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A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF POLITICS, LITERATURE AND NEWS,

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

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1871,

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Che Gxaminer

{9 PRINTED EVERY MONDAY BY Pr. R. BOWERS, ay HS OFFICE, DORCHESTER STREET,

A few doors West of the Catholic Cathedral. MPA WA TD PTT) Te

“na > aan 25 SMD OF SUBSCAIPTIONs fea Sutiliags per anaum, ia advance; or Twelve shiilings when uot paid ia advance,

POSTERS AND HANDBILLS PRINTED AT THIS OFFICE. LO . i: 7. CLUBBING RATEs.

E will send the «- Exa:miner’’ for 1871, \ and any one of the following period- yoa's at the aoaexed rutes, payable in ad- yaneos : American Agriculturist, Atiantic Monthly, Harper 2 Magazine, Walaxy Black wood's Magazine, Dublin Unversity Magazine, L vodouw Review, ; Dublia dv Edimburgh do, Westiniuster do, North British do, North American do, very Saturday, Liiustrated, éyppletun’s Journal, do, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Bazzar, Frank Leshe’s Liigstrated Newspaper, Boston Pilot, New York Ledger, dy Weekly, €o Herald, do Tribune, do World, We can supply any of the English, American, er Colvuial Publications, at the lowest cash |

rates. P.R BOWERS. |

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Business Cards,

Goto W. A. Weeks & Uo, for Cheap Goorls,

JAMES BEAIRS!0, M. D.,

Physician & Surgeon,

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OFFICS AND RESIESCE: MRS. DEWAR’S, KING STREET, MHARLOTTETOWN, }’. E. ISLAND. May 15, 187?. n. tf WILLAW JAMES HENNEY, AUCTIONEER, GeneralBroker, Accountant AND COMMISSION AGENT: CENTRAL STREET, Summerside, - P.E-Island. ly.

COLFORD BROs:.,

Importers aed Dealers ip { ‘ TOBACCO, GISAR3, and Smokers Articles, Hauirax .. as, eyed &, May 1, bs71. ly HENRY J. GAFFNEY, M. OD. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, OFFICE IX }

North American Hotel, | KEN? STREET. Charlettetawn. Aug 3. 1879

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MR. A. SMYTHE, | PROFESSOR OF MUSIC, |

las Removed his Academy to Water St,, (Opposite the late Telex raph Office.)

Pianelorte and Melodeon Tuning purc- tually attended to.

July 25, ta70 ly so

CARVELL BROTHERS, AUCTIONZERS, | Commission Merchants, |

AND GENERAL AGENTS, BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET, Charlottetown, P. E. Island A. McNEILL, Reading Room Proprietor, |

CORMIZ3L0N MZREAAML

AND

AUCTION EER. CHARLOTTETOWN, March 21, 1870. lyr

WILLIAM DODD,

Lommission Merchant and

At CTIONEER QUEEN SQUARE, CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND

y¥. HASZARD:.

Commission Merchant, | Groceries, Iron, Ironmongery, &e. |

The above Stock has been carefully select-|

GENERAL (AGENT, AND AUCFIONEER Uppe. Queen Street, Gharlottetown, - - - PEL N. B.~Orders from abroad, and the country

—_—_—_—— Mil! -eceive prowptattention. April 26, 1869

AGENCY OFFICE!

HE SUBSCRIBER will attend to all or ders for the Seiiiig, letting, purchasing, leasing &c., of Dwelling Houses, Business Establishwents, aud lands both in City ana Coantry. Parties wishin: to dispose of or purchase Property of any description, to let or lease ouses, Stores &e , will please apply by let- ter stating particulars.

Rae SECRECY, wheo required, strictly observed. A. McNEILL.

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Business € ards.

Go to W. A, Weeks & Uo, fer Cheap Goods.

UNION HOUSE!

liurrah fer the Railroad !

FEYHE Subseriber thankfnl to his friends

and customers generally, for their patron- age since hie commencement in business in UNION UOUSE Charlottetown, and scliciting a continuance of the game, begs feave to inform the publi that he has refitted up the Union House at a LARGE COST in- side and out, aud is now prepared to accom- modate the

TRAVELLING PUBLIC, and hopes to marit a share of Publie Patronage. [tf you want to be in the business part of Uharlottetown, stay at the UNION HOUSE. Terms Mcpgrats.

