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Pope deciared the concordat should have been regarded by
in effect, and he warns all persons who
oi a passed by the pre pan con-
bee pe * Press, toleration,” civil marnage
and education to beware of the spiritual pains and
atiached to violations of the sacred rights of the
4 delivery wh this aparetion,
anted a general par-
te those who laneded the States of the
with a few — exceptions,
24.—The hgrath had adjourned until
ajdournment, Prime Mi-
ermabers vo ~ threats of
enforcing overnment
the law in regard to the confessional. :
(midnight) In the House of Commons
. Trish Refurn was read a third time,
vse ene! peo. cv eeres aed
Gonvention with the United States is still pend~
House of Commons, the Government is endeav-
to-night, the
Question seed, hut no edion Wel tile.
ng interest way manifested in the ques-
cigar pare Her sy one in Abye:
80 m captivity
Theodorus, had arrived in Bagaed and to-day
public gee at King's oolee. Byes Bon was
and warmly welcomy a large as-
of the citizens of I ies : f
- June 24, (even).—-Sunday next has been ap-
a day of thankagi througout Great Britain for
success of the yt Oi expedition. The United
States Squadron under Farragut arrived off Cowes.
It is reported in ne recently received from the Con-
+ op so oa ey Government Sgn a sitesi
var ropresentatives of t power their
tries, announcing that Italy will remain strictly neu-
the event of war between France and Prussa,
Loxvoy, June 29.—The British Steamship Urgent, with
Major Napier and staff on board, arrived at Malta
Peg on the way to England, ‘The health of Count
on Bismarck, who is at present living privately on his
estate in Pomemia, has much improved within ‘the past
few days. Trince Napoleon arrived at Coustantinople
yesterday from Bucharest.
New Yours, June 29.—Advices from Japan via San
are to June Sth, The Mikado at the head of
& powerful army, had aarived near Yeddo, and compel-
the scan to cede nearly half of his private territory,
disband his army and navy, and himself torstire to Mito,
_..., for which’ place “he left.on the 12th of May on foot, in
‘ ‘token of humility. A strong coalition of Damesus had
: beea formed in favor of the ‘I'ycoon, and bloody war was
preysiling,. oe
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..- »“ Nothing in the Papers.” —
Le Canada has been informed that the Imperial Gov-
erninent decided to'demolish the useless fortifications of
‘the City of Quebec, only retaining the present citadel, which
‘is to be covered by a number of land forts. he works in
question are practically obsolete, not worth repairing,—s6
much so that they are falling to pieces, and could be battered
down with a field gun, The impregnable site and the mag-
nificent citadel, however, remain, and so long as Cape Dia-
mond lifts ity majestic head over the surface of the St. Law-
rence, the bristling coronet on its summit must ever be the
Gibraltar of North America.
An Havana despatch of the 3iet ult., says: News
has’ been brought to the Island of St. Vincent a
French vesee! that the passengers and crew of the sloop
Superior, which was supposed to have foundered. off
the Grenadine Isles cighteen months ago, are still
alive ‘on the Spanish Main, but are in slavery.
‘Tne Uxkxnown.—It is supposed that the party who
Was seen to jump from Molson’s Wharf into the river
was Signor Barricelli, whose body was recovered a few
days on Signor Barricelli had been handmaster of the
« fles, and at the time of the suicide was in a very
desponding state of mind.—Montreal Telegraph.
« Henry Hesslein, Esq., proprietor of the Halifax Hotel,
entertained the members of the Germania society of this
_ elty at a dinner in the Hotel, on Monday last, on the oc-
_¢asion of irre gpa the new German fing. The attend-
“ance was large, and the proceedings of a very interest-
ing character.—J/v. Journal.
». The Imperial Government has addressed an energe-
_ tie remonstrance to the United States Government on
_ the subject of the Fenian demonstrations which are
lg pore to go on unchecked within the territory of
American Republic.
Aweekly newspaper, to advocate Annexation to the
United States, is soon to be established in Charlottetown,
P.E.1. We predict that the sheet will be short lived,
as we do not believe the ‘ tight little Island’ is yet ripe
for Annexation.— Hz, Journal.
The Anglican Synod in Ontario refused to adopt a
form of prayer for the Lieutenant Governor, on thé
_ ground that while the Governor General (who was
‘prayed for) represented the Queen, ihe Lieutenant Gov-
ernor did mot.
The officers of Ti, 1. M. Onondago, previous to
their departure for France, presented Dr. B. Cu ran’
ae a pestone gold -wateh, as an acknowledgement
of his attention while fhoy remained gt this port—Hr.
j ie Acoop Joxe.—When at the battle of Monterotondo,
ote after having hid in a confessional, at last took to
“his heels, the French soldiers, who are always ready for a
pe joke, called him Le Ducde Mon-tre-ton-dos (the Due Show
.. thy back), Monter ton do.
-*. Mr. Beaman’s bill, re-establishing Ropipecciey ee re-
etived the approval of the Detroit Board of Trade
which has taken steps to secure the co-operation
of similar bodies in Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, Cleve-
_Jand and other places.
We understand that the prapriatoe of the Halifax
Hotel contemplates enlarging the building, the in-
a business of the establishment requiring great-
* er facilities for the accbmmodation of the pablic.—He.
‘ | Express.
Mrs. O'Donovan Rossa is reading in New York.
Her husband was editor of the Irish gg a0 and is
now under sentence of penal servitude for life for
: tweaking the mane of the British Lion,
¢ Empress of the French has had a long interview
Madame de Miramon, widow of General Miramon,
: was shot with Maximilian, and has conferred upon
her a pension of £240 per annum.
| "Phe Journal de Quebec says that there arc in the
Provinces of Quebec, over fourteen hundred lawyers,
aod that their number is yearly increasing te on cee
Small-pox must he exceeding! valent and of a
fatal type Montreal moet. No leas than
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cigitecn: avictim toitlastweek. |,
The Opinione states that the French troops will be with-
i drawn, Rome before the convocation of the @cumenical
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The Bishop of London has put the President of the
United States into the peso hon along with the
Charles
. of Detroit, who proposes to shoo!
pega eae Falle, in an ladin-ebber bent, bas gels to
the } to fix the preliminaries.
The troop ship Hfmalaya left yesterday afternoon,
with the th Ret a portion of the 17th and a number
of women oy eet iy Express, June %6.
Z N { Herald says, that Reverdy Johnson has
been tre to demand an hinmediate settlement of
se Bank of Montreal has subscribed $1 to the
that thie export of shingles, from Frederic-
. this yéar, will reach one handred millions.
yg is .
ed and [reland are being actively canvassed by can-
Parliamentary honors at the next election.
10 8 i * ;
j Times' dent summarises the Agricul.
The profits of the London Times for the last year
: _ race igs rom £100,000.
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A City Hall is to be erected in St, John, N. B.
r. Sullivan, of the Nation, has been released,
The Chicago Tribune bad a 8
Napierville, IIL, giving an tof the
a whole church congregat t on Sun
The chroch was celebratin;
been Ly ared in a cop
init all day, til thediqui 0 i
who partook of it wete poi . ‘all dl the
most excruciating pain. Medical assiatange was at once
suinmoned, but it was a long time before the entire
namber (about one hundred and thirty) could be attend-
edto. About twenty of the number were regarded as
in a dangerous condition, but nove have yet died, and
it is hoped that all will recover.
Apvvicrs from peer. by the English mail, state thata
combined attack had been made on the rear of Lopez’ po-
sition at Humaita, and after a te battle, the Para-
guayans repulsed them, ‘The seige of [Tumaita still continues.
The fort is closely invested by land and water. Lopes,
with an army of ten thousand men, is strongly fortified on
the river Tebicuari, According to the New York Herald,
the rumours that the govornment of the United States m-
tends to interfere and demand that there shall be no ct.
of government in Paraguay without the consent of t
people themselves, are gaining credence and tend to sustain
the courage of the Paragua, ans, :
' The Melbourne Argus, the leading Australian paper,
says :—“ That the crime of O'Farrell has any political
signifleance, that it was prompted by any local organiza-
tion, or that it was anything more than the reckless act
of man with a taint of a pw Ar his blood, subject to
ungovernable passtons, and suffering from that disease
of the brain which is the bequest of hard drinking, to
wit, delirium tremens, we must continue to doubt, in the
absence of any evidence to the contrary. Fenianism is
dishelieved to have any existence on the continent of
Australia or In the neighboring island of Tasmania.”
It is said that a bundle of letters between Lord Byron
and the Monks Si. Lazarus, with whom he once resided,
has been discovered on the top of a bookcase in the
monastery of Mekitaristra, The alleged discoverer is
a monkey, who was playing pranks on the bookcase in
question,
Melton, the celebrated Canadian trotting horse, in a
match for $1,000, in Detroit, with Palmer, an American
horse, valued at $20,000, won easily in three. straight
heats in 2:44, 2:37, and 2:37}. Betting was 100 to 30
in favor of Palmer.
