N OF PARIS,

THE EVACUATIO

DEPARTURR CF THB GERMANS FROM THE FRENCH CAPITA \— EXTRAORDINARY SCENRS ETO,

Pane, March 3, noon.—The evacuation commenced Inst night, though it was not generally known at six this morning that it bad begun in regular order, with the cavalry sod artillery ian advance, and on the side- walk, the ?russivn aod Bavarian infantry forced the roadway. At 8. 50 the first men of the main body passed through the Are de Triomphe, with bands playing and colors flying. Obstacles bave been removed, at the side of the columa, Gen, Shackyer, commanding the [1th corps, was stationed and received the sslutes of the men ia pass: | ing. Many of the soldiers wore evergreens | on their helmets, and ove regiment was ab- solutely crowned with lawrel.—At nine

OF TIE HOUSE OF AS-|

SEMBLY. | The House has deen a good deal occupi- | ed during the past week with the contested | leleetion of Hon. ) Davies. Chas. Palmer, | | Esq. was counsel for )r. ‘Ihos. Dodd } George Alley, R shaw and L. H. Davies, Esquires, were counsel for Mr. Davies. The case was disposed of on Thursday last by the Committee of the whole House | deciding in Mr. Davies favor by a majority ef one vote The House seem to have

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deal of patience, but with impartiality. Still | there exists much dissatisfaction, inasmuch | as the vote which gives Mr. Davies the seat is that of Mr. Harris. who swore him- self that he voted for Mr. Dodd. We have heard it rumored that Mr. Davies

will not retain his seat. bet will resign. | decrease as farmers a.e becoming alive to whe mn- His friends think he would have no troubie | pertauce of stock feecing, and will uot to 20 great in being returned with a large majority. jextent iu future export that valuabie escuient to

But elections are expensive as well as

o'clock the Bavarian artillery aud infantry, with full bands arrived. A fow mivates, | afterwards, the bead of the Prussian colums | reached the Arc, marching ia a co'u@n of | sections. The morning had hitherto been | foggy, but the sun sow ourst out glorously | making everythiug appear grand. The) troops ebeered loudly, and the tattared ap-| pearance of the colors, borne proudly, at-| tracted the attention of the French,

came a crowd of Princes and some dragoons, |" both sides of : ote Then the llth regiment of Jagers of the ed the late Government for their action in

Guard and the Prusesisn artillery. Tre avenues are almost deserted. Kxtraordir ary scenes are witnessed at the Arc de Tri mphe. Two pieces of artillery have beea v ulimber- ed, and gunners are near at ban”, ready to eweep every avenue radiating fiom the Arc ‘Ibere is alsoa strorg guard ¢; infantry,with arms piled, bivouscked ‘a the vicinity. Soldiers fratern%s with Piouses, exchanging cigars and drivkiog Wine, while others will pot allow strangers "ear their fires. All are boastieg of the comquest of Alssee and Lo-- raine, yet are giad that the war is over No one ie allowed under the Are. Iu the Place de la Concorde tere ‘8 a strong guard of! Bavarians lying on tie ground in frout of the gates of the Tuileries a Bavarian sen- try was picking immortelies from the statue of Strasburg. A brenchmsen passing cried “beware”? At midnight I re-entered the French lines, Large bodies of guaids were stationed around the watch-fires,

THE FUTURE OF FRANCE.

M. Michelet, it a pamplet about to be pub- lished in England, avd of which the corres- pondent of the Echo who bas becn favoure: with a sight of it, ia proof sheets, gives an anticipatory sketch, is as brilliant ag ever. His confidence in the future of France suf- ficiently appears from the following passtge, in which, referring te Germany he s.ys:—

* The unity of so greata nation isa great force, but unity isno yoion. Tere is no union yet-—Ask Hamover? Ask Bavaria? Besides, there is the hatred of the Sciaves to take into account. In a struggle be ween the Sclaves and the Russians ou one side and the Germans cn the other,the Germans must infal ibly go down. Their superiority makes ther ivieriority An Eoglishman,a Frenchman, a German is of value; he re- presents so much produce, he can eara so much, Of what valueis a Russian eaut? How much does be earn? Russia

will be so lavi-h with such men’s worthless)

lives that sheer superiority of numbers wil! | crush the Germans. fo July last Russia bad 707,000 soldiers ; in January. 1871, she ordered out £00,0€0 more

Fraces. Paris, yes—probably or possibly; but after Parie there remains France. We have an agricu'tura) pcpu'ation of twenty.