A FIRST-CLASS BARBERS SHOP in @»wnection with the Hotel, where you will always nd the Biber at his post. In con- nection with the above Hotel is an OYSTER SALOON, | fitted up in good style, second to none in the! P.oviuces, where youcan get Oysters dune up in

First Class Style, at any time up to ll o’ciock, p. m,, Sundays eXcepted. CHOICE LIQUO/S of all kinds, the very best in the murket, a-d attent.ve waiters always in attendance, Come one! Come ali! But don’t get off the track. JOHN 8, O’NEILL. Union House, Ch’'town, May 7 1871

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Apothecaries’ Hall,

The Old Stand, West Corner of Queen

Square,

ESTABLISHED, 1810. By Steamer City of Cork from ENGLAND. has completed tia imp orttivns fur the consisting of

Brigantive James from MONTREAL | and other recent arrivals, the undersigrved | Winter, | GENUINE DRUGS & CHEMICALS, Dye Stuffs, Va nishes, Paints, Oils, Colos, &e. PATENT MEDICINES, PERPUMERY,

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TUILET AKTIUCLES, &c.. &e. The whole of which will be sold at a en-all ad Vabcr on Corl,

Sp-ewwl attection, by an experienced hand, to the preparstion by day and night of Physicians | prescriptions and private ree:pes,

T. DESBRISAY.

Charlottetown, Jan. 2, is7l.

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A. HERMANS, |

Bell- Hanger, Gua aud Tin- Sith,

Dorchesier Stcet, (Next to ‘* Examiner” Ofiice.) « EGS toreturn histhanks to the genera’

ymmencement in business,

He

to him since hisec and asks fur a continuance of the same. xeepScoustanty on hand

A meat Asortmeut of TINWARE, KITCHEN UTENSILS &e., &ce., &¢.

ALL ORDERS in the above BUSINESS |

will be punctually attended to.

Having tately made large purchaser in the Cheapest Markets, intended for House Builders, such a8

Gas Fitting, Water Closets, Bell Fittings, &.. &c.,

lam prepared to SELL THEM at RATES AS LOW AS CAN BE HAD IN THE,.CITY, and will fit them up in a good workmanlike atyle

fo a generous public, | would say, that all Orders in THIS BRANCH OF MY BUSI NESS wi!) be attended to with Despateh

A Lotof First Class WATLR COOLERS or | hand. | }

SAYER’S CRYSTAL BLUE, Sold Cheaper than ever. Tnlv 12, 1869

GotoW, A. Weeks & Co, for Cheap Goods. Queen Street Warehouse.

ARRIVAL OF SPRING AND SUMMER

GOODS!

‘THe Subscribers beg leave tu arncunce to their friends and customers, that their

Spring Importations

are now artiving, and in the course of aiew days will be comp'ete, consisting of a large land varied sssortment of

FASHIONABLE AND FANCY

DRY GOODS,

ed in the Br.tich market by o.e of ine firm conversant in the trade, which enatles us to recommend it as well worthy of atiention.

It comprises 25 cases, 10 wales, L7 packages, and 4 parcels

made Clothes, of the latest Lon- don cut, Lats, Caps, with a

| LOP OF CARPETS!

4 bales new styles in ROOM F APER, 3 boxe a coeceaiens 67 packag2 GROUERIES. evosisting of B. Vitrivl, EB, Salte, Saltpetre Alum, Cudbear, Carbonate Soda, Soda Crystal, Whiting, Putty, Table Salt, Cas- tor Oil, Indigo, Vinegar, Sugar, Raisins, &s. .

39 packages TEA, &c., 64 bags NAILS, &e., 4s(-bare Iron, Len bandies Spring ©.vel, &o., with many other articles. sa

The aboye GOUDS are off-red at a sma’! ad pater joe cost and charges, WHOLE-

SALE or RETAIL,

Exchange Buildings, Ch’town, {

May 15, 1871. tf

ANDBILLLS :& canal |

Printed at this Office,

par TERMS CASH. A

May }5, 3371. Bie

in

| the complications or

}2!5 000 yeneral accident policies and Paid Four- |

| June 26, 187). 30 Tons REFINED IRON.

} ever

} charged by other e tipaliles

public forthe liberal patronage extended |

Fancy Goods, Cottons, Ready-

DAVIES & SON.

The Travellers’ Insurance Comp’y, OF HARTFORD, CON,

Cash Assets - - - - - $1600,000.

Grants everything desirable in LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE

ON THE M JST FAVORABLE TERMS.

Accident Department.

Ya\H E Travellers’ Insarance Company, in its Accident Department, is a General Accident

Jnuearance Company, grauting policies of Insurance ayainst Death or wholly Disabling b jary by Ae- cident te men of all trades, professions, and ocen- pations, at rates within the reweh of al'. Is in- sues uguinst ucci’ents bs machinery, accidents from the gse.of tools and implements, accidents

that occur in the uanal and lawtul avucaticne of hte as well as accidents by travel.

