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POREIGN MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. work there, and that the unlucky ones were
‘ahem | getting us wees fovrlabour £2 per day. Ue

Tue Kexo oy Beto ano Ths Grarerv, | would leave the meeting to guess, then, what
Evasecis —An interesting ceremony took the lueky ones got (laughter). He stood by!
place wt Qetend on Saturday, that duy hay & wan who was working there hast year, aud
jug been appointed for laying the fisst stone) who was engaged in picking rock with a knife
of w palnee, to be presented by the aiklate ite like an oyster knife, The rock
of ¥ est Flanders to the King of the Belgians | was of @ soft, slaty character, and im the)
us a senside residence. The King, who had crevices he kept picking out nuggets of from

wonsented to officrate at the oceatiun, arrived | the grace of a Pea bo about am iuch in Leangrtla
wt four o'clock, accompanied by the Dake! Alter tem minutes he (the Bishop) said to this
and Duchess de Brabant, aud was received) man, ** Let us see what you have done in ten
hy M. Vambout, the goveruor of the province,| minutes,” and be found thet im that short
wi the head of all the provineial and muni: | time be had obtamed £70 worth. lo)
pal authorities, amid the most enthusiastic | another case a man who had been a miner inj
As soon ag the Calitornum, and who was a partner with some |

cheering of the wultitude.
King aad the Royal fawily bad aseended the | others in a claun, asked to bave a try ata
eairade constructed for the purpose, M. Vam-| particular crevice, Aceurdingly he was let)
bowt read an address expressing the gratitude | duwn about eight feet beluw the surface inte |
vl the Belgians to bis Majesty for thus ailow- | the cluim, and iv a very short time he filled
ing them to offer hun w testimonial of the |a pan of gold which when washed yielded
high estimation in whieh they held the im- ledoz., worth something hke £300 or £400
wenpse services be had rendered to their) On another oceasion he stood by when ten
country. la reply, the King expressed his| miners were washing out their day's work,
a@ection for the Belgian peuple, and for;and it came to L000; of these ten Mien, |
the town of Ostend in particular, and con-| however, only three were owners of the elaim. |
eluded with any ing :—A reign of thirty-two | but they paid wages at the rate of twelve |
years is alreauy long; IL shall euntinue to de-) dollars per day to the seven others. lie
vote myseli to sceuring the national iodepeu-| also visited a place called Barker's Claim.
dence, the free institutions, and the happmess| Barker was a wherryiaan who used to ply
of the country."” His Majesty then descended | between Wisheach and Lynn. He (the
from the estrade, and went through the usual | Dishop) bad known him ever since he bad
formalities ot jaying the stone, which bore | been i the colony, and bis claim was one vi |
the toliowing ins riplion :—*on the Sth of | the richest in the Cariboo district =A youn:
August, L500, lis Majesty Leopold L., wecom- | man nau d Travers, 4 Gloucestershire man,
pamed by bis august tamily, laid the first | jetued # party who sunk a shait. and after
gtone of this edifice, a testimonial of venera- | sume difheulty obtained gold. He made a
tion and gratitude from a people tu its beloved | resolution AS S00 US be gut a competency go
king.” lreturn to Enghnd, and alter stopping at the
spot for ten days he tovk out lor his share

Parricenars or rux Carrere or Nana 4400, besides selling bis snterest in the claim
Sauts.—-The following are extracts from a) tor £2 000 more. fe then got billson England
private lester :—"* Parroquct Bungalow, Eas | to the amuunt of £2,000, and carrying wits
indies, Ajmere, June 50.— You have by this | iia some of his gold to meet his beecasaries
trme beard of the capture of Nava sohib. Miners wust be fed, and)
am glad the villian is at last caught
wesent at his capture and bad a full view o!
pan J will give you a few interesting par- ; j
ticalars of his appewrance, ce. In the alter-| 4t Caribou, 6s per Ib. ;
noun I had oceasive tc pass near the Tem} Je of | vs per Ib.
Adjmere, while surveying
Uistriek, and Was bul & ibe surprised to ob
serve @ crowd of natives and others eagerly
Jabbering together, and with violent geeticn- pupulation,
Jations pulnting tuwarus the temple. As this; Who had settled were Colning noney oul ol
is usually such a very quiet place | coud not! the farming wme, whieh proved a more
conceive the cause. | requested my Interpre- | certain aftuir than the gold. One Oregon
fer to ascertain the cause of the common, | atmwer started trom his tarm last year wits
and to my utter astomshment he imiormed | bity horses laden with bacon—eaeh Horse |
me that that veritable scoundrel nud buteber | carried 20Uib. of bacon—and the enterprisiag |
of the innocent at Cawapore— Nana Salib— | man lett Uregon May 13, ted his horses on
was koown to be lurking with some con-| the maguilicent pastures which lay along the
federates in the neighbourtvod of the temple. | route, and reavied Caribou duiy 13. Ui:

] immediately gave up a!) thonghta ol work} there suld his produce, which cost hin,

ee

[| returned home.

what the cvlony wanted was a farming

for the day und dismissed my covhes, and! perbaps, 2d or Sd per Ib., for 4s 2d per Ib ,} most appalling of all momentsofaceicent. As

hasied myself im collecting information. i / clearing at least £1,000 by the venture. |
Lass:ly returned to my -ungalow to partake His name was Brown, and he was called, to!
of a light dinner, or rather lunch, when one | distinguial him from other Browns, ** Bacon |
uf my native Servants Came running ia with. brown —(lsughter)—while his) trair wan
eyes and wouth wide open, tomtorm me that | &ty led the ** bacon train, He (the bishop) |
Nana Sahib bad at that moment been cap- | ment med this tu show that if a man foamed |
tured by Major Davidson and his colleagues. | it to bis advan age to travel S00 miles co}
I hastened up to the tewple. end there in/supply the minors with the produce vf bis)
the eustodyot the military, aod encireled by | farm, what enormous profits would he made |
@ crowd o! spectators, who intimated their by farmers if they were tu go and settle upon
desire to tens him to pieces, by loud yellsand the lands of the colony. This was going on)
savage looks, i for the first time betield the | this year to a considerable extent, and severa! |
yufisa, and part instigator of the late dis- young men bad settled dowuo—several from
estrous ftebeliion. Le is of widdie height, Norlolk among the number—resisting the |
and [ should think about 40 years of age. | essting temptation of the gold mines, and
MMe had a calm, determined, bat vengeful ex- | adupting the more steady couree of cultivating |
pression of countenance. [ pushed myselt| the Iand. He (the bishop) was quite sure |
as near as poesible to the prisoner, in order! that they would prosper, for they were steady |
to obtain a good view of him. He surveyed’ men, and not ashamed of bard wok |
the huoting crowd with proud disdain, and a ; Auother resource of the colony was the
ewile of derixion, as mach usto say, *Ah, you! #bundance of fish it possessed. Salnion were |
feared me once !’ But, every dug has bis day,’ | im ouch plenty that they lay thick upon exeh
as the seying is—aod the Nana bas had his | other in shoa.s—fine, big fish, such as might |
day. Now the day of retribution hus come be seen in the shops in London. Wien!
ulier the lapse ul six long yeats. Murdered traveiling up the rivers in a canve they had |
husbands, wiies, and children will be aveng- viten struck against the boat, and sometimes |
ed! When led away, strongly guarded, be} bis men had knocked one on the head and
walked with a firm stp and upright demea-| dragged itin. One of our ships the Satellite,
nor. Uw éoud cusembie (Lor w sepoy) is rather | letdown the net lor a draugit, off San Juan, |
dignified. The disguise he wore was that of | and took OO salmon at once; whiie cn
wn ordinary sepoy. The military appe srea | another occasion the crew of the same ship)
to be exceeding y jrajous of any person close- | touk over GUO He had noticed, tov, as wany
ly approaching their valuable prisoner, ard as fifty salmon all leaping and juwping out
of the water at ooe time.

