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Tur Datty EXAMINER,

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DECEMBER 4, 1878.

Railway Management.

Durina the last five years travellers on our Railway have had frequent cause to complain of the management of the road. Frequently have we received intimations from men who patronize the road, of the in- convenience to which they were compelled to submit through inattention of officials. But while travellers have complained, and had reason for so doing, yet they have not ®flered to the same extent as those who sue the railway for carrying freight from one point to another. We are aware of numbers of instances in which our mer- chants have sustained loss by the disoblig- ing, headstrong and_self-willed conduct of the heads of departments. These heads have acted as though the benefit derived from the road was entirely one-sided, and that merchants and others who use the road do not contribute to its support. When a man pays for the performance of certain work, he should certainly have the work done, particularly when the price paid is that fixed by those who undertake jt. In many cases that have come to our knowledge, perishable goods have been al- lowed to remain upon the track exposed to the severest weather ; in other cases pro- perty left in charge of station masters has been stolen, and the only redress that could be obtained would be a reference to the Superintendent of the Railway. The Superintendent might, if the man who com- plained were a supporter of Mr. McKenzie, look into the matter or he might not, just as he pleased in the case. If the injured party threatened legal proceedings, he was curtly informed that if he thought the mat- ter sufficiently important he might go to Ot- tawa and commence his proceedings. Of course we do not blame the superintendent tor all cases of dereliction; but, when mat- ters were brought to his notice, attention should be given and justice done. Instaed of this, robberies have been committed at Railway Stations while goods were in charge of officials, and even at the station in Char- lottetown, right under the eyes of the Sup- erintendent himself, cars have been broken into and goods stolen. This state of things has existed so lung that newspaper repor- ters, when shot of a paragraph, have been able to supply che want, by an account of the last burglary committeed at the Railway Station. The people of the Island—both Conservative and Liberal—have so long en- dured thisstate of things that they will look upon any change in the Railway De- partment as a special act of Providence on their behalf. Of course we know nothing of the changes which are to be made by the party at present in power, but still we opine that the paternal care and anxiety of the Government—for the interest of all, the Provinces—will be shown in their dealing with this littlecolony. Oneof their firstacts, will; no doubt, be to seeureefficient railway management.

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The Marquis of Lorne’s Irish Descent.

It might be well for members of the Caledonian Club and other Scotchmen, who are just now in high feather, over the ar- rival of the Marquis of Lorne, as Governor General, etc., to read the following extract from a letter written by Katharine D. Campbell, to the Toronto Telegram. Re- ferring to what Lord Dufferin said about Lord Lorne’s loss in not being an Irishman, she writes :—

I may be allowed to state, for the infor- mation of those of your readers who do not already know it, that the Marquis of Lorne’s great-grandmether was the famous Irish beauty, Miss Elizabeth Gunning, grand-daughter of Mr. Robert Gunning, of Castle Cote, in Ireland. She and her sis- ter (afterwards Countess of Coventry) came to London, where their beauty created the greatest furore. Whenever they wen out to walk in the park or in Vauxhall Gardens, they were followed by crowds of people anxious to have a look. It was of them that the celebrated Horace Walpole said in his letters, that they were the handsomest women in the world. They made most brilliant marriages. My husband’s mother, Mrs. Captain Campbell, has two paintings of these famous beauties in her possession, presented to her by her cousin, Lady Mary Campbell, afterwards Duchess of Bucking-

ham, and the resemblance between them |

and the Marquis of Lorne is most strikin <, especially in the curve of the lip and the profile.

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Tue barque Jas. H. Myrick, Dowell, master, left her anchorage off Tignish Run (where she had taken ;in the complement of her cargo) about noon, Friday, the 29th ult., bound to Queenstown for orders. Her cargo consisted of 31,000 bushels oats ; 1,300 pieces deal ; 36 drums dried fish— from Jas. H. Myrick.

Tue McCarthy murder case continues to

slowly along. Since this time last

week about two dozen witnesses in the

matter have been examined, but no new

developments, except those which we pub- lished, have been discovered.

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Mackerel Fishing.

