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| J. W. MITCHELL, Office sup’t — — = THe Datty EXAMINER. PEBRUARY °, 1878.
THE WAR.
A rececRkaM, whieh will be found in an- other coluum, may, perhaps, be called the most mysterious despatch of the war. That Russia should ciooe the quet and reuseiment of an obscure rural hamlet for the negotiation of peace, in preference to the bustle and stir of a great metropolis, may be thought, by some, to be fastidious ; yet, in itself, the demand cannot be pro- nounced unreasonable. But, that the Russians should actually hold Con- stantinople, and answer England’s threat and remonstrances with a smile of derision, is inexplicable on the simple ground that suck a consummation could not have been arrived at save through the connivance of
the Turks—and all that has happened heretofore in this war forbids the thought that a feeling so sudden and so romantic should spring up
between the Muszvvite and the Moslem. The incredibility of the telegram is further increased by the announcement that Eng- land ia debarred from the Dardanelles. Who debars her we are not told, but the fleet of England must have become strangely e:.aciated within a very brief space, if any eombination could prevent her sailing through the straits, if she was so disposed.
In all probability the telegram 1s some concoction of the Hebrew mind, destined to riise a flutter on the Stock Exchange. A few hours will very likely bring other and more rational news.
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The Northern Light
THE citizens of Pictou owe the ‘* Northern Light” a debt of gratitude. The interest- ing craft is lying at no great distance from the city, and the fashionable drive is out to where our mail carrier] es emb.dicd_n the ice. ‘The times are gay in and around the ‘‘Northern Light.” Pleasure parties are formed, and what with the fine weather and the hospitality of the gallant crew, ‘ pic- nics” become pleasant even in the dead of winter. It is thought that only for the meeting of Parliament, Mr. McKenzie would have availed himself of the strong at- tractions of the “‘ Northern Light” in order to hold a political picnic round the craft, for the purpose of illustrating the efficiency of the postal service, and expounding the rigid morality to be observed in carrying out contracta.
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The Schools We Hear So Much About.
Tux following, from the London Weekly Dispateh, is worthy the attention of the ratepayers and School Board of the Town. The Dispatch is a staunch supporter of the undenominational schools, but it is evident- ly feeling that the system is not what it is said to be. It seems to think now that the achools should do no more than educate children whose parents are too poor to pay for it, i. ¢., educate the pauperized popula- tion :—
A meeting was called last Tuesday in West- minister, and attended by delegates from various metropolitan vestries. The reselutions passed amounted to censure of the policy of) the London School Board, and, with the excep- tion of ene dissentient from Camberwell, it seems that they met with geveral approval. There can be little doubt that the Schcol Board has in some instances been carried away by the great possibilities of doing good which the Education Acts have opened to them, and the fact of the expenses been defrayed by di- rect taxation causes the expense of their under- takings to be brought before the ratepayers’ eyes iu a very distinct and a very disagreeable shape. Smali householders who have 4 very | hard struggle in keeping up appearances, and to whom appearances are a necessity if they are t) maintain their present position as trades- people or clerks, find it almost impossible to affurl the rapidly-increasing local taxation. Parents who send their ehildren to middle- | elass schools of their own selection naturally exough object to pay a rate which defrays the eost of board schools from which they get no immediate advantage. To keep ehildren out of the gutter and prevent them from swelling the ranks of criminals and pau- pers is something worth paying for, and money | ao spent comes back to us as surely as that} which buys us the. necessaries of life. But when tue enthusiastie reformers of national
i notable alvanees bas beea mauile i the conduct and
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ae a, ~ » : " — _— a oe nee — oihiaSt Tare arcmin yt te = ouncil. tiott, and it 1 one of immmeitse mp tan i City Counel witthlt cannot be considered too carefuily. i a aici ‘The anual report of the London Schad! | The City Couidil met last oman: ve Hh that wil be, His Worship the Mayor, R. KR. KibszGerald,
Board inspectors Is 4 document rea | with mingled feelings of pleasuc itis gratifying to leara that
app nuntment,
habits of the tuat the parents also are be: wholesome mtlaenze of the se iools. But tuere are drawbacks. In the first plice, the average viten lance at school is not waolly svtisfactory, being something under SO per cent. of the children on the rolls. There, seems also, to bea marked deficiency of teaching power. body, the head teachers are skiled able. but their efforts are not al- eyuately supported by their subordinates. Mr. Noble ‘states that in his district, whiect comprises wthwark, Greenwich, and the eastern parts of Lambeth, there are_ 13 public teachers * who are not, as a rale, ¢ ither rood scholars or efficient teachers.” They teach by rule. As one of the mspectors says, “there is far too wuch cramming of dry facts, aad too little illustration of principle.” Red- tipeism is being developed in its worst forms. The mischievous effects of the cireumlocution system are everywhere discernible in the man- agement of the schools. Looking at the work of the Condon School Board, as a whole it Is manifest that it is still far from having accom plished its task.
