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come here, were asked by resolutions, passed at pub-|

lie meetings, held in the heart of the counties they,
misrepreseut, and which they dared aot attend, to,
resigu their seats because they supported a policy
which public opivion ia the Provinee so universally,
eondemued. He also knows that ia the Metropotitaa,
and all other Counties, old party lines have beeu)
effaced, aud the Coaservatives and Liberals, men of
all shades of opinion, have combined-to oppose this
achome of Guufederatign : and that they stand pre-
pared to scatter the imyjority of which he boasts at
the elections that by law come off in May next, and

to condemn the scheme of Coufederation, which 4 dojvou that my statements

not believe cau bo carried ia three ‘couuties out, of
the eighteen, if it is fairly presented at the hustings,
** With these explanations, your Lordship agd the
people of Evgtaud will be able to estimate Mr, Tup-
per's true position in relation to this questiou-—to
determine the value of his representatious—-the ex-
teat of his influence.” :

. Mr. Annand,s defence of Mr, Howe is very brief.

*T1e first ingists that it- really matters little whether

Mr. Howe ia consistent or incousistent. when the
question at issue is whether this Confederation Schine
is good or bad, If it were to be admitted that Mr
HI.owe has been inconsistent, the same may be said
of Sir Robert-Pvel, Zar) Rugsell, Mr. Gladstone, and
other leadiag’ statesmeu who have changed their
views on great questions. Even Dr. ‘Tupper hin-
self, and his brother delegates, have not always been
consistent, for says Mr, Anuand :—

* I could fill three pages from the peu of one of
the Nova Scotia Deleghies, who has come here in
Tupper’s train, written a few days before he went
to the Couvention-at Quebee, in which he warved
his coiirymen against any political union with
Canada, atid I might, if so disposed, speculate on the
causes of his cénversion, I might print the speech
of another of th 6 Delegates, made only last winter,
in which he described the Nova Scotian Ministers
with whom he is vow associated, as bluaderers only
fit to be confined in a Lavatie Asylum. But I for-
bear, for what would all this prove? As respects
the questions at issue, nothing at all, and Mr. Tup-
per would better have cousulted the taste of this
country, and have spared his Lordship’s time, had
he made his pamphlet twenty pages shorter.”

But Dr. Tupper, according to Mr. Annand, proves
Mr. owe inconsistenl by garbliug his speeches,
quoting what seems to sustain his charge, and care
fully omitting all that would explain Mr. Howe's
views fully. This seems to be particularly true of a
speech delivered by Mr. Howe in 1854, iv which he
propounded views ou the organization of the Em-
pire similar to those stated in bis last pamphlet,
Dr. Tupper makes some long extracts from that
speech which appear to prove that Mr. Howe was
then in favor of a Union of the Provinces ou some
such principle as that ou which the Quebec Scheme
is based. Mr, Anoand says :—

* Mr. Tupper kuows very well that all these ex-
tracts were months ago quoted ia the Parliamentary
Debates, aud priuted in the Colonial newspapers,
and were triumphantly recenciled by Mr. Howe in
a public letter, in which he satisiactorily explained
and vindigated his policy in relation to this quastion.
In that defence Mr. Howe proved—

“1, “That While, sioce 1850, he had been an are
dent advcea’‘e of all measures by which the Province
might be industrially bound together by railroads
or other public improvements—while he had favored
emigration abd systematic plavtation of the, poor in
the Colonies and generally all such wise measures
of mutual co-operation as had a tendency to elevate
and strengthen British America, be had never during
a service of a quarter of a ceutury, contemplated or

proposed a political usion with Canada, which would.

overthrow thessystem of selfgovernment existing in
the Maritime Provioces, or give her the uachecked
control of their revenues and legislation,

al time, formally discussed in the Nova Scotia
Legislature, while he was in it, Mr. Howe took a
directly opposite view, not at all in’ accordance with
Mr. Johnston’s and Mr. Tupper’s opinions, bat in
harmony with those propounded io his pamphlet,
recenily publitued, ‘Oothe Organization of the

impire.’

“T That to set the question of Colonial Union
oceasionally referred to, at rest, he.took powers frora
the Legislature to discuss it 10 1861, with the other

Colonial Governments ; and that when the Delegntes

from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick met with the
Canadian Ministry in September, 1862, it was upan,
imously decided that even the discussion of the ¢ub-
ject was premature, and ought to be iudeliaitely
postponed,” F
eee eee

- Gorrespondence.

