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JOURNAL OF POLITI

CS, LITERATURE AND

‘*'This is true Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.’---Euripides,

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NTIL FURTHEL NOTICE, MAILS for the Southern route will be made upat tafe Office, as follows :

For Southport, Lot 49, Cherry Valley, Vernon River, Summerville, New Perth and Georgetown, every morning (Sunday except- ed,) at 8.30 o'clock.

For Montague Bridge. every Monday,Tues- day, Thureday, and } riday morning, a: 8.30 o'clock:

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‘Commission Merchant

| ,btaining Ret eshments for themselves, and

;guch as

ray River, Murray Llarbor South, Sturgeon, Marray H«rbor North, Cardigan, Duadas,and Lot 56, every Tuesday and Friday morning at 8.30 o'clock,

For Brooklyn and Brown’s Creek, every Tueeday mornin:s, at 8. 30 o’elock.

For Monaghan, De Gros Marsh , and Peter's Road, every Friday moraing, at 8 30 o'clock.

JOUN A. MeDONALD, Postmaster General. Giensral Post Office, Ch’town,

March 10, 1871.

S 3 Apothecaries’ Hall, The Old Stand, West Corner of Queen Square, ESTABLISHED, 1810.

By Steamer City of Cork from ENGLAND Brigantine James from MONTREAL, and other recent arrivals, the undersigned

has completed his imp orttions for the winter, consisting of GENUINE DRUGS & CHEMICALS I ’ Dye Stuffs, Vanishes, Paints, Vils, Colors, Xe. PATENT MEDICINES, PERFUMERY,

TUILET ARTICLES, &c., Xe.

The whole of which will be sold at a emall ad- vance on cost,

Special attention, by an experienced hand, to the preparation by day and night of Physicians prescriptions and private reeipes,

T. DESBRISAY,

Ciarlottetown, Jan. 2, 1871.

THE WHITE HAND, NEW PERFUME: Preparation for render- iug the hounds soft and white, without injary | te the skins The BEN VOLENCE Perfame, de- dicated with great respect to the late Gaoncr Preasopy, Esq., the Pt: lanthropist, the new Per- | fume |

Ess. of Lime Tree Blossoms,

Heraliic Pecfumes, Gubriel’s celebrated prepara | tions for the teeth, Rimael’s, Gosneli’s, Ede’s, | Grossmith’s, \Cleaver’s, Jewsbary & Brown's, |

»we's, Breidenbagh’s & Man, Son & Thomp | son's Perfumes and Toilet requisites, Crown of | England, Oval and Sjaare Jars, Toilet Bottles, Cat Giass (gold and sil\ er top) scent Bottles,’ Cos- | Te Pomeres, Hair Restorers, Hair Dyes, | Pear Powders, aud Powders for removing sure | purflous Hair, &c , &c. ; Hair, Tooth, Nail, Shav- | jug,Plate and Clothes J KUSHES in great variety.

: W. R. WATSON, j City Drag Store, Victoria Building, | _Charlotietown, Jan. 23, 1871. { |

h NPNDBILLS ana POSTERS ved at Exawiner Office, |

Ausiness Cards, HENRY J. GAFFNEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, OFFICE IN North American Hotel,

KENT STREET. Charlottetown, Aug 3, 1870. ‘ MR, A. SMYTHE; PROFESSOR OF MUSIC,

Hias Removed his Academy to Water St,, (Oppostte the late Telegraph Office.)

Pianoforte and Melodeon Tuning punce tually attended to.

July 25, 1870. ee CARVELL BROTHERS, AUCTIONEERS, | Commission Merchants, | |

AND

GENERAL AGENTS,

°|'BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET, | °*e™ brings the same to Government House, | or gives such information as may lead to his

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Charlottetown, P. E.Island | A. McNEMLE, Reading Room Proprietor | COMMISSION USRbtaANe AND AUCTIONEER. CHARLOTTETOWN,

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SETH D. SHAW, Attorney-At-Law, &e.

OF FIiCE—Corner of Great George and Dorchester Streets. Jpposite City Hotel. Formerly oecupied as a Law Office by Charle Px!mer, 4%q., and recently by H, J. Cundall, Esq. Charlotietewn, P. E. I. Muay 31,1869. tf

WILLIAM DODD,

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AUCTIONEER, QUEEN SQUARE,

THARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND

H. HASZARD. Commission SsHerchant, GENERAL AGUNT,;

AUCTIONEER Uppe. Queen Street, |

Charlottetown, - - - P.E.T.

