Ohe Examiner.

Charlottetown, Nov. 27, 1876, Tats umber completes the twenty- seventh volume of the EXAMINER. The

EXAMINER is now the oldest newspaper in the Island, and one of the oldest in the

WRONG AGAIN.

The Patriot makes a very ridiculous statement. It says “ Mr. Pope owes his election solely to the efforts which he made last summer to establish Sectarian Schools in the Province.’ It the election had been in King’s or even ie Coun- | ty, Mr. Pope’s action on the School Ques- \tion might have assisted him. But in Queen’s County, where the Protestants out-number the Catholics two to one, that

It took a leading struggles

Maritime Provinces, part in the great political for

¥ree ResponsirLE GOVERNMENT,

Free ScHooLs,

Tue Raiiway,

CONFEDERATION,

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Tt has ever led the van of the battle for freedom, for justice, and for true pro- gress,

Much has been accomplished. But much remains to be done. Tur EXamin- ra will, we trust, be enabled to assist in

the work. We ask our liberalsConservas

tive friends—those who lately rallied so |

gallantly under the old flag, in support of the old leader, to give the old paper a help-

ing hand. Good value given for advertizing |

patronage. Subseriptions thankfully res

ceived,

AFTER THE BATTLE.

By the election of Mr, Pope, Queen’s

County has emphatically and decisively expressed its disapprobation of the acts

of the Maekenzie-Cauchon Government. | Mr. Pope’s opponent is, personally, very |

popular. Everybedy likes Mr. Welsh,

Everybody regretted that he should have |

allowed himself to be put forward as a candidate on behalf of the party of organ- ized corruption and hypocrisy. We have no doubt that, out of respect for Mr. Welsh, hundreds of electors—who would, had a less popular man been chosen, have come forward and expressed their disgust at the misgovernment of Mackenzie and Cauchon, by voting for Mr. Pope—stayed away from the polls. As Mr. L. H. Davies said, at Lot 49, Mr. Welsh was the strongest man the Grit Party could have brought out; and Mr. Pope’s major- ity was, on that account, the smaller.

But there are other reasons why Mr. Pope’s majority was not, as it should have been, overwhelming. The Liberal-Con- servative Party has not, for many years, been in the ascendent in Queen’s County. Latterly, it has not had a following in our Local Legislature of more than one, or at most two, of Queen’s County’s represen- tatives. The majority of the people were prejudiced against Mr. Pope. They thought he sympathized with the landed proprietors, They opposed the Railway: They had a deep set hatred for Coafedery ation ; and, sound Protestants as they are, they would not even entertain the idea of Mr. Pope’s policy respecting the City schools. The supporters of Mackenzie and Cauchon hesitated not to stir up these antagonistic feelings. Headed by the brilliant and eloquent, but unscrupulous, Premier of the local Government, they dragged in local iseues and side issues and dead issues—the measures taken by Mr. Pepe's Government to put down the Tenant League, the Railway and the wire fence, the sins of Sir John A. Mac- donald,—punished three years ago—Sir John’s speech in favor of Protection, the action of Mr, Pope om the school question, —every unpopular act of Mr. Pope and his frieods was remembered, brought fors ward, exaggerated, misrepresented, to counteract the streng feeling of the people against the Grit Party. But without success. Thg electors of Queen’s County have declared unmistakeably,

That they do not approve of the base attempt to rob one-half of the electors of this Island of their franchise.

That they do net approve of P. &, Island being deprived of its only seat in the Cabinet.

That they donot approve of subsidiz- ing a bank with $20,000 to $30,000 a year of the people's money, because its President came down handzoniely to help in a * big push ’’.

Thav wey ao not approve of subsidiz- ing the Speaker of the House of Com- mous with eight thousand one hundred and seventy dollars, contrary to the spirit and letter of the law.

That they do not approve of subsidizs ing a Cabinet Minister with a fat printing contract, contrary to the spirit and letter of the law.

That they do not approve of paying four cents a pound more on sugar, only to put money into the pockets of Yankee sugar refiners,

That they do not approve of the Steel Rail transaction through which the couns try has lost $900,000.

That they do not approve of Cauchon as President of the Council.

That they do not approve of Mr. Laird’s sloping off to the Northwest with a parcel of beads and leoking-glasses for his Indis ans, forsaking the interests committed to his care without saying one word to his constituents.

‘Phat they do not approve of the hypocrisy whieh leads a party to brawl about “ purity ”’ and to “ elevate the standard ”’ in such a way as to lose forty seats for bribery.

They have done nobly. Despite the active interference of the two most power- tul members of our Non-sectarian-Pro- testant School Government, despite all the outside influence unscrupulously brought to bear upon them, they have triumphed over prejudice, they have given a signal check to the incapable, corrupt and hypocritical Party in power at- Ottawa, they have elected, as their res presentative, a man of tried ability, who will reflect honor upon them and do good service for the country.

pee. Gbaabebteboue Debatin cl sumed its debate Friday evening on ro ‘Trade vs. protection,” after an animated discussion, extending two evenings, this saciety is almost unanimonsly of the opin- jon that a Free Trade Policy is more con- cucive to the we'fare of the Dominion than a Protective would be. The Secretary will open the debate on Friday evening next, on the following question, “‘ Would it be ad- visable to ihtroduce a System of compul- sory education into this Island.”

R. S. Weeks, Secy. en _ The American champion O'Leary has issued a challenge to walk any man in Eng- land 500 miles for £500 or £609 a’side. The international contest between U’Ledfy and Crossland for £200 sterling and the cham-~ pionship of the world takes place to-day, Mon. day , distance 300 miles. The betting is 0) ty £40 oa Crossland,

action—manly, straightferward and cons stitutional though it was—well nigh ‘worked his discomfiture. In every | Protestant district, the School Question | was east by Grit orators into the teeth of | Mr. Pope. The Patriot used it most ua- scrupulously of all. Protestant electors— | ' though they saw clearly that the election of Mr. Pope would take from him the power to interfere in the settlement of our school question —yet found it difficult to divest themselves of the prejudice induced by his action last summer. Therefore, instead of showing their disapprobation of the acts of MeKenzie and Cauchon, by voting for Mr. Pope, they simply stayed away from the polls. Had it not been for the School Question, Mr. Pope would ‘have counted his majerity by hundreds. If the Patriot will correetly compare the vote polled for Welsh on Tuesday last, with that polled for Mr. Laird in 1873, he will find that in nearly every Protes. ' tan constituency there has been a falling | off of Grit supporters. But for Mr. Pope’s | ‘action on the School Question, the “ falls |

IN JACQES CARTIER,

THE CONTEST

M. Laflumme, so say the Superior Court Judges of his Province with one accord, and the Montreal Witness, most ‘ religious of Government organs, was 4 very sharp, not to say dishonest man of business, when he was but a private member of the Houge Party. It has been argued by the Mon- treal Herald, however that contact with the members of the Dominion Cabinet would ‘add really to his moral standing in the community,’ by which it was meant, we suppose, that association with Messrs. Mackenzie, Huntington and Cauchon would give him grace to cease to do evil, learn to do well.’

But La Minerve produces evidence which goes to show that so far from being im- proved in a moral light by his entrance into the Cabinet where M. Cauchon sits on high the new minister is growing still sharper in his practice and more dishonest in his deal iogs. ‘The other day a man aamed Des» carie, an agent of M. Laflamme, accompan!~ ed by one Gariepy, une dme damnee of the new minister, sought out one Goulding, 4 person in the employment of Mr. McNamre the wellsknown contractor, and threatened him on the part of Laflimme with a distress warrant if he did not vote for that gentle- man. They left am unsigned copy of the warrant with Goulding, by way of putting their threat into material shape, and the document is now in La Minerve’s posses~

ing off’ would have been much greater. | sion.

— OE ODIOUS COMPARISONS.

'gard to the intelligence of the people |

holds, throughout this county. We are | not afraid to compare notes in this matter.

| A very good test of intelligence nfty be

found in the manner people conduct

‘themselves at public meetings. Than the | | people of Rustico, there are no better citi» }zaos in this County. At the Rustieo ‘meeting, the Grit orators were allowed the fullest fairplay. But in the adjoin- ing Township of Brackley Point, where | the people allow Sergeant Henderson and Mr. L. H. Davies to think for them, a far different course was pursued. To the dis- grace of Brackley Peint Road, let it be re- corded, that it was the only place in the whole County,where free discussion was de- libeeately put down by organized rowdyism. For this the people of the locality will have to bear the disgrace, although the blame is not wholly theirs. There is a tale to be told about the conduct of one Grit “ Elevator’ at this meeting,“which we may yet be constrained to make pubs lic.

THE WARLIKE FEELING IN RUSSIA

Russia has not only to collect troops,says the London Speciator, but commissariat for her troops, and though her railways bring her quite close to Servia, they do not bring her close to the Armenian frontier, her second base of operations. She will need her desert artillery there, which it takes time to collect from the arsenals and bring from Turkestan, and she must have some supplies on a scale for which Tiflis is as yet unprovided, She has always been willing to consent +o a six weeks’ armistice, and is of course willing to waste another six weeks in discussing whether an armistice is to be. The lull, however, affords no evidence that she has changed her mind, and certainly the great force behind the throne which is urging the Czar forward remains precisely in the same mood. Immense and visible advantages must be gained for the Slavs,or the state of feeling to Russia among the upper classes and in the army will be one of angry criticism of the Government—that is the popular mind, and especially the popular military mind, will be just in the mood an autocrat government most dreads. This view, which we believe to be taken by all who know Russia, is confirmed by all the facts allowed to reach Weetern Europe: | The Russian army is clearly moving south- ward. The preparations of Roumania are | ruinous follies if actual war is not intend. ed. The Greeks are purchasing material on which they would not waste sixpence if they did not know that actual war was very

This is said to be a sampie of M. La.

| flamme’s method of electioneering in Jac-

Tur Locat, Premier and some of his| ques Cartier County, and it is of a piece Lieutenants are endeavoring to console | with the standard elevating of the Louge themselves by making comparisons in re- | Party generally.

To divert public attention from acts like

. eet : ’ ; . | ‘ of Grit and Liberal-Conservative strongs | this, M. Laflamme’s friends are filling the

public prints with complaints against Bishop Fabre and tbe local priests, who are accused of opposing the new Minister with all the ghostly influence they can ex- ercise over their flocks, But the fact that M. Laflamme’s associates made a most ab- ject appeal to some of the clergy for their support and so demeaned themselves bes fore the hierachy, whom they now charge with clerical intimidation, that Le Reveil which is delivering Father Chiniquy’s evan~ gel to the French Catholics withdrew its support from them, is of course carefully kept out of sight. These appeals to the Protestant body for succour against Romish opposition, allege that M. Laflamme’s only sin is the Catholic Liberalism of the Party to which he belongs, and here again the evidence of Le Reveil that the Jtouges are clerica scyphants, and of the Montreal Witness that these selfsstyled champions of unfettered faith are the most enthusiastic of Ultramontanes when on the hustings at the chapel door, is not considered worthy of notice. Nor is it mentioned (and surely it is worthy of mention) that no small por- tion of the hostility displayed by the priests of Jacques Cartier against the Rouge candi- date is due to the conduct of the Party leaders in the Charlevoix election a year ago, when they made use of private rotes written by some of the most honoured Ro. man Catholic ecclesiastics in the Province in a manner that involved forgery and false pretences. We can well understand the universal abhorrence that wouid mark the treatment of any Party in Ontario by the Roman Catholic priesthood or the Episco- pal clergy, if its political leaders forged campaign documents in the name of Bishop Bethune or Archbishop Lynch. Ihe abhor- rence, in fact, would not be confined to the members of the church so outraged, but would doubtless extend te all who dis« countenance offences against society and the common law.

Taking these facts into consideration, we do not think it probable that M. Leflamme will be able to hide the multitude of his owns sins by appealing to the country in the blood-stained garb of one martyred by the Roman Church. That he is opposed by the priests, there is no doubt; but if it ever be given toa clergyman to call upen his people in the name of morality to put a candidate for political honors to shame, it is when that candidate is held to have been guilty of fraud by the Courts of the coun- t:y, and when it is notorious that he is one

| near at hand. The only account of the

| Russian ultimatum which has any appear- |

'ance of probability shows that General Ignatieff demands the self-government of

|oceupy Herzegovinia with | army, as the least concession which will |content his master. The Grand Duke | Nicholas, who is to command in chief, has | been summoned to Lividia, and in {fact all things point to an expectation among the group of men who directly control the Russian policy and army, that either a war or an armed occupation of European Turkey may be expected this year. There is no peace at any price in the Russian mind,

A WOMAN'S CORPSE FOUND IN A FLOUR BARREL,

Orrawa, Noy. 19.—A horrible discovery was made at Montreal yesterday. On the arrival of the steamer from Sorel, a man named Amile Coutrue got off with a flour barrel addressed W. F. Hart, Montreal,and attempted to take it away without paying freight. As he looked excited, and was in a great hurry, suspicions were aroused which were increased when he said the barrel contained sand. On being opened there was found the corpse of a young wo. man clad in her chemise and packed in straw and disinfectants. She had long flowing black hair, braided, and her right eye was smashed to pulp. A white tinge of red was perceived about it. The spec- tacle was most horrible and very repulsive. Couture was promptly arrested, and he said he got the body from an unknown man a milé and a half back of St. Frances, His explanation was very unsatisfactory, and he was almost too frightened to speak. Cou. ture said first he was taking the body to his brother, and then tothe Medical college. The ghastly barrel full was removed to the dead house. The man who was with Cou- ture when the cab was hired to take the barrel away has fled.

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A TRIBUTE TO SIR JOHN,

A STRIKING EPISODE AT A PHRENEOLOGICAL LECTURE.

There was an immense assembly of peo- ple at Professor Fowler’s highly interest- ing lecture in the Mechanics’ Hall, last Friday evening. A stirring scene occurred when the venerable lecturer referred to the distinguished statesman, Sir John A. Mac- Donald, who was brought to him when a boy, by his mother to be pheteologically examined. The professor stated that he pointed out accurately the- eminence the youth would attain to in after life through the force of his brifliant talents. The au- dience, at the mention of Sir John’s bame gave way to a boundiess fit of enthusiasm, the equal of which has probably never been equalled in the Mechanics’ Hall before. Cheers upon cheers were given with a will that showed the intense feeling of the vast assembly towards the most gifted public man aud patriot in the Dominion. It was a considerable time before the lecturer could proceed, and the chord of Sympathy he had struck in the hearts of a graceful people could not be easily subeued.—Mon-

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of a gang which did not hesitate to invoke clerical influence by means of forged let~ ters, false pretenses and fraud. We do

| Bosn“sand Herzegovinia, and the right to | not goto the lengths which the Glove has a European} gone in recent utterances in support of

clerical interference in elections; very far from it; but if the clergy are the shepherds of their flocks, and to that end they were ordained, it is suvely their solemn duty to warn their people against heaping honors on those whose acts,according to the Courts of the land, have been full of public scandal, and whose associations, according to the same unimpeachable authority, are to be held in public disrepute.— Toronto Mail.

More Grit Free Trape.—The following is from a letter written by Mr. William Workman (a leading Grit) of Montreal, and recently published: — ‘Canada has the choice of adopting a decidedly pretective policy (not a half and half measure), to furnish employment and a means of exist- ence for her population, or of seeing them leavetby thousands. Without remunerative employment the people cannot exist, and this employment they can never have as long as our present fiscal policy towards the U. S, is continued. Let real recipro. city be the watchword cry of every true Canadian; that is, fifty for fifty, forty for forty, twenty for twenty, or a perfect bal- ance in our tariff, ‘Uncle Sam,’ but no more sixty, and even seventy, on your side against seventeen and a halfon ours, We want to keep our people at home, ‘ Uncle Sam,’ and to produce our wares as cheap as you, which under the same protective sys- em s0 wisely persevered in by you we can do,”’ :

“The Conservative Reaction.’ Hon Mr. Mills the new Minister, has been re-elected in Bothwell by a majority of 511, being an increase of 48 over his last majority. The Conservative reactionist polled 59 votes.— Chronicle,”

The Chronicle says the Conservative cans didate for Bothwell polled 59 votes. Mr. Mills polled,according to the same authroity a majority of 511. This would give Mr. Miils total vote 570. How rapidly he is sinking in the estimation of the people will be seen from the fact that in 1875 he poll- ed 1,727 votes; in 1874 ‘he polled 1,600 votes; while in 1876, with all the influence of the Cabinet at his back, he polled, ac~ cording to the Chronicle, but 570 votes. His association with the Cabinet seems to have taken a thousandjvotes from him. Either Mr. Mills is growing extremely uns popular, or else the Cabinet is, or perhaps both are. — Meruld.

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A Dirricurr Prostem.—The Church at Work, Rev. Dr. Talmage, editor, in a res cent rallying temperance article, declares : ‘Itis high time that non-committal Christ~ ans get down off the fence.’ It also says: ‘ What to do with the advocates of liquor- traffic we know. We shall fight them to the hitter end. But what to do with those men who sit astraddie the fence on this subject we know not.’ What shall be done with the ‘astraddle’ obstrctionist ? ‘ Would

trveal Star.

thou wert cold or hot.’

ENGLAND'S ARMAMLNTS, In these days, when rumors of wars are almost wafted along the wires—when the ‘‘Great Powers’’ are musteri:g up their forces—mobilizing their arms- «nd bracing up their fortifications, for the impending strite, the exploit: of ™-7lan 1s ‘big guns,’ now being expeiimenied upon, must have a peculiar interest for the general reader, The lates telegrams informs us that the greatest activity prevails in Woolwich Ar- senal, and the manufacture of rifla ball. cartridges is carried on at the rate of two million per week- 40.000,000 cartridges are to be ready in eighteen weeks, and 40,~ 000 amunition boxes to pack them in. The two new iron-clads—‘ Cyclops’ and * Hy-~ dra,’ are to be prepared for service at once; and soldiers on furlough have been sum~ moned to join their regiments. ‘Thus the preparation goes on. In a recent issue we gave a sketch of the tendency of England’s preparations in’ the way of building war. ships and arming them, and in continu. ation of the subject we will glance at some of the latest experiments at Eastbourne with a new 64 ton gun, which has just been completed.

The object of the experiment was to as» certain the breaching pewer of the projec tiles of the 64 pounder rifled gun upon the remains of an old Martello tower. The walls were of concrete and brick and very strong. It was also desirous to test the strength of the ehell:, whether they would break up or impact or not without a bursts ing charge, and other details of the effect of the fire upon such a structure as ordt- nary permanent fortifications. The first series of experiments were with the ordi. nary 64 pound shell filled with sand, and plugged with a charge of 10 lbs. of powder. The distance was 1040 yards. In the third round the projectile ‘ went right through the masonry and right out to sea, leaving a hole clearly visible, and a cloud of spray asa background for the picture.’ The second trial was with Palliser 9) pounder battering shells, with small capacity for bursting charge of about 4 lbs. weight. The weight of the projectile, as fired empty, being 86 lbs. The charge was 12 lbs. of powder. The result of the firing was prox nounced excellent, and the shooting of the gun very true. The third series was with 64 pounder shells, fired by 10 lbs, gun charges, and filled with bursting charges of 7 lbs powder. The first shell hit well on the tower, and burst, tumbling out a great mass of the ruins, altering completely their outline;-and the second was equally suc. cessful, The fourth series was as to the elevation of the gun. This portion of the practice is described as unusually pretty. The sky being grey, and the daylight in- clining to dim, ‘ the flashes of the busts of missiles on their rugged adversary were consequently very bright, whilst once a burning mass of powder, set up in a splins ter, flamed luridly as it glanced into the air.’ Mass after mass was broken away, ‘and the tower which in the morning was broad and massive, not unlike, in the dis. tance, to the keep of a medisval castle, presented at evening only one lofty pinacle which had held out against all attack.’ The thickness of masonry penetrated by the Palliser heavy shell was 7 ft; by the 64 pounder shells, over 7 ft.

