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ene never to be forgotten, the emotions excited euch av can never be described. As we looked up towards Newport News, We saw the spars of the Cumberland above the river she had se long in- svleatly barred; but of her consort there was not even a tiunber head visible te tell her atery. Bat thia ix not all she had done, The Minnesota lay there riddled like a sete, éained will never be known, but it must have been frightful. And withia eight and forty. hours she had suceesstully eacouatered—cneountered, defied and beaten a foree equal te 2390 men and 230 guns, as will be seen by the following table :—

What damage she sus- |

CORRESPONDENCE,

neighbouring Provinces. The Bill was agreed to. | sioners, and assume the payment of all the inciden- |

To tue Eptior oF tue EXAMINER, -

} } } the tenantry. known in Prince County.

Mr pear Stx,—[laving visited the city fer a few days, on business, I felt anxious to glean from the } debates in the Assembly what were the opinions of parties on matters of some importance, at least to My opinions on the Award are wel I condemm it in toto, as one of the most glaring pieces of hambuy that was lever palined upon the people of the Island. That

—The Bill for the suppression ef brothels pasred | tal expenses, have shown such a liberal disposition | a second and third reading. Under this Bill, policemen in Charlottetown sre autherized to enter houses suspected of being kept for infamous purposes; and, if found te be such, to report the same to the Pelice Court, when measures will be taken for their suppression,

Nearly the whole of Thursday was eeeupied in

Commons. The inevitable conclusion is, therefore

letters through this Colony, and from it into the | ly named handsome allowance to all the ee

pose would be served by having the Report printed; | day.

TUE TERRIBLE EXPLOSION OF A CAR-~ TRIDGE FACTORY IN PHILADELPHIA,

The Philadelphia Bulletin of Saturday

as would place them far above all considerations} evening contains details of the terrible ex- regarding the cost, if they thought any useful pur- plosion in that city on the morning of that

The building was a one story frame | structure, located on the corner of Tenth and

and very little time would be required for that) pod streets, and about fifty feet square. work in the office of the printer to the House “|

Professor Jackson was engaged in filling a heavy order tor cartridges for the United

that the Duke of Newcastle regards the Spy’s | States Government, and he had about 50

girls and about 24 men working for him.

Prince Edward Island, Downie Street, 2st March, 1862.

SIR; . I have the honor to refer you to the Resolution : a “

of the House of Assembly, dated the 16th April,| Extensive Sale of Dry Goods

1260, contained in your De ch, No. 15, of the '

i6th of April. In that Resolutivu the Assembly Hardware, &e., &e.

agreed that the expenses of the Commission of [uquiry into the Land question should be defrayed T°_25 oe BY AUCTION, oa in three equal shares by Her Majesty’s Goveru-| oo ALL THE” Arnu loth, at Eleven

ment and the Colony, and by the proprietors of STOCK-IN-TRADE

Land. who had conearred in the proposed imves- tigation. In my subsequent Despatch, No. 24, of of CHARLES DEMPSEY, Esq., compeish

Report as unreliable, worthless, and as calculated |

the 16th of June, 1360, [ informed you that a pay-) js STOCK of STAPLE and FANCY DRY

impossible tu elevate them.

Men. Guns.| + witt be rejected by the Colonial Minister, no one a profitless, but not unamasing cheqenen respect-

Congress (burnt) oa ~ | deubts, and, as heretofore, the tenants will be left ing the claims of the Indians. This arose out of na ——. oO 40 | altogether to the tender mercy of the proprietors. | * poten presented by Mr. D. Davies, praying Reanshe (epnsed of) nae 40 | There iv another subject, however, which eagrosses for a sufficient grant of money te improve the ge- St. Lawrence ( peppered) 4~v OU | considerable attention. I allude to the Volanteer neral condition of the Mie Mae tribe on this Is Gunboats (two or turee disabled } = % | movement; an excellent one, were it not for the | land, as the descendents of the genuine aborigines. este tegen aos g| political and party stamp pat npon it by the Govern. | Col. Gray opposed the grant en the broad ground arr — ——.| ment. When Col. Swabecy was dismissed from the | that the tribe designated the Mie Maes of this Iy- Total 2300 230 | Adjatant Generalship, 1 resigned my command 4s | Jand are not the descendants of the aborigines ;

