Summerside Journal -- 1866-12-27 -- Page 2

(Fro 7 w te a esndene
V. Vevhen
no distinction whatever, in any
f : sh Empire, between the Eng
lishman and the Irishman. Wherever there
is a difference, it is in favor of the weaker

people. ‘Thew are jess heavily taxed in’ their
own tsland. Every career in Eaghoni is per-
foctly open de tigm. OA our bar they ebere
the highes® prises, Bir Hugh Ching, who
has just been promoted to the Chief dustice-
ship in ore GourterChancery, isan driciinan,
‘Thore ave three dpishinen among our common
Jiw judged, and Rosts of Trishinen are prac-
tising WINNT anecess at oar while there is
no Boettsteren onthe Lrish> bench, or, so tar
nad know, in practice at the Gish bar. In
the church wid 0 ry the sange rule hoids,
andin the me: profession there arc many
Trishmen our ling physicians and snreeons,
State education in trelimd is on a far better
footing than in England, andin this respect,
but for the internecine qnarrels of the churches
nail seets, there would be nothing more to be
wished ovfought for, The only veal grievances
which réemain—the lestablished church and
the system of land tenares— would be abolished
in a session, but tor the opposition of Lrish-
Maen themse i

Chroma recent Speech by Judge Beogh—an

Irishman. )

© T will not, even in this assemblage, where
muny differ from me in opinion, stand silent
and hear the it and glorious empire to
which our destinies are inseparably attached
(er applause) —I will not hear that coun-
try, which present’s the greatest career to the
young men of his island that any country ever
preseated since the beginning of the world.
spoken of'in a detracting spirit. (Applanse.)

4 will nothear her, if f can by my voive refute |
the calumny, tpoken of'as an enemy of the |

oppressed, (hear, hear.)
upon the liberties of in
freedom of opinion. (Grext applause.)
are told that tie nations of Busope are refory
ing themselves, and so they are. The world
is undoubtedly at this moment, as we Rll can
seo hy mianitest signs and perturbations, big
with some great birth which may be a mon-
strona prodi which may be a benefactor to
the human race, Dut J should he glad to
know his name who thinks slicitly of the
destinivs of Baghiund, antl who torgets the im-
portant part which she has at ail times taken
in the march of civilization und the freedom
of the huimin anse.) Spain.
indeed, har wr in must
entertain a Ii nd! And
thatis to be said in an assemblage of Trish-
men! Do they forgas that from the port,
which, T hope, is yetQestined to be a depot
for ihe conmerce ofQbe American world,
went forth some 36 yea¥s ago, a litle army
mostly composed of Lrishmen, headed by 4
great sind illustrious Irishman—as Napoleon
himself said of him, * Vagaguers dela terre?
‘They went forth, and the? never luoke ck
till Ahey had entered the QM of

ne. (T'femendous appiiuse.) Spain
has wrongs to a mtAst Kngland! Let
Vimicra, Corn nit mancea, aud a hundred

other dmperishable names tell the tale — if
Spain thinks she has wrongs—of Spanish in-
wratitude, but of British magnanimite. (CDeat-
ening and prolonged applause.) Let France
be taught to respect the independence of Bel-
gium! How deep was the gore which floated
npoa. the wnsanguined plains of Belgium,

is the trampler

kind, as 2 crasher of
We

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SUMMERSIDE JOURNAL, TILE RSDAY, DECEMB

the quanti ot water delivercd te every ine
hatirat of Roodie was ten thes the water ep

sot Lenore An alatidant punply oi we
was a spocial charactaristic of anclent ¢
en read of tie inhabitants ofa ios

efrem thirst. And there was no overerowding.
Nine val contaisedd 600,000 intmldtants, but

the popalotion of London was, for its size five

times as dense ¢ The an-
clots did uot the dead to be buried
withia the walls of their cittes--4 practice on-
ty bevtaning to be abolished with as.) Th
read tie ovr day of some people taking
eeholera fromoawashing the clotlwaol tose why
had dicd from that malady. According to the
Mosaic how these clothes would have been
burned. Moses would not allow people to
live in houses that were unhealily. but it was
no use tugning the people out and allowing
the hon ¢ to stand; he knew people wouldtive
in it irit remained, and so he sald-—"* Down
‘with ¢ nd stone of it.” Inthe mat-

s Hint of Ninevah.

allow

| purpose of complete sewerage. and there yet
tremained a sewer in Rome'so wile that a cart
loaded with hay might pass through it, Ex-
eellent and well contrived drains had been
discovered in Ninevah and other towns, ‘The
refuse of the cities was burned in the open
bplains, ‘The hand-looms of 8,000) years ago
‘produced cloth of as fine a quality, in point
(of texture. color, and style, us we can pro-
‘duce; an the Hindoos and some of the Atri-
eans knew the process of manutieturi
hand steel, which led them to look with con-
‘tempt and to reject as rotton, the specimens
Loft Chese inctals which we sent them. [n- all
‘these points the past compared favorably with
| the present.

