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Bar ofthe qanlslian House of Oommons, it may be ot interest to cite , here the prrticularsol .a father interesting ease which occupied the attention of the House of Assembly of the Island of Saint John (ns this Province was at that time called) inthe year i1’_iilii.

The particulars of the ease are out in the nnieiai record which _nas tiis rniiewins

printed upon the title page:-

.lournalof House of Assembly

of-His Maiesty`s \

Island of Saint John `\

Regis Georgii Ill ,Sixth Session of Sixth General Assembly Charlottetown, Island of St John.

1795. _

This document is in the possession oi

Hon. L. 0. Owen of Charlottetown. through whose courtesy The Guardian is enahledto give the particulars of the case to its readers. Certain members of the House were in that year more or less exercised over thc

reported utterances of n certain Captain Macdonald, of Trnoadie, who it seems did

not hold them in sulllcient awe' ‘Pres u inably the representatives ol the people

then,asnow,;were not deficient in n_

sense of their own importance, but the valiant captain appears not to have been in the least inspired by a similar senti- innnr. Thevgggggigltoyevcr, well told in the Journal, _in eihct ‘ls follows:-

Ii. had been liothlnunicuted to the’

liouse that an accusation made by John Macdubald, Esquire, Captain on the iinif pay of his Mnjestys 2nd Battalion ot the late 84th Regiment ol Foot, shows.

hlmlto be a party patronizlng levelling principles of the most darursrous tendency which have been fostered and encouraged lor some time past. The House, conceiving it their- duty to enquire into the matter to suppress the-Propogation of such princi pies, asked His Ereellcney ii anything had appeared to justify the accusation," and what proceedings, it any had been taken. In reply to this enquiry the Sergeant at arms of the House, was sent to Trausdie to ‘bring the said Captain

Macdonald into Charlottetown and there

I have examined iid used aP00i"1°“" °f “I0 Emulsion of Cod iriver Oil prepared by Mr- liicliard Jordan, Murray Harbor. and can rnriiry that in my cpininn it is s\\nsrl9rt»0 iliuiie in oornmon unc ln this country. It odh- hrinrovsr so r cent of new “il “iil“°i~|Y- niniiiinse witil°ar me cemroundfi "°'1°°f wiiinirarc in the n Seat derive i1f~""f“i~ I 1-nrnestly reconimen t to Mil’ 01' my l1H'Si0l\iH and others wha mgy \‘Qq\1ll'0lD list! Cod ll\‘Dl‘

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-Produce him before the Bar of the House.

'.i‘heSergeant went. But he . did not bring back the truculenl: captain.

-He brought back,~however, an interest-'

ing story of his journey to. Traoeille, and of his meeting Captain Macdonald, whom be met riding on his estate. This story the House in solemn council listened to from the lips of the Sergeant at Arms.

The Captain, who really occupied in

Traoadie the position of a Highland ohlei, being owner of the township, claiming n sort of allegiance from the Scotch settlers

been instrumental in bringing out from the Highlands not mnny ,years before, stopped thc Sergeant when he encounter ed him on his land and demanded his business. This the oilielal stated, and the indignation of the chieftaln knew no bounds. According to the story told the House by the Sergeant, Captain Macdonald gave him a terrible scolding; told him he held him and the members of the House in contempt, and laughed at their demand for his appearance. He deiled them to their feces, and dared them to interfere with him. Further, he was not going to be dictated to hy them and had a very good mind to lock up their messenger in the cellar of his house at Tracadle, and set some of his Highland- ers`to guard him. All this was faithfully' reported to the House and the fncte are entered on tho journal.

Well, the question new was, what was

tobe done. The members were perturb- ed. Their dignity was ruiiied. Were the representatives of the Government of King George III, in His Mr\iesty's loyal colony of the Island of Saint John to submit to the indignlty which it was plain to see Captain Macdonald took a delight in insisting. Ther-n, was consulta- tion, und threatening, and talk of sending the Sergeant once more to Tracadic.

But the Sergeant was not anxious to go.

He had seen some of the brawny men ol Traoadle who formed the Captaln's body guard.

The upshot was that the members com promised the matter and saved their

dignity by passipg a resolution. It is about all that can be done in -a ease of this kind. otherwise cvcn at thc present day thcrc would be more people haled b°f0I`6 the Bar of the House than we wot of especially members oi the journalistic profession. The resolution was to the effect that the said Captain liiiacdonalil was a vc-ry lsr riblc follow;tliat he was twill-Y Ui l“°“i‘

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cstlng principles analogous to those which had brought about the French Revo lution, that he richly deserved punish.

ment~for his treatment of the members presumably-but that “the said Captain

Macdonald bein|z_ ol' a turbulent nature the bringing ofbiin belorc the Bar of the House, instead of being a punishment would be gratifying to him, and might tend to raise him. Therefore this House dispenses with his attendance as had

been required."

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Captain Macdonald of Traendle.

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We left the Brig Fanny in the las

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Valparaiso on the 24th. ot April 1850 for

’ 30th at 8 o’clock and there they met others

t San Francisco. The ship had tice weath-:of their party who had reached the

from er and line breezes for several days there- rendezvous before them.

