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Vol. AY.

A Weekly Hournal of

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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, January 16, ‘1865.

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New Series.---No. 7.

~The Cheapest House Kall & Winter | | Basta J ) Y.§ 1=G-4. ER OR a cea a

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pi ‘ i ES A WW EL E hk y os 4 I ab G OOD By | invigorating material ard of pure quality, although |

£ 4 a , the prices have so largely advanced,” Xo. } the head The Plantation Bitters are not only made of pure material, but the people are told what it is. The Recipe is published around each Buttle, and the Atleast twenty

Drake's Plantation Bitters are so universally used and have such an immense sale, is that they are al-

Respectfully announce that their ARE

IMPORTATIONS

NOW CONPLETED FOR THE They

ar rw Tan ' Cooming Senson pre impose upon the people once and that’s the last of

ro F } ( | ‘th m. NCW COMPLETED ! syst LAM BULL. Th Plantation Bitters are now used in all the |

The Jyibune just his the nail on

bottles are not reduced in size, imitations and counterfeits have sprun up.

Commodore and Undine, from LIVERPOOL, | best physicians, and are warranted to produce an atid Lotus from LONDON, his Fall Supply of

BRITISH and FOREIGN MERCHANDIZE,,

whieh has been purchased in some of the BEST

The Stock of GOODS now on hand is LARGE, and includes almost every article which the wants of the country demand, and

jammediate beneficial effect. Facts are stubborn things. «*# * * Towe much to you, for I verily be- ieve the Plantation Bitters have saved my life. REV. W. Hl. WAGGONER, Madrid, N..y.*” |

MISCELLANEOUS. NIGHT.

“The New York Tribune says, “The reason why | Who calls me dark ? For do I mt display

Wonders that else man’s eye wuld never see {

Waste in the blank and blinding gare of day,

The skies put forth their gleriesbut to me.

Is it not mine to pile Heaven's erytal enp—

Drained by the thirsty sun, and wid by day—

Brimful of living gems, profuse, hewed up,

The bounteous largesse of my royd way ?

Mine to call o'er at dusk the roll of Feaven—

Marshal its littering flles in order lue ;

To beckon forth the lurking star of even,

And bid the constellations start to vew

| The wandering planets to their path recall

And summon to the muster traant spheres,

that he HAS RECEIVED, per Barques| Government Hospitals, are recommended by the | Till, flocking to my standard, one and all,

They throng the zenith iy unfathomed tiers.

Is not a crown of lightning mine to wear,

When polar flames suffae my skies with splendor?

Mine, too, the homage with the sun to share

Ilis vagrant vassals rust through space to render ?

| |rudder-post, but the sea, which was con-|

which, in order to meet the ** hard times,’’ have been marked at

Exceeedinglhy LOW RATES.

old at his usual low prices.

THE STOCK OMPRISES:

We especially invite attention to; Cortons, Striped Shirtings,

A Larg@we Stock

Scarlet, White and Blue.

STAPLE DRY GOODS—Cotton Warp in all colours, Grey and White| Tickings,

| i HOUSES in GREAT BRITAIN, and will be|

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oF ‘SHIRTING FLANNELS in great.

variety.

Blankets, Rugs, Carpetings, Xe.

Ready - made Goods,

suitabie for Winter— manufactured expressly to our order, and warranted

to give satisfaction—in | CLOTHS, in Beaver, Pilot & Whitney, < MANTTE CLOTHS, in all colours

Over - Coats, Reefing Jackets, si¢ ualities. ’ Pants, Vests, LADIES’ DRESS MATERIALS,

Fancy Flannel SHIRTS, Heavy Kersey Drawers, Lau.bs Wool and Merino

Camiiets, Coburgs, Alexandra Cloths, &c.

Dress Trimmiugs

5 in great variety.

- 3 MANTLES and SHAWLS, in all Ves is, Da nts, “~ ec. the newest vA ere! materials. Bast" ALSO. LADIES’ FELT HATS, in all

qualities... A choice assortment of

A Choice assortment of WINTER)

and Linings, !

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«* * * Thou wilt send me two bottles more of thy Plantation Bitters. My wife has been greatly benefitted Ly their use.

