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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, March 7, 1864.

1863. —__ LITERATURE, I

iterature, and Alews,

5 New Series,---No. 14.

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| Rosenthal, the right-hand man of the monster | part, though wreathed in dark smoke, and earth. In the year 937 the wall, we ave ‘company, was a well-knowa petsunage in jicked by tongaes of flame that crawled up told, was strengthened by Queen Thyra, | Copenhagen, and bis visit caused some excite- | the whole front of the mansion, bad uot yet whom the people, in their thankfallness for | ment among us. It was whispered, on what, ignited. the national dofence, christened Danabod,

At a window in the uppermost story were |

Fall & wiNTER GOODS [ NSURED AT COPENHAGEN,

— : : The hard Danish winter, with its dark A LARGE SUPPL rater

THOMAS'S OLD: I Sly. GREAT GEORGE STREET. FAL g WINTER 1989-PI 7 ATER, |

authcrity Ldo not know, that the dwelling, as_ | well as the valuable effects in the ware-bouse, dimly visible two haman forms, whose flut- | and especially those lately unloaded from the | tering and light coloured garments proclaimed |

which, literally translated, means the pride of the Danes ; and, 2s a proof of the extreme antiquity of the structure, I have myself

DELANY & WILSO WILLIAM FULL a Vi NG com] leted their FAL L He 4 ti MPORTATIONS, per Parorgss from HA} ING completed per * THERESA” LIveRr yOL.. Uranus from LONDON, ane aud ‘** PRIORSSS," his Stock ef BRITISH §& FOREIGN MERCHANDIZE,

evesets trom Bt STON avd HALIFAX, beg te} call the attention of the public to treir

Now offers the same to the public at the LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH.

Extensive Stock of

DRY GOODS,

jskies, deep snows, and ice-hound waters, or

sila passed by. It was the gayest,and at the same NEW GOopDs,

JUST RECEIVED

AT THE

LONDON HOUSE.

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goods were stored, ] found my hands pretty’ fall. Mr. Wallis bad toid one or two old Stand formerly Dempsey’s, opposite Apothe-| clerks to see that the English boy learned | the business, and it was not their fault if 1) did pot know a Memel log from a ton ot | Russian tallow, while | became quite a judge |

| time the healthiest season at Copenbagen, | sured tor an immense amount. and I found my life a reasonably pleasant | Herr Rosenthal, as he walked about arm in | that we could see that one of them was Annie | collected from the barrows or earth mounds one. In office-houts, or rather in working- | @™™ with our principal, appear to throw any | hours, for much of my duties led me to the | difficulties in the way ; on the contrary, he pretty girlish face, deathly white with ‘error, were spear points wrought out of splinters of |docks or the warehouses where the bulky | Seemed readily to accede to all which Mr.,and waved her arms beseechingly. The | flint no thicker than paper knives, and worked

| Blue Eyed Jane, of Liverpool, were to be in- | them to be females; but it was not until a |

mal seen at Flensburg a splendid collection of Nor did | sudden gust of wind cleared away the smoke | flint arrow-heads and axes which have been :

Annie it was, and she stretched out her/io the immediate neighbourhood. There

Willis advanced, and the clerk’s work was other, a young Danish woman, one of the | sharper than the best steel. [lere we wera merely of a formal nature. ‘fewale servants, seemed stupified with fear, shown the knuckle-bone-like stones which

That very night, as L was undressing in my | and clung fast to the sash motionless. The | had been used to separate the fine layers of own room, at a later hour than common, | fire-men were busy ; their helmets glanced | the siliceous earth from the solid mass, and since [ had been to the theatre with Baron in the fierce light, and their engines fung which were found embedded in these same Stahl, I missed my. bunch of keys, some of; water incessantly on the fumes, but their toil barrows with the very flint chip beside them

° Groceries, Hardware, Furs, The GOODS 1 satin aes cary’s Hall, Upper Queen Street. F ‘he GOFE S having been purchased on the — Boots & Shoes, Hats & Caps, best Terms, are confidently offered to compare Il rAS7Z AR Dd de vo. cde. with auy iu the market. His Stock includes, in : 17 FALE ES

AS RECEIVED, per URANUS from

—— COMPLISING ——

of cider down, bartila, Pomeranian awber,| Which unlocked my desk, trunks, and so, was in vain.

that the peopie, thousands of years before,

Ladies’ Dress Materials in all the new styles, Coloured and Black Cobourgs, W eles, Alpacas, French Merinos,

. “= Staple Dry Goods,

Cotton’ Warp, Grey Cottons, Striped and White

Shirtings, Tickings, Denims, Drills, Fleeey Cot

tous, Printed Cottons, Ginghams, Red, White and

L LONDON, GAZELLE, and THERESA from LIVERPOOL, a large

and white Livonian brandy. My spare time forth, and which { had no doubt feft im the

and selected | Was very much at my own disposal, and my counting-house ; indeed, [-could vaguely re- |