eseur iim away to prison with a strong} Aga, herring |
guard. ‘There is not & shadow of doubt astu | Were very wbundant, although at present

Lis identity, from papers ubsut his person, | there was @ want of enterprise, and only
and unmistakabie warks about bis body. A small fish along the shore were taken. So
little civeumstance occured us be was being | abundant, bowever, were fish generally that
led away which illustrates bis disposition ,/ om one cccasiva, when he was at a settler’s|
une ot the soldiers just pasted hin forward | bouse and something was wanted for a meal, |
when they started, the prisoner instantly }@ little girl was sentdown to obtain a supply

_ turned round, and with a dewon's hwk ut- | with a pail and @ rake, the former bemg_
tered an outh, and tried to Jilt bis arm to) sous filled by the use of the latter (laughter). |

strike the wan but he was bound. Hedropp- Phe right rev. prelate then addressed himseil |
ed hus pardly raised arm, and with a deject-| to the special work in whieh he was engaged, |

| above.

! iyresistable power within.
ithe flas than followed the report.
‘instant, as if the first were merely the pro-? drill ner organization, ner any attempt at such,

1 was | how was this ty be done? Apparently they were | cabin, taxes, pilot house, chimneys and every-
ted upon the pack-vorse pian, and goods were |
| carried so up to Cariboo. Flour cost last year, | one hundred feet, in one confusion of tuuoher
and even now it cost) furniture, machinery and bodies, and feli
Of course this was a very heavy | ito the serging, hissing ruins below, with a
& pew road mn the expense, and althougn some reduction might) crash that seemed in us awful majesty of ap-
be effected by better roads and waggons, stall) pearance and sound by stop the pulsations of
lithe heart; to free the blood of life; to chain |
Last yeur sume lew farmers! one inmovably to the earth ta one wild auc

i phere, to tell in its own language the tale |

‘lust time sink to rise no

= ne = z irre go — { “ peg ig :
carried the ammunition to the batch, and the was expected, to the entire satisfaction of »
other in the hold, deposited it ia its proper) cerned, and the great improvement ©!

. featy’s lo hjeets of Monctoti
place. At the time of the fatal slip a negro _ aty’s loyal aubjeets of Moncty

avd inyaterios of ipartial scelence. There Were

; Bei auld: it wi up, and
wasstanding im the batch to receive the araio |pbout five hundred good and true men on the | have to part with their gold; it will go up, an |
the weight) ground, and their appearance was equal to any-| gv

micen aad pas it to ene below,
being too much for one mat. A shell was {thing of the kiad seen here for the lant forty years
Heimg passed. Phe soldier bad given i 10 | Padeed we have vo Fight, aud certainly po desire,
the hands of the negro aud was walking ®WAY | ty say one word except Mm commendation of the
in the train of miauy others preceeding, who! orderly conduct of the ten. The « (tieers are, tor
were returning to bring 4 tresh Joad. Atithe greater part, elderly gentlemen who be-
he same time pressing along the gungway | longed to the last geveration, wud may at one
pcsatigunyealanes sa? te “detie | tite have had seme slight knowledge of military

Y ‘Se - ing to dele ; ‘ ’
was a crowd of the lad n —s pr ese linatters, but with the exception of Adjuimut
ver their loads inty the bunds of thos ot i otsford, we eyuld net diseaver that a single
In the hold the wen were no ers We Hag | Hitter belonging te the battalion attempied to
and quickly ir of 9 gous en | display be rey Vo yrogyy re any 0
accumulation of Dusiness in sture ofan officer's duty, All this is natural eneugh
Untortunately the megro standing beloW | and ouly helps te prove What a burlesque aud a
failed to properly secure in bis bands the | jyandug the present law is.
shell banded bim from the one in the bartels | In the course of some further remarks upon
It shipped, he yoo sa i i “hs Colouiel Defeuces” generally, the Tunes tells
is wre but it bad already struck. | cane home truths :—
gain his grasp, ; > :
The shock sustaimed by the full igmited the Bee But on looking at New Bruuswick, what do
No svomer came jwe find?) Nothing but a taree and a burlesque of
Lo a) ie mont contenpibte Kind. Pheciv is neither

monitions of the great terrors to succeed, the | Men are called away trom their daily employments,

lyvery enty shovk to its foundation, window | they kuow not why: they stand tor a few hours

f the con- | leeking at each other in the most unmeaning at-
river | titude; they ask each other the question why thes
reame here, but nobody Knows anvthing about at,
|‘They did not eome for dual or military exercise,

for ne one preseut has vuv knowledge of auch
ithings. “Phe loss of a day's labor, however, is 2

panes fell in hy the terrible foree o
cussion with w deafening crash, the
boiled violently and spasinodieally, and tis
very Loltum Was ploughed up by the im-

mense rush of the clement. Now followed

all the borrors which ever mutilated the bu-| yatter of certainty Wiihout a shadew ef benetit |

man form and wound it in the writhings 0 | of any description. Porhaps tuey see seme one

most parntal and shocking tortures. Phe! ou horschack with a sword dangling by his side,

boat in the explosion bad parted; the bull) who passes along aid speaks of soldierly cen

lortunately was forced tmumediately to the [aoce aud wilitary display, but he maght as oe

heottom of the river, going down bow first. | talk Greek ped Hebrew. And all this is the yp

thus somewhat lessening the immensity of |‘! i a aw Pe wne pee Hook whieh ne

. ” “aie P be fs ian » we _ oDemnanee ‘ nw)

power involved in the large quantity of aa | ” woe ii bee paren m a Css t ro ape wo we
ae i te ; ‘ i . f th 4 people adireetiy aba Tidirechly sole erties

mubition on board, for the rusting ino “J dollars for no good purpese whatever Tuai we
ee ienaysovantioars crag ae “e have yet been able to discover.”

greater explosion which otherwise wouid have | eek :

tullowed.

As the hull of the boat went down, the

The Hanilton (CL W.) Spectator gatea:—* Lhe
| creps generally Grroigheut Westeru Canada pro-
Finises Lo be the best we bave lad for inany years,
i thing above the deck, shot mtu the air, over | Both elasses of wheat, winter and spring, are of
(the most ebeeniy character, except in partienlar
Hlocaliues, where if has been affected
fiidge and rusi, but whieh isa very stuall pereent-
Joye on ihe area sown.”

ESR rein a
The last namber of the Halton Speetator
quotes the tollowing trom the Beston Pdet of
} Aug. Os
reeling couflict of the ftearstrixen, cowering | “When we have the revelt put down we will
tucalties of the human trame. | eosin enteet wecenehe eas Mrienient Beenie eam wid

The coneusstons and rererberations had al- | ih eaeeeaniiiel
most caused their fierce notes, and nething repression of the rebellion is impossible without
but the distant lingering sound, as it was! ils
wafted far off on the waves of the atimos-

extent ef the duration of he revolt.

