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hours there had becn seventy deaths and-
as many more new cases. [ naturally}
thought of my own bhouschold firsts; but!
there was no one to give me any particu: |
lars, so ft tried to remember thatin all this,
there might be greut exaggeration, and!
encouraged mysclt b collection of |
how timid and impressive a people these |

tomans forthe most partare. However
on reaching the town by way of the omni-|
bus—whivh is our only ie up the |
thtee miles of asceut ir tion—I
found the whole aspect of the plice utterly
‘changed, No nc or confusion, no v
men sittinground their doorsteps, not a
carriage of any kind save that which wa
couveying us past closed shops and empty
stalls, ani here and there a group .of so-
lethn-eyed Albanese, who stured at us
with astonishment on secing people actu-
ally arriving at their town, instead of par-
ticipating in the general flight. «Chan
God! when TI reached our home all wa
well there. But death had been bus
around us. Across the street Hiehted t
pers in the drawing-room of our Ro
friends the ——s showed where
shrouded figure lay, the lively 1
used to beckon to mine from th
dows, His pretty youne mother lay ina
dying state in an adjoining chamber, ‘fhe
Locanda opposite was slut up with four
dead bodies, that must be carried away
ere the police’stationed at their gates al
lowed communication from without. ‘Phe
*Insalutara’ (or vegetable merchant)
the corner of the street, our noisy nei
bor the tinsmith, the huindre.
mother of * the old fiuniliar ;
our immediate inity, were all dead, and
not an hour passed without some fresh
announcement to fill our hearts with re-

ret or compassion. Still Tdid not realis:
danger for ourselves; knowing, too, that
cholera had existed in Rome for the las
tivo months, though not to an alarmi
extent, and not knowing exactly where

win-

else we could betalke ourselves at a mo-
ment’s notice, [ concluded to remain, tak

ing every possible tion as to our
food. ‘The two other far 8, Anglo-Ro-

mans like ourselves, jn villegs inta
Albano, were of the same way of think
and we proposed to remain, and, sho.
the disease conti: ining ground, then |
to leave together for Rome, That even-|
ing, when the Ave Maria rang out from

r

the three or four churches of the town, |
down the street came Tittle processions of |
men and women, barefooted, headed by a/

Franciscan friar or two, all chanting litan- |
jes.directing their steps towards the chureh ;
of St. Roch, by the Roman , to pray
for his intercession as 1 int against |
plague and pestilence, Many of the s
of the Madonna were lighted up with tiny
lumps id tapers, and the people, chieily
women gud children, were on their knees |
Detore them, he i
‘Their ery of Gr Fi
thrilling tones, which were almost shrieks
ia their appeals for merey, went to one
heart, ‘The scene was soon rendered as
striking to the eye as to the car, for in all
the piazzas, large and small, huge bonfires
were presently lighted, and the sulphur
that was every now and then thrown in.

) One of the coolest we have heard of vy

at}

the rapidity with which it ents the hair is|
one ot its recomendations to notice. The}
machine is so constructed as to enable the |
operator, by turning a serew, to ac tthe |
cutting blide so as to take of just the
quantity of hair desired,

The Athencem
nelishinen for yi

‘The motives of
Paris are variou

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|

yO
M

ting

stated by a Luncashire ian a week ago!
thas, ‘Tn looking out all the stragetic|
poluts of the place; you niter this |
Emperor's death there’s sure to be a row
Frenchmen will never put up with being
lruled by a bos to their being quite
hunder a wor wd. ‘Phen
must fizht
e the on
getiing up, i be so inter-
a lo know all about ’om when the
newspaper reports of t ts come in,”
There's nothing like neighbo )

BOC,

| of cours
jat the telli

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Die Liayincsvonn
3 the substance of a letter,
S. Moitut, a missionary
law of Dr. Livingstone, ex-
$a strong hope that his distinguish-
fed relative, Dr. Livingstone, is still alive.
|Aveport, says Mr. Moffat, has been re-
jevived at Zanilar of Livingstone’s pas
u
one in which he is

tin w
hand

he
tohave been killed.

