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Vol. 4.

THE

Summerside Journa',

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BY
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Almanac for Novembe

MOON'S PITASES.

Fall Moon, 7th day, 9h. Stm. evening, N. EK.
New Moon, Ith day, Gh. 43m,, morning, S.
First Qtr. 23rd day, 2h. 34m., morning. Eo
Full Moen, 29th day, Sh. 48m. morning, AV,

r, 1868,

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Noy. 19, 1868.
2s Sdn 2s Ol
1s 8d a 1s Gd

Oats per bush - -
Potatoes per bush - -

Turnips per bush -- - --- fia e Hh
rib by Tub -- - Sd a lt
penile - y I ld 10d a ld

Lard per lb
Tallow per lb.
Kegs per doz

Oda 10d
9d a 10d

Beef perib -- Sda dd
Mutton per lb -- - 2d a 3d
Hides per lb -- - - --- dad
Mackerel per doz - - -- - - --- 23 Bs
Codfish per qt------- + 1680 17s

--- 4d a 5d

Dork per Ib by carcass -
Flour per bbl
Oatmeal per ew
May per Ton - -
Pine Boards -
Spruce Boards - - - --

- 45s a 50s
16s a 18s
50s a GOs
10s
4sn5s

ness GQards,

Busi

BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Corner of Great George § King Streets,
Charlolletown.
President—llon. Daniey Brenan.

Washier—Wittram Cunpatr, Esquire.

Discount Days—Mondays & ‘Thursiays.

Hours of Business—Fom 10 a.m, tol p.m.
from 2 p.m to + p.m.

UNION BANK.

Grofton St., Queen’s Square, Charlottetown
President—Cnantes Parmer, Esquire.
Uashier—James AnpERSsON, Esquire.

Discount Days—Wednesdays & Saturdiys.

giours of Business—From 10 a.m to lp m.,
from 2 p.m to 4pm.

SUMMERSIDE BANK.
ventral Street, Summerside, P. E. Island
wresident—Hon,. Joun R. GARDINER.
Jashier—E. L. Lypiarp, Wsquire
Discount Days—Tuesdays and Fridays.
Notes for Discount must be in betore 11
o'clock on Discount days.

sours of Business—10 a. m., to 1 p.m.
i from 2p. m., to 4 p.m.

“DR. JARVIS
Has Removed Mis Ttesidence to the House |

(lately occupied by Mr McKinlay)
next to Thomas Hunt's, Psq., St Eleanor’s,
He may be consulted eve fy enoon at the
Drug Store of W. ‘I, HUNT & Co. , Summer-
side.

St. Eleanor’s, May 18, 1868.

DR. J. PRICH,
Physician & Surgeon,

Orvice—At the SummMersipit Drug Store,
next door to Bank, Central Street

SUMMERSIDE, .... DP. BH. ISLAND,
“ October 12, 1865. eee

DR. J. N. FULLER,
Graduate ol Bellevue Hospital,

Medical Gollege, I. J).

Office in the residence of Rev. Mr, DesBrisny, on
Water Street—directly opposite the Estublishment
ef J. L. Holman, Eaq.,

*,* All calls promptly attended to.
Summerside, October 15, 1868,

"> “PHOMAS KELLY,
Barrister - at - Law
AND

NOTARY PUBLIC, &.
SUMMERSIDE, - - - - P. B. ISLAND.

Business Gards,

CARVELL BROTHERS,
AUCTIONEERS,
Commission Merchanis,
And Generai Agents,

BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET.
OER CDSE ET PEWON ECO
“WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,
Commission Merchant,
Auctioneer & General Agent,

WATER STREET,
P.E. Island

Summerside,

JABEZ HUDSON,
Authorized Auctioneer,
GENERAL AGENT, &c.,
TRYON, J eI OLE,
J. H. ALLEN,
Commission [' erchant,
And Dealer in Lrovisions, &c.
MARKET SiR DT,

St, John, N. B,

Gr Gives personal attention to the Sale
and Purchase of every description of Goods,
May 9, 1808.

