Summerside Journal -- 1868-12-31 -- Page 2

cinema

SUMMERSIDE JOURNAL, T

ER 31, 1868.

Very Latest Telegrams.

Great Britain.
Loxpon, Dee. 19. —Consols 92}.
Liverpool markets are without quotable
‘change.
The utter inability of the Great Powers

ot Europe to control the action of Groree |

in the pending troubles with Turkey. ¢x-
cites distrust in financial ciicles in Lou-
“don, and there is general falling off in
all monied values, “Lhis distrust is only
increased by the reassurance of the
Freneb press, and even it Russia is not
40 earnest in her demonstration it is the
geners! opinion that she will net be able
to give Grecee any material aid. The
press of London geucrally unitesin urging
the Great Powers to a final remonstrane
with Greece to prevent the occurrence of

cantin point of nasiers that it has had
Ineny encounters with the Spanish troops
in which it inflicted quite as much, if net
more, damage than it suffered, uml that
the best informed amony the disinterested
or unprejudiced, are already beginning
to calculate on the ullimate sucecess which
Shall leave the Cubans tree and independ-
ent,

lvices from Hong Kong are to Nov-
py 16th. The ish fleet including
Rodney Rinaldo and Icarus veachea
h. On the next day
w British Counsel Medburst witha guard
and dee

e

4

t
Nankin November
th
of marines, called on the Viceroy

bmanded full rey
feredto the Mis ionaries at Hang Chow,
The Viceroy, proposing to delay the dis-
cussion, Was informed that if he didi not
comply ly lock, M., that day.
the Chinese gunboat anchored off Nankin
hwould be seized, whereupon ie inme-

aration for the insults of-:

COL iss

wv ALY

PONDEIENCE.

the dev.l would do if rau sturk aad.

Mn. Epitar :— -

A correspendent of the THalifix Acadien
Recorder lias lately favored the world with a
leuer. The alove line. which we tremblirgly
filch trom his tremendous effusion, will, ifour
presumptuous opinion, give your redders an
i’ea of what Nova Scotia would do in
the way of Annexation. if he were all Nova
Scotia—which he isn’t,
just waked up. He has been out of town for
suime twenty years, and has just got back,

* Yunkee Doodle enme to town

ag OT ak pou
Hie stuck ts feathe

And outed it 2

iu his crown,
SParulii

‘unanswerable arguinents in favor of Anne
tion,” (as your contemporary over the ¥
jas it) may be judged of by the follow

He has evidertly}

atuni, |
Some of his ** very cogent, and to our mind

. Lut rather let us endeavor to im-
snuth to at by securing an efficient
staffet Teachers. If our youtiure unable to
spell the plural of * moaareh.” and give the
why and wherefore of at, the obloqny, un-
doubtedly, attaches itself to the Teachers and
not to the System.

It is in vain fur would! eplilanthrophists to
hold up with derision our prese stem
of Education, for the people are wide enough
awake to read their machinitions.

your valuable columns.
I am, Yours truly,
A TUTOR.
Cascumpec, Dee. 17, 1858.
mare

|

Sunnevside Sournal.

|

Tid Sos

ee

|—that standing reproach to Britain—is
‘a doomed institution, It is somewhat
singular that the English Tories, after
‘having given way on the subject of the
| franchise—after, in fact, making greater
| concessions than were demanded of them
lon that point—should have made a de-
jtermined and even an obstinate stand on
ithe Irish Church question. Very few,

Again thanking you for so much space in} comparatively, were anxious to give every

householder in England a vote, while all
the world considered it a crying injustice
that the millions of Irish Roman Catholics
| should be forced to support the Church
of a few thousands of Episcopalians.
Had they abolished the Iris Church,and
|\ithheld the franchise from the working
hmen, they would have been much more

RSDAY, M328 81, 1338.

No notice can be taken of annonymous com-
/munications. We must know the names and
Astonishing discov« It is w) addresses of our correspondents as a guaranty
we were not swallowed up at one! of their good taith, We cannot undertake to
Russian Bear, during tie years) return communications that are not used,

war, and it that is rejected to leave Greece
to her fate.
‘Lonpvoy, Dec. 20.—The foreboding al

|respected by enlightened men, both at
‘home and abroad,

The Anyssin1an Dispute was settled
during this yee
manner possible. King Theodore found
to his cost tat he could not imprison
and ill-use British subjects wita impunity.
The Abyssinian Expedition was perhaps
as bloodless an invasion of a foreign
country as there is uponrecord, All the

“ While we remain a dependanc
d, we liable to be involved

| diately complica with all demands,
» Morning Telegraph to-day

‘onto the Eastern question, mate by telegram fiom Berlin announcing that guarrei.”
}, Prussia has called a Conference of the

Lord Stanley on the 13th vt November, in) 10° Teo GE Bue SB aaie

his speech to his cuustituents, at Livin ei deal td oe aabulesl We Ay ace Hick!
Regis, is regarded as onc of the secondary 20!Y the questions at issue between Tu : i