To tH# Eprfor or tae Heravp.

Sim,—Thereare men so officious, selfish and walignant
as to be incapable of restraluing their evit proclivities
from hurrying them iito the commission of actions so
dishonorable in their nature, as to render the perpetra-
tors extremely contemptible, and merit for them the re
proach of the candid and intelligent portion of the com-
munity. Such, for example, is the truthful seribvler who
figured in bape Islander, over the sygnature of “Sam.”

his would-be pervertor of facts, and envier of exes
lence In others,.makes a ludricous and vain effort t
confute some statements which I made in the /erald, 0
the 2ist ult., relative to (he éxtraordinary escape of the
Shallop, commanded by Capt. Mi Kench, of Caseum-
pee, from the violence of that memorable storm which
sunk and shattered so many excellent vessels, and sum-
moned many a gallant seaman to a Mature and
watery grave. After ‘'S im” having, apparently, dot
Violence to his weak intéllect,'in entleavoritig to fse an
ebjection, it would appear almost uncharitable in me to
speak satirwally, or farther expose bis stupidity and
envy. But, notwithstanding my reluctance to speak
harshly to ‘*Sam,” yet T cannot, in justice to Captain
Kench, and also in defence of the enels veracity
of my own statements, permit him, at the least, to go
5% I will now, Sir, with your kind permission, proceed
to out the ine! and prove the falsity of
rgutments, They were ineffectual, inasmuch as
pably corrpborated my statemen for, in

his
ta;

pod ng of a Shallop, 1 distinctly asgurted that she

*‘gurvived the whole of that severe storm,” and, for

the

a

ry r

life of me, I cannot see what more or less * Sam's”
assertions convey. He coe hag and ‘unhesitating-
ly declarés that “the shallop was ‘seen passing
Skinner's Pond,” in the first of the storm,
made the West Point by sut-down, and finally, that shu/
heaved+to somewhere near the West Point for the re-
mainder of the. impetuosity of the storm.
What ago

ane
rmrrnats

SS ee

favo'ties, infer from them

je n a v
lain om we 0 L plain

sous odean and)
denis migamont fake. that she was near

: t bave Gsen,sq *
as sae et nid Mahe is

i fmake us bolidvd, When w:

he into considerition that the vessele which were in.

‘this atone;

away. |

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founded on hastily drawn conclusians,
j** Sam’s;” but 1 will, from incont b

That, when the subject was for the first and)

night from ¢ ;
of common sense. do these
i What Wool! any man, inthe pos-lin teaching in Lot 15 i ;
‘rossoni Teachers be procured, they Around Have bech engaged Consilera! le trost-Ditten for theantimely and inclement!

Having, 1 presume, conclusively and

pointed out the ineflicacy of his argument
take the liberty of proving their falsity.
not attempt tv do from preposterous |

are in my possession, and which, whén produeéd,
bear out my assertions, The Shallop did not arrive at
the West Point at sun-down, as represented by “Sam ;”
but did arrive there at the hour of eleven on the night
of the storm ‘Thus, the Shallop must have experienced
the most violeat part of the hurricane befpre she could
have arpived ink place whigh, on, t t, night, could af-
ford her but little shelter, T tinve, sir. Lopine, datisfied
respecting Captain Kench, were
not in the least exaggerated, as ‘* Sam's” testimony
very satisfactorily proves}. and/ftaiéw teoiains attmate
inform * Sam” that Lam not belonging to any Club of
which Captain Kench isa member, nor did he request
me to give him a ** puff” in the newspapers. I here
publicly declare that I am, in no reepeet, under any
obligation to Captain Keneh for past favors; for 1 bave
never received any from him, further than the courtesy
so characteristic of that gentlemen, I eplogised Capt.
Renan for the skill and bravery he manifested, because

deemed bim worthy of it; and There again say, that
well may P. BE. Istand feelproud of this young seaman,
Ib would become Sam”. better to ascribe to Mr,
Kench the praise due lim, than to be bagely endeavoring
to deprive him, by unfounded assertions, of that credit
to which he is justly entitled,
Lam, Sir, very eadanaar

: I M.

