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those courses they really mean the Govern- world, if the outside sweetness of society were |

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Seat Fisuive Orr Newrounptapn.—A fleet, April, another on | Goneerts during May and June.

of three or four hundred vessels, chiefly brigs,

pabte of blowing hot and cold that it is only the varnish brush dry ; if, instead of **My| goes out every spring about the first of peeessary to watel their tortuous course to) dear Mrs. Smith, thie is indeed kind of wou, | March, from St. John’s, N. F., to engage in

find chem refuting their own arguments, The |

reason why the Government did not accept

the proposition of Lis Grace may be seen by |

referring to the despatch itself, —it was sub-| odious woman again! why did they let her And up?" °

ject to the consent of the proprictors. if they thought it conta:ned such terms as they could assent to, it ie quite likely they

would have come forward, as soon as that| evstom, this gnarled and knotted reality

despatch was meade public, and signified to| was suddenly to meet her!

the Governmest their inteatiwa of deing ao. But, ow the coptray, we heave it plainly be- fore us in the anewer given by Sir Samuel Cunard to the propositions of the delegates, that they had no intentiun of accepting Hire Grace's pr edntained in his teb of the Lith Julyrisst. Sir Samuel Cunard cays, in bie letter of the lath November, thet ‘some of the propositions of the delegates appear ty be cowplicated, and difficult t be woderstoed ; but all of them interfere with che Written agreements betweee landlord wad taneot, aod tu denrive che landlord o! his jos rights." And when be waa closely: pressed sw give an answer, particularly to the third propusition of the delegates. be eays, w bis ietter of the 4th Junu- ary, ** lo my letter of the lath November, io zeply to the proposals submitted by the de- logetes, 1 was reluctant to trust myself to mekeeny remerk upon the th rd proposition, lees I shoeld make some observations that might be deemed unplensant, especial! y ag the delegates bold the highest official situa- tieos in the Island. [ therefor: passed it over werely stating that it was difficult to ve up- deretoud. Being now called upon, especially, ty reply to thie proposition, | will endeavor to explain what would be its operstion. A tenant holding & farm consrating of 100 acres

tor which he is bownd by hid lease to pay £5)

rene per annum, and t pay if annually, v ould. under thia proposition, evuid paying hus landlord, being encouraged thereby to du so, but would deposit his reat in the Bunk, where be can get six or seven per cent. inter ext, and at the end of 20 yeura the accumu- lated rent and interest would amount to more then £150. This sum should, in justice, be- jung to the landlord ; but the tenant can take 280-of it and demand from the landlord a deed in fee simple of hie farm, and bas the remainder of the £150 ae a reward for hic dis- honesty." These are the opiaiuns of the pro- prietors, if we take their yews from hin who is generally sup to represent them iu Great Britain ; and we want but litle more to convince as whet their views would be, if ex , 0B the propos:tivas cuntsined in the Colonial Minister's despatch of the Lith July. Nu dowbt the proprietors would con- sider the propositions of the Colonial Minis- ter outrageous, tinctured, perhaps with more then* dishonesty,’’ when they would consi- der that a tenant who nad paid no rent for sixteen years could get hi» land at right years’ purchase ; and we want no further j ruof that they would aot accede to these pro- posals. But the opposition, faithiul to their course of obstruction, and blowing hot and cold, use their faithful term «* insincerity ;" but when the Duke's despatch of the Iith daly was published, they biew hot, and offer- ed the strungest opposition t. the propositions therein set lorth, tearmg the Colonial Go- vernment would accept of them; whereas, now, after the wiser course of sending the delegates to the Colonial Office has been adopted, and the Opposition find that the Governmant did not comm:t themselves by aocepting or rejecting the Luke's suggestions. they are prepared to blow cold again, and say we should have accepted the former pro- possis, though it is evident that the proprie- tors bad no intention of acceding tw tiem. [n testang the sincerity of those gentlemen, one naturally looks to see whet their own pro-

sions are ; but if you trace their policy tor the last 4 or 5 years, you will see that théy offer oo propusitions for the setilement of the question, though they oppose and ub- etruct every plan that is off red by the present Goverument. In @ very celebrated liberal paper dated — August just, and at a time

