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lips, fled and never sav her more. When ‘nk beneath the stroke, and they Isid her . the valley

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the neighbor- , reving from place to place with no definite

| hood of Balmoral, the Highland residence aim or object except to conceal my crime,

rived. A special messenger on horseback

of Queen Victoria, where she was residing | I had gold, but there was a curse on every | | when news of the fall of Sebastopol ar- farthing. I drank from every cup of plea- » | sure which human ingenuity could prepare ;

| despatched from the nearest telegraph | but terror and remorse embittered every

| station, conveyed the intelligence, on re- RPA ER ceiving which ler Majesty commanded a | tom which ever follows guilt pursued me bonfire to be kindled on Craig Gowan

height, which incident forms the subject of | brigands, shared their peril and their plans | ?

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| Appress :—P. O. Box 303, Charlottetown. | A horseman Sweeps at the dead of night, | long became their leader, and thus a source |

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Thro’ the forest braes of Mars;

And headlong is his star-lit flight—

The messenger of war!

| Wildly panteth his foaming steed, | Yetfor brae nor bank stays he, | Bat flies, with a Highland eagle's speed, | By the rushing waves of Dee. | In the cot the herd-boy lifts his head | At the Strauge ana starting sound;

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And the white ow! sails troubled air, Like the creature of a dream! 1 | But on flies the steed with flowing mane, On his dark and desolate track,

| For victory rides on his glossy back. | On to the gentle lady’s Halls Who wears old Scotiand’s crown;

| And“ Hurrah! hurrah!” the horseman calls

** Sebastopol is down! ” i Swift as light Is the tidings flight, | And » ith beating heart, but uir serene, "Newth the glorious stars of a MHighland night, Forth steps the Queen!

‘Fire the pile on CraigeGowan height! ” The fair Victoria cries,

While the triumph-glance of

might,

Beams through her queenly eyes :—

‘Light the pile on Craig Gowan high, Light the mountain's head,

| Till every peak "neath my Highland sky

With the victory’s fire is red!

Britanuia’s

Let it tell with its mighty tongue of flame

| To Scottish heath and town, That my foot stands on the proudest gem , Ofthe Russian tyrant’s crown! | Let it flush the glens with its light, Where my kilted lads were born, Who led the fight Up Alma’s height, On the dreadful battle morn. | The men who nobly know to die | But cannot learn to flinch or fly— Who on Balaklava’s plain,

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| Man proudly raised his eyes to heaven, in good style, and wishes to Inform | the freeman of the Lord!

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RICHARD GLADNEY, | |

Bore the waving feathers high, In face of Russia's chivalry ;

Hon. Daniel Davies, Charlottetown, P. EAL | And bade them in their might come on.

Till the fiery horseman’s sbock Broke like spray on granite rock, Where my Highland bayonet’s shone! Oh! that yonder flame could light

The hill tops of the world, Till sighing and down-trodden right | Its sunny flag unfurled— | Till, with the bonds of serfdom riven By his own triumphant sword,

| Bul fire the pile on Craig Gowan height, Light mountain, gien and sky—

to xnecommodate ' Right tramples on the throat of might—

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Light, light the bonfire hight!" LITERATURE.

THE DYING OUTLAW,

A TRUE STORY.

My sands are almost run. My lamp of life is faintly flickering in its socket. I have escaped once more the bounds of justice, but they have given me my death wound; and ere the rising sun reaches his meridian I shall have looked my last on earth.

A.few more pulsations of the heart, and this old mountain cavern which has been the scene of so many wild riots and mid- night orgies, whose deepest recesses have often rung with the loud shouts of revelry, and the hoarse cry of rage, shall become my tomb. A few more labored breaths and this deep strong voice, which has so long been used to command a ruffian crew, shall become silent forever. Ob! earth, thou hast never seemed so dear! Oh, life, thou hast never been so sweet as now !

