Re Ne tne ee ee PM tae Eesti | as * a prisoners ia Newgate?’ said the hing The avswor wee ready: ‘Your Majesty may have every one of them, if you wil claim them ag your brethern ’ —— A P reccedings. — a Fasar, Feby. 17. After some rerafirks on tenders for Printing Trebates, the following Draft Address, in} answer to the Governor's Speech, wis pre-| sented by Ron. Mr, Gordon ;— Ts His Hono, William Cleaver Fran , and Commander-in Chief, &c., &e., £e., May rr Prever Your Howor; We, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal eub-| jects, the Legis'utive Council, in Geseral Assambiy convened, thank your Honor tor the Speech with which you have been pleased to open the present Session. sete. eS lsers Beer, Dingwell, Strong, Haythorn ‘don, and | improving Hon. Co stock and encouraging agriculture, 1, Seo y, On next paragraph being lread, said, we codid not be too thankfua for | = the bleasings we enjcy, avd alluded to the) Summary of Legisiniive Council war between France and Germany. He thought it would not be a misappropristion of the public funds, were a small sum granied as @ thanks-offering to relieve some of those in, Exrope, who had not the necessaries of life, Hon. Mr. Haythorne, coiucided with these views; after some remarks by the Hon, Mr. | Beor, upon the address of the Legislative Council passed last year, in reference to pass Robt vows Lieute es meen. ing a complusory measure for the settlement ‘Kenoeth McKenzie, formerly ot P. E. Island, NION, equire, reutenan over | of the Land Question. Hon, Mr. McDonald, said the address had | been acknowledged at the Colonial Office, but | | was not aware of an answer being received. Hon. Mr, Haythorne. wished to know it the ‘fact of no allusion to the Land Question in the ‘Governor's speech, was indicative of intention of the Government tu take no action in the atter. e, (lore McDonald, upon the necessity of ~* im Ji a3 Fi ap t of t him live this! Resoleed, That an accoun i and of this merting be sent to one pers for publication, with a req copy. Feb, 14, 1871. ' elot hee, and live on corn-meal, life, and grab away quietly and patiently, he may rest assured that he willattain independ: | ence this way, sooner than he would by teaching. I can fully endorse ajl that Mr. McKenzie says as to the wonderful agricultural rescurces of Iowa. Indeed, it is searcely possible to exagger= ate the fertility of a country in whieh I have seen lands on which heavy crops of*torn and wheat had been raised for twenty-five years, without a particie of manure. CORRESPONDENCE, A LETTER OF INTEREST TO | ISLAND TEACHEKS, To THE EDITOR oF THE “ EXAMINER. Wasntxeton, D. C., rebruary 20th, 1871. Sir.—Will you have the kinduess to give me | eufficient space in your paper for a few remarks, suggested by some editvrial comments which ap- uest for otlers —— The Graminer. Chariottetown, March 6, 1871. ——— 6 the proceedings | of the [stand pa-| ——— ~ LEGISLATIVE #MALL TALK. — ’ Prince Edward. to startle any oue, » c= 7== The PaTRIoT’s comments have suggested fur- ther thoughts and reminiecences, thai i shal! prob- ably give your readers at sume future time, We are holding high carnival here to-day. Pennsylvania Avenue is one blaze of light from the Capitol to the White House, There have . been al manner of games, races and festivities | pores to be - 1 through the day, aud similar scenes are to be en-| Victor Emmancel, acted to-morrow, All the Departments, are |lows:— closed; and all this “sound and tury” — this | ‘peared in the Parrior of the 2d ins’, on a letter {written to the editor of that paper, by a Mr, WRITTEN. now residing in Iowa. While wishing Mr, Mace | Kenzie, and all of his name, lineage or gountry, page, we find ‘boundless specess in this country, J cannot help taking issue with bim in bis eatimate of the | comparative merits of the Educational system of | Towa, and tat established in your country. At least, I cau say, that I never found a common | HOW CONTEMPORARY HISTORY IS In the Patriot of last week, No. 69, first , a shocking document pur-! nessed upon the Moors of the House of Assembly. ¢ Pope's Anathema, against | Take for instance, the Debate on the Address in It is prefaced as fol- | anawer to the Governor 8s Speech at the opening “The special correspondent of the New Stan. lYork Stundard, writing from Rome on Ic is with unfei sued satisfaction thai we wit-| ™ ness the inauguration of your official inter course with the represeniative branches o the Legislature of this Island, and jt affords ; uc siucere pleasure to have an opportunity ot | She purchase of estates, and could not pro | congratulating your Honor upon the occasion | ise anything further at present, of your assumption of the Government of this) The House then adjourned. Colony, under such favorable auspices, at a} Es at a e time when peage. tranquility avd commercial | HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, prosperity pervade every portion of the Empire. | —_— It will be our pleasing duty to give your} On Tuesday, Feb. 21, Dr. Robertson pre- Honor our hearty co-operation and support in|; sented a petition from Mr. John Gaffney, | carrying out any meusures tor the advancement | @gainst the return of Jobn McDonaid, Esq., | _| Hon. Col. Secretary replied that the Gov- | school system in any of the western states that ¢| Prment was prepared to carry out the spitit- was at all comparable to yours; and I have no | When I shai] have a little more leisure than I i have at present, 1 will give your readers euch an | array of tacts as I think, will abundantly fortify | any position; suffice it to say here, that, uneu- of this Colony, eutrasted to your charge by has @ member for the Third District of Prirce | mere precarious and thankless business in Iowa. | Her Most Gracious Majesty. County. The petition recites thet some 39 | There the schoo! term is only from three to six We anticipate beneficial resalts from your| voters polled most earnest desire to become acquainted! entitied to do with our local wants and circurstanoes, and|tioner’s gent objected to the votes! hope that we may entertain the assurance that/on oclaration day, The Sheriff de- : the peried ef your Honor s Administration of cleced that Mr. Arsenau't had received 595 | duties, claimed by the most ignorant parent in the Goveroment of this [sland will be refe-red | votes, Mr, McDonald 557, Gaffney 553, and | bis district, as one of the inalievable rights of a to, as unprecedented in the history of our | Sinclair 496, commercial prosperity, as well as werked by | the object d