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_ New Series. ‘No. 41.

_ll‘.sttihllehed 1323.

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Saturday, June it, 1853.

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For the firot insertion, the of 4 lines, . incladiaglmsd;Is.—6 ' ,2s. .-9linss,t.-—l2liass, . " Thou art ofplarer eyes than to behold evil, ttntlfnnat 3.. .—-I5 liues,ds.--K) lines, do. 6rl.- li s,§_o.- vttot look upott itiquity: wherefore st thou upon them 8) s is 6d.—$|i ,Gs —uud 2d.fot-each additional tlmtdettltreeeheroualy.andlwldest thy tongue when the line. (mt thoftbonbov ll ton wicked devoumthtlie man that .. more rtgltteotls um.

tmueace. Advertisements sent without limitation, will be continued until forbid.

Summer Arrangement of Malls. HE IIAILS for the niglibouring Provinces will he uiado up until further Notice overy TU DAY and THURSDAY NIGHT, st Nine o'clock, and forwarded via Picrou, and the MAlI.S.for En- glsud will be closed upon the following days at the

same hour. Tuesday, May to, Tuesday, August 2, -- Mn, 24, -- Augnstltt, “ June 1, " Augustlltl. " Jnneil, " ept' 18, H July 6, “ Sept. 21,

July 19, October ll. Letters to be registered, and Newspapers, mast be mailed half an hour before the time of closing. THOMAS OWI-IN, Postmaster General. General Post Otllce, April 30, I858.

COMMISBARIAT. COJV TRJCT FOR 01 T8.

VP“ . Deputy Couiiiiissary General will receive

Sealed Tenders, in duplicate, (to be marked on the I-Envelope "'l‘etider for Oata,") at this Ofii until I2 o‘clock on SATURDAY, the l8Ih day of June next, for the supply II‘ the undoruiaatienod quantities ofUA’l‘S, for Her Majoaty'o Service in the West India Conintsiul, for the year commencing lst April, I854, viz.

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erbtce 7,260 lbs. Detnorura d I ,6I8 " Barbadoos 282.992 “ Tobago 44,640 “ Trinidad 64,000 “ Grenada 43,620 “ St. Vincent 44.016 " St Lucia 46,500 “ Dotttinicn 46,428 ' Ant" ttu 64,848 " Si. ltts 37,116 "

Total 868,708 lbs The Data to be of the best quality, pcrfoctl froo front stones, dirt, weevil. &c., the growth either of the United States or British North America. One moiety to be delivered into the lllsguaines at each station at the Contractor's aaperma on or before the lat April, I854--vnrsd the remainder to he delivered heiwcen the months of July and Sep- tember following, and will be subject to tho appro val of a Board of Ullicers, and ritual be warranted to keep sweet and nod for six months from the period of ‘issue, viz.— he first tuoiety from the let A ril, and the second delivery frotn the lat October, I 54. 'ers'rnay be sent in liir each station separate] ,or for the whole command collectively, at the option o the 'l‘enderer, and each tenderer ttiust express the rate in Sterling per 100 lbs. net weight, in’ figures and in words at length, at which it is proposed to supply the artiolo, disti ' 'ng whether the Oats are to be the prodnooef Britis North America or the United States, ed tho color and average weight per bushel to be stated. Payment will be made b the Senior Commisseriet Otllcsr at Barbedoes (out o production_ of the nasal receipts) in am. It so .t..,~. sight on the Lords Com missioners o essur at par, if the sum be above £60, and if under, in Specie. The Duties, both Queen's and Colonial, upon the nation of the Oats (Tonnage duty excepted) w‘ baraseittodto the Contractor at the period a un- portstion.

The Tendon man be scconrpaaiodby a letter

signed by two sons of ltaown property engaging to because boa with the party tendering. in a nun not exceeding one-third of the valeo of the estimated quantity of Oats toho d_olivtsrod.

Th cltagss ta" tho0sts itlbsrotarasd to its: entraotouzn sil..:‘thsir coetezts have been

issued. Cotsutiuoriol Ofics. Elves. JV‘. 8., 18th May, 1853.

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On the lower part of a small mean boat, on the Red River, Tom sat—chains on his wrists, chains 'on his feet, and a weight heavier than chains lay on his heart. All had faded from his sky—moon and star ; all had passed by him, as the trees and banks were now psrsin , to return no more. , Kentucky home, with wi e and children, and in- dulgsnt owners; St. Clare home, with all its refinements and splendours; the golden head of Eva, with its saint-like eyes; the proud, glyi handsome, seeming careless, yet ever-kind St. Clare; hours of ease and indu gent leisurc—a|l gone ! and in place thereof, what remains?

