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Se > * oe e _ naan aeons a
meme =r one = — | : 2? 7h Commander was not | two officers went back. Other officers ¢
‘ ° : s| we “far between. al ee s Come y
firs rage which he visited : : enn >: alt wily effective manner to “keep off{avere “a A ould charge. at ill the | Soon the dark masses of infantry a” ae
the first synages sot the serolle ¢ he Prines For turn Examines lion of expense. Not only does the debt of the ing the marian in the Land I urchasé Bill. m wy and only efi , : e oad satisfied that.the men s.0u l a nd he >| two gum gave theta a salute tt Hest The
asked te see ofhe wt eats’ he law i ‘ City call for retrenchment, but ther general de-| That the Bill is founded pon the pripciple “of foreign invasion,” and “protect the lives an | enemy, but. he thon made them het? hit Killed | there anise Send “¥ uh ery where else
—, magyar hay pane a a an geek oat pression whieh has fallen onmour City and Istand | class legivtation, and that uo sufficient eause has liberties ” of timid colonists yet such a proposition, volley into the dead cae of ern WD on the (tie started mpbthe double quchennatann ves
carnestness. ihe Pyewoe aad WES BrUR AN EPISODE. ltrade warrants the propriety of economy being | been, or can be shown, why the present froprie- |" : tonly with derision, | witli ghe baganet. Indeed, potwithstageing ene ey aes if le “arg rose the field
Chiel Kabbi te wew the te wont with thet) p..,. upon a time a e@ftaih younsy ventleman | adopted for the futudis and who will not go forftors ef lands 1s five hembred acres, should be let us trust, would be met, not onl ols *| ctl coiled of Drill Instructors, it was — ~ 4‘ ren. gene sgn tmer pes pod
ad the Rothactild lle ou new NAZO CUES Pred © Joseph McDonald,” beiug too lazy to wor >| this? ‘eared & ose of raising aud maintaiming | hug indignation by even wietubers of Parhament | evident that Col. Maviland had made startling | a Bash fetes: verve mae atonal Pieces hurled
r ne they held almost cal, nnd a ting this "Gumi ie inte bis bead to bevomien schoolmuster ; War | CIhizeEN. wu areied (occe tor the preservation of the Colony, like Mr. Howat, who might hepe to see the} progress it the, two years that he has had charge orlror tes thors nd tama Sultowed by the
a ; he Fiske tainterra 9 | conver- | bis funds being rather too low todjear lis ¢ penises | Charlottetown, July 12, 1862. (io preierence to the yggprictors of smaller pore : : turned into dredging | he Volunteers, for he had, on thia mteresting | rou of ten thoutand nitiskets: No kmger 9 thought
tion in the ts aninterrap a: te De gee cessam® matipulation atl 1ario vn, duly te, . ‘ = : re wne- } floating batteries some day turned into dredging | of the Vo ’ i : jt my { getting the piccex, but how ta ¢
ss . while undergo the necessary 1 i : land owners of property gene- pHoating ’ : vords of command neatly written | of g 4 p y Soest Pedy ‘ get out Of the
bility ot the Ici ' language. The amin i. Naru Nebo! to qualify him to become “a ccteenndiicaieil bi we ot Pa . « pre} ’ wre occasion, the one i . place. After a few frantic efforts ins rails . 4
lt an . wwe this occagiytlh WAS AS) Kaivit of the Birchen, he appeited to the bounty a romp iy the sslangs 4 . out en a piece of paper: -
corspicucus & bg ; Lov J, July 14,

: aad
he exible

most ca
wards

came confused, broken, disjointed, and hot with
standing the endeavors of officers to rally the Se.
vering columme, they fled precipitately, iwaving

multitude upon the plain dead and dying. Jt es

was the deep iaterest which | af a certain Revd, gottforain not fod tiles from ‘ :

» nall that took place; and hig} indian River, Lot JS, who it is anid hot only sup} My Drar Sm—Last Saturday five weeks Mr.
tteons demeancur thi@ughout to- pis him withterveilingehbargesto Charlottetown, | Yeo'y mill dam, at Lot 10, gave way, and carried
Cle ’ emet ’ aries ‘

| bat aleo introdnace d him toa private family thereto © ilies arn he Wester rR A I pt I ot
: away the bridge on the estern Road over Lo
eve Obief Rabm and the whole Jew ish} yor and lod away

The second argument was used by Col. Cray,
and is the child's reasoning, who says, “ Mother,
Sally Smith has a big doll; 1 must have one too.”

Knougt has been written to expose the absur-
dity of thuse who regard the Volunteer movement
as being intended to protect the Colony from fo-
reign invasion, hence the recklessness of the Go-

If the Liberals were protecting the landlords in
1855, we have, in the above extract, a singular
proof of the gratitude and respect entertained to-

There was another measure passed by the

We have received from an unknewn corres-

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re him during bis attendance at the : i : : % a oa Pe. = alogy between Canada, Nova : wolishly expend £600 an-!atrap most successfully set and sprung wu
or : , . . . whe - o - | 10 river, thereby cutting off the ouly commnica-| . or - : ty Now, there is no analogy betwe ’ ernment whe thus foolishly expe ; }- ; < Upon a
aunity is creditable alike to his beart) Normal School. ‘The young * hopeful being thus | tion po i ae Prana with the northern section} Wars them by the proprietory body. Hew, my, ‘. 1 Prince Edward Island. Canada and nbally on a thing worse than useless, while trade | flushed foe. In this affair General Burns Was

el to his enligutened minad.—Jewisi Chro-| provir : . ith oe meals et pepveene ae nee of the tcland: Ole. very popular Goverument{ necesxary to put the question—who is entitled to | Seeba, ana Princ B ate pe dient of wari ia duphealnd people unemployed—numbers of use- | slightly wounded.
; ns realehiracter goon bexan to develope itself, mig it : . Nova Scoti » places which in the eve : pe - pm ¢ ; sail
nicle, } through which, in an evil hour, he ante a most} has not, as fae as 1 ean: learn, faken any steps to} belief in the premises 1 “Pope says the Bill was Neva sont ay 4 , vould be exposed to attack fill institutions required, and the Colony rapidly FIGHT ON MONDay.
harefaced attempt to make kuproper freedom with | reptace the bridge, and the whole country ix put passed by the Liberals to “ protect the landlords,” | with the ! nited States would be expos nite becoming involved in debt. ‘ , : But the enemy was pertiaacious, 1]
} the servant girl, for which he got kicked out to the} to the greatest inconvenience in consequence of . ; a first. Jf our Volunteers would rush to Canada Other observations connected with this subject : | Mbps a . © war de.
CORRESPORDENCE, jstreet. inthis emergency “ Joseph MeDouald {the neglect. Perhaps your making the fact pub-| and enable them to collect their rents, The anne | ee . so itl \ where a suc-| will be given at another time; and we trust that | termined to push rw § .— Jellan to the wall, in.
POEL knowing he had made so large “a hole in bis A I lie may induce some member of the Govermuent | lords, on the contrary, declare that ander the Jill | or Nova Boots to detenc ont ages | , le than the electors, who will shortly be called upon to | tthe tan te abate had charge
HEROIC DEATH. Fey friet ae ay 4 we vn ce gg tel to look after the public interest. they were the only people to be taxed, and that | cessful defenee was more likely te be made en's nose their rulers for the forthcoming four years, . i als itemise te ~ hae ” outflanked,
cnn beet; AEreme RvOve leenened, UHC Als way 0) Yours very truly, . : < ee sii “vy mig of great service. But Col |<; seriously cousider whether or net the House | aid aiso ; , x 5 transportation
Pryon and Cape Traverse, where be soon imposed | . "A PPITRTON the real object of the Bill was to foree them inte here, they might | § i will ser , end - mili- | time to reach the new base on James Riy
Fo ms Foren oe oan lepsnosn, | oa the benevotence of a Mr. I p Bar pier ae W at ae willit ale of their lands ata very low Haviland took good care to have it enacted in the | of Assembly is the proper place to send our mili- Keyes, as has been stated, was in the aad
} the needful te enable him to try his luck once more | . FE. WHELAN. an unwilling sale o d a ve wie manides. ‘yes, a ed, vance
rm.—tin w corfespondence to your paper | Ue boedful Babi him to try his lu pg Hon. } —— ; A . . A rad ‘er Bill that the Volunteers were not to be | ary seonomauT or rather opened the way for the re _

