18 PRINTED AND PURLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY of NEW SERIES. VOL 1. CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1870. ae NO. 9. THE BBRALD MORNING, BY REILLY & Co., EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS, Al their Office, Prince Street, Ch’town. TERMS FOR TUK ** HERALD :” year, paid in advance, £0 9 0 a ‘* halt-yearly inadvance, 0 10 0 Advertisements inserted at the usual rates, JOB PRINTING Of every description, performed with neatness and despatch and on moderate terms, at the Henrarp Office, Forl of ALMANACK FOR JANUARY, 1871. MOON'S PHASES. Fuut. Moon, 6th day, 5b. 11m., even,, E, Last Quarter, 14th day, 2h. 45m., morn,, 8.E. New Moon, 20th day, 8h, 20m., morn., N. E. Finst Quanren, 28th day, 8h. 2m., morn., N.E. E 4 DAY WEEK ayn MOON | HIGH [DAY'S a eonomoten Louse (weaternee! es hmhmh mh mh m 1 |Sunday 7 494 19|mom 6 25/8 30 3 Monday | 19) 2 36) 7 15) 30 ‘nesda 9} 20) 3 84,8 5 81 4|Wednesday | 49] 21/4361 8 64 93 5 |Thursday 49 22! 6 86 9 42) «33 6 |Friday 48] 23 rises 10 28) 35 7 |Saturday 48] 25, 4 2911 15, 37 8 |Sunday 48} 26) 5 2611 67] 38 9 |Monday 48} 27) 6 29 even 39 10 |Tuesday 47; 28 786) 126 41 11 Wednesday 47) 291844,210 42 12 |Thursday 47} 80) 9 61, 2 54) 43 13 |Friday 46] 31/11 4840) 46 14 |Saturday 45] 83\morn| 431! 47 15 Sunday 46} 84/0155 27) 49 16 |Monday 45] 36) 1 28 6 27) = 60 17 |Tuesday 44 87) 2 42) 7 33! = 63 18 Wednesday 43) 39) 8 69 8 39) = =56 19 | Thursday 42; 40,518 941) 58 20 |Friday 41) 41) 6 2310 41) 69 21 |Satarday 40; 42) sets 11 33) 9 2 22 |Sunday 40) 44 5 43 morn) 4 23 |Monday 39] 45) 6 56,0223) 6 24 Tuesday 88) 46/8 6 1 i) 8 25 | Wednesday 37 4) 913/154 9 26 |Thursday 36] 60:10 18 296 14 27 |Friday 25] Gill 19, 8 18) 16 28 |Saturday 34) Sijmorn! 3 69 18 29 |Sunday 33] 63| 0 23, 4 45 20 30 |Monday 82) 65] 1 25; 6 84) 21 31 |Tuesday Si; 87|325| 626 23 PRICES CURRENT. Cn'town, Dec. 23, 1870. Provisions. Beef, (small) perlb. — - - sha7d Do. by the quarters - - - da ba Pork (carcass) - - ~ «= 44d a 54d Do. (small) - - - - bd asd muiion, per lb, - - - - 3a6d Veal, per Ib. - - . - 3d a 6éd Iam, per lb. - - - - - Tdasd Butter (fresh) - - - - Is 38d a isd Do. by the tub - - - 80d a 1s 2d Cheese, per lb. - - - - Sd a 5d Do. (new milk) = - - - l0dals Tallow, per lb. - - - - idaod Lard, per Ib, - ~ - » © sal Flour, per 100 lbs. - - - 198 a 208 Oatmeal, per 100 lbs, —- - lbs 6d @ lis 8d Buckwheat flour per Ib. - - ljd a 2d Eggs, per doz, - - - Is3dals6d Grain Barley, per bush. - - 38 Ga a 4s 0d Oats per bush, - 28 3d a 2s 4d Vegetables, Green Peas, per quart - —- - 6d a od Potatoes, per bush, + - - IsGda is 8d Turnips per bush, +e 10d a Is Poultry. Geese - . . . - 2s 6d a 3s ‘Turkeys, each =~ - - - Bsa7s 6d Fowls,each - - - . ls 3d @ 2s ~ Is8da3s0d - Is3dal1s6d Chickens, per pair » -« Ducks - . ° e Fish. Codfish, per qtl. - e046) Herrings, per barrel - . ‘ 208 a 308 258 a 40s Mackerel, per doz. . - ° Sundries. Hay, per ton - - - . - 70s a 808 Straw, perewt. - - ~ - Is 6da 2s Clover Seed, per lb. - . - - Timothy Seed, per bush, - ~~ - ILomespun, per yard - + © @560s Calfskins, per lb, - - - - Gd a 9d Hlides, per lb. - - - - - 44da4djd Wool - - - - - - Isalséd Sheepskins - - . - $s 6dahs 0d Apples, per bush. - - - 8s Od a 48 0d Partridges - - - - Is 0d als 6d Groran Lewis, Market Clerk. ANotices. BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ! (Corner of Great George and King Streets.) Hon. Dante, Bryan, President. Witrram Cunpar., Esquire, Cashier, Discount Days—Mondays and Thursdays. Hours of Business—From 10 a, m, to 1 p. m., and from 2 p,m, to 4 p. m. ta The P. KE. Island Saving’s Bank is in connection with the Treasurer's Utfice. Days of deposit: Tuesdays and Fridays, trom 10 a, m. to 3 p.m. Union Bank of