a

ear oe

oe

argc hag oe

id pent

ae Re

eee

= oi sth
2s et eee

like ballw Dix ; it was Mr. Seward who had
| the Trent outrage. Chis

P| )

k wa very well bo « easy it te forhim

to a ro: it costs him but a paragraph
r w hie people are eminently
' s the pa nd bearing of a | illy
it st r counterpart either as indivi jaals
‘ * a tion. It suite (hem ex “ly.
hi they write and publish proclamations,
. that, ¢ iw a domestic chariucter,
t raired into by a fereign
row Mr. seward w the organ of
evrrespondence with foreign natiens, and that
he will make the proper apology and kee;
off war hey thus enjoy the pleas 6 of
having bearded the ‘* British lion ;’’ their
eagle ia the bird whose beak and talons
metaphorically have pinched and plucked
the lion's mane, and they are the great nition

that mumbied England to the face of the

world. These resoletions of Mr. Chandler

and this proclamation of Dix are vor ef
i

pretera nihd—mere dDluster. There is no
war ia them, they are :atended to intimidate
is.

+

FUE RICHMOND PRESS ON SOUTHERN |

AFFAIRS.
Phe Rielimond Sentinel contains a very

important editorial, believed to be from the

pea of Jeff. Davis.

ported to have sent it to all the foreign

mivisters, as showing the complete exhaustion |
= } |

’
of the re!

rebels are no longer entitled to consid ration | inside armed with heavy hammers

us belligerents. It says ;—

‘* Our late reverses have done mt
wards preparing our people for extreme
svcrifices if subjugated. The

theirs?

to the enemy.
oer prot erty, but masters o! our government,
would be infinitely better than if despoiled
by the enemy and wearing his bonds.

** Subjugation is a horror that embraces
all other herrors, Troublesome times are
upon Gireat @Xigencies surround us.
We need all our strength and wisdom. Let
there be a conference of our wise men Let
there oe a calm investigation of our wants
‘Then let all obstacles to the employment ol
ail t

us.

our resourees be removed.

** So long as we have a men or a dollar,
Jet the call for them be honored. It would
be adding disgrace to our misery if we were
overoonse
at a silence.

that it needy our lands, houses, negroes,
money, oF ocurseives, 1t must have thein.

*+ If Providence condemns us to a master,
Of all people on
?@ and
If statesmanship cannot save
us, it can palbliate Our this ry by saving us

Jet it not be a Yankee.
earth we have most reason
dread them.

to loa

from the Yankee.
finitely preier a
Kuropern nations.’

Gur people would in
favorable alliance wit!

’

Che Richmond Enquirer, after commenting

en tha above, says: °* If it be neee-sary ¢

Seeretary Seward is re- |
rebellion, and consequently that the

h to- |

question is
sipply whether we shall give for our own
use, or whether the Yankees shall take for
it would be more glorious to devote
our means to success than lose them as spoils |
Our situation, stripped of |

Without exhausting every resource
lt the government determines

EEL ES CI LE

“AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
BUSINESS AND FINANCE.

his assailant, and succeeded in locking him-|
self in, and Frances, after several desperate
efforts to break Open the dour, returned to
the deck

& revolver, and, on geing on deck, found tour) tions of the year 1864, showing a gratifying

of the crew there, nauely, McAipine, L pez, state of commercial prosperity, notwithstand-
Graham and igdl. Uhere were muissag.| ing the drain on the country’s researees of

don K "liv. ¢ ‘nand money to feed the war. ‘The New
York World says of the report and the

tables accompanying it:-—

»mate, Henry West, the car- my
the two Frenchmen, Clement
Phe four men whom the cap-
tain teaund on the deck were unable to give|
the slightest explanation of the extraordinary
occurrences bad taken place, and

and
and Frances.

penter

“Of course they are not strictly accurate—no
tables of the Kind ever are; but they are enongh

Which so to give an approximate idea of the business of

Sl alain

The New York Mercantile Agency have!
Captain Walker then armed himself with published their review of the business opera. |

———

| Other reports say th
| British owners, and owt
| flag.
MATTERS ;
buted the past year to the military service
18.994 men. Since the commencement of
the war one-tenth of the population of the
i State, or tt se
been in the military and naval service. Phe
debt of the State, aw represented by loans, is
| $15,337,000, of which debt $2,965,000 has
been created the past year. J'o provide for
the liquidation of this debt, the establish-
;ment ot a sinking fund, by setting apart a

stated that they were roused trom sieep by | 1864, as compared with former years. It seems | fixed sum annually, is proposed.

hearing @ noise un deck, and had come up td) the wumber of failures during the past year was
see what the matter wags. A search was in-| only Obey and sea _ the se -
i ay he! e ae fiog firms are fess ian Hine INiiiivns «a
stituted for the missing men, and near the| Sener rane £5 ies: ehetatak baGie'ae Baht.
lentrance to the cabin was found the dead f :
when the number of bankrupts was some six
| Dody of the carpenter, whose brains had ity thousand, representing liabilities of nearly two
dusted out, evidently by a blow from some hundred million dollars,
blunt instrament. A little way from the * Despite the enermous inflation of the eur
carpenter's body lay the mate, whose throat) rency, and the reckless spirit of speculation it
had been cut from ear to ear, and who Was) gag engendered, legitimate trading has so far been
s}so quite dead The terrible deed had evi- very profitable. W hile prices are constantly ad-
idently been committed but a short time pre-| vancing we will have apparent prosperity, such
viously, as the bodies ef both the uniortu-} as this exhibit shows, but when the time for con-
}nate men were still warm. Clement and/| traction comes, as Come It must, chavs will be
Frances could nowhere be found. On the first} &Pen us. Phe enly hepe for the tuture is in the
limited credit now given buyers A cash bust
appearance of dawn, the captain and the eestml ais salma haihoanten, see ik inated
tour Suilurs went to the forecastle, and find- prevent the awkward discovery which must come
ing tt closely fastened from the inside con- some time —that riches in ‘greenbacks means
cluded that the missing men muss be inside. | poverty in gold. We do not know how terribly
Che door was broken i with a sledge haw-| :
imer, and on the captain and his tollowers
rushing in they found the two Frenchmen
Altera Wasuinaton, Jan, 4.— Gossip has fora
|briet but desperate struggle the two men) day or two past been again busy with changes
were overpowered, disarmed, and placed in| in tae cabinet; but not till this morning
irons. ‘The tragedy did not, however, end| have the rumors assumed a defivite aspect.
here. On the seeond day of their confine-| Mr. Fessenden is to retire almost imme diately
| ment the captain, on entering the forecastle,| from the Treasury Department, and will be
found both of his prisoners dead. Frances’s| succeeded by Senator Morgan, of New York ;
skuil was fractured and Clement presented) and Mr. Seward will be appointed to the
the appearance of having died from taking| place made vacant by the resignation of Se-
| poison. Lt issaid that Francis himself dashed| nator Morgan. Mr. Seward himself is under-
vat bis brains by striking his head against) stood to desire the change, and it will relieve
| the side of the ftorecastie. the President of much embarrassment in ar-
The vessel was then navigated to Queens-| ranging matters to suit the radicals. Mr.
town by the survivors. The other three sail-| Seward desires to go back to the Senate, be-
ors, i is said, refused to sieep with, and | cause be believes that frum the halls of Con-
closely watched the movements of the Span-| gress the olive branch should now be held
ards, who they suspected as the accomplices| out to the South; that the armies of the
of the two Frenclimen in their attempts tu| South are so far overcome that the great
murder the captain and crew, and get pos: | work of pacifica!ion and reconstruction should
session uf the vessel. On the arrival of the| be entered upon by practical men. He is
Aleiope in the barbor, the captain came on) strengthened in this view by the intelligence
shore and lodged and information, setting! from Georgia, which leaves iitile doubt of
forth the facts detailed above. Warrants | the early return, pro forma, of that State to
were granted against the four sailors—Lo-| the Union, on the basis of the Constitution
pez, Lill Graham, and McAlpine ; and they,| Lt is further understood that with the fall of
as Well as the captain himself, were tuken ia-| Charleston and Wilmington,which are looked
to custody. They were brought before «| for in the course of a few weeks, and the
tm agistrate on Monday night and remanded | evacuation of Richmond, which is expected
They were again brought up at the Queens-
town petty sessions on ‘Tuesday morning

the war has extiausted us until peace cuuies.”

