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Writar Dunpax o.ewartis the Minis ter of Public Works in this little Province, and whoever gazes on him in the position ha oxerpies must, if he be of an analytica f-ame of m'nl, have a severe problen t low came he to ar. !

FEBRUARY 8

suive lu the question, °° rive ait point?’ Qur Minister of Pab oot

hy lie Works is the graduate of no university he claims degrees from no mart oi araing seb up by the hands of man: I _ .

this is his boast. Hea “quired wisdom not in the twilight shidows of monast« piles, but in a quiet nook, Wisnce, after years of dall drear, plodding, he issued forth a philosopher more fuily fledged th n my : p2cimen tha t .2 Halls of Oxiord or Vambr.dge have pro

vi. A complete master of tence in in teliectual wa: fare, his lozic is kean, and cut: witn the precision of a dissecting knife i: t's hand o° a skilled anstomist. It 1 t-ue, that his spoken words, when taker wows aud pondered over, show a strang disregard for English Grammar and the or dinary rules of composition. Pas’ partici ples, in the learned gentleman’s speeches, are fvund doing duty for past tenses. But it should be remembered that our Mr. Stewart did not creep up by slow degrees t» the eminence he now occupies. ‘‘I leave such action,” says our philosopher, ‘* t worms, caterpillars, and such like crawling vermin; mine is the eagle’s swoop—I fl) ail perch where I list.”

The intellectwa’ superiority of Mr. Stew- ari; being about as universally admitted in tiis Province, as the superiority of England ©1 sea,our as onishnenS was great at see- iig this intelectual galiacor—this great waster of fence, decline the guage of battle tirvown down by a clerical Editor of thi: city, and resorting to an ecvlesiastical cour: toseck yengeance on an opponent. Did we look at the simple fact, that W. D. Stewar: hal appealed to the Presbytery to obtaln az. advantage over an opponent, we might be inclined to think tha: Mr. Stewart's armory was not of that complete character which he vaunts, but it should be remembered, that Mr. Stewart is a man of a religious frame o! mind, and prone to make fine distinctions between the Secular ani the Spiritua! povers. When this is taken into consider ation, it will be seen that it is entirels ix. accordance with a deicae sensi-

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bility that Mr. Stewart inings hs yrievances before an ecclesiastical tri- bunal. Had the Rav. Ssephen Law

gon been simply Mr. Lawson, Editor of the Presbyterian, our Minister of Public Works would have pounded him to dust in the mortar of inexorable logic. Nothing could bs more exemplary than this conduct of Mr. Stewart. In an age when the Spi- itual Kingdom and its rights are almos' wholly ignored, and by none more sc than by philosophers, it is refreshing

to find a highly-cultured mind like Mr. Stewart’s handing over an_ of- fending ecclesiastic to the spiritua!

power, and telling the Court tha’ ha has mercifully spared the transgressor, and leaves him to their justice for sentence. Verily—neither the Bismarcks nor th Cavours had halfthe magnaminity of ow M. ister of Pablic Works—Wiillam Dunbar S.ewart! ——<at <a

Ir is rumored that, with a view to soften the obduracy of Mr. Blake’s heart and to induce him, at the last Cabinet meeting, tc withdraw his resignation until after the session—‘‘ when we will all retire with you”—the premier recited the great epic poom commencing:

Let dogs delight &c. ; and that his rendering of the verse Little birds within their nest agree—

was of a most touching nature, and moved Scott and Huntington to tears. Mr. Blake, however, having regard to the little bit oi character still left him, and having no more

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frimids to provide fer, answered “nary and bid them all a fond adieu.

Ox Dit.—That the Cabinet meeting at which Mr. Blake was present closed with the lovely hymn: |

Friend after friend departs,—

Who hath not lost a triend!

‘VW MISTLING To KEEP UP THEIR CouRAGE.” ~The anxiety of the @vernment organs to explain that there has been no quarrel be- tween the Premier and Mr. Blak», anl that ¢sir relations have always been of the most a ctioaate nature. Noi the slg'ttest difh- oilty between them, ch no! ‘there never was.

