REELS On TO ree PIN CH VPLAPIeEY. ae a — The Gxaminer.. » _ Charlottetown, January 29, 1866. | ———— TENANT LEAGUE ARIA a Suraeme Covr:—~Fatpar, 197m Jay’r. Ox the trial of Dickieson, Doucette and Gal. | laot, for assault avd’rescue, Cafarizs Palmer, | Esgr., who was of Counsel fgr the Prisoners, | wade a very able defence for them. The fol- | lowing is a brief outline of his speech, furnished | by Mr. A. McNeill, the Reporter :— CHARLES PALMER, ap said that be was reads to it thet any o uiticers of justice was-subyect to The circumstances connected with the case were very unfortunate for his clients. We may yet, however, he said, see the Deputy Sheriff ex- c places with my clients, for several Bills of Indictment have been found at him by the Grand Jury this term. It will then be seen , that these unfortunate men now on their trial were not the only offenders. That a desperate personal enmity existed between Curtis and the parties with whom he came in collision, is very evident; and the belief that the Deputy Sheriff went beyond his duty is very prevalent in the community. That officer a Collings, ion to the j ample time to reflect on what you ure wbout to Possession Of information which rendere e howeve:, eo aot allow him to submit; you the dey unpopular, aft the ine that it shall not be/enforceds In the broad day, in the most public manner, with sounds of trumpets, you summon your confederates — you prociaim your intentions ; for many miles you follow the officers ; and at last with a number of othersyou get before ose officers — you barricade the highway— your party arm themselves with sticks ; and | when a passage is demanded, you refuse to let them pass; they turn back; , they give you do. Again they demand a passage, and again it is refused, and then, as it was lan fal for them tofdo, they attempt to force their way. You aud your Companions resist ; a desperate stug- le ensues, and the affray ends in the Deputy Sheriff finding himself with an arm fractured, severe wounds on his head, from the sticks aud stones used by your party, and the property which he had in his custody gone. No reflecting man, no ove who loves his country or values peace and order, could at- tempt to justify or palliate conduct such as that ; and I feel sure that when the hour of calm re- leave him to he waved with en ae ment themselves and lead their dupes to com- mit bréaches of the peace. » His Honor, evi- dently much affected by the unfortunate posi- tion the prisoner at the bar, said that his hea’ tothink ie must still add another term to the sentence alréady pronounced against him. God knows, said the learned Judge, that I would be glad if I could grant you your liberty, but I must» act under the sanctity of a solemn oath, and discharge, however reluctantly, the painful duty which now devolves upon me. rd- ship then commented at considerable length upon the erroneous doctrines which wily and designing men had disseminated through the country, and expressed a hope that the trials just ended would teach those thus unfortunately misled that the laws must be. upheld and obeyed. Yousay, said his Lordship (addressi the prisoner), that you were ignorant of the nature of the offences, but I cannot forget that you expected assistance by the blowing of trum- pets, and otherwise preparing for the resistance, which you so dangerously and foolishly offered tot te ho always took careito evade punisb- t flection comes, your own reason will condemn to the High Sheriff of the County and his offi- ne and was sorry to find that men allowed them- selves tbe ped by Gesigningyand seifitious|did deser your conduct, for it will show you that your|cers. Those officers only discharged their duty acts amounted to an open and undisguised | in forcing an entrance into your house, and declaration of contempt tor the authority and | arresting you as their prisoner; and I may re- | A NUNS OVS 6 reve ~ 4. SSS CH Gee SScet the boy—elthongh he could understand, and i ve @ severe rimand. — we tence was one week’s confinement. e hear. tily endorse the Judge’s remarks on the i propriety of confining such @ child with or hardened criminals. [The following communication was prepared for our last No.; but was, with reluctance, de- ferred to make room for matter connected with the late Trials.in the Supreme Court. , We give ita prominent place in our columns to-day, as we always do With the contributions of its author. We abstain for the present from pro- nouneing a very decided opiuion on the ques- tion so ingeuiously argued by our correspon- dent as to the impracticability of building 8 | railways and canals in this Colony. We fear the prospect is extremely dim and distant of getting such public works in baud; but there can be no harm in discussing the matter from every point of view during this dullseason. If we had a free soil from one end of the Island to the other, we don’t know how far the in- power of the law—a direct challenge to it, to try whether it could enforce its decrees or not ——a challenge which left’ it no alternative but ‘mark that they discharged that duty mer | cifully, considering the circumstances in which you, by your own act, had placed them. his assovinte, |to arise and vindicate its insulted authority, or) You were not taken by surprise. “You were are well known for their turbulent! else to abdicate its functions, and leave its| repeatedly warned to surrender yourself into temper; they like the business of hunting and | halls of justice to be occupied by judges whose the custody of the Sheri, but you refused. houndiyy unfortunate men, whenever the op-| decisions should be regulated by the caprice of Another circumstance in your case goes very portunity offers. The Tenant League idea was not to offer any violent resistance to the Sheriff or his officers, but to refuse to pay rent, until that unhappy Land question that so long disturbed the peace of the country should be settled. They hoped that ont of the general com- tion and agitation et might tran- “Whic"would relieve them from the pay- ment of rent, and enabie-them to secure b equitable means the fee simple of their lands. Dickieson’s idea was that the Sheriff had no * fight to take the property, but should take bail. He, Mr. Palmer, did not say that his élient ‘was right on that point, but ‘he was confident that was Dickieson's firm belief. Tt was quite legal for the Defendants to persist in Offeting bajl, although the Sheriff might not be botind fo take it; and if the Jury believed that = ant of the Defendants was merely to get the property released by givin