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MOON'S CHANGES. Fall Moon, Ist Gay, 7h. 18m., p. m., 8. W. Last Quarter, 8th day, lh. 4m. p. m., W. New Moon, 15th day, 8h. 35m., p. m., N. W. below horizon. First Quarter, 24th day, 12h. l4m., a. m.,W., beiow horizon.

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Buckwheat Flour, per ib 0.03 to 0.34 F.our, per bbl 5.50 to 7.00 Flour, per 100 Ibs 3.00 to 3.25 Oatmeal, per 100 lbs 2.75 to 3.00 FISH. Codfish per qtl 3.50 to 5.00 Herring per bbl 4.87 to 6.49 Mackerel per doz. 0.48 to 0.72 BOARDS. tlemlock, 100 feet. 0.81 to 0.94 Pine do 1.62 to 2.40 Spruce do 0.97 to 1.30 Shingles, per M. 1.50 to 1.75 POULTRY.

$0.35 to 0.60 0.25 to 0.30 0.25 to 0.35 0.20 to 0.25 6 80 to 1.00 6.40 to 0.55

Chickens, per pair Ducks, (each) Fowls, (each) Partridges, (each) ‘Turkeys, (each) ueese (each)

MEAT.

Beer, («mall pieces) per Ib ef, per Ib (by the quarter)

lam, per lb

amb, per quarter

5b, per ib

Mutton, per Ib

$0.06 to 0.12 00.4 to 0.09 0.10 te 0.12 0.44 to 0.09 0.06 to 0.10

0.05 to 099

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» per Ib 0.12 to 0.46 Oats. der bushe! 0.40 to 0.42 pelsioes, per bushel 0.19 to 0.22 Sher pettley, per Ib 0.03 to 0.04 Sune Bekins 0.40 to 0.50 ry W. Der ton 2.50 to 2. fay Y Seed, per bash, 0.00 to 0.

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Nova Scotia.

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N and after MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, a Special Steamboat Mail Train will run as follows :—

GOING WEST,

GOING EAST.

{ a. | P.M, Charlottetown (dp6.00Summerside dp. 6.46 Royalty Junction) 6.17 Kensington 7.16 Huater River 7.09County Line | 7.46 County Line | 746 Hunter River ; 8.25 Kensington 8.17/Royalty J’act. 9.17 Summerside ‘ar-8.50 Ch’towao jar. 9.35

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Oct. 28, 1876. Annual Meeting.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1976.

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| KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

Ke ep it before the people,

That the Mackenziz-Caucnon Govs | ernment tried to disfranchise the young | men of this Island.

Keep it before the people,

That they took a seat in the Cabinet from this Island and gave it to Ontario.

Keep it before the people,

That, giving the Hon. David Laird a Governership to iaduce him to betray hls constituency, was av act of corruption,

That they put 25 cents duty on every

4 cents on every pound of tea he drinks. | Keep it before the people, That they put 17} per cent. on all im-

ported goods.

Keep it before the peaple,

That they gave a Cabinet seat to Cauchon, whose crime is rank and smells to Heaven.

Keep it before the people,

That if they disapprove of these acts they should vote for Pope.

Keep it before the people,

That if they approve of them, the way to express their approval is to vote for Welsh.

Keep it before the people,

That we should send our ablest men to represent us in the Dominion.

Keep it before the people,

That the ablest man we have at present is J. C. Pope.

Keep it before the people,

That he obtained $25,000 a year better terms for the Island.

Keep it before the people,

That Mr. Welsh did all he could to prevent him from getting better terms for the Island.

Keep it before the people,

That Pope should be elected to repre- sent us in Ottawa,

Keep it before the people,

Tiat Mr. Welsh should be elected to stay at home—or as near as possible to his own dearly beloved Lot 49.

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THE SHIP AND THE CREW.

Keep it before the people, |

pound of tobacco the poor man uses, 15 | cents on every gallon of oil he burns, and | the agricultural capabilities of the country, | ¥ the conclusion of the agreement. It is | the extraordinary facilities for navigation

) which it is politically united ?

SEL DL NIE LER

| CANADA AND BRITISH COLUMALA. (vom the Saturday Review.)

