Summerside Journal -- 1868-07-02 -- Page 2

SIR ROBERT NAPILI

The happiest cuology of Sir Robert Na-|

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t,

by Louis Blane,
aription of the hero of Magdala, which)
iuppears in the Zemps:—

‘There is but one opinion as to the!
ability shown by Sir Robert Napicr—or |
his consummate prudence, bis cool, jndi-
c1ous deli’, am | the rapidity of his move-|
ments. when, al! his measures being taken,
it became necessiry to strike the decisive
blow. [have had oecasion to make the
acquaintanee of Sir Robert Napier, to con-
verse with him, and to observe him elosely.
‘The idea he first gives you of him is that
ef calm power, ‘The first time I ever saw
him, what struck me in his person was the
gentle expression of his features, the gen-
tleness of his manners, and tha softness of
his voice. IT remember hearing him say
that he had always an aversion to sporting,
from a repugianec to killing poor detenee-
dess animals. I know nething more ad-
mirable than the love of humanity in an
energetic nature. One is not the less a
soldier for being a man. and Sir Robert
Napier is an instance of it. Most assured-
ly, he is not the person who would ever
have allowed these words to escape him.—
«Ina battle minutes are all—men nothing.’
What was particularly and most justly
muurked, in his conduet of the Abyssinian
Expedition, was his carefulness or the lives
of the soldiers intrusted to him, the care
which he took of their comfort, and his
foresight, proyed by this fact,—that the
aviny after the full of Magdala had provi-
sions forthree months. But that prudence
did not hinder him trom displaying singu-
far vigor; and the firmhess which he re-
quived in circumstances where he differed
fn opinion from those around him, and
where it was fortunate for England that
his authority as Commander-in-Chiet caus-
ed the superiority of his julgmeut to pre-
yuil.

Singuran Ca SOMNAMBULISM.—One
of the most remarkable cases of somnam-
dulism we have ever heard of occurred in
Yorkville, near Toronto, a few nights ago.
the particulars of which are fully vouched
for, and are as follows :—

A gentleman doing business on Yonge
street, who is also something of a horse
fancier, made what he thought an excellent
investment in horse flesh. Oa going home
he entertained his family with details of the
operation, and was in great glee regardiug
it. He retired to bed with his mind in a
decidedly horsey condition, and itis there-
fore not singular that his slumbers should
have been disturbed with the nightmare,
in the middle of the night he got up in his
sleep, went to the stable, took out his new
horse, mounted him, and started off at a
good round pce for Toronto. Le contin-
ued his nocturnal equestrianism through
the streets for a considerable time. Lis
singular appearance and actions attracted
the attention of a policeman, who. think-
ing some insane circus rider had broken
loose, or that John Gilpan’s spivit had
returned to earth, took him into custody,
and. with great fear and trembling, con-
ducted him to one of the polise stations.
Shortly afterwards the gentleman was tho-
roughly aroused, and great was his aston-
ishment at finding himself in such a singu-
jay predicament. During all his riding he
had becn in a somnambuiistic state, and
required a great deal of argument on the
part of the policeman that he had been en-

aged in such unseasonable and pecul-
iat exercise. Ot course he was liberated
at once.

A goop story, and all the better that it is

ge Py Tg OE ea 86h 9,4hse
great Beorch preacher and author, who was
tuking a holiday in the Highlands previously
to starting on his missioniry tour to India,
He and his colleague, Dr. Watson, were
passing one of tie Scotch lakes, or lochs, in
at boat, when one of those gusts which some-
times come down from the hills without warn-
ing, caught them in the middle of the lake,
easing great alarm, One of the passengers
in great terror cried out, ‘There are twa
ministers on board, they had better pray, lest
we be w’ drooned.” ‘The Highland terryman,
looking at them, answered, with the sober
sternness of his race, “The little one (Dr.
Watson) can pray if he likes, but the big one
(Dr. McLeod) maun take a hand at the oar.”

Lord Stanley has very wisely instructed
Mr, (hornton, in case of abduetion from
Canada, ‘if possible to communicate with
4he Governor General of Canada” on the
subject, before declining to accept the
restitution of the prisoner when offered
by the United States. Dy these instrue-
tions a regular method of correspondence
is opened up between our ambassador at
Washington and the Governor General.
Such an authorized .correspondence as
that which took ple between Lord
Monck and Mr. Thornton with regard to
the abduction of Macdonald is necessarily
open to ridicule.—Afontreal Paper,

It is reported atthe Bourse to-day that the
King of Prussia had signified his intention of
bestowing the title of Prince on the Roths-
«hild family. he great estates which this
family possesses in Bohemia and Silesia form
a fideicomis, and the proprietor is entitled to
the princely coronet. I willgive you another
rumour regarding the Rothschilds, and you
may take it for what itis worth. It is that
M.de Rothschild is on the point of buying Jeru-
sitlem, and ofnaming himself King. Yester-
day, they were asking on the Boulevard,
Whitt is the difference detween Solomon and
Rothschild? and the questioned replied, “It
ig that Solomon was the king of the Jews,an |
the Rothschild is the Jew of the Kings.”