Nex! | several speeches were made by members

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know but Mr. Davies is in every way titled to the seat so long as a majority the House has decided in his favor. “che | members have had enough of contested | elections. and we think are disposed to | amend the law so as to have such cuses handed over to the Supreme Court.

The Despatches laid on the Table relat- ing te the Fishery Question, were under disenssion,on Thursday and Friday, and

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the House whocommend

regard to the Fishery Question. After a tong debate in which the feeling seemed to be that we should not give up our fishing privileges without an equivalent, the fol- lowing Kesolution proposed by the Hon, J.C Pope, was agreed to:—

“That the Committee of tha whole House having under consideration copies of Despatches and papers respecting the practice of permitting United States fishing vessels to enter the ports of Prince Edward Island, report that they are gratified at the result of the appeal made by the late Government to the Secretary uf State, whereby American fishing vessels are per- mitted to entry in the ports of the Colony, and are permitted to cuie and tranship the

fish from them, inasmuch as the ex- lelusion of the said fishing vessels ifrom the ports of this Island operat- jed prejudicially npon its trade and

revenue. The nhabitants of this Island generally would, therefore view with re- gret the re-imposition of the prohibition which was evforced in the latter months of the past year. The Commit'ee, however, express a strong opinion against allowing such vessels the privileges of our inshore fisheries without the Umted States grant- ing us adequate trade concessions in re- turn.” ;

On Thursday (March 9) a Resolution was passed, appointing a Committee to make a Report upon the Lunatic Asylum, and the Land and Buildings upon the Model Farm. The Leader of the Govern- | ment and several other members gave ex- pression to the propriety of purchasing the Model Farm, and fitting up the building thereon for a suitable Asylum. It could also be used as a workhouse or penitentiary.

On Friday there was not much done the supporters of the Government being in| | caucus on the Rajiway Question. So soon | |as we learn the purport of the Bill we will | give it to our readers.

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CORRESPONDENC

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| Views of a Practical Farmer on the | Railroad Question.

| To THE Epitox or THE “ EXamMIner.”

Dear Sir;--No doubt the people of Pownal |

Do not| Who constituted the Railway Meeting on the 16th | distance to all shi let the Germans think they can destroy inst., feel sincerely grateful to you, for the cor- | was thirty miles.

rect and extended report you gave of said meet-| ing in your paper of the 20ih inst. But should | we attempt for a moment to contrast your own

six millions, ‘wenty millions of smal! pro-| Editorial, which stands side by side with that re-

prietors. stronger basi: from which to maivtain a}

No sation ever bsd s wider,| port, we cannot escape the conclusion. on the |

admission that your Editorial figures and state- |

dealt with the case nt only with a great jad usk is it likely—eupposing a Railroad was

exportation of that articie is likely to materially

doubtful undertakings, and we do not | 25 cents per bushel, when they cau realise wore

jumount of valuable manure jo their land.

imensely, the whole colony must realise a

| within a few years, no one seems to be

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diay height that you

rection, and when you are brouglit to deliberute | carefully and determine cantionsly on this matters |

and descend from airy speculation to practioal facts | thie; the fish would get searee a4 they are at away by his own pr

distance on a general average, or 5 instead of 30; miles will be much nearer the truth.

Time and space forbid my reviewing your state-) ments in detail. But in one more particular I) would nppeal to the common sense of our farmers

vow completed, that even 10,000 bushels of pota- toes which is but the one furtietu of 40U,000 Weuid be yannually transported Uy that conveyance! The