P. E. Island. (North Side Queen Square ) Citantrs Parwen, Esquire, President, JAMES ANDERSON, Esquire, Cashier. Discount Days— Wednesdays and Saturdays Hours Business—From 10 a.m, to 1 p.m, and from 2 p. m. to 4 p. im, Banking Summerside Bank, Central Street, Summerside, P. BE. Island. President—James L. Hotman, Esquire, Cashier—R. McC, Stavant, Bequire, Discount Days—Tuesdays and Fridays, Hours of Business—10 a. m. to 12 p, m., and from 1p. m. to2 p.m. Farmers’ Bank, Rustico, - - P, E. Island. ident—Jenome Dorroy, Esquire. Maren J. Buancuann, Esquire, Business Cards, s ceectipeetieuaetai desta cheated ce cata dada indian cna | J, F. BRINE, M. D., PHYSICIAN, Surgeon and Accoucheur. FORMERLY A partner of Dr. J. T, Jenkins, Charlottetown, may be consulted professionally at his Office, Mt. Stewart Bridge. Residence - - = The Manse. Dec, 14, 1870. 38m REMOVAL. NR. PADDOCK has removed his restdenco to the house lately occupied by Norman McLrop, Esq., near the Malf-Way House Georgetown Road, Head of Vernon River. Dec, 7, 1870, 3m* HEAD QUARTERS. 'PMIE Subscriber would call attention to the fact, UAT PCTSONS IN Wane OF & Bod Shave, Hair Cut, or Shampoo, Would do well to call at Head Quarters, Upper Queen Street, DesBrisay’s Block. Not only will he get the above in first-class style, but also OYSTERS, in every variety. CHAS. O. WINKLER. Dec. 7,1870. RONALD MACDONALD, COMMISSION MERCHANT, AUCTIONEER, —ARD— COLLECTING. AGENT. Sourie, P. E. 1., January 2, 1870. ne HENRY J, GAFFNEY, M.D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON OFFICE IN DesBrisay’s Block, (Next Apothecary’s Hall) QUBEN sSsTREDT. RESIDENCE: North American Hotel, Charlottetown, August 8, 1870. ly ly FITZCERELD & SHAW, Attorneys and Solicitors, —AND— NOTARIES PUBLIC. OFFICE: O Halloran’s Building, Great George Street Charlottetown, P. E,. Island, R. R. FirzGerarp. - - R. Suaw Nov. 2, 1870, OYSTERS. OYSTERS. Oysters. F you want any good Oysters, in shell or by the barrel, just call at the Subscriber's, and he will show you a sample of the above worth looking at, Having planted down one hundred barrels of the best Cascumpec Oysters, he is prepared to deliver them at his cellar in quantities to sult purchasers. Private familics can be punctually supplied by applying to 2m JOHN 8. O'NEILL, Proprietor Union House. Dee. 14, 1870. & aad. Fall Importations. TENEHE Subscriber is now happy to be able to announce, to his friends and customers, that he has completed his Fall Impgrtations, in each department of his business, and invites their usual Patronage. DANIEL BRENAN, N. B.—An early settlement of all accounts over six months due, is expected. D. BRENAN. Ch’town, Dec. 14, 1870. patie ea sp $m Wood Wanted. th Large or Small Quantities, 1,000 to 2,000 Cords of WOOD, in Logs, Timber, Spars and Cordwood, to be of Oak, White Ash, Birch, Beech, Elm, Sprace, Pine, Cedar, Fir, and Poplar, to be delivered at the “Hillsborough Mills,” Corner of Pownal and Water Sireels. ALSO: Ash Hoops and Hoop Poles, For further particulars apply to OWEN CONNOLLY, Esq., or to CARVELL BROS. Ch’town, Nov. 2, 1870. CHANGE OF BUSINESS, NOTICE TO DEBTORS. _ the Subscriber is abont to make a change in his business, he hereby notities all par- ties intebted to him, either for the Vinprcaror, the Heratp, or the Royat Gazerre, or for Job Work, Advertizing, or in any other way, up to date, that their respective amounts must positively be paid in this Fall, as otherwise, a recourse to law must be had. The bills will be made out in a few days and forwarded to the debtors, EDWARD REILLY. a Day—Wednesday in each week, Musurance. London and Lancashire LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY! 