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ttananoir nit: ritoutsiroitv LIQUOR LAWIN THE start: or MAINE.

The result of the recent elections in the State of Maine has occasioned no little triumph among the supporters of the liquor traffic, on on the supposition that the advocates of the renowned Maine Law have by these elections autfersd a ruortifying defeat. The following

extract from the Orgrn of the United Kingdom I

Alliance places the facts of the case in a true light, and shows that these are good grounds for believing that the triumphs of the friends of strong drink will be cut short.-

It is evident that by a peculiar conjunction of political circumstances, the Main-law candidate for the governorrhip has failed to secure his re- election. But it is also evident, that this comes from no decline in the popularity of Prohibition. The vote—-fifty thousand sironi:--is actually a larger vote than ever was given before for any candidate for the goverriorship ; and the Marine- 1etoeostdi'date—be this especially remembered- is several thousand of votes ahead of the foremost of Bssioals How is it then, that he is not elec- ted? The reason is very easy to understand. By the State constitutiott, there must not only be a majority of votes in favour of the foremost san- didate, but that Majority must be of a certain re- lative magnitude zjust tis_in most of our mechan- ics’ institutions there must be the assent, not of a mere majority, but, in fact, of as many as two- thirds, or three-ﬁfths, of the entire constituency, prior to any fundamental change. As the noble majority of Mr. Morril does not reach this re- quired amount, no governor is elected by the people; the election tests with the legislature of the State, and as that, in both its departments, has now a majority adverse to prohibition, the ‘ result will be the instalment ofa ‘ rumrny ’ in the chair of the governorship. This result is not according to the verdict ofthe people of Maine. Their vote has been given very largely in favour afAnson l’. Morril, the Maine-law candidate. But as the liquor party have got a majority in the legislature. the man chosen of the people vill be set aside.

“ The people of Maine are thus still found to be staunch to the Maine-law; yea, stnunchcr than ever, as far as the vote for governorvtestiﬁes,

for so Iorgeaoete has never been given -to any "

candidate before. There is no reaction visible here. lfthe Maine-law shooid for s time suffer a dark eclipse, it can only be for it time, and that time not long Meanwhile, in all the other New England states, prohibition stands good ; and its tendency is to continually extend. “ Another article in the Maine law Advocate ishere very much to the poitit. It says- ‘The election shows to what extremes those who up- hold the liquor-traﬁc will go to carry their poinie Probably at no previous election in that State has so rriuch money been expended. or means so corrupt put in use, as at the last. It was stated some weeks since, on the most reliable authority, that 100,000 dollars for electioiieerintz purposes were sent from New'Yorlt into the State, inde- pendent of the amount subpcribed by the liquor interests of Massachusetts, what was furnished by the administration, and the quoiidain ruui sell- ers at home. t was a last and desperate effort of rum, and the former dominant party of the State, to regain Maine ; and the effort has been successful. Like a storm that expands a'tsc_// in. its owtt violmcc, so will it lit‘ with the successful l faction. It has (and to the utmost cIf€I'_l/ moons and every resource within its reach, and will he» scealccned and scattered by its i-ittory. We trust! no friend of prohibition in Connecticut, or else- where, will be for a moment «lisliearteaed by the 1 result in Mattie. The supporters of the law there. as shown by the returns, are not divided. ; if, for the time being, defeated. 'l'hey present it ' ﬁrm, unbroken frontof free men, ﬁfty thousand’ strong. cheered on to regain their lost ground by p the prayers and smiles ol' the good and. virtuous 1 throughout the land ; and regain it they will_ ' There is nothing in this apparent defeat of the I‘ Maine-law in our sister State, that augurs reac- , tion in the temperance cattsc. VVe have only been surprised, that a law so far in advance of every law previously enacted on the subject of} temperance, should have been secured and Ill?! tained with so few opposing obstacles, and gained l a footing in so many states in so short a space of time. No moral movement in the world’s histo- ry ever gained strength foritself with the rapidi- ty of this ; and if it did not meet with some elieclis, in view of the mighty and almost over- powering opposing inﬂuences to be met and sub- dued before it becomes iirimovably tired, it would

be strange indeed, and a good too easily secured ttrmake it properly appreciated.’ ”

We have given these extracts at rather mot. than usual length, in consequence of the exagger- ated etatrinenls that have been made reepectirt this affair by some portion or the public press in this country; from which _it might be inferred that proliibitory liquor legislation is entirely at an end in the nited States. On this head we have ourselves no fear whatever: our conﬁdent expectation is, that the present reverse will ulti- mately tend to the furtheriince of the cause of prohibition.