General Accident Policies are written for aterm

| Of one to twelve months euch. avd insure a sum of

Sov to $:0.000 against Death by Accident, and $3

to $0 weekly indemnity for wholly disubling in-

jury by uceident, not to exceed twenty-+ix weeks

for any one accident, at au auneral cost of $5 to}

0 per thousand for occupations not specially azarous. Liazurlous risks takeu at higher rates.

$ bh Life Department.

In i's Life Department, the Travetlers cranta

fall Life and Endowment Policies, embracing the }

best features of the be-t companies, bat without the uncertainties or the note it selis Iusuravee rather than future Its contract is « plain one, ite secn- und its rates cf

S#ystein. “* dividends.” rity isumple and anquestioned prenivm ure exceedi gly low. business on a cash basis, and thue gives its policy- holders advantages uot attaiuable under the creait system.

Premium system, the favorite low rate cash plan.

All poheies non-forfeitable. Its ten, fifteen and

| twenty yerr policies can be converted junto Endow- |

meuts, at the option of the insuraut Thia feature

lis original with this Company.

| The Travellers’ farnish everything desirable in |

either Life or Aecident Insaranuce. It has issued |

teen Thousand Claims for death or injary by ae-

| cident; the amount thus returned to policy holders |

averaging about Seven Handred Dellars a Day tor woiking duy daring the past seven yeurs, In its Lite department it has written 11,300 po- | licies; and its Low Kate Cush Plan is steadily | growing iu favor with the insuring public.

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Examp'e of Life Rates.

The holder of a policy for $4000 will pay an an nual premium of $7040, which will cost in most | other companies very nearly $90 Ilence the a-- | sured cun secure in the Travetlers a Life Volicy } tor over $5000 for the same aunual prewiam vs ! tor vuly $iv00O, and the insurance take effect from date of pouev wiil- out wailllog ndditions, which are uncer: | tin, avd at best require the asrured to have a guarautee of lite fora number of yeurs in order te} realize.

for votus

Rialifax Board of Neferences:

Hon W.A lienry. Mayor, A. Uniacke, Freq | Custos. B. lobin, bey, bx Mayor

N Chirk, keq., Chk. Peace. ai. Taylor Esa. Say. N.S. RK. Juwes Scott, ieq., Merchant. E. W. Chipman, Eeq , do W.N. Wickwire, M. D., Medical Referee.

Canada Board cf BPeferences: ce

Brydyes, Esq., Managing Direcior Grand

; Hye a. ; Alexander Campbell, Commissioner of Crown Landa, King-to. |} Hon. W M. McMaster, M. L. C., Firm MeMaste:

& Neplhewe, Merchatts Po: onto.

Williem Workuian, Eeq., President City Bank |

Mow real | Hugh Allen, Esq Firm Hugh & Andrew Allew, | é General Merchants and Ayeuts Moutreal | ie | Ocean Steumship Company. Moutreal | fs L.. Beaudry, eeq » *uyor ot Mountrea!. Edwin Atwater, bsq, Firm KE Atweter & Co.. |

Merchants and President Citizens’ Insurance (o., Moutreal | Henry Starnes,

Moutrew!. | James Icliuson, Feq, Ex-President Provincia! } Exhilitien, Lon on Applications for Life or Accident Insurance are respectfully solicited.

J. D WELLS.

General Agent for Maritime Provinces Office in VicLeo i's Buildinys, No. t14 Hollis Street, Halifax.

Esq., Manager Onturio- Bank

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RECELVED, EX 38. 58, ALHAMBRA,

ON CONSIGNMENT,

FROM THE Manufactory of 4. P. Mott, HALIFAX,

100 BOXES,

CONSISTING OF

BROMA, GROUND PEPPER CHOCOLATE, “ GINGER, Prepared COCOA, * ALL-PICE. GCOUVA STICKS, * CASSIA,

Ground CLOVLS, ** Mixed SPICKS, Extra. No, 1 Family, No. 1 Pale and Brown

ALSO, TO ARRIVE, Best Ground (offee, (in Tins of 25 Ibs.) The above Goods are WARRANTED, and an assortment will be always kept ou hand. WHOLESALE ONLY. FENTON T. NEWBERY. Ch*town, May 8, 1871. 2m

House Builders’ Supplies Large Assortment. | OOR LOCKS, —

SOAPS.

