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“This is true Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.”---Euripides. r . Tas salt etek = ee Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, May 23, 1864. New NSeries.---No. 25, —————EE — = AEE ANON OS FO aR — a ee

The sale of the Plantation Bitters is without pre- |

cedent ia the history of the world. There is ne | secret in the matter They sre at once the most |

LEVEE. HS EXCELLENCY the Lieutenant

Governor will hold a LEVEE at Government

LITERATURE. ABOVE THE CROWD.

[The man muet be great, indeed, whose head can at the present day appear above the crowd.—Lonp

speedy, strengthening health restorer ever discov- House on TUESDAY, the 24th instant, (being Her CHELMsPoRD.|

ered. It requires but a single trial to understand | this. Their purity cas always be relied upon They | sre composed of the celebrated Calisaya Lark, Cas- carilla Bark, Dandeliva, Chamomile, Flowers, La- | vender Flowers, Wintergreen, Anise, Clover Buds, | Orange-peel, Snake root, Caraway, Coriander, Bardock. j S.—T.— 1860—X. Ac.

They are especially recommended to clergymen, public. speakers, and persons of literary habits and | sedeatary life, who require free digestion, a relish | fer feod, aod clear m: nta! faculties.

Delicate females and weak persons are certain to find in these Bitters what they have so long thoked for.

They purify, strengthen and invigorate.

They create a healthy appetite.

They are an antidoie to change of water and diet. |

They overcowe effec .s of dissipation aud \ate boars. |

They prevent wias:atic and intermittent fevers.

They purify the bre: th and acidity of the stomach. |

They cure D yspeps a and Constipation.

They strengthen the system and enliven the mind. |

Majesty's Birthday), at Two o'cloek. Each gentleman is requested to be provided | with a Card, to be handed to the Aide-de-camp in wailing. In order to prevent mistakes, it ia requested that | those gentlemen only who have received Cards of invitation, with the privilege of the Entree, will | enter at the South door — other gentlemen paying their respects to His Excellency, by the Eastern

door of entrance. | J. LONGWORTH, |

Lieut. Col. and Aide-de-Camp. |

Government House, Lith May, 1364. | ‘

A SEINE FOR SALE. CAELIN SEINE, 36 fathoms long by

3 fathoms deep, for sule by JAMES PURDIE.

Charlottetown, Muy 9, 1864. din

FOR SALE. | SMALL ISLAND io RUSTICO,, commonly known as * Lowpan's Istany.” | Apply to N. RANKIN, Auctioneer. Queen street, Muy 9, 1864.

RUM and GIN!

O be Sold by PUBLIC AUCTION,

\— They cure Diarchw, Cholera and Cholera Morbus. | &r immediately on arrival of * Edwin & Lizzie’ |

They cure LiverCompiaint and Nervous Headache. | from LIVERPOOL, G. B.: They sre the best Bitters in the world. They | make the weak man # rong, and are exhausted na- |

ture’s great restorer.

In those days of high discerning, Growing knowledge, great and grand,

Ween ut lust the doors of learning Open to the people stand,

He must be indeed aspiring, Self-reliant, yet not proud,

Firm, determined, and untiring, Who would rise above the crowd.

His must be a heart unjaded By life's cruel wrongs and stings, Making yearnings, wrecked and faded, Stepping-stones to higher things ; All the warmth of youth's tright season, Earnest hope and noble plan, Joining with the subtle reasou Aud the patience of the man.

Few such men there be, my brothers ; Look around us and we see

Petty arts to dazzle others, Seitishness and vanity ;

Couscience, love, and peace forgetting, Yeurnings, teuderest and best,

In our fevered, foolish fretting,

To be yreater than the rest.

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| aod not a breath of air to stir the sails.

-and left us there, right abreast of the group, | quoin to depress the gun, and picking out a d el- | L heap of them, who were mounting the gang: | lers were continually calling, where no in-| burden, and [ am sorry that the laws should

lhad not the wind failed us just at daybreak, | her sides like ants on a hillock, [ put in a | intoxicating liquors ; but he could refer to 2 “necessity com pels some people to travel and

| house on the Anderson Road where travel- break them. I do not think it isa very great

‘found that we were drifting in to the land,| way, I let fly ;—it was a sight worth see- | toxicating liquors were suld, and where tra-| be so culpably neglected by those whose duty

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|my anchor, and trust to my teeth for the |rest, when on taking a look round as the ‘day got brighter, L found that we were not _aloue in our predicament.