Danish and Duteh friends had taught me to | member having quitted the office in a hurry, ip consequence of some unexpected errand,

Mr. Willis, pale, haggard, with frantic bad broken from the integral block. Here, gestures, was appealing ty the crowd. Many | moreover, we saw the slabs of stone the old | of the bystanders knew him weil, and in pity | Celts had used to grind their spearheads on /would have removed bim from the spot by | to the sharpest possible points, grooved with

| Fancy FLANNELS, Towellings, Table Linens, White and Colored Damasks, Blankets, Rugs, &c.

| Dress Materials,

Including Winceys, Plain and Plaid; Coburgs, Kuickerboeker, Fouland Lustres, Camilets, Alex andra Cloth, Black and Coloured Lustres. &¢., &e., with DRESS TRIMMINGS and LININGS in

great vuriety

Delaines, Ac. &c. Ac Shawls, Mantles, Bounets, Hats, Plomes, Flowers, Ribbons, Bounet Borders, Gloves, Hosiery, Woollen Hoods, Sootags, Skating Caps. Polka and Garibaldi Jackets, &c.

Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, lu Cloths, weeds, Clothing, Fur Caps in great

variety of styles and quality. Mofflers, al Lambs’ Wool Under Clothing, Ladies Mantles, White Shirta, Coliars, Ties, | Black and Coloured Cloth, Tweed, &c.; Mantle

Cloths & Cloakings, in Black and Coloured Cloths; Alexandra Cloth, Seai Cloths, in all quantities.

Ladies’ Shawls,

Noth, Tweed, Cashmere, Paisley, &e

Furs, \ select assortment of, in Mountain Martin, at all prices; Sea side boas, Ermine and white. Ladies’ Fashionable Felt Hats,Plainand Fancy Doonets,&e¢ Ladies Guribaldi Jackets, Sontags & Hoods, Winter

Searfs, Silk Handkerebiets, Faney Tweed & Flannel Shirts, braces, Rubber i Coata, Me. &e | Including «<r se SE ADP LIECSs, Grey and White Cotten, Striped Shirting, Prints | Ginghaims, Bed Tick, Canvass, Osnaburg, Tewellings, Table Cloths, White, Red, & Pascy Flannel, &e. &e. &e.

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Men's, Women's & Children’s So ory ., Peer Scarfs, Bonnet hibbeus, all eotors amd widths. Boots, Shoes & Rubbers, Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, sata BPs ar In ready-made CLOTHING, in great variety; | Skeleton Skirts & Cane Hoops, | Piney Flannel SHIRTS, Gloves, Ties, Scarts Very i Collars. &e.. HATS & CAPS, in Fur, Far Trimmed, ery Uneaup. Cloth, Feit, &e

SIRO CLRIIIECS, |

Tea (warranted superi-r quality), Sugar (very!

Boots and Shoes,

In Ladies’, Gent's, and Children’s, of all kinds

bright), Molasses, To aceo, Crushed Sugar : wt nt : , ’ Sugar, IPTRa Seap, Candles Starch, Pepper, Mus- FAMILY GROCERIES. tard, Baking & Washing Seda; A larve and varied assertment of, comprising prime Raisins, Currants, Spices, | Congou TEA, Brown aud White Sugurs, Coffee, a. ae oe Kuisims, Curranta, &c. &c. Ke

t¥ The above Goods are offered at Whole jsale and Retail, at THOMAS’S OLD STAND,

LIARDWARE.

Cut and Wreught Nails. all sizes, Plough Mowat-

ing, Chain Traces, Rape, Weaver's Reeds. ) GREAT GEORGE STREET. aint, Oil, Putty, Glass, Gunpowder, | ; WILLIAM FULL. Shot, &c.. &c., Ke

Charlottetown, Nov. 16, 1863.

Christmas Presents ;

AND

. New Near'’s Gifts.

Homespum taken tu exchange for Goods. nae The bighest price paid in Cash for Fur

well please take particular

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notice of the Sign

[He Castomers

STOCK of BRITISH DRY GOODS | skate and to shoot wild-fowl as adroitly as- Dy /could be expected from a tyro in his first sea- Fancy Goods, Jewellery, Stationery, | Son. One especial friend [ had, a young | Groceries and Hardware ‘officer in the Royal Guards, Baron Stahl by All having been carefully selected direct from | "'"® nod | whom 1 adesired, as: boys only | the Manutactories, and purchased on the best | °*" admire those whoeeem to them ba pears terms, they will be seld at the Lowes’ prices | ‘he physical powers and brilliant gifts which FOR CASH, a liberal discount made to whole-! the young value the most. Stahl was a fine, sale customers, comprising a large Stock of | dashing fellow, with a bold bronzed face, a Superfine and jready wit, and the courage of w lion. He

