ee ee eee reyented Usie eter to the Coancil on! ky grt joss, DWE Ley refused tv xive | ony answer, and ordered him t transaiit the same | Oe rely of William of Orange was a letter, | ined by Dalrymple, in whieh, upon the recital that “several of the chieflains and many of their clans have not taken the benefit of our gracious ity,” he guve orders fot a general imaseaere . | « fTotbat end, We have given Sir Paemas Livingston | orders (0 ewploy our troops (which we have already | conveniently posted.) to ent off these obstinate | rebels by all manner of howtility ; and we do require | you to give him your assistance aud concurrence in| ail other things that may conduce to that service ; | and because these rebels, te aveid our forces, uaay | draw themselves, their families, goods, or cuttle, to} jurk oF be coucealed among their neighbours ‘| therefure, we require and authorise vou to emit a lumation to be published at the market crosses | of these or the udjaceat shirey where the rebels reside, discharging Upou the highest penalties the | faw allows, ny re set, correspondence, or inter } communing with these rebels.’ ‘Chis monstrous | yandate, which Was in fact the death-warraut of fuany thousands of ianocent people, ve distinction being made of age of sex, would, in all human pro- | pabiiuy, have been put inte execution, but for he | rewoustrance of ove bigh-winded nobleman Lord | Caruarthea, afterwards Duke of Leeds, accidental ly becute? aware of the purposed massacre, and | liy rewoustrated with the movarch against | a measure Whica be deuouuc ed as ut once cruel aud | jnpe lic After wach discussion, William, influenced patner by an apprehension that so savage and | eweepiug an act might prove futul to bis new gutheriiy, than by any compunetion or hm rulse of humanity, ayreed to recall the weueral order, and to limit hinwelf, in the first instance, to a single deed of butchery, by way of testing the lemper of the nation. Svwe dificulty seems to have arisen in the selection of the fittest victim. Both Keppoch | and Glercve were named, but the personal ranever | of Seerewry Dalryuipiec decided the doom of the latter. The Secretary wrote thus:>—" Argyle tells me that Glencue ball not wken the oath, ut which I rejoice. kt isa great work of ebarity to be exact | jn rooting out that damnabie set." The tinal iu-| structions regarding Glencoe, which were issued ou} }éth January i0¢%, are as follows:— i “Witttam R.—As for M'lan of Glencoe and | that tribe, if they cun be well distinguished from the rest of the High landers, it will be proper for | public justice to extirpate that set of thieves.” “7.2 This letter is remarkable as being signed and eeantersizned by William alone, contrary to the esux! practice. ‘The secretary was no doubt desirous we ecreen bimself from after respousibility, aud was farther aware thatthe royal signatare would ensure @ mgorous execulion of the sentence. Macdonald, or as he was more commonly designat ed, M lun of Glencoe, was the head of 4 consicera ble sept or branch of the great Cian Coila, and was lineally descended from the ancient Lords of the Isles, and from the royal fanuly of Scotland, the common ancestor of the Maccdouaids having espoused = daughter of Robert If. He was, according toa contemporary testimony. “a person of great in tegrity, houonr, good nature, and courage, and his Jovalty to his old master, King James, was such, that be continued in arms from Dandee's first appearing in the Higb lands till the fatal treaty that brought vn bis ruin.” In common with the other chiefs, he had omitted taking the benefit of the indemnity until he received the sanction of King James; but the copy of that document which was forwarded to him unfortunately arrived too late. The weather was so excessively stormy at the time that there was no possibility of penetrating from Glencoe to Inverara, the place where the sheritf resided, before ihe expiry of the stated period ; and M'fan aceordingly adopted the only practicable mode of signifying bis submission, by waking his way with great ditficulty to Port-William, then called Inverivehy, and tendering bis signature to the military governor there That officer was not authorised to receive it, bat at the entreaty of the chief, be gave him a certificate of his appearance und tender, and on New-year's day, 1692, M'lan reuched Inverara, where be produced that paper as evidence of his intentions, and prevailed _— the sheriff, Sir James Campbell of Ardkingiass, to adwinister the oaths requred. After that ceremony, which was immediately intimated to the Privy Council, bad been performed, the unfortunate Jeman returued home, in the full conviction that he had thereby made peace with government for bimeelf and for hia clan. But bis doom was already sealed. " A cempany of the Earl of Argyle’s regiment had been previously quariered in Glencoe. These men, nh Cumpbelis, and hereditarily obnoxious to So lnabes de, Camerons, and other of the loyal clans, were yet countrymen, und were kindly and hespitably received. Their captain, Robert Camp bell of Gleulyon, was connected with the family of Gleacee through the marriage of a niece, and | was resident uuder the roof of the chief. And yet| this was the very troop selected for the horrid service. ee On ae Aud the fires were rising tast. When thy noble futher bouuded To the reseue of his men, And the slogan of our kindred Pealed throughout the startled glen. When the herd of frantic women Stumbled through the midnight snow, With their fathers’ houses blazing, And their dearest dead below ! Oh, the herror of the tempest, As the tlashing drift was blown, Crimeoned with the couflagration, And the roofs went thundering dewn! Oh, the prayers—the prayers and curses hat together winged their flight From the maddened bearts of many Through that long and wofal night! Till the tires bogan to dwindle, And the shots wrew fuint and few, And we heard the foeman’s efallenge, Oaly in a tair halloe. Till the sileuce ouce more settled O'er the gorges of the glen, Broken only by the Cona Viunging through its naked den. Slowly from the mountain sammit Was the drifting veil withdrawn, And the ghastly valley glinunered In the gray December dawn. Better bad the morning never Vawned upon our dark despair! Black amidst the common whiteness Rose the spectral ruins there : But the sight of these was nothing, More that wrings the wild dove’s breast, When she searches for her offspring Round the relics of her nest, For, in many a spot, the tartan Peered above the wintry heap, Marking where a dead Macdonald Lay within his frozen sleep Tremblingly we scooped the covering From each kindred victim's bead, And the living lips were barning On the cold ones of the dead. And [ leit them with their dearest— Dearesi charge bad every one— Left the maiden with her lover, Left the met.er with ber son. 1 alone of all was mateless, Far more wretched I than they, For the snow would not discover Where my lord and husband lay. But I wandered up the valley, Till I found him lying low, With the gush upon lis bosom And the frown upon his brow— Till I found him lying murdered, Where he wooed me long ago! Woman's weakness shall not shame me! Why should I have tears to shed? Could I rain them down like water, O my hero, ov thy head— Could the ery of lamentation Wake thee from thy silent sleep, Could it set thy heart a throbbing, It were mine to wail and weep! But I will not waste my sorrow, Lest the Campbell women say That the daughters of Claaranald Are as weak aud frail as they. I had wept thee, badst thou fallen, Like our fathers, on thy shield, When a host of English foemen Camped upon