reul facts, as I believe, are that Lenceforward the

Mulifax, or any where else for the paltry sum ot

vy feecing with it on thei: farms, and return a large Jn sub- wilting these remarks L would not bave you, dear sir, ty seb mie down a8 cue udvocating any retro- gression policy or using wy very limited influence Ww prevent the carrying eat of works of ackvow ledged uulity. Having had some kuowledge of their operations in other places 1 am not oblivious to the benefits of Kailrouds in other countries where there is wealth to sustain them, und re- sources te be developed, and where such facilities exist. I believe there is nothing else that will in- crease the material prosperity of a country 80 much; but as Mr. N. L. Cozens very pertinently remarked at our meetiug—the smportant question is cousidering ovr local position—aud the expense 10 be incurred ; do we reall: need them ?7—~and this is the real question now so prominently before the country. I beg to say in closing, that my prin- | cipal object in muking these remarks ou your ar- ticle is to set you right as fur ae I um able on this iipportant matter,—fer if we are to have a Rail- road—it is an important prerequisite that we should | nave ugabimity on the subject, among ali classes | ef our people, who are new anxiously endeavoring | to solve this intricate problem, Respectiully, Yours,

Jas. B. Gar. Pownal, Feb. 28, 1871.

COMMENTS OF EXAMINER.

1, In reference to the first paragraph of our esteemed correspondent’s letter, we} have to say. that we sympathise with the | young lady alluded to, and must be candid | enough to admit that we admire her style. There is truth in the maxim, that those who aim ata silk gown, will, probably get the sleeve.

2. As to the gain to the Steam Naviga- tion Company in the event of a Railroad being built, and a great many travellers coming over the Shediac line, we hope to hve long enough to see all these expecta tions realized We are sure our friend would be the last man to begrudge them the utmost prosperity. Ifthey gain soim so far, there is no} need of becoming “excited.’’ Let us keep cool until we see the Railro:d Bill, and un- til we really know the cost, and the amount of extra taxation which it will incur. The tariff has been raised very considerably,

large benefit therefrom ;

poorer, nor do we hear of any outcry or excitement in conse, ience.

3. We did not state that the average | pping places on the Island |

What we did say was, | “ that the distance produce had to be carrted by land or water, to a port for final expor- tation was an average of abou: thirty miles.’ The principal places of export, we know, ave Charlottetown, Georgetown, and Sum-

entirely lost sight of the uu- ; }merons benutifal rivers with convenient harbors | well as the English. that almost intersect our Ieland In nearly every di-\jn our Bay, thie twen

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asia of that tue would throw the stones a8 lf a thousand vessels were

fishing and did net cone within the three amile there would nei be much protection te

limits,

lyon will then agree with we that one sixth of this | resent. Our Bay ia totally ruined, particularly

ite cod fishery, by American trawlers who kill by wholesale the mothor fish on the banks; this they do in deep water, If I had a duet of vousela out fishing, I would like to bare a couple of fast steamers alter them to keep them in deep water, when I would expect to get a handsome return for my outlay, About twenty years age, T went in a vessel from Boston, the worst sailer which ever put keel on ealt water, and when coming round East Point we got beealmed and drifted over pear Margaree Island; the rest of the fleet took the land breeze off the point and left us, The Captain ewore in good earnest because we could not follow the ether vessels; we ground bait and commenced fisting, and caught thirty seven wash barrels that evening; we did pot leave that spot, and that day fire weeks we had the vessel loaded, Some of the vessele of ibe fleet, after baving been all over the Bay,» d only seven barrels, I always found the deep water fishing sure; therefore, I say, that this protecting the fisheries withia the three mile limita is all humbug. Yours, O_p Man MecDonaco. East Point. Feb, 25, 1871.

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FOR THE “* EXAMINER, Dear friend of the scissors, I'm happy to say That my wearisome labor is o'er for to-day, Many thanks to kind fortune, I've nothing to do, So I'll serd you a verse of the jingle or two.

But, friend, don’t infer frem the fact that I'm vain, Or nave any pretensions te poetic fame;

For the reason | write yon this letter in rhyme,

Is my seif to amuse und you at the seme time.

I'm quite happy to see you've got settled down In the midst of your friends of our Capital town, And I hope you'll be able to seud us out here

All the * latest seusations "' for many a year.

Well, now let me wish you success and, long life, And if yet you're anmartied, 1 wish you a wife.

TL hope you'll excuse me for waking se bold,

Bat its really too bad to be * out in the cold."

