mm enn a CN see ——— Ee . -aeommnrnerene anne - THe Dairy EXAMINER. =... oe . bee canada : une FEBRUARY 14. 1878. a ono _—— — Tar Government are evidently determined that, if they can help it, there shall not be peace and harmony at the Charlottetown School Board, and the official organ has re- @sived instructions from headquarters to en- dvavour to stir up iil-feeling among the meinbers. The attack commences by a most ill-natured letter, signed ‘‘ Vix,” in this morning's ‘‘ Patrict,” bearing strong inter- nal evidence of having been written by Mr. John Harper, the Principal of the Normal School. ‘The ** great imaginative autaor’ has filled his letter with the outpourings of his fervent imagination. He ‘van fancy,” he tella us, “a new and stately ship ont- ward bound on her first voyage to sume Bouthera port, gliding smoothly, steadily,” &>., &., &.; and then we are treated to a solilojuy by the owner of the ‘* new and stately ship’ on her return, waich results in a determination to place her in a dry dock. He pats her there, and then we are aske | to imagine what 1% 1s that * muests” the owners astonished “* gaze. We would have been utterly unable to gness what it was. unless the historian hed told us, and we will give the vision in his on words : ‘* Her bottom is quite perforated, ant the barnacles are there.” Wonderful barnacles to perforate a ship’s bottom ) But the owner of the ‘‘ new and stately” is equal to the oc- e sion. Through tis vigoconsendeavors ‘ her u is fully rid of these pests, and she is again the same ship asatfirst,” but with one important exception. We wonder if our eadors could evcr gues what t: @ exce tion is { Wedoubtit. It is ‘ the holes formed by the obstructions” the City Schwol Board—still remains !! “Vix” admits that the gentlemen nomin- ated to the School Board “are worthy men in their place,” but of all the accomplish- ments we ever heard credited to them, we never yet knew of them boaring holes in the bottoin of imaginary vessels. The writer has not resided sufficiently long en the Island to know accuratcly the names ef the Common Councillors and the Wards of the city. For his information we tell him that Councillor Smith seconded the city appointments, and that he represents Ward o. 5. ° -- <> & Ss —-—___—__-_-—_--- - Tue Patriot of this morning publishes a letter of Premier McKenzie written to the sformers of Ontario. The document con- tains a great deal of self-glorification, and is a species of general order, despatched from tie headquarters of the Commander-in- Crief; for the day of battle. One of the paragraphs runs as follows :— The wicked attempts which have been made ia various quarters to start religious strife an: disunion, particularly in the Province of Que- bec, have, i am glad to say, entirely failed. It is the duty of Retormers, while giving fair play to ail, to frown down attempts to introduce re- ligious atrife in political contests. It has al- ways been our policy to secure entire equality tu ail classes of Her Majesty’s sub,ects, aad if they now enjoy the rignts which are inkerent- . ly theirs, it 1s because of the zealous efforts of the Liberal party in that behalf. We could have wished that Mr. McKenzie hal been a little more explicit as to the au- -thora of ‘‘those wicked attempts to start re- ~ ligious strife and disunion.” He leaves it to be inferred however, and we suppuse it is readily inferred that these disturbers be- ‘lunged to the ranks of the Opposition. This is a 1a0st arrogant piece of hypocrisy. Does Mr. McKenzie forget the malignant atte upt ef his present Postmaster, Mr. Huntingdon, to intlane the electors against what he was pleased to call ‘‘ultramontanism”? Mr. Huntingdon was bent on playing the samme role in Canada that Gladstone was at the time enacting in England. The enterprise did not succeed, but ita failure was in no reapect due toa lack of animosity on the part of Mr. McKenzie’s subaltern. The Catholic press at the time was indignant at the insults offered to priests and bishops, and the attempt made to stir up against Cathalics a bitter persecution. in: Compare Mr. McKenzie's osten- tatious display of liberality in words with his acts in the conduct of the Einigration Ofticsy. Under him and his agents Canada waa a land where no Catholic needed to ap- ply. Presbyterians were tie chosen people of Mr. McKenzie, and