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Summerside, Prince Edwad Island, Thursday, September 5, 1867.

No. 48.

THE

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Summerside Markets
SumMensipg, August 2°, igg?,

Outs per bush -------+>* 256d a 2s 90

Barley per bush --------- 83 a 3s 6d

Potatoes per bush -------- - 2802830

‘Turnips per bush - ------ +--+ Isalsdd
were e eee 10d als

Butter per lb by ‘Tub
Lard per |b
Tallow yer lb.
Eggs per doz
Beef perlb - - -
Mutton per lb - -- - - -
Pork per lb by carcass -
Geese each
Flour per bbl -
Oatmeal per cwt.
Hay per Ton -
Straw per cwt.
Pine boards -
Spruce Boards

Charlottetown Markcts,
Avausr 80, 1867.
Gda Od

9d a 10d
9d a 10d
6d a 7d
4d a 6d
4d a dd
Bda 44d
, none
60s a Gds
- 18s a 208
- - 608s a 708
-- Is 6d
-- 108
---dsais

Beef (small) - -

Do, by quarter - - - - sdagd
Mutton - : - - dda 7d
Butter - : - - 9d a 10d
Do. by tub - - - none
Lamb per lb. - - - 84d a Gd
Cheese - : - - dda id
‘Tallow - - - - 9d a 10d
Tard - - - - 8d a 9d
Flour lb, fore - - B4d a BAd
Oatmeal 100 Ib. - - lis a 18.
Eggs - - - - 8d av 10d
Potatoes - « - 28 9da Bs
Turnips - - - -
Barley - - - - 4s a 5s
Oats ° - : - 25 9d
Boards (Hemlock) - - -
Spruce cI cs -
Pine - - - :
Shingles - - - 123 a ld»
Wool - - - - Isa ls 3u
Hay : - - . 558 a b>
Straw cwt. : - be Is Gd a 2s
Homespun - - : bs Gd a b>
Sheepskins : - . 9d a Is
Calfskin 1b. - - - - bda ul
- - d

Hides 1b, fe bp Me
COMPELS AN OE PD

Business Qards,
BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Corner of Queen § Water Sts., Charlottetown

President—Hon. Danie Brenan.
Cashier—Witiiam Cunpatn, Esquire.
Discount Days—Mondays & ‘Thursdays.
Hours of Business—Fom 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
from 2 p.m to 4 p.m.
UNION BANK.

Grofton St., Queen's Square, Charlottetown
President—Cuartes Paumer, Esquire.
Cashier—Jamues AnveRson, Esquire.

Viscount Days—Wednesdays & Saturdays,

Jlours of Business—From 10 a.m to Lp m.,

from 2 pan to 4 pm
“SUMMERSIDE BANK.
Central Street, Summerside, P. LE. Island.

President—Llon. Joun RK. Garviner.
Cashier—E. L. Lyprarp, Esquire
Viscount Days—Tuesdays and Fridays.
Notes for Discount must be in before 11
o'clock 6n Discount days.
Hours of Business—10 a. m., tol p.m.,
from 2 p. m., to 4 p.m.

JOHN HOMER, M.D. F.M. M.S.

can be consulted at his offle in
Tryon ;
and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Sum-
merside, at the Crirron House.
July 11, 1867.

8. W. DODD, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,

RESIDENCE!
JAMES M. PIDGEON'’S, Esq.,
MARGATE, P.-E. I.

June 18, 1867. 3m
D.R PRICK,
Physician & Surgeon,

Ovrice—At the Summerstps Drue Store,
next door to Bank, Central Street

SUMMERSIDE, .... P. B. ISLAND.
October 12, 1865,

DR. McNEILL,
Physician & Surgeon,
Resivexnce—At George. Garret’s, Esquire,
Stanley Bridge.
PB, Belk

New London, - -
Jan 24, 1867.

KITSON CASEY, MD.,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUGHEUR

formerly Assistant Surgeon in the U. 8.
Navy, offers his professional services to the
people of Summerside and vicinity. He can
be consulted at his office in Summerside,atter
the 20th of June, 1867.