Thy friend, ASA CURRIN, Philadelphia, Pa,”

“«* #* * T have been a great sufferer from |

Drills, Oznaburg Bagging, and Flannels in | Dyspepsia, and had to abandon preaching. * * *

The Plantation Bitters have cured me. REV. J.S. CATHORN, Rochester, N.Y.” |

«<* * * Send us twenty-four dozen more of

Do I not lere stray sunbeams from the day, | To hurlthem broadeastas winged meteors forth ; Strew sheafs of fiery arraws on my way,

| And blazon my durk spices iu the north ?

| Who calls me dark? For are not hidden things

Revealed by me to science, whose keen eye Looks forth beneath the shadow of my wings, To fathom space, and scan infinity ?

Do I net bid her learn how Heaven yet teems With germs slow ripening from Creation’s morn,

your Plantation Bitters, the popularity of which are And see where the filmy Chaos vaguely gleams

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in Plainand Checked Winceye, Knickerbockers, |

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A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BONNET RIBBONS, in Flannels, Wool Serges, ree oer Widths. A eT cee of : ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, I ancy | lannel SHIRTINGS, Piumes, Feathers, Borders, &c. &e. WINTER GLOVES, in. great

BLAN K E rs, variety, in Cashmere, Cloth, Ringwood & Kid Gicthanaiwsaline In LADIES’ WOLLEN GOODS,

aoe Pe : a large assoctment of Jackets, Fur Caps, Buffalo Robes, | . Polks Do, Breakfast Shawle, Chest Protectors

and Opera Hoods. MUFFLERS, SCARFS, A great variety of FUR BOAS,

Garibaldi

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‘lies. Collars, Gentlemen’s Furnishing GOODS, | A large assortment of fashionable Gloves, &c. &o. READY ~ MADE CLOTHING, seid Dee 9. W868 M wi in. Over-Coats, Pants and Vests, Fancy | ; — > —} PLANNED SHIRTS CONPLETE!)

AT THE

BRITISH WARERDUSE,

QUEEN SQUARE,

EMPORTATIONS

Hh FALL (OL!

Gloves, Searts, Lies, Co wars, &c. &e. ALSO, THE USULAL ASSORTMENT OF General Groceries, Muscoyade Sugar and Molasses, rime COFFLE, ‘ThA. warranted, Coffee ‘ruehed Sugar, Raisins, Currants, Spices, Ss map, Ua dies, Ac. «& c, New York Sole Leather. IRON and SALT.

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THE SUPPLY OF acme British& Foreign Merchandize,| The above GOODS have been COMPRISING OUR well bought, apd will repay in- STOCK IN TRADE, spection at WILL BE FOUND THOMAS'S OLD STAND. Second to None WILLIAM FL LL. IN TUE OILY, Charlottetown, Nov. 7, 1864.

For Variety, Quality, St;le or Vulue.

Selected « the ased an the

greatest care, pr rel

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We Solicit Inspection. Cloths, Cloths, Cloths, W. & A. BROWN. N Beavers, Whitneys, Meltans, Blue,

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DAWSON'S BUILDING

CORNER OF GREAT GEORGE AND KENT STREEDLS.

WILLIAM H. WILSON

}t AS JUST GPENED A STOCK OF

Black, Brown and Drab BROAD-CLOTH, Mantle Cloths, Doeskins, Tweeds, &ce.; a very superior bot. BEER & SONS.

Shawls and Mantles. pstmt STYLES, cheap. BEER & SONS.

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Ready-Made Clothing.

LARGE

. A GOO" ant. A large lot of General Merchandise, 4 «» phe Cisse sue ——— BEER & SONS.

--—— CONSISTING IN PART 0F—— LADIES, DRESS

etyles: ¢

GOODS, in all the latest ’ Alp#tus, Lustres, Delaines, Wincies, Freuveh Merinos and Delaines

FUR C..'_| FUR CAPS.

SPLENDID variety in qualities and

vevurgs,

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Grey, White, Striped aed Printed COTTONS. pares, BEER & SONS. i ee ee SHIRTINGS, Vickings, Oanaburgs, Drills, Jeans, ‘QD .TT Sheetings in Grey and White. 7 / LADIES I U RS,

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Wiite, Red, Blue, and Fancy FLANNELS; i

Broad Cloths, Doeshins, I weeds, L., KC, ;

Superior Meltons, very cheap; Mantle Cloths, | Monkey Sieuffs. Manties, aud Ready-made CLOTHING. Lamb Skins.