KNOBS,

STRONG HINGES,

BARN DUOR HINGES, CU? NAILS, SHINGLE NAILS, PIT H AND TAR PAPER, HINGES, i ZINU, SLATING NAILS, JOINERS’ TOOLS,

CARRIAGE BUILDER’ SUPPLIES,

BLACKSYITHS’ WANTS, | ANVILS, BELLOWS,

VICEs,

HORSE NAILS, BAR IRON, STEEL, &e., &c., KEIN KOPE, TRTHER CHAIN, FARMERS’ 100LS,

FORK & SHOVEL HANDLES,

| partment, at | STONE'S | HARDWARE STORE.

| Ch’town, June 5, 1871.

| WANTED.

Qyrosrerent COAT, VEST aud PANT-

i MAKERS, Ae McSWEENEY BROS.

Moncton, N; B., June 12, 87L.—-Sin , »

Trovk Kailwav, Montreal : W.K. Muir, General supevinteudent Great West erp Railroad, Hamilton

| CHARLGTIETOWN,

} June 9 1871,

Together with a full supply in every dee |

‘ a nee ee mers | Insurance, Xe. General Advertisements be D ;

Miscellany.

KING SQUARE HOUSE,

Cheap Dry Coods!

AT - BEER & SONS. 4i Ready-made Clothing!

Best London Styles, CHEAP, AT ,DEER & SONS. 1

June 26, 1X}

June 26, 1871.

CHEAP HARDWARE!

bu & SONS. NAILS. NAILS.

10 Tons of Fine CUT NAILS!

CHEAP AT

June 26, 487).

BEER & SONS, |June 26 1871, 4i

Paint and Oil, Giass and Putty. CHEAP,

aT BEER & SONS. 4

Jt prefers to do |

/June 26, 187).

‘Threshing Machine Castings, AT

BEER & SONS, 4i

WELL ASSOLTED!

AT BEER & SONS. Tune 26, 1871. 4i

REDWOCD. REDWOOD.

CF THE RIGHT SORT.

Dyes, of ail kinds, AT

BEER & SONS,

Juve 26, 1881. 4i ee SN NE EI The Best Tea! AT BEER & SON3. sessile th dell

BENJAMIN WILLIAMS,

Surveyor of Lumber,

Hon bh. Houlton, lute Minister of vinance, Moutre- | ! ;

Hillsboreugh Squire, P. E. ISLLND.

pat 3 mos

CiRCULAR.

consequence cf anew Post Office being about to be opened at Mr. Mathew

| Howard's, Lot 7, the Office kept by S.M

| Beckwith, Eeq , at present known :3 ** Let 7 | Pc at Oftice,” will, on and afer the Ist July | next, be designated ¢* Campbelton, Lot 4, Post Office,” and as there is another in Lot 7, znown as ** West Cape Post Office,” A. Mac- Williams, Postmas er, it is requested that cor- respo: dence intended for the ubovebeffices be specially acdressed, JOHN A. McDONALD, P. M. G. General Post Office, Jane 26.

HARDWARE

AYD

CUTLERY, A Splendid Assortment

AT THE

LONDON HOUSE!

| ‘Tors assorted Cut and Wrought |

NAILS. Tons assorted BAR IRON,

iTons Blister, Cast, and Spring

STEEL. Boxes Tin Plates, assorted sizes.

‘Bundles Sheet Iron.

|Sets Plough Metals.

| Dozens Prime Nash’s Scythes, | Dozens assorted Shovels, Spades, and Hoes,

Dozens Knives and Forks.

| &, &, & CHEAP FOR CASH!

SIMON DAVIES & CO,

21st June, 1871. Bank of P. E. Island.

Five Porxps per centum on the Capital stock of the Bank ot Prince Edwurd Island, for the last half year, hath this dey been declured, and is payable to stuck holders forthwith,on demand.

By Order, WM. CUNDALL,

Cashier.

June 12, 1871.

Spring Park Pottery, | “BX HE Subscribers have ia Store the manu- faotures of the above Pottery, in

Milk Pans, Butter (rocks. Cream Crocks, Preserve Crocks, Jars and Flower Pets,

which are offered at WHOLESALE only-

: CARVELL BROS, F Ch’town, May 8, 1871. 2ny

oT. se

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‘Dozens Cross Cut & Hand Saws. |

a is hereby giventhat a Dividend of

a 2:28 ‘gu

Mr. Punshon’s Expedition to the Pacific.