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eet wottd be made aprarent, we find the follow- ing? ** The Goverament of the Island should — the means of paying for them, (the *reprietors’ Jands) esther by an lwperia! or ® lycal luan ; the turmer would be decidedly the beet.”" But they know there is no pros- = of obtaining an Imperial ioan—the

uke of Newcastle tells us so—and that we cannot raise & local losn without eaddling the Island with a burden of £75,000. And

if we cannot get an Imperia! joan, and are |

unable to bear a local loan, then they advise the, tenantry tw rest the claims of their lendionrds. The Editor, already referred to. says: if the proprietors will not sel\ on the sume terme as the Selkirk and other estates were sold, ** iet their properties be rendered & very serious incumbrance tothem."’ W hat he meens by that | am rather at @ lose to cunceive. Again he saye——* Lostile legisla- tion, it ie true, may be checked at the Colonial Office; if so, then det the Local Go- vernment do nothing uf the tenantry should be inchned to forget their obligations to ther landlords."’ By that | suppose he means to keep the proprietors at their distance with the point of the bayonet. Here is the propo- sition of those great ** Liberuls,’’ who charge the Government with insincerity. Now, which of the two is the must sincere; those who are endeavouring to bring abouts union of mind between the landlords and tenante, or those who are endeavoring to incite the tenants to resist their landlords? I think every impartial man must see that the proper Course Was, not to pustpone the matter tll another sessiun, with a view of legislating upon that Despatch. while we had, in the megntime, an oppurtunity of sending a Dele- gation to the Cojonial Office, and getting information which we could Jay before the Legislature. [ am confident that it is money well appropriated, and | only wish that every wember of the Legislature bad the opportunity which we had of sitting down and having a free divoussion with the Colonial Minister, and subsequensly, on several occasions, with the Under Secretary of State, when they would find that it is noi such an easy thing to leyisinte between pro- prietors eod tenants, where private interests are so deeply involve. { might muke further remarks on this point, but [ wish to confine myself to the propusition contained in the amendment. The Delegates have un- done nothing, nor bound the tenantry any further than they were bound before. There is no doubt that when the measure on the land question comes belore us, ample oppur- tunity will be giwen to say much awre, sud I wi pensive any further remarks till that occasion, No really substantial objections have: been offered to the measure uf the Go- vernment in sending home the Delegation ; and | was. glad to hear His Hosor from Prince County (Hon. Mr. Lord) say, that he does not desiro to take the lands from the proprietors without an equivalent. The only thing is, bow to devise 4 measure that will hit the golden mean , aod your honors ma te assured, that only such a measure wi receive the approbation of Her Majesty's Mnisters.—{ To be continued } MISCELLANEOUS. THE PAINT AND VARNISH OF SOCIETY. How should the world et on without Paint end Vuruish? Though damagitg to the core » When laid on with too bruad « sweep and wo juicy & brush, they are yet, in a cer- tain degree, necessities in @ make-believe old life, ** where nothing i but all things seem,” aod where matters ure wo oddly ordered, that sometimes trotis have the effect uf the wild- est falsehoods. Think what it would be if we lived in @ rough-hewn moral chamber unpainted and unvarnieied—nothing but the dare boards, with the grain of the wood showing ap in jagged lines. and the heads end points of the nail starting ot for the of our garments ! Horribly uncom- ®, surely, with nu geod sleeping ac- ; Gut 60 much w B've one space or ease for a seouiny, = oa the sun stalking through Len overhead | miserable gorilladom of the

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tam charmed to see you,"’ said amiably, and with an electric clasping of the fingers, your friend growled oat: * Here is this

Think of the consternation that would seize on poor Mrs. Smith's undoubting soul, if, in place of the smooth serenity of formal