The official estimate of the cost of the
Abyssinian Expedition to the end of the
present month (May) i 900,000. The.
number of baggage animals that have been
procured for service in Abyssinia is, by the
Theat returns—15 elephants, 8,000 camels,
16,950 mules, and 4,000 bullocks. With
the exception of the clephants, ths animals
are not worth the cost of transport, and
therefore will be left in Abyssinia—a great
prize for the natives.

Two English gentlemen having to fight
a duel recently in Paris, made a heavy bet
on who could drink the most betore going
on the ground. One of them fell from
his chair while finishing his thirteenth bot-

le of claret. |

A Montreal French paper says: The
best proot that rumors of war are not en-

ere

FISHERY.

: | But leaving behind the St. John harbor,
pier, and perhaps the truest, was written’ ¢),¢ most important points for the take and
The following is his des- | exportation of salmon ure in the North
There are se-
verul modes of preparing them for expor-
A favorite one is the preservation
Another is

Shore rivers and harbors,

tation.
in hermetically sealed cans.
by smoking. Anda third is the

apare
of the unbroken salmon in ice anc

and railway.
castle.

of the North Shore fisheries, aad who seen
to have performed it with commendab!

some interesting details and sta!
which we now proceed to quote

1867,

An American Company, located
Campbelltown preserved, in 1867, !
lbs. of salmon, in hermeticrlly sealed can

tity to the fishing firms.

a Inge quantity.

salting 13,200 Ibs. Along the coast, a fe

ned upwards of 33,000 Ibs.

tin cases or cans 46,000 Ibs., and an esta’
lishment at Madisco Point, 20,000 Ibs.

lbs. In Bathurst Harbor a Mr. Piper
ported 63,000 lbs. to the United States 1
season. Itis worthy of mention in passi

for freezing the salmon, packing them
ice, however, when exported,

of salmon were preserved in 1867.

river,—the Miramichi, Myr. Letson

p
son 78,009 lbs. ; Lapman & Biz
ibs. ; two other establishments
at Black Crook 20,900 lbs. are put up;
Mr. Lowden owns two other

establishment,

snow,
and thus forwarding to both the United
States and Canadian markets by steamer
My. Peter Miller, of New-
who was commissioned by the
Minister of Marine to make an_ inspection

zeal and thoroughness, gives in his Report

acts suf-
ficient to conyey a aretty accurate idea of
the importance of this branch of indubtry.
Ife proceeded first to the Restigouche.
‘The following figures tefer to the catoh of

at
36,000

One family had salted in that season over
12,000 lbs., besides selling an cqual quan-
An establishment
at Dathonst: had packed 60,000 Ibs. of sal-
mon, fresh, for exportation, besides salting
Another house at Dal-
housie, has canned 38s,009 lbs., bssides

miles from Dalhousie, a concern had can-
At another
point on the coast, a Scotch firm had salt-
ed over 1,000 lbs., and canned 16,000 lbs.
On the Gloucester Coast, at Petit Race,one
firm had put up in the hermetically sealed

At)
Younghall one concern had taken 207,333 |

Going up
the Nepsigut, at the first station 25,000 Ibs.

We now come to another famous salmon
up 25,000 lbs, of salmon ; Loggie & Ander-
ard 56,000 |
000 Ibs. ;
establish-

ments at which 80,000 Ibs. were put up;
and further up there is another 64,000 lbs.

This enumeration, which deals with the

JURNAL,

Mu, THornton anv rue Coat Int
or Noya Scora,—Reference was a short
time ago made to a reported correspon-
dence between Mr.'Thorntoh and Secretary
of State in relation to Nova Scotia coal.
‘The documents have since been made pub-
lic. It appears that last month Mr. Thorn-
ton wrote to the Secretary that Lord Stan-
ley had received a letter trom the General
Mining Association, calling his attention
to the injury which has been inflicted on}

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tia by the abrogation of the Reciprocity
treaty, owing to the fact that, while large
quantities of American coal are imported
into Canada duty free, the Noya Seotin
coal is now only admitted into the United
States upon’ the payment of one-fourth of
a dollar per tonin gold. Canada, he says, |
has been urged, but has declined, to resort |
to retaliatory measures. Mr. ‘Thornton
expresses the hope that steps will be taken
to relieve Nova Scotia from a grievance
which appears to produce no correspond-
ing advantage to the interests of the Uni-
ted States, ‘

Mr. Seward sent Mr. Thornton's letter
to the Secretary of the ‘l'reasury, who re-
plied it would be inappropriate to negoti-
ate ea similar reciprovity treaty respect-
ing tide with the Provinces in the absence
ofa further expression of the views of
Congress, He would, however, suggest
that the attention of Congress might be
called to the subject, in view of the com-
munication of Mr, ‘Thornton and he should
cheerfully co-operate with the Secretary
of Stute In urging an adjustment of this
question on a sound and permanent basis.
—N. ¥. Herald.

