So Tne RIAA oun EEL OE OT omne oe ~ ee re ae a é pit! a ’ } BY’ WIUMAT 5 TT) rea wt ORT CIT Re ON rE 4 4 EY A 7 % rey SCUEN | 17 - . — f liege + & HE ae nh a4, arg Xa L j ‘ 1 , D r WY MINER ;¥ the money erects mills and starts man- Souris NReiorm UMD. | NaUtY ABP Y dae 2B Oss kay Lie : weave amy @ DURS A458 Mal I'S, THE JALLY 4 XA MRE N TY Ee | facture which benefit the whole coun- | AEN ad -- a | . o ~ | ty -onnud about: thea thar ite | Mirra C'iish ja } d 1, “ishing condition, . . ce j on _.jtry round about; the other remains; (Tats Club is in a Hourning ceeding | CUE ERB CLENSE A CI Se RYH | (14 i . | uieseon’ When the Assessors come | there being 238 members im goed seanding ieee aki lel ee @ al wat | CLogansn Ounds NECEMBER oy) IST7 . " VA ast Ae 1 } : ' ie . te my Club Room . i! ey By i i | e % 7 A { | J 7 : é MC Ito value the two properties they on its list of members.uy. 44m ub teoom | @ BE baa 2 F 1 it 4 + 7 4) f \ : 7 (value the first with its mortgaged farm and is being. rapidly fitted up, in g od style; & | BURG RAD UB ie ad " ; ry} of CODFISH } (choice), fos TA X ATION jits debts (ot which they know nothing) at shooting. gallery is in full blast, and th« mollis | aN aaa te i - . rs . . z 7 a i ‘ é . oh L { : ile j | a lit mav be five or ten times the amount of | eating saloon was opened last week. On | A CUERISTMAS SALE I, 5. LANFORD & OO * . ‘ ~ ‘ j : > vay et » > a 4} av ‘ _— q\an I STR! SALE . ee : L i a We are far from satisfied that Mr. Davies | ‘ae farm of the man wao m .de no improve- | Wednesday night the Club gave a ~— A OibueaS i a | Dee 90 133 : 3 on n i ee } mtarnriaein —thoneh mtoartal nent rric cura ali; ana, sf semaine csitedlpnarenll nat “ and his colleagues required $35,000 to cavry | ments; and the enterprising man—though | enter ainm nt im Ag icultura Mall wl Swill be vheld in the Lecture-Roam of the ‘4 once i a 4 a am ha one hy? aohhoat Sa she i leanne 7 4 . w st “~y vas i he 1d t ; eeture-s x hy + on the Government oi the Province durmyys,reauy Do a2 able as Ins neighbor— | oh; a as ey thats a'snow orth i. . 1 aye Te , j M va . eo Met raw vA \y , yes | Ti layed he ‘ was crowaed. he sing- z - the current year. But suppose they did :)'s con lel to pay five or ten times, full blu: * the ha L was crowa Stasi olla Prince ¢ Blath odict¢ ¢' Lure b Us Cd. a tax of $3.00 per hundred acres of the}/as much — tax, And this in a new/ing, reading, and recitations were excellent,|P-PHACO-St. SAC otal Nae | =] | , ite +5 . j bon ! | , ; : : 1 Mies Wullar aintainer ‘reputat p TeaTs f lands occupied would more than give the;counsl i Miss Fuller maintained her re] 7 A FEN? CHESTS of : " 7 fe . rom : ; a? . eine “\2aea "A \ vr } amount. Suppose a million of acres to be | atl kinds should not be discouraged. Though |as an organist. — Addrosses ee A. CHORE a . . ) 7 . \ j f ‘ - ‘ 7 “a | } . . Oo cupied (and there are More) a tax of $3.50 holders of property in the hoy ality of Char- | Messrs. Campion and MeDVonaicd, in which rs eo XK INGOU, vory 5. HANFORD & CO, 7° 1 Pie uniry such as this where improvements of ; eure as were oe é 44 re eo tata) eofncad to|they ably showed the evil effects of intem-</| T79 A 4 et T) y 1,9 ; Q arr : ' on tie hundred acres would give Boo, VOU ; | LOvtetown have, we are —T d, - fused to; they a Nee ne evi 1 Cow Ul : tific iH Tt (| TT ' “m9 f : “ : fA moer Ch’town, D 20, 18772) . } “ nin? eS é4ha Ltryy « : ara } Be IrAnNnce ) hiy TPO? i "2 ate Sclell LG ‘ T, Vf seer BA ’ as ia f s aaeiaiiiciiel ean alia iitiaaliilad ba i ee Ne : and, at least fitteen per cent. of the sum ex-/ Pay the amouns ee vy ana are de |B Fance, DOLL FOm " —s ded . ' the £ iUty y y ULLU LL s SJUUULLLNUS | sas. . > ' seins iy it toma np wr 123 satore Vv 4 f lew hat adaed most vo Une ATILKTAT TAT TTT pended under the existing law for tie pur- termined to stand a law suit before they do | point of view. But what ac « - oid it Pit ‘ I iN} GR ; : : oe i Be Boe hae us Lea mak anf fine! eveninge’s amuseme vas) the sple a ACt- Pa \ . > , ; fe | : pose of collecting that sum would be saved |80, they will not likely run tie risk of fine | evening's amusement wa t ve sp en id - gis Le wanmience of 8 Oe i Frye es UWE bri , : i imprison mnent: and althouch there will be! ing.of the ‘Black Brigade,’ which prougnt to the taxpayers. i‘ i Ll} ris wn; ail a iN ocee ( lel V > . = +? { oo ‘ a he abso-|down the house.” At the close of the en- ' ——-—— floss and contention no one will lutely ruined,sthrough the operation of the 2 Sut the Government chose to inflict upon | the country the ‘‘ Assessment Act, 157% on Fy i ADMUD : } ig 7k 4, FN ORDER to obviate the crash whigy . M } tertainment about twenty persons donned r . hal 5 : the éé badge of blue,” and all departed well BEB. MUS LAKC plac 2 on tsp i dear act. ; ‘ } with its aia: a of ean 7 It “is clear, then, that the ‘Assessment | pleased with the evening's entertainment, Some very handsome Christmas. Presents MAONDAY MEMT ae Wi < Q@vIONS aAahe prem 99 * ' ° ' ait Ra “ = es r ‘3 s ; i Collectors—with its unfair ie Act 1877 is contrary to nearly every —<—- © will be sold at low prices. Coie and see wou es “s . in Shem. \ DMEESSION, - - = no appeal. The maxims which the levying of taxes—have recommended them- selves more or less to all statesme! are tius n maxim of political economy and fundament “i : : : ee ‘ Vaccination in Montreal. ally wrong. Therefore it must be repealed. and stubborn as he A LIBERAL DISCOUNT WILL BE al, 10 CENTS. LOWED TO ALL PURCAHSERS AT “ag . \ Mir. Davies—autocratic a : sa . _ , ee 5 es Cc 12 ( . . ; . ‘ rer 3 re ie . ‘ ri i st si € i- ( 7 ! 1 L fon se set forth in Smith’s ‘‘ Wealthof Nations s—| > ict submit or resign. The act must the war aga nst 8 nall-pox im 3 val si) ats patie a Haszara’s Rook ¢ . bi f ey } ; r appears to be much more successfully con ec, LU, 194 ies eis4cdale 9 220GKSLOPEG i 1. The subjects of every state ought to con-| be repealed. . 1 4) + , fs ed ee ee far he support of the govern a ; ee . dneted than it was some time ago, 1€ bk a seme tribute towards the support of the govern- In the meantime— admitting for the} 7 as Bye dec Aful ; CURIS MAS THiS WERK, < number of deaths there from taat areadtul fh eae nie + ment, as nearly as possible in proportion to}) once that extra taxation is necessary—the their respective abilities ; that Is, m proportion | oountry can fall back upon the old Land to the revenue which they respectively enjoy |r, . Act, levying $3.50 per hundyed acres under the protection of the state. ‘The ex- ‘thousands will. be xeliaved, pense of government to the individuals of a and wil a ot ) none will be more highly taxed than at disease seems to be diminishing, and the TOMRTAG. DD eee . . . . 2 . . We Y < benefit resulting from effective vaccination bth Lui i AESRNTS is being realized on a large scale. Some | interesting facts relating to tliis subject Ki “7 ome dd wew ards HE aaa RAISINS, CURRANTS, while eat nation, is like the expense of manage- ni * : Pode cas were brought ont at a Board of Health meet- | 94 , ANN TPP SPprORrs on to the joint tenants of a great estate, | Present. That act will, without inflicting}. ~". "7 > rd fete oe ae ALMONDS, PURE SPICES, — | ; m ‘ eo & great estate, ing in Montreal last week. Four Doctors NUTS. GENUINE ESSENCES. | set me BSc seta anit se se LT Et I SI he ncaa <A a a capcom Re aa nine Se Ane ate, on Se Sans a ae igen eat mg oe who are all obliged to contribute in proportion te their respective interests in the estate. In the observation or neglect of this maxim con- sists what is calied the equality or me yuality of taxation. Li. Ihe tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person. Ill. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. iV. Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the ple as little as possible over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state. A tax may either take out or keep out of the pockets of the people a great deal more than 1t brings into the public treas- ury in the following ways: First, the levying of it may require a great number of oilicers, whose salaries may eat up the greater part of the produce of the tax, and whose perquisites may impose another additional tax upon the people. Secondly, it may obstruct the indus- try of the people, and discourage them from applying to certain branches of business which might give maintenance and employment to great multitudes. While it obliges the people to pay, it may thus diminish, or perhaps de- stroy, some of the funds which might enable them more easily to do so. Thirdly, by the forfeitures or other penalties which those un- fortunate individuals incur who attempt unsuc- cessfully to evade the tax, it may frequeutly ruin them, and thereby put an end to the benefit which the community might have re- ceived from the employment of their capitals. It will readily be noticed that these max- ims arg, with one exception, entirely ignored in the working of the ‘‘ Assessment Act, 1877.” a.) Everyone is not taxed according to his ability, although Mr. Davies and his apologists pretend that todo so is the in- tention of the Act. The names of many families and others well able to pay are not on the Assessors’ lists; and they escape tax- ation altogether. A few are raied lower than they should be, while many are rated much higher; and there are no means of having the ratings corrected after the lists are made up and submitted to the Govern- ment. The course adopted in the case of Mr. Wisner was illegal, unfair and altogeth- er wrony. (b.) The tax levied is not certain, and it is arbitrary. This year it is so much—next year it will, in all likelihood, be quite a different sum ; and so long as the appraise- ments are made annually, by different ap- praisers—appointed, it may be, by different Governments—this must continue so. ‘The Act is so arbitrary that the Appraisers have despotic power to value a man’s farm as highly as they choose and there is no ap- peal. It is so arbitrary that the poll tax of men dead in their graves—but alive when the Assessors called—are collected under it. (c.) The time of year at which the tax is collected is most convenient ; but the year in which it is first levied is most unfortu- riate. This year, and for several years, the people have large amounts to pay for the fee simple of their land, while the prices of oats, barley and potatoes are low ; and the tax could not have been levied at a more inconvenient time. As to the ‘‘inan- ner,” much unnecessary trouble has been 1; al injury upon any person or class, serve the purpose of the government until the peo- ple have time to declare at thepolis whether they will continue to bear the enormous and unnecessary burden of government and legislation they now groan under or reduce it by at least one-half. When they de- cide to continue maintaining the Legislative Council, the House of Assembly, tie gov- ernment and the army of officials as at present constituted it will be time enough to consider a tax act which will operate fairly and jfstly to all persons in the com- acting as public vaccinators were voted one hundred dollars for the work done by them as such since the Ist of November, this year. Since then they have vaccinated 470 persons, and made in connection therewith 4,479 visits. Some of the work done was re-vaccination. It has been gomg on for a couple of years, or at least systematically. The Board has been fortunate this year in securing an ample supply of lymph of first- rate quality. it appears that the cow-pox has been prevailing in the vicinity of the city at Longue Pointe, that after due ex- munity. rt <a Bee Indignation Mettings. X fe A very large political meeling was held at Graham’s Road Schoolhouse on the ILth inst. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Campbell, M. P. P., H. Lawson, Hsq., of the Patriot, Dr. McNeill, and Kenneth Me- Kay. The following resolutions were brought forward and carried unanimously : Moved by Mr. James D. Smart, and sec- onded by Mr. William Whitehead : Whereas, ‘The Legislature, at its last ses- sion, imposed on the people of this Island. an Assessment Act, uajast in its prin- ciple, and expensive in its working; Vaerefore Resolved, That this meeting, dis- approve of the Legislation of last session, and would call for an immediate session of the egislature, and have the Assessment Act re- vised and amended. Moved by James Mayhew, and seconded by’ George Mallet :— Be it Resolved, That this meeting have all confidence in our representative, William Campbell, Esq., and highly approve of the stand he took on the floor of the House at its last session in reference to the Assessment Act. A large meeting was also held at Stanley Hall, New London, on Thursday last. Reso- lutions were moved condemning the action of the Government, after which Messrs. W. D. Stewart, Wm. Campbell, W. W. Sullivan, Dr. McNeill, and J. R. Clarke addressed the meeting at length. The resolutions at the close of the meeting were carried unanimously. The meeting at Mount Stewart, yesterday evening, passed resolutions condemning the present Govern- ment by two thirds of a majority. — ~~ ---——— A Recent Decision Regarding Mar- = =o rjage. A very remarkable decision as to the le- gality of certain marriages has just been given in the English Court of Appeal, in the case of Sottomayor vs. DeBarros. It wa3 an application for divorce. The mar- riage had been contracted at an early age, in Hngland. The parties were Portuguese and first cousins. ‘The law of Portigal does not recognize the validity of such marri- ages. in Hungland they are permitted. The object for which the marriage was eifected, the protection of cenain property, Was not fulfilled; and after several years the wife brought a suit inEngiand for divorce,on the giound of illegality in the marriage, she be- ing domiciled in Portugal. The English miarriage was pleaded against the Portuguese domicil. Sir Robert Phillimore refused, reluctantly, as he said, to grant the relief demanded. ‘amination a supply of vaccine was obtained ‘unusually effective, and frdim the cows atiected, that the vaccina- tion perfermed with this lymph has been that having been carefully watched, not a single bad result has been observed to follow the cases. The establishment of this fact will contribute to the extension of right views on the vaccina- tion question in Montreal, and will help to Ulustrate the importance of taking due precaution in operating only with pure vaccine.—Si. John News. . we 6 Correspondence. gas~> (We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions or statements of Corres yondents, Idle Laborers. City Taxes and To the Editor of the Examiner : Str—Allow me to suggest before any in- creased taxation is imposed upon us in the city, even for the very necessary purpose of keeping our sidewalks free from snow, that a much better class o° laborers or overseers be employed to do the work or see that it is done. Any person who knows what labor should be performed for a fair day’s wage cannot but tee! that the tax-payers of the city are frightfuily imposedyon by the class of men usually employed. With but few exceptions their endeavor is todo as litthe work as pos sible. Sir, i¢ was only the other day tive or six men might have been seen shoveiling snow from the ivont of the market house, and I assure you it was not only painful to witness the manner in which the work was being done ‘or rather how they tried not to do it, but it was positively demoralizing to the looker on. He wanted to swear at, or kick or poison or shoot or transport-the men who would