R.& W. L. HGNT,
Commission Merchants,
GENERAL AGENTS AND

AUCTIONEERS.

SALESROOM AND OFFICE

Head of Queen's Wharf.

(opposite the Store of Wm. T. Hunt & Co.)
Summerside, P. E. Island.
April 2 186 ly

WILLIAM DODD,
Commission Mcrchant,
And Auctioncer,

QUEEN SQUAKE,
-- P. R.ISHAND

IMARLOTTETOW ro
HANFORD BROTIERS,
Successors to Thomas Hanford,
Commission Merchants,
And General Agents.

ll NORTH MARXET WHARE,
ST. JOHN, N, B.,

Chas. U. Hanford ... ee kG dS. THanford
. G, L. RICHARDS,
Importer and ‘Vholesale Dealer in
British & HorcignG©roceries.
i, Head North Wharf,
ST. JOUN, NEW BRUNSWICK.
“North British and Mercantile
INSURANCE COMPANY.
FIRE AND LIFE.

Established 1809.

TWO MILLIONS,
HEAD OFFICES:
EDINBURGH & LONDON,

G. W. DeBLOIS,
Agent at Charlottetown,
Charlottetown, June 20, i868 —ly

FOUNTAIN HOUSE.

Novith s King Square,
(next to Park Hotel)

DLE OLING Ni Bs
JAMES W. THOMPSON, ---- PROPRIETOR
FEMIE Proprictor of the above HOTEL takes
this opportunity to return thanks for the
Jiberal patronage hitherto received, and most
respectfully solicits a continuance of the
$ me,
This MOTEL is very pleasantly situated,
and commands a view et King Square, and
other parts of the City.
In connection with the Hotel, is GOOD
STABLING, and a careful Hostler in attead-
ance. Parties coming from Prince Edward
[sland with horses will find this establishment
the most comfortable in the City, and a per-
son always at the Cars on their arrival.

CRAWFORD'S HOTEL.
No, 9, King Square,

ST. JOIN, N. GB.
PIE su ver having thoroughly refitted
and enlarged his HOTELand STORE, is
now prepared to nccommodate Permanentand
Transient Boarders on’ the most reasonably
terms,

ALSO, in connection,a GROCERY STORE,
where every article required for louse use
may be had.

CAPITAL: Sterling.

J.CRAWFORD & SON.
Sept. 10, 1868. ly

~ ROCKLIN HOUSE, —
{Kent Street, Charlottetown,
SIMON D. FRASER, PROPRIETOR.

Permanent and Transient Boarders will
find the above louse to give satisfaction.
Ch'town, June 18, 186:

“A. W. ANDRES, ~
Marble Worker,

Point Du Chene, Shediae N. B.

MONUMENT OMBS, GRAVE-
STONES, &e,, &e,
AMERICAN AND Iranian Mannie cox-
stantly on hand.

Can furnish Gravestones and Monuments ata
less price than any other establishinent in
the Provinces, and pay a duty besides,
ba Onpuns can be left at Berrran’s Book
Store and at D. Exaan’s, Esq., Summerside,

or sent to
A. W. ANDRES,
Point Du Chene, June 11th, 1868.

Business GQards,

Invitation to Shipbuilders !

3000 BLOCKS,

NOW READY FOR SALE
AT COSTIN’S BLOCK SHOP,
SUMMERSIDE!

re subscriber s leave to direct the

attention of SHIP BUILDERS and
SUIP OWNERS, to his BLOCK SILOP,
where he ha; now, and will constantly keep
on hand, a large lot of BLOCKS. of all sizes,
which will be sold at the-towest Island prices,
and 26 per cenrr, off for CASI,

Remember those are not the Blocks you
read about which have no Bushing in the

Shea and 2 Rivets where 8 is required.
Parti purchasing Blocks should always

drive out the pins and examine the inside,
as many vessels have been lost in consequence
of bad Blocks

The fastest vessels that ever sailed from
this Islind were furnished with Blocks from
the subscribers Factory, (the New Dontuton,
Undine, Zulcika, Kewadin# and others )

ALSO—Ships Wheels, finished with neat:
ness and made substantial. Deck lugs,
Pumps, &¢ (q

Reference can be made to Ilon. J. C. Pope,
John Yeo, Esq.. and Capt. Richards.

