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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY.

MARCH 7, 1859.

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No. 35.

Tho Cheapest and most General Assorted COUNTRY STORE In the Island---Established 1842. ‘RHE SUBSCRIBER has selected and just received Ex « EMMA,” from Hatrrax, the largest and best

STOCK OF MERCHANDIZE,

—-to suit the season, and low prices to suit the times—that he has ever imported, which has been selected from some of the most extensive houses in the numerous trade, who give all the advantages of the trade to their old customers. The following are some of the Goods now open for inspection and sale :

Prime Tea, Sugar, Molasses, Rice, Raisins, Currants and Figs.

DRY GOODS in great variety, and some Ladies’ Dresses, |

latest London style; Ladies’ Capes, new style and low price ; best ready-made Clothing ; Fur and Cloth Caps, of new shape, naval and military, &c. ; some first quality Buffalo Robes, very cheap; Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, ail sizes and prices.

HARDWARE, Cutlery and Jewellery ; bar, hoop, sheet and plate Iron; Nails, Spikes, Brads and tacks, iron, zine and copper ; Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, Glass and Putty; Drugs, medicines and Dye stuffs; burning fluid and Jamps ; China, Glass and Earthenware, in great variety, and low prices; Sled and Cart Harness ; Upper and sole Leather ; barrels and half barrels prime Labrador inspect- ed Herrings, Codfish ; Guns, Pistols, Powder, Shot, Caps and Flints; Plough-mounting, and extra sole and side plates; Pots, Bake-pans and extra lids; with various

vther articles, toc numerous for “ the printer,’ and will

be sold at very reduced prices, for cash, or good Produce.

Parmers and others in want of the best description of Goods, will

lease call and examine quality and price, which will be found to ensure satisfaction, having every article priced, in plum figures, for the child as well as the most experienced, irom which no alteration will be made, which has been a fixed rule in the establishment for the past sixteen years, and which has obtained for it such extensive patronage.

cy A Cargo of Tuaber and Deals for Sale—when disposed of, an alteration will be made in the lumbering business for the which will enable the proprietor to attend more strict-

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future ; ly to his counter trade, and give satisfaction to his customers. WANTED from 2060 to 300 OX and COW HIDES, for which the highest market prices will he given. PATRICK SIrEPHENS, Orwell Store, Cheaper than the Cheapest on the Island. 1858. GRAIN SHOW. ue Royal Agricultural Society’s Anuual Grain Show will be held, as usual, in the Temperance Hall, on WEDNES-

DAY, the 2nd of March, 1859, when the following prizes will be offered for competition, viz :—

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Best Wheat, £110 0 Second do., ee Best two rowed Barley, 110 0 Second do., I] 9°98 Best four rowed Barley, 110 0 Seeond do., i ie Best Biack Oats, 110 0 Second do., ‘30 0 Res’ eaveple Red Clover Seed, not less than OG lbs., I-10 © Second do., 1 0 0

REGULATIONS |

The Grain and Clover Seed to be the growth of the Isiand in the year 1858.

Each sack of Grain must contain not less than 3 bushels.

No prize will be awarded without competition of 3 samples each, of first and second quality.

Competitors must be members of the Society.

The Prize Grain will be set up and sold, for the benefit of the Exhibitors. immediately after the decision of the Judges.

Grain intended for competition, and sent by parties residing ata distance from Charlottetown, will be received and taken care of by the Secretary at any time prior to the Show.

Immediately after the Grain Show the Annual Meeting of

the Society will take place. By Order, W. W. IRVING, Sec’y R. A. Society. Committee Room, Feb. 21, 1859. 3 The Chair has been taken by several Mombers ! \ OT the Speaker’s Chair, but one of those splendid ARM LN CHAIRS at DOUGLAS'S FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, where there is a very large assortment, of superior finish, and the latest styles ; with a large lot of all kinds of Household FURNITURE, different patterns, and finish, and the latest improvements. Will be s ery cheap. Please call and judge for yourselves. a ; GEORGE DOUGLAS. Furnitere Werelouse, Kent-street. Feb. 28, 1859.

