Very Latest Telegrams. |
Orrawa, Feb. 2.
The Hon. Joseph Howe was sworn in as |

r-cvipts, wilh the war duties on iron and
wl, have carried up the cost of railway
transportation trom fiity per cent. ou gross
earnings belore the war, to seventy per
cent. on th earnings—more than lorty
per cent, increrse—and thus contributed | 4 member ofthe Government and President)
to the cost of tne necessaries of life. fof the Privy Council. i

How is it with tuel? The rivers and in-) Hon. Joseph Howe's aceeptance of office |
lets of the Provinces are fringed with wood, | excites great interest and much satisfaction. |

SUMMERSI

DE JOURNAL, THURSDA

NCk. {tinue the subject, 1 must now drop it, and re-

CORRESPONDE

immediately concern the present.
We are now in the middle of one of the

FROM OUR BOSTON CORRESPONDENT. |

bOSTON—A FEW OF 118 WIsTORIC AssocraTioNs | mildest of wild winters. At no time yet has
the thermometer been down to zero. There
has only been one old-fashioned snow storm,
alt which occurred on New Year's Day. It fell
ARE MONG as to the depth of 12 or 18 inches, and the streets

No city on this sido of the Atlantic is £0) wore deserted in consequence, I could not
rich in historic lore ay is Boston. | Ite early |, idering what the Yankees would do it

No. 1.

Ip we

lfer to afew items of interest, waich more | but

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1869.

Judges was obliged to resort to the unusual, |
in this instunce, inevitable expedient of

qualifying himself for his judicial duties. by)
divesting himself of the property which |
wrought his disqualifies tion; that even then, |
important and nota few difficult exceptions

tuken to his ruling on the trial must neces-

surily have been argued before himself solely

and unaided, and have been by him solely de-

cideds ‘Lhat during the last Michaelmas

‘Yerm, from the fact that only one Judge pre- |

RY Ll,

eusily accessille, but our tariff excludes He left to-day for home.
most of it, by a duty of twenty per cent. |
and our poor, who sufler trom the severity

of climate and cannot afford to buy taxed |

potatoes and herring, are obliged to resort
to the station house to warm their stomachs
with a bowl or dole of soup.

Around a great portion of Nova Scotia
the wooded bluifs are underlaid with coal
in veins of twelve to thirty-six teet in di-
auneter, Which can be placed on ship board
at a cost without profit, of one dollar and
a qiarter per ton, which ean be sent to
Boston tor two dollars and a half per ten,
But here it is met by a duty of one dollar
dnd a quarter, or an hundred per cent
which, with the wharlage and per centag
on cost and duty, carry at up to five dollars
and a quarter a ton in gold or seven dol-
Jars aton in currency, aad when to this
we add the cartage and retailer's profits at
current rates, the price, before it reaches
‘the consumer, is carried up trom one dol-
dar and a quarter to nine dollars a ton.

Let us strike off the duty which is
troying the trade and ruining the mines
owned chiefly by our people, who have
furnished capital to open them, and dis
pense with the costly premium on gold.
It we do this and bring down, as we nay,
and bave done in past times, the cost of
coal at our piers to the London price ot
four dollars and a quarter perton, wemay
have gas at little more than London prices,
or Jess than one-half of current rates. All
we haye to do is to return to gold and re-
peal imposts entirely unnecessary on gas
nud coal.

Tn its annular review of the events of
the p st year, the London Zimes of the Ist
‘inst., Sa, “The new organization
‘the Dominion of Canada appears likely to
be sucesstul, but the people of Nova
Scotia are still dissatisfied with the pre-
ponderance of interest which they con-
sider opposed to theirown. ‘Their Legi
lature sent deputies to England to prot
ayainst the maintenance of the union, aud
Mr. Bright was induced to adyovate their
cause in the Ilouse of Commons; but on
discussion it clearly appeared that the
previous Legislatuye had assented to the
establishment of the Dominion and it was
evident thatthe measure was in its na
‘ture revocable, The leader of the Nova
Scotia dissidents has since abandoned the
agitation as useless, and it is to be hoped
that the practical grievances ot which the
Province justly complains will be remedied
by the good sense of the Canadian Parlia-
ment.”—LTe Lep,

The St. John oarsmen, it appears, are
mot to be allowed to rest upon their oars.
Dhe New York Herald says that ‘+ Josh
Ward is hard at work, and by next March
will have a four-oared crew to row the

St. John men.” Itis said that Walter

Brown is to be one of the crew.—Jd.

The universal suffrage decreed by the
revolutionary authorities of Spain raises
the number of voters in the country from
$18,271 to 3,619,652, all of them Spaniards,
and all over 2) years of age.

“Whe Machias (Me.) Republican says the
wweather lately has injured the logging
teams very much, and they are doing
comparatively ncthing., The prospect is
that less than an average quantity of logs
will be hauled this winter.

The late Tragedy in New Brunswick.

