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LATEST PNTELLIGENCE FROM PARIS

Londoy,, Dec, 17,—Dates from Paris to the | hy

L3th st in goodfhealth and spirits, well'fed and 200-) Q00/ strong. Preparations are making fo

another sortie on a large scale,

Some of the theatres have been re-opened, as it is helieved | pertormances will have a beneficial effect, and

- wage ee

but “aged plebiscite, weeks ago. And the wonder!

ry P good ‘is, that the Germans, sorely pressed as they | agro Gtoloree 7” Y have been at times for freer means of oone| Tre U. 8. Concer

munication with Germany, have not, ou some

pretext or other, se zed and worked for their

*| advantage the Luxemburg railway. , *

T\ giving just cause of offence to either side, This we believe, however, they have not! agsessments

Under thes» circumstances, if the Luxem-| \ , | burg authorities desired the maintenance of| Admiral Farragut, that the ective army in the field is the neutral pesition guaranted to them, they | Potter might expect to be appointed ;—for | should have been extremely careful to avoid | Jaying a telegraph cable across the Pacific, for ,

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DIRECTORY.

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UNITED

45. Ang the firet week” of ite aession, has lind x restoring Ameriean shipping, abolishing tho Thursdays. | franking privilege, the income tax, and the |

and to which Admiral ing days, Tuesdays and Fridays.

revising the postal laws; and a bill to prevent ) upon Government employees for J. Blanchard.

will relievg the Wonotony of life. Goods are |their neutral dyties to the iujury of the| mends, docs not seem to find favor on this, days.

plentiful and street cabs numerous, Fresh) Ge;man cause, The allegations to*this effect | any more than on the former occasion, have been scoffed at as being mere frivolous | yretences furnished up by Bismarck to justify | But we happen to have a dis- Trochu | tinet recollection of the contents of those has taken possession of all the food and wines, | giowing French narratives from the seat of end the population are now supplied bv the| war which told the world how cleverly insome military commissiariat, the same as soldiers. | cases the French, by the aid of Luxembourg,

meat, eggs, fish ard poultry ate gone, but

8a]; meats and salt fish two months,

tie) supply of horsemeat will last two mouths, and ! break, wine and cheese four months, and of!

119 rapacity.

The surrender of the city is unthought of. | outwitted the slow and too trustful Germans

The reverses at Orleats have not disturbedthe | We recall a graphic French recital of the popularity of Paladines. His army did good/ manner in which Thionviile was revictualled oe by depleting the forees of the besiegers by the raehing im of full provision trains every Parisian is armed, and the city can/across the Lugenburg {routier close gt hard, hold out three months longer without great at a moment when the Getman blockade of suffering. The mortality is large. but not! this fortress had been cleverly pierced by the We recollect reading statements demics, and there are no deaths from starva-| from French sources exultingly setting forth! tion or want. The outside works have been|that ihe Freuch Army of the Loire eontained | usbed forward, whieh has compelled the en-| hundreds of commissioned officers, who, after | -| the surrender of Metz, had escaped into Lux-

made the enemy weaker in the|embourg, and had thence aa -om the wor!s marksmen command

enough to create alarm. There are no epi

argement of the line of investment, and con sequent!

field. FP roads formerly out of raige. _— have been enormously strengthened put they feel the scarcity of men.

says no effective before the Ist of January. mounted are useless, bombardment by the Pruseians,

be brought at present.

opened for a fortnight yet.

~ Scill another despatch from Versailles, on

the 14th inst., says the delay ‘n the bombard ment of Parie was caused partly by 9 quarre between Gens. Biomenthal and Von Roon

The latter w shed the use of army horses to bring up the guns, while the former insisted that it wae impossible to spare them. Von Roon gat. yielded, and 4000 horses are now coming from Germany to dr i 7 ng. the Sige pr A German soldier, whose letter to his friecde is published in @ Berlin paper, thus describes the present condition of the Prince Imperial’s playground:—** My presept residence is as T am sit- |ting in a Freuch tent, erected in the Prince barat hot without considerable loss. The French|**!#ce of St. Cload. Imperial jattresses| loeses in these preliminary engagements were |S¢'ve for # bed, and cilk sofa and chair comparatively light. Tie German position |C¥sbions for pillows, various things— Turkey carpete aud other We also make use

from the Railway terminus. the roads is fearful.

