men that frequented the House of Fos deliver Lell me, did ever C a lid that h caused the sensation as turke, on tbe ye whment of War- ‘The ladies in the gallery,” says “ - a state « Tuncot vliable Ikerebiefs were pulled out ; smell- bottles handed round; hysterical sobs and = s were I und Mrs. Sheridan was ‘ vd ont ma fil Hiad Erskine May been ’ ent on thia great eceasioan, he would have] had an oeeular demonstration of Burke's superior t : Securing » Even Maeaulay ve # net over partial to Burke's pow ot elo ‘ ‘¢, is forced te adu that, “in apitade of co wrehension and richness of im: winalion, Bu peri ot te every other orater, ancient era ern.’ atrical io pas- roeloric, anning reastic, an elo- ver be ad red for his Ul bex tor swwned declamation; Pitt cool, cautious and dignified speaking; for ( Crrattan yet mellowed pathos, brilliant and Biber . ony ¢ wridan nh and witty salliess > Vehement ane fur Sonorous cerenian sente for 8 Hees; quence ; O'Connell for vigorous and cutting ad goes: Shiel fer classic declamation and cnthusi- astic appeal; and Curraa for bis polished oratory and yet, pre-eminent among all these, ranks Sim EomeND Burke. Aud were Ito point to the most ren irkable name that adorns the annals of medern England, the most magnificent mind of Ireland. | would point, as one, to the inimortal author of “Sublime and Beautiful.’ Lreland’ yes, Ireland, that land of oppression and » inching poverty, of genius and talent, of orators and poets, of s ldiers aad generals, of galla resist- ance to tyranny andsobedient submission te usurped authority,—let Llreland have but just and eqihlaviec privileges, and she will again stouish the world with a long array of magmficent and giant minds — with a host ¢f Burkes, Grattans, Floods, Shiels, Plugkets, O"Connells, Sheridans, Cannings and Currans J. H. FLETCHER, ln absence of Sec’y Orwell Mills, 224 Marck, 1265. ‘ P. 8.—Papers favorable please copy. siicialaaaill , To Twe Eprror or Tne EXAMINer. Sir: — A wviter, signing himself “An Anti- tTnionist,”” has a slip-siop communication in the last Herald, wherein sonf® disparaging allusions are made to letiers recently puphshed in, the Eramimer. If this writer, whoever he may be, would prove his statements when he writes agai: for the press, he would appear muck more sensible in the eyes ef the public. People now-a- lays are very apt to smile contempteously at writers who make broad assertions, unsupported by a particle of proof, When “An Anti-Unionist * will con- deseend te show up the senselessness of my letters, he shail receive due notice from COMMON SENSE Mare’ 27, Che Examiner. 130%, Charlottetown, April 3, 1865. DEBATE ON CONFEDERATION. Tue debate on Confederation, which occupied the attention of the House of Assembly every night for a week, was brought to a conclusion on |} I’ciday wight. The result is just as every one ex- pected—there was a large majority opposed ts Two or three of the measure—2J3 to 5. he ma- jority expressed themselves as not opposed to a} Union of the Provinces ou the Federal plan, but they objected to the terms proposed at tle Que- bee Convention, and they voted against the whole scheme on account of those terms. We have neither space nor time to offer our :}duce in exchange,—an arrangement so in- 1. Resolved, That Prince Edward Island, heing entirely dependent on its Agriculture and Fisheries, has nothing to export for which Canada can furnish a market. has while such is, and ever must be the relative commercial position of this Island Canada, the produets of our soil and Fish - eries fiod in the extensive markets of our parent eountry, the United States and the West Indies, ready and profitable customers Tn accordance with you your address to Her Majesty on that subject. Vr. Spea Assembiy : [thank you, in Her Majesty’s name, provision you have made fur the public service of the year. ‘The appropriation you have made for Agri- cultural purposes is a due acknowledgment of the importance you attach to the cultivation of the soil and the improvement of stock. Che proposed Union, while admitting the! y7,, President and Honorable Gentlemen of the produce and manufactures of Canada into| Legislative Council : this Island free, would by assimilation of| 4/7. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of As- . ° sembly: taxes enormously increase tho duty to whic | ‘Sd those of Great Britain and the United! States are at present subject, thereby COM-| holders in the Purchase of the Fee Simple ot pelling this Island to take a large portion} their Farms. of its imports from Canada, making payment}. | avticipate most beneficial Results from this /therefor in money instead of procuring them | Measure. he Assistance which it offers cau ' Aig ; & ; not failto be fully appreciated by a large nutnber from countries which would receive our pro- ‘of the People whom you represent, | J observe that several measures of Law Reform }consistent with the fundamertal principles | have eccupied your attention, and that you have ‘ . taken action with a view of facilitating and sim- : “e s satly curtail o ' : : of ¢ mmerce must greatly cu tail ar) plitying the procedure in Courts of Justics, commercial intercourse with . the { hited | 1 am glad to be enabled to relieve you from States, and would, in the opinion of this) your Legislative duties, by proroguing this Gene- Louse, materially diminish our Exports to| '! Assembly. that country, and prove most injurious to the hieapth wgrieultural and commercial interests of this) LATE AND MOST IMPORTA {| FROM THE SEAT OF WAR SOUTH. T have given my Assent with great Satisfaction te the Act which you have passed to assist Lease- NT NEWS Island, IN THE 2. That if the relative circumstanees of | Canada and this Island rendered a Union| practicable, the evident injustice of the terms agreed to by the Quebec Convention would prevent their being ratified by the Legislature of this Island. Without al-| luding to all, it is proper to notice some of Tue friends and sympathisers with a brave jand gallant people will deeply regret to learn noon, informing us that, at eight o’clock this morning, RICHMON D—the Seat of Government th biecti i, dees a R ‘ ofthe Southern Confederacy —F ELL INTO THE he objectionable features of the Report. ito ii gg ch. Ug . 