Tur Commercial Bulletin, in an extensive as ‘ article on the mackerel fishing of the Gulf,

Says : In August the fleet are generally at work on the ‘‘ Eastern shore,” whose limits may be set as between Cape Judith, on the East of Maine, to the Straits of Canseau, or 1 favorable seasons, have prosecuted their crusings into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Bay of Chaleur, the vicinity of the Seven Islands, the Archipelage of the Min- gan Isles and the shores of Anticosti; are frequented from June to the middle of August, and from then to the last of Sep- tember the main body of the fleet are at work around the Magdalens and Prince Kd- ward Island, and as the season advances, fish along Cape Breton or return southward along the American coast, late in Novem- ber. The Gulf fishery is the most danger- ous locality frequented, on account of the want of good harbors along the entire coast. The greater part of Cape Breton is most in- accessible with bold water and steep rocky shores; the northern coast of Nova Scotia has but one or two good ports at most, and those of New Brunswick ard Lower Canada are almost all surrounded by sandy bars, over which, in a heavy storm, only vessels of a very light draft can pass in_ safety. Along the whole coastline of the Eastern shore of Prince Edward Island whose ex- tremes, Cape East and North, have long and dangerous reefs nearly one hundred and fifty miles apart, but one harbor, that of Malpeque, having thirteen feet on the bar at low tide, and all are surrounded by dangerous shoals of sand and have narrow vnd sinuous channels which even the active fishermen in their light draft boats approach | in fear and trembling, in even a moderate igale. The Magdalens, have no safe harbor, inor does the whole Island of Anticosti afford anything but an anchorage, which must be shifted with any change of wind.

The statement in reference to only one harbor being accessable,says the ‘‘ Pioneer, ’ is incorrect in connection with the fishing trade; as Cascumpec harbor, though unfor- tunately, owing toa bar at the entrance, large vessels cannot enter or clear when loaded, yet for any vessel engaged in the fishing trade it is quite suthicient. The best proof of this is the fact that at times as many as two hundred sail have been in at one time.

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Gladstone’s View.

Mr Gladstone recently made a speech in which he attacked the Beaconsfield Government with much vigor :

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The Berlin Treaty, he insisted, could not last; in fact it was already beset with fatal difficulties. It was idle, he pointed out, to praise up the treaty or to talk of peace with honor. ‘‘ It is misreading the word honor (he declared); it is reversing the word; it is sending forth that which is disgraceful under the title of that which is honorable— this vote of six millions and this bringing of Indian troops—this illegal bringing of Indian troops—to Malta, not for the pur- pose of enabling us to obtain that which was in favor of human happiness and human freedom, and to recede from pledges which we had solemnly recorded. That, of course, is the main matter; but I am not to be told that a large increase of public expenditure does not increase the distress of the country in a period of depression. It is a common thing to say, when six millions are laid out uselessly—mischievously, I should also say, but let us say unnecessarily—upon military prepatations, ‘‘ After all, it is only six mil- lions abstracted from productive industry.” But, to begin with, that is not true. It is not six millions abstracted from productive industry, but twelve millions. * % Government by reserve, government by mystery—government by breach of law—for breach of law is what we have clearly estab- lished in the case of the bringing of Indian troops to Europe—government by bringing the Crown out of that august position in which the Constitution placed it, and ex- posing the Sovereign to personal responsi- bility—these are dangers which aim at the very heart and centre of national happiness and prosperity. It is idle to tell moe that the attempts of the present Government have not been to make the Sovereign more personally responsible. Make her the Em- pire of India forsooth! The title of Queen of England was not sufficient! The tend- ency of the proceedings of the present Government has been to bring the Sover- eign of this country into a position of per- sonal responsibility—over and above and distinct from that of her Ministers. That is the capital and the central point, that is the ciladel of the Constitution—-and if you allow that, the citadel, to be touched, your liberties are gone. That is the restoration of the Government which prevailed before the House of Brunswick, which prevailed before the Revolution, which prevailed before the wars of Charles the First. Now, the glory of the House of Brunswick and of the Revolution of 1868 has always been this: that it wedded and welded together the prerogative of the Crown and the liberty of the subject. It secured the dignity of the Crown by the un- divided respensibility of the Minister, and that undivided responsibility was the bul- ‘wark of the liberty of the subject. There-

fore, ever since that epoch the best cham- | pions of public liberty have never felt them- selves driven to impair the dignity of the Crown. The two causes are one cause, and

happy constitution is also the foe of loyalty. Parliament kept in the dark; the people led blindfoldea whither they knew not; treaties of the greatest novelty and the utmost importance concluded, ratified and placed beyond recall before a single day has been given for their consideration, or they have been allowed to come to the knowledge of any portion of the public; laws lightly valued and even set at naught. The language held sometimes in Ministerial quarters, sometimes in re-

views under the gnise of anonymity, and

the man who is the foe of liberty under our |

in other publications, tends to constitution is not right, and requires to be amended in the sense of di- minishing the responsibility of Ministers, and increasing the personal authority of the Sovereign. ‘These are questions: which re- quire attention in the interests of the Con- stitution, and most of all in the interests of the throne. Ladies and gentlemen, if Lieve be any truth in the view that {take of pab lie affairs, the Liberal vhich 18 awakening, and rapidly awakening, to a sense of its duty throughout the country, when it comes to take part in the proceed- ings of the next election, will be the cham- pion not only of the franchise to be secured to every class of the people by the laws and the Constitution of the country, but will above all be the champion of its ancient monarchy against those who, though they may cover it with flattery and adulation, are yet adopting measures but too likely te sap its foundation.

