4 ; 3 : PENIAN MOVEMENT IN IRELAND. ; ; {Dabliv (Now. 27) Corres. of the Lowden Post} The and eearches af last winter, i Inereasing ie tee In fect wany petecus eevtt lo ex- t before long seme calastropl: The result oi this state of alarm ts that (riding cecuttences are magnified by the more ewsily tri, tened partion af the public ttte matters of te nent, and that each groundless rrmert rapidly «© po hile er ; jones =A ceee tu pow bappened yer cou.” The cerrespondeal a » Deblin paper, | whe appears to be fica in the beltet that a con- wulsiess de internet, stated in hie last commmunt- cation that Stephens wae report: din ¥ een cut | cles to be “either at the Limerick ot the Clare! side wf the Shannea,” and that (we hundred “ea reited and ewern tu members of tte Brother heat” had left the city of the violated treaty to! epeet hire at the place where le iad disewbarh- | ed. Also that“ frem ali parts ov! Ireland Weeltdeee | teers had started with the raare « ¥jeet in parties of threes or feure, so that they aught fet be sus pected.” The story, preposterer + though it was, fend wet a few prepared to pul Rath i it, and, ax the day advanced, and it war fepeated treet | meuth te mouth, “it lest nothing.” as the phrase ia, “by the telling.” Uy eteutng had develop ed iw the astounding statement atthe rebel. | lien had brekew out in Limerick, aad that the peaple ef the olden times, but they reared up) first bleed had been shed in the conflict xrveral diel this cramer become, that tue late edi enthzed werld, and which we cannot equal. | tiens of the papers were bewght up te “see what they coutained abeut Limerick,” and many per- sens seemed positively disapper ted when they discovered that they had been hes xed. One thing is already clearly ev ident. The) geutry and persons of means in the provinces | fear the conspiracy mere than they did last year. | Tt wae wet aetil ® had been uearly supressed | by the vigilence and stern measures: of the last | government, that they ceally learned that Ste-| phens aud his couspiraters auned ata seabdiva- | sien of property as Well as the establishment of a} republie. All the large estates fave been, It Was) discovered, parcelled out in comto: table faruia tor the reward of these Whe might assist the then | Head Centre, Gut new the “Chict Organizer ot) the Insh Republic.” in bis destruction ot the} Sage, and vertain of these autor unate landheld i ere, thinking diseretion the better part of valour, | were fying from the fete that is intended ter | them when Stephens had pessersien of Chis une) happy and mach humbugeed country. be is heewn that within the last tew doys several geu- themen of property have removed (iret tamailies ty England, and if the existing alacn) coutioues, this} esample will be foliowed by ethers A corres poadent in Saunders’ News Lette: alludes to this aspect of the crisis, * It an epmion can be cor: | teetly termed,” he says, “that of your correspon | dent 1, frow all he has learned within the last! three months, that whatever the result will be, | (ard every one can guest it) an attempt will be! anduubtedly made te establish a republic in lre- land. bawke are te be fiest rifled, the tesidenees oi all the noblemen aud geutheaen of Droid attacked | ejties. and taken possession of aud allotted to the leaders of the besieging party It is a tact that, se tar as the county Liwerick i cvncerned, the most) ing prominent leaders of Cis seeret and insidious contederacy bave actually wawed the aanusienus aud demesues of which they ure \e become pos e seers.” The writer takes a gloomy view of affairs in Ireland. be eonesives (lat “disastrous ’ | deal larger than our Houses of Parliament. Accurding te the plan taid out the pabiie) wats supply of Londen, TREOES IN TIPPERARY. TRroat the Tipperary Free Press, Nov. 28] A compauy of the Sixty-fourth n@imeat, under tie excitement regard Peeanett. thegemmand of Lieut, Gulatel Chadds, proceeded | prose marked with 2 star ure wuoflicial, but alihougs wothing has yet takea plice execpt, the) Qoe gar frow ‘Tenplereoce ou Thtesday woraing repetition, on @ eurall scale, of the urrests, SeHREre® bye ty Cahir. o-* THE ANCTENTS AUEAD OF Us. nee ; : rh | January 1, I861....- ae aseis 6,243,721 The Res, Hugh Stawell Brown, of Liverpoal, | Soin Ter IID senbresin gave a lectat be Dumfries last month on “The i a on 9.867 BLN Good old Ties!” We extract the following paa-| December 1, 1861 .........----. Bey ents er sage t— | ” > hom bewededcckohd coed “fie cane * Mea did as wouderful intellectual feats 2.000 | Sule 1. 1a62 Pe ar e , : ‘ : A : , : : i 5M 167.979 and 3.000 years age at are dove in the present | doce 29 Re, ci eee * 57 027.683 time. Lf itbe teue that aan was only an Tnpre-) oi daibtew ri lari Weapare rp soe 696.803.3606 ved goridla we dew't find that he showed a greats) pte 19. Bete... ee eee ees °727 417,655 er resemblance to it then than now—for his own | Juunary | ING a cS ak liga ae TOA DR 094 part he believed that there Were Wure mney anuaty MGS dais oo <om sobs "210,664,496 now than then, and possibly the geriila might March 3 : 1863 So ae *304.178,471 nat ae mittch represent the ree from whieW wel Oo eg IIIT “939-761 625 apring as the destiny te which we are hastening iM 1. 18633 on nod ny a ae 1.098.793.1581 Abrahaw be beheved to be ee thurwugh-bred 8) Ot ie) qaid....cccccces cose 1 222.113.550 gevtleman as anyin the nineteenth century— ao ber } “TSG sg ae "4 295,243,544 Jaceb as good a tun ot business as they would ~* : 1 30 Ind oo : ne “1.67 i ‘138.275 find on the Liverpool Exchange > w hile Joseph 5 pre it ate hvas Gosh ie Sacens . P was a statesman and Moses a legrmlator worth a une a , ’ : 1.719,395,168 good deal mere in their time than all oar Lords, | tal eh 1868. lees cash ‘os rE Le Commous, and Town Councils put together. Our) SUE ioe Uo es NO 1,795,033,569 mechanical applianees for building are far supe. | aes i jaca. Sen elie te ie ’ rier te what they could buve been Keown to the | . oury i Me pedbadarbbdecebe 1,832,649, 835 Se) buildings that are the just astonishment of the Se _ — re 1.878,565,233 . September 30, IsG4, leas cash in We way copy them, as we may Copy a painting NS own on amensant 1,955,973,719 ofan old master, but til we strike out something of | October 31, 1664, lese cash in our own ts good as the Parthenon er Strasburgh | . “Tr mente ’ ... 