3 Would it be right, indeed, that it abvuld? Where the necessity of turning the seams outside, and let the gorth wind whistle through chinks and cracks, which » little putty painted over and varnished, could stop out as weil us heart of oak. Marrying for love seldom needs much paint beyond that belonging to the condi- tion as by right; but marrying for mouey wod making believe snat it is for love! con- venience transformed to passion '!—interest putting ob the sembiunce of Cevotion ?— why, bushels of paint sod gallons ot varnish are sot enough to make bleck — there, or to smuuth over the awkward inequalities that cannot be planed away !— fhe wicked little lady daubs herseit ali over with tha Toswst pigment at command : sie vides the pictures in her heart-~the big yel- low purse, the opera box, the diamond neck jace, the flaming carriage, und the stately hewsehoid, under the paint of sn all-shadow- ing love ; she scrawls all sorts of Arcadian pastorala over the hempen canvass which else would show tao cvarsely ; and if she is wise as well a8 wicked, she will go on paint- ing and serawling to the end of time. Usually she w too indolent and tov careless to renew the dilapidacions ; and when the first couting has rubbed off, never seeks to lay on a fresh one ; unless, indeed, there is a contingency in the background, and her husband's will may still make or mar her fortunes. When rich old men, or rich unpersunable young wen, marry pretty portionless wives, they nad better keep that contingency in their own hands, if they care for pleasing land- scapes ov their walls, or visions of Arcadian beauty in their galleries. We have our syecial puint-pote for love, whereby we cover up all the ugly spots of temper and unkind- ness, of small passions wod meao ways that cise belong to us, ty we seew wingless angels of our feliow love. This we all do alike, not of design, and with no toregone intention to deceive, but by the natural ordering of the condition. Ab! weil! wait till matrimony. that terrible disenchanter bas worn off the varnish, and then see what knots come) i through the bare boards, what ugly veinings, what daws and cracks and rents apd rotten | fibres are beneath, not one of which was seen in the beginning. Is is good for man that) there should be this time for dreaming and | deceit 7?— is it good that the ruggedness of |

the future should be masked benensh the | varnished smoothedness of the present ?—that love should asher in the soul's waking with | the morning songs of birds and the honied sweetness of flowers, with rosy clouds resting vn the mountain tops. and the gracious veil- ing of the lake breaking up into multiplied | forms of misty beauty, when the truch lying | behind this loveliness traces out but sadness | and despair and the terrible rising to the | gaunt day-work of disenchantment ? Ic may | be that some good purpose, sume strong and | boly shaping, les in these fund dreams of | the spirit; it may be that trath, in the be-| ginning, would be too hard und angular for the soul to bear, and that if men were not solely led by ilasion, they would faint hy the way, and droop and die, and pever zeach the | goalatall. If love could not plume bimself | in aogel’s wings who would care to harber |

him in their bearts. —

The Quedee papers devote a large portion of their space tu accounts of the circumstances attending the execution of John Meehan in that city, on the 24th alt. Meehan was a young man—but twenty-i hree years of age—

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the business of catching seals. The field of operations is the floating ice that comes down from the North at that season. The men ad- vance upon the fieids of ice in couples—so that one may assist the other in case of acei- dent. They keep to the leeward of theship, else they might lose her, as iudeed sometimes happens in the dense fogs. About the 7th of Marcel the young seals are found about the size of cats, mewing on the ice. ‘they are oot yet fic to be taken, but by lying in the sun and sucking the ice until about the mid- dle of March they gain three inches of fat. Then commences the slaughter. The wen walk up to the white cuuts, as the young seals are then culled, aod knock them over by striking them on the forehead with a long pole, stick them with a knife, cut them down the breast, and carcass rolls out, leaving the skin and fat which is ull the seal-catcher is after, the curenss being left on the ice. |’ Usually in abuut the last week in March, the seals begin to dip, they take to the water, and are then only to be captured by shoot- ing from the boats. Old seals are iuvalner- able unless shot in the forehead, and nature has provided them with a means of de- fence even here, in the shape of a ** hood, ” which they drop on occasions—hence their name ** old hoods.'’ So the season of catch- ing them is but three weeks in duration

Che men often go five or six miles from the ship on the floating ice. They get one-ball the catch, sometimes making « good trip, at other times getting nothing. Oue spring 4 crew thut were out three weeks and three juys, shared $135 apeie. A brig of 150 tous will take as a crew about forty men, who are provided "y the merchant fitting out the vessel with a full supply of provisions, and all things necessary for the prosecution of the voyage, in retorn for which each man pays a swall sum, called ** berth money; ”’ and should the voyage prove unfortunate, the werchant has to stand the loss of the entire outtit. Lt ws & dangerous vccupation, for the brige are liable to be crushed in the ice

though they are strongly built. The fat of the seal, alter being brought into port, iseut into small yieces, placed in large vats, and left to drain off to oil, which is an article of commerce. The skins are used for yarivus purposes.

