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pROROGATION OF THE LEGISLATURE. The Civil War in the States. |

Tue fourth Session of the present Parliament with the usual formalities,

was brought toa ck Phuredhy dest, at 4 o'clock ther Howse were pre- i

Searcely more | en : than half the members of ef

at The number of spectators was about the | ae

same a 18 former years rs were stationed in front of the Colonial

nr ’ | Three Cempanies of)

Voluntee

Building, Excellency the Lieut. Governer, viz—the Artillery

Company, under the command of Capt Pollard, the Prince of Wales Rifles, under the command

as a Guard of Honour te receive Ilis

of Capt. Hodgson, and the Imsh Volunteers, under

the command of Capt. Hickey. There were seve-

ral other officers of the Militia and Volunteers in attendance, and they all presented a very fine ap- pearance A salute was fired from the Queen's Square, under the direction of Capt. Pollard, at the arrival and departure ef the Lieut. Governor His Excellency having given his assent to twenty- five Dilla — clietly al a private and unimportant nature—passed during the two moaths’ Seesion,— lis Exeelleney prorogued the Legislature with |

the following very wileresting Speech :—

Mr. President and Honorable Gentlemen of the ' begisialive ¢ ouncu : Mr. Speaker aad Ge ntlemen of the House of As-|

oe maddy .

1 have forw arded vour Address of Cendolence | with Her Majesty, on the death of His Royal) Highness the Prince Consort, to be laid at the | foot of the Throne. In it you have offered te your| sovereign the assurance of your hea rtfelt sympathy in her serrew, and of your estimation ot the noble character of the Prince, whose death we so deeply lament.

During the Session now breught to a close, you have bestowed a patient and eareful attention on many measures, beth of general and of local in- terest.

A copy of the Report of the Land Commissioners | has beeu forwarded to me by Her Majesty's Sec retary of State fur the Colonies, and has been laid | ‘hefore you. The two Acts passed by you, the one | to contirm their Award, and the other te facilitate | its operation, shall be duly transmitted tor Her} Majesty’s confirmation.

You have adopted with promptitude the sugges- | tions offered by the Colonial Minister on the sub-| ject of the Act w hich you passed last Session to | change the Constitution of the Legislative Coun-| cil. I trust that the Act, to which I have just! given my assent, may be the means of establishing a popular and effective Upper Chamber.

I thank you for the grant which you have placed | been the shortest session on record in that Pro-|

at my disposal for the maintenance of the Volun-| teer Force. EL observe, with great satisfaction, a considerable increase in the strength of this Force, | and its rapid progress in discipline and efficiency. |

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VESSELS CAPTURED BY THE ‘MERRIMAC’. — CONFEDERATES TO MAKE DETERMINED RESISTANCE.—} BILL ABOLISHING SLAVERY PASSED) BY LARGE MAJORITY.

Sr. Joun, April 12. |

Yesterday the Merrimac, Yorktown and James- | town came off Newport News aud captured three small [large ?] vessels.

The Merrimac came towards the Moniter and the Stevens; the latter fired five rounds. The Merrimae fired once, and, with her conserts, re- turned to Craney Island.

During the fight at Pittsburg, Confederate Ge- nerals Price and Vandorn’s army from Arkansas, | reinforced the Confederates.

Fortress Monroe reports indicate preparations for determined resistance to Federal advance.

The Confederates can bring one handred thous-} and men to defence, composed of the flower of| their army, and have a hundred guns on their} works

‘The Bill for abolishing slavery in the District of} Columbia passed the House, 93 te 30,

UNION FEELING STRONG AT BEAU- FORT—PFORT MACON TO BE BESIEGED —FURTHER OF BATTLE AT PITTS- BURG—GEN. HALLECK TO COMMAND IN TENNESSEE.

Sr. Joun, N. B., April 16. Upon the Federal occupation of Beaufort, North

Carolina, the citizens manifested their good will

towards the Unionists.

Arrangements are being perfected for the siege of Macon

Subsequent to the battle of Newburn large amounts of turpentine and Naval stores have been

purchased in that vicinity and placed on ship- | covered.

board

In the Tennessee battle, General Beauregard is represented to have told the Confederates that he would water his horse in Tenuessee River or! in ———

At the battle of Pittsburg Landing, one Federal battery was taken and retaken six times.

General Halleck and statf have left for the Ten- | nessee River, and the former will immediately | assume the command of the Federal army there.

