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Charlottetewn, May 17, U875.

and trom Charlottetown to Summerside ;

lent

ko s/ - DR BATRA 1d. CANADIAN INDIANS, fully excites Ul sympathies of the ‘noble red men.’ We feel

the following re t these

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cause it would only further expose him to

| Aats, 400 bushels

: aid nips is the unfortunate descend- }

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tennox Island there were raised

40 bushels wheat; 30 buhsels ’ potatoes, 3 bushels tur- , 14 bushels Indian corn, I bushel peas, bushel cucumbers.

Gs <a is follows

1 bushel carrots, half

On the Reserve of Township No. 39, about

150 bushels potatoes.

; fe } : A oe ru m> apps V vr WE VIN ‘? | Indians of the Dominion genet Liv, and the | Agricultural implements in use have “a RY] iad Bed, (+4 4 . eee : is ef sen BOMMEN ANKRANGS | Indians of Prince Edward Island in parti-| been confined, up to the present, to ae, : ee — 1 with interest We | plou ths, harrows, and a cart. Ar aN ¥ \ s for tr ivel, traflic, and i cular, Will De re with int¢ : \ . ‘ Che live stock on Lennox Island con- ‘ . ‘ icter ( i ils in, to, and from | quote from the re} of the * Minister | sists of a horse, two cows, a young bull and the. carr aoe Lis , FO, AT | ist \ " ye g ay } eset mmer | the [ntet ; one hog, belonging to one of the settlers, Prittee Edward Soe ee . | Martin Francis, and of two cows and two ‘ . have been ma ue eh calves belonging to another settler, Peter ¥ tan in the Island. these - - eee oe” 1 Francis ; also of two yoke of oxen and two . nh : » Ski 1C¢s ve ] » % ? ss are Des ‘ . ° ror commune on Im tie MNa, LACH on vernal t ; I V ure +: | cows with their calves, held in trust as ra s will, we believe, prove satts- ' poodle tating , ae on ther | Government property. ’ : “ake they are making smail clearance ma as ig ‘ } . cwry Ch » raliway ‘°° time table, 1S- : a —_ patches of grain . 7 ¥ \o timber or wood allowed to be cut ci ; 1 MeKeeh ar “ne - cm aa - im stc Bat }on Lennox Island beyond what may be ned by Messrs. Swinyard and Melech ee . “a ii l a re d \ necessary for the use of the settlers, as . bi sane of | the progress is slow i | : : " nie, meets, we think, the ¢ Xpectations « ! i oe ‘tions back are difficult’ to| firewood or fencing; or for clearing the ° : .~| peopre generar ee re ee ae , a wiaw of enitivatian , > our people. It } rovides two trains per} overcome. The system of living with the | land with the view of cultivation, by the rat ‘ on I : ‘ace is from hand to mouth. He | direction of the Local Committee lay from Charlottetown to Georgetown, | rude savage is from hand to moutl rik si a : has no inducement toacquire property, bes) 10, The only fish taken by the Lennox

Island settlers has been about from ten to

two trains per day from Summerside to | the attacks of his enenties. He is active | twelve barrels of herrings, between two of

Charlottetown and from Georgetown to} Charlottetown; and one train per day | from Charlottetown to Tignish and Souris, and vice lt it be adhered to, | business mea of Charlottetown can leave their homes in the morning, transact business in Summerside or Georgetown during the day, and return in time to spend their evenings at their own fire- sides; and business men in Summerside or Georgetown can do likewise when their affairs call them to Charlottetown.

rerad.

| on the warspath or in the chase ;

but when danger is over, revenge satisfied, or his ims mediate wants appeased, he relapses into his accustomed indolence. Itmay be said that this inerf/a is the chief legacy which he bequeaths to his children. The great difficulty with the Indian is that he cannot all at once rid himself of this inheritance. Even under the most favorable circums stances time must be given him to unders stand the motives and acquire the habits of the white man, who labors to accumus late wealth in order that he may have the means of support in sickness or old age, or of giving his offspring a start in life. But when these motives come to be understood and acted upon by the Indian, the evi-

