an A A MN A NN RIEL. i

3 . sey oa ). . > a { Tho news from Central Americalis unimpor- | immense gang of prisoners just come in here, whom I shall have to shoot to-morrow morning, |

tant Another revolution in Columbia was talked of, but nothing serious had occurred.

The British sloopotwar Uatine had arrived i 2 sailed for France.

Adviees from Bogota state that the attempts to overthrow the several of

terior States have beeu suppressed, or

ma with General Pezat on board, who

Giovernments of

nearly 80 i r outward-boand passenzers by the Baltic left Panama for San Francisco, on board the Nacriemente, on the 1st instant. -<<s>-

NEWS BY THE LAST NAIL.

The newspapers from the United States are full of the Here rible specimens.

SILOCKING TRAGEDY IN MISSISSIPPI

The Memphis Appeal narrates the particulars af a eeries of terrible murders perpetrated al Lrooksville, Misa, Lt appears that James Phen paen went to hie father’s Jfojiae on Sunday ug, and inquired of Or hegries mm the yard |

ntered he house, and,

details of crime are two hor

ane

Ther ifall were well, He thens oy Marguret with a gun, ae she was if the? act of dresing herself

The shot took effect Ju the right shonlder and | side, nearly «arm from the body and | mangling the side wist horribly. The mother! was beard by her dauBhter Jewiun, who was up stairs, tobeg her son UBpst pirenoush not te ahoot ; but a aecedd report followed, and the mether was |

shot |

}

it appears, shot hia state

fearing t

found dead, shet in thi® right shetlder and side. | on the floor back of the bed. The mother and} the daughter must Wave died lestantly The murderer then entere lthe reomoeot hia brother Clay. whom he shet i) the forehend, killing him instantly. Clay was alsv heard by the girls above

siaire begging his brether net te shoot him, ‘The two girls up stairs cl sed and belted their door;

One famous leader and murderer, rejoicing im the honored name of * Aithur Wellington,” is amony them aud three others.

Brivadier-General Nelson writes :—~

I have authentic information that the rebels were in toree, what number was very uncertain, but | apprehend 300 will be the maximum ; but uniess 1 see for myself, 1 doubt reports coming trom alarmists.

It would be superfluous by offering a remark as to the manner Lieutenant Oxley, R. N., has

“ a —— a ee

NEWS

New York, Dec. 19, p.m.—A San Francisco | despatch says that the latest repoit, from the Columbia River gold fields represents them to be the richest in the world. . .Small-pox 8 raging among the freedmen in the vicinity of | Selma, Alabama, to such an extent that they |

are not alluwed to enter that city, exce >t under |

‘the most pressing circumstances... . -A bill bas passed Congress, which has been approved by the President, prohibiting the importation of

| cattle from foreign countries.

New York. Dec. 20.—A Washington des- |

BY TELEGRAPH. .— }

te ee need

, 7g , it ne

fr Wine Revieve THe Basy,—There is 10 ma. / —

tuke about it. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING |

SYRUP. for children teething, not only relieves. Ve

he child from pa. but regulates the stomach and

bowels, cures + a geo A und disrrhven, softens the ’ *

gums, reduces ull joflimmation, aud gives rest Cl

health and comfort - iether and child. Ih is| earl

pleusant to take, and perfeetly sufe in all cnses. .

t gives universal satisfaction. ye K Subse: of ex presen

: ‘Birth. customers, and ti

? day Evenivg, thre 28 Brea. | ROhereus support

leas Loge A a5 oe ateeee | past ten years; an they intend CLOSING Se | UP THEM PRESEN NESS NEXT SPRING,

Died, : | would mform them th. and after the 2nd day of | JANUARY, 1566, they--—l OF FER at RETAIL

=e te *

“a Sale! ais opportunity | to their numerous!

. large, for the very | » received during the |

aed ! ye } :

pe .