Great enthusiasm prevails out West, in sending |

forward Nurses and Hospital stores to the scene | .

of the late battle. There is a doubtful rumor in circulation that the Federal forces now eccupy Corinth.

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NOVA SCOTIA,

The Legislature of Nova Scotia was prorogued on Saturday, the 12th instant. It is said to have

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Tur Gop Freips.—A correspondent of the

*Colonist’ at Antigonish under date of Saturduy |

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| vice. | The proclamation of the Mayor in regard to burn- ling the city has no influence.

tives. She would do this because it would be cheaper, and bevause the darling project of her statesinen would be fostered and cotton be pro- duced in her colonies. He voted tor the resolu-

tion tor the reason that warning should be given |

the people to prepare for the continuance of a lengthy war, and that produce must be raised for our subsistence.

The Sumter (Ala.) ‘ Republican, in noticing the action of planters to substitute grain for the cot- ton crop as the best war poliey, states that Dr.

| Jarratt has instructed the oversees of his planta-|

tion, in Sumter county, not to plant any cotton

whatever, but to plant one thousand two hundred | acres in corn, potatoes, &¢., to aid in supplying |

provisions for the South during the war. ‘This is the spirit which will soon “ conquer a peace,” and lift the blockade. We commend the example to all our planting friends.

“ YANKEE VILLAINY.”

The ‘Norfolk Day Book,’ under the head of “Yankee Villainy,” has the following :—

“The Lincolnites are again at werk in East Tennessee. The Graville says that on Monday night the telegravh wire was cut a mule west of that place, about three spans earried off, and one post pulled down. done by the same mob of Union men engaged in the bridge burning last summer.’’ The ‘ Banner’ adds :—

“ Last week a let of teries from laurel, N. C.,

cp . panne

| came inte our county (Greene) and robbed seve- |

ral houses, taking with them all the money they

could find, and also some powder, telling some of |

the good citizens at the same time, that the next time they came back they intended to burn their houses. This marauding party is a set of rene- gade Union men from our own county, headed by

| Captain David Frye, the ringleading bridge burn-

er, Who has always isanaged te comunit bis de- predations and make his escape before being dis-

‘The Memphis ‘ Avalanche’ says :—“ It is under- stood that the Fgderals are committing gross ex- cesses at Columbus, Ky., and that no great effort

has been made to restrain them. Their insolence |

lis intolerable, and they pillage and pilfer every- thing they ean lay their hands on. This is by way

were held for a long while from that point, and

the scourging they received at Belmont.” MEMPHIS AGITATED.

The ‘ Richmond Dispatch’ says that—Memphis

is in a state of agitation and terror, The Fair

grounds are used for acamp. Every one capable

of bearing arms is being impressed into the ser-|

Men are even dragged from their beds,

A majority of Al- | dermen, in convention with leading military ofti- | cers, decided, st a meeting held a fortnight ago, to burn the city when they evacuate, in spite of the Mayor.

The news of the battle at Pea Ridge caused great depression. The Federal gunboats were expected daily.

Three gunboats are on the ways at Memphis, but it will take a long time te tinish them,

It is my entnest desire to foster the spirit of sell) last, writes as follows:—“ I was at Sherbrooke) pigay nETWEEN THREE REBEL REGIMENTS,

reliance aud patriotism, which characterizes it. Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of As- sembly : I thank you fer the supplies which you have granted fur the Public Service. Mr. President and Honorable Gentlemen of the Le-|

gislative Council: |

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of As sembly :

I now release you from ycur Legislative duties, | eontdent that you will continue to exert the in| fluence which your position gives you, te secure the prosperity aud welfare of the people of this Island. oo — |

REPORTING THE DEBATES.

Tue House of Assembly granted one hundred | and fifty peunds ter the reporting of the debates of *he late Session — not one shilling was granted for publishing them inthe newspapers. The House of Assembly seemed to be under the impression that the couutry in geueral is very anxious to see those debates, and that newspaper publishers make a profit by giving them to their readers. The House was very much mistakes. ‘Te publishers dv not make one shilling by the business, but ex- pend money, in Various ways, by publishing the debates so extensively as the ‘Islander’ and * Ex- aminer’ have done for several years. If members think they spend the public money to advantage in giving a large graut to have their speeches written wut, and polished up by the Reporters, newspaper editors will act very unwisely if they give up a very large portion of their space and very expensive labour for voting. Other matter can be put ia print that will cost less money to the publishers, and be generally more interesting than a great deal of that which appears under the parliamentary bead. As the House seemed to have no regard for the press, the press should wauifest no regard for the House, further than will meet its own convenience. part, we intend te adopt this course, for the fu- ture, as regards the insertion in this paper of the debates. We shall insert only just what we think will serve our own purposes, and be acceptable to the majority of our own patrons ; and such speeches as we may publish will be apt to have the pruning

huife uuxparingly applied to them.