It is one of the bitterest apportionments of a lot slavery. that the negro, sympathetic and assimila- tive, after acquiring, in a refined family, the tastes and feelings which form the atmosphere of such a place, is not the less liable to become the bond- slave of the coarsest and most brutaI—-just as a chair or table, which once decorated the superb saloon, comes at last, battered and defaced, to the bsr-room ofsome filthy tavern, or some low haunt of vulgar debauchery. The great ditference is, that the table and chair cannot feel, and the man can ; for even a legal enactment that he shall be “ taken, reputed, adjudged in law. to be a chattel

rsonal," cannot blot out his soul, with its own private little world of memories, hopes, loves, fears, and desires.

Mr. Simon Legree. 'I‘om’s master, had urcha- sed slaves at one place and another, in cw Or- leans. to the number of eight, and driven them, handcutled, in con lea of two and two, down to the good steamer ‘rats, which lay at the levee, ready for a trip up the Red River.

Having got them fairly on board, and the boat being ofi‘, he came‘ round, with that air of efiictency which ever characterised him, to take a review of them. Stopping opposite to Tom, who had been attired for sale in his best broadcloth suit, with well-stsrched linen and shining boots, he briefly expressed himself as follows :-

" Stand in .”

" 'l‘akeufi‘thaPt stock! " and as Tom, encum- bered by his fetters, proceeded to do it,he assisted him, by pulling it, with no gentle hand, from his neck, and putting it in his pocket.

now turned to Tom's trunk, which. pre- vious to this, he had been ransacking, and, taking from it a pair of old pantaloons and a dilapidated coat, which Tom had been wont to put on about his stable~work, he said, liberating 'l‘om’s hands from the handcutfs. and poiilting to a recess in among the boxes-—

“ You go there, and put these on."

Tom obeyed, and in a few moments returned.

“ Take olf your boots,” said Mr. Lcgree.

Torn did so.

“ There,” said the former, throwing him a pair of coarse, stout shoes, such as were common nmon the slaves, " put these on.’

In ' om’s hurried exchange he had not forgotten to transfer his cherished Bible to his pocket. t was well he did so ; for Mr. Lsgree, having retit- ted Tom's haridculli, proceeded deliberately to in- vestigate the contents of his e w out a silk handkerchief, and put it into his owtt

kst. Several little trifies, which 'l‘nrn had tressured,chiafiy because they had amused Eva, he looked upon with a contemptuous grant, and tossed them over his shoulder into the river.

Tom's Methodist hymn-book, which, in his hurry, he had forgotten, he now held up and tur- usd over.

“ Humph! pious, to be sure. So, w name !—,-you belong to the Church, eh? ’

“ ca. ’ om, rmly.

“ WeIl,I,ll soon have that out of you. I have none ofyor bawlirig, prayin , singing niggera an my place; so remember. l‘Iow, mind yourself," be said, with a' stamp and s fierce glance of his grey e a, directed at Tom, " I'm your Church now l on undsratand—you'vo got to be as I say.”

Something within the silent black man answer- ed No.'snd, sail repeated by an invisible voice, same the words of an old prophetic scroll, as Eva had otten read them to bim—" Fear not; for l have-redeemed thee. l have called than by my

Thou art IINI ! ”

But Simon Logroe heard no voice. That voice is one he sever shall bear. He only glared for a moment on the dowecast face of Tom, and walked 0 a took Tom’s trunk, which contained a very neat and abundant wardrobe, to the forooastle, where it was soon surrounded by various hands of tltoboot. With lunch laugbin , at the expense st‘ triggers who tried to be gen omen, the articles vary,rosdil were sold to one another, and the empty trun finally put up at auction. It was a

cod ' ks, the all thought, especially to see how am coked a or his firings, as »they were going diis way and that; and than the citation of the trunk, that was funnier than all, and oosasiotied swat witticisma. ’ little sI's'ir heisg over, Simon sssntsrod Zip. sin to his property. ‘ " w, Turn, lvo relieved you of any extra ' you see. Talto mighty and cm of them, so. It'll be long enough before you _ l_.go in for making niggers careful; asset mic-non my rim-" seat a to plass whore - lnirnollss was sitting, chained to another woman. " Wfly " basal, attaching bar eadsr

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on or two beck, “ look at me—look at me- ook me right in,tlie eye-—smrr'glt¢, now !" said lie, stompin his foot at every pause.

As by a fascination, every eye was now di- to the glaring, greenish-grey eye of “ Now,” said he, doubling his great, heavy list into something reseatbliu a blacksinith’s hammer, “ d'ye see this list? I eftit !" he said, in ' ' own on Tom's hand. “Look at those yer bones ! Well, I tell ye this yer list has got as hard as iron hwdcing down niggerr. I never see the ni r yet I couldn't bring down with one crafiff" said he, bringing his fist down so near to the face of Tom that he winked and drew back. “ I don't keep none o‘yor cussed overseera; I does my own over- seering ; andl tell you, things is seen to. You’s ever one on yo got to toe the mark, I tell ye ;

uic , strai t-—tlie moment I speak. Tliathi t e way to cop in'vrith Inc. You won’t find no soft. spot in me, nowhere. So, now, mind yourselves ; for I d.on’t show no mercy!”