idl
The New Orleans 7%
cnet j

bih

relates an inci
the nervous sus‘epti-
Now fever pationts, Ou Satur-
Ae Dy ered by his
: ‘a

uld have his clothing ch
aday mornin At a date hoi
it, a Gulf steamer announeed her
rvrival, as usual, by firing a gun, and the
ve the pationt a nervous shock

hc
ith
1

wh
idhe, *¢ is my
ye ullternnce |
rod over and

a

il

proved prophetic,
| died forthwith,

| Franee is beginning to snffer from a
psoclal malady which has long alllieted |

ia! Euglind; we mean the great in-pouring | pointinent belon
| to the towl
),

{the agricultural population. |
other large cities are deluged |
sh fromthe country of pei
who, without being properly ski
trades which belong exclusively to towns,
are neve tbled to beat down
wiges, to cause over-crowding, and to}
add to the inass of pauperism, On the!
other hand, country pursuits suffer from!
the want of labore id it isa faet that)
in many parts of Pranceagriculturalists are |
seriously inconvenienced in thisrespect. |

IIer Majesty the Queen returned to}
Windsor Castle from her Highlind home}
on the 2d ins The Prince and Princess}
of Wales joined her there onthe 6th inst.
The ramor,
be so tar re
sume he

are that next season she will!

ablished in health as to as-|
ld position, where she was so
much missed last s nm, and that the
| Queen herself will take a more prominent
| part in the Court entertainments than she
has done since her b yement,

Brivisu Nonrrir Ay

24.—The provin-

sent up blue flames that lighted up with
a ghastly radiance. The light fell too on
a cart here and there, of the commonest
deseription—a fe fled together
on wheels. such ¢ used for carryi

vegetables to the Roman market, which
now, instead, were to carry ry the stilt
ening bodies of the latest victims,
few were put into hastily-constructed co.

fins; others, and the greater number, were |

rolled up in the sheet they died on, caught
together with 9 bit of twine at the neck
and feet. Tn tho ¢ of the night one
of the regular ‘ becea-morti,’ or bearers of
the dead, having been seized with ehole
the courage of these p jonals gave
out and they re m their du-
tic
mad next day in their houses, until help
emne from the company of Zouayes. sta-
tioned in Albano, who volunteered to por-
form tho somewhat perilous office of in-
terring the dead,
(Conclusion in ott newt.)

.
af
‘d to perfo

Gliseollanvons,

_Achild-beginning to read becomes de-
lighted with n because he reads
of names and thi h are very famil-
dar, and he will make prog according:
jy. A newspaper in one year is worth 2
quarter's schooling to a child, and every
farmer must consid hstantial in-
formation is conuceted with this advance-
ment, ‘Phe mother of a family being one
of its heads, and having a move immediate
charge hildren ould herself be in-
A cupied becomes
:d against the of life, and is
braced for any emerge Children am

used by reading or study are cf course
considerate and mere easily governed.

How many thoughtless young men have
spent their evenings ina tavern or
shop who ovght to have been reading
Ifow many parents who meyer spent twe
ty dollars lor books for their families would
gladly have given thousands to reclaiin a
son ora daughter who had ignorantly and
thoughtulessly fullen into temptation ?

A Washington despatch of the 8th says
that the cominissioner of the Jand office is
in receipt of a letter trom A. Iatwood,
isq.. of London, England, making inqniry
relative to obtaining a quantity of land for
the settlement of 60,000 emigrants, whom
it is contemplated sending to the United
States, and that the commissioner hag 1
plied, referring to the t body of unoe-
cupied lands west of the Mississippi, and
the facility for obtaining a title to the same
under the provisions of the pre-emption
and homestead law and communicating to
the applicant full instvactions on the points
of inquiry: presented,

It is but seldom that one hears of a roy-
alinateh being broken off, and such a
plain, homely reason being given as in-

yea
fo}
)

Ley

compatibility of disposition. But the
thing has just happened in Bavaria. is
Majesty the King and the Duc Sophia

had agreed to marry, and it was generally
ood that the wedding was to take
It is now, however, semi-oNicially
d that the agreement has been set
nside by mutual consent. ‘The two au-

prust fianecs,” it} ted, have come to
the conviction that’ tl does not exist

between them that sincere inclination and
that entire harmony of heart which ean
mone guarantee happiness in marriage.”

An appalling story of drunkenness and
doath comes from Edinbur, Aman and
his wifeboth verging on filly and childless
were in the habit of going oat drinkin
together, and the other night celebrated
the minetccenth sunjversarye of their wed-
ding by a specinfy heavy carouse, As
they did not make theit appearance on
ihe next day, wor the day wiich followed,
the neighbors broke iuto their Jody
gnd found them both dead in’ bed, both
with a whiskayNwitle in (ieiv bands. They
had drunk themsalyes to death with raw
spit