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Will the Osbornes be Committed ?
(From the Moncton Daily Times. )
This is now the question of the hour in Moncton—and, we have no doubt, all over investigation now
rawing to an end has excited a public in- terest fortunately unsurpassed in the his- tory of Crimimal cases in our Province since the date of the Munroe Murder. It is not for us to say whether the Justices have or have not determined to commit the accused 10r trial. trates understand their duty, and we must also assuine that that duty will be perform- ed regardless of public sentiment or private interests. It cannot be said that the Ma- gistrates have unduly favored the prosecu- tion, nor has anyone detected anything ap- proaching to timidity or a want of appreci- ation of the importance of the Investigation in their conduct. We have no doubt that whatever may be their private opinion of the value of some of the testimony offered, the Magistrates, having before them the sworn statements of a witness who declares Timothy McCarthy went to the Osborne house at 12 o’clock on the night of the 12th of Oct.; that she saw the murder between 12 and 3 o’cluck and took part in it; that the body was carried away at a certain hour in the morning, and in a wagon ; that from this wagon the body was taken and thrown in the Seadouce river; and when they have
‘had before them other witnesses who swore
that the Osbornes told them that McCarthy was at their house at 12 o’clock that night ; that a wagon was seen leaving the Osborne ‘house at the hour named by the girl, and going in the direction of the Soadoue river ; chat wagon tracks leading to the river were found in an unusual place; that near this McCarthy’s hat was found in the river soon after the 12th Oct.; that the body of a drowned man was subseqnently seen floating if the Scadouc river ; that Timothy McCarthy never left She- diac, and has not since been heard of — when the Magistrates have presented to them such a ehain of evidence as this, they will naturally feei that they have no option in the matter but to commit the prisoners for trial by a jury, who will determine the value of these sworn statements or any fresh evidence whieh may be offered from any quarter. To assume anything else is to assume that they are ignocant of their duty, and with the experience that Justice Wort- man, at least, has had_ in the investigation of criminal cases it would be doing the Court great injustice. It is cfear, no doubt, to these Magistrate’s minds asit isto the minds of the lawyers and others that to ad- mit evidence of a rebutting character at this stage of the case isto open up the whole case for trial. it means calling it witnesses as to cheracter, witnesses as to the monies paid, witnesses as to the condition of the Shediac river, witnesses who may le ex- perts in chemical analysis, and so on,—thys placing on the Magistrate's of Moncton la- bors and responsibilities and the rendering of decisions which the laws not only do not give them, but which are specially withheld from them ig ‘‘indictable offences,” which ean only be “ tried” jn the higher Courts. No lawyer will argue that ihe Magistrates have power to try the case and tialiy dis- pose of the» issues involved ; yet the sum
moning of witnesses to byeak down the tes- timony of the Crown witnesses would neces- savily involve a ‘‘triel” in the fullest mean- ing of the word. From such responsibility the Magistrate's may well shrink, and we imagine that no one who really understands
our Mexeton Magistrates ditter so igr from other Magistrates asto wish to shouldep responsibilities which ave reseryed for the higher Courts. As it is importent to the well being of society that the fullest eau fidence should be reposed in 2]! our Courts ot Lew, all who wish the country well should hesitate before forming any other than a favorabie opinion of the impartiality and intelligence of ,our local Courts, until there is abundant proof to the contrary.