‘and bad almost made up my mind to let go |

die, and straight as an arrow, the heavy shot weat whistling amongst them, scatter- ing them all about, in the same way that

' you may disperse a flock of timid birds, by About four miles from us, and so close on | throwing a stone.

They gave a tremendous

shore that I thought she must have been yell, for they didn’t quite understand it.

_almost agrouad, was a large clipper ship, | The fuct was, they had been so busy with the |

L should say of not less than twelve or!

ship, that they hadn’t given me a thought,

ing the way that piece carried. True as a!

vellers were woll accommodated. At that it is to see that they are enforced. If people | establishment a traveller could get a meal of would turn out after a storm, as they should victuals of any description he required, bis dv, a vast deal of uncomfortable travelling |horse well attended o, and at a moderate! would be saved. This petition is from the charge. That house had been kept as a house | Royalty of Charlottetowu, which is sparsely | of entertainment {or seven years, which clear- settled, and though these remarks are appli- |ly proved that such houses would pay, when | cable to them and te all parts of the Islaad, | properly conducted, without selling intoxi-| yet I have no doubt, as the law is more faith- cating liquors. fully put in foree in the Town and Royalty,

Hon. Mr. Dincwett said he did net al- they feel the burden more, while they do not ily urged by persons whe had occasivn to participate equally in the advantages. And

‘fourteen hundred tons. She seemed to have | faucying, | suppose, that they could vome| travel, as a reason why tavern licenses should if we cannot afford to take the burden off ls light shore breeze, and was creeping , 0Ut aud take me at their leisure; but they not be restricted, that proper houses to ac- theit haade in some degree, we should see | ;

slowly along under her royals and studding- |

‘sails, making fur a passage between the Is- | cousideration. However, I didn’t give them | ‘lands. What she was doing there, or how, more time to collect themselves than [ could |

|she got there, I never knew. Perhaps she |

bad not taken the chances of a squall into

help, but knowing I should have a tough

|commodate the travelling public could not| that more stringent meaeures are adopted to kept unless licenses were granted to sell | render the preseat law what it was intended ways agree with his honor who had just tobe. Every person is liable for his share Spoken ; but he would agree with bim in this or quota of the expense of making roads, and | instance. He would !ike to see such houses, it is just as necessary to break the roads in

_was blown out of her course by the same | fight for it, I backed my main-yard, and lay ,a8 his honor bad referred to encouraged, as) winter as to make or repair them ia sum-

| gale that put me in the fix. ‘she was, and it would have been lucky for |

have sailed right through them with the

However, here | '00 abreast of the ship. I certainly might) they were not only necessary for the aecom-/ mer. {t is likely that a Bill om the subject

modation of temperance people, but for, will originate in the other House, and if any

her if ours had bean the only eyes that saw | wind [ had, but I owed them an old grudge, | others who did not wish to call at taverns; | plan can be devised » pen the present

-ber. When first [ sighted her, it struck | me at ouce that her captain must be a

“stranger in those seas, or he never would| ‘Wo good hours gave it to them well: it, Well, | must have been a pretty sight for a looker |

| have taken his ship into such a trap.

and as my blood was up, I resolved to pay

it then and there. So there I lay, and for

/and he would go further and say, that houses | law from being so shamefully evaded or neg- (of that kind, which do not sell intoxicating lected, I will give it my support, liquors, should get tree livenses. |present law were faithfully enforced, I do Petition laid on the table. not think there would be inuch to complain Hon. Mr. Beer aise presented a petition of | of ; and if I were to suggest a law to exempt

if the

'L badu’t wind enough to lift the hair on aj 9" the little brig laying there blazing! divers inhabitauts of Township Nv. 37, pray- | my own constituency, it would be looked up-

‘baby's head, aud so I couldn't go to her ‘assistance. [ had only one serviceable boat. | |and it would have been mere maduess to go!

away, aud the ugly awkward junks pulling round ber on every side, firing like mad, aad the Chiuamen shouting almost as loud

ing ,for the establishment of a small debt | on as partial legislation and favoritism, and court at Mount Stewart Bridge. | the legislature would aut agree to it; but if

Hon. Mr. Golf presented a petition ef di-, the ether branch of the legislature bring for- | vers inhabitants of Township No, 62, pray- ward a more effectual measure, 4 will gwe it

| Ab! that mid life's outward splendor, And its glitter, bright to view,

We had more of yearning tender For the beantiful and true ;

15 bhds Choice Demerara Rum,

15 do DeKuyper Gin.

