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a, Furs, ‘Groceries, &e.,

SALESROOM on THURSDAY, the

0 Cloek :—

verpool SOAP, 1 ib bars, “et Co,

PAKCH, sISCUIT, assorted, sound PEPPER, reaw Partar,

ASTOR OIL, 3 02. bottles).

5S ewt. assorted CON FECTIONERY,

10 cases Lamp CHIMNEYS,

il FLASKS,

ues SLEDS,

RVISINS.

DIGBY CHICKENS, ALSO,

64 doz. COON SKIN CAPS,

EED CAPS,

4 do Imitation Lamb do,

* ma : : ,. 7 , , , y ‘; e 4 r A N is » 4 , =a | with their buying big useless bells, buildi { “HORROR.” THE ELECTION IN CARDWELL. SHE NEW: MINT ES. Niw A ° } with their ODuylng Dig Useless DElIS DUlalUS : ae — eercianninns seine a « i ee i : ; (Bre Cris. wes wn Naaairer | ugly, shakey, bells: vigeeen \ f oa terrible eecurrence at] * When Mr. Bolton, the Government no- we me ; “aA*7> om 7? LEV et erribie ec “— . > . i ou oe Se ’ verses, because they ee 0 puand Fined 3 hand he | minee in Cardwell, last appeared before | Mr. Brown ~(solus) —fle’s maybe ! verses, Dec: © Wat tu I 1.) Ps 7% ‘ a } 3 a : oe = - Fy 1 mike themie! nlou pro k lyn, Ne 7 Fork, is nn # | the electors he was the champion of purity bad. Mackenzie's gine for him de | , > ir mopey and make themgses\ 10us : a “— oe ; rlottetown, Dec. 11, 1876, . a thei lity 8 > there Jes destroy by fire and | and the bearer of an elevated standard of (/ fer’ Mackeozie, Lalng in de ' But whe d be’ : ss >. a : : a } lreds of poke us were burned to death. | public morality. But now he rejoices and vera gude morning gentlemen. I[ hiens, E DARK DOINGS OF THE | and dcem ey, itis rath # a eek 6 lograms we learo that four! pis Party with him, over the fact that €28,./as ye are dootiess aw re Maister Mills 42 , Try, st, ] . nut > regent ‘ } . @ ° } " ea ° : ss By a CITY COUNCIL. shouldi.Be put out a . :whdred charred bodies have already been | 000 of Mr. H. 1T Cook's corruption money | lang expeckit ye’re entrance to Lhis sphere, ih inst .a 2 . . aat eat ‘ - = ° wag ra ; ies “Oo ‘ug City Couneil are presuming quite seco acct eoeovered from the ruins. No wonder twice defeated his oppuuent. but ye will ken 13 ch . PEA, : ee \ . : pp ppy > ere P ‘ i 872.) Mr. Mills—(/ates up position in centre ribnaditelinae o much upon their insignificance. N YORE CIV.L SERVICE CORRUPTION. | that Brooklyn is in mourning. Then (that was in August, 1872.) he was a ce a wn gg 5 boxes‘! . . : ner : ve | the representative of the Party of Economy. | 444 paiyollsy OAs Uj—NO Gout, sir, 5 Cas s MATCHES heir meetings being pub . gage ee : : : wees UES, ag ionall aa } Asa fai tohis ~HE CHAMPION ‘*MEDDLER AND Now he glories in supporting a Government You did not expect. Eut the philo-ophie £0 dz. BLACKING, : ; as ally pubitshed . . , ” . t | ; O lhoeXes Hialind, and; Chose eecestonaly | ; } ' ' s ind MUDDLER. which has increased the cost of Civil Gov. Wind, sir, eXpects all things in ther due 20 ' ak . . ® ’ , , es ; : : aie . 