Valuable Freehold Property King

FOR SALE AT AUCTION.

rWNO be sold a PUBLIC AUCTION, - ut the Colonial Building, iu Charlottetown, ut 12 o'clock, neon, ow TCESDAY, the Twenty third day of JANUARY, One thousand eigit han- dred and sixty-six, umder and by virtne of a Power of Sale, contained in a certain ludentare of Mort wage, bearing date the Thirtiet) day of Angust, in the vear of our Lord One thoamad bight hundred and Sixty-two. and made between Jolu McMillan, of Township Namber sixty-two, in Queen sUonnty, Prince EKdward Isiand, Miller, aad Heenor MeMil- lan. of the same place, Milier. of the one part, and

a

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; | ; r ; oO] is - «CLOTHS. CLOTHS. — eer 1497, well — a

*

SEAL SKIN COATS. A FEW TY PETIT. oR & SONS”

- HEAVY OVER COATS, ©

‘ef

iwhich having been approved and confirmed, |

| justice, and however painful it may be to sign

perfo med the several duties entrusted to him. Ihe rapidity of his movements wiil, by the hours and dates | have given, speak more plainly

than words, and it 3s to myself a source of in-

On the evening of the 22nd instant, after # pain-| the-whole of ther STOCK conéisling of ~ © | patch says that while the President was prepar- | ful Hever, hich she bere web Christian ope.) ’ sap. “Sete” Midineiia Ban Sinsuend » French | at last falling sweetly aste-p in desns, Maria, | D V G od H d d ms his Me ssa fe tor 4 ood al - ~S zi * | youngest dahyhter of Mrs. Frantes Mawiéy, of this | r 0 8, ware, an | Minister emphatically stated that the Kuaperor 75 pete Be oe re E ; ] tistaction to have under my comma di Napoleon would much rezret that any expres-| On Monday eveving last, the 18th inewnt, from | arthenware.

»s stactio ‘ i : ec z au Ce 2 | , r 3 H j . “ , aoa een d of such zeal aud cnergy ision in the Messave would-make it na possible leold anc exhanstionshaving, m returning froni| at 10 per cent discount on present marked prices 3 “er Possess > Lee ‘ vy. . ; : : i : : “y ’ 5 ‘ ae ‘in : bsence of her Maje tv's Shi »| tor him to recede from his Mexican scheme, | barter = hi fo RSOO es Eee re - for all sums of £5 and dadery, and for over that

“ane > abse ’ ‘yr Majesty s ? Sue Cer Ree Ra b: petislah ; : es . nf

a : aca P| without humiliation: the Minjster also assured | Farm. Towneliip ™, aweiientaliy tien) reac! }amount 15 per cent, to Cash Castomers, or ap- Wolverine, a court-martial sat here (vert Au-| . — ; | ithe ice between Boswell’s Point aud Rocky Point proved Joint Notes at 3 niontha, pavabl tunie) aud condemned several rebels to death, | Mr. Seward that the F rench troops would | Wharf —George Santi, Esq, aw highly veepeetable eet a eas eT . » Payable in

withdvawn from Mexico ina little while, and | farmer, ayed 5! vanes. ag ‘ maa c , : 3 . . asked for patience » nar ‘the United) At Lot 17,-0n Friday, the Irth instant, Ann wy have a'ao_a quantity eof IRONSSTEEI tines aad Gammell » effect by hang.| @ked for patience-on the part of th nited| At La raoey « 22 , : Wao ty z -EL th ntences we - carr) . ao “ z ”y h ins | States Sasamieih It is reported that Gene- Dickie, the bene of eee orem, ope ROPE and CANVAS, which they will weil at 6 ing them on a gallows erected at the Junction | 41 Logan is satisfied that there will be no ditt. "wet 41 yeure, deepty. reunetted’ By ah who Dad He) wuuthe, un spprored-Suint Nutes of Hand. of the streets and road leading to Manchoineal, | T#! 440280 1s satisne oe. , 3) pleasure of rer acqmautaunce. rs : ‘gs ‘ : ’ They would hereby notify ALL PARTIES owing

them, either by Notes of Hand or Book Aceount, that they nest xetile their respective amounts at

. This | culty, and that the Republic of Mexico willsoon |" at North River, on the 25th instant, Mary Me-

and in close proximity to the chureh. 7 . ; Pe. : » a oh f -_ 1 ahaha hat passers by might benefit | be peacefully reinstated. Raphael J. Semmes | Neill, daughter of the late Neil MeNeil, i the spot selected su tha passe : y nugh enen . 66th vear of her age.

lof the Alabama, was arrested on the 14th inst., i A 5 L 4

by the example. a de a : : : M pam -y. Alabama,’ by orde roe | On the 26th instant, at New ( lyde River, Flora, | once, as there will net be any distinction of per-