Numser 9,

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FROM OGDFN TO FAN FRANCISCO,

The distance from Ogden to San Francisco in *82 miles, and the journey is accomy lished }in48 hours, As we leave Ogden the road | skirts the northern shore of Great Salt Lake, | Tunning along the base ol lofty mountains, on / whose summits, high above, the Frost King | hotas his courts through.all the year; and then | ascends with steep and heavy grade the side of Promotory Mountain, At Promotory station jone thousand and eighty-four miles from |Omaha, and eight hundred and thirty miles (from San Francisco, and at an elevation of | nearly five thousa;.d feet above the sea level, j the last tic was laid and the last spike was

| driven on the tenth of May, 1869, in preernce | P

of a large and enthusiastic party gathered from jevery part of the Union, to witness the cousu- | wution of the greatest railway enterprise of jmodern -times. After leaving Monument | Pamt we enter what is commouly called the | Great American Desert—a vast expanse of idesolatioun—a dieary barren alkali plain: This alkali desert extends for more than 1,200 miles trom north to south, and has an average width of 6) miles. To the far south itis some 200 miles in widih; and gradua‘ly narrows to |@ point at the north and is lost as you enter the British possessions. In our own territory high neh lands sweep up to the sides of the gteat mountain chain, while in the Unit d States nearly al) the Jand thet is similarly sit- uated, at.the base of the mountains, is Come paratively valueless, Twothirds of all the land that we pas from Cheyenne ‘to the Humb: lit river, a distance of nearly a thous- and miles, is utterly useless, and unon it a settlement could scarcely be made. The mouatain sides are but steep and barren slopes with scarcely a stunted ehrub to give indica- tion of life, and the valleys are barren and covered with a corrosive and poisvnous alkal’, the beds of which often resemble fresh banks of snow. The whole country seems to have | been the bed of @ great inland sea whose ma- | jestic current swept southward. Everything | gives indication of the presence and action of | witer in some geologic age. Far up“ the } mountain sides the water lines are seen, and ) these very beds of alkul: are a d-posit of the {Salt Sea. The waters were not carried off | with sufficient rapidity, and they tainted the | soil with ther deposits of salts and sudas and }sulphurs, Overthis.d eary waste of alkali, jduet, and grey.sand we go for nearly 200 | miles, the monotony occasionally relieved by la long, rough ridge of barren mouutains, that jlook still more uninvitiug than the level | plains, Ayam the ecuntry looks more f-vor- able as the road seeks the Humboldt’ valley, {oe follows that siuggish and muddy river for i more than 200 miles,

In the midst of this valley, and just where ‘the main tributary of the Humboldt comes out lof the snow-capped mountains of the east,

lis Situated the town of Elko, the chiet | station betwecn Sacramento und Ogder, jwih a popu'ation of nearly 3,0,

Eiko owes its importance to the fauous white

| pine mining district, wh ch lies distant about | 130 miles due south, At the station we noti- | ced ap advertisement by Wels, Fargo & Co.,

offering a large reward for the apprehenero:. j of three rascals who, a day cr two betore, j oveream> tho driver of their ex resa between

White Pine and Elko, and robbed them of two valuable bars of silver. So it appears | that in these mining distiicts there are other | udventurers than those who come to dig out | the shining treasure.

After lyiving Eiko we enter a broa?. fer- tile grass-covered valley, and have bdden farewell to the sage plains and alkali dust. The Palisades pre ent some wild scenery Right above us a towering wall! of bare brown rock r sve 300 feet in desolate grandeur; be- iow us the turbulent waters girgle along, aud on the other side of the river rise the same gloomy cl.ffs. It would secm as though some mighty giant had risen up in awful anger and c ef: the mountain fiom base to pinunac'e to form @ passage fir thé’rushing stream. Now we have left the Humbolde, and are soon rinning along the banks of the babb!ing frucker River; and crossing this noisy stream we enter the Washo range, with th » pictureeque views, their gurgling waters, and sighing pines. Whata grateful reliet it is to catch once more the sight of a grand forest! an eloquent writer has said, ‘ What athouyzht that was when God thought of a tree!’ These trees of the mountains, how grand they looked! What new beauty they assumed in our eyes after having encured for nearly 2,000 miles the wearying sight of tieel:ss prairies and plains! Now we catch the first | glimpse cf the Sirra Nevada Mountains and the purple clefts ot their majestic sides. We have passed the State of Nevada and are in California, climbing tothe ‘*Summit of the Sierras.’ The jast twelve miles of the ride is most exciting. No grander scenery can well | be imagined than the Sierras afford. Lofty mountains, seome with ;eaks of :aked rock. shooting upward hike the battlements of a thunder-riven castle; otheis with their sum- mits snow-clad and rising up like palaces of light into the clear sky; grand and glowing fo:esis, rushirg streams, and crystal lakes,