ANOTHER INVi
is now in tse {1

etiON.—A new machine
culiing hair, ‘The seu-

sation produced by ils olnticns round
the head is snic be very ogreeable, and

Some}

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j and.many of the dead Jay all night)

|near St. Jobn. N. B.,

of British North America contain col-
lectively an area of 632,360 square mile:
and in 1861 2 total population of 3,328,87
jpersons. By the offic tatistical abstract
lately published it is found that in 1865 the
| of publig revenue was £3,
019, nearly £2,500,000 of which be-
ged to Canada, ‘The gross expenditure
1, between 1869 and 1865 inclusive, in-

ed by a million, the maximum year
hdu this interval, of revenue as well as
of expenditure, being 1864. Between 1852
and 1805 the publie debt of Canada rose
trom £4,000,000 to more than £12,500,000,
the ne a occurring, yer, in 1863.
tonnage of vessels entered and}
dat Newloundland between 1859 |
and 1849 varied considerably, being rep-|
resented by 409,009 tons in1859, and 270,-
000 tons only in 1865. The value of im-

er

ports to British North America in 1865 was
£10,226 29,000,000 of which belonged
to Ca » #2,809,000 to Nova Scotia,
£1,400,000 to New Brunswi and £1,-

009,000 to Newl

ive, asto

are afloat, but they are not to be depended
F upon,
It is said thata Board of Commissioners

jmions, Wi

Company tothe North West Verritory, and
| the transter of such claims; also copies of
the reports of explanations made under
instractions from either Government, with
the views of opening communication with
said territory, and more e. yecially that
part known as the Red River settlement,

Si the Government had not the power to

Latest from Europe,

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SUMMERSIDE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, NOVE

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Latest from Ottawa. |

Ottawa, Nov. 25th. |

There being no Session on Saturday, no
parliamentary news to telegraph, . -

The route of the Intercolonial T
itates the public mind. ‘Lhe Northern
ute is favored inthe Government organ,
Yhe Tines this morning i
known definitely about the

lroad |

|

ff. Rumo:

will be formed to superiatend the buildi:
of the Intercolonial Railway.
The ci very gay, and hospitalities
iberally exchanyed,
Novi Scotia members appear well
| satistiod, much pl dowith the city and}
+ courtesies extended, |
| Senator Miller's lettor justifying his. ac-|
ition in rd to Confedefation, and which |
origi appeared in Thuit Evening |
as been ve-produced inthe 7imes.
sentiments are cudorsed by the editor,
‘he position tssumed by Campbell and
y has given very great satishic-
ate meu of all parties,
Ottawa, Nov
Mitchell replied to Loeke that fishing
bounties would be considered when the
Fishery Bill was introduced in the House

>

to Inodur
oo

fof Commons, Yesterday Sir J. A. Mac-
| Donald introduced a bill tor the punish-
ment of foreign ngeressors on the Pro-

jvince, and tov the apprehension of sus: |
pected Fenians, Long debate took place
ative to the conduct of Volunteer ollicers
during the Fenian inyasion in Jane, 1865.
Howeand Campbell participated, followed
harp discussion between Ministerial: |
id Opposition,
1¢ question of the Opposition Reform-
ers of Ontario, whether Provincial Cabinet
Ministers can sit in the House of Com-
referred to committee,
rp discussion took place to-day,on
the appointment of 4 strates, doubts
are entertained whether the power of ap- |
s to the local or general
Government. Tupper argued against the
power of the local Government toappoint,
Adjourned ull Monday,
Oitawa, Noy. 23.

Tn the Senate, Hon. Mr. Wark moved
for copies of the correspondence between
Her Majesty's Dnperial Goyermmentof the
Province of Canada, the government of
this Dominions, and the Hudson Bay
Company, relative to the claims of! that

Was carried,
Ottawa, Noy, 20.

Tt was decided in the House of Com-

mons hist night that Senators and membe

o{ the House should be paid Six [undred

Dollars (4500) per session of Parliament;

nd ten cents per mile travelling expen-

The Speakers of the Sc
of Comtions are to receive Three ‘Chou-
sand Two ILundved Dollurs :200) each.
This evening an animated discussion
took place as to whether officials of Local
Government can bold seats ia Parliament.
Ottawa, Novy, 21.
Tn the Senate, last night, in reply to a
jmember, Ion, Mr. Campbell stated that

; initiate or entertain negotiations with the
American Gavernment with regard to the
renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty. Sach
negotiations could only be approached
throngh the instrumentality of the Britis
infster at Washington.
Ion, D’Arey MeGee is

i

riously ill.