: A ; es Phe | key and Greece. anid our seaboard towns were threaten-
eanses of the crisis in the East. The *° : i Suave bedahh |
7 4 ‘ ; ye ' ‘Phe recent eruption of Mount Zina has. ed, and in what continual state of rin we}
Times in commenting on President's John- Uae led , ceiphints ein Woda Hoeable ilirowel ba
eon'a message refers to the President's | spilly subsided and the voleano has, Were in, weare notable, through some strange |
de : ig repudiation ;sHown little sign of activity for the past Weakness of memory. to remember. Burana) 3}
stubborness, sone nneee Ma Penguin tivo weeks . richer joke, which the Recorder's factious: ing its departure.
pioposition and approves the actlun of the fs

of]

: u ne
prints & war with any power with whom she mi
{

nuirvel that

With what dangers our com-

THE YEAR 1368,

Tur year 1868 is on the pint of tak-
In a few hours it will

. in at : corresponient perpetrates, will be found in| have joined the innumerable company of; arrangements seem to have been admir-
Senate and the house, iu their disposal of Mapnip, Dec. 22.—The elections for tye question and answer— s aha yaa It has brought i men Rey : ftl y
the decument the Cortes in this city passed off with AV ld fi A done | buried ye t has brought to ' ably adapted to the state of the country,
‘ i si : eee i uM het would we yuan by Annexadon? Lea wact hn | At ti le sure and! a+ eS Peet : wy 1 .
‘ ossrg COMparatively § Histurpance he : everywhere joy and sorrow, pleasure and General Napier has proved that for
Loxvon, Dec. 21. (even.)—-Messrs at ay A CUED O CG Of Ine lst. We would gain absolute security from f Jo5 : Ie l ]

jpain. In aitez years some willdelight to | once the right man has been found for
lrecall its scenes to memory—by others) the right place, without any previous
Cat-ochism will cause a enchinnation atnong | they will be remem vered with blushes of! disastrous misfittings. ‘The Abyssinian
allthe eats ot P. E. Island. You must ex) shame and with shuddetings of horror. | invasion has resulted in no accession of
cuse us, Lutit is really too good. No doubt It is somewhat singular to reflect that) territory to Great Britain. General Na-
butin case of war with England or France,

bur nen Vane ned soa ulart woul 2 be per- 41.4 earth's inhabitants, no two of them!
tectly sate under the protection of the grid- |

inever abandon a colony of Spain, iron. No Alabama fitted out under the aus-| are likely to form the same estimate of the;
New York, Dee, 23.-—The feature of pieces of mere *+rebels,” could ever threaten year that is just passing away, 80 Many ‘This is som
TStreet to day was the great stringen- | us, much less any of the great Europe |
present state ol his health, and also be-{cy in money, which it almost equal to fleets. Washington and Baltimore, and New
cause he thought the views of the country anything ever known, ‘The miminum | York never had any panies from rebel crut-
in regard to the Indian policy were not rate Was 7 percent. in gold. This strin- | $¢FS lhe oe ere Sue oll
sufficiently advanced. He argued that gency had a marked eflect on values, and HCE DY enemy, however powerfal.— |
the late parliamentary clections, offered stocks generally show a decline.
tresh evidence in favor of the adoption of Gold 1545.

the ballot, he denounced the protligate |
tory party, and closed with promising on |
the part of the Cabin :t an economical re

and Lowe have beon le order, aN ie a ae es

aie , aites Were elected, ae se puulic:
Are Siulitone | have carried the citivs of Seville and B:
feelona, Itis stated on official authority
‘that; pto the present moment six thou-
and troops have been sent to re-intorce
ithe army in Cnba and more will soon
i tollow, Government announces thatit will

Gladstone, Bright
re-elected to Parliament.
iu # speech at the hustings in Greenwich,
said he was not yet wholly in favor of
ballot, but if free voting was impossible
without such a safeguard, then he was tor
the ballot. Mr. Bright also made aspeech
before his re-election in Birmingham, in
which he expluined as his refusal of Se-
eretary for India beeause the labor of)

that office was too severe for him in the \

ck by any encmy however powerful.”

Wie
Ifeld there, Mr. Annexationist, or your

Oty

But we did not sit down with the intention |try by the traops of a cix

of philosophizing

lized

jsut

; But, ‘fwe would forma part of the mot year,
| powerful nation in the world—our ships might
| tyayerse any seas, our commerce might seck

ime, Secure from outrage and cinsuit,

We now address ourselves to the be found in the face that t!
The year “68, like the year "32

WHELAN TO BE HANGED, tusk.

