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- remem a - — ” " weiss eee rs ites | tae oS ‘hae ian ©) i aah it Te . Lche a |) ee Sh ee ee ee ee ee eee eS eee Vol. NEV. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, July 18, 1864. ew Neries,---No. 33. au ere ee eer cnr oa ne NR ET ane — . TS SN SE NT SE oo . lo x : ly to be again beeslméd,-when all at once a| He went and stood by the taf ail, while | animals, and this saved him fi in; for i 1t64. ‘ SU M M kk R 1864. ! > RING GOODS ! | LITERATURE, meal Soak upon their ears, which made the men on deck, ot their work, went | the poor man had pare whe Fn the NEW GOODS ’ Lie ‘ SI R IN G G - ° | FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRS jeach man pause in astonishment. It was a to the side or mounted the rigging. |managerie. We heard afterwards that he Ex Theresa, Edwin & Lizzie, Prioress Just arrived per Bark Epwin & Lizzie: | 7 . "groan, or raiher a hoarse, heavy, smother-! For a short time they remained thus look- | got safe to Callao, and [ suppose is in Cali- JUST ARRIVED | and Commodore, from England, BONNETS I miss them now—thdse little feet, ‘ed kind of a moan, which seemed to be borne! ing and listening, when the captain hearing | forvia long before this.’ AT THE 'fEYELE subscriber HAS RECEIVED his HATS That used to come 80 ai y . nee from bw if malerts but Whe there rh, deep ers he 7 mer erd - , r Sa | 2 wee sl i acts i MAN Q The little voice that used to speak ther Irom bear at band, or far away, the raised the speaking-trumpet he he and) 7 INT 72 LON DO V HOUSE. SYWS3 SY 9 5. ean Sa : ’ So sweet, so silvery soft, could not tell. ’ hailed, As So eet ae died away, eee enS ‘on on > ) HABERDASHERY, te Se ee us wadweed on! hide “taee a i + , tSSILON,. H. HASZARD | comprising a very general assortment. in &e. &e. ow, mama ‘ em food up in their t and lis-| startling reply was given. urst of | get

EGS to announce the ARRIVAL of his | SPRING aad Sl MMER STOCK of

BRITISH DRY GOODS,

Hardware, &c., &c.,, | In all the varieties of ‘he LATEST STYLES in| fashion, and Materia) suitable for the season, having been carefully «cleeted and purchased en | favorable terms, will be seld | CHEAP FOR Pl OMPT PAYMENT. | Upper Queen Street Charlottetown, May 30, 1864.

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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Tailoring Establishment,

Queen Street, -* Char’town.

sinensis i

CHARLES BELLE,

Merchant "Tailor. |

Bees leave to inform his pumerous | friends and enste

that be has received, t

aud the United States, «

vers in Town and Country | * kate arrivals from Britain SELECTED STOCK « season, which he is p:epared to make Up in the . ‘ j of every deseription. of wi kinds,

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EXTENSIVE and WELL |

F GOODS, suitable for the

latest styles aud at the -hortest notice. | Cloths, Tweceds & Doeskins, |

VESTINGS, ce. &§e. Gents’ Furnishing Goods, HATS and CAPS, of every +

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yle and price.

Oiled Clothing, Waterproof Coats, |

Trunks, Valises & Umbrellas. Red, White & Blue and Fancy

FLANNELS, Grey & Striped COTTONS, READYMADE CLOTHING TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS,

DRY GOodDs,

Hardware, "Teas,

and his usnal Stock of GROCERIES, DYE STUFFS, SPICES, &c. &c. Ke.

The STOCK having been SELECTED by a gentleman who has had over THIRTY YEARS’ experience in the P. BE. Island business, and pur- chased on the most favorable terms, he can recommend them to his friends and customers for quality and cheapness—

Embracing the latest styles in Dress Goods, Mantles, Bonnets, Hats, Ribbons, Plumes, Feathers, Fiowers, Gloves, Hosiery, Parasols, Sun Shades, Hair Nets, &e. &e. A large assortment of Gents’ and Boys’ Made Clothing, in COATS, VESTS, PANTS, SHIRTS, SHIRT COLLARS, &e. &e. Boots, Shoes and Slippers,

in great variety.

HARDWARE:

Cut Nails, from 1 to 44 in,; Spikes, Wrought Nails, Spades, Hoes, Shovels. Sawa, Traces, Chain for Tethers, Whips, Cutlery of all

kinds; the T. E. Charcoal Horse Nail, which every Blacksmith ought to have.

Paints, Linseed Oil, Window Glass, Putty, Sole Leather, Whit- ing, &e. Ke. Ke.