Pjane sorte and Melodeon. xR SALE, one “nglish PIANO FORTE, and one MELODEON, (Mason & Hamblin, makers,) which will be sok! cheap for Cash. Apply to SAMUEL A. FOWLE. Charlottetown, Feb. 28, 1859. 1m NOTICE. FPVUE ‘Subscriber having been apywinted Acenr to the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Melrilte’, K. C. B., by Power of Attorney, bearing date the 20th November, 1858, hereby notifies the Tenants on Lots or Townships Nos. 29 and 53, that all Rent and Arrears of Rent, due on said Estate, are to be paid to him, and no other person. SOHN kK, BOURKE.

Mill View, Dec. 27, 1858. é Grain, Grain. HE highest price given for BARLEY and OATS at Coles’s Brewery and Distillery. Constantly on hand at prices cheaper than can be pur- chased in the Market, the best of Rum, Brandy, Gin, W bis- key, and a superior article of old Malt Whiskey. Also — X, XX, and XXX Ale. Ch. Town, Feb. 16, 1857. _ JOHN & ROBERT SCOTT, KENT-STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN, Carriage and Sleigh Builders, &c. &c. &c. Carriages and Sleighs always on hand, and built to order, at | the shortest notice. Carriage and Sleigh Trimming done with | C d despatch. “ies on hand eS variety of new and second-hand Carriages, | for sale at reduced prices. ‘Che public are requested to call and |

see them before purchasing elsewhere. ly May 3, 58.

Selling Stoves at Cost. |

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which will be sold at cost to close sales. |

Aise—To be Let, DWELLING HOUSE and BRICK STORE | in Pownal-street, now oceupied by the subscriber. Possesion

given 1st April. THOMAS W. DODD. |

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To the Free and Independent Electors of the Third Electoral District of Queen’s County.

GENTLEMEN—

She new House of Assembly, which met for the first time on Thursday, the 17th instant, having been unable to decide on the election of a Speaker, from causes with which! / most of you are familiar—His Excellency the Lieut. Governor | | has been placed under the painful alternative of releasing the! ' members from further attendance in the House, and appealing, /in the usual constitutional way, to the people to elect a House

| that may be better constituted to proceed with the transaction

of the public business. | The zeal you manifested in my election last Summer, and the very large majority which you were pleased to give me over my Opponents, supported as they were by proprietary influence generally, and one of those opponents being a pro- prietor himself, and all alike enemies to the principles of civil and religious liberty which I have always advocated— prompt me to rely with confidence on your generous support at the approaching election.

Siuce the last time I had the honour to appear before you circumstances have oceurred which have changed my views in reference to the long vexed question of the leasehold tenure in this Island. For sixteen years I have earnestly laboured with many others of the Liberal Party to effect such a settle- ment between Landlord and Tenant as would do full justice to the former without injuring the interests of the latter; and with this view the Purchase and Loan Bills were passed by the Legislature of this Island. But Her Majesty’s Go- vernment having declined to sanction the Loan Bill, which was passed with the concurrence aud at the suggestion of a late Colonial Minister, the Purchase Bill failed to bave the effect intended ; and as the Proprietors were active in their opposition to both measures, I see no otheralternative but to resort to tlre original right of the inbabitants of this Island to have the claims of the Proprietors investigated in a Court of Escheat. The Proprietors have usurped the Fishery Ke- serves to a very great extent, and made use of them for their own aggrandizement—they have negleeted to pay the Jong arrears of Quit Rents, and they pretend that they are released from the conditions contained ig, the original grants. Her Majesty’s Government appear to be anxious that these ques- tions should be settled, and suggests that a Committee be appointed to represent alike the interests of the Proprietors and Tenants. But the only tribunal which I now think can settle the question at issue is a Court of Escheat. From the decisions of such a Court the proprietors as well as the Go- vernment will haye the right of appeal to the Imperial autho- rities, if necessary.

Should such a Court be established, as I have no doubt it ean if a vigorous effort be made on its behalf, it is my decided opinion that all small frecbolders ought and will be confirmed in their occupations, and that leaseholders should be allowed yterme-seo edvantageous-23-2by that could be offereg.cu-rhem if the views of the Liberal Government had been carried out to the fullest extent by the Purchase and Loan Bills. Those lands ina wilderness- state, held by the Proprietors, which might become forfeited, could be sold, as was the practice in Nova Scotia, for the general benefit of the country.