=

y

form in the administration of the Govern [ rday evening worceeived tho fol- | one woul dare. molest us? This comes) people of the fatherland for the passage) mon to be already quite as many as she |
c wy aa Are Gavlcall wa 110M eee fr mh iat refr ine. soulness es Abe a rent” of the great Reform Bill, aan has! cun afford to keep, Indeed, it is much
nNbon, Dec. —Ar. Carawe VAS! « Jadgment was given by the Judgesin Outrege, when the “most powertul Cor, in] Given the privilege of the franchise (or! fe th ieaahas ae Pty ‘
to-dy re-elected to Parliament from the! « \Whelin's case to-day (Monday) at noon, | tee American phrascology, the ‘universa? Bac ! A (or more than hinted by some of them, that
; . . but at a a

led the right—which you please) to| forcitja posse

everlasting Yankee’) nation” was mads to lick |
the dust and eat humble pie hy dreathot
lish vengeance on such an outrage asapeople enjoyed it. So liberal a mea
truly cowardly and democratic would alone been, and so sweeping, that som

City OF Ox lory: “Chief Justice Richards and Julge

Loxios, Dec. 2! —Tho latest news « Wilson sustained the previous Judge-
from the Eust is more pacilic. The Gov-|siyentot the Court. Ju AMomeon
ernment at Athens. which has hitherto’ Wiel

hem, anid
suries, they are intended for show

e has Tei try which owns
econtend | other It

Ne

among the many hundreds of millions of | pier eutered thé country, beat the Abys-
siniaa army, released the captives, and
eft the country as free as he found it.
sing new in the history of
and so varied have been its influences. | successful invasions of a barbarious coun-
nation.
orof moralizing; our! In the great majority of iastances such

y purpose Was, or is, to give our readers a) invasion has proved, sooner or later, the
gent and to our mind unanswerable rea-' hasty account of some of the principal) death blow of native independence. The
: events which have taken place during the | oxuse of this unvonted furbearanee may
outlying de-
| pendencics of G:eat Britain are consider-
will be principally remembered by the ed hy a large proportion of her public

been swept along by the popular cage

ness for war with the Turks is now dis-|

posed to listen to the protests of the Euro-
pean powers. This dispositicn, streng-
thened by arapid growing sentiment in
Javor of peace, may avert her, it the sub-
lime Porte will grant time tor further ne-
gotiations.

Despatches from the east say that many
Russians are volunteering for the Greek
service,

A letter from Athens Dee. 17th says the
Ministerial Budget had been submitted to
the Chambers and notwithstanding the ex-
pectation of war with turkey the militar
estimates are not increasing.

The Chamber of Commerce of Syria
have petitioned the Athenian Government
tw pronounce against war,

France.

Lozpos, Dee. 19.—The despatel from
Paris Just evening announces that the ru-
mored sinking of the Greek steamer L
sis at Syria by Hotart Pasha, the Turkish
Aduniral, is not officially confirmed.

Lonpon, Dec. 29—The ramor whieh
prevailed in Paris yesterday, that Russia
had sent an unfavorable note to France
on the Eastern question, proves to have
been invented to depress the Paris market.

Panis, Dec. 29.—Ex Queen Isabella of
8 ain has made a vist to the Emperor at
the Tullier The Moniicur says the
powers which signed the treaty of 1356,
continue to urge conciliation on beth the
Greek and Turkish Government.

‘Vhe Patrie asserts that the Torte w
submit to the great powers provi that the
Grecks intend to incite insurrection in the
Turkish Islands, wud then take posse
of them,

$219u

Turkey,

Lonpos, Dee, 19.—It is officially an-
nounced that the Sultan has resolved to
entorce his demand on Greece,

The latest despatch trom Constantinop
dated yesterday mentions that Hobart 2’
rha at the request of the French Adinir
in the Archipelugo., would await orders
from the ‘Turkish Government before
using coersion with the Hrosis el

London Dee. 20,—It is understood that
the Western Powers sustain the Sultan's
ultimatum to Greece, while Russia in the
interest of the Greeks, will suek to mod
dy its terms.

ConstANTINoPLE, Dee. 20 —The Su
Hme Porte approves of the conduct of the
Admiral Hobart Pasha at the harbor of
Syria.—The Ambass dors of the Western
powers decline to excercise protection
over the affuirs of the Greek residents
after their expulsion from the Turkish Do
minion. The Greek subjects of the Sul-
tan have sent memmorials to Athens prsy
ing the Government to avoid war with
Turkey,

Spain.

Maprip, Dee. 20.—A riot broke ont at
Toro, in the Province Zamora, caused by
the hostility of some of the people to the
organizution of a National Guard in that
town,
authorities. ‘Lhe Correspondent asserts
that the Carlists have formed a deep and
wide-spread conspiracy tor the possession
of the Government, and they only await
the breaking out of the strife between the
Liberal parties of the country to develope
their designe.

