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Eqrfiiiisiied 1823.

Clltll‘lllllL‘»l0W'll, Prince Edward Island, Wednesday, September 28, I853.

New S€l"lCSa No. 72.

Haszard’: Gazette. tiE()R(‘rE T. IIASZ \RD, Proprietor and Ptibhpht-r. l'iib|islie«l evc \Vedni-sdisy and Saturday mornings. Ulllrt-,Siru|lt siile {tic-on Square, P. E. Islahtl. ‘|‘it itlsvAnniiuI Subscription, lbs. Discount for cash lu aiilvtslice. rsitus or aDvl:I'l'lIIl0. For the first insertion, occttp hug the space of 4 lincl. 'ncs,2s.&I.--9liiit-s,3s.—-l2liuea . . . ne:,4s -20 lines, 4a. 6tl.—25 lines,_bs.— lltllines, 5:. Gd.--86lineiI,6s.—-and 3d. foreaclt additional line. One fourth ofthe above tiir each mntinintnu. _ Ailvertisomrntsseiit without limitiitiou,wi|l he vteutlulfll until forbid.

Mall Steamer " Fairy Queen.” W. R. HUI. YEA, Commander, New Arron einent._

'l‘he Steamer Fairy Queen wi l, coiuineneing on the 19th in:t., leave Queen‘: Wharf for Bsdcqoe pnd Shediac, at I2 o'clock noon, instead of the Evening, in heretofore.

Cliitrlottetown, Sop. ti, I858.

summer Arrangement of Malls. III‘) MAIIIS for the neighbouring Provinces will be made up until further Notlce every TUES- DAY and THURSDAY N ‘ ’ , at Nine o'clock, and forwarded via I’ic'i'oti, and the MAILS for Eu- gliind will be closed upon the following days at the

same hour.

'I‘uc:diiy, Muy I0, Tuesday, August 2, “ May 24, “ Augiistlfi, “ Juno 7. “ Augii:t30. “ Jnnefil, “ Sept' I8, " July 5, " Sept. 27, " July 19, “ October ll. Letter: to be regiitsred, and Newspapers, iuust be

mailed half an hour before the time ofcloaing. 'I‘HO.\lAS OWEN, Postmaster General. General Post Ofllce, April 30, I858.

Georgetown Malls.

' ‘III-I MAILS for Gear etown until further Notice,

will be made up an forwarded every Monday and Friday morning at nine o'cloc .

TIIOS‘ OWEN, Postmaster General. May 2, 1868.

.r. s”."oiiKi.Ev, COMMISSION MERCHANT AND

Ship Brok , Jr... 7, souru STREET, NEW YORK.

WI-‘ uni ht. ...a_ .v....i. ‘p-cums, at -lion notice for l::u|‘o'p0‘. the British Provinces, West Indies, Aus- tralia and California. Berth: secured for the latter places.

‘UR SALE, a staunch clinker built BOAT, 18 foot keel. She has lately undergone athorou

repair, and is now in good condition, rfectly_ t lit, and sail: reiuarkabl well. For fur or parties or: apply at Hazard’: aaette {lice

July 11, I858.

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HE Christian Public are hereb notified, that the Ladies of the HJPTIS CHURCH and congregation worshiping in the Baptist Church, in Charlottetown, purpose holding a BAZAAR In

the earl part of the ensuing autumn, to aid in raising I-‘mitts or the erection of a Tower and Porch to the said Chapel. , "ontribution: in donations or work, will be thank- fully rsceived by either of the undersigned Com- mittss. W. Bantu-nan, J. Mctinsooa. Winsou.

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Charlottetown, 30th July. W53-

Suint John Bale Stables. A. CUMMING. Veterinary Surgeon, ‘to . imjmnato srtias having HORSES to dis- pose of, that he is a It to 0 has a Sale Stablo.l_l|0l0 premises next the Catholic hapel,_ head of King‘: uare, St. John; where Hones _vvill be kept at liv- ery, and bought or sold on commission. _

There being no wall-understood place in St. John where those having

orsss, ter: himself that a lloasu Basaaa, or Sale Stable. proper-I conducted, may in some measure supply a want e felt by the public; while from the now- ledge of horse: derived from his profession, he may be able at times to give useful advice both to seller and purchaser.