votes were struck off he would bave the great effurts cade towards tbe advance-| bren anead of Mr, McDonald. The petition so, and that the Pett | in tho same school. lant the person who youchsafes his advice, the more perilous it ia to cowbat his views on the ment of the welfare and happwess of the people, With yoar Honor we are deeply impressed of skilled indust -y exhibited ut the General with the necessity for encouragement to com- petiors im ou: v&-icus industrial pursuits, and are gratified that you have had go favorable an/ upon the address, whose speeches will be fully opporta iity of exxminivg sone of the staple | given. prod iets of the Colony, as we!l as the evidences | - | was made an order of the day for Thursday |Fhe Address in answer to the Governor's ! Sveech was thentaken up. The first para- | graph was agreed to without discussion. | Several members took part in the debate Qn Wednesday, Feb, 22, the answer to Es + the Governor’s Speech was again taken up. | proper mode of managing a school, He wiill find ‘that fickleness which, according to the London | llustrated in the experience of a school teacher lin the west. During the first few weeks of his |term, he wall be regarded by the people as the j best teacher they ever had; but, let bim con- Times is the reproach of repudiics, stariingly | ef the laws upon the statute book, relative to) doubt that a longer residence in the west will, materially modify Mr. McKenzie’s present views. the event of the paving of P | viable as the position of district school teacher | may be regarded iv your country, it isa much} ° their votes without Leing | months; and the teacher is seldom engaged twice | He will find the right to | bile, : } chee } . * i AC > | “ lecture and instract the teacher in regard to ~ biodag as egisu-dutb, chs shuidhinn fed an lathe ; rush, and tumult, and confusion, which cost the city forty thousand dollars —are inflicted epon an unoffending public, merely to commemorate ennsylvania Avenue! | Who ever heard of anything so ridiculous? The | Carnival Committee endeavored, by eorrespon- lbave a celebration of Scottish games for the occasion. The Scottish element here, however, as too weak; and we had not sufficient funds to import material from abroad, which wwe all | deeply regretted. | Ha! oa’m bitheadh agam ana an seo da chiad du chlanuabh na’n Gaidbeal, ri guailean a le piob as le bratach, le elxidheamh, va ma sheomar a sgriobbadh sa leubbadh mar & | rinn mi! Lhe petitioner contends that if | free-born American citizen; and the more ignor-) ' | | M. _ >> INJUSTICE TO THE ACADIANS IN THE DISTRIBUTION QF PUBLIC OFFICES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER, Sar; I am a subseriber to the Examiner, ever since the late Mk, WHELAN commenced publishing it. and [ was just about giving it up, but since you | Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by “°" January 9th says:— Since the King Victor Emmanuel's tri- ‘umphant entry into Rome the chef topic ‘of interest is the bull of m«jor ex-communi- ication issued against the King of Italy iby the Pope. 'document:” About town during the week, the * Ex- traordinary Document”’ has been talked of 8 good deal, and we have been frequentiy | after exchanging their shote, two or three others | The, ‘asked what we thought about it. \«* Anathema” has been revived by the | Standard, whica is a new paper striving, for life by being sensational. Those who have copied the document have helped to| | give the Standard all it aimed at, getting: jan extensive advertisement. But what) about its truthfulness and justice. If it is can we rely upon correspondents writing Standard. Let us see. Before us is Vol. xt. of the Novelists Library, edited by | Thomas Koseoe, Esq. It is entitled the) The following is a Jiteral, ‘dence with wyself and other Seotchinen bere, 10) 1 yeation of the extraordinary religious | whiist silence is golden, Jn the manner in which proven to be false, how much in future! ruptions with which be is met. in Rome to such papers as the New York | pouents, Tks question undea debate is lust timea ludicrous exhibiiions which may be wit of the Legislature. It occupied five or six days instead of as many aours, Which would be amply Instead of having a debate on a want | of Confidence Motion, at is the rule in the Brit- | iwh House of Commons, every paragraph is die- cussed, and uearly every mewber is so filled with hia own importance, that be must take part thereiu—very few of them baving faith in’ the Kesiern maxim—that speech is ovly silvery, the Debates are frequently carried ov, a personal encounter takes place betwixt two honorable members, They commence Vbeir little duel, and edge tueir way in to Lave @ share in the fun, and then a geveral skt.iwis!: ensues, sometimes to the delight, but more frequently to the infimte dis- | An Henorable Gentleman, in the House of | Tut Government | Asaermbly, not long aince, cally atated that he steps © purchase J. McDoxap, Bee’. | polieged that if all the tine and money epent it During hs wack ‘ing about the Land Question were * totted belied i The statement did not appear nd evened ta be generally | accepted; thougn the asee “tion was an exagger- ation, yet there ia truth enough.°" it to call our) Come to their assistance, attention to the fact, that there is a vst eum of to become freehoiders, money annually epent, and many precious “ours tare is near the City, and lost forever, in the useless, frivolous, and some- first to rise in value. We * - ~ - ESTATE, should take im the Tracadie Estate [ THE TRacanig about expiring, position than any tenants They should petition the Rectaoall to The Tracadie Rg. is Vitti mit te “. understand that would bé better to buy it now, asked, than i a hing time, ae — haps, ten per cent ‘wore for it, The peca-- liar position of the people on the Tracadie Estate commends their case to the immedi.” ate consideration of the Government; on their behalf we ask them at attempt to do what they can towards pur- chasing the land for the bexefit of the tene it, a8 like the Belfast Estate, the Traeadie an assurance to tenants on other parts of the Island that, in good time, they too will have a chance to become freeholders, Tt would also help to 1emove the dread of many that the Railroad will be the means of entailing the evils of the leasehold sys, gustof the gods in the gallery, Oceasionaly , this scene is somewhat varied by sume gentl- man, above the averege in ability, waking, or rather attempting te make a lengthy addvess; we say attempting, because he can