+ EATHERS, Hats, Shawls, Bonnets, Gloves, | . > . eer ea ee ene Boonie leven! i AE BRIN“ OOATS:

H ARDWAWE, Shovels, Hoes, Plough Mounting. | A FEW VERY Weavers’ Reeds, Nails, &o., dee |

TABLE CUTLERY, Sheath Knives, Powder, | Shot, Caps, Blister Steel, &e., &e. }

BOOTS and SHOES, Ladies’ Wellington RUB- | BERS, Rubber Mhoes, &e , &e.

GROCERIES: TEA. superior quality ; Sugar, Molasaes, Raisins, Tobacco, &e., &

we. |

| Boots & Shoes.

gitcu, Oppossum, Musguash and Mock

BEER. & SONS.

SUPERIOR. BEER & SONS,

Felt Hats, ‘Felt Hats,

fed Ladies’ and Gents’, lateet styles. BEER & SONS

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HOOP SKIRTS, in great variety _ WH. W. begs to eall apecial attention to lis | 1}, Sieck of FURS, imperted direct trom the} \

Mentreai + actury, conmatigg of —

LVAS, ie Mountain Martin, Stene Martin, Fitch, SHOES. BEER & SONS. Mock Fitch, Luatred, Opoesain and M inesota. cine

A few Princess Royal BOAS, very su perwr hh, » 7a CAPS, in Hair Otter, Placked Otter, Grey BUT PALO ROBES,

Plithed Alfred, and a lot of other styles.

Dawson's suildangs, Nov. 7, 1564.

T » . ‘ , lit PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGE. SKATES, SKATES, SKATES, “pur COLLEGE and GRAIJIMAR SCHOOL will be RE-OPENED on TUES-| DAY NEXT, trd JANUARY, at Opa. LECTURES. i DR. INGLIS will open the LECTURE SEASON | ov the evening of MUNDAY, the th Janwary, at! Secloek. The course will consist of Lec lunes on the History of Mental Philosophy in Brnrain, em / bracing a review of the lives of disti:guished Phitosopbeére, their pecullar systemns, and tie gene ral current of events during the times they rexpee tively fourtstied. These Lectures will be delivered | Box Ste ns . fortnightly, Aud are intended to combine, as faras The Leviathan Covi Stove lor Wood. nye noasidle, # general survey of History aid Philo- BEER & SONS. sophy. First Leetase-——Bacon and DesCar'es. PROFESSOR ANDERSON will keture evers PAIR3 FRIDAY evening, at 8 o'clock, on NATURAL, S00 ~ LADIES’ and MISSES GENT’S, pOY'S and CHILDREN'S

F FIRST CLASS QUALITY. oO BEER & SONS.

ariety and VERY CHEAP. : wer BEER & SONS.

Stoves, Stoves, Stoves,

PHILOSOPHY. Ou Fripax, the 13th Jannary, he will deliverthe INTRODUCTORY LECTURE on SCIENCE, and the means adopted at th« present dey for the dissemination of scientific kne tledye. Paminy Bicwera for the Course, 78 6d. Ticket for a single Leeture, £d. To be had at Mesers. Laird & Harvie's. J. LONGWORTH, Hon. Sec'y. Charlettetown, 2ud January, 1864.

To Housekeepers! 1 BBLS. very superwor FAMILY |

OF SUPERIOR QUALITY.

BEER & SONS.

nr Yharlottetowa, Dee. 5, 1864,

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Matches!

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FLOUR. | VASES 8 Gard MATCUKS, f WILLIAM DODD, Qaeen Square. — ; WILLIAM DODD, dan. 2, 1866. teP tw j odany, ? 1855

Queeu Square. s ¥itsoo gs

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MUFFLERS, Far Hats and Caps?}

ALMA SQLABE HOSE

EN’S and BOYS’ STRONG BOOTS aud BROGANS: Ladies’, Misses’ and) witb, also, fail descriptions of the complaints they Childrens’ Kid and Cloth Leather BOOTS and) gure,

ADIES', GENTS’ and BOYS’, a large

FEW of the VICTORIA COAL COOK STOVES, acknowledged to be the very best fux burning Small Coal... Also some very hand- | water, have on sowe Parlor Stoves for doth Coal aud Weed, yes for Schwal-houses and churches,

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daily increasing with the guests of our house. SYKES, CHADWICK & ©0., | Proprietors Willards’s Hotel, Washington, D.C.” |

s*# * * Thave given the Plantation Bitters | to hundreds of our disabled soldiers with the moat

astonishing effect. | G. W.D. ANDREWS, i

Superintendent Soldier’s Home, Cincinnati, O. |

«*# * ® ‘The Plantation Bitters have cured me | of liver complaint, with which I was laid up pros- trate and had to abandon my business.

