Correspoud To rar Epiror or one EXawinrn,

Sin. —The editor of the Alander, with a laudable care the public pence, is highly indignant at the improvident

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Spears that the gulian', veoerable, and, sooth to say, shab- bily remunerated Adjutant General, under a kind and friendly impulse, bud ordered » gua or two to be fired as a tribute of respect ty an old and distinguished brother officer, including im the compliment a large party of Leland ladies, bis fellow passenger-, us they pasmd tae artery co their way to Eng- land. The Adjutant Gesveral ranks high ip the service, and bigher st'l! im publie estimation. Neaciy half & ceutury be- fore the world wae honourcd by the entree of the illustrious editor, that gullaot officer had used King Geurge's powder to some effegt at the bomlar/went of Copenhagen, at which Meuwrable seiye Capt. Swabey was also present; and some sixty or seven y years before that event, one of bis family. Colonel Desbrisay, with many other brave auldiers, perished by the explosion of a mine, at the taking of Guadaloupe ; and yet thisis the man whom tbe editur would have publicly “reprimanded,” for the temporary appropriation of a few pounds of gunpowder to a generous purpose, a loss which he svortly afterwards wade good!!! Were the matter at ail worthy of investigation, the enquiry would be instituted by the Commander-in-Chief, to whom alone Colonel Stewart is awenable, and who doubt.ess has too much soldierly . feeling, sud good seuse ty listen to such a paltry charge. But ler the tcurh appear, It was oot the presuued ide of 8 Son poanda of powder—it pae-2e0ea'8 ice wlormality of the proceed. ag, that gave such great cffence : all that might have been over'ouked ; the gravamen of the fault lay here, that a justly merited compliment had been paid to a political oppo- nent, and he to other than Captain Swabey ! an unpardon- able sin! an opponent, too, stiymatizee by the over gealvus elitor as “ disloyal to his Sovereign,” aud unworthy the Rotice of “ honest wen.” ©, save the mark! The whole tenor of Captain Swabey's course of life, during the twenty owe years of hig painiul sjourn in this place, gives the full- es! contradiction to such siauderous assertions. Lis every effort whilst am nzst us, we may fearlessly affirm, has been

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is am interesting document, of some s:x or seven charges of the Geve:nment powder, It:

UNITED STATES. MESSAGE OF JEFFEKSON DAVIS, The New York pppers publish éx exténso Jefferson Davis’ Message 10 the Contederate Congress. In many respects it The President speaks in very | encourng'ng terms of the results so far. The operations of’) the Southern arms, he says, bave afforded a protection to. the country, and shed a lustre upon its arws, through the (rying vicissitudes of more thap ove arduous campaign. Af: ter seven months ef war, the enemy had not only failed to extend their oceupaney of Southern soil, but new States avd. Territories had been added to the confederacy ; while, instead of their threateued march of uncheeked conquest, they have been driven, at more then one point, to assume the defensive, | wnd upon a fair comparison between the two belligerents as | 'O bien, military means and financial condition, the Confede- rate States are relatively much stronger now than when the | strugule commenced.

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‘ * He alludes, in strong and just terms, fo the despotic out: |

rages that have been perpetrated upon the people of Kentucky. and elsewhere. “ Some of her most eminent citigens have | been seized, and borne away to languish in foreign prisons 'without Knowing who were their accusers, or the specific | charge made against them, while others have been foreed to | abandon their bomes, their families and property, and seek | a refugein a distant land,” He says that not only do the causes which induced the Southern Sates to seperate, still exivt in full Force, but they “have been actually stfGnzhtened. “If, instead of being a Hissolution of a league (he continued) it were indeed a rebel- lion ta which We are engaged, we might find ample vindica-| ,tion for the course we bave adopted im the sce.es which are. now being enacted in the United States. Our peop'e now | look with contemptuous astonishment on those with whom | they have been so recently associated. They shrink with | aversion from the bare idea of renewing such a couuection. When they sce a Presideot making war without the assent of Congress—when they behold Judges threatened because they maintain the writ of habeas corpus, so sacred to freemen —when they see justice and law trampled under the armed heel of military authority, and upright men and innocent women dragged to distant dungeons— when they find all this

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ithe Great Exhibition, in 1862.

Ghe Graminer..