Yet, why should I seek to prolong a life so fraught with pearil, so abandoned, sc fu- tile, so profligate. Already fifty years have gone over me, and how have I consumed them ? Whom have | befriended ? Whose distress have I relieved ? Whose condition have I bettered? Whose griefhave | pallix ated? Or what tone of pity ever moved my heart? The last twenty years I have passed as chief of a bold and reckless gang of robbers and desperadoes, who have long

| infested this region, ravaging villages, pluns

dering houses, waylaying and robbing luck- less travellers by night and by day, sparing no rank, heeding no cry, hearing no payer:

For twenty years | have been branded a felon, and hunted like a beast of prey. Large rewards have been offered for my capture, and troops of arraed men have often scoured the country in search of my stronghold. And many a brave fellow has been hurried to his last account while daring to search for my res treat among the mountain passes. ‘Thus far I have baffled all pursuit, and our ren- dezvous has remained a secret with the gang. But to-day, after a desperate con. flict with a body of troops, the last of the band has been slain or captured, and | have escaped only to die in solitude.

Oh, how miserable a life I have led! | would not recal the past, but it will pass it in review before me. Gladly would I draw the veil over all save that of early life, which rises before me like a blissful vision, ren dered tenfold lovely by the sweet face of my sainted mother, radiant with leve for her merry happy boy.

Ah, those were halcyon days—days in which my mother strove to guide me in the way of truth and virtue ; and with the sacred volume open on her lap, oft drew me to her side, placed her soft hand upon my boyish head, and toying with my curly locks, taught me from its priceless pages, urged me to obey its precepts, and emulate the wise and good whose names are written there ; then with a kiss upon my ruddy cheek, told me how much it would solace her declining

‘years should I beceme a man of honor, truth

and worth,

I grew to manhood; and then my mo- ther's teachings were unheeded and forgot- ten. I formed evil associates, I drank, [ gambled, [ fell.

One dreary and starless night I robbed a traveller on the moor; tightly clutching his purse of gold, I hurried to my chamber, snatched a bundle from a recess, crepts oft« ly down the stairway, gained the bedside of my mother, pressed one last kiss upon her wrinkled brow, and receiving © mur- mured ‘ Gad bless you’ from her dreayning

| of fear and apprehension to the peaceful traveller, of dread and anxiety to the quiet | home.

| in various guises I frequented society, moving in the higher circles as a foreigner ,of rank and wealth. Isatat tho fostive

| board of merchant princes, | chatted in ‘the drawing-rooms of the richest nobles ‘of the land. I danced in halls where pride 'and beauty met. I whirled in the giddy who ‘never dreamed their gallant, dark eyed partner was the daring robber chief.

Once, while ona brief visit toa pretty

| girl from drowning; and as I bore her faint-

| | loveliness. | ness and learning the situation she thanked | me with such a depth of earnestness and sin. ‘cerity, and such a iook of gratitude, as thrilled me with exquisite joy. I request- /ed permission to call next day, which was granted, and thus began an acquaintance | which grew to friendship and ripened into ‘love. I became a daily visitor at the cot- ‘tage. 1 found her intelligent and educated beyond most of her class; artless and pure as the undesigning infant. Oh! how bitterly my conscience— har. | dened though it was—reproved me for the | deception I practiced, Ignorant of the de« 'ceit and craftiness of the world; she placed implicit trust in me, believing me the soul of honor. Ah! little did she think as we rambled in the leafy grove, or sat beneath _the spreading vine, as we strolied beside the moonlight stream, or lingered near the cottage door, that her tall and courteous , companion, in whom she placed such child« like trust, was the bold outlaw of the Alps.