. — ‘ Lt. ‘ atte . . ‘

Here, periiaps, in this snort tabl. 4 a oe ae Lt. Colonel of the 4th Prince County regiment, on picture of what sae did aud w laat sae dared than | political grounds alone, and I stated then, in my auy word-painter, though he were a Vernet, could | '

| letter of resignation, that the Commander-in-Chief's refusal to supply arms to the Celtic Volunteers, who The following account of the engagement be-| unanimously appointed Mr. McGill as their Captain, tween the frigate Cumberland and the Merrimac, | i sd by the Pilot of the Cumberland:— | f is furnishe 5 a | occupied at the review last summer (at which I was “When the Merrimac arrived within about a ; ; a ; mile, we opened oa her with our pivot guus, aad present), is a convineing proof in my mind thst no as seou ax ew could bear upon her, our whole | sapporter of the liberal party can expect justice broadsides commenced. Still she cams on, the} shown them. Is it to be wondered at, then, that bulls bouncing frou her mailed sides hike India | the Liberal party thronghout the Island are gene tubber, apparently making not the least impres- siva, except te cat off her flag staff, and thus to;

except as paupers. He contended that if they

ever give. Wcieda and on the British Goverament. nel made several long speeches on the subject. We did net hear the whole of any one of them; and we believe that not ove member of the House

was a political one; and the position Major Davies

oratory. His own party appeared to be intensely rally opposed to the Volunteer movement! Every | disgusted at the reckless manner in which he bring dowa the Confederate colors. | None of her | °°" ¥ made in Kayland to divest the Volunteer | trified with the time of the House; and the Mi- crew veutured at that time on deck te replace | movement ofany ~— pote to 9 e | nority seemed to be highly amused at the exhibi- . a #, h neet - 7 » i atisii the ce N Ci » wou : re ‘ : a eS = Retowass wih ony } en eee Serene eet ae sr | tion, without caring to follow the whole line of his her pewnant flying. She appeared to obey her’ strongly reprobate anything of the kind here, were | notre a - a helu and be very readily haadled, making all her! ),. properly informed of what is taking place. argument, if it were possi e to 0 80. e was movements aad evolutions with apparent facility. certainly very much excited, and’ strangely dis- We had probably fired six or eight broadsides, * : when a shot was received from one of her guns | Power should confer political places of honour or | , which killed five of cur marines. It was impes- 'emolument on their opponents; aud if [ shall have history, interpreting it by the light of his own sible for our vessel to get out of the way, and the | che honor, at the ensuing election, to be returned | knowledge and wisdom; and grouped profane an-

