Misce

he

llaneous,

THE LATE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN |

FERDINAND OF MEXICO,

(Vrom the N. Y. Tribune.)

‘The Emperor Maxim

of Archduke Francis Ch

and Princess Sophia of Bavaria.
born on the 6th of July, 1831,

entered the Austrian navy.

In 1846 he

appointed Admiral and Commander-in-
Chief of the Austrian navy in 1859, and

retained this position until his acceptanee | but this proclamation met with nor

of the Mexican crown. During his ad-
ministration of this high office he intro-
aluced many important reforms, und left
dis post amid universal regret. Mo was
elected Emperor of Mey
Dlea de Notables on the 10th of July, 1863,
but on October 8, following, in an inter-
view at his castle of Miramar, near Trieste,
with the Mexican Deputation dispatches to
him to request his assumption of the Im-
pe
the crown dependent upon the will of the
Mexican pean, In his reply to the ad-

dress of the deputation he said:
* Although the mis

the wellare of Mexico on a solid founda: }

tion, and with tree institutions, is a most
noble one, I must, nevertheless, in com-
plete accordance with the views of the
Moctra Napoleon, declare that the mon-
archy cannot be re-established on a legiti-
mate and firm basis without a spon-
taneous expression of the views of the
whole nation, I must make my accept-
ance of the throne dependant upon a
plebiscite of the whole nation,”

With this answer the Mexican delegation

returned here with the ostensible object of
procuring a popular vote in favor of the
proposed empire, but, in the scattered and
disturbed state of the Mexican people, to
obtain a popular yote of any character
was evidently impracticable, With this
representation the delegation again visited
Maximilian, and on the 10th of April he
expressed himself satisfied that ‘* the reso-
Jution which brought them the first to
Miramar was confirmed by the immense
majority of your compatriots, and that he
might, with good right, consider himself
the legitimate elect of the Mexican people.”
Immediately afterwards a proces verbal of
the acceptance of the erown of Mexico
was signed by the parties to the interview,
and a gconvention between France and
Mexico was entered into. Soon after this
interview Maximilian started for Mexico,
stopping at Rome to receive the benedic-
tion of the Pope upon the enterprise. On
May 28 he landed at Vera Cruz, and on
Sunday, June 12, entered the city of Mex-
ico. Ie immediately commenced organ-
izing anew government, and to afford him
a basis ot action he adopted eyery means
for securing information upon the popula-
tion and resources of the different sections
of the country, and an insight into the na-
tional character. In order to initiate good
feeling, shortly after his installation in the
eapital he conceded a general amnesty to
all prisoners condemned for political of-
fences, and some other classes of offend-
ers. He also sent immediately to Juarez
and the Republican leaders, inviting them
to attend a conference in the eapital for
the purpose of discussing a plan for the
restoration of peace in the country, and
the firm establishment of the Empire.
‘This met with a contemptuous refusal trom
Juarez, and found as little fayor from
other leaders. From the first the financial
question was tho most difficult with which
Maximilian had to meet, and a committee
which he appointed, failed from ignorance
of the economical condition of the country
to institute any available measures for pe-
euniary relief. About the middle of Au-
gust Maximilian started on a tour of ob-
servation, intending to go as far as
Zacateces. Previous to his departure he
removed the censorship from: the ‘press.
On the 5d of November he addiessed a
letter to the Minister of State, Velasquez
de Leon, in which he announced a deter-
mination to treat as outlaws the armed
adherents to the Republican Government,
aud commanded ** all funetion 8, mag
istrates, and military authorities of the
nation, to pursue and annihilate them by
all means in their power.” Financial
troubles continued to embarrass the Em-
peror, and to these were added fresh com-
plications avising from demands of the
ecelesiastics for the restoration of church
property confiscated during Liberal ad-
mministrations. These demanis the poverty
of the Empire compelled him to refuse,
and thus he offended the church party and
the Pope. On October 2, 1865, believing
that Juarez when driven out of Chihucahua
had taken refuge in the United States,
Maximilian issued a proclamation, an-
nouncing the departure of the Republi an
President from Mexican soil, and declaring
his cause utterly lost, and that ‘* the strug-
gle in future will be between honest men
and gangs of criminals and bandits.” ‘Lhe
proclamation was immediately followed
by an imperial decree, pronouncing the
most vigorous measures against parties
in arms against the Government, and de-
claving that when captured such persons
would be shot within twenty-four hours
aflor conviction by court-martial, In ac-
cordance with this decree Gens. Orteaga
and Salazar, and seyeral others, being
captured at Santa Anna Amatlan on Oct,
18, were, ina few days, summarily exe-
cuted, notwithstanding that it was pro-
bably then known by the Emperor that
Juarez’s reported abandonment of his
cause was unfounded,