It-now remains with the people to decide whether they are favourable to the settlement of the Land Question or not, and that decision will be known by their supporting or opposing Proprietors at the ensuing election. If they should be so blind to their best: interests as to return a majority of pro- prietors, their agents and supporters, to the new House of Assembly—they can never expect a settlement of the Land (Question; and the poor oppressed Tenantry must learn to bear their burthens and their wrongs in silence and with patience. Bat if it is possible to avert such a calamity, it will not be for the want of the strenuous exertions of

Your faithful and obedient servant, GEORGE COLES. Charlottetown, February 26, 1859.

To the Electors of the Second District of King’s County. ENTLEMEN,—As another General Election is about to take place, I beg to state that it is my desire to continue to hold the position with which you have honoured me for more than twelve years as one of your Representatives, and I will accordingly present myself for your suffrages at the ensuing contest. My principles are too well known to require to be stated; and the triumphant manner in which you have returned me on every previous occasion, through evil and through good report, justifies the hope that I still possess your confidence. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, EDWARD WHELAN.

Notice to Parties intending to Purchase.

Valuable Freehold Property for Saie at Georgetown. i SALE, part of Town Lot, No. 8, 3rd Range, Letter

F., in Georgetown, together with the new dwelling house erected thereon. It fronts on the Main Street, and is an ex- cellent stand for any kind of business. Parties desirous of purchasing had better avply at once, as itis the only business stand, fronting on the Main Street, now offered for sale in Georgetown. If not disposed of by private sale, it will be sold by Public Auction, on TUESDAY, 8th of MARCH next, at 12 o’clock, noon. ‘Terms liberal. For further particulars apply to the owner.

JOHN KELLY.

Georgetown, February 14, 1859. (Ex. 3i.)

Freehold Proverty for Sale.

HE subrcriber offers for sale his FARM, situated on George-

town Road, Lot 52, King’s County, containing 55 acres of SUPERIOR LAND, 20 acres of which are cleared and in a! good state of cultivation, the remainder is well woeded with hard and soft wood, together with a Dwelling House and Barn. Possession given on the Ist of May next. Apply to the subscriber, on the premises, or to James McLaren, Esqr., New

Perth. RICHARD McAVOY.

Lot 52, January 31, 1859. Two Fifty-acre Farms for Sale.

HE subscriber offers for sale two Farms, consisting of

fifty acres each, situated on the Portage Road, about a mile and half from Head of St. Peter’s Bay.

One of the Farms has forty-five acres clear land in good

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condition. A Dwelling-House, Barn, Stables, Granary, &c., a first-rate Chain Pump. The other has fifteen acres under cultivation. The above property, if not disposed of previously

by private Sale, will be set up and sold by Auction, on the 28th day of Marcu next, at the hour of 2 o’clock, afterneon. |

A reasonable time will be given oe eit iee of part of he purchase money of either or both of the farms. 1 bot 1 DONALD McDONALD.

Portage Road, St. Peter's Bay, January 31, 1859.

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‘Lire following beautiful Ode was recited at the Crystal Palace, London, in the presence of between 15,000 and 20,000 persons, on the occasion of the festival prepared to comme- morate the centenary of the poet Burns. It was esteemed the best tribute to the memory of the poet out of a collection of 621 poems, and the young lady authoress, a Miss Isa Craig, was awarded a prize of fifty guineas for her production.

ODE ON THE CENTENARY OF BURNS.

We hail, this morn, A century’s noblest birth ; A Poet peasant-born, Who more of Fame’s immortal dower Unto his country brings, Than all her Kings!

As lamps high set Upon some earthly eminence— And to the gazer brighter thence Than the sphere lights they flout— Dwindle in distance and die out, While no star waneth yet; . So through the past’s far-reaching night, Only the star-souls keep their light.

A gentle boy— With moods of sadness and of mirth,

Quick tears and sudden joy — Gtew up beside the peasant’s hearth.

his father’s toil he shares ;

But half his mother’s cares

From his dark searching eyes,

Too swift to sympathise,

Hid in her Senne she bears.

At early morn, His father calls him to the field, Through the stiff soil that clogs his feet, Chill rain, and harvest heat, He plods all day ; returns at eve outworn, To the rude fare a peasant’s lot doth yield ;— - To what else was he born?

‘The God-made King ‘Of every living thing ; (For his great heart in love could hold them all ;) The dumb eyes meeting his by hearth and stall, — Gifted to understand !— Knew it and sought his hand ; And the most timorous creature had not fled, Could she his heart have read, Which fain all feeble things had bless’d and sheltered.

To Nature’s feast, — Who knew her noblest guest And entertain’d him -best, — King! ;+- <7--. Her chambers of the east. She trap a with crinsoreta wie ia And pour’d her pure-joy wines For him the poet-soul'd, For him her anthem roll’d, From the storm-wind among the winter pines, Down to the slenderest note Of a love-warble, from the linnet’s throat.

But when begins The array for battle, and the trumpet blows, A King must leave the feast, and lead the fight. And with its mortal foes,— Grim gathering hosts of sorrows and of sins,— Each human soul must close. And Fame her trumpt blew Before him ; wrapp’d him in her purple state ; And made him mark for all the shafte of fate, That henceforth round him flew.

Though he may yield

Hard-press’d, and wounded fall Forsaken on the field ; His regal vestments soil'd ; His crown of half its jewels spoil’d ;

He is a King for all:

Had he but stood aloof !

Had he array’d himself in armour proof Against temptation’s darts !

So yearn the good ; so those the world calis wise, With vain presumptuous hearts,

Triumphant moralise.

Of martyr-woe A sacred shadow on his memory rests ; Tears have not ceased to flow : Indignant grief yet stirs impetuous breasts, To think,— above that noble soul brought low, That wise and soaring spirit fool’d, easlayed,— Thus, thus he had-been sayed !

It might not be! That heart of harmony Had been too rudely rent ; Its silver chords, which any hand could wound, By no hand could be tuned, Save by the Maker of the instrument, Its every string who knew, sr And from profaning touch his Heayenly gift withdrew

Regretful love His country fain would prove, — By grateful honours lavish'd on his grave ; Would fain redeem her blame That He so little at her hands can claim, Who unrewarded gave To her his life-bought gift of song and fame.

The land he trod Hath now become a place of pilgrimage ; Where dearer are the daisies of the sod That could his song engage. The hoary hawthorn, wreath’d Above the bank on which his limbs he flung While some sweet plaint he breath’d ; The streams he wander’d near ; The maidens whom he loved; the songs he sung ;~— All, all are dear.

The arch blue eyes— Arch but for love’s disguise— — Of ScotJand’s daughters, soften at his strain , Her hafdy sons, sent forth across the main, ; To drive the ploughshare through earth's virgin soils, Lighten with it their toils ; And sister lands haye Jearn’d to love the tongue In which such songs are sung.

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SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

The Steamer Prince Albert arrived at St. John’s, N. F., on the 17th inst., with Liverpoo! dates to the 4:h, and London (by telegraph) to the Sth inet.

Queen Victoria opened Parliament in person on the 3rd. The Speech commenced with congratulations on the state of the country, and the progress making in India. On foreign affairs it says :—** I receive from all foreign powers assurances of friendly feeling. To cultivate and confirm these feelings— to maintain inviolate the faith of public treaties, and to contri- bute as faras my influence can extend to the preservation of the general peace, are objects of my unceasing sclicitude.’’

The conclusion of treaties in regard to the Principalitiee, and one of commerce with Russia, are noticed, and the latter is re- ferred to as an indication of the complete re-esiablishment of friendship between the two countries. The treaties with China and Japan are mentioned as promising great comrsercial advan- tages. Satisfaction is expressed at the abolition by France of negro immigration on the Kast coast of Africa, and the pending negotiations give promise of atotal abandonment of the system. in respect to Mexico, the Speech says :—‘* The state of the Republic of Mexico, distracted by civii war, has induced me to carry forbearance to the utmost in regard to the wrongs and indignities to which British residents have been eubjected at the hands of the two contending parties. They have at length been carried to such an extent that I have been compelled to give instructions to the commander of my naval forces in that sea to demand, and, if necessary, enforce reparation.”’

Increased expenditure on the Navy is asked on account of the universal introduction of sieam power into naval warfare.

The rest of the Speech is devoted to local matters and amongst the measures promised are Parliamentary reform, and a new Bankruptcy Law,

Addresses in answer to the Speech were agreed to in both Houses.

. Melvilie in the Lords, and Palmerston in the Commons, com- plained of the silence in regard to the threatening etate of the Italian question, and other matters of interest.

Derby and D‘{sreali expressed confidence in the maintenance of peace.

