Py \abeteeorey 1a possession of information which rendered — ee BY THE AMERICAN | vernor Gordon's views, as so expressed, ¢ do oat a — — ; ; ; ity| NEW PROPOSALS : ° , : ts, and imme-| more sincere desire than now for the prosperity | * po CORRESPONDENCE, | ee “__ Che Hxraminer epee wad amar Pa naka of Ireland. We tender to Raiden the hand} GOVERNMENT FOR TRADE WITT seriously commit his anti-Confederate advisers } To THe Eprror or THE EXaMINER. f \oue en “| of goodfellowship, and I do implore all classes) yyryp pro. INCES. to the plan of Confederation—Iut they show 'The walk took place from St. Andrew’s Hall To vae Korror or rae Exawixen. RS Although, by the Islander recommending the woposed Railroad from Charlottetown to Sam- Sir ;—A friend sent me from Yarmouth, Nova | Seotia, the enclosed Yarmouth Herald newspaper. | It contains & het of the shipping owned at the port of Yarmouth the Ist January in this present merside, and you and your friend “Proser| year. A few extracte from the paper will give your condemning it, it has got pretty well ventilated, readers some idea of the will, energy and enter- yet, if you will allow a country Johnny Raw prise of the inhabitants of a part of Nova Scotia. from this eastern aud benighted section of the | country room for the following remarks on| the subject, you will oblige. Take the length | of the proposed road at the Islander’s state-| ment, 40 miles, price of making, plant or rol ing stock included, will cost £10,000 currency per mile—or very aear it — making in all the summof £400,000 currency. It is all very well for the Summerside people to hold public meet- imgs and vote a railroad a necessity, and that it should be made at the public expense—that the traftie on it would increase so faust that there would be little or no loss on it, &e. There is not a shilling of the publie mouey laid out on railroads in Britain ; they are all built and own- ed by Companies incorporated by acts of Par- liament. The Saumerside people are aware of this, and as they appear to believe that the pro- posed road, when made and used, will pay the interest of the money it will have cost in making, £20,000 « year—that is at 5 per cent. —would it net haye been more honest towards the rest ef us Islanders, and also more business like, @, at their public meeting, they had passed resolutions something like these? viz:— Ata meeting held in——House, Summer- side, for the purpose of taking into consider- ation the utility of o Railroad between Charlotte town and Summerside, the probable cost of making, and the practicability of raising sutlicient funds to complete it. A. B. in the Chair. After discussing the subjeet for some time, the followiaz resolutions were moved and passed: ist—That a Ra read between Charlottetown and Summerside has beeome a necessity 2nd—That the cost of making the road, in- cluding plant or rolling stock, will be about £100,000, but wil not much exceed that sum : therefore resolved, that a Company be imme- diately formed to have the road made, said Situate at the very extremity of the Province, Yarmouth is indebted foc its prosperity solely to the intelligence and industry of its people. It bas never had a garrison of seldiers—no placemen or \ | others with large incomes derived from foreign sources; its seit where cultivated is fertile, but re- quires a vast amount of labour to bring it toa state fit for agricultural purposes, such a8 a native of Prince Edward Island can fourm no idea of, and the only great advantage over the Island that it has tu boast of is an open harbor during the winter. It may be useful to some of those of your readers who are always grumbling at the length of our Winter, our insular position, &c., to be shewn what patience and perseverance combined with tact and industry will achieve. I left Yarmouth in 1822; the number of vessels was then 65, the ton nage 3000; it numbers now, vessels 187—tonnage 73,055. It gives me great pleasure to votice the increasing prosperity of a place in which I passed two of the happiest years of my life, and for whose people I have a great respect and esteem. 1 am, Sir. Yours truly, J. LAWSON. Charlottetown, March 16, 1866. (From the Yarmouth Herald.) SUIPPING OF YAKMOLTH., According te our usual custom, we to-day pub- lish a hat of the Shipping belonging to this Port, at the beginuing ef the year. It will be seen that, after deducting the large amount of tounage sold and lost during the year, there is still au increase, as compared with January, 1865, To our usual list we append an additional col umn, showing the whereabouts of all the vessels above the schooner class. ‘This will give an idea of the ramifications of our commerce, which ex- tends to every quarter of the globe. We find by official returns that the aggregate shipping of the entire British Empire in 1957 was 5,500,000 tons. At the present time it is pro- Charlottetown, March 19, 1866. to the Cathedral —~the geen banner gently waving iu the almost breweless air; and the Amateur Band playing the soul-stirring airs of THE LATEST FENIAN SCARE. Tue people of the City, and indeed a greater number in the country, were, for the last ten days, thrown into the greatest alarm by a report that got into circulation, to the effect, that there was to be a stupendous Fenian uprising on St. Patrick's Day; and that life and pro- perty would fall a sacrifice to their reckless and sanguinary propensities. How the story was set on foot, or how it came to take such a hold of the public mind—may be a question as useless to discuss as it is difficult to answer. The prevalence of the report only proves that we have a great many weak-minded, silly, easily duped people in the community. Where were the Fenians to come from? They could not cross the Straits in any force at this season— even supposing they found no more attractive ‘Ah! but,’ whispered some of the old women in spot abroad on which to make a raid. breeches, “the Irish Society have announced their intention to walk on St. Patrick's Day— every man of them is a Fenian—and every one of them will be armed with a pike and a revol- ver, These are the desperate fellows, at whose hands we may expect the most diaboli- ” eal atrocities.” To stigmatise the Lrish Society as a band of Fenians would never enter into the heads of any people, except foolish or designing Orangemen, and could never be believed by any except weak, drivelling bigots. The Irish Society is a charitable institution, and has never mixed itself up with polities of It has extended its charities to the poor of all denominations and all coun- While its funds permitted the exercise of benevolence, any description. tries, without ostentation or parade. suffering humanity never made an appeal to it in vain. Many are the blessings it thus con- ferred during a long and honorable career? “St. Patrick's Day’? and “ Garryowen.” Having devoutly assisted at the relizious ser- vices, and listened to a: eloquent discourse trom the Reverend William Phelan, of Vernon tiver, the Society was reformed and returned to the Hall, previously passing through two or three of the principal streds- Their demeanour was remarked as being the most orderly ever exhibited by the lish, Syeiety. Some few Orangemen “ improyed the occasion” by wear- ing their yellow favors on a day dedicated to the green. They.cast furtive glances at the procession; but the Irishman, who would’nt have his coat tai approached within a hundred yards at any otter time, shunned them as he would shun the small pox; and, indeed, the suspicious appearance of the wearers of the yellow badgesmight possibly suggest toa green imayination tlat they were walking admonitors against the oul discase. But let that pass. The conducof the Irish Society was exemplary in the highest degree—it was tame beyond pre- cedent— indeed, it was ridiculously wo-Lrish. There was rot the slightest sign of fight in any man’s face—never a blade of a pike peeped from any man’s coat tails; in short, the whole procession looked as if the members of it were qualifying themselves to be enrolled in the Peace or Quaker Society. Our readers at a distance may rest assured that the day passed off with unusual quietness. The timid fools in the interior, as well as in the City, who thought the capitol of this Colony was about to fall a sacrifice to the fiendish de- signs of the rascally Finnegans, may take the consoling fact to their perturbed bosoms, that we are us We were—that not a drop of blood was shed, nora blow struck throughout the day —not, at least, by the men who were exposed to the most disgraceful and unjustifiable sus- pire. t together, we shall live to see the day when the prosperity of Ireland will be fixed upon a firm and lasting basis.” (Prolonged applause). of Irishmen to accept that hand of fellowship, and, looking not merely to local interests, but to the whole, to join with us in seeking to harmonize the interests and wants and wishes of Ireland with the interests of the whole em- And sure I am that if we do so, and act The heaith of the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, Chief Secretary, having been pro- posed, that honourable geatieman made a speech filled with the most admirable sentiments. He declared that the policy of the Irish Govern- ment was one of conciliation and progression —(we expressed the same opinion in our last No. without the light of this great authority then before us)—and he adds in words worthy of remembrance, that the intention of the Im- perial Parliament and of the Irish Government is to “ take away from the disaffected in Ireland every excuse, every shadow of excuse, that the most distempered and disordered imagination can conceive, and which lead many to believe that there exists physical and violent means forthe redress of social and political grievances.’ The whole Irish clergy and all the respectable classes in Ireland, he assures us, are against the seditious movement, which the Government are determined and prepared to put down. But we must give the speech. It is well worthy of perusal by all parties; and we commend it to the notice of those in our midst who sympa- thise with Fenianism—if there are really any persons so demented as to do such a thing. Mr. Fortescue said, in answer to the toast of his health :— “Tt is to me a source of great gratification that on the first occasion upon which it has been my privilege to address an Irish audience since my appointment to the office T have the honor to hold, it should be round the hospitable hoard of my Lord Mayor, where every Irishman should feel it an honour to be present, and in the pre- sence of an assembly always distinguished, but more than usually so on this oceasion. I have come among you at a time of no small degree of anxiety to any one charged with the duties Tne Provincial Delegates, charged with seek. ing a renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty, had scarcely left Washington before the Commnittee of Ways and Means, representing the Govern- ment, or at least the dominant party in the Government, presented to Congress the draft of a Bill embodying proposals for trade with the Colonies, substantially the same as those that were contained in Memorandum B, which, in the course of the late negotiations, they pre- sented to the Provincial Delegates, and which they instantly and peremptorily rejected. We published it in this paper a week or two ago. We deem it quite unnecessary to reproduce the new proposals. They are scouted at as be- ing as quite offensive as the orizinal proposals, by the Culonial Press from one end of the Colo- nies to the other—two or three contemptible aunexation papers, with strong Fenian ten- dencies, to be excepted. The latter pretend to think that the new proposals (in the Bill sub- mitted to Congress), are ofa liberal nature ; but they have not, and cannot point out, wherein their liberality consists. Mr. Morrill, as Chair- man of the Committee of Ways and Means, may be in earnest or may be in jest in his dealings with this question ; but if he be in the former mood, there is a moral certainty that he totally misunderstands the feelings and opinions of the Provincialists if he thinks they can be cajoled into the adoption of his im practicable views. There is not one Colonial Government in British America that would dare to submit for serious consideration the Bill which the Committee of Ways and Means have recently submitted to Congress. The thing will, therefore, be nothing more than Congressional rubbish, so far as it affects the Colonies. The Reciprocity Treaty expired on Saturday last. Under all the circumstances connected with the recent negotiations, and the present that the Government of Great Britain are quite determined that the question shall be kept be- fore the Colonia! Leyislatures until it be brought to a suecessful conclusion. This seems to have been gall and wormwood to the antiConfed- erate Cabinet, judzing from the vague and some- what saappish response which they make as follows :— F “ The correspondence which has taken place between Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Soleules and the Governor Gen- neral of Canada on the affairs of British North America, when laid before us will receive due attention, and the opinion expressed by’ Her Majesty will the respect aud attention which is due to suggestions emanating from so high a source; but in any scheme for union of the B. N. A. Provinces as may be proposed it is, in the opinion of the House, absolutely essential that full protection show!d be afforded to the rights and interests of the people of this Province ; and no measure which fails to obtain these objects should be adopted.” NEWS BY