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DISMISSAL OF

It is hardly possible that the Premier

could have been in earnest v }

elared

i en he de that he would dismiss « ery Dom-

inion official who had t

ken an «etive part against the Government duriny the lat elections. Surely Mr. McKenzie must. for the nonce, have allowed ] ssion t get the better of his ju lement. A more unwise and impolitie exercise of power ean hardly be conceived, The Govern ment, should it introdu system similar to that which obtains in th Ci Service of the United States, will introduee an unmixed politic 1] evil—an evil which will

be resented, on the first o} portanity, by the constituents of the The practice officials every time a victoriou

13 | arty as

Dominion. of ublic

dismissing I

imes the

reins of Government, results in Joss of the public money, and confusion and delay of the public business. Untrained, untried | men, whose only quulifiications may bi the facility with which they:

n maki

r tuke the lead in ele

political sf eches tion rows, are appointed to offices requir

nee. Ther

imagined.

ing skill and experi ult may

easily be Everything goes

wrong. As well] expect « sailor to manage

a lawyer's office, or a lawyer to direct the movements of an army, as to expect that | such official neophvt it

i

will su ssfully conduct the business of the countrs Bhe practice is, besides, a prolif of political disord It nine-tenths of the broils and contentions, nd bril ry, of « It increases the power of unscrupulous politicians to do wrong. and i greedy, idle, incapable men a m rbid | appetite for the “sweets of office.” We} to the United States for an

. ’ rs Is the tuse of

the corruption ctions.

| | | | i

it creates in

need not refer illustration of the evil fruits of this bad We

Only two

practice. have many apt illustrations

at home. years ago there was in power bere a party which raised a hue

the tained the support of a majority of

and ery «gain:t railway, and, so ob- the people and control of the reins of Govern- ment. N tablished

length of the railway

» sooner was their influence es almost doubled the il cost

than they

at an additio: of nearly one thousand pounds per mile. Thus was illustrated, in 2 most strikiog effects of a unserupulous politicians and office

never have existed had it not been for |

manner, the combination of

gr isping

seckers—a combination whicl would i

the evil practice of changing publ ¢ offi- | cials on the accession of eact Administration. The fiouse and Post Office, in this city, were each, previous to Confederation. examples of the scandalous extent to which pub

» suce eding | {

Generz| Custom

lie business is confused and muddled up uoder the vicious system of which we com- | plain. When we entered the union we congratulated ourselves on having got rid

rreat No

g and widespread evi Government

of this

aooner, however, had the late been defeated, through the Laird and his colleagu han andeceived. The Collector of and the Auditor of Public Accounts were But stil

deft ction of

s v were

Customs

both summarily dismissed. we

hoped. We trusted that the dismissals in this Provinee, were solely in deference te Mr. Laird, and in accordance with a special arrangement, by the carrying out

of which Mr, Laird enabled to ward a political friend and punish t pol | itieal foe. It appears, deed the words of the Premier in his place

was re

however,—-if in-

in Parliament are to be credited—that all Dominion officials are to be dismissed, and the old, evil practice is to be renewed.

We sincerely trust that influences will

be brought to be

which will induc

it upon the Government

it to reconsider its de-

termination The vote of the Senate epon Hon. Mr Howlan’s resolution re specting the dismissals, “© without caus

assigned *’ will surely have some weight.

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AN EXPLANATION.

We have no desire to do the Minister of the Interior the slightest injustice. His misdemeanours 28 4 politician have been numerous and glaring. His incapacity is notorious. Yet with the strictest rairplay. therefure, that the article on at Ottawa’ of the EXAMINER sent to country districts where there is no daily mail—should have cortained a few inaccuracies regarding his pre-ministerial career. They were not discovered until after the edition had been issued.

we wish to treat him We “Oar Men —as published in the edition

regret,

We took the earliest pos-

} which

THE VEW ELECTIC LAW.

MANY persons in the cor munity mis— f the Elee-

the requirements

} 1a

tion Law They think the provision for tl qualification of voters bears with exeeptionsl severity upon the ol s of ad Vrovinee As our loca! Election Laws now stand, this is Yoube diy, a tuct; for thi qualification

t tors is raised to the st indard re~ in the eleetion of members to our Legislative Counei!. But the moment

ur Local Parliament provides for the

registration of voters—a duty which, by the way, it should have performed long ago that moment manhood suffrage will be

permitted usin the election of members to serve in the House of Commons. readers may be assured on this point by reading the following sections :—

“41. Subjectto the exception hereinabove contained, all persons qualified to vote at the election of representatives in the Elec tive Legislature of the severa! composing the Dominion of Canada, except Vrince Edward Island, shall be entitled to vote atthe ofCommons of Canada for the several Elec- toral Districts comprised within sach Pro- vinees respectively, and all lists of voters made and prepared, and which would accord- ing to the laws in foree in the said several

Provinces be used if the election were that |

EET FT REL RRRENTY re nem ar

Qur |

Provinces |

NEWSON'’S FURNITURE FACTORY. | Next the Christian Brothers’ School, the most prominent feature of the south side of Market Square, is ‘“‘ NEwWson’s Furnxitcre Facrory.” This is an at

well extensive

tractive as as san establishment. Its large and, in the lancu ave of the shop, ‘ well-dressed windows; its bright, gilt signs; its splendid situation,— together with the

* busy hum”’ of machinery which issues ll

passer-by with the belief that the Queen

laily from it assist in Impl it

Square Furniture Factory’ is a_ first class establishment, owned and superin tended by a first-class man.

The ot the square. A glance sufficient show that they are well stocked. devoted to

show-rooms, course, front on

is to of the chairs,

of |} every size and pattern are on exhibition

On

furniture There,

tables, book-cases, washstands, ete..,

first flat is

} commoner

| ie qualities. i }

and for sale. the second floor are

| ; | suits of furniture made of the best woods, | election of members of the House |

jand strongly and elegantly constructed, —and sold

| at prices varying from $100 to $300 per

upholstered in first-class style

Sarre

The |

|

| (if our recollection serves us), made some

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LEGISLATIVE UNION OF THE HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. VARITIME PROVINCES. ner eS A °AMILY MURDERED AND BURNED IN THEIR From the Halifax Citizen. ] WELLING NEAR PITTSBURG—GREAT EXCITE- \{ resolution was introduced into the IENT 1N THE VICINITY—ON TRACK OF THE

House of

the Ifon. Provineial Secretary, authorizing

the Government of this Province to corres pond with the Governments of New Bruns- . '

wick and Prinee Edward |

ject of a legislative

Mr

that he was just about t

itime Provinces move a re at |

on the same subject. and complained th

the wind had been taken out of his sat

isserting that the Government had borrow-

ed the had

We remember that some days ago,

remarks he made on the subject,

Leader of tue Opposition in course of some

remarks upon the subdivision of the road grant, or else upon the County Courts bill,

allusion to the desirability of such a union, though we could not see at the time any connection between those allusions and the subject on which he was supposed to be speaking at the time. But Blanchard or anybody else to say that the Government of this Province borrowed from

for Mr.

him the idea of suggesting a legislative

| union of these Provinces, is something very

of'a representative or representatives to the | ety of chamber suits—at quite as large a} country old enough to remember the Con-

Elective House of the Legislature of the Provinee in which the election is held (where h lists are required to be made), shall the lists of voters which shall be used at t ction of members of the House of Commons to be held under the provision of this Act.

42. In the several! Electoral Districts in the Province of Prince Edward Island, all per- ilified to vote for the election of members of Legislative Council of that Pro- inder the laws in force in that Pro- vinee at the passing of this Act, shall hene- forth be the electors qualified to vote for the election of a member or members of of Commons of Canada; but

Legislature of that Province

hall have provided for registration of voters and for the making of lists of qualified rolers } res for the llouse of

Su¢

he ele

v ine a

the House enerver ihe

lion of membe

ef t tssembly of the said Province,and when lists s shali have been made and prepar- n the rsons qualified to vole under § h DP sions for the election of a member r members of the House of Assembly of that Ovin shall Le entit ed lo vele at the elec- fy members of the House of Commons of Caneda, forthe several Electoral Districts in the said Province; and all lists of voters so made and prepared, and which according to the laws thenin force would be used in

said several Electoral Districts, if the ‘tion Were that of a representative or re- presentatives to the House of Assembly of aid Provinces, shall be the list of voters shall be used at the election of mem- bers of the House of Commons to be there- after held under the provisions of this Act.”

thes

The duty of our Loeal Legislature, at its Very next session, is to pass an Act in which shall be embodied a system for the voters. This will, no doubt be done; so that our people, at

registration of

least, will have no cause to complain. As it is not likely there will be another general or even partial election for several years, it is hardly probable that electors will be required to vote for members to serve in the House of Commons under the law asit is at present.

PATRIOTS DEFENCE.

We havea short answer for the

THE

atriot, Neither of the gentlemen whose names it publish d on Thursd iy last, wrote, or dictatcd, or suggested a single word of the entitled men at Ottawa’’;

any one of them cither see it or

article “Our nor did any hear it read till after it was published; nor have they, individually or eollectively, ever attempted to contrel the editorial columns of the Examiner. We condescend to make this affirmation for the sole pur- pose of defeating one of the most con- temptible and barefaced attempts ever made to procure the expulsion from office of a politieal opponent whose character and eapabilities are alike unassailable, Further explanation we decline to make. We rather enjoy the frantic-futile efforts of the Patriot. We regard as an indi- rect, though unintentional, compliment the attribution of the editorial control of the ExaMineR to men distioguished in this community for their mental abilities That the Pat- riot should, in passing this great, though indirect, compliment upon us, have placed itself outside the pale of journalistic re-

and literary attainments.

spectability by “‘ naming names,”’ is cause for sincere regret.

The Patriot's defence of “ Our Men at Ottawa’? may be most correctly represent- ed by acipher. Omitting the names of our respected Postmaster and other gen- tlemen who took no part whatever in the attack, there is ‘ nothing in it.’ Wewill therefore, honor it with a review. We desire to have as little to do with the self-octracised outcast as possible. ~~:

POSTAGE,

not,

UNpER an existing regulation, news— papers to and received from the United States are subject to a tax on both sides of the border. It is to be hoped that this annoying regulation will speedily be repealed. There can be no valid reason why postage on newspapers should not be taxed in the same manner

sent

ad postage on letters. Either let it be collected in the United States or in the Dominion—not, as at prssent, in both.

We join with contemporaries in com- mending this matter to the attention of Government,

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WOODWORTIS EXPULSION,

Riaur or wrong, honest or dishonest, the Government of Nova Scotia has lately demonstrated that its members are not of tact. In expelling Mr. Wood- worth from the House of Assembly they acted a highly impolitie part. Mr. Wood- worth is now a hero, and the Government still endures the obloquy of the charges

men

he preferred against it.

-_- Tue Tariry.—Referring to the Tariff and its late modilications,the Toronto Mail says : ‘We venture in all calmness to say that never before in any civilized country did the Minister charged with the management of financial affhirs make such a public con-~ fession of his own incompetence as did Mr. Cartwright in his place in Parliament yester- day. and though he must be held primar- ly responsible for the violent charges which have astonished and confounded the busi- ness community, we by no means seek to releiye the Cabinet, as a whole, from the res sponsibility of the terrible blunders which resulted in yesterday's shameful exhibition.

sible opportunity Of removing the errers; and they—along with «a modicum of un- palatable faet—did pot appear in the second, and by far the largest, edition of this paper.

<—_—s

of those Islands to Great Britain,

We set them up in the pillory of public ops inion as confessedly unfit for the high posi» | tion into which they haye been accidentally | thrusted,”’

_- ———_-— 9 Dem eo Se

| A London despateh says there seems to

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be no prospect of settlement of the strikes

A telegram has been recieved stating! at Durham Collieries. that the people of the Fejoe Islands have | miners and laborers are now out of employ-~ unanimously voted in favor of the cossion!| ment, and great distress

Seventy thousand

prevails among i them, and many are preparing to emigrate.

| variety of prices.

Some suits are sold at | federation agitation, who does not know

$50; some for $60; some $70, and some | that at the time of that agitation this sub

even as high as $180 and $200.

these are worthy the inspection of the least incidentally, | forms but in most of the javenile debating |} whole,

| honest seeker after good furniture at mod- The fourth flat is fitted up bedsteads. The factory fronts on

| erate rates.

with mattrasses, iron office

| furniture, ete.

|

| Sydeny Street. It is “ not much to look

}at,’? but it contains a large number of

curious ; and is the source whence much of the furniture Mr. Newson sells eman— On the first floor | for planing, dubbing, moulding and ten-

oning; circular saws, jig saws, lathes, and

ates, ure machines

ali the necessaries of a well-stocked shop The second and third flats are fitted up in like manner.

All the machinery is work- ed by a six horse-power steam engine. Mr. Newson is, we observe, enlarging his premises by the erection of a large brick building. We

trust he will increase his sales; and that

This is a good sign.

| finally he may achieve the success his en- terprize and perseverance so well deserve.

PRESENTATION.

On Sunday last, immediately after the Second Service at S. Peter’s Church, Char- lottetown, some of the members of the congregation presented the Rev. G. W. Hodgson with the following address, to- gether with a purse of $600 :— Rogation Sunpay, 1874.

W’, Hodyson Priest Incwn~

vler’'s Church. ¢ tharlotte fown,

The Rev. Geo. bent of 5. Reverenp Farner. -—The members of S

to take some rest from your unremitting | work ; and that the Bishop, having granted | you leave of absence, you propose visiting England for a few months.

They take this opportunity of ask ng | your acceptance of the accompanying purse as a tribute of their affection and esteem.

Much as they will miss you, they will gladly, for a time, forego the benefit of your ministrations, trusting that the rest you are about to take, may under God’s blessing, conduce to the perfect establishment of your health and strength. They know that | although absent from them, you will not | cease to remember your flock whenever the opportunity is afforded you of offering the all-prevailin Sacrafice at the Altar of God.

On behalf of the Congregation, Rates B, Peake,

J. S. CaRvELL,

JaMEs PEAKE, To this address the Rev. gentleman re- turned a short but feeling reply; and later

in the day, forwarded the following :—

St. Peter's CLrercy Hovse,

Rogation Sunday, 1874.

My Dear Friesps ;—I most heartily thank you for your kind and unexpected gift, as well as for the good wishes with which it is accompanied.

Your thoughtful and generous liberality will be the means of adding much to the pleasure of my visit to England.

I may say that in the five years during which it has been my privilege to minister among you, nothing has occurred to mar that harmony which should exist between | priest and people; and I trust that this is an assurance that the connection which has been to me such a happy one in the past, | will long continue in the future.

You will be glad te learn that the Rey. Dr. Wright, who gave us so much valuable assistance last summer, has consented to take temporary duty during my absence ; and as the Assistant Priest has kindly offered to forego this summer, his wells | earned holidays, the usual services will be kept up.

remember you during my absence, and ] ask your prayers for myself. I look for ward with much pleasure to my visit to England ; but I can sincerely say,that to re~ turn to you, and labour with you again, is the greatest pleasure that I ant cipate. Again thanking you for your kindness. i remain Yours, very faithfully, urorce W. Hopason.

To R, B. Peake, J. S. Carvel James Peake, E=quires. —— VINGSTONE. Tur remains of Dr Livingstone having now been deposited in Westminster Abbey, it is satisfactory to know that while this ilustrious man rests entombed among the most honoured of England's worthies, the sons and daughters whom‘ with two sisters) —all in straightened circumstances—he has left behind, will have a hearty effort made for their future comfortable subsistence, Lady Coutts, Lord Kinnaird, Sir Bartle Frere, and a few other well known and ins fluential persons have formed themselves into a Committee to appeal to the public for subscriptions, which we apprehend, will be freely forthcoming. The numerous packets of papers of the deceased forming a bulky collection of doubtless original and interest, ing memoranda, have been brought from Africa and safely deposited at the Foreign Office. Sooner or later they wil! give to the world the full discoveries of this ex~ traordinary man,who,it would appear noted events down almost to the time of his death —Toronte Mail.

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Presentation. — Our friend, Mr. Robert Galbraith, the talented and energetic leader of the Volunteer Band, which has, during the past winter, discoursed sweet music to the ‘fair women and the brave men’ who have patronized the Skating Rink, was, a few evenings before the close of the Rink Season, presented with a handsome Meer-~ schaum Pipe asa token of the appreciation in which his music was held. The presen- tation was made by Mrs, Ralph B. Peake,

machines worthy the inspection of the |

it separate corporate identities.

\

| ments

Peter’s Congregation have learned, with thing had much pleasure, that you have been induced | the union of the three Lower Provinces,

j islative expenses by one-half. | the moment the figures } chard yesteiday, the Legislative expenses | of

Brunswick,

| ly.

All | ject too was diseussed, if not directly, at

not only on publie plat-

of the Lower Provinces, while

grown up people and boys who have read

societies

anything besides their primers and Sunday School books, know that the question was The Hon. of the Opposition, however, deserves credit

an old one even then. Leader for the graceful way in which he eventually accepted the situation, and, deprived of the opportunity of moving his own resolution seconded and supported the resolution in. troduced by the Hon. Provincial Secre- tary.

It is perhaps rather early now, while the way is only being prepared for correspond~ ence with the Governments of the other Maritime Provinces on the subject, to en. We

have not immediately under our hands at

ter into a discussion on this question.

present the data upon which to base any

calculations with regard to the economy

that such a union would effect in the Leg- islative expenses of the Lower Provinces, but it must certainly be considerable, if a well planned scheme should ever be effect» ed. of British North America was urged, we

When a federal union of the Provinces

argued that it could effect no saving, but |

would rather entail additional cost in carrys ing on the business of the country.

have not disproved the force of our argus |

ments, for the cost of a general Parliament,

which are still retained, is no less, and we | believe considerably greater than was the |

former cost of our several Local Parlias

It would have beea a wonderful

it turned out otherwise. But

inasmuch as it will be a Legislative Union,

replacing three Local Parliaments by one i

Parliament, which need not be much lar.

| ver than the present Parlisment of this ; Province, must necessarily curtail our Legs

Using for

given by Mr. Blan-

the three Provinces, Nova Scotia, New

and Prince Edward Island,

} amount to something over $153,000 annual.

three Legislatures, containing, we believe, something over one hundred and fifty mem~

bers.

If the three Provinces were united,

there is no reason why a House of Assem-» bly of say sixty members, and a Council of say thirty members, could not satisfactorily

discharge the

more public printing required for the new | ‘ Legislature than for our own Local body, This last fact might lessen the work and | | profits of the printers, but as newspaper | as |

business of the country. There would not, in that case, be much

men are always known to be foremost in

| .

‘yor of the suggested union. Li fare toa large extent the same, there are a

}adyocating public economy, we know they | would not grumble at this fact.

The financial aspect of this question we

| are aware is the strongest argument in fa-

While the nterests of the three Maritime Provinces

great many legal considerations that will

l

| affect both the | ocal Legislatures and the

people in their consideration of this ques- | tion. The several Legislatures will, or at

east a great many of their individual mem vers, will hesitate about giving up their The people

of the various Provinces will, to a great ex- tent, be disposed to look with jealousy up»

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11 | tertained by some of an occasional clashing 1

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|of interests between the Provinces. in spite of this we believe that the time

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who highly complimented Mr, Galbraith upon the exquisite music which had been offered by his band; te which complimens tary remarks he made asuitable reply. The Pipe is ornamented with a handsome silyer

Rink, 1874.’ Such a recognition of his professional services must be highly gratify- ing to Mr. Galbraith,— Patriot,

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ferule, on which is engrayed ‘i. Galbraith, |

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sideration of the measure.

yn the idea of allowing their local affairs to

I need not assure you that I shall often | be decided upon by gentlemen represent-

ng other Provinces, and fears will be en,

will come when the three Provinces will be one, living in harmony under one Legisla

The union may not be brought sbout immediately, as the result of the cors

respondence with the Governments of New

3runswieck and Prince Edward Island now

proposed to be authorized, but that corres~ pondence and the negotiations and delibs erations that will spring out of it will pre

pare the mind of the country fora full con-

Of one thing

we may be sure: there will be no attempt in this Province at least, and we may assurs edly say the same for the other Provinces,

to force a scheme of union upon the people without giving them the ful!est opportunity to pass upon it. We do not agree with an hon. member who said in the House yes- terday in speaking upon the resolution, that the suggestion of the desirabilty of such a union should come from the people at large directly. Every important measure hither- to has been suggested in Parliament before the people have decided whether they want it or not. It is impossible to lead the peo ple at large to give a matter of this kind serious attention, unless such a recognized exponent of the people’s will as a parlia~ ment takes the initiative. No agitation, begun and continued outside of Parliament, could, we believe, ever induce the people to demand by petition a scheme of union from their local representatives. Let the matter be seriously considered at the next meeting of our Legislature, and then if it is

thought advisable, letsteps be taken which |

will put the question in a shape to be sub- mitted to the people.

Dr. Livmgstone has been identified by a singular formation on his arm.

Madrid advices report that Concha has been appointed General in Chief of the

Northern army. During bombardment of Bilboa, 150 citizens were killed and wound- ed.

To make farming pay produce a good,a superior article, ‘The profit in farming lies

in the difference between the prices of pros | ducts of the best quality and those of the |

other ort. The Carlists, after much gallant fighting,

are overpowered by numbers, and compells | ed to rush off to the mountains of north. The recent gains of the tepublicans indicate more vigor on the |

east Spain again. part of the Government thaa we expected,

ot ert

\ssembly yesterday afternoon by

land on the subs union of the three Mar- inchard declared

olution

idea of their resolution from certain g

the

Events |

added to the cost of the Local Parliaments |

{his amount covers the expenses of |

But |

IURDERER,

‘Pittsburg (Pa.) despatch to the St. John T ravaph renorts :—

Gr at excitement is caused all through ths portion of the State, by the murdering anl burning of the Hamnet family. There was no clue up to midnight of Love, the i upposed murderer. The police and citizens him.

re scouring the woods in search of

ile is 25 years of age, came from Germany hort time sinee, and had been in the em> ploy of Hamnet sinee mid-winter. From the fact that the remains of Ella, the eldest ;daughter, have not been found in the jruins, it is thought by some that Love car- ‘ried her off with him plunder thus not bes only object. Frank Ackerman,

the first to dicover the

his

coal digger

ing was burning bui'ding about 3 o'clock yester- day morning. It was daylight before the ruins cooled off, and the search was com ;menced for the The first body | found was that of farmer Hamnet; it was a | charred mass of human flesh. Portions of | his partially consumed clothing were still | in places clinging to hfs unconsumed re-

bodies.

suit. On the third floor are a large vari absurd indeed. There is not a boy in the mains. His face was blackened and char-

red ina few moments. ‘Che horror of the | people was increased by the discovery and | the digging out of another body. This was

Robert Smith, an apprentice, who was bads | ly disfigured. His right hand, only, was but shrunken and shrivelled ; the | left arm was dislocated at the shoulder, and | lying across his breast; his feet were ens | tirely burned off, and the shin bones pros truding from the burned steaming | flesh

| the horrible gashes being gaping open at

and his throat was cut in three places,

| those who gazed upon the terrible spec- itacle. The third body is believed to be | that of Emma Hamnet, four years of age

| but her features were totally unrecogniz-

jable. The lower members were entirely

lestroyed from ends of small ribs, which protruded through the back, near the spi- nal column. The fourth body was that of | Agnes the wife of Hamnet She was re- | cognized by portions of her clothing, which

was clinging to the remains. Her outside

dress had been burned, but her underclo~ The wires of her hoop skirt were still around the body, furnishiug proof that she had not retired to bed when she met her fate.”’

thing was not entirely consumed.

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RAILWAY.

Some of the strongest opponeats of the

THE

| railway policy kave been “won over.”’ The {last Summerside Progress, remarking on

the extension, says :—“ The road appears to The time made in coming was within three hours, including stoppages and about the same in returns The cars are very comfortab'e, they run easily and are handsomely upholstered,

be in excellent order.

ing.

They can seat about thirty passengers and

| are well ventilated and provided with all | necessary conveniences. The train left Charlottetown at half-past nine in the

morning, remained between four and five hours in Summerside, and was back again in the Charlottetown station a little after eight o’clock in the evening. Our readers of the

will be able to form a ood idea

of

they can go to Charlottetown and back in

convenience railway travelling when

a day and have plenty of time to do a mods

| erate amount of business without hurry and Che seemed to enjoy their holiday greatly, and we can testify from our own obsesy tion

| without fatigue. excursionists all

that the trip to Chrrlottetown was particu- larly pleasant. We cannotclose this short and hurried notice of the first exeursion made on the P. E. Island Railway, without bearing our testimony to the obliging dis- position the contractors’ employees, from the highest to the lowest,

manifested by with whom we came in contact. They hare ill, from Mr. Gregory and Mr. Rainnie downwards, evinced a desire to render their intercourse with the people of the Island leasant as possible, and to afford them |as much accommodation as circumstance | permit.

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| TARIFF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST

THE MARITIME PROVINCES Mr. Cartwright has felt it necessary to lighten the burdens he imposed on our ships

| builders. Some of the shipping materials | which he taxed he consents to admit duty | free again Yet we of the Maritime Pros | vinces have no very great reason to rejoice

on that account. For if Mr. Cartwright | lessens the weight of one kind of taxation | that pressed heavily on the Maritime inte-~ | rest,;he discriminates against usin his newest

Tariff in another direction. What he gives | up to the ship-yard he regains from the tea table. In his first Tariff, the duties imposed on tea were 6 cents per lb. on green and 4 cents per lb. on black tea. These, com-

i with the duties on tea levied under the old Tariff, before the tea taxation was the people of the Maritime Provinces. Under | the old Tariff, besides an equal ad valorem duty on the green and black teas, there was atax of 7 cents per lb. on green tea, and one of 35 cents on black tea.

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abolished, bore quite unfavorably on

Thus, under the old Tariff, the specific duty on costly green tea was precisely as much again as that upon the cheaper black tea ; whereas, under Mr. Cartwrights first Tariff the specific duty on green was only halfas much again as that on black tea. But when he resolved to make concession on shipping

materials he, it seems,dete rminedjto recoup himself by so re-arranging the tea duties that the specific on green should be only one third more than that on black tea. So in his second Tariff he placed the specific duty on the former at 4 cents and that on the latter at 3 cents.

The significance of these facts lies in this circumstance, that in Ontario and Quebec green tea is mainly used, while in the Mari- time Provinces the consumption of green tea is very small.—At John News.

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Advices from Arkansas represent affairs in a more serious light than at any previous time. Another collision is reported, and five men said to haye been killed. The seizure of Judges causes great excitement and writs of Habeas Corpus have been serve ed, but were not obeyed, on ground that

martiall law prevailed,

Piaxting Ovun Fruir Trees.—Just as soon as the frost is out of the ground, so tbat the men can dig the hole deep enough to receive the roots, and large enongh to permit cover- ing them well, is the time lo sel our trees, I generally put a pail of water on the earth as I pack it about the roots, and I am not afraid that I wiil get it packed too hard. When I finish up on the top, 1 pack it down, and do notraise a high moun / about the tree to run off all the water from the tree, that falls during the course of the summer. In live or six days after the trees areset, | take a look at them, and see if it is not necessary