London, Noy. 22.
tehes containing the g¢ gf intclli-

1

t latter, of bullion and specie, The
during the above interval]

rely, and in 1855 were yal-|

ued at 1
The : les exported from}
Canada are white pine,planks, and boards,
flour, wool, horses, barley, and rye, oats,
peas, and wheat, The total value of dry
codfish exported from Newfoundland in

33 706 sof unretined cod-vil

706,
, und of seal-oil £156,578,

A row occurred in St. John's N,
night of the

on the
inst., during which a lad
named Pahie was stabbed in the head by a
young mannamed Madd The knife broke
hin Pahie’s head, and the skull had to be sawec

| to get the picec of blade out. At lastaccounts
jhe was in avery precarious state, Madden
| has fled.

| A lady-teacher of clocution in New York
| mistook her medicine bottle, and swallowed
‘i dose of cyanide of } sium ii place of
rhubarb. She only had time to seream out,
“Blizabeth! Elizabet 1! come quickly!’ when
she fell senseless ant died in a dew moments,
Her name was Helen E. Vance, a native of
Boston.

The Reporters of the Boston press dined
together at the Parker Jlouse, Boston, on
Saturday evening, 9th. Like the rest of hu-
manity the reporters of the press are sensible
to enjoyment of this kind, and ean take down
athing or two besides notes. So the Boston
reporters thought, and acted accordingly.

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A bachelor editor, sensitive in relation to
his rights, objects to taking a wife, through
fear that if she should have a baby, his co-
temporaries, who habitually copy without
credit, woull refuse to give him credit for the
baby.

The New York Pos! says that there are at
present residing in Detroit not less than 10,-
000 Canadians. ‘Chey may be found in every
place of business in the city. Tuey are em-
| ployed as merchants, 9s clerks, as business
men and mechanics. They may be found in
every branch of industry.

Ite seventy-five cents to send a dollar
}from Boston to the Heathen in India. The
Post suguests that the whole amount should
be invested in the he: Sound
logic.

‘Two prisoners, Charles Uirich and Adrian
recy, incarcerated in the Toronto Jail for
y, mhiade there escape therefrom a few
age, by wrenching off bolts and picking
the locks of their cells, and cutting their
blankets into slips, by which means they lows
ered themselves a distance ct 25 feet from
one of the windows of the prison, Their es-
cape has created a good deal ef surprise among
the jail authorities in Toronto. ‘Lhey sueced-
ed in making good their escape. The same
prisoners escaped from Brooklyn Jail, N.Y.,
before they came to ‘Torento, where they
were awaiting examination for forgery.

Correspondence published in the Montreal
papers, between Mr, King and the directors
of the Commercial Bank, since the suspen-
sion, shows thet the negotiations came to an
end in consequence of the Commercial Bank
having declined to submit their assets to the
Montreal Bank, previous to receiving an ae-
surance of assistance in the eventof the ex-
amination proving satisfactory.

One of the boilers in Lingloy’s saw mill,
expiodtd on ‘Tuesday
the 16th instant, by wiich occurrence one

manwas killed and another badly scalded,

aten at home.

3,000,000. sterling. |

gence of the safety of Dr. Livingstone, the
celebrated traveller and explorer, have been
received,

In House of Commons an cfort was made
to save the lives of the Manchester rioters.
Mr. Maguire, member for Cork, moyed that
the Touse interfere for a stay in the execu-
tion of the sentences, and meanwhile the!
points of law upon which he based his resolu: |
tion be ied to the twelve highest judicial |
| authorities inthe realm. The motion gave |

rise to w long discussion, but was finally with-
drawn. An orderly demonstration ast the
}exeention of Venians toolk plaee here last
(night. A number of persons assembled ina
| public hall, and passed resolutions urging the
| government to stay proceedings. A commit-
| tee was appointed to draw up and present a
| petition of mercy to the Queen, which was
| presented to Iler Majesty to-day at Windsor,
| but their prayer was denied in the most direct
manner. ‘The most extraordinary precattions
jare be ng taken the government at Man-
chester. Barricades have been erected in
| the streets for the protection of the troops,
jand the city has the appearance of being ina
‘state of siege. Shore, one of the Men
has been granted a respite. Pre
are Dei ade in this city to obs
peculiar manner the obsequies of the Kenians
| who are to suffer the death penalty to-morrow.
On Sunday a funeral procession will be or-
ganizedand sent to Llyde Park, where a solemn
meeting will be held.

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ns,

London, Noy, 22, eve.

Despatches reecived from Florence state
that the Ituian Parliament will convene
December 5th. Baron Batazzi, formerly
Prime Minister, is certainly to be made Pre-
sident of the popular branch of the Parliament.
It is said that Gen. Menabrea, the present
Prime Minister, has issued another note,
wherein the action of France in invading the
Papal States is severely denounced.