this week and everything looks very promising there. about forty very respectable shanties Or houses— one of them is a building of one and a half storeys in height, which will shortly be finished and fitted | up asa hotel: another is intended fora store. There have been several new gold-bearing leads —one of which is two teet thick—discovered with- in the last ten days; and every day a new dis- covery is announced, The “ Hewitt” lead con- tinuea to yield the precious metal in larger quantities as they work down; and when the two |

crushers now on the greund, and being fitted up, |

get into operation, | have no doubt that Sher- brooke will prove itself the most remunerative rold field in Nova Seotia. You would not now know the lecality, so great is the change in its appearance since you visited it.” =~ =

Loss or Four Lives—Proseect—April 8, 1862.—On this morning, as the bells were ringing fur Mass, a small two-masted vessel,newly paiuted green, in full sail, passed gaily by Saul’s Island, heading tor Shad Bay. Four persons were seen on her deck. She lad searcely run three hundred yards, when opposite Indian Point a squall struck her, and she capsized within a short distance of the land. These peor fellows were seen strug- gling to save themselves on her upturned keel, but before help could reach thea freat the shore, all went down. When the boats arrived over the spot, there was not a vestige ot the wreck or of the men to be seen. Who they were, or where they were from, we have not.as yet been able to hear. They diwd, poor fellows, in sight of men willing and anxious to save them. ‘The last ob- ject they saw in iife was the Cross of the Village Chureh, with the bright moruing sun shining on it; and the last sound they heard was the bell,

There are now erected on the diggings |

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The ‘Washington Republican’ of Mareh 27, says:—Aun officer of our urmy just returned from Manassas, called last evening and gave us an in- teresting accduut of his visit to Manassas, and the battie-tield of Ball Run. A farmer, residing near Centreville, told him that a few weeks ago, a number of regiments were quartered near his house, Among them one from Kentucky, and when the time of their enlistment expired, they unani- | mously resolved to return home, and accordingly, stacked their arms aud were preparing for a start | when their further progress was arrested by the appearance of an Alabama and Tennessee regi- ment, who were ordered to reduce the Kentucki- ans to submission, and compel them to remain. The Kentuckians seized their arms and a desper- ate fight ensued, in which many were slain on both sides, and their bodies were buried where they fell, the graves being yet visible. From this spot the mutineers retreated a short distanee, threw down their arms, and each drawing his bowie knife, made a desperate charge upon the two re- gments, ‘The fight was terrific, in which more than a hundred were killed, and they, too, were

uried upon the field of slaughter.

At last the brave Kentuckians were subdued. The battle-tield was shown to our informant by the farmer, who witnessed the feartul coutest. In traversing the field, he discovered a large bowie knife, which, duubtless, had been used in this fear- tul fray.

This. no doubt, was}

, exhausted state with hunger.’ ‘They experienced ing that, ju taking testimony before the Commis- fearful sufferings. It is aremarkable coincidence | sioners whom the Bill creates, no witness shall be ithat the eaptain of this barque is son-in-law to | exeluded by reason of color. An amendment was Captain Leunerton, of the ship China, which was | alse adopted, appropriating $100,000 to aid the lately aground on the Kish, Captain Lenuerton’s | voluntary emigration of the manumitted slaves, to daughter who, having been on board the Lady | Hayti, Liberia, or elsewhere. As the Bill pro- Milne, was forced to subsist a Jong period on| vides that “all persons held to service or labor j apples, and for the latter portios of the passage) within the District of Columbia, by reason ot ail on board sustained themselves on bread and| African descent, are hereby discharged and freed water, and this very sparingly, for they did not | know whether they would ever reach land. The | the passage ef this Bill through the House, and barque is from Eastport and belongs to Windsor, | its approval by the President, will put an end to She is but five mouths old, and this Slavery in the Federal Metropolis without further She sailed from Eastport) delay. .

