A WEEKLY

VOL. XVI. 1

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POLITICS,

JOURNAL OF

“"Dhis is teue Liberty, when Ereeborn Men, having to advise

LITERATURE. AND

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the Publie, may speak tree.” --- Euripides.

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APRIL. 16, 1866.

WMLANCE OF STOCK

“ Renfrew House.”

W E haveon hand a quantity of GOODS

which we Wish to clear out at once, and

Will offer at.a very Low Figure, ecompristiig

Dress Goods, Shawls, Flowers, Ribbons Rithen Velvets, Dress Trimmings, Gloves, White, Red and Faney Flaonets, Faney Flanwel Shirts Uader Cloth meg. Read y- made Clothing. Haute end Caps, Searfs. Neck Ties Boots.and Siroes, Cutlery, Naile,i'longh- mounting, Linseed O1L, boiled and raw), Tea,

mceo, Giase, Ss ip,

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We have also a quantity of ruUR GOonpDs, in Ladies’ BOAS, Men's CAPS, &c, which we offer

Less than Cost.

[eS Coutry dealers and others in the Trade would do weil to embrace this eppertunity of gelllg cheap Goods

DELANY & BYRNE.

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“h ‘town, March 19, 1866.

GREAT — Clearing-out Sale!

LIVERPOOL HOUSE,

direat Gicorge Street.

TELE SUBSCRIBER INTENDING SHORTLY TO REMOV ro The New Brick Store, WULEN STREELT, SELL OKF THE Balance of his Present Stock

at Greatly Reduced Prices!!

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19 ser cent. discotnt on all Cash Sates to £10 15 per cent do lo d do from £16 Sale to commence on the th instant, and continue for SIX WEEKS pre-

yious to Removal.

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Wholesale and Retail Purchasers desiring | Good Bargains, |

THE STOCK: |

re requested to call and examin

WILLIAM FULL, Pebeuarr 19, 126R For Sale.

fpr Northern Halt ol FOWN Li YT

Jt. in the Pirst Handred of Lots in the / titw of Charlottetow) eiftte ot the corner of Pp ami King Streets. we tie “tenm PF. , f, wel winpted for ty siness purposes r fer a private residence. Apply te F

Ibs x 48

JOSEPH BAL

Y NOTICE. (PHE GENERAL AGENCY and COM MISSION BUSINESS bitherto carried on by ' Mr. J.8 CARVEL A. will, in Caiure, be coutinued } 5 , under the firm of “ CAKVELL

the subscribers

rtikks

By

J..8 CARVELL. i

° LEWIS CARVELL. |

Charlottetown, P. FE. Isham, 2 j ist Jaunary, 1866 § meh 12, 3m

APPLES. APPLES. Ppuk Subseri'er has on hand for Sale—/ 3 Bile Prime American BALDWIN and KUSSETL APPLES i 1.¢. WALL. |

Water Street. Fehy. 19. 1866 i

COAL. COAL. | 5() TONS NORTH SYDNEY COAL

for sale by the enbecribe i LC. HALL. |

Water Street. Feb, 12. 1866

Valuable Building Lots FOR SALE, SEVERAL BUILDING LOTS. in the | KS most cer val partof this City For plans and perlietiars apply lu

OUN BALL. |

March 12, 1866 ora

FRESH FOR

CHRISTMAS TIMES!

fue subscribers bave jus: received, and | offer for sale, low :— }

52 boxes choice RATSINS.

1) quarter boxes De

} bbls CURRANTS, 25 drume treeh FIGS,

FILBERTS, &e. &e. HUPSON & WRIGHT.

Kent Street, Dee Is, 1865.

FRUIT

Flour and Tea.

pak subscriber offs FOR SALE—

20 Bils. of choice Family and Extra State

FLOOD Also. 20 Cheats and bnif Chests of ve ry | eupersor CONG) THA

RnR. W. BRECKEN,

Adjoining Bank of P. E. 1. ;

Janwary &® ee 3mos

Molasses! Molasses! 15 PUSS BRIGHT REI ALLING ~» MOLASSES, for sale at a low figure, if

tuken immediately

N» RANKIN, Queen Street. Jannary = ). 1866

Composition Candies. 10 BOXES Composition CANDLES at

a very low fiynre by the Box a

J 3, IsG. N. RANKIN.

Pipes. Pipes. 2) BOXES PIPES, T.D. and Caddies. = N. RANKIN. oe Matches. Matches. puse ARRIVED from BUSTON, via e Georgetown — 10 Cases, 8 cords. MATCHES RANKIN. Queen Street.