———

IMPENDING EXECULIVES CHANGES

;

ground that offensive warfare ought to cease,
the presiding magistrates being Captain| that time ougit to be given for reflection to
Seymour end Me. Sevtt. The prisoners) the whole Southern peup.e, and that every
having been put forward, Captain Seymour) effort be made to aguin open the channels of
vtid tiat in a case of such tuportance the| trade in all directions.
bench had determined on remanding the
prisoners for eight days, in order that the
Castle authorities might be communicated }
with,
sd for the captain, contended that bis client

} ‘
also a part of his prograinme,

’ and claim in history that exited honor.

at no distant day, Mr. Seward will take the}

The raising of the
| blockade, eXcept as against a few points, is
lu short, that |
Mr. Seward wll endeavor to enact belore the |
Mr. O'Brien, solicitor, who appear-| world the ro/e of the ‘* Great Paciticator,’’ |

The loss of revenue to Maine by existing
/State banks surrendering their charters, by
quitting the field or transfuraing themselves
linto national banks, will not be less than
$30,000 per annum. :

Governor Coney in his message to the Le-
gislature approves of the movement to abro-
gate the Reciprocity Treaty with Great Bri-
tain, it having proved detrimental to two ef
the leading interes's of the State, viz., her
lumber and her agriculture, in which so large
a@ portion of her population are engaged.

MisceLLANKOUS. — The statement in the
foreign news by the Asia, that the M xican
President has issued letters of marque and
reprisal to Americans against Frene4 ships,
which is not believed here in government
circles, will probably bring out a proclamation
from President Lincoln, warning our people
not to engage in business upon such papers,
on pain of being treated as pirates.

Lieut. Col. Nordheims, acting chief of the
signal corps, had his annual report privately
printed at the press of the signal corps, and
issued it in advance of the report of the Se-
eretary of War, whose report it should have
accompanied. For thus publishing his re.
port on his own authority, the Lieut. Col.
has been dismissed from the service.

VERY LATEST FROM THE SOUTH.

The steamer Franconia arrived at Halifax
from Boston on the 12th, bringing papers of
the 10th.

The Raleigh Confederate of the 3rd says
that on the 22nd ult. a fight took place at
Shoemaker’s Gap, between Captains VW’.
| Price, Ross, and Gartrell’s companies, and
lsome deserters, tories, and robbers. They
| attacked our forces from ambush, but were

speedily routed and severely chastised. They

| Jost fourteen killed, four hundred and four
| prisoners. We lost none killed or wounded.
| Phe Columbia Carolinian says Gen. D. H.
| all passed down the South Carolina Rail-
road yesterday, under orders to report to
| Beauregard at Charleston.

| The same paper notices the arrival at Sel-
ma, Ala., 20th ult., of a detachment of 400
or 500 galvanized Yankees,’’ on their way
jtuthe front. ‘They were strong, able-bodied
soldiers; mostly foreigners, Capt. Clark,
one of the officers who had charge of them,
informs us that almost any number could be
obtained, but thatenly those were accepted
who had no families in the North and no ties
to attach them to that seerion, They will he
i}distributed through Irish regiments of the

tin Marve —Maine has contri- |

j}was put an end to the next Morning, when the
| Chronicle appeared with an editorial article |
“pitching inte’? Contederation aud every one |
-ecounected with the scheme, nut even sparing its)
lexeditor, the Hon. Jonathan MeCully.

lfinding that Contederation was the bobby, in
praise ef which 1b devoted columns, and on perus-
ig the same sheet on the following morumg to
be assured by the editur that the Delegates were
a parcel of scheming politicians, and the Union
scheme itself a delusion and a snare.

Mr. Annand’s letter dismissing Mr. McCully
from the editorship, and the latter gentleman's
reply thereto, have since been published, and the
revelations made therein are truly disgusting to
those who believe that politicians striving tor the
reins of Government are inspired by motives of
patriotism, The truth of the old proverb, “* when
rogues fall out,” &c¢., was never better illustrated,
aud the proverb is applied to this precious Lransac-
tion by all parties. Mr. McCully talks doletuilly
of the service he rendered the paper in the * daris
days” when he and others were in the eoid shades
and hankering after the “ loaves and fishes,” and
by times grows indignant, blusters, is eloquent
and patheue; while Mr. Annand, in bis answer,
clearly proves that the general opinion relative te
tits remarkable individual, that “ he never epens
his mouth without putting tis foot in it,” is pot
far from correct. Mr. McCully bas carried tis
talents and grievances to the Journal, which will
henceforth appear under the title of * The Union-
st.” The opiuien ja pretty general that the cou
ing Session ot the Legislature will be a “ spicy”
Truly

“We are living, we ave living
Ina grand and awful time,”

But of Confe-

ollie,

as the religious poets express it.
deration more in my uext.

‘Lue weather has been very changeable. To-
day is clear and frosty, with the sun shining
brightly, and no snow on the ground. What is a
Neva Seelia winter without snew? The young
men and maidens are waiting anxiously tor the
descent of the fleecy covering, which is to them
the harbinger of sleigh-rides innumerable on
moonlight mghts. Skating parties are much in
vogue, and it is not uncommon to see hundreds ot
both sexes, with the magic steel in hand, or strap-
ped round the body, Weuding their way of an af-
terneon or evening to the ponds, or waiting at
the Perry Landing for the boat which quickly
couveys thei to Dartuouth, the lakes at the lat-
ter place being almost always in capital order.

