l' 'ccipls. with the war duties on iron and UI. have eairied up tlle cost at railway t importation tvoiii li-ty pul't‘eut on gross I? roings belovt: thi: war. to seventy pcr crut. on tli earnings—more than lorly per cent. increase—and thu; t-olitiibutctl to the cost of tile ll. ct il'ies tll lilo.

[low is it with lut-l ’ lt-ts ol’tlle l‘roi illee ' :tru l‘iillgetl with wood.

The rivers and iii- "

SUMMERSI

v... are... a...

U'rrnva. Feb. 2. 'lllt- lion. Joseph llnwe was sworn iii all

i a 'llvnlber of the Government and President,

iot‘ the Privy Council. lloli. Jo: pli llnwc‘s acceptance of ulllL'c excites gle tintcrt-st alld nluch Sltlhldcllun.

for home.

easily accessible, hilt otiv t-lrill excludes lie left (0 ll must of it. by a dilly ol twenty per colt. A lli'Spiltt'

was received on Saturday [Hill].

and our poor. who rutl'cr li'oilitlle rutt‘lily

I-l climate and cannot ati'oi'd to buy taxml,

potalocs "ll herring, ire ubligt-d tort-sort to tile station house to warm their stomachs With a. bowl or dole of soup.

Around a gri t pvil'tion oi Nova Scotia the wooded blult's art: ulldeilaitl willi coal in veins of twelve to thirt '-six lett ill tli- matter. which can be pl. cell on ship board at a cost without. protit. oi one dollar and a quarter per ton. which can be sent to liusllill tor two dollars and a hall' per ton. But lit-re ii is met by a duty of one dollar and a quarter. or all lliilldrt-d pl‘l‘ L‘t'lll which. witli the wllal and pcrcclltap on cost and duly. carry it up to live doll. . and a quarter a toll in gold or seven dol- in .i too iii currency. and when to this we add the cavtage and retailer‘s profit. in current r: us. the price, before it reaches the consumer, ‘ ‘ e led up trolli one dol- lar and a quarter to nine dollars a ton.

Let us striku oll' the duty which ir ‘troying'tlle trade and ruining the mine: owned cllicllv by our people, who hail- turnisllcd t':tpil:tl to open them. :iutl its pt-ilsc witll the costly preilliulll on gold. 11 we do this and llrinz,r tlowll, as ive liiay, iiild have done ill past lllllt‘S, the cost oi coal at our pit-vs to the London price nl four dollars and u qlllll‘tt pal-toil. \remay have gas at little lliore than London plit s. or less than one-hall til current rates. All we have to do is to return to gold aiitl re- peal imposts entirely unnecessary on gas and coal.

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In its annular review of the cvcnts of the p st year. the London Times of the 1st inst” sa “ The new ('l'g:llli7‘llit)11 the liotliluiou ol Canada appe likely to bu SlIJUt still. bIlt the pcoplt, of Nova Smith are ' ill dissatisfied with the pre- ponderance ol interest wllicli they coil- cider opposed to tlicii‘owil. Tilt'll' Lt ' lature sent deputies to England to prot against the lliaitltt-uance U] the union, alld Mr. Bright was induced in advocate their cause ill the House of Coiliniolis; but on discussion it clearly appeared that tile previous Legislature had assented to the establishment oi lllc Dominion :llld it was t. lent that the lilcasiire was in its no 'tnrc ir ncable. The leadcrol the Nova. Scotia ll . deilts has since abandoned the agitation as useless. and it is to be hoped ill the pr. cal grit. :itict-s of which the J‘rovinm:justiy complains will be. remedied by the good sense of the Canadian Parlia- iiieut.“—ll.c flap.

The St. Jolill oarsnit-n. it appears, arc mm to he allowed to rest upon their oars. 'd'hc New York IIentld says that “Jein Ward is hard at work. and by next. March will have a tour-cared crew to row the

St. John men.“ ltis said that Walter

Brown is to be one of the crew.—-—1b.