June 18, 1867. tf ss Wi

Copy Books.
OR SALE at BERTRAM'S BOOK
4 STORE, anew style of Copy Book, well

ly

Business GQards,

Hountain House Hotel.

King Square, (North Side,)
ST. JOHN, N. B.

The Subscriber having leased the above
Hotel, and refitted the same, is now prepared
to accommodate ‘Transient and Permanent
Boarders, and trusts by attention to meet a
share of public patronage.

Having also leased the commodious Stable
attached, and secured the services of a careful
Hostler, who will be in attendance at all
hours, travellers will be sure to get satisfac-
tion at lowest rates.

JAMES W. THOMSON,
Proprietor.
St. John, N. B., July 4, 1867.—ly

CRAWPORDS’ HOVEL,
No. 9 Kung Square, St. John, N. B.

Permanent and transient Boarders accom-
modated on reasonable terns.

In connection with the above the subscribers
have opened a

First Class Grocery Store
where they will keep constantly on band,
Flour, Corn Meal, Provisions, ‘Tea, Sugar,
Molasses, and all articles usually kept ina
| Grocery Store,

J. CRAWFORD & SON,
May 380, 1867.—ly

Point du Chene House,
Point du Chene. N. B.

FPNMIE Suiseriber would beg to call the
attention of the travelling public to this
well-known and favorite Hotel, situated at
the head of the Railway Whart at Point du
Chene.

Its advantages as a residence for parties in
quest of health cannot be surpassed. “Phe
air is pure, bracing and invigorating, while
there is every ficiiny for deep sea bathing.
The trains fo . Jolin leave the door twice
every diy. i¢ charges will be found
moderate, the table good; and the proprietor
hopes Ly strict attention to the requirements
of his customers, to ensure general satisiiuc-
tion.

PETER SCHURMAN,

Proprictor.
VP. S.—Being himself a P. BE, Islander, the
proprietor would heresy respectfully request
a share of the Islind patronage. L.5,
July 10, 1867. 3m

TIOMAS IKELLY,
Barrister - at - Law

AND

NOTARY PUBLIC, &e.
SUMMERSIDE, - = - - BP. E. ISLAND.

aug. 1, 1866 ly
GEORGE ALLEY,
BARRISTER AND
Attorne y-at-Law,
" NOTARY vuBLic, &c.
Teleyraph Buildings, Water Street,
----P. B. Island.

lottetown

WILLIAM M. LOW k,

Attorney-at-Law
AND NOTARY PULIC,

Sr. Mneanor’ .P. BE. Isuanp.

THOMAS FRIZZUL,

Boot and Shoe Maker,
WATER STREET,

opposite Colin MeLennan’s Store.

\

Boots and Shoes of a superior quality con-
stantly on hand, and for sale cheap.
2, June 6, 1867 ly

DANIEL D. CREW,

' oor a Hee
Clock & Watch Repairer,
HEAD OF CENTER STRERT,
Summerside, - - - - Be Hels
b@™ All orders punctually attended to.
June 6, 1867. 3m

DAVID BERTRAM,
Saddle and Harness Maker,
Water Strect . . . . . Summerside.

October 12, 1865.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
FIRE AND LIFE.

Established 1809.

CAPITAL: TWO MILLIONS, Sterling.
HBAD OFFICES: p
EDINBURGH & LONDON.
G. W. DeBLOIS,
Agent at Charlottetown,
Forms of Application can be had by apply-
ing to Mr. J. Berrran, Jownal Oflice, Sum-

merside,
Charlottetown, June 20, 1867.—ly

NEW PUBLICATION !