I qnite agree with the doctrine, that no party in

Merrimac soon crashed ber iron hora or ram inte) with g majority of Liberals, I shall expect to see | ni hey related to his subject, under the Cumberland, just etarbeard the main chains, |“ * ws a ’ one ; " cae 8 a fri ae e the | ere ot aster xhit oo ‘ wr auder the blu of the port bow, knocking a hole | eee Eee i such romantic light as is seldom exhibited to mor- iu her side uear the water line, as large as the | party to which I belong. tal ken. He certainly showed that he had read bead “8 Rane ae — the —_ back I remain, my dear Sir, up the subject extensively ; aud most of his hearers upon ber auckers with gr wee. ye water Yours very truly, ; a se came rusting iwte her held. The Merrimac then J. WARBURTON. regretted that he was not upon the Lecture stand backed out and disebarged ber guus at us, the) 6.) sotteto April 7th, 1862 befure some Literary Society, instead of being at shot merge * ger the moe yd and _— five av eT oTeN eT that time of day ou the floor of the Assembly. sick men. he water was all the while rushing ~~ acl ‘ : " oe . into the hole made in the bow, so that in five! r E . ; . Lhe question was finally disposed of by £30 being ‘ : : ‘o THE Epttor oF THE EXAMINER, . ° minutes it was up te the sick bay on the berth! ¢... 1 jooking over your paper of the Slat ult. granted for the relief of the Indians—to be placed deck. In the meautime her broadsides swept the | ( sugorved where the Hon'ble Mr. Coles presented | in the hands of three clergymen—<£ 15 for Prince men away, killed and waimed, and alse set our} to the House of Assembly a petition of John Saun- County, at the disposal of a clergyman whose vessel ou fire ia the forward part. The fire was| ders, Belle Creek, setting forth that he was the tins en. ts : extinguished. I cannot tell how many were | rightful occupier of 43 acres of land, &e., which is | name We did not hear; £10 for Queen's County, wounded. The sick bay, berth deck and gun/| = oa oem, = rt that 0 aoe a — | to be distributed by the Rev. Dr. MeDonald, P. . ; erally cove i on ki Saanders. Bi ras really surprised when ; ; deck, were literally covered with men Killed and |) ose)" SAaieny Col Se maar eaork sould | P.; and £5 for King’s County in the hands of the weounded, but the surviving ones still fought well, | t ” = = = ome ae. ti Seninai ; oe ae Soe : te : aud every one, officers and men, displayed the ut-| aw be ‘iqueeave Thai the date of mo ‘ssolliation Rov. ©; 0, Maoh, R.Ph See Ait S108 ee a a onTe Mr. Douse for the said land was after the 30th | ing £175 for improvements in the Lunatic «f an hour, the Cumberland firing rapidly, andall} April, 1860. Now, I should be sorry to suppose | Asylum, also passed the Committee of Supply. the time the water pouring in the hole, and by and | that the bon. member weuld be guilty of stating a dees , is Sad uy the ports, as her bow kept sinking deeper and) wilful falsehood; nevertheless, 1 cannot allow sach The Hon. Mr. Coles having asked the Govern- deeper. Near the middle of the fight, when the | * a. wo gy hy pe wo aad gp en i ment the previous day whether there would be a - ‘ } tradicting it, whic now do, for i never admittec . ° . ‘ . ¥ . ee en aphicge nn Be bamyecowro 4 any such thing wader my sigaature or in any other dissolution during the ensuing summer, as seems ofa port to the outside of het iron iafg, and a| “*Y- ‘ . , to be generally expected, Col. Gray gave a most ball from one of our guas instantly eat him in| regard to ~~ rere making | evasive answer to the question on the evening of a ¢ a . 2 , ar 3- e . . two. That was the last and ouly rebel that veo- | viesdie a Oe Gciamadians mae hed = cont Thursday. He said, “the Government will give tured within sight, the rest rewaiming in their | made is, that Mr. Douse promised them not to dis- | due notice whenever it is their inteution to dis- safe iron walled enelosure. : | pose of the laud without their knowledge, which a ~at his being th We fired coustantly, and the Merrimac oc¢-| Mr. Douse asserts to be a falsehood. I am not solve the House; and in regard te this being the Se, ~~ every = a wooden | woman ot - exact - ap ae +" said |jast session, it may or may not.” The Colonel vessel an rave crew. er guns ing without | land, but save a (letter from Mr. dumes use i : js : the least elavatiou, puiuted ctenight onan along stating that it was in the early part of April, 1850; might as well have said to the Leader of the Op- ths aurtace of the water, and ber nearness, she | #84 | positi om | assert that Mr. Donee ap a a seh position: “Mind your own business—we will dix- } mission, at that time, to unprove on suid land, whien solve when we please ; or, you will knew when there will be a new election as soonas you see the

being much of the time within three hundred | I can prove by a respectable witness, but I hardly yards, made it au easy matter to send each ball) chink Mr. Doase will dé ny giving me peraiission. I tw its exact mark. Probably her gans would be | should have felt obliged te the hon. member bad he

and have, therefore, no claim. on the Legislature, were of the true Indian race, they would have

strong claims upon the Legislature of this Island, The hon. Colo-

heard him from the beginning to the end of his

cursive. He levied a heavy contribution on sacred |

up the mystery. er : | sides in a barbarous manner.

The cause of the explosion is as yet unex- plained. Its effects were terrible. The edifice Scien hie ENS was scattered in ruins; at least four or five |* qy, “tae a NEWS BY THIS MORNING'S MAILS. | of the work people were killed instantly, and We aeons = 3 a peek te a ene . _ _| two or three of them were blown to minute | Government have doubled the amount of the Com- Tur, Colonial and American Mails were received | fragments. The adjacent property also suf-j missioners’ remuneration, besides which a variety here this morning. We glean from our latest! fered. Nearly every window pane for a/of miscellaneous expenses occurred in the inves- square Around was broken, fences were de-| tigation. Her Majesty's Government, however, molished, and fragments of human flesh were | do not propose to call on the other parties to the ARMY OF THE POTOMAC COMPELLED) flung on tops of bigh roofs and smeared over tea or and surplus ex uditure. TO RETREAT! walls. A bead, probably that of a man, was | Vaich will alec a by the Imperial Sane gee __ | blown nearly a square up town, landing in a C ital . on . 1 shoe need ee lai Oue by oue, the great Federal vietories which) Ejisworth street. A policeman gathered up pee af ts wate "Tes tase to neat have been so penteny pani r late, aot nearly a barrel full of arms, entrails, legs, that you will cause the sum of £200, originally aa, nw arta the xray Of thd ocher pieces of bodies, just after the ex juan to be pa witout dey tao the Tne been compelled to return to Washington thorough-| plosion. One or two females were blown | sury Chest, in order to reimburse Her Majesty's ly disorganized. The information comes to us| nto Tenth street, with their clothes all in a) Government to that extent for the issues which blaze. ‘he police and citizens immediately they will have made to liquidate the accounts of

