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This is true Liberty, when Free-born Men, having to advise the Public, man speak free.——-EURIPIDES.

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A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF POLITIC

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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, JULY (2,

Liver.

5, LITERATURE AND NEWS.

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[EDITOR ann PUBLISHER.

1858. No. I.

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To Country Merchants & Dealers.

Extensive Sale F DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, TEA, MOLASSES, SUGAR, TOBACCO, SOLE LEATHER, BUCKETS, BROOMS, GUN, BRANDY, SPIRITS, READY MADE CLOTHING, CROCKERYWARE, &c. &e. BY J, & T. MORRIS. The subscriber being about to make an alteration in his business, will SELL BY AUCTION, at 11 o’clock, (TUESDAY, THE 20th INSTANT, and the following days, at his STORE in Sypvey Srreer, the

whole of his Stock of Goo?s,

Consisting of Grey and White COTTONS, Blue and Fancy PRINTS, Striped Shirtings, Derrys, Lining Cottons, Bed Ticks, Broad CLOTUS, Doeskins, Tweeds, Satinetts, VUrleans, Cobourgs, Lustres, Silks, Satins, Ribbons, Ready Made Clothing, Hosiery, Shawls, Handkerchiefs, W. B. and B. Threads, &c.

ALSO —— Sides Sole Leather, Buckets, Brooms, Boxes Candles, Casks, Gin, Boxes Tobacco, BRANDY, puns. SPIRITS, Boses SOAP, Rum, &e., &e., &e.

Terms oF Sace.—£10 Three months, £25 Four months, £50 Six months, £75 and upwards a credit of Nine months will be given upon approved joint Notes of Hand.

Charlottetown, July 5, 1858.

Chests Congou TEA, Puncheons MOLASSES,

Hbhds. SUGAR,

JOUN RIGG.

Extensive and Important Sale of Valuable Household

Furniture, Glassware, Chinaware. &c, &c.

fENVHE Sabserivers have been instructed to sell by AUCTION, on} TUESDAY, the 13th day of JULY next, at 11 o'clock, at the resi- |

deace of Mrs. JO-EPH McDONALD, Dorchester Street, the whole of

ber extensive and valuable HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, comprising— DINING ROOM, DRAWING ROOM, PARLOUR AND BEDUOO\ FURNITURE, GLASSWARE, CHINA- WARE, KITCHEN UTENSILS, &c, &o., &.

Sr" Terms Liberal.

On Office

tee. J. & T. MOKRIS, Auctioneers.

Jane 28, 1358 Public Examination at Saint Dunstan's College. Lit persons taking an interest in the progress of education

+* are respectfully invited to assist at the public examination |

of the pupils at Saint Dunstan's College, which will take place on WEDNESDAY, the 14th instant, commencing at 10 o'clock, a. m. Nv special invitations need be expected.

A. McDONALD.

Saint Dunstan's College, July 5, 1858. 2i pd

Benevolent Irish Society Pic Nic. N MONDAY, the 19th instant, at half-past 7 o’clock, the Steamer ‘‘Ino”’ will leave the Queen’s Wharf and pro- ceed to Hickey’s Wharf, on the Hilisborough River, where every convenience will be provided for those wishing to enjoy a rare day's sport.

Tickets 4s. 6d. each, to admit a lady and gentleman; chil- dren's tickets lv. 6d. each,—can be had of any of the under- mentioned stewards :— ‘

Martin Hogan, Francis McKenna, Artur2 O'Netur, Martin Devereavx, CHarLtes McKENNA, Joun R. Watsn.

Charlottetowa, July 5, 1858. (Isl.&P.J.)

Pieasure Trip and Pic Nic! Cader the auspices of the Sens of Temperance. PLEASURE EXCURSION, to the Block-house Grounds,

will take place under the directions of the Sons of Tesi-

perance, on THURSDAY, the 15th inst. The steamer ‘‘ Ino” |

will be in attendance at the Queen's wharf, to leave precisely

at 9 o'clock aun. Arrangements wiil be made to ensure plea- |

sure and comfort. Single Tickets, ls.; Lady and Gentleman, ls. 6d.—to be obtained of any of the follo wing Committee of Management :---

Watson Duchemin, chairman, P. Bowers,

T. G. Wadman, S. Wells, Benj. Williams, J. J. Rive, Neil McLean, A. Lord.

N. B.—Guests will provide their own refreshments ; but for

the accommodation of those who prefer it, refreshments may

be purchased on the grounds. - ARTEMAS LORD, Charlottetown, July 5, 1858. Is] & Mon Sec’y.