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Jauesry 8, 1864. i

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Lozenges. Lozenges. 100 BOXES LOZENGES, ex Pacific, f

Yom Boston N. RANKIN.

Jaunary ee.

Laie

LOZHNGES! LOZENGES! 100 BOXE3 ASSORTED.

For Sule by a. & 8. DAVIES

Charl ttetown, Jan. 6, 1866.

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Fiour.

PpAkeens Superfioe FLOUR, Extra Do

FI ot ie pave Chericttotown, Jun. 8, 1866. .

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD-ISLAND, M¢ Eligible Building Lots. |

FESO be sold by AUCTION, on the: i Premises. on WEDNESDAY. 9th MAY next, ! at Il ocloek, ferenoon. in LOTS suitable for building purposes. as per PLAN, xs under All those FIVE VALUABLE TOWN LOTS. situate on the North side of Roehfort Square, formerly he property of the late Hon, Cotoxri sane. Titheindisputable Terms will be Liberal Plan of the property and any information can be had by applying at the oftiee of WM. DODD, Anctioneer. | Mareh 26.

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LITERATURE,

THE VOICES AT THE THRONE.

sent down.

A little child,

; tate, to whom | wished to give some orders, A little, meek-faced, quiet, village cbild,

‘should be sent to me. Sut singing, by ber cottage door at eve,

A low sweet Sabbath song. No haman car | to be found

Caught the faint melody. No haman eye

Beheld the upturned aspect or the sinile

Lhat wreathed her innocent lips the while they breathed - not seen the mate forward.

The éft repeated burden of the bymn, ; - ; | brought, and every accessible part of the

phat OLS Lwortnd oy |

reef wes taken in, the fore and nizen topsails | the’ defence of their frontiers ; the ro}l of the then handed. and the fore ano topgailanc This done, one watdr was per- /mitted to go below, and | prepared to betake myself to my berth, again directing that the

To my utter astonish. | ‘ment and consternation, ‘word was brought | | me, aftera short time, that be wes nowhere) 1 hastened-upon dece. crdered | |up all hands again, and questioned every) were alike competitors, and we can Coren Lar taprey lighter than gossamer—those invisible | man inthe ship unon the subject ; but they, | all whom it may cyncern, that some of the with one accord, declared that that they had) first prizes were taken by the former. Lanterns were , Prinee of Wales” regiment, and other Cana-

“wy belief that be must have fallen overboard the Fenians will find out tu their éost, if ttiey | by accident, and again dismissed one watch attempt to put their silly threats into execu-

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BEAUTY, AND. VIGOUR:

(drum is beard fromthe shores of the Bay o! | =; hi

Fundy to those of the Great Lakes, and the Por the sex to wish to be Feautifyl ie reason- heavy tramp of armed men shakes the still thle and natural’! With what rapture du we gaze ‘frozen earth of that northern cline.

‘tet the Fenians suppose that the provincials a ~s oo

areunskilled in the uSe of arms. We hap-_ of e:shappyrauilelee anind, spotless ia, its «yes.

F i ~) With what admiration do we look on a blooming pened to be present sume two or three years | qaunplexion. That delicately wonderful, texture

j The | the outer to the inner world, bearing on its sur

|dian corps that we could name, were then,

v These facts | the duwer, of perfect vitality. Beauty is strength, aud strength and health d pend on the order of the apimal functions, Fo: They will find, moreover, that the | regulating these, Holloway’s discoveries have

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of mental agitation impossible! to be. de-|Jrish in Canada, that is the great majority of | proved the most potent ever known, His Pills as | \seribed; for notwithstanding the opinion }them, are as little inclined to enter intu their! stimulators ef the stomueh aud secreting organs.

Nor) Upon @& lovely countenanee, un every feature ot | whieh sits the ealumess of content——the radiance |

since at a rifle match in Montreal, in which ‘inhaling, exhaling, untiriugly, with inconevivable | Canadian militiamen and the British soldiers | elasticity and strength, and covering us with a+ msrked that these men turned out at 12 bowrs’

| face a blush wore evanescent than the bluom on | the population, ja flower. Yes, beauty is charming. But it may |

: rere | Vanish in a moment, for itis but an aurevie around | vided with ammunition and aceoutrem i I then,| and are now, a8 fine dodics of men us any | the brow of health—the sign, like the fragranee of z = ». | moment the Ministry gives the signal. Be- ol yond these still, there ara 80,000

NEWS.

