aeoreere

= ¢ . , . - ' sense Which ha: disappointed so man confident | them :" auticipations, and has achieved so manv st

ling successes, is still existing w

ee = eee

nor will they repine at the ravage, the —,

art-/ outrage, and the slaughter they have endured— hout any

the heavy price paid by them for their liberties In spite of all that is advarced

cal ° ‘ . ‘ . sign Of adecune. —for Joy that, in themselves, a free people 1s | born into the world.

_—~—

by voluble declaime:s, we have been unable to

fay our hands on ant evidence of inward disor- Om «+

THE EDITOR OF THE EYA MINER TO HIS PATRONS.

* Alb, Know’st thon this paper ? Gon. Ask me not what I know.

gFarization, of intestine division that threatens

ty break up the firm unity of purpose indispen-

1 sable to the success

of the great enterprise which the Italians have to achieve. We can

free nowhere any really serious s¥mptom ¢ f the Kine Lear.

— ie 4 povin BOOK. eTnrp , > es ¢ ra : " people beginning to be untrue to themselves, | 2" “oe - reer Journal course: the facil a had + ity not ¥stimulated public]! 1864, asin | Ts apied by the | MISTER MURPHY?S INIONS; Some little spot of happy ground, i reach of custom prererrec Tt Hee : ot 0 art of the site occupie ‘ ay tin , 3} : and so long as we see ~ a eit ” : . J es n part. f : Where village pleasures might go round and 30 , ny as we s¢ none suc h, Wwe are not) Is breach of ali CyMBELINE, | Meetings, and given publicity to they proceea- | s building were three (or it may be four) | BY D. LARD, ESQ. we pies , prepared to ad:nit the evident and rape coming } ee eS

’

° ; * i Ir} s heen the cus i “litors blie of an élite dthditen. j ias been the custom with editors of public

a | journals, from a very early period to the pre- Cuder the existing arrangement, Italy is} bie : yy i f : ; Sent time, to address some remarks to their States of

civided into the the Chureh—the Kingdom of Italy, comprising Lombaody, Naw : ; . ss > of their paper, in which they, with that modesty pes and Sicily, Tuscany, Lucca, Pa ma, aud ’ . is ’ { : . so characteristic of the fraternity, are expecter Modena ; besides the duchy ol Savoy und the : : ee I i to refer to their past career — if evunty of Nice, which were surrendered to : . : | past — and to indulge in hopeful : of the With ns this eG Oras | } bs | ae . | been ynoured mi the ec ouside ration of the present Consulidated state}

i‘ observance,” because we feel that it

they have a

I anticipations 440d.

. i a future. eustom hag Suggestive as we naturally find thi

**more breach than

uf lately divided Italy, to be of the actual pre- i : : re | Smacks of vanity—because we know something sent and probable future of the two great fami: | as . e oa : ing , must be said in commendation, or in such a lies «cf Britain's colonial eupire—eoch now | : . sae a : ; way as to challenge the cormendaticn of the fully ripe for the assumption of national inde-| ..” . ; friendly reader—for no one can expect that the peadzace—we shall yield to the Say zestion, a. . . : ¢ : editor will speak in teyins of censure regarding aad conclude this article by a passing vlance—|,. ae . : 7 _ | himself—and for this reason we have been loch aud, cireumseribed by our linats, a gliace only } * . it

» follow the advice of the fair Imogen ‘as

wt must ia reality be—at the witical and gov-} a 3 a i OV-l . ‘ ’ ‘ J ! ; E ;given in the play. We promised ourselves, ernmental problem, which each of these fami-|, a . ; ss however, to say a few words on this occasion, 403 Wil, ere long, be imperatively called upon. ue , o I . du | when commencing a new volume of Thr

by the force of cireumstances, to settle for it- | Fxamiver, and when presenting the first No. self-aud the world.

These two families, which occupy | moet Conspicuous positions in this w ic iag colonial empire, are most advan: ig¢ously | small portion; in the next, the reading matter locuied in twe great groups of plantations. | fills nearly the whole paper—we having taken in the Western Hom’sphere, we have ; rican group; and in the Eastera, the (ustrali- wa. Both groups are rich i: the elements of great and powerful and into great and powerful nations both may most varied kind—embracing news, licht litera- rise. To that hig which we would fain believe they | tlestined—neither of them, however, ean

without sezious complications arisi: z from | offered in any one paper in Charlottetown, and

questions of foreign policy—without ec iflieting | includes a full measure of verse as well as prose. views of inter-colonial matters—withou: trying | Whether both kinds of composition, such as we crises Within the domain of each colo y- To}here give, are as good or better than have ap- prepare for such inevitable emergencies, the | peared in this or other local journals before— administration of public afairs must attract to must be left for the intelligent reader to deter- itself, and retain the services of the best men. mine. We refer merely to quantity and not This is the problem which now lies b fore both quality.

And it is here fitting to observe that the Australian and the American Colon 3; and|the best part of the oririnal composition—bes¢ by their solution of it, the success of their ef. as regards quantity as well as quality—are the

forts at self-government well be tested.’ For | contributions of attached friends, who have

Som? years past, we have been tauzht to con-| often hitherto lizhtened the labours and cares | jand never backward to meet the assaults of the |!

sider all these colonies as jn a state of | aining | Of the editorial chair by the productions of for independence; and of late the | Thus, from th> editorial policy of Britain has been entirely wicsitehaan thal we make to them who ean best under- therewith.

slonial | their gifted minds.

Ever since the concession to them | stand it, our grateful obeisance for the services

ef self-government, they have—except as re- spects questions affecting the interests of the Kaipire at larze—been left, unmolested by the Imperial Goverument, to follow out their own |

rendered; and we doubt not that every intelli-

tion of them.

schemes cf internal improvement; and jt will| past —the lonz and dreary past — through

be for themselves to declare when the proper | which this journal has emerged; but the story

| time for their complete emancipation lias ar | ‘ ‘ _ . : . “ rived. So long as they shall choose to con-| Examiner's career in the path of journalism — tinue their connection with Great |

Britain, |it might be tedious to most readers: and

either as separate or confederate colonies, so| besides, the crowded state of our columns

“; aie ‘ . . ~ : > | + has lal ed a se » wide , leng will Great Britain feel herself bound to| forbids any elaborate references to former }|™unity has labored so long in the same path of

protect them against foreign aggression, and to| days.

see impartial justice maintained between colo-| A few lines will, however, be allowed to us,

and so long will she feel her- even though garrulousness may be ascribed to self bound to strengthen the hands o/ each | us as one of our faults. Tae Examiner was colony in the maintenance of internal law endl commenced in the summer of 1847 ; — the order, should extraordinary circumstances de. writer of these lines had been for four years mand it. With these duties, as respecis her| before that time —(from 1843)—a very fre- Colonies, ber powers. end. The

the appointment of Governors, colonial patron-| encouragement given to our undertaking was : ' ”

ny and colony;

Save as respects| quent occupant of the editorial chair.

uge is no loner reserved for Downing Street; | extremely slight. Public opinion of a healthy the Crown no lonzer retains possession of the and vigorous tone did not prevail to any con- suil; colonial lezislatures have entire eontrol siderable extent. The old Irresponsible Party over their owa revenues; no parts of the colo-|—or, the “Family Compact,” as they were nial legislative bodies are nominated by the| designated —had every department of the|

a a a . Ds — hie , rane > the Crown; and colonial ministers are directly re-/| Government and the two branches of the ¢ i

| colonists themselves has been committed the! Their influence, it is true, had been slizhtly |

| *,1 ° ; wreat task of government, and in their |! ands ! checked by a quarrel with the then Lieut. | it must remain. If in their present position, in| Governor, Sir Henry Vere Huntley, in con-|

sponsible to their fellow colovists. T. the! Legislature thoroughly under their control.

