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RIE OT TEC TRA, AC CLAIRE Fear . , ' Se PUMPS AND WELLS. | Lordship, and the rejection at home of measures, which in| dollars per month to g0 Pe “ oe a Isaac Mr. WHe.an, ‘their passage through the Legislature, they have been vn | alton but ooo ; ™ a 8 as be ang Sin,—You are no doubt aware that one of the evils of able to destroy, will not I trust appear to Your Lordship) ment sailors. A as 2 _— : aaa 8 are short ot tale. sin entailed on the progeny of father Adam is, that dar-'as necessary resulls of the system you are desirous lo esta-)Gregon and oe oon , P _ 3 are pouring their po- ing the remainder of time some of said progeny shall! blish, | pulations to e ' aaa Atenas a scarce and be “hewers of wood, and drawers of water;” but, Sir,) By and bye the just principles of Colonial Govern-| high—board, $ o S ameae ag $3 a dozen, Mer- are you cognizant of any law, human or divine, that; ment will come to be more generally understood, and chants’ clerks get fe $2000 to om ayear, compeis tie “ drawers of water” in this colony, especi- | persons who fai to convince their own countrymen that Goods of every ae ee con oe and high in ally in this town,to run the risk every morning or every jinjustice hus been done to them, will scarcely regard it as, Upper California. ee ines labour is from ten of evening of breaking their necks at our pumps, in addi-| worth their while to involve the Colonial Secretary in dis-| fitteen dollars per day; board ten dollars per day, with tion to paying their share of the Pump tax! If you are, | cussions, which, should he agree with the local authorities, the privilege of sleeping undera tree. A pair of biankew you will confer an immense amotnt of benefit on the! are necessary, and if he does not, unless tlre question be is worth 80 dollars ;a pea-jacket 150 dollars. Ten is community at lage if you will be kind enough to pub-jone of much importance, sometimes throws upon him! worth five dollars a pound, and every thing in like iigh it, so that we may get to the spring of this crying evil, the onus of interposing the prerogative in an ungracious proportion. 10 and perhaps be able to get our Legislative wisdom, which! manner. He Of five parcels of gold sent last week to a chermist in i# soon to befamalgamated or concentrated, for goodor| “T have deemed it but fair to withhold the expression) New ork to be assayed, one was found to be pure, and evil to the colony, to have said evil modified or eradi-'of this opinion, from parties complaining, because, the other four, valued at $39,000, were found not to be cated. Iwas most enxious that every opportunity should| worth eighty cents ;—~—and the chemist expressed his When I ask the Collector of Taxes, what becomes of |be afforded to those who felt themselves aggrieved to opinion that one-fifth only of the dust gathered in the all the money assessed? ‘I'he reply is, it isexpended in{/submit their objections. I need not say the support gold regions would be found to be of any value. paying a person to keep the Wells and Pumps in good|which Your Lordship has atall times given me in “ oem and efficient order, and to sink fresh Wells where they | discharge of my official duties, emboldens me to ask,| Lyon, Mass, has a population-of less than 12,000, yet are required. ‘To the enquiry, has he any property at!that Your Lordship will leave no doubt on the public 3,000,000 pairs of boots and shoes were made there laat stake inthe town? ‘fhe answer is, yes, considerable.|mind in Nova Scotia, by a the mode in which the mea-| year. Nearly 8,000 of its inhabitants of both sexes are is headrunkard? No, he is one of the very latest fash-!sures submitted by this mail are dealt with, that I am)engaged in the business, The value of the boots and ioned tee-totallers, alias Sons of Temperance ? ‘Then I discharging the delicate duties consigned to me, in the shoes manufactured in Massachusetts, in 1847, wae confess lam, as the Yankees would say, “rayther in| fall confidence of Her Majesty’s Government. | 17,000,000 dollars. a tix” to think that a sober, sensible man, possess- “IT have, &c. &., &, ed of property that may be consumed by fire, perhaps he (3d.) J. Hanver.” | has a family too, some members of which must draw | AtIndian River, on Tuesday, the 13th inst., by the water, beside it appears he is paid for his labour, to think ; Rev. James M’Donald, P.P., Mr. Thomas Power, of T say that such aman, who is bound in duty and in ho- SONS OF TEMPERANCE, ~ Irish ‘own, New London, to Miss Mary Ann M’Carvi!! nour, to his fainily, to his property and to the public as} On Tnesday last, the G. W. P. accompanied by the! of Free Town. his employers, who pay him well, should not only|G. Chaplain, the G. Conductor, and the Acting G. §,. ~ Jeave the Pumps frozen up for a whole day together, but |left town, for the purpose of holding Meetings and esta- DIED. allow such an accumulation of ice around each Pamp, | blishing Divisions of the OnpeR in Prince County. Suddenly, on Sunday morning the 17th December, r that it is, beside being diffieultto hang a bucket onthe; On Wednesday evening, a Meeting was held at Portion board the brig “ Douglas,” afew days after her Pump's nose free of ice, next to impossible to get suffi- Hill, when the Rev. W. H. Cooper, A. B., was called jeaving this port, on his way to join his friends in Eng- ciently near to the spout to plant a bucket under it, and|to the chair, and the proceedings of the evening were jand, Mr, James Jackson, for many years a resident of ‘then to get it away more than half full withoart sliding commenced with Singing, reading the word of God, and this town. half-a-deaen times from the Pump before getting hold|Prayer. The G. W. P. then addressed the Meeting,’ At Charlottetown, on Tuesday evening, of Hooping of the bucket to move! is, according to my notion of and was followed by the Rev. Mr. Rand, the Rev. Mr. Cough, Exizaneru Jaye, only daughter of Mr. W- things, beyoud all common decency, to say nothing worse,|Cooper, Messrs. Pidwel! and Davison, in eloquent, pow-| 3, Wellner, aged 8 months, /

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and if he is not'sufficiently paid for what he does, or bah peen Ae8 Pvvens speeches. ie the eens wey Semen ra ae to do, let him: complain, and either get more pay or|closed, a hequisition was signed and presented to the) REECE RR

throw ap his commission, and somebody else get it, who/G. W. P., praying for a charter to open a Division in| PRI oor. oot tee ue 8

can and will attend to it. Only think, Sir, what a con- | Port Hill, and which was granted. The Division was} . ~ 7; te Pa ;

dition this community would be in, aftera frosty night, to|then opened in form, and after a number of persons had| i ee ee A800 |Coal, — “a ware - have a fire break out, and instead of having easy ac-| been initiated into the Order, the following Brethren} a cele _ |weod pet aie Seed cess to the Pimps and them free to work, find them) were elected and installed as Officers for the Richmond | PEL per tb./29d a24d| SUNDRIS. frozen up, and requiring a bucket or two of boiling wa- | Division, No. 6, for the present quarter, viZ:— t Rye per barre] Tea, Bohea per chest\le a ls6d ter,‘or an iron rod to free them of ice, and then to require| The Rev. W. H. Cooper, W. P. William Gregg,/Cor Meal per ae ‘i , per lb js . tne exercise of half a dozen axes fora quarter of an}|W. A. Neil M‘Lean, R. S. James Yeo, A. R. 3.—| Oatmeal pee ae 18a | rw > ie = hour. to obtain anything like a footing at them; all/ George Locke, F. S. Humphrey Dyment, T. Henry | Beef, sinall pieces lb 3d a 44d / Coffee P Rico, ewt 84e which time the fire is raging, when half a dozen buck-| Folland, C. William Haywood, A.C. Donald Mont-| per quarter {2d a 44d per Ibi Is > evs of water might put it out when first discovered, and/gomery, I.S. William Newcombe, O. 8. George F., atk — oe - St Domingo,cwt| 80s

the pumpat the door. Does not your flesh creep on,Cooper, P. W. P. vem 24d a 4d Siew Be tybe: a ma : vour bones, Sir, and your teeth chatter in your head, at

_ On the following day, Thursday, a Meeting was held, Pork per barrel 50s a GOs per Ibl6d the contemplation of a conflagration under such circum- | in the Court House, at St. Eleanor’s, when a Requisition’ per carcass (28d a 4d Refined do |9d stances? Ifsuch is not your fate, it should be that of; was prepared, and a Division was duly opened, whena/ Butter, fresh, per Ib) 10d. als |Molasses,pergal. [1s 74

: pe , 4 ) »¢ were initiated, and the following Brethren were_ tub, do /9da Id !Raisins, per box ibs the person employed to attend to the Pumps and Wells, ; number were initiated, e fe g CTC! ‘cheese, PE Island ibid a 7a. [Tobacco Fie PE tite feta

for two hours every frosty night, till his professed love elected and duly installed the Officers of the St. Elea-| Popes crovend \9d an 10d Cavendish. Aissted for water to be the only and universal beverage, should |nor’s Division No. 7, for the present quarter, viz :— | Kags per doz 10d ‘1 Soap, per box show more reality than it does at present! In short, Sir, N. J. Brown, W.P. James Gourley, W. A. Robert) Potatoes per bushel | Is6d a 2s|Candles, mould P £ 1.)1s

in no cduntry that I have ever visited are the Pumps so Gourley, R. S., William Reid, A. R. 8S, George | Turnips tb Liy mat dip, vs Pr: aoe : . : ag : eae "i . , | Tallow er Ib 8d a mould, Am. exposed and kept in such rascally condition during win-|Jeffery, FS. Patrick Brown, 'T. Theophilus Chappell, tora Pee 6d 8d dip Am. [9d

tor asin this very town. [ pay tax enough every year/C. Mathias Jaques, A.C. William Haghes, I. S.—|po,7 Barley do |2 Brandy (Martel’s) gal| (206 al4e to bring the water into my very kitchen; yet, I have to|James W. Riely,O.S. Jonathan Weatherbe, P. W. P.| Ham do \5d Wine, Port elie elie bring all that is used in my family, frequently atthe} On Friday evening, a Meeting was held at Bedeque, | Rice do |4d Sherry do, 12s

imaunent danger of spilling myself at the Pump as well; when the proceedings were conducted in the usual |,» ove agin tas tat oe Core! sortase tue . f . os oa 7 i a : | } ohh wee t Sv ™ : as the water ; and the probability is, that if | wished to}manner. A Requisition fora Division was duly pre- | G..4, do | 1s9da2s6 peal wee ga 9 Bed

insure my life, and was tightly questioned as to the risk| pared, and the G. W. P. deputized the Rev. 8. T. Rand! vow!s ds \Sda tod Jamaica, high { daily run at the Pumps, and have to tell the truth, I}to open one on Tuesday next. |Codfish per quintat lhis a 13s proof, per gal|8s 6d

should immediately have to pay a higher premium! and! ‘I'he G. W. P. returned to town on Saturday evening,, Palmon each i ia al Repeme, Fine = tt j5s ear ae tease f. thi a 3 2 ¢ ; : ‘ } ] successful e _|hermngs per barrei|20s a Los; spruce do jx® F wirose fuult would this be? I presume not that of after having had a most delightful and successful excur-| | ihaneh he hen aed eulochda'! Makt'e ae

Recuazite. (sion. The Order is so rapidly extending, that we believe) penile Shingles Ge a Ws Charlottetown, Feb. 17th, 1849. Divisions will be opened in every Settlement of the Is-\ Oats per bushel! Is6dale9 kxcuawor. | ‘ff sadiicls te oad Adiiiteemenreotannton land, and that the principles of Temperance, and of Love, | sector do —-'% 6ds3s'On London 60 days {324 pr.et .

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AN EXAMPLE TO COLONIAL GOVERNORS. Parity, and Fidelity will be universally diffused om | On Halifax 60 dase 120 de

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-y the Lieutenant Goveraor of this Island the following |. : : , r ” \ington Union, (official paper),of the 21st instant, contains! oceans

Despatch from one of his predecessors in the Gover, letter from Lieut. Larkin, dated Monterey, Nov. 15th, . ‘eat k meat, which has been printed in the NovaScotia papers received at the State Department, containing further} £8, 0, (), amongst a large collection of other public documents, confirmation cf the previous despatches, public and| A LL Persons indebted to J. Wearuensg, Esg., of secently laid before the Legislature of that Province.|private, and far Rn all inet. ReTs tm al this place, in Sums of £8, and under, are hereby When will a Governor in this place understand his true|°Ung ChOrAC NE = ™ 8° ofasdpeetre cry yl mE ee jrequested to call on me, at my office, prior to the fret , {quality daily. Lumps are found weighing from one (| day of March next, and discharge the same, otherwise, poation—utter his sentiments fearlessly, and despise | pn pounds. Several have been heard of weighing a8 [ am instructed te issue a Summons on thet day, for the cant and nonsense about displacing “old and faith-| high as sixteen and one twenty-five pounds ! Many me? each Sum so due and unpaid. fut public servants,” and disturbing the ancient order of) who were ay tg - y gt cok gta bed ' JAMES CA a Ss ik i : i * : i — vr W 2 ; . $e 7 yf At iv. things, perpetually drivelling from the lips of officials, | (aging ie page viy Bic amount realized daily from| _&. _Breanor's, Feb. SRS OARO ioe SA eee aad ectped by their corrupt parasites and scribes’ =! fuly to October. Half the diggers are sick with, To be let, ; “ Goverxuent Horse, fevers, though not many deaths have occurred among | large SHOP Ina conventent me —, “ Halifax, April 20, 1848. them. The Indians readily give an ounce of gold for al oer the Town. Keat low, Enquire Docker 18. bis “Wy Lorp, os my Despatches Nos, 23 and 20} common calico shirt /—others are seiling for ten I il eeererierecet- ic, sian ——— were closed, the letter which I have now the honour to each in specie. The gold region extends over a tract Mechanies’ Institute. transmit, addressed by Mr. James W. Johnston to Your of three hundred miles, and it was not known that it did NOTIC E.—Ticxers of admission to the Lordship, was sent to me, This letter appearing to the not extend 2 thousand. +* above Institution for the current Session, cam be badot wembers of my Council to require some .observations, A letter from Commodore Jones states that consider- | the Secretary, snd at Mr, 1. Stamper’s Book-Store._ ° tase have been embodied in the address by which it is able anarchy prevails in the fleet, the officers having’ Tickets to admit Members, ‘2% 7 ‘been attacked with fever, Many ofthe petty officers: do, . iady and Gentleman, 0 7 6 ‘and men had deserted and gone in search of gold. He} a. oT Wels 9 3 ° ladds, the Indians are selling gold at fifty cents the ounce. | gen ee 091.6 Many merchant vessels are deserted by captain, cook, | ae A. DAVISON, Secretary. le interference of Yourjand seamen. Discharged soldiers had been offered fifty January 15, 1949.

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