Taz Northern Light arrived in George- | town yesterday afternoon. Mails for abroad will b2 made up at the Post Office te-ingr-

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Mz, Jones and the Sabbath. | The Kingston Daily News publishes the

; ce | fo lowing quesons, addressed to ita mimis- |

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terial brethren : 1 What hour on Saturday night did the Sovernment receive definite inturmation of Mr. Vaii's defeat ? At what hour was Mr. Vail’s resignation

‘eceived ? 3 When did the Cabinet meet to consider

he sit@ation es

4. When was Mr. Jones offered the portfolio | if the Militia Department?

5. Whea did Mr. Jones signify his accept wiece of the position va sate by Me. Vail.

6. When was it resolved to have Mr. Jones worn ia at Halifax by General UO Grady Haly, he Admiuistrator ?

7. Did Mr. Jones start from Ythawa on Sunday morning by a expense oi the country? ( Lhe Halitax he did.) Aud if so, when, 1 not

Halifax to special train | & bate bwers Say n suudiv,ewas itresslved by the Govera ieut to tele rraph hin wWaile oa his way east

Parady Haly %

The morning organ at Halifax in reply to the Presbvterian Witness, attempts a lame lefence by trying to insinute, without stat- ing, that the charge against Mr. Jones and the Government was a falsehood. But the acts are very plain. Mr. Jones did not war of Mr. Vails defeat till nearly ten| The publie meeting was not over}

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clock. ill after eleven o'clock. Nr. ‘each the city till nearly twelve o’clos \nd it must have been between midnight] wad three o’closk on the (Sunday) morning | hat all the telegraphing was done. Mr. | fones took train on Sunday morning. The ‘abinet must have had informal meeting, ss least on Sunday morning Mr. Jones} ravelled all Sunda; morning. The Ca'i |} ret ust have met to decide on the tele- rum which caused Mr. Jones to come back o Halifax again. And tinally Mr. Jone: avelled all diy Sanday and got back to Halifax by Monday morning early. These acts are notorious. They can be proved by lozens of persons.

it is no use for the Ministerial organs to leny them. The public might be disposed »pardon the offence considering the ex- sencies of the situation ; but the public vil not pardon the hypocrisy which at- empts to deny the facts after having poli- ically profited by it. The ‘‘ organized iypocrisy ” at Ottawa is weil represented in she organs in Halifax.—fLe. Herald.

2 20 oo The “Northern Light.” Vir regard to the recent perilous posi- tion of the ‘‘Northern Light,” the Pictou stundard says :—

‘*The gulf steamer ‘Northern Light’ has met with her first trial of this season, and aas somewhat ignominiously succumbed to Sing Frost. On Wednesday last, while ‘ounding a floe some threo miles from the mouth of the harbor, she was caught be- .ween floating masses, and, in endeavoring o extricate herself, succeeded in jamming ierself in such a manner that it was impos- ible to move in any direction. On Thurs- day an attempt was made by those on board, after landing the passangers and mails, to cut through the surrounding bergs, but to no avail, and the steamer had to be allowed o rest in quiet, till a gale should disperse che heavy fields holding her in their rigid rrasp. The ficlds imprisoning the vessel we:e moving shorewards during the closing iays ot the week, and much alarm existed as to the ship’s keel striking the bottom, in which event she would go to pieces ; but as yet she has not grounded, and we hope may sscape that threatening danger. As, how- ever, the draught of water of the ‘‘ Northern Light” is about 18 feet, it will be seen that she is always confronted by the danger oi zoing aground, as well as of being crushed ia the ice. There is not now much ice in ‘he gulf, and it is very unfortunate that the steamer should be so firmly fastened in what little there is.”

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A BoARDING HOUSE on Front Street, St. fohn, N. B., was the scene of a disturbance hat ended in bloodshed on the night of the tth inst. Thos. Maloney, one of the board- ‘rs, had been inciting John Sullivan to fight vy giving him a push, Sullivan took no aotice at first of the imsulis. At last Ma- ioney became unbearable, and when he had nade a rush at Sallivan, was pat down on he floor, and told to be quiet. This was ‘epeated two or three times, then Maloney lrew a jack-knife from his pocket, and, ypening it, made another rush at Sallivan. 3efore his intention could be divined the} lade entered the face of Sullivan, beneath he lefc eye, and was not drawn out until a sut had been made extending the entire tength of the nose. Maloney attempted to stab him again. Sut Patrick Hickey jumped between the two men, and caught che knife in his hand, the fingers of which were cut acruss. Maloney has been arrest- dd. Had it not been for the timely inter- ‘erence of Mr. Hickey, there would no loubt have been something more serious to chronicle.

