A WEEKLY

JOURNAL OF POLITICS, LITERATURE AND NEW

‘*This is true Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak frec.’’---Euripides.

yoL. XVII. J

13867. Liverpool House. 1867. Bristol Line to New York, a | VIA BRISTOL, R. I. FARE: Cabin, $5; Deck, $4.

(United States currency.) VARS leave the Depot of the Boston and

Providence Railroad, Pleasant street, daily Sundays excepted, :

At 6.30 P. MM. For steamer PROVIDENCE, Capt. Benj. M Summons, on Moudaya, Wednesdava and Fridavs

For steamer BRISTOL, Capt. Benj. B. Bray ten, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The Subscriber AS RECEIVED by Ship L C. Owen from LiverProo., Lotus from LONDON,

gud Empress trom GLasaow, bis

Spring Importation

British and Foreign Werchandize,

eoMeRISING A SELECT AND VARIZD ASSORT-

MENT OF " ‘ Passengera going by this line Phils aia ta

. a ™ ~ g ing by this line to iiladelphia, s T A l L KE AND I A N CU Y | Baltimore and Washington, can connect with the New Jersey and Cainden and Amboy Railrvad

Dry Goods, | Suitable for the Season, among which may be enumerated—!

Chis line connects also with the Athene line going fo Saratoga and the West, Janding at the same Pier in New York.

taevave chee peat + ehoice eelection of Dresa Materials; Ladies ee ee ate 7 White ami Colered Hats and Bonnets, in the latest styles

Tickets, State Rooms and Bertha can be secured at the Agent's office, Old State House, eorner Washington and State streets, and at the Boston

A select assortment of Shawls, in j and Providence R silread Depot

i} abil

Black acd Fancy Cashwere and Trwitation | GEO. SHIVERICK, Paisley, Bisck Cashmere filled, Balers, Lace, | Passenger and Freight Agent. ating | July 15, 1887, 3m

Ladies’ Sacques and Paletots. and ‘CHARLOTTETOWN AUVADcMyY : Mantle Clothe in variety, with Trimmings of all FOR YOUNG LADIES

descriptions; sod the usual assortment of Cotten, . var yyTQ"

Linen, weellea and Silk Staple Goods, at very TILL RE-OPEN AUGUST 19th. lish, Freneb and Music, Liz !0s per quarter, payable in advance Day pupils, Li per quarter. Vocal

i wieoderate Rate Music, dierman aud Drawing, extra. >

The Gentlemen’s Furnishing Do-

part pent Ceuiptises a select assertwent wf ;

. er we a. during the Winter season the Young Ladies will

THE BEST TOWN MADE CLOTHING ; have the privileze of attending weekly Lectures

A eboice selection of Felt, Cloth and Straw Hats and Caps;

Glass, Collare, Neckties, Shirts, &e., &c.

Ladies’, Gents’ and

on various selentitic subjects, apon which they will

afterwards be examined by the Lecturer A yene-

ral examination takes plaee once a year, to which

} parents and friends of the pupils are invited) A

igs , | qitarter’s notice required previons to the removal

Children 3 oe pupil. In connection with the above, there is “4

av School for younger Children. Terms, inelad

i | |

YT. | J ) +} *Q img Eaglish, Music and Freach,L Wa per quarter, | she * ; a p i alist iis ine } payable ina vance | For farther particulars, apply sn Bil 912 q , + & jto the Principal, Mra. MeDonecir, or to the Kev ALSO, ly Fitzgeraia. Rector of Charlottetown, P E Island Choice Congo TE . NB Drawing. Freuch avd German Clasees - en to young Ladies who are not pupils in the

Bright MOLASSES, Zeid

! | syrys? } Instruction Erown and Crusiied SUGAR, i for two |

in Music, £3 per quarter,

lessons & Week. New York SOLE LEATHER, BUCKETS. BROOMS, &c., « at Whoiesale end Retail. Tne shove Goods Laving been purchased in| selected tne best markets and with great care,

July 13, 1867. 3m

Jorton WDuelk. AVING been appointed Agent tor the sale of the celebrated

| Russols Mills Cotton Duck, the subseriber is prepared to reeeive orders for

; pall the different Nuwbers, iu quantities to suit | purcuasers,

Are now offered to the public at the eery lowest prices for Cash. W. FULL.

Charlottetewn, June 3, 1867.

