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‘to find that Mr. Sumner rests his whole | J’rom Scottish American Journal, May 22. | chi

‘cause on the supposed wrong done to the
Union by this reeognition of southern bel-
ligerency, because his argument in this
particular is so untenable that even, the |
most fanatical Northerner must see the |
+hollownessotit. While the Americans are |
proposing to recognize the independance |
-of Cuba, aa army ruled by a Spanish Gov- |
ernor and held by a Spanish army,in which
un insurrection as broken out »which,is yet
sin its intandy,fhey cnvilat oir Goverhment
jor having admitted as belligerents a Nor-
thern President tobe in a state “of “btock-
ade, aginst whom-he proceeded after the
method and withall the courtesies of regu: |
nar Wary & people which maintained its |
separate Governnient for the better part of
four years, and brought into the field an
urmy of half a million of men. Instead of
blaming us for the strictly legal and impar-
-tial position assumed by our Government
-in this eri is, the friends of the Union owe
cus thanks for not having reegnized, as we
well might have done, and a8 an influen-
tial ally in vited us to do, the independence
ol'the Contederacy and the destruction ol
the Union.”
The Edinburgh Scotsman, says: ‘* Sup-
posing Mr. Charles Sumner speaks the
>sentiments of the bulk of his countrymen
respecting the Alabama claims, as we are
nssurcd he does, they will uever be paid
hy this country—by demanding £590,000,-
000 as an indemnity he determines every

reasonable man to resist the entire claims,
und to decline to pay one farthing. . . .. -
Jf Mr. Sumner gives voice to the ruling
opinion of America on this subject, which

s

is doubtful, seeing the Americans pos
Anglo-Saxon brains, and if this ruling
opinion is strong enough to bear legis
five action being taken upon it, w!
still more unlikely, sceing Americans pre
endowed with Anglo-Saxon cautiqn, we
must make up our minds that they are
hungering and thirsting for a war with
Britain ; and itis for them to know before-
hand that there could be no war into which
this country could enter with more uniani-
mity and heartiness of feeling than a war
with the United States with this as the
casus belli, and that in face of these de-
mands the ultra-American Englishmen
would set down his foot, that the Star
would be tound patriotic, and perhaps My.
Goldwin Smith be found on the side of liis
country and against America.”

The Dundce Advertiser says: ‘Mr.
Sumner’s speech to the American Senate,
on the Alabama claims, has been received
in this country with pain, and perhaps
something mere, as indicating demands
that all but preclude the thought of nego-
tiation, and seem to take away almost the
last chance of settling the differences of
the twocountries. * * If,asnow seems
likely, Mr. Motley is on his way to Eng-
Jand with demands such 2s Mr. Sumner’s
speech indicates, can the British Goyern-
ment meet them with anything but an un-
hesitating rejection? Mr. Sumner is not
satisfied with pay for the depredations of
the Confederate cruisers. Ilis demand is
that we shall acknowledge our fault and
liability, and share the cost of the war.
ile will be reasonable enough to admit
that we only protracted, the struggle to
tivice the length it would otherwise have
been, Theretore if we pay one half the
national cost, and compensate American
merchants for their losses. not merely by
the depredations of the Alabama, &e., but
by the fact thot these depredations drove
the carrying trade of the Union trom the
seas, it is quite possible that Mr. Sumner
may advise the Senate to let by-gones be

' by-gones—always granting, however, that
we lirst freely admit our fault, These are
stern terms to put before a great nation,

with its strength unbroken, They will

« assuredly be rejected.

Bourmp Anive ix A Convent. — The
Civil Governor of Madrid lately received
an annonymous letter, informing him that
a human being was confined in a hole in a
Madrid convent little more than a yard
square, and on proceeding to the place he
found a young woman, aged about twenty
eight, who had been for several years shut
up in this horrible den. She belongs to a
respectable family in South America.
When she came to Madrid she was young
and beautiful, but her husband, suspeeting
her of unfaithfulness, sought the almoner
of the convent, and it was agreed between
them that the wife should be shut up in
one of the cells, For five years he has
acted in this capacity to the satisfaction of
the husband.’ More will be heard ot this
case, which is now in the hinds of justice.

POLYGAMY AND THE Princess or WALI
The institution of polygamy is rather shaky
—at all events in the Vurkish dominions,
Turkey is not getting much richer, whilst
the times are getting very much worse.
Many wives, in short, are being found too
expensive, and one partner is rapidly be-
coming the fashion, More than this, it
has been reserved for the Princess of Wales
to dval a ruthless blow at the social in-
eq ality of the two sexes in Turkey. Ma-
ho umedan rites and manners forbid the
siting of women atthe table with their
aords; but when the Princess came there
was no help for it. Her Highness could
not be relegated to the scraglio whilst the
Prinee of Wales and the Sultan crossed
their legs and smoked their pipes in solitary
state, A place not only tor the Princes,
but for three other ladies, was made at the
table of the Sultan, ‘This at least is a be-
ginning. More intercourse of this kind
van hardly fail to give the women of Tur-
key « better status and thus raise the tone
of social life among these people.

