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The Revolt at Oabul.

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Universal regret and indignation wiil be felt throughout the British Empire at the barbarous murder of Major Cavagnari who was at the head of the British Embassy of Cabul and who with all his companions ap- pears to have been slain. The London Graphic of July Sth contains a portrait of Major Cavagnari which shows him to have been a fine soldier-like person in the prime of life, his breast bearing medals which he

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J, W. MITCHELL, Office Sup’t

"SEPTEMBER 10, 1879.

<_ pened manos comune

Grit Consistency.

Ir is only during an election contest that the Grits fully reveal their inconsistency. In attacking public men, and in their persist- eat attempts to take from the fair fame of their opponents, they are consistent after their kind. They are consistent in their mode of attack and in the nature of their abuse—from the epithets of the Patriot, the misre presentations of the Morning Chronicle and the ill-natured small talk of the Sum- merside Journal, to the high toned editorials of the Toronto Globe. But when a contest arises, their former mode of deal- ing with their opponents they consider too tame. It will not then do to call unbecom- ing and abusive ‘‘names.” Something more overwhelming and bewildering must be pre- duced or invented. The more unscrupulous are then the busiest, as there is no moral principle within to check thei enthusiasm, and nothing can effectively restrain them from going any length in the direction of their object but want of originality to invent material to further their cause. They con- sider that the ‘‘applause” that ‘‘waits on success” will withdraw public attention from the means by which the end may have been accomplished.

This is amply shown by the style of argu- ment resorted to by the Grit press in refer- ence to the vacancy in Cape Bretofi County. During the last General Election the Con- servatives advecated the imposing of a duty on{coal, for the benefit of the coal trade of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, which the Grits vigorously opposed. They contended that the duty would be oppressive and un- just. But when a partial, Election takes place in a county where the coal interests is an important one, the same party with characteristicinconsistency declares that the duty of 50 cts. per ton imposed by the present Dominion Government is not sufli- cient to protect the interests of the miners, and those more immediately interested among them express their desire to impose a much higher duty. This isan instance among the many, of Grit consistency, we recommend to the consideration of our Free Trade friends.

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The Marquis of Lorne at Toronto.

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Tar Marquis of Lorne and the Princess received a right Reyal welcome from the people fof Eastern Canada, on the 5th inst. About 100,000 people assembled, The most interesting portion of the pro- gramme must have been the assembling of ten thousand school children, who sang the National Anthem, and a song—slightly altered for the occasion from the Camp- bell’s are Coming’ —the first verse of which reads 2s follows :—

The Campbells harrah !

are coming, hurrah!

The Campbells are coming, hurrah! hurrah !

The Marquis of Lorne and the Princess and a’ ; |

The ne ere coming, hurrah! hurrah !

They come to a land that has won some renown ,—

A people most loyal to Queen and to Crown !

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Drinx’s Dornes.—About 11.30 o'clock on Saturday night the watch on board the barque David, lying at Reid’s wharf, St. John, while standing near the stern of the vessel, he heard a man vomiting at the fore- castle. As he went forward he heard some- thing fall, but as he could see nothing he thought the man had turned in, so he took no more notice of the matter. Yesterday morning, says the News, when the crew turned out, one of them, named August Johnson, a native ef Finland, about 23 years of age, was found to be missing. Searc!: was instituted, and his dead body was found lying in a scow at the bow of the vesse!. The body was taken to the dead house and the Coroner notified. The man was under the influence of liquor at the time of the accident, and it is supposed that while he was vomiting over the bow of the vesse| he was seized with giddiness and fell into the scow, a distance of over twenty feet. His death must have been instan- taneciis.

Prussia has 18 prisons for tramps and vagrauts. The number of these two classes has considerably increased of late. Last year there were 9,000--8000 men and 1000 women. They cost $650,000, but earned $575,000,

