sults in Confederation, might, we are sure, | representation proportionate to their po- be still further carried out. A union of | Pulation on that basis. As to the capital, Nova Seotia, New Brunswick and P. E_| Were it not for the difficulty of winter [sland into one province would have communication, Charlottetown, from its many advantages, To one of these—the central position, would be the most suit financial—we purpose specially calling at- able. Asitis, the choice would be be- tent day. The idea of such a union | t¥ee2 some of the border towns, —Sack- is no nov Ity. During the session of 1864 Ville, Amherst or Moncton. Their the Legislatures of the three Provinces c!#ims are so evenly balanced that the provided for a meeting of delegates to | decision might be made by lot, or the consider that question. The meeting matter left to the arbitratien of | took _plae it Charlottetown, and | the General Government. But these are ended in the Quebee Conference, The | Purely questions of detail, not touching larger scheme, for the time, so occupied | the main principle. The subjects which pul ttention that the smaller one was| Come under the control of the Local we mov well pow resume “overmment are precisely such as could ite oie confident that | D¢ just as well, we believe much better, when once public attention is turned to, ™@9aged by 2 united Legislature and | this subject. the advantages of the union | Executive. Our peculiar difficulty, the will be so manifest that we shall not long | Land Question, will soon be settled ; and allow our present wasteful and extrava-| there is nothing about which we need be | gant mode eof government to continue. _| Jealous of joining hands to accomplish. | The population of these three Provia~| 10 show how good a position financially | ces amounted by the census of 1871 to| the United Provinces would occupy, we To lezislate for and administer | give the estimate revenue and expenditure the affuirs of this numer of people, there _of each for the present year— are at present employed,— — 667000 REVENUE. EXP’TURE. SURPLUS. “ ss i ” Fn oe ” cd 2 ~ 2.995 | 3 Licutenant Governors 0d Baccutive Nova Scotia, $768,011, $673,786, $ 82,225 oe | *N. Brunswick,691,886, 540,486, 151,486 | Councils, | P. E. Island, 320,438, 220,430, 100,000 | 6 Legislative Bodies, comprising 162 | a. en Total, $1,780,335 81,484,702 $333,711 15 Heads of Departments. To the surplus here given add the esti- All this machinery to manage the affairs | mated saving under the proposed union of a people numbering but little over one- | 204 we have a total surplus of $419,415. third the population of the Province of | With such a prospect,—with a smaller Ontario. more compact, and, therefore, cheaper Now, let us see the expeuse, as nearly and more efficient public service, we should | f all this lavish | P¢ #9 2 far better condition than at present, provision for Government. We shall in— | and be in quite 7 good 4 position as is clude only those items of expenditure | the Province of Ontario, at present by which, under a union, would be amalga- far the most prosperous member of the Confederation. al Ease a3 We can approximate, 0 inated : — * The New Brunswick statistics are from | the public accounts of last year. The es- $40,000 27,634 timated snrplus this year is much larger. Legislation costs per anaum : Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P. E. Island, 10,000 | We have not the figures at hand. a z : | + _-_o- = _ —— aan OUR RAILWAY, Executive and Administrative : : Stine Gavermane. #21,000; THE railroad between Charlottetown 3 Private Secretaries, say 2,500 | and Summerside is to be opened on the first of May-~at least, such was the ar- rangement last fall. Muny persons would be pleased to learn that the road is now Total $23,500 ee Departments Nova Scotia, 21,900 New Brunswick, 22,150 ready and all the arrangements made. f el rhc ce 9,789 | ‘Those who are unaequainted with Mr. Total $53,839 Laird—the gentleman who represents our The grand total of these is $154,973; that is, almost half of our entire revenue interests at Ottawa—have, doubtles, taken it for granted that everything has been under Confederation. made ready as a matter of course. The Besides this, there is the item of public | majority of our people will not, however. which may tairly be here con—-| be surprised to learn that nothing what- silered, as the printing of three different | ever has been done. Not a single railway laws, Gazettes. Xe., is very much | official has been appointed; not a yard creater than would be the printing of the of telegraph wire has been obtained ; not larger number of one set. This amounts | a single telegraph post has been sunk | along the line. Everything is just as it $ ,000 was last fall. Yet we are within three 10.000 | : ‘ a aee weeks of the time when the road should printing, sets of to Nova Scotia New Brunswi P. E. Island, ke Ky | most influential merchants have, we know, exerted themselves, individually, to ob- a ‘ better efforts may prove successful. ? and their if tain arrangement; Still, the voices of all our principal business men, were united and expressed through the established medium—the Chamber of Commerce—the reform would be much more certain. Representations should, we think, be made by the Chamber to the Postmaster Generzs! at Ottaw These representations should set forth the griev ance; and suggest a remedy \ simple | statement of last year’s «arrangements would be sufficient to force upon the minds of the authorities the necessity for a better system. We want—we are en- titled to—d ily communication ith the mainland. A steamer should ply to and fro between Charlottetown end Pictou, and (after the railway is oF Shediac every day of We can until such an ar- Summerside and the season— Sundays excepted ] i never be wholly satistfie: rangement is made; for until we have daily | communication with the mainland we will | be behind the times. Shou!d the ‘ Cham- ber of Commerce’ obtain this boon, it will be entitled to the thanks of the com munity. And if—zss from reliable in- formation received, we believe is not improbable— sleeping cars |e placed upon the railways of New Brunswick and Nova about 9 p.m.; leave this port at 10 or 11 p.m., connect with night trains in Pictou and Shediac about 2 a.m.; and reach Halifax and St. John in time for delivery about nine o'clock the following day. —__—— — — THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. WHEN the Colonial Secretary announ- ced that did immediately to make some Government not intend alteration in the management of the Asylum for the Insane, we must own to a feeling of startled and If the hideous details delineated by Honorable Members a few moments previous to the announcement are correct, the