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7 vAtSY ’ The Examiner. Charlottetown, Dee. 18, 1876, aS - EIEUTENANT GOVEKNOR CARON.

Liserenant Governor Canon, of Quebeo, isdead He died at the advane- ed age of seventy-six years, on Thursdoy last. For many years his name has been keown as 2 prominent lawyer and politi- eian of Lower Canada. He was respected by both parties; and died regretted by . His funeral takes place tosday. “ANOTHER VICTORY !

ald.

Vicrory follows the banner of the Liberal-Conservative Party. There bas been a glorious success in Cardwell, The eieetion which took place there on Thursday last resulted in the retura of McCarthy by 2 handsome majority. Mr. MeCarthy polled two hundred and fifty twe votes more than his Grit opponent,

Mr. Bolton; aed a majority nearly two aur. ; J

hundred larger than that of John Hille

yard Cameron in 1874. The victory shows the temper of the people of Ontario The seeptre is passing from the hands of

the Mackeozie-Cauchor Government

1HE “NORTHERN LIGHT”.

Light made her Charlottetown

It was not a success.

Northern between

Tur first trip Pictou last week. Owing te.some defect in her steering ap- paratus—or to the amiable desire, in the | absence of three feet of green ice, to zo. through something —~she went aground on Pictou Bar, and was detained there Wed- wesday night. She got off early on Thursday and returned to this port. She is now undergoing repairs ; and will try her mettle again to-morrow— weather permitting. iia ani PHE CITY COUNCIL RUM SCANDAL,

Wits reference te the disclosures made on this subject in our last, and to which one of our eontemporaries has referred, we may state that our information was derived wholly and solely from the records et the Police Court and the minutes of the City Council, Whea these minutes are published, the action of some very loud temperance advocates will create a geod deal of surprise. There 1s a class of “ temperance men ” who are always ready to rig themselves out in ‘‘ regalia,"’ or to spout upon a platform, but who are not ready to incur any odium in the cause they profess to have‘at heart, and who are act unwilliog, if they have the chance, to eurry favor with an unlicensed tavern keeper,

and

THE MAILS.

Tose whose duty it is to carry the | mails between this Island and the Maio- | land are not on the road to glory. Several days of the past week were fine. There | was little or no ice. An English mail | was lying st Pictou. A schooner might | exsily have gone to Pictou amd returned. | But our steamers,—subsidized at the rate | of $10,000 a year to carry the mails till |

the close of navigation—feared to leave | '

the wharf lest they might not get back; |.

aud, consequently, our people were ob- liged to put up with one mail for the! whole week. In the good old times, it} was thought that the path of duty was the | road to glery ; aud the mails were carried —if it were posssble to carry them. But) the path of duty is not now supposed to | be the road to wealth; and our Steam Navigation Company do not follow it. | THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |

ELECTION.

Ir is likely that Dr. McNeill will be’ prise, pluck and public spirit. She is very thing could be gained by putting the mats |

Tle is |

elected. He lives in the district. acquainted with the people wants. His opponent is a resident of | Charlettetown—a very good man it may | be, but wholly untried. The bulk of the | people know nothing about him. Any | constituency may be considered blind to: their interests if they prefer, ss a repre- sentative of their interests, a foreigner, | whom they de not know, to an equally | talented resident whom they do know. , The electors of the first district of Queen's |

SS

i were shoeked.

| pion.”