2,017.100,515 Cathedral, we must khouckle down te the old | wil ante et ” Fees. “tie said m tones. We think we deo things on a grand seate, ts ite : c aa 2970.582.484 and a Cockney will boast that the largest ol March 32 1803 ads cash iu in Landon will hold 4,000 people 5 80,000 would : 2 366.955.0797 searcely have filled the Colisseum of Rome. St. | _— — ee hae a ay te vores George's Hall, Liverpool, is jastly regarded aaa)" eors edb j Jib ceba' obs caees 2,635,.205,753 very magiiticeut building. but twas ouly a repre-| duction of a very littl: bic of the Bathe ot Divele- | tian, which were nearly a quarter of a tutle sqtiare, the whele ateucture being a very greal We thenght we bad made great progress in sanitary | seiener, but he believed we Were ata disadvan- tage compared with the ancrents, In Rowe alone there were S00 publi ba bs, and it never had more Than halt the pepuriien ot Lowden. They had het, cold, and vapout baths,—and aomething lke out Turkish bath, and what was better still the people constantly used then We beasted of our eri engineering, but it was qnestionatele if it had advanecd mueh sinee the tine when the Homans built their wequeducts, which were earried over valleys, stpperted ot theousauds of arches, or tun- welled for miles through the selid rock, while the greatest scientific shill was req tired to give the supply the proper gradient. There was a great deal of tala about that woeodertul triionph of genins, bringing Glasgow, but the quantity of water dehwered to! Keme was feu Ue the Au abundant supply of water Was a special characteristic of ancient We vtten read of the inhabitants of a besieged city suffering from hunger, but rarely, i ever, from thirst. And there was ne overcrowd- Ninevel: contained GUU,U0U inhabitants, but the population of Loudon ..as, ter its size, five times as dense as that ot Nineveh. The ancients did net alow the dead te be buried within the walls of their cilies—a practice only beginning te be abolished with us. They read the other day every mbabitant af results’ wust follow the propoge idisun that has! of some people taking chelera, trom Washing the been going on turough Ireland of Fenian priner- | pies, assisted by a liberal distribecien ef aeoney © Withia the past week,” he deciai es, “eutissaries fre America bave arrived io Limerick, and brought with theas vet only an abundance of tmeney but their republican uuitoru. They have already distributed (heir gold most ibevally This | day, a# Liearu from an authentic mouree, a person whe refused te be “ewer in,” but had previously | prowised fe join, could bave pocketed £100 upon condition of ucoepting 1 wih a previse (being | sequainted with the constabulary) that he got) three members of that terce weil d sposed to ards their country te joi at £10 a head, and to be) appeinted Cy commissions. There is ne doubt that money has been disposed | vt iw thi« way threngh every part et Ireland to. au almost unlimited extent, aud base been condi- tionally accepted, beth wi ihe wilitary and consta- | bulary services; in fact it is only a matter ot! time te knew what the result wiil ve" | A large number of arrests were lately made in Mallow, Drogheda, VIrim, Carrickmacross and | ether places, mainly fer ullering seultlmenis faverable to Feniavism, and in denunectation of Hrities rule. All or nearly all Were remanded | fer further examiuation, and a lew were dis charged ALARM IN THE PROVIN( ES. [From the Cork Examiner, Nov. 27.] A number of arrests for Fenian «m have beer | made since Saturday. [n Dre heda two men! were taken iutu custady ou Suuday, oue arrest | 20 words w charged £20: the British line to Volent wuthoress suggests to her aristucratic has been made in Beitast, one tn Tuan and four) Valentia gets 6; the American lines, Port ‘ellow sanitarians that they should set anex- at Carrickmacross, [t the latter cuse the pri ; soners Were charged with alteapting to adminis- | ter an unlawful vath. Unusual vigilance i« being displayed by the military autherities im the principal garrison tewns. Lo Cork and Dublin the troops were kept under arme ali through Saturday mght; and the suburbs of Dublin were patrolled by cavalry. Lu Limerick the military force is boing strength: | eued, and it i stated that ae important position eu the Shannen is te be accapted. A foree of two hundred marines will arrive in| Queenstown in a few days: and the Londen) correspondent of the Manchester Guardian states, | wider reserve, however, that a prej-et for sending | twenty regueente of English mani tia inte tes country ie under comideration by the War) ’ The large naval feree on the Trish coast, in- giuding several iron clade and trigates of the first glase, is, according to report, to be reinforced by 9 flotifia of gunboats, to be distributed in various direetivus. THE FENIAN UNIFORM [From the Leadon Times, Noy, 28] Yesterday the Liverpool detectives seized a! large box reeently arrived from Atwerica, which. on examination was found te contain a very hand- some Fenian officer's unitlerm, te wit:—A rich tunic af greew elath, elaborately braided avd with geld lace on the collar; a dress woisteoat, with harp battens and» cap of greew elk, with thie | fries harp in geld on the trent. “The bex alse) geutained three revolvers, a dugyvar. leathern bel: ead cartridge box, and a copy of “oe licial regula twa.” DESPaATeH OF TROOPS TO MELAND. {Prom the Cork Examiner, November 28.) The Admiralty despatched a teleg cam to Ports mouth dock yard directing the iunediate coaling and ration of the screw transports ‘Tamar and Oreutes for the embarkation of Lroops on the following morning fer conveyance te lreland. Ganyge of men were immediately told off te eval) the anips, whieh was carried ont Cheonghout the! night, se was also the iene of all other stores re. wired trom the various aterehouses of the yard. Poth vexsele were to be ready t) embark the troops (understoed te be the Second mtantry | ypegiment) by eight o'clock in the morning. Ordera were reeeived at Aldershot causp at ax eeluck of the evening of Lut ter the Twenty. eighth aud Fifiy-secoud regiments to be beld ae yeadiness to move to Lreland af & taewent’s ne- thee. Av order wae received hy teiegrap! at Chatham ou the samme day, from the Admiralty dirveting | the ecyew gunboat Sepoy to proceed larthwilr bo) Quceustown, there te await turther orders. Ln eect alee, with a sudden order received frow the Adwiralty, o detachment of Royal Ma- vines left begdquartes, Chathan, ev the 26th of | ovegiher, fog vervice iy Ireland, proceeding by rypil te te ee toembark for Qareuatewn ow mand wt eg Majesty's steamer Fredrick iMiam. ‘The transport Pagar wae te embark the Twen- eighth regiweyt al Pyrtenouth, ou the 23¢h Does fye Areiand, but sue eould take back frou ireland the Thirty-uinth regjayyut. Che Orontes, ou the Yéth of Now tr. Would proceed with the Fifty-second ¢ ent te Qysrostewn, aud | would thea go te dyyerpoyl aud they eubark a fegiment Me Belfast. NAVAL PREE ge PFONS, {Prom the Cork Examjner, Ney, 99) The same rigid preceutiogs ary appareytly taken in Queenstown ou beard th Prederich | Wham. guardenip, a« have been Capen iy thie | gity 9 he barracks, A variety of ruuere baye @ pretty geucral cireulation in Querustewn , reference te thuse precautions. “lue priycipal ; gue, and te whieh sume credit has beew gigeu, ut for the accuracy of whic We cannot sayeh. that at miduight on Mouday the Flax Lieuteugs) wt the Peederick William groceeded ou board and all bands qgyder arms, each mau being | with teu ot ame Dil ion. be urouad for thts yroeeeding is said to have gu eRiratagant “toryowthal a large body ot wiage Were wayne down (be river by steumer, with the vljest of Yywing up the Frederick Wil- View and enue of the guybogty ety ioued in the barber, Kuweors of thig character by ye frequent yy wecurted durtag the pagt few weeks, ; PPLECHLOADENS KOK Fue PoLICK, {From the Dullin Kreewau, Nave iuler 28.4 ' ; = 23 Aw wdditional cousignineut of br oech-logdjng Fibs were ree yesterday evenin . af the nieve ke ours wf the day at , were eouveyed ty the g@rygt, Plies foe ts ol o late Orit of vasa exeitemiont was pro | 4 vd |pany. It clothes of persons whe had died of that malady According to the Muesaic law these clothes would have been burued. Moses weuld vet allow peo ple to live in houses that were walesliny, but it Was vo ase turuing the people out aud allew- ing the bewse fo stand; le knew people would live ia it tf it remained, and so he said—*Down with every stick and stone ef it.” In the matter of sewerage, the Romans were superior lo us. The city was bailt ou arches for the purpose of complete sewerage, and there yet rewaimed a sewer in Rome se wide that a cart loaded with hay onght pass through it. Exceilent and well coutrived drains had veen discovered in Niveveh and ether towus, The refuse of cities were burved in the open plains. The band-looms of 3,000 years age produced cloth of as fine a qual- ity. in petut of texture. color, and style, as we can produce; and the Hirdoos and some of the Africanus Kuew the process ef manufataring tron and steel, which led them to look with contempt, and to reject as retton, the epecimens of these metals whieh we seot them. La ail these pointe the past compared favourably with the present. . > How tae Revence or tue ATLANTIC TELE GRaPpu ts) ApPpoxtionen.