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Dose ibing the Alaska Commercial Com- pany, (overnor Swinford, of Alaska, in his ! Official report, says:

*“Clothed by the Government with a monopo y of the seal fur trade, by which it has pro ited tu the extent of many millions, | it has, octopus-like, thrown out its great |

tentecies and gathered to itself about all there | is of value in the fur trade of the whole ter- | ritory.’

Going on to describe the company’s cruel oppression of the natives, he says :

“Its insatiable greed is such that it is not content with robbing the poor native in the price its sets upon the product of his danger- ous toi., but it robs bim also in the exor- bitant prices it exacts for the goods given in SAC VALI

But tha band of robbers does not con- o the natives, for the

fine iis operations Gover? or says:

“While all this and much more is true con- ceruing tis treatment of the native peopie, in-

atances sre uot Jacking where it has boycotted | and driven away from the Isiand Governmeut officials who, intent upon the Lenest, faithful discharce cf their duiies, have incurred the displexsare or refused to do the bidding of its agen'’s. La fact, it Pussesses tne power io compe: compliance Whit 16s every exactiou,

re and woereve it nas obi alined n” foothold, neither white min nor native can do more than eke out a miserable existence, save by its

sufferance.

And these are the people with whom the United States ostensibly, but probably in fact a few influential men in Washington are in partnership, fue the Governor says:

“*Tts paid agents aad lobbyists are Kept at the national capital to oppose any and every effort that may be made to promoce the wel- fare of Alaska.”

The Govern repel yy atatements from others. Mr. Dall, of the U.S. Coast Survey, says :

rsioports his own oftictal

Let us examine for a moment the condi- tion of the territory. Theve is absolutely no law, uo ‘neans of protection, no redreas fo injury for 1y citizen of the United States even, to say nothing of natives. A namber of mur ters a:neag the whites have occurred during tir past few years. Only one man was ever apprehended, and I am intormed

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A very respectable audience—both: in size and quality--assembled in Mr. J. D, McLeod’s Hall last evéning to hear the lecture of B. htor aq-y seriptive of Palestine. Lewis Carveil, Esq.,

presided. Mr. Creighton led his hearers,

in imagination, from Halifax to Liverpool,

thence to Southampton, and from South-

‘ampton to Joppa by steamer; thence, on

horseback, by way of Arimathea, the Valley of Sharon and the Valley of Felon, to Jerusalem. On the way he stopped to point outthe house (or the house that is said to have been the house) of Simon the Tanner, from the roof of which St. Peter saw the vision. In these latter days it is occupied by nuns, who hospitably entertain travellers and those in need, and for the ma ntenaace of their establishment depend upon voluntary contributions, At Arma- thea,a house said to have been the house of Joseph who begged the body of our Lord

‘and placed it in his own new tomb, was

alse pointed out. But upon this house, as upon the ancient tanner’s house, and many other points of interest in the Holy Land, Mr. Creighton piaced the stigma of a doubt. Passing through the Valley of Sharon, its worderful beauties were described ; and in the Valley of Kelon the spot said to have bee» the very spot en which David fought Goliath, was seen. Thence the travelier— mounted on the top of a broad saddle—a cross betweeh a Mexican saddle and an arm- chair—on the back of a skinny but wiry and sure-footed horse, climbs the trackless mountains which surround Jerusalem. Irom the tops of these mountains, he can discern in the distance the minarets and tuwers of the Holy City. But the city it- selt cannot be seen until he is within « few minutes ride of it; and, when seen, the feeling is one of disappointment. The visitor is met by stone walls, trom five to ten feet thick, guarded by Turks. Passing these, he goes to the ** Mediterra- nean tlotel,” with its open courtyard, rooms all around, and aterrace on top, from whica the siranger can viow the chief points in the city. The rooms are, however, too low, too badly ventilated, and too

that he was discharged by the courts of Wastin zton Territory tor want of jurisdiction. That acts of oppression have occurred be- tween the traders and] the company I have absudant evidence.”

Another anpendix is an extract from the Alaska Free Press, in which it is said :—

“Thet a few mea, Jews and foreigners, shoul! have exclusive right to the exclusion of abows 60,010,000 of American, citizens, to

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about ome-fourth of the possessions of the Americ :a Go-vernmen* is worse than anarchy Not oaly is their possession of it an outrage

on the American people, but through the in- strn talicies of these sime foreiguers a war with Ev sland is very lable tobe brought about ttat will cost us thousands of lives of good A nericin citizeas anJ millions of dollars

that have been grouad out of tie American laborer oy izxation.’ T ; var J

It is, however, obvious that the Jews and foreign-cs would not be allowed thus to disgrace and endanger the country if they were mt backed by influential accomplices at Waa tington.