The condition o

have been without meat three days,

* The French garrison at Belfort still makes a gallant defence. The neighboring heights

have all been captured by the Gerrans, bu

has greatly improved Isteiy.

_ The Prussians now appear to be concentrat

ing mear Yvetot to attack Hayye. The latte lace has 350 cannon and a strong

and will be defended to the last.

‘ $0 order to prevent the

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now itrthe above named ports will be allowed |

in which he refers to several

breaches of neutrality, and states reserves to herself the liberty of further if necessary. replies snat England eees in this assurance an amicable settlement of the difficulty, aud will accept the circular ag an act of accusation, to be made a fit subject for enquirf, and that the two powers can await the result cf the in- vestigation. either liberating them or main- taining the treaty. The 7.mes contains a des- patch from Berlin which says: ‘*The cx- lanations rendered by the Luxemburg Gov- Tument regarding its viclation of neutrality, ard the assurances given Prussia ot good be- haviour in the future, remove all danger of @ coxflict arising out of the affair.” he Pall Mell Gazetée,in an editorial article cn the Lux- emburg question, declares it to be the duty of England, in this crisis, to impress upon the Prussian Government the fact that hernotions of the territory of Luxembarg will net be re- garded with indifference by Great Britain, nor allowed to pass with impunity. ‘The mere de- —_— from her neutrality on the part of uxemburg is no excuse for the Prussian ag- greseion,

Advices rece.ved here state that another German army, numbering 150,000 men, is about to cross the Khine into France. The destination of this army is at present unknown.

The i.er bas en ecitorial article on the message of President Grant and the rela- ‘ions between Great Britain and the United States. It urges that the questions at irsue between the two countries be left to a court of arbitratjon, and that such a court et perman- ently. ‘ > -o

THE LUXEMBURG DIFFICULTY.

Most thoughtful people, who faye watched the progress of eveuts in Entope during the France-German war, have been expecting the re-appearance of the Luxemburg difliculty. The Dacby of Luxemburg wae for a long time connected with the German Empire, A por- tion of it, including the city and fortress of Luxemborg, was represented in the Geiman Bund at the commencement of the Bohemian war in 1866, by the King of Holland, who ruled it; and as ferming part of the German

by German troegs who bhappeved to be Prus- sians, One result cf the Lohemian war 1866 was, the breaking up of the German Confed- eration, and the formation of a North German Confederation—the interposition of France having prevented the South German States from being coerced into connecting themselves with a new orgabigation, Im this state of things, the general political relation of Dutch Loxemburg remained for @ time unsettled, The territory in question was small, but its position and the great fortrees it contained in- vested it with great straiegical value. Lying in one direction between Ditene and Rhenish Prussia, its possession was strongly coveted by both countries, But the Prussians had actual mili oceupétion of itg tortress, and urdoubtedly designed to retain their hold upon it in bebalf of the new Germany they were endeavoring to build up.

Frauce, or Louie Napoleon, however, was determined that the connection of Luxemburg with Germany should ceaee, und that by hook or by crook jt should be re-annexed to France, \of which, of course, in the grand conquering days of the first French Empire, it formed a

t. In pu.sunace of this determination, apoleon III opened negotiations with the King of Holland, and finally made a barcain with that monarch fer the purchase of is

tu Bismarck’e ears put that statesman on “his mettle, and the result was, that Piussia per- ‘emptorily refused to aliow the bargain to be consumated, and evinced a purpese by force of arms if necessary to prevent the annex tivn of Luxemburg to France, already so strong on she German frontier by ite possestion of Stras- and Metz. This was in 1867. Matters ame to a dead lock, and war between France and Prussia seemed inevitube. At this moment ay og offered its meditation to effect, if ible, a solution of the difficu'ty which arisen. A solution was found. It was pr that the much coveted little ter- ritory be nentralized—should belong geither to Germany nor France, but should re- maia under the rule of the King of Holland, and ‘hat the een ee ite great strong- hold gkoald be razed. ance, ws yet without ker ebassepots, and Prussia Listening to mod- erate Goznsels, slike consesited to the com- promise’ proposed. Accordinghy the arrange ment wasembodied in a general treaty signed

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The German | needed their services.