THE MAILS. Tue papers received by the Mails om Friday give evidence of the vast spread of Fenianism, aud the alarm it has created in Canada and New Brunswick. The swindlers who diree¢ the movement have grown rampant sinee the suspension of the Habeas Corpus act in Ireland, and they seem to think it is a fine ee- casion to make a new haul upon the dollars an@ cents of their unfortunate dupes. To attam this end, monster meetings are heid, and the wildest stories are transmitted across the wires- We see it reported that the Steamship City of London was captured by a Fenian privateer: but where the privateer sprung from, or what was its name, the Telegraph did not condeseend to say. Then more recently ihe report has reached us that Navy Island, of rebel fame, has been seized upon by 10,000 Fenians. We don’t believe a word of either of these reports: but though they may be false as the Father of Lies himself, they serve to keep up alarm and excitement—to bring recruits to the Brother- | | 5 Sete wai 9" YH: CVO A BR Bo. eee Se PP RE A RR eS ' : calle » Summerside Railro: f illi 3,500,-| Whethe , of embe Society |_: j ase unfriendly attitude of the United States—we - Company to be called the Summerside Railroad | bably not far from another wie or 6, »00,-| Whether any of the members of the Socic ty picion. Let the old women in breeches as devolving upon the Government of this country. 7 z ical ‘ 5 ; Company 000 tons. In 1864, the shipping wf Nova Scotia) |. owt nod Minden ov a ie : © - 1, | are not sorry that the Treaty has been abrogat- hood—dollars to their Treasury ; and by mak- « ' an ee ee _| amounted to 364,000 tons, and ie now probably | "@V° CF Have Hot Fenian sympathies, it is not) well as the old women in petticoats, betake| It is true, as has been stated here to-night, . ae oe ot ak ’ a jrd—That the capital stock of the Company about 400,000 tens. Of the whole tonnage ot} our business to enquire. There may be others . : . | there is at the present time a degree of inse-|ed. We hope the Provincialists can teach the } ing it necessary for the Provincial Governments . shall consist of 40,000 shares, at £100 curreacy the B itish E v0 Nova Scoti tt f > ale a : 1 iearepeengiert iy Peomnntty eens gs Mellen d ron ity in this country (Loud cries of ‘No A mest hat th irt f self-reli is|t ll out a large foree of militia, trade and . ~ | the British Empire, Nova Scotia therefore owns | ; i has ites til : : curi s 'y. 4 , A0O,|} Americans that the virtue of self-reliance is| to ca arge force tia, trade e exch. vp in the community besides Irishmen, for aught usual peaceful days, with the firm assurance y © 3 4th—That subscription or share lists be made out and advertised ; and that, when one-half of the shares are taken up, and payment of the £209,000 fully secured, application be made to the Legislature fur an Act of Incorporation, with power to take up whatever — may be wanted for the road, such land to be paid for at valuation. ith—T hat so soon as nine-tenths of the shares shall have been taken up, and the money, £360- 000, secured, the work shall be commenced. at least one-eighteenth part. Of the tonnage of Nova Scotia, the County of Yarmouth owns about one quarter, or 100,000 tons, being one-eightieth part of the tonnage ot the Empire. The list which we publish to-day comprises ouly the shipping of this Port, and not of the whole County of Yarmouth. There is quite a large fleet belonging to the Township of Argyle, of whieh we bope to be able to furnish a list in an early No. YARMOUTH, ABSTRACT OF THE TONNAGE OF THE PORT OF we know to the contrary, who have sympathies in common with the Fenians. Every man has a right to sympathise with any cause or any faction—no matter how wicked and utopiax it may be—so long as he does not allow his sym- pathies to take effect against the peace of society, or to be instrumental in the propaga- sedition. tion of We have a deep-rooted aversion towards the bold ruffians in the States, that hostile Fenianism in this Colony will never injure them in life, limb, or property. Shall we say a word, by way of comment, on the conduct of the Government who created all the alarm, and who sought to disgrace an honourable, useful, charitable Society? Did they want to make political capital out of the affair? —were they apprehensive that their no.’) This state of things contrasted strangely with what I see around me to-night—a state of things it is the duty of the Government to grap- ple with, and which, if allowed to continue, will seriously retard the recovery of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) I say ‘recovery of Ireland,’ be- cause this country, it was palpable to every one, was awakening to life and vigour. I sce around me in many parts of Ireland the signs of life and industry. Her ports are more flourishing than they have been for many a day ; her farmer class are paying their rent with not yet wholly lost to British American sub- jects—that other channels of trade may be opened up—that they are not dependent upon Brother Jonathun for a mere existence, any more than they were eleven years ago—and that the time has not yet quite arrived for the in flietion of the painful process of being absorbed into the American Union. The New York Albion, which is the most business of all kinds cannot but be sadly dis- turbed. The Canadian people are greatly ex- asperated against the Fenians, as clearly shown in their prompt response to the Government call upon their services—a much larger number having offered to be enrolled in the militia than the Government required. These, with the great and well disciplined Military Force now in Cana- da, will give those wicked disturbers of the publie “SPR EE, AG BMRB ca, De dull the Walanll Geveretment veanested to take eiiiees ik: a: 4 : Orange friends were flagging in their devotion aes Pe a ee tee ee at)? py : inns settee sa ee é the remeiniag shares : = tee ses. « arn — who are at present, by their open declarations to them ¢ ‘aed that weeld be* Hood policy to cheerfulness and punctuality ; he r soil is culti- | truthful and dispassionate organ of British pub-| peace a terri le but most justifiable punishment ‘ esi are, tee ‘ —— eam as : eg ’ . = pres vated with industry and profit, while her manu- lic opinion in the United States, in the follow-| if ever there should be a close encounter be- 5 6th—That copies of these resolutions be sent yin Pega. jof war against the empire of Great Britain, | .¢j, up the embers of religious strife in time for | facturing industry is more flourishing than it ioe i oe } . wei er ; to the Istander ani Examiner vewspapers for 16 BrigsNTiNes, - -2,384 “ creating so much it t in the Briti ie "7 é one a saetain i ib ing article rebukes the presumptuous proposals | tween them. It is gratifying to see the Fenian blieati A. B.. Chai ip Eee, «ns ee g so excitement in the British | the next election? Thereistoo. much reason to | has been formany years. It was ouly yesterday | "5 Lat , sis a alt tov ¢ * publica ion. - B,C vairman, - NERS, | Provinces, ond greater elare: Gnd excitement ss insitectlact tenia ainanmaameniiata ih tale { heard from the member for Cork that he had | lately made to Congress by Mr. Morrill’s Com- plague coming to a crisis; and a overs o ; A string of resolutions something like the , " ‘icomeie es : i aa saree P ] J) inauzurated the opening of a magnificent fac-| yi f Ways and Means:— veace and order will ardently pray for its ‘ g : 3 157 VesseLs, measuring 73,055 in Ireland, causing expensive military prepa- | attack on the character 6f the Benevolent Iris dj oe Fe ae mittee © ays ang scans: I - : rs foregoing, and accompanied with even an at- Increase during the year, 1225“ : . ees paren a Surfer RC . "S| tory in that city for the spinning of yarn, and “Since our last issue—as we anticipated—| speedy extermination, 2 7 8 ratious to be made in anticipation of an open | scty ce think ths : cb : at several fine engines had been started “ ro reearinndien nticrpate ’ a : ‘ , I Society. But we think that all intelligent men in| that several fine engines had been started under ae F . : . ‘ . . % ? : , y t he Cg i tempt to raise the £200,000, (half the money ‘ ; , : © pare te >. | the subject has been kept before the American From the United States we learn that the : - | SUMBFR OF VESSELS AND AMOUNT OF TONNAGE | insurrection. Those deluded persons, wherever a evwertl) eduiitthes this belo atin the hopeful names of ‘Progress’ and ‘Pre- ¥ ea . : $ tuted 5 Sieve: show a be ; . windlce: te ’ the community will admitthat this late attempt ‘ . «| public; and mainly by a Bill reported from the = vieen Gh hd oe . * wanted,) woul! ve shown an honest anxiety ' <6 To Y E : : : nnace* s we vay I se ; , } 2" collision between the President, (supported hy : BELONGING TO YARMOUTH AT DIFFERENT | they are, who may sympathise with the ruflians hist litical breeze so as'to favour | In the same way I see in this city) G mmittee of Wavs aud Means. and desi med tol‘ » GUpj , a to have a railroad of their own; but to pass a PERIUDS SINCE THE YEAR 1761. eile thus disturb the yublie tranguilitvy—ar Dg tl Cae re " o TRVOUF | scones ‘uf industry and progress. I see at the remedy the dinagrweabte state ‘of things that | the Democratic party,) and the Republican par- 6 set of resvlutions such as those suid to be pass- Year. No. of Vessels. Tons, ye ot : P : nes ; are tT | the adventurous barque of state in its passage | end of your extensive quays a new braneh of ill ensue, thi ; day fort iurht if legislation ty, is assuming large proportions Th 4 aa ft iad : Wt i 25 be pitied for cherishing their delusion; but breake at are ahead of it, has | manufacturing industry, where a most intelli-}*' te eee ee ee ee ee 7 ' ed at ‘Semmeriide. and to vet’ up petitions : : - ? through the breakers that are ahead of it, has | Manufacturing Industry, so ; inter!) not otherwise provide. This new document | p,ocident wants iE aes : rside, @ # P | rf 1742 4 80 they must be checked if they make a public | heen a most melancholy failure. Oranreism | 2¢"t 40d enterprising firm are producing iron | jows plainly the veneral policy of ahaa nt wants to pursue a conciliatory pohes founded on those resolutions ; to have a railroad 1767 7 156 ; sathce: : oe ee ee ee Te ee ships (cheers, ) showing the handiwork of skill- |} eee Pe Seen fet pe ng n | towards the South—the Republicansdo vol want 791 28 544 and dangerous exhibition of it. a il laid ta cel fil iil } n , S brated Committee, which the ‘Representative ard: : i is made for their own special benefit, and paid for V = x de i d a3 lost some of its fangs tarough the peaceabic | od intelligent [rishmen, and capable of com- denen this ithe akeadentile Wauheat We ¢ in| that—they would prefer to sec more thud i ; i nent, . RAO > ; 2 50 - » . ‘ . i ; . . - . " > stand-s Sti 0 rik Is A——TRe u ‘ sd s ala ot ae a. | ne . a ” Oe, 7” ——_ 8 vn proposed walk of the |demeanour of the Sons of St. Patrick ou Ire-| peting with any ships in the sister kingdom. all “te seen nal a as eh te “ee ait st va out of the public funds—shows a recklessness 1a 83 4348 Irish Society, it is a time-honoured custom with | land's matiesal dav~—wihliiathe Gownenmenet: ty | OOt Ue industry and commerce there is one ae * ‘k aie My ak ay as ha Us| spilt. The President appreheuds designs upon and want of thought that no right thinkin per- we 3 ee het ‘hody i hee as Oe : 2 ; ; ’ "| thing necessary, and that is public tranquility. CCOCRES- POCKET, IRS poucy, Mm & Word, Bi... own life: but we hope Ins fears are ill. i on ! pian ee a 1836 103 = that body, as it Is wi reir brethren every !their silly fears, or their weak desizns, have Chat public ‘ fail dente Gad thnk tien juility witt adherence to their free list of the five ridiculous | led 1 4 : hi Pron 2 son wou e gurty of—the opinion of the 1237 ius 475 aun le . . del eRe : ; ‘ , nedhareng dt ee Sree : ticles heretofur imal ig velannin.,| founded, The assassination of onc President ; litor of the Ein ‘er in favor of the proposed 1833 119 9.209 where else, to honour the memory of their | only succeeded in provoking the laughter of the | he maintained. (Hear, hear.) That is the wane i ae See ; leppini| thi i ie | ] editor o e Isl av > proposed | . als Rat , eotatinas' ¢ —_—, " : ‘4 . > ’ * ani os : “vy y wpe »nndure “a vear ’ Siatisly : ost arde % , ; = 1839 120 10 301 tutelar Saint by marching in procession from | 6 manity at their expense. They have, in-| fst duty of the Government. It is its resolu- ae ae i Praeie a os t Pee 3 PRES YON ORE Pe One ee . . a ._ e + + - ‘ r } = - * ° . - . _ . A “Ts > . F "eS —theo or 72 } r r on onan t, ; > ? railroad to the contrary notwithstandin ¢. 1540 124 1,41 their usual place of meeting to the Catholic i eee See .| tion to preserve that peaee and order, without products e F rovinces—not forzetting 1] lovers of the bowie knife and revolver in’ the e ; ’ ; peg 6 | deed, done some service ia this way, for laughter |"). d : é ceuts per lh. oa Chairman Morrill’s Vermont! : ; os : Although I would like to see railroads wher-| Ist 126 13,389 Chapel, there to assist at religious services | in Keni 1 cheerful . hi h . | Which no prozress or happiness in this country utter aail ichease.’ Ae Gin dnbad tenes eg | et and free Republic. It is believed that 7 . ‘ , . 342 120 13,765 7 tit ©) promotes health and cheerfulness—-which 18 a) egy be maintained—without whicl » of the , hips . ‘9 vt : ee ‘ , ; ? ever wauted, trom East Point to West Cape, | Js42 . eet a“ ee ei i) el tad : [en ee eee 20ut which none Of the | 1: » 6 rpvhe avievate the river St Law-| President Johnson's policy will be sustained ‘ 1843 96 12,600 | proper to the day, and. perhaps, to have their | blessing we wish tu all our readers, marks of recovery and enterprise to which I joe te right a re eh ilaguesy shi aaa # yet, a8 we cannot aford any of them now, we }844 8s 11,447 recollections freshened and their yeneration : have alluded can maintain their ground, and |*“"® ant the Conals ta Coane," Gael ere the wally, tN Ot eee © ee , must rest satished as we are for some time to} soar a4 po oe strengthened by a recital of the virtues of Ire- | VIEWS OF THE IRISH GOVERNMENT without which they will wither and fade awar. ~_ 2 ng ee ee lelaims peace aad good-will towards the late $58 i 7 E LW: . s ’ z ME? a c | ie} oh hi Vers are Cy cs, wen hl. a el rota 1548 123 16 G4 land’s great Apostle. A walk for the purpose edited rarest wie ws al (Cheers.) but when T say this, I am not to be harbours, and creeks,” “ without being restrict. | Confederate States, and a generons forsivencks ; I-known fact t] ilroads 1849 130 16,537 . lies ON IRELAND—PENLIANISM AGAIN. | taken as saying, or dreaminy, or thinking, that . : oa) tae . . . Itis-a well-known fact that railroads cannot | 1x50 13 17.490 thus briefly indicated was all that was contem- nihil wearé tobe eatiofed’ with wete tadneures of |°t to any distance from shore.” In return | for what was deemed an error in taking the : 7 i. ressels in| 0 : «ON : Las, og - ‘ . oo ee : wogiediaes st venerovsly proffe ere , successfully compete with steam vessels in| 1252 106 18,880 plated by the Irish Society of Charlottetown; | We alluded last week, in general terms, to) coercion and repression. On the contrary, r| he? ae a Micki ge ae _— eu late revolt. i oa : ; ae c aie" - : ‘ , . a ee ee “oe ~? . | gation of Lake Michisan, with the use of the! : ‘ : / geist ! trading between towns placed near the coast, ae oe ee but some fools or knaves professed to see | what we understuod, from varions sources, to | fee! a it is the a of Mey Government—it | Seult St. Marie Canal.” sal the liteity 46 tuke| For other news—Colonial and Poreign—we ss ' ~xéent in cases whe 855 % 25,6 , j ‘ . " . is equally ursent 2 ~qually imperative et. a ee ee ee a ae . : . having good harbours, except in cases where | 1856 106 24 S81 something of a deeper and darker design in | be the policy of the Irish Government in the ak atte ae eaaai sok oft Ue ie bd fish—where it is not profitable, or where none | must refer our readers, without commcyt, to the rc pad shortens the wad fully one-half, 1557 aaa mee the proposed movement; and from their ex- | Management of that unfortunate country com- disaffection, to dry up by devrees the springs of | aaa ies eatin ee aie aes ; our am ple selections in these columns. : . atten a elifax | . ‘ teas oth ak i : j nage t Ae 7 : o aralle North latitude. 2 urthe shila a CREP ene, o tele Eee one ae 123 35 860 pressed fears, we suppose, the excitement first | mitted to their care, if disaffection did not in- ein ce ar ae nies Sed Goumeuney $0 | douiine that the Provinces shall have no free} CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN'S LITERARY ot “ a . srside AO - ome J * ° és ° |. every : ° : ise rv cs forw: . 5 m eT 7 ‘ 4 avis SBELN sc - pada Pictou. But a road from Summerside to | 1860 133 36 514 arose. It wanted only the action of the Go-|terfere with the due and usual adininistration of ae ee ee aa - ports anywhere, and claiming on their own be- INSTITUTE “. ain al aa . sa ‘ . ‘ 3 : “ sTeESS ¢ ‘ eS vaceful and consti- > 7. ie N} se Charlottetown will never pay, unless a town of pone ° me vernment to inteusify and spread it. This |thelaws. Since then we have read two speeches eae aad SOhbeia Ths Oabareiinie half the right, not the privilege, to transport some 30,000 or 40,000 inhabitants shall arise 1863 154 50 130 action was first shown in the order given for | delivered by Lord Wodehouse, Lord Lieutenant | will so shape its course as to be in accordance a : Se or ane vo Ricnarp Repprs, Esqr., lectured before the » time “e ne Jew ° ° ce : > 4 > mi f » ivhte or Pa, . *e ‘strictions rests its : ’ . " : some time hence near New Loudon. 1sti4 = ao the removal of the arms and ammunition from | of Ireland, and by the Hon. Mr. Fortescue, the | re are wd et ao case, or rather submits it to the arbitrament of | [stitute last Wednesday evening. The subject iti SUD 830 . : Sia ‘ .| who had at heart the interests of the nation. . - P.: - : om As a proof that railroads cannot, on a coast 1 the Armoury to the Barracks—in the strict sur- | Chief Secretary of Ireland, on the oceasion of S publie opinion. of his discourse was “Samuel Johnson.” The “ road, compete with steamships, just look at the share list published in any of the late British ; newspapers; you wil! there see that a £100 share of the London, Chatham & Dover Railway, all paid up, is selling now at £35, being a loss to the original shareholders of 65 per cent. Our Western Railroad, if made, would be worse than even that; for I don’t believe that it would pay the few officials that would be re- quired about it, and keep fuel to the engines and vil to the wheels of the carriages. It is generally believed here that the two steamers lately employed in the trade of Charlottetown and Summerside will be amply sufficient for all the trade there for several years to come, with the exception of some cargoes of produce and timber. A railroad can never successfully compete with steamships in such aaafe naviza- tion as that’between Charlottetown and Sum- merside, even although the distance by sea be some 20 or 25 miles greater than that by land Yours, &e. PETER PRY. Lot 44, March 14, 1866. idibiellitiahiniiiblis THE FISH INSPECTION LAW. To tae Eprron or tHe Examiver. Sir :-—After the manuer of advertisements of certain medicines, with numerous certificates attached to each, bearing testimony to their won- derfully eurative power, I observed in kindred spirit a eolumn of the last Examiner oceu- pled by a correspondent and devoted to the publication of the merits of the Piekled Fish In- spection Law, accompanied hy certificates pre- sented by your correspondent, testifying to the utility of the law as having established a good character for a certain finny genus, caught and cured here and exported hence in barrels. J have not read, nor have I heard, of any ex- ception taken to the provisions of that law, nor co I know of a murowr against its operation. ‘the Act was allowed to work quietly in its s here of asefalness, and no one had persuaded h meelf that the working of the Law demanded from hime public laudation. This obtuseness to its material benefits—the unzenerous neglect —_—_—___-+e FENIAN TREASON, [ror THE EXAMINER. ] now circulating in certvin quarters in this city. I am informed by a practical typographer like mould and character of letter us that used on the Herald, published in Charlottetown ; and I am further informed that the noxious thing was on sale at the shop of a vendor of notions in Queen Street. Propagandists of inflammatory and dangerous missions, based upon treason to the Crown of Great Britain, and threatening the peace of the loyal subjects of Her Majesty here, should have, and doubtless will receive, timely and pro- per attention from the Government of this Colony, and the civic authorities of Charlotte- town. Yours, A BRITON. (We have read the ‘Fenian Song’’ referred to in the above communication. Poorer dog- grel could not be penned. As regards the animus of the thing, it is not only unquestion- ably treasonable in the highest degree, but it breathes the most atrocious and blood-thirsty spirit. We regret that any printer should be so lost to all sense of propriety’ as to allow the vile trash to be printed at his office. The poor simpleton who sold it is, perhaps, more to be pitied than blamed, for he has searcely sense enough to know right from wrong, and may have been made a dupe of to disseminate the treasonable production.— Ep. Ex’r.] ee ae PUBLIC MEETING AT CAMPBLETON, LOT 4. According to notice a public meeting was held in the Schoolhouse at Campbleton, Lot 4, on the 2let inst., for the purpose of considering the pro- priety of petitioning the House of Assembly, to establish a Court of Commissioners for the re- covery of Small Debts at Campbleton, Lot 4. A large and influential number of the inhabitants of Lots 3, 4, and7, assembled at the time appointed, all of whom appeared to take an interest in the proceedings of the meeting. Mr. Edward Hub- bard was unanimously elected chairman, and the undersigned appointed seeretary, alter which the meeting was addressed by several gentlemen in of honorable acknow ied sment of its practical | an elequent and able manner, who clearly showed action, and the stolid silenee of a dull people, in presence of the masterly ecouesived and lucidly framed law, naturally induced its clever prigina- tor himself to bring ity great merits before the publie, This act of its modest aathor, notwith- standing that the cause he has adopted to give Hlieity to the action of the law bears a tint the importance and necessity of establiehing a Court for the recovery of Swall Debts at the | would, whether their officers went with them above place. After showing clearly and lucidly | o- not, the benefits which wouid arise from it, the follow- ing resolutions were snbmitted god passed :— Moved by Mr. R. Nicholson, seconded by Mr. David Thompson, Resolved, That it is the firm opinion of this meeting that a Court of Commissioners for the recovery of Sai} Dedts is needed at Campbleton,| by that ancient functionary—t'e Clerk of the Mr. Whelan :—Permit me to bring under your observation the accompanying printed Fenian Song of hizhly treasonable import, and that the type in which the song appears ia of the Colony, and security of life and property of veillance kept upon the troops, and their close confinement to Barracks at unusually early hours two or three evenings previous to the 17th March. A cannon was kept in readiness in the Barrack Square to defend the arms and am- munition against attack, — fifty soldiers were detailed for the great emergency, and supplied with sixty rounds of ball cartridge each. Such, at least, is the information we have received of the preparations made in military quarters. In the civil department there was great bustle, and the profound awe that settled upon the countenances of the authorities clearly signified that they were apprehensive of an outbreak, The Mayor of the City—acting, we are informed, under the advice of the Go- vernment—caused circulars to be issued to all the Magistrates in the City, requesting their attendance at the Mayor's Court on the morn- ing of the 17th. About 100 circulars were also issued to persons eligible to serve as special constables, requesting their presence at the same place, to be sworn in for special service. Is it any wonder that the knowlede of these extraordinary precautions caused the excite- ment to spread like wild-fire? The several Orange Lodzes were in full blast,—they held a mass meeting; and we are told that night watches were kept up all over the City. Fire arms of all kinds were in great demand. Revolvers and pistols of every make—why a Jew's eye could not purchase at the Stores in Charlottetown such a thing at present. They were all bought up by the Orangemen and the other victims of the great excitement. Guns which had lain on merchants’ shelves for years, gathering rust and cobwebs, now found eager purchasers ; and, in short, every preparation was made just as if the Town had been on the eve of a most terrific massacre. A misunderstanding between the officers and members of the Irish Society certainly did not serve to allay the excitement. The former were of opinion, that in consequence of the ex- cited state of the public mind, the Society should forego its privilege of walking this year. The latter could not see the propriety or necessity of doing any thing of the kind; and walk they But we must hasten to the close of this ‘“o’erlong drawn out” tale. The Irish Na- tional Day was ushered in under the most favor- able auspices that could be conferred upon it the inaugural dinner given by the Lord Mayor of Dublin at the Mansion House, in honour of the Lord Lieutenant. The speech of Lord Wodehouse is distinguished for much good sense. It bears us out in our remark that the Fenian Conspiracy is countenanced by no man of character or influence, position or property, in Ireland; but it has, nevertheless, ‘had strength enough to inflict grievous injury upon Ireland,”” In responding te the toast of his health, the Lord Lieutenant alluded to the diminution of panperism, the disappearance of agrarian crime, the cattle plague, and manufac- tures. He then touched upon the topic of the day—Fenianism—“ his allusions to which,”’ says the report, “were frequently interrupted with loud applause, without a single murmur of dissent from the loyal demonstrations.” He said :— “But, my Lord Mayor, I must in candour say that those hopes have been to a great extent crushed, and those fair prospects have been overturned. We have been menaced with a conspiracy. [Loud cries of ‘Hear, hear.’] We have been menaced, my Lord Mayor, with aconspiracy which, though powerless to en- danger for a moment the security of the Queen’s Government (hear, hear), has yet had strength enough to inflict grievous injury upon Ireland. (Hear, hear.) It is, perhaps, an almost unpre- cedented fact that emigrants who have left their country for the purpose of bettering their condition, and who have found in another country, not misery and poverty, but prosperity and affluence, cherish feelings of the most im- placable rancour against large numbers of their former fellow-subjects. That is undoubtedly the fact, and emissaries from Irishmen in America have been employed in raking up the almost extinguished embers of sedition, and in rousing again old hatreds and old animosities, which we hoped had been buried for ever. It would be useless that I should attempt to reason with such men. We may be amazed at their folly, and we may deplore the evils which they bring upon the country which they profess to love; but the Government has but one plain and simple duty. That duty is to enforce the laws and to maintain the peace of the country. (Loud and prolonged applause.) My Lord Mayor, as regards the enforcement of the laws, { may appeal to every man in the room—nay, I may appeal to every man in Ireland—whether there have ever been political trials conducted with more fairness impartiality (sreat ap- plause) than the trials which have recently taken place. Nay, the very prisoners them- selves were forced to confess, one after another, that they had a fair and impartial trial. (Hear and applause.) The Government will shrink from no measure hecégstry..to maintain the neace of the country,” (Renewed applause.) hey have ample meuns.at their disposal for that purpose, and they/will use. these means All Ireland, by that means, would be strenzth- ened, and more particularly so when encouraged by that great arm which the Government pos- sesses in Ireland on the side of order und peace —that great arm which, I believe, consists of al! classes in Ireland, which deserves to represent the Irish nation and people of all ranks, of all creeds, including especially the whole body of the clergy of the Irish people. (Cheers.) We are determined no false, insane ideas, no mad, impossible notions, shall stand in the way of the recovery and restoration of Ireland. It is the duty of the Imperial Parliament, in which 1 hope to take my part, to strengthen the hands of that great body, and to take away from the disaffected in Ireland everg excuse, every shadow of excuse, that the most distempered and dis- ordered imagination can conceive, and which lead many to believe that there exists physical and violent means for the redress of social and political grievances. These are the feelings with which I take my part in the government of Ireland, and these are the feelings which J] know actuate my noble friend, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenaut, and these feelings will, no doubt, actuate the Imperial Government in London. With these feelings I enter upon my course here. I do it in the confident hope that the Government will receive the fair and in- telligent consideration of the reasonable and loyal men of this country when they euter upon this course, as they are now doing, in making it, as far as lies in their power, impossibie for any seditious men to disturb for an hour the tranquility of Ireland, and render it impossible in any part of the country for the hostile feel- ings aud passions of disturbers to be a source of terror and annoyance to the people. It is our desire to try every means to repress the se- ditious and hostile passions of parties who would seek to create convulsion and disorder under the desecrated name of relision. These are my feelings and the feelings of the Govern- ment, and we look to you for support, as I feel no doubt you will give it; and I sit down to. night with confidence that the Irish public and everything that represents the Irish nation will support the Government under existing circumstances.”’ (Prolonged cheers.) This Fenian movement is certainly one of the most extraordinary epidemics of the age. The “ Head Centre,” as the great leader of the movement in Ireland is called—James Stephens —is supposed to be a fugitive from justice ; but who he is, or what he was —socially, po- litieally or commercially—is a chapter jn the history of this epidemic which remains to be written. It was reported lately that he was arrested at Thurles, in Ireland, in the character ofa beggar. It was a very suggestive role for him to take, and must—if the story be true— have tickled his begging confreres in New York immensely. Who are the other leaders in Treland or America? Not one man of po- sition has shown his face yet,—such leaders as ‘Now without presuming to forestall the action of the Provinces, we will suggest, that when the United States are prepared to gua- rantee the immediate construction of a canal connecting the waters of their boasted Lake Michizan with the Mississippi River, and throw this water course open with the right (not the privile se) to float lumber from Red River to New Orleans, as an offset forthe St. Lawrence : when they allow the people of the Maritime Provinces to transport goods in bond across New England to Canada West, and grain, vice versa, at pleasure; when they grant the right of navigating all their inland lakes and rivers generally, together with the right (not the pri- vilege) of coasting both on the Atlantic and Pacific Qceans to Colonial vessels; and fur- thermore, when they agree not to create any free ports anywhere, and refrain from placing the threatened export duty on cottou—then the Provinces may consent to take into serious con- sideration the propositions of the Committee now under the control of the Green, or Green- Mountain State,”’ — — NEW BRUNSWICK LEGISLATURE. Tue Legislature of the sister Province of New Brunswick was opened at Fredericton on Thursday, the 8th inst. Governor Gordon alludes to the appointment of Delegates for ne- gotiating Commercial Treaties —the efforts towards a renewal of the reciprocity treaty, and the proceedings which have been taken for opening up a trade with the West Indies and Brazil. His Excellency then alludes to the Fenian movement in the following woids:— « You will have learned with indisnation the existence of a couspivacy having for its avowed object the dismembermeat of the British Em- pire. Various circumstances would appear to indicate that an attack on some portion of Her Majesty’s North American dominions is con- templated by those engaged in this mad and wicked enterprise. It is dithicult to believe that an altempt so certain to be attended wath failure, can be seriously intended. I rejoice, however, in the couviction that bat oue sentiment of loyalty animates the people of this Province, and that its inhabitants of every race, creed, and station, are alive and ready to repel all lawless aggressions and punish unprovoked hos- tility. I know I may rely on your hearty concurrence and support in the adoption of precautionary measures, which may be needed to avert su grave a calamity as the occurrence of armed conflict within our border.”’ His Excellency treats of militia, defence, and other local topics. On the subject of Confeder- ation he says :— “‘T have received Her Majesty's commands, | communicating to you correspoudence on the affairs of British North America, whieh has taken place between Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor first part of the lecture had reference to the boyhood and youth of Johnson—-to his school- boy and college days, and to his long struggles with adverse fortune. The lecturer shewed that the subject of his theme was an illustration of a line written by Johnson himself— ** Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.’ The works of the great moralist were then treated of by the lecturer, who reviewed very ably and at considerable length, the perform. ances on which Johnson's fame principally rests, namely, his Rambler and his Lives of the Poets. Of the Lives contained in the latter Work the lectarer pronounced that of Pope to be, the best compositicn. The moral sentimentsand utterances of the English lexieographer were likewise referred to, and also the influence which he and his associates of the « Literary Club” exercised in correcting the tastes of the age in which they lived. Mr. Reddin’s lecture was a well arranged and well written eomposi- tion, which contained a great mass of know- ledge appertaining to his subject. On the lecturer resuming his seat a discussion took place relative to Johnson's literary perform- ances, Thomas Kelly, Esq., will lectare next Wed- nesday evening on * Richard Lalor Shiel.” ~~ << o- ——-—— Tue Wearuen, during the last week, has been mild and yewial —~ rain has fallen in abundance—the snow kas vanished everywhere, and the ice is giving indications of its speedy departure. On Friday evening we had the first thunder and lightning storm of the season. It did not continue many minutes, but the light- ning was sublimely and beautifully vivid, and the thander magnificently loud. Some ex- tremely hopeful ones regarded it as a warning, given on St. Patrick's Eve, to the Fenians who were supposed to be meditating a raid upon our peaceful homes. We consider it as the precursor of fine weather and au early Spring, of which we now, as we write (Saturday morn- ing) are receiving a liberal instalment. _———_——- & oe France anp Mexivo.—The New York Albion secms to think that the Emperor Na- poleon has no intention of withdrawing his troops from Mexico, notwithstanding all the, ‘threatening of the American press. The Al bion saysi— , “Debates in the French Chambers and ar- ticles in the French papers indicate that Louis Napoleon has not the slightest idea of with- drawing his troops from Mexico, at the summons of one of Mr. Neward’s smart despatches, or ; : . uae have appeared are denounced by the heads of G l of Canad, d I am further di 1 Gamal } ill be ark ; tl ; : without passion and without prejudice, but , ewe zenera! of Vanaca, and / am further directed | even at the tap of General Grant's drum. Ar- of self-gratylgtion, wi properly appreciated itt: & ~—_ =< a greatly benefit thie Weather. The sky was cloudless—the air was | without alarm (great applause), knowin: that | the Catholic Church “as iufidels and avowed | to express to you the strong and deliberate | dent imaginations here forget that sensitiveness in Pickled Fish eiveles. And to you, Mr. Whelan, much credit is que for permitting the praises of the Law to be hummed in your columns by the astute framer of it himself, to- yotherwith the ghorns of certifiers of its effi- ouey, ‘This admirnpble Law is now happily » itten upon the reco: d of famous enactments, is wyblished as an act of high yperit on the endur- og gazes of the Exanriner, and its potency is in pressed by the branding-ivon of the Inspector on the head ofeagh) arrel of the piekledfinny, as a merged mark to venus of the fishy-order. MACKEREL. warded tu the House cf Assembly, Court for the recovery of above mentioned Mr. Andrew Bell, be published jn Exaininer and Patriot, wan, after whieh thelunweting quietly Evq., seconded by Resolved, That a petition be drawn up and for- Moved by 8. M. Beckwith, Mr. John McDougall, Moved by Mr. Eugene McCarthy, seconded by Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting Rovs's Weekly, Islander, Herald, _A vote of hankewar then given A: HALLORAN, See’y.- raying for a Debts at the) magistrates residing in the City, and the gentle- men who were to be honoured with the con- stable’s stave — presented themselves at the Mayor's Court. meinbers of the Jrish Society, who, perhaps, it ‘ te ihe oe was cunningly shouzht, would have their heli serene—the sunbeams spreading their giad- dening influence every where. Punctually at 10 o'clock nearly all the The latter included not a few — Pe > +o a Campbleton, Lot 4, Peb. 23, 1866. cose propensities neutvelised or checked by an: cath. ‘They cheerfully took the oath with! they have the support of*all the respectable classes in Ireland. (Renewed applause.) It is a remarkable fact that in this city not one con- siderable merchant, not one considerable trades- man, not oue professional man of eminence. not one such man as those loyal men whom I see around me in this room, either of position or property, has been connected with that conspiracy, which I do not hesitate to say is neither pa pes Jess than a scheme for the confiscation of property and the uprooting. of every safeguard of souaiy, Gentlemen, I can say no more upon -a. skbjéet- that ip co pisia. enemies of the Catholic Church.” Of the New York vagabonds, who have set themselves up as leaders, and who were once inmates of lunatic asylums—it is hard to speak with any degree of patience. The American people and the Washington authorities encourage them, and allow them to be exhibited as sensational curiosities—well calculated to pander to the national prejudices against Great Britain. For this purpose they will serve a short turn, and Englishmen, I can assure you, had uever a opinion of Her Majesty's Government that it is an object much to be desired that all the British North Ameriean; Colonies should be united under one Government.” This is a very different style from that in which Governor Gordon treated the question of Confederation last year. He has been to England since, and received his lesson, no doubt. Our worthy Lieut. Governor has been there too, and we may feel confident that we shall hear him diseoursing on the subject in a on points of national honour is not confined to any latitude or longitude. Themselves inflam- mable as tinder, they deem the rest of mankind imperturbable and spiritless. Specially is this, the case in their dealings with France England; but, as to the former of these two countries, in respect to the difficult Mexican question, it is obvious already that American eyes are opened. If the French Emperor would submit to dictation, the French people would not; and they would rather forgive bim for leading them into a adventure and a disastrous war, than for humiliating them in then be cast aside. like strain on the ninth of April next. Go- the eyes of the world. .