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“'l; copy the Iollon‘mg article from a Northern paper— Ilarpns‘ ll‘mtr‘g. The discriminating reader will be able from it to form apretty correct idea of the state 0. «Tours in the Smtlnr.‘ States:—

"The deprec lion ol' political debate in the last mlch States is rlltlply silly. Those States are to be organized by 01' al sulf- I‘age. A large part of the voters are newly cntranchised and were lately slaves. The old master class can not see with patience the sudden elevation of the d \vhlcll is coincident with its own bun.il uion and defeat in the field. The l‘roedlueu can not at. once have all the moderation and Ms- dons of allighly-eivilized people accustom- ed to selfigoverumeut. But the Qlttlatiou is nevertheless simple. The whole popli- lution of the South is to be educated to political power by possessiu;,r it. They are to become accustomed as soon as prac- ticable to all the processes of a tree popltlar forerumellt. They are not to be arbitrar-

ily trained or lllouhled or whittled into shape. People can never learn to swim until they jump into tlle water. There is no political education like political prac- livc.

Ifow the first condition of political edu- cation is perfect lrecdom ofspeeeh. Every citizen is to say what he thinks, and why he thinks it. wheneverhc all get any body to hear him. If he says it toolishly. So much tllc worse for his opinion. He will make no converts; he will repel till-m. But olller people have no right to be brtl~ to] because he is angry or extrav rant. They may go ottt of hearing, but they must not close his mouth. ll he knows his audience to be peculiarly sensitive or excited. ajlldiciolls speaker will govern himself ac -ordillgly. But il'he be illjudi- lriolls his rights are precisely the satire, and tilednty of the Government to protect him is imperative. Our popular system does not suppose every man to be wise.

The Southern States are as wholly nu- used to the spirit and the forllts of a free government as Du Chailu's Ashango Land.

There has never been any freedom of

speech in that part of the country or any .tolerations of differing opinions upon the {nose vital questions. The word libertv in its simple, broad sense has been utterly unmeanmg. Free speech, and thereby a popular government. can be established there only by a loree whose mere presence will keep the peace. And with such a force at hand the true course is to encour- age men of every opiniol to stump the whole region lllld advoea 0 their views. \Vc hope they may be discreet men. but that lve can not bargain for. If we ask them not to go. in the hope that at some indefinite future time there may be a more pacific moment and a tcr wil~ liugnl-ss to hear. we forget limit: peace- llble time is in the result of this very frank discussion. and that in postponing the de- bate wc postpone the peace. It is bv education. by ellliglltelnnentofcvcry kinll that the temper oi the disturbed section is to be moderated. We can no more escape the agitation than the disturbed eleetr al condition ol'the atmosphere and the earth can adjust. itself without a thunder-storm.

It would. indeed be extremely unfair if one side only were allowed to speak; and it is alleged that the Republicans llolle are alowed to say what they like in any manner they choose. The charge is totally untrue. “'ade liaulpton has exactly tllo same frec- doln that llcnry Wilson has, and Governor Orr may spea t as plainly as Judge Kelley. Probably while the States are under mili- tary rllle none of these speakers would be allowed to urge resistance to the Govern- ment. llut the restriction would be im- partial. It would silence Mr. Wilson as Well as Mr. Hampton.

For ourselves we confess maybe true

lan seems to be to have a fo 0 which secures order, and then to let e\ y tongue wag at its will. Everybody feels better when he has expressed himscll, and a great many listeners smile to discover what .l. small matter it was. In no other way than by absolute freedom of speech will the people of the disturbed States ever be politically educated, or the region become sulllcietltly tranquil to allow the withdrawal of the troops."

———4—.o.———__ CURIOSI'I‘IES OF TIIE PARIS EI- POSITION.

The most attractive curiosities of the French department of the l'- s Exposition is a newly-invented cravet pill. Every- body has seen how bells are rungin ullthc new hotels. Instead of pulling tllu bell and making it ring by an exertion of me- chanical force, we press ll small button in the wall; this is connected by all clec wire withu little alarm, tllo elappc which keeps on jingling so long a button is pressed. Lift. the ha If r button. and the alarm ceases. eiplu a trench jelveller has ado ted cravltt plus. The knob of the )ll is of various devices. It. is a bare witlatabor. or a drummer with his drum, or a death's head with nlooso under jaw. or a dog. Whoever chooses to wear such a pill has connected will) it by a wire a small elec- trical battery in one of his pockets. lln )uts his hand into his pocket, touches a button there. and off goes the pill. The hare begins to patter on the tabor, the drummer to beat on his drum. the death‘s head to chatter and roll its horrid eyes, or the dog to bark and snap. When the [mm] is lifted from the btlttull, instantly all be- comes quilt.