Again, a person may leave Charlottetown |

for Souris at 8.45 o'clock, a.m., arrive at

ination at 2 and be

12.30 the following day; or, leaving |

LL } ‘ iis Ase

.30 p.m., transact his

in Charlottetown at

usint Souris at 7a.m., he may arrive in Char lottetown at 12.50, do that which he has | to do, and be at home by 2.80 next day. To and from Tignish and the metropolis, the transit is not so rapid; but a man may easily make the journey and doa large amount of business within two ordi- nary business days. The postal arrange- ments provide daily commnication by mail between Charlottetown and all sece tions of the Province though which the passes,

No less satisfactory are our communi- cations with New Brunswick, under the new arrangement, One of the Steam Navigation Company’s steamers will ply daily betwecn Summerside and Shediac ; and by taking advantage of a night train, which will, we understand, shortly be put on the between Painsec Junction and St. John, a person residing at Tignish, Souris, or any other part of | the Island—except, Belfast, Murray Har. |

[ntercolonial

bor, ete..—may leave his home in the h St. John the following

is business during the |

morning, reac

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morning, transact h day, leave St. John in the evening, and | Tignish, Souris or} the setting of the sun

be at his home ir

t lsewhere, be fore

next day.

dence of which is the possession of con- siderable property acquired by his own in dustry aud thrift, it shows that he may be safely entrusted with the rights of full citi- fo grant enfranchisement to the

, ‘ } ¥ Zensaip.

I | intelligent and well-behaved Indian would probably train them to still further selfs | | reliance, and encourage their brethren who |

are lagging behind to make greater exer. tions to overtake the Anglo-Saxon in the race of progress. Accompanied with en, franchisement, they should obtainjprobabs ly, at first an allotment of their proper share of the reserve to which they belong ; then, after four or five years continued good behavior, the fee simple of said share ; and, perhaps, eventually, after a still longer probationary period, they might recive some proportion of the invested capital funds of their band.

EDUCATION,

Education is gradually extending among the Indian population. but in some quar. ters, especially in the Lower Provinces, little is being done: The ordinary day school is the principal agency employed, and the assistance given through the Des partment is mostly in the character of grants in aid. for young children this agency is doubtless necessary; but from the tenor of my remarks in the preceding paragraph, it may really be observed that we regard it as highly important that the Indian youth, where practicable, should be afforded an industrial school training. They require not merely the elements of an English education, but also to be taught and trained in some useful industrial pur- suit.

On my recent visit to the Mohawk In- |

stitute near Brantford, Ontario, which is supported by the New England Company for the benefit of the Six Nations, I was confirmed in this impression. The bene~ ficial effects of are very apparent on the Tuscarora Ke-

other parts of that Province, and in British

that excellent institution |

the settlers in the spring, and a limited quantity of codfish taken by a few of the

| other settlers.

11, Number and description of fur bears ing animals killed is limited to a few foxes, muskrats, minks, and an occasional mar- ten,

12. 2300 were expended in December, 1873, in the purchase of blankets; and $153.59 for sundries,as detailed in despatch of Ist June.

13. No seed grain distributed hitherto, but money advanced tv the purchase of grain to such of the settlers, according as their land was prepared for the purpose‘ and then from $2 to $4 each,

14. Little or no progress in wealth and civilization could reasonably be looked for a- mong a people iselated and depndding sole» ly on their own native industry for subsist~ encs for themselves and their families, living in fact from hand to mouth. Now that their position has been altered, and that they are to share or participate in the glory of Canadian policy, the treatment of the Indians, the most ardent aspirations, if not anticipations, may be indulged with reference to the future progress oi these people.

15. Their moral status may be consider- ed as fair.

17 Number of children in Band, ninety nine,

17, Number of children attending school, forty.

18. Undenominational, or a Government school.

19, Branches taught: reading, writing, arithmetic, grammer, geography and dicta~ tion.

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TELEGRAPHIC.

At a recent meeting of the Quebec Board of Trade it was resolved that a petition be preserted to the Dominion iovernment, to afford the necessary assistance to enable a telegraphic cable to be laid from Prince Ed- ward Island to Magdalene Island, and Bird Rocks, with a view of saving lite, assisting wrecked vessels, reporting the state of the ice in winter and spring, obtaining daily meteorologeal reports, telegraphing the names of passing vessels, and aiding and promoting the fishery interests and the commerce of the Gulf. Also, that the Boards of Trade of Montreal, Ualifax, and

| Charlettetown be requested to support this serve; and | believe that similar schools in |

application. The Montrea' Gazette has an

ope UT La.