Reports that propositions have been re-
ceived from the United States for the pur-
chase of the Hudson's Bay property has caused
arise in shares of the company.

At the session of French Corps Legislatif
yesterd the now a bill, which ling been
prepared by the Minister of War, was intro-
duced. The measure is based upon, and in
its general features resembles the law of 1862.
Ove of its provisions increases the term of
military service to nine years.

The Emperor of Austria has signified to
the Emperor Napoleon his willingness to join
the General European Conference proposed
hy France.

The official Blue Book published by the
French Government has disappeared, and
from its pages the following ‘paragraphs are
extracted: I'he Government will soon fix
the time for the return of the French -troops
from Italy. The Sultan of Turkey , though
he declined to adopt the course advised by
France, is endeavoring to restore tranquility
and peace in the Island of. Candia. ‘The re-
lations of France with the United States had
regained their usual warmth. Regret is ex-
pressed that the efforts put forth by France
and England to pacify the quarrel between
Spain and the republics in the South have
been ineffectual, It is hoped that } cace will
soon be restored between Paraguay and the
South American Powers allied against her.”

Small bands of Garibaldians had lately
passed the Papal frontier, but they wi
promptly met by the Papal troopsyand epecdi-
ly suppressed,

Gold 1894,

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j land, in town or country, there is hardly

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of their good faith, We cannot undertake to
return communications that are not used.

a EBATING SOCIETIES

Dunating Criuss, Mechanics’ Insti-
tutes, Literary Socicties, and other such
aids to self-inrprovement, have greatly
fallen int» disrepute of lute years. Over
the whole length and breadth of the

a single institution of this kind to be}
found in vigorous healthy existence. It
is (rue that here and there a Debating
Club springs into existence, seems to
flourish for a few weeks, but then it dies
almost as suddenly as it sprang into
life. What is the cause of this very
feeble vitality of our institutions for self-
improvement? Are they in theinselves
unworthy the countenance and support of
those among us who feel the stirrings of
intellectual life, and who pine for mental
exercise and excitement of a more
arduous and. elevating nature than is
alforded them by their ordinary oceupa-
Is there not a
sufficient amount of intelligence and in-
tellectual vigor in the country to sustain
such Institutions in permanent and heal-
thy existence? Are the young men of
our towns and country places so absorb-
edin the pursuit of their several occupa-
tions as to have neither time nor inclina-
tion for purely intellectual exercises and
amusements. Do the abuses connected
with such institutions so complety ovyer-
balanee the benefits to’ be derived from
them that on the whole we are better
without them than with them.

We will devote the space allowed us
this weck in endeavoring to answer the
questions propounded above.

Are Debating Societies and kindred
itutions unworthy the support of our
young men of ability and intelligence ?
Our answer is an emphatic negative.
We consider such socicties well worthy
the hearty support of every young, mid-
dle aged and old man in the country,
whether gentle or simple, educated or
ignorant, whether richly or menagerly
endowed by nature with mental gifts.
None ofa man’s faculties or powers
either of mind or body can maintain their
due strength or tone without its appro-
priate exercise, Let a man keep his
wm in a sling for a month and it will
become comparatively useless. ‘Those
who spend the greater number of their
working hours ina sitting posture can-
not take a walk of moderate length with-
out feeling both pain and fatigue. It is
precisely the same with the powers of
the mind as with those of the body, those
that are not frequently used are dull and |
sluggish, and cannot be used with effect,
while those which are in constant exer-
cise are firm and active, well under com-
mand of the will—ready to do its bid-
ding at all times and seasons. Ilow
often do we hear a man who has received |
a fair share of education excuse him-
li for or incaleulation and grammar,
and other matters requiring mental ac-
tivity by saying ‘it is so long since I
studied those things I haye become}
‘rusty.’”’ Just so. It is this rustiness
which debating socicties are calculated
torub uff. We learnvery little at school
—that is we acquire very little huowledge
there are too frequently very little real
mental culture. A few facts are required
by the memory frequently without the
remotest inkling of their real significance,
words too are crammed into the store
house of memory in the same way and}
with like effect. ‘hese may or may not
be of use in after life, If mental activity
cease with school life, they are very little
better than somuch usclesslumber. Ie
who prides himself on their mere pos-
session, and imagines that unused they
are of some value, labors under a very |
exvcat delusion, A man who can read,
write, and * cipher,” is frequently more
stupid and less intelligent than one who
cannot tell one letter of the alphabet from
another, Your mere scholar is a very
useless sort of an mal indeed. Now
debating socicties are contrivances by
means of which’ we keep our ‘* hands in”
(if wemay be permitted to use the figure).
By their means the mental activity
arouscd by school exercises is not allowed
to subside into intellectual listlessness.
By their means too we learn the use of
those acquirements which it took us so
long to master in our early youth, They
prevent our becoming “rusty.” ‘The
most trivial of their discussions call into
exercise those higher powers of mind
which in the usual routine of daily life
most persons ave not called upon to use.
They are sure to create in those who at- |
tend them a love of knowledge and a de-
sire to excel in intellectual pursuits. By
their means many haye acquired a con-
fidence in themselves, and a facility of
expression which have been of the great- |
est use to them when called upon—as
eyery one is liable to be in a free country
—to perform some public duty. We
look upon debating societies as Colleges
for the People, and every one who wishes
to live among an educated people, or
people capable of making an intelligent
use of the rights and_ privileges which a
free constitution affords to every one liy-
ing under it, should encourage them to
the utmost extent of his ability. A poos
ple unused to balance arguments and to
weigh words, can never give a wise de-
cision on political matters, Yet every
voter in the country is periodically called
upon to decide upon matters of the ut-
most importance. Without some kind
of training a greet many of the electoral
body — we would not like to say how
many—are completely at the mercy of
the first plausible politician who tells
them a fine story, who panders to their
prejudices or who appeals to their feelings.
Vor want of some such training for
an adult male population, the best parts
of the sermons and lectures which they
hear, and of the books and news-