H. B. KINGSLEY, Cleveland, 0.

«es * © The Plantation Bitters have cured me | of a derangement of the kideys and the urinary or- |

all | gang that has distressed me for yeart. It acts like |

a charm. C.C. MOORE, 254 Broadway.”” | diisninstiee 4 j

New-Beprorp, Mass., Nov. 24, 1863.

Dear Str :—I have been afflicte1 many years } with severe prostrating cramps in my limbs, cold j feet and bands, aad a geveral disordered system. Physicians and medicines failed to relieve me. Some friends in New York, who were ueing Plantation Bitters, prevailed upon me to try them. I com- menced with a small wine-glassful after dinner. Feeling better by degrees, in a few days I was as- | tonished to find the coldness and cramps had en- tirely left me, and I could sleep the night through, which I had not done for years. My appetite anc strength have also greatly |

I feel like another being improved by the use of the Plantation Bitters. Respectfully, TUDITH RUSSEL.” If the ladies but knew what thousands of them are constantly relating to us, we candidly believe one half of the weakness, prostration and distress experienced by them would vanish. James Marsh, Esq., of 159 West l4th St. N. three cLildren, the first two are weak and puny, his

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| wife having been unable to nurse or attend them,

| but that she has taken Plantation Bitters for the

last two years, and has a child now eighteen

| montha old which she Las nursed and reared her-

| self, and both are hearty, eauey and well

The ar-

| ticle ig invaluable to mothers,” &c.

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Such evidence might be continued for a volume | The best evidence is to try them. They speak for |

themselyes. Persons of sedentary habits, troubled

! with weaknegs, lassitude, palpitation of the heart,

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}bave failed and been discarded, this Las gained water ' friends by every trial, conferred benefits upon the the pumps until 5 p. m., of the J 1th, when |

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| constipation, diabetes, &c., will find speedy retiet | oxi P : } : . ; jold sail tied with bits of spun-yarn ; their

‘flesh, and particularly their arms, feet and

|.cven desperate diseases of the lungs by its use. | OU ; : | Wher once tried, its superiority over every other | of cooking food and without shelter.

lack .of appetite, distreas after eating, torpid liver, |

through these bitters.

Every bottle for exportation and sale out of the United States has a metal cap and green “label around 4be peck.

Beware of refilled bottles. Any persen pretending to sell

See that the cap haa not been mutilated Plantation Bitters in bulk arby the gallon is an im- postor. We sell it only in bottles.

Sold by principal dealers throughowe the habita- ble glabe. a :

PP. H. DEAKE & CO. New Yorg.

Oct. 10, 1864. 6m

RE EE eS Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral,

For the rapid cure of Coughs, Colds, Influen- | ca, Moarseness, Croup, Bronchitis, Inct- pient Consumption, and for the relief of Consumptive Patients in the advapced stages of the disease. So wide iz the field of its usefulnes and co nume-

rows are the eases of its cures, that almost every |

section of country abounds in persons publicly | known, who have been restored from alarming gad |

expeatorant iz too apparent to escape observation, | and where its virtues are known, the pyblic no}

Ermine Bous, Muffs and Cuffs to match, | longer hesitate what antidote to employ for the dis- Also Russian Pop aud siberian | tressing and dangerous affections of the pulmonary | gtantly at the pamps, where they were lash-

I i g g' . Z oie 4 y . rt Be 2 |orgams that are incident to our climate. While) ed. She had at this time seven feet of | lives ¢

many inferior remedies thrust upon the eommenity |

afficted they can never forget, end produced cures | tuo numerous and too remarkable to be forgotten. |

We can only assure the public, that its quality is carefully kept up to the best it ever has been, and that it may be relied on to do for their relief all that it has ever done.

Great numbers of Clergymen, Physicians, States- men, aod emipent persona zes, have lent their names to certify the unparralleled usefuluess of our remer dies, but space here will pet perwst the insertion of them. Lhe Agents below named furnish, gratis, our AmEenwamw ALMANAC, io which they are given ;

‘Those who require an alteratise medicine to purify | the blood, will find Aygr’s Comp. Ext. SARSAPA- Try it once, and you will know its value. Prepared by J. ©. AYER & Co., Lowell,

Mass., and seld at wholesale and retail by

W.k. WATSON, Charlottetown, P. B. i.