a Scottish tield— I had mourned thee, hudst thou perished With the foremost of his name, When the valiant and the noble Died xround the dauntless Graeme ! Bat | will not wrong thee, husband, With my unavailing cries, Whilst thy cold and mangled body, Stricken by the traitor, lies; Whilst be counts the gold und glory That this hideous night has woa, And his heart is big with triumph At the murder he has done. Other eyes than mine shall glisten, Other bearts be rent in twain, Ere the heath belJs on thy hillock Wither in the autumn rain. Then I'll seek thee where thou sleepest, And I'll veil my weary head, Praying fora place beside thee, Dearer than my bridal bed. And I'll give thee tears, my husband, If the tears remain to me, When the widows of the foemen, Cry the coronach for thee ! i For THE EXAMINER. TO HIS EXCELLENCY HE LIEUT. GO-| VERNOR—THE HONORABLE THE LE- GISLATIVE COUNCIL — THE HONOR- BLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. The huuble Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants | (into any details upon it. of King’s County, sheweth— Special instractious were sent to the major of the regiment, one Duncanson, then quartered at Bal. | jacbulish, a morose, brutal, and savage man, W bo} accortingly wrote to Campbell of Gleulyon in the | following terms :— “ Batracnorts, 12 February, 1692. | “ Stn,—You are hereby ordered to fall upon the) rebels, the M’Donalde of Glencoe, and putt all to the sword auder seventy. You are to have special cave that the old fox and Lis sous dove upon to arcount escupe your hands. You ure lo sectire all! the avenues that ho mah estape. This you are w | put in execution att live © eluck in the moruiny ; inelyand by that time or very shortly after i Fi strive to be att you with a stronger party. if 1) dve not Come to you at five, vou are ‘not to tarry for we but to tall un. This i by the king's special)! coumaand, for the good and saiety of the country, that these miscreants be cutt off root aud brauch. dee that this be putt in execution without feud or | favour, else you may expect to be treated as not] true to the king’s government, nora mun litt tocarry | « commission iv the king's service. Expecting you will not faill in the fuldiling hereof as you love yourself, I subserive these with my hand. ie “Roserni Duscanson.” | “Por their Majesty's service. To Captain } Kobert Campbell ef Glenlyon.” This order was too literally obeyed. At the) appointed hour, when the whule inbabitants of the | glen were asleep, the work of murder begaa. M'lan | was one of the first who fell. Drammond’s narra tive fills up the remainder of the dreadful story. “They then served all within the family in the | same manner, without distinctiun of age or person. | Iu a word, for the Norror of that execrable butehery | must give pain to the reader, they left nove alive! bat a young ehild, who being frightened with the | noine of the guns, and the diemal shrieks and cries | of its dying parents, whom they were a-murdering, hold of Captain Campbell's knees aud wraj iteelf within his cloak ; by which, chaneing to move | compassion, the captaia inclined to have saved it, | but one Drummond, an officer, arriving about the | breuk of day with more troops, commanded it to be | shot by w file of musqueteers. Nothing could be | more shocking and horrible than the prospect of | these houses bestrewed with mangled bodies of the dead, covered with blood, and resuunding with the | of wretcbes in the last agonies of life. “Two sous of Glencoe'’s were the only persons that escaped in that quarter of the country ; for, —— jealous of sowe ill-desigus from the beha- viour of the soldiers, they stole from their beds a few minutes before the tragedy beyan, and chancing to overhear two of them discoursing plainly of the matter, they endeavoured to have advertived their | father, bat finding that impracticable, they ran to | the other end of the country and alarmed the inha- | bitants. There was anotheraccident that contridu- | ted much to their safety; for the night was so ; : That your Petitioners, grateful to Parliament | for the arrangement by which they, or many of | them, have been relieved of all outstanding claims | against them as tenants, and placed in a fair posi- ly the absence of convenient markets, or good | roads leading to those already existing; in conse- quence of which they find4t to be a perfeet hard-| suip, at least, to meet their annual engagements | with Government at the proper season, and ia the | shape required. | That were the Gorernment prepared (or au-} thorised, if need be, by Parhament) to accept pay- | ment of the annual “instalments,” outstanding | and still due upon their farms as balance of pur- | chase, ix grain, your petitioners should truly con- | sider this an inestimable advantage to them, whiist to the Government it would insure the regular re- | ceipt of said instalments.” That this arrangement night readily be rendered | stil more advantageous to them in the market | which it weuld rapidly create fur the disposal ot | their entire surplus produce, inasmuch as the Go-} vernment Grain Commissioners, appointed for its | execution, weuld be certain to attract ready pur- | chasers or orders for much more grain than would | be required under their commission. That, with the view to render this business of | easy execution, as well as to meet the most press | ing want of the place, should the Legislature au- | i 1 . 7 . ? g | thorise at once the early construction of a good | boon the means Plank Road from the Head of Saint Peter's Bay | to Grand River Bridge—a brief distance of some | | tion to become proprietors, have to regret extreme-| a ——" ' . M‘Aulay; Messrs. Ramaay, J. Yeo, Montgomery,! Tue Devez to Psy IN Hesse Casst..— Howat, Davies—-13. The original motion was then agreed to.” Mr. Longworth moved the following addition to Mr. Haviland’s resolution before the question was finally put upon it:— “A person ownirg lands, partly freehold and partly leasehold, amounting together in value to One Hundred Pounds currency, shall be entitled to the qualification referred te in the feregoing resolution.” The next resolution on this subject was moved by Mr. Haviland on Saturday, and is as follows ;— “ Resolved, Thata Candidate for election to the Legislative Council shall be thirty years of age, | a British subject, aud atieast five years a resident | in the Colony prier to the teste of the writ of | election, “Hon. the Speaker moved in amendment thereto, that the Candidate be three years a resi- | det in the Colony. “ Forthe amendment—Hons. the Speaker, Coles, Woaelan, Perry, Thornton, Kelly, Wightman ; Messrs. Davies, Cooper, Sinclair, Sutherland, Owen—12. Against it: Hons. Haviland, Hensley, M’Aulay, Yeo, Col. Gray, Longworth, Pope, Laird; Messrs. Ramsay, Douse, Moutgomery, Beer, Howat. J. Yeo—14. The original motion was then agreed to.” It 1s evident from the tenor of the foregoing re- solutions, that if ever the elective Council Bill should go inte operation ~ which we very much doubt—the majority of the people will have no control over it. The Council, as it now stands, is infinitely preferrable to what it would be under } There has been the very deuce to pey in Hesse Cassel. As to the British public, the majority of their number is in a pleasing state of uncertainty as to where Hesse Cassel is, and who the poten- tate may be who rules over it. There are somany Hesses. ‘There is the Hessian Landgrave who keeps the gambling-house, and the Hessian Prince who is about 20 become a son-in-law of England. ‘There is one magnifico who resides at Darmstadt, and is a Duke; and ‘then there is