N B.—Orders from roud, and the country «il! -eceive promptattention April 26,1869 ee oT ee ee \TEAP PY HOR,ME)

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The above New Hotel, in Sydcey Street, | pposite Blaten aud M Kenzie’s, is now open ‘or the Pablie, ‘The H HL. Al. is only one lock south of the Market Square, affording Country People a favorable opportunity of

rood Stabling and Provender for their Horses he Proprietor of the RAPPY HOME HO- TEL is determined to give the best possible satistaction to his Patrons. The St-bling is rood, with abundance of Provender for Horses. ln connection with tie Hotel isa supply of

Groceries» Confectionary» &c-

S+ven or eight permanent Boarders can be accommodated at a reasonable rate per week. Good People, please call and judge for

yourselves! A. A. McKENZIE. Proprietor Sydney Street, Ch’town, Jan 23, 1871.

Ap othecaries’ Hall,

The Old Stand, West Corner of Queen Square, ESTABLISHED, 1810.

UST RECEIVED, a fresh supply of FEL-

LOWS’ COMPOUND SYRUP OF HY-

POPHOSPHITES, and Wyeth Brothers’ COM-

POUND SYRUP of PHOSPHATES (Chemical

Food). —ALSO —

A Good Assortment of Aniline

Dyes, Roseine, &e. T. DESBRISAY.

Ch’town, Jan, 2, 1871.

A. HERMANS,

Bell-Hanger, Gun aud Tin-Suith,

Dorchesiecer Steet,

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September 19, 1870.

General Advertisements. |

NNN NNR NINN LIL LILLIE IDNA LOL ND et

is7i Fresh Seeds, isz1

(} ARDEN, AGRICULTURAL, and/

FLOWER SE®DS and BULBS.

INDIAN CORN

experienced cultivator For Sale by WM. R. WATSON. City Drug Store, Victoria es April 17, i871.

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Grown by an in |

CORNWALLIS,

Stnit! Salt! 10,000 bushels Cadiz Salt. “SHE Subscriber offers FOR SALE, im-

mediately on arrival, in lots to suit pur- |

chasers. the Cargo of the Brigantine Katie, now on her way from Cadiz,

GEORGE W. HOWLAN, | | Cascumpec, April 3, 1871 hej 2m

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A. RED SETTER DOG, slightly lame, answers to the name of ** Bran.’? Whoe-

recovery, will be handsomely rewarded. Private Secretary’s Office, April 17, 1871.

- REMOVAL. [ R. GAFENEY has removed his office from DesBrisay’s Biock to North Amorican Hotel, Kent St- April 10, 1871. 3in

Readymade Show Room !

LONDON HOUSE,

The Subscribers have on hand a splendid as- » sortment of

SPRING CLOTHING! CONSISTING OF: West End, Windsor, Oxford, City, Reform, and Prince Albert Sn2eques and Ceats! In Black Cloth, Fancy Tweeds, and Doe, Italian Cloth, &e., &e. Black & Fancy Pants & Vests! (With Suits to match.) Shooting Coats, in great variety!

(i'rom 18s. upwards )

G. & 8. DAVIES.

Salt!

Hoetry.

Seven Puzzles.

Oar sharp witted young readers will enjoy cracking those nuts, Which we find in an exchange. Some ofthem have thick shells, but some will

} crack easily ;—~

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Dreaming of apples on the wall, And dreaming of en near,

I dreamed that if I connted all, How many would appear?

Il. A stick I fouad that weighed two pound, I sawed it up one day In pieces eight of equal weight How much did each piece weigh ? says ‘“‘a quarter of a pound,”

“

} (Everybody | Which is wrong.)

MIL John gave his brother James a boxs About it there were many locks James woke, and said it gave him pain; So gave it back to John again. This box was not with lid supplied, Yet caused two tids to open wide. And all these locks had never a key— What kind of a box then, could it be?

VI. What is most like a bee in may? * Well, let me think: perhaps——,’ you say, Bravo! you're guessing well! to day.

V. Three sisters at. breakfast were feeding the eat; Che first gave it sole Puss was grateful for that; The next gave it salmon~—which puss though

a treat;

The third gave it herring—which puss wouldnt eat,

(Explain the eonduct of the eat.)