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The Largest and Best Assortment of Cakes, Pies and Tarts, To be had on the Island, which are too well known to require coumeration, and all of which will be sold, Cheap for Cash, by ALEXR. McKENZIE, Confectioner. Queen St., Victoria Buildings, } December 7, 1870, Gin “Ttalian Warehouse.” UST RECEIVED, from London and else- where— 100 chests and half-chests TEA, 5000 Ibs. Jamaica COFFER, 50 hhds, SUGAR, 560 pans. MOLASSES, 100 doz, PICKLES and SAUCES, 400 boxes RAISINS, 10 kegs Green GRAPES, 10 bbis. CURRANTS, 10 ** London Crushed SUGAR, 20 casks & 200 cases BRANDY & GIN, Casks & qr. casks Superior WINES, &e., &e., &e. WHOLESALE AND Reratt. MACEACHERN & Co, Dee. 7, 1870. lm Tobacco. Tobacco. HE Subscribers having purchased the busi- ness known as *' Lowden's Tobacco Fac- tory,” have entered into Co.partnership, un- der the style of HICKEY & STEWART. They keep on hand, at all times, a full sup- ply of the very best Tonacce, which they offer on liberal terms, te Payment of all Debts due the former Proprietors is to be made to the Subscribers. MICHAEL HICKEY, ALEXR, B. STEWART. Ch’town, Deo, 7, 1870. iw CHEAP PRINTING AT TUE HERALD OFFICE, Mercantile Advertisements. THE WAR. et lt Nl At Avrewie’s Vicrory at Orteans,—-The Journal de Loriet writes as follows :— A Prussian colonel, conversing at Gemigny with one of the members of the International Society, has made some admissions, which it appears useful to us to record, He had felt the strongest surprise from the very commencement of the battle, when he had perceived in in the French army, the perfect order in which it had been drawn up. ‘In looking at them through my telescope, I could not help exclaiming that there was an unexpected spectacle offered to usthere. Ilalfan hour afterwards, when we had seen them manceuvre and we had observed the deploying of their artillery, the officers who surrounded me showed themselves very anxious. We pressed one another’s hands,saying, ‘This is a lost game for us.’’’ Such testimony is eloquent. It will contri- bute, we hope, to make still firmer the confidence with which Gen. d’Aurelles THE WAR VICTIMG. The following are extracts from a let- | teraddressed tothe “Society of Friends,” iLondon. It is dated. from Metz:— ‘*T feel inclined to give you a descrip- j tion of the villages I have seen in the ‘last two days, as a sort of sample of the lcondition of this unhappy country. Yes- ‘terdiy morning I left Metz, by the Port }des Allemands, and proceeded along the lroad which winds under the Fort St. | Julien, to the village of thatname. This village, which was one of the tavorite resorts of the people of Metz on Sundays and festivals, has not itself suffered much, but all around it is a scene of hopeless desolation, There were great numbers of suburban residences here with neat gardens,and besides these, many mar keting establishments, on a large scale, with great quantities of fruit trees, &c. All this is one mass of ruin—the walls are levelled to the ground, the houses destroyed, and the gardens rooted up. a great many masons, carpenters, &c., who work generally in Metz. Now, of course, there is no work, and they are almost on the verge of starvation. To- day I was at Petrie, where 92 out of 106 houses were burned, together with the! church and a convent, part of which waa, a school for 500 girls. The unhappy) people have taken refuge in the various villages around. Who can measure the distress which such afrightful occurrence as this causes? It was a rich village, but there is absolutely nothing now but crumbling walls and a few poor people, who, 1 suppose, have nowhere to go to Ilave I said enough to show you that there is use for every shilling you can possibly raise? As far as our inquiries have gone—and they are not yet finieh- ed—-there are now from 