the Elector oi Hesse, who has lately got into such a terrible trouble, and made such a pother in the minor German mind. ‘The, capital of the Electorate— although we are not at all sure about it—is Cas- sel. Beyond this, and an indistinct idea that all things Hessian are in some way connected with boots, Hesse fades away into a kind of shadowy land ef pumpernickel, saur-kraut, bad oysters, Hof-Kammerers, armies twenty-seven strong,with as many field-marshels as soldiers, royal revenues of five hundred a year, and coats of urms with five hundred quarterings—a kind of German coun- try of Cockayne split up into Wolfeubuttels and Schaumberg Lippes, and Saxe Everythings. Un- less we are misled by the Almanach de Gotha, electoral Hesse is at this moment ruled bya sovereiga called Frederick William I., who as- vended the electoral chair in 1847, and who is now in the sixtieth year of his age. Very lately the Elector of Hesse, perambulating his palace, strolled into his wife’s boudeir, and discovered her Effulgeacy the Electress—if that be her proper title—greedily devouring tae contents of the Prus- sian Punch, the current number of which con- tained some comments not altogether complimen- tary to her lord. His Serene Excrescence—ii that be his proper title—felt, like Mrs. Bond of the nursery ballad, and in re the sage and ontons, the elective principle based on the foregoing re- tailing enormous expense on the Culony. We have net time for further comment now, but will take an early opportunity to retura to the subject. On Saturday afternoon, immediately after the adjournment, a grosa outrage was offered to the Hon. Mr. Coles by the Colonial Secretary and his brother the member for Bedeque. It appears that Mr. Coles used some language in debate, in self-defence, which was particularly distasteful to | the Messrs. Pope. Instead of having disposed of the matter while the House was sitting, the : : | have always beer remarkable for upholding their solutions. It would certainly then be the subser- | 9 3 . vient tool of the proprietary clique, besides ev- | in “a very very great rage.” German potentates matrimonial rights by the strong band. Frederick | William I. of Prussia used to cane his wife and birch his daughter Wilhelmina. In emulation of this famous example, Frederick William LI. of Hesse proceeded to have what our Freueh allies i term a “ fackeuse explication” with the Electress, but what in England subjects unbelted husbands to the risk of six months’ imprisonment and hard labour. We don’t know exactly how the Hessian | Bluebeard went to work—whether he corrected | his consort with his seeptre—if be have oue—or, according to the spirit of the old common law ot England, with a stick no thicker than his thumb. At all events, he proceeded to the most womis- takeably violent exereise of the Faustrecht. | Piercing sereams were heard from the electoral japartments, and an adventerous flunkey ventured to the scencof contention. Here the story grows member for Bedeque rushed at Mr. Coles, in a most threatening and violent attitude, the moment the House was adjourned— demanding him to re- peat his words, if he dared; while the Colonial Secretary—convulsed with rage, and his counte- nance black with passion—called repeatedly on his brother James to “wring the nose”’ or neck of Mr. Coles, accompanying his vociferations with eurses and foul abuse. Mr. Coles was perfectly unmoved during the whole scene; and neither “ James” nor William H. Pope had the courage | teary ‘ ; = | tongue is termed a“ rive,” and in ours a * shindy. to attempt to put their threat in execution. Quietness was restored after a little time by the Speaker ordering the Colonial Secretary to leave the floor of the House of Assembly, where be the Honse,even while they are engaged in debate, and making nearly as much use of the floor as if) he were privilesed to holda seat there. We hope the Speaker’s reprimand will not be wholly lest | on this shameless individual. The House have been engaged during the whole of this day, (Monday), in discussing the priner- | ples of the famous Award—Coi. Gray having in- | troduced a resolution, recommendiug the passing | of a Bill te confimn the Award, without entering Although the majority openly advocate the confirmation of the Award, | they do not hesitate to express their opiaions privately that their legislation on the subject will be perfectly uugatory. that the system: of hunrbug with which the Gevern- ment inaugurated their adininistration, will be practised to the fullest extent in reference to the Indeed, there is no doubt, Land Question, as we hare already shown on} many occasions; and we have now wore abundant proof than ever to establish the duplicity of the Government in reference to it, which we shall do at an early day. TO CORRESPONDENTS. —— “Dreamer,” “W. D. Stewart,” on the Montague Meeting, “ One of the People,’ Award; aud “Observer,” hare been received. ’ in reference tothe St Slide. ae We have had no Mails from abroad since our last issue. The violent storms which commenced about ten days ago, and by which the roads have been most effectually blocked up, hare no doubs | of interrupting our regular coir- | inunieation with the postal departments in the ad- | seven miles, and throughout which every nataral | joining Colonics. facility presenta itself{—the undersigued could de- posit then all their surplus produce at the latter point, which, owing to its safe and favorable situ- | ation for shipping, should soon become a very po- | pular place of export. That by accepting the labor of the people, in payment of the aforesaid “ instalments,” on said road, the entire expense, perhaps, of its coustruc- | tion would be obviated as an item of the public | estimates, whilst the revenues should be largely improved incidentally with the increased prospe- rity growing out of this good work. Wherefore, &e. &e. Ke. ee Che Examiner, Charlottetown, March 24th. 1862. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. thiscise | Catuotrc Youne Men’s Literary Insti-} Turer.—The leeturer being unavoidably absent on | Thursday evening last, a debate took place on} Education. The audience was large and respect- | able; and eight or nine gentiemen present entered upon the discussion of matters relating to education generally, and the educational system af the Co- lony, with considerable spirit and ability. Some of the points advanced and discussed were as fol- lows:—Ist. That it is absurd to establish expensive Celleges, where there exists no intermediate | schouls between them and the districts. 2nd. That | County. 