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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTION.

Liberal-Conservative Candidate for Charlottetown,

HENRY LONGWORTH, ESQ. THe Datty EXAMINER, ——“OOTOBER 15,1875 ti “The Appointinenta:

Taz Montreal Gazette says :—

Mr. McKenzie has done so much in the way of resisting pressure upon him in the matter of appointments since his defeat at the polls, that it is to be regretted he did not act upon his own principles, and refuse to make any. His language in 1874, in condemning appointments by a Govern- iment after they had reason to believe they did not possess the confidence of a Pavrlia- ment, was very strong. Addressing a meeting in Lambton, and referring to the Ministry which had just retired, he said that, when they resigned, ‘‘ it was boasted by Sir John McDonald, in a caucus of his party, that they had taken good care io provide for their friends when they went out. Anything more infamous, I think, was. never done by any Government ; any thing more unjustifiable could not be con- ceived.” And then, after his own peculiar mild fashion, warming with his subject, he went on: ‘Sir, 1 will not waste words upon this discreditable transaction. His- tory will speak with only one voice as to its morality ; and, sir, I look with compassion more than anger upon the men who could thus prostitute their position as members of Parliament.” The Globe of that time took the same ground. Refer- ring to the conduct of Mr. Gladstone in making an’ appointinent, that of Mr. Palles, after his defeat and before his res- ignation, the leading Grit organ said: ‘* It would have added greatly to the renown of the outgoing ministry, had they laid down the principle that offices of honour and enio- lument ought not to be disposed of by a Government conscious of no longer enjoy- ing tho confidence of the people. This prin- ciple would apply not only to such appoint ments as that (Mr. Paile’s) to which excep- tfon has been taken, but to all action with a view to the advancement of those who have rendered party service.” That has a tolerably clear application to the appoint- ments which have just been made by Mr. McKenzie... The general principle which should govern outgoing administrations was thus:laid down by the Globe: - ‘** What) ought to be done is to establish as a prin- ciple—departure from which in any cuse is an act of political immorality—that so soon as an administration determines on relin- quishing the reins of power, its patronage ipso facto lapses.”

All this makes strange reading in the face of the announcements in the extra offi- cial Gazette, as telegraphed to us from Ot- tawa. The appointments which have been made are not ordinary appointments to fill vacancies. The vacancies have been creat-~ ed in order that the appointments might be made. Mr. Justice Taschereau, it is noto- rious, was willing to resign at any time dur- ing the last twelve months. He has in fact held his office at the convenience of Ministers, and the acceptance of his resig- nation to-day is simply to create the va- cancy by which the promise to Mr. Henri Taschereau could be carried out. So with the position of Deputy Minister of the Interior. To create room for the private secretary of Mr. McKenzie, Mr. Meredith has been superannuated. These are very different cases from the or- dinary filling up of a vacancy by a retiring Ministry; and if the language of Mr. Mc- Kenzie—the strong, coarse language which we have quoted—was in any sense appli- cable to the conduct of a Government which made appointments while still con- stitutionally possessing the confidence of Parliament, with how much greater force must it apply to that of Mr. McKenzie himself, who has thus, after an overwhelm- ing defeat, and after, according to the doc- trine of his organist, his patronage had lapsed, not only made appointments, but created the vacancies to enable him to make them.

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An Unrortunare Arrair.—There is trouble in the domestic circle of a young mechanic in this city. Like many young mechanics, this one occasionally takes a glass too much, and one of these occasions occurred on Saturday last, when he laid him down to rest on the glassy slope of the Citadel. When he awoke the shades of night were falling fast, but there was sufli- cient light to reveal to him the fact that he was minus a new pair of shoes from his feet and a hat from his head. Bareheaded, and in his stockings, he struck a line for home, before reaching which he had designed and drafted a first-class lie to tell his wife. And he told it. And his wife shed tears. He told how he had met a badly dissipated fel- low-workman, in a sad plight of almos: nakedness, and that he had given to hi unfortunate fellow-workman the hat anc boots, to the end that he might be able to go downtown and secure a job to keep a wife and eleven small children from starv- ing. The story was accepted, and all day Sunday that loving wife ‘‘beamed” on her generous husband, though she was sorely troubled to know where he was going to obtain another pair cf shoes with which to go to work on Monday. Next day, how- ever, that unfortunate husband’s sin found him out, a domestic row ensued, and the kindly disposed neighbors are doing all they can to keep alive the flame which has been kindled.—Hz, Herald.

