for’ an indepen-
dent national existence, would be by no
meuns an enyiable one. But there is no
ground for supposing that the Americans
will interfere with the new Dominion,
They will no doubt regard the develop-
ment of the Confederacy with curiosity
and friendly interest, hoping and teliev-
ing, we imagine, that after u time its
members will find it to their interest to
cast in their lot with that of the older,
larger, and more powerful Confederacy.
Well, if the experiment of the new Do-
minion fail, and if its people after giving
the new state of things a fair trial, con-
clude to sever their connection with Great
Britain and annex themselves to the
United States, their fate will not after
all, be so very deplorable. But we are
very far from anticipating such a destiny
for British America. Its inhabitants
entertain a deep rooted affection for
British Institutions, and their aspirations
are rather towards an independent na-
tional existence, than towards annexa-
tion to the United States. It is said that
Canada on account of its Jong and ex-
posed line of frontier cannot be defended,
and that consequently it must be conced-
ed to the United States whenever they
choose,to demandit. But this argument
is rather against British Connection than
against Confederation. The frontiers of
British America will be of no greater
extent under Confederation than they sre
under Isolation. If Great Britain has
been able to maintain her hold on those
provinces for the last cighty years in the
immediate neighborhood of the great
Republic, while their inhabitants were
few, weak, discontented and disunited,
it is quite probable that she will continue
to possess them now that they have be-
come populous and united. ‘The hardy
population of Canada always supposing
they are determined to maintain their
connection with the Old Country, backed
by the power and prestige of Great
Britain, is an enemy not needlessly to be
encountered, and one we venture to say
very difficult to be conquered,

The jealousy of Canada with which
Anti-Confederate politicians are endeay-
oring to inoculate the people-of the
Maritime Provinces is likely to prove
much more hurtful to the new Dominion
than American interference. Suspicion
and distrust.very frequeutly bring about
the very evils against which they are
causelessly, in the ‘first place, directed.
When the politicians of Ontatio and
Quebec find that those of Nova Scotia
dnd New Brunswick meet them in‘a
hostile» and * distrustful .spirit, they, no
matter how friendly their’ féelings may
at first be, will insensibly, perhaps, be-
comé .imbued with a similar -spirit.
the menjof-the Maritime Provinces are
touchy and exacting, those of the interior
will become overbearing and tyrannical,
If those of, one section/of the Dominion
obstinately insist upon every imaginary
right, those of the other seetion will be
equally unyielding, ‘Phe spirit of sec.
tionalism, which is the one the Anti-
Confederate politicians of the Lower
| Provinces are endeavoring to evoke, has

j proved the bane of the United States, and
lif the leading men of these Colonies do
| not take very great care it will also prove
jthe curse of the Dominion of Canada.
| And there is after all very litte ground
jfor this Jealousy of Can The inter-
Jests of one of the provinces are the in.
terests of the whole—that’ policy and
those laws which will further the welfare
of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, will
algo cause Ontario and Quebec to flourish.
If an encmy gain a footing in Canada the
people of these lower provinees may
tremble for-their safety,and if the Lower
Provinces fall into the hands of ati ¢nemy,
Canada must of necessity share their fate.
The fishermen, sailors and builders
of the Maritime parts of the Dominion
are of essential use to the agriculturiste
and manufacturers of the districts inland,
The commerce und productions of these
districts again are necésadry to the pros:
perity and proper developement of the
resources of the seaboard irs
Kach is necessary to the well-being of.
the other, and by zealous co-operation:
and mutual confidence, they may, and!
most probably will, form a flourishing and
enduring commonwealth; but without
that ‘co-operation and confidence the
Confederation will most certainly prove
a miserable failure. We.do not see what
interest the West can have in tfrannizing -
over and impeding the progress of the
East. When Canadians tax the Nova
Scotians they tax themselves, and we are
pretty sure that neither the Nova Scotians
northe Canadians will long submit to any
tax which is not imperatively called for
by the necessities of the Country. Be-
sides, in every free Government no mere:
sectional party is likely to acquire an.
undue preponderance in the council of
the nation, ‘There will always be ques-.
tions of general policy about which there:
will be @ difference of opinion, and con-
sequently a division of parties, in every
section of the Dominion. We can think
of no great question, excepting perhaps
that of Free Trade, in which the Eastern
section will, as a body, be arrayed against
the Western, ‘The policy of Protection
may, perhaps, be regarded with more
favor by the Canadians than by the more
commercial people near the sea; but we
think that this question, important as it
is, will nat be the cause of serious mis-
understanding between the inland and
seaboard sections of the Dominion. ‘The
battle of Free Trade has been fought and
won in Europe, and though Protection
still holds out on this side of the Atlantic
its doom is sealed. :