scarcely get to the cluse of what be has to say, with the joter- Le loses bis temper at this, and pitches in amongst his op- sight of, gud suwhers of the honorable members pop up and down .ike frogs in a pord, Would it uot be much better if the House ld make it more of @ practice te discourage the Rey Laurence Sterne. FEelow we hibitior, beld suow after your Honor’s arrival | The toarth, fifth, sixth and seventh paragraphs | Unue to discharge his dulies ever so conscientious. We ‘eel that we have reason to be devoutly | were agreed to without discussion. ‘The ily, be will flud, betore the close of his term, short thankfil for the Provideutial disp2asations jeivhth, relative to the treatment of American eajoyed by as, to which your Moaor has hap. | vessels in British porte, called up the So enialihien pily referred. ......,.. | Hon. Mr. Perry, who pointed out the ad-| . : We thank your Honor for the intimation | vantages of American vesselg frequenting our} ‘To a teacher, reared and educated in your relative to the var ous papers and documeats | harbors, and the satisfactory trade relativus | conservative society, however, the greatest ans Ree een wnewe shall | existing between the Colonies and eens | woyance atises from the wildly democratic spirit i Gr most delorara onsideraticO. (States, during the continuance of the Re-| sii 2) bd aid r . We are glad to be ‘nformed that the Pros | viproeity 1 reaty. The Ameena, atuenet pet eee boys — Mmipstionce at restrajet, and hibitory instraciions which kad been issued to | heav ines Mites’ the Treaty, the Colonies | Contempt tor all authority. They will hail the Castom-house offi-ials, with respect to the! had nothing so do but té fall upon their teacber as Tom, Joe, or Bi!', just as they frequent- practice of admitiing uurted States fishing righte, He hoped the Commission, about to/ly will their own fathers, or grandfathers; and | vessels to eybr7 ia tae poris of this Island, has! meet, would harmonioasly settle the matter, been withdrawn. ‘ : | Mr. Beer was giad that the restrictions re- Tue progress made im the erection of the| ferred to were abolished. The Americans | new pnblie buiidins in Charlotietown is most | were. our | Wee eetshi see | woe betide him, in some districts, unless be possesses sufficient physjcal strength to inspire peut: .eastdaneawa: respect, and enforce obedience ty his commands, | ws it i#, that they will begin to long fur u change | became ils editor, knowing well that you will have the interest of the Acadians of this colony \t heart, and advocate their mghts in cammon with their fellow eubjects, I nave resolved to con- tinue a subscriber, Now sir, when the present Gocernment was formed, I was under the impression that from the support it got frem our Acadian Representative , that we wou!d be recognized by appuinting some of us to the Offices which becavne vacant, but we have been sadly disappointed, The fact se, when the Acadians are wanted at an Election they are brought a par wth this ueighbours, but, they on aa 8000 ae satisfactory, and wo view with approval the pre-| policy adopted, was not the best that could be |! have seen districts for u long time without aj have voted manfully and help to a large extent parations being maile, in order to give increased | adopted. uccommudation to the various departments of | My MeNeill was gratified at the repeal of | deriake to maintain disci (Foverpment, for tie purpose of facilitating | the Cestom regulations, Their enforcement | . cessful the public business, gnd tor the greater se-| injured the Revenue last year. We should ee eurity of the public Becords, , cultivate a friendly spirit with the Americans Measures for exteading the usefulnessof the! | Won. Pope, Brecken, Smelair and others Saviags’ Bank shal! receive that considerate | took part in ihe dicbate on Fisheries, and Hon ignominiously from the held. teacher, because no one had the courage to uye| to put a party in power, there is no more talk of pline—the boys having them, We looked to Mr. Howlan, whe is repre- r ly revoited against the authority of! senting a large numbey vf ua in the Executive | or in the water, or in'church. several teachers in succession. and driven them | Council, for justice in the distribution of Offices j th The directors | out all in vain, It is a well known fact, that | will candidly intorm each new applicant where | Messrs. Perry and Howlar,in the first District of igive a few passages in parallel columns | jto shew that the “Extraordinary Docu-, ‘ment? is taken almost literally from the) | works of the humorous Sterne, who lived | \in the Jast century. | | | | From the Lifeard Opi | From the N. Y, Stan- nions of Tristram) dards — correspon Shandy By Lau! dent, published in | rence Sterne. | the Patriot, March } 2, 1871. | May he be damned) May he be con- | wherever he be whe-|demned in the house lther in the house orland in the field, and ithe stubles the gar-jin the open streets | den or the field, or theand in the byways in| highway. or in theihe wood in the) ipath or in the wood |water, and in the! e charch! \icy he be cursed) May he be eursed in living and dying;)in his birth and in his ‘may he be cursed injdeath; in his food and | | t liectual progress awouest them. ‘members trom speaking several times on the jsame question The present system is not cal- culated to foster any great legislative er intel lectual ability, If members were to make it a) rule te speak but once ou each subject of debate, and prepare carefuily what they had te say, then they would probably say something which would deserve atteution, With the eaception of one speech, during the present session, no able, well suetained effurt has been made _ nothing, for in- stance, shewing the researeh, skill, and eloquetice that were evinced by the young gentlemen who were permitted to plead at the bar of the House this session Tits stould not be, because there are nen at present in the Legis/ature of fine abili hes, and we have a vight to expect that they should give the Legislative Malls a character for talent, wisdom and parliamentary eloquence. There is avother idea, prevalent amougst many mewbers wh'ch if adopted, will prevent any inu- We altude to the notion, that a representat ve should be a mere tem upon us for all coming time. ON Thursday evening last, Professor Cavin, of St. Dunetan’s College, lectured in the Athanwaem by invitation of the Charlotietowa Debating Club. The meeting was not weil attended, thie House of Assembly at the time of the lecture 4 But to those who were