An Jlistorical Romance of the British
Provinees, entitled

fet Taken,”

CHARLES W. HALL.
Published by Lex & Siermann, Boston,
For sale at BERTRAM’S BOOKSTORE

Summersid. m23

Secure your Fuel when
Coal isy cheap ! !

a te received RILL’S FORGE,
@ Suminerside, fer schooner ‘ Emily,” di-
rect from the Richmond Mines, Cape Breton,

70 Tons Round Coal,

for House use, which will be sold CHEAP for

SASH.
for GEORGE O'NEILL.

adapted for our echools,
July Wy 1867,

‘Water st., Summerside, June 27, 1867—tf

Business Guards.

J. H. ALLEN,
Commission !¥’erchant,

And Dealer in Provisions, &e.,
MARKT sTRE D1
St. John, N. B,

)@™ Gives personal attention to the Sale
and Purchase of every description of Goods.
May 9, 1867.

James Greenough,

FLOUR
Commission Merchant.

No 47 Commercial Street
Corner of Clinton Street BOSTON

cE He OO

Potatoes, Apples, Onions,
Sorcign & Domestic Hruits,

Cranberries, Beans, Green & Dried Apples

Stalls 107 and 109.
and Cellar No. 19, Faneuil fall Market

SOUTHSIDE NOSTON.
C. L. RICHARDS,
Importer and \Wholesale Dealer in
British & Horeign Groceries
1, Head North Wharf,

ST. JOHN, - - - NEW BRUNSWICK.
Dee. 6, 1866. ly

POETRY.

THE YOUNG WIDOW.

She is cunning—sometimes witty.
Free and easy, but not bold;
Like an apple, ripe and mellow,
Not too young, and not too old;
Half-inviting, half-repellent,
Now advancing, and now shy;
There is mischief in her laughter,
‘There is danger in her eye.

She has studied human nature;
She is schooled in every art,
She hs taken her diploma,
As the mistress of the heart!
She can tell the very moment *
When to sigh and when to smile,
Oh, a maid is sometimes charming,
But.a widow all the while!

Are you sad? oh, then how serious
Will her pretty face become!

You are angry; she is wretched,
Saddened, friendloss, tearful, dumb,

Are you mirthful? how her laughter,
Silver-sounding, will ring out!

She can lure, and catch, and play you,
As an angler does a trout!

Ah! ‘old fossils,” nearly fifty,
Who are plotting, deep and wise,
Ye ‘ Adonises,” of twenty,
With the love-light in your eyes!
You may practice all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since tie fall,
But I know a little widow
Who can win and fool you all!

KiRKWOOD, LIVINGSTONE & CO.
Hlour, Produce, Leather,
AND GENERAL

Commission Wierchants,
MONTREAL, (Oh 1D),

The most careful attention given to the
execution of orders for Flour, Grain, Seeds,
i . Leather, Hides, Coal Oil, und
Merchandize. — Freights secured and
ances effected at lowest current rites.
Merchants in the Lower Provinces will find
itto their interest to forward their orders for

acquaintance with Western Millers, and as
Agents for some of the most pop Brands
in Canada, we can with safety assure them
of every satisfaction,

Remittances againstorders when not other-
wise provided for, may be made with Stirling
10} inge, or Gold Drafts on New York.
s on New York being worth usually ani

very information as to the state of the
arket, present aud prospective, given when
required.

Consignments of Fish, Cod Oil, &c., care-
fully realized, and returns made with the
uunost promptitude, or applied according to
the wish of consignors.

Charges only made for actual disbursements
and ssions not over those of responsible
Houses inthe line, Unquestionable refernces
given when required.
KIRKWOOD, LIVINGSTONE
603 St. Paul Street,

Montreal, C. 1.

February 7, 1867.

& CO.

JABEZ HUDSON,
Authorized Auctioneer,
GENERAL AGENT, &ce.,
UWRYON, 2 - 2 = - 6 + 2 Ha

June 27, 1867.

CARVELL BROTHEL
AUCTIONEERS,
Commission Merchants,
And General Agents,

BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET.
Charlottetown, - = = ;

WILLIAM
Commission

DODD,
Merchant,

And Auctioneer,
SQUARE,
P. FE. ISLAND

QUEEN
OHARLOTTETO WN - - -

Cc AR D
WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,
Commission Merchant,

Auctioneer & General Agent,
WATER STREET,
- P. XK. Island.