The visit of Prince Arthur to Ireland
has, we regret to say, been made the oc-
casion for considerable di turbance, the
object being to manifest the displeasure of
certain parties in the North, at’ the aboli-
tion of the Established Chuich, ‘The cler-
gymah at Killarney preached inthis
Prince’s presence aguinst the Church Bill;
and in Derry, when the precession nmiarch-
ed in front of him as he stood in the bal-
cony of the Corporation tiall, groans were
given for Dowse and Gladstone, and cheers
fur the Queen, Prince Arthur, and the
Yuke of Abercorn, In the evening, a
serious collision between the Protestant |
party andthe Catholics took place, in
which three lives were lost anda great
many injured.—Revolvers were freely
used, and a nuaber of houses wrecked by
stone throwing.

_—
By Cable we learn that the Hon, Rey-
tpy JouNson took formal leave of the
Queen by letter last week. Le had an
interview with Lord CLangnpon, the Por-
eign Secretary, on ‘Thursday, when he
officially announced his retirement, and
presented Mr. Moran as Charge d’Affaires
until the arrival ot bis successor, He has
written a note to the authorities of South-
ampton. declining the proposed banquet
in his behalf. He took that “oceasién to
express his gratification at the -extinetion.

‘of the late appreheneions of unfriendly te-

lations between Great) Britain andthe
United States. He was assured that the
people of both countries regard a wards
the direst calamity.

In the House of Commons, it has been
announced by Mr. Otway, under Foreign
Seeretary, that Spain hus declined to ac-
cord a new hearing in the Tornado case.
The detailed reasons gned by Spain
are now under consideration of the law
oftice.of the Crown, Mr. Garewell, Seeie-
tary of War, in reply to some intimations
which had been thrown out, said the Gov-
ernment had no intention of counterman-
ding the orders for the reduction of the
troops in Canada under existing cireum-
stances. ‘The Irish Church bill has been
reported from the Committee, and recom-
mitted with the understanding that the
vote on its third reading shall’ be taken on
the 3ist of May.

The remains of Daniel O'Connell were
on May 14th re-interred in the cemetery
at Glasnevin, near Dublin, whore a splen-
did yleum had been constructed tor
The ceremonies were
osing, and were conducted | by
Archbishop Cullen. hy

In Spain the discussion on the new Con-
stitution continues. he Cortes rejected
the amendment to the Constitution in
tayor of making Spaina Federal Republic.
The vote stood 182 against 64 tor the
amendment. The Cortes have also re-
jeeted the proposition for the establish-
ment of a ‘Triennial Directory, It is now,
believed that a regeney. will be created,
with Marshal Serrano at its head, and it is
said that this scheme is approved by Gen.
Prim. ‘The Cortes have ugreed to Article
32 of the Constitution, declaring that ** the
sovereignty is essentially in’ the nation,
from which all power emanates.” Amend-
ments requiring that the King be a native
of Spain, and that he be elected by a ple-
beseitum, were rejected, Sir John Cramp-
ton, British Minister to Spain, has asked
to be reealled.

The Emperor Francis Joseph, in closing
the sessions of the Reichsrath on May 14,
made a long and pleasant speech which
was often interrupted by loudand long
continued cheers.
tion ot Austria 1866, compared that with
the present condition of things, and traced
the course ot the legislation of the Reichs-
rath since that time. Ile was rejoiced at
{the friendly arrangements made with Hun-
| gary, and the condition of the finances and
army. He felt that peace was indispen-
sable to the national prosperity, and the
present relations of Austria with the other
Powers of the world assured him of its
continuance, Ile reviewed the late re-
forms enacted by the Reichsrath, and
hoped that they would become the basis
of harmonious and pacific relations between
Church and State. In conelusion, he
thanked all the members for their past ex-
ertions, and expressed the hope that all
would support tae constitution, as Austria
offered full liberty to the people of every
nation, and guaranteed their right of selt-
govermnent,

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a circular note to the Governments of
France, Austria, Prussia, Baden and Wur-
temberg, inviting those Powers to a con-
ference to be held at Munich, for the pur-
pose of preserving the rights of the State
against the church,

THE PACIFIC RAILROAD FINISHED,

Monday, which might well have been
ushered in with the booming of guns und
the display of flags, witnessed the com-
pletion of our great highway across the
continent. ‘The Union Vacilic Railrond,
which set out westward from Omaha about
three years ago, having pursued its way
over the broad pravies, and the broader
desert, having scaled the Rocky Mountains,
bridging frightful canons and tunnelling
inaccessible cliffs, met then the Central
Pacific, coming up from California, across
the Sierra Nevada, and the two by Goy-
ernment authority, became ** one’ continu-
ous road.” The last tie—it is ot polished
California laurel, mounted with silver ends
—has been laid down, and the last spike
of solid gold has been driven home, ‘Lhe
sound of these final operations was heard
but a little way off, but they will really
signaliza, not only the establishment of a
new bond to the Union of States, but a
new era in the commerce and civilization
of the world.