VI. Said the moon to the sun, Is the daylight began ?” Said the sun to the moon, ** Nota minute too 2oon.”” ** You're are a full moon,’”’ said he; She replied with a frown. * Wel! [never did see * So uncivil a clowr,’”’

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(Query—Why was the moon so angry 2) VIL.

When the King found that his money was near- ly all gone, and that he really MustT live more economically, he decided on sending away some of his wist men There were some Landreds of them—very fiue old men, and magnificently dress- edin green ve!vet gowns with gold battons; if they Hap a fault, 1t wasthatthey always contra- dicted one another When he asked for their ad- i und they certainly ate and drank enormous- Iv. So, onthe whole, he was rather glad to ge rid of them. But there was an oldlay, which he didnot dare to disobey, which said there must al- ways be

* Seven blind of both eyes; Ten bind of one eve,

Five that see with both eyes, Nine that see with one eye.”

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FIRST-CLASS Ameriean Life [surance | Company desires ta secure the services | ia gentleman «ef energy, experience and good i

April 10, 1871.

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| reputation, as AGENT tor P, E, I.

With a person possessing the above qualifica- lons Very favorable arrangements will be made, | Address,—National Lile Ins. Co., U.S.A. | JOHN C. RISTEEN, Genera! Agent for the Lower Provinces, i Saint Joho, N, B. | April 10, 1871. 4 in | Bettie lcitaindacocerl dete ——_____—___-—_—__ | fioseine Dye. | ECEIVED., at the Ciry Drug Storr, anas- | sortment of ANILINE and DOMESTIC | DYES

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W.R. WATEON, |

October 3. 187°.

SAW MILL.

_ae undersigned having purchased the

SHINGLE MILL owned by the late | JAMES ARSENAULT of Tignish Lot 1, has | put it in thorough repair, and having NEW | GEAR in the same, the mill is now ready to | saw LOARDS and SHINGLES, which will | be done at moderate charzes, Pine, Hemlock, | and Spruce Boards. and the very best quality cf CEDAR SHINGLES. will be tor sale at the lowest Market Prices.

8. F. PERRY.

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Peter’s Road, Lot 1, April 3, 1878.

WOOL WOOL qa paid for WOOL on delivery, at

the Store of H. J CALLBECK. Ch'town, May 30, 1870.

fron Eedsteads.

FEW Superior Bedsteads, cheap for

Cush, at NEWSON’S.

SALT. SALT.

ORSALE, 600 Bushels LIVERPOOL SALT, in bulk. Also, 2000 SACKS, ex Bark CLIFTON.

Iron

JAMES C. POPE. Ch‘town, August 1, 1870

NORWAY OATS.

BUSHELS Pwe Ramsdell Norway

(Next to ‘* Examiner” Office.)

j EGS toreturn histhanks to the general |

publie forthe liberal patronage extended to him since hiscommencement in business, and asks for a continuance of the same. He seeps coustanty on hand

A nent Assortment of TINWARE, KITCHEN UTENSIL

&e., XC.; will be punctually attended to.

Having iately made large purchases in the Cheapest Markets, inteuded for House Builders,

Bell Fittings, &., &c.,

lam prepared to SELL THEM at RATES|

AS LOW AS CAN BE HAD IN THE CITY, | and will fit them up in a good workmanlike style To a generous public, 1 would say, that all Orders in THIS BRANCH OF MY BUSI, NESS will be attended to with Despateh A Lot of First Class WATiLL.R COOLERS on} hand, SAYER’S CRYSTAL BLUE, Sold Cheaper than ever. Tuly 12, 1869

ERSKIN’S BRAHEE SUGAR POWDERS

A Tonicand Unfailing Remedyto1

Rheumatismofailkinds,Neuralgia. Lumbago, Sciatica, )

As alsofor FACE-ACHE TOOTH-ACHE, | EAR-ACHE, COUGHS, and all affectionsfrom Colds. |

{#P See Lancet, under Mepicat Pat SON |

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WM. R. WATSON

&e. ALL ORDERS in the above BUSINESS |

| April 10, 1872. Gas Fitting, Water Closets, ——

AO Oats. free from all White or Potato

Oats. The best Seed in the market. For sale by

| the Subscriber. JOHN JURY. Kent Strect, Charlottetown, March 18, 1871- ¢

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100 Different Patterns of Paper Hangings

CHEAP, AT THE

LONDON HOUSE. | G. & S. DAVIES.