Deceucy demands it; justice demands it;
}uational pride demands it; national malice de-

ot herror, cvald be heard, and rayidiy even | ‘itoeuse standing army and eur great navy de-
these expiring evidences were quieted inte | wand it Wen causes lhe these are waited (uey
Now come that | Must _—s their cilect.
}Canada a the trigid,
usecrable, begearly, inhospitable country it 1s

serene Galtuuess ul evening.

if to hide the scone from the smiling, the | ut saeh ax it in, eur soldiers will Yavige it.
quiet heavens above, a dull curtain of leaden | \.cccrate jt, drag through is herrid uupencirable
smoke intervened the havoc beiow and the | curtace of ioe aad snow the aecursed flag of Mug
pl reid biue above. land, hold it in absolute guititary despotisin tor a

From all parts of the city crowds of of-| }
ficers, suldiers and civilians, called forth by | possessers, eternal frost and suow.”
the terrific explosion, came crowding eagerly
down to the scene of destruction. Officers
stretched thor limbs to most unmuartial
lengths to keep up with the wave ot curious
Lutmanity us it poured along,

Little can be imagined of the revulsion of
feeling when the spectacle barst into view.
hvery sentiment of the human heart, every

~ woe _

The Toronto Leader of the 26th ult, sare :—
© Lotelligenee of a most startling character bas
been received, te the effect that a
correspondence has been discovered, the olyect a
Which is to iivite the Federal Government to in-

Mr. Archibald, the British Coenen! at New York,
as communicated the facts tothe Gritish Goveru-

function of the Guman frame received a check. | went.”

the recoil of which stunned men—-into almost | = :
fuinting awe. The picture that now pre-;/p . ? > ek , op ry
singing aus. The puotare thes sow Hei THE WAR.IN THE STATES.
sented itself may now be briedv summed up eos

Pie boat was a toial Wreck. Lue buildings ;}COM. MAURY ON THE PROSPECTS OF
in the vietnity were wrenehed almost from TRE SOUTHL

A long letter on * the prospects of the Confe-
i} derates,” by Conumodore Maury, appears in the
He concludes that it

lay with ber whole side tera from ber,

Men and aninais were dying sca‘ tered here
and there on the levee, dead, dyiug or suffer-
ing, powder burnt or internally injured by
the immtense force of the econeussion.
water could be seen presenting spots of |

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their foundations. The steamer Ed Walsh |
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}Jienden Tones of the 2d.
defensive, for it is fluitiug to te left alone, and

Lt ia obvious that asthe Uulou is goue, aud neither
earthy subsiance upon its surface, or here | sary
and there small cretes of blood, which plain- | ie euded by the sword.
ly marked the end of some fallen victim | oo" © et ag a ee oF a
Toon conic: Section, fades wee et eee ee ee eee
7 b ‘ it has f tl ‘ eM) North thenselves. All the esuiarrassmeuts with
amidst the rubbisu o the vatastr phe, OC-/ whieh the peace party can surryund Mr. Lincoln,
casionally one popping out of the water. | and all the difficulties that it chu throw in the
bluckeued und bivated, remaining poised on) way ef the war party in the North operate di-
the suriace tor &@ moment aud tuen for the) recily as so wineh awed and comtort io the South
wore In other | He points to the siots in New York, the conduct
places st seemed as if some still breathing | of the Leutsy Iv gudans during Lee's invasion, to
body might be seen jin its last paroxysm ol | the organized 8 A mtg ae the war in ny ote.,
death gasp, throw out its aras for help and)? a8: ugh Mn ee an more and more
ts , : ° itt tar. . et 2 ilitar . ali
then fall back into the watery depthe, ie Ee eee
ined ite etate. ‘Tue eden was bevond | aud shows that the Novth is noable to follow up
ae om fa, tate - J | ats successes Wi the Seutl West. He then says:
all powers of description.

He theu cites as among

“Phas the military tide which set in with se
Finuch Federal prvtiise on tie young flood in July,
aod whiel has se damped the spirit of our English
friends and depr@seed Southern securities, appears

FROM MEXICO.
Latest accounts yom Mexico state that the |

ed look proceedcd on bis way amid the hisses relerring to the difficulties experienced trom) Frenci bad occupied the town ot Menitallan, | vddenty to hate slackened, and to be on the point
et hundred-, even of his own countrymen. | the reckiess, defiant character of the miners.) oo the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and bad | wy ges turning in our favour, and that, toe,

The papers are once more teeming with | even the better disposed among them cursing | sent an expedition against Tampico.

anecdutes of bis atrocities, aud traits of his| others when they invited them to join iu |
character, details of his capture, &e.; hie) religious service.
same forms the subject of leading articles | ——_—_-<-_ --—- |
aad gossip. What t huve written you may | Arratine Disaster cN THe Mississipri

rely upou, seeing L was an eye-witness to —Teramic Exetoston of Asucsirion on-

Juarez) yuder auspices which seem more propitious than
was reported as heing about to take refuge | ever. * | vd ad ; * :
in Texas. The Mexican paper La Lstafette|  “* ludeed, so straightened is Mr. Lincoln at this
recosnizes the danger of a war with the | moment that hie parfizans are reserting to a thes.
United States, and thinks the only way of perate game, — Tuey are cng Mr to raise the
avoiding it 8 to hurry wp and dispose of the | WS! CTY against France and England, hoping

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in the arts | merchants will be

with Tine |

inands if: our ewn future safety demands it; onr;

Ii is to be lamented that |
ice-benud, sleet-driven, |

time, and then fing it back to its orginal boary |

treasonable |

vade Canada aud overthrow Beitish supremacy ! |

fis the policy of the South simply te act on the |
The | not for conquest as is the case with the North. }
} party can subjugate the other, the war is not to |

| the agencies that are te eed the war the dissen-!

his capture.”
_—— --— - =< & - --——— ~ ;

Barrisy Cotvwura, rvs Posrrion anp Pros-
yaets —The Bishop of British Columbia,
who, ae the Rev. G. Lillis, was long identifiea
with Great Yarmouth, viented bis old}
parishioners ov Sunday and Monday for the
purpose of recounting bis experiences of. his
distant diocese. Un Monday 4 meeting was
beld ip the Corn Exchange, when the Bishop
of British Colambia said ;-- British Colambia |
wae destined at no distant date to occupy a
remarkable position among the dependencies

Bose> Tue Steawke City oF Mapison— | reiaiis of the Juarist army. thereby to rally the prople to arms, and iatending,
Over two Hexpeep Soupigxs, Crrizens) It ts rumored among politieans in Rich-
anv Negroes Kitten, Wounpep on Druownep.| mond that Robeit 'T. H unter, will be sent
—The Vicksburg correspoudent of the New) to Mexico as the representative of the South-
York Herald, under date of 17th August,/ ern Confederacy, in order to prepare the
writes :—~ | way foran off-nsive aud detensive aliiance

‘The stillness of this beauti‘ul evening between the Emperor of that country and
was, but a few moments since, broken by one | the goveruwentol Richmond. 1s is satd thar
of the most appalling and stunning explosions gentleman bas recetved instructions tor the
ever recorded amoug the nuw-rous and|iuimediate recognition ot the future Ein-
various disasters that have belalien men peror uf Mexico, inaeturn for which, 6 is
while im pursuit, carefully, of a dangerous hoped, his Majesty will be led tu reeogniz:
but necessary duty. Men who had calmly the Southern Coniederacy.