JOUN COSTIN,

1888. ly

TALES |
Threshing Machines,

AND OTHER

Farming inplemenis,

PARMERS want the very best TERESI
ING MACHINES, euch as will enable thea,
to pet their grain threshed carly for imartet,
nude of the best material, laving the latest ii
provement, and much saperior to the old: style,
will tind them at the Establishment of the Subscri
ber.
Raruens having Mowing Machines out of order
and wanting them refitted audthoroughly repaired,
can have it done at Halls Establishiment

Keb.

Pauses warting a good set of BA
that will * fie wind, can purcl then
cheap at Halls I Mishment. dn AVHCES
can obtain at Tills Hishient every Baring
Nuplement required ona farm—even a
Mowing Machine
itself, as one is now being manufactured, and can
be inspected ut Halls Establishment
Curt racks, &c. on hand, und repairs at short
est not
IKON TURNING, snch as axles, mill work,
und every other description, done to erder.
THOMAS HALL,
1868,

le. July 2

New England Self-Acting

HAND LOOM

|

Just whatevery Pa
JILL weave from 15 to 80 yards per day.

\ Any style of goods required,
A dozen different twill can be woven upon the
same warp. Also

+ . Be
Seamless Bags,
AND CLOTH, DOUBLE-WIDTE.
Can weave a web six fect ten inches wide.
Also, winds its own quills; and while it
weaves one quill it winds another. Can also
be folded together and taken through a com-
mon door with the webb in, ‘Lhe whole
operation is performed by turning an casy
crank, and can be operatad by a BOY or
GIRL ten or twelve years of age.

S. WELLS & CO.,

General Agents, No. 118, Federal Street,
Portland, Me. Also Agents for the Lawn
& Bripervorr FAMILY KNIUUTING MaA-
CHINE. (Send for a circular),

October 22, 768. tf

sm “
Wool! Wool!
MAILE STANFIELD WOOLEN MILLS at
TRYON, having been thoroughly recon

structed and enlarged by additional machin-
ery and Steam Power, will continue to manu-
facture Cloth from custom wool as hereto-
fore, and at the usual rates. Having doubled
their facilities for manufacturing, and procu-
red skillful operatives tor every department,
the Company feel confident of giving their
customers greidter satisfiction generally, by
manufacturing a better quality of Cloth, and
making quicker returns for wool left with

them. Tn addition to the various kinds of
CLOTIL previously made, they are minufue-
turing § AL NEW STYLES FOR

par Wool, which must be clean washed.
tree of muts and coarse locks, and of good
quality, may be left at Hon. H.d. Calluec
Charlottetown, or at the mill.
STANFIELD WOOLEN CO.
Tryon, May 14. 1868. [m2t

LUMBER YARD,
FEUD subscriber wishes to inform tho pub-
I lic that he has opened a LUMBER

YARD in SUMMERSIDE, in the place
formerly used as such by Messrs. Daroy &
Montgomery, directly opposite the residence

of Joseph Green, Nsq-
stantly on hand,
Pine Boards and Plank,
Spruce Boards and Plank,
Ilemlock Do. Do.
Laths, Shingles, Pailings, &c-
Allof which will be sold Glnezup
Cash.

Hie will keep con-

for

J. W. FORSTER.
Summerside, oct. 7, 1868. ly

REMOVAL!

ne THE SUBSCRIBER wishes

to return thanks for past favors, and
tat he tines

uequaint bis Customers and others
Removed his Boot & shoe Store
to the building lately ocenpied by Mr: P Brown
nearly opposite the Journal Offive, mnd will be
most happy to receive a continue of their fuvors
ALL PERSONS indebted to the subscriber are
requested to cull and kettle their accounts,

Wantedt
A FIRST CLASS Journeyman Shoemaker,

MAJOR RAMSAY,

Sept. 24, 1868

R A. STRONG & BRO, have FOR SALE
« at Manufacturer's prices. MILLNER'S
CELEBRATED Karm Lantern!
Cail and get one,

Summerside, Sept. 24, 1868,

_lted. andasked that TL would leave her

Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, November 19, 1868.