. ‘ i q e roud- ured d sntiv e, | Winter Cloths & Coatings, was very ¢ natur and attentive to m

/taught me to ride, lent me books and guns, | in al) the jatest styles;

| gave me tickets for the opera, and was never | tired of bearing me describe the queer old- | ‘world house where 1 lived, and — Annie |

. | Willis. In| That, no dowht, was the heart of the mys- | tery. Lt was because 1 was pretty Annie's | | boy-friend domiciled under the same roof, | ‘that the baron, older, cleverer, in all ways | superior to myself, sought my company. But | I never guessed the true cause. My youth- | |ful vanity was gratified by the captain’s | | friendly preference, and [ did not conjecture | \the real reason of it. Stahl, whom | had | ‘first met at Mr. Willis’s bouse, never was | ‘asked there again, and seldom saw the Eng- | lish merchant's daughter, since he visited | ationg tue noble fumilres of the capital, |

. a 2 while we usually mixed with the chief | :

j . . . | Imdies’ Dress Materials, } in great variety aad newest fashions; SILKS, black and coloured, dresses ard pieces, Knickerbocker Cleth, French Merinos, Alexandra Cloth, Baratbeas, black and coloured, Cleth of Gold, York Repp, Popinettes, &e. &e. &c. Shawls and Mantles, in great variety aud very cheap;

Bonnets, Hats & Caps,

a large assortment in the latest *fashions;

RIBBONS, a choice selection, Ribbon Veivet, Cotton & Suk, Black and —. Coloured Silk Velvets, Terry Velvets, burghers, only less proud and exclusive in) Black German Velvets, d&e. &e. their own way. . ‘ ; French and. other FLOWERS, I have since seen cause to imagine that Borders, Cap Fronts, Cambeig Handkerchiefs Madame {lugaermann, ever intent upon her Gloves. Steel & Muslin @ollare. Hair ’ | son's interests, and shrewd enough to notice Nete: Sleeves: ie Variet¥. |Stabi’s admiration for Annie, bad exert d |

a wits nye ew | her powerful influence to keep aloof a rival | Dress Buttons and Trimmings, mM) ay wight have been eariiatan to poor | ee ee a Nils. But whether A onte was aware of the | page 2 eas ils, Siik Twist | baron’s sentiments, | cannot tell; to all ap- |

re Thread, Reels, &ce. &e. ; | T Seantial oe cea a —

5 eats : O ae ee owards the end of the winter, an incident Ter sistas Porbacaee oceurred which, for the first time, caused |

any member of the family. all of whom, 1 flame, aha! calculated, were by this time probably asleep. ; murdered my own child! Annie, dear Annie, (without going into all the niceties of histor-

‘and no doubt the key was yet in my desic,; force, if néecssary, bat he broke from them | the toils of the workmen, and seeming as if with the rest of the bunch dangling trom it. | crying aloud ; ** Save my daughter! save ber they were destined to tell the present age

‘This was annoying, for there was a particu-|—vnly her, and you shall bave all—ail— how this wonderfully fine workmanship of the lar teank which | desired to open, and | was | even the gold of the Danaeskivid. Ha! that | hardest possible material was execated, In- averse to waiting for the‘morning. Surely || was a brave plot. Well done Jarl, trusty deed, in this collection of works long pre-

‘could easily, with a little care, slip down | Jarl! the old place burns like touchwood. | cedent to history, | saw arrow-heads made ‘stairs, and make my way from the dwelling-) Why, let it burn.

it builds up my fortane out of flint, havdly thicker than mother-of- house to the deserted office without disturbing | again, high as the black smoke ard red pearl, and wrouxhtas sharp as a needle. Wreteh! wretch! I have | « Poe fortress aonsists at the present day

Opening my door very cautiously, and | it was for you | sold my soul to the fiend. joa) detail) of three enormous earthworks taking off my boots, I glided down the oak | Save her! O save her!” | stretching ucross the éntire breadth of the stair-case with noiseless tread, and had got, Whils he raved thus, and every word added | land; they are so arranged as to form the more than hali-way to the counting-house, | fresh evidence to his frenzied gunfession, @ neck, or funnel, with a long outwork to wheo L noticed, with surprise, that a side- | ladder had been brought by some of the sol- res shen: nena shaanel through which the Joor that led into the the range of ware-|diers, and Stahl sprang forward with @0 | troops are ultmately intended to be driver.

