Gunvrul Nl‘VVN I l «Inn.

A correspondent to the St. John ’[ilr- graph, who has returned home lrom the United States. whether he went last sum- mer, writes as follows:—

-. l u“, ,, “,,.,.h.,,,i,. “m m" Immiia the least once every week. 'l‘lieinconvciiieucc‘ii“

tools of my trade better than a pen. but i ‘Itlkt' it up to ward our people against those jllt‘ll who would lead them into such dau- ger astliat proposed by ~Mr. Cudlip, never saw such iuiseiy in this l'i'oi inco as I saw in Ildst‘ou ainoiig t in working pcn pile there. It is worse in New York, as l was told. by those who saw it. There were in liostou ,\\'llt'll i left il.:il‘.i tannin-s re-

ceiving support from public Snilphllt‘lit‘lia‘,»

audit was sad to see i'ispectablo people thus reduced tolicggary. (lur icoplc can gel their loud and clothing [or their labor. lul'l some money too, but there 1 saw neither. lain back again, have learned wisdom l-y sad cxpeiicnce. and tho iiiiui that would advocate such fully as tojoiu tl‘at country I only hope that lie maybe ilictirst to have to be led by the soup ,liitdious."

The St. Join! News call attention to the fact. that [lie debate on the dis-establish- meat of the Irish Church lasted only four aiiglits, and ask.

“ \\'hat do the tiresome twaddlers cl our Legislature think ot that? Here. was at great measure iii\ ulving the di<ptisal ul 1.310.000.000, and touching interests ilvltl to be of the most sacred character by large and iuilucnt'uil classes oitlic livilisli people. -l.h it was cxpcctcd to be tliscii. cd tor [our long nights in succession—but which it was utbought of afterward might be exliaustivz ly debated in less time, a. in pointol' fact. we believe. it was. [low long would it take our copious incu to exhaust them- selvcsautl everybody else in .i measuri-

correspondingly impottant to I l'ro< viucc? Four nights' They would 5 .irci-lv

the halfdonc in tour . ilivlgiug by thi-

intcrmiuablctalk on the want of confidence?

'iuotion. (iii! gentlemen. time is SllUll.

and precious; pray condense )filll'r‘t'lft’a" of silence,

and cultivate the blessed :iit when you have little, to say, :iul that has been already said.“

The same language might be applied

'to the niembrrs of our Local l.”gislalul'c. ‘

Tm: llimsox liiv Hams —-'l'bri pro- po=itions to which the ('a liaii ministers :in London have agreed are as follows:— ' 1. To pay the if. I}. Company £300,000

.(’$|..’3l)li.ot)o) inc all their territorial claims3

and rights in l‘tuhc- s Laud, or what is- co nmoulycullcd the North \\'cst 'l'crrilory. 2. The tfompunytoretain all it stations .tmd the land around them, not c ' in all 40,000 acres. .‘l. The Company mayclaim a twr‘iitic

part. tifet‘l‘l'y township or district laid out.

in the icriiie part oi the 'l‘erritory.

4. The Company s i not he subjccied to any exceptional taxes. ll‘liesc terms were to be submitted to the stockholders of tiic Company on the 21th, nnd ii'acccpl— cd' by them, the Jaiiadiaii Minister will endeavor to secure the assrnt ol'thc Cana- dian parliament. In our view. the his three conditions woiiid have bern amply suliicient. mid perhaps more than sullieiriit, ,‘Vllllillll. the lirst, which is altogether llll- necessary and unfair. “(by a compai y in London should he paid for land which it never owned nor occupied in America, is wimt we cannot understand. b any one should be paid, it is the liidiatis—illuuh'c— al li’ihzcsa.

t-‘oiioito liaxn No-rns

-—ll. is said that

altct‘cd $5 and fill” notes are in circulation

here. it becomes our people to ho vary e: fit] in lookin- t. the money they re- vc. so that these impositious may be dc~ teetod at once—St. Join; News.

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‘l-‘ or l.ii=i-;——'l‘iie intelligence from the g t wheat growing regions of this continent is'cneouragiug. Fall sown \vlu-atiu the. United States and Ontario , survived the perils of the winter, and gives promise oi an abundant bar t bye and bye. in Europe. particularly it ling- laud, the winter iris been an exceedingly wet one. and fears have been entertained that the wheat fields would suffer material ilai age in consrqucucc. liut we believe these apprehensions have not. been verified to any great extent. It the spring sown wheat. should do as well proportionately as that sown‘ iii the fall, we may saler anticipate lull granaries in the tui- tumu. Should that prove to be the case. as we hope it may. it will be a boon of great value to the working lll’lll, both in the old world and the new: for the price of bread would rule low.—l[1.

