june Sins ae tintin ts it - . — — e — — sintettate enon sens sessassre oli emma - “a a hl ANTD SUMMERSIDE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEM ee — ete eter ee ws Tse A. Gh SEH ein asinine a = ciate umnsnanota saan gprs — ere Tei tol spaieed; 8 fow ii A ‘correspondent of the New York! Times writes from Jerusalem : ** The discoveries made hitherto may be summed up briefly. ‘Lhe south wwll ot the sacred area, Haram El Shereft, within Which stood'the temple, has been explored to the very fonndatigns It has found that in one place the wall was no less than 180 feet high. At the lewest point of the Wall, Which is now determined to be also the lowest puint of the Lyropmon Valley. he discovered x small passage which he explored for sume 150 feet of ancient con- struction, and evidenty intended to cary off superfluous water, Previously to. this discovery it had been supposed that the) Jowest point was the southwest angle of the wall, there was the great arch Known | as Robinson's Arch, Visitois to Jerusalem ‘will remember the spring of the old arch, atthis point, They will be gratified to learn that all the conjectures with refer- ence to what formerly heen abundantly verilied. Not only was there a splendid arch crossing the Tyro- | peu Valley at this point—the span of “which was forty fect across—aud the, voussir's and ruins of which new lic buried | in the debris, but beneath this old arch, | “covered with a pavement, presumably to ‘cover these ruins, lie the stones of an arch older still, perhaps the arch built by Solo- ‘mon himself. ‘Lhe complete investiga-| ‘tion of this arch dins been a long anid ec Vy undertaking, butits importance is very | Great, On the east side of the Hiram wall lies! the Valley of the Uedron. Lieutenant) Wanren by a series of shaits and borings,! has ascertained that the present bed of the | stream is no less than forty leet higher! than the old bed—the beds having been} at raised by the enormous misses ot debris | and auins that have been hurried over in-| tley. By the latter in Jerusalem dda plan of the system of cham: bers discovered at ** Wilsou’s Arch,” high: | ip on the western wall nearthe * Wail-| ing Place” of the Jews, Lieutenant Wir ren hus discovered, at a depth of some) fitty teet below the surface of the ground, | we Vast system ol chambers and passages. These chambers whose use has .ot yet) jeen decided, are mostly about twelve | Jeet square, vaulted and filled up with) rubbish or with water, About eighteen | have been opene! ot which it is conjee tured that two or three are of Sarcen origin and the rest of Jewish, They branch off right and left along a great piss. This has been followed up for a stood there have | The Empress Charlotte; the unfortanate | ~~~ se Empress seems, aceording to carrent re: | ‘fo tux Eprrorn oF tHe Jounnat, | ports concerning her, to be pretty well ih | Sir,—In perusing the Islander of the 20th the same state of mind and body as hither- | ult., my eye was-aerested by a communication ito. Lt there is any difference, it is suid to | headed ** Mail Conveyance Backwards,” and | incline towards ‘the better side, A. still | dated * Mickyy's Hollow,” which, wats alto~ brooding, often interrupted by violent gether unnecessary, for at the Sb aes at weeping, is the moral state in Which she | the article in question, you wou d° DSst cer is at present Hngering, Ot the violent | tainly have placed the writer there, for cay | outbursts of passion spoken of ut times in| eee wee a locality Lota aby | | the papers nothing is known by those who | 8 busy and anxtons to become donspic ry (surround her One thing is very. strictly He commences by stating that the Pdst has | watchéd over, namely, that she receives | it aleseday tree aga ectaye es ee no letters nor any other journals, which | * ia Gee DING Ri TRNAS poe Mls heal only tend to vol the Hunberini demon! Ne proceedud on to the W estward; a OPAC AHI. Men OUIIy GURIt ie RAIL [IecectL Me RR Omen OPN Hs TOMES 130% 5) ba good; sho is oven tiGlined to tau ntee did not think it worth his while visiting Port emeeies + | Lill Post Office, which was no doubt the case, j In eating and drinking, owever, she still | for very likely Mr. Owen, like the majority of jexhibits the same anxiety as during her) the public, would much rather suffer Mr. journey to Rome. She prefers eating tnd | sickey’s severe chastisement than visit that j drinking when she is, or inmygines hersell| plac. ; for had he taken the pains to visit that) }to be entirely alone, ‘The Prince Royal is) Office, it would be at the risk of haying to beg | istillalive; but his decease is hourly ¢x- shelter under some hospitable farmer's root, | in the House of Assembly, [ ant determined tft they never shall be held by a1 ignoml- nivus tenure; and Lam sure they can never be Jost in a more honorable way than in doing what 1 congeive to be right. 1 never sought the Leadership. It was thrust upon me by the Conservative partly at a time when if I had consulted my own feel- ings, | would have accepted the Speaker's Chair which was offered to me, anasked, by the unainmous vote of the Liberal party, in the present House of A sembly. Tam ready to pay the penalty of my recent vote, at a moment's notice, by resigning the Leadership, upon receiving a requisition in writing from a majority of Uig Conservative party in the} Legislature. Yours, &¢., T. HEATH HAVILAND. Alma Cottage, Ch’town, Noy, 24,63. ide §ournal. Summers j Schooner-Ur | pected, or travel the distance of four miles to Mr. | So aersreneane tale htateaeacats | O'Connor's, being the nearest house of ac-| - | Kinney ny a Meteor.