(Bean Wimer & « Buropean Tines,

Dee 3.)
1e London correspondent of the Scotsman
sasserts that serious ‘dissensions exist in the
Cabinet on the question cf Reform—that Mr.
)Disracli has horrified some of his calloagues
‘by his proposals, and that he has endeayo:

‘ hs ; fy t is coneer s fur fr ‘ing
(td bring them to reason by threatening ani this Island is concerned, as fir from being

| nation.
| The public will hear with pain of the loss
of the steamer Scodand. belonging to Uie Na-
tional Steam Navigation Comp; ot this
port. When the ident ovcurred she was
‘leaving N York on her way to the Mersey,
land eane into ¢ ion with an iward-bound
ship, called the Kate Dyer. So severe was
the shoek that the sailing vessel immediately
went down, and the steamer sunk also, bat
not betore she had been brought into shallow
vater. ‘Phe telegram announcing this calium-
ity is silent as to the loss of life. so the pro-
bability is that the destruction ofa magnificent
steamer, fitted up with water-tight: Lulkheads
and every modern improvement, and the rnin
‘ofthe sniling cratt—events bad cnough in
ithe
‘tion
avg

an lite. The storm which swept
t coast of England on the 4th
© uiser eral vessels, the casu-
alities bding attended in atleast two justinces
Uwith loss of life.

The approach to rec iation on the part
Fof Austria towards Prussia does not appear to
the very expeditions. Tt was recently stated
jin the Berlin papers that Austria was concen-

trating troops in Galicia, and that Russia re-

xu foring tvom lunged, but sarely, it ever, |

» not intensified by the extine-|

i oe See ae amo ae
wost Severely tyeated iy ndmitted on all
hands. The details of the punishments
inflicted oa them are sickening to read.
When these atrocities became known in
Britain, the publiganind was filled with in- ,

Summerside Sournal.
“THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1866.

1? por Ne notice can Le treken of andy niin

‘communications. We must know the mames dignation and shame. (Q cry for enquiry

and addresses of our correspondents ag. 8 £Ut- and for justice so Joud and so general that

ranty of thelr pool faith. We cannot undér- | a

take to retarncommunicationsthatare not used ‘BY Zevernment dare disrey:
heard through the Jength and the breadth

THE YEAR 1866,

| RNS
| ‘Trartine flies quickly is amexecedingly
| trite remark, but an exceedingly trae one.
it seems to us but the other day that we
twere occupied in doing for 1865 what we |
Pare now about doing for its successor, L860.
| When we cast a retrospective glance upon
|

was the result, ‘Phis commission, ikea
patiently hearing and-sitting-the evidence |
on both sides, caine jto the conclusion that)
though the measures taken by Gover oF
‘Eyre and his subordinates were unne

sitily severe, yet they could not be said to
he criminally so. Governor Eyre, though |
superseded, was not indicted tor any crim-
inalact. When we cone to consider the
circunistances under which the white popu-
lation of Jamaicn were placed, we will be
able to make some allowances for people
placed in a situation of such great and im-
minent peril. A handful of white inhabi-
tants were literally at the mercy of the
negro population, whoin Morant Bay and
other places, evincad a most sanguinary
aud revengeful disposition, The belt,
whether well or ill grounded, prevailed that
the whole Island was vipe for rebellion, and
that if prompt and stringent measures were
not taken, similar outrages would be per-
potrated in every part of the Ishind, This
they felt was no time for half measures.
The spark of rebellion must be quenched
atonce. The existence and the honor of
eyery man, woman and child in the coun-
try hung upon a thread, and if the negroés
were not conyineed by the only logic¢ they
were Capable of understanding, that it was
hopeless to contend against their white
satisfactovily determined as it was this tine | (o}foy islandors, 2 general massacre of the
last year. Tt is true that New Brunswick whites would most certainly ensue. Fear!
by avote of the people, and Nova Svotin) js pitiless, and even were the danger pure-
by the decision of its legislature, have! jy imaginary, due allowance should be
decided favorably to the principle, but in} made for those who were by the iafluenc
this Island both the people and their Re-) ofthat passion almost beside themselves {
presentatives look with distrust and dis-| put we have no on for supposing that!
like upon any scheme of Union with the} (yo danger was tn imaginary, far from it.
Continental Provinces that may be mooted. | pyeye were plain indieations of deep di
Whether the Delegates now at work in} content among the blacks, aud that. dis-
London can so modify the Quebee Scheme) oontont among an emotional people such
of Union as to make it aeceptable to the as they ave might, under favorable and
Lower Provinces, is a question which exciting circumstances, find vent in
thinking men who are not partigans, find) yocs of fiendish violence and eruelty, Tt]
itvery dificult to answer, either in the | is y (act to which we attach much. signiti- |
affirmative orin the negative. For the re- ve that among the inhabitants of Ja-
sult we are contented to wait hopefully and] ys aien Governor Eyre's conduct mét with
patiently, Deltys ave not always danger} a qost unq:talified approval, He sas!
ous, copy book wisdom to the contrary not-| hajed as the delivercr of the people, and)
withstanding, We have a presantiment) yqdyressed asa publie benetactor, and this |
that a brilliant future awaits these Britis) too, by grave and reflective. people. |