institution is a dark blot on our enlightenment and civilization,-—-a standing reproach to our Christianity and our humanity. A num- ber of bapless human beings, deprived of their reason by the same God who lavish- es upon us all the blessings we enjoy, are confided to our care. We shut them up in small, filthy, prison—like rooms; and when all these are filled, we send them te our common jails, and chain them painful surprise. We place over these unfortunate fellow- creatures of ours—to guard them and to minister to their diseased minds—A CAR PENTER. We these enormities because the permit—we continue— Ye be opened! ! We have a representative = Total $26,000 at Ottawa. That representative is a : Now, we connot ex.ctly state what the Qubinet Minister. It might, therefore, | expenses of the united provinces will | pe imagined that our interests receive } be; but we may opproximate pretty | special attention. Why, then, is there 4 1 Licutensnt Governor and | pow no prospect of our railroad being . Privite Sveretary, $8,250, ready to accommodate the public before : Ir wil be seen that we suppose the | the middle of June or July? Either ; Provinees would still continue to draw|... representative has no influence ‘ fromthe General Government the amounts with the Government of which he is ‘ greed to he paid to their respective nominally a member; or he supinely en- ! Governors at the tin of the passing of joys his $7000 a year and neglects to ex- : the British North America Act. It is} oy¢ his influence; or, worse than all, now ‘ only fair that they should do so. Still,| thas he is Minister of the Interior, he j aren : amieurdan effected, we must | «. scorns the base degrees by which he did remember that what Canada pays, we Pay | second,’ and thinks his constituents so oar than * md oe ere effected from ¢,- beneath his notice that they are not the general expenditure, ts for our owa| | 145 the exertion of his influence. Had ; et a : the Hon, James C. Pope occupied the . For legislation, as Ontario has only one position of Mr, Laird, or bad either the Chamber. that would be quite sufficient | Hon. Charles Tupper, or the Hon. Peter . for u aud, taking as a basis the number Mitchell represented this section of the of represeutatives sent by each province Dominion in the Government, we would to the Dominion Parliament, and suppos- certainly have had every necessary ar- ing one-half added to that number, the rangement made for runing of passenger Provineial Legislature would consist of | 4 freight trains as soon as navigation ; ~ members——Ontario has only 82. We opens. When Mr. Laird represented may approximate its expenses in this Way. | Beltast, its interests were neglected; and The New Brunswick Legislature consists | pow that he represents Prince Edward of 63 members,—about the supposed Dum-| Jstand in the Couneils of the Dominion, ber. It costs, for members’ pay, travel- its interests are neglected. ling expenses, and other contingencies, itn $27,634. The united Legislatures would not really cost as much as this, as, with two Houses, many offices are duplicated. However, it is not far out of the away As tothe Heads of Departments, the Provinces now haviog fifteen — seven would be a liberal allowance for them when united. Caleulating the salaries from Nova Seotia aod New Brunswick — ourown being quite too low to be com sidered in any fair caleulation—we find the highest to be $2,400, and the lowest $1,600. Putting the seven at the aver- age $2000, would give $14,000. Two or three clerks are in each department— the h'!est number employed in any one THE LATE SPEAKER. ‘“ Naturk,” Shakespeare says, ‘“ has framed strange fellows in her time.’’ The late Speaker of our House of Assembly is certainly one of these. The latest and one of the strangest of his acts was the pe- titioning of Dominion Parliament to re— lieve him from the “ embarrassment of his office,’—vide telegram Had the petition been presented on the first of April, we should have thought he intend- ed to play a huge practical joke on the House of Commons, EF ne erm The sale of s'cohelic liquors has been ~ ee the Asylum are responsible ; | Goverument has no power under the law to improve the management of the insti- tution! ! We permit them, too, in an age in which the treatment of lunatics has We continue when, not more than two hund- reached perfection. allow them to red miles away, insane persons are placed physician who has made the treatment of their diseases his special study; and who sees that they are cared for and tended as such unfortunate men and women should tinue to treat our lunatics like—-in the language of one of our legislators---‘‘ like brute beasts,’’ Why ? cessary improvements to our Asylum Because the ne sum of money ; because the Government has no power to ‘change the manage- Can people allow such objections to weigh ment,” our Legislature---can our Christianity ? work, ma removed. Let us have this shameful stig Let the press and the pul- duty. ize our Government to make some sacri- fice for us. Cannot we do without our exhibitions and a few other public super- fluities, s0 that our fellow-creatures---who, for our own safety, we place in confine- ment- -may be taken out of the filthy cells of our Asylum and jails? But it appears that the law does not authorize Govern- ment ! Medes and Persians, unchangeable ? impossible to alleviate the pitiful cond of lunatics who are so unfortunate as to live in this Island? If it is not—if the Is it immediately. The Legislature is sitting, prohibited within the Dominion Parliament Buildings is seven— their sularics averaging abeyt patil it beeemes indelible, be. But we refuse to be taneht: we con. | a. Rr recy a ~- 7} ry »Y — " — : mT AT J Vf ] } i Al: I A A MIN ER $1000. Suppose an average of five in POSTAL ° ' 7 7 cr . each department ; this would amount to ~ i ’ i} i r ine ¢ ' I j it ee ee YONDAY PORENOOY, $35,000. This then would make tue : - - i. ~wnenses - try to k ep up t t » th BY THE Te a postal reform ed. Hitherto E ' Deinti | Legislative, $27,600 : Halifax Von nor ni t ; Executive, viz the slow carriage ¢ hall mail til i , . ‘ Hi dil ibid OUD, & Publishing Co. Lieut. Governor, say $10,000 and st. John has |} f nsistent Jepartments, 49,000 ae . . 9 r F ! Cc E : eetnameneinanint 59,000 | Wit the era of st ! y 0 ; omens us immer n fou Corner Queen and King Streets. ane oes. 000 Last sumn ONES AE 8 Poe Annum 8) Oe ‘ : Ge days for a mere! { to oy er Annum, $1.62, If paid A saving of 868 ,373—not fir from one las . n he Year—S1.82, postage pald; $2 if 6 ec respond, by mail, w not paid within the vear, halt the expenditure. If we suppose the either of the commer th CLUB RATES | Publie Printing to be one-third less than ee ae . Fan Besuecin wil be @ewesdes to at present, this would inerease the sav Sa ale wis at 4% t wing rates per year—pay- ings to $85,707, Post OFF oi ee me en REENER “re We have made no calculation of the = vould reach P a ® : ne ree - . si i high 1 vould t i i l it j : cS one address, : ‘oo saving that would be effected in the ad | ,~ | a Wed 7 sl . : re 2.00 i . . 7 ‘ o°e OoecK OD Y Cal J ] would i 17 ministration of justice, though this would, | il : 6 — » m P » to the ineffable disgust of impatient pa 20.00 we believe, be considerable. Jails, Re- i ties eee a Geel : made Up at any time, but | formatories, Lunatic and other Asylums, |. ~ : en ; ras | di than one year. five hours; then it would proceed on its j —could all be much more cheaply and ce iad sendh Mililke (in, on ox ADVERTISEMENTS— : s : i : ot y, and reacl alifax (in an ex ee , TS efficiently provided and managed in the |}, tog condition) between ten and eleven wth farther notice. Advertion , i eeves | Rely mesg erp — = eioemante will | larger scale in which the Union would | o'clock, p.m.; then it would ‘rest’ till l square, one insertion, - $100 jog them on. It is well known that, = after breakfast next morning ; and, final-! Ea h Ce atinnation s 00.25 all such institutions, after a certain ex-|). 4+ nine or ten o’clock on Thursday, it | Special . otices, ** per ii hag a ah 12 . * . ‘ 5 a ; : : < a ACCOUNTS FR ears st a incurred, an increased number | would reach its destination. rhe return “ 4 DB. na 4 i > ex—| : ‘ } for subscriptions, tst December, in each may te qevemmmedeted without the ox letter would arrive at Charlottetown about iOr SUDSCTIDPtions, « ce er, . ° ° s ° al : ’ t year; for standing advertisements etc.,1st | Pe0s increasing at all in proportion. A) ¢.. orclock on Frid ty. Letters for St, June a a Ist pe emt *, in oacte yee oe good immigration policy could be much John did not ‘rest’ quite so long or so transient advertisemments—when ordered : eal . Tnited | an ; ou more vigorously carried out by the United | op on on the way. The distance, however, ALL LETTERS sent by mail should be Provitices. : is greater; and the time taken up was renee “ re oe ay There are many questions of detail | shout the same ushing Company.” Loc rawer, 72, . : = ‘ ae ; OFFICE, Charlottetown. ; which we do not now discuss, but to which | This ‘slow system’ must not be toler- 2 ——-- we shall, from time to time, call atten-/ ated any longer. We must have a re- ori : tion. We just mention one ortwo. The |form. The only question is, how may it g ic Yamiiner, number of members, and their apportion | be brought about? It is useless to re ment. At first, the provincial bound— | call former discontent; it is wroug, as ne aries would, we suppose, have to be | well as useless, to lay, as some have done, 1 Ch'town, April 13, 1874. eonsidered, though, in time, they would | a]! the blame to the charge of the Steam ea te ~+ +++ ++ +++ +++ | be forgotten. While they are regarded, Navigation Company. Some steps which UNION OF THE MARITIME PRO-| P. E. Island might occupy the same posi-| wil] have a practical effect must be taken; VINE "ES. tion in the smaller union that Quebec and the . Cham ber of Commerce , lately , 2 . . . . . Tue principle of Union, which has does in the larger, having a fixed number | established here—is, in our opinion, the been found to lead to such advantageous re- of members, say nine; and the others a | body proper to take them. Some of our SUPREME { i COURT. [In this Dominion of cvrs the necessity of some independent uuthoritative power to define the distinct rights and privileges of the Provincial and the general Gov- ornments, to pronounce upon the consti- ution lity of the laws, and to decide in f any dispute which may arise, lay, b comive more and more up- trent. The subject is already beginning ceive the attention of our politicians A vested with prerogatives similar to those tatesmen, Supreme Court, in- f the ‘Supreme Court of the United States,’? has been suggested. Mr. Lau- rier (M.P. for Arthabaska, Quebec,) in the course of his remarks when seconding ithe Address in reply to His Excelleney’s Speech, alludes to the ‘ establishment of a Supreme Court, which he contended was necessary in order to pronounce on the constitutionality of the laws, which at be submitted to present had to sideration,’? Sir John A. McDonald, in | his speech, said—‘“‘ He had been of the same opinion since Confederation. ; increasing. It was a subject surrounded | with many difficulties, but he would give | his humble consideration and attention to | any measure designed to establish it and lenable and make it work satisfactorily.’ The necessity of a ‘Supreme Court’ ‘States’ where separate and Provinces are united under one general Govern- ment is set forth in the lucid style of John Stuart Mill, in his essay oa ‘“ Re- presentative Government,” as follows :— “Under the more perfect mode of federa- tion, where every citizen of each particular State owes obedience to two Governments, that of his own State, and that of the federa- the law | officers of the Crown in England for con- | He | | believed that the necessity was every day | BELFAST DISTRICT. Hap the late representative of Belfast —the present Minister of the Interior—- Mr. Lairé—-been one tithe as pertinacious in his importunity as his successor—Mr. Welsh—the district would not now be in the neglected condition that Mr. Welsh hardly allows a day to pass with- out reminding the Government and the it is. House that the interests of his constitu- ents have been overlooked. His demands for justice —we will do him the justice to -have been unremitting and vigorous, and the urguments he uses have been forcible, if not convincing. The people of Belfast do not certainly deserve any | special favor at the hands of the present | | { Government. In view, however, of the way in which their interests were neglect- ed by Mr. Laird--—in view of the “ evil influence.’’ or “ want of influence,” of the sented them--—-we trust the Government | may be induced to take their case into favorable consideration. THE OPINION OF THE CHIEF JUS.» TICE OF ENGLAND UPON MR. | HAYTHORNE’S CORRESPOND, ENCE WITH THE RAILWAY PRAISERS. } | | APs | | | | } Wuewn \'r. Haythorne’s very disgraceful | correspondence with the Railway Appraisers | was before the Legislative Council, that | brilliant body, as though to put beyond a doubt the universal opinion of their utter uselessness, passed a resolution approving | of the crime of which Mr. Haythorne had been found guilty, and which would have insured his expulsion from any respectable | body. Sad as it was to see the indifference with | which his misdemeanor was regarded by the Council, it is sadder still to know that tion, it is evidently necessary not only that the constitutional! limits of the authority of | | each should be precisely and clearly defined, | but that the power to decide between them | in any case of dispute should not reside in | open) between | either of the Governments, or in any functions ary subject to it, but in an umpire indepen- lent of both. There must be a Supreme Court of ice, and asystem of subordinate Courts | in State of the Union, before whom tions shall be carried, and whose 1 n n them, in the last stage of appeal shall be fina Every State of the Union, and | the Federal Government itself, as well as | ev ery ionary of each, must be liable to | | sued in those Courts for exceeding their W r for non-performance of their federal jut and mustin general be obliged to em- I thos as the instrument for en- | { ing their ral rights. This involves the remarkable consequence,actually realized | inthe United States, that a Court of Justice, | the highest federal tribunal, is supreme over the various Governments, both State and Federal; having the right to declare that any | jaw made, or act done by them, eds the powers assigned to them by the Federal Con- titution, and, in consequence, has no legal ilidity. It was natural to feel strong doubts before trial had been made, how such a pro- vision would work; whether the tribunal would have the urage 10 exercise iis cons titutional power: if it did, whether it would | exercise it wisely, and whether the Govern~ ments would consent peacebly to its decision The discussions on the American Constitution before its tinal adoption, g evidence that | these natural appr ons were strongly | felt; but they are now entirely quieted, since, luring the two generations and more which | have subsequently elapsed, nothing has oc- | curred to verifv, though there have at times } | been disputes ¢ f considerable a¢ rimony, and | whi ecame the badges of parties, respect- l ' beneficié Scotia, the Postal reform may be made complete. For, in that case our mails | |v could be made up in Charlottetown at | he | | | | | } i | there to in the floor of a darksome dungeon. | | to the Truetees of'| | States, or between a citizen of one State and because our | h be he limits of the authority of the Federal Governments. The eminently 1] working of so singular a provision is probably, as M. de Tocqueville remarks ‘at measure attributable to the pecu Lil } ng Stat 1a ar x] liarity inherent - nely, that and in the abstract, but waits | in a Court of Justice acting | it does not declare the nat \ now ine until acase between man and man is brought | before it judicial'y, involving the point in dispute: from which arises the happy effect that its declarations are not made ina very | early stage of the controversy ; that much | popuiar discussion usually precedes them ; | chat the Court decides after hearing the point fully argued on both sides by lawyers of res putation ; decides only as much of the qu: sts | nat atime asis required by the case before | nd its decision, instead of being voluns | ered for political purposes, is drawn from it by the duty, which it cannot refuse to fulfil, of dispensing justice impartially between ad- iy 1 f verse litigants. Even these grounds of con- | fidence would not have sufficed to produce the respectful submission with which all authorities have yielded to the decision of the Supreme Court on the interpretation of the | Constitution, were it not that complete re- liance has been felt, not only in the intel- tual pre-eminence of the judges composing | that exalted tribunal, but on their entire sup- | eriority over either private or sectional par- | tialities. This reliance has been in the main | justified; but there is nothing which more vitally imports the American people, than to | guard with the most watchful solicitude against everything which has the remotest tendency to produce deterioration in the quality of this great national institution. | The confidence on which depends the stability of federal institution was for the first time | impared, by the judgment declaring slavery to be of common right, and consequently | Jawful in the Territorios while not yet con. stituted as States, even against the will ofa majority of their inhabitants. This memors able decision has probably done more than | anything else to bring the sectional division crisis which has issued in civil war. | The main pillar of the American Constitution | is scarcely strong enough to bear many more such shocks The tribunals which act as umpires be- tween the Federal and State Governments, naturallyalso decide all disputes between two the Government of another. The usual res medies between nations, war and diplomacy, | being precluded by the federal union, it is } in an establishment presided over by a! | that,— would involve the ee pt nditure of a large | against the dictates of humanity, the | promptings of civilization, and the ealls of | Let us immediately set to | pit call our legis'ators to a sense of their | If money be needed, let us author- | ment to make any change in the manage- | Are our laws, like those of the | law may be changed, let it be changed | necessary that a judicial remedy should sup- | ply their place. The Supreme Court of the | Federation dispenses international law, and is the first great example of what is now one | f the most prominent wants of civilized so ciety, a real International Tribunal.” > ee oe OUR CONSTITUTION. Tue Frenchmen of Lower Canada, it appears, appreciate British Government | and the Constitution of the Dominion. | Mr. Laurier, a talented young French | Canadian, in the speech by which he in Reply, said | seconded the Address j “Our constitution was founded upon the British constitution, the finest under which men ever lived. It secured to every man his | liberty, and enabled him to exercise his con- stitutional right without fear. There was | nothing on this continent to equal this great constitution. Particularly was it fitted to | unite citizens of different races, nationalities and religion, a quality in which the United States’ constitution had signally failed. To day there was not a man in Canada, who did ful had been the welding in one of the dif. | ferent Provinces, that every man of them was proud to bea Canadian (cheers) while equally proud to be a subject of the great British | Empire. (Renewed cheers ) If to-day there | is aman among them who would seek or de- sire to sever this union, he would be worthy |-of no place in a civilized community. He af- tirmed, without fear of contradiction, thal we presented a spectacle of civil and religious liberty not surpassed in the whole world. ~~ o 42> -¢ o-————____.. General Edward Lee, who was acting Governor of Wyoming territory when sufs _frage was granted to the women, delivered a lecture at Boston, last Wednesday, on its workings. He declares that no domestic | jars have occurred, even when in one case a husband and wife were rival candidates for the same office, the one on the Democratic | the other on the Republican ticket. _ women generally vote for the best candies ition dates, and cannot be bribed. and the whole | political situation is improved. The living man who saw Washington now resides near San Erancisco, and is 97 years ofage. His usefulness on this earth will _ terminate with the Philadelphia Centennial, ’ : , where his affectionate grandson proposes | There is excuse~—no necessity for our to put him onexhibition. The old man’s people to bear this stigma of disgrace | name is Creston. He has held Washing, ton’s horse, and hopes at the Centennia! to stirrup recollections of the General, | cary. | mind can only regard with horror, | we have suggested a way in which | Haythorne can test the question with refer- | they will not try that. | cept the advice we tender, in the most | an identical case. | Geneva | ecutive and judiciary powers are separated | that would venture to interfere with the | discharge of the judicial office. | ke considered a violation of the most sacred ) to seek to control, or even to influence, | Judge, even of the most inferior tribunal.’’ | ited, acquired possession of the P. E. Iss | the lower rate,—a result which precludes , the possibility of further concessions by | | the company without serious loss. | being placed in the most unguarded part | keepers are constantly on guard. | not think it necessary to make a complete not support this great union, and so success- | The | it has so completely identified itself with | him in his discreditable position ; for it has put upon record a repudiation of the well- | understood relations which ought ever to exist between the Executive and the Judi- We remarked before that we had no hope of converting Mr. Haythorne from the error of his way, for he has become stereotyped now; but do earnestly hope that the Legislative Council —even though teem- ing with incapables and incompetents as it is~will reconsider the resolution which Journals, we its which now disgraces approving well-regulated | The number of its days is drawing to a close; | of conduet every it will soon cease to exist, and for its own sake,—for the sake of its few creditable | members, not and its larger number who are | creditable, we should deeply re- | gret that one of their last acts had been a resolution approving of the commission of a crime. We do hope and trust that if they have no respect for themselves, they | may, et least, have some little respect for | the constituencies they misrepresent, and reconsider the decision they have arrived at. If they really do think they are right, Mr. ence to their worthy (?) President. But We have received assurances from many quarters that the action of the Council in | approving of Mr. Haythorne’s undisguised attempt to influence the decision of the Appraisers regarding suits then pending before them, is universally regarded with | the deepest regret. And if it be too much to hope that that body will decline to acs perfect good fuith, we at least beg that they will attentively consider the opinion of the Lord Chief Justice of England on In dissenting from the Sir Alexander Cockburn award, says :— ‘In England, in America, in every wells constituted and well-regulated State,the ex- by a broad and impassable barrier. There is no authority in the State, however high, It would principles, and an outrage on all propriety, directly or indirectly, the decision of a _ - TELEGRAPHIC RATES. ANGLO AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co.. Charlottetown Station, April 10, 1874. To tue Eprror or tur Examiner. LimirEp, ) ) Deor Siv,—In reply to the resolution of the Dominion Board of Trade, published in your last issue, I beg to state that, as soon as the Anglo American Telegraph Co., lims land telegraph line, the Directors took the tariff into consideration, and resolved to res duce it from 75 cts. and 8 cts. to [0 cts. and 3 cts., being a reduction of 33 per cent. for the first ten words, and nearly 66 per cent. for additional words. This res duction came into effect October Ist, 1873 and the result, so far, is a diminution in the | receipts exactly corresponding with the res | duction made—thus proving beyonda doubt that the public in P. E Island have not sent a single extra message on account of | T. C. Janus, Supt. A. A. Tel. Co., Limited. eee? j | | Boss Tweed still affords matter for the | newspapers. A special despatch to the St. | John Teleyraph, April 6th, is as follows:— | ‘Police Commissioner Stern asserts, in defence of himself, that so far from Tweed of the prison, he is placed in the safest and most strictly guarded portion, where 22 He did martyr of Tweed, or exercise unnecessary severity, and will satisfactorily explain his action at the pfoper time. Foster Dewey, Tweed’s secretary, asserts that he has been unable to dress himself, has been under medical treatment for ten years, and ifsub« jected to all the rigor of prison, would live but a short time; furthermore, owing to his great bulk and weight, he could not be contined in one of the ordinary cells, Tweed himself says he has performed all work incumbent upon him as hospital at~ tendant. While he is more favored than | others, he would not escape if he could, and is hopeful that his counsel will be able | | to effect his release. He complains of great | | physical prostration, and believes himself a | fit subject for hospital. The Times says Tweed himself paid, with money robbed | trom the city, for the royal appointments of | his apartments, and says, editorially, that | he still has political influence, and as he holds the fate of scores of prominent men |in his hands, it was never very probable that he would be allowed to pine away in solitude. If he believed there was no hope | of escape, he would, undoubtedly, open his | little budget of secrets. I'weed was yes~_ | terday visited by over one hundred politi. _ cians and personal friends. } | | Murper in Canapa.—An Ottawa dess | patch says:—John W. Goldwin murdered an aged man and his wife, named Hadwood, in the eastern part of this County last night, | Goldwin was arrested. With great difficulty he was saved from being lynched. } a eae ( A Melbourne despatch says that Roches fort and his friends are at present at sydney, but intend to proceed to Europe at once, Minister of the Interior, when he repre- | | 13 that period of the value of imports over ‘exports, was $19,334 094, the average year- | ly excess of goods entered for consumption | being $15,762,818. ' to Canada, and that is the value of our | exclusively in the hands of our large ship- | eign countries in 1872 was $2,639,663; in | spicuous in the products of the mine, the | exports with those two countries of $197,- | 074,828, equal to 90.73 per cent. of the | the last fiscal year $4,609,552, and if we ins | dies, which amounts to $2,933,548, we have | inwards and outwards: 6,861,456 in 1871. | 1872, and 5,663,462 for 1672 and 1873. _ foreign markets stands at the comparative~ “ THE WINTER BOAT.” Just now, the need of the promised | ‘winter boat’ is keen!y felt. We have been : without foreign mails for a week. In the meantime schooners have entered the | This is tantalizing. port of Georgetown. We trust that the promise to get a suitable steamer to carry our mails in early winter and early spring may be kept in good faith. We hope the call for tenders was nota mere election ruse. Some persons | prophecy that Mr. Laird’s “evil influ- want of influence,’ or “ ne—| aa a - 66 , ence, or elect to exert his influerce,’’--as shown in the case of the railway,—will militate obtainment of steamer.’ It is to be hoped that these prophecies may be unfulfilled—-that the against the a * Weer! power and honesty of the Dominion Gov-— ernment will be sufficient to overcome Mr. | i | Luird’s peculiar “ influence.’ -—- TRADE AND COMMERCE. Tue trade and navigation returns, subs | mitted to the Dominion Commons on the Ist March, state, that the statistical ag. gregation of returns shows a progressive increase in the trede and commerce of the country. The total exports in 1868 were $57,567,888 ; total imports in 1868 were $73,459,644 ; entered for consumption in 1868 $71,785,306 ; for duty in 1868 $8,819, 431. Total exports in 1873, $89,789,922, total imports in 1873, $128,01 1,281 ; enters ed for consumption in 1873, $127,514,594, for duty in 1873, $13,017,730. The aggre-~ gate for six years, total exports, 438,219,- 362, total imports $554,223,927 ; entered for consumption, $532,796,271; duty $64,» 488,161.20 in six years. The only year in which imports fell short of those of the pre~ ceding year is 1869, This was due to in- creased importation in the Maritime Pro- vinces in 1867: To avoid duties of Cana- dian tariff, the exports of the country ius creased in six years to 55-95 per cent; the imports entered for consumption, 77-13 per cent; the amount of duties, 47-59 per cent., and the average yearly excess during | This last amount ins | cludes an average of $6,015,091 of free goods, of which an average of $1,100,000 yearly consists of the value of property brought into the country by immigrants under the name of “settlers’ effects.” There exists one momentous item of gain British and Foreign carrying trade, almost owners, whose steamships and sailing ves- sels bring the products of foreign countries to our shores, and carry from our shores the products of Canada to foreign markets. The statements of Canadian shipping show the large amount of tonnage employed in our carrying trade seaward. The value of Canadian exports to Great Britain and for, 1873, $89,789,922. The aggregate of the exports in 1873 over the exports of 1872 is $7,150,259. That increase is most cons exports under that head shewing #3, 936,608 in 1872 against {6,471,162 in 1873. The increase in the exportation of mineral, or earth oils, is also worthy of note, the quan- tity exported in 1872 being 7,897,054 gal- lons, and in 1873, 9,355,325 gallons. The exports of the fisheries show an increase of $430,769 on the preceding year, the forests, $4,901 434; animals and their pro» ducts $1,826 404; agricultural products, $1,616,778; manufactures, £532,367. On the value of imports entered for consump-~ tion it will be seen that the value of goods entered for consumption in the year 1872-3 exceeds the value entered in 1871-2, by $19,805,478. The collective trade of Can-~ ada in imports and exports with the under-mentioned countries during the fiscal years of 1871-2 and 1872-8, estab-~ lishes a steady maintenance of our coms mercial relations with the mother country, and largely increased commerce with the United States. With Great Britain the increase of 19.35 per cent. has been more than maintained, the increase being 20.5 per cent, in 1873 as compared with 1872. With the United States however, the percentage of increase in 1871 was only 10.19 per cent., which is shown to have risen in 1873 over 1872 to 24.9 per cent., the total in 1872 being $190,348,779 ; and in 1873, $217,304,516. The value of goods entered for consumption from Great Britain, and the value of our exports to that country, aggregated in 1872 and 1873 $107,266,624. The goods from the United States and goo-ls exported there- to during the same year show an aggregate value of $89,808,204. We have thus a to-~ tal trade in imports for consumption and whole trade of Canada. With Newfound, land and Prince Edward Island, the aggres gate value of Canadian imports from and exports to these colonies has been during clude our trade with the British West In- an aggregate amount of purely British trade of $114,809,724, being an increase of $2U- 128,326 upon the amount stated in the re- port of the previous year. The value of goods in bond in the Queen’s warehouses at the various ports of the Dominion on 30th June, 1873, was $6,710,420, and duties computed under this present tariff, $2,523,s 449, Inward-going vessels in 1871 and 1872 were: British, 8,218 vessels ; 2,188,372 tons. Foreign, 2,140 vessels ; 801,421 tons. In 1872 and '73 there were; British, 8,620 vessels; 2132,250 tons. Foreign, 2,469 vessels; 900,496 tons. Outwards in 1871 and'72: British, 7,933 vessels ; 2,168 283 tons. Foreign, 1,965 vessels ; 788,619 tons. In 1872 and °73: British, 8,250 vessels ; 219,075 tons. Foreign, 2258 vessels ; 862,036 tons. Total inwards and outward, 1871 and ’72: 20,256 vessels; 5,946 704 tons. In 1872 and '73; 21,597 vessels ; 6,085,535 tons. The statement of the ton. nage employed in the inland trade for the fiscal years 1871-72 and 1872-73, was total It will be seen, upon reference to the statement of Canadian Exports, that the value of our manufactures sent abroad to ly small figure of $2,921,802. It is believed that, although this is an advance of $532,- 367 upon the previous year, the exemption of machinery from duty, under authority of the 34th Vic., Cap. 10 passed in 187], is calculated to give an impulse to the man-~ ufacturing energies of the country, which , will largely and rapidly increase this branch of the exports. The value of machinery imported in 1870-71 was $524,113, of which | $15,218 was free. In 1871-2, the importa-~ ‘tion amounted to $829,568, of which $259,~ 021 was free, and in 1873 the gross value of _the imports of machinery was $1,236,275, | of which amount $419,853 were entered "under the exemption.— Montreal Gazette, eo The yield of wheat in the Western States NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WR RA AA RR eee ee re Tobacco & Cigars! HE Subscriber offers for sale (in Bond,) | a choice Lot of SMOKING & CHEWING TOBACCO, and three Cases CIGARS. 74 Boxes To. .ceo, in Solace, Sunshine, Vir- ginian, Navy and Black Diamond. 3 Cases Cigars in Victoria & Flor Gertrude. | Samples can be seen at Sale Raom N. RANKIN, Corner Water & Pownal Sts. q Ch’town, April 13, 1874. To Carriage Builders ! HOTEL-KEEPERS, BLACKSMITHS, TANNFRS, AND MECHANICS OF ALL TRADES, As well as Business Men. OFFER, in the thriving Village of ALBER- TON, several Burpine Lots, immediately facing the Raitway Station. The land is high, dry, and well situated, near SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, MILLS, &C. Plans may be seen at the offices of Rosert Suaw, Esq. Attorney at Law, Charlottetown, of Joun Bat, Esq., end at the Subscriber's. TERMS,— 25 per cent. down, or by approved note at three months, balance in four years. ALL Lors unsold will be offered at AUCTION ou Thursday, the E ghteenth Juae next, at 1 o'clock, a. m. } GEORGE W. HOWLAN Alberton, April 13, 1¢74.—s j ne till June 18 WILL BE PUBLISHED ON APRIL 18TH 1874, THE NEW ERA. ae first number will contain the opening Chapters of "“homas Hardy’s Novel, entitled, ‘‘A PAIR OF BLUE EYES, ” of which the London Speciaier says ;—** It lea really powerful story, well proportioned in its parts, of varied and deep interest, yet not too harrowing for pleasure, relieved by exquisite touches o/ word-pictures and sup- | ported by characters not too numerous to | crowd the stage and divert us from an at- tentive study of the three central figures.” THE NEW ERA will also contain Long- fellow’s New Poem. ‘*‘ THE HANGING OF THE CRANE; ” selected articles of general interest; a full repert of Hox. B. Davres’ speech on ** DOGMAS AND DEVOTEES,” and several leading articles on local politi- cal questions, THE NEW ERA will be sent to sub- scribers, in any pact of the Dominion, at the rate of $1.00 per annum in advance, or $1.20 postage pre-paid. P. R. BOWERS, Address April 13, 1874. Charlottetown, P. E. I. CARDIGAN RIVER FERRY. CoLontaL Srererary’s Orrice, April 7, 1874. SEALED TENDERS will be recieved at this office until Saturday, the 9th day of May next, at 12 o'clock, noon, from any person or persons willing’ to contract for the FERRY at CARDIGAN RIVER, for three years from the 7th day of Jane next,in terms of the Act 3, Wil. 4, Cap &. The tender must express the rates of fer- riage demanded fur Passengers, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Calves and Swino; also, for Vehicles, Luggage »er cwt., and Produce per bushel. The names of two responsible persons willing to become bound for the perform- ance of the service, must accompany the tender. i Tender for Cardigan River Ferry,” must be written on the envelope. T. HEATH HAVILAND, Colonial Secretary. April 13, 3ins ELLIS RIVER FERRY, LOT 14, CoLontaL SECRETARY 8 OFFICE. April 7, 1874. SEALED TENDERS will be recieved at this office until Saturday, the 9th day of May next, at 12 o’clock, noon, from any per- son or persons being willing to contract for the FERRY at ELLIS RIVER, Lot 14, for three years from the Istday of June next, in terms ofthe Act 3, Will. 4th, Cap. 8. The tender must express the rates of ferriage demanded for Passengers, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Calves and Swine; also for Vehicles, Luggage, per cwt., and Produce per bushel. The names of two responsible persons willing to become bound for the performance of the service, must accompany the Tender. * Tender for Ellis River Ferry,” must be written on the envelope. T. HEATH MAVILAND, Colonial Secretary. April 13, 1874—3ins WALSHTOWN FERRY, LOT II. Co LONIAL SHCRETARY’S OFFICK, April 7th, 1874. SEALED TENDERS will be received at this office until Saturday, the 9th day of May, next, at 12 o'clock, noon, from any person or persons being willing to contract for the FERRY at WALSHTOWN, LOT 11, for three years, from the 31st of July, next, in terms of the Act 8, Will. 4, Cap. &. The Tenders must express the rates of ferriage demanded for Passengers, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Calves and Swine; also for Vehicles, Luggage per ewt., and™ Produce per bushel. The names of two responsible persons willing to become bound for the perform- ance of the service, must accompany the Tender. 4 * Tender for Waishtown Ferry, Lot 11, | must be written on the envelope. T HEATH HAVILAND, Colonial Secretary. | April 13, 1874.—3ins CHINA POINT FERRY. CoLontiaL Secrerary’s Orricr, | April 7, 1874. | SEALED TENDERS will be received at | this office until Saturday the 23th day of April, instant, at 12 o’clock, noon, from any person or persons being willing to contract for the FERRY at CHINA POINT, for three years from the Ist day of May,next, in terms | of the Act§3d Will 4. Cap. 8. | The Tenders must express the rates of ferriage demanded for Passengers’ Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Calves and Swine; also, for Vehicles, Luggage per ewt., and Produce per bushel. The names of two responsible persons willing to become bound for the perform. ance of the service, must accompany the Tender. * Tender for China Point Ferry. * must be written on the envelope. T. HEATH HAVILAND, Colonial Secretary. | } April 13, 1874.—21 AUCTION. | WILL SELL by AUCTION, on MONDAY the 20th inst., at the hour of 12 o'clock, | noon, the building of a NBW BRIDGE at | Hunter's River Station. Specification can be seen at the office of the undersigned, Two securilies will be required for the faith- ful performance of the contract. RICHARD WEEKS, 8. P. W. Ch’town, April 6, 1874.—2w SCRAP IRON! ASH paid for WRO’T and CAST IRON SCRAP, ( SIMON W. CRABBE, Sign of the Stove, 109 Queen Street. Ch’town, March 30, 1874—pa 4i SUGAR. THE Subscribers offer for Sale— 12hhds Bright Retailing Sugar in Bond or duty paid. MACDONALD & OWEN. March 9, 1874. TENDERS. | VE T retary Board Works, until FRIDAY, | the 10th April next, at 12 0’clock, noon, from | parties willing to to enter into a contract to | build a SCOW for the Ferry at West River. | Plans and Specifications can be seen at the | office of the undersigned. Two secarities | willing to become bound for the faithfal | performance of contract to accompany each | Tender. Board do not bind themselves to accept lowest or any tender. RICHARD WEEKS, Supt. Pablic Works. | Ch’town, March 26, 1874. DVERTISE in the Exam- promises to be six per cent above that of last year, | INER. mm John McNeill, College. and saili Steamers we will eell at Avcrion— March 30, 1874.—6i a" O* willing to | formance of the service, must accompaly the tender. “ Tender for Elliot River Ferry must be written on the envelope. of the ea: ion of Edwar north [10] chains, road, and from thence southwardly a road to the place of beginning, containing fifty (50; acres, be the same a little more or | Also, ali that other tract, piece or land, situate iv said Township twenty-t | bounded and described as follows, thatis , mentioned Ps NDERS will be received by the See- | LAND, WILL Sell, at Auction A of James Curtis, MONDAY, 13th inst. nm, at the Esq., Hig do., six years old, 1 bay do. old, (Stockman), 1 Horse eight good roadster, 2 Cows and (; in Calf.) Cow, farrow,1 Alde two years old, | Heifer in Calf. 1 Heifer two years old, 1 Bull old, 1 Ewe and 3 Lambs, 4 & Lambs, 8 Ewes with Lamb, 6 Lam ling, 1 Ram, good breed, 1 Boar Pig. Carts, 2 Trucks, 1 Iron Ploug! Plough, 1 Hay Rake, with Whe | Sow Sulky, 1 Horse power Threshing 1 set Harrows, 1 Cast Iron Plough, 2 Cooking Stoves, Co Harness, Swingletrees lot Farm ments, and other articles. Junction. delivery; over that sum, credi November, on approved joint no WILLIAM DODD, AU ctioneg, April 6, 1874, , at 1) O'clock - | | Bay Mare six years old, ¢ McInnie), 3 + three ilves g Also! Freehold Land, adjoining he Farm Stork, Farming Tplemets rey} hfie i ery = rhey = Wel one wes bee and yea 1 W, “a Nee Mou al, ing I ery, ‘ally t un | Terms—All sums under &5 will he % til cone Private Residence tobe Sold og THE BRICK HOUSE lat opposite Prince D. OM. RB April 6, 1874.—2) ely occupied Wag EDDIy, of Six Months’ Trade Sale MMEDIATELY atter the rece Stock, by arrival of Steamer ‘te 50 Puns. Molasses, = "vance vessels from Great ad om Boston, Halifax aad Montana 100 Doz. Pick 25 Hhds. Sugar, 100 Tins 50 Bbls. White C. Sugar, 25 Bbis ve 200 “ Flour, 2 “ Cum 100 * Cornmeal, 290 Boxes Raising” 120 Chests Tea, 50 Bbys. Ni “ 40 balt-chests do. Boxes Tobace 0, Caddies “ Kegs Twist do 40 Tins m 40 100 Boxes ¢, 50 Scented 40 Bbls. Washing oda, 75 Kegs Baking Soda, 100 Doz. Table Salt, Xc., “ 40 M.P 50 Doz. SO & 45 Boxes C é&c., &e. Due notice will be given of day future Advertisement, and by Handbilla, CARVELL Ch'town, March 30, 1874 FOR SALE. SECOND HAND chain Cable for aSchooner 50 tons. HYNDMAN 100 Bxs. Corfe i xed Sond i 230 Boxes Cigars, 25 Gross Bi 30 Sacks Rice, 100 Tins P. = 150 Boxes P. Y. Soap, 40 boxes E 50 “ Century “ 300 Reams W Pape, “brooms” Pai iota Pig Sale ix BROR, tt of . Suitable BROS. THE NEW ERA E Subscriber respecttul!y former patrons and the public intimates te bis that on receipt of Pr.nting Material when at Cape Tormestine, and which is wring te warded as favorable weather permi commence the publication of the a Journal devoted to Politics eulture, Local and Foreign N N Litera ewe The New Era will be a twenty-cigh uted on new Type, and will ts,) he will cr nas oe Sa paper, pri subscribers at $1.00 a year, payable in advange, Judg vg from the lar, already obtained the te Era wi one medium for advertisers usiness before the country. space will be allotted to advertiseme number of su i to bri Only s ats, and ge atent medicine or handbil! advertisements admitted. ets per line. d. Rates of advertisement will 40 ets per inch of column for Ist inse continuation, 20 cte per inch; special ae Communications addressedas follows will be punctually attended to. P. R. BOWE RS, New Era and Royal Gazette Office, Welsh & Owen's Building, Corner of Queen & King BARLEY! Charlottetowr P, 1 BARLEY! — HE Subscriber will pay the highest in cash for any quantity of good TWO. ROWED BARLEY. BLATCH McKENZIE Ch’town, March 30, 1874.—3w Wanted. KE OR TWO MAKERS can get emp!loyme JOURNEYMAN & CO. SHOE- nt at JAMES STANLEY'S. March 16, 1874.—tf Elliot River Fer ry. COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFrics. 25th March, 1874, EALED TENDERS will be recieved at this office until WEDNESDAY THE PERRY AT ELLIOT RI ’, the 15th day of April next, at 12 o'clock, noon, from any person or persons being willing to com ~ tract for ER, for five years, from the first day of May next, in terms of the Act 3, Will. 4, cap 8. The Tenders nust express the rates of Ferriage demanded for Passengers, Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine; also, for vehicles, Luggage per cwt., and Produce per bushel, The Contractor or Contractors to find hb or their own Boats, Scow, &c. Tenders will also be received from per The names of two become responsible bound for sons for the above service, stating the low est rates at which they will be willing ® take it, the Government finding a Scow. persons the per T. HEATH HAVILAND, Colonial Secretary. March 30, 1874: PRERHOLD PROPERTY FOR SALE, On fot Number 23 O be Sold by Public Auction, oo Wedoesday the Twenty-fifth of March, A bearing date the Tenth day > ” number twenty-three, ‘pe commencin commencing at the west side of the road,and on the aorths piece of land, running trom thence e | distance of firty (50) chains, or to the by Gilbert G ot land formerly held Domaick Dori now in possession of north five chains and forty (40 west to the road, and from thence alo | to the place of commencement, con D., the hour of Twelve o clock, noon, at the Colosial Building, Charlottetown, under avd by vitte ot a power of sale, contained inan Indéntured ber AD ber, A. ot Townsh County, in 1sTs, of Decet 1871, aud made between Lazare Bue in Queesi ince Edward (sland, Fa a. Anastatia his wife, of the one part, nod Hest Jones Cundall and Thomas DesBrisay, of Cha lottetown, in the said Island, squires, of other part, all the Freehold Estate and Inter® id Lazare Buote and Anastatia bis in and to all that tract, piece and parcel of and premises, situate, lying and being ia Township aumber twenty-three, and bounded # follows, that is to say : fixed on the east side of the road lead New Glasgow to Cavendish, the same north-west boundary stake of a trac leased formerly to® Isidore Bucte, now in poser ooluer, from thence runeitg east fifty-one ‘51, chains aud fitty 50 linke,then® thence west to the @ ai at a along sai! aa Ca ide of above describe ast for liaat, be ant, thet © ‘ake tone ng the row tainiog by estimation twenty-seven acres, a little mom® less. For Terms and particulars of ¢é | Sale, apply to R. R. FirzGeraco, iti os H. J. CUNDALL, for Mortgage? Ch’town, 4th Feb., 1874, The above Sale is hereby post} Wednesday, the 6th day of May nex 1874, then % be held at the hour and place H. J. CUNDALL, for Mortgage 20th March, 1874. — TENDERS. voned until aD. vee aba ed ——— EALED TENDERS will be recieved # the Secretary of the Board of until SATURDAY, the 12th day of next, from parties willing te ente contract for the rebuilding of Bridge. Two good and sufficient willing to become bound for performance of said contract to each tender. to accept the lowest tender. Plans and specificatiods to be seen at the oftes’ | the undersigned and at the residence A. McKay, near Bridge. RICHARD WEEKS, Chitown, Mareh 30, 1874,—3w the re bes The Board will not be on at pesable faithfe ww s. P.¥