2 »xXs being little read, they conduct their : ss une 406 Dba INA DAY ernment by $150.000 a year, and the De. Course In logics! sequence,J take a leading 20 do G io ° . . . . aed 34 4 , 4 . - . R ~ liberations (if their wraoglings may 'y os ‘it p oo partmental salaries at Ottawa by $9000). prt here, as necessarily, as logically as I 10 dv © courtesy 80 be ealled) quite without the °°"! ore * Pub! [From the Halifax Herald. } | Then he was pledged to support «*a "led the London Board of Trade. Your 6 bez. ©: influence or restraint of publie a | ' {) When the Big Push organ of Toronto high public morality ’ in allits phases. Now POWWer, Sif, Is of the press; mine is logic 5 boxes FIGS Yorks returned inglorlousiy, ft 1 bre ry ati ’ dich: ‘ Ca ig : . a at be Nag Ge . r It is very unfortunate that the citizens a : eee led’ Mr. Richard pone ' nentent ® he asks to be sent to Parliament to give “one Mayna est Logicus, et prevalebit.— ll tak >» little interest in minion Ciection campru » ENRSOSC . yraddter and muddler of figures,’ as it did his vote for M. Cauchon. Quint 10 bbdts. G gucmey eigen ‘officials who draw of ‘liveli- | . tow years ago, people “a. ' , "t WO Bebe ae 20 doz. DECANTERS vie affdics. end give themecives so little POOF, Ometnis Whe Om enen. | & few years ago, peopl little knew how ap Then he was the champion of purity otf Mr. Brown—(rather stazgered — at the 5 Neat’ TUBS TERS, ea . : ! : itable mev he hood from the } tblie exchequer Their! propriate the dscription was destined to be- government. Now he defends Ministers | 4 Muister Mills, Idoot ye hairdly 90 Childre -. trouble to elect suitable . nei . i a daha dls : ! re : ™ m3 4 7 , sd : . hi leet. The | first operation w Nis the Turncont of Nappanee - evidently who ‘smell to Heaven,” and Ministers 1° Z > presence wherein yea noo 50 boxes I natural results follow this$negiect, ’ ot ee ; ed \ 2 rman of destiny, and seems likely to do : wale a i i , id ? ; : 25> buXes f the following facts will five ill-paid road m \ ; : ine who are denounced by Courts for improper nd it | make allooance fur tae ef- arenens « : Pip ‘te time | of Overseers, Hog-ree' Lreey bight be regarded as impossible" coi auce in copper and land sales. sO’ £1 ; elevation— > at it is quite e Bat » ses of ‘ . . , ; we are sure, show that q af elie ant Grin : sive to the utterances of the Toronto “ace Then he was the champion of the Inde Mr —(siviking a Demosthenic at | © tp didinths-a ve p »} oe ne ity - . ue ° , th) eer ts ° y é e § | : y , y;. _— aalll “2 “ . eo . a people knew what goes on int " | Ie feel the weicht of the defeated ministers’ | ™° * mblance of veracity wes wid pendence of Parliament. Now he favours | filude with stertling rapidity)—Sir! Eleva | 6 do TW . : i ne uit ' 4 P — elton 73 4 . m Pie ' r : ra : ; « : Couneil. displeasure! They then seized upon the | °°" wes coms such a that he recently | the bestowal of immense printing contracts | tion! What elevation rivals the vast height sd = j | Clapleasure en " hte performed those juggling feats in finance, | 3 do 0. B. MUFFS.