I. C. HALL

Ch'tewn. May 20. 1387

“NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! | FOX SALE. | SHE Subscriber would inform the Inhabi-! 20 Hhds. bright SUGAR,

lauté of P.£ Island. that, on the arrival « 25 Puna Mi ILASSEKS.,

the Brig AVN. trow Liverpool, G. B., he will} 100 Sidea No 1 SOLE LEATHER, ofter, 8 Bays CORNMEAL, Wholesale aud Retail, 2 Cases fine old Pale BRANDY,

10 Qr. casks Heoneay’s BRANDY, 3 una. fiae old Demerara RUM

AH. YATES. |

For Uush or good Juint Notes of tland,

Nos. 1.2 & 3 WHITE LEAD, in 56, 28, & Hi he ;

Black, Red, & Yellow PAINTS, in 23 & IAll we ita ine 10. 1247

Boiled sod raw LINSEED OILS; — ‘ike adi

Chance’s Smethwick GLASS: | > shag! 1a»

PULTY. Black and White, in Bladders 28 aodes Be Peaca ~~ 14 ibs. ; Us WEACEIVED. per A/haméra, |

>

CUT NALLS, and CUT SPIKES; om” Nine Cases PEACHES, in hermetically Diameud Head DECK SPIKES; erated cane—put np in ench & manuer as to retnin | Hare Refined and Common LRON, assorted sizes; |) ''° nay laver of the Fruit. Sold by the | Barrels aed Kegs COAL TAR; single can or by the dozen Lc Hae | Bartels Black aud Keight VARNISHES; ' oats ii —T: 4 Coile HEMP and WIRE CORDAGE: Charlottetown, Jaly 1. 1867 phi | Bolte Extra and Nave Boiled CANVAS; wor os.

Kare YELLOW METAL, § to j;

YELLOW METAL BUTT BOLTS,7 «3 ue Sub<eriber having e!o-ed his busin -se

CLINCH RINGS, [ron and Yeilow Metal: extalsiishiuent at Sanmerside, hereby no es |

. ‘ . ‘ . re Il persene d-bte o wr feuts book }

Crates and Casks GLASS. CILINA, aud BARTH- all perso 8 m. fer Reuts, Book accounts Promissarv netes or otherwise, that the

ENWAKE,—Crates assorted ter country

same must be paid to hiw at his Office in Churloue : ;

use; } , ANEW MIXTURE for Bottoms of FISHING |? *" BUATS, much approved of by t

JAMES C. POPE. | kb isa) a fishermen }

Charlottetown, Sen. 2, 18

Parties wanting any of the above articles will EDUCATION, LANSUASES,

da well by calling vod inspecting thew, atthe}, > I

OLD STAND, formerly accupied by W. W. i Hk Ua ae ign i — Latia, Greek,

Lows & Co, HEAD of LORD'S WHARF, ee ee ee ra! His FT Dra Wine, #MuU I ers He Is ulto

Water Street. . | willing to read for und seiect the literary depart ARTBMAS LORD. j} ment of a newspaper

Oct. 29, 1966 F. NEWBERRY, B. A.

a — . amar Christ Chareh, Oxford,

King Street, Ch town '

ive

London liouse.

"HE Subscribers have now mpleted + 4 s ‘ow compre’ Freehold Property in Georgetown.

; fEHE SUBSCRIBER offers tor Sale| Importations for tho Season, | Pe ric ts No sed rme, Letror Fein Per Ships L. C. Owen, and Helen Malcolm, from | Georzetown, with the Buildings thereow. con- | LIVERPooL, Empress, from GLASGOW, Lotus. | sisting of a Dwelling Honse, 36 x 8 feet, 12 feet | fron Loxpos, aud Brigt. Helen Dacies, trom | post. ania Work Shop in course of erection- Haaeapors,

WHOLESALE £ RETAIL,

at Weir usual low prices for prompt payment.

G. & 3. DAVIES. Ch'tewn, June 10. 1867.

Flour, Tea, Sugar: Molasses; Gin and Rum: &e-

‘TUE Subseriber baz in Store and for Rale—

it Hhds. Bright Perte Rico SUGAR, 26 Pans. right Retailing MOLASSES, 80 Puns. Demerara RUM, Pale & Colored iW Cheste Saperior Congo TEA, % Ybds Holland GIN, 500 Bbls Superior Extra FLOUR, 8) Boxes Liverpool SUAP. 140 Bondies Waite Cotton WARP, Hhds and Qr Caske Pale BRANDY, Hids. Port and Sherry WINE OWKN CONNOLLY. Ch'town, wSth Feb., 1867

FRESH GROUND RICE, FOE Sale by

Jan. 7. 1967. Censignees, take Notice!