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The Montreal Gazette gives the following ns a correct stitemént “of the militaty foree now in Canada :—

in the first place, there are from 8 000 to 10,000 regular troops of the British army in different parts of the Provinee. ‘In the nest,”

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| there are 11,000 Canadian volunteers éalled

out for frontier service. And it is to be Tre-

notice—an alacrity which was never before

points more sensitive than electric wires that join | exceeded, if equalled, in any country ;

this may be taken as a test of the feeling of There dre 15,000 ‘more volunteers fully armed and drilled, and pro-

ready to turn out at ove hour's notice—the

of the service Militia balloted for, ready to be call- ed out if the GoveFnment think it nécessary, to support the voldntéers and the regulare,

‘which I had expressed to the contrary, 1) ridiculous’ projects ay any other section” off sparating the deleterious deposits in the vorions ata woment's notice. Again, it ie worthy

Llowever it miy “be | Aids, and evacuating by the skin aod bowels, of remark that the Government *is over-

And the eternal conrts | that the unfortunate man. bad meta violent’ withtheir kmisfo?k id Freland, they, at feat, | thore particles whic by irritating the vessels ox-) whelmed, with offers of aervice, daily, by

: ait : |cite disease, arg indeed unequalled 1a the cata- | . phaveyno reason to complain ; they are free |). ee wen fron: all parts.of the country, who evep

; “YF Use “byes | wpyuss |. | ““Praike God !, Frise God!” | vessel was unavailingly searched, | 4 A seraph by the Throne | in the hearing of the whole crew, declared European army could “boast. i] In the full glory stood. With eager hands eI IO'T Tl 37 OL "] = He smote the golden harp string, till a flood } ; i } j Of harmony on the celestial air } below. and repaired to the cabin, in @. state | Lion. id i ; Welled forth unceasing. Then with a great | i Sonn a) Ta r r" " "| voice | Of } atest He sang the * Holy, holy, evermore, ‘could not but cntertain strong suspicions, the provincial people. leis 6 oT ROT wt Lord God Almighty.” ™" | Thrilled with the rapture, and the hierarchies, , death. 2 - oe iS Angel, and rapt archangel, throbb'dand burned = a lee With vebement adoration, Higher yet ‘and as I have before observed, was a very a ary Rose the majestiganthem without pause, | young man of not much experience.as a sea- i on stan 9901 eo a Higher, with rich magnificence ot sound, | tuan. L therefore felt that, usder critical poses. > - ae | To its fall strength; and still the infinite -s| rd bbida'vbies | from me. hie Ti lintteun geen Chernin | Rang with the “ Holy, holy, evermore ;” ! result of these reflvetrons j i Till, trembling with excess of awe and love, My first step ons to load and deposit ip my | on 601 b 0'T qn & | a pene ee sauk before the Throne | state rvem all the firearms on board amount- = . ai tha mute Hallelujah. Bat even then, j nal ae While the ecstatic song was at its height, tols. = os OE Sth io 2.0m Stole in an alien voice—a voice that seemed T. oe To tloat, float upwards from some world afar, ; 4geS. To bim | communicated, my sus-| men. ; . i Q ey A weak and child-like yoice, faint, but. how | PlC!ons, and directed him to be constantly on | they not been time and again persecuted 7 fi l= | atieaed the alert, and should any further difficulty Pi a . That blended with the serapli’s rushing strai with the crew aecur,. 19, Ke pale unmediately a =) | . * Pmme serapies musing Sr to the state room and. arm himself, Even as a foantain’s musie with the ear | usual berth was in the steerage, but I fur- = sad fod Of the reverbrate thunder. Loving smiles ‘ther directed +e should, on the following i----s er ---—-—- — — | j Lit up the beanty of each angel's face | bird At that new utterance ; swiles of joy that grew eabin, near my own. The second mate vc- | oo. } More joyous yet, as ever and anon 2 ev] [7°T e | Was heard the simple burden of the hymu— _ | passage which led from the steerage to the = } => “ Price Gad! Prune Gail” And whan the | CaDiIn. I called bim from the deck, gave | * seraph's song | him a pair of loaded pistols, with orders to a i 08 Had reached its close,and o’er the golden lyre | keep them in hig berth, and during his night

The second mate was a protege of mine, | in every sense of the word, us far as rativnal |

ing to several muskets and /our pairs of pis-| Canada, and in all the maritime provinces The steward was a faithful mulatto| they are fully able to hold their own, and are ‘man, who had sailed with me several voy-| comparatively little poe Mer by the Orange-