Ifon. Reverdy Johnson will be accompanied abroad
by his wife and youngest son, who will fill the position
of assistant Secretary of the United States Legation,
recently made vacant by resignation.
Some of the American papers assert that Chicf Justice
Chase will consent to be put in nomination as the Demo-
cratic or Conservative candulate for the Presidency, in
opposition te General Grant. :
The Montreal Gazetle calla loudly for the trial of
Whelan by a special commission.
Ma. Rethix,—Dear Sir.—Wonld you be pleased to in-
form your readers, that the Volunteer Band did not re-
fuse to play on Hillsborough Square; they wore forbidden
by the Committee of that Square to play watil further
notice ; and they applied in the proper quarter to be al-
lowed to play on the top of the Colonial Building ona
Thursday evening, bat would not be allowed,
ONE OF THE BAND,
July ist 1868.
Mr. A. H. Str. Genmats, Proprietor of the Canadian
Advertising Agency, Toronto. Ont., is our Sore
Agent for procuring American Advertisements, and
is authorized also to receive Canadian Advertisements
Sor this paper.
Bhe Herald.
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er Wednesday, July 1, 1868.
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“TIIR IRISH IN AMERICA,”
Have our readers read John Francis Maguire's work
—'The Irish in America”? Ef they havo, they will, no
doubt, agree with us that it is a very attractive work. It
is written in a lively, vigerous style, suited to the
popular taste, and contains many instractive aneedotes,
interspersed with suggestive facts, and much sound ad-
vice to the intending Irish emigrant. As an historical,
philosophic work, however, we are much disappointed
in it; but in this, perhaps, we are unreasonable, Et
would be utterly impossible for the most gifted man to
give a history of “ the Irish in America,” within the time
Mr. Maguire took to accomplish this task. Such a
history and such a work would require years of patient,
personal investigation, Mr. Maguire commenced his
tour of inspection among his countrymen on this side of
the Atlantic, in Nova Scotia. Thence he erossed over
to this Island, and hence to New Brunswick, and finally
the principal towns and States in the Union. This ex-
tensive tour he performed in some eight or nine
months, Considering, therefore, the ground over which
he travelled, and the time devoted to it, Mr. Maguire
has accomplished a great deal in the book before us.
He places His countrymen before the world as he saw
them and heard them described by reliable informants.
Altogether, ‘the Irtsh in America” have no reason to
feel ashamed of the picture which their talented coun-
. tryman has drawn of them. It is only the sky and not
their natare which has changed by crossing the sea to
the New World, The Irish in America are possessed
of the saine abiding faith and simplicity of tastes which
distinguished them athome, Indeed, under the influences
of free Institutions,combined with a fitting return for their
labor, the vast majority of them have made respectable
and steady advances in the aecumulation of wealth, in
Edueation and in social position. ‘The stigma, that the
Trish,as a race,are lazy and improvident, is palpably false
in America, nor does any one but the most ignorant and
prejudiced among their enemies venture upon such an
expression of opinion now-a-days. Of the various
elements and nationalities whith have peopled America,
the Irish, above all others, is most deserving of the
serutinizing attention of the philosophic historian. ‘The
English and the Scotch have had immense odds in their
favor on the old soil, both as regards civil rights and
educational advantages. Nor is it surprising that under
such circumstances, the Irish have occupied an inferior
position to thei more favored fellow-subjects.—Specu-
lative politicians and theorizing zealots have not been
slow to assign reasons, often ridiculously false, to ac-
count for the ‘apparent jucrtness of the Irish people.
But tt is only in America, where our countrymen start
in the race of lif, With anything like a fair equality, that
the fullacy of politicians and sectaries, with respect to
the inferiority of the Irish people, receives a satisfactory
refutation. Mr. Maguire, has, to a certain extent, sne-
cessfully applied himself to the task of exploding a
national delusion, which has received force and direc.
tion from centuries of misrepresentation, contamely
and wrong. But he has not, of necessity, gone to that
extent in sifting this question, which the nature of the
subject required, or which the title of his work would
lead us to expect. After the completion of his work, he
appears to have realized this fact, for, in his preface, he
informs us that “ more than one motive Inflaenced him
in the desire to visit America, and record the results of
his Impressions in a published form.” “TI desired,” he
says, “to ascertain by personal observation what the
Irish—thousands of whom were constantly emigrating,
as it were, from my very door—were doing in America;
and that desite, to eco with my own eyes, and judge
with my own mind, was stimulated by the conflicting
and contradictory accounts which reached home through
varios channels and sources of information, some
friendly, more fostile. I was desirous of understand-
Ing practically the value of man’s labor and industry, as
applied to the cultivation of the soil and the develop-
|plea thatin
| thing could he hoped from them in their own conn
a sna ngage le country was their o
‘been so much the fashion of
Or excuse even the oe
ng to-thapdor and defenceless, on.thé
enee
ir ‘want of capital’ no-
resource ; or to alr of duy material Improvement in
the condition anteireumstances of Ireland until ‘capital’
—meaning bullion or bank-paper—was by some means
or other introduced, and applied to her soil, that I de-
termined to test this problem, or fullacy, by visiting
settlements actually in their infancy, thus going to the
very commencement, and seeing how the first lties
were overcome, and how progress was gradually effect-
ed. I have, in more than one instance, given the result
of my own observation in this respect; and where I had
not the opportunity of judging for myself, I have relied
on the accounts given to me by persons both intelligent
and trustworthy. In whatever prominence I have given
to this subject, I had another and distinct purpose in
view——to combat, by argument and illustration, a sad
error, into which, from many causes and motives, the
Trish are unhappily betrayed; that of not selecting the
right place for thelr special industry—of the Lrish
asant lingering in the city until he becomes merged
n its population, and his legitimate prospects of a future
of honor and independance are lost to him forever. And
to this portion of the volume I earnestly implore the at-
tention of those by whom advice may be usefully given
or influence successfully exerted, so that its lesson may
be urged upon such as have still the cholee ofa future
before them. I desired to learn if, as had been confl-
dently and repeatedly asserted, Irish Catholics lost
their faith, or became indiferent to religion, the moment
they landed in America; or whether, as it had been
asserted In their defence, they were at once the pioncers
and the pillars of their faith. In this enquiry I was
mainly influenced by the cogviction that loss of faith or
indifference to religion would be the most terrible of all
calamities to [rish Catholics; that the necessary result
of that loss of faith or that indifference to religion would
be fatal to their material progress, would disastrously
interfere with the proper performance of their duties as
citizens, and would be certain to turn the public opin-
ion of America against them. [have devoted a con-
siderable portion of the following pages to this vital
subject, and given rather an elaborate sketch of the
A ’ a. ov Imi .—Mr. Alex. Beaton, of East
Pola sommmuiclips te
following facts :-—‘ Along the
[north side of thé
won| extending many miles from
East Polat, is 9 geiadro
¥
of ants, or pismires, in some
P
insects.<?The ants, or pismires, are very
as many feet wide, mixed
wi
large and winged, A large proportion of them were
alive when washed ashore. As soon as they arrive on
terra firma and become recruited with the heat of the
sun, they strike off for the nearest woods. How are we
to account for sucha strange oceurrence? or what is
the meaning of it? Can any one of your many readers
explain ~~ met for repo it a ot
natives,” ‘These fly ants are ve mimo:
parte of Barape and Attica. In the United States, too,
they are not unfrequent visitors. This is the first time
we have heard of their migration so far North. We are
not aware that any danger need be apprehended from
their presence, as they subsist altogether upon animal
matter,
Buackwoop's Magazixe for June has been issued by
the Leonard Scoft Publishing Co., of New York, and
dontains—Grace Owen's Engagement~Part I—a new
and interesting story; The Latest Lawgiver; Unlucky
Tim Griffin, his Love and his Luck—the conclusion of
a side-splitting love-tale; The American Constitution
and the Impeachment of the President; Letters from a
Staff-Oficer with the Abyssinian Expeditton—Part IT. ;
Corneilas O'Dowd—An * Idee Nay nienne "Baron
Buest’s Voyage of Discovery—Six Pounds a Week;
Dreams in the Invalides; George Ellot’s Spanish Gypsy.
Tux Georgia Minstrels have been entertaining the
citizens of Charlottetown for the past two nights. They
perform again this evening for the last time, This troupe
is a superior one, and-has given eyery satisfaction where-
ever they have performed, in Europe and America, ‘Their
music, vocal and Instrumential, 1s excellent, and well
worthy the patronage of the community. Their wit and
acting is highly amusing, and free from grossness. Who-
ever desires a treat, will patronize the performance this
evening, The programme ts a new one.