N. B.—Two or three good young Harness Horse: wasted; and a s-ruoivo ituavr PAII, fhll mouthed for shipyard work.

Saint John, filth April. IIII.

Iallhx, 19th July. 1358. AlCItIALD Scour, .

lR,—As the Ageat of various lira lamrsscs Cots, nits, I be to bring under your notice my PA TE 1‘ ART FICIAL SLATE. This gompojllloll has been upwards of, three year: exten- sively used in New Brunswick, Nawfon and Prince Edward Island, the Canada: and Nova Beotia, principally for covering ' fooflr I0 you will reaiva by the sccompsn ing circular: of esrtiflsates. Iteha: been severely tested, and proved most success- fully its the proof qualities under most extraordinary circumstances; so much so, that I am of opinion that ire:...—.—....." ,. l " "' _, -l u I application to all kinda of wood building (where the coio. y... an o joctiou to its being used. such as the back wallsof dwellin in the cit , out houses, rm-..iiossa:, &o., as wel as the roo _) by lowsrlng the prsrnluiu of Insurance on such buildings as are

COVOV s

I liars the honor to be. :ir,. our obedient servant,

J. W. R088. Patsiitoe and Manufacturer.

Halifax Nth July, I858. 8iii,—-In answer to your note of the llth iust. I consider the use of your "‘Ar.tI6oisl Glass Paint" on shinglsd lwsfs. as greatly diminishing the rh|_t aginalt f‘irs—-I have frequently reduced the premiums on

Building: in the Country, upon its application.

I an. air. your ob’t servast.,

. AI.Cll’I). I(X)'I"I‘. Agent.

uaar. (All papers.)

1 John r.ou.l-t.ItaIitu- _____ ___

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND THE IAIN]! LAW.

(From the New Brunswick Telegraph.) Mlt. Eniroit,—l have just returned front a visit to Prince Edward Island, vrliere I have been endeavouring to iiiipi-css the friends and enemies oftlu: good cause with the expediency, propriety, justice and necessity of adopting the Maine Law, as the proper regulator of the deadly traflic in Iiqiiid fire. ' You will have some idea ofthe difliculty of maintainin that position, when I inform you that the §’remi'cr ofthe Island, is also Premier of the trade, i. is. head distiller and brewer. It may, perhaps, be as well, how- ever, to remark, that he is spoken of as an estimable man in the main--only he brews beer and distills whiskey; and how far that may lessen his claim to high morality and respectability will depend very much upon the views ofthose whojudge in such mat- ters. One thing, however. is certain, that in the great public eye, the title ofHonor- able does "cover it multitude of sins.” It is very devoutly to he prayed, that either the Honorable gentleman in question, may be led to abandon the bad business of dcs- , troying the grain designed for man's food, and converting it into a deadly poison, or else forfeit the high position he now occu- pies, in which his double influence may certainly be the means of perpetuating and extendin the inconceivably destructive power of the Dcvil’s most subtle agents, intoxicating drinks. Pity indeed that so fair is land should be smutted all over with the soot of distillery chimuies. Pity it is, but true, nevertheless. A word about the land itself. But let me promise, that I am a very indifferent hand at describing scenery; and hence, I may convey a very imperfect idea of its beauties and its worth. Approaching Charlottetown in the steamer “ Fairy Queen,” at an hour ""m""='-"r °*"'y to obsc vc the dew-drops. yet unabsorbed, all spar hug and oriiiiant under the rays of the morniiig sun, like an infinity of minute pearls, on a ground of urest rcen, it seemed indeed as if the airy on were bringin us to her own dominions, and about to introduce us to creatures of a higher order than might be supposed to exist within our own unpromis- ing, bleak and rock-bound coast. Smiling fields, yet rich with the harvest treasures, spread out in tranquil beauty, everywhere met the eye; while the whole country ap- peared, not full of crags and lofty peaks, but gentle undulations, with parks and lawns, and cottages, and mansions of greater pre- tensions, church spires, and shall I inat- the picture? I would not, but I must be truthful. "Between the sublime and the ridiculous there is but a step.”—CIiurch .: ins and distillery chiinnics! Ah, ah! its ifdne. “What an association!” some one exclaims. The Temples of God, and the Temples of--—who?

