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NOVEMBER 16, 1880. — : os ot

Debts Due the Public.

Weare pleased to learn that many of those who owe instalments to the land office are coming in and paying up with alacrity.

Every honest man is as scrupulous to pay the debt he owes to the public as the debts he may owe to other creditors.

It is pleasing to note that the Argus has wheeled into line; and is ‘ disposed te strengthen the hands of the Land Commis- sioner in adopting vigorous measures Tor collecting arrears due the Land Office from those who have the ability to pay, but not

» will.”

Ny » beg to assure the Argus that we never have, and never shall uphold the present Commissioner of Public Lands, or any one else, ‘‘in acts of oppression in cases where parties are struggling hard against adversity.”

We note with pleasure that the editor of the /’rogress is disposed, in the interests of honesty and the public good, to modify his complaint against the Commissiener.

But, though it does not dare to favor re- pudiation as openly as at first, the Patriot still professes great indignation ; and is es-

pecially troubled by the supposition that:

the Commissioner of Crown Lands wrote the Exanuner’s articles relating to debts due the public. Now, it is our rule neither to affirm: nor deny any assertions made with respect to contributors to Tas EXAMINER. But to soothe the editor of the Patrivt we would du anything reasonable—we will even relax this rule and say that Hon. Mr. Ferguson neither suggested nor wrote either of the articles referred to. ‘The Commuis- sioner of Crown Lands has not been, and is

not now, in any way, connected with THE)

EXAMINER.

We took up this case only when we saw that the Commissioner was being foully attacked ; and that the public interests were endangered by a Press which hates Mr. Ferguson not wisely byt too well.

We may edd that, in our opinion, the editor of a newspaper should be above pub- lishing his surmises as facts.

Tho editor of the Patrivt must know from his own experience that ‘‘the guesser”’ is often mistaken ; and he should therefore be careful in the stacement of his own ** onesses.

The editor of the Patriot ought to know that to publish the name of an anonymvus writer, besides being a sure sign of weak- ness, is impertinent and unprofessional.

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T'roubled Ireland.

Tux latest news from Ireland is:—

That another land agent—a man named Wheeler—has been shot.

That many of the English papers are displeased with Mr. Gladstone’s latest utterances; and say that ‘‘one word from the Premier tu the effect that remedial meastires at an early date were to supplant the repressive measures, or that agrarian legislation of a radical character was straightway to be instituted, would have had more influence in satisfying the public conscience, and in restoring tranquility to the sister kingdom than a thousand speeches about maintaining order and not shrinking from sterner measures if necessary.”

That Lord Sherbrooke (Robert Lowe) inveighs in very strong language against the barbarous resort of suspending the Habeas Corpus Act, and censures with indignation the principles of one of the late Goercion acts, which tined the residents of a barony, innocent or guilty, for a crime committed in the district.

That Lord Sherbrvoke, however, displays the utmost alarm lest the Gladstone Gov. ernment should interfere in the slightest degree between landlord and tenant, saying they are parties to a free contract and nothing more, and that the law cannot give a legal right which did not previously exist.

That the Orangemen, atter a dangerous passage and march, arrived safely at Boy- eott’s farm.

That ‘‘several thousand peasantry, some fully armed, are marching to Claremorris, determined to resist the Orangemen. A eonflict is apprehended.”

That the first public steps in the state prosecutions were taken on the lith in the Court of Queen’s Bench, at Dublin, whes amoction was made asking that a bill of particulars of the charges, time and places at which the alleged offences took place should be furnished to Mr. Parnell and the thirteen other detendants.

That a fear exists among landlords that the Ministry are being driven towards legis- lation, for creating a peasant proprietory throughout Ireland, with a view to its even ‘ual extension to the rest of the United

Kingdom.

SPEIP PING INTELLIGENCE, At New York, 10.a-—Louise, Dean, from Charlettetown; Willie, Meclares, for St. Pierre. Halifax, 13th-—cleared schr Fanny Young, Orwe il.

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HOTEL ARRIVALS.

ROCKLIN HOUSE,

Nov. 13.—James Robison, Bonshaw; Rev Robert Grant, Londo derry, N 8; J C Under- hay, M P, Bay Fortune; Richard E Bagnall, Hazle Grove; Charles Howatt and wife, Tryoa; Capt. R Welsh and wife, St Peters; Mise Robison, Bonshaw; William Shaw. West River; John Crosby, Bedeque; David | Fiem- ming, Crapaud; John Moore, do; David Eagen, Mt Stewart.

REVERE HOUSE.

Nov. 13th-—0© LJennings, Boston; W H Wood, Montreal; Vi B Dyer, Alberton; H Untall. Kingston Ont; James Bond, St. John N B; Jon W Patterson and wife, Salisbary N B; C W Shaffan, Wilmot N 5; James Web- ster, Shediac N B; J E Westcott, Chicago.

‘THE TERRIBLE COLLIERY DIS- ASTER.

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| Scenes, Incidents and Descriptions |

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| (Collated from Papers received last night.) ——

HEROISM OF THE BEREAVBD.

| The bereaved wives, mothers and sisters \bore their terrible affliction with a heroisin | lof which the oldest miners have ne recol

‘lection inthe previous history of mining ldisasters. Their grief was too deep for lutterance, and after a while they returned | ito their houses and were not again seen | inear the works.

REPORT OF AN EXPLORATION PARTY, The greatness of the calamity cannot yet | be realized, but in point of loss of life and! /property, has only been surpassed, in the | | history of the Dominion, by the memorable ‘disaster at the Drummond mine in 1873. At six o'clock this morning a large crowd of men had assembled at the mouth of the pit. The manager and his staff were promptly on hand at the time appointed for the first party to descend, but as In- spector Giipin had not arrived, they waited till half past six, when the following, form- ing the exploration party, went down the mine:—James Hudson, John Greener, J. N. Douglass, Duncan McKenzie, and John Dunbar. They stayed about half an hour, and on their return reporied that at the bottom of the shaft they found that the air had greatly changed since last night, and that the current was being drawn down the south working. The smell was

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also very bad. They carefully ex- amined the mine fur a_ distance of seventy yards, and found very little change from last night, with the

exception of some evidenves of sinoke, at a distance of thirty yards beyond the farthest point reached yesterday. Jiey found the dvor blown open and the air rushing along the southern working instead of towards the shaft. There they passed some bodies. (hough at considerable personal danger, they proceeded four or five yards further, where they discovered a large volume of smoke which stopped the party. Then they realized that the working was on fire, and that a terrific explosion might occur at any moment, which would create terrible havec. Every moment they remained in the pit now was at the greatest possible risk, and they hastily retreated to the shaft, and a minute later were at the sur face. Of course it was impossible to locate the exact position or extent of the fire, but as far as can be surmised, it is raging about half a mile from the shaft, or just under the surface between the Iniercolonial Rail- way track and theriver. All hands were erdered away from the vicinity of the shaft, and watchmen stationed a points to prevent people from approaching, so as not to im- peril human life from the explosion. The managers then retired to the office to con- sult as to the best methods for flooding the pit and getting the fire under control, At the present moment there is no hope of recovering any of the bodies. If the pit is flooded, three months may elapse before any living soul can enter the workings, and ‘‘—T do not believe,” said a well-known gentleman, ‘‘that a solitary one of the forty-four men will ever be found. There is no hope, no one has escaped to tell the story, not even to give the faintest idea of the origin of the accident. It is one of those mysteries which a coroners jury can- net sulve, only eternity will reveal the story. The gas must have broke in from an old working, soine man may have fired a previously prepared shot, a man may have been working in a dangerous place where he had no business to be, some one may have fallen and broken his lamp, a scoun- drel may have lighted his pipe, a hundred things may have caused the accident.

The managers and others met to-day to consider the situation, and issued the fol- lowing appeal to the peeple of Canada and the United Stazes: —

We, the undersigned, on behalf of a central committee to be appoimted to make collections in aid of thesufferers by the late colliery dis aster, appeal to the charitaole threughout the United states and Cavada for assistance. Winter is auponus, The lost miners leave forty widews and 110 children destitute, and the loss of the pit throws out of employment at least twa hundred bread-earners. An ad- joiving pit is still im great danger, and if lost, some lundreds more will require help,

Jas. Hupson, Manager Halifax Coal Co.

Kopekt Simpson, Manager Intercolonial | Coal Co.

H ss. Poote, Agent Acadia Coal Co,

JoHn Greener, Manazer Vale Coal Co.

H. MCANGELL, Supt. Nova scotia Cval Ce. J W. CARMICHAEL,

THE FOORD Pit,

The Foord Pit, where the late terribie |accident occurred, is net by any means an lold pit, though perhaps one ef the deepest (in the Province. It was commencea, we be- llieve, about ten yea's ago, on the comp ony ‘having tu abandon the Foster and Daihousie pits ou aceount of fire. The Foord Pit is ‘about 1,200 teet deep, aud as far as machinery is concerned is supposed to be all that could be desired by the must exacting, About thir- ‘teen months ago it was descended by the ‘Governor-General who was very much _pleas- led with it appearauce and outfit. Its good name has iowever suffered seriously of late. (‘Un the 15th of September- i-ess than two ;months ago—the pit was flooded with water from the o'd Dalhouse pit, with the result ‘that much damage was done, and the lives of avout 250 men were enudangeied. On the 12th of last month, another flood'ng of the pit oc- curred, this time from the Bye pit with, as _will be well remembered, the joss cf six lives land very mach damage to property. And ‘now we have to report a gas explosion by which nearly 50 men have lost their lives, No colliery accident has ever occurred in this Province resulting in anything bke the late ‘casualty, with the exception of the explo- sion at the Wrummond Mine, ia 1°73. the jrecurreace of three serious accidents in the fone in less than two months is, | ewever, ‘wholly uuprecedented, ard wiil, doubtless, lead toa very thorough investigziion. Man-

ager liudse: has deciied to Avo! the mine. A coutinucus volume of black smoke is ascend- | ing from the fan pit, which proves that the! ‘fire is gaining headway. No explosion has}

taken place yet, but men are warned to keep away from the vicinity of the fan aud Foord shafts. destruction of machinery will be enormous, and work must be suspended for six months,

Should an explosion take place, the

which throws three hundred men out of work,

and will throw nearly one thousand people

on public charity, SYMPATHY.

The telegraph wires have been kept busy allday. Hundreds of anxious enquiries have been received from friends of the victims in all parts of the Province and the United States. Mana er Hudson received the follow- ing cablegram frem the Directors of the Co’y in London: ‘* We greatly regret the accident, most especially the serious loss of life. We are anxiously waiting te learn ef several lives being yet saved. Convey our deepest aym- pathy to the relatives of the victins, and render any immediate aasistance necessary under the circumstance to the bereaved.”

THE GREAT RACE FURTHER DETAILS. Hanlan Plays With His Opponent | |

Time, 26 M.nutes 19 Seconds.

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Special Despatch to Kxaminer. Lonpon, Nov. 15. Before the start, Hanlan had taken first

place in the betting--7 to @ on him was

offered freely.

The weather was dull and misty, and the

air chilly The start occurred at 12.14, at which time the tide was nearly full, and the water slack and smooth.

Hanlan had the Surrey side of the river. A very even start was effected, Hanlan

striking the water at the rate of 35 strokes

a minute, and Trickett 41. Hanlan rowed easily and in perfect style, showing his superiority from the first.

The Crab Tree was passed in six minutes

and four seconds from starting. Then Trickett began to labor and look

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CHASLOTTETOWN,

BUY YOUR DRY GOODS

ill; and by the time the Svap Works was AT

reached the race was absolutely over. Occasionally Hanlan stopped

agaln. Between Hammersmith Bridge and Ches-

wick, Hanilan laid down twice, a piece of

harlequinade never before witnessed in a race, dipping his sculls clumsily into the

water, he fell right forward upon his face So long

and lay there for a second or two. did he remain in a recumbent position that a groan burst from the spectators, whoima- cined that something terrible had befallen him, but before they could find their voice to shout and enquire what was wrong, he had sprung up suddenly, and resumed work, laughing merrily. 7

A roar of laughter greeted this feat. He leaned over to wash his face once, and fin- ally won by three lengths, which he could have made a half-mile.

The time of the race was 26 minutes, 19 seconds,

Trickett’s form created much disappoint- ment. He was much distressed at the fin- ish, while Hanlan was perfectly fresh. The best time on record for the same distance— 4? miles, from Putney to Mortlake-—is 23 iwinutes, 15 seconds, which was made by Renforth on Nov. 17th, 1868.

Betting is now 4 to 3 on Ross against Trickett. Itis thought Trickett will pay forfeit to Ross.

DIGBY HERRINGS.

500 BoxteS | EAL DIGBY HERRING, to arrive direct from Digby per steamer ‘‘ Edgar Stuart,” These Fish are warranted No. 1 Dighy Herrings. Orders received for completion, on arrival, by

W. D. STEWART, Nov. 16, 1880—2i pat Auctioneer.

: j . Be eee Ladies’ Ciothing Association, FOR BENEFI? OF THE POOR, f pe Association purposes to provide some

comto:t during the winter, in the way of clothing, for the more destitute poor of the city. Cast-off articles of Clothing of every (lescription are requested to be left at the Hospital, where they will be thanktully re- ceived. [ no 16, ne her

NO. | WINTER APPLES.

DIRECT FROM ANNAPOLIS.

UsT LANDING EX SCHOONER MARY oF ALICE,—

300 bbls. choice Winter-keeping APPLE, all the best kinds. Call early and select.

Selling low. WILLIAM DODD,

Queen Square.

Nov. 13, ’380—

Anthracite Coal.

7 ARRIVE, per Brigt. ‘‘ Loutsr,” due here about 30th inst.,

220 Tons ANTHRECITE COAL,

Best quality. FENTON T. NEWBERY. Ch’town, Nov. 13, 1s30—3i

FOR SALE.

a” AT desirable residence owned and oc- cupied by the subscriber, and situate on Dundas Esplanade, together with the water lot in front. The house and outbuildings are in a state of thorouch repair. For terms apply to Messrs. Hopgson & Mc

LEob, or to ALEX, MACNAGB.

Ch’town, Nov. 1, ’80—ti

rowing until Trickett came up with him, when a few powerful strokes would send him ahead

TREMAINE & METGALP'S.

AUT YOUR DRESS GOODS

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TREMAINE & SIETCALF'S.

Buy Your Mantles and Ulsters

AT

TREMAINE & METCALF’S.

Buy Your Cloth & Tweeds

AT

Tremaine & Metcalf’s.

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HATS AND MILLINERY

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TREMAINE & METCALF'S, The Cheapest Store in the City,

Specialities this Month:

DRESS MATERIALS, in Beiges at 17 cents, 22 cents and 30 cents.

| MANTLE CLOTHS, 9° cents upwards. ULSTER CLOTHS, (double width), 54 cents

upwards.

MANTLES, from $1.50 upwards.

LADICS’ and CHILDRENS’ CORSETS (cheap.) JERSEYS, for Ladies and Children,

| PLUSH, @ variety of Colors.

Mex’s UNDERCLOTHING, ‘“ ULSTERS, CVERCOATS, REEFERS, ‘*" SUITS and SUITINGS, ‘* ‘JTWEEDS, GVERCOATIKGS, ULSTERS ‘* GLOUTHS, ETC., ‘* TIES, SCARFS, SHIRTS, ETC.

' Especial attention is called to our mag- | nificeut stock of Dress Goods and Winceys, These latter are already commanding great attention, as the attire of the real lady is this season marked by the wear of heavy woolen goods, of which we have a large stock.

TREMAINE & METCALF.

{ Uh twa, Oct.30, 1850.

——— a, THE ROYAL OAK,

For Sale or to Let,

FEXHIS§ well-known Hotel, conyenj situated on Queen Street. It otaet stories high. and contains 16 rooms, hitches, shop etc., and bas spacious’ yard and Jar pe stables, sheds and outbuildings és For {ur ther particulars apply to Wij Dodd; or on the premises, to , ila

MRs. JAMES OFFER.

METCALE,

THE House situated on co Pownal] and Dorchester str ae suitable for a private residenee or aa hotel. Possession given Terms Liberal. Apply to

WILLIAM MURRAY,

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Ist December.

Nev. 12, ’80.

New Grocery Store,

JUST OPENED!

A General Assortment of

CHOICE GROCERIES

Flour, Tea, Sugar, Melasses, Currants, Raisins, Soap, Starch, &c.. &e,

CuraPr For CASH. W. A. HUTCHESON, Novy. 11, ’80—1m 109 Upper Queen Ss, Next door to Miller Bres,

ONIONS. ONIONS,

JUST RECEIVED EX MIRAMICHI, — e 100 Bbls. Extra Onions,

; W. D. STEWART. Nov. 1], ’§0—tf

“St Lama it RE-OPENED!

faye Subscriber would respectfully an- nource ‘o the public generally that he has re-opened the above well-known and popular Hote!, where he will be prepared to accommodate permanent and transient Board ,ers at moderate prices, to suit the times. © - Having refurnished the Hotel ‘‘ from tep to bottom,” and being provided with a com- petent staff *‘ from cook to chambermaid,” he feels contident that he can make all who may faver him with their patronage comfortable

and happy. JOHN McLEOD,

Ch’town, Nev. 9, ’80—1w * Proprietor. i Wants, Lost, found, ce | ~

w@ Advertisements under this heading, @ space not exceeding half an inch, will be inserted for Ten Cents per day.

APE FOR StLE—Cost 3!00 four years gsince. Will be sold for half-price, Ap- ply to H. Coomss.

O@RSES for sale—Choice of three. Ap- ply to H. Coumss,

ONY WAGON and HARNESS for sale. Apply to H. Ceomss.

( NE Old Style English Qrate tnd tireplace for sale. Apply to H. Coombs.

GALLEY STOVE (cast) and 1 Ship's Cabin Stove—suitab]e for a small vessel;

also Two Companion Ways. Apply to H.

CoomBs

wWEVERAL Franklin = and Shop Stoves—At low prices. Apply to &.

COoMBs. [ne 16

J @&ST—On Saiurday last, a few copies ef ‘**The Singers’ Journal.” The finder will be rewarded by leaving them at the EXAMINER otfice. [no 16 li r4°O LE T—A Tenement House, situated on Kent street, next door to Dr. Creamer. Apply te Mrs. OrrEr, Queen street.

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TLIRASER’S DIPRTHERIA REM.- Ets}-—For sale at his Drug Store, Queen street. {no 13 Si *

YATARRH—A thorough cure for the _/ above complaint—to be had at P. G, fF RASER’S, Queen street. {no 13 3i * OABRDERS—tThree or four Boarders can be accommodated with first class board and apartments at very reasonable rates, in a pleasant and one of the most con- venient localities in the city. Apply at this office. [no 6 tf Te LET—A House containing 8 rooms,

with stable, coach house, and a large garden attached, fronting on Rochford Square.i

Possession given immediately. Apply to J. T. Crockers, at the Fish Market, {no 2

YMBRELLAS—tThe subscriber wishes to inform the citizens of Charlottetowa that the business of Umbrella mending, &c., is still carried on atthe old stand, opposite Mr. R. Bridge’s meat store. —S. Taupvin. foc 25 Im

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N cEwen House continues to receiv # permanent BOARDERS. Terms mod

erate. [oc 7 s

XOOK—A first-class COOK wanted im- mediately at the “Reverx Hovss.” Good wayes. [oc 8 tf

YAGSTAFH’S HOTEL, Powna

Street, coutinues to receive transien

aud ,erwanent boarders, {j 11

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