Some months ago,.a saloon was openct in this towa.

: ticense to sell liquor. This was refused

Its proprietor applied for

- nioh | on the Speaker of the Commons, private that we read of in the London press, whic | msombersand on Ministers of the certainly resemble more than the ludicrous |

| quiet, hard-workiag, uoobtrasive Visitor | He bad Crown.

ae an of Schools for KLtoe s 4 ounty : " . ° Then he advocated Federal non-interfer~

; or hurt anvbody. He had nev. + obtrud- | | eri } i i Handy And j ‘i The preprietor, soon after, was convicte j, | never hurt any a ' blundering of an imaginary 2an vo ¥, ence in local matters, Now he supports a | y w ed his religion, or his views respecting the | then the actual operations of a Canadian iq : d hi rion, I Government which throws its whole weight |

tor selling without license, and fined

He}

It is no wonder that |

hhie Many i Ti in) | into the cause of Local friends.

| School Question, upon the pu Finances Minister.

|

wis asecond time charged and convicted 4 ; Bilis . ait ai oe : | a ited dis deaaual ad shen woh convict | thoucht him a Presbyterian, It i every Financial — in ee Benificient results were to flow from the | a thir tharged aad thea nov nnd ve e oF ‘anada is as s d disgusted; etl ; , : r "Al : esate ...y. | generally known for n e, | Canada is astoni ed an 88 > ! able Ministry, then untried which he cup- ed; a fourth time charged and convicted ; . ene peice a aad ; | the press supporting the Cauchon-Coffin | ik Wien mate? thd P=) . : a . re 138 Nos t r atten Y ! iu S 4 : : : ‘ : 2. hej A rey ? et him name a fifth time charged and confessed. eae | 3 , Adnmainistaation is silent or perplexed; for | i, fon i a oe La . » . | his office hie was, cortainiy, capabie OF; .. ' i ot ' charges and four convictions in apout : ; ' Mr. Richard John Cartwright has gone and 7 , er nerformipe those duties Yet he was “ a 7 Corruption was to be utterly rooted out. | . - done what must make the Globe's descrip-~ ,

twelve months, certainly showed a persis»

tent defiance and contempt of the law,

| Thirty-one * Reform”

a eta memb tion of him strikingly accurate, if it does | ges age

Dominion House, and nine of the Local

’ , ’ ' ? . ae nitched headlong by the splenetic minis

the |

| ness tae join.

; . ; | ters ; and before he was aware cf the tact, | not even a © him serious suspicion | ‘. which, we should not have supposed, would ! oo Reial d I ut sh — tite ; " P | House, have been unseated for bribery | : » was, outside of the olhcia OPI — Ot a ark, . :

6 entitle elect ww any | 7 °™: ' oes and corruption since then. If each sp have entitled the cuipri Leon it. will b cenit: Sidi: eciuiihites pent : sia : ica oi employment t wi 6 remembere at some two, asmuch as Mr. Cook . es special comsideration or reward xt the thie ; ontis since Mr. Cartwright crossed the | . = deleating

all bald [he or xeuse which can by any pos- | MOnt ’ a5 :¢ Mr. McCarthy, viz., $14,000 per victory, |

bands of those whose duty it isto upholl | = #'™ tis facn a “i. Atlantic, with the professed object of bors then these rh ” ; ) 8 y, |

‘ : 1, | sibility be offered by the Government, ts | : s r urists, all of t 3 |

the law. Our City Councillors thought . = ~~” vowing in London £2 500,000 stg., for some | head yP Pe hem as | diff al TI a who thus acted has that other men who had helped them in GEER on that hn dtd unt Gee oud~mouthed in denouncing corruption as

ifereawly. 1e€ man acted hi: i oe a mysterious purpose e did n ivulge — Mr. Bolton, consecrated nearly six hundred

been by them rewarded. Having ap

pealed in some of the cases and been cast |

io the appeals, he does what ? Applies to the City Council to give him a license, and for permission to pay his fine at his own

convenience. And the men who were

but was generaily supposed to be for the > | replenishing of those Banks where Simp- | country is mud- sons make rie in times of peace, and out | of whose coffers Big Push proceeded in times of war. Burdened thus with a ‘holy’ mission, he set about his work as became

thousand dollars to the work of correcting

expected reward. Good men are dischareg- ee ad : ' Tory abuses” in this province alone!

ted, the business of the

| died, the peonie are tadienant.a wretched- i dled, the people are tadignant,a if and the number of Cabinet ministers was

|to beredeced, Yet Mr. Bolton is just as _Teady to support Mr. Mackenzie in break-

ly bad practice is perpetuated. What

odds ? The corrupt and <elflsh supporters

ok of oe Peds Jets ia rrofted he thoiy | a Grit saint. To raise the required sum he | .« elected to office to maintain the law and |! @ Party which Sas pri mate 1:90 eke ‘ with bi te oe ses mee of ing these pledges as he was to applaud him ne! ° ' ’ ; rriec it H j i selfishness and corruption demand the ha a _in making them.

to assist in its execution, to whom the citizens had entrusted the delicate aad

difficult duty of deciding to whom a|

liquor lieense might bo granted, gave one toa man who came before them with character branded by four convictions fer illicit selling ; and further, a3 a reward for

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his persistent and open violations of the |

law, they spread the payment of his fines and costs ever two years. We had

agined that a man applying for a license |

should be able to show a tolerably clean record,—that at least he should not have been uetorious as the keeper of an unlicen-

im- |

£100 Canadian Government Debentures, or |

Promissory Notes of Canada for £100, bear, ; : P ’ control of every branch of public expendi- ing interest at 4 per cent, payable annually, |

