Summerside Journal -- 1869-04-15 -- Page 2

House of Assembly.

Fripay, April 2.

Mr. Henderson «alluded to the necessi
of complying with the prayer ot-a pet |
from certain of his constituents, asking for!
a sum of money to improve the shipping |
whart known as Aitken’s Wharf, Men and
horses were in danger of being washed off
that wharf at shipping seasons, for want
olasmall expenditure. It was well known
to Hon. meinbers that there was no public
wharf at Montague Bridge. the want of
which caused that bridge to be very mach
injured, As to the lerry, or Peters’ wharf, |
u public meeting was held by the people |
iuterested ip that matier, at which he and
his colleague were present, and the de-
eision of the whole meeting (excepting
one or two dissentient yoices) was, that
the old wharf should be 1epaired, and not
that a new site taken. Why the Goyern-
ment should have decided against the
views of the peoyle in that matter, he
knew not, but he felt confident some under
influence had been used.

Mr. Prowse supported the remarks made
by his bon, colleague, and said that the
desire of the people, expressed at the pub-
lic meeting alluded to, was, with one or at
most two exceptions, to extend and im-
prove Peters’ whart. Ifthe government
intended, as he understood, to procure a
site for anew wharf at the end of the sand
beach, a breastwork would haye to be
built and a right of way purchased at no
small expense. It was also the opinion of
good judges that a wharf on such an ex-
posed site could not stand against the
action of the sea, and that also the ice, in

breaking, up, would press against that}

wharf, rendering it liable to be carried off
however well supported.

The Attorney General said that it svyould
be the province of the Board of Works to
settle all such difliculties as existed touch-
ing the building ana repairing of wharts,
with which it was impossible for the gov-
ernment to be fully cognisant. There was
uo cflicial grant provided for Aitken’s
wharf, but £150 were provided for the
purnose of entering into contract for a new
wharf at the site alluded to by the hon.
member (Mr. Prowse), and £40 were yot-
ed for cutting the road asked for at High-
bank. Those sums were ia addition to
such allowance us the members for the
district could spare from tha general ap
propriations.

Mr. Laird presented a bill to amend the
act relating to weights and measures.
ile said the alterations sought for were to
provide for the buying or selling of pota-
‘toes or turnips by weight or measure, and
that the weight, per bushel, ot such articles
‘should be specified.

‘The bill to empower the government to
expend thirty thousand pounds in the
purchase of lands was read a second time
und agreed to

Tlouse in committee, to consider the ad-
visability of placing at the disposal of the
government the sum of five thousand
pounds, for building a new post office and
public building in Charlottetown,

The Attorney General said the resolu-

tion before the committee involved the ex-’

penditure ot a large sum of money, and
shouldcall forth a discussicn He adverted
to the ineflicient state of the present post
oflice, and suid that the Government felt
that they would be considered guilty of a
neglect of duty if they did not take steps
towards the securing a more suitable place
for the post office and customs depart-
ments.
condition, in case ot fire, of the prothono-
tory and registry offices, where the valua-
ble records of the colony were kept.
Tuesd: y, April 6.

Tlousein Committee on the Billto amend
the Law relating to Felony.

Hon? Mr. Haviland, introducer of the
Bill, explained the amendments contem-
plated to be made on the Statute touching
the prevention of the crimes referred to.
The utmost extent to which parties guilty
of inflicting injuries on any person or per-
sons, could be punished was two years
imprisonment, which was altogether in-
adequate when the erimes committed were
of an aggravated character.

The bill provides that 1f any person
shall unlawfully or maliciously adminster
poison, or shall attempt to take life by
drowning, suffocating, or strangling, or
shall shoot at any person, or by drawing
a trigger or in any other manner attempt
to discharge any kind of loaded arms at
any person, or shall attempt to stab, cut
or wound, with intent in any such case to
kill, or maim, disfigure or disable, or do
any other grevious bodily harm to any |
person, or shall maliciously, by the ex- |
plosien of gunpowder or any other ex- |
plogive substance, destroy or damage the
whole or any part of any dwelling house
or any other building with intent to en-
danger the life of any person, shall be, by
the provisions of said Bill, guilty of felony,
und shall be liable to be imprisoned with
or without hard labor for any term not ex-
ceeding twenty-one years, and also if a
male, to be once, twice or thrice publicly
or privately whipped, if the Court before

Ie also spoke of the insecure,

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SUMME]
EXECUTION of DOWEY.
; ( From the Facey April 10.)