GEO. A. BAYARD, St. dehn, N, B. AVERY BROWN & CG., Hatilax, N.S.

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Hottoway’s OistTMesT AND PILLS -~—Lambago,

Derangements of the Kidneys, Rheumatism, Tic-

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Rubber Boots and Shoes,

‘Matches! —

| pet tones for this great remiec

Doloreaux.—All excruciating pains of the muscles and nerves are relieved with astonishing rapidity this extraordinary Oirztwent. The

reviously fomeated with warm ty to be briekly rubbed with this aoothivg Olntment to wbtniu instant ease. W hile the Ulutment enres the local ailment, the Pills re- move the constitutional diswarbunce, and regulate every impaired funedion ef every organ thronghout the human bedy. . ‘The cure is neither temporary nor superticial, bat permanent and eomplete, and the diseases rarely recur, So perfect has been the yurification perfurmed by these searching yet harm- fees preparations.

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Jupsox’s Morsxstaixs Hers Worm Tea.—The following ia an extract froma letter received by us from Dr..Rush of this City. it spexks in truw-

3 ; reac it—** Ae I be- fore rewarked | have used Your WORM TEA in my practice:—now I never said a werd in favor of a Patent Medicine before, but I think if just to say to you that your medicine is no humbug, L have tried it and I know it will do ali iteclaims. It mast ve one of the most successful medicines Of the day, for jtis wom valuable, those who have childres should never be without it.—Sold by all Dealers,—

25 Cente per Package.

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by the use ef affected parts,

‘away the galley and ceck-house where the exew were quartered; also lost |

The spawn of suns and systems yet unborn ? ~ ee APART. At sea are tossing ships; On shore are dreaming shells, And the waiting heart and the loving lips, Blossoms aud bridal-bells.

At sea are sails agleam; On shore are longing eyes,

And the far horizon’s hunting dream Of ships that sail the skies.

At sea are masts that rise Like spectres from the deep , Ou shore are the ghosts of drowning cries,

That cross the waves of sleep.

At sea are wrecks a-strand; On shore are shells that moan, Old anchors buried in barren sand,

Sea mist and dream alone. os

A TERRIBLE SHIPWRECK.

Captain John Eynon, of the steamship City of Dublin, which arrived on Wednes- day at New York, reports:—Dec. 17, in

| latitude 49.41, longitude 31.14, fell in with

a wreck, which, on approaching, the steam- er’s wheels were stopped, and one of the

ship’s lile-boats manned and lowered imme: | the soil. diately, and in charge of the second officer, |

Mr. Peter Fletcher, who in the most daring manner, in the face of a high sea, succeeded in rescuing from the wreck three survivors,

named George Smith, steward, of Liver-| ter the independence of Mexico and the Cen-

pool; Gilbert Duncan, @ seaman, of Shet- and; and Jobn Johnson, a seaman, of Gut- Norway. The remaining ten whose names we have not learned, had perished. The wreck wasthe British Bark Burnside, of Greenock, and when first seen had her fore lower masts standing and part

tenberg,

. . . ° | f the rigging; also the lower mizzen mast. | lony.

The extreme fore and aft part of her seemed

SKETCH OF SAVANNAH,

stantly breaking over them for six days and nights, would occasionally carry one of, Savannah is the largest, and was, previous them aloft, and with the assistance of his! to the completion of the Davis secession, the fellow-sufferers would regain his position. ' most flourishing commercial city in the State [t was from here the boy was washed away of Georgia. It is the capital of Chatham when dead, and from whence they were res-|céuaty, and was a port of customs eniry be-

cued hy the men from the City of Dublin. | fore the war. The city was founded by

| Were saturated with salt water. Fresh lies sinety miles west-south-west from Char- | water they had not a drop of, and were with-/ leston, 5. C., and one hundred and eighty out clothing except the wet pieces of canvass | miles east-south-east of Milledgeville, Ga. which the man Johnson managed at great/ Its bearings are latitude 32 degrees 5 min- risk to cut from the mizzen-mast, where it utes north, longitude 81 degrees 8 minutes hung the first day. | west. The city is built in a sandy plain, The three men are now landed, and will, elevated about forty feet above low-water probably be in charge of the British Vonsul.| mark. A considerable extent of rice swamp wilh Agel dias ground lies in its rear, the exhalations from MAXIMILIAN AND HONDURAS, | which render the town unhealthy at certain The Relize correspondent of the New | 8°8038 of the year. The streets of Savan- | York Herald, writing on the 9th, says :— ~ ae aoe pepered, and ond. bas oe | ‘Weare this day in receipt of a procla- a lh ghee Main sally dated etme