Tsx Marquis of Lorne has advertised for sale his residence and estate at Dornden, Tunbridge Wells. The mansion is Gothic. The land attached consists of 170 acres of

and the value of the estate is sot

ierchants Bank af P. EB. Island

Special General Meeting of Share- holders.

A sprcrat general meeting of the share- holders of the Merchants Bank of P. E. Island, was held this afternoon. The Presi- dent, Robert Longworth, Esq., occupied the chair. The following statement was submitted :—

LIABILITIES,

Notes in circulation. .$156,259 09 Deposits bearing inter-

OO ois. cs GAs a ee 36,898 O06 Deposits not bearing

interest. .vici...... ' 34321 97 Balance due to other

BE sich d, tacisnis « «5 31,804 95 Other liabilitios....... 74 75

Liabilities to the public $259,358 73 Capital paid up...... $146,000 00 Rest account......... 40,000 00 Reserved at last An- nual Meeting for bad

GN. Pe. cp ciess: 6,000 00 teserved for interest.. 1,000 00 Dividends unpaid..... 56 79

Balance of profits on hath: a. Gale 10,795 O07

Liabilities to Share- , iniki, emctan te

$203,851 86

$463,210 59

Total liabilities...... ASSETS. SpOcies .. 0. ceed eee tes $2,324 383 Notes of and Cheques on other Banks..... Balance duefrom other ame. . eild cine cid iored Bills of Exchange....

5,266 65

2,106 02 24,853 15 $34,550 qi Notes discounted..... $141,760 40 Current accounts.... 268,003 57 Protested exchange... 15,159 30 Bank premises and fernieare. 22:5. -... 3,706 56

428,629 88

$463,210 59

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fhe Outrages in Mount Vernon.

FIVE NEGROES LYNCHED - ONE CHOPPED

TO PIECES.

Mr. Vernon, Inp., Oct. 12. Full particulars of the recent tragedy are as follows :—

On Monday night at 11 o'clock seven or eight drunk and lawless negroes went to a house of ill-fame on the outskirts of the town and knocked for admittance. Three white girls in the house enquiring what was wanted received the reply that a messenger with a note was waiting. When they opened the door a gigantic fellow with a cocked revolver entered and ordered the girls into one room, while the party ran- sacked the house. After securing the valu- ables they assaulted the women. The next morning, in spite of the election, there was great excitement in the town. Officers quietly arrested Jim Good, Jeff Hopkins, Ed. Warren and Wm. Chambers, who were in the party. At night Deputy Sheriff Thomas went to the house of Den Harris, a negro sixty years old, with a warrant for his son’s arrest, and was refused admit- tance, and Thomas went to a side window to parley, when a double-barrelled shot gun was pushed out and discharged within 3 feet of him, eighteen buckshot striking Thomas in the face and breast, and cutting the jugular vein. He staggered a few feet and fell dead without a struggle. The ofli- cers assisting him rushed into the house, secured the old man, _ but the son was not there. Harris was locked up with the others. A mob gathered about the jail in the morning and demanded the prisoners, but were re- fused. The mob concluded to wait till night before proceeding further. A color- ed man who was in the mob talked freely in defence of the negroes, was wounded in the neck, but will recover. Early in the day a telegram was sent to Evansville, where many leading citizens were attending the United States Court, and it was rumor- ed that the Governor had determined to send the Evansville Rifles and the Light Guard Militia. This put the mob in a frenzy, and 200 men, well armed, were sta- tioned at the depot to prevent the militia leaving the cars. A cannon was brought out by the rest of the mob and planted in front of the Court House facing the street to the depot. As the militia did not come the excitement on that score subsided, though the armed mob kept their position in front of the jail all day. At 10 v’clock last evening 100 masked men fired upon the officers around the jail, and entered the place by means of sledge hammers and crow- bars, and gained excess to the prisoners,the latter in the meantime praying and singing most earnestly. The old man Harris, who had had been wounded when Sheriff Thomas was shot, was lying upon a pallet apparent- ly indifferent to his end. One masked man seized him by the throat and plungeda knife into his heart. At eleven o’clock four ne- groes were led out with ropes around their necks to a square under a locust tree, when the ropes were thrown over the limbs of a tree and all four were hung. Jim Good, three months ago, was pardoned out of the penitentiary where he was serving sentence for rape. Wm. Chambers had been acquit- ted of the murder of Patrick Mullin a few days previously.

Tue preliminary examination of the prisoners Reilly and Troy was concluded at the Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court this forenoon, when Mr. Holland—with whom the prisoner boarded, and Mr. William Caven, with whom O'Reilly was a short time employed — were examined. The prisoners were remanded to jail to await their trial at the next session of the Su- preme Court on the charge of burglarly. James MelIntyre, who was arrested for

down at £30,000.

vagrancy, was discharged.

The Santa Cruz Uprising.

ADDITIONAL BETAILS—THE BEST PART OF THE ISLAND LAID WASTE,

The details of the uprising of the blacks ef the Island of Santa Cruz are not expect- ed for a week. Roche Brothers, of No. 115 South Street, who are large traders with the Islands, received a despatch yesterday saying that every state (about 100) from the Town of Frederickstead to the planta- tion known as Constitution Hill, a distance of between 5 and.JO miles, has ‘been des- troved. Frederickstead, in which three fourths of the business of. the Island was transacted, isin ashes. it contained four ehurches—Lutheran, Episcopal Roman Ca- tholic, and Moravin—and the buildings lining its principal street were of a very superior character. From Constitution Hill to Christiansted nu damage has been done. The only waite person massacred whose name has reached here is Major Gil- lette, the Chief of Police. Two hundred negroes were killed on the estate known as Anais Hope. Santa Cruz is the largest and most southern of the Virgin Islands. It lies in 17° 45’ 80” north latitude, and 64 34’ west longitude, It is 25 miles long and 5 broad, with a level surface, except to the north, where there is a range of hills. Its principal products are sugar-cane and Santa Cruz rum, but wines, brandies and cochineal forma part ofitsexports, It wasdis- :covered by Columbus on his second voyage, and has been in possession, successively, of the Spaniards, Dutch and English. ft was ceded by Great. Britain to Denmark in 1843, Its population is 25,000, of whom 22,000 are blacks. ‘ile garrison consists of only 25 white soldiers. In 1847 King Christian VIII., of Denmark, issued a proclamation making all children born of slave parents on the island, after July 28th of that year, free, and ordering that all slavery should cease at the expiration of twelve years. ‘Ihe ne- groes were not satisfied with this, and on July 3 they uprose, and compelled the Governor-General to proclaim universal freedom. <A frightful massacre was only prevented by the intrepidity of a Militia Captain, who poured grape into the ad- vaucing negroes, and forced them to fly. Soon atter a labor act was passed, fixing the compensation to be paid to the ex-slaves by the proprietors of plantations. That act was recently repealed, to. take effect on Oct. 1. Itis supposed that the repeal was not relished by the negroes, already dis- satisfied by the introduction of steam sugar mac iinery into-the island. It is conjec- tured that the prospect that the more skill- ful and industrious hands would receive better and mor. pay than.the general mass who are disinciined to ‘work, was the ani- mating cause of .the uprising. United States Consular Agent Moore and his fam- ily have sailed for St. Thomas. —New York Limes.

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A Remarkable Murder Case.

The Stannard murder case in Connecti- cut has been a curious one from the first, and its very latest phase is perhaps the most curious of all. When Mary Stannard was found dead with marks of violence upon her person, her previously told story and the fact that she was believed to have had an appointment to meet the Rev. Mr. Hayden at the place in which the murder was done, directed suspicion very strongly against him. On the trial of the case sus- picion was strengthened by a good deal of positive and circumstantial evidence. This, however, was pretty effectually met by the testimony for the defence, which made it appear both that Mr. Hayden was not the murderer and that he had no motive for harming the woman. He admitted that he had bought arsenic with which to poison rats and said that he had placed it in a cer- tain. The arsenic, it was said, could not be found where he said. he had put it, but as the woman had been killed by violence and not by poison, little weight was given to this matter, and Hayden was set free, acquitted by public opinion. Now, hew- ever, an examination of the dead woman’s stomach has revealed the presence of an enormous quantity of arsenic there, making it appear probable that an attempt was first made to poison her, and that, before the poison had time to do its work, more violent means-were resorted to. On account of this discovery, and the discovery of some other facts, the nature of whichis con- cealed, Hayden has been again arrested and lodged in jail. If the truth shall come to light in the new trial, after one examina- tion has failed to disclose it, and if it shall prove to be precisely what the first trial is supposed to have shown that it could not be, the case may well take high rank among the curiosities of crime detection.

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SHORTHORNS.—The Halifax Chroni¢le re- marks that the growing popularity among our farmers of the thoreughbred stock is becoming more and more marked every day. The fact that the best breeds pay best is being generally recognized, and as farmers are just as anxious to make money as are merchants or speculators, they naturally enough learn to prefer cattle which, while costing no more to keep, fetch far higher prices than the old breeds. In England large prices are still being paid for thors oughbreds, and a man who owns a_ well- known herd knows he can command the market. The Duke of Devonshire possesses aherd of pure ‘ Bates” shorthorns, and every now and then sells the surplus. A few days ago he sold thirty animals, the lot bringing in £19,923 sterling. The average price of the cows was £707 Gs., and of the bulls £468 7s. Yd. Two ows, Gawnd Duchess 22nd, and Baroness. Oxford Sth, realized respectively £2,100 and £2,660, It may be said that these are fancy prices, but as they are prices actually paid the fancy does not amount to much,

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Mn. MeKeware, it appears, in tendoring his resignation did not advise Marl Dutloria to send for Sir Jolin, or anybody else in particular, Karl Dufferin knew tho right man to send for, however,

APPLES BY AUCTION.

O* THURSDAY, October 17th, at

1] o'clock, at our Store, Water Street, — 90 bbls. Massachusetts GREENINGS, in

prime order. F. S. HANFORD & CO., Oct. 15—pat hi Auctioneers.

BOOK DEBTS Estate McDougall & Currie.

~ HAVE been authorized by the Inspector to sell at PUBLIC AUCTION, at the

Saiesroom of Messrs. Carvell Bros., on

Wednesday, the 6th November,

At 1l o’CLOcK, the Book Debts and Promissory Notes of the above Estate. A list of the Debts can be seen at the office of Carvell 3ros., and the Books are open for inspection

till sale. J.S. CARVELL, Assignee.

Ch’town, Oct. 15— APPLES, HERRING, &e.

Y AUCTION, WEDNESDAY. October 16th, at 11 o’clock, in frout of Auction Room— 75 bbls APPLES, 5 bbls. ONIONS, 295 * HERRING, 20 boxes PIPES, &e. Oct. 15—li A. McNEILL, Auct.

RANKIN HOUSE,

CHARLOTTETOWN, P. 1

J. §. BAVYIES - - - Proprietor

(formerly of St. Lawrence Hotel, Pictou).

79XHIS well-known Hotel is now open under gthe present management ; and, having been newly furnished throughout, it offers every comfort to the travelling public. Suit- able Sample Rooms for commercial gentlemen. Oct. 15, 1878—3m

DR. CREAMER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,

LKient Strect, Charlottetown, (Three doors from Dr. Johnston’s).

s® ENTRANCE BY SIDE DOOR. “@& Oct. 15 —3m

~ ‘Herchants Bank Notes

FANAKEN AT THEIR FACE. in exchange for GOODS. Get. 15—Si

To Masons and Builders,

YEXVENDERS wanted to Excavate the Cellar A and Build the Foundation Walls for anew Mission House at Little York.

TENDERS also wanted to build the Mission House, to include carpenters’, joiners’, plaster- ers’ and painters’ work.

TENDERS also wanted to Build a Stable and Coach-house on the same premises.

SPECIFICATION AND PLANs to be seen at Mr. M. Butcher’s Warerooms, until 2 o’cleck p.m., on Ist day of November next. Two good sureties required to each tender. The Com- mittee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender. Tenders left at Mr. M.

Butcher’s. GEORGE VESSEY, Chairman of Committec. Oct. 15—2w 2aw ar wkly pat 2i

EDUCATIONAL. -

CHARLOTTETOWN Young ‘Ladies’ Institution. '

BY the kind permission of the Rector and Vestrytmen, the classes in connection with this Institution will meet in St, Paul’s Schoolroom, pending suture arrangements J. CUNNINGHAM DUNLOP. Oct. 14—31

WANTED,

JEFORE THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER

coming, a Settlement of ail Accounts— book or otherwise. DProtuce taken in pay- ment,

R. BRIDGES.

J. D. McLEOD. Ch’town, Oct. 14—wkly 41

Provincial Taxes for 1878, |

R. GEORGE D. DAVISON has been

appointed Collector of Assessment and

Poll Tax for the Royalty, and Poll Tax for the

City and Common of Charlottetown, for the

year 1878. His office is at the Corner of Great George and Kent Streets.

THOMAS W. DODD, Prov. Sec’y and Treasurer.

Freight to Newfoundland.

The Schooner MINNIE, 55 tons, N. N. M., -AND-—- The Brigantine GUIDE, 146 tons, N. N. M.

FENUESE vessels can he here from the 10th to 15th November, and may be chartered to take freight from the. Island to Newfound- land, Apply, for one week, to JOUN H, CATHRAR, Chitown, Oct, 14, 1878.—-pat lw

ee AE RN MTN pate gy a i

(UREN INSURANGR GO.Y,

OF ENGLAND,

CAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS STERLING.

