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

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, April 24, 1865.

itevature, 2

New NSeries.---No. 21,

DAWSON’S BUILDING, CORNER OF GREAT GEORGE AND KENT STREETS. i

WILLIAM H. WILSON

I frAS JUST OPENED A LARGE STOCK OF

General Wierchandise,

-——— CONSISTING IN PART 6#—— LADIES, DRESS j atvies: Ceburws, Alpacas, Lustres, Delaine:

Wincies, French Merimos and Delaines. Grey, White, Striped and Printed COTITONS. SHIRTINGS, Tiekings, Osnaburgs, Drills, Jeans, Sbheetings in Grey aud White.

Waite, Red, Blue

GOODS, in all

, and Faney FL ANNELS; Bread Civtas, Ly i weeds, a&c & Cc.

Superior Meltons, very cher p; Vantlh Clothe, Mantles, and Ready-made CLOTHING

FE ATHERS, Hats, Shawls, Bonnets, Gloves, Hosiery, &e., &e.

HARDWARE, Shovels, Hoes, Plough Mounting. Weavers’ Reeds, Nails, A ., & ¢ i

TABLE CUTLERY, Sheath Koives, Powder, Shot, Caps, Blister Steel, &e., &e !

BOOTS and SHOES, Ladies’ Wellington RUB- BERS, Rubber Shoes, &c., &c.

GROCERIES; TEA, superior quality Molasses, Raisins, Tebacce, &c., &e.

HOOP SKIRTS, in great variety.

SKLUS,

Sugar,

W. H. W. begs to call special attention to his Steck of FURS, imported direct trom the! Montrea! Factory, consisting of—

BOAS. in Mountain Martin, Stone Martin, Fiteh,

Mock Fi ch, Lustred, Opossun and M pesota. | A few Princezs Royal BOAS, very superior;

CAPS, in Hair Otter, Plucked Otter, Grey

Piushed Alfred, and a lot of other sty le

Dawson's Buildings, Nev. 7, 1364.

—_—-—

Dentistry.

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DR.LOVISDECHEVEY, | Surgeon Dentist, (from Paris.)

Queen Street, Charitotteto wn.

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atvle, with such a ciose 1 ation ©! pnatare

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works warranted as represented. Prices n.oderate

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DENTIFRICE ELIXIR,

For Parifying the Mouth and Preserving t Teet}

prepared by DR DE CHEYRY, Sargeon Dentist, |

(from Parie; This Elixir strengt gums

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indispenasble to those who wear ai <

Directions—Pat few drove of the Eli a

water, dip the brash, andclean ¢

SUPERIOR TOOTH POWDER, Infa Tvothach

ie for t! ly for the

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lible reme te" DR. DE CHEVRY will be foun! at bis Oitice at ali her sof the duy dunuary 16, Lsbo om

YARMOUTH Improved stoves. rpeue Subscriber has this week received

the Manufactory, a fail

bplete i of

POETRY. THE SONG OF THE STREET.

Policy- Holders Participate in Profits

Seven Years Half Credit Assurance. Exemptions — Foreign Travel and Foreign i Residence. Rates of Assurance, and all other information, y ! irned from the Agent for this Island, at | GEORGETOWN. VM. SANDERSON. Georgetown, June 27, 1864. ly Va yin Tnsurance Compan iWiatTin died WW UU Vill} ali PRIITCE FE “TAD Seesi Vas 2427 1¥ Sh48

_ & mm | MOLASSES. - ie) A, pen | 6p & PUNS. Retailing MOLASSES, S cD 4 ae - J 50 Puns. Demerara DO S b ore For sale by . tw CID Kk | Dee. 26. J. S. CARVELL. ni oO = eS ar" zh mt on aaa Rare ey SUGAR, oO < moet am | 10 HHDS. BRIGHT SUGAR, ~ — >. ood _ , For sale by oe ee Sp | Dee. 26. J. 8. CARVELL. wt a ma | Pires RAISINS. “2 eH ww © < BUXES CHOICE RAISINS 5 5 aan ‘2 | 25 j For a by : as Se @na ( cael os | Dee. 26. J. 8S. CARVELL. o ~ q2 “ ed: i r ~ > elm >) Floun! —FLoun! ay a ao BBLS. Bakers’ FLOUR oS > ce ~ aan a 20 50 Rola. Pastry DO ’ a on ee ee] ew | 200 Bbls. Extra bo at, Gee ~ | 500 Bbls. Superior and Fair, - = ow ~ ner. Cs For sale by Be yw = ag Cl | Dee. 26. J. S. CARVELL. ~ 4 4 yi } quan ~ - . h eS aoe ae | COAL TAR. 26 2&8 7 xp pets. coat rar, mw 8 po, od For sale by as RB 41 Dec. 26. J. S. CARVELL. e sO ase oe . ; iQ) Res f a an | FAIRBANKS’ SCALES, = ew” bo Tue Subscriber has in steck and for sale, om os ZA pany a full assortment of Py ve ‘an ee | FAIRBANKS’ STANDARD SCALES, - = jn ew | Consisting of— e es mes | Platforms, eo

