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jselves andthe whole community. Let De-

bating Societies or BMechanic’s Institutes be

EMBER 19, 1867.

one greets them with a smiling face.
No dull lessons to learn, no tiresome

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already with responsibilities of empire| already making i ;

, : + Fi i cf + Dunas tiinometue tote @chool et) i 4
Oren ~~~ |from Which they cannot in honer escape.|towns. Whether it take the form of com- | opened NeW ae ~~~| work fo. do, they are indulge rear
‘ ‘but to whiecl ed Id be folly and yah strect rowdyism, of desperate as- them be well attended, especially by the THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1867, ae , bf ged to their
MEETING OF PARLIAMENT—TUE due a 4 ay A) ine Aye hé Wi a oath s Ark a Me of bread riots, or of Youngs men who must take their turnin the| ***** ’ , + |hearts’ content; and even the staid and

- “+ i gratuitously to add.” Sir Henry Rawlin-| saults on the police, ol S, i aie le wand Tetris vine indies | oe ne ebemeneremer ee : An Aga :

ABYSSINIAN QUESTION. js n, ata meeting of the Ethnological So-| seditious meetings, itis a temper whieh Anne at ae ie ‘eter re Ne adyise| No notice can be taken of anonymous com- PE OMs elders Join in their romps and
ret ety a few cvenings ago. spoke of acom-} cannot safely be allowed to spread, The erenvarde ar dain home munications. We must know the names and| Conttive | their more elaborate xmuse-

Parliament assembled on Tuesday last, |
the usual time for meeting having been |
anticipated on account of the Government!
having resolved to seud a military expe- |
dition to the comparatively unknown |
country of Abyssinia, for the purpose of|
rele British and Prussi
held in captivity there by the ** Negus,” or
Emperor, who after exhibiting a tricadl)
disposition towards the prisoners, udden- |
ly, from some cause or other, threw them |
into confinement, and treated them with}
great cruelty, ‘* The Sovereign of Abys- |
sinia,” observed her Majesty, in the Reyal
Speech with which the Session was open-
ed, ‘tin violation ofall international Taw, |
continues to hold in captivity several of;
my subjects, some of whom have especi- |
ally accredited to him hy myself, ane his)
persistent disregard of triendly represen-|
tations, lias left me no alternative but that)
ot making a peremptory demand for the’
liberation of my subjects, and supporting
it by an adequato force.” The expenses
of this expedition have to be provided for,
and it therefore became necessary that the
Chanesllor of the Exchoquer should sum-
mon Parliament to mect at thie unvsual |
period for the purpose. By thia time the
troops despatched to Abyssinia are cither
in search of the Emperor in his difficult
territory of mowntain and jungle, or in ac-
tual conflict; and although there can he}

1 subjects |
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no doubt of the isste of the war, it is! might bo settled there for *‘sanatory pur-!euiion of the
equally certain that ‘Theodorus and his} poses,” but we should find a hormei’s nest
army are fierce, crafty, and resolute men, | under us and horncis all about us

who will take a great deal of beating be-
fore they submit to their inyaders, It is

Queen’s Speech hardly does justice to her
subjects when it expresses confidence in
the loyalty of ‘¢the great mass” of them.
The fact is that disloyalty, in its proper
sense, hardly exists among us, and enian~
ism probably could not muster an hundred
Englishmen under its banner, Were it
necessary and expedient, we doubt not
that special constables enough to outnum-
ber all the roughs in any English town |
might be called ont an hour's notice. It
not, however, cither necessary or expedi-
ent that recourse should be had to extra- |
trom June to September and the coast rain | ordinary measures until ordinary measures
from October to the end of March ;* more- | have proved ineffective. Peacable citizens
over, promising information is afforded | ought not to be required to protect their |
that in one place there are yaluable sulpbur| own lives and property when they have}
mines; in another extensive salt plains|armed the Executive with ample means
and sali lakes, where the surplus British | for that purpose,
capital, now lying Hae a yet and wait-| — ——-

ing for some good mode of investment to MATAETLG ATT GG LTE AAT
turn up, may be employed with a certainty SUBMERSIDE DEBATING SOCIETY,
of immense returns.” Any Ol oe as en
money might be laid out in A » iW iit first meoting of the above Society
the British Government were only to take
possession of the country—ahat with its
shesp and its camels, its sulphur and its
sult, it would become one ot the brilliant
gems in the British crown, It isdevoutly
to be wished that Lord Derby and his col-
leagues will turn a deaf ear to such ideas
as these. ‘There is nothing to be got out
of Abyssinia but trouble and-disaster. We

C

ing time when the Indian Government
would have a sanatorium on the highlands
of Abyssinia, for although the low-lying
territory is unhealthy, the case is different
onthe hills. It would seem, then, the
ideas of some persons extend beyond ,the
ecovery of the cuptives, That a British
settlement in Abyssinia is the subject of
many brilliant visions may be inferred from
assurances plentifully given, that cattle
and sheep breed there in profusion, the
pastures being good all the year round,
having the advantage of Abyssinian rains

Messrs. Strong's Ifall.
syery good. ‘The President, fixtay
MeNrinr, Esq., opened the meeting with
avery interesting cand appropriate ad-
dress, which we give below. ‘Tho subject
for debate was ‘* Were the Britisn Wov-
ernment justified in permitting the exe-
Manchester Tenians ?”
The debate was an animated one, and a
large number of the members took part
in it, who adduced arguments pro and

u id Our
European Alles, Who are not unobseryant
of Eugiisu influence in any part of the

to be hoped the prisoners will be found

'gtobe, might not regard even the small} CO” After a somewliat lengthy debate

was held on Monday evening last, in|
The attendance |

Gentlemen, for the well being and the
prosperity of our Society, we ask your coun-
tenance and your co-operation.