houses was ajar, and that a stream of ycllow | energy and passion euch as I had never seen ‘{oward the Baltic, or Bast Sea, there runs : ight flowed through the aperture, while; before, and called in a loud yoiwe for! the Oster-Wolden’ (or east rampart ;’ chis : vulees were conversing within; they were |** volunteers!’ ilies towards the ‘Wekenforde,’ and is some- ;

those of Mr. Willis and Jarl the porter; and| ‘* Volunteers to go to that window with | times called the * Camwel-Dennewerk,’ It is I caught the words injme! Igo first. Who will risk his life to | about two English miies long, the earthworks | save those of women? I only want two? who | being from four feet to five feet high, and | speaks first ?”” ; sixteen yards broad. and beset with @ diteh, do you say the smugglers can fetch i.way the) There was a short, dreadful pause. The | the depth of which varies from six to ten goods from the B/ue-eyed Jane?” | peril svas so extreme that it blanched the feet. Beyond this is the great bay formed Jarl gave a gruff chuckle, and seid some-| cheeks and froze the blood of many & stout by the river Schley, which is so wide that no thing about the hour when the moon went | fellow who was no coward on ordinary ocea- troops could possibly attempt to is, down; but unwilling any longer to play the | sions. Whoever climbed that ladder must | Stretching immediately in front of this is the involuntary part of eaves-dropper, I turned | pass the lower window, from which the flame «+ Kurgraben,’ which is apwards of a mile in back, sped swiftly up tae broad stairs, and | and heat gushed savagely as from the jaws of length, beginning at the end of Selker Lake ; reached my room unseen. | furnace, and the risk of being overwhelmed | )¢ is from 10 feet to 12 feet broad, and from This was on Monday ; and on the Wednes- | by a sudden downfali of burning beams apd 4 fect to 6 feet high. Behind this liee the day following, Madame Hagermann gave a} calcined bricks was no slight oy, | great * Dannewerk ’ itself, which consists of conversazione, which was expected to be un-|, ‘* 1 will go, captain,’ said a soldier who | earthwork not less than 14 miles long. In usually well attended. Mr. Willis, however, had fought uoder Stahl aud others in the | some parts it is from 30 to 36 feet high, and who had seemed in unnaturally high spirits | German war x . the ramparts are from 16 feet to 20 feet for the last day or two, never at rest, never)“ Another ?”* called out the Baron. * We | broad. The whole of these earthworks are silent, but always talking, laughing, ard on | must have one to hold the ladder fast, while immediately in connection from one side of the move, was unable to go; he kad impor- | the work is dune. Quick, quick. No—not | the peninsula to the other, with the river tant business to transact, even ata late huur, | Y°4. my poor boy”? (tor in the excitement of freene, which falls into the Northern Ocean ; besides, he had promised Count Thorn, the | ™Y feelings I had offered the aid of my com- | 80 that the Danish forces have it within their minister, to be one of the guests at his month- | Paratively feeble arm to save poor Annie) ; "power to flood not less than 64 square miles \** | want a man, if there is one here.”’

low as they spoke, passing: ** That I should have fallen so low. Well, it is for dear Annie’s sake! When

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NEW GOODS,

N EW YEAR’S GIFTS,|

FOR FALL isS63.

AT THE

BRITISH WAREHOUSE,

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Extensive Sale of | CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

AND

LAIRD & HARVIE'S

' LT0cokstore,

Mock Ermine, Masqrash Riding Boas & Cutts ; Stone Martin, Monkey, Goat | and Seal Tail Muilz, &¢., Fur

Gloves and Gauntlets. STAPLE

tons, Blankets, Flannels, White and Srriped Shirtings, Skirtings, Prints, Furniture Chintz, Sheetings, Ticks, Sacking, Scotch Carpeting, Hearth Rugs, Mats. Crumb Cloths, Oil Floor Cloth, &e. &e. &Ke.

GOODS — Brown Cot- |

'doubts in my mind respecting the stability | ly reception, which fell, by ill-luck, on the |

of the long-bonoured house of which L was a / same as Madame’s assembly. ‘subordinate. I was returning from = the|—tlenry Wood—must escort Miss Willis and marshes, wet and weary, and thoroazhly oat| Fraulein Muller to the mansion of the rich of spirtts, the ducks had grown shy since the | widow.

thaw, the treacherous ice had broken ander I was dressed in good time, and kicked my wy tread, and caused mea partial immersion | heels in the lonely apartments, wondering, }in slime and re and my game-bag was/in my boyish impatience, at the unconscion-

empty of all bugone sorry soipe, alter hours | able time océupied by the ladies’ toilette, | of trudging. I passed the sharp angle of | when Franicin Muller cante in at last, with

}a brick wall mn the northern suburb, | heard | a vexed air, on her good-humored, homely