The St. John Journal publishes the fol-
Jowing statement respecting the mag Innes
who lately killed his sister and committed
suicide :—

Dr. Waddell’s statement was to thi

effect. Me bad never discovered in Ton
any indications of insanity, nor bad any
one connected with the Asylum.
stated, however, in letters to members
his tamily, that be might exhibit such s3
toms in their presence as an incit
cause, and expressed a wish that some
them might visit the Asylum. It v at
their desite—particularly at the desire of |
the brothers—that Stephen Innes was set}
free. as will be scen by the correpondence. |
Dr. Waddel stated in a letter toa member,
of the family, that his not being able to
Wiscover indications of insanity in Innis
did not prove that he was of sound mind |
—he might develop other feelings under}
different ci.cunstances, The lanily did |
not mention to Dr. Waddell, nor did any |
one, that Innes desired to compel his}
-sister foumarry him. Mr. Graham heard
the story incidentally, shortly before In-

nis’ liberation. buf, did not attach much
Importance to it, Lhe keepers all tnougar

that Innis was wronzly confined. Noone
could conduct himsell better, Ile spent
_a great deal of time in singing, and was
very fond of masic, which he could read,
and acquire a knowledge of very rapidly.
Ale stated to the Doctor that he had given
-up the idea of opposing his sisters mar-
riage, and would leave the country, not
even going up to St. Stephen,

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ol |

The San Francisco Fenian Brotherhood
have been in session for the purpose ol

effecting the Union of both branches of iq

the Brotherhood on the Pacific Coast.

Congress proposes to divide 1
among the surreunding territories, le
‘Jittle more than Salt Lise City to Brigham
‘Young, and thus sulye the political pro-
blem.

The population of the Unithd States is
one sixth Negroes, another sixth Trish,
nnother German, and still another French,
Spanish, and original Dutch. ~~ More than
one half the entire pupulation is other
than Anglo-saxon,

From July 1 1855, to Dee. I, 1868, 1,-
000,000 natives of foreign countries have
found a permanent home in the United
States. Their value to the country as

des |

| tition was referred to the Cortes.

ol)

He] *

A despatch was received on Saturday from |
Earl Granville in reference to the resolution
| of the Nova Scotia Assembly, it holds out no
hope of Repeal; and endorses the Duke ot
| Buckingham’s despatches of June and De-

cember last, und refers the complainants tc
the Canadian Government.
Monrreat, Feb. 1.

Nespecting the Hon. Joseph Howe's accept-
ance of the Presidency ot tue Privy Council,
t ¢ Montreal Gazette says; ‘* It will be a
source of satisfaction to all triends of Union,
and may be accepted as a proof that he has
seen it tu be his highest political duty to do

”

80.

An impression generally prevails that the
Dominion Ministry are prepare! to grant
further privileges to Nova Scotia.

Bertin, Jan, 80.

The House of Deputies have sed a bill
confiscating the property of the King of Han-
over. A proposition to indite the King for
treason was reje sted.

|

Mapnrip, Jan, 30.
The abolitionists of Spain have presented
hé Government, asking them to
2 setting free ail children’ born
‘The pe-

jit petition tot
issue a deer
in siavery since September, 1568.

The diplomatic corps have addressed to the
Goyerment a protest against the treatment of |
the Papal Nuncio. ‘The city of Madrid is |
quict, but volunteers are kept underarms,

Maprip, Jan. 31.
| Franch, the Papal Nuncio, is about to}
| wit w from Madrid. All the Foreign}
| Ministers in this city, with the exception of}
| the representatives of Russia, have protested
against the insults offered to the Nuncio,

Loxvoy, Jan. 31.

The Russian Government through its Min-
ister at Athens urges Greece to accede to the
| proposition of the Conference at Paris. Itis)
| rumoured to-day that the Greek Government}
‘has yielded and will sign the Proctocol, |
New York, Feb. 1. |
The bill to amend the Constitution so as to|
secure the right of suffrage, without reference |
\to color, in all the States, passed the Nation
jal House of Representatives.
| State Legislature tor ratification.
Lonpon, Jan, 80.
Details of news from Rio Janciro show
that the success of Allied Powers in Pa
guayan forts in their hands. ‘They have cap:
tured the artillery and baggage in Lopez's
| army, and two thousand prisoners. The Dic-
| tor Lopez was a fugitive in the forest, aud!
was surrounded by the allied troops.
Lonvon Fes. Ist.
Advices from Madrid state that it is under-
tood the first business of the constituent Cor-
| tes, soon to assemble, will be tu estsblish a
| directory to govern the country until a sove-
|reign is chosen, A deputation comprised
| of citizens in favor of a republic and freedom

It goes to)

| death, which inspired the multitude to heroic

| have been held for upwards of a century.