UNGENTLEMANLY CONDUCT. |

As the Rev. Mr. Lathern was drawing | near the ¢lose of his able and eloquent | lecture, delivered in the basement of the Methodist Church on Wednesday last, he was interrupted in a very abrupt and dis- courteous manner, by the Superintendeot of our Island Railway, ‘The learned lecturer,to prove that the highest positions in the State in this country, ure not cous | fined to those who have the greatest early illustration the

advantages, gave as an Hon. David Laird, “ who,’ he said, ‘had onee worked upon a farm in New Glass | vow.” The tribute to Governor Laird well received both by bis political But when the

was friends and opponents. lecturer tock the liberty to express the opinion, which is held by every lover of his country on the Islind, *‘ that it would have been better for Prince Edward Island

had Governor Laird stipulated for a seatin

the Cabinet for 1 representative from the | Island.’ Mr. MeKechnie, in a loud and |

iasolent tone, shouted out, ‘‘ that there wes no need ef it; the seat

ready offered to the Island.” The inter-

ruption Was so coarse, and savored so much |

of the discourtesy which is often shown by violent partizans at political meetings, that every ene, particularly the ladies, In the peroration of so carefully prepared a lecture as the one delivered by Mr. Lathern, he required the undivided attention of his hearers.

| But the interruption on Wednesday night

was a violation of all the rules of propriety and good taste. Aad ne one but a man overflowing with political bile would be guilty of such eutrageous conduct. If the lecturer had sunk his dignity asa clergyman, and had became the panygerist of the Mackenzie Government, giving them eredit for robbing us of our rights, then Mr. MeKechnie would have continued to

applaud him, and would have scowled |

upoa any one who did join him!

“——-—-.

GO TO—HALIFAX.

Tne Halifax Herald is slightly sarcas- | “ Char- |

tical over our oats and potatoes. lottetown is,’”’ it says, “ you know, built upon oats and potatoes.’ Judging by the anxiety of Halifax housewives about the arrival of our Island produce-laden schooners, it would appear that the brain and musele of Halifax is, in part at Jeast, built upon pork, oats and potatoes from this Island.

imagive for the failure of our pork, oats |

and potatoas to produce io Haligonians a | little move I-land enterprise and pluck is |

that the heating properties of our escu- |

by the cabbage of Lunenburg. The Halifax Herald says that Chars | lottetown “is deriding our claims to the |

| ame of a grain port.’ The Herald was | fall upon the poor.

pever more mistaken. Charlottetown | thinks Halifex has strong claime to the

name cf the “ Emporium of the Domi- | Charlottetown only regrets that |

Halifax has not now tke men to elevate

a i j her to the position of commercial and | should be taxed some.

by muture, entitled. With the finest hars | bor on the Continent, en the best position | in the Dominien, the capital of the richest | and oldest of the Maritime Provinces, Halifax should now know no peer among the cities of British America. If the men

| of Montreal or St. John were transplanted | Legislature who, last winter, made a fuss |

to Halifax, we should very soon be grati- fied with the knowledge that our favorite city was “the winter port,” “ the grain pert,’ “ the Emporium of the Dominion.’’ Hal

ifax has lagged in the race ouly be-

cause her citizens (worthy, hospitable, good

| people as they are) are wanting in enters |

rich. But her riches instead of being in-

and their | Vested at home and used in her own de-/ be rather increased.

velopment, are scattered about among the | “ enterprising towns’, which the Herald | tell us, “‘ divide the honors” with her, |

he money of Halifax is spent in build. | her neighbor's house and carrying om her neighbour’s business. She,of course, holds |

mortgages and receives iaterest upon which | wonder why Halifax—with all her advan- | tages — dees mot become the ‘“ Winter |

« aba BL

COUNCIL.

CITY

TO ASSFSSMENT PROPERTY.

RELATING VLRSONAL

LAW

A special meeting of the Cily Council was held on Thursiay evening last. There were present His Worship the Mayor, [is Honor the Recorder, Councillors Murpby. Harris, Millner, Quirk, Smith, Hooper,and Reddin,

/On motion the Mayor left the chair, and

the Council resolved itself into Committee of the Whole to consider the drait Bill, ens titled * An Act Kelating to Assessment of Personal Property in the City of Charlotte- town ’’—Councillor Reddin presiding. The Bill was read clause by clause. The first clause provides that the term * Personal Property,”’ under the Act, shall mean all housebold furniture, shop goods, chattels, or wares, whatever kept for sale—sll stocks in banks, comp nies, corporations, or busis

OF

| thestre was opened there.

THE RICHMOND FIRE,

the theatre was in December,

It is stated that when burned in Richmond, Va..

1311, 80 deep was the grief ‘or the loss sus- |

txined by the leading families of the city that it was seventeen year» before another On the site o! the burned buil jing no standsa memori | church, built by the relatives of the victim~ and on @ monument close by is inscribed their names. The circumstances of that

fire were very similar to the Brooklyn disas-

ter, though the victims were not confined to the cheap seats. The ceiling of the theatre was painted canvass, and the scenery highly combustable. An attempt to lower a chandelier, which was awkwardly

hung, and, at the time, egtangled, threw it among the scenery, which took fire; the |

ecenery, the ceiling and the roof, were in- stantly in flames; a thick cloud of smoke and vapor ascended ; all was consternation ;

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

ee

TELEGRA?P HIG NEWS.

ABAAAA ALOE OLE LLL LLL LOLOL eee 4 Ae

AUDCTION.

(By telegram to Me Neill’s Reading Room.) '

LONDON, Dee. 16.—There is great indig- | nation in Paris because of the announce- ment of gn alliance between Germany and | Spain during the absence of the French Minister from Madrid. Experienced states- men, including ‘Thiers, consider war certain, | because Turkey will never acceed to the | Russian demand for the occupation of Bul- | garia.

New York, Dec. 16.—A terrible North- |

HE Subseribers will seli by Public Aue. tion, on the premises, at

SOURIS EAST,

at 12 o'clock, noon, that valuable property known as the Souris

STEAM SAW MILLS,

west gale is now raging here. Dangerous | hoid Land oa which it is »iteated. consequences by sea and jand are greatly | phere wre on the premises a new Dwell feared. The compromise movement in the | ing House. 26x 36. a Forge 20x 22. a Mil South in favor of Hayes is strengthening | building 55x34,with a shed 16 f . jong attuch- seniihe ; edd. One Twenty Horse Power Steam En- y- | gine driving one fifty-two inch and one thir- ty two inch Circalar Saws, one Planing Machine, oar Shingle Machine, two smaii Circular Saws and Benches all complete, in working order and only nine months in use.

MEXICO, Dec. 15.—a severe battle fought | yesterday, in which the Revolutionists were | successful, the Government troops lost 27, | 000 and Diaz, the Rebel Leader, lost 1500. | Leoda fled from the city.

. ~~

On Wednesday, 41 dan., 1877,

| Logether with vine-tenths of an acre of Free- |

had been als }

The only reason we can |

sa associations of ary kind, ee the pit, from which there was free excess,

CounciLLon Heartz moved that “eee wos tanmsedebiin anak: ae tae Sédek be included in the list. He thought ship | ,

owners were better able to pay a share of | from which there was only one narrow pas- : . % co nots . 8 as

the taxes necessary to maintain the City | sage, could not soon be cleared. It wa than poor mechanics and merchants who | ¢**Y to go through a wall as through the | crowd ; the stair sank with the pressure, throwing headlong a prostrate multitude in |aheap. The vapor nad extinguished the CounciLtor Murray opposed the motion. lights, and was found extremely suftocat- i In his opinion the taxation of ships would ing. A blaze from the cloud of smoke, or | bea measure of doubtful legality, inex | from the clothes of those who were on fire, pedient, a breach of faith with the Legis- increased the horror. Some fainted, some ‘lature which had given the ,Council power | were suffocated, some were consumed to to levy taxes upon personal property, and | ashes, some were trampled to death. A should not at least be adopted at this stage | DUmber reached the door, or, throwing It was represented to the Government last | themselves out of the windows, escaped ; | winter that if they secured the passage of but escaped bruised, maimed, or severely ‘the Bill enabling the Council to tax Per-| burned, The sufferers could not have | sonal Property, ships would not be taxed. | *gonized long. With most death was in- We obtained the bill on the faith of that | *tantaneous, dying in # faint, or by suffoca- promise. If ships are now taxed the | (on, and in all, lees than nine or ten /Council will stand justly charged with | minutes put a period to their existence. | Breach of Faith, and it may have the power Tkere were oix hundred people in the | taxing personal property taken from it) theatre at the time the fire took place,and during the very next session of the Legis~ | eighty of these perished.— Montreal Gazette.

