the City was indisputable ; he pass upen the for the prevention of Ceutagious discuse It has been suggested thal an aiietapt

A ; A tater

vieuld be made fu carry out a system xround sewerage ; he Was Oppored attempt. In the first place, be syster: itself, under the test lavet atic aianees, at a delective ove; fT had the © ei, an enortietd cost, of polluting the Wailers ot Lice river with a substance which, by the ad of velenee, may be converted inte a valuable manure. — la the wext place, otir river is net well adapted for such & syo- tem: the rise and fall of the de connected with the very extensive date, Would present great diffi culties its efficent working aud if the couteuts HM the sewers were expace on the flats, the hoses Dordering on the river oule able, at ain be proved by the fRuvia arising trom eve or two private Sewers al present emplytig inte 4; and lastly, the very great outlay of capital required puis the watier out of the ques- tun. Ite considered that the formation of water- tight cesspoels tor the receptivw of all exeremen- titeus matters, the conienis to be semoved either ty the Cily aatherities, or by a private company (the latter he would recommend, as it wonid be to their interest pecumarily te carry off the refuse prot ptly ) under control ef the authorities, aud the rgorous entercing of the «Xisting sauttary re-

ie any sucu

roar

gulatious, which are well conceived and compre-|

pensive, would be sufficient te remedy, to a great extent, the present undesirasie state of affairs. He also alluded to the permiciows effect on the water im the wells of the City, of the taults for the reception of refuse, eXcavaled to a great depth ‘Toese, be theugtt, eieuld be mapected, cleansed apd closed up. He thea aumadverted in strong teres On the coudition wt the Governors Pound, whieh is the receptacle tor considerable sew- ernge, and being let, partiaily dry by the reeed- ing of the tide, aad exposed to Lie sun's rays, gave tive to the most noxious oXhalations, and, tp his opinion, Was the origwal seurce ef the low jurm of fever which has been so prevalent the last few years

De. HamMMonD JolNsox observed, that the request of the City Cotneil for a meeting of that deséfiption, evidently furpliea that there existed a cagae tor alarm, atid stated that iu his expe rienee the casee of Gastaie aod Typhoid fevers during the last tew months, beth ia number and severity Sinus period severely; many of the cases in diferent settle menta were traceable to town. ‘The fall rain i- generally considered a great canse of these allec- tens, yet we fied that the post summer and fal have been unusnallv dey hie aleo observed that the eastern section had enft- red more severely than any other pertion ef the City that but very few enaes had ecenrred west of Gifeat George Street. Dr. Jenkins having al ready remarked that some years age those dis- eases originated in the bog of the City, proves the necessity of drainage. (be Jetusent)} beheved that

these of any pre-

western section ol Ll

tie lnprevements

necessary for the preservation of Lealih iu the |

City would be bat gradual, because of our limited resources, yet he teit confident that If proper at tention was paid te cleanlines~, and the entorcing of tle laws relating to the resnoval of numaners

from the streets and backyards, the neceasity for

n heavy expenditure would be materially lessened. |:

The varda in many instances, were net cleansed wutit Jaue. and consequently the rubbish ebectea | during Winter was leil exposed te the heat et th sun, and was constantly washed by the rain inte} the evil, finding its way iste our wells, and mixing with the water we drank. De satd he would ne detain the weeting by further remarks, but would submit the folowing Resolution, 61z:— | Reselced, That this meeting ix confident that! the contaved inerease of epidemic fevers, 1a the wd the inerease of | ‘tt exposed ou the

reagtt of abaenee of drainage seenmuelated organic tiatter, eurface of the soil

Dr. Been then spoke of the negieeted etate ot the backyarda in many parte of the City, and con- eirred with the seutiments expressed by the pre- viens speakers relative te the prepriely of urging upew the inhabitants of the (own generally the | peevssity of adopting every precauliouary weasure in ther power.

Da. SUTHERLAND strongly enpperted the pro prety ot terug &@ Scavenger Cempany: euch | companies in many of the large lewus of Ofber countries were found te werk advantageously | Phe formation of a Company of that deseriptien | empowered with proper authori) to act, would | he productive et tench gowd and weech of th fith and exereseenees which engendered disease would then, by proper management, be converted with ase by helping (» enriel the impoverished soil fv the sviemety ef Charlottetown, He ob- | served that owing te the extent af oar shore fats, sewerage in that direction weuld, be. inspracti- cable, and ovly tend te errote stagnant pols | areund our sheres. Heieaid tba be regretted | te eee the neglect ard apathy which appeared t prevail relative te the apread of disease, and beped that mee iy weuld hace the desired ett et!