The women involuntary drew in their breath, and the whole gun sat with downcast, dejec- ted faces. Meanwhile, Simon turned on b‘ heel. and marched up to the bar of the boat for

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9. ram. “ That's the way I begin with my niggers.”

he said to a emnuly man who had stood b

him during is speech. °‘ It‘s my system to

begin strong~—just let ’em know what to ex- 0 99

“ Indeed!” said the stranger, looking upon him with the curiosity of it naturalist studying some out-of-the-way specimen.

“ Yea, indeed. I'm none o'yer gentlemen planters, with lily fingers, to slop round and be cheated by sortie old cues of an overseer‘ Just

1 of my knuckles, now; look at my fiat. Tell ye, air, the flesh ou’t has come jest like a. stone, practising on ni rs—feel on it."

The stronger applie is fingers to the imple- ment in uestlon, and simply said-

“ 'TIl1)8l‘d enough: and! suppose,” be ad- ded, “ practice has made your cart just like it."

“ Why, yes, I may say so,” said Simon, with a hearty laugh. “ reckon there's as little soft in me as in any one going. Tell you, nobod comes it over me! Ni rs never gets rouri me, neither with aqua ing nor soft soap- that’s a ct!” -

“ You have a line lot titers."

“ Real," said Simon. “ There's that Tom, they tell’d me he was authin' uncommon. I puitla little high for him, tending him fore.

river and a managing cha ; only get the ac- tions out that he’s la.ru‘t y beln’ treated us ni re never ought to be, he'll do prime ! The go k in in. 1 rather think she's sickly, but I shall put her through for what she’s worth. She may last a you or two. 1 don’t go for savin' triggers. Use up and buy more’: my way; makes you less trouble, and ‘in suite sure it comes cheaper in the end;" and Simon si pod his glass.

“ And how ong do they generally Inst 1” said

the stranger. , nno ; ’ eordin’ as their constitution is. Stout fellers last six or seven ears ; trashy ones gets worked up in two or t roe. used to, when 1 fast begun, have considerable trouble fusain’ with ’em and trying to make ‘em hold out—-doctrin’ on ’em u when ther’s sick, and giviu on ‘em cloths and lunkets,ancl what not, tryin' to keep ’em all sort o'dccent and com- fortablo. Law, ’twnan‘t no sort 0’ use ; I lost money on ‘em, and ‘twins heaps o'troable. Now, you see, I 'ttst put ‘em straight through, sick or well. When one niggor’s dead Ibuy another; and I find it comes cheaper and easier, every way."

‘be stronger turned away, and seated him- self beside a gentleman who had been listening to the conversation with repressed uneaaine .

-‘ You must not take that fellow to be any specimen ofsouthern luutaers,” said lie.

“ should ho not, ' said the young gentle- man, with emp nsis.

“ He is u mean, low, brutal fellow,” said the

other.

“ And yet your laws allow him to hold any number of human beings subject to his absolute will, without even a shadow of protection; and, low as he is, you cannot say there are not men suo i."

“ ell,” said the other, "there are also many considerate and humane men among

tors “

“ Granted," said the young man; “ but, in my opinion, it is your considerate, huma_ne men thotore responsible for all the brutality and outrage wrou t by these wretchca; because, if it were not or your sanction and influence, the whole a stem could not keep foot-hold for an hour. I there were no planters except such as that one," said he, pointing with his finger- to Ingres, who stood with his k to thorn, “ the whole thing would down like a taill-

tons. It isyour respects ility and humanity hot lioness tsote his brutelit ." “ You certainly have a high opinion of my nature," so plantar. soiling; “ but odtviss you not to talk quite so loud, as there arepeopeon board theboatwboleightnotbe quit so tolerant to opinion as I am; _You had better wait till Iget up to is plonbttolli and there you any abuse its a . quite at your doors."

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The young gentleman coloured and smiled, and the two were soon bu in a gates of back-

rnnion. Meanwhile snot er conversation was

‘ gonintha lower tot‘ thobootbstwsen E:nmolies and the in atto woman with whom she was coatleed. As was natural, they were a ' with each other sorso parneulsrs of thin

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“ Was he fipd to you P‘ said l‘msh'ns.

