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FEBRUARY 21, 1873. !

Tho Tricks of the “Argus.” In the opinion of all men, the Editor of! the Argus plays upon two strings with the skill of an accomplished artist. Sir John McDonald is, in his estimation, a very great man: but Louis Henry Davies is a still greater. The comparative worth of the two gentlemen is settled by a reference to the pecuniary benefits which they have the power of bestowing on our contemporary. Sir Jolin’s power lies in futurity, but there is a strong hope that 1t may prove remuner- ative. Our local Premier, on the other hand, is a present benefactor endowed with the power of conferring Printing Jobs and adding fresh value to the office of Queen's Printer. Hence, with a wisdom borrowed from Bucolic prineiples, which counsel the giving of the choicest morsels to the cow that vields the most milk, our contempo- rary lays the richest sheaves of his adulation before Mr. Louis Henry Davies.

On Tuesday last, our contemporary in- dulged in one of his finest ecsiacies in the way of praise. He threw his fattest sheaf before his favorite cow. Tho occasion waa the conviction -of two lads on trial before the Supreme Court, for riot. The youthful victor—the Attorney General—was crowned with laurels, after the manner of the heroic aze, and his praises sung in measures suited toan Epic. The diffi vulties through which the youthful hero foug!this way to victory— the doughty champions he encountered and

overthrew,—the patient endurance with

which the fierce struggle was borne, and the ‘might at any time (as has been the case before)

final result of victory, and the salvation of the country, are all sung in thrilling and triumphant measures. Ruin overhung the Province -it has been averted, and L. H. Davies—betier than any of the Cosars— has merited the titleof father of hiscountry.

It is scarcely possible to believe an ordin- ary, sensible person, like the Editor of the Argus, in earnest, when he writes in such strains. Neither can we believe that Mr. Davies can feel soothed over such fulsome heroics ; unless he classes such an infliction with the miseries that greatness entails, and exclaims with thecharacterin Don Quixote— ‘« How delightful is flattery, even when it proceeds from the mouth of a fool.”

There is only one excuse we can offer for the grandiloquent effusions of the Argus, and it is this: Mr. Davies, as Attorney General, has been singularly unfortunate in his prosecutions. Culprit after culprit has slipped through his fingers, and only this session has he been able to uphold what our contemporary calls ‘‘the majesty of the Law.” The instincts of the hen with one

eulogy of which we speak. On this ground the action may be less disgusting, but it loses none the less of its droilery.

One assertion of the Argus betrays & mo- tive which is far from commendable. He accuses the prisoners’ Counsel of seeking to make political capital out of the trial, and of endeavoring to create and intensify the religious prejudices of a sect against the Attorney General. This is meant to effect, just what it affects to condemn, Opposing Counsel are falsely accused of doing what they did not do, in order that Mr. Davies might figure, not only as an upholder of ‘the majesty of the Law,” but also as the champion of a religious sect. We do not say that the role would be unpleasant to Mr. Davies—he has tried to assume it be- fore this. What the Argus then should have done, had he wished to be honest, was boldly to declare Mr. Davies the champion of a religious sect, without falsely accusing the prisoners’ Counsel with an attempt to make Mr. Davies a martyr and the object of aconspiracy. Of course it is well known that the longer Mr. Davies holds office the better for the coffers of the Argus. But few will epprove of the trick of the Argus, in trying to prolong his tenure of office, by the indecent and slanderous method adopt- ed in his last issue.

5A isa casein beeen

Tux Potriot reporter at Ottawa is more concerned for the dignity of the Commons than the Speaker himself. Last year Mr. Pope was the ‘‘ rowdy” of the House, and gave great scandal to Mr. Lawson. This year, a certain Mr. Beer—Piumb has al- ready fallen under the Reporter's dis- pleasure, and he is designated the ‘‘bore of the House.” It might vary the monotony of these petty ebulitions of spleen if the Reporter informed us by what appellation he is known in the Reporter's Gallery.

A New Loper or rar I. O. 0. F.— A number of Odd Fellows will leave Char- lottetown by train to-morrow (Friday) after- goon, for the purpose of organizing “ Col- will Lodge No. 32,” at Souris. The party wili yoturn the day following.