| mation of the Emperor Maximilian, of Mex- ‘i¢o, published in the official Gazette at Me. |

| tida, Yucacan, to the effect that on and after the first of October last the peninsula of | o¢two of the streets—Broad and Bay— Yucatan is to be governed by three prefects, ‘having ample carriage ways on either side, one of which is to be designated on the Ar-| 4 great number of the private dwellings in rondissement of Merida, the boundaries of| 5. y.ngah are built of brick. The city con. | tains a new custom house, built in 1860, a

which are fixed as follows. | city exchange, State arsenal, theatre, court

with trees, There are twenty-four public squares, each of considerable extent, and all closely shaded with Pride of India trees. Grassy promenades run through the middle

“ Commencing at the mouth of the Rie

St. Pedro, by St. Pablo, on the Gulf of house, artillery armory, jail, and other public Mexico, and running up the centre of same | buildings, of good size and very neat design to the Usumasinte; up the middie of that| 444 fuish. ‘The custom house is one hun- stream to the Guatemala district of Peten ;| eq and ten feet long and fifty-two wide, from thenes along the said line between Pe. | Lt is built of granite, and ia anid. to..have ten and Guatemala to the head waters of| ..: $173,400. ‘Taere are fourteen Protes- ithe Sarstoon river, down the same to the tant and two or three Catholic churches in

around the coast to the place of beginning | jitrary which contains between six.and (embracing all the colony islands). And it). on thousand volumes. is further provided that a few Englishmen| — gy vannah city is ornamented with a moou- who were allowed under the old Spanish | treaties tocut mahogany and logwood 00 Greene, and another -- a very imposing the eastern portion of the peninsula, on ! + -yotyre—was goiug up in honor of Pulaski small section of country near the mouth of |, th, year 1861. "Pulaski fell oo will be the Ktiver Belize, or Wailis (the colony), | remembered, in an attack on Savannah, then shall be permitted to remain as wood-cutters held by the British, in October, 1779. ouly, under the sole right for that purpose} ‘The city of Savannah is the centre of a given them by Spain. . | Very extensive system of railroads, which _* Maximilian then refuses to recognise | oontributed vastly to its commercial import- England’s claims to this colony after one! yice and general prosperity before the ir- huodred and fifty years’ possession, and in- | itiation of the rebel conspiracy, but which structs his Prefect of Merida to exercise ju-| have been chiefly used for military purposes risdiction over the Mexican territory. by the Southern Leaders since’ the eom- Whether he will be able to carry out these | mencement of the rebellion. ‘Thirteen rail- instructions remains to be seen, roads, direct or tributary, converged to Sa- * England’s claim to this colony is based | yannah in 1861, and their united length on treaties made with old Spain in 1670,| weasured one thousand and fifty-five wiles. 1763, 1783 acd 1786, in all of which Spain} ud ieserved to herself the sovereignty of them, —— ee a at ae simply granting permission to cut and export | The whole space between the city and the logwood and mahogany, but not to cultivate | Ocean is cut up and intersected by rivers, In 1782 and 1798 Spain fitted out | creeks, ware, SESE and openings. expeditions against the English settlers, the | Wail 8 Cot is an Opening from Port Royal former of which was successful and the lat-| into the Savannah river, with some eight

ter failed, from which time she has ceased | feet depth at bigh water. The cut opens | war that. is

Af.|into the Savannah river about six miles above Fort Pulaski, and is of course out of the range of its guns.

On the Georgia side of the river there

to take further action in the premises.