. (of land in fromt of the great bulwark of kK Therefore, [; Une of the firemen here came forward, |Sebleswig at a moment’s notice. * But,’ Fi saying that he had daughters of bis own, and | said the Saxon soldiers to the writer, * what bd

would lend a hand for their sake to save | are the use of the sluice-gates in thie time of women in such awful peril; andinamoment | frost?’ On talking with the Danish engin- more the ladder was lifted in the grasp of the | eers, however, they told us they had flooded three adveuturers. vy cq | the country a fortnight before with the thin-

" Look to that unhappy man, cried | nest pellicle of ice, and let the wate? Gue rm Stahl, pointing to Mr. Wailis, whose oatcries | mediately afterwards, so that any troops at- had now been succeeded by inarticulate cries | Leth pting vo cross the country aa be an ot pain. ‘Stand clear, all!’ ‘down by the artillery like corn. Indeed,

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. a i . aa Any pe ene - “| South Side of Queen Square. 2SUBSCRIBERS WAVE JUST! 2, RECEIVED tron LONDON, per Uranze,t PO SS eae _ day, and be continued from LIVERPOOL, per Therese, from G@1,AS- ee aan yee oe GOW, sia Pictou, per Cabot and other arrivals from the States and Hs. ifax,

Their usual extensive Supply of in splendid binding and styles. BRITISH §- FOREIGN A Magnificent Assortment of

MERCHANDIZE, Church Services and Prayer Books, |

In part—

_ PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, |

i

comprising all the requisite articles in STAPLE }

& FANCY GOODS, among whieh will be found . tes ! fe "f°; : i a vy In vyarions styles and bindings, viz: — Moroeco tue Wading slyles and novelties of the seasuvun: . * 5 i

» Welty Pivesd Ucuds Antiqne ; Blue, Green, Parple und Searlet ué ' ae OUCS, | Velvets, Oak sidea, Plain Morocco, Siawle, Mastles, avd Furs, Gilt Rims and Clasps, ete.

Bennet Fronts, late & Capa, eo Fe pee os Seach @h Chclere Soehin L dies” Reticules, |‘ Hosiery & Haberdashery, Writing Desks, Gentlemen’s Collars, Ties and Searts, rats i | ihe anditieamadibeentio, Walking Canes, mounted

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3500 Pieces wre disposed of, evaprising | READY-MADE CLOTHING, in

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, > . ¢ an j Gentlemen's Tea, Molasses, Coffee, Crushed &

|a voice say in shrill quivering accents: |

? | ** Have nothing ge do with it, Brother Lsaac : it te a rotten feed, the house of Willis and Booman.’’

“The Gentile hound spoke me fair, and | proffered good interest for the money,”’ said olone Geta : ‘ a deeper voice hard by, and though both DWAR K-—Iron, Steel, Glass, |} wen spoke in Damsh, I had learned cnongh Putty, Paints, Oils, Turpentine, Nails, Svikes, /of the language to comprehend them, and by Brads, Tacks, Sheet Iron, Wire, Gig & Cait | peeping round the cotuer could see the per-

Bushes, Chaia Traees, Back Chains, Halter }sons whom [ had overheard —a big, black- Chains, Grey & Wilkie’s Plough Mount | whiskered man, and another, bent and with- nig, Haines, Bridles, Bits, Whips, l ered, with a long gray beard. 1 recognized Knives & Forks, Scissors, &c, the latter as Reuben Munch, a Jewish dealer ALSO, jin curiosities, whom the boys of the town) often jeered and hooted, but who was noto- | rious for his wealth, and was reputed tu lend money at buge interest | * He said,’’ parsued the other, **he only needed the sum to make up a bill on’? ——

Paper - Hangings English make, very cheap and good.

Over-Cvoats, Shooting Coats, Pants, Vests, Shirts, Collars, Drawers, Under Shirts, Water-proof Coats aud Sheets, &c.

Moist Sugar, Rice, Pear! Barley, Mustard, Pepper, Nutmegs, Spices (ground and un- ground), Raisins, Currants, Citron, Starch,

| hastened. | though sinceraly sorry for her charge’s indis-

With a rus they broke into the ring of | (rom what I heard during my stay in Schiea- fire and smoke and ruddy sparks, anJ, undis- | wig, there is not the least doubt that 40,000 : mayed by the glowing heat aud angry Mame, | nen could hold the Dannewerk against 100,- | planted the ladder. They went up—up \0v opposing troops; and from what I saw | through the blinding e.aoke—up through the | myself ot the furtifications, and heard from thinking of joining the gay crowd ; and Miss | scorching beat, through the midst of fiery | the engineers as to the means of flooding the Muller bad vainly exerted all her eloquence | tongues that fastened on the ladder ed they | country, either with a thin sheet of ice or and cajolery for the last hour in a fruitless | went—Stahl foremost, cheering on the others | slough of water, I am convinced that it would effort to persuade her to make an effort. | The ladder was on fire—the walls were riving | require as strong an army as united Germany Was Annte’s headache real? I had often | #04 cracking into ghastly fissures, and once, | could possibly muster to wrestle Schicewig }as the black smoke volieyed out from door | fry Denmark.”’ ——- 202 —-- '