‘The year 1866 opened with the Repub-
lic in sv crushed and mutilated a coudition
as to be scarcely recognizable, but soon
the Republicans were greatly encouraged
by the convention between France and the
United States, by which the Emperor ot
France agreed to withdraw all the French
troops from Mexico, by November, 1866,
while the United States, on the other hand
informed France that she might rely upon
their (riendship and neutrality. Gradually
the Republicans gained important adyan-
tages, until, in the latter part of Junc,Gcn,
a found himself compelled to surren-
der the important seaport of Matamoras.
‘This first signal defeat of the Imperi:
was followed by a series of.other success
es of the Republicans, which reduced the
territory subject to Maximiliah’s control
toayery small portion of the country.
An effort to delay the financial ruin of the
country by the appointment of M. Lan-
guet, as Minister of\Finance, failed in
consequence of the death of Languet, in
February. ‘The official aanouneement ot
the determination of Loni’ Napoleon to
thdraw all the French troops, induced
tximilian to dismiss the Liberal meim-
rs of his Cabinet and lean again entirely
the Church party which agreed to sup-
the immediate wants of the Goyern-
t by a loan of several millions. Lis
rt to retain a part of the expeditionary
we in Mexico entirely failed, A journey
undertaken by the Empress Car

jotta to
Paris and Rome, was not only unsuccess-
ful, but entirely broke down the health of
thd Empress, who became insane, An
attempt to create a native army led like-

AC A A RE coal

‘wise to no result. Ou August 16, on cele- |

‘

| 22 he left the capital, as w

n was the son/this design was prevented by M

ras| must first abdicate betore he could

ico by the Assem- |

office, he made his acceptance of |

sion of maintaining | plac

ist}

jses, Mr. Peabody rose and said: ‘*We

| these have died under thirty yes

brating the soniversary of Mexican inde-
pendauce, Maximilian still promised to
letend his throne to the last; but on Oct.
$8 generally
dat Vera
Bat

} supposed with a design to er
)Crua for Europe and to abdicate.

| Bazaine, who insisted that the Emperor
eave
Soon atter Mavimilian

the country.

On the 27th) yielded to the entreaties of the chief of the |
vt July, 1858, he married the untortunate | Conservative party and resolved to stay.
Maria Carlotta, a daughter of the late | Ina proclamat
King Lepold I. of the Belgians. Ie was | expressed a wish to conyoke a Nations

n dated December 5, he

ul

pouse trom the Liberal leaders, Thus at}
the close of the year the Empire was in a)
desperate condition, the whole of the;
country with the exception of the cities of |
Mexico, Queretaro, and Vera Cruz, being
practically in the hands of the Republi-
cans,

The departure of the French troops
which was completed in the first month of
the current year was soon followed by an
entire collapse of the Empire. When the
Republican forces on all sides vietoriously
advanced upon the capital, Maximilian
concentrated his troops at Queretaro and
2 himself at their head. But gradu-
ally the entire Imperial ry Which was
besieged in Queretaro, and finally the
Emper with his entire force had to sur-
render, In compliance with a request
from the Emperor of Austria, the United
States Government intereeded for the lite
ot Maximilian, but in yain, for the unfor-
tunate prince was shot on the 19th ult.

Asketch of Maximilian reeently publish-
ed says of his personal appearance :—

** Maximilian is rather above the middle
ight, well proportioned, with powerful
a square shoulders, In face he is de-
cidedly good looking, having regular fea-
tures, light hair, long side whiskers and
moustache of the same color, a small
mouth and excellent teeth, with a good-
tempered smile perpetually on his coun-
tenance, He has light blue eye id a
most benevolent and amiable express
of countenance,

‘Tn dress he is always scrupulously
neat, A black frock-coat, light colored
pantaloons, white vest, and a small black
nectio usually constituted his morning
costuine, while in the evening, at dinner
parties, receptions, &c., he wore the usual
evening attire of a private gentleman, Le
very seldom donned uniform, por was it
often worn at hisreceptions, When oeca-
sions of state rendered it necessary, he
would appear ii the plain dress of a Gen-
eral in the army, Ile was yery fond of
the Mexican costume, always adopting it
when on horseback or in the country, also
when travelling, ‘This consisted of a
handsome white sombrero, ornamented
with silver, and a silver band round it, ov
sometimes a plain white Prench wide-a-
wake hat of very large circumterence, a
jacket and vest of black or a dark color,
handsomely embroidered, and black pants
with double rows of silver buttons down
the outside seam of cach leg. Sometimes
his riding dees ike the rancheros of|

t, vest and pants |
uully deer skin,

the country, name
ot buf colored leather, u

but handsomely embroidered and orna-
mented like the others.”