In sober truth and humble prose, Prince Edward Island is a lovely land, and worthy

of the illustrious name it bears. Its people too, are worth . I had heard that they of manners,

were characterized by urbanity and genuine hospitality and realized the description in my own experience.

But I am admonished that this epistle must not be too lengthy; and you will wish to know whatl have been doing there. I lectured in Charlottetown and Bedeque a number of times; and on each occasion was listened to throughout with patient and un- broken attention. I opened-—allow me to assume somewhat of the General, pro (cm- with a discharge of small arms, so as to drive in the enemie’s advanced guards. Then I dischar ed a concentrated volley at the main bo y, producing some little consternation, visible from the wavering of their ranks. Selecting a certain battalion in white uniforms, and carrying curious weapons, evidently stolen from a sacred artnoury, I took them by surprise, by tom- ing their stolen arms upon their own ranks, and endeavouring thus to show them, that their position was unsafe and their ground untenable. And, lastly, I hurled homb- shclls, rockets and chitin-shot at distilleries, taverns and grogshops, and left the battle, myself without it wound, and the ranks of the teetotal army promised it number ofablc bodied recruits, of whose doings, in connec- tion with the veterans alread in the field, we—-that is, you and I Mr. itor—-will, I doubt not, hear a good account by and b e.

I must now drop all figures, and conclude b a plain statement of the state and pros- pects of the Island pulation, with refe- rence to the blighting ruin-trade. Last session, a petition, with some three thousand names afiixed thereto was presented to the Le ialature, asking for a prohibitory law; ahtf this effort of the people to recover their long-lost liberties was received with taunt- ing sneers, and contemptuous jibes. by the body ensrally. A few, an very few, honorable exceptions indeed there were. A counter petition, signed by out isas,

favour, and dignified by reference to the same coiiimittce, to whom was committed the petition of the three thousand. Since then, a general election has taken place, and the result, although for from being a triumph to our side, 8tll'lI as we could de- sire, is l't(‘VPl'!lIFl(.'.lS suflicit-nt to indicate, that it will not be safe for the claimants of the people’s sutfriiges again to trifle with the united influence of the pntritic band who are seeking the overthrow of the de- tested traflic. The people only want light on the momentous subject, and a trusty agent is now in the field, employed by the Sons, tor the purpose of diffusing that light; and alter Brother J. Ai-buckle, the agent in question, hits made one or two tours with his Main Law Petition, and exercised his brilliant wit, and strong persuasive owors extensively, I am no Prophet, or some constituencies will tell most unmis- tnkeably how much they feel the force and power oftruth. I must, in passing, be al- lowed to make it brief acknowledgment of Bro. Arbuckle’s ussiduous attentions to myselfduring my stay upon the Island; and as he has the honor of attaching the initals of“ P. G. W. P.” to his name, I hope to have the pleasure of introducing him, next spring, to our brothers ofthe National Di- vision, in our own good City of St. John.

To mention the many excellent brethren with whom I held social intercourse in Charlottetown, would be diflicult; but I cannot forbear a tribute of respect to Bro. Cooper, the present esteemed and highly gifted G W. P., and Bro. Morrison, his Grand Vl/ortliy Assnciiite-—woi-tliy indeed, as our St. John Brothers will testify when, by and by, they may be permitted to bail’ these worthy reprr-sentatives of our noble institution in their expected gathering. Nor can I close without speaking of mine honoured host, and his most amiable fiinii- ly, Bro. John Bovyer, himself a veteran, fearless and uiitiring, in the advocacy ofthe 23‘.'.‘.’:'.i..:’(.'...".’.’.."‘.:ni"i'.'.'.. ..".'.?:!';2ir..t=it.ir.t ing-place at his private boarding-house, corner, of Queen and V\'iitcr Streets.

1 for-bear to comment upon the closing compliment paid my unworthy self, in the shape ofa public breakfast, on the morning of my departure from Charlottetown. You will probably have an account of that from other sources; and you will gather from it a more distinct impression of the spirited men who have the work in hand in yonder green and verdant Island.

I am, Mr. Editor, Your friend and co-labourer, JAMIE JOHNSON. Sackville, 31st Aug., I853.

