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iren, were found lying im one bed, the rest in another. | Mie mother and children had their heads nearly severed from their bodies. The father’s throat was cut. It ap-| years to have been a matter of agreement between hus-| hand and wife. The following paper was found in an adioiming room signed with the initials of the father:

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tary soldier, concentrated in a strong representative Donald Campbell might prove scrupulously correct; by: unity of government, will make the French Republic the|remembering the source whence such a declaration has glorious sister of the American Republic ; and it may be proceeded, he could not help regarding it with some said of the French people and of the American people|degree of suspicion and mistrust. It was rather amus-

—that they are the Republics of the two worlds. As|ing to notice the coolness and self-sufficiency wit),

to the sentiments, which the French people thankfully which some members on the other side of the House and ardently cherish for the people and Government of| proclaimed their unwavering and constant concurrence

“inding no relief from trouble in this life, we choose|the United States, I can give them utterance, Citizen

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in the principle involved in the resolution under dis-

a . ? “ , . 4 . , draw the curtain of mortality and sink back where no) Minister, ina few words: Every Frenchman has for|cussion. “T'hey were always in favour of an increase to

ravaller returns. ithe Americans the heart of Lafayette!” dur request is to be entombed in stone. I wish for; ‘i a =

you to leave my beads on my neck. | rs le EON os a

~ { have concluded to dy with the children as wee have eS LBEISEALTRE.

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death—our living distrois the life and anemation of our| House of Assembiy.

bodies. I want our clothing burnt or laid with us and every ones goods taken home, and our bodies deposited | —

in the toom. THE APPROPRIATION TO THE LIEUTEN- = ies 'T GOVERNOR. A more horrible murder we have never before record- ANT GOVE . {Continued.)

Mr. WHetan commenced to address the Commit- tee by observing, that he felt bound to oppose the ch act ys om le .,| resolution submitted by the member for Charlottetown

Nothing easier. You must help yourself first, and if| (Mr, Palmer), and he would be content to state the rea- ‘here is anything left, your brothers. The best bonds) sons which induced his opposition. He opposed the of brotherhocd are Treasury Bonds, So collect a8 many | resolution then, first, because the Colony is not now in a as youcan. Self-preservation is the first law of Nature,| .ondition to add £500 to the Salary of the Lieutenant which means that you must take the best care of your-|Governor: it is suffering, as every hon. member well self. If Smith has £30,000, you as his brother are) jnows, from the consequences of a very bad harvest last clearly entitled to halfof it. Communism means share) summer—its revenue is small, and is likely to be much and share alike ; so, if Rothschild has a thousand railway | smajier before the next meeting of the Legislature; and shares, you are fairly entitled to five hundred of them. |), prospect is presented to us which promises the dimi-

'HE NOBLE ART OF FRATERNISING.

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For perfect happiness society should have but one nution of its increasing debt. Secondly, because Her

opinion, and of course that opinion should be your own. Majesty’s Government in England has not called the

What right has anybody else to force his opinion on attention of the House to the subject; and the present

you? Freedom of speech, when translated, means pet-| Assembly is not bound by the recommendation of a sons have a liberty to think as you think. If every one|former Colonial Secretary addressed through Her Ma- was to have a seperate view and interest, and to think iostys Representative to a former Assembly: and for himself, what would become of the noble principle thirdly, hecause the Lieutenant Govermor has made no of Equality? Yon are bound to relieve all workmen, application for an increase of Salary—has publicly ex- and if they are English or foreign, their claims are all pressed no opinion on the subject—and may, for aught the stronger, so do your best to relieve them of their! we know, be independent enough to disregard it. The ‘ools and wages; and if the wretches murmur, tell them! member for Charlottetown, had made, in his usual elo- ‘o feave the country instantly, for they are not worthy to quent and felicitous style, a long speech in favour of the participate in the blessings of Fraternity. If they are resolution—in favour of the proposition to add £500 ».ot convinced, mind force is better than persuasion; on€!+4 the burthens of this daily declining Colony; but »iyonet is sharper than a thousand arguments. it appeared to him (Mr. W.) thatthe member for Char-

Chere must be a master-mind in all things. Prove |jottetown laboured against his own conviction—that

‘his, especially at elections, where the candidates should je felt he had a bad case in his hands; but asa lawyer

be your choice and not the electors. Communism is all) he was bound to employ every faculty of his mind ‘for

very well, but like writing, it is liable to fewer errors, the benefit of his clients, who were, not Representatives when guided by dictation. Think of your country, of) o¢ Majesty in this Colony, but the intriguing Officials or course— dont forget the sacred claims of your brothers ;|