Dissolution of Partnership. HE partnership business heretofore existing and carried on under tie style and firm of ‘* GILMAN M. RYDER & Co.’ is this day dissulved by mutual consent. GEO. W. HOWLAN, GILMAN M. RYDER, HALL & MYRICK.

Caseumpec, P.E.I., Jane 22, 1858.

rt persons having demands against G. M. Ryder & Co., ure requested to furnish their accounts without delay. All persons indebted to Gilman M. Ryder & Co., by Promis- ry Note, Book Debt, or otherwise, are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, who are authorised to settle up the affuirs of the said firm.

ISAAC C. HALL,

G. M. RYDER,

GEO. W. HOWLAN.

‘G. M. Ryder & Co.” will be continued by the undersigned, under the style and firm of “ISAAC C. HALL & Ov.”’ ISAAC C. HALL.

JAMES H. MYRICK,

Cascumpec, June 22, 1858. 3i.pd GILMAN M. RYDER.

as persons indebted te the Estate ot Nicuotas Brown, late of Tryon Road, Lot 31, deceased, are requested to tuake immediate payment, or they will be sued without dis- tinction of — ‘s; and all accounts against the said Estate are required to ve furnished forthwith to SARAH BROWN, Exccutrix. Charlottetown, June 24, 1858. 2j E

YW ANTED. at the ** Victoria Hotel,"*a COOK. Toacom- a petent person satisfactory remuneration will be given. \ nexes aes references required. Enquire at the Hotel.

Charlottetown, July 5, 1858. —>-~—.

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Notice. VHE Imported American Stud Horse ‘‘ ECLIPSE” will stand durin. the season at the following times and places : Saturday, the lst May, at Mr. George Smith's, Charlotte- ‘wn Common. Monday, the 21, afternoon, and Tueeday, 4th, forenoon, at

the «* Seven Stars Inn,”’ Malpeque Road ; the same day, after- |

Seon, and Wednvsday, the 5th.

Thursday, the 6th, ferenoon, at Ling’s Mill, Wheatley River Stidge ; the same day, at noon, will call at Mr. John Mathe- ‘n’s, Winslow Road; and then proceed on to Mr. Thomas Rodd’s, Brackley Point Road, and remain there until Friday, ‘th, afternoon ; and on Saturday, Sth, in Ch. Town Common.

Monday, Mth, and Tuesday, I1th, at Belle View.

Wednesday, 12th, and the remainder of the week, at his Sand Charlottetown Common. The above route will be con- “nued during the season until August.

_Texws.—Cash L5s., for the season, paid to the Groom at the hme, or Note of Hand, 2As., paid on or before the lst October.

Belle View, M y 3 EWEN CALAHAN, Groom.

For further particulars vide Catalogues, to be had at the Subscribers’ |

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DANCE LIGHT, FOR MY HEART IT LIES UNDER YOUR FEET, LOVE.

** Ah, sweet Kitty Neill, rise up from that wheel—

| Your neat little feet will be weary from spinnin

Come trip down with me to the sycamore tree, Half the parish is there, and the dance is beginning.

| The sun is gone down, but the full harvest moon

| Shines sweetly and cool on the dew-whitened valley ;

While all the air rings with the soft, loving things,

| Each little bird sings in the green shaded alley.’’

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With a blush and a smile, Kitty rose up the while,

' Her eye in the glass, as she bound her bair, glancing ;

Tis hard to refuse, when a young lover sues— So she could'nt but choose to go off to the dancing.

, And now on the green, the glad groups are seen—

| Each gay-hearted lad with the lass of his choosing ;

| And Pat, without fail, leads out sweet Kitty Niell— Somehow, when he asked, she ne’er thought of refusing.

| Now, Felix Magee puts his pipes to his knee,

| And, with flourish so free, sets each couple in motion ;

| With a cheer and a bound, the lads patter the ground ;

| The maids wove around just like swans on the ocean. Cheeks bright as the rose—feet light as the doe’s,

| Now coyly retiring, now boldly advancing—

|Search the world all around, from the sky to the ground,

| No such sight ean be found as an Irish lass dancing !

| Sweet Kate! who could view your bright eyes of deep blue, Beaming bumidly through their dark lashes so mildly, | Your fair-turned arm, heaving breast, rounded forns,

Nor feel his heart warm, and his pulses throb wildly ? Young Pat feels his heart, as he gazes, depart,

Subdued by the smart of such painful yet sweet love, | The sight leaves his eye, as he eries with a sigh, | ** Daaee light, for my heart it lies under your feet, love !”’

Se ANGLING SONG.

Where the river seeks the cover

Of the boughs whose trees hang over,

And the slopes are green with clover, In the quiet month of May ;

Where the eddies meet and mingle,

Babbling o'er the stony shingle,

There I angle,

There [ dangle,

All the day.

Oh, ’tis sweet to feel the plastic Rod, with top and butt elastic ; Shoots the line in coils fantastic, Till, like the thistle-down, the fly Lightly drops apen the water, | Thirsting for the finny slaughter, As I angle, | And I dangle, Mute and sly.

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Then I gently shake the tackle, Till the barbed and fatal hackle In its tempered jaws shall shackle That old trout so wary grown. Now I strike him! joy ecstatic! Scouring runs! leaps acrobatic! So Langle, So I dangle, Al alone.

| @leanings from late Papers

| | A SAD STORY OF THE MISSOURI FLOOD. Among the many cases of loss of life and property from

the late heavy floods at the West, nene equals in mournful

interest the destruction of the dwelling and drowning of the}

family of the Rev. Mr. Llsley, at the Village of Roscoe,

llinois. The Rockville Recorder gives the following full particulars, us related by Mr. Lisley himself, before the Coroner’s inquest :—

“The rain commenced to fall at about 5 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, and increased in force until about ten. | At this time they did not feel alarmed, although the creek was rising very fast ; they did not know anything about the

‘railroad or the culvert then ; at 9 o’clock the water was up!

arvund the house, and rushing by with great force; Mr. L. proposed to bis family to leave the house, but 2s men who were in the neighborhood had told them they had seen the water much higher than it was now, they concluded not to

|eternity in @ moment, and I almost wish Thad.’ He was , carried on until he struck sgainst some floodwood, and soon after was thrown against a tree, into which he climbed, and managed to maintain him-elf for some two hours, during

which time the people had discovered him, and were making a raft to rescue him, and when Mr. Richardson swam out to ‘him, and got hold of him just as his strength failed him, and | he was dropping off the limb, When it is remembered that | | Mr. L. has but one leg, and was in delicate bealth, his escape | | from death is almost miraculous. The family thus suddenly cut off have only resided in

| Roscoe a short time, Mr. Lisley having come from Beloit to. take charge of the Congregational Society in that village. |

The family consisted of ten persons—father, mother, four

sons and four daughters. The eldest son was engaged in the |

| Bank of Marshall & lisley in Milwaukie, and was home on |

‘a visit. J.P. Tisley, of Milwaukie, is bis uncle. He was’

a SS possible, from their position, from the peculiar advantages they enjoy, and from their malleable political condition, that a wide-known Empire may be the re-ult, different in many respects from any now existing in Awerica. The mode of effecting this change can be considered hereafier. The moment for introducing it is closer at hand than many sups pose.—New York Albion.

Lecistation 1n Cattrorn:a.—We copy from a Iste paper an account of some rich seenes which characterized the close of the recent Parliamentary campaign in California. There is some satisfaction in discovering that there are places where Legislators conduct themselves with more violence and less regard to decorum than in our House of Assembly :— Sacramento, April 24, 1858.

“ The times are out of joint.” Last evening the Assembly seeined bereft of its reason. [ts cooler judgment was wbsorb-

'to return to his business to-day. Rev. Mr. Lisley is also|ed in the heat of passion, and instead of appearing like sens

| were, we are informed, a most interesting family, and we | heard but ong expression in rezard to their loss. One lady ‘told us she never knew a family of whom she thought so much, aad they were looked up to with respect and affection by all in the piace. Mr. Lisley’s loss seems to have absorbed the attentiou of all; even those who are left without a home or clothing. speaking of their loss as a trifle, and never mentioning them unless asked about them. A gloom hangs over the whole place ; all is still and subdued. We did not

creek, while in the piace.

At da, light on Friday morning search was commenced for the bodies, and soon four were found. Tie babe and youngest girk were found on the bed upon which they lay down the night before, and the other two near by. When ithe babe was found it held in its hand, on its breast, the | watch which its brother had given it the night before to play | with, and strange to say, the watch was uninjured and still

going !”

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BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.

We resume the subject of a new North American Con- federation under the British Flag, for it presents a field for much earnest and diligent investigation. It expands to the view of the diplomatist, the politician and the Colonist, as each respectively attempts to appreciate its importance and to consider its details. The microscope of public attention has been turned upon it, and passing events show the neces- sity of treating 1t in a broad, comprehensive and statesman- like manner. So far as the country North aod East of the St. Lawrence is concerned, the temple of Janus is closed ; and a profound peace, political and territorial, reigns over the dominions of the Queen on this Continent. The present moment therefore presents peculiar advantages and affords au opportunity which may never occur again, for examining, at leisureand impartially, the proper method of strengthening ‘and consolidating thése seattered Provinces. | The divisions of the British Colonies in America may be classified under three heads ;—the insuar and maritime de- | pendencies of the Crown, the agricultural and ialand Pro- 'vinees, and the huge semi-civilized range of forest, mining land trapping territory, which constitutes the Hudson Bay |Company’s possessions. Can tbese be so combined and |

mutually conuected with exch other, as to form an active, living and powerful Confeijeration, capable of assaming a | position on the historic page of the nations of the world ?

Do the laws of nature, the necessities of commerce, the |

| geographical, political, religious or productive conditions of ‘this entire region interfere with the grand project of forming tan independent and healthy Uuion under the protection of the British Government ?

On the Atiantic seaboard, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. | Prince Edward Island and Newfoundiond, present the nucieus ‘of a hardy, industrious and intel'igent maritime population. |The seas, which wash their rugged cousts, are famed as the | resort of the most valuable and most extensively used of the finny tribe, and offer an unfailing harvest to the fishermen, of 'which they are not slow to avail themselves. The mines of ‘iron, copper, coal and gypsum, the quarries of sand and free- ‘stone, furnish the requisites of the higher degrees of civili- zatiun. The forests, in their untold abundance and beauty, supply food and give the materials for ships, houses, roads, | fuel and fences, which must be considered as the first neces- ‘sities of a nation. Haibours, unfettered by ice during the winter months, present facilities for the encouragemeat and

|a brother-in-law of KE. I. Tinknam. Esq., of Chicago. They |

hear a laugh or a loud word, except in calling across the,

sible legislators, a large proportion of its members acted like a party of demons. How wil! it sound in the ears of the people to learn that at least half of their representatives in the Assembly were intoxicated, yea, beastly drank. Some of the most disgraceful scenes ever enacted took place. Parker, of Calaveras, seemed like a madman, rising every few minutes to some real or imaginary point of order. Briggs, of Amador, attempted to speak, and the blood rushed to his face so that it seemed like a blood red beet. The ‘scene from the gallery was terrible. Members standing in their places, or else bobbing about from place to place—a dozen voices yelling “* Mr. Speaker,” and that officer bringing down his mallet upon the desk—groups in various paris of the Hall, consulting upon a programme of future operations —-and loud above alla constant buzz of a hundred voices throughout the House,

As soon as the adjournment was carried, Hicks Graham, of San Francisco, who was till about this time alternately inside and outside the bar, went within the rail audapproached Ferguson with a large cane in ove hand, and, as is well kuown, armed with a six-shooter. Graham accosted Ferguson by telling him that be had acted very dishonorably in hia opposition to the MeCauley bill. Ferguson retorted by saying that it was untrue. Graham raised his cane and struck Ferguson, who received the blow on his left arm. Both parties sought to draw weapons; but Postmaster Weller, of San Francisco, grasped Graham, and Mr. Marshall, of Calaveras, grasped Ferguson. Others crowded between, and the combatants were separated. The affair produced great excitement, and came very near resulting ins bloodshed. They met ag:in this morning. Graham was stauding in the vestibule of the Senate chamber when Ferguson passed by him, Lut turned arouud, and returning @ few steps, asked Graham to retract what be bad said tae night previous. Graham said he wouldn’t retract anything. Ferguson then struck at him with his left band, and, as he knocked him around, struck him with his right also, Graham recovered himself as quick as possible, and bad his hand on his pistol, which Ferguson seized and banded to a bystander. The police officers of the Legis!ature iuterfered, aud Me. Verguson proceeded to his seat in the Assembly.

Lord Stanley, who has lately handed over the Seals of the Colouial Office to Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, on hs ;acceptance of the Presidency of the Lndia Board, in an ad- | dress to the constituency ef Kiug’s Lyxuu, seeking a renewal | of cheir confidence, says :—

“Tam not aware that any event bas occurred within the last three months which should induce you to alter in Juue | the unanimous decision which you recorded in February, I jaddressed you then as a member of Lord Derby’s Adminis. tration. IL address you in the same capacity now. My removal from one department of the public service to ano- ther not being accompanied by any reconstruction of the Cubinet at large, implies no change of political relations, and requires On my part no new assertion of political principles, i cannot but feel that to ussume at the present crisis tho — ot Indian affairs, is a task full of peril, Personeily

| should have preferred to fil] a station less prominent and 'less hazardous ; but it seemed to me that [ could not in honour decline to undertake a public duty, the acceptance of which _invoived no sacrifice of principle, mereiy on the ground that such acceptance would bring with it to myself personally an ‘Increase of responsibility and iabor. War continues in India; the passions which it has aroused, the animosities of race which it bas called forth, cannot be expected to subside at

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,goout. At about 11 o’clock Messrs. Thompson, Lane and! developement of commerce at all times of the year, and that | once, even when order and peace are restored. The home Towers got up to the house and told them they thought there! such advantages were not neglected by the former French government of India is, at the same time, undergoing a was no danger, as the water had iowered; Mr. Lisley went! possessors, is shown by the flcum-hing condition of ancient process of reconstruction by Parjiamest, which has pronounced

to the door and measured the height of the water, and found it had fallen four or five inches. (fle bad previously

measured the height of the water, and marked where it then!

|stood. From some of those gentlemen who were at the house

jat this time we learned that they took the clothes on the line, |

jand handed them to the family, and Mr. Lane said if they, ' : '

The business heretofure existing under the style and firm of wished to leave the house he wou!d carry them out through |

the water.) Having couciuded to remain in the house, the

tate ss i 'five younger children were sent to bed, and shortly afier the ' balance of the family met in the lower room, and had prayeis, | ‘the natural valley of the St. Le:wrence, connects the Englisa

|preparatory to retiring a'so. The other children went up stuirs, and Mr. Lisley proposed to his wife to remain up a short time longer, This must bave been about 11 or 11} o'clock. Just after the three children went up, there was a great rush of water past the house, and Mr. 1. went to the

e+ ; . iin . ; hall door with a lantern and looked out. He found the water | rushing by with tremendous force on all sides of him, and |

‘eoming in at the door. He calied loudly for he!p several times, but the water was too deep, and rushing with such

tremendous foree that no one could get near the ill-fated | house. Mrs. Lisley called to Horatio, the eldest son, and) ran up stairs immediately. She then called to her husband | to come up, which he did, and opening one of the windows, |

again screamed for belp, but in vain. At this time he was just coming out of his study, and was standing in the eniry

when he beard the children ery out * Father, Father,’ and at!

‘the same moment he saw one end of the house fall out with | a crash. lie then felt the whole house swaying up and|

Just as it fell, he heard his w:fe scream, and that was the last he beard or saw of his family. He immediately found himself in the water, not knowing bow be got there, and with no power to help himself, was tossed about, and hurried along with great velocity to the river ; he tock in some water then, but had presence of mind enough to guard against taking in any more, and tried to keep his head above water. His own simple and touching words best describe bis feelings at this awful moment, and shows his faith in that God be so lovg has served. He said, * { then commended my sou! and my family to God, expecting to meet Him and them in

down, like a boat on a wave, and then it fell into rains. |

| Acadia, and by the records of Louisburg, that early Troy of | this continent.

Tue Canadas are no less favoured by natural position and by fertility of soil. The long winters, which close the noble

too decided a condemnation of the existing system to allow iof that system to be permanently maintained. Much, therefore, will devolve ou Government to do; and itis iw order that my efforts, however feeble, may not be wanting at

estuary discovered by Jacques Cartier, facilitate the means the moment when action is necessary, that [ now solicit from

of internal communication, while they fertilize and protect |

the soil. The products of the forest, the mines and the agri-|

cultural resources of that rapidly growing land, correspond | to the labours of its iuhabitants; while an iron band of railroad communication, stretching from East to West along

and French divisious, and provides an outlet for the produce of ihe bardy colonist, both babitant and Protestant. Where such necessities for mutual reliance aud protection exist, d fference of religious creed, of ianguage, aud of feeling caunot long interpose its thin barrier.

What we have stated about the productiveness of the other Provinces applies witn equal force to that vast territory goverued by the Hudson Bay Company, which is still a sealed country to the enterprise of the se'tier and ploueer of civilization. The obstacie presented by an effete system of rule is fast thawing under the powerful influences of modera ideas aid of liberal tendencies ; and the Red Man, the Trapper and the Voyageur wiil sooa give place io a more useful and fixed class of population.. On the Pacific Coast, the same advantages of locality and fertility exist, awid the vicgin vallies of Oregon and on the sea-girt shores of Vancouver's Island.

It really seems that nature has voluntarily counteracted | the deficiencies of ove portion of Northern America, by a superabundance of supplies in the other; even if men had done but little to develop these resources, and to tarn them to their proper use. Already there exists on either coas: a race of coo! and daring mariners, who can make the Engii-b neme illustrious throughout the world. Already in the forests and on the fertile plains, there is seen-the spectacie of a peaceful, contented an: law-loving people, enjoying the arts of life and privileges of civilization, and depending ou agri- culture as the surest meuns of obtaiuing wealth aud prospecity. And if Providence permits a fusion of these Colonies, it 1s

you the honor of re-election.”

Ocr Power ry inpta.—Extending over an area of 1,400,- 000 square miles, inhabited by 180,000,000 of human beings, of whom 130,060,000 are called British subject» —seven times ihe area, and four times the population of Frauce—this em- pire has been won and governed by the presence of about 750 covenanted servants of the Kast India Company, supported by 25,000 of the Queen’s troops, a few thousand European soldiers of the Company. and a native army officerdd by about 3,900 English gentlemen For a huudred years, from the baitle of Plassey to the revolt at Meerut, no serious danger has shaken this extraordinary political creation. It has ab- sorbed all internal rivalry ito the circle of its influence ; it has crushed with constant success everything that re-isted its ascendancy. None contested its political authority or its military power. Bur there the might of this great dominion s.ops. I: has not touched the native institutions of India; it has not changed one element of Lndian society; it has ex- ercised an authority clothed in the magnificent array of Orien- tal despotism; but, in reality, limited by barriers which neither force of intellect nor force of will have enabled as to surmouut.— Edinburgh Review.

James Magee, the murJerer of the Deputy Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison, Galen CU. Walker, was executed a few deys ago at Boston. One of the papers of that city says— As the time approached at which the fatal drop was to send the prisoner into eternity, the balconies of the ro'unda of tie jail were crowded with spectators, Waiting in breathless anx.ety the solemn scene.”

S ; The enormous sum of £72,000 is claim d for Railway

damages by owners of land ia New Brunswick,—sad, it is

said, in waoy cases where property was almost va.weless.

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