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after, and as they were approaching the land where they expected to make 'their

event of landing. On the 7th. of May there was a meeting and a resolution was passed to the eilcct that doors and windows should be made from the lum-

ber that had been taken in the brig for that purpose. A wheelbarrow had already been completed and some were set to work to make harness, etc., each man doing what his trade fitted him for.

On the ilth. there was some argument

regarding tobacco, which resulted in the

remaining stock being equally divided so -that each man might do what he liked with his share. On the 12th. they had liecn six months out from Charlottetown.

From this on the days passed with very

little of importance to relate. On the lith. Juno some of the company were not very well, and Mr. \Vhitc was suffering severely from dysentery. ‘

The entry in thejour-nal of May 17 is worth quoting; "Monday. This morn- lnga ship liove in sight of us right astern. and she came within live or six miles of us, when the wind died away, and after dinner we get out one of the boats to scrape the side of thc ship; but some-'ef the company wished to goon board of tho, shlp,tc seelf they could not 'get some

inesh meat‘for Mr. White as heis very,

after stnylniz on board for about tnree hours they came back. They said it was

fa ship from Glasgow, Scotland called the Commodore, Captain Brndioot, 75 days from I’ii.cairn's Island, and had 10 passengers from New Zealand, bound for California. They treated them with every kindness, and killed a sheep for the nuke of giving them a quarter; they also gave them somctea and coffee and preserved soup and different other things. They had a doctor a passenger with them, and ` the cn ptain said that they would stay by us till tomorrow, and the doctor snld that he would some on board and see Mr. White." ,

On the following day the doctor came on

on board and treated Mr. White. Three days afterwards, on the 2lst,.tlie patient ` died vt hii h, says Mr. Love "cast a 'gloom over the whole ship. He Bald nothing about home, nut said that he was hcppy‘

and that the Lord had blotted outall his ` sins. At half-past six o'clook his body was committed to the deep. Mr. George , Moore read the burial sei-vicc over his body." i'I‘his Mr. White was a son of Mr. White of White's Point, North River and a brother of Clement \Vhite now at i the Point and of James White).

Thence forward the ship continued on her way. On The 28th heavy weather was encountered: “it blew half

a gale all night and at 4 o’clock I got np. She was then going 8 knots and had been nil night. We carried away our jib it went all to pieces. Ata quarter to 9 a. ni., the word was given ‘Land ahead- ‘which was a cluster of rocks about 25 miles from the harbor. The weather being thick we could not see the Qlnnd, but we saw thousands of ducks,porpoiaea, and seals, and plenty oi other birds. About-4 p. m., we made the harbor, the log clearing up, and the pilot hniied us, and we asked him what the charge would bc, and he said it would be H4 per foot. We said we would not take him, and we fan right ln. There are about four or five ‘hundred ships in the place, and the town

_is situated on the sides oi' high mountains. | The omcers of the port soon came on heard, and we went on shore at once but *sew no one that we knew. The times are

,not so good as they were some time ago.”

Here in San Francisco the party

-remained for some time. On the 20th 'Julya number left for Sacramento in a

low. So the boat went on board, and"

July 31. “This day hired teams to talre

us to Washington, and at 7. p.m. we started with two teams of six oxen each. We paid fre||rhtQ0li0, which is twenty cents per pound. After travelling one and n half miles we came to the

American River, which we bud to cross by a scow. After crossing we went a. short distance and camped for the night under a large oak tree"

August 1. “At2 p. m., we started for

the gold dlgglngs and went fifteen miles and put up for the night and lay on the open plain where the wild cattle came in great numbers."

On August 10th, the party arrived at

the gold diggings and the following days were spent prospecting, and endeavorlng to digs fortune out of the ground. But they met with little success, and became discouraged. On the lilth. of August Mr. Love wrote “we went to work again on our claim and we worked hard all day, but made little or nothing, so we cams to the conclusion to give it up at once and lose what we paid for lt."

Butsome of the others had varying

luck and all seem to have concluded to try 'the digging a little longer. But: what they earned did‘n`ot recompense them for

thoir toll,and some of them get chair, and otlers' out of patience. On_the l2t_lr._ of seiitsmbsr my wins to wsi-inane worr- edtor ‘two hours, when a eisputrrsrose about some trifle and we concluded to separate." ~So the company was dissolved,i but hopelwas not yet dead in the breast' of Mr. Love and a few of his companions. They determined to try again, and for 'a while better luck attended their ia-Ecru, The diary relates:-“Scpt. 17. 'Mode one

Ounce this day . . . 18th. McGougan and myself worked herd all day .and only made six dollars . . . 10th. 20th. 21st. We made -880 dollars . . ‘. From the 21st. ‘to the 28th. we made $113; on the 28th wetook out $83." ~ -

But on Oct. 10th.- these who remlillad

cameto .the conclusion that they were not making enough to pay them, and they started for Sacramento.

'Iihus came to an end The California

Association which had set ‘ont from Char- lottitetown nearly one year previously. Ol those who formed the company there are‘but two survivors, as far as we can

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