The Goverument have Jost the Annapolis Elee-
tion. Although by some it is regarded as show-

i | 4 .
at it is marked for uwetings held in opposition. Various conjectures True, after the completion of the canala—ealeu- but still there was a very considerable
wd under the British and rawors were in circulation, but all suspense | lated to be finished in six years—there would be |

tolls receivable that would go towards paying the
interest on the amount borrowed. Do T bear
auy ove complain that 6 per cent is too much for
money borrowed in England? I would reply that

The the Canedian Government cannot pegociate a
surprise Of the uninitiated may be imagined at loan on better terms, for it they throw 6 per cent

six months they are soldat a large discount. Mr.
Galt, the great Canadian financier, in a speech to
his constituents sayst—

“ According 10 official advices from England,
since intelhgence bad reached that country of
the probability of Union being effected here, our
securi ies, which had been greatly depressed,
bad risen no less than 15 per cent, our 5 per
cents being now quoted at 90 tv 92. That
might be received as an indication of what the
mouied world conceived to be the greater
security Canada would enjoy ander a Union.”
Notwithstauding this rise in the value of their se-
curities caused by the probability of Confederation,
and the consequent revenues of New Brunswick,
Nova Seotia and P. E. Island being made avail-
able to assist their straightened finance, their 6
per cents in the English market, are scarcely
quoted at par being from “9s te 100," while their
» per cents are quoted at frou 88 to 91 in the
English papers, and when we remember that for
several years prior to 1304 there bad been an an-
nual average expenditure in Canada over receipts

that of ours, the prospect of Confederation to P-
E. Island, who has nothing whatever to gain
either by going into the Union, er by Canadian
internal improvewments—the prospect [ say is to
usofso gloomy and foreboding a nature that I
shall not be at allaurprised if our Legislature, by
an overwhelining majority, decide that it is not

ration on any terms, no matter how flattering.
Your obdt. servant,
GEO. BEER.
Charlottetown, Jany. Qlet, 1865,

The Examiner.

Charlottetown, January 23, 1865.

SECOND DISTRICT OF KING’S
COUNTY.

DURING the past week, Hon. Edward Whelan

ing that the Administration has lost ground in
the country, the matter nay be thus explained.
Che School Bill was the great secret of the de-
ieat, it being immenseiy unpopular with the
country people, involving as it dees the only true
system—compulsory taxation fer the support of
educational institutions. To their shane be it
said, the Liberais tiave made of this Bill, so pal-
pably suited to the requirements of a country
like Nova Scotia, a party ery, and the result bas
been the defeat of the Government candidate.
It is but fair to add, however, that much apathy
regarding the coutest was mauitested by the Cou-
servative portion of the electors.

| The Steamship City of Petersburg arrived here
| a tew days since from Wilmington, via Berwuda.
| This vessel has had a very barrow escape trom
|} destruction. On the run in she was chased by
| the Yankee eruisers and abandoned, after being
run asheve; but the pursuiig party did not dare
| to veuture near enough to effect the capture, in

}
j

| held five Public Meetings amongst his constituents
in the above District, culled by him for the pur-
| pose of explaining the principles of the proposed
Union of the Colonies, and accounting for his own
(connection with the late Quebse Conference.
he meetings were all well attended, and in
some places by larger gatherings than he ever
addressed there before. The Meeting at Grand
River School House, Lot 56, aud that at Morell
were especially crowded,

'MEETING AT GRAND RIVER SCHOOL
HOUSE.

Mr. Whelan did not arrive at Grand River,

| which was the first section of the District selected

| for his explanations, until about 7
Wednesday evening. The Meeting was then

ot 2 aud $5,000,000, and that with a tariff double |

expedient for P. EB. Island ts enter the Coufede-

vo clock on!

ORT EEL A NT EL RS HIE PE PIE EE SS YS PA Renae

gathering ; and all the electors present seem-
ed disposed to give the most favourable con-
sideration to the Union question, only desir-
ing time to think more about it.

| John McIntyre, Esq., was appointed Chair.

sore than 61,000 of ber sons, have | taking up the Chronicle on Tuesday morning and! bonds into the market with interest payable every | man; and Mr. Whelan then addressed the Meet-

ing for nearly an hour, condensing his views ir
order lo present the subject in all its bearings.

| Mr. Clark was again the only speaker in opposi-

tron, and coufined himself to the sume objections
as he did at the other Meetings. It ig only due
to Mr. Clark and Mr. Whelan to observe here,
that throughout the whole of the meetings nat one
unpleasant word passed between them. All! their
discussions were characterised by good temper
and courtesy; and it was apparent that when all
the meetings closed, they were on more cordial
terms of friendship than when they commenced
the contest.

The discussions having been closed, the follow.
ing resolution was carried unanimously — Mr,
Clark, in proposing it, clearly perceiving that it
was useless to offer a resolution condemning the
measure, which the people would not be willing
| te accept; even Mr. Sutherland, who entertaing
| strong objections to the measure, was quite satis-

fied to leave it an open question with the people,
in the spirit of the resolution as follows :—

Proposed by W. FE. Clark, Eeqr. —seconded by
Mr. Anthony McCormack :—

Resolred, That this ing, j .
tion directed to ee angen af By she Sone
Colonies, believe that the whole question requires
the most earnest aud patient cousideration, and
that no action should be taken upon the question
by the Legislature of the Colony until an appeal
be made to the Country in the usual constitutiona
way.

The usual thanks having been voted to the
Chairman, and the usual cheers given with a
hearty good will, the meeting separated —Mr,

CONFEDERATION IN THE Whelau pronouncing a few words of thaukfulnuess

| for the cordial reception accorded to him.

We must defer until our next an account of
the Meetings at Morell and St. Andrew's on the
following day. The account would occupy more
space than we can give at present. The Meeting
at Morell was the largest —was attended by
every influential person for many miles around,
including the Protestant and Catholic Clergymen,
and had many features of unusual) interest. It was
unquestionably highly favourable to the Union
project, and gratifyingly warm in its reception of
Mr. Whelan. In short, all his Meetings were
great successes, and shew that the Second District
of King’s Couuty is sound to the core, and in no
humour to be tampered with by conceited fellows
in Charlottetown, who hare vowed to shear the
hair from off their handsome faces if they fail te
drive Mr. W. out of the district. He invites an
,election, 80 that they and others may have a

| chanee.
~~ -- -—-

eonvines the world that we are figh:ing for
sei f-government of the whites that we should
rheratea t and if that Jiberation
shonid seeare eur recognition and the gua-
ranty of England and Erance to oar ir depen-
dene, we believe the people of these States
would not make the saerifice.
The consequences of em incination would tall
upon the negro. The aet would be one of
necessity, not of ehoiee, taken a

had committed no erime, and that being the
case there was nut suflicseent yrounds fur his
being Kept in custody. Capt. Seymour said
that, although there was ty charge ut present
against the captain, the bench, considering

e neg

rees,

seal tate ‘ :
hesitate to terious circumstances, could not possibly

discharge any of the survivors. Although
the remand was nominaily for eight days,
the captain would not, tn ail probability, be
in custody for anything like that time, as

gainst our
judgment and convictions, but to save us from

the horrore of @ prolonged war, aud the die-/ ine moment the bench heard from the Cas-

grace, ruin and a ‘wtruction Inv lve. in the tle they would proceed with the investiga-|

Success oF our enemy tiun. The prisuners were then removed in
The Richmond Sentinel! closes thas: **Tf) cust dy.

Franc fLngiand will enter into u treaty 7 ———

, Tree a A Domestic Tracgepy.—Tfhe town of Gros-

r 1 .
Zisitiy

ear na nthe abolition of slavery | SO iagen, bear Dresden, bas been the scene
in all the States, rather than continue the| vf a shocking tragedy. A widew and her
war. we should be prepared to urge the mat. | daughter were tried on a charze al having
ter Upon our readers. We believe such | Stulen certain articies ot small value from

their landlord. ‘Pie aecused contessed therr
gutit, and manifested such sincere repentance

propuvsition would be favorably receiv
acted upon by those nations, and it

Jand
ugiit to

that four lives nad been lost under very mys-

Mr. Seward's successor in the State De-|
partment will be Charles Francis Adams |
unless, to avoid his old trouble, Mr. Lineoln!
shall appoint some less prominent statesman,
Mr. Everett, for instance. Lt is well under- |
stuod that Senator Morgan has Presidential |
}aspirations, and alrea iy has considerable |
strength, while Mr. Adams is, fortunately or |

unfortunately, in the same category.