| Moncton is fast becoming a town of im-| nortance. lis ‘Treasurer's accounts just} published show that the Town Council have | a penchant for getting into debt. The total} veecipts during the past year from all per including a balance of $214 from the pre-| vious year, were $3,953,23, while the ex- | penditures amounted to $0,195.53, leaving!

$2,223.39 to be added to the ordinary as- | The esti- |

sessment for the present year. mated expenditure for this year is put down | at $9,777, and the revenues at 2,750, leav- 57 to be raised by assesment.—

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Times. Tue London News states that John

O'Leary, former editor of the Irish People,

row (Saturday) morning, and forwarded By |

train to Georgetown at 4.30 a.m. [t 1s ex- r . "1

pecved that tas Northern Light will r2turn

t> Georgetown oa Sanday in _ order to com- mence again upon the regular days.

Ir will be seen that the telegrah "ap

ain announced the dezth 4 the Puy, e-

he news needs coyirmation.

has been permitted temporarily te revisit Ireland for private affairs, on parole and oy

‘conditiva that he will abstain from polities.

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| Mempers or THe Sxow SHoe Civus.— Tuaere will be a tramp to-morrow (Saturday) evening, starting from the Skating Rink at 8 o'clock,

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Breakwater, the weather became heavy. A | s.rong northeasterly gale sprang up which ae t ’ ov ha | tried the ship severely, and im tie very be-

‘a3 to the seaworthiness of the vessel. Un I !

| Wednesday night sie sprang a lak.

created a panic, which was in part subdued

. ‘ | » return to tlalitax ty be sworn in by General | '

being about south south-west, the Metropolis

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Wreck of the “ Vietropolis.” |

A BRIEF DISAsS?ROUS VOYAGE. The history of the sailing of the Metropo- | tadeiphia and the mission of} civilization in wiuch she was engaged is al- veady familiar to the readers of the Herald. She was heavily laden with railroad iron and machinery and had also a living freight of 260 persons, including three females. After discharging her cargo at Delaware

ginning of her voyage both passengers and erew began to entertain serious misgivings

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by a vigorous use of the pumps. All hands went to work at them with thas energy which is only imparted by despair, byt, de- spite their etlurts, the water imereased in cuv hold. Sae begin to fill rapidly. CAPTAIN ANKER3’ BLUNDER.

The puinjs failing to keep her clear, Cap- tain Ankers proceeded to lighten the shup by throwing overboard all tue heavy mater- ial possible. Still the water continued to rise, and death began to stare the panic- stricken passengers in the face. ‘The leak increased and tie pumps proved powerless o ks2p the vessel clear. Captain Ankers cei dicaded tue course of the ship to that uayeu of refuge for disabled vesseis, Usmp- tun ikoads, wut as fate wouid have it ne mistook tue reckonings.

BROADSIDE TO TH SURF SHE STRIKES.

The fires were then nearly out, but the vessel still bore on until it became a terrible necessity with the captaim to run her ashore, in the hope of atleast saving some of the precious ives of the passengers and crew. At last the fearful but muca wished for mo- ment arrived, and the 4fetropol.s struck the shore in the vicinity of Whaies Back light, on the Currituck Beach, about twenty-five iniles south of the above-mentioned light, and between Life Saving Stations Nos. 4 add 5.

FEARFUL STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

Then ensued a terrible scene of pam, terror and confusion, such as only those who have had the experience of a ship- wreck can imagine. Just before the ship beached she shipped a heavy sea, which carried away her engine-room bulkhead and formard cabin. The sea poured into the vessel in an awful volume, and totally ex- tinguished her fires, She was then a help- less monster, utterly powerless to stand the seas that swept over her, and beyond all human skill to manage. At about a quar- ter to seven o'clock on Thursday, her course

struck. DEATH HASTENED BY DESPAIR.