bail, it was a law/ul dedih, and iheocesstwet with the anlawfi! motive of rescuing the 5 Therefore, if the Jury believed that @ of the Defendants was merely to obtuit “the release of the property by giving ‘bail, his clients should be acquitted Of the charge of rescue and assault. And it did" not appear on evidence that Dickie- son knew an arrangement had been made for the taking of bai! “Phat Curtis acted rashly, Could wot be denied. The extraordiuary pre- eision with which he and his confreres acted in the withess box, would induce one to suppose that on'the’ occasion of the Curtisdale melee, they were like Atyus, all eyes. That the De- poty Sberiif had been onder the influence of [i- quor, and in the most extraordinary state of ex- citement, he thoug/it, would be apparent to all. Ta fact, sid he, from Dr. Johnson's evidence, it is clear to my mind, and [think it must be so to the Jury, that Curtis was not in a very fit state to discharge his duty as an officer of the law. His clients, struggling with the forest, and’endeavouring ‘o support their weak fami- lies by the sweat of their brows, were led to think they were but defending their own rights, when they refused to comply with the Sheriff's orders. - They should not, therefore, be viewed as common culprits. Dickiesou was not drag- ged by main force to Charlottetown, but wiiling- tv surreudered himself into the hands of the Sheriff; and, conscious of his innocence, said that he was williny to suffer for his country. Vhe learned Counsel then directed the atten- tion of the Jary to the quiet and peaceable cha- racter of his clients, who, up to the time of that unfortunate trouble, had always conducted them- selves peucefully. The Hon, ATTORNEY GENERAL then addressed the Court on behalf of the Crowa, and reviewed the arguments advanced by the | Wearned Couns! in defence of the prisoners. In gard to charyinw the Deputy Sheriff with popular opinion, or the still more capricious waywardness of the popular excitement of the hour, rather than by those unbending rules of law which the wisdom of ages, and the statutes of the land have made for regulating the com duct and preserving the rights ofall, and which (no matter who the parties may be, poor or rich), stand ever ready to pronqunce the same judyment upon the same facts whenever they arise. If the laws are wrong, there is, by the con- stitution, under wkich, thank God, we live, a legal aud constitutional manner of endeavoring to change them. You may mevt, you may petition, you may resolve, and that as strongly and vehementiy us you please, you may use ail those means which men in every free country have @ riglit to use, to endeavour to bring the opinions of their fellow citizens to an azree- ment with their own; and so long as your pro- ceedings are regulated by law and restrained by reason—so ae as you only mean to do what is right in a peaceable and order!y manner, no matter whether your views are correct or not, you are safe; but the moment you go be- yond that line, the moment you say, we will have it so, whether the law will permit or not, that moment you enier the reyiou of crime— there snares and pitfulls surround the path, and those who dare to enter, and tread the dangerous way, with all their fancied care and circum- spection, too often find themselves the victims of ther own temerity—too often find themselves in your unfortunate position, and learn tvo late, that declaration, that they did not intend to violate the law, forms no excuse when contrast- ed with acts which clearly evince a contrary in- tention, in the eye of that law, which, seeking to discover intentions from acts, never permits itself to be deceived by declarations when used as a cover for criminal designs. If, by the use of such legal means, you can effect the desired alteration, or defeat what you may believe, or fancy to be objectionable claims, well ; but if not, however objectionable far to prove that you were not altogether igno- rant of the crime you committed, and that is the fact, that you placed a very incredible witness in that stand, whose evidence was flatly contradicted by Mr. Dodd, the Hizh Sheriff, and several others. That witness was damay- ing to your cause. I hope, in future, that you and all others similarly influenced, will recol- lect that when preachers of sedition approach you with false constructions of law, and attempt to advise you to resist the constituted autho. rities of the country, you will shun them as you would the Evil One himself. | soner to one years’ imprisonment, to commence | at the expiration of the sentence already passed |npon him, making in all two years, and £20 ‘penalty. ; His Lordship, in pronouncing sentence on the boy Charlton for theft, said it was cruel ‘to sentence a child of his tender years to jail among old reprobates, where he would be ac- customed to hear the vilest and most depraved language. The necessity for the establishment of a Reformatory, he said, was ap; arent to all, and he hoped some provision for such an In- stitution would, at en early day, be made by the Legislature. The Judse complimented bis Lordship Bishop McIntyre for his laudable efforts in establishing schools for the poor and destitute. He then sentenced the boy Edward Charlton to oné week's imprisonment. [From the Islander.} On Wednesday last. about noon, the persons convicted of crime received their respective sentences. Judze Peters occupied the bench. The great hody of the rioters, azainst whom the Grand Jury had brought in a true bill, were exempted from trial until the next term, in consequence of certain persons interested in the prosecution being found on the jury. Three, however, of the most prominent in the the law which protects them may be deemed, | 488ault on the Deputy Sheriff and his assistants, it must be obeyed. What a farce it would be to tell men that the law secures their rights and their property, and yet that it is not able to pro- tect the one or enforce the other! Courts would be a delusion and a sham if they would | permit a man to prefer his claim—if they com- pel the Juror to euter the box and take an oath at Curtisdale, in July last, viz: Messrs. Dickie- son, Doucette and Gallant, were tried, con- vieted and sentenced. Dickieson is a young man, apparently not much above thirty, of medium heizht, with no particular muscular developement, with a coun- tenance expressive of determination rather than The learned Judge then sentenced the pri- creased prosperity springing from such a con- dition would warrant us in hoping for a small railway line; but while at least