Teaxs—All sums under £90, three months; over | £W, six months’ credit, on approved joint notes.

in amongst those fellows with a single boat, jas their guns. They made a tremendous }and vothing but small arms. L kuew that noise, but they didu’t do us much damage, | we were safe, at least until they had takeu/ While on the other hand my boys, who were ‘her, for I felt certain from the first that/! trained to work the guns, sent every

| ing for an amendment to the license law. On motion of the Hon. Mr. Goff, a com-

| mittee was appointed, consisting of the Hon.

Messrs. Goff, Palmer, and Dingwell, to

The following start/ing aud emphatic statements | can be seen st our office.

Letter of Rev. E F Crane, Chaplaia of the 107%b Horse! Horse! New-York Regiment (PPHE Subseriver has FOR SALE a)

Nas Acev a Crank, March 4th, 1863. | THOROUGH BRED CART COLT, 3 years |

Owing te the great axyurure and teribi decom: | 01d of Whe ott Chat i i bone positive after the battic of Antietam, I was utterly | stock for the country cauuot be imported. prostrated and very ack. My stomach would not te” Terms liberal. An article called Plantation Bit-| ‘ ters, prepared by Dr. Drake, of New York, was | yey Ba A... prescribed to give me strength and anappetite. To i gave me immediate relief Two bottles almost all. wed me to join my regiment ee .

WIILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer. | Ch'town, April 25, ‘64. isl }

Horse !

! retain medicine. GEORGE COLES.

4ar

loternational Steamship Company.

my great surprise the

I have siace seen them used in many eases, aud am free to say, for hospital or prifute | purposes, I kaow of nothing like them.

Bav. E. F. Crane, Chaplain.

Two Trips a Week. | prae Splendid sea-going STEAMERS | “NEW ENGLAND,” Exos Fircp, Master, | “i _ jtand “NEW BRUNSWICK.” E. Bo Wisxcuesten, |

Letter from the Rev. N. E Gitps, St. Clairs-( yaster, willleave Reed’s Point Wharf on Mosp+y | ville, Ps. : land THUxsvay mornings, at8 o'clock, until further notice.

GextLewen;—You were kind enough, on a former | FARES: oceasion, to seud me s lalf dosen botiles of Plauta- | From St. John to Eastport,.... iced $1 50 tion Bitters fur $350. My wife having derived | “ ° Pine soynnies 4 00 | ‘ as OS elie instal |

much benefit from the use of these Bitters, I desire | By Steamer and Railway to oston,..6 00 ber to continue them, and you will please send us| > All fures and freights payable in New Brans- | ; b ; L | wick currency. cr six bottles more for the money inclosed J 8. CARVELL, Agent. T wo, very truly, yours, April 16, 1864 tf N. E. Giros, Pastor Ger. Ref. Church. a. ne apeeaaen apse ieee Flower Seeds! Flower Seeds! Seipiens’ Home, Superintendent's Office MEKINNE oie Cincisvati, Oliv, Jan. 1Sth, 1863. : M. W KINNER ha received | : f . ver Steamer “ HEATHER * * ¢ © © T have given your Plactation | peLLE.” THIS MORNING, in addition toa large | Bitters tu hundreds of our noble soldiers whe stop | aszortwent of FRESH GARDEN SEEDS, a large | bere, more or less dissiled from various causes, and variety of the effect is marvellour and gratifying. CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. — Such # preparation us this is I heartily wish in| tH Au early call will secure a choice. every family, in every hospital, and at hand ov | Fur eale at the CASH DEUS = tee every battle field | Charlottetown, P. EL, G@. W.D. Axpaews, Superintendent. a th, 1864

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Dr. W. A. Cainps, Sargeon of the Tenth Vermon | Regimeut, writea :—‘'[ wish every soldier had « buttle of Plantation Bitters. They are the must effective, perfect, and harmless tonic I ever used.’’