Greece,

Lospox, Dee. 19.—Late advices from
Athens state that the government hy
called out the military reserves of the

tione] militia has been ordered.
talion of students is forming at Athens,

jeets of the Sultan are to be enrolled.

ribaldi.
loudly urged,
was shown against the admiral of the
Freneh fleet in the Pireus, who was ex
tremely unpopular on account of the ene
getic demand he has made on the Greek.
government to preserve pence, The!
Greek government bas despatched two}
men-of-war to Syria, to demand of Hobart)
Pasha that he shall not obstruct the ‘fre
entrance of the -harbor. Three forei
war vessels are at Sy belonging re
spectively to the Freneb, the British, and
the Russian nav ice.

Cuba.

New Yorn, Dec. 21.—A letter from,
Havana dated Decen ber 12th, says, “It!
js a fuct that a gigantic insurrect on exists |
in this Island, Uout it is supported or coun: |
fenanced by tho great mass of the native |
population, the exceptions being insigniti

}

Ite as quictly suppressed by the |

A bat.)

Great bitterness ot teeling | being discussed in mapy quarte

found theological learuing.

n favor of the App
as then returned tothe custody of the
Sheriff of Ottawa, und will be executed
‘on Tue y, 20th inst, Dher
*texcitement and a fecling of relief at the
“result.”

feeling ol relict will be as great
Jobn as the Upper Provir —_
Whelan committed one of the foulest and
most unjustilable murders recorded in
the anna ime, and upon a statesman
and aleyal man who has seaveely left his
equal in the Dominion. The murderer, a
man of extraordinary brutality. reecived
a singularly patient and fair trial, and was

in

_delended by the ablest Counsel. Not
‘single individual of any character has

come forward to impeach the |
the verdi The veal to the bh
{Court wa sunds only.
jhis life was still further spared to cnab

him to reeeiye the fullest advantage of
,every facility known to the Law.” The
Court has decided against him, and on
) Poesday next Whelan wills
jed at Ot
we hope vy

He will not be missed and
soon be forgotten; but we
; should remember and for long years we
| ret the gifted man who. carricc
| ein his hand that he might aid in
i preserving the Dominion
jtacks of Fenianism, and warm his mis-

|

}guided countrymen against a course
lwhich, it justice was done, could only
fend as whelan’s car is abuut to end.—

IND Teley

raph, Dee 22.

—— > <— e—— —
INTCRIQLONIAL RAILWAY CON-
| TRACTS.
Oar alvices from Mon

date, by special Tele,

un are as follo

|
jehled that the following sections of the In-
j ter Colonial should be advertized as open
‘for contract, on Eleventh of January.
| Tenders to be reecivable up to Lighth of
Pebruary
poe On . from River du
| Loup easty niles, In New
_ Brunswick, Retizouche iver to Dallous
{26 miles. In
‘iver Paillip 24 miles.

| Hon. Mr. Chandler 1 on Saturday
for New Brunswick, The other Com:
(mi Sioners will proceed to the Maritime
| Provinces in a tew days.”

a .
| CoumenctaL Bayx.—The despatch an-
nouncing the arrest of Geo. P. isancton, the
absco

nding Cashier of the Commercial Bank,
t many who Lelieved that no et:

> being taken to bring him to account
| aw the statement in the New York
papers that Canadian detectives were tracking

him, but gave no heed to it as no int

jot the fict was given here. Tho question
now is, having caught and consigned him to
i gaol, what can the Directors do to bring
back to St. Jolin. We understand that it: is
ithe opinion of some of our leading liwyers
jthat the offence charged against him dogs not
come under the Extradition Treaty, but must

ibe viewed merely as a ‘breach of trust’—
UN, B. News,
Tun N

|

Arciunisior or CaNtrnnvry.

jie is now being known that the highest
porition in the English Church, under the
| Queen, isto be tilled by Bishop. T: ot
‘Londoa, Tn common with the whole of
)Anglican Bishops. the new Archbishop is
jan opponent of Mr. Gladstoue’s disestab-

Hichment Bill. In religious matters he is

jregarded as 2 moderate brord charchman, | ; ;
and in lavor of the fullest religious liberty omy be founded on Denominational princi. | S!Ohaties at
| ples.
re Church against Dr. Co- | tims at the educ ition of a
country, and the mobilization of the ua lenso, as well as condemned the strong | fully succeeded in accomplishing that end,—
Lees aeainse| (9 proot of which [adduce the fact, that
of | '8 tlmost impossible to find a youth ia the
and ten battalions composed of Greck sub- | COhurch and State, and unlike his great jcolony wh
It) predecessor, he has no sympathy, with the |
js said a command has been offered to Ga- | movement toward sell-government of the
The instantinvasion of Epirus is;churebes in watters cecle:

to every ¢
the action of

ITence he has opposed

jteeling exhibited in some pl

tthe Ritualists He is a dear love

asticul, now}
pee
ail received a part of his edueation in|
and is distinguished tor his pro: /

The Halifax Reporter of the 8:h inst., is
ouv authority for tie following
“itis currently rumored in the efty to- |

|
j

Iy be ling: |

That Railway Comuinission has de |

J nuch beloved system of Education.