A seaman, named William Smith, one of the crew of
history and progress of the Catholic Church in America
—of that institution by which, humanly speaking, the |
education, the character, the conduct, the material wel-
fare and social position of the Irish and ‘their descend.
auts are, and must be profoundly influenced. And,
indeed, in giving a history of the growth and progress
of the Catholic Church, | was representing the struggles
and difficulties of the Irish emigrant or settler of the |
present century. Iwas also anxious to ascertain the
real nature, thatis the strength or the intensity, of the
sentiment which [ had reason to believe was entertained
by the Trish in the United States towards the British
;| Government; as [ considered, and I hold rightly, that
the existence of a strong sentiment or fecling of hostility
is a far more serious cause of danger, In case of future
misunderstanding or complication, than any. organisa-
tlon, however apparently extensive or formidable, I
have given the results of iy impressions freely and
without disguise. What Lhave stated will necessarily
be judged of from different points of view; but of this I
feel certain, that did I not write what I know to be the
truth, [ should not be acting with honesty ; and that dis-
guise and concealment would be far more prejudicial
than ‘open and advised speaking.’” After a careful
perusal of Mr. Maguire's work, we fancy we detect in
its design and execution, the sole desire to write for a
European reading public. In America “ The Irish in
America" is not, for many reasons, considered satisine-
tory, and for no one reason stronger than the fact, that
the book does not,.by any means, give any adequate
idea of the Irish emigrants who have made the United
States ard the British American Provinces their home.
This we will showin a future article, when we shall
uote extensively from the work, and make evident that
the suggestive subject has been barely skimmed by Mr.
Maguire, and is stillopen for the pen and the genius of
some more philosophic and practical writer, At present
our available space fs exhausted, and we are forced to
conclade these hastily thrown-together remarks, by
promising to return to the subject at an early day.
SUPREME COURT.
Tux Trinity Term of this Court, for Queen's County,
the Brig Aimphion, whose arrival, after a protracted
voyage from London, we noticed in our last issue, whilst
engaged aloft, during a heavy breeze, fell from the rig-
ging to the deck, and was almost lastantly killed. Ira
severe gale during the voyage, the Amphion was
dismasted, and sad to relate, in clearing the vessel of
the wrecked spar, & young English sailor was carried
over with it, and lost,—thus making two deaths. on
board the Amphiva during her voyage across the At-
lantic. j
We learn that Mr. Geo. Nicol, late of the City Shoe
Factory, and Mr, W, B. Pawson, of the City Tannery,
are both in Town. ‘These arrivals must be refreshing
to their ereditors and victims this warm weather. We
wonder if a more sublime example of outrageous {m-
pudence could be produced throughout the whole
world! Verily the people of Charlottetown are models
of patience and forgiveness, and like to act the part of
the stranger—to be taken In!
Accipents.—A decent old man, named James Don-
nelly, a hod-carriecr, we belleve, who was engaged at
the new Parochial House being built at Vernon River,
met with a severe accident on Wednesday night last, by
falling down the stairs of his lodging-house, His in-
juries were so serious, that shortly after belng removed
to Charlottetown, he dled.
Ow Friday morning, a hod-carrier, named Murphy,
belonging to the South Shore, whilst serving the masons
engaged in building the flues in Connolly's new Store,
Queen Street, fell a distance of a few feet, and broke
several of his ribs, by coming in contact with one of the
beains of the lower storey. Tt is doubtful if he will
survive his injuries, . « }
8.2. Trompsox, Esq., of St. John, N. B., was a pas-
senger by the Steamer Irincess of Wales from Shediac,
on Saturday last. Mr, Thompson has some business
with the Court, now sitting, and will remain on the Island
commenced its sittings in Charlottetown yesterday mor-
Jurors are--John Brecken, Foreman; David Match; R. R.
Hodgson; R. W. Brecken; Wm. Matheson; Roderick
Mann ; Torquil MeNeill; D. M. Harrington ; Owen Curtis;
Wm. D. Lawson; 8. W. McMurray; George Garrett;
David Ross; Andrew Mitchell; John Crosby; John Me-
Donrld, jun.; George Deacon; R. J. Clarke; Wm. In-
man; James D. Mason; Richard Bagnall. The business
of the Court is unusually large—the long deferred affairs
of W. B. Dawson coming on, in addition to the limited
number of cases that usually come before the Court. Itap-
pears that notonly will allthe Lawyers inthis Colony find
employment in the Dawson cases, but gentlemen of the
profession from New Brunswick, have also been engaged
outhem. ‘The docket contains thirty record cases, four
summaries, and five appeals. Hard swearing and ras-
cality will largely characterize many of the cases before
the Court, particularly those connected with the Dawson
Estate. The public may judge of this from the fact that
report says, that W. B. Dawson, in ordee to save his
father, has come back to the Island to attend Court in the
capacity of a witness. to swear that certain notes endors-
ed. or signed by the former, are forgeries! Nicoll has
also come back under the protection of the Court, aud
can snap his fingers at his creditors, ‘This ts a wrinkle
in matters of Justice that we never kucw before, and
must be highly consoling to his late workmen, and other
creditors, The older we grow the,more we learn, but
We are sometimes Inclined to exclaim,
“Old times are changed, old manners gone.”
We shall endeavour to post our readers up in the merits
of the more important cases, with as little delay as pos-
sible, as we are aware that there Is a wide-spread and
deeply personal interest felt in the proceedings of the
Term of the Court just now sitting,
lis Worship the Mayor and City Council have Memo-
rialised the Government for an Institution. to com-
prise both a Work House and a Poor House, with an
Hospital attached, for the reception of indolent and
other paupers, and for the reformation of juvenile
offenders. A Parliamentary Cominittee recommended
that Victoria Barvacks be set apart for the purpose.
There can be no doubt but that Charlottetown is very
much in want of such an Institution, for the number of
vagrants apd impostors who now live upon the com-
munity, is something serious, If the Barracks be con-
sidered a suitable building, we think there will be no
diMeulty in the way of securing it for the purposes. re-
quired. Such an Institution, if only properly conducted
——and It he cy the most enlightened rul*s and manage.
ment to make it a snecess—cannot fail to prove a bene-
fit to the colony at large. It is more or less diseracefal
that a Poor House and Work House, with an Hospital
attached, have not been provided before now. But better
late than never, and it is satisfactory to find the City
Couneil waking up to the importance of the subject at
this late day, with some prospect of supplying a want
long felt by the community.
Doxatp Mornisoy, Esq., of Grand River, Lot 55, has
the reputation of building handsome and well finished
vessels. Judging from the appearance of a new Schoon-
er, called the Octavia, now lying at Peake’s Wharf, we
should say that Mr. Morrison's reputation Is well-desery-
ed, for we ha¥e never seen a better modeled or better
finished vessel. She is about sixty-five tons measure-
ment, and has been built for the firm of Messrs. L. C.
Owen & Co: She is, we believe, intended for the
Mackerel fishing, and is well caleulated for it. All her
appointments are perfect; and if her owners do not
succeed in successfully prosecuting the Mackerel fishing,
the fault will not be that of the Oetavia, or her builder,
tH Tne English steamer arrived at Halifax last
evening at six o'clock. This morning, the Postmaster
General despatched the Heather Belie to Pictou for the
European mails for this Island, which will be recived
this evening.
ta Some original matter and local items omitted
from to-day's paper
ning—both Judges presiding. ‘The names of the Grand | ployed as Counsel for the tenants of this Island, during
| Halifax celebrated the Coronation of Her Majesty
about a fortnight. This is the gentleman who was em-
the sitting of the Land Commission lin 1860,
Queen Victoria, in great style, on Monday last. Bunt-
ing was profusely displayed from the house-tops, and
shipping, and salutes were fired at 12 o'clock, from the
citadel and flag-ships.
Saturday was observed asa loliday in the Public
Offices in Charlottetown, in honor of the celebration of
er Majesty the Queen's coronation. A salute was fired
from the battery at Government House, at 12 o'clock,
and a display of bunting was observable from many
buildings.
‘The New Dominion Monthly for July has come to hand.
This No. is not quite so deversified or attractive as some
of its predecessors, but still a perusal of ‘ts articles will
afford both pleasure and profit. It contains a charm-
ing little ballad, set to music, entitled ‘five o'clock in the
morning.”
The annual Public Examination of the Students of St.
Dunstan's College, will be held on Wednesday, the 8th
inst. The parents and guardians of the Students, as well
as the friends of Education in general, are invited to as-
sist thereat.