From the Patriot, Dec, 12, 1867.
TRADE OF CHARLOTTETOWN.

Tlaving as a people offered up our thanks- |
giving to the Bountiful Giver of all good for
the abundant haryext which the farmer has
gathered into his storehouse, as well as for
the thousand other mercies of which we are
the daily, but too often ungrateful, recipients,
we now purpose at this the close of the ship-
ping seasonto glance atthe industrial and
commercial operations of the year, go far as
these are within ourreach. The Official Re-
turns of the Customs Department are not yet
ible to the public. Jlowever desirable
ght be to have such Returns thus early,
vient time has not elapsed to admit of
their preparation, Of the trade of the cut-
not speak at present. With re-
to Charlottetown the case is different.
Iexports and Innports (in part) from the
opening of the navigation in April last, until
its close on ‘Tuesday, Mr. Donal’ Currie has
kepta weekly account, te%.n from che Custom
House Books, kindly piaced at his disposal
joy the Cyitoctor, W. E. Clark, Esq. From
that account, which we believe is sufficiently
correct for all general purposes, we find that
during the past season there have been ship-
ped from this port—
622,500 bushels of Oats.

194,9544 do Potatoes.

14,184 do Barley.

49,639 do ‘Turnips.

185. barrels of Carrots, Parsnips, &c.

addresses of our correspondents as a guaranty
of their good faith.
return cominunications that are not used.

ments. Ilappy ure the children who
spend a really merry Christmas, and
happy are the parents who provide the
means of such happiness and behold
their innocent enjoyment. A store of
Derons w tadd ; pleasant recollections and healthful arso-
a ‘i OnE ne address our readers, ciations is then laid up to be a solace in
thristmas will have come and gone.! future years, when the freshness of youth
We Valleys heartily in Christmas customs | ;, past, and when cares and griefs seem
an aloe yee Nene Beyolh /like to overwhelm the o'erburdened soul.
y period every one y ‘ ;
aN iy epuhl y0ne Who hess fare We advise all parents of whatever
all susceptible of the softer and holier e tp tat
emotions, endeavors to fecl at’ charity rank of life they taay be to endeavor to
ah all i A at charity | make their children happy on Christmas
with a men, At this season more than Day. All tho charities of life flourishing
a ie Oraery Te realize that all Men Te! Gy this day, Not only is it customary to
brothers. In ordinary times, when the interchange kindly greetings and olfer-
sclfish instincts of our nature bear sway, |) ope ne) BISCO H
d “5 ">| ings of good will among friends and kin-
and our hearts are unsoftened and our dred, but also to give liberally of cur
affections uninfluenced by holy associa- sibetanee to those who are in need The
tions and grateful remembrances, we Anka Of walt andthe piivniione. of
rive a coli inopera‘ive assent his pro- | eo ue! : ff a
Uhl b ] Paes fothis pro- poverty arc hard to bear at any time, but
pee ub at Christmas tide Ne feel at they are particularly so at this season of
to he a Evang and an operative principle. festivity and general rejoicing. The
the affections of every man who feels the poor soul who has seen better days fecls
faintest glow of faith in the Great Foun- it exceedingly bitter to be obliged to
relic? i “a we oti , f ” . . 2
der of the religion of love, now striggle forego the simple treat in which he or
to break the bonds by which custom and mie hee been Wonk ta indulge on Chine.
difidence ordinarily fetter them. We mas day, The poor man oad more par-
a 8 vi ae ve ale coldness and ticularly the poor man’s wife, feel deeply
Uae : at ° ngio-s Ha nature, ae their inability to provide those few and
ne ay ee a a eae a a inexpensive luxurics for their children,
OF OF earta, with the ardor and thal inc; they have so long counted on enjoy-
enthusiasm of the warmer blooded and ing. ‘The poor house seems doubly bare

the more impulsive races of mankind. on that day, the wern clothing doubly

We cannot undertake to

OHRISTMAS, |

alive when Theodorus is compelled to] advantage ofa sanatorium on. the Ava lit was decided in the affirmative. We| j2,0 do Mackerel. At the anniversary of the birth of thel iin und insufficient, and the meagre and
yield, and that they willbe able to bring | sinian highlands with the composure which | hope the interest of the society will be} 3,428 do Herring. Saviour of mankind men are drawn newr-| soanty fare doubly scanty and = innu-
home to their friends and countrymen the | js chayacteristic of the pertect friendliness | sustained, and that such a good begin-| 25814 do Pork. jer to one another—they in a greati iitous, ‘Those who have plenty—whose

welcome news of their liberation.
Tt is a great mistako on the part of G:

jitis the desiro of the British public to

i : J ning may haye a good end,
uluivate and sustain, and what with ex-|

49,GG5 pounds of Hams.
| 293 dressed Hogs.