SOUTHERN

ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK}
ON WILMINGTON
Dee. 31.) |

[From the Richmond Sentine

Witmineron, N.C., Dee. 30. — Gen. } ragy
has issued a co gratuiatory order on the defea
2 The #1 emy’s vrand ariny before SWVilm ten
paying @ neriled eompliment to Generals Wait

, and Kirkland, Colour ‘i Lamb and the officers
and men engaged Cie enemy's attack on the

first day lasted five beurs; on the secoud day

Seven nollrs—oring altogether, over twe

sand shots froin fi ty Kinds of vease's The Con
federates responded with six huudred and sixty-
two sols on the first day, and six tundred the

| ranks,

| Consequence of the torts at the mouth of Wil-| : i j rell, ) »
| mington harbor, and the vessel was recovered | C°?T™ d—the Hon. Tynes Dingwra, Mm. i. S:,
: “ iia i |Next morning. She ran out with a valuable car-| in the Chair, and W. E. Clark, Esqr., of St,
: he neem C.8. mg ee — abe | yo, which was left at Bermuda. The profits of} Peter's, was engaged in addressing the audience.
ult. says all Was quiet on ednesday, with s enterprise are is nae. 4 : sured that | ’ a i t j
ope ie ep mane ne eae Se i Le pien, rise - LNUeHSe, as Tain assured that | Fle promptly and courteously gave way to Me. The following is the substance of an article
the exce ption of a ay « rots Ered be ween | j the captain fe ts something like Bt,00 by the | Whel: AI Bi lh AO SE (in French) upon the recent miuisterial crisis in
and 12 o’clock from Battery Wagner. The |trip. The Tallahassce, perbaps you have been| Y Helan as soon a8 -De la ppe » WhO, i sides Ashen sebdahensiatinall dn: thea a
firing from the latter seemed to be directed | previously informed, tas vee Wrausturmed inte al a few moments’ delay, eutered into a review of |‘ 488N4, Pt appeared in the Journal de
seaward, ind is believed simply to be of an} Seat vessel, and now runs the blockade | y), whole question ~— stating the great advan- Quebec, of the Sth instant :—
experimental nature. The fleet remains un- |Testlarly unler the name of the Chameleon. . a“ aa .| Either Col. Gray was not truly Prime Minis-
t = "is “eng nega 1) | tages Jonfederation, and explaming away | ; ; :
changed. We have nothing additional or | _ Matters generally are pretty dull. Our mer. |! 6 “ —_ Bibs. ee f & “| ter of Prince Edward Island, or, having passed
definite from the line of the Savannah Rail- |Coants eapect nevertheless to do a great Spring the objections urged against the measure. He a portion of his life in the Indian Army, be lias
ate | trade, and it is an undeniable fact that Hatitax jocenpied about two hours and a half with his) net very exact notions upen Constitutional Go-
Che Wilmington Journal says Bragg has/*. “Th g prospraety WER. sem Gureonmre /address, and was followed by Mr. Clark, who, in| Yernment aud the distinet attributes of the Chief
Aone a : att onl year. he Province, loo, is sharing in the gene- : ‘ a | ot the Cabinet and those of his colleagues,
. ritten a - ” preteens a a a sh 14M) ral prosperity, and ship-bailding, especially, te} @pposing Confederation, coufined himself almost | According ty the sprit and practice of the
a e. ile says t et Is no i fora — jtnereasing rapidly, All we want is a good class exclusively to the financial aspect of the question | British Constitution, all power being given by the
P - e erties wee bi re ts ne fotaat aiak “ds eh “ enters ms Ae ederativn thia d | —repeating the objections urged by Mr. Palmer Chiet of the State to the Prime Minister to form
ort Fisher. ith bis prese oree o@ thinks | sideratui id be atlainadie,
tt

: f a Cabinet, upen him, consequently, rests the eu-

de to resist & further attempt on —_————~ and Mr. Beer with regard ta taxation, revenue, tire responsibility.

Wilmington, and eloses by asking tor the] To Tue Eprror or rue Examiner. | and cost of Umen, and dealing in the mast axtre-| In the event of diff-rences, if the difference

pravers of Christians for himself and army. Tha) Stare between the Sovereign or her Representa-
Lhe Richmond Examiner of the 6th sive ; , : Anapl {Pe ' i |) tive, neage and reason demand that the Prime

‘ ; jimunicatio: ne, Which appeared it t nairman, and one or two ather gentlemen, ap-| V,.”. : . ‘
the reports of Sherman having crossed the | pnenen! en se WOM ApgRared ip the inet) Uheirmen, § genvemen, 8P-) yinister should do that which Colouel Gray did;
Savannah river are confirmed. He 1s beliey- |

A FRENCH CANADIAN VIEW OF
MR. PALMER'S “ SITUATION.”

Army of the Tennessee to fill up the depleted

he wil be a

Sir ;—As attention has been called to a com. | Y28¢2ht sappositions regarding the future.

week's Islands r, by one of your covert correspon. | peared te be somewhat apprehensive of the
dents, whe. ne doubt, has, on different OrCasiohs,

be wade to them.”’

The Richmond Lvemincr of the 2nd, in
al to
England in the
present weakness of the South, and intimates

reply to the Sentinel
the proteetion of

+ OF poses an I

[ rance and

that the article in the Sentinel

ing ane policy, emanated from Jefferson!

Davis aud trom a panicky mind. Ic says it
alternatives were presented to them of being
subjects to these fereizn powers, or of return-
ing to the United States, they would choose
the former.

Sie...

The New York 'Vor/d letec ff the following
pyrotechnics about the r
OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMAGOGUES

The Frank, unoffivial explanation of the
Canadian authorities, and the prompt dis-
avowal by the whole Canadian Press of sym-
pathy with the release of the rebel raiders,
huve blown to tuvisible vapour the war cloud
which for a few hours looked su thr atening
on the Northern horizon.
war-horse is hamstrang, The Dem igogue's
hour hae now arrived. Blaster is safe.
Threatenings and slaughter may be belched
With impunity.
Arise, Walbridge, and bully the British

Squeak
tannia rules the wave !

Arouse thee, Cochrane, and make faces at
Eng!land’s danghter!

Pealp of, O Zachariah Chandler! the lion's
yellow mane and make cushions of it for the
Awerican eayle.

Busteed, the galoriovs' where art thou?
Do the mountains of Alabama hile thee,
thee Sampson of the stump, when, with et

thousand of the Philistines over the b wider,
snd across the ocean putting forty tiousand
ditt: to flight?

Loyal Leaguers! your beloved Smith is
now afar; assemble your cohorts ; ti ump the
tum-tom of war; smash the bl y0d-thirsty po-|
tentat-s and bloated aristocrats of Fa

Europe |
bite eky-blue fits, or leastways utterly eqita-
bosh tle blarsted Britishers with @ shuttering
serics of resolutions!