“ Champions of Impartial Liberty ! let us thank

Ged and take courage! The world docs move !”

| Nova Scotia. was her first voyage. on January 9th vor Liverpool, with the wind N. |W. At midnight, on the 11th, got clear eut of the Little River Bay, the wind at N. E. On the + eee

} 13th she passed Cape Sable, and experienced Tae Reciprociry Treary.—The following | variable winds and unsettled weather until the | despatch to the New York Tribune shows the 24th, when it commenced blowing, and the com- | strong efforts made by certain interested parties mander was obliged to heave the ship to at mid- to overthrew the Reciprocity ‘Treaty :—

night. On the following day, at 8 o’clock in the| Hon. E. G. Spaulding’s speech to-day inciden- morning, it blew a gaie from the N. W. At 10} tally on the Canadian reciprocity treaty, made a o'clock the wind shifted into the N., and it com-| mark.d impression. His argument was that by menced blowing a perfect gale which at neon be-| the opecation of the treaty, we now lose at the came a hurricane, Then the ship began making | rate of $2,000,000 a year, which are sorely need- bad way. In a short time they commenced throw- | ed to carry cn the war. That the Canadians are ing overboard the deckload of the cargo (deals) | in effect wade citizens of the United States by the

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ou the lee side, and got the most of it out at z treaty, without /eiug required to bear any of the v'clock. Then the maimtopsail sheet and main | burdens of citizen ‘hip. They are in justice bound

left parted, the mainyard came apeak, and the | to pay a fair duty on their exports to our markets | topsail slapped the Jackstaps ot the yard and clew-| for the advantages tuey derive trom them, and lines trom the sail; they eould not save it, aud it} from the use of our railroads, canals, lakes and was cut adrift to save the yard, (harbors. That this war will heavily tax onr own The foot of the spanker was hauled out, and | markets without submitting them ,to equal taxa- canvas was set in the mizen-rigging to keep her | tion. The House was increda!ous at hearing that head to windward. #&t3o’clock on the same day | the treaty could not be terminated by @ six-months (January 25) a sea struek her on the starboard | notice, and members crowded arouzd ihe speaker l side, and washed two of the seamen (Richard! to examine the clause which limited its duration Fletcher aud Francis Warr) overboard. Every | to ten years from Sept. 11, 1854, and after that possible effort was made to save them, but they | required one year’s notice of abrogation, Mr. sank, and passed trom the reach of human aid. | Spaulding, betore quitting the floor, announced his

| Another seaman, William M‘Intesh, had his arm purpose to apply to the President to terminate |

broken and his head badly bruised. The samesea| the treaty.” | carried away the maiu aud top gallant sails on the ae TS ‘starboard side trom the fore part of the mizen| AMERICAN EXpenprrure.—It was authorita- rigging, and also broke J& stanchions on the star- tively stated in Washington, last week, that the | board side—carricd away rails and split stanchion- | daily expenditure of the Treasury amouuts to | heads on the pert side, from the break of the poop | $4,000,000. General MeClellan’s army is also |

of retaliation for the great dread in which they |, the fore rigging. "The boat gallows also went | Stated to have cost between $200,000,000 and | months credit. For Stock, Crops and implements—

| adrift, the port boat was washed overboard, and | $300,000,000.

| the starbourd one stove in. hs ee rene ee y, . The fearful gale or hurricane, more properly | oo oF | ete In UPPER Caxa- | speaking, still inereased, and the ship was lying DA.—M e take the fo owing list of prices from a neatly on her beam ends in the trough of the sea. | Sandwich, Essex Co., journal. They are the |The commander considered it prudent at this | figures at which a contractor has agreed to sup- | ply the county jail:—* Wood, $1,43 per cord ;

| Hay, Oats, Buckwheat, Potatoes, and Turnips. A

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quantity of

Household Furriture,

Stove, (nearly new,) Dining, Drawing, Sitting an Bed Room Furniture ;

Hair Matirasses, China and Glassware, X&c., &c. Sale positive.

Avso,—A handsome Saladin MARE, Sett first rate Harness, Box Sleigh and Furs.