Keportud that several steamers bave been iosured in Lon- | don for run from England to New Orleans and buck,at twenty | guineas, Reported that considereble reduction will be made in the estimate of sumber in the French Army. — [t is intimated by | the Paris Constitutional that Count Persigny had submitted | a project for disarmament, The French portion of the expedition to Mexico will consist of 15 vessels, 350 gans, 506 sailors and 3,000 troops The Kwperor Nepoleon will visit Queen Victoria during

It is usserted that a project for an Ltalian Confederacy is by no meas abolished. The modification of the Lralian Ministry was romoured, but vothing has been accomplished.

Austria haz got together a powertal squadron of evolution ia the Adriatic, comp: ising over fifty vessels,

The Madrid d Espana says that a project was discussed of forming in America # league of all republics of Spanish origin, with Spain as its bead.

Tevet. —1n the Italian parliament Ricasoli had announced an elaborated plan for the recouciiiation of Church and Srate, and requested Nepoleon to become mediator, but owing to the little cunciliatoy disposition of Rome, there was uo satisfactory results.

The project contained eleven articles. guaranteeing indepen- dence of certain revenues aod ecclesiastical rights to the Pope's Cardinals.

The Examiner.

Charlottetown, P. E.I., D

THE ISLAND MAIL ROUTE,

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9, 1861,

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ecember

Tue following article on the Mail route between this Island and Nova Scotia appeared in the last No. of the Pictou Eastern | Chronicle. It gives a good practical common sense view of | ‘the whole subject, and cannot fail to be interesting to our ‘Teaders in this Island, whose condition will be materially

affected by the proposed change.

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From the Acodian Recorder, Nov. 30. a ‘THE LATE TRIAL FOR MURDER IN HALIPAy. TH QUEtN VS. BURDELL AND Lane,

ihe ' ; he amet * iiose- eriment was tried for a suminer with the seamen bud.’’ The result was that it proved a failure, and Tatama- ouche harbor had to be abandoned. i . We believe the sume result would follow @ like a now. There can be no dovbt that Pictou is the natural and | most suitable point of communication between peso 8 and Nova Scotia ; and although a saving of a few hours . e journey to Halifax might be effected ty the pr sposed — tion while the roads are good in summer, this solitary 4 ood tage is by no means sufficient to outweigh the numerous oo jeetions against a change. Certain it is, Nova Scotia bas nothing to gain by the proposed alteration. On the contrary, the little trade which has sprang ap between Charlottetown and Pictou would then be lost. Wecannot see, ipentane.28 ee what principle of justice or fairness the government of Chis) repeat NM, s Pisinee a be okan to incur any expens?, or hold any in- The prosecution closed on Monday, when both the | ducement fur an alteration of the route ; and we believe that for the defence claimed the right of addressing the Jury ah ¢ an appropriation of public money for such & purpose would the close of the nrosecution, which the Court e cause very general dissatisfaction. | On Tuesday ine d fence opened, wheu it was a ded - Le proved that the Capias under which the arrest off Last was sought, was informal as to the seal and the endorsement ‘by the Alderman, and that the constables Uardener : . \ . ® it 6 . i : Tux Award of the Land Commission, which has been suc "| Vraser acted without legil warrant. At the close of the aod an expensive delusion for this Colony, was prepared and trans- y wr Ritchie addressed the Jury, contendi mitted to England in Jaly or August last, from the pleasant | ‘egally clear that the deceased and the other constable retreat chosen by the Commiesioners on the banks of the Ken- trespassers, nud cousequentiy the act of Burdell, instead nebeceasis, where a copy of the precious document was pre- | being Marder, was a modified form of homicide. With re. ference to Lane he contended tiere was not a shadow of prog ' that be was ace-ssory. | Mr. Juhaston addressed the Jury on Wednesday. Aftep effort was made by the Government and their supporters to_ goingeover the evideuce and quoting the law, he convince the tenantry that the Commission would effect »| with the followin speedy settlement of their difficulties—Col. Gray volunteered Aeporter : his personal guarantee that the whole question of landlord and) ** Aa regards Burdel! | ask you, in the words of Mr. Justicn tenant could be settled ineight months,—and those who did Biackstove, to Consider the cose agit stands ageinet him Con.