through Canada, no American paper daring to : | é a ’Snatien publish a word on thesubject, as if it did, it would rendered all the aid possible, and the ruins — pases age , The dead and ave, ete., €

be immediately suppressed. The Montreal Gaz-| were examined at onee. (Signed) oercanre me whe Wr elidantasil enigoel bathaithy: tate lange wounded were carried out and placed in} yiout. Governor Dundas, ete., ete. ¢ understand, on good authority, thata large | various neighboring dwellings, drug stores, |, true nes reconnvisance party, ordered to Manasses by Gen. | &e., while some of the injured were taken to |” Ce ee McClellan last week, was so cut up and fatigued | she Pennsylvania Hospit: ge VU. . mi Cis. yivania tlospital. alt

by the heavy reads that it returned to Washington | Tue Ms on: a Se | na se = vtate of disorganization. This is not a wary| : ae layor, Chief of Police and the officers No, 91. Prince Edward Island, | encouraging tact for the Southera advance of the | ‘os ow ae bonsatart oa the ground, and DOWNING StreeET, Zist March, 1852. army of the Potomac.” Rumors of the same kind | ad ee ee Ae in their exertions to aid SIR; traceable to high official personages, have been the re » and to examine inte the cause of | 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of current in Quebec also, and probably contain some } the calamity. An immense crowd of curious your Despateh, No. 15, of the 2d of March, re- ltruth. The Montreal ‘Commercial Advertiser’ ) and horror-stricken | people also thronged questing that you may be furnished with the Ap- has the following paragraph on the same subject: | around the spot, gazing at the bloody teesi-| pendix referred to in the Report of the Commis-

“RETREAT OF THE ARMY OF THE PoTomac. | ™onles to the force of the explosion. We | sion of Inquiry into the Land Tenures of Prince —An officer of the British army stationed here, | Saw @ policeman lift from the roof of a three- | Edward Island. : ud who was invited to Washington by Dr. Russell to| story hoase in Tenth street, a horrible mass | Ihave to aequaint ig that this Appendix, in be a witness to the second battle of Manasses, re-| of flesh and blood, which had been blown to consequence of its bull , has not been priuted, and turned here on Friday last, and reports that Ge-| that elevation. | there is therefore ouly one copy of it in this Coun-

Other sights as horrible we | a ; } sral McClellan and his grand army of the Poto-| ¢ > ae try, which is necessarily retained here for the use neral McClellan grand army of Che foto) forbear to speak of in detail. ‘of Her Majesty's Government, in deliberating on

mac have retreated te Washingtou again, disor- Owing to the confusion which prevailed | 44, subject.

ganized aud discouraged, being unable to follow a : ; : hil ; She Confederates 08 acceunt of the state of the about the scene of the disaster, it was im-| | regret, therefore, that it is not, at present, in

roads, and the insufliciency of transport for a long possible to obtain an accurate list of the | my power to comply with your wishes. march through the enemy's country.” killed. It is believed, bowever, that the 1 have the honor to be, ete., ete.,

In connection with the above we copy the fol- number will not exceed four or five. The : (Signed) NEWCASTLE. lowing from the ‘ Jourual ' of this morning : heads of three persons, a number of arms,| Lieut Governor Dundas, ete., ete.