lit the British department a curious swan attracts great. attention. When we up-

roacll the bird we see him flouting as if in water, and resting Ills head behi..d his wings. lie is wound a l, and he lit-gins to raise lilo head with ldficproper motions of the swan. llo curves lisllcck ill pride: he csplcs solnc fish in the water before him; he lowers his head to seize one; he holds it ill his beak for on instant; be then ,wnumva it, and, lust nfall. eturns grace- fully to rest. The action is very pro and calls forth loud applause. I‘he bird. however, is indeed ,very old, though his plumage am be .new. Its mechanism WM 9le one to have been collstrllcved by nMr. \ eekll. wholived in the reign of George III.; habit was luter discowrnl that. it fol-melt part oftllo mtlsuem of Mr. Cox. n. Liliidon ferveller. who lived in the

reign of George 11.. and whose collection must have been of some. importance. as he obtainellan not of portion out to enable him to (its use of it bywy. Mr. Harry Emanuel us put t c ock \vork mechan- ism in order; and hanglrcn the bird a new

‘and beautiful sliver fllntago; but this is

all he had to do will the invention of the toy. which proves so attractive to tho mul- tftndo, and which run mch to eclipse all else in its neighbor and.

A Minnesota man nllud from his what but your more than twice the amount for Ml tom the yen- before.

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.\ Ills'lv-Rlsouxo Errmm:.—-‘l‘lle Lon-4 don .Vm'n [I Herald‘s military correspon- dent given the following slot

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i “ A farmer. llt lag in a hamlet hear.

Possum. Ind a wile and tu'ol‘itiidrrll. fltllli .Hlt'll was the woman‘s terror of the I‘m»; failure. when she. heard ton-y were coming; illlni her husband. to sallsty her. placed "her in an lll'lllt‘l' mnnd collar with her two llittlc ones. turd will up tllcdoorway. leav- ing some tbod inside. The l‘nt~~iaas eu- ltered the plat-e. and among: others. obl' this poor man to necoulpllnv lllt'ill- his horse and cart, for a day‘s journey. they s: ‘d. lint the man was brought on from place to plae ind at last. when he was suffered to return and reached his own house. several days hudeblpsed. On his way back he began to calculate how little l'uodhc had left with his wile and children; alld llorrl ‘ triekenatthedl l- llll idea that their might not be he rd. his hair is said to have turned white on his holueward jollrn . llis tears \vcr but too real. fie tore dowtl the masonry. searched for tho. . 'o dear to him. bllt only found three lifeless bodies halt (lcYUll‘ Ell by the rats. Reason left him at the s' 'llt, aml he is new in tile hospital a lunatic."

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'NINTER‘COLI3XIAL 'l‘mnr. INCRC.\SIXG.— AIIU product of tile Charlottetown tanner- ics has met with ready sale ill Canada at reluullerativo rules ; the Canadians are pur- e lslngleathcrin llalilaxulso. The other d. y at Halifax merchant received an order from Canada for a thousand sides, at the market )ricc, ulld intitualions have bccll receiver from Canada that sev ral orders. equally as large. will be lorwl dcd to Ilali- fax in collrsc of a few weeks. Nova Scu- tia coal is beginning to figure largely among the iiiipol‘ls oi C- ‘ Ia. alld the Cape lfretou Coal Milling L nnpany has opened agenc 5 ill Toronto and Montreal for the sale of'its products. Our II: I .‘ exchange tells us that ” there is aprospcet that this as Well as other coal companies, will do a I. go business with Canada. to the advantage and benefit of all parties concerned. Since the establishment of the Portland line of stcluucrs trade between .\'ova Seotia alld Canada has largely ill- creased, alld doubtless there will soon be other channels for the profitable exchange of collllnoditics with all the Provinces comprising the Confederation.”

Ill a certain schoolill Springfield \l:lss.. tile l'idyteacllcr, a few days sil , h l occasion to punish a little boy for using profane languag . Tllt'l'c being a knot ilolc in the floor slle conceived the id at to make him tllillk he had to stand near by with a pair of tongs alld “'tlll'll lllltil he caught a 'at that should come up front be- low. Stationing him. she gave Ml'lt‘t ill- slrnctions to remain ulllil be accomplished the lent; calculating. of course. after he laid stood the - a couple of hours. to send hint follis Seat. Judge of his surprise, when tlvo minutes after he fastened lllc tonirs to a genuine live fellow of tile ral kind. with enormous whiskers and tail. and holding him up exclaimed “ ISyjingo l’vc caught him.“

The New York Times. lamenting over tllc recent commercial let atioll of the United States. say : “Till. abrogation of the reciprocity treaty has increased trade between Nova Scotia and Can and till-re are now two lines of stcau s estab- lished between Quebec and llalllax. and a litre is to be pllt on between Quebec and I’ictou. Formerly Nova St'pilil received about 300,000 bbls. of llowor per alumni from the United States, and 6.000 to 7.000 from Canada. Now the rceeipls are tra- versed. and about 7.000 barrels are taken from the United States and £200,000 from Canada