—The Brisbane | commodation. | | ates that several ot the yessels just arrived trom the southward reperted | that there was a great deal of electrical at: | mospheri¢ disturbance, bnt whether it wis | the effect or was simply coincident with) the eclipse, our information could not sa, In one case it wi tended with fatal re- sults, nud n man was killed on board the nia by the explosivoa of an electric meteor, ‘Lhe vessel was off Crow- dy Head on Monday, August 17, adout, midnight, when a hes southwesterly | squallc¢ me, and all hands were called to) sborten sail, A seaman named IH. G Sales | Was steering, and at 12.30 a m. on Tue y, August 18th, + meteor, like a ball of | fire, fell immediately over the vessels | stern, and exploded with a loud report) resembling that of a heavy piece of ord-| ance, Sparks of fire were scattered all) about the deck, and the steersman was} killed by the shock. — Every one aboard) telt a vivlent shock like that of a galvanic} battery; but none of the crew were injured | except Sales, who at his lact gasp when! picked up. Ilis body showed no mar but appeared to be blackened, and some sis or seven hours alter decomposition set in, and the poor fellow was buried over the} side. Ile was a young min, abouttwenty- | three, and a smart seaman. ‘The fire-ball) »yparently travelled with the wind, which | Courier st | the Ontie | | _ He next forms a long and pitiful story about the irregularity of the Mails conveyed to Port Til, Now, Mr. Editor, it is well known to you what the state of the road to Port Hillis, und also the way the mails have to be convey- ed to that ph I shoutd like to state to the public the facts concerning the irregularity of those important bags to Port Hill. The mails | for the Westward have to be taken from Sum | merside, leaving immediately after their ar- rival from Charlottetown, conveyed through | Lot 1%, crossing Grand or Uilis Kiyer Perry, | “w ich Ferry, Lam sorry t6 say, is about ase irregularly kept as are the Mails conveyed to | Port Hill,” calling at Lot 14 Post Offive by | Mr. John O'Connor's, thence on to Poks Lill. | By looking at the map you will see that this! Perry is much exposed. You will alsy notice | that it will not require a heavy wind from the Hastward to prevent crossing, ‘To g6 ‘round | this river you have to cross the South West! Bridge which carried away by the storm) of October, 67, and has not been replaced. | You can Sir, that if the Mails yo to this Perry sinuot cross, they ure in a) vain y of being irregular, ‘This was the case during the week the return Mails laid in The carrier to Por Hill, after waiting all night at the Perry, returned to St. Eleanor’s in tine to meet the carrier tor ‘Tig- nish,—who, for reasons that will be shown hereafter, v rbstinate enough to break the contract by driving all the way through—who then took the bags for Lot 14 and Port Till, F return communications that are not used, }was from the sonth-west, and hen it} and carried them on leaving Lot 14 b gs at Jburst, the flush was so intensely brilliant) hat Ollice, and Port Hill bags at. A. MeLean’s, |that the steward, who was lying in his} paying him or his son for carrying them ont jberth beiow, declared that he saw the fire] Wa can A) A Me ANN GRE ah through the seams of the deck, the cabin | knowledge, were those bigs carried from THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1868, | No notice can be tiken of annonymous com- munications. We must know the names and | addresses of ovr correspondents as a guaranty of their good faith. We cannot undertake to “PUBLIC GONFLDENUE, Ir every man would but consider how much his own success in life depends upon that of others, confidence in his fellow man would not be so easily disturbed by idle rumors. On the contrary, each man would be careful how he gave heed to reports which might prove injurious to any man or body of men, if scattered broadcast over the country ; and as every person is, to a great extent, dependent upon some other person, so is each class of persons, pursuing any particular call- ing, dependent for its success upon the prosperity of those who follow some other pursuit; and hence it follows that what injures those engaged in one department the value of the labor of those who pursue other callings. If men would at all times reflect upon these facts, and effectually consult their own interests, they would act directly opposite to what they too frequently do, Did time and space al- low, these plain matter-of-fact truths could, by illustration, be rendered much of labor, tends also to aid in depreciating distance of 250 feet, its destination being | atihe same moment was filled with smoke, yet uncertain, and its use problematical. | which blackened papers lying about, Cpt. erhaps, howe » Ht wis a seeret | Se) Johnstone informs us that tne discolour- tov troops'—The discovery is inteusely in- | ation of the paint was like that produced teresting, and may lead to