In connection with the subject of arma- ments, we gather from an authority, that the British Empire has now enrolled in her own ports, or those of her colonies, 4 com. mercial tonnage of more than seven mil- lions of toms. Englend, to protect the ton~ nage and her sea coast, mow has four hundred ships of war, whose tonnage ex- ceeds 317,000 tons, while the other nations of Europe have, in the aggregate, 360,000 tons of chips of war. England has fifty iron-clads ; twelve of these are most efficient vessels, built within the last fourteen years, At this moment she has thirty-four ships of war upon the stocks, of which eight are superior ironsclads, costing not less than $350 per ton.

RUROPBAN ARMIES.

The peace and war footing of the Russian army in 1873—and there has been little

change since—was 2S follows :—

Peace. War. Infantry 364,422 694,511 Cavalry,” _ $8,306 49,183 Artil! 41,73 48,773 laeeea ° +208 Engineers, 13,413 “ Total 457,872 898,670

To this number may be added 120,000 men classed as locai troops, and 190,000 men as irregular troops. Every man between 18 and 45 years of age is subject to military duty, and of course the army can be re- craited to any extent from this source.

‘The German army can hardly be said to have a peace footing. The Empire is al- ways prepared for war, as may be seen by the following table representing the present strength of the army :—

Men. Horses.

Infantry 453.731 15,548 Rifle Corps, 25,756 755 Cavalry, 62,235 63,930 Artillery, 68,821 61,325 Engineers, 15,457 3,220 Train, 86,315 43,338 Staff & Administration, 14,029 18,405 Depot Troops. 242,979 18.985 Garrison Troops, 431,859 34,520 Total 1,251,691 258 ,098

GREAT BRITAIN POSSESSES :—

In the fleld of all grades, 105,434 Reserve and auxillary force, 346,651 Total 452,085

This is independent of 62,924 men serv- ing in India, and 21,470 serving iu the colo- nies, part of whom may be called on in case war.

The force of France consists of—

Active army, 705,900 Reserve of active army, 510,000 Temporary exemptions, 141,000 Permanent part of army, 120,090

Total 1,476,009

It is estimated that in case of immediate necessity the effective force of the army would not greatly exceed 1,000,000 men, although the number indicated above could be thrown into the field after reasonable warning.

The war establishment of Austria is as follows :—

Infantry, 485 440 Rifles, 58,430 Cavalry, 58,670 Artillery, 60,780 Engineers, etc., 55,000 Miscellaneous, 33,760

Total 750,080

The war footing of the Italian army con- sists of 361,000 men, proportionately divid- ed equally between the different branches of the service.

sesh ——-=-— ON ADVERTISING.

Mr. Gladstone, some time ago, in an address, alluding to the almost absolute necessity of advertising in these days of smart competition, observed ‘ that there is great eagerness to compete for attention, and no one gets it unless it is by giving, as it were, so many strokes of the hammer, one after the other, to compel people to notice what is going on. Certainly, such a mode of proceeding is expensive; but who can catch fish without some outlay of bait? As things stand at present, publicity is the life of busines, and a well-laid-out advers tisement is never sleepy, lazy or unproduc- tive; but on the contrary it frequently creates wants, and tells people where such can be suppplied. It was remarked the other day, ‘sarcastic’ as Artemas Ward used to say, advertising is a great bother, lt only brings a lot of people to your place of business. If they want you, let them hunt youup. Then if you get your name in the papers, you will be bored with travel- lers, and people will call on you, and you will have to show them goods. Your stock will be exhausted so much that you will be forced to buy new goods, which is 4 great bother. If you advertise too, it gives your place a reputation around ; folks will crowd to your warehouse and make it lively, if you don’t want to do anything much, keep as still as you can,’

In the last eighteen years England has expended $970,000,000, navy.

000,000 annually for thirty years, and the

repaid by postages, but the subsidies have given her, in addition to her navy, more than 40) ocean steamships, subject to her call in time of war. England annually builds more than 20,000 tons of war ships. Some of her first iron-clads were experis ments, tut if we include those on . the stocks, she has now twenty of the largest class, ranging from 5,000 +0 40,000" tous, protected by plates of seven to twenty inches in thickness, armed with rifled cans non, weighing eight tons to twenty-five tons each, and she is testing cannon which weigh eighty tons each and throwing pro- jectiles weighing 1.700 pounds each. Half her tonnage, manned by 6),000 seamen, is constantly at sea. France has 84,000 tons of Iron~clads,and fifty vessels on the stucks ; Turkey 66,009, Italy 38,090 tons. Russia has five iron clads, one of them measuring 10,000 tons, and Germany has quite a num- ber, while Holland has 168 warships, of which fifteen are iron-clads.