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The Rebstlion in ‘Africa.
Advices frem Cape Towa. of Jaguary 10th,
education go a step further and seek to teach faucy subjects in our elemeutary schools, the | ratepayer has a right to protest. It may be| perfectly true that drawing, or Latin, or seies- tific coosery may improve the fortunate cbil- dren who learn thew, but their parents and mot the local treasury should pay for the les- @ons. An admirable way to teach people to @ave is no: to let them have all they waut un- less they have put by something with whieh to pay for it, and it cannot be too much insisted upon that the man who sends his child to a! schol supported by the State, paying a fee too @miil t»> defray the expenses he causes, is to that extent a pauper, in the true sense of the |
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worl Are we te allow the School Board to)
| are going to the front.
says that Caffre war is being vigorously prose- cuted. Numbers of volunteers and burghers Colonel Giyn has de- feated the Gaikas at Quintana. The insurree- tion is not spreading, and it is hoped that it will soon be suppressed, The Zulus remains quiet. Further adyices of the 15th say that severe fighting occurred in Franskej on the
13th. The natives were defeated with great | loss. An official announcement says that the!
betlion will be easily crushed.
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Hatirax.—Diptherig continues to rage Shanghae, China, date One fa-| that an asylum for women and children at!
in various parts of the Proyineo.
e and dis- | Resotder pro f a! Crabbe, Davy, Heartz, ia improvig | aad Morris. children, and | inning to feel the rread, Geuncillor
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We must assume that the Mayis- |}
their position entertains the thought that |
| Government has reason to believe that the re |
‘pred that in less than five minutes after the
Couneillors Peake, Harris,
m3 Hooper, Smith, Byrne
{ | | } minutes of the last meeting were | Hooper complained that the | Trustees of the City Schools were appointed at the last meeting —-therenot beiag a full attend- | ance of the Councillors. He did not receive a notice ot the busiucss to he transacted at the meeting ; therefore, he thought, the appoint inents ileal. His Worsuir said he was aware that there | was a rumorto the effect that tae appointments | but that he consulted the Reeorder vents and found
After the
are ilegzal ; with regard to the appoints tuat they are not. + & :
CouNCILLOR HATZ was of opimon that oH appointments are illezal. it the Recorder said taey were legal he was satisfie the Council should be represented at Board,
Couacillor Peake corroborated the sta‘ emont | of the Mayor, aad said that the Recorder prom- ised to leave his opinion with reference to the legality of the appointments, 1 writing, before he left the city.
Councillor Crabbe said it was not the legality of the appointments that was the matter. He supposed the color of those appointed did not suit the taste of some members around this Board. The appointments made were the best, and he did not hear anyone complain of them.
His Worship informed the Council that he ‘had sold in Halifax a large amount of the newly issued debentures at par.
Bills of debentures amounting to a large sum were real to the Board, and, on motion, or- dered to be paid. The bills of the different Departments were also read, and ordered to be pail. : In reference to the plank needed by the city for next summer, His Worship said as this was the proper time to secure a cheap article, he had addressed communications to all the lum- ber merchants on the north shore of New Brunswick. He has received several good offers, but thinks he may yet do better.
A letter was read from Hyndman Brothers, stating that the several vacant rooms in their building on Queen and Water Streets had been assessed to an amount equal to those that were occupied, and that those occupied were over- assessed to a great extent; they therefore asked the Council to remit the amount of over- tax —$33.00.
Tur Recorper stated that the case caine before him, and that Mr. Hyndman asked for | a reduction of the taxes. He had no power to do this, and had to give judgment against him for the full amount. Mr. Hyndman previous- ly appealed, but there were so Inany cases be- fore the Court that he had to leave the City on business, and therefore judgment was given avainst him. The Recorder also remarked that, as the matter was under the considera- tion of the Council, the grievance of the poor should not be overlooked. There were many poor people appealed from the assessment lev- ied, and who produced receipts showing that they did not pay thirty dollars rental; but they could not afford to loose two or three days at the Court, and they therefore payed their tiuxes. Wena man was deprived of his franchise by not paying sufficient rental, it was injustice to compel him to pay taxes.