; : Black Watch; who expected, no doubt, by promoting ae i ahs aaa ee to oe PA ahr ch ameve as this to win os confidence and good will self first. rainy day may com t Governor. Th b C ; you do not provide against it; for there was never a bro- om le fataak tanae a salad arate ai chor yet, that would fend another his eee p, |{#vour of the increase ; but what did it amount to? He Ledru-Rollin.—Punch. | fy. W.) was unable to answer the question; and he pects doubted if any hon. member could answer it satisfacto- BEAUTIFUL REPLY. ‘rily. He (Mr. Palmer) had told us that now was the

1¢} . ~ ’ is Inthe 26th of April the American Minister, Mr.) to vote or £500! Why oon Will — year Rush, formally presented the recognition by the United | ?™™8 - ee ers more money then we rye oar how Sa ts et. See oii Tchad ae ab beet ea tetae chee ama 2 , — - -_ ie possesses so much interest, that we quote public ofitien? Have we no public debt to liquidate? ~ Citizen Minister--The Provisional Government han ee tone tr; ets i. ae » wars gt member, “ is ciarged me to represent it at this moment, to receive! sas ho: sara — 5 aati alary “an 010 18 ‘ror your hands the first act of official recognition of" (mes When eutions are crowding our table, which ‘ne French Republic. France was the first to recog-|PfOc!aim that poverty is everywhere through the land— nise the independence of the American Republic, then| driving some wa eka toe graves and many to foreign soung, weak and still contested, but which under the|/#2ds—Petitions on the one side, praying for relief, that iritful influence of the democratic principle was destin. | hundreds of our — may be enabled to live—a ‘din halfa century to increase to the proportions of| tT ution, on the other side, voting 500/. to increase early a whole continent. By the retributive justice of "© luxuries on the table of a public functionary. Vow Providence, it has belonged to the American Republic to|!§ the time, when ad little trade anc commerce are in he the first to recognise the new French Republic, and/2 St@te of paralysis! Nou is the time, when the prose- «9 fo affix its signature to the certificate of the birth of/C¥tion of the Fisheries—the only resource we have left ie French democracy in Kurope. ‘That signature wil] ‘worth turning to advantage ought to be sumulated and bring good fortune to the Republic. | promoted to the greatest possible extent. _ A few nights Notwithstanding the agitations and embarassments S!9¢¢, When he (Mr. W.) asked for a small bounty on the \ separable from such a crisis—from the downfall of the ©*Portation of Cod Fish, he was told that there were so ‘-overnment and the creation of institutions of quite a|™4PY demands upon the public purse, such an appropria- |: ferent character—from so great a displacement of men ton was poe gata Rb a cenar and yet 500/. can aad things—say to your fellow citizens that everything, ¥€ set apart for the Lieutenant Governor, unasked and y.ves us the assurance that their good wishes for France; ae unneeded. We are told that so far from His will be accomplished, and that the Republic will issue| Pxcellency having expressed any opinion on this sub- sirong and great from our feeble hands, to pass still|JeCt e did not even know that it was to be introduced stronger and greater into the hands of the whole nation, | 70° i an vey —e conclude that he What was, 55 years back, only the idea of the superior| ®°°S He at seep But, say the Speaker and the inen of the nation, has passed into the ideas and habits | member nd Charlottetown (Mr. Palmer), it is necessary o* the whole people, without exception. The Republic | m8 e this eae 60 as to secure to the Colony wich they wish for is that which you have yourselves)? “°° aa . aCe mind; and yet these gentle- ‘minded—a progressive Republic, but conservative of” men pro ny to believe that the contemplated appropria- the ideas of property, nikitufactories, commerce, probity, Ho” would not influence the mind of His Excellency one liberty, and the moral and religious feeling of the citi-|V8Y °F the other: then His Excellency 18, of course, waa 5 = Independent enough without it. The member for Char. ‘isa Republic of which the first cry was a cry of lottetown—who seems to be ambitious of gaining for renerosity, of fraternity—which shattered to pieces the himself the title of conscience-keeper to the Governor nrm of vengeance and political reaction—which proclaim-| declares that His Excellency not only holds himself ed peace—and which, in place of inscribing on its ban-| oof rom both parties oF all parties in this Colony ; but ner the fatal words of expatriation and proscription, has| : what is better, as the hon. geatleman wisely observed, inscribed there the abolition of the pain of death and 2° intends 2 keep himself so, and to be wholly unin- che fraternity of nations. These principles adopted as we! uenced in the administration of his Government by hope they will be, by the National Assembly, strength-|*PY ‘ocal political feeling or partizanship. He (Mr.W.) ened by the invincible public force, of which every citi-| ioped the member for Charlottetown enjoyed the true

the Salary of the Lieutenant Governor.” Why was jt not brought then, before the Legislature in Sir He