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

The London papers relate a large number_of fatal accidents which ocoured in the city on Thursday and Friday. Nov. 15 and 16, from a very dense fog. A number of these occurred in the docks. lit the West India Dock four seamen wt-re drowned in endeavouring to get. on boad their ships, two of them belonged to each. lit the Loiidor. docks, a custom house oilicer, who had just left his vessel, on returning to it walked offtlie quay. His cries were heard, but he was drowned, before he could receive assistance. we men were drowned also in the Blackwell ock. A number of foot passengers in the street and rm the sidewalks, were run over by carts and oiunibuses ; and many omnibuses suspended run- ning.—1.he river steamboat: were obliged to soa- pend their regular trips, and a number of collisi- ons on railroads occured. A great many robberi- es were committed under cover of the log, as no police officer could see a thief at any distance. A Jeweller had a plate of glass broken, and jewllery to the value of £80 taken from his hop window.

__.,,_ A curious point of law has just been decided y a county court judge at Easter, (Eug.) 'lhe question was whether an inhabitant ol'a town was at liberty to keep animals whose noise proved a serious annoyance to their neighbors. t was shown on the part ofa Mr. Abraham that hi! neighbor. Mr. Minty had a cock which crow. ed 150 times in 25 minutes. 'l‘lie learned judge thought this was an amount of crowing which human tiaturc was not bound to put up with, and awarded to the plaintiff ls. damage.

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Tlneoasriiic l~‘-cn.—Last evening the House telegraph line at Utica transmitted the Atlantic's news west at the rate of 2900 words per hour- a feat never beiote equalled. 'l‘lie Hughes instru- ment, which prints in plain Rotuan capitals, will transmit at the rats of 5000 words per hour, and of source is destined to work a complete revolu-

tli)%.3in telegraph business.—Boston Transcript

-—ooso—.

Lord Campbell boasted, in the House of Lords, on the last night of the session. that he had been a soldier in his time, and said he beliemd um, hﬁ cmlld Oven now manage a Miuio riﬂe. ’ It is not improbable, considering how well, ‘he has succeeded, in. an aim requiring some gki||—that of lodging certain balls on the top of his own head,

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Thp Boston Post,potices the introduction of the first Haneom cab into that city, by a gentle- man conuectcd with the Cunard line of steamers, t the earnest solicitation of several oi" his friends,

he “ attractive novelty" was driven aboutthe streets for an hour or two. proviotis to tn.-.|;j..g its appearence for hire, and calltctl an admiring crowd wherever it stopped.

A Division.--At s debatin-_t ajocietv the other ‘l"Yr "'9 3"l'J.9‘-‘l WIS. “ Wliiclt is the most beauti- ful production, agirl or is striwttcrry 2” After continuing the argument It.,- mt, ,,,..t,,,_ ",9 tneeting ﬁnally adjourned \\'lllI'|Ill ctitiiiitg to it conclusion—tlie old members 5:-ting for the straw. berries, and the young ones for tin: girls.