’ P : fe. | at the Nortunl School, where, after spending the| rice. Whether they were right or wrong in| Volunteer Bi | pes OF y lor! trezi. Four
Jast fall, I mentioned that Mr. Jobin J . Me- | leyally preseribed number of months, weeks, days, f a aan . : for te | called off the Island, If, therefore, the British: | omen i or five tiles below Bottom 8 bridge, vn the Chick.
Donald had reodived a commission as Lieuten-)) cies and minates. he was rejected ‘by the Board | “ey f° . - this conclusion, it is not necessary for us now ‘ SE et ee haan ORANGE TEA PARTY. ahominy, is Long Bridge. To prevent the rebelg
ant in the Massachusetts 2dth (trish) regi- of Nducation for his ignorance aud siipl hity : du} te i? e Yaley, say. fleet anc army are bot abc 2 arty 4 é ss from crossing there and attacking our lett flank,

ment, but it seems that the commission waa} this dilemma, his habitual luiness deterred him forces from Canada, the safest way for us to pre- Smith was instructed to take position on the

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afterwards revoked, from the cireumstance of
another regiment (2/th) being incorporated
with the 23th; and as each regiment was
skeleton (baving its full complement of offi ‘ers
bat net of men), many others who had com-
missivns, us well as Mr. McDonald, were
forced to resign, or acce pt an ialerior position

Mr. Mel). accordingly accepted the post of
colour-serjeant m company K, and started
with hia regiment, which sailed for Port
Royal, .S. C. about the latter end of January,
1862. Nothing of consequence occurred to
the regiment beyond the ordinary routice of
garrieon duty, until the month of May, when
an expedition was undertaken against the city
of Ohurlesten, by the way of Stone River and
James [sland. The 28th regiment formed
part of the lind forces of this expedition.

Upon the landing of the troops on James
Island, they were attacked by the rebels,
bat repulsed them at every point. In this
enovunter the 23th especially distinguished
themselves, ebarging the rebels, and captur-

ing & battery of four pieces. The Federal
troops poser pushed on, under cover of the

gun boats, which were sent to co-operate
with them, aod render al! needed assistance

By the 12th or 13th of June, they had
reached a positien in close proximity to ex
tensive and formidable feld works, erected

the rebels, to prevent approach in that
direction. The gunboats were also stopped
by obstructions placed in the river. To as-
ssult such works without a better knowledge
of their character, was not deemed advisable, |
and the army commenced an entrenched |
camp, im order to await reinforcements,
daily expected. But the rebels having got
the range of their position, constantly an-
noyed them with slot and sbeil, to put an
at which it was determined by a night

from any further attempt to pass the Board of Edu. |
ention, and he coneluded he might be saccessiul in |

Liviu atthe expense of others, and accordingly ex.
perimented on the appropriation of other persons
smoperty to his own use. dn this new sphere of
fo he yoon relieve ada certalu Mr. WW
purse, with which he * absquatulated.”” In dim
time, however, one of these persons called con
stables—-so much dreaded in all places by thieves
—foand the whereabouts of “Joseph McDonald,
and Successfully detected bom in the act of taking
the stolen property from its place of concealuvent in
the trunk of a hollow tree, which had ouce been
oceupied by a woodpecker’s nest. Some time after
ware 4® Joseph MeDonald,”’ being short of funds,
helped himself to some goods, wares, and merchat
dize of a merchant of Bedeque, whose name is the
opposite of weak, but on restoration of the property
aud great promises of meuding his ways, Joseph
was let go, the merchant not deeming him worth
auy further notice or trouble, so Jong as he would
“mdke hitt8elf scarce” in that \ ieinity,

Will the Rev. gentleman who wrote an article
which reeeatiy appeure d in the ‘Islander,’ ‘ Protes
tant,’ and * Monitor’ on the conversion to Protestant

isnreof “Joseph MeDonald,’’ please exnimjne this

picture, und say whether or not he ever suw the
original ?

Will the ‘ Islander’ copy this little narrative of

PLAIN TRUTPIL?

_— SS -

To tus Eprrox or tus Examiner.
Sir—Will you permit me a short space in

your useful and widely circulated journal to,

make a few remarks upon a letter which ap-
peared in the ‘ Protestant’ of the 21st ult.,
over the signature of ** Joseph McDonald ?’’

In all probability there are but few persons

acquainted with the writer of that letter, comes, will be entitled to the credit of h
| with the exception of those in the vicinity |

where he now resides and formerly resided.
Strangers may be led to believe that he is a
person of great respectability, but | beg ty
take the liberty of informing them that such

is not the case.

He accases the Catholics of Middleton and

movement, ta surprise and ¢apture these

At 1 o'clock on the morning of the 16th of
June, the troop: were to march tothe attack,
but owing-to. a delay by some of the regi-
ments, it was day-light befure they reached
the enemy's mae. who, being warned of
the mevement by scouts, were ready to re-
esive them. But the brave fellows came on,
under a murderous fire, only to be hurled
back with the loss of many of their brave
comrades. Suflics it to say that the movo-

ment was a failure, and the Federal troups; Catholic who has a Bible is prohibited by alliance between the

the adjacent settlements of raising false re- |
ports about him, but my vandid upinion is
that it would be hard to falsify bix conduct.

The writer of that letter seems to have |
had a deep meditation in his mind with re-
gard to Catholica not being allowed to read
their Bible. But I mast inform that worth-_
less apostate that he inserted a falsshood in)
his letter, when he said that Catholics were |
prohibited from reading their Bible. He
must certainly be labouring under a fit of |

delicium when he was writing higletter. No

Charlottetown, July 2lst, 1862.

i
ilsou of his!

} VISIONARY POLITICAL

CAPITAL.

For several weeks the official editor of the

| ‘Islander’ has laboured very assiduously to make

)!
| written by Sir D. Daly in 1555 with the view of

litical capital out of one or two despatches

indueing the British Government to sanction a
| Pill, passed by the Liberal Adininistration of that
| day, the object of which was, as Mr. Pope states,
to enable the Proprietors to collect their rents at
; the point of the bayonet. In short, he says, the
Rent Roll Bul was expressly designed “ FOR THE
PROTECTION OF THE LANDLORDS,” and that the
tenants would be required to pay a large sum otf
money te carry it into effect. We think it would
be impossible for any man to frame a more impu-
dent falsehood than this; and when Mr, Pope has
recourse to such a wretched falsehood—so trans-

parently false is it that scarcely any argument is
required to refute it—he gives evidence that he is

put to a desperate strait for means to prop up the
/unpepular and sinking Government whose chiet
| officer he is — who does nothing for the large sa-
| lary he receryes but to write untruthful editorials for
the Queen’s Printer, and who, when the crash
aving con-
tributed to the downfall of the Government more
than any other individual in the Colony.