Food is very scarce in the German camps, and some of the troops

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London. Dec. 16.—The Engiieh Cabinet |

en 12 be rs ‘eance Wherein Luxemburg has been guilty of "ees remaining. There are likewise that Ger-|

Confederation of tha: day, it was garrisoned |

rights over. and in Luxemburg. This coming | 24 & sufficient ‘ medicine chest” for aii disor-

with she obinined 17 apenas of po paroitly ‘pan- wbo phéught it wee bie metstac'e.”

-| French.

e their way

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1| the results of the present war, _-——.e

WAR INCIDENT,

Times ot lst Dee.

romautic as anyone could desire.

+ epperial's playground, behind the

jarticles from the palace.

all which and)

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‘staf, on which the princely flag used to be| |hoisted, announcing to the Parisians when, \the “ Child of France” condescended to play. | | The place is bordered on two sides with limes, | jthe third affords a prospect of the now des-|

trcyed Palace, ard the fcurth is occupied by |

jantique statuary, which have become the butt! the weather will permit. The probability of auc-

‘for the humor of cur troops ling their make@nees, they made requisitions in

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| pot hat with a black and white | @ black eoat with white buttons. }horing Juno was furnished by the gord-bumer-|

ed soldiers with ared crinoline amd quilted! dreea, Such is war.’

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A WOMAN SQLDJEi. | A wounded soldier recently passed through | Berlin who excited general attestion, being a |woman. She is twenty-four years of age. | Her name is Bertha Weiss. She was born at |Schonburg and educated at a respectable es- ,tablishment at Ragnit. She soon, however, |evineed a singular preference for manly attire, jand acted ga civilian servant to @ captain of |the 69h regiment at Treves, with whose ‘family she had aceasion to make a long!

| journey tothe south. Her good conduct in-| duced her master to provide for her further | jeducation, so that she was competent to paes | | the ensign’s examination. Shortly before the | }war, provided with a recommendation and ithe captain, and without being subjected to} ‘strict eurgical examination, she entered his|

|herer. Transferred to the Crown Prince's re }gime: t, she succeeded in the battle of Grave-|

jlotte first plone and afterwards supported by

;

|seized by the French,

the knee, disabled her from walking, She re

ceived from Prince Frederick Charles for her bravery the second class of the Iron Cross, as ;well ap an autograph certificate couched in| the most flattering terms. She is therein | styled Bernard von Weise, and is granted a! | forlough.

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ALWAYS AT A PREMIUM.

To thie “fifth quarter of the globe,” as an Irieh writer bas called it, the motier country sends many things its people do vot want, and the consequences too frequently are an over- stocked market and a depressed trade, From this category we beg leave, however, to exclude two articles—the two celebrated remedies of Pro- fessor Holloway, Throughout Australasia they are ata premium, The Pilla and Ointment are considered the wost profitable commodities that can be taken tp the mines, as their efficacy in the diseases common in the gold region 1s well known to every nugget~iunter, and they are therefore eagerly bought up at any price by those toilers after the “ mammon of ynrghteoasness,” For the Lilhous fevers and all the disorders of the liver aud bowels which prevail on the auriferous svils of the iaterior, the Piils appear to be a positive, immediate, afd invariable remedy, We have seen returned gold hunters from the “ diggings,” and their reports on thie head are umform, Nor is the testimony less conclusive in reiativn to the Ointment as a means of relieving rheawatiew ard neuralgia, and healing the wounds, abra- sions, contusions, &c., incident to a hard life in the wilderness, In ehort every one in “ the bueh” looks upon Holloway’s twe preparations

dere Ot his outer and inner man. He knows, for he baa y, Intered with them and summered with them beyond the settlements, that they ace his surest reliance in siebuess at all seasons and under alf errcumsancesr, Almost every winer hus some anecdote to relate of the cures they have performed, Limbs saved from wmortifca~ iw, uleers preserved from gangrene, contracted joints relaxed, liver disgase arrected, dysentery avd disrrheea cured—these are theit trophies. in fact, they are-among the good things of whieh we cannot have tev inueb, and although 1e im- porte at present arg *o large as plujogt to be it~ credible, stil! the demand keeps in advance o. the supply. . Furuished with these remedies, the ininer and the setiier have little need of medica) advice, for it seems beyund question that their cutive farce cever the whole cirele of dic eases and a laige portion of the chapter of acci- dents, Of what use is success tu the aon i

when fortune is achieved, be die beside bis hoaid, aud bow mavy lives that were sacrificed in the early days of the Koid, discoveries, wight have begin saved by these inced wable preparations . Iu California, we understand, they are consider.

seightened @ young man sitt'ng next io-bs ty

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round to the new army which so greatly | And if, asthe Germane) !Y *€ ,|@llege, these escaped prisoners and other | ‘Ing. | French soldiers fying from German purauit|

A despatch from Versailles, of the 1th inet., | were re-engaged for the French service and _ gens ere mounted and the | sent forward to their place of destination from bombardment of Paris will not commence | |.uxembourg territory, by @ French consul The guns now whose operations were connived at by the Another despatch gives | Laxembourg authcrities is not to be wondeied & pew explanation of the delay in opening the }at that the Germans are angry. Still the by There is a/ offences alleged to have been committed agai Jack ofammunition in the German army, and! net the Germans by the Luxembourg officials the roads are so wet and heavy that none can | are not of a kind to justify the German auth- The same cause has/|orities in annexing the neutralized Dachy to prevented the movement of the heavy siege | Germany, Bgt this at present they do not guns. It is probable that a fire will not be, seem to be resolved on duing. Yet it is in the highest degree probable that by some means or othar the connection of Luxembourg >| with Germany will be re-estublished as one of

Tue Secretary or War reports that the cost of the army for the ensuing year, will be $865,000 less than for the lust, consequently not quite equal to thirty-three millions of

during winter.

tablishment, namely 300,000 men, will be effected by July of next year.

Tus Secretaky or THe Navy reports 181 vessels on the register, calculated to carry 1,309 tons guns. Fifty-two of the vessels are monitors, 30 sailing craft, and the rest steam- ers. He recommends a considerable increase of the naval force, so frequent are the reqnests for protection by the presence of an armed vessel which come from citizens and represen. | tatives of the nation in every quarter of the

Atheneum on Tuesday evening.

day in each month. Odd Fellows—Monday evenings.

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

recommendation thet the tranking privilege may be abolished, which would help materil- ly towards making the department self-sus- At present there ig a deficiency of over four millions. ‘The mail service between New York and San Francisco has been per- formed at an average time of seven dayg eight hours going west and seven days five hours coming east. Of nearly 1,300 mails carried through, during twelve months, 217 only were behind time.

A resolution abolishing the offices of Admiral and Vice-Admiral of the Navy wus passed in the House on the 12th inst,, under a suspen

London Houee............G. & S. Davie

Co-Partnership Notice. . . - P. W. Hyndman, &

NOUN 56 noice cnt ei D_ Stewar

The Examiner.

Charlottetown, January 2, 1871.

Ne a NE NN

Bank of P. E. Island.—Cashier, Wm. . ures introduced for Cundall. Discount Days, Mondays and

Y. M. C. Association—Thursday evenings

St. John’s Lodge, Masons, Second Tues-

(eee ere ....Genera! Post Office. Apothecarics’ Ha!]..........T. DesBrisay.

do cee deb eeee do - : eee... cccncctdeaedhnssks tose Tas Poormasten Gsxneal. reversion. dis Lottery.....ecccsseeseeeeks, B. MoMi lan

GR ode bes 0B 24> P. W, Hyndman.

F. W. Hyndman. Notice to Debtors......... P, W. Hyndman. Prince of Wales College... . Joho Longworth Ww.

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In the year of Grace 1855, the good peo- ple residing in a quiet village on the banks of the Hillsborough, were, by an act of Parliament transformed into what, we have Union Bank.—-Cashier, James Anderson. 20 doubt, many at that time thought » office of Admiral, vagant by the decease of Hiscount Days, Wednesdays and Saturdays. much more dignified appellation, « Citizens Savings’ Bank --Colontal Building. Bank- of Charlottetown.” The Legislature con- ' ferred upon the Citizons an empty title, with- Farmer's Bank Rustico.—Cashier, Marin | cut the means of maintaining the increased Discount day, Wednesday. | responsibility. The Government, in their

done. It is alleged that in several instances | political purposes oe parchase - San Do- | Summerside Bank.—Cashierr, R. McC. | wisdom, deemed it upnecessary t:. endow the Luxemburg authorities grossly neglected mingo, which the President strongly recom- Stavert, Discount days, Tuesdays and Fri-| ocean

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to their share of the public expenditure. We are inclined to think our fellow-citi- zens swallowed the sugar. coated pill of In-

habitants of Charlottetown considered they were receiving an Act fully conferring upon them the privileges of self-government, t.| and the right of self-taxation. But exper- ience has since taught them that the mem-

that day were too far-seeing, and too well skilled in political cunning to confer on them anything but the shadow of what they

sion of the rules,

Awxwarp ALLizs.—Chand'er, of Michigan, who has obtained an unenviable anti Canadian notoriety, has brought in a Bill in Congress to give effect to the President’s anti-Caradian policy. He is determined that neither Butler nor,Grant shall take the wind out of his sails,’’ His biil will find a suitable tomb im the Com- mittee to which it bas been referred.

Pronimition OX Deer IstaNp.—A year or

THE NEW YEAR.

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pretended to bestow. When the !sland Legislature received the right of selfGovernment fiom the Im-

The year 1871 dawns on the World, with | perial authorities, they also received the War raging in the East? We anne ad right of seli-taxation, and “ hold that oe which will cnable them to luxuriate ir time at our disposal just now to review in eitizens of Crarlottetown, like the General swo-fold, bet doultfal advantnges'6 Sites detail the leading events of he past year; Government, should enjoy a similar privi- but more especially the prominent features | lege~ they, and they only who pay the of the War in Europe. ‘These events have, | taxes are the proper persous to determine

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the city with any property, either real or

-| corporation without previously giving a thought about the nauseous ingredients of which it was composed. No doubt the in-

bers of the Government and Legislature of

We copy the following from the London

For blankets we use

ceeded to sell to the Islanders, Very soon

of them,

the shape of pebbles.

mit.

——— ATLANTIC CABLES.

The Atlantie cable companies’ directors pub lishes the following :—

All efforts te repair either of the cables thus Such efforts will be

far have been unsuccessful. continued whenever and so long as the state of

Compassionate! cess ie, however. much Ices at this season of the | the subject of debate among politicians 0") There is now an accu- |the neighborhood in order to provide cloth-| mulation of business at each end of the remain- jing. An Apollo is provided with a chimney- | ing cable equal to the capacity during the entire ceckade, and| éay of 24 hours, making 43 bourse im All. This The neigk-| aceumulstion ig the result of ouly four days It is plain, therefore, that measures

must be prowptly taken to diminish the volume of business, or the usefulness of the cable will be In the decision to which we bave arrived in this emergeney. we have not been influenced merely We have

year than in sutomer.

busiuese,

seriously inspeired if net wholly destroyed.

by a desire to increase the revenues, no right to diseriminate betweev eur customers

and to decide whose mussages are important and The offeriigs being in excess of our capaicity to transmit, there eeews to be no

whose are nat.

other course open except to increase the tariff

Therefore ou and afterMunday next the tanff on all messages between New York and Great Bri- tian and France will be for a message not exceed. ing 10 words, $15 in gold, and tor each additional word, $150. Mersages for the press, in plain language, conveying geue-al and political news tor publication, will be forwarded at ove half of All messages will be limited in

the above rates. lecgth to fifty words, ST, JOHN VS. TYNE,

A largo and enthusiastic meeting of the ees : , | friends of the St. John crew, met at the “ Bee | regiment and took part in tre battle of Spic- Hive,’’ Prince William St., to receive the re- port of the committee appointed to solicit sub- scriptions for defraying the expenses of the : ‘ st. John and two men, in regovering ‘the flag of the Six-) Tyne crews. The chair was occupied by Dr. | veemth infantry regiment, | which had ben) Walker, and Mr, Chamberlain acted as at 1 b She received in this) former meeting—as secretary, Messrs. Fulton, /esploit four bullet wounds, one of which, in) Ross aud Hutton were present and stated that Price was kept away by business tbat he could

proposed match beiween the

not well negiect.

Alter reading of the minutes of the last meeting the committea submitted their report, showing that $4,000 was already subscribed and recommending that the match be at once

arranged for if possible,

Ou motion it was ordered that a committee of five be appointed to make necessary ar- rangements es tg the time the match shall A con- fiaterested.

come’ cll, &c,., with the Tyne crew.

versation then ensued in which it sppeared the sense Of ths meeting that the same four Tynesidors who had defeated our men at Lachine shou!d again. measure blades with

them on our own waters.

The meeting adjourned shorily after nine o’clock all feeling in high spirits at the pram- ising prospects that another and more satis- factery contest than that of Sept. last, wall be

the great local évent of the coming year.

———_—__—_——~ > READ THIS CERTIFICATE. If YOU poOuRT, WRITE Mr. GaLer, WitLiamsporG, L. 1, 258 Grand St

June 11, 1668, Messrs. B, L, Jupson & Co.,

GENTS: Itis with great pleasure I write these few lives, not only as a recommenda- tion, bat as I feel a very great benefit derived trem taking your Worm Caudy (Dead Shot). 1 have suffered much for 10> years past, tried many medicines been under treatment of phy- I felt a gnawing sensation in my bewels, sleepless have vow taken about ten sticks, and quite a number of tape worme, one one several yarde long, bas come from me I contina» taking it, feeling quite a new man, my sevsationsquite different; recommend the same to the community at large, feeling confident, from practical experieuce, it 1s the best eradicatur of

sicians in this city, but all to no avail.

nights, and very nervous.

worus 1b use, Yours most respectfully, DAVID GALER. CITY OF BROOKLYN, 28s. . Kina’s Country,

David Galer being duly swurn, deposes and says, that he is the same person described in the above certificate, and that the statement there-

in made by him is in every reapect correct. DAVID GALER. [L 8.]} Sworn before me on this

day of June, 1966. Int. te LL Bl HUGHES, Revenue en Com. of Deeds, Stamp.

McKENZIE’S DEa.D SHOT WORM CANDY lor sale by-ali Medicine Dealers, at 15 cente per

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pickage $5. ad

Veresautes, Deo, 14. ‘re delay in the

Ay the leading wers of Furope. Thus eq au indispensable item, and w dogt iaportent | b ott tly b stood, ; és ee st Lapartent) bombardment of ‘Paris was causea Oarlly a oe ane oo > latotes wee ape sy. oath = bileaities of ah ae where Ue quarrl between Generals Blujsemal and Von Y + ie wns evident boweres, ther tee crc rennsy | aeeuthplishing thruyghoLt the world fur the peat] O%2- The letter wished -they,ns®, ot Aras expedient of neutral a penpeeey tidnty years, thatto be without past! horses to bring up the guns, while ibe former

izigg Luxembyrg would be | 2 2 without them se alisost | 20° bl '

shaken by thé eveuts of the £° tw -@ without the “ staff epic.” insisted that it wag sa poesib e to sfiere thente Pua proved triampbent ii the ean Hear Siciiieiaiaes . Von Roon fmally yielded, apd 4,090 borses stead of Germany Whe: ish A Chics lad are now coming from Geypany to dag “the Prussit: would have bees fox.nail nish A Chiongo lady lately dropped cag of her siexe guns from the railway termincs, The FE canee y angered io | eye-brows" the churen pow, and dread{y!h; | eoudition of the roads is fearful. Pood is very —— scarce in the German camps, and some of the

troops pare been without meat three days. >

two ago a little vessel arrived at Lord’s Cove with a general cargo. which the captain pro-