| the year that is just on the eve of expiring,
we feel surprised to think that so many
and such great events could have taken
place in so short 1 period of time, Events
big with the most important consagugnees
to mankind have followed one another in
quick und startling succession. We have
had wars and rumors of wars, famines,
pestilences and earthquakes in divers
places, and even now as we write, though
wild war's deadly blast has ceased Lo blow,
men feel an uneasiness, a foreboding that
the ealmis nu deceitlul one, and'that the
year which we ave about to enter will wit-
ness horrors equalling, if not surpassing
those of the ope which is now passing
away. The old year has bequeathed to
us some dificult problems and some sevi-
ous annoyances, ‘Lhe knotty question of
Confederation whieh we of these British
American Colonies ave more particularly
interested in solving, seems almost as
difficult of solution, and, aé least as fur as

oadin g sn
| mechanic

ud it, was America has been taxed to dovise #8 arm) eytoring just now into any disquisition

~ .
KR 27, 1866,
a ee poe nome ae ee a ea
that has been warmly discumed. The
Most feasonably conchision appowrs to tts
to be that both eauses have combined to!
produce the result, At any rate, Prussia
is no, longer ye a monopoly of breech-
ams. ‘The ingenuity of
and faventors in Earepe aud

equal, if not superior to, the famous
who, poor man, did not live to: enjoy the
fruits ot his oskiikk has- invented en gun,
which, it is said, can compete successtully
with the Prussian arm. A native oi this
little ont-oftthe-way Island of -ours;(Mr.
Bowness, of Princetown Row) has in-
vented a breéchi-loiding rifle, for which,
if we do not mistake, he Las taken out a
patent in the United States. He is a poor
man, and itis probable that he will share
the fate of many other inventors, some
one Will reap the advantage of his «skill,
while he himself will derive small profit
and litle e@redit from the sweat of his
brain. -

The successful Inying of the Atlantic
Cable will of itself, mark the year 1866 as
one of the grea hs of human progr
Tn no way has science sliown how com-
pletely it can trigmph over natural ob-
stacles more plainly than in thus biing-
ing two continents separated jby a mighty
ocean into instantancous communication
with one another, W. o will after thissay,
what is impossible to'sciénce, skill, euter-
prise and energy. Previous co the laying
of the cable, thab monstrous :stenm-shipy
the *G reat Eastern,” was with great con-
fidence pronouncesl a failure, bat if she
had stranded tho> day after she had payed
out the last mile of the Great Cable, she
wotild haye been worth more to the civil-
ized world than the cost of hey construec-
tion tev times told.” ‘The picking up of the
old cunle from the depths of the o¢ean
where it hud so long lain was a work more
wonderitl, if possible, than the laytig ol
the new one,

From what we ean learn, the finaneial sue-
cess of the cable is complete, Never was
success nove deserved, If ever men de-
served to make large fortunes itwas: those
who in spite of losses and discouragements

‘persevered witil they brought this great

undertaking to a successful issue.» We
were much pleased to see that at least the
hame of one Summerside merchantiscon the
books of the Company, Wo sincerely
hope that Mr. MeDonabl will receive a
benelit commensurate with the cost of the
messages he has sent and received, ;

We have only sufficient space lett barely

of British blood, to free that country from the | girded the movement. with suspicion. ‘The
grasp of France? “(Applause.) Let Italy Vienna papers denied the statement; but they |
remember her autonomy! By all mesns let) were not believed in the Prnssian capital; aud |
herdo so. ‘No man rejoices more than [ do) 4 Viennese semi-ofticial paper now: adhe |
at the establishment of the independence and) ty the oy 1 deni:l and further declare
unity of Italy. (Applause.) ‘Phe hope iat! that Austria and Russia are becoming better
waa nursed at the breast of Dante and ‘Lasso. | fends than ever they were. It is again
and for the realization of which 800 years ago | solemnly affirmed that there is to be no con-
Machiavelli sighed and prayed, is net Wy | centration of tcoops in Galicia, and further,
nonneed with. triumph from benenth those}

horses which have twice made the cirenit of)
Europe — brought from Corinth to Rome; !
from Rome carried by Constantine to Con- |
stantinople; taken by Dandolo to Venice, by TEOMA le tenia
Bonaparte to Paris, and finally restored hy een Urat hy ent pall sie i | :

