er

tot coe,

ey is the last of all evile; it in the abandon.
went of good—the giving up of the batile

of lite with dead nothingness. Ho who
ean huplant courage in the human seul is
its beet physician.

men by theit fears and their wants, is an | ness from palsy of the optic nerve, produced
uaworthy purpose; the desire to rule by |by the abuse of smoking. and he believes that

means of cowardice is of itselimawardice, |
Love inspives courage and hope, ard this!
is doubly the giver and preserver of life. |
Whatever teaches us eo to pombat the
manifold evils and assaults of life, enables
us to win the crown of victory, Special
care, therefore,“ought to be taken in edu- |
cation to teach what true courage is—as|
well in social and domestic as in public;
affairs—and by what means it may be best
sustained, |

No Sevanation BETWEEN ENGLAND AND |
Burtisu Noneu Awentoa,.—At the banguet |
given by the Canada Club to the Dele gates,
trom British North America, the following |
sentiments from Mr, Watkin, M, P., Chair-

_ man, were received with enthusiastic
cheers :—

* As to the British North American Pro-
vinces, he would simply express a hope
that they would not look upon themselves
as the elder son of a family who might
think it time to set up on his own ace
count and get married, bus rather as ge
ners in a concern which was oae and ie
divisible. He believed he might adit that
nothing could be move unlertunate than
that our fellow subjects in those proyit
shoulil think that wel gland were in.
different to the connexion with them, op
that we should ever willingly give up one
sere o1 ground in that quarter over which
the flag of Great Britain had ever tleated.”

s

John H. Surratt is daily expected to ar- |
vive in America, It now appears that St. |
Marie, the man who was instrumental in)
his capture, is not entitled to any reward,
from the United States Government. On}
Nov, 24, 1899; 4 general order was issued
by the President, from the office of the |
Adljatunt Géneru, revoking the vewirds |
for the arrest of Sua Thompson, ‘Pack-
er, Saundersand others, ‘The government |
at tliat time were in pos m of positive
information of Surratt’s eseape, and had!
traced him as far as Liyerpool,

A Miniion Dears FROM FaMine 15,
Eastyry Inpra. — Under the above stat: |
Jing headling the Aviend of Judie of
Noy. 29 has the following: +

“Mr. T. Rayenshaw, Commissioner of
Orissa, hes sent the Bengal Government a
report of the famine in that Province. |
Never has so heartrending a picture been
drawn, An official whose bias, if it exists,
must lead him to tone down the horrible
facts, estimates the loss of life fram want ol
tood and its consequences at from 500, 000
to 600, 000, and in some places at three-
fourths of the whole population. This is
among the fouranda half millions of Ovissa
alone, where the official reports show the
deaths to be still going on ut the rate of
160 a day.

The mortality was not less severe pro-
portionally in the adjoining district of

fidnapore, with its population of more

than half a million. In Ganjam, with
nearly a million of people, the calamity
was comparatively light, but famine, dis-
ease and debility swept away thousands.
‘The same is true of Chofa Nagpore.
have a reliable record of the deaths of
paupers from famine stricken districts in
Caleutta. Add to all these the mortality
in the other districts of Bengal from Saugor
Island to Patna and the borders of Nepaul,
und we have arecord of the loss of lite
which exceeds in horror and extent that
of any one of the six great dronths of In-
dia during the last century. Before the
destroying angel takes its final flight the
t.le will have mounted up beyoud a million
known deaths,”

SrronG Lanavacr.— President John-
son's Washington evening organ said re-
eontly of the Adminstration :—

“If necessary, its strong and iron hand
will be invoked to stay the course and
prevent the consummation of radical trea-
son. ‘The great oath of the President to
protect and defend the constitution will
not be forgotten, and the people who sus-
tain him with their 500,000 majority of the
voting population, north’ and south, will
not forget him, , Events have already
brought the government to the very verge
of another revolution, If the radical
majority in Congress pursues its treason.
able course much longer, the government,
in order to sustain itself, will have to ‘arm
its ree a Al the call of the Presi-
dent all his triends, north and south, and
the army and navy will respond. In such
a contest the issue cannot be doubtful.
Congressmen may be yaliant fighters on
the floor of Congress, but when they como
to lead their cohorts into the field it is
another thing. The real armies and great
soldiers of the republic will be found fight
ing under the fig. Wo advise the oppo-
sition of the determined and fixed 1
that Andrew Johnson will serve out. his
constitutional term of office,”