, ture, and its opini x i

in London about the first of | Sone ieee P en ed ba gets be . ° ; Ss ,

November last, at which time—as can be the a ee een ct ae $0

seen by reference to any London newspa- | 7 onperne into. ty the Execu,

| tive. per—the very same kind of Debentures,

which he carried, viz; 4100 debentures | : | pledged the country to an expenditure of

vearing 4 p.c. interest, were selling in the | $2,000,000 in ateel rails before he obtained London market at £941.2. Nowthis was! |’ = r eT the assent of the House theroto

\a very fuir pri it Mr. Cartwri a x we aren, one : Me on erent hed Plenty and prosperity were toaccompan y raised bis loan by selling his £100 debens | ,, atincen ¥ enti

tures or notes at £94 1-2 each, there could have been no fault found with that part of To raise the required sum

price of their services. The Coalition

Government have pot the mora! coura

9 “rieht the wrone’”’ and “do the richt.”’ to | right the wrong’’ and the Fight.'’:| re arrived With contemptible cowardice, they weaks ly yield to the demands of th ported them for gain, because ot

ernments

ose who sup-

her Gov Lady

“have been

jus us

| Truly, a bully’s excuse for an outrage

— ° wom >

LIGHT AT LAST. | A¥FTER three years of p we have the Northern Light to keep up on 7

I Administration was to be pure, able and

commupication” between this Province | pis operations 8 OperaHons. unselfish, the people were to thrive in the

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The “standard of pub- | lic morality " was to be lifted high; the | | rican Senate; and evén to more.

The Civil Service was to be reformed, |

| and outlay make up the sum,

Yet Mr. Bolton is equally enthusi, | astic in defending Mr. Mackenzie, who |

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from which the Philosopher surveys cring-

Logic, sir,— ifs P

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own-—- (s reechingly sharp) Maister | Mackenzie, gin Maistar Mills suld be so

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ing politicians, crawling Cabinets, writhing | December ll, - - e - } Grit editors, and hissing Protectionists? | — ig

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eccentric as tae intraduce logic intae a/|

Cabinet where nae such nonsense is sufferit, | | tak it for granted ye will correcksuk con,

duck in a severely practical manner.

Mr, Mackenzie—(Aside)—For Heaven's He’s a’ I could get. | Sax others refusit, and declarit we could |

sake, noa word!

nae survive @ session, and it wad be mads

but it's joost Mills or naething.

Mr. Brown—Weel, if we maun—(lo the Philosopher by-piay)—Ye were otservin, sir—

Mr. Mills—I came to the rescue of Canas

da. Ab interitu vindicare—Plaut. plain.

for Greece and Nome, Venice, Tyre and Sidon,

sion, where do wea look

Sodom and Gomorrah, what course would) #—--—— | they foretell? Parliament was to have full and absolute |

cian lore, what do.they predict? And there’s no doubt that wages, profit, capital

beyond dispute— Mr. Brown—~‘ Mournfully|—Awlexander ! Mr. Mackenazie—[ Holding his hands on his ears] —What diz be mean ?

example ?

Read the mysterious Sans- crit of the Drahmin, the records of Confu-

I ken he’s partially crackit,

who, absorbed, disregards the |

To you, | to him,—(poinits to Premier)—I now ex. When in the course of human af- fairs she is plunged in commercial depress

This proves |

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for the

Crosse & Blackwell’s Pickles, |

. ES, JAMS, JELLIES, MARMALADE CITRON,LEMON,and ORANGE PE

; SAUC

RAISINS,

| FLAVORING EXTRACTS,PRESERVED MACARONI, TAPIOCA, SAGO,SPICES, GINGER.METZ FRUITS,SOMERODY’'S

LUGGAGE, Pergumoery,

Toilet Requisites, &e,

Nexta Ciytown, Dee.

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fessor Smith, observes in letters, the Tele- }

gram should put in letters of gold, ‘ To this | the whole course of historical precedent |

unanimously points.’ To what? An Ame-

Popular- | is impertis amalor.— Met. Yes, we must!