6,000 to 8,000 persons in need of assistance, and there will be 12,000, or, it may be, 20,000, be- fore the war is over. In fact, it is im- possible to say how many people will actually want bread before the Ist of January. There are so many villages in which there is still a little left, and insnires the Arme.of the Loire A_hat- tery had been’ is uring the battle of Coulmiers, in sight of the wood where the Prussians were defending that village, Thence the enemy kept up a rapid and dangerous artillery fire, but the activity of the l’rench guuners ren- dered nugatory all the efforts of the Prussians. Our guns, posted near a farm, ceaselessly changed their position and direction, whilst, hindered by the trees and the nature of the ground, the Prussian battery in its painful move- ments, never found the fixed point which they were to take aim at. The skill of our gunvers had the success desired. Tho Prussian battery was dis- mounted, and the wood, confided for its defence to Bavarian foot soldiers only, was occupied by our troops, after a quick and sharp contest. This episode lof the battle has been related in the | Army of the Loire with a just and trac admiration. ‘The retreat of the Prussians was carried out in good order on their left wing, but in their centre and right wing, the retreat changed into a rout. The three or four inhabitants who had evening and night with every tumult and disorder of a great defeat. This spectacle was to them a compensation for the unwonted treatment to which they had been subjected. The troops dispersed and did not rally again— horsemen rushing through the crowd of foot soldiers, groups of soldiers, having dered fugitives, vehicles seeking their road at haphazard—such was the picture which, from their windows, several people of Gemiguy had been able to contemplate with an entirely patriotic pleasure. The cavalry, charged with the duty of pursuing the Prussian army, caused the fugitives great damage. They nearly took General Von der Tann’s entire artillery park, A wrong direction given, is said to have deprived this pursuit of all its hoped-for results. The material couseqnences of the battle of Coulmiers are not yet all exactly known. The cavalry, sent in pursuit of the enemy has, it is said, captured more cannon, waggons and prisoners than the official despatch announced. Whilst this des- patch speaks, indeed, of only two can- nons captured, it was affirmed at the staff of the army, that ten Prussian can- nons were now in our power. In_ their flight the enemy left two cannons ina field at Ifaisseau, where they were found buried in the mire. Tre Geraans perorr Pants.—The Times’ correspondent at Versailles, says: —**We have had cold as well as wet weather this week, but the invading troops do not complain, The outposts are changed every day, and every eight days all the battalions change quarters. Matters are so managed that no battalion has more than a week of hard times, Blane Memel is anything but a desirable place even for a week’s residence. Bourget is rather worse ; but I know of worse still—a temporary wooden barrack, consisting of a series of sheds, in a field where the occupants are up to their ankles in wet clay. In those quarters the several battalions of the Queen Angusta Regiment are obliged to take turns week about, but her Majesty of Prussia js very kind to these troops. She sends them various luxuries from Berlin, and they are very happy, even under the adverse circumstances of their quarters being in a place of damp and desolation. No such thing as ‘short commons’ has been-experienced by any of the troops. They have plenty to eat and to drink, There is no private with- out his wine and his tobacco. The Saxon soldiers in these head-quarters have a tobacco