The puerile dodge of attempting to establish an
identity of feeling and principle between the lead-
ing men of the Liberal party and the land pro-
privtors, is not the offspring of Pope's maliguant
genius. It was conceived in the more prolifie
brains of his predecessor in the editerial chair, the
late D. McLean; but although the defunct editor
used all his acknowledged power to make it a pre-
sentable object tu the seeiety of Toryisin in this
Island, the parent became ashamed of the brat,
and it was soon kicked into oblivion. When the

Liberal Government in the same Session of 1855,
in reference to which Sir Dowinick Daly wrote a
despateh, urging it upon the favourable notice of
the Crown, and of course it must be regarded as
a proof, equally good as the foregoing, of the
friendly feelings entertained by the Liberals to-
wards the Proprietors. We allude tothe Tenant
Compensation Bil. We need not say that the
Proprictors were quite as strongly opposed to this
measure as to the one last noticed. The fact is
well known. Their fury was directed against
both alike. But at the end of the Petition which
was %Wrwarded te the Queen against the Tenant
Compensation Bill, we find the naine of “ Wm.
H. Pope, as agent for Capt. and Mrs. Cumber-
land, owners of half Tewnship No. 65, and lands
in Charlottetown and Royalty.” All very well.
Mr. Pope says the Liberals were engaged in pro-
tecting the interests of the Proprietors in that
year of grace 1055. If that were the case, why
did he put kis name to a petition the object of
which was to destroy one of their most important

serve our “lives and liberties” is te quietly put up
with the chances of war.

But the efforts put forth to sustain the Volun-
teer movement in the Colonies is somewhat simi-
lar to the means resorted to in disposing of quack
medicines. Tons of pills are sold in New York
because of the wondertul cures performed by said
pills in London. They are disposed of in London
because of their miraculous effects in New York
or Paris. A large sum, says Col. Gray, should be
given by our Legislature to sustain the Volunteers
in this Island, because of the encouragement which
the movement receives in Nova Scotia. Will it
be believed that P. E. Island is held up as an ex-
ample in faver of the Volunteers in Nova Scotia?
A meeting was held in the City Hall in Charlotte-
town, tu take into consideration the propriety of
sending some of the Volunteers to Wimbleden.
The ‘Monitor’ publishes an account of it, in which
the editor alleged that Col. Haviland opened a sub-

pondent a lengthy report of the elognent speeches
which were delivered by such great orators as J.
B. Cooper, John Arbuckle & Co., at the Orange
Tea Party or Pie Nic on Tuesday last, but we
must say that we do not attach so much impor
tance to the affair as to give up the large space
which the report of our correspondent would re-
quire. We have received another communication
in reference to this event, in which the writer
complains that harmless animals of the bovine
tribe were made to flaunt yellow ribbons on their
horns in honour of King William and the Boyne,
We must acknowledge that we feel for the poor
cows in the degradation to which they were ex-
posed by their Orange owners; but we suggest
that if cows are to be subjected to this humiliation
again, would it not be better fo have the ribbon
tied to the tail of the animal, as that would be the
best place for preserving the peculiar colour of
the interesting emblem.

scription list, and realised £40 to be given for
prize shooting. The ‘Colonist,’ a paper published
at Halifax, copies this notice, and holds it up as

measures, and did it “as the Agent of Capt. and
Mrs. Cumberland,” two Proprietors? But we
must give an extract from this petition, alse, te
shew with what grateful feelings the Proprietors
regarded their friends the Liberals in 1855. The
Petition against the Tenant Compensation Lil]
will be found in the same Journal, Appendix E,
from which we made the other quotation. The
extract is as follows :—

“That the Bill directs the arbitrators ‘to take
into consideration any expendiiure of manure,
lime, or any other matter calculated to improve
the temporary fertility ef the soil, and to award
a recompomxe therefor,’ a convincing proof that
the trae intention of he Bill is to prevent the
landlord from ever. recovering his Tent, when it
has onee been suffered to fall into arrear, as an
award made upon sack principles would, in most
cases, amount
the land. :

*“ That it is a specimen of class legislation of the
most odious kind, and can serve no other end than

.

Laud Commission proved a miserable failare.
Pope groped amongst the rubbish of the past for
the abortion, as it was believed to represent an

ty reduce the value of real estate, already at a
| very low rate, as may be seen by the price paid
| by the Government for the estate of Charles Wor-
| rell, Esquire.

“That the Billis impolitie, having a tendency

tv more than the original value of

ja proof of great interest being taken in the Volun-
teer movement in Charlottetown! Now, the fact
is that only about twenty persons were in atten-
| dance at the public meeting in the City Hall, and
as to the £40, Mr. Haviland, after plying the
trade of military mendicant for several days, had
hard work in getting persons to promise to give
that amount. Mr. Haviland at the meeting made
the following statements, which are to be found in
a full account of the meeting, published in ‘Ross's
Weekly,’ and which shew, very candidly, the
slender interest taken in the Volunteer movement
in this Island :—* The only funds at the disposal
of the Ritie Association were made up by the ini-
tiation fee of £1, which constituted a person a

the Association they had not a large fund. Asa
wember of the Government, he was opposed to
giving a grant to send-Volunteers to Wimbledon.
If they were sent it should be by private subserip-
tion.
sum for this purpose, they would not be sustained

inewber, and 78 there were not many members of

He believed that if the Government gave a |

We are happy to learn that the Orange Pic
Nic went off, like other events about which there
is occasionally some trepidation, “as well as could
be expected”—that Tea was lavishly used, (but
the green quality was eschewed)—that the mo-
rose fellows, who are at the head of the Inatita-
tion, whe are sulky and afflicted with the blues
all the year round, looked jelly while bedizzened
with yellow; and the girls seemed happy witb
Orange lilies in their hands, but most ef them
would be still happier if a mere interesting occa-
sion suggested the placing of Orange blossoms in
their hair. In short, the Orangemen had a good
time of it; and we congyatulate them, their

they enjoyed.
pt
LATEST FROM EUROPE,

Great Eastern ovr Care Race.
The steamship Great Eastern was inte
off Cape Race on Tuesday 8th, at 10, p. m.
Liverpool July 1.
The Liverpool cotton market was excited and

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sweet hearts and their wives, on tbe happiness

ridge road, Next to him, looking south tow
James river, was Summer's corps of Rickardso:;’s.
and Sedgwick's, Still beyond was Heintzelinpy's
corps, Kearney, Hooker's, Slocum and McCali—.
the last two in mserve. The live wag aln.ost
three miles long — sufficiently extended te cover
all the roads runuing east from Richmond, south
of the swamp. , '

To get a comprehensive view, select a poi ,
James river, about ten miles below City ae
Harding’s landing. ‘Three reads from Richmond.
partially converge at the place,

It is Monday afternoon, and the head of Keyes”
division has reached the locality, and you see the’
interminable trains reaching up toward Richens
and beyond all the divisions mentioned, sp;
out like a fan. The enemy came down
roads in great foree. This was about two in the
afternoon. Placing his artillery in effeetiye poni.
tions, the enemy opened first u Sumner, but
occasionally sending shell ever the eedtindees
vision at the wagon trains, to create 9
aniong the teamsters. But the guards cool
jaud prevented any disorder. After an hour's
,cannonade, eouducted with great spirit on both
sides, the evemy adopted a new kind of taction—
an attack on both flanks at once. It was made
against Sedgwick and Richardson, and was
sv hard that Slocum was ordered from the reserve,
The infantry action lasted from half-past three te
six. It was a brave fight on the part of our ex.
hausted troops. They held the ground and re.
pulsed the enemy. ,

It was an obstinate, bloody fight. Those diyi.
sions have been so often in action that they know
what it is to fight. More—they know hew to
fight. The enemy were not in sufficient
attack Smith. ey made a demonstration,
the Green Mountain boys were called
quickly settled the matter by driving
out of sight in that quarter.