eonnection with Great Britain, they chooze to sequence of his causing inconvenient enquiries remain, they can do so; but, on the other | to be made into the manazement of certain de- | haad, should they, confident in their own! partments where revenue was collected and re- | st enzth and resources, think proper constifu-| tained. There was some popular sympathy on tienally to declare that the ties which at present | Sir Henry's side; but the influence of the ralinz

binds them to Great Britain is no longer asso-| party was more thana match for it. That party |

’ ey | ; a ee ciated with their interest and esteem, (ireat| were dcemed impregnable,—it was clear that no |

Britain will instantly acquiesce in their decision; | vote of the Assembly could put them out of /and ifa hot and angry word should eseape “ie

und not one blow will be struck, or one drop | office, the nature of the constitution did not | vf British blood be shed, to retain them in un-| prescribe any accountability to the people. | willing allegiance. The Mother Country, in| And it seemed at first sizht a hopeless task to | the event of such a separation, would in:leed | attempt to get a popular vote against them. | long continue to rezard them as her children, | All the petty offices in the country were in the | «though wholly emancipated from her control, | hands of their dependents and clients, and there | und independent of her aid and protection. In{were numerous bands all over the Island, their greatness and prosperity she would re-| known by the name of * waiters on Providence,”

Jvice: aad, besides, the interest which identity eagerly locking for an odd job of any kind, | of race would still cause her to feel in their | petty office, no matter how small the salary at- progress, commercial interests, which would! tached to it.

It was no labour of love to fire | certainly in¢vease ja proportion to the expan-! the minds of such people with an independent

sion Of their national greatness, could not fail} thought; to utter an independent opinion on to have the eect of perpetuating friendly re-| local political affairs they would not do ;—if in

arated oM$pring and tlie parent.

attain] position is more extensive than was ever yet |

gent reader will share with us in our apprecia- |

We thought we mizht say something of the |

would be along one which would cover Tue |

; azo.

was forty years since, are bezinning to be few

7

iment was over and won, and when the Liberal Part¥ — distinguished from the old Escheators. whose popularity had been waning since 1843 The

‘years of labour from 1847 to 1851 left us little

—assrmed tangible proportions. four leisure for more congenial pursuits than political acritation little rest from the assaults of our | opponents, — and, we ere ashamed to add, not | much substantial reward from our friends. tif any one will say that had Tae EXxAmiver not

so zealously laboured in the four

lines — had the reatiis that were written by the left

unwritten — had the wearisome task of correct-

jhand which holds the pen now been

; ee e ¢| ° ing ar shing » crude productions of} readers at the commencement of a new yolume |™g 2nd pols 5 the my

jathers been spared to the editor's over-wrou sht }

feves on covntiess occasions if it can be said | that ha? none of these things been done, Res- porsible Government would still have been iestablished, and that the efforts of an inde- | pendent press were merely superfluities — we |shall not combat the saying—we will let it | pass for judgment in the minds of our readers. | There are those, indeed, who think that dash, jand energy, and bunkum speeches to a crowd, }are the very best means of carrying a political | point.

iway. But our opinien coincides with that of

ithe enlightened world, who believe that a public

|journalist, who can labour —ay, in the still jhours of the night when no mortal eye rests

upon him — yes, one who can labour with pa-

jtience, perseverance, not without ability, and | . . ‘ oe ee 2 ° . ° . in & style far superior to any that have preceded | with a fair share of judgment—is an indis-| : . ‘ . 7 i ia 3 soitaclii MR i :

far the it. In the first place, the material on which it | pensabdle requisite to the successful issue of any

|

oo : : : 2 *q | cause, and wore potential than a whole crowd | “Spread. is printed is quite new, with the exception of a | Cause, and more potenti ren ,

}

lof stump orators,

We cannot comment in detail on the various | } }

1e oad ee liberty to exclude most of our advertise. |"eform measures which followed the introdue- |

ments for this one week, and for which we trust | tion of Responsible Government, and signalised | in all that constitute our advertising patrons will kindly pardon us. | the career of the Liberal Party until their over- 1ations ; The reading matter, it will be seen, is of the | throw in 1859. These we thought of passing | deliberately in review some time ago, and may | th position—the position to | ture in prose and verse, and instructive articles | do so yet. But it is well known to the MAJOTI |

th are/ On miscellaneous subjects. The original com-|'Y ©! our readers that Tae Examiner was the |

strenuous advocate of them all. Free Trade,

Free Franchise, Free Edueation, Government

Purchase cf Public Lands—encouragement to} enterprise and industry in the prosecution of

ithe fisheries—the erection of needful public |

works—the encouragement of arriculture on

the most liberal scale; and, in sh rt,

Ab

measure that seemed calculated tod -velope the

resources, unprove the condition and stimulate

the industry

Tae ExaMINer a warm Supporter, ready to ex-

of our people—always found in

plain points of governmental policy where ex-

planation was no where else to be obtained—

jfoes of the Liberal Party when there was no

| other journal to repel them.

Let all these things pass for the present.

| Another time will come for more special refer

ence tothem. The six years that, since 1859, | have added their mite, as Carlyle would say, to the Inscrutable Eternities, never witnessed hus

once recreant to our party as one of the

Liberal Opposition. Our principles and politi- j ‘5 i

jeal predilections are the same as they were, at { .

jour landing here, twenty-two vears a ro; and | we have the satisfaction of knowin that no |

|

|

one at present befure the public in this eom-

' “41 *? . . | prozress, with like consistency and continuous

jstrugsling, as we have done. But as we don't

expect to get our reward in this world, *twould |

| be folly to press our claim to it here.

AMINER:

| ; . ain

} <A parting word as to the future of Tue Ex- | : : It proceeds On its new career with

the best prospects that can brishten the path

| of any journal in so small a place as this. Its}

|list of subseribers is much larzer, and of a bet- ter paying deseription than it ever had at anv

time of its existence,—and its advertising pa-

tronage, which is the mainstay of a newspaper, | ; : pay

is of the most substantial

kind, and

considerably larger than it was even

very a year This shews that there is some respect for, and confidence in, Tue EXAMINER :

and our aim will be not to lessen that respect and confidence, but to increase both. Entitled to all the privilezes of a truly free press, we shall claim the right to pass an independent jud #- ment, without hindrance or favour on the part of any man, touching important publie affairs. On all publie questions we shall state our views with firmness tempered by moderation ;—truth and justice in our dealings with all parties, and

with all subjects, shall guide our discussions:

now and then, pray let it pass as a small item in

the sum of our common bhman infirmities—a | the

slisht proof that we, like all the children, have a little of that “rash choler” which our Mother Eve bequeathed us.

With these remarks, for the length of which | he apologises, the Editor of Tue EXAMINER | bows to, and takes leave of his Patrons—for | the present.

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CHARLOTTETOWN FORTY YEARS AGO. |

| question of Confederation.

THose who recollect what Charlottetown |

|

in number. In a very short time they will be|

( aay latioas and mutual good will between the « “D- favowr ‘at Court’ they scowled at the asserter | redaced to a small fraction of the population, |

| of an independent opinion; if not quite in|: |

and no long period will have passed when not

Uhe future of these colonies, whatever course | favour, or doubtful of their position, they mizht }even the ‘ oldest inhabitant” will be able to)

| 2 | they may pursue, and whatever forin they 1

assume, must, it

ay | whisper a word or two oceasionally against the |

and upward, both as regards industrial and/| to throw their heads over their shoulders to see

cmmmercal prosperity, and the wisdom and| that no one was listening who mizht possibly 2

stability of their institutions, based and modi-| tell upon titem.

fied as they will be on the principles of he}

The press at this time was all, except our |! Bitish Constitution.