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An Ottawa telegram of the 17th inst., to
the Torcnto Globe, says there is a strong
imp on that the Ilon. Edward Kenny,
Receiver General, will resign his office, it
he has not already done so, in consequence
of his private business demanding his at-
tention.

The United States Government has
abandoned the charge of murder against
John I, Surratt, and his second trial will
be on an indictment charging him with
aiding and abetting the rebellion,

Four men haye been arrested in New
York and held to bail for carrying on a
distillery on board a ship. They would
take in « cargo of material, make a short
cruise during which the still was operated,
and then return with spirit.

The N. B. Baptist Association meets at

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that Mr. Piper uses some chemical agency

in

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states that the people of that scction are

occasion,
Tn the City of Ottawa, independent of

the coal producing interests of Nova Sco-|

Sackville on the 9th ot July. ‘The Borderer

already beginning to ‘brush up” for the

lage establishments,and with salmon taken
wmost solely for exportation, omitting
nine tenths of the fish consumed at home,

collections in the public offices, the sum
of $700,37 was subscribed to tho MeGee

testimonial tund.

salmon fisheries.—]oodstock -leadien.

UPTION AT SANDwicn Is_anps !—100,0
Lives Lost!—San Francisco, May 7.

will convey a faint, though still adequate,
notion of the wealth of the North Shore

Fuigitrrun Catamiry !—Vorcanic E

llow tury vo rr ry Hatwax.—On_ the
evening of Sunday the 14th inst., while a
French gentleman who resides in Granville
Street, Halifax, was crossing the citadel
on his way home from the house of a
friend in the north end of che city, ‘where
he had been spending the cyening, he was
attacked near the gate of the fort, knocked

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The bark Comet, from Sandwich Islands,
arrived last night, bringing the following
intelligence :

The voleano of Maunaloa has broken
out in the most terrific eruption known in
history, The eruption was preceded and
axcecmpanicd by two thousand shocks of
thyuake at Hawaiiu. Over 100,000
people perished in Kau district. Every
house. prostrated with the exception of one
ortwo. Land slides were innuncrble,
and furiously rushing dowaward like ava-
lanches, burying people's houses and cat-
tle beneath them. Along the beach came
a tidal wave over thirty fect in height, |

Which extended along the coast. forty, i
i maliess Aes came in washing rig)

over the coco:-nut trees and ranning some
distaneé inland, carrying out a small na-
tive village and all persons that were with-
in reach at the time; some 37 souls, The
erater of Maunaloa has been enlarged and
broken down on one side, so that it is now
about two milas in diameter, from which
vast jets of laya are emitted, A laya stream
from the crater on the summit of the
mountain has gone underground and bro-
Ken out on the slope far below about only
six miles frou the sea. At this point tour
jets of laya have foreed themselyes through
the earth, throwing themsclyes and rocks4
1000 feet in the air, and a stream of lava
1000 to 1500 feet wide and six miles long
is flowing down to the sea at the rate of 12
niles an hour, The excitement is im-
mense, and large numbers are flocking to
the volcano, ‘The damage by earthquakes
upon the other islands was considerable
but hot serious,

Tue Dear ov Kixa Taeopone.
French traveler gives the following highly
romiuntic description of the death of King
Theodore of Abyssinia. The writer pro-
fesses to have been always on friendly
terms with the dceeased monarch, and
Was opposed to the English expedition:

“Theodore did not commit suicide,
Having witnessed the destruction of his
amy, ind having searched death in yain
amid ball and shell, when he saw the head
of the enemy’s columns crown the breach
he understood th t his last hour was come;
he saw that resistance was impossible,and
that he was about to be made prisoner,
‘This reflection made him roar. If the
English captives had been still ia his power
their death would have been certain, In
a fit of fury, or rather madness, he order-
ed their extermination, forgetting thatthey
were free in the English camp. On seeing
his power fleeting trom him with the bloo
of his soldiers, contemplating his Empire
destroyed, his dynasty overturned, his
reign finished, two strenms of tears cours-
ed down his checks; the museles of his
face and chest were contracted with pain,
and his limbs writhed in mute despair. His
bitter sufferings should atone for many of
his crimes. ‘lwo balantcheras, pistol in
hand, stood silently waiting his order. He
gave his will to Emgheddo, Crossing his
arms over his breast he prayed; then with
a hollow voice he repeated’ several times,
Ethiopia! Ethiopia! my wife! my chil-
dren!’ ‘Tho gate, trembling under the
blows of the assailants, was giving way.
Proudly raising his head, Theodore drew
his sword to perish like a Buropean. ‘In
the bosom of the Trinity,’ said he to tha|

tirely destitute of truth is that several of
our parade volunteer oflicers haye bravely
sent iu their resignations, which untortu-
nately have not been accepted.”