|

Dir American Press ON MaXtMintan’s
Murver.—The New Yo imes denoun-
ces the murderers of Maximilian as they
deserve. It says:—

“Tis death will convince more than
half the world, before incredulous, that he
was right,
capable of such a crime are eapable of
self-government, or fit to be intrusted with
authority, They are insensible alike to
every sentiment of honor and eyery dic-
tate of prudence. The brutal instinet—
the thirst for blood—is uppermost in their
natures, ‘Che hour of victory is with them
not the hour for generous sentiments, but
for revenge, for cruclty, for insolent deft:
ance of all invgnimous policy of the public
sentiment of the Christian world. ‘The;
murder of Maximilian, which is but one
of the scores of inurders that mark their
triumph, bodes ill for the Republican goy-
ernment of Mexico. It deprives it of all
sympathy from other nations, and brings
upon it the distrust, the scorn, and the
hatred of them all. And it shows that it
is no national triumph that has been
achieved; it is no victory of prineiple pre-
yailing over ion, and Andie its con-
summation in the development of a gene-
rous and kindly patriotic sentiment. It
simply a triumph of faction—low in its
aims, never more yencmous than in its
success, 2nd violent and cruel just in pro-
portion to the helplessness of its disabled
victins. ‘Thercisno hope of lasting peace
for a party or a government which cele-
brates so signal a iumph by so signal a
crime.”

Lt is hard to believe that men

Law 1x Exaranp.—The London Spee-
tator notices certain anomalies of Eng
law and custom, and says:—'‘t Attorne
are prohibited from taking more than two
articled clerks at once, That is right.
Bricklayers are prohibited from taking
more than a defined number of appren-
tices, ‘That is very wrong. Attorneys
who charge any but the customary suns
are liable to be struck of the rolls. ‘That

is righteous. Workmen wWho take any
but ‘legal’ wages are liable tobe expelled

8
the Union. That is wicked. Attorneys
will not do business with other attorneys
who break professional etiquettes. That
is very proper. Workmen will ot work
with other workmen who will break trade
etiquettes. ‘That is hideous oppression.
What a practical aud consistent, and un-
sellish people we are, to be sure.”

Heart or tite Youngest Son.—A few
days previous to his departure for England
Mr. Peabody gave a dinner party, at Bos-
ton, to some intimate gentleman friends,
After the cloth had been removed, Mr.
Peabody rose and proposed to drink the
health of the youngest son of any gentle-
inan present. One gentleman said he had
alittle son three months old; another's
was but two weeks; Mr, Jenkins, of Bos-
ton, rose and said his son was but fort
cight hours old. Llaying filled their g

drink to the health of George Peabody Jen-
kins !’—N.Y. Home Journal,

The decrease of the Hawaeian race, to
speuk with bounds, has been over 14,000
in fourteen years, and a large majority of
rs ol age,
‘The ratio of deercase must necessarily in-
crease as years rollon, It will be easy
for any oue fond of cyphering to state very
nearly about the period when the race will
be extinct.— N.Y, Herald,

A Sunday School on wheels is said to be in|
operation in Utica, ‘The managers hold it in
a car furnished by the managers of one of the
railways leading out of Utica, and the scholars
are gathered up along the line of the road.

A petition has been presented to the Frerch |
Senate, praying that the remains of Louis}
Phillippe may be transferred to France, as
those of Napoleon T. were during the first-
named monarch’s reign.

t

SUMMERSIDE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1807,

Co on the most liberal basis, so that | control them. Like most of the descendants Florence, July 19th.
hall parties could participate in the election ;| aah ee GES is aay pa Garibaldi announced to a great meeting
ee gi a eat Pistoria, that the time has come tor

| been most atte

a

THE MORMON GIRLS.

an _ Latest by Telegraph ! |

Richard Williams, who delivered a lecture | eiaenniicil
at Baffilo recently, on the Mormons, alluded | London, July 19th,
as follows to one of the disturbing elements) The Empress Eugenie will visit Queen |
among the Saints:— Phere is one clement) Yiotoria at Windsor Castle on Sunday}
among themselves which is troublesome.) next,
The general testimony of the Gentiles who
have lived in intimate social relations with
them is that the young girls (to their honour
be it said) are mostly disaffected. Growin
up with it, they have seen the institutic
with all its abominations, anil,opposed as it is
to all their holier feelings and better instincts |
no amount of spiritual thunder can entirely