if their Pees>yterianism should happen to be deeply tinged with Urangeisin, sv much the more acveptable would they be as emigrants to Canada. binally, how did Mr. McKenzie treat the appeal .sade to him on behaif of the french sc:ivols of this Island! Did he protect the french in the rights which they undoubtedly possessed } By no means. Mr. McKenzie gave his approval to an Act which deprived our French schools of some of their most valued privileges, and advised the Governor General not tu disallow it. Not only this, but the Patrivt, in support of Mr. Me- McKenzie’s policy, poured out ‘the vilesé abuse on the #rench, designating them as an unlettered race, who were hardly worth minding. Looking back at all these things, very little importance is to be attached to Mr. McKenzie’s liberality. Wedo not believe there is a particle of religious toleration in his composition. It was not he or his party who carried the School Bill of Ontario. He opposed it most strenuously. Now, how- ever, it suits his purpose to decry religious strife, and assume a tone of liberality. His sincerity will be believed only by those who are completely ignorant of his antece dents bol! wm AN entertain nent will be given by the meinbers of the St. Patrick's T. A. Society ia St. Patrick's Hall, this evening. in aid of tiv poor. Judging by the present pro- gramme and from the entertainments hers- tofore given by this Society, there is every reason to believe that a good time may be expected. Taz communication of ‘‘Custos,” in an- Supreme Court. We give a mere outline of Mr. Palmer's }speech to the Jury in the case of the Orange riot : GexTirMeN or THE JoRy.—TI shall not at- tempt by tlghts or oratory to convince you ol the 1un pceace of the traverser at the Bar, but i shali endeavor to contiae my remarks to tie ny evidence before you and the Court. I do not , throwing. think it will be a difficult matter to prove to you from this evidence that the charges which have been made against Martin Carroll are not based upon truth. You are aware [that it requires’ a great deal of labor to take duwa tne evidence. The fact that I have been engayed in that precludes the possibility of iny taoroughly weighing tae evidence of the last witaess, so i sha!l leave it for consideration farther on. Whatever your verdict may be, a iverse or favorable to my clieat, 1 am bound to stte at the outset, that it seems to be op- posed to law and reason that Jrangemen,-~men who are bound by a solema oath to protect the jaterests of the society to which they belong— should sit as jurymen aad try a Rowan Cath- olic who is accused of assisting in a riot and attacking aa Orange hail. 1 have been in- formed vy my chent that several Orangemen sit in that box, and { am paiaed, [ am em barassed, when‘ remem‘er that | am address- ing me. on benalf of my cilent, who are for- biddea by a solema oath to show justice to a Roman Catholic whea the interests of Orange- men are involved. My learned friend the Attorney General has changed his tactics in this trid, and has showa a different front from that waich he assumed in the case of Coluus. in the present trial it appears that but there is nothing in the evidence to prove | him guilty of an attempt to violate the laws of the land. If there were threats to cut the halliards of the Orange flag or threaten to | throw stones at a wagon p.ssiDZ, there 18 ho roof that these acts were committed by him. The first principle that I lay down is, that shots were fired before stomes were thrown. The aggravating shots fired from the door i the Lodge Room, were the cause of the stone The ball was set in motion by those stones were thrown 1p d, who objected shot down hke who were armed, and if return by an exasperated crow to standin the gutter to be dogs, then the originators of the quarrel must take the coasequences of broken windows. Broken windows is the only charge which is made by the Crown officers. ‘Those men who carried fire-arms did so contrary to the laws of the Dominion, and are culpable to the highest degree. Aud whit do we find —the time of the Court taken up by gving through every case of the traversers, because the Attorney General ia hounded on by those Orangemen, who have, theinselves, broken the laws of the land by discharging fire-arms,anseek, by this de lay, to shield their brothers in infamy. What do we find ia the evidence for the defence ? Shots were fired before stones were thrown. Uuleas you believe aa Uraugeman’s secret oath before the oath of a Romain Catholic placed upon the stand in this court, you must conclude that the provocation to turow stones, cme from these men wh» stood armed at the door of the Loige Ruom and tired at the crowd or into the air. it may be said,andit has beensaid, that the shots were fired into the air. It matters not: the possession of arms on that occasion Was a clear violation of the statutes of the Dominion. { will first take the evideace of Sergeant Allen, Ovangemen alone are interested, and not the law-abiding citizens, in the maintenance of law and order, as I had assumed. Whether my ci:at, Martin Carroll, is implicated in the quarrel which took place on the 12th of July last, or not, there is one thing certain it was an Orange quarrel. In view, then, of the disturbance being caused by an Orange procession, I here solemnly protest against the injustice of per- mitting Orangemen to form part of the jury in this case. In ordinary cases the fact of a man being an Orangeman should not disqualify him asajuror. This is not an ordiaary case, but one in which a Roman Catholic is being tried, not by his peers, but by Orangemen. It was apparent, when the wituesses were Urangemen, that the strong binding oath which t&ey had taken in secret, and for life, was more reapect- ed than the truthful statements of facts which go to exonerate @ Roman Catholic. If your verdict be against my client, in all probability this case will come up again in June; then the question will be argued whether Jrangemen shall be permitted to try the case; or if we cannot obtain the justice which we seek we shall go to a higher Court, the Su- preme Court of Canada, and if we fail there, we may go higher still, aad see whether Her Majesty will concur im a con viction of a man because that man holds a certain ereed. Her Majesty does not discriminate between class or creed. Chroughout the wide domain of the British Empire upoa which it is said the sun never sets, or in which the beat of her regimental drums never cease, justice, even-handed jus- tice, is supposed to be dealt out to every man, be he Roman Catholic or the strictest Protest- aat. The Legislature of this Island does not permit any preference to be showa in favor of + religious society, _— some one was weak enough to introduce an Urange Bill into the Hoase, yet it met with the disapproval of Her Majesty, an a lesson has been taught our iegislatora which they willremember. in 1330 the Acts declaring a Roman Catholic inelegible 1 incapable of holding. ottice were repealed, and now all are on an equal footing. When these Acts were repealed every disability was removed. I cannot help feeling indignant waen th: learned Attorney (reneral exciuded every Catholic from that jury box by perempt- urily ordering them to ‘‘stand aside.” Why, gentlemen, what have Catholics done? ‘sit because they worship God, ac coding to tieir own conscientious con- vietions, and which are not in accord with Ur- angism, thut they have been proscribed in this Court by the Attoruey General, and are not considered competent to deal with this case on its merits? Now, gentlemen, how do we stand? Itis said that a riot occurred. Call it a riot or what you like, one thing is certam, —the Roman Catholics of this place were ag- gravated by a banner being tlaunted in their faces which was intended to recali the memory of cruel oppression and bitter wrongs which was their torefathers’ portion in years gone by. Protestants know uothing of the agyravating nature of hav.ng a flag waved over their heads in detiance, or as a rem.nder of a victory over them in bye-gone days. ‘The Attorney Gen- eral, in hia former address, loudly called upou Urange boys never to allow any one to inter- fere with the flag that floated over them. He rang the charges upon this most vociferously. 1 if ne had meant tue old red, white and bine Union Ja:k, then his advice would be worthy the attentien of all British subjects. It men iusulted that flag they deserved to be pun- ished. If they brought disgrace upon it, | would be the last man to detend anyone for such an act. But the oki flag that has “braved the battle and the breeze tor over a thousand years” never stirs up turmoil and | dissension among Englishmen, Irishmen or Scotchimen. it was hever intended that the escut.he om of any secret religious society should disgrace its folds. As if there is not aiready envugh animosity within the breasts of his particular trieunds that have figured in Court, the Attorney General calls upon them to ‘“‘remember the deeds of their forefathers,” and to take for their motto, “Never surren- a great leader among the Urangemen, aud a witness for the prosecution. He states that ‘shots were fired and stones were thrown’ and taat “the shots were fired first.” Taey had no right to draw revolvers unless pursued and deeds of violence were likely to be perpe- trated upon them. It has been stated that the man McKenzie was attacked by Geraid Sweeney. If he was attacked by Sweeney or iaterfered with, he could procure his arrest. Nothing justified the drawing of unlawful weapons. ‘Thomas Lourie heard shots from the windows that were fired before the stones were thrown. Richard Keating gives similar evidence. Policeman Campbell saw shots fired irom the platform in front of the Lodge-room, and thea the stones fullowed. Now, I shall tuke the statements of defendant's witnesses. he first is William Brenan, an exceedingly nonorable and upright young maa, with trata stamped upon his countenance. And | hope you will not take the advice of the Crown oiti cers and strike off uis evidence because he is a Catholic, and allow tae evidence of the great Sergeant Allen and his firat heutenant Camp- bell, or second lieutenant John Scott, to weigh with you against him, The Attorney General. with all the money of the Government and a strong combination of Urangemen at his back, was unavle to cail a singie wituess to break down the evidence of William Brenan. He ueld all the terrors of a dozen witnesses over hin to prove that his testimony was uatruta- ful. Wailham Brenan stamped the evide ce of John Scott as false. Who is John Scott? A reprobate, who comes here with a damnable vath in his mouth, to swear conviction upon an inuocent man, He seems to be at the uead uf this prosecution. 1 will show you. gentle- men, by respectable wit.esses, that his evidence is unreliaune. Mr. Mcwougali, an informing schemer, comes here to sustaum Mr. Scott. And this Mr. Scott is tae bosom friend ot! McUannell, tae man who tired the firsts shot. fnen, geatiemen, notwitastanding the efforts to revut the eviuence of William brenan, it stands unshaken. He states that he made no threats, and aiso that shots were tired befure the stones were thrown. And who can blaine tue men for throwing stonea? Must they stay and be shot down like dogs? Are they such arraut cowards? ‘hey tought because tuey were attacked in a base and cowardly mauuer, and because they crigd out to haul down tnat yellow tlag under wélich the base cowards, hid- any themselves behind brick walis, fired upon tuem, we are told tuey are disluyal Cathuiics disioyal! ‘‘hen 1 have not read bistery ar pnt. Upon the battletield they Lave shuwa eyuai bravery with Protestants. At ‘lalavera anu Waterloo the tartan of the Higiiauders, the scarlet of the Anglo-Saxon and the green ot the irish Catholic waved side by siue. ‘Lhe vlood of these guliant suldiers stained the same heather and their bodies rested in the same grave. They fought side by side for tue honor ut Britain, and im death they were not divided. ‘heir names appear upon the page of history side by sue, and we cuerish their memories, bevause of their deeds o1 vaior. 1 cannot contain my _ indig- nation when I see such an attempt as has been made to impeach the evidence of our witnesses, because they are Roman Catholicas and of the same religion as the traverser at tne bar. ‘ihe next witness is John Urillin, a man of stainless character,—1 have yet to hear of one blot upon his reputation. He states that he saw yvonn Scott tire a pistol trom the window. But the Council tor the Crown brings Daniel Stewart to rebut this evidence, and ue, wita the Attor ney General says, *‘ our Jolmny did not tire.” ‘Ye have have his own word tor it, and he is an Uraungeman. He did fire, gent.emen, and others red, too; and because they did so, 1 do not hesitate, here, before the Court, Letore you, to brand them as a pack of cowards. Was there one single man im that crowd, except Urangemen with a pistol, But the prosecu- tion in taeir desperation, insuwuate wuat they dare nut state ; and they made the atfempt most venemously. There was, they say,a great booming of guas or cannon from Quirks yard. {s there a maa believes it’ Smith is the next witness. ‘The Attorney Geveral madean attempt to exclude his evidence, And what 1n Heaven's der.” Supposing that his advice is considered worthy of notice, then the Orangemen must, contiuaously taant the Catholics with the re. | membraace of defeat, oppression and wrong, with the recollection that they have been tram- pled upon, and bowed to the duat, as the conquered are but seldom oppressed, | ‘Uh, gentlemen, treat the sophistry of, he learned Attorney Generaleand bis in. | flammatory utterances aa to the iuterferance wita the Urange banner, as they deserve. | There is one argument which has just occurred to me, and I will state it just here. it is this: Suppose the Romsn Catuolica rose in a body, formed a procession, aud carried a flag with the image of Luther in eitigy, and the Protestants created a quarrel about it, and if the rioters were arraigned, the Atturney Gener- al, to be cousiscemt with his practice in this case. Wouid have none ut Cataviics upon tire j-ry,an would st ruly order ewch Prosestant, as ne came to the bovk to be sworn, to ‘* stand aside.” Would that be fair pluy? Would it not be a burlesque upon justice? ‘The traverser at the bar, we must conclude swer to Mr. Henry Coombs, is crowded out: from the evidence, went to the scene of the ay towmcrrow. The lotta ot si bance with no iptention to do vil, vant ew pokes Ge wharh 7 . a . a “ - , ? name do you tiink was the reasun? Because he came irom Antigonish! I thought he was more liberai-minded than that, put [ am bound to say { am not surprised, for it is in keeping with the whole proceedings in this case. He proves that disturbance between McKenzie and Sweeney ceased, and then a cowardly set of feliows fired pistol shots. ! These men he saw fired into the crowd. Not only do we find that men were flying a flag in- sulting to Roman Catholica, but they must stand and be fired at by the same men. Our | arms are to be used pendiary Magistrate or the policemen will find it impossible to maintain law and order if fire- in the manner which we have proved was done on the 12th of July last in this city. Now then, gentlenen, I come to the testimony of Mr. Henry Hughes, and i place his words above the whole batch of Orangemen who have appeared before you. He isa young man well known in this community, and much respected for his integrity. e states that pistol shots were fired be‘ore an attack was made upon the building in which the Orange Lodge was held. This evidence must prove to you conclusively that provoca- tion was given by the Urangemen. We will give the conclusion of Mr. Palmer’s address in to-morrow’s issue. ——— Corres; ondenee. pay We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions or statements of Corres~ pondents, To the Editor of the Examiner : Str,—I observe that the young man who does the police reporting for the Patriot” talks of the ‘great uawashed” in attendance at the Court. This youth only lately got washed himself, aud crept into new clothes, and he should speak with greater tenderness of a “gociety” of which he was so long a pro- minent member. SOAP. cies iitiaeiaipaiinnsiiea Information Wanted. To the Editor of the Examiner : Sir, —I was left a ‘‘ Poll-tax” bill, purport- ing to be from the City Collector, demanding a dollar. Iam ‘“‘iron-grey” in the business of teaching, and never before was | taxed to make up my own littlesalary. I returned the neat little bill, stating that I never did pay a school tax, nor intended todo so, until I saw a cause why.” Under all former School Laws and every other law, the clergy and teachers were exempt. I have yet to learn that the teachers of the Charlottetown School District have to be taxed to make up their own salary. If such a law exists, itis a very childish one. I have sometimes heard one child say to another “Give me a dollar and I'll give you one.” This is reciprecity in itsmildest torm. That is,if the teacher puts his money into the Treasury, it will be given back to him in payment for his services. Now that’s kind. The X1X section of the School Act says, in speaking of the Poll. tax, ‘‘ Every male person (except he bea clergyman, &c.) shall pay @ sum of one dollar poll-tax, &c.’ In this section the teachers are not included. In fact,they are ignored through- out the whole of the provisions made for the Poll-tax. The information I want from you, Mr. Editor, is, ought I to give the City Collec- tor a dollar to make up my own salary, when [ can find no law enjoining upon me todo so? An answer from you or any other more learned in the law, will greatly gratfiy a — EACHER. February 14, 1878. ON SALE. Oi 30 Casks best American Oil, at 36 + cents. 200 bbls. Castor Oil and Sweet Oil. HENRY COOMBS. Fish 40 Quintals good Codfish, 500 t boxes fresh Smoked Herring, La- brador Herring. Good and cheap. HENRY COOMBS. Frui 90 Boxes Kaisins, at from 9 to ' 12 cts. per tbh; 700 ths Dates, 7 cts. per tb; Oranges, Peanuts, Cocoanuts, Figs ; 500 tbs. Dried Apples, Cranberries, Canned Peaches, Plums and Cherries. HENRY COOMBS. Good American Beans and Split Peas. HENRY COOMBS. Beals, ; 9 G Bartlett’s best. 15 B [nelng, Guess | Pilbbtoae’s Washing Crystal, at low prices; 3 Casks Soda, Whitening. HENRY COOMBS. A ; 10 ths. Citric Acid, Senna, Salts, Cla, ae eee ENRY COOMBS. 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If you give a verdict against the | traverser you legilize the use of tireerms. | Thomas Murphy states that Martin Carroll did not arrive till the Stipend:ary Magistrate appeared on the grounds. Then we have tie testimony of James Landrizan, who states that McLean fired from the wi.dow. No worder that a ladder was procured to climb up and disarm the cowardly assailants. I would have | Were they to d } sd wa bm Fah reali ogee | Ch'town, Feb. 12,1878.—3taw ne ar till mar. 10 FOR SALE, CHOONER ‘*PHENIX,” 42 tons, 4 years old, now lying between Steam Naviga ti Co's Wharf and Peake’s No. 3 Wharf in Char. lottetown. For particulars and terms apply te A. A. McLzan, Esq., Attorney-at-Law, Char lottetown, or to the Subscriber. | MALCOLM NICHOLSON, Eldon, Lot 57, - New Advertisements. Citizens’ Skating Rink CARNIVAL | The Carnival for 1873 will take place, (ice permitting), Thursday Evening, Feb, 28th, It is the intention of the Directors to use every effort to make this CARNIVAL 4UPERIOR to any of the previous ones. Feb. 13, 1878—pro & j li. semwkly pat 2i cena tg ODL OIE aumemanmags MERCHANTS Marine Insurance (Coy | OF P. E. ISLAND. NOTICE. ( we Annnal General Meeting of the Share- holders of the above Company will be held in the Young Men’s Christian Association . ‘Hall, Charlottetown, on Wednesday, the 13th March, AT THREB O'CLOCK, for the election of Directors for the ensuing year and the transaction of other business. FENTON T. NEWBERY, Feb. 9, 1878—pat taw till meeting GRAND GONCERT ON THE 14th Hebruary, Under the Patronage of his Lord- ship the Bishopof Charlottetown. IN AID OF THE POOR. THE MEMBERS OF St. Patrick's T, A. Society respectfully announce to the public that a GRAIN ID CONCERT! Voeal & Instrumental Music WILL BE GIVEN IN ST. PATRICK’S HALL, On Thursday &v'g, Feb. 14, At which some of the best talent of the City will assist. From the success which has at. tended former Concerts of this Society, the public may rely upon the Com- mittee of Management leaving no- — undone, on their part, to make the forthcoming Con- cert worthy of their patronage. Tickets of admission, 25 cents; reserved seats, 40 cents. Doors open at 7 o'clock; Concert to commence at 8 o'clock. THOMAS FLYNN, Sec’y to Com. February 12 1878—2i ee TENDERS. Mayor’s Orricr, Charlottetown, Feb. 8th, 1878. ENDERS for PRINTING & BINDING 300 Copies of ‘‘ The City Bye-Laws” will be received at the Mayor's Uttice until noon of FRIDAY, 15th inst. Samples of paper, typa, and binding can be seen at this Office. WN. B. MORRISON, City Clerk. Feb. 8—5i Clothes Cleaning Depot, (Abore Mr. D. Farquharson’s Store), CORNER oF Queew & DokcHESTER SETETS.2 Renovating and Repairing Clothes. \ R. PATTERSON guarantees that ne matter how badly faded or stained gar- ents may be, he will restore them to orizinal color. Feb. 9— JOHN PATTERSON. NORTH STAR COFFEE AND LUNCH ROOMS OYSTER SALOON. MRS. E. COOMBS, SUCCESSOR TO J. CARROT, \ A EALS served at all hours of the day ead 4 evening, at reduced rates. OXSTERS sent to all parts of the City a the very low price of 30 CENTS PER QUART! Also for sale by the Barrel, Bushe), or Pes’ to suit purchaser, Ch’town, Jan. i4, 1878—2 aw >UXY THE DAIL cn B Y EXAMINER,