Witctarp’s Horet, Wasurseton, D C., May 22d, 1863.

Gastiewes :—We require another supply of your Piautation Bitters, the popularity of which daily increases with the guesis of our house.

F.capectfully, Sreus, Caapwice & Co. dc. ac. ike. de. de.

Be sure that every Lettie bears the fac-simile of our signature on a stec! plate labei, with our private Mamp over the cork,

P. HW. DRAKE & Co, 202 Broadway, N. Y¥.

Suld by all respectable Druggists, Physicians, Grocers, Hotels, Saluens, and country dealers. Sept. 14, 1863.

BARGAINS

| Edward Road, and lying about a mile from Char-

| moat VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS, situate on ithe West side of Queeu Square, directly opposite ithe City Hall, baving a frontage on Queen Street

ROYALTY LOTS. Te LET, for such term of years as may be agreed on, and either in whole or in part, that BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED FARM, be- longing to the Subscriber, fronting on the Mount

lottetewn. It contains about 70 acres, 40 of | which are improved and m a high state of culti- | vation. On the premises are two large barns. For terms, &e., apply to JOHN LONGWORTH. Charlottetown, Oct. 26, 1863.

RARE OPPORTUNITY! Valuable Real Estate.

pure subscriber is authorized by the | Misses Stewanr to offer FOR SALE those |

of about 119 feet, and on Grafton Street of about 30 feet, together with the DWELLING HOUSE and premises thereon, now occupied by Mrs. Cairns us aa Hotel. This property is so well known that further description ix unnecessary ; sulfice it to say, that those Lots far exceed in value any building Lote to be had in this City, situate as they are in the very ceutre of trade, within a few steps of all the public buildings, the Post Office, City and Leyisia- tive Halls, and commanding aview of the Harbour,

IN BOOTS & SHOE ™ ( TS Ss KS. Rivers and surrvanding country, which for beauty : and extent is unsurpassed ; and as @ situation for

RINFREW HOUSE |

Ladies’ Elastic Side Serge Boots, Ladies’ Balworal Serge Boots, Ladies’ Side Jace Serge Boots, Ladies’ Kid & Patent Boots, Grained Calf & Kip BOOTS ; Ladies’ Calf & Puteat Shoes, | Ladies’ Calf & latent Slippers, Misses’ Serge Bouts, Misses’ Calf Boots, Misses’ Pateat Boots ; | Children's Boots & Shoes in great variety. Men's Cait & [arent Congress Buots, Men’s Calf & Patent Brogaus, Boys’ Brogans, ete.

We are now offering the above goods ut COST, teake room for Spring Importations !

DELANY & WILSON, Geeat George Stree, Chitown, May 2, 1864.

Eacourags Home Manufacture. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Soap & Candle Factory. "Pi ONDERSIGNED would call the

attention of Lmporters, aud the public gene-

SOAP and CANDLES

manufactured at the ube ve vatablishment, confident that for quality and price they cunnot be ah J 3. CARVELL. tf

_Lbar'tewn, Feb. 15,1864, VESSEL WANTED! TO ry Coal from PLUTOU to SHE

LAC aay 5 wy HO) Wo 1000 C8,» OARVELL.

April 18, 1569. _ pee ial ft eh

TIMOTILY SEBD!!!

4) BAGS of TIMOTHY SEED, for tale by J. 8. CARVELL.

_ April 18, 164

pro isl tf CANVASS. _ Q{) BOLTS No. ) test Navy SAIL CLOTH, M4 de No. Deo Do

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e > No. 3 Do - Nos. ito7 Do Low for Cusi we. Apply t oe OF Pe gg 8. DAVIES. Stherown, Maret L4, 1864. bw Rum! Rum!!! Arew 1 UN /HEONS of superior old’ DEME J sale b UMEKAKA RI Mi formate oy LES,

Also st hie Brewery, Whisscy, Ui and Ale, Webewsry 15, 1964.

an Hotel, which the intended speedy completion of the Railroad from Pictou to Truvo will render an enterprize uot more of necessity than of sure and yreat remuneration, is not to be equalled in the Is- land. This property will be soldi.. one entire Lot, | or will be divided w suit purchasers. ‘Terms easy. | For further particulars enquire of W. A. Jony- | sTONE, Esq., Queen Square. — May 2, 1564. eas: deat > of Miles y ! A Freehold Farm — , . FOR SALE.