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Life Assurance Company of; Glasgow. ESTABLISHED IN Incorporated by Act of Parliament.

GOVERNOR: The Right Honorable The Earl of Glasgow. |

1838 o

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Subscribed Capital, - : £600,000 Accumulated Funds, - ° ° 480,000 | Annual Revenue, - - ° ° 95.000 | Subsisting Assurances, - ° ° 2,500,000 | Hiexry Dunxvop, Esqr, Chairman. W. F. Birkmyke, Esqr, Manager.

Distinctive Features in the Company's Business |

reavetai—

Annual Division of Profits,

from First Year of Entry, Bonus Assurance at the Smallest Outlay,

- em |

{xcorperated 24th

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PRESIDENT: {

WILLIAM HEARD, Esquire.

DIRECTORS: |

HON. DANL. DAVIES, | HON. JOS) HENSLEY,|}

HON. W. W LORD, | HON. GEO. BEER, '

JAMES DUNCAN,Ese. | HENRY HASZAED,Esa.

SECRETARY:

DANIEL J. ROBERTS.

«ary T se cele ruted 7 TT ? - Cts . ‘ . = . + | 50k CS Tank’ roves * Risks taken daily at the Office in Water-etreet. | Cook, Box & Franklin Stoves, |r Risks taken daily at the Otte Ex Schoener Blne Wave Those Stoy e the Les ‘4 . oo 2 OE Me eel heat for DURABILITY, NEATNESS av! ECG-| OQhranan . on a G - ie ae bent for DURABILITY. EATHESS or! ECO} Oneen Insurance Company | that give general satisfaction, and now of red for j 1 LIV POOL. eale, LOW FOR CASH, Merchanutable roduce, } . ion = . WY or twelve months’ credit on approved not i FIRE AND LIFE! A good assortment of Fall aud Winter Goods. | ee RK. J. CLARK. | Capital, - - - £1,€00,000 Sterling. Orweil Ci eap Store, Nov. 21. 1864. t died ccuiae ee “ot. | a ae Subseriber, having been appointed | STELLA COLAS., avent for the above first cl is8 In erence Cx m- > “ . ' + } . pany, § prepared bo lance rlsK8 ON Ail Ce scriptions 01 Rimmel’s Siella Colas woquet, ce icated property J. 8. CARVELL. issi ; ‘hurlottetown, Feb. 10, tf by permission to bis talented Artiste | ©d#rottetown, Keb. TY * Her beanty hangs upen the cheek of ight, [Extracts From NewsPaPers.] ; As a rich jewel in au ethiop’s ear,” On reference to a return made 4o Parliament, and — | ordered by the Honse ef Commons to be printed, sth "ti L,it wi . that the increase of Dut Perfames for the Haadkerc lief: | June, 1501, it will be se or EEN.” wi of Duty Alexandr. Guards Fravepane for the year, } aia my bee LU nae, ae neers Prince of Wales, Kimmed's 1 vyofthe Valley, | being upwards oi £1000 more than pam by any rin i les, Kimi alls 1 alley, adipest parse ye hap ay, dockey Club, Wood Violet, Milleflear, r office ever yet established in this City. x Pasence Boquet. Patchouly, Violet, jFrom Gore’s General Advertiser, Oct. 24, 1861.] West End, New Mown Hay, Love's Myrtie. | * Indeed, we believe that we are periectiy — The Bazd of Avon's Perfume, in a m box ; } fied in saying that ho other Cor pany, within the | Sydenham Eau de Cul ne Ire » Lovender | 5@me period, ever attained so large an income 11 | a ae ? ae ae ' pry yt, ge Rae » Dep: ents as the Quee Water, Extract of Lavender Flowers, Verbena | eer Ux Pi or die Mepare i i _ & . et. Perfumed Terce | Incurance Company. In making this statement, we

Water, Tercentenary Sac! ten ary Souvenir Shukeéspe are Golden Scented Locket, Extract of Lime Juice and Glycerine, for the Hair soft and closey ; Rose Leaf Pov improvement on Violet Powder; Bloow of for the complexion; Depilatory Powder movig supertiaeus hairs without injury to —Nuapoleon Pomae, for fixing the Mur and instantaneous Hair Dye, for giving and whiskers a natural and permanent sha out troubie and danger.