Summerside, ----

THOMAS ILANFORD,
AUCTIONEER
Commission Merchant,
ST, JOIN, N. B.
Noy 1, 1865

ROCKLIN HOUSE,
Kent Strect, Charlottetown,
SIMON D, FRASER, PROPRIETOR.

Permanent and Transient Boarders will
find the above Ilonse to give satisfaction.
Cl’town, June 18, 1867.

Mocth American Hotel,
KENT STRET, CHARLOTTETOWN.
JOHN MURPHY, PROPRIETOR.

Permanent and Transient Boarders will
find good accommodation.

Good Stables in connection with the Horst,
and a careful Hostler always in attendance.
Ch’town, Feb. 14, 1867. u

FRANCIS LONGWORTH,
BARRISTER AND ATTORNEY-AT-LANW

tan Offive—PAVILION HOTEL.
(next door to the Hon. Joseph Lensley’s.)
CHARLOTTETOWN - - + ¥. i. Island.

Jan. 17, 1867. ly

Flour to us for execution, as an extensive a

to a 4 per dent more than on Boston, suficiently well furnished and splendid 2?

Select Hiterature,

The Contractor and tie
Workman.

I WENT one day with Mauricet to th:

house of one of the greatest contractors in
Paris, for some dire
miatster mison, wd which, by his direction,

ous required by the

Thad put down on paper, ‘Lhe contractor

Was not in his office, and we had to. tra-

» several apartments by the servant's
tion to find them in the garden,
ywhere were many-hucd carpets,
d furniture, hangings of silk, and
i had never seen any-

‘urtains of velvet.

thing like it; so T opened my eyes and
w: Iked on tiptoe for fear ot destroying the
flowers on the carpets, Mauricet watching
me with a sidelong glance, :

* Well, what do you think of this box
ho asked, fa » mischivvous tone; +4

Tanswered that the house seemed to

belong to a prince.

“A prince of the trowel!’ replied my

companion, ‘ A most honorable position |

He has three other * hotels’ (mansions) in

Paris, not to mention a chateau in the
country.”

I did not answer for a moment; all this
wealth stirred something evil within me.
Seeing so much velvet and silk, Linvolun-
tarily looked at myself, and was ashamed
to be so badly dressed, With my shame
was discontent, Itelt disposed to hate
the owner ol all these riches for having
brought my own poverty to my- notice.
Mauricet, who suspected nothing, contin-
ued to call my attention to all the beautes
of the house; [listened with impatience ;
my heart beat; my color rose, L could not
forbear looking, and the more 1 looked
the more embittered I became. My am-
bition; which bad slumbered since my ac-
cident and illness, was reawakened, but
alas! by envy.

We stopped at last in a saloon, while the
servant looked fov his master, Mauricet
called my attention to a wretched litle
portrait ina black frame, hanging amidst
the tine and richly-framed pictures which
adorud the walls. It represented a work-
man in his jacket, a pipe in one hand and
a pair of compasses In the other, It was
one of those pictures costing six franes, of
which ove sees specimens exhibited in
doorways, together with models ol stags
and false tecth.

There is the ‘ bourgeois’ (muaster)’
suid the mason.

** Plas he been «a workman, then ?” I ask-
ed,

‘Like you and me,” said Mauricet,
“and you see he is not ashamed ot it.”

Llooked at the portrait in its black
franie, and then at the costly furniture,
trying to realize the transition froin one to

the other.

* Al! that puzzles you,” said the ma-
son, laughing; ‘‘ you s the ladder
which enabled him to descend trom his
seaifolding to this place. But everyone
does not know how to use that ladder; in

aking the ajteupt more than one has
d-the rounds from want of skill and
a firm hand.”