Mr. Freorick Perens, son of Judge Peters, has dis-
tinguished himeelf in King's College, Nova Scotia, as a
Mathematical Student, On the 25th alt., he received
the Alummi certificate for his proficiency in Mathemat-
jes.
The Local Government of Nova Scotia refuses to
obey the order of the General Government, command-
ing the first of July to be observed as a Public Holiday,
in honor of the birth of the JPominion.
Reeser the Examination of the pupil @f the Con-
vent on. Monday next. ‘There will be a Goncert in the
evening in &t. Andrew's Hall, at which the prizes will be
awarded to the Convent pupils.
Tur Bank of Prince Edward Island wil remove their
offices this week, from their old place of business, corner
of Queen and Water Streets, to thelr new building on
Great George Street.
Tie Rey. Mr. Punshon, an eloquent Wesleyan Preach-
er, is about to visit Charlottetown, and give ita Inhabl-
tants an opportunity of listening to his wonderfal
oratory.
A Cricker Marcon was: played on Saturday last, be-
tween the Lawyers and an all-comers eleven. ‘The Law-
yers, with the luck which always attends a certain class,
won.
Iv the weather be fine, there will be quiet a crowd of
excursionists from Charlottetown to the ‘Souris Tea-
Party.
Don't forget St. Joseph's School Examination, in St.
Andrew's Hall, to-morrow, commencing at two o'clock,
p. m.
‘Ti relations of the late De, Hogan, of
Regt., are about to sue for damages the
whose Rattway the Doctor lost his, life,
‘Tue Rey. Mr. Panshon will preach in the Wesleyan,
Chapel on Sabbath morning, 5th Jaly, and will lecture on
the following Monday evening.
Tin Irish Volunteers are going to havea Pic Nic this
month. See Advertisement.
ae TlaMiin, of Maine, U. 8,, is now In Charlotte-
the 4th CK. 0.)
upon
Rovat Restpepcr uy IReLAnp.—A ve:
diseussion took place recently in the Bri
Commons on a motion that an address bo presented to
Her Majesty yr vgn ore | that it would conduce to the
advantage of the Crown and the good government of
Ireland, and tend to allay jealousy and discontent jy
that Country, if Her Majesty had a permanent residency
there, and that the mame | — its importance
would cordially co-operate with Her Seats in any stops
she might be pleased to take to carry out so desiratte
an object. All who spoke on the subject highly q
roved of the proposition, buton the suggestion of Mr,
Disraeli, the motion was ultimately withdrawn,
The remarks of Mr, Disraeli, in which Mr. Gladstone
fully concurred, are worth giving. After ex laining
the reasons for the pone Royal visits to the sister
ieland, specifying especially the difficulties of travel ang
the want of a Royal residence. the Premier went on to
ha .
Every Englishman must feel gratified at the man.
ner in which yee and Princess of Wales were ro.
ceived during their recent visit to Treland, and I may be
permitted to say that this has afforded to Her Majesty
not only the peace: ification, butdhé has express.
ed her wish that the visits of the Royal ar may not
be unfreqnent. (Cheers.) With respect to the specific
motion before us, I trust the honorable baronet will not
ask the house in this instance to decide upon it. There
are many reasons, which it is unecessary to dwell upon,
which would make that neonvenient and of no advant-
age to the end he has in view. What has been said to.
day in this house will, [ an sure, not be forgotten. It ig
an expression of feeling which animates very gencrally,
society and the country —(hear, hear)—and I trast that
the time will come when every portion of Her Majesty's
dominions will haye the advantage of the presence of
Her Majesty or s6me membors of tho Royal famiy. [
myeelf should be very happy, if the timo ever comes
when those views will be entirely fulfilled. (Cheers)
interesti
sh House
Prince County Patn.+It will be recollected that
the Logislature at its last session made an appropriation
of £150, ‘for the encouragement of agricultural and
local industry in Prinee County.’ A Fair and Cattle
Show will, therefore, be hell the coming Autumn (in
tho. month of September gegen he ia Summerside, in
and around the Drill Shed, at which we expect to seo a
very good exhibition of the industry of Prmee County,
The following gentlemen have been appoin @l by the
Governor and Council, a Committee to have the man-
agement of the whole affiir: Hon. G. W. Howlan;
Jobn Lord, Esq., Tryon; Joseph O. Arsenault, Esq.,
M.P. P.; Cornelius Howatt, Esq. M. P,P. Finlay
McNeill, Esq., Summerside; Stephen Wright, Eay.,
Bedeque ; Peter MeNatt, Esq., Malpeques Mr. George
Price, Sammerside; Mr. James Wiggins, St. Eleanor's.
Asthe Committee have not yet met, of course we -
cannot give any further information about the matter;
but as soon as they do come together, and the list of
prizes, &o., is made out, we will print the same for the
benefit of our readers, —S,. Progress.
We attended the Rustico Lea Party on Wednesday
last. The weather was fine aud there were a great many
persons present. About 600 persons sat down to ten,
which was an excellent one. The tables were Iaid ty
the new bank building—a fine stone struoture, in the
course of erection near the Chapel. When finished, it
will be quite a handsome edifice. It is built principally
of Island stone and bears testimony to the enterprise
and intelligence of the Acadian French inhabitants of
Rustico. Great improvement has of late years been
made in the social condition of the Acadian population
of that flourishing settloment—chiefly owing to the
labors and the example of their gifted, public spirited
and indefatigable pastor, the Rev. Mr. Bellecourt,
The beneficial results of the good priest's labors will be
seen and felt among his parishoners and their, descend-
ants for many long years to come,— Examiner.
The law imposing Customs Duties is ge vartously In-
terpreted even in the department, that ‘we thougtit on
reading this paragraph there may be something in it, but
on comparison of the Tariffs we found that it really
means little or nothing. Newfoundland sends us no
breadstuifs, and P. E, Island can send us grain of all
kinds, vegetables, roots, butter, eheese, lard, tallow,
animals, meats, &c., &c., free of duty as heretofore.
Wheat flour, rye flour, and corn meal, it can also send
us whenever It has any to export. Oatmeal appears to
be the enly exception to the free admission of agricultur-
al produce. The J.urnal was probably misled by the
change in the arrangement of the Tariff, those articles
which are now admitted frec from any part of the world
having been removed from the special list of articles, the
produce of the Sister Colonies, in favor of which an ex-
ception Is made.— Freeman.
Some of our business men appear determined to keep
their stock of up to the wants of the seasom By
last evening's boat from Nova Scotia, Hoa. B. Davies
received several bales of merchandise, which came by
steamer from Britain to Halifax, and were forwarded by
rail to Pictou. Our merchants, with the present facili-
ties for conveyance, can easily replenish their stock, two
or three times during the course of the ‘summer.— Pot.
¥ 7 ere | ry
ual
Tux Brigt. Nina, from Liverpool, with Goods to Messrs.
Dunean & Co,, and others, arrived at this port yesterday,
after a long passage. ‘The Brig Amphion, from London and
Liverpool, with Goods to Messrs, Peuke Bros, and others
of this city, arrived off this port this morming, after a pro-
tracted voyage.— Ist.
The \watehing system. bas been agaiu-
by many of our townsmen. Two persons-
night.—S. Journal. sleet
Surv News.—Georgetown, June 25,—Cleared for Glas-
gow, G. B., Brigt. Fanny Gordon, Parker. € timber
and deals, Cienfuegos, May 28. —Loading for New York,
Brigt. Idalia, Gordon. Cargo—Sagar, reight $14,00 per
ton, deck load, molasses, at $3 per hhd. istol Channet,
ag 4 sae a Athol, McSwain, 17 days from ty
Ito
each
Died,
At Dromore, Lot 57, on Sunday, the 14th inst., after a
severe illness of seventeen dave, bourne with christian forti-
tude and resignation to the Diy Vill, Ehaabeth, beloved
daughter of Mr. John McLeod, in 2ith year of her age.
Her kind and faithful disposition won for ber the esteem of
eg pa had the pleasure of her,acquaintance. © Requiescat
ey iat
At Cable Head, on the 5th June, Catherine MeKenzie,
—— wife of Mr, Donald Sutherland, in the/77¢th year of
Un the Jith inst, at Dotstord. Portege, County of Wost-
moreland, New Brunswick, Mary Jane
daughter of Mr, Charlee Harrington, of DeSable, Prince
Edward Island, in the 24th year of her age, ly re-
— by a large circle. of relatives, friends, neigh-
ew Advertisements.
QUEEN’S COUNTY
Volunteer Rifle Association.
T A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL of the above
Society, the following members being present, viz:
Colonel Jonny Hamiron Gray,
Lieut. Col. Henry Beer,
Conan ee McIntyre, ©
~e » W. Horan,
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F, 8. Loxeworrn,
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Chitown, July let, 1868.