present, a very interest. ing and inetruttive lecture wos del.vered, and one of that sert wich it is seldom the pr-vilege of the Cibzens of Charlottetown to listen to, The Professor chose for his subject, “A Lites and, least to Estate would pay. Besides, if they can - eflect a purchase of tis Estate, it will be — tai . : pon us, end ha » ** would amennt to» sam evfficient to pure, 7 ve ex rege all the’ oroprietory lunds in the Usland of | {Ars that, as the terms of theis le s ae * and enable then: — * antry. ‘The Government would not lose by we eccount fer from the fact that the debate cn | the disputed elections was in proceeding in the — rary group of the last Century,” and made the group to consist of, Steele, Addison, Pope, Cone grieve, and Swift. The lecturer bas certainly a great talent for the deseription of men and of the times in which they lived, and whist he bestowed praise upon those who were deserving of t, he was pot back- ward jg exposing the faults and failings of these who were deserving of censure Those who bad the pleasure of bearing the Professor lecture og a former vecasion on this subject, lost nothing by hearing 1 again for the Second ume, especially as the character of Congrieve was added to the group since ihe lecture was first delivered, aud fur those who beagd 1 tor the first time it woe & eource of much information regardiag the literae ture of the last Century. We teel certain that if a conrae of lectures similar to the one delivered on Thursday last, could be sustained in Charlottetown. it would attention which the importance of that most valuable institution demands. The law reljatiny: to the limisation of the terms of the Supre:ae Court bas been found to Operate tothe inconvenience of suitors, Oar atteatioa will be devoted to the framing of such legislative enactment as will tend to fu-ther a more ex .ditious administration of | Mr. Pope made aa abl } road Question, On Thursday, Feb. 23, Hon, P. Sinclair 2 speech cu the Rail j the difficulty lies, aud tell bin that he is wel-| Prince County, are returned by Acadian t= eating and dsinking ;)in his dink; in his’ _ come te the school, if he bas suffivient courage | fluence. Messre. Arsenault and McDonald, the | in being hungry in fasting and in his in- mouth piece of Lhe passions, prejudices, or wishes of bis conetituent«, }to undertako the task of governing it, There | same way in the third Distriet of Prince County, being thirsty, in fast temperance ; and 1n presented a petition from Thos, W. Dodd | , | Esq., protesting against the election of the | ate always one or two ringeleaders in every such | Mr+ Lefurgy, for Lot 17,and Mr. MeKachern, for | Hon.-D. Davies, as a member for Charlotte- | district, who never attend schoul but for tbe pur | East Polot, There is a large number of Acas| town, The grounds of the protest are, that pose of testing their strength against a new! diane also in Rustico, but, in that District they justice, We corlialiy azroe with your Honor in the Opinion that the means for the tra: sport and shipment of the productions of this J3.and are now inadequate to the weats of the people, und it will be cur aim, as it will be our duty. t> provide such acc af the pablic servic country demand, ut finaneral position of Ws coneur an ¢ that the Asyjum f to be enlarged, in « tion, When the p this Institation, ar EJ > as the exigencies of the i commepsarate with the the Colony »vnion with your Honor t ingane persons requires der to afford accommoda spers, baying reference to submitted, we shalj not | tail to give the matier due consideration, s We most cordia!!y reciprocate the desire § expressed by your Honor. that such relations may be established between your Honor and this branch of the Legislature as may tend to nost satisfuetory results, in the l+gislation ot the Island, aud prove beneficia! to all classes of Her M ajesty’s eu sjects. Teespay, Feb, 21. Council having adjourned till to day above Address was taken up in Committee Ja third paragraph being read, Hon. Mr. Beer said he would Jike to see a stone-crushe: n every county, and would hke to see five or ix schooners carrying stone or g avel from ha mainland for improvem>nts of our roade. Ze would not object to sse- the Colony in lebt £190,000 for ood permanent roads. Hon. Mr. McDo: ald sliewed the necegsity of improving the roads in the vicinity of ihipping places. [hough the Government iid ugg intend to stop macacam‘zing the roads ; mut macadamized :oads would not yield ‘evenue towards the repayment of the cst of heir construction, while a Railruad would be " -xpected to yield some retarn, | +f macadamizing ha! us day, aud that a better ystem was supersed ng it. . Non. Mr. Halderston, referring to cost of mporting stone, and diifieully of keeping the rusher at work, | ud use of course gravel would be better, Hon. Mr. Dingwell agreed with this sug- estion, and said if ruts were filled up at the roner time, th» cost would not be so great, on, *, Heythorne beiteved gravel ould cost more. fn ‘one -pluce on the St, © ’eter’s Road Island stone had beew applied > the depth of teu inches, and ‘cove-ed three ches doep with imported gravel,. Por a time =) 1¢ road was excelieo*, but ultimately it gave Le the presst e of heavy carting, on Mr. Strong, referred to the improve rents on roads in‘the vicinity of: Summer- de, made by usteg hard stone got from the ore, where it was in a dniae H sopght there shoul! be 4 stone crusher i: » Hach county, und that the Statute Labor Srould be abolished, as the law was genevally vaded, " Hoa Mr. Reid, considered the Foard of 7) Works, Cominissio ers, and Overseers a'com- jlete farce. Men were ealled out to work for iree days, for the snali sam of (2: 64-each ind if that sum were placed in’ the hands of ~ |ompetent perzogs to expend, much more work - jould be performed, Phere was.alse an -_ \nount of Jobbing coamected with the Com- \issioners’ and Overseers’ department which 20uld be investi rated by the Government, How Mr. McDonal., believed that the Board Works, and ail parties connected with it i4d to do their duty, ms he © | Hon, Gol, Sse’y., irusted that His Honor Mr, weld’ lodge a compiain', and “tt certain the Exeentive Government would > | tend tots to which Mr. Reid replied, that ae Commissioners to the Westward were as nestasang on the Island, bat. complaints ~~ * misappropriation of money were made, and i was his duty to make them known, The : tem was rotten. Hor. Mr, Bell ! ve. Theilcad System, bad us it , was not faithfully carried out. . He ap- aved of the macadamizatidn of