OckAN TeLucrara.—We are promised
plenty of competition in the matter of

wlectro-telegraphic communications —he-
tween Europe and Ameri Although

the French capitalists do not seem to move
ou with their Brest and New York Com-
pany, there are three other companies in
course of formation, They are + Ist, ‘The
American Athintic Cable Telegraph Com-
pany,” the capital of which is one million
sterling, the head-quarters being at Now
York, and which will join Cape St. Charles
and Lisbon by the Bermudas and tho
Azores,a distance of 3,227 miles; 2nd,
“The Ocean ‘Telegraph Company,” estab-
lished in England, to join Falmouth and
Halifax, a distance of 2,600 miles, capital
six hundred thgusand pounds; 31, * The
North American atta at Company,”
1,950 miles long, join thy coast at Scot-
land with Canada, by the Faroe Islands,
Island, ahd Labrador, These companies
will be enabled to profit from the experi-
ence gained by that which carried out the
first great undertaking, and will thorefure
save both time and money. ‘The inevit-
able consequence must be a, great reduc-
tion from the present enoMugusly ,high
tariff of electric messages. ~ sa

oe
Tue Papa Crows,—TQere aro four
Pontificial tiaras or triple Crowns. One
the gilt of Napoleon I. to Pious VIT.; it
weighs 8lbs, avoirdupois, and is worth
£10.000 sterling; the second dating from
the pontificate of Gregory XVI., and worh
only £400; the third presented by the pal-
atine guard to Pio Nono, and estimated at
the value of £900; the fourth the grand:st
and richert of all, being a present made to
the Pope in 1854 by Queen Isabella of
Spain, and valued at 536,000f., or over
£21,000 English. It contaius no fewer
than 18,000 diamonds,

T can certify {Nt wae troubled with Sult
Rheum for three years, and trigd many pres-
criptions, but_ all proved of nd avail, But
having nsed J. B. Fitch's Golden Ointment
avas nn bby bg ood nage pleasure

recommending it to the public,

“7 ‘| ELIZABETH CHIPMAN.

a

To seck to govern years practive, has frequeauly met with blind- /

Pbut loudly any pain.

We] '

“same offer for this very article, and was re-

M. Sichel, in the course of twenty-cight

j

there are few persons who can smoke for any
jong period more than five dreachims of wbaceo
daily without their vision, and of ten their
memory, becoming affected, Me had pre-
viously spoken ofanother form of amarousis,
symptomatic of delariam tremens, and caused
by alesholls drinks. It is frequently accom-
panied by treubling of hands in the morning,
and ata later period by morning vomiting.
Both of thuse varieties are very slow in their
progress towards cure and very refractory to
treatment. This latter accupies a long time,
and an essential point. of course, is the dis-
atinuanece of the practice that has given
rise tothe blindness. We cannot attempt to
give in this place even an outline of the treat-
ment,

Mr. Trignet states that In smokers and
rinkers an iasidious and obstinate form of
inflammation of the ear Cofitis) frequently
becomes developed, There is a kind ofnumb-
ness or torpor of the clr, with asense ofcold,
There ® no wax-in the
ear, but extreme dryness and minute grann-
lations in the throat, the passages of the nose
and the tubes on each side, leading from the
mouth, behind the ear, Nuises in the ear
almost always occur atan carly period, and |
it is important to natice that they have a his-;
sing sound. The disease exhisits itself in
three periods: 1. ‘That of excitement in which
there is intolerance of noise and a hissing,
soundin the ear; 2. That of depression, in}
which the hissing sound disappears or only!
“remains as a distent sound or feeble echo;
and 3 hat of a, paralytic condition of the
auditory nerve, in which the sense of hearing
is more or less completely, and often per-
manently lost. In this period there is also
often trembling of the tongue, embarrasment
of speech and disturbance of the vision. The
prognosis is very untuvorable, for those per-
sons ulone are susceptible of cure who will
consent to leave off the bad Yabit which has
produced the disease 4

Atp ron JerrensonD ants ann ats Fanutr-
tLy—Measures have been commenced in. the
South to raise by voluntary subscriptions a
fund for the support of Je Davis and his
funily, who are in destitute circumstances .
The following extract from a leffer of Mrs.
Davis will stow she impoverished state of
her funily She says:—‘By using the
strictest economy we see our way clear for
the next three months, Beyond that all is
dark, Having to maintain two households—
my mother and children’ in Canada, and my
husband and younger children here (Portress
Monroc)—my expenses are necessiurily and
unavoidably great., in spite of the rigid econ.
omy Lexercise, You are aware that we have
not one dollar save that contributed by our
friends, You also know that no dish goes
upon Me. Davis's table, beyond the strictest
prison fare, that is not pid for out of our own
purse. ‘The papers assure the world that
my husband is well taken care of; but they
do not say that itis his own people who keep
him from want.”

Woop Trapr.—From Farnworth and Jar-
dine's Liverpool Timber Circular of the 18th
Jan., 1867, we learn that the arrival from
British North “America during the past fort-
night have been 8 vessels, 2748 tons, and that
the aggreg.tte tonnage from the British Colo-
nics to this date in 1864, 1865, and 1866 is
respectively $37,640, 310,896, und 311,912
tons, In addition to the general dullness
expericuced in the trade at this time of the
year, we understand that the hard frost has
sost entirely suspended business, The
's quoted ix as follows :—

Hardwood.—Prince Edward Island sold at
from 144d. to Gd. per foot.