|

lawaken and sharpen the gener:

little society-—who were anxious for men-
y

extent improved their minds.
did we eyer listen to a discussion among
the members of the most unpretending
socity, in the most secluded backwoods
settlement, without discovering
of unmistakable

ing and as really good speaking in a back-

of a backwoods debating society, as we

| would acquire more information and con-

cn ; .

BER 28, 1867.
moving in a different intellectual sphere |
from the bulk of his hearers or readers,
has no idea of the trouble and mental
straining it costs those unused to such
exertion to follow the simplest train of
reasoning, or to keep the attention fixed
upon one subject for five minutes con-
tinuously. Much of the instruction pro-
vided for the people, whether religious
or political, is completely lost upon those
for whom it is intended for want of some
means of keeping in healthy exercise the
minds of people gencraly. But do not
books, newspapers, sermons, lectures,
conversation and business do this? objects
some one. - We answer that all these
have their influence,and we would indeed
be badly off if they did not serve to
intellect,
but we submit without the assistance of
societies for the discussion of all sorts of
subjects, not one of them is nearly as
eflicient as a means of intellectual im-
provement as it ought tobe, In the first
place comparatively few people read hab-
itually, and those who do read would be
in a much better position to profit by
their reading if they were in the habit of
hearing’ both sides of questions, and of
endeavoring to distinguish the true from
the fulse, to sift sense from sound. Be-
sides, neither books nor preachers can
smooth over our difficullics nor meet
our otjections as they occur to us.
We would not wish to be thought to
undervalue other means of sclf-improve-
ment, but it is our deeply rooted convic-
tion that oral discussions, properly con-
ducted, are one of the most efficient
means of self-education attainable in this
or indeed in any country; and we strongly
advise our young men both of town and
country to avail themselves of it. We
are notamong those who think that the
short and fitful existence of most of the
Debating Clubs hitherto established in
the country is owing to the want of intel-
ligence or to the mental torpidity of those
who belonged to. them.

We have never been in a settlement in
the Island in which there did not live
some young men—enough to form a nice

tal improvement, and who had to some
Neither

ymptoms
though undeveloped
talent. We have heard as sound rea: on-
woods schoolhouse among the members

have heard in muclr more pretentious,
deliberative assemblies. Young men are
every year leaving the Island who dis-
tinguish themselves among the most
highly gifted youth of other more favored
countries. There is no want of brain
power among our Island youth, though
there is a great want of means to assist
in its proper deyclopement.

Though in the summer season our
rural population are kept tolerably busy,
and have very little time to devote to
the improvement of their minds, yet
in the winter they have ample leisure to}
improve them, Our yery long winter
evenings, if properly employed, can be
used with great advantage for this pur-
pose. Itis at this season that Debating
Societies should hold their i
One evening of every week from Decem-
bor to May might be very easily spared
by most young men to attend them. In
our towns there is nothing to hinder those
who have adesire to improve themselves
attending such socicties with great regu-

MOUNL ALLISON INSTITUTIONS.