of awakening publie iterest on a enhjoet of viral}

impertanee te all De Mackresons followed. and observed that

“ ould. theretore, at ovuce to the meeting, wiz: ” to eounuil best sanitary weaseres to be adopted tu Liew’

wot oniy rendered mooxtous, bus |

1 be uninhabii-|

ery tar exceeded. |

Phe country also had suffered very |

He believeu i

in

ithe Provinces themselves.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

CONFEDERATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Pe

—-—

In the Conneil's Addrcas in reply to the Speeeh,

tel ows te

* Phe Correspondence ou the affairs of British Necth Asnerioa, wineh Your Excetiency annotuces Her Majesty, will receive at our hands that care- | ful and reapectful attention due to matters eman- ating trom so high a seuree, and be considered With ay abxious desire to meet the wishes of Her | Majesty's Government so far as may be consistent | with the true interests and prosperity of the Pro- | rence at large.”

jlo expunge the words which we have iialicised, and insert a stronger affirmation of Union prin- ciples, namely :—

“—being ful'y convinced that a Union of the | British North Amerwan Colones will strengthen

| the ties which bind us to the Mother Couutry, and |

| be consistent with the true interests and prosperity | of the Provence.” The amendment will probably receive the sip- port of all the inflaential members of the Couneil, }and be carried. A correspondent, writing us on | the eubject, says :— “The Council [on Monday) having reached the concluding paragraph, relating te Union, Han i Mr. Chandler urged the members of the Gevern- | ment te strike out the qualifiying words on Union, lelee he would neve ao amendment which would | direetly assert the conviction of the Council that the proposed Union would be advantagous to New Brunswick. Mr. Odell wished time to cousider, in other words te consult the Attorney General. Che Chairman of Committee, "Lou. Mr. Botsford, on rising expressed himself forcibly in favor of Contederation. He stated that for twenty-eight years ye bad been of opinion that such a Union | was desirable, and that hia intercourse with the lother Provinces, to which he had frequently been sent as a delegate, bad strengthened his opinion that sneha Union was desirable, and even indis- lpensable. The vast majority of the Couneil are | determined either to carry the amendment, or to | have the paragraph in the Addresa altered to suit their views. In either ease the fact will have | great weight with intelligent thoughtful persoos ”

THE AMENDMENT CARRIED!

| Since the above was placed in the printers’ | hands, the Couneil have settled the matter in dis- lonte. Yesterday afternoon, the vote was taken

Ou Monuay the Hlon. EK. B. Chandler moved |

A®

Saturday next the general tariff of the

States will be applied to all Colouial produce ep- tering American ports. — St.John Globe, March Wo.

locked upon tue the paragraph eetercing to Confederation read as | salir preantyheg sm amas I we | fianapotts Herald gives the particulars ofatearu t azedy

| Which reeentiy took place in Be ford, Liha. | A Professor Evans had betrayed tue daushtes

, : jot De. Newland, aud atter some time the daush- | Wil aanediately be laid betore ua by counmand of | ter had confessed her condition to her father, jrevealing at the same time the author of her The frenzied father armed himself

| dishouor, iwith a revolver and knife, and meeting Dre. | Evans on the street shot hun.

| the earth and began to im

| from jhe body, and then stabbed him repeatediy, | Prof, Evans was a minister of the Christian | Church, who at one time enjoyed a position of | considerable eminence. Fle was once a Pvro- fessor iu the Northwesteyn Christian University. fis was not his only offence of the kind, : ssccabohiat | The Steamer Lockwood blew up and was

| burned on the 4th inst., 1s miies beiow Mem- | phia. Twenty persons were killed aud twenty: five injured. ‘The boat was valued at $60,000 ; | not insured. a

Advices from South America represent pre- parations by the allies for the campaign asainst the Paragnayaus as still progressing. The Al- lied army is said to be 45,000 strong with a fleet of fifteen gunboats and two iron-clads to co-operate ou the Parana.

IMPROMPTU ON READING “THE EX- AMINER” OF THE 19TH,

Oh, what a silly faree was played, And met with fitting seorn, When Special Constables were made To quell a bugbear Fenian raid The last St. Patrick’s morn.

Schemers and Terrorists combined, With visionary seers,

To agitate the public mind,

Which satisfaction seems to find, In fabricated fears.

jon the amendment.—The amendment was carried, tnd the Government defeated, only three mem- | hers voting in the negative! | This is well done. | } —s¢. Juhu Telegraph, March 15.