had won by his conduct and courage in the ‘field. Major Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavag- ‘nari was by Corsican origin. His grand- | father was private secretary to Nopolion I., ! and his grandmother was a Frenchwoman. His father served inthe French army and became secretary to Prince Lucien Bona- prate. His mother, however, was an frish lady named Montgomery, and his educa- tion has been almost entirely English, as he passed his earlier days in Christ’s Hospital, and subsequently became one of the Com- pany’s direct cadets. A man of powerful energy, great geniality and personal cour- age, he speedily rose to distinction as one of the best frontier officers, acquiring a more therough knowledge of the frontier tribes than any oflicer living. He was ultimately nominated Deputy-Com- missioner of Kohat, where he conduct- ed numerous negotiations between the Government and unruly Afridi tribes. When it was decided to despatch a mission to Cabul under Sir Neville Chamberlain last autumn, Major Cavagnari was attached to the staff, and when the mission halted before the entrance to the Khyber pass, he with a small escort of guides rode forward to demand a safe passage. The result was a direct refusal, and the consequent com- mencement of the late war with the Afghans, Major Cavagnari throughout the campaign was with the forces of General Brown, and his valuable advice and experience together with his personal knowledge of the tribes without doubt greatly contributed to its suc- cessful termination. In the negotiations with Yakoob Khan he was officially nomin- ated the Viceroy’s Plenipotentiary, and he conducted that somewhat difficult task with great firmness and skill. He was consider- ered to be a favorite of the Ameer, and that fact and his admirable qualities in other respects pointed him out as the proper person to reside at Cabul. It is less than two months since the British Embassy was established there, and now he and all his companions in the Embassy have been ruthlessly murdered. England will exact a terrible retribution from the Afghan people for this outrage.

This Cabul massacre wiil recall to many of our readers the massacre of 1841, which was one of the saddest episodes in the history of English power in the East. It broke out on November 2 of that year when a considerable British force under General Elphenstone was in Cabul. Sir Alexander Barnes, who occupied much the same diplo- matic position as that lately held by Major Cavagnari, was murdered. The English troops were attacked in their cantonments, and so indefensible were they and so badly were the troops handled that they were com- pelled to abandon the forts, in which all their commissariat was stored. Sir Will- iam Macnaghtten was treacherously mur- dered while engaged ina friendly confer- ence with Akbar Khan; then came nego- tiations which resulted in the signing of a treaty by which the English were to retire from Afghanistan without being molested. —St. John Telegraph.

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The Swedish Arctic Expedition. YRO?. NORDENSKJOLD KOHAMA.

ARRIVAL OF XT YO-

Yoxouama, Japan, Sept. 4.

The Swedish exploring steamer Vega, be- longing to Nordenskjold’s expedition, ar- rived at this port on Tuesday evening, hav- ing successfully accomplished the northeast e. The health of the ship's company

is excellent. Prof. Nordenskjold says that during the latter part of February he sent a letter to Dr. O. Dickson, of Gottenborg, from the winter quarters of the Vega, but has no intimation that his patron has re- ceived it. The Professor says :—‘*We sailed from Gottenborg July 4, 1878, and four days’ sail brought us to Tromsoe (a Norwegian port on an island of the same name), where our outfit of furs and neces- saries for the high latitudes was completed. Here we were joined by the steamer Lena. July 25th, both vessels sailed from Tromsoe, passed through Yugor Strait (south of Nova Zembla) on August 5th. There was not a particle of ice to be seen between Waigatsch (Vaigatz, a Russian island) and the continent. The Kara Sea, hitherto dreaded by all sailors in the Arctic regions, was equally free from ice, and anchor was cast at Port Dickson, near the mouth of Yenessi, Aug. 6th. After three days delay there the expedition steered northeast toward the dreaded Taimus land and the North Cape. The ice arrested ovr passage, and we were compelled to re- main at Tajoyr (Cape Taimur) four days. August 19th, Tsejdekin, the extreme nor- thern point of Asia was reached, where a short rest was taken. The Vega coasted the peninsula, very little ice being encoun- tered, and anchored at the mouth of Lena river on August 26. To the northeastward were the Islands of New Siberia, which we soon sighted, but were unable to explore because of the great fields of ice that girt their shores. At the mouth of the Kolwya river, lattitude 69 deg. 30, longitude 161 deg. 30 min. a broad estuary was found open, and we hastened to make all possible progress eastward. Our difficulties soon be- gan, however, and increased daily. We were delayed mruch by the ice be- tween Cape Cook and Van Kar- ma. We crossed Kolintsehm Bay, Septem- ber 27th with comparative ease, but were imprisened on the 28th near a Tchukichi settlement, latitude 67 deg 25 min west.

company maintained the best of health and spirits. Not asingle case of seurvy occur

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We wintered in the pack ice at this poi i ifyi ; us point, | was no way of identifying her. So the man one mile frem the land. The entire hand bargained to have them killed, one after