history ; the thrilling eveats which transpire 1}
here inthe lays of Auld Lang Syne’; the
eloquent tongues which onee were heard in

its ancient halls, but which ere now silent in|
|

Jceds in defence of their country and its in |
stitutions; its intimate connection with the
inauguration of the War of Independence, and
itself the bate ground of the bloodiest fights
which ended in the separation of the Britisii
Colonies from the Mother Country—all these
things combine to invest this prosperous city
with a peculiarly remantic interest, and the
reflective mind will discover in its study a
a rich mine of instruction, and a wide field for
speculation, in which the deeper he seeks the
more valuable will be the lessons he will find.
Nearly a century has passed since the most
of these events have transpired, but still they
live fresh in the minds of the rising genera-
tion. ‘The increasing march of improvement
has levelled before it the most of the struc-
tures of the by-gone age, A few of the more
prominent have, howe ssed over,
and they form the y connecting links
between the past and the present, and
are regarded by the people with almost a
supers-itious veneration. It well repays the
trouble incurred, if all persons coming to
Boston, while seeing the * lions,’ would make
themselves acquainted with these ancient
landmarks, and while they gaze on the mon-
uments of the past, trace, if they can, from
cause to effect, the chain of circumstances
which has caused this city and this country to
rank among the foremost on the earth, in all
that causes honor abroad and love and loyalty
athome. Immured with feclings something
akin to these, your correspondent sallied forth
afew days ago. having for his companion and
guide Mr. Robert Rt. Centro, of the War De-
partment, and now pr poses to give your
readers the result of his perigrinations, A
thorough description of each place of historic-
al interest would involve more space than
could be afforde? for the matter, and IT must
therefore content myself with a short sketch
of each.

In less time than it takes to write this, we
arrived at Bratlee Street Church, one ot the
oldest in America, in which religious seryices
It
i+ a plain, vener ble looking structure, built
of old-fushioned brick. On the front of itis
a suggestive relic of the Revolution, in the
shape of 1 cannon ball, which Jodged in the
brick, It was one of the many which were
fired by Gen, Washington’s army, stationed
in Cambridge, across the Charles 1 r, while
cannonading the parts of the town where the

| royal troops were supposed to be on the even-
| ing previous to their departure for New York.

The ball soon fell out, but was replaced in
the exact spot, and remains unto this day,
Passing through Dock Square, one of the
most compact business centres of the city, we
arrive at Kanenil Hail, the world-renowned
** Cradle of Liberty.” It was built and pre-
sented to the city by Peter Paneui., Fsq., as
a place for holding pclitical and other public

| religious worship waited on the Ministers yes-
| terday and requested them to issu2 a decree!
| decla ng the absolute separation of Church}!
}and State; an immense crowd gathered in|
| the street in front of the ministerial palace
| and clamored for religious liberty; the Min-
jisters replied that **they would refer the
| whole subject of grievance to the Cortes.”
The Government has torbidden large, popu-
lar demonstrations and the utterance of po-
| litical cries in the streets, are liable to lead
to disturbances of the public peace.
New York, Feb, 1,

A despatch from Valentia, Ireland, reports
that telegraph communication wit: European
cities is interrupted by a viulent storm.

‘Twelve persons were drowned and much
property destroyed by the givirg way ofa
dam in Danbury, Con,, last night. Several
dwellings were swept away.

Late advices from Port au Prince, state!
that the Haytien stenmer Salaave seized two}
French vessels in the harbor of St. Mavik for |
running the blockade. ‘The French Admiral |
‘hearing of the affair, compelted the Govern. |
| ment to surrender the vessels. Ile declares |
hat the blockade of the Llaytien coast was in- |

| mun of-war at a port was uot sufiicient to}
establish a blockade, and that Hayti had no}
light to seize torcign vessels running into
ports, the blockade of which it could not
inaintain.

‘Lhe report of the capture of Aux Cayes ly
the forces of Salnave is not confirmed; but
itis believed, that Aux Cays, Jacmel and Jer- |
mie, and other towns of the southern coast, |
will svon be obliged to surrender. |

. Lospon, Feb. 2. |

It is understood that the Ministry in the}
forthcoming budget will reduce the army and
navy estimates one million sterling-each.

Advices from Madrid render it probable
that Marshal Prim, Gen Serrano and Senor
Rivero will constitute the proposed Directory, |
All those opposed to a Monarch have their}
hopes on the permanence of the Directory |
when once established.

ae umbhor af
men sailed last week for Havanna.

Monrrear, Feb. 3.

In the course of his speech last night the
Governor General expressed his satisfaction
that the cloud of misapprehension that hung
over Nova Scotia was clearing away, and
gave his assurance that every ground of griev-
ance would be removed that could be removed
with justice to the other Provinces.

The Daily News this morning publishes the|
entire correspondence betveen Howe und
McLellan and the Dominion Government.

Whelan, when told the result of Cameron's
xertions, replied that he supposed as innch,
viz.: that he would be unsuccessful, Since
then he has become fitful and morose, He
has changed his Confessor, and is now attend-
ed by the Rev. Mr, O'Connyr, the Bishop's
Secretary.