thus take the city taxes and give no equivalent for them. I'he tellow who stops you on the highway with ‘*Your money or your lige”’ should be no more guilty in the eye of the law than the man who takes his dollar a day of the city taxes for a fair day’s labor, and then robs the city by giving only twenty-tive cents worth in feu thereof. ‘TAx-PAYER. Ch’town, Dec. 17. ~~» + <a +e o> Verbatim Et Literatim. To the Editov of the Daily Ex. Mr. Eprror,—is there nev a stop going to be put to dog-driving & skeating on the sidewalk. Where the sidewalk is only wide enough for one person he is met by a dog aud sleigh and a biger dog (boy) on the sleigh or in another instance met by a half dozen boy on Skeats and then you are oblig-: ed to drop in the dep snow to avoid them MACCARON A FAI : a aa’ ON f wet awT ee SATURDAY HEX wea f Go da Ber BG tase Hg AT EXCITING PRICES. Dec.,20, 1877. CESEEA i NOTICE ! Py os & ca NEVER *° LONDON been sell LOW as a would inys and country, Wie Rave + »tTy yy ‘ ) | EELS, * ‘ANDI f MARMALADE, ’ ( : ae SLATIN &, i JELLIES, DRY SWKET GINGER. RMICILLI, ) SA UC ES, & I VE PICKLES ANI PURE I] ry ORD ESSY’S BRANDY, &c., «ce. is Bi ivan oe Ww. R. WATSON. Dec. 20, 1577 set a” ns a | 3 P 7A ’ Ababa kB Ra sl! APTS Hd iu Wifld basdisb daa sab @ > we VER mer THE VERY. LATEST, RECEIVED THIS DAY, —A T- . HARVIE’'S BOOKSTORE. Dee. 20, 1877. ey TA! OF ARTISGLES SUITABLE FOR hristmas Presents, SHOWN AT THE HOU Si, f U WILL BE LON BON in the history ef the ROUSE ” have we DRY GooDs So presenti, and we ¢ te these in Town j sige EXTRAOR- MNARY BARGAINS we are giv- One, Weonlyask a personal inspection SHERRY WINES. LE NEW YEA IN aS. GIFTS § Wem ag UNDANCE, > { > 244i 4p ke rR AT HARVIES BOOKSTORE, Ch’town, Dec. 20, 1877. eres YS! (LN GREAT VARIETY. ) ALBUMS, All Prices. CHSISTRIAS CARDS | &O.; &O. ou Cheapest and Best in Town, AT TASZARD’S..ROOKSTORE, West Side Queen Square Ch’town, Dec. 20, 4877. Sq all | “Tabeador Herring | JUST RECEIVED, ® 30 BBLS. LABRADOR +r and Boone Bay oS U HERRING. 24 Tit Bbls. do 3. WILSON HIGGS. Ch'town, Dec. 19, 1877- ; : EA. TEA. » Chests and half chests CONGOU TRA ss } B. WILSON HIGGS. Ch' town, 17, 1877+3i eee > 3 a = = : 2. Kom Se” tg — “ez ' Dec 2pPpTa TAT sz Tp oe . ( ‘) BB > | Lot R, in Fancy, Spring J * iuxtra and Superfine. B. WILSON HIGGS, . 19, 1877—3i eo Internationa! Hotel | ANTHRACITE (FORMERLY RANKIN HOUSE) Corner of Pownal & Sydney Streste, | CHAREOTTETOWN, i. ite Private and permatrent Roarders can be ae- commodated on very moderate terms, during * the winter season, at the International. D. NMCISAAG, iw Proprietor, COAL I GOAL, clear out Dec. 19, 1877—2m ee erence ® FEW TO A , “—- Ag ANTHRACIT For sale at reduced prices, to the shed. oo] lilt A it int Hs a ly a But the Court of Appeal has reversed his decision and granted the di- voree. ‘This is in effect a recognition of the binding nature of foreign marriage laws given. The taxes rust be paid or fine or imprisonment follow; and the collector tsa percentage. The natural resalt is that the collector drives through his dis- dog—driving is a shamfull sigh at ¢ atetia « thee wii ane. * oe f \ g ing i a gh at any rate. /¢y show that we are, in good faith, F. 8. HANFORD & CO. The public thougt—that when the seven ad- ditionall plicemen come in force. that it |SELLING OFF at the LOW PRICES| 5 town, Dec. 19, 15772) advertised, ; rk am come would be stoped but its all the same the trict as fast as possible. I[f a farmer is in his field, or a miller in his mill, an arbi- over subjects of foreign countries who con- tract marriage im England, Hithervo the boys even go so far as Desbrisays corner and say to each other I aint afraid Piice- on. €3 nad —— eee j =e i “ ss : 1 * e m2 AY | t teary notice is left at the house requiring English law has been very jealous of such K d- didnt fj ep ” 3 af —-— . : or ee ret: pra Popa Fo ——nsaw mime and didnt tuck ie Eek Eat GE 3 se him to pay within so many days ; and the laws, and has insisted on judging of the i : . : ; le a arr: ; + or ays striae TT aes ve ¢ : Q"7r7 ‘ 7 farmer or the miller—knowing nothing of | marriage of foreigners str ictly according to winare Oe Dec. 13th, 1877.—eod2w + 8 - } e Collectors call until he returns to din- English rule. ‘The new decision will now - : : ee ee th T come [ come aga'n bear,for instance, on the marriage of a man with his deceased wife’s sister, by recogniz- | ing such marriages as legal when contracted | according to the law oi other countries. 3ut it has another bearing also, for it will | ner or tea-—has to leave his work and travel after the Collector—in some cases twenty or thirty miles. (d.) 'fhe tax is so contrived as both to take out and keep out of the pockets of the’ Chow Deo 25th ~ B, E, ISLAND AUTOGRAPH ALBUM) “arom | nm Wamantiat ; Died pleam Navigation Coy. CONTAINING a — ‘ a || Pe ; radi a , arr: Ph i _— \, ‘ : e ; ; a —_——— .. % a: ° ° people as much us possile over and above | render invalid any marriage of Knglish per- On Dee. 12th, at Long Creek, Lot 65, 4 SPECIAL MEETING of 4 me Pae-Sinile Sivnatures of al] Prominent Persons, . what it brings into the public treasury. sons contracted against the law of their fo-| Archibald McPhee, Postmaster, in the 45th hold ft] ut ers a me Share = vi Se ; aa hoiders Of the above Co anv wil e he : : : wbove Company will be held a AMONG WHOM MAY BE FOUND CORRECP year of his age, after four years’ lingering ill- v ' We question whether a more expensive reign domicil. For instance, an English- method of collecting $35,000 could possibly man could not legaily marry his frst cousin —by the exertion of the utmost ingenuity— im any country, Portugal, for instance, be invented than that provided by the ‘* As-. where such marriages were ilezal. In ef- sessment Act, 1877.” Between Assessors, fect this late decision is that the law of the Collectors, Clerks and Copyists, at least one- mutriconial domicil is to govern the deci-| ness of consimpiion, which be bore with great thes (Pio, cor. Goons treorge and » Lower | resignation, He died with the Gb dina hope Ly a reeas po SES the 21h mae. op of a blessed resurrection. He leaves a wife | / °@C* ™ “he evening. . +Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Pree and five children to mourn their loss. sident Eiayes, Abraham Lincolm . Bess Tweed, Vietor Hage, J. G& Whittier, . W. Lonefeliow, A AUTOGRAPHS .OF By Order of D. Davies, Pres’t, At Wheatley River, on the 14th_inst., of | PF. W. THALES, h of the amount will be frittered away sions of English Couzts for the future ; and | croup diptheria, Samuel H. B. McMillan, aged Bee __ Secretary 8. N. Co. oz ad - Ss "Besides—in direct violation that is a nathan of iene consequence. bar and 11 months, son on of Adexander Ch’town, 10th Dec. 1877. aaa son, Wo. Carleton, ete»! of the fourth maxim quoted—it is calculated ign ee -- a _.. ; ie. to “‘ obstruct the industry of the people and _I. O. O. ¥.—Members of Wildey Lodge, | © GROCER! = SS WS FROME Tag discourage them from applying themselyes No. 27,1. O. O. P., are requestrd to at-| Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court. ? ale ORE DO ULAR RACH. - to certain branches of business.” For in- tend the regular meeting, on Friday, the Of ail kinds, Cheap, mf TT: : T. Ch: il 2 stance, suppose two farmers—each owning 21st imst., at 8 o’clock,- p. m., precisely,! Dec. 20.—Daniel McDonald, was fined | TO BE/YOUND AT ~ we ECO, appe e, a hundred acres situate on the banks of a Nomination of Officers and other import- $3 or 14 days, for vagrancy ; W. Carroll, on) ,= — 4 re UES tot Pickstere W. W. CLARKZE’S. Water St., Ch’town, Dec. 1—eod tf complaint of Mrs. Currie, was fined $1, or! One—informed by the ant business. | 4 days, W x@ron McLop, R. Sec’y, | 85 North Side Queen Square Ch’town, Dee. 18, 1877—3i ‘ brook : a