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lred, During the shortest day the sun was labové the horizon less than three hours, land then only the upper limb was visible. | At this point much time was devoted to in- teresting scientific and ethnographic studies. There were 4009 inhabitants in villages) |near by, who aubsisted by fishing and seal- | ‘ing. ‘hey are called the Tchukichi, and | are a very good class of people for an ex- /ploring party to meet. They supplied the expedition with bear and reindeer meet. The cold was intense, averaging 36 centi- grade, 32 2 degrees below. Game was abun- | dant in the spring, wild fowl being taken lin large numbers. We were detained in the ice at this point 264 days, but were re- | leased on July 18th, and passed Kast Cape | into Bhering’s Straits on the 20th. Such | ‘is the story of our voyage. I fully accom- } plished the object for which the expedition | was sent out by Dr. Dickson, viz., a prac- tical proof of the existence of a northeast passage. Then the Asiatis coast was fol- lowed, and St. Lawrence Bay was crossed to Port Clarence, Alaska ; thence we crossed to Konlyan, dredging carefully in order to determine the formation of the bottom of the sea. Many specimens of the fauna and flora being obtained. The location, breadth, velocity and approximate volume of the currents of the Arctic and Pacifie polar currents were charted and calculated. Having touched at St. Lawrence Island, we next proceeded to Behring Island, where we re- ceived the first news from Europe through the resident agent of the Alaska Trading Company. Fossil remains on Behring Island are of immense variety. A new marine animal was here discovered, which we named ‘Rhytina Stellari.” The Vega left the island August 19, and had a pleasant voyage until August 3lst, when a severe gale was encountered, accompanied with lightning. During the storm the lightning struck and shivered the main- topmast, slightly injuring several men. We arrived off Yokohama at _half-past eight en the evening of September 2. All are well and no deaths have occurred during the voyage. The Vega is the first vessel to make the passage, and I think the voyage from Europe to Asia to Behring’s Strait is certain and safe. With very little more experience of navigation in the northern seas from Japan to the mouth of Lena river, there are no difficulties in the proper season fer experienced sailors. The Lena river taps Central Siberia, and a large prospective trade can readily be developed. The Vega will remain at Yokohama about fourteen days. The entire crew of the Sweedish steamer A. HF. Nordenskjold, sent to the relief of the Vega, which was lost off Yesso, Aug. 5. have arrived safely at a northern Japanese port.

A Lady Saved from Drowning by a Horse. ¢

The following singular account of the intelligence of a horse is taken from Nature, and that journal vouches fer the truth of the narrative: A lady, the wife of a farmer living near Toronto, Ont., was strolling about the farm, and while passing over a plank bridge which crossed a deep and rapid stream, missed her footing and fell into the water. The danger was imminent, for the lady was encumbered with Ler cloth- ing; she could not swim, and no human assistance was within call. But in the field through which the river flowed, her favorite horse was grazing. The horse had always been treated with great kindness, and had shown in his brute fashion his regard for his kind mistress; but it was scarcely to be ex- pected he would be able to comprehend her present danger. A gleam of almost huma; intelligence providentally crossed his mind at this critical juncture, and with lightning; speed he bounded to the river, and catch- ing the lady’s floating robes in his teeth, held her above the water untif she could be brought to land, thus saving her life. Thus was the instinctive gratitude and love of a mere brute quickened into active aid at the very moment when aid was indispensable.

a iii ii ce Alarming State of Affairs in Ireland.

Despatches from Londen say : Every day brings new proofs of the highly dangerous condition of affairs in Ireland. The anti- rent movement among farmers spreads rapidly, and has become alarmingly strong. The tenants insist that they can no longer afford to pay present rents without subject- ing themselves and their families to priva- vations which are cruelly unjust.

The Home Rule propaganda, of which! Mr. Paruell is now the accepted leader, is carried on with great activity. On the 4th the Irish national newspapers unite in ap- plauding the maimer in which Mr. Parnell is conducting his campaign, and they bid defiance to the London journals, which are advocating repressive measures.

The ex-Empress Eugenie has just pur. chased of Baron Sessler-Herzinger the Castle of Waserburg, upper Styria. The front contains 122 windows, and the build- ing is over 400 years old. She will have the ex-Khedive of Egypt asa neighbor, if he succeeds in buying of Moritz Von Bartmann his castle of Prank.