Jivavy fall of snow.

Peuueasunvorser now ons

In prison, at Bourges, France, is a man
aged ubout 40 years, who has never done
a day's work, and is now undergoing his
eighth sentence lor begging. Me has tat-
toved on his right arm, this sunin o
his view of existence: ‘The Past has de-
ceived me; the Present torments me; the
Future terrifies me.”

The Hastern Chronicle of New Glasgow,
N.38., learns thattwo men in the employ of
the Pictou Mining Company were killedon

ONO

| new light,” and who, under the direction of

meetings, the lower floor to be used as a mar-
ket. Within these old gray walls has re-
sounded the eloquence of Washington, Frank-
lin, and a host ofothers of like renown, whose

| power challenged the admiration of even their |

opponents. Ilere Independence was. first
discussed amid the plaudits of the assembled
multitudes, who, like Saul of Tarsus, ** sawa
their wise general, atterwards achicved such
feats of valor, In it are hung some very yal-
uable portraits of the illastrious departed
American statesmen, among whichis Healey’s
magnificent picture of Daniel Webster in his
celebrated reply to Hayne of South Carolina,
in Congress, on * Union.” Hayne was a se-
cessionist, and Webster in his reply brought
out all the arguments of the Republican par-
ty. ‘The portrait was got up at an expense of
$12,000, $7,000 of which was voted by the
city, and the remainder by the merchants of
Boston.

At the upper end of State Street, is the old
State llouse, in which the assembled wisdom
of the country used to hold their sessions. It
was erected in the year 1748, and was occu-
pied for fifty yeary, until the new State House

which more anon. Its occupation is now
literally gone, and it is converted into olflicus,
reading rooms, &e.

A few steps below is shown the exact spot
where w terrible collision touk place between
the soldiers and civillians, on March 5, 1770,
resulting ina number being killed and wound-
ed. The origin of the riot was very simple,
out it only wanted a small spark to kindle the
aninosity which mutually subsisted between
them, it is suid that there was a larger num-
ber of persons present at the funerai of those
who lost their lives in the fray than were ever
together on the continent previous to that
time, Mass mectings were held, aud the im
mediate renioval of the troops was imperative-
ly demanded. ‘This was nut at first’ granted,
but finally Col. Dalyrimple, to avoid further
treubles, in the then excited state of the peo-
ple, removed them: to New York. ‘This, it
should be remembered, was six or seven years
Previvus ty thy Aderolucivus  Whis slicer

which was at that time called King Street, is
now for the size of it the wealthiest in Ameri-
ca. On it are located three of Uncle Sam's
largest dime receptucles—the Custom House,
Sub Treasury and Post Office. At the lower
end of this street is Long Wharf, of tea noto-
riety, a short account of which may not be
without interest, being is it was the first act
of resistance to British authority. In order
to build up manufactures and develope home
resonrces, and to get rid of the odious tax on
imported guods, the merelmnts of Boston
mutualy agreed to import no tea and several
other goods from Great Britain, until such
time as the tax on these commodities was re-
moved, In 1778 Parliament removed the du-
ties on all articles except tea, imported into
the colonies. ‘This, however, did not satisty
the people, and they renewed this non-import-
ing agieement. This soon began to affect the
trade in England, and Parliament passed an
act allowing the Bast Indin Company to ex-
port to Americ its teas, free of all duties in
England. ‘This would enal le them to pny the
duty here, and still afford to sell it cheap.
When the colonists heard of it they resolved
that it should not be allowed to land, but sent
back. When the ships arrivedin Boston har-
bor, and were moored at the wharf, several
men, disguised as Indians, bourded the ships
under the cover of night, and thhew the con-
tents of 343 chests overboard. Further trou-
bles arose from this, and the port of Boston

jsided, the sume unsatisfactory consequence

end of one of the |

sonable amount of taxation that will pro.
cure for them really good roads. There
is another consideration which should
have great weight with our farmers and
business men generally. There are at
present large quantities of oats in differ-
ent parts. of the Island, which the want
of good roads prevented our farmers from
bringing to market last fall. These outs
—or the capital which they represent—
In-

they were visited by the
February nor’-westers of I
write the rain is pouring in torrents, and not
a particle of snow to be seen, ‘The holidays
being over, business has gone down toa great
extent. and no prospects of a revival before
spring. ‘This is especially so as regards out-
door employments, and in consequence many
families nre in a distressed state. ‘The ¢
authorities, ever ative to the general welfare,
have opened up soup houses at the different
police stations, where the deserving poor are
daily relieved by the thousand, A great deal
of misery and actual starvation is thus avert-
ed. Charitable societies also abound, and
they are at no loss for suljects on which to
bestow theiraid,

The city has also provided for a. seiiss of
free concerts, on the big organin Music ILall.
‘Lhe doors are opened at 7 o'clock, and when
the hall is comfortably full they are closed.
This organ is the largest in America, and the
second largest in the world. It was built in
Germany, at a cost of $50,000, but with some
additional stops, &c., which have been added
to it, it has cust in the aggregate $60,000,
Some idea of its enormous size may be in-
| ferred from the fact that a steam engine is
required to blow it. Its lowest bass note
sounds like the roll of thunder, and not very
distant at that.