British arms to their present position. Choud, ‘The speech of the Viceroy of Egypt is
applause.) ‘The iimiortal poct of England remarkible document, ‘The political edue
(Byron) said tien of the workl is marching with tolera

that such a step was nover contemplated,

The health of Count Bismarck is far from
being established. Tudeed, it is so indifferent
that rumors were current in Paris, a day or

their mark in the world’s history. | Fenian-

jism has ia the past year caused much an-

noyanee and some alarm to the people of
British America. It is by no means pleas
ant fora people to live foe months in daily

expectation of invasion froma, horde. of

lawless rafians fresh from ths carnage
and the license of the South, and that

friendly which cherishes them in its bosom
ad encourages them in their unholy en-
terprises. That the President of the United

federation or out of it, they will yet make.

nation does not well deserve the name of

American Provinces, tad whether in Con! Cqoreyvmen and lawyers, merchants and) to mention many other events nnd calami-
tradesmen, all united in praising Governor | ties, which have occurred inthe year 1809.
Byréfor_ his firm and vigorous conduct in| [t has been out melancholy duryeas Jour
one of the most dreadful erises in) which | nalists, to clivonicle the oecurrenge of ex-
aruler was ever placed, Buta portion of tensive Fives in Portland, in Chavlotictawn;
the British public were of a very different) in Nova Seotia, in Quabge, and in other
opinion, They were indignant when they | places on this Continest, Ut the of
‘knew that Governor Byro would escape | the Incendiaryelits Deen at Wark 4d has
unpunished, and even unrebuked. They! performed Tris dibotioal task whe truly
determined to proseente hin in the courts | satanic cunning, for not one has been dis-
of the Old Country for murder. | Those | covered,

who are best able to judge in this matter
are of opinion that this presecution will
come to nothing, and say if a man who is

Tho faith of the

‘the Money Panicdn England has been | ; f
the cause of rain and distress tomany, and | > Greens wharf” was?

A DREAM.

accounted for in dreaming, is the perfect
acquiescence of the dreamer in the im-
bable ofjimpossible circumstances in
which he may be placed, during the con.
tivnance of the dream, Ido not intend

on the philosophy of dreaming, but will

jo the land. ‘The Jamaica commission | Prossian Needle Gan. ‘Snider, in England [relate a very extraordinary dream 1 had

a short time since, in which you will re-
mark that species of duality, or double
existence——not I believe an uncom
characteristic of the habitual dreamer,
among whom. 1 aim, fortunately or the re~
verse, compelled to include myself.
Without further preamble, being a few
nights since in the Land‘of Nod, I found
myself a passenger in a Raitroap Car
going from CHARLOTTETOWN to SuM-
MEnSIDE. As we proceeded, I was not
a little astonished at the superior cultiva-
tion of the land on ¢ach side of the rail-
road, and the frequent view of handsome
houses, villas and churches, which I did
not remember to have ever seen -before.
L ventured to ask whether we had come
to Bagnall’s, when a very old gentleman
observed that I must bea stranger, seeing
that we had left what used.to be called
Lagnall’s on our right some time since,
and that in a few minutes we should reach
what had formerly been called Barret's
Cross, about four miles from the suburb
of Summerside, called now, as then, Rich-
mond, Feeling that I was in_some sort
a stranger, though Thad, I knew, been
acquainted with Richmond when * ‘Trayel-
ler's Rest,” with only one house—and
Summerside when *t Green's Shore,” with
but two houses, belonging to the two
furms which were afterwards the site of
Summerside. 1 was amused at the idea
of Richmond being a suburb of Summer-
side, but so I found it, and as the car
was whirled through streets bordered by
handsome houses and stores, 1 tried to
find sume of the old landmarks, but in
vain. Ina very few minutes Bedeque
Bay came in sight, and with it a spl. ndid
view of shipping, of every description,
merchant steamers of great bulk and yari-
ous other kinds of steam vessels, but few
sailing ones. We arrived at last at the
station, a palatial building roofed over
with glass; from thenee to the Hotel, in
a strect omnibus. On entering the hotel
I was d to write my name in the
book kept for that purpose, which I did,
to the great astonishment of the person in
charge of the bodk, who muttered ** curi-
ous, wonder if he is any retation to the
——, ofthis place. I took no notice of
this pieco of impertinence, having made
up my niind to keep up the character of
the stranger that had heen assigned to
me in the rail car. “I therefore asked if I
could get a guide capable of giving me
the necessary information respecting the
City. A young man of gentlemanly ap-
pearance stepped'up and said as he had
the pleasure of being acquainted with,
and indeed of being related to persons of
my name, he would willingly act as my
cteervone. Tt struck- me on looking into
his fice, that he must be my great grand-
son, but I suid nothing of my suspicion,
but accepted his affer at once. I da not
suppose, said I, that you know where
Oh yes! said
he, the sité of it has been often pointed

** * Before Srint Mark's stil! glow her steeds
of brasa,
Are they not britled ?

Thoy are, not now bridled, and in their froe-

“rapidity when it has reached Egypt. In open-
‘ing the Chamber, the Viceroy spoke with
‘pride of what his father and grandtither had
‘done for the improvement of the country

Stites somewhat

tardily exorcised the
muthority vested in him in putting a stop
to those invasions of the soil of a friendly

entrusted with the government of a colony
is ta be punished as a murderer when he

| ‘The news fron Constantinople shows: that

dom Dsay British arms, British poticy. and | the distarbances in Candin are not at an end,

Vritish intervention have hada leading part. 7 ae i
(Great applause.) ‘This much J thought in SW as uh tell
due to my comntry tos. (Applanse.) ‘This ral : ahs nent oe
mith T thought it titting elt I should utter |? the work of adventurers,
owbehalf of (he country (applause) of which ©. . ‘ 8
1 recolicet what was vattirutiy sent ly a | Histor By ie ate ¢ ae ialeee
great Countryman of ours (George Canning.) | sai TEA ro cae be Hest ‘t
when he spoke of the full of dynasties, the | 1! He de A ae a ah Holeegeek 330
ruin of empires, kings, mighty’ soverei finst., and declares that 549 Cretans, 350° 0!
deposed popes, a sal sent into .
He looked around him, and seeing before him Pe. Slits nh
the maritime power of Hngland——the flag that | reat ye th is Course, perished.
tloated inthe assembly inwhich le was pliced | ie Sa eNOnT By
— One Power alone,’ said, he, ‘stood erc 7 te an “bl aE Ps
one edifice alone nenained, upon that edifice | MCC hortible—if trae: :
tloated that ensign, the signal of-relicf to the || Phe Monttews has at length giv
distressed combat int, of shelter to the fallen.” | ling about the ex-Emperor of Mexico. It de-
(Tremendous applause.) Vrepare yourselves, ) chives that all the hecessiry preparations have
Isay, for the’ gredt’ eyents with may “be heen made for the retin to Europe of the
opening before yon! “Propire yoursclyes, French troops; and an effi ‘ial \ icnna paper
above all things, to uphold and miintuin the servis that the Anstriin-Mexican legion will
honor, thé Gharacter, anil the prestige of the | be brought back and te Uy as ifthey
country. @load and prolonged applause) iv ench soldiers gy ckin French
; j vessels, On the Ist of November Masimillian
pas at Orizahas and cannot be in’ Lurope so
| ys was Oxpected, dy the. ent of Jana-
Stowell Brown, of Liver- } or a little tater, these troops will be in
in Dumfries last month them native country. Tt will le seen by a
We extract the | telegram which came to hand last night, that
ja despatch has béen reécived in Paris from
| Maximillian, requesting the pnysicians of the

on

&

THE ANCIENTS ALLGAD OF US,

The: Rey Iligh
pool, gave a lectar
on The Good old Vines.”

© following passage iy 1
.# Mendid.as wonderful intellectual features
2,009 and 3,000 years nyo us are done in the
present'time. Jt it he trne that man was only |
an improved, gorilla we dow't find that he shew | Pa SS ise Wy
eda greater resemblance to it then than now— One hundred and twenty ready
for his own part hy belieyed there were mpre | tops for C.
monkeys now than then, and possilly the povcthe
gorilla might not soMuch represent tle race |
frémewhich we sprun

point in the Mediteranvan, on the second
fortnight in December, /

i) le uni-
ntatin Morvis’ artillery Compuny.
yr with 7000 yards of cloth and. trim
! i pee miings, besides a quantity of Ammunition and
fas the destiny to which | grey stores, were received List week trom
We are hastening, Abraham he believed to be Snglind tor the use of the local voluftecr and
as thorough-bred a genMtemun as uny in the! militie for
‘nineteenth century—Jacol4is good a man’ of) oth Andina ae S
husiness a8 they wonkd find in the Liverpool Tux Atvastic Canue.—We have permis-
xchange; while Jéoveply was a statesman and | sion to state that, during the week, two mes-
Moses a legilator worth a great deal more | sages have been sent direct to London and

ve & week or two
Je3 the disturbances
a very extraor-
dinary piece of intelligence has been commu-
nsul in Manchester to
onwhich |
the tth

them women and children, being closely je-
ieged ina convent by the Turks, blew them-