His, Government they, in the provinces, bave no

j morning, clear.out and vecapy one in the! in,a wild, senseless, visionary project fraught

jcupied a small state room opening into this | please the irreligious, God-forgetting Fe-

Tie Ointurent arrests either recent ur Chrowic | | people can’ desire; trey have fittle or ml ulceration, helps the discharge, andy at the same | |taxation except what is purely for local par- | time, by its peculiarly softehing qualities, soothes |

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True it is that in Upper Canada they Vand reduces inflammation at the edges of the ten- |

circumstances, my main support had fallen | have to contend with the ratid bigotry of the | der vessels, thus inducing them to reunite, not | lt is needless to add, that a deep) Orange tattion fally as much as they ever’ only rapidly, but so as not to beat those hard un | sense of forlornness and. insecurity was the, bad in any part et ireland, but, on the other

sightly scars Winch se often remain witnesses of | they past dismase, and despoilers of personal ap- | pearance through. life. Nothing can compare | with health; iis preservation is our chief duty | and highe-t wterest. |

band. are they not, wit their Frenel Cana- dian bret :ren inthe faith, the overwhelunng

Majority of the people’ of Eascern, or Lower Tnaly Gueeither bs wanes!

or neglect, and beauty so becoming is distorted. | The happy countenance well nigh transparent is | discolonred by disease. Unsightly sores break | out and fester on the skin. As the lava from a, burning mountain, so the eruption, evidence of | inver malady, goes on, corrupting as it goes. Life, itself would soon be extinguished. Bet science stepsia, Theshand of the ekillful gardener is at hand te heal and reinvigorate. We wre net say- ing wore than what is known teall the world, | when wt assert that Holloway’s Pill’s and Oint-| went are equal to their eclebrity, which has been | well and nobly earned. P-ofessor Holloway is a fortunate man to be able to offer such genuine re- medies, ‘aod sufferers are indeed tortawate in having them so near at hand.— Temperance Free-

thinker. i sieaiteagesmi i

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And here in the United ‘Srates have j the same way by the equally ruthless and ferocious Koow-Nothings? -Of the Imperial | reason, not the shadow’ of a reason tu’ tom- plain, and they know better than to emburk

with danger to all concerned, merely to 'nians who, by their ridiculous folly, are mak- _ing [reland and her cause a laughing-stock to the rest of the world !

We do not beheve, however, that the Fe-

‘ meetings in that city:

i we want money.

“paa ULs TP YOR MO do Silence hung brooding—when the eternal coucts

Rang with but coboes of his chant sublime—

| watches on deck, never to go forward of the ;} main-mast, but to cuntinue as constantly as | poesible near the cabin companion way, and

feall we on the slightest occasion. After this,

nians, whether O’Mahonyites, Ruberteites, or Sweeneyites, have any serious intentions of invading the Provinces, but il theg are, in guod earnest, “ bound tor the border,’’ they

& statement made by the New York ¢urres- pondent of the Boston Advertiser, at present there are ninety vessels in commision in the

Tur Upiten States Navy.— According to | | you, Mes. Murphy, may you Jive long pudedie

isetiled buck conutry tothe new Bridve in cour

| AUCTION,

| Stull through the abyemal space that wander- Valuable Business Stand, louse and Shop |

ing voice

| tiay down in my bed. ordering that I shduld

Came floating upward from ite world afar, {he called aé four’ o*elock for the morning

Furniture, the Property of HUGH Still marmured swect On the celestial air, watch. Only a few minutes hud elapsed, /0f glues. A very diflerent march would |'?% 102 guns. oo et eee rh McKIEVER, Merchant, Crapaud. Pruise God! Praise God!" when [ heard tree or four knocks under the | theirs be from that to whieh the border chins os i. — nen bi . a is fon ov . - atl ? , : . : Sadieiecs 3 counter of che ship, which is that part of of Seotland weresummoned in the ld sung, | st Indian has five vessels and 21 guns. The O be xold by Avcriox. on MONDAY oe a os ! hi id West Lodian nine vessels and 85 guns, The he 24a) : ng . DVENTURE AT SEA the stern ttumedtately under the cabin. In} when’ they. were to Pacié ‘el 4 291 1" ; the 24uh ARAL. neat, at the. hour of io AN. A EN IRE 2 BEA. | 4 minute of two they were distinetly repeat- bY Mopy sithntserieededl acific twenty vessels and 221 guns. Tue, o'clock, a tm. on the Premises, A LOT 96 by 4 : 7 moe i. ; Plutters : ; » Li arsael Auantie nine vessels and 74 guns. The | fect” with Und Mutidifiud tHerecm.’ Govaisitiie of » red. Larose, opened’ the cabin window and | uiters abpye yourdend,. 4 Gulf ciwhite sescle with 138 vas I WO-STOREY BUILDING. 36 x % feet. tiviched}| A number of years ago, said Capt M——,| called. “The mate answercd! [gave him the} Many a crest thut is Txmous in story ! ee vee ere eer os een

for Shep aad Pwelling House; another 36 x 24

I was bound in a fine stout ship, of about}end of a rope to assist bim up, and never feet, fitted upfor Grinary Couch-house and Stable,

ol ‘ ; 1400 tens burden, from the port of P—— to} shal ret the ff of gratitude whict und OUT. BUILDINGS, ail new aud in, Pag a Bt } Se) Rees Deer ceramic: Giaeres ah guid tebait. This Property te aniovg the eet! Liverpoot. The vessel had a considerable | my delighted’ sdal poured forth to that Being “ par i} ! » 8 umongy 1 si ve : "7 insines¢ stunds on the Island, being inv the centre | Cargo on bourd, and about S90 000 in specte | who had restored him to me uninjured, Ifis f the beancifid Settlement of CRAPAUD, onthe! f bad been prevented by urgent business | stury was soun told. He bad gone forward. Cross Keads leading from an extevsive aud sbheany from giving mech of my attenttoa to the i upon being ordered by me, alter tre calling de Crapand Riter. near shipping vv na | Vessel white loading and equipping for the/ of all hands, and bud barely reached the nder ity | Voyage, bae was very particular in my direc-| forecastle, when hé was eemed by the two

otuer

erecthon act ¢

possessing every facility cxleulated to render it x |

tirst-cluss stead fur business.

ALSO,

|} tions to thé “ehief mute, (in whom I had} foreigners, and before’ he could utter more | i great eonfidence, he having sailed with me!than one cry, which Was drowned in the! }some years.) te avoid entering, if possible, lroaring of the winds and waves, was throw n|

United States Navy, which are distributed as tollows :— In Europewn waters, seven carry- |

will gee through their error all tuo avon, Like the man who thrust his head through a pane

these thcre are seven véssels employed in special service, which carry 129 puns, and sx recewing ships with 117 guns. The aggreyate 10 nage of vess J. now in ¢ mmision

|The contrast is too ridiculous not to excite ithe risible faculties of any sane pereon.— + New York Teblet.

| soul taghde bucesi:, A CONSTITUTLONAL LESSON, measurement, and the totai pumber of gune | ; 020. We observe by lat ers thate

| Mr. Cardwell has recalled Sir Charles Dar- i¥e ting disde' to '188GT the. ony dipdees ling, the Gavernor of Vietyria, and che reeali | one to increase the East Indian squadron to is @ lesson to us at home in Constitutional | 4 ine hing like the number usually kept in | Government. We cynterred upon the Aus) aeiutio waters by -Engiand and France tralicn Colonies the right to govern them- S y

jand rnnninw back 160 feet, being snfficient for a |

To Fishermen & Shi abuilders.

uidu few pea

m HOCUS, aud the renmmder of the! ever, with the upp urdnee of the crew gene. GOUObs u

tile St

Drove irally, and particulary with the furetgners | Tens or Satip—For the Buildings, a deposit of | They were both stout and able-bodied men

e Pe ae a ie on Pepe sere shy ind were farticalurly attentive to orders — | fe ums under 20s, cush; over, a eredit antil the Jst | The passage commenced auspiciously, and | ovéewber ue ‘-apetove : Seti } ; ; re inert mo ee ao |prowised to be a speedy one, as we tovk a | Crapnad, Aj fe sme | Sin | auctioneer.” “line steady westerly wind soon after we loss

apandad, April ., do allh

ets Ceiiadd a __.._ {the soundings. To my great sorrow and un-| ‘ !eas:ness, however, [ suon discovered a change |

House and Lot for Sale, fof conduct for the worse. The foreigners be-| "FRAY pleasantly situated HOUSE ana lcame insolent to the mates, and appeared to | PREMISES in Fitzroy Street. formerly the | be frequently under the imfluence vl liquor, | residence of Tomas B. Trematy, Esq , decensed. [and had evidently acquired an undue influ. | either im oué, Or the vacant part adjoining the late! ence over the rest of the men. Their in | nS ae eee ae ee eee temperance sv0n became intolerable; and as) it was evident that they had brought the, liquor On board with

nice Building Lot, muy be hud sepurately There isa good Garden attached. and a ~tuable ; also. a Well of excelleut water, With a Pump inthe yard Che property isso well known, it ueeds no further | , ain + ites Gein te temenhel wd them of it deseriptiou. For further particulurs, apply to WILLIAM DODD. jteo the mates, and they were directed to ge |