Nova Scotia, Amherst to)

g hin}

I

perpetrate, If our ships and commerce need
protection, we will scarcely apply to.a, Gov-
ernment more hot-headed than y

=

ritish, gladly hauled down their colors at
j the first grow] of the Lion. After this we
read the following with the most exquisite
pamusement: ‘ For the surplus revenue we
might s
a sul itial return in the prote
powerful Government, proverbi jealous
of the rights of its hamblest citizen.” Now
the jealousy of the Yunkee omewhat bet-
ter undersiood by some individuals than it is
_by our green Nova Scotian. It is ‘proverbi-
‘aly synonymous with bully-ragging rowd
jistn, and instead of partal of the j
soli sliown by dignified nations for their
Ifure, it is mostly composed of a

a:

ld forget *} what a bully I did grow.”
n national jealousy always reminds

‘us of a boy who hus just assumed coat and
ground ta
rue and amusement of his suprriees,
“Take care, do you see my new

pant
i the pl
crying «
jelotl

nad who parades the pl

zt,

! Seotia, is preparing to send its **surplus re-
venue to Washington, and then perhaps it
i might receive the immortal honor of becom-
ling the fag endand tail of Yankeeland. A

@ at- tow coats of whitewash, made out of the) measure, an

Acadians’ “anhydrous gypsum,” and judi-
ciously applied—a few more Yankee songs.
tsuch as * Tramp. Tramp, Tramp,” fo
upon the country—a few more spoony delexzr-
‘uons, and we will no doubt become complete-
ly Americanized; nay, more, + il out-Herod
; Herod, and speak with the most refined or
Tnasal tw ings,

Yours truly,

BRITON,

To tue Eoitor oF Tun JournNnan
Sir i—

| Agcording to promis

iply to #A Teacher's”

New London, ws

Sala LT shall
‘The

> I now resume my te-
ommunication trom
ting Fennle Teacher's

as brict as possible.

pe
be
uljeet, more especially under con-
sideration, is his sneer at our present and
Ilis

i

words are :—

“In the Provinces female teachers, if not
ona par with the males have advantages far
superior to their sisters of the Islind, to
‘which, no doubt, may be attributed the fact

that they are better educated, although we
jhave a * noble system of education.”

ublime logic!! We tells us that female
teac ersin the Provinces have advantages
| superior to their sisters in’ thi
which in his honesty and simplicity, he gives
ns the reason—/hat they are better educated.
Now, Mr. Peacher, how fur have you ad
vanced in your argument in support of you
‘position—that females are entitled to th
equivalent remuneration with the males—hy
treating us to the above cited parageaph?
ta step. You rather keep our female
teachers in their present position. You tell
‘them that their Provincial Sisters possess
greater priviliges than they, because they are
jbetter cducated, from which, consequently
| must be inferred that before our female tedch
ers can expect to partake of siiiilar privi- |
| leges, they must be better educated.
| point we will not dispute.

|

{
|

pists, ‘* A Teacher’ is doubtless laboring un-
erthe delusion that because some of our
jteachers prove recreant to their trusts, our
| present System of Iducation, is an * rotten
jone." T do not presume to say that our
| present System is perfect, yet with all its de |
, it must be admitted that it approaches |
er to that state, than any system which

nes

Our present ree and Secular System |
and has wonder.

it

ycannot read. write, &e,
be denied that a deno:

iteannot

jfysten isadapted to embrace only the Few, | t
|

and that too at an additional exp nse to the
volony,

While Tam thus writing, I hare my eye on
a locality in which are a denominational |
School and a Gove:nment district Schyol,

that perstasion, prefer sending their children!
to the denominational School, while the mi.)
fority not willing to send their children to a

ion of a

ious fear, lest the whole crea- |

re hope that P. E, Island, as welias Novaj tion, but of eve

Onthis |

;are
| The greater portion of the people, being of! thaf

that it extends the privilege of votivs £0 rather than for use
which, | females as well as males, In Mancuester wo more than half believe that they take |
is great after feting Wilkes because he insulted the a strong minded lady insisted upon hav-)

ing her name resi
in Dublin another of the
sex’ actually went to the poll and vore

ito Washington, we shouldreceive So delighted were the Dublin ladies with |
re and ind-pendence in thus tp
ights of woman, that they
did not chair her, to her
Men talk and think |

her con
asserting the rig
cheered, if they
place of residence,
| differently of this strong infusion of tt

democratic element into the British Con- |

re Radical,

stitution, acco
| Liberal, or C
tendencies.
jjabalant.
;Yeurds the destruction of
cinstitutions, and the tri
ilicanism in Great Britain. To
are tending, say they—this is the
fest destiny, not only of the I

ing as they a
servative in their politic:
The Radi

monarchi

man

under the sun.
| they come at last.
they never cordially approved of
d would not certainly hav

in

q@ ng common—“accept the situation,’ and |

arc
it.

de
R
ikn

{ cal allies.

and quite as enthusiastic in former years

tand havo seon their wild theerics an

| wil
1

ti
jleave not a wreck

> the baseless fabric of a vision, an
behind. The Torie

their own handiwork.

