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ORT EEL A NT EL RS HIE PE PIE EE SS YS PA Renae

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like ballw Dix ; it was Mr. Seward who had

the Trent outrage. This

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k wa very well bo « easy it te forhim to a ro: it costs him but a paragraph r w hie people are eminently ' s the pa nd bearing of a | illy itist r counterpart either as indivi jaals ‘ * a tion. It suite (hem ex “ly. hi they write and publish proclamations, . that, ¢ iw a domestic chariucter, t raired into by a fereign row Mr. seward w the organ of evrrespondence with foreign natiens, and that he will make the proper apology and kee; off war hey thus enjoy the pleas 6 of having bearded the ‘* British lion ;”’ their eagle ia the bird whose beak and talons metaphorically have pinched and plucked the lion's mane, and they are the great nition!

that mumbied England io the face of the|

world These resolutions of Mr. Chandler

and this proclamation of Dix are vor ef i

wi—mere bluster. There is no

war ia them, they are :atended to intimidate

pretera nr

is. i FUE RICHMOND PRESS ON SOUTHERN | AFFAIRS.

Phe Rielimond Sentinel contains a very important editorial, believed to be from the

pea of Jeff. Davis, Seeretary Seward is re-|

ported t

» have sent it to all the foreign

ministers, as showing thee ym plete exhaustion |

ot the rebellion, and consequently that the

rebels are no longer entitled to consid ration | inside armed with heavy hammers

|briet but desperate struggle the two men)

us belligerents. It says ;—

‘* Our lete reverses have done mt wards preparing our people for extreme svcrifices if subjugated. The question is sipply whether we shall give for our own use, ot whether the Yankees shall take for theirs? it would be more glorious to devote our means to success than lose them as spoils | to the enemy. Our situation, stripped of | oer property, but masters o! our government, would be infinitely better than if despoiled by the enemy and wearing his bonds.

** Subjugation is a horror that embraces} all other herrors, Troublesome times are upon Gireat @Xigeocies surround us. | We need all our strength and wisdom. Let there be a conference of our wise men Lat there oe a calm investigation of our wants ‘Then let all obstacles to the employment ol ail t

us.

our resourees be removed. ** So long as we have a mon or a dollar, Jet the call for them be honored. It would be adding disgrace to our misery if we were OVeToOume Without eXhausting every resource ot detence. It the government determines

that it needy our lands, houses, negroes, money, of ourseives, 1t must have thein.

*+ If Providence condemns us to a master, Jet it pot be a Yankee. Of ali people on earth we have most reason to loathe and dread them. If statesmanship cann st save us, it can palliate our mist ry by saving us from the Yankee. Our people would im finitely prefer a favorable alliance with Kuropetn nations.”’

fhe Richmond Enquirer, after commenting en the above, + TE it be nece sary ty eonvines the world that we are figh:ing for sei f-government of the whites that we should rheratea t and if that Jiberation shonid seeare eur recognition and the gua- ranty of England and Erance to oar ir depen- denew, we believe the pe ple of these States would not make the saerifice. The eons quences of em anerr ation would tall upon the negro. The aet would be one of necessity, not of ehoiee, taken a

etys:

e neg

rees,

hesitate to

gainst our judgment and convictions, but to save us from

the horrors of a prolonged war, aud the dis grace, rauim and destruction involve! in the Bucces4 OFF CUT enemy .

The Richmond Sentinel closes thus: * TI France and England will enter into « treaty with these Confederate States, ree gnising ear nationality apon the abolition of slay ry in all the States, rather than continue the war, we should be | repared to urge tie mat ter Upon our readers. We believe such a

propuvsition would be favorably receiv acted upon by those nations, and it be made to them.”’

Jand ugiit to

The Richmond Lvemincr of the 2nd, in reply to the Sentrnel, opposes an us peal to the prot-etion of France and England in the present weakness of the South, and intimates that the article in the Sentinel ing such policy, emanated trom Jefferson | Davis aud trom a panicky mind. Ic says it alternatives were presented to them of being | subjects to these foreign powers, or of return- ing to the United States, they would choose the former.