W arlike rumors were still in circulation, but:there was nothing decisive.

France continues to make warlike preparations.

It was rumored that the Duke of Malakoff would soon return, and be succeeded at London by the Duke De Montabello.

it was reported that the King of Sardinia is about to marry the sister of the Empress of Russia, the widow of the Duke of Leuchtenburg.

- Warlike preparations were going forward actively in France, but the Ministerial journals were recommended to keep silent on the subject.

The latest letters speak of the war symptoms be'ng decidedly on the increase. Great anxiety was manifested for the Empe- ror’s Speech at the opening of the Légizlature onthe 7th. It is rumored that he is preparing a surprise for the world, and thet war is certain.

The Minister of the Colonies has decided that the immigration of Africans shal] be superceded by Chinese.

There were rumors in England of extensive warlike prepara- tions, ineluding an: increase of 3000 men for the navy.

The Austrian six million loan waa . si, was time, but suddenly improved, and closed ata small premium.

The tyuecuts Speech was very nop-committal, and wae silent on the war question, which causes a decline in the funds, both at London and Paris.

Marxets.—Fiour dul! but firm for choice, Wheat firm and quiet. Consols—For account 954 For money 94%. Money market slightly easier. ,

Russta.—It is rumoured that the Russian army wil] be shortly concentrated upon Austrian and Gelican frontier, Tone of Russian Journals towards Austria daily becoming more severe.

Persia.—lIt is reported the populaer at Herat has expelled English Commissioner.

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How Money 1s Mapr.—There appears to exist a consider able amount of misconceptions as to the manner in which money is made—not in the Barnum sense, but literally.. Many persons imagine, for instance, that coins are, as it were, sol- dered together in two halves, and that the head is struck at one press and the tail at another ; but this is quite a mistake, the impressions being given to a plain disc of metal, * blank,” and the edge milling at asingle blow. Ingots of gold er silver are first thrown into melting-pots and reduced to fluid- ity. After this they are cast into bars of various sizes, pro- portionate to the kind of coins to be produced from them. The bars are next passed forward to rolling-mills of great power (we speak here of ths English Mint), and laminated, or drawn out by pressure to a state of attenuity marvellousl y different to the rigid form in which they left the moulds. The bars, in fact, are now converted into ribbons, flexible as the wand of Harliquin; and these, beautifully adjusted in thickness for the pieces to be obtained from them, are passed to a set of punching presses, where they are perforated— honey-combed—from end to end. The discs of metal thus obtained are blank sovereigns, very much resembling shank- less brass buttons, or blank sixpences, as it may happen to be sovereign or sixpenny “ ribbons” which are being dealt wich ; and are then carried forward to the weighing-machines. These select the sheep from the goats—the light and heavy from the medium, or staadard blanks. The accepted candi- dates for coinage are now taken to the marking-room, whilst the rejected are doomed to the purgatory of the crucible again. ‘ihe marking machines raise partially the projecting edges ofthe future coins, which are then agaiu submitted to a fiery ordeal in the shape of an avaealing oven.

This operation softens and tempers them. They are made —as young ladies are said to be-—-susceptible to impressions, and are then pickled, or blanched, in a weak solution of sul- pburic acid. This gives them a bright surface, aud removes all impurities. Drying is the next process, and this is per- formed over a hot iron plate—a la muffin and crumpet. The blanks are now ready to receive the “ image and super- scription” of the Queen—God bless her! his finishing touch is given in the press-room. ‘The pieces are now weigh- ed out to a number of boys, who attend and feed the presses with them. On one side of the presses blanks are put into tubes, and on the other they are thrown out coins. They get, however, a mighty hard squeeze in the “ middle passage,” between two beautifully engraved bead and reverse dies, aud are at the same time preserved from expanding unduly by means of a collar of steel, fluted or milled on its inner cir- cumference, which encompasses cach individual piece ai the moment the dies strike it. The outer circumference of the piece of gold or silver becomes thus serrated, or milled, at the instant of coinage. ‘The finished sovereigns or sixpences, or whatsoever coins may be in process of manipulation, now tumble out from the presses in rapid and glistening sueces-

For doth not Song,

To the whole world belong ! Is it not given wherever tears can fall, Wherever hearts can melt, or blushes glow, Or mirth and sadness mingle as they flow,

A heritage to all?

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