ALSO,

--—— CONSTANTLY ON HAND —— Eagleton’s WATCH SPRING SKIRT HOOPS,

Hats, Cane and Cane Hoops. Other AMERICAN GOODS daily expected by ht. P. CHASE, from BOSTON.

F PATRICK WALKER. Walker's Corner,

June 6, 1864. Vin Pro 2m

and MILITARY GOODs, at BELL'S CLOTHING STORE | Charlottetown, May 30, 1864 Gin |

Life Assurance Company of

Glasgow.

ESTABLIS

Se 2m sea.

Incorporated b y Act of Parliament. COV ERNOR : | The Right Honerehle The Earl of Glasgow. | Subseribed Capital, - - - £600,000 | Accumulated Funds, : - . 480,000 | Annual Revenue, - e » ° OD. |

Subsisting Assurances. - - - 2,500,001

Hexnev Donxiwov, Esqr, Chairman. W. F. Binwo) xe, Exqr, Manager.

Distinetive Features in the Company's Business | Systeum—

Annual Division of Profits, | Policy-Holders Participate in Profits) from First Year of Entry, Bonus A-surance at the Smallest Outlay, even Years’ Half Credit Assurance

Exemptions — Foreiga Travel and Foreign Residence. $ .

|

Rates of Assurasce, and all other information, |

tnay be learned from tie Agent for this Island, at |

GEOKGETOWN. WM. SANDERSON. | Georgetown, Jane 27, 1364. ly

Y SP gery

Singer’s Sewing Machines. | (PHE SUBSORIBEK HAS JUST) RECEIVED A FURTHER SUPPLY OF | Singer’s Werld Renowned Sewing Yiachines. The above Machine has obtained auch a world |

Wide reputation that further recommendation is |

i

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.

Just Received, i> Ships *“* EDWIN & LIZZIE,’’ and

4“ GAZELLE,” from LIVERPOOL—

20 chests CONGO TEA,

2 casks Paucit's BRANDY, (vintage 1860.)

‘ * Royal Glenury WHISKEY, RASPBERRY BALM, GINGERETTE Royal Glenury WHISKEY, . BLENDED WHISKEY,

20) cases i“

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2 Olé JARAICA RUM, 20 Fine OL.D TOM GIN, 25 FINE OLD SHERRY, 10° ““** PALE BRANDY,

5 “ CHAMPAGNE,

7 pons DEMERARA RUM,

All ou consignment and will be sold at low prices.

| WILLIAM DODD, Queen Square.

Charlottetown, May 23, 1864. isl 4in

~="GONFECTIONARY !

CONFECTIONARY ! Cake Ornaments, &c.

YIXGIE Subscriber wishes to Public that he is prepared to manufacture and

sel] Confectionary for less money than they can | jimport it; also that le has on hand the largest as vortiment of English, Scotch and American CON. | | FECTIONAR)

on the Island — this SPKING’S

[IMPORTATION :

——- CONSISTING All kinds of Lo--Scollips and

Hearts,

OF —— Fruit Drops, Fresh Pine Ap-| zenges, ple Drops, iSugur Almonds, |\Conversation Strawberry |Cream Almonds.) Lozenges,

Drops, ” }Barnt Almonds, }\Carraw ay Com Jurgonelle Pear Brandy, Wine &| fits,

Drops, | Gin Drops, jimperial Drops, Apricot Drops, ‘Sagar Shells, Gum Drops, (as- Cherry Drops, |Mixed Confee-) sorted flavors,) Raspberry Drop} tionary, Cream Drops, Peael: Drops, Sugar Marbles, |Cinamon Strings, Cream Candy, [French Cordial Scotch Carra- Barley Sugar, Beans, ways,

Large aud SmalijOream- PeachTablet Shapes,

quite unnecessary. Suffice it to say that they} Fish, Slices, Clear Toya, ure the best Machines now in use for all purposes. Pressed Drops Cecounut Par, «Kisses, No Drese-maker, Vert-maker, Boot maker or | Hearts & Stars, |Cocommut Cakes, Balls ais Shoemaker should be without one. — { re k v2 mee — y wm , ous, Marsh mationh Drader & ay, “ . - JOHN HIGGINS, Agent. suttertlies, Dreps Jenny Lind and d t Geor Ste , 2 fad , ps, J bail eenes werd z treet May mM, 1564.—3m Polka Drops, Pearled Sugar | Kossuth Candy, 7 aa . Cordial Drops, | Plums, Pep'rin't Drops, YOR aa =A omnes 's W and a lurge assortment of other kinds. 5 u, at > subseriber’s ARE- . ¥ . ALSO,

novsej in CHARLOTTETOWN, 2000 Bushels Liverpool Salt W Sacks liater Salt 20 Tons 3, i & 7 Iron 3 Tous Navy Oukum. JAMES C. POPE. Jane 13, 1864. tf —=—_—— —_

FEXHE SUBSCRIBER. offers fur sale on} LIBERAL TERMS— | 200 sides SOLE LEATHER, 50 dezen BUCKETS, 30 do BROOMS, i 10 chests TEA, 50 boxes P Y & COMMON SOAP, 50 do AXES, 5 do BROAD AXES, 10 setts Fairbank’s Platform SCALES.