She broached broadside to the beach, which caused every succeeding sea to sweep her decks, carrying into the settled foam the unfortunate passengers almost by the score. During all this agonizing scene of terror and suspense a nan on horseback was seen in thediim light on the shore waving hus hat, which gave some faint promise of assistence, at which the living passengers eagerly grasped. But, alas, no help came. Many who had held on to life, finding the expected aid not at hand, gave up in despair and sank to rise no more.

LIFE-SAVERS MISNAMED.

The terrible moments, which seemed to the survivors like ages, wore on until about seven o’elock, when at last the life-saving crew put in appearance. But they were unable to render any assistance. They were merely idle-lookers on at the havoc of death among the wild waves, which seemed to sing a requiem to the despairing mortals who were so rapidly drowning. Tne most that these inefficient government employees did was to pull some of the most fortunate out of the surf who had washed ashore on some particle of the wreck available at the moment.

STRUGGLE FOR LIFE PRESERVERS.

With the striking of the ship commenced a scene which defied description. No order could be heard, and, if heard, no one was willing to obey. The one feeling that each one must save himself or drown mastered every other. A rush was made for the lie preservers, of which there was a full supply on board. A struggle ensued of the strong against the weak for the coveted articles. In the end, however, none of the preservers could be obtained, nearly all of them being washed overboard by the tremendous seas that swept the ship before they could be used. ‘he angry waves cach moment de- cimated the hopeless sufferers, who, for the most part, entirely unused to life on ship board, knew not where to seek protection or to avail themselves of opportunities of safety which occurred to more experienced persons. THE CAPTAINS EFFORTS GERS.

TO SAVE PASSEN- |!

Captain Ankers and most of his officers stood by the ship as long as possible. The survivors speak of his efforts as being al- most superhuman during the tie the ship was struggling with the gale, whileshe was disabled and dri.ting helplessly to ceriain lestruction and after she had struck upon the treacherous sands. The wreck broke up fast.

Captain Ankers manfully did his duty, | giving orders, help: ng and cheering every-| body. He was about the last man to leave | the ship. He hoped against hope, expsct- ing succor from the shore. Had he re- ceived this, many precious lives would have

been saved and few would have been lost. | | "The fate of Captain Ankers was for some! | time unknown to those on shore, and it was | | by them supposed that he had gone down /with the ship when she finally went to pieces, but h2 surseqreatly nads his ap- peavauce, to their greas relief, having been washed ashore several miles northward of the stranded vessel. | Latest accounts from the wreck bring te news that at least 140 men are men are known to have been saved. This leaves about 70 who are believed to have been

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Mayor's OFFICE, Charlottetown, Feb, Sth, 1878.

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A WINNING GAME.

CHaprer IL[.—Continvzp. Now, the day before, Mrs. Hun’s

ee for PRINTING & BINDING yreat friend, Miss Gosasypp, had called

300 Copies of ** The City Bye-Laws” will he Mayor's Utilize until noon o, FRIDAY, L5th inst. samples of paper, type, and binding can be seen at tats Office. WM. B. MORRISON, City Clerk.

be received at t

Feb. 8—Si

GRHAL

BANKRUPT SALE

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The Stock in Trade of the Estate of

S. KEITH & CO.

WILL BE SOLD AT A

TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE.

Worsted Coatings, Beavers, Pilots, Broad Cloths, Tweads,

Ready-made Clothing, GENTS’ FURNISHING GODS

AND HATS, WILL BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST.

Clothing Made to Order

AS USUAL.

G. V. M'GRECOR,

Assignee.

iN, B.— Coat, Vest, and Pant Makers wanted immediately, C. V. MeG.,

South Side Queen Square. Ch'town, Feb. 5, 1878—2m 2aw

INSOLVENT ACE OF 1875 and Amending Acts.

In the matter of SYLV ANUS KEITH, an Insolvent.

A LL persons indebted to the above Insol- Lx vent are hereby notified to pay their ac- counts to me, and to me only. Cc. V. McGREGOR, Assignee. Charlottetown, P. E. Island, Feb, 5, 1878—tf

RARE GHANGE.