KtNc’s EVIL, on Two IN A Ban :” “ At is small village, not it thousand miles otl‘, II. number ofstuges arritcd, filled with pesscngers, who were obligtd to stop at a small tavern, in which there was no great supply of eds. The lundord remarked that he should be obliged to put two or three gentlemen, who weie, by the way, nearly all strangers to one mother together, and requested they woull take partners. Stage coaches are filled with all sorts of

eople, and a bed-fellow slould be selected with care. Every body seemed to hesitate. Mr. McVickar, who wasone of the pas- sengers, had made up llll mind to snoose in a chair. or have a Iiedto himself. He saw that his onely chance to get a bed to himself was by hiswits, ind,wulking up to the register, he entered lis name, and re- mar e

“ ‘ I am willing to sleet with any gentle- man, but have the Kings Evil, and it is coiitagions.’ '

“ ‘ The King's Evil !'said every one ; and the landlord, lookitg thunder-struck, remarked, as he eyed hm rather closely :

“ ‘ I'll see, sir, what lcan do for you by yourself.’

“In a short time hewus ensconced in the land-lord’: bed, who slept on the floor to accomodate the stran;ers.

“ In the morning, wfle all were prepa- rin for breakfast, a fellyw-traveller accost- ed cVickar with : “‘ lay sir, what is the nature of the complaintaf which you spoke last ni ht ?‘ .

“ ‘ ' he nature ’lrawlerl out he, a little nonplusscd for atnnswer.

"‘Yes sir; I neve heard of such a disease before.’

“ ‘ Why,’ said McV:ar, brightening up, ‘ I thought every one how. It is s Issue of long standing.‘ It fit-st appearance in America was durin- the Revolutionary War, when it took it ome of the best men our country ever corsined. At the battle of New orleans, it amqnted to an epidemic ,- and since the arrivi of Kossuth in this country it has bi-okevout afresh in many plac . " ‘ Indeed said thotriinger. . I confess I have never heard h ofit.’ “ ‘Perhaps not,,said McVica, ' it generally goes by another name. ' -

" ‘ And what niaylbat be 7'

srzso or RAILROADS.

Dr .Lardncr adopts sonic ingenious illus- tratiims to render familiar the cxtrtiordiuur_v velocity with which our express trains move.

The Great ‘Western express to Exeter, Eflglttllll, travels at the rate of 43 miles an hour, including stoppages, or 5| miles an hour, without including stoppages; to attain this rate, ti spce of60 miles an hour is adopted midway between some of the sta- tions; and, in certain experiineiitol trips, 70 miles an hour have been !‘(.'tlcll(?(l. A speed of 70 miles an hour is about equivalent to 35 yards per second, or 35 yards between two beats of ti. coimiioii clock.

All objects near the eye of ti passenger travelling at this rate will pass by his eye in the thirty-fifth part otta second; and ifthirty- five stakes were erected at the side ofthe road, a yard asunder, they would not he distinguishable one from another; if painted red, they would appear collectively lls a continuous flash ofred colour. Iftwo trains with this speed passed ouch other, the re- lative velocity would he 70 yards per sec- ond; and if one ofthe trains were 70 yards long, it would flash by in it single second. Supposing the locomotive which draws such a train to have driving wheels seven feet in diameter, these wheels will revolve five times in a second; the piston moves along the cylinder ten times in a second; the valve moves and the steam escapes ten times in a second; but us there are two cylinders which act alternately, there are rcully twsnty puffs or escapes of steam in a sec-

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The locomotive can he heard to “ cough” when moving ‘slowly, the cough being oc- casioned by the abrupt emission of waste steam up the chiuiiey; but 20 coughs per second cannot be separated by the ear, their individuality becoming lost. Such a locomotive spec is equal to nearly one- fourth that of ii cannon ball; and the mo- .,.....,'".:£:'.tD‘2s.!"'",rr:3Y;g§, ;j;;;;°f; *1 gregate force ofa number ol canuu. equal to one-fourth the weight of the train. That a " smash” should follow a " collision” is no subject for marvel, if a train moving at such speed, should meet with any ob- stacle to progress.