M

The Magnitute of the enterprize in an

other age would haye occasioned bounce

less astonishment. There was the old
Appian Way of Imperial Iome, which has
come down to us as the noblest therough
fare of all ancient times. What was it but
amere garden walk eompared with the
Pacific Railroad? It extended to Brundu-
sium, the port of departure for Greece and
Asia Minor, comprising a total length of
90 miles. The Pacific Railroad prover is
over 1800 miles long, It has been ran
through a desert substantially, at an ayer-
age distance of two thousand ‘miles from
its base ot supplies. Nearly all the mater-
ials, except timber, with substenance stores
for an army ol from five to twenty thous-
workmen, and forage for six to eight
thousand teams of mules and horses, had
to be transported from the older Stu
The Statistics of construction, as si
after section has added itself to the colos-
sal. enterprize, are, contiary to the stock
phrase of the novelist, less easily imagined
than described, A hundred and ten tons
of iron rails, a million fish plates, two mill-
ion of bolts, fifteen miilion of spikes, three

of unnumbered millions of feet, are among
the most obvious items, Settlements and
even cities have sprung up along its course
as if it carried wilh it, across the continent
a broad and ever widening wave of civil-

‘Two sons of the late, and brothers of the
present Duke of Newcastle, haye passed
the Bankraptey Court.

Spain has Jately borrowed £10,600,000 |
at 3 per cent; Russia, £11,110,000 at 4d per,
cent,; and Rouinania, £1,600,000, |

A diamond lately found in the eolony of |
the Cape of Good Llope weighs 804 carats, |
and the estimated value is £25,000 to £80,- |
000.

An Trishman is fn enstody at Wolver-|
hampton for scalping a woindn, He oper-
ated with a razor, and the operation, it is
said, could not have been more skilfully |

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ization. We have spoken of the road as
eighteen hundred miles long; this, how-
ever, is only the last completed section,
between the Missouri river and the uplands
of California, Lo-day the traveller can
tuke his seat in the cars in the eastern part
ot Maine and give the iron, horse, no rest
till he snuffs the breezes of the Pacitle
ocean and comes to a pause in the city ot
Sun Francisco, Sueh is the Pacitic Ruil-
. our. grand

system of intercommunication.
The old Apptan Way has been built for
ages, and as the tonrist-of the present day
surveys the inussive stones fitted so uecurs

SUMMERSIDE

IIe recalled the situa-

The Sarayatian Goyernment has issued |

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aud a half million of cross-ties, and timber | ceived,

erformed though he had been an Indian. | ately nite exch other that the whole forms |

Y
Khe woman is nut expetted to live.
‘The monument erected in memory of the |
Jaw Prive: Consort, at. the foot of High!
Street. Bellast, is rapidly approaching
eompletion.

/Pacitie Railroad is constrac!

it were, he has g
integrity and thoronghness. | Whether the

care and honesty we cannot say

fone continuous road-Led of solid rock, 18 |
reat respect for Roman | excitement inthat city over the elections

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(ed with similar | andthere were stivuts of) Vive ha Repub-
The lique.”
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er

es of its enemies and the responses |
of its friends must be submitted to the test
of experi¢nce. “The fhain interests of the
public to-day isin the fret that the dream
of the enthusiasts of twenty years ago, the
oljectot many publie spirited statesmen,
the darling hopes of thousands of dwellers |
in the far-off territories, the pridod of the
Union, and one of the wonders of the civil-|
ized world, is at length completed, ‘Lhe |
commercial problems, concerning’ dar re- |
lations with China and Japar, und the
bearing: of thé event upon the grand cur-
rents of trade, may be left to find their
own solution, Other Pacific’ roads” will
soon follow, bringidg thd two oceans nyuch
nearer together than Boston and Pbiladel-!
phia were in the Revolutionary .days,.and,
making us more than eyer before one na-
tion, and the nation of the worlth—Luston
Journal.

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Minirary T’rerarations 1N nopr.—A
military correspondent of the London Zines
gives a picture of the present actual stage of
military preparations in Europe, which shows
that it is ** without parallel in the world,”
Five continental nations haye five and a half
millions of men, either ready to murch to-
morrow or to follow at short intervals. ‘I’. ese
are the forces of the first class continental
Powers, and do not include Great Britain,
Spain, Portugal, ‘Turkey, Greece, Belgium,
Holland, or the Scandinavian nations, ‘Chis
immense number, moreover, only embraces
the more active clements; and not the out-
siders, who, itis considered, would be pretty

or three years, a contingency which would
swell the sum, according to the estimate of
the 7imes to ten millions armed men, . Five
millions and a halt of men already withdrawn
from the werk of productive, industry,,- with
the possibility, in the event of, war, of the
horde of consumers being swollen to ten
millions. The imagination is staggered at)
this stupendous enumeration; but the num-
bers vast as they ‘are, are practically multi-
plied at least five-fold in their capacity for!
destruction by the wonderful inventions and
improvements which have been made in, mus- |

ammunition and carriages, in facilities of
transportation and other points formerly un-

certain to be called on if war should last two |’

ketry, artillery, and all kinds of arms, inj |”

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MAY 27,1869.