Lord Dufferin has done all that he could do to persuade British Columbia that it has not been quite so badly treated as it thinks, and that, however badly it may

bave been treated, it has no choice but to

vernment is willing to throw to it. Where uo One would havesuccesiled. His speech at Victoria was as conciliatory and soothing asaspeech could be. He said all that a

when he is unable to offer it any substans tial redress. The pastoral resources and

‘| afforded by its coast line, its inexhaustible | Should take this course because he seems | forests, its vast mineral wea!th, were all | 20t to be quite free from the suspicion of touched on with si gular felicity of express | sion,

And then, afterall these adyanta- ges had been enumerated, he Wisely anti. cipated the question, of what use are these resources to British Columbia so long as the Province is cut off by a irackless waste from the rest of the Federation with Having thus taken the bull by the horns, Lord Duiferin did not attempt to make out that the horns were not unpleasantly sharp. He | avoided the blunder, into which a less skilful diplomatist might have fallen, of trying to show that the injury inflicted on British Columbia by Canada was no such great injuryafter all. He answered his own question with perfect frankness. These resources can be of very little use so long as the railway upon the construction of which British Columbia counted when it entered into Confederation remains un. completed.

When you have disposed one of the parties to a quarrel to listen to you by ad- mitting that he has a right on his side, the next step is to persuade him that the other side is not quite so much in the wrong as he has been accustomed to think. If Lord Dufferin was less happy in this part of his speech, his ill-success must be put down to the impracticable nature of the subject. It istimpossible to see the shadow of justi-~ fication, it is diflicult to see even the shadow of an excuse, for the conduct of the Canadian Government in this business. British Columbia joined the Dominion on the definite engagement of the Dominion Government to construct a railway across

For some reason to themselves only known, the Ministerial journals throughout | the country are urging the Premier to cast | overboard that old man of the sea, M. Caur | chon. One says he is ‘ growing oldish,’ | although he will be only three score next month; another thinks he is ‘ not exactly the man {dr the place,’ albeit he is as much qualified for it now as be was when he was chose President «f tha Council in 1875 ; and a third hopes that he wili soon be ‘ elevat~ ed to the moon,’ because he is a heavy load to carry, although he is no heavier [perhaps the Party is weaker} than he was a year ago. What has this man done that he should be thus made a scapegoat? In I873, ’tis true, he spent $13,000 wrung from the meat and drink and clothing of the inmates of an asylum in putting down bribery and corruption. But that is not much worse than putting down bribery and corruption with money obtained from bank presidents on & promise to let them have free use of the Government surplus funds, in other words to cheat the country out of the inters est on their behalf, It is not much woree than bringing shame and disgrace on Cana- dian credit by palming bottomless pits of | copper on the British public or chiselling them by means of an oil ring and _ pocket- ing the proceeds of the job. M. Cauchon, witb all his ‘smelling to heaven,’ has not | made use of his opportunities as a Minister to foster and promote nepotism or to feed hungry brethern with excessive patronage. Give the old man a chance, Let him continue to share in the work of ‘ elevating the standard of public morality’ on which his colleagues say they are bent, for he smells no stronger than many of them. Let him remain in the Cabinet, at all events, until the next general election, that he may | have the satisfaction of going down with the rest of the crew. This anxiety to throw overboard unplea- sant mariners is not a sign of confidence in those who are riding the storm. If M. Cau, chon be made a victim, Mr. Huntington may look out for the next squall; and Mr. Pardee may make up his mind that his mess in the Ontario tender will soon be minus an A. B, Nay, if matters come to the worst, and by the locker of Davy Jones, the po. litical barometer is getting very low, the firstclass supercargo Big Push may be sac~ rified, and with him Mr. McKenzie and ail his Brown messmates. The signs are indeed that Mr. Blake is anxious to ride the ship ‘ Reform’ of the Big Push crew, to man her with men of his own choice, and run her as an independent craft, steering by his Aurora lights. The ‘ Liberal ’ as distinguished from the ‘ Re-~ form’ passengers are looking forward joy- fully to this new departure, but it would be better to sail under the old flag even with Big Push as commander and a corrupt and helpless but loyal crew, than to tempt the waves under Blake and Mills, with Goldwin Smith at the wheel. But it would be better_still to install once more the old captain who, in spite of the mistakes and fralities common to all seafaring’men, sailed the ship loyally, and sailed her prosperous~ ly for many a long year, and through all weathers. It will do this, we must do it soon, fora tempestuous wind called Hard Times is blowing from every quarter, and the vessel, classed Al in 1876, cannot bear p much longer against the storm withouut and the incapacity within.—Toronto Mail. ial nctibciinn

A story is current that the next Lieutens ant Governor of Quebec will be Hon. Joseph Cauchon.