Svund louder yet the hogag of war O
W hang-doodle of the Times, for lo! rom afar
off, in a blaze of phosphorus, the tanner of

the News is high advanced: and in black self for three months without leave of the Coun-
mail of battle, armed with carpet-bags, the | cil.

elina ef the I]era/d are gathering, terrible us|

an arwy with the itel!
. o> @-—~ ~—
NORRIBGLE TRAGEDY AT SEA.
From the Dublin Mail, Dee. 8

On Monday evening the brig Alei pe, from

Demarara to Liverpoul, entered Queenstown

harbor. On ber voyage from Demarara to

Queenstown there oceurred on board adread-

ful travedy, by which four out of the nine

ersons who composed her crew jost their

lace, At the time of ber leaving l)omarara

there were on board George Walker, muster :‘

John Kelly, mate ; Henry West, ¢ rpenter ;
and six seamen, namely, Clement and Fran-
ces, hoch Frenchmen; Franeis Me Alpine. a
Scotchman; Thomas Graham, an Fnglish-
man; Miguel Lopez, a Spaniard; and Dan
Hill, anegro. ‘The occurrance is st)/l involv.
ed in the deepest mystery, and, of course,
must eomain so until judicially investigated,
but the following is the version given by the
eurvivers: Soon after thealipleit Demarara
several of the men committed some trivial

» recommend- |

Even Gen. Dixz’s}

up, Wetmore, and deny that Bri-|

ny |

one weapon, proved of oldin the battle of Is. | But alas! poor Bread was a ecypens rt;
_ 7 7 he on 7 ‘ ‘
rae], thou shouldst be slaying to death ial laid his burden on the ground saying,
|

thatthe Pribunal acquitted chem. Ou the
next day, when the widow's eldest son en-
tered ber bedrvom, he was horror-strack to
see the floor covered with bluod, and on g>-
ing to the bed he found his mother and
younger brother lying insensible, and each
He
procured medical aid, and both soon recoyer-
(ed cunseousness. The mother then explained
that, being unable to bear the diszrace of
baving been tried on a charge of thett, she,
her younger son, her daugtiter, and a young
man who was betrothed to the latter, had
ali resolved to die together. Ler daughter's
lover had accordingly opened the veins in
their arms. She bad soon alter fainted trom
|

|

| Dieeding trom a deep cut in the arm.

the loss of blood, end knew no more. As
neither the young man nor his betrothed
| were to be seen, search was made for them,
| and their bodies were found at the bottom of
j#wellin the garden. The mother and son)
are likely to recover.
SA st FO ee
Trve Herowm.—Lieut. Buttrick, of the 59th |
Massachusetts Regiment writes:—* In the battle
of September 20 there was a young man killed,
a member of the 57th Regiment, who used to live |
jin Coucerd. His name was Broad. He was|
|} never in a battle before, as he bas been connect-|
ed with the ambulance train. He met his death |
lin this way: Phere was a man struck by a solid |
shot, it entting ene of his legs nearly off. The)
poor fellow was bleeding to deaih, but if brought |
off would in ali probability get well. Broad was
i the only man who would volunteer to go out aod
ifeteh him in. It was almost certain death for
fany man; but, said Broad,‘ I have neither wite
| nor child te eufter if I am killed ;’ sv out be went, |
and picked him up, put bim on his shoulder, and |
brought him in sately, though the bullets flew
like hail around him. He eaure in so protptls
that we all thought be had escaped the bullets
He
may |
hare saved your life, but I have lost my own.’—|
He was shut through the bowels, and svon after

died.”
——__—1 0 e—
A Coon Cusromer.—About three months!
since Dr. Allan, Mayor of Cornwall, fled to Cali-|
fornia, leaving his affairs in an embarrassed eon-
dition and his seat at the head of the Town Coun-|
cil vacant. Last werk he reappeared in Town, |
having returned frem the Pacitic coast, and at|
the erdinary meeting of the Couneil took his |
place in the chair as if be had been attending to
the duties of his office, Some of the menibers!
objected on the ground that the municipal act
declares a seat vacant ifa member absents hiim-|

The doctor, however, holds on to the place, |
and intends to run again af tue next election.—
Teronto Leader.

ill liileaidledi dips

The Cape Breton Ne ws ives the follow |
ing details of the recent casu ity which
oceurred near Sydney,C B. —the loss of the |
jsehr. Star of the East, with all hands: «The |
| five dead bedies washed ashore were broughi
| hither on the 24th, namely: those of Capt
| Bregg and his two sons, David MeLeod, aud

}Ranna McKenna. The mortal remains of!

i these five men were interred in one grave in

| the Wesleyan Cemeiry. The seene at the

| grave was most sulemp, impressive, and sug-
| gestive ot syinputhy and sorrow for tie four|
widows and their orphan children, deprived
of their husbands and their fathers. There
still remain at Mainacieu two bodies un-!
claimed, supposed to be strangers and pas-|
sengers. The circumstances of the loss of|
the vessel are unknown. None was spared |

j to tell the tale of suffering and destruction

| None but the Ail seeing Eve witnessed the |

| lows ef the gallant little sehooner on the)
| dreary shore of Port Nova. Ail conjectures |

}of the Wor/d hints that General Sherman |

{and some six hundred head of beef ecattie.| =

}ed from the command of the Wachuse/t at

| Department for his action«in the Florida |

| tfegiments, white and coloured, bave heen at
| Work on it since August fast.

| garded asa complete suecess, the result of tate, agitate, agitate.”

secoud.

Nottie d

is tiircee

pro-| and his resignation draws with it the resignation
Our loss killed and fiity-tive | cd to be marehing on Grahamsvilie.
Phe ground in the front and rear oi |

The Whig of toe Gth says a large number
» | »
the fort is covered with shells, aad is torn in| of deserters and lawless men are roaming

[deep pits. ‘Pwo guns in the tort burst, two were | over the upper counties of Georgia, cominit-

dismounted by ourselves, and two by the evemy’s | ting depredations upon the inhabitants.
Dre, yet the tort is unhurt. |

Our readers wust not imagine that this is the. ] ‘ 2
} ! g jalt., a partyof Yankee raid-rs, 1300 strons.
end of the attack on Wilmington. No sueh mam- I J F : *

: * jreached West Pascagoala and were embark-
ineth expedition, fitted out en se grand and for ait aes toemeaienh
midadle a seale, is going to reiury without ac- | anh id +f i> Me chide
couplishing results more important than that | EO. NS SS SOE. ee RA
which they have secured. Another effort will be |
made, and one as stubborn as that which bas | North Carolina Legislature of opposition to
failed se signally in the past teu days. Many | the habes corpus, to imprisonment, to con-
lave asked the question, what is the evewy about! scription, to the surrenter of State officers,
—what do they mean? Some suppose already! and in support of State negoviations for
that the attack on Wilimtngton Was ateint. Ifa yeace.
telut it Was a formidable one, and very tatal te As Mr. Carter. in a speech, said, if the
the enemy. There is vo doubt in our mind but gentlemen in that Legislature and in Con-
they inteuded their landing to be a permanent - id te a , he Ile
one, and had vo idea of re-embarkiug until Wil- GPRES SERS HES Penne gevaey Saee to
tnington was in their possession. Ove of the | sel suspension of this privilege, the time
prime causes of their abuudonment of the beach | @d come when by the laws of nature we

where they had secured a landing is traceable to; WOuld be justified in starting a new revolu-

want of water. No army could live upou that! tion.

beach uuless supplied wiraculously with water! The committee on resolutions, in the North
from @ source olber thar ial within their reach | Carolina Legislature, to initiate negotiations for
upon that shere; again, they found a gathering | an honorable peace, report that while every effort
of men upon their rigtt, lett and front, wea who, | was being made to strengthen our armies they
inimapy a hard fought battlefield, bad proven | should be accompanied by some manifestation of
themselves bo mean foemen. They found their | an effort and desire to secure an honorable peace.
advance checked in all directions by veterans of | Commissioners having heretofore been refused by
more thaa a score of battle-fields confronting | the United States on the grounds of recognition
them. And under these circumstances it was| of the Confederacy, this object is sought to be

adopted. We only regret that their hearts tailed | missioners en the part of the States whose eivi!