wondered, or was it a mere pretext for av id- | : : ing the party, and the disagreeable presence | and window in dense masses, there was a cry of Nils Hagermann? who had of late bocome | that ail bad perished, and I turned away in| Cowwisstoner to Rome. — The Richmond very pressing in his attentions, urged thereto | despair. V/hen { had looked again, a cheer | Whig, of Feb. 5, contains the following : by the imperious nods and constant hints of broke from the people, and another, and) 4.4) woud be eminently wise on the part iis mother, who desired the maten to be| nother; and they came down, blackened, | 1 our povernment co send a commissicrer to At any rate, Fraulein Muller, burned, bruised, but bearing in their arms | po, if for no other purpose than as an a¢-

the helpless forms of those whom they had cnowledement el tse drisndie cenbiansans ent ' ventured their lives to save. Stahl was the | pressed a his Mélinees tw ie Reches 46 4S 4

fuee. We must goalone, she said. Madame | would be so disappointed, if none of us cacae ; and Annie could not be one of the party. The poor child had a frightful headache, a headache which prevented her from even

position, could not bear to lose tue pleasare

Blue, Blacking, Baking and Washing Seda, Leather, Tobacco, Pipes ; | Buckets, Brooms, Soap, Candles, Indigo, Manilla Rope, Pitch, Pitch & Parafine Oil, |

Slurts, Skirts & Skirting

Serges, Ot} Cloths & Baize

Boots. Shoes & Rubber Goods | Clothing, aud Gents’ general outfits,

with Ivory, Silver and Gold. PAPER MACHIE GOODS,

‘supported in his strong grasp; and as he

‘uf the evening, the music, the cake and | ** Pshaw ! liars will lie,’’ tiereely broke in | Weak wine, the hazy philosophical, swall the elder Jew; ‘‘the cur wants the cash fog}

'through the crowd of shouting men and

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laat to desvend with Annie, who had fainted president. ‘Tbe establishment of friendly relations with him, through an official me-

talk, the recitations of pugtry ; and she went | SPF40g from the ladder and pushed his way | diuee, would undoubtedly enhance the sala-

Madame Hagaermann. Are

you a child, |

off to the party uader my sole escort.

| sobbing women, a@ hideous crash resounded, tary influence which will be found to result

Cloth:, Doeskius, and Trimmings, Hardware, Ironmongery & Cutlery, Nails & Horse Nails, Room Paper, Blankets, Rugs, and Counterpanes, Good Ludigo and other Dye Stuffs. GROCERIES,

Choice TEAS and SUGARS

In writing Desks, Work Boxes, Wash Stands, | i Ladies’ Companions, Card Baskets, | ' Stacrionery Cases, ete. ‘Gutta Percha Vases, Gutta Percha Card Trays, Fruit Baskets, Inkstands, Xe.

Consisisting of RAISINS, CURRANTS and FIGS, &e. | SPICES, &e. Ke. | [P° Personally selected with eare—purchased on the best terms—and will be found to compare

An extensive and varied assortment of

Craames and "Loys.

| ! i 1 |

' tuvorably with other Stocks in the market, either Games of Solitaire, Aunt Sally, Wm. Tell, Popin|

for style or value.

W. & A. BROWN.

i Queen Square, Nov. 16, 1863.

jay, Pope Joan, Parlor Bowls, Racing, Cal- culation, Drafts, Chess, &c. &c. Ke.

ore Toys in every variety suitable for LONDON HOUSE. Holiday Presents.

H | PUZZLES & DISSECTIONS, edibles in great variety.

oe ee 1s Gs. HUNDREDS OF DOLLS, EVERY SIZE. — |Drawing Room Books, Poetical ¥ the “GAZELLE,” “ THERESA,’ | Works, Keepsakes, Anuuals, &c.

and x atenmers from LIVERPOOL, | ° > Y cf * (situ Londen, “ Helen Davies’ from A splendid let of New Books Rarbadoes, “C.M. Rich” from Boston, the! gyitable for Children, together with subeenbers have eornp|eted their importauvions for | anu abundance of ether oitales saitek

the season, which, wish stock on hand frem pre- | vious importations, they offer for sale at their usnal cannot be enumerated.

Low Pricer. The present importations comprise: |

ESTABLISHED 13820.

DON'T FORGET Laird & Harvie’s, South Sido

Queen Square. Charlottetown, Dee. 21, 1863.