The Mr. Chandler who moved the amendment | ubove euoted, was one of the New Brunswick | | Delegates who helped to frame the Quebec |

eee

se} eine

lence betweev the Hon. R. D. Wilmot, and the Lieut. Governor and his advisers in connection | with Me. Wilmot’s resignation of his seat it

he Executive Council of New Branswick. J | mbraces Mr. Wilmot’s reasons for his resiia- | ian—viz, his chanve of views on the questio

The St. John Glos publishe = the correspon | } | }

of Confederation, unsuccessful e Forts to induce

=

colleazues tu take the matter up, and his | -ollea rues’ discourtesy to himself personally, | Ou the question of Confederation he says:— |

“1 will freely admit that the important sub ects that eame under the consideration of the | Commercial Council at Quebee impressed upon | me most forcibly the necessity of a Union on} some terms; and the refusal of the United | States to renew the R-eiprocity Treaty, makes | it the more necessary that there should be some central power to negotiate and rerulate the | trade with other countries, as well as between telieving that the people of these Provinces are not prepared | willingly to change their alle riance and assume | i portion of the heavy debt of the United | States, whatever their future destiny may be, | the only alternative anoears to me is a Union} if British North America; and while it is a} matter for the consideration of the Colonists hemselves, the opinions of all parties in the mother country on this suljeet must have an Tect. P

Awrri.—A young weman by the name of| Sherwood, belonging to St. George. N. B., whe resided at Mr. 8. B. Pool’s, in this eity, ax a de wmestic, about a year age complained of a living | ereature being in ber stomach, and applied te <everal physicians in this city and Eatport fo wnedicine to reliewe her of tt, but to ne effect. At length it grew se troublesome and bad such os |

lebilitating effect open ber, she gave wp ber place | and went home to die, aedhe fully expected s tor to lve in such a state ahe felt and Kaew was at inpossibiliig. After she got home Dr. Rouse was | alled to ber, and after hearing her story lett her |

| war

An Orange rumour widely floats, That Protestants were doomed ;

As onee, the wretched Titus Oates

Diaclosed a plot for cutting throats, Once more to be resumed.

With Fenian monsters they include— And with a purpose too—

Those who, with charity imbued,

Their quiet annual walk pursued The peaceful city through.

The senseless insult no one feels— ‘Too pitiful and mean;

A scornful smile, perhaps, reveals

The latent ire that pride conceals At empty bigot spleen.

All piss d in quiet, as of yore, And we exist this day / The ill hatehed Fenian seare is o’er— And hush'd the lion's answering roar, Aa usses ceased to bray. ANTI-FENIAN.

+ acer

| GEORGE TOWN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE |

A meeting of the Georgetown Mechanics’ Tn- |

stitute was held at the Court House, on Thursday

wening. The following persous were installed ficers of the Institute for the year: TLon. A. A. MaeDonald, President; Mr. RB. Munroe, Vice

| President ; Messrs. A.C. Stewart, D.F. Kennedy, |

Charles Owen, A.C. MacDonald, ‘Thomas Owen, Alex. J. MacDonald, A. G. Aitken, William Mae-|

| Donald, Arehd. J. MacDonald, Dr. MacLean, and |

iam Wightman, Secretary und Treasurer.

Cogswell, Esq , Librarian.

The Constitution of the Society was then sub- | mitted and agreed to, after which the question, i** Whether the abrogation af the late Reciprocity Treaty wauld prove injurious to this Itand 2!

Tlie

Phomas Owen, Esquire, «ho went fully inte the

discnased, debate

as it would have excepted thens from the opera. | tiene of the general -taril, Ae abis now, aller) United |

Evans tell to plore Newland to spare him, but the latter planzed-his long knife jute the neck of his victim, aimost severing the head

was epened by |

—_

NEWs BY THE !

| LATEST: PROM EUROPE, | nal

(By Telegraph to the St, John Press.)

Bosrox, March 19. Additional per @ ymania.~— in Parliament | the preyaience of extect i the British

Pennisi toa considerabie army, Was xekLew ied sed by the Marquis ot Hartington, Seeretary of War, but it was added that Sir Hugh Kose, Commander-in4hief, had no doubt of the gene- ral loyaliy of the furce-. - - -A proposition wits made to fortify the west east of the Istand, in view of a possidle Amercan Invasion. . The Fenians of Kingston bad been fraternising with the crew of the merical War vessel lying in the harbour, bat.on the movement becoming known to the offieers af the ship, they at once put an end to the ea" nite cordiale Peoatiaxp, March 20th.