allowance of five cigars a day—the same number as that served out to the officers. Oxen and sheep are slaughtered daily at all the quartors, and the soldiers’ soup, prepared from preserved meat, is excellent. Brandy is not among the articles of regulation allowanco, but it is given to the men actually on post duty, and the .others can and do procure it at the market ten- der, or canteen. Up to this date, No- vember here has not been as severe as we usually have it in London, and the Germans say it is an improvement on what they are accustomed to at home. There does not appeat, therefore, any probability of their being obliged to re- “Herald” Office, Prince 8t., Oct. 19, 1870. Prince Street, (near the Atheneum ) tire from cold or hunger,”’ strayed from their companions, bewil-| Le | Great lines of carthworks stretch alone tne pram, nastily erected by the French, before the battles of the 12th and 14th August. One great conservatory was still left standing—why I know not It was pitiable to see the various and beau- tiful trained fruit trees so hopelessly ruined and trampled into the ground, and, of course, the people ruined, too, in another sense of the word, for they were all small proprietors, each owning his house and a piece of ground. Be- yond St. Julien the open plain was trampled and beaten down by the ar- nies that had been encamped there, great fosses running across it, with trans- verse earthworks and pits sunk in the jground, defended by breastworks of fascines; and yet all this had evidently, within a few months, been ground on iwhich patient labor and skilful cultiva- ition had been expended. ! visited the villages of Prix aud Savigny. In the former there were two houses burned, and in the latter eleven. The Mayor told me that it would take a year’s pa- ‘tient Iabor to level the earthworks and /restore the land to its normal condition. the courage to remain in the village of) Almost everything is gone—crops of Gemigny, saw them pass all through the | CYe@'y kind—hay, straw, corn, oats, and potatoes; no horses, no cows; the farm- ‘ing implements, carts, &c., having been ‘almost all used for firewood by the peas- antry. Great quantities of bedding and ‘clothes pillaged. Out of 260 persons, |60 are now in want, and there will be 100 in three weeks, when the little that is still left is gone. This is a fair sample of three out of every four villages in this district. , “‘T went next to St. Barbe, where no | house was burned, but the pillaging was almost incredible. Everything was gone, Let me give you a picture of one house, It had a frontage of 115 ft., including the granary and stables, and was sub- stantially built of stone; the dwelling- /rooms nicely papered and painted. Like /most houses of the class, it consisted of farm buildings, and at the other end was 'a long passage off which opened doors jinto four rooms for the family. These rooms and the passage were littered with /straw and rubbish of every description. The first room I entered contained a |heap of straw in one corner, evidently used asa bed; a broken chair and a frag- ment of a table were in another, and in a third, a handsome armoire of walnut wood, with the dvors wrenched off their hinges for firewood; in another room was a broken bedstead, a good piece of furniture, but no bedding—a heap of straw supplied the place of the matirass, another armoire was here which had been treated in the same fashion ; the kitchen, ' which came next, was littered with emp- ity bottles and fragments of biscuits, and ‘the fourth room contained nothing but irabbish. In the stable we saw frag- |ments of two handsome covorlets torn jand dirty, which had evidently been used to coverhorses. The unthreshed corn was littered about the graniry and barn,