i Nation, at any period, is an , ; ao rae . —_— nd of the Hon. Colonel | gistrate of the Nation, at any 7 5 event that the said bill be read a third time this|some degree necessitated by the law passed | (Tod contenued.) to this empty-headed fellow, ® _ yeagt al The R. M. Steamship Africa arrived at Honey Chifturd, C "3 V. C. Assistant Adju- bing semeuemy alioete a a dav three months. ion; n the *' Fifteen years’ ; . nnich disposition has brought ‘ . ¥ ae oe y time, manner, and cirenmstances of Pres}

Bokinan amendment eer are aware that in| iy tigetinen es Sere 1 oe and invelved | Halifax on Wednesday afternoon last. Her tant General. = a "ot ent Lincoln’s death render it the most oneal

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Contents—Uons. Messrs. McDonald, Goff, | passing that Act. the Government of the he (> aniier. hitnself inte enero — a inane ban latest dates from Europe are to the 15th child of To to aed ot iis athe. the most appalling, = — de a calamity

a Dingwelti—3. 'day made the best terms they could with the} ¢ others in them. Two . wr ‘hie Se lend tot April a or very important. No = af z Hon. Thomas Clifford) en. — has ever befallen the people of the United Non-contents—Hons. Messrs. Atty.General | Colonial Minister and with the Proprietors. a 18 take him ia hand, sod pew Sim08,— wl ae . : : (daughter o 4 ; | | States. ie 8. J d »|Col J a ca : scame a bishop, and Henderson, Laird, Walker, Ramsay, Ander- They would willingly have passed a bill upon Charlottetown, May 1, 1865. a while after the fellow wi8 civil and de corees, important debates had occurred in Parliament) tered holy ee Pcs ne’ ee VILL. iol 2 The thoughtless onl the Vicions may _ to eon, McLaren and Beer—8. | principles whieh would be much more ac- He has out-lived the lessons We then taught him;| since the last Mail left England. was created a Ua 7 ° erive satiafaetion rome the endden and tragig

Se the . , e - bill | + oak 1 that! — ne . 1830. close of the President's career, but evely reflect.

Gn Gn Gate ae the te captabi.to the temante, bat. ihey foene ¥ and we are afraid we shal have to take him in| The recent accounts from India breathe a ing person will deploe the awful event. Juat aa was read the third time and passed. ito be impossible. There were certain limits; Tue Protestant of Saturday has resumed the hand again, if Mr. Laird should allow hin to dis-| spirit of fear about the encroachments of UNITED ST ATES everything was rapidly senepiring to a tora-

On motion, @ bill to compel Thasters of — iwhich the Imperial Government thought | controversy about Government advertising, and | z a a editorial chair by the concoc- Russia in the East. A letter from Calcutta + et re : tion of tranquility, under the benignant ao " ce. ae en Seater a en oar mae wielation | ‘2 doing 8 manifests a peevishness of disposition tion of infamous falsehoods therein, ‘The empty | DY the last mail dwells deepondingly on the! THE, PRESIDENTS DYING MOMENT'S. mercy lbh veya fe

® - com- | given to understand, they tho eg a cae ik Cee ‘ ion of infamou e ' ’ | advance o ussia into Central Asia. e ; e blow. God grant that it may not rekindle€x- mitted—fion. Mr. Lord in the chair. Peeahd be an infringement vpon the rights of | Pally eee aap hye peer fool and fop may abuse us as much as he likes at atanende of the writer are correct, Russia Mcjor Potter, Paymaster in the Army, and Ma-| citement or inflame passion again.