Again let me wish you, and all of the Preas,

The great blessing of health and unbounded sue. cers,

Were it not for the Printers, its plain to be seen

That the * Lords of creation’’ would be very green,

They tell us, ameng other items of news,

The identical place to get goed boots and shoes,

And they also inform us where tea may be found,

And sometimes they will tell as the price of a pound,

But then sure they tell us more important things, About downfall of empires and rising of kings, Of the horrora of war and the thousands of slaint And of wany 4 dreadful and bloody campuign,

The views of g.eat statesmen, they, too, let us know,

And bow questions of nations are likely to go;

And hundreds of things interesting to hear,

Then whe would not take, friend, your paper a yeur.

To politics now, { have not touched them yet,

And I see by your paper our “ wise men” bave met.

So botehed up a party ne'er steered our state ship

Since the time she first took a Kespouaibie trip.

The Whigs have turned Tories, the Tories turned Whigs. —

Both cast off their principles just like their wigs

When at the Couliticn we take a sly peep.

It resembles ihe peace of the wolves aud the sheep

But then sure they'ill bniid usa railroad. thes say, Right through the whole Island and Hillsborough Bay;

fight for existence There is blood enough ments sre correct—that we must constitute the (nace. and on inquiring at the proper | This doue, then I bear they will undertake soon in such a peop e for a struggie of a thou-| must consummate set of ignoramuses that ever |S0UrCes. it will be found that our estimate | Te extend « branch live to ‘Se man in the moon,

fand years. Europe needs France in the wars to come, _ OO 0+ ™ ++ eo : IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS PRO- POSED TO THE FISRERIES BILL

Senate last wight Senavor Michell moved for a second reading of the Fisheries bill He explained that the measure was necet- sary to allow the officers engaged in ce‘zing vessels to take them iato other than the nearest port. Algo that oue half of the} value allowed to officers making such seiz- ures be divided among the crew seizing the. vessel. The service performed by th-| <ficers inthis delicate duty was such as

the department. very important, but were required.

Fortunately it is 60, for} couvened a meeting~-and that sueb must inevita- |}8 about correct. | bly be your ewa ideas respecting us a8 witness ‘the * Frogress

the irreconcilable discrepancy between the views | there enunciated. But I fear that the practical

| - about me who understand the position oo there may not be such a large propor- | Treugh, Lot 29 Feb. 1871. émeak, Bib Sade the Dominion | * *% country and our present facilities for thip- | tionate share of potatoes exported in the)

| Ping, cannot be induced to indorse your figures, future, yet, we may also reasonably suppose | but rather to look upow them as affording quite |that we will raise twice as many before

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a fair specimen ot the airy castle building vow | so wuch in vogue, and forcibly to rewind them otf the unfortunate young lady who counted her chickens ere they were batched. Ae you are, no doubt, aware she wae plodding to market with ber pail of miik upon ber head when she thus | couimenced to raminate on the prospects of her | speculation, and without making any allowance

|knowledged utility.” It is impossible to get secures the eutire satisfaction of the head ot | for contingencies—she fully decided that the | Waanimity upon any great question; people The alterations were not | *gg* she would receive in return for her pail ot | Will look at it from their own stand points. ‘bis| wilk—were certain to produce such a number Now, if there is any part of the Island

We see our friend of| has also mistaken our! meaning, or statement in regard to this. |

4. We agree with our correspondent |

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the next five years will have elapsed. axe glad to find our friend who, we believe, was one of the school of liberal, progres- sive men, “tin the days that tried mens souls,’ say, that he is not o, posed to pro- gressive measures, nor to “‘ works of ac-

But enough just at present, my letter I'l! elose; Lintend soon to write you another in prose, It won't be much yood, but however, till then, I remain, most siucerely, sir, W.O.N.

es Sellinet SONS OF TEMPERANCE.

The Public Temperance Meeting. held in the Division Room of the Sons of Temperanee, on Monday evening last, was one of increased in- terest. The room was well filled. The singing throughout wae lively and appropriate. The ad- dress of the Chairman, Mr. John Scott, as also those of Messrs. John Pickard and J. P. Tao ton, were earnest aud poiated,—the latter gen- tlemen referring particularly.to the necessity of

Fisbery act bed beep comm:nied on in high jf ebickevs. These chickevs, when fit for mar-| more than another. that does not require a

quarters in avother country, where it bad) been described as one of vovs! aod arbitrary |

legislation.

Senator St. just thought the measure was pregnant with danger and apt to lead to complications.