A gentleman, who returned to this city from! one or two tongues, and numerous parts of | A true copy, . the States, in R. M. 8. America, brings tidings of| bodies were found around the immediate | George D. Atkinson. another retreat from Manasses by the Grand | vicinity of the factory. One head was blown =~ a Army of the Potomac, It appears that the main | over the houses on Tenth Street into Passay- |, CaTuoLic Young Men 8 eg | Ixstt- body (125,000 strong) under Gen. McClellan ad-| ynic road near Ellsworth street, a distance of | TUTE: —On last Thureday evening Mer. James C.

vanced upon Manasses, as previously reported by | ; ere pe , : .2" | Doyle read a paper before the Institute, on Shak- telegraph, but the eel in that vicinity had several hundred yards. Thus far the bodies

lef Raward Jack After making some intro- | been undermined by the Coafederates, previous to | of Edward Jackson, the son of the proprietor, | ductory remarks wpon the character and genius

| abandoning the position, and the mines exploding, | and a boy named John Mehaffey, have been | of the * gentle Bard of Avon,” the leeturer pro- some five thousand meu were killed and wounded,| picked up. The latter had his head blown | ceeded to give the historical incidents connected A panie ensued in consequence. A fearful rain | off. Young Jackson was shockingly mutila-| with the drama, Though Shakspeare was in- storm coming up, as the troops were retiring, | ted. {lis head was partially destroyed, and. debted to the writings of Hollinshed, and Andrew whole regiments disbanded and sought for shelter. | almost all the flesh burned from the bones | Waser oe some of me a eg “ Macbeth” The Grand Army at length struggled back to) The greater portion of the wou sre | is chiefly the creation of the poet's own genins. Washington. Of course the American newspapers | soteennd to WA sire robeend Tteapital. ‘The | Mr. Doyle deseribed the plot of “ Macbeth,” and dare not publish this news; nor would the “ Mi-| haiiiate ' , read largely from the work. He recited several ee a a oie |extent of the injuries of each bas not been) eo , a | litary Censor of the Telegraph” permit its trans-| 9 oortained. but the physicians are of the | ?’*"*** and rendered the principal seeues of the mittal over the wires. But it -vas placardedupon| wi i yo 1€ | play in a spirited, and, so far as we are able to the walls in New York, thongh removed almost | 0P#™!08 that there are no fatal cases among) judge, in a very correct maoner. That he acquitted immediately by the police. We noticed in one of them. ‘ kN _ | himself ereditably, and that the subject was inter- our Awerican exchanges some indistinct allusions| The cause of the disaster is involved in esting, the applause frequentiy given by the au to the retreat from Manasses, which were incom-| mystery. Mr. Jackson, the proprietor, was | dieace was sufficieut proof. prehensible, until this intelligence came to clear | not in the factory at the time, and knew!) On Thursday evening uext, Mr. Henry G. Me- The war is conducted on both | nothing concerning its origi. Those of the) Intire will read a lecture on “ Joan of Are.” land interfere, for the sak Setmeaet Eng- work people who escaped, and with whom | Youna Mrs's Custrtan Awecaatne ann Ta ertere, fo sake of humanity rae ; i nc Men's sTian As nN, a- oer ‘i aan. . 29 7 a 9 Aa Ha ah as Say anne TERARY Instirerk.—Mr. Henry Barnard, eldest NEWFOUNDLAND. 5! DZ SO pieces, an a0 10} son of Mr. Silas Barnard, lectured on Thursday even- - lalmost the same instant it was in flames. ing. His subject, “ Chemistry as applied ‘to ae sis

to irritate the people of this Island. ment of £200 to each Commissioner was contem-

plated as an indemnity for his labor.

papers the fullowing items of news.

spear’s “ Macbeth.”

Governor's proclamation dissolvifg the House.’ The Government are either determined to take |

uselesa at a considerable distance, as it appears | explained that it was in January 1301, that I stated Finally, after about | that my improvemeuts were to the valine of twelve three-fourths ef an hour ef the most severe fight- | pounds, aud that it was in Augast f yllowing, when |

There were two distinct explcsions, the | culture.” Le is quite youthful buat quite ap to

aans 4 Sa ; 4 ; * work. He delivered Limself with great modesty, second of which was mach the most violent. simplicity and clearness. He began by setting forth

The steamer Ospray, Capt. Gulliford, arrived’ at Halifax on the Sth tmstant, trom St. Jolan’s, |

GOODS, suitable for the coming season, a lot ef SuerrieLp Hanpwarg, Keos and Bags of Nats Casks of Raw and Boiceo Ou, Kegs of Parr,

Upper and Sole Learuer, ete a with the Suor Fursitore, Seales and Weights, Stoves and Pipes, Show Glass, d&e., de. :

Terms at Sale. Sale Positive. No

WILLIAM DODD, Auctionger. April 14, 1862.