They destroyed several jer- j the editor, after courteous y alluding to wy oppo |

Resolutions have been introduced into the |

jhad to endure extreme mortification, aud whe
has only courage to fight behind a hedge or tree,
| allow me, for the information of your readers, and
| without further noticing the production of the

jorigin and part of the substance of my letter to
the Islaader, with a tew additional remarks
In the editorial of the Islander, of the 6th inst..

}

jsilion to the * proposed Confederation,” thought
jit net beneath his dignity to “isdulge a hope”
|} that I would “define the principles” that I esn-
leeived to be “just,” and on which I would agree
| to support Coutederation.”

In reply to that invitation, I wrote my letter of
the [ith instant, wherein it was stated that “1
| must decline trom committing myself to auy par-
| ticular principle.” I did not hesitate, however,
| to indicate terms whieh — had they been offered
| us—would not have been so decidedly objection-
able as those contained in the “ official Report.”
| You are well aware, Sir, that if we go iuto Con-
| federation on the terms offered us, we give up to

dreads anether and sinular infliction, but who |

) posed Union, but were net prepared to condemn | ot the eptire Cabinet.

it in toto and prematurely -

j M es
jrejected, and the following ene unaniniously

|

and a resolutiou which

The Mobile Tribane l-arns that on the 10th | Villious “Pre Bono Publieo,” to give you the! adopted— Mr. Clark bimselt seeing the propriety

|) of supporting it, as he did by secondjng it and
voting for it:—

}

Moved by J. C. Underhay, Esqr., and seeonded
j by W. FE. Clark, Exgr.:—~

* Resolved, That this Meeting, duly considering
| the ruportant influence the proposed Union of the
| British American Provinces will have ou the tu-
ture prosperity ofthis Isiand-—feel satisfied to leave
the matter in the hands of their present Represen-
tatives, confident that they will not give their sup-
port toa measure of sach importance until the peo-
ple of this Island shall have an opportnnity of tully
considering the advantages likely to accrue there-
trom, nor until they shall have au opportunity of
passiug their opinivns thereon at a General Elee-
tion.”

|the General Government our revenue with its |
| natural increase, and also the large increase that |
| would be derived from assimilation te Canadian |
| taxation, amounting to nearly £100,000 a year, |
tv commence with, and probably to £150,000 a|
|year in 10 or 15 years henee. In return for this |
| great sacrifice we are to receive a fixed sum —|
| not to increase — of about £46,000 a year, equal |
|to Ils. Gd. per head tor our 80,000 inhabitauts
| "Lad the offer been to have given usa yearly in-|

Mr. Wielan thauked his friends for the hand-
some expression of confidence conveyed in the
foregoing resolution ; and the thanks of the meet-
ing having been tendered to the chairman, the
Hon. James Dingwell, who spoke at some length
in the spirit of the foregoing resvlution, and who
was loudly cheered, the meeting then separated,
giving, at the sgme tine, bearty cheers for

but reasvuable that retreat, the beat policy, was | removed in the resolutions by appointing Com- | creasing amount as the inhavitants increase and | Messrs. Whelan and Clark. The Meeting was, on
|

them so soon. tlad they remained one more |
wight they would test likely have arrived at/ These commissioners are not to have powers from
Wilmington as guests at the nuilitary prison. the States, but ouly to be tendered by the Presi-
dent for a peace couference.

The Mobile Nees, of Dee. 19, says: — Com-

Arwy News —The Savannah correspondent

will maret first to Augusta and then to the | city yesterday morning fromthe ‘Trans-Mississippi
rear of Charleston, when, with Dalgren in| having made his way into the contederacy, as we
front, he will lay siege to the stronghold

out of Charleston harbor at once, thus tak- |
ing advantage of the absence of our irgn-
clads. ‘This led to prowptly scnding all et
monitors to Charleston harbor, where they | magnificent appearance, and as his presence be-
now ure, (oth ost.) } came known, large crowds gathered all along the

Richmond papers say that [ood reeruited | line of maren to catch a glimpse of the old hero
his army iargely in Tennessee, and that he| who has se gloriously upield the houur of our
has driven southward over ten thousand hogs | flag in every quarter of the world.

by a large number of officials, and escorted by
j )

residence of his tamily. The Cadets presented a

CORRESPODENCE.

with flour enopgh to Jast his army at least}
sIX months.
Ic is stated that Capt. Collins was detacl-| From our Own Correspondent at Halifax.

his own request; that he has not been cen-

Wauirax, Jany. 18, 1865.

/sured either by the President or the Navy | Dean EXaMIneR—

Stirring times are expected in the Metropolis
ease; that he has not been ordered befure a| this winter — to commence with the ineeting of
court wartial, and that po charges have been | the Legislature, which takes place on the 9th
preferred against him. }proxime. Rumors of dissolution, and of the an-

ciate a B inet ticipated defeat of the Goverument on the Con-

. oe gw ot: ane oe Prince tin Herald. | federation questien, are current ia all directions ; |
peasing Of Soe Waton wap Canal, saya eigat) and supient would-be politicians, with whom all
yi countries abound, and who are but little capable
It 18 522 feet | of understanding any question, will inform you in
long, the greatest width excavation 122 feet, | confidence, that “ Tupper is doomed,” and that
and depth 45 feet. The width of the cana | his Government is tottermg. ‘The general epinien, |
proper is 65 feet at the top and 45 at the | however, in well informed circles, is, that the
bottom. At high water the depth will be 16 | measure will be submitted to the House early in
feet. Even af the canal cannot be completed, | the Session. Ifa majority of the representatives

| owing to the rebel batteries, a great deal jas | S2¥ction the scheme, there will be no appeal to

been yeined towards enhanemy the commer-| the people on the question; if otherwise, the

sal pouspeste of Michmond Wh : | Government wall advise a dissolution, In the

tl a it fl . rn ha. ts meres 149 city, the Confederation fever has somewhat sub-
ell gear “ee on of loyal hands, . ,| sided, except among those who have made them-
Tie Tribune's Army of the James special |

; a selves Conspicuons as Opponents of the measure,
aft fa b | ’ 4 * . .
Gespateti says the Duteh Gap Canal 1s re-| and who, ina certain cirele, coutinue to “ agi-