NSURANCE effected on all kinds of Build. iit, Morehandise and Produce, Also, on Voasele on the stoekas, Special ratea for isolated residences. Lowmes settled promptly,

GHORGHE MACLPOD (Union Dank),

Agent for Prince Ndward Island | June, 1877 , ’

| —e oe anncainnenenng

ST, MARGARET'S HALL, FLALIP AX, an. 8.

Diocesan Seminary for Young Ladieg

VISITOR:

The Right Kev. the Lord Bishop ef Nova Scotia: PRINCIPAL ; ‘Khe Kev. John Padfield. FENIIS SCHOOL offers, at a moderate cost, the advautages of a thorough aud refined education and a comfortable home.

The course of instruction, which is conduct- ed by four resident Governesses and twe Waiters, is the same as that of first-class schools in England. Arrangements are bemag made whereby pupils who desire it can present themselves for examaintion; and if successful, obtain certificates from the University of King’s College, Windsor.

TERMs.—Board with tuition in the oe Branches, Latin, French, Drawing, Celisthen- ics and Music, with use of Piano for daily practice, $300 per annum, to be paid quarterly in advance.

Next Term Commences Oct. 31st flalifax, Oct. 3, 1878.—2w

GANG PLOWS! THE BRANTFORD

~-AND—

NATIONAL GANG PLOWS,

which were so much admired at the trial held

for saié by DONALD FERGUSON, Charlottetown, Oct. S—3w

J. G. ECKSTADT, SURGEON Cc HIROPODIST,

Ofjice, Lower Hillsborough Street, near the Railway Station,

es to inform the public that he is now on to attend to the duties of his pro- fession. Bunions, Clilblains, Ingrown Nails, Club Nails, etc, etc., cured. All who may favor him with a call will receive prompt at- tention. Satisfaction guaranteed. Corns ex- tracted, 25 cents, Ch’town, Oct. 7, ’°73.—lm

Prime Labrador Herring,

OURLY EXPECTED, per

Schooner

cargo of about 1,200 Barrels, which we will sell cheap while landing. ,

MATTHEW, McLEAN & HEARTZ, Cl’town, Oct. 11—dy pat

NOTICE.

HE S. S. “M. A. STARR” will take Potatoes, at fifty-five cents per barrel, through freight from Charlottetown to Baltimore or New York, via Halifax, N. 8., until further notice. Apply to Purser on board, By order of F. W. FISHWICK, Halifax.

Ch’town, Oct. 11, 1878—tf

Coal for Sale:

ICTOU NUT AND ROUND COAL for sale at Water Street. Apply to

CAPT. JOHN HUGHES, or HENRY SELLERS, City Scales.

Oct. 3—

ee —_ Wants, Lost, Found, See.

Advertisements under this heading, in space not exceeding half an inch, will be insert. ed for Ten Cents per day.

OARDERS— A jew permanent and ; ane Boarders can be accomm

at reasonable terms at the Quine use, next to Mr. John Selle, eee, ee Good Stable accommodation can be had in connection with this Hotel.

Oct. 14—2i law*

ANTED-—-A Servant Girl to do general

housework. Apply at this Office. Oct. 14— are m

Post Office, a Leather POCKET BOOK, containing about sixty dollars and five blank checks. The finder will be rewarded by leav- ing it at the ExaMcver Office.

Uct. 10—

$ 50 PER WEEK made by agents. Send

‘ twenty-five cents for sample, and try it. a reese = os for ee grt: with stamp, P. O. Box 163, Ch’to 4

Oct. 9, '78.—tf aT Ut

VO LET.—The two story Dwelling House,

Garden, Coach House, &., o posite the

residence of the subscriber, Grafton Street, west end. Apply to Joun Wo. Morrison.

Oct. 9, 1878—eod

$10 PER MONTH made at the Tub- / lar Well business. Tools and

stock furnished to agents at cash prices. No capital required until it is made out of the business. Send for circular. Address, P. O, Box 163, Charlottetown, P. E. I.

Oct. 9, '78,—tf

ry\O LET—A House containing two tene ments of three rooms each and a large yore Apply to JOHN MORRIS. ~~

Oct. 8, 1878—

on the day-of HKxhibition at Summerside, are —

‘* Ada R.,” direct from Labrador, a full

ea the Revere House and

ry\o LET — In a pleasantly situated part of i the City, Wecuteien Rooms, suitable for a

small family, Apply at this Office. Oct, +—4i eod Pe

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