Edinburgh, July 19th.
William Lloyd Garrison has arrived, and
has been welcomed with signal honors.
‘The Municipality of Ediaburgh have r
jceived him as a public guest, and have
presented him with the Freedom of the
City.

get away with them, ‘They cannot marry a
Gentile and remain peacefully athome. Very
naturally they prefer a whole Gentile to one=
tenth of a Mormon, ‘The most effectual way
«f breaking up the whole system would be to
send an army of 10,000 unmarried men there
and protect every man who married a Mormon
woman and brought her tocamp. Weight
in this way get rid of the nuisance without
bloodshed orincurring the odium of a religious
prosecution.

liberating Rome trom Papal tyranny, and
restoring to the City her ancient freedom,
London, July 19th.

In the House of Lords this evening a
request was made on the part of the Goy-
ernment that the House would refrain for
the present from any expression of opin-
ion, by resolutions or otherwise, in regard
to the execution of Maximilian by the
Mexici

San Francisco, July 19th,

The Hong Kong newspapers denounce
the Coolie trade as practiced by the Portu-
guese. ‘They state that personal punish-
mentis often inflicted by them on China-
men who refuse to ship, and that other
undue means are’ used to change their de-
termination, They also give instances of
kidnapping of girls and women who are
carried off in yarious ways for intumous
purposes.

Men are violently carried off and ship-
ped to South America as Coolies, The
papers call upon civilized nations to stop
this horrible trafic cyen if it should be
necessary to disperse the Portuguese en-
gaged in it.

‘Lhe British merchants at Chefoo haye
presented a memorial to Sir Ruthertord
Alcock stating the importance of Chefoo
awdepot ot trade for Northern China
and the advant s that will accrue trom
the importation of goods directly from
England and asking him to use his iuflu-
ence with the Chinese Government so that
Chefoo may be made a free port,

Gold (N.Y.) 1398.

PARTING BETWEEN THE FRENCH
AND RUSSIAN EMPERORS.

The parting between the Emperors of Rus-
sia and France at the depot is said to have
.» It was nota cold and
sbut two hearty, brotherly
irded men hug

formal hand-shaking,
hugs. for on the continent b
and kiss each other like girls.—‘ Justice and
peace have kissed each other.” ‘The bullet
aimed at the life of the Czar senttered the
same blood over them both. Can these men
ever go to war with each other? When the
Emperors had embraced, the young grand
Dukes came forward to tuke arespecttul leave
of the Emperor Napoleon who had so magni-
ficently treated them, but when they held out
their hands the Emperor opened his arms and
took them also to his heart. The eldest has
gone to England to visit his sister-in-law, the
Princess of Wales. The luckiest man in
France is Monsieur Raimbeaux, who spurred
forward his horse and probably saved the
life of the Czar. Le is the son ofa rich pro-
prictor of mines in Northern France and
Belgium, and son-in-law of the late M. Mo-
quard, Private Secretary of the Emperor, He
received the most coveted honors trom both
Emperors, and now all Russiais sending him
testimonials of a nation’s gratitude.—The
Czar gave hin the warmest invitation to visit
him at his Chapel. ‘*I have,” he said, ‘sixty
millions of subjects, and there is not one of
them to whom your name is not now familiar ;
you can judge of the welcome you will have
at St. Petersburg.”

London, July 20,
The ‘Tories in the House ot Lords sus-
tain the Derby Reform Bill, Earl Gray
opposed it,

Paris, July 20,
Napoleon still continues to: purchase
large quuntities of horses for the use of
the French army. ‘he principal work-
shops in Irance are oyertasked.
Frankfort, July 20,
The remarkable decree of activity no-
ticed in the French workshops and con-
tinued purchases of horses tov the use of
the Pronch army have created a great deal
of distvust in the financial circles here, and
fears that a war is approaching are opealy
expressed,

A Cotony For SAte.—From the Hague
we learn that no sooner is the Luxemburg
business settled than another question con-
nected with the sale of territory arises. Some
time since a treaty was concluded between
‘Bnglind and Mollind to fix the frontiers of
the pos ions of both countries on the coast
of Guinea, while at the same time a new
liberal tariff of dutics established. ‘This
treaty been laid before the Dutch Parlia-
( nd nota few members are of opinion
that, as the Guin dlony is every y loss
tothe Dutch treasu it would be better to
dispose of it. ‘he Government have replied
that the treaty and the new tariff? will per-
haps make the colony more prosperous, but
have not declined to sell it if a good price could
be obtained. The only question is how to find
abuyer. The English Government have not
shown themselves willing to buy the Dutch
possessions, and there is no other State to
whom they would be of any use. It is notat
all improbable that if Holland can contrive to
get rid of the Guinea colony, efforts will next
be made to sell the West Indian colonies,
which are also a source of pecuniary loss.
Negotiations have recently been re-opened
between Switzerland and Holland in’ regard

Pi

July 20.