My return to Morant Bay is indispensible for | - CONE: ae Se, Nort] si the beloved wife of Mr Donald Livingstoue, after | gous made after the First day of APRIL, 1866. many reasons; moreover, there are many re- | Washington, and is on his way North. ha few days illness, aged So years, ih il

ee al } as » been implicated in| New York, Dec. 21.—Advices from Port) At Caseaumpec vilhkyge. on the 17th instant, of OATS will be takeu at the market prices for a ee ee ty eae au Prince state that Salnave the Havtieu rebel | Consumption, lioratio, eldest woh of Jol Clarke, old accounts. the murders, &c., at the court-house, and as the tee — 7 ree - : Keq , uved 25 years. Hix end was veace, rebellion first beoke out there, ] have little in- General, was at Monte Christo endeavouring to | *

il re i ‘ it, Fath L lal : : i a i . |

clination to prevent delay in bringing them to | '°' ruit his army. t resident Getira:d had of | fered a reward for his capture. At Cape Hay- [| tien the British were endeavouring tu raise the vessels sunk during the bomba.dment. The | | vessel captured by the rebels, and which caused | tin the interference of the British fleet, is now said | flour. Captaian Hole commanding detachmrnts of to have been chartered by Geffrard aud tu have |

W. W. LORD & CO. Charlottetown, Jan’v 1, [R66. if

ship News.

Port of Georgetown. ARKIVED- 2° Brig Magic McNeill, Steele, Boston ; 26—Sclir. Pacific, Gay, buston ; Hoar,

“death-warrants,’ yet, if duty commands it, shall do so without the least hesitation. The same otticer says in anvther despatch :—

CLEARED:

ble man avcended the stairs and fore the 6th Royal aud Ist West India Reyiments, had troops on board «t the time of her capture. Dec. 20—Sch. Spy, Milier, New York ; oata ieee) a a tlipped by him, rashed | 2*4 arrived at Manchioneal, having carried all | (iold 146}. | 2I—J. M. McGuire, McGuire, Canseaa; bal. 22— ed open seme Pt 7 iM, Fusre | before the The whele Pos a aS ees ‘¢ Kk A. DD. Hart. Low, Boston. bal. 23 — Ocean dw: n the threshold of the d | Before them. he whole of his proce edings | ere | pos : : oF : dow and was on ' © deur | y : ae : 2 cousin | Bird. Richard, Boston; produce, 25—Brigt. Aubel, when she was seized 9y the shoulder and flung | VeT® temperate, decided and judicious. All} LATEST.

hack inte the reom aod shot ia the back of the jrebels captured, having beea tried, he had in-| R

head with a pistel. Sie tsust die, The murder. | er them again went up stairs dud shot the last and veungest sister, named Emma, mm the shoulder

i

and breast. She got under the bed, where he fired twe shets at bet Sie abandoned this position, | and placed herself behind a wardrobe. Here she received twe shots, one in the side and one in the | left thigh. This young girl may recover. James | now leit the heuse and preceeded to the river

where his cotton beat was meored He met his futher and the sheriff of the county He aimed deliberately at his father, but the cap snapped

He fred the second barrel, but it was knocked up

by a bye-stander, and passed harmlessly over the

tath rs'’s head He then drew his pistol aud fired twice, one shot taking effect in the body of the | tather, who vow clivebed the desperado, and afte:

a fierce struggle he was bound. The hue and ery was paised, and citizens trom Brooksville followed the rutfian to the river, Whe were with difficulty restrained from burving him. He is in jail a! Macon. A FAMILY MURDERED

The Utea (N. Y.) Herald gives the following | particulars of the murder of wa family, previously tepe ted ;

w of the most terrible tragedies that ever | hed a community, eccurred about four ales | f Little Falls, some time between Sunday

Bhi cust

| nessed such hardened, callous wretches.

}any participation in the rebellion,

stantly executed. In several houses he found pluuder secreted, aud razed them to the ground, aud proclaimed that where he discovered spoil he would adopt a similar course.

NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.

The special correspondence of the Jamaica Standard, dated Morant Bay, Oct. 17 :—

Since the time of my last, the town continues to be quiet. I think 1 mentioned in my first the execution of four rebels—one woman and three men—all of them reported to be notorious insurgents. I have witnessed many a culprit going up to the scaffold, but never have I wit The first man who mounted the cart (the trap board) was Lewis Stewart, oue of the ring-

leaders. He denied to the last, with a larve

share of bravado, his having had anything to

do with the insurrection. mediate ly placed round his neck, withdrawn, and in an instant he was ushered into eternity, with a lie on his lips, for the evidence arainst him was clear and unmistake- The next brought to the scaffold was James Williams, who also denied havine had

the cart

able.