— The Jnvesters’ Guar dien, and Eaglish journal, thas explams how the revenue derived from the Atlartic telegraph is at present apportioned: ** A through message from London to America of Hood to New York, 10e. Thisleaves for two compames £19 48. The Newfoundland Tele- graph Company takes one third of the gross receipts, of the two cables, £6 83.5; the )Adante Telegraph Company receives only £12 16s. This awount of £12 16s per | message has to meet the following clsiuss : Working expenses and maintenance of the jeabies, with w staff at London and Valentia : D ebenture holders, perannum, £5,000; the Anglo-American Company —20 per gent. per annum on £600 000, £120,000. This can be paid off at three months’ notice by finding £1.200.000. One year’s interest is nearly due now Then follows the Atlantic Tele- graph 38 per cent. preference stock of £600,- O00, £40 WOO; and the original 4 per cent stuck of £600,000, £24,000. Should any balance remain atter the £12 164. per mess- age of twenty words has supported the above eLarges, the Anglo-American Company can claim one half; and the remaining balf ts equally divided between the 8 per cent. pre- ference stock and the tour per cent. original | stuck boulders of the Adantic Telegraph Com. this, which we believe to be a wlerably accura statement of the question ae to profit, is correct, It seems to us that the Newluundlaod Jines take an undue propor- tien in appropriating one-tlurd of the gross receipts, and that 1 would be a much fairer partoership arrangement if they took the proportive of the net earnings, after providing tor the working expenses and debeoture and pre‘erence charges.”’ — a? 32 - a — Anecpote of Weustrex —U'ne following new aneedute of the Godlike,” 19 taken trom Frazer s London Magazine, for Sept. : —" AC the political dinners, of whieh Web. ster was rather fond, be almost invariably became tipsy before his speech time arrived ; and some of tis most admired after-dinner speeches wore the compositivn of itiendly re- porters On one vceasion he had to be prompted by a friend, who sat just behind him, aod gave bim successively plrases and topics. The speech progeeded somewhat alter this fashion: Prompter: ** Tariff.’ Webster: The tariff. gentlemon, is a sub- Jeet requiring the profound attention of the statesm nm. American industry, gentlemen, must (nods a little), Prompter: National Debt’ Webster : And, gancle- men there's the national debt—it should be paid (loud cheers, which rouse the speaker) ; yes. gentlemen, it should be paid, (cheers) and d—d if it shan’t be—(taking out his pockethoods—Lll pay it myself! Low much ie 107 Pow last question was asked of a gentleman near hing with dronken serious ners, und, coupled with the recollection of the well-known tnpecuniosity of Webster's pocketbook, exetted races of laughter, amidst whieh the oratue sunk inty bis seat and was svun acleep be —’ - coe. --—— We never mean to leod an influetice to make a& reputation for a worthless patent medicine. but believe we wre doing our readers and the pub- fie a taver by calling attention to Blood’s Rhen- matic Compound. It will reliewe pain in any term.—St. John paper. pe a In a little while Sc. Join will have ad led to her Admerous manulactories an establish ment for the manulacturing of Paper Collars —an article auw very generally in use. Toe work will be carried on in the Morning ews Building, by » Company having # capital of $106.00. Furred tongue, beart-burn, piles, distention of the stempeh, jos ot appetite, pain in the ade, back or ligoie, cau be cured by the use of Parsons’ Purgative Pils. ——— - —<—beo --—— --— “La (aliforuja” ja the aouster restaurant of Paris ang the wovid. it will accommodate 1800 people. “Phirty vutebere are gyystautly employ: ed te supply the establishment with yyeats. A re. gitwent of waiters goswer cgils tor wine alone The proprietor has purchased 300.000 wine glas- dew, 100,000 forks ang 150,000 kaives tor phe ase of bit restaurant. Let ie tpequepted by all glagseg, the yeery person going direut kitchen whe House Fort. the is) delivered ere ae we. Three paid for, Three Hieusand pourds of meat wud toy casks of wine are cousu daily. —_- ‘Phe wages for mectiuuics in Portland ranges } ture. the water of Loeh Katrine te) Tue Growrn or THE U.S. Pontte Dew. | |—~'Tke following statemsut of the public debt of : the United States has lately been compiled. | are | said to have been made up from trustworthy data. ‘Lhis table will be useful fer reference in the tu- | July 31. 2865. less cash in breasury 2,796,900,825 | Angust 31, 1365. less cash in Trea- 2,757,629,571 OOEE wc dicntdvcccncceta sens | September, 30, 1305, less cash in IE sin hon Gees enne 9% 2,744,917,726 1 October Bl, 1665, leas cash in | TEE cs ch bans cdeduscens 2,740,854,758 | November 30, 1505, less cash in RUMI oh oe once ncsdinets vs 2,714,633,014 | January 1, 1266, less cash in Trea- WN i, oo DES i bees bebe pee es 2,716,581 536 February 1, 1866, less caeh in DT SORT ip 6 6 dn sinavig odnuns 2.716, 8938 162 March 1, 1860, less cash in ‘Trea- Nl As ans dtd aces athe 2.711,850,000 2.705. 640,515 2.650 GAY 842 2,670,283, 307 April 1, 1866, less cash in Treasury | May 1, 1806, teas cash in Treasury } June 1, 1860, less cash in Treasury August 1, D866, less cash in Trea- UE i iees es ehs bs ohed ive 2,633,099 276 | September 1, 1506, less cash in TWOQGHD. 65.01 5. 28 bin Bed one 2,595,683, 168 | October 1, PsG6 ess cash in Trea- OUEG « Ehncin's wns. ceeaeneess 2 575,336,941 November 1, 1800, less cash DOMOOREE vo 00+ apccne.csccee 2,551,310,005 | Tae Benerer or Gotne Bareroor.