Spruce and Pine Deals.—The following
cargoes of Spruce Deals have been sold by
nuction, viz.;—Ex **Peter Maxwell,” from
St. John, at an average of £718 6 per stand-
ard; ex **Golden Dream,” from St. John,
rem, at an average of £7 116 per standard;
ex Filinor,” from St. John, at an average of
£7119 per standard; ex ‘* Magna Charta,”
from New River, at un average of £7 12 6 to
£3 per standard. The cargo, ex ‘John
Geddie,” from St. Jolin, was mostly wirhdrawn
from this day’s auction sales

PE. Island Spruce have been sole at from
£776 to £7 10 per sfundard,

Bourds and Scantling.—The former have
been sold ut £776, and tho latter at from
£6 15 to £7 5 per standard,

Tue Story or A Suawr.—A lady in Cin-
cinnuti, anxions to purchase a camel's hair
shawl, could find but one that suited her.
After asking the price, which was $1,500, she
tricd to persuade the clerk to let her have it
for 81,000.‘ Madam,” replied he, “ your
husband, a few hours since, made me the

fused.” At this stage, pleasure took the
place of disappvintment, for, of course, Mr.
S. wanted it for his wife. In order to assist
him in bis kind design, she paid sub rosa
$500 toward the purchase, after Which the
clerk was to write a note to Mrs. saying he
night have the shawl for the $1,000. Mrs.
S. went home, delighted with the prospect of
so yaluable an addition to her wardrobe.
Evening came, but the packuke didn’t: so
highly indignant, the lady went to the store
to demand an explination of the neglect.
Thereupon, the clerk assured her Mr. 8. had
carvied the bundie away himself. Mrs. 8S.
went home much mystified, but,in a few days,
the riddle was solved. While walking ‘on
Fourth street, she meta fairsbut frail one,
sporting the identical shawl. i

An English paper says it has been discover-
ed at the General Post-Oilice that many per-
sons in America are in the habit of sending
over to that country sums of money wrapped
in newspapers. Notes for various amounts
of dollars are the media. In consequence of
the existence of this practice, American papers
are now examined at St.-Martin’s-le-Grand.
It is impossible to examine every paper; but
selections are made at London, and frequent
seizures are the result,

A Wisconsin official who had arrested a
couple of rascals, was riding along with his
prisoners, when a pravic chicken made its
appearance, and the offleer drew his revolver
and fired two ov three shots, One of the
prisoners suggested that he could do better,
and the revolver was handed over to him.
The prisoner, however, did not try his skill
on the chicken, Lut presented the shooting-iron
at the officer and “backed off,” leaving the
officer to cogitate on the ** uncertainty of man”
and to return home minus prisonersunda 820
revolver,

As AxxcpoTe wontit Pilesenvixe.—The
Paris correspondent of an English paper
guarantees the following;

“\ Frenchman, a prisoner in Edinburgh,
having mannged to escape, took retuge in the
powder magazine. When the authorities
wished to seize him, they found him sitting on
# barrel with # lighted match, and threatening
to blow up the town, The aujhorities reflect-
ed prudently, and the result of their delibern«
tions was that it would be better to starve the
Frenchman out. But they reckoned without
their prisoner, who loved good cheer, and
was determined to live well. In consequence
he called out that he would blow the town to
picces if he did not get three meals a day; he
would write out the billof fare. Suwney suc-
cumbed, and the demands of the prisoner
went on increasing. Sometimes he had a
serenade under his window; then a review of
the garrison; afterwards a shamfight, in which
the troops representing the French army beat
the Highlanders. At last he exacted that
every Sabbath morning, before breakfast, the
Lord Provost, in full uniform, #ould make

Be " Kentville, Kings Go, |
Me

his dies tis and read ‘him an address,
This lasted until the allies eutered Paris.

obscurity, Some say caused by arpest of
American oficer, Capt. Me y, others
ted Fenians

eays his prompt arrest preven
ridin

of a Turkish

they must conclude, that they were caused by
the unfortunate mother, then they must return
a verdict of guilty against the prisoner at tho}
bar.

1

THE BIANDNESS AND DEAPNESS OF | eT Te '
SMOKERS. By Telegraph to Journal!

St. John, Feb. 18. |
Cause of Fenian outbreak yet buried in

g. Fenians attacked Killarvey and
captured it, then marched to Cork, O)Con-
nor’s and staff, said to have neached
Fenian versel off Dingley Bay. Head
Centre Murphy, Col. Laulor, Heaky, and
Johnson arrested at Limerick, Important
papers found upon their persous. |

Gold 368.
St. John, 20.

m from Ireland of ith, states
O'Conifor's is Stephens, County
ry proclaimed State Seige.

London 18—Servant of Earl of Kinmare
got anonymous notes, stating that rising
was planned in Killarney, and that leader
would reach Killarney that night, Con-
stables who took Moriarity in custody,
found on his person letters contirming
notes,

King Consort has been exiled from}
Spain, charged with plotting Regency of
Kingdom,

Gold 36s,

Charlottetown, Feb, 20,

Large number of persons assembled at
Nomination yesterday, Everything came
off very orderly, Coles and Kelly having
no opposition were elected.