Ki. Island. As [|

are lying idle for fully six months.
deed, they are, from various causes, ac-
tually depreciating in value. They yield
no interest. Neither the farmer nor the
merchant can get any good of them until
some time in May next. Had these oats
been shipped, as they ought to have beex
: October, the farmer would have had
his money either to pay his debts, cr to
lay out in some profitable manner, and
the merchant would have had so much
more available capital to facilitate the
currrent six months transactions, ‘The
wear and tear of material are much great-
er now than they would be if our roads
were better. Horses, carts and waggons,
would all last much longer if our roads
were in better condition. The number
of yaluable horses permanently injured
by dragging heavy loads through the
mud, is by no means_ inconsiderable.
Irom whatever stand point we view our
present road system, it appears a very
detective, though it be an extremely ex-
pensive one. We can hardly imagine

fullowed of that Judge hearing arguments

against his own ruling, and deciding a secon

time vnaided. That while your memorialists

recognize the great tlents and appreciate the

impartiality of the learned Judge alluded to, |
they feel that the position in which he is thus |
frequently placed, is not only attended with

difliculty to himself, but is far from being
satisfactory to those who are compelled to
bring or detend actions in the Courts which
he presides, compelling, 3 it does, an appeal

from ‘* Cwsar to Cwsar,” thus reducing to tc-
tual practice a system which happily has
hitherto been only recognize metaphorically
as anonyomus with the most objectionable
kind of judicial administration.

That in cases where by statute, two Judges
are required to perform a judicial act, such,
for example, as the examination of an Insol-
vent Debtor, confined in Queen's County
Jail, under Process from the Supreme Court,
parties requiring the performance of such
acts, are at present entirely without a remedy,
unless your Honor, in addition to your duties
as Administrator of the Government, chooses
to exercise your judicial functions,

‘That much inconvenience and delay are at
present caused to suitors and practicioners
in the Supreine Court, from the fact that du-
ring the period of your Honor’s Administra-
tion of the Government, only one day in the

Among the big things to come off next

week is allotted for Chamber practice. That | 0D that can be more so. The expense,,

summer is a monster Concert in honor of in consequence, persons from the country
“Peace,” under the dircetion of Mr. 2. S. | are frequently delayed in town till the recur-
Gillmene, the leader of the first band in’ the | pence of the appointed day, and the prompt

jeity. [tis to come off in the middle of June,
, A building is to be erected on the Common,
{500 by Bv0 feet, cap: ble of howing 50,000
persons. ‘The orchestra is to consist of 1000
musicians, the accompaniments to be supplied

| by electricity from the director's stand, ‘he
| opening picce is to be * Iail Columbia,” to be
| sung by 20,000 voices, supported by the or-
estra, with the above accompaniments. ‘lo
jin ure the success of this gigantic undertaking,
| 1500 season tickets are to be sold, and these,
| hotel keepers, merchants and others, are
| buying up very rapidly. ‘he general ad-
‘mission price is not yet decided. ‘Lhe profits
are to be distributed for the support of di
abled soldiers and widows throughout the ¢
ferent States, in preportion to their represen-
tation at the Concert. Should it come off as
anticipated, it will be the yreatest musical
| jubilee ever held in any country.
TYLO:

©

Boston, Jan. 25th, 1869.

To tue Epviror oF THE JouRNAL;
| Sin :—
In your

sue of the 28th ult., [see a second
communication from New London, signed *A
| Peacher,” written, it appears, on the 10th
December, but owing to neglect somewhere,
did not appear in nt until your last issue,
| L would leave *¢ A Teacher's” letter to go for
| what it is worth, only tor one assertion made
jin it, which, if left to go unrefuted, would be
|) endorsed by the unsuspecting public as genu-
line. Itis this: Ile says that he has ‘been
| credibly informed that last term the most in-
telligent student in the Normal School was a
young lady,” ‘his is incorrect, and
Teacher” must have been :.isinformed; for,
(being as well acquainted with the students
| who attended the Normal School last term,
and perhaps better, than ** A ‘Pcacher,” Lean
tell him that this is not the case. You will
remember, Mr. Mditor, that Mr. Webs.er, late
| Poacher of the Norual Schocl, taught the
said school the first two months of the very
jterm to which he refers—the term which ex-
pired in July last—and during those two
months, as well as the remaining three months

| visiting the Normal School, and invariably
) found that the male students were, onan av-
lerage, far superior to the female, both an in-

not mean to say that alé the gentlemen were
superior to the ladies; butas a general rule
| they appeared more intelligent: and prepared
to answer the questions that might be put to
them. Nay, more, I have been told both by

ool, that the most intelligent and

| best educ
| the very term to which ** A Teacher” alludes,
| was NoT a “young lady,” but a young gentle-
man frem Graham’s Road, New London,
whose name I forget. He seems to think that
“if they pass the same examination, and
graduate at the sam lool, and are consid-
ered by the Board of Education competent to
teach the youth of our Island, then they
should be paid in the same ratio as the males.
Were this so, that they were subject to the
same @xi mination as the mi

not receive so high asalury? But they are
not. Although they get the same questions to
answer and the same problems to solve, yet
the Board are not so strict with them as they
are with the males, for if they were, not one
out of every ten who apply tor licenses would
receive them,