of great Britain. Britimts Calum bia ocee pied surveyed the carnuge otf some hotly contested |
somewhat the same position upon the western) huttle field, witnessed the puroxyms of suf-
evast of North Awerica as England did apon | tering in whioh the mangled torms of their
the westero cuast uo! hurope, aud the culouists comrades were writhing, or cheerfully obeyed
felt as to climate completely ut home| the * charge,’ and smid the fierce borrors
Population, too, was eontinaally spreading | of onslaught marched unterrified amid a
over the western side of the American con-| sleet of death straightforward to the breach
tinent. The American war bad increased | or the cannon’s mouth, now quailed betore |
this movement. At this very time 100,000) the horrors uf the awfal scene which burst!
Je were engaged im one great exodus, upon them. The unexpected oceurrenc ue
with ther waggous. their lamiles and thew | well as ite completeness was its puliiating |
households, and were passing aver to the | teature. tad the accident been foreseen vr |
western ade, bidding adieu forever bo the even foreshadowed, the stoutest heart would |
eastern side. A few Fears Since, whew he | have rushed ia terror out of reach of the!
first went out to Vancouver, San Praneisco | terrmble ageney ; but » quick, piercing, red-|
was the great place upon which Vancouver dened flash, a report, as if all the batteries!
de pended tor everything her a apna jof heaven were bleaching forth the wild
» ; all ” | . . ‘ |

wanted. Fiancisey Was new bexiouing to De! notes of thunder, and all was over. Des-|
supplied from Beitish territory, in con- | truction, pain and death lay roond m one!
bequeuce of the increased quantity of Britist mass of mangled, singed and blackened |
elupprg attracted tu ee — year | bodies, shattered timbers and the debris of |
one of our largest shipowners, Mr. Lindsay, | tuildings, vehicles and vessels. The water!
sent roand four large steamers to ply between surged avd lashed its agitated waves, [ke !
the western coast of America and China and) angry rasees, bigh upon the land.

| united

The! bridge, with about 100

San Francisco, Aug. 29.— The steamer
Constitution's dates trom the City of Mexico
are only up to July 25 A portion of the
Mexican and Freneb troops have
moved sixty wiles westward from the capital
to Cuernavacca. The intentions of the
Triumyerate to recognize the Confederate
States were continually toreshadowed by the
imperial press, the recognition to take place
as soon as the news Tteached Mexicu that
Maximilian accepts tae crown.

The news from the Juarez Government is
unimportant, Jucrez was understood to be
busying himself in encouraging guerrilia ex
peditions, some of which were led by Aweri-

culs.
_ -s0¢e -—--—

A heavy gale raged along the coast of the
United States trom the 19th to the 22nd Av-
gust. Its yreatest fury appears to have been
south of 40 degrees north latitude, and mw
72 to 74 degrees west Joegitude. In this
gale the United Siates brig of war Dain-
men on board,

dapan—vast counties now opened to our) earth trembled as if moved by the force of a) toundered. only one man out of the whole

trade and commerce.

Jn addition to all) mighty earthquake, and, as a closing seene,) chip's company, being saved.

In the same

these circumstances there was gold, and we overshadowing the spot hung # lowering gaie the New York steamer George Creek

know how potent an influence of gold was in| eioud. a leaden pall of smoke, ws if to Wrap

also foendered, but without loss of life ; and

drawing population to a country. As was | in oblivion. to cover up im obscurity, a epec- a great many otber casualties are reported.

the case, however, With west new countries, tacle tuo agonizing fur the gaze of human!

| Sveresep Wreck or « Pircrim Spip anp

British Colombia was a very rough land, te- ayes.

quiring bard-handed wen tu enter upow the} Thus briefly in outline the main featorce
work before them. He bad often been struck of the catastrophe bave been noticed, its
on witnessing the hardships which men would | panoramic effeet in a manner set forth. Let
undergo lor the sake of guid, which after all as turn to the particulars of the aveident.

perhaps they never realized. Ile bad seen | The stemboat City of Madison, apon whieh |
wien start tull of life, energy, and tat in and | the explosion took place, wag & large side!

he bad met thew retormng bro en-down, wheel steamer, a little above the average
weary, haggard, and in tatters. _W hen tonnage of river crafts. During the time of
vung wen bad called upon him in Vietoria | peace, this vessel ran in the St. Louis and
with lettersof introduction, he had frequently |New Orleans trade. Since the outbreak ot

given them advice whtels ad rather astuaished | the war she has been engaged prineipaily as

them. He had recommended them, belore|a transport for troops; aud more recently

they started for the mines, to go and work) her services vere called into requisition for,
On the!

u the roads fur two wantie that they | the transportation of ammunition.
might harden their bands, and find out what) 19th it was ordered that the City of Madison
sort of lite they would have to lead. The | should take ou board a certain quantity ot
geld of British Columbia required men of fixed and unfixed amunition, together with
guod nerve and enterprise to work it; steady /an additional namber of projectiles. The
wople of this kind would dou well, but no boat was lying at the wharf humediately in
eott-handed idiers were wanted. The first! front of the city, ready to receive the cargo
discovery of gold took place in 1850, in the | In order to expedite the loading a heavy de-
lower part of the Frazer, at a place called tail of soldiers, numbering one hundred and
Yale, Just above New Westwiuster. People, sixty, was made at noon from one of the re-
yashed in trom Caltornia, and w good many | giments in the city, the members of which,

wiade their fortunes there ont of the dust, owing to the confasion now raging and the Bosten to be one of the wealthiest erties in|

bat it was nothing to all that was alwrwards speedy departure of the boat to bear this. |
discovered. Neer the mouth of the river! bave not yet been able to learn. Asan aug-
guid was found in oust like bran, but higher) mentation of this number about twenty
wp it appeared in nuggets from the size of a| negroes were also engaged in the work.
pea to an mel: long. The reason of this Was |
that gold came out of quarta whieb lay in the }on
mountains of Carsboo.

upon the quarts disintegrated and loos-ued dustrioue ants, moving to and from the hoat

with wnabsting vigor.

the gold from it. The heavier fragments of | laden or returning unladen, as then happen- |

It was early in the evening. One’
tion tovk place, but the smaller particles,! hundred and fifty tone of the terrific bat,

gold sunk at once wear where the disintegra-| ed.

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Loss or 400 Lives —It is feared that a most
calamitous shipwreek has happened in the
iviemity of Aden, by the loss of the ship
| Boyne, with four bundred pilgrims on board.
The Boyne lete Bombay bound tou Luddah and
when near Uoodidah the ship is reported to
have struck on a rock, and remained fast.
The pilgrims were landed on an adjacent
island, and soon afterwards the vessel was
got off. leaking badiy, hut the passengers m
spite of the warning of the Nacoda, im-
mediately re-embarked, and the ship wag gor
under way, but the water gained so rapidly
ov them that they were compelled to abandon
| the vessel, and mm the rush to escape nearly
(400 of the pilgrims are said ty have been
drowned in the wreck.

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| Bosron tue Ricurst City ux tHe Country.

-—Tbhe valuation of this year shows Boston

|to have taxable property tu the amount of
S502 000,000. Even this does not approxt-

uiite to the real value of the wealth of the.

city, bat imperfect as this may be, it shows
the world, and per capita, much the richest
(in this country. New York city with is po-
| pulation of nearly one million, bas a valua-
| tion this year of $594.000.000, while Boston

During the entire afternoon the work went: with a population of Jess than 200 000 has a

, , One continuous,
Phe action of water) train of men could be seen, like so many in-| *°***

valuation of qwore than half that of New
COLONIAL NEWS.