Hon. J. C, Pope addressed the electors,
and was heard with much attention. Other
Candidaies nominated as previously stated.

Latest from Europe,

Cuester, near Liverpool, Feb. 13.
Fenian demonstration amounted to nothing.
City fulloftroops. Fenians gone; could have
tuken Chester on Monday, but wiited co-
operate movements, which failed,
*
Lonpoy, 13,
More trouble expected in Lirerpool. Sym-
pathizing Fenians say docks will be blown up.
Tt is stated that Lord Eleho received telegrams
trom Chester saying affairs looked serious,
but timely information saved the town.
. Lonpow, 14.
Bill for Confederation of British America
only embraces the two Canadas.—Goyern-
ment has been advised of. the landing of two
ship loads of Fenians.—It is rumored that the
Fenians will atteinpt to cut Cables. Rritish
Government will assuine legal expense in the
defence of Governor Eyre, whose toiapis now
progressing. erie

Heb. 16.

Despatch from Dublin on the Ith, says
news reached here that the Fenians assembled
in Killarney this morning, and marched to-
wards Kinmore. ‘Troops, with artillery, are
in pursuit. Rose and Naas leave for Lreland
at once. Steamer * City of Bath” was burned
off Hatteras. Out of Duta! kee only

four saved.
Berlin, Feb. 8.
Tt is said that Bismark will propose in the
Parliament of the North German’ States, a
tax on tobacco,
London, Feb, 8.
Despatch from China states that arrange-
ments have been made for the establishment
of a European College at Pekin, with the con-
sent of the Chinese Government.
Notwithstanding the positive advices to the
contrary from Brussels this morning, reports
reached here to-night that the troubles in
Lower Belgium were on the increase,
? Liverpool, Feb, 8.
The ship ‘ Charlotte’ MacDonald, trom New
York, has been logt near Brest. 3
uses Berlin, Feb. 8¢
The negotiations between the North Ger-
man States and Prussia were closed to-day,
Consols and five-twenties unchanged.
Gold 137.

London, Feb. 9.

A letter from Garibaldi published to-day in
Vienna, expresses sympathy for the strug-
gling Cretans.

Paris, Feb. 9.

An understanding has been arrived at by
which the Turkish forces are to evacuate
Servia.

It is stated that the Pope will soon make
an appeal to the Catholic Powers to sustain
him.

Florence, 9.

Ifumbert, Crown Prince of Italy, and Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Italian army, is soon
to marry an Archduchess of Austria.

Breadstuffs steady without change.

Mixed Western Corn 40s.

Provisions — Lard declined 1s.; sales at
50. The demand for Beef is brisk, sales of
prime Indian Mess 1255. |

Consols and 5-20's unchanged,

Gold 1364. :

Florence, Feb, 10.

Baron Ricosoli is about to introduce, in the!
Italian Parliament, a new bill in regard to the
property of the Church, ” byl

London, Feb. 10.

A despatch from Constantinople announces
that the Sultan has resolyed to emancipate
his Christian subjects from political disabili-
ties, and has issued a call for the assembling
Parliament. ‘This intelligence
has caused a rise in the Turkish funds.

Berlin, Feb. 12.
Prussia will send Plenipotentiaries to treat
with the ex-King of Hanover, with regard to
the disposition to be made of his private pro-

perty.
The case of the Queen ys. Ann Kimball,
charged with the murder of her twin infants,
was before the Criminal Court, in St. Johnon
Monday. ‘The jury disagreed an re dis-
charged. There is to bea new triad, ‘The
evidence revealed not only a sad -case of
crime but of humanity, The charge of the
Chief Justice, which we subjoin, will give
some iden of this sad cause, Lis Honor is thus
reported :— sa :
He described to them the position in which
the girl had been left, the inhumanity of the
mother, the cutting remarks of the father,
forsaken in the hour of her trials by every one,
with none to assist her, the pains of labor,
and the equally strong pangs of conscience.
Under these circuinstances they would not be
surprised that she was tempted to commit the
crime for which she had been tricd. ‘But
these very facts indicated a motive, Horrible
as these facts were, yet they did nut extenuate
the case, and while they touched the sympath-
jes they should not effect the judgement.
‘The conduct of the mother was the most@in-
natural he had ever heard, She not only lett
the girl alone when her presence was most
needed, but actually suffered the living
mother and dead children to lie in bed together
from Friday till Sunday. He thonght the
doctor had not apprehended his duty under
such circumstances, and while he was sure
that no evil motive had prompted him, yet for
future guidance he would say, that when the
announcement of the death of the cliildren
was fist made to him, he should have demand-
ed to see them, have learnt all the facts about
their death, and communicated at once with
the authorities. It was the duty of the jury
to remember that the children were both born
alive. ‘That while one was weakly, yet the
doctor had no thought that it would die—that
within half an hour after the doctor had left
the children were both dead. No one’ was
witlt them but the mother. Marks had been
found upon their necks, and a wound on the
mouth of one, which the doctor had declared
were, in his opinion, the causes of death, If
these wounds, were, in their opinion, the cause
of death, and if they concluded, as he belioved