By Auction.

Farm Stock, Horses *andFat Cattle.

BY AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th inst., at 12 o'clock, on the premises of the Hon. Geonce Cores, in Charlottetown, the following superior Stock of FAT CATTLE. The Horses are from the best breed of Cart Horses ever imported, and bred, viz :— 1 wwo year old Entire COLT, from a Clydesdale — and the imported Cart Horse Datmes'e

ry.

1 three year old Cart MARE, from the celebrated Champion Mare and Farmer's Glory.

i two year old MARE, from same Mare and Horse.

1 two year old HORSE, half brother to the eelebra- ted Horse Suateber.

CATTLE. 5 FAT CATTE. i Darhem BULL, 4 years old. “ year old HEIFER. 2 “ Heifer CALVES. PIGS. Several Hog and Sow PIGS, of improved breed.

A credit of 3 moulhs for all sume over £16; and over £2, 4 months on ved joint notes.

. McGILL, Auctioneer. Ch. Town, 7th April 1862. kW

SWABEY & Commission “Merchants

Wine and Flour Dealers, GREAT GEORGE STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN...........P. E. ISLAND. N. B. Consignments advanced Grain Cargoes purchased on Coumission. oe

pril 14, 1862. ly

A siiciaioaiag JOHN & ROBERT SCOTT, Coach & Sleigh Builders,

Kent Street,

[AFORM the inhabitants cf Charlotte-

town and the Country generally, that they bave

ae on hand a number of new and -hand AKRIAGES, n and red, i

which will be wold cheap fue aioe oa

Ee All orde ictanlly attended April i4, isa ly ie

A= indebted to me for the ser- vices of the Horse “ PONEY,” are hereby informed that [ have appointed, Letter of Attorney this day, Mr. PATRIC BEARNEY, Union Road, Lot 33, to eoliect und recover all amounts due, whose reevipt

will be a sufficient di % WILLIAM LARGE.

New Bedeque Road, Townshi 4 12th April, 1862. et

ing, our vessel sank, the stars and stripes still | | - os fuar acres of — ~ a oan . ~ . perme i 2 ”v B Waving. [rat flay was Gually submerged, but besides Other hupreuvements, tha the teovernmen

N accordance with the foregoing, I hereby

after the hull grounded oa the sand fifty-teur feet | recommended them to teader me the twelve pounds below the surtuce of the water, eur peusant was still fying from the topmast above the waves. None of vur mea were captured, but many were aleuwned as the vessel weut down. We had about dour hundred oa board, and [ suppose that from ove huadred aud fifty to two hundeed were killed durtag the engagement aud drowaed at the sink- ing.

A FPawart.—lIt is currently stated that a num-! ber of frightened geatlemen held a meeting ou! Sunday aight, aad called sundry distinguished merchants aud loyal atp-owaers out of their beds to advise oa the beat means of defending New York agaiust the Merrimac, which was believed to be ou its way to Fort Hamilton, having demo- Hiahod Fortress Mouree. The Mayer, it is stated, suggested the procuring of old suips and sinking a; stoue At im the skip channel. Later news pre- bably reliewed the auxieties of the parties. —Jour- wal of Commerce. }

The pauic extended te this city; for we learn that a distinguished character, with one of his asides of company, absulately trashed three or four ailes out of towu tv cousult a geatleman ef wili-

I must only apologise, Mr. E liter, for occupying

so mach of your valuable space, aud conelude by

adverting to the speech of the Hon. Mr. ilaviland, in which he says that I said 1 did uot apply for the

land autil same time in Jane, whieh Tagain assert tw be incorrect.

Government have many more sash causes [ think the

sovner the shells ace cracke [the beter. j :

Yours, &-., JOSEP SAUNDERS. Belle Creek, April 7th, L302.

the country by surprise; er, perhaps, like the | Nfid., which port she left early in March last, but | i iasilti ia ee ta the importauce of chemical know ledge to the farmer, | caricature of Lord Palinerston in Punch, they are | owing tu the large quantities of ice on the coast, |, ANOT WER GREAT SEA Ficur EXPeECTED.— | instructing him as it does in the elements of the soil, i a | was ¢ ‘Hed ret to port sever: | The public is on the tip-toe of expectation, On| the clements of his various products, and the ele- - | whistling for a good political blast that will enable | was compelled to return to port several times.

| them to steer their frail and rotten barque through the shoals and quicksands that are before them. | | For our own part, we do not care whether there

He als» stated that the whole ease | will be another session or not—there must be an jn the ice were drifting to the southward. is contained in a nat shell; perhaps it is; but if the |

If the Go- | vermment hold on for a fifth session—which was

lelection in less than tiwelre mouths.

| never done by any Government since the passage of the Quadrennial Aet—it will be a.dlear acknow-

Cie

Charlottetown, April 14th, 1832.