roads, but the t rate, the next generation would t see all the resis . The card of Works was 110 enmbersome and ex- could not full agres with Cf corresponding advantages, thould be repaired Pas an earlier Mbriod ‘of the season, and more attestion “rs Diopeell thought it was strasg fon. Mr. Dingwell, was strange aatiasante were wade thromgh the wil- athe gountry wae but y coyld not now be kept - Mr Haytherne thought the system | thought the importation | specia} votes were erasgd by the Sheriff, on ihe plea of some informalify jn the polling or sizoing of the Schedules, and that three | wotes so expunged and wrongly recorded, W@re not so dealt with, bis vote would have been 633 taken up to-morrow. The greater part of the day was occupi on the Railroad Question. Mr Reilly epcke in favor of entension of Railways to the North Side, and would suppors the Bil} it it included a Branch to Uead of St. Peter's Bay acd Souris, Me Howatsaidue thought 4 railroad would find nothing to do the greater part of the year Mr. Beer said he wouid have to consult his congtituents before he could support the Railway scheme. Mr, M: L-au wou d support sche:ne if pleasing to his coustitueuts, and after survey bad been | sande, Mr, Munro expressed himself in favor of Ruilroads as also did Mr.Kelly. Mr. P. Snciatr is against them: sois Mr. B. Davies, Mr. Hooper would like to kuow the route and cost before be will give it his support. Mr | D. Davies would assess land to help pay for (it, Dr Robertson would not build it for two years. Mr, McE vchern spoke in favor of a railroad, and Mr. B. Davies submitted the fol- lowing amendment te paragiaoh in” answer ;to Address :— | “Bat while duly appreciating the advan- | tages of @ railroed, we consider the resources | | of the Colcny toe inadequate to the undeitake aya ut the polis.” Mr, A. MuDonald and Mr, Areenault will j vote tor Railroad, Mr, MeNeill thought the | |tme Had peteome, Would not object to | | Company building it. Mr. Cameron ia in favor of Railroads, bué as some of his ronstityénig ere for it and ; some againat it, he will have fo consult the wishes of the majority. Mr. Caliber is not opposed ¢o railroads in the abstract, and would approve of a company andertaktug one, Mr. How'an hoped both sides of the House would support the inauguration of a Railroad. Mr. McMillan thought we ehould have estimates and Jans and put the work up to tender. Mr, L-furgy favored a railroad, and thought we must keep pace with the im- provements of the age, Mr. Wightman would not consent to the echeme until i: should be submitted to the people, The de- bate on the Rulroad Paragraph was very dis- coursive, and did not close till Saturday right, Monday forenoon, the Iouse in Commit | tee considering th: petition of Thomas Dodd, bsq., against the return of the Hon. |). Dayies. In the afternoon His Honor jthe Lieutenant Governer received the Ad- dress of the Llouse in answer to his Speech at the opening of the Session. O.1 Tuesday the Hon. Mr. Pope submitted Despatches relating to restrictions ; laced on American Fishermen last summer. tie also introduced a Bill to extend the opera- tions vj the Savings Bank. The Hon At torney Genera submitted a Bill to prevent the exportition of arms Hon Mr. How- lan presented a petition from the irustees of St. Andrew's College. On Wednesday, the House in Committee on Despatches relstig .o the Fisheries In the eyening, the House: in Committee o- the petition of John Gaffney, complaining of the return of Mr. John McDonald ior the Third District of Prince County. Thursday—Jn account of meeting of the Executive Council, the House did not meet until the evening — Louis H. Davies, conn- sel for Mr. Joon McDonald, appeared at the Bar of the House. Holloway s Ointment and Pills —'i'be be- neficial efiecia of these remedies upon all the di seases which arise frow varying temperatures aie a matter of world wide notoriety. Sore throats inflamed tensils, relaxed uvula, hoarseness, vise seus phlegm, and other throat. difficulties are dissipated by rubbing Ho!loway's O1itment brisk- ly twice'a day on the neck and chest, In all stages of catrrh, chronic cough, wheezing, and shortnesa+ { breath, the Osniment exercises g specific power in remedyiag and removing ali irritatiyn and afl tendency to inflamativa ef thé mucous living of the threat, and also in its exe teneién through the windpipe aud the bronchica tubes “Phe evil conseguences, springing trom peglected colda may. be, readily met and easily eouquered by these infal able remedice, re te } rr pawns tow! 8, dietresring efretsa of iney ow that Jehasoms Anodyne certayn cure, Insevere in thie fi whe do nat know wih received, because not forwarded in time by | mmodation in this branch) the proper officers, He sets forth that if the | and thatin no case should it be adopted | should transpire as their receiving peusbment without referring the question to the people | "There are probably a buad:ed or more persone’ ‘ . hadaily suter sigubles, }10 breaking up. | + | possessed of sufficreut nerye and physical | strength to manage the school, This is not sur | prising in a@ society in wich you may efteu hear made Speaker, but suppose ashe ie an Aca- |B paient, Otherwise of unblemished character.| dian, be could not fill up that important situation, jand probably a member in good standing of ‘though lam uader the impression that thai |some orthod.x ehureh, relate to a group ot ads gentleman is competent to fill any situation nade lmuring neighbors, instances of insoleut defiance jot his own authority by his young son—such as | would make the heart of 2 Scotch parent shudder | | with dark furebodings as to the future fate ot jthe child—with fond parents} pride, as bopetul | evidences of awakening mwanbecd, aud indepen | dent #pirit in the stordy young democrat. There /a youth of fifleen or sixteen years of age will \drive a sharp bargain with bis father, and take | all the advantage of him that he can in a horse- trade, or any other trade, It was but s few | days ago that the western papere contained an | account of the sleping to death of a young schoul- mistress by sowe boys whom ske had turned out ‘ot echool fur miscouduct. If 89 enusual an event | Nor can [ now call to remem | 1 ’ ! berance a single Instance in which parents inter-| paskazes of special votes ware declined to be | posed their authority to protect the teacher. Ou! population is about twelve thousand; and see the contrary, I have heard them with what | | how wany are appointed te any office, compared | conceived lo be parental piide, recount the ex- with their neighbours, There are six Justices ot | body! loite_of their boys iv breaking up schoole, and | (he Peace, and that of the Hon, D. Davies | driving of teachers 3 although, I bave sometimes | Debts, and three Road Commissioners. They are | 616. It was reseived that the Petition be | peard sowe of the more orderly and conservative | oueseigh:b vf the population, and they have ot sit portion wishing that a teacher might come along got one effice out of every one hundred, Now, i |nity, regardless of creed or country. jade quate to their offence, there is no doubt but that their parents would consider jt yery hard that their boys should be punished for su trifling | a bit of yeuthful frolic as stuning a sch tu death, My own experience in an Iowa school | local wants of the District. to petition for redress about eleven years ago, would furnish ammuse- however, but came off with the full honors ot | war, will appear from the faci, that the you‘hs who rebelled against my suthority then, have been my staunchest friends since — and fine, wauly, generous fellows they are—and, when runuing for a ccunty office seme years afier- warde, 1 had the gratification to find that 1 had received the uvanimeus vote of their township, Lhere describe the condition of affairs in the west eleven years age; it may be considerably changed now. Teu years effect a wonderiul change in western ejvilization, I may state here, slso, that the standard of qualification for teachers in the west is vastly wteyior to yours, [can speak authoritatively on this suljeet, as I have offen taken part in the examination of teachers in Iowa, The majority of teache « there were incapable of writing a page of a common letter without comusitting the grossest blunder in epelling, and in syntax. 1 myself, obtained a first clase certificate—which in that country is the highest—and any one that had ever been before your Beard of Education would have lay ghed at the examination. Of couras, any’ remarkg here only apply to common schools, Ifa man poseerses the qualifi- eation and can command the influence to get a town school he is beiter remunerated, and his position is nore permanent, My brother is now teaching the town school at Bellevine, Jowa, ata salary of either $75 or $0 a month—I aw not certain which—and it was cnly bis own relye- tance to change kis residence that prevented his receiving $100. I, wyself, declined an offer of a rown school at $100 a wonth, simply because ihat I bad resolved, come weal, come woe, to abandon forever the drudgery of “ teachizg the young idea how to shoot,” To quote the language of the genial showman,‘ I loathe and disgust it.’ When L suffer from dyspepsia now, and wy imagination revels in gloomy pictures of the future, the saddest of thear has always, as a central figuré, myself teaching schoo} for a living. I do not mean to de tract from the respectability of a business in whieh I wyself spent sptue of the best years of my life and in which eome of the best and cleverest men I have ever knowa have been engaged. Itia, no doubt, an honorable profession; but I entertain an inconceivable dislike to it, I would not advise any of my friends in P. BE, Island to go west tor the purpose of teaching school. — Jf one bas been fortunate erougirte have learned how to work, and can raise sufficient means to buy filty acres |MEETING AT M vol teacher Bridge, on Fiiday the 10th ult, to discuss the went to your readers, had J tiwe to relate it.| question Chat I did not diegrace Wy bame or ccurtry,| cha:r, Jas, Rubertson, Esq, M.D, one of the porting the present Government, might thay not expect a fair share of patronage. The Acadian t and two Commiasioners of 8 wall | there wust be something wrong in this, Again, the Hon, Mr. Perry, was, as I understood, to be the Government, Again, the Hon. Mr Yeo's seut has become vacant in the Executive Coun- cil, why not appoint either Mr. Perry, or Mr. Arsenault, and give the Acadians a repreeenta- live at the Council Board. Now, Sir, Ido not meen to say that the Acadians have no confi denee in the Hon. Mr. Howlsn, but what I say is this, that the Acadians are so neglected, in the distribution of offices, that they canaovt have much faith ia the Government, It is to be hop- ed that the Government will see to it, and do evetelanded justice to all classes in this commu- I will refer to this on a future occasjon. Yours, Truly, AN ACADIAN. ONTAGUE BRIDGE. A public meeting was held at Montague of g ievances, and also to discuss the Railroad Mr. W. Brehaut being voted to the representatives for the District, A, C. McDor- ald, Eeq., and several others addressed the meet- ing. Mr. Rowe read a draft petition for more wharf accommodation for Mentague Bridge, Resolved, That the petition be udopted and passed around for signatures, Resolocd, That a committee be appointed to dratt petitvns to have a Cusiom House esiab- lished at Movtague Bridge, and to bave piles driven ia the channel down to Kennedy's Point to guide vessels, Resolced, As the opinion of this meeting that the uxe of a Dredging Machine owned by Go- veroment, would greatly facilitate shipping by enabling larger vessels to come up the rivers, and alav obviate the cost o' extending wharves, Resolved, That the Representatives of the Thire and Fourth Districts be requested to use their endeavors to procure an extension of the Peiegraph Line to Montague Bridge. The foregoing resolutions were passed unapi~ mously. At an adjourned meeting largely attended, and addressed by Heng, A. A. McDonald. A, © McDonald, Esqs., Mr Rowe and others, it was moved by Jas, McDonaid, Esq, seconded by Mr. Jas. Dewar, Whereas, A Railroad through this Island would be a genera: benefit ia exporting the’ produce vi the colony in a shorter period than at present, tend to facilitate commerce, give & permavent buoyancy to trade, increase the ¢isculation of money, and generally develap the resources ot ihe country, Therefore Resolved. That this meeting is of opinion that ifa Trunk Line of R ilroad, with Branoh Lines where required, ean be busit at a cost not exceeding five thousand pounds per wile. with rolling stock, &c¢, complete, it is desirable that the saune should be undertaken, Moved in amendment by Mr, Rowe, seconded by Mr, C. W. Puvle, Whereas, The long agitated and vexatious Land Question has entailed upou the colony a large expenditure of public means, talent, and labor, unexampled in any British Cy. soy, And Whereas, The Land Purchase Act is ateadily working a change in the land tenure which