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Vol. XV.

Weekly Journal of Politics

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**This is true Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the P

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday,

, Literature, and Hews.

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August

7, 1865.

ublic, may speak free.”’---Euripides.

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: New Series.---NO. 36,

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2 NY

Dawson's Building, ~~

| AND Kent Streets. | INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. | Rae sha }

+ OD ~4 Clann nan gaidheal,ri guailib a cheile ! NEW GOODS.

Cruirr—His Excellency the Lieutenant Goveruor. Puesips st—Hon. Col. Gray, M. P. P. ; Vier-Presipents — Hon. P. Walker, M. L. C.,

WH. H. WILSON

} AS completed his SPRING IMPOR. | TATIONS, per L. C end Lizzie from LIVERPOOL, and Urania from

! and Jemes Duncan, Esgr, M. P. P

Dinkerors—N. Rankin, Andrew Mitchell, Colin McLennan, M. P. P., Jobn Ross, Adam Murray,

McDonald, Esquires, and Hon. D. Beaton Coragsronvine Secretany—W. G. Sutherland,

Socond Annual Gathoring | |

Corner of Great George and Caledonian Club of [).€.7.,

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Owen and Edin | Neil McKelvie, John Sutherland, M. P. P., Austin |

SENN

LITERATURE \find no rest; the still hot atmosphere kept

’ | up the fever that was coming upon me, and

my slumber was ever broken. I used to ‘envy the old station horse they had left for 'my use, when I heard him nibbling among | the grass in the darkness of the night, and | snorting satisfaction that the sun had passed ithe hazy hills, After a time I began to ‘loath the weary wal« home, and, taking | with me an extra supply of tea and damper,

| SN RNR ARAN R IRIN RAR ARIR AR ARIS AR LR ISIE SERINE N A |

STANZAS, |

BY JOHN C. WHITTIER.

Our fellow-countrymen in chains!

Slaves—in a land of light and law! Slaves—crouching on the very plains

Where rolled the storm of Freedom's war!

A groan from Eutaw’s haunted wood—

A wail where Camden's martyrs fell— By every shrine of patriot blood,

From Moultrie’s wall and Jasper’s well!

LONDON, consiting ef: i Eequire, M. D.

: ° ‘Treascrer—J. W. Morrison, Esqr. ; Grey, White and Striped Cort INS, Recoroing SecretTaRY—Mr. George Rankin. Grey and White SHEETING, Fancy Shirting,

Marshat—William McGill. Esq. Prints, Striped Skirtings, Jean, Osnaburg, Tick-| Staspanp Beantas—Messrs. James McDonald, ings, Hellands, Grass Cloth, Linen, Fancy Flan-

illiam Robertson and George Munro. ] neia, &e. &e.

"1PER AND Messencexr—Donald McFayden. | fac! ; “J° HE second annual Gathering of the above | Ladies Dress Material, ! Club will be held at Charlottetown, on

in Plain and Fancy Poplinetts, Barathear Mo- | Wednesday, 16th August, | hairs, Checked Lustres, French Merinos, Slack |next, when the following Prizes will be offered | Silks, and Printed Muslins. | for competition :-— MUsiC—Proficiency in Highland Pipe Music :— |

Shim wis. in Paisley, Black} Ist Prize, S10 - Od do $38; 3d do, Bo. |

By storied hill and hallowed grot, By mossy wood and marshy glen, Whence rang of old the rifle shot,

And hurrying shout of Marion's men! The groan of breaking hearts is there— ‘The falling lash—the fetter’s clank ! Slaves—sLaves are breathing in that air,

Which old De Kalb and Sumter drank !