“Tur Mraaria Farce.”’— Under this title the

which resembled bran, floated down for a slumbering agent were alredy on board. The! Westmorland Times irreverentls speaks as follows

considerable distance. It was in ‘Cariboo! men were pressing their energies to complete |
where the greatest amount of mining was their task and retura te the then quiet aud
now being carried on, and in @ letter whieh. less laborious ayocat ons of oa p.

he reedived from British Columbia he was’ In order to hasten the work, the
fold that a*yast viuwber of miners were wt was divided into two bodies, one of which

| of the Muster in that town on Wednesday :—

_“* Muster-day is past, and the town is sate !—
Yesterday being the day appointed for mustering

party morland Militia, the great turn out took place in

' frout of Printing House Square, aud resulted, as

dof the South.

it snecessiul, to send the dupes to fight then
brethren in the South. :

“Nay, tnore; there are rumors of a prace
| party in bis Cabinet, and of a proposition there to
lrevoke the Emavetpatios Proclamation and pro-
pose teras to the South. ‘The leading newspapers
jot the North mention this, and not with disappro-
bation. :

“ Nor are these all the agencies that time and
events are bruigitig inte play en the side ut peace
and the South.

“The fall of Vieksburg and Port Hudson was,
according to thewe wie were stirring the North-
Western people gp to war, fo open the way to
warket for them, Every English house in’ the
American trade knows that the bread stutfs of
Ghio and the North-West had, for years betore
the war, nearly ceased to pass by New Orleans
ou the way to markets abroad, They weut uy
tue Lakes, ard se, via caunl and rail. to Boston
vod New York for exportation to tereign coun-
tries. Can any ene m the trade pretend that
Kagland would bave taken a shipload more of
Awerican flour bad the Mississippi been open all
the war!) Chicage and not New Orleans has tor
years been the grand grain marker ot the West,
aud exeept Louden it is the greatest in the world.

“There was en the lower Mississippi a large
tra le in bread stuff and provisious from the States
above, ‘Phis trade was chiefly with the plauters
But they hase been despoiled,
their plintatiows isid waste, their stuck taken
jaway, their houses burnt, and they themselves
bonished. Jo shert, these fighting farmers of the
Upper Mississippi are likely soon to find out that
itis Lincoln and bis lieutenants, and wobody else,
who have killed their goose of the golden eggs.
Those ‘eute * Buckeyes,” “ Snekers,” and * tivo-
siers,” as the denizens of Olne and her sister
States are exlled, are bound before long te dis-
cover this, And willthe discovery be wore likely
to iueline the hearts to powoe, or to revive in
them the war tervaur? Not the latter, certainly.

“This disappeintnent wall come upon these
farmers with redeubled force by reason of the fin-
ancial bearing there of the abundant harvest here.
This is a point ef view upon which IT wish you
would dwell with me for @ monient,

“ Keiore this war the South seut annually to
England some }2,000 or 15,000 shiploads of stuif.
cousisting chiefi?, as is well known, of cotton,
rice, tobacco, naval stores, and the like. The
war put a step te all this, But singe the war the
crops have been short until new — se short as to
vive employment te nearly the whole feet of ships
in bringing meat aad bread bere te your people
from the Northern States. Notwithstanding the
withdrawal frum its regular business of the im-
nense amount of shipping which was required
annually to get Southern crops to market, and not-
withstanding the loss to commerce of that trade,
ueither the Custom-house receipts of the nation,
nor its shipping interests, ner its dock revenues,
show any corresponding falling off in its great
business of fetching and carrying by sea. The
reevipts from the Liverpool Docks, tram the Bris-
tol Deeks, and trom all the docks on the island, I
believe, show larger figures this year than ever
before, and that in despiie of the very considerable
reduction iv the rate of charges.

“Now this shows plainly enough that while the
trade of the South has disappeared it has been
wade up from other quarters, aud that more ships
have been docked in Liverpool and other British
ports since they Jost the Southern trade than ever
before. And it is to be accounted tor in thie way.
By a rather singular coincidence, it so happened
jthatas the warkeis of the South were shut of
from the world, the harvests of France and Eng-
land fell short, and the cottoa ships were required
to feteh bread trem the North As a cotton

freighter trom the South the same vesse] could
| not carry more than two cargoes a year, but, as
| a provision ship from the North, she could make
jfive or six trips, “Thus dock receipts were
increased. . “%

“The full harvest here, in Ireland, and in
Franee, and the like of which bas pot been known
for many years, will mightily reduce this corn
j trade of the North. It is already a losing busi-
| ness, and the grain which is to come will be inthe

j

| the seeond division of the first battalion West-| category of couls te Newenstle,

With the falling off of this trade, the New York
no longer able to pay off their

British creditors in grain; they, will therefore,

‘trom the lower levels of society thar will be
| trumpet-tongued for peace. Lo smother that
voice, even now, Mr. Lincoln has to keep wu
‘urmed foree, vot only in New York and Kentucky,
but in Obie, Indiana, and other States. He is
even now marching ene up into Town, to put
down there a ery for peace. He is likely to have
vecupation for all the recruits his couscriplion
will give in keeping down bis own people.

“Never were the prospects of the &
brighter. AN that we have to do is te inaintam
the defensive, watch our chanees, and strike
whenever there isan opportunily tora good stroke
either with the sword or with the peu.”

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MATTERS IN VIRGINIA.

The Richmond * Kaquirer” of the 29th ult.,
speaking of the demonstration at Bottom Bridge,
says tliat it was made by a portion of Meade's
army, and that Gren, Meade deing afraid of Lee's
advanee set it on teet with tee object of diveMing
men fron Lee's foree and prjrenting his advanee.
| The “Enquirer says this scheme will prove a
} failure, as plenty of troops cab be detaiied to pe:
| pulse any Poderal raid that may be made iv the
ucighberhood of Riehmend without detaching a
man trom the army of Virginia, Dut tien are de-
tached from ILec’s army for some purpose, as tlie
sume authority tells that ne mail was received fren
| the front on the day of publicationenmeeonntor the

| Central railroad being monopolized for the eon
veyauee of troeps southward. Quoting seme
| ebabewmee tuade in the Nerthern papers eon
cerning an apprehended advaues by Lee, the
}** Enquirer”? says;

| “When the advanee does take place, Meade
will quickly betake himself to the fortifications ot
Washington. ‘There will be we batde at Mauasas,
i Meade will make ne stand this sige ot
Washington. Geo. Lee owill have toe eross the
| Putianee, to get a fight out of the Army of the
| Potouae The ‘decimated condition’ of thai
harmy really invites an advance; but as they ean
reaeh Washington betore Gen. Lee can possibly
jintercept thean, such advances may bo useless

j wuless we can enter Maryland.’.

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|\CAPTURE OF GUNBOATS SATELLITE
AND RELIANCE.

The Baltimore “Sun” gives the following |

S particulars of the captave of the gunboats Satellite
jand Rehanee, at the mouth of the Rappahannock :
oe It appears that both vessels were captures
lwith very litte resistance by these on board. 1:
fhas beck Common for negroes escaping fron

Virginia to take refuge on the government vessels,
jand on the night of the capture four boats, each
| containing about 25 men, approached the steamers
and get on board witheut exciting suspicion that
they were other than negroes,

The crews of two boats boarded each steamer,
when two or three pistol shots ouly were fired
They approached from the direction of the
Piankstauk, aud had no difficulty in reaching the
As soon as the Reliance was captured,
Mr. McCauley, the engineer, disabled the engine.
und Chas. Clark, the coxwain of the Satellite,
| jumped overboard and swam te Windmill Point,
Where he was subsequently captured by Con-
federate cavaiy. Alter the capture of the
steamers the captors alse tock two ackooners
whieh Lad made harbour in the mouth of the
I river, and moved up the Rappahasneck, the
| Satellite towing them and the Reliance as far as
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vessels,

Port Tobave,

The capture oecurred on Saturday night, the
22d iust., and on Mouday the gunboat Commodor
Barney started ig pursuit. She proceeded uy
the river about GU miles, and it is said heavy firiag
was subsequently heard from that direction. The
Reliance is a swall gunboat, and belonged to the
| flotilla whieh cruises about the months of the

| Potowme and Reppahaunock. She carries a 32-
pounder Parrett gun and 12-pounder howitzer,
NEWS FROM BRAGG’S ARMY.