singular and | py + smoking the ship with charcoal.” tnost interesting results, | peeuliar and indescribable smell was per- ‘ceived for some time alter the explosion, +s like the soot from emucr’s funnel were seattered about, tain Milman, ot the Lady Young (steamer), informs us that on bis list trip to Sydney, a fire-ball was observed pass- jing ahead of his ship, about 1 a, m., on Monday, August 17. It travelled a hovi- rand aquantity of flak THE WARSAW M_TEOR. Inthe Paris correspondence of the New York Zimes we find the following: But what are we t» think of the wond-r- ful dalide of Warsaw, of afew months ago? Here is something more fantastie than any- HE thing the astromoner ever dreamed of, On| Zoutal direction from north-west to south: a starlight night the citizens of Warsaw gazed | erst. Apparently it was so near the ship petrified with fear at the rapid approach of} that the oRicer of the wateh altered her animmense ballo. tire which atdast barst| course to avoid it, when it burst, and for ever their heads with anno es never has been heard or felt before on the | bein a bl of light, and at the same fice of the carth.—Atter the globe burst) time there was terrific thunder, Lightning each of the pieces in turn broke up, until) and thunder coutinued at intervals through parts of the mass, before reaching the earth | t and | Al se and shock such! the moment the whole heavens seemed to} were in powder, the first discharges represen: | ling from the sound the discharge or artillery, wud the smaller pieces the rolling discharge of inany reginients of small arms.— M. Daub- tee, of the French Academy of Science, who | lias just been lecturing on the subject, has | obtained for the Academy 932 pieces of the | broken dolide. M. Krantz of Bonn, gathered np for himself 1,612 picces, Other professors have done the same, and million of peices yet | remain strewn over the section of country where it broke, “Tt was computed that this globe had surface of 2.000 acres; and was consequently Jirge enough to maintain the life of many yatcroscopic nations. Wi did it come trom, and what was the force that directed it thus in astraight line against the earth?! When first seen it appeared as large as the moon, and never appeared any larger tillit struck our atmosphere and exploded, tuct shows its frightful rapidity of tion, fur from (he distance at which it ap- peared less than the moon till the time it ex- ploded, it must haye shot so rapidly that the vye had not the time to perceive its enlurge- ment! Then, again, what was the cause of the explosion so complete as to ulmost tritu- rate the particles? Was it in the density of the earth’s atmosphere that broke it, or was the explosion @ue to the contract of certain | yeases of the meteor with the constituents of | the air? Itis more consoling to adopt the virst theory, because we will then feel as if our atmosphere served asa cuirass to the earth, end would continue to protect us from the stray globes .ike that of Warsaw. ‘The xhock and the spring of the air must have deen something beyond the computation of | man! for itdid notkhock people down, and yet it occured at something like fifty miles trom the curth, and the pieces picked up it tu have been a tolerable hurd stone, | This | mo- | | | In the Law Courts of Scotland it has been finally decided that women have no legal claim to the suf- frnge. The question at issue was, how jar the Act known as Lord Romily’s in sirtne of which the masculine is to include the feminine gender, unless there be a proviso to the contrary, affected the third section of the new Retorm Act, wvich pro- TremaLe SUFFRAG vides that every man shall be cntitled to) be registered as a voter who is ot full age, and not subject to any legal jneapacity. It was argued that the word * man’ included women also, because no specific provision was made against this: nnd also, that legal incapacity was not chargeable ag inst women, “Phe Court ot Appeal was uninfluenced by these argu: ments, and unanimously decided that women were not entitled to have their names placed on the register, | Mazzint aNd THE Srantsi REVOLUTION | —The tollowing is extricated trom a letter | et Signor Mazzini to Senor Castelar:—| Spain has glorionsly effected an imina- | culate revolution which it it tollows the] logic of its origin and possesses that Lold- | ness Which at certain peniods is calied ge | nius, way place her inthe Van of Kuro-} pean nations—thes realizing the hopes; which have so olten expressed to me in| our conversations, Spain can, and ought} to give the baptism of reality to the grand | idea of the age—to conquer the most glo- | yious ol initiatives for a Jong period in| ahe progress ol civilization. Il she is not} Hold enough to do what the world expects of her, she consigns herself to a periud of inferiority andanarchy, and to the neces- | sity of another revoludion, May God en- lighten you all, | 14 is understood that neither the Im- sperial Government nor that ot the Domi- nion of Canada, will pay any sum for the | cession oi the rights claimed by the Hud- su'n Bay Company over the portion of ter. sitory lying between Western Canada and Britivh Coluaibia. Forty s An Pennsylvania this year, | | 1s" Revil” and * Oulouverier lyraph. railroad | destruye 1 yesterday morning by fire, | thousand young men come of age men were burned to death, and three others so | House of Assembly for Georgetown ; for such | occasioned by Dr. ‘lremain removing to badly burned that they are not expected to live | obloquy, I may eny, in the words of a great) Nova Scotia, i Be ‘ out the n next day until about cleared up.