A despatch from Basle, Switzerland, states that the sessions of the General Con- ference of Christians of all nations closed on Saturday, and a{farewell service was held on Sunday. The most important ac- tion of the Alliance was the appointment of a delegation, consisting of a president and vice-president, for the purpose of soliciting the Austrian Government to af- ford relief to the protestants of Bohemia, | who are at present suffering under severe / disabilities.

i A man with a $600 diamond on his shirt bosom leaned over a hen coop in a Cincin- nati market and a hungry hen picked off | the jewel and swallowed it. The thief was soon lost among the hundreds and there

another, until the right crop was found,

Ao eesnepemneeene ee te t iRon

‘LUMBER! LUMBER !

To recover the diamond cost him $23.

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FYNHE Subscriber will sell AT AUCTION,

On FRIDAY, 12th inst,

At 6 o'clock, p. m., on POWNAL WHARF,

30,000 feet No. 1 dry clear PINE BOARDS (a first-class article), 9,000 feet 2 in. PINE PLANK (do. do), 7,000 “ SCANTLING, (Ex schr. ‘‘Claymore.”) 25,000 feet inerchantable PINE BOARDS, 100,000 CEDAR SHINGLES, (Ex schr. ‘‘Daddy.”’) 100,000 LATHS, (Ex schr, ‘‘Favorite.”) W. D. STEWART, Auctioneer. Sept. 10, 1879.

A RARE CHANCE!

HE Subscriber, intending to retire from business, offers for sale his STOCK-IN- TRADE. He has carried on business for the ast ten years in the “California House,” orchester street, near Connolly’s Bank, Any person wanting to purchase the business can @0 so on easy terms. “ws Can offer good reasons for selling.

Apply to NICHOLAS MURPHY. Ch’town, Sept. 10, 1879. —wed sat 2w

JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS

Wo FIRST CLASS JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS will get immediate em- ployment by applying to. WILLIAM LARTER, S’side Queen Square, ) «. 9th Sept., 1879. a

House and Lot for Sale,

WILL SELL at PUBLIC AUCTION, on SATURDAY, September 13th, at 12 o'clock, noon, a TWO-STOREY FLAT- ROOFED HOUSE, containing 7 rooms, next to Mr. P. Towns, Sydney street. Particulars

at sale. E. NEEDHAM, Auctioneer, Ch’town, Sept. 8, 1879.

Bank and Gas Stock,

WILL SELL at Auction at my Sale Room, Queen Square, on FRIDAY, 12th inst., at 12 o'clock, noon, — 10 Shares in Union Bank P. E, I. 5 Share in Charlottetown Gas Light Co.

WILLIAM DODD. . Auctioneer. Sept. 8, 1879—till sale

~ KEROSENE OIL.

Manufactured Expressly for P, BL, 230 CASKS LANDED TO-DAY. CGARVELL BROS.

Charlottetown, Sept. 6, 1879—3in eod

TO LET.

A BRICK HOUSE containing nine rooms -&. and a Kitchen. This House is beauti- fully situated on Prince Street, opposite St. Paul’s Church. Possession to be given about the latter part of this month. For particulars apply at this Office.

Sept. 5, 1879.

SCHOOL BOOKS.

Oe IN THE CITY, FOR CASH ONLY, at

* HARVIE’S BOOKSTORE. Ch’town Aug. 23. 1879,

Terms Cash.

WwW" have adopted the Cash System, at

HARVIE’S BOOKSTORE. Ch town, Aug. 23, 1879.—eod

“Lorne HicHLanp {Wuisky.—Sole pro- prietors, Greenlees Brothers, London and Argyleshire. This Whisky is a pure unadul- terated spirit, very mellow, in quality excel- lent, and in our opinion perfectly wholesome. Where a stimulant is required, it is to be pre- ferred to brandy.”—London Medical Review.

Agents: - Mi&SER. OWEN CONNOLLY & CO., Charlottetown, P.E.I. June 24, 1579.—ém

SALT. SALT.

oe AT'NEW LONDON HARBOR,

2,000 bush. Liverpool Salt,

(in bulk,) which will be sold cheap for Cash.