IDE JOURNAL, THURSDA

Sumaerside"Wournal.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1637.
RB™ No notice can be taken of anonywour
communications, We must know the names
and addresses of our correspondents as a gua-
ranty of their good faith, We cannot under-
take to retarn communications that are not used

eee mat ey

DAY.

tare eso

NOMINATION

TuEspAY morning giving the promise
of a fine day, people from all parts of the
country flocked to St. Eleanor’s to hear
what the politicians of the County had to
say for themselves, and for their'respee-
tive partics. We had no sooner arrived
in St. Eleanor’s, when we encountered
coming from the North a very long pro-
cession headed by a sleigh bearing gay
flags and containing musicians, The
string of sleighs seemed interminable.
We tound from inscriptions on the flags
that the occupants of the sleighs were
the supporters of Messrs. John Yeo and
Ramsay. ‘Turning round we saw coming
trom the South a procession scarcely less
numerous, and much gayer and more
tasteful, whose banners and flags told us
was got up by the supporters of Me-
Donald and Haszard. We understand
that there were other demonstrations
scarcely less imposing, but as we did not
happen to see them we cannot bear testi-
mony to their appearance. We never
saw a greater number of people assem-
bled in St. Eleanor's at one time. ‘The
conduct of the crowd was, on the whole,
very good. Most of the speakers gota
fuir hearing. We do not think that
justice was done the members of the
eastern part of the County by the arrange-
ment of allowing the candidates from
the West to speak first, and then the
remainder to succeed each other in the
order of the situation of their respective
districts. There being a great number
of Candidates, the day was far advanced
before those whose turn it was to take
the stand last could address the people.
By that time most of the andience were
tired, cold and hungry, and in no humor
to give a good hearing even to their
favorite speakers, Messrs. McLennan
and Green particularly, had not a fair
chance to express their views. ‘The
noise while those gentlemen were at-
tempting to speak was almost deafening.
We attribute this much more to the
unfortunate arrangement alluded to above
than to the unpopularjty of either of the
gentlemen. In fact, standing in the
cold for three or four mortal hours listen-
ing to political speeches, however good,
was too much for poor human nature to
stand. With the exception of the noisy
exclamations of two or three half drunken
individuals, the speakers who preceded
Messrs. McLennan and Green,met with no
interruption. ‘Ihe paticnce and _atten-
tion of the crowd surprised us. We give
below for the benefit of those who did
not attend the nomination, the names of
the Candidates, and a rough outline of
such of the speeehes which we could
distinctly hear, ©

Furst District.
G. W. Howlin—proposed by John M. Clark,
Esq., and seconded by N. Conroy, Esq.
Nicholas Conroy—proposed by Thomas Cuic,
seconded by Il. Gaudet.
Ion. S. Perry—proposed by M Gayin, secon-
ded by C. Arsneaux.
Herbert Bell—-proposed by N. Dillon, secon-
ded by I’. lughes.
Dr. R. O'Leary—proposed by J. McMecker,
seconded by N. Gillis.
Seconp District.
John Yeo—proposed by J. Morin, seconded
by J. Barclay.
David Ramsay—proposed by Hon, Jas. Yeo,
seconded by Capt. W. Richards.
Dr. Gregg—proposed by A. McArthur, sccon-
ded by D. McLean,
Tuinp District.
George Sinclair—proposed by D. McLellan,
seconded by J. McNutt.
J.O. Arsneauet—proposed by Mellum Gallant,
seconded by M. Ayers.
John Ramsay—proposed by —— Laughlin,
seconded by A. Sinclair.
Murdoch McKinnon—proposed by J. McDou-
gald, seconded by L. McIntyre. y
Fourru Disraricr.

Cornelius Howatt -proposed by Phos. Clark,
seconded by ‘TIL, MeDonald.

Alexander Laird—proposed by Philip Baker,
seconded by ‘I’, Donelly, ‘

William G. Strong—proposed by Malcolm
McFarlane. seconded by Win. Schurman,

Firrvn Disrrier,

Daniel Green—proposed by James Campbell,
Esq., sesonded by ILon. James Yeo. ~
Colin McLenuan—proposed by John Lefurgy,

Exq-, seconded by George Jones.
John A. MeDonald—proposed by Charles
Green, Esq., seconded by R. 'T. Holman,
John Haszard—proposed by Stephen McNeill,
seconded by A. H, Compton,