ALBIANAE & GUIDE-BOGK,

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| ' : ‘ : and the ioland, as provided by the | he wold oniy hay cal) OF . a we ; sedgroggery,who snapped his fiagers at pos t ; oe and se e BY” tae | he would only have to sell 25,908 45 Bit Oi weer malitienl atmosphhere, and the coun- | burst the Customs line—sweep away the | . . ¢ Sis he Vorthern e res Py $ - : : ° * ? : a att . lice regulations, because he found that he | '€™™S Of “anton ta 1573, The North bentures, or in other words have given pro- | trys industries to increase and multiply, [line! When did Britain do us anything , Light is a stout, strong, rough vessel, wel] | missionary notes of Canada for.the sum of} tras the prophecy been fulfilled, even par~ |‘but injury ? Cut loose from her.

could pay the fines out of his unlawful gain. But we were mistaken. Our City Council think differently. They say to

an applicant: “ Sir, you have been con- |

victed, over and over again, of breaking our laws; you have flouted our regula- tions ; you have kept what is a Duisance and a pest in the community—a secret,

illicit gregsshop; you have set yourself |

openly to defy those laws of which we are the sworn guardians; therefore, we have

much pleasure in rewarding you with a, license ; and, inasmuch as the Courts have |

fined you, we will do what we can for you —spread your payments over two years— and then we trust you will feel the incon- venience but a slight one.’ However,

when we read the tangle of amendments |

and countet-amendments, and such pre-

£2,593 600 and could have come home with 45 | the £2.5900,000 in his pocket. But what | 5 feet beam, 16 feet denth of | Wi! oar readers think whem informed that | ' | Mr. Cartwright so ‘muddled’ affairs that | he had to give notes for the sum of at least | £2853,000, in order to raise his loan, or | £253,400 more than any other man with) similar securities in his pocket would have | had to pay for the the money !! How Mr. | Cartwright brought about this wondertul | |result is @ remarkable piece of history, Contemporaneous with his arrival in Lons | then, but to-day a high way Ot i ons don, the following notice was published in The Northern Light is commanded by o ane — one oo anal ge i ? DOMINION uF CANADA LOAN FOR £2,500,000! THE TRADE OF Capt. A. Finlayson. Mr. J. McKay, of | 4 par CENT. STERLING BONDS OR INSCRIP- | New London, is her first mate; Mr. G.j| TIONS:

ial .,. »| Messrs. Baring Brothers & Co. and Messrs. Wa Gillis her second mate. Her Chief | q, 4 i]

Glynn, Mills, Currie, &Co., the financial . Engineer is Mr. John MeMillan. His : s} | agentsin England of the Dominion of Cana- States has issued a report on the commer McPhers

da, are authorized by the Minister of Fi- | cial relations of the United States with nance of Conada to receive application for a | other countries. From this report we learn

adapted, we have no doubt, for the service tially ?

Mr, Bolton, we venture tosay, has realiz« ed in his canvass “the fact that while in August, 1872, he was the champion ofa

j ! } i. Soloed y} : sne 18 intended. one 1s

for which

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feet long, | hold.

ful engines.

She is furnished with very powers She has accommodation for laden with the most exalted pledges, he is now the creature of a discredited Gov- ernment which has been tried and found wanting in every quality that constitutes excellence in a Government.

| twenty-eight passengers, and is capable of carrying about 500 barrels of freight.

Mr. §S

trips this winfer will mark the commences

] 2? 1 swell, thinks her }

Her projector,

ment of an era of commercial emancipa-

tion to people living in countries liable to e is riding over

ao annual ice blockade. * Reform,”

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CANADA WITH THE UNITED STATES.

The Secretary of State for the United

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| sistants are Messrs. G.

Ministry, untried but full of promise and |

vr ° i “ Reform "’ was riding on a high wave |

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iQ Tyuirben: Tha crew consists of ie Tbe t £9 AY { eter] i ; posals as that the fines and costs (amounts G. Muirhead. Thecrew consists ot five | joan of £25 whens ys nani Ts St that the trade of the Republic with foreign | , 2 Seamep, six firemen, a purser, and a | tions bcaring interest from the Ist of Novem- : : P ee ee ing to about $200) be reduced to $16, or | : , e } i | ber, 1876, at the-rate of 4 wer cent, per countries bas in almost every instance fallen | that they be remitted altogether, we real. ©®°*- annum, payable half-yearly on Ist May and oft. This is, of course, largely owing to the | ly feel thankful that some of the Council. | The Northern Lighé will ply between | 1st November of each year at the offices of | curtailment of expenses adopted by the | lers did not propose to give him a hand- | Pictou and Georgetown. the enig Bannan’ guess in Iauion. | purchasers of the country, in consequence |

some present for having been so kind as)

to break their laws.