“ T obse: “Tie must have been
lucky ; chauce is everything in this world;
people have nothing to do with their own

”

SUCC
© Bou example, Father Mauricet,” Leon-
tinued, bitterly, ‘ why have not you a tine
house as Well as the man that lives here?
Are you less deserving, ov less honest?”
You say that tor me, but you think that
for yourself,” he replied, maliciously.
+All the same,” J replied, alittle vexed
at being seen through; ‘Lum not con
sidered a bad workinan; [am not so idle
as others. If doing one’s duty is suflieient
to make one a millionaire, 1 also might
drive in my carriage.”
« And is that a mode of trave ling that
would suit you?” inquired my lricnd, tron-
ienlly.
« Why not? any one would rather spare
their legs than those of a horse ; but you
need not be atraid; that will never be my
lot. Here below it yu see, as in old
days anong noble families, all for the el-
dest, nothing tor the younger sons; anu
we workmen are the younger sons;
“That is true,” murmured my compan:
ion, and became silent. '
“Phere is nothing to be said,” I contin-
ued; ‘asso it is ordered, it is just! We
may not upset the world! Only you see
it makes my blood boil when L look at the
different positions in. which people are
placed, How comes it that one should

judge of t

lodge in a palace and another perch in a
pigeon house? Why do these carpets be-
long to him rather than to us?”

«Because J earned them,” interrupted
a voice, suddenly.

I started: the contractor was standing
behind us, in embroidered slippers and a
dimity dressing-gown. He was a little,
grizzly-headed man, but strong built, and
with a commanding voice.

** Ah! it seems to me you are & grum-
bler,” said he, fixing his eyes on me; ** you
are jealous of me; you ask by what right
my house is mine rather than yours? Well,
you shall know. Come!”

He made a movement towards a door;
I hesitated to follow, and he turned round
towards me.

** Ave you afraid ?” he asked, in a tone
that made my color rise.

«Let the master show me the way,” 1
replied, almost rudely.

Ie conducted us into a study, in the
middle of which-stood a long table, on
which were cups and brushes, rules and
compasses. On the walls hang colored
plans representing all the sections of a
building. Here and there on the shelves
were models of staircases and timber work,
and many instruments of the use of which
Twas ignorant.

A large case occupied the end of the
room, divided into compartments, and
each labeled, and on a bureau were heap-
ed bills and estimates. The contractor
stopped beltore the great table, and ‘show-
ing me 2 water colored plan, said:

“This plan requires moditying. They
want to reduce the building three metres,
but without diminishing the number otf
rooms, and you must also find a place for
the staircase. Sit down and make a rough
sketch of the thing.”

1 looked at him surprised and told him
T could not draw.

«Phen examine these measurements for
me and it the estimates are correct.”
Tanswered that f was not up in’ such
work as estimating prices and verifying
mensurcncits,

* You can at least tell me,” continued
the contractor, ‘ what necessary legal
forms Linust comply with, in regard to the
three houses [aim about to build’?

LT brusquely auswered that **L was no
lawyer.”

«Aud as you are also not a banker you
are without doubt ignoiiut bow to arrange
yout payWents, und whut interest you
ought to receive on your capital to avoid
bankruptey, As you are nota me
you woud find it dificult to telling whore
the best materiais are to be procured, and
the proper time for purchasing, and the
inost eGonomical means of transport, As
you uve not a mechanician it is useless te
enquire whefier that er , of whi
see the model, is likely to save labor
therciore expense. As you are not a
mathemat n you will in vain attempt to
s new system of bridge build-
ing 1 am avout to try on the Lower Seine,
fu short, you know nothing but what a
hundred others amoug your companions
kuow; you, like them, ire only fitto han-
dle the hammer and the trowel,

Iwas completely discoucerted, and 1
twisted ny hatiustead ol replying ; indeed,
[had nothing to say.

