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Murray Harber and Charioligtown,

Little Sinds yoimmg sand coming if any

freight oilering and weather permitting, Agenis: —Haszard Bros., Charlottetown,

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Fresh Ground Flour,

Imported weekly from Toronto.

WILLIAM RicCiILL.

Ch’town, May 30, 1877 —2w eod

Parks’ Cotton Yarns.

WARDED the only Medal, given tor COTTON YARNS of Canadian Manu- facture, at the

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. Nos. 6’s to 10's,

White, Biue, Red, Orange, and Green,

Wa: riuited full length and weight.

S$: o ger and better than any other Y: ra in the market.

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May 29, '77.

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{ OJRCASSIAN SCOTCHMAN,

As an instance of the ethnological curio- sities which the traveller may stumble upon unawares in this curious region, I may mention & strange acquaintance 1 made when travelling on the great plaia which stretches from the Sea of Azof to the Cas.

pian. I occasionally noticed on my travel. ling map the name ‘‘Schotlandkaya Kol. oniya’’ (Scottish Colony) near the celebrat- ed baths of Piatigorsk. I wus at that mo- mention Stavropol, a town about eighty miles to the north, and could not gain any satisfactory information as to what this colony was. Some well-informed people assured me that it realy was what its name implied, while others asserted as confi- dently that it was simply a small German settlement. To decide the matter I de- termined to visit the place myself, though it did not lie in my intended route, and [ accordingly found myself one morning ‘in the village in question. The first inhabit- ants whom I encountered were unmistak-~ ably German, and they professed to know nothing about the existence of Scotchmen in the locality, either at the present or in former times, This was disappointing, and i was about to turn away and drive off’ when a young man, who proved to be the s hool-master came up, and 02 hevraig what | desired, advised me to consult an ol t Circassian who lived at the end of the village and was well acquainted with local antiquities, On caleel to the house indicated, I found a venerable old man, with fine regular features of the Circassian type, co:l-black sparkling eyes, and a long grey beard that would have done honor to a patriarch, To him I explained briefly, in Russian, the object of my visit,and asked whether he knew of any Scotchmen in the district. ‘{ And why do you wish to know?’ he replied, in the same language, fixing me with his keen sparkling eyes. * Because [am myself a Scotchman, and horved to find fel'ow.countrymen here.” Let the reader imagine my astonishment when, in reply to this, he answered in genuine broad Seoteh, “Od, man, Im a Scotchman tae! Sty name is John Abercombie. Did ye never hear tell o’ John Abercombie, ihe famous Edinburgh doctor !’’ I was fairly puzzied by this extraordinary declaration, Dr. Abercrombie’s name was familiar to me as that of a medical practitioner and writer on psychology, but 1 knew that he was ong since dead: When [ had recovered a ‘ittie from my surprise, I ventured to re- mark to the enigmatical personage before me that, though his tongue wes certainly Scotch, his face was as certainly Circassian. ‘** Weel, weel,” he replied, evidently en- joying my look of mystificzation, «+ Qou’ra no far wrang. I'm a Circassian Scotchman ! Chis extraordinary admission did nat di- mliish my perplexity. so | begged my new ‘cguaintence to be a little more explicit, ni he at once complied with ny request. ‘lis tong story may be told in a faw words: in the first years of the present century a band of Scotch missionaries came to Russia for the purpore of converting the Circis- ‘isn tribes, and received from the Emperor Alexander |. a large tract of land in this sce, wh'ch was then on the frontier of the Here they foundeda mission and began the work; but they soon discoyered (iat the surrounding population were not idoliters but Mussalman’s, and consequent- ly impervious to Christianity. In this di. fficuity they fell on the happy idea of buy- ing (ircassian children from their parents nod bringing them up as Christians. One of these children, purchased about the year 1806, was a little boy called Teoona. As ue had been purchased with money sub- ecribed by Dr, Abercombie, he had received in aptism that gentleman’s name, and he considered himself the fosterson of his be- nefactor, Here was the explanation of the mystery. Teoona, a/ias Mr. Abercombie, was & man of more than average intelligence Besides his native tongue, he spoke Eng- lish, German, and Russian perfectly; and he assured me that he knew several other languages equally well. His life had been devoted to missionary work, and especially to translating and printing the Scripture:. He had labored first in Astrakhan, then for four years and a half in Persia, in the service of the Bale- mission, and afterwards for six years in Siberia. —From diussia, by

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1877. NO. 23

WRECKED AND BUTCHERED, |

San Franerweo, June 4th.—A survivor of the wreck of the steamship ‘‘ George S. Wright” has been discovered at last in the He was recognized on the street at Nanaimo, Brits ish Columbia, lost Friday, and was arrested and brought to Vanconver’s Island, yester- day. The Colonist of to.day says :—Since the disaster Coma has constantly evaded the police, and until quite recentiy it was not known that there existed a single sur- vivor of the wreck, Coma has confessed to the Superintendevt of Police, after being duly cautioned, that at night the boilers of the steamship exploded, and she began to sink at once. Captain Ainsley, with four United States officers and a passenger, got into a boat, and told Coma, who was on deck, to get in too. The rest of the people were in bed, or tried to escape by means of another boat. The Captain's party, seven in all, pulled ashore near Capa Caution, They were nearly naked, and the Indians gave them blankets to keep them warm, A day or two afterwards three canoe-loads of Indians came to the spot, and Captain Ainsley offered the leader $500 to convey the ship-wrecked men to Fort Rupert. Your of the _ndians were armed with mus» kets, with which they killed all the whites. They then tied stones to their bodies and sunk them in deep water. They robbed the bodies of all valuables, including the Captain’s gold watch and chain. They spared Coma, but told him that if he ever dared to narrate the circumstances they would kill his father. Coma thinks all the people on board who were in bed at the time of the explosion were drowned, as the ship went down rapidly. The prisoner was to-day confronted with four Indians who were brought in as pris- oners by the steamer ‘* Rocket’’ and have since been in jail here, and identified two of them as belonging to the party of mur derers.

(The steamer George S. Wright was lost as near as itis possible to determine, on the night of January 27,1875. The place where she is supposed to haye taken her lust plunge is a pont along the wild and rugged co st abouty forty miles north-east of the extreme northern end of Vancou- ver's Island, and nearly 250 miles from Victoria. On the the evening of January 2, 1873, the Wrighi sailed from: Portland, Ore, bound for Sitka and intermediate ports. She reached her destination and was on her return trip. As near as can be

ascertaine.!, about twenty. were | roa board at thé the, ies Pagiitate of the wreck were recovered and two bodies: one of the bodies was identified as that of Major John Walker, United States Paymas- ter, who was known to be among the pas- sengers, and the other that of a small boy. The fate of the Wright was for years shrouded in mystery, though the conjec. ture of the murder of the survivors by the Flathead Iudian- has long been entertained, and this conjecture the present account makes certainty. She was built at Port Ludlow, in 1863, and was a propeller, top. ‘sail-schooner rigged. Her length was 118 feet; registered at 215 tons, carrying 400. Originally the Wright was built asa tug. and after plying for some months between Portland and Victoria, she was taken to San Francisco and sold to Capt Bulkeley, of the Russian and Siberian Telegraph Com- pany, serving as transport in the two ex-

Sitka and second to Petropaulovski, Kamst- chatka, demonstr iting the impossibility of erecting a sbore line or laying a cable along the rocksstrewn coast. Susequently the steamer was sold to Gen Halliday, who was the owner at the time the vessel was lost. The boiler, hull and machinery were in. spected afew months prior to the time the Wright was lost, and also were pronounced to be in excellent condition. The boiler was low pressure, 18} feet long, 84 in dia- meter, constructed of boiler-iron 5.16 of an inch thick. At the time the Wright was lost she was well provided with all the necessary life-saving appointments, having, in addition toa number of lifespreservers, two large life-boats.] Ee

LOCUSTS IN GREENBUSH, N.Y.

A singular story emanates from Green. bush, in New York State. It is stated that a locust called tho seventeen year locust has appeared in large numbers in that quarter. These creatures first emerge from the ground in the form of a large grub. The wings soon appear, and the locust then takes up its habitation in the nearest tree The noise made by the insects is described a@constant shrill humming. They do not eat growing crops, nor do they resemble the ravenous locusts of the West. They devote their time to working in the bran. ches and twigs of all kinds of trees. They plough little grooves in the limes, the ten- der birk next the wood. Their perfora~ tions in trees kill the branches and foliage soon turns yellow. Jn 1860 the locusts did not appear till June, when the trees were in fullleaf. In two weeks the woods looked as though they had been subjected to the frost ot November. From ail ap- pearances the locust will be as thick as they were in that year. Stories of the poisonous nature of the sting of this curi- ous insect, which did duty in 1860, creating much alarm, have been revived, but the seventeen year locust is harmless to man and beast. Itis an inch and a half long when full grown. It comes out of the ground tail fir-t and has on its head white mark; formng a perfect letter W. In 1860, believers in signs ‘and superstitions declared that the appearance of this cabal-

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istic sign denoted war.