The price of subscription is 91 per cent., of the hard times.

| payable as follows :— ; | The same general eause has effected the ) per cent on application.

sph bm iiap enimahnneial THE LAST LOAN.

| trade of Canada, though also it must be ad-

|

Mr. Brown —[ Piercingly | —Awlexander ! ! |

Mr. Mackenzie — [horrified] —The Devil!

Mr. Mills~Taik about trade! L appear on the scene, ‘—Hor. Smith's

é rumpe re

’ oe: . ' balance of imports and exports! there is no |

In luce versari ; e dencbris | Wealth of Na- ! tions—-Cobden — Sir Robert Peel—Wells— |

doubt the difference is the profit; you said |

so {knocks hat off the shocked Premier] Yes, Task any reasonable man if this does not show our course clearly? What a career

opens before us! First annexation; then | to convert the States to Free Trade! -1 wil! |

accept the Presidency! Hooray! out. j

Mr. Brown—HES GANE DAFT!

what wull ye dae?

Mr. Mackenzie—It’s him or naething, I tell't ye. He’'l sober a bit yet; he’s licht, eaded the noo. We maun gang oot, I see; but we hnea year’s salary yet, onys hoo. der. to the deil.

Cast care We hae no dune sre bad.

I see ye are building ane.

Mr. Brown—Weel, when I think o’ the}

. } ° . t auld shop in Glasgie, whur we sauld needles | i Georgetown i

and tape, and see hoo I am Jookit up tae here, there is some balm in Gilead.

ai + ed , Si Bis adhe dae OR fee 5 per cent. on allotment. : ; : é Mr. Mackenzie—Mon, I was a mason no A year or two ago, our Councillors in- THE last loan negotiated by Mr, Cart.| 15 perce . - 20% | mitted that the unwise and improvident | ae a ' lulced th ] be ravary. | @riaht- wives veneral dissatisfacti The 20 per cent, on 31st January 1877. s |lang syne. Think ye nae $8,000 a year’s a duiged themselves in a strange vagary. | wrigot gives general Gissatisiaction, i he 20) per esnt. on 27th March, 1877. | management of the present Government aches, Ahiiaats "Ne ggg sete OE ns . : , : eae aa ip . | fortune tae me. Tak heart, Ci yh: A thief was brought before them who had | Montreal Gezefte remarks that t is ims 20 per cent on 25th May, 1877, deduct~ | has had much to do with the serious dimi- ; : ey t a ; . . sa ei ci oot a all JT a i : t may, we hae been Diest. [Scene closes, ] stolen property to the value of more than | possible at this time to avi contrast | aie half years coupon due Ist May, | nution our trade has experienced. Just ; ‘ e 2 R .¥ ween thal ner Tl na , whee Ons ovr 2 ‘ 7 é a i Ve ENA j 1 $200. They fined him $50. In effect, | between the loan negotiate reas- i] ‘cent. on 25th July, 1877, less ine | ancy, the balance of rede es RUASSELEANES nurer of Ouebes d thet nevotiated by come tax. | Oe ehe wepeet of the Usited Gtetes Sean. | 2° 7% ee nn

they set themselves up as willing to enter into partuership with any thief who would steal enough to pay a fine of 350. All he had to do was to take eare that his rob- beries exceeded their tax, and his profits were certain. Fortunately, the Leg sla- ture was in session at the time, and an

Thus it will be seen that while bonds of | tary in 1875 in favor of the United States

the Finance Minister he Dominioa. |

a 941-2, Mr. Richard John Cartwright delib. was in favor of Canada. Thus a complete

erately handed over £2500 000 worth of | revolution coincident with the political re- them to Messrs. Glyn and Baring at 91!! | volution in Canada has taken place in our But this is not all. twill be noticed that| trade. When Sir John A. was at the head he does not get cash down for his notes | of affairs the country was prosperous, and