QUICKSILVER MiNi:s.—The diseased forms of the men working ‘as excavators be- long only too prominently to it picture of Almaden. You meet men in the streets with wasted faces, fetid breaths, and tremb- ling hands, blind, and paralytic. The heat in the lower workings of the mine is very considerable; the ventilation is imperfect; vapour of quicksilver floats upon the air, and condenses on the walls, down which it trickles in little runlets of pure liquid metal. Even visitors are sensibly affected by it, and retain for some time the metallic flavour in their mouths. The miners, who number more than 4,000, are divided into three gangs, or watches, working six hours each, and leaving the fourth six hours of the twenty-four-—from tea at night until four in the morning——as an interval of pertcct rest. On account of the heat, and the deleterious nature of the vapour, summer is made the idle time, winter the great period ofactivity among the population. As the winter class- es, the appearance of the miners begins very emphatically to tell its own tale, and great numbers hasten to their native plains and mountains to recruit. Their homes are chiefly scattered about Estremadura, Andalusia, and Portugal. Crowds of Por- tuguese, after harvest flock to obtain em- ploymcnt at Almadan, selling not their la- bour only but their health. The most ro- bust cannot work iu the mine longer than for about 14 days in succession, generally eight or nine days make as long a period of such labour as can be endured Without rest. Those who exceed that time are obliged eventually to ive up work and breathe unadulterated air for perhaps two months to- gether. Ifthey work without due precau- tion, and almost inevitably if they indulge in wine, miners at Almaden, a cd between 25 and 30, waste away, lose hair and teeth, acquire an insufl"erable breath, or become sometimes ufllictcd with tremblings that render them unable to supply their own wants: they have to be fed like infants. It‘ the disease be not checked vigorously, cram s and nervous attacks of the most agonisin kind follow upon these symptoms and his on to death. hey who work within due bounds, and live moderately, using a good deal of milk, if they take care always to cleanse their persons thoroughl after each six hours of worlt-—-the full day’: lsboui~——live not seldom to old age. These diseases afllict the miners only. The men enga ed upon the ore andquicksilver out- side t e mines, in smelting and in other op- erations, do not :ufl‘er.--Dickens’ "House- d Words.”

CIIANGI or Dl!lGlATl0N.—Il is: signifi- cant fact that the Eu lish a rs in China

aiahg a mass of ribsldry, disgusting“:

, .. nu-par‘: Emeline is: logical);- l srneltuio III. 1178'!’ llfln

a c \ nan.-r-.iii.s.ss-o sutass.

muss ssnss, was received with uni

“ ‘R ' saints .said he, as he turned away to arrange bispflst for breakfast."

no longer talli of'"t e re s’’ or“ insur- gents.‘ : prsssat ptii-an being "the pa- triot ariiiy."

GLEANIIIGS FROM LATE PAPERS.

Tut: Visws or AN ()1-‘!_'lClB. or -run U. S. Nivv on: THE. Fisiisnv Qus.srioit,.—'l‘ho Boston Courier pulilislies the following letter lrom an oflicer in the U. S. Navy, no doubt on board of the steamer Princeton. It is dated Charlottetown, Aug. 30th, and it will be seen that the writer does not mince. matters. He goes the whole hog for an-.. ncxntioii, whether the people will it or not. —Hear hiin:—

“ Ifyou desire to learn anything about the fishery question, pump me, nssooii as get to Boston. I am full ofit.

Politicians make this fish row. The mass of the people, the farmers and small traders along shore, want our fishermen to come here. A junta at Halifax, descendants of the renegade tories who fled from the Uni- ted States at the time of the revolution, do all the mischief.

As matters are progressing now, the hei-ring and mackerel fishery is being com- pletcly auiiiliiliited. Those fish are never caught here three miles from the land.

VVlicn the English government reluctantly

of laid, and sent a squadron to close all the great bays to us, we should, at once, have met such a demonstration by a like display. First, because our negociators never intend- ed anything but three miles from land, or else we must believe they deliberately negociated away the whole fishery except only the cod. Next, John Bull is not in- terested enough in these Blue Noses to have gone to war for them. . Consequently

mass of New Brunswick Nova Scotia and the Islands would have cursed him bitterly for his desertion. parties, father and children, would have been quite agreeable to that tall, lankey old gentleman with a bell-ci-owned hat, who is looking quietly and yet perhaps rather eagerly over the border.