& xaminer,

'ycdgment that they are afraid and ashamed to face | | the constituencies; and it will be a certain fore- | | cannes of their signal overthrow. | Ou Friday the House was oceupiéd on several | matters of routin-—viz: the report ef the Special |

' Committee on new Post Offices; and the report

THE CLOSING SESSION.

yo ” . . re t 2A rie , . : e . - z “ a Oor readers, whose eyes have beow wearied by y:n4}) routine business. Two Bills were brought | and before it was got under a great portion of the - , ~aric fh . ) . « i . the perusal of nearly fitty long columns of small /up fora second reading, but were thrown out: print, eoutaiing the speegly:s of hoverable mem- oye was, a Jil introduced by Mr. Davies, re- y * i ; i a - ‘ r » ‘ a on t t er . . . " tary traising and professional skill—had him out bers of the House of Assemly, besides a great | quiring transient traders on coming to ¢ hartotte- were burnt to death. The vessel was owned by

of bet at 2 o'eluck ia the morning, to inquire what) goa) of dry reading in the shape of debates of the

we sheald do, if the dreaded Merrigae should sud- | deuly appeat in our harbor! Distance, time and

lof the Committee ou the sexeral small grauts for, ' the relief of indigent persons ; together with other |

town to dispose of auy articles of commerce, to

Legislative Council—will rejoice to learn thatthe | yay a tieence fee to the City authorities. This Bill.

tide seeaned not to have been taken inte account | whirlwind of talk is abont to cease, and that 1 @) Would have a very injurious effect in many ways, |

at all. The answer, we learn, was pot satistac- tury. Whether the gan formériy so raptureusiy kissed afforded aay cousolation ou the present oe- casion, We have uot ascertained.— Boston Post..

Suppose the Ericsson double keeled, cannon- | during the past week in disposing of the Bills then | 5), Hillsborough, by giving a monoply of ten years. | ance on the premises.

proot noudesecript, the Monitor, with her little | j

a progress, and dispatching the unfinished routine

cocked hat, revelving and impreguable fort, had business—so that now scarcely anything of im-

been delayed a day or two loager iu her passage |

te Fortress Moaree, are we exaggerating our dap- | portance

cended the Potomac and shelled the Presideat out of the White Howse; aod that the Jamestown | and Yorktown, aes to sea, swift steamers as)

they are, might have cleaned the whole Atlantic | teunks for tsyo or three days, and as we write | obtain in French ports a French registry for |

| offices.

There has been a vigorous packing of

coast of our outgoing and incoming merchantmen? | several members are setting out upou their travels,

The genius, skill and enterprise of a private citi- | z«n have saved as from these dangers and from

river. We have had a varrow eseape — so very

narrow aud so very suggestive that we can afford |

asiling wooden ship schoo! of Mr. Secretary Welles. —WN. ¥. Herald. . - ee ae

CANADA. Horamer Tate. —A Morwer curs HER

sick and tired of the session, and apparently care- cession lately extended to Canada. Mr. Coles the dixgrace which would have followud the es | less as to whether they shall ever return to begin cape of those three rebel vessels from the James | another. By Friday next it ia kqped that the riehly cushioned chairs will be relieved for an- no longer to trust out navy to any man of the old other year from the form and pressure of our in- sular statesmen, who, if they did not all fill them with honor and advantage to the country, did so to the satisfaction and approval of themselves.

It is yet too soon to take a review of the busi-

very short time tue demands which Parliament ‘and was generally condemned on both sides of

makes — — _ will be greatly lessened. ‘the House. The other Bill—introdueed by Mr. | | Considerable activity was manifested in the House | Beer—was to encourage steam communication on !