—have bil

istered as a voter, and ty—or the

of course
‘They see in it another step to-

mph of Repul-|
this we

sh na- |
other civilized state,
'o this complexion mst/* Except in Spain, matters in Europe | The Barn of Mr J. Welrton, of Shediac, N.

The Liberals, though | have, during the year, been in a more | B-, was destroyed by fire on the Oth. Loss

ated it—to use a phrase now becom- | cach other

; and to tell the trutl

e right view of the subject. This par
1

i

1.) found—is again in the ascendency..

iro
origin

of the Tories. But they

ne

al. vs
all accounts the compositicn of the pre

sent Parliamont, ele

1c

al|

ments,
jstrong, and though Mr. Bright oceupi
}a seat on the Treasury benches, the U
tra Liberals are ‘t nowhere.”

ie

than ordinarily quiescent state.

e

feelings.

d | powers.

dj dependent Tartary is in the pro
s| becoming a Russian Province.

in the most conclusive |

whit the (ances to complain of. The Irish Church | absorbing interest to the Americans,

The Democratic party appeared at one
time to have some chance of success, but
whether they chose the wrong man, whe-
ther theiy organization was not good, or
whether their principles were disapproved
of by a majority of the people, they are
a very badly beaten party. Grant seems
to be -popuiur rather as a soldier than as
a politician. His reputation as a states-
man he has yet to make. He is. one of
the silent men, ard, we learn effects to
despise the gilt of eloquence. He has a
dificult work to pertorm, and it bis*ad-
ministration for the next four yearsbesuc-
cesslul, he will, whether Jucky or gble, be
considered one of the first men which ‘the’
Republic has produced. The Alabama
dificulty, which looked so threatening in:
the beginning of the year, seemed a few
days ago on a tair way to be amicably:
justed. The negotiations have aguin'been:
impeded. but we baye no doubt bat that the:
hitch will be successfully got over, andé
that the matter will be settled without “a
wil, 7

Gen Butler's visit to the Isiand last.
sumer has as yet been followed with no:
beneficial results, and the prospect of ®
general Reciprocity Treaty appears, at ther
present writing, to be as distunt as ever.

The Dominion of Canada has pursued’
the even tenor of its way. The Conteda=
ration ol the Provinees has not as yet,
been attended with all the bevefits pre-
dicted. by its friends and advocates ;
neither has it been followed by the dread~
iul evils predicted by its opponents, No-
va Scotian’s talked at one time in a rather
independent and even av threatening tone,
but that tone has considerably lowered of
late. and Mr. Howe, the great apostle of.

Repeal, appears to h ve abandoned the:
cause as desperate. Petitions, delegations:
land hifalution protests, have failed to
procure repeal tor the people, and now
nothing remains tor them but quietly to
accept the situation. ‘Chis is the common
sense course. Further agitation’ would
most likely be fruitless, and where people —
are evidently powerless, nothing tukes
them look more ridiculous than to threaten
todo de ite deeds. Annexation is, »

ad

A ons and distant colouies
handreds of thousards who never belore | are yery expensive luxuries to the coun-

that, like’

yarty in which the greatest
suppressed number of such politicians are to be

The late elections have proved disas- | cle od
sin the extreme to the party which; present ind. ations of a storm at the hori
ated the Retorin Bill. The people, | 20%. but itis ty by hoped that they will
it seems, have little faith in the sincerit;
have been
equally disastrous to the working-mens
candidates, not one of whom, we belicve, |
has found his way into Parliament, From

ted by the Demo-
constituencies, is pretty much the
ame as that of all former British Parlia- | nov already been received through the Cable-

‘The aristocratic element is very | fa another column will be found the latest

under existing cireumstances, simply ar.
impossibility, ‘The fate of one of these
| British North American Provinces, must,
be the fate of the whole, .

Tae year 1863 will be rem om'pered
& scientilie men chielly for, its dread-
rthquakes, ‘The vole?nie disturb-
Fances in South America hav y oven tearful
to contemplate. There has indeed been
ba warin South Americ? Lut it has exited
‘but little interest in th eve latitudes.
| At home we have lund a. bountirl har- ~
iyest. Peace and plenty have found their
jabode with us, and tor these gilts we ean-
‘not be sufficiently thauktal to the Giver of
all Good. ‘Lhe political atmosphere has
been with the ¢ coption of one lively gust,
r and Uailisturbed. ‘There are at

|
|
!
|

vlow over,

We now conclude our discursive and
| very bastily written article by wishing each
| of our readers

A Happy New Year !