Late Russian journals received here
evinee the utmost dissatisfaction at the
verdict on the case of Berezowski, and the
brevity of the sentence imposed upon the
attemptud assassin of the Czar,

London, July 20,

The Great Review of the Royal Volun-
teer for for which extensive prepara-
tious have been made, came off to-day at
Wimbledom., ‘Twelve thousand men were
line and were reviewed by the Sultan
The precisi th which the field eyolu-
tious were performed is much compli
mented,

Paris, July 22.
The Bill abolishing Imprisonment for Debt,

toa commercial treaty. Some years ago a )
t y of this kind was on the point of being which some time ago passed the Corps Legis-
concluded, but the Dutch Government insisted | lati, has finally passed the Senate, and is

on} now ala

| restrictions of the Sw

that the illiber:

the Dutch Jews should be abolished. his Florence, July 22, even.
was refused at that time; but the Swiss Gov-|  ‘Thedebate on the Financial Administration

ernment, it is understood, have now taken the
measures to place Dutch Jaws liy-

of the Government was brought to a conclu-

Summerside Gournal,
"THURSDAY, JULY 25,1867.

No notice ean be taken of anonymous com- |
mun ons. We must know the names and/
ack es of our correspondents as a guaranty |
of their good faith, We cannot undertake to |
return communications that are not used, |

Ee

i
|

THE LOAN.
Tue rumor to which we gave currency |
last week that the Loan Bill had received |
the Royal Assent has been confirmed by |
later advices. ‘The people of the Island)
may take it for granted that our!
Government is now invested with the
power of borrowing a very considerable |
sum in the Money Market at Home. |
The Hon, Mr. Hensley is at present in Lon-
don, where he has every prospect of effect-
ing a loan on as favorable terms as could}
beexpected. ‘The editor of the Hxaniner |
thinks that the money cannot be obtain- |
ed for less than six per cent. ‘This, con-|
sidering all things, is we think, quite a
moderate rate. of interest. The island is
very little known in England,and the loan
is for twenty years. ‘The Imperial Guaran-
tee, though nothing more than what in com-
mon justice should be accorded to the peo-
ple of this Island has not been asked for,
The English capitalist lends his money
to the people of this colony, and there
is not the shadow of a dbubt but that
the people will be both able and willing
to pay him every farthing that is honestly
due him, ‘lhe circumstances of the Is-
landare peculiar, Our Governments have
been economical, The public funds have
not been squandered. We have con-
tracted a small debt it is true; but that
debt has been contracted for a most
praiseworthy purpose, The wilderness
lands of this colony haye been granted to
a few proprictors who have leased them to
the cultivators of the soil. ‘No farmer
in America likes to be a tenant. He
feels that he has a right to the freehold}
of the farm which, by a lifetime of hard!
and patient labor, he or his tather has!
formed out of the wilderness. Lyery.
thing upon it of any value except the
part still uncultivated is the product of}
his toil, ‘The buildings were erected by
his own hands. ‘The garden and orchard
have been of his own planting. ‘The
fences are of his raising. ‘The cleared
fields he has by great labor and privation,
bit by bit and year by year, slowly re-
deemed from the native forest. Ile is
indebted to his landlord for nothing but}
the privilege of transforming the unpro-
duetive wildern into a fruitful farm,

forfeited titles. If the proprictors are
wise they will now embrace the present
favorable opportunity of getting rid of a
specics of property which never at any
time yielded them a certain income, the
holding of which has always been attend-
od by annoyances and litigation, and has
rendered them as a class extremely up-
popular, They have hitherto been favor-
ed and protected by the Home Govern-

| ment, but if that Government find that

they are determined to hold their lands
contrary to the wishes of the whole popu-
lation of the colony etter the opportunity
of parting with them op the most favor-
able terms has been offered them, it is
not at all likely that that favor and pro-
tection will be accorded to them much
longer. ‘The well understood wishes of
the people of the Island ought to go for
something in this matter, What those
‘wishes are no one who has lived a month
in the country can pretend to be ignorant
of. By accepting a fair price for their land
the proprietors will do themselves no in-
jury, and when once our farmers are the
owners of the soil they cultivate,the great
and long-standing grievance of Prince
Kdward Island will be at last redressed.