A California story tells of a man who resolved to quit drinking, and Went to a notary to get him to draw up an affidavit to that. effect. Tire document. was drawn, read anll approved; the party held up his hand and murmured the usual Ua'elp me." it was properly landed and delivered. " What‘s to pay?" asked tllo plcdgev. “To pay~to 1 . " exclaimed the party; " nothing of course—this is a labor of love.“—" Nothing to pay ?" returned the grateful but, very forgetful llfllant. ” You 'rc a. brick. Let's take a drink !" The smilc (lied front off the pleasant l'aceol'the notary. and he pointed with a look of aw- l'ul meaning to the later allixcd signature of his invitor. That. forgetful individual appeared conscience-stricken, humbly ap- ologised and left the office.

A New I‘uxk roll S'r. Joux.—As it were, almost spontaneous movement on the part of our merchants alld leading mi'll nfbllsi- mess. it has been agreed to ask the Legis- lature. for all Act of Incorporation to il flanking Company with a capital of 3.300,- 000. with power to inc so to $1,000,000. A petition with this ob. till view signed by tile names of many influential persons. will be itnlllcdiatcly forwarded to the Log- islature; and there is no doubt that the prayer of the petition will be at once oom- plicd with. The organization of the colli- pany will follow lululcdi:lthy.—(Ilobc.

The Hamilton (C.W.) Timer. says the

; famous trotting horse Melton, tho pride of

the Canadian turf, has been sold to In vi: the province for the round sum of $3.300 ill gold. The purchaser is a lady ol'sport. in" proctivitlcs, residing at Kalamazoo. lllclliguu, who is also the owner of the Atllcrieau trotting horse Gray Eagle.

Advices from 'I‘ahill. to May flth. report the loss of tile Missionary bark Joint Wil- liams, on Savage Island; Mil)'8lll. also tllc total loss of the ship Christopher llatl,llpon Navigator's Island.

The Emperor Napoleon completed his 59th year on the 20th lllt.

’l‘llr. Fanny NEWEPAI‘I‘:R.—~Dr. Franklin rental that a luau as often gets twu dollars for lilo one he spends in forming his mind. as he does for a dollar ho lays out in ally other way. A luall eats a pound of sugar and it is gone. and the pleasure be has enjoyed is t‘llllml. but the informa- tioll he. gets l'roln ll. newapapcr is treasur- ed up to be enjoyed allow. and to be used \vllellcv sloll or inclination calls for it. A newspaper is )lot tile wisdom of one man or two men; it is the wisdom of the age. and of past ages. too. A family with- out a newspaper is always it your behind the times ill general information ; besides. they can never think much nor filld much to think about. And then there are the title ones growll‘ up without any taste l'orreuding. Who, then. would be with. out. a newspaper—such as the Suntmcrn'dc Journal—and who would read it regularly without paying for it. when it is only one dollar a year?

The fire at Idaho City. May 17th. ‘des- troyed M2 houses. lncludln tho Post Ol- fiee and the Express Otllcc. oss estimated at 01.000.000. A larger portion of the town was laid waste than by the fire of 1866.

The Erratum Express forwards it: own pu- eels between Monitor and Amherst by its own Express team and messengers. ti... bone, .0 omure rapid and safe transportation of valu- a'ds packages. There is quite a large busi- ness done on that line.

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Ir in with irreot plrllrlllf that we give inn-r- tion to the following \‘May tlt‘llfrh'll by Mr. J ll. nell. otlhis blunt.“ the Tlrminal Bx- amimlllon of Albert College. t‘unalln. Mr. “I II is it very young man and It still younger writer. First attempts are seldom worth noticing publicly. in nine else! out of ten. in kindness to their entire", the bent thing that can be done with tllelu it to consign them to the waste basket. lint this essay of Mr. lIell'l in an exception to the general rule. We have seldom read any first production which gave Iucll promise of future emrrllellre. We are very tllucll mistaken if its author do not prove both an able and an elegant writer. It is to us a pleasing Illsk to record the suc- cesses of our Island youth in foreign lands. We have no doubt but that Mr. llell will maintain the credit of his native country abroad. and demonstrate to the Canadians that this Island can produce as good men as are to be found on the face of the broad eartll :—

“ “1“ world is in progress. It is interesting to compare the past with the present.- and to contrast the condition of the ancients with that of the lnuderns, that we may the more easily understand that the lllotto of our World has been " ()nward." Unr earth has not been six thousand years in existence for naught. Her life has becll a continual struggle. and tile result of that struggle has been a con- tiutlcd success. She has ullrturcd her children with a parent‘s care. and their present all» vallceulent is the reward of her industry, The ancient barbarian. with his cloak ol'skins and his food ol'llerbs. is the enlightened ill- habitunt of Europe to-d.ly;alld the little bark canoe. impelled by a single puddle, is not the representative of a nation's commerce. Therefore tllc world is in progress.