YONSISTING of 175 acres of FRONT | LAND, in a high state of cultivation, with a| vod DWELLING HOUSE, BARN, COACH | 1OUSE, THRESHING MACHINE, and all other)

requisites suitable fora Farm. Also, One hundred acres of WOOD LAND, in the rear, situate on the | South side of Elliot Kiver, about seven miles from | Charlottetown, and quite near two Public W harves, for shipping Produce, Ke, The above property is well worth the notice of any person wishing ST purchase a good Freehold Property, being the ~ tate of the late J.C. WRIGHT. Esq. Fime wiil |

be given for two-thirds of the Purchase Money. Eugquire at the Otlice of Henny Patmen, Enq. or |

ut the residence of the Sabseriber in. Prince Street. CATHERINE WRIGHT, Executrix. |

Ch'town, April 25, 1864. dui ts

Freehold Property for Sale. | PENH, front of the Farm owued by the { laté JAMES ANDERSON Esqr ; on T TY ACRES, (more or less.) and 1b posses: | eT een at is now offered ~ Sale. The property is so well known that scarcely any Sonido is needed, It has a frovt on St. creer 8 | Bay of ‘Twenty-five chains, and not es _ oi quarter of a mile from the entrance of the | = w | and abundance of sea manure heaps wp on its Trout | every season, which can be brought on the ee very couveniently by means of an excellent slip in| the bauk, through which a horse can bring auy loud. The road once known as the * Old Ferry | Road” leade from the road which rans to the a4 bor, and passes by the rear of the ubove land, lead- ing to the Buy, and thas fitting it for s besiness | place, expecially a fishing situation. The whole of | the ubove i in a high state of cultivation, and can he kept so ws = abundance of nauure thrown up | i vy the sea. onthe edd * Property will be sold by PUBLIC | AUCTION, on the Twenty. first day of JULY nest, | at the hoar of One o'clock, by the undersigued, on |

' ata CHARLES ANDERSON. | St. Peter's, April 18, 1864.

Pasture Lot for Sule. |

rEXO be so'd by PRIVATE SALE, that! I heautifally situated PASTURE LOT, No. 42, | in the Royalty of Charlottetown, having a front of | Ki chains on the Western side of the Mount Ed- | de Road, and extending back by oeelet tines | t nt ebaine t» the property of G. W. De aie nat and directly frontung a, snidcom x he

’ jul Secretary. 7°. 4

coder tc Sa he to suit Pntending purchasers. | Shoe ie of MAY NENT, it will then be offered |

rublic Auction on the premises.

“7 Plan of the Property ean be ae at ~ Office | of the Hou, Dr, Yorou, oF at the Vllice v

More of earnest striving ever

For true greatness, throned afar, Less of pitiful eudeavor

To seem other than we are!

Litt’e worth our gifts and labors If we value them alone For the howaye of our neighbors, And the glitter round us thrown ; He alone is truly lifted O’er the crowd in heart and mind, Who, with power and patience gifted, Seeks the good of all mankind. tii gn ih ms LOVELINESS IN DEATH. She slept, but not kind nature's sleep, Friendship could only hope—and weep ; That hope was vain, the vital power Was wasting with the wasting hour.

Her lids unclosed, she breathed no sound, But calmly looked on all around,

And each in sileuce sweetly blest— Then closed her eyes, and sunk to rest.

Gone was the life sustaining breath, But oh, how beautiful was death ; Mortality had passed away,

But there a sleeping angel lay.

No voice the slumbering silence broke But life in every feature spoke ;

For death itself appeared to be Radiaut with immortality.

The countenance a vlory wore, A loveliness anknown before ; So perfect, so divinely fair,

A suinted sou] seeined present there.

On that calm face were still imprest The last emotions of the breast ; There siill the parting impress lay, Of fond affection’s lingering st ay.