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sr eaeee ect oP clone
austria ved,
Pope deciared the concordat should have been regarded by
in effect, and he warns all persons who
oi a passed by the pre pan con-
bee pe * Press, toleration,” civil marnage
and education to beware of the spiritual pains and
atiached to violations of the sacred rights of the
4 delivery wh this aparetion,
anted a general par-
te those who laneded the States of the
with a few — exceptions,
24.—The hgrath had adjourned until
ajdournment, Prime Mi-
ermabers vo ~ threats of
enforcing overnment
the law in regard to the confessional. :
(midnight) In the House of Commons
. Trish Refurn was read a third time,
vse ene! peo. cv eeres aed
Gonvention with the United States is still pend~
House of Commons, the Government is endeav-
to-night, the
Question seed, hut no edion Wel tile.
ng interest way manifested in the ques-
cigar pare Her sy one in Abye:
80 m captivity
Theodorus, had arrived in Bagaed and to-day
public gee at King's oolee. Byes Bon was
and warmly welcomy a large as-
of the citizens of I ies : f
- June 24, (even).—-Sunday next has been ap-
a day of thankagi througout Great Britain for
success of the yt Oi expedition. The United
States Squadron under Farragut arrived off Cowes.
It is reported in ne recently received from the Con-
+ op so oa ey Government Sgn a sitesi
var ropresentatives of t power their
tries, announcing that Italy will remain strictly neu-
the event of war between France and Prussa,
Loxvoy, June 29.—The British Steamship Urgent, with
Major Napier and staff on board, arrived at Malta
Peg on the way to England, ‘The health of Count
on Bismarck, who is at present living privately on his
estate in Pomemia, has much improved within ‘the past
few days. Trince Napoleon arrived at Coustantinople
yesterday from Bucharest.
New Yours, June 29.—Advices from Japan via San
are to June Sth, The Mikado at the head of
& powerful army, had aarived near Yeddo, and compel-
the scan to cede nearly half of his private territory,
disband his army and navy, and himself torstire to Mito,
_..., for which’ place “he left.on the 12th of May on foot, in
‘ ‘token of humility. A strong coalition of Damesus had
: beea formed in favor of the ‘I'ycoon, and bloody war was
preysiling,. oe
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..- »“ Nothing in the Papers.” —
Le Canada has been informed that the Imperial Gov-
erninent decided to'demolish the useless fortifications of
‘the City of Quebec, only retaining the present citadel, which
‘is to be covered by a number of land forts. he works in
question are practically obsolete, not worth repairing,—s6
much so that they are falling to pieces, and could be battered
down with a field gun, The impregnable site and the mag-
nificent citadel, however, remain, and so long as Cape Dia-
mond lifts ity majestic head over the surface of the St. Law-
rence, the bristling coronet on its summit must ever be the
Gibraltar of North America.
An Havana despatch of the 3iet ult., says: News
has’ been brought to the Island of St. Vincent a
French vesee! that the passengers and crew of the sloop
Superior, which was supposed to have foundered. off
the Grenadine Isles cighteen months ago, are still
alive ‘on the Spanish Main, but are in slavery.
‘Tne Uxkxnown.—It is supposed that the party who
Was seen to jump from Molson’s Wharf into the river
was Signor Barricelli, whose body was recovered a few
days on Signor Barricelli had been handmaster of the
« fles, and at the time of the suicide was in a very
desponding state of mind.—Montreal Telegraph.
« Henry Hesslein, Esq., proprietor of the Halifax Hotel,
entertained the members of the Germania society of this
_ elty at a dinner in the Hotel, on Monday last, on the oc-
_¢asion of irre gpa the new German fing. The attend-
“ance was large, and the proceedings of a very interest-
ing character.—J/v. Journal.
». The Imperial Government has addressed an energe-
_ tie remonstrance to the United States Government on
_ the subject of the Fenian demonstrations which are
lg pore to go on unchecked within the territory of
American Republic.
Aweekly newspaper, to advocate Annexation to the
United States, is soon to be established in Charlottetown,
P.E.1. We predict that the sheet will be short lived,
as we do not believe the ‘ tight little Island’ is yet ripe
for Annexation.— Hz, Journal.
The Anglican Synod in Ontario refused to adopt a
form of prayer for the Lieutenant Governor, on thé
_ ground that while the Governor General (who was
‘prayed for) represented the Queen, ihe Lieutenant Gov-
ernor did mot.
The officers of Ti, 1. M. Onondago, previous to
their departure for France, presented Dr. B. Cu ran’
ae a pestone gold -wateh, as an acknowledgement
of his attention while fhoy remained gt this port—Hr.
j ie Acoop Joxe.—When at the battle of Monterotondo,
ote after having hid in a confessional, at last took to
“his heels, the French soldiers, who are always ready for a
pe joke, called him Le Ducde Mon-tre-ton-dos (the Due Show
.. thy back), Monter ton do.
-*. Mr. Beaman’s bill, re-establishing Ropipecciey ee re-
etived the approval of the Detroit Board of Trade
which has taken steps to secure the co-operation
of similar bodies in Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, Cleve-
_Jand and other places.
We understand that the prapriatoe of the Halifax
Hotel contemplates enlarging the building, the in-
a business of the establishment requiring great-
* er facilities for the accbmmodation of the pablic.—He.
‘ | Express.
Mrs. O'Donovan Rossa is reading in New York.
Her husband was editor of the Irish gg a0 and is
now under sentence of penal servitude for life for
: tweaking the mane of the British Lion,
¢ Empress of the French has had a long interview
Madame de Miramon, widow of General Miramon,
: was shot with Maximilian, and has conferred upon
her a pension of £240 per annum.
| "Phe Journal de Quebec says that there arc in the
Provinces of Quebec, over fourteen hundred lawyers,
aod that their number is yearly increasing te on cee
Small-pox must he exceeding! valent and of a
fatal type Montreal moet. No leas than
fe
cigitecn: avictim toitlastweek. |,
The Opinione states that the French troops will be with-
i drawn, Rome before the convocation of the @cumenical
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The Bishop of London has put the President of the
United States into the peso hon along with the
Charles
. of Detroit, who proposes to shoo!
pega eae Falle, in an ladin-ebber bent, bas gels to
the } to fix the preliminaries.
The troop ship Hfmalaya left yesterday afternoon,
with the th Ret a portion of the 17th and a number
of women oy eet iy Express, June %6.
Z N { Herald says, that Reverdy Johnson has
been tre to demand an hinmediate settlement of
se Bank of Montreal has subscribed $1 to the
that thie export of shingles, from Frederic-
. this yéar, will reach one handred millions.
yg is .
ed and [reland are being actively canvassed by can-
Parliamentary honors at the next election.
10 8 i * ;
j Times' dent summarises the Agricul.
The profits of the London Times for the last year
: _ race igs rom £100,000.
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A City Hall is to be erected in St, John, N. B.
r. Sullivan, of the Nation, has been released,
The Chicago Tribune bad a 8
Napierville, IIL, giving an tof the
a whole church congregat t on Sun
The chroch was celebratin;
been Ly ared in a cop
init all day, til thediqui 0 i
who partook of it wete poi . ‘all dl the
most excruciating pain. Medical assiatange was at once
suinmoned, but it was a long time before the entire
namber (about one hundred and thirty) could be attend-
edto. About twenty of the number were regarded as
in a dangerous condition, but nove have yet died, and
it is hoped that all will recover.
Apvvicrs from peer. by the English mail, state thata
combined attack had been made on the rear of Lopez’ po-
sition at Humaita, and after a te battle, the Para-
guayans repulsed them, ‘The seige of [Tumaita still continues.
The fort is closely invested by land and water. Lopes,
with an army of ten thousand men, is strongly fortified on
the river Tebicuari, According to the New York Herald,
the rumours that the govornment of the United States m-
tends to interfere and demand that there shall be no ct.
of government in Paraguay without the consent of t
people themselves, are gaining credence and tend to sustain
the courage of the Paragua, ans, :
' The Melbourne Argus, the leading Australian paper,
says :—“ That the crime of O'Farrell has any political
signifleance, that it was prompted by any local organiza-
tion, or that it was anything more than the reckless act
of man with a taint of a pw Ar his blood, subject to
ungovernable passtons, and suffering from that disease
of the brain which is the bequest of hard drinking, to
wit, delirium tremens, we must continue to doubt, in the
absence of any evidence to the contrary. Fenianism is
dishelieved to have any existence on the continent of
Australia or In the neighboring island of Tasmania.”
