amd SSS rr ree eer rin, yoann ans = en on Arretictitit AR et mtadintat Alte antinin anes — een snare aA oe ona ee anna mn se tthe a Ae a WY i HE nape ee wh AM Phen ee — he na — HR. ~~ —_e- ee VOL. 5. 44> - LOOK HERE! ' BRITISH WAREHOUSE. onemaruenna °C) ° As we intend to maké a change in our business at the end of the year, we are now closing out our Large and Well-Assorted Stock of Ife: GOODS At Unusually Lew Prices, Which, we are Sure. Will Meet the |Hard > Times. —— —+:03 — Dress Goods from 6 cents upwards. Grey Cottons from 4 cents ugwards. Prints from 6 cents upwards. Hemp Carpeting from [2 cents upwards. Tapestry from 59 cents upwards Brussels from $1.00 upwards. Ali other lines we are closing out at Prices that Defy Competition. W. & A. BROWN. ss ae RUSTICO BEACH, P. &. ISLAND. O EVE ABOVE BEAUDISUL WATERING PLACH HAS BEEN MUCH IMPROVED this Season’gnd is: how open for the accommodation of Guests. ‘ For CH ARMINGSCENERY, INVIGORATING and BRACING ATMOSPHERE, and splendid Surf Bathing, this Hotel has no equal m the Dominion, Terms, $2.00 and 52.50 per y, 310 59 per week. Special arrangements made for Families, Pic-nic Parties, X&c. To get to the Seaside Hotel : get tickets from all points for Hunter River. . BY TRAIN :—Trains leave Ch’'towa for @innter River at 6.20 a. m. ; 10.05 a. m. ; and 5.23 p,m. Trains leave Summerside for Hunter River at 9.05 a.m. ; 12.49 p. m.; and &30 e m, . Coaches meet trains from all points aud convey passengers to the “Seaside.” Charges ode Charlottetown, Jaue 30, 187°. rate—<listance between 7 and 8 miles, through a beautiful country. BY COACH, DIRECT:—Coaches leave (i'towa Welnesday and Satarday evenings calling fer Guests at all points in City limits at 6 0 clock. leturning arrive at Ch’town about 9 o'clock, 6n Thursday and Monday morhing. Fare, 81.25, distance 185 miles. Address : , JOUN XNWSON & Co, Ch’town. July 8th, 1879.—2m. pat. & arg. ae Fe ee Ra ear ee ee ne nee SLRS a J. B. MacDonald HAS JUST RECEIVED NEW FANCY DRESS GOODS, NEW BLACKH LUSTRES, ‘NEW BLACK & COLORED CORDS, VELVETEENS & SILK VELVETS, NEW FLOWERS AND FEATHERS, New Straw Hats, (Fall Styles,) FRILLINGS, FRINGES, AND RIBBONS, AT THE LOWEST PRICES. J. B. MACDONALD. Queen Street, Charlottetown, Aug. 22, 1879 —her : ee ne - wena eee emma ICKLES. BRITISH AMERICA —— ~~". Assurance Company. 90 Dozen Chow-Chow.|*°* eee FIRE AND MARINE. CARVELL BROS. | NO Mf Cash Capital & Assets . $1,176, 491,48, Ch’town, Aug. 25, 1879—3in eod f INCORPORATED 1533. _ Cash ! Cash! & LL PERSONS indebted to m are re | in queste| te make immediate payment, Head Gifice, - Toronto, Ont. All accounts remaining unpaid on the 10th —_— of September next will be handed over to the} Risks taken on all descriptions of Property Court for collection. at lowest rates. dnc Gas EEE on Ed PROMPT aerate OF LOSSES. Se ee HORACE HASZARD, Agent. QUEEN INSURANCE 0’Y, ’ Office, Suath Side Queen Square. aaily 40, 1879. OF ENGLAND. CAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS STERLING, NAGLEAN Se MARTIN, NSURANGB wfactol on ait indgof Built) ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Nawson’s Building, Opp. Post Office, Vv on the stocks. Special rates for isolated residences. Charlottetown, P. BE. I. D. C, MARTIN, SS END Losses settled promptly. GEORGE MACLEOD (Union Bank), UNION HOUSE Queen Street, Charlottetown. P. P. GILLIS, . . . PROPRIETOR. CHOICEST WINES & LIQUORS. NEW YORK LAGER BEER. | r¢yXABLES set at all hours, with every luxury i of the season. resi Oysters received daily. ltooms large and comfortably furnished. CoacHes from this House meet all Trains and Steam boats. First Class BARBER SHOP. July 4, 1879—3m FURTHER REDUCTION IN PRICE OF Albion Mines (Picton, N. 8.) SLACK COAL. in, OU and ROUND COAL ean now be )_) obtained at the above mentioned Mines. Slack Coal, only $1.30 per tons Round Coal, $2.00. For orders, apply to G. W. DeBLOIS, Sole Agent for P. EF. Island. Orrice : No. 35 Water street. Ch’town, June 23, 1879—patsj kca h sp2m No. 35 Water St., Charlottetown. Prince Hdward Island Branch NORTH BANISH & MERCANTILE FIRS AND LiFe. INSURANGE G0. Subscribed Capital, $9,753,552.00 Paid up Capital, - 1,216.666.00 CHIEF OFFICES—Edinbargh, 64 Princess Street ; London, 61 Threadneedle Street. Nine-Tenths of the Profits of the Life Assur- ance Business are divided every Five Years, The Tables of Rates are moderate. Fire Insurances. ettected on nearly every description of Property, at the LOWEST RATES of Premium. correspondiog to the nature of the risk. Lossxs settled with promptitude and liber- ality. G. W. DEBLoIs, Dee. 14. General Agent. ‘TEA PARTY PIG-NIC SUPPLIES ! —AT— - BEER & GOFF’S Lemon, Rangherds; neat aaiaial Apple Syrup Sold in bottles and by the gallon. Plain and Fancy Biscuits Sold in Boxes & Bbls. and by the pound. Iceing Sugar, Raisins, Currants, Pastry Flour, Essence of Coffee, Confectionery, Nuts, Oranges, Potted Ham, Drivelled Ham, Potted ‘Tongue, &c BEER & GOFF June 23, 1879. MAIL NOTICH. 7 AILS for Great Britain will be closed at 10 o'clock, p. m., on THURSDAY in each week, to be forwarded via Rimouski, and also on MONDAY, the 4th and 18th inst., at 4 o'clock, a. m., to be forwarded via Halifax. Mails to be forwarded via Summerside and Shediac and also for all places on the route to Summerside and in Prince County, will be closed daily at 5.30 o'clock, a. m., also for Summerside direct, at 5 p. m. Mails to be forwarded via Steamers to Pictou will be closed every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and SATUR. DAY, at 5 o'clock, a. m. Mails for Georgetown and Souris East, and all places on those routes, will be closed daily at 6 o'clock, a. m. Post Office open from &, a.m., till 9, p. m. A. A. MACDONALD, Postmaster. Post Office Charlottetown, } Aug. 2nd, 1879. ) DOMINION &XHIBITION at Ottawa, 22nd September. FEW COPIES of the Rules, Regulations and Prize Lists for the above exhibition have been sent to the Hon. F. Brecken, as one of the Commissioners for this Province. Full particulars can be had on zpplication to Mr, SIMON W. CRABBE, in Charlottetown, who has kindly consented to afford all possible in- formation. Agent for Prince Edward Island A, Ae MeLEAN. June, 1877— ree June 18, 1879, —ex2aw Aug. 4, 1879— CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER. 12, 1879. } Correspondence, 5 | mi We do not hold ourselves reaponsible for > the statements or opinions of our correspondents. Imports and Duties. Tv the Editor of the Examiner. Sir,—The Canada Gavtte is not a very in | teresting looking periodical ; but an excursion linto its official columns occasionally atfords ,; Some interesting reading. A late number con- tains the statement of the imports into the Dominion for the month ending 30th June last, with the duties paid on the various articles. A few facts are of more value than many theories ; and such at.statement as this in the Gazette gives not a few facts about the present tariff. The followitg are some of the chief articles of import, their value, and the ad valorum duties, calculated from the amount paid. ‘The figures given are in round numbers :— Duty Articles. Value. ad val. Agriculturalimplements $7,700 23 p. ce. Books, pamphlets, &c, 57,000 144 ** Bread stuffs, 128,000 5 Ceal, 250,000 i 13,170 108 « 270,000 22) * 26,000 23 Cordage, Cotton manufactures, Earthen & Chinaware, Glass & glassware, 65,000 25 Hats, caps, & bonnets, 41,000 a 6 Iron & steel, m’factures of, 443,000 eg Leather, & m’factures of, 57,000 ee. .* Paper, & mfctures of, 38,600 22 Provisions, &c, bacon, The exact value of dutiable goods imported during the month was $2,992,365, on which were paid duties amounting to $797.366.69, being on an average a little more than 264 per cent. X. P. S.