REMARKABLE AND PERILOUS MARKSMANSHIP.

Two brothers named Watson have been giving remarkable exhibitions of foolhardi. ness and skill in Tony Pastor’s Theatre, New York. They are billed as ‘ noted Wes~ tern scouts and sharp-shooters,’ and have the look of frontiersmen. They begin by displaying rifles, and shooting bullets through blocks of wood, to prove that the ammunition and missiles are’genuine, Or both sides of the stage, close to the front, thick woollen pads are placed forthe bullets to lodge in. At the beginning of the dis- play of marksmanship one man holds an apple in his fingers, and the other shoots a ball through it from across the stage ; and next the man who has risked his fingers becomes the shooter in a repetition of the feat. Each, in turn, hits the bull’s eye of a target ten times without a miss, the bull’s eye being justabove the head of the brother who holds the apple. A potatoe is placed on one’s head and shot off by the other, the potatoe being split to pieces and the bullet entering the padin front of which the holder stands. ‘This feat is repeated several times, the brothers changing attitu- des and holding the rifle in positions seem- ingly awkward enough to increase the peril, The brothers wheel quickly and shoot potatoes simultaneously off each others heads,

The other day one of -the potatoes was barely grazed, but a second trial was suc cessful. A candle was snuffed with a bullet and, as a culmination, one held a lighted cigar in his mouth and the other shot off the ashes, the distance being the entire width of the stage.

The brothers, who profess to have ac- | quired their skill by long practice on the plains, use breechsloading rifles, and handle them with wonderful quickness. The younger seems to be the best marksman— at least he fires quickest after getting his weapon up to aim, and rarely fails to hit The elder misses sometimes.

Miss Mary Fletcher, of Burlington, Vt.,

in gold on her | In addition to this the subsidies she | pays to mail steamers have averaged $95,~ | candidates, Tilden and Hendricks, have a

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

HOW THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WORKS—A NICE STATE OF AFFAIRS.

In the face of the fact that the Democratic

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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. RPP OOOO”

P. E. ISLAND STEAMER ASHORE, [By Telegraph to McNeill’s Reading Reom.] Hauirax, Nov. 24.—The steamer Alpha from Boston for Summerside with general sprung aleak and ran ashore on Cape Suble. No further particulars yet. A London despatch from Constantinople announces that the Sultan has decreed ab- solutely the abolition of the Slave Trade throughout the Ottoman Empire.

Germany in event of war will observe friendly neutrality towards all parties con- cerned.

Boss Tweed has been recommitted to Ludlow Street Jail.

New York, Nov. 25th — The Supreme Court of North Carolina to-day entered judgement of fifteen hundred dollars fine each, ane cummitment of ali the Boards of Canvasser: to jail until released by order of the Court. What the result may beis un-

certain. 4 2 The official count of the vote of Florida

will commence on Monday (to-day.) It is rumored that additional troops will be sent to South Carolina.

Latest despatches from Europe simply affirm that Russian Armys will meet on the River Pruth until the end of armistice.

Nothing important from Upper Provinces.

Loxpon, Nov. 22.—The Eastern news is decidedly pacific and reassuring., The for- eign office publishes a despatch from Lord Loftus, British ambassador to Russia, res porting in detail what passed at an audience with the Czar on November 2. He reports that the Czar said he sent an ultimatun to the Porte because he feared the discomfiture of the Servian army might be followed by atrocities. The Porte had by a series of manceuvres frustrated all attempts at paci- fication. The present state of things was intolerable, and unless Europe was prepared to act firmly and energetically, he would be obliged to act aloue. He regretted to gee that inveterate suspicion and continua} fear of Russian agressicn still existed ian England The following are the exact words of a por- tion of the despatch : “ Tne Czar pledged his sacred word Of honour, in the most earnest and solemn manner, that he had no intention of acquiring Constantinople, and that if ne- cessity should force him to occupy a portion of Bulgaria, it would only be provisionally until peace and the safety of the Christian population was secured, The Czar could not understand when both countries had a com- mon object—nameély, amelioration of the condition of the Christians, and had given every proof that he had no desire ‘for con- quest, why there should not be a perfect un- derstanding between England and Russia based on the policy of peace,which would be equally beneficial to their mutual interests, and to the interests of Europe generally. The Czar said nothing cou)d be more absurd than the intentions attributed to Russia of the tuture eonquest of India, which was an impossibility. He deeply deplored the dis- trust manifested in England, earnestly re- quested me to do my utmost to dispel it, and charged me io convey io ler Majesty’s Gov- ernment the solemn assurance he had given me.’ Lord Derby replied, instructing Lord Loftus to inform the Czar and Prince Gort- schakoff that the Queen and her Government received the Czar’s assurance with the great- est satisfaction,

Orrawa, Nov. 22.—Some weeks ago the dead body of aman was found in the river, and was claimed by a Mrs. Hughes, under

the impression that it was the dead body of her husband. Last night Hughes in the flesh, alive, returned to his home and wife, His sudden appearance so scared and star-Jed Mrs, Hughes that she fell into convulsive

fits and is not now expected to recover. Sir Hugh Allain arrived here this morning

and had an interview with the Premier and the Postmaster General on the subject ofthe Winter Mail via Halifax and the Interco- lonial Railway. He recommended that the project be not definitely carried out this winter, but that the Government await the result of another winter's trial on the Inter- colonial Railway. The subject is still under the consideration of the Government,

Lieutenant-Governor Trutch of British Coiumbia has arrived here, it is supposed on business relating to the dispute with the Pro- viace.

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Lonpon, Nov. 20,

principle part of this large sum has been | popular majority of over a quarter of a mil-

absurd that their should depend on Mo colored men, of strong- ly partizan tendencies, who have already been convicted of fraud of the grossest nature, Yet so it is, and Northern bayonets force the people of the South to submit to the igno- miny.

The New York Nalion says :—The Return- ing Board in Louisisna. for instance, is com- posed properly of five, but actually only con- tains three members, men of little character or position. The only white man en itis a custom house officer. One of the two blacks has, we believe, been a candidate in the pree sent election, and both are men who can give no guarantees of knowledge or integrity to fil them for such momentous duties as this crisis may thrust upon them. Its power over the returns are absolute, It can reject those of any parish it pleases, on any grounds of fraud or intimidation or violence which it chooses to pronounce sufficient, and there is no appeal for its decision. It was created in the worst days of the carpet-baggers, as a machine thit would enable them to hold the state inieflnitely through the negro vote, and fhe Congressional Committee which en- quired into Louisiana affairs last year found it guilty of fraud, and the Senate, by reject- ing Pinehbeck last year, declared unlawful the State Legislature which the Board res turned and which elected him. Now, if Florida and South Carolina go for Hayes,it is this Board which will make the next Presi- dent. We do not think the hurrying to New Orleans of prominent men, to see that it does not cheat in the count, makes the spectacle any more edifying or cheering. The Board will not need to cheat. It can throw the State vote for,whichever candidate it pleases by merely exercising its unquestioned legal discretion.

The correspondent of the New York World at New Orleans writes—For weeks prior to the election the press in the Red River dis- trict repeatedly called attention to the frauds in registration heing committed in that sec- tion. In Caddo Parish alone there was a registration de novo of 2,000 blacks. It is claimed that this number is composed of yo- ters who have become of age since the elec- tion of 1864, and of negroes who have moved into the parish. When we add to these fig- ures the large number of negroes fraudulent- ly registered in the city, it will be seen that the claim of the Democrats that Louisiana would go for Tilden by 25,000 was no idle boast, for in the face of the most gigantic frauds she gives the great Reformer at least 9,000 majority. But behind all this stands the Returning Board, composed of men who have twice defeated the popular vote. Under the law the Board has the right to reject the vole of any poll, parish, or of the whole State, on any pretext that may appeer sufficient. That they intend * to count Tilden out there

lion, is it not election

| is not the shadow of a doubt.

No wonder the South is restive and Demo- crats everywhere indignant.