Rey. Mr. Frame, who has been absent
for a few weeks in Nova Scotia, at the
close of an impressive discourse, on Sab-
bath evening last, from Ecclesiastes LX:
10, made the following remarks in refer-
ence to Mr. Ramsay, the young man from
Scotland, who, with Mr, Patterson, met
with the fatal accident here.

The preacher observed that it was not
his custom to make any remarks in reter-
ence to the dead; the business otf the
minister of the gospel is with the living—
the dead know not anything. But in the
present instance he would make an excep-
tion to his general rule. It was not neces-
sury, however,that he should say anything
in relerence to one of the young men who
had beea so suddenly taken away—with
whom they were also intimately acquaint-

But in the case of the other, who
$i) Comparative stranger here, it was
different. And he would inform then that
that young man who had been so suddenly
cut down tiv from his mative country and
home was a professing Christian, Young
though he was, he had protessed Christ be-
fore men. When about nineteen years
old he became a member in fall com-
munion of the Established Church of Scot-
lund.

And since he came to this place, so far
y, his lite had been consistent

ed.

as he kue

yiclding rich sustenance both for man and
beast. He has received no istance |
from the proprietor of the soil during his |
long and painful struggle with the wil-
derness. Is it any wonder then that he}
in his heart believes that the landlord |
has no right to claim a share of the fruits
of his toil? Is it any wonder that he
most ardently desires to obtain the full)
ownership of the land to which he is at- |
tached by so many ties, and) which he
fecls to be already his by a better, if not}
a stronger title than any that the law of
the land can give? This conviction no}
reasoning can cradicate from the minds}
of the tenantry of this Island. What!
makes the case of the Island tenant more]
gricvous, in his own estimation at least,
is that he believes that the proprietors |
have years ago forfeited all rights, such
as they were, to the lands originally |
granted to them, The wh.l2 political}

as.

necessa , sion in the Italian Parliament to-day, and the
ing in tzerland on the sume footing as} ministerial budget was adopted with great
Christians. unanimity,

Discoyvenrn Is

St. Petersburg, July 22.
se has been promulgated, |

An Imperial Uk
which decrees the re-establishment of a pro-|
vincial asseinbly, |

LAND IN THE

v1
Paciric. —It is
island should have

route between San F
as the new line of American steamers is to be
established there. he great obstacle to the
establishment of that line is the great length
of the route—making it necessary for steamers
to so much coal as to have lite room

; Washington, 22.
Congress wljourned Saturday until No-
vember 21st.

Gold 80% |

Port Hope, Ontario, July 22.
A fire here on Saturday last destroyed the |

for go. It has, indeed, been confidently | oo oe : hava ae
predicted that the enterprise must fail, from | Ase Oe lhe Pempest, Be ay Pitts, and
this cause if no other, to be profitable; and! Tey beliaiaatat a ’

san orphan MATER Sy HN ail), + fite engine ran over a inan named coffin
although the carly trips of the Pacific Mail} instantly killing him, ,

ee A terrible hurrics

Pnight.

steamers have dispelled this afprehension
some extent, sagacious conn limen have
by no means considered the problem as fully
solved. But the discovery of an Island, on}
the very route followed, which can serve as
a coaling station, puts the question at rest
forever. This affords, perhaps, the most
striking illustration of that fundamental maxim
of political economy, that the supply will: al-
ways equal the demand, to be found on record.
As svon is that route tou be opened no-
thing was so much wanted as an islind; and
forthwith the want has been supplied! ‘The
Paclfic Mail Company, it is said, will establish
a coal depot there at once.—New York Times.

ne visited this vicinily last

Quebee, July 22

Steamship Moravian,” with 400. p

gers from Liverpool, arrived yesterday.

reports that the steamship *¢ North Ameri
which went ashore on the Ishind of Ant

i,
has been platformed, and is now kept free of

water by pumps. It is expected that she will
be afloat by Tuesday next.
Gold 130}.