Hoa. Mr. Boer and Hon. Mr. Dingwell property, which has ever been the province and an Elder. It is quite evident tha our oe the Reading Room, which we believe he is in the) jg now engaged in making roads into Bok- jor Rathburn, the latter having been in the box That a state of war, almost fratricidal, shonld — - ww tomarke showing the necessity |of Great Britain ty protect, in the Colonies. | temporary, felt that be has been ‘baffled in his habit of doing — his abuse is only provocative of| hara and Cabul, by which she will be enabled |\. 5+), president Lincoln, assisted by others, ear- | give rise to hitter feelings and bloody deeds in the for this bill, after which, and after the Com- jas well as at Home; therefore they passed | wort to prove corruption in this matter, and | Dabit of doing * who know| to march into Hirdostan, The Russian Go-| ,jag the President from the theatre, the blood | field was to be expected. but that the nesnesin's mittee had gone through the bill, the House |the bill last session, known as the fifteen hence the soreness with which he writes upon | aughter at his own expense with eer vernment has recently disavowed any such) from the death wound falling upon the floor, | knife and bullet ehonld follow the great and best was resumed, and the chairman reported the | years’ purchase bill. The Government, and bi in 0 ge Fo Ae ee conceited frllow,—but when he gets a paper of Lentiie latention stairway and sidewalk, as he was borne to the loved of the nation in an daily walks and reach be . te . , “Cc P l ve i § g “« Pp ? . by i. » ad . . bill agreed to without any amendigent. no doubt the majority of the Legislature, | Me sie’ 1 ny f the See in the | 8ome influence like the Protestant to accept and)“ 4), gpinion is said to prevail in Paris that) nearest house opposite, which was that of Mr. streclly which Will sulle Gad sebarevant besen

7 “ come s rescue » Secretary, “in the hopes E : ; . yw , é euvenve anes were well aware that it would not meet the on tot are " . " rd oe in onr | eudorse his abuse, it is quite avother affuir. We! the Emperer of the French has no intention) Ulke. nie « centsteh ty eveindar thoateest able ann Gul wnnkintn theta Ty heaor. 7 wie a af OPES e eeme advertiseme controversy, t ui : : i ‘ . iy . . 2 1 ’ b . : ‘ sla case of every individual, but they deemed +) agp cic eth ; » «| shall hold the chief editor and proprietor respon-| of making any important changes in the re- Site. Eanemnwes © : ition, bot The secrecy with which the agsagsin or neeqe-

On motion, a bill for raising a revenue | tte wisest and best policy to accept it as the) « effort to screen the Secretary from blame,” we er : f Church and State. The tone| With the President in a frantic condition, be a, tte The ‘shite toltenien iat was read a second time, and the Louse went largest amount of benefit which it was in have yot ourselves di biti into the wire.’ sible ; but when we can clearly trace to the ama- ees .. acinel ae of the G A SM she and her young we ore ay won bak toes saduuglere te thle beeen cae o this ai ; ee cere gm , cds ip ae aida adopted by th : Ce shrieks. She was attende aura Keene an , : th ins . intab-aiaia® Fite iar aeeer eee | thete power to extend to the people on those Now, this is extremely disingenuous and unfair. Seren sat Sie ee A Seep ty are omneheoes the debate in the Corps Legisla- suet ' ta The abhorrence with which it is regarded on all

; \ : Bs j estates which would be affected by st; but aird knows right well and we stated 80 certainly hoist him as the very first candidate for tifis considered strongly confirmatory of such At the house, an army surgeon being at hand, sides. will, if is honed. deter ineane and malignant

ifen. Mr. Beer: IT see that a duty of fi : here| Mr. Laird k x % ' : 1

". - rER : a ‘uty OF Bve | as these were merely particular estates, there * : ; al at | condign punishment. an opinion. he called fer a small quantity of brandy, which |™en from the emulation of the infamy which at- per cent. i# charged upon bar iron, while | were still a large number of others which jin our article), that our object in writing what 8 + S on signs are visible at Turin of the work is aiataiianel and it was thereupon announe- | taches te this infernal deed. . ° , oes nlm ome sig ; ast ; as : .

eae soamaae aan ies {the Siegen youss, Earehass Bil! did nos tench, | we did Wes to defend ourevives againct ‘en tinplied | |, The giant intellects en isted on the side of Con-| of ramoving the Svat of the Italian govern-| ed to the pressing, excited crowd that he was We aa a, the anbjert further. We wr see aneve and rucderban 8, is only and the present Bill will act, 1 hope, not! charge of reeeiving corruption money through | federation may pour forth ‘glory’ and Yankee ment to Florence. It is said that orders have! alive and not dead,as Mrs. Lincoln in her agony in- + Hee are ho rer and painfully the terrible :