Then came

" . | lhe noose was im

y Telegraph to A. McNets, Superintendant Charlottetown Reading Roum.

| CaHartorretowy, 29th Dee.—Terrible case lof suffocation from gas, occurred in Bremen | Hotel, Chicago, on Saturday night. Five men |} found dead ; one was alive but insensible. The | six slept ii same room. The Secretary of | the Navy has ordered the trial of Capt. Semmes, |late of the Alabama, for violating the laws of

j |

| War, but more especially for huisting the white i flay on the Alabama and then refusing to” sur- | reuder himself, aud re-enzaging m warfave with- | out being exchanged.. -The American Con- 'sul at Manchester, Eugland, states that the | Cattle Plague is still spreading. | negro insurrection prevail in different parts of | Virginia. A negro who attacked a policeman jin Norforlk was shet by the latter. A riot in | Alexandria between the negroes and whites, in | which six nezroes and four whites were killed. | The Merchant's Exchange, a large five }storey building in Moutreal, was burned on Christmas eve. The Chief of the Fire Brigade jand two firemen were injured by fallinz stones. Schooner Adonis, from Halifax to P. F. Island, with general cargo, went ashore at Cari-

Fears of a

boo Island on Thursday last. Damage to vessel

; ; owt | not ascertained, cargo being sound with little

night and Tuesday, in the family of Daniel Wal-| Charles Reid, a notorious rebel, who also denied | 4#™aze-

vadt. Mrs. Wairadt aud her daughter Josephine. | a girl of about twelve yea-s of age, were found | foull, murdered—their throats cut trom ear to ear, and \Wairadt in a porittion which pointed at him | coucusively as the perpetrater of the deed, and | the agent of his own destmetion, |

suspicions of the neighbours were first | aroused by the apparent desertion of the premises, | gud late on Tuesday afternoon Charles Van Val | henburg. a neighbor of the parties in q lestion, |

whose dwelling is but a few reds distant, proceed-

ed te the house to make investigations. He found | the doors locked and the Windows b .rred. Procur- ing a ladder, he gained aecess toa window in the second sterey. Upon entering the sleepiig apart. |

ment of the fanily—tor it weuld appear that they | occupied the same roow—the beds were tound to! have been eccnpied, but in te more than the usual |

state of diserder Several drops oi blood pou the | floor were the only evidences of what must have i been the commencement of the teartul tragedy | Deseending by the back stairs to the dining-room, | aspectacle mere awful than werds can picture, | Wis} eseuted to view Behind the slove, and | directly against the stairway deer, lay the dead | body of tue girl Jose pline, a long gash trem ear to

ear showing where ber lite-bleod had oozed away ; beyoud, and tm the middle of the room lay the me- tuer— the same ghastl) wounds upou her neck Lt pen bis back. at the end of a work-beueh, | lay tee body of Daniel Walradt. A gun fastened | le one of the standards ot the bench, with a} aLring leading trea the trigger, Was grasped tightly jn bie band. The wound m the bead, where the | lead | and scattering the biain, Was evideuce uf the mau- | ner ot bis death. | ho cause, other than that of temporary insan ity, can be assigned for this teartul deed. Mr Walradt had alwaps borne an honest and upright

ad passed through the tewuples, tearing out

ebaracter in the community in which he lived, was koow vas a hindand loving husband, an affection- ute father, anda goed ettizen. From the evidence before the jury, tf would seem that he had seme difficulty coucerning a farm he had purchased, and | this bad tended te produce melancholy, but it was wot regarded os any thing serious by lis latwuily vi iriewds.” - <--> — IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO

Official wwe trom Acapulco has been received by Senor Ramero, the Mexican miniarer at Wiash- ingte ‘The dates are te November 25. Alverez tramuniis the details of an luportant vie- tery over fhe French, obtuined by the enterprising fen. Diat. shortly after bis eseape trom the jail in Whieh be was confined at Puebla. The national ferces obtained quite a number of arn, horses, d&e., ond alse the papers ot the French command: ng etfierr. On the S0th of October last, Gen | Diag a d@ an tierview with Gen. Alverez. near Acapulos, with the view of commencing a new campaign with the Freuech, in whieh the States of | The Natiworal cause ts represetit di the @sCCHUaLE) i) Seuiboru Mexico.