Sie... The New York 'Vor/d letec ff the f: lowing |

pyrotechnics about the | OPPORTUNITY FOR DEWAGOGUES |

The Frank, unoffivial explanation of the Canadian authorities, and the prompt dis. | avowal by the whole Canadian Press of sym-| pathy with the release of the rebel raiders, | huve blown to tuvisible vapour the war cloud which for a few hours looked su thr atening on the Northern horizon. Even Wen. Dix = vwar-horse is hamstrang. The Dem igogue's| hour hae now arrived. Blaster is safe. Threatenings and slaughter may be belched | With impunity.

Arise, Walbridge, and bully the British |

| nate

h to- |

| ment the captain, on entering the forecastle,| from the Treasury Department, and will be

. recommend-

never in a battle before, as he bas been connect. | themselves bo meau foemen.

AMERICAN AFFAIRS. — |

his assailant, and succeeded in locking him-| self in, and Frances, after eeveral desperate - ee efforts to break open the dvor, returned to BUSINESS AND FINANCE. | the deck The New York Mercantile Agency have! Captain Walker then armed himself with published their review of the business operas | &@ revolver, and, on geing on deck, found tuur) tions of the year 1864, showing a gratifying of the crew there, nauely, McAipine, Lopez, state of commercial prosperity, notwithstand- Graham and idl. Chere were ing the drain oa the country’s resvarees of John Keliv, the mate, Henry West, the cure men and m mney to feed the war. The New the Frenchmen, Clement) York World says of the report and the} Phe four men whom the eap-} tables accompanying it:— tam foand on the deck were unable to give] the slightest explanation of the extraordinary occurrences which had taken place, and

miss ag,

and two

and Frances.

penter

“Of course they are not strictly accurate—no tables of the Kind ever are; but they are enongh so to give an approximate idea of the business of stated that they were roused trom sleep by) 1864, as compared with former years. It seems | heartag @ noise on deck, and had come up td the wumber of failures during the past year was see what the matter was. A search was in-| only five bundred and ten, and the liabilities of | stituted for the missing men, and near the| the defaulting firms are less than vine millivns ot

' Jead | dollars. This is in striking contrast to 1561, entrance to the cabin was found the deac f : b ft! hose brains had been | ¥2«" the number of bankrupts was some six dody of the carpenter, whose brains |} thousand, representing habilides of nearly two dashed out, evidently by a blow from sume hundred million dollara. blunt instrament. A little way from the “Despite the encrnous inflation of the enr carpenter's body lay the mate, whose throat) paney, and the reckless spirit of speculation it bad been cut from ear to ear, and who was) gag engendered, legitimate trading has so far been ls e de: The terrible deed had evi-! very profitable. While prees are constantly ad- 4450 Quite a 1 i 7% } j dently been committed but a short time pre-/ vancing we will have apparent prosperity, such viouslv, as the bodies of both the unfortu-} as this exhibit shows, but when the time for con- men were still warm. Clement and/ traction comes, 4 re : — claus 7 . a 4* ie , . ad t ! “~ . . Franees could nowhere be found. On the first| @pen us. Phe only hope for the tuture ot eM

td | tain and the limited credit now given buyers A cash bust appearance oF Cowen, ine 68) 1 : d find- | @¢88 Wl save us much baukruptey, but it gannot tuur eailurs went to the forecastle, and Lnd- preveat the awkward discovery which must come ing #¢ closely fastened from the inside con- some time —that riches in greenbacks means cluded that the missing men muss be inside. poverty in gold. We do not know how terribly Che door was broken ip with a sledge ham- mer, and on the captain and his tuollowers rushing in they found the two Frenchmen Altera

'

the war has extiausted us until peace cuuies.”

IMPENDING EXECULIVES CHANGES Wasuinaton, Jan, 4.— Gossip has fora day or two past been again busy with changes were overpowered, disarmed, and placed in| in tae cabinet; but not till this morning irons. ‘The tragedy did not, however, end| have the rumors assumed a defiuite aspect. here. On the seeond day of their confine-| Mr. Fessenden is to retire almost imme diately

found both of his prisoners dead. Frances’s| succeeded by Senator Morgan, of New York ; skuil was fractured and Clement presented) and Mr. Seward will be appointed to the the appearance of having died from taking| place made vacant by the resignation of Se- poison. Lt issaid that Francis himself dashed | nator Morgan. Mr. Seward himself is under- vut bis brains by striking his head against) stood to desire the change, and it will relieve the side of the forecastie. | the President of much embarrassment in ar-