“tables loaded =with food—whose

measure forget the distinctions of rank A
E

and disregard the usages of socic

ernments to dra the sword Letore all| planations, disvowals, and yindications, ADDRESS : 43 24 quintals of Codfish. NaN A Benson Of mittiol aood AGienea grates are piled high with fuel, and whose
jwe should have infinitely more trouble | Gentirary -— 158,724 dozen of Kugs. § “~*| bodies are warmly and richly clad—

other methoils of obtainising satisfaction
have been exhasted; and this is the mistake
into which Lord Derby’s Government ap-

/upon our hands than Abyssinia can pos-

} In opening the Summerside Debating
sibly be worth.

Society for the season, permit me to say that

$54 tubs of Lard.
529 do Butter.
GO14 barrels of Oatmeal.

and of mutual kind offices. ‘The rich and!
poor meet together, and feel that they
ure the children of a common. Iather.

should now remembsr those of their
neighbors who have not a sufficiency of

pears in the present case to have fallen, | ae EEOC SPU GUL EL ENE (out object in eet wpe for the purnges 923 ds Bleak ff ee ae hae) ae food, fuel, and clothing. ‘They will’ en-
dit is not clear that conciliatory steps wou d | m CONT | ae a | 0: rearing ourselves talk, but for mutual im- 454 do Oysters. 1e¢ pride oO ye@ rich and the high born | joy their Christmas luxuries with akeener
Hot Nave neGomUlEhedCtKe SUaae GE the THE FENIAN MENACES TO THE |provement. No matter who the individual] o 514 as of Salt, is laid aside, and the murmurings of dis- J iy a rea ae ee

! J ’ & f zest, and perform their Christmas devo-

war expedition; and if it were to be said

GOVERNMENT,

{is, or what his occupation, whether the artizan,

21 crates 17 hds & 25 cka Sheep Skins.

content and of envy Cease for a season. | tions much more devoutly,and, we feel,

gy issimulati y 2 a : : , j}the farmer, the sailor, the merchant, or the y7 Poncuut nck on, &c. Valores oo ae ;
ALOE Oe Cr Stn leet eran | The prominence given in [or Majesty's | politician, he must be ever learning. If he ut VeU AA Srtieneen Cheerfulness illumines every counten-| With pronter acceptance, if they are con-
the reply would be that with fierce and Speech to recent outrages in Manulesten remains stationary—if he does not keepup 107 live Hogs. ance, and love fills every heart. Men aL cious of having made the home of some
einen atritea who do warooniprelicndl andelsewhere, and the remarks of the! with the improvements and acquirements ‘of 108 Torson! Christmas strive to become in practice, | voor and friénrloss brottier® hunps, or-ot
F a6 s Ot pren "+: | Prime Minister, will not tail to impress | the day, he must fall behind: and we, here in 41805 Sheen ag well'as in faith, Christians: baanity 1 2AOX EMA. appys ‘
the principles and the a venities of civili-| i), public mind, It is seldom that an| Summerside, locked up in common sith our vai Thad oe Boule ’ AGE HEATH TI ay am’) having caused the widow's heart to sing
zation, itis indispensable that a peculiar English Government in our own times has | countrymen by barriers of ice, deprived even 93. barrels Flax Seed. Hes ideas WUOUBH Ue” year HE SeMe | for jey. We all should remember that

course should be taken, and the character-
istics of the foe steadfastly borne in mind. |
Kighting is the pleasure and delight of,
Theodorus, and he finds himself in agree- |
able exerciso in measuring strength and

craft with his invaders, Ie will not yield

of seeing the dazzling loveliness of our rivers
and harbors — deprived of Jooking on and
}admiring the ship) ing as they arrive and de-
| part—and not having it in our power to stand
| loating on the wharf, looking on and wonder-
ing at the beauty of the ladies as they come

recognized so emphatically the prevalence
of a spirit dangerous to law and order in
thiscountry. ‘The attention of Parliament
having been thus called to Fenianism in
England, we may expect that even during
the present Session it will become the

18 khds. and 23 puncheons Molnssca.
40 hhds. and 40 bbls. Sugar.

This is only a portion of the Exports of
Queen's County, which will be largely in-
creased by the returns from the porta of Pin-
ette, Orwell, Crapaud, Rustico, and New

weakened and broken, are then strength- |
ened and united. ‘The misunderstand-
ings which occasioned coldness are now
a8 ifthey had never existed,and offences,
though serious, are sincerely forgiven. |

He whose birth we are on Wednesday
next called upon to celebrate and to re-
joice over, said, ‘It is more blessed to
give than to reccive.”’