‘TeumMs—A?! sums under £10, cash ; over £10, a credit of fonr mouths will be given on approved | Joint Notes of Hand. | WILLIAM McGILUL, Auctioneer. Charlottetown, April 21, 1862.

| Kenwith, Princetown Road. (FIVE MILES FROM TIE CITY.) V RK. WILLIAM DODD has received

instructions from J. M. HOLL, Esq., who

sale by Auction, on Thursday. Ist day of May. ALL HS HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

In handsome Mahogany and Rosewood, English mude; Brussels and Tapestry Carpets; band- some Chimney-Glass and Mirror; Dinner Ser- | vice, in purple and gold, ete., ete. Aiso, |

All his Farm Stock, Crop, and luplements, cansist- ing of Horses, Cows, Sheep, Pigs, Curts, a Narrows, Waggons, Sleighs, Harness, cte., ete,

very good Tarning Lathe: and an apparatus for Stcwming food for Pizs and Cattle. Fucther particulars in hundbills, to be had at Auctioueer’g oflice. TERMS for Furniture—A]l sums over £10, three

All sums over £0, six months credit, on approved joint notes ia all cases. Sale to commence with Stock, at half-past ten o'clock.

Charlottetown, April 21, 1862,

Extensive Sale of Household

beef and pork, 5e per Ib; peas, 80e per bus. ; salt,

juncture to cut away the tore topmast mnaintop | yullant-mast, to keep the ship from going Oh Se per lb; oatmeal, 4e per tb; oil, 55e¢ per gallon ; ; i ai, ; +t i +! |

At 4 o'clock the same yr sone lost aaa potatoes, 44e per bush.; beans, $1,00 per bush. ;

q) straw, 25e per 100lbs; soap, 44¢ per lb.; candles,

| pletely on her beain ends. | day, the spanker blew away, aud the spanker ga came down, the mizen staysail was also carrie away. At this time all the other sails had goue j adrift, and the tempest increased in violence, the | ship rolling tearfully in the seething waters. The | ; / : : | kedge anchor was got out, and large hawser bent, oceurred in the Canadian Assembly ou the first and thrown overboard tor a drag, to so keep the day of the session. At the election for Lennox | ship’s head to wind and sea. At o'clock in the and Addington, A. F. Hooper polled A744 votes, evening a huge sea struck her on the starboard and D. Robbin 4390, but owing tosome informality, quarter, and carried away the remainder of the | the returning officer was unable to inake a legal | rails and stanchions on the starboard side, and return. “The opposition moved a resolution that | started the Herne’ part of the after-house. The | the person who had obtained the highest number } projection on the top part of the house was also | of votes should take the seat. “ W hat wee their swept away, the poop hatch was washed off, and | amasement, 8a) . the Quebee _Chronicle, at the poop deck filled rapidly with water, causing | finding that their resolution received the support the loss of a large quantity of flour and bread. | of the government, and that to Mr. Hooper 8 ad- The jib-beom was also carried away during the | MSslen some offered an objection! Great as was | night, as well as the foreyard. At midnight the | their surprise upon this head, a greater was in gale broke, and cumparatively five weather was | store tor them Por Mr. Hooper, having complied lexpericnced, On the next day, Sunday, they | with the forms, quietly entered the Chamber, and, coumenced clearing the wreck, aud threw off the | iustead of rushing into the arms of Messrs. Wall- deck load on the weather side. ‘The pumps were } bridge and Loranger, seated Wianself immediately ' sounded, and 24 feet of water found in the hold.

behind the ministers of the Crown!” During this awtul gale, everything moveable spare

— — spars, water casks, &e., were lost. On Sunday Tue Census or ANTICOSTI.—The census of night the hawser parted, and the kedge anchor

| Lle per lb.; bread, 24e per Ib. i

An AmusiInG Scene.—A rather amusing scene |

Anticosti shows that the population of the island | was lost, and the ship was making very little is 67; that 60 acres of land are under cultivation, water. Nothing of any consequence occurred | and that 25 barrels of herring and 42 bris. salmon ‘until the 6th of last month, when two of the water | Were taken away during the past year. casks were found, bung down, and lost most of me - the water, leaving them only one cask and a half} FamorES AND SUsPENSIONS.—The Boston lor twelve days. On the J2th ult., a sea struck | Commercial Bulletin’s list of business changes in her at midnight on the starboard side, and carried | the United States gives four failures and suspen- away the broken stanchions, and sprung the rud- | sions ia Boston, five in New York, four in Phila- der-iead. On the next day they were fairly ran | delphia and twenty in other places — a total of vut of provisions, aud spoke the steamer Brenda thirty-three for last week. to send sume bread, wlach the conumander of the | os Brenda complied with. The ship was 1] days in| There was exhibited on the Market Square, on lat. 53 43 N.. and between the longitude of 26 43 Wednesday last, a very heautiful heifer, bred and [| and 24 27 W. This, we think, would be about | fed by our esteemed fellow citizen, Thomas Pethick, the chops of the Caaunel. ‘Tuis devoted vessel ea lhe live weight of this fine aninwl was 1060 a es naapl 2 : »s.—the age only twenty-onemonths, To Mr. Peth- ba aA anne of provisions fer five ea and the ick, we believe, is due the credit of having exhibit- small quaatity which was served out for each man ed the finest animal ever produced in the Island.— was, cousequently, barely suffictent to keep up | fs}.