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Wipow-Burxixa 1x Inpta. The last re-) ceived copy of the London Times contains a| case of suttee now admitted to be rare—re- | lated by its correspondent in India. The | particulars were derived from a circular of | the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, and are) thus condensed’: —** ‘be woman, who lived in the Moaghyr district, declared herself suttee on the dayher hasband died. The prepara-| tions forburaing her were made, and she went forth accompanied by her husbands relations, and followed by a large crowd of spectators | —** Among these,’’ according to the offigial | statement, ** were several zemindars and peo- | ple holding @ respectable position in life. ’’| The woman mounted the pile. aud the torch was applied by a young lad. When the! flames reached the poor creature her reso-| lution failed ber, and she threw herself trom | the pile screnming and declaring that she could not complete the sacrifice. Taonts and reproaches were heaped upon her— it does not appear that actual force was used —

and she again ascended the pile. The agony Town, appareutly arranging to travel North.

was tore tuan she could bear, and she fell}

down. * On this,”’ says the official paper, | * the crowd dispersed, and the wretehed wo- |

man, scorched and burnt, was left to roll in | agony on the yrouod till death put ap end) tu her sufferings."’

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and was sentenced to death for the unpro- the 25th ult. From late papers received we ex-|

years of age. The last scene is described as

follows :—

“ The fatal moment row approached. The pri soner’s shirt-collar was thrown loose, aud the wore experienced Culeraft of the two advanced on the drop and secured the uoose arvand hisneck. Mee- han still remained firm, while this horrible oper- lation wae beimy performed, his spiritnal adviser standing by bis side, holding bis band upon his head and comforting him. The rope having been fusten- ed, the Kev. Mr. Meagher bade his penitent fare- well, and embraced him on the cheek ‘The un- | fortunate man then gazed upon life, and light and sunshine—upon the throng of bis fellow beings around him—for the last time. A white linnen cap was drawn over his faee. The hanwman slunk back into the yallows-oom, and the siynal was | given to bis assixtaut to draw theholt The doom- } ed man fell upow his knees, and in a moment a loud | Ccusb was heard asthe drop fell, and the body of

| the strong ian, who stood a muuient before fuil of

now a thiag of loathing and horror, writhing in couvulsions at the end of w rope. The strongest nerves guve way, for amoment, asthe sound of the fulling drop was heard, and the wretelied man Was lavuched into eternity. The ettect produced upon the mob was electrical. A deep prolonged groan or sob was heard from many throuts as the body fell. Women screaved and boys ran in every direction, frightened at the sud spectacle they had been bo erto see. Huandr-dsof those who were immediately in front of the scuifold, fell simultan- eously on their knees. The movement made by those whose nerves could not stand this last shock, wus so great that a punic was created which lasted for several momeuts—a portion of the mob rushing wildly along Dauphine Street, while others made off in the direction of St. Ann street. There was no coufusion, however, at the gaol enterance. The giol-guard, who were vut ou duty, imuwediately atood to arms, and the police were also present in full force. The panic, or rusb, or whatever it may be called, was over in a minute, and the crowd then stood slent and apparently awe-stricken iu the fear- ful presence of d-ath. ‘The unfortunate condemned appeared to suffer fearfully in the last throes of death. Ashe fell, the cap slipped from his face, and the upturned countenance, working with the

ngs of death, was visible to the persons looking ton the front wiudows of the guol above the scaffold. From the first deep red flush of strangu- lation, it turned to purple, and from purple to the livid hue of death. There wasa vivlent convulsive wotion of the whole frame at first, and the strug- les continued for fally five minntes. At the end of this time, however, life was evitlently extinct ; but the body was allowed to hang for the usual length of time. Shortly before eleven o'clok, the last act of the tragedy was performed—the corpse being cut down and removed tor the purpose of being handed over to the relatives. Even at this uour, thousands of persons still lingered in the im- mediate vicinity of the gaol, as if their eves had not already sufficiently feasted on horrors, or as if something singular fascinated them to the spot. A considerable length of tinue elapsed before this crowd had fiually dispersed.”