J. S. CARVELL. |

June 13, 1864. tf

FOR SALE, HOU3E aed LOT ia Hills-

borooh - street. suitable for a tradesman or a man in basiness; the Lotis forty by seventy-six feet. Also. 4 House and Lot in Grattru | Lane, of the same der ription as that in HMillsbo- | Fuugh street. Both Houses and Lots will be sold cheap, and time given for a large proportion of the |

purchase money. Apply to J.& T. MORRIS. | }

Jane 6, 1864.

Charlottetown and Souris PACKET. | FANE well-known fast sailing | achr. CHRISTIANA, Dowinick | Deayle Muster, will run between | Charlott«-town and Souris this Sum mer, Calling at intermediate Ports Por Freight or Pastige please apply to W. W. | Lord & Co, Chariotteto wn ; John McLean, Souris; Ronald Walker, Grand River; Thos. Cameron, } Sieorgetown; D R Stewart, Murray Harbor; JC. | MeMillan, Wood Islands. |

May 9, 1864 if

NOTICE. HE subseriber will receive Tenders for the Erection and Finishing of a BARN, 24% 20 feet, 14 feet post, ou the farm now occupied by | Mrs. Lowrey, situated about ove mile, on the | Saint Peter's road, from Mr. Wright's Bridge. | The Contractors to fiod all materials. For fur- Mer particulars, pleaxe apply at the office of W.

|

W. Lord, who is acting Executor for the heirs of | the late BENJAMIN COOMBS, W. W. LORD. | 4th July, 1864.

merrier

NOUWICE! | HE Subscribers having this day agreed that the Partnership now existing between

them shalt be dissolved oy the 2h SEPTEMBER

hext, beg to inform the public that their ENTIRE

STOCK will be offered at REDUQGED PRICES

POK CASH until the ubove date, after whieh the

will be dispoeed of at Auction, of which figtice will be given.

Fequested of all deuts now due.

Maining unsettled afts

| June 13, 1864

|

Immediate payment is | All accounts re- | the 20th September, will |

placed in the hands of Aan ttorney for collection. |

|

° DELANY & WILSON. Ch'town, June 20, Joos. wll pa

| Charlettetown, May 23, 1364

A great variety of CAKE ORNAMENTS, for Wedding Cakes, Bazaars, Tea Parties, ete., Figures, Flags. Centre Pieces. Roses, Strawberry Bunches, Leaves, Flower Pots, Hearts. Daisies, Gum Paste, Flowers, different kinds. GROCERIES,

Sugar (White and Brown), Tea, Molasses, Soap, Cundles, Starch, Saleratus, Corn, Stareh, Car- rant, Wine, Soda and Butter Crackers, Currants, Raisins, Oranges, Licorice (best quality), Blacking, Walnuts, Custana Nuts and Bar- celoua Nuts, Citron, Lemon & Orange Peel, Mixed Spices, Jordon & Valeucia Almonds, Figs Spruce Chewing Ga,

Gum Arabic, Buckets, Brooms, 100 Buls. Superior FLOUR, 100 boxes Santana: 12 Bbls. fine Plaster Paris,

All of which will be sold CHEAP FOR CASH.

ALEX. McKENZIE, : is) rw 5in Water-street.

Cash Provision Store !

W. S. SMITH, Great George Street FLOUR, TEAS, WINES, SPIRITS, aod GENERAL GROCERIES.

N. B.—W. S. S. would call the attention of Re- tai! Dealers to his Stock of Wiues, Spirits, &c. Ch'town, May 23, 1864. isl & rw *

Useful for the People.