7 st lee ANDS OF THE NORTHERN TROOPS. Without admitting the principle of Kepre- +p ' ek 5 . ° : , : ,| If this news be true—and there is some reason to sentation according to Population. ander al! | : direumstances to be suund. it is. in the! doubt it, as the time at which the telegram war opinion of this House, particularly objee- tionable as applied to this Island in con- nexion with Canada, taking into considera. | *Pee¢y settlement of the present barbarous war. tion that the number of our inhabitants js | But to what employment will the victors as well and must continue comparetively small. | 4 the vanquished next devote their arms? That owing to the fact that we have no Crown) is 4 momentous question we may well dread to Lands, mines, minerals, or other resources | reflect upon, but cannot solve. sufficient to induce immigrants to settle! <2 here, and that we never can expect to become| THE LONDON TIMFS ON CONFEDERATION. | to any extent a manufacturing people 1b | consequence of our navigation being closed | ‘for nearly half the year, and all trade and/| don Times of the 7th inst. ought to convince any communication with other countries stopped. | person that the great organ or index of English Under this principle, the City of Montrea) | public opinion is not only not opposed to a Con- alone would, at the present time, have a) federation of the American Colonies, but that it representation greater than the whole Pro-| now, as it has long heen, a strenuous advocate vince of Prince Edward Island, and under | of the measure. the provisions of the Convention which re-| “ The decision of the Upper House of the Cana- | gulates the mode of re-adjusting the relative — eigen pa in met et a Pe has . . . i ¢ e it ite Fi t rts *¢ ing { . — representation of the various Provinees at} *.‘ “s bas rt “ EL a theit fs Passi : rial policy. Itis only fromthe existing circum- each decennial census, looking at the rapil stances that it could be necessary to discuss the indrease of the Population of Upper and) question at all. Our American Colonies are so Lower Canada heretofore,—particularly the differently situated both as to their physical : eel , ater | gcography, their history, race and social charac- former, and the certainty of a still oer ter, that we cannot be surprised at the levity, as tncrease therein to the future, over that of| we must eall it, with which a Union has been the population of this Island, it follows as a) proposed and rejected, or laid aside or simply if q| fergotten many times since the separation of the ; Federation of the Provinces were consum-| United States. But for war and the forays, raids < . a ’ ey } aud other outr ges that lead to it, there is no rea- mated upon the basis of the said Convention, } son why each Province should not be politically in- }that the number of our Representatives | dependent ofits neighbour. We unite tor security ; would, in the course of a comparatively short | ®" the greater the danger or the more power- number of years, be diminished to a still |‘ '* P ble aggressor, the larger the Union }received was not the time at which such news usually comes to hand — we may count upon a Tne foliowing important article from the Lon- }certain and inevitable consequence, necessary for self-defence. To Lugland it is a r request, T shall for- ward to the Seeretary of State for the Colonies ler and Gentlemen of the House of have resigned their places, in consequence of for the | tate Commissioner of Public Works, and one of that a telegram has been received here this afler- ae ah reader: any editorial comments oa the debate. | i | " . f , “i smaller number than that allotted at the We have been desirous to give our readers as ; Outset to us. " vu matter of very little importance whether she | seuds one Governor or halfa dozen te her Ameri- Thos et ; . P } ean Colonies, and the relation of these commu- . That the old Imperial error iM grant-| nities one with the other are only a matter of local ing all the lands in large tracts to absentees,| convenience. But we are approaching a very which deprives this Island of the Revenue different state of things. ‘he government at lrawn by the sister Colonies from these Washington sees, as it believes, the beginning of eo See se i : | the end, and now announces with more confidence no » OUT im er position apd numerous) than ever that this is the last campaign, and that harbors, furnishing cheap and convenient | this very summer will see Federal unity not only water communication which render expen-| restored, but ready tor Federal action. They lsive Pablic Works here unnecessary, the make no seeret of their intention to present an R : nue to be drawn by the Pp po g | Chormous list of