Coumission Merchant, about its execution miloly and firmly, tak 1866. - ‘ing no urmes with them, as they appeared in- |

clined to do, but give every chest, berth, and |

Ch town, April 2,

REMOVAL! . lation, and to bring aft to the

Ne. subscriber, in returning thanks to his spirits they might find. friends aud the public generally for the! - patronage eateuded to him since his commence-

ment.in business in the City, begs to inform them isent them forward upen this duty. that ne has REMOVED w his

New Brick £tore, in Great George Street. adjoining the residence of Rictaan Heartz, Esq ,

jut newrtire earth front of the Cotonmprt-burdinn + will continue to keep constantiv on

I re-

succeeded by a sharp scuffl: around the tore- castle companion way. where he t hand his usnal Steck of LIQ

ond EXTRA & SUPERVINE FLOUR, all of cabin

whieh wil! be sold at his usaal LOW PRICES | '[h+ Frenchman bad grapled the second mate, ; }for CASH.

;

who was a mere lad, by the throat, apparent- ly determined to strangle him to death. Tie chief mate was calling fur as#stance from where be was struggling with the Guernsey man The rest of the erew were indifferent sp ctators, but rather encuuraging the fo- re:gneis than otherwire. 1 presented a pistol

MARTIN OWIALLORAN. |

Charlottetown. March 26. 1866. ish h rw im

puke Sub-criber has on hand LOU Bolts of EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, in nambets t, Also. 300-vards DUCK suitable

‘locker, in the forecastie, a thorougi examin. | cabin any |

mained on the quarter deck mysei/, ready to) iyo to their aid uf it should be necessary. Io | it seems the foreigners had only been acta-

(a few moments a loud and angry dispute was |

Tne steward at m iv _--

our UOKS. GRUCEKIES | call handed me my loaded pistols from the | ' B Pia and with them I hastened forward | entered the port of Liverpool

RASE..0 haere oad wor ss E, vany bat mative American seamen. When! over the bow. ie was a powerful man and 1 Wood he Hedstends, Tables, Chairs, | We were abont to sail, be informed me that} ah excellent swimmer. “The top-sails of the fi set Harness and Washatainds, Tubs and fhe had not been able to comply” with my | ship were clewed down to reef,"and her way. |

Ke Buckets, — ' directions entirely in thre particular, but had | of course, was considerably lessened ; and in| L Buthalo - aha Glass. Lin and Crockery) sipped two foreign#rs ay seamen, one a na-|an instant hé found the énd offa Fope, Which | ca x a yh a "De P Sidhe Koa and Firkin [tive ol Guernsey, and thevther a Frenchman, } was accidentally towing overbbard, within Writing Desk, Brace & Birty. Lamps Candlesticks |4 native of Brittany. L wae pleused, how: | tris yrasp, by whieh he dragged in the dead

Whiter or eddy, that 1@ klways created under) the sterm of a Vessel while dailmy, particular. | ‘ty ifsbebe full buileand heavily laden, as was

the euse With this. By a désperate effort he canght one of the rudder chains, which was

very low, and drew himself Gp by itupon thie!

step or jog of the rudder, wherd he had‘suf- ficient presence of mind to remain witlivat eilling out, until

| cr ss ‘selves by euch parliamentary institutions a-

they chose to found, and, whether for weal or for woe, they! have 80 arranged the func.

tions of Government as to give every colonist,

an equal share cf poliveal power, The suffraze is almost universal, and inspite ol

sume restrictions as to registration in Vie-)

turia, some ladies were even permitted to ex ereise tie suffrage at the lust election in Melbourne. — There isa tendency in all dewo- cratic constituencies to legislate for their own luninediate interests, and as a result there 16

a readiness to adupt the exploded theories’ of |

protection to ndtive industry.

| States, asin Australia, the wass of the popa the lghe had ‘ceased’ to shine through the cabin windows, wheu he}

lation is in favor of pevtective tariffs, and in Victoria, the wealthiest and myst prosperous

concluded that the search for*him Was o¥er | of all our Colomies, there has been a tariff

He then apade the signal tu me.