But, Mr, Kditor, I fear that I have already
teopuaced LUV uch on your valunhle spac
and leaving the remainder of * A ‘Teacher's
statements tu be refuted by ‘A Tutor,” I re-
main Yours truly,

PEDAGOGUE,

Guernsey Cove, Feb. Ist, 1869,

i ate

Memmorial of tho Bar,

To His Honor Sir Robert Hodgson, Knight,
Administrator of the Government of
Prince Kdward /sland in Council

The Memmorial of the undersigned members

of the Bar of this Island

Resrectrutty Suewern :—

‘That while entertaining the utmost confi-
dence in the present Judges of the Supreme
Court, your memmorialists beg to call the
attention of your Honor in Council to the

deemed necessary for the due administration
of justice in this Island, the Bench at present
consists of only two, and that, in the opinion
of your memmiorialists, there exists an im-
perative necessity for the appointment of an
additional one.

That from the great variety of questions
which necessarily arise in the adjudication of
causes in the Supreme Court the various as-
pects in which new points of law present

sity of opinion which frequently prevails

by cannon, masketry and bells, fired and rung |

Bak

ot the tern, I had frequent opportunities of

administration of justice requires daily access
to a Judge at Chambers.

‘That although the matters hereinbefore set
forth, come more immedi tely under the no-
tice of your memorialists, as members of the
Bar, yet the inconvenience and delay thereby
caused, immediately and directly affect the
public generally, and especially litigants and |
suitors, and this must continue so long as/
parties are obliged to have recourse to the ju- |
dicial tribunals of the country, to have their)
wrongs remedied, and their rights protected.
Your meimorialists further subinit, that a sys-
tem which even temporarily places the whole
Judicial business of the Chancery, Vice Ad-
nirality. and Supreme Courts ot this Colony.
under the jurisdiction of one Judge, is one,
which the public interests of the country im-
peratively demand should be amended and
changed, and the more especially, as the pub-
lic tinances are now happily in a condition
fully to justify the expenditure which would
be occasioned by the appointment of another |
Judy

Your menorialists, therefore, respectfully

pray your Honor in Council to adopt
such measures as may lead to the passing
ot the Legislative enactments neces
for the appointment and proper mainten-
ance of un additional Judge in the Su-
preme Court of this Island.

Summerside Journal.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1869.
“No notice can be taken of unnonymous com-
miunications, We must know the names and
dresses of our correspondents as a guaranty

of their good faith. We cannot undertake to
return communications that are not used.

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it is true, is not paid in the shape of direct.
taxes, but it is paid in the form of the
most valuable part of the farmer's time,
and the hundred losses and inconyenien-
ees which he is forced to bear, caused by
the almost impassable state of our roads,
when he most requires to use them. We
say nothing of the large sums of the pub-
lie money which are annually almost as
bad as thrown away upon the high roads
of the country. These sums, great as
many persons may appear to think them,
are but a trifle in our calculation. ‘They
bear but a very small proportion to the
real cost of our highways. ‘That the evil is

| great, every one acknowledges, but how

is it to be remedied? We answer, by
making better roads—really good roads
—-Wwhatever they may cost us. Good,
hard, durable roads near our centres of
traffic, will be cheap at any price. Our
harbors on the North Side should be ren-
dered ayailable for the purposes of traffie,
and when the cheap and feasible remedies
will be found to be insufficient to satisfy
the growing wants of the community,then
let us by all means try the Railway,
which some of our contemporaries advo-
cate with so much force and eloquence.
But as a people must creep betore they
can run, we wotld certainly make our
roads and harbors good in the first place.
As an indispensable preliminary to a bet-
ter state of things, we would strongly
recommend the employment by the Gov-
ernment of an experienced civil engineer
—a man whose profession it is to make
roads and to improve the harbor accom-
modation of countries, Tet us be done

ROADS AND RAILWAYS.

need improvement.