™ } ’ ¢ da Fen days before the former were

ecd

ated Qucebse five per cents. st vod in

l 7 $ } } " « market at about a hundred und ove and a}

half and a handred and twe. Mr. Church it is without

Ga sold at a hundred net, th

a precisely similar character were selling at | by nearly $22,000,000, In 1872 the balance |

Act was at once passed to take the crimis | rebate or commission, getting dollar for’ evenat that tigure, but gives credit for the balance of trade in our business with | nal jurisdiction out of their hands. Now, dollar for the face of hie debentures. Ten large portions of the money extended over | the United States was in our favor. When | Mr. Mackenzie attained power things took |

in that case, we do not charge them with wilful encouragement of thieving. We acquit them of sympathy with crime, and attribute their action to pure blundering stupidity. In the grog-case, however, we canvet let them off so easily. We do net acquit them of sympathy with the ols fence. We cannot here allow them to plead that ignorance and incompetence were their only faults.

Henceforth, Charlottetown should be the Paradise of unlicensed rumsellers. As

Sicily is the favored home of banditti, |

because kind-hearted officials smile upon their little doings, so here we have re- wards and offieial faver for men of a class which, in most eivilized countries, seeks in vain forthe patronage of these in authority.

We are sorry to have te say a word that scems to refleet upon our worthy

Etipendiary Magistrate, who usually dis | ebarges his duty with such efficiency. It | may be, we hope it is, that our want ef

nine months; while Crnada pays interest ‘from the Ist November, 1876!’ By an/ 4 turn, the United States gained all the ordinary srithmetical calculation, it will be benefit that is;supposed to follow the bal- ance of { trade.

found that the loss arising from these de- _ ferred payments, calculating 5 p.c inter- | that such a great commercial change as

est (which could be easily obtained in this | that froma balance in our favor in 1872

days before Mr. Cartwright put bis loan

upon the market, Dominion four percents stood at ninety-five and a half, and he got, deducting inierest on instalments and the ordinary two per ceat. cemmis- hty-eight, or the | reduces the net returns from 91 to 895-8! $22 000,000 in 1875, should be accompani- From this still, we are told, must ke subs ed witha change in the Ministry here, and tracted two per cent. for ‘ Brokers’ com~| consequent change in

mission,” and we have tie net returns of policy of this country towards the United

sion, rather less than eig seven aud a half per cent. less than | market rate at the time he was preparing That is a diffe:

| which will strike most people as startling

| his submission, eace

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; Then agaia, ia the case of the Provineiai | 13s. 94! And this, as before stated, while | Or are these two sets of facts totally un | loam, although the payments were made | 4... bonds of identic ally the same charac- | connected with each other? Mr. Macken- ‘ter, were worth in London £94 10s, izie, with his ultra free trade notions It is but little wondsr that, in view of | would say he did not care a fig for the bal-

at different periods extending into the

| mouth of October, the purchasers

were | required to pay the interest fro | st. morkable ‘rush’ after the investment, | past, and so on,as all that school of political But little wander that Messrs. Glym and | economists are obliged to say when dealing with the excess of imports over exports in the history of a country’s trade. But

surely it matters very much if we have to

fifths of the

STANLEY'S ATROCITIES.

May, 80 that there was no loss of intere

While in the ease of the Domiaion loan, | the purchasers are entitied to draw iater- | Baring are suspected of having kept four | est on con von, althoagh payments are not | loan to themselves, and theres |

- iets of them until cicht months |! secured, in addition to their ‘ Brokers | ate

| afte “ all ; ens a ae a 'Commissioa, some £40,000 on their invest. | bunt up twenty-two millions of dollars a

eee | ment, even supposing that they sold at 93, | year in cash to pay over to the United

| which the London papers show was the | States instead of paying that sum in pro-

| price offered the first day the securities ap | duce on which red secure a profit. If our

Tue Aborigioes Protection and Anti~} peared oa the market! But little wonder | trade with the United States were so regu-

our £10) bond reduced to 87 5-8 or £87! States? Can wesay this is cause and effect? | y

It is not a little strange |

The Frenei ministry has resigned.

Ontario Legislature is called for business on the 3:d January.

