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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Tliiirsday, F18-lll‘ll3l‘y I0, 1853.

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New Series. No. 7.

Basset-d’s Gazette. . GI-‘.0R(iE '1‘. HASZ \RD, Proprietor and Publisher. R. B. IRVING, Erlltuhfla h‘ pi. - ,,,,d, - , nd, i at . eve y (envenirig and Snmnlgy morniug.) 0 . ll_ 9*°"q‘“'."P'F"fl'h' 1~,,,””_A,,n,u,| Sub“-rtptlull, lbs. Discount or can in advance.

rails or al)va__u1'isIso. _ r... the am amnion. mama]--r it-9 'l'‘‘‘° 0‘ 42‘,!"°'- inclucling ba«l.2s.—-8lrnes,Zi. .—9lioes, 3<lir._—-I Inert. 8;. 6.I.—l€ lines. A! -- lines, As. Bil.-25 |Il'Il'l,_5.I.-- . g)“,,,,,,, g._ ¢.|,...a6lines,6s.—and N. for each additional X |;,,,._ One inirtli of the above for each continuance. _ MW...-,.,,,,,,,... Qutwi L - li||Illrtl.iuii.Willl)I9cDnLII‘l|l0tl until forbid.

" '1'he_“4-EOR'1'IOU'L'1'l'J'RI8'I.'," And Journal of Rural Art and Rural '1‘

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‘HR Subscriber, who.hris long been connected with '1 \Ir. UAIUIY, us one of the editors of the Guinea

‘armor, ltus purchaisr-d the Horticulturist, so ably comlnctedhy A. .l. Dowmwa, and nlterilie con- clusion ul'tlie present volume, it will be Published at ROCMIITII. and liilitcd by I’. HARRY, assisted by many of the best lloiticulturists of the country. whose II0llllII|ll'llClIll0lIl| will uiateririll odd to its value. 'l‘bs ARCllI'l‘I'1(1'l‘Ul{AI. Ill’. Alt'l'MEN'l‘ will be conducted by gsntleirioii of ability and repu-

tation.

'l‘o render the work accessible to a greater num- her, and conaiequentl more bennficiril, the price will be reduced in 'l wo lioi.t.A its per year. in odrruirre. and at the some time vnrious irnprnverircnia made. I-Inch number will contain a full page eugravmg of some now, rare, and valuable fruit or llnwer, drawn from nature, and engraval in a style not excelled.

Still fnrthrr to add to the value of.the W0|‘lh Ind merit the improving taste and increasing waiitsof the horticultllrul curuinanity, we shall also publish an edition with CULORI-‘.l) l’l.A'l‘l".al. each number coiitniuing a full page engraving of some new, rare and valuable fruit or ll-rwer. correctl _ colored from nature, by the best living artists in I'll! line. I w" be a new and important feature, in this country. and riiuat conimaird the llllltllllttll and patronage of both professional aud amateur lIorliculturists._ As the number ofcolored plates we can furnish will be limited, frorii the care and time required in their pre- pitnttloll, those who wish the Colorrrl E«lt'tt'ari_of the Hortirutturirt for I853, will do well to order imme-

' diotely. Price with colored plates, Penn DOLLAII, in oilmrrtcr.

All who cultivate fruit or lowers. should read the Horticulturist, as it is devoted entirely to Horticul- ture, and its kindred arts. Landscape Gardening and Rural Architecture, and will keep its readers advised of everything now on the subject, either in Europe or America.

It will be our aim not only to make the Horticul- turist superior both in style and matter to any work

- of the clinrncter in this c0|ll|lI’£', but equal to any of

the llortinullurul Journnla or or ; and we confi- dently ask the aid and co-operation of the Horticul- turiats of the corintr . The work rapablrslied month- ly. and contains erty-eight large pa , wttbnat advertisements, stitched to a beaatifu and appro- priate cover.

J. VICK. Jn., PU;l.lIllII.,

oc eats GEO. T. HASZARI). Agent for I’. E. Island.

ALMANAOK for 1853. HASZ.\RD'S CALENDAR for 1953, is now ready for deliver , and will be found to contain besides the usual in ormatioii, rriurli odditiarial

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TIIE WEATHER. Horticulture for the Mouth, census of British North American Colonies, Imports. Exports, and Revenue of British nrth American Colonies, and a variety of other useful information.