CORRESPONDENCE,

de ia ari o~ ‘ | CIVIC. | |

Fellow Citizens, you will permit me brief. | ly to address you once more on the unfors tunately low and humiliating condition of |

ivicmatters. In the last issue of this pa-| per, the Assistant City Clerk, Mr, O'Reilly, | over bis own signature, repudiates having anything to do with McDufl’s communica- tion in the New Era; and indeed denies, although in very ambigious language, being | either the writer or author of that letter. lie, however, very ingeniously, and [I may | say, significantly, attempts toanswer the | question put by me, to | 3 squandering of your taxes and |

' I challenged him, as you may re. |

in reference the reé ckles mine member, to produce all the figures showing | the expenditure of the “party in power” | during the small pox troubles. What is | his answer ? Items to the amount of $97.00 | only are brought to light, which had beea | reduced from $181.75. Will he be kind | enough to state why this large reduction ? | 1 will tell him, it was because of the con. | tinued and repeated protests of Messrs. | Dawson, Fletcher, Harris & Co. Were it | not for the “Friends of the People’’ this large saving would not have been effected for ths citizens. But gentlemen, will it be believed, that instead of $97.00, the en | ormous sum of $1700.0 was actually expend- ed at that time. Unfortunately many of | the Jiifle bills, such as $20.0) for covering | in a grave, and $20.00 for a coffin,and such / like, were passed without the knowledge of the *‘ Friends of the People.””’ Why have these shameful acts been so craftily and scrupulously supressed by Mr. O'Reilly ? | Why? Now gentlemen, | have only to say

that the statements and assertions made by

the assistant City Clerk, which I fear he will

find out ere long have been generally devoid

of the essential element, and so far as my

statements are concerned | am prepared at

any moment by evidence, documentary and

otherwise, to substantiate. Mr. O'Reilly has

written without inspiration from the “ Party

in Power!’ We hope not. We shall in

future allow our friend to earn his bread in

peace, and hope that he will not again per.

mit himself to be made a willing tool of the

Rum Party of the Council. which, to our

eternal disgrace, prevails to-day in Chars

lottetown.

I am for the present,

A. McD. May 17, 1875.

Tur Canapiay Minitia.—By courtesy of the author we are in receipt of a large pamplet, entitled “The Canadian Militia,” by Capt. R. J. Wicksteed. The pamplet contains a large amount of information,and many valuable suggestions. It is written in good style and will prove interesting and instructive to Militia officers and men. We transcribe a paragraph :—

“Would that the writer’s pen could make apparent the chief cause of our Militia’s decadence and present inefficiency! It is almost entirely owing to the absence of stern and impartial discipline. What is there so repulsive in the word must for which our people recoil with distrust and mis-

article on the subject, in the course of

al : ‘ ‘olumbia, are accomplishing a like good \aeuminmiontsinn wi Le niaken >»-_ | Colurabia, e accomplishing a like gooc er S F . Communication with the sister Pri result | which it says: - “The advantages of sucha

vipee of Nova Seoti. is. howeve sj . , : : . : ‘

vince of Nova Scotia is, however, neithe: EFFORTS OF RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. | telegraphic comziunication as that suggest-

A steamer |

so rapid nor so sa sfactory.

: } a ‘} ] will leave Charlottet

ywn for Pictou every

Though this Department is very pro- perly not charged with any care of the res ligious concerns of the Indians, yet I might

ed by Captain Fortin are so apparent, and its actual economy would be so manifest,

Monday and Thursday morning at five that we need not offer any words in support of it. may be referred to.

in the letter which we print this morning,

| failin my duty did I withhold commenda, | tion from the efforts put forth by the Eng- | | lish, Wesleyan and Roman Catholic churches | |

o’clock, and Georgetown for Pictou every Chere is, however, Wednesday and Friday morning at five WY OS MEBOLC CE , e - | to civilize, by means of Christianity, the A person leaving—say Rustico | aborigines of the Dominion. During my is that the starting point of the cable should —for Halifax, and travelling by either of | tour last summer in the North-West, I had a ee i lace £ Pri Ea these routes, will be obliged to stay in | Occasion to visit ioe St, Evters vaperve op) V8 S8* Woes noEsneny pars ee eNle ee ile a ie | the Red River, and was pleased to observe | ward Island. either Charlottetown or Georgetown one

There is one objection to | around the mission, under the charge of | night, and loiter about Picteu tour or| the Venerable Archdeacon Cowley, nearly five hours while on the way. This ar-

this suggestion which shouldgnot be over-

tig Bins ; ; 7) nearyY | looked. The telegraphic co unicatio

all the indications of as high Christian I a gray Cnn eee rangement may be endured; but it ought to be “cured.”” Our connexion with

0 ’elock.

| civilization as may be seen in many rural | with the Island is at this moment in a most

| districts of the older Provinces. The| unsatisfactory condition. An American _ happy effect also of the Wesleyan mission | company have a monopoly of this commu-

Nova Scotia is nearly, if not quite, as

a% close as with New Brunswick; but un-

der the new arrangement every person

| near Edmonton on the Saskatchwan, pres who possibly can will travel by way of the latter Province. Besides, the mails of Nova Scotia are of equally as much importance to us as those of New Bruns- wick. Yet, under the new arrangement, mails from the former Province will only be received four times a week; while, from the latter, we will have them every day, There is, of course, great difficulty in making an arrangement so that the two steamers may be enabled to make all their connections, and have time to take in coal and freight. Still, we think the four or five hours stay at Pictou, at least, might be avoided.

It is, we understand, intended assoon as the cuage of tlie Intercolenial is changed, to have our Nova Scotia mails sent by way ot Shediac—via Painsee Junction; and when this arrangement is made, travel will, doubtless, diverge almost entirely to that route; for daily communication between Halifax and any part of the Is- land will be seeured.

Apart from the faults we have pointed out, the new arrangement is, undoubtedly | agoodone, For it we are, we understand | chiefly indebted to Mr. Swinyard. We cheerfully accord to that gentleman the meed of praise which is his due,

THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE.

Rowan R. FirzGeraup, Esq., has been appointed Stipendiary Magistrate of Charlottetown. We congratulate Mr. FitzGerald upon his clevation to an hon- orable, responsible, and highly important position. We think the citizens, too, are to be congratulated in having obtained

the services of one who will act judicious. |

ly, impartially and firmly. The duties of the Stipendiary Mavistrate will, for a time at least, be onerous. The evil doers of the town have arrived at such a high state of efficiency aud recklessness in raseal- ity and crime, that a considerable amount of magisterial labor will be required ere they are brought to their proper -level. This labor, Mr. FitzGerald will not, we feel assured, shirk. He will rather apply himself vigorously to the work of ridding the city of criminals ; and in his endeavors

he will, we feel assured, be borne out by | Whether or not, he will =

the peop'e. ! warmly seconded by the authorities, whose duty it is to secure activity on the part of che police and provide the pri- son discipline required, is another mat~ ter.

MR. SWINYARD.

We are informed that Mr. Swinyard will leave this Province in the course of aday or two. Ere he departs we desire to acknowledge the courtesy and kindness he has uniformly shown the representative of the Examiner. To every application we made for information to lay before the people Mr. Swinyard responded with plea. sure and alacrity, His treatment of mem- bers of the press, might, we may remark, be imitated by many local politicians and officials Without disadvantage to the pub- lic, and without greatly compromising the dignity and impertance of their respective

| sided over for many years by the Rev.

| Mr. McDougall is well known throughout |

the Dominion; and the self-denying labors of the Roman Catholic missionaries to the Indians in the North West Territories, in British Columbia and other Provinces, have long been a matter of history. ‘he Pres- byterian mission at Prince Albert one of the Hudson Bay Company's Posts, has been bereaved of the Rev. Mr. Nesbitt, both he and his wife having last autumn fallen in the missionary service ; probably, however, their place will be supplied, and the Pres-~ | byterian and the other churches, which are | supporting missionaries in distant parts of the world, will ere long consider the claims of the Indians, who number somewhere about $5 000 of the popula country.’

Theophilus Stewart, Esq.

j-, Indian Com-

| missioner, has communicated to the De.- partment the following statistics and other | information respecting the Indians of this | Province : - 1. Present number of the Band, as near-

ly as can be ascertained, 302; numbers by | the census of 1861, 305; numbers by the | census of 1871. 323. In the absence of any ) register of births and deaths, the question | of increase or decrease must necessarily | remain open. 2. Noreal property other than what is held in trust by the * Aborigines Protection Society of London, Great Britain,’ to wit, Lennox Island, and the tract on ‘ownship No, 39, held in trust for eight families, particularly named. Personal property owned by the Band, not embracing live stock, consists of six small fishing boats, fifteen to seventeen feet keel; nineteen canoes, and six other craft (doreys) for oyster fishing, twelve to fifteen feet in length; valuation by Indians, £646.

3. There are ten frame buildings includs ing a priest’s house attached to the chapel, varying in size from 22x15 feet, and 12 feet posts, to 15x13 feet, 10 feet posts ; and one solitary log house, in so dilapidated a condition from age as to be abandoned by its inmates (an aged couple) on the ap. proach of winter. Old fashioned camps, and structures of an improved ¢haracter, form the rest of the habitations, numbering about fifty six, embracing the different In- dian localities throughout |’rince Edward Island,

4, Lennox Island Reserve. by actual sur, vey, is estimated to contain 1,320 acres, including detatched pieces of barrens, bog and peat, which may be estimated 333 | acres, leaving 987 acres available for culti | vation. In addition to this Reserve there | is also, or should be, a tract of 204 acres of | land on lot or Township No. 39, conveyed | by the Local Government of Prince Edward | Island in 1859, to the then Indian Coms | missioners and their successors in office, | This tract was to be an exchange for an |} equal quantity of good ;land on the ads | joining Township, which had been bestowed ;upon eight Indian families, particularly

named, and their descendents, by the

| former proprietor, the late Hon. Charles | Worrell, of which land these Indians had been despoiled by the arts of designing white persons, who subsequently atorned to the Government, and paid the Government price for the land, On the occasion of the survey of this tract in April last, for the first time it was discovered that one half of it was totally unfit for any practical purpose. The Local Government, it is exe pected, will substitute good land for the bad.

There are under cultivation about sixty acres,

No land strictly under pasture, except what is included in the above sixty acres, or what has been had on the marshes, which, when properly fenced, will be no longer accessible to the cattle. About 927 acres under wood.

5. Peter Francis, sen. and Joseph Frans cis, Indians, were in 1872 nominated by the Local Committee for the management of Lennox Island, as overseers or wood rangers to restrain white persons from traflicking with the settlers in the purchase and removal of fire wood from the Island ; and Mr. William ELis has been engaged as an eXtra overseer mainly to aid the Com~ inissioner in his eflorts to render the marshes as profitable as possible to the

positions.

settlers,

nication with the Island and like monopo- lists genera ly they make the people pay for it. A message to Prince Edward Island is almost as expensive as one by cable to England ; and unfortunately the company have the monoply under a contract which has yet a good many years torun. In any arrangement, therefore, for'telegraphic coms munication with the Gulf, it would be well to avoid any use of the American Come pany’s lir~ unless they are prepared, in considerai.vn of such connection to modify Happily it is

very greatly their charges.

tiou of our own |

not at all necessary to make Prince Edward Island the point of daparture. The same | object could be attained by running the | cable from Gaspe Basin or from Cape Bre- | fon to Bird Rocks. Both Montreal and the | Dominion telegraph companies have, if we | mistake not, authority now to extend their system throughout Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, and we believe they are both about to avail themselves of this privilege. By adopting either of these points as the points of departure for the cable, therefore, we should be able to use Canadian lines throughout, and of the advantage of this there can be do doubt.”

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DANGEROUS FINANCING,

In such times as the present, the public are deeply interested in watching the policy of the Finance Minister with regard to the Government deposits, which had reached almost gigantic proportions, if the amounts on deposit in London and Canada be add- ed together. It will be recollected that in the early part of the year considerable embarrassment was said to have been caused by the reduction of the circulation of the Dominion notes, and the conse.juent withdrawal of a large amount of Govern. ment deposits from the banks. We had ventured to hope that the Finance Minis, ister would have profited by the experience of the past, and especially as he obtained the sanction of Parliament toan Act im- posing restraints on himself, although he was unable to deny that he could have by departmental action, everys thing that the Act enabled him todo. It is with alarm and deep regret that we no- tice, by the official reports, that the deposits have again been increased, and this not- withstanding the enormous amount already held by the banks. On the 19th March the deposits were $498,385. On the 2d April they had increased to $620,873, and by the last return. dated 30th April, they have been further increased to $700,586. Now, it is to be observed that this increase can only be caused by the deposit of Dox minion notes with certain pet banks. For such deposits there is literally no excuse whatever. Most assuredly we may look to afresh demand for gold on the Treasury which may not be attributed to the rea) cause, namely, the reckless improvidence of the Finance Minister for the furtherance of political ends. — Montreal Gazette.

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Deatu or Lizvtenanr Governor Craws vyorD.—John “rawford, Esq., Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, died on the night of Thursday last, in his 58th year. Ilis disease was gout of the stomach. Senator Christie has been appointed Administrator of the Governmant until the vacancy caused by his death is filled up. It1s reported that at a Cabinet meeting it was decided to

offer the position of Lieutenant Governor of Ontario to George Brown of the Toronto Globe.

Remweneer Mr. Rankin’s extensive sale of ewelry, clothing, fancy goods, etc. coms

mencing on Wednesday next at 11] o'clock a, m.

| termed independence? It is only another | term foror application of that law which throws its cegis over the citizen and _ his rights wherever the AnglosSaxon race is found, its institution honored, and its in- fluence acknowledged. Obedience to God, | submission to authority and law, the off-

: | spring of that mus/, known in military par- One point that | lance as discipline, which is the soul of an The suggestion made | army—the very life-blood—whose regular

pulsation constitutes its vitality. Without discipline, an army is worse than a mob; impotent for good, potent for evil. Diss eipline is the soul and life of armies, the first element of military greatness and suc-~ cess. And yet, our Militia organization claims to exist without the vital principle ! if the fact must be told, we have no real Militia.”

The writer concludes as follows :—

“By adopting a well.considered militia system, we need have no further occasion for calling out the militia for actual service By nurturing a nation of skilled and hardy riflemen, Canada would render herself impregnable against attack; and as for a war of offense, we hope that further histori- ans may be proudly able to write of this country as Southey did (and any one might do now) of England :—

“Tt is something to see in the counsels of this Kingdom a plain, upright,unimpeachable system of policy towards other counties, proclaimed and pursued, in the consciousness of honor, and rectitude, and strength. There is hope for the world as well as for ourselves, whena nation, which is second to noother in resources and in renown, sees clearly that it needs no aggr ment, abstains from all

ssion, ana fl claims ambition, that alone excepted of man- taining thestation to which # owns exerti and the blessing of God, have raised it.’

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The Savannah News says :—We learned lately of a very remarkable case of suspend - ed amination. The facts as given us are as follows:—A young boy, about twelve years of age, residing with his father on President street, near Jefferson, had been ill for some days and was attended by a physician, On Thursday night the boy ap- parently died—respiration ceased, his heart was motionless, and a deathly pallor overs spread his countenance. The distressed parents mourned their child as dead, and when the physician called at the usual hour he was informed of the death of his patient, which had occurred about ten minutes pres vious to his arrival. The physician, how- ever, was sceptical and examined the body closely. No signs of life were visible, but something impelled him to endeavor to res store animation, and after working upon the body for several minutes, with the as- sistance of the boys’s father, he felt a very slight convulsion of the frame, not percept- ible tothe eye. The manipulation of the body continued, and presently there was a thud on the left side, and the heart began to beat faintly, and almost immediately atter the eyelids partially lifted, and respi- ration slowly commenced. In the course of an hour the apparently dead boy was sitting up in bed, though very weak and faint. On Sunday morning he had recover- ed sufficient strength to permit of his being removed to achair fora brief while. At last accounts he was improving, and now there is every prospect of his ultimate res covery.

Ceylon is likely to be added to the list of En-lish colonies in which Church and State has been separated. At present the Government makes an annual grant of nearly 90,000 rupees for the support of Episcopal and Presbyterian clergymen. This grant has always been resisted by the Baptists and now the Buddhists make @ claim on Government aid for the repair of their temples, which are falling into decay. The present Governor of Ceylon, Mr. W. H. Gregory, was formerly an adherentof Mr. Gladstone, and favours the withdrawal of the Government grants from the Churches. The working of the State System is well illustrated in a letter from Ceylon -—£10, 000 a year is voted for the salaries of men in the colony, and in addition a large sum goes in the shape of pensions, to clergy~ men who have staid here the regulation number of years, and who have now high- ly paid “ charges” in Australia, England, and Scotland, besides the fat pensions they draw from a land which needs every penny of its revenue for the opening up of the country and the support of existing institu. tions, To crown all, there are now in Eng. land three Bishops of Colombo—Bishop Chapman, who draws a pension of nearly £1,000 per annum ; Bishop Caughton, who draws no pension while Archdeacon of Lon. don and Bishop Jermyn, who arrived here early in 1872, and has already been once away from the island, is drawing full salary £4,000 per annum.

By way of proving its love for peace and harmony, and its hearty desire to let by. gones be by-gones, the German Governs ment has issued an order forbidding the employment of French workmen on the works of fortification round Metz and Stras- bourg. ‘hese delicate little attentions must certainly endear Kaizer Wilhelm to the hearts of his Alsatian and Lorraine

subjects.

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TRADE SALE !

Wednesday, 26th May.

“ix Mouths’ C redir, \ TE WILL sell at Auction on Wednes- day the 26th inst., at 11 o’elock, in front of Salesroom :— 500 bbis. FLOUR, 150 chests TEA, 50 half-ehests r val f=¢ - 21 Ibs each] ‘ Warranted. 50 puns. MOLASSES {bright}, 30 hhds. SUGAR, 40 bbis. White COFFEE SUGAR, iO boxes TOBACCQ, 30 kegs TWIST. 100 caddies BRIGHT SMOKING, 500 sides SOLE LEATHER, 100 kegs NAILS, asserted, 100 boxes SOAP, 100 boxes FANCY SOAP, 50 boxes TABLE SALT, B50 sacks RICE, 100 boxes T D PIPES, 75 kegs BAKING SODA, 30 bbls. WASHING SODA, 500 coils MANILLA 6, 9, and 12 strand, 300 boxes RAISINS, 100 doz. BROOMS, 50 doz PAILS, 100 boxes NIXEY S BLACK LEAD, #00 ins Pepper, Ginger, Cream Tartar, Cinnamon, Cloves, Allspice, 200 boxes CONFECTIONERY, 50 boxes STARCH, 59 boxes CANDLES, 20 casks KEROSENE OIL, 20 bbis PICKLES, 50 boxes HORSENAILS, 50 tins COFFER, 200 doz. BLACKING, 100 pkgs, TWINE, 50 bbls. CURRANTS. 100 boxes CLOTHES PINS, 25 bags NUTS, 25 bags ALMONDS, 200 reams PAPER, &c., &., &e. $150, 4 mouths.

20 boxes

Terms—$50, 3 months. $250, G months. CARVELL BROS. Ch town, May I[7, 1875.

Terpsichore Hall and Premises FOR SALE.

Tes above valuable property, situate on Great George Street, adjoining Knight’s Bakery, is offered for Sale. The Dwelling House is in good repatr, three stories high, pleasantly situated, being convenient to and having a clear view of Queen Square and all the Public Buiidings. The shop (at present occupied by Mr. Colby) was let for 17 years to Watchmakers with unbounded success to the occupiers, and is neat and commox dious, having a back door leading to a va- cant plot of ground or yard in the rear, and from thence by alley-way eight feet wide to Grafton Street. The cellar under the shop is fitted up with coal bunker for shop, sepas rate from the other part of the premises, to be used as such if required, although the cellar is the full extent of the whole building from front to rear; there is also,a coal shed eight feet from the kitchen, capable of cons taining coal, sufficient to supply the house for twelve months. The above property is offered for Sale by private contract, and will be in the market until the first of June only. Ifnotsold on or previous to that day, it will be offered at Auction on Tues- day, the 8th of June, at 12 o clock. Any further particulars made known by applys ing to Mrs. Burris, on the premises. WM. DODD, Auctioneer. May 17, 1875.—arh lin Postponed Sale

HE Stock _ Model Farm, advertised

for sale at Georgetown, on Saturday, 8th May, is postponed till Saturday, 22nd inst., at 2 o’clock, p. m.

GEO. MOAR, Auctioneer.

May 17, 1875.—2i

WISCELLANEOUS,

NAP

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Mental arithmetic and geography matchs es are hinted at.

The sum of £51,000 for the support of religious services in the British army has been voted in Parliament.

Tennyson is rich. He owns manors in several counties in England,a fine home in the Isle of Wight, and a fine mansion at Haselmere, in Surrey.

Sir John Holker, Attorney General, has accepted the seat on the English Bench made vacant by the death of Judge Pigot.

The Prince Bishop of Breslau has been removed for a violation of the Prussian ecclesiastical laws, and sent to the Bohe~ mian frontier.

A pastoral from Cardinal Manning pro~ tests against the persecutions of the church in Germany and Switzerland, and accuses sismarck of raising the animosity of the powers against the freedom of the next conclave.

Max Muller will soon commence the great work he has undertaken—the trans. lation into European languages of all the Oriental bibles. The great Oriental scholars of Europe will co-operate with him in the work,

Mr. Crooks, Treasurer of Ontario, who has been without a seat in Parliament since his defeat in Toronto, is to be a candidate in the distant district of Algoma. The Opposition are preparing to do battle against him.

The Czar arrived at Berlin on the 10th inst., and was cordially received by the Emperor and his family, and was warmly greeted by a great throng of spectators, The Czar, accompanied by Gortschakoff, visited Bismarck.

In the 21 years from 1854 to 1874, ins clusive, California has grown to lead all the other States in wool growing. The ex~ ports for 1874 amounted to 37,088,710 pounds, the value being €8,182,009, The exports in 1854 were 175,000 pounds valu- ed at $14,000. The increase has been very steady. The raising of thoroughbred sheep is becoming an important California» an indusiry.

The probability of the admission of News foundland into the Dominion was the subs ject of a question in the Imperial House of Commons on the 12th, when Mr. Lowther, in answer, said that since 1869, when pro- posals for the admission ot Newfoundland into the Dominion failed to obtain the sanction of the constituencies of that island no fresh negotations had been entered into. The question, he added, was one of undis minished interest to Her Majesty’s Govern-~ ment and to the Government of the Do- minion, and of the colony concerned, but it was understood that public feeling in Newfoundland is not at present distinctly expressed in favor of this step.

The size of London, the metropolis of the I ritish empire, has often been remarks ed upon. It covers about 700 square miles, and has about four million of inhabia tants. Itis said to have more Jews than Palestine, has more Roman Catholics than are in Rome, and more Scotchmen than are in Ediaburgh. The port of London has every day upon its waters a thousand ships and nine thousand sailors. About 40,000 are added to its population every year, and nine thousand new houses are built. In its postal districts 238.000,000 of letters are every year delivered. It has 120,000 habitual criminals, and as many beer shops and gin palaces as, placed with their fronts side by side would extend 73 miles. Every year 38,000 drunkards are brought before its magistrates, and ofits population it is calculated that at least a million are prac- tically, ifnot theoretically heathen.

The Eagle Line steamship ‘Schiller,’ Captain Thomas, which sailed from New York, April 28th, for Hamburg, by way of Plymouth or Cherbourg, has been wrecked oft the Scilly Islands. It is believed that 200 persons have perished, Latest advices state that many were rescued. The steers age passenger list comprised 100 adults, 16 children between the ages of one and ten years, and four infants. Later despatches state that of 391 persons on ooard the ‘Schiller’ but 43 were saved ; 33 have gone to Plymouth, the remaining ten are too ill to be moved. There wasa life belt in every one of the Schiller'’s berths when the dis~ staer occurred. The captain issued orders that one should be fastened to every wo» man. This wasdone, but the women were