Cirevians have been issued by His Lord- ship Bishop McIntyre instructing the cle: gy of this Island to celebrate High Mass in their respective chuxehes on Thursday next, for the reposo of the soul of the late Pontiff,

| would have enabled the Attorney General to

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Rey ort of the Ministor of Agri- , culture,

The report of the Minister of Agriculture which has been laid before Parliament, sontain s a good deal of valuable informa. tion on the subjects which come within the of the Department, viz : Agr? trade marks, patents, We propose information

jorisdie ion

culture, copyright,

quarantine, immigration, &ec.

to summarize a portion of the

containe | under these several heads. IMMIGRATION.

The number of ‘‘ immigrant passengers and immigrant settlers” who entered the Pominion during the year is put down al 34,285, and the number who stated their intention of settling in Canada, 27,082. —

The origins of the immigrants why arriv- ed in the Dominion are reported only at Quebec, where the English and Scandina- vian form more than two-thirds of the whole number.

The number of immigrants, chiefly chil- lren, brought to Canada by charitable so- cieties and individuals was 482.

The expenses of the Department for the year were $183,672.76.

QUARANTINE.

Dr. Hobkirk, Inspecting Physician at this station, states that no infectious disor- ders required attention during the year, although there waa the ordinary sickness amongst seamen, The expenditure at tiis station during the season was $303.51.

QUARANTINE OFFICE, Cuar.otrerown, P. E. I, 3lst December, 1877.

Srr,—I have the honor to submit herewith my report of the proceedings at this station for the pasteyear.

We have had no infectious disorders requir- ing Quarantine attention, although there has been a fair amount of ordinary sickness amongst sailors, '

I have frequently had to visit vessels with sickness on board, to satisfy captains as to the nature of such sickness ; also to inspect sick seamen before their admission into the Marine Hospital, in order to certify that they were not suffering from contagious or infectious dis- eases. [ have also occassionally been called upon to visit vessels about to proceed to sea, | to examine and give certificates as to the state} of health of sailors, who, on the plea of sick- ness (often feigned with the view of getting discharged), refuse to proceed on their passage. { have also visited steamers and other vessels carrying passengers from foreiga ports, when suspected, or when coming from infected places.

| have’previously had the honor to submit to the Department the necessity there is that the Hospital should be placed in a good state of repair, as soon as possible; it is commoidions and well suited for the purpose, but should be ready for the reception of the sick, for we have an influx of patients with small-pox or some other infections complaint.

The inspection of vessels has been of late rendered more difficult and uncertain than it was, in consequence of the Local Government having removed from the Block House the sig- nals which announced the arrival of vessels in port; also, by the removal from the Station, (by order of the Department), of the boatmen, whose duty it has been for some years to re- port daily to the Inspecting Physician the ar- rival of any vessel in the harbor which required to be visited. Now, being deprived of assist- ance from these quarters, I am left entirely on my own resources.

[ have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, W. H. Hopxre«, F.R.C.S. Eng., Inspecting Physician. The Honorable The Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa. INSOLVENCY.

The statistics of Insolvency for the year show the number of insolvents in the Do- minion to have been 1,588, with liabilities footing up $31,346,154, of which claims to the amount of $22.251,791 were proved. | There has been no returns from this Prov- ince showing the number, class, or amount of insolvencies.

PATENTS.

There was a slight falling off in the basi- ness of the Patent Office for 1877, ‘‘proba- bly owing to the commercial and industrial depression which has prevailed in Canada, the neighboring States and other countries doing business with Canada.” ‘The receipts during the year were $35,338, against $36,- 187 in the previous year; and the total num- ber of patents issued was 1,853, against 1,382 in the previous year. Both fees and patents issued were larger in amount and number than in any year previous to 1876. Of the patents issued 1,286 were granted for five year; 17 for ten years; and 50 for fifteen years.

The patantees resident in Canada num- bered 533, and these were distributed among the Provinces as follows: Ontario, 340; Quebec, 132; New Brunswick, 22; Nova Scotia, 34; P. E. Island, 2; British Colum- bia, 3.

Correspondence.

pas~ We do not hold ourselvés responsible for the opinions or statements of Corress

To the Editor of the Excminer :

Sir,—The last ‘‘Argns” states that in the Riot cases ‘‘the Attorney General did his very utmost to have aJl the culprits tried together —by one trial. He even consented to exclude all Grangemen from the Jury, if the Counsel for the traversers would consent to such an ar- rangement.” This statement is a ‘‘ malicious falsehood and a flasitious lie.” The Attorney Jeneral oifered to try them together, provided the accused yave up the right which the law allows them, of each peremptorily challenging three jurors. This proposal, if accepted,

have packed a jury, for the Crown possesses the power to order as many jurors as it pleases to “stand aside.” The Counsel for the traver- } sera seemed to understand the trick at once, and refused to be caught in such a very obvi- ous brap. + Tones those tears.”

Yours, truly,

\ this afternoon Marl Derby read a telegram

Tie Halifax Herald has the folowing romarks on Messrs. Pope and Yeo's speeches in the Commons: —

Mr. Pope, of Queen's, took the floor on the

debate at half-past ten o'clock at night. LHe interest. He re-

is always listened to with t Lord Dufferin, and

ferred to the departure of contributed his quota of praise to that noble man’s record, In reference to Mr, McKenzies visit to P. E. Island, he showed how the rail. way of the Island had been run at one-third rates in order to get up a meeting for Mr. Me- Kenzie: and the result of it all was that at one of the largest meetings three cheers were given for Sir John A. Macdonald, In regard to the Souris Breakwater, Mr. Pope related the cir- cumstances as related in the He rald some time ago, showing how some 349, 000 of the pubic money had been wasted in a vain and needless manner. He also complained of the Govern- ment action in regard tothe P. E. I mails , the Northern Light invariably eticking in the ice, and this year leaving the whole Island without mails for eight days, li the Government wanted to try experiments with the Novthern Light, let them do so; but meantime the peo ple of the Island wanted their mails with some degree of regularity. Mr. Mackenzie has de- clared that he would get a large support from P. E. Island; but he (Mr. Pope) would pro- mise that six members would at the general election be returned to help to overthrow a Government in which the people of the Island had no confidence and no faith. Mr, Pope did not speak at any length, and simply took ad- vantage of the debate to put 1 an early protest against the Government's mace of dealing with the interests of Prince Edward Island.

Mr. Yeo, of P. E. L, mumbled out an in effectual protest against Mr. Mackenzie's Government, and hoped that, at some time or other, in some way or other, ‘for some purpose or other, a bigger sum of money would be spent on the public works of P. E. Island, He also protested against the Government 8 deal- ing with the ‘‘Northern Light.” Hethreaten- ed that he would knock Mr. Pope into ever lasting smash at the general elections, and also made the wild statement that he would “ran” at the next election himself.

im Lord Derby's Explanations in the House of Lords.

Lonvon, Feb. 18-—In the House of Lords

from Mr. Layard, ambassador at Constanti- nople, denying for himself and Server Pasha the statement made some days ago by the Duily News’ Adrianople correspon- dent that Server Pasha declared Turkey had been misled and encouraged to fight by the hope of English support, particularly by Lord Beaconsfield and Mr. Layard.

‘Lord Derby appealed to Lord Stratheden not to bring on this motion, that the terms of the armistice justify the Government in taking every precaution to discourage the encroachments by which the Treaties oi 1806 and 1871 are unfortunately threatened. Lord Derby said that he could not discuss the armistice. In reply to a question oi Lord Granville, Earl Derby responded that ‘© Admiral Hornby had moved the fleet to Mondonia Bay on account of better anchor- age there and better telegraphic communi- cation with Constantinople ; and that there were no further advices regarding Constan- tinople. Information has been received re- garding a possible advance on Gallipoli, but the Government had not had time to con- sider it.”

Lord Derby also stated that the move- ment of the tleet to Mondoria Bay was not due te any negotiations, and that no pro- gress was made in the matter of assembling the Conference.

The Duily News’ leading article says, we have good reason to believe that if Lord Derby had felt himself at liberty to speak more freely yesterday, it would have been that the Russian communication was of a character to warrant and confirm hopes of

eace.

The Press Association states that an in- formal Cabinet Council, to-night, discussed the Russian communication respecting Gal- lipoli. It is said to be conciliatory.

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Anoruer “eminent” English solicitor has been convicted of fraud, and a cry is made for the amendment of the laws relating to real estate, so that this crime which has been so prevalent of late will not be so easy ef accomplishment. In the present case Frederick Dimsdale, who is said to be a lawyer of the highest standing, has been sentenced to penal servitude for life and some of his accessories to lighter ttrms of imprisonment, for having forged and ut- tered certain leases by which they disposed of land to which they had no tltle. An ex- change thus describes the manner of the frand: Dimsdale would buy up building sites, and forthwith lease them, several times over, to his tool, Moore. The latter would borrow money on each of the leases, a process per- perfectly easy under the English system, in which titles are not registered, and search ig not made beyond the title of the landlord —in this case Dimsdale himself. As long as the interest was paid, everything went on swimmingly. Dimsdale and his subordi- nates had netted £300,000 before an un- lucky accident revealed to an intending mortgagee that he already advanced money on a lease which Moore brought to him. Detection of the fraud and arrest of its per- petrators followed. No defence was attempt- ed at the trial, and speedy punishment fol- lowed.

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Inranticipe.—A colored girl, named Mary Henderson, is in custody in Halifax, charged with the murder of her infant child.

Appixys ror Enctanp.—Among the ship- ments from Halifax by the Scandinavian, on Saturday, were 394 barrels of apples, shipped by J. B. Neilly & Co.

Crusmep to Deagu.—Albert Brown, aged 16, of Lowcr Horton, N. S., fell under a sled loaded with wood, on Saturday after- noon, and was crushed to death.

{ Feb. 20—3i

‘LECTURE. —

PPME eight Lecture of the course in connec- tion with the Y. M. C. Association will

be delivered on

Friday Evening, Feb, 22nd, | BY REV. D, FITZGERALD.

SUBJECT : “KNOWLEDGE [S PCWER.” Lecture to commence at eight o'clock. Ad- mission 10 cents ; ladies 5 cents. JOHN McLEOD, Sec’y.

| New Advertisments.

PENNY READINGS

S. PETER’S SCHOOLROOM, Tuesday Livn’g, Feb, 25, 1878,

Doors open at 7.30. Admission 25 cents. Feb, 21—dy pat till 29th.

A GRAND FANSY DRESS

CARNIVAL !

WILL BE HELD AT THE RINK,

Qn Thursday, Feb, 23th, 1878,

Commencing at 8 p.m. (Sharp.)

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No one will be allowed to skate uniess in Costume.

Personation of Religious orders will not be permitted.

No gentleman will be allowed to personate a female character.

Only those taking part in the Carnival will be allowed in the Dressing Rooms.

Strict order will be enforced in all parts of the building.

ADMISSION :

Gentlemen and Ladies in Costume will be admitted free.

Season ticket holders for promenade, 25 cts.

Non-ticket holders for promenade, 50 cts.

The Rink will be suitably decorated for the oecasion.

Galbraith’s Baud will be in attendance, and will perform a select programme from 8 till Ll p. ra.

All intending to take part in the Carnival must hand in their names to Dr. Strickland en or before Tuesday, 26th instant.

Ch’town, Feb. 19, 1878.

A LOT of Solid Gold KEEPER RINGS iL (handsomely engraved.) Also, Solid 9, 12, 15, and 18 Carat Gold

WEDDING RINGS received to-day. Ww. W. WELLNER. Feb. 18, 1878—3i

‘ars

Ocean Steamship Co'y

OF P. E.

SPRING TRIP,

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The First-class Lron Screw Steamship

“Prince Hdward,”

1364 Tons Register, Cassed 100 Al, which

is the highest class at Lloyds,

Robert Fraser, Commander,

Will be on the Berth at Glagow to re- ceive Cargo about the 15th March,

Leaving Glasgow for Liverpool, about the dth April, and will leave

Liverpool for Charlottetown On or about the 15th April,

Carrying Freight at through rates from Lon- don, deliverable at Charlottetown, Picton, Georgetown, Summerside, Souris, Alberton and Shediac.

For Freight or Passage, apply, in London to JoHN Pircainn & Sons, 69 Cornhill; in Glasgow, to Jame; Ketso, junr., 134 St. Vin- cent Street ; in Liverpool, to Prrcarrn Brotn- ERS, Brockley Buildings, 51 South John Street ; in Pictou, N. S., to Noonan & Davirs

or here, to PEAKE Bro'’s & Co.,

Managers Charlotictown, Feb. 2, 1878.—3tew

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ADDRESSES

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Messrs, Palmer aud Longworth

Lire 1s Sweet.—The Ottawa pos gp ent of the Hamilton Times says it was ru- mored in the lobbies of Parliament that the

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Pius IX.

Ch’town, Fob. 21, 77. S -:

next General Elections will not take silane PRICE, 5 CENTS. iCh'town, Feb. 19, 1878, |

patil January next, ‘

in the case of the QUEEN vs. MARTIN CARROLL, for Riot, are now on sale in the Bookstores, in Pamphlet form.

CARRIAGE G30.

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New Advertisements,

RANKINE’S BISGUIT]

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ON CONSIGNMENT :

™ BOXES Soda, Graham, pj Ww; ) ; a oe Ving e7 and Butter, Fruit, Lemon, (i,, 2mon,

Abernathy, etc., for Sale at MAN! IA TURERS’ PRICE. ¢ FENTON T. NE WI ERY & (%

Ch’town, Feb, 15, 1878—3i

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LL OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS

paid by Ist MARCH, there will be an unpleasantness immediately after. Mind that,

NOW! THEO. L. CHAPPELLE. Diamond Bookstore, 85 N. Side Queen Sx Ch’town, Feb. 15, 1878.—3in.

KING SQUARE HOUSR!

WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK oF

Consisting in part of

fron, Steel, and Castings, Spokes and Rims, Axles and Springs, We call special attention to SINGLE Pry

Cast Steel Carriage Springs,

o We warrant

Henry's Parez

for which we aro zgents, each Set.

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Cor. Great George & Hent Sts.

28F:

IF. Subscriber wishes to inform his friends and the public generally that he still keeps on hand a choice assortment of

iroceries and Provisions, AT HIS OLD STAND, and will be pleased to have them call and

inspect for themselves.

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ON HAND,

10 CHESTS CONGO To

Lis, (** New Season ”) 1,006 Lbs. Canadian Cheese,

10 Casks American Kerosene Oi}, (120° teat ; 36 ets. per gal.)

20 BARRELS SUGAR

(all kinds},

100 Bbls, Sup, Extra

> Pans. Yery Choice MOLASSES 20 doz. Pickles, 20 doz. Assorted dams 20 boxes Dessert Pranes, 199 Tins CANS PEACHES, PINEAPPLES STRAWBERRIES, TOMATOES NEW RAISINS, ZANTE CURRANTS: DRIED APPLES, STEWING PRUNES, 363 QUARTS CRANSERAIES, GREEN GRAPES. $00 LBS. SMOKED HALIBUT, 25 QTLS. CODFISH, 100 BOXES DIGBY HERRING. and all goods usually found in a Firste- Class Grocery Store.

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DONALD NIGHGLSO". Jan. 16, 1878—y.

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MERCHANTS Marine Ingsuranre {oy

OF P. E. ISLAND. In OTWEO SS - NHE Annual General Meeting of the Share-

holders of the above Company will be held

in the Young Men’s Christian Association Hall, Charlottetown, on

Wednesday, the 13th March,

AT THREE O'CLOCK,

Vantin Wied uineg,

for the election of Directors for the ensu ng year and the transaction of other business.

FENTON T. NEWBECY, Manager]

Feb. 9, 1878—pat taw till meeting

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