Japnary 4, I858. ___ The Laws of Prince Edward Island

ROM 1778 to l8lil.l'rotli years iaclnsive—2’vnls. Royal 8 vo., with it copious Index; published under an Act of the Colonial legislature, and care- fully revised and consolidated, by Comruissioiiers appointed for the purpose, may be had at the Book- store of

G. 'l‘. HASZARD.

Ilih in... rest. Encourage AXE! 2

Island Manuhmnr: axns !! axes 2 it

rest so on in prices!

‘ l‘H'E Subscriber ofliirs for Solo his wt-ll-known

h'beatr§aoii.so AxES,(|l;l::Il) 8s. 6d_.dto c ncoo ingtoweig t, ngaoonstera e reduction fl-out his former prices); Ungroaiid xes 8e. for r t yinent. arias ‘T00 ii"; slidomipoons, made and paired on reasonable terms. ' ELIBIIA VVEATHERBIE. t 49,De'o. 24, 1852.

0 BE’ 86 itl:s'roN. L0. be Freehold FARM f betvv 70 and 80 scion of Land. known do " Kt: of Henry Shearruan. |"aq., about ’ Charlottetown, abetting on 0 I "n¢°l°Vln Road. For fgzpier pn(i;tionlIti§.(e:%:ly .. Iottor renera , r- or loqeptaig R Ci-‘,,Ug Nov. 27. issz. ', pin it. ,.,‘;,:"§m_) Eitglbie Battdtiit Lou for egg,’ OR SALE FIVE llglbl ‘ - joining the Tanynfd afar‘.

ad 84 I ~ Fitz Roy Street. Bot 'l‘erms kl...‘ .,,,°:i' a property, application to be made to '1'

AVILAID, l.'.sq., Barrister-at-Law, at float,“ ' ueen ears. ' September 81, I852. I

For Sale, or to Let, HE D\VBLl.lNG-ll0U8l".. Out-house, and Prov mlsee, and Lot of LAND. in Georgetown. No. Third Range, Letter B. Application to be made I). Vliasoir, Charlottetown, or to Wu.i.uur isoanson, l?.sq.. Georgetown. Nov. II, III’-

I R SALE, tht elgibly sheared House and Pro-

t the at‘ Qaosa ttirset. nut-to Fes- ‘s oorner. Thelnd oeriiprises a qaarter of a a l.ot.No. ‘IO, M lleedrsd in Chariot town.

re 6 on the door. and I on the - and a spacious Aitls, an excellent Cellar the whole House. The ‘rig is aaarl new. one atalittle sapettesbe tie . f irionsy way be allowed to re- wituas aijtartsauav.

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THRILLING INCIDENT AT SEA. Loss or ‘I'll aarieue rnssa s-rarriruu; MW uses: or sixrrrrs or rat: crisw us run uan-so s'ra1'ts' srsiirsrirr iucrrric.

(I-‘rosi the New-fork Tribune.)

We have been kindly favored with the fo||owing extract of a private letter 'l'I'_0tlI Marcus Spring, Esq., of this City, giving an account of the saving of the Crew. Of “*9 Scotch barque Jesse Stevens, by the steam- er Pacific, on her last passage from here to Liverpool. VVe are sure that no one can read this simple llttl'l‘fl.l|t’6. without some- thing ofthe emotions it so. vividly expresses.

One morning while lying wrapped up In blankets, overcoats, &.c, on the NONI. l-he wind and sleet and snow roaring round the heaving ship, one of the pusseiigers came down and reported that a wreck had been seen in the midst of the storm, and men clinging to it, and calling out, “. Save us! Save!” Though so ncrirly stupitied as to care for nothing, even if we had bccu_tlie wrecked ones ourselves, and hardly believ- ing, at first, it could be so, I roused myself; and sure enough, all my own stupid and selfish feelings, till nausea and licaduclie and all iniirrnuriiig spirit in view of our own con- dition, were instantly dissipated, and gave place to the hcarticsl. sympathy and earliest prayers for sixteen poor tellows in it shal- tered bark, with sails torn and streaming in the wind, masts all wrenched oh‘ and swept away, and the writer rushing through the skies of the vessel as she rose now and then on it high wave-_, the sea rolling over her, a perfect flood every minute. _