4th. That the Normal Schoo} is an wn-} ares | nance was lace : t ‘i ral entity had to be conveyed to bed, there to only an intruder, having no seat there. We have | | long since observed that Mr. Secretary Pope ap-| paper, or such subst As | eament . hy pears to be dead to al! sense of shame in thrusting | C26" 8S the court pay . . co himself perpetually on the notice of members of} ' due to the carelessness of the fvotman. | tosbring the war to a successful close, there wi ' ) UICus * mystified. Perhaps the flankey was a kind ot |Teutonic Ruy Bilas, with the livery of a John} | Thomas but with the soul of a Cid. Perhaps he | sympathized with beauty in distress, repudiated | his plash and asserted his dignity, and with retri- | butive fists impressed on the Elector the truth of | the apopthegm that “ He who would lift his hand | against a woman, save in the way of kindness, is | unworthy the name of a man.” Perhaps Frede- i rick William essayed to kick the audacivus menial ‘trom the apartmenut—these pantomime potentates lare always kicking their subjeets—and stumbled ‘or tripped himself up in doing so. Under any ‘vireumstances there arose what in the Gailic /A table and a mirror were overturned and ' smashed, and, worse than this, the Electoral body ‘was brought to the ground, the Electoral counte- rated and bruised, and the Electo- have its anguish assuaged by vinegar and brown titutes for these homely medi- | sicians of Hesse Cassel} | A cock- | uld provide for so illustrious a patient. d-bull story was hashed up that the Elector’s i and that his fall was | lt was) said even that grave jurisconsults had been called | in to know whether ‘the neglectful lacquey could | not be criminally prosecuted. But the real truth | of the matter soon oozed out; and it beeame | known that the palace servants had been threat: | an toot had caught in a carpet, lened, not with prosecution, but with dismissal, if | hey revealed the real case of the down-tumbling | of this Reval Humpty-Dumpty. The seeret was, | however, as well kept as palace secrets generally | are, and at this moment all Germany is chackling at the misadventures of the Elector of Hesse, and | the burlesque tragedy which has just been played at Cassel. A political moral, not altogether de- void of significance, may be derived trom this tempest in the Electoral teapot. Are not these | and similar scandals which have of late years| occurred among the halécrowned heads of Ger- many, calculated to shake our faith ia the wisdom of the Germanic Federationg which coaiinues to ‘tolerate the existence of these truimpery little principalities, bringing power inte contempt aud monarchical institutions into derision? evmsaiiadiiestiillia innwaibente TAXATION UN THE Srares.—The Philadelpiia | Daily News thus moralizes on the subject :— “We have taken a calin and deliberate view of this question, and while we are satisfied that it is true policy to act promptly apd evergetically, we do not think it wise to iiapose greater burthens | ou the people now suffering froin the derange- eat of ordinary business, than the emergency ut makes vecessary; and we are sure that it is not | patriotic to seare timid men by exaggerating the | li/we suppose that, m al wants of the Government. be wanting $1,000,000,000, and if it be all procured lat the average rate of the recent loan, it will be} seen that the aanual interest on that sum, at7 3-10 per centum will amount to $73,000,009 ; and we have frequentty heard it asserted in Congress that an economical administration of the Govern- would reduce its ordinary expeues to F59,- GU0,P00. } If, therefore, to these sums we add one per cent. ‘of the amount of the public debt, asa sinking fund, | say $10,000,000, we shall uave an aggregate of $133,000,000, which is all the preseut Congress should be expected to raise, and as such a sum ix, | it will not be a serious burthen to the country when peace and prosperity are restered to the people. Ye cannot understand the efforts of the New York Press, unless they be intended to add to the embarrassment of Congress,aud to create panic in the minds of the people. The English element which pervades that city, ef course, syinpathizes with their home Government; and with the pros- pect of trouble between the two countries, it will bear a little watching.” ———-—~-— | SouTHERN LAMENTATIONS OVER TIE FALL| | | f AMERICAN AFFALRS. —— The battle of Roanoake Island is acknow- ledged by the Confederates to bave resulted in a most complete and ovorwhelming defeat of their forces, Tue whole army are made prisoners—all their armed vessels captured or destroved—Elizabeth city deserted and burn- ed—such is their own account of the disaster which bas befallen them. The number of prisoners is stated at 2500 or 3000, which probably includes only the troops upon the island. It has been reported that General Wise, with about 5000 men had taken up a’ position at a place called Nagg’s Lead on a | narrow strip of land which separates the At- lantie from Roanoake Svund, to the westward of which only a few miles distant is Roanoake Island) What has become of this body of troops does not uppear from the aceounts re- | ceived, although it appears that their com-| mander retired beyond the reach of danger. | The New York World thus remarks upon | the recent capture of Fort Mellenry :— “The capture of the fort, which is situated | just upon the Tennessee border, secures us a foothold in the rear both of Columbus and | Bowling Green—the two strongest positions) of the rebellion, Manasses excepted. More-! .PTURE C€ AT ‘ : ALA. from Capt. pb Ie Burdett, states the Traveller, master of the bark Neapolitan, to her owners, Messrs. Joseph Holmes & Son of Kingston, giving an account aie wigs yy and destruction by the Privateor Sumter, off Gibralter on the Jith mit. The letter, which gives the first particulars of the atfuir reevived in this Country, is dated Gibraltar, Jan, 21, and is as follows; “T jeft Messina on the 29th of December, and on the moruirfy of Jan. 19, I was in the Straits of Gibraltar, within a mile and a half of Gata Point. At daylight made a steamer showing the Aweri- can ensign, Whieh came alvngside aud ordered me to heave to. She sent her boat on board with orders fur me to take wy papers and go on board her. The steamer proved to be the rebel steamer Sumter, After examining my papers, the captain informed me that [ wasa prize, and that he should burn the bark after stripping her of sails and rig- ging. He was as good ashis word. He algo tovk all iny nautical instruments and charts and cliro- nometer, besides robbing my person of $86 in money. I was boarded at 6.45. a. m., and at 2, p. m., they set the bark on fire. I was transferred to the bark Investigator, which was captured at the same time within three miles of me. The captain of the Sumter took the bond of the captain of the Lavestigator for $15,000, but he would not take a bond from me. My cargo was consigned to Baring Brothers, Londoa; and be said this was over the command of the Memphis and Ohio | only a trick to couceal American property. Le railroad, which it has given us, euts off all | told me that he would bura every Massachusetts communication between the two strongholds, | vessel he captared, as there was no chance ot except by the extremely circuitous route | getting them into port. ; through North Alabama and North Mississ-| “Thave made a protest — = American ippi, over a portion of the great Virginia and Consul at this port, and shall bring home a copy. | back the irun gunboats, that now ran freel ~ y south-western route, already overburdened by its army service. ‘Lie Confederate forees at Columbus nuwber about fifty thousand inen, and those at Bowling Green about forty thousand. A considera! le portion of these two armies consists of sixty days’ men, o! little discipline or practical efficiency. Nei- ther of the twostrong :olca cin space anything like the number of good soldiers that would be required te retake Fort Henry and drive up the railroad bridge across the Tennessee. If the heavy detail should be made from Co- lumbus, 1t would at once expose that point to be euptured by our large force at Cairo, acting in cenjunetion with gunbyats on the Mississippi. if the detail should be made from Bowling Green, General Buell’s large army, now at Musfordsville and vicinity, would sweep in irresistibly. Yet to permit our forces up the Tennessee river to strenz- then themselves, would be to ineur the risk of beang completely hemmed in on the rear, and losing both armies completely. There- fore an abandonm nt of both of these great positio: s, in order to give us battle on our own ground, or in order to eseape without fighting, must quickly become a nulitary ne- cessity. A battle given against the tremen- dous ferce we could at once concentrate, could hardly fail to result in their overwhelm- ing defeat ; and retreat without battle woald be justas disastrous. The effect in both cases would be clearance of both Kentucky and Tennessee from the reellion.’’ Tue ATLANTIC TeLEGRAPH.—The excitement The Sumter is Jying in the bay, with no means to fit out. She could pay for but thirty tons of coal at Cadiz. There are ten or twelve American vessels in the bay, none of them daring to start out.” Hotroway's Prrts.—Beiter and worse.—The varying temperatures of our winters are always ac- companied by a large increase of pulmonary dis- eases. To-day they are better, to-morrow worse, which frequently oceurs without fresh exposure to cold. This arises fromthe ipritabje state of the air- tnbes, and may be entirely prevented by rubbing Holloway’s soothing Ointment on the ‘buck ava frontof the chest. It penetrates to the lungs, allays theirirratability, reduces the burried respiration and regulates the cireulation both throagh the heart and lungs. Holloway’s Pills should be taken at the sume time; they parily the blood and restore tone generally. Chest coumplaiuts require no remedial wmensires besides Holloway's Preparations and a regular temperature. A destructive fire broke out in Augusta, Me., on last Saturday night, destroying the post office, the ‘Age’ printing offive, telegraph office, the steam and dry press rooms of the * Kennevec Journal,’ several stores and law and insurance offices. total loss by the fire is $27,800, on which there is an iusurance of $12,500. PRICES CURRENT. Cuarvotretows, March 15, (862. Provisions. Beef, (small) per Ib.....--. +00 seers 3d to 5d Do by the quarter.......... bess ound -34 to 4d Mutton, per 1D.......cecece cree cece cees 3d to 6d Pork, pot 1b. Sia gjss 006 ++cccenscsscese 29d to 4d Do (small).... ce. eeeee veces oe 44d to 6 Butter (fresb)......... -++ Is ld to ls 3d teeter which has prevailed for some weeks past relative to the American difficulty bas been the means of | again directing the attentioa of electricians and | capitalists to the possibility of establishing tele-' graphie communication between this country and America. The question is now seriously asked | whether there are any really insuperable difficulties in laying a submarine telegraphic cable across the | Atlaatic. It may be usetal at this time to aseer- | tain what are the facts that affect this question of | submarine telegraphy. A short time since a joint cominittee was appointed by the Board ef Trade and the Atlantic Telegraph Company to inquire | into the whole subject, and their report will be | found te contain much useful information on the | subject. The report stated that at the date at Which the committee coneladed its labour, 11,364 miles of submarine telegraph had been laid, and | that of this extent about 3000 miles were actually | at work. Of the total quantity laid 3074 miles were in shallow water, 8290 were deep sea cables. The fatlure of the Atlautic cable was due in a great measure to its most defective construction, and the iuefficiency of its insulation. The Malta and Alexandria cable, which has recently been laid at the cost of the Government, was manufac- tured with great care, and uoder the supervision of engineers appointed by the Board ot Trade. | That line is in working order, and has been so} from the time of its submergence. This affords | reason for believing, that with care and caution, | and the use of the best materials that can be ob-| tained for the purpose, deep sea cables may be | laid for great distances aad worked with efficiency. | Upon a carefil consideration of al! the facts bear- | ing upon this important question of submarine | telegraph, we think there is yet a prospect of success for deep sca lines, and we believe the time is not far distant when renewed attempts will be | made to conneet by telegraph the old and hew | world.—Loudon Observer. Ee Mextco.—The latest advices from Mexico, Jan- uary 23%, state that Commissioners of the allics and of the Mexican Government have had a con- ference for the purpose of negotiating a treaty, | and that some arrangement has probably been ~igds slthough its terms had not then been dis- closcd. We learn that a private letter dated January 28, from an intelligent American geatleman now residing in Mexico, has been received in this city, which gives the terms of this treaty, which are substantidlly as follows: That the Spanish force is to leave the country forthwith; thatan English and French torce consisting of 18,000 infantry and | | ten batteries of artillery are to remain in Mexico; | ' that those Governments are to loan the Mexicans | to coutrol all} forty million dullars; that they are the Mexican custom houses, retaining two-thirds of the revenue, and paying the remaining third to | the Mexican Gevervment; that they are to con-| trol the Tehuantepec route; that this treaty is to) remain in foree five years, or until the foreign | elainsare paid.—{ Busten Courier. ‘ Tue Late Prixce Consort's ILuyess.—| the study of classical languages is acomparatively | or Fort DoneLson.—The Richmond Dispatch ‘The ‘Medical Times and Gazette’ says :—‘ There | pee ma of time. = That instead of one | of the 19th instant bas a leader on the capture of cay be no objection to the publieation of the de- School Visiter for the whole Island, one Visitor, ! Fort Donelson, which represents the rebels there | tajls of the symptoms and treaument ef the late) yw : "KLE with smaller salaries, should be appointed for each | as having been opposed by tremendous odds, and prince, prov ie i ‘ ©) Water-street, now occupied as a TELEGRAPH it be done at such a time and ia, necessury burthen to the Colony. Sth. That per- | most desperate fighting,” and says that the result ings of his nearest relatives, ‘These details would | year. soas shivwld not be allowed to teach school until) entails no dishonor on the rebel cause, and will! probably be commonplace enough. Exery prac- | | they are 21 years of age. 6th. That female | nly animate to the most stern and undying resis- | titioner knows how insidious are the symptoms at | Do by the tub.......... re Cheese, per Idnoee so o>. 00000 aeoseetegms .4d to 6d Tallow, pet CGiecs owee ce 0+. ooee peep anck 9i to itd Lrard, per 1D... oo... ccc ores cece cone ones cone 1 Hous, ee 10... on'.. ge cc cccoceecsscces cone 5d to 7d Pearl Barley, per 10.......0+-ss000+003hd bo 1} Plows, per harrebis. . 0.5 cc cceecces +--+ 428 to 45s Doe per Wi dicins de 0000 ce0e ccs. -Giumie aetde 234 Dgtbahs 908 Bisa sicj0 000 coe ce toca pas eee) § to 2! Ezgs, per dugen........+-..4. «+++ 10d to Ie Vegetables. Potatoes, per bushel..... 1s 21 to Is 44 see ew weet Carrota, per bushel.......... + coer ccs 20 G4 Grain. Wheat, per bushel......iseeere+-++ cece yee One Barley itl Eee ee 3s to 45 Vsts Pe Seen Pe ee $ Poultry. Darkeyapewtles iss... ccccccc cece ° 3s to Gs ‘ o oc. cee ante Gf Geese, each......0-. avi, COOP oro +002 ceed eer +. 9d to Is Rinoks. engh.... nc onpacage tates >be mene ls to ls 3d Partridges, cach... .... ..+0 sess csescees 9d to Is Fish. COBROR, DOT BU...» 000, nc ce:0902 00000007 GN TD ae Herrings, per barrel........... Par ttn 25s to 50s Mackerel, por doen... ....0+ ecco cess ls 6d to 3s Lumber. Boards (Hemlock)..........0+ 008 - +.++38 6d to 4s Do (Sprace) ..2-.s» PT << Do = (Pine) .nencesessssee opens epee 6,00 OS Shingles, per Mf. ... ~.-- + 0ess0 voce cece cee ROMS Suudries. Timothy Sood; per bathed: 625. 