—No doubt the so-called me- teor was un intense discharge of lightniug, which not unfrequently makes a globular form, Very London, Noy. 24. Mr. Gladstone has been defeated in Lan- sashire, which will ake it necessary tor him to retain the Greenwick seat, wlich it was proposed to be given to Mr. Mill. ‘Vne latest return from the elections are very unfavourable to the Liberals, reducing what was considered ‘an actual majority of 150 to 117, Mr. Gladstone has just issued a pamphlet in defence of his charge of opinions on Church Estabiishment. secutions of the press with the severity. Lhe cditors of the ** Lemp: Journil de Paris,” have been sum- moned to appear before a Civil, Lribunal on Friday next, to answer to the charges made against them for promoting the subscriptions tor the Baudon Monument. Madrid, Nov. 24. Large public meetings has been held in Barcelona by both the Monarchist and Re- publican parties. Processions, with bands of inusic, parade the streets, and other demon- strations are made,but though political feeling runs high, all the proceedings have been peaceable, and order respected, Lhe Monarch- jists are largerly in the ascendant, though the Republicans seems to be gaining ground. All political parties in Madrid are preparing to make similar demonstrations, and there is every indication ofa lively canvass tor the forthcoming election, London, Noy, 25, The Times says the liberal majority in the New House will be 117. The defeat of Gladstone for the South West Lancashire distvict is muinly due to the local dislike of the irish people in that district. Speculation fe with regard to the composition of Mr, Istone’s Cabinet, Itis considered very rly certain the Karl of Kimboydi will be Secretary of State for foreign affuirs. New York, Noy. 26, The following intelligence is received from Portan Piince. After the bombardment of Serenaic, Mresident Salnava bombarded, for five hours, the town of Bergne, but was tinally repulsed. Many of Salnave's pickets on shore surrendered tothe revolutionists. The districts of Borgne and St. Nicholas have joined the revolution, All foreign Consuls have been notified by Salnave that he intended to attack the towns of Jaemel, Aux Cayes and St. Mare, ‘The commander ot the Brit- ish war vessels Niobe” had orders to prevent the bumbardment of any town where British residents were enga, ed in trade, Havana journ Js ofsunday publish the man- ifest uf the provisional government of Spain, makirg liberal reforms in the government of the island. It has been transmitted by tele- townsintheinterior. Itis the general opinion that the circulation ef the documentin the dis- | turbed districts will prove a powerful auxil- jury in putting an ena to the revolution, ‘The Captain General has issued orders closing all coustwise ports, to commence where there are no custom houses, forbidding the tran- sportation of any materials by railroad or vessels, and rescinding a years’ tix upon any farmer or others who nity take up arnis again- st the insurgents. Washington, Nov 26. Our Government haa been officially inform: | ed that Lord Stanley and Minister Johnston | justice but proscription, have setiled the point, that the commission | for the adjudication of the Alabama clainis, | &e., willsitin Washington. Negotiations, us to the detiils, are still in progress, Elkin’s Hotel, in Southanipton, Canada, was { jbalfpast eight o'clock when the weather! Latest Telegrams. | The French Government continues its pro- | PF} week over a school of from forty to. sixty 8, and other channels to all the | | crowded with the children of inflaential Pyr6- dwo) | Mr. MeLean’s to Port iil by any traveller. | L will leave to your own judgment where to! | place the negligence and wilful mismanage- }inent of miscarrying those importunt Mail bags. All I have to say concerning tle Mails from Po t Hillto Tignish is: 1 tound they were likely to be catried very irr¢gular on account of the reasons above shown, I drove to Sum- | merside merely for the sake of accommodat- ‘ing the Western people, who, it can be easily bseen, would not have reecived their Mails one half the time regularly if depending on thes: to be carried across Grand iver Ferry. I may also state to Mr, Mickey that the con. ance of Mails from Vort Hill to Tignish is justas sate as it ever was, though for the last | few trips there hus been no way bag, but the s lotters were conveyed, when there were any, just as sate in a sealed parcel as in a bag. ‘Trusting this will have the desired eflect of removing erroneous impressions from the public mind, 1 remain Yours, &c., Tne Western Mau. Bor. Lot 14, Noy. 30, '6s, To rue Eviror or tun Journat, Sirn,—Knowing that your valuable columns are cver open to the public, I embrace the present opportunity of addressing you afew lines on the suiject of Education. It is the universal opinion of the‘people of this Ishind, that since the amendment of the Kuducation Act, female teachers receive a