demands, which they are quite Federal Government from this Island, and} deed, they Their expended among the people of Canada and | own public writers admit that the law as stated the other Colonies in constructing R tilways by the chief American authorities, is against them, . € ' - , ; and the prededents of American practice are eannot fail te became acceptable to a large ma-| and other Publi ke ereby creatine ; ; ; snne ‘ ecaime | ge u and otner I udviiec Works, there y creating against them; but they held that the unexampied fulla report of the debates and proeeedings o beth Houses of the Legislature as our columns weuld enable us tv do, and this prevents us fron inserting much other matter that would be inter We shall Le- gislature is prorogued have ample time and space esting. , however, a8 sooa as the tw refer to the arguments advanced in the debate | ] ; ies OT en both six the question of Confederation ; and we shall endeavour to prove that, a)thoug! this Island has, so far, pronounced agains: it, tl do not wish us to acknowledge. arguments in oppesition are, fur the most part futile, and eventually the pla » of Confederatio jority of the people of the British Provine -s. ja trade which would build up cities ard) maguitude of the occasion removes the question The fullewing are the resolutions which were! enhance the value of property in various lo-| out of law and precedent, and justifies the Ameri- | put te the vote on Priday night :— calities there, advantages in which this [s'and | ©@"* '® maki ‘ Z hew precedent in place of fol i lowing an old one. This is equivalent to telling Moved by the Hon. Colouial Seeretary ul I enj + he Pode? 3 small participation. Our! ys that submission is demanded as a tribute to} }. Resolred, That the best interests, and | COMpiete t-o.ation during five months of the superior force; and such a submission we are not | present and future prosper ity of Dritish, Fear. when iee interrupts our trade and com-| prepared to inake. Upon our seem they aren North America, would be promoted by a! “unication with the Mainland, and eh ee aula , ‘it. na 4 ‘a vhick period the Island eould derive Ste ia a ite es FeJeral Union, under the Crown of Great, ¥®!¢ perio e could derive BO! thousand miles long,and within a day's journey,by Britaia, provided such Union could be effeet-, possible benefit from the Railroads and time-table, of their most populous cities. Tosteam ed on prizeiples jast to the severa! Pro- ther Pablie Works which they would be | down the grand natural highway “ river a lake | a - > : a). * ‘ar the os f ars > oy 8 18 $ ( qually with the people of those Colonies) | that, fur the most part, separate the <— Ors } i taxed nnatract. th d : wn | equivalent to { voyage across the Atlantie ; but } taxed to coneiruct, : nese and many ot eT! you may breakfast one day at New York, Phila- considerations, but which seem to have been! delphia. or Washington, and the next in British ; ; ! . entirely ignored, ought, in the opinion of; America. Such is the possible foe, such the neighboring Republie, renders it specially 7S errerre i Peele Ary rrr aie rear te ae dining’ | 7 , P Bee P 2 | this House, to have produced an offer of a mena e, and such we must con ider the dange r tocumbent on the peopie of British North aye cal f hip Boland | In the face of it the first question we ask our: | America to take the most efficient preeau-| , er ‘s puters ment lor this Lslan ve TY | selves is, whether the Colonies will defend their tionary measures by which their inJepen-|: ifferent in ite terms from that contained | te rritery and stand by their allegiance. That in- | a ¢ Bees see abet € in the Report of the Convention. | tention is to be gathered not from words but ence against Loreiga aggression Muy be! 4 7T bite thie H . | from deeds, and the first practeal proof they can ; « } 5 : ° ‘ > ‘ v8 ’ . ¢ secured, : . ine le tos hogse recogn £es the} offer is Union er Confederation. Hence the . 7.2 . uty of this Colony to use every mcabs to) significance ot the news just received. 3. Resoires F 110 ch as in! es ’ & : : nie esi cde poser eae . he ; ngpfrone i fs the extent of its limited resourees, to de-? * des. the enent @f Basar with th ra it i clear y i fend its inhabitants from foreign invasion,| “4? 2! our Provinces must be placed under one vinces aad Colonies. 2. Resolved, Toat the existence of im- mense Military and Naval forces in the! lowing division : the Militia, the Revenues, and the Resources} . Ti) ee “ts he af ya military command. Dowhat we will, no unity of of the several Provinces, at the disposal of a} “ wag “wen. pre : ro ere OC, Waiting | Admin'stration that we can establish will be 6 “nee . : iy in a Confederation with Canada for the pur-} equal te that of the invader. If this disadvan- General Parliament, is neces-ary, in order | : { pte a Saphomer yell etiilinnh dalle? thes od ‘ ‘ 4 > ._ o4 | pose of defence upou terms which, ia other) tage be urged as an argument agains re very to maintain the independence of British} respects, ace, in the opinion of thie House. | attempt, it is our duty to reply that the Provinces North America against foreign aggression, | ww . _— ag ol 1. 2} farthest outlying frem the Colonial centre and Se es . £ +} } Pp : k ] dj ; and to persetuate our connection with the) *° Ue. to the people peli a abo Warc’| most obnoxious to the attack of the foe, are just Mother Counter j Island ; thus sacrificing our commercial and] those which would most depend upon our aid ’ y: ah | financial interests for the sake of securing! That gives us a special voice in their case. I 4. Reselced, That a Federal Dnion of) the co-operation of Canada ia a wilitare | the Maritime Provinces seriously intend to adhere ith " ; ” ' bai ity ; eae? assible British North America, based upon the point of view, feeling assured that so long | ip “ toms tons Pr thon nen hi Byers . ‘ ’ , s, what garrisons, what iron clads, what ord- Resolutions adopted me a Voaference Of) as We remain a loyal and attached Colony 0! ead a shall have to pour into Halifax and other Delegates from the Provinces of Canada \ Great Britain, the powerful aid of that) ports, all at our cost. Having, then, additional Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, aol the) jroat country will continue as heretofore | Tistt to speak in thig case, we venture to say that ‘ . r ‘ . 3 4 ey y ‘ ror. fous Rr prac: eri lye in- Colonies of Newfoundland and Prinee Ed- Sn ici ei cain. Le tne anit Mie! if woes Soetia sot oy Rages vale taa : Xtende ’ t » loyal, they ought to act accordingly AND ware Inland, acid af the City of Q ebee. | other North American Dependencies of the! perkates pum cosPEDERATio“. Their holding | loch Oete ver, 1864, as the basis of a pro- } British Crown. off can only be ascribed to @ lurking wish to reserve posed Confederation of those Provinces aud Seittt~ ResPuad ‘That this Hi dis | their decision for the present, aud see which way Colouies, would, among other advantages. sy “ resorved, j at this f tag he, — wind oe, In the ye . actual guage , , grees scommendations D ebec | there mus > union, and that umon will be a promote the developement of the Trade and Cor . - “ye “% a y y Pe - K i. he cae aa Bases Tnak from ane minslione Manufacturing capabilities of these Pro- ahd f ie - es i ag U tes use. Indeed the matter is so plain that vacilla- | Vinces and Colonies, and advance the (rene- , i ; . ee tied ot - of | } i tion on this point ean ouly be inte rpreted as waver- ral Prosperity, by inducing the substitation | WC» 8'ter @ Serious and caretul conside~) ing loyalty. The reasons that have been given , ' ‘ : ration, it believes would prove politically, | against a Confederation, even in the old form ot of a Customs Tariff, uniform and coinmon|} / Pf Brg? ah age i so ecabdine ics olen oe “tg Maat: Seat commercially and financially disastrous to| 4 Zullverein, are of the most mercantile charac- to the Confederation, in lieu of the ae the rizhts and interests of its people j ter. The trade of the Maritime Provinees, it is} Tariffe now in force in the several Pro-|- arin : tes | said, naturaily runs to New England and the po- vinees and Colonies. The above amendment was carried on the ful-| pulous Northern States. It 1s bere that they sell i - ‘ ; | their coal and other commodities. This, of course, 5. Resolved, That the Report ° eo { i |} is an equal reason for giving up their allegiance Nonferenze of Delegates from the British} . For a or o> — pe te altogether ; and if the Legislatures of these Provin- North American Provinces and Colonies 100 s— ous ae ope, a. Cotes, eoerr, | ces cannot make up their minds to forego for our b id 4 A. Laird, D. Kaye, F. Kelly, D. Davies, J.| gsuke some of their commercial advantages, it is eid at Quebec in October last, taken as | ffensley, E. Thorntor, J. Warburton, D. Beaton; | better that they should epeak out more plainly av & whole, contains a declaration of principles Messrs. Ramsay, Montgomery, Haslam, J. Yeo,| once. It is most important that we should know —as the basis of a Federal Union— whieh se hare one oa oi ilowlan, mp nected ype fight for our allegiance. this anne exders ius Pond a er, Simeiair, Sutheriand—23. It they will not take the requisite steps nhuw, we P er ray 3c. ” Qe Just to the s-veral Against the amendment—Ilous. Messrs. Colo-| cannot expect them to do nore in the hour of ap- f nees an oionics, 6. Resolved, That this_ House, believing} it is only by mutual concessions and com- | nial Seeretary, Solicitor General (Haviland), proachiug conflict, when the result of an honor- Colonel Gray, Whelan, and Mr. Green—5. able decision will be no longer problematical. Two other ¢ivisions took place on minor points at cannot be necessary to retind any of our fellow subjects on the American continent that, if they are invaded, no submission, no trimwing policy, uo middle course, will deter their new wasters from pushing the rights of conquest to the utmost. The Government at Washington | may, fur aught we know, charge upon England i all the costs of the war, on the argwmment—if ar- | gument be necessary—that the tefrible dissensions ' and sacrifices of the war are owing to the course | we have taken. It has been repeatedly proposed to discharge the costs of the war ovt of the land promises the several British North Ameri-,; connected wita the main question, but we have can Provinces and Colonies can ever agree)» room at present for a particular notice of upon those principles which shall fori the basis of a Union, orders that the report of the Conference of Delegates from these Several Provinces and Colonies hed at Quebee in October last, be published through- out this Colony for the deliberate conside- them. The Legislature will, we understand, rise either this afternoon or to-morrow. | ere | PROROGATION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Av half-past four o'clock this afternoon His Ex-) iware we shall not acknowledge, and whiel, in-| jis | South America. ration of the people, on whom will devolve the acceptance or rejection of the proposed Duios. 