Mr. Conroy was the first gentleman
that spoke. Ile stated that he wasa Liber-
alof the Coles and Hensley party. That
the Conservatives eight years ago, ex-
claimed Against the extravagance of the
Liberal: Government, and had got into
power by making promises of economy in
the expenditure of the public money. But
no retrenchment was made by the =
serviatives when they eame into’ p
on the contrary, the public expe
was largely iner . The Consey
had adopted the policy of the Liber:
ernment. Mar, Conroy spoke at consk\r-
able length on the expenditure of the pub-
lie money on the Barracks and military
Jays to frighten the Tenantry into sub-
mission, Declared the Hon, G, Coles a
credit to the country which gaye him birth,
Considered him to be the most competent
man on the [sland to lead a party. (Ap-
plause.) Did not think that there was a
single man on the hustings who would
have the hardjhood to justify the extrava-

ance of the Government. Spoke of the

eplorable condition of the country with

regard to education, the great number
of schools were vacant owing to the very
inadequate salarivs paid to” Teachers,
Had voted against Confederation and was
still opposed to it, Considered the Union
of this Island with the Continental Pro-
vinces, the greatest evil that could possibly
befall it. The measure very properly
finds no fayor among the people of this
Colony. No one wanted to see our young
men taken from their Island home to de-
fend Canada, Considereg the pecuniary
aspect of the Contedoration Question as
bad—as being neither just nor liberal to
this Island. Concluded that he would
support » Government under the leader-
ship of Coles or Heusley.

J. Crank Esq. appeared for Mr. Howlan,
who was too ill to attend the nomivation.

He went on to say that cight years ago

the Conservatives acoused the Liberals

of extrayagance, and. made great
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promises of Reform in the expenditure of was long

enough for one party to rule the
»romised to country, Too long a tenure of power woe
apt to make men careless nnd arbitrary, The
nothing but a billot expense. They were Liberals were accured ~ Seapine =
also to decrease the number of officials, | the Conservatives though they promised
have not monded matters in that respect.

and to abolish the custom of permitting” sil
deputies to do the work of the most ime low” Lenctieipemtitens cers en meld
portant of the public offices, None of for roads and bridges—nearly as large an
these promises had been kept. ‘The Land] amount as was oe on theve indispen-
Office had been kept open, the deputies | gute public works hy the Conservatives when
retained, and the number of officials in- they were in the receipt of nearly double the
creased, ‘The revenue when Coles came | annual amount of revenue, ‘The revenue had
to power was £22,000, and the public | increased under the Conservative adminis.
debt 89,000. ‘The revenue when he went} tration, but the expenditure had also increased
out of power was £40,000, and the debt/in a greater ratio, The increase has been
was pot increased, though the Government | about £3,000 per annum, ‘The tariff has been
had bought £23,000 worth of land, Under | raised from 6{to 10 and twelve per cent.
the present administration the taxes had] ‘The duties on some articles of common con-
been largely increased, and the publi¢ sumption had also been sven increased,
debt more than doubled, He considered | While the duties on imports been nearly

: x FU BBE doubled, the sums spent upon roads and
wee Conservatives hud committed bridges, and upon education, had been nearly

stationary, The salaries of public officers
Hon. S. Perry did not come to defend

had been raised, and the expensys of the
the Government, was a Liberal and would | Legislature had also increased as the revenue
support the Liboral Party. Had sacrificed | had increased, ‘There had Seen # great deal
as much for the Liberal Party as any man | s#id in former years about excluding office
init, Gave up his claims “in the ‘Third holders from the floor of the House of Assem-
District for Mr. Warburton, Considered a vl yaa tsllaved ae nag House
that the Liberal Party had used him budly, | MOWe Oe purer Tt purged oe ones omens.
but is nevertheless no Tory, The French

‘They consequently exacted a pledge from

‘ ; Conservative members to exctude those from

people are the pioneers of the country. | tye oor of the Legislature. ‘This pledge wae
They have broken the read for those who

came after them, The French population

kept for a few years by the ane now in
i
of the Colony are as loyal as any of Her

power, but it was tound impossible to carry
Majesty's subjects. Is not ashamed of

being a Frenchman, Is opposed to Con-
federation, Will not give strangers the
power to taxus. Would leave the country,
if it were joined to Canada, Has assisted
to wipe out thousands of pounds of back
rent. Wants to give every industrious
man in the country free land. Would
abolish the rent paying system if at the
cost to the colony of £200,000, Other
questions were insignificant when com-
pared with Confederation and the Land
Question, Will if returned, support no
middle Party. Had vot: d forthe abolition
ot imprisonment for debt when both Mr,
Coles and Mr, Conroy had voted against
him. Mr. John Yeo had supported bim
in that measure. Will support good
measures, let them come from what side of
the house they may. Will support no
Tory measures, nor will he yote tor a
‘Tory at the coming election,

Mr. Beir said that he had been identi-
fied with the Liberals for a long time, but
is now accused of being a ‘Tory. Was
no more a Tory now than he ever was, Is
opposed to Confederation, Could not see
What the people of the Island were to pain
by giving £100,009 annually to the Con-
federation, and getting in return only
£40,000, Education at present was ina
very low state on the Island. ‘This mosi

the public money, They

close the land office, declaring it to be

at least of the officials into the Legislature.
Said that the Land Question had proved a
failure in the hands of the present Governnient,

Imperial guarantee for a oan to enable them

to buy up the estates of proprietors. The

Conservative perly violently opposed the Loan

Bill as they also did the Land Purchase Bill.

‘The Land Commission was not origiaated by

Col. Gray. The Colonial Minister, Mr. Le-
bouchre, first suggested the idea, Col. Gray

actiag on the suggestion gZthe Colonial Min-

ister, drew up his first set of Resolutions. By
these Resolutions the Government went hit
in hand to the proprietors and begged them to
seli their hinds, [He (Mr. Sincluir) had op-
posed those resolutions. Col, Grey's resolu-
tions were sent back by the Colonial Minister
with further suggestions, ‘The amended Re-
solutions were agreed to by the Legislature.

‘The tenants by these last resolutions were
put on an equal footing with the proprietors.

‘Che tumous Land Commission was the result.
‘This Commission did not receive that counte-
nance and assistance from the Government
which its importance demanded. The Col-
ovial Secretary openly espoused the cause of
the proprietors, and did everything that lay:
in his power to misrepresent the tenanuy and
to prevent justice being done them, ‘The
Commissioners at first considered their powers
unlimited, but were soon shown that they had
made a very grave mistake, and that they had
very little power indeed to help or to harm
any one. ‘Kheir hands were tied by the Home

ImROrAnE MMe had vert greatly Mts Government. The Award of the Commis-
ected by the party now in power. 1° | sioners was never carried into effect. -One

youth of the Island were as capable as
those of any country. Lad proved then.-
selyes to be so inmany countries. Will
if returned, do his best to advance the

of the reasons why the Government were re-
turned to power four years ago was that they
claimed to have the opportunity of carrying
out the Award of the Commission. The Col-

on the Government without admitting some |

The Liberals had attempted to procure the |

educational and other interests of the
country, Concluded) by declaring him-
sell x Liberal and an admirer of Mr.
Coles:

Dr. O'Leary came forward to speak,
but owing to the noise made by the crowd
and his not speaking ina sufficiently loud
tone, we did not hear all of the very short
speech which he did deliver, We under-
stood him to say that there had been
hitherto too much partyism on the Island,
that party spirit had injured the country,
and that he for one would belong to no
party.

1. RaMsa¥ said that he appeared before
the electors of the Second District for the
fourth time. Is a Liberal in principle. Is
hy to Confederation, Would not
sell his country to the Canadians. If re-
turned would do everything in his power
to adyance the interests of his constituents,
and of the Island generally.

J. Yno said that he was the only mem-
her who openly declared himself to be a
‘Tory. Ile was now as ever a staunch

Jonservative, His principles and his acts
were too well known to render it neces-
sary for him to say much about them.
Will support a Conservative Government.
Is opposed to Confederation, Had re-
corded his vote in opposition to that
measure. Should any measure of Union
in Iuture be brought forward he would
leave it altogether In the hands of the

onial Seeretary, a lund agent, und the Hon.
Edward Valmer, 4 land proprietor, were sent
to London in order to procure favorable terms
for the tenantry, and to induce the Home
Government to give effect to the Award. It
was not likely that such Delegates would suc-
ceed. ‘The country knows the success of
their mission; it was such as might have been
anticipated. ‘The Land Comuiission proving
a failure, the Government was obliged to fall
back upon the policy of the Liberal Govern-
ment. ‘The Selkirk Ustate was purchased.

Confederation was a truly important sub-
ject. Our politicnl existence was at stake.
When firet brought before the Legislature it
had not been discussed in the county. It
was argued that it would be uncourteuous to
refuse to send Delegates to mect those from
N. Scotia and N. Brunswick, but the idea of a
Union of the Provinces not to be cutertained.
The delegates were appointed not to form a
plan of Union, but merely to discuss the ex-
pediency of sueh & measure. Their powers
extended no further, He had opposed the
sending of Delegates from the first. Canadi-
dian politicians being in difficulties came to
Charlottetown to procure the assistance of
tho people of the Maritime Provinces to help
then out of them. @he Delegates had ex-
ceeded their powers, and the Government had
gone beyond theirs. Delegates should never
bare been sent to Quebec to concocta scheme
of Union, The Government had made a great
mistake, and they lave paid the penalty.
They have become divided on this Question.
Red hot Unionists were appointed to office.
‘They have been infatuated, and have rushed

headloag to their own destruction, ‘The Lea-
de; je Goverment, notwithstanding the

people to accept or to refuse it.

Dn. Grece tpkl the audience 8! ig resolutions passed during the late sos-
He he had appeare| gion of the Legirlature, became a self appoint-
the
has {ly

the people. Is »|ed Deleyate to make terms with those now m
sespumd ite Govérntent, | London, ‘The Government hav@~ muthated
sin much higher esteem| the Education laws, Large sume hed been
spent in usoless delegations on soldiers and
in building Barracks. ‘The Gov@tument might
easily have moderated the zeal of the ‘Tenant
League party by persuasion and sound advice.
‘There was no necessity for sending for troops,
‘Lhe peace could have been kept and the laws
enforced without them, Ile was sorry te sea
three sound Liberals running in the third
District. Would willingly have resigned i
Mr, Ramsay's favor, if such “proceedings
would not be considered a betrayal of his con-
stituents. Believes Mr. Arsneauet to be tle
choice of the majority of Liberal voters at the
west end of the district, and considered him-
self bound to support him to the utmost ex-
tent of his power in the eastern end.

than Mere names. Considered Confederation
a bad measure, and ashe was an ecnemy to
bad measures, would oppose it with all his
might. Was much pleased that we on this
Tsland would not be forced into Confederation.
England was too kind a mother to compel
any of her children to do what was so con-
trary to their inclinations.

Merpock McKinno is a young Candidate,
and said that although others declared them-
selves to be very disinterested in. offering to
serve the public, he had determined not to be
neglectful of the interests of self. He thought
that a member could serve both his own in-
terests and those of the public if he chose,
and that if returned he would try to look well
after both, He had hitherto supported the
Conservative Party, but that like many others
he had resolved to do so no longer, but would
oppose it. For his part he thought there had
been too much party strife The Liberals
had passed the Free Education Act and the
Land Purchase Act. These he considered
the best liws ever enacted by our Legislature.
The Free Education Act had been mangled
by the party in power. Willif returned as-
sistin making Education really free. Will
also endeavor to lessen the proprietory in-
terests in the Colony, and to secure that end
will advocate the passage of a Loan Bill
through the Legislature. Will support a
Coles Government, but prefers Mr. Hensley
as Leader. Will not support a Palmer Goy-
ernment, Is against Contederation,

Mr. J. O. Arsneaver comes out a whole
man, not half in half. Tfas heen called a
Confederationist, but is no such thing. Is
opposed to Confederation. The people are
now happy in the possession of self Govern-
ment and do not wanta change. Can gov-
ern ourselves better thanggh® Canadians can
govern us. Willif honoredgyith a seat in
the Legislature advocate Free Education.
Runs with Mr, Sinclair and not with cither
of the other gentlemen setting up for the
‘Third District.

G, Sinciatr said that the present was not
his first appearance on the hustings. ‘Chat he
had been often before the people in his pre-
sent capacity, las had the honor of repre-
senting the people inthe Third District for
the last seven years. Does not make any
pretension to possession of extraordinary
talents, but lays claim to be endowed with a
little common sense. It is commonly sup-
posed that a member of the opposition is not
responsible for his votes. All that is goneral-
ly required of him is to find fault and to annoy
the Government. Did not agree with this.
Considered that a meniber of the opposition
was responsible for his vote—that such a
momber should be as careful and circumspect
as if he were a supporter of the Government,
That he has voted with the Government some-
times, but oftener against it. Believes the
Liberal Policy to be in the main sound, The
present Government have adopted that policy,
but have failed to carry it out. The Liberal

Mr. Huau Ramsay suid that he appeared
onthe hustings simply to state that his protien
Mr. Jolin Ramsay, was too ill to appear in
public. Pledged himself that his brother was
a sound Liberal, and was not joined with any
one.

Connenius Howatr said that four years
ago he wis a supporter of the Conser-
vative party, but to-day he appeared as its
opponent. For four years he thought that
the Conservatives had done pretty nearly what
was right, but he began to dislike their pro-
ceedings very soon utter the last election. He
first opposed the Government when they
wished to procure for themselves the initiation
of money votes, Ile opposed the Government
onthe Vifteen Years’ Purchase Bill. Was
importuned by the party which he then sup-
ported to vote for a Sixteen Years Purchase
Bill—a bill which contirmed the titles of every
proprietor on the Island. Received a threat-
ening letter from: some of his constituents on
secount of this refusal, telling him that his
conduct would be remembered against him at
the election if he did not vote with his party.
Mr, Strong's name was signed to that letter,
Mr. Strong would have voted for the bill, no
doukst, had he been in his (Mr, Howate's)
place, Opposed the Government in sending
delegates to Canada. Opposed the Govern-
ment again in placing Union mon in the Goy-
ernment. ‘The Government had taken upon
themselves powers that did not of right belong
to them, and had allowed office holdets to ov.
cupy seats in the Legislature, He could not
see why Confederates should be elected when
there were plenty of Anti-Cenfederates willing
and able to represent the people in the House
of Assembly. Why not settle Confederation
at present? What was the use of. going to the
expense of another election when the business
could be settled by electing Afftie at the pre-
sent one? Would join in a vote of want of
confidence in the present Government,

Witttan G, Stroxa congratulate

people in having such a fuitiber of bandidares
to choose from, He thought that the Legis.
lature would be none the worse f having “a
few new members in it. The infusion of
new blood would both strengthen atid purify
it. Our Educational system was the bestin the

Government were eight years jn power, this| colonics. ‘This system has certainly not been

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