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Murper or a Civit Orvicer.—The Aroos- took Pioneer of the 15th inst. contains the following narrative :—** This morning our community was shocked by the news of a most horrid tragedy, which oecurred in the } porthern part of this county ou Sunday morn- ing last. Two gentlemen, Mr. Thomas Smith of Oldtown, and Mr-Andrine Vundine o! Honlcon, were in pursuit of a notoriously desperate fellow named.John C. Gove, ot Weston in the county. who had attempted murder and committed other crimes of « less serious nature. Linving ascertained his whereabouts, he was discuvered in 4 barn si- tuated ip a French settlement east of Fish River. When d:scovered he wxs buried under the eaves among the hay and straw, to the depth of several feet. He was ‘* armed to the teeth’’ with « breect.-loading rifle or carbine, two revolvers, and a two-edged knife, keen as a razor.

Messrs. Saith sod Vandine attempted to arrest him when he presented @ revulver. This was knocked from bis hand, and when Mr. Swith vollared him he brought his knife io requisition, cutting right aod left. Mr. S. reveived » wound in each Ing, one of which severed the main artery, causing his death in about ten minutes, While receiv- ing the thrusts from Gove, he called to bis as- sistants to shout the villian, which order was eee, obeyed, and # bullet lodged in

jwve's right shoulder, partially disubli him. He also received several well direc blows upon the head with a club in the hands of Joho L. Turner of Fort Kent. Gove was foally secured sod brought to Little Falls, N B., where his wounds were dressed and where @ strong guard is kept over bim until

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| till Sunday the 3rd of April. _| the Isle of Wigbt as a guest of Mr. Seely, M. P.,! Just Sand

fe and bealth in the presence of thoasnuds, was |

tract the following items: | It appears that Garibaldi will not be in England

He will remain in!

| tor aeveral days, and will make bis appearance iv | London on the J6th of April Lt is said that the) | restoration of his bealth 1s ove of the uiain objects | of bis visit to Englaud. } The inquest ov the sufferers by the Sheffield in- | undation has terwinated, aud the jury have con-| demned the want of engineering skill which was | evinced in the construction of the works.

According to the Paris correspondent of the Times, the Emporor Napoleou is highly gratitied with the feeling displayed towards bun both | the press and Parliament on the Mazzini affair. | It is said that he would willingly see revived the | cordial understanding which only a short time ago existed between the two Governments. |

A St. Domingo despatch is not so favourable as | others recently received, respecting the imsurrec- ‘tiow in that Island. Pacification in the southern | part, it is suid, makes progress, but in Cibuo it is | beset with difficulties.

A letter trom Lialy says that preparations for | war coutinue on & large scale on both sides of the | Po. The Austrians have, it is reported, 150,000 | men in Venetia, and to these the [taliaus could | oppose an equal number, one halfon the Mincio, | and the other on the Po. [1 is also asserted that a list of brigands, who are living in security ut Rome, has been sent te the French Government by the Italian authorities. ‘The Frencea Minister bas given orders not to allow these mea to cross the frontiers.

A despatch from Paris says that the Archduke Maximilian will embark for Mexico ou the 3Uth.

According to intelligence from Berlin, the en- tire staff of the Polish army in Warsaw has been transferred to the Prussian froutier. This is a confirmation of a previous rumor, but the reason for the change in the disposition of the troops is not given. Numerous bands of Polish volunteers are reported to have been discovered on the Pres- siau frontier.

The Danish Rigsdag closed on Tuesday with a speech from the throne, in which the hing ex- pressed hiv readiuess “ to do everything that may serve to obtain peace,” adding that the enemy twust know how far the Danes were from being forced to accept humiliating terms, His Majesty said, the Danes were still alene, ner could ke tell how long Eurepe would look with indifference on the acts of vielence perpetrated ayninst them. The King, after closing the House, set out to visit the army at Senderburg. A Copenhagen des- patch eay the Prussian cannonade against Duppel continues daily without result. The Austro- Prussian army bas ceased since Sunday tu bom- bard Frederivia.