“ee , : oe sider his age, his circumstences, education, the companions and put faith in the delusion eagerly awaited the publication "i the Saale. aitendact on the transaction, and ask wi rw oe

Now, about five months have elapsed since the he comes under the cave to which he hae referred ; wheiherthe —

Av we intin.ated in our last issve, this trial on Monday last, and termnated on Thareiay. The Attorne and Solicitor Generals appeared on the part of the proseey, tion. Hon, J. W. Johnston aod J. W. Ritchie, Qo foe the prisoners. . The orosecution was briefly opened by the Solicitor

ral. The sudstavce of the evidence we have already £'¥en in our report of the Coroner's Luquest, and we need not here

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WUAT HAS BECOME OF THE AWARD?

nared for the Government of this island, and offered to be sent :

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here at the same time, but refused by our authorities

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the award.

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Commissioners brought their labours to a close —is it not ab- | !ast penalty of the law ts to be passed ; whether he igto be

abandoned at once a8 one of those men who must be cut off

surd to suppose-that the Award would require all this time | earth, from furure hopes and prospecte—forever extermi the for deliberation at the hands of the Colonial Minister? There | as not fit to live. 1 am ee eae S upon the principle ah bili : _luid down by that great and wise judge. 1 am not appealngig is no deukt that the responsibility of the delay will be thrown | you ca hie bebulf now by sireining the lew-or coutne th upon that high functionary, and the officials and their apolo-| pervert your judgment. 1 rether turn to the proseeution and, gists here will say that ‘* the Duke of Newcastle must take | take the inetrameuts by which they would asseil thet man’s

| ‘fe and convert them into inetruments for his defence.

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: ards . » of : , : . | From an artic ie cared i > his own time to deliberate upon such an important matter.’? | | I directed towards the furtherance at the best interests of the tolerated and applauded by a people who bad been in the full hitenthi a Pin emt et sexe tee? a mecotiiieer That is all : The ke has mo bably never | io card? The low domends = cxeriice, Loeg the lee ae Colony. Ov bis arrival, he found it under the depressing enjoyment of freedom but a few mouths ago, they believe that Pp. &. Island propose altertng the present mail route between ee ee ee jtects his life, It wou'd be indeed, an irrational, indiscrimings —

influence of a party chiefly intent upon carrying out their own schemes of perevual aggrandizemeat. At his departure he happily left it in the enjoyment of self-government,a much evlarged 1 proseu'ation, great educationa! advancement, a thriving commeree, aud Letter applied publie resvurees, al! achieved by the Liberal party with which he bad early iden. tified himse!f. The editor (himself a perfect pattern of con- sistency) bas laboured hard to convict Capt. Swabey of ter- giVersstion; but he mizht bave spared himelf the trouble, jor in one instauee it i freely admitted that he did change his Opinions—a eliange which redouuded to his honour, aud to the public weal. He was open at all times to conviction, aud, profiting by a deeper acquaintance with the aciual state of the country, he gave his valuable time aud talents towards the promot:an of more diberal views, und a higher standard of adminis'rative policy. To remain wedded to preconceived opines, and never. right or wrong. to abjure them, would only argue a disereditable ob-tinacy, whilst to profit by ex-

there must be some radica! incompatibility between such a people and themselves, Wish such a people we may be content to live at peace, but a seperation is final, and for the indepetdence we have asserted we will accept no aliernative. he nature of the bostilives which they have waged against us must be characterized as barbarous wherever it is under- stood. They bave bombarded undefended villages, without giving notice to women and children to enable them to escape,

and in one instance selected the night as the period when |

they might surprise them most effectually whilst asleep and un-uspicious of danyer. ot private houses and property, and injuries of the most wanton character, even upot non-combatants, bave marked their forays slong their borders and upon cur territory,’

Lie alludes in very strong terms to the sezure of the Am- bassadors. He considers that the United States have thus claimed a genera! jurisdiction over the high seas, and, enter-. ing « British ship, sailing under its country’s flag, v olated

that Province and Nova Scotia, by waking Brule harbor the | mainland terminus for the steamer, instead of Pictou. The | | Fearon assigned for the proposed change is, that it will afford | | the people of the Island a nearer and more direct communi- | ecativo with the Atlantic. Brule harbor is said to be twenty | /miles nearer to Charlottetown than that of Pictou, and ten tniles nearer to Truro, a difference which it is thought will | enable passengers, by leaving Charlottetown at 6a. m, to. jreach Truro in time for the afternoon train for Ualifax, and | thus perform the journey in one day.