Ther: is also an account by the Governor himseif of an interview with a Yuxon chief, deseri> ng the manner in which the natives are op) ressed by this piratical company. The G vernor relates how they gave the

Indians two boxes of matches or thirty cents worth of toubscco fer skins worth $4, a blanket for skins worth $20, goods, to the

value of $2,5) for skins worth $50, or to

the valua of $12 for skins worth $100, and so forth threatening to leave them to starve if they vbjected. And these scound-

rels, roobers and outisws are the peuple for whose benetit U. S. naval officers have to sot a pirates and U. 8. judges forfeit goods stolen irom Canada.

The (sovernor gwes the defenes of Mr. Drake, tie Causdian consul who demurred to the ierfeitere of car seized sealers, because they had not «killed the seals in the waters of Alaska but on the hich seas.

Then follows the extraordinary case of one of the pirates, A. KK’ Di laney, who act- ed a3 tieir counsel to sustain the seizure. In this he makas the wildest assertions and adduces the most absurd arguments. For instance, to make oat that Gehring Sea is an ** iniand water,” he says:

‘* From the extremity of this peainsula, in @ long, ®weeping curve, the Aleutian Isiauds atretch, in a contiuuous chain, almost to the shores of Kamschatka, thus encasing the sea.”’

The ‘“‘contisuous chain of islands,” if anybody out of Bedlam could contrive the idea of telanis being continuvus, gonsists in this case of sume scattered islands with wide intervals, and * almost to Kamsch- atka ” meins some handred miles off. This is “‘encasing” a sea. Then in the west the encasement uf the United States portion of Behbrin,z Sea consists of a line of longitude, which hardly makes it an inland water, 2nd to the north the eucasement is a line of ice. Then this learned pirate has

another arcument. ‘‘Ilts waters are notoriously much more shallaw than those ot the Pacitic Ovean.”’ If

shallow water is to confer territorial rights on the high seas, sounding apparatus will be in demand. How about the banks of Newfoundiand? Then geology is called into plsy and we are informed that

“* From the peenliar physical formation of the Aleutian Jsland, and the fact that vol. canic ection is freqaent am«ng them, there seems to Se much reason for accepting the geolog'c tacory that they are the tops of sub- ; merged mountains, aud that the bottom of Behring sea is a submarine plateau.”

{f submarine platesus and volcanoes are to conier Letriterial rights, we will have to remodel international law. And then this branch of the piratical argument concludes;

“* Remove the Aleutian chain, and Behring Sea becom: s @ part of the Pacitic main; as it ig, it is an inland water, cut of from the main ocean and essentially land-locked.”

Au inland gos, lani-locked on one side by » v Yy br ken chain of islands, on an- other . ‘de by alineof longitude, and on another siue by a line of ice | |

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Female. Crilege, Kent’s Bill, Me. : *-Dr,

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thickly inhabited to be comfortable. At the recent exhibitions of a mesmerist, those under mesmeric influence suddenly began to scratch themselves with great vigor when the operator cried out “* fleas”; and the scene recalled, vividly, latter day experiences in the Mediterranean Hotel of the Holy City. But the food supplied is of the best quality, and there is plenty of it. Fruit and vegetables are abuydant and cheap. A_ basketful of oranges can be bought for two cents, and the poorest people can afford to eat grapes. Dates, figs, bananas, apricots, etc., are abundant. Uuly apples are scarce—as much as 89 cents are paid for an apple. While other vege- tables are eusily obtained, and universally used for food, potatoes are almost un- known, nor can the people be persuaded to eatthem. Mution isthe favorite meat, and a very large sheep can be obtained for adovllar. As to milk, the people of Jeru- salem use that of the goat, which is sup- plied by milkmen who drive their flocks of goats totheircustomers’ doors and milk them on the streets in presence of the purchasers, whvu are thus assured against aduitaration. The flour obtained in Jerusalem is good, and the bread ** very, very nice.”

