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Business Cards. Properties for Sale.

‘ARV ELL BROTHERS, AUCTIONL ERS, Commission Merchants,

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BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET, |

Charlottetown, P. E. Island

WILLIAM DODD,

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POETRY. RIAN AARARAA ARRAS enn nnn? THE ANSWER.

Warm was the sun of the summer Fragrant the breath of the flowers, Shail sweet things be but the forerunner

Ot woes in this world of ours ? O cannot and may not the summer, The warmth, of our pleasures last Are all things and al! Like red leaves to fall, In glory—and then, oh! the blast ?

Q mantle and fall of white snow! O flake and icicle pure ! Well. well, doth the eye, seeing, know Your speech as you lodge at the door; Our hearts read the story of woe, And our brains sound the knowledge we cast. Are all things and all Like red leaves to fall, In glory—and then, oh! the blast #

The answer we read in the stars— God's jewels and man’s keen delight— O’er earth's grand commotions and wars Stull shines His ineffable light. We float in our hopes on frail "Till, reaching the haven at last Know all things and all Like red leaves must fall But never more, on earth, the blast!

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LITERATURE. |

THE SWEDES IN PRAGUE.

CHaPiER XVI.

Very soon the effects of this bold spirit, | and the judicious mode of defence adopted by the beseiged, were felt by the Swedes. In va'n did they direct the stolen artillery from the Hradscbio against the two cther partsof Prague. In vain did they bombard the city with red hot balls ; the inhabitants seomed to disregard these attacks. The firat ehell that fell in Palttner Strect was extinzu‘shed,

and the

where it was consecrated by the priests with great solemnity, and afterward buried in the churchyard of St. Michael.

Whether it was this religious rite that drew

brought to town-

| down the protection of Heaven, or the vigis

‘A GOOD FARM WEST,

THE CURRY FARM,

q yee AINING ACRES, situate on Commission Yerchant and the Western Road, 10 chains front, 70 ‘af : , icres clear, well cultivated and fenced with AUWCTIONEER Cedar, balance covered with hardwood and QUBEN SQUAKE, cedar, ISLAND.

CHARLOTTELDOWN, P.

ANS & SON.

RK Bell-Hangers, Gud ald Tiu-swiths, QUEEN -—TTCREET, OPPUSITE WATSON'S DRUG STORE, BY to return their thanks to the reneral

public forthe liberal patronage extended to them since their commencern

and ask for a continuance of the same feep*onstanty on hand

nem

entin business,

They

A meat Asortment of

\ HANDSOME DWELLING HOUSE, 27 x 30, well finished throughout, with Kit-

chen attached, 12 x 17, Barn 34x 41, with Pig-house and Sheep-house. There is also another Dweitiinc Hovwsr, 16 x 25. This

Farm will be sold with or without the stock,

and possession given inSpring, or Cropped

and sold with the Crop delivered next Fall. Terms easy. Apply to

GEORGE W, HOWLAN, 1874.

I eb. 16,

Valuable Business Stand for Sale.

The Subscriber will sell, by private sale, his Store and Dweling House, with other | outside buildings, situated at Cardigan

TINWARE, KITCHEN UTENSIL | Bridge, about 4 chaios from Railroad : h Station. As this is one of the finest and |

&e., &e., &e. most conveinent business stands on the

ALL ORDERS in the above BUSINESS} Island, parties desirous of engaging in

will be punctually attended to.

Having lately made large purchases in the Cheapest Markets,intended fer House Builders, uch ae Gias Fitting, Water Closets,

Bel! Fittings, &.. &c.,

lam prepared to SELL THEM at BR ATES AS LOW AS CAN BE HAD IN THE CITY, and will fit them up in agoo’l workmanlike style © &@ generous public, we » ild say, that all erders in THIS BRANC#a OF OUR BUSI NESS will be attended to with Despatch A Lot of First Clase WATER COOLERS on

tend. SAYR’S CRYSTAL BLUF,

Sold Cheaper than ever New 11,18?

Mercbantile Business, will find it to their advantage to call and examine, before | purchasing elsewhere. Alco, 15 Building Lots, situated within + mile of the Bridge, and suitable stands | tor all branchee of business. There is also | 5 water lote, fronting on Cardigan River and only a few yards from the Bridge. These Lots will be sold to suit intending purchacers. !s0,a saw, lath and shingle mill, having | a larger circular for cutting all kinds of |

: Lumber, besides other Saws, with about

150 acres of Freehold Land, 2 miles from Cardigan Bridge. As the Subscriber intends to wind up

his bassness, for the presept, he requests all parties indebted to him by Note of | Hand, Book Account, or otherwise, to settie their respective accounts on or before jhe Ist August next. A!l sums remaining unpaid efter that date will be handed over

F.M. CAMPBELL.

GENERAL MERCHANT

COMMISSION At ENT,

AUCTIONEER & PROKRE R|

TRIMITY CORNER, GRORGETOWY, PELL.

Standard Life Insurance Co.

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GEORGETOWN.

STOVES, wholesale and ret WINDLASS

and MACHINERY CASTING nu general al-

ware on hand ipplied att + st notice Cash Paici

FOR ALL KINDS of OLD & SCRAP IRON

J. A. RUTHERFORD & Co, Georvet

1873.—~] own

June 2,

JAMES BRENAN, House, Sign, and Carriage Painter,

Paper Hanger & Glazier

SOURIS WEST.

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PRINTING.

Having Improved

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Power & Gordon Presses, And a Good Variety «

The Newest Styles of Type,

We are prepared to do inds of

for collecticn. HUGH L. McDONALD. Cardigan Bridge, June 10, 1878.

St- Lawrence Marine Insur- ance Co. of P. E, Island.

Boarp OF DIRECTORS : ARCHIBALD KENNEDY, Esq., President Joun F. Ropertson, Esq.

ARTEMAS Lorp, Esq.

Raupu B. Peaxt, Esq.

P. W. HynpMan, Esq

THomMaAs Morris, Esq.

W. D. Stewart, Esq Risks taken daily at their office, Exchange

Building. FREDERICK W. HYNDMAN,

Ch'town, March 16, 1874.—ly Secrelary.

Valuable Freehold Property

FOR SALE.

THE undersigned offers for§Sale, a,Valu- able and attractive Freehold Property, con- sisting o Fifty Acres, one half clear and | in a high state of cultivation; the other half | covered with an excellent growth of fafrly | mixed Hard and Sott wood, suitable for | most purposes, |

The Property fronts on Launching Road, | at Head of Mitchell River, Lot 54, and there is on ita handsome and commodious two- storey dwelling House and Barn.

‘erms easy. For further particulars ap- , ply to j

JAMES LEDWELL, Cardigan Bridge. Jan. 12, 1874.—3m pd

BUSLVESS STAND FOR SALE! I will Sell by Public Auction, on

FRIDAY, | The ist day of May next,

at 12 o’clock, noon, if not previously dis- | posed of by private sale, the valuable Busi ness STAND. at the CORNER OF THE RoaD | LEADING FRoM Fort AuGustus TO HICKEY'’s |

Wuarr, Hittsporovcn River—one of the | best shipping places on the Island—consist- | ing of one acre of Land, with the buildings | erected thereon; one Dwelling House, 31 x |

on the Loweet Torins. at the | 25 feet, Shop 20x 19 feet, and Warehouse | | 28 x 24 feet.—all nearly new and in good |

repair. For further particulars, apply to E. |

EXAMINER OFFICE. J. Hodgson, Esq., Carlottefown, or on the

premises to

. ROBERT WEBSTER. 3 A NN 6 0 4 ii 0 U S E, Fort Augustus, Mar. 16, 1874.

Effervscing Lozenges, or Solid Thirst Quenchers.

BOOK & FANCY JOB PRINTING

PLEASANTLY SITUATED ON North Side King’s Square,

St John, - - - New Brunswick. ly with effervesence, relieves the most J i RUSSEL, PROPRIETOR. | intense thirst, at the same time obviating

the frequent desire for taking fluids. They |

lance, prudence, ard activity of tho inbabits ante (especially those of the Jewi-h nation, to whose care was corfiled the apparatus for extinguishing the fie.), or whether it was both civses combined, certain it is that none of the bombs did material damaze and thus every frustrated ettomrt to de-troy Pre gue by fire. only served to heizhten the contid nee of its brave population

The impatience with which Konigsmark bore, not oly this delay, but also the evi. dent arrival of fresh succor to the garrison of Prague, to strengthen them in ther res sistance, naturally operated on thos: about him, farticu’arly on Odowalsky, to whom he never was favorably inclined. Indeed, there Were moments when his gloomy mind still miszave him that that thie unexpected resistance was a second treachery against tle Swedes—and the consequence of this was, the closest scrutiny of all Odowa'sky’s movemente.