CORRESPONDENCE.

reper

‘o ne Eviror’or Tuk Journat,

Sit :—

. The editors of the Presbyterian emphatical-
ly, a Ahe trutiifulfiess of at sittement mady
by mein my letter if the SuMMERSTDE JOURNAE
of April 22, to the eflect that they refused to
publish amy letter in reply to ** Layman” and
others on the conduct of a certain bookseHer,
1/6 full. I am very sorry to be compelled to
contradict the, emphatic denial, of, the Rey,
gentlemen. . At the interview L had with thn
I lett them with the impression that they dis-
tihctly refased to publish the whole of “my

letter, Po the best of-my recollection, my
dgkt words to them on that subject’ weres

* Publish the lofe ofan letters or none at
al.” “Van the iiore firmly established in my
conviction when J consider how unlikely itis
that 1 would find tuult with! the éditors Ofithe
Presbyterian tor doing precisely what I want-
ed thei to doy E sent them-alettyr; I con-
sidered that they weré $n justice bound to
pablish it, 1 was not-so simple as to suppose
that those gehélethen would retrain from Hom
mentivgupon its contentss Indeed, 1 folly |:
pxpeuiel ae tlley would ‘ctiticize it ‘pretty
freely; but I did not care for that, provided
that the same publig who saw the attack on
nic would have the opportunity of reading my
‘defense. If they agrecd to publish my letter
an full, what ground was there for any dispute
or disagreement between us; the public will
Bee thit tlicre “was “none, © 1° ahi* prepared,
}when called upon so to do, to bring good proof

1 consider that the editors take avery unfair
advantage of an admission made by me, * that
as | am unable to read all the books sell, it
would not be surprising that sgmebook should
pass through my, hands, that was objection
able.’ TE now state that never, -to iy enoge
ledge, did [ sel] a book of a Ticentious charac-
ter, and more than that, would feel deeply4
obliged to any gentleman who;would have th»
kindness tu inform me ot. the questionable
tendency of any work that I happen to have
in stock. 1 asi Spithontempton fhe part
of toese. gentlemen to injure my character an
business witho, cay evidence ‘avedles i fled

ndact becoming ChifstianY and gentlemen?
{t is not, L muse sii following joug either the

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known. It has been a favorite’ delusion of
the idolators of material progress, that’ divil-

but, side by side with the triumphs of peace-

/fulinvention, or rather fur ahead of then, is

| ZVimes truly says ‘Shas for many years been
allowed to take precedence oyer all other

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ry Latest Telegrams.
* t ~ 1! SDonpony May 17, 39)

The critical state of affairs in Paris
ously commented on by -the press here
seenis io be the general impression, howeyer,
that the French Government has, fomented
this discontent, and adopted repressive mea-
sures to stay the disorders .avising, with a
view to some ulterior design.

It is reporte | on what is considered good
authority, that the French Go iment will
soon publish a peaceful manifesto and simul-
tuneously reduce the army.

Tondon, May 18,

The Standard, in an article onthe Alabama!
Cluims Treaty, says. the idea of waiting fur-
ther expression from Parliament and Congress
commits the business to an indifinite postpone-
ment. England's sentiments have been clearly
pronounced. She is still prepared to submit
to a proper tribunal, the question of wrongs
and damages; but any attempt'to re-open the
controversy on the prepostérous ground ‘ot
whatever the American sentinient’ might be,
is absurd. From this position England can-
not recede, {

_ London, May 19.

The Archbishop of Cashel has writtena pas-
torai icttér, deprecating the recent outrages
in ‘Tipperary, and counselling the Irish’ people
to trust to the British Government for An ad-
justment of their wrongs.. ‘he outrages, he
suys, were the result of the unhappy relations
existing between landlords and tenants, and a
setthlement of the land question in Ireland
would be sure to diminish the number for such
unfortunate occurrences, rs

A serious riot occurred in Tralee, Ireland,
yesterday, comine: cing ina fight between the
two mobs when the police interfered and were
compelle Lto fire on the crowd; one rioter
was killed and several wounded; ofthe police
three were wounded and one of them not ex-
pected to recover, ‘The mob dispersed soon
after the firing commenced, butaret before
several of the rioters had been’ sectired and
taken to the station. The town is now.quiet.

u
The anniversary meeting of (the. Anite
Society was hcld in London to-day, (19th.)

Resolutions were adopted regrettimp rejection
by the United States Senate of tie Alahgaa
‘Treaty, and uoping if the statesmen of the
the two countries are unable to grapple
the emergency, that the reason anddhir
ity of the two great Anglo Saxon ndtions may
interpose to prevent a war and reforcing in
the activity and earnestness of the Peach 'So-
civties of America.

