not

y abuut

0 wuck

ee " money paid fer the service, &e., &e

4 a few poalteys jobs, the work was set given out

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~~ ty ss and it has beeu preved that under the | Teries Ure cost ef the public printing bas boon, quite as great as it was under the Liberals, Now, | ét is suid that J. B. Cooper's Graage friends are | determined to insist on bis getting the office of Queen's Printer ~— they say that the Orangemen | have worked bacder for the Government than any | ether scctiee of the Lory party -— that Cooper ts the oxpenent of their views — that bis paper) deees't pay—that private subscriptions cannot be | expected to sustain him, as was the case when} Mr. Heard paid his five pounds to feed the stary- ing little ones that Mr. Cooper's misfortunes had | thrown upon the cold charities of the world—that, | in short, Mr. Cooper should and must be Queen's Printer, for he could not possibly exist without | the office, or some very large share of the public | plunder,te be got in any manner—direct or indireet. Then, there is that beauty, G. T. Haszard, of | *« diety breeches" notoriety — he js determingd te put im bis claim; and in the great effulgence of his marvellous intellect, he js at a lose to see how | Between | the two, Cooper aud Haszard, Mr. Ings stands a If the office ot Queen's Printer be not entirely takey from him, the work appertaining to it will he go divided amongst the other two aspirants as to leaye the office itself not werth haying

the Government cay possibly resist it !

fair chance of coming to grief.

There certainly

will be some interesting disclosures and complica-

tiens before the first week of the first session of

the new Parliament sha)! have passed away >> .

THE REVEREND GHRORDY IN A FUME

We published jast week a letter from the Rev

| of S81 votes.

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FOR THR WOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

We publish below the returns, accurately as

certained from the Sheriffs’ Courts in the three |

Counties, on Declaration Day. They will show

that the Government have, as we stated Jast week, |

seventeen members out of the thirty—leaying the Liberals thirteen, which is atleast 9 gain of one vote Taking the stptement pyblished in the last Monitor, as classified under the head of Government and Opposition members, it appears that there were 13,508 yotes for the Goverument in all the districts and towns of the Island, and 14,089 for the Op- position, leaving 4 majority in favour of the latter There is no mistaking these figures —thay are given by the Monitor —a paper not likely to put the Government in a gloomy posi- tion; but the figures, nevertheless, shew, that the Govyernment—boast as tuey may of their majority of four members—do not represent a majority of the electors of this Island. The Government or- gans admit that in several of the districts the elections were decided not on pelitieal priuciples, but on hostility te the Catholics. to he the case, and we are glad of the admission irom our opponents. Jt shews that the Island is not wedded to Tpryism, byt that, to q yery great

This we kuew

extent, it is under the fog of bigotry and preju- dice. Upon this subject we have many obserya- tiens to offer, and intended to begin with them in our present No., but on consideration, we think } it best to await the result of the Council elections

| befure gutering oy 8 review ef the whole politico- religious contest.

DECLARATION DAY

Saturday, the 24th ultimo, being Deelaration Day for Queen's and King’s Counties, and Monday,

James Allan, Presbyterian Minister at Coyehead,! the 26th, for Prince County, the Sheriffs of the in whieh he sdujiuistered a severe but well merited | Uiree Counties, after sumuing up the votes, and | of the report is in these words :—

rebuke to the Kev. Geo. Sutherlaad, fur his sub-| servievey to the dominant political taetion in this | Isiand, aud for prostituting his ministeria) influence This broadside has pat the Rev. Geordy in @ tremendous fume. In! the Protestant of Saturday last he publishes a long communication in reply to Messrs, Laird, Frame and Allan, whe had severally objected to the pub- lication of the so-called “ Pastoral Letter” from the Presbytery. ‘Towards the Rev. Mr. Laird he is barely courteous in style, and wretchedly feeble in argument; with the Rev. Mr. Frame he is suappish aud petulant, without producing an ar- gument or a fact worth noticing; aud towards the Rev. Mr. Allan he has adopted the bullying tone—periectly reckless in the utterance of fulse- hoods, and exhibits himself in a manner so devoid of Christiaa charity, that no stranger could suppose him to be a minister of the Gospel.

He quotes a paragraph from the Rev. Mr. Allan's letter, as follows, and adds the succeeding comments: —

to serve his own private ends.

* Bet whatever be the bearings of his politics | ou his country, they are pretty substantial on hia | private interests, if Dame Rumor can be depended | on; and sufficiently account for his degrading himself to be the tool of 3 puljtica) faction, and for his prostituting his wiujsterial influcuce in | subservience to their cause,’

“ It isto be regretted that any man having a regard

for hisown character should se write of a brother | © McLellan,

Maiuister. jute; it cannot be paseed yver.

|

The whole paragraph must be looked | Jawes Muirhead, The accusation

of Dame Rumor is slanderous; and can ouly be}

equalled by those of the Vindicator, What will! Mr. Allan say to the charge of taking up aud pubhisting te the world an evil report, without | examination, without foundation! What man’s! character can be safe fur ay hour, if such a course |

is parsued, the most atrocious crimes may be laid Hon

to his charge, aud his character destroyed beyond | remedy, for many will believe a lie in preference | to the truth.

ceived in commen with ministers of other deno- minations, as a member of the Board of Education, | I neither have received, nor du receive any moves | from the Government. : a

“The second part of the paragraph is not hypo- |

thetiea) ; it iw a direct statement, and one so | Dr. Kaye, peculiarly offensiee and damaging that it must | James Duncan,

come betore the Presbytery, if not also before the | ewil cvurts. : may friends of the higuest standing in the comuu- nity affirm that I cannot allow it to pass without | a civil prosecution. I have therefore to inform | Mr. Allan that wnless this statewent is publicly | withdrawn, aod an ample public apology given, he shall be p

of 4 political faction, and wherein I have prosti-

tuted my ministerial influence. 1 will reeeive no}

half and half explanation; 1 demand an absolute |

withdrawal o: this gress aceusation, and an ample

epology : I will be satisfied with nothing less. ni

$s unmerited assault, I know that 1 have the | and its army of subseribers fur ‘G3 is Likely ta out- | ping,

sympathy aad support both of the Gocernment aud | of the conotry, and that they will not be slow te recognize those who have borne unmeasured re-

proach for the maintenance of Protestantism, and | Club wet on Friday evening last, the 30th ult., to |

Let Mr. Allan, then, kuow that be-| Hon youd the small sum of nine pounds annually, re- | Joby sutherland.

geing through the usual ceremonies, proclaimed the state of the Poll ju the several Electoral Dis- tricts, &e., &c., as belaw:— QUEEN'S COUNTY. CHARLOTTETOWN AND ROYALTY.

Frederick Brecken, 566 | W. Heard, Daniel Davies, 542 | John Trenaman,

FIRST DISTRICT,

Donald Montgomery ,905 | Alex. Robertson, Wa. Haslam, 870 | Willian: Campbell,

SECOND DISTRICT.

Hon. J. Lougwaorth, 874 | Benj. Davies, * Alex. Laird, 9 |

THIRD DISTRICT.

Hon. George Coles, 888 | Serjt. Henderson, “ FP. Kelly, 866 | Danean Shaw,

FOURTH DISTRICT.

492

685

ane Bow

614

O43

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$3

Hon. Col. Gray, 1251 | D. Taylor, 473 W. H. Pope, 961 | PRINCE COUNTY. FIRST DISTRICT. Nicholas Conroy, 562]! P. Doyle, 340

G. W. Howlan, 538 | Benj. Rogers, LECOND DISTRICT.

Jehu Yeo, 590 | John M. Clark, David Ramsay, 439 |

THIRD DISTRICT.

180

George Sinclair, 658 | Hon. James Yeo, 450 Hon. Jas. Warburton 500 FOURTH DISTRICT.

Hon. James C. Pope, 669 | Hon. W.W. Lord, 558 Corgelius Howat, 645 | George Wright, 434 | PIPTH DIsTRicT.

21 | Daniel Green, 208 212 | Jobn Haszard, 206 KING'S COUNTY. GEORGETOWN AND ROYALTY. He

Hou. T.H. Hayilaud,186 | A. A. MeDonald, “ BR. McAuljay, 164 | FirnsT bDisTRicT. D. Beaton, 670 | Hon. E. MeEachern, 249 Jos. Hensley, S88 | SECOND DISTRICT. E. Whelan, 800 Douglas Dixon, 96 7383 THIRD DisTRicT.