—Since writing the above, I have seen the figures of the total for the month of July. They are as follows: Value of dutiable govds, $4.055,202 ; duties paid, $1,096, 061.89-—being rather more than 27 per cent. sale teioaiie-2-tllialeiaienickal Historical Question. We T'v the Editor of the Brammer. Srr,-- Will you please allow me to ask for the sake of information, the follewing through the volumns of your paper :—Who was Napoleon Il? I understund that Mr. Kinglake, in his **Histery of the Crimea,” volumn I., says there was no such person- age, and asserts that on the occasion of the late Napoleon being declared Eniperor in 1850, the people mistook the three peints of exclamation (!!!)after the words ‘Vire U Empereur,’ a3 meaning third (LI) and thus propagated and continued the error. Can this be true / J.C. D. —-— --—- - -- Washington Letter. WasHINGToN, D. C., Sept. 8. Secretary Sherman is greatly pleased that notacent was lost in the recent sale, through several hundred agents, of the $40,000,000 in refunding certificates. Denial is made by the President of a recent rumor to the effect that he had de- cided to remove from the public service all democrats and others not in sympathy with the republican party. Lately the Attorney General decided that payments under the Arrears of Pension Act, in cases of inmates of government volunteer homes, should be made to the ex-soldiers and not to the homes. Suit has just been commenced by inmatese of the Home fear regular soldiers, in this city, to determine their right, instead of the Home’s, to the ,easion money paid each quarter. There is no doubt now that general con- tributions for the relief of fever-stricken cities will have to be taken up in the North as they were last year. The expenses at Memphis alone are over one thousand dol- lars a day, and are increasing. It is not out of place to suggest that a more systematic and responsible method of collection and disbursement than was had last year is de- sirable. Washington with its well paved and clean streets never presented a more attractive appearance than at this time, the public grounds having all the freshness of early spring, and never before have the plants and flowers in the grounds surrounding the Agricultural Dept., and in the numerous parks and lanes throughout the city pre- sented such a brilliant floral scene as now, the recent copious rains imparting to them a brillianecy amd freshness rarely, if ever, before seen in this or any other city. The work on the National Museum build- ing on the Smithsonian grounds is progres- sing finely, and when finished will present an attractive architectural appearance. It covers a larger area of ground than any other building in the country except the Capitol, and it is said will be the most ex- tense and complete in allits arrangements of any building in the world for the purpose for which it is designed. —- =a se -:tC«— Boschees German Syrup can now be purchased right «t home, it is the most snecessful preparations ever introduced to our people. It works like a charm in all cases of Consumption, Pnuemonia, Hemorr- hages, Asthma, severe Coughs, Croup and all other Throat and Lung Diseases. No person has ever used this megicine without getting immediate relief, yet there are a great many poor, sutfering, skeptical persons going about our streets with a suspicious cough, and the voice of consumption coming from their lungs, that will not try it. If you die, it is your own fault, as you can go to your druggist and get a sample bottle and try it; three doses will relieve any case. Regular size only 75 cts, butter, &c, 66,000 28... 3 Sugars, 180,000 i Tea, 128,000 — e Woolen manufactures, 204,000 eo Miscellaneous, 318,000 me. 7? NO. 97. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. UNITED STATES. New York, Sept. 10. Flour ruling firm ; moderate active .ex- ‘port and home trade demand ; white wheat | Western extra, $4 75 to $5 25. | Wheat cverish, irregular, unsettled,open- ing lower and closing a shade firmer; fair export and more active speculative business on spot ; ungraded spring 97e. to $1 03. Petroleum dull; crude 5 to 53; refined 6}. Pork lower ; mess on spot $8 80 to $8 90. Freights dull; wheat by steam 63. Sterling dull ; $4 81 to $4 81} for long ; $4 83} to $4 83} for short. The London Echo says that Havrockses, Miller & Co., the largest cotton manufac- turers in the North of England have given notice of 50 per cent. reduction in wages. This probably heralds a general reduction. The cotton operatives of Ashton