We think that the question of Confed-
eration has been very badly managed in
Nova Scotia, Upon so important aques-
tion an appeal should have been made to
the people at the hustings. Ultimate
success was certain. The advantages of
Union to the Nova Scotians are too evi-
dent to make the event of the agitation a
‘matter of doubt. The decision of the
question might have been delayed a year
or two, but this would be a very small
evil compared with those which a large
party, prejudiced against Union, and
predisposed to misinterpret its acts, can
inflict upon the new Dominion, Such a
party has needlessly, by the too great
haste of the Union advocates, been
created in Nova Scotia. Many people
in that Proviuce consider that their rights
have been infringed upon by the course
pursued by the Legislature. . They, from
Mr. Howe downwards, have no very
strong reasons to urge against Confedera~
tion in the abstract; but the Unionists
have, by their mismanagement, put a rod
into their hands which they appear dis-
posed to wield in an unmercitul manner
against the advocates of Union. :

It is to be hoped, however, that after
the first outburst of indignation has
spent itself, they will view their situation
dispassionately, and with their wonted
shrewdness take advantage of the many
opportunities which their new situation
affords them of developing the resources
of their country.

The question of Confederation wilt
probably ere long be revived in this
Island. What action the people will
take it is not very difficult to predict.
We Islanders are by no means fond of
change. We are suspicious. We prize
perhaps a little too highly the privilege
we enjoy of managing our own affairs,
in our own way. We are in love with
isolation, because we believe it to mean
independence. We are afraid that
among the important and varied interests
ofa great commonwealth, our few and
small ones would be overlooked. We
fear that we would not be able to’ bear
the weight of taxation ‘which will neces-
sarily be imposed pon the, provinces of.
the new Dominion. We are inno hurry
to change our condition, We will wait

a while. Perhaps something may turn
up to our advantage: We want to be
let alone.

We seo by the last Examiner thata demand
has been made on the Island Government of
five thousand pounds, by the Imperial Auith-
orities,as payment for the troops stationed on
the Island, If the other North American
Colonies paid the troops sent to them from
Britain, we of course ought to pay those gent
us, but if these colonies are not asked to pay the
soldiers that form the garrisons of their towns,
neither ought we pay those ‘that form the
gorrison of ours, It seems hardly fait to
make poor landlord-ridden Prince Edward
Island pay the soldiers sent to it, while
Noya Scotia who knows no thing of landlord-
ism is not’ asked for a single cent to pay its
soldiers. We cannot see the justice of mak-
jng’fish of ope and flesh of another in. this
bare-faced manner. However; as'this Island
‘in {ts dealings with the mother country, has
always met with « ateprchild’s treatment, it is
no great wonder that it has now and ‘again
indulged ina little hariuless bat noisy petu-
lences ~~ :

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‘Tur ‘Princess of Wales" did not arrive
Here until’2 o'clock on Wednesday morning.
Thealteration made in the time of the Steam-
boat's artival in Sammerside is a matter of
very general discontent. We hnve heard a
great deal of grumbling about it, and we think
with very good reason. leaves Suiimerside for Shediac, very much

more than leaves Charlottetown, and we sub-
mit that the Steam Navigation Company dm ite
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