Flour, Boards & Shingles,

MI OW SELLING at the “WOOL & FLOUR DEPOT,” Head of Queeu’s Wharf, Majn Street, Georgetown :— 500 bbis. New York and Canada FLOUR, (in different brands to suit purchasers.) 190,000 GOOD SHINGLES, 40,000 feet BOARDS, in Hemlock Spruceand Pine. ALSO, A few first-rate MOWING AND REAPING MACHINES,—1most approved kind. F. P. NORTON. May 30, 1864. tf ay hy “x f Cloth Factory! TH K SUBSCRIBER begs respecttully to inform the public that he will continue to manufacture CLOTH, &c., at his establishment in Tryon. Wool will be received in Charlottetown by H. J. Callbeck, Agent, or at the Mill. “Ee Cloth received for Dyeing and Dressing as heretofore. ; serene" CHARLES E. STANFIELD. May 23, 1864. uf

FURNITURE! UST ARRIVED Schr. Caledonia, with

a large assortment of GOODS, for . GEORGE DOUGLASS.

inform the}

WM. HEARD.

_Queen Square House, May 23, 1864. eo AMERICAN & CANADA

Flour, Rye & Cornmeal,

| » , y . ‘ )

| PUST RECEIVED at the SUBSCRI- eF BER'S SALE ROOM and wil! be sold at lowest rates for cash.or approved paper—

}79 Bbls. * BUCKEYE” FLOUR (for Baker's use)

| | &e. |

150 “* EXTRA STATE do ; 100 ** SUPERFINE do 130 * CANADA do 150 * RYE do x0 * CORNMEAL do (100 Ibs ench)

j N. RANKLN, Queen Street. _ May 16th, 1864. is

| luteruational Steamship Company,

Two Trips a Week. F[THE, Splendid seagoing STEAMERS “NEW ENGLAND.” Exos Fietp, Master, and *“*NEW BRUNSWICK,” BE. B. Wiscuesten, Muster, willleave Reed’s Point Wharf on Monpay }and Tutksbday mornings, at8 o'clock, until further | notice. | FARES:

From St. John to Eustport,.......... $1 50 ™ ”* Povelaud). 000% Ve.4 4 00 a * I sett asinik ial ae

}

sy Steamer and Railway to Boston,..6 00

| [39 All fares and freights payable in New Bruns- |

Wick currency. S. CARVELL, Agent. April 16, 1864, tf Grain! Grain! Grain! PPNUE highest price given for BARLEY and OATS, at Coles’s Brewery and Distillery, | CH Constantly on hand, at prices cheaper than can | be purchased in the market.the best of Rum,Brandy, | Gin, Whiskey, aud a superior article of Malt Whis- | key. Also—X, XX, and XXX Ale. Charlottetown, June 20, 1864,

GOLD! GOLD! "Ue Subscriber offers for sale, at his shop, Great George-street, a splendid lot o

Gold Ear Rings, Broclhes, Links, Lockets, Pencils Fiuger Riugs, Pius, Studs, Keys, Chaius.

ALso—Some nice Watches, consisting of— Horizontal, four holes jewelled, in silver

WGUGL TS ck oC ccaVee cee cesceceescLGceen £310 0 Ladies size,.... OO. 4 «clés dei. Js <dhactesta.eies 1006 ne 410 0 Levers, Thirteen Jewels,................- 6 0 0

A. PURCHASE, Watelimaker. Ch. Town, Nov. 30, 1863. Sicardon’s Corner, tum! Tum!!! FEW PUNCHEONS of superior old {R DEMERARA RUM for sale by GEORGE COLES. Also at his Brewery, Whiskey. Gin and Ale. February 15, 1364 Saladin Vare for Sale. ‘T° be sold at Private Sale, at a great }

jisat trotter, easy and gentle in harness o7 seid and works well in the Cart or Plough She! no fanit or blemish, and will be sold at a , low figure on eredit, the owner having no He for her. A pplication to be male at the * Examiner

j Office.”’

} May 23, 1864. : asnarir? F Pasture! Pasture!

| @7 ERY SUPERIOR PASTURE to be | the Mount Edward Road, about 2} miles from Charlottetown; well watered, good | shelter for warm weuther, well secured by fenc-

ny, and CHEAPER than any other Pasture in {the Royalty. Application to be made at the |

j } iet, ou '

* Examiner Offiee.”’

Charlottetown, May 23, 1864.

Hiorse! Eiorse! Horse!

Subseriber has FOR SALE THOROUGH BRED CART COLT, 3 years

old, of the old Champion and Clydesdale breed,

Weighing 1500 Ibs.,—I6} hands high A better

stock for the country c¢aunot be imported.

te Terms liberal.

Ch'town, May 2, 1864.

Clann nan gaidheal, ri quailibh a cheile!

Caledonian Club, P. E. L

‘ee CALEDONIAN CLUB, unde: the Chieftainship of His Excellency the Lieut. Govervor, will bold its first gathering ip Charlorte- town aboot the firet week in September next. Prizes will be offered for competition in

Highland Pipe Musie, :

Dancing Gillie Callum, or Sword Dance,

Highland Fling, Ree! Tulloch.

The best Geelic Poem not exceeding one hundred lines. Also, the ancient games of Scotlaud, viz :—

Throwing Hauwers, 12 and 16 Ibs; and Stone, 22 Ibs.

‘Tossing the Caber.

Ruuning and High leap, Hurdle and Sack Races, c&c., &e

For which every son of the Heather is invited to compete under the regulations of the Club. Due notice will be given of the time, place and prises. N. McRELVIE, See’y.

June 13, 1864.

Au enlarged and improved Edition of

A WORK ENTITLED

“Sar obair nam Bard Gaelach,”’

a () Ro

The Beauties of Gaelic Poetry, -r--A ND LIVES OF THE HIGHLAND BARDS;

——W IiTH——

Historical aud Cfitical Notes,

Pu ‘I

GEORGE COLES.

——AaAnD——

A Glossary of Provincial Words, By Norman McDonald, Esquire. MR. CHISHOLM is now travell'og

in the Ieland soliciting snbacriptions fer the above work, which eomprises, iu English, Biogra- phical sketches of thirty-tive different poets,—and, in Gaelic, selections from the works of each author, with English transalations of afew of the best lyrics; the whole interspersed with explanatory and critical notes in both lauguages, thus rendering the publication a work of surpassing interest to tle lover of song and the admirer of true poetic genius, und indeed to every Highlander, or person of Highland descent, who, umid the deyeneracy of our times, still retains some partiality for the land designated in song, “* Tir nam beanu, nan gleann, Srinm breacan.” :

The work consists of about 350 pages, printed on good paper, with small clean type and close matter, and is bound in different styTés to suit fancy.

Orders for tie above work will be received at the * Vindieator’’ Office. The price varies in ac- cordance with the style of binding, from 9s. to 12s. td. and upwrurds, Halifax currency.

Ch'town, P. FE Island, June 13, [864. NOTICE. i LL parties mdebted toc GEORGE

tling as s0oD us possible Ch'town, dune 27, i864. uf

TO EXCUESIONISTS. ROUND TRIP FOR S13.

MCKETS frow CHARLOTTETOWN to PICTOU, TRURO, HALIFAX, WIND. SOR, ST. JOHN, SHEDIAC, SUMMERSIDE. aud CHARLOTTETOWN, or vice versa, and

may be had of J.£. CARVELL, Agent. Charlottetown, June 17, 1864. tf

TO BE-LET, With immediate Possession,

‘PYHE commodious and elegant DWELLING HOUSE and PRE- MISES, on the north side of Rochfort Square, now in the occupation of Wi. A. Johnstone, Esq. ; For particulars apply at the Bank of Prince iced Exend [June 6, 1864.

Kerosene! Kerosenz !

i STOCK, and eeneees i 25 CEROSENE OIL, ees CARVELL,

Jane 13. ir

mrvain, a very fine SALADIN MARE ~ She i

Me DONALD, Tailor, would oblige by set- |

GOOD for ONE MONTH from date of purchase, |

Engrossed in daily cares, I listen, but ‘tis all in vain, For the “ footsteps on the stairs.’

For when I read, or sing, or play, Or join in pleasures sweet,

I seem to see her, glad and gay, And miss thos little feet,

Ob, it is hard to thiuk she’s gone, With all her winning airs;

To think I never mové shall hear Her * footsteps on the stairs.’

The golden curls still eluster round That brow so white and clear ; And on her face, now pale and cold, I've shed full wany a tear. The lids have drooped o'er the blue eyes, Death's icy seal is theirs; 'Tis He that bas forever hushed Those “ footsteps on the stairs.’’

I know her feet are walking now The shining streetsof heaven ;

I know that to that dear one’s brow A golden crown is given.

I'am thankful that she is at rest, Safe from earth’s sinful snares,

Yet still I weep and pause to hear The “ footsteps 6A the stairs."

ine EO

WHAT MIGHT BE DONE.

What might be done, if men were wise— What glorious deeds, my suffering brother, Would they white In love and right,

And cease their scorn of one another ?

Oppression’s heart might be imbued With purest drops of loving kindness, And knowledge pour From shere to shore

Light on the eyes of mental dlinduess.

| All slavery, warfare, lies, and wrongs~ All vice and erime might die together ;

And wine aud eorn

To each man born Be free as warmth in smmmer weather.

The meanest wretch that ever trod, The deepest sunk in sin and sorrow. Might stand erect In self-respect And shure the teeming world to-morrow.