Senator Mitchell said it was the duty of every Canadian patrict tostrengihen the bands of our representatives on the High Commission 1t Washingicn and to partict- Jarly avoid the expressicn of opinions which might endenyer our sights. He coneluded by moving the House to go into Cormittee Oe hag en Tuesday nxt to consider this bill,

THY TERMS OF PEACE,

ALSACE AXD METZ CEDED TO GERMANY; BEL FORT RESTORED TO FRANCE; THE INDEMNITY, ETC.

_ Panis, Feb. 26th.—The conclusion of peace

is wow certam, Thiers and Favre and the

Consultative Com missicm have accepted the

following conditions :—

j ’ | enable her to purchase a splendid silk dress, it was neither ncval nor arbi, : trary,as similor laws existed in England and)

in the Urited States, | and green it shall be, With this I will go t> the |

ket, could not fail to sell for a sum sufficient tu

She then and there decided that in color it should | be green, Yes, green suits wy couplexion best, | fair—where ali the wen will etrive to secure me | for a partner; but with an air of disdain I will ; toss from them all, Tranaported with this tri | umphaut thought—she could vot forbear acting with ber head what thus passed in her imagina |tion—when down came the paii of milk—and with it all her imagivary happiness. Now, sir, in sober esrnest, I opine that these parties who now anticipate such extravagant results from | the construction of & Railway—wight ere long —find themselves in the same ridiculous and un- fortunate pesition in which we can easily imagine this young enthusiast to have been involved with hands erect and eyes distended—gazing in mute despair on the complete annibiliation of her ar- deutly cherished.echemes.

You observe that the published records of 1869 ou the line between Point Du Chene an¢ St. John, show that about 17,000 passengers were con- veyed en average distance of about 26 miles each ; but in some of these airy castle calculations we are

First—Tke cession ot Alsace and Metz, but Belfort is to be restored to France,

Second—J ke payment of war indemnity five miiliarde of f:ancs. ;

Third ~A portion of Freneh territory, witb | some fortified towns like Sedan, to remain in| possession of the Germans untill the condi-| tions of the treaty are fulfilled,

Fourth—|he German army to enter Paris on Monday and occupy the Champs Elysees.

Fifth—Pcace to be proclaimed when the French Assembly has ratified these conditions.

Thiers and the delegation return to Bor- deaux to-day.

The ,redvction cf the idemnity demanded by the Germans and the resturation of Beltort re regarded with gratification. Every p-e- paration has been made at Versailles for the entry of the German army into Paris to-mor- row in brilliant array, The Parisians will close their houses and remain invis ble.

Mach uneasiness prevails at Aw ens in con. sequence of a report that England had inter- fered im regard to Metz, declaring “hat fortress anonld not be ceded to the Germans,

certified of no less than 30,000 tourists who ure ex- pected to travel the entire distance of over 100 niles, and thus almost quadrupling our receits over theirs in this item alone. We need not won- | der, therefore, that the owners of that line as well | as our own Steam Nav gution Company are so ar- dently desirous of securing such a result, as it helde ort goiden prospects to these purties, such as they have not heretofore contemplated. Consi dering that this vastly increased amount of travel: | lers must avail themselves of their accomodations, assnming that this calculation is correct, and 30, 000 pleasure ceckers will visit the Island in the three months of July, August, and September, which is the limit allotted to tourists, and that each one pays eveu three dollars for steam boat accommodation in comiug and returning. You can perceive that even this one item alone will in- erease the receipts of our Steam Navigation Com

pany 10 less chun 90,000 dollars in the short period of three months, and further, considering that the roud is supposed to paes directly through Lot i9,

Dieeases such as Consumption, Bronchitis. Debility from Typhoid and ether low Fevers, frosm excessive g-ief, atudy or close confinement, and prostratua of the sital powers, yield to

sooner thao remedy ever

Siscaute atte aaah Gre @trenghilened.

digestion becomes complete

sels take up putviti.a the bloud becomes vital pure, the nervous eystee: vigorous :

Sa vcatty, and regain the reddy

_———— eee It 6 a mre thing that Physicians give any countenance tes medicine, the mantfacture of which ie ae-cret. About the only exception we koow of is Johngous’ Anodyne Linwnent. This we believe, »!! endorse, io thew praciice with great success,

ihe abserbent ver-)

or sallow complesiensd, bee! he wiry realms of invagination,

and probably through other proprietary estates, and hkely to enbatice their value, aud that Go-

} more fish,

Railroad itis Pownal. Our friends there, have their ‘lines cast in pleasant places.”