| lature, Itis better to have half a loaf than no ee Seupener “a an? TTS se no bread; it is better to leave ships | b ‘

| | have received the first part of the new il- | out of the list of taxable personal property | noted H istory of the Dominion of Cans than to be allowed to tax no personal pro-~ } ada, by Professor Charles RK. Tuttla, of | perty whatever. It is best to leave well | Nova Scotia. The work when complete enough alone. Whether or not the Coun- | will consist of two large quarto volumes of | cil have a claim upon ships is # question IN | over 800 pages each, and embracing to- jdoubt. Ships are not protected, as other | gether about 200 full pages steel, wood and personal property, by our police or our fire | stone engravings. It is by far the most department. They are not subject tothe narnificint work ever produced in the city on the average more than two months | pominion. The author has already obtain- of the twelve, Therefore itis questionable | oq 4 high reputation as an bistorical writer.

| had a few goods to sell, Councwtor MiLtxer seconded the mo-

tion.

whether the Council had the right to tax fi, many works already published in the |

ships. | United States are classed among the Stan- | Covncittor Hearrz entirely disagreed | dard literary productions of that-country. | with Councillor Murphy. If one mun had | With his excellent qualifications for the | $10,000 invested in goods, and another | task, and his loyal determination of pro- man had $10,000 invested in ships, he did ducing a work that shall giye the citizens not see why the latter should not be liable | 45 the Dominion the most needed intelli- to pay ® tax on the sum inyested as well 43 | ,onog regarding the genera! progress of the the former, It had been said that ships | nation, as also to present to the United

got no benefit, in lower rates of insurance, from the police and fire departments. He (Councillor Heartz) remembered when we

‘lents ere, to a certain extent, neutralized | had no corporation, no fire department, no

police force,—and rates of insurance were lower then than now. If wealthy ship~ owners are left untaxed, the burden must We have $10,000 to raise by @ tax on personal property, If the tax be well distributed the burden will be light; but if the wealthiest class in the city are to be left out, the tax will fall usfairly, and bear heavily, upon poor citizens. Councu.toR Mittner thought ships Ships entail wear

| manufacturing supremacy to which she is, and tear and consequent expense upon

the city. He held that the Council should relieve the laboring man as much as pos. sible. He questioned whetber any promise

States and the Mother country such a re- cord of Conadian advancement in all the industries, arts and sciences of civilizition, we havea right to expect at his hands a work of great public value, The work is expensively illustrated with steel, stone and wood engravings, which embrace Dom-~ inion cities and scenery and portraits of the distinguished men of the past and present. It is preminently a work of high art and great literary excellence, and will be a monument of honor to the author and his country. The publishers have gone to great expense, and their efforts will no doubt meet with general encouragement. The work 1s a necessity to every family and at the rate of fifty cents a month, at which rate it is delivered by agents, no one can aftord to be without it.

_- HO a om

days has almost been in a state of anarchy,

of power. recognized and installed President.

appointed till the end of the session.

ing a vast fortified camp at Bonder. Duke Nicholas has asked for a reserve force of a hundred thousand men; and their mobi- lization has already commenced at St.Peters- burg and Moscow.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 14.—The Prelim- inary Conference is progressing rapidly with probability of a successful issue.

NEW York, Dec. 14.—-Wade Hampton has been inaugurated Governor of South Carolina; and the State thus has dual Gov- ernment.

~ MISCELLANEOUS.

England has now an efficient volunteer army of over 170,000 men.

government has accepted the American interptation of the Extradition Treaty.

All M. Dufaure’s efforts to rerganize the French Cabinet having proved ineffectual, it is announced that he has definitely re_ signed,

Porfirio Diaz was officially announced as | President of the Mexican Republic on the 30th ultimo and has divided the direction of affiirs wish Iglesias.

| Gladstone wrote his | days and that bis share of the profits was | £10,000; also that the proprietors of the | Contemporary Jeview paid him 250 guineas | for his review of Schyler's book on Turkes- tan

The Kaws, an Indian tribe. have agreed to quit chocking horses over their dead.

The average cost of substaining the con- victs in the Virginia Penitentiary jast year was aboul seven cents a diy for each man.

An obituary from the far West—* He was a well educated man,and his life was as pure anid unspo ted as a snowball.”

E:diward Pox, of Titusville, Pa., has recov- ered $93,000 damages from the Ballimore and Ohio Railroad oy a twenty-three years’ suit.

Within the past several weeks an unusual- ly large number of milk dealers in New York have been arrested for milking, too frequently ** the cow with the iron tail,”

She was fond of conundrums, and when she learned tnat mulier was Latin forw oman she tnought she hada good one; so she ask- ed her husband what was the difference bes tween herself and a mule, and as he had been married several years he was to thought- ful to tr uble her by guessing,bnt kindly re- marke that he had never been able to see any.

A French Countess has been swindled out of $50,060 which she sent to England for in- vestment on the races. Sie was entrapped by a far-reaching plan. for the execution of which months were required. The swindlers even went to the expense of having printed

It is officially announced that the Engiish

last pamphlet in three |

Mexico for three |

Daiz entered the city and assumed the reins | It is believed that Iglais will be |

Lieutenant Governor Caron of Quebec | died yesterday. His suecessor will not be | Souris East, Dec. 18, 1876.—till sale Le- | frambois, Thiladear, Cauchon, and Letillier

are mentioned in connection for vacancy. ° LONDON, Dec. 15.—Russians are establish- | Uu ic Lands ! { ®

The sale of this property affords a rare chance to secure & good business jp the rapid!y improving village of Souris as the whole will be soid without reserve,

Terms made known atsale. For further particulars apply to

MORROW & Co.

SALE

OF

Grand |

I am instructed by the Commissioner of Crown and Public Lands, to sell by AUCTION,

At the Colonial Buldiag Ch iowa, Friday next, Dee. 22

at 12 o'clock, noon,

Ten Lots of Land, containing 2 Acres each, and Eight Lots | of 5 Acras each, comprising in all SIXTY ACRES of Land. |

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A London correspondent says that Mr. |

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!

| Casks Sherry Wine, Cases Port Wine, good

‘Last Notice to Tenants on the

T

For the convenience of Tradesmen and | persons connected with the collection of | produce, this very valuable tract of Land willbe sold in separate lots, aS jaid out and | marked ona Plan to be seen at the Land | Office and at the time of Sale.

fhese lots are situated at the junction of | the Colville Railroad Station and Colville) Road. They are well wooded and in the! centre of a thriving and fertile Settlement. |

Terms at sale.

A. McNEILL, Auctioneer. |

Ch'town, Dec. 18. 1876. 2in

iN SPORK

AND

For Sale at Low Prices for Cash or Approved Credit : |

chests prime Congou TEA, 120 half chests do, | 220 sides No. 1 N.S. SOLE LEATHER. | 200 bbis. choice Family FLOUR, j 10) boxes Mottled ext. Family Nonpa- | riel SOAPS, ‘“* Fresh Baked Crackers and Pilot | Breads (14 diff-rent kinds), 50 boxes Layer RAISINS, 60 do Valk ncia “ | 60 doz. brooms, 20 doz. Pails, } 100 boxes Ciothes Pins. 4 bhds.,4 qr. casks and 20 cases | Sayer’s Brandy (vintage 1872.) |

8

520

assortment Butfalo Robes, Trunks, &c. WILLIAM DODD, Queen Square. | Dec. 18, 1876. 3in

RENNIE ESTATE.

HOSE Tenants that have not paid the current vear’s Rent, froia March, 1875, to March, 1376, on ‘Township No. 23, are re- quested Lo pay the same to me during the present month. Any Tenant failing to pay the year's rent, by the lst JANUARY next,

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NEW ADVERTISEMENT

rrr we ww

CHRISTMAS

~AND-- New Years.

The subscriber begs to completed Stock has a

a large Variety of ar

fur the s€ason, Coasisting of

| Crosse & Blackwall’s Pick'es

SAUCES JAMS. JELLIES : CITRON, LEMON und On RMSINS. ALMONDS FLAVOKING EX tk crs MACAROML, TAPIOCA. Sag; GINGER. METZ PRUL ps ener LUGGAGE, BUN Boxs”

tgamery, Brushes, Comas, Toile Eccrisies, &. o

Next doors, RANKIN, " Dev. 11, 1876.9, MRr

announce that hi river: ang a) his ‘lcles suitahie

D

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| Ch'town, |

OUT! AHD READY FOR SALE!

Wholesale & Retail

_ CHAPPELLE'S

LLMANAC & GUIDE-BOOK,

FOR 1877!

Be sure and get one as they are seliiag very rapidly.

THEO. L. CHAPPELLE,

Diamond Booksiore

| Dee. 11,_1876,

Prince Edward [sand Ratiway! CHANGE OF TIME,

N and after MONDAY, Dec Lith, trains will run as follows :—

TRAINS GOING Wht.

STATIONS. (No.1 Express. No, 3 Mixed:

Georgetown ‘Dep. 8.30 a. m. Cardigan 9.00 . { Arr. 10.25 Mount Stewart 1 |Dep. 10.40 | Royalty Junction = 11.63 | Charl Arr. 12.15 p.m. ——— i ‘Dep. 9.10 a.m.'Dep. 2.15 pam Royalty Junction 9.32 2.42 North Wiltshire | 10 27 3 38 Huater River 10 43 3.55 County Line 11.35 444 Kensington 12.16 p.m. 5.23 " : (Arr. 12.55 'Arr. 6.00 Summerside Dep. 1.55 Wellington 2.50 Port Hili 3.35 O'Leary i 5.00 | Alberton |Arr. 6.07 Tiguish Sa" eee TRAINS GOING East.

—

{ } stations. (No, 2 Express. No. 4 Mixed.

| was made to the Government er Legisla- ture binding the Council not to tax ships.

|

| He had never heard such a promise made.

“Tug Winter Porr.”’—The winter of dicontent has certainly set in with regard a was, he believed, 8 person in the to the mail arrangements and the weekly

steamers, We think we speak the general feeling of this community when we say | that there is an impression that a deliberate | ‘sell’ has been perpetrated on Halifax in the matter of the ‘ winter port.’ The plan

about ships, but he was not in the Legisla~ ' ture now; and it was not likely that the

| Council would te deprived of the right to | tax personal property if it distributed the | C ddeit aia tial | burden over the shoulders of wealthy ship» Cpr eS eee See eae pee It is by distributing the burden | &°" by means of a small tug boat, in the

| owners. : : —by looking after the littles—that the | stormiest season of the year, is one that,

-. | independant of all disappointments as to i light d popular. No~) P ppo tax will be made light and pop trolahih te phei' Wi uh dandy ible’ elk

| occasion, hospitable and friendly, but he has

a newspap’r, made up in imitation of a reputable publication, and professing to be an olgan opposed to the monuplies and dis- honestics of the book-makers,

The Khan of Khiva is about twenty-eight years old, dresses richly and wears a black astrakhan ot sugar-loaf shape. Heis, upon

the amount will be placec in the hands of

vague notions about the world outside his vwn dominions. He asked Capt. Burnaby whether Englishmen and Germans are of the | same nation; and if the Queen could have a| subject’s head cut off; and he uttered the | remirkable statement that China belonged | to England.