The vessel was then navigated to Queens-| ranging matters to suit the radicals. Mr. town by the survivors. The other three sail-| Seward desires to go back to the Senate, be- ors, i is said, refused to sieep with, and | cause be believes that frum the halls of Con- closely watched the movements of the Span-| gress the olive branch should now be held tards, who they suspected as the accomplices; out to the Suuth; that the armies of the of the two Frenclimen in their attempts tu| South are so far overcome that the great | murder the captain and crew, and get pos: | work of pacifica'ion and reconstruction should | session of the vessel. On the arrival of the| be entered upon by practical men. He is! Aleiope in the barbor, the captain came on) strengthened in this view by the intelligence | shore and lodged and information, setting) from Georgia, which leaves iitile doubt of | forth the facts detailed above. Warrants) the early return, pro forma, of that State to | were granted against the four sailors—Lo-| the Union, on the basis of the Constitution. | pez, Hill Graham, and MeAlpine ; and they, | Lt is further understood that with the fall of | as Well as the captain himself, were taken ia-| Charleston and Wilmington,which are looked to custody. They were brought before «| for in the course of a few weeks, and the magistrate on Monday night and remanded | evacuation of Richmond, which is expected | Phey were again brought up at the Queens-| at no distant day, Mr. Seward will take the| town petty sessions on ‘Luesday morning, | ground that offensive warfare ought to cease, | the presiding magistrates being Captain| that time ougit to be given for reflection to Seymour end Me. Sevtt. rhe prisoners | the whole Southern peop.e, and that ev ry | having been put forward, Captain Seymour) effort be made to aguin open the channels ot | vtid tit in a case of such tmportance the| trade in all directions. ‘The raising of the bench had determined on remanding the | blockade, except as against a few points, is prisoners for eight Gays, in order that the! alsoa part of his programme, [u short, that} Castle authorities might be communicated} Mr. Seward will endeavor to enact before the with. Mr. O'Brien, sulieitor, who appear-| world the ro/e of the ‘* Great Paciticator,’’ | sd for the captain, contended that bis client| and elaim in history that exzlted honor. | had committed no erime, and that being the Mr. Seward's successor in the State De-| cause there was not sufficsent yrounds tur his) partment will be Charles Francis Adams | being kept in custody. Capt. Seymour said | unless, to avoid his old trouble, Mr. Lineoln | that, although there was ty charge at present) shall appoint some less prominent Statesman, agulnst the captain, the beneh, considering! Mr. Everett, for instance. It is well under- | that four lives nad been lost under very mys-/ stood that Senator Morgan has Presidential! | terious circumstances, could not possibly | aspirations, and alrea iy has considerable | discharge any of the survivors. Aithough| strength, while Mr. Adams is, fortunately or | the remand was nominally tor eight days, unfortunately, In the same categ ry. the captain would not, in ail probability, be : le . in custody for anything like that tume, as| SOL THERN AC 'OUNT OF THE ATTACK the moment the bench heard from d ON WILMINGTON tie they would proceed with the investiga- | 7 From the Richmond Sentinel, tun, The prisvners were then removed in) “!UMING LON, N.C., Dec. 30. — Gea. |

tody has issued a congratulatory order on custody. :

the Cas. rag

the detea

one — <> ae we rt the epemy’s vrand army before SWVilm ten

A Domestic Tracepy.—The town of Gros. | P8898 & Merited comp - SE ee oe

i ‘ ‘ t ' aia, tricniie " siuut and the officers

senhagen, neat Dresden, has been the scene ee ee I the offices

and men engaged Cie enemy's attack on the

hoes g tragedy. A Widuw an el patina er” tt a shocking tragedy 4 wid and hex first day lasted five bourse; on the secoud day daugiter were tried on a charge of having seven hours—ftiring altogether, over twenty thou- stuluu eertain articies ot small value from sand shots froin tity kinds of vessels. The Con their landlord. ‘he accused contessed their! fog

federates responded with six hundred and sixty- gutit, and manifested such sincere repentance | two shots on the first day, and six tndred th thatthe Pribunal acquitted chem. Ou the Our loss Killed and next day, when the widow's eldest son en- Phe geound in the trent and

tha +} 8¢ 0 erie , alle + , hy tered ber bedruvom, be was horror-strack to! tie tort is covered with shells, aud is torn in

Lhe fhity-five

rear o |

secoud.