New Yorky May 19.

Gold advanced to 148 to-day, and‘afterwards
receded to 424. Several heavy failures have
occurred among Wall ‘Street Bankers, ‘Lhe
money market shows more (activity, with
slight advance in rates,

London, May 20.

Despatches from Madrid say two thousand
adherents 0 Queen Isabella, were assem-
bled on the Prenci frontier, and about to enter
Spain,

The elections revently held in Germany,
have resujted in fuvor of uniting North and
South Germany.

London, May 21.

The elections in France continue to be ut-
tended with much disorder,’ Since the 12th
inst., one hundred and forty nine pefsons
have been arrested in Paris, tof cfeating poli-
tival disturbances, and of these only seventeen
have been discharged. ‘Lhe disturbances in
thd Provinces have, in, some. instaneys, bogn

ization is steam, gus, railroads, clevtrigity; |

the “art of human destruction,” which the}

spirit’ or Tetter of thé ‘apostles’ injunction,
* speak evil of no man.”

Lam‘happy to stute that in spite of the
ierculcan cilorts ‘put forth by the Rey. gentle-
| uen and others,fu injure my, character and.
business,—the avowed reason for so doing
being thot Lfurnished some of my customers
with such late works as the Revised New
Testament, &c.,--my business has been and
is steadily increasing, as well since the estab-
ment of the Presbyterian as pr us to that
tine; and Tam willing to loave it to the pub-
lic to. judgg whose name does stand the
highest for veracity and morlity, the accuser
or the accused,

If the slandering and backbiting of indivic-
uals are the most weighty arguments which
they have to tise to uphold their dogmas, “1
anm'sure anintelligént public will be prepared:
to give them due Weighs in’ theiz minds,

Wnough now.

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Dinock Ancumanp.
May 24, 1869,

To TUE 1p JOURNAL}
Dear Sir:

The readers of the Patrtot will have noticed
that that paper, to a greater extent than any
other, editorially and by its correspondants,
keeps the question of the appointment of a
third judge pretty persistently before the pub- |
lic, and agree in maintaining thatthe Hons B.
Palmer has the best ¢laim to the. situation.
As an individual, ‘1 linvesno’ objéetion to his
receiving the appointment; but when I read
so frequently that he has the dest claim, I
confess L fail to perceive it, According toour
political constitution, party government is a
necessity, and hence it is found expedient and
requisite to act upon the practice, *‘to the
victors belong the’spoils.” In. England this
principle is recognized, but is not, carried out
to the extent it is inthe American Republic;
yet in such an appvintment as the one under
consideration, Lbelieve I am safe in saying it
is. The question, then,*which arises is, Hus
Mr. Palmer the’ strongest claims on ‘the pre-
sent Government?

In cdhstdering this question, itis idbessary
to bear in mind that the party now in power
are supposed at Idast.to represent those who
laboriously fought for, and won for this -Col-
ony, Responsible Government, the Free. Wd-
ucation Act, the One-Ninth Bill, the Land
Purchase Act, and other importanf measures ;
and thatthe Mon, 1. Palmer bélongs to the
purty which yeliemenently opposed those
ineitsures, and as ‘a proniinent man in the
Conservative ranks, used his most strenuous
exertions to prevent our Obtaining them. I
tun not certain that he violently opposed the
Vree Education Act, butif L recollect right,
he was but a Laodician supporter of that great
and important measure, 1t is known, also,
that when Judge Jarvis died, Mr. Young was
Attorney General, and that he waived ‘his
claim to the Chief; Justiceship’ from motives
which were highly creditable to his public
spirit, ‘and that lie, by so doing, has saved the
country £3,400, irrespective’ of interest: * It
Mr. Palmer hes done anything whic, consti-
tutes @ stronger Claim upon the preset party.
Lam not aware of it. ~ Now, iftit is wrong and
contemptible for one man to act an ungratefnl
part toward his fellow man, is it not equally
so fon. a Goyerbment’ to dverlodk the just
glains of old and tried friends. oe

But we ave next told’ that Mr Hensley ongnht
not to accept the appointment. as his party
could not do without him. ‘This is kind and
thoughttul, and no doubt will be duly appre-
ciated and rewarded at the next causus. ‘he
public are further informed that it would be
unseemly in Mr, Hensley to place himself on
the Bench besidesdhisfathor-intlaws This is
complimentary, and.is intended to be address-
ed to that gentleman's publig spirit :
sonal independance. It is true Me. T
lady is the daughter of the Chief Justice, but
does that imply that he is so void’ of mogal,
intellectual or professional resources, that he

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would, laced in the jadiciary, be under the
Nniniliating necessity of borrowing a portion

attended with bloodshed, 4 yl
Sir Irancis Head has sent a letter to the
Loadon 7imes, on the Alabauim Claims quest: }
ion, in whi¢h he cites the action of the United |
States government, in the Canada rebellion of |
“1587, as a precedent for England's Gourse.
Article 53rd, decliring that the fof of
Government of the Spanish nition is a mon-
was passed, atter a protracted debate,
by a vote of 244 to 90.

