...- ..,.. m».

Mid run-Inna Al'l nuttd tun-aih upon the waning gandeun.

..x liid

l linen en . with: i..l»-nupct.nlc uni d. it)l.|'nli'.l

~pn on;

l.‘ the

i"i‘ '\\ a. fine calla m tllilllt‘h~ that s 1i nip-' I " ini~ how was gone—the lllt‘lil'd": I‘\I‘

tints \\ ilu tears. sorrowmaml l-ulnt‘fr‘llll-

dreu ~t tie with anti trennont. The I: Icu on

home ii channg to a gloomy wnal.

cl: 3; int

i

mal olilt‘l‘ gluten. ‘ .Ilne trtnnst'n-rofthn- Russian pow-53minsY Inn thiit‘otvtincnit to the lion'nl'ulnicnt oil the I united States is a ifflll.‘ etionn of \e 'i ;;.e:il importance. The value of Li n.- tnn'ri-‘ to visor coursetritling. bnnt its \ not on value I‘I'ttnlcrs the transfer all the inn-irr- rigoil‘n . The acquisition of thisrcu‘iun i-y lll - tad States is the most overt tic-i Illiilt<l..|ll"t\ of all aggressive purpose. towards tlrcat. Britain and her possessions! on this continent that has yet. been made.“ It in tlnc piaiucst possible indication of ai hostile policy. and ol a settled purpose tr, .""qttlt‘c puss saint! ol the northrra part of the continent. There has been no onu- Pe‘lllllt'lll indeed of this purpose on tlnc

- ,e Anne' ,ana. It is only tlncir an! in ingland who deny its I'xlslenb'c, Mr. Bright did the other week in tin ' llouse (it Connnnnnonns, when he told the pnuple oi England tlnat. itwasan cutirc inclusion to suppose that. the Americans entertained any hostile intentions towards the British I’rovinces. Mr. Bright‘s au- thority should not have much weight in faceol'thc announccnu‘nt tlnat has now been made. What vc ‘ much unlus to the reriuusncss of this I ansaction. is the ob“ cuunslanee that it lltssi tlnat is the other party to it. That tlnc lriclndship Ine- lnvcctn the two gore animals has been r -- really taking: :1 pr: -tical dirrctinu has been well understood; :Itnd several months ago the tendency was iluded to by the lim- pcn-anapoleou as a new threat to tine Western I'nnv of Europe. This aggres- nlre dennonstt . tiny inst British America is equally significant is an indication of Inn‘si-nn policy inn Asia and Europe rid in this d unble light cannot lair to be acnnnusiy r :‘nrded by the governments oi other t'ullllll‘l Witln such an unmistakeable prom of use for aggressive purposeo :\ and the l'nited Statc.‘ the

1' ' Inn by the French Emperor ol'a l‘olnnn ol'tlnc European l‘owcrsactptires

grn. nt practical \vn glnt. It just. wanted .n transaction . tlnat \vlnicln ln s come to Ii In to prove tlne urgent llC‘t‘L any of union. It is now made nuauil st that the idcaol' ilu mind the United States e:~l:lhll.~‘hltl" their vay throughout both ln-misphcncs is no longer a vague drcann. hill is bring: entertainan as a definite pur- posxc. and is lit-int; realized as last as cir- cnunstanees will permit. If the civ' izcd l'onvcrs of Europe are awakened. as tlney rinnuld be. itunay turn out that the purpose ol‘tine two despots has been ripened and revealed a little. too EQUIL—QIICIJIM .llor. (".roln .l/‘t'il 5.

The n‘onto Globe nngratulates the county nu tlnc fact of Confederation rccciv- inng the ltnyal Assent. and thus proceeds :—

“ It opens up a new era iii the lnistory.nl British Anncr' :n—-:und whether or not it shall he an end. of progrcss and happiness and honour. depends entirely tnponn our~ sclvcs. The. Act of Union contains many blemishes. but it has been carried amidst :t’n inliuitudc ofdil‘lcuit ;and. take it a- n whole. there \I't l'cnv min in (lanada three <ilol't v. "n. wino b -linvcnl tinan

so 5: nctony am. sure could possibly be ncconnpl lied during: the present genera-

tion. It. clothes the people of the lionnin— ion witln unrestricted acltlgovcrnnnncnt. It establishes an privileged classes—it colt- Icn equal rights on nIl-——am| it leaves Ill! tie thatbin'dsit to the unntlncrcountr one. not of coercion or constraint, but of kindly sympathy with our fallow subjects across.- tt \tiantic. loyal devotion tn Q'iecu Vic tor . and earn st zeal for the honour annd advancetneut oi the. British Empire.”