What, ho !—our countrymen in chains! The whip on woman’s shrinking flesh ! Our soil yet reddened with the stains, ‘ : “sesh s 2Y scourging, we ‘ Pi ! Indiana, Silk Baraze, Fancy Cashmere, &«. &c.| STONES—Putting the Stone, 24 ibs—Prize 35 ; Caught from her scourging, warm aud fresh x ° Putting the Stone, 14 Jbs—Prize $3. Mantles, E1lowe rs, | iisiiens—tieavy Hammers, 1é Ibe—tst Prize ” 2 » . . 2 Ie Feathers, Ribbons, Fancy Willow, Straw and $3 —- . Light Hammers, 12 lbs—Ist Prize Astetionns to masketdeitven ‘rir a B . , . ’ Hata, | ; 2d do. $2. we ’ oon So +g ed wes, ; . DANCING—Gillie Callum or Sword Dance—$#4 ; And bartered as the brute for gold! eiace Pdatnon "Walle Marlin Coreate. Laces, | snland Fling, 64. Hosiery, Edging». \ arate aces, | LEAPING — on Leap—Ist Prize, $2.50; 2d : arge selection of rhe Jinbroidery. i >.) * e ap—Ist Prize $2.50: 2 ». $2 : sit ee ae - “i ACES © Besekag Woot Tegsee ae 400 Come thrilling to our hearts in vain ? 2 2 e a x i ’ Ste a. < ‘-hoeice select i« vm | yards—Ist Prize $5; 2d do. $2. ° Hurdle Race—Ist of Scotch Tweeds, White Shirts, Scarts, Collars, | Prize $3; 24 do $2. Sack Race—$2.50. Youths Braces, Revolving Ties, &e. &e.; Ready-aade | ander 16 years—!st Prize $2 ow yy: wolaing, and Shees in great variety. TOSSING THE CABER—Prize $2.50. | Ging Sem , For the best Highland Costume, P. E. Island manufacture—Prize $5.

What! mothers from their children riven! What God's own image bought and sold!

Speak ! shall their agony of prayer

To us whose fathers scorn to bear The paltry menace of a chain ;

To us, whose boast is loud and long Of holy Liberty and Light —

Say, shall these writhing slaves of Wrong, Plead vainly for their plundered Right?

Groceries, TEA. warranted good; Sugar, Molasses, Candies, Starch, Rice, Tobacco, Indigo, Pepper, Ginger aud Alispice, &e. &e.

Hardware, Nails, Hoes, Shovels, Ploughmounting, ¢ lass, Weavers’ Reeds, Tea and Table Spoons, Kuives and Forks, &e&. &c.

The above Goods have been wel! selected in some of the best English and Scotch Houses, and will be sold at the lowest possible prices for Cash. Ca'teown, May 29, 1865.

300 PAIRS V EN’S Grained Water-proof BOOTS, i

suitable for Fishermen,

FOR SALE CHEAP at the P. E. Island Boot & Shoe Factory. |

200 Pairs

aes Also. on the same day, the following ues | TNTERNATIONAL PRIZES } will be submitted for competition. Open to four | cowpetitors from the United States, Canada, New j : Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and P. E. | here Manhood, on the field of death, Island, respectively. Competitors for the Tuterna. | Strikes for his freedom, or a grave? tional Prizes to be Seotchmen or descendents of Scotchmen. Heavy Hammer, 2d Prize, $10.00. Heavy Stone, 24 lbs—Ist Prize, $20; 2d do $10. Also & Prize for ARCHERY, distance 40 yards, to be competed for by Ladies from all couutries. A piece of Jewellery valued at $12.

What! shall we send, with lavish breath, Our sympathies across the wave,

Shall prayers go up, and hynums be sung For Greece, the Moslem fetter spurning,

And millions hail with pen and tongue Our light on all her altars burning ?

16 Ibs—Ist Prize, $20.00;

Shall Belgium feel, and gallant France, By Vendome's pile and Schoenbrun's wall, And Poland, gaspiug on her lance,

Competing Pipers are required to forward to Dr. Sutherland the names of Three Marches, Three Reels and Three Strathapeys, one week previous }to the day of the Gathering. | Intending competitors who are not members of | the Club, are requested to enter their names, | either personally or by letter, with the Correspoud } ing Secretary on or before SATURDAY, the L2th | Angust, when tickets of admission will be given.

The impulse of our cheering call ?

h rw isl pro And shall the slave, beneath our eye,

Clank o'r our fields his hateful chain?

And toss his fettered arms on high,

And groan for Freedom's gift, iu vain? Tickets of admission to the grounds, 25 cents each. to be had at the Stores of Dr. apart and W.R. Watson, or any of the Directore. te No admission without a ticket

GEORGE RANKIN, See’y.

Oh, say, shall Prussia’s banner be A refuge for the stricken slave? And shall the Russian serf go free By Baikal’s lake, end Neva’s wave ?

J ane 5. 1865.

To Consumers of Gas.