In the vicinity of Boston, last night, William Flemming and Robert Perchard, members of a torchlight procession, were fatally shot while trying to break into a bar~ room for liquor.

New Yorn, Nov. 7, p.m.—There is a very general suspension of business on account of the election, lt rained heavily this forenoon, but cleared at noon, Rain fell all day in most of the New England States.

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the Continent. As this bargain has been repudiated by the successors of the Min. istry which entered into it, and as British Columbia has consented to accept a subs

| stitute, there would be no need to recall

this part of the story if it were not to »how how especially careful it behoved the Can-~ adian Government to be not to incur a second charge of breach of faith. Unfor- tunately the Canadian Government has not taken this view of its duty. Mr. Macken- zie, the Minister who had repudiated the original undertaking, did indeed introduce

a bill to give effect to the substituted un~ dertaking, and carried it through the Can-

adian ‘House of Commons, But the bill had to pass the Council as well as the House of Commons, and in this second stage Mr. McKenzie was beaten. The Council rejected the latter arrangement as coolly as the Ministry had rejected the earlier one, and Lord Dufferin had to per- suade his hearers that the Canadian Goy- ernment was not to blame for this second shipwreck. He tried to do this by arguing that the Ministry, who were the real parties to the bargain, had virtually fulfilled it by introducing a bill to give eftect to it, and that the fact that this bill had been thrown out by one branch of the Legislature did not effect the action of the Ministry. The obvious answer is that British Columbia

| knows nothing of Mr. McKenzie or of the

Canadian Council. Its dealings are with the Canadian Government, and it is the business of the Canadian Government to take care that its engagements are not dis~ owned by those whose consent is necessary to their fulfilment. Mr. Mackenzie has not even taken the means which are at the disposal of aCanadian Prime Minister to in» duce the Council to pass the bill. He has not dissolved Parliament and appealed to the electors t)» show by their votes that do not wish to wriggie out of the coms promise which their Ministers have accept- ed on their behalf. Lord Dufferin excuses Mr. McKenzie for not taking this straight-" forward course by the plea that its adop- tion would not have altered the position of affairs. ‘ Canada at flarge’ he says, ‘whether rightly or wrongly, has unmis- takably shown its approval of the vote of the Senate.’’ But ‘‘ Canada at large’ can- not be held to have had the question properly placed before it. It is one thing to approve of the rejection of a bill which would involve a considerable public expen- diture, when no inconvenience threatens to follow upon its rejection, and it is another thing to approve of the rejection of a bill when this rejection involves the resignation of the Minister whe is responsible for the bill, and when it on other points must be supposed to be popular with the electors. lt is true that Lord Dufferin says that Mr. Mackenzie's resignation would be so incon~ venient to the public that he shonid have great difficulty inacceptingit. But, if Mr. Mackenzie insisted on making his continus ance in office depend on the ratification by the electors of the undertaking with British Columbia, Lord Dufferin would be forced “to yield; and it may be doubted whether any consideration of public con- venience can be of sufficient importance to outweigh the need of maintaining a high standard of Ministerial honour. Mr. Macs kenzie had pledged himseif to carry out the Carnarvon compromise, and it ig hard tosee how he can retain power witg any dignity now that he is unable to perform what he has promised. If the country really values his services, it will not grudge the price at which those services are to be had; and no Minister can be blamed for making it a condition of giving his services, that he shall not be shown to world as a breaker of pledges.

Both on public and private grounds, therefore, Mr. Mackenzie’s conduct seems to be indefensible. It is at least possible that, if he were to tell the electors that he could not remain at the head of affairs unless they showed sufficient confidence in him to ratify the bargain he had made in their behalf, the electors would recall that unmistakable approval of the vote of the Council which, according to Lord Dufferin, they have shown. So long as the Prime Minister sits quiet under this unmistakable approval of a policy which is not his policy,

accept the crumbs which the Canadian Gos |

Lord Dufferin fails it is safe to assume that | i

Governor General of a Confederation ought } to say in addressing an illsused Province |

ready been despatched to determine the

_ the electors cannot be expected to see the question in its true light. If trey found that they could not both break faith with

| British Columbia and have Mr. Mackenzie

| for their Minister, they might have their eyes in come degree opened to the mean- ness of the part which Canada is now play-

‘ng. On the other hand, supposing that

| they showed themselves so indifierent to

the benefit of retaining Mr. Mackenzie as | Minister as not to choose to ratify the bargain he has made for them, it is plainly

better, for the credit alike of Mr. Macken- | zie and the Canadian Government, that the repudiation of the agreement with British | Columbia should be carried out by another |