The Holston (Teun.) Journal, speaking of the
| condition of affairs in East Tennessee, says :—

|} “What of Bragg? We do not know the
strength of his army, and if we did it would he
jimpreper to make it known; but we may sar
i that, takiig the present status of bis antagonist
jinte account, and bis well known sagacity and
adrvitness, he will find lis situation a mest has-
}ardeus and perplexing one, unless there is greater
energy and promptness shown than now seem te
exist in this department.

| “tis apparent that Rosecrans intends to flank
; Lim upeuw betasides; that he will, no doubt, throw
;& thassive caluimn tute Nertiwestern Georgia, and
j another into Hast Tonnessee, by way of Sparta
| Suppose the tormer ensues, what other security
| has Bragg than to fall back to Atlanta, and, if he
dves this, what will becoune of Mast Teanessee 2"

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HOW TO CONQUER PEACE.

The Richmond Niig of August 2Ist says:—
“The loss of Vicksburg and the taifure of Gettys-
biicg ave the two evenis of the year which seen
to render highiy probable a Tong and almost inde-
finite continuace of the war. Apart from the
victories we may achieve in the field, there are
bat two means of eaunteracting the baneful eflects
of these events and bringing hostilities to any early
close, These are either forvigu intervention er a
determined and snecesstul war by the conserva-
tive masses of the North to the abolition faction,
which bas the control of the government at Wash-
lagten. A leng aud protracted war would prove
a great evil, wholly wiuiamixed with good; for the
longer the war coutinues the more theroughly sa-
turated the Sonthern heart would become wiih
the whole Yankee race ard Yankee jestitutions.
We want the aid of France. We are able to pas
for it, Let os do it. We shall then have peace
or the power to wreak a rich revenge on our
foul foe.”

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ARMING OF SLAVES BY THE SOUTH.

The Washington eorrespondent of the N.Y.
Tribune says be has seen a letter from Riehwond
which throws material light on the recent state-
ment that the Southern government is: prepared
| lor the wholesale aruung of slaves. This design,
lie Says, Was first ascertained during Gen. Me-
Leilan’s advance on the Peninsula. But the
Southern suceesses that then tollowed dreve the
matter out of the heads of the authorities, until it
was revived by their recent disasters in the South-
west. Tu the meantime, Beauregard, supported
in this by the opinion of the Government of South
Carolina, had been asking for authority to arm a
few negro regiments for the defence of Charles-
tou, and Gov. Shorter of Alabama, pressed by the
necessity of providing tor the defence of Mobile, |
has addressed the same request to Richmond,
and recommended, in a public proclamation, the
urning of negroes in his own State. Encouraged
by this practical breakwg of the ground, Jett
Davis deterunued to bring the matter to a conclu-
jsien, The correspondent continues:
| “By his order, every Governor in the rebel
| States was consulted concerning the propriety of
jurming slaves for the war, and was invited to
| Richmond to confer with the President on that
subject. This invitation was, it seems, inmue
diately complied with,aud after fitteen days of close
conference between the Governors of the States
and the members of the Cabinet, it was decided
(hat the salvation of the country required the arm-
ing et the slaves, and that a eall of 400,000 blacks,
one frew every eight inhabitants, should take
place forthwith.

Outside of military and social considerations,
the importance of Which cannot be fully estiuuated
now, one of the motives which urged the adoption
of this measure is, | understand, the eflect it is
likely to have upon European powers. While the
discussion on the measure was going on, a neu

in the Confederate ranks, and the gift of their
treedom aud «& portion ot land as their reware for
their services, would cause the great majority of
the Enropean people, adverse to slavery, te” be-
come friends of the South, and force their govern-
ments to interest themselves in its behalf. It
would, at the same time, show that the black, whe
had been represented as the enemy of his master,
was in reality his friend; and the greatest mark
of this triendship was to be found in the confidence
the white mau tras in the obedience and fidelity of
the black, whe, by his call, was suddenly elevated
te a position of trust and contidence unparalleled
in the history of the world. All these consider-
ations could net fail, it was said, to engage th:
attention of the European public, and to place
the Southern Coutederacy upon higher politieal
and woral ground. It was these remarks, I an
told, which destroyed all eppesition, and led te
the uhanimous adeption of the measure.

“The proceedings I have just related have been
kept seeret, and will not be divulged until Jeff.
Davis's proclamation, submitting the whole mat-
ter to the people, is issued.”

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OUTBREAK IN ILLINOIS,

The Chicago Tribune has the tollowing dispatel
giving un account of a suceesstul resistauce to law
by Hlueis Copperheads : —

SPRINGFIELD, UL, Aug. 22.—As far as I ean
learn, the fatal affray at Vandalia, Fayett county,
arose trom the arrest of desertersand the attempt
of the Copperheads to rescue them. On the 25th
inst., Provest Marshal Suumersville, with part of
a troop of cavalry was engaged in arresting
deserters, when the party was fired upon by a
baud of the K.G. C's, The Marshal was badly,
some say mortally wounded, but the party sue-
ceeded in capturing a number ef deserters aid the
father of one or two of them, but they were again
attack and fired upon.

and wounded several of the assailants. Sub-

eenbacks will come down, and sy raise # volce |

The eavalry returned the fire and killed three |

1S Henee | inter that, notwithstanding the open-

ing of the Mississippi, the Nerth-Western people‘ sequently the K. G. C.'s, to the number of 400 ur

; : “ ae
| 500), took possessiott of the fair grounds of Vanalia,

Sol will find a poorer market than ever nen eck \" hich they fortified and dewanded the tathers ot

‘the deserters, threatening in case of reiusal te burn)
!

ithe houses aud destroy the property of The nica) a

men in the town.
{ regret to learn

ithreatened the town,
deliver the party arked tor.
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NEW ORLEANS.

We bare reevived despatches from New Orleous
to the Uth—the first that have yet come by the
Mississippi river since Lavigalion was opened—
which bring iteresting news, Large wumbers

South of troops are conecntrating around there, ler)

|what purpose was not huown.

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} FROM TEXAS.
| Reports from ‘Vexas state that there are at
cargoes forthe rebels otf the Rio Grande, Several
lof them are British steamers, waiting for cotton
lwhieh the rebel government have contracted le
\deliver at Matamoras, te the extent of mine
{thousand Hales, during the month of August.

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} WILMINGTON PLOCKADE A FARCE.
According to intelligence received from Beat-

fort, N. C., the blockade at Wilmington is a mere
taree, regtlar lines of packets for Nassau being
duly advertised and the hour of sailing announced.

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DEFEAT GF UNION FORCES,

A telegram trom Major General Jones, of the
rebel army, te President Davis, dated White
Sulphur Springs, August 27, reports a battle be-
ween a brigade of his force and a Unien ferer
under General Averill, which resulted in the defeat
of the latter, and one hundred and fifty prisopers
and one piece of artillery captured, We have had
1 intimation, however, of such a transaction
having occurred.