The first term of the academic year closed
on Wednesday last, the hinst. The ey-
aminations were highly satisfactory in all the
departments of stuly. The students showed
such a readiness to answer every question in a
masterly, comprehensive fanner, a8 can
only be acquired by intense application assist-
ed by such thorough instructions as the Sack-
ville Institutions now atiord. At the closing
exercises in Lingley Hall the young ladies
and gent’s retlected no sinall amount of credit
on their teachers by their compositions and
musical performances, and their declama-
tions. Atthe’ close of the examination ex-
excises the President expressed his satisfaction
with the progress the students had made, and
commended the general disposition mamifested
by the students in both branches of the insti-
tution to do right, and expressed a wish to
see all their spare rooms occupicd, which
will doubtless be realized to some extent
now as they commence their second terms
work,

It is evident that the Institutions were
never in better working order than they are
at the present time, and never offered greater
advantages to the youth of the Proyinces.—
Com.

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AP. Z, Inlander Abroad,

Dr. Warburton, will be gratified tolearn that
upon his first arrival in India, he was
putupon the inedical staff of the Military De-
partment-of the Bast India Forees, in the’
district of Lahore, with a salary of £340 stg.
per annum; he bas now—having scarcely
served a year—been’ promoted to the rank of
Civil Surgeon at Juilendere, in the district of
ie Punjtb, with a salary of £600 stg. annu-
ally. f

Dr. Warburton, we'are happy to hesr, is
fast recovering from
fever, which had greatly reduced his strength,
and endangered his life, and we hope a long
career of unceasing honor and usefulness may
yet be before him inthe land of his adoption,
and that he may become a bright star of the
noble profession he has chose :

Dr, Warburton, as is generally known, is
a native of Prince County, In him the youth
of the country, and the Island generally, have
a laudable example of what can be accom.
plished, under the blessing of God, by con-
tinual painstaking, and unremitting, faithful,
persevering study. Ever remembering that
there is no * reyal road” leading to hgnorand
emolument, let their motto be ‘Go and
do thou likewise.”—Com,

We copy the following from the Patriod of
the 23rd instant :—

Scoundrelism is attaining such perfection
in its way now-a-days that wo device for rais-
ing money scems to escape it, One of the
latest isan Information Bureau,” or rather
a Rogues’ Burean, established in Jersey City.
The enterprising firm who manage this Bu-
reau have ferreted out a deal of information
for the benefit of several of the good people
of Charlottetown, and have hastened to com-
minnicate the same by letter, Nor post patd,
to the parties whom they wish to interest.
We hope no person will be foolish enough to
send $2.50 to reward them for their rascality ;
if he does he will be sold to the tune (played
on the muste bor of course)—of just the
anount of money he forwards. We copy ono
of the circulars omitting the name of the re-
CCLY GD ine=

Jensuy City, Nrw Jensuy, 2
Noy. 18th, 187.

Dear Sin:—There is at pros in our
office a Packs ge addressed thus. - + - - - 7:
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. We

think itis intended for you. Wedo not know
the exact value of whatit contains, but the
articles in it are One Musie Box, One Pistol,
One ‘Time Keeper, apparently of great value,
Our charges on said package are $2.50,
and should you wish said Package, remit us
the amount due, viz., $2.50 by return mail,
and we \ ill forward it to you by return mail
or express, as you desire, without any further
expense on you; if you do not claim it, we
will sollit on December 5, 1867, to cover ex-
penses, and shoul it realize more than the
amount due, we will send the balance to you.
loping this will meet your prompt attention,
We remain, respectfully yours,
II. W. Wistiror & Co.
P.O. Box, 05, Information Bureau, Jersey
City, New Jersey

Tate letters from the Rev. George Suther-
land to friends here state thathe has received

larity. ‘Uhey would find that in them they |
|
tract better habits than in dancing saloons |
or bar-rooms, ‘There is no class of men |
who are more exposed to temptation, and |
who are more apt to contract habits of;
dissipation than the clerks and mechanics |
ofa city. During their hours of leisure |
they are beset with a thousand tempta- |
tions of which the young farmer is hap-
pily ignorant. Besides there are many}
facilities for wasting time in the city |
which do not exist in the country. But}
mental improvement is, if possible, more |
necessary to the dweller in the city than}
to the inhabitant of the country. ‘The|
former relics more upon mental effort
for success than does the latter. ‘Thy
city youth can profit very largely be)
every means of self-improvement. ‘The
history of nearly every self-made man on
this continent and on the other bears
testimony to this. If most of the time
wasted, and worse than wasted, in loafing
and drinking were spent in discussing
some useful question,in listening to such
discussions, and in preparing for them,
we would not have to lament over so
many young men ruined at the very out-
set of life. ILabits of reading and reflee-
tion, which discussions induce in those
who ts a part in them are, next to
strong religious principles, the best safe-
guard against the numerous temptations
to which young men in both city and
country are exposed. ‘The want of time
is in nine cases out of ten a mere pretext,
not a valid excuse, If want of will and
want of taste were pleaded, it would be
much nearer the truth, ‘The amount of
time wasted by most of us who have /ar-
rived at middle age is appalling to look
back upon. We venture to say that
there is hardly a young man in this town
or in any other town, who does not waste
more time than, if properly employed,
would in a year or two make him a pro-
ficient in that branch of knowledge in
which he finds himself most deficient.
Let the reader count his spare minutes,
reflect upon how he uses them, and we
are much mistaken if his conscience does
not tell him we are right.

To no one are the abuses of Debating
Socictics better known than tous. We
are ready to confess that they sometimes
foster conceit, that they wonderfully de-
velope the spouting capacity of some
who attend them, that they tend to make
others unduly disputations, and that that
violent personal altercations in some so-
cieties do duty for well conducted discus-
jsions. But these drawbacks great though
they be are not in our qpinion a feather's

papers whiche they read, are too fre.
quently unnoticed and unappreciated.
The preacher,the lecturer, and tho writer,

weight in comparison with the good to
‘be derived from their establishment, and
jcontinuance in any town or settlement.

{the fact that the so

jeattle, several ho

and accepted a call from the congregation of
the first Church of Dunedin, to be the col-
league and successor of their present. Pastor,
Rev. Dr. Burns. This, we understand, is one
of the most flourishing Presbyterian congre-
gations in New Zealind. Some idea of the
ability of the people may be gathered from
which they promise
Mr. Sutherland is £400, sterling, a yes
Patriot.

The numerous friends and connections of

avery severe attack 6f-

tg The steamer Princess of Wales took |

from this place on Friday 1 avery large
freight. ft consisted of 800 sheep, 30 head
50 caresses perk,
20 tubs*butter, 6G barrels geese, 20 barrels
oatmedl, 10 do, eges, and about 60 barrels
oysters Yesterday morning she took
about 200 sheep, 12 head cattle, 40 barrels
oysters, and a quantity of outs.

t Rey. Mr. Hoge, who has been
travelling during the present year in the

Ifoly Land, will (D. ¥.) give an address
on his ‘Travels in that country, in the
Presbyterina Church here, on Monday
Kyening next, December 2nd, at 7 o'clock,
A collection will be taken at the close in
aid of the Poreign Mission of the Presby-
terian Church,

Shipping Intelligence.

ty The Brigantine Favourite, John
‘Thomas, maste sured from this Port on
the 23rd inst., for Swanséa, G. B., with a
cargo consisting of 15.000 bushels onts,
100 casks dried fish, 5,000 feet 8.in. spruce
deals, 20 dearrels bherring.—Shipped by
William Richards, Esq., of Port th

‘Ths ship Western Queen, ‘Thomas Lee,
master, cleared on the 21st inst., for Bris-
tol, G. B., with a cargo of 20,300 bushels,
oats, 122 pieces timber, 8,200 pieces deal,
and 3,000 feet boards.—Shipped by the
llon. James Yeo,

The Brig Thistle, Mercier, master, sail~
ed from this port, for Liverpool, G. B., on
Friday last, with a cargo of 20,640 bushels
oats, 927 pieces deals, and 1,000 ft. boards.
—Shipped by Jolin Lefargy and A, Mac-
Millan, Msquires,

The Bark Wm. Allan, Wallace, master,
sailed from this port on Friday last, for
Crapaud, to fluish her loading at that port,
Sho tak cargo of oats, shipped by John
Leturgy, Esq.

The Brigt. Wilice, Bennet, master, clear-
ed for Plymouth, G. B., on the 25th inst,
with 8,806 bushels oats.—shipped by John
Hasziard & Co.

The Brig Maggie, Ragen, master, cleared
for St. Joli’s, Newfoundland, onthe 26th
inst, with a cargo of 4,000 bushels oats,
8,766 bushels potatoes, 1,720 do. turnips,
145 tubs butter, 8 do, lard, 107 bags oat-
meal, 82 careases pork.—Shipped by R,
‘L. Holman and FinjJay MeNeill, Esquires,

The Brig Zuelika, Vinlayson, master,
cleared from this port yesterday, for
Liverpool, G. B., with a cargo of 17,500
bushels oate.—-Shipped by James L. Hol-
man, Esq.

Several other vessels besides those men-
tioned above, lave sailed trom here dur-
ing the present month, for Great Britain
and other places, laden with oats and
produce. This will give some idea of the
trade of our Town,