Iu the country, however,
the explos'on of the bulkhead being all that) the case is different. Pablie meetings are being
was expected. A dredging macnine will gow | beld throughout the various Counties, and the

existence and authority have never been denied. head on our future population, and bad the Con-

learn, through Mexico. His atrival was so un- | the vn ina greene ert oan would
Jespatches «: . is _| expected that few of our citizens were aware of | "Ot have been so decidedly o jechiona ye as it
l es pate hes ¢ tptured on # rebel soldier di a4 pec! “ ‘ele > bi as bee is tke dood istands at present, although still subject to ver
vulged the intention to send tbe rebel rams, It iu time ty welcome kim as becomes his deeds | . . ' A
Be : _. land fame. He was met, however, at the depot | 87ave objections. And bad the Constitution pro-

the splendid command of University Cadets to the | S¢uted in the Lower House by population, in the

breaches of disetyline, for which they were about the went ane the i ot at Cay ta
“e ’ : appear to rultiess, tis probable, how-
se ienee 08 Mensee,™ bat meting of any pn that the vessel had taf, blown off the
importance oecurred til the evening of Sun- heal @ Gaul an cae days Lefore the day that
inv, 3rd November. On ehi .
pa ~ the wayeeid wnt Se gn Seintbe | she was discovered a shattered wreck on the |
caln, whan he won awoke by « ehotans thew | shore. It ge arp a “ |
te ; tain on a change of wind, set sail for the
epon the head. Ile thought at onee that!
| eo% od whilst runnin -
#-me passing vessel must have come inte eol- | yt vo sour eal ‘eink rev ot
ROE ee nt ane Gietd the healt. dle} the ere pad, we vessel st k
sprang off the so" on which he was lying. | re hd oan deena thes Seanad ruc ae
end ran op the Indder on to the deck. He. ’ © prey co

ealled to the crew to know what was the te fury of the winds and waves.”

totter, bat rceived no answer, [eran aft} The Freneh jourvals chronicle the finding
ned top aed the question. but got no answer | of abuut 10,000 pieces of Roman money, prin-
Just then he heard a step behind him, and cipally of the reign of Augustus, Tiberias,
turning shar) ly round saw the Frenchman, Claudius and Nero, in the ted of the river
Frances with @ heavy hammer in his hand | Mayenne at St. Leonard. Their presence is
The moment the eaptain turned Prancen| explained by the tact «f a dangeruas ford
aimed a blow with the hammer at his head, | having form tly existed at che spot, and the
and the captain received the thluw oo hie arm. | custom of travellers to throw in votive pieces
Fronees aimed a second blow at tie captoin, of money before erossmny.

whi): mistesd In and the eaptain then rao) 4p experiment is tu be nrade to introduce the
towards the eatin, Fracces pareuing him.| white fish af the great American Lakes inte the
Luckily the captain reuched the cabin betore Lukes of Seviisud and Cumberland

Sixoveen feet of water bas

finish the work. people flock from all quarters to hear the details
been in the canal since the 16th of last month

Ii took six tony of powder to blow up the
canal. The rebels have 2U cannon ready to
bear on the upper end of the canal if it is
ever finished, and the channel above is filled
with torpedves, which will have to be re-
moved belure gunboats can ascend.

Tue Savannan Corroy. — The Savannah
correspundent ot the New York Times, ot
Jan. 5, says thas most of the old merchants
there have not identified themselves with ube
rebellion, and are anxious to have Govern-
ment leave them enough of their cott-n and
rice to pay off their northern creditors, to
whom they owe heavily. [f the Government
seizes all their property they will be ruined
and their northera creditors louse their money.

Ic is rumored that seventy-three thousand
bales of cotton, in and near Savannah, are
to be sent direct tu England for sale on ac-
count of our Goverament by agents acting
under direction of Simon Draper. Toe
New Yorkers are endeavoring to have it seat
tu that city and sold there.

a

explained to them. Iu general the scheme meets
with iaver; but among the more ignorant the
bugbear of taxa ien loows up as an unsurmount-
abie obstacle to Union. From the best informa-
tion obtainable, however, I think there is no,
deubt but that, on an appeal to the people, the
parties who go to the polls on the Confederation
question will be triumphautly returned.
Meanwhile, Coutedgration has developed a
rather novel state of things. As you are aware,
the Morning Chronicle, the organ of the Liberal
party, has, ever sines the Report of the Quebee
Conterence was made public, teemed with articles
in faver of Contederation. Its editor was the
Hon. Jonathan MeCuily, one of the Delegates
trom this Provines, Lust Wednesday morning,
however, people were surprised to read a notice in
the editortal columns to the effect that the edi-
torial management of the paper was changed, and
that henceforth the proprietor (William Annand,
Eaq., M. P. P.,.) would resume control over the
paver, Which would in futare “reflect his own
views and opinions.” The announcement was
certainly rather a singular one, more especially
as it was Well known that the aferessid Annand
was one of the inost rabid opponents of Confede-

ratwu, and bad figured cuuspicuously at the,

leur wants increase, that is to ray Its. Gd. per

ference proposed that we should have performed |
for us an act similar to what the General Govern. |
)tnent of Canada lately did for the Lower Cana- |
| dians, Danely, to have given a grant of money—

jbalanee of the lands now in the tiands of the
| Proprietora, had these offers been made to us,

vided that while each Colony should be repre-

Upper House or Legislative Council the repres
seniation from the several Colonies should have
been equal, and not to have exceeded 5 or 6 mem-
bers from either, we should then have a prospect
of being able to exercise a legitimate influence in
one Branch of the Legislature in return for the
surrender—I may say—of our Coustitution. This,
I maintain, is nothing but “just,” and L hesitate
not to say that any representative of one of the
Maritime Provinces that would not insist on this |
is derelict in bis duty to the Colony to which he |
belongs. If an example on this point is needed, |
I would state the fact that Massachusetts, Rhode |
Island, New Hatupslire, Vermont, Connecticut, |
New Jersey and Delaware, these seven States, |
with an aggregate area of ouiy 43,446 aquare
niles among them, and a population of only |
3,000,000 in the whole, still each of these indivi-|
dual Siates sends the same number of represen- |

|tatives to the Senate as the great State ot New|

York, which is mach larger than the other seven
put together, having an area of 46,085 square |
miles and about 4,000,000 inhabitants. While
on the other hand, that no injustice be done to
New York, that State alone sends a larger num.
ber of members to the House of Representatives |
than the whole of the above named seven States |
put together. By this means justice is done to!
the whele, and the influence of each of the several
States, be it smali or large, is brought to bear
upon the general legislation of the couutry. Just
so should the representation be in each branch of
the Legislature of the proposed Contederation.
Anything short of this would not only be an act
of injustice to P. E. Isiand, but to each of the
Maritime Provinces. And as the Canadians make
a profession of fair play by holding out « vait te
the Jeading members of the minorities among the
politicians of the several Colonies, let them give
the more tangible proot of their desire te do jus-
tuce by offering to give the whole of the Maritime
Provinces, who way be considered as winvrities,
their legitimate influence in the general represen-
tation, similar to that which the United Statee—
that great Coufederation — gives to each of the
lesser States, some of which are smaller than
P. E. Island.

In my fast letter to the Islander I stated rea-
sons for believing that fur many years to come
Canadian expenditure was about tu be enormotis-
ly increased ; une contemplated item alone—canai
accommodation on a more extended scale—was
estimated to cost some $50,000,000, that, with
several other items uf extra expenditure, such as
“gunboats on the lakes,” fortitications, stauding
army, Intereolonial railway, three Governments
and Parliameuts instead of one, opening of the
Northwest Territory to Red River, nearly 1000
miles beyond Canadian settlements. All these
put together and we may sately set dowe another
$S0,0UU 000 as coutemplated extra ex peuditure the
tunds for Which would have to be burrowed, and
reckoning the laterest at 6 per cent, would entail
an annual additional expense of $6,000,000, or
nine shiliings, P. E. Island curreney, per bead on |
every mar, woman and child iv the Confederacy.

the whole, a most gratifying one to Mr. W., and
shewed clearly that he held the same high posi-
tion that he ever did in the estimation of his con-
stituents at Grand River and neighbouring settle-

modore Semmes, of the Alabama, arrived in our |88Y £200,000—for the purpose of buying out the —

MEETING AT BAY FORTUNE ROAD.

