' THE HERALQAWEDNESQAY, APRIL

In the House of Assembly. Bitumen. Amt. 18. 1868.

Ordered. That'tho following Resolutions. adopted by " the Hodsc this day. be inserted once in all the Nun's- pgpers published in Charlottetown i « . " JOHN llcNEil.L. C. 11. A.

. Rssofwd. That the sum of Three thousand pounds be granted and placed at the disposal of the Govern. ,ment. .tquo advanced in some not exceeding four pounds to any one individual. to parties whose circum- ctdnces of destitutlou are such. that they cannot obtain _ or purchase suilicient Seed Grain for their farms. The same to be divided as follows: Nine hundred pounds to each County. and Three hundred pounds in hands of the Government. to meet special cases and emergen- cies; one or more Committees to be appointed in each Road District. to whom shall be entrusted the distribu- tion of the amount allotted to the District. The rc-psy- ' meat of the several sums advanced to be secured by joint notes. payable to the Treasurer. with interest at six per cent.. on the first day of December next. and ' the several amounts. when due. to be payable to such person or persons as the Government, from time to time. shall appoint. Tiic 'Llcuteuaut Governor in Council. if they think ilt, may raise tho said sum of Three thousand pounds by issuing Debentures. charge- able on the Public Funds of this island. payable at such time as the Government shall appoint. and hearing in. terest at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per snunm.

Resolved. That. the sums of Nine hundred pounds. ' granted by the last preceding Resolution, to be distri. beta] in each County. to ssslstdestltute persons in per- elissiug Seed Grain. be divided between the several Read Districts thereof. as foilovrs :—

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£ a (1 1st Read District. Lots 20 as 21 77 15 6 2nd “ 22 6: 67 77 15 6 3rd " 23 8t 2t 95 0 0 4th " 3:) dc 31 fl.) 0 0 5th ” ‘29 A: 30 71 1.1 8 6th " ill 65 3‘3 70 0 0 7th -' 35.86 a 37. North of lllllshomugh 86 Ill 4 8th “ 48.35.36& 37. South of lllilslrorongh 86 13 4 9th " 49 6s 50 0:1 ii 8 1011i " 67-8: 58 80 0 0 11th '- 60 or. 02 90 0 0 13th " 65 35 0 0 £900 0 0 {ivo's Cousrr. 1st Road District. Lots 38 (c 30 9.1 0 0 End " 40 «‘2 4| 80 0 0 3rd '° 42 Jr 43 85 0 0 4th " 4t 81'. 45 90 0 0 5th " 46 & 47 80 0 0 6th " 65 & 58 80 0 0 78s “ 58 & 64 90 0 0. 8th " 52. M r“; 06 100 0 0 9th “ 59 A: 61 100 9 0 10th " 63 Gt fit 80 0 0 lith, port of Lot 53. Geo'tuwu ih Royalty 23 0 0 £900 0 0 Purser: Counrr. 1st Road District. Lots 1. 2 A; 3 100 0 0 2nd " 4. 5 & ii 100 0 U .‘lt‘ll " 7. 8 8c 9 100 0 0 4th “ 10.11 Ct I2 100 0 0 5th " If) A‘.‘ 10' 100 0 0 6th “ l9 64 0 0 7th “ lrl 50 0 0 8th " 25 1k. 26 (H 0 0 9th '- tt7 8:. 28 6t 0 0 10th " 13h it 102 0 0 11th "' 17 56 0 0 £900 0 0