539 John Hamilton, 440

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Ronald Walker, Hon. E. 'Thornten, FOURTH DIsTRicT. 525 | Hon. J. Wightman, 369 3S | Gearge Harris, 336 te” The names on the left hand side are the

It is unquestionably libellous, and | members returned.—ZJsé.

i ht A NOTABLE ProciamMaTion.—In our columns

438 |

> | afterwards ou the lakes.

ae) os ? +

Well, ee THE RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS Wak Cawats.—he sharp sighted forwarders St

and real estate men of the States of New York ‘and Illinois, have heen trying yery hard during the last two years to make a epoouiaes gut of the civil war, and more especially out of the ap- prehensions that a contest with Britain will grow vut of it. By treaty, England and the United States have agreed that neither sha}l keep armed vessels on the lakes in time of peace. ' Britain | possesses, howeyer, in the St. Lawrenge, canals, ‘the meays of sending gunboats to the lakes from ‘sea, and that circumstance has atforded standing | vround for the efforts of our sharp neighbours in the carrying trade. ‘They ignore altogether the diffi- | culties which we see in sending gunboats through the canals in time of war—the light draft of water, the near neightourhoed of the American jshore, the ease with which a lock could be blown /up and cammunication destroyed, They ignore jeverything, but the facet that Britajn possesses a }channel by which war vessels of smal) size can be {put upon the lakea when cjreugstauces are fa- jvourable, and they say—we, too, must have our ship canal from the ocean and the Mississippi to ithe lakes. The American mind is feverish, and projects are now talked of which, at other times, would not receive a moment’sthonght. Hundreds of millions are being lavishly spent, and the cost lof ceystructing three hundred miles of ship canal lyeems a bagatelle, Visions of grein barges as | gre g large as ocean steamers pass helore the eyes of | torwarders of Hutfalo, ahen’. and jutermediate }poiuts. They see in imagination their business | tacijities quadrupled, and they hurry up their peti- | tions to the Federal Congress, asking that the Brie jeanal shall be enlarged to the requisite dimen- sions, as a }ederal work and at Federal cost. But war tad as the American people are at the | present mowent, they still retain a considerable |share of their usual perspicacjty of yision, and | vivid appreciation of their best interests. To use i their own language, “ they can’t see it”. And the | Naval Committee of the House of Representatives has put a stapper upon the project, in a way | whic duiiale our heartijest admiration by its conciseness and good sense. The Committee was instructed to report upon the cheapest, most expeditious and trustworthy j} mode of placing vessels of war upon Lake Ontario pe the other great lakes, including the enlarge- ment of the Erie Canal locks.” The conclusion

“In view of the foregoing considerations the Committee are ef the epmion ;—

Ist,—that the cheapest, most expeditious and trustworthy mode of placing war vessels upon Lake Ontario and the other lakes, should a neces. sity for doing 80 at any time arise, is te Jaunch | them in the first instance upon those waters. 2nd, —that it is not wecessary nor is it expedient for the purpose aforesaid, te establish water commiu- nications adapted to the passage of vessels of war | from other waters to the Lakes.”

Frow a wilitary point of view, we believe the committee have judged rightly. It would be better and cheaper to wake preparations to de- struy our canals at the commencement of war, than to dig a canal, in order to be able to fight us It is useless to talk ot

that, however. The clause of the report which |says, ‘should a necessity for duing so at any | time arise,” contains the point of the whole dis- jcussion. The necessity never will arise, if men | wil} take as much paitis ta kee } the peace as to j ae es for war. jin Hand whieh will keep them busy for the next | twelve years, and Britain will not disturb them.

v76| All that both people have to dq is to keep civil

| tongues in their heads, and even if that cannot be done, there is good sense enough among Britons jand Americans to brash aside complications brought about by the intemperate and designing. — Toronto Glabe.

| ee

Frou tHe Sovru.—The Richmond Dis- | patch of the 13th has the following intelli- | gence concerning affairs in North Carolina :

*¢ The news from Hastern North Carolina is very much the same as that which has | been laid before our readers for the last two or three days, and give assurance that the jenemy is preparing fur an attack on Wil- | mington, and perhaps Goldsboro.”’ The force at Newbery is variously estimated, some persons placing it a8 high 70,000, and | others as low as35,000. There are two iron }clads in Beaufort harbor—one, the Passaic, | leaking badly, with two feet of water in her at last accounts. On Wednesday laat there were about 40,000 Federal troops at Moor- | head city, and more were expected.

| A negro who went off with the Yankees |when they made their raid on Kingston, h 18 |returned to that point, from Newbern. He | represents things in a horrible condition at | Newbern for the negro, and begs hia master |to take bim to the mountains, as he does not | desire to fall into the hands of the Yankees again.”’

Three free negroes were sold into slavery

i

The Americans have got a job |

Marl tte t Ae rs it Reis. ae

CyrucLesron A Deserviy Crry.— The fol- jowing is an extract of a letter from a iyreign gentleman, dated Charleston, 8.C., Dec. 18, 1862: | We arrived at Charleston four days after j leaving New York, and although J had not made myself any illusions, yet I did not expect to find this city such as jt is; in truth, at first, and par- ticularly in certain quarters, it seens® like a vast cemetery and there a psearesly two or three streets sufficiently avimated tg dispel this impression.

* Ever since the beginning of the blockade syery day some families moyed away to retire jntp the interior, and of late this emigration has become almost general. All who have been able to follow this movement, men, women, old men and children, have gone, and I believe tg-day there are net twenty ladiesleftiu the place. Consequently there can be nothing more sad, I assure you, than these fine streets iu which you often do not meet ten persons in their entire length; nothing so sad as these tine houses, without life, their balconies and gardens deserted, and their windows closed—silent and funereal, as though death had passed there! Add to this the fact that nearly one-third of the city is in ruins, the effect of the terrible fire which devastated Charleston about a year ago, and you will scarcely have an idea of the sad spectacle that presented itself to the eyes here on every side. The more sad for me as the transition liad been sudden, and | had my mind still full of New York,” &c. &e.

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PareR FROM Woop. — The Boston Journal of Thursday last comes to us printed on paper made extircly of wood. It is a very good article, is White aud clear, byt is not, the publishers say, as good as the manufacturers will eventually be able to make. There can be yo doubt whatever that many of the efforts now making to produce geod paper from new material will result in sue- cess, and jt is quite likely that ip a short tine paper will be cheaper than ever,

The London Hfuilder says a company has been formed to bring into practical use a spi- ral fluted nail, recently invented in England. They are fluted and twisted ina machine, and are manufactured as cheap as common nails. The holding qualities of the nail are remarkable ; no holes are required to be made befure driving those of the largest size, and there is no danger of the board splitting, how- ever near the edge the nail is driven. The spiral point causes the nail to revolve as it advances, and its tenacity of holding is equa) to that of a wood screw. nb 09° oe .--—-

A man named Jeremiah Williams, one of the Fair Isle Emigrants, whe has been in the employ of Mr. Stephen Glasier, died sudden- ly on Monday last. He was awakened by a noise in an adjoining room, and rose to ascer- tain the cause ; on returning to bed he died almost instantaneously —Fredericton Reporter.

SPECIAL NOTICES.

Holloway’s Pills —Weaknews aud debility. — No nice discrimination of the nature or seat of the disorder is necessary forthe beneficial adnmunistra- tion of these Pilis, which by purifying the blood, and adjusting its circulation, regulate and refresh every orgau throughout the body, These ex- cellent Pills search out the roots of all disorders, and assuredly expel them from the system. Bal- \samie in their composition, and gentle in their operation, Holloway’s Pills will not have any real | benefit unless the sufferer will eschew the use of ‘all pies, puddings, and pastry. The diet should | be substantial, plain, and simple; by such an ob- servance the lives of thousauds may be preserved.

DOLL LOLOL LOLOL I LLL LL LBA LL LL LLL

A Goop Errect —Rey. James P. Stone Greens- boro, Vt., writes—“ [have used Mrs. S. A. Allen’s World’s Hair Restorer and Zylobalsamum only for a short time, but the good effect is manifest. My hair was falling and very thin; it isnow much thicker, has ceased to fall, and restored to its ori- ginal color.”

Sold by Druggists everywhere. Depot, 198 Greeuwich-street, New York.

Partie cLsk Novice.—Special attention is asked to Hunnewell’s Preparations in our adver- tizing columns, which include a list of great repu- tation in the States, and such as can be relied on iu every particular. Im

Married,

At the Chureh of Saint Bonaventure, Tracadie, on Tuesday, the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. Thomas Phelan, P. P., Mr. James J. O'Reilly, Teacher, Covehead, to Ellen, second daughter of Edward Mullins, Esquire, of the latter place.

Died; At the Portage Road, Lot 41, an Monday, the 19th ultimo, of Asthma, Mr. John Waleh, aged 28 years, leaving a wife with three children, and a large circle of friends, to mourn their irreparable loss. At Mimivigash, Lot 2, on Friday evening, the 9th

pat Richmond ou the 12th—-two on a convie-

inst., after a tedious and painful illness, which be

to-day, that sparkling pleasure to all eyes, the | tion for grand larceny, and the other for| bore with patient resignation to the Divine Will,

elegant and entertaining New York Mercury, pro-

! | claims its intentions for the New-Year of i503 osecuted fur gall compelled a. none 8 intentions fy ie ev ear o >

prove where I have degraded myself as the tool | for e

verybady, and enables the mind,

“ Formed by its converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.”

To do without the Mercury for a week would

In| be like missing the face you love best for a year, Rock, wus celebrated by the negro warsip- |

number that of the Union. —-_- ~- Desatineg Cin. — The

CHARLOTTETOWN

the promotion of the best interests of the country.” | diseuss the question previously announced, vigi—

If Mr. Sutherland is really anxious to commence |

in the Government—taking the Attorney Genoral | as dry nurse, he having acted in that capacity for the man with the “unclean hands" —perhaps at would be as well to inelude us in the prosecution, for we do most emphatically declare that George Sutherland has shewn himself to be the tool of a political faction — that he has used his ministerial influeuee for such faction, (but whether he has degraded himself, we are not prepared to say, un- less we could prove that Black Bill, or any unfor- tunate wretch in the community had lust hia cha- racter by supporting the Government)—and that, judging from past experience, we have every rea- son to believe that his politics are influenced alto-| gether by a consideration for his pocket.

He says that he has not received any money from the Goverument except nine pounds a year, as a member of the Board of Education. This ia not the whole truth, Master Geordy, and you are | guilty of a deliberate falsehood in giving only a| part of the truth. You, George Sutherland, re-| ceived Seventy-five pounds of the people's money for a trashy book which you have the impudence tu style a history—which was foisted on unfortu- nate schoolmastera against their will, and who bad to submit to let their mall warrants be shaved to pay you. That miserable abortion of a book was submitted to the Legislature ; the mem- bers of the lower House contemptuoualy threw the thing out of the way, as unworthy of notice ; you — George Sutherland — had, nevertheless, the vanity to get it printed; and you, the aforgsaid George Sutherland, had the superlative effrontery to receive seventy-five pounds of the people's! movey for a certain number of copies of this trashy book, without a vote of the Legislature— which Looks are not used in the schools, as we) can prove; and which seventy-five pounds would never have found their way into your pocket, had you not been a meddling and meddlesume member | of the Board of Education, and a tool to the party who placed you there.

“My friends of the highest standing,” says Geordy, have advised me to become a litigant and & persecutor; “ I know,” he adds, “ T shall have the support ef the Government.” Of course, the Goverament will support him in any unholy ero- sade that may be commenced against the freedow of opinion. Perhaps he will follew the example of his friend Pope, aud try a criminal information. We sincerely hope that Geordy will keep to his Promise, when be says: “I will receive no half and half explanations; I demand an absolute with- drawal of this gross accusation, and an ample apology. 1 will be satisfied with nothing les.” We endorse the Rey. Mr. Allan's “ accusation” to the very fullest extent, and we have no fear for the vesylt. A boasting, bullying ‘tool of the Go verumeyt — backed, as he may be, by the whole power of the Executive Couneil — ean never in- duce us to abate one jot of the sovereign contempt with whieh we regard the name of George Sutherland.

Gd - ©. ¥. ML. Isepyppre.-—-On Wednesday eveuing next, the 4th instant, there will be a betel} resume of previous debates, together with recita- bons E. Rocue, Sec’y.

February 2ud, 1363

| sary

“ Would a limited and enlightened censorship of

: | the Press of this Island tend to promote morality 1” : a libel prosecution under the auspices of his friends | A very animated discussion ensued until the hour | brushes for us before the war, took their

of closing; and 4 number of membera who were desirous of expressing their views an the subject, having not had an opportunity af doing sa, the discussion Was on motion adjourned until the next regular night of meeting. Geo. ALLEY, Sec’y. “eb. 2, 1863.

- ~~ The wife of John McDonald, of New Harmony, was delivered of three children on Wednesday evening, the 21st instant, two girls and a boy. One of the children died ; but the other two are strong and healthy, and daing well. The ove that died was strong and healthy when born.—Com.

from Souris, January 22.

Desrtu or Papep. —New Material and Machinary.—An article in the New York | Pest of last evening states that it is estima- ted that in the State of Illinois alone there is | enough of flax fibre thrown away ‘very year to equal the annual importation of rags from abroad. There the farmers raise enormous crops of flax for the seed only ; they heat out the seed from the balls and throw the rest of the plant away, the labour of dressing the fibre and the expense of getting it to market not being compensated by the price it brings. A machine has beeu invented in New York by which the flax plant in its natural state may be reduced to tow. It requires no pro- cess of rotting for this purpose but as soou as the stems are dry they are ready for the ma- chine. The tow produced in this man- ner has, of course, to be bleached by the usual process and reduced to pulp, and it would then becomes materiel of the very strongest and best paper that is made, either for printing or writing. All that is neces- is to have the machines on the Illinois

rairies, or wherever else flax is cultivated, and ina few daye one might have mountains of tow ready forthe paper mills. The Post understands that several of these machines have been ordered by owners of paper mills, and it beljeyes that im another year the stric- ture which the scarcity of ey has a ed on the press of the country through their means, and other ingenious Northern inven- tions and adaptations of materials for paper making not now in use, will have passed away.

Murprer ow THE High Seas.—By the steamer Africa, which arrived from yesterday morning, James McCook, of Yarmouth, whe was charged in the United States with the murder ot James Little on board a British yessel on the

High Seas, and who ander the Extradition Treaty &

was delivered up to the British authorities at New York, was brought to Halifax. charge of by the Police authorities of this city. Four persons were also sent as witnesses to prove the cave against McCook. The prisoner was a mate, and Little a seaman on beard the Margaret, which sailed from Belfast, Ireland, for New York, on the 26th ber last, and on board of this vessel the murder was committed, McCook was lodged in the County jail, and the witnesses de- tained in custody. It is probable that a prelimin- ary mvestigation will take place before His Wor- ship the Mayor and presiding Alderman ou Mon- day next, or perhaps this day.—Chroniele. oo

Great Fraups.—A commission has been during the last two months investigating in New Fork the frauda committed in the sub- sistence department. The result has been the discovery of forty forgeries, covering gn amount of $700,000, and implicating many high civil and military officers of the Govern, ment, brokers and athers of pure Republican principles, and undeniable Union sentiment.

, of things coutinues for any lengili of time. There

He was taken {

| refusing to leave the state as ordered. The Dispatch publishes a full report of |

a charming ‘ guide, philosopher and friend" |the dinner of the New England Society in i

|New York @ few days ago, and prefaces it | | by the following remarks : | “©The tuirty-fourth anniversary of the

‘ Landing of the Pilgrims,’ on Plymouth | tin-peddling descendants of the said | | pilgrims, in New York, a few days ago, by |a dinner at the Astor House. Among the | distinguished guests present were three bri- | gadier generals, Hon. Johu Van Buren, and \the Mayor of New York. These gentry, who used to make our brooms and blacking- | dinner with one grace before it and one after }to settle it, and then commenced their , speeches.”’

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Tue Pay or THe Troops.—The Washington correspondent of the New York Post says there i# great dissatisfaction in the Army of the Potomac —something amounting almost todemoralizatioa—

j and the chief cause of it is the fact that the men | have not had their pay for months. Itis surprising | that the government can have permitted the evil to go uncorrected so lang when such vast interests are at stake. An intelligent gentleman, just re- turned from the army gt Fredericksburg, states that the effectiveness of that splendid body of troops will be destrayed if the present condition

is an alarming amount of complaint and positive disaffection. The men say that the government cares nothing for their wants, and proelavery officers have not lost the opportunity ta make capital against “ the civiliaus at Washington.”— Boston Journal.

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NOBLEMAN AND NOBLE Man.—In Lord Gif- ford we have prematurely lost a most valuable and estimable man, one ot those so much wanted in public affairs to aueceed to positions that in the course of nature must ere long be vacant. Lord Gifford had the happy combination of high talents and fine qualities, which is so deservedly prized in this country. He had temper the most sweet, a disposition kind and genial, all generous sympa- thies, a graceful modesty, and a religious rever- ence of truth. He was loved wherever he was known, but he bore his faculties so meekly as to wrong his claim to respect for intellectual superi- ority. The superficial could pat see how much there was to admire in the mind of one who evi- dently thought so little of himself. ‘Taker at his own estimate he would, indeed, not have been rated highly. Yet to whatever he applied himself he did well. He was the Chairman of the Cow- mission of Inquiry inte the Accounte of the Navy, and drew up the report, the honesty and ability of which were equally admired. His talents were indeed excellently adapted for public affairs, and on whatever subject they might be employed they were sure to be under the strictest guidance of truth and of sound judgment. The wide range and perfection of Lord Giffordé’s accomplishments were extraordinary. He had a fine taste for the arts. He was an erudite musician, as well as a good performer; he was skilled in mechanics ; he was 4 sculptor, and has left some beautiful speci- mens of his proficiency; be had a vast fund of scientific knowledge, and could render it with a wonderful lucidity, so as to make subjects abstruse and recondite inte}ligibie.

For more than q year Lord Gifford had under- one the moat crue] sufferings, which he bore with a beautiful patience and manly fortitude. The in- jury whieh caused hia lang ilfjess, and ultimately is premature death, might in great part have been escaped if he had not thought more of the safety of twa poor |sboureys than of hisown, He for some minutes bore the weight of the trank of a fallon tree on his bagk to preyent its crushing the men below him, He wae in all a noble fel- low, a great generoys heart and a good head. He has gone to his rest early, but with a great gather- ing of love richly his due.—-London Exqminer.

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The hired transport-veesel Thomas, taken ap by the War Department for the conyey- ance of stores to Canada, and which left for her destination ahout three weeks since, has returned to Woolwich in 2 disabled state, having been considerably injured by the late stormy weather. She is now off the Royal Arsenal Pier, discharging her cargo of am- munition, &c., which is mach damaged.

seccanieiineaiicaicn

A party of thirty-seven ladies and gentle- men skating on & pond in Harpersville New York, on Monday last,broke through the ice,

———— The schooner Packet, Deagle, master, arrived at Souris, on the 25th instant from Halitay. i

Simon, the beloved son of Mr. Simon and Elizabeth Luthill, aged 28 years.

At Miminigush, Lot 2, on Saturday evening, the 7th idst., Elizabeth, the beloved wite of Mr.Simon Luthill, who emigrated from Queen's County, Ire- land, to this Is!and, in the year 1825. Deceased was 63 years of age, and, until a few minutes pre- vioas to her death, retained im perfection all her mental faculties; and was, on account of her piety, charity and benevolence, deservedly respected by a large cirele of friends and acquaintances. Requiescant in pace.

On the 10th ultimo, at Brudenell River, after a few days’ illness, universally respected and re- gretted, Henry Gordon, Esqr., aged 65 years.

On the 26th altimo, in this city, of Consumption, in the 23rd vear of his age, James Power, Tinsmith,

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formerly of Newfoundland. —R.L.P.

Ship News.

PsILapecruia, Jan. 10— Arrived brig Venus, P. KE. island. 1i—Keorca, do.

New York, Jan. 14— Arrived brig Maggie Me Neill, P. E. Island, 8 days.

The Prussian bark August, 105 days from Cardiff, at New York, reports having experienced heavy weather during most of the passage. Dec.9, passed the burk Eleanor, of St. John, N.B., waterlogged and abandoned ; had a mizen staysail set, mainyvard adritt, with sail bent, but loose, boats all gone, forecastle adrift, cabiu on deck stove, and the cargo, supposed to be timber, washed out of the hold.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

To the Legislative Council Electurs for the First District of Queen's County. GENTLEMEN— PUBLIC MEETING was held at

Bonshaw, on the 28th inst., at which several gentlemen were nominated as Candidates for the representation of your district in the Upper Cham- ber of the Legislature, but none of the Candidates proposed were deemed acceptable to the majority ; and it does nov appear that the other end of the district has made choice of any candidates who would be likely to command the confidence of the great bulk of the electors. In the absence, there- ore, of any nomination emanating from the majority of the electors, 1 respectfully offer my services as a candidate, believing that | ym sufficiently well and favorably known in all parts of the cig‘rict to in- duce the electors to place confidence in me, and bumbly hoping that I can serve them as faithfully aud independently as any candidate that can be found in the district, without placing it under the necessity of applying to Charlottetown for a repre- sentative, or leaving the choice of qa candidate to the ballot box.

If you should deem me worthy of the honor of a seat in the Conneil, | beg to assure you that I shall! labour zealously to deserve the confidence you will thas repose in,

Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. Bonshaw, January 31, 1863,

To the Electors of the Second Elective Legislative Council District of Queen’s| County.

GENTLEMEN,—

fAVING been unanimously nominated

at several Public Meetings in your District as a Candidate for the representation of your inte- rests in the Legislative Council; and having re- ceived from a large number of the Electors requisitions expressing satisfaction at my past po- litical conduct, and making especial reference to the interest I have certainly felt and taken in the Land Question, and requesting me to allow myself to be put in nomination asa Candidate for your suffrages at the coming Eleetion for the Legislative Council ; under such circumstances I feel that I can do no other than respond to your very flattering request.

GeytLemen,—Should I be elected, I pledge my- self to use my best exertions to forward any and every measure caleyjated to subserve the interests, and develop the résources of this my adopted country. And believing, as I firmly do, that we need nat at all despair of getting a satisfactory set- tlement of the Land Question, I, for one, will not submit to a breagh of faith on the part of the Pro- prietora, or even qn the part of the Secretary of State; but will perseyere in holding them to their obligations, and claiming 4 fulfilment of their pledges to the Tenantry ; feeling assured that if we allow this matter to drop, we shall lose, forever, all chance of uppgoting the Leasehcld system of Land Tenures.

I would only furthey remark that [ have no siu- ister end ta sybserya. I come before von perfectly independent ; if the country flourishes } participate ; if it suffers I cannot but feel it. It has heen truly sajd, that your interests and mine are jytimately blended.

I have the hononr to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant,

when unfortunately twenty-seyen of their number were drowned.

GEORGE BEKER. Feby, 2, 1863

/we are determined that no fault shall be found in

> Le een eT RN oR NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Flour, ‘Tea, Raisins, Sugar,

Molasses, Candles, &c, T° be Sold by PUBLIC AUCTLON, on

o'clock, at the Subscriber's Rooms, Queey-street : 40 chests superior CONGOU TEA (warranted) 10 half cheats do 80 bbls FLOUR (very superior) 20 poxes RAISINS 12 boxes PIPES

15 do CANDLES 2 kegs COPPERAS

2 kegs Sulphur i keys Saleratus

3 ae VINEGAR caske Kerosene OL 10 bbls APPLES 3 coils Manilla ROPS

9 bhds BRIGHT SUGAR

8 punch. Porto Rico Molasses 10 bbls PILOT BREAD

5 do BUTTER CRACKERS

6 dozen packages Smoking TOBACCO

4 boxes SOAP 20 boxes mixed Confectionary

1 box | doz. bottles CASTOR GiL

3 gross Stove Polish 3 gross Shoe Blacking 0 cases pure HOLLAND GIN (1 doz each)

2 hhds Do Jo

5 bbls Owtons 50 boxes Lozenges

4 boxes MACCARONI

thrge months’ credit, on approved Joint Notes. WILLIAM DODD, Auctioveer. Feby. 2, 1863.

Tea, Sugar, Flour, Molasses, &e, &e. &c.

B* AUCTION.—The Subscriber wil! sell, at his SALE-ROOM, on THURSDAY, February 12th, at eleven o'clock; 25 bhds MOLASSES 10 doz BRGOMS

4 hbds SUGAR 2 cases and Shoes 20 chests and half chests TEA 5 nests Tuxs 150 bbls FLOUR 5 boxes SPICE 20 boxes SOAP 20 bbls Apeces 20 do Candles 5 do Peurs, choice 10 doz. Buckets 10 boxes Confectionary 10 bbls Onions 25 do Smoked Herrings 10 casks Baking Soda 5S do Clothes Pins 10 de Washing Soda &e. &o. &e.

Terms—Sumes under £10, cash ; over £10, and under £50, three months’ eredit; over £50, four months’ credit. Approved Joint Notes in all cases. J. 8. CARVELL. Charlottetown, Feb. 2, 1863. 2