7. Resolved, That until the larger Ma- Titime Provinces and Canada shal! have mutually agreed upon terms of Union, it is| inexpediemt that the People of /’rince| Edward Island should be called upon to decide on the question. 8. Resolved, That in case the Provinces | of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and C.nada, | should at any time mutually agree upon the. basis of a Uuion, the question be then forth-| with submitted to the deeision ofthe |’eople Gf this Island. The Hon, J. C. Pepe moved in amendment the following resolutions : _ The House having had under eonsidera- tion the Report of the Convention held at Quebec, respecting a Federal Union of the different Colonies of British America, and a D spateh of the Right Llonorable Mr. Cardweii, Her Majesty's principal Secretary — fur the Volouies respecting the cellency the Lieut. Governor gave his assent to! the several Bills passed during the Session, not! more than four or five of which were of a spe- cially impertant character. His Exeellency then prorogued the Session with a speech which was quite characteristic of the Session—short and not marvellously interesting. It is needless te add that the usual farmalities were observed at the prorogation; but there seemed to be a smaller attendance than usual of Volunteers and citizens. The following is THE SPEECH. Mr. Prestdent aud Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council: Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly : The unremitting attention which you have bestowed on your Legislative duties, enables me to relieve you, at an earlier period than usual, from further attendance here. After deliverate consideration of the termes adopted by the Conference at Quebee, asa basis for Ce of the British North American Provinces, you haye refused, on the part of this and other preperty of the rebels themselves, and by the same reason, supposing us to share the crime and fate of the rebels, the whole soil of Bri- tish America may be confiscated and sold to satisfy the holders of Federal paper. Imagination itsel/ cannot picture the condition of those Provinces, with ali the interesting varieties of race, handed over to administrators selected for the very purpose of stamping out every vestige of British feeling, and making their alienation an msult to this country. But ia it indeed necessary to warn any British subjects of his certain fate if he gives up his fields, his altars and his hearths into the hands of masters fresh fromthe decimation ef their own people? Does anybody there think it poss:ble to purchase by compromise the equality of citizens, and to get. off with even a moderate contribution to the war? The Americans, we all see, car be true enough to their rulers so long as the terests of the struggle require a share of contidence and continuity of management. Buf we see, also, that they will bear no check to their cupidity, their triumph or their revenge. Once in posses- sion of British soil, “ra rictis” will be the ery, and neither President Lincoln nor any other President will be able to prevent it. lodepen- dence is the only hope of the Colonist—indepen- dence in its present forin — or if it must be at some distant day formal, literal or absolute self- goverument. For the present there is only ques- tron, and only one way of answering tt--CONFE- NN NEW BRUNSWICK. Mr. TILLey’s Government in this Province their late defeat at the hustings. Mr, Hatheway, | the leading opponents of Confederation, has been }entrusted with the formation of a new Govern- ‘|}ment; but—though there Was much surmising | up to the departure of the last Mail—there was | uv authentic information a8 to the personnel of /the new Cabinet. i a NOVA SCOTIA. IN this Provinee the project vf Confederation on the principles of the Quebec Convention, has, by a formal vote in the Legislature, been pro- nounced “ impracticable” for the present. This was to be expected. The unwise decision of the electors of New Brunswick bas rendered it “impracticable” in all the Maritime Provinees. When the New Brunswickers come, iowever, to see the error of their decision, and demand a re- versal of it in the Legislature, then the projeet ” will cease to be “‘ impracticable. In the mean- while the Government of Nova Scotia reeommend a reconsideration of the proposal for a Legislative Unien of the Lower l’rovioces, which the several Colonial Parliaments had under consideration last Session. The thingis absurd. A Legislative Unien is ten times more objectionable than a Federal one. Mission FROM CANADA TO EXGLAND.—The | Delegation from Canada to England, to confer | with the British Government on the questions of Confederation and Colonial Defences generally, are now on their way to the Mother Country. As their Mission will, to avery great extent, et- fect the Lower Provinces, we shall look very anxiously for the result of it. ‘he Delegates are, the Hon. Mr. Cartier, Attorney General of Lower Canada; Hon. Mr. Galt, Finance Minis- ter; and the Hon. Mr. McDougall, Provincial Secretary. The Honorable Mr. McDonald, At- torney General for Upper Canada, wasalso named as one of the Delegates; but it was thought that his impaired health would not enable him to un- dertake the voyage. ccna Oe A CANADIAN OPINION ON THE PRESENT ASPECT OF CONFEDERATION.