| the navigation to Brule is safer than that to Pictou, but this

given one hour's consideration to the sulject. He may have | ting law that knew no distinciions, but crushed ali before ix, Tue law I would aek you to receive is a law in which justice jg. blended with humanity, and that anion cemented end confirmed by maxims approved by sages, ancient and modern, under the ictates of wisdom and experience. [ a8k you not to

If hat man asan incorrigible murderer; | ask you to consider whether those persous, Who came Oo board lie vessel, were not men whom he had a right to eject, and then, whether the act was not one of defence, of legal! right which entitled him to you

verdict of acquittal ; but at al! evente,if you shall not feel sate fied of this, to consider whether the testimony did not show him acting under such @ sudden impulse as retrieves him from the

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sent out the copy of the Award intended for this Island,—in- deed, we have very little reason to doubt that he has—and quietly intimated to the Lieut. Governor that the questiors involved must be dealt with by the Island Legislature. the affairs of any of the other provinces appeared to require so | much deliberation as ours, the incumbent at the Colonial | Office would soon find his place the most difficult and painful | in Her Majesty’s service. Although we may now ask— What |

Arson and rapive, the destruction |

It is also stated that} /we very much doubt. Looking at it on the map, the former | has be

harbor appears to be little more than an open roadstead, |” ce . igh

slightly protect d from East and North East winds by Cape | ing our conviction that either the original document or an au-

John, but perfectly open to all others ; while it 1s well known | thentie copy of it has been for some time in the hands of the

come of the Award ?—we have no hesitation in express-

imputation of the aggravated kind of homicide. Butthe prose- cunion may point to the dead body of the uebappy Gardiner, and say to you, It 1a terrible thing to extinguish hu ven life ; and

that Pictou is not only at all times safe und easy of access,

but is the most completely sheltered and commodious harbor

on the whole coast. Our contemporary quotes the opinion of

Admiral Bayfield, who mentions Brule harbor as ** the safest and best cor a direet intereourse with Nova scotia, as being

here again, | take bis own argument, and | would point te that man Burdell ; I would suow you that human frame, et: instinet with lite, and L too woud tell vou that it wa ternbie untie the bond that unites that human frame to the i spirit which aoimates it. ‘Rherefore bask you te. pause befors Perhaps you muy be told thet ven.

Government, and withheld from the public notice for no other | purpose than to give time to their friends the proprietors and |agents to collect old arrears of rent, which they are doing | wita all the energy they can give to the business, and with

: : ng : , : pe , tt ses ou come to such a result. —, reading and ubservation, thus acquiring a deeper | the rights of embassy, for the most part he'd sacred, even | ao to Chirlotictown ; and one ipo steamer can .; oe ‘all the aids which the law can supply. te demende thst that man should die. Vengeance!—Whe § insight into the seienge of government, should be the aim of amoug barbarians, by seizing the Sou:hern Ministers whilst th oot hype ae being goo a aishia nae te pe ie ttle dares to name the name of vengeance in a erowd of humen : ; . , ; . ; oa / shore ¢ e old wharf can be approached within 3 ee . ; ~— honest and indepeudent statesman, and such was ed under the protection and withia the dominioas of a neutral juny time of the tide.” The Adingral is undoubtedly very high| Tae Rev. George Sutherland, having plenty of leisure to beings, each one of whom, if he krow himseif, Knows that in & tain Swabey, Lif i : farni nation, Mason and Slidell, he is positive, were just as much ‘authority on sacl, a subject ; bat some of our most experienced |spare from his prefessional Jabors, and not deeming that he sa = ee on one ain etme o Mammen 7 lu private life, our gallant friend furnished an example under the jurisdiction of the British Government, upon the | coasters differ very widely from his opinion, and maintain ’ : sin Which etlence lor ever {he Sresthiags ot veageeuce Genny

which it would be well for us all to follow. Kiod and genial in bis dispesition, courtecus to all, charitable to the faults and failings of others, never speaking evil of any one, strictly ateentive to the public and domestic requirements of religivo, @ thorough chiistian gentleman, * ready for every good word and work,” -uch a man ought to have been prized sud hououred, aod such was the Hon, William Swubey. His worldly mans were ample, and every shilling of his income was ex,ended in the place. He bad also served bis country long and fairhfully in other regions. Fle had fought in many w bloody field during the Peninsular war, aud was present at the crowning victory of Waterloo,