passable condition,

Iv is acknowledged on all hands that cobbling.
our means of inter-communication sadly inform us whether our roads are improv-
Our principal high | able o
roads, precisely at the times when they contrivance, by means of which we could
most needed, are in an almost im-/make the best possible advantage of our
Ir both spring and) harbor accommodation; and he would

once and forever with unskillful amateur
Such a man would very soon

ble or not. He would hit upon some

| telligence and natural talent. Ofcourse I do

Mr. Webster and the present teacher of the!
ullicient, that the occasional calling of a) ¥#s 60 far completed as to be fit for use,—of | Normal 8 Fy
ted student in the School during |

les, there might} |
be some reason in the ingniry, Why do they | Ve come to reilect upon the extreme |

fucts that while formerly three Judges were |

themselves to different minds, and the diver- |

autumn, time is very precious to the fur-| be able to pronounce with authority whe-
mer, At those seasons the proper culti- | ther or not the circumstances of the coum-
vation of his farm imperatively demands/ try would justify the construction of iines
every hour of his time. But those also| of railway through its length and breadth.
are the seasons in which the peculiar cir- | That our roads can be mach improved,
cumstances of the country force him to/even by unskillful application of the
take his produce to market. He is ob- | means at our disposal, every one who has
liged, then, at those periods of the year) tavelled over the macadamized road
when he can least afford to be away from | (Wwe use the term out of mere courtesy)
his farm, to suspend operations, and to) near Summerside, willreadily admit. If
employ both his men and his horses in| at the cost of one thousand pounds per
what we may, with some propriety, de- | mile, good roads could be made for six,
| nominate a non-productive occupation. | eight, or even ten miles from our princi-
jt is difficult to calculate how much a) pil towns and shipping places, the money
farmer loses by these periodical suspen- | $0 laid out would be an additional saving
ons of his farm work, properly so called | to the country. If, again, vessels laden
| This loss will appear the greater when) with produce could with safety leave our
harbors on the North side of the Island
j shortness of our seasons. ‘I'wo or three} at all seasons of the year, the heavy traf-
| days lost to the furmer in the spring, and / fic on the roads near the towns would be
three or four more in the full, are abso-| considerably diminished. A very large
jlutely irreparable. No amount of extra | number of our farmers would then have a
}exertion can possibly make up the loss.| market almost at their doors. One hun-
Every one at all experienced in these | dred miles of such roads as we would wish
matters will see ata glance the import-|to see made, would cost the country, say
ance to the country of affording our far-| £100,000; the interest on this money
mers every facility of bringing their pro-| would be, at six per cent. £1,000. We
He believe that really good roads would
be cheap at double that cost.
We will return to this important sub-
ject at an early day.

| duce to market easily and speedily,
‘Time, with them, in the spring and fall,
is of incalculable value. Every hour un-
/necessarily lost, represents comfort and
| happiness thrown away, for if he allows
| those precious seasons {o pass by vnim-
proved, he and his family are sure to
suffer for the loss in the succeeding year. | ly
| Let the reader calculate the amount of!
time wasted by our farmers in slowly
dragging small loads through the mud
jaxle deep, ard he will find that bad roads
urea fearful taxupon them. ‘Twenty-five
bushels of oats i# a fair load for a horse
;to draw any distance on the bad roads,
}either in the spring or fall. A farmer
| who lives within ten and fifteen miles
|from the market, cannot manage to take

Sad Accident,
An accident which well nigh ended Iatal-
, took place in Charlottetown on Mon-
day last. Mr. H, E. McEwen, the pre-
sent owner of the City Hardware Store,
was selling some revolver cartridges to
Captain McRae, of Cascumpec, and by
some accident not very clearly accounted
for, the revolver held in one of their hands
went off, and its contents entered the box
containing the cartridges. An explosion
bln took place. ‘Lhe shop windows
ro 8 ore
more than one load a day. A truckman land Niven with eat irene tieuteee
j Would charge at least ten shillings for|and*both Mr.McEwen and Mr. McKae
}such a day's labor. ‘I'o the farmer, who| Were very badly burned. Mr. Molwen’s
ought to be working on his furm, the | injuries ure much the more serious lig
time is worth much more than ten shil-| every is doubttul—Di, denkin’s had

igs, Suppose heeeteewoand Al poor hopes of him on Tuesday morning,

a biibel in his Cate. Tie venti old nae “pte Meer ge toe eho is
L ds )ho immediate danger,

|that case receive ¢ peeing on eg

roducers is estimated at $40 per head, | the np re
au the specie brought with them to the | Friday at the Marsh Colliery. They were

was closed for a time, and the magistracy
were authorized to send criminals to England
for trial,

among the imost emminent Judges of the
highest learning in other parts of the realm,

: sixty-two shillings
and sixpence for his load. Now, allow-

country is estimated at $80 per head ; | coming up to the shaft, hen the rope breaking
¢hus $560,000,000 amount of wealth has
been brought to the country,

At the annaul pew rent in Rey. Menry
Ward Beecher'’s church, the auctioneer
commenced with a splendid contest for
the first enoice between Messrs, IL C.
Bowen. H, W. Sage and Il. P. Claflin.
‘The former gentleman was declared the
winner, ata premium of $420. Ile took
pow 89, which being appraised at $120,
vost him 640. Mr, Sage took 90 for the
‘second choice, ata premium of $310, and
I. B. Claflin No 87 tor $325, the appraise-
ment being $110 each. The aggregate
receipts ol the salu were ninety-seven thou-
sand dollars.