ooo ’ wo per cent e and I think it is Juet only as & Suy plementary measure to that, | the influence of the Col. Secretary. It was not |‘ gobble up’ arguments in _turn, but until they! heen issued to several clerks and government sisted. It was then found that Major Rathburn Sas s of this ca amity to comment upon it the reverse of what it should be. The} but will extend to all classes of tenants whe- i wt t ie | propound some scheme of Union more favorable to sn th blic offices in Turi had received a wound in the arm which he had | further. smallest duty is on the manufactured article, | ther on the estates included in the former|® Purpose to defend this “ functionary, for | the people of this Island than the Quebee Consti- reiggenstiasate” in Pe ) . 0 7” urin to fatentionsiiy concealed t» prevent excibemeat. : and as it could be manutactured ere as weil Bill or not, and I feel assured that there are| we all know that he is quite well able te defend | tution. they will probably an ag they are wast-| be ee to wreer ee ti ensuing He then fainted. The Surgeon General was then Dee 7 pre ~~An, Apetiees

‘ , ” r ‘ ne : Ses in i i ir. 3] he new cap! 0 aly. 2 ape . : oh Ps he other place, I think we should put ” great pumber of tenants who may derive j himself. We stated very distinctly that out of | mg their trength va. oe Wee iil April 99 “aetions ris —. the dis sent for, ms Drs. Hall and ae ek Serle of Waheed a a Loa i ghe 2 } . : os . — ’ > do ° —e ° Je Ss y 20 > firet te rive v ry te ge pi less ae duty | such benefit from this Bill as will put them | the little Goverment advertising which came to | Tue above is a specimen of the very small eussion upon the Mexican question was re- Beye: aru gg ene on being on the Government and Northern charities for ean ’ as to encourage home ma-| jy, possessson of freehold farms ina Fen OIeP | us in the course of a vear, We were not aware ot| i ad 5 eee! ik 1 sre sumed. It was contended by M. Rouher that | notified of the sad occurrence, hastened to the | their daily support of food, and but for there

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lion. Mr. Lonp: His } : : = he amount proposed to be granted by the | pansivinn bat the sarest trite from the Beoretary’s talk with which such ** gian inte there was no probability of a war hetween| White House, where everything was tranquil, would starve. The Government officers are now

Hon. * Mis Honor ts quite tis-| Government, as has been already stated by : : ' those of Donald Currie & Co. have heretofore | p e and America in consequence of the! for the sentinels and the porter had only heard of} issuing twelve thousand rationa a dow te thang tasen io regard to manufactured iron. This his honor from New Perth (Mr. McLaren) is Office, and that trifle was given as well to the , rance q : or th . ace 3 dcatituterdupre of ception, The with alana jren for Bhip build ‘ : t gh wenn eet es Geet t ts vg a opposed Confederation. The advocates of the | establishment of the new empire of Mexico, | the assau!t on Secretary Seward. j : : ne : f mill

p Sutidmng is all rotled oat by the | £50.000, and L think it will be quite suffi-| other newspapers of the town. : hut that it would be desirable to allow the| Capt. Robert Lincoln who was there was igno |ing up the city and taking possession of milla, ited ae fceont jcient to enable this Bill to go into operation,| But the righteous editor of the Protestant, whose | measure had no desire to attempt to ‘ pro- Widinis Skdnes’ da dedenin’ ta that sonnet a| rant of the sad news in =. for pees = ome see eanahtad enaaeee aaa aae ’ vin at Causes a erence |. ( i ili t advantage to . ide thi) ¢ er ’ 6 es ” ‘ : ° g F Save de a i idings. Senator ” ' 5 : . in the price is shan is lid capped a * - . and to w Ah “ ents and advan tang ws | experience and qualifications as an Elder should pound > a better scheme than that few months longer till the empire was conso- Sacer taaet eae eee atte) proper order, is being vigerously prosecnted, ’ little better quality. lf it were manufac- Sees eke “The Sul Besta brags j at least have taught him that it is very sinful to adopted at the Quebec Conference. They lidated. The amendment of the Opposition cal ean Aliant at full speed te the house in under the direction of General Shepley, and in - i . u s '

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Hon. Mr. Lord moved that a billto amend) Hon. Atry. Gevtrat: I would merely ob- the Act for constituting Boards ¢f Deaith be | serve that | am happy to find sueh a measure now read a third time. ‘introduced this session. It is a bill, I think,

fon. Mr. MeDonald moved an amendment vin & great degree called for, and perhaps in

“Jeaders"’ he has en- in, and therefore Mr. Laird ought r than to giveup his editorial chair

prietors will sell the balance of their lands| publishing the stuff as his “'°* to the Government at a Jow rate, and these! dorsed every line they ced lands can be resold to the poorer tenants at} ust take the responsibility.

a very moderate price. l to know bette

NEWS FROM EUROPE.