No doubt nang, very many loved and respected him; but

Trent, and beneath ita flag. as if they had been on British

soil. The United States officer, in fact, might as wel! have | ous in stormy weather by the shoals which extend for a con- notoriety, wishes us to embaim him fur the grateful admira- {siderable distance off Amet [sland, and also exist in other! tion of remote posterity.

seized them io the strects ot London,

Ile affirms the principe that a biockade to he binding must be effectua!, and says he has caused the evidence to be col- | lected which proves completely the utter inefficiency of the proclaimed blockade of tie Souvhern coast, and shall direct | it ty be laid before such gove-nments as shall aflurd the South the means of being heard.

President Davis also speaks enconragingly of the eom- | wereial and finaueial prospee’s of the South. He suys that the notes of the Coutederacy fieely pass everywhere just the sume as if they were gold; ‘har ‘here is an abun‘au. supply |

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that the approach to the barbur is rendered extremely hazard-

places near the entrance. Ober persons who are familiar with the locality, inform us that while there is good anchor- age ut the upper part of ithe harbor, the point where a wharf for a steamer would have to be built, is very much exposed, and could not at all times be approached’ with safety by a large vessel Nor is this in any way contradictory of Admi-

ral Bayfieid’s statement; as it by no means follows that a|

harbor whieh affords yood eachorage, must necessarily afford safe wharf accommodation also, ‘Loe latter.however, 18 what is in this case wauted, and without it the barbour would be entirely unsuitable for a steamboat terminus. Bat with this we have nuthing todo. The matter rests entircly with the

has, in his literary capacity as an author, aclieved sufficient 1s brother. Vengeance is not for man. 1 doubt Not that feel-

ing has large influence! bat, gentlemen, it is natural to our We have no desire to perpetuate | nat we ourselves who are weak and erring are Prone to eek his memory by vecupying our cvlumns with lengthy notices | vengeance agaicst another. Let not that voice influence you |of the vulgar impertinence which, from time to time, this} for cannes ee a to another voice, sa. ec sa te ae . rs cred and avlemen. isten to ut ae it fille thie hall, for it comes clerical epee Cataty 8 from ae popgan at ourselves or from heaven,— Veneeance 1s Mine!” Not the 'the party with wluch we are associated. tor’s, not the Urown’s: itisthe Lord's. * Vengeance ie Mine ; The Monitor may be left in the undisturbed possession of | wali repay, saith the Lord.” But how d f-rently from oa does he repay if. He uoveils the secrets; he knows the moe a : tives, and be can distinguish between the hardened murderer remember that the * polluted pages’ of the Examiner have and ihe poor unfor una e youth that, in a moment of pasmon, hee been considered too pure to be made vehicles for the dissemi- deen hurried to an act which must Gli hm woh regret for a life. time. Genpilemen, pause fora moment and reflect Upon the dis.

| its reverend correspondent ; but the latter might, at least,

nation of the wicked nonsense from Satherland’s pen, for

alas, for the hoveur of human nature, there were not a few of food ; that the rebels can now many’ —_— | ‘tinctions that exis: between the who, hurried com. , , ; ; ’ , vanu‘acture for themselves [sand Govern. n', who, we doubt not, will take ptins to in-| oa sons tha tan r by who did their utmst, by their calumny ant falsehood, to im- pot only arms and the munitions of war, but clothng and jlorm Chemseives tally om the subject, before deciding finally. which that person has ere now more than once requested ud- | mite such an act a8 this, and the murderer who caomly and de-

bitter bis d clini»g yea s. FAIR PLAY.

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To rue Evitor ov tae Examiner.