Arrln an unusually long and severe winter. the ice in our harbors is at length beginning to break up. and in the course ofa few days. the course of navigation will be free to be resumed. The Mail steamers are being repainted. and otherwise prepared for their summer duties. In addition to the Princes of "bias and Heather Mic." learn that the Prince Edward Island Steam Na- vigation Company have purchased a new and powerful, Steamer for service in the Gulf. This indicates financial hesithlncss on the part of the Company. in whose pres— perity the inhabitants of this Island feel a warm interest. In the event of the rumored withdrawal from this route ofthe Boston Boats. we would express the hope that the Island Company will feel themselves warranted in running apbost between Charlottetown and Boston. and intermediate Parts, to supply the place of those which it is sold are about to be withdrawn. After experiencing the benefits of direct steam‘communicutlon between this Colony and the United States for many years. a return to the old system of a precarious packet communication is neither a desirable nor a pleasant prospect and our hope and belief is that the Colony has made such advances in material prosperity and commercial enterprise, as to justify the Island Steam Navigation Company to placing a Boat on "that route. and preventing a relapse to a state of shire only suitable to a bye-gone ago. The Princess of Wales and tho Heather Balls will make their tirat trips for the sssson..noxt weak-the Princess going to ‘Sbedlac. and the am Dells to Picsou. on Monday.

Ir is anticipated that there will be e. change of Min- m tnlagisod. es the friyh Question. on the re-asasai- tiling oftho Dupestsl Partidtnont after the Editor holidays. The Conservatives, who are now in power. desire the postponement of the question until next year, whilst the Whigs or Liberals. and the majority of the people of the Empire. large the immediate abolishmeut of the Irish Church Establishment. and the settlement oftho Land Question. We will revert to this matter at an early

day.

The Dominion Monthly. for April. presentsss varied saassortmsut'otorlglusiaud selected matter, in prose and verse. as usual. it is published by John Dosgsli Alon. 136 Great St. James Street. Montreal. st theiow prion.“ .1 a year. or 10 cents each No. Subscriptions received at the Charlottetown Book ltoros.

The Alewives Fishery Bill. passed this Session by the Hesse ofAsssmbly. has been throws out by the Logis- lotlvs Council. in consequence of no petition to refer- cave thereto. having been presented to that Body.

in our'hext issue. we will give an outline ofthc amendments introduced into the Education Act this year. The Act is much more simplified than formerly.

* his Iagbtstsrc is to close its proceedings for the “Illa! on Prlday next. and will then be prerogood in

- m- , ’ house-er Atkinson is to leave Boston was, for luau sac. cusnosteiowii.

Thstvalootlsprospsotuoss not scenic be very Wag. if the fbllowing is correct i.- Oruwa. Audit-Private letters received within a

ilowe had had an ham. Colonial Secretary. in relation towlils repeal min. lion. and that the Duke after licn’lng him at lenuth. quietly replied that the Union was at present the policy of the Empire. and that the Government could not. upon the re rescutatlous submitted by Mr. News or the other Antl- ulou delegates whom he understood to be in Lon- don. undertake to atuitify itself at this early day. by re- versing the deliberate and well considered course or- rlrcd at when it advised the Queen to sanction the firi- tlsh North America Act ofiast year. It is also under- stood that the Duke referred to the unconstitutional course adopted by the Repealors. inasmuch as the reac- iutlans passed by the Nova Scotia Assembly. while pur- porting to be the expression of the Nova Scotla people.

ad not received, or been submitted. for the concurrence ofthe Legislative Council and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotla.

At the Annual Meeting of St. James’ Church. on Monday night. the following gentlemen were elected Trustees for the current year. viz.. J. W. Morrison, W. R. Watson. Arch. Kennedy. A. Brown. J. D. Mason. James Anderson and II. M. McLeod. Esquirus. Alter thcntransactlou of the usual financial and other annual business. the Chairman. lion. Col. Grav. on behalf of the Congregations. presented their po ular null esteemed minister. Riv. Mr Duncan. with an ad ress. accompanied by the handsome donation of £100 currency. The rev- ereud gentleman has obtained three months leave of absence. and in a few tracks intends to revisit his native land. so its to be present at the snorting of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in May next. We understand the young men and women of Mr. Duncan's flock also intend to resent him With a purse previous to his departure. '1‘ us. with £25 of additional stipend. is highly creditable to both pastor sml congregation. '1‘thI Address and Reply shall appear in our next issue. —- ‘o .