And still did resignation speak Serenely from the placid cheek ;

Ard kind benevolence was there, With humble faith and trusting prayer.

Oh how did beauty's softest bloom— So uncongenial with the tomb— With love and piety unite,

And sweet repose and culm delight.

If sleep there be in realms above,

This was the sleep that angels love ; Mortal ne'er dreamed a dream like this, Of perfect, pure, celestial bliss.

Loved spirit! while thy friends remain

On earth, we cannot meet again ;

But oh, how blest their souls will be

That pass through deaths like thine to thee.

_ THE MATE’S STORY.

»’

We were leaving Ualcutta, and after pass- ing the Sand heads, when the anchors hed teen catted and fished and everything made snug, We passengers clustered aft, and began to chat about our previous nautical exper- iences. While we were so occupied, the chief mate came up, and looking round upon the fair faces of vur lady companions, shook his head, uud said:

*[ would never take a woman [ loved to

| sea in these latitudes.’

We pressed him to give us his reason, and after some hesitation he complied) The story he related is this, and L give it as nearly as | can remember, in his owa words :

Lo the year—well, never mind what year, but some time ago, | had occasion to take a ship from Shanghze to Macao. Perhaps [ am wrong in calling bee a ship, for the Bounce was ouly a brig of some two hun- dred and fifty tous burthen. But she was a clipper, aud no mistake—on a wicd, or sailing free, it mattered little which, there was vot a vessel in these seas that could take the wind out of her suils. [ knew the character of the craft we were likely to meet, and didu't go unprepared. The little Bounce garried six carronades aud a long tweive- pounder that worked on a slidiag traverse, besides a sinall arsenal of rifles, revolvers, and cutlasses. I bad for a crew, eight Kuropeaus and as many Lasears, and though the latter, of course, are uot half so guod as Knglishien, stil] they fight like devils when they know there is no quarter shown if they are worsted. Well, we had made a pretry

offing, fur 1 didn’t care to stick to the land too much, when it came on to biow great guns and small aruns, and I was forged to stand out to sea. The gule con-

tinued for the better part of two days, aud | when it bruke, aud [ got aa opportunity of

taking an observatiou, I fouad myself some fifty miles oa the wrong side of the Island of Formosa, which lays in about 23° North latitude, ‘There was nothing for it but to stand in again through Formosa chanuels, although L knew that io doing this I must go nearer than L liked to a group of Islands called the Pratas, which are infested by # tut of those piratical juoks. thinking about, it however, so f contented myself by loading the carronades and ‘the Chinaman’s Pill Box,’ as we bad

rot be sold by Private Sule before ‘christened the long twelve, and then open away.

ing the wagagzive aud arming the hands, I ran in under the top-gallaut suils. As luck would have it, we made the Islands iu the

|there were pirates there, and that they would overmatch th» English, [ was equally ‘vertain. As we couldu’t do anything else, | we got our glasses, and prepared to watch _them. Aud sure enough, the first time I | used the telescope, L saw the little streamers 'the Chinamen carry oo their mast heads. fluttering above the tree-tops. I was pretty well use! to their ways, and knew where to look, tor they generally frequent the same sort of places. The captuim of the ship. though, did not notice them, or if he did, had made up bis mind to make a push for it. On he went, right in between the [slands, and still the pirates gave no sign. Pre- ‘sently, just as | was wondering at their silence, the ship seemed to strike, I saw it all then, the devils had spread their nets across the chaunel, and the ship was caught. But a puff of wiud sprang up for a mowent, and she moved ahead again a little. She had broken the first net, but only to b- brought up by the second. Then the China- meu gave tongue!—Uut of the wooded creeks—round the jutting caves—through che narrow passages, came the junks with their black sails, and blood red streamers— before—behind—on al! sides—pu ling like | tigers, and yelling like fieuds—on they came | —firing their mateblocks aud brandishing | their long knives —[ declare it wade my ‘blood buil to see them, and to think that | | was out of the skrimmage, and the mate | wiped his forehead, on which the perspir- lation had yathered, covjared up by the |mere recollection: ‘* Well,’ he resumed, ‘they kuow their danger now on board the ship,’ but it was too late. The formest junk was not above a cable's length from the ship, when suddenly a puff of white smuke spurted from the side of the clipper, and another, wud then another. Bang! bang! bang! went the guns, but [ could tell by the re- port that they were only light pieces, still, | for the moment, it checked the rascals; one of the junks had a hole between wind and water, and the beats stopped to take her crew out of ber. This gave the English- man a little time, and he made good use of it. The Chinamen, however, were too numerous to be daunted, aud came on again fiercer than before. In another minute they were swarming round the ship, and then, as the muskets rattled out from her decks, in answer to the pirate’s matchiocks, the swoke became so thick that [ could no longer see how the fight was going. 1 kuew pretty well how it must end, though, for those fellows never stop until they have either taken the ship or been nearly all killed in the attempt. Aud there [ lay, like a man tied hand and foot, seeing a tellow prisoner being executed, with the comforting assurance that bis owa turn will come next. I! ever L prayed for wind it was then, for it was hard to lay there and know that my countrymen were being butehered, and [ not able to strike a blow in their behalf. Still the firing went on | under the murky veil that now pare alike friend and foe, bur L fancied it grew | fainter, aud more intermitteat. Now [| thought, the pirates have beaten them off | the torecastie—-tben asa fresh burst rang | out, L thought they might be makiag a stand | on the main deck—as | was pacing the deck, |