April i5 1867

-_—_—_—-

Teams Litriat. Georgetown, Angueat 1, 1867 ee i MACKEREL. | V TANTED to purchase, any quantity of | Mackerel, for which the highest price in | cash will be paid. : CARVELL BROS.

THOMAS MAHER. f

July 2. 1867. tf

g PRINT, o™ cas py, © Geo. BREMNER, ©

Printer, Book-binder,

STEREOTYPER,

CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. L, Having engaged an experienced

BOOK-BINDER

is prepared to execute all orders with ERSONS residing outside of Charlotte- PROMPTITUDE and NEATNESS. town, having GOODS to come by the Steam- ] 7k ship “ ALHamena”’ or “* Comuence,” and desir- | te Entrauve to Prin Office and ing them forwarded, mast send to the SUBSCLIB- | 2, k d ER3, or their own AGENTS in be City, the} Bindery at Mrs. Bremner’s Book an Stationery Store, Prince Street, where all orders may be left.

original INVOICE of the Goods, by whicl to Prince Street, June 5, 1865.

Wa. R. WATSON.

make the proper entries at the Custom House, for daties te procure the Perinits to deliver.

CARVELL BROS.,

Agents B. & C.8.8 C. Jaly © 1887 j

Council Coamoper, “ea 4 7th May, 1867.

RDERED, That in future the Meetings

of the Execative Council be held on the firet end third Weowrsoay inevery month; and thata Narice be published in the Rovat GazeTTe ows Paper, stating that all acoonnts against the Govern: ment, as also all Communications addressed te His Excelleney in Council, are required to be left with the Clerk of the Couneilon or before Tuer DAY PREV us to the meeting of the Bourd.

CHARLES DESBRISAY, C.B C._

Administration Notice. Alt PERSONS having claims against

Just on the Square. NEW TOBACCO FACTORY

suuuzasia2.

HE SUBSCRIBER having JUST

8 prepared to supply Wholesale Customers with the Island Mauufactared TOKACCO, warranted a

ment to

good article, at the very lowest prices, and on the mest reasonable terms—and hopes his Factory, being the first of the kind established in Prinee 4 | County, will meet with liberal! patronage from the the Estate of PETEK MACLELLAN., late | Traders and Merchants of Summerside, and Prince of Burnt Point, near Georgetown, farmer, deceased, | County generally. (Margaret MacKenzie, Administratrix,) are rer 1est- " PATRICK REILLY. ed to farairh the same, duly attesied, for settle ueut Summerside. Jnly 31, 1865 t the undersigued, and oil pesoane indebted to the —— said are requesied to make immedinte pay- NOTICE. R. REDDIN, 4 DIVIDEND of six shillings ané eight- Attorney for the above named Administrat:ix. «% pence (6s 8d) in the pound, will he paid —_Avgans 12, 1867. im roydazisiber te the ereditors of the Estate of the late David ’ rE! Bark {| — Jackson Roberts, on application at the Office of Bark . Bark : Bark: ' Carvell Brothers, Charlottetown. 15 . J. 8. CARVELL, Administrator. ma ean rt Bark Charlottetown, P. E. Island, Aug 5, 1467. an at the Uily iannery. naonaniniies ihapy hic | A GOOD LIVING. MPPHE Subscriber is now prepared to make- t —_—_—

Contracts with parties for the above compli) A NY person wishing to purchase one of ment of Bark, which will be let ia lots from |hirty the most valuable and beantifal FARMS witb- Cords and upwards. ‘in twenty miles of Charlottetown, can do eo by

Farther particulars will be made known en ap- early application to plication to the Subscriber at the City Tannery. | NEIL RANKIN, Auctioneer, W. B. DAWSON. | or HENRY WADMAN, Crapaud. Web 4, 1867. i Charlottetown, April J, 1867.

Terms, inclading Board and Tuition in Eng- !

| Bay, together with | Maresh Mud and other Sea Mauure

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1867,

- Toronto Safe Works.

THE BEST Is Tile CHEAPEST,

'

J. & J. TAYLOR,

MANUFACTURERS OF

TAYLOR’S PATENT FIRE & BURGLAR PROOF SAFES.

