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Charlottetown, Prince Edward‘ Island, Wednesday, November I6, 1853.

Established 1823.

No. 86.

New Series.

Reese:-d's Geaetg. GEORGE T. HASZ IRD, Proprietor and Pfilieber. Published evera Wednesday and 1 |||°|‘“"'I" 0tice,8oni.b aide ueen Square. I’. B. lsle_asl. 'I‘s iiiss—-Annual Subscription, lbs. Dlecolllll I0? ml‘ in advance. , ‘reels or anvalrlsilo. For the flrst insertion. occnp In the space of 4 lines, ‘ .as.—siisu,_ . .—0|inea,8a._-—l1lIn¢-I. 3;. 5¢|,._|o lime, 4a.-_-ll litres, 4s. 6d.--— iars._ . .- 80 lines, ls. dd.—-U|taee,Ie.—-and Id. for e_eelt adlitioual rte. One fourth of the above for each continuance. _ -- - '- -' ' ' -«illbecontinurvl

until forbid.

Georgetown Mails. _ THE NAILS for Geo town entil farther Notice, will be made ep a . forwarded every Monday at nine o'cloc

and Friday morning . ’l‘ 08' OWEN. Postmaster General.

H May 2. tries.

A BAZAAR. WILL be held at the Temperance Hall, at Cher- lottotown, on Thursday. the l2th day of January. IBM, to aid in the erection of the Parson age House, In connection with St. John's Church, at Crapaud. Contributions will be thankfully received by the following Ladies. M . Jsivxrire, bias. 'I‘. Desearesr, " E. Psusea. " R. T. ROACHI

I-‘i-rs. Geasnn, Curuni.r..

I THE Christian Public ere rims’! notified. that the Ladies of the BAPTIS (.‘.HURCI-I and congregation worshiping in the Baptist Church, in Charlottetown. purpose boldinga BAZAAR in the Hell on Thursday the 29th. December, to aid in raising Funds for the erection of a Turner and Porch to the said Chapel. , Contributions in donations or work. will be thank- fully received by either of the undersigned Coni- IIIOO.

W. Ileana-reap.

. Dlcfiaeooa. D. Wiuoiv. J. Wan-rraaaae, J. Scott,

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“ J. vast. Charlottetown, Nov.l. 18.58. (All papers.)

Charlottetown Gee Works. NOTICE

Tie requested that ell parties wishing to become I Gas Conauiners, this season. will give early “Mice in writing to the Companies’ Engineer, at the Works, so that no time ma be loot _u yin; the service pipes. and internal ttinge. which will be done so- ourding to priority, ofa pltoalton.

Tire Company Gas fitter, from Scot assortment at Lani , P which may be seen ir. a few days at the Works.

By Order, JOIIN GAINSI-‘ORD, Secty. Oct 24, I858. In ell the papers.

A CARD.

HE Subscriber begs leave to inform the Public T generally that he has commenced business as, Commission Ierchant and Auctioneer.

At the corner ofQueen & Sydney Slffifilfl. Ind hopes by promptneee and punctuality to merit a share °m'°" ”"°""' Aitrauits G. SIMMS.

&‘ CA!!! advanced upon articles left for Auc- ticn.

A cum. . HE undersigned having this de ‘ entered into C0-PARTNERSHIP ae NEIIAI. and COMMISSION MI:‘.IlCll:AN.'I‘.8, their Business bere- tofore carried on by t'tetn individnslyy, will in future be conducted under the Name and Inn of LONG- A TE 8. WORTH & Y l’ltANCIS LONGWORTH. ALBER1‘ H. YA'l‘ES. Charlottetown. P. [-1. Island. June, Idth. I853. N. B. The AUCTION beeineae will at elltimee receive their beeh attention.

Dissolution Copartner-ship. N'0'I‘ICE is hereby given that the Coparteership

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under the firm of CROSS It ll‘l‘1NlN-E. 'l'IIIIN9I'I & Carriers. hath been this day dissolved. by flmlllfll consent. And all persons indebted to the stud firm are hereby requested to raalte payment toClI|'IIl0-

liar Cross. P Cl’IRI8'l‘0PHEII. CROSS. JOHN KBNDLI’. Clierlottetowe. Nth Sept.. 1868. N. BI—l.ihewiae all persons having any demand!

against the said rtiee will please to render their eceoeats for sett etrieat.

