é r » oF Saare — —— 4 ee nett 2a A ae OP erence 9. yee cee sc ibee. TH E EXAMINER | THE WACLEOD CASE. 18 PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY FORINOON| = No stay, except one densely BY THE or consummately unscrupulous Ryaminer Priatng x Haheaa Co. re to state that it is the duty of the would ‘olonial Secretary norant ame oe ‘SUMMER RECREATIO POLICY. he London Standard, June 18.) We regret to find that the doubts which ‘ Att work and no play makes Jack a) we : not tO ago, respecting the loyalty of the Canadian felt it our duty to express some weeks dull boy Though this proverb 1 | be found among those of wise King Solom- | (jovernment to the project of a trans-cons | PNG@LISH OPINION OF MCKENZIE’S’ pot without significance for British states- men. We do not mean to imply that even | any considerable section of Mr. Mackenzie's | Supporters are actuated by any desire to /weaken the ties which bind the Dominion tothe Mother Country. It may be that | the Government itself has conceived no CORRESPONDENCE. eer COAL. To the Editor of the Examiner. Mr. Eviror.—Some years ago the Legis~ lature granted £1,000 to be given as @ res man so placed may act, or be disposed to | pay out money entrusted to his care, yet silently, in the poor man’s breast, the re~ | luctance for obvious reasons remains. When the money was voted for this service, and this man employed to sink a shaft, as Iam told he was, would it not) have been better to have placed it in Mr, “CNBR OF comm NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, EXCURSION “to have the buoys OFFICE: Corner Queen and King Streets. TE RMS—Per Annum, $1.62, ff within the vear—#1.82, postage paid Bot paid within the year CLUB RATES. $2 it paid | New London or in any this Island. The intell- ordinarily educated indi laid down’ in other harbor of of every vidual of the him that the Colonial Sectretary could gence community would teach | possibly have no more to do with the! ion, it would neither wisdom, disgraced his piety, or disagreed | ject which was the basis of the scheme Probably the men | (Canadian Confederation, the special price | of Israel, of his time, were of s more fes- | given for the adhesion of British Columbia, lwith his views of life. tive character than we, and did not need | and on the faith of which the {mperial Pars | ‘ | should get | their brows,” and be careful of their phil- | fied by the action recently taken by the ‘There have diseredited his “their bread by the sweat of | Canadian Loan acteries and the hems of their garments, | anvthing to remind them that though men | |jjament was induced to guarantee a new an) § have been more than justi- | : se : Brown-MeKenzie Administration. is now every reason to believe that the des > Pritish American Railway—a pro- , ' a of | that its chief motive is to separate itself Tae Examiner will be forwarded to})..i0. down of buoys than His Honor Clubs at the following rates per year—-pay-| - ~ : r Y } H ment strictly in advance the Lieutenant Governor. et the ¢ & copies one address, @ 7.00 ald declares that to the neglect of Mr. 10 12.00 | Haviland is owing the wreck of Mac- 15 17.00 : Pr 2) 0.00 | Leods’ schooner, and the loss to the Pro Clubs may be made up at any time, but | Vinee of $2,300. There can be no doubt they needed recreation sometimes. ) sign attributed to Mr. McKenzie of “ whit» the Railway; and of He is a fool who does not determine te | using his influence rather to serve American One of the duties of a man in this world Pacific is to enlarge his capaeities of enjoyment. | ling away” definite idea opposed to imperialism, and from its rivals, and to do something which | shall injure the Macdonald policy. But it ‘is certain that the abandonment or even the postponement of the Pacific Railway scheme, will inflict a very serious blow on Canadian credit. It will make us doubt whether the Liberal party in Canada have any propér idea of preserving the integrity and the independence of the Dominion. So faras we can understand their policy, they are laboring to pull to pieces much of the work that was done in 1867—the work ward to any one who would discover a work~ able seam of coal on this Island ; and subsequently a sum to procure a boring apparatus, which resulted in a report from Professor Dawson, Last winter the ques~ tion was again brought to the notice of the Legislature by Mr. Jokn Young, Mining Engineer, and through the spirited influ« ence of Dr. Jenkins, and others, $500 were granted to enable Mr. Young to test the legitimate appropriation ; or, in the hands of some responsible man near the premises. I have it, on respectable authority, that Mr. Young, since he has been in Mimine- gash, has abstained trom tne use of spiritu. ous liquors; that he has labored like a slave, and interested himself to an extent, which, when taken into account, with the Young’s hands, and taken security for its | : at ML t ’ : a co YUE COMMITTER appointed to be arrangements to receive the De from the Dominion Board of Trade United States National Board of Trade = to announce that they have arranged for et ‘Exeursio by Railway to SUMMersde AND A not for a shorter period than one vea that the editor of the Herald is perfectly well aware of the law by which all the harbors of the Island are placed under ADVERTISEMENTS Until further notice, Advertisements will inserted at the following rates :- be the care of Harbor Masters, who are 1 square, one insertion, 81.00 te lob Each Continuation, 00.25 | bound to see that buoys are properly ‘al a eee Be ee, 0-12! down. But it is just possible that he ACCOUNTS RENDERED for subscriptions, Ist December, in each year; for standing advertisements etc.,Ist June, and Ist December, in each year; for transient advertisements—when ordered did not know that Mr. John 8. McLeod entered into a contract—drawn up by Mr. Louis H. Davies, Solicitor General for the Haythorne-Laird Government, duly signed by himself and too sureties, and witnessed by the Harbor Master—to place the buoys of New London Harbor in their proper places for a term which had not expired when Captain McLeod's schooner was lost. Thisiaa fact. How, then, can the Colonial Secretary, or even the Government, be fairly blamed for out ALL LETTERS sent by maii should be addressed ‘Examiner Printing and Pub- lishing Company.” Lock Drawer, 72, POST OFFICE, Charlottetown. ea Che Examiner, Ch’town, July 20, S74. GUBERNATORIAL. _—— ‘Master’ in charge of New London Harbor, and a contractor bound and paid to put buoys in their proper positions at the proper time ? | The Herald's assertion that “the Mae- j At noon on Saturday, Sir Robert Hodg- sep was sworn in “ Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island.’ The ceremony took place in the presence of Justices | _ os ' ¢| islature, offered to take one thousand Peters and Hensley, several members © : : ' . Gous : j aa dollars in full for their claims, but the overnment, 0 rovernme i i 7 j Sas 8 We heart- | economical Government rejected the over- officials and private citizens. e heart- | : ily congratulate His Honor on his eleva- tion to this high office—the duties of : . . _| fusing to acknowledge the justice or le- which he has performed so often and so using ¢ 8 J aatisfactorily. gality of Mcleod’s claim—agreed to | place $1,000 in the Estimates as a par- FIRE. | tial indemnity for his heavy loss. This |was done. But when the Estimates came by another | before the House of Assembly, a deter- great fire. [t broke out on the morning | mined opposition to the grant was offered of Tuesday last’ An area of fifty-seven | hy the leaders of the Opposition. Capt. seres has, we are told, been devastated, William Welsh, M. P. P..—a gentleman and one woman, three children, and three | who, jt may be suppesed, is familiar with firemen fell a sacrifice to the holocaust. | the rules and regulations which ought to The loss of property is not so great as | govern the conduct of mariners—declared might have beenexpected. The poorer| that McLeod's claim was preposterous ; portion only of the city was visited by| that it should not be recognized for a the flames. The damage is estimated at/ moment; that the captain of the lost four millions and a half dollar: Leods, during the last session of the Leg- a number tures with disdain,” is false. are these: The Government—while re- THE SECOND CHICAGO Caicaco has been visited | schooner should, when he saw that the negligence in this case when there was a | The facts | get the best out of the present time. To spend our days in toil and our nights in anxiety. with the intention of making the ' euture free from care altogether, is a chi- | seinchen’ idea. Weariness and anxiety now, will bear the same noxious crop in all the and when their supposed tled, they will have built } aie j years of life 1) ; necessity has | themselves altars in the mind and through | | habit subjected the faculties to a servile worship. On the other side, again, no rational healthy natural eajoyment will fail to leave the mind more open to the kinder influs who has been cons | ences of life, and he aistently wise in the delight of living, will never behold nature in the sere and yellow eaf, We put it to our readers, whether, like worthy Dogberry, they ought not to pray to written down ‘an ass,’ if they do not |} make shift so enjoy the summer in some | way. if more than half the people of Charlottetown are in the city on any fine day in these are committing a gross social sin. forsaken be | beautiful months we The house should be in such weather. its truth condition of things, one would hardly think and yet to go about and see the so. The places of business are filled with dank, sallow, unhappy looking people, who only go out for a few minutes each day— |and that into the streets to get a breath of fresh dust. the thoroughfares, looking as jaded, tired The young laaies promenade which had not taken root. to go slowly, miserably about. All appear to be merely tolerating life. Public Pics here—start solemnly off dressed in blac, with dolorous music to cheer them. Nota solitary soul in the community seems to be trying to make the best of this glorious July. ness such a serious matter, that we pity them as they ply their profession at the street corners. Here they stand against this or that tavern wall in the ful blaze of Our very loafers make their busi- the sun, both rich loafers and poor ones, | buoys were not laid down, have ‘stood lout,” and not have attempted to enter | that the grant, if | ' a precedent to — THE POOR HOUSE , . i No Tue Keeper of our Poor House very New London harbor ; naturally objects to having that institu- passed, would be tion classed in the same dark category as every negligent captain and aggrieved the Lunatic We we assure him, the slightest intention of The Poor House is highly respectable—compared with the Lunatic Asylum; and Mr. Allen is, a perfect Howard compared with Mr. | shipowner might refer when pressing a | never had, claim; and that Asylum similarly ‘‘ preposterous so classing it | the Island would be ruined if such claims | were recognized. This was Captain Wil- no doubt, His political | sonable enough it seems. Gidley. Mr. Allen has, perhaps, done as | leader—Mr. Louis H. Davies—the great well a» he was able. We find no fault | legal light of the opposition—forcibly and with him. It is against the building— | Umhesitatingly declared it to be his opin— | > i ¢ > elair ft sors > Lex | its utter unfitness for an asylum for poor, }ion that the claim of Messrs. McLeod i old. maimed and blind men and women, | ¥23 not good in law—that it was ‘“‘sim- and the wretched system under which it| P!¥ monstrous. The Government— is managed—that we protest. | holding similar, though, perhaps, not BRITISH COLUMBIA. | such extreme opinions,—and seeing that | Captain McLeod's own political friends were so determinedly opposed to the grant, withdrew it. An action at law was then commenced, which, a few days By late Ottawa despatches, it is re- ported that just as Attorney General about embarking, he Wakem was was since, resulted unfavorably to the Gov- requested by Mr. MeKenzie to remain | sryment. These are the facts, —fairly little longer and negotiation | stated. Let the organs of the Opposition respecting the construction of the Canada | gainsay them if they can. Pacific Railway. Attorney General Wak-| Py. case is not yet, however, wholly em is the bearer to England of British ly : : : f ost. The liability of the Govern- og § poetent. eqpinnt the policy © | ment to pay for vessels which are wrecked the respecting | oa ing /on the coast through the negligence of this Railway. 3ritish Columbians are, with good The | Harbor Masters or Lighthouse Keepers, Government first broke faith with them, continue Government The reasou, Dominion incensed. | existence is | has yet to be decided by the Judges of the and then soubbed them. The agreement to commence the construction of the Pacific Railway, was not carried cut. Aa inderunity was offered. Proposals Ao Envoy Extraordinary Pacific Province.’ were made. was despatched to the ‘ But somewhat curiously —and, as the Government of British Columbia thoucht, suspiciously—the Envoy could furwish no eredentials from the Dominion Cab- inet—on behalf of which he claimed to act. On the 18th May, the Government | Supreme Court. Andalthough the opin- | ions of Capt. William Welsh were not en- | tertained by the Petit Jury, it is not at | all improbable that the decision of the | Judges will coincide with the opinions of |the Attorney General, the Colonial Seec- | retagy, and the Leader of the Opposition. — >: /-_—--+ Fire.—The Quango, a new brigantine, at Lord’s Wharf, belonging to | H. & F. Douse, was, about one | o'clock on Wednesday night last, discovers | ed to be on fire. By the promptitude and highly commendabie exertions of our fire | brigade, she was saved from total destruc: | | moored j Messrs. come hither, € ne e nO eat rough weather Wi tl Qu * v t un | Seeking the fi 1 1 with wl t | Come hi ( Here s ) No winter or rough weather gram to Ottawa, asking to be informed | tion. The loss, however, is estimated at | two thousand dollars—no insurance. The | fire, it is believed, was the work of an ins | cendiary, and the Messrs, Douse offer a | reward of $200 to any person or persons postponed | who will give information which will lead | On that day | to his apprehension and*conviction. e telegra hed to the effeet that the TO- | -_-—— - . oP } Satispacrory.—In concluding an article but since the Goy— |} : Bi : is ig 3 on the Commerce of the Dominion during ernment of British Columbia had - LTE. the Tesente Mente: Times shee im more them, they | « We rise from an examination of the trade were then withdrawn, (n receipt of | returns for 1873, highly satisfied with the | this telegram, Atsorney Geuveral Wakem growth of our commerce which they ex. | hibit, and thoroughly convinced that it | was & most prosperous year. The fact that | the increase in our transactions was so general in all the countries with which we | deal, whilst all the classes of our exports |improved—some of them in a marked | manner — affords incontestable evidence “| that the Dominion was never in a more 41 | sound and healthy condition, or enjoying a up his mind | jarger share of prosperity. We fear the whether or not the offers made by Mr. Edgar, (the so-called Envoy) were Lona Ade proposals of the Dominion Govern- ment. Mr. apswer till the Sth June. of British Columbia despatched a tele- | | | MeKeuzie his oe + posals were bona fide promptly considered immediately set out for England with a formal protest. On his way he called at Ottawe ; and there, it appears, he remains for the present Mr. McKenzie, it is evident, is not the Asa indeed bg “ right man in the right place.’ he is It took contemporary remarks sorry hand at diy lomacy.’’ nearly a month to make whether he would aceredit Mr. Edgar; | year 1873-4, which closed on Tuesday, will and in the very did this, he withdrew empowered Mr. Edgar to make. seme telegram that he | hardly be able to make so good an exhis the offers he bit.’ _——-— «+ Can} (Canaptans at Wiweetpoy.—The shooting | terest. we wonder that the British Columbians | are protesting ” { ae ,-,4 Potirws iw Querec.—The Bien Publir eertsa that the ‘juebec (Ciovernment shortly dissolve the Loca! Legislature. and precipitate a general clection. In any event it must take p'ace next year following reasons for its opinion, namely, the success which its candidates have ob- tained in elections which have recently oc- curred. chances of success if the elections are over before amnesty is granted. ae~ It gives the avoid waiting till » nother session when they | tay be forced to pass an electoral law, which would iniure them lands. It alleges that it is on the tapis to bring out Mr. Coursol for either Mentreal East or Laval, cud mentions, on the other band, that many are_of the opinion that it wil j It believes they will have greater | They wish to} Further, they may not | be obliged to accord an investigation with | reference to the administration of crown | for the first stage of the Queen’s Prize at Wimbledon has been completed. Among the perspiration rolling down their lugu brious countenances. What a pity some | pious soul, some clerical body, with the | energy of Peter the Hermit, preach a dailyexcdus from this stewing- pan of a city to the green fields. living is hardly tolerable, in the country, a delight. of Gardens the Hesperides are to be found within half an | hour’s walk of the city; and a perfect | liam Welsh’s line of argument,— and rea-! paradise is to be attained close at hand | beneath the shade of innumerable copses. The sky, the fleeting clouds, distant pross pects. and the nearer beauties of foliage | This is all so palpable that every one sees | ' and burnt, as newly set cabbage plants Everyone seems | nics—the only sort of amusement known | would not In town, | | than British interests, is no mere party in- tention, but has been deliberately conceived | by the present Canadian Ministry. Had we 'no other proof of this it would be enough to quote the announcement lately made in | our money article that the Canadian Governs | ment desires to raise 2 new loan to the ex- tent of £4,000,000, no portion of which is to This can | only mean that the proceeds are to be des voted to some public works other than the Pacific carry the Imperial guarantee. has been either the magnificent Railway, which postponed or abandoned, scheme of uniting the two seas by a line of railway through British territory, which we had all supposed to have received the sanction of the Canadian Legislators and people, and to be on the eve of execution, has been relegated, under various pretexts, to adistant and uncertain future by the sos called Liberal Government which now sways And, look - McKenzie cabinet, we are not surprised to find that the assertions made by the late Govern: ; ment and its friends during the heat of the the destinies of the Dominion. ing at the constitution of the which was given us at least the foundations of a great united British State on American They seem to prefer buying the sup- port of their political adherents in the older Provinces by expending the public money on local public works, instead of spending any part of it on a scheme which promises no immediate political return. It remains to be seen how the Canadian people at large, and especially the outlying provinces, will view this diversion of their revenues, Under the pretence of a deficit they have had lately an increase of taxation 20 that they have not even had the solace of securing economy, while they are de- prived of the Pacitic Railway. To the pros vinces immediately affected, especially to British Columbia, the new policy must be almost a challenge to secession. It is hard to see what possible benetit they are to derive from their connection with Cans ada if the first