‘FEE only Sates that never fail to pre-

serve their contents even in the Iuttest Fires OVER 5,000

of them have bee use thronghont the Candadas, Nova Scotia and New

Brunswick, many of which have been subjected to

the severest tests by freon record, several of them

having been Red Hot. from 5 to 10 hours, yet nog) book, or single serap of paper has ever |

a dollar been destroyed in one of them We also manufactures every description of Bank Securities, sach as Lrou Vaults, Vauli Doors, Bar glur Proof Steel Safes, Cowbination Bank Loeks, j &«., Kec Send for a Price List MANUFACTORY, 193 aud 200 Palace street, loroute, C. W, Te” Pattern to he seen at the Store of Wu McGILL, Charlottetown, Agent.

Nos

September 2, 1867.

Valuable Frechold Proporty for

uk

Sale.

Subscriber offers for sale that

valuable property situated in Pownal Street, between the properties of the late Hon R. Hut chinson and James D. Haszard. & qr, having Of teet front bv LOO feet back, witha Dwelling House

costuliiug bine Reomsand Kitehben, and a commo- |

with a Stable forms an excellent

dious Shop, tegether his property

in the rear

Stand for

Tavern, and will be seld on reasonnble terms

Piease apply on the premises to the owner. WILLIAM MURRAY

Ch'tewn, Sept. 9, 1867 tf

FOX SALE

3 By Private Bargaia.

Tue LEASEHOLD INTEREST of fifty

: LAND en Donaldston

Estate, on Lot No. 35, and fronting on Bedford

all the

we

acres ef excellent conveniences of A poly for particulars to Johu A. MeDouell, Esqr., or ou the preimises tu

MICHAEL McAULEY. Donaldston, 9th Sept. 1867. Zu

ON SALE,

AT THE

British Warehouse, WINDOW GLASS, Paint. Oil and Patty, Superior article in TEA, Moist and Refined SUGAR, LRON BEDSTEADS, Wire Dish Covers, Metal Teapots, Brass Kettles, NURSERY FIRE GUARDS, Brass and Mabogany

POLES, ENDS and RINGS,

AND General Furnishing Goods. W. & A. BROW.

July 29, R47

COPPER PAial- 2 oe UR keeps constantly on

Tar & Wonson’s Copper Paint,

an article whieh has given the greatest satisfae- tion to all who bave used it. It possesses superior qualities tor eifeetually preventing the aecumula- tien of all feul matter, such aa Worins, Barna«les, Grass, &e. ou the bettows of Vessels or Boats, when properly applied. I. C. HALL. Charlottetown, May 20, 1867.

Pianoferte for Sale.

VERY handsome and superior toned Cottage Cabinet 6; Octavo PIANOFOTE, Rosewood Case in exeellent order, fer sale. Original cost, Forty guineas For partienlars enquire of Mr. GEORGE DOUGLASS, Kent Street RC town, March 25. 1867

INOTICE [> hereby given that the SUM MEKSIDE BANK having assigned to na their interest ia

a Bill of Sale, given them by Messrs. PIDGEON & STEWART, of Cliften, New London, of their

All perrons indebted to the said Estate of Pidgeon & Stewart are theretore requested te make im- mediate payment to us. CARVELL BROTHERS. Ch'tewn, June 24, 1567.

NEW GCODS.

HK Subseriber has larely received a LARGE ASSORTMENT OF

Dry Goods and Hardware;

which have been bought at Anction, and will be sold very low.

GEORGE HOWATT. Crapand, Angust 22, 1867. NOTICE.

Te E Subseriber havirg been duly appoint- ed Attorney for the Rev. MALACHIAS REYNOLDS late of DeSable. during his temporary absence from this Island, requests all persons indebted to the said Mr. Reynolds to pay up their | liabilities without delay. | WM. CUNDALL. | Ch’'town, Sept. 9, 1867.

COAL! COAL! For Sale. 20 TONS ROUND COAL, (Port Hood), parties who have pnrebased and used this Coal pronounce it an excellent article for Hlouee use. Ce Cheap for Cash. Apply to A. McNEILLL, Anctioneer. Reading Room Building, Sept. 9, 1867. Sin

ENGLISH EDUCATION!

OPENED a FACTORY at SUMMERSIDE,

a MONDAY next, the l6th instant, in con- vection with her Drawing and Painting Classes, }a School fer instruction in the different branches lef a practical English Edneation.

Apply at Mrs. Irving's Clase Wesi yan

Teumes Moderate | Rooms, Prince Street, opposite the | Chapel. | September 9, 1867. A CARD. RS. E. COOMBS desires to intimate | to the young Ladies of Charlottetown that lahe will open a Class to teach WAXWORK in ) Flowers aud Baskets. | Residence opposite the Catholic Cathedral. MRS. ELEANOR COOMBS.

Charlottetown, Sept 9, 1867. = 3m

[e™ Also, a few private Boarders can be accom-

modarted £.C

|

| Freehold Farm for Sale, QSITCArE on Lot 65, fronting on

Elliot River, three miles from Charlottetown, and one mile from Roeky Point Ferry, 97 acres of | fand, 40 of whieh are cleared and in a high state of cultivation, the remainder covered with fence | poles and « good growth of hard | Buildings on the premises. 5 or turther particulars

to the aabsecriber on the preinises. . epely PATRICK McMAHON. 7

Angust 19, 1867.

i made and sold, and are now in

ony Kid of busiuess, especially a Boarding Hoase or |

Stock in Trade, Book Debdta, Notes of Iland, &e. |

RS. W. W. IKVING will open, on!

hardwood, with good |

| MISCELLANEOUS,

OL EE,

A GOOD THING,

' So

| [am ashamed to confess that I have been a thief an early period of my career, [ should at any tim: 60 far have forgotten myself as to have

It is humiliating to reflect that, at |

seventeen hundred and forty-eight. You will guess, perhaps, | al the stamps.

‘and do injustice to the salutary lessons of , agonies! ' I returned life in Natal arises from the absence of war. | ed in False Harbour.

confinement and contemplation.

that [ now kept | ate in the accouchement of a cow! You misjadge me eruelly,| passion he would throw into its expiring | by a native, named Mahomet Mydcen. We

the stainps of eight hundred of the applicants,

|

total number of my subscribers amounted ee What an opportunity is this for

an epic from the immortal Tupper to calmin- What

But the real obstacle to married

Whilst peace in the West brings all blessings

Be

{ NO. 47 | : ee ‘ed by the governor to make inquiries about

a white woman kept in captivity on one of these islands, who was seen in November last

arrived at Nancowry on the 16th, and anchor- Found here an English

barque from Penang, the Harriet. On board

with thirteen more enclosed in each envelope, in its train, there it is the prelude to a pro- of ber was the serang of the Futtah lsiam,

and the same reference to Genesis; taking longed bachelorhood.

Of old, the chief, in

/whom we were supposed to have on board.

been guilty of the vulgar off-nce of potty | oir, ty reply to only half the letters from putting on hic war paint, inspired crowds of Our man was one of those who had escaped, each town. Then I inserted my last advertise- Celadons with fresh hopes, and when he left

larceny from the persen Itissadtoremember, | noreover, that, this being my third mistake jef that nature, | was condemned | five years’ penal servitude.

| ating it was when, after having been liberated |

ion a ticket-of-leave for good conduct, I dis- covered how many professions were open to

ment.

for it to} Doubly hamili- |PVUR GOOD THING.—The advertiser requests |

the indulgence of his correspondents; they

reply to all by return. He assures them, however, that each client shall receive due attention in

ine of a far more lucrative character than m¥ | rotation.

| former calling, and attogetber beyond the |

‘reach of the law.

} tal, say fifteen pounds, [ might be able in a {short time almost to realize almost an in- | dependence for one in my position, by very

wy. when viewed in connection with s0iIne successful business operations in the highest

my notice.

Accordingly, on my release, T went to an acquaintance of mine, a pawnbroker with whom [ had formerly done business in an- other way, and stated my intention of turn- ing over a new leaf. I hinted it was possible jhe might bave in his possession a number of jwaluable articles, such @8 watches, rings, |and so forth, which, for certain reasons, it , would be inadvisable to offer for sale; but | for which he might, nevertheless, be glad to find a market. Singularly enough, he had

of these articles, for the very reasonable com- | mission of five per cent. My overtures being }accepted, I requested my friend to make me out pawn-tickets for ali the trinkets, priced }at their full value, thirty pounds. Having done so, he then entrusted the tickets to my | charge, and handed me in advance tbe com- | mission of thirty shillings.

With a portion of this mon-y I paid for the following advertisementin a daily paper:

al gentleman. Eight pounds will be | paid for the accommodation, and property deposited worth double the amount Address, &e.

|

It occurred to me that, with a small capi- |

|simple means, and quite honestly—that is to,

walks of commerce which bave come within /t

L proffered my services to assist in disposing |

In a fortnight I was inundated with letters. They came from all parts of the kingdom | Many of them were stamped with coronets,

crests and monograms, that surprised me, |

{though LT had made some proficiency in the jyears. My friend the porter brought the ‘letters to my lodgings every morning and evening, ona pair of hand-tracks, until in all I had received twelve thousand four hundred and seventy-one. Then Danton and Birch had their attention directed to the fact of their house being used ag my address. They surprised their porter in the act of ** running’ a cargo of my letters; him they discharged ; the letters they confiscated. It grieved me to reflect on the melancholy fate of the porter, like- wise the number of postage stamps diverted from their proper channel. It is fair to say, ‘though, that [ believe Messrs. Danton and | Birch religiously returned every postage ‘stamp that fell into their hands. Thia is highly satisfactory to a mind, &e. Even Z could have done no mora.

| You will likely think that I now stopped the correspondence? Not quite correct, even now. Honesty is ever the best policy. First, [ took the precaution of removing wy

| letters, my valuable stamps.and my valuable

|

| with a country post-mark, and in female

| hand-writiug.

Alter some correspondence | by disagreeable inquiries, | took

self. into the country. Then from my rural retreat, L proceeded to impart to my twelve thousand four hundred and seventy-one

i 5 WANTED for ten days by « profession- | constituents, the grand arcanum and mystery

of **The Good Thing.’ Although at a tremendous sacrifice of stamps, | held myselt pledged to reply to each correspondent,

From about twenty replies [I selected one | as an honorable and professional man.

That my privacy might not be distarbed the pre-

with this lady—a Jodging-house keeper in a) caution to forward my letters twice a week

sea side town—she was prevailed upon to ad-|to London im a bale, vance the momey on my terms, which were, | pawnbroker, Item, my acceptance at ten days for twenty- | post-mark.

Item, the deposit of the pawn- * General.”

| three pounds | jewellery. | When the acceptance becams due, I was unavoidably called out of town on Important business, and did not return for sone days; in fact, notuntil the estunable matron, finding | the ace»ptance dishonored, had endeavored to recover her money by redeeming some of the pledges. She had taken out goods to the | amount of ten pounds, but considering they | were not worth the money, refused to redeem any more. The pawnbroker, however, knew | a8 well as I did that the tickets, being actual i iy in eireulation, would be sure tocome back | again some day, and to result in his getting rid ot the property at a very good profit. | Chis in course vl time actually oceurred, for lthe worthy Jady on discovering that the goods were pledged for more than they were worth, was quite sharp enough to dispose of | ; the tickets one by one, for a small pre.oiam, | among her continually changing constituency f lodgers; by this means she partly recu- | perated the amount she had lost, and carried out my truly fraternal principle of sharing our losses as well ag our joys and sorrows among our brethren in the world. Agonising | reflection to a well balaxeed mind Iike mine, | it eost her four pounds fifteen. J would | have made money by it!

Daring the hours of my retirement from | the busy scenes of life (at the expense of my | country) L had possessed ample opportumity

i for reflecting on the inesti:aabla blessings o! ia free press to an enlightened commanity. [| now proceed to embody the result of these

refl-etions. | J first of all made friends, at some trouble jand not a little expense for liquor, with a} | porter in the employ of Messrs. Danton and | Birea, the celebrated auctioneers in Moon- ‘street, City, and I ultimately succeeded in prevailing on that porter, for a handsome | | consideration, to take charge of some letters | that would be addressed to me but to ** his ‘care,’’ at his masters’ office. J impressed | upon his mind the necessity of watcitfulness, | lest any of these letters should miscarry into | bis employers’ hands, | Having thus secured one of the most res- pectable addresses in London, | next purchased | |ten pounds’ worth of postage stamps, and | then sent the subjoined advertisement to three daily newspapers, directing it to be inserted |

paper only :

| tickets for thirty pounds’ worth of vaiuable |

every other day; three insertion’ in each |

| extensive ‘stamps were returned this time; but each |

}more priceful than postage stamps, | should be written in letters of gold):

jnatare could not brook a **

}tax, from M., Eaq.” | Stands for Me?

i advertizer being in the enjoyment of A | |

GOOD THING, is willing to impart it to a}

| select nuwber of subscribers. This is bona fide. Send thirteen postage stamps and a directed en- velope to ** M., Esq.,” care of ** H W.,’’ at Messrs.

Danton aud Bireh’s, Moon-street, City.

. | | This sort of advertisement being rather a|

stale artifice in itself, L depended upon its | success, first, on the unimy; @ichable respecta-

| bility of the address, and, next. on the man-

ner in which L intended to work 1c.

At the end of a week, my nine advertise. |

{ments had brought ime one ‘eighty-four replies. Each reply contained \ the addressed envelope and thirteen postage | stamps.

tirely mistake the chastening influence of meditation and retirement on a just and sen- sitive mind. What I did was tnis :~—In each lof the directed envelopes, I folded up the | thirteen stamps I had ree-ived, dogether with | thirteen more, in ® beat piece of paper evn- { taining only these words aud figures :

| See Genesis xii. 3

|

| Imagine the surprise andgeuriosity of my

}one hundred and eighty-four elients, when, | on opening the letter, each found twenty-six | stamps returned for the thirteen he had forwarded, and had turned up the quotation, ‘And it came to pass as they emptied | their sacks, behold every man’s bundie of | muney was in his sack.”’

Still a straggling application dropped in, (making the total number of replies two huodred and twenty-seven.

| Now, | knew very well that out of my / two hundred and twenty-seven cosstituents, leach of whom had received a present of | thirteen postage stamps, there weuld hardly | be one who would not apply to me again.

‘In a general way, if @ fish take your bait)

‘and be not booked, he will come baek to 'you. Most of my fish would reason thus: /**[ cannot lose ubny thing, for, being thirteen | postage sta ps iD pocket, 1 risk nothing by la second venture.” But | depended most lof all on seeuring in each of my clients the very best advertising medium . could desire; for I notiee that whereas prople who get stupidly swindled, are apt to hold their tongues about it, persons successful in imacters of doubtial tsue, are mvariably ‘anxious to inform their friends how very shresd they have been. In a week | resumed my advertisements; three more ' insertions.

| had not miscalculated the result. No

li you think I stole the postage | ; : stamps and bolted, you wrung me—you en- | became cheap, the mouths which required it " 8 -

hundred aud |

|spinsters are at a discount.

to my friend the for the sake of the London le posted them for me at the

It took exactly a month to complete my correspondence. No postage

letter contained the following piece of advice, neatly inzecribed on the best baronial cream- laid note (and in my opinion it is a precept and

To inquirers for The Good Thing: See Luke x. 37

Ge and do likewise.

With a view to attract into the paths of honesty and virtue, those of my misguided brethren still pursuing the highly reprehen- sible occupation of vulgar robbery, I subjoin

are 90 numerous, that itis utterly impossible to

study of such devices on spoons, in bygone

Messrs. |

|for the happy hunting-grounds, his wives | were scattered amongst the owners of ten cows. Or his young men following in bis | train, and sharing in the fruit of his exploits, | were enabled to carry off troops of Sabines to | fill the vacant place at their firesides. And | when they did not win a strange wife, at jleast they might gain enough spoil to bay one of their own kindred. | picture has loat its colour. | enterprising peace, reigns over the land, life

flat as the career of a curate; and a wife costs twenty Cows.

effect of polygamy.

lantiquity gilds this social iniquity.

‘the tendency towards monopoly ie @ necessary evil. Women is a mere article of commerce, jand becomes, like land among carrelves, | vested in a few hands. A revolution in this system must arise, but the immediate steps to | be taken inyolve questions of great delicacy. | A new Governor is coming to Natal, and his

‘arrival may form a new epoch in the beter |

of the colony. At ailevents he will bave the | young men on his side, and that in itself ‘gives good material to work on. All kinds /of schemes have been broached to remedy the | present evil. One party advocates registra- tion; another suggests an increasing tax on every wife after the first; a third party jsuggests the declaration of a fixed legal

Now this fair, Peace, dull un-|ehief man concerned in the murder is called | Battal. It seems that there was no

has lost its prizes; the aspect of suciety is as |

This is the work of | | Englishmen, and Caffres remain baclelors.| The captain landed the same evening and in- The market is still further depressed by the | daced a woman, named Salamah, to come on Here and there a rich board, as it was known she had seen the white old man, with his Mock and his berds, is}! ‘enabled to swell his harem to repletion, and} Pre- | scription amongst savages ig an emanation | from the Deity. And whilst polygamy lasts, sion the white woman was seen (and who calls himself Captain Francis), was prevailed }upon to come on board by a messenger sent | from Salamah.