{ told her I had rank and wealth, | told her of my vast estate and castle on the | Rhine. I asked her to be mine and share | my fortune and my gorgeous home. She ‘consented, and we married. On pretence of taking her to my boasted palace, I brought her to my cavern. Then, as de- _ ception was no longer practicable, I reveal- ' the startling fact that her husband was an -outlaw—the famous bandit chief—and this cave must henceforth be her home. On \ uearing this, she gave me look of terror and despair never to be forgotten, and with

'a ery of horror threw herself at my feet, begging me to tell her it wasmot true; that

| I was testing her love forme. But as the ‘terrible truth became more apparent from | the surroundings, she grew almost wild with grief. She knelt before me, and with her hands clasped upon her bosom, implored me amid a torrent of bitterest tears to for- suke this awful career, to leave this disma| place and fly with her to some distant land, and there in future lead a life of penance and peace. She soon became exhausted, and with a heartbroken cry of anguish sank senseless to the ground.

When at length aroused she appeared more calm and tranquil, but the sunlight of her young life was gone forever. The roses never came back to her cheeks: Day by day she slowly languished. She always tried to wear a smile when I was near, though grief was gnawing like a canker at her heart. She often tried to persuade me to abandon my evil course, and hourly pray- | ing for my reform,

A year passed, and like a tender flower plucked from its parent stem,she had droop. ed and declined. One day I assisted her to the entrance of the cave, and as 1 took a seat beside her, I observed that she looked paler and lovelier than usual. Leaning her head upon my breast, she said ; ‘I feel that lamdying. The autumn leaves shall soon strew my forest grave; but 1 could go happy and sweetly to rest, did I believe that you would quit at once this wretched place,and lead henceforth, an upright Christian life. Oh! promise me ere I die thet you will grant this last request of her who never ceased_to love you, even through your deep» est degradation.’ My heart was moved as it was never moved before, and hardly knowing what I said I gave the required promise. She clasped my hand with a look of joy on her face that had not rested there before for months.

That night she sweetly breathed her last, and within that woodland grave my earth- ly happiness was buried.

Instead of keeping my promise | became more reckless than before; and my name became a byword of terror throughout the surrounding country. Thus have I lived an enemy to myself, and a curse to man- kind. And thus I die, neglected, friend- less, and alone.— /tev, 1. P. Booth.

A OS ST NS A BRAVE ACT.

After the numerous instances of cowardly desertion of those in distress, which have recently disgraced the records of the marine of more than one civilized nation, it is re- freshing to learn of an instance where cours age of the highest order has been displayed. We published in our shipping columns two or three days since an account of the sufferings endured by the crew of a Nova Scotian vessel during the month of Febru- ary last, and of the noble manner in which a Russian vessel came to their relief. This account, with many another which has ap peared in the same column, of suffering and of courage, has perhaps been overlook ed by many of our readers, and we repeat the main facts here for the purpose of givs ing them wider publicity and a word of comment, About the beginning of No- vember last, the brig Alice Abbott, of Liv- erpooi, N.S., sailed from Black River, Ja> maica, with a cargo of logwood, bound for Falmouth or Queenstown for orders, Af» tera series of mishaps, the put into St. Thomas in distress, resuming her voyage on the first of last month. On the third, the Master, Neil McLeod, was taken ill with small pox, and on the 17th he died. From the captain the infection had spread to the mate, the steward, and two of the crew, the steward dyingon the 27th, Only three

she heard of my guilt, with a bitter wail she |

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‘ing form to the cottage of her widow mo- | | ther, near at hand, I thought I had neve, | seen a face of such marvellous beauty and | Being restored to conscious. |

well, and as the weather became stormy, and the vessel was

remained

,of the crew

large, rating 259 tons, it can easily ke uns derstood that they were unable to manage her and were exposed to the greatest dangs er. On the fifth of this month the Ensis mainen, &% Tussian bark, fell in with the Alice Abboll, whose masts were gone and timbers strained so that she could have sure | vived but a short time longer. The writ- | ten history of recent collisions and wrecks ,; and the unwritten history of many a crew that has doubtless been left to perish on | the broad ocean, proves that not always in such circumstances is relief certain. In | this case however, the Russian captain and , his crew nobly came to the rescue ef the unfortunate Nova Scotian sailors, notwith- standing the loathsome and infectious character of the disease with which they were stricken down, The six survivors of the crew, three of thera sick with small«pox, were taken on board, cared for, and safely taken to New York.