7 News of the World. ROME,

Rome, June 6,—The Pope has conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX. ou President MacMehon and Count Larisch. The Jatter is the special envoy whom the Linperor of Austria sent to the Vatican to congratulate the Holy Father on his jubilee. The Pope, in receiving the Polish pilgrims, including Cardinal Ledschowski, a.laded to the difficul jes of their pilgrimage in conse- qucuce of the persecution to which they were subjected, He advised them to overcome the persecution by prayers, which, sooner or later, wonld fall like coals of fire on. the heads of their persecutors.

GREAT BRITAIN,

LONDON, June 5.—There were sixty-one

deaths from small-pox in London during past week,

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EDINBURGH, June 6.—A London corres- pondent says in ministerial circles there is arevival ot the uneasiness which prevailed when Russia declared war, as to the part this country will shortly be called on to take. rhis feeling has been strengthened by the general conviction of high wilitary authori- ties that Russia will be completely success- ful, and dictate her own terms to Turkey. At one or two regimental dinners last week, officers of the hightest rank ex. pressed fears that England would soon be at war, and that so far little had been done to prepare for the evil. The belief is also srowibg that our Government will be left to carry out and defend ils own policy, that Austria, Which is only a probable ally, cannot be depended upon, and therefore it would be wiser and fairer if the Premier and Cabinet would frankly declare what they will do if the Russian troops direetly threaten Constantinople either In Europe or Asia.

UNITED STATES,

WELLAND, June.—The inquest on the body of John Boey, found in the canal, was continued up to last night. Seventeen wit- nesses were examined, and the verdict of the jury was that deceased came to his death by blows inflicted by some person or persons unknowa to the jury. Suspicions are very strony against a notorious thief, whose name is withheld tor obvious reasons, aud if caught and identified, circumstances and conclusiveas to his connection with the inarder, for murder it is.

General Grant will in a few days probably visit his daughter, Mrs, Sartoris, near Southampton, in which event the Corpora- tion of Southampton intend to accord hima public reeeption.

The daughter of Mr. A. Anderson was poisoned by its mother administering am- monia by mistake to-day.

Omana, Neb., June 6-—A large water spout burst near Belle Creek, in the Elk Horn valley, yesterday, flooding everything for miles to the depth of twelve feet; dam- age considerable.

Secretary Evarts this morning, alluding to the alleged outrage on the whaler “ Ellen Rizpoh,” by a Spanish cruiser, said while he was sensible of the friendly relations between Spain and the United States, he did not intend to allow an outrage on our flag, and while Spain would be he'd res- ponsible for any insult to the Unitea States, he would see that this Government falfilled all its obligations to Spain.

A five story building, corner of Shawmut Avenue and Pleasant street, Boston occupied im flats by 25 people, was burned on. tine 6th. Mrs. Etiza Burr jamped from a third story window. and Mr. Dissell from a fourth, and both were fatally injured.

Lhe female miser who recently died at the American llouse in this city al the age of eighty years had long been house-keeper there, bul was supposed to be very poor When her trunk was opened, however it was found to contain a varicty ef dry woods notes for $5,000, a bank book of the Blacks stone bank, showing deposiis of $] 700, a smailsum of money, and also a piece of paper having a trank key wrapped ap in it. and en the paper was a writing Stating that the key belonged to nuother trunk waich could be found at the honse ofa rel- alive in Milton. The second trunk was found in the place indicated by the de- cessed, and upon being opened Was found to be loaded with valuables, among them being eighty-nine dresses, new anid per- fect, made Of silk velvet, satin and all kiods of plaid silks, black and colored thi- bets, poplins. alpacas, brilliantines, cash meres, etc., three silk velyet cloaks, nine teen Shawis from common to. the richest Paisley and wrought crape; 106 skirts of al colors; 114 pairs of hose; undergar ments too numerous to men‘ion. All of these goods are perfectly new and in the best order, never having been used at all; and the original cost of these goods was probably not 1 ss than $3000. The owaer it is said, when living went clad in the very cheapest apparel.—Boston Globe

CANADA,

CANADIAN Propucrs ar THe Pants Ex- HWIBIFION.~--The Minister of Agriculture is bow engaged in the preliminary arrange- ments for the proper representation of Canadian prodacts and industries at the Paris Exhibition of 1878. ‘These are pretty much the same as were adopted fur the Philadelphia Exhibition. It has, however, been decided to sell al! articles exhibited at Paris afcer the Exhibition closes, except such things as scientific collections and articles of more than ordinary value. The Dominion Government will provide free transportation, show cases, &c. The Minis- ver of Agriculture has eabled for 40,000 feet in the main exhibition. The Commissior«

ers have not yet been adopted. Corres. pondenee has already been received by the Department from intending exhibitors, and jorms cf entry and classification will De ready in ten days, and should be applied of #: the Department of Agriculture,