It is said that a bundle of letters between Lord Byron
and the Monks Si. Lazarus, with whom he once resided,
has been discovered on the top of a bookcase in the
monastery of Mekitaristra, The alleged discoverer is
a monkey, who was playing pranks on the bookcase in
question,
Melton, the celebrated Canadian trotting horse, in a
match for $1,000, in Detroit, with Palmer, an American
horse, valued at $20,000, won easily in three. straight
heats in 2:44, 2:37, and 2:37}. Betting was 100 to 30
in favor of Palmer.
Ifon. Reverdy Johnson will be accompanied abroad
by his wife and youngest son, who will fill the position
of assistant Secretary of the United States Legation,
recently made vacant by resignation.
Some of the American papers assert that Chicf Justice
Chase will consent to be put in nomination as the Demo-
cratic or Conservative candulate for the Presidency, in
opposition te General Grant. :
The Montreal Gazetle calla loudly for the trial of
Whelan by a special commission.
Ma. Rethix,—Dear Sir.—Wonld you be pleased to in-
form your readers, that the Volunteer Band did not re-
fuse to play on Hillsborough Square; they wore forbidden
by the Committee of that Square to play watil further
notice ; and they applied in the proper quarter to be al-
lowed to play on the top of the Colonial Building ona
Thursday evening, bat would not be allowed,
ONE OF THE BAND,
July ist 1868.
Mr. A. H. Str. Genmats, Proprietor of the Canadian
Advertising Agency, Toronto. Ont., is our Sore
Agent for procuring American Advertisements, and
is authorized also to receive Canadian Advertisements
Sor this paper.
Bhe Herald.
_ et emt
er Wednesday, July 1, 1868.
—
ars nag ett
“TIIR IRISH IN AMERICA,”
Have our readers read John Francis Maguire's work
—'The Irish in America”? Ef they havo, they will, no
doubt, agree with us that it is a very attractive work. It
is written in a lively, vigerous style, suited to the
popular taste, and contains many instractive aneedotes,
interspersed with suggestive facts, and much sound ad-
vice to the intending Irish emigrant. As an historical,
philosophic work, however, we are much disappointed
in it; but in this, perhaps, we are unreasonable, Et
would be utterly impossible for the most gifted man to
give a history of “ the Irish in America,” within the time
Mr. Maguire took to accomplish this task. Such a
history and such a work would require years of patient,
personal investigation, Mr. Maguire commenced his
tour of inspection among his countrymen on this side of
the Atlantic, in Nova Scotia. Thence he erossed over
to this Island, and hence to New Brunswick, and finally
the principal towns and States in the Union. This ex-
tensive tour he performed in some eight or nine
months, Considering, therefore, the ground over which
he travelled, and the time devoted to it, Mr. Maguire
has accomplished a great deal in the book before us.
He places His countrymen before the world as he saw
them and heard them described by reliable informants.
Altogether, ‘the Irtsh in America” have no reason to
feel ashamed of the picture which their talented coun-
. tryman has drawn of them. It is only the sky and not
their natare which has changed by crossing the sea to
the New World, The Irish in America are possessed
of the saine abiding faith and simplicity of tastes which
distinguished them athome, Indeed, under the influences
of free Institutions,combined with a fitting return for their
labor, the vast majority of them have made respectable
and steady advances in the aecumulation of wealth, in
Edueation and in social position. ‘The stigma, that the
Trish,as a race,are lazy and improvident, is palpably false
in America, nor does any one but the most ignorant and
prejudiced among their enemies venture upon such an
expression of opinion now-a-days. Of the various
elements and nationalities whith have peopled America,
the Irish, above all others, is most deserving of the
serutinizing attention of the philosophic historian. ‘The
English and the Scotch have had immense odds in their
favor on the old soil, both as regards civil rights and
educational advantages. Nor is it surprising that under
such circumstances, the Irish have occupied an inferior
position to thei more favored fellow-subjects.—Specu-
lative politicians and theorizing zealots have not been
slow to assign reasons, often ridiculously false, to ac-
count for the ‘apparent jucrtness of the Irish people.
But tt is only in America, where our countrymen start
in the race of lif, With anything like a fair equality, that
the fullacy of politicians and sectaries, with respect to
the inferiority of the Irish people, receives a satisfactory
refutation. Mr. Maguire, has, to a certain extent, sne-
cessfully applied himself to the task of exploding a
national delusion, which has received force and direc.
tion from centuries of misrepresentation, contamely
and wrong. But he has not, of necessity, gone to that
extent in sifting this question, which the nature of the
subject required, or which the title of his work would
lead us to expect. After the completion of his work, he
appears to have realized this fact, for, in his preface, he
informs us that “ more than one motive Inflaenced him
in the desire to visit America, and record the results of
his Impressions in a published form.” “TI desired,” he
says, “to ascertain by personal observation what the
Irish—thousands of whom were constantly emigrating,
as it were, from my very door—were doing in America;
and that desite, to eco with my own eyes, and judge
with my own mind, was stimulated by the conflicting
and contradictory accounts which reached home through
varios channels and sources of information, some
friendly, more fostile. I was desirous of understand-
Ing practically the value of man’s labor and industry, as
applied to the cultivation of the soil and the develop-
|plea thatin
| thing could he hoped from them in their own conn
a sna ngage le country was their o
‘been so much the fashion of
Or excuse even the oe
ng to-thapdor and defenceless, on.thé
enee
ir ‘want of capital’ no-
resource ; or to alr of duy material Improvement in
the condition anteireumstances of Ireland until ‘capital’
—meaning bullion or bank-paper—was by some means
or other introduced, and applied to her soil, that I de-
termined to test this problem, or fullacy, by visiting
settlements actually in their infancy, thus going to the
very commencement, and seeing how the first lties
were overcome, and how progress was gradually effect-
ed. I have, in more than one instance, given the result
of my own observation in this respect; and where I had
not the opportunity of judging for myself, I have relied
on the accounts given to me by persons both intelligent
and trustworthy. In whatever prominence I have given
to this subject, I had another and distinct purpose in
view——to combat, by argument and illustration, a sad
error, into which, from many causes and motives, the
Trish are unhappily betrayed; that of not selecting the
right place for thelr special industry—of the Lrish
asant lingering in the city until he becomes merged
n its population, and his legitimate prospects of a future
of honor and independance are lost to him forever. And
to this portion of the volume I earnestly implore the at-
tention of those by whom advice may be usefully given
or influence successfully exerted, so that its lesson may
be urged upon such as have still the cholee ofa future
before them. I desired to learn if, as had been confl-
dently and repeatedly asserted, Irish Catholics lost
their faith, or became indiferent to religion, the moment
they landed in America; or whether, as it had been
asserted In their defence, they were at once the pioncers
and the pillars of their faith. In this enquiry I was
mainly influenced by the cogviction that loss of faith or
indifference to religion would be the most terrible of all
calamities to [rish Catholics; that the necessary result
of that loss of faith or that indifference to religion would
be fatal to their material progress, would disastrously
interfere with the proper performance of their duties as
citizens, and would be certain to turn the public opin-
ion of America against them. [have devoted a con-
siderable portion of the following pages to this vital
subject, and given rather an elaborate sketch of the
A ’ a. ov Imi .—Mr. Alex. Beaton, of East
Pola sommmuiclips te
following facts :-—‘ Along the
[north side of thé
won| extending many miles from
East Polat, is 9 geiadro
¥
of ants, or pismires, in some
P
insects.<?The ants, or pismires, are very
as many feet wide, mixed
wi
large and winged, A large proportion of them were
alive when washed ashore. As soon as they arrive on
terra firma and become recruited with the heat of the
sun, they strike off for the nearest woods. How are we
to account for sucha strange oceurrence? or what is
the meaning of it? Can any one of your many readers
explain ~~ met for repo it a ot
natives,” ‘These fly ants are ve mimo:
parte of Barape and Attica. In the United States, too,
they are not unfrequent visitors. This is the first time
we have heard of their migration so far North. We are
not aware that any danger need be apprehended from
their presence, as they subsist altogether upon animal
matter,
Buackwoop's Magazixe for June has been issued by
the Leonard Scoft Publishing Co., of New York, and
dontains—Grace Owen's Engagement~Part I—a new
and interesting story; The Latest Lawgiver; Unlucky
Tim Griffin, his Love and his Luck—the conclusion of
a side-splitting love-tale; The American Constitution
and the Impeachment of the President; Letters from a
Staff-Oficer with the Abyssinian Expeditton—Part IT. ;
Corneilas O'Dowd—An * Idee Nay nienne "Baron
Buest’s Voyage of Discovery—Six Pounds a Week;
Dreams in the Invalides; George Ellot’s Spanish Gypsy.
Tux Georgia Minstrels have been entertaining the
citizens of Charlottetown for the past two nights. They
perform again this evening for the last time, This troupe
is a superior one, and-has given eyery satisfaction where-
ever they have performed, in Europe and America, ‘Their
music, vocal and Instrumential, 1s excellent, and well
worthy the patronage of the community. Their wit and
acting is highly amusing, and free from grossness. Who-
ever desires a treat, will patronize the performance this
evening, The programme ts a new one.