Tue Drovucut ar THE Care De Verpes. —According to the jateet advices the Cape de Verdes were tast becoming depopulated. The condition of the islands Brava and 5t. Thiago was truly desperate. The population of these two islands is estitnated at about 70,000 souls, and for this population, when the last advices left St. Thiago, there were only 60 bags of rice ameng the entire population. But the effects of famine were such that the people were actually dying by starva- tion in the very streets. The bark of the ban- ana tree and the flesh of animals which few peo- ple ever use was esteemed a delicacy. Although rain bad fallen, yet it was tuo late, the seed sown was parched in the ground, and would not sprout, aud aliheugh the pastures showed green there were no cattle to feed, they all died tor want ot fued and water.

Death oF Lorp AstBURTON. ~ Lord Ash- burton died on the 23d. His lordship, eldest sen of the late lord, who was better known as the Right Hon. Alexander Bariug, was bora in 1799, and graduated jn classical henours, at Oriel Col- lege, Oxford, in 1821. He sat.in the House of Commons as M. P., for Thetford, Callington, Win- chester, and North Staffurdshire, at variuus dates before his accession to the peerage in 1840, and held the post of Secretary of the Board af Contre, and Paymaster of the Furces under Sir Robert Peel's first administration. His lordship was head of the great commercial firm of Baring & Co., and gained some celebrity on account of his strenuous advocacy of the teaching of “ Commons Things” io our uations! schools. His lordship was nominated, in 13855, a Knight of the Legion of Hoavur, in recogaition of his serviees in com- merce ; and in 1860 was elected President ef the Geographical Society.

LATEST FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL or THE ASIA.

By Telegraph to “ Evaminer” and Keading Room.

HaLirax, April 14, 2.30.

be eles he able to be taken to Bangor for trial. ‘he remains of Mr. Smith were taken to Little Falls. where they were properly

prepared aud takeu tu his fausly in Oldtown,

Steamship “ Asia” o'clock Thuraday morning.

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suid Sweden, jointly vadeaver to obtain peace,

ugaiust au over powering furce.

their lives with unusae A nication from Federals of their strength.

raging 10 interior between wuberuatoria! cuudidates, Gov. Vauce and Mr. Holden.

committee on V " and Means, bave proneunced in favor of large wo prohibition.

estimated 35,000.

| re-elected. Nearly every town in the States gives

| fricuds were knocked down and brotally

Summerville, en the 2nd just.

before Alexandria in Western Louisiana; it sur-

* matters in the Department of the South are yen- erally quiet.” in movewent, or that there really are uo move- ments to chronicle ! Natchitoches has also fallen to the Unionists, who took four guns aud two or three hundred prisoners.

gentlemen of the broken backbone give evidence of life and energy. UC, 5., wits 2,000 meu—so the story goes—captured

cavalry, after the latter—so the story thrice repuised their assailants. The raids into Kentucky bave also commenced. On Friday of lust week, the above uamed Southern olicer, With a strong force, took pussessiun of Paducah, in the State. back, with heavy Joss, on attac was subsequently shelled out of the town by three vole " ‘ ae pi the raiders’ advantage was womentary aud dearl arrived at Halifax at W ought. On the other haud, these Confederute ia by Mc. Edward McE | cursions, for the raiders ure suid by no means to rae = ea ot

the thirteenth, Balls and State | Revenue re- turue for quarter ending March show @ large in | ashen. Attnck an Stansfield will be renewed on assembling of Parliament. AS Garibaldi’s arrival bourly expected in England. Great preparations making throughout the coun- | ry receive hum. >) ye « City of New York” was wrecked in | Cork Harbour; no lives lost = “Brazilian Government acoegtet mediation of | Portugal in dispute with England, at Conference ii Danish affairs fixed for April izth. Austria, Denmark, France, Prussia and | Russia accepted proposal Britain aud Sweden will probably seud representatives. — German Diet not yet decided. Lystilitiea continued un-

abated. ‘ ;

tteinpt to take Duppell by storm failed. eee thrice re silad. aud retired dispirited. Seige still continued, aud Hrat Tj Was opened uud successfully furnished by wed ou night of the 29th March, unobserved by the Daues.

vecupied by Danes yn 28th. ented Singuran troup? io Denwark re volted. Austrisu army brokg up from Fredericia

iy vowccountable mauuer, and bas contributed to this cause.

Norwegian Stortbing closed. King, in speech, with other powers, would but, at the same time,

be prepared to render sssistance to Devmurk

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WAR NEWS FROM THE STATES.

mw. Jou, April 4. Newbern advices ft Confederates guardiny cure to cutoff all commu- A bitter and exciting political contest is now

Tribune's despatch says prominent members of

uties ov foreign imports, almost

World's New Orleans correspondent suys Fede- rals will evacuate Brownsville and Rig Grande.

Ringold, Tenu., despatch says Cavalry foree aug: menting and now numbers 5,000.—Jobnson's forces

Memphis despatch reports Confederate General McCullough en route with 25,000 t reinforce For-

rest.

‘Three handred prisoners captured near Alexan- dria, arrived at New Orleans- Great destrnction of property going ou by both parties on the River.

Forrest’= forces reported as scattered in Ken-

Geu. Grierson endeavoring to intercept re- aud probably preveul McCullough joiuing

Arrit 4, P. M.

The N. Y. Tribune's Alexandria letter says there is w report curreut among secesh that Gen. Steele entered Shreveport on 1s th. after teu hours pitched battle. No contidence is placed im the report,

Federal fleet is waiting a rise in Red River to pass the Falls. Fourteen hundred bales of cotton were capt™red on the river E

Authorities at Louisville have uo apprehensions of extensive raid into Kentucky at present.

General Chalwers, with 2,500 meu, was reported at Grand Jauction, Tenn., 29th alt.

Reported Sixth Tenn. Cavalry, with 600 men, had a fight near Sowvcville, Toon,, on 30th ult. with 1500 enemy Supposed part of Gen. McCal- lough's command. The former fell leaving 0 kill- ed and wounded in enemy's hands.

APRIL 5.

The Connecticut State Election took place yester- day. Governor Buckingham, Union candidate, was

tucky. trent, hing.

increased majovity over Iast year.

Tue st. Louis Democrat's Leavetiworth despatch reports that at the election yesterday the polls were seized by the mob, in the iaterest © McDowell, the Copperhead Candidate, and Mayor Anthouy aud his beaten McDowell's ticket was elected by about /00 majo- rity. Great excitement erists aud the copperbeides wre militant.

A Memphis despatch reports Forest at ae

lb- son's cuvalry are ail oul, wud will give Forrest

trouble, Arrit 6.

While General Grant was at Fortress Monroe, preliminaries for satistactory exchauye of prisoners

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scarcely have been expected. Several hundred

* Coppetheads” in Coles County, in Mr. Lincoln’® | gion, and also the price of wilderness land im) Mr. Boult

own State of Llineis, have suddenly taken up arms, have done some dumage, caused considerable alarm, and necessitated the preaence of a large militury force in order to pat down this new * rebellion.”

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bill, the report wade by the Land Commis.

che sister Colonies, plainly proves that land in this island is not worth over prices rang- ing trom five to ten shillings an acre, the

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| the contract. Besides, Mr. Coles nevi that ephouse engaged to periorm the tri. | Weekly trips with hit steamer for a longer time

a the fall than the owners of the new steamer

Still, there is in, print the usua! mystifieation about buck rents cancelled to 1862, aud six years) did; and he pointedly alluded te the fact, which the extent of the affair, and an unusual taciturnity ; to pay for it; these terme this meeting is willl

regarding its origin and causes. Is there wny 8) ue | pathy with the South involved init! Is there a wenriness at the indefinite prolongation of the war ? Is there xundyance at the iden of vigorous drafting and unlimited taxation? Or, bas this explosion been broaght about by the pressure of military rule {ithe West, which is unquestionably severe, and may be repulsive to men babitauted to freedom ia its widest sense? Is it moreover in any way con- pected with certain secret ussociations, inimical to the Washington regime, whose existence bas beeu ofteu whispered? On these poivts we are Bot in- formed. ‘The journals setile all doubtful points us to the source of these wpasms, by # free use of the term “ Copperheud ;"" and they are cured, according to the sauw expounders, by free application of U.S.

be La. bes been remarked that we are Verging towards

a government by Proclamations. Scarcely a week now tliat does uot bring forth ove ; and on Suturday Inat accordingly Mr.Lincolu favoured his people wit avotber. 1 wuy be termed, like au Actexplanatory of an Act, » Proclumation expla of a Procia- wation. The main object was to cut off C. 5. prisoners, on parole and otherwise, frum the benefits of the umnesty ulready proclaimed. We dou’t think it cun eapecially interest our readers.