In conclusion we heaitily wish our

H i »| i vi i n! ' 5 i © on shore from the steamer,—-we can do no- The family meets round the cheerful! -., Vis
aden 1s compel. a Seats | sulyjene of debate in Parliament. It is thing better than, after itd day’s work ig|10ndon. At current prices the value of the beara HATBY and nite anne | Hore friends and patrons ; uy
oe! 3 4 | therefore time for us to look the matter in jover, to meet together once a week for a produce alone amounts to £101,087, or $323,- , I : A Merry CrnistMas

and mountain passes to which he will con-
duct the foo; reckoning upon the ravages |
ct sickness and the distress of privatien |
for the lessening the power of the enemy |
in places with which he and his own peo-
ple aro familiar, and a pestilential climate |
which they are able to bear. The British |
troops may hare to seek an invisible ene- |
my alwaysin fiight from place to place. |

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the face, and to consider both what it is|
that we have to ‘put down” and what are |
the proper measures for its * effectual sup-

couple of hours, to discuss some of the
many momentous things thas have or are
transpiring in the great world beyond us.
pression.” Some light is thrown upon the | Last wiater, gentlemen, you are aware we)
former question by a strange letter de-/had no debates, for two or three reasons. |
livered at the office of the Daily News, and) We had two Dancing Assemblies in full blast,
publishedin that journal. It is dated from |tsking up two nights; the British and the
Dublin, and purports to be a circular of, American Good Templars took up two nights
the Irish Revolutionary Government to its more; the Masons another night—and then)

456. The pork, ham, and dreseed hogs figure
up £12,453, or $39,850; the fish, exclusive
of the mackerel and preserved salmon, &c.,

| £6000, or $51,200—total £134,537, or $580,-

000, Eggs at seven pence per dozen, repre-
sent £4570, or $14,624; horses about £5,000,
or $316,000; and mackerel at £3 per barrel,
£37,500, or §120,000 of which about one
fourth was owned by P. TE. Island fishermen.
The oats, potatoes and barley, were distributed

Who can bear malice or who remain hard
and unforgiving on Christinas Day? The
delightful social intercourse of that day
renders doubly endearing cyery social oe

and every family relation. As we grasp| Ow Thursday evening last, the 12th inst.,
the hand of friend or neighbor, and hear} the introductory lecture for the winter's
his hearty good wishes, we feel him a/ Course was delivered bylore the above

t : ssociati " resident, Wrrntaat
dearer friend or a closer neighbor; Association by the Dresitent, He
Biot sand Itganp, Esq, The subject was‘! an hour

oe Se
Young Men's Ohristian Association and
Literary Institute.

he . ATs Bs ¢ “ Seats : | : s a ne
yi vi ey eeeieean tie aelie | agents and friends abroad, being signed | | So vale ore is nee ee ae Re folloWwae . amidst the innocent mirth, the del shtful | with tle. Apocaly pas.) fain whats wo
cation of the pride of victory. We are | Ls,# Person who styles himself the Secre-| nis society to ‘meet, or to Te able to do any Outs. Barley. Potatoos, | interchange of gifts and good wishes of! jaiow of that gentloman's ability asa
now going into Abyssinia,” as Mr. Glad-| Ly uf External Relations. Our contem= | poga, Nova Scotia, 66,727 2,060 96,408 the family circle, we feel that futher and} lec turer, we feel assured that the ulject
stone said in the debate on the Address, | poral el rene he ue Me aie HE Teed not remind you that the great object) N.Bruns’k., 6,724 5,820 395 |mother, brother and sister, were never reevived justice, La TNE Les nas
‘sand the question which the country will Rotates ; ee a De te to be aimed at in our education, is that we be| Nfld. 98.398 2,540 B4,7R2 nearer or dearer to us. The remem-| ne nd profitable, The Pairiot sys of it
regard with the greatest interest of all i aes cde ave Goncliies prcots ofr ite | (aught everything it is important we should] U, States, 19,489 4 80.963 /brances of the harmless pastimes and i u einen a Well composed and es
the question, * When shall we come out of | 130 been composed by ne Walledu. |AMOWs having at the same time our minds ae inne aeeue 100 1003 | joyous festivitics of Christmas remaina a}! (eliverec PU Mean oote ty MOnelly,
Abyssinia?” Where is the man that) iced verson, ‘i 5 fie ne oui ot disciplincds and iliere 18 someting noble anil) A tBnes, Argh oad « green spot in the memory of many of us| ommencement if eo en Men ahe
would volunteer an answer to this ques | cater Tersoie ts pro essed object is 0] grand—nay, there is something impressively Fogland, 484,330 oh ea sae 1 Hie eaah Maes campaign. At the close ot {ho lecture,
tion? The campaign, it has been observ- notily the course which the Fenian Execu- | [ovely, at beholding the fond mother first) St. Pierre, 190 4,100 jwhen those who participated in them) Mr, Heard addressed the youxa MEN of
tive has determined to adopt in the eveyt | teacliing her little boy his letters, then as he| Cuba, 8t fi 1,083 | aie scattered over the fuce of the wide|the Assoc 1. He endeavored to im-

ed, ‘* will resemble one of those Arab raz-
zias in the Kaybyle country, whieh after
costing France so a brave men only
served to render formidable a petty Sheik
like Abd-el-Kaner.” No wars are so un-
certain as wars with savages, ‘The whole
strength of the Russian empire was for
years employed in yain to crush Schamyl.
Every general of note in the Imperial ser-
vice has been fighting in the Cancasus,and |
itis not ever yet.. Lhe difliculty which}
the French liaye encountered in one place
and Russia in another is found, and unfer-
tunately adopted by our Government in
Abyssiria, » word which British taxpayers
are doomed to become disagreeably famil- |
iar with.