Rimmel’s Rose Water Crackers, a new a ing device for evening parties

WM. R. WATSON.

City Drag Store, Dec. 19, 1504.

naking ler, an | Ninion. } for re-

1e skin} at heoe, | ve Hair} le with-

| lamas- |

j | NOTICE. | H¥ undersigned Executors and Trustees | ef the Estate of the late JOHN S. BREMNER, of Charlottetown, deceased, hereby notify all per- sons having claims on the said estate to furnish their accounts forthwith to Reward Heart Z, Esq., Great George Street; and all persons indubted to the said estate are requested to pay over the| amonnt vi their respective accounts to lim, he being authorized to receive the same. JAMES MOOR. ROBERT LONGWORTH, RICHARD HEARTZ, |

Executors and Trustees. Charlottetown, August 3th, 1864.

EARTHENWARE! | OR SALE by the Subseribers — 10

CRATES of the above. ; G. & S. DAVIES. |

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MOLASSES! |

VOR SALE by the Subseribers — 33) Puncheons Retailing MOLASSES. G. & 8. DAVIES.

January 2. 1865

January 2, 1865. Cee eee 5. Labrador Herring for Saie. 66> EBLS. No. 1 HERRING,

122 ,

JOUN S$. PURDIE.

Charlottetown, Jan 30,1865. tf NOTICE! EXE Aonual GENERAL MELTING of the Shareholders of the Charlotteto wa GAS LIGHT COMPANY will take place at |e Cow- pany's Office, on TUESDAY, the 2d day of MAY next, at il o'clock, a.m. By order, i WM. MURPITY,

Ap eee OS Se

{0 Bbls. No. 2,

Goose and Duck Gun.

(EYE subscriber bas a very superior doub.e barrelled DUCK GUN for saie, made by B. Cogswell, Strand, London, No. 9 in the Bore, und weighs eleven pounds and a half. Warranted a very bard hitter. Price £12 lteey. | w Leris enquire of WILLIAM SWABLY, jr. a Stewart, 20th March, 1865

Cash Provision Store!

W. S. SMITH, Great George Street.

et es EAS, WINES, SPIRITS, sod GENERAL GROCERIES.

N. B.—W. S. 8. would call the attention of Re- tail Dealers to his Stock of Wines, Spirits, &c. Ch‘town, May 23, 1364.

isl & rw tf

| snecess is,

iat once the exe

lthe rate of £20,000 per aunum.

} own ic mediate superinte ndeuce. | !

trusts the fact of having practised in Scotland seve

{ © - © . . . . Colonial en in every branch of his profession,

13 Half Bbls. do do rm siter dance, will nub fail to shies eonidanee

make no exception even in favor of our older local t! ol and London, the

surance Companics.

ompanies, hal ely, the Liver a '

Royal, and the Lancashire In [From the Civil Service Gazette. Ney. 2, 1861.] “Am nportant institations et: ‘

nent for its s Nidity, as wel! as fer its succes

Queen Insurance Company,’’ which last week held

its annual meeting of proprietors in Liverpool. A

reference to the ample in another page will

fully satisfy every reader of the signal progress made by this association since its foundation. Suc! ; indeed, rarely attained, and it attests llence of its management, and the public confidence in its constitution.” [From the Liverpool Mereury, Nov. 2, 1801 ] “It must be gratifying to the pablic generally,

and e rm tally to the proprietors, to find that its in

mg these i

report

uring the past three years has increased at ( We believe that no other Compaay, within the same short period, ever attained so large an mcrease either in the BPire or Life Departmeut. ‘Chis speaks highly for the activity and zeal of the ninagement, while the promptness with which all the claims, arising out of the late disastrous fire in London were met. test ties itto their financial ability and the care and a dence which marked tbe investment of these funds ”’

coms «

7, St RLAND DR. CG. W. SUTEE Re BrURNS thanks for the very liberal patronage extended to him since commencing the practice of his profession, in its various branches, in this City, and trusts, by attention and assiduity, that the sume may still be continued towards him.