And shall the wintry-bosomed Dane

Men's Kip Boots, pegwed and sewed, Relax hia iron hand of pride, FOR SALE CHEAP at the ‘Pur Directors of the Charlottetown Gas} And bid his bondmen cast the chain > 2 a. Pintle i Light Company will loan, FREE of CHARGE, | From fettered soul and limb, aside ? 2. E. Island Boot x Shoe Fact ry. la few Patent "Gas ‘ouking Stoves. aan fi | desirous of proving these most desirable and eco Shall every fh i al 100 Pairs ; nomical Gas Ranges are requested to make an early hall every flap of England's flag

Proclaim that all around are free. From ‘farthest Ind That beetles o'er the Western Sea?

application at the Gas orks, as only a limited j number will be disposed of By erder,

WM. MURPHY, Manager. Ch'town, June 19, 1865.

Men's Kip Beots and Shoes (a first rate article),

FOR SALE CHEAP at the P. E. Island Boot & Shoe Factory. 1000 Pairs

Men's Calf Congress Boots,

FOR SALE CHEAP at th: P. E. Island Boot & Shoe Factory.

A Yery Large Assortment

to each blue crag

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rESTIMONIALS.—Reprort or Committee oF | Heres Prornursross, PesursHEep In GUYER'S Progressive Ace, Cuicaco, ILL. — We, the indersigned, present by invitation, yesterday, to witness the operation and working of the new principle of gas used for cooking purposes, were present during 4 series of experiments, in our view fully calling out the utility of these Stoves. As the result of actual experiment the following was

And shall we scoff at Europe's kings,

When Frecdom’s fire is dim with us, And round our country’s altar clings

The damning shade of Slavery’s curse ?

Go—let us ask of Constantine To loose his grasp on Polatd’s throat: And beg the Lord off Mahmoud’s line

of Women’s Cal’. Congress and Balmoral Boots, all | performed :— re rane ps To spare the struggling Suliote— sizes, for sale CHEAP at the Beefstake was cooked in fonr minutes, its Juices Wil! not the scorching answer come and flavor retained ; and, further, the claim of the

inventor abundantly sustained, by this process From Turbaned Turk, acd scornful Russ : tough meat is rendered tender and delicious.

Quail were, in two instances, broiled in five minutes, and that to a turn.

Bread ent fresh from the new loaf was delicately browned in two minutes.

In each case these viands would be pronounced deliciously and thuroughly cooked. Iu the case of the meuta, the exterior surfaces were coagulated s ; and rendered firm; the substance of the whole, Every description ot when cooked, retaining their juices and flavor. Boots, Shoes &c in neither nor any case was there the faintest

; " verceptible flavor or odor of gas in or about the made to order, xt short notice and at lower prices | Stoves, or in the food when cooked. We regard than ut any other establishment iu P. E. Island. | the process as entirely superior and successful.

All that is necessary to prove the above fac: isto | Samcect Hawk. Richmoud House. examine the Stock at the j

P. E. Island Boot & Shoe Factory. |

P. F. Island Boot & Shoe Vactory. |

1000 Pairs

Ladies’ and Misses’ Congress, Siae Lace and Bal mora! Boots, in Kid, Prunella, Grained and Plain

Caif, for sale CHEAP at the

P. E. Island Boot & Shoe Factory.

“Go, loose your fettered slaves at home,

Then turn, @d ask the like of us!”

Just God! and shall we calmly rest,

The Christian's secorn—the heathen’s mirth— Content to live the lingering jest

And by-word of a mocking Earth ? Shall our own glorious land retain

That curse which Europe scorns to bear?

Shall our own brethren drag the chain Which net even Russia's menials wear? Gro. H. Frencu, W. F. Tucker, J. W. Humpuery, Massosoit Honse.

Briggs House. Up, then, in Freedom's manly part, * From gray-beard eld to fiery youth,

And on the nation’s naked heart

SORGE NICC | A.M. Stoppakn, Revere House. a oa 9 Joux Wriout, * Anderson's. Scatter the living coals of Truth! Ch'town, June 12, 1965. 61 ; | The cost of cooking by this method we append Up—while ye slumber, deeper yet

ECELVED by the Spring R Ships from England, and for Sale Cheap—

20 Tons Iron, 12 Bandies Sheet Iron, a Galvanized Do. | 42 Bdis. Steel (in spring, 230 pieces Plough Metals, east, shoe & blister.) 195 Bags Nails and Spikes, 1 cask Chain Traces, leask Files, I * Sad frons, if * Serews, i | 1l “ hook & eye Hinges.