They should become magnanimous, and |

bid God-speed ‘o an enterprise that we are persuaded will injure none, and tend to

romote the general prosperity of the whole ae.

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A Letter from an Old and Experienced Fisherman.

FOR THE “ EXAMINER. ”

Mr. Editor.—This fishery protection bas never been of any use. The intention was, no duubd!, to protect our fisheries from being destroyed by our American neighbors. From my experience these fifty years, by sea and land, vessel aud boat fishery; I say it ie all a humbug, and caused much ill feeling for ne purpose. In my young days, when fish were as plenty as the sand on the shore, the fisherman who would anchor ten miles from land wou'd procure the best catch. Now, when the fish are searce, it will not pay the outfit of the wao who pokes about the shore; it is only the man who keeps in deep water who gete any fair return A great many people are of the notion that the fish are along the shore within the bounds of tbe Treaty, both English and American fishermen are of this opinion, and they pay dearly for it; had they understood their business thoroughly there would have been no vessels seized, and they would have secured I bave seen the time you would get plenty of fish within the three mile limits; you had only to bring a bucket of bran for tole. and a large hook stuck in & piece of lead, with a line of our own manufaeture, to get a good boat load of the old bloater mackerel, that seventy or eighty of them would fill a barrel in a very short imme; but this has not been the case for eome years past, Where are these brave mackerel goue to? They are not all killed, they are gone inte deep water; there is another young cunning race now, something ike the young German race on the earth, which eannot be caught with bran, and who defy the best American fighermen with

vernyent officials will be certain to obtain « smart |

the clam and pogy bait, and their fine spring

per centage for disbursing the money to baild the | ine. commouly called the tinker mackerel, aud

jroud. ask you, sir, if it is any great wonder the | '!** latter are the ouly race that plays in shore Fellowes’ Compound Byrup at Hypophosphites | jeulouay of those parties who are certain to reap now-a days, My lung experience ef Gfty years

ie discovered, | nothing but heavy taxation—should be excited | #88

| when taking all these cireumstauces ito consider:

| ation ?

| To whut heights you must have heen soaring in

when seeking to

. demoastrute the fact that on the avernge farmers bare ne less tbau 30 miles to transport their produce

to murket, when the averaye width of oar Ialand

tauybt we that provecuuag the fishery luside three wiles, is loss of time, and the money that has been spent in this servies would pit an Iron ‘Read pearly to every man’s dour on the Island, In old times we woyld pot bare four or five hue dred sail of vessels fishing on Sindays, as it is now,

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abolishing the existing Licence Laws of the Ie land, The reading of Mr. HF. Butcher,— |“ The Bag of Gold,” wad well and distinctly given, and received marked appreciation, “ The | S:ory of the Bottic,”’ (by General 8. F Carey,) was well read by Mr. Bagnall, and was loudly applauded Mr, George Dickieson also read, ii a clear and very distinet yuiee, a well selected | piece, The Recitation by Mr. Roberts—*The Execution of Montrose,” — could hardly bave been excelled, © The Wite’s Rejoicing,” a beautiful Temperance Solo, sung by Miss Matilda Robinson, a young lady of rara vocal talent, was deservedly well received,and added greatly to the interest of the meeting, The humorous acraps from Josh Billings, by Mr. Louis McGowan, were well timed and tended to wake the Meet- ing still more varied. The Instrumental Music oo the Vielin and Melodeon by Mr. C. Pope Fletcher and Mr. L. MeGowan, waa loudly en- cored, This part of the prograwme particularly is highly epoken of. The meeting closed about 10 o'clock by singing that grand old Anthem (as 8 ons of Temperance ever love to sing) ‘God Save the Queen.”