The services of a dragoman, or guide, can be obtained for about tive piasters a day. By him the very much interested Christian may be taken along the via dela rosa— the way of sorrow—the road our Saviour is said to have trod just before -his cruci- fixion, and be told a great many stories— #ll too thin, andsee a great many spots held sacred, by thousands of faithfal and credyjous pilgrims. He will be shown one of the stones which cried out; the rock on which our Saviour fell, with the indentation made by His arm, when He fell, still in it; the pillar upon which He rested His weary shoulders; the court-yard of the house of Pontius Pilate in which He stood; the pillar to which He was tied when He endured the scourg- iag; the apot.on which St. Peter stood when he denied our Lord; the place where the cock stood when he crowed, etc. Arrived at the Temple—now the Mosque of Omar—a permit signed by the British Consul acts as an ‘‘ open sesame,” and under the guidance of a Mahommedan Priest, the traveller can see the seven hairs of Mahomet’s head, and examine into

the mystery of the great rock—80 feet wide, 96 feet long, and 13 feet thick, upon which (as_ the faithful

believe) tae Mahomet mounted into heaven and returned alter refusing to taste the wine, and fron which he jumped to greet his waiting followers just before it touched the earth, and which, in consequence, still floats in space! From the Mosque of Omar—which the Jews dare not enter— the visitor may wend his way to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre—an immense strue- ture capable of holding from 30,000 to 40,000 pilgrims at one time. It is in charge of Mahommedan soldiers. The ceremony of the crucifixion is performed every year within its walls; and many other ceremonies. But the faithful who come with their savings to worship ét this shrine are misled when they are told that it covers the very spot in which our Lord was crucified, and in which His body was anointed for the burial. The exact spot on whichthe Divine tragedy was enacted will never be known,

Mr. Creighton described the beauty of the Garden of Gethsemane and the desola- tion of the Valley of Jehosuphat, once the scene of valorous deeds on the part of the proud and intolerant Israelites and the favorite resortof thedaughtersof Jerusalem ! The lecture was graphic, and in some parts amusing; but the feclings aroused by it were, on the whole, the reverse of pleasant. The Holy Land, with all its sacred scenes and reminiscences, is, indeed, an unpleasing subject for the Christians’ contemplation, while it is in the hands of Unspeakable Turk.

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between*the United States and Canada.’ The subject is exhaustively discussed from the various standpoints from which it cau be approached, and an unanswerable case is made out against the proposal, Con- cluding, he briefly summarizes the position as follows: First, Canada, by Commercial Union with the United States, is to gain «a possible market for her products and manu- fact ures under the disadvantage of “a com- petition of 12 to 1 and a handicap in the burden of public taxation of 54 to 23 against her, with the assurance that if, notwithstanding these disadvantages, she is successtul, and the Union worked unfair- ly towards the United States, it would be immediately determined by Congress. (a this point Mr. Hill, of Illinois, 19 quotes. Under these circumstances, Judge Gray re- niarks, it might well be called a * phantom market,” instead of a possible market. Second. In consideration of having such a market Canada is to give up: (1) the abse- lute and entire contro! of her customs and internal revenves for all time to come, and to accept such duties as-would be in’ accord with the policy and interests of the United States only. (2) To have no voice, power, or influence m determining the nature of the subject or the extent of the imposition, or the object for which the pubic taxation of customs or inland revenue is to be raised. (3) To have no power to enter into any arrangements with England, France, Ger- many, or any other Power whatever, that might be advantageous to Canada, if such arrangement in any way whatever involved a departure from the fiseal policy of the Unites as to the customs or inland revenue, (4) To have uo power whatever in the clas- sification of customs duties or internal revenue tv consider arrangements that might materially benetit Canada though noi necessary for the United States. (5) ‘To lose all control of our joreign commerce and of our carrying trade, and to build up the great American ports of gentry and de- parture on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to the ruin of Montreal, Quebec, St. John and Halifax, on the Atlantic, and the rising cities of British Qulumbia onthe Pacific. (6) Practically to hand over the whole of Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific as afield for the surplus production of the United States, to the entire destruction of all internal Canadian industries, (7) To create most euibarrassing complications between the separate provinces of the Dominion and general governments as to provincial subsidies and departures from the provisions of the Constirutional Act-— the British North America Act, 1887. (8.) To lose all control of the country as Cana- da, andi to hand it practically, if met in name, to the United States, to become a nominal if not an actual dependency of that country. After pointing out that in his opinion all responsibility rests with Caitala in forwarding the movement, as to ‘the United States such a union, thongh ‘de- sirable, is not essential, and. that to “the mass of her people it is a matter of jndu- ference. Judge Gray remarks that ‘* it would be an impossibility, not an improb- ability, that England could retain as 4 part of her Empire «a people that had legislated directly against her interests and taxed her productions, while at the same time ad- mitting free the productions of her great- est rival in trade, and doing all that was possible to. adyance that rival's inter- ests to thé detriment of her own.” No true Canadian, he conterids, should huld so degraded a position er advance se dis- honorable a proposition. ‘If Canada wants tu dg that, let her openly separate from the Empire.” Judge Gray believes that if subniitted to the people for their approvaPor rejection, ninety-nine out of every hundred, thoroughly understanding what the proposal invulves, would reject it. JHe makes a brief referenee to the Reciprocity Treaty question, and in a few sentences disposes of American objections to its renewal on the ground that during the twelve years the treaty of 1854 was in existence the advantages were on the side of the United States. He concludes as follows :—'* One thing, however, is to be borne in minud—such a treaty is not now of the vast importance to Canada that-it was in 1854. The country then was but a congeries of disjointed provinces, separated by immense distances of unbroken forests, with litt!e knowledge of each other, with diverse interests, under diverse Govern- ments, with nv power of combination, and very little credit or intluence abroad. This is all changed. Canada is now touched by one electric cord from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and has opened for herself fields of laboy which give her in the markets of the! world 4 credit, a power, and an influence which in 1854 were unknown, If it were a mere question of the present day, the dis- cussion might here be dropped ; for no sensyoie man, be he Aimerican or Canadian, can fur one moment believe that such a Union, on such cdnditions, cotld or would be accepted by Canala, assuming that Canada was to remaia a distinct nationality. But the discussion has foreed into view the future of Canada. What will that. be ? ** Nullam numen abest,—si sit Prudentja.” This article of Judge Gray is one of the most valuable contributions that has been made to the literature of the subject, which at present is attracting public attention. a EE: -@- Ee The Nutierworth Bill.