We have had an English and two or three
| Colonial Mails during the past week. ‘The
English papers contain little news that has

telegrams. Ifthe despatches from Canada
‘ave to be relied on, Whelan, the murderer of

-|'Thomas D’Arcy Magee, has by this time ex~

France
nd Prussia, both fully armed, regard |
with anything but friendly |
An open rupture appeared
besides daing their best to profit by | more than ever to be imminent—aut le ast steel plate isa touching picture of an event
They smile while they witness the so the newspapers represent it—but for
ht and hear the predictions of their|some reason or other the evil day was
They or their fathers have !put off. ‘The school-boy’s phrase, ‘* one's
vn people to be quite as confident | afraid and the other dursen't,”

Persia
e amazed, bewildered and perplexed at will be the next to be gobbled up, and
To retain power | then t.e Russian Empire in Asia will be}
‘they have done violence to their principles so nearly conterminous with the British | ar

| piated his fearful crime upon the seaffokl.

$l,
Govev's Lapy'’s Boos; for Januayx, 1869-
has been received. Th.e contents for the be-
ginning of the New Year are warth the price
ofa year's subscription to the book. The

|
|

of the French Revolution, ‘Tbe presentation.
jtidle plate is all that act can make it. Tho

|tinted fashion plate, farge extension sheet,
patterns, and excel tent reading matter, make

very well this number all that the Ladies could desire
| describes the relative situation of the two! ina fashion book ind magazine. Now is the
tussia is quietly but effectually time to subscribe.

der prophesies dissolve and dissipate vextending her deminions Iadiaward. In- c 4 1
ss of connection with Mr, Jamieson’s Cloth Mitt,

We regret to learn that the drying houre m

|New Annan, was destroyed by tire on Tharae
jday night last. A cjuantity of clo%a was also
(destroyed, ,
Gangs of thieves infest Morigoal. Theyy

e mostly compysed of bo'ys ander Zl. cars,,

higher than the Radicals; Empire in Asia that the neighborhood/ but it is said Uuat their oud gcity and skill. ara.

themselves for popular favors, and now, | may lead to unpleasant disputes, and who | equal to New York burg ays,

when it is too late, repent them bitter]
consequences. It is |
consequences of the pa
Reform Bill in and.

| to the Br

Island, for, from that extension, but we find the peo-
| ple of England, after the lapse of nearly

| forty years, just as strongly, if not muct
} more strongly attached to their institu
ions thai were when the first Re
form Bill was passed.

Republicans have not been realized, no
| have the fears of the T
| firmed.

|

dred years to come. Tenianism, whicl
presented a rather formidable appearance

In comnion with many of our fellow colo-/ at the beginning of this year, is now, at] unwonted d
ithe end of it, ina very languishing con-| ties were sick and
In Ircland the crawling, venom- | and wer.
$ no symptoms of life, and} th
a few feeble, convulsive kicks | delay.

dition,
ous ting sho.
in Amer
prove it to be on the very point of ¢
pining.

with m
Who but mad men or s

heir own?

lawful which in their perverted view ap-
s to have a tendency to further their

day, that propositions have been received | Secturian Institution, are almost deprived (lore The Bermondsey ¢xplosion, the

donald, with a statement prepared by Hon, |
Mr, Rose ot such financial modifieations as
the Ministry are prepared to recommend
to Parliament in favor of Nova Scotia, |
McLellan, IL. MeDonald. and Savary
Dominion members, are in town, and sai- |
emo consults itis said, are being held
Neither the Local Government nor any of
the Union party are admitted to any con.
fidence, so far ns we kuow ia Uiis iiditer,
upto the preset.”

© | by Hon, Mr. owe, from Sir J. A, Mac. | te privileges afforded them by oar present! 3

Hdueationsl Laws, by being unable to keep
up the district school. Verily, Dexomutwa-|
Tloxat Scnoo.s aut ror Tun Epvcatios or,
THE HUT BECULAR ScuooLs axe ror.

Sut to return tomy subject. Would «A/
Teacher” denounce any organization, based

on equitable pringiples, because some of its
| officiaix, throuvh inattention, had failed to
| carry out the intention of that organization?
(Surely not.

j Present equitable System of education, Les) having no o:her than sentimental griev-

|

Then let us not denounce our

chester murder, the attempted as.
sassination of Prince Alfred, and the ac-
complished assassination of D'Arcy
M’Gee, all go tashow Fenians would

i seruple at no crime, no outrage, however |

dreadful, to further their nefarious pur-
poses. It is to be hoped that the world
has heard the last of this folly of the
nincteenth century. There is every pros-
pect of the Irish, ia avery short time,

The hopes of the complete,and,in its first sca

been con- | prepared for the dethr aneme:
We have mach reason to hope | Isabella. None werr, go pour as to do her | Churches presented their pastor,
j that even though the ladies are permitted j reverence, and D5 one thought it worth
to vote, true and rational liberty is safe; while to strike a ‘glow in defence of her
in the ** Old Country” for at leastahun- rights, The ocantry w

Never befora did political vi- |
mpt to achieve a great end | periodicals
cans so ridiculously inadequate. Saamelessiy
windlers would ; reticence o
jset about destroying one of the strongest
; nations on the earth, without revenues, of Spaia isto bea mon
whilst) Without a fleet or an army, or a single is not yet decided,
ional | foot of territory which they could call! will not be decide:
A week's campaign wou! 4} bloodshed.
| cxtaust their funds, an 1 a single revirse re
} would seatter their undisciplined ona tur-

y

| this
113
- |internal improvement and refor m,
-| has surprised the world by ¢

yea

+

» bloodless revolution. Dy erythi:

}

i) Spain, accord.ng to t
» | has of late *;cars been prosperous
grec

grec,

sab ella.

nt. Whether the future Gov

d without agitation and
In Cidiz, as will be seen by
cent telegrams, there has already been
a collision between the monarchists and

t > wi PH - ' .

bulent legions to the four winds. ‘There _ the republicans, and blood has been shed

besides good grounds for coneluding | In « country where nearly ¢
these fanatics considor. ull means is a general,

Very politician
a peaceful revolution we
|look upon as the nest thing to an impos-

sibility, Soldicrs are very good and very

| masters,

}

very lively time of it
year, The impeachment of President
Johuson occupied the attention of the
people of the Republic for a considerable
portion of tie year, That the impench-
ment was not sustained, was a matter of
Surprise to many, both inside and out-
side of the United States. The Presi-
_ dentin! Election was another mattor of

Our American neighbors have had a.

during the past jot the Wesleyan Charch will be held this

jean tell how these disputes may end ?/
‘of their precipitancy, and tremble for the | Turkey has been little heard of in the|
nard to predict the | past year, except in connection with the
re of the late rebellion in Candia.

‘The flame of rebel- pout of trouble.
The enemies lion in

that unfortunate island seems}
| of the extensi n of the francliise in 1832 | now to be completely trampled out. Italy | 4

| feared that all sorts ot evil consequences ;has been quict. The Pope has had oy)

4g seemed to le:
it of Queen me

as not suffering. |
te best eecounts, make g

ernment the ofliee of D.
archy ora republic, | well filied.
and we fear that it C:lendar for 1869, published by H.Harvie,

eful servants, but they are very bad)

|

A Slave in Braz) las carved a statue of
Cupid, ta return tor which he received his
liberty, This is » 1 to be the first instance,
ever Known of thy god of love getting a main
Iv’s generally the other way.

"Tse asret s of the Commercial Bank of New
runswich,, as set forth by the Directors are
| $765,67°,,00, and the liabilities £630,958,85,

ish Constitution would result jalarm or two, but taken altogether ne! ir.g a surplus of $134,712.15. It was’
as been more secure in his possessions |°"' ¢u that there
r than he has been tor man:

. . . “
Austria is pursuing o wolicy (ela!

is no possibility of the Bank
rusuming business ‘The notes of the Bask
are current in St. John for 83 cents,

The Glenfinnan, Lot 35, Scho-l House was

n. Sprain destroyed by fire, together with the contents,
fecting a on the morning of the 24th instant,

es, un almost

IIANpsomE Donation.—We are pleased
ih that the Congregation of the Sum-
ile and Saint Eleanor’s Fulveopal,

the Rey.
| Mr, Forsythe, with the handsome sum of
£53, in gold, on Christmas Day. Where
‘there isi will there is always a way. Let
other congregations throughout the Island
lad the heart of their ministers by’

in an going and doing likewise,
Politicians of all par- |
tired of the Queen, | Day
determined to get rid of her and | find
@ whois of che Bourbon race without 4 tich intellectual treat is promised, and a
I There seems hardly to be two
jOpMIONS about the character of Queen
Many of the most respectable
of Europe represent her as a
abandoned woman, and the.
f others is hardly less. signifi-

ta Those who wish to enjoy New Year's
specially the afternoon of it, will
trong’s Hall the very place to go to.

telresh went table covered with everything
nice,

t* The St. Stephen Bank notes aro eir-
culating again on the Island at the faco—
Gs, 3d.
|. Ge We have received a bound copy of
ithe P. KE. Island Calendar for 1869, from
Laird, Esq, Itis, as usual,
We have also received the

tsq. It contains much information, and
many valuable tables. Both of them are
on saie at ou Bookstore,

ty We arv sorry to learn that Thomas
/Owen, Esq., Postmaster General, is very
iil with fever, Many other persons in
Charlottetown are also down with fever.

tar We have had a great deal of snow
j during the past week. The traveling in
“many places is heavy. There has been
very little traveling on the ice yet, owing
to the depth of snaw thereon,

GF The Annual Watchnight Service

(Thursday) evening,
o'clock,

Fined, before whey!

commencing at 10.

: hTves and Wm. THib-
bett, Keqrs., two of Her Majesty's Justices of
the Peace for Prince County, Michael MeIn-
nis, of Miscouche, in the sum of ten pounds,

with costs, for retaili
without license, ng spirituous liquors

| weg

“ ys Western Mail Boy” will appear next.