THE “ IRISH lNVAsl0.\t."—.\ ('tIl'ft’Sj|t|llllt.'l.l of the Philadelphia Ledge-r status the lollouin: to bethe plan of the proj (‘.'t'i ltisli luvaston :— .‘ A plan, I am told, has lJt‘t.‘lI subiiiittetl to reach ,he heart of the British lioti through his Canudinii ungs. 5UUt) ablc-bodied llibernisns are repro- lsenit-,d to be all ready for enrolment to march to Carttidat, in order to cti-ope-riite ttitli some Rus- aiun detnonstratioii said to be 0l'ﬂ3lIl'l.lll_! on the North West Coast. l‘-lonoy suflicicnt to defray expenccs, it is further said, has nlretitly bt,-on raised, and the only thing rciiiziiiiiiig to he done is to find a mini in whom Illl have ('llllﬁ(lt‘nc(- mi :1 leader. Secrecy being the one great thing nood- ed uow, pains tin: taken to keep out oi’ the nut,-5- papers anything like a real record of what is in the wind. .-\ti agent of Russia is said to he the financial agent, and the chief erigiriccr of the wltole concern. It is thought lobe something of an object to get it an invasion of Canada, in order to distract the allies at home, and possibly to compel England to transport a portion of hot- army in the Crimea te ﬁe North American Colo-

nies.” I

Tiii; Fi:a:r.tNo at Sr Prc1'i:itet:uitc.—Advices from St. Petersburg say the most gloomy feelings exist for the future. It is believed there that the Allies will attack the Capital in the Spring. A double line of fortified, works will ho erected round the city during the winter.

__HAszAiu)'s GAZE'l“l‘l5.‘, DECEMBER 22.

‘I4. Sﬂgaﬁ llg5(gGllIO'I

£2. Sir Jlexandsrfrom London and Majestic rom Liverpool. HE Subscriber has completed his Fall Supply of British Merchandize. new forming one of the most extensive nnd general stocks in the market- (which will be sold on the most moderate terms for prorupt payment, a liberal discount made to whole- sale ctistomer-.) comprising every variety in Ladies’ dress materials at extraordinary low prices—Ladies‘ mantles and botinets in the newest styles, together with a large assortment of hlillinery—Ladics' sets stone martin, sable, Fitch, mink, squirrel and other furs, cloaking in great variety, cloths is large assen- ment, blankets, prints, shirtings, carpeting, hearth rugs, crumb cloths, hosiery haberdashery, ribbons a choice selection. sillr selvets, trimmings is great variety, ready made clothing all sizes, boots and shoes, satin slippers, oil ﬂoor cloth, with a great variety of other goods.

Also

A large assortment of hardware, and groceries of all kinds, teas very cheap, to be had at the Subscribeﬂs Store, Great George Street, opposite the Catholic C

II. IIASZARD. Charlottetown, Nov. lst, 1855.

J. S. DEALEY, smp BROKER .sJvD co.miuss1o.2v AND

siurrma AGENT, No 7, Coentie’s Slip, New York.

Particular attention given to I-‘reights and Vesses for the British Provinces and West lridies. Jllso, the sole of Coal, Fish, Lumber, and other Colonial Produce.

Church oflilngland Prayer Books. ASZAIID & OWEN havb received a large supply of the above and are prepared to sell them at the following low prices, via.

Ruby 82mo, Cloth, Gilt Edged, ls Cd. " C h orocco, Embossed richly Gilt, 3s. orocco, 4s .

Minion 82mo. Roan, Embossed, Gilt Edged, 3s. Nonpareil 821:0. 3s. Pics 2-tmo. is 6d.

8vo 9s. Cali 12s 6d. '

NEW GOODS. Fall 1855.

EB. Ships Isabel and Majedit, from Liverpool, and Sir Jlerander from London, the Subscri- bers have received-

305 Packages British & Foreign Goods, and 10 'I‘ona BAR IRON, carefully selected by one of the Firm, which, with their Stock on Hand, they can conﬁdently recommend to their customers, rind the public, ns Goods of the best description, at very low prices, for prompt pttyment. Wliolestile Pur- chusers will ﬁnd it to their advantage to select from this STOCK, which consists of-

7 Cases, 3 bales Ready-made CLOTHING, 8 Trunks Boots and Shoe

56 Cheats, and 20 hnlfdo. prime Congou Tea,

26 cases Ladies’ Dress Materials,

15 do Silks, Velvels, l’lushes, Trimmings, Rib-

bons; llabcrdnsliery, Ilosiery, &c., &c.