134 Kegs Paints,

nner mee fas made up from careful tests yesterday, accepted but not tried: 124 Ibs bread enoked In Zz minutes, consuming 4 cubic feet of gas, cost 1 cent. 2 Ibs steak broiled in 5 minutes, consuming 3 of a cubic foot of gas, cost of acent. 1 quart water boiled in 9} minutes, consuming | eubic foot of gas, cost dof Leent. 24 breakfast biscuit baked in 12 min utes, consuming 1 foot of gas, cost 24 mills.

The shadow of our fame Is growing ’ Up—while ye pause, our sun may set In blood, around our altars flowing!

Oh! rouse ye, ere the storm comes forth— The gathered wrath of God and man—

2 T = ike that which wasted Eyypt’s earth Bans: Having frequently examined the mode of action Rake that wt ested Bayt , of Suaw’sSreax-Brotcer, I have been led t& the conclusion that the tissues and integuments of tough meat are ruptured and broken through the eflect of hizhlv heated, even red hot steam, of which this gas-flame is highly composed. At the first instant this steam penetrates and scalds the meat, and the subsequent browning retains a por- tion of the water formed, with the juices predpeet. r 4 The gas-flame, as obtained in the devices of Mr

1 cask ¥ el | cask Bolts and Nuts, | Shaw, is the purest flame which art affords; and "5 eo Sassowe, ! — Saws, | there is nothing present, as vapor of gas, which a A Slates, | can give odor to, or any way interfere with the 3380 Gis. Paint Oil, | production of the delicions flavour of broiled meat.

A | ‘This apparatus secures the greatest economy of

1 Bag Curled Hair, | time in cooking steaks; it renders the toughest 1 bole Shoemaker's meut more tender than in any other mode of broil-

Hemp, 4 | 12 dozen Seythes, |

When hail and fire above it ran, Hear ye no warnings in the air?

Fee! ye no earthquake underneath 7? Up—up—why will ye slumber where

The sleeper ouly wakes in death ?

Up now for Freedom !—not in strife Like that our sterner fathers saw—

The awful waste of human life— The glory and the guilt of war:

But break the chain—tbe yoke remove, And smite to earth Oppression’s rod, With those mild arms of Truth and Love, Made mighty through the living God!

1 cask Shot, ' } case Rifle Cartridge,

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Percussion Caps |

; ing it, and, with the simple noting of time, enables 4) coils Cordage, ; I 3 barrels Putty,

the cook to produce with certainty any gradation of effect. Respectfully, A. A. Hatzs, M. D., State Assayer. |

7 Down let the shrine of Moloch sink, 16 Boylston Street, Boston, |

15 Cusks and Cases

General Hardware Goods.

| And leave no traces where it stood ; <eme lant Witsiam M. Lorine. '

Nor longer let its idol drink

His daily enp of human blood. But rear another altar there,

To Truth aid Love and Mercy given, And Freedom's gift, and Freedom's prayer,

Shall call an answer down from Heaven ! ——--— -- ¢ -<B o@-e

RED JIM.

AN AUSTRALIAN STORY.

Five-and-twenty years ag) it was such a

W. F. Suaw.—The Gas Cooking-Range and the Gas Heating-Stoves of your invention, which I have used ihe pest four years, I can ubhesitatingly suv have given me perfect satisfaction ; and I can contidentially recommend them, as 1 have found them, tobe the most ecenomical and convenient cooking and heating apparatus I have ever met | with. i

Inthe Gas Cooking Range, the quality of the

food is most surprisingly improved. The juices of

: f the roasted meat are all retained, so that they do

ar e 0 {not appear to lose eny of the weight. Inthe course of a season, this saving amounts to quite an item in

ithe economy of this mode of cooking, asit is a well

USO, Barrels Washing Suda, Kegs Baking Soda, oxes Soap, Boxee Pipes, Bags Walnuts and fii bverts, Cases Confectionery, and General Groceries.

W. E. DAWSON.

_ Jane Sth, 1865.

| time to give them a taste of bush life before

| made a practice of camping where the sheep | camped; visiting my but only as the vaga- ‘ries of the flock led me to its vicinity ; then I replenished my stock and left with the isheep again. Iam sure I had fever, and | would soon have become delirious, for I had nothing to relieve the frightful monotony— always the same brazen sky, the dead swel- | tering heat, the motionless forest, the strange murmurings of the wilderness, like the faint whisperings of a seashell. Ove night | | was lying tossing aboat in the long grass of a box swamp, not a mile from my hut. I choose the place because the ground was cooler than on the uusheltered plain ; and as | Llooked up the dull starlight, [ thought of | my boyish remembrances, and soon felt that { was weeping what time they surged up dimly and tenderly. How I longed for the bleak sky, the cold bracing wind, and the sleety rain of home! How I longed for the pattering fall of rain on the windows, and the winter-comfort of the bright hearth- |stone. Somehow these longings wove in my | thoughts, and in a partial dream I heard winter songs again, and loud words and laughter.

I awoke with a sudden start to see, not 20 yards from me, three men hobbling their horses and speaking to each other about some bush fire. 1 could hardly persuade myself that I was not still dreaming.

One of the men was soon engaged ia light- ing a fire on a bare patch of ground, and I was about rising to join them and taste of companionship once more, when a column of flame started up suddenly and displayed a lace that caused me to shrink back agaio with a muttering thanksgiving that I was not discovered. The face that the fire re- vealed was known to me at once, though I had never seen it before. The one eye and hair lip of “Red Jim” bad been freely spoken about in every shepherd's hut on the surrounding stations. There was no mis- taking him. ‘The bull-dog forehead, the heavy jaw, and the thick neck, were features (bat in themselves would have sufficiently pointed out the identy of this escaped con- viet. Reealling the man now, as I saw him then I think I never beheld so perfect an impersonation of a bad criminal. It was well known that “+ Red Jim” had escaped from penal servitude, accompanied by three others, but had arrived in this Colony alone. [t was equally well known that be could only have survived the incredible Journey by canvibalism, Red Jim had ruthlessly murdered one or two settlers against whom he entertained a grudge, aud every effort | was being at that time made to capture kim. | There was nothing remarkable in the faces of his companions. They simply showed by words and features all the evidences of ruf- anism usual in men of their class, They had coarse, long limbs and heavy reckless faces, seared into revolting harshness by a long series of crimes. Two of them were armed with guns.

These thoughts and observations passed through my mind in much less time than it takes to write them. 1 was speedily recall- ed from speculation by hearing the word ** Hallelujah” used, * Hallelujah was the sobriquet given to my master because of his strictly adhering to the habit of reading prayers in the family, morniug and evening. Mr. Christmas was a kind, benevolent man, respected by every band on the station, and by moue more than myself. He had been very considerate to me in a late illness, and often sought by many subsequent attentions to cheer the loneliness of my employment. Une of Red Jim’s couipanions, in answer to something Red Jim said,replied with an oath :

‘Yes, we'll see if his psalu-singing will save him now.’

Then the other said:—*There are a couple of women there, and we shall have

morning.’

* Look ye 'ere,’ growled the ruffian, ‘we'll roast Hallelujah first. That's our]ook eut. We'll see if the old prayer patterer has nothing else to do but help to run us down. Give him a taste of fire before the devil gets him.’

I had no fever, no lassitude, now; the prostration of the lust few weeks left me as by magic, and in its stead [ felt a fierce de- lightful energy tinkling along every nerve, Down close amongst the dry,tindering grass, away with suppressed breath, and a wild feeling closing round my heart, I crept from the vicinity of the fire. I pursued my way, on my hands and knees, with a slow deter- mined care that has since surprised me, avoiding every branch or twig that might crackle in my path. IJ hurried on past the | flock without so much as disturbing a sheep Not till a long safe distance intervened ‘did I stand erect, and fresh for the events of | the vight. Whatever they might be, God

in his merey alone knew. } turved and saw the black forms of the |bush-rangers moving about the blaze, and

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known fact that meats lose much of their weight when cooked in the ordinary coal range oven. Respectfully yours,

Wa, M. Loanine.

Packets between Liverpool, Glasgow & Charlottetown. |

} Boston.

Pent D. B. Coox, 111 Lake st., Chicago. }

I regard W. F. Shaw's Patent Gas Smoothing

Iron” as one of the greatest inventions of the age. It is all you elaim for it,—novel, economical, and

exceedingly convemtent.

HE Sabseribers in returning thanks to

the importers of goods for their patronage

t Ships “ THERESA” and “ L. C. OWEN,’ g to vive them notice that they purpose having Vessels on the berth loading for Charlottetown as

summer, here ia Victoria, as it now is in| With a run I started for the hut. Before a ‘the end of February, 1865 ; that is to say,| quarter of ap hour passed, I saw it dimiy ‘the bush grass lay long and dead among the | @gainst the sky, and almost at the same in- moveless trees, or up on level tiresome | stant a irightened snort told me that the plains ; the heated air quivered against the horse was within a few yards of my course. low horison, and danced above the withered | Uttering a hzrried thanksgiviag that I had verdure like the surroundings of a furnace. | found him so providentially near. I unfas-

below .— The much-dreaded “ironing day” is weleomed The Clipper Ship “L. C. OWEN, A 1 at! with pleasure wherever the Gas Iron is used ; and

Lieyd's, coppered und copper fastened, 481 tous ne housekeeper will consent to be without it atter

register, K. Prases, Commander, will sai! from | giving it & trial ae

<P. POOL about Sth SEPTEMBER. i Yours, &c. D. B. Coox.

he Clipper Brig ‘‘ EVADNE,”’ 300 tons, A 1 at | —

Lioyd'’s Koes « McDownaLo, Commander, will sail From Mra. W. W. Everts, Chicago. —

from GLASGOW on or about Sth SEPTEMBER. Tt is with pleasure that I give my testimony to The Sabseribers would a'so inform shippers from | the great value of the Gas Stove you are now ot

Glasgow that they purpose placing thei new | fering to the public. The Stove for ironing |

Barque the ** ELECTRO,” 400 tons reyisier, on }regard asa desideratam long needed in house-

the line between GLASGOW und CHAKL//TTE- | keeping.

TOWN, te follow the “EVADNE” in spring of exh 1 ' a

1866. For farther particulars apply in Liverpool | hours spent at the ironing-table, ina room heate

to Messrs. Wittiam Stewart & Go.. 1 & 2 ‘eat to the ordinary temperature, is all spared by using

The fatigue and exhaustion occasioned by many |

There bad been a long season of drought. | tened the hobbles with quick steady hands | Nothing but dry water-beds, distressed flocks, and lead him to the threshold.

land wandering eattle were to be seen any-| I put on the patched saddle and bridle, | where; sometimes the black heavy masses | and in another five minutes the fine old cob of smoke would roll aloug the distant sky, | was stretching himself to a swift free gallop. and cloud the glaring sun to crimson, Some-| My mind was too full for thought; bat I times in the close night a flush, far and | can remember uttering repeatedly the words, faint, told that the coflagrations which had |* thank God !’

not yet reached us were sweeping many an What a contrast to the still hot monoto- acre of brush or pasture land. That was ajnous days, and the enervated frame!

summer/I shall never forget!’ Day after| What a testimony to the power of emnadid

ford Chambers, South John Street, in Glasyow to | your stove, which heats the irons quickly, and

James Ketso, Jr. Esq, Union Street, or in Char- | leaves a comfortable room.

lottetown te L.C. OWEN, WM. WELSH.’

Much more might be suid in simple justice to t great invention were it necessary.

Ch'town, J 5, 1865, isl 2 . wn, Jane 5, 1865 isl pro rw 2m Yourt respoctfally, Mrs. W. W Everts.

REGULAR TRADER. FLOUR, FLOUR.

THE Celebrated Clipper Bark | INHE subscriber will continue to receive

“UNDINE,” Lawnesce Kiccnan, |

on TUESDAY, the 18th inst.,acd will | FLOUR, which he wil

on the ist day of SEPTEMBER next. Merchants | cireumstances prevent. desirous of having their Goods out by th first | ' : Pall Ship will act wisely by ordering in the “ UNDENE.” Has superior accommodation for | Pomeqgers 4 _Apply im Live | to Mesars. Jos pu Pore & Co., Peattord Oldheiel here to the owner Janes C. POPE. ey

I. C. HALL

Charlottetown, June 26, 1865.

Boat for Sale.

Enquire at the Examiner

Sale. A order, for Sale tuly 24, 1865.

Ch town, July 10th, 1865. e. Sing

This stove is equally successful as a bediler —t scorched hills and plains, the weary irritat-

per Steamships ‘Greyhound’ and ‘Commerce’ | feed they could eat and still less of filthy

SOT UE AOAY the 1th re (port | frome Boston. x fresh eapyee at Sepeeieen Eat | stagnant water in the sole muddy pool oa leave LIVERPOOL again, retorning, |to sit purchasers, every SATURDAY, unless waieh they depended as their last resource

SMALL SALLING BOAT, in perfect |

day the same bright dazzling sky, the|excitement over bodily lassitude? The} horse felt my determination too, and sped along without pause or stumble. It was seven miles to the station, and the black belts of timber rose, and passed, and caine again, as I hurried on for dear life, over erabbed ground and abrupt hillocks. The brave old cob had as little thought of rest | us l had. Ounce, indeed, he paused at a rocky crossing place, but immediately re- sumed the swift pace at which we had started. Have horses intuition or presenti- ment? I don't know; but f have oftened wondered at the loug unurged gallop of

‘ing seuse of prostration. 1 watched the | poor half-maddened sheep weeks upon weeks, ‘with a paintul sense of duty which is pre- ‘gent to me even now. ‘There was little

| Listlessly they coiled iu the shade and list- ‘lessly L watched them, until | began to ex- | perience a fierceirritable longing for rain that ‘hauoted me day and night like a coming’

ania. Some vights | threw myself down

There away beyond the black darkness, I see something that is not a star. It is moving, or is it the pace of the horse? It seems extinguished now. No, there it is again. Hurrah, it is a candle. It is the homestead, calm and peaceful. thank God,

Strange to say, I never felt such a sense of pleasure as I did when I learned that I had found the house so quickly—the most familiar point is uot easily gained in the trackless bush at night. A minute more, and L had dismounted to take down the slip panels of the station fence; another minute, and 1 had galloped up to the front entrance at a pace that dashed the gravel from the trim kept paths.

The door opened, and a gush of light streamed upon the darkness, glinting on the sides of the reeking horse. Mr. Christmas himself—old, but hale and vigorous as many a younger man--peered out into the night with an expression of surprise. In beyond, were the evidences of calm and refinement. A quiet comfort dwelt in the little glimpse I had of the room, that set- tied upou me even then, rough bushman as [ was, with a pleasing sense. I can recall myself, bending below the withers of the panting horse, to peer under the rather low verandah, my dress wet with perspiration from his heavy sides, and my hand pressing the moisture from his shoulder till I heard it fall pattering on the gravel.

Mr. Christmas thought it was the work- ing overseer, for he said ‘Is that you Cur- ran ? and without waiting for a reply, he turned to place the light upon the table, and then stepped out to where [ was,

‘ Well, Curran, what is it? you were at the fire.’

‘It is not Curran, sir, I replied, * but Ned the shepherd. I have come to tell you .

‘Better bave your supper first, Ned. You've had a hard ride, I see. Are the sheep all right ?

‘There is no time for supper. Jim!

I hurriedly told him all I knew. He heard me to the ead without once interrupt- ing, and then, said quickly, ‘ Come in. There is indeed no time to lose.’

I stepped after him across the pleasant room, where there were seated two ladies reading.

‘Ladies,’ said Mr. Christmas, as grace- fully as though I had held the position of a gentleman rather than that of a servant: ‘This is Ned Graham, the shepherd, to whom you remember sending medicine and com- forts during his illness.’ The ladies bowed pleasantly as Mr. Christmas eontinued, ‘He ig now come to return your kindness with interest.’

They looked at me with some surprise ; principally, [ think, because of the empha- tic, distinct way in which the last few words were spoken, After a pause, the master said, ‘Amelia, Emily—I wish to speak to you both for a moment,’

They all three left the room, while I, curious tn such matters, looked ut the open books that were lying on the table. One was Ivanhoc; a second some French work ; and that opposite the old gentleman's chair, a large family Bible.

Iu a few moments I beard Mr. Christ- mas's step as he returned with two double- barreled guns. ‘There was a rigid expres- sion on hig face, very different to what I had ever seen there before; not the slight- est evidence of faltering or fear.

‘Are you cool, and a good shot?’ were the first words he uttered.

‘I am, sir,’ I replied, confidently. the guns loaded, and the ladies safe ?”

‘Tuey are in as safe a position as I can find for them, Ned, and the guns are load- ed with course shot and ball. You had better see if the powder is well up in the uipples. Iam sorry to say that my caps are none of the best. A shot missed, may be death to us, and to those I value more than myself. However, we are in the bands of God.’

‘What plan do you propose, Mr. Christ- mas?’ I asked, earnestly.

‘Take half a glass of brandy and I will tell you.’

He signed to the sideboard, where a) decavter stood. I was about to follow ais suggestion, when he said, ‘Stay! Don’t pass between the light and the window. Go round the table. Kverything must wear the appearance of peace. We cannot tell where they are now, and it would not do to arouse their suspicions.’

In a few minutes the light was extingu- ished, the door was bolted, and we stepped quietly out on the littie parterre in front.

‘ Now,’ said my master, slowly, ‘ there are only our two selves to defeod my home

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another but better defined noise that over-| statistics for 1864. At the same time fires

powered the first. At last 1 detected some- | re distressingly frequent in every part of the thing that might be footfalls of a horse ; sor peru rerun te irase went sometimes it would die away and come alas! but two tnteneations an namation in | again, and each time more clearly than be- the composition of the Russian journals. In fore. And yet I could not feel certain! some cases, it is true, a not very “* yecal ”’ that I was not deceiving myself. LEventu-| peasantry (using the word in the Carlylean ally I heard a mufiled sound, distinct and sense) are suspected of having manifested

defined enough to prodlaim the approach of | their dissatisfaction with the quantit or the a horse, or horses. quality of the land allotted them by com-

I bad scarce time to kuow that [ was uniu- |jured, when Red Jim himself was upon me

Mr. Christmas beard it also, for I diay! saw him move.

My hands felt along the cool barrels, and toyed with the hammers and triggers apxi- ously enough, and [ put the gun to my shoulder against the sky, but failed to see the ‘view.’ Just as I had taken the weapon down again, Mr. Christmas said, in a clear, low whisper, ‘ Be sure you aim low, and don’t be in a hurry.’

As the sound of the horses’ hoofs and of voices mingled, I detected the double click from the opposite gun. I followed the example, and with both guns cocked, we waited the enemy’s nearer approach. Gra- dually, I recognized the outlines of the men against the sky, cloudy as it was; they were approaching in single file, and as they became blacker and better defined, I heard a stifled laugh and an oath. In a short time they were within twenty yards of where we stood, and they pulled up to consult. Although they spoke in whispers, [ beard much that passed, for my sense of hearing had become extremely acute, as that of all shepherds does. It was impossi- ble to distinguish by the tones who the speakers were, but I heard one of them | inquire :

‘ Are you sure the hands ain't above ?”

* Sartain — when Leary soun his yarn about the fire, the cove sent ‘em all away to it.’

* Hallelujah fust. it'll bring ’em back."

‘And no gabbling the molls,’ whispered one of them, authoritatively, and whom I fancied was Ked Jim, ‘till L make the cursed old psalm-singer a back log for the bonfire. Then we'll make love if you choose.’

‘Come on!’ said an impatient voice ; ‘don’t hold a prayer meeting over it.’

They then tied their horses to a fence that ran at right angles to the post »gainst which I stood, and approached the entrance still in single file, I determined to adhere strictly to the orders I had received, and waited for the opposite fire. { knew that my companion would allow the men to ad- vance a little, so that he might not endanger me; and it was with a throbbing heart tbat [ saw the black form of the first bushranger pass between us,

I heard him stumble with an oath over acartrut. hen a line of flame cut its ab- rupt short track on the darkness, and the sound had not passed to echoes before a shrill ery followed it, as the villian staggered oua few paces and fell, plowing up the dust. The light of the discharge had just died out, wheu [ heard another snap, as a sportsman shoot when firing righ: aud left, I knew that the master’s gun was now useless.

‘Come on, Nix! It’s the cove himself. [ saw him by the light of the shot; his string is gone now.’ And one of the men rushed to where my master siood, followed

If you fire the box,

mitting arson in the genuine Moujtk style ; but the majority of the cases are chargeable on the gin and its stupifying effects on the dwellers in the wooden huts. To judge from the cases reported day after day, the exact statistics, when published a year hence, will exbibit a most melancholy picture indeed, and, it may be foreseen even now, exceed anything of the kind ever witnessed in Ressia—and that is saying a great deal.

occurred in European Russia (4 term in which the capitals of Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as the two separate dependencies of Poland and Finland are not included) no ‘ess than 546 fires in towns, and 4,005 fires in villages within the four months from May to August. The damage in the towns was estimated at 3,812,507 roubles, in the villages at 9,262,216 roubles. Larges these figures are, they mast be small in com- parison with the damage of the current year. Unce upon the subject of statistics, I will communicate a few more particulars of a special kind, illustrative of the state of the country and the degree of civilization it has attained. Within the same period, and in the provinces specified, 382 persons were burnt te death, 260 murders and 542 suicides were reported to the authorities, 137 people were killed in affrays, 408 were killed by horses or by carts and trees falling upon them and crushing them to death, 421 by lightning, 107 died in consequences of injuries received from fire or were suffocated by gas inbaled from stoves, 478 succumbed to deii- rium tremens, 2,316 were cases of sudden death not coming under any of the above categories, 1,322 human corpses were found in fields and thoroughfares, of which 144 bore the marks of a violent death. In strange contrast to these terrible figures, no wore than 131 robberies are recorded.—Cor respondent of the Times.