PRINCE STREEr

5 bales Cloths,

4 do Carnveta Woollens,

4do Paper-hangings,

4 do Cotton Warp,

6 do Printed, Unbleach- ed & White Calicos,

“hbhds Barbadoes Sugiur! 53 do Mnscovado Mo-

lasses, i chests prime Congou

and

ea, WO sacks Coarse Salt, 10 sides Sole Leather,

6 cases Ready-male| 2do Striped shirtings, | 94 Cen inte 8 «| 2 - need Tamnes ‘ “aioae’ Sere 2hbds Paint Oil,” BOOK AND STATIONERY STORE,

4do Rutber do do jil4 3 do Silke & Ribbon» 3 do Millivery,

4 de Haberdashery,

pare kages ‘Paints, 20 tons assorted Iron, 150 bars Muntz Metal, 3,

ussorted

(Near the Temperance Hail. )

JOHN 8. BREMNER

4doL Jrupery, } and j in. Key i : | i linen 5 rapery is pi a 5. | H* constantly for sale, at the lowest, I do Gloves," 7 by }. . prices, a general assortwent of

{ | |

|The Store having heen recently opened, ever

department will be found filled with

Cross and Hand Saws, Chisels, Gouges, | fsaac, not to know that he owed her basband Juck, Hand and Bead Planes, ‘ninety thousand florins, that he has signed Brass Taps, &c. &e. papers whieh make him a puppet in ber} Charlottetown, Nov. 16, 1263. bands, and that she can make or mar him !— If his daughter marry her booby son, he may |

DAVIES & WEEKS, | get a pittance. As it is, she can squeeze |

Bi dad him dry like an orange — where are your ame. a sitio fern “ | wits, Isaac, son of Chelid? Was it not told | j } ' f I { | at the door of the synagogue, how, when the | | i Russian war began’’——- i L j 1 } | Here the speaker, in his excitement, broke ito Hebrew. bably into tl

<pRCTRIT “eos aia |into Hebrew, or more probably into the

‘i i SERGE LLY t ees ptieneen 9 Chaldaic dialect, familiar to educated Jews, Wt Cd — Oh yr : Hy a ‘ | and I could not distinguish anotlet word, as| STAPLE & FANCY 'the dealer in curiosities and his relative or | DRY GoOonpnDs., nee om ieee ee ee

“ a . Mr. illis— Willis of the great frm o Ready made Clothing, | Willis and Boomen—in want of cash—ap- | HARDWARE, GROCERIES. | plying to: Jewish usurers for a loan, and in

; | vain — he whose name stood so high on the

exchanges of Europe! and what was that imperfevt scrap of conversation relating to) Madame Hagaermann, and ber supposed |

power over my employer? Could it really

Fresh & Seasonabie Goods,

? | which are now selling at Ex!raordinary Low | be—that he was the debtor and bondsman of

| that imperious woman—thut bis best chance | | was founded on the sale of his daughter to ‘one whom she could never love — Nils Ha-!

———|gaerman? ‘The mystery was almost too Encourage Home Manufacture. /much for my young intelligence, but [ cour. | ee ageously determined to keep it to myself. It

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND | out have been a sort of treachery, I felt, |

| to reveal it to the idle gossips of the count-

| . iT ‘, dag our | Soup & Candie i actor) * ing- house. Even from Otto Stahl I kept the | ifENtis UNDERSIGNED would eall the | secret; nor would I reveal it now, but that) attention of lporters, and the public gene-

, | there are none living who could be served by rally, to the

‘ita suppression. ‘There was one inmate of | SOAP and CANDLES 1 |

|

| { . ’

| . i the old house with whom I could never be on | manufactured at the above establistiment, confident

Prices, at Duncan's Brick Building, | CORNER SHOP.

Queen-street. Charlottetown, Dee. 28, 1863.

: i: sr the impression | Sol iar aaailla dad petoe Seeaan aie ne surpassed, | COraial terms, never get over t pressia Tt PO ee RV EL 1, ” | of mislike and distrust; this was Jurl. Tie | ae “lw “| dwarfish porter, sitting in bis den, opening Serer crt on the deep doorway, with his red cap | SOLE LEATHER. ‘crowning his impish features and broad | | body, used to put me in mind of those ugly }

Char'town, Feb. 15, 1864,

| the hostess looked very black and glum at)

| whose queer verses she was so wild about?)

i deep, sullen clang of the great bell of the

The rooms were crowded; a babel of | : : | from the -happy iaterehange of kindly senti- tongues wagged at onee, and [ dare say that | = eee oo en. /ments that has already occurred. All Ca- Miss Muller enjoyed berself; but t thought eens The rescae was but just in tirse. ‘thulie countries would appreciate the com-

sie inaiendele | pliment of sending a commissioner to Rome the news of Annie’s headache, and Nils was : c