The greater part of Saturday was occupied in |

° . ‘ . | discussing the tnerits of a resolution, introduced

; remains, we understand, to detain mem- | 5) fr, Finlay MeNeill, proposing an address to | continued prevalence of uorth easterly winds has | battle ? gers in saying that the Merrimac might have as-) bers from their more congenial and profitable | 4. Queen, with the view of getting Her Majes-

}employments about their farms, storehouses and

ity’ Government to interfere on behalf of this) Colony with the Government of France, so as to!

| Island built ships, on the principle of the like con-

warmly supported the measure ; and, in order to secure the advantage proposed, urged the propri- ety of offering to the French the right of a free | fishery on our coasts, to the same extent as it in| F enjoyed by Ameriean citizens. This was deemed too liberal, and was lost on division. The subjeet is one of much importance, and we shall take an

| John’s were at Trepassy and Buria, and jammed

get to sea.

LATEST NEWS FROM THE

Telegraph Office at Cape Tormentine just as the | fleet, and from present advices the loss of lite | Mail was leaving there for this Island, and trans-|

town. which is three days later than our Mail papers | never will be. Vessels that were out at that | furnish, but the Telegram does not state what pre- cise point the intelligence comes from. Our con-

| Capt. Gulliford reports the coast'of Newfoundland the word of an “intelligent contraband,” or through ments of the unuures required by his munifold blocked up with ice. The prospects of the Sealers other sourees, it is rumoured and believed that the | Purposes. He then proceeded to oon chemistry. Merrimac has been repaired, strengthened, and | it is the science of elementary substances. There mounted with heavier guns; that the Jamestown |" Connapenen, eS then recomposes, in ull possible and Yorktown, C. 8. steam sloops-of-war have been motes ee oars ae - lnshegs onaats the epee po : for the farmer; conveying the very mfiormation he also more efficiently iron-plated; and that the | peeds,and which be can obtain from no othersouree. three veasels have actually come out from their | The lecturer illustrated his statements by several fastuesses in Norfolk harbour; and are now per-, striking experiments, in only one of whieh he was haps obstinately doing battle—perliaps gone to the | unsuccessful. Several geutlemen followed in re- has been taken from the draia that the Water) 8"™¥e of the Cumberland. The Monitor meanwhile | marks erent py ooo en Pw - en a Company ave sinking, about three miles from has made beneficial changes in herarmament, and | Which added to the interest of the occasion. A

iv | Pg é a ae stat aoa ap, | seemed gratilied with the product of native intel- town. Phe geld was thirty ieet froin the surface. a = pores oe ad 4 rae vo ute sf, oprane> | ligence, diligence and seal presented in the person of Vhe Newfouadtander of the 2ith says: “ The | “ents having been made to aid her ina peculiar) (ie Jeeturer, and his performance; while they

business of the session is now so fur advanced that | fashion, that is vory well known to every one here } pleased themselves with the hope that in due season the Legislatare, we believe, will be prorogued this New York, but is properly kept out of print. | they mizht hear from him again. Young Prince week.” | Awaiting the report and the issue of this new | Edward Islnd was largely represented in the audi- The residence of the Rev. Mr. Harvey, Port-de- | tournament d lowraace, we wust express our re- | ence, making up for the unaccustomed absence of

: gret—be it but in the briefest of paragraphs—that | many of their elders.

are very bad. A number of vessels bound to St.

in the ice off Placentia Bay. Some of the vessels

A gentleman at St. Jola’s, Nfld., writing to the Reading Room in Halifax, says that gold has been discovered at that place. A very fine specimen

Grace, was burut down on the night of the 13th

due to Mr. Lar on that day will be sued for without further

Household

ee notice to all indebted to Mr.

as above, that 1 will attend at Lananon’s Ten Mile House, St. Peter’s Road, on THURSDAY, the FIRST DAY OF MAY next, fur thé purpose of receiving the amounts ; and all amounts not paid

notice.

PATRICK BEARNEY. _ April 14, 1862. 3w es

T° BE SOLD, by AUCTION at the

residence of J. H. TURN ; DAY, April 2ith, at 10 o'clock: eae

‘our establishment mtintains no poet laureate. | os ee ee Sen ae be Stoned

| What a theme for a bar ere going a begying | 2D *hureday evemng eet pth tom

}—the trident ea ron Nopeoe aitaed Tae genes ey, . ns a

Sen whe tee Gis Guanttane th dient. ae eet Subject, “ The Christian Sabbath and its ‘ ti part sgust, giVINE aspects.”