Tbe Honvrable Gentlemen present on the oc- casion have expressed themeelves as highly pleased with the whole programme, Such meet- ings as these should be well sustained. How much better for our young men (including clerks) to throw iv their is.fluence at such places, rather tban spend their evenings in Oyster Saluons and Taverns, where the general character and ap- pearance of thoss whe frequent them speak loud- er than words of the gradual falling inte poverty and vice of thuse why would otherwise be urna- ments to seciety, The Temperance reform is certainly in the handa of the people thewselves, Let ite advocates be consisteut, and feel their

responsibility in the matter,

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TO THE £pITOR OF THE EXAMINER, Sir;

Your articles on the Railroad have attracted a good deal of attention here. At first they louked too sanguite, a8 your figures shew that when the Railroad is a spell goimg’ it will pay all ex- penses. In the same number of your paper I saw a full account of an auti-Reiiroad meeting, and [ could not help thinking that some people do not care for others, as jong as they have ali thay want themselves. We have been taxed for

rect benefit,

little taxation for a Railroad, which would be a

but you could see the vessels anchored | blessing to us. But you, Mr. Kditor, shew that jie Gat aleat 20 miles, ard even supposing thar close as they eguld lay on Sundays. ciear from there js not much fear of taxation, and in tie

jevery fanuer had to travel from the cxireme por, °4 Denald Benton's Cove, East Point, to vid , hope that your caleulativps will prove true,

thern to the extreme rontbern limit of the Island’ Campbell's Cove Tulet. Anon seen fishing in| way of them use it of * Tice vers,” it would even chen reduce your | these days would soon

be treated with the old

I remain yours, Truly, Fatr Piay

jairy Byarce one tiird; bat you conred te auch a Mosaic Law—astoued tu death; andthe American Alberton, Feb. 2th, 1971

‘y or thirty yeara past, attention of

years for steamboats, for which we had no di- If the people along the south of the Island saw the trouble we have (5 get a matket for our crops, and the poverty that ex- iets from that cause, they would not object to a:

a cena ane ee

. To tux Eprron ov Tam Bxamanes,

Sen: » Railroad qnestion engages the

Sun; Ast publie heat noe, it way not

amiga for this husabdle individual to have his

say on the matier, as they aie the views of

every impurtial person that is not carried

ivate ee setae sre is one thing I notice, amd which @

ley to me, that the advocates of a | Rattromd should pitch upon Georgetown as the \ terminus of tie line in this County. This I will endeavor to prove is a great mistake in point of utility, economy, justice and necessity,

Tne reasous given by the Government for this great undertaking, i¢, that the facilities for transport und shipment is inadequate, hence the expediency of constructing a Rail- road through the Island, The settlements in which the line of road would pass through, trom Charlottetown to Georgetown, are not, o® an average, more than 24 miles from good shipping places, if not the very best on the Isiand, and where they get the highest cash prices for their produce, Consequently Jitsle if any of their stuff would ever be carried round on the Iron Horse, Whereas, if the Railroad would be extewded to Souris, via Rollo Bay and St. Peter's, all the commodi- ties that would be shipped from Morell to Kast Voint, a distance of nearly forty miles, north and south, with its Line Roads and Back Settlements, would pe all sent by Rail- road to Chailottetown, as they have rot a proper harbor in that dis‘ance, and they are cow under the necessity to ship their grain in vessels of light draught, to be again r=ship ed in larger ones in Georgetown und Charlotte. town; and the poor farme:s have got to submit to such draw-backs by getting about three pence @ bushel less for their produce than is received by farmers in more favored localities, and our average distance to those kind of markets, can safely be reckoned about nine miles.

A good deal of this line of road would pars through Government wilderness lands, which would make a considerable item in the right way, besides the lund would be eagerly bought up at fair asd renumerative prices; it would be an inducement for young sen to clear new farms, as almost every tree they would cut down would find a market for some purpcse or other; snch as Srewood, fence poles, sleep- ers, &c., &c. IT am satisfied that the Repre- sentatives of the first and second Electorai Districts, will make a bold and manly stand to have the Ruilroad brought to Souris, other- wire. I trust they will not submit to have their Constituencies heavily taxed for pub‘ie work, trom which they wouid derive as much advan- tage as trom the Railway across the Aips.

I remain yours, respectfully, Youxe Man McDona.p. Springfield, Lot 44.