Mr. Whelan’s next Meeting was held at the
house of Mr. Wim. Larkia, Birch Hill, Bay
Fortune Boad, on Thursday afternoon, 19th in-
stant. Hija reception here was of the must
rapturous description, and included nearly every
elector in this rapidly growing and prosperous
settlement. The Chair of the Meeting was oc-
cupied by Mr. ——~ Robertson who haa lately
settled there; and Mr. Whelan explained for
about an hour his views on Confederation, nearly

| to the same effect as he did at the Grand River

Meeting. Mr. Clark followed with his objec-

tions, but certainly appeared to make‘less impres-
sion on the minds of those who heard him than
he did at the previous Meeting. The public feel-
ing was decidedly in favour of the proposed Union
—the people merely asking time for reflection ;
not oue besides Mr. Clark seeming disposed to
condeton it. The following resolution was adopted
with the utmost enthusiasin, by acclamation :—

Proposed by Mr. James Curren,—secouded by
Mr. William Walsh :—

“ Resolved, That this Meeting, having heard
with much pleasure the explanations of their es-
teemed Representative, the Hon. Edward Whe-
lan, regarding the proposed Federation of the
British American Provinces, feei inclined to look
favourably upon the Scheme; but feeling the
important influence the measure will have on the
future welfare of this Island, deem it just and
advisable that before entering into the Union
every possible opportunity should be afforded ut
making the public conversant with the nature ot
the proposed alliance ; and coufidently rely on the
present Representatives of the District not as-
senting to the cousummation of the measure, until
au opportunity will be afforded the people of
Prince Edward Isiand of expressing their senti-
ments tuereun at a General Election.

After giving a vote of thanks to the Chairman,
and the most enthusiastic cheers tor Mr. Whelan,
the Meeting dispereed—Mr. W. remaining a
short time to rest amongst his friends, several ot
them accowpanying bim on bis journey to the

Head of the Bay.

MEETING AT THE HEAD OF ST. PETER’S
BAY

On Thursday evening, Mr. Whelan held
another Meeting at tha House of Jobn
Sutherland, Esqr., (Mr. Whelan’s Colleague,
and who, he regretted, was prevented from
taking part in the meetings on account of
ill health.) The attendance was nut so large
here as on former occasivns, owing to the
fact that Mr. Whelan could not be present,
from udavvidable circumstances, at the time
appointed, and many persons went away ;

Mark had prepared condemnatory of it, was

But if the differenes
| should be with one of bis colleagues. and such as
| to necessitate a rupture, the Prine Minister eal
| Upon this calleague to send to him his resignation,
|in order that he may place it before His Exeel-
jleney. If net understanding the Consti{utienal
jrule, he retuses, the Priwe Minister should in
| this case require the Lieut. Governor to dismiss
[him ; and it the Lieutenant Governor should re-
| fuse, then, and then only, should be send in his
} own resignation,
This mode of proceeding, 80 reasonable, would

j have beeu altogether to the advantage of Colonel
/Gray. If the Lieutenant Governor tad granted
j the dismission af Mr, Palmer, the Government
bad remained homogeneous, aud the honor of the
Cabinet was saved; if be refused te dismiss Mr.
Palmer, he had declared in se many words that he
| was indifferent te the honor of his Government,
and hestile to Confederation ; and he who hopes
to rise had placed bimseif m antagevism to the
Imperial Government, whose sentiments upen
| Contederation are known to onr readers,

| We are convinced that Mr. Dundas would have
| thought twice before assuming this attitude; but
| why did Colonel Gray fail to put him to the test ?
| (mais pourquoi la Colonel Gray a-l-l§mangue Uec-
| casion de le mettae en demeure?) This we earnot
| tell from the facts befyre us. We should not be
| astonished if Lieutenant Governors were hostile
}to a Consiitution which takes from them, at a
single blow, with the direct sanetion of the Im-
| perial Government, six Colonies, that is to say
six degrees, which they hope aliernately to as
cend in the gubernatorial hierarchy. One cannot
but reeall the statements, rather singular under
the circumstances, made by Sir Richard Me-
Donnell, at the Montreal dinner, in reference to
the future Constitution, when we know, in all
their details, the proceedings ot the Convention.

It is singular that Colonel Gray, who enume-
rates the causes of complaint against Mr. Palmer,
and even gives one of bis speeches, to prove that
he was favorable to Confederation, has not men-
tioned the most important fact, the signature of
Mr. Palmer to the Report of the Quebee Con-
reution. Had he forgotten it? It is possible,
indeed probable, that he had; but then be could
have called to his assistance the Electric Tele-
graph. It appears as though there had been
couplete carelessness throughout the affair.

The journal from which we translated on Tnes-
day, (The Examiner.) supposes it possible that
Mr. Palmer will himself torm a Cabinet. If he
succeeds, we should conclude that men who un-
derstand grammar are scarce (clair-seme's) upen
a soil which is so fertile in other respects, in
smaller grain, ( Oats), to use the language of the
great Attorney General.

AN ENGLISH (LOWER) CANADIAN VIEW
OF MR. PALMER'S “ SITUATION.”

WE find in the Quebec Morning Chronicle of
the 4th instant the followfng scathing remarks on
Mr. Palmer's extraordinary conduct in reference
to the Confederation question :—

It can hardly be a matter of surprise that the
couduct of the Hou. Edward Palmer, Attorney
General of Prince Edward Island, in reterenee to
the Convention and Confederation, should have
caused unmitigated disgust in the minds of his
colleagues and of that of every honorable man
conversant with the course be bas chosen to pursue.
It will be seen, from the correspondence between
His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of tie
Island and the Hon. Colonel Gray, that the Prime
Minister has felt it his duty, as a gentleman and
aman of honor, to decline to sit at the same
Council Board with Mr. Palmer. This person
was one of the Delegates from Prinee Edward
Island to the Conference at Quebec, and pro-
ceeded with the other representatives of the
Maritime Provinces to Montreal and subsequent-
ly to Toronto. At the dejeuner given in that city
op the 3rd November, by arrangement with his
colleagues, he spoke upen the subject of Con-
federation, expressing himself most desirous of
seving the umon of the Provinces speedily ac-
cowplished. It turns out, however, that while
Mr. Palmer was thus insultingly deceiving the
Canadian public and the members of the Con
terence, he was writing private letters and send-
ing to the papers of the Island communications
in which he declared “ that he was so dixgusted
with the scheme that he could sit by the waters
of Babylon and weep, did he suppose the people
of this Island weuld be taken in by it.”

Mr. Palmer admits that in Toronto he spoke
in favor of Confederation, and declared his hope
of seeing it accomplished, as reported by the
Leader ; but alleges as a justification of the du-
plicity, that at suchja ree “ controversy was
neither invited nor expected, aud would hare
been deemed out of place if introduced; and
where it was invariably the good fashion, during
the whole tour, for every one who was called upoa
to return thanks for the princely hospitality shewn
us, (the Delegates) to reciprocate, as far as pos
sible, what was most pleasant and agreeable to
their kind hosts.”

the contempt it deserves, 4
that anv pe dee must view.it, and that be

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