WHEN WE ARE TWENTY-ONE, BOYS.

When we are twenty-one, boys,
When we are tweity-one,

We aust the fetters off,
Our pupilage is done ;

boys,

Before us is the world, boys,
We'll try what it can do;
Tt promises ro

» boys,

We'll prove it false or trne,

There isa ruby enp, boys,
‘Tis held in Plensare's hand;
We'll quaff itlong and deep, boys,
A happy, jovial band;
And feasuve we'll secure boys,

And honor's steep we'll clinb,
And sober thoughts we'll leave, boys,
To those who've passed their prime.

But, hark! Thear a voice, boys;

Before you're twent
The dream may

The blooming ch row pule, boys,

And dim the epurkling eye,
And in death's cold emb,

The uctive forin may le.

Talk not of twenty-one, boys,
Talk not of twenty-one:

The present now is all, boys,
That you

eu cul 4

Each suit as if
Tis hidden store
Sat who can pie

Which future years conceals

'T were madness then to ring, boys,

And boast of years to come,

Awake from folly's dream, boys.

viour cy

The

Now while the hurvest waves, boys,

pers g
tier shen.

> put on,

And g
Before you're twenty-one.

8 for heaven, boys,

CT RT,

A Detectives Experience.

{A TOUCH: F ROMANCE,
“Tr was just before the w
detective, ‘that a queer tri
on me by_a young fellow accuse
Cerny!

*“Tlow was it? Let me hear the story.”
©The chief called me into the office one
morning, and told me that a check for
$1,000 had been drawn by the confiden-

* said the
$ played
dof tor:

ae) P
atl cl of a wellknown commereial
hous nd had been cashed at the bank

thely funds were deposited. Hisname
was Henry Harding; bis parents lived in
ove ef the interior parishes, and it was
supposed he had gone there betore setting
out elsewhere, IT could only learn that he

was yonng and cfliminate in appearance
I was soon on iny way. Thad tound out

where the family of young Harding lived,
and T hoped to reach the house’ before
night, but in this I was disappointed.
Long betore dusk dark clouds began to
form along the verge of the horizon, and
climb rapidly to the zenith. The thunder
and lightning came at intervals, and [was
soon assured that one of those semitropic
storms, which are so frequent in the sume
mer, would, ere long, burst upon me in its
fury. T hastened forward, therefore,look-
ing eagerly around for some place of shel-
ter,

Thad proceeded buta little
T saw before me a woodm hut. I got}
into this as soon as possible, Thad hardly |
got comfortably seated Sefore a gentleman
and lady dashed up to the doc d dis.
mounted. Like myself they were seeking
shelter trom the storm, The man was
middle aged, and exhibited in his person
a strong athletic frame, the open brow.and
genial, pleasant fee of the Southern Plan-
ter; but there was in his ¢ tenanee now
aw touch of Iness, a secmi exquisite
look of sorrotv, strangely 0) fF keeping
with what the man should have been, Tis
companion was a2 young girl of exquisite
beanty, with dark softtul eyes, and hair
She looked indeed, a pic-
ture of the tropies, and the tall splendid
form was regal in its majesty, She was!
sneha woman as a iman could wish to live
for, and if need be, to die for. They were
both in traveling costume, and from their
conversation, T jadged they were father
and daugater, just setting out on a jour
ney, and endeavoring to reach the river in
time for an up-going stermer, Shortly at-
ter their ivala negro boy drove up ina
cart containing trunks, On one of these
was the name of * Mrs, Harding, Mo. My
resolution was taken on the instant f would
toliow these people. [ took passage on
the same steamer. T would not lose s
of the girl, Twas one-hialftin love with her
already; before we reached St. Louis |
was wholly so. T learuved that she was
going to New York fovsome object she did
not reveal. T thought T knew what the
object was; but ithad become of secondary
importance now for Twas deeply unmis-
takeably in love,