—A let- 7H ¢ . by P. MePhee : Resolved, That thia meeting having now nomi- nated one candidate, do leave it for the electors of Lote 51, 52, and 53 to nominate another, and agree to support any Liberal candidate fairly ne- minated by said electors, provided said electors agree to support: Mr. Clay, aud turther provided that the candidate they nominate give a written pledge to oppose Confederation. Afver the usual votes of thanks the meeting closed, when three cheers were given for Mr. McDonald, three for Mr. Clay, aud three for the Queen. JOHN MeMULLEN, Sec’y. Dundas, Dec. 20, L866 Herald and Patriot will please copy. Che Gxaminer. Charlottetown, December 31, 1866. THE EXAMINER. We proposed to have a gossip with our readers today about the past career and the future prospects of Tue Examixer, but, on re- flection, we have concluded to enter into no minute detail of our labours, nor to draw fancy pictures of the work and its reeompense before us. We could say nothing bad of ourselves in the past, but a great deal of good ;—we could not, aud would not, and should not, draw a gloomy picture of our future, but a very en- chanting one (tu us) might issue from our pen, if we had time to indulge in this kiad of very licht literature. E.vough to say, that amid al the obstacles, obstructions, and open opposition which we have had to encounter in our edito- rial ¢arcer, we have suceceded in’ making Te ExaMixer a journal second to none in the Colony for the extent of influence which it ex- ercises on the public mind. [ts cirealation is quite extensive for a small population like that of this Colony; and it circulates amongst all classes, all denomivations of Christians, all political parties. The value of the advertiz- ing patronase we have received, and d» receive, from the whoie comm +reial comiunity, as well as from others whose object is publicity for the | purposes of trade and trallic—may be roughly jestimated from a glance at our advertising columus, from which want of space compels us, every week, to exclude many favours. We are firm, and, we believe, invariably courteous, in ‘ter has been addressed to the Committee of ‘the Ladies’ Sanitary Assuciation by the | Comtesse de Nuatlles, on the benefit of going barefoot. There is a great deal tu be said in jlavor of this plan, whether we regard de- velupwent, temperature, oF cleanliness. (Look at the magnificent gait of w barefoot | Uighland girl, and the elastic play uf every the assertion of our political principles,—by | this course we offeud no one, except the most }eaptious and unreasonable. This course we | ‘i . 4 ‘ shall evntinue to pursue in all our dealings with | public ‘questiqns. Shadows, indeed, have often icrosse ] our path—(whose path has not been muscle, and compare her leet with those of ere sed by them?)—but the cloud with the our gitls who bave been tortured in boots, too short ur too Darrow at the tues, the object of which seems te be to compress the fout into one unshapely and inelastic mass like a boot- maker s*+ just.’ A» to warmth, itis pretty certain that boots, as they wre, quite as olten wake the feet cold as warm. [1 people have good stout byots to walk out in and change them when they come im and sit still, it is very well, But as for the poor, thin, leaky, balt-wora boots of poor women and children, they are but a sham; they do not keep out cold and wet; and it 18 nvedless to say that people who bave no buots at all cannot *seatch their death '’ by sittiug induors in wet boots, As for cleanliness, the thing speaks for itself. Feet freely exposed to the ait are not offensive, and if soiled by a walk would be washed or wiped as a matter ot course. ** The smell ina close school-rvom,” says Madame de Nouailles, ** of so many an- washed feet, carefully enclosed in still dirtier stockings and shoes, ts very unwholesome ,” whereas ** no one ever felt disgusted at the | little bare brown feet of the Italian peasant jehildren.’ The thing is sv rational that it | needs only to be set agoing, and the bene- sample by allowing sume of their owa chil fren to ge barefoot m the park. Probably a sipie syle, word a® & sandal, Ww wuld ubviate sume dificuities Lt would allow of tree aer- atin and tree play of the muscles, and would necessitate cleanliness ; 1t migi:t be elegantly titted on, alter the antique, and it would ensure the sole of the foot from injury, and from contact with disgusting dirt.— Medical Times. GORRESPONDENCE. PUBLIC MEETING AT DUNDAS. A public meeting of the electors of Lots 54 wnd 55 was held at Grand River Bridze on Monday, the 17th inst. Mr. Thomas Clay was ealled to the chair, Mr. John McMullin was appointed Seeretary. Hon. A. A. MeDonaid first addressed the meeting—said he still ap- proved of the policy of the Liberal party, bat that he would suppoit any good measure no matter from which side it came—declared it to be his intention te uppose Confederation on any terms, and to satisfy all parties gave the ehair- man a written pledge su to do. John Hamilton, E> 7., next addressed the mecting—said he was in the field as a candi- date for the Lesislative Council—that he be- lieved in the Conservative principle—thought the country safer under the present Govern- ment than it would be if the Liberais were in power—was not prepared to say what difference there is between the Conservative aud Liberal principle. Mr. McDonald spoke again at some leazth upon the actions of the (rovernment-—read ex- tracts from public accounts clearly showing the most reckless waste of the public money. Mr, Hamilton rose again, uot, he said, to defend the Government in all their acts—thourht it necessary to give them a check, but still de- clared it to be his intention to support them if returned, and warned the people against sup- porting a Confederate. Mr. D. D. Clay replied— aid that the electors here were determined to oppose Confederation in every form, and since Mr. McDonald had pled sed himself to oppose it, felt quite satistied ; but said that all who supported the Govern- ment supported Contederation, as it is evident that the leaders of the Conservative party are in favor of that scheme, or they would uot place “red hot Unionists’’ in the hizhest offices in the Island—said that the Government had diszraced the Island by representins it to be in @ state that rendered it necessary to call ina military forsee—pointed out the extrava- ance of the Conservatives, and called upon their friends present tu defend those acts if they could. James McDonald, Esq., of New Perth, said they did not come prepared to defeud the Go- vernment, but thought their acts would com. pare favourably with those of the Liberals— warned the peuple szainst Confederates. Mr. R. D-war made an appeal to the people in favor of Mr. Hamilton. ‘to dissolve the House. silver linins seldom failed tu come and cheer us on our way. Now, we have said more than we ought to have suid—more than we intended to say about To the next No., (vhich will be nearly altogether original ; and, mark our humble selves. you, gentle reader, a rich and racy No. it will be, although we say it ourselves who should’nt say it,) the whole editorial staff of Tae Ex- amines will contribute something each towards the entertainment and edifieation of our readers. We will print a larger edition than we usually do, so that extra copies may be furnished to Well, we have nothing further to say than to express the hope those who may desire them. that every man, woman and child in the com- munity will be richly enduwed with the happi- ness and cheer which this genial and gracious season is calculated to afford. vieamiiicil it NO DISSOLUTION YET. Tr was rumoured about Town last week, that, ata meeting of the Executive Council, held on Thursday last, the House of Assembly would be dissulved. The Executive Council is very weak—(having only fve members in the Island out of nine)—and, perhaps, they did not feel themselves capable of making such an effort as Certainly it was not It is said that the Government are waiting to see what shape Confederation will done, take with re zard to the other Colonies before If this be the case they are ouly preparing themselves for their complete destruction by the return of an over- they dissolve the Huuse. whelming majority against them at the elec- tions. In the present state of the public mind vf this Colony, the Confederation question will not be favourably entertained, no matter what the other Colonies and Great Britain may say or do in the matter, The Quebee Report, as a plan of Confederation, is objectionable to this Island; if other and better terms were proposed, there might not be such an opposition. to a Federal Union in this [sland as there now is; but we must look for a proposal of better terms from the other Colonies; and, in the meantime, protest against Union as strongly as we can, on the basis of the Quebee Report. The Govern: ment, it appears to us, by dallying with this question, are taking the most e‘Fectual means of throwing themselyes (politically) to the dos. -_-_ OT Se THE MAILS. For more than half the past week we were without any Mails from abroad, owing to the suspension of the navigation for the s-ason, and it seemed a relief not to be burthened with piles of newspapers which do not afford a vreat deal of instzuction or amusement; but Wednesday the crossed the Cape for the first time this winter, and on Curiers browght a large load of Mail matter; and on Friday morning we had another mail in the same direction—so that we are not likely to want for newspaper reading, of all sorts, good, bad and indifferent, for some time to come. We must refer our readers to our columns for the most interesting gleanings we could find m our fyles. We may say that there appears to be no The New York press continues to manufacture sensational tele- news of stirring importance. grams—and charges them to the innocent At- lantic Cable—respecting Fenian movements in Ireland. On one day the Fenian movement is Mr. D. D. Clay rose to reply to both, but the gentlemen from New Perth, , seeing that | nothing was to be gained hy keeping up the | debate, took their leave. Mr, Clay sgid he was sorry the friends of the Government would not stay to defend it, but thought it still his duty to disprove or explain away their statements, which he did to the evident satisfaction of all present. Mr. Ronald Campbell then proposed Charles Clay, Es7., as a candidate for the Lower House to represent this district. John MeMullin seconded the proposition. Be- fore the proposition was put to the meeting Mr. Clay was called upon to state his political principles. Mr. Clay said he was opposed to the present party; his reasons for opposing them was he- cause they had violated every pledge they ever made the people; that the interests of the Island were completely neglected while the Government were expending thousands in wild und visionary schemes. Mr. Clay proposed a complete change in the expenditure of the Road Money; wanted to see Statute Labour and Small Debt Courts abolished. Mr, Clay was listened tg throughout with marked attention, and his remasys received with applause. | The proposition was then put to the mecting and supported unanimously. 3 described as rampant—on the next day, alinost, we are assured that the conspiracy has subsided, and that the unfortunate country which it pro- | poses to wrest from the Government of Great Britain is restored to tranyuility. We place very little reliance on either statement. We do not believe that Ireland is tranquilised, or ever will be while several manifold grievances, patent to all the world, remain unredressed ; but we sincerely hope she will nut be so mad as to rush into rebellion, which would be a dis- astrous failure at the present time, and only serve to postpone the redyess of her grievances. The Feyign eonspiracy will have one good ef- fect, if it should not culminate in open rebellion, and that wil] be, to direct the more earnest at- tention of British statesmen to the condition of Ireland, with the view-to its amelioration. The Lord grant that this mueh good may come of the evil by which the unhappy country is now menaced. ah In the United States, Fenianism continues to make much noise, but the wild enterprise of : The | unprincipled fellows who direct the movement in the States have two objects in view—the first, tu put money in their own pockets at the ex- pense of their dupes,—and the second, to com: plieste international relations so far as to in- volve the Republic in a war with Great Britain. In the first object they will undoubtedly suc- ceed, for the credulous Trishman never refuses to bleed for his country through his pocket, especially when the proces+is not a dangerous or distressing one. As to the second object, very much depends on the secret nachinations of the statesmen at Washington, That they enter- tain no friendly feeling towards Great Britain, is quite evident from the tone of their corres: pondenee on the Alabama claims, and on the Fenian trials in Canada, as well as from the re- cent Message of President Johnson relating to these matters. Questions of local policy would make # foreign war not undesirable to Mr. Seward or Mr. Johnson, who can scarcely hope, by auy other means, from diverting a hostile Congress, and a great fanatical party of Republicans at the North, from pursuing their schemes with respect to a reconstruction of the South. gress must hope that no such lamentable thing Every friend of civilization and pro- as a war will occur between two nations con nected by so many ties, endeared to each other hy a common languaze, aud literature, and his- tory —and which should control and advance the civilization of the age, — buat if unwise councils should so far prevail at Washington as to coutinue the system of menace and bluster whieh Johnson and Seward seem to affeet for local political reasons, it is certain that Great Britain must lose caste if she continues to ae: cept the menace and bluster in a meek and huniiliatin s spirit. ELECTION DAY IN KING’s COUNTY. A finer day for an election could not have been selected than the 1th of December proved tube. The roads were good, the temperature was mild, and the day more bright and beauti- ful than could have been expected at this season. At an eurly hour of the morning the music of the merry sleigh bells mizit have been heard, as the candidates and their repre- sentatives, or friends, drove along the various roads leading to the polling division at which each proposed to take his stand for the day ; and as some of your readers may feel as much interested in the result as your correspondent did, he will briefly state a few incidents which came under his notice during the day. At the first polling division which we visited, voters were coming up rapidly at ten o'clock; at the second one but few had polled before eleven ; but between eleven and three o'clock there was a general rush, and after the latter hour but a few strayglers remained to poll at any division. Each man, as he came to the Polling Booth, stepped up at once, and recorded his vote in a way which shewed that he had fully settled in his own mind, before he came there, which cxadidate he would suppoit, and no ill teeliag was shown between the supporters of eithe: candidates except in a rare instance or two, Towards evening the hopes of the officials who had induced Mr. Hamilton to offer in op- position to Mr. McDonald bezan visibly to die out; by the time the Poll was closed they heeame pretty well couvinced that their candi. | date would be returned to rustieate at New | Perth, and about eleven o'clock, p. m., when the returus from all the Polling Divisions were received at Georgetown, their fears were con- firmed, and the last spark of their expiring hopes died out, as they learned that Mr. McDonald | was returned by a larze majority. The num- bers polled were as follows :— McDoxatp. Hanitrox. Georgetown, 33 lo Sentouer's, Lot 61, 69 iM McLean's. Lot 51, 73 66 Alley’s, Head Cardigan, 100 s4 Murray Harbour, Soath, 30 63 Montague Bridge. 33 lil Grand Kiver Bridge, 135 4! Edmond’s, Lot 66, 36 9 a 403 Majority for McDonald, 135 We imagine that this majority will demon- strate beyond doubt to the Government tool who proposed Mr, Hamilton that his influence was not as great as he expected, even with that of all the oflicials at his back. It will also make patent to those who employed him the fact that the pay of seven shillings and six- pence per day which he was in receipt of for a great part of the summer, as inspector of pub lic works at Georgetown, was an investment of Government funds as profitless to them as it was worthless to the country which paid it. > siheorrtieer-teepiliy (Ovr gifted friend of the three stars (*,*) gives, as follows, two more of his * political portraits,”” having commenced with Mr. Coles in our last No. These portraits are such queer ones that we are almost tempted to believe that the artist is merely quizzing the public men whom he has exhibited to the community. We have a keen relish for fancy sketches, and the more highly they are coloured the better we like them; but we don’t think it is exactly fair to put to such faney sketches the names of Will the honor- able gentlemen portrayed below pardon what veritable living public men. may seem tu be w liberty taken with thei: names? We know we have some able ygen- tlemen in the Legislature of this country ; but, bless us! if we had such parazons of wisdom, statesimauship, eloquence, and all that, without a blemish, as are here presented to us, why, half the world and his wife would be flocking here to cultivate the acquaintance of the pro- dizies. Let us hope that the “honorable and larned member for Tryon,” Cornelius Howat, Esquire, will next be put upon the canvas, and that he will be painted with the same hizhly coloured brushes used for the others.— Ep, Ex'r.J {FOR THE ENAMINER.] POLITICAL PORTRAITS. HON, JAMES CC. Pore, In contemplating the political or public cha- racter of the Hou James C. Pope, although it cannot be said that we discover in it evidences of that comprehensive legislative genius, or of those surpassing administrative taleuts by which a Pitt and a Canning weie so e:ninently dis- tinguished; yet we find iu it aiost uuquestion- able proofs of his being a man of energy, reso- lution, and practical sagacity—a man of quick apprehension aud prompt determination — a plain, straight forware, — business statesman, seorning all deception and subterfuze. As a public speaker, the Hon James C. Pope certainly displays neither the rhetoric of a Gladstone, nor the eloquence of a Bright - but “in plain and rayved honur bold,” sustain- ed by sincerity of spirit, by coolness and self. possesion, his plain and business-iike style of speaking renders him a most formidable oppo- nent, not only of ihe flashy orators, but of the best debaters ou the Opposition side of “ the House." He is nv * smuoth-lipped Plausible;”’ but elear-headed, intelligent, and imdependent, he lays down facts in the plain, unhesitating, and uncompromising -languaye of trath ; and his deductions from his premises are generally as incontrovertible as bis facts. Asa he manifests his belief that It was then moved by D. D. Clay, seconded another raid upon Canada seems to be prudently ‘the Assembly, ‘abandoned, for this winter, at all events. : | avail Sawn ——— he has never sought unfairly to himself of the strength of — his “ majority” to impair the liberty of discussion ; no doubt’ justly recognizing in it the satesuard of all other liberties. And, whilst thus honor- ably aud patrictically resardful of the rights and privileges of the minority, he has never been the man to overbear and affront his colleagues or supporters by any nndue assumptions of superiority and wisdom. Indeed, the most striking features of his public character, as ex- hibited in “the House,”” are indomitable sood- nature, ucflinching Goura se, and moderateness of opinion, sustained by wawavering and con- scientious faith in the wisdom and justice of the pelicy he advocates. ment, He has never been found wanting to the cause of party allegiance ; and neither is he unjust or uncharitable in his estimation of the policy and labours of the party to which he has always been opposed, He is not one of those who would wish to keep out of sight, or to cancel the heavy obligations under which the country lies to Lthe iberals for the tree Consti- tutioual Goverumeut which it now enjoys, Ou the coutrary, he hes been one of the foremost to make honorable acknowledsmeut of the great publie services and merits of his political opponeuts, But, good-natured as he undoubtedly is, he has, by way of retort, occasionally dealt some of the shrewdest and sharpest hits at his oppo- nents that they have ever been subjected to: and these hits have been rendered all the more telling by the very non-irritability of his tem- perament, Generally speaking, it is admitted, I believe, that the virtues or vices of the statesman are merely those of his private life, exhibited in a nore extended and more important sphere of action, As respects the Hon. James ©. Pope, however, [ think it is quite certain that the ac- ceptance and respect accorded to him by both parties, in the high political position which he now occupies, are, iv & Very great measure, owing to the happy reilex, in his public life, of those qualities of urbanity, candour, fairness, aud liberality, which hive justly earned for him so much respect, and yviven him so much influ. epee, amongst those who have had the most intinwte experience of bis every-day, social and businesss life. He and the Government of which he has lately been the Leader have however, been most acrimoniously gtssailed -by a portion of our local press; the chief grounds for the as- sault bein afforded by the itroduction of the military for the suppression of the seditious jdoinzs of the Tenant Learne. But the action of the Government in that respect, has been approved by every seusible and henest man in the Island; and, as a complete justifi- cation of the measure, it must be admitted by all who have any resard for truth, that, unless the military had been called in for the assertion of the supremacy of the law at the time they were, we should soon have had a living illus- tration of the picture of the poet :— * Last came Anarchy: be rode Ona white borse, splashed with blood ; He was pale even to the lips, Like Death inthe Apocaly pre ; And he wore a kingly crown ; And iu his grasp a sceptre shone; And on his brow this mark T saw, I am Gob, AND KING, AND Law!" HON, COLONEL JOHN HAMILTON GRAY, The career of the Hon, Colonel J. H. Gray, as a public man, in this his native country, ex- tends, comparatively, over but a few years; but, yet, in these few years, he has, by the unselfish and honorable devotion of his time and abilities to the public service, earned for himself a much higher character for true [i- berality of spirit and genuine patriotism, than some who have laboured three times as long, and honestly too, in the same field of duty. When here he tirst appeared upon the stage of public life, it was emphatically as the friend of the tenautry—the friend of the people. His only aim was— * Their best, their noblest interests to seenre ; To make them tree as Freedom's noblest sons, nu mind, in person, and in substance free, In rural labor free, and happier far Than throved monarchs in their anxious state.’ When he took upou himse!f the difficult task of devising a scheme for the settlement of the Land Question, he entered upon it with all the chivalrous aud patriotic feelings which have ever been the distin suis dug characteristics of wil who have liberated any portion of the hu- man family trom tyrauny and oppression. The design conceived by him for that porpose, was just and complete; and had they—the Royal Commissioners—on whom devolved the duty of giving it efect, been possessed of the wisdom, intescity, and industry necessary for its completion, the result of the Conmission | would have been a perfect realization of the philanthropic and patriotic views of its en- lightened aud liberal projector, the Hou. Co- lonel Gray. The scheme, however,—just and complete as it was,—was wrecked in the hands of the Royal Commissioners; uot indeed on account of their incompetence to deal with interests su broad aud complicated as were involved in it—for three public men vf greater ability and expe- rience are not to be found in these Provinees; and neither was it on account of the insvfli- ciency of the time granted them for investiza- tion and reflection ; or inadequacy of remunera- tion for their labours; for, as to time, its limitation or extension depended wholly upou themselves ;—and, as to remuneration, their style and title being “Royal,” their pay, to equal it, was *doyal” also, No: the truth is—aud it was lately freely declared and admit- ted, in the House of Assembiy, and on the Ministerial side too,—that the scheme wes wreeked inthe hands of the Royal, and Reyally paid, Commissioners, not from auy insuperable obstacles in their path of duty, but wiffingly. on their own part, by a most unpardonable dereliction of duty, The very period of their labours at which they chose to abandon the tuither prosecution of their mission, is caleu- lated to throw suspicion upon their motives. When, under the most absurd pretence of de volving upou others—which, at the same time they well knew they could not do—the com- pletion of their task, which was the determming of the various values of the proprictary lands, they were actually in full possession of all the information which it was necessary they should possess in order that they might be able to make their Award in a full, tair, and equitable man- ver. At that time there was an end of all that had proved laborious or perplexing in their mission; and all that remained for them to do, was, from the ample and well digested data which lay before them, judicially aod finally tu declare how many years’ purchase, tenants, on the several proprietary estates embraced by the seope of their Commission, ouyht to pay for the freeholds of their farms. To do this mizht, perhaps, have necessitated a prolonza. tion of their mission; but it certainly could not have involved any yvreat amount of actual la- bour; and, had it heen done, the policy which instituted the Commission would have been regarded, by the tenantry, as the wisest and inust benefiecut that had ever been originated fof their benefit and the general welfare of the Colony. Its failure was not occasioned by any want of wisdom, integrity, or foresight on the part of its originator, the Hon. Colonel Gray, or on that of his ministerial or parliamentary coadjutors therein. He, and they with whom he acted— either both ministerially and legis. latively, or simply !eyislatively—for the fur- therance of that patriotic scheme, were, | believe, animated by the most enlightened and liberal resard for the best interests of the Colony ; and the large and free spirit of their views, with respect to that work, acknowledged no restraints but such as were imposed upon it by their sacred regard for the principles of Justice, For the cheering prospect of the harmonious and happy settlement of the long-vexed Agra- rian Question, which now lies immediately before us, it must, the writer thinks, be freely admitted, throughout the Colony, that—even witha full and grateful popular acknowledgment of the previous services of the Liberals to the same end—the people are directly indebted to the diberel agrarian views and efforts of the Conservatives ; and that the Land Commission —abortive as it proved, with regard to imme- diate effeets—and the other wise and Hheral measures devised by the Conservative Govern- ment for the gradual extinction of the lease- hold tenure in this Island, are positively the measures which have brought—nay, it may he said which have compelledl—the proprietors to listen and accede to fair and redtonable terms of accommodation, and final adjustment of all reatal or tenure differences be.wéen themselves and their tenauta. Tn Prince Edward Island there is not a man hetter qualified for a seat in its Legislative than the Hon, Colonel Gray. His principles and the path of justice is the path of wisdom. In his fo.tune alike place him abeve all tempta-, anaes a = _— as the Lender of the Qoveriil tions of a sordid kind. He bess man Ba ome = spirit, above meanness avd selfishuess and ine dolence. He is not, however, whove iti but his ambition is of the noblest and holies, kind. [vis to prove himself, and two be ge. knowled sed, one of bis country’s benefactors + and, in secking a public position, it was only that, by the attainment of it, be might have « wider sphere for humane, beneticent, and yene. rous activity. He has proved himsrlf po he one of the most enlizhtened, eneryetic, and independent of our Satesinen ; and 10 consti. tuency inthe Island has been maure faithfully and efficiently served than that of which he has been one of the parliamentary representa. tives for the last eizht years. Toa very barge portion of that constituency—the penple of Belfast—he has been an especul benefuctor ; and, if any of the finer feelings and graces of humatity—as honor, yratinude, and intelligence —have place amonz them, time and events have now placed it in their power to make most honorable manifestation of them. Even before he had done any thing for their benefit, when he had anerely given them pro. Inises, apd inspired them with hepes of relict, the Scotsmen of Belfast—zreatly influenced, no doubt, by their consideration of his honor. able and independent position in life—placed im. plicit confidence m his declarations, were proud to hail him as a countryman, and eager to eon. stitute him their elected chief. is in thet they did: and fully and honorably did he 7». deci his promises to them ; fer, chiefly throagh his exertions in their behaif, it is that now dis- trust and dexspondeney, in their bosoms, have heen displaced by confidence and contentment 5 and that, amongst them, the inactivity of des. pair has viven way to the evuergy of hupe, That these meu can now be prepared most ungratefully to withdraw their political confi. dence from him who has been chiefly instru. mental in effecting so happy a change in their condition ; aud for no other reason than his having honestly avowed his belief Vhat there has grown up in these Provinces a feeling of fraternity which demands our being constituted a people “one and indivisible,’ and that he is convinced we must, eventually, yield to the zreat laws of unity and progress, and become an iuteyral portion of it,—is scareciy credible. Trae, however, it certainly is that «@ little relisiv-political © Confer ation” bas been formed for the express purpose of dissolyi the tie between the Hon. Colonel Grw a the men of Belfast. For the accomplishment of this worthy and philanthropic design, thena Patriot Conjederates—to the complete exhau- tion of all the powers of insolence, malizuity, aud inendacity—have laboured incessantly tor the last four or five months, or more, and have, according to their own exultant buast, been at lensth completely successful. The caluuny which, by means of this boast, these Confederates have boidiy cireulated against the men of Belfast, will, however, it is honestly to be hoped, meet, ere long, with » most trivmphant refutation, The infamous manner in which the Hon. Colonel Gray has been assailed must be reprobated by every man of true relizious sentiment, or sound morality; and of such meu, surely, Belfast contains # sufficient number for the complete justification of its vilified character. That the people should have sv little sympa- thy with intellectual power, cloquence, and un- questionable devotion to their interests, as the partial success of ihe couspivators against the public character of the Hon, Colonel Gray proves them to have, is enough te create dis- gust in the minds of men who look to public life as the arena for the display of the highest gifts of the Almizhty. Reflection, however, it is. to be hoped, will shew the Hon. Colonel Gray that—highly disusted as, with such manifesta- tions, he has reason tu be—his task as a public manis notended, and that he has a duty to kim- self and the country to perform which no private feelings can exempt him from di8charging, and which he can fulfil in no other way than by e generous response to the cordial and unaani- mous Requisition, which will vet be presented to him by the clear intelligence and manly sirenzth of the Fourth Eiectorial District off Queen's County, et —_> o- <> -o oO Coxcer? asp Deamaric ExtrenrainMent.— On Tuesday evenines last the pupils of the Conveut de Notre Dame gave a Concert and Dramatic Entertainment at the St. Andrew's Hall, under the auspices of the Ladies of the The Hall was well filled by ats wadience which fairly represented all classes institution. in the community, who seemed to enjoy very hizhly the rich musical and literary treat afforded. We understand that there will be a similar Concert at the same place, and by the same parties, to-morrow evening. ——————- & ao —_——_- Quick Passace To Evrorke. — We learn from a correspondent at Georgetown, that the Brig Athlete, owned by the Hon. A. A. Me- Donald and Brothers, arrived at Queenstown, Cork, on the 4th inst., making the passage in the short space of tweuty-two days, beating the Charlottetown clippers by some days, —__—__—_—_—»° <_» TROUBLES BREWING IN UTAH. A correspondent of a Boston paper writes aw interesting letter from Utah concerning the Mer- mons and their desigus. He accuses them of magnifying their numbers in order to impress the ‘Gentiles with their strength and resources, and says their tetal population is about 100,000, of which number there are im Salt Lake city about 15,000.) He then proceeds :— “Children fairly swarm bere. Stout, strongiy built ruddy taced, it must be confessed that so far as physical deterioration is eoneerued, poly- gamy cannet yet be justly charged with generating the race. The more one cousidere this Mormon problem the more difhcalt aud eom- plicated it appears, avd at last I] have been forced to the conclusion that a peaceable sulution is nest to impossible, Polygamy is hopelessly eytwined - with Morwonism; in tact it is its eniy dis- tinguishing feature. [find nething else in their belef that would bring them m conflict with the laws of the United States, They believe in the saint God, the Saviour of mankind, the same Bible and the same baptisn as the jarge majority of Protestant Christians, bui they alew believe im a later series of prophecies throngh Joseph Smith, which are to be found in their * Book of Mormon.’ To deny that the great mass of the tollowere of the Mormon church are earnest and sincere, whatever the leaders may be, is to confess en entire ignorance of their nature. They are even fanatical in their belief, and I have no sert of doubt would fight without hesitation at the com- pee of their leaders in defence of their taith. And this result, however muck to be deplored, ap- pears te me, sooner ofr later, te be mevitable. ‘This Gordian kuet caunet be untied, and must be cut by the sword, If this be the tact, and § am by ne means alone in my opinion, the seonet the national goverment makes its power felt the less will be the expense, the blowdshed, and the difficulty, tor the Mormons are increasing iv theit detensive power each day, and when the trish comes they well use their means te the utmest. 1 should not Le surprised at any time te hear that hostilities had commenced between the Gentile and Mormon residents of Great Salt Lake City. The Mormon teaders have adopted a policy of secret gssussivation, midvight altacks, aud terrorism generally, and the Gentiles are becom ing very indignant, and if in tumbere they bere any proportion to the Mormens, would long sine® have retaliated in kind. The Mormon leaders de not tek to conceal their belief that the nerth and south are on the verge of another war, They even claim that Joseph Smith predicted the late war, aud that it weuld go ou until it beeame ‘8 war of neighborhoods,’ as one of their leaders told we, and that nerth and south, would a sucetmb to Mormonism. The yeang men ane united and cutbumastie, gad when questioned oF to a possibility of a colliswn with the United Mates authorities de not hesitate im saying they would endorse the action of their leaders ‘te the death.” They shake their heads and way : * Nawveo ix not forgotten, aud we have an old to pay off one of these days.” ——-—--eame-- -— The Steamer Princess of Wales towed the Clara K., Byrne, master—trom thie port, be to Liverpool, laden with Oate—through the ire into clear water in the Bay, yesterday, the 271 Dec, eo that she unght procerd to sea, Clara R. sailed seme days sinee, aud wae cought by the ice in the Bay, brought down by a steag westerly breeze, and had been driven about by the wind wud ice tor some days. On Wednesday she drifted inte the harbour, in the midst of & large bedy of tee, and came near being steamed. The Stenmer was sent to her asemtaner, and attef meh difficulty succeeded mi extricating ber, and bringing her mite a place of safety, Part of the crew, in the Bay, lett in the ship's beat te laud the Pilot, and bad been unable te reach the vessel again in consequence of the ice arvund ber. The Steamer brovgit inte port lust evening, the Sehe. Cronola, from Halttas, for this port. dst. = — Fe