fown, on the side of the Government; but it |¢

Uf the many other communities, however, | was not characterised by much energy or which are at present in a state of political par- turition, few if any will be able to realize their hopes, and to establish their freedom and inde- pendenes, with the same ease and rapidity with | largely engaging the minds of the publie men

ability. The discussion of the question of Responsible Government, which had been con-

eeded to Canada a short time before, was

isay what it was li

enable the present generation to mark the in-|

1.

ike. It may be worth while |

| : s iin ST Labiiads , : s + GENERAL like at that time, if for no other reason than to | jority Is a stunning answer to the Government's | '

erease and improvement during the period that

The first sesiaila|

}

1as elapsed since 1825.

of the stranger visiting Charlottetown forty

years since was the “extreme quiet, the almost! the York election.

solemn silence that reigned everywhere, except | serap of news to shewthat the on the Weduesday and Saturday market days. | The wide grass-grown streets, they looked} one doubt that it would get a most prominent | apprehend that he may have instructions from nearly twice as wide then as they do now. | place in their columns?

‘ | Now,

r years acitafion ‘ ¢ {

hey are, no doubt, very good in their |

every |

rest of her | natronaze diffuses its enriching or corrupting

| Streams more extensively than in some of the

| coming, and we thought its result ought to be | ™Ovement. ! r is quite evident, be onw: rd powers that were, but thev would take care first Ito put down a few reminiscenees of what it was a test.

flouse of Assembly, and | Some few formers there have better stock thanis} g@y> We are very much obliged to our This and the then new, but to ba found here; but comparing the stock of the esteemed friend Justitia for the exceedingly onstituted—with the Island and that of Upper Canada all over, we be-| f; iendly letter he has sent us. liewe the “improvement” is more general in this

| the Court House, Council Chamber. now old Market House, ¢ exception of the Bartacks Government

The subject is all thé | there

and Jail ~ House,

then Lieut Governor Smell

not worthy of his hizh ecotisideration, or any sort of consideration ; rome will publish the

letter in our next—it not

Colony than ia Canada. So much in regard te

public buildmes. stock; and with respoct to vegetables, this Is- wing reached us in duis none: the : : : |land, we believe, would throw Canada into the lived in the south endof the Officers’ quarters shade. W. Murphy, Esq, of the Gas Works,

brough’ a specimen of oulons tu our sanctum this

time for to-day—appending some notes of our

own,

=

unnecessary to

on the Barrack Square ! Sry

Of the Barracks ft is All our readers have s it Btrue, but still the same,} would fail to affect their lachrymal glands.

Of the Jail, I fear t |

{week which would have made the eyes of even a (FOR THE EXAMINER.) .¢ ‘n them in} Canadian water; if uot, most assuredly their own

Panytnines

a dilapidated state,

MISCHIEF MAKE RS. Oh, could there in this world be found

Without the village tattling ! Ilow doubly blest that place would be, Where all might dwell in harmony, Free from the bitter misery

‘ey low huts, placed end to end, without : ; one storey log HUB, } ‘* Lafeu Mine eyes smell onions, | shall weep % ”

anon,

All’s Weill that ends Well, Act. 5, Sc. 3. «* Enobarbus To give them this diseomfort % And I, an ss, am onion-eyed.”

Antony and Cleopatra, Act. 4, Sc. 3,

| the least pretensions to architectural order or lc « - Pry It was, in fact. impossible to look

symmetry. so smile, and without a feeling of

What mean you, sir,

Look, they weep ;

lat it without a

Of gossips’ endless prattling. unnt for those who suffered themselves to

fe CT ' hich «tociall Tis mischief-makers that remove | be deprived of liberty in a place which, to a War dns iar toned thee wnatnied ties And lead us all to disapprove

What gives another pleasure. They seem to take one's part—but when They’ve heard our cares, unkindly then They soon retail them all again,

: icke ieces, with the : appearance, might be picke d to pieces, with th 0. speak with Ut Cauiadiad shows?!