of Allen and his fellow-conspirators being
hanged, and, by way of preface, it gives
ihe Fenian view of the rescue and subse-
quent trials. Kelly and Deasey are desig-

grows, sending him off to school, to fight, as
it were, his own way there, and then in the
world, and oh, how the prayers and the
wishes of that mother are offered up on be-
hated as ‘two Irish officers on seeret and | halfef her child, and that the world would
special service in Manchester,” who had |deal gently by him, ‘That boy, perhaps, for
the misfortune to fall into the hands of the | “tee or four years attends school,and as soon
civil authorities, and whose release it was | 2 he begins to exorcise his powers of obser-
of the utmost importance to effect * atany | yation and reflection, or ot all events as soon
cost.” ‘The writer proceeds to dosoribe it he is able to work, whether to assist his
the deathial Hiatt ag aosidentaloandioatss father om the farm, on board the ehip, at the

7 Sea Tan bah hh bah hla hashed work bench, or in the shop, ho is taken from
ed by ‘the (for him) fatal expedient. of ‘i

Alin | Wed % ' the school neverto return. This is the case
Wing into the ock.” He admits the ©X-|in a great many instances, and this the reason
ploit to have been illegal, but mainsains

! M why, even in our own Island with a Govern-
that ‘disregard for the laws by which an

ment affording every assistance and en-
oppressor secks to protect himself is the | couragement in its power, that education has

Tie Turnips went nearly all to Nova Scotia
and Newfoundland, and in very nearly equal
proportions. 620 bushels were shipped to
St. Pierre. In former times the niost of our
produce to Nova Scotia was sent to Halifax
and the ports south of Canso. This year,
several small cnrgoes of Island Potatoos &c.,
cleared for Pictou, and Cape Breton. Ofthe
Mackerel, nearly the whole went to the
United States. ‘The Eggs found their way
into the same market, by the Boston and
Colonial Steamers, but principally fa Nes
Brunswiek. Ofthe Pork, Nova Scotia took
2190 barrels, 125 dressed Hogs, snd 17,130
pounds flim; New Brunswick 136. barrels,
and $2 dressed Hogs; Newfoundland 234
barrels, 106 dressed Hogs and 6,085 pounds

press upon their minds the faet that itwas
organized for their especial benefit, and
that the time had arrived when they would
| be expected to. slip into the harness, and
assume at once the responsibilities which
should and roust rest upon their shoulders.
He informed them that a suitable recom
had been engaged and fitted up tor s
Reading Room, where they could very
profitably cmploy their Ieisure hours.
Mr, Heard also reminded them that it was

ats Bae + | not the intention of the older members to
upon the Christmas celebrations of his desert them, On the contrary, they might

youth comes fresh to his memory. is} aty ays rely upon haying their counsel and
smiling parents—his happy brothers and | assistance. ‘They had no desire to shrink
sisters—the much paized and long ex-| from axcagonably share of responsibility,

wide world, or are silent and mouldering
in the habitations of the dead. What a
flood of melancholy, yet softening and
elevating, recollections rush upon the
mind of the storm tossed sailor as he and
his shipmates attempt, ina rude and im-
perfect way, to celebrate Christmas on
ship board. Recollections of the happy
home of his childhood crowd upon his
minde Every circumstance attendant

first and necessary principle in a rebellion | not attained to a greater degree of perfection. | Mam; England 141 barrels, and the United t b | rork was essentially YOUN
tact sie a ; : f Pelt A Breates ey ie angle cdi pected presents—the little feast— the| bul the work was essentially the young
Of the character of Theodorus it is rep- against that oppressor ” Acknowledging |The reel cause is that in all our schools over, States GO karre’s and 30 dressed Hogs. Thie Ms } : MEN'S. We would like to have found

resented by one who acems well aequaint-
ed with the man, that he is more powerful
than either Abd-el-KaderorSehamyl. Ie
is fierce and cruel, adding to the natural
wariness of the savage, ‘some of the
woret tricks of half-civilized kingeraft, In
his wars with the puppet Emperor Johunse
he displayed much military capacity, Le

the duty of insurgents to abstain from all | the whole Island, theve is a terrible deficiency |
acts of wanton violence, he then casts the !of pupils, and for this lamentable deficiency
same responsibilit™ on the British Goverue | ur legislators although altering and perfect-
ment, ‘ ILitherto,” says ho, “the Irish ing, a8 they style it, our Education Act time
insurgentsagainst England have honorably | #4 again have not yetfoundaremedy. Again
fulfilled their share of this moral obliga- | 0? the other hand, many fond fathers and
tion,” and though England has not acted neu A an ue fond nit Cee
with corresponding forbearance, she has |{'° ,.* tat school tor five or six years, or by

Codtich, Ge,, went mainly to Nova Scotia, the
United States aud the West Indies. «To Nova
Seotia we sent 5 Horses and 430 Sheep; to
New Brunswick 175 Horses and 839 Sheep;
to Newfoundland 112 Sheep, and to the West
Indies 14 Horses and 424 Sheep.