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To THe Epviroa or THe “ Examiner,”

Deta Sin:—I regret that in the lecture I bad the honor to deliver in the Atheng@um last Wed- nesday evening—tbat in stating the number ot acres that would be ewbraced in ap area co - taining three wiles on eitber side of vur proposed Trunk Line of Railway of one bundred and fitty tiles in length, ¢ e one hundred and fifty uatigg by #x miles im breadih—I inadvertently & very great mistake It bad been better, perhaps, bad 1 remewbered to have correcied wy error befure my audience directly after the lecture, The number of acres contained in a tract of land one bundred and filty miles in lengtb by six ip breadta would amount to five hundred and seve- ty six thousand (576,000) ucres. It is fair to ca.culate tbat in ten years hence one tenth (1-10) of Unie large exteat of land will be cropped with oats, viz, ten acres of every bundred; it $418 crop of grain averaged tweaoly bushels (20) per acre, and only two thirds (2-3) of it was takun tw market, and furtker—it 1] was right io estimat- i g—uae I did during my lecture—thbat the expence ot the land carriage of vats tv the various dep ts over good branch reads of three wiles length at iurthest in the place of the bauling of them say tive wiles through our present muddy highways would be reduced one ball, i ¢ trom six pence to three peuce currency per pusbel; the smount thus indivectly saved to the farmers resident within this area would amount yearly to pine thousaud eix buadred poun“s (£9,600) currency,

per anuum; this in aaditien to the reduced rate | of freight to British markets of toree pence cui- |rency per 45 ibs, -say seveu thousand six but- dred and eigaly (27,680) pounds which is a di- rect gain te the farmer would ehuw an amount directly and wdirectly saved seventeen thousand two huudred and eiguty (£17,230) pounds thu: :

57 ,600 acres, 20 busbels oate tu nore,

1,152,000 busbels, say (2 3) two thirds of that amount, 768,000 busbels, at 3

| pence per bushel, £9,600.

| Saving freight to English warket, per

| 45 Ibe , 6) 4,400 busuels, 3 peuce cur y, 7 680 £17,200.

The better plan, perhaps, fer me to adopt would be to lay beture your readera tor their pei- usal at leisure the estimate and the synopsis that iread in the Atbenesum last Wednesday as fv!- lows;

lt ia bat fair to assume that a large share of our exports would pass through ths Bay Verte Canal ter the United States, 8t. Juhu’s, N. B., Yarmouth, and otber ports in the Buy of Fundy, at a covsiderable reduction or saving ia ireight to the shipper.—Total expurte fur 1570, by Bay Verte Canal, say:

Oats, vearly two aaillion bush $ih, 250,009, at a reduction of 2 cts, per buss.

Potatoes, 5UU,U00 busb, 4th. 125,000 bush, 2 cts

Barley, 50.000 do 4th, 25,000 do 2 cle

‘Turnipe, 30,000 de gin, 75 vd do 2c

Mackerel and Herring, 2v,000 bble, 7-8tb, 17,50U, at # reduction of 20 cts, per bbl

Pork, 13. UUU bble. I-tih, 2,000 bbis, 20 ete

Oysters, 10,000 de 1-5tb,2,000 do 20 ete

Eyge, 9000) du 8-9.h, 8000 dv s- 20 cl

Huy, GUvU ten,.at a reduciva of $1 per ton.

Butter, Lard, Qatweal, &c., at a proportion- ate reduction, or saving, Waking a total of, say fiitteeu thousaud dullare.

Nv ca culativn is laid before you of the prob abie reduction in the freight of imported goude that will eusue op the opening of tbe Bay Verie Canal, but & very rough estimate will piece to the culony s credit, either $5000 or S6U00 per annuw $21000. It must be borne in mind that these calculat-ons are wade while our commer- cial relativns with the United States Gevero- ment are unfortunately of a highly restrictive character: In the watter of reduced distances trom Charlottetown to Boston, and from Char lottetowa to St Jobu’s, N. B, through Bay Verte Caual by Screw 8, 8. or sailing veesel, Charlotte. town to Boston, 610 miles, redneod to 410 wiles; Charlottetown to St Jobn’s, N. B.,600 wiles, re duced to 100 miles

Railway. Shediac to St John, 108 miios. Gross receipts, $158,548, addition 1 9.b for P E- Island Railway 120 w:les, $209.497.