DESTRUCTION OF A
EAA SS

We observe by an American paper that
the United States gunboat Peoria, six days
from St. Thomas, arived at Washington
on the 16th ins She reports no fever
there, thift business is dull, and the har
bor free of shipping, On the night of the
3d instant, the town of Basse Terre, Saint |
Kitts, was destroyed by fire. All the |
business portion of the plaice and most of)
the dwellings and chur were reduced
toushes, ‘Phe Peoria was lying at the time
at the neighboring Island ot St. Martins,
at the request of the Governor of St. |
3. the United States Consul dispatched |
ul beat to St. 3 8 for the Peroria to |
i On her arrival
she was unable to do anything towards
saving the plice, but Commander Badger}
supplied the destitute inhabitants with ship
stores, and then proceeded towards Anti-
gua for further supplies. The Governor}
of Antigua immediately d&spatched a pro-
Visional y I to St. Kitts, Vive lives
were lost daring the fire, Large quanti-
ties of provisions, and sugar ready tor
shipment, were consumed,

TOWN IN ST,

pay-scHooL Bano Expettep From
ovan Crurem ror PLay TOA
TING PARTY.— instance of clerical

Disse
bigotry and intolerence has just been display-
ed by the Rev. James Irvine, the Vicar of
Leigh, known some years ago through his
disputes with the Bishop of Manchester and
his churchwardensinreference to High Chureh

or
5

and Kitualistic practice It appears that a
number of juyeniles some of whom have at-
tended the Church Sunday-school, haying
formed themselves into a drum-and-fife band
have attained considerable proficiency as mu-
ians. ‘heir services were sought by a
sleyan school in the neighbourhood to
‘ori at its annual Whitsuntide festival of
iday week. ‘The members of the band con-
sented to attend. ‘This matter coming to the
cars of the vicar, he summoned the leader of
the band into his presence, and threatened
that, if he played in connection with any dis-
senting school, he should teel it his duty to
expel them from his school. ‘The boys, low-
ever, decided to fulfil their engagement, and
attended the festival as promised, and also
rendered their services at the Bethesda Con-
gregational school fice in Leigh, on Saturday
last. he boys attended their classes at the
Church school on Sunday morning as usual,
but had to submit to the degradation of being
publicly expelled in the presence of a large
number of scholars. It may be mentioned

A Friaurren Destin Warcn —A sad tale
was told at an inquest just held at Biddeford
by the brother of a man who was killed wihle

| of quit rents was demanded,

|
|

history of the Island has been the re-
cord of a struggle between the landlords}
and their tenants. A Court of Escheat|
was long but vainly sought for. The |
viture of the lands for non-payment}

A Court of)
Enquiry into the titles of proprietors was |
asked for, ‘The Land Commission was
to have settled this long vexed question,
but failed to do so.

fo

By means of the organization called
the ‘Tenant League, a portion of the ten-
antry hoped to compel the proprietors to
sell their lands. All these schemes and
abortive attempts derive their origin from
the settled determination of the tenants
of this Island to obtain the frechold of
the lands upon which they have settled.
‘The only feasible means yet devised for
carrying out this determination has been
the Land Purchase Bill. By means of
the operation of this law many of the
tenants have been already settled in free- |
hold. Itis in order to give greater efli-
cieney to the Purchase Bill that the new
Loan is about to be contracted. When
the Government haye at command ample
funds and are able to pay the money
down for the lands which they buy;
itis very probable tnat they can effect}
purchases on more favorable terms than|
when their payments could only be made
by instalments extending over a number
of years. Many of the proprietors will,
we think, be indueed to. sell when they
can thas obtain the money for their
estates at the moment the sale is effected.

|

As the loan is for twenty years, the
Tenants of the I 1 will not be obliged

to send the moncy in payment for the
lands bought from the proprictors off the
Islind within two or three years of their
purchase. Money at the best of times
is never too abundant in the colony.
The laree sums annually leaving,as pay-
ment for land has diverted much of the
circulating medium from the. ordinary
channels of trade, and has caused not a
little inconvenience. When the Loan is
obtained itis but reasonable to suppose
that money will be easier.

ching for gulls’ eggs on the clitls which
form the istind of Lundy, in the Bristol
Channel. James and John Brand were thus
occupied, when, straying apart from each

that, asa band, they had no official connee-
tion with the school. The courage of the
boys in thus braving the” vicar's vengeance
has given much satisfaction in the town, and
the intolerant conductot the vicar is generally
condemned,— Weekly Scotsman, 29th June.

his brother some yards down the side of the
cliff hanging by bis hands to a little
piece of rock, and searching with his feet for
the smallest foothold, It was vain; the rock

A verdant young man entered a faney store
the other day, while tie lady proprictor was
arranging a lot of perfamery. She inquired
of him if he would not like to have some
musk bags to putin his drawers. After an
examination of the article, he told the young
lady that he did not wear drawers.