4 a
netion by this af of
hy the explosion. This is

on oan ink-

awpress Chirlotte to mect him at a given)

takes what he honestly considers the best
and surest means of preserving the lives
and property of those who are consigned
to his care, no capable man will be found
to underlake a duty which he may be
punished ignominiously for endeavoring
to perforin to the bost of his judgment and
ability.

In South America there haye been wars.
The Chilians have been fighting with the
Spaniards; very little interest has been
taken in this war by the people of the
Island. ‘The dispute, as far as we can
learn, arose as many dtsputes among in-

power is quite truss yet we ave convinced
that in this, as in ainany other of his most
statesmanlike acts, lre did not receive the
‘approval of the great body of those over
whom he exercises his authority. That
the Teniasns who were taken prisoners
while in the act of endeavoring to take
the lives of British subjects and to uproct
British authority in America will escape
with their lives. hardly admits ot a doubt.
We cannot help thinking that this is bad
policy and erne! meray. It is our opinion
that those who without anthyrity undertake
to disturb the peace of angAlening commui-
ty should be mado to Miow that they do it
at their peril, They should be given
elcarly to understand that it isa crime of
no common miigtitude to invade a country
from the territory of a friendly power, and
to apread terror and dismay among a de-
fengeloss poyation, “Phe merey shown
to the Fonian pxisoners will be attributed
by the {Fenians thyitselves to any eause
rather than toa théteifut disposition on
the part of the British authori: * ti and ended. ‘Thy Prussians and Austrians
ida, and they will, we think, bomuedYe | united to rob Denmark, and afterwards
ready to undertake another raid’ inte | quarrelled about the division of the spoils.
British America when opportunity offers, | Qyisycia has been badly beaten, and has
then they would have, been, if by. fun-|foyoyver, we think, lost her position among
ness anid a necessary severity, the guttial) iy. rages of the Germanic Confederation,
and intended murderers af British subjects) piasein has made lage accessions of terri-
had received their fust asd lawtal deserts tory. Many of the stale’ German states
on the gallows, In Ireland for the gveater) jaye already. been. absorbed by Ber, and
part of this year the Fenians hive” been ‘ N
toleralily quict, but they Have lately, been

matters, Spain wanted tb carry mratters
were determined she would not have
everything her own way, aud showed
fight. The Spaniards we think, got rather
the worst of it, but: whether the original
milter in dispute has been settled to the
satisfaction of either party, ov not, we have
yet to learn, most lil t has not.
Europe has this year seen a war begun

that they now only possess tho semblance

dividuals every day arise about money |

with a high hand, but the plucky Chilian’s!

in theif time than wl our Lords, Commons,
and Town Councils put, together. Our me-
clainical appliances tor building are far, sup.
erior to what eould have been known to the
people of the olden times, but they reared np
‘pnildings that fre the just astonishineutof the
civilized world, and which we cannot equal

| Liverpool per the cable, from this city, by our
| enterprisili merchants and townsuien, Messrs,

Hugh Monaghan, and J. A. McDonald, of
Summeteides The two messages cost 3125,
in gold. We wish them success, and! hope
| they will he tally reMuncrated for their en-
‘terprisé, ard be always abl to seid miuny

giving some trouble to the British authori-
ties. ‘The unfortunate people of Ireland
have been for many long years, cither the
prey of open tocs, or of pretended tients,
They have been fearfully oppressed, and

mensely, both in power and prestige by
the late war, The Ttalians who hate Aus-
tria with & hearty hatred, made common
enuse with, Prussia against Austria.

ofindependenve, Prussia has gained im- | pear to others, are ever

We may cojiy them, as we inay copy a paint-) more. These two messiuges are tho first frott
ing of im bid taster, but til we strike ont! Prince Bdward Isiand, by the Atluntic Cable.
something of out owas rood as the Parthens | —/sl.
on or Strasburg Cathedral we must knackte +
slown to the old aes We sells ues do} : t '
things on -aogrand seule, and a Cockney | By T 1 er ph J ]
Wil bbané that the largest theatre in a € e a 0 ourma '

i u fe * scarce - 7
Hae ald abe Gosbnun, cf Rom Bo London 2tth.— Times considers affairs of
George's Hall, Liyirpool, is justly regarded as | Iluly See in Trek condition, despite: tran-
a very magoifoent builiting, but it was only af auil app WAX dana Tortton:'dan