Sta,—The Moxitar of Wednesday bas presented its resders with another scratch from its new Curry-comb, under the editorial christening of * Mr. Bagster again.” Is the Moni tur prepared to sub-tantiate its statements? On the eve of leaving the Island, L have but little time, and less inclination, tu soil my hands with the Monitor's inky lucubrations; but I ‘ee! it dae to the Monitor to convict it of a Lie before | gv, »6 that its readers may measure its veracity with proper accuracy. The Munitor says, “© We rewewber that Ju<tus, arid C. Bincu Bagsrex are one and the same person.” This statement is simp'y a wanten falsehood. nu bidding Cooper * guod bye” for a tew months, 1 only pity the poor fellow for his ignorance of what best suits his readers’ tastes, and for not knowing which side bis own bread is buttered. But | do not feel any worse for his remarks, nor disposed to return the compliment of identity between “ Justus,” in its English sense, aud J. B, Coaper.

1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, C. BIRCH BAGSTER.

To rue Epirorn or rue Examiner.

Stx,— When the late Government were in power the smallest circumstance was published, aud loud were the com. plaints should a schoolmaster vot get casb for his warrant, or the Rosd Correspondent not be im possession of funds to pay orders upon bia: immediately on presentation. At the last election. wheu the present Government party were seeking ths tavor of the people, it was promised that such thiogs would not happen if they would only retura a majority in their favor. Now, it is well known that the late Govern- ment bad no Bank to accommodate them, and that the

of watchful guards between here aud Fremou*’

all that they need, and that, therefore, there is“ po limit” | to the length of time they wili be able to carry on the wir, against the North. The President then conc.udes with an axiom, the truth of which is proved by history. that © liberty 2 always woo where there exi-ts the uneonquerable will to be free.” This “ uneonquerab.e will,” whatever the North | way say, uni‘es every mau iu the 3 uth, snd must lead to, one inevitable resuit—ihe ind-peud-ove uf the Southern | States.

FREMONT.

Tie Chicago Tribune, a paper which has heretofore s ported Fremont, pubsishes a letter, whose truth is ediiori voucked for, wich gives us an insight into some curious | uffsirs concerning the removal of this Geueral. I[t became. known to Fremont that the order fur his rewoval had reached S:. Louis, aud he endeavoured at first to make the person | who bad the order believe that he was just un the eve of a. battle. He also forbid any messenger to pass thri ugh his lines. Ln this emergeuer the following plan was adopted : |

The party who brougat the order fur Frewoni’s removal |

up- ally

from Washington, having become known to the General's |

supporters, p3ssed onward towarde Fremont, and suffered |

himself to Le arresied from further progress by the eordon | camp, while | two other parties, with copies of the order, undertook te’ work their way through ali obstacles, aud to deliver the order { for Fremont’s removal to himeclf and General Huster. Qne | of these, disguised ag a Missouri farmer, succeeded, after much diffculry, in reaching Frewont’s head-quarters. He applied to an Aid fur permission to communicate important news to the General, and was refused, but urged to make it known to the Aid. Thiy he abs: lu'ely declined, and fivally

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| strictest economy of her resourees) fur tue purpose of con-

Phere can be no doubt that there is much force mm the pre- ference expresa#ed for Brule over Pictou, and although we sould regret to see the route altored, we would not willingly vlier & factivus or selfish opposition toa ehange likely to benefit our neighbours, At the same time, we believe that Pictou possesses so many mmportant advantages over Brule,

as to render the proposed alteration a matter of even more |

than duabtial policy the undoubted superiority of our bh;

irbour, the cheapness of

coal and the facilities for repairs afforded by che marine rail- | | way at this port. accommudation for passengers, and although the Islande: eves that private enterprise would soon supply this want, we

Besides, Bruie is at present without hotel - be-

doubt very mueh ita hotel which was entirely dependent for its support on the travel between Nova Scotia and Charlotte- town, which is only of six months duration, and the patron- age of trave.lers,who,under the proposed arrangements, could nut du mure than dine at it, is a speculation sufficiently prowising to induce any sensible man to enter upon.

A road, a wharf, and probably a lighthouse would also have to be provided, and all these Nova Scotia is expected to pay for _—_ Ln our opinion this is asking a little too much, and is likely to meet with opposition from more than ‘the good peo- ple of Pistou,’’ who the Islander thinks are alone interested.