REAT BARGAINS in high turned and Box Sleighs. Carriage and sleigh repairing and Painting solicited. Charges moderate, at

PETER H. TRAINOR’S, Kent St., opposite the Rocklin House.

Ch'town, Jan. 17, 1877.—4i

Ci'town Woollen Factory Co ANNUAL MEETING.

HE Annual Meeting ot the above Com- pany will be held on TUESDAY, the 2éth February, at SCOTI’S HALL, Kent! Street, at 2o’clock, p. m., for the election of | Nirectors, and the transaction of other busi- es. ~ aii Shareholders should b2 present or repre-

sented hy proxy.

ALBERT SIMPSON, Sec y & Treasurer. Ch’town, Jan. 31, 1878—3in

‘ov the first time since their return ind Mrs. Hun had told her how inti. mate they had become with Charlie,

* Rather slow and dull, is he not ? isked Miss Gossypp.

* Not at all, dear,” replied Mrs. Hun. ‘Mr. Castleton is a very niece, lively eilow,

* CAsTLETON! my dear. Sarely not hat young man! Why, Durham is the wir’s name. Tae uncle quar-eied with Jaarlie Castleton quite four years ago, uid can’t bear to hear his name men- ioned, I knew he was in the army but he has not a rap except his pay, and a little his mother had.”

Here was a nice mess; but Mrs. Hun was equal to the occasion. How thank- ‘ul she was that things were no worse,

From an Army List they found out he —th was a two-battalion regiment, ind that the “real” nephew was with me battalion in Ireland, while Charlie and the other were in Malta.

Having found out all this, then, when the servant brought Charlie's card, Mre f{un was prepared with her course of ction. She would let the young man

say his say, and then put his conduct vefore him in all its enormity. She was outwardly much more calm than poor Charlie, whose love was too strong co let him be cool. After a little he spoke:

“Mrs. Smith, I love your daughter

to be my wife. I am nota rich man” —— But Mrs. Hun’s calmness left her at this point. She could not stand this, so she burst out: ; “Sir, I consider your conduct has been unworthy the office you hold. It ‘s true you did not say, in as many words, that your expectations were such as to entitle you to seek my laughter’s hand,but you never said any- thing to disabuse us of such a belief. Instead of being able to support a wife as my daughter has been accustomed ‘o be, I find you are almost penniless, ind have been cast off by your uncle. Of course, I refuse your request.” =” Mrs. Hun had lost her temper, and iad shown her hand too much, but she did not mind that, as she thought plain speaking always best. . ‘‘ May I see your daughter ?” “No; besides it would be useless, as her answer would be the same as mine. Of course, all further intercourse be- tween us must cease. Good morning.” And Mrs. Hun sailed away upstairs to pour out her sorrows to Theodosia. Charley was more vexed at the delay her folly would cause than angry at Mrs. Hun. Of course, when old Smith was about again, all would be right. He called once again, but it was “ Not it home,” so he trusted to meeting the ald bey again when he got well.

Bessie and her father driving slowl along. The old man looked very ill, and Bessie was worn-looking, too,— probably with nursing her father, Uharlie thought. ‘To his amazement, when the old man noticed him, he turned his head, and stared fixedly in the opposite direction in the most marked way. He looked very uncom- fortable, but he did it as a stern duty that ought to be done. Bessie gave Charlie a very cold bow, for which she could have boxed her own ears imme- diately after. “What must he think’ of me!” she thought. “How much I must feel it, he’ll think. Why did-I make any diiference to him ?” What Charlie thought is hard to say. [t is so hard to find that one’s pet por- celain idols are only common clay after all. That Mrs. Hun would cut him be- ‘ause he had not £10,000 a year he quite expected, but he had looked for bettec things from Bessie and her fa- ther. Poor Charlie said some very cynical and bitter things in the next few days. . Now the explanation of their conduct is Simply this: Charlie had asked Mrs. Hun for “her daughter,” and of course she thought he meant Theodosia; there- fore she told them all that he had pro- posed for Theo. Theo was supremely indifferent, but poor Smith “could not have believed it of him” after his at- tentions to Bassie— poor Bessie who sobbed so at her father’s soft words that night, and thought, while she hid her blushes or his breast, that all sun- shine had gone out of life for her.

(Concluded in our next )

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