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tral American States, England, evidently | Joubting her rignt of ownersbip, entered into , la treaty with Mexieo in 1826, in which ate two openings, known as Wilmington treaty Mcex'co recognises Hngland’s claim to creek and Freeborne’s cut, connecting Was- British Honduras, and al-o by treaty with |8aw Sound with Augustine creek or river, Guatemala, made 1863, Guatemala sur- | and from theace with Savannah river. renders all claims she possessed to this Co-| These two openings rua for some distance The facts are indisputable that Kag. | through the marsh, quite near to the main

‘land first obtained a foothold bere through | river-—say within baifa mile—and this isa

to be occasionally above water, but the|the pirates who infested the waters of the | point opposite Wall's cot, and is about two

whole main deck was immersed, and the sea| Bay of Honduras, who, finding their occu-

Upon | pation gone, turned their attention to. cut-|

making a clean breach over. her,

miles from it. Skiddaway is a large island lying parallel

approaching her the three men were seen | ting logwood ; that England applied for and with the main; it 1s about twelve miles

standing by the rudder-post, and occasion- |

ally immersed in the water; their condition

obtained permission from Spain to continue | from the city, and is connected with the

2 Tv - ‘cutting and exporting logwood and mahoga- ™aln land by bridges. There is a heavy

was most deplorable, having scarcely any | ny, that by force of arms she prevented draught of water there,

clothing about them except some pieces of |

legs, were swelled, and of a putrid appear- ance, in some places broken out in boils;

THE SAVANNAH RIVER

has by gradaal encroachments, extended her Is the dividing line between Georgia and

| jurisdiction over a much larger section of} south Carolina. Itis formed by the Tuga-

country than was originally granted; that |1,. and Klowee, two small streams which

she is now endeavouring to ex end the line) .i.. near the south frontier of North Caro- ;

| Spain from regaining possession; that she)

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and they were so weak and exhausted that | into Yucatan, beyond the itio Hondo, here-|ji., and unite on the boundary between

it was with great exertion, and the excite-|tofore claimed as the limit, and I thivk | 4 anderson district; South Caroliva,

ment of their being rescued, that enabled

them to stand. Having been got on board|to hold it in spite of Maximilian or any |

aod Flowing ina general south-south-eastern direction, it forms

there can be no doubt that she will continue | pea niin county, Georgia.

the steamer in safety, they were kindly ‘other Power not strong enough to wrench it | the boundaries between these States through

eared for by Dr. Beach, and on their arri- | from her. >

val iu this port were convalescent and able to walk about.

¥rom the statements of these men it ap- pears that they left New York for Greenock, laden with oak timber, with a crew of thir- teen, all told, on the Sth November. had fine weather up to the morning of De- | cember 7, when it blew a strong gale from the southwest, with a high sea, which washed

one of the two boats, and washed away the | bulwarks, thus beiag left without the means | nicl

The | to say living ? bargue was then owe to, under elese-reefed | maintopsail, and ail hands were kept eon- |

in her hold, which kept yaining on

ithe gale seemed to abate, when the foretop- | said and foresail were set, and the bargue put before the wind, when she fell over on her |

beam-ends, bursting the hatches and main- deek, earrying away the remaining boat and | the deck cabin with all stores, and as ewery one was on deck at the time, every one was washed overboard. Sig managed to get on board again; the remaiging seven were seen no more. rigging with his head just above water, the seeond mate got into the fore rigging, and

the three suivivors, with a boy, were en-|

abled to get into the mizgen rigging, the ship remaining en her beam ends with her

masts and Joose sails in the water for about ‘an hour and @ half, when the foretopmast, | ‘mainmast, and mizzen-topmast gave way, |

carrying the captain with them. She thus became relieved, and righted, her decks amidships under water, aud the two ends about two feet above the sea, which went clean over her the whole time.

When day.ight appeared on the 12th, the second mate was seen lashed in the fore- rigging, and apparently dead, and not being

able to get oear him, he remained there |

until Wednesday, 14th, with bis head dowa and feet up; eventually the sea washed him to pieces, @ part of his body rewaining ia the rigging uatil the others were rescued. The boy who got into the mizzen rigging with the survivors, perished with cold and fatigue en the morning of the ]2th, and was

washed away from them soon ajter they ob-.

served he was dead. The survivors, soon after the vessel righted, gained the monkey

poop, @ small space aft, about four by ten_

feet, and raised above the main deck about

two feet, ucon which formerly stood the. /wheel. Here they lashed themselves to the

.

} |The matter of improved dwellings for the, ‘laboring classes and the poor is attracting |

They | tne inhabitants of the city live is revolt | ing

forward, |# recent number, says that a medical gen-

The captain got into th ain | aie : ‘ ; P = c aah abe paid two shillings per uight for their

the whole of its subsequent course, and en- iters the Atlantic nearly 32 degrees north | latitude and 81 degrees west lougitude, and ‘eighteen miles below Savannah city. The

Terriste Conpirion oF tHE Poor IN |New York.—The New York Times says:

‘length of the river, exclusive of branches, is /estimated at four hundred miles. The na- _vigation is good from November ti!!] June— about eight months in the year. Large ves- sels ascend to Savannah, and steamboats of ove hundred and fifty tons to Augusta, : . As st i iles, the tion, visi- | 2vout two hundred and thirty miles,

itleman, connected with the association, visi | smaller boats tee-hundesd oad ity: miles. : io a. - . 1 | On the Savannah river the bodies of tide | which 134 families were living. Is it right swamp lands are extensive, nai ears eateboss

it not written | s 7 134 yg Ae ashi sao ed upward of twenty miles from the brackish roof ? eee ane _ this, marsh up the river. These lands are con- ‘erowded house stand any chance of their Sidered the most va‘usble in the State, on ‘sr Another party tells of visiting a #ecount of their growth of F208, Many of room twelve feet square, with a bedroom at- the rice plantations have a picturesque ap-

: ; : : : | pearance.

tached, in which he saw thirteen individuals, | P® : i all breathing the same unwholesome air, | ee Jackson is three miles below the

i e stench from the accumulated filth °'Y- ‘ ae oa ae was intolerable. The| . Wassaw, not far from Savannah, is reach- pe yetyty eoihsteted ed by an intricate entrance, with ten feet of ‘ water on the bar. The.place has no con- nections por importance, exeept its prox-

an attention which, it is to be hoped, will result in good, The manner in which many

and seems incredible. The Citizen, in

‘ted a tenement house, forty feet fronc, in

i that l the

family residing in the apartments co ‘ofa widow with a daughter over eighteen | ‘years. old, and three sons, aged respec- |

‘ti i ; imity to Savanvah, tively sixteen, fourteen and eight years, '™ , \and. a occupying the same hed on the Ossabaw inlet, off the mouth of the Ogee-

The widow took in lodgers, and in| chee river, has a depth of fourteen feet on ieee |the bar.

St. Catherine’s channel has eight feet and bed. such ag it was, and in another corner * half on the bar, aod is not more than two

. . hundred yards wide. ‘lay the niece of the widow, a married wo. *4% : : : — while the dark room was occupied by | Sapelo inlet bas from eighteen to twenty

is wi Hi feet of water. a man, his wifeand three children, Be- neath these apartments was 2 damp cellar, | These three channels lead to Sunubry and

‘with ground for the floor,’ where a dozen of *boarders,’ m& and women, lay like pigs in

floor. , one corner of the same floor lay two sisters,

connected by railroad or navigable rivers .) 3 ; j ior. ien, on tne Altamah a sty, and the family who boarded them | Wi'h the loterior Dariea, on the Altama

a indisi - = | piver, has a single inlet, with thirteen feet conennek et PT OT, PANE, 91 on the bar, called Duboy Inlet. The place eu,

-<oee has vo railroad or other commereial connec- | The Electic Medical Journal argues ia tions with the inland towns.

‘favor ot man wearing full beards; among | TUE APPROACH BY SBA. [etbee-shingy <tr enpne-ots Wy tomate Gne of the Union prisoners just released

said of him who would shave of his eye- by exchange from Savannah reistes the fol-

| bebds, oF pull'cet bis eyplachee, or kawe tie lowing concerning the fortifications of Sa- ‘head shaved all over? Such @ practice! shkuoe and the condition of that city. would be pronounced uncouth, unreasonable, | unhealthy and wrong ; yet if the hais of the) boats to our feet showed us the rebel forti- head pertains to the.lawe of liasnd maiure, } fications at Fort Jackson. The river at that who dare say the beard has a less important ‘point is lined with huge siege guns; from Bog 108 ithe boat 1 counted thirty-six. They eom | That French ladies have taken a fancy | mand the channel. The river is blockaded to walking-sticke, is an old story; new feature in their whim is the introduction of fine steel blades into the handles of the more costly, so that they may be used as a weapon of attack. These canes are exhibit- ed in most of the best shop windows in Paris,

a log house, the iaterior of which is filled

tions are ali fastened to one angther with heovy cable chains, leayiog only ope pas-

this entrance Jie two fron-elads, pretty well