Of the flowing articles the imports
were i—

merry games and the religious cxercises
of the day—are all present to his mind's
eye. Tle feels himself a child again.
He forgets the years of hardship that

spaco for the whole of this valuable and
timely addrc We would say to all the
young men in Charlottetown who are
connected with this Association, you are
have passed since he spent his last/a highly favored body. Lhese, your
Chiistinaa at liome.. Theaul induences| fathers, have labored hard to bring this
that, it may be, have hardened his heart | Associstion to ifs present state of perfec-

and blunted the finer sensibilities of his | "0" and now they offer it to you asa free

e f " 5 ‘ 7 sending them away to some great institution Te VN
s0 dazzled the chiefs who were sent ained as yet from putting to denth any | gy, 5 ur or two, that thelr edueation is Flour, Cornmeal. ‘Bread. jgitt, True, we ourselves, when connected
against him by unlimited promises, and so | yrenjs fe ‘gi ea i See ANE AAA LN Maeve AON os nature, have for the moment no power! ®. 7. ee a fs
mhied die Belle tns * i vg () cuian pusoners, © Should she do s0,”/finished. ‘This is avery great mistake, Our| 1867 24,098 4,799 930 ror : ih or with it, wore vf opinion that the young
charmed them by his insinuating manners | he continues, «Tam instructed to say that! oducatian is iiever finished while wo live,| 1866 34,700 8,631 10bo ice ue Ife sees the beauty of inno-| men did not occupy that position.in it

that they deserted at once to bis standard.
When fully prepared he chose his battle
ground at Amba Chara with such skill that
in a single battle he utterly Lroke the
power of his adversary Ras Ali, and made
himself master of the whole kingdom. Ilis
subsequent crnellies struck awe and terror
into the hearts of his opponents. and he
became absolute despot of the wide coun-
try from Shoato Matemna, and from Eojam
to Hamazin.” It is not likely that any of
the aws and terror struck into the warriors |
of Ras Ali, will be felt by the British troops
svho are sent against him; but there is
unhappily tho possibility that the latter
inay be harrassed, fatigued, and broken
down in health in a rugged country anda
climate, which it is only for a brief period
of the year British constitutions can en-
dure, There can be no misgiving with
respect to the steady courageand unflinch-
ing resolution of our troops; but there are
circumstanees which overcome the best of
physical strength and the force of heroic
determination, If Theodorus cannot be
found by his pursuers, and the war should
become mere jungle fighting, the campaign
willend without satisfaction been aforded,
and then preparations will have to be made
for another demonstration, and perhaps |
others which the British nation will look

at with the grim hopo that at last the

savage chief will be caught and brought |
upon his knees, and the captives, British

-Wwas estimated beforehand, and the actual

for every judical assassination she is guilty iwe need te be ever learning about ourselves
of the life of a prominent Englishman will} and about common things, to say nothing of
be exacted by this Government, and you metaphysics and philosophy.
will point out that upon England will vest! Gentlemen, if we look at the world now
the odium of having first inaugurated ile and compare the present state of Gods great
policy of assassination in her present! universe to what it was two hundred, or even
strugele with Ireland.” He is careful to! one hundred years ago, what a mighty change
add that it will make no difference whether | do we see in its moral and physical’ appear-
the persons executed are Fenians or not,/ance. Countries changed, the people chang-
for that retaliation will be enforced on their | ed, everything changed. Let a Seotchman
behalf, ‘in recognition of their claims as | or an Tx shman visit his native place after an
Irishmen. It is, perhaps, a waste of labor | tbsence of thirty or forty years, and what a
to point out false assertions in a document | Teena ae anette WES Gus
. s . nA . WAWAIIa nH } by \ y {
Peachy THROM AR CLIR (DES ee 10 | ceos.no pleasure in them—the friends of his |
te circumstanecs of Brett's murder, it! poynood, the bright-eyed maidens of his early
may be well to remind our readers of {WoO | Toves, the teacher and the minister have all
material facts. The one is that, according passed away; he knows no one, and with a
to the evidence, the sergeant was not!sich anda tear he bids his native land a
killed in the process of breaking open the| second and a Jact farewell.
lock, but on the contrary, by a shotaimed
ah him by Allen through the | ventilator. we not see important and unmistakeable
The other is that Larkin aud Gould were |?) ih euror { tri i
; i changes in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia,
not only parties to Allen's act, but them-/ and the Isles of the een; in all these we dis.
selves carried reyolyers and fired Upon | cover Gods purposes being accomplished, and
the police, Indeed, that more bloodshed liberty and civilization extended to the people;
had been permeditated, and that, if Brett | and in Britain, the “Home of the Brave and
only was killed, it was not for want of} the Free,” whose flag has braved the battle
murderous intent in the attacking party, !and the breeze. for a thousand years—the
might be inferred {rom an expression in|country with whom we are connected, and
this very letter, that ‘the probable cost| which extends over us her protecting wgis;
the country whose laws and institutions we
cost was less than estimated.” But these| Were wont to regard as alinost perfict, we
considerations in no degree affect the | 8°e there a new comet shooting up into the