The action was most creditaole to the Russian captain and his crew, and we think we will but express the sentiments of all who have read this account, when we sug- gest that some recognition of this gallantry should be made by the Dominion Geverne

ment. —Jlalifax Citizen.

i of j sant | * And proudly he champeth the useless rein, | redhe VES, F Wee's Tee

LOCAL cBGIALATURE. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. Monpay, March 20, How. Mr. Scituivan thought it must be matter for regret to all members of the House that the Speech with which the See- sion had been opened, had not met with the approval of his hon. friend from West River. That hon. member had stated that the only parts of the Speech worthy of notice were the head and ihe tale. This state-

member was reported as having used these words—‘“] am, Mr. Chairman, thoroughly in accord with the sentiments of the speech of the hon. Provincial Secretary.”’ Well, the hon. Provincial Secretary had, just be- fore those words were uttered by Mr. Sterv. art, said—~‘ It is not the system that is at fault. If the law, im its integrity, was car- ried out in the city, there would be little cause for complaining.’ Further on, the Colonial Secretary said—* Nor can I see any point or argument in this wholesale denun« ciation of the Education Acts, when it is all chargeable to the supineness of the people in not taking chat interest in the schools which they should.’ Again—“ But I say that there is in that Act the foundation for making the law all that is required, and also _ all that it should be.” These were the ut- terances of his honor the Provincial Sec- reiary last session, with which the hon. member for Strathalbyn was (accord- ing to himself) thoroughly in accord. For fear the public should misunder- stand his allusion to the remarks of the hon. Colonial Secretary, the hon. mem- ber for Strathalbyn went over the same ground, and expressed himself as fellows— “Nor can | find that the Statute is at all to blame for any of the complaints made against our educational system.’’ If the defects of our educational system were not to be found in the School Act, where could they be found? If there were no faults in the Education Act, what, in the name of common sense, did the hon. member want toamend? !f our education laws were not properly administered, the Government were not to blame for it, but the officers who had the management of the whole sys. tem under their control. He (Mr. Su'tivan) thought our School Act very defective, and that it urgently required amendment. The

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| altud: * to, aad a new measure in connec - | tion vith it, promised. Some hon. mem- | bers iad gone so far as to discuss the prices at which the lands should be sold | to the tenants. This was premature, as the Government were not yet in possession of the lands. He thonght that any par- ticular agitation going «a throughout the country, such as that with reference to Branch Railways, should be noticed in the Speech. it was generally supposed that the Government was composed of Railway men who would take a deep interest in such a movement, but they had not even noticed it. They nad informed the House of the manifold advantages arising from its operation, but they said nothing of the dis- advantages, The fact was, the Railway had demora!ized the peopie of this Island, and they were now agitating for Branches in all directions. Ile was in favor of building Branch lines when the money to pay for them was forth coming: but he would op- pose the construction of Branches in cases where they would not be self-sustaining,or neatly so. Ife found. by calculation, that this Province had eleven feet of railway per head of its population, while in Great Britain —the wealthiest country in the world— there were only two feet per head of the population. Weowned. therefore, five and a half times 2s much reilway per head as Great Britain, though the latter possessed vast resources and her harbours were open all the year rouad, whi'e we are isolated five months in the year. Iie would challenge contradiction, when he stated that during the year before the passage of the Railway Bill, more grain was exported than had ever been taken away since, so that it might be clearly seen that there was no gain in that direction since the opening of the Railwey. As for the present depression,

hon, member desired to see the leasehold-

ers as soon as possible. Well, the Govern~ ment would bring about that much desired ! object as soon as possible. The Civil Ser- | vice and its proper management had not