half our popv- lation are under the landlord serfdom, and no hope of speedy emancipation, —when we know that through the influence of the proprietors the British Government refused a not very large loan, to be secured by a mortgage onthe revenues of the country, for the purpose of puar- chasing out proprictary claims—we confess we are at aloss to perceive where the capital is likely to be found that would enable us to build railways or can::ls. However, let the Dreamers and Prosers give'us all the enlightenment they can. We are sure of good temper and good sense from one of the latter ; and of the former, we may say, their fanciful pictures may at least entertain if they do not convinee and instruct. Epitor Examiver.]) RAILWAYS AND CANALS IN P. BE. ISLAND. A FEW WORDS FOR THE DREAMERS. “ This is the rarest dream that e’er dull sleep Did moek sad fools withal.” Pericles, Act 5, Sc. 1. | Ma. Epiror;— Every community, however small, contains a number of people who are full of projects for the public good. If they only possessed the means of realizing their splendid visions, the country would be soon enriched and the people happy. Schemes to improve our social state, SENTENCES IN THE SUPREME COURT. |to extend our commerce, and to provide us| the fallacies of the Islander's article. In order | with more efficient méans of internal transport |—are conceived by tifeir fertile minds in num- bers, and of a maguitude truly wonderful to contemplate. But itis melancholy to relate that these brilliant conceptions are much more frequently the dreams of @ lively imagination than the deductions of profound reason. When these fine projects are. brought to the test of plain practical common sense, the loose and flimsy nature of their construction is quickly made to appear. In nine cases out of ten they, as if by the wand of the enchanter, are completely divested of their brilliant hues, = Not be, Having bis horses in harness, it|for it ; but we believe the E deal of difference whe-|n makes not 8 ther he takes load three miles or ten. Others find a ready market at harbors not far- t from their doors than the railway station would -be.™.New London, on the north, and Créipaud’on the sonth side of the Island, form ready outlets for the produce of farmers living near the centre of the proposed route. Then, again, much of the lading of the steamer is destined not for Summerside but for New Brunswick. It is not likely that merchants would, for the fun of sending their goods by rail, have them put on board the cars in Chaz- lottetown, and then go to the trouble of shipp- ing them in Summerside, when they can send them to Shediac direct, quite as speedily aud much more cheaply. I don’t think it can be shown that a railroad between Summerside and Charlottetown would have more to do in the summer than is now done by the Princess of Wales ; and in winter I am very sure that the traffic on the line would not pay for the coals consumed by the engine. Now, we will see what this pretty little rail- road whistle is likely to cost us. The editor of the Islander sets the cost of construction down at £6,900 per mile. If he had jotted down £9,000 he would be much nearer the mark. He has made the distance forty miles; but he is not an engineer, and railroads don’t generally run as the crow flies. Let us add to these forty miles of his say eight more for windings, detours and so forth — which is, I fancy, within the mark,—we will then have 48 miles of road at £9,000 per mile. This makes the pretty little sum of £432,000 currency. The interest of this sum at 74 per cent. is £32,900. This estimate, considering the rail- road is to be a Government job, is a very mo- derate one, as the good people of this Island would find to their cost, if ever the work be undertaken by the most economical of Govern- ments. This Island would burden itself with a debt of £432,000 and an annual charge of £32,900, all to save itself from the reproach of being ‘‘ehind the age.” To argue thate steamer or two, built and maintained by private enterprise, at no cost whatever to the revenue, could serve the purpose of the sleepy Islanders equally well, is all bosh. Railways are one of the signs of progress in the nineteenth century, and if people want to keep pace with the age, they must not stick at trifles. Although my letter is already sufficiently long, I cannot help noticing here another of | to convince his readers that a railroad on the proposed route would pay, the editor says that our population is greater to the square mile than that of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire or Lower Canada. But, I ask, is the aggregate population of the > steadfast for prin¢iples to elect : tinciplesmerely 0 a ground Sea. | Tuk following Address, accompanied by a beautiful Sleigh and set of Pubs, wad recently presented to the Rey. D. F. McDougld, P. P. of Souris. One of the most interesting fea- tures connected with the addres: is that it em- braces the names of all the ‘eading Protestant gentlemen of Souris :— Rev. D. F. McDonaLp ;— “Rev. and Dear Sir,— We, a few of your pariab- overs, aud uther triends about Souris and its immediate vicinity, feeling thankful for your religious instructions toward your pariahiouers, and fur your gentlemanly and kind deportment tuward others, beg leave must respectfully ~to resent you with a Sleigh and Furs 292% car's Gilt, trusting you will aceept of € a8 & suall token of our goud will aad respect towards you; and wishing you many bappy returos of the scasou, We are, Kev. sod dear Sir, Yours wost respectfully, A. CAMPION, M. McCormack, A. Lesute, J. P. J Ksicur, J P. E. B. Muttarr, M. D. W.S McGoway, J. P. Joun McGowan, J. P. B. McEacuen, A. PaQuvuetT, And otbers. January, 1866. (gepcy.) GENTLEMEN, I have to aay that I find myself inadequate to give expression to what [ really feel on receipt of your kind addrese and valuable gift. The addiess, which ie, I think, too flattering and your generoux gift, w sleigh and furs, | aceept with heartfelt thanks, as it shows that my bumble efforts as a Missionary Priest have been appreciated by you. = = TESTIM IONIAL ‘BO ade V.D. F. Me “Taaitine Soearik: OF SOURIS. ! at hand when the wen from ruvineea would greet their friends ou the sumrwite of Columbia. Some port says :— ‘No peut-ap Ctiea contracts oar powers.’ and at vodisiant day tu ece, from the banks of New od to the of the Paci- fic, a busy, p t Britieh oa tion. (Cheers) The magnificent North-West, with resources to innke a Croesus euvious, iLe country which some of our statesmen on newspapers were decrying? With regard te the rospects of Confederation, be believed them ’ New Brunswick, Nova Scotia ann were citber favourable to the scheme, or becoming so. «Awe for little Prince land, ber action reminded him of the prayer persen who lived on an island of about a square, near the coast of Great Britain, whe titioned earnestly for blessings on all-in ant territory, and then added, as if ‘aleo bless the adjacent islands of Great ri i nd Ireland.’ (Laughter.) He( Mr. McKeuzie) didu’t attach wuch lun to the ait) of Prince Edward Islaud. In the lest a Dickinson, member for Huron and Bruce, ; ened that if ehe remained obstinate much longer he would send down a couple of our large and tow ber into the middie of one of our lakes, (Laughter.) Prince Edward Island wilj willingly enough alter her big sisters unite, thing was to be gained by co-rcion—as no of polities could prosper that was net equity. The unien of Scotland with. was brougl forward, and the adva we pointed out, though patrivtic Scote were wanting gt the trme te prophesy utter rum the alliance. Wath this Confederation, on the eternal laws of justice, every Province would reap equal benefits. The ohn, was willing to make any exertion or poadl sory evtablish a great, consulidated Britieh power of this continent. He would work and cvecrfully with the States in all matters of trades regulations; bot we must expect thatthe will ‘look out for their own interest in preference to ours, and net te expect them to have all the eym- pathy for us that is felt by Great Britain. i I do not consider that I, who bave been but one short year amongst you, merit such a testunomal of your gratitude and kindness. Whatever | have done, (avd I ouly wish I were capabié of doing more) is mainly owing to your generous dis- position and sense of duty. My grateful beart, gentlemen, shall be as a tablet upon which your kind wishes and handsome gift shall be inacribed, and by which pleasing recollection of this day's transaction shall be cailed forth ti!] my last hour. It will be always a pleasing duty to me to per- form the offices of religion for my parishioners, whilst endeavouring to show kindness and sym- pathy to all, as long as it will please a kind Pro- vidence to jeave me in this part of Hie vineyard, I will now, with your badbledkon, thank you for your handsome present, and wish you in return the compliments of the season. 1 am, Gentlemen, Your obliged humble servant, D. F. McDONALD, P. P. To Messrs. A. Campion, M. McCormack, A.Leslie, J. Knigat, E. B Muttart, w | 8. McGowan, J. McGowan, B.McEach- ern, A. Pacquet, and others. J We perceive that the Legislature of Nova Scotia is called to meet for the despatch of bu- siness on the 22d of February next. Why should not ours meet about the same time ? Island at all to be compared to that of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada or the United | States? Are the places proposed to be con- nected by railroad here anything like equal in | population, extent and resources to those con- nected by railroad in the countries mentioned ‘above? Besides, the Nova Scotian and New Our interests in matters of inter-Colonial and foreign trade are identical, and it is in view of these that the Islander informed us, some time ago, of the necessity of a late session; but in the meantime we think there is a large amount of purely local business that requires an early settlement. British America and the States understand each other. Let then: krow that we intend to fiveside’ by side under diflerent politieal forms of Govern. ment, and that we desire friendly relations and commercial intereourse. But te command respect and be treated as equals, we must unite. He-was aware that the respected member for the Ridj Mr. Seatcherd, was rather ‘ ration, and was sorry he was not present, that the people night hear the pros and cons. In con- clusion be thanked the audience for ther patient hearing, regretting that circumstances him to be brief and cursory; painted a pieture of the future of united Britieh Ag " ard resumed bis seat amid loud and con ‘ap- plause.” <a COERCION. There is no hope, we believe, of the Reci- procity Treaty being continued, alt Colonial Ambassadors may dance attendance on Congressmen for a month or two, in the vain endeavour to obtain even a year's respite. The American politicians have fixed their heart on the Annexation of the Colonies, aud will throw all the obstacles they ibly can in the way of trade between the Colonies States, hopiug that the consequent irritation and losses to Colonists will induce them to seek a. rather than remain severed commercially. Hopinz to promote this object, the American Consul General-for Canada, Mr. Potter, attended the Detroit Convention, and left no stone unturned to influence the Ameri- toc - ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT YANKEE which obliges him to find a verdict to sustain | Stolid indifference. His appearance would while sometimes they dissolve and disappear | Brunswick railroads are intended to form part | that oath—if on that verdict it compels the | indicate a nature not hardened by crime, butt “like the baseless fabric of a vision, and leave of the system of railroads which extends through Judge to pronounce judzment—if it compels | capable of rash and revengeful acts under the officers of the Court to issue process, com- exasperation. manding the Sheriff to levy and make out of | Doucette is a Frenchman, tall and muscular, the debtors’ goods the means «f liquidating it; | of middle age, and bearinz on his countenance and then, after all those forms and ceremonies | traces of an excitable and turbulent nature. have been gone through, and the suitor com-| Gallant is also a Frenchman with physical plains that his demand is still unpaid, the Judze | PTOpOrtions slightly inferior to those of Dou- should reply, “It is true your demand is legal, | cette, and with passions less strongly marked, ay ‘ititoxicated, he would remark that no! man, With hiv intéllcct clouded hy liquor, could | have’ performed his duty “with that evolness | Getermination which marked the conduct | of that officer. The defendants might have | itabibed ‘pecoliar ideas us to what the law really | whs, touching the rescue of property from the | custody of the Sheriff; but if they have been | misled by that mischievous organization known ae the Tenant Leavve, it is their misfortune, | and not the fault cf those called upon to exc. | cute the duties of their offices. If men will | allow themsel¥es to be misled by such foolish | thy which we all feel for a respectable