The gold yield of California this year will be about $20,(00,000-

{Rushes ,

Mon, |

We are a’ pitting oor hooses in or} _

| ‘THEO. L. CHAPPELLE, |

Dec. 11, 1876.

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The subscriber begs to announce that his completed Stock has arrived ; and also a large variety of ariicles suitable

OUT! AY READY FOR SALE!

Wholesale & Retail !

Mr. Mills—As my illustrious friend, Prov |

CHAPPELLE’S

FOR 18'77!

Be sure and get one as they are selling very rapidly.

Edward

CG* and after MONDAY, Dec 11th, trains

PRAINS GOING WEST.

N. RANKIN, Auctioneer. 1876.—li

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season, consisting of

ELs, ALMONDS, VERMICELLI,

BON BONS,

Brashes, Comas, Soaps, c. D. Rankin,

oor to the Hon, P. Walker’s ll, 1876.—2i.

Diamond Bookstore

any 4 oer 7 Eas

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follows :-—

No. 1 Express. Ino. 3 Mixed.

| Cardigan

Mount Stewart { |

“i { Charlottetown i

North Wiltshire Hunter River County Line Kensington Suwmerside i

Wellington

} Port Hili

Sir Vernon Uarcourte was on Saturday | married to the daughter of Motley, the |

historian,

The Cuban insurgents burned a railway

train on the 23rd ult., and captured gl, |

090.000 in specie and a large quantity of ammunition.

Prince Bismarck in a speech delivered on Saturday, expressed a hope of peace, and stated tnat unless Austria’s existence was threatened, Germany would probabiy re-~

| main neutral.

country) isequal £1 6s. 31. per bond, which | to # balance againsé us of no less 4 sum than |

the commercial |

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m the Ist | these facts, the London Jimes records a re- | ance of trade; that it was a figment of the |

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lt is a costly honor to be Lord Mayor of London. It cost the last iuacumbent of the office about $385 000 to maintun its dignity, which sum is said to be $25 OU less than it cost Sir A. Lusk, is not more than £25,000,

DisaGiiki MENT. —Ihe jury *" the case of the Hailax bank robbers failed to agree,

and -after eight hours’ session’ were diss |

charged on Saturday night.

The Porte promised to respect the neu,

terality of Roumania,.

Twenty-five thousand Russian troops have | been missed along the south bank of the |

Pruth,

The Freneh Ministry have tendered their resignations. President MacMahon re-

quested them to remain in office until the |

decision of the subject.

Mr.Schuyler, the American Counsel Gen- eral, has returned from Bulgaria. He re- ports the condition of the people improving. ‘The relief agencies—including the Govern-~ ment ones—are working well and rendering

legal knowledge leads us astray. But as | slavery societiss of London, lately memo- | indeed, but some disgrace and fearfully | lated chat our exports should equa! our , great assistance to the inhabitants,

the matter appears to us, it looks ae| ralized Lord Derby respectiog though he had been remiss in seeing to | ties of Stavley, the American traveller, in | Why did | Central Africa. he allow the City Council practically to | steps be taken to repudiate the apparent | figures’’ ever produced by this or any other

the execution of his sentences.

wet aside his sentences? Who entrusted | responsibility, for those atrocities, which them with the prerogative of mercy? How can they interfere with the sentences: ner, coutrived to fasten upon Those sentences the} Britain. Supreme Court confirmed. It confirmed requested, and Stanley has been directed

of his Court?

them to no purpose ; for the City Counci

cooly set them aside. Mr. FitzGerald has | showa so much firmness, impartiality and | judgment in the performance of his duties, |

that we shall really be glad to know tha he has met, even passively, acquiesce

the iniquiteus conduct of Council.

The Council seem to have acted os if |

this were a sort of private suit betwe

which they could make euch terme as they |

pleased. If this is so, and they really hav such power, then as soon as possible, th

power of prosecuting unlicensed rumaeliers |

sould be taken from them and eutrusted | i epeilaaitaretinsicit del Goce aden ihe tee Dead ® | in the evils that have been experienced | to the Inspector of Licenses. The giving CHAPPELLE'S ALMANAC AND GurDE| - D100 Ab% entrance Into the Dominion.

“of licenses, certainly, should not remain |

#uy louger in the hands of men so utte

waft to exercise that power. We can put u