escaped the attention of the Government ; and it would be found, before the close of the session, that they had alluded in the Speech to only a few of the measures which were to be brought down. He sawno reas

ment with reference to the Speech was not correct, but that it applied to that hon, member's own speech was a fact. But he would freely say that the hon. member | was goodsnatured and tr‘ed to do his best. | He (Mr. 8S.) could not say that ke found

fault either with the remarks of the hon,

Leader of the Opposition, or with those of the hon. nember for Strathalbyn. It was the duty of both of those hon. members to

find fault with everything that was done by

the Government, and, therefore, in finding

fault with everything the Speech contained,

they had merely performed their duty.

His hon. the Leader of the Opposition had

indulged in some criticisms, and had

thought it worth his while to descend to

make some remarks on the grammatical

construction of one of the sentences of the

Address of this House in answer to the

Speech. He (Mr. S.) would join issue with

the hon. memter on this matter, for he

believed him to be entirely wrong in his criticism. The sentence in question was

entirely correct, and when the hon. mem»

ber himself reflected upon it, and consider-

ed it further, he would agree with him (Mr.

S.) on the matter. Exception had been

taken to the Speech, because it did not contain any reference to certain public questions, which were supposed to be what were termed “burning questions.”’ The House had been informed by the hon,

wember for West River, that the speech with which Her Majesty the Queen opened the British Parliament, and the speech with which the Governor General opened. the Canadian Parliament, both foreshadowed the principl«: measures to be introduced by their several governments during the ses- sions of those bodies, [Fortunately he (Mr.

S.) had before him the Queen's Speech, and also that of the Governor General, and he failed tosee in either of them any particular references to the important measures which had already been introduced to those Parliaments. Only two questions of im. portance were alluded to by Her Majesty, viz: one in reference to her title, and the other in reference to the Merchants’ Ship~ ping Act. The Speech of the Governor (ien- eral had been agreed to by the great high priest of the opposition —the Minister of the Interior—and yet in it only three prominent measures were alluded to, and five or six others incidentally referred to. That Speech alluded to the Prince Edward Island rail- way, which has been, and is, a great benefit to the people of this Province, His Exce}- lency the Governor General, in reference to it, used the following words: “The opening of the Prince Edward Island Rail- way during the past year marks an epoch in the history of that Island, and cannot but exert a beneficial influence on the people,and add to their material prosperity.’ Who used those words? The Minister of the Interior, the Hon. David Laird. It is he who says that the railway of this Island must exercise a beneficial influence upon the people, and that it marks an important epoch in the history of this Island. If the members o: the Canadian Government,hun- dreds of miles away from us,thought proper to refer to our Railway in such terms, how could our Local Government overlook that important work, by not alluding to it in the Speech? The hon, Leader of the Opposi- tion, remarked, with good taste, that the Government should take hold of certain measures during the present session, He (Mr. 8.) could assure that hon. member that several of the measures to which he had alluded, had been already under the consideration of the Government, and would be brought before the house before it rose, It was not necessary that the Gov~ ernment should make allusion, in. the Speech, to all the measures intended to be introduced by them during the Session. His hon. the Leader of the Opposition found fault because 4 measure was not promised by the Government, making pro- visions for the sale, to the tenants, of the proprietary estates which would come into their possession. He «Mr. 8,) did not think it was at all necessary for the Government to take such a course. The hon. mem. ber for West River also harped on the same string, simply, because he thought him- self perfectly safe in following the Leader of the Opposition. Inthe Land Purchase Act of last session it was set forth that when the conveyance of the estates to the Public Trustee is made, and when they are vest- ed in the Commissioner of Public Lands, they shall be held under the provisions of the Land Purchase Act of 1853, Under those provisions it would become the duty ofthe Government to put a price upon those lands, and then to sell them to the tenants. All the machinery necessary for management and sale of the lands, was con- tained in the Land Purchase Act of 1853, Until it was found that the provisions of that Act worked injuriously towards the the tenantry, no new Act to regulate the sale of the lands was necessary. tie would here remark that as one of the Counsel for the tenantry before the Land Commission,