Our ship had stopped her engines, and was hovering about; coming near cnou h in the brief intervals of the storm, for apt Nye to speak through his trumpet it word of encouragement. The captain had _been_ sick with a violent cold and inllamation of the lungs, but this had called him from his bed, and, dressed in his great tarpoulin coat, with his hat drawn down over his ears, a sailor holding him from falling,.as he stood on the steep deck, the ship tum- bling almost over on its sides at every roll, hin‘tine fnce flushed with excitement, Ill the wind and elect dashed into it, and against him as if they would take him oil‘ his feet; trumpet in his hand, and raising above the war ofthe storm his voice of command to engineers ,sailoi-s &c., to go on or stop, or

o to the other side of the wreck, trying _to eep near it, and avoid dashing against 1!. to the certain ruin of all. _

All this lasted for an hour or more, while we passengers on the upper deck, holding on to ropes to keep from being dashed over- board, and watching the poor fellows, when the mists, and clouds, and spray, gave us opportunity to see them climbing the waves in their shattered bark, all looking anxious- l toward us, and waving hats and hands. The rolling of the sea, some movement: on the deck, and sonistliing Iheru-d the Caps tain say, made ins tear it was it hopeles- case, and we should have to go and leave them, when all at once a gloom of light broke from above. and asplendid rainbow appeared on a dark background of clouds behind us.

It seemed indeed a heaven sent sign of hope and promise, and leagerly scanned the upturned faces of the wretched crew, to see if they did not hail it as such. The captain seized the moment of a lull in the storm to say-to Tbmpltins, his third ollicer, "Are you willingto risk going in the life- boat to their rescue? “Ready and willing,” was the prouipt reply; and soon the beau- tiful boat, with Tompkins and three sailors, was bounding over the foaming waves. They had a rope soon drawn from ship to bark, passing through the life boat. The bravelittlo company‘ were soon under the stern of the wreck, receiving with open arms, as they were dropped or thrown down (for some were so stupitied with wet and cold they had to be thrown into the

boat) the di-ippingtsailors of llI0'.‘~.‘JDIIl8.

Stevens.” The waves no so high it was unsafe to be near the wreck, H0 the limit hauled up by rope, at intervals non‘-rervdugh for them-to drop in one or’ too m ‘n--then they would elacken the rope so let the boat recede before the rrtiirniiig wave shoidd come and dash them togeth¢I'; their they would return, in like manner, for one or two more; and, finally, all were safe in the boat, and we-~ oaly'kope they would get itbnck to the ship vrithits freight ofllvee.

roodly aga'ai- it bounded over-the billowa its heavy load asifit had been a swan sea bird, slid ‘though several tiara wh it went out: of sight in the trough of the sen’, "wear-ambled -lest we had isaeti itfor the last tiiae, it atilttooaated the top ofthe next. wave, CI hfied dewn=the weteey hill efle towaI'Ill"fll again to rise and descend till- they reached our ship's side, with a hundred men, with bqi «sheds, and ropes-let

down, with tbeenb, aoon bottled up evnvy- niari ofitfi.-?«Aad Dvliltlolr nice, respectable ’ fi'olh».AQlll-

' Soflfifien, _ tine, on their way home hem Cmiada, unit.

a load of lumber, are fol& er-a.os'tb III, wflli tkeakfel kserta' moth:

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her, and will reach home belbre they are looked for, to tell of their marvellous escape.

Since this incident, certainly the 'ln0IC keerb-thrilling and sublime it has been my lot to witness, and well worth, we all say, all the sufferings of the voyage, we have all been in better spirits, and have slept, I im- agine, with more greatful and happy dreams. We had a meeting of passengers and rais- ed five hundred dollars as purse for Tomp- kins and the three men who aided him. Tompkins looks very happy as he walks the deck, and is a great favorite with us all.