and most essential condition of their contract is violated. As for the Imperial Government, it may perhaps be inclined to bear patiently tbe infraction of soil. | bitter contests which ended in the triumph j ofthe Crown McKenzie Party, are begin- | | ning to be beleived by many who supported | that party during the election. With the | exception of the Premier himself and of | | Mr. Brown, his most influential colleague, who accepted more or less cordially the | scheme of Confederation, it is now remem. | bered that the individual members of the | | Government have been distinguished, if at | all, for their hostility to that great measure, | for prosAmerican sympathies their anti-British proclivities. their and | Looking | over the names of the McKenzie Cabinet, | we discover only two or three whose public records bear testimony to their loyalty to | the idea of a united British America. The | | Minister of Justice and other prominent | Ministers are chiefly known for the energetic Opposition they offered to the Imperial policy of 1867. The gentleman selected by | | the Government to preside over the delib. TT of the House of Commons was | not only a fierce opponent of Confederation, } but an avowed sympathizer with Fenianism | both the United States. With these facts in their mind it is no won- in [reland and der that the loyal Canadian people are dis. | posed to credit what has been alleged of the j intentions of the Government, especially considering how feebly and with what small success the charges of disloyalty to the Con- federation have been met by Mr. MeKenzie | 8] and his colles agzues. How important is this question, as bear- ing upon the whole future of the Dominion, | we may perceive by recalling the history of | the project to connect the existing Cana- Pa ' | County, New Jersey. | COWS | a pledge which will release us from the obligations contracted under the Guarantee Act. Itis the people of Canada themselves whom it chiefly concerns, to ponder well the action of their Government. If they | would not tolerate Sir John Macdonald, in valuable services, because he accepted pecuniary contributions from a political adherent who subsequently became a government con- tractor, will they look with more favor on spite of his great abilities and Mr. Mackenzie, who reverses the national policy, and attempts to appease those whom he supposes to be injured by the reversal with such bribes as are now offered to British Columbia, Manitoba and Quebec, to forego the execution of the scheme of the Pacific Railway ? EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON, MAILSTONES THE SIZR OF ORANGE®, One of the most extraordinary phenom- ena ever witnessed in this country took place on the fourth of July in Bergen About a quarter of | six, p m., in the village of Westwood, dur- ing the celebration of the day, a sudden darkness came over the village, and bes fore the could seek shelter, a violent storm of hailstones des alarmed inhabitants }scended upon the heads of the crowd Hailstones two inches and a half in dias meter, and as hard and heavy as cobble came in a furious shower. Hens and chickens were killed in large numbers, stunned. The stones, and horses were | frightened populace ran in every direction, and of banks, the music of the birds will dian railways with a district line to British | Seeking shelter in sheds, beneath trees d of banks, the music e birds w on : i ns cea i Columbia. The Canadian Pacific Railway and every available spot. Fortunately the pour gladness into the soul if one will only ; ; : ee ith a : be |} assiv Or, if more social recreation: {was not the accidental, but the essential | majority escaped without injury. A young 8 passive, yr 3 ore social recre% Ss} are coveted. in the name of all that i } complement of the scheme of British Amer lady, named Miss Bogart, was, however, reasonable aint a picnic will satisfy ik jican Union. On no other consideration | Struck on the hand by one of the hail- ee oes “ ~~“? | would the Imperial Parliament have con- | stone, and her wrist and arm frightfull the delights of which we will not begin to pe E ae ee , . y speak of lest there should be noend. Or, do you know the satisfaction to be found in a sail or a row in the harbor? are still ‘‘in the blackness of darkness. We have not begun to cultivate our social faculties. Here, every excursion to the country is made a matter of thoughtful profound consideration, of baking, of stews ing, of dressing, a ‘state, a stiff solemnity.’ Why can’t we, like sensible people, be con- tent toact on the fact that, ifa small ora great number of persons go out of town to enjoy themseives, they wil/ do so. Oh! for the Greek invocation of Jaques, to call If not, you fools into a circle. pleasant and shady tree in the Royalty be surrounded with a ring of happy people who should join to sing Amien’s wise old stave—(slightly altered) Under the green woo a Svereme Court.—Trinity Term in Chars lottetown, c osed on Saturday. Nathan Davies & Son, rs. Insurance Company, of this city, resulted ina verdict for Plaintiff— $4,000, with in- In the suit, John A. McLeod rs, The Government of Price Edward Island, the Jury rendered a verdict for Plaintiff, assessing damages at $2,273—A_ point of law yet to be argued. The convicted crim- inals were sentenced as follows :—George Swan, larceny, two months’ imprisonment The suit, with hard labor; Thomas Noonan, stabbing w.th intent to disable, twelve months’ im- prisonment with hard labor. opened at Georgetown tosmorrow. LEE, RT ew The Honolulo Gazette calls attention to the fact of several members of the National Assembly having been seen in public, help- lessly drunk. Joseph Arch, speaking at a Mass meet- ing in Sheffield, a fortnight ago, says that in a few days he intended taking four ship loads of the best laborers from the New been offered free passage. A settlement has been arrived at between of Formosa. China pays the expense of the | expedition and guarantees the safety of | foreigners, and Japan accepts the arranges | ment and retires. Tue Crisis or Tak WosLp.—Mr Disraeli has the first sixty who are qualified to partici- in the 2nd stage are the following mem-~ bers of the Canadian Team ; man, 60th Battalion, Que. Private T. | Mitchell, 13th Battalion, Ont. ; Capt. J. P. Macpherson, Governor General's Foot Guards, Ont.; Colour-Sergeant Baillie, 47th Battalion, Ont.; Major Gibson, 13th Bat. talion, Ont.; and—Hancock. All of the above are entitled to a prize of £12 and to wear the National Rifle Association’s Badge. | Sergeant Vail was the only Canadian who In the | contest for the Alexandra Prize the follow~ ing have been returned winners; Captain Layton, 7th Battalion, N.S.; Captain Mac~ | pherson ;Lieut. MacNaughton, Coburg Ar- | till@y, Ont, ; Private Disher, 19th Battalion, Ont.; and Capt. Morgan, Sth Battalion Que. Canada has reason to be proud of so suc, cessful a commencement of the great rifle | got into the second stage last year. | Lieut. Whit; | taken a place among men which entitles him to be credited with some insight und | some foresight, and he tells us that the cri sis of the world is nearer than some men think. There looms up before him, asa thinker, dealing with great rather little is, nacles, is yet beneath the horizon. It is undoubted. however,that in the consciences of most men, and particularly of most stu~ dents of prophecy, there is the expectation of a somewhat near approach of that grea shock of nations or of systems, or of spititual things,called figuratively the Battle of Armageddon. It takes but a glance at | the history of the last few years to see that ples which shows no signs of early quiesc- ence. The national idea supersedes the old system of Divine Right. ‘The national whch, seizing simultaneously upon the pe.ople of all nations, show their first inhee rent sputterings in what is called Internas tionalism. Meantime the political powers Then should every | sented to pledge Imperial credit for its con. struction. The indetinite postponement of | this work by the present Government, in | favor of the limited and partial construction | proposed, can oaly be regarded as a gross faith towards the people of British Columbia primarily and directly, and toward the Empire generally. The branch line from Fort Garry to Pembina, passing | breach of | | i as it will, outside the line of Lake Superior, on Canadian Soil, as proposed by the late | Government, is a mere extension of the ; American railway system in the Province of | ° Manitoba, and cannot be regarded as even a part execution of the national work con- templated in the Imperial Guarantee Act. | So far from its being an adjunct of the great- | | er scheme, it is a rival and enemy toib, the the size of walnuts. lacerated. At the Ridgewood House, in the village, an enormous amount of dams age wasdone. Not a single pane of glass was left whole in the building, and incre~ dible as it may appear, the hailstones ac, tually broke through the slate roof as if they had been cannon balls. The storm covered an area of about twenty-five miles, stretching from Spring Valley to Kinder Kamack. The storm prevailed at its ut- most at the stations of Pascack and Ridge~ wood, which are on the Hackensack branch of the Erie Railroad, and the depots were completely riddled, as though a battle had been fought in the neighborhood As late as six o’clock yesterday morning, hailstones were picked up at the station Through the section "| jury of the existing Canadian lines, and to Witnessed. t's | the more serious damage of British Ameri | ‘© | the Ottawa River, be regarded as link or the execution of which can only benefit the | Of the country where the storm raged, @ American railway owners to tin direct in- | most perfect scene of desolation can be Every tree is stripped of its fruit, grain fields of rye and corn laid low, Nor can the local line Mr. \ and the hope of hay this fall is utterly McKenzie proposes to construct in Ontario | 899 The sensation created in the vicinity was, we might imagine, tremendous. In one sewing machine factory, just above The Grand | Ridgewood, over 1,000 panes of glass were Trunk and other existing lines already cars broken, and the slate roof damaged. The ry passengers and goods from the Gulf of shower continued for thirty minutes, and can interests. | from some point on Georgian Bay towards | section of the Pacific railway. the Mutual Fire | Court will be Pg : : Market district to Canada,to which they had | China and Japan with regard to the Island | sues, that coming storm among the nations | which, to those who sit on less axalted pin- | a ferment has commenced among the peos | idea itself gives way to forms of thought | | $t- Lawrence to Georgian Bay by an easier, | more desirable, and we believe a shorter | route. This line, which is to be undertaken | as a publie work, will cost a large sum of the public money, but will not serve any national | | object, or fiulfil any part of the actual con. | | tract with British Columbia in the treaty of union, nor of the implied contract with the | British Parliament it passed the Guarantee Act. It appears to be simply a party expedient adopted by the McKenzie Government under a parliamentary pres-~ when sure of some kind, as a bribe to some of the discontented Provinces, the only effect of which will be to injure existing railways by , taking from them a portion of the traffic they can so ill afford to spare, and to increase | the prejudice of English capitalists against all Canadian railway projects. Yet these two bits of railway, onein Manitoba and the other in Ontario, neither of which forms any part of the original Pacific line, are offered by the present Canadian Government as the only substitute for the great national | scheme of their predecessors. It is true that the surveys in British Columbia, and | of the waters of the inland lakes and rivers are to be continued ; but it can scarcely be wondered at that the public, even that por tion of them who support the general “Liberal” policy of the McKenzie Govern. | ment, are not disposed to regard this con- cession as any contribution to the national work of completing the communication bes | ween the Atlantic and the Pacific, Without being influenced in any way by the spirt of Canadian party—having no other concern or interest in the matter be» | yond an Imperial one’ we cannot but ex. | press our deep regret at the reactionary policy of the present (fovernment, as cal- culated very seriously to loosen the scarce- | ly-formed bonds of Canadian unity, and to | injure the Dominion in its relations to the Empire. From men who profess to be actuated by the spirit of ‘ reform and pros gress,”’ something better might have been looked for than the abandonment of the grand prospect of a railway on British soil uniting all the Provinces in one solid State, joining east and west by a road practicable /in summer and winter, and opening up for settlement the fertile plains and valleys of would be perferable to obtain Mr.Coursol’s | a election for the commons to the end that | rs ee he might become the leader of the Quebec Ma, Doxcan McGotvan has been appoint- Conservatives. , ed Harbor Master at the port of Malpeque. oe bs seem disolving into each other and massing themselves under two or three great heads so diverse in nature as to make it a) als most necessary that triale of strength should ensue between them, | the Nortii Western Territory. The sym- | pathy disclosed in this policy between Cans adian Liberalism and an antisBritish feels _ ing is an unpleasant one to note ; and it is in this short space of time damage to the amount of many thousand dollars was done. +The hailstones, on an average, were the size of turkey eggs, and of every cons ceivable shape, with sharp corners and edges that cut like knives. During the continuation of the shower the thunder and lightning was incessant, and with the scream ng of men, women and children, and the shrieks of affrighted cattle, the scene was one truly awful.—V. V. Herald, July 6. Dominion Day in Ottawa. — Dominion day was celebrated with the usual display of loyalty and enthusiasm yesterday by the people of Ottawa, Business was suspended, and hundreds of persons took advantage of the cheap fares on the steamers and rail- ways to make excursions into different parts of the country. In the city there were at~ tractions for those who wished to remain and for strangers who came to see the capi- tal.— Oltu«ea Citizen. The last number of the Toronto Nation, in the course of some remarks upon Colonial Agents in England, indicates the inconsist~ ency of Mr. Jenkins’ recent proceedings. “Mr. Jenkins,” says the Nation, “is besides being agent for Canada, a member of the House of Commons ; and he sometimes so obliterates the line dividing the two funct- ids that the most attentive observer can - not be certain whether he is acting in the one or the other capacity. He recently moved, in the House, that reserved acts be sent to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and arguments heard for and against the excersise of the veto. If the constitutional procedure is to be altered, it is only reasonable that Canada should be heard ; amt she cannot be heard by a motion in Parliamaemt, for there he was a represent ative of Dundee, not in Canada. In mak- | ing sucha motion, he should be distinctly given it to be understood that he does not speak tor Canada. If Canada desired the change, her Parliament would address the Crown in favor ofit. There is no communi- cation in the Colonial office to show that the | proposed change would be agreeable to this country ; and we have a strong conviction that it would not. Even the Government seems to have been confused by the position of Mr Jenkins ; Mr. Lowther observing “ it might be inferred that he représented the Dominion of Canada that evening.” Sweh facts as this, and they are constantly erop- ping out, show the necessity of defining and circumscribing Mr. Jenkins’ sphere of duties by specific instructions of the most binding import. _- <b The cable ship Farady arrived at Porte- mouth, N, H., on the 9th inst. matter by sinking a shaft. Having noticed several references in the press of Mr. Young's success, on the 11th instant I went to see and judge for myself. Meeting a man on the road, and enquiring how much further I had to go, received for an answer, four anda half miles; “but you ne dnot go. Mr. Young has closed up the shaft, removed the tools, and is go'ng away.’’ ‘Why, what is wrong’” sure he is so high spirited, and the Gover: ment are actingso manely with him, he won't stay.” Arriving at Mr. R. Costain’s, Imet Mr. Young, when to my surprise, | found that my informant was correct. I said to Mr. Young that as I has for some years felt a deep interest in the Coal Ques~ tion of this Island, | was sorry to learn the conclusion he had come to. I said felt sure that if Mr. Owen, and other members of the Government were aware of all the facts, he would have no reason to complain, He soon convinced me that he had no faith in the Government, and that this want of confidence was reciprocated to an extent quite undesirable. Informing him of the object of my visit, he courteously offered to supply all the information in his power. “ Well, as you have been spending the Go- vernment’s money, perhaps you will inform me for the benetit of the public, what you did with it.” “© yes,most certainly,’’ was the reply. He then showed me two tubs, completely bound, for lifting the earth out of the shaft, 120 feet 44 inch hemp rope, with suitable hooks attached; 1 maul, 24 lb; 1 do 7 lb. ;2 picks, 4 shovels 1 augur, | 3-4 inch ; 1 adze, | hand saw; 1 crosscut do. ; 1 steel square ; | axe; a wiadlass completely rig- ged—the barrel, 8 feet long, 8 inches dia- meter, the handles made of the best qual- ity of 1} inch iron, set and fastened into the end of the barrel of the shaft, with a bolt “OT it from turning, set in well-fitting journals. Strength, safety and adaptation for the work to be be performed are apparent. A magazine of powder secured with a lock, to be used for blasting ; 1 steel drill, 8 ft. long ; 2 do. 3 ft. long; 1 barrel of flour, purchas» ed on order of Government, which no la- borer would take for the price paid for it; 30 yards cotton, for a windsail, to be used to force air down the shaft; 2 coils manilla, and one tape line. In the shaft there were 30 set of timber, or 120 pieces, and 16 set on the ground. These pieces are 8 feet long, 8 ;uared 6 x 8 inches, and cost 17 cents each. A numberof ir: n dogs and spikes: Up and down the shaft there are six pieces, 3 x 24 inches, which are fastened with 6 inch spikes, eighteen inches apart. The shorter pieces used for the wall of the shaft are 4 feet long. The wall is put in thus: The first ten feet of timb.rs are dovetailed in the corner, exactly as the best log build- ings on this Island were formerly put to. gether. Below that, the two side pieces are carefully set in their place and fastened to the frame above with an iron dog ; one end piece four feet long is then put into its place and carefully hung in the same way ; then one end of the last piece, the last end being driven home with the heavy maul, and each corner secured with two pins one and a quarter inchin diameter. This leaves the shaft exactly 7 x 4 feet inside the wall, care being taken to have each side exactly plumb. His accounts for labor, material, &c:, in- cluding the flour on hand, and a few articles to pay his board bill, amount in all to $260. These accounts were all receipted except for $27,—Mr. Young not having anything left for himself. This I saw by his bills tos day. The service performed may be summed up thus: After being sent up by the Gov. ernment (as he says) he had to go to Sum- merside, where he was detained several days before he could obtain $50 and the $9 bar- re! of flour. Then some time was necessar. ily spent in procuring the material to commence work with and deciding where to running through the inner end, to prevent | manner in which he has been treated, that [ am not surprised to know that it has so | | wrought upon his extremely nervous tems | perament, as to occasionally prostrate him | with sickness. TUESDA Y, 2ist inst. at 10 A M. | Members of the Chamber can pr | ets for themselves and friends pepe tion to any of the Committee, | Tickets for Gentle = - Ladies. - . *$-90. F. T. NEWBERY, ; L. H. DAVIES, | W. R. WATSON, | GEORGE PEAKR, W. W. CLARKE. J. 8. CARVELL, JAMES PEAKE, | BENJ. ROGERS, A. A. MACDONALD, B. WILSON HIGGS, RICHARD HUNT, J Ch’town, July 20, 1874, MOUNT STEWART HOUSE AND TEMPERANCE SALOON, In the Barque Maygic, which sailed from this port to Montreal this week, he shipped to Mr. Selwyne, an exceedingly interesting case of fossils, picked out of the bank and around the shore of Miminigash, and has left others in the Customs office here, where any interested in such matters, coming this way, can see them. Mr. Owen, being an upright practical man, it is to be regretted he did not in the early part of the season, visit Miminigash, or depute some one whom he could rely to do so, and report. With your permission | will, next week, present the reasons which induced Mr. igash, and nearer the surface than at any other point in this Island. Ropert tionpon. Other papers, will please copy. >: —_ + > THE POOR HOUSE. To the Editor of the Examiner Sir :—I have noticed in your last issue some remarks on the Lunatic Asylum and the Poor House, calling on a reform in these so-called charitable Institutions. |I confine my remarks to it only. You | have stated that the inmates are grovelling in filth—putting the Poor House on the same level with the Lunatic Asylum. Let me inform you, Sir, that the inmates are not grovelling in filth in nakedness, or hunger. There are forty-two inmates in the Poor House . they get for their meals, one lb. meat each, soup and potatoes ; and Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. <lb cod, hake or herring, potatoes, bread and tsa, sweetened with molasses and milk. Breakfast, every morning, bread, tea, oat~ meal porridge, sweetened with milk and molasses. Supper, tea, bread, milk and molasses. Children and aged persons are allowed to eat between meals, And can | you say with such food that they are crying |in hunger, and at 16c. per head can you | get the food for the money allowed in the market? There are in the Poor House, | one man blind, one man without a foot, and one woman, two boys, unable to walk, | two idiots, (women) one man and woman subject to fits, one cripple, in bed for two years, one woman, requiring hourly attend- ance, and all of them beyond age. @ am expected by the Government to attend to. all these, and go to the market to purchase their provisions, leaving no officer to attend to them or the sick, so that the duties enforced on the Master is out of reason any good thinking gentleman would condemn it. Consider, friends, before you write, to | think of the truth. Perhaps you would | like to rob a public Institution of its char- acter, and have not the manliness to put your name to the words you penned. We will always find those who will strike with a | sword when one’s back is turned, and, be» fore your face, shake hands with you, If. I was listened to, | could give you inform. ation as to how this Institution should be conducted, and, I say, that the Poor House is faultless, so far as the money | allowed by the Goverement can be made to g?. I make this remark, since I have been in charge of this so-called Poor House. The chairman was always at my shoulder in the carrying out of my duties; and | teel confident I[$have performed them with good satisfaction to him and the Trustees ; | and when I leave it, or give up my charge that my work was well done, considering | have no male help. J, asthe Master, had to wash all paupers coming into the insti-~ titution, and, when dead, wash them, and put them in the coffin with my own hands —for which I receive £25 sterling. There is no gentleman on Prince Edward Island who knows more than the Hon, locate a shaft. All know the season was unfavorab'e, and that labor was not easily procured. There was a g:eat deal of rain, | rendering it necessary to drain off the sur. | face water from around the shaft. The first shaft commenced, owing to the difficulty | of procuring labor, was not sufficiently pros | tected from side leakage, and another had to becommenced, This latter was down 24 feet and walled as above described, wanting only labor to goon rapidly with the sinking’ A day and a night gang of six men, in one month, under Mr. Young's eflicient supers intendence, would finally test the Coal Question at Miminegash. and I presume for the whole Island. There can be no doubt but that this labor should be supplied with- out grudging, promptly, and with that dig- nity becoming a Government. { am aware that there are some who re- gard Mr. Young as the two ends of nothing. G. W. Fenwick, M. D., of McGill, College, Montreal, thinks otherwise, for in his letter of introduction he says :—‘‘I have formed a high opinion of him as a practical miner, and believe that he possesses all the requi- sites of being able to manage mining oper- ations with success.” Are boys to be taught when at school that “what ever is worth doing, is worth doing well,” and when they attain the position of Executive Councillors,— entrusted with money to be used to sink a shaft, practically to test whether coal does or does not exist ata workable depth below the surface of this Island—to reverse this wise saying? If it was worth while spending one dollar in this enterprise, money should be spent until the question is solved. When Lord Dufterin came to this Island, $2,000 was found insufficient to give him a suitable reception. The Government spent what was requisite, and, although, proba- bly not a score of men outside of Chars lottetown participated in those festivities, yet, I presume, there are not ten men, with a man’s soul within them, but what re- joices that so excellent and distinguished a man met with a welcome becoming this Coleny, so worthy and distingnished a guest. But here isa question that is neither sensational in its nature, nor political in its aspects ; and how is it being dealt with? It is a matter of vast practical importance; and affecting the general weal of the peo- ple from the North Cape to the East Point. A gentleman, unquestionably well able to test it thoroughly, is employed ; and while engaged, is treated with as much apparent distrust as if he were a thief. For various reasons, it is well known, that when labor. ing men are to be paid, they have a relucs tance to receive their wages through a merchant, and no mattar how honorable a John Hamilton Gray, C.M.G., and Chairs man of this Institution, who repeatedly had | given his own views how this institution ought to be conducted—for whose support | and good advice | am very than'\ful; and Lam informed this gentleman, some time_ ago, resigned the office of Chairman and | Commissioner, not desiring to bear abuse for what he is not responsible. And I have, through him. informed the Government, that I cannot, nor will not, serve any longer | unless [ have an assistant, and a salary of | £100 per annum. And, also, the Chair- | man sent time over time, nourishment from his own means, and medicine, with | many kind visits to cheer the poor and aged. Now, Sir, | don’t know who you are, writs | ing about the Poor House. I recommend | you to come and see for yourself before | writing, and not having the manliness to | give the public your name, I close my res | marks, hoping you will recommend those friends of the poor to have courage to write their names. It is better not to write at | all, if you cannot give your{name. I look upon it as cowardly. I remain, Sir, Yours, &c., Ac., JOHN ALLEN, Master Poor House. It is said the Vermont and Canada Rails road is about to change hands and become | the property of the Central Vermont, for | the sum of $3,000,000, a Mr. Disraeliis again indisposed. Recent. ly he went down to the House of Comnions looking wretchedly ill,and wearing,on much swollen feet, a pair of black cloth slippers. Sport wm Inpia.—In the latter part of May, Ali Shah, the oldest son of His Highs neess Aga Khan, received information that a number of tigers were in the vicinity of KarksJla, the station below Lanowlie,on the Poons line. He sent a camp to the place where the game was reported, and together | with his son, Aga Shah Noor,made haste for the same spot. It was not until the next morning, however,that the impatient sports» | men saw a prospect of their patience being rewarded. At that time the skikarees re. | ported having seen five tigers pass through the Toorna and Jumboora jungles, which are about ten miles in a southerly direction from Karkalla close to the camp. Preparations were at once begun. While the sportsmen were preparing to climb trees & young tiger broke cover, and they had to. stand their ground. A shot from A‘i Shah laid the tiger dead. Immediately after the shot was fired, a large tiger broke near Aga Shah Noor, who at once sent a shell into it | and disabled it. It required two more shots | before it was dead. As there were said to be more tigers in the jungle, the sportsmen got up trees, and they had barely done so when two young tigers broke from the jungle. One fell to each of the sportsmen. After a few minutes another young = ke near Ali Shah, who managed to give” its quietus. Five tigers in less than an- hour is not bad work, DINNER AT THE ISLAND PARK HOTEL. The Train will leave the Ch'town . Station on Young to believe coal does exist at Mimin- | AslTam the Master of the Poor House, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, for dinner, | THE “ NOXON STANDARD” > ComMTrgg. HERE every kind of REFRESHMENT ang W ACCOMMODATION for man and is now opened at Mount Stewart B by ANGUS GILLIS & BROS.; and hopes attention to those who may patronize to be able to give the satisfaction in such an establishment, it being the fins of the kind ever opened in the ever rising city. ANGUS GILLIS € BROB, July20, 1874. Syrups, Syrups, RASPBERY, LEMON, STRAWBERRY, GINGERWINE, In 50 gallon Casks now in Store, and smaller Packages of 20 gallons each, daily expected. Cheap at i CARVELL BROS, Ch’town, July 16, 1874. lin NOTIC hh, fPXHOSE who have any demands against the estate of the late John Lawson, Esq., of this City, will please send in their aecounts, duly attested, to the undersigned, for settlement. HENRY LAWSON, Execnter. PLEASANTLY SITUATED BUILDINC LOTS. YHE subscribers are prepared to recelve ollers for TWO TOWN LOTS pleasant- ly situated atthe North-East corner of the City, being No. 51 & 52, at the entrance to the KENSINGTON ROAD. CARVELL BROS. Ch’town, July 20th.—ar 2mo TENDERS FOR Government Work. SEALED TENDERS will be received by the Secretary of the Board of Works, until Friday, the 7th August, next, (noon) from parties wiiling to contract for the Repairs to Pownal Bay Wharf. The signatures of two responsible persons, willing to become bound for the faithful performance of the work, to accompany each tender. Board does not bind itself to accept the lowest Tender- Write * Tender for Pownal Bay Wharf, fon the envelope. Specifications can be seen with J, R. Moore, Pownal. July 20, 1874, RICHARD WEEKS, §. P. W. Ch’town, July 29th ee Cottage for Sale. ———e—_ OR SALE, the COTTAGE on Richmond Street, recently occupied by the lete John Lawson, Esquire,—together with the plot of land on which it stands, and a large and valuable garden adjoining For particulars apply at the EXAMINER OFFICE. July 13th, 1874 eae LATE TURNIPS. aad ERAL varieties of LATE TURNIP ALSO, A New and Hybrid, hardier than other kinds, and a better keeper. For Sale Wholesale and Retail Al AGRICULTURAL QUEEN’s SQUARE. Ch'town, July 13, 1874.—2i SEED. HASZARDS STORE, g Reaper Call at 11 QUEEN STREET, you do not buy one, you can tell your children that you have seen in Canada! COMBINED MOWER AND REAPER, Kor the Sale of which ljam Agent, an } July 8, 1874.—tf c x © a —_— o 2 D a ct 3 c 2 rs 9 - s=2 9 = s oe ° : é = S Jo oe > ae : = ¢ z a a ® & | Mw ss8 E& ot e* "Ss PB 2 = in a a es £ .- ea 52 ° oO wt So -= Oo tir ° 8 = “= ~ s wh ‘aS no ”" th ex oe 8 Ri a & : ta FF 3 o Z i > = ° Th . = * LOST. - Between Mill Cove Road and Charlottes me town, a RAILWAY TIME-BOOK. A®¥ St, person finding it and leaving itat the . ati way Contractor's Office, will be suitably re sty warded, | July 18.—3i waa day my ae Th Charlottetown P. E. L. Isl 107n Jury, 1874, (PE TRUSTEES of the Luaatic Asylum are desirous of obtaining the services en: a Medical Superintendent, who is experienc . 5 ple inthe treatment of Lunacy, and can furnis pl testimonials of his efficiency ; and will — applications until the 15th day of Auge bu next, and will also, until that day, receive @P- wil plications from persons desirous of obtaining a the appointment of Supervisor and Matron. be Salary and other particulars made known by the undersigned fe THEOPH. DESBRISAY, s TT Hon. Secretary. pe ___ duly 13, iSi—se i) al THA ROS! . NOW LANDING, te 100 bbls. Tea Rose Flour, | «. ON CONSIGNMENT. : FENTON T. NEWBSSRY. Ie