By the LATEST ARRIVALS he has increased his presen’ large Stock of se ‘

Drugs end Chemicals, — Choice Perfumery. Voilet Articles, iu variety; selected from the best London Louse, by those competent of doing justice to the business. “

The Dispensary department will be under his |

Du. SUTHERLAND beys also io observe that he

ral years, and nearly twenty vears of extensive

leombined with unremitting assiduity aud perso-

| and ensure satisfaction. i (He Advice to the poor gratis. 3 Queen Street, Charlottetown, P. E. Island, December 26, 1364. amy ~ REMEMBER That the very Lest pluce to purchase

Is AT Ww. E. DAWSON’S,

5 LOZ 25

40Pf x, Age HBL

1BOSTON, the subseribe: | imports

| S€1€¢

Unions, Counters, Grocer, and Even Balances.

J.S. CARVELL, Agent.

BUCKETS & BROOMS.

BUCKETS 25 Doz. BROOMS, For sale by

Dee. 26. J. 8.

Dee. 26.

CARVELL. KEROSENE. 100 CASKS best KEROSENE OIL,

For sale by

J. 8. CARVELL.

Dee. 26.

SOLE LEATHER, SIDES Heavy New York SOLE LEATHER,

For sale by

J. §. CARVELL.

200 Dec. 26. SOAP & CANDLES.

100 Boxes P. Y. SOAP,

100 Boxes Common SOAP, 100 do CANDLES, For sale by Dec. 26. tf J. 8. CARVELL.

LONDON HOUSE!

sstablished 1829.

Y the Commopore and Unpine from

LIVERPOOL, Lotcs from LONDON, Hecen Davies from LBARBADOES, Seven BroTreers, BEAVERLY and steamer COMMERCE from s have con } leted their | itions for the one of the Firm,

AND BCUGHT ON THE BEST TERMS!

season,

which, havi £ been | ied by

they are enabled to offer at extremely low prices | for prompt payment. Wholesale Buyers supplied | as usual. The present importation comprises :— 7 bhds and tierces Bar-| 8 bales Carpet & Wool. | badoes SUGAR, leus, i

2%) hhds Murcovado Mo- 17 packages Glasgow | Gooods,in Gala Plaids, |

Shaws, VW incies,|

Pri i Shirting,Flan-

1 rts, B: aa |

uae Osna- |

burs Cali- |

Capes, 1 bule |

6 do Ladies’ Boots & 7 bales Paper Hangings | Shoes, 1'6 do Cotton Warp, | 4do Rubber Boots &| 9 deo Printed, Un-| Shoes, | bleach'’da White |

4 do Silks and Ribbons, Celicoes,

6 do Millinery, | 3 do Stripe & Check 7 do Haberdashery, } Shirtings, }

5 do Linen Drapery, do Butlulo Robes, 1 do Hosiery, do Wrapping Paper, | L do Gloves, ihds Paint Oil, 5 de Shawls & Mantles, 118 packages

1 do Ladies’ Furs, Paints,

tb

assorted

3 do Fur Caps, 50 sides Sole Leather, 1 do Damask and Mo-| 1 case Guns, reens, 3 do assorted Cutlery, i do Floor Cloths, Il do E P Ware, 2 dv Glaze Lining. 1 do Indigo,

5 do Townend’s ZATS] 25 tons assorted Iron, é& CAPS, 35 bdls Spring, Cast and t do! Felt Hats, Llister Steel, 2 do.Ladies’ HATS andj225 pieces Plough Metal, BONNETS, 125 pkgs Nails & Spikes, 9 do Sundries, | 90 do Ironmongery. Cloth, Casks Baking Soda, Whiting, Putty, Wash- ing Soda; Barrels Crushed Sugar, Currants, Jamaica, Ginger, Porter and Ale, Epsom Salts; Kegs Powder, Cudbear, Mustard, Boxes London Soap, Tobacco, Starch, Rai- | sius, Extraet Logwood, Lozenges, Glass, | Pepper; Bags Rice. Coffee, Allspice, Leaks, Coils Maailla Rope, Dozens Brooms and | Pails, &c. * G. & 8. DAVIES. . |

Charlottetown, Oct. 21, 1864.

ie dnt’ panera nidnvnadecneed . TANTCN’S EA E> F a rEVt7 >} ATS. I" ike LtO'E ¥ PES, TAKEN AT

DOLLAR PER DOZEN.

’ 5 MTVp red CATD PICTURES, suitable for Albums or Letters, beautifully mounted on Einablazoned Cards, Is €d each.

OLD STAND. G. P. TANTON.

6in

3 bules

ONE

Great George street, Feb. 27, 1865-

m o TrO LET. PRHE HOUSE and PREMISES on Queen Street, occupied by the late John M’GIll. For particulars apply to the subscriber. Vm. M’GILL. March 20th. 1865 ee wi ee ees ee New Brunswick Ale! iu { undersigned has received from New Brnuswick, 890 gallons of very saperior XX ALE, which he offers for sule in caske and quarter casks. Also in bottle by the barrel. DOUGLASS A. SMITH. Enquire at the ofice of D. M. Harrington, Esq., Water Street. Dee. 26, 1864.

came down upon us ia a charge.

To the memory of the good, the genial, the large-hearted Thomas Hood, this humble imitation of his ‘* Song of the Shirt,"’ is insexibed by

THe Writer.

With lips all livid with cold,

And purple and swoll'n feet, A woman in rags sat cronch'd on the flags Singing the Song of the Street: Starve !

Oh, God, ’tis a fearful night!

How the wind does blow, the sleet and the snow—

Will it ever again be light?

“Starve ! Starve !

**T have rung the ‘ Refuge’ bell, I have beat at the work-house door, To be told again that I clamour in vain, They are ‘full ;’ they ‘can bold no more.’ Starve ! Starve ! Of the crowds that pass me by, Some in pity, and some in pride,

Starve !

But wore with indifference, turn aside, And leave me here to die!

* Oh, you that sleep in beds With coverlet, quilt, and sheet, Oh think, when it snows, what it is for those That lie in the open street, That lie in the open street, On the cold and frozen stones, When the winter's blast, as it whistlee past,

Bites into the very bones.

‘“*Oh, what with the wind without, And what with the cold within, I own I have souglit to drive away thonght With that curse of the tempter—Gin. Drink! Drink! Drink! Amid rivaldry, gas, and glare, Tf there’s hell on earth, "Tis the ghastly mirth,

That maddens, at midnight, there.

“Oh, you that never have stray’d Because you have bot been tried,

Oh, look not down, with a Pharisee’s frown, On those that have swerv'd aside.

And you that hold the scales, And you that glibly urge

That the ‘ only plan’ is the prison van,

The treadmill or the scourge.

Lo do ?

To famish, and not to feel?

“ Oh, what are the lost

For dys to go, and never to know What

They cannot buy, the y cure

it is to have one meal? not beg ;

They must either starve or steal. ““Foud! Food! Food!

If it be but a loaf of bread; Anda place to | ec, And a place to die,

If it be but a workhouse bed ! If you will not give to those that live, You at Jeast Must bury the dead!”

With lips all livid and blue, And purple and swollen feet, A woman in rags sat crouch'd on the flags, And sang this Song of the Street. As she ceased the doleful strain, My homeward path I trod ; Aud the cry and the prayer, Of that last one there, Weut up to the throne of God.

’

THE WAR IN THE STATES. A BATTLE SCENE AT FIVE FORKS.

A correspondent ot the N. Y. World, in nerratiog Sheridan's splendid achievements at Five Forks, which resulted in the cap-

|ture of a thousand prisoners and the fiual

victory, relates the following :— A REBEL REGIMENT ANNIHILATED.

A. Colonel with a shattered regiment The bayonets were fixed ; the men came on with a yell; their grey uniforms seemed black amid the siwmoke; their preserved colors, torn by grape and ball, waved defiantly ; twice they halted and poured in volleys, but came on again like the surge from the fog, depleted, but determined; yet, ia the hot faces of the carbineers, they read a purpose as resolute, but more calm, and while they pressed along, swept all the while by scath- ing volleys, a group of horsemen took them in the flank,

lt was an awful instant; the horses re- coiled ; the charging column trembled like a single thing, but at once the rebels, with rare organization, fell into a hollow square, and with solid sheets of steel defed our cen-

taurs. The horsemen rode round them in vain; no charge could break the shining

squares, until our dismounted carbineers poured in their volleys afresh, making gaps in the spent ranks, and then in their waver- ing time the cuvalry thundered down. The rebels could stand no more, they reeled and swayed, and fell back broken and beaten ; and on the ground their Colonel lay, sealing his devotion with bis life,

THE GALLANT SHERIDAN,

Throveh wood and brake and swamp, scross field and trench, we pushed the fight- ing defenders steadily. Tor a part of the time, Sheridan himself was there, short and hroad, and active, waving his hat, giving orders, seldom out of fire, but never sta- tionary, and close by feil the long yellow locks of Custar, sabre extended, fighting like a Viking, though be was worn and haggard with much work. At four o'clock the rebels were behind their wooden walls at Five Forks, and still the cavalry pressed them hard, in feint rather than solemn effort, while a battalion dismounted, caarged squarely upon, the face of the breastworks

the White Gak Road. Then while the ea-

Sheridan, prepared to take part in the battle

Cloth actory! MEHE SUBSCRIBER begs respectfully to

whe has, by arrivels from ENGLAND and the

which, added to the stock on band, forms the largest y+. otfered by him, and at his usual LOW

PRICES Fu Cash. Great George Street, Dec. 5, 1864.

BAZAAR!

Under the patronage of Mrs, Dundas.

>AUL'S CHURCH, in this City, intend hold- ing a BAZAAR ou THURSDAY the 6th JULY | next. for the purpose of paying off the debt due on lthe Rectory. further particulars in due time. Feby. 13. 18c5. oo

WATCHES and JEWELLERY.

UST RECKIVED from ENGLAND, J of best quality, and for sale at a low price— Horizontal Watches in Silver Cases,

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! a holes jewalled ici.).dscb004. £310 0 | Do. in Hunting Cases,.------------- 4 ° . | English Levers,.-.-----------------* 0

;

Wateh Chains and Keys, Finger Rings, Steel Kar Ringsand Brooches, Genis’ Pins in great vuriely, s A. PURCHASE, Watchmaker,

Smardon’s Coruer. Charlottetown, Oct. 31, 1801.

“pur LADIES in connection with ST.

inform the public that he will continue to

UNI. &d STATES, received a very large supply, | manufacture CLOTH, &e., ut his establishment in | front, and our infantry, four deep,

Tryon. Wool will be received in Charlottetown | by H. J. Calbeck, Avent, or at the Mill. [py Cloth received for Dyeing and Dressing as

heretofore. | CHARLES E. STANFIELD. May 23, 1864. tf

DR. FRANK D. BEER,

| WN returning thanks for the patronage received since commencing practice in Charlot- i tetown, intimates that he has ert a SURGERY | & DRUG STORE, adjoining his residence, King | Square, and that he is now prepared to attend to

| fession.

| N. B.—Special attention given to diseases of |

| the Chest. 3 Feb. 6. 1865.

W. S. LONGWORTH, Commission Merchant and Auctioneer, SOUTHPORT, LOT 48.

| |

ready

nt. Southport, Saly 25, 1864.

ir Produce boughton Commission, and stored for shipment y

We were already on the rebel right in | force, and thinly in their rear. |neers were making feint to charge ia direct \in their entire left. All this they did noi not for an instant note, so thorough was their confusion, but seeing it directly, they, so far from giving up, concentrated all energy and fought like fiends. They bad a battery in position, which belched inces- 'santly, /ketry made one

from mouths of wisest eensure. THE SUCCESSFUL Coup DE MAIN.

a cavalry force could press back sixteen| Tum Disastrous Stare or Monte Vivo. thousand infantry, but when the infantry |-——A letter from Monte Video (which was blew like a great barn-door — the simile | captured a few days ago) pubiished in the

best applicable—upon the enemy's left, the Victory that was to come had passed the region of strategy and resolved to an affair of personal courage. We had met the enemy; were they to be ours?

To expedite this consummation every officer fought as if be were the forlorn hope. Mounted on his black pony, the same which he rode at Winchester, Sheridan gailoped everywhere, his face Qushed all the redder, and his plethoric but nervous figure all the more ubiquitous. Ile galloped once down to the rebel front, with but a handful of his staff. A dozen ballets whistled for him to- gether; one grazed his erm, at which a faithful orderly rode ; the black pony leaped high in fright, and Sheridan was untouched, but the orderly lay dead in the field, and the saddle dashed after empty.

SURRENDER OF THE REBELS.

At seven o'clock the rebels came to the conclusion that they were outflanked and whipped. They had been s0 busily engaged that they were a long time finding out how desperate were their circumstances; but now, wearied with persistent assaults in front, they fell back to the left, only to see four close lines of battle waiting to drive them across the field, decimated. At the right the horsemen charged them in their vain attempt to fight ‘‘out,’’ and in the rear straggling fvot and cavalry began also to assemble ; slant fire, cross fire and direct fire, by file and volley, rolled in perpetually, cutting down their bravest officers and strewing the fields with bleeding men; groans resounded in the intervals of explod- ng powder, and to add to their terror and | despair, their own artillery, captured from them, threw into their own ranks, from its old position, ungrateful grape and canister, enfilading their breastworks, whizzing and plunging by air line and ricochet, and at last bodies of cavalry fairly mounted their intrenchments and charged down the para- pet, slashing and tramping them, and pro- ducing inextricable coufusion. They had no commanders, at least no orders, and looked in vain for some guiding hand to lead them out of a toil into which they had fallen so bravely and so blindly. A few more volleys, a new and irresistible charge a shrill and warning command to die or surrender, and with a sullen and fearful impulse five thousand muskets are flung upon the ground, and five thousand hot, exhausted and impotent men are Sheridan’s prisuners of war.

THE CAPTIVE AND FLYING REBELS,

Acting with bis usual decision, Sheridan placed his captives in care of a provost guard, and sent them at once to the rear. [hose who escaped he ordered the fiery Custar to pursue with brand and vengeance, and they were pressed far into the Cesvlate forest, spent sud hungry, mauy falling by ihe way of wounds or exhaustion, many pressed down by the Koof or sabre-stroke, and many picked up in mercy and sent back to rejoin their brethren in bonds. We cap- tured in all fully six thousand prisoners.

FENIANS.

| Buenos Ayres Standard, says: “ The pre- sent state of Monte Viedo baffles description. Revenge is disceriable in every countenance. The impotency of the government, the de- fenceless state of the city, makes the unfor- tunate natives writhe under the conviction that the fate of their cherished, murdered hero may possibly prove their own. The best streets, the greatest thoroughfare, are deserted ; the hotels are crowded with es- tanceizros and their families, who have fled from the camp; the foreign gunboats have anchored nearer to the shores; the custom house is shut up ; decent, respectable young men, with muskets on their shoulders are seen hurrying in tho direction of the cantons, Monte Video is ruined—Monte Vielo is destroyed, Better far that the fated city was buried in the waves that beat around it; better that the hand, the genius, the capital of the foreigner, which has built up this once magnificent city out of blood- stained bricks, bad never been known, than that all the progress, all the advancement, all the improvements should be annihilated inan evil hour by the ruffian dagger of re- volution or the ruthless sword of the in- vader. Nomanin Buenos Ayres can form the remotest idea of the sad picture of deso- lation which Monte Video presents at this moment, awaiting as it were iis doom. The Brazilians are hourly expected by water, and Flores by land. Friday being a holi- day the churches were crowded with ladies, ail dressen in the deepest mourning. There may be some who laugh at those feminine | emblems o« sorrow ; but there were prayers, earnest fervent appeals to Heaven, offered up that day from bleeding hvarts. Let us all hope that the Almighty will mercifully avert the horrors of a siege, bombardment, and assault. The domestic aff cition is at present unsusceptible of exaggeration ; hus- bands, fathers and sons are hurried from their homes; weeping wives, mothers and sisters are seen at every door, The awfal sufferings of the Paysandu families on the {sland are to be re-enacted in Monte Video, Verily, the country is cursed, and the in- carnate fiends who caused all this human wee. as sure as there is a God in heaven, will yet be punished. From the appearance of things it is obvious that a very determin- ed resistance is meditated. Still, as far as we can gather from the practical remarks of the English officers, the place cannot hold out, and if the Brazilians throw shells into the city the loss of life and property must be frightful. Some gingerbread fortifica- tions are in process of construction, facing the bay; butasmail gunboat could riddle the whole concern in a quarter of a an hour.”

OLONIAL LEGISLATURE,

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

LAND QUESTION. Monpay, Arrernoon, March 20. (Debate continued ) Hon. Col. Gray.—Mr. Chairman, the