J. I. DBALEY, coautissioiv siititcriiiiwr AND Slit

Broker, Nb. 1, count STREET. New roar.

Freigllle and Vessels prooered. at short notice or crops. the British Provinces, West Indies, Ane- trslia and California. Bertha secared for the latter places.

Teniperence Hall Oornpany. T A MEETING of the Directors of the above Coin y, held in the Teniperanoe Ila_ll, this «event , tnnfollowing Resolution was nnaniuioualy ado ill vie:-—

“ fleeonvll. That the Treasurer (Mr. John W. Harrison) be iaetraated to talte a necessary legal Ieaearee for the near of all eneettled Sahscriptioris to the Temperance fla.l7CenipasiyE;;‘

. er, . J. I. "COOPER. Sec’ . Charlottetown. stuns it. use .

-ro t.rcsirsiin- reactions. ANTED a District Teeeher of the list Class

for as eel.‘ d .Distriot— £l|.;:r’U_l‘:IO“ person will led-h to ' sgvsetsge riiisra ttuarie

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PLINY MILI-B, THE ICELAND TRAVELLER.

Ma. Punt MILEI. the subject or our eltetch, is pretty well linowu as a young and euturprisiiig traveller, and our readers have heard of hiiu from Iceland and elsewhere We learn that he is a native of Watertown. Jefferson county. N. Y-. ""6 of six brothers, all of whom are living. It'll! Of Captain Jonatlian E. Miles. Captain Miles re- moved to his present location from New Hamp- sliire over fifty years Iflfl. He purchased a t'-.irui ' atertown, when all control New iork was I wilderness, and has sni-riiiiicnded its cultivation ever since; and, at-cordiiii: to the verdict ids:-vi-rtil agricultiiriil siicieiies, has the tiniest rnltiviiled form in Northern New He is one of the first citizens of the county. and now about the oldest resident, and was one of the most tictive participants with Mr Leroy de Cliaiirriont, Senior, in orgsiii-sing the first Agricultural Society ever formed in this State. He is now over seventy years of age and llllitlflll possessiittz n t-oiripeienci-. has lately ‘received a bounty in land from the United States G(tW'l’tllllt‘lIl. for military services during the List war with Great ritniu.

'l'he Il.lI)jl"0I of our sketch, Mr. Pliny Miles. felt like many others in youth, tliet aeriwliuf-’Il was too "slow" an occupation for liiui, and on coming of age commenced life as a merchant. Growing tired of this he studied law, and fuiiilly commenced travelling. He says the first wish or resolution that he bail to be a traveller was while leading Robinson Crusoe, before he was twelve years old He supported himself by giving leu- tures, and correapoutlintz for newspapers. Hi- spent five years in travelling: in this country. and then crossed the Atlantic, and spent near five years in the Oltl World. .

But he gives the best account of liia adventures. His published correspondent-e would fill several volumes, and has been print-ipally eoiitribuled to the ostoii Post and Philadclpliizi Saturday Courier, under the signature of " Ciiinniunipaw. In the former paper, a few weeks since, he wrote aletter oti railroads, dated at Washington. in which he showed the probable course of the great lines destined to connect the Mississippi with the Atlantic. The article attracted attention, and was published in a nnniber of VV'esieru spars. One ofiliesc. the Semi-Weekly Press, at eoriti, Illinois. took the writer to task for neglecting to show that one of the great railroads was destined to pass through that place. 'I'be editor accounts for it. however, by remarking that the writer was the “stationary correspondent of the Poet,” and then he furtifics. the position ofllie I’-oria Rail- road, by quoting alettcr from the New York Tribune. and remarked that the writer of that had probably “ travt-lle-il sortie." Ilni Mr. Miles was acquainted‘ wiili the locality personally : had travelled “ some" himself,and gave the following amusing and characteristic reply :

“ In the name of lrnffaloes and sea breezes, what wotild you have, uiy dear fellow! l‘v«- been in every seaport on the Atlntilit-.. froiu New- foundland to Key West; dam-eil over the spark- lir wove-s off the \loro Castle ; ‘ scltntiiie-red‘ ll Illllillflll the Uulfof Mexico: triivi-llud err-ry font of the Mississippi from the lle-lize to the Falls of St. Anthony. 9.300 miles. and the most of it several times over: wandered five hundred miles into the Indian territory beyond the white settlements; stopped lll Iona at ‘ a city of some size and pro- teiisions, trained Ilurliugioii ;’ steained up the Illinois; stayed a while at Peurizi. got caught there in an awful snow storm, and their went throutrh the great lakes and toe St. Lawrence in the Falls of the Montmorency. I have visited every great curiosity, nearly every State capital, and every State in the Union, except California and Texas. Across the ‘ herring pond’ I travel- led through almost every kingdom, and saw nearly every crowned head in lilnrope: wandered over the Higliliinds of Scotland. stoned the cor- morants, in I"in2til's Cave. shot sea-pulls in Slteisnd eat plovsrs and other wild birds in

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my punch with the snows of Moiiut Heels, and

toasted my shins at the burning crater on its-

surrimit. I trod the rough miinntains of Norway, celebrated ‘lndepcnrlance Day’ o the coast, fished in the Miislstrom—-or near it: rite sour

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ltrotit with the Dutch. frogs with the Frenclimsii. '

and maccaroiii with the Italians; walked over the top of Vesuvius in one day frnin Pompeii to Naples; lay all night near ;lt)tne'ssummit. see- inn an eruption. with red hot l'0t'l(.'4 shooting a thousand feet in the air sailed by Stromboli at mti1uiulit,lauded where St. Paul divl at Rt-iiium saw the Coliseum by uitmnliglit. visited Cnrsica's rocky Isle, Svirrlinia. and Elba. and streamed close to Monte (.‘risto’s home; admired the (‘ha- teau D’ lfet Marseilles, and s cm iiioiitbs among the vine-clad bills of la belle ‘rance. Why yes man, I've been n ma balloon and down ins diving bell, slint al igatore on the Mississippi. and sparrows in Northnmberlsod, esIen'corn dod- gers‘ in Tennessee, black bread in Denmark. white bread in London. and been where I found it precious hard work to get any breed at all. I've rmle in a Jursy‘ wegzon in Florida, a go-cart in Illinois, and on an ltln-_-lish express train at fifty miles an hour; and gone afoot, and carried it knapsack. when I found travelling dear, and wan- ted to save mv money. I've been sixty five voyages at sea. roile over nearly every railroad in Europe. and more than one half in this country. and travelled overs bundreil tbousrinil miles and scarcely slept six nights in a plate for more than ten s. e em. s man ofextreme modesty (I) and obliged to vindicate my character in this seeming lmztslftll way. and tell all this about myself. And while I ttouiibt the world was givinu me credit for betuiz quire ti traveller, this editor out of en‘ llltiiois prairie-— as broad its all out doors !-—ponrweedown on my poor laurela, and calls me ‘stationery, and quotes as a sample or my lfln0l’IVlcO. the mere that that I had neg- lrcled to chronicle the location of his printing oflloe! bad eeeri it, notwithstanding. Well. this is an ungrateful world. Call tip the editors ofthe New York 'l‘rilriinr.-—Baverrl 'I‘avlor not excepteil—go to John Bsnvard—sumu-on J. nee lirownetnnd get all the good r-.lever_ fellows together that hnretravelled ‘- some." d ft one tb t in .a decade of years has travelled farther or seen more variety than the author of railroad srtiele. Ir. Editor of the Paris Press. is: a vwy serehis iadiridsalthlllae B any

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‘eggs as he daily sent to his customers, was

name; Pliny Miles, at your service, air; and ‘miles I have travelled,‘ and thousands more! hope to and I hope some day to meet you, iirid take a glass‘ of Illinois champagne with you: and I hope’ too, you'll live on |IlolI’lcI('--Ollie!‘ to it, I inetin— of the I0lt‘.'9lll, the straigbtest, the swifiest, and lb" best railroad between this and sundown. and I hope I shrill mark it A No. I an my catalogue of railroads,

The editor of tho Peoria Press will doubt- less give it up after this splurge.

Mr Miles is one who does not believe In shoving. At one time, while travelling in Ice- land, in crossing a. rd id iuy rivor, his horse got out of his depth, and the were curried

own the stream till they led on an island. and from that the strain ashore. Speaking of this in one of his etters, he says:

“ My swim did me no dnn‘iuge—l.be rain for some days at having seasoned me, so thtit, like the skinned eels, Iwas used to it. Be it here recorded, for the benefit of poorerring rind sinful uiii.n——the slave of habit, faehion‘e iuinion. Plato's biped without futitliui-s-all erring Illoflulfl who innr what God lititli mode —tlrose who scrape their faces with villniious steul—tliose who doll‘ dome nature's garb itnd find no substitute ;—all those, and any others, if sncli there be, are informed tbiittliis wonder- cr bits never once ‘ ('auglitcold’—not the slight- est-—-since this ‘ heard’ of mine liiid six weeks pith. And this, with the deep fogs of England; steuiiibonting in the Baltic; coasting by Nor- waiy; ‘ scliooncring‘ in the Arctic Sen ; camping out in Iccliiiid; swiiriiuing the cold rivers; sleeping on the ground ; i-liiubirig snow moun- tains. rind vzirious ‘ moving accidents by flood rind fiuld’—tliis is saying something for near three years experience of throwing: sway the rozor. But I see how it is, Mr. Editor: ‘ you and yours’ will never know wlnitn ‘ ningnili- cent Turk‘ I n.in., until 1 send you my pliiz—- ull cngr:tvcd—bross on wood !—or else in ' dug- ger o'typc,‘ n.ud this will enable you to say to ull your iuisurnblc chin-shaved brethren, ‘ go and do likewise.’ ”

Colonel Greene, the fuctious and witty editor of the Boston Post, so a t.hat'Mr. Miles has served him and the pn lic faithfully for seven years, and like the innn in sacred history, he would bu llltl to have liitn servo seven ycnrii more, but he is “ not so urigrntcliil its to wish to deny so hnndsouie it bachelor a Rachel for that long criod." Of course the ladies are the bcstyu go-sin this case, und_‘we Ito and

trust, as the wandering pluuet bar now inc ll. “fixed foot," that some one f theiiwrill look otit that lie is not «U‘“"'Iltl mo chu-

Ior" for another " lori rletk" . Miles is now it resident of \'l‘iisiini;GiiI.%iI Illtfltl rc- spousiblc govcriiiiicntclerkship. Boiiig ti “ ntnn of letters, ‘ with education. widc expcricriuc, and business t.-ilonts ofu high order, be is well fitted for it “ corresponding clerk" in tho Post Office. Our engraving is uvury good likunc-ss, from a dngiiui-routype by It}. (‘. Tliotiipson of llfnshingtoii, rind represents the traveller in his trniulliiig costume. enveloped in it tartan ilnid rind slouch but. Mr. Miles is about pub- isliiiig it volume of‘? 'I‘ru.vi-Is in Iceland," itntl, Judging? frorii tliu interest of two lectures Vl'IlIt‘Il liu rent before the Ilistoi-iciil and Utltlgfllllllltlll Societies in this city, lust winter, the book will be one of novelty and interest.‘

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A rritsr RATE ANECDOTE.

AN American Joiii-nail, under the head of “ Quaker Shrewdricss," relates the fol- lowing admirable anecdote. It convoys at most excellent iuoi-til lesson.

An aged Q'.io.kei- who had kept a grocery in the vicinity UI‘;\ll)3ll|y, at one time be- came riotorious for selling stiiiill eggs. The villiige gossips were ready to testify that they saw the eggs he bourrlit, on found them to be very large turd fine looking, and where he could find so many small ,sized

ii. mystery that even the Mrs Gruridics could not fntlrom. There were , two iiiysterii-its looking holes in his counter, about the size ofttri egg, and publicc curiosity was excited to the highest pitch to ascertain what use

in tiny way, and he seemed desirous to keep them covered with wrapping paper constan- l

yThe fact only excited the curiosity of his Sonic said that ho ho some way of squeezing the eggs through these holes, to substract, in a slight of bond manner, the substance therefrom for his own use. The only answer anybody could get from the old man, when question- ed concerning the use of the holes, was.——“ My friend, ifl tell the trirth, it \\‘,0lll(I not benefit thee nor inc, and I don't wish to lie. It is a pity that lying is a sin, for it coiues so easy in trade,”

At last it was resolved by some of the epinsturs to watch his motions through the cracks of his shutters after he had closed his shop for the night, and thus endeavour to find out their use. ’

The resolution was put into execution one night, and sure enough they caught him nctunlly passing eggs through the holes by the li ht oftht: pcnn dip. All thdec that would‘ pass throng the smallest one he placed in the brisket, and those flint passed through the other he plaed in another. And all that would not pass through, he placed in it tln pan, and took them to his house, which Wild’!!! the roar of his shop. On his way tblthér he heard the rustling ofwoinens’ di-tissue, rind in no instant he was caught; so he called them to him, and in the bland- iah manner said-— ‘ “ "' ' ’ “ Sisters" ye hllVU5'lVtfn yourselvlestnuch

trouble reappears’ tll euirosiiy, out will therefore ta I all to you. Yo seel sort my

eggs into three sizes by means of these

oles. the largest I use in in own mily; the next size I sell for half pentty cheaper on the dozen than any of my neir'l-'- ~'.rs for cash; the smallest I send to *' who will buy no other way than on ( - ...i I”

The Indies were satisfied with the lesson in trade, and spread the news abroad till we heard ll.

I-Iusnsivns A'r'raivn.—Few young wives are so perversely blind to the ndvzinz.-iges of knowledge as, not to be pri-par-ud to receive the info:-niation the husband of her nfI'ectioiis is desirous of imparting to her. Hence it would be clearly his duty to devote his even- nings to her instruction ; and to spare no pains in enlightening her understanding, to better fit her for the duties of ii wife and trio- tlier instead of such wise and necessary conduct, we too often see the young wife left to muse in solitude, or to indulge in idle and unprofitable gossip with her neighbours ; while the husband is spending his leisure hours with kindred spirits or bom coni- paiiions, and indulging in pursuits and pleasures his wife may not share in.

Wives, ATTEND.-—T0 render a home at- trsctive is chiefly the wife’s duty. Ifliow- ever instead of indnstriously tlesputcltitig her household duties it proper time to be ready for her busband’s coming, she foolishly wastes it in gossiping and gadding, her home will soon cease to be chcerfril , und, in his eyes, will lose much ofits chiirms.

FRENCH Poi-:rs.—Poets in France must have n prett good time. Bertmger re- ceives every week more sugar, more coffee, more pots of jelly, than would stock it

grocer-’s shop; lie ets the rarest fruits and . the best game; cits s of wine and cases of .

brandy arrive at his house daily, “ whilst,” says the Paris correspondent ofthe Literary Gazelle, “ more night-cups and more socks are knitted for him than a regiment of sol- diers could wear out in it year-.”'

Woitirrivo CN THE S.inn.i1'ii'.——There are a great mnny people who profess to keep the Sabbath day, according to the Fourth Commandment but who, somehow or other, always find a multitude of “ works of necessity" to be attended to. We have seen 1!. capital anecedote, lately, about a family of such people, who were pretty severely rebuked by a. coloured man in their employ. The family were formers. One Sabbath morning, the coloured man was not up, as usual, in breakfast. The son was sent to call him ; but Ctnsar said they need not wait for him, as he did not wish for any breakfast.

“VVby Ctcsar." said the young man, “ we shall want you, as soon as the dew is off, to help about the hay.

“No,” said he, “I can not work any more on the Sabbath ; it is not right.”

" Is not right !" said the other ; “is it not right to take of what Providence has given us ?”

“ 0 there is no necessity for it," said he " and ‘tie wrong to do it.”

“ But would you not pull your con’ sliee out ofn pit, on the Sabbath, f‘ ’

“ o, not ifl had been trying el. l'|l' week to shove them in; I would let them he there.”

A SIMPLE Cuitc FOR S'l'AMMERlNG.- Mr. Wakefield, at an inquest held lately in England, states flint it few days before, the siiiriinoiiing officer told him it would be useless to call one witiiess, a lad, because he stttttered so excessively that he could hardly articulate the shortest sentence in half an hour. Mr. Wakefield, however, had him called, and telling him that it shut would not be discharged fromit gun without iowder, so words could not come frorii the month unless the lungs had their powder, viz., air. He told the led to inhale air, or drew his breath stron ly—-the boy having done so, Mr. W. aske hitn—

" Can you talk now?”

The boy to the surprise of the. jury, answered immediately and glibly—

“ Yes, Sir, I can, well,”

The coroner added that inhalation or self- inflation oftbe lungs with air, was a euro remedy for stammering, and though it had been discovered long ago, the Faculty had not until lately, and then only a few oftlicm, caused it to bc ractised as a remedy for defcctive articn otion.