At the Annual Meeting of St. Paul's Church. on Easter Monday. the fullowingpersous were appointed Vestry for the ensuing year :—

lIon. Joseph Ileusisy. llrnry Iissssrd. Charles Palmer. Hon. '1‘. ll. iinvilaud. ’I‘humas DrsBrisuy. \l'illism Cundail. John Brecken. Daniel llodgson. Es- p‘uircs. lion. ’1‘. H. list'iluud and Thomas Dcs‘zrissy. tsq.. Church Wardens. Mr. Samuel Earle. 0r auist. Gen. Foster, Sexton. Wm. Meiklc. Beadle ant Col- lector. Geo. llatt. Pew opener.

The Meeting was adjourned to Monday. the 27th inst. at 7 p. m.---Isl.

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Tun Bis-run Faun-s or REBEI.LION.—Tllfre is too much excitation in the following description"! the fear- fully changed condition of the aristocracy which slaverv created and enriched. and which by its own pride and presumption. brought retribution upon Its own head :— " in a trip through the Southern States at the present time one can see nothing amid the wreck more salient than the rapid decadence of the planting noblrsse. Their spreading mansions. circled by graceful vcrnu. «labs. and set in little Edens of fadeless hedges and trees. have an air of decline. like a woman richly dressed but out of the fashion. The houses need paint. and the badges trimming. The stepping stones. whercon so many dainty feet have putterud between the carriage and gate. have the stains of disuse upon them. The

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favorite creams are gone like the slave who rubbed their glossy costs. The well of poverty ilits between the neglected shrubs and cowcrs behind the ambitious stuc- cocd columns. It is not hard to ludeutify one of tho fume citils of cotton darlings. Bitterness and sadness dwell in their faces. Theyouug men once accustomed to horses. guns. dogs. a slave for every whim. and spend- lug money in nurcckoned wants; the young women. lovely as a tropical Horror. as lengqu as a lily on a breathless lake, and fragile in beauty as either: his feu- dai pride, his shoals of sleek slaves. his resounding poli- tics. his hospitable country palace and his prodigal cheer—all are alike bewildered by the pitiicss revolution that has stricken them with decay. even as the husband- msn doadcns the forest that he may have fields instead ofcmnberiug groves. We do not doubt that the once bought; and powerful slave aristocriscy is passing away. Emsnc potion girdled that tree. The woodman does not wait to see the leaves wither on the oak around which he has cut the fatal notch. Ilc knows that the work is done."

A Pitmfltlt's Toast-Tho following ingenious senti- ment was given by Mr. Henry 1.. Williams. at the third annual dinner 0f..'l'.’id Mathew. February 20. 1866. at the Maisan Dorec :—-'Z‘uu Putnam—An Epitome of mrmy Trades and Prqfssst' ns.—-Like the Latvycr. he practices at the bar. and handles capital as well as lower runs: like the Moralist, few have plas'ncr rules to guide him: like the Bravo. he sticks daggers into msuyforms: like the Astrologer. he reads the slurs: like the .lallcr. he in great on Inc/ring up: like the Witch, he has dcalfnga with the riot-fl: like the Cheat, he is versed in aiithu arts of imposition: like the Hunter. he knows all about the chars: like the l’erjurer. he has a strong lye always ready: though his profession is not as old as Adam‘s. yut. ike the Gardner. lc must be able to handle a Hos, and. unlike the original gardener. he will never want clothes with a Taylor in his otllce.’ like the Soldier. he can handle the shooting-stick. arrange commas. and set up canon like the Dandy, he is fond of a dish: like a King, he as plenty of pages: like the base-bull Player, he catches on (hefty: like the Mllliiicr. lickeeps a small stock of small caps. borders and flowers: like the Jc wel. lcr. he can set 11 art. ruby. opote.diam md: like the House- keeper. he ban a supply of .I’ums’ture. beds, blankets and sheets: he never wants for music. with so many excellent [Turpin-s in his profession. Finally. like the Clorgymsn. he secs his most perfect forms. after he has corrected all errors. carried oil“, and their beautiful faces covered with clay.-