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SONI INI LLL AL ALMANAC

Mr. Panshon's Expedition to the Pacific,

NUMBER Tit.

CHICAGO TO OMAHA,—PAL4CE SLEEPING CARS. ~- ILLINO:S,— STARVATION ROCK —HIS TORICAL REMINISENCE,—PRA!IRIES,—WOND ROUS LANDSCAP£,— THE FATHER OF WA TERS,—LA SALLE,—MOLINE,— DEVANPORT, IOWA,—COUNCIL BLUFFS, ~— HALF MILE IRON BRIDGE,

Several liaes of rail eo:tend for the traffic betweea Chicago to Omaha, on the Misgouri,

| the initial point of the Union Pacifie Railway.

Tne Chicago and North-Western claims to be the shortest route. It traverses the State of lilnois from east to west and crosses the Mi- 8si:8 ppizt C] nton, fo va, As thre: of tle party had travelled over this road before we prefer- red to take the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad. Accordingly a few minutes before ten on Wednesday morning, the 22nd, we were at the Chicago station-house of this road, one of the largest and most substantial edifices of the kind in the Continent, With baggage checked aud sections secured in the “ Silver Palace Car,’’ at ten o’clock we start- ed on our journey across the prairies. The train is made up of eight cars. Ahead the locomotive, next tender, nest the baggage car, the mail car, a second class or smoking car, two first-class carriages, and lastly the ‘palace s'eeping car.” Soon Chicago, with the dust and trafic of its busy streete, its warehouses, its manv/acturies, and its subur- ban residences, is left behind, and we are scampering over the level fields of Illinois On either side the eye is refreshed with the sight of large and comfortable farm houses, surrounded by rich!y cultivated fields. Joliet, Ottowa, and Attica are passed—all flourishing towns, Tor three hours wa traverse the val- ley of the Tilinois, passing numerous glass factorizs—the fine white sand required for making abounding on the bluffs of the Dlinois river. Starvation Rock is invested with his- toric interest. Its rocky sides rise up precip- itously from the river, aud its summit is reach- ed only by an entrance of eighty feet in width. A band of the Winnebazoes were driven to this rock by their enemies, the narrow en- trance blockaded prevented their return, and the stolid warriors submitted to starvation, and the whole tribe was exterminated. At. Bureau, 114 miles from Chicago, the train halted twenty minutes for dinner, and we made it the bureau of internal revenue. O! the extent of these prairies, with their wide- reaching openness and boundless promise, where, as in the Valley of the Mississippi, the soil is so fertile “that ifyou tickle it with a hoe it willlaugh with an abundant harvest.” One hardly wonders at the rapidity of the growth of Illinois and Iowa, the wealth of their /accumulating harvests, the intelligence and enterprise of their teeming populations, for it needs n> marvellous feat, but simply the toach of industry, to evoka the hidden treasures and make them the garden and granary of the uew world. As we passed along, some fields | were covered with grass of the most refreshing greenness; others displayed the black loam, freshly upturned by the plough; but in sum- mer these fields will be gilded witn corn and glowing with ripe wheat, fragrant with deep

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COOPERS. fy ANTED, at the Hillsborough Mills, 20 Coopers. To good, steady men employment will be given fur the winter, and

liberal wages paid, either by the day or for}

plece-work.

CARVELL BROS.

Dec. 7. 1870 tf

Gilt and Walnut Mouldings !

JUST ARRIVED! CreaP at JOHN NEWSON’S. May 30), 1870. tf

NO MORE BUYERS’ COPPERS. y

E will give ‘* the Buyer’s Copper.”’ and pay the highest Market Price to far-

mers coming direct to our Warehouse, with |

CARVELL BROS. | | tude; where the wolf howled and the red

their oats,

Ch’ town, Feb. 20, 1871

grass, and bright with tinted flowers. The |wondrous landscape stretches still farther ‘away till lost in the tencer biue of the hori- zon. ; | At 6 o’clock in the evening we got the first glimpse of the mighty **Father of Waters.” The great fiver, unstained as yet by union with the muddy Missouri, rolls grandly along. As we watch with enthusiasm its broad sweep- | ing current, how we are reminded of La Salle, /the bold and adventurous Frenchman, who ‘with a heart of intrepd mould, and inspired with the purpose of advancing the interests of La Belle France and of civikzation, determi- |ned upon makiog important discoveries in the west; and leaving Montreai in 1680, penetra- ‘ted to the Mississippi, and descended through | thousands of weary miles to its mouth. How | different the surroundings of the river now. 'Then it flowed throuzh a wilderness clothed with verdant grass and forest covered valleys, along mossy heights, basking in the sunlight, or shadowed by the passing cloud, or by its great cliffs, whose domes and pinnacles were the work of no human hand. Now there is still the fair outline of its gracetal scenery, but it is freshened and polished by the art of man. Citics have sprung up where was soli

| acter and surroundings of many of the settlers.