The above matters were referred to the City Collector.
The Committee 6n Tenders for painting and putting up street signs, reported that they had received several tenders for the work, and re- commended that of William Summers, whose tender was eight cents for each sign; other tenders received being as high as seventy-five cents. The tender of Wm. Summers was, on motion, accepted.
CouNnctLLoR CRapBk gaye notice that at next meeting he would bring in a resglution for the reduction of policemens’ wages.
His Worsuip informed the Council that he had engaged Mr, Norman McRae to inspect the work now being doge on Pownal Wharf. He did so because there was no City official capable of looking after the work.
CQUNCILLOR SmirH could not see the neces- sity of having ayn overseer of the work, as it was being performed by contract, and the con tractor was a person that could not be sur- paased as a wharf builder.
Coung Lor Crappe objected to paying two persons for work phat should be performed by cue, Here was an important work going on and the Vity has to pay 4 nyan $1.50 per day for inspecting it, while we are at the same time paying a City Surveyor. *
d, but | e thought | the |
He, therefore, “gave
natice that he would, at the next meeting,
bring in # resolution for the appointment of an official capable of syperintending all wanes City business.
There were, then, several expressions of dis- satisfaction at the manner in which the quéside business of the City is performed.
Councrttor Harris took the opportunity of correcting a statement that was made at the meeting on Monday night. He said whilst at the meeting he was terribly startled by a
. ‘ eicl se . . gentleman stating that eur poliee force costs the city a yearly sum (i ae This was entirely jncorrect, and he wished’ tg State for the public henefit phat at present the whole eost of the Police Pepartment, Magistrate, Clerk and all, was $8006,
After some remarks from the Recorder with regard to the codifying and printing of the City By-laws, it was moved that tenders be called Gr printing 300 copies of the City By- Jaws in book for.
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Fire at Pictou. i
es Abont 1.30 o’clock on the afternoon of the Ist, a fire wag discovered in the third story of D. M. Geldert’s livery stable, on Twining street, near St. Lawrence Hotel, Pictou, N, 8. The fire had made such headway before discov-
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bFE ‘alarm wag given the whole building was in flames. ‘fiiere ware eleven horses in the stable at the time, and all were jast; three were taken ‘out, but were too far gone to itive. They suc ceeded in saving all the wagons and sleighs, | ‘except a few on the lower flat. The byilding is a total joss, Myr, Geldert had no insurance, and his loss is between $4,000 gnd $4,000. A 'warehouse owned by K, J. MeKengie, adjoiy- ‘ing the livery stable, was saved with difficulty. |It is believed if there had been any wind blow- ing at the time a great deal of damage would ijiave been done.
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A Terriete CaLamity.—A telegram from
Feb. 3, announces
tax honest brea l-wivners a farthiag more than| ily pamed Wallace, at Rawdon, Hants the city of Tien Tsin had been burned, and. County, lost nine children within sixteen ,that over two thousand persons perished in }
ithe fire.
is necessary for the improvement of the pauper |
ghildren? The vestries have asked this gues.
days last month,
New Advertisments.
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GREAT
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BANKRUPT SALE. !
The Stock in Trade of the Estate of
S. KEITH & CO.
WILL BE SOLD AT A
TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE.
Worsted Coatings, Beavers, Pilots, Broad Cloths, Tweeds,
Realy-made Clothing, GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
AND HATS, WILL BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST.
Clothing Made to Order
AS USUAL,
G. V. M GREGOR,
Assignee. N. B.—Coat, Vest, and Pant Makers wanted immediately. C. V. MeG.,
South Side Queen Square. Ch’town, Feb. 5, 1878—2m 2aw
INSOLVENT ACT OF 1875 and Amending Acts.