Nottie d

is tiircee

i Scate, or t Tr been in the military and naval service. re

}some deserters, tories, and robbers.

———

Other reports say th British owners, and owt flag.

MATTERS . _ buted the past year to the military service 18.994 men. Since the commencemert of the war one-tenth of the population of the sore than 61,000 of ber sons, have

debt of the Siate, aw represented by loans, is $15,337,000, of which debt $2.905 000 has been created the past year. J'o provide for the liquidation of this debt, the establish- ment of a sinking fund, by setting apart a fixed sum annually, is proposed.

The loss of revenue to Maine by existing State banks surrendering their charters, by quitting the field or transfuraing themselves into national banks, will not be less than $30,000 per annum.

Governor Coney in his message to the Le- gislature approves of the movement to abro- gate the Reciprocity Treaty with Great Bri- tain, it having proved detrimental to two ef the leading interes's of the State, viz., her lumberand heragriculture, in which so large a portion of her population are engaged.

MiscetLangous. — The statement in the foreign news by the Asia, that the M xican President has issued letters of marque and reprisal to Americans against Frenc' ships, which is not believed here in government circles, will probably bring out a proclamation from President Lincoln, warning our people not to engage in business upon such papers, on pain of being treated as pirates.

Lieut. Col. Nordheims, acting chief of the signal corps, had his annual report privately printed at the press of the signal corps, and issued it in advance of the report of the Se- eretary of War, whose report it should have accompanied. For thus publishing his re. port on his own authority, the Lieut. Col. has been dismissed from the service.

VERY LATEST FROM THE SOUTH.

The steamer Franconia arrived at Halifax from Boston on the 12th, bringing papers of the 10th.

The Raleigh Confederate of the 3rd says that on the 22nd ult. a fight took place at Shoemaker’s Gap, between Captains VW’. Price, Ross, and Gartrell’s companies, and They attacked our forces from ambush, but were speedily routed and severely chastised. They lost fourteen killed, four hundred and four prisoners. We lost none killed or wounded.

The Columbia Carolinian says Gen. D. HU. [ill passed down the South Carolina Rail- road yesterday, under orders to report to Beauregard at Charleston.

The same paper notices the arrival at Sel- ma, Ala., 20th ult., of a detachment of 400 or 500 *gaivanized Yankees,’’ on their way tothe front. They were strong, able-bodied soldiers; mostly foreigners. Capt. Clark, one of the officers who had charge of them, informs us that almost any number could be obtained, but thatenly those were accepted who had no families in the North and no ties to attach them to that seerion, They will he

jdistributed through Irish regiments of the

Army of the Tennessee to fill up the depleted

| ranks,

Che Charleston, C. S. Mereury of the 29th alt. says all was quiet on Wednesday, with the exception of a few shots fired between 1] and 12 o'clock from Battery Wagner.

tin Marve —Maine has contri- |

way!

jwas put an end to the next Morning, when the | Chronicle appeared with an editorial article | “pitching inte’? Contederation aud every one | -ecounected with the scheme, nut even sparing its) lex editor, the Hon. Jonathan McCully. The |

‘surprise Of the uninitiated may be imagined at}

i | 2 . at it is marked for uwetings held in opposition. Various conjectures True, after the completion of the canala—ealeu- but still there was a very considerable wd nies the British ®ud ramors were in circulation, but all suspense | lated to be finished in six years—there would be |

tolls receivable that would go towards paying the | interest on the amount borrowed. Do T bear) auy ove complain that 6 per cent is too much for money borrowed in England 7 I would reply that, the Canrdian Government cannot pegociate * loan on better terms, for it they throw 6 per cent

j taking up the Chronicle ov Tuesday morning and! bends into the market with interest payable every |

lfinding that Contederation was the bobby, in praise ef which 1b devoted columns, and on perus- ig the same sheet on the following morumg to be assured by the editur that the Delegates were a parcel of scheming politicians, and the Union scheme itself a delusion and a snare.

Mr. Annand’s letter dismissing Mr. McCully from the editorship, and the latter gentleman's reply thereto, have since been published, and the revelations made therein are truly disgusting to those who believe that politicians striving tor the reins of Government are inspired by motives of patriotism, The truth of the old proverb, “* when rogues fall out,” &c¢., was never better illustrated, aud the proverb is applied to this precious Lransac- tion by all parties. Mr. McCully talks doletuilly of the service he rendered the paper in the * daris days” when he and others were in the eoid shades and hankering after the “ loaves and fishes,” and by times grows indignant, blusters, is eloquent and patheue; while Mr. Annand, in bis answer, clearly proves that the general opinion relative te tits remarkable individual, that “ he never epens his mouth without putting tis foot in it,” is pot far from correct. Mr. McCully bas carried tis talents and grievances to the Journal, which will henceforth appear under the title of * The Union- st.” The opiuien ja pretty general that the cou ing Session ot the Legislature will be a “ spicy” Truly

“We are living, we ave living Ina grand and awful time,”

But of Confe-

ollie,

as the religious poets express it. deration more in my uext.

‘Lue weather has been very changeable. To- day is clear and frosty, with the sun shining brightly, and no snow on the ground. What is a Neva Seelia winter without snew? The young men and maidens are waiting anxiously tor the descent of the fleecy covering, which is to them the harbinger of sleigh-rides innumerable on moonlight mghts. Skating parties are much in vogue, and it is not uncommon to see hundreds ot both sexes, with the magic steel in hand, or strap- ped round the body, Weuding their way of an af- terneon or evening to the ponds, or waiting at the Perry Landing for the boat which quickly couveys thei to Dartuouth, the lakes at the lat- ter place being almost always in capital order.

The Goverument have Jost the Annapolis Elee- tion. Although by some it is regarded as show-

six months they are soldat a large discount. Mr. Galt, the great Canadian financier, in a speech to his constituents sayst—

“ According 10 official advices from England, since intelhgence bad reached that country of the probability of Union being effected here, our securi ies, which had been greatly depressed, bad risen no less than 15 per cent, our 5 per cents being now quoted at 90 tv 92. That might be received as an indication of what the mouied world conceived to be the greater security Canada would enjoy ander a Union.” Notwithstauding this rise in the value of their se- curities caused by the probability of Confederation, and the consequent revenues of New Brunswick, Nova Seotia and P. E. Island being made avail- able to assist their straightened finance, their 6 per cents in the English market, are scarcely quoted at par being from “9s te 100," while their » per cents are quoted at frou 88 to 91 in the English papers, and when we remember that for several years prior to 1304 there bad been an an-

gathering ; and all the electors present seem- ed disposed to give the most favourable con- sideration to the Union question, only desir- ing time to think more about it.

John McIntyre, Esq., was appointed Chair. man; and Mr. Whelan then addressed the Meet- ing for nearly an hour, condensing his views in order lo present the subject in all its bearinga,

| Mr. Clark was again the only speaker in opposi-

tron, and coufined himself to the sume objections as he did at the other Meetings. It ig only due to Mr. Clark and Mr. Whelan to observe here, that throughout the whole of the meetings not one unpleasant word passed between them. All! their discussions were characterised by good temper and courtesy; and it was apparent that when all the meetings closed, they were on more cordial terms of friendship than when they commenced the contest.

The discussions having been closed, the follow. ing resolution was carried unanimously — Mr, Clark, in proposing it, clearly perce:ving that it was useless to offer a resoluvon condemning the

nual average expenditure in Canada over receipts

that of ours, the prospect of Confederation to P- E. Island, who has nothing whatever to gain either by going into the Union, er by Canadian internal improvewments—the prospect [ say is to usofso gloomy and foreboding a nature that I shall not be at allaurprised if our Legislature, by an overwhelining majority, decide that it is not expedient for P. EB. Islaud t+ enter the Coufede- ration on any terms, no matter how flattering. Your obdt. servant, GEO. BEER. Charlottetown, Jany. Qlet, 1865.

The Examiner.

Charlottetown, January 23, 1865.

CONFEDERATION IN THE SECOND DISTRICT OF KING'S COUNTY.

DURING the past week, Hon. Edward Whelan

ing that the Administration has lost ground in the country, the matter nay be thus explained. Che School Bill was the great secret of the de- ieat, it being immenseiy unpopular with the country people, involving as it dees the only true system—compulsory taxation fer the support of educational institutions. To their shane be it said, the Liberais tiave made of this Bill, so pal- pably suited to the requirements of a country like Nova Scotia, a party ery, and the result bas been the defeat of the Government candidate. It is but fair to add, however, that much apathy regarding the coutest was mauitested by the Cou- servative portion of the electors.

| The Steamship City of Petersburg arrived here | a tew days since from Wilmington, via Berwuda. | This vessel has had a very barrow escape trom |} destruction. On the run in she was chased by j the Yankee cruisers and abandoned, after being run asheve; but the pursuiig party did not dare | to veuture near enough to effect the capture, in | Consequence ot the torts at the mouth of Wil- | tmington harbor, and the vessel was recovered jnext morning. She ran out with a valuable car- | yo, which was left at Bermuda. The profits of | this enterprise are immense, as [am assured that jthe captain nets something like $4,000 by the

| held five Public Meetings amongst his constituents in the above District, called by him for the pur- | pose of explaining the principles of the proposed Union of the Colonies, and accounting for his own (connection with the late Quebse Conference. The meetings were all well attended, and in some places by larger gatherings than he ever addressed there before. The Meeting at Grand River School House, Lot 56, aud that at Morell were especially crowded,

| MEETING

AT GRAND RIVER SCHOOL HOUSE.

Mr. Whelan did not arrive at Grand River, | which was the first section of the District selected | for his explanations, until about 7 Wednesday evening. The Meeting was then | convened—the Hon. James Dingwell, M. L. C., |in the Chair, and W. E. Clark, Esqr., of St, Peter’s, was engaged in addressing the audience.

| He promptly and courteously gave way to Mr.

The jtrip. The Tallahassce, periaps you have’ been | Whelan as soon as tbe latter appeared, who, after

ot 2 aud $5,000,000, and that with a tariff double |

vo clock on!

measure, which the people would not be willing | te accept; even Mr. Sutherland, who entertaing | strong objections to the measure, was quote satis.

fied to leave it an open question with the people, in the spirit of the resolution as follows :—

Proposed by W. FE. Clark, Eeqr. —seconded by Mr. Anthony McCormack :—

Resolred, That this meeting, having thei tion directed to the subject of a Pellaieee an, Colonies, believe that the whole question requires the most earnest aud patient cousideration, and that no action should be taken upon the question by the Legislature of the Colony until an appeal be made to the Country in the usual constitutiona way.

The usual thanks having been voted to the Chairman, and the usual cheers given with a hearty good will, the meeting separated —Mr, Whelau pronouncing a few words of thankfulness | for the cordial reception accorded to him.

We must defer until our next an account of the Meetings at Morell and St. Andrew's on the following day. The account would occupy more space than we can give at present. The Meeting at Morell was the largest —was attended by every influential person for many miles around, including the Protestant and Catholic Clergymen, and had many features of unusual) interest. It was unquestionably highly favourable to the Union project, and gratifyingly warm in its reception of Mr. Whelan. In short, all his Meetings were great successes, and shew that the Second District of King’s Couuty is sound to the core, and in no humour to be tampered with by conceited fellows in Charlottetown, who hare vowed to shear the hair from off their handsome faces if they fail te drive Mr. W. out of the district. He invites an ,election, 80 that they and others may have a

| chanee. ~~ -- -—-

A FRENCH CANADIAN VIEW OF MR. PALMER'S “ SITUATION.”

The following is the substance of an article ; (in French) upon the recent ministerial crisis in

firing from the latter seemed to be directed | previously informed, tas veey Wrausturmed inte al a few moments’ delay, eutered into a review of |!" Island, which appeared in the Journal de

seaward, ind is believed simply to be of an} merchant vessel, and now runs the blockade!

experimental nature. The fleet remains un- changed. definite from the line of the Savannah Rail- r vad.

The Wilmington Journal says Bragg has written a letier breathing a spirit of Christian hope. tle says there is no cause for alarm here is no enemy hetween Wilnington and Port Fisher.

it

he wiil be able to resist a further attempt on

Wilmington, and closes by asking tor the]

pravers of Christians for himself and army. Khe Richmond Examiner of the 6th sive the reports of Sherman having crossed the Savannah river are confirmed. He ts beliey- -d to be marehing on Grahamsvilie. The Whig of toe Gth says a large number of deserters and lawless men are roaming

i! niin epmmaiantii Nay: aie ices — We have nothing additional or| , Matters generally are pretty dull.

Wits his present foree he thinks |

regularly unler the name of the Chameleon.

Our mer- | chants expect nevertheless todo a great Spring {trade, and it is an undeniable tact that Hatitax lis Increasing In prosperity wilh each successive

year,

All we want is a good e¢lass

of eangrants, and under Couiederativn this de-

| sideration would be attainable, a

|

j Increasing rapidly,

To Tus Eprror or THE EXAMINER. Sir ;—As attention has been ealled to a com- jinunication of mine, whieh appeared in the last | week's Jslander, by one of your evvert correspon- dents, who. ne doubt, has, on different Orcasions, jhad to endure extreme mortification, aud who

has only courage to fight behind a hedge or tree,

See the floor covered with blood, and on g ».| deep pits. ‘Two guns in the tort burst, two were | over the upper counties of Georgia, eominit- | allow me, for the information of your readers, and

ing to the bed he found his mother and dismounted by ourselves, and two by the enemy's |

ver brotl lying insensible nd ea6 bre, yet the tort is unhurt, | ae , ‘i “ihe Z p nt as 9 oi : ‘Hy ’ Our readers must not imagine that this is the , jeeding trom a deep e he arm. 8

end of the attack on Wilmington. No sueh mam-! procured medical aid, and both soon recoyer- woth expedition, fitted out en se grand and for | ed Consciousness.

The mother then explaine i} midadle a seale, is golng to reiuro without ae- that, being unable to bear the disgrace of) complishing results more important than that | having been tried on a charge of thett, she,| which they have secured. Another effort will be | her younger son, her daughter, and @ young | made, and one as stubborn as that which bas |

ting depredations upon the inhabitants.

| without further noticing the production of the

. The Provinee, too, is sharing in the xene- | ral prosperity, and ship-bwilding, especially, is | spposing Confederation, coufined bimself almost |

dreads anether and sinular infliction, but who |

the whole question — stating the great advan- | tages of Confederation, and explaining away He

occupied about two hours and a half with his

\the vbjections urged against the measure.

address, and was followed by Mr. Clark, who, in

| exclusively to the financial aspect of the question | repeating the objections urged by Mr. Palmer and Mr. Beer with regard ta taxation, revenue.

and cost of Umen, and dealing in the most extra- |vagant sappositiens regarding the future.

Chairman, and one or two other gentlemen, ap-|

i peared to be somewhat apprebensive of the pro-

) posed Union, but were net prepared to condewn

itin toto and prematurely + and a yesolutiou which

j M v3 cl : i jrejected, and the following ene unaniniously

|

Mark had prepared condemnatory of it, was

The Mobile Tribane l-arns that on the 10th | Villieus “Pro Bono Publics,” to give you the | #depted— Mr. Clark bimselt seeing the propriety

alt., a partyot Yankee raiders, 1300 strong, reached West Pascagoala and were embark- ed on Jaunches.

Resolutions have been introduced into the |

North Carolina Legislature of opposition to s Pp

They destroyed several ter- | | ries and did other damage,

jorigin and part of the substance of my letter to the Islaader, with a tew additional remarks In the editorial of the Islander, of the 6th inst..

| jSiiion to the “proposed Confederation,” thought jit net beneath his dignity to “isdulge a hope” } that I would “define the principles” that I esn-

man who was betrothed to the latter, had! filed so signally in the past ten days. Many | the habes corpus, to imprisonment, to con- | ceived to be “just,” and on which I would agree

all resolved to die together. Jover had aceordingiy opened the yeins in their arms. She bad soon alter fainted trom

—what do they mean? Seme suppose already that the attack on Wilimtngton Was ateint. Ifa

; felut it Was a formidable one, and very tatal te the loss of blood, end knew no more. As the enemy. There is vo doubt in our mind but

neither the young man nor his betrothed | they intended their Janding to be a permanent were to be seen, search was made for them, | une, and had uo idea of re-eiubarkiug until Wil- and their bodies were found at the bottom of | mington was in their possession. Que of the a Wellin the garden. The mother and son} prime causes of their abuudonment of the beach are likely to reevver. | where they had secured a landing is traceable to | . a |} want of water. No army could live upon that |

Teve Herowrm.—Lieut. Buttrick, of the 59th | beach uuless supplied miraculously with water |

and in support of State negoviations for yeace.