busy haunts of men, Then the lone canoe of | the voyageurs was borne over the tranqnil current and glided in the shade of mossy | crags festooned with wild grape vine, or was’ drawn up on the shore ateven, when the sul- | try cloud overspread the West and darkness settled over the leaden waters. Now the stately steamers stem the current and the ri-' ver bears npon its bosom the commerce of & | mighty nation, Moline is a thriving manufacturing town |on the Mississ ppi. Here are immense walls. of stone run up to tame the wxorius amuis, and prevent its overflow. A dam of mason.-, ry thrown across the right channel gives an) | immense water power. Rock Island city is another stirring manufacturing town, a little | further below. We cross te river at Rock Island, on which is built an immense arse- nal of the United States Gevernment. ‘he wooden bridge creaked and groaned as the train passed over it, making us twitch with | nervous sensations ; but it had been pronoun. | ced substantial and as it carried us safely | over, we must praise it. Davenport is @ town of 28,000 inhabitants, | spread out beautifully over the hills and blutfs | of the Missiesippi banks, The thousand lights that streamed through the foliage, and gleam- ed from the summit of wood-crowned hills upon the gathering darkness, gave a romantic aspect to the scene. Now we have entered lowa, and are stil! in the open ocean of a rol- ling and richly cultivated prairie. A larg. ; portion of this State we passed in the night, and inastate of delightful unconsciousness have travell-d from Oxford to Moscow, and fom Moscow to Marengs, tle ion to Broo’ lyr, and doubtless in our dreams were in Toronto also. In the morning we awoke with the bright sunshine flooding the cloudless sky and the boundless prairie in brightness, A- round us aud above us all is broad, expansive, g<nerous, Along the greater portion of the way are seen evidences of thrift and culture, and farm houses, that are pictures of moral comfort; but we were not struck withthe char-

Asmall frame cabin, a few adjacent: straw stacks, one or two half-starved looking cows, stood out in contrast with the impress of grand. eur that stamps these broad acres. Ovcasi- onally a dieary swamp of barren stretch of land reminds you that all is not a garden. The emigrant seeking a home in the West must remember that fever and ague is a ter- rible scourge, and throughout the whole of the prairie regions the want of timber and water is sorely felt. Swarms of grasshoppers often sweep over them, €ostroying the hope of the harvest, and clouds of biackbirds follow the track of the sower to pluck up thr uneovered grains,—and yet all over this wide extent tows aud cities spring up asif by the wand of the magician. Atlantic, four hundred and

thirty-six miles west of Chicago, and fifty-seven miles east of the Missouri River, was a year azo nothing, and now it numbers a populaiion of two thousand five hund ed. At Avoca we made it our avocationto secure breakfast, a more refreshing employment tha writing po- etry in a place where Moore celebrated the ‘¢ Meeting of the waters.’ At these western

eating rooms the fare is usually — at the door as the travellers are passing*out. As we were paying for breakfast, one of our fel

low passengers accosted the door-keeper with ** How much does it cost to get out of this?” a novel way of asking, we thought, the price of the meal