6 crises 'l‘owiisetid’s ltits and Cups,

1 do Brushes, I do Toys, 2 do Gloves,

4 bales Cloths, l bole Wnddiug, 2 do Shawls,

4 do Cotton \l/nip, 25 boxes Soup.

7 packages l’:iiiits, Uils, Vuvriislies, &c.,

0 do ll{0.\l.\l().\lGl-‘.ll\",

2 cases lewt-lry and l"uncy Wnrc

3 do (til I-‘loor Cloth. 2 do. Furs S; For Cups,

5 li.'|l('S Vtirptetiiu: and \VoolleiitI,

6 o Liriori llittpi-r.-I. Sin.

3 do grey Valium.-s, 3 do. white Culiooes,

2 do striped Sliirtitigs,

l’:iclt:t,gi-s Iii:-o, (ting:-r, Currtints, Riiisiiis, cruslicd Sugar, llustnrd, Blue. liitligo, Stziicli, \V:i-li- itig :intl llillxlllg i’ot\'dcrs. 'l'o-n Tons tt.~tsortt:t.l l'..\l{ llt0.\'.

(Pct. ‘llilli.

D. & ts. l);\Vl't"..‘i. Fall 135 ‘I Dtiricuri, ;'v'l:!.~‘()ll 8‘ Co. $t'.'(.‘CIC2l50l{N To A. s. J. DUNCAN st co. ‘1l‘I.\'l'.ll.\I. l

I .lllS'l' l l-‘ iissortmeitt of-

iiipttrtt-rs \t'liuli'-':ilo tiiitl rnltiil lttivc t,‘l.l

"~ 5.7? 11'? S

SUITABLE THIS PRESENT AND APPROACHING SEASON. lrick Building, corner of Queen and Dorcliester Streets.

City of Cliurlollclown, Oct. 8, I855. Superior Cooking Stoves. Scotch Castings.

JllS'l‘ |iEC[".lVl“.l) by the subscriber, from (Elas- gow, it quantity of Cooking Stoves, t.‘uttnon tin Close Stoves. (llll sizes); Willrio's l‘lou«_v,li Mounting, Iloor Scru «rs, lliiibrellu Stands, Suslt \Veights, Curt niitl Gig loxr-s, |’ot l\letnl, um! a variety of other

Ctisiitigs. ’l‘lto superior quality rind durnbilit of tltese Castings are well known to the public. '10 be h

ad at the Store of llEi\'l{Y HASZARD. Clt. Town, Great George-St. October 23d, I855.

\'l'lD,r.r lliirquo liillifll, ti Inigo.

TO BE LET, HE DWELLING HOUSE and Premises near Governuient House, at present occupied by Captain Beazeley, consisting of a Dwelling House which contains a spacious Dining-room and Drew- ing-rooni, Breakfast-room, 7 Bed-rooms, large Kit- chen, Servant’s Hall, 8 8ervant’s Bed-rooms, Pantry, arder, Front-porch, large Entrance Hall, large Inner Hall, Back-porch, 3 Back entrances, Back and Front stair-case, Sculler , Pump and Wash-House, Lum- ber-room. and a sp eudid 6 roomed cellar. large and cniuntodious Coach-house, 3 stalled Stabs, «Inn-.~ -- I, ov-liium , large Hay-loft and Grain-room, Manure-yard, lat a Kitchen garden with l-‘ruit irees,8t.e., Flower gar en, elegant front entrance and carriage drive, a large Lawn running down to the Harbour with convenience for keeping ts, . Extensive plantation of young trees of all kinds, large Root-house, Wood and chopping house, and a spacious and eommodioss yard. There are front and back gates facing on different Streets, and a never failing well of water on the

premises. _ This splendid Mansion from its situation com- mands the ﬁnest view ofany house in Charlottetown, and from its proximity to Government House and other advantages the Subscriber conﬁdently offers it as the most elegant, comfortable and desirable resi- dence tor a gentleman's family in or near Town- For further particulars apply to DAVID WILSON, Richmond Street Sept. 6th. I854.