Tie snow gallenes and sheds hide much of the scenery, These s:ructures are more use- ful than ornamental, They are made to keep the tiack clear from snow azd from -th- mighty avalanches that come crashing down the mountain sides, and have been erected a ,a cost of $16 000 per mile. One of these | snow-sheds that we passed was 35 miles in | length, | ‘The railroad passage over ths Slerras is | one ofthe greatest triumphs of engineering iskill. There is nothing like it on the “ Un- ‘yon’’ Peeific, although tre summit at Sbe-- | manu is veerly a thousand feet higher than the summit station of the Nevadas, The de-

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of the wind. The grandest scenery along ) the road is at Blue Canyon and aroa:d Cape Horn. The Canyon i# about two mi'es long, and we look down an almost fath mless gorge unon the foaming waters of American River lelow. At Cape Hora we wind eround a bold bluff, and from the brink cf the preci- j ice look down a chasm 2,500 ‘eet in depth. lu w.nding-around the edge of ti is preciyi tous bluff the road measures three miles tw ‘make half a mile. The engineers first thought of contracting 4 tunnel through the

vation at 116 feet to the mile, the steepest gradients permitted. ‘Jo have carried a tun

ne] through they would have come out 232 feet under ground on the other side, so there was nothing Je/t them bat to excavate from the mountain ¢ide, and the men who broke the first standing ground had to be held by ropes until they got-firm foot hold in the rocky aides, Whirliog round these cpr es we are often running alung a road direetly opposite the one over which we just passed. As we follow out aod around the long ridges in the desoent into Sacramento valley, we pass mi- | ping dirtricts, fcllow long and large ditches | full of bright clear water tha* is being oar

“ried to the claims, cee hardy miners with their “pipes” playing against the hill eides aod

tearing dowe the mountains in search of the

Pot 2 Py?

He + Oye

cent tu Sacramento is made with the speed

mountain, batthey could not make the eles,

eee

shining dust. We passed acres opon acres

| This ie California, with the tender azure! dined

of itesky and the soft tinting of ite hill, sides, and the balm of its air, and the rich| perfume cf ite gardene. The train halts, and, we sre in Sacramento, the capital of the | Golden State, briek with trade, rich in beau. | titul homes, Weare still one hund:ed and j forty miles from San Frascisco, and must | hurry on. | Out by the muddy Sacramento and its ‘broad alluviale, verdant with deep grass, {bright with flowers and covered with flocks, | we goover lorg stretches of fertile valley, junder the shadow of Mount Diablo: and skirting the base of the mountains we catch

/aclimpse of the golden city loom'ng up! | across the bay. Now we are passing the

|‘dright homes, the lovely gardens, the bow- ers of live oak, and the eplendid rural resi- dencees of Uatlunde; and after traversing the | thus torn down by the hydraulic process, and

ail the mountain rivers are muddy and datk

with the sand and dirt thus driven into their

channels. -Soon we reach the foot-hille of the mountam ranges bright with the chap-

arel and manzanita, a clump-I'ke shrub,

|with thick, shins, pea-green leaves, and

| covered with pinkish white blossoms that hany

in clusters, Farther down the galley wae

covered with flowere ofevery tint and besu-

ty, and the suniight rested gioriously on sum-

mer toliage and fisid,

Long Woarf our train comes to a final stand-

still. There is the hurry ofembarking upon

the ferry boat. Weare on the magnificent

waters of a bay which could easily harbour

all-the fleets of the world There is the

~Queen City of the Pacific eetting gracefully

on her sloping hills ; and yonder is the Gold-

en Gate—golden, indeed, with the flushing

light end glory of the setting sun. A twenty

minutes’ rive on the steamer brings us tothe

wharf at San Francisco; and soon we are

whirling through streets, past stores bril-

liant enough for Broadway, to our hotel oa

Montgomery Street.

What Charley Griffiths paid for his Company.

CHAPTER I—Centinued.

