~_—< rn ty eae eS Se RE Ra aw: heer vee. » er eelite Jd % Snr s CORRESPONDENCE. ON A AOL NA ele el al RR | tunt Yes, those thirgs are enough to wake a inaa es}! out in bis dreame for railroads improve+ ments and soeiety so if there will be more taxes Ty Tae Eorpor oF THE Ed aMINER te pay, there will bea hundred more waye and the means of paying them, if we have Railroade and deal of tutk Deas Sinj~—i see by the late Nos, of Kx swiver, that there has been a go Tlouwse of parts of tt improvements, ow lately inthe \aeeinb J. M. Jounsron. + Isinntl, iw refereuce! Qywberland Hilly Dundas, April 11, 1871. ¥, ae Well as ah differen: tw « Ratlroud, Some drones crying onf egainet i memenitiials _~- -<-- + Se we wt “ sul people ne oar . ae seule MOT | ple Wee some vert Por rHk ENAMINER, awe tele wat way H net tl threshin . c pg AI, 2M ; “| And it came to pase thata certain young man wuchines in Seotlund. But it appeirs that there ' named James, whe liveth on a height not far off! cen tumber of the Members, w¢ wellasa« yrea!| from a land called Bideford, bordering on the river | duet of our talented contributer “ Sprigging, 7 like a feu de joie in response to several of many senwible people on thie laland, ia fuvoar of & | sida, convenient to mussel mad and oystere, a and no doubt after enjoying (Friday) the | the toasts. The Banquet was highly credit ‘taste of @ Newfoundland harp (fish) gave) ab) to the Clifton House, and the attention | vet far from the neighborhocd of Sgutrrel Creek. Kailroud tbr ih PF. leland, with branch linee. Ae i bave ecen nothing in the papers that hus} This young man dames, who a o fait oa ak ie = thie mest of the feleed. tel Humbug is great anong-t the people; no skiven | Fe ee wth hte atrong drink, and high among the Chief Priests | reference tothe projected railroad, sour hamble|;, gn ‘Temple, and lectures on War and rumours | servant bewe leave to drop vou a few lines on the} of War of by-gone days, with a book ora copy of} e journal is! Dick's worke;——ia the bone and sinew, the head | eaiject, ws | understand your valnal : W andertakit shat ure for the guod of | 80d frunt, the foundation and sides, the interiot | ‘ uert ities, s utet Pgood «ul | eT ee ee ; land exterior, the whole, everything, ef the learn- this our adopted country. led and great, His charity knows no bounds, the Phe Hon. B. Davies, it appears, is avainst a Rail l earth itself being too narrow for his broad viewe. | Time enongh he swya, to talk oF a Railrowd,! ay enemy of this kind or clase is asually ap un- | when the lunde are all free, When will that be 7! pleasant specimen of the rabid anima’, all bark | when I wee a mere boy,| and ne bite. Now it ie well known in the land of | | James the learned that he poesesees a large am-| j ount of cunning, Whieh, whew joined to a shrewd | | intelligence makes hin: if not formidable at least | not let the| dangerous, He is like untoa sunken reef and | shoal, his existence and location may always be | determined by the disturbed state of the waters that flow over him. Brfore thia, it passed, that a certain man named William was ecribe unto | “not a dozen persons present ’’—so saith James ring im the! ata Detating Society in che land of Port Hill Wr. Ever thirty years ago, ) newly arrived on thie Island, the lute Captain t'eoper, ef Sailor’s Hope, Lot 56, wae very busy sbvat ehe escheat question. He wou) North ecme of the power people believe thi Side farmers pay their rents. Ile made their lands i woald be escheated ina short! d that they | me, would soon be all freehciders Poor Cuptain | Cooper tas been some time could silent tomb, and no escheat yet. ethe lands} wealth of its inhabitants, than is the adopted land | do Uf we} ?f James the learned. It now appears that the} words of Willlaim the seribe, when published wuds wre al’) beth in the columns of a newspaper Were not | Some lion. Members say, let na he wil free first, and then talk of a Railr bave te wait for a Railroad antil the free, the present generation will hav: Hon. J.C. Pope de eredit for his perseverence and true s the stage of life, vements mm | Of Bideford, 1 will cause a letter fo be written reference to the building a Ruilroad on this lala ae and published in the Journal of Summerside un-} ’ tha ae : “ea iu , . Anda good many hitelfice: ' sey ' (der which I shall proclaim and call myself Anti- x! many futelligent people ere hop . ee “7 *“) Humong! And Hie Highness answering, said | will succeed. It will be the means of handing bit) thou friend of pour taste, why wot call thysell| ctor of the | ** Humbug,” a name wore fittingly assigned fer | s the names (thee. But he heedeth net; and lo and behold you! eited Hou. it appeared in the Journal of Summerside, on the e | twenty-third day oi the third month, in the year o Seheole | of grace 157} ;and these are the words of James h they ad | the prophet’s letter which he sent trow the land of wd, let u*! Bideford, unto the residence of Joseph, the pub- ars hence | lisher at Summerside: ‘“* These who spoke in € this. that « favor of Annexation did uot express their real } ‘¢ Sentiments on the eubject while their oppon | «ents were equally insincere in their advocacy «of Confederation.” It is very questionable eisalarge|“ whether the S-cretary should not have been rbor there) | & more explicit in bis report of the proceedings.” and kiver, Now after a little while it is known that the name of the bantling is *Anti-Huubug,” and the father thereof, is christened James. bame down to poeperity as the bene pleof P FE. leland in the sume way of the Hon. G. Coles andthe late luo EK. Wheian wil! be on aceount of the F wed liberal progressive measures wh woeated. If we are to havea Rail have ituow,and pot one hundred Ali the people to the north und east are in favour of it, are for having Fo iriv,or a8 near Nort) Side and Exst J sible (whieh is very reasonable, as the tract of country withoutany goed H eonnectiag Leads of Rolla Bay and G: with the Georgetown Jine. branch to nt as poe } It would be the means ef opening up new lands ; | Aud agai | i different kinds of Ymber, that ure ut present! James, thou false prophet, how knowest thou the | going to wuste, would be easily got at, and would! thoughts of men, or what I thinkest of thee.— }—a land more revowned for the intelligence and | it came to pass that William the scribe, eaid unto} ment has won the esteem and confidence of become valuable, Some of the swamps would be come the best of land for hay and pasture. Hence there svonl? be more stock ruised; und t would be the menne of keeping our young men on the Is land, instead of going off in scores every spring to the Staten. of which I know a little myself When I was, some yeurs ayo, enguged in shipping large quantities of sbip stock to the Stutes, every vessel that weuld be ready to sil, or nearly so, there woald be three or four, and sometimes s « or sever, smart young men applying for passuves to the States And being up there in 1867, | nappened te meet several of those young men tbat weut there im 1853, I8S4, and 1855, avd they suid that | they would like to come down: to P, E Island to live, the climate being so healthy and it beiny their native land, Butitappears yor have til! the o'd yo there, suid they ; the trade in tbe hande of & few ship building merchauts, and vo Railroads. Why you are one hundred years behind the times on your beautiful Island, Again some drones say, what will there be for ® Railroad to do on this Island after it is built ? It ie 3 well known fact, that the same words were made use of in other parts, when some of their first Railroads were being built, Aud now they have more to do than they can get weil through with. Powna! Bay people appear to ba against a Railrocd, That is a sign it is required for the North Sideand East Point people, to get their produce end fish to market. Pownal Bay far- mers and traders, are afraid thet it will be the weane of their net getting such a good price in! tuwn for produce, if the North Sis and Eastern pevpie ewald bave aquick deapatch in getting theire tutuwn, They think it would « ffect the markets, aod lower the prices. But not so. Prices would raze; there would be more pure chasers; moze speculators would risit our Ie! land, and there would be more consumers siso, which would keep prices on the rise, instead of wakirg them fall, 8», Pownal Bay geotlemen, don't you fret on that score, 1 hope the Hon.’ J.C. Pope aud hie colleagues will press on, and | wake forward and onward their motto, "Tis a pleasant thing also, when time is an ob- ject with yeu, to go a journey on the lailroad, When you are once vet agving, you fee) that you arz travelling in right earnest. Away goes the steam engine, almost flying along the iron path- way, leaving a long line of smoke eight or ten feet trem the ground; and away go the steam carriages after it, filled with company. Oue tals ef the useful dseovery of steam, another wonders what will be invented pext, a third doubts whether the affairs of men absuluiely require them to hurry on se fast through the world. Sti/l oo you go, aud before you can believe it, you are at your jour- ney"s end, = When you are iv a burry, the rail cars are B capital mode of conveyance. In the fall of 1654,1 was delayed ia Bath, Maine, waiting fur three vessele I had joaded for that place, which had sailed previously to my waving home, but bad not arrived. | took a trip te Boston iv the Rail Cars, to see if I could hear avything of the vessels there. I ivit Bath by the six o’cluck train ip the morning, and stepped eeme time on our way at Harding's Cross. Breuswick, Portland, Newoduryport, Salew, Vortemeuth, Lywn, and several vtzer places 1 do not now remember of, and we were i: Boston at noon, though the distanee wus it!) milee, Buch is Kvilway travelling, It saves time and money. lf we have Ras‘reads there wil) ve more saovey ia cireuiation, and be better able to meet these taxes that there is such a hue und cry about at present, by some certain parties. 1 new, after my poor fashion, endeavour ‘o show that, whether we build our houses in (own or country, Gr piteh our tent in the wilderness, the taxes musi be psid, While wo are this side the grave we must pat up with trouble. In by-yom-days | knew one whe was lever in his sphere in life—tbere are men of this stamp in almost all ranks, it seems rather to come te them than they to sek afler it — and Corunna was oneef thiekiné, Most men bave thei weak pointe.and | myself hare many,avd Corun- te bed bis share of them. Aimoog them was a witong jortterate autipathy to taxer, You can fancy to yourself a cat soft ae velvet sitting und purring on your koee, suddenly putting owt her tallons and settiag up ber back—every vair on eod—at the sit ofa strange deg. 8» you will be able te imugive to yourself the sudden onger ot Corunna at the sight uf atax gatherer, Se | imagime I sessome more Cucunuas at present, they doy’t like to bear of railrvads, for lear of Tone day met Corunna. He was in hich glee, telling me he had at last get rid of the Pb listines the tax gatherers-—he bad agreed with bis land Joed bo yay an advance of rentag eonditiva that the latter paid ali the taxes, taking out my pene! Thoughts of peace, truth and good will, and not The Railroxd Bill pusred wish great eclat throuzh the Lords, scattering im its suceessful route the Hawthorne flowers, spilling the Beer, scaring the Muirtowl, and rolling the Boulderstone off the track. The resistance offered was parallel to the Thistle's beard op- posed to the Tempest’s breath, The Gods of } the Gallery and lrords of the Lobby cheered | the Iron Steed, and they say he neizh’d, SpRIGCINs. ——<>o——— Ove ArYrast—(there are no devils in the Examixer office)—whilet “setting up’ the j ventilation to the following in @ moment of poetic inspiration. Why talk to me of Erin’s Harp, Or Harp of Erin Grand; There never was a barp that harped Like Harp of Newfoundland, Why talk to me of Newfoundiand. Ur of the ** swoils’’ that grow there; Tne +‘ Mas” had never aught so grand, Nov will they—till they go there. —_———-s- Dinoas, April 14, 1871, a + ee Mr. Bowers, Dear Sir j;~— This morning the body of Dugald McDon- ald, one of the crew of the anfortanate * Kme- jline,”’ was found onthe strand near Little Harbor - one side of his face was alittle dis figured. A. Currie, Teacher, Dundas. P. 8. No doubt the poor felhow was lost puseed off | pleasing to James the learned, who said unto His! pear the Island ; and it is now almost certain, | erves great | Llighnese Thouras, the first King of the Realms! that pis Comrades met a similar fate. A. C. Ghe Graminer, Pe eeeaaneeaaee Yours, — AFTER THE BATTLE. Tue Railway Lattle has been fought and won let us look at the political gains and losses. over for atime, and we do not feel disposed to take from them one particle of the honor the majority of his followers, und they cheerfully give him the largest meed of 4 ¢ McDonald and J. O. Arsenault exposure among your bretbern, net the opposite | praise for the victory they have gained. He) ought to be your theughts, and the path on} which thou ehouldst waik. Heer you, therefore James, the words of William the seribe, whom ]| Wbo can admire a mn who is willing to have not explicitly reported in the Journal. | Thou knowest well J did not like to report of thee truthfully, or else I should have told te the wurld you were the proposer and to be the opener of the question. * Which is the stronger passion, love or hatred.” Henge the condescentinn of the members (yourself among the rest) to discuss the eliidish question Verly I say unto you, how true are the words of holy Writ “ the tree is known by ite fruit.” Now it is very well known that there is a very considerable amount of im-! pertinence and presumption in the* riag™ of fault-finders at Bidetord. Who or what they are, to foist themselves oa society and attemyt te guide it, or lead it; kvuown in the laud is which they move, and have their existence. It is now found that they are every day more offen- sively intrusive. True they have the ability of keeping themselves prowinently before the loud- mouthed, gaping erewd in which they move. hey appear to the world as good living and vir- tuous creatures, but it ia only in appearance, The flimsy shoddy is beneath the surface, and a shab- by shoddy it is at the best. Your's, &c., Legacy Lane, boaz lith April, 1871, [We do not know what our humorous friend “ Boaz”’ is driving at, but we sus pect that Port Hill, glorying in its literary fame, can bide no Bideford near the throne We hope, during the summer, to have the pleasure of hearing the thunders of the Port Hill Debating Society in full blast and bythat time we trust they will have come to the conclusion that all the papers published on the Island are a benefit, and that the EXAMINER especially is descrviag of their patronage.—Ed.] To rug Epiror oy tng Examiner. Dear Sir, Allow me the pleasure of thanking you for your capital article headed ** Muuntaius out of Molehills,’’ that appeared in your last issue, The kindly and generous spirit of hearty good will therein breathed toward ‘*the Constitu tional Confederacy of the Dominion of Canaaa,”’ and the well-merited hit, so straightly aimed and sent home at “ Aer enemies and our toes, who would seek our subjugation in British North America by Annexation,” are couched. in my humble opinion, in particularly cogent and graceful terme, Most truly, as you put it, ** the suecess of the Dominion as it exists under the powerful and parental ggis of Great Britain, is linked with the material and po- litical interest of all loyal men.” Permit me, as a personal friend of Mr. M. B. Daly, to sincerely endorse your hope of that gentieman’s success in his electionerring covtest for the County of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mr, Daly, while resident in this Colony — holding the office of Private Secretury to his late lamented and honored father, our then Lieutenant Gover- nor— was most deservedly respected for his uni- form integrity, bis talents, and the spotiessness of his private character; and J congratulate the loya) and traly liberal electors of HalifaxCoun- ty on their choice of candidates at their forth- coming political straggle, and hope to see them, oue and all — Messrs. Hill Daly, and Gedde+,—retuined to guard and foster the local interests of their common country, which have been so shamelessly thwarted and mis- led by the insolent, mor:bund apology of a government that yet, unfortunately, hold the reins of executive power in the noble Province of Nova Scotis. That “very dirty* Peter McNab picce of business, would have tended, if anything further could have, to disgrace the disloyal Anuand- Wiikins obstructive faction, which it ia most deyoutly to be hoped, way find stseli in tha ‘4cool shades” after the ap proaching geweral election, Thanking you again for your opportune and able articles in the last Examiner, which bear indeed the un- mistakable stan.p and ring of the true metal, I remain, Dear Sir, Yours obhged, and traly Lipgway, Charlottetown Royalty, April 2ist, 1871. : (Written for the Examiner, ) KICKSHAWS. Soxniz. Pa! What is Frenek indegsmnity ? Pa. Britiso go'd, Sonnie. Sonniz. Can’t I get some, Pa? Pa. Yes, Sonnie, when Grandma diea, Sonxig. Aint she goivg too soon, Pa? Pa, Mind your Jesson, What description of looking glass is apeci- ally adapted to a certain species of the lower animals? Newson’s Cheval Looking Glass. Lesa. Spiff! do-you know suck? Setvr. Know Sack! I should think so Dem fine fellow! Beer and cigars always ready, Jolly fellow; very convenient; drop in, you kuow—always at howe. Lesa. Where prey is, there are the B agies, Where the earrion—the Eagles, and comyaring tie advanes reut with the omount of taxes, I found that Corunna was payin, rather | swore thao ie had paid befure. So there are very | Maxsow. _ Aud Harp of Brin grand ; DUET, You sing to me ot Tara‘s balls, msny on PB. F, leland at present paying bigh| Bit give to me the Harps on walls, tative in ehaye of lost time, and al! vile: disad- wveatages that tary are laboring under fay want of, Railroads, Is it not a tax to dwell in th: Gopi al avittude in the Lack woods, in the new settle: sueuts, where the heart yrarns in vain for swewty | and frends “hese the sulyath bel is pever heard. And is it wots teatying fo bend over the eoucl of River St. Lawrence sutirely brukea up. | of the leading business and professional fe-t 6 inch gauge “ withoutenquiry "2? Is well, and twice a week to Mount Stewart Mh gees, when pooipjance end ey wypathy ore dis- Io stores of Newfoondlgnd. Sovt. O, Tara's Harp is Music's soul _ Lo hearts of Erin's soil; Your sordid Harps of Newfoundland, Are Harps in train for oil. _ Remowr.—Great destruction, very exten- sive, apd for the present irreparable. The QO! I. £.—St, Lawrengs, i sacrifice his position for the sake of princi- ple. There were cowards and skulkers in the camp but his iron will, and dauntless nerve, with the assistance of some faithful | followers overeame all obstacles. He went) in uncertain of success, he came outa hero; and has given his party the glory triumph. But the coalition has not come | out unscathed. There are some dead (poli- | tieally of course) and some badly wounded. How can Ilon. Mr. Dunean, for instance, face his constituents, or where will Mr. Cameron be next General Election! Some strange evolutions, of course, may take place in the political wheel of fortune, which may bring them again to the foreground, but in the natural course cf events they will be found, in all probability, amongst the missing. The Opposition has gained very | materially. They have the sympathies of many more people than at the beginning of the Session. They madea fair shew of talent, considering the side they tock, and the limited time they had to study up the of a} question. of the question so far as submitting it to the people. Many railway men agreed with them, but believing firmly in the adyanta- ges of Railroads and the good they will confer upon the country, they feared de'ay would be dangerous, and owing to ignor- ance, prejudice and misrepresentation, would prevent us having a Railroad for years tocome. Some warm supporters of the Government went over on th: opposi- tion side, not because they are anti-railway men, but because they could net support the Government, in the view of taking up the matter so speedily, Whilst the course which Messrs. Beer, Yeo, and Dr. Robert- son will take in future, is a matter of con- siderable conjecture, yet after t:king such a decided stand against the Government, how ean they do otherwise than take their places up on the side of the Opposition! But then they may not, as an opposition with. out a platform holds out scarcely any inducement for politicians who desire suc- cess and who are willing tc battle for prin- ciples,to join them. The coalition, although weakened, may therefore hold out for the ensuing three years, if not longer. Their destiny is now pretty much in their own bands. The country will look upon the management of the Railway with watchful- ness, if not suspicion. The Government being the builders of t'e Road—and pot a company—the people have a mght to see and know how every cent is expended. We trust, therefore, that the Chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners wi } be a man who will have ability, energy and the confidence ofthe people On being ap- pointed, and on going before his constitu- ents—should he be rejected by them—he should forfeit his Conmissioneiship. Na one should be permitted to hold so impor- tant an office unless returned dy the people. If the Railroad is built strongly, well and economically, and if it should prove a suc- cess the people will not only feel satisfied but grateful. It is, therefore, the interest of the Government as well as their duty, if they desire a long tenure of power, to give this most weighty undertaking, the whole benefit of their wisdom and experience; and to place their very best men in charge of the Railroad during its construction. RAILWAY BANQUET AT SUMMER- SIDE, On Tuesday Evening last the people of Summerside gave the Western Members, the Leader of the Government and several] guests a welcome teception.and prepared a Banguet for them, which was gotten up in first class style. The stormy state of the weather preventea any outside demonstra- tion; but the people generally seem to re- joice over the fair prospects whieh they ex- pect to realize from a Railroad toSummer- side. We met sew-ral, however, who are bitterly opposed to the action of the Gov. ernment ip passing such an extensive piea- sure without first submitting at for the approval of the people at the polis. But though expressing themselves in this man- Yours’ truly, ! The crisis for the Go. ernment is| ; : : | toast brought out Hon. J, C. Pope, |they deserve. The Leader of the Gov ern-! GW. How! | Bell, Hon, W. G. Strong. Hon. E. down to the Banquet in the Ciifion Mouse, | little? We have been credil ly informed No oxpense seamed to be spared in having the legislators—eeveral of them, at least everything in splendid stylo. The Tables made very careful enquiries, and, not until ‘were plentifally supplied with meats and after consulting the best authorities, did they fowl of every description prepared with all decide that the 3 feet 6 inch gauge was the the skill of the art Cuisine, The Deserd was} moat sub tantial, the most economical, and the | made up of such fruit and delloacies of] one best adapted to the requirements of Pringe | the season, as could be had for “love and| Edward Island, money,’ and the champage flowed without cS re stint, " Suieiien il the sparkling cham-| THE PROROGATION OF THE LEGIS- . LATURE, | pagne during parts ofthe evening sounded ——— ee oe Apovut six o clock on Monday Evening last the legislative Session was brought to a close by His Honor the Lieut. Govern or. The city Volunteer Companies, under and good nature of Mr. Chandler and his command of Major Hensley formed a guard staff of waiters were highly commendable. | Thomas Kelly, Esq., acted as chairman, | of Honor to receive the Governor and on his lana was assisted by R. Hunt, Esq.. as vice-| entering and leaving the Colonial Building, ebairman. Mr. Kelly and Mr. lfunt presi-| the Artillery Company under command of ded with marked ability, prefacing several | Captain Lord fired asalute from the Battery ‘ef the toasts with very happy and appro-| and the Volunteer Band performed the | priate remarks. ‘The fullowing is the list) National Anthem. | of Standing Toasts, which were responded| The Council Chamber and the galleries /to with “ all the honors.” | were crowded, and on assent being given | 1 The Queen. ‘to the Railway Bil they signified their 9 The Prince and Princess of Wales. pleasure by a burst of applause. The Ses- | § ‘The President of the United States. | sion is one which will eTect. for good we The Governor General of the Dom-| hope, the Island for al! coming time. It alien. | was remarkable, notonly for passing the 5 The Lieut. Governor of P. E. Istand. | Railwey Bill, but, for passing without any ‘opposition the Decimal Currency and the Tenants Compensation Bill. The two last ‘The Premier and lis supporters. 7 The Army and Navy. : | 8 ‘The Clergy ofal! denominations. | measures will be of very great benefit, the 9 The ai and Bar latter to the tenants whose leases are about 10 Mrs Robinson and the fair daughters expiring, and the former to the community 'generally. The following are the names f of the Bills to which the Lieut. Governor S isposed of, several | : : : ‘ After those had been disposed of, | yave his assent and the Speech with which aniong he closed the Legisluture :— | SPEECH: Mr. President and Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council ; Speaker and Gentlemen of the Ilouse of Assembly ; of Prince Edward Island. volunteer toasts were proposed, which were “Our Island Home;” “ The | People;” “The Banks of P. E. Island; “The Merchants; * King s County and its) Representatives;'’ *-The Telegraph Com-| Mr. pany; and the Banquet Committee,—T. Kelly, R. Hunt. J McKiernan, J. Bertram,! I am happy to relieve you from further at- and Ohastes Green Esquires. | tevdance in Parliament at a period somewhat . earsier than usaal, aud to express my satisfac- It would require several columns to do) ):9,, <4 the large amount of impartant business, | justice to the many eloquent speeches that! both public and private which has been trans | were given during the evening. ‘The sixth acted daring the Session. basset W | ‘The first meeting ofa new Parliament 1s ates ways critically watched by the constituents, in. Hon. S, F. Perry, Hoa. 1 | and it affords me great pleasure to think that |Eachern Hon. W Richards D. Cameron, | 4¢¢ for the 2 al and intelligence with which Mac-! on returning to your homes you will be rewar- | that! THE JOYNT UIGH COMMISSION, From cur exchanges received Saturday “night wo gather the fo lowing in regard to the doings of the High Commission, We see it stated that Canada gives the Americans the right to fish upon the shores for a cer- tain equivalent in money. We hope the rights of the Island have not been tampered with or at least, that we will get our fur share in any arrangement that may be made regarding fishing within the three mile limits of our shores. (From Seottish American Journal, April 3.) the senate will be called by the President to consider the report of the Joint High Commission. It is said that the Commis- sion has about concluded its deliberations Having arranged the basis of settlement of the Fisheries and Alabama Questions and being now engaged in the discussion of the only remaining subject of controversy namely, the North-West Boundary. (Later from Montreal Gazette, ) Washington, April 15.—It is understood ‘that the Joint High Commission have con- | eluded a convention containing the basis of la settlement of the Alabama Claims. It | would seem that the question for adjustment pending between the United States and | Great Britain are to be considered separate- |ly and the place proposed for their settle- /ment is to be embodied in a distinct con- | vention and treaties which, of course are subject on one sids to the ritification of the |Senate. It is said that the convention for the settlement of the Alabawa Claims has been signed by ali the Commissioners. -ANTI-RAILROAD FEELING IN THE SOUTHERN PAR? GF THE COUN- TRY, (From gur own Correspondent.) Grorcrtowx, April 20, 1871. Dear Examiner :—According to your in- structions J send you such particulars of the opi.ions of the people on the Railroad Qu e tion as they really are,—nothing exvenuatiny nor setting down aught in malice. The pec- ple along Pownal, Belfast, Murray Harbor, jand Little Sands are very hostile te the Raii |road. They do not take the papers generally | Many of them speak only Gaelic; yet they are very kind and hospitable. In my last I gave you @ deseription of the The town has settled |doings in Georgetown. It is expected that an extra session of certainly deserves the admiration of those | They moreover, had the bes*} Esquires. John Longworth responded to | the “ Army and Navy.” EK. J. Hodgson, | Esqr., made an admirable address in reply | to the ** Bench and Bar.” R. Shaw, and Finlay MeNeill, Esqrs, responded to the aa | the ‘* Merchants.”’ J. Bertram, Esq , made) | a spirited speech in defense of the Parss ) which had advocated the Railway. John Clay, and R. Gordon, Esqrs , replied to the toast of “ Our Island Home.’’ One of the |most interesting speeches of the evening) was that of the Colonial Treasurer, who! was Called upon to address the assembly He gave an account of the rise and progress: first Street. He then showed the advan-| und the man of business, and closed a very graphic address, by pourtraying the natu-| ral resources and future prospects o! P. E.| Island. Th- Banquet was a great success, the; speeches were eloquent and appropriate: | the repartees were lively and numerous, and the singing— especially of Mr. Mun-| cey—was excellent.—The chorusses which gave musical honors to the personal toasts | and the hurrahs! never grew tame, and | the hilarity and bon hemme were kept up) with enthusiasm till the close, when the | meeting separated with cheers for the Raii- road, Summerside, the Premier, the G v-| ernor, the Queen, and everybody who had he’ ped to win the Railway Victory. The company on board the Steamer S¢é. Lawrence enjoyed a right good time in going and coming, for which they are in- debted very much, and feel very thankful to Capt. Evans for his attention and court- esy on the occasion, THE BATTLE OF THE GAUGES. Tue Progress objects to the Railway Bill, because it authorises the gauge of the Rail- | road to be three feet six inches, instead of | two feet nine inches. As our contemporary generally gives reasons for the faith that is| in him, we propose to break a lance with him_ upon this question. He says :— «We see that by elauss three the gauge is fixed. This we think foolish and wasteful, Narrow gauge ra'jways are, as yet an experi- ment. ‘The precise gauge in which safety, cheapness, aod efficiency are combined, is not yet settled by even scientific men. How then could ow: Jegislators decide upon so impor | tant a point, who kuow no more about the matter than the man in the moon? Our readers will remember that the che: pness of the road depends upon the narrowness of the gauge. A commission, composed of eminent English emgince’s. decided that a two feet nine gauge was quite sufficient for a densely populated country such as India is; and the Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, | the other day, after careful and intellizent investigation, decided that a three foot gauge would meet the requiremeats of the traflic of the branch lines of that State, Our Lepisia- ture, without enquiry, and without deigning to give a reason for the choice, Lave decided to adopt the wider and more expensive gauge.” 1, The cheapness of a Road does not de- pend solely upon the width of the gauge, in the Jong ron, asthe Rolling Stock adapted for a 2 feet 9 inch gauge, would not wear as long, and would not carry as much paying weight as wil] @ three feet six inch gauge. More- over, the passenger cars on a 2 feet 9 inch road, can ouly be six feet high, and would therefore not be suitable for large-sized P. EB, Islanders} Phe cars for certain kinds of freight, such as cattle, would be exceedingly dangerous. We think, therefore, that the adoption of the 3 feet 6 inch gauge iv not ** foolish and wasteful,’ but wiil prove wise and economical. 2. The report of the Commission of emi- nent English Engineers in reference to Rail- roads in india, has mot been adopted. Mr. Fairley “se strongly advocating a different gauge, aud the ablest work in Great Britain, “The Engineering,” condemns the report of the Commission, with which our contempor- arg is so well pleased. The Legislature of Massachussets adopted the 3 feet gauge for Branch \ines, says the Progress, Our line is to be a Mam Trunk, through the principle part of the Island. I! the Progress could chow that the Legislature of Massachussetis you have applied yourselves to the discharge of your Legislative Gaties by the approval of those who entrusted their interests to your care, I am not aware that the Session has beep of unu-ual length, and yet some of the meas- ures to which I have just assented will cai se ;down to its usual quiet, and that seems quiet jenough, f assure you; and I have bad plenty tine to exterd my notes. | I metan old gentleman in Belfast, it was ‘ietuing dreadfully, (14th iust.,) he invited ma . -_ 2 int ‘ isofthe Colony, Fair daughters of Prince Kdward Island.” , #¢ i the annais y |J S. Carvell, Esq., replied to the toast of of Summerside, in which he planned the - tages which railroads afforded the trave'ler it to be regarded as one of the most memor me in, and the firet words he asked were,— : - te i oia’ On with the Foremost in importance is the Act authoriz-| Well, ere. —y they wh PF x = ing the construction ofa Roilroad from Alber- Railroad,” yes, I believe they are, Ob! ton to Georgetown, with branch finee to Sour- | theyll ruin the copntcy; its a scheme of the isand Tigoish, Without better means of) 4s to get us into Confederation.”” I said ‘transport and locomotion then as present ex- | i Lesa as ik dcoe Ghibiceend its ists, you could not hope fully to develop the | that I heard in town that they : : resourees of this fertile and hivkly favoured | Representatives to vote for it. This was too Island, and | have given my willing assent to! much for my host who used such strong lan- a measure which promises to be attended with | guage and hc Id cut such threate—if Mr. Da oP : r wide-spread benef t to the whole Coramnnaity. | : : The Act providing for the purchase of she | vies, oF Mr. Danean voted for the Railway—- prorerty known as Falconwood, with a vie®| that I thought he would do something desper- to the establishment of a suitable Lunatie As- ate. There was no use in arguing with him, ylum, meets with my entire approval, The| Cand fee Bi he ishinting’t “tl present Asylum is altogether inadequate to}! “ound 4 might as well be wiping to a mi the requirements of the Colony, and in deci-|stov2, because the truth is, the people along ding ou purchasing and improving the above | pere.; or the most part wre poor, and have al! - y £5 in: ron | sa PEAPRTTES POS. S008 OF ERENT SUENNR, Phe the ship; ‘ing facilnies they want, and they fear have evinced a judgment and liberality which | will not fail to be eppreciated, Mr. Assembly ; I thank you for the liberal provision which you have made for the public service, My Government will see that the Supplies which have been vcted by you are carefully ad- ministered, Mr. President and Honorable Gentlemen of | the Legislative Council; Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly ; It will give me great pleasure t» send on the Address which you effer to Her M: jesty your Congratulations on the recent Marriage of Her Roya! Uighness the Piincess Louise, and to be the medium of conveying tothe porper quarter the expression of t! e feelings of respect ful aud affectionate loyalty which are enter- tained for Her Majesty and the Members of the Royal Family by all classes of Her Majes- ty’s subjects in Prince Edward J:land, I wall lose no time in submitting to the Sec- retary of Siate the Act relating tothe question of compens:tion to ceitiin tenants whose lea ses will Shortly expire, in order that Her Majesty’s pleasure may be signified thereon. Earl Granville, while reserving to himself per- fect freedom of decision with respect to pros- pective legislation, and while dectining to ex- press any general opinion orto give any fresh instructions to the Lieutenant Governor as to the settlement of the difficult question referred to, was pleased to inferm you, in reply to the Joint Address to Her Majesty which was ad- obted during the session of 1870; that the Seeretary of State would be prepared to give his best attention to any measure of a just and equitable nature embracing the principal pro- visions of the Irish Land Act of 1870; and you may rely upon it that Her Majesty’s Gov- ernment desire to meet the wishes of the people of this Colony in the matter, so far as justice to all parties concerned, and the rights of property, will permit. An Act for assimilating the Curreney of Pringe Edward [sland to that of the Dominion of Canada by the introduction of a Decimal systein of keeping the public accounts, will, douptiess be of great convenience and advan- tage. This Act does not distur. the existing value of the coins nowcurrent in the Colony, but simply deelares what their value shall be in relation to the Deeimai System, on which system all publ'c accounts from and after cere tain dates are to be kept. ] am aware that you await with interest and anxiety the result of the Joint High Com- mission now sitting at Washintgton, for the purpose of discussing in friendly spirit certain questions which have arisen between Great Britain and the United States, and of treating for an agreement as to the mode of their am- icable settlement. Of the questions which have been referred to the Commission, that of the Fisheries is the one in which you naturally feel the deepest concern. I need hardly as- sure you that iler Majesty's Government are anxious todo full justice to the Maritime Pro- vinces in any discussion that may tuke place ander this head. In returning to your homes, and to the en- couragemeos snd protection of those who look to you for precept and example, you may in- dulge a well-founded hope that your labours in this place will be productive in many im- portant respecte of substantial advantage to the community, Llook forward to the pleas- ure of making myself personally acquainted, during the approaching summer, with all parts of the Island; and meanwhile { would ask you to convey tu the people my best wishes for their weifare and happiness in the districts which you severally represent, The Summerside Journal called attention, a short time since, to the method of Govern- ment advertising in the Royal Gazette. The folly of advertising in this way, is seen in the last Royal Gazette, issued on Saturday, 22nd, circulated on Monday, 24th, in which are Tenders for an important public service—the leasing of the Hilleborough Ferry—and the Tenders are to be sent into the office of the Colomal Secretary, at 12 o'clock, on Thurs-} denominational schools, and many people fee) | | Speaker and Gentlemen of the Tlouse of their lands will be taxed more than they are. | The roads are feartvSy bad from Belfust to | Little Sands, and it seems to me there are not such bad rouds in North Ameriea. I[ met on® | person on my way that took a favorable view ‘of the Railway wovement, and who hoped it | would succged. His @vinien seemed to be the same a8 is held by the ) 0ung meen generally, ‘whom I met in Georgetown. Suid be,—‘* We | will have a Railroad sometime, shat's eertain and we might as well have it mow, whilst we ean have the good of it, when we are young.” I leave to-morrow for Souris, and will write you from there, EXUHANGING, The Spring vessels are arriving in Halifax. From the Chronicle we learn that :— The cargo of the schooner *‘ Charles,’’ sold at auction yesterday by Mr. Duggan, re alized the following prices: Oats, 5J cents; mess pork, $7.20; prime mess,$7 1.50, We also fiud the following interesting item in the same journal: — Tue Largest CasTING EVER MADE IN Nova Scotia.—On Tuesday last a hammer block was cast at the Acadian [ron Works, belorg- ling to the Iutercolonial Jron and Steel Co., for one of the steam hammers now being er- ected in the Steel Works of that Company, under the Superintendance of Isaac Luman, Esq., Manager of the stvel department, The block, which weighs upwards of ten tons, is a most excellent piece of work, and reflects ered- it on Mr. O Neill, the foreman of the foundry at these works. ‘The time occupied was three hours from commencing blowing to the fin- ishing of thecasting. Nothing could be done with more regularity and clockwork precision than was every detail in connection with this the largest casting ever made ju this province, The St. John Telegraph says. A Moves Civy.—St John is certainty be- coming a model city as far as drunkenness is concerned. Our Police Report for some time | past, except on Monday morning, has not con- | tained morethan two cases. On Wednesday | there was only one, yesterday not a siagle cas2 | wes before the Court either for druunkennes or assault, This speake well for the vigilance | of our Police torce. Ir the last sentence is not intended to be “ slightly sarcastic ’’ it speaks well for St. John. There isa good deal of drunkenness in Charlottetown we regret to say, at which our vigilant policemen seem to look over their shoulders, Tue School Question is being discussed in the Legislatare and press of New Bruns- wick. Says the St. John Globe, There will be separateschools, The Cath- olics form two fifths of our population, ani the views of suck a large minority cantot be disregarded. Perhaps the present House may vote non-sectarian schools; but, it it does, the clamor and agitation that will arise must ev- entually win themthe day. Sectarian schools may be wrong; but, if the Catholics oppose them as a matter of conscience, bow are they tobe convinced? What is done in Ontario, Quebec or Prussia, is it not to the point at all, It thers is direct taxation for school pur- poses let the Catholics have the money raised from them to expend themselves, Let the Government see that it is properly and judi- ciously expended, This must be done, first or last. Anyway, we beleive that denomina- tioval schools are the best schools in which to obtain a sectarian education. Ir would be well for the people of New Brunswick to regard the fact that there will be separate schools, A law similar to the one about to be enacted in that Province has [RAILWAY REJOICINGS IN | TON, | From an obliging correspondent we learn that the Hons. Messrs. Howlan, Perry, Keid and Bell reecived an enthugi. asiie reception from their constituents, on their return home. We have only space | for part of our correspondent's letter. “I had the pleasure of witnessing a grand Railway demonstration at Alberton, last night. ‘The return of their Representa. tives having been expected yesterday, the progressive and appreciative people of that locality decided to give them a Lotus reception in acknowledgeinent of the part | took in passing the great Railway Bil Accordingly a number of carri with bonners flying, and the Scotch bag. pipes diseoursing if not sweet, at least soul stirring music, started early in the day to meet and accompany the Hon. Members to their destination; and, meanwhile. pre. parations were being made to accord to them a grand ovation. A pm oo erch was erected, neatly decorated, and bearin appropriate mottoes; bunting was floating in all directions; a huge heap of conbusti- ble materials wes gathered for a bonfire, and a grand supper was in cour e of paration in honor of the retarning whem. bers. At dark the bonfire was made, the dwellings were i luminated, and several hundred peop'e Were collected, many with firearms, axaiting the arriva! of the ex- pected party. At length they came and . were greeted with vociferous cheering, a great waste of powder, and cries of “ wel- come ’’ hurrah for the Rai road, &. They repsired to the Masonic Hall where a “sumptuous repast”’ was in readiness. to which neary one hundred persons sat down. After supper there were toasts, speeches, songs and the who'e wound up with the presentat on of an address to the |heroes of the evening which met with a suitab'e response from the Hon Mr. How- ‘ian. It woud be too tedious to give the j toasts and speeches in detai. Suffice it to \say th-t the enthusiasm was intense. and boon a circumstance oceurred to mar the genera! enjoyment On the wtole it wasa jo! y good time, and was enjoyed by none more than by your humb e servan: who !eft next morning under the fa'! conviction that the A bertonians are unanimous y enthusi- astica ly in favor of the proposed Rai’. way.’ To Correspondents, 7. B.—Have written you regarding the matter. ‘* Another Fisherman’’—Your letter comes in good time will publish it as soon as possible An Elector—Next week we will give your letter. Amount received and placed to your credit, much obliged. Ww. b Accept our thanks for your wishes, amount received. R. M.—Will ~ forward them to your addrese. J. P.— More!! Road—Have cha the addresses as you kindly suggest. S.—Wil) pub- lish shortly. J. H. London - Letter receiv- ed, accept our thanks. L. D.—Lines re- jeeived. We have received a short letter from Anthony McCormack Esq , upon the Railroad which we wil) publish next week. Some of our fnends southward complain of not getting their papers last week. They were sent by us but we suppose have gone to some cther than the post office mtended. CATHOLIC BISHOPS AT COURT. According to -he London Church Hexald, one of the Catholic peers has been inform- ed by Mr. Gladstone that after the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles’ Bill, the Bishops of the Catholic Communion wilk be received by her Majesty at Court on the same foeting as the Bishops of the Enghsl Church. DS ea We have been kindly shown a piece of the Princess Louise s Wedding cake sent to J. If. Gates, Esq, by a relative in the Royal Palaee. Though it “taste d of course delicious,’ we think our friend Mr. Me- ,Kenze could get up as good. Very pro- bably Mr. Gates is the only recipient of some of the Royal Wedding cake this side the At'antic. <> -- Tue Patriet cites Burke spprovingly. Let him publish the speech we gave, and hs readers will see that it speaks for itself. We have not such a poor opinion of the Legislative Council as to umagine they eould be influenced by anything published unless founded on trath and reason. —oascnamaenenallits alate We have to thankfully acknowledge tha receipt, from Mr. Jone Love'l, of Moatreal, of the Doramion and P. E-.Islaud Directory. It is the largest book yet issued by the Dominion pre3s,and is a marvel of pablishing enterprise— We will give it a lengthy gotice next week, as it certainly deserves, a A A man named O’ Hanley, formerly of Tra- cadie, P’. E.1., was knocked overboard from the schooner Fliré, whieh was coming in to Gecrgetown, on Friday night last. The night was dark and stormy, and though every means was employed to save him, he was drowned. ee Hon. hi. MeEachen, we learn, was met by a number of his constituents at Rollo Bay, on his return home, and was wel) received. Souris also, honored bim with a turn out, flags fly- ing, bonfire burning, and an enthusiastic meeting. ee Tue Trustees of St. James’ Church for the evsuing year, are Dr. Fraser, Chairman ; Philip McLaren, Esq.,Tressurer- A Kennedy, Esq , Secretary; and W. R. Wateon, A. L. Brown, W. D. Stewart, Alexander McKenzie, Esquires, —--——_-- > e——_-_— Reap the article on the first page, the first of a series of graphically written papers which we take from the Toronto Globe. We will give the most interesting of them. Ir is said that J. E. Boyd, C. E., of Saint Jobn, is to be the Goverument Eagineer of the Railway survey. There is to be a Quadrille Party in St. Andrew's Hal] on Tharsday evening next. So There was a fall of some four inches of snow last night, and it is still falling. —— D> <> Gea Twenty-one Horses were purchased here and shipped on board the Steamer *‘ St. Law- rence” for Shediae, on Tuesday last; one of them has furnished the Bt. John Telegraph, with an interesting item. At the Annus) Meeting of the C tion of St. Paul’s Church, in this City, held on Easter Monday, the fullowing gentlemen were chosen Vestrymen for tle ensuing year— H. Cundall Thomas DeeBrisay, Judge Hensley. R. R. Hodgson, Charies Palmer, George Peake, John Ings, and Henry Haez- ard, Esqrs. Mr. Peake and Mr, DesBrigay were afterwards appointed Church Wardeus, Ewe iD ee Steamship ‘*Albambra.” Wright, arrie ved from Boston via Halifax on Friday night last, at 12 o’clock, ath a general carge of merchandize, -_—~-—--_- ~ <p ee - ———_ been in force inthis Island for many years, and each year, it gives more aud more die atisfaction. The best schools here are the ‘recommended the 3 feet gauge for Main Trunk day next the 27th! Thie certuinly does not that it is a tryig grievance to be taxed for Tar fare by Stege, between Charlottetown jand Summerside, has been raised to nine | Shillings. satin asinihitiaiaaa tial dees How True aNp now STRANGE that peop’s | should seek relief in the hieroglifies of a doctor's _preseription when they can buy as good, and ner, yet we were glad to hear them patrioti | hines, there would be some force ig bis argu-. gally say, that as it had passed, they would | ment, otherwise, we cannot see that tke com- o all they could to make it. as they heart: | parison amounts to anything. iy trusted it would be, a great success. | 3. How does the Progress know that our At «wbout nine o clock, some sixty-five Legislators decidéd upon adopting the three, wen of Summers de with their guests, sat that not stretching the imagination jus: a give the people in the country sufficient notice, | nor any chance to compete with those who tender in the city. Arrangements are being made to run the Steamer Ifeather Belle once a week to Or- Bridge, ‘fit. } — —— eee eo — - — Tse new Ship “James Dancan,” 765 t Kiekbam waster, built by J, F. McKay, Esq., ‘at Bay Fovtune, for Messrs James Duncan & Co., suiled en Friday Just for Queenstown, j This fine vessel is intended as a trader between j here gud Liverpool, G, B, jobre schools from which they derive ge beng- | sine times out of ten a better remedy than most doctors give, tor the insignificant sum of 25 cent® We refer to “* Morse’s Indian Reot Pille,” these | pills cure Headache, Liver Complaint, Indige* ‘tien, Female Irregularities, and all Bilious did jordera, they are prepared from a formula pre | nouneed by the most learned Physicians of our | country to be the best and most uvrvereal of fa wily medicines, Give thein a fair trial acd you |will never be without them.