The uuiv 'sal sull'rage decreed by the revolutionary authorities of Spain raises llle iliililher oi voters iii the country ll'oill 018,271 to 3,010.li.‘;2.all ol tliclliSpailiards. and all over ‘Jytlars olagc.

‘El'he Machias (.\le.) Republican says the weather lately has injured tllc logging .teaiiis .very much, and they are doing ,(‘l)tllp;ll'al.i\"‘ly milling. The prospect is .lllat less than :ili average quantity ot’lngs "will be hauled this winter.

The late Tragedy in New Brunswick.

The St. Joliil Joiirllal publishes tlle fol- lowing statt-lucltt respecting the man hows who lately killed his sister and committed suicide:—

l)r. \Vadlh-ll's statement was to tlli

,cll'ect. l‘ic bail net Ar discovered ill lllil any indications o1 insanity. nor had any .one connected who the Asylum.

sttitcd, howt-vt-r. ill letters to lllcillbcl's his family. that he iliightcxbibit silt-ll s_ toms ill lllt-ir prcscnt-o as all illcil cause. alitl expressed a. wish that some lhcul might vis the Asylum. lt \ at their dcsile— 'tlculal'ly at the dcsu ol the brothers—l it Stephen lllni-li was set frct ll) \\'adtll-l stated in a letter to a mi other I l'tho family. that his not being able to lllSt'UVL‘l‘ indications of insanity ill lnnis did not prove tllat. he was of sound mind —he might develop other feelings lllltll'l' ditl'ercilt ci.cun.st:iilccs. The family (lid not mention to “1‘. Wadtlt-ll. nor did any one, that lune: desired to l‘l‘llllll'l his .s-istt-rto marry him. Mr. Graham build the story incidentally. shortly belol'o ill-

pi." iillci‘atitlti..biit_tlit not attach liliicti ,lniporlaueo to it. the 'ecpcrs all thought

that lnnis was wroneg confined. Noone could conduct llilliscll better. He spent ,a great deal 01 little ill singing. and was very fond ot music, which he could read, and acquire a knowlcdge of very rapidly. ,llc stated to the Doctor that he had given up the idea ol opposing; his sister‘s inur- riagc. and would l'avo the country, not. even going up to St. Stephen.

(ll li-

'1—5 ol

The San Francisco Fenian Brotherhood have bt-un in session for lilo purpose ol

rift-cling llle Union of both brailellcs of)!

the Brotherhood oil the Pacific Coast.

Congress proposed to divide 1 among the sill-reuniting territories, lc 'litlln more than Halt lane City In lilighllnl 'Yoimg, and llllli solve the political pro- ,lllvili.

The population of the Unilllti Statcs is one sixth Negroes. another ltixlli Irile linotllcr lierllliiil. and still another Fl‘l'lll‘ll, Spanish. mid or a nil Dutch. More. than 0111! half the entire population is other than Anglo-saxoli.

l-‘romJuly l 1855, to Doe. I. 1868. l,- 000.000nativcs o1 fort-lg" coulltrit- havi- tollnd apcrmaneut homo ill the , ilctl States. Tilt'il' value to tho country as producers is estimated at 3-10 per head, and lilo spccinbroiigllt with than to the country in estimated at $30 pcr head; {has $060,000,000 amount of Wealth has been brought. to the country.

At the annual pew rent in Rev. llcnry \Vilril llccchcr‘n church, lilo auctioneer commenced with it itplt-nllid contest ior tho lit‘sl. cnnicu IDlel'l‘ll lileurs. ll C liowvn.ll. W. Sage iintl ll. 1'. (Ilalliu. 'l‘hetorlller gentleman was (it'Bllll‘I‘l' the winner. nta rl-uliilni of 8420. He look .1" w 89, whit- i being appraised at 8120, cost him 540. Mr. Sago look 90 for the second choice, at a prl liiim id 81110. and II. B. Cllttlin No8] loi' 9.12.}. the appraise- tulint being $110 each. The ngcicgiiio receipt! ol the sale \\ re ninety-urea t/luu- mllld tlollurr.

The London anettr. Jim. 5, make: mottl-

tlt-s ‘

ol'

,' of the Nova Sculilt [\filulllbly, it holds out no

t liuckingham‘s despatclles of Julie and De- ceml er last, and refers llle colltplaiuauts it the ('anatlian quei‘mucllt.

llloxnlmi. Feb. 1. Respecting the lion. Jost‘pll [low '5 at‘ccpt-

.nt't- oi the Presidency of tile l'rivy (‘oliliciL

t c Montreal (innit: says; “ it will he a

>Uurcc of satisfaction to all triellds ut' L'uinil.

alld may be attcpied as a proof that he ll'la sci-n it to be his highest political dilly to do

n ht).

.-\u illiprchinll gent-rally prevails that the Dominion Ministry are prepare 1 to grant further privileges to Nova Scotia.

lllxllLls. Jan. 30.

The House of Deputies have Clllllin‘t‘vllillg the property of the over. .\ proposition in indite the King for treason was rcjc :ted.

Manlllu. Jail. 30. The nbnlitionists of Spain have presented he Uovei'nlilellt, asking Hill" to ' letting free all children born The pc-

in petition to t issue a deer iii siavery since September, 1505.

l lilion was rct‘t-rrcd to the Cot-th.

. The diplomatic corps have addressed to the

the Papal Xilllttio. quiet, but volunteers are kept untlcrllrllis. Mannin, Jail. 31.

l Franchl, the wit v frnlli Madrid. All the Foreign Ministers ill this city, with the excepiiou of 'thc representatives of Russia, have protested against the bunks oil‘crcd to the Nancie. Loxoos, Jami“. The Russian Government through its .\liil- istcr lit ;\tllcns urges tire ' '9 to ac ‘ctl - to the l proposition ot'tllt: Conference at .l’- is. It is ' rumoured to-day that the Greek (lovcrnulcul 1has yielded and will sign the l‘roctocol. New Yonlt, Feb. 1. The hill to amend the Constitution so as to

i l

Earl tirallville in reference to the n-soluiioa‘

hop.- of lit-pcal; allll endorses the Duke of"

(iovcrlllcllt a. protest against the treatment of, The city of Madrid is'

Papal Niillcio, is about to;

N016.

COIIRLSPON D11.

FROM OUR BOSTON CORRESPONDENT.

Huh’ltiN—‘A i'liW' UF 1'l'll Ill~T0lth ASSOCIA'I [USS

No. l. Uuir JolirlltlI:—-

.\'o city on this side of the .\tl:tntlc is so rich in bl~toric lore as is liostou. ll: early history; the llll‘illll‘" events which transplicl hcrciutlle lavli ot' liltl Lang Sync"; iht- eloquent. tongues which once were heard in its ulll‘il'llt halls, but wllicll i-re now silent ill ,dcath, which inspired llle iuullilutlc to llcroir lt-ctls ill defence of their country and its ill stituiiuns; its iniiulate collncciiou with the inauguration oi the War ofllldependelicc. anti itsclt’tlie battle ground ot'tlle bloodiest lights which enlletlill the tit-parat' iii of the llrilisii Colonies from the Mother (.‘ollniry—lill these things combine to invest this prosperous city wiill a peculiarly romantic harvest, and the reflective lllilul will discover ill its study a a licll mine of insti iielion. iliid a wide lieltl for speculalitln‘. ill which [lie dcepi-r be st ks the more valuable will be the lessons be will find. Nearly ll century has passed since the most oi these events have transpired, but still they live fresh in the llliuthl of the rising gent-ril- tioll. The increasng march of improvement has levelled before it the most of the struc- tures of the by-gulit‘ age. A few of tile more prominent have. lllHl'l. "ed over, alld they form the r coniie int; links between the past :illd the present, and are regarded by the people with almost ll sllptvrs ilious vent-ration. it well repays the trouble int-urrcd. it' all persons coming to Best ril, while set-lug the " lions,"wotlld make lheiusulvcs acquainted with these ancient landiluirks, and while they gaze on the men» unit-ills of the past, trace. it' they can, from cause to effect, the chain of circumstances \\‘lllL‘ll has elitist-t1 this city and this country ttl rank among the ftlreliiost on the earth, ill all that “"1508 honor abroad and love and loyalty at home. lulnlilrcll ivitll feelings vometlilna akin to thrse, your correspondtnt sallictl forth :t ten days ago. having for bill coillpaniun and guide Mr. ltobert it. t‘entro. ut‘tlle War lie- partillt-nt, titul now pr poses to give your readers the result of his pcrigriutitiolls. A thorough description of cacll place of historic- al interest would involve more space than I could be tillbl‘llt’s: for the matter, and i must

:llei' . 'c coii'cllt lily-self with a short sketch l of each. I Illl .s time than it ttkcs to write this, we

arrived at liratlce Sir -t Church. one oi the

i

n13 JOURNAL, 'i‘i—iuilSDA

ltiulie the subject, I must now drop inland re. but ‘ " t - ’ - f ilil TUB! Vl'chl more N . .

or to iftw lttllls u t. , qualwmemmw ‘ . . ; ~Ill\'L'§lelK llilnilell ot the property which, wrought his disqualification; that even then, I

immediately concern the present.

We are now ill the middle of one of the At no time yet has

'nliltlest of mild winters.

' v . . ‘iu the thermometer lit-ell down to zero. lhlrt h hail onlv been one tlld-taldiionctl lulth storm. .m

which occurred on New Year's Day. 1!. tell to the depth of I! tlr in inches, and the streets , were deserted ill consequence. I could not ‘ help an nit-ring what the \ ultccs would do it

‘ ‘ - I 1* ILBRUA - Judges was obliged to resort to ill and unaided, ttlld have been by him solely ile-

t-illcd' 'l‘erln. from the fun. that only one Judge pre- ,

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suitable amount of taxation that will pro. cure for them really good roads. There is another consitlerntit n which should have great weight with Our farmers and. business men generally. There are at present large quantitietl of cuts in differ- ent parts of the Island, which the want: of good roads prevented our farmers from bringing to market. last fall. These oats -—or the capital which they represent—

e unit-uni, ’

ill this instance. inevitable expedient of If for his judicial duties. by

lportailt tliltl not a few t. llcult exceptions hell to his ruling on the trial luult lit-cel- rily have been argued before llllllrelfilolely

That during the last Michaelmas

- - . » .Il-ided the lame unsatisfactory consequence “Ivy we“. “sum “y “w “M “r “m 0‘ ll" '1 'loli-etl of that Judge hearing arguments

Asli

are lyingitllc for fully six months.

l“chrazny llnr'-wcstcrs ot'l lu‘. island. time the rain is pauriili,r l torrents, and not ‘,11 pirlit-lt- ol‘snow to he seen. The holidays I lit-lug ovcr, business has gone down to it great 1extent. alid no prospects of it l‘cvival before 1 spring. This is especially so as regards ltilt- ‘ tlonr i-iilploynli-lits, al ill consequence many taulil‘ are ill a distressed state. The c authorities, cvcr alive to the general welfare, have opened up soup houses at the dilllfI‘L‘lll police stations, where the deserving poor are daily relieved by the thousand. A great deal of llusl v illitl actual starvation is thus avert- ed. C ' ilablc soi'iclii-s also abound. lilill they are at no loss for suljecls on which to bit-10w lliciraid.

The city has also providcd for a victim of free concerts. on tile big organ in Music. 11411. Tlle doors an opened at 7 o'clock, ailtl when the hall is comfortably fall they are closed. ' ‘liis organ is the largest ill America, and the second largest in the world. it was built ill Gerln- by. at it cost of $50,000, but with some udtl' loual stops, S.c., which have been added to it, it has cost ill the aggregate $60,000. Some idea ofits enormous size may be ill- ’frrrt-tl from the fact that ii steam engine is required to blow it. Its lowest bass note sounds like the roll of thunder, and not very distant tlt that.

ag list his own ruling, and tlccidiilglisi-coiltl

time t'llaided. That while your luelllorltlllsta

recognize tlle great talent: ililtl appreciate the

imparlialily of the le it-d Judge alluded to,I they feel that the po tioil ill Willl'll he is thusA trthnelltly placed, is ltot only attended with

tlitllt'lllty to blunt)", but is far from being . ~factory to those who are compelled _ to bring or defend actions ill the Courts which he presides, enlllpelling. as it does. an appeal

from “ Cmi'lt‘ to Caesar," thus reducing to ac— tilal practice a system which happily has hitherto bcill only recognize-l nlctapholiimllv all anonymous \iilli tlle most objectionable kind ofjudieial udlllilliatratinli.

That in case! where by statute. two Judges are required til perfoilii a judicial act, such, , for example, as tile exalllilialion of tin insol- Ivellt Del-tor. collllllcd ill Queen‘s (illllllly Jail, under Process from the Supreme Court, parties requiring the performance of such acts, me at present entirely without it rclllt-tly, unless your lloilor, ill addition to your duties as Adulinistrutorol' the Government, chooses to exercise yourth' ’ d ttillctions.

That lllllcll inconvenience and delay lire at prcsent caused to suitors anti pl‘lll‘llciullt‘l‘s III the Supreme Court. frolll tlle fact tililt dil- ring the period nt‘yniir llnuor's Administra- tinli ot‘tlle (iovllrnlllcnt, only one day ill the

Among the big things to come off next summer is it illilllster (hillcert ill honor of "l‘t':l(1(.‘,"\lllllt.‘l' the dirtctioli of Mr. 1'. S. tiillnlellc. the leader ol'the lrst hand ill the ,cin. It is to collie tltl'ili the middle l)i'Junc. ,‘ A building is to be erected on the Common. ‘Joo bv ant) let-l, cap. tile ol holding 50.00" pl-reo s. The orchestra is to consist of 1000 mane ms. the ticconlpalliilietits to be supplied by cannon. nlusketry alld bells, tlredalld rung , by electricity from the director's stand. The lopclling piece is to be “ llail Uululllhia," to be 'siilig by 20.000 voices, supported by the 01‘- .tr.l, with the above at'l‘mllpfllliillellis. To Iiu ure the slit-cuss ofihis giganticundertaking. ! 1.300 sc lstlll tickets are to he sold, aild these. Eliotel keepers, merchants alld others, are I buyingr up very rapidly. The general ild~

,.

week is allotted for Chamber practice . That ill consequent-c. persons from the country jlll‘ frequently delayed ill town till the recur- oi‘thettppoilltl-d day, and tile prompt administration t>fjustice require: duin uL'L'L'SS to it Judge at Clialilbt-rs.

That although the matter: hereinhefore set forth, come more liuuledi tt-ly under llleliu- tice ot‘your mellinrialists, its nielllbers of the Bar. yet the inconvenience and delay thereby caused, immediately iiiltl directly litl'eet the public generally, ltlld t-spcci llly litigants lilid suitors, iiild this must co me so long parties are obliged to have recoursu to thcju- dicial tribunals ot' the country. to have their wrongs remedied, and their rights protected. Your llielnnrialiatli further submit. that ii sys- telll which even temporarily plt 'es the whole

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Jutl' '

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as will be seen by the corrt-polltlt-llt'e. ,

100"” ll“? rlglll 0’ Sllll'l'lllzt‘l WNW“! "‘l'f‘nim‘c i oldest in Allierica, ill which religious Bl'l‘Ylt‘t‘u 3 to color, in till the States, passed the Nation f hm.“ be”, In.“ fur upwards up, century. I, ["1 “W3”. 0" liclirvsvm'iprcy- “ EU”! "’I i' it pluill, vclicr ble looking structure, built 1 5m“: L08'5131‘1'9‘UT “uncimon- of old-fashioned brick. ()II the front of it in Loxllos. Jan. 30. a suggestive relic of the Revolution, ill ilic

Details of news from Rio Jauciro show 1 “l'f'lw or " mm‘m" ml." which humid 1" [he that the success of Allied l'owcrs ill 1': |f""'k' 1‘, w” U)“: ‘3‘ "W _““‘”y Wim'h ,“Tn' guayan forts iii their hands. They have t 1 .mw,‘ by (ion' “ ".smni'il‘mf’ “rmy’ summit"! lured (he Immury "ml lumgflge in “We”. ill Lliuibrldge. acioss the pllarlesl r,wlli|e larmy. and two thousandprisoners. 'l‘lie l)ic- C“"”U"“d“"°' ‘1'” "H" “l "l" “W” “he” “W i tor Lopez was it fugitive ill the forest, tilldl .r‘w'l ""91" were '."l'puwd m I]? “hum 9W"- mu surround“ by me “me” "oops. tint; previous tirtllclr ttt-tl.ii'tiircttir .\ew lorlt. Losvox Fla. 1“. the hall soon tell oui, but has replaced ill

Ad . f u l .1 l k u t. t d the exact spot, and remains unto this day. \ICL‘S ronl . tit nt 5 a e in it H un er- tood the first bu>ilicss ol'the constituent 001'“ “es, soon to assemble, will be to establish at ,dircctory to guvcrn the country until it sove- ‘ reign is chosen. A deputation comprised 1 of citizens in favor of a republic ailtl t‘reetlolul lreligioiis worship waitctl on the Ministers yen ‘ f tertla ‘ and requested them to issue it decree: k0,, . . . ‘ l . l , ldtcllil ":1 "What?" “If! (‘l‘l‘lrfil‘ t sounded the cluqucuccot \\'as|ilngtoil, rrauk- ,llnl . il ; . l l I 5': LT!) ' gt‘l lUI‘Cl ill. lthc street in front of the ministerial palace land Clitlnlirt'l’l foi- rcli,, oils liberty: the Min- lu-ters replied that "‘ they “'UUl'l "‘3" "‘1‘: tlistllssrtl amid the plaudits ol' the :ls'st‘lllblcil ‘Wlltllt‘ subject of grievance to tiltI (.ortcs. lmulmudwl “.IH,‘ m“ , “,1 m 'p The Government has torlll-ldell large, popll- i new p. n," and WIN,' "mp. lar dclllonslrlitions tilltl the utterance of pit-'11“. ,litit-al cries in the streets, are liable to le to disturbances of tlln public peace. NLw Yoitlt, Feb. 1. y A despatcll from Valentia, Ireland, repu-ts, that telegraph collinllinication will European I . _ , _ __ cities is interrupted by a violent storm. I "1 (3""5 “s5: 0” ‘f L "I0"; _“")'"e “'1‘” 50‘ Twelve puwm WV“. drowned um] mm.“ ccxsioiilst. and \\ ebsteran his reply brought property “ammo-0,1 by mu Ki,“ g “."y up a, i out all the ttrgtintculs oi illc Republican pain ilaill iii l)iinlairy, (.‘oll., last night. cherul 9"” “‘9 l’fil'm'" “ii-‘3 8‘" “l’ “'- -‘" m"lW'lSV‘ “I dwellings \Vcrc Bcht atvay. $1.,000,l Thom) o_t \Jlllt'lli wlas votedl by the Late advices from Port all l’rincc. state‘ul” "H h“ “mm” H ” U" mu" "m" m