Huntley’s time? Those who now advocate it had a majority in the Assembly then—they could have Carried the principle into practice without any difficulty; ang Sir Henry Huntley, as the Representative of our Queen was certainly not less entitled to it than is Sir Donaja Campbell. But when the present advocates of the mea. sure quarrelled with Sir Henry Huntley, he (Mr. W.) presumed they no longer regarded the principle to be admissable—(at least during Sir Henry’s time)—for, on this very ground, they laboured to excite the country against Sir Henry—denouncing him ‘43 an avaricious man, and assigning as the cause of his dissension with the Family Compact their refusal to grant him 500, a year. It had been strongly urged by some members on the other side, that the Salary of the Lieutenant Goyer. nor of this Island is not at all in proportion to the Sala- ries allowed to Governors in the neighbouring Provinces, He did not hesitate to admit that the Salary of our Go- vernor was small in comparion to those alluded to; but were gentlemen prepared to - that those Salaries were what they ought to be—that they were not too large ? It was well known that in England the scale of salaries to public officers was most extravagantly high—that no country in the world, perhaps, paid its servants so liber- ally as England; and it appeared to him (Mr. W.) that the Colonies had not failed to follow th ple of the Mother Country in this respect, and oftén showered the public money, without any regard to economy, into the pockets of public officers, not because the duties of their stations have been considered #teat and onerous, but because they might be enabled to maintain what is termed “ the dignity of their offices.” But it should be borne in mind by those gentlemen who insist on the dis- proportion of the Salary of the Governor of this Island to the Salaries allowed to the Governors of the neigh- bouring Colonies, that the allowance made for the administration of the Government of this Colony is fully equal to its extent—population—resources and revenue. Though Nova Scotia and New Brunswick pay three times as much to their Governors, their Revenue is five times as large, being considerably over £100,000, for each Province; and the population of each, four times as large, being some hundreds more than 200,000 and 208,000 each: besides, those Provinces have no lease- hold tenure to repress their energies; they have a rapidly increasing Commerce—extensive manufactories --and great mineral wealth. It should be likewise borne in mind, that the expenses of a Governor's esta- blishment in this Colony is insignificantly small when compared with those of the other Provinces. No army —no navy—no bevy of distinguished visitors—surround- €d by a small coterie of officials and their friends, the hospitality of Government House cannot be so very burthensome to its occupant. The Speaker, in urging the necessity of passing the resolution, has told us, that with his Salary of 1000/. sterling, the late Governor (Sir H. V. Huntley) was compelled to live in a “beggarly manner.” If such was the fact, was the assertion thus made, creditable to the justice or the gratitude of the Speaker? In the last Parliament he surely had the power of rescuing the Governor from a position so degrading as that upon which he has bestowed tie epithet of “beggarly.” A truculent majority was not Wanted to carry any vote—howsoever fiagrant—howse- ever obnoxious to the “50,000 freemen.” “ Beggarly” as may have been the style of living at Government House, it was assuredly not despised by the Speaker, if we may form an opinion from the regularity of his visits to that Establishment, ere its precincts were invaded by those who are now denominated “Snatchers.” No man could have had better opportunities for judging of the style of living at Government House than the Speaker —he could estimate its resources from the kitchen to the garret—from the larder to the cellar, and if actuated by no sympathetic feelings—no motives of justice.—is it not to be presumed that in gratitude for favours re- ceived—hospitality enjoyed—he, at least, should have been foremost to augment His Excellency’s exchequer, by putting his hands into the pockets of the people. He (Mr. W.) thought the time chosen for proclaiming the poverty of the late Governor, was very inauspicious, for we were never informed of the fact whilst the Speaker enjoyed the festivities of Government House : and when he ceased to participate in them, he ceased also to be a judge of His Excejlency’s mode of living One hor. member had pertinently observed that the present Go- vernor was perfectly aware when he applied for the appointment, of the amount of Salary he, in commoa with his predecessoss, should receive; and we must presume that he was fully satisfied with it. The House of Assembly never pledged themselves to any increase: on the contrary, when such a measure was recommend: ed by the Imperial Government, it was vigorously— almost unanimously opposed. It had been hinted that the addition had been promised by the ex-Delegates: but these worthy gentlemen repudiate the ‘soft im-

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peachment.’ Then why introduce the question? He