man, movements, they must not expect to hinder | and therefore the Jury and the Court, in obe- | man to follow others raiher than to lead dience to the laws and their oaths, haye pro- |" any violent affray. nounced in your favor, but the popular feeling; A ¥¢ entered the Court, these three men of the day is contrary to such claims as yours, | ¥ere Standing at the bar, listening to the ad- and, therefore, it cannot be enforced.” ~ engased. but unconvicted man at the bar; ‘. But yesterday you stood an uccused | The sentiments of the Judge were admirable, | ; Me but a Jury | and the language well chosen. Dickieson was | | entered the box—they took an oath to find you clearly marked out as the first in guilt of the|selves. The dreamer of the Islander has had part of the continent. innocent or guilty, according to the evidence. | three; the consequences of such conduct were | 9 splendid vision. not a wreck behind.” It sometimes unfortu- | the length and breadth of the great American aately happens that practical men attempt to | Continent. Neither the Nova Scotian nor the carry out the dream of those plausible theorists, | New Brunswick railroads pay. Cut Nova | and loss and disappointment are pretty sure to | Scotia off from the continent, and of what use ihe the result. Ido not wish to be understood | Would its railways be? Lennox Island probably+ | to assert that all theories ave impracticable, or | has a greater population to the square mile than | that all splendid speculations prove to be empty | any of the places mentioned by the Islander's ‘dreams; bat Ido affirm that for one practicable | editor, but who would advocate running a rail- | theory advanced there-are a thousand imprac |T0ad through that portion of Her Majesty’s . . tor 2) . | ae » ? dress of the Judge previous to pronouncing | ticable ones, and that you will tind ten thousand , dominions Look at the proceedings in which we are now | their sentence. Each was addressed separately. } barren dreamers for one rational projector. The predicted tunnel would, no doubt, obviate The visionaries are at work amongst our-! all difficulties by making the Island virtually But as the cost of such | Pictures of railroads, canals, | 2 undertaking would amount to more than the | On that Jury, I doubt not, were some whosym- | ‘istinetly stated; the necessity for the sen-) 11) tunnels have passed before his mind’s eye, | value of all the property ou the Island, and pathised with you. Ido not mean that sympa- ;tence; and a solemn warning for the future. | : m His sentence wes eighteen months imprison-| 9d have elevated his spirit to a state both placed in that unfortunate situation you now | Ment and a fine of £50, no discharge from Jail | poetic and prophetic. The Herald, too, has the cotirse of justice. not compelled to take buil; and if he does take security, it is a mere matter of favor on his| : ; ed as part! “His Honor theu proceeded to review the | acquittal ;—yet, under the oblizations of their | evidence on behalf of the Defendants, and con- : a . | } tended that nothing had been adduced to show | - eee a of the ant am that the charges against the Defendants, etl fcehen 4 hate: ae ae aoa ame arrest and assault, were not correct. on - Section amuaetas teks te His Lordship JUDGE PETERS th j | sentence which consigns you to imprisonment “ eu acd- d | has fallen from mg lips, a band of men, sym- ressed the Jury a: considerable leazth, and pathising with the opinions which influenced eh opt sion cones - preven She /you,and believing you to be a victim in support of the take 7 ae trian lained a oth sides | of the popular cause, unawed by the pre- extent of the Sheri?’s Lilies as ro _ sh ould * ~ nee 4. waien. 9 Of aaene 7 power, and | should rush forward, and rescue you from the the danzerous ica te of resistance to| Dar, or from the custody of the Sheriff as he the laws. - He cone'u ed hy warning the Jury} vonveys you to prison: you might, in the ezainst allowing any outside influences to bias | moment of deliverance, exult in the act; but | their judsment on 4 matter fraught with the| reflection would convince you that it was a| rae e importance tv the peace aud prosperity | dangerous precedent — that the same lawless | oy eouasy. | violence which protected you to-day might he" “meat jused azainst you to-morrow -~ that the sae SENTENCES ON THE TENANT LEAGUF Might come when you might he interested in| PRISONERS ve some right to which the interests and feelings | ad ator |of your neighbors were violently opposed; or) | when, in the performance of duties which the | |law sometimes compels citizens to undertake, | oO i . , .|you might be injured in enforcing some anpo- | = Sead ga ah at tee on Wednesday last | pular demand, and that the same lawless violence on Charles Dickieson, Doucette and Gallant, | might leave you unredressed. The cases sup- ‘his Lordship Mr. Justice Peters delivered the | posed are but ordinary results eas following admirable address, which was reported | by which you have been actuated. ve put ; them, that all who hear me may see the folly hy Mr. A. MeNeill. The ve:dict for common | and madness of the delusion, which bas so dis- assault given in Dickieson’s case did not evi- turbed the general peace and tranquility of the dent!y influence the mind of the learned Judge Island. What I have said may fall lightly on so much as other circumstances put in evidence, many, but it may make an impression on some; ; . and then it will not be uttered in vain. Jn hat not accepted by the J ury as foundation for | measuring your punisnment, I am bound to lock verdict. The circumstances referred to | at the mischievous consequences of your offence, wete the prisoner's connection with the illegal Society known by the name of the Tenant and in proportion as it was sudden or pre- meditated must its severity diminish or increase. Leazue, and the réscue of property in the hands of the Deputy Sheriff. ‘The sentence upon Here there was predetermincd combination to resist the law, and a most violent and unpro- voked assault Son who v7 carrying it : ‘ : . into execution. There are’no palliating cireum- Dickieson is terribly severe—and, indeed, in the stances, and stern duty comets me . pass a other Cases the judsment is likewise severe; but | very severe sentence on you. “of this we felt assured from the outset, that if the parties were convicted at all, they would be devetely punished. Such is the fearful result of the mad teachings of the Tenant League. | oaths, they were compelled to convict you. ! ADDRESS OF JUDGE PETERS. His Lordship then pronounced