The Examiner.

Charlottetown, Sept, 18, 1875, CIVIC AFFAIRS.

Wax published in our last, s communi— gation trom Mr. O'Reilly, in which he pointed out an error in our previous arti- ele on civie affairs, We very much re- gret that this mistake should have been made. We’particularly enquired, on two different oceasions, from one of the city officials, whether the amount for mac-

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adamizing was included in the 7} per cent assessment, and were informed by him that it was aot. Our remarks were based on this information, which we supposed authentic. As, however, we were misin- formed, we, of course, withdraw that part of the charge which stated thata large pro- portion of the tax was uncollected, and are sorry that we should have been mis- led into making it.

Still we do not in the least modify our ceneral charge of negk et, carelessness and gross mismanagement in city affairs, Unfortunately there are too many proofs of this, to allow the failure of one te make any material difference. Mr. O'Reilly himself very innocently brings a damaging accusation. He calls our attention to the fact that “excepting the expenditure on the Fire and Police departments, other items of expenditure are very small in- deed.’’ Very small indeed! This is our main,charge; that everything is done on too small a seale to be of any use what- ever.

Surely, when we point to undrained, unrepaired streets, without sidewalks ; to neglected squares, with broken-down fences; to streets unnamed and houses unnumbered; to cows grazing on the streets, and to trotting matches held on them,—in a word, to a city which is without almost the commonest comforts of civilized life, it is poor consolation to be told that the “ expenditure is very small.” If small expenditure is to be the test of good civic government, there are mud villages in Africa which surpass even our city. We ask the most ardent admirer of our Corporation and its ad- ministration, to tell us what it does for us. Orwe will try to enumerate their works, and give them credit for all we can.

The streets are partially lighted; there

are two orfthree streets macadamized ; | amount of business. wooden sidewalks are to be found at/| better laid off, and the people would refrain some little is done in | from building houses on the middle of the opening drains, here and there, and after | streets, the place would be much improved.

broken intervals:

a winter storm «a snow plough is sent round. When we to enumerate | what is no¢ done, the list will be much | longer. We shall have to say that the | town is about halt unlighted, three-fourth |

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unpaved and without sidewalks ; that | most barren portions of the country. At when it rains there is mud, and when it! several stations on the line, we saw Steam doesn’t rain, dust unbearable; when it | Saw and Shingle Mills, which have been

soows there is no regulation re- | quiring the snow to be removed from the paths, and, that, consequently, in some | of the principal streets, there are little; foot paths winding over the snow banks— !

the cows and horses off the streets, and | the Corporation too useless to make them do even this simple duty. Corporation exercised criminal jurisdic- tion, it did it in such a way as to puta premium upon crime, and not once in twelve months had it the courage to in- flict a proper punishment upon an offend. er. At last the matter had to be taken out of their blundering hands. A com- parison of the fines inflicted by the pre- sent able and efficient Stipendiary Magis- trate and those imposed by the civic authorities marks plainly the incompe- tence and want of vigor of the latter. Now they are pottering over the question of licenses—deing nothing one week; something the next which is undone the following ; and then notice given to re- consider the matter at the next meeting.

However, as we have before said, we are just getting our deserts. The civic elections pass off without the people tak- ing a0 interest ; the office of Mayor and Councillors, almost go a-begging; and the merited results follow. Perhaps at some time or the other there may be a change for the better; but it is long in coming.

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STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH NOVA SCOTIA.

Tuts subject is again occupying the at- tention of our own and the Halifax news- papers. We notice that the St. John Telegraph tries to draw attention off to the side issue of dai/y communication with Nova Scotia. Mr. Davies did the same in his letter to the Herald. Now, whether there shall be communication with Nova Scotia on six days or on four days is really a matter of secondary im- portance. What the publie complain of is, that there is no direct unbroken com- munication with Halifax at all. We kaow there is not, and perhaps will not b> the same amount of travel to Halifax as to St. John ; and we should not much complain if we had direct communication with Halifax four days in the week. But what we cannot stand, is to be sent mean- dering round to Georgetown and to be knocked up at four o’clock in the morn- ing, in order that we may contemplate the beauties of Pictou for nearly a whole day, Two daysin the week to be twenty- eight hours, and two others to be nineteen on a ten hours journey, is what must be changed.

AvpiTionaL Poricemen.—His Honor the Stipendiary Magistrate has applied to the City Council for four additional policemen. He represents that there are now only eight policemen, Of these four are always oft duty, and two are required about the police station ; so that there only’ remains two to patrol the streets. This number, he declares, is, in view of the enlargement of the city and the increase of crime, in- adequate for the service. His request is very reasonable. We hope it will be granted; and that four active sober men will be appointed. The Council should make sobriety « simi qua non in any person who holds the policeman’s baton.

Fire.—At Muddy Creek, on Monday 6th inst., Mr. S. Arsneaux lost his barn, 5 tons of hay, sleigh and harness, several thousand shingles, barrels herring, ete.. etc., in all valued atknot less than $700, by means of a fire, occasioned by one of his children playing with lucifer matches on the barn floor,

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Prince County Exmuimion is to be held On 19th October.

| Brae,

: | Kinnon Bros., at the Brae, have another that the police force are too careless to keep | partly built.

When the | following day drove through Lot 9.

‘informed, a population of about eight

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A TRIP TO THE WEST.

No matter how it rains, we can, without |

_ | discomfort, travel by rail; and on Monday |) ...),

evening last we took our seat in ® car at Charlottetown station, in the midst of a | heavy shower, with an ejaculation in honor of the memory of James Watts and George Stevenson. and an inward feeling of thank - fulness to those instrumental in providing this Island with railway accommodation. Of course, we were unable, as we travelled along to admire the broad reaches of mea- dow, green as the green of Erin; the grain- fields dotted with stooks, or just ready for the reaper, the grazing cattle, or the com~

which would be a credit to any

MeLeod, and others, havo large mercantile establishments. Accommodation for tras vellers may be had in no less than seven Mr. White is landlord of one town. Mr. R. Gladney has just opened a neat and comfortable house for the use of the travelling public. His advertisement — which of itself is a mark that he is the right man for the business ~will be found. in another column. To it we direct the attention of our readers. The. Presby- terians, the Methodists, and the members

fortable homesteads of our farmers, and all the attractive of hill and dale, river and running stream, which make upa Prince Edward Island landscape in But we could

sights

the early days of September. enjoy the perusal of an interesting article in the ‘London Quarterly,’ and thus profit- ably the time till we reached the vicinity of Summerside, Our progress on the way to Alberton was here stopped by

ANYTHING BUT A SATISFACTORY ARRANGEMENT,

A train from the West arrives at Sum- | merside at noon; a train for the West | leaves Summerside at 3.45 ; but there is no train West to connect with the Steamer to or from Shediac, or with either morning or evening train to or from Charlottetown. The consequence is that through passengers are delayed at Summerside six and a half hours if they are on the way to or from any part east to any point west of that lively but not delightful town, and some eighteen or nineteen hours if they are bound either to or from Shediac. In the eyes of the hotel keepers and merchants of Summerside, this arrangement is, doubtless, excellent; but to the general public who travel, it is very annoying, and complaints are unceasing. The traftic at present ou the Western end of the line indicates that two trains might profitably be run to Alberton every day. Or the western train might leave Summer- side after the arrival of the train from Char» lottetown and the Steamer from Shediac. But the excuse is, in the first alternative, insufficiency of plant; in the second, the late and early hours which such an arrange~ ment must necessitate would be too much for thetrain hands. ‘The excuse, certainly has weight. Nevertheless, something re- medial should be done. Perhaps it is now too Jate in the season to make connections with the steamer ; but railway communica. tion, unbroken by six hours’ delay at Sums merside, should certainly be established between Charlottetown and Alberton.

SUMMERSIDE.

The delay gave us a chance of seeing the rising town of Summerside. Summerside is a progressive little place and does a large If the town were

use

ON THE TRAIN In the afternoon we went westward to the The surroundings, after leaving Mis- couche, are not calculated to give a stranger a favorable impression of Prince County. The railway evidently runs through the

lately built. One of these, belonging to Mr. Barlow, is a very large building. It is the second \r. Barlow has built, the former having been destroyed by fire. Mr. Bars clay hasa Mill at Ellerslie station, and Mc-

A PLEASANT DRIVE. We remained in Brae all night and the Part of the road was well settled, and the farms seem good, while other parts seem poor, and several farms are vacant. The crops are generally good, although the wheat is thin. Leaving Lot 9 we drove through the O'Leary Road to Lot 7 shore, and round | the shore nearly to Campbelton. Lot 7 | is one of the best and most fertile Lots on the Island.

THE O'LEARY ROAD.

We had not been over the 0’ Leary Road for anumber of years, and were surprised at the change that had taken place since our last visit Then there were few clear- ed farms; the forest bordered the road, and it appeared impossible that the dense woods on either hand should ever give place to cultivated fields. Much courage was then required to nerve a man to settle in this wilderness and attempt to hew out a home for himself and his family. A few acres each year were all that could even be partly cleared. Yet, although the diffi- culties seemed insurmountable, our sturdy yeomanry proved equal to the task. The forest gradually fell away, till now little of it remains by the road, Large well- cleared and well-cultivated farms, with comfortable houses, are everywhere seen. The mowing machine is now heard where, a few years ago, the sound of the axe was all that broke the forest stillness. The wheat and oat crops along the O'Leary Road are much the finest we have yet seen. The great drawback is the want of manure. Mussel mud is not found within several miles, and hence the farmers are unable to procure this invaluable matter.

GOOD FACILLIBS,

Along the Lot 7 shore the farms are older than those on the O’Leary Boad, Mr. Mc- Williams has a beautiful place there, on which he carries on extensive farming and shipbuilding operations. On this shore there are good facilities for fishing, of which the people of Lot 7 are not slow to avail themselves. Quantities of fish are exported. The principal fishing stages are at Campbelton, Lot 4, just on the borders of Lot 7.

Lots 10 anp 12,

Beturning from Lot 7 we drove through Lot 10, The change from the former Lot was very marked ; for on Lot 10, the greater part of the land is barren. We do not think there is more than two or three thousand acres ofjgood land on the whole Township.

On Lot 12, which we next visited, there is also @ large quantity of barren land. There are, however, some tracts of good arable land. About Bideford the farms look well, and that settlement bears a gen- eral appearance of prosperity. Captain Richards there carries on large shipbuild. ing operations. We understand that the amount of tonnage of ships built for him is larger than that of any other person on

the Island. ALBERTON,

From Bideford we proceeded to Alberton. Alberton and its adjuncts has now, we are

hundred souls. Fifteen or twenty years ago, huge, blackened stumps of pine, thickly and picturesquely studding fields intersected by cradle hills, occupied the site of the prosperous village; and a heavy growth of timber covered the land of the thrifty well-to-do farmers of the settle» ments adjoining. The situation of the town is not, we think, as eligible as it might be. Were it nearer Cascumpec harbor, its people would enjoy greater facilities for traffic than they now possess. Still, its advance has been remarkable, Already it contains stores as well stocked with goods as many ir Charlottetown. Hon. R. B.

| Esq. Church is in course of erection.

| berton.

| with the “ how not to do it policy.” the matter is too important to beallowed to | drop ; and we hope to see efforts to re~| move the bar at Cascumpec harbor renewed. |

A large, well-proportioned Catholic Manufac- | tories are, we are pleased to observe, vigor» | ously carried on. Messrs. J. R. Larkins | and David Hunter have excellent carriage | factories. The latter gentleman is about | applying steam to his works. James Wig~ | gins, Esq., und son, have just laid ~ near | the railway station—the sills of a large i steam mill, in which grinding, planing, etc., will be done.

sport, would be gratified by a visit to Al- |

The Kildare River and its various branches contain plenty of trout, and, oc~

| casionally, some salmon ; and the marshes | . . .

| and sandhills of the vicinity are the resort Before |

of wild ducks, wild geese, ete. leaving Alberton, no stranger should fail to visit the establishment of Hon. J. C. Pope at

CASCUMPEC POINT.

For there he will see practically demonstrat® ed the immense value to a country of enters | prising men. A year ago Mr. Pope had, we are informed, just purchased the well known |

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old establishment ; and then echo broke the stillness of the place.

day the click and clatter of nearly a huns |

dred axes are heard in the distance, the

busy hum of a splendid steam saw mill |

breaks upon the ear, and a magnificent

ship of 800 or 900 tons sits on the stocks |

nearly ready to launch. Close by,

in the harbor, lies a fine new schooner of |

a hundred tons; and in the yard adjoining

is the frame of a ship—the keel of which | is to be laid this fail—between fourteen |

and fifteen hundred tons The steam saw mill, to which we have referred, is drive™ by a twentysfour horse power engine. It

contains machinery for the transformation | of logs into timber and planks tor ships, | staves and heads for barrels, boards and

shingles, planed and grooved and tongued, for use in the construction of houses. It

is, probably, one of the mest complete ess | A |

tablishments of the kind in the Island. blacksmith’s forge, a warehouse, s barrel

factory, in which about sixty barrels can | be put together during the course of a/ day; a ‘cook house’ and several cottages |

adjoining, for the use of the men; a well stocked store, and a residence for himself about completes the list of Mr. Pope’s appurtenances at Cascumpec Point.

the Dominion, is foreman at the works. On the farm adjoining, we observed one of the largest and finest fields of barley we have seen this year,

CASCUMPREC Harbor.

On our way back to Alberton, we had leis sure to take a good look at the fine harbor of Cascumpec. Whata pity it could not be made available to ships of the largest tonnage ? The water inside is deep enough;

but the bar of sand across the entrance is |

the obstacle. It is believed by many, that this obstacle could be removed. If the

entrances to Fox and Goose harbors were |

dammed up, and the waters of all the rivers flowing into the basin, together with the

tidal currents, forced to find a passage to.

the sea, through the mouth of Cascumpec Harbor, it is thought the channel would soon wear deep enough to admit the larg, eat vessels. from Ottawa, looked at the harbor and bay ;

| consulted no one likely to understand the

matter, and went off —in strict accordance But

OBITUARY—JAMES WELLS. Dock Church, awakens our curiosity, and we ask a friend who it is that is receiving the honors of the dead. ‘A remarkable man, ’ he replies— ‘a man who has,.£t. 99,’ marked on his coffin—his name was James Wetts. He once told me that he was a volunteer to put down the rebellion of 1798. He was one of the oldest Masons on the Continent.”

ROBERT GORDON, ESQ.

On the same day, (the 9th September) the mortal remains of Robert Gordon, Esq., of Huntley, was consigned to earth in the family burying ground at Montrose. Mr. Gordon had suffered some months; but at the last he passed away peaceably,resign edly—as a Christian. His death is mourned by a large, loving family, and by a circle of friends extending to the limits of the Pro- vince. Mr. Gordon was for several years short-hand reporter to the House of Assem- bly, and lately Collector of Customs at Al- berton. He was a man of progressive ideas and aspiring character. Occasionally he contributed to the press of Summerside and Charlottetown. Last year he was our special correspondent at Alberton. His letters were always welcome. His bereav. ed family have our heartfelt sympathy.

ON TO TIGNISH.

In company with a kind friend we drove from Alberton to Kildare Cape. The day was breezy,and the drive very exhilirat~ ing. While some of the farms, fronting on the road, looked poor and ill-cultivated, a great many showed signs of surpassing fer. tility. Those of the Gordons, Ramsays, and other old settlers and prime farmers, were particularly striking because of the rich green of the tields. The Kildare Kiver winds picturesquely through this fine country ; and its beds of mussel mud are to the farmers as banks in which their cheques are always cashed. From Kildare we walked on to Tignish. It can hardly be now said of the old Acadian settlement, that—

“ Therein the tranquil evening of summer, when brightly the sunset,

Lights the village street, and gilds the vanes of the chimneys,

Matrons and maidens sit in snow white caps, and in kirtles,

Scarlet and blue and green, with distaffs spinning the golden

Flax for the gossipping looms, shuttles within doors,

Mingled their sound with the whir of the wheels and the songs of the maidens.”

The time is past when Tignish could furnish

snch ascene. But “ columns of pale, blue

smoke like clouds of incense ascending,”

still *‘rise from a hundred hearths, the

homes of peace and contentment,”’

The railway has lent an impetus to Tig- nish ; and prosperity and advancement are clearly marked on the faces of its thrifty people. The Church at Tignish is justly the pride of the settlement.

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HALL & MYRICK'S FISHING STATION, Some fifteen years ago, two enterprising citizens of the United States, Messrs. Hall & Myrick, estat lished fishing stations at Tig-

‘nish, on the east side, and at Nail Pond and

Frog Pond on the west side of Cape North, Since then thay have prosecuted the fish«

Reid, Senator Howlan, Reid, Brothers &

ing business extensively—every year giving

| remunerative employment toa large body |

of men, and materially adding to the trade of the Province. This season they have up- wards of a hundred men at work in about

fifty boats. the men give

They provide the boats ; and

them the eighth codfish

caught for the privilege of fishing in them.

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The remaining fish Messrs. Hall & Myrick

| ' | | buy green, at current rates. the stages | /and stores for the care and preparation of

of the church of England have each churches | they were last year. in which public worship is weekly offered up. and quintals of codfish were caught and That of the latter is a neat edifice, furnish- | cured; this year there has not been more ed with a beli—the gift of J.S. Carvell, | than one thousand,

sawing, |

‘fish for Market, are large, conveniently situ. | ated, and well fitted up. not, this year, been so constantly used as

But they have

Last year two thous-

Last year seven thou- | sand barrels mackerel were taken , this |

year the catch has, so far, been about three

thousand five huadred. The falling off, will, however, we are glad to learn, be more than made up to Messrs, Hall & Myrick, by

the improved condition of the fish market. The profits of the fishermen will necessarily | be smaller. Mr. Myrick resides at Tignish | during the summer; and besides carrying

on the fishing business, farms extensively.

Lovers of |

Mr. | McKinnon, one of the best ship-wrights in |

Last year an engineer came |

A funeral cortege slowly moving towards |

HUNT & Co’S ESTABLISHMENT. R. Hunt, J.

MESSRs. R.

Last spring Messrs.

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| Pope and other men of enterprize—at-

| tracted by the peculiarly good facilities for |

| prosecuting the fisheries, and the improved | prospects of success in general busines con- | sequent on the opening of a railway through | the thickly populited and wealthy settle~

|ment adjoining—purchased from Senator | | Howlan the fishing station at Tignish | short | | distance from it. They havea good fleet These they let cut to men_ who supply them with the fish, which their |

Run, and the fine large store a

{of boats. | hired men at the station cure and prepare | for market. Besides, they purchase largely from skippers of schooners and others who ‘have fish to sell. Their store contains | nearly everything—everything, we may say, —required by farmers and They sell at reasonable rates, and conses juently their custom is large and increas~ ing. where they do a good business.

fishermen.

They also havea station at Nail Pond, We trust their success may be greater than even the expectation of the most sanguine mem- ber of the firm; for their business is a great

benetit to the country, and their success | will indicate prosperity to the people of |

| the neighborhood. TIGNISH RUN, ‘The somewhat celebrated breakwater at

gale of August, 18735. repaired at the cost of the Dominion Gov- ernment. Mr. Donald McDonald has the contract, at about $8,590, and Mr. Thomas Bernard is inspecting the work. <A timber frame is being ballasted from the bottom with stones. At

forty feet square is to be constracted for the accommodation of fishermen, channe! at the entrance of the river would not, before the work was commenced last

spring, admit the entrance of a large boat. A good sized schooner can now enter at high water. The breakwater is of great importance, and we trust it may prove sub- | stantial,

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A Scurrie.—On Saturday night, between ten and eleven o clock, a party of sailors belonging to a United States Fishing | Schooner, created a disturbance in * Dos |minion House.”’ Great George Councillor Smith attempted to make peace, and he wes setupon and badly beaten.

lhere were no policemen present; but on Sunday morning. the marshal and some

men proceeded to the schooner and arrests |

ed the following persons, viz: —Capt. Mc- Phee, Joseph MeDonald, George McPhee, | James MeNeill, John Donovan, John Camp- | bell, Henry Fraser, Peter Gillis. They | gave bail to appear to-morrow. -or->

Rartway Accipent—Two Mey Inucrep.— / On Saturday last, while the down train on the Western Line was backing some flat cars into the siding at a way station, two of them ran off the track. pletely smashed up, and Mr. Baker, brakesman, and another, name we are unable to learn, were in-

They were com,

jured -— P,; ogress.

| Ciry Counctt.—Two attempts of His

| Worship the Mayor to have a meeting of

| the City Council failed because of the non-~ We under-

attendance of Councillors. | stand that there is important business to transact. This morning there were present,

| cillors Morris, Hooper, and McCarron,

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RAILWAY EXTENSION. | | Ovr contemporary the Herald favors Mr.

ing report .-—

‘* Pursuant to notice,a railway meeting was held at Little Sands School House, near the County Line, on the 30th ult. Notwith~ standing the busy seasons and the short ness of the notice, parties were present from Murray Harbor, Murray River, Wood Islands, Belle Creek. Pleasant Valley, and adjacent Districts. The meeting was or- ganized by appointing Duncan Munn, Esq. to act as Chairman, and the undersigned as Secretary. Charles ©. Gregory, Esq., C. E., was present and described minutely the practicability of the contemplated branch Railways. Hon. R. Munn, who was present expressed his opinions in favor of the scheme, and would give his support in passing an Act of Incorporation, if the people desired. After Messrs. M. Me- Fadyen, James “Cuddy, James McMillan, Charles Brehaut, A. W.Cook, R. Dixon, and others expressed their views on the desirability of branch railways, the follow- ing resolutions were unanimously carried : Moved by M. McFadyen, and seconded by M. Munn, Little Sands :—

Whereas, This meeting having heard Mr. Gregory, C. E., in explanation of the pro< posed formation of the Southport, Belfast, and Murray Uarbor Railway Company, to- wards which he estimates a subsidy from the local Treasury, of, say $5,000 per mile, towards construction; would enable and ins duce foreign capitalists, in conjunction with the spontaneous aid of local inhabit~ ants of the respective Districts, to build and fully complete the same in rolling stock, stations, buildings, &c.; and further considering that the Island is still entitled to receive from the Dominion Government over and above, and in addition to, $800,~ 000 reserved to buy out the interests of the retaining proprietors, —

Therefore Resolved, That this meeting nominate and appoint a committee to use all their influence in concert with the in- habitants generally throughout the districts to petition the Legislature, applying for a charter incorporating the said company,and praying for the enactment of such a measure as will authorize the payment of the aforesaid subsidy on condition of a Rail- way being constructed and finished in ac~ cordance wit: the statutes which may be passed. authorizing the same, during the ensuing session of the Legislature.

The followng comnittee was then ap- pointed, viz —Mr.McFadyen, Murray Har- bor, Charles 3rehaut, Murray Harbor, Jas. Custody, Murray River, Duncan Munn, Little Sands, Robert Dixon, Little Sands, Duncan Crawford, Wood Islands,James Me.~ Millan, Smith, John McGregor, Upper Belle Creek.a. W. Cooke Belle Creek, John Hume, Pleasant Valley, M. McFadyen, to act as Secretary of said committee.

Moved by F. McFadyen, and seconded by D. Crawford, and

Resolved, I hat the thanks of this meeting be tendered to Mr, Gregory for his kinds ness in Coming so far to explain and furnish such information for this meeting.

After a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting adjourned.

D. Crawrorp, Sec'y.

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LATEST NEWS SUWHARY.

EUROPEAN, A mutiny is reported anong the Carlists j l é in Toulouse, in which many were killed and wounded.

The Papal Consistory was held Sept. 9th. The Pope nominated occupants for vacant Sees in Spain.

On the Continent rain is needed, and un<

| less it comes soon crops will be decreased

and quality deteriorated,

The Carlists in all parts of Ca'alonia, Navarre and Biscayan are giving in their submission tothe Spanish Government.

The Workmen’s Peace Conference Paris solemnly protests against the present as an intolerable burden on the people.

A brigand was executed at Potenza, Italy, on the 14th ult., guilty of tweive assas-inations, seven homicides, four ats tempts at murder, resistance to the auth~ orities, and nineteen robberies on a bi scale, amounting in value to £40,000.

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place at the Scilly Islands, in connection |

with the ill-fated Schiller. story goes.

This is how the | A certain Luxemburger, Franz |

| Hauser by name, whose mother and two sis, |

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| ters had perished in the Sv/i/lzr, while | had escaped, was resolved to recover the | bodies of his relatives; so he clad himself in | the proper submarine dress, and descended with two professional divers. lor twenty | minutes their search was fruitless, Sud- denly the divers observed the young man rush towards a heap of something which

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Street. | they could not make out, in the water

he |

| They followed him and saw him try to climb |

a rock on which the mass lay; and they | ,

then distinguished that it was one of his |

| sisters,

| an enormous octopus had fastened upon‘the | body of the poor girl, whose face scurcely | recognisable hung down behind. Hauser | was about to rush upon the monster when | the signal for ascending was given, and they | had to return to the surface. The same | night Hauser died of the shock which he had sustained.

CANADIAN.

wols of mickerel are reported

Large se! | off Sydney harbor, Cape Breton.

| Mr. Joseph Doutre, counsel for the Ia.» stitute Canadien in the Gibourd suit, has entered an action for $50,000 damages against the ‘“‘Nouvean Monde’”’ | tack upon him.

The congregation of St. Luke's Cathedral, | Halifax, have had a monument placed in Camp Hill Cemetry in memory of the late Dean, the Very Rev. Wm. Bullock. The monument is made of Nova Scotian granite

By an order in council the fishery regula- tions for the province ot New Branswick have been amended so that the annual tax on every 209 pounds of salmon caught by net sha'l be forty cents. and 20) pounds of

A. T. Galt in an open letter says, while willing if required to resenter pu'slic life

it would not be according to his convictions |

of duty were it possible to do so either as a supporter of the present Government or

ofthe Opposition under SirJohn A. Me- |

Donald. He says he is opposed to the building of the Pacitic Railway for years to come, He is opposed to ree Trade or too much Protection.

A Montreal special despatch to the Morning Chronicle says :-—‘‘A disease of a fatal character has broken out among a herd of cows near tiis city. Dr. saicEwen here describes it as splenic apoplexy, and attributes 1t to the cattle having been pre - viously in low condition and been now in too high condition, together with a deficient supply of water and its stagnant condition, and the heat to which they were exposed during last week.”

Peata or a Nova Scotian Arroap.—By a late South American miuil, the sad news has been received of the death of Dr. F.F. Mack, son of Jason Mack, late of Mill Village. The doctor and some friends were awaiting the arrival of the train at San Pedro, when a disturbance occurred among a lot of na, tives, and the proprietor of the place at. tempted to turn them out. In the confu- sion one of the Gauchos rushed upon Dr. Mack, who was quietly standing a mere spectator of the scene and with one blow of his club killed him instantly. In the ex- citement which followed, the murderer un. fortunately escaped. The murdered min was buried at LaFlores, and was followed to his grave by all his English friends. Lis sad death will be deeply regretted by a large circle of relatives and by the many warm friends whom his kind and generous nature secured for him wherever he was known.—Lirerpool Advertiser.

UNITED STATES

A petition for the pardon of Edward S, Stokes has been sent to Governor Tilden.

The specimens of ore collected for ex- hibition at the Centennial, by Stewart and Whitehill at Nevada, weighs 1,075 pounds,

New Yorr, Sept. 8.—An extensive Indian outbreak, believed to have been instigated by Mormons, occurred in Western Utha and Eastern Navada. ‘Troops have been sent from San Francisco.

Wisconsin claims a population, exclusive of one county that in 1870 had 3,166 ins habitants, of 1,536,579. The population of Milwaukee has advanced from 71,440 in 1870 to 100,775 in 1875.

tis estimated that the child population between the ages of six and sixteen in the United States and Territories, is about 10 288,000, and that about 300,00) teach ers are needed to educate this host of future citizens.

Wasmixeton, Sept. S.— Despatches re. ceived here attribute a massacre of negroes in Mississippi to the Ku Klux and members of the White League. The despatches re. present that the murders was planned by the White Leaguers who committed the at- trocities in the most barbarous manner. Attorney General Pierepont, to ascertain the truth of these reports, telegraphed yes- terday to the officers of his Department in Mississippi. The reply shows that four ne- groes and three white men were killed, and that the disturbance originated in a drank- en quarrel. Gov. Ames of Mississippi, no- tified President Grant that he will eali on