Itis reported that the British Goyern-
ment has addressed a somewhat energetic
remonstrance to the Government ot the
United States on the subject of the Kenian
Yemonstrations which have recently taken
place in the territory of the Republic.

There are, in the Province of Quebee,
over fourteen hundred lawyers, and their
number is yearly increasing to an alarm. |
ing degree.

An Australian paper states that one ef-
feet of the outr: on the Dake of Hidin-|
borg is the rapid increase of Orange Jod- i
gee in the Australian Colonies |

| less body of Theodore,”

balantcheras, ‘fire.’ They both aimed at}
his head, but Emgheddo's courage failed,
and his arn) fell inert. Area alone ol
ed, and-his bullet broke the skull of Afti-
ews bravest warrior, The balantche
remained by the body of their master, e
pecting death, At this moment the gate
Was broken in, and the Lnglish seldiers, |
drunk with blood and carnage, rushed lors | tc
ward. Hmbgheddo showed them the lile-|

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Every steamer from the United Sts

Europe goes out crowded with paseengers, |"
Germans in large numbers are embarking
every day, They say they can live cheaper
in the old country t) an the new.

tot : mt
Dr, Livingstone is expected in England |v

in August. |

journed.

the Palace.
was waited uvon by a deputation of Jews who
resided in that city, who took that method to
present a respectiul address tu the Emperor
Napoleon setting forth their persecution, and

thanking the Emperor for his known
towards all races of people.

| to.

down and robbed of a valuable gold watch.
Information was given at the Police Ofiice,
and shortly after the robbery Police Ser-

jeant Hutt arrested George Hooper, sol-

dier of the 4th regiment, who was on‘duty
as sentry at the gate, and on his person
the watch was found. He is now in jail
awaiting examination.

The latest advices from Montreal report
Detective Cullen to be recovering.

Very Latest Telegrams.

In the House of Lords tho debate on the
ww eveuway OL Wis cuntinucd, An immense

crowd was present on the floor and the gal-|

leries, and great excitement was manifested.

Lord Carnarvon regretted that this question
was made a party measure. Ireland had ne-
ver gained auything on the battle-field of pol-
itics. He criticized the Irish policy of the
late Derby Ministry, and said he distrusted
the policy of the present Cabinet. He thought
was safer for the Church to make terms with
its aviewed opponents than to trust its pro-
fessed friends. If the Chureh of England
fell into the minority his affection for it would
remain, but his conscience would not suppor!
it as an Hstablishment.
dis-establishing the Irish Church, but he
would not disenduw it. Le concluded with
the declaration that he should vote for the
Suspensory Bill. (Great cheers from thie Wuig
benches.)

Lord Redisdale said this bill was sacrilege
and the Queen’s sanction of it ought to be
barred by her Coronation Oath.

‘The Duke of Marlborough said that the bill
was only an effort of the Liberals to gain of-
fice at any cost,

Lords Dufferin and Romily supported the
bill, and the Archbishops of York and Armah
in opposition.

‘Lhe Marquis of Salisbury said that the Dill
should have been made to exclude tature
holders of benefices from compensation, but
as this was not done, he thought the object of
its framers was to commit the Lords to some
ulterior design. ‘This was no plan of disen-
dowing, but its framers threatened that if it
would not pass worse would follow; if a
worse one could be framed they. would have

done it. He conceived of nothing worsethan
abolition. Inquiry should nade as athe
right of spoilation. If ef¥¥.nud dislik® were

tho reasons for it, it woult
ration property + he thoug#¥€the Fenians
regard it as ‘* Sop” to suve landlords an
the church, It was the object and real bs
of conquest. If the Lords became an ctho@t
the Commons, they had better not be Lor

atall, Ife wished to yield to the Opinion Of

the people, but if they acted prudently, firmly
and independently, they would probably in-
terpret the wish ofthe peuple than the Com-
mons have done. ‘Lhe debate was then ad-

‘The Reform Bill for Scotland was read a
first time in the House of Lords and the ad-

journment took place.

Prince Alfred as arrived in England and

is now at Windsor.

Vienna, June 36th.
Prince Napoleon has arrived at Bucharest,

Ife was met at the city gates by the Hospodar,

Prince Charles of Koumania, und escorted to
During his stay at Bucharest he

wsking an amelioration of their condition, and
liberality

London, June 28,
The British steamship Urgent, with Major

General Napier and staff on board, arrived at
Aes

falta yesterday on the way to Fngland.
‘The health of Count Von Bismarc k, whois

} at present living in retirement on his estate

n Pomerania, has much improved within tho

| past few days.

Advices trom Ja
» June Sth.

‘The Mikado, at the head of a powerful ar:
iy, had arrived near Jeddo, and compelled

pau, via San Francisco,are

avy, and himself to retire to Mito, for which

| place he left on the 12th of May on foot in

ken of humility,

A strong coalition of Damios hag been form-

lin favor of the ‘Tycoon and bloody war

as prevailing, |

Gold 140}. |

He was in favor of

THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1868.

“THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1868.

No notice can be taken ot anonymous com-
munications. We must know the names and
addresses of our correspondents as a guaranty
of their good faith. We cannot undertake to
return communications thit are not used.

LEAVING HOME.

Srverat of our exchanges from the
New Dominion, express regret that so
many of the young people of these Col-
onies are leaving home, to seek their for-|
tunes under ‘the wrong flag.” In con-|
sidering the matter, we do not think it)
warrants as gloomy a conclusion as has}
been arrived at by some of our contem-/}
poraries, for men have wandered from |
home to lands their parents never saw,

since that eventful day in the history of
the past, when the unwarranted ambition

of man was brought to a close on the

plains of Babylon. Every year is adding

to the long roll of ‘* wanderers from

home,” who have left Germany,and where

can the traveller go, and not meet with

an Englishman, a Scotchman, or an Irish-

man ?—while in many a quict home in

these provinces,petitions are daily offered

up for loved ones who have wandered far

trom the paternal roof. Nor is this pecu-

liar only to the people of Kurope and

British America, for those of the United
States are also to be met with in lands
remote and near; yet itis not so much
noticed, because, as we have thought,
many thousands of those who lett
the neighborhood in which they wore
were born, have on account of the breath
of that country, not gone from under-
ineath the shade of their own flag ; just
jas it probably will bea few years hence,
when a Nova Scotian may go to Ottawa,
the foot of the Rocky Mountains, or Van-
couver, and—may we add—feel that he
has but remoyed from one part of his
own favored land to another,

Yet, notwithstanding those consider-
ations, as we from week to week notice
numbers of, people taking their departure
from our shore, we,too,do also regret that
so many are leaving these Provinces to
seck a home ina strange land, because
we believe it would be better for them
and their country, were they to con-
tent themselyes at home.
suaded that in
strong arms of our young men, there isa
vigor and strength which, if rightly em-

more advantage to themselves and their
country, than as a general rule, the gold
of California or any foreign Country will
prove to either of them. Some of them
muy succeed well abroad, but it is also
probable that others may yet, like the
dying Payne, exclaim in a foreign land
as he did, when he sighed for the green
valleys of his beloved New England :—
“ Home sweet home,
‘There is no place like home.”

One of the misfortunes of these Colo-
nies has been, that a taste and love for
the cultivation of the soil had not
been earlicr inculcated into the minds of
their youth. In some instances, this is
to be attributed partly to the false habits
and erroneous ideas of those who. in the
earlier period of our Colonial history, had
}the management of public affairs, and
partly also to the hardships endured by
so many of the early settlers. The un-
popular ideas disseminated by the one,and
the dissatisfaction produced by the other
of these causes, filled the mind of too
many in their younger years, with an un-
called for discontent, which, when con-
sidered with the fact that little or no at-
tention was given to agricultural reading,
has resulted in many instances, however
unintentionally, in educating many of the
youths of these Colonies to hate and des-
pise one of the noblest of callings.

In Nova Scotia, but more especially in
New Brunswick, their broad and rich
forests gave employment to many of their
sons, who became so accustomed to lum-
bering and working in company with
others, that when failure in business and
a gradual exhaustation of lumber, com-
pelled many of them to turn their atten-
tion to the cultivation of the soil, they
found that mode of life, which is so
healthful to meditative minds, as irksome
as a prison, and in common with many
on this Island, who have become farmers
from necessityzrather than choige, haye
not succeeded, . .+.. :
lus to believe
country. should
developement of
destined té be last-
ing. * the ngfghbdring © Provinces
there ’gré more of these than there arcon
P. Ee Island, bat all will admit. that
Vishing and Agriculture will continue to
be-sources of permanent industry in this |
colony.

‘The ancient Romans taught their sons
to love their country, and marvelous were
the sacrifices they made when thereby
they could add to the honor of their be-
loved Rome. In the United States the
same principle is carried out in their com-
mon schools, and we have thought that
if a knowledge of the principles of agri-
culture was taught in our schools, not in
a dull and formal manner, but with a
warmth of enthusiasm on the part of the
teacher, which would render the study a
delight to the pupil, it would remove the
false impression enter‘ained by some re-
‘peeting farming, and lay & foundation
for its more successful prosecution ; nor
do we think the subject unworthy the at-
tention of our public men,for the perman-
ency of our success as a colony will ever
depend upon our successful prosecution
of agriculture. ‘There are, says the wise
Iranklin, but three ways for a nation to |
acquire wealth: “ The first is by War, as
the Romans did in plundering their neigh.
bors—-this is robbery. The second by
Commerce, which is frequently cheating.
The third by Agriculture, the only honest
way wherein a man receives a real in-

| the Tycoon to cede nearly half of his private | CT@48¢ of the seed thrown into the ground,
tes for territory, disband his army, surrender his|in a kind of ac

ontinual miracle, w rought
by the hand of God in his favor ag a re-
ward for his innocent life and his virtuous

industry.”
the Excursion to the|

il ns

te Remember i
City on Saturday next, |
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We are per-
the active minds and

ployed, and wisely directed, would be of

THE EXAMINATON A’

We were present yesterday at the ex-
amination of the pupils of the Miscouche
Conyent. “The examination was conduct-
ed by His Lordship, Bishop Mclntyre,
and a number of Clergymen. ‘Ihe pupils,
about fifty in number, seemed to answer
questions, and perform the several parts
assigned to them with that ease and flu-
ency peculiar only to a thorough know. |
ledge of the different subjects in which
they were examined. The whole affair re-
flects a credit upon the industry and taste
of the teachers, as well as on the ability
and capacity of the scholars. A very
large number of persons, from different
parts of the country, were assembled’ to
witness the examination. ‘The whole af-
fair was a decided success. We could
not hear the names of the pupils who es-
pecially distinguished themselves by their
answers, but we observed that many
crowns or tokens were distributed.

JEL ces SS
The Montreal Gazette says that the
prospect of the Codfishiag are better than
they have been these last few years. The
fish is very plentiful on the north and
south shores of the St Lawreuce, Her-
rings were very numerous, over 30,000
barrels having been exported from the
Magdalen Islands alone, within the space
of three wecks, ;

%@*= The Fourteenth Session of the Con-
ference of Eastern British America,was open-
edin Fredericton, N.B. on the 24th June.
The President, Dr. Richey, was in the chair.
The Secretary read a letter from the British
Jonference announcing that the Rey. Wm.
Morley Punshon had been appointed President
for the ensuing year, and the Rey. Henry
Daniel co-Delegate. ‘The ex-Presidert on
retiring introduced Mr. Punshon, who, on as-
suming the chair, addressed the Conference
in a neat and forcible speech, It is said that
the President, so famous for his splendid
oratorical powers, is not less so for his busi-
ness tact. ‘Vhe dispatch with which the busi-

ess of the Conference has been gone through
fully proves this last statement. ‘The differ-
ent Ministers m-y be expected home either at
the end of this week or beginning of next.

i@™= The Summerside Fire Company, with
their Engine, were out for practice on last
Monday evening. The Engine worked well.
The company are about re-forming, and the
number of members in the new company will
not exceed thirty-two, but the whole of these
will be men who shall be compelled to tura
out. At present there ure over sixty names
on the role, and not more than twenty attead
to their duty.

4@™ We ure pleased to learn that the Fish-
ermen onthe North Side of this Island are
having a good catch this seasen. The mack-
erel are in, but are said to be very poor,

$@" On Friday night last the Steamer
Princess of Wales took trom this port ten tine
horses and several barrels of eggs. ‘Ihe oys-
ter trade being suspended for a time causes a
falling off in her freights.

tg We learn that W. B. Dawson and
George Nicoll have both returned to the Is-
land, and are now in Charlottetown,

ba The season for Tea Parties and Pic-
nics hascommenced, In almost every section
of the Island a ‘Tea Party is advertized to
come off We direct the attention of our
readers to the ae at Lot 7, and also the one
at Somerset, both of which we trust will be
well patronized.

k@™ Don't forgot the Bazaar and Tea in
Summerside on the 15th July. * A good time
May be anticipated, as Gavurarri’s Brass
Bann, from Charlottetown, will be in atten:
dance.

ia The recently appointed Fire Ward-
ens are going their rounds, examining tlues
&c. ‘They have also issued the notice of
amount of taxes levied on householders. [1
Is pretty steep, but we will not grumble if
they will only give us something more than
we have had heretofore,

A Wonprrru, Currt.—A man who Was so
thirsty that he could hardly speak, went into
Mr. Charles Clark's shop yesterday and drank
a glass of Soda Water, atter which, strange

to say, he was able to articulate with ease.

: Tur Datriot says that the Rev, Morley
i unshon, the great English orator, will preach
in the Wesleyan Church in Charlottetown on
Sunday next, and will lecture on Monday
evening. From the notices in the St. John
papers of his lecture there, we would say that
those who £9 from here to listen te him will
he well repaid, The Steam Navigation Com-
pany he © consented to curry passengers on
this occasion fur the low fure of one dollar,
See advertisement,

_ Tur tickets for admission into the le
given by the Rey. M. Punshon,
were sold roadily at the

cture
in St. John,
last for §4.

Tur last Lxamtner has a letter from Mr.A.
Beaton, which states that on the north side
of this Island, extending many miles from the
Kast Point, a windroye of ants or pismires, in
Some places three feet deep and as many feet
wide, mixed up with other insects, have
drifted on the shore; that some of them are
very large and winged, and inany of them
after being’ warmed by the heat front the sun,
made their way’to the nearest woods,

‘Tne bark Confederation, owned by John

Lefurgy [sq., came to anchor or ie harbor
on Monday last.

Lance quantities of lumber haye been land-
ed on the wharves during the past week.

Tue appoiniment of James Reid,
be.Postinuster at St. Eleanor’s,
and we believe will meet with
fuction.

We received a nice lot of fresh trout from
a friend yesterday, and a quantity of rhubarb
the day before from another old acquaintance
Both will receive our thanks. ;
The Srason.—The weathe
weeks has been all that farm
and from all parts we have
accounts of the crops.
ful, and the

Esq., to
isa good one,
general satis-

t during the past
ers Could desire,
most favorable
The grass is beauti-+
Potatoes and grain look well,
The Bridge at Wilmot Creek is now under-
going repairs, and is theretore impassable,
Persons travelling to and from Summerside
from Bedeque &¢., are ,
Clark's Mills.

i,
Tt must be admittec

1 1 that several of our
ship owners deserve great credit for persever-
ing in the mackerel fishery business, notwith,
standing. the enormous i ‘i

duty ie
Colonial caught fish in the i ae bald
Never before had this Island sue srge or

well equippied fishing fleet as
and we are pleased to learn th
pata to in even greater,
crews have already fitted out at

gone to the Gulf, and others are ater te
follow them, Yesterday we had the plonstite
of Inspecting ®& new schooner called the
* Octavia, about 64 tons burthen, lying at
L ‘cake’s wharf, which was built by M. ‘Donald
Morrison of Grand River, Lot 85, for I ©
Owen & Co. She is well modelled and her
workmanship reflects great credit “upon her
master builder. We do not Profess to speak
from experience in this Matter but judgin
by the light of common scnse. we should pay
that the “ Octavia” ig admirably adapted for :
the mackerel fishery. She will soon bo dy .
cing among the fnny tribes, and we trust
that both her builder and Owners will hy ve
the Satisfaction of knowing when her first
trip is over, that they have hit Upon the build

and equipme F ontly 4
ont, ee mt ofa nearly perfect fishing

last suminer;
at this year it

obliged to go round by

Gordon, E
Grand Ri

A number of},

painful illness of
bore with great
Jannet MeKengzi
William MeLe

infant ando

ot DeSable,

oe

Co-Partnership—Keefe & Woodside.
Netice—Theophilus DesBrisay,
Notice—John Clay.

Tea Meeting at West Cape—**
Wanted—Gvo, E. Baker.

Selkirk Estate—John Aldous.
Threshing Machines—Thos, Hall.
Bakery—John MeKeirn.
Remoyal—Richard Hibbet* J
Livery Stablés—James Mann. ,
Found—Lemuel Sehurman,.

‘Tea Party-—Peter Daffye ~~
Fire! Fire!—Wm, Baker.
Notice—Harry C. Green J
Excur:ion to Charlottetown—J Bertragét

ea

The Synod of the Presbyterian Church oft
the Lower Provinces met in Popular, Grove
Church, Halifax, on Wedneaday-evening last,
the 24th inst., at seven o'clock. The, open-
ing discourse was preached by the Moderator,
Key. Wm. McCulloch, D\D., from Ist Peter,
v: 2, first clause—‘*Keed the Church of God.”
‘The Synod was then constitued, and the roll
called. The attendance was yood. Rey. James
Watson was chosen Moderator, and briefly
addressed the Synod.—J’aé. ¢
{# At the Bible Christian Conference, held in
Canada during the present month, the following
uppointiuents were nude for the P, E. Islund Dis-
trict :— 8

Charlottetown—J. Chapple, Wm, Kiuley

Vernon River—I, Ashley.

Murray Hurbor—Il, J. Nott.

Grand and Three Riyers—W.P. Munt

Ebenezer—A. Richard ;

New Bideford—11. Neweombe

J. Chapple Superintendent of the District

te The night wateh is being reyulurly kept,

but more volunteers required. A large nutuber of
property holders have, so far, taken nu purt in this
Important undertaking. We trust all good cittzcns
will see the necessity of keepingup this watch,
and that all who Have not hitherto enrolled their
mimes will do so immediately, The list is at the
Bank, in Mr Gourlie's hands, uM,
The /vaminer suys that about 600 persons sab
down to tea at the Ten Party given in the Rustico
Bank building, on Wednesday the 24th ult.

Rey. Mr. Punshon, being requested to ad-
dress the Methodist Conference atone of their
recent sittings said: ** Speech is silver, silence
is gold, suys the proverb. I do not happen to
have any smuil change about me this morning,
Will you have the gold?”

Resroring Drownep Persoys To Lire.—
Dr. Dabordette of Paris has communicated to.
tie French Academy of Medical Science,
notes upon larynx speculum of his invention,.
hy means of which asphysta by drowning ef-
fectually is cured, even after long immersion.
Dr. Borgeois affirms that he himself brought
to life through the use of the instrument, a
young man whose body had been recovered
after researches of more than an half hour.
Ife says also that persons have been revived
after more than six hours’ immersion.— d/,
Witness.