(The Empire.)

There is not the siightest chance of the Butterworth Bill, for which the Mail and} Gighe are touting, passing the United States Congrosa, If is ina great measure oppeoed to the policy which. Washingtor politicians have been adopting towards Canada, and foreigit to the fixed policy of the United States. It is scarcely. possible that the Conjvess which last. year passed the Non-intercourse Act, will ¢his-year open wide its arms to take in Canada and al) her products. There, are, however} ‘potnte of similarity between-tins new movetment and Mr. © ButterWorth’s Commercial Union scheme which might recommend jt to semé in Congress, althouzh the protection party ‘in that bedy will, no doubt, see tt decen: i) buried. fi is, of course, a measure tu stop Canadian importations. from “Eng!lood- ood to divert thi- tvadc-tothe United St tes. U

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United States for everything in that line. Supposing if were Seomel that t’ is bill

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next year, come under its operation, what would be the effect of “it on our revenue? We now collect the greater part of our cus- toms réevenue—say an average of $21 , OVO, - 000 a year—from our imports from Britain and the United States. The moment we accept Mr. Butterworth’s scheme we lose $7,0000,000 of revenue a year. How is this to be made up? By adding to the duties on imports from the mother country‘ Why, these imports will shrink at cnce without the duty being increased, by reason of free trade with the United States; while a large increase of duty on what would be left of British imports would prove prohi- bitory, and our trade with Britain would be a thing of the past. Practically we would have no customs revenue, and the $21,000,000 to $23,000,000 a year which we have been collectisg for our public services in this way could«nuly be raised by direct taxation. This migans a tax on income, on tea and a few necessaries of life and on the lands of the farmers. For ten years to come we would require to raise in this way at least $220,000,000 to $250,000,000 in order to enable the manufacturers of the United States to slaughter our native industries, to help the farmers of the United States to feed the operatives who are to manufacture for us in the United States, and to destroy our trade with Great Britain, a country which takes from us an average of $43,000, - 000 to $47,000,000 worth of our products every year! And we are to throw in our fisheries and tolerate tne smuggling of Yankee fishermen, turned traders, along ovr coasts, in addition to all this and with- out the slightest compensation! This is what would be accomplished under Mr Butterworth’s scheme of Unrestricted Reci- procity, which the Glebe and Mail are try- ing to force on Canada.

Even if the protectionists in the United States Congress were willing to pocket their fears that under Free Trade with Canada British goods would enter the United States via Canada, it is abundantly clear thatthe Canadian people will not accept any such monstrosity. It would not be accepted before we became « manufacturing people, much less will it be accepted now when free trade means a financial and political revolution.

BP i Markets.

A Wisconsin farmer, in Watkesha County, who has “lived in the country on the same tarm for forty-five. years,” sends the New York Witness an interesting letter in which he says: .