‘Ths Unsuccessful Search for Stew- art’s Remains.

sometimes show that our

purvy,

WILL THE WIDOW COMPROMISE WITH THE ROBBERS !

The confession is now made by the New York police that all the clews to the robbers of the Stewart grave have been followed to abortive conclusions, and that ‘‘they have not the least information as to who commit- ted the deed, or where the body now is.” Considering the large reward offered to stimulate the search, it is only reasonable to assume that not only have the ordinary re- sources of the detectives been brought to bear, but that the extraordinary ingenuity of private detectives and the keenest wits among private citizens of an investigating turn have been enlisted in the now admit- edly futile quest. It may be that the mys- tery that now enwraps the ghastly crime will yet prove susceptible of penetration, The outlook, however, is not promising.

discovery less, and leaves only the hope

themselves. The point is nearly reached at which Mrs. Stewart can hardly be ex- pected to place public considerations above the dictates of her parsonal feelings. Un- doubtedly a reward paid for the restoration of the remains, with no questions asked, would encourage future enterprises of the same ghoulish character. The grave of every man of eminence would be so much the less secure. So far, the persecuted widow and Judge Hilton have resolutely stifled the natural impulse to recover the stolen body at any cost, and they deserve the thanks of the whole country for having so courageously refused to compromise with the criminals. Now that the police admit themselves to be entirely at sea, to have followed all the clews they possess without result, and, in effect, give up the riddle as beyond their power to solve, no one can blame them if they conclude to offer an un- conditional reward. It ia no small reproach to the finest police in the world, as the New York police have been ostentatiously called, that the widow of cne of New York’s most emi- nent citizens should thus be compelled to bargain with a gang of graveyard brigands. The whole subject becomes now one of the most serious of social questions. In every city new possibilities of plunder are opened up to the conscienceless class who live by law-breaking. Our public cemeteries every- where will represent to them so many new fields of burglarious enterprise. It is a thought extremely shocking, and well cal- culated by its ruthless intrusion upon the finer sensibilities of our nature, and its dis- regard of every dictate of decency and every remnant of reverence, to strike chords in the human heart hitherto unswept by suffering. ‘fhe fact which we must now face is that the tenderest emotions that link the living to the spot where their loved and lost ones sleep, are no longer ex- empt from the brutal tratlicking of the pro- fessional body-snatcher. Simultaneously with the admission that the New York detec- tives have lost scent of the Stewart robbers, comes a confession by leader of the 3 grave yard plunderers of Zanesville, Ohio, This confession shows conclusively that in the West the rifling of new-made graves is a trade organized like any other industry and pursued on a large scale for the substantial profits reaped from the medical institutions. The law as it stands now only provides six months’ imprisonment and a fine of $1,000 for body-snatching in Ohio. In other States the penalty provided is equally inad. equate to the enormity of the crime, and the opportunities of gain it affords to those who run its risk. It is time that cemetery trustees all over the country secured addi- tional safeguards for the inviolability of the grave, and that the Legislatures in every State decreed penalties against the bandits of the burying-ground far heavier than are now provided.—Boston Traveller.

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THe Locat GOVERNMENT oF QuEBEC. — It is announced, apparently by authority, that Mr. Joly has resolved to abolish the office of Solicitor-General, and that as a /consequence the following will be the dis. tribution of offices :—

Hon. Mr. Joly, Treasurer.

Hon. Mr. Langelier, Public Works. | Hon. Mr. Chauveau, Crown Lands. | Hon. Mr. Ross, Attorney-General. |} Hon. Mr. Marchand, Provincial Secre-

Hon. Mr. | Council.

Starnes, President of the

| We congratulate the Government upon its policy in reducing the number of Minis-

greater credit if it were not for the suspicion that the resolution is due to the embarrass- ment arising from the death of the late Treasurer, Mr. Bachand.—Montreal Gaz.

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Tue Lockport, N. S., Packing Company

year, over 300,000 cans of lobsters, and

have given employment to upwards of 400

nen,

Every day that passes makes the chances of |

of a confession from one of the robbers |

ters. They would have been entitled to.

have packed and shipped, during the past |

Walks Around Jerusalem,

i | WITH NOTICES OF-— |

RECENT EXCAVATIONS,

-BY THE—

| REV, DAGHLIN TAYLOR, D. D.,

IN THE— LECTURE ROOM

OF THE

METHODIST CHURCH,

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Wednesday Evening, Dec. 4th.