ARRIVAL OF THE STEA MSHIP AFRICA AT HALIFAX.

tured by smiths here, they would perbaps charge lourteen pence per pound (orit. The duty is less upon it because the Legislature knows very well that it cannot be used for any other purpose, and they wish to encour- age ship building. In Canada I believe there is ne duty on ship building materials because the trade is considered a benefit to the eoun- try, and I do not see why there should be any duty on them here, fur we know that shipbuilding is not a very good paying busi- ness. I did expect the Legislature would have taken the duty off such articles us ean- vase, and iron, and cordage, for ship building porposes, this year,

sustain @ very high tariff, but we see that with all their extravagance they can afford ty import thousands of pounds worth of siip building material free ot duty.

The House was then resumed, reported.

Adjourned till four o'clock, p- m. AFTERNOON SESSION.

A message was brought from tlhe House of Assembly by the Lon. Mr. Davies, with a

till to amend the act to incur porate the |

We say that if we] were annexed to Canada we would have im

leelf-sustaining. We look forward to the in- lstalments as coming in regularly, as they are now paid under the former land purchase |biile; and if so, as we have already an officer jappointed and paid for that department, it | will not of necessity call for any serious ad- ditional outlay in the Land office. There

will no doubt be a considerable increase of

duty to be performed in that office, but it must be compensated for by whatever addi- tional remuneration that duty will call for. and I look upon that as being a very small addition indeed to the expenses of the depart-

do hope and trast that this bill will work its way clear, and prove to be a great assistance to a vast number of the honest and indastri- lous tenants of this Island. I regret to see that there is a ciass of individuals who are

who appear fo entertain views of an extra-

vagant nature — views which they hope to}

force upon the Government and Legislature, and thereby obtatn lands at a lower rate | than what is contemplated by this bill; bat | combinations of this kind are likely, I think,

ment of Commissioner of Public Lands. 1)

Union Bank of Prince Edward Island. Also. |

|@ way that 1 have every hope that it will be condemn any one except on the clearest evidence,

and who should never judge of a man’s conduct by what Ae may assuine to be his intentions—is He

insists— by putting a false construction on some

not at all satisfied with our explanations.

words of vurs,—that we did intend to charge for the Pinette advertisements, and that we have been paid for “unasked and unauthorised service ” Alluding to

the Pinette advertisements, the Protestant says :—

rendered iu the way ef advertising.

“Tt is certainly a quéer preee of business that a man should ask pay for that which no person required him to perform ; and still worse, that payment in such a case — where uo exigency otf | any kind existed—should be made. It the Cole- | nial Secretary, or some officer of the Govern-

| ment, had “ given” the advertisements to the Ex- |

}aminer they had aright to be paid, though we | and seme others might complain of an unfair dis-

and progress bioeatiahed with the laws as they stand, and! tribution of patronage; but if certain advertise-

j ments have been paid for, which were never or- | dered, where is the matter to stop? Ifa ‘two dollar’ advertisement is paid for one month, a two | pound one may be presented the next. It is not the amount Which may have been disbursed to Mr. | Whelan that we object toso0 much as countenancing

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| the principle of paying for unsolicited service. If |

to prove of serious injury to themselvesand | the Government are prepared to pay for all ad-

could not well do it, if they tried; buat the opponents of the measure, who have been erying themselves hoarse and black in the face by their anethemas against the Quebec Report, bave clearly incurred the reepon-

for the withdrawal of the French army was negatived by 225 votes against 16.

The Confederate war steamer Shenandoah haa been giving a good deal of trouble to the colonial authorities at Melbourne, in Aus- tralia. She appeared in those waters to prey on Federal commerce, after the manner of the Alabama, asked to be admitted to refit and take in coal, which was conceded, and then committed various acts some of which were held by the Law Officers of the Governor to involve a breach of neutrality. Amongst the most prominent of these illegal acts may be mentioned the enlistment of four men, all of them British subjects.