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AnnivalL oF A VALUABLE PRIZE AT THIs
Por?.—Lritieh steamer Croustadt, an iron pro-
loellor of about 400 tons, ailing from Hall Eng.,
jarrived at this boat ou Sunday, a prize to the
1U. S. steamer Rhode Island. She was captured
while atteaptiig to ran the blockade, bound trom
) Wilmington, N. C., tor Nassau, and came here
| frown Port Royal in charge of William Williams,
Acting Master. Her cargo consists of GUL bales
of cutton, 400 barrels turpentine, 600 boxes
[tobuece, Ae, Valued st somewhere about B200,-
vWu0.— Bost. Poust..

| TeapQuakTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE
}Povomac, August 29.— The five substitute
l deserters, condeimed to death, were executed to-
‘lay —25.000 persons were present; two of the
| prisoners were Protestruts, two Cathobes, and one
lilebrew,—one of thein was a Hanoverian, two
| Prussians, aud two lialians. The spectacte at the
execution Wasa most unusual one—the Protestant,
the Catholic, aud the Hebrew stood side by side,
euch uilering prayers tor the departed soul.
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New Yoru, Aug, 26.—The smack Pacific,
With Bermuda advices of the 24th, arrived to-day
The rebel steamer Gladiator, freaa Wilmington,
was going mite Bermuda on the 24th. YVhe rebel
steamer Robert Lee arrived at Bermuda on the
24rd. She reports having been chased by ene of
our Cruisers, and threw overboard 300 bales ot
cotton to escape. On the 26th, in lat. 37, lon 67,
the Pacific passed the pirate Florida with a slip
in tow,

Steamers Fannie and Jennie, from Halifax, and
the Florida trom Nassau, had arrived, consigned
io Bourne, the well-kuown rebel agent. The
rebel steaizer Phantom, from Wilmington, with
cotton, arrived on the 10th.

CORRESPONDENSE,
To THE Eprrork or THe EXaMIner,.

Sirk ;—This morning, { went to the Post Office
here for the purpose of posting a letter, the
postage of which amounted to the sum of ten-pence,
which 1 eeunted down in coppers to the Post-
waster In person, Mr. Benj. Rogers, who retused
to take coppers tor postage. [ iow wish to ask
Mr. Owen, the Postinaster General, through the
inedinm of your columns, if it is carupulsery to
pay the postage in silver or gold?) Your insertion
will oblige f

Yours respectfully, a

GEO. W. HOWLAN.

Alberton, Sept. 10th, 1°63.
oo oe

(FOR THE EXAMINER.)

Mr. Eprror,— :
1 notice in your last issne some remarks on the
great Delegation, now en its way to England, tu
set the atiaire of Europe te rights, as well as to
settle the long vexed question. The Delegation

;

towatr” bod proeceded on bis errand of Peace for
the struggle in the peighbeuring Republie.

this Delegation—Hoeo. Mr. Paimer.
in this Vieiviivy dave we faith in his sineerity tor
the good of the Penantry; and his name in cun-
nection With our rigits is disgusting to the people
of this neighbourhood, from the faet that Mr.
Palmer with a posse conitates fiom St Eleanar's
composed of the Hon. Alexander Anderson and a
Mr. Hunt, attempted to arrest the lawds from
many parties heiding their farms by right of
possession, to which he had no mere right than
Lord Palmerston. The parties whe held the land
told Mr. Palmer that if be conid shew a good title
that they would at ouee attora aud take a lease
irom him; but Mr. Palmer’s only reply wax that
the land was his, and that he would make them
take a lease—and swore like a madman, and
called us all sorts of bard names, d—d pirates,
&e., that he would weave such a net around us,
we would never get out of, if we did net at onee
take a lease. Mr. Palmer iusisted on running
lines actoss lauds held by the occupants for a
number of years; we warned him of the danger it
he attempted todo so; the stakes he and his party
put down were immediately pulled np and thrown
away. Bat the best of the joke is Mrs V., whose
lands were invaded, repelled them with a weapon
which swelled so strong that they were glad to
heat a retreat, not, however, before one of the
Hon. gentleinen sustaiied considerable damage to
his outer garments, and had to be thoroughly
washed in the nearest stream before he could join
iis companions. Mr. Palner, whe swore that he
would have us all in jail before a month, has not
been heard from since,.although it is now over
three years. We have an idea that he is new
weaving the eclebrated nett and hay gove to
England for twine.
JOHN MATTHIAS.
Lot 3, Priace County, Sept. lo, 1563.
P <>
(FOR THE EXAMINER.)
‘*A silk purse exnnot be made out of a sow's ear.”
Mr. Evirrok ;—
The above old saying was vividly recalled to
my tuind ov reading in the Islander newspaper of
the ith inst. a notice of my appointment to the
office of City Surveyor. The article was furnish-
ed by the learned Recorder, who was pleased to
offer some remarks complimentary te myselt as a
road-naker, which remarks, it appears, were dis-
tasteful to Mr. Ings’s establishment, tor by one
fell blow they would destroy the effeet of the en-
tire Jaudation. (You gentlemen of the Fourth
Estate can hit tremendously when you like.) The
blow was auued at the head itself, and was de-
signed to knock out its brains, by the substitution
of the word * Scavenger” tor that of * Surveyor,”
so that it would appear that your iumble servant
was appointed to the honourable post of “gather.
ing together and removing dirt and filth,” or that
he was ‘ta Villain and a wicked wreteb,” aecord-
ing to Walker's definitions. Pretty good, you
will say; yes, rather rich, and a little tee good for

ber of the Cabinet removed ail the objections | the public taste, as soon became evident to those
raised by stating that the enlistweat of the blacks | igh ininded gentlemen, who then vainly endea-

voured to exculpate themselves, It appears that
the article was set up by a young man named
Bertram, whose antecedents have not been of the
most happy character, either in point of courteous
carriage generally, or grateful returns for favors
received ; but, on the contrary, be, Bertram, re-
paid with inselence and ingratitade the services
of one Whe for years gratuitously instructed hiv.
This young hopeful, after he bad substituted the
} word Seavenger for Surveyor, conversed with
jis shopinates about it; but although Mr. Law-
son, the writer of tae article, came inte the office
betore the papers were issued, yet he (Bertram)

have been an inadverteut error, but allowed it to
pass beth the writer and the proof sheet reader
without a single remark to either. And why, if
; his attention was se forcibly directed to the im-
propriety of the word, as te cause him te name it
jto his fellow workmen, why, I ask, did he not
minutely examine the manuscript? Echo answers
why! Whether there was a collusion between
the parties or net, 1 knew net; but this I do
know, that had 1 beea in Mr. Lugs’s place
would have seut a correction of the error and an
apology to the Protestant, which was published
jthe following day. This would have been an
|honest and an heovuourable course; but this did
jHot comport with Mr. Ings’s views of either
| honest } or honour, Sowe people entertain queer
views, und it brings to ave’s mind an ancient pros
verb found in the Book of Proverbs, 27 ch., 22 v.
As to Bertram, it may be said that “ water will
always tind its own Jevel,” and again, “ we are
never surprised to observe a striking resemblance
between the scion aud the parent stock ;” gud, in
| conelusion, I weuld beg to remind both wy frend
| Ings and the fellow Bertram that a “Silk purse
jis not to be made from a sow’'s ear.”
lam, dear sir, yours, &e.
JOHN WILLIAMS.

Sept. 12th, 1863.