Maxtunnx taronrrn-zoC.nn"rt‘nn:o.—Thc “'ashingtoa eorncspnndent of the Boston I'm! telegraphs that—-

“ Senor Romero. M

. can Minister, rc

cclv ladvicss on the nth not fling him \

ialiy oi the reported capture of Mr nullitn itn the course of tho siege of Quenc- i on. Subsequently l‘tonnero and tin- Aus- i Minister repaired to the State l)c~ nnnetnt. and held a. long consultation with ~tury.b‘eward. which resulted in an. d telegram to Minister Untapbcli. _ 5; him that there. n every reason to indie. c. the tl‘lllllfii tlnc reportcd npturc. and advising lnitnn to take immediate nuea lor protestin,f_,r to tlnc captors that . must be no repetition of the Zacate- mas: ~e, until no treatment of Ma ' no not warranted by the rules ol'wa

VIOLATION or burnsn 'I‘nnnu'ronv.—\ iterpatcln to the New York IIcruIrl dated Quebec. April 2nd. says: “An outrage of no small importance and magnitude “urn-ed at lIn-nnttitnglord t..is nniorning. on men. armed to the teeth with bowie knives atnd revolvers. cronscd the. border there and abnllIcted one F. .nnuenly, for an allrgcd murderous assault inn Iowa years ago. In the 5 'ch they l'll‘t'fI‘tl open the house of a. ciii; -n naunm. Armstrong and robbed lninn of #362. 'l‘hn ahnlnctors paid a. guide, who piloted them to Kennedy‘s housc $.31) for his services ’thu at ir canoes nnneh exe' cnuent attd uneasiness. The. parties are said to he l.no\vtn. 'I'hn ill/weary to-niglnt; calls for governnncnt interference anti action inn the 1 rcunisus." Nmt'sn'.\rnns.—I never dcnirc more benefit or soc more pleasure for tho tinnnc than read Illj.’ a newspaper which has lately issued from Inc press. I do really belt ‘ that nothing add. ao nutncln lo the glory of nnny country II> i'ne newapnpcr. Liberty is stamped legihly upon its nagcs. and even the fold in marked v lnf‘reedonn. Iloyouwanttoknowhowynnr connntry lllllt'e“? I point you to the pvt-as. 'I‘Incre you will tin l a piece under the head at legislative. Ate you fond of miscellany? Look then-cl \I'brit’ibaok can furnish such good accounu. l"ndn>r nll considcrnntimn.,who ii there in all this itltlnloffn‘et‘llotn [it'll w‘ll not attend to an object. to worthy of his rl ga‘d .1— [l)r. .Innston. Qrmzu Vtcroau‘r Ilnnvt.——'l‘ltc Queen of lucland's book. announced some time ago. has been ptnbiivhcd for private distribution only. It in omitch " Leaver from my Journal in the lllglnlnudl.” And consists of about forty papers descriptive of her life at Balmnrrnl. and ll illustrated by herself. Inn on of the papers nhe given an account of the preaching of Dr. Norman McLeod. of Glasgow. and after stating how astonished she was that. any one could preach "so eloquently and touch— ivigly without nntcv." she adds, “and then he prayed no kindly for mo and the princn in me after prayer that I was deeply touched; lot when he invokchdd's bit-Ming on the llllltll‘f‘fl I felt it grcntdnmp come in my throat." She had not cip'l-cttd to he prayed for M kindly by it Presbyterian. and least of MI dill aha expect him to remember the chi]- urun. Since that. time Dr. McLeod has been made one of her Mljcn-ty’n chaplains. The bank: have been distributed among her Ipecbnl friends and favorites. with an inlcrlptlun in the following form:

«To dear Jeannie G . in remembrance

SI’MM I“. it r'r .7

. (I, o r r r t. in 0 To nut; Ilnniotn or int. .iueuvu”

P'ti: '-

1 fund t‘:n ntl haw not my ln-lf into Inn-i ncu. l nnurl lay l was struck all of a heap when! unw that tremendqu long lttlcr of a “ .\

l-‘tnharm-nu" in [no week's Jmownl. So much

3 reading thouqu I, must n crntnnln in great deal i murmured ot‘late about other matters. that I

ot‘mlid non-n.- and wand argument. Ilnw inn

lthc vrurld anl I to answer in l' \‘n’ell 1dr. 1 read ; thoughts unfllricntiy to attempt it. with any do-

aud read. fearing to tin I unysclt knocked into a rocked hat. but to tiny nurpt'lse for half a column I could lind nothing but. explain ntious and catnqvlintcutu to my lnumbltl “If. If there in one thing I hate more titan another it is thew tin-urine explanations. ‘I sxnidthis and dim" '4‘)! that. You took me nnp wrong. You are u quibbler and a blocklncad.’ This may be Very nice writing for “ .\ Fisherman." btnt it in very dreary reading for the patrons of the Journal. ‘ Written words stand.’ and ill mis- represent or misunderstand “ A Fisherman." most of those who read the controversy be- tween us will be able to see that I do so with- out the lnclp of “ A Fishcrunnn's" long-winded explanations. The part of my Oppolu‘nl'i: lcnner devoted to his Mtitjet't is very small inn- nleed. tie in great part abandons his obi ground as untenable innnd takes up new. Ilc says that as farmers have received encourage- ment fronn the state. so ought fishermen. Before I say you to this. I unnst‘be couvlnecd oftwo things. The tirit is. is the fishing inter- eat as innportanta one as the farming in this country. and the second is. would u p‘rupor~ lionatc amount of encouragement effect a pro- portionate amount of paid? It slnikcs me that neither ofllnese question» can be answered in thc atllmnalivc. " A l’islncrnnau" will not say that the fisheries of the Island are as in‘ or. tnnnt as its agriculture. The great bulk of the people derive- tincir subsistence either directly or indirectly fronnt the soil. ’I'Iu e who make a livin;.r by tisining are Innit a v , small nnin- ority ot‘tlne population. In 1: in: encnuragn - ltn‘ntlnfarnlcri the state benefited ntinccnt of every ten nt'tlnc inhabitants ol‘the Island. It was not vc y unfair that an almost infinitesi- mal part of the taxes paid by the tenth man slump] he cpcnt. for the benctit of the ninnc. lint itupp s to me vn ' unnreaso -b|c that a considerable portion of the taxes 1 id by the nine farmers should be expended for the auto use and benctit of tlnc onc flalncrnnnn. This is hardly consistent with the doctrine of the greatest good to the greatest number which is now acknowledged to be the fundamental principle of all sound legislation. The money too. spent by government for the encourage— ment of agriculture has been very small in. deed in proportion to those, who are engaged inn farming. The expenditure. taking one year with another. I am pretty sure (Ines tnot erect-d tire hundred pounds currency annual- ly. ’l‘his spread over the whole agricultural population gives hint a very small share to each individual. Yet I am quite willing to confess tin-nt the amount of good done has been very great. If " A h'isincrnnan" will be conn- tent with a similar annual grant to fishermen proportionate to their illlllliil‘l‘i. I nnnn sure that Inc will mt ct with very little opposi- tion front the farming population. Let us «uppntic for the argument sake that there are fire inrmcrs for every one who makes in living :ntin‘n-ly by tlshingon the Island. The fisher- nnncn then wonnld be entitled to a grant of one hundred pounds a year; nobody grudges them that goodness knows. Ilut would such a grant do them any good. As it could not be sp -nt in improving: the breed of mackerel and eodnidn. or even in putting a little brains into onnr bland nipbnniider'a Inn-ads. I cannot set- that the II on: iutercstwould be tremendous- ly benncfittn-d by a grant of even five times that sum named. Ilut ll dollar a barrel on die in ' i c night by Island finlnernnnen would iii a few years amount to some tinnu ~an is nt'poun. s more than have been spent by the state in aid ot‘ngriculture hillcc the settle- ment of the Island.

“ A l-‘islnt-rnninnn‘s" second argument is v ~ ‘ little better than his~ Ill'fl. It amounts lntliia. that as the Yankees Inave imposed a duty at two dollars a barrrl on our mackerel we must give the fishermen a bounty of one dollar a barrel to make up th‘eloss. This is a new kind of re. oni'ng altogether. and if tlnc prin- ciple were c tended our whole revenue would soon be c:' ended in giving bunntics to the farmch and nnnanufacttnrcs the product of whose industry the Americans attempt to ex- clude by their protective tan-ill'. There is a duty of ten cents per bushel on oats. [o’a- tors. and barley. Ct duty of twenty per cent. on Innracsaud other livestock. so much per pound on wool and so forth. Would it not be a I "-tly thing in see the farmers sending in pc- 5 by the cartlaad this spring to the [louse .. nbly praying for a legislative grant to make up the deficiency caused by Yankee llcuislatinn. Sclllslmt'su blinds prnplu wonder- z’nniiy. It'nlncn rkn . )fthe United Htutcsare closed to otnr h n dealers. they. like our uncr- ehants who deal inn firm produce. must look out for a new market. I should not at all wonder if the (‘anadiam like good well-cured . 'kcrcl as well as the Ann-I'lctuns, and there

- a market for c llish iii the “'cat td South Europe. The I.'nitcd S of America. though a very big place. .

not the whole world by a lung chalk. k“ .\ Fish- vrnnan" makes a terrible lament about our

young ntcnn leaving the Isl nnd. But does not the rum.- thing take place t'\'t vhere? l. for my I nr.. would be very mrry to see many ol our snnant young men poking about home for it a best p .rt ofthcir lives sci-inn: nothing. and .0 III.’ next. to nothing. lt‘our l’arlianncnt can by lvgishntive t'llat'tllnclil. lllt‘l‘L‘:l~‘t' the length and l- :nndtln of the Island. or could we pnlc it over to mnnneconvcinienl part of the Mainland. then perhaps there lillfClli be mane M-nnsc inn bdkinnzot' kerpingall our _\ min;' then at home: 'u' as long as it is the little ottt-n.t'-tlne-\vnny ,lnec it is. ” A I-‘isht-rnuznn may depend upon it Ilnnt even offering them a bounty to catch mackerel will not keep thmnn from seeking: their fortune in the wide innd busy world mit-

tl: of us. Let them go I say. atnd (ind speed tnom. Wh -lnould tltcy not strive for the world‘s big prizes as Wl'll as other people. I should like to know? lint " A l’islncrman's" h t'cr contains the most beautitul in~tatnec ot' a no wont-r cut‘i 11.; his own tInrontt—mvtuphori- early I mean—that I in nvc t-ncr sccn. lie advocates a luunty to fishermen. lIe conn- fcsacs that a i uunty is only required when an industry is in an infant atatc—wlterc it. is not sure winvtio-r in will pay or not. (if course it it canine nitownn that tidning ia a paying busi- —il' the quantity of llsh caught and the .ncr of persons employed in thc Ivu~incss ltrvc it-n-n steadily inrrcasitngwif more and nettcr nlnips hate been fitted out. and if these ~lnips are furnished with better outle than formerly. then it is proved that the fisheries are in a Innalthy. thriving state. and are iii no need of legislative per! to keep tlmm from falling. Now all this " A Fisherman" has done in the lust paragraph of his letter. I don‘t want to no a better argument against. hountics than that same paragraph. Let the. fishermen acquire skill. Let our rhiphuilden learn as fast nu they can the art and mystery ofbuilding the pinpcr kind of craft. and let those ensmtrcd In the busich by IUI’IN.‘ means or other procure. an good outfits as are provi- dch by their Yankee conning—none of which thingn. run far in: I can Inc. are impossible to men blessed with an average share of com- mon sense—and in a few years tho-(- of our population who find it their interest to go in fishing. will have oil the requisite: which “ A Firhcrman" himself coincident that “T” rntc fishermen ought to porscss. ’I'Ine wisest thing: otnr rulers can do in this tnmttn-r. evidently i:- to let. well alone.

Hoping that you will not be obliged to lstlw nduuhle extra to publish “A Flailk‘l'llldli'l‘" reply to this. I remain.

Yours &r..

of many, mun happy hours—never never to return again. om V ‘

an

April 2. 1807. A I‘AIIMER.

W”

in. '

3.23...-

It

‘Ivl 'll‘ll tom ruin-11 ul. 1 l

tirdl

I'l-om out than!

(‘unua-nm'ow .\. Apnil lath. 1567. 1

Mn. Iluuonz In I’"I|llttl||i.. my pen. I have to ask the indulgence of your mun-roan [\‘Julcl‘l I'm“ having allowed m long; l| time to tllpu‘: illzu‘c lliadnte of my but. until the present" without writing. My time lun- been In much‘

'wal tumble to tlnd time to collch my buttered

,grec of succcsr.

Since my last a urea! (I‘Iuc has been of- fected in the public affair» of the Colony. it has since [hlsM‘tlIlll‘tiugll all the exnitennncnt and commotion peculiar to an Election. and the result was that our (‘nnat-rvntivc Gorerlv - uncut. which was tin-tight by many of its ind- nnirevs to be as immutable III the laws of the Medea and Persians. has had to yield the palm ot'nictory to its tnnore artful. it‘ not unnrc hon- oralnlc. antagonists. As your readers are nnlrcady aware. ntnr own good city. which hithcrto was allowed to remain in . tnnst nu- din-turhn-d possession of the late Government. and which was thought to be invulnernblc to the attempts of Liberal: to butter dowtn the strong hold nf'l‘uryisnn. has been approached this time with more than usual caution, and partly overcome.

The excitement it new fund dying a natural death. and the ntnajnrity of our citizens now purauc thci various lH‘OUlllllillN‘ without. al- lowing their cqnxnnamitv to be in the least disturbed by riv | pnliin inns trying to secure their vote and influence itn their own behalf; and it is nothingr now to ace friend! mch on the street. or other places where they wcrc wont to congregate. withnnnt their usual chat. on politil ai pl‘thpt’i'ld and men. The vanquish- ed party who have so long contended success- fully. and with a mi wcll worthy of a better cause. for the nunprcnn- -y of their party. are now becoming' reconciled to the. position in which they find themselves placed with as good a t: as might be expected from persons in their situation. and evidently consoling them- selves with thr- ennnt‘orting thought that their recent defeat was more their misfortune than their fault.

’I‘lnencminatinnn fora member to fill the va- cancy occasioned by the appointment of lliv. n Cnlcs to thc otilcc of t'olouial Secretary. was ihcld here on last \‘n’cduesd the Iltln inst. 'l'he attendance from then ct was not large. The two candidates who have been nominated to run their Election arc the “on. Mr. Collar and John Iloss. list].

In accordance witln the intimation which

you "- '0 iii the. .Iaurnul. a public meeting of the citizens was convenient In the ’l‘emperaucc llall on last Monday evening the la‘th inch. to gin :nn nqnportuuiiy of cxprcssiuu the senti- ments entertained by them in reference to the treatment which Major J. B. l’nllard received at the hands vi the Connnnamlcr-in-Chief. in dismissing Inilu from the position which he held iii the Volunteer Militia .«crrice of the Colony. The Hall w: crowded. there being about 800 persons pre nnt. \vlnilc :n large num- ber were unable. to gain admittance. ’l‘ite men-ting was opened by appointing: i’. W. llyudunan. limp. to the Chair. Iilnquent speecl -a wcrvdclivercd by several upvakera. inn which tlnc supposrd breach of nnilit: y law alleged to have been tlnc cause at line I njor‘n disnnis al. was fu discussed. Eachspeakur ~poke n condemnation ul‘thc course pursued by His Excellent-v and expressed their regret that when the Minion-asked fora Court nfl'iu- vpniry to investigate the charge preferred against lninu. Ilia l-Ixcclh-nny should have re- fuscd to grant it. nd allowed Ininiselt'to be in- tiaeuccnl by iutcn'c'dcnl] n'tica tn di-peusc with his services. The sp tern were frequently loudly applauded. and tin large meeting: were unanimous in their synnpn by for Major Pol- lard. who has for so lnngn time taken so much interest in the Volunteer movement. and who has bestowed so tnntncln mom-y. g];'(t(n(ilnin(.vl;/. to the movement. The clnairn ‘nn then invited any person holding oppodte ' W» to express themselves before the meeting, but. no one responded. ‘ A resolution exprcrsing the opinion of the meeting: was submitted annd unanimoust car- ried. A Committee was appointed to present a complimentary address to Major I'ollard. 'l‘lne (Ionunittee having reported the address. it was unanimously agreed to. and a Commit- tee appointed toprn-scnt the same to the Ma- ior. both of which you trill no doubt transfer to your columns. Before the meeting broke up. three cincch were given for the Queen. and three tremendous cheers for Major I'ul- lard. 'I‘hc meeting tincln dismissed and went iii a body tn the r ~itlcnncv of Major I‘oll- rtl. 'and gave him three more cheers. It is diliictnil to say where this may end. I would not be surprised if the Major is nnut recalled. to see the whole Volunteer force of the Colony dis- band on account. ofthc treatment endured by an oflleer whom they had learned to highly rcs~ poet. The Artillery cnmpannydo which lncbe- o'ngcd. nnct on last. I. lay. together to the number ol'ciglnty and marched iii a body to the Captain's residence unnd handed in their arms.