(ren

Oaxaca aud Guerere will act in comoination.

—_- - JAMAICA.

Th

officers enzgaced in quellin s the rebellion, we

following extracts from the reports of

find in papers received by thé last English mail,

Ca Huobhs writes jo

I have the honor to report we have been} must successful in our advance, and, | think, in

“4 great measure, crushed the rebeilion in this quarter. The troops under my command have | behaved not only with galiantry but with that order which heeomes British soidiers.

Private Thomas Murton, of the 6th R rval | Reyinnent, captured the rebel chief William | Carr, who eatered his house in search ot Mr. | Paterson, with the intention of taking his life. He was tried this day by court-martial; and, after (ue deliberation, found guilty and shot.

on | . ; ; , »j “g Ts A pleasant time , at i Sat _| shal, at his office, but hbevond being sta sylers, ! ; ie. I ; } This has produced # woudertul effect through uatlies aah anual tot wudued the com | “SSO. the interehanye of fraternal greetings, out the district. haw a ~ a ou } 5 jand at a seasonable hour the sentiment was given Since the execution, numbers of rebels have | mittal of the who e of them before a court mar-lof Happy to meet, sorry to part, aud happy to come in, having thrown away their arms and| tial. Aboot thirty were, one by one lashed to | meet again.’ —W seekin + protection. . ja gun and ecatted, receiving fifty lashes on the | ee re ere

These men | cannot pos- sibly undertake to cuard. They are embarrass-| ing the troons, and [ believe they are all thy of death, but [I shrink from the hility fexeentins them wthout first hearin. ishes respecting them.

wor-

reSMOUSt |

jour In another despatch the same ofhcer writes. —

Il have the he ior to brin rto th . know!led re of

your excelleney that I marched at half-past | eleven p. m. last ai cht for the rebel stron rhold. Stony Gut. To my regret | found that not! onniy vl the rehels too cowardly treated us, |

but that the honor of beins the first troops there fell to the lot of the sailors, artillery &e., under Lieutenant Oxlev. The march from Monklande ox cupied nine hours under torrents

jand only reached here an hour aso.

his guilt. as Lewis Stewart.

They were as summarily disposed of The last was Sarah Iran- She confessed to having a knowled se of two men respectively called Paul Bo Moses Boxsle, brothers, having had meetings continually at which many peuple prescut—that at these meetings oaths were ad-

cls.

rle and

used tu be

ministered, but beyond that she knew nothins |

more. She met death as coolly as possible,

not apparently caring whether she | A man Kdward Flemminss (head artilleryman on Leith Hall Estate, the property

Ca led

;of P. A. Espent, Esq.,) was, on the morning of

the same day, han sed on a tree at Poit Moraut

a Military Court-Martial havin, tried him there. }

This man was identified by Mr. G. A. of her Majesty's Customs, as one of the chiet

Insurveiuts. Another of the rebels, Wi liam

| Haynes, was by sentence of Cvurt-Maitial,

tlogved the next morning—he received fitty lashes, well laid on by fourstalwart biue-jacke ts. | He, it appears, was less guilty than ihe others. | On tin

> 1 Jacncets,

saihaie day a skirmiishia ? prarty ol biue under the command of Provost-Mar- shal Ramsay, went out, and meeting thiee of | the rebels—oue at Easiastouu aud two ai Yual- lahs—ihey were imuiued ateiy shot duwu iu their t Fellow jumped into Atabout kit mishin + prat ty oF men

alicmpt to escape. Une the river, but that did nui save him. mid-lay ve sterday, a si vt Lie lst and Quad West lidia Re riuuen ts 16 turned with ten rebels captured in the woods. Amouy them is the notorious Mary Waid, a short sambo girl, about twenty-five “yeu s old, who it is alleved dealt the fatal blow Charles <A. and his request to be given five minutes for

Price, amidst his eries ior merey, prayer. In all there are abuut foity of the in- surgeuts taken, whose trials will take place on the return of his Excellency the Guyvernor and the the court-martial. towns of Bath and Port Moraut reliabie inteilli-

olicers of

rence has been rec eived. The be places have

| been sacked and pillazed—every store broken

ite, and the rebels possessed themselves of That which they could

At

every available thing.

not carry with them they have destroyed.