At Montreal their little go’s is

Just filled my heart with saddest throes, | And faith in my opinions,

That Canuck people cannot raise

Nor sheep, nor ox, nor prancing bays,

Such as this fertile land display 8, From stalwart men to Inions.

application of a very little force. The Market | House was then newly built, with its white paint unsmirched ; and, standing in the middle lof Queen Square, where the Coionial Building [nos se Adah: SASS Me p Mixed with their poisonous measure. | enlivened the otherwise dreariness of the Square. aurea

Of telling ill meant tales: they say,

“Don't mention what I've said, I pray,

ia a fever, if for mn r ’ (It was well worth a visit, however, if for no Without reproach to Nature's plan,

Did Canuck fellows ever scan So fine a sample of a man,

In all the Queen’s dominions, As me —a product of this Isle, Where cattle thrive in just such style, And root crops. But in-all their pile | wharfs the transition is easy. Some of the Where is the beat of Inions? ;

other purpose than to listen to the lueubrations .| of Clear Lallow, the Market Clerk—an original }

I would not tell another.” | character—with whom and at whom the writer,

Straight to your neighbour's house they go,

Narrating everyfhing they know;

And break the peace of high and low, Wife, husband, friend, and brother.

with many others, have had many a_ hearty

laugh. From pv lic buildings to public ,

: “ eR ; | present generation Ww ill hardly be lic ve ther Ah! suc h as Mister Murphy shows }

Aen, To those who to the Gas House goes,*

Or in eur Sanctum put their nose, Provided they’re not Finians.t

Speak not of your Canadian lands!

"Tis here your watery eye expands —

‘Tis here that your lachrymal glands} Bear witness to our Inions.

Oh, ’tis a sad, degrading part

To make another's bosom smart,

And plant a dagger ia the heart We ought to love and cherish.

w. . . : } was but one, the King’s wharf, t and ithe upper third of the now Queen’s wharf. There tacked

{which then went by the name of William’s

}

were a few logs together,

Then let us evermore be found In quietness with all around, While friendship, joy, and peace abound, And angry feelings perish, P. E. Island, Nov. 11.

nr te (FOR THE EXAMINER.)

wharf (since Douse’s); though Williams’ wharf | was once, | believe, the best wharf of the two ;

{but the King’s wharf, forty years ago, had

The poor, benighted, bankrupt place ! peen recently added to, and, as far as it went, | lis people, like our Gallic race,9 Z May plod through life at Pilgrim’s pace,

But not like that of Bunyan’s j

Divinely puritannic Soul. —

Oh! Canucks, let your peepers roll

isels that had occasion to make use of it. In | Through all your scraggy, patchy whole

?

ty : | which was to the salient angles that may yet ]

be seen, was a very creditable affair, and quit

|suilicient, and more than sufficient, for the ves-

HNARVEST HOME.

| The mountain's icy summits lay submerged,

: eaiatigy Midis such Onions? :

|most other American towns the houses are Domain, haye you such Onions | And o’er the wreck of life the Deluge surged, i stork atun « he | Whilst on the shoreless waste a lonely ark

| s } Ne? os , ater’s re, arn iit . . } i 5 ae 5

oe t numerous at the water's edz and th Back to my own, my native clime, 7 sete

{water street the most ‘populous... Not so in| Where root crons flourish —- where the prime Floats, all untended, o’er the waters dark,

| i

our consul at Kingston, in’ wh; 4 fear that " will ~ quire several manga eetan ene eee ion oh ctnally, He “ Shp. the hope that an American way. at on oes e that put... WAY be outbreak evidently bes been Joy and is tended to be a war of xterm eablated, the are — the Whites ; and the ‘ varity of numbers gives the forme Saha They have, morewver, chases atime there are but tew English Troops gt that Wheg and but ene small English war leamer tent verine, at the Island..... Gold 147%. . Wal. IMPORTANT AND UNPLEASay TRICLIONS. _— RES.

The United States auth: ritics are tived to make the trade in'e:course be the Colonies and the S.ates ag di ‘econ as possible. They first connived of oe Treaty, ee secured from Cubed authority for its annulment, but thig have since discovered will operate tore against their own people than q Colonists. To make up for this pj silliness on their part, they are reaurung deviers to make the transaction of so long as the Treaty remaing in unsatisfactory. The followin from Montreal Trade Review is the latest evideugs of spitefulness :

‘* We are informed the United States sular General here bas been j east enforce a regulation which eannot fail to hy a very Serious restriction to the produce between Canada and the United States, is generally known that for the fet

ve te

j

=~ Oe 2 & oe Ge & Ww eae & aw a & «2 &e & os oe SS eee eee

yeais the American Government

uired Consular Certificates to “coom pany pa shipment of prodace to that : testilying to the tact that the article Was | growth end product of Canada, in allow its admission free of duty Under the Reciprocity Teeatys This has been Sufficient. ly annoying and expensive to our ¢hj : without having further trouble neem It is now announced, however, that in order. to obtain a Consular Certificate for a = ment of flour, it will be necessary for shipper to either have an affidavit from miller that it is ground from Canada whe or that his agent here must have a attorney froi the miller to make an a

to the same effect. This will hecessitate every commission agent in the city being possessed of ducumentary authority ‘rom the willers for whom he acts, Also, when i of flour change hands, us they frequently : before being shipp:d, the Griginal receiver the miller’s agent will be compelled to before the Coneul and make the ne affidavit before it ean go into the Uni States markets. There may be some mig understanding ubout the matter, but we are assured four bas been Stopped at Rouge’s

3 = se . re. - , | Charlottetown at the time we are writing of.! Potatoes grow — and where sublime Freighted with life of man, of fowl, and beast, Aaah ‘ “ aly ai ¥ « ~ me: S id i ef j is i " Fe The only houses on the south side of Ws: ea And beatific pinions | In heaven's safe keeping, till the judgment ceas'’d “J —— a oe | Can show you what vou ne'er have seen }

The curse inflicted—then, the flood subsides,

} And food for all the earth anew provides.

God's wrath appeased—the pledge of peace was |

. ° ° . | | | Street were, beginning from the east, the house} Gy any dull Canadian scene —

Jeete, that occupied by | Such cattle, orchards —all thins green — Myself and Murphy’s Inions.

i/now owned by Major j Mr. James Dancan, (then called Water's & Bir- ie’ Brecken

| of J. & T. Morris now stands, | | |

Nores by THE AUTHOR.

given,

| The rainbow arch, that spans the vault of heaven— *lam doubtfal as to the correctness of the gram- | And words of mercy —promises te cheer—

marin this case, bat the rhyme reqnired the verb ; :

to be put in the singular number. [I would be| Fell from the lips Divine on mortal ear;

ingular, indeed, ju comparison with all other) « teneeforth no woe like thie shall eer befall

great poets, if I sacrificed good rhyme to mere} | : ;

| seraMMAr. | Phe race of man, though ingrates from the fail:

|} nies store), a barn beloagine to Mr. | where the '

j and a store on the site where the

store Bank of P; E. |

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| 4 > j Island has since been built. | This is all tedious enough, you will say, and

|perhaps the great majority of readers will

t See a brilliant article in the “ Patriot” of the | The seasons, as of old, shall be the sane, 2ist October, in which there is a plentiful supply | Seed time and harvest, both unchang’d, remain. ft hot and cold water thrown on the Fenian move-

| | be of the same opinion; but, at all events, re-| i¢ . miniscences of this sort are useful in showinzg|ment. It won't do to suy too much, all at once,| In wrath shall mercy still remembered be : -1) | against the Fenians, because they sympathise with the progress that has been made, and js stil] | ##iust the Fe a . eee jthe anti-Confederutes, and the anti-Confederates | : : Age after age has flown, and still we find | t¢ The reader is referred to the “ Patriot” of the The word of promise kept with all mankind; } 28th October, in which there is a learned disq wisi tion on Canadian products generally, and a stun-|} : : : that most Atlantic cities have made, there are | i" #!lusion to the subject of the foregoing poem. | And tints the landscape with prismatic dyes, it OS uantic Cc C3 > ace, re are i . : “ag Mh rs . ee ete: as — ” a welt the Onions er Inions— (itis hurd to tell which is that may be adduced to account| the right spelling)—don't bring water to their eres, | ' ' . : rod pr i : : (1 am afraid their jaws will ache should they at-| The wide benevolence of Geox proclaim. In fact, | tempt to pronounce iny Jaw breakers.