What might be done?

Aud more than thisfmy suffering brother—

This might be done,

More than the tongue

Ker said or sing,

| If men were wise ahd loved each other. ~~

‘A NIGHT ADVENTURE AT SEA.

A THRILLEING

A short time sinve L happened to be in | Valparaiso, where IT made the acquain- jtance Of an officer of the United States | Whaling-ship Nantucket, which had ran ip from ber fishing grounds in the Pacific, to obtain a supply of water and fresh. pro- Visions; aud one day, in talking over the | events of the cruise, which had lasted twe

STORY.

‘cident which had befallen them :

| One morning at daybreak, when lying

“| becalmed, they found themselves in the

‘midst of a school of sperm, whales, and a'l

| tened. | but the line between sea and sky was suf-| | ficiently distinet to show to their practised | | vision the form of their own vessel, which | was now ouly three miles away; but no sail | was visible on that part of the horizon from ‘Thinking it possible, however, that some. shipwrecked boat’s crew might be in their | neighborhood, they joined together in a! shout ; but there was no response audible. | All at once, however, some flashes of light |

a bluish glare shone out for a minute or!

same mumeut, a distant piercing ery, fol-| lowed by moauings similar to the first they | | bad heard, rose on the night air. Ip all} ‘their experience, whether on sea or land, | they bad never heard sounds like them, jand, amazed and with al) the superstitious \fears excited to which satlors are prone, the men in the boat whispered their conjec- {tures to each other.

‘There’s nothing as I know of that

swims the sea or flies ia the air, could make | those sounds,’ said ove, * Lf there was any jcraft withia miles, we could see her sails | plain enough ; we are too far cut at sea for | coasters carrying cattle, “Besides, there's no such trade on this coast, aud we are j eight bundved mites from it.’ ‘If it’s from a boat, what kind of a crew! ‘must she have? That's what I waut to | know,’ said a second. +I know what it is to be adrift aud perishing. 1 was one time on a raft with twenty more, for two-and- thirty days, and a whole lot of ‘em went wad aud died raving, from drinking the salt water, and yelled and fought, and throttled each other till they were pitched overboard ; but then these here sounds are not human like.’

‘ Couldu’t be a whale, Bill) that made moanin’ poise?’ Asked another of the boatstecrers, who was a veteran salt, having followed bis calling, as a sealer and whaler, in all parts of the wor| |

‘Well, it might be—that noise might ; though it twarn't exactly like it neither. \’ve heard ‘em too ofien, not to knoy ’em. | Sperm whales dou’t roar much; but right j|biack, or green species, common all juver the world, you can hear, at times,

miles away. lL remember once when I was in New Zealand—we was a Bay whaling vear Hokiauga—we killed a cow whale and her calf, and towed ’em into the bay. Well, the oid bull, be came in from sea at uight-fall, and kep’ up such a moanin’ and ee it war pitiful tq hear him. He | knowed his missus bad gone in there, you | see, and. he was cal.ia’-on. ber to.come out ; and fur nigh band on to a week, évery night, _ue'd tuck about in the offing. until daylight,

The night was cloudy and dark ; | strange, harsh laughter came ringing across |

the water, gradualiy changing into a wild cry, which rose upon the night air, sounding inexpressibly sad and mournful. At that moment, as the seamen, thrilled and awe- struck, listened, the fires which had been

fed with pieces of refuse blubber, began to bura up brightly, the flames presently shooting up half way to the tops, and cast- ing a broad red glare over the surrounding waters, And as if this flame had been a

from the daikuess beyond the verge of the

two. flickered, and disappeared. At the circle of light, issued a succession of sounds |

of the most extraordinary characier. Yells and howls, shrill screams and rvars, now commingled, now separate, at times dyiog away, and again as the flames shot up fierecly, rising in bideows chorus, assailed the ears of the astonished whalers, while at intervals, mingled with the uproar, was what seemed to some on board to be the sound, indistinetly heard, of human voices. This continued until the vessel bad passed

CONTEMPLATED UNION OF THE COLONTES, Monday, 18th April, 1864. (Continued frem our last No.)

| Hon. Mr. Corxs said he had been listening to the arguments of the different speakers all the afternoon, expecting to hear something

whence the sounds appeared to cowe. | lit beneath the coppers, and which had been | *¢vanced in favour of owt union with the