, ti veny little é i: 8 : ie a Re eik
FR ath ere Rently, ana Aur Fat | Fonkin troublés in Treland entirely abated.
a milo equare,the whole structure being a very She teuple tranquil, and confidence restired
ij PP, + people,
Kepeh ee Sehongie we hall salle Seid’ pte. | Suid thit Great Britain certainly requires
gross in sanitary sdienve, hit he liellvved we the Spanish Government to satisfy the seizure
Were Ata erent disadvagstige compared with | of the ship Tornado, ei near Callao
the ancients. In Romi alone there were 800 Rumored that another conspiracy, having
blie baths, avibié never fd more tlian halt for its object, the desruptinn of ithe lives ot
the poptfation of London, ‘They hii hot, cold, jthe ruling at ar s taeda i urns of
mubapoar bathyAnd something like our) government Macovered ay edit, Hawithd
‘Porkiah bith,:and what! was better sti the | Col. aay or ‘ve areh pupte en e a
people vonstandy yacd thems = We voasted of PL snide and passed to Mofitreal in’ charge o}
our civil engidvering, ae ip wa quae nai ee ae ;
if it had advanced: much singe the time hen O8« :
the Romans built their acqueduets, which) Cliarlottetown. Deo. 27.
ware gapried over valleys, Supported on thou-| Weather very fine. Harbor clear of ive.
Neadeot archer, or tunnelle for nitles through | Travelling bad. ‘Times dull and Inactive.
‘the solid rock, while the gréatest sclentitic | Political news flat.
skill Was required to give the supply Hie pro- | Bxecutive Council meets to-day. Rumored
per gradient. There was'a great dent of tnik | disgolution of Assembly inmeidiitelye Also
about that wonderful triumpp of genius, bring: reported that unother gosgion OF thu present
ing the water of Logh Kamihe to Glasgow, but i House first.

~

the bad passions engendertd by that
oppression have continued to Jive when
the causes of their existence have ceased to
act. Those who will take the trouble te
think, can clonrly see that the people of
England have now not the least desire to
oppress those of the sister country, On
the contrary, they evines a lively sym-
pathy for their Irish fellwy’ subjects and
seom determined to aid them in obtaining
a redress of those real’ - grievances of
which they have so Tong and so yainly
compliined, The big British heart fovls
for every one, no matter what his nation
or what lis color, who is groaning under
the red of the oppressor. “Convince the
Englishmin that he has helped co ill-use
afellow being, and he instantly fi his
downright way, sets about repairing the
injury he has wittingly or unwittingly

Though unsaccesstal both by sea and land
they suceceded in wresting Venetia from
the grasp of Austria. Haly, with the ex-
ception of the Pontificial Stites is now
tuder the, rule of a common sovercign,
How long it will be before the whole pen-
insula is consolidated into one kingdom it
is difficult to predict. The French troops
were to have evacuated Rome on the
thirteenth of the presentmonth, [tis said
that they will return on. the very first ap-
pearance of revolt among the people, but
if the Pope's rule as a temporal Prince is
distasteful to the inhabitants of the Papal
States, their absorption into the kingdom
of Italy is a mere matter of time. A com-
promise of some sort must sooner or later
be entered into. No country.can in these
days at least, be long held in subjection to
rolers whom thé great body of the people

of inconyenienee to all,
English publie, in financial concerns, eon-
ducted on the principle of hinited liability,
has been rudely shaken,

Tho Mexican Empire is at last, to all
Appearances, on the very evo of falling.
Its estabbehmept was the mistake of Louis
Napoleon's wonriul career. Ile has de-
| vived neither hofor or protit from thishis
atteniptrto foreo*en a people a government
nosuited togwtir wants. “Maximilian will
be happier in Europe than he was in
Mexico, Ifhis amiable wife were recover-
ed, we would feel inclined to congratulate
him on his escape Trom the cares, the dan-
| gers and the responsibilitics of Sovereignty
jin America.