That officer himself was by no means slow in penetrating these sentiments; aud thus he and his new commander were mutually jealous of eacn other. When, afier a day of fatigue or danzer, which he had pe:haps spent either on the entrenchments, cr in some affair with the enemy (without the gratification of seeing bis services acknow

| ledged) he returned in the evening to Troy,

he generally mad2 all about bim, even in- eluding Helen, suffer for the depression of Spirits occassioned by Kon'gsmark. He loved Helen with that ardor natural to his temperament; and the very ilea of losing her, or her Jove, was sufficient to drive bim mad. H>-, therefore, watched ker corduct with great minuteness, and nothing but the |

| paramount wish (suggested to him by his

vanity) of surroundirg the object of his | a'tachment with a splendor becoming her who cal.ed berself bis wifs, induced him to postpone the formal « ffer of his hand to the period whei the conquest of all Prague should establish his wealth and glory | upon a slid foundation, and the rank of Genera! should place him high in th» estimation of tho world. Yet, in spite of all love and prida in i's object, his roush manners and habitual reserve were not rc« strained in the presence of his mistress, whom he treated harshly whenever under the inflaence of illshumor. He had inte.s course with peop'e of the most opposite character ; he recaived and despatched let- ters; he had srcret connexions, and, doubt, some secret aim also. Hy len, mea: whi'e, remained ignorant of the meapinz of all this. Her questions and ingenious al‘us sions were unable to e'icit from this deters _ mined spirit mere than an ironies) amile. or a co:rse joke, which clearly convinced har that, although the object of hs ardent pass

no

‘sion, she possessed veither his co: filence

nor loft er esteem,

Thus the worm was in th: courd—the gnawiog worm of dieconte:.t and disappoints | ment. She began lik>wiss to perecive be-

| tween herself and lover an essentix] differ~

ence in respect to their relative manner of feeling ad acting. Daily ictercourse brooght out the secee of this d fference, | which had been unobserved during thoee interviews they held when surrounded by danger and veiled in secrecy. He'en grew. consequently out of humor, reserved, and

_thoughtfal; and in these moods the image

of Wallenstein, whom she believed lost, | arose upon her mind invested with every amiable and graceful attitude.

It wasa fine evening in the beginning of autumn. A storm was just over, and the

eultry heat of day had subsided into a re- fiesking coolness. The elder ladies were

seated at their embroidery in the great ball, but Helen had stolen away to her own room, | where she sat in a window commanding a view of the Hracschin. She looked upon

_the landscape below, aod was immersed in-

deep meditation respecting the probable’ changes and chauces of her wayward des- tiny, when her uncle entered the room. A cloud was on his brow, and to Helen’s re- mark onhb =teauty of the evening, he res plied * Yes, all nature seems to revive, bat when shall we poor oppressed beings | feel as happy as the trees and grass do efter the storm is gone by? We should each one join in praying for the expulsion of these | accursed Swedes.’

Helen cast her eyes in sileace on the ground; and the old Baron, steadfastly re-

haps, their departure wou'd be lees welcome | than their stay.’

| Governor's banquet.

‘T fear it the davghter of my companion in arms, should bestow her re

3 mach more. That wy niece, gards upon a Swede, the enemy of her father’s nation and religion, were grievous enough, but that her affee,

_ tions should indeed already be fixed upon

an apostate, a trai'or, neither Swed? n .

, avy longer Bohemian. ia truly sufficient wrap my heart in tenfold glsom—a gloom

brightened only by my conviction that the tr.umph of the invaders will be as transient as it is partial.’

‘Do you indeed feel such convicticn? asked Helen, both interested in the question, and anxious to change in avy way the pre-~ vious course of conversatior.

‘Do I not know wlat my countrymen are

>

ab’e to perfurn? Have I not sean the state

of forwardsess ix which the fortifi-ations

are? All the students have taken up arms;

the citizens emula‘e each othr inthe defence

of the ramparts; and even the clergy grasp

the sword to expel the common enemy.’ fielen was again silent.

‘ And who. think you,’ resumed the Baron, ‘has, at the imminent hazard of his life, saved the Old Town of Prague?’

‘I heard that a man succeeded in effecting his escape over the bridge in spite of the enemy’s bullets; but I know not—’

‘That man was Wallenstein! my cousin,

| the gallant Albart!’

‘Albert!’ rereated Helen, her whole frame in aeitation } thought le was dead!

‘God be pra‘sed, he is alive! He was wounled indeed, but veryslightiy. He is now captain of a company of students, and displaying the atmost gallantry and decision of characte

tower which hie re

ecommards tie s°me bridze- so'ution saved,’

\t this moment the voice of Odowalsky

waa heard in the corridor, chiding h's ser-

vants; and ast the eound of the un:rateful aceents, the Baron hastily rone and de parts ei by ano'her doo

Helea hed scarce any time for refi: ction

upon the sirinve ad unexpected news her

uucle hadcommunicated, It had ceeasioned

a revulsion her whole frame, and the What co you deiive,’ asked be ‘I have visit of Qlowalcky was particularly ili-timed, recovered frm my droom. You wish to Indeed «ke decided 01 avoiding bim by | 8°*®™- t2 become the corfidint, nay, the

following the Baron, and was in the act of

shutting the door behind her, when Odas walsky came in from the opposite one. He en'ered in a er at passion, and pes

ast fold of her g wn withis the d t> How! when the hears me coming!

ceiving the closing door, mutte: himself hurry away, This 1s stra: ge across the apa'tment, threw ope» the door by which the young lady was makirg her

egress, and found her etinding undecided

As he spoke, be strode

whe h«r to go cn or to return.

‘ What means this? said ho.

‘T am unwell,’ replied the, in a low tone, I bessech you, s pare me.’

* That is a curious reason for quitting your own apartments,’ observed Odowalsky, with an ironical smile ; countenance immediately changing, he pars sued,-—

‘Helen! Helen !

and the expression of his

are my fondest hopes diss

adpoiuted here, too? Will the relentless hand o' destiny never cease t> persecute me?’

She raised her eyes, and beheld in his teas tures a shade of the deepest sorrow.

‘T urderstand you not,’ faltered she.

* Tell me, whose is that green velvet man- tie, end that button and loop, which you bought of the s ldiere?’

*‘Odowalsky,’ cried she, ‘you ae my friend, and betrothed to me; butI recognize not your claim to put such questions as theee ’

‘What!’ exclaimed he, ‘has the future husbard no rizhtto inquire into the cause which induces his bride to purchase a gplen- did plunder—the looking at which makes her alternately blush and turn pale, and fills her eyes vith tears! I insist, continued he vehemently, ‘on knowing the name cf the individual to whom these relics be'ons, or rather belonged, for they are b-come yours, ani I suspect their former owner has eluded me, and js alr-ady beyond the tovch of mors tal retribution.’

He had led her back ist» the apiurtnent, where she sank into a chair, and petuous lover s‘ood 4 while silent before her. At length his m od changed again. and he exclaimed in a mournful t.ne, * Have you, then, Helen, loved ancther besid-s your Firs nest “ ;

This appeal! Heeo was unable to withs stand. She started ap, threw hers lf on hs bosom, end her sgitated feeling found vent in silent sobs.

Odow.lsky pressed hur ty bis heart +O Helen! Helen!’ that you in you; the idea of 3

‘I have vo wish to cone:al anything from you,’ said she, in reply; ‘it was the question so much as ths tone that wounded me. Itis true, I did recogniz: the closk and aigretts, aid therefore cosa notto leave them in the hands o! the dragoons.’

‘And whes: were they ?’

astily, as if siriving to turbation

‘They belong t» a old ace quaintance, to a man whom I eafficien'ly

cried he, ‘you know not

ave my all; that I have faith only and that I could not survive evan

ur being false.’

no!

Le, keep under his per-

demanded

relatien and

esteem to treat with respect everything that

once was h’'s They are the mantle and

| aigrette of Wallenstein.

¢Of Wallenstein!’ reitérated Odowa's’ y with a tone of returning bittnerncss.

‘I knew them ata ci-tanee, when your dragoons exposed them for sale in the ga:- den. It was the dress in which I had seen him but twenty-four hours before, at the Spots of blood were visible upon the garment; I was to'd it had been taken from a dead tojy—probably it was the blood of my Is it to be won lered at, sight made me shudder?’

‘That was Odowalsky.

‘And was it sot equally so that I should not wish to leave the property of @ relation | in the hands of eoldiere, who made it the | subjsct of their vulgar jokes? Now,’ con- | cluded she, ‘ you have the whole story, and | see what your suspicions have muds of it.’

Odowalsky paused a few moments. * Wal- lenstein!’ said he, half inwardly, ‘ be has, loved you, ‘hat you have confessed. Helen! |

cousio.

natural enouzh,’ nauttered

ergy,‘ if this indeed were all of be checked himself. Helen, as with inward |

her im!

am I to tlame, if avch a}

EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY,

no peace while it is in your bands,’

‘This demand offends m2, sir, since it proves how little confidence you repose in me.

.T love you passionat-ly, exclusively! I have experienced quite erough of failure and disappoi: tment in life. Here * and he pointed to her as he spoke—‘I cou!d not en-~

‘dure them, and live. You must be entirely mine ; mine, both mentally and bodily; and no relat ve, no living, or even departed be- ing, must hold a share in your love. If you are so mind<d, if you love me exclusive- ly, then deliver over to ms what you possess of Wallenstein; it can, or ought to be of no value to you

Helen answered not. Her joy at knowing she wasso ardently beloved struggled with ber mortified vanity, and with her respect for the memory of Wallenstein.

‘You do not answer,’ s ij Le, more ves bemcently ; but, indeed, you Aave answered. You love me not!’

‘ Odewaleky, how am I to believe that you think m» worthy of your aft-c'ion, when I eXperic.ce from you an utter want of cons fidence? You have confederates of whom I know nothing. You are pursving measures equally unkoown t» me, and have projects [am not sllowod to share.

If 1 am to par tivipate in your fate, and joyfully will I do co, however matters tarn out, { must koow you and your plans. Put truet in me, and everything I possess of Wallenstein eha'l, in a 1oment, be laid at your feet.’

‘So you want to make « bargain with me, as well as with my soldiers? You mean to sel] me your affection! Ether sour carioss ity or you pride is stronger than your love. My confederates are, and must be, men! We are sopatat d! Ue went toward the antes chamber, and, on opening the door, one of his drago.ns approached. * My horse!’ exs claimed he ; * give the word ta meunt!’ The man withdrew,

‘For God's sake! ‘one mome t longer!

cried the t-rrified girl,

She eeized bia band, he ‘ooked in‘o his face, and perceived his lips quiver with emoticon

and feit it tremble

guidre of my actions and views, while I seek but an affectionate wife.’

‘And that I will be to you, Ernest!’ exs claimed she, quite overcome. ‘I will ask love, ard will bring Wailens‘ein’s.’ She em- braced acd held bin fast in her arms. At length he raised his arm, end then etooping, h’s lips toaehed ber forebvad. In anctber moment, she went to fetch the mantle, the button and loop; Wallenstcia was nof dead, ard ths melonchcly charm of this possession no lor ger existed. She laid them down, on! her retarn, by the side of Odowalsky, withs out utter ng @ word; his plans and his con- nections were no longer talkel of, «nd har- meny once more reigned between the lovers.

for nothing but you

you all tave of

ee slide Tue Grris or Japan arScsoor.—Through

| the time to establish the Supreme Court

En

APRIL 13, 1874.

YR. MASSON’S SPEECH

In his speech on the ‘ Address in Reply,’ Mr. Masson, of Quebec, (Terrebonne) after | some preliminary remarks, said thai the Speech from the Throne was remarkable, not for what it did contain, but for what it did not contain. He had always expected | that in these speeches reference would be | made to the most important subjects | which had been brought up during the | recess. Among these subjects was one | which had reference to Manitoba. He | knew that lately there had come down | from Manitoba gentlemen who wished to | extend their boundaries, so as to have a | seaport on Hudson Bay, and an inland port | on Lake Superior. The House would, he | was sure, be glad to know something about these negotiations. Then there was no- | thing, about the excitement and discontent | in British Columbia, of which we were told | that on the second day there was quite a | revolution ; but we were told nothing about this or of the alarm. Another question | which had exercised the public opinion of | Lower Canada, and about which there was | not a word, was the administration of jus | tice.

had been almost the champion of it, but

been done. rass the Governmeat, but there was ans other que-tion upon which we ought to expect something. It was the question of | our industry, and yet not a word about it.

As tothe Pacific Railway he did not wish | to say much about it, but believed it would | end in no railway at all. One question | which had agitated the country to an ex- tent almost unparalleled was the school question. He thought that the hon. gen- tleman on the other side would do him the justice, in view of his past course, to say that he had a good right to expect some reference to have been made to it in the Speech from the Throne. It was well known that the House was pledged to give relief, and now it was evident that the Government were unwilling to give a reason why the School Bill had not been disallows ed. The Hon. Minister of Justice knew that he and his friends had not been afraid to embarrass their own friends on this question, and he therefore need not be surprised at his asking those who had worked with them last year why they had | not disallowed the bill? The Minister of | Justice had told us nothing about it. The | only thing we knew was through the pa pers. The only thing that had brought this course to light was a despatch from Eng, | land, telling us what were the relations between the Home authorities and Canada in regard to the disallowance of bills. When he drew attention to these, it was not to find fault, but to urge those gentle- men who had supported himself and his friends on a former occasion, to complete the work they had assisted to commence. The despatch to which he alluded said that the House of Commons was powerless to interfere. The intimation of this power- lessness, he considered, was an attack on the constitation. It was said that the only power rested in the Governor General in Council, and, if this was to stand in the way, the sooner the clause was struck out of the constitution the better. Now was

which was so much talked of. There was | another question of far greater importance, and one which had agitated the country for | two or three years, which had been forgot- ten in the address. This was the question of our relations with Manitoba It wasa

out Japan it is the universal custom for young ladies, when arrived at the age of | fourteen or fifteen, to be placed in what | may be appropriately called a finishing es- tablishment. This establishment has the following among other peculiarities, viz,— all the masters pay for the privilege of teaching, instead of (as in the case with us) | being paid for their lessons. This makes | the instruction a labor of love. Then again, to a certain extent, a Japanese young | lady is allowed considerable freedom as to the selection of her instructors; she gene

rally prefers the best looking. A lady | principal of one of finishing establishments | for young ladies would not be a little sur-

prised if she could be suddenly transported | to Japan to study the peculiarities of Jap- anese custom. She would find herself, not in a close, pentsup room, filled with girls | bolt upright, perched upon an educational stool, but in a delightful garden, fragrant with tea and flowers. She would see a number of little summer-houses, embower- | ed in the midst of these charming vegetable products, for which Japan is 60 justly cele. | brated, brought to perfection by the most , exquisite horticulture. She would see bright eyed damsels, with cheeks pink as the roses, moving round her with graceful step, each bearing a smatl lacquer tray with tea and cakes. She would see these dam- sels, with joyous smile and modest mien, wending each her way to a summer-house. In each of these summer-houseses she | would see a master or professor, either | waiting the return of one of the refresh- | ment bearing damsels, or else sitting by the side of one whe had already come hack. | Japanese girls remain in educational sem inaries of this kind until marriage, and they make excellent wives, INGSTONE'S LAST HOURS

A Herald special from London says the | steamer ‘* Mallaway’’ arrived at Suez on| Saturday with the remains of Doctor Living- stone. The following account is given of | Dr. Livingstone’s illness and death :

He had been illof chronic dysentery for several months. He was well suplied with stores and medicine, but had a presentment | that the attack would be fatal. At first he was ablo to ride, but soon had to be carried, | Arriving at Murlala, {beyond Lake Bimba, |

Liv

inthe Bisa country, he said, ‘ Build me s|

hut to die in,’ A hut was built by his fol; | lowers. On the Ist of May he was confined to bed and afterwards suffered greatly, groaning night and day. he said he was very cold, and requested | more grass to be put over the hut.

| not be regained unless this question were

| this in the address.

| that it was the

On the third day

subject which must be approached with the greatest caution. It was of the greatest consequence, and members might rest assured that peace and tranquility could

settled. This whole Dominihn could not |

| be at ease until the cause of irritation were |

removed. Thus our North West territory | must be to us asthe Great West to the | United States—the home fer a great and | prosperous population, more numerous by | far than that of what was the Canada of tos | day ; but this great end could only be} achieved when loyalty and peace were re-

stored, but there was nota word about | He alluded to Mr.

Dorion’s Napierville speech on the subject

of the amnesty. He had gathered from

the tone of the hon, Minister of Justice

that it was the intention of the Government | to appoint a commission of enquiry. He | could not see its utility, but would not say intention of the hon, | gentlemen to delay the matter. He took

it that this was to find out whether an | amnesty had been promised. Either they | had information enough, or they had not. If they had information, they should at once carry out the policy they intended, or, if they had not the information, it was their own fault, as they had four months to make the enquiry. He would ask the Premier ! if the proper enquiry in this direction had | been made? It seemed to him that if the

' amnesty had not been promised, the Govs |

ernment did not intend to take action. If | it was promised, it was the duty of the

| Government at once to move in the matter,

as the honor of the country was engaged. | If it could be proven that an engagement | had been entered into, we were just as much bound as if a formal promise of amnesty had been entered into He thought he should be able to prove this, As he had held several years ago, he now held that if the trouble had taken place, Canada wag the most to blame Vhen

| Canada assumed the territory, the people

were happy—they did not want union —

| This ground had been taken by the Min-

ister of Justice as well as by himself. We

| had undertaken to annex those people, | without appealing either to them or to | their Government.

It was agreed that the policy of the Government had not been to deal fairly with these people. Before the transfer had been made, a surveyor had been sent out, and the Canadian officials had invested the people with fear. The Minister of Justice had agreed with him at that time this was not only the act of the Government at the time but the act | of the peopleof Canadaalso. He admitted that the Minister of Public Works had not taken this view of the case. Another

cause of the difficulty was the sore blunder |

of the Canadian officials who had launched forth that proclamation. We had sown the

lity of having raised the storm. He would ask the Minister of Public Works what had

member for Kingston. He had raised the

His | people against him for having received the

followers hid not speak or go near hin. Kit- North west delegates, because they were

tumby, Chief of Bisa, sent flour and beans, and behaved well towards the party.

and died about midnight. servant, was present. Dr. Livingstone made

his last entry on his diary on April 27th; he | spoke much and sadly of his home and | family. When he was first seized by the | fatal attack he told his followers he intended | d co to exchange everything for ivory to give | who were said to be implicated now.

try to reach England.

‘on the 4th day Dr. Livingstone was insensible, | Mokaboa, his

not the representatives of the people but of the provisional Government. gates were the delegates of the people of the North-west. That act of receiving the delegates of the North-west had been said to be an acknowledgment of the provisional government. If such were the opinion of | the Minister of Public Works then, it must | be the same now, and covered all those It

them; push on to Ujiji and Zanzibar, and | was one of the elements in the law of na~ Dr. Livingstone | tions that the government had not a right

He knew that the Minister of Justice | had taken great interest in this subject, and | to defend it. yet we were told nothing about what has | He did not desire to embar, |

| reached me.

| ward,

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NO. 15

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The member for Marquette last year told

‘the House that Riel had acted with gener. |

osity towards Canada, thongh they had treated him badly. The country was al~ ready pledged to grant an amnesty, and he held that, as the English proverb said, ‘every man should haye his due.’ Every- body knew the trouble we had about the Fenians. A number of our best Canadians

| had fallen before them. Manitoba had

also been threatened with a Fenian raid, supported, if not by the American Govern- ment, bya large section of the American people, and if the French half.breeds had not come to the front, the safety of the country would have been endangered. Ac~ cording to the organ of the French half- breeds, at this juncture Mr. Riel was want- ed by the people to defend them. His life was in danger and he could not come forward as an ordinary man would have done, but the people had then said that his action would be well considered. He here referred to the correspondence for- warded him by Father Ritchot, and which but a few moments ago had been confirm- ed by Mr. Riel himself. Governor Archs ibald having conferred with Father Ritchot, had said that in order to save the couniry, Mr. Riel must be entrusted with a sword Had he been in the place of the Minister of Justice, ho would neyer have taken the place of Minister of Justice in a Cabinet which would not grant an am- nesty to sucha man, The following is the letter referred to written by Father Ritchot to Governor Archibald :—~—

“ Father Ritchot to His Erce Nency the Gor. General -— “October 4th, 1871.

“Your Excellency:—In the interview that I had the honor of having with you today, we felt of accord that it was pros per for Mr, Riel to help his people the patriots, under the circumstances, and to stop them from taking a false direction; After due deliberation, I take the opportu-

| nity to observe to 5 our Excellency that Mr.

Riel being in the condition that he would act publicly as a citizen, I don’t think that he could place himself at their head unless some guarantee would be given that his action would be well considered by your Excellency. In consequence, I ask of you some assurance that will protect hum against any legal attaint.’