Ottawa, May 21, |
Archbishop Connolly's appeal in, behalf of
Father McMahon has been niost favorably re- |
There is no doubt thit the appeal |
made by His Grace has been successfal.

New York, May 20.
Revolutionary Cubans have deelared in
favor of a Republic, and elected Cespedes
President.

Australian advices to March 20, aré to the
effect that a fearful mortality existed among
the flocks of sleep in thé Colony of Victoria,
caused by droagiit. The air ig’talnted fur
miles by the decomposing carcasses. ‘Small
Pox is prevailing in Melvourne,

London, May 24.
The Times contains another Ipading’agticle
on the Alabama claims qaestion, :

of an alliance of France. England and Spain
agninst to United) States is without’ any
qoundation, ee
Paris, May 25th.
The result of tlie ‘election in’ Paris and
Lyons has been favorib.e to the anti«lnper-
jal eundidates.

Despatches fiom Marseilles ‘report

much

lwrge erowda paraded the. streets, and

It is definitely ascettaimed thatthe tutior Mic affairs of our country, perwit me through

of cither the yirtues, foivle, or logul > kiféw-
ledge, which are treasured up with such pro-
fusion in the mental mansions of Mr. Hodg-
soi? Besides, such an insinuation, As put
forward hy some of the writers, actually im-
plies, however unintentionally, the idea that
the head of the judiciary’ ‘might attempt to
swerve his son-in-law) trom the course of
right; but the present Attorney General is no
stranger to the.people of this Island. As a
publi¢ min he has been petore themstarhigh,
if not quite, twenty years. Ifis character is
well and favorably known; nor does any man
knowing him tor one moment believe thag he
could be indueed to:swerye from the path jot |
integrity in the discharge of his duty.

Had the late government made provision for a
third Judge, and placed Mr. Palmer on the
Bench, no person would have complained,
simply becauso on the Censervatives he hid,
and still has, strong claims, but on the pre-
sént party he hus hone.

Aw Onp Linenan.
Alberton, May 24, 1869.

Mr. Entton-—

As we in this partof the country are, not
altogether inditlerent with regard to the pub-

the colunins of your widely circulated and in-
fiuentinl journal, to giye expression to the
sentiments epteitained yhy me, in common
with numerous other persons in. this, portion
ot the conntry, with respect to a alte in
which the whole country is interestéd. | tal
Inde to the appointinent of ‘a third Judge of
the Supreme Court, T understand that’ the
fons Joseph Hensley is Tikely to be appottited
to that important ollive. Now, the fact ik, we
cannot spare that geatleman from the active
scene of political life, The Liberals have a)

that my statements are correct, from A relis jy
ablé person who wag present at the interview, |,

wnys looked up to Mr. ae xt as a disinter-
ae Broted advocate of their principles,
and just uow, Whenjthe whole weight of the
affairs of the Colony is resting on his shoul-
ders, as Leader of the Government, for him
to desert his party and accept the Judgeship,
would-saygur more of selfishness than patri-
otism. Ido not believe Mr. Hensley is the
man to-do so, but.should he sce fit tojact’ as
aboye stated, it will ever distract from the
enjoyment of the offiee to reflect that he as-
sumed that post in direct opposition to the
well understood wishes of the people.
‘But, on the ther nga, Igt Mx Hipage ag
the manly part, and” pay ‘deference ‘to* th
cliinis’of his senior *brother,-the Hon, Jédwara,
Palmer, who is in every way qualified for the

post, and whose appointment thereto could

not fail to give general satisfaction, and I
Venitire to’say*thtt thereis- nota constituency
on the Island where the policy of the Govern-
ment is in'ganérl apprgved off tliat would not
be proud to secure’Mr. Hensley as @ repre-
sentative; and what is more, when his ven-
crable and Fespetted fafher-inglaw, our worthy
Sir Robert, retires from the eneh, which,
yacorites thé n@ttire of things, "canoe
many’ yeats*hericeP He (Vir/llensley) will, fis
fA matter of course, be entitled to the office of
Chief Justige, which is fur better, as

oping” tik “the’ Governtherft and’ Mr.
Hensley will act ‘in this matter in such @
manner as will commend them to the appro-
vil and support of the country,

I beg to remain Yours, &e.,)

: A Voice prom THE West.
y, May 20th, 1869.

Prince Count

Summerside Hournat.