When this fact became known, a warrant was procured to search the vessel for the men; but Capt. Waddell, tho commander of the war steamer, would not permit its execution, he at the same time declaring on his honor as a gentleman and an officer that the men were not on board of his vessel. In defiance, however, of this declaration, the ship was narrowly watched by the police. and four men were found to be escaping from it, one of whom, a British subject, was seized and placed in prison, and he will be tried for a breach of the Foreign Enlistment Act. This diseovery induced the Governor to request

sibility of bringing forward a better plan of Confederation as a substitute, if they can do The press in this City favourable t» Confederation has, for a considerable length of time, published no editorial matter on the subject, — the reason is, simply, that the opponents of the measure have produced nothing at all worthy of notice, much less of

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confutation. The measure is before the world —let its enemies produce a better one if they ean. The Curries and others of that stamp may wish to get from us some exciting matter that might give piquancy to their dull pens. | They will be sadly disappointed. shan‘t get it.

They

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CAPTURE AND DEATH OF BOOTH. THE ASSASSIN.

Roman Catholic Archbishoprie of West- minster, vacant by the death of Cardinal | Wiseman.

Chudleigh, and is brother of Charles Hugh,

which the President lay. The surgeons pronoune- ed him beyond the reach of their skill, as the brain was oozing from the wound. He tay insen- sible, and at first his pulse was at 45. Gradually as the blood rushed toward the brain, it produe- ed a painful pressure and the pulse increased, while the death-strieken man breathed loudly. painfully and with difficulty. At times the sur- geon introduced a probe, which would let out blood and produee temporary relief, but there was no hope. The sufferer’s pulse increased to 100, while the rush of bleod made his eyes pro- trude from the sockets, and the flesh around them became discolored. Fortunately, perhaps, tor him, his last moments were passed in a state of unconsciousness, and he gave up the ghost with- out a murmur.

Mrs Lincoln, with female friends, remained in an adjoining room, occasionally visiting the dying man, who loved her so devotedly. The last visit is described as having been soul harrowing to those present. As she entered the room and saw her beloved hnsband’s features were disturbed and discolored, she fell back on the floor. Res- toratives were applied, and she was soon support- ed to the bedside when she frautically addressed the dying man.

“ Live!” she exclaimed: “ live but for one mo- ment, to speak to me once mere !—to speak to our children! O! bring our * Tad’ here! for he loves ‘Tad’ so well, that I know he will speak to

Dr. Clifford is the second son of Hugh Charles, seventh Baron Clifford, of |

hy the Hon. J. C. Pope, with a bill to assist Jeaseholders in the purchase of the fee simple of their farms. By the Hon. Mr. Haviland, with a bill relating to Wills, Legacies and Executors, and for the settlement and distri- bution of the Estates of Intestates.

The Revenue Bill was again committed and further progress reported.

A bill to amend the Cia of Real Property wes read @ second time, committed, and re- ported agreed to without any amendment.

Ion. Mr. Beer presented a petition of the inhabitants of Marshfield schol district, Lot 34, praying for an amendment of the present

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|to the Colony. I have had sufficient expe-| vertisements inserted relating to the publie ser- {rience of such measures thoroughly to con-| vice, whether ordered or not, newspaper publish- | vince me that no good can result from them. | ers generally will know what course to pursue : _* aa rs |The British authorities, whatever Govern-| The Government have evidently erred in the | overtaken, sooner than it might be expected he | ment is in power, will enforce those consti-| ™atter; and as the Colonial Secretary has been would, and summary justice has been dealt out to tutional principles which protect men’s pro-| oe peige a re pe - a egos 4 ‘him. It appears from the rather meagre telegram

. ‘ | patronage exfende othe Lramimner, we are not} : - ; : Pal ode Saal holed ae cel a little curious to know whether he, as the prin- | before us that the wretch was tracked to Mary- Pr be seand will not yield up a great a | cipal officer in the Government likely to know/!land by one of those numerous bands that had

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} ws f | about such affairs, was the first or last in Council | been organized for his eaptur 1 whose zeal ii a gee a ae , : a | a Zé ‘ s capture, and whose zea jciple which she has most rigidly maintained | who recommended that Mr. Whelan’s accounts

jin Great Britain itself, merely for the sake | for unasked and unauthorised service should be jof the handful of inhabitants of Prince Ed-| paid?”

'ward Island. Iam, therefore, very glad to| find that this Bill has passed the other braneb | of the Legislature unanimously. Nothing |

THE murderer of President Lincoln has been

was stimulated by the larg» rewards offered for | his arrest. The horse he used had given out in Now, the allegations contained in the foregoing | the mad and fearful run for bis life, and the |

+,* - |lwre ‘rer t} > > raface | extract are positively false, and as snch are dis- | ¥tetehed murderer then attempted to find refuge

Capt. Waddell to depart without loss of time.

where parties, as in England, are divided in their sympathies for North and South. Dur- ing the cruise of the Shenandoah, she captured and destroyed 9 vessels, ships, barks and schooners.

A movement has been originated in Madrid for the entire abolition of slavery in the Spanish colonies,

The Ist Company of Royal Engineers will embark for Canada on the 27th instant, for the purpose of being employed in engineering

and the captain took the hint; but the affair has caused considerable stir in the colony,

him!” But she was not again to hear the voice that had cheered her life, and no sign of reeogu- tion gladdened her grief-stricken heart.

One week ago to-day President Lincoln a4 Senator Sumner, while visiting the wounded Union soldiers in the hospitals at City Point, hap- pened to be ina tent while an Ohio efficer lying there breathed his last breath. The incident na- turally made a profound impression on both gen- tlemen, but how little either thought that in one short week the Senator would be standing by the bedside of the President and would witness the cessation of his life. The surgeon felt his vulse | for the last trme and said—“ [eis dead.” Abra ham Lincoln was no more. | ‘The heart-broken widow and fatherless returned

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN,

The heaviest blow which has ever fallen upon the people of the South has descended. Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, hag been assassinated ! The decease of the Chief Ma.

the necessary labor which this involves a large number of negroes are emploved. The amonnt of property thus seeured to the Government is enormons. Much secreted pronerty has been discovered in the dwellings of citizens, including, it is said, vast quantities of articles sent from friends in the North to administer to the wanteef imprisoned Union soldiers. The remaine of Col, Dahlgren have been discovered near Richmond, exhumed and sent to Washington. Esl gi

NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

New York, April 24.

Official advices state that Sherman and Johnaton had agreed upon terms for the surrender of the latter, including all the rebel forees now under armins against the United States. An armistice was also agreed upon until each party could con. sult with their respective authorities. The ar- mistice was signed on the 18th, and the facts communicated to the Washington Government on the 2Ist. The President and Cabinet immediately assembled, unanimonsly refused to confirm Sher- man’s action, which accorded political conces- sions not anthorized; and despatched Gen. Grant at oace to Sherman’s headquarters with orders to resume hostilities forthwith, and compel Johnston to fight or surrender without any political condi. tions whafever. .... It is feared thet Sherman's armistice will afford Jefferson Davis, who was with Johnston, an opportunity to escape inte Texas. .... President’s Funeral Cortege will reach this City this afternoon..... Gold 150.

New York, 24th, (p. Secretary of War telegraphs as follows :—The | department has information that the President's

| murder was organized in Canada, and approved

school act. Laid on the table ean give a more forcible expression of opinion | graceful to any journal, but more especially to | in a swamp. From this he was dislodged, and|daties connected with the defences of the! tothe White House, and soon after the remains of ape oer pe of the cemneten, So Oe - Lak . f Q ate ‘ : ae 7 7 ii Pai . ; ‘° . > Preside re remove “re, rison, whe attempted to assassinate Secre Hion. Mr. Dincweit: | observe that there jas to the state of the Colony, and the rela-| one that pretends to be a religious journal. They | ade for an old barn, which he succeeded in en-| frontier. the late President were removed there Pp ' Secretary

are a number of petitions of that kind before

tions of landlord and tepant, than the passing | are based upon nothing but the vaguest assump-

| tering safely. His pursuers did not seem inclined

ROME.

Seward, is believed to be one of the St. Alban’s

Poe ae ; ( . DETAILS OF THE PLOT. tiie ‘ the House, and [do not know whether the|of this Bill; and it should convince every | tions, and a belief in what are the intentions of | to storm thie frail castle, and come into cloze en ve een ae wee It ia ascertained that some weeks ago, from raiders. .... Macon, Ga, wae eaptnred by Gen.