promises in the eud, satisfaction to the whole community, And Whereas, There is still a large portion of lands held by praprietors in wilderness and uie der lease, which a Hailroad would probably paxs through, inereasing their value and precluding the hope of any gavernment purchasing in block and reselling to the tenantry in their leasehold claims, after hating agsisted to release others from their kondage and i: flicting on them a manifest injustices, , Therefore Resolved, That the conctructian ct a Railrpad, by government, with public means be postponed uutil the leasehold system is entire- 2 wat relief way be obtained, if not a ‘ ror ve ‘ % % of land, lee bior go west, buy bis tad, build a: . fittle log bat upon it, dees jy potybed butternut the amendment, thirty,—againet it twenty=sse ly abolished. vy Ou. & division of the bouse there for ing. in sleeping inthis quiet moments) waking iv walking land in his sleep; in| in standing, in sitting,’his waiking and in) his passage on foot or | vr in working,in restin ‘ “pr hi - ly “ a : 7 . . =?! : ke on. “D oe Pee oe nie! teacher, and who take a pride in recounting the| are o2tnumbered by their opponents, Now, | in ——. in ~-—-, andin'seated; n his repose | sorded fo cr “Day an a ve : : Cor j a1 ie | number of schools they have been iustrumental| when the Acadians bave such influence in sup- | blood letting jor in his labor; in! jthe excrements; in ithe circulation of his| iblood, Be he cursed in all} Be he cursed in all | the faculues of histhe faculties of his May he bebody te he carsed cursed inwardly andjinternally and ex- outwardly,-/age161.te nally May he be cursed} May he be cursed in the hair of hishead!in his hairs!’ May he May he be cursed injbe cursed 1n_ his his brains, and in his\brain Be cursed in veitex inhistemples |the covering of his in his foreheed in hishead and in bis ears inhiseye-brows |temples. May he be in his cheeks, in hisicursed in his fore- jaw bunes, in his nos |head and in his ears. tris in his fore teeth'In his eyebrows and and grinders in hisin his eyes! in his lips, in his throat inicheeks and in his his shoulders, in hisjnostrils! in his an- wrists in his arms, in his hands, 1n_ his fingers! terior and posterior teeth! Be he cursed in his lips, and in his threat! Be he cursed in his shouldeis .nd ; in bis pulses! in his | arms, hands and tin@ers. May he be damned) May he he con- in his mouth, in hisdemnedin his mouth! breast in his heart|[n the breast, heart. and purtenance downland in ali the bowels to his very stomuch!of his body let him be May he be cursed injecondemned! In his his veins and in h siveins, in his arteri s groins, in his thighs,|in his thighs, genitals, in his genitals an‘ijankles, kuees, legs, in his hips and in his feet, and in his nails. knees his legs, anc feet and toe-nails.— Puge 163. May he be cursed in all the jomts and May he be cursed in al the ligatures articulations of hisjand joints of his members, from themembers, from the top of his head to the head to tne feet! sole of hisfeet! May May he have no he have no sounduess\health! Maythe Son in him! of the livirg God m May the Son of thejall the gory of His Living God, with all majesty curse bim, the glory of His ma-jand may Heaven jesty curse him; and/with all its powers, may Heaven, with al!janite and rise against the powers whichhim to curse and move therein, rise up condemn him! So against him, curse|he it. and damn him. unless he repent and make satisfaction! Amen So be it So be it. Amen.— Page 165. We have cited enough of the least ob- jectionable portions to satisfy any one that so-called “* Anathema” is copied from the “Opinions of Tristram Shandy.’ It is an ipvention of Laurence Sterne, and never had existence save in his fertile imagination, as can be seen by reading the first volume of his writings. So ‘the chief topic of interest’ gotten up by the * special correspondent ’ is a delusion, and thousands of readers are duped, and pre- judiced. We refer to this matter, not in a sectarian spirit, but in the interests of the truth of history Our coutemporary who reproduced it for his readers can now see how unreliable are such detestable forgeries. A gentleman who has the reputation of being upright and strictly moral in his business and private life, of course. could not know the origin of the shocking ef fusion, which we have proven to be forged. or plagiarized from the writings of Laurence Sterne. One managing a paper we know well, cannot be expected to prove the authenticity of everything he publishes, but we expect the Editor of the Patriot to state to his readers the facts con- cerning this matter. Wedo hope. more- over, that in futare he willaim at fostering the more kindly feelings which shoz!4 exist amongst mixed communities; and that he wil! not pnblish Such * exuraordinary Documents ’ which'do a cruel injustice by creating contempt ahd bitter prejudices to- warde many of our fellow coionists; and aboveall that 2 truth which we should | raising on this Island, and we think that the New York Standard ¥ version of the (permitted to continue, we need not be sur- If any matter, concerning directly Ube interests of a district and it aione cowes up, then he should evasu!t the opinions ot his District; byt in matters effecting tbe genera: literests of the whole country,be should aia at forming an opinion for bimerit, “Lf be think only of the op nions of bis rection, be will trom his views to suit theirs; he will not read, study, | vor compare—be will never muke any intellect ual growth, acd will general y turn out a were * King Log,” to be thrown aside when it pleases the whim of his master®. He should not treai ths Opinions of those he represents with con- tempt, but he should, at the same time, reflect that the opinions of today, may not be the opinions of a year hence. He should. in some de- zree be their teacher, their “ guide, philosopher and frieud,” and pot be their slate, The peo- ple soon learn to esteew such a man, and though be sometimes twnay be ungiatetully treated be in- variably receives a long tenure of confidence and prefterment. A pew leaf is about being written in Prince Edward Island history, For good er ill, once wriiten, it can never be effaced, Sa aould not the gentlemen who compes= our Legislature leave petty squadb es, aud jealousies aside for the mo- went, aud rise to the dignity of statesmen, and strive for the ponor of our country to say seme words that may be worthy of being read upyn that leaf in tuture times ! _o oP Oe SD oe Oo THE MODEL FARM, Tae lease of the Land known as. the Model Farm will expire this year. Its success has been such as to warrant the tend much tu improve aud benefit oar coumuns ily, 7 —_ IT appears to us that the Legislature, dur- ing the present Session, sbould eractea measure to prevent the opening of bu: ying grounds wihin a mile of the City limits. We understand that a grave-yard is about being opened in the immediate vicinity of the Wesleyan Academy. That neighbor- nvod will soon become thickly populated, and, for sanitary reasons it would be much better that all grave-yards were further away from the centres of population, It is time, aso that the other grave yerde near Town should be clcsed. They are fast be- ing overcrowded ; and that the bones ofour departed countrymen may not be disturbed, and that the health of the citizens may not be cnudangered, we trust that a suitable necropolis may be procured at a proper distance from the City. We refer to this matter in the most friendly spirit towards all denominations, and have no object in view but what every one, in the course of a few years, will se is for the public good. VioLtent LanGuaGe should not be in- dulged in at the present time by any tras friend of his country. Coalitions are pro- verbially snort lived, and we do not know what a day or an hour may bring forth. -; Let the Old, Liaegials be not only liberal but charitable towards each other and keep the doors of reconciliation open. Let them, moreover, not be obstractiouists, but Legislature to renew the lease. Perhaps it would be better to purchase the property, | as we understand it can de bought at a reasonable price. Fhe Government car not do too much to foster and encourage | improved systems of agriculture and stock King’s and Prince Counties should also have the benefitsof Mode] Farms as well as Queen’s County. The Model Farms in each County might have a penitentiary st- tached to them, whereon the labor of criminais could he employed. At present we have no place to put the unfortunate violators of the law except in the pen:-up wallsof ajail. ihey have no chance to leain anything, they come out worse than when put in, and the rest of their lives they are idle vagabonds. Hitherto severa criminals of the deepest dye, instead of being confin ed and made to work for a long term of years have been let loose upon the people ef the neighboring Provinces. If this is prised, if an out-ery be raised against us for alowing unpunished and unreformed vil liaus to run at large. Besides removing the injustice which is thusdone our neigh bors we would be dving a real service to the criminals and that at no expense to the Colony. They would acquire habits of in- dustry, and learn useful occupations, and the labor w ich they might be made to perform, would defray ali cost of looking after them. There is another class whose labor might be utilized upon the Model Farm, or as we hope to be able to say, Model Farms. We mean those suffering from congenital insanity. Many of this class are perfectly harmless. Yet their friends have not the desire nor the means to take care ofthem. If an asylum were in con- nection with a penitentiary and farm, they might carn thei: own livelihood. Last week a young man died suddeniy in the Asylum. His bodi y health was good—he was close- ly confined alone in a roor, he was found next morning —his face blackened —a life- less corpse. He is said to have died in an epileptic fit. We have no desire to impute blame to the keeper, but we do say that in @ properly cared for instrtatian, such as we intimate might be easily sustamed no such sad acewlent asthe one alluded to, could occur Ifthe classes of persons re- ferred to above, were under skilled hands the niodel farms gould be made profitable inve: tments to the country; and we there- ‘all strive to hold inviolate. fore think the subject is not unworthy the attention of the Legislature. people each shield to light us to victory yet. be guided by thw gomime aut tomwlsinge oCelew past. The country is jealously watching leurrent events, and the chaotic st.te of parties will soon assume a form in keeping wit) the wishes and interests of the “Enough of glory remains on _———_— + C. Y. M. L. Ixstircre.—The lecture cn Alchohol, of Dr. Gaffney, before the above listitute, on Tuesday eveinng, was well writ- ten and well delivered, He showed himself to be thoroughly master of the subject, and gave a historical, chemical, and physical ace count of it, As the lecture coutains a large amount of useful information, skillfully put together in a small space, we will give it to our readers as svon as we get over the Legis~ lutive matter with which we are now pressed, We are glad to learn that Josiah MeLeod, Eiq., of this Island, has heen recent'y pro- coted from a First to a Second class clerks ship in the Treasury Department in Washing- ton, We expect to hear that Mr. Meleod will yet reach a much higher «ffice, os hig abilitee qualify him for the highest position, To Correspondents, J L.. Woodstock, N B.,— Did not yet getamount It will beall nght Wewiil send ExaMINER and Musicit Monthly re- gularly. P G.—Many thanks. Your fa- vor isappreciated. M.— Amount received. Your contributions will be very welcome ; by none more so than the present Editor of Examiver. J. M—Attendedto. P. J. D. E., Lot 66. Much obliged for your kind wishes. Have sent paper as directea. W. fear if you persist in such views, you will not be appointed poet Laureate of the reigning regime. B. G: y.—It will af- ford us much pleasure to publish your let- ter It will appear next week. N. J MeP. Lot 45- Amount received all right. * Od Fisherman,’ on fishery question wWilluppear next week * Loung Man McDonald, ‘on * ai way Question— Let- ter received; will publish it in next issue. An avcount of Temperance eeting crowded out; will appear next wees. + Eee ttetown Debating Cinb, Charlo On Thureduy evening last. Pro‘essor Caven, of St. Duastan’s College, delivered a veiy able and interesting lectures bis subject being “* A Literary Group of the last Century ” Owing to the un vordable absence ef the President and Vice Presidents Mr. W. D. Haszard presided at the meeting. The question for next Friday evening will be “Is a qualified or universal suffrage best caleu= lated ty promote civil liberty and induce real prosperity.” Diseussion te commence at & OC» clock. Place of meeting Odd Fellows’ Heil, Exchange Building. Ladies are mvited to be ywent at the anew A full epenens of mombers on next Fricay is requested. m : R. Harris, See'y, : YN. ~Will publish your lines though we