my life, L was glad to see a heavy squall: | jbrewing. Down [ jumped; * Louse the royal, one of you,’ said [, * look to the caps | ‘of your smail arms, ['m going in, and we'll | | see if Jon Chinaman likes his pills. Don't

|touch the halyards, boys, let eversthing | istand, look to your guns aud the squall will | |do the rest.’ Ln another minute it struek us, | | it was a pretty heavy one, but [ only prayed (that it might last loug enough to earry us ‘through the vets, aud held on every inch ot ‘canvass. In five minutes we were rushing | ‘down on the junks, with square yards, | ‘carrying the wind with us, Ua we went, | the squall increasing, as if the seuder kuew

| he urgency of our need—on we went, and as we neared the ship, we still hésrd the | sharp, echoing crack of the rifles, and the | | duller report of the matchlocks ;—the worst | ‘of it was that, owing to the smoke, I ,could’ut see where the ship lay, and so did wot dare to fire, lest I should bit her, and

| shouid have been loath to spare Joba

| Chinamen a ball that day. We had got to the edge of the smoke, which was slowly ‘lifting before the wind we brought with us, | when suddeoly the firing ceased, and a) cheer rose that never came from the throats We know then that the

lof Koglishmen. ‘ship was taken—I looked round—* Lads,

said I, ‘ what do you say, shall we? | «All right, Captain! go ahead!’ was the!

Jt wae no good answer, and with that 1 stepped up to the long twelve, and teliiag the men not to fire, all at once, but always to keep half the, guns loaded, L waited for the smoke to clear I didn’t care about firing into the

ship theo, for [| knew there woulda’t be ‘many Europeans aboard of her, and so, when [ got a sight of the long black hull,

WILLIAM FORGAN. | nih, aud might have got safely past them and saw the griuning rascals clambering up

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May 7, 1564.

{shot well home, and made the old junks ‘stagger again, At last the pirates began

to get tired, and slackened their fire, and then [ loaded with canister and bags of

nails, and gave it to them, as lads like their

grog, hot and strong. Well, at the end of two hours seven juuks were suok, and as many more disabled. How many Cnina-

men were killed, it would be impossible to | Pe

say, for they were clustered so thickly to- gether, and the range was so short, that we conldn’t meet them. At last they seemed

to think they had enough of it, and gra-|

dually drew off through the winding pas- sages und intricate chaunels between the islands, firing at us as they went. Of course [ had no intention of following them, but, as soon as they were gore, and we had ‘ime to look around us, [ put the boat over and weut on board the ship, As we came alongside, [ hailed her, but there was no reply, and [ jumped on deck and looked round to see if there was any of the pirates left behind ; but there was no living man iv that ship. The deck, fore and aft, was a perfect shamble, the scuppers were filled with half coagulated blood, and the planks slippery with the same. I had seen pleaty of fighting in my time, but this made me shudder. Lt was evident that they had made a deperate resistance, for here and there, where the crew had made a stand, were heaps of dead Chinamen piled up in front of the white men's corpses. Close to the cabin door lay three men—one secmed to be the captain of the vessel, a young man of about seven or eight and tweuty years of age, as near as | could judge, the others