F. T. & W. L. DEAN. Ch'town, Sep. 4, 1879.—3in 2aw UBSCRIBE for the DAILY EX

AMINER the Cheapest and t newsy Paper published the Province. oe

ANTHRACITE GOAL, 9 ARRIVE about the 20th inst. 150 tens of the best Philadelphia, Chestnut and

Eee Coal. Parties wanting to be supplied

will please send in their orders at once, as the

first in will be first i ga There will be no two prices. Orders left at the Post Office or at the subscriber's will be attended to. THOMAS CASELBY. Sept. 4, 1879-—eod tf ;

Engine and Boiler,

Bone and Gypsum Mill, &c. &c, &e.

or W be sold by AUCTION, on ‘avi- gation Compauy’s Wharf. at 11 0’@ock,

On Friday, 19th Sepember, 1879,

1 Ten-Horse power Engine and _ Boiler, cost $1,200 ; 1 French Burr Mill in order, cost $750

1 very superior Heavy ne Mill, cost $2,000 1 Ore Crusher (Blake's), cost $250; Lot Rubber Belting and Gear, 50 tons Ground Gypsum, 40 bbls. Ground Bones. em Me

The above will probably be sold low, and is well worthy the attention of speculators.””

Terms at Sale. B. WILSON HIGGS, Auctioneer,

Aug. 27, 1879—pat arg her eod till sale

OLD WATCHES FOR SALE; A CON- signment of Gold Watches, hunting case, new aud most approved stem winders, best va hue for cash. F. LePAGE & Co.,

53 Queen St.

EW FELT HATS JUST RECEIVED, and for sale; will be sold much below

regular prices, F, LePAGE &Co., 53 Queen St.

TS OF BANKRUPT STOCK OF K.) Readymade Clothing and Gents’ far- nishing goods still continued. F. LePAGE & Co., 53 Queen St.

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[ae * wy ADOPTED THE CASH. ; tem of doing business, we are ring extra value in all classes of - F. LePAGE & Co., Glasgow House, Aug. 30,—lmoaw, wkly arg ly

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Saint Anne, Ottawa River,

Notice to Contractors. _.

EALED TENDERS, addressed te the

Secretary of Public Works, and endorsed ‘*‘Tender for Canal and Lock at St, Anne,” will be received at this office until the arrival of the Eastern and Western mails on FRI- DAY, the 10th DAY OF OCTOBER next for the construction of a Lock and the formation of approaches to it on the landward side of the present lock at St. Anne.

A map of the locality, tégether witia and specification of the at to be don be seen at this office and at the

ineer’s office, at St. Anne, on and SATURDAY, the 27th DAY OF SEPT BER next, at either of which places printed forms of tender can be obtained. Contractors are requested to bear in mind that tenders will not be considered unless made strictly in accordance with the printed forms, and, in the case of firms, except there are attached the actual signatures, the nature of the occupation and residence of each ber of the same, and further, an ectupted baat cheque for the sum of $2,000 must accompany the tender, which sum shall be forfeited if the me tendering declines entering into contract orthe works at the rates and en the terms stated in the offer submitted. é

The eheque thus sent in will be returned to the respective parties whose tenders are pot accepted.

, For the due ae of the contract satis-

actory security will uired by the deposit of money to the deabinnt of Jive pen cam on the bulk sum of the contract; of which the sum sent in with tender will be considered a part. Ninety per cent. only of the esti- mates will be paid until the completion of the work,

To each tender must be attached the actual signatures of two responsible and solvent per- sons, residents of the Dominion, willing to be- come sureties for the carrying out of these conditions, as well as the due performance of the works embraced in the contract. ~~ _ This Department does not, howeverpbind itself to accept the lowest or any tender,

By order, = F, BRAUN, Secretary. DrraRTMENT or RaILway AND CANALS, } Orrawa, 29th August, 1879. 7 Sept. 6—Sitaw

WHITE OATS WANTED,

E REQUIRE White Oats for Early Shipment, and willypay the highest market price for two thousand (2,000) Bushels of the same, delivered not later than the 15th

September, next. HASZARD BROS.

61 Water St., Ch’town, : Aug 28th 1879. 3 taw pat till 15th

Boston Steamers.

take notice that hereafter no Bills of

CARVELL BROS., Agents. Ch’town, Aug. 18, 1879—3i oaw pat-ar

ONEY WANTED— Provided rate of

interest low. Good security Apply at this office. j tf.

HIPPERS by above steamers will please

Lading will be signed later than 3.30 ei p-m., on day of sailing. This rule will be rigidly adhered to.

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