That evening Charlie outdid himself, Dau- ra, whose faith in him bad been ever go little shaken in the afternoon, guve buck all ber | wavering allegiance to her lord and love, ‘Tse spirits she had complai.ed of as having disappeared since their engagement seemed to have returned with double foree. Charlie s jaugh was infectious, Laura, ber uncl: with whom he was passing the eveniog, and the few friends inviied to make up the party, jo:ned in tu.l their sides ached. Was uw the last new song—he trolled it out with his mellow voice till the old bh use echoed again, and the servanis gathered im a cluster oul- side the dvor to bear the young master Was it the dreary old ‘round game’—even ihere be deal our the cards with such @ run- ning acc mpanimeet of jokes and cheated so audaciously that the whole tabie were in a state of excitement. And at lenzth when hot wise and water had gone round, and cloaks aud wraps were cailed for, and the vis tor had departed —in the din light of the hall, with Laura's anc>store frowning on them from the walls, who more light heart d than Chalie as be presed the lonz parting kise o: her lips, end dashed out.cheerily intu the blaok zhi! And so tne days to the wediing ran out—~one day up io the skies with hope and happiness, the next dewa to the depths.

Chaclie’s mid was like as-c-saw ; urged on by the glittering bait, he 6:ifl d the bitter thoughts that at times asseried themselves, und would not be denied. Hos traiuing in the army hd made him worldly, perhaps se fiss, ln a profession where every one above another ie ao ubsticle to advancement, it would be strange were it Otherwise ; the copstupt ruvbirg against others in the sume coat, naturaily makes men’s minds run in certain grooves, easy to glide into, very hard to escape frow, and Charlie was not one of those strong enough to act differently from vis fellows. Iu spite of all his misgivinge, in spite of an inward fesling that it was not al- toyetber iove that was promting him on. he never, in his ca mest moveats, could bring himself to confess that he was impelled by cny other mouve. He bad grown accustom ed to hear his brother- fi ers speak of tie luck fellows had ‘an marrying a girl with money,’ and had often himself, long before ne k..ew Laura, talked abvut his intenii.n to do likewise, and ‘go ‘m for money.’ Sinee seventeen euch was the school he bad been brought up in; was it wonderful that he proved an aps pupil ?

Aud so it came about that the settlemente wete drawen up; the morey for Charlies company @.d majority was paid joto th- agent’s bands; the bridesmaids were chosen ; the treusseau was bought; presen’s were made aud exhibited; the cake, alter ite week's daty in the pastery-evok’s wiadow was scent home—much to the griet ofthe lit- cle strect- boys, who had daily feasted thei: unaginalivops, Upon its rich stracture—and tinal.y the words were spoken which made Laura aud our hero one tiesh, for better or worse, till death do them part! . Charlie wade a small joke to-his wife us they rode back from the church, on those somewhat o!d fushoned words about ‘iove, honour, aud obeying,’ bet Laura was excited, and anxious about her white satin, and 60 the joke fel rather flat; and both it and the words were laid aside and forgotten, as it was but pro- per, in the bieakfast, and the triumphant cutting of the cake, which wound up tne pro ceed ugs-. a sort of b-ue fire prepaiation ior the grand transformation scene, which the gay Keren in a olue trock-coat ond 8 new nat harded tue Princess Brishteyce in violet, aod the ‘atest thing in bonpets,’ into the brougham, and drove cff to the ‘Realms o: Bixe* per Great Western Railway, awil e | shower of old shoes from the guests, and a parcel of regrets trom the servan 6 that there | was eo little champagne left in the glassa-. The world proepered witn the Griflichs | They hud taken a pretty little house owr- llvoking the sea, and nottoo fer trom bar- racks; apd Charlie in an arm-chair at the wiodow, with his wife beside bin reading aloud the latest novel, was not elow to find out that such was no bad exchange for the growls of discontented «1d captains and end | iess pipes 10 the antc--oom. Added to this | the coveted. promotico bad failen upon bim’ during the hepeymoon, even be!o e he bad expected it, and so he was relieved from the d-udgery of duties formerly very irksome to him.

He had a long talk with Laura on mon- ey matters, ending in her agreeing to pay ‘tour bundred pounds a year towards the bou-ekeepiny, which, as Charlie reckoned wuld be enough, with his pay to keep things going. The rest of Laura’s fortzue was to remain at her owo disposal ; aad she had a'- ‘ready given Charlie a cheque for the first quarte:’s insta'ment, so that be bad the suMewhat unwonted pleasure of baving @ balance at bis agent’s.

Clements and others of Charlie’« bachelor friends were constant Visitors at the house, ‘ Griff’s” diners weie already noted as | little, but goud ; and Laure’s pleasant cha'-

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Charlie, on his side, most religiously at‘ mess’ on Fridays, the regimental * guest-night,’ thus securing to bimselt a good meed of praise from the bachelors, and no small amount of envy from the other

| married officers, who were to poer too ia-

du'ge in the luxury.