—Alluding to the rejection by the maritime provinces uf this great project, the Toronto Globe says:— ‘* We regret thatthe full realization of the scheme of British American Union should be postponed for au indefinite period. But our regrets are not of a selfish or narrow sort. Canada can live without the Lower Provinces. We did not seek union with SONNET ON SPRING. Spring comes in beauty with her vernal wand, A yoddess full of cheerfuluess and song !— There’s not a tree that lives upothe land, But opes its eyelids as she glides along, The aged oak that lifts its arms so strong By yon sequester'd ruins’ lonely wall,— The sober yew, half suffocated among Its twining ivy—hears her joyful call; While groves and glens beside the waterfall, In haste re-dress in pure and love ly green, And flowers look forth like seutter’d stars,and all Is fresh and fair,and sunny and serene. This is the resurrection of sweet things, She o'er the earth her bonnteous beauty flings ! ECTS BS REINS ERS THE LITTLE HAT. ‘Tis a dear little hat! and it hangs there still, And its voice ot the past bids the heartstrings thrill; For it seems like a shadow of days pass‘d o'er, Of the bright one gone who that hat once wore. Tis a dear little hat, for each simule braid Tells that oft o'er its plaitings those fingers have play'd; : And many a wreath for its crown have been twin'd, To the graceful taste of beygyoutiful mind. Yes! There silent it hangs, with its curling front Still playfully rolled, as has been its wont ; But the golden ringlets that waved below, Have curled their last cluster long ago, Aye the hat is the same, but it shades no more, Those light blue eyes, as in days of yore; And the sunlit smile, that danced on that brow, Cannot light up our hearts’ s.d meri'ries now. Sad memories they are! strings, Each breath of the by-gone a tremor flings; And joys we would fain awaken again, In memory are wreathed with a thrill of pain. O’er their quivering Then recall not the past--though the dimpled hand May never again clasp the braided st outta Though the breeze no longer may hear the tone, Of the ringing laughter of childhood’s own: Oh! think of him now with a glittering crown, On her heavenly forehead resting down, While her fingers stray o’er the golden. wire, That bends wiih her voice ’mid the cherub choir. Aye, I see her now, with aholy light Pouring broad o'er his brow, with radiance bright ; And I hear the tones which in heaven bave birth, Ob! call her not back to this saddened earth. ~; ~~ > o—— Lord Granville, one of the greatest of Eng- land’s great men, said last month in the House of Lords :-— What ought to make us still more proud of the good Government which must undoubtedly have prevailed among us, is to find that our North American Colonies, in expressing their wish to continue their connection with this country, and in adopting the new institutions they have been considering with such calm and prudent states- manship, have thought it desirable to keep as close as possible to the constitution and in- stitutions under which we so happily live.”’ them to filch money from their treasuries. as so many of their people have said, and, we suppose, some believed. We desired union for bigher rea- sons, Which involved their gain as well as ours. Nor did we forget that Canada has a great destiny independent of the Lower Provinces. If the people of New Brunswick should continue forever in their present mind, Canada will still continue to grow and become a great country, There is a straight and clear course before her. We have only to settle our local difficulues in an equitable mauner—not a very difficult matter in the present state of parties —and proceed to develope the North-west territory, which we can acquire on not very onerous terms | The money which would have gone to build the | Iutereolonial Railway will amply suffice to extin- | guish the title of the Hudson's Bey Company, and | to open the territory for settlement. We hoped j until two days ago that we could have beth. We | can content ourselves with one if necessary.’ i — } Tue New AMBASSADOR AT WASHINGTON.— | The London Times says:— | The successor of Lord Lyons will be Si: Frederick Bruce, who at present holds the office ) of Minister in China, but happens opportunely to be in England. There 18 no reason to doubt that j in making this selection the government lave had | ainple regard to the qualifications necessary for j the office. Sir F. Bruce has greatly distinguished | himself by his conduct of our troublesome negoti-| | ations with the court of Pekin. But though Sir IF. Bruce has not been recently employed m any | post connected with his new office, he is not en- | tirely inexperienced in American affairs. His first employment was when attached to the late | Lord Ashburton’s special mission to Washington in 1842, when the famous Ashburton treaty was |negotiated. Subsequently, for a year, he was | Lieutenant Geverner of Newfoundland, and from ‘~ ae | to 1851, he was employed in various posts it | Four years after this he went with his brother, Lord Elgin, to China, and bas since been eutirely employed in that country.” The Times concludes its notice of the change, by remarking that the appointment of the new minister will be an opportune refutation of the | idea that any underhand recognition of the Con- federacy was to be made on the 4th of March, by |} acknowledging Mr. Lincoln as President only of the States which took part in the election. PS EIS 6 8 ESPONDENTS. We must respectfully decline the TO CORR * Custos.”” iusertion of this communication. The matter re ferred to does not appear to be of sufficient import ance to engage the public attention any longer. Tue Marts have, for the last fortnight, ar- rived here with greatregularity. The crossing in the Straits is very good, and there is every reason to hope that intercourse with the outside world by the ordinary channels of navigation will be very soon resumed. We had an English Mail on Friday night with the customary Colonial and American Mails, but we have not seen any news of great importance in the papers brought to us by those Mails. Un ‘| fortunately we have no room for extracts, al- though some of an interesting character might be found. PRE Ae. ee ee CaruoLic YouNG Men’s Lrrerary INstt- TUTE. — Last Wednesday evening Mr. Edward Reche delivered an interesting and instructive lec- “The Planeta.”’ He favored the opinion propounded by some astronomers, namely, that the ture on planets are inhabited by animals similar in all res- pects to those that iuhabit the earth, and he adduced a variety of evidence in support of that opinion. The lecture contained a fund of philoso- phical knowledge, which was communicated to the audience with Mr. Roche’s wonted impressiveness and felicity of expression. On concluding his lec- ture, as Well as at intervals during its delivery, the learned gentleman was loudly applauded by an appreciative audience. The President of the Institate, Rey. Angus Me- Donald, will lecture on next Weduesday evening. Subject, ‘‘ Economy of the Atmosphere.” ac Ee Prev Sa LATEST TELEGRAMS. New York, March 30. Reports from City Pvint state that the entire army of the Potomac was in motion on Tuesday last. Sheridan’s Army have started on another expedition to destroy the enemy’s communication, if possible. Gen, Sherman had an interview with Lincoln and Grant, at City Pot, on Monday A force of 180,000 Federal cavalry has been con- centrated on the border of Alabama to cut off ene. my’s retreat from Mobile Another cavalry force, undey Stoneman, is advancing into Virginia from ‘Tennessee. .... Gold 151. SACKVILLE, Mareh 29. “ Asia” arrived at Halifax, 6.30, this morning. Boat left for Cape Tormentiue at 9 o'clock. March 30. No English Mail at Cape Tormentiue up to this hour, 3.49. Bvat waiting for it. RICHMOND TAKEN! By Telegraph to C. A. Hyndman. Str. Joun, April 3, 1865. Richmond occupied by Federals, at eight (8) this morning. Gold 145. aamee ~<4<—>Pr-- Deatruor A QueEeNn.— The last news from Eu- rope informs us of the death of the Queen Dow- ager ef Holland. She was a Russian Princess, bern in 1795, and was the daughter of the unfor- tunate Paul I, Emperor of Russia, and thus a grand-daughter of Catherine the Great, a sister of Nicholas I, and aunt of the preseut Czar. In 1817 she married King William II, of Holland, who died in 1849, 2 The old ex-queen has lived since the death of her husband at the Hague, where she died on the Jst of March, surrounded by het family. Se dn Tue Passport NuisaNCE.—The Montreal Telegraph says:—* On the subject of passports it is necessary to state that, allhough the Ame- rican Goverument bas se far modified the order of the 17th of December last, whereby all per- sons, male and female, were required to have passports to enable them to euter junto the United States, it is yet necessary that all wale British subjects should possess British passports in going to or remaining in the States, to protect them from any draft or military services to which they Colony, to sanction the proposed scheme. DERATION OR NOT.” |wignt otherwise be subject.” Pe Ses See er, EVERYTHING IN Season.—Tha grey thairs are honorable in old age is a proverbial matter; but are they soin youth?) Mrs. S.A. Allen’s World’s Hair Restorer and Zylobalsamum, or Hair Dres- sing, is suited to both young and old; they restore grey hair to its youthful color, giving the roots the natural nourishment. They renew, preserve, and inerease the growth. Every D uggist sells them. W. R. Watson, agent for P. E. Island. Wai thy Bears.—A few days since some men lumber- ing in the woods at Lot 5, Cascumpec, for the Hon. James Yeo, came on a den of Bears. The men bad been making or squaring & stick of tim- ber, and, when about to leave, heard a growling noise, and on search discovered a large she bear ina den, and killed her. The next morning, ev proceeding to the same spot, to their surprise they discovered two more Bears, cubs of the old one previously killed. One of these they killed, the other was taken away alive. Holloway’s Pills.—These Pills are more effica- cious in strengthening a debilitated constitution than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a nervous habit of body; aud all whe are suffer- ing from weak digestive organs, or whese health has become deranged by billious affections, dis- ordered stomach, or liver complaints, should lose no time in giving these admirable Vills a fair trial. Coughs, colds, asthina, or shortness of breath, are also within the range ofthe Sanative powers of this very remarkable medicine. The cures effected by these Pills are not superficial or temporary, but complete and permanent. Phey are as mild as they are efficacious, and may be given with confidence to delicate females aud young children. ~d>- — SUDDEN CHANGES OF WEATHER are produe- tive of Throat Diseases, Coughs, Colds, &c. There is no more effectual relief in these diseases to be found than in the timely use of ‘Brown's Bron- chial Troches.” They possess real merit, and have proved their efficiency by a test of many years, and have reevived testimonials from emi- nent men who have used them. sis " Jupson’s Mountain Herp Piris.