The London Gazette, Jan. 5, mukes an offi-

the bucket fell to the butiom, anu both were
intantly killed,

Allthe ladies who are tired of their hus-
bands, and all the husbands, who are tired of
their wives will, of course go in for anexation
to acountry where divorces are so fashionable,
The Boston Traveller says: * Over four hun-
dred bills tor divorce are on the docket of the
Supreme Court for this county,

It ia reported the negotiations of Mr. Se-
ward with the Republic of Columbia, for the
right of way to the Darien Canal is a failure,
and that Caleb Cushing will return to Wash-
ington without having accomplished his mis-
sion at Bogota.

Frequent earthquakes occurred in Guata- |
mala, in December, |

According to a recent decision of the United

cist announcement, that Her Majesty has
been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Sir!
John Young. Bt., to be Governor General of
the Dominion of Canada, and Governor and
‘Commander-in-Chief of the Island of I'rince

Eaward.

States Supreme Court, the constitutionality |
of the New York pilot laws is affirmed. In. |
bound veasels must have a pilot,and colliding |
vessels aro reaponsible, according as they
have or have not a pilot on board.

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Before leaving this end of the city we go to
see Salem Street Chapel, which is well worthy
a visit by the antiquarian, from the fact that
the first chime ef bells ever rang in America
washere, They were imported trom England
expressly fur the purpose, ‘Ihe tenor bell
bewrs the inscription. We were kindly shown
through the building, and up labyrinths of
antiquated stairs, which, from their delapiduted
appearanco, fill one with very uncomtortable
sensations, aud it was with fee.ings of unut- |
terable relief that we at length arrived at the
highest pinnacte of the tower. Froiw here we |
obtained a splendid view ofthe harbor.city and |
suburbs, 1t was from this commanding posi-
tion that Paul Revere, Ksq.. huisted a signal |
a century ago, to infurm the people that Brit-
ish troops were coming up the harbor to fire
onthe town, The Communion Service still
used in thie ancient charch, was presented to
them by King George IL. of England. It is
of solid silver, very massive, and bears the
imprees of the Royal Crown of England.

As this letter is growing too long to con-

your memorialists submit that the decision of ing him ten shillings for taking it to}

doubtful or new questions of law by only two
Judges, must often lead either to a difference
} of opinion—a contingency which would pre-

| clude a decision of the Court altogether—or
| to a compromise of conflicting opinions, so as

not to retard the administration of justice,

Your memorialists believe that one or other

of these results is very frequently inevitable,

from the present anomalous constitution of
our Bench, and most earnestly submit thata

state of the Supreme Judicial authority of the |
Colony, actually or probably leading to such

consequences, must be viewed with suspicion

and distrust, and demands a speedy and ef-

fectual remedy,

market, the carriage of it will cost him
| Very little less than one sixth of its value,
|Is not this an enormous, a ruinous tax :
We have not cited an extreme case. If
the load were one of potatoes or turnips,
the proportion of the expense of carriage
to the whole value, would
greater, If the roads were ag tiey |
should be, a horse could draw on
them fifty bushels with far greater ease
than he can now draw twenty-five. The|
farmer would then be the gainer of a

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That such evil consequences are not only | hal day labor on fifty bushols of grain. |
probable, but have actually resulted trom the | Uhis would be of more value to him than
present con titution of the Bench only so re- | thrice ten shillings,
cently as last ‘Trinity ‘Term: ‘That during | compare
that term the Judges differed in opinioa as to!
the competency of either of them to try im-
portant causes then pending and requiring |
immediate decision: ‘That to avoid the ab-|
struction of justice thus caused, one of the |

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When we come to
the cost of hauling his surplus
produce to market, in the present state
of our roads, with the greatly lessened
cost under a better system, we cannot see
how our farmors can object to any roa,

leave ‘Town for Lot 49, on the same oven-
ing, where we belivye some of his friends
reside,

Acable despatch has been received at

| Ottawa, from England, stating that Whe-

fan's case could not be take before the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
When this information was conveyed ta

| Whelan, he at once sent for a Priest, and
be stil] | it is expeoted that he will make a confess-

ion, ‘To-day, the 11th, is the time fixed
for his execution,

Since the Court of Insolvent Debtors
has been in operation, in this Island, up=
wards of twenty persons have mado Ap-
plivation to it. Notices of their appplica-
tions have appeared in the is Rojel Gases
te,” they should ' be published in all the
papers printed in the Island, as should

| also all important notices. in order to al=
| ford the
| them,

public an opportavity of seeing
it ishigh time the law compelling
persons to publish certain notices in a
paper that searcely one in a thousand
ever reads, should be abolished,