looked like the first and second officers ; |

they ail had revolvers in their stiff hands,

across the cabin door, and a dark frown was | on his fage, as if he had died in guarding) the eutrance. and eutered the cabin. It had evidently been haudsomely fitted up, but even in the short time the villains had, they had con-| trived to smash or spoil everything in it. | Splendid mirrors, bandsome orn ments, | carved tables, lay broken and strewn about the deck. But still L met no living thing. L looked iato the state-rooms, round the saloon, but thouyh they all bore marks of recent occupancy, they were all empty. At) last, as | was turning to go out, almost sick | with what L had seen already, L chanced to spy a closed dvor, which, from its likeness to the panels surrounding it, [ had not be- fore noticed. I went up to it and opened | it. ‘The dead light in the side was closed, |

| and coming out of tke full glare of day, 1) could not at first see objects very distinctly | in the dusk of the interior. But as my eyes)

grew accustomed to the faint light, [ saw |

what seemed to be the form of a woman | should hold a subordinate position,

kneeling against the bed-place. [ thought | at first that perhaps she had shut herself in there, and had been overlooked by the Chinamen. I went towards her, and laid | my hand on her shoulder. thinking her in a) fainting fit. but she never stirred. [ shook | her, and her head, which had been bent) down in the attitude of prayer, with her | hands clasped above it, fell back oo her| shoulders. O what a face that was! A young woman, and pretty, with long fl wing

trying in vain to pierce the thick eloud tha: |hair, bat such an expression of intense an- | hung over them, [ fancied the sky looked | guish L never before saw ou the features of/ 75) Mr. Ramsay, from the Special Com- darker—L[ turned, and for the first time in | °F human being, aud hope never to 8e@! mittee appointed ty examine what laws have |

again. [ was surprised that she did not!

| fall, aud theu it strack ee that she must be | following report :—

tied, TL passed my band down her back, and when about half way to her waist, it strack | against something hurd. I felt, but could not make it out. until suddenly the truth flashed upon me — it was the handle of a

reese !

bed-place.

how. Afterwards, in spite of the pirates, I took the body of the poor girl ashore, aud buried it.

I Jost two men in that affair, but saved my ship.

And now you have my reason for advis- seus,

‘The ship, [ afterwards discovered, was the Aristides, of New Brunswick, and the youug woman wus the wife of the Captain. The vessel had a valuable cargo, but | dared uot

stop by her, as | knew the pjrates would |

s00a retura iv greater force than ever, and it would have beeu useless to attempt to

take her out. ee

COLONIAL LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

( Continued.) Fear, April 8th. Hon. Mr. Bexr, by leave, presented » pe- tition of certain independent electors of New Glasgow and vieinity, praying for an altera- tien in the liquor licenge iaw. His honor, on rising to move that the petition be laid on the tuble, remarked, that it was [requent-

whom were referred all the petitions praying for an amendment to the license law, to re- | port thereon.

| Hon. Mr. Beer presented a petition of Charles Young and other members of the Grand Temple of the Independent Order of Good Templars, of P. E. Island, praying for an Act of [Incorporation similar te that gramt- ed in 1952 to the Order of the Suns ef Tem- rince.

Hon. Mr. Dixewett, on rising to second a motion, that the petition be laid on the ta- ble, suid he had no objection to support the prayer of the petition; but he did not see any distinction between the Good ‘lemplars and the Sons of Temperance. Though they were known by different names, they had the sume object in view ; and as that object wae a good one, he thought they had a right to receive every encouragement which the legis- lature could afford them.

Hon. Mr. Gorr would always be happy to support any measure for the encouragement of temperance, end he would support # Bill to ineorporats the Goud Templars; they and the Sons of Temperance had the same object in view, but there was some novelty about the former which might induce some persons to join that order who would not join the Sons of Temperance, though that Order bad been a long time in existence, and had no doubt done a great deal of good on this Is- land.