[sister Provinces, and the impression upon his mind, consequent upon all that he had |heard upon the question, was that tO autho- | rie the appointment ef Belegates would be 'a mere bogus affair, as it appeared that not | more than one hon. member or two were at

gieamed across the distant darkness, and | spell to conjure up the demous of the deep/ all in favor.of the Union. The Hon. Colonial

| Secretary was the only one who had spoken decidedly in favor of it; although the hon. | member for Charlottetown (fon.Mr. Davies), | who bad declared that he bad always been of | opinion that benefits te this Colony would | accrue from its Unien with the sister Golo- | nies, and that the Union is only a question | of time, seemed to have geno a little farther. | It had been argued that we should send De- legates as a matter of courtesy; bat the | question was of too important @ nature to bs | treated as one of mere form; and besides, | for us to send Delegates would be an admis- |sion on our part ef the correctness of the

on her way some distance, when the noises | principle upon which the proposal fer a

| became more and more faint, and finally died | Union was based. :

away.

Before :he fires had been lit the ship had beea put before the wind, in order that the smoke and flame might pass forward aod

not endanger the rigging or incommode the!

men at their labor. Sume of the Jatter, alarmed at the sounds, would willingly have

‘had her continue ber course aud leave =

vicinity ; but the Yankee skipper was not superstitious ; and, being determined to as-

certain their cause, he ordered the fires to/

be put out, so that the vessel might sail against the wind, and returned. While the look-outs were trying to catch a sight of any vessel or other object in the neighborhood,

We are net prepared to | give up our independence and our legislature : | then why should we consent to entertain the | prepone 2 The case is different as respects ; Nova Scotia and New Brupswick, Chey | have wade up their minds as to the desirabi- lity ofa Union; and, having done so, they have very properly agreed to meet, by their respective Delegates, to arrange a plan for the effecting of the Union they desire. It has also been said that our appointing of | Delegates will be a means whereby we siall j obtain needful information upon the ques- tion. But what further information do we require concerning it beyond that which we already possess? Independently ef a Union ; with the sister Provinces, we shall derive all the benefit from their railroads whith, even under the cenditions of a Union, they could

the sounds again reached thei, and steariog | in their direcuon, the ship was hove to and | a boat lowered; but the men hung back |

afford us, and that, too, free from all taxation consequent upon their construction or maio- tenance. Our position, as we at present

when the captain ordered a ¢rew iu, and | s:and, is positively better than theirs. They

wished to wait for daylight. ‘Why, what are you afraid of, men? Do you think there are evil spirits cruising ?

He paused iu surprise, and all hands ut-,

tered a cry. A strange phenomenon was presented to their view; a pale-biue, phos-

phorescent light suddenly gleamed out of

the darkness, and showed them a wreck dis- masted and drifting. Through the open ports and breaches in the bulwarks broken by the waves, the unearthly Jooking radiance shove, glimmering and flickering on, the stump of the mainmimast, the only fragment

(of a spar leit standing. 1ts bows were to-

wards them, and trom their own mastheads they could at times, when it pitched and rolled, see down on to its deck. Close to

the after hatchway burped a tremulous flame, | sometimes. shooting up vividly, at others |

waitin’ and callin’ her. Twarn’t till we stripped the blubber off ber, and towed the Lcatanan out to sea, that be gave in and left. | For some time the men listened ; but no-

also rowed for some distance in the direc- lon of the sounds, and again shouted, but | |) sot no reply; an hour afterwards they were picked up and taken on board. The

four of their boats were lowered and chase |°4P*#!0, When he heard. their story, swept

given. Two of them proved success'ui, and by tbe afternoon had returned to the ship, towing their captured prey ; but the others were not so fortunate. Having by some blunder missed their first chance, it was no! uutil after an arduous chase of many hours, that the leading boat at lust succeeded in overtaking and making fast to the whale. A long and despera‘e struggle ensued, the second erew coming quickly to the assistance of the first; but line after line from both was expended by the animal, which proved to be of the largest siz2, and of immense strength aod tenacity of life. Lt tried every means to escape; sometimes sound- ing, 2. e. deseending perpendicularly to a vast depth into the recesses of the ocean, until the enormous pressure of the tuperin- cumbent water was more than even its buge Strength could bear, and it was furced, to return to the surface, along which it would

on either hand. At length, however, its speed began to slacken. and the whalemen,

body of the moneter, which, apparently ex- bausted by its preceding efforts, lay passive-

air, struck two trewendous blows in quick successio®, one of which fell upon the fore-

Scattering i!s eccupants (ove of whom had his thigh broken) in all directions. doing this misehief it again sounded ; bastily picking up their companions, and

awaitd the coming up of the animal to breathe. But they waited in vain; their prey bad escaped them.’ In his last desper- ate effort to free himself he had, (so [ was told, at fast), dived so ceeply,; that, with |his streugth exhausted, be was unable to | rise again, and dying below, sank still deep- er. ‘Lhe disappointed whalers sat in silence watching their fines disappearing fathom jafter fathom, until the last yard was gone, | when the tomahawk uplifted to strike, was

| comipelled to let it fall and sever the rope, ,

lest the weight of the descending body | should drag the boats down with it into the ‘abyss.