It is,in reality, a matter of no importance to Nova Scotia where the Island mails are delivered. Tuey might be landed with equal benefit to us at Cape North or Cape Sableand we manage to get along just as well in winter when they are eight or ten days in reaching us, as we do in summer when | ihey gross semi-weekly. It is therefore unreasonable for the Islanders to expect this Province to give a large special grant, (particularly at atime when her public works demand the

structing wharves and roads solely for their accommodation.

Among these, we need only uention |

mission to its columns. The pen which be beasts of wielding | berutely effects he object. Who there amongst us who | might not have stocd there (0 the dock ?)) Who © shere with | his feelin /&l Some moment have been led eway 'o Commit Some bnaty act. | tection to the parent bird, whose impotent cackling was less) “e way ail remember the remark of a youd man of old, wha, Pee : : 5 a aeiaheall, . aie ,| When be saw e criminal going to+xecution exeliammed, * There etensive to its hearers, and are in accordance with the nature goes woyself but for tbe g ace of God!” For who is there that (0: the fowl, than the bluster uf the present pussessur of the | js not hable to the impulses of passion? Lwok at tine foung iman, snd contrast hin withthe man who prepares po eon by © : - pis bi i ; stealth, and administers it day by dav, and week by week, to Mr. Sutherland has heard of the fable of — ae 0+} ecodinel meutan eee raat geaity bb co rn aenal bse Phe ambitious jysurance money on his fe. Conirast such a wretch with the . | little croaker burst in the attempt. To save our hero, we youth who is led away by a sudden passion, perhaps enn : ‘ate : : | Sowe geverous emotion ; and Jet us recollect that 1 i6 not wind out of him once in a while, when we |us to exercise vengeance. ‘That. the attribure of rhe Most have nothing of any consequence to attend to. High alone. And with reverence I would eay, even in Heaven, In the play, Tom Thumb is represented§to have made the Yerzeance is not known. ‘The vengeanee of the Almigh’y, ume shanties tae tele: taleien Dede omaten a bei Mr. | like that of man, looks to higher and loftier motives, When paar oe 5 } 8 were being sung. Mr. | 19 necessary for the maintenance of his mora] government, and ‘Sutherland bas imitated the conduct imputed to his diminutive | for the preservation of his glorious attributes, when justice, aud — truth, aud holiness demand punishment, Wen alone doth the Dis | verted all the opponents to the present Government, and their no pisos 44 MlLada aie cad ethene con coral name is leigion, into a gang of office-seekers, It might be | it is in the region below, Gentlemen, you have these men ia — possible to retort that the present office-holders were rather | YOUT wee now, a fee! | may conan ee Se those who — : i ae J inne . ° possess judgment to discriminate, hearts to , Consciences ieppertanate oflice-seekers until they attained the objects oI that seein to the appeals that are justly made, and a firm their wishes, and are as strenuous office Aolders as there is any ness end magnaniunity which will yreld to no preseure, and will necd that they should be, if the good of the country is to be allow no influences to sway them but those of a sinet regerd to | Justice and to the administration of the Jaw of the land. The "prisoners, geotiemen, sre in your hands, and I fee! assured that ~ by his in- they wil! receive that justice whieh they are entitled to reeeive.”

fluence at the Board of Education, compel * spiteful Papists,”’ | The Attorney General followed—and hiv nddess vooupled

sv admirably probably did more service to the community, and eertainly was employed more decently, when affording its pro-

plumage of the despoiled guuse.

yed to dilate to the proportions of the ox.

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considered. Mr. Sutherland may write a stupid book—may,

When Nova Scotia grants £200 a year for the parpuse of supi- porting a mail communication with the Isluad, she does all she hasa mghtto. The read from ‘Tatamegouche to Tr

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cost of three shillings a coy y, and deduct the amount from the |

who may be honestly earning their bread as scheol teachers, | the reat a" ite day. tu cram the precious tome into the hands pf vi ans sil t i Oa Thursday the Court met at 10 o'clock, when the Chief — ra ae es peel Justice addressed the Jury. His charge occupied about four ury g P hours. He concluded in these words -

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got a personal interview wich Fremont himself. hardly won pittance of the poor teacher, who is thus coerced |

‘I dismiss you to the most grave and responsible duty that men can

movied wen of the Conservative party did all in their power to crippie the fivaneial affairs of the Colony. But what do we fiud ‘his immaculate Government at the present day doing, with all the advaatages of a Bank, and men of wealih to support them. After a Contractor completing bis work and receiving the uewal orders on the R ad Correspondent, t-» , Velling over fifty m les et this particularly inclem= im OU presenting bis orders. amounting to. =D! ecason,

: ; o, ~ =wout £60, to the ae rt haga bad ng uuds ; but he (the officer) |

Copnrailce ineessauge it with the Treusarer. The Executive _ dows meeting at tue time, the matter was referred to them, aud that body being supreme, and not liking the individual, (a8 the applicast was informed by one of the Counciilors iv the after part of the day), the Contractor had to return home, without any satistuctiou—to retrace his steps at some future day, when their * Honors” might ‘eel disposed to pay bis just dewand. There is no doubt that bad the applicant been a, rupperter of the preseat model Government, he would have bad wo difficulty iu obtaining his woney. Yours, &e.

TRUTH. : > + <-> -+ oe To ree Kvrror o tus Examiner.

Sin,— Having obser ved in your issue of the } 8th instant ap anvuby mous Commadication from @ persou who signs himself a. * Tenant,” Lot 59, in which be makes some aliusions to my | sun, who un’ortunately got killed by the fal! of a tree at Lot, 36, leaving a widow and nive helpless children, wherein the | « Tenant” says that the agent eufurced from my sou a note of hand for arrears of rent, wherein he (the Tenant) says he was informed there was nota peony due. This is falee, hike many more of the “ Tenant’s"’ assertions: as when my son

Dant’s returved from the ageut’s office be told me, and also his wife, that he owed £14, aod that he was well pleased with the seitiewent, as he got a long time to pay the arrears by instal. | wen's. As to what appeased in the Islander atter the agent | recarued (he widow the notes of band, wus written bye geutle- wav in Obariotietown, at the request of the widow through a trieud, as she considered it but just aud right to give praise to waom praise was duc, aud for which tho agent has the | blessing aud preyers of the widow and the fatherless,

JAMES GILLAN, father 10 the deseased.

MABY GILLAN, widew to the deveased, Witness, Joun Dorrey.

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~ Prince Kang ssys he has vo knowledge of any American |

‘no army, and no considerable body of rebels within forty

factured fur the occasion.

; Ile i: mediately read the order to him aloud. © How did = -" T my lines, si: ?’ demanded Fremont, Seats iii difficulty.” |

vo is tt lila mt : ree te seve Wher, but E did it.” * Does Gen, | z -w of this order,” pursued Fremont. + Yes, he | *s a copy of it,” was the reply ; ** and here is a copy of the President’s order to General Hunter,” continued the mes- senger, handing the copy to Gen. Fremont. While Fremont | was reading the latter order, the soldier withdrew aud com- | municated the news of Fremont’s removal outside. He was soon followed, and urged, * for certain reasons,” not to com- | municate the fact of Fiemont’s removal. But it was too late. | I have this day read a letter from an officer of the govern-| ment who was at Fremont’s camp when his removal became | known. fle says there was little or no excitement; and | describes the events which followed the announcement of Frewoot’s remove! iu such a way as to leave no doubt that all | the stories of excitement among the troops are falsehoods, manufactured to order. Moreover, this writer says there is

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To-night the government has taken from Fremout's agents the possession of the telegraph in this City aud State. “ The office here was found full of bogus despatches, pretending to describe disorganization and mutiny iu Fremont’s army, io consequence of his removal. Tbe despatches are false, and most of them are found to have originated here! But -just acroes the river is a telegraph offiee, which the government does pot control; and I presume that the T'rilune and other papers will to-morrow morning cowtuin a batch of exciting vews from Fremont’s camp, which the agens of the United States governmeut have every reason to believe is fulse.

** But the deed is done ; let turure investigation do justice to Fremont. The writer of this letter has been his fast and firm supporter; and feels like saying, with Caasar in the Capitol, * Kt tu, Krure!’ ”

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LATEST FROM ENGLAND. City ef Baltimore, from Queenstown, 21st, miduight, arrived off Cape Race at 5 30 Priday morning. 29th. Lt is reported that a jarge steamer left Loudou with mu- nitions of war fur Confederate States. The steamer Nashville arrived at Southampton on the |