0005 Snes see none Ciover Seed, per lb........ eonr.cbce speeds ..s hone Wool, per Ib....... orccees o tee ecee eres eee RONG Hay, perton....... ° -— ere, FS SCTAW, PCT CHL ee reeeece cece coseccee ce 1s 6d to 2s Hometpan, DOr Yard...0-sisceneseccee 3s Gd to 6s Apples, per dosen... os oc0e.ccee se voce ooes oe4e RODS Caliskins, per Ib....... oneee snes oevewccs 4d te 7d Sh idlot, POE?" cwwsie rection of the Post Oilice authorities. The smaller one to ran from CHARLOTTE- TOWN to HARBOR BRULEE’ and PICTOU, four times a week, nanaely, three trips to BRULE’ and one to PICTOU, and from BRULE' and PICTOU wo CHARLOTEETOWN the like number of trips. ‘The Boats to be ‘at all times under Government inspection, and subject to regulations similar to those required by the Laws of New Bruuswick relating to Steambouts. The above boats required to ply on the above res- pective routes, from the opening of the navigation io the 10th December or the closing of the navig»- tion in each year; and to be placed on the routes a» signed to them in the menth of May, 186 . ALSO, SEPARATE TENDERS will be received for STEAM BOAT wo form, next suminer, the Mai services between Prince Edward Island, and Pi or Brale Harbor, and Priace Edward Island Shediac, four trips a week, namely : from Charlutte- town to Pictou or Brule Harbsr, iwhiehever of the lutter ports may be determined on), twice a week, and from Charlottetown to Shediac twice a week. lhis boat to be a substantial and suitable sized boat of the description of the siaaller boat above referred to, or similar to the better clase of American passon- ger boats. Tenders for the performance of the shove mon- tioned services, as regards the two first above mon- tioned boats, will be received at the ollice of the Colonial Secretary of Prince Edward. Island, nawil Saturday, the 7th day of June next ensuing, at the bour of twelve o'clock, noon; and as regurds the last meutioned boat, until Saturday, the fifteenth day of March ensuing, at the like hour. Tenders to state the amount per season for which such ser- vices, to be undertaken by the two first mentioned bouts, will be ormed for a term of ten years ; and the amount for which the services of the last mentioned boat will be performed for the one sum- mer. Payment to be accepted by the Contractor ia Warrants on the Treasury of Priuce Edward Islan¢; and the fenders to be accompanied by the writes undertaking of at least two responsible persona, ex- pressive of their willingness to become sureties in the sum of £2000, as respects the two first boata; and £500 as respects the last. mentioned boat, for the faitufal perforinance of U2 contracts. Tenders to be marked “ Teader for Steamboats,” The Government reserve to themselves the righd te accept such tender or tenders as they may deow most advantageous to the public interest. WH. POPE, Col. See'y, Sth February, 1862. aoe IN STORE, 20 IIhds. Porto Rico MOLASSES 4 do SUGAR 6 Bbls. = do do 4 Ubds. HOLLAND GIN 2 Casks Jamaica Ram 4 do Whiskey 20 Chests Eaglish TEA 10 Boxes Liverpool Soap 50 Bbis. Apples 4 Cases Cham 50 Reams Wrapping Paper. ALSO 80 pieces Grey Cotton 40 dozen Cotton Handkerchiefs. All of which are offered low for Cash or approved paper. N. RANKIN, Queen-street, Feb. 3, 1862. uf GRAND RIVER WHARF, LOT 56. RONALD WALKER ESPECTFULLY intimates to his Friends and the Public that he has commenced Business in the Store Jately occupies by Messrs. McAulay & Johnston, where he has received a LARGE ASSORTMENT of NEW GOoDpDSsS, suitable for the present and a proachi seasons, which will be sold cheap OP cash. R. W. assures bis Friends and the Publie that nothing shall be wanting on his part to render his Establishment worthy of their patronage. October 14, 1861. Ex. only, 6m DODD & ROGERS Have sti!l on hand a few of the celebrated “MAGICIAN COOK STOVES,” wholly adapted for BURNING COAL, FANS isa superior first cass STUVE in every respect,—the Oven is very capa- cious. It is economical in its consamption of fuel, and the large size of its flues always insures a good draught. Aso — Extfa Soapstoxg and Grates, for the above Stoves. Charlottetewn, Dee. 23, 1861. LUMBER! LUMBER! OR SALE~— 20,000 feet PINE BOARDS, 36,000 3 and 33 feet LATIs, 4,000 PIECES PAILING. For sule low. JAMET PUR Charlottetown, March 10, 1862. jm _ Ey Auction, N THURSDAY, 20ch instant, at 11 o'clock, on the premises, the BUILDING in \ ech OP “ srstinnge « “the 110, OFKICK, NEWS ROOM, SHAVING SHOP, and | vreed to give in irom sheer exhaustion, after “the | guch a manner as-not needlessly to wound the feel-| WAREHOUSE, and now let at a rent of £50 2} Terms anc particulars made known at Sale. | J. & T. MORRIS, Auctioneers. harlottetown, March 10, 1862. lw ROOM PAPER. TPXUE subscriber bas on hand 3500 pieces ENGLISH ROOM PAPER in variety of style, varying in prices from %¢ to 68 ench. Leugths warranted l2 yards, and 22 inches ix breadth. A piece of English paper covers nearly double the space of the American manufactures. ~ > a DAVIES, Sueapside, n Square. Feb. 24, 1862. eer excessively stormy and tempestuous, that four teachers of district schools should receive as high | tance every Southern heart. | their invasion, and how, with a deranged state of | Hiay! Hiay! Hay : h soldiers, who were appointed to murder — salaries as male teachers. 7th. That musie should; « [f" it says, “these bloody barbarians, whose | th , ager. Pe | ’ : 7 ag male teachers. . mus ry ‘ ays, § y be ans, Se the blood and concurrent debility, brain or lungs | . a Anveriveh ean dl aor bel as Tue principal part of the time of the House bo taught ty the district schools. Sth. That parents | hands are now soaked to the elbows in the life) may suffer from rapid congestion, or effusion, or| %) he Sold hy Public Aueri tu FIWVAL NOTICE, - to save themselves. To cover the deformity of #9 during the past week was occupied in receiving | = 7 orn nem oy tae te nome roe ae | blood of men defending their own homes ~p fire-) hemorrhage. There is really pothing unusual in i a MOND "os tan edie ke Sedge 4 LL persons being indebted to the As- droudful a sigt, the soldiers burned all the houses)... my aoe en ' td |< deme Mheaeepetintetenctcall 2 erating tal monroe be ycpelh iy aay go Poa eae gate inch nearer’ the Prince’s fate, dreadful as it is—and until the |g, yarn” a Te 9 eee ee See oo signees of Mr. Nett Rawk. t to the ground, after having ritled them, carried awey | petitions, which elicited little or no discussion. | yjews; others were generally supported by the | the subjugation of the South than when they start-| whole population are as thoroughly imbued with | Peters farm, North River, nearJacob Dockendort's, cddet Jestgiintns caate: by the id of nine hundred cows, two hundred horses, numberless | berds of sheep and goats, and every thing else that | to these miserable people. Lamentable was the euse of the women and children that} escaped the butchery. The mountains were covered | with a deep suow, the rivers impassable, storm and | tempest tilled the air, and added to the borrors and darkness of the night, and there were no houses to | shelter them within many miles.” Such was the awful nimssacre of Glencoe, an event which has left an indelible and execrable | gtain upon the memory of William of Orange. The records of Indian warfare can hardly afford a) lei instauee of atrocity ; and this deed, coupled | with his deliberate treachery in the Darien busi-| ness, whe Seotland was for a time absolutely | ined, ia mt to aceount for the little estima- Son jn whieli the name of 7 or ” is sili regarded iv the valleys of the North. Do not lift him from the bracken, Leave him lying whee he fell— Better bier ye cannot fashion: None beseems him half so well, As the bare and broken r, And the bard and trampled sod, Whence his angry soul ascended To the judgment-seat of God! Winding-sheet we cannot give bim— Seek no mantle for the dead, Save the cvid and spotiess covering, Showered fron: heaven upon bis head. Leave his broadsword, as we found it, Bent and broken with the blow, That, before be died, avenged him On the foremost of the foe. Leave the blood upon his besom— Wash not off that sacred stain: Let it stitfeu on the tartan, Let his wounds unelosed remain Till the day when he shall show At the thrope of God on high, When the murderer and the murdered Meet before their Judge's eye! ~~ shoald not weep, my ebildren! a we me faint and w ; ula Woman's Weapoli— wm betit a maiden’s cheek. Weesant of Maedona'd! Not in si re bis orphan heir— , but siajuless honour, wo oy slaughtered father there. pes thine “oi when years are over, is And op is ewit ond a oy On mountain and the mujr— lp oak Ww) mu the I whee = th hg: or the ruce that slew th ! Till im deep and dark Giesben”” Kise » louder shriek of wo, Than at midnight, from their eyrie Beured the eagles of Glenvoe. * the “ great Whig deliver- | Che Committve appointed last Session to report on the several petitions then laid before the House, praying for more stringent regulations in the Li- cense Law, presented their report, which was agreed toon Thursday last. The following pro_ visions are to be embodied in the new law :— “ Licenses in the City of Charlottetown, here- after to be issued, to be subject to the approbation of a majority of the Council, instead of two only, as at present. “ Every year when a party holding a License pays his renewal fee, he must also preduce a cer- | tifieate sigued by two neighbouring Magistrates, that he has during the preceding twelve months coudneted his Tavern m an orderly and respecta- ble manner. “ Confirmed drunkards to be treated as Luna- tics, and their property put in charge of a Com- mittee appointed by the Master of the Rolls.” On Thursday afternoon the House went into Committee ou the Despatch of the Duke of New- eastle, relating to the alterations to be made in the Legislative Council Bill, which despatch was late- iy published in this paper. A very warm debate arose on this subject, which was continued until Saturday. The principal point in dispute was, as to the qualification of persons entitled to vote for mewpbers of the Legislative Council,—the Govern- ment party contending that electors sbould possess property to the amount of £100 before they could vote for members of Coaneil, while the Liberals contended that property to the amount of £50, the same as qualified a meinber of the House of Assembly, should be deemed quite sufficient for an elector. The views of the majority on this sub- posed by the Hon. Mr. Haviland :—~ “ Resolved, That any male person of the age of Tweaty-one years or upwards, who shali own a treebold or leasehold qualification of the value ot One Hundred Pounds currency, and shall have been in possession of the same tor a period of at least iwelve months previous to the teste of the writ of Election, shall be entitled to vote for a Member to serye in the Legislative Council of this Island.” Mr. Coles moved to amepd the above by sub- stituting “fifty” for “one hundred” pounds, but the amendment was lost on the following division : “Por Mr. Coles’ eS Ts Coles. Wightman, Kelly, Hensley, Whelan, 1bornton, ey Messrs. Owen, Sutherland, Sinclair, c 11. Against it: Hons. Col. Gray, Ha- ---— * Mewoirs of fir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel. viland, Yeo, Pope, Longworth, Laird, the Speaker, ject are embodied in the following resolution, pro- |. apeakers. forth some interesting and important facts, and was courteously couducted throughout. Ou Tharsday evening next Mr. Donaid James MeDonald, of St. Danstan’s College, will lecture en “The Progress of the Mechanical Arts.” Pressrterian Tea Meetine.—The Tea Meet- ing held in the Temperance Hall on Friday evening last, and given by the Ladies of the Queen Square Presbyterian Church, was quite a successful affair. Above three hundred persons were in attendance, among whom were several members of the Lexis- lature. The tables were tastefully and abundantly spread with good things to satisfy the most fastidious taste, and the tea had the merit—a rare merit in pub- lic tea meetings—of being hot and strong. After the tables having been removed, the Hon. Donald Montgomery took the chair, and the Rev. Mr. Fal- coner opened the intellectual part of the proceed- ings in an easy humorous manner, showing that sach meetings were beueficial, inasmnch as they promoted friendly feeling and that union which should be the aim of all true Christians. Revds. Messrs. Barker, Nicholson, Davis and Knight followed in the same strain, and with out any effort to be te 4 eloquent were very happy in their remarks. e may re- mark that Mr. Falconer was warmly complimented by the speakers on the spirit as well as the style of his preaching in the Queen Square Church. Several pieces of masic sung by the choir, und ac- companied by the Melodeon, added greatly to the pleasure of the audience. Hons. Messrs. Longworth and Coles made a few appropriate observations. Mr. Laird and Mr. W. MeGill made the concluding speeches. The former gentleman s ke ably on the influence of the ladies, the latter eloquently on the blessings cf civil and religious toleration. : A very pleasant evening was thus spent, besides realizing tue handsome sum of £13. nits SnockinG Murper.—A horrible and heinous murder took place on Wednesday in Cavetown district, Washington county, Md A respectable wan named Frederick Smith had for several inonths been paying bis addresses to Miss Agnes Tracey, a young lady of very respectable parentage, but with no sucessful result. On W ednesday she was on her way to visit the bour, having some rice in her at a distance from any house, 4 suit in strong terms. On ber refusi Sinith drew a revolver, and saying she should never warry avy one else, deliberately fired, the ball taking effect in her left breast, killing her instantly. The murderer, taking the rice from her, carri it to the parents of sick child, and told them the above details of his hellish act, on whose evi- dence he was arrested, and now awaits his trial in the jail at Hagerstown. The murderer had always mai an excellent character for . sobriety and morality. The debate was well sustained, drew | sick child of a neigh-| P* od | beeu despatched by the last mail ed on their infernal mission, they prove themselves to be fools and madmen as well as savages and murderers. ‘They have taught us alesson, we ad- mit; they have admonished us to be more wary and circumspect, ty husband with greater care our limited resources, and not to underrate our enemy. But they have also placed between them and us a guif that ean never be crossed by their arts or arms, and a universal determination to die, if die we must, for our country, but never permit her to be subjugated by the most malignant, the most murderous, is at this very moment such a by-word of scorn and repreach throughout Europe, for their com- bined cruelty and cowardice, that their own am- bassadors cannot stand ths scorn ot the world’s coutempt, and are all anxious to fly back to the United States. ; Their success at Fort Donelson, gained only by vast superiority of numbers, will only have the et- fect of converting the whole population of the South—men, women and children—into an im- inense army, whe will resist them at every step, and everywhere ‘welcome them with bloody bands te hospitable graves.’ ‘The glorious valor of our troops at Fort Donelson is not dimmed in the slightest degree by their inability to held their ground against overwhelining odds, but on the contrary, shines through the black clo aster with a radiance which will kindle the whole South into a blaze, and surround their own names with a halo of imperishable honor.” —__——_~~=or-——_——_—_—— Tur RoMaN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE Ex- HIBITION.—The Commissioners of the Pope are desirous of exhibiting the works of Roman con- tributors for five or six days at the Exhibition Rooms, on the Pizza del Popolo, before sending them to London, but they will hardly have time for this. Besides works of painting, seulpture, mosaic, cameos, and silk, the Roman department will comprise some magniticent services of silver plate, made in Rome, and belonging to Roman princes. _—<9 000 &— A new branch of industry is about to be estab- lished by the Emperor Louis Napoleon. In every rt of France immense reservoirs are to be dug ior the purpose of breeding fish for the consumption of the navy, as well as for the sailors of the mer- chant service. An immense revenue is anticipated from the adoption of the system. Tur Rep Sea CaBLe.—Four electricians have Messrs. Bright and Clark, the engineers of the Telegraph to India Company, in order to make the arrangements for the Sea cable. ait,ee-te> hice in England and Wales. the meanest of mankind, whose name | uds of dis- It is calculated that there are 1,500,000 Catho- ‘the daugers of sewer gases as they are with the | Ten Commardments, aud until all sewer systems shall be carefully and scientifically worked, 60 loug will the most valuable lives—those of men in the prime of life—coutinue to be frequently in| | jeopardy. | HorriB.e RaitRoaD ACCIDENT.—One of the | | most deplorable casualties ever kuown in this re- | ‘gion, occurred on Monday. A switch engine on | the New York and Erie Railroad, while crossing | 'aroed near the Dunkirk. station, ran against a) i sleigh occupied by Mr. James of Sheridan, and | his wife. ‘The latter jumped to the track imme-| | diately in frovt of the engine, aud was instantly jerushed beneath it. Mr. James escaped harm, | but on seeing his wife thus mangled, leaped from his sleigh, exclaiming: “ You have killed my wife!” and fell to the earth, dead.— Buffalo Com- mercial, — > Cup ATTACKED BY A Rat.—Between one and two o’clock yesteeday morning, a little girl, daughter of Mrs. Yielding, residing on Front street, | was attacked by a rat while in bed. The mother ‘heard the child ery, and on making eaquiry—was ‘informed that the girl was bitten by sume animal. | A light was speedily procured, aud a large rat | was seen to leap out of the bed in which the mo- | ther and daughter had been Jying. The child was ‘severely bitten about the head and arm, aud a large quantity of blood had flowed from the wounds.— Toronta Glode. Serious ACCIDENT ON THE EasTEeRN RalL- p | ROAD. — The Newburyport ‘Herald’ gives the | tollowing account of a serious accident upon the | Kasteru Railroad on Saturday:—A freight train, consisting of forty cars, drawn by twe engines—- | the lougest train tor years, that extended the whole ‘length of the Newburyport bridge — passed over the road for Boston on Saturday morning. When within about a mile of Parker river, the wheel ot a ear broke, which was bot noticed until striking the bridge, where about twenty cars were thrown from the track upon either side of the bridge. Seventeen pairs ot wheels were noticed in one pile. The cars were loaded with a variety of merehan- dize, such as cotton and woollen goods, rifles, staves, felt hats, potatoes, beet, eggs, &c., ali of which were more or less damaged by water. RemarkaB_es Purvomenox.—The Montreal Gazette of the 7th inst. says that between two and three o'clock on Lhersday morning a bright red light, having the shape and ap~- pearance of a sword, was seen in the West- ern part of the heavens and remained visible for some minutes. pearance, and by many was looked upon as It had a very striking ap-|s 14 'Tons Upland Hay. Tenms — All sums under £19, cash; over £10, credit will be given until Ist Novewber next, on |approved joint Notes of Hand. WILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer. Maren 17, 1862. Freehold Tand. OR SALE, 100 ACRESof FREEHOLD LAND, in Lot 35, about ten miles, by the Ferry at Southport, from Charlottetown. good quality and a portion of it cultivated ; there is an abuadance of black mud upon the property, and a stream of water, cupable of driving a mill, lowe constantly through the land. This stream passes within a few ehains of the main post road, which has its course through the centre of the Farm. Price moderate aud terms favourable. ANDREW MITCHELL, Ch.Town, March 17, 1862. (2m. R. W.) Very Superior Congo Tea. bk EW Chests and Half Caests imported from the best Tea House jn Liverpool, G. B., and warranted superior, is on sale by Feb. 24, 1362. WM. McGILL. Queen Insurance Company OF LIVERPOOL. FIRE AND LIFE! FEINHE Subscriber, having been appointed agent for tlie above first class Insurance Com pany, is prepared to take risks on all descriptions of roperty. J. 8. CARVELL. Cuuriottetown, Feb. 10. tf Hats, Lats. R. BENJ. DAVIES keeps continually on hand the latest style of FASHIONABLE PAKIS HATS, —— prices from 9s. to 30s. Store, Cheapside, Queen Square. Feb. 24, 1862. ivin Notice O THE CREDITORS of the ESTATE o! the late Firm of LOCKERBY & HER- MANS, Tinsmiths, &c., Charlottetown. The Book of Accounts, and a Deed of Assign- ment of the said Estate, for the benefit of the creditors thereof, are at present lying at the Office of R. B. IRVING, Accountant, Pownal Street, Charlottetown, where will re- main for Thirty Days from the date hereof. ‘Tbe former for the inspection, and the latter have not yet assented to it, but who, on in- eet, may azree to become parties thergto. an omen of evil portent, Ch-Town, March 17, 1862. Zi, This land is of for the signature of such of the Creditors as ion of the Books of Accounts and Balaagce ; Rankin, of Charlottetown, to them im Au tast, of his Books of Accounts, Book debis, Notes ot Hand, judgments, and other eecurt+ ties then due and owing to him, are bereby fixally notified that immediace payment af their respective liabilities is required to be wade to the undersigned; and are farther notified that all obligations remaining unsa. tisfied on the 23th day of Mareh next, will be prosecuted for at law, ANDREW MITCHELL, Attorney of Arsignees. Ch. Town, Feb. 24, 1862.—P_R.W.1 M 4i LAND OFFICE. pESSES. BALL & SON take leave moet VA respectfully to inform the Publie that piph sin rosrhedny~ ab ow 4 parties desirous t or pu Land Property, or —- 7 or Conveyancing; and trust, trom their oud poustusl stteutanes to tadaaen ther tae ts a ne to sce hecw nr eral Properties are now for of full particulars may be ained by arpring their Office, East corner ef Prince Water Streets, Charlottetown. Caarlottetown, January 20,1962. RW "To Let, z HAT commodious DWELLING i Thouse AND PREMIsEs _ HH ated on Water and Prince Screeia, at present ocoupied by Mas. U, MceNurr. Possession given on the first day of May next. Further particulars on cation to JAMES D. Masog Charlottetown, 17th Feb’y, 1862. tf To Let, TEXUHE TWO STOREY HOUSE in Prince-streer. late! . bing +44 cupied by John MeNeill, a and near the residence of the Liug, iy Juvnson. For particulars to subscriber, next door. Ty GSORGE F. DOGHERTY. Charlottetown, Dee 9. 1861. tf pat DESIRABLE WATER LOT, in GEORGETOWN, containing halt ap aore of LAND, with usual priyjleges, known as No, 1, or Potwr Lor. Jash or short time on security. Apply to lon. Josarg ff