ALL persons indebted to the Estate of the late

DONALD McDONALD, Glenalndnle, are re- quested to settle their Accounts immediately, or steps must be talten to enforce payment.

JOHN ARCH. McDONALD.

Oct. is. sent.

No rcet. OR SALE at the above establishment-

800 sides Neat‘: Leather, 300 sides Ilarness Leather, 200 sides light Sole Leather, 500 Culf-skins. y per pound will be ides.

B.—|"our-pence half-penn WM. B. DAVVSON.

City Tannery, . 12, Grafton St .

paidjfor any quantity of Green I

October 20.

—Ci,<i5ai's ! Zigars! !

OR. SALE at vein Low Pnrcss. The Sub- scribers have received— '

22,000 superior Cheroots,

on Consignment, with instructions to etfect a speedy sale. HASZARD Gt OWEN.

Union of the Coltiiiiés

AND THE . e s V Organization of the limpire. V ‘Ill’. Sl’[".l-‘.Cll on tlis Union of the Colonies I delivered by the lloit. Joseph llowe in the Nova Scotia Legislature, in l"t.-bruar I85-t, together with the Hon. Francis lliticks' RI:.l'l.Y to said Speech, rind Mr. llovve‘s I.I'L'l"l‘l".R in Reply to Mr. Ilinizks —ihs whole forming a pamphlet of eighty pages, has just been published, and is now for sale at Iliiszard din Owen's llook Store. Price One Shilling and tliteepenci-. Sept, 27, I855.

. I Bargaitis! Bargains! ! A1‘ lllt! Subsctiltt-r’ii S;\|.l". l{0O.\l, Oppuslltt Ml’.

. l’t-akt-'.-I Store,-—

6 lnti-1 approve-d Aiiu-iicuti CO(lKlI\' ‘- S'l'()Vl".S,

5 large Wooil \‘tow-s, (iit‘.f‘(|iltl liitiitl,)

4 ciisks llli.-\l\'l|\', I0 blilu. Ship llioud.

I coil 6 iiiuii Shroud Hope,

I not Stitiitliiig Rigging. (second lI.iiitl) for u Vessel of (30 tons. l Wiiitlliists lliiit rind l"ulls,

ll0 burs 1. 300 do ,3. 130 do. I inch, ‘.27 do. 1} inch lluuml ll!tl.\'. utul 75 llllfll of Iltit rind s»;ii:iro l‘t‘llllt'-l llll 3.‘-.

'l‘i:i:itrs.——t‘.-i.sli on (lI'll\'t'r\'. ltl‘.‘.'.l.\\ll.‘l D.-‘\\'ll~IS. Umoln-r lli. l!'l.‘..').—-—l‘lx -It

Butter, ‘.V0ol éa Sheepskins. |lll'l Stilt-criltt-r vull pziy Citell lor lllllleh Wool and Sheep Skins

l H . , li()lll'ill'l' llEl.l.,

(‘li‘|rit)ilt'lll\\’l|. I’. l".. l. Juno iltli l8."t.’i. 6 m

FOR SALE.

‘ vuluiiltle l.t.-usoilioltl l'roperty for 999 yours, at ‘ ti‘ one shilling per acre, foriuerly the property of t JAMIE! "AGN|I2l.l., slticcziited. situated at Iledeqtie, ' Lot 26, nt-‘ill’ .\lr. Williatu Strong's; tho furtu con- tains one hundred Acres good land, one half under ‘ state of cultivation, wills ti house und barn thereon, tllltl a good spring of water tteur the door and shun‘ dottco ofline wood and firing on tho sntrie. Iftt be an uccotriodntion to the purrliuser. 0'19 half Or “'9 mr'clinse money may remain on interest fora time- l-‘or further particulars apply to John R. Gardiner.

licdcquo, or William Dodd, Cliurlotlelowtt.

I \ I o be Let,

llA'l‘ excellent Stand, known as the “.\lant-.hes- ter llouao." Sdney treel, possession given

immediately. Apply to—- JOHN ARCII. McDONALD.