The fact is, that the most extraordinary delusions in reference to the extension of the | Fenian Brotherhood and its capacities for | revolutionary action, exist at this side of | the Atlantic, and we believe at the other side the realities of the case are similarly exagerated and misunderstood. The Cincin- nati Congress are assured by the report of the Central Envoy —* Purtip Cayne’—that the work is going on swimmingly in Ireland ; but ‘ Pattie Caynu’ may take somewhat too favourable a view of that matter. There are strong reasons for thinking that the) American Fenians are led to regard as an expression of public opiuicn the clatter which is made in this conntry by men who have an interest in deceiving them—men who must give some value for the ‘ liberal subsidies’ they receive. It is easy for a salaried clique and party to ‘keep up the game’ as it is kept up in Ireland. It is easy for the organ of a movement sustained by ‘ liberal subsidies’ in the name of ‘ the people’ senti- ments whick the people of Ireland abhor, and which never, since Christianity dawned on this island, found a resting place in the Lrish heart. It is easy, very easy, for a few men, paid out of ‘liberal subsidies,’ to create riot and confusion at public meetings, and then | pretend it was the ‘ people’ who had set | their faces against “‘agitation!’ All these things are easy enough for a * subsidised ” party, and they are avowedly for the pur- pose of creating ia the minds of the [rish- Americans a certain impression, which is not a true impression, of the state of things in Irela:.d. But let the Irish-Americans be careful how they proceed to act on the re- presentations made to them. As long as the consequences of their mistake are con- fined to the “splintering ’’ of their dollars in Dublin and elsewhere, the harm done is}

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not great — but it will be another thing if any number of the deluded “men in Ame-| rica” should venture their lives in the busi-) ness. We say so because we are anxious |

that England should nct have a new oppor- jacre, the amount to be paid in instalments

tunity of inflicting defeat and disaster on! the cause of the nationality. Too many

such opportanities has che had; too often jot all.

have Irishmen, by opposing their weakness |

ito her strength on the battle-field, given her |

which lay in the msin on the north side of |

valry worked round toward the rear, the ine | nil fantry of Warren, though commanded by

Our carbi- |

ls hemmed | z

and over the breastworks their mus: | uobrokea roll, while against Sheridan's prowlers On their left, by skir-| mish and sortie, they stuck to taeiz sinking | ithe practice of the various branches of his pro-| fortunes 80 a8 10 win unwillieg applause

afforded her the gratification of trampling ‘'contemptuously “on their blood. Pravery

| against superior might does not often pre-

| proves it. They who match five millions ‘(divided, weak, poor, almost unarmed) | against twenty miliious (united, strong, rich, ‘with powerful armies and navies) are only ‘sending bravery into the chambles; and se-

jeuriag a bloody triumph to the strong io

‘the wurderously unequal strife. ‘it should be with some better guarantees of success on Lreland’s side than the Fenian | Brotherhood, aecording to their own show- ‘ing, can offer, Their “circles”? are Do ‘match for her “circles ;" their desire to pos- ‘ses a few blockade-runners is no makeweight for her navy; their so-called army in am- vbush is po match for her army; their ‘finances are no match for her finances; land, to fiaish the matter, their policy is no |mateb for her policy. There can be no use

'sioners had given a decision which was de-

| vent others of their number from reaping

a cheap and easy victory over them, and|may be swept away; prooably, therefore,

Our ease proves it; Poland's case |

lf King: | iland be dared to batiie again on Irish suil, |

hon. member who has just addressed you does not understand the question. (Laugh-' ter.) He has argued that because a measure which relieved the people of this Island of some £50,000 of arrears of rent, cost £2,000, therefore*it has been no boon to the country. I believe, however, thet £2,000 is rather an over-estimate of the cost of the measure in question. The failure of the Award to which he referred was not a matter respecting which he could attach any blame to this House. If the’ Commis-

clared to be illegal, how cou'd it be rectified by this Legislature? The House of As- sembly of Prince Edward Island is not of much account at Downing Street. We are in a pitiable position. When a lady who chose to write a letter—perhaps a thbree- cornered note+to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, nearly set aside all the legislation of this House on the Fifteen Years’ Purchase Bill,—and that tco where only a few pounds were coucerned,—surely we ought to realize how insignificant is the position which we occupy in this Colony. With respect to the petition of those who prayed for the disallowance of the Bill, I may state that I think it was very unkind on the part of a portion of the tenantry of this Island to step forward and seek to pre-

the advantages which the measure was cal- culated to confer. It was unfortunate that the Bill could not be made to have a gene- ral application; but such legislation was beyond the powers of this House. I did hope that the proprietors who had not at first assented to the measure would after- wards, have seen the propriety of acceding toit; they, however, appear unwilling to come under its operation One gentleman, [ understand, by the name of Haythorae, did in a certain manner come under its pro- visions. He sold the tenants on his estate their lands, I am informed, at 12s 6d per

running over five years, and the back-rent, bearing 6 per cent interest, to be paid last There are bonds entered into, I understand, by which, providing even the last instalment be pot be paid, the whole