just! remuneration for their labors, but I think} other A mile t er of the first class | receives the sum of fifty-five pounds, while a | temale teacher receives the sum of thirty-five pou ds. Now Leppeal to the public.to know jit this is just? Iftemale teachers are quali- | fied to discharge the duties of a male teacher | —and I know that they are—they should be }paid accordingly. Look into our district | schools, who are the teachers in the generality of from sixteen to twenty years of age, who enter the profession merely as ‘a stepping stune to something else—who know ) ne more about the art of teaching than teach- ing knows about them; and yet they receive | the handsome sum of filty-five pounds, with | the inducement of a higher salary if they are jcl r enough to rise in the profession fwittist | a female teacher, who is as well qualititd in many respects, and detfer in the art of teach- ing, for itis acknowledged by all that women ure more capable of imparting khowledge to the young than men--who toil from week to | | scholars, and receive only the paltry sum of | thirty-five pounds, Inthe Provinces female | teachers, if not on a par with the males, have advantages far superior to their sisters of the | Island, to which, no doubt, may be attributed | the fuct that they are better educated, although we have a ‘noble system of education.” But, Mr, Mditor, thinking 1 have already vc- cupicd too much space, and promising you shail hear trom me again, 1 remain A Tracuen. New London, Noy 22, 1868 To tuk Epironr or run Istanper. Sin: In a leading article published in Saturday's Patriot, and headed ** Phe triumph of Prine ciple,” Lam taken to task for having sup- ported Mr, James Pope at the Suimuuerside election, I recorded my yote in favor of Mr. Pope in the first place, on the grounds of his being a Conservative; und fa the sécont} be- catise T have come to the conélusion that, ac- cording to every principle of common justice, the Roman Catholic Schools which are situ- ated in the principal ‘Lowes of the Island, are entitled to ai’ from the State provided they submit to Governinent irispection, and Pro- testant childron are allowed to enter “thei, without being subject to any re: tis? test. In pursuance of this principle, Le have: advo: catedand carried grants through the Legis- lature for many years, towards the mainte- nance of the Georgetown Infant School, and | the Charlottetown Bog School, both of which | institutions are in connection with the Church jot England. Dy carrying out this principle, there 18 no occasion thioughout the Colony. In the Provinces of Upper Canada, Nova sSeotin, and New Branswick, grants are un- | mually mate by the several Legislatures there- | of, in aid of the Roman Catholic educational without its being considered {dangerous to Protestanism. Not long ago | the oman Catholic Priesthood were charged with neglecting the education of their people, and wiitully keeping them in ignorance. | Now when tiey rival us in the cause of Mda- feation, and their Colleges and Sehoolw ure | institutions, | testants, who prefer them to the Prince of | Wales College and other kindred schools, we jure alraid, and refuse assistance to: them out of the common public purse. This is not! The vote cast by me in favor of Mr. Pope, was not given without counting the probable cost. 1 supported him regardless of ubliquy, \that, j the prices have fullen to 2s. 5d, clearer, but we merely mean to add that Tare 80th of November has come and | gone since our lastissue. ‘Though no par- cular notice of the oceasion wis tiken by the busy men of Summerside, y2t we doubt not that many Seoteh hearts among WS re- membered the day. ‘Phroughoutthe elviliz- ed world Scotchmen bave long hailed the anniversary of Uieir Patron Saint asadavor- able opportunity for social and national re- union. We believe flrmly in keeping up the old landmarks and cherishing a spirit ot affection, aud, it need be, of devotion to| the brave old county trou whence our forefathers cane, * Land of our sires, what mortal hard Can c'er untie the filial band Phat binds us to thy rugged strand,” We believe the influence thus ex- : to be one beneficial to a great t, It serves to link together men ol rious virtues and capabilities by the strongest and best of ties, those of a com- non origin and relationship. We rejoice in the sterling worth of that race, whose blood runs in the veihs of so many of our peoplu-one which has proved itselt in every country fied tor the sternest duties and inest responsible honors of men, ‘Lhe tine prayed tor by Barns bas come, so lar us Scotchmen are concerned, when ** Sense and worth, o'er a’ the earth, Do bear the gree and a’ that.” And we believe that such is the force of the national te among the sons of tie heather, that the period hos also’ arrived which he predicted thus: * Fora that and a’ that, The coming yet be a’ that, That man to man the world o'er Shall briciers be and a’ that.” St. Andrew was the brother of Simon Peter, After the ascension of Christ his name is not mentioned in the New ‘Testa ment, but he is believed to have travéled as a Missionary through Asiatic and Euro- n Seythia, and at tae city of Patra to sullvred martyrdom, le was cruci- b peculi manner, hae jug been fastened by cords instead of nails lo a cross decussate, or one made in the shape of the letter XN. ‘Lhe death thus suffered was one most lingering, through hunger and thirst. Uis body was embalmed by a Christian lady of rank, named Maximela, and in the 4th century removed by Constantine to Constantinople, death of Constantine, in 308, Regulu pious Greek Monk, conveyed the remains of St. Andrew to Scotland, and there de- posited them on the eastern coastof Fite, where be boilt a chureh, and where after- | | Thirty rs ater the we are led to indulge in this train of thought from the fact that aay person who has paid attention to the nature of Banking institutions, the great facilities they afford to those who are engaged in trade, and the benefits which flow there- from into every nook and corner of the country, will not need to be told what a paralyzing effect the closing of a Bank may have in any place where a large amount of business has been transacted through it, and the innumerable incon- veniences and losses which accumulate therefrom to the community ; and_ there- fore it is, that when a report detrimental to the interests of any such institution is circulated, it should not be received as matter of fact without enquir, Any man who would, on the receipt of any such rumor, actas he would wish others to act towards him, should first make |due enquiry into the nature of such re- | port, before receiving it as truth without | alloy. We are led to say this from the fact for reasons best kaown ta the would-be prophetic editor of the Halifax Reporter, he gave insertion in his paper to a statement to the effect that the Sum- merside Bank, owing to its business transactions with the Commercial Bank of New Brunswick, and the banking in- stitution of Mr. Scovil, of St. John, had suspended payment, As soon as this groundless report became circulated, we have been informed that one man who had a few hundred pounds in the Sum- mersid¢ Bank took it immediately out, and commenced operations in the shaving department to the modest tune of 20 per cent. per annum, while « flock of others who had a few hundred dollars by them in the paper of the Bank, came trooping in panting for specie with as much eager- ness as a herd of thirsty animals rush in- to the cooling stream to quench their tlirst on a sultry day in summer; where- as if they had read the Bank Act and had taken time to weigh the matter and make enquiry at the proper place, they would have found that there was no just cause for pursuing a course calculated to injure the Bank. When the report of the tail- ure of Mr. Scovil became known to the Directors, the President and Teller of the Bank wert on to St. John, and we are happy to know that the loss of the Bank through Mr. Scovil was but trifling, and that the Bank held but $103 of the Com- mercial Bank paper, which was all the transaction the Directors had with that Bank} nor have we any hesitation in say- ing that there was no just cause for the three days panic which seized some peo- pie like an epidemic. We hope the Halifax Reporter will retract what he said, or produce evidence more worthy the companionship of a respectable jour- nalist than Dame Rumor. | } te Trade in Charlottetown is pretty brisk just now. Several vessels have yet to load, and oats are coming into market in great quantitics. The prices range from 2s. 9d. to 2s, 10d., and we read in the Patriot of one farmer who was fortu- nate enough to get 38s, 6d.; this was caused by two parties contending for the load, The pork trade is also brisk, but has fallen about 1d. below former prices. A hog weighing 550, fed by Jus. Beairs- to, Hivq., of Princetown, was sold for dd, to Owen Connolly, sq. Small pigs bring 4d. te The Steamer still continues to run between Charlottetown and Pictou, There is no sign of ice in cither of those ports. A brisk trade has been done here these last few days, ‘Thousands of bushels of oats have been brought to market, and Pork has also fallen to 4d, and 44d. By reference to our advertising colum- ns it will be seen that Dr, Jamieson, from Nova Scotia, has located at Margate ; and | regardless of the risk which 1 might run of | furteitng the Leadership of the present Con- | servative party, and of josing my scat in the} that Dr. Fuller purposes making regular Visits to Centreville,to supply the vacancy ward arose the renowned city and cathedral of St. Andrew. | down to us trom the old ages. llowever rtain may be their trath, they yet ye to dink the present with tbe pastand serve the world from forgetting, in this vllishucss and of ex. iting events, eaten have lived betore us, and great and noble lives have been sacrifice on beball of the same blessings and privi- leges we so Carnestly cherish, SINAI, AND THE HOLY LAND.” Tur above is the title of a late work by the Rey. D, A. Randall, who gives in a volume of 710 pages, the record of a jour- ney from the great Valley of the West in America, to the sacred places ot the: East. This volume is designed to connect the scenes wud plices visited with the most striking and instructive histori: events with which they are identilied, and to draw such illustrations and present such des- criptions as may bring out more clearly the meaning ot the inspired writers, One of its grand objects is to show the fullil- mentot prophegy, as now seen in the lands of the Bast, On ths principle that * the univer: the hand-writing of God, and all objects are words in it,” the writer, with a rare fascination of style, proceeds to un- lock the great lessons of truth, and to de- cipher the propheey-corroborating testi- monies, Which ave found as clearly in the mt state of astern lands and cities,as more solemn and impressive because of the infidelity and blasphemy of the presentage, ‘The descriptions here given ave graphic and racy. ‘They seem to paint the spots which ure successively visited, upon the retina of the readey’s mentaleye, and some of the passages thrill the Whole mind as they we read, ‘Dake the following des- cription of Sinai, reached at length, and surmounted with Granbling steps :— Tere we stand upon the Mout oy Goo, For this we lave made oar long and weary pilgrimage ueross the desert On this Mount God once came down in uwtal grandeur and nuijesty, and on this sublime elevation his glory was displayed. 1 withdrew from uy compations behind the cover ot a rock, and wa yselr up to tie emotions the place was culculited to inspire. Tread above the description of the wagast and imposing scene, when the Mount wis made to tremble beneath the majes- ty and glory of the presence of the Deity, 1 read the commandments that were rehenrsed in the hearing of the people. { fell on my knees and lifted up my heat aud veice in prayer to Alimghty God; wud were 1 fultitled the pledge J made to my Church and people, that 1 would pray for then on the top ot Sinai, Tt was an hour of devout and solemn communication with the God of Abraham and of Teune, of Jacob, aud of Moses.” The author stood also in Calvary, and gives expression to his feelings thus :— “O, Catvanr! thou hast witnessed a power that rent the rocks, opened the tombs, and shook even yonder Mount of God, rending usuuder th consecrated veil that e#neenled the Holy of Holi Over thee yutheredan appalling darkueésa, and yet from thee las gone forth a radianes that is kiidiing into ylory.’” : The Clergyman, the Biblical student, the Sabbath Scnool ‘Teacher, will especially notice the value of such a work as this, We would-not, however, by iny means confine our recommendation of itto them, but echo the utterance of many of the first ininds of the present day, that every man should have & copy on his shelves. : Maps, diagrams, and illustrations are interspersed to give clearness and perspic- uity to all the narrative, This great work, * The Iland-writing of God,” has just been received by the agent for. S. Island, the Rey. Albert 8. Des- Brisay. Library edition 84. Cloth Extra $3.60, A Ga KR lce-ou.atEv.—We believe we are doomed to be cut off in every way for want of telegraph communication, The winter has, to all appearance, fully set in—the steamer has coased to run to Shediac, aml yet nota single thing has been done towards repairing the old, or laying a new cable, between Cape ‘Tormentine and Cape ‘Traverse, From the great blowing of trumpets in some of the city papers, when Mr. Hensley returned home from Washington, we were led to believe that the cable would be immediately laid. ‘There isnot a manin the Island but will regret that this important matter has been neglected; and those who had itin their powerto remedy the evil, but who have neglected to do 60, deserve to be censured. While our neigh- bors in every part of the other Provinces ure daily receiving telegraph news from the most distal parts of Kurope, over thousands of mniles of vable, the people of this Island are completely cut off tor the want of eight or ten Such are the traditions which have come | “HAND-WRITiNG OF GOD, IN EGYP?,| ter fashiva. kg «Winter bas conre upon & good many rather unexpeetedly. Many persons were not prepared to receive him so early. On Friday it snow Heavy, and on Saturday w good deal «fice formed in the Irarbor, but not sufficient to prevemt several vessels lying in the harbor working their way owt. ‘Lhe steamer could epsily have eome in. had she made her regular trip. ‘Fhe foads i. matly places are drifted up, patie olelghing is heavy. ot : Shediac harbor, we lean, is completely frozen up. . emote pQ™ Many miles of the telegraph wire be- tween this and Cape ‘Traverse Was blown down on Saturday night last. pO t@™ Godey’s Lady’s Book for December has been received. It contains two beautiful engravings for Christmas. It has also some splendid fashion plates. The Literary depart- ment is very spicy, Now is the time to sub- scribe for 1860. 3@= Remember the sale ofthe Farm and Stock of Mr. Solomon Strang, on ‘Tuesday next, on the premises, at Beach Point, Lot li, about 12 miles from Summerside, by way of Miscouche. pa" The Nova Scotian of the 80th ultimo says that * the schooner ‘Junior Franklin,’ from Prince Edward Island, arrived at Pros- pect a tew days ago, and proceeded to dis- charge her cargo of potatoes without entering at any Custom house, A revenue officer wenp down, seized the vessel, and brought her to’ this port, where she now lies awaiting the proceedings of the customs department, ~The cargo was not seized. Krom the Halifux Express we learn that lurge lots of produce have arrived there from this Island, Outs are quoted at 57 cents, butter 24 cents for choice, potatoes irregul rp from 25 to 40 cents per