A seaman, named William Smith, one of the crew of
history and progress of the Catholic Church in America
—of that institution by which, humanly speaking, the |
education, the character, the conduct, the material wel-
fare and social position of the Irish and ‘their descend.
auts are, and must be profoundly influenced. And,
indeed, in giving a history of the growth and progress
of the Catholic Church, | was representing the struggles
and difficulties of the Irish emigrant or settler of the |
present century. Iwas also anxious to ascertain the
real nature, thatis the strength or the intensity, of the
sentiment which [ had reason to believe was entertained
by the Trish in the United States towards the British
;| Government; as [ considered, and I hold rightly, that
the existence of a strong sentiment or fecling of hostility
is a far more serious cause of danger, In case of future
misunderstanding or complication, than any. organisa-
tlon, however apparently extensive or formidable, I
have given the results of iy impressions freely and
without disguise. What Lhave stated will necessarily
be judged of from different points of view; but of this I
feel certain, that did I not write what I know to be the
truth, [ should not be acting with honesty ; and that dis-
guise and concealment would be far more prejudicial
than ‘open and advised speaking.’” After a careful
perusal of Mr. Maguire's work, we fancy we detect in
its design and execution, the sole desire to write for a
European reading public. In America “ The Irish in
America" is not, for many reasons, considered satisine-
tory, and for no one reason stronger than the fact, that
the book does not,.by any means, give any adequate
idea of the Irish emigrants who have made the United
States ard the British American Provinces their home.
This we will showin a future article, when we shall
uote extensively from the work, and make evident that
the suggestive subject has been barely skimmed by Mr.
Maguire, and is stillopen for the pen and the genius of
some more philosophic and practical writer, At present
our available space fs exhausted, and we are forced to
conclade these hastily thrown-together remarks, by
promising to return to the subject at an early day.
SUPREME COURT.
Tux Trinity Term of this Court, for Queen's County,
the Brig Aimphion, whose arrival, after a protracted
voyage from London, we noticed in our last issue, whilst
engaged aloft, during a heavy breeze, fell from the rig-
ging to the deck, and was almost lastantly killed. Ira
severe gale during the voyage, the Amphion was
dismasted, and sad to relate, in clearing the vessel of
the wrecked spar, & young English sailor was carried
over with it, and lost,—thus making two deaths. on
board the Amphiva during her voyage across the At-
lantic. j
We learn that Mr. Geo. Nicol, late of the City Shoe
Factory, and Mr, W, B. Pawson, of the City Tannery,
are both in Town. ‘These arrivals must be refreshing
to their ereditors and victims this warm weather. We
wonder if a more sublime example of outrageous {m-
pudence could be produced throughout the whole
world! Verily the people of Charlottetown are models
of patience and forgiveness, and like to act the part of
the stranger—to be taken In!
Accipents.—A decent old man, named James Don-
nelly, a hod-carriecr, we belleve, who was engaged at
the new Parochial House being built at Vernon River,
met with a severe accident on Wednesday night last, by
falling down the stairs of his lodging-house, His in-
juries were so serious, that shortly after belng removed
to Charlottetown, he dled.
Ow Friday morning, a hod-carrier, named Murphy,
belonging to the South Shore, whilst serving the masons
engaged in building the flues in Connolly's new Store,
Queen Street, fell a distance of a few feet, and broke
several of his ribs, by coming in contact with one of the
beains of the lower storey. Tt is doubtful if he will
survive his injuries, . « }
8.2. Trompsox, Esq., of St. John, N. B., was a pas-
senger by the Steamer Irincess of Wales from Shediac,
on Saturday last. Mr, Thompson has some business
with the Court, now sitting, and will remain on the Island
commenced its sittings in Charlottetown yesterday mor-
Jurors are--John Brecken, Foreman; David Match; R. R.
Hodgson; R. W. Brecken; Wm. Matheson; Roderick
Mann ; Torquil MeNeill; D. M. Harrington ; Owen Curtis;
Wm. D. Lawson; 8. W. McMurray; George Garrett;
David Ross; Andrew Mitchell; John Crosby; John Me-
Donrld, jun.; George Deacon; R. J. Clarke; Wm. In-
man; James D. Mason; Richard Bagnall. The business
of the Court is unusually large—the long deferred affairs
of W. B. Dawson coming on, in addition to the limited
number of cases that usually come before the Court. Itap-
pears that notonly will allthe Lawyers inthis Colony find
employment in the Dawson cases, but gentlemen of the
profession from New Brunswick, have also been engaged
outhem. ‘The docket contains thirty record cases, four
summaries, and five appeals. Hard swearing and ras-
cality will largely characterize many of the cases before
the Court, particularly those connected with the Dawson
Estate. The public may judge of this from the fact that
report says, that W. B. Dawson, in ordee to save his
father, has come back to the Island to attend Court in the
capacity of a witness. to swear that certain notes endors-
ed. or signed by the former, are forgeries! Nicoll has
also come back under the protection of the Court, aud
can snap his fingers at his creditors, ‘This ts a wrinkle
in matters of Justice that we never kucw before, and
must be highly consoling to his late workmen, and other
creditors, The older we grow the,more we learn, but
We are sometimes Inclined to exclaim,
“Old times are changed, old manners gone.”
We shall endeavour to post our readers up in the merits
of the more important cases, with as little delay as pos-
sible, as we are aware that there Is a wide-spread and
deeply personal interest felt in the proceedings of the
Term of the Court just now sitting,
lis Worship the Mayor and City Council have Memo-
rialised the Government for an Institution. to com-
prise both a Work House and a Poor House, with an
Hospital attached, for the reception of indolent and
other paupers, and for the reformation of juvenile
offenders. A Parliamentary Cominittee recommended
that Victoria Barvacks be set apart for the purpose.
There can be no doubt but that Charlottetown is very
much in want of such an Institution, for the number of
vagrants apd impostors who now live upon the com-
munity, is something serious, If the Barracks be con-
sidered a suitable building, we think there will be no
diMeulty in the way of securing it for the purposes. re-
quired. Such an Institution, if only properly conducted
——and It he cy the most enlightened rul*s and manage.
ment to make it a snecess—cannot fail to prove a bene-
fit to the colony at large. It is more or less diseracefal
that a Poor House and Work House, with an Hospital
attached, have not been provided before now. But better
late than never, and it is satisfactory to find the City
Couneil waking up to the importance of the subject at
this late day, with some prospect of supplying a want
long felt by the community.
Doxatp Mornisoy, Esq., of Grand River, Lot 55, has
the reputation of building handsome and well finished
vessels. Judging from the appearance of a new Schoon-
er, called the Octavia, now lying at Peake’s Wharf, we
should say that Mr. Morrison's reputation Is well-desery-
ed, for we ha¥e never seen a better modeled or better
finished vessel. She is about sixty-five tons measure-
ment, and has been built for the firm of Messrs. L. C.
Owen & Co: She is, we believe, intended for the
Mackerel fishing, and is well caleulated for it. All her
appointments are perfect; and if her owners do not
succeed in successfully prosecuting the Mackerel fishing,
the fault will not be that of the Oetavia, or her builder,
tH Tne English steamer arrived at Halifax last
evening at six o'clock. This morning, the Postmaster
General despatched the Heather Belie to Pictou for the
European mails for this Island, which will be recived
this evening.
ta Some original matter and local items omitted
from to-day's paper
ning—both Judges presiding. ‘The names of the Grand | ployed as Counsel for the tenants of this Island, during
| Halifax celebrated the Coronation of Her Majesty
about a fortnight. This is the gentleman who was em-
the sitting of the Land Commission lin 1860,
Queen Victoria, in great style, on Monday last. Bunt-
ing was profusely displayed from the house-tops, and
shipping, and salutes were fired at 12 o'clock, from the
citadel and flag-ships.
Saturday was observed asa loliday in the Public
Offices in Charlottetown, in honor of the celebration of
er Majesty the Queen's coronation. A salute was fired
from the battery at Government House, at 12 o'clock,
and a display of bunting was observable from many
buildings.
‘The New Dominion Monthly for July has come to hand.
This No. is not quite so deversified or attractive as some
of its predecessors, but still a perusal of ‘ts articles will
afford both pleasure and profit. It contains a charm-
ing little ballad, set to music, entitled ‘five o'clock in the
morning.”
The annual Public Examination of the Students of St.
Dunstan's College, will be held on Wednesday, the 8th
inst. The parents and guardians of the Students, as well
as the friends of Education in general, are invited to as-
sist thereat.