NEWS FROM CHARLESTON, 8S. ©. ithe poor seumeus’ spirits. The vessel arrived at Kingstown yesterday, at 6 p.in., and was brought | into the harbour in a seamanlike manner, in her | very disabled condition, Without the aid of a tug. Ou the anchor being let go, the captain came ashore to purchase necessiries for his exhausted crew, and thus happily temmiiated perhaps one |

The following interesting information of af fairs in Charleston comes by way of Port Roy- al:—

Provisions of nearly every kind are extremely searce and high. Common coarse salt worth Yo or BU cents in New York, was sold for $15 a sack:

For our own!

calling the people to prayer. May we hope that toy 450 a pound; bacen alinest impossible to the Symbol of Salvation aud the sound of “ then be had atany price. The mistress of ove of these Passing-bell,” awakened ia their troubled souls, saves bad paid $10 the day before tor a small in that awfnl moment, sincere coutrifen, and a) pain, The cmnmonest brogans ordinarily worth firm hope in Him who cold bring them to ever-| 75 cents a pair,svld for $4 and So, while iur bouts lasting lite. ‘They may have left behind, expecting | ¢). price Was $50. Two regiments fiom North them nome, a father, a mother, a wife and litte | (+s rolina were sent home a few days since. They children, sisters and brothers, to whom this sad) wore so pressed by hunger, thai they broke inte news must come. May God comiort them in their the bukeries aud beized their contents, offering deep affliction ; and may we, with them, remem North Carelina money in payment, and when that ber always that “in the midst of life we are in| was yefased as worthless, they carned off the death.”—Com. to the HalifaxSun., | bread defiantly. ’ ; Many of the country troops had died from the Gotp in Care Breron.—A letter received | yse of army biscuit, and the commissary depart- by John Bourinot, Esq., M. P. P., trom a gentle- ment had to issue corn for the soldiers’ rations. man in the County Cape Breton, tays:—"* I aim | Cotton thread is 25 cents a spoul; needjes a hun- happy to be able to inform you that I have, 1 | dred times the usual price; matches one centeach ; company with another person, found seams of) and it is a curious illustration of the Southern lack gold-bearing quartz in the Metamorphic rocks, iv) of mechanical ingenuity, that though they suc- this county, one specimen of which bas been pro-| ceeded in manufacturing a few matches, they can- nounced by all to be exceedingly rich. We tad} yot make the boxes to hold them. Very little some trouble in laying bare the slate in which it) pysiness is done in the city. The stores are most- | was found, as it was covered by about six feet-of jy closed, their stock of goods being exhausted

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e+ - | ice aud snow. The lead is by no means a small) without means of renewal. ” i “ si : : ° ° STEAMER WESTMORLAND. , one. ie Families are constantly leaving the city for the re interior, and others preparing to move at the mo-

Tue owner of this veseel, having visited Caan! lettetown a few days ago, requested us to state | that while here be entered nto a new contract | with the Government to run his steamer for two | years longer on the same terms as he had during | the last and previous years—performing the like umber of trips between Charlottetown, Pictou, | Bedeque and Shediae as the Mestmorland per- formed last year. We are happy to state that this excellent and favourite Boat is said to be in| the same satisfactory condition as she was last | weason—having, of course, undergone the usual | cleaning avd recawking which such vessels re- quire.

Some of the leaders of the Government party |

ted position in which they stand towards Mr. | They did every-| thing ia their power last summer to destroy the | |

character of the Boat and the trade of the coun-| tty, when it was thought that private ends might |

be served by so doing; but no chance of a private |

Begitenhouse and his steamer.

speculation being set on foot, they are now only |

wo willing to enter into a new coutract with Mr. | Loultenbouse on his own terms.

| —— —o cee Biackwoon's Macazixe ror Marcu has come) | us from the office of the American publishers. It} Contains, like all preceding numbers, several very ‘Metesting papers, including Sir Bulwer Lytton’s pleasing essays entitled “Caxtoniana.” “ Chroni- clea of Carlingford’ is continued. A fine sketch of Classic and Gothie Architecture; a review of the foreign poliey of the late Lord Castlereagh, sug: tated by Sir Archibald Allison's late memoir of the lifé of that Statesman; and a review of # new ‘telition of the Odyssey—are some of the a ‘the present No. which we have read with much in- hom, The other urticles in the No. are— Leaves ‘m the Club Books ;” “ Characteristics of Lan- Saye *” and “ David Wingate’s poems and songs.”’ _ te. “= Mutu asp Votuntere Seavice Gazetre.— We have received two Nos. of a semi-monthly MPer, published in Quebee, bearing this title. It | “mprises 12 large size quarto pages, printed on ex- oe Paper—is replete with information on the qlunteer and Militia serviees in nearly ull the pro ates, Ves essays and correspondence relating

to abb aad tiusketry practice, and other cognate |

conscription. oom ! y ! rs The ladies of Charleston are contributing their | house. The people all say it wou't pay to build, documents, and the two sat down to look them Provisions, jewels, silver spoons, watches and money, to build | because the Yankees are ——— and will burn it) over, So soon as Colocel Beecher’s attention | Beef, (small) per Ib.........00 seeee ees 5d to 9d a gunboat. jagain. It is ence the recent victories in the West | was absorbed by the papers he was exanuning,| Do by the quartet...........eees eee -4d to Td The ‘Charleston Courier’ says that the planters | aud in North Carolina, and especially since the! }foffman drew his revolver, turned quickly upon | Mutton, por 1D........0.00+ seee eres ores jd to 9d ; no ..” | in Mississippi are piling up their cotton ready for | fall of Newbern, that families have begun to leave | the defenceless old man, and snapped two bar-| Pork, pet Ib.... 2... e.ee sees cece eeee ees Bd to 4d cannot coneeal their mortification at the humilia- | the fagot the moment the enemy advances. They | in great numbers. Those who can, sell their fur- | rels at him—the cap in each instance failing to | Ue CANOE i, . saie senor cnntos sk hie -44d to 6 are also sending their servants up the river to | niture and other property : those who cannot, | explode. Batted THU). 5 os oo cd ccnp ts ones coeccs Is tu Is 3d work on the fortifications, and they say they are | leave it and flee into the wilderness. Only wo-| Mrs. Buckingham, seeing the life of her feeble} Do by the tub......-- +--+ -+eeree cere 10d to Is ready to make any sacrifice the goverument may | wen and children are permitted to leave. Gen-| old father perilled, with a heroism beyond all Cheese, Per ID. ccc cece cece ee eeee cee eens 4d a require. | eral Lee, whe 1s in command, has ordered that! raise, sprang to his rescue, and grappled with | abba, Ber hans xo scasceen nearnesens 91itol The ‘New Orleans Crescent’ thinks that—) no one who can handle a musket, shall pass the | the murderer. With blind and brutal rage, Huff*| Dard, pur Bb. . ...22 woes crea pengenty canes 7d to oe l«The remarks treely made about burning the city | lines. All citizens are either already pressed it | andes tana Be pistol upon the devoted woman ; Ham, - ooh os si sche hed beds cae py Ts are entirely out of place. We should like to know | to service or obliged to hold themselves subject to| at first the cap snapped—the next time it explod- | a a vw - wads obnh Dekldes vane a - = what are to become of the tens of thousands of| instant draft. } ‘ _ | ed, the pistol was tired, and the ball entered the | Be ae aie pick iia oe 2 id to 24d women and children in such an event. Fortu-|_ Phe aes Soe seing = eee I body of the heroine, inflicting a mortal wound. RS i, oindseeknsden as lisiee 1} to 2d nately, these remarks come from those who have | Vereen nt ° 7 elt : cae nnery, Toois Pe ock, | Notwithstanding her terrible injury, Mrs. Buck- | Eggs, per dosen........ ere cl 7. 2 ae oe toa nothing at stake, not owners of property; or, per-| which are carried back into the country to be set) ipoham still struggled withthe murderous wretch,| ~ : haps they have removed their families into the | up and used for military purposes, _ | and by the joint efforts of herself and mother, the Vegetables. interior, and got all their securities in their| It had been proposed that all the silver plate in| pistol was Wrested from him. But his appetite | Petatees, per busbel........ +... +++. 1s 61 to Is 7d breeches pockets, and will advance into the coun-| the city should be given to the Government to be ‘tor blood was still unappeased, and drawing his | Carrots, per bushel......4...++ cesecceses + 2s Gd try on the first appearance of the invaders, There | melted, and the proceeds applied to the building! dagger, he rushed upon Colonel Beecher, who, in Grain. | are a good many of this kind of people about sur ee ere oe 5d sate a | ae - neart rm me + ig anton Wheat, per bushel............ ee. none sity.” ; et ‘Cle Was CIT-| the palm, disabling his right hand. At this juuc-| Barley dow. ee eee cece cere cece eee 7 ve coves vend enews ‘wis vase, [SES The emy saree was Confederate and | ture, Mr. Burley, oniurlaw of Colonel Beecher, oat a Ser acaess .+-+ La 10d e 2 2d : oe : State bank notes, and the tractioual bills were in| entered, and the blood-stained culprit was soon Pealts A resolution has passed the Confederate Houses) eoimmon use. secured. ye of Congress, advising the Southern planters not to! The English steamer ‘Commerce,’ with acar-| yr, Gaiteau of Trenton (whose wife is a sister Turkeys, each... .s0.seesersese + eeee sss. 38 to Gs nt Cotton this year. The following speeches | go of woollens, shoes, arms and ammunition ar- Boose, SO sane canrikvde 4s 4di knee dbnee URED

Cater ga ———> oe —

The weaal Youse Mes’s Livenany IxstiteTe.— oven on ny lecture before the Institute was Nelatinn re Viursday evening by Mr. Henry G. briefly ions Joan of Are.’ ‘The leeturer desernnbed Jounef Ane ot France as it existed at the time had cone cane —aivil war raged—the English Charles jMered w large part of France, and when in a a Was proclaimed king his fortunes were han of mute condition. On this state of affairs, | aVerred Are, a peasant girl, came to Charles, and

that she had a divine miasion to deliver her

Con " Mry. She wax placed at the bead of the French

ther om thongh they were led by Talbet and rei ttiltal commanders. She fulfilled all her Cr ey ‘ns, and proved herself to be the saviour of she “uniry. The purity aud piety of her youth Cones are through tier life. This remarkable donneh te rendering such eminent services, wis | wold ed by her countrymen in a skirmish, and was

aan the Duke ot Bedford. ‘To the disgrace of ul! iy ed, she Wun infamously burned by the Eng- ully is the 3th May, 1431. Mr. Melntire entered | w J ~ the bistory of these events, which proved ' cusses ai luiteresting, judging from the lively dis shew _— ensued, and iu which the leeturer

Sant ett be had studied, and was quite eouver-

t with ve subject. next Thursday evening, Mr. A. Z. Trudelle, * Duustan s College, will lecture ou “ Racine.”

army, and j : the (ind in almost every engagement she defeated | justice.

lselves with cotton, and interest was the ruling

SOUTHERN NEWS. The New York papers contain a number of ex- tracts from late Southern papers, from which we give a resume of the more interesting news. President Davis, in secret session, had advised the Confederate Congress that the prisoners re- leased by the Yankee Government upon parole, | be absolved from their oath, and allowed to take

| part in the approaching struggle for independence. ! : : He urged it as a retaliation for the infamous and | about 30,000 troops. In rear of the city are very | pocket, took a sharp and heavy dirk, and thus | Messrs. Douse, of this city.

| reckless breach of faith exhibited by Lincoln, in| few cannon, and only two have been mounted, |

r | <A third of Charleston was burnt by the recent

the exchange of prisoners. |

i ' | ment ef assault.

It is umversally asserted and believed that the place is to be attacked by a con- certed movement on all sides by the 15th April, | with overwhelming land and naval forces. The | necessity of surrender, and the policy of giving up the place without fighting, since it must eventu- ally fall, are openly discussed in the city; and it is not lung since a party of officers came to blows | on the question in a public conversation. On the | line of road from Charleston to Savannah are |

of the nust eventiul und disastrous voyages on |

record, .

| ie | A LADY SHOT—HER RECOVERY HOPE-

LESS. ’

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Tu the village of Remsen, a day or two ago, a! murder, of apparently a mestamalicioas and cold- | blooded character, was committed.

The vietim is Mrs. Buekingham, wife of Frank | Buckingham, Esqr., of Chicago, and daughter of Colonel Mather Beecher, of Remsen—a beautiful | and estimable lady, about thirty-tive years of age. |

The murderer is one Hoffman, a German, sixty-one years old, father of a large family, not | unconversant with the interior of jails, a hardy, | active old fellow, and known as a revengeful aud | dangerous character,