— Tow strange and wonderfnl it often seems to us that a medicine composed of simple mountain herbs and roots, should so certainly search out and cure disease, How surprising that the ludians stould know and preserve so long and well a secret that has escaped the search of the greatest physieians the world has ever seen. True, the aucient im- habitants of Mexico were a strange race, found by the Spaniards living in large cities, and, allow- ing for their strange customs and religion, as well civilized as their conquerors. In the words of a writer of some celebrity, “they have perished > from the earth, their cities are gigantic piles of ruins; their Kings and Princes, se mighty in their life, are forgotten; their ruins and their medicine alone are left.” The united testimony of all intelligent. persons ie, that JUDSON’S MOUNTAIN HERB PILLS are the most suc- cessful medicine in the world in curing diseases. Sold by all Medicine Deaiers. Died, At North Bedeque, on the 26th March, after a lingering illnes of fifteen months, Ellen, the beloved daughter of Ronald and Isabella Mcionald, in the 70th vear of herage. She died esteemed and re- gretted by all her relatives and acquaintances.— Bol. P. At Charlottetown, on the 24th March, Christiana Hawkins, beloved wife of Robert Weeks, deceased, in the 66th year of her age. At North Lake Lot 47, on the €th March, Mr. John Meinnes, senr, aged 73 years. — = Se —E eee Shipping News. Croncetows, P. E. 1, Mareh 28.—Arrived, Sehr. E. Hudson, Stewart, from Halifax, via Pictou. 31— Schoouer Victory, Thompson, master, from Halifax, with yoods to Messrs. A. A. McDonald & Brothers The Victory reports the Gulf free of ice between the Strait of Canso and Georgetown. Hatirax, March 23.— Arrived, Schr. Cruiser, from P. E.1.; produce. 24th—Arrived, Steamship Commerce, from Boston. Demerara, 6th March. — Arrived Brigt Helen Davies, Campbell, from New York, 14 day. Capt. Campbell reports that Ephraim Reid, Esqr, of Summerside, died at Demerara, of fever, ov the 3rd March. Poxce, Porto Rico, March 10.— Loading, Bark Lotus, MeDonald, for Marseilles. Crew all well. pRICES CURRENT. | CHARLOTTETOWN, March 31, 1865. Provisions, Beef, (small) per lb..... Do by the quarter............- Pork, (carcass)...--. Do (small).......-- Mutton, per lb........ Veal, per Ib...- 2.22 see eeree ceer eee ae ee eee er $420.00 oe peepee 54d ee | iva fk tee . -3$d to 5d teenie Ham, per 1b.... 2-+- cess eee cece noes .--6d to 7§d Batter, (fre B) ~. .- 200 - 20+ os0- cee Is 3d to 1s 5d Do by the tub............... -.1s ld to 1s 3d Cleese, por 1b... . sin sinte > 6 4+4,0 000 9.00, 2-00 to Od Tallow, por Ib... .occee coos cose cccce cess 9d to 10d Pg Selig gE EE, Flour per Ib... 202+ eee sees: ach deo 2d to 24d Oatmeal, por Ib.... .... 00+ ..Hy--- -- 396 to Bd Eggs, per dozen..... 8d to 9d Vegetables. Potatoes, per bushel..... idee ted 48 108 bo B Tarnips, per do ............4.4.--d8 t6 Is 3d JGrain. Barley, per bushel........ cm evures eae 3s to 4s Oats, per GO nceese-- ses +--28 1d to 28 3d Poultry. GIRO 5. wins odoin dc gods 960 eves en scee ee «+++. Done Turkeys, Cah... . .is< 103s bss 200. sone SEO Be Dou, WO. 5s cine Orders respectfully solicited and punctually attended te. GEO. NICOLL. March 20,1865. _islrw ph m6in Union Bank of P. E. Island. HE Annual Meeting of the Stockhoiders of this Bank will be holden at the Bank pre- mises, Queen Sqyare, Charletietown, on TUES- DAY, the 4th da#of APRIL next, at 12.0’clock, noon, for the purpose of choosing Seven Directors for the ensuing year, and transacting such other business as shall be then laid before them. A N. B.—By the 3rd Bye-Law, all persons voting by proxy for others, must deposit their authority to vote with the Cashief at least one day previously to the day of meeting. : JAS. ANDERSON, Cashier. Charlottetown, March 7th, 1865. Feb. 27th, 1865. TO LET. pue HOUSE and PREMISES on Queen Street, ocenpied by the late John M’Gill. For particulars apply to the subscriber. Wu. M’GILL. March 20th, 1865. DR. FRANK D. BEER, i returning thanks for the patronage received since commencing practice in Charlot- tetown, intimates that he has 9 a SURGERY & DRUG STORE, adjoining bis residence, King Square, and that he is now prepared to atiend to the practice of the various branches of his pro- fession. N. B.—Special attention given to diseases of the Chest. Feb. 6. 1865. BAZAAR! Under the patronage of Mrs, Dundas, HE LADIES in connection with ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. in this City, intend hold- ing a BAZAAR on THURSDAY the 6th JULY next. for the purpose of paying off the debt due on the Rectory. Further particulars in due time. Feby. 13, 1865. NOTICE. All persons indebted to the Subscriber by Note or Book Accounts—which should Lave been settled 12 months ago,are HERERY NoTI- Figp, that no legal ages will be taken aguiust them #BForE the Ist day March next. WM. HEARD. Charlottetown, 20th Feb. 1865 p’ UGH METALS, BLISTER STEEL at W.E DAWSON'’'S. March 20, 1865. EARTHENWARE! Fok SALE by the Subseribers — 10 CRATES ef the above. G. & 8. DAVIES. January 2, 1865. MOLASSES! peor SALE by the Subscribers — 83 heozs ketailing MOLASSES, Puncheess ng G. & 8. DAVIES. January 2, 1865. Wanted! “ue subscriber will pay Cash for a quantity of Barley and Jackson White Potatoes, lity. I C. HALL, cd I Peake’s Brick Building, Water etreet. Charlottetown, March 13,1565, isi rw din