In the matter of SYLVANUS KEITH, an Insolvent.
A LL persons indebted to the above Insol- vent are hereby notified to pay their ac- cqunts to me, and to me only.
0. V, MeGREGOR, Assignee. Charlottetown, P. E. Island, Feb. 5, 1878—tf
1878.
Cosan Steamship Coy
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GF P, E, ISLAND, SPRING TRIP,
The First-class Tron Screw Steamship
“Prince Edward,’
}364 Tons Register, Cassed 100 Al, which is the highest class at Lloyds,
Robert Fraser, Uommander,
Will be on the Berth at Glagow to re- celve Cargo about the Lith March,
Leaving Glasgow for Liverpool, about the Sth April, and will leave
Liverpool for Charlottetown On or about the 15th April,
Carrying Freght at through rates from Lon- dog, deliverable at Charlottetown, Pictou, Georgetown, Summerside, Souris,
Alberton and Shediac, “”’
For Freight or Passage, apply, in London, to JoHN Pircarrn & Sons, 69 Cornhill; in Glasgow, to James KeLso, junr., 134 St. Vin- cent Street ; in Liverpool, to Prrcarrn Brorn- grs, Brockley Buildings, 51 South John Street ; in Pictou, N. S., to Noonan & Davirs;
or here, to PraKE Bro’s & Co.,
Managers,
Charlottetown, Ieb, 2, 1878.
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KING SQUARE HOUSE!
BUTTER. —
HAVE ON HAND a bemall Consi ‘ . "rf tf . . , om m _ of Choice BUTTER, which I will aa
cheap for Casu. A. SIMPSO)} Ch’town, Feb. 7 —3i ”
GROCHRYT
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Cor. Great George & Kent Sts.
YF FNHE Subscriber wishes to inform his friends and the public generally that he still keeps on hand a choice assortment of
froceries and Provisions,
, AT HIS OLD STAND,
inspect for themselves.
ON HAND,
10 CHESTS CONGOU TEA,
(** New Season ”’) 1,000 Lbs. Canadian Cheese, 10 Casks American Kerosene Oil,
(120° test ; 36 cts. per gal.)
20 BARRELS SUGAR
(all kinds),
100 Bhls, Sup, Extra Flour,
3 Puns. Very Choice
MOLASSHS 20 doz. Pickles, 20 doz. Assorted Jams 20 boxes Dessert Prunes, : 100 Tins Sardines.
CANS PEACHES, PINEAPPLES, STRAWBERRIES, TOMATOES,
NEW RAISINS, ZANTE CURRANTS DRIED APPLES, STEWING PRUNES, 300 QUARTS CRANBERRIES, CREEN CRAPES. LBS. SMOKED HALIBUT, QTLS. CODFISH, BOXES DIGBY HERRING.
SU 25 L00 and all goods isually found in a First- Class Grocery Store.
FAMILIES SUPPLIED BY THE MONTH®
DONALD NICHOLSON,
Jan. 16, 1878—y.
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WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK QF
CARRIAGE GOODS
Consisting in part of Iron, Steel, and Caatin spokes and Rim and Nprings,
Axles We call special attention to Heyky’s Parent SinaLe Pry
Cast Steel Carriage Springs,
for which we are agents. We warrant
each Set. sa OUR PRICES ARE VERY LOW ~<s
BEER & SONS.
Ch’town. Ja , 187 WR, e Db 8, 187 .
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CARRIAGE BUILDERS
IS VERY COMPLETE.
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Over 56 Tons Bar Tron, 200 Elliptic Carriage 8 rings, 110 sets ANI . .
Cm, ASSORTED SIZES, ‘rom j to 1f inet,
a very large Stoce
CARRIACE & MILL BOLTS, RING BOLTS, STEP PADS, &€.
which we offer to cash and prompt paying customers at better prices than oie before.
W.E. DAWSON & CQ;
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THREE STAR BRANDY.
2 CASES Three Star BRANDY,
For Sale by ‘i JAMES BYRNE, January 20—5i
Great George Street.
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and will be pleased to have them eall amd-