No beitrg in the ship but’ myself wis ap- prised ot his’ sitety ; for the gale had m- creased, and it had completely drowned the

sound of the knocking, opening the window, the Paper Daty Aboliuon Bul, and the fune-| them, 1 determined | €e., before they could reach the quarter! tions of the Council are the same. }upon searching the forecastle, and depriving deck ; and there was no one m the cabin but! of this check, the Government of the Coluny An order to this eff-ct wasgiven | ourselves, the steward having retired to his!) haye levied the tases contemplated by the It was at once re-) Tariff bill, although it nev-r became law, land the illegality of the taxes was establish-

berth in the steerage. solved that the seeund mate-ouly should be

-

‘recently passed in the Assembly of a bighly

protective character. The Legisiative Coan- cil rejected this turiff very much in the same way os our Elouse of Lords ia 1860 rejected

In spite

informed of bis existence. He immediately | oy by the Supreme Coart of thé Colony. The

betuok himself to a targe vacant state-room,

steward was allowed to enter the cabin as

It was pot without much anxiety that 1 Tarely as possible.

Nothing of note oceurred during the re- | mainder of the voyage, whieh was prosperous *

ated by revenge im the violence they had | committed, for nothing further was attem pted In due seasun we took a pilot on in the channel, and in a duy or two we ‘AS soon as the proper arrangements were made, we com- menced warping the stip into dock, and while engaged in this operation, the mate appeared on deck, went forward and ‘attended to his duties asusual A scene occurred whieh is beyurd deseription ; every feature of itts ux vivid in wy recollection us though it had oe- curred but yesterday, and will be so to my latest breath.

| Government burrowed money from bankers and for the remamder o! the passage all bi | ‘ wants were attended’ to by me. Even the! ment, so that the machinery of Governwent ‘could be carried on. It we suppose that the | | House of Commons trad passed a Budget, and | that the House of Lords had vetoed the Bulls

and secured the bankers by eorfessing jadg-

necessary to give the Budget w legislateve eanction, that Mr. Gladstone had borrowed money from the Bank of England, and that Sir Roundell Palmer had contessed judgment in order to secure the Bank, we are abié to réalisa exactly what has’ happened im Victoria.

The picture, however, would not be com- plete unless we suppose the Sovereiga to Lave approved of the action of Mr. Gladstone and the Attorney-General, and 19 this position Sir Charles Darling has placed himselt. It wis clearly not the duty of the Guvernor to put himself in thé position of @ purtizan’of the Government, even when they were sup-

{

It is alleged that the want of American war

| vessels is the principal cause for the contempt! ; : | wih which the Ciinese and Japanese regard | Railroad exploded. Three men killed, two ' wounded. dan tives of England and Prance Siace the close of | Md.

' the people of the United States, while they

exhibit a wholesome dread of the representa-

the war, the American Navy has deen largely redaced.

On the dst df January, 1865,)M i thera were 7498 diicers in the United States! York

think themselyes injured because their service

are not accepted. But the Governaent have. done what they think issufficient. Asshowmg the temper of the country, however, thé fuct 18 Of mterest. “These offers im great part come from men who heve been volunteers, and lett the service, bet they are well drilled, and have not forgotten their drill. It as pworthy of note that there are Irom 20.000 to 80,000 of this class of men in the country. ltoge- ther, the Situation is one to inspire the utmost confidence. -” ”

+ - --- ~-<@ipo-- - -- ne?

Pentax BLaRNev.—The Pittsburg

gives the following account of the way,in whieh collections were mapaged at the recent. Fevian “The Fenians bage in- troduced a novel method of repletitshthg their treasury. They get the audience excited; and then coax, and beg, aud urge upon them to sub? scribe to the cause of Ireland Hear the speak beg for Erin. Men who will save did Deeiand, We shall free eur dear ald ti? if you Only de your duty. Who will subsevibe t (A newsboy approaches with a five dullar green- back, and hands it to the speaker.) God bless this boy! he has dove well. What ladies will subscribe for the independence of their native land? ‘Len dollarafrom Mrs Murphy. - God bleas-

easy. The money is now needed, who wante te have it said he belped to free Ireland t Give us your greenbacks and posterity will bless you. May your shaduw grow larger, Patrick O'Briew, and your pocket-book grow fatter. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Patrick O'Brien givee ua twenty dollars (Cheers) This is the way that nearly three kundred dollars were wrung out of: Gur [rth people by the blaraey of the paper patriots; eis BM hd

Burer Expiosions —The following reeord of boiler explosions, with the number of peo- ple esther killed or wounded by each acct-

dent, is taken trom the Scientific American.