Tho polaloo fever rages. It is reported

t n. iarincr in Vermont has 1l, on oli‘ci'cd .,.0,0|J0.for from forty to filty bushels of a now description at potatnu — being fivc- rixtlis of last yctu‘s crop of that particular kind.

It was lately stated that four Europeans .had become Mahommcdaus iit Madras. The report is confirmed. and it is also are .plaineu by the further statement. llial. they are all about to marry Mahonnncdan wives

A Connecticut; rogue stole a horse iind carriage, and then borrowed money of the .].itclilie|d county Sheriff. to pay tlieexpen- lies of pursuing an iniiuugiuai'y thief

Minnesota is in luck. It has inexhausti- ble springs of mineral paint, which most. obligiugly llow red. green. brown. white .and yellow paint at; the desire of their owners. '

Melbourne. Australia, has a new-paper that is printed in Chinese characters ;i-i|itcd by an Aigcriuc; and corrected by a native 0| Bucnos Ayrcs. 1

London covct's 1:52 square mileseontains dilliblli) dwellings, with an average of eight persons to each, nudhas a population of nearly 3.2Ul.l.000.

A .i-orgia editor. to make delinquents “ pay up."olli~rs to distribute bylot, among tho » wno settle. a gold watch and ULL‘t‘I'

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Sugar planting has been Very successful in Louisiana this . son. and the crop is cstiinated at from 0,000 to .‘iUleUU hogs- heads.

Queen Victoria wears her hair as she did 2.} years ago. (Yoifl‘ures. waterfalls. cliig- nous. curls and back hair are naught. in lIi l‘.

A married woman. aged 13. was divor- red recently in New York ivomlicr bus- band.

A New Yo ~k paper. the, ll’orfil. iii envious oi the iinaneial position of this country. in issue at 'l'udmbvy it say s :—“ The row ol the Dominion of (‘auuda for the month of March last was ll trifle less than a mill- ion; rxm-nditurc ,smuething over hall a million. Siriiiiigli for bloated ilcspoiisin. “'oub'l‘ihai hurdcspotisui would blazita littth itHbc same way."

There it about. 53.000.1200 worth of goods it] ill" lltllltll‘ll warehouses in f'ol'b Laid. via-sides. u bilge amount. oi sugar l-lnb'thPI‘U 'siorcd. uai'ing transportation to the, (‘anadam . I

lios It has engaged Mrs. M. K. Dallas ‘ta u-riic exclusively tor the N. Y. [mil/er,

'rn sumo ll year.

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.\l Com. Nicrrzos run.“ ('al‘ll ,lb ox. —- lbe (.‘apti Breton A'eim says: 1“ It is to be hoped that m raugeinants will be made so that the l'ictou and Prince: Edward l>lllltl steamer may kc Suipl ll; 'bot‘ the place of arriv: and d iiu'llll‘l'I- instead of Port llood. as formerly ; at [he

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land dilliculty of tr: 'ei between i'\ ycocon lmagli and Port Iluoil were the grounds of ,unceasing complaint lruui travclmrs by the Lake route last year. ft the proposed change be adopli d. passengers would be conveyed to and 'lrnm Ship Harbor in West Bay, to which latter Point. the Syd- bll‘ulllt'l‘ would proceed Weekly ui' st'llll~\\'cf‘l.l) 'the tripsol the (iiiifsleauier would render ticcc Since the “lift- drawal ol' the Newfoundland Steamer tiiit is the only route by rail and strain avail- able to lravcllcrs lo and from these parts to Nova Scotia, and it. is right that every improvement contributing in their com- toi't and the public good. should be adopted without delay.

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a newspaper published in the. Ottawa county. the (‘arlctou l'lace llfl'flftf. regrets thalsonie of the larmers oi lieutrcw County are killiugtlieir :atllc to save them from starvation. it bring liliptlsailde, owing to the length of the winter to obtain proven- der for love or money. Matters are had now, but; will be much worse. according to our coutcmpo ‘ary, before the grass has begun to grow. it suggest a special meeting (it the County Comic . to devise means whereby the cattle may be pre- served, and the irincis enabled to carry on their labors for the present year. A similar story in' rlit be told of SP 'cral other parts of old L‘auada. la the district west ul Montreal, as far as Coriivallfaud in other border lmialilius, the cattle have still loved terrible this winter tor ck oi fodder, which has been three or four times asdciir ins in ordinary s asous. Farmers gathered ‘IlliSt‘l'dillc hay crops. last ycur, iii cousw .‘ipiciice oi’ the drought, and the severe. inusal snow blockade ot February and

.Alai‘eh prevented them obtaining supplies '3 Fine cattle itli

,lrom more Iortnnatu localit' liave thus been litcrallv st. rvx d to do

SUMMEIiSIbE .JOUR

l Legislation. slum.

View coagulating;

Ottawa, April (it). , The estimates in part for 156940 were. brought down to day. Interests charges and pub!” fibl _ "~ t‘ivil govern It 870i.05l; Ade tank a of Justice, sea; Pour-p, slim to; ( oioult‘al Survey and Arts, Agriculiuie and

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.‘ iratiu

Ubscr atory, $39.71“

Stilllrll . stucco; liiuuigratiuu and Intran- tim'. 63. 370; Marine Hospitals. “Li-no; Pensions 6a. .072: l’vblic Work. ‘ui ifflplld‘.

iugs. S",b:ln‘,3.\5; Ocean alid ltivrr Steam. l'aekrt Service. 13:62.!” ll ‘ 'i‘he 'rlxpciuilturcl under these heads is nearly stratum: less titan isusv‘ea.

’l‘be salaries of Chit-{Justice of New llruns- wick. and Air. Justice l'arkcr are iuade SLIM) each; l’uisiie Judges in New Bl‘tll|>\\'ltk, $3 200 each. $750 is set down for an Observa- tory in New liruuswth, mid $l,UIJO for limi- gratiuu agency at Miraniielii.

London. April 29.

In House of Commons liiis evening. lion. (‘iiiclic-iicr Fortescuc, (‘iiicf Secretary for, lreland deplored the recent. outrages in Cot-kl uud luuidoinlei y livery viideaver had been made by Uovcrmucnt to suprevsyiutous proceedings, and the peace prestrvation Act had but“ fully t-liful‘t't'll. He also stated that further explanations at this time were ini- politic.

’l'he lris'h Church llill was further consid- ered and three divisions taken on proposed inucndmeiit in which the Government majority was “‘qu seventy to nicnety.

It is reported that the Swiss Government has ordered Mazziiii to leave the country, The Austrian Government. has rel' ved I'm- guc from a state of siege. 'l‘ne njorily in the Spanish Cortes is growing impatient at the delay in going upon a form of qut‘l‘llv ment. ,,

Advices from New Zeaiaud to Feb. 15, state that a terrible massacre occured tiicrc, dur- ing which Lieut. thiscoyne, wife and family, aiul ‘. settlers were killed—The srltlcrs , ar ng in the town report that. the stun-sure closed and cusigns flying liall' mast.

New York, April :‘.0.

Money continues plenty on good busin- ess papers. Geld closed at 1‘14.

Ottawa, Canada, April 1‘7.

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:in this St. Lawn: - ilistilct. the own .‘l ]| big unable to p y such pi'it‘es lit to

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JS 0 per lull for liay.’ ln some L

f" . . . i yaiiunals Lilli-d. lov want ol Iced. have,

,couditi liiilit for food. it is also a fact itlial iii ill lortune oi the farmer in Stilllte‘ .distiicts last year. and their necessities and hardships this winter, have caused a pretty c\teii~ivc emigration to the [Iiiited‘ Si s l\lauy \vhohave not left the coun-

try greatly discouraged, and anything that re gmd to the prospects which a

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longer stay in it presents.

lixriiaouuiNAin' (List: or Ii.I..\'i-:ss AND

“I 'l‘litNi'l"..—..\ remarkable case oi suspciitlctll

limiqu ion has occurred at Millom, in the :Ilt'lglill()i’lllitlll oi' \‘i'hitehavcu. in W .‘I 1Ciaubcrlaud. it appears that Mllllt' IS or g 1‘.) weeks ago, a girl. about 11 or 1;! years ‘oi age. residing with her parents at Milloui was ill. and the medical tteudaut advised a removal for change of r. The patient was taken to (lid llall harm. leased iroiu \ir. A, lirogdcu by Mr. W. 'l‘ouglilou. She wa; attended to with every care, but made no progress towards recovery. and, in :1. short time fell into a ietlia ' 'ic .‘ ato’ resembling that of a person in a trance. condition slic rci aiued for many but at length woke up to a state oil, insucs. .aud calling upon her mother‘ who was in attendance upon her, rclflit'tl how she had been in heaven :nid srcii ini- mernus angels and her brother who died sometime ago. (in being out 'ioticd to that cli'ecl. she expressed a des e not to recover from her illness, but. to go to [lie happier latid of \vliiclislic had had glimp- ses. At that time he is described by her attendants as having a most "heavenlv expression of countenance," and although she had been for many weeks without one particle of Wild feed. her face was plump, her cheeks sull‘uScd with a lovely into. the lips iilunc being devoid oi the colour na- tural to age when ill health. The power ol speech remained only for a short time, and the girl tlicu relapsed into her former state. or nearly so. She lies in a lethargic condition. but. when a question is put to Iicr. she inanifcsls her powers of under- standing it by a slight moving of the head, or some motion to indicate that sheis scu- siiilc to the sound ol‘ human voice. The only su~tcuaucc, it it. can be called bythal name, the g' i has received for fully to or [(3 weeks i been the occasional moisten- ing of the. lips with brandy and water or tea. Within llie last. few days the girl‘s limbs have become gradually more iigid, astliough ibreiclluig of no very distant dissolution.

flow to ride a velocipclle—sli'atltllc a saddle. then paddle. and skcdaddle.

Naples was recently covered with a yel- low dust. brought by a tompcstuous south- east wind lroiu Africa.

A newspaper in Southern Illinois notes the passage of a Virginia fainin en route for the far west. consisting ol the chi man, the old woman. lourtccu childicn and eleven dogs! A canine family. that!

Burglars are still operating in Toronto atid other parts of Canada.

l’ortland, Mc.. seems dreadful iitilucky in the mattcrol fires. The buiidiiigul the Portland l’iclting Company was burned lately, iiiyulving a loss of $i0,000.

lluviug the lust \veek no less than nine bodies of men and women have been found in the streets and waters of New York. nearly all of whom seemed to have been mysteriously murdered.

Unusual M. ivin is American Navy yards.

The Sun learns that. illt‘ handsome sum of one million of dollars was lately oll'crcd lor the New York Times newspaper cslah~ lishment, including its valuable real estate. .‘l‘lte ofl'ei' was declined.

A n> weekly )aper under the title of Tllt' l.’ .in .‘ll. '1. leis been started in (fiii- cago. lts aim will be to keep the. British

lrv-sidents of that city thoroughly informed upon matters trunspiiing in the Old Coun- try and llicsu Provinces.

A Cum-z ron CA’I‘AIMCT. -— The Paris papers mention the discovery by l)r.'l'uvig- not. of cine oi partial or total blindness Irom eatai:u:l,witiiout a surgical operation.

yllo merely instills into the eye an oil con- lainilig a small quantity of phosphorous. The latter substance is said to have the ipropcrty oi dissolving the obscured crv- staline, and inform anew one. l".\] we -iuriits made at the tim‘ermucut Veterin- ary School. of Allurt upon horses uud

' lis >tnrily proved the re-

d to pro 'ail in tho

’i'lie l’tlh‘lllltleHl"fli'llPl‘fll has received ,iniornr’tion from M . .lolm litirus that as the ('uuztvd contract has been ratified, two powerful Screw steuuisliipn of upwards oi ;;,ouo tons each, specially adapted for flu- rrquiremcula oi the North American Mail sci vi ' have liccn cutit'aclcd lor. 'l‘hcsc itc st urn to be named Abyssinia tuiil ,Algc ut.~/Irif[/ii.r lu'xpi'eu.

We vhuuld not hciutate to recommend to any friend of on". I‘urlonl' Parr/mire I‘I'IIII; they iirencientilleally prepared, and are adap- ti-u In all the ptitpunvl eff! good puruutive medicine.

proved a tidal loss. their ilesli being in at l,.,,,.,} ,,, p

In the Ilouse of Commons tu-day. Mr, Kcelcr asked wctlicr tlic (lov't intended to ‘ e similar taxes aiul duties upon Amer- ica vi sels tradine at (‘auadiau Ports :1.- iiadian vessels t ‘idiug at Anna u .i l l‘orts. The llou. lllr. llusc said the matter under consideration. (iov'l: docs not i pledge itself to any particular line of policy. l filr. t‘oliin inquired wetlier the (intern- mcnt intend to place an armed. force on the coaxtut‘the liuminiou to prevent America l lisbcriucu from lishiir Canadian wat rs lduring the coming ii. [The l‘fcnijer said that he understh i nit_ tin : iiyirul in Canada had ll considerable ' nrmed fuch on the ground for the purpose of protecting the lislicr but desired .\lr. Collin to allow the npicsltun to d.

t‘ousnls 1) -l; U. S. bonds; Liverpool markets quite and without ipiuuiblceiiangc.

The Cambridge l'iiiv siiy lioatnicn h: 'c accepted conditionallyilie challenge oftbc ll. . d ('ollege, Club. ‘

'l'lir tioveruiciits of l-‘rnncc nud licigium have t‘cd to appoint it mixed Coiiiinissiun ft” lb. cttlcnicnt, of'Cniiitiici-eiai questions.

Ti: ‘5 l‘ll'Slt‘al. lliaviiiw for April is to

hand. and, in addition to fifteen pages ufsclcct reading matter, contains the following new and beautitul music:

dial 1 Sll'tff .’ A lady‘s comic song. ’1‘. Brigham liishop. '

Inst. [Nu-tiny, li'cst. ly .. (l. lislcy.

/ 'm still afri'cml to you. lly \\'ill S. Hayes.

[/0 wipes 1/” {car fro-n every cyb.’ Song. liy ll. 1'. flanks. hires! (.‘fmt'c diam/i. lly (Tluirlcsdiiukl‘l.

I‘llllflldfu‘ li‘osc ll'ullz. ily it}. Mack.

UnlilL/i Enlist! .llttziu'I-‘tl. lly J.lli Jl=iUHv

Music is generally considered exyiensive. buti, when such a quantity is furnished for the small t sum of at) cents, it eeiurv to be it luxury. and even the poorest may sing. play. and be happy.

()ur musical friends will do well to examine this work. and we feel confident tliitt,.‘i<i cents, sent in the publishers fora sample copy, will yield them a iargerreturn fortlicirinvesnnciit than any similar outlay they can make. Semi for a copy, or get your ucwsdcalci‘ to get one for you, and we guarantee you Will thank us for calling your attention to it.

It it issued by J. L. Peters, music publisher. llox .. , New York. at the low price of $3 a year, or Jill ccl ts for single (topics.

Loving nu ours ivcs, we naturally l‘ecl interested in (ircubiliug it. among our musical friends, and know of no better way of doing so than - by recommendiqu Peters xiii/men, Monthly. The reiidina matter is not. excelled by any of the standard monthlies, and the music is all that can be desired. both as . re- gards yuan/ily and quality. .ltuuwing tiiis'to be the case, we have Mltltfl.‘llri‘llligtflllt'llistwilll tiic publisher to club it with , our paper for 8:: ’5, or we will receive subscriptions at the rate of $3 per year

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llIZTl'RNINC.—Tllc American boat brought back from the United States yesterday. large numbers of l’rovinciniista who had suiigbt'iu vain their tortunes in the dominion of Uncle Sam. -Ahout fifty of them left last night by the Empress for their old homes in Nova. Scotia. More will leave by train this morn-. ing for Prince Edward island, and not a few go to Fredericton by the Steamer. ’l'lu-y re- present the “ limes " as even harder abroad than at their Globe—despised bouncer—Saint Julm Tclcgraph. .

COLLEGIATE “(month—Mr. James Inglis, run of llr. lnglis. recently carried off the eighth prize forjuniur Latin, flllll the fourth for junior Greek, iiitiie Edinburgh Univeriiity. Mr. Thomas May. soil of 'l'buunui May, Est}, (lien Stuart, obtained the tiriit priz —a med- ul—in the second chm of nintheuuitics it- the same institution. We chronicle these honor- with pleasure. The young men who havedis- (lliglllnllt'll themselves at one oftlic first. liai- vers ies in the world commenced their ‘ca- deuiical carccrin Prince Edward Island. ‘Mr. lnxlbz, we liclievc. attended ii. session at liai- iionsic. liulithx, but Mr. May received all his mathematicaleducation in the Prince of Wales t'ollcge. ()ur youthful friends have our best wishes for their future iiuceeiis. We hope they i will achieve yet lllgllt‘l‘Illnlillt'lioll, and reflect still greater iiuuor iipou their Alma Mater. ’l'iie distinguished position which the students from the L'l‘illl't‘ ol'Wulcu Culie e have hither- to tukcii abroad, affords catisfa ‘tory cvi lent'c of the thorough training in that institutieii.—— I'alri'ot.