At last we reached New York, I could
contain mysellno longer, Tsoughtan op-
portunity and told her of my love—told my
name, occupation, and present object; 1
revealed everything; Loaly asked to shar
her affections, She seemed greatly

listanee when |

notil
nextday. ‘This was the forenoon of Mon-
day. Tuesday morning T called for my
unswer, Theservant who answered the
summons informed me that the young lady
had Jett the evening before on a) steamer
for the West Indies; but she had lett a
not. Ttore open the letter eagerly, It
contained these words :—

“ Sir—Por your preference Tam much

marrying ech other. By the time this
reaches you Twill be on board the West
India steamer,
Very respectfully,
Ihesny Tanpina.”

Tt took no more to show me that a trick
had been played me,
have seldom told that love story,

The new Wesleyan Church at the Block:
house Mines, Cow Bay, was blown in the
ie of Baturday night, 17th ult.—//x,

obliged; but the huws forbid gentlemen |

You may believe 1}

“GODLESS SCHOOLS.” —

Tn promotion of any great moyement for
social advancement, it frequently he ppens
that the obstructors of the movement hit
upon a phrase or sentence which strikes
some chord or figure in the mind of the
people, and awakens for a time such an
overbearing amount of opposition that the
inost enlightened effect is torally unavail-
ing. ‘Lhe last quarter of a century has
witnessed great (forts being made for the
lower orders of the people. and especially
as aimenans to that end, the establishment
of national systenis of education. ‘This ef
fort has had to encounter tremendous op
position, and in that opposition the phrase
of ** Godless Schools,” comprehensive in
itself and standing for the point of astrong
argoment, has been used with potent effect.
In Enghihd it has been used as the ue

ery of all those great religious and social
interests which have so long combined to

keep her people in di
tn our Province it has not been used to
prevent the establishment of a general sys-
tem of education, but it is now being used
ty ruin that system by making it denomi-
national! iastead of general An examina-
tion of the plirase may uot therefore be out
of place in connection with this great sub-
ject of education,

Ail agree that a sound s
tion snould be based upon
much therefore as re
rightly taught in conne

sracclul ignorance
ry

om of educa:
religion; inas
n can only be
jon with the chiet

religious bodies, it is Celaimed to be] im
possible that education
voli

m be based upon
on unless these religious bodies have

urge of our schools. ' Government
schools must of necessity be godless.”—
The argument seems specious enough to
)

and it would be powerful it the
whole of education was combined in the
lessons of d : Vhappily it is
not. ‘There are three sources of education,
each being of distinet and sep: ypli-
cation, and comprising its own range of
subjects. F » there is that of the tumily
Which exercises a most inportant control
over the future of each ehild, cither toa
good or evil. It isin the family the child
may get lis most lasting religious inpres
sions, ort be left to be a prey to the
most devilish influences that wMiet society
The second source is the Christian Church.
fu connection ~ ith this we have several
vast and powerlul orsinizations, oceupy-
ing, with their pulpit ery nock and cor
nerot the land, composed of zealous, pare-
minded and edueated men, whose sole
business is to teach religion, The third
source is the day school, in which the ru-

\ liments of asecular education are to be

outlined,

Tere we have, then, in these three sours
ces, & comprehensive whole as
education, and at the same time ¢
natoral division of labor as its several
parts ‘The absurdity of this phrase, then,
in cCopnection with the day schools of the
country is apparent. They lay down
vright principle that edacation should be
based upon religion; bat then they argue
as though the day school comprehended the
Whole of education, when itis bat one ot
Hilucation cannot be dissevered
yeas regards achild. The first
live years ofa child’s existence are, per
haps, the most ia portant part of his lite as
regards his education, [Le learns more iv
the use of language, in the training of his
senses, and it may be and ought to be, in
lessons of obedience and moral restraint,
than he can during his whole life.