This is what we propowed—a very brief epitome. Nevertheless it is fair to add that the daily jonrnuls are as full as ev-r of plave und plots, 1 ve- currences mayuitied, aud otferinys upon the insati- able altar of uutioual vauity.—N. York * Albiou, April 2, 1864.

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CORRESPONDENCE,

TENANT MEELING AT ROLLU BAY CRUSS ROADS.

A large and influential Meeting of the Tenantry residing on Townships Numbers 43, 44, and 45, was held at Rollo Bav Cross Roads, on Monday the 4th inst., for the purpose of taking into consideration the present distressed and deplorable state of the Tenantry on said Lote and the Island gonerully. The Meeting having been duly organized by the calling of Mr. Donald H. MeDonald to the chair, und the appointment ot Mr. Patrick McDonald to act as Secretary, the Meeting was opened by ® speech from Mc. William Henderson, in which he clearly expluined the oppressions the tenantry had so long endured and would still continue to endure if they did not tuke immediate steps to evade those calamities’ He next re- viewed the fruitless effurts that had hitherto teen made by the Government to settle this important question, and the want of a dis- position on the part of the Proprietors to come to any arrangements with the suffering ‘Tenantry, unless upon the moat ruinous terms imaginable. The meeting was largely re- presented by both leasehulders and freebold- ers, and they all cordially agreed that no- thing short of a right of purchave on equal terms with the settlers on the Selkirk Estate, Lot 11 and Lot 54, could ailay the disaffec- tion existing among the tenantry of thege Lots and the Isiand generally Therefore, the fullowing Resulutiuns were proposed and unanimously carried, viz :—

Moved by Mr. A. Campbell and seconded by Mr. Ronald McPhee—

Resolved, That this Meeting is of opinion that if eith-r the Delegates or Sir 5. Cunard’s proposals were udopted by the Govern- ment, they would prove ruincus to the tenautry of those Townships and the Island generally. At the exorbitant prices specified in both those proposals the tenantry could not afford the opportunity of converting their respective leaseholds into freeholds. There- fore, be it resulved, that this meeting concur with the rest of the tenantry throughout the

were concladed, and approved of by bim.

A special despatch from the army ot the Potomae, |

to the New York Heruld, says thut it rained seven out of the last ten days, and that it would take tour week's sunshine to dry the cround, #0 us to allow any purt of the army to’ move Keorganization of the army nearly completed. The report that; the

Federu) steamer Fuirhaven ran usbyre on Cape Henry on the night of the Ist inst., with over four bundred soldiers onboard, who were all auved. ~

The wuthoritica at Bangor, yesterday, urreste Frank Jowes, alias Ketchum, 0 the @ir line stipe from St. Jotn, Teller of the Bunkof St: Jol. li is supposed that be is counected with Alcxunder Corre from St. Joba, who comfiitied suicide here ay. :

General Franklin's forces arrived at Alexandria on the 24th ult., without opposition ; the country through whieh they pasted was degerted by whites

‘and male blacks, they baviag gune-to Texas.

‘The advayee column, under General Smith, left Alexandria on the 27th, und the guubouts probably

will follow. ' i itis expected that Shreveport will fall without

| resistance, and Confederates be driven from the

entire couutry east of Ryd Kiver.

The Coufederate General Harrison’s command is woving towards Shreveport, aud there is a report iu civenlation at Vieksburg that the Contederates are re-vccupying their old lines, o8 Big Black and Yazoo.

General Sherman, of the Army of Cumberland, has been appointed to command the eavulry of the Potomuc Army. ; APRit 7.

A Memphis despatch reports that Grierson’s cavalry bad an chyagement with Forrest near Forrest being reiu- forced, and Griersou’s support not coming up, the lutter fell back, but would vot renew the attack.

The election iu Maryland om State constitational convention question resulted in pot less than 15,000 majority for convention. The unconditional eman- cipation ticket receives a large majority in the con- vention. There will be 20 majority for immediate and anconditional emancipation. Baltimore gate nine thousand in favor of and 30 against 1.