Mr. Willis was con- |! ; : ; : Seoul ye Se nr ta aaeund iad ducted to @ ncighbour’s house; and teuded | *** mark of distinguished consideration fur pd sane wea Bergin eer bern | with compessionate care ; but his reason was |

the venerable head of their church, and their to and fro, asking vapid questions abut her | : | sympathies would flow more freely ander the healt! ; 5 ;gonue. Jarl, the porter, was arrested on | ; ie 1.

y } > 1 vo a . . . . ia ° | i o P ri i ” \ er y late in the evening, as mi ny } strong suspicion of havin 7 somplicit ith | influence of that manifestation than of any of the

guests were leaving, Mr. Willis enter-| ; :, unhappy master, fired the dwalling and | circumstance that cou.d arise in connection . ala a : , es a | wi , ed. He was very pale and there were| warehouses, with intent to defraud the Dan- | with this struggle or any expedient embraced blotches of red, like spots of a hectic crimson,| ' within the wide compass of diplomacy.

\ ‘neskivld Insurance Office. The charge was) The on his sallow cheeks.

I looked anxiously at). ohorated by the discovery that the cargo | Pope’s letter begetting its frurteat the North him, under the impression that he was ill. | oF the Blue-Byed Jane, which nad been in- | ™ the estrangement frora this war of the but he came up to me, and said with @ Sort) ood for a creat aiamdaih had been secretly | thousands of Catholics who zave such vitality of feverish gaiety: ‘ Well, my boy, how | 2014 to certain smugglers, dn aeeeiiiiaglad /to it in the past. Tbe practical inaugura- have you amused yourself? It was so hot iM | the itt ahealtt ibioeumal by night. I |tion of official intercourse with Rome wilt the minister's saloon that [ slipped off and) san taden rumored that Mer: Willis bad been produce an estrangement of the moral rap- came here for halfan hour, fas Anme been! | ay ruined by certain Russian speculators port of the Catholic world whieh the Yan- introduced to the poet—that German fellow | 44 Aas in his eagerness to raise a sum | “ee by a system of unscrapulous falsehood Madame said he would be a lion to-night.” wherewith to pay his debt to Medame: He- | <n gee Ne ae MaGaAaL SALE - . . cad . Pe a :

‘ Mise Willis is not here, sir,” said 1; bat. eae a es « If a commissioner is sent, he might or [ was absolutely frightened at the ghastly| oi ic) had nearly proved fatal to his own | might not, a& circumstances may permit, change that came over her father’s face us he | etnies: Mats nothing eortain could ever be | seek recognition at the honds of his holiness. griped my arm with sudden fiereeness. learned from Jarl, who maintained « dogged. lf hia holiness thinks proper to recognize us,

The next question was rather gasped out | sijence, and on the eve of his trial was found | °° will do 0 without respect to Yankee sen- than spoken: ** Where is Annie? Not at) 4o.4 hanging icems the barred window of bis | ™*** and certainly unawed by Yankee home? Not at home, surely—not beneath | Qi) 5 threats. How gratifying it is te contemplate that roof?’’ :

I did not know what to do, alarmed as 1

T2997 8 : i f . tj | Almost all of Mr. Willis’s property had to | aim wane Seana as tne : : 4 ob : be divided among his creditors, Madame Ua- hide eich chchs rinel a8 Dice tp oar was for my employer's sanity, ang observing | Jermann coming in lor the chief share. That) 4. rangi P a . 54 that hie violent gestures were already attract- astute lady at ones forbade her een te think fa tenres attitude os ar a a o in- ng ¥ Pe of those eee “ ae further of a bankrapt’e danghter, and Nils, vests our cause with the seal of righteous- ore cvuld answer, another ang m > ade ful voice took ap the task of replying——the

though he cared for Annie as mach as consist- ee a lemmas 0 eat a - M4 ” is- ” ’ . , a

-~ “— es a a reir learned tu dis nreeume, from a close analysis of its merits,

0 %, on ssnanaliiae ie and to her pre- | Var cause must be just, else it could not com-

7 “ig Ba wr Saoit seaearéoath Gaile Pe /mand the approval of bis holiness Pope Pius, serve r ’ ‘ 4 rs ;

ye : _and we may well predicate upon that fact

terred either by the poverty or disgrace | winds to bud & waterel sequence — Provide:

whieh ere ese ee | tial favor and inevitable success.’ Our go- | 0S ae ee ae 'vernment should lose no time in eending @ gir] he had go long secretly loved the shelter

of his name. They live on Stehi’s small es- ee Sara aaa tute in South Jutland, a8 happy and attached oe Y

Free Kirk, or high Chareh of Copenhagen, | and which 1s never tolled save at conflagra- tions, or a death among the royal family of | Denmark. For a few seconds, the ill-omend | notes hushed every tongue ; but then arose | from without a wild ery of * fire!”

A clamor of excited voices, both within and without the mansion, arose at once,

20 bundles Spring, Cast & Blister Sterl,

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