The Famide fh Tadin hak been a truly
awiul aflictiOn. Surely something might
be done by the government of India to
sive the unfertunate Hingoos from such
terrible visitationsin future, :

Ths revolt ia Candia Ints occupied pub-
lio attontion for some time, Wo who know
so little of that distant Island, and of the
people who inhabit it, ean be at best: but
poor judges of the merits of the dispute
between the Christiau Candians and their
Mahometan rulers. One thing seems cor-
tain, and that is that the days of Turkish
rale in Europe are numbered, ‘That em-
pire has been tottering to its full for a long
time. k

At home, in this snug little Isle of our
own, we have, dating the year 1866, been
blessed with peace and plenty. We have,
(4s. people, purstied tho eren tenor of our

the rest ave so much under her intigenre, | wity, busied with our own lite cohces, |

‘hich, howeyer ins

nificant they may ap-
ytiing. to us,

Duriig’ the past year we have endeayor-
ed to perform our pronifses to oir patrons,
We have enlarged oy shect, and spared
no pains to make 4 interosting., . We
have the satisfaction of knowing that our
labog has been appreciated; and Cankfal
‘tor fhe support tendered us, we, in conelu-
sion, Wish then one aid all

A Unery, Harey New Year!

tor We learn that the Charlottetown
Mail which heretofore was sent from Cen-
treville to North Bedeque,on Tuesdays and
Fridays, has been discontinued, and that
the carrier does not go further than Cen-
treville, This isa great injustice done to
the people ot North Bedeque, and we hear
that they hare already petitioned the Post-
master General to have it renewed,

ty Cunisratas Day was pideed a! green’
one, and a dull onetoo. Not a sound was
there to be heard, opt the noise on the
rcotofthe heavy rain which fell, and an
occasional hurrah trom some fellow who
had drank too freely trom the Bachanalian
bowel,

ber Dorma the past week we have had

done, The emancipation of the negro in
the British West India Islands is one proof
ofthis, andthe loudly expressed yt
tion of the British people at the Mleged
eruelties permitted by Governor Eyrio is
another,. That the blacks of Jamaica wert

disapprove. ol. The needle gun cand |
Sadowa will ‘always be mentioned to- |
gether by the future historians of Europe. |
Whether Prussia owes its late success to)
the needle gun or to the superior diseip-|
line and moral Waits troops, is a question

heavy rains, and the snow has disappeared ;
and our harbér, thotigh'froze sufliciently
strong to carry foot passengers, is again
open. eur

tw" WE have been obliged (momit seve-
ral advertisements, as well as séme ovigi-

pal matter, in type, intended for this issue,

out to me by my grandfather and great
uncle, mentioning their names—which
convinced me that I was right in my sus-
picions of the relationship between us.
lic then ted the way, and so we went
along one of the streets leading to the
ter side, he stopped at a crossing, and
said, ‘now we are on what used to be
the head of Green's wharf, or the Queen's,
as it was afterwards named.” We then
proceeded some hundreds of yards further
and arrived at a Quay, of such extensive
magnificence that I had never before
seuv, My guide informed me that about
twenty-five years since—a short time be-
fore he was born—the corporation of Sum-
merside, in consequence of the growing:
importance ofthe commerce of the port,
had obtained an act from the Confederate
Parliament of Ottawa, enabling it to pur-
chase the wharfs and docks from the pro-
prictors, and that it had first run the
street parallel to old water street, and by
an embankment to the channel of the
harbor, had formed the quay you now
sec, extending, the whole fot

belong to the descendants of the former
proprietors, given them in exchange {or
the properties surrendered ; further up
and down are shipbuilding establishments,
marine stips,; and: commercial buildings
of various kinds. On the opposite shore,
the Fisheries are carried on in a manncr
that reflects credit on the place, and is
productive of great wealth to the proprit-
tors. What oane-bé the-ugé of that im-
mense-—thoogh te my eye shapeless and
uncouth—nniss of steam machinery, as
hy its chimney T suppose it ig? “+ That
is a steam ice crusher. In former times
| we were shut in by the ice during four or
five months of the year, and these erush-
ers Were intended for the purpose of ex.
abling us to carry on our trade during the
winter as well as summer; these long
lovers that you perceive armed with iron
mallets, aré moved by steam, and come
down on the ice alternately with the force
of several tons, breaking the ice at every
blow. She is propelled by iron paddle
wheels of great strength, bothat the sides
and inthe middle, so that the ico broken
by the hammers are ground to lolly by
the wheels, and the yessel propelled av
the same time.~ Though shallow, she is
very long and broad of beam, and carries
an immense cargo. There are two hore
and two at Cape Traverse, and are found
todo their work well. It would astonish

were to get out of their graves and look at
these and several other improvements
that they had no conception of.” © Olid
cocks!” T said to myself, and was about
to administer a severe rebtike to my des.
cendant, but remembering my incognito,
and convinced that be did not know to
whom he was talking, 1 mercly smiled,
and nodded an assent. * You would
like to see some of the other lions of our
City? Suppose we take a look at the
old Bank, ithas been much admired,”
Not without reason, said I, as I looked
upon a large building with a greclan pier

: nt of the.
City. Many of these spacious warchouses?

our great grand-fathers if the old’ cocks”