| bat, by some mistake, bad been sent to us as the serang. The real Simon Pure had for- | tunately prevented the captain of the Harriet from anchoriag in the very place where the murder had been committed. This was Trin- eutt Champlong, on Great Nikobar Ielend. The natives of this latter place had brought their plunder to Nancowry to exchange or sell.

|The money taken from the ship is said to be

somewhere concealed on Comacta Island. The

proveca- tion given, and from their statements it ap- pears to be no uncommon thing, as they spoke of it in the most cool, matter-of-fact way.—

woman. From the statement she made the captain thought it advisable to detain herand four of the prineipal chiefs who bad come with her. One other chief, in whose

After repeated examinations the following facts were elicited: About four years ago a vessel arrived from Penang, laden with all kinds of merchandise for barter. A plot was entered into by the natives, headed by a chief called Hen-Ang-Siu, to seize the ship. A day or so after, the captain was murdered on shore, and the ship surprised the same night. The crew were ali mu ed, and a jady and two children taken to Han-Ang-Sui’s village.

The story of this poor lady is horrible in the extreme. Soon after landing she was confined of a child, stillborn, She was banded

|tender; whilst the extremes take their stand /upon positive prohibition, This last propo- |

‘sition seems scarcely practicable, tor a Caffre | | bigamist sounds not unlike a reductio ad | absurdum. Perhaps the intelligent Zula who | first suggested doubts to Bishop Colenso re-) | garding the Pentateuch may have an equally | \constructive faculty, and may solve the) knotty pomt. But if neither he nor his) | pupt! can do so, we have great hopes in Bish- jop Butier. Wehave aright to expect much | from a prelate, who goes out with the bless- | ing of hie diocese on his head, and the hatred |of rationalism in bis heart. He will sally | forth his episcopal staff in hand, to cerry the | decrees of Convocation into a foreign country; , ‘and no doubt he will pack ap the potent weapon of excommanication in his carpet bag. Polygamy will yield at discretion before the mandates of this mysterious power, and the bishop may worthily supplement his mission with a band of sisters, who may ratily | bis deerees and confirm his credentials by ltaking pity on these Caffres in marrage. | Such a solution must be pleasant to both parties.

Where our Zulu brother is suffering from dearth we are laboring under a_ plethora. |

| Lbe base notes in Natal are erying for wives, |

about from one of these villians to another to serve the vilest purposes for ebout three years. When seen by Mahomet Mydeen she was ‘* miserably thin and crying bitterly.” She was also separated from her children. and knew not whether they were dead or living. When it was known that she had been seen at Francis’s village by Mahomet Mydeen (who had returned to Penang), it was not thought prudent to allow her to stop here any longer, so she was taken back to Hian-Ang- Siu’s place, where she lived a short time. He then determined to do away with her, as a matter of safety. For this purpose he caused bis wife to administer to her and her children (who had been brought back) pois- oped fish. Salamah says the fish was admin- istered to them in the morning, and the effeots on the lady soon became visible, every limb swelling to an enormous size; but yet she ‘‘would not’’ die. She was erying very much. At sunset Han-Ang-Siu becoming impatient at her not dying, dragged her into the woods and returned without her, baving murdered her there. The children recovered. One about twelve years of ago, is now living at the village of a chief called Ha-Che-Up; and the other about 15, is said to be with Han-Ang-Siu. They were described as very fair, with light

ny balance-sheet, which cannot fail to prove | the Belgravian mother is shrieking for hus- | hair, and the youngest hae some mark on ber

lan ineentive to the practice of honest labour

| bands. Bat +‘ they love and they ride away. |

left cheek. Francis says that this account

for daily bread. In proof of its having | The position of a chaperone is a pleasant one ‘of Salaman’s is perfectly correct, but adds

taught me the beauties of reetitude, [ wish to call attention to one item it contains. | refer to income tax. My retiring and gentle returno,’’ undergo the seratiny of @ carious surveyor ;

i but a recent number of the T:mes contains

the folluwing notification: ** The Chancellor of the Exchequer begs to acknowledge the

receipt of a second haif of a Bank of England |

note for ten pounds, on account of income Need Ladd that M.

I wish to add a general moral. To steal in the lump from any one person is disreputable and foolish, besides rendering

‘you amenable to the law; but so to con-

duct your negotiations as to distribate a given loss (your profit) among the largest possible body of constituents, is the true theory of commercial prosperity.

THE BALANCE SHEET.

Dr.

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