son for legislating on the subject of im. prisonment for debt, at present, Some years ago, an Act was passed abolishing im. prisonment for debt, but, at the very next session of the House, a very numerously signed petition was sent in by the people for its repeal, and the prayer of the petition was granted. ‘The country had never since demanded the re.enactment of the mea. sure. If, at the next General Election the matter be brought forward by the people themselves, it will become the duty of the succeeding Government to take action nit. As regarded the constitution of the Executive Council, he agreed that there was no necessity for so large a number as nine members in that body; but this was not a matter which the Goy-~ ernment could remedy at present. This was a subject over which the Local Government bad no control, but was con~ tained in the instructions from the Imperial Government to the Lieutenant Governor, who was empowered to summon around hima Council of nine members. This question was more under the control of the Minister of the Interior, than thet of the Local Executive. The services of the Ex- ecutive Council cost the country nothing, except in the case of those who reside in the country,who receive mileage for travel- ling expenses. An Executive Council composed of members, all of whom reside in the country, would eost the country more than it did, as at present con- stituted. ©n the score of ecomomy, there was, therefore, no reason for reducing the present tember of Members of the Execu- tive Council. Fault had been found by the hon. senior member for Belfast with the allusion contained in the Speech with re- ference to the great depression in trade now existing in this Province, and he had denied that there was any serious depres- sion. Ue (Mr. S.} would allude to the reference made by the Governor General of the Dominion to this matter, in the Speech with which he opened the General Parliament. His Excellency said: ‘‘ The reat depression which bas prevailed hroughout the neighbouring countries for several years, and which has more recently been felt in the old world,causing a general business Stagnation, has extended to Can- ada, and has seriously affected our trade.” Whem poor provincialists like ourselves, alluded tv the great financial depression existing among us, the (pposition deem ‘it a matter of very little importance; but when the distinguished statesmen of the Dominion referred to it, the subject assum~ ed an entirely different as The hon, senior member for Belfast had alluded to the completion of the Railway in very gloomy terms. He([Mr. 8.] did think, that of all the hon. members of the House who might congratulate themselves on the construction of the railway, that hon. mem~ ber should be the first to do so, as he was one of the Commissioners for that work rendering important service in that capa- city ; and he was now a distinguiened official under Superintendent McKechnie. If the matter was not one for congratulation to him, it was for hon. members on the Gov- ernment side of the House, and to the large majority of the people of this Island. There was only one measure alluded to in the Speech which might be considered new, and that was the Bill for the registration of votes. This would bea very useful measure, and would have a very im- portant bearing, both morally and religi- ously. The operation of such a measure would probably prevent a great deal of the ill feeling so ayant at Elections, as well as prevent false swearing on such oczasions. A Bill making provision for yote by baliot would, probably, come in as an auxiliary to that measure. Both of those Bills would, he believed, meet with the approval of | the people of this Province. He could not understand why the hon, member for Strathalbyn should take credit to the Op» position on account of the passing of the Lend Purebase Act. Both parties had | done all they could to make that mea- | sure as perfect as possible, but it had | not met with that success which all de-~_ sired it should. This was matter for re- | gret to the tenants, who were doubly in- terested in the working of the Land Com- mission. Every possible effort would be made by the Government to bring the Land Question to a speedy termination, with all the advantages which could be secured for the tenants. He did not think the question with reference to the sale of the lands to the tenants, should be met with a view to make each estate self-sus~ ! taining. ‘Taking, for instance, the case of | Lot 65, for which a very high price had been awarded by the Commissioners ; if the Government set a correspondingly high price upon it, he did not think the ten- ants would purchase the freehold of their farms atall. The object of the Act was to make the tenants freeholders, and it would be the duty of the Government to