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1 would not grieve you unnecessarily. apd I would have saved you from this very pairi- ful interview, but my boy—-h0 bu! nu . father."

She stopped, unable to proceed. ‘ equally all‘ueted imurmured. “ 1‘11"!!!“- i will be his iathcrt he shall be my child i_ but wiry talk thus? why abandon your-sell to despair? \‘on are young. and have .mth years to live.” A inclancholy snn'lg played over her lacs: " \ ears to livc . idle rcpcutcd. in a low, calm voice. “ no, not days!" i looked at he ' attentive- ly; she was unusually boautilnl; her eyes were bright. and lustrous, and licr check was streaked with glowing rariurne': she changcd the conversation to more indif- ferent subjects, and presently, complain- iii-I tirat shc felt a little taint. requested ine todcnvc lior for tho present. and rcturn at an early hour in the cvcuint'. l obeyed her. and retired.

As i walked from the house. a tearful suspicion crossed my mind. There was a suicmnity in her “ not days" that tilled me with alarm. I inquired tor the physician that attended her. and called upon him—— my worst tears were true—Emma was in thclust, the hopeless stage of r-onsnmp. tion.

My feelings in ry be easily conceived, when, in the evening. 1 sought the lodg- ings ol my dying friend. i found her rc- ‘clining nporr the sofa and besido her a lovely boy of three y s old in the deep- est mourning. 1 cute -d so gently that for a low seconds she was unconscious ol my being in the room; i looked at her anxiously. ilcr still bcaulil'nl lace was white as the artist‘s marble; but when she s.th inc hanging over ihc couch, again the eye lightened, and again a feeble blush dwelt [or an instant on her iadcd check; she beckoned to nic—i knelt beside her— sho was sadly altered since the morning.

“ (icosgc,“ she said, fcebly. “ I feared i might not have strength to convey to

am my dying wishes; you will lirid ihern

rare," and she put a scaled packet in my .

hand. 'vvbilc with a faint ctl'urt she placr-il . the infant in my arms,—

" Will you be a father to him ?“

A flood oi tcirrs fell upon the child‘s face, as silcutly l pressed him to my bosom “And you will briry mo with Ariliur?”| 1 could not speak. “ Kiss me, Georg my boy—Arthur i come!" 1 had pas l my arm round her knock to support her — the head fcll backward ctr my amp—tho .oyes closed—and Emma llilson was dead!

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Ilcr wishes were obeyed. She sleeps in the churchyard of Ashlicld, beside him .whom in life she loved so well—and l -placed the simple tablet over their graves which tells their names to tho passiugtrn- vellcr. Tire or man of Arthur .llilsun is my adopted chi d.

My bay—for ho is dear to me as over child 'as to a parent—has cxccodcd my most sanguine tropes; and. when I fall, and a presentiment tells me that mine will be a soldier‘s d-ath. errgo liilson wil find that his adopted father has not iorgot- ten him.

UNDER THE WRONG FLAG.

From Ibr Cunmlitlnfor May.

‘It is acknowledged by all who are cori- vcrsant with the current history of Canti- dian ati'airs that within the last lcw yours an astonishing increase has taken place in the number of young men wlro cross over .to the United States from the various pro- ~vinccs oi the dominion. Yet we have seen but little in the C' liau prcss show- ing that proper ccnsidorantion of the subject which its importance demands. It would seem as il'all werc lenrl‘ul to touch upon a topic so humiliating to our nation- at pridc,—Ihns tacitly rrdrniltiug the cor- rectness ol' the charge so lrequcntiy made .nguinst us by the United States press—that :Caunda does not know the true value ol her young men. Dim-ring in opinion from .thosc who expect to restrain this cmigrrv tion by ignorin" its existence, \vc advocatc .thcluilcstpubircity in all its details, he- licving it is only by diil'using a gcncral knowledge oi the relative advantages ol' the two countries, that our people can bc taughtthe lolly of cxpatriation.

As we view the earlier-history of British America and the Uniicd States, contrasting .tho semi-torpidity oi the one with the rap id progress oi the other, it ceases to be u .onusc tor wonder that when the glowing

story ol the Union‘s prosperity rclied the wilds of Canada, not a few di *ontcntcd spirits wcro tound ready and willing to .avail themselves oi the change that prof- .l'crcd an improvement of their condition. ijulikc the emigrant from across the son, with no old habits to discard, with no new ones to acquire. the success ol the settler trom Canada was rapid andccitain. Each .onc who prospered soon drew many old li‘vicnds to his new ironic, rind they in turn becarnc powerful magncts to draw on those who were left behind. Thus. step by step, the exodus increased. till guthcr- , in strength with its years. this tcrriblei evil now threatens the very wcll'arc ofter country;