A New Recourse—The Settlers ut Lsi’rairio. Maui- tuba. Red River. about five hundred. have revoiied from the overmnent of the Hudson Bay Company and formed a epulilie of their own. '1‘. Spence has been elected President of the Republic. and a despatch has been addressed to the Secretary ot Stats for Colonial affairs to En land. praying that favorable recognition be given to t eir Government. itbeingsiaiply their: site to devclupc their resources. liupreVe the condition of the people. and advance and preserve British interests in that rising part of the far West. lathe despatoh. the boundaries of; the new Republic are defined as fol- lows :——North-—From a point running due north. from the bounds? line of Assinibolne. till he strikes Lake Manitoba; t tones from the point stuck a straight line across the said Lake to Msnitoba Port; thence by ion -

'tudinsi line 51'. till it intersects line of latitude ,1

West—By line of latitude 100. to the boundary line of the United Siam and British America. East—The boundary line of the lurlsdictlon of the Council of As- siuibolno. Booth-The Imundary lino between British North America and the United States. This is the first a o dodancc of the authority of the Hudson Bay Com- 9 “J’- Tmt D n or Eomsuscrt Ill Aumsus—Tlic Duke of E inhiwbh stared three weeks in South Ans- trslis. and 200. eoplo there hops holiday during that period. to cclo were his visit. treaty-Ive stearss ers. containio 10.000 persons escorted bls sbl Catalan up the bay to elbosruc. in Victoria. 150. persons througcd the streets of that City to welcome him. The address of the city to him was invented in the presence of 80.000 spectators; 1|.000c ildren saw the English National Anthem to him; a free public suqust was tree to 80.000 person-in the open air. to honor of the flay-s1 visit; hundreds of addresses Vere presented to the son of the Queen of Engind. expressing loyalty and sEeciiou. Towns and villag. were filled with Germans and Chinese vied with people of English dos- oeut. in expressions of ioyslt and attachment towards the Prince and his mother. ails. fireworks. and illu- rniusilons celebrated the royal visit. and y arcs hissed on envy hill for hit mils-s mound. Gala. (so was to be escorted upmydncy Bay % pearly tiny steamers. containing 20. cream. a Prince laid the foundation stone of a pub to building with a trowel formed of solid gold. ornamented with precious stones.

A cc slices of so It lists or proposes to set- tic the in: oration by a Ff... hill... to that of tits " Marriage Pond Assoclat Ho wishes the Go. vorassont to user a Manta. svcy passes of bids dus- seat who marries easel gllsh or Scotch ancestry.

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interview with the Duke of Buckln - h ,1 | ' coconut ofthe "thievss’ den". “ I Mr Cl“ " Dab". mummy... ngk amulet llsvrs in June coat. The Exhibition em

: in Oliver Twist. has found a pa where the police have just concoct-dell in breaking up a large gang of thieves. mssslstlng of two most. two we- uieu. and nine boys. The headquarters of the totally in Crosby street. lml here is where the ” Fagin" of the company. Prank Oliver. inert-hailed his young sandi- dates each morning. and assigned them each a district in which to ply their. vocation. Each morning the newspapers were read to ascertain if so] large meet- inlts wore tubs held. and if so. a special force was disc patched to the place. The plunder. consisting of jewelr and ever kind of wearing apparel. from beauti

ful to vet and oh nchiils cloak, and dresses down to a pair of silk gloves or a pocket handkerchief. was all handed over to Oliver. who paid a certain per coat.. to the operators for their services. The organisation. It “00". was still in its infancy. lisvin been going on fpr a little more than a month. The sto on goods found In their possession mutants in all to over .5000. most of which has already been identified and restored to the owners. ‘

A brute has been executed in Virginia for having murdered three persons in a family of four. lie cou- fessed the murder. was dcvoutly thankful that Provi- de'w' Md Prevented him from perwtrating the fourth. -wss profuse in his declarations of forgiveness for ai hi! "lamina. and hoped that neither his family nor his “"“Ml’l’men would suffer from the disgrace ho'had ia- flloled on them. Ile set-ins to have made as ions and "lirl'lnfl an end as butchers and brains of its class usually do. These exhibitions which are becoming so frequent. are simply disgusting. The whole system of public executions ought to be reformed. '- From the limo a murderer is sentenced to death. he ought to be abso- lutely unseen and unknown to the outside world.

When stumping some of the counties of Ontario. ltr. Meliougali stated that the Government were then in correspondence with the Governments of Newfoundland. Prince Edward Island. and British Columbia. and that even within a few weeks. one. if not. more. of these Co- lonies would Join the Confederac . Mr. McKenzie moved for copies of the correspon once, and Mr. Mc- Dougull had to admit that there was no correspondence; but. he said. it wan well known that the Governor of Newfoundland was in Ottawa. at the opening of Parlia- ment. to confer with the Government about the admis- slon of that Colony. It so happens. however. that he did not come to Ottawa until after Mr. McDougull had made the statement. which had its foundation in fitncy and not in facts-Ottawa Correspondent St John Fres- man.

Mr. Giro. PEAIIOIIY AT Roam—A letter from Rome in the London News says that Mr. George Peabody and Hon. Robert C. Winthrop were recently resented to the Pope. His Holiness was fully amino o the charac- ter of his visitors. whom he requested to be seated in his presence. an unusual mark of distinction. A deli~ cute. token of Pie N ono's appreciation of Mr. I’osbody‘s universal benevolence was stl‘ordod by, the Latin quo- tations from lloly Writ. showing tlltl leased uslity of charity, which he wrote with his own hand an or some photographic likenesses of himself. which he presented to the party as souvenirs of the visit.

Weflnd thiI following paragraph in the Q1 ebeo Gus~ me of March 20th. in reference to the Dominion ° stand- ing snuy 'tbst is to be :—-' There is stated to be a pro- ject in contemplation to establish a standing military force throughout the Domini m. according to the2popu- latiun in each Province. as followsz—Ontsrio. regi- ments. 4. battalions, 600 men each. 2.000; Quebec. I regiment. 2 battalions. I-‘ronch. 1.000; Quebec. 1 rogi~ meat. 2 battalions. English. 000; Nova Scotia. 1 regi- ment. 9 battalions. 600; New Brunswick. 1 battalion, {flit—Tom 4.600.

In reference to the blowing up of the Parliament building. we find the following a a despnlch to the Montreal Gs:ctte:—'The opinion gains ground that the murder was the result of a deep laid conspiracy in which a large number of persons are implicated. and fears are entertained for the safety of the Parliamentary Buildings. Sumo persons holding that the large quau~ tity of nitro~glyccrlnc which was recently obtained in New York on a forged order was destined for use in this city. as part of the plot which liui resulted in the death of‘ Mr. McGee.

Rouncnr asp M‘cunun on can Cams Tunas RAlt.w.tY.-—On Tuesday we published a short account of a robbery and murderous assault committed on the person of a respectable and inoffensive man. a drovcr named Sykes. on the Grand Trunk Railway. near Pres- cott. The unfortunate man has since fllt‘d from the effects of the injuries he received by being thrown from the car; but he survived long enough to give the psr~ ticulsrs of the diabolical outrage. and the name of one of the parties—the man who demanded his money.

The Montreal Daily News says that private and re- liable information has been received of a Fenian move- ment in the neighbourhood of Malone. Numbers of men. supposed to belong to the or nnlzittiot‘i. and all of whom possess arms of some kind. ave been gathering at that point for some days It is there a matter of common belief that their presence is the result of a plan wich moi-contents on this side of this line are not so ignorant as good loyalty troubl- require them to be.

An extraordinary tragedy hullstel been enacted at Tudmordon. England—Tho Rev. Ir. Plows. Mrs. Flows and several of their servants were attacked du- ring the hi ht 012ml ult.. by a suitor of one of themaid servants. in ohad been discharged on aocountef his visits. lie was armed With a pistol and an axe. liilicd one of the servants on the spot. and inflicted such dan—

not expected to recover. ‘

The Lynchburg Virginian dislikes the Peabody edu- cational scheme.- aud ssys:—" Better let our children go uneducated. and live in the woods. communirig there with nature and with nature's God. than to scce t of instruction in Schools where New England polit tics. philosophy and religion are to substitute in any mes- surc the traditions of our good old State.