Tf along with this the Christian congre-

gations of the country are powerless for
the religious education of the people, it
enn only be because that the use of rerigion

has died out, that grace has departed trom
the earth. todless Schools?’ — You
might as well talk of Godless shops, God-
fess play grounds, But rather say with
the wise man—'* To everything there is a
season, and atime for every purpose under
heaven,”—Windsor (N.S) dlail,

CALIFORNIA,

“

The recent earthquakes in California
will probaly result ins a great. diminution
of the flow of emmigration to that country,
whieh has heretofore been supposed to be
more highly favored than many other re-

gions, ‘Phe Springtield, Mass., Republi
can has some sensible remarks on the sub-}
ject

» De Franeisco merehants are try-
ing, by private dispatches to make light

at the earthquake that visited thelr city
on Wednesday, and say the property da-
ae will not exeeed 83000,000. though
ulimit that the custom house and city
were both badly injured, and some
buildings ia pro ess of consteuction were
thrown down but it) was evident much
worse than the shock of two years ago,
and the severest that has ever been known
there. Be its: material losses hiurge or
small, the blow given to the prosperity of

the city isa terrible one, Tt will drive
population away—it will prevent many
inore going there. Tt unsettles all fuith,
all permanency in residence there; and
its citizens will still tuk of ** home” as be-
ing somewhere — else, It As the re-
cognition of this disastvous effect and in-

flucnes. reaching to the minds ot men,
the world over, and not simply to the
poekets of a tew dozens of the residents,
that induces these despatches belittling the
shock and its immediate cousequences —
Ol course, San Francisco is not going to
be deserted; it will grow and tulltil: its
promise as one of the great commercial
cities of the world; but this earthquake’s
visitation, this tumbling over of buildings,
shaking down of walls, and opening of
the earth on its streets happening just as
it was joining hands with the centers of
the wealth and commeree in Bast: aud in
West, and the eyes of business men and
of speculators everywhere were turning
towards it interestedly and hopefully, will
make many a capituist hesitate and torn
back many an immigrant, and leave av
cloud of doubt and danger of hanging
overall Jile there, all interests there, that
fairly justifies us calling the disaster a
terrible one. Money cannot estimate it—
t perpetontes the material and moral
weakness—the uncertainty, the want ol
fixed and permanent iecling and dile that
belongs to thy place, The whole counury
will sympathize; for the nation is harmed
in one ot its richest jewels. Qoly Port-
land, Oregon, will be consoled,

No. 8
quake and the loss of property is stated by
inillions, excluusive ef lives lost and per-
sonal injuries.—S¢. John Tel.

A Remarkable Horse,

A recent French paper records an extras
ordinary punishment inflicted by a horse
on its aster for an act of brutality by the
latter toward one of the animal's stable
companions —A Carrier named R——, at
no time tender in his treatment of his four
footed servants, returned one night in a
st te semi-intoxication from Moamant to

iivors, The man’s natural barbarity was
althis time aggravated by the drink he
had taken. and being dissatisfied with the
efforts of one of the horses—a poor hack
which had almost served its time—he des
‘ided that the animal was no lenger worth
feed, and resolved to put an end to it.

Por this purpose he tied the poor brute
o # tree, and taking «a massive lever,
used in moving yzoods, he struck the ani-
mal several violent blows on the head, un-
Ul the urtortunate brute sank to the
ground insensible.

Theo master thinking the animal was
dead left the spot, intending to remove the
body next day. The horse, however, re«
covered its senses a short time after, found
its way home, and entered the court-yard
at daybreak, Its iyal was welcomed
by the neighing of companions in the
stable, which nois kened the master,
Who was now tori n having failed in
his cruel purpose, Ile tied up the animal
aur and commenced to shower blows
onits head. ‘This act of brutality was
committee in sight of two other horses in
the stable; at length one of them, a young
animal, beeame so frantic with rage that
he broke his halter, and rushing on the
man, seized him in his jaws, aud after
shaking him violently, threw him down
and trampled on him with such fury that
had not the man’s cries brought some per-
sons to his aid, the master would certainly
have been killed,

The British Empire.

The usual oficial returns from the British
possessions were Jaid) betore Parliament
last Session, and have since been printed
ior ¢ ion British India heads the
list with its vast population of 150,000,000
souls, its area, however, 988,991 square
mil cems almost small when compared
with that ot our North American posses-
sions, British North America indeed is
return ec containing only 632,360 square
iniles, and a population in 1866 of 4.007,-
816; the Dominion of Canada, 876,987
square miles, with a population of 8,743,-
000; Newfoundlind, 40,200 square miles
and 139,000 people; Prince Edward Island,
2,173 square miles, and 90,000 inhabitants ;
British Columbia, 213,000 square miles,
and 34,816 population in 1861. But. this
is without reckoning the vast north-west
territory that brings the extent of British
North America up to, perhaps 3,000,000.
square miles, Not tar behind in extent is
Ulin, with its 2,482,070 square miles,
and a population approaching 2,000,-
00), though only 1,662,063 in the year 18-
63, to which th se completed oli re-
turns belong. ‘The extent of Western Aus«
tralia is 978,000 square mil s, a territory
newly as luge as British L.dia, but: with
a population (in 1866) of only 21,065 Iss
than 7OU0th part of thatof India; Queens-
land is returned with 678.000 square miles,
and a population of 96,172; South Austra-

re mi with a popula-
lation of 163, 4 New South Wales 323,-
137 sqaave miles. with a population of 481,-
412; New Zealand 106,259 square miles,.
with a population of 208,682; Victoria has
been so conspicuous by its great prosperity
that many forgot its comparatively small
extent —86.831 square miles. with a po-
pulation of 613,912 in 1866, and now
about 700.000; ‘Tasmania comprises 26,-
15 square miles, with 87,368 inhabitants.
The West India Islands contain more than
3sequare miles, but the population in
SOL was 034,197; Jamaica has halt the
6,400 square miles, and far from
{the population, viz. (in 1861), 441,-
255, Tne Cape of Good Hope and Natal
) square miles to British posses-
sions with « population of 759,261; Cey-
lon, 24,706 square miles, and 810,50 of
population ; British Guana, 76.000 square
iniles, and 168,026 people (in 1861) ; Hon-
duras, 13,500 square miles, and (in 1861)
25,635 people. J other colonies and
possessions—--the Straight Settlements,
Ilong Kong, West Alviean Settlements,
Labaun, St. Helena, the cight Faulklands,
Bermada, Gibraltar, M Ita—being the ex-
tent of the possessions of this kingdom
beyond the sea up to 4,562,000 square
miles, and their population to 161,486,000,
anumber which has inereased since the
dite of these estimates or enumerations,
{neluding the British North-West Ameri-
can possessions, and taking the whole to
the mother country, the metropolis of this
vast domain, the Queen's realm will be
found to comprise territory of about sevs
en millions of English square imiles, with
a; opulation approaching 200 millions of
souls,

Famine looms up gaunt and terrible in
some parts of India, owing to the failure
ofthe rice erops. Want of rain is the
cause, and so general is the disnster that,
we are told that ‘sixty millions of human
beings who live by the land, between the
Indus on the North, the Chambul, if not
Nerbudda on the South, and Dammodah in
the far Bastyare praying for rain, in mosque
and temple, through priest and idol,

A plan has been adopted by the Empor-
ov of Austria for changing the course of
the Danube, The project has been under
consideration for the list five years, and
when it has been carried into execution
will be of great importance, as it will pre-
vent futur inundations of — certain
Austrian dist.iet-, and will remove this
danger from Vienna,

Presi lent Johnson has written a letter to
Gen, Ewing, which is published in the N,
Y. World. It refers personally to the na-
tional debt: and expenditure, and shows
that, sinee the termination of the war, the
publie expenditure has amounted to §1-
600,000,

Large numbers of rifles and considera’

Since the above appeared, San Francisco | amounts of artillery ammunition, it is said
has suffered trom further shocks of earth.

have lately been given to the Pope,