Wo admit that the time has been when the young man could [hid in the United-Status a greater lieid for successlul enterprise than in any oi the British Airi- .cricnu provinces; but it was years ago, and the western world has changed its from. since then. The Dominion and thc‘

‘ Union have exchanged places, and we date this new era lronr the commencement ol the southern rcbcllion. tcd States entered the list rrs one ol' the

rent warlike powers of tho world she

e Irtct‘l l'rom the paths ol prosperity and an ounce. During the continuance ofth «var, the enormous expenditures of the Government created an nrtilicial pros- _ parity. but on its termination n. disasu'ous reaction ensued. which ever since has been iostored with skillltil stupidity by the political agitation at reconstruction. llcr ‘Vitnl energies are crippled by enormous 'taxatlon, and her vor cxistcnco rests up-

.on the rotten foundation ot' an inflated pa-

per currency. With her manulacturcs sic-pressed, har shipping curtailed,deprived .ol the south as a market. the supply ol labor is in excess oi the demand; and .tlronsands. impoverished by the high cost oftho common necessaries of lite, swell thorauks ofpaupsrisrn to an extent be- yond all power of relief.

It istothcso changes in the labor and .monoy market. oi the United States that we .crill tho especial attention of our readers.

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sands at his countryun-n have to endure,

illicit “'3'” “l “Ulllll’l‘l “"d symrmhv Who“ ishcouvertto Christianity in (ircat Britain. 1 w.“ 1 most needed. their iniikc-Biiilts to keep “ll Now there are 20,000 converts on the cori-

appearances, their biltci' struggles to kocp the well from the door. the little they re- ecivc tor their labor the largo amount they expend tor the amnion necessaries. he would ticvcr leave his native land to ‘a borne under the stars and stripes.

At present the various provinces are agitated by this changes through which they are His ing. and business is somewhat unscttlc . but this will pass away and a better state of things succeed. llo not be driven lroin home by political clap trap 'about tire evils ui‘cont'eucratiuu. birt stay at home and hpr to redress them. Taxa- lion is increased, and injndiciousiy so,but we have no he vy w~ -ilcbl to dischargo, and, as the errors are detected. the people will soon rcctily tlicm. Lcaving Canada for the United States to escape taxation and depression of business. is truly " out of the frying pan into the live.“ Yet these are the only masons now advanced in la- vorut'tlic stcp. That they are seriously cutertuiucrl we cannot doubt. but it must be only by that large class who allow others to make their opinions. They hear lroin iricnds such stories. and seein‘! iro- iliing iii the local papers to contradict Eleni, naturally make no cll'orl. to obtain lnlor- motion on the subject.

We hold it to be the duty of the public press to pay trequent ultcntion to this irri- portaut topic. lur it is one that will ever be interesring to their rcnders. and its irriit, like bread cast ripuri the \\'atcr.~',\vill rctriru altcr many days. There is a dis- position on the part of runny who now so- journ in a strange land. to avail th-m- selves oi the increasing bent-fits conch cd by confederation. but they are deterred by seeing those at homo preparing to leave. in iru prophetic spirit, but alter mature deliberation, we confidently assert that ere

I long the tide will turn the other way, and

that our young men will return to their native lamb—some sadder, all wiser, by their experience nbrond. It bchoovcs those at home to put their hou:e in order, so its to make the advent of the wandcrcrs

,benclicial to all pai'tics concerned. All

that is needed to ensure this end is to iii- ibrin our ccplc abroad oi tlnprogrcss \vo arc niuki g in building up our country. Men who have preserved their nationality against thc greatest temptations. as is al- most universally the case with our fellow- cnuntr men in the United States, have too mttch ovc lor the old soil not. to embrace the first lavorablo opportunity to return. Our country needs tho talent anti assis- tance of all her sons at. this very time, and we assure them that there is room lor all who preter their own llag to the now gloomy stars and stripes.

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NEWS SUMMARY.

Ix tho House of Commons on the 12th inst., the reply ol'thc Queen to the petition of the llouse of Commons, based on Mr. Ciadslone‘s third resolution, was an- nounccd.-——'l‘hc Queen says “ that relying on the wisdom oi the llonso ot' Commons. sho desires that her interestin tho tempor- ulitics of thc lrisli Chrrrclr will not in any way hamper parliamentary legislation on the subject.“—Un the 13th, Mr. Gladstone brought in a bill to suspend for the pre- sent any ina g or additional appoint- ment: to the lush Church. This bill pass- ed to a. third reading on tile 14th, and is to renurin in ctl‘eci. until the first of Aug- ust. 1869.

The letters received from Dr. Living- stone. by his Edinburg lricnds, leave iro doubt thatthc lbs or the Julianna men were invented to hide their coivardicc. The Doctor mentions that the Johanna men had “ slzctladdlcd,” upon licaring that a travellerjourneying into the interi- or had been robbed oi his slaves, a fate which they seem to have feared for them- solves. it is amusing also to lirrd that. the English name has struck such a tear into the minds of tho sluvc-dcah-rs that they immediater took to their heels as soon as tlrry heard that an Englishman was on tho road. Livingstonc‘s last dntc is February, 1867.

Comments do not cease on the di'nnkcn speech with which the Prime Minister of England closed the first. great debate on the Irish Church. What is odd is that the Tory papers ans“ cr only by silence. No- thing like a contradiction has anywhere appeared. lndccd,llo\v c r yoir contra- dict. what six hundred eye-witnesses testi- i'y to? There is no longer any ull'cctirtion

condition on that evening. not suppriss in the reports the conspiracy passage? ask some persons. The answer given a low nights ago was that Mr. Dis— lat-ii ion. the House of Commons at til o‘clock in the morning, blind drunk. When he came to hirnsell on Saturday at- ternoon. he sent his private Secretary. young Corry. with incssugcs and verbal explanations to tho ncwspnpcr olliccs, but the mischief was done. the speech was in cvcrybody‘slnrnds, and before night the scandal hail down over England.

The Emperor Napoleon and tho Em- press wcro at Orleans on Saturday the urn inst.. irurn which city they returned to Paris on Monday. Upon their arrival at Uricuns ihcy Wcl'o received by the Mayor on the part oi the people, in an address oi wclconio. The Emperor replied briefly. and alter expressing his thanks said that ho was happy to be in a city unrdu sacrctl by glorious religious and political rncnro- vies, and devoted to active industry. He was sure such labors were safe iir this general assurance ot pcncu. Tire Bishop of Orleans spoke in reply. and concluded by invoking blessings upon the Emperor and Empress.

The sudden close oi the Abyssinian war caused a good deal of excitement in the East India lrcight trade. and heavy do. clinc iii rates. as the release oi the tonnage under charter to thc Government would be spccdy and very larger.

Queen Victoria is said to be very re nlar in uttenrancc on Divine services. an no~ ticestboabscnco oi any ol'horscl' 'antsv On one occasion, at Bnlnrornl, last scuson.she asked one ol liar attendants on a Monday morning, “ Why were you not at tho kirk yesterday P" llo nnswarcd. " l’ieaso your Majesty, the morning was wet.” "0h. ilc.“said the Queen. "who could have expected aScotcliman to plead that ex- cusoP It was not. too wet lor inc.“

It is said that tho into King Louis of

and warn the young innu who thinks oi going thither, against the special pleading l at his countrymen across the border, who, ;

Bavaria loll. eight coll‘crs, the contents at which are a mystery. ()no is to be open- cd in 1869, and the others in Will! At

.eaptirntcd by the glitter and bustle around that date ii. is more than probable that the them, write that " business never was ' present generation will liavojoined King

better, and you are certain or obtaining constant employment at. good wagos.‘

Truce that letter to its writer. and you .tngcuth at. Amount in Attica, as sacribcos will mostprnbablyiiud that it crinicl'rorn a f on the occasion or the liing'sdeuth. Sure-

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ouis, Three thousand human beings were put,

dry. oods clerk who is starving on eight or I ly the Christian pun crs oi rlrc world should Ian ollm a week. or from a mechanic, Lput air end to sin-h blllt'ilcl‘y.

who. at from [no to three dollars a day Is

not of employment six inonthsln lbcycar. .l'roin Japan. We speak ndviscdiy when in: any thntl'ow ’ cutcd, and army or the leatlo arrived at _ (‘annllian i'cui Canadiansln the [initial States are doing point near qudu.

miter ihun they could at home. while a

great number lure lar worse and bittrrly ‘ fyllou’ing:—" 'l'ho Spakiuinn Minion-is .rlaiin that in recent cotdlir-ts uillr tho,

it print the lorriin rtcp llwy have takrn. I

hate and important despalclics received 3

Civil War vigorously proso- ;

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. the latter were detcated and driven 1st. Sixty y u-s ago there was hardly a Jew-

tiucnt and 3.000 in England. at whom 100 are clergynicn in the Church of England. Spain istryinw to negotiate a loan of $10,000,000, in Tmndon, payable in filtccn years. offering as security the surplus revenues of Havana.

A dispatch irom Constantinople, dated May 12in. says:—“Tho Sultan opened ilrcncw Council yesterday in a speech remarkable for its liberality ll» said the time lrad come when T ish manners must yield to European ci ilizution. Thcrc arc about 3.000 endowed schools in England.

There were 700 suicides in Paris last year.

Sixtccn thousand Mormons iir Europe have proposed emigrating to birth this spring. The Algerian Arabs starvc at lilty a- day. 0

UNITBITETATES.

Advices from the City of Mexico. to the isi. of May says. that Juarez is in quite i osssssiou ol the Presidency. and that all attempts at revolution in dill" rent parts ol the country had been suppressed.

The case at John ll. Surratt i'as bclorc ‘the Criminal Court at. Wilmington on tho lith inst.. and at the request oi the ris~ oncr‘s counsel the trial W: s postpone un- til next June.

Richmond advices of the 2nd contain the iollowing: “Jeff. Davis‘ bail hornl was renewed to-day. The accused is to api ' on such d at the next term, as tho Court may licr titer lix. The Judge said that Chief J usticc Chase had told hurt him that he would be in lticlunond to pro- sidc at the trial. within two (lays alter the impeachment trial had been concluded. the new bond has llorace Crcclcy, Cor- neli s Vanderbilt and Garrit Smith on it ' 5,000 each, and the remaining $25.- 000 is by the citizens of Richmond. This

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named. l' '—Scuator Bright. oi lnrliana \‘tiS iii the Court room, and Gen. Leo and l . -Sccrctary 01 War Scddun were in the city to attend as white. sea. It is thought the trial will take place tho lust of May ." A Southern paper is urging upon the Southern pcoplc tho selection at n. day for an annual “national celebration.“ to bc observer! with proper ccrcnronics, for the purpose of commemorating the great achievements of the Coalcderacy during its short career, and to be devoted to dee- crating the graves oi those who fell in the Southern cause.

The New Orleans Tribune. said to he the only daily paper iii the United States. owned and edited by nogrocs, and tho only can thus conducted in the South, has suspended tor want ol support.

About a year ago the Peruvian Govcrn~ nicnt sent an expedition to explore the northern parts of that country, on the bunks oi the rivers Maranon and Morena. which are tributaries ot the Amazon. A steamer named the Napo was employed under the command of a Major Vargas. whose olllcial report. recently issued. is alleged to show that "immense quantities ul gold exist in the region through which the explorers passed." it is stated that such is the abundance that an lndian- nsing only a simple wooden tray for wash- ing the gold dust—can gather several ounces or gold in two or three hours.

The New York Cmnmerci'nl Advertiser, in an article on Fenianism says :—-" The Spit it ol'Feninninn is not only diabolical. but unapprouchublc. it seems to be simply and purcly liendish. it burns and shut i- tcrs \vnnlunly. No measure of lorbr-.r- ance or inaguauimity disarnis or softens it. When an outrage has bccli committed, an appeal lor pardon is responded to, on ly.as it appears. that a second outrage may be immediately committed. The unprece- dented indulgence ol the British Govern- ment shows no purpose, but aggravatcs the atrocities ui‘t‘cnians. Our own Cov- cr nnent, too, constantly called upon to in crposc in lavor ot Fenian prisoners, finds its reward in fresh assassinations. Arid tho unsatiablc not Fcriinnism is

v I ‘ ‘l r s U Rh A L, TIIULSDAY, MAY 21 store for lrhu.wonldn't hc leave the country.” Witness also heard another men say : "Sandi. you did that job at burningthe Orange Lodge first rate." as the man he heard called Smith.

Witness has identified \i'lrclan

'l‘nr: Cums—From all parts of Canada

we are glad to receive (in: most favorable ac- mum“ but counts respecting the crops.

The breadth of wheat sown last autumn was unusualy large. and there is less winter killed than has lit-cu known for many years. in fact unless some entirely unturm'n misfortune occurs bctWt-en this am) harvest time v19 may hope for one oi the most productive yields which has ever been known in Canada. of spring wheat there has been a considerable quanniy sown, and we hear that it is coming up in u very promising manner.

in the States the inriitntious are also favor- able. in Ohio, New York, l’cnmylvuuirrarud lilinois the yield of wheat is .cxpectcd to he uuprccc lcntedly large. in some parts oi the Northwestern states grasshoppers have ap- peared in large numbers, and have douc'con- sidcrahlr: damage. but on the whole the farm- crs ot' [own and Minnesota are well satisfied with the appearance ol' the crops. The rc- ports from Europe are also favorable. and a line and early harvest hr expected. 'llic stock of brcadstuli's on hand, however. 15 unusually small.

The Montreal Grin/[c says :—

" Advices from St. Louis show that thc prospects of the wheat crop in the. United States are very favoroble: it is said there is “not even one dark shade " But the peach urrrl other truitcrops are said to be touched by recent frosts. From Western Canada so far we have precisely the same report with rcgard to fall wheat." The Quebec and Gulf Ports Steamship tiaspc has commenced tiic senson'srqrcratinns having started yesterday from Quebec, on her tint trip to l'ictou and intermediate ports. The Gach has undergone a thorough over- hauling since last season, a considerablc put of her in chincry having been repaired or ia- ncwul. 1 re passenger berths widened, and other improvements cll'cctcd of aXcharut-icr

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