/To the How. FE. Wueran,
‘ Editor of the Exawiner,

that the anthorities were |
‘overawed by the armed mob whieh besinged nid |

least one hundred vessels loaded with cont rabaneds |

j would have been complete, if the * Hon. Cornelius |

wever ealied Mr. L.'s attention to what might,

& xaminer,

Che

Charlottetown, September 14th, 1863,

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and were evinpelled 1 no VOLUNTEERS AND MILITIA,

oe

We leary from our Colonial papers that coq.
aideruble stir is being made in the bei hbouring
Colonies, with the view of having the Militia re.
organized, the Volunteer movement having proved
a remarkable failure wherever it haa been tried,
on thie side of the Atlantic. Judging trom the
nccounts we read in the various papers that come
tu hand, the attempt< at weetering the Militia are
extremely futile, and lead te far more iudieroua
exhibitions than were ever presented by the Vo.
lunteers. Iu this Island, the failwre of the
Volunteer system has been more deplorable thag
elsewhere; and we understand it is the iatention
of the autherities te put the old Militia laws j

force again, with some amendments and todifi-
cations, We teel confident that their efforts yy
this direction will preve abortive, a= much se, if
not more, than similar efforts in the adjy
Provinces; and we shall net be sorry if ft be the
Cie.

The Volunteer system was a buge im position
on the people of this Island, who have bern re
quired to pay several hundred pounds a year, foe
ne other earthly object than to yratity & morbid
taste for military displays on the part of a few
mdividuzls, Whe imagine they look very capticat.
ing ju wilitary attire, The most intolernat nom
sense exer uttered in suppert of the Volunteer
Poree is, that it would be an effectual protection te
the Island againstinvasion, We believe that inthe
heyday of its prosperity the Force never had more
than about a thousaud men aud boys—chiefly the
latter—enrolled, and we doubt if the Force gould
at any tire bave torned ext hol! that ember,
indeed, we do net remember that any oveasion
ever occurred when se many as five bundred ap.
peared uncer arms. s$ut what i the condition
vt the Ferce now?) A few weeks age, Colonel
McKiustrey, of the Regwlar Army, came here
expressly, and gate petice of bis coming, to in
spect the Volunteer Force. We heard of ne
review or muster, te enable Sim te carry out the
object of his visit. except at Summerside, where
the Prince County Volunteers mustered to the
extent of six men, officers and privates all teld.
A short time after, Major General Doyle, Com-
wander of Her Majesty’s Army inthe lower Pre
vinces, abe bhenvured the Island by a visit, in
order to inpeet our Fortifieations and Militia,
Whether he found any Fortifications, we have
not beard. He certainly found no Militia; and
us to the Volunteers, about one dozen individuals
of that Force mustered on the whart to reecive
him on his arrival; but we have been informed
that the gallant seldier was heartily ashamed of
the turu-out, and manifested his displeasure in ve
ambiguous words. Regarding Povtificatious, we
should like to know whether Col. Gray, the
Leader of the Geverament, explained to Major
General Doyle, on the oceasion of-his visit here,
the remarkable theory which the gallant Colewel
entertains with the view of defending this City iu
the event of ap invasion. When the Government
were passing their Bill to sell the Barrack Square,
so as to puta few hundred pounds in their ex
hausted Treasury, the great Military Geniox who
leads the Administration scoffed at the idea that
the place known as St. George's Battery, a part
of the Barrack Square, could be of the least ser.
viee for defensive operativnus. He said that the
only proper place for a fort:ficatinoa to defend the
City, is at Braddeck'’s Puiint—eboxt give moles xp
the East Ricer! The House was taken by sur
prise, and passed the Bill immediately to seit the
| Barrack Square; but we have wet been toid
Whether the Goverament bave jet purchased
3raddock’s Poimt, te build a Port thereon.

Wien on the 28th Mareb last, the Government
You seein te speak in terns of aegatice praise, | eked the House of Assembly for £400 tow arde
coneerning one ot the gentlemen whe compose | the support of the Volantoer mes cneut, Col, Grey
Tie people | sdvecated the vote m a speerk wisioh, theagh
short, was mere than usually mesemucical Me.

Conrey opposed the vote, stating that rt would by
Letter to give the £400 fur the purchase of agrieule
tural implements. The Hon. Leaderof the Govern.
ment, i replying to Mr. Courey, relieved himself
of a G1 of indignation in the following «tyle:—

“ Hon. Col. Gray would ask if the los. mem.
ber was “i to give up the arms, worth
some thousands of pownds, which the Colony bad
recvived solely on aceennt of that movement, aud
te send a iciter te the Queen saying that we
would not deteud eur bearths and our hones.
Tins money was net to pay the officers or wen,
but te keep the arms. This Colony, without a
Voluuteer toree, was at the merey of avy and
every privateer that might come inte our har
bours, 42266 sterling a year was not much for
such an object.”

Our readers will understand the trick of stating
the amount in sterling at £266, the objeet of
which was to make the sum appear as small as
possible in the eyes of the people. But what
baiderdash for 2 Leader of the Government te
utter about “ sending a letter to the Quees, say+
ing that we would not defend our hearths and our
homes’?! Our homes would be miserably detewle
ed, indeed, if we trusted to the few Volunteers
who are senttered over the Island, and whe, even
ifthey were ten times more numerous, could nok
prevent a “privateer” from coming inty our
harbour, and kuecking our houses about our ears
in a very few hours. The aras, upen whieh se
high a value has been set, and which have led
many young men to waste their time, aud plunge
into the most reckless dissipation, atter a worth
less review, or an equally worthless drill, have
lately been bappily called in; and we understand
they are not hkely tu be taken out again, to the
same extent as before, as the Captains eonmand-
ing will net renew bonds for their forthcoming.
And yet, forseeth, in order to keep a let of wld
rifles in the Colony, which would no more serve
to keep a foreign enemy at bay than a bundle of
old sticks, this overtaxed and impoverished
Colony tnyst pay £400 4 year! Hf, in the event
of w foreign war, thie Colony, as well as the
sister ones, should be threatened by a foreign fer,
the British Government will not leave them te
their own resources for defence. If, howevet,
we should be cast off, a unworthy of the exre aud
protection of the Crown, we do not believe that
our condition would be any worse than it is at
preseut, while the probability is that it would be
much better; for the proprictary yoke, whieh
creates so much dependence, poverty and uieery
in the land, weuld soon be snapped asunder, whe®
the Proprietors would wo longer have the Colo
nial Office to protect them, The people ot this
Island are under no obligations to take up ars
to defend it aguinst an invader, The British Ge
vernment, by its improvidence in a former day.
m granting away its township lauds, made the
country one of the poorest spots in Christendom
and it is likely to remain eo while the leasehold
tenure is continued. Connection with the British
Crown does net, under present circumstances,
prowise a hasty extinction of that tenure; ind
we cannot see why we should be eatremely ”
solicitous to remain in a condition under which
we can be certain ef nothing but poverty and
slavery. The Land Proprietors ave the partins
who would suffer most froma successful invasion.
If they will not protect the Island, or if theit
patrons, the British Government, will aut do it for
them, we cannot see why their poor slaves, the
tenapts, should spend their money and waste
their time in a ridiculous attempt at soldier play
ing, Wich ouly provokes contempt /and
laughter, besides demoralizing their young? wer.
Ne fureign foe cun ever come to this Isla
will do more mischief to it than the p
bady. If Yankee privateers should tw

of the Proprietors under their peouliar,
ation, we thiak the tevantry should
themselves about taking & part in

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