e i ae | ‘ . ia | , « e i f ‘ t af, / Be . ; ic rte | ro ‘ . ‘ Government intends to take any action upon | person who considers the subject that it is in| | 4, —such belief having no foundation but | Counter with one who was driven to such desper | has pained ground for the probable de | the personal friends of the late President, that he | Wilson on the 30th ult..... Howell Cobb, one of them. The question is often asked me whe. | vain to expect that by legislation we can en-| r : i Mttnedn ore has gained ground for the probable departure |

| had received several private letters warning him | the leaders of the rebe | that an attempt would probably be made upon NEW ZEALAND. his hfe; but to them he cid net seem to attach | The more detailed reports from New ) any ta ; oe — ee ee LATEST IMPORTANT NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. Zeal: a fi C F -vere at he was sufficiently careful o idi- 7 ' Zealand confirm the firstaccount of the severe | that was fe ¢ sist aie hasta

| i : ; : ‘ at Baad inn is last visit to Virginia. } fighting at the opening of the eampaign on} Vidual safety on his la | : , , g z OP Pen or | <A despatch received at the War Department

cher the Edeention Act ie to be amended. |{orce, or threst upon the Colonial Minister.| peevishness and baffled spite. We stated most | ate straits, who was no doubt heavily armed, and and as ! see two members of the Government any such law as will satify the extreme| distinctly, last week, that the Pinette advertise- | who would unserupulously use his arms in selling in their places, | would ask if an amendment party who are now contending for some in-| ments were not charged for—we had no intention | His life ata high cost to ethers. The pirsners, A Ba cpg nn ee 7. 2 well Oe oneenen 7 ~ os oPtacts| to charge for them, and of course we did not ex-| therefore, resoleed upon surrounding the barn, at 0 ve ac ‘ iving «: ac iga 0 and tenures iis Isl : pF ; , Bl ai al : ht peer ere . . at present, and when we are expending such {1 is plain that if thoee mho prfens to repre| Pret © Be paid fr thea. Wo inerted them or 9 toner fom ft wateing thee vietin with | EW tenn Conte between the Waves and | Ju known that on fegarnt casio be] A de | a large amount for education, we should en- | sent more warmly and faithfully the interests | the purpose of conveying information through tin : se ss bist ‘: aie ie esligh-get our " the British troops. The natives had erected | ¥O™¢ & if | from Gen. Grant, dated Raleigh, April 24th, deavor to make the act as perfect as; ossible. |of the tenaniry of this Island could devise | certain localities, where we thought it was desi-| time they succeeded in setting fire to fhe barn; the| without his usnal eavalry escort, which often | 8498: “ [ renched here this morning and delivered

¢ summer eountry residence at the Soldiers’ Home | 7 pah on a block of ground claimed by : ‘ Many acts are being passed which are not of }any other measure better adapted to relieve | rable it should go, and thus, by giving rise to in- | but by what means — as they seemed to have! government. Askirmish took place, inwhich hurried and overtook him before he had proceeded | to Gen. Sherman the reply to his negotiations

lion, was taken prisoner;

of the Pope from the Vatican. ° also several other leading men.” .... Gold 149.

much —,* and this act should not be a rah en ane time they would | creased competition, we would be likely to spoil | been ehary of approaching it too clonely—we| a ane and ae a magick ee Next far. It has a, —n midersteed that his| with Johnston. Word was immediately sent te overiooked. (have brougit it forward — now is the time. | ss 4 J re ’ . dnote *. mee , } : day the natives drove in 1@ pickets Of the) escort was accepted by him onty en the mopor- . » 4 7 “ : wr certs obbers Ls : -on-| cannot ascertain at present. When the flames | © : : | c heey gy 4 : ; me i 7 ‘ ilon. Mr, McLaren: I agree with his ho-| when there is a clamour outside, that they | =~ gome of Tre 4 et Govern x ns hal dintle cnaseie F aay ey te j50th regiment, and surprised the camp. | tunity of his friends as a matter precaution. The| Juhaston, terminating the truce, and information hor that an amendment is desirable; but || would bave brought vut their scheme and | ‘cts living in the neighbourhood of Belfast. | Sed such aecendarey as to make the place too | py 4 fighting was desperate, the natives using | President, before retiring to bed, wowld, when | that civil matters could not be entertained in any

understand that it is not the intention of the | put it boldly im the face of the public

Leader of the Government to bring forward an amendment this session.

Hon. Mr. McLaren, a member of the Go- veroment, by command of [lis Excelleney the Lieutenant Governor, presented to the Jiouse the Annual Report of the Adjutant | General of Militia for the year 184.