“ Mostly, he tok siek. Ilfsloh Iillhtof and oo..noss than sh ml.) lad-been orful on . ’Pure.like he warut willln’ to have may rest, V nor night; and t so ourous there can n't nobody suit him. Teen

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one night, Lore, he tnlked so orful to me, and he tell me he’d sell me tojust the hardest mas- ter he could fill: ; and he’d promised me my om, too, It en he died.” on any friends'" said Emmeline. “ Yes, my husband ; he’s a blacksmith. Mas’:- genersll hired him out. They took me of so uick, didn't even have time to see him ; and ‘se got four children. Oh, dear rue!" said. the woman, covering her face with her hands. It is a natural im also in every one, when they hear a tale of istress, to think of some- thing to say by way of consolation. Emmelino wan to sit something, but she could not think of anyt ing to say. What was there to be said? As b it. common consent, they both avoided, with car and dread, all mention of the horrible man who was now their master. True, there is religious trust for even the darkest hour. The mulstto woman was is member of the Methodist church, and had an Eplenli htepeg 2;: very sincere s irit of piety. me tne a on educated muc more intel- ligcntly—te.ught to read and write, and dim- gentl instructed in the Bible, by the care of e ieith iii and careful mistress ; yet. would it not try the faith of the fit-meat Christian to find themselves abandoned apparently of God, in the grasp of ruthless violence? How much more music it shake the faith of Christ's poor little pnes, weak in knowledge and tender in cars. y The boat moved on—freighted with its weight of tiorrow-—up the red, muddy, turbid current, through the abru t, tortuous windin fth Red River; and as eyes zed weari y pnéhe steep red-clay banks, as t y glided by in teary sameness. At last the_ boat_ stopped aaetiown, and Legree with his party

THE SEARCH FOR SIR JOIIN FRANKLIN. (From the London Athenzeum, Aprilllth‘)

The departure of the Isobel screw steam- er for Bet-iug’s Straits, furnishes another- proof of Lady Franklin’: devotion to her husband and his companions, and of her zeal in carrying out measures for their res- cue. It is due to the Admrality to state, that they have rendered some assistance in the equipment of the Isabel, and that this vessel will be towed by a Government steam- er as far as the Isle of VVigltt. 'I‘ho‘heavy oxpences, however, of provisioning and sto- ing the vessel, with a part of the crew—ftf- teen in number—is defrayed by Lady Frank- lin. The Isobel is provisioned with every re- quisite for her long voyage. Mr. Kennedy hopes to reach Vancouver's Island with his stock of fuel. There he will take in afresh supply——that. Island having» valuable coal mines on the north-'caeterrrsidc, about fifty miles from the chief settlement of Fort Vic- toria. Hc will take in a stock of dried beef and vegetables. His provisions include an abundance of various anti-scorbutic and pre- served meat and vegetables. Mr. Kennedy will sail on temperance principles, taking with him only such a quantity of spirits as may be necessary for medical purposes. His first object will be to communicate with Commander Maguire, at Point Barrow, which is 600 miles beyond the entrance to Behring’s straits. If he succeed in alfccting this, he will, should the see. he suiliciently open, make his steampower available in any manner that may be deemed most desi- rable for prosecuting the search for Sir John Franklin, and for the Captains Collin- son and M‘ lure. To this paragraph we may add, that the enterprising Arctic travel- cr, Dr. Ree, leaves Liverpool this day (Sat- urday) for New York, from whence he will journey as fast as possible to Lake Superior, and thence by canoes, to the North Ameri- can ahot-ca: He hopes to be able, by adint of long marches, to effect his proposed ex- ploration this summer ; and if he discovers, as we think he will, a continuity of water between Bellot Strait and the passage be- tween America end Wollaston and Victoria Land, he will have discovered a northwest passage ! not, in all probality, a passage practicable for ships, but water communica- tion between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the north of the American continent.

THE S0(1II«'I'Y Oi‘ LADIE.

Tao following pertinent remarks occur at the cl of as artiste on the den era of “ College Life,” from the pen of a New ntk clergyman, which appeared in the New York Times :

'I‘ho society of ladies has done much for me all ray life long; and it was the ssleisry, softening inluenoe of such associations that-, with God's bleming, restrained me from many an esress into whishl might otherwise have been led while re- ceiving my education. It is a bad oigtl when a young man has no relish for such ceritpan y. What- ever be a tnan‘s station is life, whether higher or lower, public or private. he will becotsra better mas, and ease many a disaster, if he will listen in due season to the voice of the intelligent and the refined ’a', ‘the pthehrfloax. Not only do vhsvgenoss use us at rnleepsree tionof the ‘es of lilh, and in their tender sgmss of doty to Gel and ten, list they are equally before so to their lastlnstlve {unity of fersaaing svll before it is open es, and of wisely disosrrtl the character sod tnotivsselrnes. It was set 3 a drone wltldt rsadotha wife of Julius Oosar so aoatsm that he sooald not go to the Senate Cbsmboronthefflal‘ haofhfsrelt; and had he