was DESIGNS or FRANCE-JBALOUSIES or ' Tnr: AMERICANS There are indications in respect to a French occupation of Sonora, which (assu- ming the rumours on the subject to be cor- rect go to show, that the annexation policy of ‘ourt Boulhon did not arise from any sudden force of circumstances, but that some such step had previously been con- sidered in France. For exam c, M. u- pasquier du Domtnartin, who has ti-avelle much in America, has published ii work in France, in which he talks of checking what he calls the “omnivorous progress of the United States, which threatens the political and coinmerciul supremacy of Europe,” by preventing the construction of the Great Pa- cific Railroad; and that “ this can be done effectually by planting vigorous French colo- nies in Sonora and Chihuahua!” The .rVorq. York Times says, that the French colony in Sonora was" invited thither by the Mexican authorities, “ with the active concurrence ofthe French Minister in Mexico, and for the avowed purpose of pi-e-occupying the only route by which a railroad can be con- structed to connect the Mississippi with the Pacific.” A letter from San Francisco says. that there are 90,000 Frenchmen in Cali- fornia. This is doubted. A letter has ap- peared in the Cour-rier rlu Etata Unis, writ- ten by a M. Ferrance, who contends that the French occupation of Srimana, and the conquest of Sonora, are the “ initiatory steps by which Napoleon III., in the in- terests of the allied despotisins of Euro e, intends to commence an active intervention on this continent against the further spread o elnooretic principles." The til‘. party in Washington mean to take bold and high ground in relations (of a national cha- racter with the strong Powers of Europe. A Washington correspondent of the New York Herald intimates that five or ten mil- lions of dollars will probably be placed in the hands of General Pierce, for the preser- vation of peace and the honour of the Re- public in the approaching crisis. But who- is meant by the approaching crisis? This is not explained. Samrina, in St. Domingo, must be very important to France as a naval station, if she should really contem- plate aggression or inteference in America. It is in the N.E. part of Hayti, between I9 de and 20 de . North lat, and 69 deg and 73 degrees est long. The position is commanding as relates to the West India seas and commerce. The United States then is naturally jealous of such a. step as taking possession of Ssmans.

RECll'lt0ctTY AND THE risinziuas.

There is reason to anticipate. says the Barton Cour-ier, that the subjects indicated by these names will call for adjustment at the hands of Congress during the present st-ssion. Either ofthese, taken separately, possesses a high degree of practical interest, and, perhaps it would be much the best» for both parties in the controversy, should each be allowed to stand by itself, and be submit- ted to a definite arrangement, without any reference to the other. The design to as- sociate them together, and to settle-than upon a couiiiion basis of negociation, must as it appears to us, lend to an iovolveriierit which will rather retard than hasten e satis- factory agreement. To a common observer, it is difiicult to understand, why the question whether we have n ri ht, by treaty, with Great Britten, to take ah in certain waters or not, ought to be made part of another question involvi zthe expediency of nirig a certain cbanne of trade with the ' ' Provinces. The two things have no neces- sary connection; the questions which arise from them are distinct in their‘ nblupegthe one is a strict question of tight al_td.privilege under the terms of a treaty, the -other is a question of expediesiey—-a problem as to cer-thin , beytellts ia ' ' edlon with e ropcse measure. Now, be allows , that we eithsrliave br have, pot the troll]-right to the bay-fishery. If we have it, the right is ours to have nnd.to hold, to use and to maintain, whether we make a reciprocity treaty with Great _Bi-italo or

.. .not.I It strikes «rel, that the very Iydfltep to

«be taken in this business is to ‘ rtaiii definitely whether tlle British or the Ameri- cenlinterpretation of the troump trfstarid, tandiit,l‘urther.appoarstoprg t until this step is alien, so proglesl minds in the settlernent ofthe svboh rlmtter. When that is dewe,,.ttie, rtiegiugiiaer-neq: toenf ate aside to the t: ion as o P I .|

rs-ac’ rocity, eltogotlier-.unerriba . .. I . however, ltavs,tlqt.alwl,j,I,,1,h ‘ht

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dam to follow the plaineat and most direct

mine to an object. There prevails in cer- tain quarters an irripression, that these two sultjectsmiist be coripl together in any

negociatioii and arrangement that are re- quired fiir the settlement of either. Ontbis

point, some British writers seem to entertain

rather ‘confused and indeterminate views,

arising, perhaps, fro‘m'their want of precise

knowledge as to the separate functions and

powers ofthe several parts of the American

government. Le islativo-measures with us are not, as in the ritisli Government, pro- jected and framed by the Cabinet, and car- ried through Congress by the influence of the Executive. Congress is oflen of one

mind, and the Cabinet of another. A British

ministry that makes it treaty with 8. foreign

government, can control Parliament sut}‘ici- ently to carry the treaty into effect. There

is no such simplicity of action in similar operations of the American government. A question of American politics, therefore,

whjch involves both diplomatic ncgociatioii an legislative enactment, becomes neces- siirily complicated, far beyond tiny point of difliculty which would besct it under British inanagemerit .

AUSTRALIAN TRADE. (From the J\’¢ws (Jute H’orld.) _

“ ()ur stocks of bread-stutlii are threaten- ing to run low; ” writes the Jlfr.-lbotrme Jlrgua of September 27th; and ‘the consequences are alnio.-t too painful to be calmly contem- platcd,’ for t,lie,diggers in the Victoria tit-Ids were then about 80,000 in number, and were still arriving by some tlioiisaiids weekly; to say nothing of the population in the towns and in the other colonies, which must share in the scarcity prevailing at the centre of Australian wealth. Such facts, however, as those which we have mentioned jointly, can scarcely escape attention of exporters in every part. of the world. It is probable that writers in this country who have touch- ed upon the snare siilrjrct, copy the conclu- simis as they rind them expressed in the Melbourne papers; and it is not denied that those papers look at the subject too much fnvin a local pt-intiof view. At Melbourne, the grand: f on before the eyes of public writers are t ie constant influx of a hearty population needing ample sup] lies, the total derangerrieiit of indirstial 4I‘0c98st'S within the town, and the iieglectv state of agricul- ture. There has been, indeed, some slight. reaction in favour of agricultiiral pursuits, even close to the diggins; and letters have been received in this country ft-on-i persons tliils engaged. speaking oftheir future pros- pects in terms which is ow that they at hast were not to be diverted from the more im- mediate gains ol' digging. In New South Wiile,s the derangement has been by no means so great as in Victoria; and in the colouy of South Australia, which has from the tirst remained more steadfast to the re- gular pursuits of industr , the present cori- ditiou of affairs is high y promising: the Goveriiinerit and the colonists are in accord, the settlement of land continues; land-soles proceed; and although it is probable that the diversion of labour may be felt to some extent in it less cnrefsl preparation of the soil, it. is quite certain that the extent of land laid under corn and other pdible products Ereritly exceeds that of any previous year.

van with Australia itself, therefore, the. preparations to meet the rapidly-gr-owing wants of the community are not wanting. In England companies have been formed to take advantage of Australian wealth; but in no way can advantage he so well taken of that woalthlae iii purvoyiag for the wants of its uhiiion. Gold-irririing, or companies for go d-digging, cannot in any degree _en'oy the some certainty of very great profit. he process:-s_of gold-digging in such a region, and amidstsuoh ii population, must be -liable to mtiny fr‘FI-gul'tii-it‘ié'_s for ii'rd’iriary commer- cial ntethodsto have a llrir chance ofsuccesn. As an exam ile, we noted the very ground contemplate by one company as the scene of its 0 rations is already the scene of quariiolkog about local possession. There are disappointments too, sudden lhlleres of the gold ir. particular parts; and while the individual digger can transfer himself readi-

_ly upon ‘artothdr scene, a company has no

such facility. The prizes may 0 great, but the blanks are equivalent; and a company cannot dodge lbnatie in that wild region as tbelndv nti rous nevigiitororia. Bu although good I, is thus highly indivithi zed, it is als stehdy in its verybroadesi results. A]. tin), gli c.orr;p1.nies or iiidividurils may be di.- appointed. in the niain it is certain that the product. of gold is equivalent to the amount of labour"bestewed upon the work of ex. casatiott. So ‘much labour, so much gold, is the rule‘ which his heltfgood hilhrrlo, and the re is eiier prospect tliat_it will continue to do so.‘_ ; be "pop!-Ilotion rf that country will continue to have wattts of the most ur- ge" kind. Ind willooliriueto have ieimense

itrillstofly T-he4|nsMII ofsolie will be vcowrperisated by the lmriisiisa -see. emit: ofitttii-rt: and in the gross the general

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in t’ e’ irorlil,fay it will amt "ll glv be tmeot‘ the rooms!-itioururli mlrlridlr “toad-

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ing. The immense gains of primary labour will furilisb roportionate profits to the so-_ condary emp oyments attending upon tllttl labour; and thus the profits of the niercliaiit will be proportionate to the wages of labour. A growing population, an ever-widening market, an enormous tretsnre‘lti‘the very