At ten o’clock on Thursday Morning we arrived at Council Bluffs, the station on the eastern bank of the Missouri, having made a distance of 493 miles in twenty-four hours The railway fare to Council Bluffs at twenty doliars; but through passengers do best to purchase tickets from Chicage to San F'ran- cisco, which are sold for $118 American cur rency. At Councll Bluffs we disembark to cross by a ferry the strong-rolling but mud- dy Missouri, Omaha, iu the state of Nebraska. A railroad bridge is in process of construction, which, whea completed, will save through passengers a great deal of trouble and diseom- fort; for it will afford direct transit for the eastern and western trains. The Missouri has been a standing difficulty with the Rail road Company. Its banks are maases of dark mud, its bed of shitting quicksand; and it is coutinually leaving ite old bed, seeking out for itself a new channel to the sea. .A flomiish~ ing village, named S¢, Mary's, stood ow its bavks a few years ago, betw2en Council Bluff- and St. Jose. That has been entirely swept by it. Notavestige of the place remains, and the deep muddy river rolls over ;the spot where once it stood, The spot was pointed out to us where a short time ago was its old channel, about a quarter of a mile from the present one. ‘The difficulty in.constructing a bridge was to find agslid foundation. But then, *¢nil mortalibus ardui est.’”?> Such physical obstacles must be overcome, and a bottom must be found if it is reached on the other side of the globe. A solid foundation of rook has been found 88 feet below the deep quicksand, The bridge will be of iron, half-a-mile in length. There are to be eleven spans, each 250 feet in length, The piers are hollow cylinders of iron an inch a three-quarters in thickness and nine and a halt feet in diameter, When sunk they are filled in with concrete, rocks, &e. On these the bridge will rest 50 feet above high-water mark, and seventy feet above low tide, The bridge is to be completed this fall, and will cost the U. P. R. R, Co. two millions of do'lurs.

Council Blaffs City is situated at the foot of the Bluffs, about three miles from the. ri- ver, and contains a population of about 12, 000. The city possesses the e'ement of future greatness. It is the rival of Omaha, and ciaims to be the terminus of the Union Faci- fic Rai'way. The compavy bas purchased within its limits real estate to the amount of $100,000, and when the bridge is completed they will no doubt erect their depots and shops on the broad level plain in front of the city. Already four trains from the East come in about the sam? time to a point of /convergence at the ferry depote, and two additional roads are in process of construct-

ion. We have left the train and find a relief in sauntering down to the river side to sur- vey * Big Muddy,’ asthe M-ssiouri is not

jthe day, he would never

squirrel leaped ond chattered are wow the Speech of Hon. G. W. Hiowlan, on

the Fishery Question.

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Hon. Mr. Howran was glad that. the pre- sent debate was opened in that House on the Despatches relating to the unpleasant mat- ters in cOunection with our fiszeries during the past summer. He had been publicly and privately slandered asa publie man, and ac- cused of using his influence at the Council Board of this Colony to injure both directly and indirectly a merchant who shall here be nameless, but it would be sufficient to state that gentleman was carrying on a large busi- ness inthe shore and deep sea fisheries of this Island. Asa member of the late Gov- ernment the pad-lock which his Kxecutive Councillor oath had fastened upon him was now removed, and asthe papers relating to the actions of the late Government on the

shery question, were now public property,he Was In @ position to speak his mind plainly on the sudject, and to cast back with redoubled vigor the foul, slanderous and mean, but im- potent statements of those who, on our pub- lic wharves, at the street corners, through some portions of the press aud in all places where iusinuating and cowardly defamers could be heard, plied their trad> with no un- sparing hand. And while speaking upon this subject he would remark, enpassant, although abused on many oceasiong in the press for his Opinions and actions on the public questions of 1 yy take advantage of his position as a member of the House to at- tack those who were not present to defend themselves. Ithad been remarked that the late Government exceeded their duty in re- ceiving the Congressional Committee; but he was pot one of those who entertain that opi- nion, . The members of the late Government well knew that they had not the treaty mak'ng power, and in all their associations with the Committee, they plainly and publicly stated this. Butas acolony we had all along a lively sympathy with the people of the United States, as was evidenced by the state of pub- lic opinion here throughout the whole of the American war, as we!l as by our not having intermeddled in the blockade running busi ess. This, coupled with the character of the peo- ple of this Island for their generous hospitali- ty, would lead us to conclude that the Gov- ernment of the day would have been recreant indeed if they had not received the Congres- sional Committee in a manner,in every way be- ‘coming to gentlemen coming to this Colony asthe Representatives of our friends and neigh- bours of the great Republic. It had been stated that in all trade arrangements, treaties, &e.. the Americans had always got the better of the English. Whether that were the case or not, it was hardly worth while stopping to consider, but he thought he might safely say that in this instance, he doubted if any such iutluence could be drawn, {Che members of the late Government met the members of the Congressional Committee, he might almcet say, altogether privately and unofficially, when the trade relations of the two countries were discussed pro and con iia fair and liberal spirit and on broad and just principles, Some hon, members of the House appeared to think that the members of the late Government in thus meeting with the gentlemen of the Com- mittee, encouraged them to form the opinion that either a majority or a respectable minority of the people cf this Island, were in favor af Annexation to the United States, and that perhaps during the dejeuner, while the champagne, to which his hon. friend the Leader of the Government ul uded, flowed freely, sevtiments of that kind may have found ready uit rance. To answer such state- mets satisfactorily, it was only necessary to refer to the Report made by the members of the Congressional Committee on their return to their own country. As they had placed their report.upon the anras of the House «f Repreventatives, at Washiayton, it is there we might expect to find out just what their views and opinious were. He had taken the trouble to procure a copy of that report. made at that time, and in it he found statements to the effect that instead of finding us in favor of Annexation, they had found .us as full of British loyalty as it was possible for us to be. = would read an extract, which was as fol- ows:—