‘Do you understand now why T live in
a fine house, while you inhabit a ?
continued the contractor, elevating his
voice, ‘It is because I have Ivarnt all
you haye neglected to attain; it isin consc-
quence of voluntary study Lam become a
general while you remain among the re-
eruits. By what right do youdemand the
sume advantage your superiors ? Ought
not society to reward each according to
the service he renders? If you desire that
society should treat you as she has treated
me, doasthave done; deny yourselfeven
bread to buy books; spend the day in
work, and the night in study. Be everon
the loukout for instruction as a merchant
looks out for profit; and when you have
shown thut nothing discourages you, when
you shall have learned rightly to under-
stand and value thing: ul men, then, il
you still remaia the inhabitant ofa garret.
come and tell your tale, and Low ilt listen
to you,”

The contractor had become gradually
more animated in speaking, and a ded in
being rather angry; however, Lanswered
nothing; his reasous had deprived me of
specch.
Mauricet, who saw my embarassment,
ventured a few words in my defence, and
(hen mentioned the cause of our visit.
Pane bourgeois examined the notes Thad
prep wed, 1 for some explanations,
and then disinissed us, As T was passing
out of the door he called me back, ** Re-
member what L have told you, my chap,”
said he, with good natured familiarity,
++ andinstead of being envious, try to have
av little honest ambition.
time in railing against those who are above
you, bat labor rather to spin &@ rope that
Will enable you to join them, If ever J
can aid you, you have only to. speak the
word, aud I will supply you with the first
necessary bit of hemp !—Lrom the Lrench
Emile Souvestre.

THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT
BRIGADE,

Any particulars concerning the famons
“Charge” at Balaklava, during the Crime-
au War, which Cenayson has so finely iua-
mortalized in’ verse, ust be of gen |
although it is now many years
ix Hundred rode up to

interest, i
sine the gallant 5
their death, while
«Cannon to right of them,

Cannon te lett of them,

Cannon in front of them,

Volley’d and thander'd
We gladly give place, therefore, to the
following personal anit graphic account of
the affair, which has never before been
made public. It came substanti: ly from
the lips of the Earl ot Cardigan, the con
matnder of the Bleventh Hussars, at Balak
lava, in 1854, who actually led the cele-
brated | charge,” and was related to Mr.
Stephen Massett, during his recent visit to
England, after he had recited ennyson 's
stirring epic to Lord and Lady Car
with an effect which may be e: im-
agined by all who have ever heard his
recitations.

At about one o'clock on that memorable

day, aiter the Heavy Brigade had heen
attacked by the Russiin ew , the whole

Do not lose your |’

Brigade had been ordered to dismount to
reliove their horses, Suddenly they were
again ordered to **moun:,” and aid-des
camp Capt. Nolan came forward, and told
Lord Lucan, commanding the cavalry,
that the Light Brigade were to attack the
Russians in the valley. Lord Lucan rode
up to. Lord Cardigan, and said; It is
Lord Raglan’s order that the Light Brigade
isto attack the Russian’s in the valley.”
Lord Cardigan replied, saluting with his
sword: *¢ Certainly, my lord, but you will
allow me to inform you that there isa
Russian battery in front, and one on each
flank, while the ground on the flank is
covered with Russian riflemen.” Lord
Lucan answered: ‘*1 cannot help that; it
is Lord Raglan’s positive order that the
Light Brigade is to attack them.”

Lord Cardigan then formed his brigade,
of five regiments, with three regiments in
the front line, and two in the second, while
Lord Lucan ordered Lord Cardigan’s own
regiment, the Eleventh Hussars, back, so
as to form a support on the left rear of the
front line. Lord Cardigan immediately
ordered the advance, After going about
sixty yards, Capt. Nolan rode obliquely
across the front, when a Russian shell fell
upon the ground near him, and not far
trom Lord Cardigan,—Nolan’s horse then
wheeled about and carried him to the rear,
and Lord Cardigan led the brigade down
to the main battery in front, about one
mile and a quarter distant. On arriving
atabout eighty yards from the battery,
the fire became very severe, and the
officers were considerably excited, and
had to be ordered to * be steady.”