Dacewber Sth, 1866,

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Dacem ber 1d, ISGG,

Tuesday,

NOMINATION DAY.

Tur Nomination for councillors, which came off on
Wednesday last, was rather a tame affair, at least as
fur as this County is concerned. There weve searcely
one hundred persons present at any time of the day,
andthe greatest good humor was manifested by the
crowd throughout the proceedings. For the First
District of Queen's County, D. W. Palmer, Esq,, 0;

North River, and seconded by Wn, Inman, Esqr., of
De Sable. We understand that Mr. Palmer made. a
briefand pointed speech, bui, as we were not. present
at the time, we cannot say anything about it. Mr.
John Balderston, of New Wiltshire, was also nominated
for the same District by Mr. Wm. Beer, of De Sable,
and seconded by James Laird, Esqr., of New Glasgow,
Mr, Balderson declared himself neither a Tory nor a
Liberal. He believed in a middie course, and he
thought the majority of the District agreed with him,
and for that reason he opposed Mr. Palmer, who was
# conservative and a supporter of the present Govern-
ment. For the Second District of Queen's County,
Hon. John Goff was proposed, on the conservative
side, by S. Drake, Esq., Lot 49, and seconded by John
Scott McLeod, Esqr., Lot 34. Both Mr. Goff and his
proposer and seconder were needlessly insulting to
ti:éir political opponents,—particularly Mr Goff, whose
gross and wholesale insults toa Party whose legislative
invasures testified to a liberal and enlightened spirit,
marred the really good points of his speech. For the
same District, R. P. Haythorne, Esqr., Marshfield, St.
Peter's Road, was proposed, in the Liberal interest, by
Mr. Robert Stewart, Lot 48, and seconded by Mr,
Robert Motch, Lot 60. Mr. Stewart was concise,
pithy, and'to the point m bis remarks, and his ‘truthful
statement that Mr. Haythorne was the poor man’s

speech was just what we expected from a gentleman
and a scholar. No ambiguity, no rambling, noisy
gesticulations marked his utterances. His plain,
practical, truchfal and moderate views, advanced in an
easy, fluent and unassuming style, created a favorable
mpression upon tho minds of all imelligent persons
present, and strengthened the belief that he would be
iin acquisition to our legislature.

For King's County we learn that the Hon. James
Dingwell was not opposed, aud he was consequently
declared eleeted for the First District. For the Second
District, the Hon. Andrew A. McDonald and John
Hamilton, Esgr., were duly proposed and seconded,

In King’s County, the Hon, James Yeo and the
lion. James Warburton were proposed and seconded
for the First District ; and for the Second District, Hon.
Yonald Ramsay. James Campbel! and James Muirhead,
Esqva., were proposed and seconded, - At St. Eleanor’s,
we understand there was considerable fan daring the
nominations, and some ctoss-firing between the Hon,

everything passed off quietly a8 in Charlottetown and
at Georgetown, It appears’ to be pretty generally
admitted that whatever way the Council# elections are
decided, will also decide the Lower House—whether
the Conservatives, as a Party, or the Lbera!s, will have
charge of the reins of Government. It fs to be re-
marked that out of all the candidates now before the
public tor the hovor of a seat in the Legislative
Council, not one isin tavor of the Quebec Schéme of
Cortfederation, Not a few of them are opposed ‘to
Confederation upon any terms. So much. for the
‘educating up" labors of the * ablest minds” in the
Colony. We presume that by our next issue we will
be able to give the names of the successful candidates,

MR. BYCKERFIELD'S SCHOOL REPORT.

‘Ovr attention has recently been called to a blunder
in the Report of the School Visitor for the Western
Seetion of the Island. The paragraph in whileh the
blunder occurs is as follows:--

-**T vegvet that most of the school-houses in Lot 16
‘fave unoveupied, The population in this ‘Township is
uhmost entirely of French origin, And there a to
be among then a greater apathy with regard to Eta.
cation. than in any otherof the Preach Districts, Phan
are six or seven vacant schools in this neighborhood,
and in only one instance did I hear any desire expressi
tor ateacher.” 9° ia

Mr. Buckerfielé grossly misrepresents the { snabitants
of Lot 15 when he says tnat they ure apathetic with
regard to education, The fact is that in no part of the
Island are the people more avxious to procure the
means of x good education for their children; but it
unfortunately. happens, that owing to one of the

to procure Livensed ‘Teaghers capable of teaching
French aod English, After considerable trouble, two

trp
Tong 30.