** Being near a city of 160,000 inhabitants (Milwaukee) and a number of other thriving villages, we can.always obtain fair prices for

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PERKINS & STERNS’

We Continue to Sell the Best Goods at Lowest Prices,

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| CORSETS, GLOVES, COLLAR *, R'!BBONS, |

WHITE COTTONS, GREY COTTONS,

TABLE LINENS, LINEN TOWELS, PRINT COTTONS, LINEN TOWELINGS, DRESS GOODS, BED TICKINGS,

White and Colored Counterpancs, American Knitting Jottons, Cheap Shirtings and Ginghams, Pillow Cotions and Sheetings, Carpets and Oi Cloths,

PERKINS & STERNS.

Dress Groods, cheap, at James Paton & Co's.

Ladies’ Jackets and Dolmans at re: duced prices,

Mens’ Overcoats, good value, at Jas. Paton & Co's.

Corsets, 2!) kinds and prices.

The Besi ®lice on the Island to buy Carpets.

Gioves, In Kid and Cashinere.

Table Liners and Table Napkins, extra good value.

‘Khe best value in Cambric Embroi- deries.

Niourning Goods of all kinds,

Millinery made to order on short notice.

articies (farm preducts) of this kind. Present prices are:

Wheat...... 60 ta70c. Live hogs.... $4 06 to $4 60 Corn......).WeeiSe, Cattle. 0.0... 250to 40! Oats.........32 to Bo. Eggs...... che a ee Beriey ...... 60 to 68c. Butier........ ito 20;

The Ontario farmer similarly situated—gay, near a local merket in Toronto (population 150,000 or so)—will notice that he can do considerab] tter thay the Wisconsin farmer is doing, “The following | were the prices rul- ing in Toronteon Monday;

On the Carload. Siret,

a eee 78 to 80c. per bush........ 73 to &3hc. Uats..... Sree 43 to 45c, or wd ould 45 to 47 c. STS a cones 7v to Bue. | ree 82 to 83hc, Live hogs. .35 00 to $5 00 per cwt...... $7 00 Lo $7 50" Sis. cs ce eee Gee 6. seeuas 3 50 to 7 00 Eggs {whol’sle)14} to 182. per doz..........22 to 300, Ns 6s dunes 12 to 2c. per Ib. ..... «e018 to Be

Wisconsin is one of the finest of the West- ern States, and Milwaukee is certainly a good maiket as the Western markets go. Still, the Ontario farmer in the vicinity of any of our cities is getting better prices than farmers are getting in Milwaukee.

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To be convinced of this call upon: : G. A. SHARP, Station Master and Ticket Agent, P. E, 1, Railway, Ch’town, febif—law & wky 3m

Charlottetown Roller Mills

FLOUR,

Equal to the Best Imported,

NOW FOR SALE AT THE PRINCIPAL

> CITY GROCERY STORES. WHOLESALE BUYERS

Can obtain Samples and best Prices at the Store of the undersigned,

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SOLE LEATHER, IN ices, 200 Se EAT No. 2,

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Public Hall, in the vicinity of the St. Peter's Road churches, wili be received by C»mmittee opto FEBRUARY 277TH = Plan aud specification to be ‘seen atthe residence of Angus Darrach, req., Marshileid. Two good gecurities must accompany each Tender. '

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Dress Goods, Dress Goods, Dress Goods,

riannels, Cloths, Finsnnels, Cloths, Flannelis,

Knit Wool Goods, Knit Wool Goads, Knit Weol Gosds,

Carpets, Carpets, Carpets,

Overco:nts, Mens’? Suits, Boys’ Suite, Overconts, Mens’ Suits, Boys’ Suits,

Overconis, Mens’ Suits, Boys’ Suits, Underclothing, Flannel Shirts, Cotton Shirts. —ALSO-

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ANOTHER LIST.

UR LAST SPECIAL OFFERS brought hundreds of extra

custumers to our Store, and in order to still keep up the

supply of Bargains, we have prepared a new list, and ask you to read every item. | .

As only a few DOLMANS, REDINGOTES and SACQUES remain, we will, in order to make a clean sweep, offer them at ridiculously low prices—so now is your chance. In FANCY ULSTERS and SACQUE CLOTHS, you can have your-choice at large discounts, and in TWEEDS our values are of the very hest.

Our DRESS GOODS trade has been very large this season, owing to the excellent value we have been giving; but ovr new reduced prices we expect to caus? a genuine rush, Kemember, our Stock is Fresh, and we are offering the most Fashionable Trimmings at Large Discounts, and you only need see them to find just what will suit you.

We are to the front with a Choice Stock of HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES and INSERTIONS, CASH’S FRILLINGS, EDGINGS of all kinds, and a Stock of WHLLE COTTONS— the best value we have ever offered.

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