Lord Cardigan, at the head of his bri-
gade, passed close by the muzzle ol agun,
which was fired as he entered the battery,
and rode straight forward through the
Russian limber carriages, until he came
up close to their line of cavalry, His
brigade did not follow him, and he was
attacked by two Cossacks, slightly wound-
ed, and nearly dismounted; but he fenced
them off, and gradually retired from them
and others who were attempting to sure
round him, When he got back to the
battery his command had retired and di-
veryed to the lett, and he slowly retreated,
until he met Gen, Searlett, commanding
the Heavy Brigade of cavalry. He told
them that the Light Brigade was destroyed,
and mentioned the fate of Capt. Nolan,
alter bringing the order for the attack,
when General Scarlett said that he had
just ridden over Captain Nolan’s body.
igan then had his. brigade
counted by his staff officer, aud found that
there were only one hundred and ninety
five men present out of six hundred and
tity. Tle then immediately rode off to
Lord Ragiau to report what had taken
phice.

‘The first thing that Lord Raglan said
was, ‘* What, sir, could you possibly mean
by attacking a battery in front, contrary
to all the usages of warfare, and the cus-
tom of the servic ?”

Lord Cardigan replied, My lord, T
hope you will not blame me, fort received
a positive order from my superior officer,
in front of the troops, to attack them, al-
though I was qnite well aware of the un-
usual course of proceeding ordered.”
Lord Raglan then inquired what he had
done, and was told that he had led the
brigade into a Russian battery; that he
had ridden up to the Russian cavalry ;
that he was not followed by the brigade ;
that he was wounded and nearly dismount-
ed, and had some difliculty in getting
away from a number of Cossacks; that
the brigade was nearly destroyed, there
now being only one hundred and ninety-
five left out of six hundred and fifty; and,
finaly, that the whole affair had occupied
only the brief space of twenty minutes !—
N.Y. Home Journal,

AMERICAN GOLD ASKED TO DEFEAT
CONFEDERATION,

It isno uso to go into details; ever

practical man and deyoted North Ameri-
can patriot. knows that with such a good
hold as the liberal party of Canada have
on the public mind of that country a little
practical assistance on our part in their
present struggle against the Confederation
scheme imposed on the people by a local
legislature bought with British. gold, and
confirmed by the Imperial Parliament,
would give them power which they would
certainly use for the political and national
unification of North America. I contend
that it would be wise. policy to attend to
Canada before if has become the strong-
hold of the aristocratic and monarehial
elements, bound together to annoy us and
shake our republican influence over this
continent. ‘Timely action, and timely
action only, will prevent us from haying

on our shovlders before many years are
over, and complieated, perhaps, with
some internal dissensions, a struggle
which would be at t just as costly to
us in money and human life as our South-
ern civil war.—Afontreal Cor. N.Y. Herald,

FIRE IN MONTREAL,

The Montreal Gazette thus refers to the
rreat fire that recently occurred in that
city, and supposed to be the work of an
incendiary +

The barrels, as they burst by thousands,
poured the fiery liquid into this stream,
bearing it towards the city, which was
only two hundred yards off. This roaring
flume, on the surface of the ereek, which
from the sudden pouring out of thousands
of barrels of oil, overflowed its natural
bank, making & stream of ap varently 40
or HO feet wide and a foot deep on the
banks where it had overflown, went slow-
dling forward, a coluinn of the most
ns tire threatening the entire suburb.
» column ot fire

ly re
turio
But let us here say
which arose trom this liquid niass of about
600 feet long, by, 48 Wwe ha said, 60
broad, was unequalled by anything we
have ever seon, It arose to the height of
at least 800 feet, rising something in. the
jorm ol a water-spoat, making a standing
column of fierce fire, which burst or open-
ed out at the top with a noise at times a3
of an explosion. It gave out an Immense
cloud of black smoke, which, at times,
seemed to raise out of the earth, and then
burst out inflame. ‘Lhe roar of this ters
rifie fame was remarkable. The whole

of the cavalry division was siderably
advanced toward the enemy, and the Light

city was jiluminated, asif the sun wad