the following sentences: —- Charles Dickieson to 18 months imprisonment and a fine of £50, — Joseph Doucette, 12 months imprisonment end a fine of £20 Cae ae lant, 12 months im- ng addressed Charles | PTisonment £20 fine. _ Dn: romed or ne Aen | palive Wa Lendilp susieadid'ee prehibiises Rickicson 2 ge a second sentence on Joseph Doucette for re- Charles Dickieson—You were indicted for a| sistance and assault, the prisoner Doucette, in rescue of goods from the Deputy riff, and the most affecting manner, pealed to his an assault on him and his assistants. The Saenele for the mercy of the Court, and said Jury have found you guilty of the assault ; why, | he was ly sorry for what he had done, and ‘% f the evidence, y declined finding you | asked the pardon of all the parties against gt y of the rescue also, it is not within my|¥hom he may have offended. He said that provinee to enquire ; but in awarding punish-| any wrong he had committed was because of ment against offenders, I am bound to consider | his ignorance of the law, more than from any ali the circumstances detailed in evidence, and | desire to injure the Sheriff or any of bjs officers, ad the attempt to rescue, which led to this as-| He had reen instructed and led to heélicve that saubt; was fully proved, the limited nature of | he was perfectly justified in defending himself the finding can make no material difference in| in any way he pleased, in his own house; and was under the impression tbat no officer of the fi law could break into his house. That being nd, | his conviction, and finding that his door had been burst open, he thought it was justifiable, in self-defence, to resist the Sheriff and refuse to give himself up. He appealed in the most solemn manner to the clemency of the Court, stating that as he had to stand before a higher tribunal than that before which he was then his heart, declare that it was not his intention to injure any of the parties concerned in his resene. He said bis aged parents, his wife and nag age resllannw gfe pee Py ey him for their support, and, with tears in his eyes, said he would be willing to part with all for one year, and a tine of £20; and for his assault, in his own house, on the Deputy She- riff and others, a further imprisonment of one year. Before the passing of this second sen- tence, he made a strong appeal to the clemency of the Court, stating that he was ignorant, that he was misled, that he had aze support, and a large family, two of his children being cvipples, an tears as ponded, and severely condemned the wicked- The Deputt Sheriff was | CCC°PY: hat I mean men who sympathised with being granted till the fine was paid. Doucette |its dreamer. aa “#3 the opinions and objects which led to this of.| 48 Simuar severe: 37° fence: and who would’ har ioieed at vour | Sentence for a double gs Te : : oe , Je 1p oma a8 the affray at Curtisdale, to which he had been | splendid railroad froma Charlottetown to Sum- ‘led by others, his sentence was, imprisonment ly addressed. He received a doubie | ' For his part in! parents to all destitute, bursting into e spoke. The Judge feelingly res- ness of the men who framed and maintained an organization which led poor iznorant men into crime and ruin, while they themselves managed to keep out of the grasp of the law. But the law must take its cuurse, and after exposing | the folly and guilt of the whole transaction, | sentence was pronounced. Gallant had noth- ing to say. His sentence was one year’s im- prisonment and a fine of £20. As these un- fortuuate men were handcuffed and led away to; prison, the intellizent spectator might well re- mark, there go the direct aud natural fruits of the pledge of the Tenant League. Then followed Francis McKenna. His crime was an assau't on a constable. His advocate pleaded a mitigation. The Judge declared those crimes were becoming too common; the officers of the law must be protected. His sen- tence was three months imprisonment. John Ford was convicted of deception and roguery, by claiming payment for two loads of oats from I. C. Hall, Esq., in the fall of 1864, when he knew that but one load had been brought to the purchaser. The plea urged in his behalf did not mend his case, but showed that he had done deliberately the crime for which he stood convicted. The Judge dwelt upon the disgrace and injury which such crimes brought upon the country. His sentence was severe—three months imprisonment, and a fine of £10. Honesty is surely the best policy. James McCulloch, for a crime similar to McKenna’s, received a sentence of four months imprisonment. Constables must be protected; if they exceed their duty, redress can easily be obtained James White was convicted of stealing a cow, and received the.sentence of ten months imprisonment and hard labour. Both Ford White are young men, and their position, as criminals, befcre their country, was extreme- ly disgraceful. The Court is evidently deter- mined to check the too common transgressions of the eighth command of the Decalogue. William Manderson, a young man, but evi- dently of weak intellect, was sentenced to three sents imprisonment, with hard labor, for ing counterfeit coin, knowing itto besuch. He appears to be the tool of some undctected criminal. Ann Morrissy had an unenviable seat in the prisoner's box. She was found guilty of stab- bing a man. Her sentence was eight months imprisonment, with hardlabour. She is one of those unfortunate women who need a reforma- tory or Magdalene Asylum, es a retreat from the ruinous consequences of bad company. The boy, Edward Charlton, apparently not above twelve years of age, was the last to re- ceive aeons. = ye was pening mo- ney. It out of place in having to pass aaa him. The studied a of | was thrown aside. A refi was needed, and ought to be provided. Bishop McIntyre was praised for his exertions in se- curing schools for the poor. We are disposed to agree with the Judge in the usefulness of as it would take about 200 years to complete the tunnel —if the work progressed without One seene is common to the} break or accident at the same rate of progress as did the Thames Tunnel, when most rapidly proceeded with—we may, I think, safely Jeave this magnificent tunnel out of our calculation. British gold can, no doubt, do a great deal, visions of both dreamers. This is a picture of merside. This is seen with equal distinctness by both dreamers. Now, it is well known that a dream is hardly ever consistent throughout. | but the British people are not very fond of There is always some want, some impossibility risking this gold in speculations that do not or incongruity, which, though not noticed by | aford the prospect of yielding even the fraction the dreamer, strikes him when awake as most ofa farthing per cent. on the money invested. ridiculously absurd. When a waking man turns | British gold could, perhaps, tunnel the British this project of a railway from Charlottetown tu} Channel; but British gold hasn’t performed Summerside over in his mind, he naturally asks| that feat yet; nor is it, in my opinion, ever can Delegates against committin themselves | ito a renewal of the oe reaty. He openly avowed that, by -abrogating the Treaty: Tne Witp Brier; on Lars ay ax Ustavcur | ‘he United States would take a most cement: s step towards bringing about the Annexation of: Misstrer. E.N.L. Geo. Bremner, Excel-| the Colonies. Since the Convention separeted sior Printing Office. This is the title page of | the American Press has studiqusly deaouneed a very neat volume of poems which has been ‘he proposed renewal of the Treaty, amd)-a¢ ; it ti t forth t inviti laid upon our table. They are, we understand, 96 Gis “Peaveteee. ee join their. ie Wak the the productions of a Lady —a native of this| States. Between threatening demonstrations Island. The versification is pleasing and fluent, | on the part of the Government, and menaces and the sentiments breathe a purely moral and | and coaxings in the Press, the American people : |have devoted a remarkabiy | share of at- Love Tales, addresses to tention 10 us poor Colonists. Probably the friends, social greetings, fourm the staple of the | most striking instance of their affection for the : : ; ly very | Colonies consists in the encouragement they ne ; and = ve have ne 2. 39) “wey very | ove given to. the woulda nom a pleasant reading for many a quict family Pay: | bers called Fenians, who have made no secret The binding and printing are such as to give| of their determination to invade and conquer the right of entree to the book anywhere, and | the Poo The French organization, the are very creditable to the publisher, Mr. Geo. | “ Sons of Liberty, Stand next in their reyard. : | Both of these associations Breen to advance ae | themselves by cannon and bayonets, powder Tse Norra Britisn Review for December, | and ball, at the same time that they : Botah |& piratical warfare on the sea agains’ 1865, came to hand afew daysazo. The table ship ing. The more important eae bodies of contents is as follows:—Samuel Taylor Cole-| has been recognized by the head of the Ameri- ridge ; German Novelists—Freytaz, Auerbach, | #0 Government, and the release of John Heyse ; Plato and the other Companions of So- | arr Dome yo ee - 48,")-00e erates; Mr. Henry Taylor's Later Plays and; Ali of these acts prove the American Go- Minor Poems; Pindar and his Age; On the | i aeon and people to an ~~ to ‘ an e t olonies, as long as they remain in alle- net pene in English Literature ; the iance to the British Crown.. One would think Cattle Plague. We have yet read the first ar-| that this hostility had been exhibited #0 boldly ticle only, which furnishes interesting gossipp-| that no doubt of the wishes aud determination ing reminiscences of authors who flourished | of = eae people could remain in the about the close of the eighteenth, and during! aon babe ae ¢,baltove thet na doubt fie, ane _whatever does exist among us. The Yast of the early part of the nineteenth, centuries. |the Americans for extended rule is pen - >_> as religious tone. Bremner. himself where are such expensive undertakings as railways necessary? The answer of any one but a dreamer woald be, “In places where a less expensive mode of transport is found in-| adequate to the wants of the country—to con- | nect the inland citics of s large country with each other and with the seaboard, and to afford a ready means of conveyance to those who live far from navigable water.’ We will see how far these cireumstanees correspond with those in which we in this Island are placed. Have | we any large towns not easily accessible by water, which require to be connected by rail- road? Are there on the Island large tracts of unoccupied but fertile country that must remain for ages uncultivated, if not opened up by lines of railroad to and through them? Are there anywhere on this Island of Prince Edward large quantities of valuable farm produce annually wasted for want of means of carrying it to market? Do we belong to a country which is connected by land with larger and richer coun- tries, of whose railway systems ours may in time hope to forma part. If railways are con- structed en this Island, where are they to start from, and where are they to lead to? These questions are easily. answered. We have no inland towns. There is no part of Prince Edward Island much more than ten miles from navigable water. We have no large tracts of unoccupied land, and our farmers find a ready market almost at their own doors for every- thing that their farms produce. With regard to the towns proposed to be connected by rail- road: Charlottetown and Summerside are dis- tant from each other both by land and water about forty miles. The navigation of the coast is perfectly safe. Steamers have been running for years between the two places without a single serious accident occurring. Neither property nor life has been lost. If the route of the steamers lay only between Charlottetown and Summerside, the times of arrival and de- parture could be calculated to a minute. The accommodatjon furnished by a single steamer making at the most tti-weekly trips between these towns for seven months in the year, has been amply sufficient for the wants of the com munity in the very busiest seasons. There has not been any demand for & second steamer. What would a railroad have to do in tke sum- mer which would not be equally well done by the steamer? Do the advocates of the railroad imagine that the farmers in general would send their produce to market by rail?. If they do, they are, I think, very mdch mistaken. Would the farmer, living within ten miles of Summer- side or Charlottetown, pay the freight of his eats and potatoes to either of these towns? 5. likely to commit such a vagary. Yours A PROSER. Te ELECTION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF KING'S COUNTY. Tue nomination of Candidates for the repre- sentation of the First District of King’s County, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Hon. D. Beaton, took place at Georgetown on Wednesday, 24th inst. Two Candidates were put in nomination :—the Hon. E. McEachen first presented himself, and was proposed by Charles McEachen, Esqr., and seconded by Mr. James MecLaughlan. Benjamin Davies, Esyr., was proposed by Daniel Flynn, Esqr., and seconded hy Lawrence Peters, Esqr. After the nomination it appears that McKachen left the ground, without addressing the assembled electors Mr. Davies, however, addressed the audience ina manly modest, and most acceptable manner. He stated his own opinions on the pub- he questions of the Colony, without dilating on the short-comings of one party or enumerating the virtues of another. He gave good reasons supporting, during his whole political career, for the principles of the Liberal Party, and to which he still firmly adhered. The Hon. Mr. Cores next addressed the audience, notwithstanding that the Hon. Mr. McAulay made some attempt to prevent him speaking. Mr. Coles, in a very clear, argu- mentive and effective speech, contrasted the acts of the party now in power with those of their predecessors — showing that some of the best acts of the Liberal Party had been grossly mutilated to make a policy for their successors. He was followed by the Hon. Mr. McAvutay, who, unable to deal with Mr. Coles’s stubborn facts, indulged in crude generalities and per- sonal reflections. There was scarcely any attempt made to defend the Government ; and, perhaps, it is well for the latter that it was so. The defence would have certainly been blun- dered, and might have served only to have placed the Government in a worse position than that in which they now stand before the public. Of Mr. Davies’ election there appears to be no doubt entertained by intelligent electors from different sections of the District, with whom we have conversed. Mr. McEachen’s chance of election rests simply on the fact of his being a resident of the District. If the electors can forget his giaring default of principle during the short time he was in the House eleven or twelve quite impossible. roads are, in every direction, blocked up by | immense drifts of snow; and we fesr that it, ; can be had with the interior. ———_———+ ~<a -- Tue Fireat Sackvitie, N.B.—A correspon- dent of the Telegraph gives some catlaniene Smoke was discovered in the wash-room at half- ed but a few charred posts belonging to Sackville, one of the servants, per- sisted in entering the burning building, and saving her clothing, and has not since been heard of. She was a widow, and had two chil- dren. As before stated, the students are’ all). of their clothing. The Principal, Dr. Pickard, lost heavily in valuable apparatus and library. rounding buildings. t A subsequen: telegram to the editor of the posal all safe ; that the insurance on the building was | CuarLottetows, Jan. 23.—By advices ‘rom An extraordinary accident has occurred near by a wall six feet high, (which was protected by @ quick-set hedge) than they bolted for the wall, aes wrap eee % The first sheep | eee i Bigg Sh sdpebic Byars was in motion, 8 tum! over . 4 years ato, he may give Mr. Davies asmart ron }seen and thoroughly appreciated. B bey” Tuere have been no Mails from abroad | to leave no excuse for an agstmiption for several days—the violent snow storm which | @neey the American Government havenow commenced on Thursday night, and continuing | eer the importation of tive cattle from until Saturday nizht, rendering travelling of ‘applies to all kinds, and especially across the Straits, | time, it is believed to be a violation of the Re- We understand that the| ciprocity Treaty. The Toronto Leader says:— $12,000 and the loss above $25,000. cluding Canadian cattle. ; who has s opped the trade at Fort Erie, is sgting under instrnetions from W. , that Canadians may be.“ Potterized have not an inducement to offer w shake for a wmorent our firm ‘gno- anada to the States! (The rule, we nn same all the Provinces.) At’ “Tt appears that Secretary MeCulloch's inter- | pretation of the act prohibiting the importation of cattle into the United Statea, which wae re-> will be some days before easy communication cently parsed by the American Congress, goes to : the extent of nullifying the Reciprocity Treaty in eo far as it bears npon the subject. . Telegrams here been reerived from collectors stationed upon the United States side of the border line, that ne more cattle can be received into the United States from | Canada under any circumstances. past, 6 o’clock and at 8 o'clock nothing remain-! that not only is the im That isto omy, rtation prohibited from Elizabeth Reed, | Canada, but if eattle should be sent through the’ vena from Michigan, they will be stopped at the border. “ Taking this latter interpretation of the set in connection with Mr. MeCalloch’s i nition of the word cattle—that it Laniieeae t not only of the horned . but aleo, sheep, safe ; some of whom have lost a part, some, all guute, horses, ‘mules and gases.’ the matier be- po 4 one of considerable . Province. For some years past we Prot. David Allison, who resided in one pait of | carrying on a large ts ' the building, lost furniture, clothing, &c. Mr. — . et ey oa ony farmers profi as Towse, the steward of the house, Jost heavily | thie trade—the reilways te been, doing §. in furniture. No damage was done to the eur business in the transportation ate cattle. All with our nei in his will have to end.” The Toronto Globe, replying to the Chicago ; ; Me | Tritee (which exults over the Telegraph, which he kindly placed at our dis-| né, @ r the outrage), bo! to-day, states that the servant was found the following strong language :— “There is not a shadow of an oscee teh to If the Buffalo colleeter, E F f Cape Tormentine, to-day, per mail, it is feared | iwi! be the moanew tock anal ie the ensine Cable has broken, “ v4 organization calling itself a Government, and will cations there agree with those on this side. | be condemned decent ‘on beth sides Strong “earth currents" from Cable. The vf the lines. wre errs operator at Cape Tormentine reports # heavy| “The chuckling of the Chicago Tribune over body of ice came down from the westward on Ro SanNG es Be. ae pene ne > oe Sunday, p. m. e: A. a ve stoppage of the Reeiprocity Treaty on oe iii A. ee Foth of Merch dnote nape by the he Marseilles. Some shepherds were driving a oe ae pliant a —- Sa tiock of 1,400 sheep to a pasture which Ja S| sete by thie, poley they will be one the foot of a high hill; the sheep, i of | ‘ceived. The people of Canada will never surres- following the path, no sooner came in sight of| der their natiouslity and inde from the from which they were separated motives of pecuniary interest. The States Pare — os = eT . * * bgt ee