Golden Grove the same pillaze of houses and | stores is repo ted—ihe white and coloured in. | At this place |

habitants flying for their lives. the store of Mr. Robert Kirkland was kept in tact, the same being protected by the Maroons, of whom he is a descendant. They wanted to get the torch to the town of Bath, but fortu- nately the Maroons came down in # mass, pre- vented so fearful a catastrophe, and cantured ten of them, who were brouyht in yesterday. The principal ringleaders of “the Golden Grove (waich is said to number over 500 insur-

gents) are James Walters, Thomas Taylor, | | Edward M’ Tarish.

M’ Kensie

Henry Stewart, and

James man, with one hand), James Stewart.

second book-keeper, escaped by mere chance.

They fired two vollevs at him, but missed him, |

and he made his way over to Winchester—he

remained there for the night—early in the |

morning four men, James Stuart, Thomas Taylor, James Walters, and Jacky Dilley, made

| their appearance at Winchester, armed to the

teeth, in search of Mr. Wilson. They tound him, and he had to fly for his life into the woods, where he lay concealed for three days, This gen- tleman is brother to the late Mr. Wilson, who

; was so foully murdered at Murphy-hill estate,

in the parish of St. Anne.

The same writer in a communication dated |

October 18, says:—The supposed rebels that

were captured and brought in during the day | ioft | morning, were examined by the Provost Mar-

Tuesday last and early on the following

hare hack, laid on after the man-of-war fashion, |

and the rest, (about twenty) committed as rebels. shall, a brown man of about twenty-five vears old. who, on receiving forty lashes, sround his teeth. and eave a ferocious look of defiance at the Provost Marshal. He was immediately ordered to be taken from the gun and har zed. No time was lost, and he was accordingly strung up in the presence of the insurrection- ists.

At twenty minutes to two o'clock, a com-

| pany of maroons, under command of Captain | | Ellis, of Moore Town, Portland, came in with | | thirty-nine rebels picked up in the Plantain

Garden River district, some of these belong to}

’ lived or not. |

Hae, |

| Pratster Cove, Dee. 27th. ~ The barque Petrel anchored off port Mulgrave on Sunday nizht, and Monday dragged out to North Eo- | trance Straits, losing anchors and chains, got asrourtd on Long Leech, got off Monday evenin z, ibrouzht into Plaister Cove... ..Etection in | Luneuburg County, N. S., on 27th, resulted in return of Opposition and anti-Candidate by -Flour 5 to 10 cents hisher. Corn and provisious quiet but

Gould l 45.

1 900 majo ity. W heat, quiet, | firma.

|

Whi skey duil. » 4

LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE. By Telegraph to Mr. A. MeNetr1, Superia tendunt of the Ci’ town News Rovii.

Dec. 30th, ]

Sarurpay,

j L4th. pastheal fe his fuactions neudins ficial suspended Tron his tuactions peuding an oficia

“" . i 1865. — Steamship | | City of Washington arvived with datos to the |

7 7 . . . . . j Goveruor Eyre, of Jamaica, has been |

| Gordou, Glasgow ; produce.

| The Schr. “ Adonis’ from Halifax. with goods | for this port, is ashorevat Cariboo. Goods lauded | and stored at Picton.

The Brigt. ‘“James,’’ Capt. Campbell, from Charlottetown. Lound to London, with a cargo ot oats, slipped her chains near Little Tracadie shore during Ms storm on Friday last, and is now aground there. Itis expected she will be got off without wneh damage —** Antigonish Casket "’

The Government Sehooner** Daring’ arrived here from Sable Island yesterday afternoon. Captain O'Brien reports no Ww recks on the Island. Mr Dodd, the Superintencent of the Isiand. has. how ever, enclosed to the Bourd « £ Works office a small serap of stout paper, of the quality used for ships documents, having the appearance of having been hastily torn eff, which was picked up enclosed in a bottle. on the N. E. Bar of Sable Island, ou Sa- turday, the Mth Oct. last. The writing has the appearance of having been dene in a hurry, and either by a person in a state of trepidation, or la | bonring under the diffienities of an unsteady floor. We have some difficulty in deciphering the words, } but as uearly us We Can ascertail’, they ure as fol- | lowes | “On hoard the Brig “Diana,” in lat. 50, 25, loax. / 40, 18 W., LJohn Sanders, mascer of the said “ship,

in company with i4 seamen and 16 passengers | We do beg that whoever muy pick up this bortle.