Looking for a moment at the old world, do

We also imported 1,185 barrels of apples,
7,624 tons large, and 5,100 tons smull coal,
8,777 tona limestone, 899 thousand laths, and
1,5064 thousand feet boards, exclusive of
deals and s¢intling. With the exception of
the apples, the wholo of these articles came
from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; of
the limestone hy far the largest proportion
wes used for agricultural purposes. The
boards and laths indicate the extent of our
house building during the season. Verhaps,
however, no fuct connected with our import
trade is more gratifying and encouraging than
the marked falling off in the item of fiour,
which has annually, since the failure of our
wheat crop, been making such a heavy drain
upon the resources of the Colony. Next year
we hope the decrease will be still more mark-
ed. Among our imports are also 6,678 bbls.
of herrings, and 1,058 quintals codfish, Of
the 8,600 barrels of muckerel entered by the
Gulf fleet, about 8,040 barrels, as near as we
could ascertain, were caughtin Island ves-
sels.

Tn our notice of the trade of Charlottetown
in Thursday's paper, we emitted the article
of leather, of which several thousand pounds’
worth were exported to Montreal via Now
Brunswick during the year, ‘Tlic shipments
direct to Canada, were, in May and June, 27
hhds. and 40 barrels sugar; and in September
99 tons of coal, 5 bbls. seal oil. 80 do mack-
erel, 125 do and 944 qtls. codfish, 12 do and
24do hake, 16 rolls leather, 1 do calfskins, 4
bundles wool, and 6 do and 8 casks sheep-
skins.

cence and the loveliness of piety as he | which they should have done, and the
never before saw them. Vice, perhaps) name would have been more appropriate
for the first time, appears to him in all) bud it been called the * Old Men's Asso-
¥ i ‘ Natt ” » RW ‘ i ile
its native deformity ; and when he con- ciation. ae ue led HN eh think

+ ue + } "as : setter, Gi » EL
trasts his present with his former state, | up tu Ni) Ov UG LOlley aut ule et
he ahuddes ata aENy Whok ; rors ol the past be remedied, and accept
ne enucders ab the picture, POSNOWS | the gilt so freely ofered, and let your
what cffect there carly recollections of a} predeeessors sce that you are capalile of
happier time and of a purer life, Insepa-| carrying it on and sustaining its inter-
rably connected with the annual return of| est.” As union is strength, let it be your
Christmas, may have in humanising him | endeavour lo work harmoniously to-
and in assisting in his ullimate reforma-|Scters so that your numbers inay in-
tion crease, and you may be enabled to exhibit,
ey ' % » | by your lectures, debates, and deportment
The influence of carly association is! ;* 4

N ( : in Jife, that yours is none other than a
seen in the endeavors which Christian | Young Men's Christian’ Association.

men in all countries and in all situations pe — ne “
make to render Christmas Day a happy Bushing the Ice,

one. We have. already alluded to the) en

observance which sailors pay to that day.
Soldiers, too, have been known to make
extraordinary efforts under the most un-
promising circumstances duly to observe
it. Christmas inthe Arctic regions must
be a very cold Christinas indeed, yet the
voyagers in those dreary regions do not
neglect to distinguish the season of
Christmas by appropriate religious ser-
vices and customary festivities. ‘The
pauper in the workhouse has a feast pro-
vided for him at this season, and the
felon in his cell then mercifully receives

Noruine is of more importance té the
| travelling public who are accustomed to
travel to and from the country places to
Summerside, on theice, than that it should
be well and earetully bushed. Many ac-
eldents haye happened for want ot this
being done, Ilow easy it is for the tra-
veller—especially if he bea stranger—to
Jose the track where the ice isnot bushed,
it travelling through a thick snow
storm or on a dark night. Ile may, ere
he is aware of it, plunge himsell and his
horse into some crack or spring-hole, In
order to prevent any such accidents, we
think that all the principal tracks, at

|heavens and causing tyranny of all kinds to
tremble. The Government of England is
now more than ever in the hands of the great
body of the people; the time has gone past
when the higher classes can hope by any
indirect influence, cither of property or of ce-

and Prussian released. | opinions and designs avowed here, as well

And when all this is acconsplished. what! as in an equally singular letter received at
then? Will Theodorus be leftin possession | the ofice of the Jrish Times nbout a fort-
and with the ability as well as desire to! night ago, and ostensibly written by the
revenge himself upon any British subjects | man who shot the Police: constabies Kelly.