“ y i, i
people of Lot lb obtained three young laches from tht

vers, were driven (com their moorings, and Miscouche Conyent to take charge of vacaut schools, pridiege is only properly exorcised, : A
i (The expenses of these young ladies ave defrayed solely jweles will be turned upon our inconsiderate rulers by ecw of our existence,

ouligy Oth does

Crapaud, was veminated by Mr. Donald Seott, , of

friend, was cheered to the echo. Mr. Haythorne’s

i, C. Pope and Hon. Jas. Warburton and others, but!

pain my, tine
lange ns

€ school-house, ~ ‘Temperanc»

Hall in Charlottgtown,) Was erected last summer, and
wile road; sy 48 noxt » These facts
prove that the ptop'e of Lot 15, #0 fi m exhibiting

** apathy” in regard to otuetgd oem on the,
very contrary, much anxiety, and make large sacrifices,
to-providethomsel vos with good schools and teachers. |
ye Aly. Buckerfield 13 se inaccurate in his statements

wt bno-focnlizy, we feat, that: He mag be ‘equally

1 Ventilate them-
Matiog most devoutly

*

their being tura
selves for “fe ‘
to be wished f

plaee, our
delay.

“we eae
(e We learn from reliable sdlirces that Malcolm
McLeod, Esq., of Orwell Head, is going to run for

certain at the approackiug Electious, lor Belfast
District... .Being.one of the Rey. Mr. MeDonaid’s

*

that

meorreet about other sections, yen if the facts were

narpety
the uncatled-for amendment im th on Act,
which compels Acadian Teachers to undergo an ex-
amination the same as English-speaking: candidates.
The consequence has been, that the Board of Education|
has turned out a class of Acadian Teachers who are
eompetont to teach neither freneh nor English, ‘The
people will suffer, as in the ease et Lot.15, unless they
assess themselves to secure competent teachers from
other quarters than among the ranks of the graduates
of the Board of Education. It is.bad enough for the
French Acadians to be subjected to such gross injustice
at the hands of the Board of Education, without
having a paid official slandering then at the bame tithe,
We hope Mr. Buckerfield will have cander and
honesty enough to make a suitable retraction, |

ace mle

POLITICAL PARTIES.

Lasr week, in treating upon Political Parties in
this Colony, we concluded our remarks by saying
that the coming elections would, in all probability,
be determined npon old party cries, From all we
know and hear of the Couucil nominations on:

Wednesday last, the sarmise which we then offered
promises to be realized. ‘That a considerable re-
action bas taken place since the General Election,
tour years ago, there can be no doubt; bit that it
is sufficiently strong to secure the triumph of a
Liberal Administration is ayother question, Many
life-long Cohservatives have become so disgusted at
the way io which the public affairs of this Colony
have been conducted for the last four years, that any
claoge would prove acceptable to them, There are
others, however, who, while they have beheld the
public debt and taxation doubled, and the revenue
squandered, are either so timorons in themselves,
or suspicious of the very name of Liberal, that they
prefer to * bear the ills they have, than fly to others
they know not of.” ,
‘The impression, however, is all but universal, that
a change of some kind is nécessary, and that, fora
due regard to economy and the public weal, eight
years in power is quite long enough for auy party.
From tho wide-spread existence of such a feeling,
we ure inclined to the opinion that a change of
Government will result from the coming eleetious.
Should the seale iucline to the Liberals, as we think
it will, that Party will be found tobe much modified
both io its composition and policy, to what it was
when it went out of power, It will have more of
the elements of suecess aud longevity by being
moderate in its course and anxious to promote the
best interests of the Colony. A loug continuance in
power debauches the very best Governments. The
Liberals, towards the close of their career, wera
guilty of many sions of commission, as well as of
omission, which tended vot a lithe to hasten their
fall, and the present Goyeroment have, during the
past four years, committed acts calculated to cusure
their condemnation by free poaple. Let us prove
this by au examination iuto the way in which the
public revenue has beeu spent. To begin with the
Lavd Commiseion, which eudad in smoke, we find
it cost : g £3,000 0 0
The Delegation of Messrs. Pope and

Palmer wbout the Commissioner's

Award, and which resulted in the

famous Fifteen Years’ Purchase

Here wo have a sum of £16,649 11s. 5d. actually
squandered.’ The spirit of exivavagance” seems to
have seized the Government durivy the past few
years, and, as a consequence, the money which
should have been devoted to Kducatiou, to. raads and
bridges, an@'to buyiug up Proprieta: + Estyrtes, hes
been IivisWed in the manver indicated. Unatortu-
nately for the Colony; the above is not the only
amount that has been foglishly wasted. ‘Thousands
of pounds more have been spent in the most dis-
reputable manner, as we have shown ot former
octasions, and as we inténd to show again. With
« record of this kind stariug the Government in the
face, it is no wonder they have fallen into disfavor,
aud that the people should cry out for a change in
the administration of affairs. This they are de-
termined to accomplish, and if the reports which
reach us from all sections of the Island be true, as to
the present attitude and spirit of the people, we have
no doubt that the close of January will see mea
returned to power pledged to economy and reform—
men who, while anti Confederate in principle, will
earnestly devote themselves to lessening the burdens
of the people instead of increasing them, and, at the
same time, maintaining each department of the
Poblic Service in av efficient state. “If this is not
done, aud if extravagance and taxation are to go on
iverensing while the Public Service suffers, why
Confederation cann ve many ‘errors. Our
rulers are fast fallio ways of the Canadians

in their extra) ace aud uption, and now is
ihe ime ‘for ihe peogie't ptt a stop to this state of
affairs. — he ae

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“THE HOUSE ELBOTIONS,.« +
We peroolve, by the Royal Gazette, that the House of
Assembly, kat beon further provogued until the 8th of

beautiful amendments (?) introduced inté’ the Educa | January next. We should not be surprised if, after
that she'tion Act some two years ago, they have been unable the result of the Cotncil Elections is known, the House

were immediately dissolved. Either that or the present
incumbents will bold on. to their efices until March, or

of that class have been secured, who are now engaged] as Jong as they possibly can We confess we should | . ; : ‘
Could other competent Licensed Ike ee wild or three members of the Government ember, Sir, that Canada is neither'to be battered for,|may be prevented or dislodged by the judicious use of

To show, however, how inevrréct ts Mr.jsedson at which they call the clectiow®. They duswrve!
Biekeifieli's report tneowand t6 this District, ft is only sdtno such punishment fer the hardship to Wiie, thiey of
thengeessary to state that when a safficient nubibet off expose the people in the discharge of one of their mos, i0
perlec!ly ang lfiod LAvensed Teacherg, could not, be had, teh portant duties! and one of the highest privileges

which a free vnd intelligent man ennenjpy. If the
we think the

oti he is pretty certuin to obtain the support

of Libe

Bat Bait steamers ‘Wave wbpped | Hunalag huida
ass

week,

Maxaxcuory Accipents.—About four o'elock,on
Thursday evening, Mr. John Jury's second . oldest
son was in the kitehen playing with his littl: brother
aged three and a ball years, and aimtaing him with
a brace of pistols. Wishitiy to” show ‘him ‘how ‘to
snap thom, he took a pistol in each hand, and pulled
both triggers simultaneously. Oncol them happened
to be loaded. ‘The ball eotered the child's head,.a
little above the nose, and penetrated im the direction
of the left temple, where it stil! remains, despite all
that medical skill can do, We understand tliat hopes
Are entertained of the poor little fellow's recovery. —

Pat.

Au Inquest was held on Saturday last, before
Joho MeNeill, Esq., one of the Coroners for Queen's
County, on view of the body of Mrs. Mary McQuillan
of Lot 31, who was killed by being thrown off a
truck on Pownal Street, the horse having run away,
in which she was proceeding-to her homo, on Friday
‘ast. Verdict accidentaldeath,” The Jury added
ns their opinion that the rut in the crossing of Pow-
nal and Grafton streets, into which the wheel of the
truck was driven, is dangerous to travellers. — x.

2 enema tl, cent ei Se ne

The Lords of the Admiralty have: forwarded,
through Earl Carnarvon, to his Excelleney the
Lieutenant Governor, a Sextant, to be presented to
Capt. Jott, Wood, Master of the Schooner Mary
Helen, of this Island, as an acknowledgement of his
humane services in rescuing, on the 25th April last,
off the coast of South Amerion, a bout’a crew beloug-
ing to the wreeked British Ship Alma. Captain
Wood, who was at the time engaged in the coasting
trade between Buenos Ayres and Patagonia, main-
taived the unfortunate men for four weeks, at bis

Buenos Ayres free of any charge whatever.
Wood hails-from Lot 49.

A me ee ste ee a ae

Capt.

Skediac harbor is frozen over, and the Steam
Navigation Company's boats have ceased plying to
that port. The Princess of Wales will make a trip
to Pictou on Monday, which will ‘probably be her
last for the season. Charlottetown harbor is quite
cledr of ice so far, but we have no reason to expect
that this willlong continue, Nearly all the out-going
vessels have sailed. Joho A. McDonald, Esq., of
Summerside, js loading a brig with"pats.agy Queen's
Wharf, and expects to finish to-uight.

A paragraph in an Evglish paper gives some par-
ticulars ot the narrow escape of the steamer China
from being wrecked, on hey Jast trip.to England.
When on the English coast, a passenger gave the
alarming anuouicement, * Land on the Jee bow"
The officer of the watch being takeu by surprise
seemed undecided how td aét, byt ordered; * port
helm” and ran forward to look for land. — Capt.
Daves eallod out ‘+ hard-a-port,” and the ship answer-
ing to her helm admirably, the terrible danger was
avoided. It was found that the ship at the time
the rocks were discovered was not more than her
length, 375 feet, from the rocks, and she was then
going fourteen knots per hour under steam and sail.
The rock is called ** Nigger Hend.’” Montreal
despatch says two of the Canadian delegates, Messrs.
McDougall and Laugevin were on bourd.—Kev
Paper, : re!

Bill, . wai. 6 g - {
Loss on the first Inpofiation of Stock A Ccntostty.—A_ single seated. steam waggou
oe oe Model gn (miserable eas passed through the city this week on its way to the
stock they were), ; af A "9
l sppreprdiion fer ‘Model ~~ |owner, the Rev, Mr. Belcourt, Rustico, When we
Secon : : : saw it, the waggon was drawn by 8, but it is
Farm aaa Stock, (from which no ich a. meray a .—'
one derives any benelitcexcept a¢ furnished with a steam éugine,y &c. and can be: pro-
few friends of the Gevermnent), * » 2.500 0 O/pelled by steann. | It is the first vehicle. of the kind
Confederation Spree in Ch'town, 733 4 0 introduced into this Island.—Pat.
Delegation to Canada to sell the | ; LSE TS BS Eee
Island, 735 1 3,THE MECHANIC SHOULD BE MASTER OF HIS
Building Barracks, 10,000: /0; O01, TRADE. ?
Red £16,649 il “g| In order to become useful, respootable, aud happy,

jit appears to me to be necessary, IN Tun FIRST PLACK,
‘that the mechanic should beeottrs ‘Athétiugh master
lof his trade, Having made 9 ‘dolibevate choice of that
| worenle, by which hie is to gain his livelihood, it is-a
wnatter of the utmost im sartance that he should devote
he energies of his mind to the bdstaess ubreservedly,
until he has mastered all its prineiplos and details, Ir
is by this means only that he cam use it with ease and
satisfaction as the instrument of suceess in the world,
The incapable, or half taaght meclatuic, alwaysavorks
at a ruinous disadvantage,» de can neither command
the highes pleas for the prodacts of hig arty nor
stperintend with perl) egy apd authority the work-
men under his care. He is in constant danger of
failure in his business, or of abandening it, through
sheer disgust, wot’ J tu'take up some other pursuit tor
which he oh pag iy polity education. It is
laudable ambition, thetefére, which" mukes Tim asp!

to be first among his fellows, Aut Cesar aut nullus—
a master mechanic, or no mechanic at all—should be
his motto.— Mechanic's Text Book.

(See Advertisement 'to Mechanics.)

Under the caption “ Freasonable Message of the
Goveraor of Canada,” we find the following in the
London Diplomntic Review :

In reference to the frightful scheme of Federation,
which we noticed in our last Number, Lord Monck, in
his message, when closing the last Session of the Cana-
dian Parliament, uttered these words : ‘ :

‘That new Nationaiity, of iwhich you will form a

“fresh place amongst the Powers of the world.”

. While there were yet men in England, such words
imust have bron ord Monck to Westurinster Hall
and to Tower Hill.

Ile is, however, only following the precedent ot Sir
Henry Ward in his message to 9c) Tonian Parliament,
and preparing for the » aul oes

Now, at least, there can be no ambiguity, as to the
word ** Confederation.” ers

What is this * Nationality” of ek Canada is to
forma part ? Ivit French? The Upper Canadians are
English? Is it English? The Lower Canadians are
French, Is it the United States? No. It is none of

"rolen wilt he edt odidey ba feds
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SURRATT!

The capture of John H. Surratt, one of the partics
charged with conspiring to murder the late President
Lincoln, is a great event for the United States. The ex.
treme men in the North, who insist on impheating ex-
President Davis in that foul deed, will doubtless bestir
theimselys to extort from Surratt such a confession as
may secure the exeeution of Davis. The Boston Adver.
tiser says-on-this subject:— ane =
** Surratt stands as
A conspiracy which, t

within the last two years, though six or seven ‘of its
be renin, . i

the only known representative of

3 acute legal minds have been
the bottom, is to-day wrapped in as dense and unfa .
able mystery’as covers any similar plot in the: dimness
ofthe middle ages. Tho extent of the general ignorance
about itray well be gaumod by the fact thaf ofthe’ two
well known gentlemen who. were putin charge of the
case b¥ the government, and studied it long and closely,
one still declaring that Jefferson Eavis was the chief
prove maps while tfe other stakes lis reputation on the
shocking and incredible acensation thet tlhe present Presi-
dent of the United States was an avcomplice in the plot,
‘AN the facts in the case are known to John Surrate, and
to no other man who can be named ; and with his person
in Our possession the nation can well afford to oper
his life, his liberty, or any other price whick might be
sufficient to secure it, to obtuld frou his lips the informa.
tion which will shed the light ef day upon the most dif-
ficult as well as the most steresting criminal mystery of
our time. Hitherto the-policy of those entrusted with
the matter has been to disdain all information in -eluci-
dation of the problem from who alone were able to give
it; and Mrs, Surratt and the rest lio in the endless silence
of the grave, while our records are,delaved by the testi-
mony of facile perjurers like Montgomery and Conover
While John Surratt survives there is yet a chaece to re«
pairthe evil which if he dies with his lips sealed, may bo
irretriveable,”

Af Mont;omery and Conover and the other ¢ perjurers’
risked theig soul's salvation fora little money, w y do
Americans expect this Sursatt, who his yndoubtedly con-
nected with the murder in some shape, to tell nothing
but the trath when he can certainly save “his life”
aud *liverty” by lying ? ‘

‘The American Government paid many thousands of

they charged with being privy to z,incola’s assassination ;
it need not appear strange if they invest a little money
and clemency to procure such evidence as will justify
their conduct in treating Davis as an assassin, Ji
Holt, who hired porjured vayabo
lives of other Southerners, can doubtless be secured to
manage any new piece of infamy for the Governuent,—
St, John (N. B.) Journal.

tna he. A ggg nn

THE PRESS ON PRESIDENT JOHNSON’S
MESSAGE.

The following opinions are: expressed of President
Johnson's Message; ** Tho New York World says :—
** Both the tone aud the arguments of the message are
exvellent. In dignity, decorum,
of language, few messages ever sent to Congress have
been more creditable. “It is entirely free from the
asperity sometimes too freely exhibited in Mr. Johnson's
popular speeches. In his reasoning there is nothing
wire-drawn-there are no fetches of ingenuity—but &
straightforward presentation of the solid grounds of his
policy. If the exclusion of part of the States from Con-
gress is justifiable now, it will be equally justifiable then,
twenty-tive years hence, The logical consequence is a