Parading up and down the beach with ‘his wife, or watching the glances ef admi- raticn she eloted from afternoon callers, was more-pleasing to Charlie and helping to choose pretty dresses or ornaments with which to adoro ber, and for whreh be was pot called upon to pay, was almost, if not quite, as good as spending movey on him- self,

So, all thiogs considered, the world may . said to have pro:pered with the Grif-

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Charlie,’ said his wife one day, some few weeks after their returv, ‘ here is aa tn- Vitation trom Mrs. Blessiogton Smithson. Shall we accept 1?’

* What is it~—a dance?’ yawned Charlie,

‘ No. An afternoon affuir; music, | sub-

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*They’re awfully slow; all the old wo men in the place go, and squall like cats,’ blurted out Charlie. *1 vote we don’t go.’ ** Do you?’ said Laura rather dejectedly,”’

We need not stay long; aad there’s my green si'k, which you agtire so much, would look so well there.’

* Ob, all right, Lars; I dos’t mind. Let's go, if you wish it; L only said it would be awiully slow. 1 suppose one may as well be there as anywhere 4ise.’

‘Why. every one will be there, Capt. Clements got aninvitation yesterday, and says it will be a very goo! party iaJeed.

* Very well. dear; as you like, J ust.write the note, and we’il take it round ourselves;* and Charlie lit his cigar, and went out ia- to the verandah to smoke, till Laura was ready to eccompany bim,

‘1 do wish Charlie liked going out more,’ thought Laura as she rao up to dress, after the uo‘e was written, ‘I know it bores him dreadfully, poor boy ; and he’s so good, he always will go.’ And then the thoice of dress for the alteroon’s promenade being im- mineut, she dropped the subject, and gave hirself up to her maid and the cheval glass.

A few nights afterwards, Glaaders and two or three more friends of Cbarlie were dining at bis house, The ladies had left the room, and Charlie wus sitting at the bead ot the table, cracking nuts, and geu- erally enjoying himself

* Yes,’ be was saying in answerto a re wark of Glanders,’ 1 dou’t think I've made abad exchange. I’m unce nmonly comfortable, and, afier all, a fellow does not lose much by marrying, if be can get up a mess, jike L do, pretty often, and knock about a bit,’

‘ Well, Grif”? laughed Scudamore, * it wou'd be hard if you dd not find it folly. L.’s not three months sivoes you were spliced,’

‘Three months and mx days,’ replied Charlie,

* Beginning to count the days already, eb? That’s a bad sign, Wart till you've beca at it three years, and then give us your ez- periences”’

* all bet you like it just as well,’ said Chariie, +L say ao teilow’s never really bappy till he is married ; tha:’s my experie ence.—Pass the wie, Glauders; there's Broderick gaping like e fish for want of some,’

‘it’s all very weil for you to talk,’ growled Glanders; ‘but look at Jones, pocr wretched fellow, married a gicl without a penny: got tbree children, with @ prospect of doubiog them, and bardly @ sixpence to feed tbem witb, Cuil that married bliss I’

‘Poor Jones, he is awfully hurd yp, to be suse,’ replied Charlie ; * it must be aphill work there, Taoauk goodoess, 1 kept my eyes open better then be did,’ and coffee coming in, the further recital of poor Jones’ miseries was broken off.

CHAPTER II,

Mrs. Blessington Smithson’s party was the party of the season, Mrs. Bleesing- ton Smithson fiad deticmined to outdo her- self, a»d was according'y outdove. There was wus in the drawing- oom, and ecards in the | barary,and croquet on the Jawan, aod coffee ip the conservatory, and great lo- cal guns eleewbere. There was music ins- trumegtal, aod wusic yocal—a professional ‘double bass,’ (loca!), aud a professional violin from town. There wasa geutleman with long hair, who sang comic 80ngs With- out pressing ; and a lady who sang Italian with aa Irish accent, with pressing, aod who, on the strength of having sung in @ chorus at a London concert, was looked ap- on a8 a sem -pro'essional, and gave herself airs; aud there were youug ladies and young men, aod old jadies aud old men, all of w.ome sang or did aot sing gethered to add to tke glories of Mis. Bicering- ton Swithsou’s parry. Yet the whole affair was very stupid, Laura found it #0, aud Chariie foued it moreso, eveo trough he bad got pretty little Kvylyn James all to uimselfia the garden, aud bis wife bad just elicted quite a gentle storm of applause oy the singing of ‘Ularibele’s last. Kvea Uspt. Ciemens, who frequented these places on principle, found it slow, aud wee giad when av empty seat beside Laura gave vim ao opportunity of exoressing bis opin- io.