Mr. Freorick Perens, son of Judge Peters, has dis-
tinguished himeelf in King's College, Nova Scotia, as a
Mathematical Student, On the 25th alt., he received
the Alummi certificate for his proficiency in Mathemat-
jes.
The Local Government of Nova Scotia refuses to
obey the order of the General Government, command-
ing the first of July to be observed as a Public Holiday,
in honor of the birth of the JPominion.
Reeser the Examination of the pupil @f the Con-
vent on. Monday next. ‘There will be a Goncert in the
evening in &t. Andrew's Hall, at which the prizes will be
awarded to the Convent pupils.
Tur Bank of Prince Edward Island wil remove their
offices this week, from their old place of business, corner
of Queen and Water Streets, to thelr new building on
Great George Street.
Tie Rey. Mr. Punshon, an eloquent Wesleyan Preach-
er, is about to visit Charlottetown, and give ita Inhabl-
tants an opportunity of listening to his wonderfal
oratory.
A Cricker Marcon was: played on Saturday last, be-
tween the Lawyers and an all-comers eleven. ‘The Law-
yers, with the luck which always attends a certain class,
won.
Iv the weather be fine, there will be quiet a crowd of
excursionists from Charlottetown to the ‘Souris Tea-
Party.
Don't forget St. Joseph's School Examination, in St.
Andrew's Hall, to-morrow, commencing at two o'clock,
p. m.
‘Ti relations of the late De, Hogan, of
Regt., are about to sue for damages the
whose Rattway the Doctor lost his, life,
‘Tue Rey. Mr. Panshon will preach in the Wesleyan,
Chapel on Sabbath morning, 5th Jaly, and will lecture on
the following Monday evening.
Tin Irish Volunteers are going to havea Pic Nic this
month. See Advertisement.
ae TlaMiin, of Maine, U. 8,, is now In Charlotte-
the 4th CK. 0.)
upon
Rovat Restpepcr uy IReLAnp.—A ve:
diseussion took place recently in the Bri
Commons on a motion that an address bo presented to
Her Majesty yr vgn ore | that it would conduce to the
advantage of the Crown and the good government of
Ireland, and tend to allay jealousy and discontent jy
that Country, if Her Majesty had a permanent residency
there, and that the mame | — its importance
would cordially co-operate with Her Seats in any stops
she might be pleased to take to carry out so desiratte
an object. All who spoke on the subject highly q
roved of the proposition, buton the suggestion of Mr,
Disraeli, the motion was ultimately withdrawn,
The remarks of Mr, Disraeli, in which Mr. Gladstone
fully concurred, are worth giving. After ex laining
the reasons for the pone Royal visits to the sister
ieland, specifying especially the difficulties of travel ang
the want of a Royal residence. the Premier went on to
ha .
Every Englishman must feel gratified at the man.
ner in which yee and Princess of Wales were ro.
ceived during their recent visit to Treland, and I may be
permitted to say that this has afforded to Her Majesty
not only the peace: ification, butdhé has express.
ed her wish that the visits of the Royal ar may not
be unfreqnent. (Cheers.) With respect to the specific
motion before us, I trust the honorable baronet will not
ask the house in this instance to decide upon it. There
are many reasons, which it is unecessary to dwell upon,
which would make that neonvenient and of no advant-
age to the end he has in view. What has been said to.
day in this house will, [ an sure, not be forgotten. It ig
an expression of feeling which animates very gencrally,
society and the country —(hear, hear)—and I trast that
the time will come when every portion of Her Majesty's
dominions will haye the advantage of the presence of
Her Majesty or s6me membors of tho Royal famiy. [
myeelf should be very happy, if the timo ever comes
when those views will be entirely fulfilled. (Cheers)
interesti
sh House
Prince County Patn.+It will be recollected that
the Logislature at its last session made an appropriation
of £150, ‘for the encouragement of agricultural and
local industry in Prinee County.’ A Fair and Cattle
Show will, therefore, be hell the coming Autumn (in
tho. month of September gegen he ia Summerside, in
and around the Drill Shed, at which we expect to seo a
very good exhibition of the industry of Prmee County,
The following gentlemen have been appoin @l by the
Governor and Council, a Committee to have the man-
agement of the whole affiir: Hon. G. W. Howlan;
Jobn Lord, Esq., Tryon; Joseph O. Arsenault, Esq.,
M.P. P.; Cornelius Howatt, Esq. M. P,P. Finlay
McNeill, Esq., Summerside; Stephen Wright, Eay.,
Bedeque ; Peter MeNatt, Esq., Malpeques Mr. George
Price, Sammerside; Mr. James Wiggins, St. Eleanor's.
Asthe Committee have not yet met, of course we -
cannot give any further information about the matter;
but as soon as they do come together, and the list of
prizes, &o., is made out, we will print the same for the
benefit of our readers, —S,. Progress.
We attended the Rustico Lea Party on Wednesday
last. The weather was fine aud there were a great many
persons present. About 600 persons sat down to ten,
which was an excellent one. The tables were Iaid ty
the new bank building—a fine stone struoture, in the
course of erection near the Chapel. When finished, it
will be quite a handsome edifice. It is built principally
of Island stone and bears testimony to the enterprise
and intelligence of the Acadian French inhabitants of
Rustico. Great improvement has of late years been
made in the social condition of the Acadian population
of that flourishing settloment—chiefly owing to the
labors and the example of their gifted, public spirited
and indefatigable pastor, the Rev. Mr. Bellecourt,
The beneficial results of the good priest's labors will be
seen and felt among his parishoners and their, descend-
ants for many long years to come,— Examiner.
The law imposing Customs Duties is ge vartously In-
terpreted even in the department, that ‘we thougtit on
reading this paragraph there may be something in it, but
on comparison of the Tariffs we found that it really
means little or nothing. Newfoundland sends us no
breadstuifs, and P. E, Island can send us grain of all
kinds, vegetables, roots, butter, eheese, lard, tallow,
animals, meats, &c., &c., free of duty as heretofore.
Wheat flour, rye flour, and corn meal, it can also send
us whenever It has any to export. Oatmeal appears to
be the enly exception to the free admission of agricultur-
al produce. The J.urnal was probably misled by the
change in the arrangement of the Tariff, those articles
which are now admitted frec from any part of the world
having been removed from the special list of articles, the
produce of the Sister Colonies, in favor of which an ex-
ception Is made.— Freeman.
Some of our business men appear determined to keep
their stock of up to the wants of the seasom By
last evening's boat from Nova Scotia, Hoa. B. Davies
received several bales of merchandise, which came by
steamer from Britain to Halifax, and were forwarded by
rail to Pictou. Our merchants, with the present facili-
ties for conveyance, can easily replenish their stock, two
or three times during the course of the ‘summer.— Pot.
¥ 7 ere | ry
ual
Tux Brigt. Nina, from Liverpool, with Goods to Messrs.
Dunean & Co,, and others, arrived at this port yesterday,
after a long passage. ‘The Brig Amphion, from London and
Liverpool, with Goods to Messrs, Peuke Bros, and others
of this city, arrived off this port this morming, after a pro-
tracted voyage.— Ist.
The \watehing system. bas been agaiu-
by many of our townsmen. Two persons-
night.—S. Journal. sleet
Surv News.—Georgetown, June 25,—Cleared for Glas-
gow, G. B., Brigt. Fanny Gordon, Parker. € timber
and deals, Cienfuegos, May 28. —Loading for New York,
Brigt. Idalia, Gordon. Cargo—Sagar, reight $14,00 per
ton, deck load, molasses, at $3 per hhd. istol Channet,
ag 4 sae a Athol, McSwain, 17 days from ty
Ito
each
Died,
At Dromore, Lot 57, on Sunday, the 14th inst., after a
severe illness of seventeen dave, bourne with christian forti-
tude and resignation to the Diy Vill, Ehaabeth, beloved
daughter of Mr. John McLeod, in 2ith year of her age.
Her kind and faithful disposition won for ber the esteem of
eg pa had the pleasure of her,acquaintance. © Requiescat
ey iat
At Cable Head, on the 5th June, Catherine MeKenzie,
—— wife of Mr, Donald Sutherland, in the/77¢th year of
Un the Jith inst, at Dotstord. Portege, County of Wost-
moreland, New Brunswick, Mary Jane
daughter of Mr, Charlee Harrington, of DeSable, Prince
Edward Island, in the 24th year of her age, ly re-
— by a large circle. of relatives, friends, neigh-
ew Advertisements.
QUEEN’S COUNTY
Volunteer Rifle Association.
T A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL of the above
Society, the following members being present, viz:
Colonel Jonny Hamiron Gray,
Lieut. Col. Henry Beer,
Conan ee McIntyre, ©
~e » W. Horan,
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Chitown, July let, 1868.