erpetual dissolution ef the Union.” The New York
Times says the ™ Mvssage has the merit of comparative
brevity, “It disetisses «the aspect of the restoration
question, embodies the salient points of the Department
reports, Ollers suggestions on minor matters of practical
legislation, and glances at our foreign relations—all
with moderation and good temper, though not with
uniform good taste.” The Merald pronounces the
document “an argument to the Court after the Jury
had retarned their verdi¢t. It inay: be-eo toa
history of Frauce, omitting the revolution which over-
threw the Bourborns—as a trivial matter not worth
mentioning in pleading their’ cims to the throne.”
The New York Tribune has ** no heart to dwell apoti
this dreary, lifeless document—there is nothing that any
loyal man ¢an read with comfort or hope. Andrew
Johnson is as much an enemy as when he menaced the
nation from his White House steps ten months ago. He
dovs notmean to aid us in the workof reconstraction. The
duty devolving upon Congress becomes more solemn
and responsible, and we look to Congress with infinite
eas 4 The Sun says the message ‘* bears evidence
of careful and. thoughtful preparation, is dignified in
tone, able in atgument, respectful in language—Fet firm
and decisive in the opinions expressed upon matters of
national concern. Asa literary production, the message
13 creditable to the President, It is clear in expression
euphonions, and grammatical, and the;only ground for
criticism is found in the prolixity of its sentences—the
absence of terseness and pointedness. The paper, as a
hh is above the average of state papers in point of
ity.’

An English lieutenant had a desperate fight with a
tigress in the forest of Guxerat recently, His rifle
missed fire, and he found himself alone and defenveless,
However, full of courage in the face of the enemy, be
did not lose his presence of mind, and rammed the bar-
rel of the gun down the jaws’ OF the tigress, but the
beast with one movement wrenched the piece out of bis
hand, hurled it far away, and endeavored to seize the
brave lieutenant by the neck. He defended himself as
well as he gould with the left atm, which was soon man-
gled by repeated strokes of the tigress’s claws. Again
he treed himself from her peony planting a formid-
able blow on her muzzle, but she, returning to the
charge, seized him by the back with one claw, and en-
deavored to overthrow him, upon whielrthe indomitable
sportsman, standing at full stride to maintain his
equilibrium, continued to defend himself with bis left
arm. At this moment of hiv heroic straggle the beaters
arrived; one of them fired and the beast fell, but she
rose again to seize, wound and overthrow the man who
os this second ball into her body. A third ball

ied her, Jn :

At an Irish Concert in Montreal a few evenings
since, D’Arey McGee. a member of the Government,
annouuced that the Fenians condemned at Toronto
would not be executed. ‘This announcement was
received with great cheeting, but’ when Mra McGee

n
went oa to say thatthe Foallas ‘wall dseebved to be.
hanged his Irish andievee hooted and hissed, aud
made it difficult for him ‘to go ow and finish his
apees :

For Throat Diseases and Affection of the chest,
“Brown's Bronte taees or Cough Lozenges, are
of greay value. In Coughs, Irritation of the Threat
caused by cold, SE Canosa! wigs of the
in speaking in publi singin ey pt
benvdcial Fovalen ‘The rece BAVE, vie ne effi-

cary.
ethers take heed, Thousands of children perish
annually from one Cause, and that is from'worms, Why

these, for they are old. It is a ** new Nationality.”
So nationalists can be invented. :

When Sir Francis Head was taking leave of William:
V., thas Ring ot England used these words: ** Re,

or given.away,” Van Buren, the American President, |
had already said, ** Canad:y aball be otra by vonrenet.”)
Counting back from thé present, the ted, Sovereign
England aves ad man vcither deserting nor commayd:,
respeets, Nevertheless, he left Laglanit to ily!
\peOleseors: powerlil and sectre’ He has beet eirceotdéd
by two Sovereigns, pre-emilient, for virtue, vigilance,
land patriotiome Yet it is to ther veigng, that future
timas will have to look back as the turuing-point of the.

ister the remedy ® Judson’s Worm Candy is the only,

Holloway's Pille—The stomach and its troubles cause
more discomfort and bring more ays age: than is
commonly supposed, The thousand ills that settle there

these purifying Pills, which act as a sure, gentle, auti-
ncid apérient, without annoying the nerves of the most
suseepitable. or irritating the moet delicate orsentadiian
liclloway'’s Pills will bestow comfort and eonler relief-on
every hoadavly, dyspeptic, and sickly sufferer, whose
tortures make him a burthen to himself and #9 bagbear
on lily feeds:
remedy for a weak stomach, for a disordered liver, or a
parglysed digestion, which yield without dificalty te

jthet regulating, purifying, and tonic qualities,

hough it was formed and culiningted :

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dollars to secure the person ef Jefferson Davis, whom.

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