Minister than the one who is responsible

the more important that the Prime Minister

having welcomed the rejection of his own | bill. He had originally opposed the project

| of a railway across the continent; and,

though he assented to the to the compro-

mise by which Canada undertook to make

a railroad across part of the continent, | instead of across the whole of it, he may be | supposed to have only accepted it as the | least of two evils, Still, having accepted | it, he is as much bound to do all in his | power to carry it out as though he had | been an eager supporter of it in the first | instance. As yet Mr. Mackenzie has cer. | tainly not taken the obvions means of pros | ving that he is really in earnest. Supposing that Canada continues to repu~ | siate her engagement, and that British | Columbia continues to refuse what is alleged to be the whole inadequate compensation | of $250,000, there Is nothing to prevent | British Columbia from seceding from the Canadian Federation. Of course the con- sent of the Crown must first be had; but it is difficult to see how the Crown could refuse its consent to a petition of this kind, If British Columbia does not choose to remain united with Canada, there is no means of compelling her to remain united with Canada, It would be a matter of great regret if sho should insist on breaking up the the Dominion ; but it is impossible to deny that the blame of the disruption would rest on the head of Canada, It is possible that the Canadians may show more regard for the maintenance of the Federa- tion than they have shown for the mainten. ance of their own character for good faith:

ed < for ANOTHER.DYNAMITE FIEND, ATTEMPT TO WRECK A RAILWAY TRAIN,

On Friday, 27th ult., a trank exploded in the baggage car of a Philadelphia train. Some fiend, it is evident, prepared this trunk so that the explosion wonld take place at a certain time, and an opportunity be thus afforded of plundering the train, in which there was a large number of pas- sengers. The infernal machine was com- posed of the halfof a small clock, about 6x3 inches, anda small pistol. The lower part of the clock had been sawed oft and the minute hand taken from the face on the top of the clock. The pistol, loaded with a cartridge and powder, was fastened to the woodwork bya screw. A small piece of wood about an inch and a half long and a quarter of an inch in width, had been loosely screwed on the top of the clock so that the end reached over the figure 12 on the face of the dial, while the other end of the wood was placed against the trigger of the pistol. When the hour hand had reached 12 o'clock it would push back the wood, and the cap would ba pres~ sed upon the cartridge.§ ffhis was placed

in a pasteboard box about 1255 inches, covered up and plsced in an ordinary Sara- toga trunk, which was filled with straw, | shavings, bottles of glycerine or dynamite. Fortunately the trunk containing the ins fernal machine was almost the last to be thrown into the baggage car, and was placed in the top tier of trunks.

A MAN WHO HAD BEEN To THE CENTENNIAL, — A bashful appearing man stepped into the Enquirer editorial room, the other evening, and edged up to the table of the managing editor, hat in hand, said in a hesitating way: * You like little items for your paper, I sup- pose?’ ‘Certainly,j*replied Mr. Cockerill, ‘a newspaper, like life, is made up of little items. What have you to offer!’ ‘Well’, said the bashful man, pleying with his hat- band, ‘my name is Smith, John Smfth, and I’ve just got home, ‘Glad to see you back again, Mr. Smith, with tremor of pride in his voice, ‘to the centennial, and if you want to make a little notice——’ ‘ What, cried Cockerilll, springing to his feet, ‘you’ve been to the Centennial? And you’ve got back? Give us your hand; I’m delighted to see you. Spear, let me in- troduce you to John Smith. John has been to the Centennial!’ Spear shook hands very warmly with Mr. Smith, and then ran to the aperture communicating with the reporter's room and shouted, ‘O’Shaughnessey come in here quick, here’s a man that’s been to the Centennial.’ O’Shaughnessep bounced in, followed by his assistants, all of whom embraced the bewildered Smith warmly, and expressed the gratification it afforded them to meet a man who had been to the great national Exhibition. Word got down stairs, some- how, Joe and McDowell, Bill Small and Uncle Joe Shadenge came up stairs at a tearing rate, to gaze upon the individual who had been to the exbibition, It was too much for the modest man to hear, and murmuring something about making an item of his return if they wanted to, he | hurried out just in time to meet on the stairs the foreman and thirty two comes positors, all eager to get a glimpse of the man who had ‘been to the Centennial.’ Cin. Saturday Night.

The election for the members of the Italian Chamber of Deputies took place lest week, resulting in fayour of the Pro- gressists.

Another issue of pardon to Communists was made yesterday, the difficulty over the Gatineau Bill having been in a measure obviated by a compromise.

Prospects in the East continue more favorable, and a conference will be held at Constantinople. Commissioners have al-

line of demarcation.

Mr. Davm Rogers resigned as Town Warden, for the Town of Summerside a few days ago, and the election to fill the seat made vacant by him,came off on Mon-~ day last, Mr. Thomas Brehaut was elected by alarge majority over his opponent, C. B, Saunders, Esq.— Patriot.

| and corruption, &c,

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LONDON, Nov, 7.—DPhe Vienna correspons dent of the S'avdard says that the Porte, yielding to the demands of Russia, bas agreed to relinquish the positions captured since October 3!st. Hence the evacuation ot Deligrade.

The Yost’s leader announces that Engs land has proposed a conference at Constans tinopie. ‘the conference is summoned on the basis of the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire. The programme

| will be identical with Lord Derby’s peace

proposals. The Powers participating will

| be required to pledge themselves to re~ | nounce se!

| dizement.

fish objects of territorial aggran,

A despatch from Belgrade says ‘the Ser-

| Vian army can hardly be said to exist. It is utterly disorganized.

to. : . he roads are covered with snew and

| soldiers are dying like rotten sheep,

Phe Vienna corresponent of the Zines rays Russia is prepared for all eventualities, The Russian officials who hitherto have

been anxious to deny all military prepar-

ations now maintain that the whole army is on a war footing. This sudden frankness may possibly be by command.

Another 7,0.})-ton British war vessel was launched on Saturday at Glasgow.

New York, Nov. 7.—The cash receipts at the Centennial Exhibition to date amounted to $3,353,703,

It is said that James Gordon Bennet bet $25,000 with Augustus Belmont on

Hayes’s election,

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IN MEMORIAM.

How many of the Old Guards which put down bribery and corruption “ with lots of money,” have found rest of late! To go through the roli from A to Z would be like counting the stars in the firmament; but let us make out an ix memoriam list of those test known in this part of the Do-~ mninion :

Macdonald, D. A.—Lieut. Governor of Ontario; $10,009 a year.

Dorion, A. A.—Chief Justice of Quebec ; $6,000 a year.

Fournier, T,—Supreme Court Bench; $7,000 a year.

Laird, D.— Lieut. Governor of the North- west Territories; $7,000 a year,

Ross, ‘ W,’—Collector of Halifax; $3,000 a year.

Moss, Thos.-—Ontario Bench; $5,000 a year.

Wood, E. B.—Chief Justice of Manitoba ; $5,000 a year.

Bodwell, E. F,—Irreverently called Skim-milk Bodwell,—Welland Canal; $3, QOU a year.

Stirton, D.— Pat down bribery and cor- ,

ruption with lots of money in Wellington, Galph Post Office, 3,000, a year,

Gow, Peter—Put down bribery and core ruption with lots of ete. Wellington Shrie- valty, $4,000 a year (probably).

MeKellar, Arcbibald.— Put down bribery and corruption with lots, ete., Wentworth Shrievality: $5 GOO a year (probably).

Perry, George—Made room for Mowart in North Oxford. Oxford Shrievality; $3,- 000 a year (probably].

McKnight, Robert—Defeated by Mr, Creighton in North Grey, 1875, Regis- trarship of Grey; $2500 a year.

McConkey, T.D.—Defeated by Mr. Long, in Simcoe, 1875. Simeoe Shrievalty ; $5,000 a year (probably .)

Edgar, J. D.—First-class Supernumers ary British Columbia errand ; $6,000. for four months’ service. ,

Mackenzie, Kenneth—Put down bribery Judgeship of York; $4,000 a year.

Jaffray, Robert—Put down bribery &c., in St. John’s Ward, Toronto, (irocery cons tract, North-West, $6,000,

Spry, Daniel-— Mr. Jaftra’y assistant: Post office Inspector; $2,400 a year.

Clarke, Terence—Workingman’s friend, P.O. Toronto; $500 a year,

sarber, William — Disqualified, Paper supplies to Dominion Government, 1875; EIU Oy ),

Nixon, Thomas—Put down bribery, &c., in Proton. Paymaster NorthsWest Mounted Police Force; $2000 a year and Expenses.

Fraser, Alex.—Puat down, &c., in Norths umberland; treasurer of Mr. Kerr’s elec tion fund in 1874, when election was voida ed for corrupt practices. Deputy Receiv- er-General, Toronto; $3,000 a year,