A Wuorr Conareeation Potsonsp,—
Thé Chicago Zribune has an account of the
poisoning of the whole congregation iu a
church at Napierville, IIL, last Sabbath.
The church was celebrating a love-feast.
A quantity of meat had been prepared in,
« copper kettle, and allowed to remain in.
it all day, till the liquor had become oxy~
dized, The scene that followed beggars.
description. In different parts ot the
church were the sufferers; some sitting’,
some lying on the floor, and all suffering
the most exerutiating agony. Medical ase
sistance was at once summoned, butit was
along time before the whole. (about one
hundred and seh: could be attended to,
About pwenty of the number were regard.
ed as in a dangerous condition, but none
have as yet died, and it is hoped that all
will recover, eet

—— > ee

GOVERNMENT NOTIOES,

Councis Orrtcr, 18th June, 1863.—His
Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in Coun-
cil, has been pleased to appoint Chas. Palmer,
Esq., a member of the Board of Education in
the place of the Hon. John Longworth, in
terms of the Act passed in the late session of
the General Assembly, intituled “An Act to
consolidate and amend the several laws re-
lating to Education.”

Counci, Orrick, 18th June, 1868, Tlis
Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in Coune
cil, has been pleased to make the following
Appointments, viz: —
John Iaszard, Ksq., to be a Commissioner
for the recovery of suall debts, for the Court
at St. Eleanor’s, in the place of Nicholas J,
Brown, lsq., who has left the Island,

Mr. James Reid, to be Postmaster at St.
Eleanor’s, in the terms of the Act 14th Vic-
toria, Cap. 12, in the place of Nicholas J.
Brown, lsq.

Mr. Angus McAuley, to be Postmaster at
the Head of St, Pe ter’sBay, in ternis of the
Act Mth Victoria, Cap, 12. )
Mr. Asa McCube, to be Harbor Master, and
Ballast Master, and Collector of Light Duty,
for the Port of Cascumpec, in the place of
Mr. Benjamin Champion, resigned,

Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry.

Where this article is kuown it is a work of Bu
pererogation to say one word in its fuzor, we
Well is it establinbed as an untuiling remedy for
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Croup, Whooping
Cough, Asthina, disenses of the Throat, Chest and
Lungs, ats well as that most dreaded of ull diseasec,
Consumption, which high medical authority bas
pronouuced to be a curable discase. Those who
hive used this remedy know its value; those who
have not, have but to muke a simple trial to be
sitistied that of all others it is the remedy.

READ THE FOLLOWING ORDE

From a re

I
spectable and well known iain
Cuantotrerows, P, E. Istanp,
June 21, 1860, i
Messrs. 8, W, Fowsr & Co.:
Gentlemen, ~You will please send me another
supply of Dr. Wistar’s Buleam of Wild Cherry,
tnd also some otuer of the Oxyxemited Bitters,tie
sale of which Luin happy to state, is steadily in-
‘Those who have tried either of them
» willing testimony to thelr efficney as
uts in the diseases to which they are
y upplicable. Respectfully yours,
Wa. K. WATSON,

respectiy

IT CURES TROUBLESOME GOUGHS,
Port Hope, C,W, \é .
Messrs. S. W, Bowle & fon Diboeccnlin
Gentlemen :—This certifies that I need Dr. Wis-
ire Balsaur of Wild Cherry tor a onions
cough of some months’ ut suding, and its ellect was
speedy and pernmuent. I believe it is an excel-
lent remedy for pulmouury complaints, and with
pleasure recommend it as such. Yours truly,
THOMAS LITTLE.
Prepared by SETH W. FOWLE & SON, 1&

Tremont Street, Boston, ay i
geneeaiy » Bow a id for sale. by pete

Cr ere
Marri
Georgetown, on ‘the
sq J. P., Mr.

caren raeatens ~rogmn cower]

ed,

20th inst. by Dy
ree he Nbr Swallow, of
or, 0 } | é
Lirch Hill, Lot 40, Ba acacia
At the Manse, Georgetown, on the 20th
inst.. by the Rey, Alexander Me Williams, Mr.

Murdoch Gilles, to Mi
both of Rollo Bay. rapier ten ean)

At

at Wiginore’s Road, after a
seven months, which sho
patience to the Divine Will,
@, the beloved wife of Mr,
od, leaving a sorrowful hus-
“ind , four sons and two daughters to mourn

On the Sth ult..

their loss,

At Lot 11, on Wednesday, the 10 inst.. tho

nent and ouly son of Donald Carr, and Card-

ine Sinith, aged 6 months and 18 days*
On the Hith instant at Botstord Portage, Conn:
¥ Westmorland, N; b., Mary Jane Murrington,
PLE. teland, inthe 4th year of her

Ke, deeply repeotted