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Tiry Iskind of Guba is now, the theatre
ot'a'revolution: A rebellion of formida-
ble dimensions is, whilgawe write, raging
on that Island. Its more.than, probable
that ick Ro AC ha redder “will, ‘an “the
course of the next few ‘months, see and
hear a great deal about ‘Guba. These)
revolts are.not very, casily quelled. ‘Lhe
flame of insurrection—particularly when
allowed to make any sort,of headway in
a distant colony-is ‘not readily’ exfin-

guished. It Has a -tostiprovoking vital-
ity.) Put fit out’in one, place, and it

breaks forth in*another. It -may for a
time appear to ‘be completely subdued,
when suddenly, without a moment’s
warning, it rages with renewed violence.
The Cubans having once revolted, are
not likely permanently to lay ;down their
arms until they haye achieved their inde-
pendence. In order that our readers
may be'enabled to formia, clear idea) of
the ‘situation?’ in Cuba, we have been
at some pains to glean from various
sources a few facts about that Island,
which may not prove uninteresting. Al-
most every one knows that Cuba is the
largest of the West India Islands, and
that it belong to Spain. It is in shape
verymuchlike our own Island—long and
narrow—hayipg a very large extent of
sea coast in proportion to its area, It is
crescené shaped, and following the curye
it is 800 miles long. | Its breadth is very
irregular, being in some places as much
as 180 miles, and in others as little as
25, Its superficial extent is somewhere
about 50,000 square miles. A range of
hills: runs through the Island, longitudin-
ally dividing ‘it into two parts. As the
reader may, infer from its shape, there
are no rivers’of any magnitude ‘in Cuba,
but it contains some yery)excellent har-
bors. ‘he land along the sea shore is
flat, and is very frequently flooded. ‘The
climate is not so very hot, and for a_tro-
pical country Cuba is by no means unheal-
thy. ‘Lhe soil is very tertile, yielding all
sorts of tropical fruits in abundance, The
sugar cans, coffee tree, and tobacco plant
are extensively cultivated, chiefly by slave
labor. ‘There were exported from Cuba
in 1861, 10,065,640 hundred weights of
sugar, valued at nearly fourteen millions
and a half pounds. sterling; 6,163,396
hundred weights of tobacco, worth £3,-
593,906; and 150,277 hundred weights
of coffee, worth £536,202. , Cotton grows
well in the Island, but is not yery exten.
sively cultivated. India corn is -indigen-
ons to the soil, and is largely used... ‘The
population in 1861 was 1,396,530,divided
into 798,484 whites, and 603,046 blacks.
‘The colored. population is subdivided into
225,845 free persons,6,650 ‘emancipated’
and 870;553 slaves. | ‘he slave’: trade
was carried on in Cuba until very lately,
As many as 80,000 slaves have been im-
ported into that country in a single year.
There were formerly no roads in Cuba ;
the produce ofthe country was carried to
tha seaports on the heads of:negrdes, and
the planter’s supplies conveyed to his
estate by the sumé primitive means of
transport, ‘There are how, however, over
800 miles! of railwily inthe country, and
there are a good many lines in the course
of construction. ‘hese railways: have
developed the resources of the country to
an extraordinary extent. ‘Lhe carriuges
on some of the railways are drawn by
horses! ‘The country is a very rich one,
and capable, in good hands, of being
made much richer, The total value of
its exports in 1861 was £22,280,487,
Besides sugar, tobacco and coffee, wax
and honcy are the staple articles of ex-
port. ‘There is no paper money in Cuba,
the circulating medium being hard eush,
bloons, and ,*s hard dollars’) are the
ipalidoins in usa. 2 WE Ge

For the purpases of government, Cuba
is divided into taree provinces, having for
their “capitals “Hayanah, Santiago, and
Trinidad. Each province has 2 governor
of its own, who, in all civil matters, is

ernmen’. ‘The Captain Gencral who is
governor ef the western province, is su-
preme in military affairs. “There dées
not seem to be the vestige of constitution-
al government in Cuba. . Our authorities
say nothing of a pagliament, andthe peo-
do not ita tana the idli phase diace in
the government of the country, he
whole authority, civil and military,aéems
to be Vested in the governors’ sent out
froin Spain, The present Spanish’ Col-
onial policy, appears to us to’ be milch
like that of the Maglish previous to, the
America’ Revolution,’ In making ar-
rangements for the goveriment of her

directly responsible to. the Jfome Gov- |

colonies, Spain has her own interests
principally in view. ‘The rights of col-
onists do not appear to be recognized.
‘The feeling between the Spaniard and
the Creole has consequently not been the
most cordial that can be imagined. The
Kuropean Spaniard, on his first arrrival
in the Colony, lookg upon the American
Spaniard with the most undisguised con-
tempt. By degrees, however, he becomes
Americanized, and after a few years
warmly @spouges the daysd Of/his adapted
Hlth The tinting hind os the
present distitbatice te"shiouded “in” mys>"
tery. ‘The Liberal politicians of Spain, :
who effected the late Revolition’ in ‘that
‘country, were'liberal in-their promises-to~:
Cuba and the other colonies. “They pro-