bushel; pork, mess, 822.00. We publish to-day in another column, the letter of the Hon. ‘I’. JL. Haviland, addressed tu the editor of the /slander. He throws off the mask so long worn by him, and comes oul boldly for denominational grants. We inter.ded reviewing his letter, bus want of space will not permit us this week, Lt wall keep. Vostmasters throughout the country will suve trouble by obeying the laws in regard to newspapers, etc. When a paper remains dead in the otlice for four consecutive weeks, itis the duty of the postmaster or his deputy to send the publisher a written notice ot the fuct—stating, if possible the reason why the paper is not taken.” ‘The returning to the {publisher of a paper marked **not tuken,’? * refused,” or uncalled for,” is not a legal no- tive. Mostmusters who fuil to comply with the luw in this respect are liable fur the sub- scription for the time said papers remain dead in their ottive.--Z/erald. Bank Nores—The Notes of the St Stephen Bank of New Brunswick will be taken ut the face in payment tor subscription to the dour nal. j@ > Subscribers who do notreecive their papers regularly will please report to us im- iInediately when. they are missing. and we will make it known at head quarters. ‘Koo many. of oar countyy Post Ollices are used as read- ing rooms, avd thas the papers are soiled or taken away by those who have no vight to them, The fecling in St. John in reg .rd to mone- tary matters has improved. The St. Ste- then’s Bank, it is generally believed, will resuine business ina few days. ‘the mi yers seem to have been scared by the pan St. Jolin and to have foolishly exaggerated the transinission of a a few thousand dobhirs from St. Jolin to St. Stephen, into lundreds of thousands. Indignation rung streng againse Mr. Seovil. who, having been arrested, has applied tor his release on the ground that an attorney is privileged from arrest.—dix, Mep- Shocking Murder. About 11 o'clock on Thursday night, a sailor named Jolin Cullen ot Liverpool, in ngland, was stubbed to death pear the jail, on the street ranning back of the old Barrack ground. lle had been down tor the oflice of Peake Bros. & Co., about & o'¢lock and shipped as second mate in one: of their vessels. Ife atterwards walked up the strect with two or three of his tiessmates, ‘They all called at Murphy’s, who keeps vtavern in Jonathan Conings? old place, and remained there antl atigne took place, when Cullen, who was a quiet inoffensive man, and not engaged in the quarrel, leit for his boarding house which was renrly opposite the jail) Ie was found a lite citer IL o’¢lock on the street aloresaid, dead, with a ound on his Jett broust, Av inquest held on the body, betore Coroner Bee terday, and alter cimination of several witnesses; the jon was adjourned uutil to-day. Suspicion pointing strongly to one Dowey, steward ot the bark Clara Novella, a wit rant for his arrest and that of three others, Was issued late list evening. At the in- quest yesterday, this man voluntarily ef tered himself tor examination, and being sworn, stated that he was standing with « irl on the street near where Cullen was Killed; that Cullen passed them three times, and once came up and spoke to the girl calling her Mary. Dowey saw the man fall afew yards off, and a little boy came over and said he was stabbed, but he (Dowey) swore he knew not who did it. On the inguisition being resumed, a mun named Goodhue, of Newfoundland, was sworn and examined, He testified that he Was passing along right by the Jail, he Sawa young man and woman standing at the street corner Goodhue stopped and asked where be could get lodgings tor the night. In the conversation, Dowey let go the girls hand, :he turned: round and ina moment saw the man who accosted then: running away as fast as he could. She asked’ Dowey whut he had done? Mo answered, * 1 kniled him,” Goodhue who recognized both parties when he saw them, testilied to Dowey’s attempt to stab him. Itappears that seon alter, Callen came up, and passed then onee of ‘twice, abd .on one occasion he spoke to them, addressing himself particularly to the girl. She step- ped aside on the street, and Dowey went over towards Cullen, and came back in « few seconds, saying * f have stabbed him.” She asked why he had done so, and inquired ifthe man were dead, Lis re- ply was ‘1 think he is for the knife went into him up to the Handle.” ’ Standing Be- side her, he drew the kuite from its sheath and drawing the bhide betw eon his finger jand thumb, wiped the blood offit, Doctor Fraser made a post mortem examination, and stated that the wound must have caused instant death, asthe kuite pene- trated irto one ot the ventriclea ot the hoart. Verdict of wilful murder against George 8. Dowey, who did nok peom in the least moved or afveted during the in- vestigation, ‘lhe wicked: wreish is not, we are happy to learh a native of this Island.— Vat, “= was | G . Married, . At Charlottetown, ou the ‘Wrd Nov. by the iter, Thotims Daven, Meo dames H. Sheratd, to Miss Sarah White, both of Shediae New. Brunswick. . On the @tet ult. by the sume, Mf, Thomas Boohamin, Helfust, t6 Mies Leoy Carrie, af Charlottetown: At the Manse, on Tuesday the Ist inat,, by the Rev. W. R. Fraine, Mr. Alexander Warren, to Miew Catherine Beaireto, both of Berntoy, Lop 1s.