Two hundredyears ago. alld lvh ltwas Cana- da? Where then were her Ibr‘ving villages alld hcr industrious population.—hcr smiling fields and extended commerce? Ask the red Indian, us he pursues the beasts of'lllc chase among those tl'arkless wilds. Ask the forest. which once ruledtriulllpllaut. with ullnlolested grandeur. Ask tlle blustcriug winds alld brawlin'ar waves. which mingle theircomplaint:I around our silent shores . These are they alollc \vllo beheld tllc childhood ofour national existence, and witnessed the advent of tile sturdy pioneer. Ilut Canada ls progressed since then. The Italian has given tray to the representative ofll Holder and superior race: the primitive forest has been cleared. and llll‘ scene once so quiet ill its desolation. smiles with golden harvest; tllewigwnul of the su- v-rgc has been supplanted by the home of the civlllzed wltllc mall; our lakes are covered with the spoils of colulm-rl-e.—tllat eom- ulcrce which enriches Iloth hilll who gives and him who reccir s. and by its pulsations keeps a healthy life in the great social system; science and art have awakened and clolllcd our land with their varied beauties; the tem- ples of religion and institutions of learnilu.r rear their lolly fronts on i very hand; and the success ot'tllis our uwtl beloved institution—— round which may prosperity never cease to shine—is but nnollltr added to the many thousands of proofs that tile present age of Canada is progressive.

And now. in our country’s march of flu- prorenlcllt. she has inst entered upon a new phase of existcnc ; a complete change of g ~ l'nlneut has bccll affected, and yet how silent but been that ch Inge. Yet that change we are apt to tllltlL‘I'csllllhIIo became it has llnt been forced tlpon our attention by the strifes ol'party fiction. or illlpressed by tile terrors of the battlefield. But those changes are ltot the grandest which are the most conclusive. Ill the physical world the earthquake alltl tlle volcatlo are not the sublilllcst of nature‘s cll- orts What is more sublime thanth urndual transition f'roln darkness to day. yet ltow f'l-w admire the dawning of eastern light. or watch with interest the sullbcamx. stealan their noiseless march acrle the face of ml ture. Important political changes ll.ch recently taken place on tile continent of Eu- rope. but they have been darkened by the sulphnrous smoke of Sadown. The negrovs of the Southern States have been cutan- eipulell, btlt the great republic of America has been deluged with the blond of'llcr noblest. sons. But it is the glory and boast of Ur.- British Constitution tlnlt it admits of changes, calm in their rolnnwnceluent. silent ill their operation. and glorious ill their results; and where may we look for n nlore striking proof oflhese :o-scrtions than ill the consolidation of the British North Alneriean Provinces? We are now a llllit ill the solo of nations. an actor, and a competitor for the world's history. Our success for the past has been great. our present colnlilinn is prosperous. and whether we reason from thcprcsrnt or deduce nu dozier» front the past, all point the lllaiflflutu’ll. finger of prophecy to a happy future. It is true. the horizon of onrprosperily may soon be darken- oil by the shadows of foes alike to our religion and our country. Yet while we may rely with implicit confidence that those shadows will be quickly dispelled by tlllI rising oflllcglorious eastern sun of our fatherlalld. may we never forget that we are Englishmen. lltld as such that our hearts should respond to the semi- mcllt, which inspired the heroes of Trafalgar. ‘ inuland expects every man to do his duly.‘ "

A chemist of Marseilles has invented a kind of Greek fire by which he imagines he can successfully oppose tlle needle gun. III a letter to the Progress of Lyons. he describes this rclunrkanle composition as follows :— “ To give all idea of the efllcncy of my dis- eovery I declare, and not readon prove. that I can. at a distance of 1000 metres. envelop all army of 100.000 luen in a sell. of flame within five minutes. If a town ill to be taken by nssaultl have no need of a ltotopacllinc. no I can set it on fire ill very nearly the same period. Ill a naval bllltlc I would run into the enemy. trial in fifteen seconds cover all the deck oftlle Vt-sNt‘l with a torrent oflhllllc which would hurt) the rigging. penetrate be- tween tllc decks. and instantaneously stillc all the crew. In an attack on a seaport I could hurtl the town and arsenals within range with the rapidity ofligllluinu. With such a means no war is possible. as neither fit. )rs or Vllll- qrtisht‘tl would return front the field of battle. As to the fortress of Lllxembnrg. tllc subject of dispute at the present moment. I undertake to rid it of‘its garrison ill a qllarterof an hour."