On Tues

ny lust, George Dowey, who

| Was convicted, ab the last Hilary Term of

the Supreme Court, of the murder of John}
Cullen, suffered the extreme penalty of the
law. Daring his imprisonment, the Pro-
testunt clergymen of the city, and several |
ladies and gentlemen, were nunremitting
in mjuistering to his spiritual wants, and
no pegple could have been kinder and
more attentive to the prisoner, than were
Mr. Harvie and his family. On Monday,

| he commenced writing a history of his lite,

which he completed on the morning of his
h. He arranged all his worldly affairs
th the most minute attention us to de-
tails. He packed up his clothes and put
them and the balance of his wages care-
fully by in bis trunk for his wife and
nother, to each of whom he wrote an
affectionate farewell letter, Ie desired to;
be remembered to some old friends in
Dublin, whom he named, and consoled his
poot mother with the assurance that though
in a few hours she would haye no son on
earth, she would haye one in heaven,
were he hoped they would meet to part no
more. In his devotions he never failed to
pray earnestly for the welfare of Mrs.
Cullen and the children whom his hand
had deprived of a father. On Monday night
the Rev. Mr. Panther (Episcopalion) was
with him from 8 o'clock to 114, and the
Rev. Messrs. Pope and Perkins (Wesleyan)
remained for upwards of an hour morg,

| After they left him, he slept well unti! qay-|

light, when he got up, and, at the usual hour,
ate a hearty breakfast. Poryeen 11 and 12
o'clock he took ¢ junch, ‘fhe Rev. Mr,
Fitzgerald, ‘rector of St. Paul, together
with “ue Rey, Messrs Pope and Perkins also
| visited the prisoner early on Tuesday morn-
ing. Just before leaving the jail, one of
these gentlemen, overcome with grief, was
unable to restrain his emotions, Dowey took
his pocket handkerchiet, wiped the tears from
his face, and said, ‘* Do not weep for me, for
I shall shortly be in a better world.” At 124
he emerged, bareheaded, frem his cell, and
leaning upon Mr. Fitzgerald’s arm, walked
towards the scatfold, which he mounted with
a firm and elastic step. Seated on a chair,
he began at once to read the history of his
life, which he did in a clear and wi faltering
tone, until he came to speak of his mother,
when a slight tremor in his voice was percep-
tible. No man on the scaffuld was more
tranquil and self-possessed than the prisoner.
lie displayed no unmanly fear; no tear
moistened his cheek gno murmur escaped his
lips; while his conduct was in all respects
free from anything hke bravado, or assumed
indifference to his fate. On the contrary, he
was calm and resigned, and so far as man
can judg’, met his death with the hope and
fortitude of a sincere and penitent Christian
who felt in his happy experience that God had
pardoned his sins. On the scaffold Mr.
Fitzgerald offered up a solemn and appropri-
ate prayer, in which the culprit joined, after
which he himself fervently and aloud prayed
for some minutes. Ile then bade farewell to
the Rev. Messrs. Iitzyerald, Pope and Per-
kins, and to the sheriff, prison Doctor, jailor,
the hangman (who was masked) and all pre-
sent. When the noose was adjusted, the un-
fortunate man stepped smartly forward to the
drop. ‘The bolt was withdrawh, but the rope
breaking, he fell to the ground, a distance of
fifteen fect. He was picked up immediately,
and carried back to jail, where he remained
for an hour, while a new rope was being pro-
cured. During the interval, though he must
have suffered great pain, he uttered not a
whisper of complaint, but devoted himself
wholly to prayer and praise to God. Under
the impression at first, like many in the crowd,
that the reqairements of the law had been
complied wifh, he exclaimed that was an
interposition of Providence, and concluded
that he was not to be executed after all; but
when carried out again to the scaffold, he
never murmured or repined. And now
another mishap occurred. ‘The cleet to which
the end of the rope was fastened gave way,
and the prisoner, who was almost unconscious,
a second time reached the ground from which
he had to be drawn up by the executioner and
his as: ts. Ife died without a struggle,
his hands clasped in front of his body, and
his wite and mother’s photograph pinned to
his breast. When life was extinct, he was
cut down, pnt ina coffin, and placed in his
cell until 8 o’clock on Wednesday morning,
when he was interred in the Protestimt bury-
ing ground, Several persons attended the
funeral, and the Rev. Mr. Vitzgerald read
the burial service at the grave.

The sketch of his life, which Dowey read
to the assembled crowd, fills eight closely
written pages. It is all in his own hand-
writing, and the spelling and gramatical con-
struction conclusively prove that the pro-
duction is altogether his own. ‘hough lack-
ing scholarly finish, it bears the impress ofa
clear and vigorous intellect. As the sketch
is intended for publication in tract form, we
do not wish to injure its sale by reproducing
it verbatum. Our readers must, therefore,
for the present be content with a general out-
line of the prisoner’s dying statement, Ac-
cording to his own account he was born in
Montreal; his futher died when he was a
mere lad; his mother resides in Dublin,
where, atter eight years absence, he visited
her list summer, and made the acquaintance
of a very respectable young woman, whom
he married a fortnight before he left Liver-

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whom such offender shall be tried shall |

think fit in addition to such sentence of
imprisonment. The Bill also provides
that every person convicted of man-
slaughter shall be liable to be imprisoned
with or without hard labor, for any term
not excveding twenty-one years. And
also that any material witness in a case
punishable by death, shall be required to
enter into recognisance to appear in the
Court and give evidence in stich cases, and
in default of giving such recognisance the

Judge of said Court may commit such |

witness to Jail until suid trial shall be
finally ended.