Chair to be taken at 8 o’clock. Admission, 15 cents—paid at the door. Dec, 3. 1878—

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SOBA WATER FOUNTAIN! SUPERIOR 8-syphon Fountain for Sale, almost new and in good order, will be

sold low, and on liberal terms.

CARVELL BROS.

Ch’town, Dec. 3-—

Insolvent Act of 1875, and Amending Acts?

In the matter of Arcnrpitp HoLtMEs, an Insolven t.

A WRIT of Attachment has been issued in

this cause, and the Creditors are notified to meet at my office, in Charlottetown, Queen’s County, Province of Prince Edward Island, on WEDNESDAY, the llth day of December next, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, to re- ceive statements of his affairs, and to appoint an Assignee, if they see fit.

B. WILSON HIGGS, Official Assignee.

|Charlottetowa, P. E. Island, } Nov. 29, 1878. \ dec. 3—li

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Bank of PB Island,

DIVIDEND, at the rate of Ten Per Cent. Per Annum, has this day been de- clared for the past half year upon the Capital Stock of this Bank, payable at ita ing House, on demand. J. R. BRECKEN, Cashier. Ch’town, Dec, 2, 1878—6i pat 2i a ne pres rg li

Union Bank of P. &, Island,

Dividend No. 28.

NaS is hereby given that a Dividend of Five Per Cent. for the past half year, being at the rate of Ten Per Cent. Per An- num, has been declared on the Capital Stock of gthis Bank, payable at its Head Office and Branches on and after this date. GEO. MACLEOD, Cashier. Charlottetown, 2nd Dec., 1878—1lw

Schooner " Katie.”

CHOONER ‘“ KATIE,” 99 Tons, will take } Charter to New York, Philadelphia, Nor- folk or Baltimore. Apply to A. KENNEDY, Queen Street.

Ch’town, Dec. 2, 18S78—4i

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Education Office, November 30th, 1878.

HE Semi-Annual Examination of the Normal School will commence on MON- DAY, December 16, at 9 o’clock, a. m.

Teachers who require new Registers will signify the fact when sending in the School Returns on December 31st.

School Trustees who wish to engage Teach- ers would do well to notify the Education Offices, taking care to state the supplement offered. And in districts where Schools have been closed in consequence of epidemics, the returns should state how many school days the schools have been closed from this cause.

EDWARD MANNING, Supt. of Education. Ch’town, Dec. 2—lw

- PARRWELL LECTURES, — MATTIE G. SMITH,

The Distinguished and Eloquent Tourist of the

North West, WILL LECTURE

WHAT CAN WOMEN DO?

Thursday, Dec. 5 - Crapaud Friday, ‘' 6 - Bonshaw Saturday, ‘ 7 - Comwall

Monday, “ § - Pownal (Lodge Room of Blooming Hope Division. }

Tuesday, ‘‘ 10 - Cherry Valley Wednesday, “ 11 - Chariottetown Y. M. C. A. HALL.

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These will positively be her last lectures for many months at least. Charlottetown, Dec, 2—5i eod

ROBERT HARRIS, ARTIST, FULL'S BRICK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET.

Portraits Painted from Life, &c., during the next six months,

UY THE DAILY EXAM B for the eam ete leon’

GENUINE NEW YORK

SINGER SEWING MACHINES

THE BEST IN THE WORLD,

Buy only the GENUINE,

Peware of COUNTERFEIT,

None genuine with. out our Trade M stamped on the of the Machine, a

THE SINGER MANUF’G CO. SOLD IN 1877 282,812 Machines,

being the largest number of Sewing Machines

ever sold by any Company in a single year, Machines sold on monthly payments. Rosert Younc, Sole Agent ot P. E. Island,

South Side Queen Square, Charlottotown, Nov. 30, 1878—2aw tf

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20 Bbis. Washi - 500 Coils MANILLA ( & smail) 150 Bbls. KEROSENE OIL,

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TARD, &c. 100 Boxes Nixey’s BLACK LEAD. 550 Reams WRAPPING PAPER (assorted).

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Ch’town, Nov. 28—ar pat 3:

Picture Frames !

In Store and to Arrive, a Large Stockfof

PICTURE MOULDINGS,

whieh we offer cheap,

Wholesale and Retail.

A. A. BALDWIN & Co. Noy. 27-—4i pat ar 2i

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Solicitors,

Ch’town, Nov. 23, 1878—

NOTICE.

ERSONS who took THe Examiner before

the DatLty ExAMINER was issued, and have not yet paid for it, will please send the amounts of their respective accounts without

delay, to W. L. COTTON, EXAMINER OFFice, Ch’town, Oct. 17, 1878. dy & wkly,

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Dec. 5—ii

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