least ought to be well and carefully
bushed. Lt would cost but a slight effort
were the inhabitants near the shore to turn
out and help in this matter, ‘The only
route on ourriver that is bushed is the

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Mrs. A, Allen’s Worlds Hair Restorer and
Zylobalsalum or Worlds Hair Dressing are
unequalled, and s0 acknowledged by all who
use them for restoring, invigorating «an-

a temporary mitigation of his punishment.
Verhaps those whose enjoyment of
Christmas is most hearty and most un-
alloyed are the children. Who docs

who at any future period may stray into and Kena,

living under its virtual protection? If the | justifiable aet ot guerilla wartare. Neither

British Government should choose to set|/the absurdity nor the atrocity of these | of the Almighty which never fails to be recog-
up a prince of its liking, the British Goy-| sentiments, nor even the probability of nized where it is truly attested. - Looking

‘ * . ay for its luxury: their rs being men co w. net | nearer home, what great changes we sce in : :
ernment will have to pay ts luxury; their authors beimg men ot straw, must | Wesee John Brown's soutmarch- | No lady's toilet is complete without the Zylo-

nnd, besides, the jealousies and suspicions | blind us to the danger of their being p
of other Powers would entail further em-: mulgated at all.

" barrassment upon this country. Nothing symytoms of a sympathy with Fonians,not |

fan be more intelligible than the declara-| as patriots, but as the enemies of constitut-

aha, Sontained in Iler Majesty's Speech, | ed authority, which sophistry like this may

We the expedition is to he sent for one | serivusly aggravate, tnless it be silenced

PUrpone win and it isto be hoped that) Ip a peremptory and decisive expression
Ny

na ME We steadiastivadhercd to, for! ot public opinion. -What is too certain iz
ns Mr, Qatargas, Aegis .

people of this . sensibly observed, the that a lawless temper, fostered, if net on-
. Woh y we ut this yument | gendered,

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SAMA 44 see

ea rie AG 1007.

In both the rights of a belli-
lis power? Or will a new potentate be set gerent Power ave claimed for the Fenian
up in his place with great professions of | organization.,and raurder committed within
attachment to tho British Government,and | the United Kingdom is represgnted as a| perior education and cultivation, by the power

ro- | America, 4
r Aegis) 2 ‘ “ | balsanium or hair dressing.
Thera are not wanting | ne On; the people free and supreme; the | rs

British & American Touse. | fer 9, 1867

ercion of any kind to direct the course of pub-
lic affairs. Power has passed out of their
hands, and what they do must be done by su-

+ of mind over mind, by that sign and signet

poor nan’s gon eligible to the highest offices,

dressing the hair, rendering it soft, silky and
glossy.and disposing it to remain in any desid
red position; quickly cleansing the sealp, ar-
resting the fall and imparting a healthy and
natural color to the hair, hey never fail to
restore grey hair to its original youthful col-
or. ‘They act directly upon the roots of the
hair giving the natural nourishment required,

It cleanses the
lair and imparts to ita most delightfnl frag-
rance, and is suited to both young and old.

and civilization rapidly extending. We see
aleo a ‘new nationality.” as itis termed, |

The Restorer Reproduces. The Mair

forined over bordevs,and formed on principles | Dressing cultivates and beuutifies.

,of ful

fpectirg which we caumot Le uneonverned |
jepeetaters. Jet it be our duty therefore by |
every menne in our power, to encourage and

Bummer eee

I freedom xad equality to all, and re- |-

If your hair isthin try it, sf seurfy try it,
ifhuarsh try it, if lustrelees try it, if none of
these try it, for nll who use it will preserve
their hair through life, For erale by all Diug-

Ly Fenianism, and carefully (to foster the cducaiion and jisiruction ef our- | gitts.

not sympathise with them: in their eager
expectancy of that happiest of days.
How brightare their anticipations. How
slow time lags till it arrive. Ilow de-
voutly the younger ones believe in the
generous, child-loying Santa Claus.
With what eager hopes the whole of
them—the fully believing, the half-be-
lieving, and the unbelicying—hang up
their stockings on the eve of the auspi-
cious day. Who does not enjoy their
exclamations of delight and wonder as
treasure after treasure is extracted ‘from mentioned, that are not bushed at all
the well-tilled receptactos of Santa Claus’ | yg road leading trom Fitteon Voint, and

one Jeading from Suminerside to Bedeque,
and even the bushing of this might be im-
proyed, ‘The bushes should be allowed
to go- all round MeDonald's Point, and
and kept well out off the lind, instead of,
as heretofore, being disconnected by a
space of nearly a guarter of a mile, “We
would also suggest that tho bushes, in
being put down, be put on an angle lean-
ing towards Stimmerside, so that a person,
who might, in a storm lose his way,
be able to know in which direction he
was travelling. But there are other and
just as important routes as the one abeye

|

bounty. Oa this day the little ones | also the one up to the Wilmot Creck
hear none but hind words, and every | Bridge. dive turmer ofthese is a very