mised them a representation in the Cort
and ti PEt priv alge avhich! Were

flow from this act of justice, One would
think that men ayho jhad for, so long a
time endured despotic government, would.
hail with delight.the prospect .of, being
allowed a share, however small, in't ®
management of their own affairs. “But
rebellion and revolution seem to be con-
tagious,, ‘The Cubans considered that if
the people of the Old Country had a right
to overthrow a/government which did not
please them, and: to :drive into: exile .a
queen whom they did not like, they (the
Cubans) had quite.as good aright to get
rid of an oppressive government, which —
they hated; and to establish in’ its’ stead
institutions more in accordancée with theit
ideas of popular liberty. ‘But the Old
Country revolutionists. had no idea of
permibtings tl nial politicians to fol-
Ibwth eos BS 8s on fae Ticker the
goose was not sawee for the gander in that ;
instance. * The pedple ofall’ mother coun-
tries seem to Haveén idea that they ave
the superiors of the,native inhabitants of
their Beate bia heer ghts aaa
leges which they exercise, as a matter of
course, are tliings Which colonists should
not presume to ask'for, No sooner !ias
it known that tlhe Cubans were disaffect-
ed“ towards. their government, than the
Liberal rulers of Spain sent 20,000 scl-
diers—the whole of them volunteers, tco
—from the Liberal ranks, to put them
down, Rebellion, or even disaffection in
Cuba, was to be punished with a criel
death ;- while the self-same crimes were
rewarded by place and power in Spain.
The Spanish rebel. was rewarded, for
‘taking up arms’ against a queen whom he
had sworn to gerye, while ‘the Cuban
malcontent was promptly shot down’ for
raising a seditious ery. It is very hard
to tell how matters ate going on in Cuba
at present. ‘The Government party loud-
ly declare that the insurrection is nothing,
and that in a few days it will be com-
pletcly subducd; the rebels and. their
triends boast that their ultimate triumph
is only,a question ‘of time, ‘They are
confident that they will conquer in the
end. ‘They have a good cause, patriotism
and numbers, and only require arms and
opportunity to drive their oppressors into
the sea, Discase will, they predict, soon
thin the ranks of their oppressors, and
then their opportunity comes. By, the
last advices we see that the rebels have
proclaimed a Repullic. ‘They have great
sympathy inthe United States, and not-
withstanding all that we hear about the
Alabama claims, the Yankees will not
fail to give them»aid and comfort avhen-
eyer opportunity offers. We already
hear of vessels being fitted out in New
York, for the purpose of supplying: the
“yebels”’ with munitions of war.’ ’

Atberton. — Business is beginning to
look up, Several shipments of produce
have been made by some of the merchants
there, and we are glad to learn that they
have realized satistactory returns, Fore-
most among those whose spring supplies
are arriving, we have to class the Hon.Mr
Howlan, who is giving evidence of an ad-
vance movement in the large and exten-
sive business which he‘has carried on tor
several years with such energy ‘and! suc-
cess, We believe that several cargoes of
excellent potatoes could be had at reason-
able rates in Alberton and Tignish. There
can be fo ddabt but that if a steanier was
plying between that and other harbors on
the North Side of the Island, and Shediac,
the freight would come fully up to the ex-
pectations of those who might engage in
stich an enterprise, and it is much.to be
desired that such a conveyance may be
soon made available for the accommodation
of this important part of the Island; for if
such was the case, we feel that it would
soon be a means of rapidly developing the
resources of the country, and thereby add-
ing to the material prosperity of the people.
Lhose engaged in fishing in Cascimpee
and ‘Lignish, have, so far this season, met
with good success.—Com,

Wn learn that the Rey, George MeNutt,
who, two years ago, when Curate of ‘Lrin-
‘ity Church, St. John, N. B., joined the
Baptists, has lately gone over to the sect
known as the * Plymouth Brethren.” Be-
fore connecting himself with the Chatch of
England, we believe that he had belonged
to (Wo Uifrerent branches” of* the='Presby-
terian Church, and had also becn on tho
evé ok joining the Wesleyans. . 1)

We aré glad to know that Mr? Howat,
the Whartinger for. this port, hag, received
instructions trom the Government for the
better regniation. of freight. truck horses,
&e., while on the wharf. The want of
such power by the whatlinger has been a
source of annoyances te tim. heretofore.
Everybody seemed tu gu and do as they
liked, anu very often. foot passengers from
the steamer found jit dificult to land or
make their, way up. the whart.. The west
side, near the end, is to be reserved as 4
berth for thé mail steamer atalltimes. We
trust that Mr, [fowat will entorde thd rules
and orders sent him. It he does, and’ the
trugkmen and others will not submit to it,
wé are sure the Taw and public opinion
will beay bim out, \

LAnGe quantities of goods hare been
landed -heve, this spring, and there is quite
a stir among the merehants, opening up
and displaying their stock. Jf,you want
taknow syhere to purchase the cheapest
and best goads, read the advertisements in
the JourNas. You. will find them )enu-
muruted there from a needle to an anchor.

SEVERAL yoneg men, who had been at-
CRORE Nish onttohay returned

atk
hote by the Steamer yestorday, -

In the patagtipl’ published by: ns Inst
woek, stating that ao individual bad tried
to play off # trick on one ol the l’reventive
pane we gl wish /it-to be under-
stood that the person had smuggled an,
jewelry or atiythids a ‘a «aged