Peruvian, with Liver oy! dates to the Sth,

has arrived:.. In the Jtouse of Commons, ou

Church rates wis debated. - Messes. {rludstone and Bright spoke in favor of dhe question beinz compromised some way Or other. The Bill was passed to a second reading by 289 to 251. The announcenrent of the vote was received with loud cheering. It is thofigh that the vote indicates an early solution.of the question, al: though the present Bill will doubtless be reject. ed by the House of Lords as usual... .. The Orel says the American Government has inti- mated that it is in possssion of full infor mation as to the movement of the Fenians in the United States, and will pot permit any acts ob noxious to the British Government of whiest its laws can take coznizanee.. . . . Fenian affairs are unchanged... . The Dubdin Evening Mail say the number of prisoners committed in Dublin since the suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus, is 172... ..The London Owl says a German crisis is imminent... ..The Prussian Government has despatched to Vienna a sum- mons in respect to Holstein, which is as per- emntory in its tone as in its demandes... . . Bis- mark is ready to face war and its consequencés. Austria must at once take up the guitatlet or yield to the pretensions of Prussia in a some- what ignominious manner. fe eg! THE FENIAN ‘EXCITEMENT. New Yorx, March 16.

A special despatch, dated Guelph, Canada | West, to-day, has the following :—** The ex- ‘itement has nearly disappeared ia the interioy towns, but rages on the frontierin all its force. Volunteers are still being orzanized. Reports are current of arrests in Lower Canada for treason. At all points on the frontier there is a skirmish line extending many miles.—The rzan of the Hibernians speaks of the difficulty | of getting volunteers. Some volunteers had beev brought up to the mark hy the havonet, and in several cases have been drag red by the | heels from under beds. The officers of a regi jiment at Toronto had themselves to perform duty as sentries, and last week three privates {were flogged and sent to prison fur expressing i Fenian sentiments.”’

Bostrox, March 17. New York, 17th. — A Montreal despatch ) says the Government has received a lettér from in official in Windsor, C. W., stating that the Mayor of Detroit informed him he had cansed jinquiry to be made into the extent of the | Fenian movement in that city, and discovered

the 7th, the annual Bill for the abolition of

—— —_

a Tp | : > : AILS ON SATURDAY. His Excetleney the Lieutenant Governor in!

| Couneil has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen, Justices of the Peace for King’s County, Viz: ’ . oi of ll Ephraim 1K Muttart. Eeq., of Souris, in the | place of the Hon Douald Beaton, deceased.

Mr. Stephen Rose, of Township Ne. 47,

Married, In Pictou, N. S., at the residence of Mr. George

fl

Kev. James Bayne, DB, Mr- Robert M Vonnell, senior Editor of the “ Fustern Chronicle,” New Gt sow, to Mise “Annie McKean, davgiiter ef Mr Harop McKean, of West Kiver. ' Died, At Morell, onthe 1ith instant, ofa alrort buteevere iHness, Mr. Dennis Hogan, aged lifty seven years The deceased was greatly . nequainted with him, and his.death is wuch re- gretted by relatives and. friends, He has left a wife and +leven children to deplore the doss ef at

peace. Amen,

At Shediac, on tle 4th instant, Frances, wife of. Mr. Alfred. Wilbur; and only daughter of Mr. George Hubbanl, Charlottetown, P. E Islind~

At the Manse, BeFfuet “PoE. Island, ouahe. 12th instant, after an ilness.of a few dave, Mrs. Me- Kenzie, widow of the late Jobun McKeuzie; Eeq- New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. y ;

At Boston, Mass., on te Mth instant, after a zhort illness, Ellen, widow of the late Thomas Broyderick, in the Stet year of her age.

At Lot 14, on Tuesday, the 13th instant, after an illness of ten mouths, which he bore with patiem yesizuation to the Divine Will, Angus McDonald, in the 68th year of his age. The deceased lenver a xorrowing Wife, foar sons, four daughters, be- sides a large civele of friends and relatives to de plore the Joss of a Kind parent aud a youd neigh- bonr. a

- Household Furniture. T° be sold by Auction, on Werpxespay -® tie ith April next, at Mr-Joun W. Horman’s

Boa tding House, Corner of Queen and Kent Streets, allthe

}fousehold Furniture

of his Fa talishment, consisting of Tables Chairs Lonnges, Bedroom Frrniture, Six Feather Beds Paliasses, olsters and Pillows, a quantity of Bedding, Cooking and Franklin Stoves, Kitchen Crensils, &c. &c. Ke, | WILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer. Cl'town, Maireh: 26, 1866. isl pat

Exeeutor’s Sale ef Freehold

Preperty.

* TEXO be SOLD by AUCTION, on the Premises, on Mi2NDAY the Itth APRIL next, at 12 o'clock, noon, all that piece of LAND. aituaze in Hillsborough Street, being part of TOWN LOT 49, in the Third Hancired, measuring I7 feet on Jiifisborongh Street, and exteuding back HH feet, Wilh u Kight of Way back of o feet There is onthe premises a DWELLANG HOUSE, 17 tect by 25 feet. Tenns—One third of the purchase money to be paid down, the balance in three months, being part of the Estate of the late CHRISTOPHER Cross.

Rhy order of the Execators, “WILLIAM DODI?, Auctioneer.

Ch’town, Mareh 26, 1866,

AUCTION. Valuable Freehoid Preperty. N WEDNESDAY the 18h day of

April next, at 2 o’cloek p. m., ail that piece of LAND situate in the thriving village of SOUTH. PORT, and owned by Mr. Witttam JiKeMAN, with the Buildings thereon, namely, One DWEL- LING HOUSE, coutainingy eight well furnished

| there was a likelihood of an attack from that } point... ..The Government has also been noti- | ied that the American Government sent troops | to Baffalo to prevent any attack from that | quarter... ..The six natious Indians, Lroquois, coouz-d oathe Ottawa River, under a dk scen. |

ldant of the elevated Brandt, last evening | —

it-ndered the services of 1500 braves to the |

Crovernment.....L am informed by an oflicer |

of the Royal Eayineers that orders were seit | t> Ensland five weeks aro for ten thousand |

They will dand at Uadifax, and march | from thence to New Brunswiek where the vul- | neral'e point is feared to be. These troops | ire expected in 10 days, and on their arrival, New Brunswick, it is considered, will be safe. Lovisvi.te, Ky. Mare’: 20th. A man named King, arrested a téw days azo | for the theft recently committ -d in Ohio, and | awaiting in jail a requisition from the Governor | of Ohio, has confessed ‘to Harris, a recently | coufined Government detective, that he, Kinz, url pot Payne, wag the man who atten) ted to ssussiiate Seéretasy Seward,

irvops. i

Johu LeBrocque, Members of Coumittee; Wil- > he

This confession | betas repeated to do C,. Davies, who tempo- |

randy commands this: department, the datter |

Fg |

1a pewerfal emotie with d rections bow an Lwhen |

ire tuke it. She teck the medicine as direeted ind the result wae that a lizard, about six inehe:

When

for the prevention of cholera and other epidemic dvawwases, cleanliness, ventilation, pure air and water were essential maqeiaites. | He remarked theaf as leng as taneeries, pigeries, slanghter | i length, was ej ected from her stomach. hones and auch the filthy places, were allowed | it fell inte the bowl, it assaid, i fairly bit at the

‘ase and explained the merits of » Jate tre: . ; a : :

_ , actors 3 wf the late treaty, | tel -sraphed to Washington for the parties who contrasting it wilt dhe bill new proposed by Mr.) were ae juaiited’ with the facts of-the assassi- | Morrill, the different elauses of which he ably | nation conspitacy-to -comeé and investivate the |

to prevail thronghont the ‘Tow a, it was impossible | sides of if, and jumped out and ran along the floor tu expect exetiption from diwwase. He alluded te eeveral localities in the City which, te bis ow personal knowledge, were in a state of fi'th per- feetly horrible, Prompt and vigerous measures bé said, Were indeed jendly ealled ter, and hy heaped fhe anthorifies would «ce that the laws re- jating te health would be rigidly euterced.

Alte® deme further remarks frew the Chair- man and others, the follawing Resolutions were | unanimetely adopted, vizZi—

On onitivn of De. Jenkine—

Resaleed, That in the opinion of thie meeting, it is highly weeessary that measures should b takew for the efficient carrying ont of the existing eoni'ary regulations, and should be made to them as the perfeet cleaning of the refuse of the City may render neediul.

On mation of Dr. Johason, Seur.—

Resolced, As the oprnwn « it ix very desirable that the yards or enclorures be so vrawed above the level of the streets as te drain them, and that the gutters be so adapted ae te convey off the Water.

On motion of Dr. Sutherland —

Resoiced, That this meeting recommend te the

Corporation the éneouraging the formation of a!

Scavenger Company, te be wader the direction o} proper officers, carrying oul the sanitary wea- sures as regards the cleanliuess of the City.

On motion of Dr. Jenkins —

Resolced, That this meeting recommend that

j water-tight cesspools he formed in places con-|

venient te? the removal of their contents, fer the reception of all manures and refuse matter, and that each householder be compelled te deposit all such matter in such cesspools ander a peualty ; and that afl old privies be inepected and disposed of aa the authorities shall think proper; aod that

i meeting, Archbishop MeCloskey aaid :—

that such addition<|}

f this meeting, that}

il it was killed by one of the persons in attend-

ance Jt bad been in her stemach about tour

years.—Calais Advertiser iain

UNITED STAT

FENIANISM. i

In hia cireular denouncing the Jones Wood |

ES.

| “LT appeal to all men, and beg of them for thei: | own sakes and for the sake of their religion aud | their Ged, to withdraw th mselves from a mieve- | iment that bas already gone tuo far. The reason | lalleged for not listening te advice from bishop. |

land elergy in all this matter is that they say thir | ia a pohtical movement, and that therefore the |

| bishops and pries eof the Catholie Church hav.

| nethieg te de with if, and must stand ase fron

jit That ie tree. Bishops and priesta have no thing te do with it. They aay ‘hat this movement

bas nothing to de with religion.”

| The New York Times 81ds:—

“Tt is acareely necessary te add that we have from the beginning taken much the same view o! this Fenian movement as that to which the dis- tinguished prelate has given utterance. The

lorgunization has neither the confidence of the | Catholic Church, ner the countenance of the best i known and most respected of the Catholic laity. i Tt ie engineered by unknown leaders and political tricksters, solely for sclfich parposes, and agameat blindly following such persons we again wart | sunple-minded, faith-exalted Irishmen. The move lia a disguating taree, which, if persisted in, ne good, and great evil wil surely come. It has

lalready assumed a character ihat is caleulated te | foment local disturbances, and may lead to out |

j

rooms and shop, Extensive STABLES, GRAN- ERY, BLACKSMITH SSILOP ; with an excellent well of water on the Premises,

The above is well worthy the attention of par- ties Wishing to purchase a desitable residence o1 business stand, Tet further partigulars apply to x. RANKIN, Auctioncer.

till dav of sale

.| Hattie. on Thursday evermug, the sSth-insi. by the

‘respected by all who were

affectionate lasbund und dtauther.. May he rest in|

TSE MRT,

FHTS - PREEHOLD PROPERTY |

dew:

REW ADVERTISER

Cooking, Mranktin | and other STOVES!

r

i THURSDAY, the 22ud instant, « Ll o'clock, at the Watelroioed- su divaiton Mreet, next door to W. B. Allims,.a lot of NEW STOVES, viz:— . thea

COOKING STOVES, for Coal, Do Do for Wood,

PAKLOR COOKS,

SHLIUS KANGES,

OPFICE and HALL STOVES,

Lot Spare POTS, &c. &e,, .

A good opportunity offers to those in want to provide previous to the Reciprocity being closed whemthe prices’ will, ig atl probability, ndvance

FT Nake Positive ; No Keserve. No Post-

ponewent. — : - SS <*63 - . WILLIAM DODD, Auctigueer. March 19, -1866. , ‘

. " t * —~ oul ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE, *PESSRS. CARVELL BROTHERS -witl sell at AUCTION, attheir SALES ROOM,

on MONDAY, 2od APRHL next, the tollowing GOODS, belonging ta the Estate of the late DANIEL JACKSON ROBERTS, viz:—

20 Chests TEA, .

_1 Box SOAP,

27 Cases CHAMPAGNE,

5 do. BRANDY,

2 4Casks Do.

2 do. PORT WINE, 1 do SHERRY DO.

232-I2 doz. DO... LO. } Hhd. RUM, 9 Casks Kerosene OIL.

Terms — For all sums under £10, cash: and for all sums over £10, a credit of 3 months will be given, on approved notes.

Sale positive. ’ J. 8: CAR¥ELL, Administrator of Estate late D. J. Roberts. Charlotietown, P. E. 1. 19th Mareh, 1866. pa ist §

Notice to. Tenants. (PENANTS on Lots 9, 16, 22 and 6! will continge, #8 usnal, to pay their rents to the subscriber, whe, by’ Power of Attorney from MISS C. A. SULIVAN, sole Devisee of the above Lots under the Will of her late father, the Right Hlonorable L. Sutivax— has been re-nppointed Agent for the management of the same. Arrears of rent must be paid ap forthwith G W. DEBLOIS. Ch'town, Mareh 12. 1866.

FROM LIVERPOOL. wii IP DAVID CANNON will sail t? from LIVERPOOL, G B., for CHARLOTTETOWN, direct, on the Ist day of MAY next, coming. For Freight or Passage apply to Messrs D. Cannox, Sons & Co, 32 South John Street, Liverpool, England, or at Charlottetown to W. W. LORD & CO.

2in

irl pat 3in

_ Mareh 19,1866. > ieee ee ane eee aie

FIRE ENGINECRS For the City of Charlottetown (PueE CITY COUNCIL have appointed

the following persons to be Engineers of the Fire Depurtuient, for the current yeur, viz :—

Thowans Alley, Esq., Chief Engineer.

Ward No. 1—WilkKam k. Watson, Jolhn Inge * Witham Wright. “6 * 9 John Heary Gates, Owen Connolly, Henry J Callbeck. ‘ “ 3—William- Dedd, James D. Mason, George Donglas. se « 4—Hon George Beer, John Stuinbles John Brecken. “6 * 5—George L. Dogherty, David Laird,

Simon Davies. PETER MACGOWAN, City Clerk. Jammary 2d, 1866, aw ‘March 19,

NOWCE!

Mirch 26, 1866.

AUCTION ! Schooner I'ly. | TIYUE above Schr. 5 years old, 12 tons burthen, will be sold by AUCTION on | WEDNESDAY, April the [Sth. at UI o'clock on| POWNAL WHARF DOCK, her Sails and Rum) ing Geur are in good condiiion N. RANKIN, Auctioneer.

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March 26th, 1866 + ' . . i Eligible Building Lots, ‘EXO be sold by AUCTION, on the Premises, on WEDNESDAY, 9th MAY next, | at Li oetock, ‘fétéhoon, in LOTS suitable for} ni lding purpeses (as per PLAN. as wider. | All those FIVE VALUABLE TOWN LOTS, | situate oa. the North ‘side of. Roch fort Square, | formerly the property’ of the late Hon.-Corexét. Lane, Tinted netkapatables:s ‘Tewns will be. Liberal | Piano the property gud any Tuformation cin by hid by applyiug al the offite of 5" | ~ os = WM. DODD, Anctioneer.

March 26. Sen * >

| Meat and other articles, and the weighing

during the mouths of July, August and Septem- ber some disinfecting or deoderizing material, : ~sueb at ime, ground ehercoal, er chloride of | PYAC®: , f

lime, be made tise of He ane|, cesepools, The same paper says that in point of numbers ee the thawka of the meeting were | the Jones’ Wood meeting was a great success

tendered te the Chairman, Dr. Hobkirk, for his! ete : j .

thle couduet tn the Chair, whick he suitably because it was held ou a Sundey, bet i goce on

acknow tedyed. 5 Bi eaitd ;

lbreaks with a nation With which we are al

to say i— se NOM ' “The main object of the meeting was te Crry Ciusxenw., Mareb 14, 1366. |“ mobilize funds.” In, this respect it seems to Hie Worship the Maybr presiding’ Minutes, have been a dixappeinting failure, The orators of last meeting read sila approved. ? The + lerk | eloquently implored fur money. ‘This burden and read to the Board thé Voth fab fetter from Dr. | refrain of their liqaid hetes war echoed in silees Hobkirk, Chairmafr of a ‘tueettig of the Medical ‘tones by official vendors of Fenian bonds, whe Faculty, touchiig the sanitaty'state of the City: | displayed invitingly at all the rostrume their re-

7, . ' a. , : resentatives, in brilliant green, of the “ sinews of Maite Roney es. Rapp gad Chg Goanell :—| ca? But “mobilization” did not occur

GENTLEMEN, —F have toe boner to enclose to) “Greenbacke” were inactive—their owners pro you a minute of the proceedings of a meeting of | pably believing that there was enough of verdane) the Medical gentlemen revidemt in the City of already displayed in speeches and bonds without Cherlottetown, teld this dey, in pursuance of a) any add:tou on their part to the prevailing tin’. requisition of the City Council, for the purpese| So the meeting euded, and we are bound aay that of consulting om the beat sanitary measures for | of all the parties most interested, those whe have the prevention ef contagious disease, most cause to be satiefied are the various railread

I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, empanies. Their receip’s anount to a amall foi - Your mest wbrdieot servant, tune for their stockholders, and it would be simply W. HW. Homams, Chairman. | doing the correct thing for the directors to mak~

Ordered, that the Repert alladed to lie on the up a handsome purse for the Fenian managers, to

table for further eotmderat ion. whom they are under such heavy obligations.”

o1 the articles of clothing being found. a diligent

euployed on the barren, and around and on the mill-pond, cutting away-the ice, but ne trace ol his body could be found, He was a young mau of about 30 years of age, and mueb estemmed in the commutiity Where he resided. He war un: married, but bas deft aged parents, and several brothers and aisters to mourn their loss, We decply ey mpathise with them iv their sore bereaye- went.—lat.

ae a Re Acowent.—We learn that en Saturday last, the 17th inst, whilkt John A. McLaine, Esq, werchaut, of St. Peter's Bay, and Mrs. McLaine, were returping home from Charlottetown, by way of the ice on the Hillsborough, their horse broke through the ice at Cranberry Point, vear Hayden's Shipyard, precipitating Mr. & Mre. MacLaine inte the River... Phe borse and sleigh sank alinosi iunmediately, the strong current at that particular place sucking the horse down un-

sea ch was made... Ou Wednesday and Thursday | last upwards of a hundred persons were thu |

has been about 34,000. ‘The excess of births over deaths ia set down” at 6,000 per annum. The proportion of male abd female births is as 107.5 ite 200. The number of marriages celebrated f during the year is gigen at 2,321 The returns are incomplete, The number in cach County varies from Tin 100 of the population ins the County of Halifax te! bia 400 ofthe population of Cape Bretan. Au. agenrate registration of the Vital statistics of any Country is of the greatest importance in deterinining ita comparative health and morality. —Islander, ~

[We have te achnowledge the receipt of a copy of the Report above referred to, for whieh we return our thanks to the Registration Department at Halifux.—d. Er J ooo |

DROWNED.~A vyoung woman named Mary Hickey was drowned by falling through the iee on Cascumpec Harbor, on Tuesday morning, the Gth inst., while in-éompany with ber siater and | twomen. They were crossing over from Alberton.

der the ice. Mr. and Mis. MeL. came near being drowned themselves. Tfad it not been for the timely assistance rendered by the drivers of two

Councillor Breck@n moved that a meeting of; A few days ago our American telegrams con- the Board of ‘Health be eutled at an early day aia li fe Capt. Jut After tome discussion telative to the neeessity of | aiued some mart ing Fre jorenere fy - - John enforcing with the utmost vigor the lawe and re-| McCafferty’s interview, with the President. A gulatious ents touching the pennenel of -* correspondent of a paper writing from Washing- huisahees from the Streeie squares and yards) Ee ia ie at within fhe juriediotion of the retiastilan, Paces | ton says “ the visit of McCafferty yesterday was cillag Gates moved that Seetions Ytb, 1th and | net attended by any circumstance of a sensational ‘J2th of the City Lawe be printed in Handbills,| character. The throng of anxious visitora was —~ a Ay Ed mires ae Pann | greater than usual, and wheu the door was opened

ateigha in the vieiity of the accident, they must have perished. ‘The lash of a whip was throws \te Mr. MeL whiel be grasped with one hand and | with the other rescued Mrs. McL. We regret te | learn that Mr. MeLaive has lost considerable by this accident. Tndependeut of the loss of the horse and sleigh, be has lost goods to the value of j some £50 or £60, which untortunately happened to be mm the sleigh at the time,— dsl. j —-s

Welearn that letters were reeelved here by the

j to Cascompee Village and accidentally drove on | | bad ice, when they got in, and the two men and) ithe sister of the deceased with difficulty caved | | themselves and the herse. Search was made for

jthe body aud it has been reevvered.—Cum. to) | Sum. Journ. | | we | A WoMaN axd Cutup KILLED ON THE

| FPrecupurG Rattroap.—A sad and fatal acci-

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| dent eccurred.on the Fichburg Railroad, at South) |

Acton, at about uoon yesterday, by which a. we-, 'man and her young child were instantly kiileds’ The chid attempted to cress the track ia trontot | the approaching tain that left this eity at 11 o'-|

eommented-on. Mr. Manré, the Mesars. Mac- | “Tair. King is ieitified here as a rebels; ca" toa pre —_——— ee op Shes Eheeie.: Mie- | os shen sada Greene DP OOM Adds [8 Ta EE T. Donalds and ethers took part in and sustained the | | UP Lake eae ee Perret - ae rn lebate until a late hour, when the fullowing reso] py op aa ; | : t bats until a ve hour wh u the fullowing reso | ‘The Toronto Globe, of the 9th instant, thus | iution Was agreed to unanimously: — Aig nie tia ‘ | “ in alludes to the rumors of Fepian raids :-— oe “ Resolred, Tuat the abrogation of the late | oe ee ie ‘ i pl | ee Tad Lot 2 x Creaty wili be detrimental to ite interests af this |. ree he feeung of our people is one of intense | ‘ a at} ea {xland: but the bill preposed by Mr. Morrill is not lind:vnation, that the peace of the country and : such a ome as cau be ugreed to by thie people of | the lives and property of its inhabitants should the Calouy.” be threatened by a horde of miscreants, simply (