Adjourned till to-morrow at 11! o'elock.

Wepyespay, March 29.

ifon. Mr. Dixcwrit presented a petition of divers inhabitants of Lot 43 and Vicinity, | praying for a break-water, which was re-| ceived and read ; and on rising to move that it be laid on the table, his honor said: Per- hape no petition presented to the Legislature this session is of more consequence. The petititioners labor under very serious incon- ventence. Some of them are 28 or 30 miles from a harbor; and when we teke into con- sideration that they live in a part of the Is-| Jand which derives no direct or, 1 might say, | indirect ben fit from the mail steamers, to | whict large subsidies are given, I think | their case deserves attention. And it shows the earnestness of the petitioners when they have subseribed £100 towards the object themselves. I think the enterprise might be carried out with great advantage tg the in. bubitants, and [ hope that at the next ses. sion, if not at this, something will be done to assist them. Many of those people have large farms, and they have to travel ten or twelve—some of them thirty miles—to dis. pose of their produce,

Petition laid on the table.

A bill to compel masters of vessels to exhi- bit a light while in harbor in the night time; a bill to alter the time for holding certain | terme of the Supreme Court in the several Counties in this Island; and a bill to carry into effect certain unexecuted s«zreements | made by the late John Uodges W insive, for the sale and leasing of certain parts ol his estate in this Colony, were severally read a third time and passed.

Hon. Mr. Loxo moved the second reading of a bill to amend the act to incorporate the Union Bank of Prinse Edward Island, and on doing so observed, that the object .f tbe bill was merely to change the time for holding the annual meeting of the stockholders, trom the first Taesday in Aoril, to the first Wed- nesday in March. ‘The present time for holding the annual meeting was inconvenient for stockholders residing im the country on account of the travelling.

‘Lhe bill was then read, committed, and re- ported egreed to without any amendment.

On motion of the Hop. Attorney General, 8 tyil to amend an act relating to Wills, Le- gacies and Executors, and for the settlement aud distribution of the estates of Intestates, was read a seeond time, committed, and re- ported agrved to without any amendwent.

BILL TO ASSIST TENANTS TO BECOME FREE- HULDEKS.

Hon. Mr. McLarex, on rising to move the @econd reading of a bill to assist leaseholders in purchasing the fee simple of tieir farms, satd—The object of this bill is to assist ten- ants who are not in » position to comply with the terme of the fifteen yeare’ purchase act, by authorizmg a loan of one half the price of three farme irom the public treasury when they come forward and pay the other ieif themselves. Tbe highest price to he given for the land is sixteen sli ilings and eight pence per acre, and the Government will only advance one half, or eight shillings ard ivor pence, The tenant can go to the preprietor and make the best bargain he can, aod then the Government w.il advance half the price. The operation of this Act will not be confined to tenants op the lands

fof £40 each, £10,000 would be all that

They | would have shown that such and such mea-! sures would have been devised by them for| the settlement of this question. Therefore | it must be thoroughly convincing, that a! resonable measure, such as this, is the only one by which any legislative body on this Island is likely to confer any benefit upon | the tenuntryv. I feel confident that there will be no obstruction thrown in the way of this measure in this branch of the Legisla- | ture ; and I also feel assured that it will be! so far satisfactory that it will convince the; tenants that it is for their interest to submit | to the laws, and Jay aside those visionary | ideas of ubtaining their lands at prices which | they may fix themselves. |

Hon. Mr. Beer: lam very much pleased that, after so long a delay, this bill has been | introduced. Your honors will well remem-| ber that last year | found fault with the Government for not bringing it forward in| company with the * Fifteen years’ Purchase | Bill.”’ been much better to have introduced it then, | as its operation would, in a great measure, | have prevented this agitation, yet it is not| tou late to dv good. | eould wish this bill | were a little more liberal ia its provisions L believe the Government might, with per-| fect safety, advance» two thirds of the pur-| chase money to the tenants; but no doubt) they conceive they have good reasons for li- miting it to one-haif. However, I am glad to find that something is about to be done. As regards the £50,000, 1 do not telieve that over more than half that amount will be due to the Government at any one time under the provisions of this Aet, for the | money will svon begin to be repaid, when it| ear be loaned again to others. Suppose 250) tenants were the first year to avail themselves | of the provisions of this Bill, and were to} get an average advance from the Government