| Wearied ‘with their long day of fruitless | toil, and depressed at their ill-fortune, the | men prepared to return to their ship, which | had jong before supk beneath the horizon ; ior, betug calm, she could not make sail to |follow them. Afterpulling for some hours, however, they felt a light breeze spring up,

;which they knew would bring her down ;

| the horizon with his night-glass ; but detect-

siuking until nearly extinguished, by the light of which all on deck was rendered vi- sible. All hands lovked eagerly for sigus of a crew, but nothing in the sbape of a

the long-boat and spars gone; there was nothing to couceal them from view, liad aby men been on board,

But although nothing in the guise of mor- tal man was visible, other objects present- ed themselves to the view of tiie awe-struck

are burthened w.th heavy public debts; but the amount of our pubhe responsibilities ia comparatively a trifle: aud, all things con- sidered, our progress has been greater and |more remarkable than theirs. To «aid and sustain them in their material progrecs, they have bad their minerals and public lands; whilst we have had nothing but our industry, | our agriculture and our fisheries ; and these, under any circumstances, must be our chiet, ‘if not our sole dependence.. We have al- ready a direct trade in our produce with Great Britein; and the Yankees, having found out the benefits accruing to themselves from an intercourse with us, are becosae-our regular customers, Notwithstanding the gluomy picture which the Hon. Colonial Se- cretary haus drawn, both as respects our present and our future, warranted, as he maintains, by our isulated position, should we resolve te maintain it, there was every | reason to believe that, even should our ship- | building fail—the only branch of oar _pre- ductive industry, the less of which wae to be apprehended—our agriculture and our dish- ; eries would still remain—the Jatter in itself

years, he nurrated the following eurious iu- thing further was seen or heard. They} man was to be seen. Tne deck was cleared, | 4 ivexhaustible source of wealth — and

rapidly becoming better known, as we were, the consequent growing demands upon our

industry and resources could not fail to give |} a wholesome impetus to the one and a cor- | responding increase to the other. The idea that a Union would cause an influx of capi- tal into the Island, was by no means a sound

ing no sail, he concluded. that. the vessel | sailors. «Gaunt and weird-looking shapes of |one, anymore than that it would free us

from which the light had proceeded (if they | really had seen it) had im the interval ; and as for the sounds which | bad stariled them, he made light of them. |

‘You heard a grampus grunting, or some | seals suorting, or, maybe, penguius trumpet- | ing,” he said. *You were ail knocked up aud balf asleep. ‘Turn im, the whole lot of you, and take a snoose till daylight, for we | wust fiuish stripping-and tryiag out this! fish. A set of jubbers you were to lose that whole whale.’

The men did as they were ordered, but were perfectly convinced that the sounds they bad heard were not caused by any such agep@.es as their commander had men- tioned. The light, strange as it. was, cer-

then rush with such velocity, draguing both | boats afier it, that the water, divided by the ately, also might be accounted for, perhaps; sbarp bows, eurled bigh in two solid walls| but the whole oceurrivg together, and pro- |

ship, although in that case, it was odd they could uot see it. Kach of the noises, separ-

ceeding from one quarier, was to them Po

explicable.

aux ous to secure their prze before the)

Tobey bad been asleep some hours, and

taken off, boisted on deck, cut up, and,

placed “in the ‘huge coppers used in the |

wost boat, cutting it completely in two, and sperm whale fishery for boiling [or * trying | they bad bad

out, as it is term d,”) the oil, these coppers |

laid ready for lighting, the mate was busy |

deck. Ber Do you know,” said he, * that I really | think that there was uo mistake in what the | hands said? ‘'here’s sowethieg out of the Way going on, or uflouat near us. My cabin | Window was @pen—ithe head of my bunk | | lay close to it—and so I day there, L heard | “something, t can’t make out. Did you not! hear anything ? | ‘No, we've been busy kuocking about the | decks. What was it like ?' ‘Well, at Gcst it. was like what the men said —deep groaning, moaning, and rumbl- ing kind of uoises, a good distance off ap- parently. Then | heard a scream; then some one laughing—a rum sort of a luagh too. “f should have thought wyself dream- ing Only for what the men had said.” | *How long since was this?’ asked the mate. | * Within this last quarter of an hour. Batis everything ready for trying out, Mr. Smart? And the captain examined the