By Noah's sons and their posterity. 1

making, and may go far towards a refutation of | have rather a kindly feeling for the Fenians. | the charge of

Charlottetown being a sleepy |

, »s : The bow still shines beneath the darkened skies jhollow. If it has mot made the rapid progress . i

Still do the fields, all rich with golden grain, many causes

(for the tardiness of improvement.

| Heneeforth let grateful songs from earth arise niany are

patent, and some amonz them so| § ‘* Read my letter,’ says Lord Byron in one of his defiant prodactions, but I eommend to al! en-| a fl : ’ quiring minds, to read a certain letter in the ** Pa-| The mellowing rays of yonder setting sun the Island were, at that time, with very few ex- | triot’’ of the 7th October, dated Montreal, Septem-| Show the tired laborer that his work is done. Ss | ber 27, in which it is proved conclusively that the |) : I will not, | French people of Ganada are a miserably back ward | Phrough russet paths he makes his eager w ay, race, like those of Miscouche i

the only advantage which the

To him who every craving want supplies. much so as that the whole of the Townships in

ceptions, in the hands of absentees.

and Kustico; French

however, weary you with this. at the present c Menez While Philomel pours forth ber evening lay; : re anadians

} time, rather stale grievance, nor will I trespass | haye over their Gallic brethren iu this Island eon- | And timid hares their ferns forsake, to feed further on the patience of your readers. | siete te the former having a Itttle more white-wash | On the rich clover in the fertile mead.

| . on their “ cabins. liere is an extract from the er tate ot bile Wie lk i) | es i. BS | memorable letter referred to, which the auibor. er laen teaves he treads the well known roa¢ i

who has not the least particle of vanity) will! That brings him, nightly, to his loved abude, nevertheless be delighted to see reproduced :— aa thes | | Withont knowing where we were, or the charac. | 20d Me jter cf the settlers along the line of railway, but! A waits his glad return at Harvest Home. i | judging cimply from the peculiar build of the farin e 3 j houses, and the mauner they were huddled to- : York County, N. B., by the over- | Zether, we immediately said to our companion that Charlottetown, November, 1865. | ae é . : the place before us was a French settlement. We | Whelming majority of seven hundred and eleven | were right. The locality wasa few miles from io : : : | fi . r . | St. Hyacinthe, in Lower Canada, aud all the way | votes, the election having become necessary bv | ya ; 4 aa ¥) I wing become necessary by [thence to Montreal the train. pasted throngh | 1 9 ’ . 1° la -+ ; ; : | | Mr. Allan’s elevation to the Bench. Mr. F isher | French villages and settlements, the latter looking | Beste os | just as if Rustico or Miscouche had been transport. | was one of the Delevates to the Quebee Con- \J wi ‘

ELECTION IN NEW PRUNSWICK—DE. | FEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT.

+, a welcome, cordial as his own,

| The Hon. Charles Fisher was elected last

Monday in

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| ed, like the house of Loretto, and lighted in Cana- | | « vention, on the part of New Brunswick, and | la, with this difference that the cabins bad receiv: |

t ‘ ed a cout of white-wash en pas

| windew and saw

Lord Palmerston’s remains were interred at | present report resembled that neare

Point, and that the officiais of the Consulate

here will grant no more certificates until these requirements are met.

stentless ; TERRIBLE CALAMITY IN NEW YORK HARBUUR. BOILER EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE STEAMER “ST. JOHN,” — TEN KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED.