VOL. III. » . o ..._A..... I CHARLOTTETOWN, r. E. ISLAND, WEDNESDAY. EEEEUAEY 20.1867. fl M“. “.mwn. mum NO. 20. one nuance 1."!!le AID PUBLIIIID IVIIY WIDXIIDA! IOAIINO I! EDWARD BE ILLY. Bolton ant) rnormnron. at his Dace. corner of Kent and Prince Streets. resua run run "unease." For 1 year, paid in advance, II ‘I £090 “ helf-yearlyinedvanee,010 0 Advartlaemuite inserted at the usual rates. JOB PRTNTING. Of every description. performed with neetneea end deepateh end on moderate terms. ct the Hansen Office. u 9%... .m ALMANACK FOR FEBRUAltT. moons rnaana. New Moon. 4th day, 2h. 3m. evening. S.W. m First Quarter, 11th day. 9h. 28m., evening. NE. Full Moon, 18th day, 8h. 28m ., evening.N.E. Last Quarter,26th dey,7h. 20m., morning,N.E. Hi i lMoon' u ‘ u" on wean. 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Feb. 15. 1867. revisions. leaf, (smell) per 1b.. r ad to 7d Do by the quarter. ad to 5 Pork. (carcass) 31d to 45.] Do (smell) dc! to 7d Hutton. per lie. 4d to 6d Veal, per 1b.. 8d to 2:: N. W ‘9 ‘ Batter, (fresh)b 1e ti: Do by the to , ‘d w M Cheese, per 1b., Tallow, er 1b.. 86 to 10¢! Lard, pee 1b., 93: t; flour. or lb.. 16 to 17. Oatmee . per 100 lbs.. nga, per doles. In 1d to la 8d Grain. Barley, per bushel, 3s lid to 3s 9d Oats per do.. 80 4d to 2s 5d ‘ Vegetables. Peas. er nsrt. Potato‘ha. gar bushel. in 8d to 2a 0111 . Geese, P “7 2s M to 3s 6d 'l‘urkeys. each, is to tie Fowls, each. is to is ad Decks, In 3d to 1s 6d Fish. Codfieb, per qtl., 20s to 30s Earrings, per barrel. 25a to 40.1 Irel, per doaen. L b ' 2s M to 4d m 01'- Boards Hemlock) 8s 6d to 4s be prone) 4a to be Do 'mc) 7a to flu Shingles, per M. 18s to 18: “mm.” on. to Me 1h .‘ ton. Str’ewfiier cwt., 1s M to 21 'I‘imetk Seed, none Clover ‘ d. per 1b.. nene Homespun, per yard. is to on Celfikins. per lb.. lid to 9d llidea, per 1b.. Md Wool, 1a to 1s 3d She shine. 3s 9d to 4a App as, per dot, . Rd to 4d Partridgee. 1011 to is 3d GEORGE LEWIS. Market Clerk. ..._.......... -. “,2”... . .s.....-.¢,._..._...,..._ NORTH AMERICAN HOTEL. KENT-STREET, - - - cuantor'rerowu 118 HOTEL, formerly known as the " GLOBE I“ HOTEL," is thel eat in the City,'end centrally situated- it is now opene for the reception of perma- nent and transient Boarders. The subscriber trusts, by e or attention to the' wants and comfort of his friends an epublie generally. to merit a shere of public pa— troneg'b. . w The Beer or Lrouoae always on hand. Good etabling for any number of horses, with a carefbl hoatler ' d . n "m in“ J?IIN norm. Proprietor. Charlottdown, P. 2. Nov. 96. 1868. THE LAST CAUTION ! ! 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The retired end usually quiet village of Valparaiso, Ind., was. on Tuesday night of last week. thrown into a fearful state of excitement over the report that e fam- ily residing four miles west of Valparaiso, on the Pitts- burg, Fort We no end Chicago Bailrcad. had been foully dealt with, end their bodies consumed byflre. The report circulated like wildfire. and soon the bur—room of the Gould House was thronged with cscitedjcitlzens. who had arisen from their beds, anxious to ascertain whether the startling intelligence was true or false. A young men named Bushoro, a resident of Valparaiso, had brought the news. and he at once became the centre of the excited multitude. In a few words. he stated ell he knew of the terrible tragedy. lie was returning with a party of youn people from attending a dance at n town thlve mi ca west of Valparaiso. when be dis- covered the residence of Mr. Benjamin Long, a farmer living four miles fl'om this village. to be on fire. Driv- ing rapidly to the scene of oonflegration. the first object that met his sight was the form of a female. enveloped only in a thin ui lit dress, leaning against. a fence. near the burning bedding, and a closer inspection discovered her to be a deformed girl, named l'rcdcrica Rudolph, whose parents reside on a farm ad‘oiuing Mr. Long‘s. He saw blood flowing from severe wounds upon her person. and at once wont to her assistance. She request- ed him to give her his overcoat, as she was freezing, and he at once complied. He then made a hasty survey of the burning promises, and to hie horror discovered the bodies of two ersons roasting in the flames. llut, un- aided, he conhi’do nothin for the dead; therefore. he returned to Miss Rudolp . and, taking but in his arms. proceeded to take her to a feral house near by. On his way be was met by other people, who. attracted by the fire, were going to the scene. To those he communiceb ed what he had seen, and, with the assistance of one of the young men, conveyed the halfvdcad girl to the farm-house before mentioned. Dr. Parnmorc. accom- panied by several citizens. at once proceeded to the place where the w6unlled girl had been taken, and dressed her wounds. When she had suilicioufly recov- ered to talk. she made the following statement :— THI ICEDEB. She said that Mrs. Long, wife of Benjmnin Long, had requested her to stay at their house on Thursday night. as all the men folks had one away, leaving no one in the house‘th herself and daughter, Mrs. Emma Page. the wife of 'Clmuncy Page. a former resident of Val- eraieo. She had complied with the request of Mrs. .ong. and had retired to bed with Mrs. Page, while old Mrs. Long slept in an adjoining room. About half-past ten o‘cloc .at night, she was awakened by hearing some one poundlng Violently against the door. Mrs. Lon arose from her bed, end turning up the wick o.‘ a ma kerosene lam‘p that steed on a stand in the room, neared the door. an asked who was there. The person re- tiled “ Page." and requested to be admitted. The old ady answered that. us there was no erson in the house but ladies, he could not come in. porn receiving this reply. the man at once commenced kicking at the door. which. 'icldiug to his efforts. flew open, and the next instant hauncy Page stood in the room. lie did not speak a word. but pointing a pistol that he held in his hand at Mrs. Long, fired, and she fell to the floor a corpse. Rage. the wife of the murderer, hearing the ex- plosion. epd seeing her mother dro 1, sprang out of bed. and runnmg forward, fell upon or knees before her husband. and with uplifted hands beaeccbed him not to kill her mother. The fiend, however. took no hood of her words, but. catching her tightly by the arm. partly raised her from her kneeling posture; then plaeiu the muzzle of his revolver against her breast, pulle( the tri er, and the. too, fell back on the carpet a corpse. iss Rudolph, who had been an eye witness of all this horrible scene of hatchery, with a presence of mind remarkable for one of her sex, pulled the bed-clothes over her head, hoping lliereb ’ to escape the observation of the infuriated cud blood-thirsty Page. in her efforts to conceal herself, however. she unfortunately drew the clothes up too high, leaving one foot exposed. Page. who hadcome Into the room where she was lying. dis- covering her foot, at once seized bold ofit. and by main atreugt pulled her from the bud into the room where lay the bodies of his murdered wife and motlior-in-Iaw. 'l‘hen, taking her violently by the am, he drew her nearly to a standing position. end again pushed her buck upon the floor. She arose. but before she could do or say anything. he caught her by the left wrist, and hold- ing bur away at arms‘ length. pleccd the barrel of his revolver against the other side of her head. just below end behind her right eye. end fired. lie fired a second time. the ball this time takin effect in her right shoul- der, a third shot was fired in her left wrist. and a fourth bullet entered her leg a few inches below the knee. After receiving these wounds, the cor girl for a mo- ment became insenaible, but. recovering. sew Page take the lamp from the table end smash it upon the floor.— lle then reached to the safe, and, taking out a match, scratched it a eiust the wall, and ignited the fluid upon the carpet. hen this was accomplished, the diabolical villian seized Mire Rudolph by the hair and dragged her into the flames; but before the fire had communicated with her loose clothing. she managed to raise herself upon her elbows, and ap calcd to Page to kill her and not let her perish in the emcs. The fiend took her at her word. eudraisia a heavy chair, struck her a terri- ble blow with It on t c head. and upon her groaning, he repented the blows until be supposed life was extinct.— llut to reassure himself of this fact, be placed his our next her heart to ascertain if it still continued to beat, and she felt his hot breath upon her check. When Page be~ came satisfied that his victim was dead, he left the house. The moment he was one. lilies Rudolf raised herself upon her elbow, and finding her hair and right chest to be on life. tho. by means of s shawl that was l'ing near by, succeeded in quenching the flames. and then dragged herself from the building into the yard. and. as stated before. was found by Mr. Bushore stand- ing against the fence. Page, after having accomplished his design, started off in e westerly direction. on foot. lie is a jewelier by trade, end has been known to go sometimes about the country on peddling expeditions. lie is about 32 years old. As before stated. the victims of this most atrooious murder were Pa ‘5 wife end mother-in-lnw. The for- mer was about? years of age, and had been married about three years. It is stated that within two weeks after the couple were joined in wedlock. the husband commenced to abuse his wife. and for three months treated her in a most brutal manner. At the expiration of that time. Mrs. Page titted her husband. and reiern- ed to her parents. and age, after re eetcd attempts at a reconciliation, left the village, an only returned at Ion intervals. Abont a year ago, Mrs. Page made an app icetion for a reparation from her husband. but, for some reason. afterwards withdrew it. Six weeks ago she renewed the application. and had she lived, the case would have been tried next week. On Moods last. Page returned to Valparaiso, having been prise of his wife’s intentions. He stated to severe of his acquaintances that "alto would be in b~ll” before the over succeeded in accomplishing her urpose. On the day of the murder he paid a visit to his mother-ia-iew, and while there mprle himself quite agreeable, not oncomontiooing the suit. ' entirely through her head;t coming out about an Inch behind the loft e ’e. The second ball was deeply imbedded in the shoe der and the third hed eased cn- tirely through her wrist. The fourth bullet st ll remains in the wound. end the girl refused to have if. extracted. avcrring that she intended to “ ken it as e memento." The physician who attended upon or stated that the wounds are not necessarily fetal. although the exposure that she was subjected to may cause her death. anunsr or In: uunnnuen. After having accomplished this horrible work, Page struck out across the country towards the village of ore, end six from Valparaiso. Here he got on board a western-bound freight train, and, after u woerisome ride of several hours’ duration. about 8 o‘clock on Wednes- day morning arrived at Chicago, and took a room at the City Hotel. Up to this time the fiend supposed every trace of his crime had been desire 'ed, otherwise he would not have gone boldly up to t a desk and regis- tered himself as he did. to wit: “Chsuucy l". Page. Dyer Station. ill. On the next day (Thursday) happen- ing in at the reading room. Page took u a daIlv paper, containing an coconut of th" murder. g enccd leisurely over the about. then clenching the paper in his fingers, returned to the office. Going to the counter. Page re- quested tho clerk to make out his bill, and when it was handed him. be, without examining it. stated that he ueesed there was some mistake. as he had come on ‘ucadny instead of Wednesday. As if to prove his as- sertion. he turned back the leaves of the register in Tuesday‘s entries. and taking 11 a pen. registered him- self among the names of those w o had arrived that day. Then. paying for Tuesday‘s accommodations, Page left the hotel wuhout his overcoat. although the weather was was at his side. to’fivo myself up, because I am innocent.“ knew he had been ap “Landed. the murderer. should be immediately tekenuut and banged. 11nd threats were freely made by tlmfierman residents of' the village that rather than lose the opportunity of wreaking sum- shculd be burned. porte. Page emphatically drains the charge against him, and declares he does not know Miss Rudolph. When told, however. that she still lived, he hung his head and would not speak. BEIGE or AN'rwimr, 1585. lands and of Europe, stands upon the Scbeldt. oi the city, subtends the area into which the place arranges itself as it falls back upon the shore. Two thousand ships of the largest compass then known might easily find room in its ample harbors. The stream. nearly half a mile in width and sixty-feet in depth, with a tidal rise and fall of eleven feel. moves, for a few miles. in a broad and steady current be- tween the provinces of Brabanf and Flanders, then, dividing itself into many ample estuaries and gather- ing up the level isles of Zocland into its bosom, it seems to sweep out with them into the Northern Ocean. Here at the junction of the river and the sea lay the perpetual hope of Antwerp. for in all these creeks and currents swarmed all the fleets of the Zoo. lenders that hardy amphibious race. with which few soldiers or marines could successfully contend on land or water. The Prince of Penna, whom Philip of Spain had sent to the Netherlands to carry out his policy of subjugation, saw that Antwerp was the key stone of the arch of rebellion. and during the year of 1584 hovered poising over its head. though still delaying to strike. The succeeding year saw him begin to put his matured plans into execution. lie accordingly set to work building a bridge. so as to keep the citizens from obtaining food. Though to obtain timber he had to dig a canal 1'2 milcslong. all obstacles wore one by one overcome. and the bridge began to appear, not the chimera, the citizens had hoped it would be but a solid reality. The mil- ilary demonstrations of the besieged ones, the turb- lcnt Sebcldt lashed by the storms of winter, the oceandidcs rolling huge ice blocks up and down. and causing them to best against the pallisadcs. with the voice of thunder.‘all alike failed to destroy the structure. In the centre of the river l’arma. had found it impossible to construct a bridge other than with boats. Thirty-two barges had been built, each sixty-two feet long and (wire broad. the spaces be- tween each couple being twonty-ivvo feet wide, and all being bound together stem. stern and mid-ships, by quadruple hawscrs and chains. Strong timbers with cross rafters were placed upon the boats, upon which heavy frame work the plunked pathway was laid down. A thick parapet of closely fitting beams was erected along both the outer edges of the whole fabric. Thus a continuous and Well fortified bridge two thousand four hundred feet in length was sfretclr ed from shore to shore. Each of the tbiriydwo boats on which the central portion of the structure reposed was a small fortress provided with two heavy pieces of artillery, pointing the one up. the other down the stream. By various other comrivances which the genius of l’nrma had invented and npplio ed. the bridge was rendered to all appearances in- vulnerable. Within the city the men. who had deemed Furnese med to undertake in the depth of winter to construct over the boiling waters of the broad and deep river a permanent bridge began. as they saw the work approachidg completion. to deem him a demon. They loudly protested that he had been nid- ed by invisible demons in his preterantuml work. While envy. and coveloueness, and jelousy. and superstition were working in the minds of the be- seiged and nulifymg all the plans of the accomplish- ed mam—Philip do Marnie-40 whom the defence of the city had been entrusted, one man came forward and offered to destroy the bridge and relieve the 90,- 000 people from the famine that began to oppress them. He was a Mnuluau, Gianibelli by name. His plan was to send flreships against the bridge and blow it to pcces. Like all city councils the Ant- werp Alderman did not like the expenses &c., so re~ fused to give him the vessels he demanded, but offered two small vessels of seventy and eighty fees. In the hold of each vessel along the whole length. was laid down a solid flooring of brick and mortar. Wheeler. distant two miles from the scene of the 111sssa-‘ bitter cold. Passing b) the Central l’olico Satin", one of the detectives on his truck saw him, and in a moment Page at once remarked, “1 have come I he murderer was taken back to Valparaiso on the mght tram and lodged iwuil, before the inhabitants . When it became noiscd nbput that Page a.an been on tured and was a Prisoner I“ “19 Jul. the People of \elparaiso {gathered about the streets, and in the stores and grout-tics, to discuss the butt method to be penned in the disposal of The majority seemed to think that he mary vengeance upon the fiend. the jail and its occupant So clamorous became the mob. that the officers surreptitiously removed the prisoner to La- Antwerp.thcnil1c commercial centre of the Nether- The river flowing straight, broad, and fall along the verge 5}... loot thick and on. feet wide. 13... on. was .built a chamber of marble meson work, forty feet long, three and a half feet broad. as many higbmld iwith side walls five feet in thickness. This was the Icrater. It was flilled with seven thousand undo Eef gunpowder, ofa kind superior to so thin Down, ,aud prepared by Gianibelli himself. twat vered {with a roof six feet in thickness, formed of blue. tombstones. placed edgwise. Over the crater rose a hollow cone or pyramid made of heavy marble slab. and fiillod with mill stones. cannon balls, bloeke of marble, eheiuoshot, iron hooks. plough coulters and . lever-y dangerous missile that could be imagined. l'l‘he spaces between the mines and the sides of each gship were likewise filled with paving stones, iron- bound stakes. harpoons. and other projectiles. By imeans of an ingeniously constructed machinery the :eruption of the floating volcano was to be regulated, ‘so that it should take place at a nicely calculated mo- meat. It was a dark, mild evening of early spring. Al the fleet of vessels dropped down the river, the watchful eye of Parma saw that an attack was medi- fated. Instantly by best of drum his soldiery were called to arms, and posted to protect the bridge. Suddenly the floating ships became luminous. each ship flaming out in the darkness, a phantom of living re. The very waves of the Scbeldt seemed glowing .with the conflagration, while its banks were lighted up with e preteruatural glare. It was a wild porn- pous theatrical specticel. The army of soldiers on both sides of the river, along the dykee and upon the bridge, with banners waving and spear and cuiraee glancing in the lurid light; the demon fleet, guided by no human hand, wrapped in flames and flitting through the darkness, with irregular movement but portentious aspect, at the esprice of wind and tide— nll combined with the sense of imminent and my!- terious danger to excite the imagination. On came the two infernal ships swaying unsieadly in the cab rent. The slight fire upon the deck scarcely illumo fueled the dark phantom like bulls. vessels had grounded and had burned slowly out without producing any extensive eonflagration. Hard againstflle bridge of boats came the first of the fire~ships. There was a moment’s pause of ex- pectation. At last the slow match burnt out and but u faint explosion ensued. The troops of Parma. now began to greet the exhibition with derisive peels of laughter. In a moment however all eyes were aux- iously fixed upon the remaining “hell-burner." which had drifted very near its destination. A thin wreath of smoke was seen curling over a slight and smould- ering fire on the deck. The Commander, hopent from the failing of the first ship, incited his men with a laugl; to rush to the vessel and put out the fire. It was his last laugh on earth. A horrible e:- plosion in the instant took place. The Scheldt yawued to its lowest depth and cast its waters across the dykes, deep into the forts. and far over the land. The earth shook as with the throb of a volcano. A wild glare lighted up the scene for one moment and then was succeeded by a piicby darkness. Houses were toppled down miles away, and not aliving thing even in'remote plucee could keep its feet. The air was filled with a rain of plough shares, grave-stones. and marble balls intermixed with beads, limbs and bodies of what had been human beings. A thousand soldiers were destroyed In a second of time. The deed was done. a breech two hundred feet in width was made in the bridge. and the winter's labor of the army destroyed in a moment. M. VICTOR Covsru.-—-—The death is announced of this distinguished statesman, philosopher, and pub- licist, in his seventy-fifth year. Cousin has been a Councillor of l“1auce. Member of the Royal College of Public Institutions, Officer of the Legion of Honor, Professor of Barbecue. Member of the Aca- demy of Moral and Political Sciences, Director of the Ecole Normal. and n Peer of France. He was a member of tho 'I‘bicrs Ministry in 1840. and al- though a Liberal Roynlist in French politics has ever quietly submitted to the political changes of which France has beenfho scene within the past half century. llis eloquence and profound erudi- lion have gained for him the applause of his own couulrymeu and the esteem of the learned of every nation' His published works are numerous, includ- ing a “General History of Philosophy from the Most Remote Times down to the 18:11 century. People must differ, they cannot help it. It is in human nature. One would think, however, that there need not be so much difference in opinion as there is. Only fancy, there are one hundred and forty different opinions about the year that Adam and Eve first came into the world. In 1863, 6, 013,265 tons of coal were brought in~ to London. The nowst skating novelty in Chicago is that of a Russian who skates on stilts. .__.,.-__...... The deaths of seventeen infants, all of whom had been “ nccidemly suffocated in bed," were registered in London in one week. A Paris paper of the 26th ult., say-1-“ An in- novation has been quite recently noriced in ladiee' dresses, jet ornaments having been replaced by am- ber.’ . A Jew was lately fined five shillings in Glasgow for neglecting to get his child vaccinated. lie said it was contrary to his religion and his conscience. “— h A Brooklyn skating park advertises a new sense. lion. Prizes are to be suspended in the centreof the Pond, and competitors are to skate for them blindfolded. _ When the town of New ifilmThIlnnq was laid out, years ego. the proprietors made it one of the conditions that “ no church should be built in the place." It is estimated that the health ofAmZ‘iEn women I has improved twenty-five per‘ccnt. since they conic. manned wearing thick shoes and werm’underclothn 2 mg. Two young girls in Leavenworth had a dispute as to who used most sugar, and during the wran to upset the table. which, felling upon the head a a' little child, broke ite|oeek and killed it. The other . 11am” ‘ '...ee-n+sae..s.s; yew: : .. set .‘ age-94a? 40: