A Weekly Hournal of

**This is true Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the P

Vol. AV.

Literature, and stews.

ublic, may speak free.”---Eu

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, February 13, 1865.

ripides.

New Series.---No, 11

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AVG SQUIRE HOUSL, "ess Ro Cloths, Cloths, Cloths, MANUFACTORY!

1° Beavers, W hitneys, Meltans, Riue, We are now Black, Brown

ind Drab BROAD-CLOTUH. FALL

preparing our

STOCK

Mantle ¢ &, Doeskins, Tweeds, &e.; a 5 ry OF

superior ie BEER & SONS - > oie ana BOOTS & SHOES, Shawls and Mantles. in every variety,

SUITABLE FOR THIS MARKET. Wholesale & Retail Dealers are invited to call before purchasing elsewhere, as we will supply upon as Reasonable Terms

us thay be desired

GEO. NICOLL,

Qnee n Square, immediately opposite the Post Office

Aug. 29, 1864 tf

i ATKST STYLES, cheap. 4 BEER & SONS

Ready-Made Clothing. |

GOD Assortmert HEAVY OVERCCATS BEER & SONS. |

FUR CAPS, FUR CAPS.

a © ENDiD variety

A large lot of|

A

in qualities and

BEER & SONS LADIES’ FURS,

pr ll, Oppossum, Musquash and Mock |

Kru Lows, Mufls and Cuffs VI kew 5 # Alswu

CORNER OF GREAT GEORGE AND KENT SPREEDS.

WILLIAM H. WILSON

| AAS JUST OPENED A LARGE STOCK OF

General Merchandise,

j -——— CUNSISTING IN PART O0F-——— LADIES, DRESS GOODS, in al! the latest Coburgs, Alpacas, Lustres, Delaines, Freoch Merinos and Delaines Grey, White, Striped and Printed COTTONS. | SHIRTINGS, Tickings, Osnaburgs, Drills, Jeans,

Boots & Shoes.

\) S and BOYS’ STRONG BCOTS | White, Red, Blue, and Faney FLANNELS; i and : ‘ t s" K

: to match, Russian Pup and siberian

BEER & SUNS

SEAL SKIN COATS. 4 FEW very sUPERIOR. - BEER & SONS

Felt Hats, Felt Hats,

N Ladies’ and Gents’, latest styles. BEER & SONS

sty ies;

W incies,

Sheeliug

BROGANS: Ladies’, Misses’ nud Broad Cloths, Dueskins, Tweeds, &c., &e id aud Cloth Leather BOOTS aad | Saperior Meltens, very cheap; Mantle Cloths, | BEER & SONS Mautles, and Ready-made CLOTHING.

BUFF \LO RORES ron aaa ae Shawls, Bonnets, Gloves,

, 4 4 ‘ an/9 i usiery, C., GC. }

Q' Fiksf CLASS QUALITY. ; | HARDWARE, Shovels, Hoes, Plough Mounting, | BEER & SONS. | Weavers’ Reeds, Nails, &c., Ke.

——- i | rABLE CUTLERY, Sheath Knives, Powder, |

SKATES. SKATES, SKATES, } _ Shot. Caps, Blister Steel, &e., &e.

KN , PES ’ ons pm Be Ys’ BOOTS and SHOES, Ladies’ Wellington RUB-!

LAT Sve their BERS, Robber Shoes, &e., &e. |

vanety and VERY ¢ Shan R & SONS | GROCERIES; TEA, superior quality ; ope

‘EER & SONS

SilVkES

a large

Molasses, R 1isins, Tobacco, «& c., &e. ; HOOP SKIRTS, in great variety.

Stoves, Stoves, Stoves,

‘oiminnilee | W. H. W. begs te call epecial attention to his

4 FEW of the Vii TURLA { UAL COL 4 Steck of FURS. nototad iisead teens Chat

i sroy Kad, ACH _ edged to be 4 re Montreal Factory, consisting of — |

tor , aan wes — a “wd We I- | BOAS, in Mountain Martin, Stone Martin, Fiteh, | * Bariad: Gtamen; fot Hate: Nie ' - |) Mock Fitch, Lustred, Opossu.n and Minesota

5 Ste S oe Wo. 1 1X few Princess Royal BOAS, very superior |

l a 1 CAPS, im Hair Otter, Plucked Otter, Grey |

SONS

BEER &

——

Piushed Altred, and a lot of otber styles. '

Dawson's Buildings, Nov. 7, 1864.

TEA and FLOUR. |

| BBLS. 8 and Rstra ‘State Rubber Boots and Shoes, 209 voi

20 Chests su

’ ;

; PAIRS SUL LADrEs? and

GEN I'S

wears MISSES

HILDREN'S

bu sand ( F per.

r Congou TEA,

OF SUPi RIOR JU iLjTY Warranted a good urticle, on sale, cheap for eash . ‘ TS r uppreved credit. BEER & SONS. "7 R. W. BRECKEN, { tatawe. Dee. S 1004 | Penke's Buildings, adjoining Dank ot P. E i Jan. 16, 1865 6w > wm 29 egg heal ane sinemainn COM,PLUELPED LiveErPoon TRAVER.

per Bark

1 Tae The A “ UNDINE.” | Law Jot

4 | 3 1 Clipy : f - _ sAWREN e KickshaM, Commander, ) d i > a SS Wi sul f n the al ve a t on i Ly ; SATI RDAY, the Ist day ol Al RIL | QUEEN SQUARE, | “Merchants wishing to have Goode early in the|

TMPORTATIONS —((beriresicor rus Liverpool

Mesers. doskernk York & lord (

7 ‘ to JAMES C. POPE. ‘AR ' | | {\h4 } ‘ own, Jan'y 23, 1865 kKWiI P't i i ABM *| Spring Ship from Liverpool, |

+ pPiense

i . : Lm. rie SUPPLY OF 4 L, oe THE New Al SHIP ‘L C Owes,’ D can : - * 2010? V 4 sanho : St Rone F SF Con arenes will British& t orelgn Merchandiz 4s ri a * t] " shove Port. for ¢ i ak COMPHISENG OUR LOYTETOWN SATURDAY the cone — - We , ist da APRIL. For Fre t or STOCK IN TRADE, Puseure apply to Messrs. William Ytewart & Co., WILL BE FOUND 1 and 2. Tratlerd Chambers, South Julio Street - Live rpovl; in 4 irivitetow to i ail m Second to None ’ : L. C. OWEN & CO. . ru Jannary 23, 1865 41 iN TUE eiry. ¢ : seiiieaidhetldaeenceciiininaniaisaineaitnasiinmnataiiincnctih Yor Vacs, Qualty. Suis or Vale Phe Fall. Supply “—s OF

Se BRITISH AND FOREIGN Wo Solicit Inspection. ete : Ww. & A. BROWN. GOODS eee oe. Se _ IS NOW COMPLETED by the arrval of Ships Commodore, UNDINE

Square Rod Tobacco. io. re — ™ and Lotus which, for QUALITY and CHEAP- ISLAND M AN U FAC TD RE. ow will contrast favourably with any other

mpertalon lor

-hbe season, and must iusure a Rapid Saie.

mur Subser bers having purchased he WILLIAM HEARD.

. I ea a ; . a : ; _ ie - ‘ ay Me a Queen Square House. Oct. 31, L804. nye eal a “ ' a a ' a Is neee and ase Wis : : : 5: = ‘iad PERN? Fe ee te eels ball teen t e % Ww T A moe wm & YY LOOWDEN & KICHARDSON cir Store in} @ a a DS oy 3~yv ao a s Street, next door to the Bank of P. EB. Is-| « TAKEN IN EVERY STYLE,

Sand, the best quality of Square Rod—Island Maan- | facture Strict attention paid to orders from the | = AT THE ne ; te ~s

MORIN LOWDEN. D. J. RICHARDSON.

CHEAPEST RATES, GEORGE P. TANTON.

*otographs, Phot

Phot o syduarojoud

Met. 10, 1964

8, L. STRICKLAND,

Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist. Ofice Greai George Street, near Water Street. mpereta inserted on Gold, Platina, Siiver

and Vul thout acting tl

extract 1@ roots

graphs, Photographs, &c. & { _ . ‘ Cash Provision Store ! W. S. SMITH, Great George Street. if desired.) ssinitiaianaamenstsgeaddimaamaaan

Patient wiil be atiowed apfficient time to wear FLOUR, re

me

anite

& teeth to sutiaty themselves they are as re " seated Decayed Teeth filled with Sponge Gold TEAS, éjoldfeil. Tin, Platina and Lithodeon, and restored ’ WL ES, their pateral shape and usefulness > i SPIRITS, | ‘t nost improved inetramentsa used Ip.extrict- | si i sant Gharetaes and Behan ateininaar’ and GENERAL GROCERIES. Part attent paid to regulating teetl

Dr.S will gaarantee to give satisfaction ip all N. B.—W.S.S. would call the attention of Re-

aases. 2 sLITY OF WORK and PRICE, cai! Dealers to his Stock ef Wines Spirits, &e. vhieh shall be as reasonable as at any Office in} Ch town, May 23, 1864. isl & rw tf eo w the nhelghooring Provinces All W Ora {| he - 7, arn CO .11IT Tr , rerraitinds WATCHES and JEWELLERY.

UST RECEIVED from ENGLAND, of best quality, and for sule at a low price— Ilorizontal Watclres in Silver Causes,

~ DENTISTRY. _

ere co P 4 holes yew EE ta es wd a aaa £3 i” 0 . : ’ ; oO i inting a J ) DR. -1AUIS BE CRETRY, | Begun frre $33

p onti F aris Wateh Chains and Keys. Finger Rings, Steel Ear

Surgeon Dentist, (from Paris.) eats ceor

Queen Street, Charlottetown. by A= Pict AL TEETH inserted in every

each a close imitation of m:ture

A. PURCHASE, Watchmaker, Smardon’s Corner. Charlottetown, Oct. 3]. 1864

that the most ekilfal eve cannot discern the di ler- ae cadbeseit Bie oe ite 5 snafacture of tne plates, nd shete wake aud sh EARTHENWARE! rabufacture of the plates, and their make and fi vish } ;

ear ‘ ‘ °- 7 » workmal p All 4d otal > . . : $ “1

cout nerformed with profédsional dei OR SALE by the Subseribers — 10 operations re pert x proiess i ie . atm :

testy. Peeth imeerted with or without extracting} EBRATES of the above.

G. & S. DAVIES.

e

the reote--ti Work Watraated : Adcice given daily free of charge.

DENTIFRICE ELIXIR, : For Purifying the Mouth and Preserving the Teeth, prepared by DR. DE CHEVRY, Surgeon Dentist, from Purim.) ‘This Elixir strengthens the gum- renders the breath agreeable, aud keeps the math ia coustant state of freshness and health, aud is| jispensable to those who wear artificial feet’. |

YARMODTH Directions—Paut a few drops of the Elixir in ttle water, dip the brash “tad clean the Teeth on aai Improved Stoves. “fEXHE Subscriber has this week received SUPERIOR TOOTH POWDER, i from the Manufactory, a fali and complete Iufaliivle remedy for the Toothache. leargo of these celebrated

tw" DR. DE CHENRY will be found s: bis Cook, Box & Franklin Stoves, Otice at ail hours of the day. Ex Sehooner Blne Wave. ‘Those Stoves cannot be Janoury 1, [Sey 3m | heat. for DURABILITY, NEATNESS and ECO- NOMY, and are the only Stoves imported here

e best substances are employed All| Prices mode rate

January 2 1865.

MOLASSES! YRO SALE by the Subscribers — 33 Poncheons Retailing MOLASSES G. & 8. DAVIES.

as Teprer sed

January 2, 1865.

:

«has ~ pp ee Labrador Herring for Sale. 'that vive weneral satisfaction, aud now offered for

BBLS No. 1 HERRING, reale, LOW FOR CASH, Merchantable Produce,

122

‘ Bole twelve months’ credit on approved notes. iain Yo % geodtemormnent of Full und Winter Goods. JOHN S PURDIE. ; R. J. CLARK. Charlottetown, Jan. 30,1365. wf ;

Orwell Oheap Store, Nov. 21,1864, if

e gil iens . ~

DAWSON’S BUILDING,

sin Grey aud White. |

POETRY.

RENFREN HOLME,

| Thomas’s Old Stand,

GREAT GEORGE STREET.

LINES FCR ST. VALENTINE’'S DAY.

Fair lady, on this day of love My spirit, like a timid dove,

, Exulting flies to thee for rest, | | And nestles on thy gentle breast. rf 7 ’ ) a" . a @ AV ING COMI LETED our Thou seemest of my life a part, Importations for the Season, we desire to call public attention

to our Stock, consisting of

STAPLE AND. FANCY DV LOVE DRY GOODS, _ Hardware, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Rubbers, | LADIES’ FURS, SKELETONS, HATS and CAPS, | Anda variety of other Goods. 'Ail of which we are offering at Prices that, we think, | CANNOT FAIL to give satisfaction to purchasers. | Siodaid. deeee-duuilien cabanas | DELANY & BYRNE. | sadiie wth Wathabed Ue Rea

Charlottetown, 19th December, 1864,

A haunting presence in my heart,

A glory in my day-dreams bright, An angel in my dreains at night, Like yon pure bow of airy birth

A vision more of heaven than earth, Soft, lovely, beautiful, divine—

But wilt thou be my Valentine?

I've looked into thy deep eyes oft,

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| Where heaven seemed sleeping blue and soft,

| I've gazed on thy beauty long,

| ‘ve heard thy watching voice in song.

| I've listened when thy deep words came | Asif thy hps were touched with flame,

i I've marked thee smile, I've marked thee weep, I've blest thee in the hour of sleep,

| I've felt thy heart beat wild to hear

Love's cadence stealing on thy ear,

And I have been supremely blest

When thou was folded to my breast,

And thy dear lips were pressed to mine— But wilt thou be my Valentine?

Dove of my spirit! gentle dove, Thou bring’st the olive bough of love

Are tossing wild beneath my bark.

Sweet queller of my bosom’'s strife,

| vous MOLASSES, | opm PUNS. Ret MOLASSES 257; ee ae.

For sale by

J. S. CARVELL.

SUGAR, | HUDS. BRIGHT SUGAR, For sale by |

J. 8. CARVELL.

Blest haunter of each thought of life, Dear brightuer of my soul's eclipse, DO. | Sultana of my longing lips, Queen fairy of my fuiry dreams, Dee 26. Youfiy Naiad of my soul's deep streams, Bright rainbow of life’s slormy day, Lone fountain of my desert way. Soft dew-drop of my heart's one flower, Yoang song-bird of my spirit’s bower, Dee. 26. My star when all beside is dim, | .My morning prayer, my eveuing }ymn,

RAISINS, |

: ca |} My all of earth, my heaven above, ROXES choice RAISINS, : ,

For sale by |. a a Dee. 6 Pay CARVELL. My patting spirit Kies to thee,

FLOUR! FLOUR! |

My hope, my bliss, my life, my love, On lightning pinions swift and free

And worships at thy burning shrine—

Bat wilt thou be my Valentine?

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; BBLS Baker's FLOUR, one a aad alana , + hy egeeessiy-menondaratyrate THINGS THAT NEVER DIE. 200 Bbis. Extra Do. itech

5uU Bbis. Superiwr and Fair, The pure, the bright, the beautifal,

For sale by ees That stirred our hearts in youth, » of a : ] om Dee. 26. e- a CARY ELL. That i n} ] § Idless praver, The dreams of love and truth; > ; i COAL TAR, The lenging after something lost, re BBLS. COAL TAR, fhe spirit’s yearning ery, 0 For sale by The striving after better hopes— on ~~ der wT ae 7 I Dee. 26. J. 8. CARVELL. These things can never gie.

The timid hand stretehed forth to aid

FAIRBAKKS’ SCALES.

I brother is need : PEXLLE subseriber has in stock and lor sale, A rinint ed i a full assontinent of The kindly words in grief’s dark hour iu &25 j : rT ‘2 ‘ t prove a friend indeed: FAIRBANKS’ STANDARD SCALES, } _ that prove a friend ind . Culaistl vl The plea for merey softly breathed, L ig j

Platforms, ; When justice threatens high, I uions, ' Ti

Counters, Grocer, and

e sorrow of a euntrite heart— These things can nerer die.

Sven Balances. j The J §. CARVELL, Agent. |!

1ory of a clasping hand,

or ‘ : Dec. 26. Lhe pressure of a kiss,

Aud all the trifies sweet and frail, BUCKETS & BROOMS, That make up love's first bliss ; 25 DUZ. BL = k Is, 20 Doz. BROOMS, If with a firm unchanging faith, — uf sale by a And holy trust and high, Dee. 26. J. 8. CARVELL. Those hands have elesped, those lips have met, rT sw) These things shall never die. KEROSENE. CASKS best KEROSENE OIL, The cruel and the bitter word, 100 i Fur sale by That wounded as it fell; Dec. 25. J. 8. CARVELL. The chilling wants of sympathy, —- We feel, but never tell; SOLE LEATHER. The bard repulse, that chilJs the heart

SIDES heavy New York SOLE When hopes were bounding high, LEA Til ER, : In an unfading rece ] kept—

Fur Suie t

These tugs shall never die.

revery hand

Must find some work to do;

Lose not a chance to waken love— Be firm and just and true.

So shall a light that cannot fade Beam to thee from on high,

S. CARVELL.

An angel voice will say to thee—

These things sball never die.

(From the New York ‘ World,’ 26th ult.)

oe 200 Boxes P. ¥. SOAP, Dee. 26. tf J Is AT

‘ Dee. 26. J. 8. CARVELL. Let nothing pass, fi luv Li xes common Soap, 100 do CANDLES, REMEMBER | Tit the very Lest place to purchase |= Ww. EE. DAWSON’S, who has. by arriv: ls from ENGLAND and the

SOAP and CANDLES. 10 For sale by HARDWARE UNILED STATES, received a very large sapply,

could be worse managed than our relations

which, added to the stock on hand, forms the largest yet offered by him, and at his usual LOW | with Canada. Passion and petalance take eines . ced Dec. 5. 1964. the place of statesmanship; and notwith- en standing an honorable disposition to do jus- TO CARRIAGE MAKERS! tice, both on the part of the Canadian go- | IRON, |vernment and the mother country, we are STEEL. drifting, almost rushing, toward hostilities. AXLES, The St. Albans raid caused natural and

BOLTS §& NUTS: just indignation; but the Canadians forth-

to be had very cheap for Cash at W. E. DAWSON'S. | watch their frontier and prevent a repitition > : of the outrage. The judge who discharged Consulate of the United States the raiders from custody bas been suspended | of America Prince Edward Island. from his functions; and at the meeting of Jaxvany 9,1865. | the Provincial Pazliament at Quebec, the 7 OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Governor General, immediately on receiv- by the following Order of the Presi lent, no ing the answer to the speech from the nergon will be allowed to enter the United States 1 d B ding ‘from this Isl«nd, without a Passport issued by the throne, sent wwo @ message recommending undersigued, or authenticated by him }an appropriation to replace the nine thou- ' J-H. SHERMAN, |. saat ie tien tle Conaul for P. E. Island. | 8294 dollars given up to the raiders by the

OUst ‘ ~ Be se . . wail ‘ _ Montreal police. The colonial government could not weil show more alacrity in ¢ffer- ing satisfaction for the affront to our sove- reiguty, made without its complicity aud against its wishes.

But this just and amicable disposicion is

December 5, 1864.

DEPARTMENT oF STATE, Washiugton, Dee. 17, fhe President directs that.except immigrant pas- sengers directly entering an American port by sea, henceforth no trav eller shail be allowed to euter

the United States trom a fureign country, W at

1864.

a passport. Jf a citizen, the passport must be fron this department, or from some Uuited States Min-| met, on our side, by an intemperate and un- ister or Consal abroad , and if an alic n trom . e dignified exhibition of toachiness und spleen, | competent authority ot bis own country; tue pas- Th Lee b > iets ea Bok i aire pori to be countersigned by a diplomatic Ageut or he acis bY Waica this wasp'so irasci0ll J

a . } ’ : 7 Consul of the United Stat s This regulation 18 is manifes ed fo.ma long catalogue : intended to apply especially to persons proposing to come to the United States from the neigh bouring

1. The annoying and expensive passport British Provinces. Its observance wi Lbe strictly enforced by all officers, civil, nuuitary

aL system ordered by Mr. Seward, which bas and naval, . ; in the service of the United States, and the State nearly destroyed the business of the Caua- and municipal a ace req Loman 0s . wien dian railways. execution. Itis expected, however, that no ir) 9 wm. . ‘ vanes passenger, coming iu manner aforesaid, 2. The notice given by our government will be obstructed, or any other persous WHO may for tbe termination cf the convention wu- nn their way hither before intelligence of — PME Se" : on their way bisher bes ly be expected to tually limaiting the caval force om the great from which they muy have lukes. ie 3. The passage by Congress of a joint WILLIAM H. SEWARD... | *. = Eomer yy 6 aus jo! itn gE ts -—____— | resolution for abrogatiog the Reciprocity ' DR, W . G, SUTHERLAND Treaty. i EPURNS thanks for the very liberal, 4- The reporting to the House of Repre- patronage extended to him since commencing , Sebtatives, by the. Committee of W ays and | apennees his grafragon,injievarious Drenahes. | Means, jJ an. Ls) humid dee patting ‘he : “ite. ar usta. by attention and assiculty, |. . : : . a Par eg still ta cuitioned towards him | frontier defences ia the most efficient condi- ; a ‘tion. Among other appropriations, this bil! | By ae — ee he has increased his | makes the following : For Fort Wayne, ~ esent large Stock © . 7 e “Drugs and Chemicals, Detroit, $125,000; for Port Niagara, at Choice Perfumery, Toilet Articles, in variety; ‘the mouth of Niagara River, $50.0u0 ; for selected ee pe a eat ah those Fort Ontario, at Oswego, $100,000 ; i » r doing justice to th msiness Ti "The Dispensary ‘department will be under his Fort Montgomery, at the outlet of Lake own immediate superintendence. es Champlain, $100,000; for the forts at De SUTHERLAND begs also to observe, that be : won . : trusta the factof having practised in Seotland seve- Portiand aud ober places in Maine, ral years, and nearly twenty years of extensive | $700,000. Colonial Practice in ee sosiduity abd personal] ,.0; roe resolution offered by the chairman sd with unremitting duity } 5 ; pee comet will not fail 7° obtain confidence and of Foreign Relations of the Senate, locking eusure satisfaction. to the abrogation of the stipylation ia the Say, Advice be. tee poge grate. | Webster-Asbburton treaty, fur the mutual | Surrender of fugitives frow justice.

set ont this regalaticn cy reach the country started.

Queen-street, Charlottetown, P. E. Island, } December 26, 1

~ be ad : Pe ee ey & Pils dee

| 6. The bill introduced in the House of | Representatives by Mr. Littlejohn (January |19) for the construction of a ship canal ‘around the Niagara Falls “of sufficient di- mensions for the passage of gunboats and vessels of war.

| the peaks of the Cordilleras and the Alle- way of our acting justly. Any new action 'ghenies ; its ships cover all waters; its lan- in the direction of a strict enforcement of our guage, laws and institutione prevail over neutrality, taken by us after the adoption of half a continent ; its democratic civilization| the passport system, and the initiation of jleads that of the world. Such is the mag-| measures for terminating all the treaties _nificent vision which presents itself to those affecting our relations with the United States, | who contemplate the possession of Mexico, is certain to be construed by evil-disposed

These governmental acts, some of them 0f the Canadas, and Central America.

so annoying to Canada, some so detrimental | And who is it that proposes to accomplish tas: Seder enrmmnceddii‘teandvbibime’y it Leniiiinds ‘allthis? A narrow belt across this vast — ys *" country, upon which dwells a heterogeneous

: ; jare piled upon one another in such quick people, numbering less than 30,000,000.

}aceumulation, as to wear the appearance of This territory has a smaller population than |a petulant and unthinking readiness to pro-| Great Britain and Ireland; smaller than 'voke the gravest and most extreme conse. | Austria ; smaller even than France. |quences. The termination of the Recipro-| or different nationalities are gathered here, city Treaty is the only one of them that|°2¢> of which has its own idea of govern- | shania hace. Inet mdoebéd: nll otenenit and ment; has its peculiar sympathies and se- | ee ae P Peer oe |parate interests. Nor is this all that is even this should have been so managed as |

A hun-/| ment.

| persons amongst us as being done in obedience /to threats. The boastful and quarrelsome among the Americans will readily seize upon the same notion, and become the more arro- gant in consequence. Whatcould have been |done freely and without restraint at first, /now becomes more difficult of accomplish- Bat all this in no way relieves us of our obligations to do right. We are still bound todo justice. If it shall clearly appear that the Extradition Treaty does not apply to the perpetrators of outrages like the ‘St.

\THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. | : to seize ber canals, and the enormous faci-|

It is not easy to conceive how anything |

with called out a large body of militia to|

possessed by this dissimilar people who pro- | Albans robbery, it will be the daty of our

not to look like a measure of retaliation, | poses tv conquer and occupy half a continent. Parliament to find some other mode of reach-

her of deliberate regard for our commercial Instead of demonstrating its ability to pos-| ing them, and we have no fear that Parlia-

and fiscal interests, However unequal may | ‘be the operation of this treaty, there is no. ‘room to doubt that there may be a great | /and mutually beneficial intercourse between | ‘these thriving countries having a common | boundary of navigable waters. The reason- | able thing to be done is to negotiate a new | treaty, putting the lake and frontier trade ibe an equitable basis. It would facilitate such negotiations, if we manifested toward | our Canadian neighbors a spirit of fairness ‘and moderation. If they suppose we are | hostile, and desire their punisiment or hu- | miliation, their fears of being over-reached | will cause them to look with suspicion on |the most just and reasonable proffers, As |

the treaty remains in force a full year after the noiice, there is sufficient time to replace | jit by a new one, before it expires; and if | the subject had not been ugwisely comp)i- cated by things extraneous to its merits, the igiving of the notice would have a good | effect in expediting new negotiations.

All the other things in the foregoing ca- |

talogue of retaljation are ill-timed and un-| called for. We neither need a large naval | force on the lakes nor a ship caval around | | the Falls to facilitate the passage of such a/| | force between Ontario and the upper lakes. | It should be our policy to keep a British | fleet off the lukes; and, as far as possible, | trained troops and defensive fortifications | jout of the Canadas. If a war breaks out in Winter, whea the Jakes and the St. Law-|

| rence are closed by ice, all we have to do is, bh seize and hold some one point on the Str.

Lawrence canals, and, as a matter of further , recaution, some one point on the Welland | canal, and when navigation opens no British

vessel can pass up. If war breaks out in|

summer, Operations wonld have to be more | prowpt, but the same thing is feasible. As soon as our relations are hostile, we need |

only tc throw a force across the St. Law- | renee and blow up some of the locks of the | St. Lawrence canals. The Welland canal }ean be seized and be!ld or obstructed long before any British ships cou'd reach it, even | if they succeeded in getting into Lake On | tario. The cities on Lake Erie cou!d turn | | out fifty thousand men at six hours’ warn- | jing, and the immense fleets of propellers | ‘and other grain vessels would afford them transportation. Why then should we incur | the expense of a navy on the lakes, and the | still greater eXpense o! a ship canal through | the solid bed of rock around Niagara? The

| branee of 1848; Central America, with te} of jt,

jand French Canada, that has not yet for-! case might induce them to pay.

| diverse interests, their hostilities and dis-

sess and reign with unanimity over the vart ment would shrink from that duty. The tie abowa' Ie Yegslllag” Gr hold "chee ‘thal taking gonnenl of shatr Bemionn and. cating now mad 10 y re | bi ge : . eastern portion of that narrow strip which it) with such precipitate haste, they would con- calls its own. Divided into two parties, | clade to leave the Extradition Treaty where this people has fought for four years, on the | it is, until they have fully considered its one hand to preserve the unity of the Go-} merits, and the sincerity of our desire to do vernment. and on the other to achieve se;a- them justice. ration and independance. For four years ee oe eee these parties have fought, until one is hope- | TUE PASSPORT SYSTEM ‘sg TUE NEW lessly insolyent, and the other in a condition | REGULATION, not greatly different. The one has no com- . a ge merce, While that of the other is about driven ri (Frese ea Detriat Foes aa ness from existence. is common for passport agents in Canada And yet it is these two broken, pauperized P issue eer ae giving description factions that propose to unite in their insoly-|0f person. This enablesany number of per- ency and attempt a conquest but little less at Saas — ame ene intarn. N, than that accomplished by Alexander—that |S. tse ~ = eter ee an —? Pe es of the world. Two weakened fragments of 20tIce that he shall therefore be obliged to a nation propose to unite, and commence | refane admission to the country, at this port, Lostilities against two nations, either of | of all persons who are not provided with a which numbers more than did these frag- | passportgiving the usual description of person. ments in their palmiest days of national A THE SWINDLING OPERATIONS OF CONSULS. istence. Two boys whe had fought each | The same paper remarks :—

aa oe were almost neers. and | It seems to be almost a moral impossibility 7 shic > ag a ( é } * . ¢

Tecan aad Sager Togeties, woald ford» | any diel sonuneed with fe poms case somewhat similar to the people of the | swindling either in a large or small way. North and South uniting against England) pyere not having been channels enough for re re bepell PRD a re the numerous political leeches to fatten apon vast dreams of subjugation which fill the | on a ae hs anes minds of those who overlook the present. | work of plunder goes bravely on. The new oe = er ee development in this line seems to be the we assulad poopie a tailp chic So oarey| ast e a rene spe a Fie our standard wherever we should will it to | accomplished, operates chiefly ow enters

7 y av 2 ate ak 3 > ge. We have not yet demonstrated our ¢a-| money from our own citizens, whom business

pacity for seli-government ; and nothing is| op necessity compels to cross the boundary more true of individuals or of nations than | porween the United States and Canada. At that those who cannot govern themselves | every place of transit between the two coun-

cannot govern others. We cannot hold to-| tries the administration finds a fat office fur

re 2 } a itie > alc |yether the few ecmmunities which make up| some Joyal leaguer who has rendered the (our present government ; and yet we think / 4f resaid administration distinguished service

of preserving its integrity wien we have | in the noble work of re-electing itself. These

added a dozen hostile and dissimilar nations | ()5nsuls, naturally supposing their time for

to its domain. Mexico, with the remem-| plunder would be short, have made the most

They have been literally confidence

recollection of Walker and his filibusters | oyerators with superior advantages, extort-

still fresh in memory ; English Canada, with ‘ing from their victams whatever the green- is deep rooted aversion to our institutions, | ness of the latter or the necessities of their Sv exorbi- and glaring were their swindling opera- tions, that even the atmosphere of Washing- ree | a t8- | ton was penetrated by the clamor against similarities, and would require to be solidified | them, and them Secretary Seward issued an by @ goveroment that, through inherent) order, But this seems to have no effect in weakness, has split asunder during the first ‘some cases, and valiant Loyal League Con- century of its existence. | Suls, out of the draft in Canada, continue to get rich at the expense of poor travellers. A case of this sort has come under our notiee. A gentleman named Kidder, of Farmington, (From the Toronto (Canada) Globe Jan. 20.) __ | [lunois, was swindled by James Weldon, the

mah Ek i: - CU consul at Prescott, to the tune of $11, for a The United States Senate, at the instance | passport, Me. Kidder was compelled by

gotten its experiences as an American colony | tant —aull thesa would be added to us, with their |

96

THE EXTRADITION TREATY.

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canal woud bave to begin above the upper |of Mr. Sumner, the other day adopted the | jusiness to cross the border, and paid the

and extesd toa point below the lower | following resolution :—

rapids, a distance of say seven miles.

ginning of a war, than for England to have |

| sum, as there was no other course.

He pur- ‘‘ That the President of the United States | chased two passports for himself and friend,

if not incompatible with the public service, | !9WiDg is @ copy :

| . . Nothing could be worse for us, in the be- | be requested to communicate to the Senate, | asking therefore a receipt, of which the fol- '

a Jarge naval foree already in the lakes.

, We bave a hundred vulnerable points there |

\toher one, Lt we attempted to convoy our \lake commerce, the British fleet would bom-

44 ; : . - | bard our towns; if we protected our towns, | required for the termination of such article.’

}our vast mercantile marine oa those waters | would have to take refuge in Lake Michi- | gan, beyond the straits of Mackinaw and is fort. With a feet in the lakes at the »beginuing of a war, England would have an |immense advantage over us; our lake com- merce being a hundred times as great as here. Without a fleet in the Jakes, the ad-

ing population of our lake cities, our ability

ilties for the transportation of trvops affurd- ed by our lake vessels.

Seeretary Seward’s passports, and Senator Sumner’s steps toward the abrogation of the convention for the mutual! surrender of eri- minals, are beneath the dignity of discus- sion. One is irritating annoyance, and the other childish spite; both are unworthy the ‘character of @ great and enlightened go- vernment,

If Canada has offended us, let our go- verrment make a firm and respectful demand for satisfaction and redress. If redress cannot be obtained from the British govern- ment, let us assert our dignity as becomes a proud nation too conscious of power to be peevisb. To stop travellers on highways and make them fork over five dollars per /man, in this age of travel and intercourse, /and commerce, or to make our country a 'safe asylum for every Canadian felon and ‘cut-throat who can escape across the fron- ter, isa belitt:ing and despicable method of

resenting an affront to our Dational sove-'

reignty. It is all the more unseemly in the | tace of the manifest disposition of the Cana- dan goveromeut to remove just causes of | complaint,

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DREAMS OF CONQUEST.

(From the Chicago (U. 8.) Times, January 14.) | The begger in his bed of rags, in some 'squalid garret dreaming of sitting in hisown

marble palace, and dispensing trom his own

‘board tue lavish hospitality of unlimited ‘and generous wealth ; the strong man pros-

|trated with fever, and babbling of green)

fields or muttering of conflicts in the battle of life—are counterparts of this nation, as it coolly talks of provoking a contest with | England and Franee. Notwing but the false

and gorgeous visions that visit the couch of | the wretched, or the unconscious vagaries | 'grewing from deliriam of fever, are the | ‘things whose unreality and faiseness are at!

aH comparable to the dreams of conquest

‘entertained at the present moment by the,

people in this country. | Absorbed ia the grandeur of the spectacle | presenied by the end, it is forgotten that we | possess no means for its accomplishment. We are like one whose imagination creates a costly mansion. arise ; he frescoes its ceilings; he hange its ‘rooms with the finest works of genius; thick carpets deaden the footfall; the dreamy plash of fountains comes in soft music to hie ‘ear. Enraptured by the creation, he resolves ‘to erect such a fabitation, forgetting that

vantage would be on oar side, in the swarm-| the other, is of course dee to the delays and | new definition of loyalty.

*U.8. Consurate, “ Prescott, C. W,, Jan, 16, 1865.

*‘ Received of A. Kidder, Jr., twenty-two dollars

any information in his possession showing the | | practical operation of the 19th article of the | Treaty of Washington of the 9th August, |

}

: i ia (222) for two passports of this date, in treasuar

84° 2 ‘ . 1 i , Cas

1842, and — expediency of giving to Her notes, for himself and E. V. Clark, of this date. 7 Britannic Majesty s Government the notice 322 00. “JAMES WELDON,

“U.S. Consul.” The 10th article of the Washington Treaty | The order of Secretary Seward was shown of 1842, is commonly known as the Extradi- | to the consul, but he refused to take any ;tion Treaty—though extradition is but one of | notice of it, saying he had his own instruc. several matters adjusted by the Ashburton, tions and asked no advice from strangers. He | Treaty of 1842. The threat conveyed in Mr. | was abusive in his language, and told the |Sumner’s resolution to break up the agree-| two gentlemen that they ought to know that /ment between Great Britain and the United | the passport system means non-intercourse, 'States, for the extradition of persons who | and no loyal American citizen would be fonnd jcommit crimes in one country and escape to | beyond the luaits of his country. This is a We ommend it | difficulties which have been encountered in| to our republican friends who ‘voted for a the attempt to secure the extradition of the| continuation of the reciprocity treaty. It St. Albans raiders. An editorial in the New| has heretofore been supposed that it was the | York Times strongly backing up Mr. Sum- | duty of an American consul to protect his /ner's proposal, hints very plainly at this, and | fellow e:tizens in their rights, at least to ab- |eouples the suggestion to cancel the Extradi- | stain from a wholesale plunder of them, and ,tion Treaty with the steps which have been | insulting them besides. Bat oew light has jtakeo to break up the arrangement between , sprung up. the two powers relative to naval armaments upoa the Northern lakes, to abrogate the Re- jciprocity Treaty, and the adoption of the | passport system. Grouping all these measures | together, the Times concludes that ** one by ;one our conventions with the British au-| | thorities are being prematurely ruptured,