In one month, not less than ivur huadred and ninety lives have been lost by explosion of

in the United states Navy, is 98,138 old | steato boilers in the United States, and for

whieh #» cause ean be assigned ; twenty-ote

| wounded tor which no cause can’ be aseyned, making a total of five bandred and eleven,

without any ascertained cause :— ; Explosion of three boilers at Colombia, Pa,

Two men killed aod three wounded. No cause known.

Jan. & — Locomotive New Jersey Ventral

Nu case assigned. . 19 —Boiler exploded in Baltimore, Three men injured, No cause. é Jan. 20 —Boulers of Carhart & Needbam'a, Meiodeon manufactory, 23rd street, New Boiler overheated by sudden fallin

Naval Service, wore that half of whom have | of water—Mues expand. d, forcing out bea

, singe been discharged:

There are now but | and breaking many rivets.’*

_very litule over $000 oflicers in the Navy, and! dan. 30:— Lotomeotive Boston and Lowell’

the greater, part of them are regulars.

The | Railroad exploded while at-rest.

decrease of enlisted men i@ far greater in pro- and two wounded. No cause ascertained,

In the L nited | portion to their numbers than that of officers. |

Une killed

Jan. 30.—Terrific explosion on the Ghie

|The reduction of the material of the Navy 'River—steamboat Messvurs destroyed, One.

i has been equally great with that of the per- | sonnel:

hundred lives lost. Out of the 586 wessels which were | jemployed.in the Nawy in the beginning of!

No cause determined. Jan. 30.—Awful explosion of Steamboat Miami, sunk in Arkansas River. Twe

, 1865, but 318 now remain, and of that num-| hundred and twenty-five killed. No cause

| ber only 94 are employed in active service,

: : os

|—Salifax Morning Chronicle. a

| REMARKABLE STATEMENT oF

a Prisoner

the rest being laid up, or undergoing repairs. |

conrinep iN Lovssyitie Jar, —We publish-! ‘ ) , Led a (ew days since a despatch from Louis- | boat W. R. Carter, onthe Missouri River, ville, Ky., to the effect that a man named | Que bundred and fifty kiiled. No cause j Sterl ng King, an inuate of the jail in that) jeity. bad confessed that be was the person |

| known.

Jan. 31.—Explosion of a locometiveon the New Orleans and Jackson Raiirvad. Three killed aud four wyunded. No cause ascer-

| twined.

Feb. 2 —Fearful explosion of the steam-

known. Feb. 3.—Steamboat HBa/tic exploded her

| who atiempted the life of Secretary Seward. | boiler while leaving her dock at New Orleans.

| As a matter of interest, we condenge the fol-

vilie papers :-~

King States that. he was the man who kill- ed President Lincolp. Ue says that he enter- ed the theatre ag any other person, purchas- ing a ticket and paying for it. At the ap-

vinted time he entered the private box in ‘ord’s theatre, Washington, where Mr. Lin- coln was, and he shot him with a single bar- reled pistol, which he let fall at the time he leaped fromthe box, [He gives us as hie object

compelled to leave it behind him, and if it had been a revolver those in the box might limtve Used it againet him. He further says that after he shot the-President and leaped from the box, he passed by several persons, bat one of whom he knew—Miss Laura Keene—and she did. not know bim. Accord-

lowing details of the confession from the Louis-

ior using a single barreled pistol, that he was |

ifor Fishing, Boats

The warp dropped trom the

» $, 4. 5, 6,7,8 bunds of the herror stricken sailors, and bad

lat the head of, the Frenchman, and ordered

Sai! Dwine, Bole Rope— . |him to release the eecond mate, which he in-

Mauilla Cordage, Ivon all sizes,

Henip do Spikes, -stantly did. I then ordered bim into the a a ro 9 a Pra aero 20 bls Coal Tar, Nails, | foretop, and the others who were bear into | eed » + eee 4 pane. 98 ro t Sead 20 de Pitch, ares ithe maintop, not to come down, on pain of | Chor again, and procure assistance

Paraphive Varnish, Scupper Pipes, Augers,

shore. Not a word was uttered; but the two guilty wretches staggered to the main- mast, where they remained petrified with berror, until the officer who had been sent Phey then

Oakuow

Bright Varnish ‘death, until ordered. Tie steward by this

Machinery Oil. do ‘time had brought another pair of pistols, Ruoting Pitch and Paper. with whieh [ armed the second mate, direct-