became generally known that among the articles on board was a supply of rum. Some of the leading men waitad on the captain, in- tormed him of the efforts that had been made to keep intoxicating drinks from the people and esked him not to sell the supply on board He became exceedingly wrathy at this attempt tu interfere with his rights as a iree and inde- pendent elector and ingultingly informed the Leb’ and ready to do and dare anything that gentlemen that he would sell his wereani spite ewer J. ater waited upon by r| of the splendid tea a <a UP ea Semmes aT of te 7 comets ; res porcelian or © ce, the Imperial | young men who sent their cards on board in core Plate, glees-- 14 vdottles, on r i -epssiane - auerable other objects, the imevitable honored with an answer, stones were thrown Manteuffel from revitgaljimp” “= ench Go. |*'N.’’ with the crown above it is inseribed./on board of such weight a6 to crush in the vermment have tne poets of Havre |The Prince’s playground is a large grass head of one of the rum casks. Dieppe a amp blockaded. All gessela Plot, with a minnjture railway in the middie,| vender of spirits called for quarter, and with tunnel, bridges, and # station where agreed to leave as soon as the time would per- “erever 4 soldiers arrived and whence they were des-| ~ days to de-art. | patched Of gourse, these artifical gontriv- upon @ third time, and no one has had the have had under consideration Bismark 5 Lux-|#nces are Dow tuined, ouly the foundation of bardihood to attempt the same game. It 1s to ; ; the station and a few fragments of the car-| be hopee that the seme spirit may continue to some animate the fishermen cf Deer Island, ana remains of @ gymnastic apparatus, which the | that rum may sever be pe:mitted to curse ite ro- | Soldiers burued in making their soup or coffee. | romantic shores.—S/, Croix Courier. Barl Granville| !" the centre of the ground is a large flag-|

These not being

Then the beld

He left without requiring to he waited

however, been ch onicled, if not comment- it|ed on in our columns from time to time as they occurred, and while they had the in- terest of noveity The latest intelligence from the seat of war in Europe, indicates that hostilities are being conducted with all the bitterness of cruel warfare and volatile Frees" 6n the one hand, oe

dogged endurance, as ifby nature intended to | suffer the vigorous attacks of their impetu- ous assailants. The sinking of Engli-h ships inthe River Seine by the Prussians has caused great indignation in England at least, so say our War despatches. and later news seem to confirm the former, for we find that English journalists who at first doubted, now concedes the truth of the re- port, and declare that the British Govern- ment must iustantly demand explanation and redress of Prussia for their treatment of British vessels.

What complications may follow, or how | long England can maintain her neutral | position, tine alone will unfold.

Although the Alabama question is I

both sides of the water, England and America continue to enjoy international good will and the most friendly relations. For the gencral welfare of the peoples of

that nothing will be evoked to authorize | an interference with that peace and good will which happi'y exists between the |

race.

The suspension of messages over the, Atlantic Cab’e some time since, owing to! its damaged condition, caused great | anxiety and uneasiness both in the old aud new world, whose national and personal | interests are deeply inve ved in am un- broken telegraphic intercourse with each other. In the absence of this, we trust, | but temporary interruption, the French cable is busy at work conveying the tiny electric spark pregnant with intelligence to the people of the two continents.

The action of the Dominion Govern- mont touching the Fishery Question daurng the past year has received more thay a

passing notice in President Grant's Mes- sage. The manifest impropriety of aim- ing a charge at the Domionion on account of circumstances for which the Crown of Great Britain and not her British posses- sions in North America, is alone res- ponsible, must be patent to every impar- tial ming. The policy of non-intercourse hinted at by the Presidents Message would entail mutual ‘oss to both parties The commercia' interests of the Dominion and the United States should be ideutical and it is hoped that for the promotica of general peace and prosperity those questions of dispute wi] be amicably settled, and at once and for- ever disposed of. Nothing can be gained by hostile speeches or threats of retaliation. This, we think, must be the conviction cf every unbiased man on both sides of the border.

_ Our own Island home during the past year has been abundant); blessed. Truly may our people say, the earth has brought forth plentiously, and prospery has reigned within our borders.

The opening of the St. Patrick's Hall School, and the New Convent, together with the completion of the Methodist Col- lege, which is also to be opened shortly, are tangible prcofs of the deep interest taken by our people in the education of the youth of the galony,

The erection of a new Government Building in Charlottetown during the past year, the completion of Mr. Hyndman s large building, now known'as the ** Exchange Buildings; ” in whi h are the Merchant's Ex- changeand News Room; Messrs Baldwin & Co's extensive Hardware Store, and Mr. Hyndman’s Sales Roora, &c, and the erection ofthose large buildings, opposite, owned by Messrs Welsh & Owen, Hogan and others, together with the building of several large and handsome dwelling houses in the city, are all gratifyivg evidences of prosperity.

The rapid growth.of the country is also made visible by the many Churches, Halls, and Schcolhouses, that are fast taking the, place of the old and less costly edifices

Many topics of interest fash before our

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two great branches of the Anglo Saxon five dimes greater than ours.

iniad, but we must bring oux brief remarks’

the amount and mode of such taxation.

|The fact of our civic Elections being held | annually, almost preeludes the possibility

| citizep*possesssed the power Of seli-taxa-| thy manifested at our civic Electicns, but, |

on the contrary, a keen and lively interest |

appertaining to the good government of the City.

In consequence of not being macada- mized, the streets of the city have year af- ter year deteriorated, until this fall they were almost impassible, more nearly re- sembling the mires of a marsh, than the thoroughfares of a well-organized city. This is in a great measure occasioned by the traffic upon them in the spring and autumn, at which seasons of the year pro- duce is very largely shipped for foreign Indeed our streets are more in- jured in this way than taey are by the citizens themselves.

Charlottetown enjoys the costly ad- vantage of broad streets, with houses and) stores frequently detailed, so that a mileof our streets would not yield half the amonnt | derived from a similar rate, on the same) space in any other city in the Provinces. |

At the same titve, it is obivious that a

sufficient in other places. We find on 2 persual of the public accounts of some cities in the Dominion, that their taxes are We need not wonder, therefore, when we are told that other cities can boast of better streets, and more public works than we can.

The inhabitants of Charlottetown are one-tenth of the whole population of the Island, and in that proportion pay towards the revenue of the colony. Butas we be- leive the citizens of Charlottetown consume twice the amount of dutiable goods as the same number of inhabitants in other parts of the Island; it follows that in the same ratio they pay ro less than one-fifth of the whole revenue. The question has often

been asked, but we think never satisfactor- ny answerec, Why aves not thevlty receive

its fair share of the public revenne? We believe that the only answer ever at- tempted, was, that the city members were outvoted, and not being always supporters of the Government of the day, they were powerless to obtain that justice for their constituents to which they acknowledged them to be entitled; the city has returned three members “to support the present Administration,” whose condined action and influence with the Goyernment we have no doubt will correct much of what the citizens now complain,

We have gone to some trouble to obtain the following figures: We may as well say that they were compiled by some of the officials in the different branches of the

ublic service, and coming from such a source,should be—as we have no doubt they are—perfectly reliable, and prove beyond cavil, that by taking the city’s contribution to the public revenue, at one-tenth, the Legislature should make a yearly appro- priation of £4000 for city improvements,— but if, as we believe, is nearer the truth— the éity contributes one-fifth of the revenue, £800 would be the sum to which the city would be fairly entitled. Before giving the statistics, we will make a few remarks upon the various items of expenditure to- wards which cur citizens contribute; but from which they receive no direct advan- tage. The Stock Farm—costing the net annual sum of £500—is an institution of niuch value to the farmers throughout the Island, but of little or no benefit to the commercial men of Charlottetown. We find that the annual cost of Education, ex- clusive of the City schools, but including the P, W, College, and Normal school, is £2,021. Now assuming that the city’s proportion of the cost of the P. W. College and Normal School is one half the entire cost of these two Institutions, we shall then have the large expenditure for education of £19,521; the annual cost of the other City schools is £920, and if from this sum we take £562, the amount of the City school tax we have £568 to place to the credit of the £19,521, leaving the net sum of £18,- 953, paid for education, from ‘which the city derives no benefit. We next come to the expenditure of £15,823, whichis the annual cost of our roads, bridges, wharfs and ferries, including the eity wharf and ferry. If wg deduct from this, say ore