Hon. Attorney General supported the
amendment submitted by the Hon, Mr,
Haviland, and also submitted the addition-
al amendment thereto, touching the re-

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tention and recognisance of witnesses in |
cases of an important nature, involving |

punishment by death.

After some remarks on the necessity of
preventing sailors from carrying knives
when on shore, the Bill, as amended, was
reported agreed to.

Mr. Sinclair, chairman of the Committee
appointed to report on Salmon culture.
presented the report of said Committee,
to the effect that from substantial informa-
tion received trom settlers on. banks of |
vivers, Salmon frequented seyeral of those |
rivers which formed suitable spawning |

rounds; that from the fuct that Salmon
were chased and destroyed during spawn-
jng season, by parties setting nets, and
spearing by torch light, the said fish were
seattered and destroyed, and prevented
from spawning and accumulating in our
rivers; that if Salmon fishivg were pro-
verly protected during Spawning Season,
jt would soon be so iniproved as to become
» useful and profitable source of wealth to
the Colony.” ‘The Committee concluded
their repuit by recommending the passing
ot an Ket for pure jully protecting our
Salmon fisheries,

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pool for P: KE. Island. Hé was always of a
wild and reckless disposition, and from his
youth upward, impatient of parental control,
to which he attributes the errors of his after
years. When old enough, he was sent to
learn a trade, but . ot liking his situation, he
ran away. Ho worked in no factory for a
and shipped on board a steamer.
Leaving her, he sailed from Boston to Char-
lottetown for three or four years, Le then
went to London, and from thence he made a
couple of voyages to the Mediterranean.
After that, he s: iled between Liverpuol, New
York and New Orleans. At the commence-
ment of the American war, he shipped on
bourd a Northern man-of- war,in which he acted
in the capacity of master-at-arms, Llaving
received his discharge from the United states
Naval service, he came to ?. 4. Island, where
he made the acquaintance of Flora McQuarrie.
As a sailor, at sea or in port,there was no sin
of which he was not guilty. He knew and
cared very little for religion, Having des-
cribed the places which eea-faring men visit
when on shore, and the dens of infamy which
abound in Liverpool, London, New York,
Boston and New Orleans, he besought his
friends to shun taverns and houses of ill-fame.
‘These haunts lead many to destructions. Le
spoke of the time when he was ayoung, smart
ship steward, and if aty of his hearers revog-
nized him, he hoped they would avoid the ob-
scene songs and ribald jests in which they
once joined him. But, said he, you my friends,
being neither drunkards nor murderers, may
not require my advice. I was never a drunk-
ard; and until lately, I was not a murderer.
He then referred to his gay and thoughtless
shipmates, who left here just fall in the Clara
Novella, and were «ll ina moment sunimoned,
it may be, unprepared, to meet their God,
while he, a8 great a sinner, was allowed time
repent. It is not mentioned in the sketch of

| his life, but he related to one of his Attorneys,

how he had been providentially saved from
being drowned several years ago, He signed
articles in Hulifux, and received ‘part of his
run money. Ile went to the Bank to change

| some notes, and before he got back they had

landed his box and put tosea, In ten Jays,
the vesse! und alLJimnds were lost. He also
spoke of the night of the murder. He had been
at MeQuarrie’s, and taken some drink. It af-
fected his brain. and in a fit of jealousy, and

| provoked by insults of which he would have

the man’s heart, and made him (Dowey) a
murderer, He expressed his deep regret for
the deed he had committed. He took a fel-
low-mortal’s life. and was prepared to make
the only reparatiou ia his power by giving up
his own life in return. He also alluded to his
acquaintance with Flora McQuarrie. He kept
her company last fall without telling her he
was married. After she discovered: this fact,-
and he was arrested, Miss McQuarrie, from.
feeling of revenge, testificd against him, avd
if she had told all she knew, it would, in his
opinion, have reduced his crime to manslangh-
ter. But he freely forgave her, and hoped
God would torgive her, too, He spoke of his
feelings in prison, and suid that after his con-
viction, he thought’of doing away with him-
self, but by God's help, he was enabled to
abandon the wicked idea, Having addressed
a solemn warning.to parents and children, to
young men and girls, as to their duties and
responsibilities, he thanked the judge, jury
and crown officers, for their courtesy aud
kindness to him. ‘To the Jailor and his fami-
ly; to the constables who attended him since
his sentence; to the ministers of religion who
took so deep an interest in his spiritual and
te.aporal welfare; and to his attorneys, for
tneir advocacy of his case in court, and for
their exertions to save his life, he acknow-
ledged his sincere and heartfelt obligations.

The spectators began to assemble in the
Jail yard about 10 o'clock. ‘There were from
1000 to 1500 persons present; among jhem
were anumber of women whe would have
showed more good sense °"1d feeling had they
remained at home yinding their business.
The conduct f the people was quiet and or-
derly,.2".. we saw nothing approaching | tow-
Yism or dissipation on the ground. A: de-
liment of ZU men from the Irish. Rifles,
Prince of Wales, and Prince Edward Compa-
nies, under Capt, McIntyre, were drawn up
in line in front of the gallows, and acted with
the precision and firmness of regular soldiers.
When, under a momentary impulse, a ery of
rescue was raised, the volunteers faced right
about, charged bayonets, and prevented a
rush being made.

A good deal of blame having been sought to
be cast upon the authorities here, for not ex-
ercising the prerogative of mercy in the pris-
oner’s behalf, and different and conflicting
versions of Karl Granyille’s Despatches being
in circulation, we therefore think it our duty
to luy these documents before the public.
‘The first was in reply to Dowey’s appeal to
Iler Majesty for a commutation of his sen-
tence, Itis dated Sackville, 6th March, and
reads thus :— “

Petition from the prisoner Dowey for com-
mutation of sentence laid before the Queen,
but Iler Majesty could not be. advised ‘to. in-
terfere with the due course of liw. a2

Eant Graxvittf, Londin.

Subsequently another petition, signed by

several Ministers of the Gospel, four of the

the bar, a majority of bot‘: branches of the
Legislature, aud about four hundred others,
was presented to His Honor the Administrator,
who, conceiving justly, as we think, that the
foregoing Despatch from Earl Granville left
him no discretion in the matter, declined to
comply with the prayer of the petitioners, A
telegram was immediately forwarded to Mr.
Bright, acquainting him with these facts, and
asking him to get the prisoner respited until
the lust mentioned petition could be forward-
eG to the Queen, to which the Colonial Minis-
ters replied as follows i— ne
After consultation, I see no ground for in-
terfering with the ordinary course of law.
Earp GRANNILLE,
Colonial Office, April 3, 12 at night.

CORRESPONDENCK.

"THE “ GIFT COMPANY" EXPOSED.

Hea)
New York, March 24, 1869.
Mr. Eprror: ee

By a cop; of the Journal which I received

yesterday, I see that the wonderful ** Gift

{nterprise” bubble has burst, and the expec-
tations of those who were cherishing the idea
of becoming suddenly rich, by a favorable
turn of the wheel of fortune, have been cruel-
ly dashed to the earth, and the problem is
sulyed, which before seemed inexplicable,
how a person could give $10,000 for 25 vents,
and not only incur no luss, but by sume pro-
cess not known to the uninitiated, make a
good living by the ** speciality.”

Impelled partly by curiosity, and partly by
a protound sympathy for the victims whose
prospects were thus blighted, I determined to
visit Parker, Moore & Co., 195 Broadway,and
state the grievances of a large number of my
countrymen, and ask for redress, But on ar-
tiving at the location referred to, I was not
much surprised to find that no such a firm was
doing business there; neither could I find
their names in the City Directory... ‘I’
are, however, a number of cheap ‘jewelry
stores there, where the unwary are daily
swindled out of their greenbacks, something
after the fashion which some of your readers
already know. ' I am infarmed:that this is a
notorious place, the *titms” changing:thoir
**style and name” as often ag: occasionsde-
mands, and I have no doubt that the quondam
VP. M. & Co, were impersonated by some. of
the polished villains who. are now? gdrking
under some other assumed name, and probab-
ly ‘‘ustonishing the natives” with their fiaan-
cial calculations, im some other section.of the
globe; and as ** all the fools ain’t dead yet,”
we infer that P. M. & Co. will flourish’ for
some time to come.

I then went to the J/erald office to. ascer-
tain if the complimentary notice whigh was
quoted in their advertisement was genuine or
not. 1 ws informed by one of the editors of
the Jerald that it was a base fraud, and that
they never referred to that or any other gift
enterprise company, except to denounce them
us infamous scoundrels, and to warn the pub-
lie against them. I also went to the Yridune
office, with the same result, and on reference
tu their fyles, I saw that the Weekly Tribune
was not published at all on the ddté from
which the alleged extract was taken, ‘that not
being the day of the week on which it is is-
sucd. I merely state this. to shewothe cun-
ning of the knuver, to avoid any actiotigainst
them. F vA }

Experience is sometimes a good-tencher,
and when a good lesson can be pure hused for
the nominul sum o. 25 cents, it may not have
been over dear, if it would forever ¢ohvince
the scholar that there is no sudden’ way of
becoming rich, for wealth. and everything e.se
worth having, must be won by honest, endea-
yor and patient striving in our fespective
callings, whereyer our lot may be cast. No
firm could affird to pay Broadway rents by
distributing ‘* Cash Gifts valued at 810,000,
Rosewood Pianos,” &¢., for 25 cents; and as
long as financial matters are arranged on the
present basis, they never will, ‘his city
swarnis with representatives of the genus
** Dead-Beat,” ot which EF, M, & Co. are true
ones. j

I think it very unfair, however, for any of
the ** victimized” to try to implicate the /our-
nal in their disappointments. A journalist
cannot tind time or opportunity to criticize the
business of his patrons, or to become, persun-
ally responsible for the fulfillment of fda tqrms
of an advertisement, any more than hp. can
su} ply reasoning faculties to all who want to
take some short-cutto wealth. »As reasonably
expect him to minutely examine the goods
and prices of a merchant who. advertised to
sell cheaper than his neighbors; or, on a hetel
being started in some remote places) at) which
**the very: best of liquors” were said to be
‘always on hand,” expect the editor to make
it his business to go und examine thdirquality
before admitting the hotel keepers’ card to his
paper; or, on his failing to do this, to hold
him accountable for the evil results to sume
individuals who imbibed some * tangle-foot,”
which proved to be "no better than it might

a

Suld report was adopted, and a Come | thought nothing at any other time, he drew
mittee appointed to bring in a Bij) in cone | the tatal knife, which entered between the)

foimity Unvewith.

| fourth and fitth ribs. The devil directed it 19]

0.”
I will just say, by way of winding. up, that
any one who ever inyvegts any of his hard-

jurors who tried the casc, five members’ of

RSDAY, APRIL 15, 1869. ~

earned money in swindling ‘ enterprises,” of
whatever kind, will richly deserve the losses
which he or she will be sure to sustain, and
will also be held morally responsible for con-
tributing to the support of a crowd of charla-
tans and thieves, who are too lazy to work for
an honest livelihood.
: TYro,

»Mr. Eprror :—

T believe that I will but give utterance to
the opinion of the solid and respectable men
of Prince Edward Jsland, when [ state that
those Annexation sheets, the Charlottetown
North Siar and the Summerside Progress, are
a disgrace to our country. I am happy to
learn that the former has been excluded trom
the catulogue of papers taken by certain of
the literary institutions of Charlottetown, In
other societies where it is still retained, the
Editor would be highly flattered could he see
the withering annotations written upon bis
contemptible paper, And if it were not im-
possible fur one wio has reduced himself to
the position of a panderer to the American
nation, to blush, a perceptible crimson might
be expected to suffuse the countenance of any
Annexation editor, were he permitted to enter
good society long enough tu hear its vpinion
of him,

Such byrefaced and extraordinary attempts
as have lately been put forth by the Summer-
side Progvess to undermine the loyalty of this
good Colony, and to tamper with the sound
understanding of its people, are impertinent
and intolerable. Weak, superficial eulogies
of the American public, have been served up
with whitewash sauce, ad nauseum. A coun-
try where the off-scourings of Kuropean coun-
tries have congregated as in a vast sink of
corruption, where the vilest men are éxalted,
and where the most malignant and insensate
hatred of everything British prevails, 1s con-
tinually thrust by Messrs. Kirwan and Ross
upon the attention of Prince Edward Island
as a country worthy of her choice. Such di-
rect and studied insults to the good sense of
the people, merit severe rebuke. This coun-
try begs to assure the mob of America, through
its two agents and representatives, that what-
eyer subsidies it may be in the habit of paying
its revolutionary agents here, had better be
devoted in future to the liquidation of its
gigantic war debt.

The nation to which Messrs. Kirwan and
Ross would have this happy Island joined, is
the most shameless and unprincipled under
Heaven. Unchecked is the career of passion
and licentiousness, and unequaled are the gi-
gantie systems of knavery and corruption
found under its Republican rule, Swindling
has there become a complicate science, and
that science is profoundly studied. Every
executive and judiciary department, depen-
dent, as it is, on the will of the mob, is per-
meated with unbridled corruption, Murder
is seldom punished, and a mob of rutlians,
armed with the deadliest weapons, can rule
for days any great town in the Union, ‘The
morals of the Senate, a body which ought to
be the most dignified in the nation, may be
understood by the following extract from the
Chicago Republican, a paper which, though
adyocating the cause of the now ruling party,
is forced to expose the depravity of its public
men i—

‘*T propose to call their attention to another
subject, to another abuse, to which. ia defer-
ence to the ‘religious sentiment’ of the coun-
try, they might attend. Immediately outside
the left hand entrance to the senate, looking
from the Vice-President’s desk toward the
main doorway of the chamber, is an elegant
apartment. It is handsomely gilded and
frescoed; elegant carpets cover the floor;
luxurious arm chairs and lounges are numer-
ous, and everything invites to repose and
quiet abandon. Itis the reception room of
the Senate. It is easy*of access from the
chamber, ‘This room is notoriously the
greatest assignation place in Washington,
‘They are attired in the most costly fabrics,
diamonds and lace, and ihe latest fashions.
Senators do not hesitute to come from their
seats and the work of legislation at their bid-
ding. ‘The officers of the Senate know them,
or if they do not, they ought to; but instead
of being debarred admission, they are allowed

the nation. Ido not say that all the ladies
who go there are of this character—but I do
say that in the course of a single day more
than a score of this class of people are to be
found in that room,”

In the last issue of the Progress is an ex-
tract from the New York Sun, entitled ‘t More
reasons why the British Provinces should join
the United States.” ‘This article is charac-
terized by the usual superficial sneering style
of the American mob editors, Doubtless, in
the opinion of Mr. Kirwan, it contains * co-
gent, and, to our mind, unanswerable reason-
ing.” One of its propositions is, that England
cannot defend her Colonies in case of a war
with the Yankees. Now, in all human proba-
bility, England will maintain her Empire in-
tactas long, and aw little longer, than the
unwieldy Republic will succeed in propping
together its loose and crumbling proportions.
‘The rancorous hatred which exists between
the North and South, between the Republican
and Democratic parties of that country, is
perfectly inconceivable to one who is un am-
iliar with the leading papers of America.
Already the South, writhing in the brutal
grasp of the North, is acknowledging that
* Knglish tyranny would be better than this”!
The first note of the English war clarion will
be the signal for another desperate struggle in
the South, And if the flerce gallantry of the
South was just enough for the sickly, senti-
mental, ‘ Just-before-the-battle-mother” sol-
diers of Yankeedom, they may reckon that
the sterner stuff of the British Northmen of
these Provinces is not very much excited over
the threatening, blustering articles ot the
New York Sun. Enough, then, of this eternal
rhodomontade concerning the American na-
tion, If it be a mater of war, we are not
careful to answer Messrs. Kirwan, Derby
Train & Co., any further than to hint to such
of them as have taken up their residence
among us, that the first breath of war between
the two countries will, in all probability,
somewhat circumscribe their liberties.

YOUNG P. E. ISLAND.

April 6th, 1869,

To tue Epiror or tun Journau.
Drar Sir:

As the subject of Light Houses has been
brought before the notice of the public, over
the signature of *t A Sea-Captain,” a few hints
from another ** experienced” seamen may be
the means of becoming a practical benefit to
the * votaries of old Neptune.” First, all the
lights placed around the Island are fixed white
lights, when at least one-half of them should
be of different kinds, Vessels coming in from
sea on the North Side, find it very difficult to
distinguish Malpeque and Cascumpee lights
from the lights of American fishermen, as
their lights are very large and brilliant. and
even they find it very difficult to distinguish
the North Cape light from theirs. Now I
would mention a few of the different kinds,
and where I consider they are most required.
In the first place, Mulpeque should have a
red light, Cascumpee a white flash-light,
North Cape a five-minutes revolving white
light, and if ever there should be alight placed
onthe West Cape, it ought to bea red one,—
thén I will pay my light money with satisfac-
faction,—so that it can be easily distinguished
from Richibucto Head light, ‘The Block
House light should be red, and the Kast Point
light should also be red. Now it tho lights of
the Island were of the several kinds, and ar-
ranged as this letter requires, it would be
more satisfaction for vessels to pay one shii-
ling instead of six-penge per ton; but even if
the lights were thus arranged, I consider six
pence per ton to be an exhorbitant charge, for
if vessels go to Now Brunswick or Nova Sco-
tia, all they have to pay is two cents per ton.
1 feel confident that if the Hon, Mr. Howlan
would enquire of the masters of his vessels,ns
to whether there should be a revolving light
placed on the North Cape, they would all an-

to ply their vocations in the very Cupitol of

swer in the affirmative. I might refer to se-
veral of the other lights aroumd the Island,

leave the others to be noticed by other sea-
men belonging to the Island. vannot but
feel indebted to Mr. McMillan, Member for
Summerside, for introducing the matter into
the House of Assembly, and also to those who
spoke favorably on the matter.
Yours, &c.,

A MARINER.

Stanley Bridge, New London, Apl. 6, '6Y,

Port Hill Debating Society.

On Wednesday evening last, Mr. Thomas
H. Pope delivered a Lecture on *Agriculture.”
in which some good and valuable hints were
thrown out to our Island farmers. ‘The audi-
ence was not quite so numerous as at the
previcue lectures, owing to the bad state of
the roads; but those who were absent missed
a treat of no ordinary kind. Mr. Pupe show-
ed by the delivery of his lecture, that he had
given due attention to the subject, All who
heard, felt a desire and a sincere wish to hear
suchanother lecture. Hugh A.Ramsay, 2sq.,
proposed, and Mr. J. W. Richards seconded,
a vote of thanks to Mr, Pope, which was car-
ried by acclamation,

Tnos. Mvrruy, Sec'y.
Port Hill, April 9, 1869.

Lecrurs.—According to announcement, a
Lecture was delivered at the Granville School
lIouse‘on Wednesday evening, the 7th inst.,
by A. G:C. McIntosh, Teacher, to a large
and respectable audience. Subject — * In-
temperance a source of prolife crimes.” At
the close of the lecture, which occupied near-
ly two hours, a vote of thunks was accorded
to the learned lecturer for the able manner in
which he treated the subject.—Com.

Sunnerside Hournal.

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1869.

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

NEWS SUMMARY.

Tue news from ILome is unimportant.
The debate upon the Irish Chureh Bill
closed on the night of the 23rd March.
‘The majority for Government was slight-
ly larger than had been expected, count-
ingup 118. ‘The third reading of the
Brazilian Slave trade Bill, and some for-
mul business, completed the labors of
Parliament until after the Easter recess.
Meanwhile, very high runs the feeling
for and against the great Disestablish-
ment Bill, On one side it is argued,
justice to Ireland demands that it become
law. On the other, and not without
reason, it is said that while ‘* Gladstone's
robbery” might not do much injury to the
rich, it would pruve a curse to poor sec-
tions and rural districts, where the peo-
ple would be utterly unable, by voluntary
efforts, to support a religious establish-
ment, Semi-heathenism, in many parts
of Ireland among the poor, is accordingly
predicted, or at best the establishment of
missionary operations, such as are being
carried out among Hottentots and Indi-
ans. ‘IYic yoluntary system has many
advantages, and it hasalso many dis-
advantages ; witness the half-starved con-
dition of many clergymen in America.

Strange mismanagement has occurred
in the matter of the Atlantic Mail con-
tracts with Messrs. Cunard and Inman.
These expired on the 2nd April present,
and owing to the Easter adjournment,no
prompt and satisfactory action can be
taken. The advocates of free trade are
meanwhile maintaining that the ordinary
traffic and postages are sufficient to main-
tain the mail steamers. ‘The question of
ocean penny postage would be involved
in this arrangement, and we see that Mr.
Mclyver, though he would be very glad
to see the cheap postage experiment tried,
yet declined, on the part of the Cunard
Company, to have it tried at their ex-
pense. Letrenchment o1 the part of the
British Government, in the matter of
Ocean Mail Service, appears to us a pen-
ny-wise and pound-foolish idea. In case
of complications suddenly arising with
America, the value of regulur subsidized
Royal Mail Steamers would be incalcu-
lable.

A special meeting of the Hudson's
Bay Company was held on the 24th ult.,
to consider proposals of Karl Granville,
in reference to the transfer of the Com-
pany’s territory to the Dominion of Can-
ada. ‘The chief points are the payment
of £300,000 security for the maintenance
of trade, and the right to obtain one-
twentieth part of the saleable lands of
the country. ‘This would be about
8,000,000 acres, the whole of the ** Fer-
tile Belt” of ‘the North-west ‘Territory
being calculated at 160,000,000 acres.
This is an age of progress, Letty rights,
when obstructing vast interests and phil-
anthropic enterprises, are being gently
edged out of the way. Witness the late
Electoral Reform in England, the firm,
quiet tone of the Home Authorities to-
wards the Repealers of Nova Scotia, and
the gradual emancipation of our Island
lands from proprietary thrall, ‘The anx-
iety of the Mother Country for the welfure
and future progress of her North Ameri-
can son, may bo learned from the corres-
pondence of the Government on the
Hudson Bay Company question. Sir
Frederick Rogers, on behalt of Downing
Street, says :—‘' It is no small matter that
it would enable Her Majesty's Govern-
ment at once to annex to the Dominion
the whole of British America proper, ex-
cept the Colony of British Columbia.”

Some short time ago, ths Great Lux.
embourg Raiiway Company entered upon
a negotiation to transfer its line to the
Eastern Railway Company of France.
This excited alarm in Belgium, and a
bill was hastily passed to enable the
Government to veto such transactions.
This gave great offence in Jrance, but
fortunately the difficulty has been ar-
ranged. ‘he only ‘ war’ was that be-
tween the French and Belgian journals,
which abuse each other as soundly as if
they were members of the Prince Ed-
ward Island press.

From the American Republic we have
scanty gleanings. Rather curious are
the remarks of the press on Annexation
matters. ‘I'he Boston Pilot says :—

The thirst for more territory appears to
be on the increase ; and our leading politicians

seem to think that we can digest, in our capa-
cious stomach, an illimitable number of ad-
but as I consider that those I have referred to | jacent islands and outlying territory. The,
will suffice on my part, for the present, I will| are as greedy as gluttons, and as ravenous as

wolves, for Canada, Nova Scotia, and Sonora,
as well as for Cuba, San Domingo, Porto
Rico, and other of the Antilles group, in the,
Gulf of Mexico,~They never reflect that a
nation is a good deal like a huge oak, that,
with all its strength, is liable to be broken
down when the branches are too wide-spread,’
and too heavy for the parent stem.”

LIGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

In another part of to-day's paper will
be found the pa ihat Summary up to
the Gth instant. On the 7th, the report
of the Committe on the Paupér Scales
was submitted and agreed to. A Bill”
to amend the Unfortunate Debtor's Act
was submitted and read, The ame.d-
ment makes the amount of liabilities, in
order to claim the protection of the court,
£300 instead of £100; and also extends
the time of notice to be gfven to 6 months.
The Bill authorising the Government to
raise £10,000 for public works was agreed
to, Part of that sum is to be expended
in erecting public buildings in Charlotte-
town, and the balance for public improve-
ments throughout the country. It ought
to be equally divided between Prince and
King’s Counties. ‘The Bill to incorporate
the New Glasgow Temperance Hall Com-
pany was introduced. The amendment
to the Capital Punishment Act went
through its final stage. Hon. Mr. Hens-
ley submitted a resoiution adding to the
Land Assessment rates throughout the
Island to the extent of an additional tax
of one-half more than that now levied by
law. He also submitted a Resolution to
the effect that the Revenue Bill of last
yeur be continued for the current year,
with an alteration to the effect that 11
per cent advalorem duty be charged on
every £100 cnrrency, value on all goods
heretofore liable to ten per cent only. He
also suggested the propriety of reducing
the duty on wine. Mr, Howlan directed
attention to the necessity of causing Ker-
osene Oil to be inspected and tested when
imported. ‘his will be like the flour in-
spection act—a humbug. House in com-
mittee of supply, and the usual allow-
ance granted to the J.egislatures. Hon.
Mr. Haviland remarked upon the horri-
ble shock which thrilled through the
heart of the community in consequence
of the inhuman and barbarous treatment
suffered by the uufortunate criminal. Dow-
ey, caused by the careless and inefficient
manner in which the officers having
charge of the execution had conducted
the proceedings. Attorney General said
that an investigation would be mide.

On Thursday the 8th, Mr. Howlan
presented a copy of the Warrant Book
for the past year. A Bill sent down from
the Council to establish at Cascumpec an
office for the registry of Bills of Sale, re-
ceived the three months hoist. The re-
mainder of the day was occupied in dis-
cussing an amendment made to the Un-
fortunate Debtor's Act. On Saturday
the Revenue Act occupied the attention
the House.

It is expected that the House will be
prorogued the end of this week.

fe When the Bill passed by the Le-
gislature providing for the Governor's
salary, came up in the Legislative Coun-
cil for a second reading on ‘Thursday last,
a motion to reduce the amount to £1,200
sterling, was carried by a majority of 7
to 8. A lively debate took place. The
Assembly on Friday retused to entertain
asecond suggestion from the Council,
and the Council by a vote of 7 to 5 refu-
sed to reconsider the question. A cau-
cus meeting of the Government was held
but without any effect. ‘The Council re-
mained firm in their vote up to Monday
last, but whether they have since * caved
in’ or not, we have not heard. If the
Council does not give way, the bill for
this session will be lost.

Since writing the above, we learn that
the Bill was thrown out. :

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The snow on the roads has nearly all dis-
appeared. In a few duys travelling with
wagons will be better than sleighs.

There is scarcely any frost in the ground
this spring. Several persons, we observe,
have already commenced garden operations.
It is high time the hot beds were made,

We will feelobliged to those of our sub-
scribers who are in arrears, if they will at
once send us some money to enable us to
purchase our spring supply of paper, Our
paper bill is a heavy one, and when we fur-
nish the news regularly, the least we can ex-
pect is enough to purchase the material.
We do not like dunning our subscribers, they
do not all need it, but we connot help it some
times. Sendin your Dollars and Dimes.

Tur Quarterly Session of the Grand Divi-
sion of Sons of Temperance will meet at
Margate on the 19th inst,, at 5 o'clock, p. m.

Horse thieves, in Tennessee, are now
lynched by drowniag, like cats, with a stone
tied to the neck.

By reference'to our advertising colums it
will be seen that the ** City Hardware Store”
formerly owned by Mr, Starbird,and more re-
cently by Messrs, McEwen and Butrick , has
changed hands. The business is now carried
on by Wm. Bourke, John Gillan, § Co., at
the old stand, on Queen Street, in Charlotte-
town, We have no doubt but that the new
firm will be able to give every satisfaction to
the old customers and new ones too, who
may patronize them. Mr. Gillanis a Mechan-
ic und fully understands the quality of most
of the Hardware used by tue trade. -We
wish them every success. yee Te

A Photograph of the “situation” can bo
seen at our Book Store,

Benevoveyt Inisn Society.—At the An-
nual Mevting of the above Society, held at
St. Androw’s all, on the 10th March last,tho
following gentlemen were appointed Offico-
bearers for the ensuing year, viz ;—

Patron, Hon D, Brenan (re-elected, )

President, James Reddin. Keq.,

lst Vice do,, Mr. J. A. McKenna,

2d Vice do., “ John Gahan.

‘Lreasurer, Martin Hogan,

Secretary, John 8. O'Neill.

Committee of Charity, — Mr. James F.
White, Chairman; Messrs, Michael Kelly, H.

G. Melatyre, Danivl Griffith, Francis Mac-
Gory, . :
Standard Bearers,—Messrs, P, Duffy, M,

Kelly, and A, Sullivan. — Bx,