‘

ito make known the contents of this report. Now on the point of death, or in a sinking cunditivn

Sent. 2th, 1865."

| This bottle must have drifted nearly 800 miles jin the space of 4 days. —" Halifax Paper’

} Hatirax. Dec. bt —Arrived —Selir. Kate, Ken nedy, from P.E 1.—20th, Schr Emma V. from P. i 1., bound to Newbaryport. Cleared, Dee. 20, J KR. Stewart, Mevane, Souris. PE

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Stoves, Stoves, Stoves.

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December 5, 1865.

| enquiry.

| position will be that of Governor oa leave.

can readers is rather increased than diminirh- ed by the articles they contain on our date Cérd | KF | Har. avd th ugh sometimes tinged with prejudice, fthey may still, considering their great ability and | the different stand-points from which they are writ jten, be read and studied with advantage by the

Sir Henry Storks appuiuted tem- poraily in his place. Storks suiled for Jamaica on Lath December. The Times says Eyie’s

YOU WAN? GOOD STOVES. und STOVES wakkAaNnTeD to vive satisfaction please exll at Dopo's Brick Stein, (as we ure vow selling cheaper than ever.) and purehase fron DODD & ROGERS.

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The Morning Post thinks Eyve's suspension mav have a bad effect on the negroes... ..At Dec. 95, 1865,

to» Mr. }

From the |

(cattle- |

Johu Longmore Wilson, the |

Amon: the rebels was George Mar-}

| the Fenian trials on the 12th, O'Donovan Oe: |

t« upied the w hole dey au his cowie ae fevnac « he He has been sentenced to tepoited that France

had viven the Queen of En sland six mouths | notice to terminate the Extradition Treaty, be-

cause of the strict formalities requred before | French can be given up.....The | London Jmes believes in the peacetul desiznus lof American people... ..Sir Henry Storks, Sir | Edmund Head, and Charles Livinestone, are

was very insolent.

) penal servitude forlife.. ..

offenders

understood tou be the Commission of Eucniry |

A Fenian named Hallizan has been convicted aud sentenced to seven years

i for Jamaica,

penal servitude, pool confirms the statement that Stephens is Paris. Joint note of England and France proposing certain terms for settlement

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of Chilian difficulties was read at Madrid on the |

9th—result not known... . . American news un- imnortant. Gold 1453. No boats crossed the Straits on Saturday. _ SO <2 oO - We are glad to learn that

people of Summerside are commencing to build |

a clipper schooner of 80 teet keel, 20 feet bean, and 8§ feet held, tar the purpose of carrying on the fishing businesa. “Tue scioeoner to be off the Ist of May, and the mouey tor building and equip-

ping ber raised in shares of £20 each. We wish

| the schooner every success, aud hope the specu

lation may net end as did the “ West India Com- pany,” seme years ago, when next tworuing the

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Cottistex at Sea,—Two of the crew of the | schr. Emecdine, from P. K. Island, laden with | !

produce, arrived here to-day; they report that that vessei collided with a brizt. from Cape Breton, bound to Halifax, coal laden, off Whitehead on Thursday last.—both vessels sunk, The crews were saved; the capt. of the schr. is reported to have been hurt.—Halifux | Sun, Dee. 20.

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| N McKelvie, W. M. HE Starhird. 8. W.; A iN Larve, J, W.; Join Bell, Treasurer: A Baldwin. Secretary; ©. U. Hanford. 8. D.; Bine. J

ae Niel | Organist; John MeNedl, 8S. 3. N Po Stramburyg S; George Wileon, LG ; James Connell. Tyler. | After the installation, the Brethren present sat down to enjoy some of the good things of this life | to which ample justice was done

Fok THE READ THIS.

In looking over all the papers for the year nearly

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past, IT do not see the acconnt of any effort made to | pay Mr Galbraith for his unweary efforts in teach- ing the Volunteer Band; and I am sure that he

tenching and keeping the Band together, for Lhave been informed by good anthority that since the for-

men in it, and it is wonderfal to me how be

_. A letter received in Liver. |

ihe enterprising |

shareholders could not belive their own siguatures. |

D ; John Ress, Marshall; Moran Lowden |

must have had very a great dea' of trouble in|

miation of the Band, he has had about fifty voong |

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