and that neighborhood held the largest meeting ever kriown in that district on Wednesday, and unanimously decided to commence a strike on Thursday. The strike will be general by Friday. The operatives will not have to resort to the funds of trades unions for a fortnight. Nathan Appleton has resigned the presi- dency of the United States Board of Trade. It is reported that the National Bank of Peru has failed. Thomas Clifford has been arrested in Brooklyn for throwing his wife out of a three story windew. She is dying. Nearly five million dollars in gold arrived at New York on Wednesday on four En- ropean steamers, the largest amount ever imported in one day. At Middleboro, England, a large iron manufacturing locality, an order has been received from the United States for 60,000 tons of nig iron. The London Standard’s Vienna corres- pondent positively announces that Persia will co-operate with Russia in the Merv ex- pedition, and will contribute 1,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. ' ; AFGHANISTAN. Lonpon, Sept. 10. A Lahore despatch says Kurnm and Candahar are quiet, but the northern dis- tricts are turbulent. Badakshan threatens to revolt and the Ameer’s position is believ- ed to be perilous. The Cabul roads are closed. An Allahabad despatch announces that the Infantry and some guns have al- ready advanced through Shutargarden Pass aud it is expected the cavalry will advance on Khoshi in a week. St. Pererspune, Sept. 10, The (Gazette says the massacre of the members of the English mission to Afghan- istan obliterates the scientific frontier be- tween that country and India, and necessi- tates the occupation of the whole of Afghan- istan by the british; but this is ineompat- ible with the assurance given by England to Russia, with whom there must be an un- derstanding in regard to the measures of satisfaction to be taken by England. The Gazette recommends a solution by the par- tition of Afghanistan so as to bring the Eng- lish and Russians dominions iv contact. Lonpon, Sept. 10. Two regimentsat Chatham and 8 batieries of Artillery are ordered in readiness to pro- ceed to India. Several battalions will if necessary be orlered from the Cape uf Good Hope to India. The Secretary of the Indian government has issued a notice that ne correspondents will be allowed to accompany the troops into Afghanistan, but that regimental ollicers 1my communicate with the news- papers. Major Connelly, the British political agent, telegraphed officially from Ali-Khey) that intelligence is received there that the Ameer is terribly perplexed at the reproach to his name, that he is in privacy witha few faithful Sirdors, and that he is sure to come personally and apologize to the Gov- ernment. Lord Napier is ill at Kissingen. The press association announces that no doubt exists in the India office that the out break has assumed larger proportions than at first supposed. The Daily News’ Lahore despatch says Gen. Massey is pushing on to Cabul regard- less of the difficulties of procuring trans- portation. Gen. Roberts is also believed to be making a dash for Cabul. — > om — A curious Breach ot Promise Case. Of all the accusations brought against the City of Glasgow Bank, that of being the cause of an action for breach of promise of marriage is certainly the strangest, but nevertheless it isa fact. The names of the parties are well known, but there is no necessity for mention- them ; suffice it to say that the indy belongs to Glasgow, the gentleman to Greenock, both of them being people of some wealth. The lady unfortunately held some of the stock of the bank, and when the crash came, although the marriage invitations had actually been issued, the gentleman cried off until it was ascertain- ed how far he would be affected as her hus- band. After the decision of the House of Lords that no liability would extend to him, it was, of course, expected that he would at once complete his engagement, but for some reason or other he had changed his mind, and positively refused to do so. 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