A BLOODY BATTLE.

Heintzelman, as IT have said, was on the
furthest over toward James river. Early in the
afternoon the enemy, in etrong force, “Appeared
opening with artillery, and advaneing division
ter division of infantry in solid masses.
ed bravely, but was compelled to fall
vew position. The enemy followed,
his old tactics of hurling masses ef nen; how
the right, now upon the left, and now
the centre. He held bis ground unaided till
clock. His ranks were terribly thiuued, and ho
was compelled to bring up MeCall once swore, his
division had beer in nearly all the fights. It was
worn out. But with hearts as true as steel the:

a
in

advanced $d to fd. Breadstufls firm aud steady.

responded to the order. Simultaneously apon their
advance came fresh troops from Richmond, and

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Liberals and the Proprietors. | | Provisions dull Consols 914 to }.

‘The marriage of the Princess Alice took place
the day the Great Eastern lett Liverpool. :
It is again rumored that Count Persigny will

H ans Jandli ‘ . | te drive all monied men from the Island, as no | bY the Legislature. Much difficulty was expert-
ere,” says he—dandling Ary-nursing,and vainly | one will be inclined, or ean be expected to invest tenced in getting a
wameste) t sp byohy: r Deane Bybee i a | ‘sf I. ,

| Capital ws tae: purchase of land, which he is de-| 7-4 prize cup, to be competed for by the Volun-

loud and terrific as at any time during the six days”
fighting roared the contest. But the masses of the
enemy rolled along the road. Their leaders had no
: +’ 7 .| care ter saving life. This was war—a strife for
resume the French Auabassadorship to the Court of mastery. It was their determination to win, no
St, James. Bourse heavy, 63 15, | matter what it cost. They rushed on impetuously
F ; FAR OS font Italian Budget has passed both Houses of | charged upon our batteries, captured Rendall’s
conour bound to offer. As to raising a sufficient! Parliament. Garibaldi was at Palermo, Urging | and took a large number of prisoners.’ Here the

sople to concord. er of the corps, Gen-

defeated with great slaughter. } any rules of the Catholic Church from read-| «
lo this unequal contest, the 28th Mass-| ing it. Ree te anlondinn the teks den ;
achusetts did its share nobly. They charged, will now explain a few of the many rea- oar qevenins we ty ning waeee wre Sridtdl, te dations of tumnien tone, teemaiiadel eons 1
upon a retel battery and went into it, bat, sons he had for his apostaey. ‘The writer of hare proof that the Proprietors and leading Li | ~_ ee nas ores . mccain ow, use "| caden'@f thib'llland:: Note Scotia and Sew Been:
were unable te hold it, and were forced back, | the letter in the * Protestant’ through his | berals are in Jeague to oppress the tenaatry, by Poe aes egy nhl i ai aia esa gal PT aa aie jah i tai aa
, ; é ‘ ‘ : 8 of, uli sanction of law. iswick —a prize which he believed the Colony was
leavi many of their brave fellows behind bad conduet made himself detestable in sight | preventing the Award from asking effect.’ The) “That the true object of the Lill has been de-} ;
womaded and dead. It was her» that our of his co-religiouists ; and how to gain a repa-| aypearauce of Sir Sauuel Cunard’s BU), however | clared by the Hon. G. Coles, the ‘eader of the |” : : em:
countryman, Serjeant Macdonald, received his, tation in some denominations of eliristians shameed that trees ’ Governwent, in his speech on the Escheat ques- sui to send home Volunteers hy private subscrip- i In the Musee of Lovdd. Brekighdss SesteveReae:| ; ‘or
death. .Conspicuous for his noble bearing | was his principal reason for renouncing his are ” : ; a ‘ _ *| tien, on the 29th day of March last, to be for the | tion, he thoaglt it could not be done, as last year) “" - ‘ I eral McCall, went down at the head of his troops,
throughout the whole of that bloody day, religion. His friends and acquaintances | )- Hodgson, Bourke, and other resident proprie- |

| Purpose of compelling the proprictors * to come in| sereral ladies eterted themselees to raise a fund for| Europe, Me thought it impossible for Heugland tol oA Tin Bene ee Ol ae eee
carrying the evlours of his regiment in the! about Seven Mile Bay were sorry to think tors, Were found to be parties to that most extra-| “pe east Caete ey the Goverument under the | che Votuntec rs, and all they realized was the sum of interiere, but expressed a hope that Americans | ae Male eeohee ~ al went ede paary eo
oe fight, he was the first to mount} that he bad the honour of having the nine ordinary Ota eens seem As to asking the Voluutecr Captains to| Would see the suicidal character of sued a struggle | Now or nerer was the arity tobe saved. All hearts

the enemy's works, aad ; lant his flag there-| of a Catholic, when he knew but little about “Webje piduieint . Poors) ements a and come to amicable arrengements, defere they | fat jt, AM hands were ready. Men lived ages in
! entirely lost the cespect ara affection of Europe | those moments. O you Whe live far away among

asa nation. _,| peaceful valleys on sauny hull-sides, with suadling

In the ‘Louse of Commons, Hopewood asked if| children at your feet, rending this tame eeount
the Government intended to take steps asa media | connet know the Ghell witeh tates meg feel whee
tor, Palmerston expressed deep sytupathy with | 4), heart wells up from its inmost depths to dare
the suffering operatives, and eulogized their eu-. all, to de all that Gad has given te save defeat?
durance. . He wished it was in the power of the | titutored meu look with bbb visions in such
Government to take steps for their relief; but in-| j,oments down the future ages. They ace, they

majority last scssion to vote a sum
yoruy

t

: | brave and efficient comman
Messrs. Palmer, Haviland,

and impracticable measure, which swept tie coyal assent be given to this Bill, | £19.
‘iil De sanctioning a species of class, partial give an amount, he hae

and unjust legislation, which cannot fail to have

a ruinous effect on the future prosperity ef Prince : ‘ _

Edward Island, and way be drawn tito a prece- | penses attending the Volunteer movement, and |

| dent forvany spéciés of wrong and injury it may only one or tio had complied with the request.”

be-| be the pleasure of ait ignovant and interested ma- |

jority in the Legisitture to inflict upon either in-

dividuals or bodiesiof men.”

away every vestige of prospective adyvanta.
could be hoped from the Award; and—wit), <1

on; but at that moment a shot from the ene-

tu say that they had already
my struck hin on the left breast,

_Catholicity beyond the name. Auother rea-|
aud he) son for his apustacy was, that when a person laces ' ; ie lal
sank without @ groan. | belonging to the Cathel'c Church breaks! ag P tag evidence to the contrary before the pub-
He was a general favourite with his rogi-, through the rules laid down to them they | lic—it could not be alleged any longer, with the
mot, aud his death is much regretted by the | generally receive a pretty sovere reprimand | faintest pretence, that there was an alliance
mea, who speak in warm terms of his bravery. tor sucl conduct; and that the clergyman! tween the Liberals and the Proprietors with re-
Liw.age w about 30, and ali who knew him and eungregation would look down upon him |

here regret the death uf eo estimable a man. | with seorn for such violations of the rales of | erriphervacniaoaranagea eons: Rie 4

| been eqplicd te for £1 cach, towards delraying exe]

|The reader will see by the passages in italics that
the ‘Colonist,’ in holding up P. E. Island as a
great example te the Nova Secotians, has been imi-

¢ ; i ee : ; : Seorve| Mr. Pope's pamippalet on “ Rxponsible Gorern- terterence ia America now would only aggravate | fool that uncounted: milfionk beckoning them.
Alr, McDuuald was no mercenary soldier, the Church. He thought then that be would | paay could hetigns after that, that Mr. George | ie pi iba ug Tote a pe tating the quack advertisements; and we have | matters.. Both England and Franee woes be | fo de thule duey aan They abe great aomathal
who-enlisted for tle pay he received. Ne- pie in with a Church that teaches its fyl-, Coles and Mr. Edward Palmer were parties to a| ‘ ia CYTO. AB, eXtrac a ee proof that Col. Gray’s statement concerning | delighted to take mediatory steps when a fitting | ick cxnme. Jlooker and K a

cessity forced no such alternative upon bim : |
fug be was in the way of gaining an honest and they shall be saved, no matter what the
‘aad bonorable hivalihood ; but—well it was crimes “committed are; but [ can tell him
# something that will move all men to take | that he has gone very far astray in his

owers to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ | Liberal and, Proprietory Coalition.

4 Hooker with the 2nd New Ha oy? aud

11th Massachusetts; Kearney with the life i

} ° : .
MARRIAGE oF THE Princess ALice. — The of New Jersey —brave men all of them. They
marriage of the Princess Alice with Prince Louis | rallied for a desperate charge—one of whieh bas
of Heese, elder son of the Prince Charles of Hesse, | determination in it, when every man feels that be
iook place shortly before Iz o'clock, July 1, at | stands at the gateway of centuries, as Seay

* | Osborne. The Conrt Circular says: i stood at Thermopyla. Swenty-feur cannon
} elapsed since Mr. Haviland spoke about the Trent | “The Queen, suffering under her recent severe | ditional were brought up. The united divisions,
dona. j I do not wish to stain the pages of | the tenantry. gular troops should be brought to the Island to eae and the tine his speech was published, make | sintatignt asmaiaion in = tenet eis ate se ar in iene nnd unyielding as the granite of their native
your journal with his deeds, which would) Shalt % - . | jatinidate the Legislature trom passing any such | har (ess | deep mourning. Their royal highnesses the Prince | mountaius, moved to the charge — onward, right:
make him blush with shame. Now, it may seem an absurd thing to adduce | canttids te TitaireY? his speech appear very ridiculous. Now, we know lof Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, and| onward unheeding death or life! They came upon
Ile seems to think that Catholics are very | ¢Vitetive in opposition to the Colonial Secretary's |” j ie i _| that net only had the Government of the Northern | rince Leopold, were present. An altar was| the enemy like a thunderbolt, bore down the living
much troubled at his eon i Bat far| llegation of i bet the Liberals and | as anieet Sh Net th #0 FeRTD, Mnrertione states t tend with a] t tl reeted in the lrawing & m for the ceremony. | masses in front as if they were automatons, sent

t is Conversion. Ut as lar | allegation of connivance between the Liberals an ‘ oe j | States fo centend witha arge army a 1@ Very | crecte 3 uraw eon to e ceremo iy. SSCs 1 J
: : at any mi he Lanatic Asylum would | ae ee ag a i ae vy we
as my understanding leads me he should have! Proprietors; but that allegation has been so often | that any man ow of callie pd of their capitol, but would have had the | The bride was given away by her unck »the reign. | them Aying over the field, and cortege yes
been expelled from the Church fur his bad | = , . | make such an egregivua fooi of himself as to at-| : - i jig Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. At the conclu-) pieces of artillery, one brigade, inclu ing three
belidisianie made without being met by a thorough refutation | nse. dash Midh eithiiin San Die vida im-| combined arms of France and England to oppose, siva of the service the bride and bridegroom were | regiments; also Col. Pendleton of the Louisiana
He likewiee seems to have a great feeling | '!4t some uninformed persons may really be in-| pla ab antipathy ever alate between the Pro jy Mey tink mabe weppratien Se. She. sired) Spee "he aeeg coniidel till alt present Georgia itegh Pe ae piensa a
“atl “si =P | clined ¢ : : “ee — oe woe Vet tT, : F yas, | apartment. The Queen remained till all present | Georgia Regiment.
4 . al, | clined ¢ 2e reliance t »refure we |! . weine ons the . »xel: reous, | Hpartment he gaecn remuinec all} nt | rg gue

a ge otter yn me ok deliaeiacilees vehi coments notice for the position in which , ones : place ‘ iance upon it, and the oe 9 “ |prictors and the Liber! Government. Pope ev on the Trent, yet ¢ xclahnsour i \at the ceremony had withdrawn, and then retired.| It was the finale. The enemy was defeated at
le y stand on religious matters. I can in-| shall bring forward testimony to refute it which | , and chivalrous leader of Volunteers—“ there is | py, . “al andi - . llast. He had , ith high he he retired
aad t hildren to hi ivus, but! f. hiw that if he had li pe | knows that his masters and employers, the Pro- | | Phe other reyal and illustrivus personages and | last. He had come on with high hopes, he retires
) FO GEER 1D GROCER Res qretiuns, ou orm biw that i bg iad lived up to the rules | no man iu his senses can refuse to accept astho-| . t 2 ' \ 4 ; | danger from the Americans.” “No! the present | guests proceeded to the drawing room. | discomfitted. It wasa brilliant victory. It inspi-
untimely end, aad I have no doubt his friends | of the Catholic Church he need have no fear. It is only from a feeling it Poms; ave extremely unpopular, and be sup- ‘is not the time to show the whiie feather!” “We! . The dress worn on the oceasion was mourning | ited ourtroops. Here let me speak of the influence
on the Island will receive that sympathy | for his eternal salyation. But po rules of | ; , _,| peses that their unpopularity weuld have to be |S Bet the time to slow es oe , | dress. The gentlemen in black evening coats,| of music. While the - was going on, Gen.
the Church or any society were observed by | contempt for the absurdity of the allegation that divided with the Liberals, if be could enily eatab- /are not degenerate sons!” “Let us de what ir! white waistcoats, gray trousers and black néck- | Morell ordered the bes Vor 6 ens

Mr. Pope | No. of this paper, wakes a furious attack upon
was, therefure, compelled to try another shuttle ; | the Liberal Govern dnt for, having passed the
and, in an evil hour for his party, he selected the | Rent Roll Bik; and declares that instead of it
| legtslati » Rent Roll Bi show, as he| Ovifig @ measure to “ protect the landlords,” it
an important.step, He wont, therefore, as | opinions: i] gislation on the Rent Roll Bill, to show, as he i, eRRarttrrray y 7 oo wR o 0 Pe
the svidier of liberty, to give up his brave [am sorry to think that any young man| thoug::t he could, that there was a combination | “48 desigued to “reb and cheat them ;” for doing
‘young life to the causo of mankind, and he | would degrade himself in the manner be has} between the Liberals and Propricturs to oppress | which Pope recommended that a coipany of mr
tell!

of | Opportunity arose. He should look upon it bot

Nora Scotia is ¢: 1c fh i * KE » line
Nova Scotia is another effert in the same line as a duty and pleasare-

| business.
The third and fourth arguments used in favor |
of the Volunteer movement have reference to the |

| United States. The distance of time which has

Let not the censorious, therefore, be too
ready to impute blame—rathir remember,
with a feeliag of pride, that he was true to
the instincts ef hiy race—a race that never
turned buck un friend or fue —who have ever)
and will forever, give brave hearts and noble
men to uphold the cause of freedom, whether
beneath the warm sun of Carolina, or amid

gates

roughly conclusive.

which their bereavement deserves. -

to play.
Yours truly, him; he eared not so long as he could con-| “¢ lave not been induced to do so before now. | |. litic Par . ra .| us lies for the protection of all that is dear to us!” cloths, and the ladies in gray or violet mourning | they have been silent, under orders. They gave
Boston, July 7. T. K. | tinue carrying on his bad hal. ¢:. | It must be clearly apparent to every person that cH _— 7 pationpship Popwere, ye. ; te he and similar heart-stirring or rather rinblenerre | dtesecs, and gray er white gloves, The bride) Yankee Doodle, the Star Spangled Banner, and.
It. ie wary amesing. Ale. Kui tol ba ld ' : mad, or in what state is he, when he makes such : 8 é | wore a dress ef white silk of a new material called | Hail Columbia. It was like bread to ahungry man.
— | such an can Se a a C: 7 a ac " arek uf the Rent. Roll Bill were such as Mr. Pope has a despairing clutch at the most visionary political stirring sentences. But what makes such excla- Crystalin, with a silk flounce of Honiton lace, and | The troops felt the soul-stirring strains, and forgot
THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT IN NEW esck their iin 5 But. a thick bok caf described it—a “ protection to the landlords,” capital ? mations appear still more ridiculous is the belief) a border of orange flowers at the bottom of the | that they were tired, hungry, exhausted and ready

regent * giving others warning he should. ne the first | snd the means of enabling them to egllect their SCR Boe oc II new entertained that Lord Palmerston bad in his skirt.” « pe THE GUNBOATS
. o Ln] » ” . * — * a a *
(From ey) ors vere es Pr that should seek deliverance ; his warning rents at the expense of the whole Sowutry, they A REVIEW FOR THE VOLUNTEERS. pocket the apology of the American Government ivi « is N The rebels had thrown a body ‘of men ¢

Pee rrseny at ic Sondetienn, 5 cotatlished in prey. better to himself than any person | would not ouly have abstained from opposing it, (Concluded, ) for the Trent affair at the very time he was send- The Civil War in the tates. down upon the river. The gunboats when the

St-John, aider te presi-fency of the Lieut. Gover. |
nor, 1nd Wh4, if Pomnecetion with it, may be revarded

ae the caput, omg et finis, im the same sense | |
asthe Soverei Kuyland.is such towards the |

High Conrt of Partiament. ‘Throughout the whole |
Province its operations are-to extend; and so tole. |
rant are
that’ it is intended to e all ch
whe contribute to its inanees.. I um not quite cer-
tain whether the ladies of New Branswick will be
sdseited to manife-t their patriotism by assisting in
she adyaneement of its objects, bat my impression
jneliaes to the affirmative. Certainty tie approving
eye¢of Jovely woman awakens emniation and ardor
su, ° pee of high and honorable resolves; nnd
d would, therefore, salimit with all possible imo-
alesty, aud with santimente of the most exalted res-
pact forthe patriowe fair of this country, that the
sewnle, pertivr of oag inhabitunts should. have a

a

taey of the writer of that malicious letter or
anything contained in it; and 4 think that!
provisions fir the adinisxaion of members | the Protestant religion has receive
of persons) by the udmission of such a worthless member.

your valuable space, L shall close for the
P

In conclusion, I must state that the Catho-
ic Church has received no shock by the apos

d no gain |
Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for so mach of

resent.
Yours,
A LOVER OF TRUTH.
Fermoy, Lot 18, July 7th, 1862.
— -—~w2en_ -—
To tue Epitor oF THe Examiver.

obtain fer it the sanction of the Crewn.

yresemtation in the deliberations and resolutions
of this infaat institutiog. Pheir presence on such
eceasions would tend to tranefyse into the heart of
the votanteer a spirit of bravery that would be a!-
most invineible in the hour of peril ;—that would
ingeive fhe youthfy), ipvigerate Be old, and solace
wh — ee tor for it mat Be oe:
membered —~ aud ¥s re rance ¢ynsisis in
sealigutiou, thas ~ ieee voit
¥ se Rittemthon, ne dation te fre,
Tosovereign beanty mankind bends the knee.’
‘This organization of ¢itizens for the purpose of
Aeviang means to p iary aseietance
the f > wolupteers of the Province, has been
» ] ph Oe a es generous enthusiasm gn
= for e€cesaal pratectioy from t
ifor x ral inditference

) pastive aud gene
toall the eo '
state of primitive wenkness... Iudeed, this very

mo is an undeyial! that pare apath
iia disokged howe api cag Shek se oke

prospective of a French invasion terrified 4

arhen
the helpless Colonists.
Not even
AMugjstrate, laminated as it was with the vehemeut
wna of dadye Wilmot, and the finished eloquence
the Hon. Col. Gray, were sufficient to assemble
aaything like a fall meeting to observe tite first
siru
hallow its entrance upou the capricious scene of
fife with the commow plandits that generally greet
Ahe appearance of aecomplished orators on the plat
form of publie diseussion. This was the first op-
porvunity | enjoyed of listeniug to the Lieat. Gov-

ernor address 2 public meeting; and the idea of

Mstingshing a di
spenkeng Of our owl mutesmen and
Seotiund s uoldemey, which { junvesuti
te be — vale worthy, contyiby

other chuenmatayces, ty evupe! my attendance at

the £ ig grestigi:. wll, J did uttend~
which tet 1 app the reader has by this time

to
ee

a
“tontside bar- |

neutes that wold result from a

4
€ presence of our supreme Executive

gles of this now Repopuler ollspring ; er to

Werence between the styles of

that of “otie of
believed
amongst

, wndehaving adended, 1 assisted tof
the begat my j ut to cheer and piaudit the
Yocups speakers wheyever they assided to arouse

ay hies &

ee! fF convince, my feagon
oreo t it Was y j
Feliaee. — re caution of thelt subject.

ti ee > tore. pad me tO refrain’
iggy)
From os eas i o discriminate ween the ora-

pie ees

they have lost the eonfidence
bot scruple to gain power by any deception and
i .

Wepey aud « sae
ton ane occasion, lest. wight
self ot he pa very comptiinentary notice | 4

Sin,—Allow me a small space in your valuable
journal while Fagain call the attention of the public,
and more prirticularly that portion who claim to vote |
under thé Statute Labor Act—and it is well known |
they compove a considerable body—to the certificate
system. Orhere is no doubt bat we are on the eve
of a General Election. You are aware, Sir, what was
done by the supporters of the present Governmeut
to seetre a majority in the House of Assembly after
the last election; instanee their conduct towards
Messrs. McDonald and Walker, both of whom were
the choice of the people, but who were judged by
a moek trial, and removed to make room for other

but net better men. When we see what the present
y iu power have done, we may be assured that
neo stone will be left unturned by them to accomplish
their ends, and again enable them.to scatter broad-
cast the reyanue of the Island; and if those who
now govers ure guilty of such basé conduct, what
may we #¢xpect from those who serve under them.
The Sherilfs gre of their appointing, the Road Com-
missioners also are at their beck, aud the Overseers
ure appojgted to de their biddiuy.

{ would therefore caution all who claim the pri-
vileves of the franchise woder the Statute Labour
Act, to act at once ov the performance of their labor,
and demand a certiticate, so that they will be pre-
pared for the coming struggle. Should it be refused,
the Act provides a remedy, by imposing a tine on |
the Overseers for such refusal. | éay again, de-|
mand yonr certiticate, for it will be toe late when |
the day of election arrives to get it; and you tay |
depend upon it unless you produce a certificate your |
vote will not be taken’

‘There is no doubt that the Road Act was framed
with much care as regurds the effeet it woztd haye
00 the class of persons above alluded to; and when
it was found necessary to amend it last seacion, it
required more than ordinary time and Jaber to do
#0, the framers fearing that by
lose the least advantage, for as drowning wey will |
cateh at straws, so the present Government, knewing |
of the people, wi

altering they would

virigue. Yours, &c.

TRUTH.

—————P> 600 ie ————

CIVIC ELECTIONS,
Ma. WeeLax—Sin—Of course our eitizens
will do at the coming City Elections as they have
one of late—let the Tories appoint who they

brity down upon iny h for Mayor and Councillors, and keep every-
reg rat cee Loe | sue Peg ing in the dark till the hour for voting, vam
an Bik lends the poor may either vote for the enemies to re-

fromtery eorger cE
ow, my got ellow, "he , a you juay
por You Nave eyused mg has been xs short Lived
nner ial as the Pare \used affectiots of a vai
wom —Meruyprenexy mat? You wil! find su:
* a ow re without ~ ts a4
/ Fast Him “ey £2 Yopreyit a
a poet: Sa we i ‘Dotlrn, wick are
+t dpue, July ts, 18620 5 F. Gti

trenchment or goabout their business.

I say of course-our citizens will do as formerly,
Uulors Sole persons take tie initiative and get
up @ public meeting, to take into consideration the
atate of the Ciky, aud show the positive necessity
there is fora change. It is quite tine that we
had a City Government who wiil ge for dispensing

jesty will be pleased to withhold the royal asseut

with a staii of unaecessary otfivicts, aud a redug-

but they would -have used all their influence to
The
very opposite of all this is, however, the positive
fact. The Proprietors were in a furious rage at
the Liberals for bringing before the Legislature
such a measure. Every Proprieter and every
Agent in both branches opposed the Bill in all its
stages. But failing in their opposition to it in the
Legislature, they addressed a petition to the
Queen, praying-that the Bill might be disallowed.
Mr. Pope was well aware of the existence of this
Petition, and of all’ the statements it contains. It
is printed in the Mouse of Assembly Journal of
1856, Appendix E; and we make the following
extract from it to shew the stupid folly of the Co-
lonial Seeretary in representing the Bill under
consideration asa “protection to the landlords :”"—

“The undersigned humbly pray that your Ma-

to the suid Hill, for the following among other
reasons.

_“ That the real object of the Bill is not what it
purports to be onthe face of it. According to
the preamble of the Bill, it is intended to proyide
a fund for the purpose of maintaining an armed
force, in case the necessities of the ‘should
demand that such a force should be raised. For
in reality itis one of a series of measures, the
avowed purpose of which is to compel the owners
of Township Lands téeonvey the same to the lo-
cal Government of thisdsland, to be by it disposed
of to the present tenantry in freehold, and to those
usually termed “ Squatters,” who have taken and
hold possession without the consent of the owner.

“The truth of this assertion is of easy proof.
During the course of the Session, the long agitated
question of Escheat came before the House of
Assembly, and in a speech of the Hon. George
Coles, Colonial Secretary and President of the
Exeeutive Council, delivered when thé whole
House was in Committee, the true intent of pass-
ing this, with the other Bills alluded. to, is thus
adverted to by the Hon. Colonial Secretary;
* Believing that Escheat was impracticable, I have
introduced and carried ether measures for the
benefit of the people, at the expense of the pro-

rietors ;’ aud subsequently in the same speech, |

e says: ‘1 aim satisfied that this House hos it in|
its power to mitigate the hardships on t The |
try, arising from the original grants ; tha’ remedy |
is by taxing the lands of the proprietors; under |
that system, the proprietors will soon be glad to!
come 1 and offer their lands to the Goverument,
under the Land Purchase’ Bill’ And again—
regret that the minds of the people are agitated
va this question, (Escheat.) Had it not been for
parties exciting them and bolding out false hopes,
every thing would have gone on quietly, and the
Land Furehase Bill, the Edacation Act, and the
pees Pe be taxing the Rent Rolls of the

roprieturs, would have had the effect of inducing
a reasonable and equitable setilement of the teu-
antry.’

“What is meant by * reasonable and equitable
settlement’ in the nind-ef tke speaker, it is thu-
possible to say, woless it be that the proprietors
are to foregy all arrears of rent and dispose of
their lands, either to the tenantry or to the local
Goverunent, at one-third of tcir value, that be-

te te

Now, in looking at the first argument, and it
is the only one in Mr. Haviland’s first speech in
favor of the grant of £400, we are surprised that
the leader of the Volunteers did not find a better
one, as he should have known that it would be
Wiser to induce people, who dreaded foreign in-
vasion, to give money to render the Volunteers
efficient marksmen, to tell them that at the
shooting match held at Government grounds last
summer one whele company had to be turned off the
grounds, beeause of their random shooting, whilst
Volunteers of other companies displayed their
“ efficiency,” by nearly killing the Adjutant
General, and destroying the beauty of a field of
turnip-tops. As to the efficiency of the Volunteers,
the turnip-tep shooting might be given as a set off
against the shooting at Sussex Vale. But suppose
that every Volunteer in the Island was as good a
marksman as the gentlemen who went from this
place to compete in New Brunswick, would that
prove that our Volunteer force of 1862 on paper,
would be “ efficient” in repelling the attacks of
an ipyading foe? But further supposing, that the
Volunteer organization is entitled to the credit of
producing not only good shote—to which it has,
as yet, certainly, no claim as to the “ champion ”
shot, and the others who made high seoring at
Sussex Vale were “good shots’ before ever the
Volunteer movement was inaugurated—but that
it has produced a well disciplined foree which
could be brought together at an hour's warning—
yetany foree which the Island could raise, would
be of not the least avail to resist invasion. We
have seen in the American Civil War a recent
illustration of the non-efficiency of land forces
when opposed to naval armaments. New Orleans,
a very large and important city of the Southern
States, though strongly fortified, immediately
surrendered, when the gans of the Federal Fleet
were brought to bear upon it, although there were
cecdy te defend the Crescent City, underable and
experienced generals, above 30,000 disciplined
troops. When ovce the shells of an invading
vessel can be lodged amongst the houses of a
city, there are only two alternatives for the in-
habitauts—submission or destruction to their eity.
The fact that there are so many navigable har-
bours in this Island would euable a single frigate,
or, at most, two or three guuboats, to destroy
nearly every settlement, even though every full-
grown man jn the colony were to attempt to resist.
It must be obvious, therefore, that if the military
gentlemen in the Legislature are serious ‘in
wishing to detend the Island, they should propose
the expenditure of a sufficient sum of money on
two or more floating batteries, built on the same

priueiple as

the -Munitor. his would: be the “observed.

ing troops to defend Canada!

Even if we had anything to fear from the peo-
ple of the United States, we have shewn that our
Volunteers would not be of any benefit, and if
further proof were required, it is to be found in
the display made by them on their last “ field
day.” ~The American people are amicably dis-
posed towards the colonists, even yet notwith-
standing the vituperation indulged in by our rabid
illiterate press, and our shallow statesmen towards
the United States in the hour of misfortune. ‘They
might wish to see the British North American Co-
lonies States of the Union, having the sole coutre!
of their own local affairs, and not governed, as
they are in some degree at present, by the under-
strappers in the Colonial Office in Downing
Street, or by some half dozen of absentee land
proprietors ; but they could not desire to have
these colonies as subjugated territories. It is for
our interests to be on friendly terms with the
UuitedStates, They farnish the markets for the pro-
ducts of our farmers and the workshops of our
mechanics, beside being the guide of our Statute
Book, The members of Assembly do not repre-
sent the good feelings of the people of this Colony
towards the United States, when they say of the
American population that it is made up of ‘ruffians,’
that “they are mutually perpetrating deeds of
cruelty upon each other,” that “ they would serve
us in the same manner,” and such language de-
serves the strongest condemnation. Messrs. Gray,
Hayiland and MacAulay will not bring an invad-
img army to our shores, but such irritating lan-
guage may be the means of making the American
people abregate the Reciprocity Treaty—without
which this Colony would be again at the mercy
of the plundering barter and order system. Here-
in lies real danger, which, should it come, will be
through the madness of our military alarunsts, and
not through the more sensible “ ruffians ” of the
United States.

We have alluded to the “ field day” as an evi-
dence of the importance of the Volunteers in keep-
ing off invasion. Now, without desiring to im-
pugn the courage of the Volunteers, it is but fair
to suppose that a greater pumber would turn out
on a“ gala day” to amuse themselves than would
muster to engage in “ mortal combat” with a host
of dauntless Zouaves, fiery Tureos, or blood-thirsty
* Ruffians ”’— it is but fair te assume that the
Commanders would play their part more correctly
oa the Barrack Square than before an enemy,
Well, although more than a mouth’s notice was
given, although the Mayor proclaimed a general
holiday, although the sun shone brightly, and the
breeze blew fairly, although, in a word, all things
conspired to make the field day of the Volunteers
a great military display,—the affair was small in-
deed. Let us describe the host as it passed in
review. First, QueEN’s Counry CavaLry,
numbering 9 mounted men and 1 officer; after
them City Artillery, 45 men, officers and 4 guns,
making a respectable appearance contrasted with
the rest; next 5 companies of Volunteers, num-
bering in all about 125 rank and file, commanded
by 45 commissioned and non-commissioned offi
cers; and last theugh not least in this impressive
“battle array,” came Adjatant Currie, “ unhorsed,
yet Wearing spurs,” seeming like Achilles, the hero
of Homer's ftiad, to be invulnerable, except in
the heel. We have nothing to say of the effi-|
cieucy of the Offivers: that has been generally
If the mistakes were not “few.” they |

News by ‘Telegraph.

Sr. Jonny, July 16, 1962.

President Lincoln has not approved of the Con-
fiscation Lill, He has requested a prolongation
of the sitting of Congress, and the request is sup-
posed to be in reference to procuring a modifica-
tion. The Border States representatives wil
reply to the President’s Emancipation proposition,
dechuing to endorse it, and disagreeing with the
President that its non- States will prolong the war.

There was an immense meeting held yesterday
in New York city, consisting of trom fifty te one
hundred thousand persons, whe were all unani-
mous fer a vigorous prosecution of the war, and
repelling any foreign interference, and maintain.
ing the traditional pohiey of the nation.

General Curtis's army of fourteen thousand men
had arrived at Helena, Arkansas, having worsted
the enemy in every attack made upon him.

The movements of General bragg's army (Con-
tederates) in the State of Mississippi, indicate of-
fensive operations on their part.

General Morgan's (Confederate) Guerillas are
actively engaged in the State of Kentucky.

THE LATE BATTLE BEFORE RICHMOND.

The following, which we take from the letter
furnished by the special correspondent of the ‘Bos-
ton Journal,’ describes the battles of Sunday and
Monday with more fairness and Jess of boasting
than the correspondents of many of the American
papers usually do. He says:—

About 10 o'clock on Sunday, a ion of Por-
ter’s foree, which had pushed up the New Market
road south of the swamp toward Richmond, eame
upon a large body of rebel cavalry—aix or eight
hundred—which were advaneing. His artillery
aud intautry opeued, and the rebels stood not up-
on the order of their going back, but like the
guests of Hainlet’s uncie went at once with the
exception of about fifty, who were taken prisoners.
They were commanded by Major Baker of North
Carolina.

While Porter was thus putting ont feelers,
Keyes was in the advance neariug James river.
Through Sunday and Sunday night the head of
the column pushes its way. A body of rebels
which had been down toward the White House,
finding they were on the wrong scent, turned
back, rebuilt Bottom’s bridve, and crossed te the
south side, but were not in cufficient force to make
an attack.

FIGHT ON SUNDAY—THE ENEMY REPULSED
IN EVERY QUARTER.

The enemy suddenly beeame elated. His sue-
cesses stimulated him te press us hard, He
thought be would have us. Sinith’s division and
Sedgwick’s fell back via Savage Station on the
York River Railroad. It was necessary that they
should halt and hold the position, that the long
winding train might move away. They took po-
sitions in the woods north and east of a large
field. All of their artillery, with the exception of
two pieces, was masked iu the frout, bearing upon
the read down which they had retreated,

They had not long to wait. First the
skirmishers came in sight, carefully smelling their
Way like venturesome mice towards toasted cheese.
They saw the guns glitterieg like gold in the sun-
shine, ‘Lhey looked, talked, pointed. or

"TO

are varied—one as high as thirty thousand, one as

fight began, moved up and opened with ten-inch
shells upon the table land. Jt was timely assist-
auee, otherwise the rebels could have crept along
the bank, flanked Heintzelman and reached his
rear. What narrow margins there have been. in.
this war. I eaumerated some of them in a former:
letter. This may be added to the list. It closed.
the fighting. On Tuesday the pickets of the ene-
my hevered argund, but net in force.

LOSSES,
I can say but little of the losstous. The reports

low as ten thousand. We have lost three or four

thousand who were taken prisoners. |

that seven thousand will more than cover the cas

ualties, ‘ (
REBEL Loss.

I see no wisdom jn stating that the rebels have
lost two to our one. They have suffered = on
much as we. Fictitious estimates would pus Le
good, neither would it burt them. There is but
little doubt that Stonewall Jackson was killed by
a cannister shot from Martin’s battery. 7

Gen Barnwell Rhett of South Carolina war

k

and

ported wounded.

Bat I must close, or miss the mail. Phare ao
conclusions to deduce. Each intelligent resdet

tion, have raised an immense army,

the field at the very moment when oursiswenked:
They have coneentrated all their forees. «They
hold life of little valu, if they ean but win. That
is their object. Unless we awake from ourapathy,
unless there shall be :armonious esunsels and 10-
creased evergy of administration, the wished for
day of peace and an united nation will be

to the far future.

SPIRIT OF THE NORTHERN PRESS,
THE PRESENT APPEARANCE 0} THINGS.
The New York ‘ Evening Post,’ commenting 0%
the “Fourth of July,” uses these sigaiticasl
words :—~
“ Our affairs do not look so =
hoped and ex they would. That our ar
on the ee ond saved from dextructiots
in a effort to get it out of au untenable 4
that we age further from Richmond than we were
two weeks or two mouths ago; that MeC “ae
has lest the seige guns on which he set such store,
and what is of more im to the nation, seme
thirty thousand men i — ell thin, while ®
will net discourage the nation, but only gery
to renewed exertions, will also inspire # of
the day a different spirit from that in which we

have kept it. ‘
“All the signs show that we stand at the most
grave and serious crisis in our histery. The!
cent intimations from Eu look to speedy
tervetition in our affairs : and if the fureign pow'

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hes:tated, it is not improbable that the news

the next steamer will take to Englaiod >
Me

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— tv a concliaion. The long pry 4 and
inary care. in the i ;
Clellan were justifi ed to the world ouly by