As Mr. Carter, in a speech, said, if the gentlemen in that Legislature and in Con- gress could not protest against another ille-

)gal suspension of this privilege, the time

had come when by the laws of nature we would be justified in starting a new revyolu- tion.

The committee on resolutions, in the North

Massachusetts Regiment writes ;—* In the battle | trem a seurce otber thar that within their reach | Carolina Legislature, to initiate negetiations for of September 20 there was a young man killed,| upon that shere; again, they found a gathering | an honorable peace, report that while every effort

a member of the 57th Regiment, who used to live | of wen upon their rigtt, lett and front, wea who, | in Coucerd. His nawe was Broad. I hey

was being made to strengthen our armies they

Hie was|in mapy a hard fought battle field, bad proven should be accompanied by some manifestation of

Wer dauchter’s| #8¥¢ asked the question, what is the enemy about scription, to the surrenter of State officers, | “to support Coutederation.” ¥

In reply to that invitation, I wrote my letter of

j the editor, after courteous y alluding to wy oppo |

|) of supporting it, as he did by secondjng it and voting for it:—

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Moved by J. C. Underhay, Esqr., and seeonded j by W. FE. Clark, Exgr.:—~

* Resolved, That this Meeting, duly considering | the ruportant influence the proposed Union of the | British American Provinces will have on the tu-

ture prosperity ofthis Isiand-—feel satisfied to leave |

The

Quebec, of the Sth instant :—

| Either Col. Gray was not truly Prime Minis- | ter of Prince Edward Island, or, having passed a portion of his life in the Indian Army, be bas (not very exact netions upen Constitutional Go- | vernment and the distinet attributes of the Chief | ot the Cabinet and those of his colleagues, According te the spirit and practice of the | Britisn Constitution, all power being given by the | Chiet of the State to the Prime Minister to form la Cabmet, upen him, consequently, rests the ex- | tire respousibility. In the event of differences, if the difference arises between the Sovereign or her Representa- | tive, usage and reason demand that the Prime Minister should do that which Colonel Gray did; j aud his resignation draws with it the resignation |ot the entire Cabinet. But if the differences i should be with one of his colleagues. and such as | to necessitate a rupture, the Prime Minister cals | Upon this calleague to send to him his resignation, |in order that he may place it before His Exeel- jleney. If net understanding the Consti{utienal jrule, he retuses, the Priwe Minister should in | this case require the Lieut. Governor to dismiss him ; and it the Lieutenant Covernur should re- | fuse, then, and then only, should be send in his } own resignation, This mode of proceeding, 80 reasonable, would j have beeu alteyether to the advantage of Colonel /Gray. If the Lieutenant Governor tad granted j the dismission af Mr, Palmer, the Government | had remained homogeneous, aud the honor of the

aga the matter in the hands of their present Repres at Jabine’ red: if ‘ : the [ith instant, wherein it was stated that “1 | ; ’ So their ceed en ate soethe Se Rereteent Se Rae ae

| must decline trom committing myself to avy par- | ticular principle.” I did not hesitate, however, | to indicate terms whieh — had they been offered | us—would not have been so decidedly objection- able as those contained in the “ official Report.” | You are well aware, Sir, that if we go iuto Con-| | federation on the terms offered us, we give up to }the General Government our revenue with its | | natural increase, and also the large increase that | | would be derived from assimilation te Canadian | | taxation, amounting to nearly £100,000 a year, | tv commence with, and probably to £150,000 a| |year in 10 or 15 years henee. In return for this |

y tound their) an effort and desire to secure an honorable peace. | great sacrifice we are to receive a fixed sum ~i ed with the ambulance train. He met bis death | advance checked in all directions by veterans of | Commissioners having heretofore been refused by | not to increase ~ of about £46,000 a year, equal