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Asotura Uemsvue Expcopen —-We noticed in the Argus of Saturday morning, a ternfe account of a *: Negro Outrage iy Ceneda,’’ which tie Detrant Advertiser of the 18h, knocks into * pi”? The story circulated by the Democratic journals in relation to the affur was intended to prejudice the men agains

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Ihe is determined, per fas et mefas, to continue to do so, and | therefore he considers it the more prudent policy not to be ‘stalking horse from behind which bigotry may shoot its em oisoned and calumaious shafis at the Pope, Dr. Cullen.

the free vegeoes in Canada, and to create the impression that! = Oh, dear!” blubbered an urchin, who had just had av) oa Qatholics generally. He writes: “ We do not blame

they are & lazy, ‘hrifiless, desperate clasa in the community. The Advertser says of the disturhance whien gave rise to the seneatio: article, the whole story is manufactured out of whole

cloth. ft says:

Oa the Saturday night in qvesiion, some negrors visited a! who had ae lodgers two or |

shanty kept by a depraved squaw three tore Women of equally ba: character, and three white individuals in the keness of men, who were as bad as the rest.

‘The negroes wanted te go in, and 4 fight ensued, im which the |

wittes got the worst of 1, Which served them perfectly mght.

The negroes ere arresied, but sonething of acrowd gathering

aromed, thé officers, who were somewhat timid, allowed them to depart not rescued. There was no dange? of a popular outbreak, and none of the officers were summoned from Maldeo. Mr. Wing- field did not come to Windsor with an officer for assistance, nor did officers or citizens go down the river with him, prepared for any emergency. The first thar Mr. Wingfield Knew of the transaction, wae what he was told afier he arrived at Winceor ; and up to yesterday noon he has not retarned to his home, The indignation and excitement ww nol intense, though there isa

yenetal desire to ‘clean out '’ the inst-tation kept by the old |

; There wae no armed nwb, and the prisoners were |

application of the birch ; * ob, my! they tell me forty rods |

makes a a furlong, but just found out that one rod maks an | acher (acre.)

A down-east poct thus immortalises the beaut fal rive Connecticut- “ Roll on, loved Connecticut: long hast thou ran, giving Shad to Ssuth Hadley and freedom to mau.”

Correspondence.

To tra Eprror or rus Examiner.

| Six; My communication, published in the last Examiner. has given rise to a lengtbeved leader in the last Islander, in ‘which the Editor endeavours in vain to gloss over the faci ‘of his having pandered to the prejudices of the ignorant and ithe bigoted. Ile denies having used any expressious calum- nious and insulting. Does he not plainly insinuate that the

Roman Catholies for endeavouring, to obtain political power ‘and influence in this Island; * * *™ ut we are the | sons of those who, centuries ago, threw off the shackles which ‘the Church of Rome imposes,—we have enjoyed the freedom

‘hich Protestantism confers; and it should be our aim 0}

| reserve that freedom, with all its blessings, and transmit it

What is the meaning of all

‘unimpaired to our children.” | 9 | bis ¢ ! . i a threat on the liberties of Catholies, Mr. Pope lays it down as a truth, (but he does so falsely), that liberty cannot

.| be enjoyed under the rule of Catholics ;—then he says that

| Protestants are determined to enjoy liberty and transmit it jo their children, and consequently are resolved to keep | Catholies from ¢ btaining power,—that is, to keep them down

. ae . land make them * hewers of wood and drawers of water” ; |

| aud henee to prevent them from the enjoyment of advantages ‘to which they have as good a right as others, And how is | this to be effected ? If Catholics are fast increasing, as the Islander says. in a few years they may be ina majority, aml

equaw, spoken of by the sensation journal, ae“ a reepectable 'Cutholie electors are determined to place the Government of | then, should they enjoy the same privileges which they do

aged lady.’ vie iat aa

Jeatovsy awn a Fatat lear --A Liverpool paper states that about three o'clock, on Tuesday afternoon, the 25 4 ult, a fine young woman, ID years of age, named Phasve Davis,

Aestroyed herself by leaping dowa a coal-pit near the Diiston |

Rosé, on the outshirts of Wolverhampton. A few minutes be- fore three o'clock she called at a cottage occupied by an aged conple near the shaft, apparent;y very much agitated.

this Island unger “ the direct control of the Keclesiastics of ithe Church of Rome?” Headds: “ The inhabitants o: the ‘small Territory under the immediate government of the | Head of the Loman Catholic Church, are now, and for a long time past have been, in a state of most deplorable dis

driven from his Palace by his Catholie subjects, were the

at present, they will obtam the Government, But the | Islander says this terrible con-ummation of things must be ‘peented, And how? Wh, a -top must be put to the in- ‘erease of Catho'ies by a persecution of some kind or other ;

jor they must be proscribed, and their privileges of course

affection; and the Sovereign Pontiff would immediately be | curtailed ; so that should they ever be in the majority, they

‘cannot obtain power. If these deductions are just and logi-

' i . ee . ‘ ; co afte a; } » . ‘ Pulling ‘army of foreign troops, by which they are vow kept in sub- cal —az d I dk fy the Editor of the Islander to shew thar

& handkerchief from her neck, she handed it to the aged inmates | jection, to be withdrawa.” Will the Editor of the Islander | ‘hey are not—may I not justly charge him with having

eaying, “ Gove thisto Jack, for ] shal! never see him again.

Nive thet ran to the pit-mouth, and, climbing over the fencing eurrounding it, cast herself headlong down the shaft, which lias been disused for some time, and is upwsrds of 90 ards deep, An old miner named Russell, having beer fastened to a chain, wss lowered down by hand, and, attiching the body of the poor gir! to another, it wes brought to the surface. Russe!l himself

weerly fell a victim to hia exertions, for, when brought up, he |

was quite insensible, and friction and other means had to be waed for nearly three-quarters of an hour before he could be restored. evif in « paroxyeni of jealousy, owing to her lover having takea another young woman toe dancc.

eee Caro’s Grack.—A pious old negro, saying grace at table,

There is fo doubt thet the poor girl destroyed her- |

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‘maintain that there is nothing calumnious and insulting in | given expression to the most illiberal seatiments that ever d _insa! rere ed at ae The gross misstatements contained in the above | “isgraced the pages cf any paper printed in this Colony ?

i } ; ’ 7 isclai th abomin: infs 4 extracts are highly calculated to mislead the unwary. Tne | Mr. Pope may now disclaim such abominable and infamou

Editor first mentions the determination of Catholies ta sub-

ject the Island to Ecclesiastical domination, and then in-|s¢réptum est—.

stances the evil effects of such domination in the Pontifical States. The evident conclusion to be deduced from this is ithat Catholics are determined to establish in this Island a | Government similar to that now existing in the States of the Church, in which many of the principa! offces are held by ceelesiastices~-and hence that the Priests and other Eeclesi- ‘asties of this Island are plotting to place themselves in office ! '[ am notte be understood to say that [ consider it bad. per se | for persons to endeavour to place a Government under the

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| intentions, but let me remivd him that—guod scri;tum est.

shat is written is written, [ really pity the Edtor of the Islander, on account of the yuenviable position in which heis at present placed. A few months ago, before he got office, he appeared to me to be a thorough geatleman—to be independent and tolerant in his views ; but, alas, how changed is ke now, at least apparently. 1

| would almost say that his company since the comatencement

of his tevure of office bas not been always the very best. Will the Editor of the Jslander have the kin:iness to in- form his readers what those * shackles” were which his fore-

not only used to ask a blessing on his board, but he would | Jireet control of Heclesiasties, or for clergymen to hold | fathers threw of? Will be also tell them whether it is a

also petition to bave a deficient dish supplied. One day it was koown that Cate was out of potatocs, and suspecting

that he would pray for some at dinner, a wag provided him- ‘religion, to the exclusion and proscription of all the rest. to| clerical, including a near relative ef bis own, have not put |

| offices ; but 1 do maintain that it would be very wrong, in a mixed community as we have here, for the members of one

fact, that during the last ten years hundreds of the most respectable people in Knagland and Scotland, both lay an!

self with a small measure of the vegetables, and stole under | e,deayour to control all the acts of Government; and I con- | “the shackles which the Uburch of Rome imposes ?”

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the window near which stood the table of our coloured friend. | sider it a calumny on Catholics to impute to them such in-| :

: | freedom which Pyotestantism confers.”

| forefathers suffered for three long centuries the unheard of | “ hile they supposed their superiors were ignorant of their i

Soon Cato drew up a chair and commenced : * Oh, Massa Lord, will dow in dy provident kindness

. i. ‘ > =r ° siderable number of our Protestant fellow subjects that such

tentions. Should parties succeed in persuading any con-

The Editor of the Islander says: *‘ we have enjoyed the |

Perbaps so. Our

edndescéad to bresa eberyding before us, aud be please: | in jeed, is our determination, what can we expect from them | penalties, configeations, oppressions. and persecutions which

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to bestow upon us a few taters, und all the praise

i . . j sti ‘ayre rit » Ri F . a ‘but insult and persecution? I would be very sorry wrong. | ?0testautism conferred. Will the Editor of the Islander! ne Jats G

Here the potatoes were dasied upon the table, breaking | fully to aceuse the Kditor of the Islander, or any one else, | deny that these are facts—yes, facts written in characters vl

plates and upsetting the mustard pot.

em down a icetel easier next tine.’ Seciienniedtiiaby-sedansnie Ricn Eorton.—The Editor of the Praicie News, publish: | ed at Oka'oona, Miss., feels rich, and thus lets himself off | on someboly who called him poor: *We poor! A few days since some one had the hardi- hood to cal] us ‘ poor editor!’ We poor? No, sir-e-e, sorrel; not by a jug fall, we ain't, Why, we have a good librarv, wade up for the most part, of Patent Office Reports aud Kansas speeches; a doub e-barreled pistol—but won't stand reared back ; a gold watch; six suits of clothes; four- teen shirts; a cat; a bull pup, seventy-five cents in ciean | vash, and no poor kin; aud are going to have @ pretty wife, | aod, as soou az possidle, a town lot! Talk of being poor !”

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Bap Comeasy.—According to the Worcester Spy, a young gent, who was returning with a merry party of ladies | sad gentlemen from a ball at Clinton, a few nights since, | jamped from bis sleigh and gave chase to what be sapposed | to be a rabbit, running along the toad. [He was successful | iu his pursuit, but O, horrors of borrors!—the rabbit proved | to be a skank, avi administered an overpowering dose of | bis celebrated perfumery upeo the uufortunate youth.

The Kuitor of the Isla#der denies my charge against him |

these offensive epithets, and displays an amount of ignorance | | which I did not expect to fiud in an Editor, much less in a | Colonial Secretary, in this enlightened nineteenth century. He says: “If the Roman Catholics of this [sland are so 'deplorably ignorant as to consider the term Romanist an ot ‘eusive epithet when used to designate a member of the Roman Catholie Church, we certainly think that we bave very good reasons for desiring that they may vot become our rulers. The term Catholic, meaning universal, we are aware, is claimed by the Roman Catholic Church ; but Protestants | do not acknowledge the propriety of the term, and when | speaking of members of the Papal or Romish Church, they | us? the term Romau Catholics or Romanists.’ I will’ endeavour to “ enlightea the dark understanding ” of the kiditor ef the Islander. At the first promulgation of the Gospel, ts followers were distinguished trom the Jews by the name of Christians, as we learn from Seripture, Acts xi. 26. Hence the title of Catholie did not oceur in the

lof any unchristian er illiberal sentiments; but I leave a) ocd, which time will never effuce ? Is it not true that un- * Demsem, Lord,"said Cato with surprise ; “ only Just laf! discerning public to decide whether or uot the tenor of Mr. | | Pope's expressions did not justify me in characterizing them jas | did.

til a few years ago, Catholics were treated, under * the freedom which Protestantism confers,” as Helots? Is it

‘not a fact which ehould make the Editor of the Islander

blush for bis forefathers, that one of the wealthiest and most

° 10° . . — re le ar ‘ i ’ . t q ‘ 2h: i. jof calling nicknames when speaking of Catholics and their, respectable men now in Charloiteraw seth debarred Sone | in answ Church ; but strange to say, in de‘ending himself, he uses} JC#"S 980 On account of his religion, from exercising a pri- | B

| independent, but rather to * sound the alarm,” and to be the |

If it hasany meaning at al) [ maintain that it implies:

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POLITICAL, CHANGES IN NOVA SCOTIA.

| Tux recent change in the Government of Nova Scotia can- not but suggest grave reflections to the public men of the North

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Amerie:n Colones. That Province, small in geographical

| area, when compared with N w Brunswick or Canada, has, from tie abilities of her leading politicians, and the intelligence and zeal manifested by them in the atruggles which preceded the concession of self-Government—acquired and maintained a vosition of the first rank for appreciation of constitutional princi.les. True it is that, occasionally, from causes of mo- mentary orgin and of momentary duration, these principles have been violated ; but it has always happen: d that the good sense of the public has soon checked the evil in the bud, and drawn the line which would prevent exception from becoming precedent. So far the future hi-torian of Nova Seutia may honestly deseribe the character of her statesmen, of whatever party ; but when the ** philosophy which teaches by example” | Shall chronicle the course of the late administration, since the last general e ection in that province, we incline to the opinion that she would fain, like Sterne’s recording angel, blot the re- cord with a tear, were tears pLitvsophical or history senti- mental,

Without entering upon the discussion of the merits or de- merits of the causes which placed Mr. Johnston at the head of a Government, which, at the time of his accession to the premiership, was certainly supported by a substantial working majority of the electors of that Province, we must confess that we were surprised at his reticence of power after the election in May last. The decision of the people was there expressed --:hat decision was adverse to his Government~-to that decision, a8 a constitutional statesman, he should have bowed; and by So bowing, relieved the Liewt. Governor from the awkward position of being compelled to conduct his Government in opposition to the well understood wishes of the people. Asa gentleman, we should have supposed Mr Johnston possessed

of too much spirit to continue the paid officer of a people who | had declared that they would not have him in their service ; and that his col'eagues should have consented to remain in the same disreputable position, argues a want of decency, ex- | ceding that of the flunkies in the farce who squandered the

| substance, and usurped the designations of their masters, enly

| doings. overnment of Nova Scotia, with an obstinacy | worthy of a better cause, steadily refused toset their house in

order, although tie handwriting was upon the wall announcing their doom; and it was not until after several days spent in idle cavil about the eligibility of several members, that-a | direct vote of want of confidence, passed prior to the address er to the Governor's Speech, hurled them from power: yron’s lines to Napoleon may, with propriety, be addressed

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\day; but they are not oa that account the less true.

vilege which Mr. William Byers, commonly known by the| name of Black Bill, could at the same time exercise without let or hindrance? These facts will, no doubt, bring a blush | to the cheeks of every generous hearted man of the present | Mr. | Pope may disown the exeeruble designs of re-euacting any of |

to the Hon. J. W. Jolinaton :— “Thou ! from thy reluctant band Ths thanderbolt was wrang— Too late thou heaveet the high command To which thy weakness clung.”

‘leader in the Islander of the 10:h inat. I would advise the Kduor of tiat Journal to keep bimsel! | vool, and prepare himseif te bear, vot a quantity of © non-| ' yense,” but a good deal of plain truth. that it would be very becoming for him, who has taken uccasion lately to lecture some of his contemporaries on the Of} primitive edition of the Apostles’ Creed (see four collated | prt priety of not ridicu! ing the dogmas of any religion, pot to course his unfragrant presence could not be tolerated hy the | copies of it in Dupiris Bib. Ecel. tom. 1.) but no sooner dij | surer at the * centre of auity” aud at the ® iufalubity of the while his spi it was that of the hanghty Coriolanus, he used | =

the penal statutes or disabilities against Catholics; but be

should k:ow that there are thousands who lony for such a)

consummation of things ;—and the conduct of some persons

in high places evidentiy shows that these wicked longings |

are not confined to the uneduecsted and the uuinfuential. Qo a future occasion I will review the latter part of the In the mean time,

I would also suv_est

superfine broadcloths and silks in the sleigh, and the un- | heresies and schisms arise to distarb the peace of the Chareh | Chureb.”

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| Had the late Government retired after the electors had sigui- fied their want of confidence, or even when they were beaten ont e eection of a Speaker, they would have received the | negative credit of not haring sought to retain power against | the current of puble opinion, and Mr. Julinston would not

| have suggested the reflection that ‘‘superfluous Jags the reteran - J on the stage-”’

i ! faith in the sinectity of attachment to the Catholics, as such, | profeseed by Mr. Johnston aud his Gurerament. The ante-

| cedents of that gentlemen induced a slight suspicion that,

,the language of the cunning Antony to obtain ** the most

We may, in conclusion, observe that wo never had much |

‘ucky wight was secured to the rear of ihe Wehicle, and thus | than there was found to be a neeessity for discriminating the | conveyed to Worcester, « melancholy illustration of the effect | main stock of her faithfal children, to whom the promises cf | of falling into bad company. | Christ belonged, from those self-will choosers of ti.eir articies |

pecs, luf belief, as the word heretic signifies, and those obedient |

I-am, Sir, yours very tru! as : : ’ ¢ ? ys sti : | Sweet voices’’ of a body which had alwayseopposed lim and

2 i ; nk a . : on : i ‘ LECTOR. | his policy. This belief Las received a confirmation of no small | Queen’s County, February 13:h, 1869. ae é | significance, from the fact that on the question of the appoint- |

A man Once came to the Khojah, saying: “ Efendi, I have great weed of an ass to-day; have the kindness to len: me yours.”

“[ have not an ass here.” said the Khejah. At the fame moment the ass began to bray in the stable.

“ Ho!” said the man, * do not 1 hear your ass braying ?” |

* What!” exclaimed the Ihojah, « would you take the | word of an ass in preference to mine 7”

| The Khojah one day saw a flock of ducks swimming in a | lake ; he ran toward them, and they immediately flew away. | Tskiog sowie bread be sat down, and dipping into the water, | vegan to eat, What are yor doing there, Khojah?” said sonte one | {rem the opposite side. “{[ am trying the flavor of duck sous,” was the reply.

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Movesr Arveat.—\ lady once asked a minister whether |

| separatists, as the word schismatic means. For this purpose | the title of Catholic, or universal, was adopted and appled | 'to the trae Church and her children. According} y we fin’ \it used by the immediate disciples of the Aposties as a dis. | tinguishing mark of the true Charch. Que of these was| the illustrious martyr St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, who, | writing to the Charch of Smyrna, expressly says, that | “Christ is where the Catholic Chureh is.” St. Cyril, | Bishop of Jerusalem, in the fourth century, gives the follow. | ing directions to his pupils: ‘“ 1f you go into any city, di not ask merely, where is the Church or the house of God ?| veeause the heretics pretend to have this; but ask which és! the Catholic Church ? because this title alone belongs to ou holy mother.” Catech. 18.’ St. Augustine in the Sih cen- | tary says: “ Many things detain we in the bosom of the| Catholic Church—the very name of Carmozic detains me in | i!, which she has so happily preserved amidst the different heretics; that whereas they are all desirous of being called | Catholics, yet if any on a were toask them, which is the | assembly of the Catholics ? none of them would dare to po.nt

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ment of Second Clerk to the Lloase of Assembly, no less than eight of Mr. Johnston's supporters voted against the re-election | of the only Catholic candidate, Mr. Tobin, son of the Hon. | Michael Tobin, a Catholic member of the late Executive

FOR THE EXAMINER, WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH THE ELEPHANT?

Once upon a time, no matier what time, a man who had)

iny sted in a jottery, drew asa prize an elephant.

At first | Council, and who was praised by Mr. Johnston bimself as

the lucky individual was greatly rejoiced ; but after he bad | having been a most efficient officer.

got possess.on of the prize, be was much perplexed to know | what use he could make of the unwieldy animal. To add to

We have no doubt that the experience of the results arising

his trouble, he had no stable of sellicient size to hold the ele-| from the introduction and maintenance of elements of religious

phant, netther had he the fodder wherewith to feed him. | Che end of it was that the elephant was disposed of toa tra-| velling showman for a trifling gum. Just now te people of | Summerside are troubied with an elephant in the shape of an engine. But I will give the story in fuli. It appears that! some three years ago the Legisistare passad an Act, author- | izing the people of Summerside to elect fire-wardeus, and giv-| ing them a certain contro! over their local affairs, including | the appointment of hog-reeves. Accordingly the wardens, were elected, and the hog-reeves appuinted,—tie former much | to the dis atisfaction of careless housekeepers, and the latter | to the detriment of the Summerside hogdom, by jeupardizing |

a person might not be foad of dress and ornaments | out hisown place of worship.” Contra. Epist. Fandam. ¢. ] | their independence in a manner that was at yariance with |

without being proud. * Madar,’ replied the minister, * when | you see the fox’s tail peeping cul of the hole, you may be | sure that the fox is within.’ <6 -~ Gentleman-=' Is Mrs. M. in 7? Mervant—' No, sir; she is not at home.’ Veatieman—* Ah. L am sorry, as [ owe her geome monay, | and have ecalied to pay it. When—’ Voiee from over tie balust rade—* Oh! I’m in, to be sure | Tam. Why, Sally, did younot kaowthat? Ask the gentle- | to walk in!’

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A gentleman, sfter noticing the state of the weather. previous to going to bed, huog bis thermometer, as he sup- | posed, eatside Lis dormitory window. About four o'clock | is the micrning he was awakened by a police man, who in-| formed him that = gold watch was banging outside of his| window, and advised him to take it in. ile had placed the | thermometer under the pillow, and hang bis watch out of | dors.

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Dzcurss ov [xneticioy.—A correspondent is reminded, | by the anecdote related of the great degree of sin ascribed | to * the fellow who susped the Kider’s horn,” of a story of | at old New Kogland parson, who lived at a time when what. be looked upon as a heretica! doctrine was rife in the country, |

aid it wes necessary to keep a sharp eye upon his flock. | my last lester, I wrote Romish, not Romanist, as it is| eunceived the idea that the wardens were plotting to get con-

Notising the absence of one of his parishioners one Sabbath, | he accosted a a neighbor of the wissing man snd said—

“Parmer Clodpole was not at meezing to-day; I hope be is not troubled with Ariauism,” : ’ Ob, no,” says the neigh!or, * it is something worse than that.’ ;

** ft cannot be Socinianism,” says the parson.

“ Worse than that.”

«What! Unitarianism ¢”

Worse than that.”

“ Universalism ?”

* Worse than that.”

“Is the unfortanate man, then, affficted with Deism ?”

« No, worde than that.”

* Ob, ean it be Atheiem 7”

~ No, it is wotse than that.”

“ What can be worse for his soul than Atheism 2?”

«1 don’t know, indee!, sir,” said the houest countryman, but ne’s very bad—he's dowa flat with the Rheumatism !”

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_Moliere was asked the reason why in certain countries a king may assume the erown at fourteen years of uge, and canoot marry befire eigutcen. “ It is,” said Moliere, “ be- eause it is more difficult to rule a wife than a‘kingdom.”

‘schismatics, whether they will or not, wheu they are speak-

Again be says: ‘ We must hold fast the commuuion o: that Charch which is cailed Catholic, not only by her own children, but also by all her enemies. For heretics atd

ing of the Catholic Chureh with strangers, or with their own | people, ca!l ber by the name of Catholic—inasmuch as they | would not be understood if they did not call her hy the name by which all the wor'd calls her.” De ver. Relig.c. 7. 1 would ask Mr. Pope if the arguments and remarks of these | illustrious Doctors are not as true and as appropriate at the | present time as ihey were wheu they were first written ? | The highest authority in Britain accords tc us our proper vame—Catholics or Roman Catholics; and persons in every country throughout Christendom, baving any pretensions to Christian courtesy and good breeding, have never failed to cail us by that name and by it alone. Those alone who bave been distinguished for their unchristian abuse of the Catholic Church, and who have been always characterized by their perverseness, iguorance and fanaticism, have perse- vered in making use of the nicknames, Romanzst, Romash. Papist, Popish, Popery, &. Uf the Editor of the Isfander wishes himself to be classed in the category of the ungentlemany, ignorant and fauatical, let him contiuue as ne has dove in the teo last numbers of his paper, to insult | Catholics by ca!ling their Church the nickname of Rumish, which every person, who is met **deplorab!y ignorant,” w.1 |

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printed—the Editor of the Islander will, thereiore, remember | that I alleged nothing untruthfally. Mr. Pope denies that he hiuted at the necessity that may | possi’ ly exist for curtailing our privileges. But will he te! us what was his motive for valling the attent:ou of the Pro- t stat population to the rapid increase of Boman Catholics in this Island? Was it to advise them, now that they are in power, to be moderate towards their Uatholie fetlow Colo- nisis, to treat them as having equal rights and liberties with themselves, and cutitled to equai privileges ? Was it to in- | culeate the necessity of wot exasperating Catholics by endeavouring to tuake them “ hewers of wood and drawers of waier,” sud by excludicg them from any participation in the oflices and patronage oi the government to whic they, as faithful and loyal subjects who pay their share of the taxes, bave & Wost just and unequivocal right? Did he propose to the:r consideration those moderate steps in order that Catholics, should they ever have the majority, mil act with equal moderation and justice towards the wivority 2) He did no such thing. The late Mr. McLean, who was no: a slave to any secret society, an] who did not pander to the intolerance aud designing plots of proseriptionists, recom mended the moderate and conciliatory mode of action, when he Wrote on the proportion of Protestants and Catholics on the Island ; but the person who at present guides the destinies of the Islander has * enjoyed the freedom which Protestant-

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ism confers,” and having once tasted of the sweets of office, | question— Wha? till they do with the Elephant ?

every pigish feeling of restraint. Arg s-eyed reeves watched | at every corner, and the unsuspecting hogs were pounced up- | vn and gold without even their owners’ knowledge. ‘Taxation and discontent were the first fruits of the Act. For the last two years the wardens lave imposed a tax on the inhabitants, in order that funds might be raised to purchase a Fire Engine. After debating for two years. to the benefit of nobody, except ihe tavern-keej er at whose hou-e they met, they accomplished ihe purchase of an Engine, which arrived at Summerside a short time since. In the meantime the wardens have neither a house in which to keep the engine, nor wells sunk where- | with to supply it with water in ease of fire. The formation of a Fire Company now engaged the attention of the village magnates. It was suggested by some that the warcens should select the Company and appoint its officers; others of more liberal views thought that the voluntary system would be the best way to raise & company. acting on this idea, some twenty-six men volunteered te form a company. The Ohair- man of the Wardens called a Public Meeting on Friday, the 27th of January. In opening the Meeting, the Chairman, with great suavity of manner, patronizingly tuld the people that they were under great obligations to hims If and his bro- ther wardens for having purchased the engine with their, the people’s money. No soover had the chairman finished his ha- rangue, than an individual who has been nominated for th» town criership jumped up and proposed that a certain jy ersen then present should be captain of the Fire Company. No sooner was this motion made than one of the ** village Hamp- dens,’ with ** dauntless breast’’ and shaggy beard, stood up and sneeringly asked, *‘ Captain of what?’’ No answer be- ing returned to this, the democratic element in the meeting

troul of te eng ne, and have a company of their own choos- ing to work it. This idea gained ground with marvellous ra- pidity, and then ensued one of the most sturmy debatés that ever oecurred in any hittle Pedlington. How was the Compa- ny to be formed—the volu-teers had already Leen unceremo- ntously rejected? At last an individual whose parliamentary aspirations have not been damped by a rejection at the pulls, proposed that the company be formed in the same manner as committees are appointed in the House of Assembly. The people, not having ary definite idea of parliamentary crder, agreed to this, amd this mode was quietly being proceeded with, when an iadiyidual of a mild, benign countenance, and a brow with a tendency to baldness, objected to young men becoming members of the eompany, alleging that they were generally not possessers of property, and would not take that interest in the movement that men of property would. But this novel idea not appearing to take with the meeting, he of the benign Gountenance and his friends withdrew in high dud- goon. The meeting now proceeded with the formation of the company and the election of its officers. The next morning, however, the greatest discontent prevailed—* * * * Already have the discontented notified the senior magistrate that a public meeting will be demanded to settle the vexed question. fhe ultra malcontents propose that the muchine be handed over to the inhabitants of a neihbouring village. the shadow of whose aristocratic influence hangs beavy on Summerside. In tis little community it is no longer asked, will there be a war between France and Evgland? How wili the Italian af- fairs be settled? Will the Great Kastern be successful? Ail these questions have been overshadowed by the great local

er denominatio al discord into political combinations, will show those who have been by such means temporarily estranged the propriety of making up their quarrels and burying in oblivion all irritating reminiscences, unite them into the same solid phalanx they presented of yore; amid it way be, that this brief estrangement will but insure a more durable association of the parties who have been of mutual aid to each other.

This morning's Mail from Halifax brought us an account of the closing scene of the Johnston Administration. It ap- pears that Mr. Johnston, ina lengthy Minute of Couneil, signed by himself and his coNeagues, advised the Lieut. Go- vernor to dissolve the Assembly — they declaring their willing- ness to take the responsibility of the rash act. Lord Mul- grave, in a courteous letter, declined the advice, f ent reasons stated by him ; whereupon Mr. Johnston and eol- leagues resigned the Government. The following gentlemen have been appointed to succeed them ; and the House was ad- journed until the 12th of March :—

Hon. William Young, President of the Exeeative Counce’ ;

Hon Joseph Howe, member of the Cabi Provincial Secretary ;

Hon. Adams G. Archibald, member e Cabinet and Attorney Generai ; Hon. Jonathan McCully, member of the Cabinet, Solicitor General, and Chairman of the Railway Board ; Hon. J. H. Anderson, member of the Cabinet and Receiser General ; Hon. William Annand, member of the Cabinet, and Finan- cial Secretary ; Hon. Benjamin Wi r, member of Couneil without office ; Hon. John Locke, member of Coune:l without office ; Mr. Anderson hes been appointed to a seat in the Legisla- tive Council The Queen's Printer resigned sho. tly after the Government retired, but we have not heard of his successor.

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LAND JOBBING AND DECEPTION.

Tue following extraordinary art cle first appeared in the Halifax Sun, of the 2nd instant, and has been reproduced in several other Colonial papers—even the Monitor of Charlotte- town eopying it without note or comment, although the edi- tor of that paper must know it to be a tissue of falsehoods :—

“PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

‘““Mr. Lengworth, Controller of Customs, Charlottetown, in a report to the Lieat. Governor of the Island, certities tiai 561,859 bushels of produce were evionet from Charlottetown alone during the last three months ending 22d December last. From the whole Island one and a half millions of bushels wece exported during the above periud. This fact is certainly cheering, and gues far to confirm what is generally said, tnat the Island isthe ** garden of North America,’’ The total area of the Island is 1,350,000 aeres, nearly all of which is fit for cultivation. There are 250,000 acres of Crown lands stil! to dispose of, and His Excellency who hasail along taken the greatest interest in developing the resources of the Island, and promoting the welfare of the inhabitants, is having those lands ** blocked” «ff in suitable farms for intending settlers. With a view t+ bringing the capabilities of the soil, and the adaptability of this large district for settlers, before indus- trious people of good conduct in Britain, Mr. Smith, a practi- cal farmer from the Island; left here last night in the steamship

Europa, on his way to Scotland, to give every information

requisite to intending emigrants. With @ soil 0 fertile and a climate #o healthy, the [sland offers far greater inducements to the hardy settleis from the north of Europe than any of

the States of the Union. Governor Dundas dereryes the

ae eatest credit for the warm interest he has taken in the im- Charlottetown, PEL, Fe ruary 14, 1860. provement of the idend, and in the events and bapplanen of

the people under his ebarge.’’—Haifar Sun.

Now, every person in this Island knows that our Govern- ment have nothing at all Hike 250,000 acres of Jand to dispose of. The Worrell Estate is the principal part of the Govers- ment property —indeed, there is yery little land besides it a the disposal of the Government ; and according to the Com- missigner’s report, presented to the Legislature last year, there were then only 40,000 acres undisposed of—a consider able portion of which bas been since taken ap; and it imad+ mitted on all sides that much of the remainder is bad. A year or two ago, when the gentlemen now in the Government were in the Opposition, it was their constant cry that there was no Jand atall left on the Worrell Estate worth having— all that remained undisposed of, according to their aseertion, were patches of bog and barrens, in some out of the way cor- ners of the property. ‘The only other lands at the dieposal of the Government are a few hundred acres of tive worst parts of Lots 15 and &5; and some utterly uselees land on Lot 11—all the beet of that property having been taken up long ago. Al- together, the Government have scarcely 50,000 acres at their disposal, one half of which at least may be said to be nearly worthless.