“« In:the foregoing observations your Com mittee do by no means desire to be understood that the people of Prince\Edward Island are disloyal to the Queen or her Government; on

the contrary. we found there every evidence

and exhibition of loyalty and affeetion to the British Government, and pride in its glories. Iudeed your Committee observed but one sentiment stronger than these, and that a de termination to upho'd their rights as freemen as well as to do their duties as Englishmen.” Tat wasa suilicieat answer to the charge which had been made against the late Gov- ernment in reference to Annexation; for that — was not an ordiuary one, being enrol- led among the documents of the House of Representatives? He had no hesitation in say ng that previous'y to the visit of the Committee, to this Island, for the purpose of consulting with the then Government, they had been led to believe irom some eource di- rect or indirect, that a large portion of the people of this Isiand were dis oyal to the Gov~ ernment of Great Britain and favourable to a union with the American Republic. If our Government had been able to meet those gen- tlemen with that idea uppermost in their (the Committee’s) min’s and to discuss the trade relations of the two countries in a spirit of fairness, yet so firmly as wo produce the im- pression that they were full of loyalty and af- fection to the British Government, and proud of its glories; they had performed their duties creditably to themselves and faithfully to their country. In the absence of His Excellency, Lieutenant Goveraor Dundas, the Hon, Joseph Hensley, then Attorney General, acted in his stead as his official representative, and discharged the importunt dut.es imposed upon him in a strictly constitutional mauner. He (Hon. Mr. H.) fully believed that if the pre- sent Hon, Leader of the Government had been

called upon by the Congressional Committee |

under the same circumstauces as the late Gov

ernment, he would have received them kindly |

napt'y called in local phrase. We are mid-_ way across the Continent and milway be | tween the Galf of Mexico and the head of | navigation of this great river, which is nayi-|

gable for 4,000 miles.

When the 15th Brigade of Prussian cav-

resistance. Only oaecfficer and about fifiy men defended themselves valiantly, and, esconced themse'ves in tte Synagogue, situ- | atcd at the end of the Boulevard, Eugenie, Having baricaded the doors they fired from _

Step by step did the French retreat, fighting all the while until they came to the recess where the Holy Ark stood Through the fiiring the doors of the richly ornimented recedtacle where shattered to peaces, and the French officer and seme of his men took re- fuge in the furthest partof the ars. The officer, pierced by four bullets, fell down at the side of the ark, his hea resting on one of the Scrolls which bad {fa/len to the ground, likewise riddled with balls. ‘The Synagogue. itself is almost entirely destroged,

and hospitab!y and would have done all in his power to bring about the desired result, and to prodace good feeling between the people of this Colouy and their Ameriean neighbours, At the commencement of the late American war, the present Premier and his brother the Hon, W.H. Pope being then members of the Government, a resulution was passed by

war. That-resolution was supported by both of those hen. gentlemen and showed their de- sire to sympathize, and maintain friend!y re- lations with the people and government of that country, There had always been the

ly hoped that it would long continue, The reception of the Congressional! Committee by the late Government was hospitable and kind, and the discussion on both sides was calulated to promote the best fevling, and to enlarge the trade relations of the two countries by placing them upon a better footing. Some few years ago the Legislature of this Colony passed an Act under the provisions of which Americans could build vessels on this Island for use within the limite, and for the gole pur- ose of being enzaged in the fisheries of this sland. Their papers consisted of a fishing pass; this did not allow them all the privile-

ges of a British registered ship; but at the | option of the owner he might seil the ships to \& British Subject; she might then be register- /ed and be entitied to all the rights and privi- |leges of @ British ehip. Some persons not acquainted with this have scught to make misreprasentation of facts, and to lead to | wrong conclusions, We also allowed Amerie caus to bold land in their own right to the ex- tent of 200 acres ; and thus, in every way friendly people could devise, sought their |friendship, and trade. But it must he remem- | bered that whilst we, compuratively speaking, | gave them a free house to live in, it was not |to be understood that by such hospitality we bad surrendered all our household goods, Above all, we should not forget that as as the old flag of England flies overthis Coloe ny, and he trusted i: would yet wave a thou- | Sand years, we area part and pareei of the | British Empire, and must be soverned by Im-

| a laws and guided by Imperial interests.

he Congressional Committee were well }aware that this Colony was nota national power, and that it could only make such trade regulations with the United States as the British Government gave our Government power to make; and therefore, could not ex- pect that any discrimination could be made by this Colony in favor of American vessels, over those of other countries, As the Amneri- can vessels had used our harbors we had charged them light money for the use of our buoys and beacons, and each of the other Provinces had done thesame. If one of those vessels entered any harbor in any of the provinces, she had to pay six-pence per ton, and this was considered a great anuoyance ; they could not understand why they should be charged light duty in each of the provinces. It was certainly a hardship to them ; but we had a right to collect that tax, for it formed a part of our Revenue, No less than £1,415 had been collected for light duties ia one year, and theretore it was of considerable value tous. Pilotage had also been collected from all vessels a our barbors; and the pilot could demand his fees whether his servives had been asked for or not, as the law pre- vided for it. This was 2 matter wholly under the control of our Logislature, and it was sgreed hy the members of the !ate Government that American vessels shoul i be placed on the ca ne footing with respect te pilotage as Island vessels, which paid only half pilotage when a pilot bailed, but was not employed, and full pilot when his services were made use of. It was also agreed that American fishing should be ex- ewmpted from pilotage a'together, if they did not wish to employ a pilot. That was all that wes agreed to be surrendered io the Americans, Qa the other hand, the United States tariff was <o high that it al- most excluded all our agricultural produc tions from that country, The duty upoo potatoes, for instance, was twenty-five cents per bushel, and other things were in propor- tion. A cons:derab'e reduction of those rates had subsequently been made, aod therefore they were now more favorable to trade with this Island, The Americane had a line of steamers running between Boston and Charlottetown, and though a regular pilot was alway kept on board those vessels, they had to pay pilot fees here. The late Government agreed that those steamers might be allowed to come isto our harbors without the services of our pilots if they choose. It was therefore clear that they had given up nothing io favor of the Americans, but what they had full control of, and that no discrimination was made in favor of them over other nations. Nove of our rights had been su rendered, and there- fore, if the agreement could have been carried out, and our produce admitted into the United States at a reasonab'e duty, it would have been a good arrangemont for this Island. But the present state of af- fairs betweea this Colony and the United States, was not a natural one, for we had given them many rights and privileges for which we bad received nothing.in return. Our rights to our inshore fisheries should never be given up without a full equivalent, for the House was not legislating for the present but for the great future. This was a new Colony and he could tell the hon, mewbers of the Committee that the wealth around our shores was untold, and that we should, therefore, guard with a jealous eye, our rights and privileges, If proper steps in reference to our fisheries were not taken to-day, the generations of the future might fiod fault with what the present Legislature does, just as we found fault with the British S:atesmen who agreed to the Treaty of 1818, ue inshore fisheries would have to be protected at all costs, for there was no doust that by our standing firm to our rights, different trade relations from those of to-day, would yet be agreed to, and a new Treaty would yet be arranged with the United States which would be of great benefit to this Colony. Matters could not go on long as they were; but so long as gentlemen holding high positions. in this Island persuaded the Americans that every man in this Uolony was in favor of Annexation to the United States, so long would the present eystem endure. le of this Colony were not annexation- ists, and the sooner the Americans were given to thoronghly understand this, the better for the country. df he wished to | foster anpexation prinziples in this country so as to be acceptable to the people, be would advise the people of the United | Sta’es to give us the most liberal terme ia reference to trade, which they could desire ; | for it could be brourbt about in no other | way, As long es this Colony formed*an iotegral part of the British Empire, it | should detend its right aed protect its fish- \eries by every means in its power. It was 'well to bave the matter discussed in all its | phases in order to throw light upon it, and ye hoped that in the negotiations then “go- ‘ing on at Washingtos the iaterest of eaets of