The emigration from Ireland in 1860 was
101,251, a slight decrease from the preceding
year. Since 1862 rather more than 100,000
have left Ireland every twelve months, In/like hours to his helpless brother watching
the five years previous to 1862, some of! from above. and at last with a will screain,
which were the most prosperous known in| James Brand released hold and plunged
Ireland for a long period, the emigration headlong down, his head been shivered to
never fell below 65,000" ‘The population of | fragments against a projecting crag in. the
Ircland is now less by 50,000 than in 1865. jee scent.—Liglish paper 7

and there he hung, a chasm fall 300 feet deep

impossible; a foothold below there was none,
and certain death stared him in the face,

fellow hung on fora few minutes that seemed

other for a few minutes, Jolin heard a fall. | ane
Ile went to the edge, and looking ovér, saw | disposition on their part to act fairly and

j |

Jutting | estates on the Island,
| people who are determined to abolish the
was hard as adamant, and smooth as glass, |

yawning below him. Help from above was able to offer the best terms to the land-

| holder.
With the iron grip of despair the poor young | great exertions in order to second the
efforts of the Government.

The course pursued by our Govyern-
ment with regard to the Land Question
ought to convince the Home authorities
I the proprietors that there is every

honestly towards the holders of large
Representing a

landlord system,they are making every ef-
fort to place themselves in a position to be

The people, too, are making

They are
| willing to work hard and toeconomise in
jevery way in order to fulfil their obliga-
| tions to the Government from whom they
have purchased their farms. There is

sion—his conyer-

with his Christian profe
sation had been as it beeune the gospel of
Ch Not forsaking the assembly of

st.

| God's people, as the manner of some is,

he was regular in his attendance at the
house of prayer, and he also willingly and
cheerlully contributed of his means for the
advancement of the Redeemer’s eause in
the world,

Ile made these remarks, not for the
benelit of the dead, but for the living, and
especially for his young triends who were
then listening to him, Perhaps sume may
suppose that those who are taken away
young die prematurely, ‘This may appear
so to us,but yet it is not the case with res-
pect to those who die in the Lord, ‘The
great end of life is to gain an interest in
the Sayiour—** to glorily God and to enjoy
himforeyer.” And none who have gained
the great end of lite can be said to have
diced too soon; because to believers death
is gain, for itis ** to departand to be with
Christ which is tar better,”

And how secure ave all Christ’s beliey-
ing people in the hour of death, No mat-
ter how suddenly death may come to them
—or in what form it may come, they are
perfectly safe, Ile on whom they have
believed ‘*is with them; his rod and his
stuf comfort them,” When thou pass-
est through the waters I willbe with thee,
and through the viyers they shall not
overflow thee,”

er Derina the past m

added over two hundred names to. our
subscription list. ‘The Journal now finds
its way into nearly 1500 families. The
large number we circulate makes it the
best advertising medium on the Island,
Besides a cheaper paper cannot be had.
Only ONE DOLLAR a year!

onth we have

(F We never have had much occa-
sion to dun our subscribers, as the greater
number have not forgotten to remember
the poor Printer in these hard times; but
there are a few who haye been receiving
our paper for nearly two years who have
paid us nothing, to those we would say,
at once remit us the amount due and we
will forgive your negligence, and say you
are bully fellows,

eRFELE BANK OF New Brunswick

Cot
Nore.—We were shown lastnight a coun
terleit $5 note of the Bank of New Bruns-
Wic It isan admirable photograph of

note No. 8,401, of that denomiuation, but
in size is shorter and narrower than the
original bill, ‘The paper is not such as is
used in printing bank notes. It was re-
ceived yesterday in a remittance from P.
i, Ishind.—-Saint John Telegraph.

We were shown the note mentioned
above. The paper on which it is photo-
graphed is rather darker than that in the
original bill, We would advise our mer-
chants and others to be on the look out in
taking such notes, and endeavor it possi-
ble to find out the party who is circulating
them. One of these counterieit notes can
be seen at the Summerside Bank.

tw Tus Schr, Sea Bird, Captain T.
Welsh, arrived here on Sunday last, from
Montreal, witha cargo of Flour and Corn-
meal for James L. ILolman and John Beer,
Esquires,

‘LO Cornesron DENTS.—'* W.” your letter
is too much of a party personal character
to be admitted into the columns of the
Journal, We don’t believe in publishing
personalities in our columns.

b@™ Messrs. MeSween & McKenzie have
kindly consented to act as agents for the
Journal, and they are authorised to receive

jno talk of compulsion and very little of

j Moneys and give receipts.