A movement is on foot in Toronto in rela- |

tions that itcannot be allowed to continue. | It is a plan that may involve not only great inconvenience and discomfort, but actual

‘ | ter off till next year. The difficulty woud

| |

‘Tue Maror thought it would be impru-

year.

Gee : urred in the; f i Couxcitor Hooper cone of last night, as detailed elsewhere by one

Mayor’s opinion,

CouncitLor Smit would not go for taxing ships anyway. Lota of money has lately been sunk in ships. The man who ins

her wealthy citizens live ia idleness and | vests his money in ehips is « brave man

and should be encouraged—not taxed. Councittor Harris reminded the Coun-

Port” or the ‘Grain Port’ of the Do-| cil that the texation of personal property,

dent to levy a tax upen ships—at least this dettraction of Sah mater, ane genie

loss of life. It is not a plan that is feasible in wet or wild weather; and the experience

of our reporters, shows that for the present, at least, there is a glorious uncertainty about it which will not commend it to these who have most to do with it; namely the railway officials, mail people, steamer agents, and passengers. Language a good deal stronger than any we shall use has al- ready been used, concerning the present

tion to the establishment of an Intercolonial | Exposition there, somewhat afier the model | of the great Centennial. but of course, on a much smailer scale. Itis thought the ob- ject of the promoters can be carried out on a capital of hal a million dollars. The forma- tion of a company is proposed with a capital of $250,000, and, as the affair goes oa, the Governmentand the Railway Companies are 10 be requested to provide the other half. It is expected to take place in 1878.

A party of four fishermen formed the pro- ject of wintering in the forests of Fortune Bay, N.F., in February last for the purpose of making a large catch of trout in the jakes and guilys of that quarter, which abound with those fish, in order lo try the experi- ment of salting and establishing a trade in pickied trout. No account was ever receiv- ed from them, though constantly up to the}

an Attorney forcollection. I will meet the | Tigaish Dep. 7.30 a.m parties concerned at Bagna!ls Hotel, on) Aiberton 8.52 } Wednesday and Thursday next, the 20th | U’Leary 9.40 | and 2ist December. Port Hill 11.08 JOHN BALL, Wellington ‘a cor e Agent. | Summerside _ on Dec. 18, 1876. | Kensington 2 233 ve Marine Insurance Company of Prince | County Line 304 «6| | (800 7 9 |} Hunter River | 3.55 oe Edward island. | North Wiltshire | 410 | 10.27 DIVIDEND, at the rate of Fifteen | Royalty Juno's 5.06 > J Dollars per share, is now payable at! Charlottetown { A™ 53° jae. 11-45 the Company's office, corner Great George | _ 4 \Dep. 2.00 and Lower Water Streets, to the Share- | Royalty rE bro holders, out of profits of the year 1875. | Mount Stewart } Dep. 4.00 | By order of the Board, Cardigan 5.25 FRED. W. MALES, See'y. | Comgowe ihm. O0b Acacia

Dec. 18, 1876.

— Wanted. —

— Souris Branc h.

’

County are pot blind to their interests ; and therefore,{we expect to hear on Thurs day evening next that they have elected Dr. MeNeill by a large majority. : ew Walt ¢ : | It was to us a pleasing surprise. Dr. MeNeiil is certainty a gentleman) .. ; ; _ ; : citizen of Halifax could have mustered who will represent them well. His speech “

7 ’ the necessary pluck amd enterprise to on the hustings on Thursday was a good | laksa ceketteatintn tie die oe

indication of the stuffhe is made of. It)... > ;

hone we ai ya itself, amuatter fer congratulation. We a) Ges OF ae ee new hopeful of the future’ of

| minion ! The racy letter of our correspondent, “J.M.C.” will be read with interest.

livered, eRe ae will of rin the Halifax. tion of Councillor Hearts as follows : | Bucks, England, sends to’ the London subsidy of Secterias Schools under aay ee For—Heartz, Millner. __ | Standard the following extract from the scheme and will vote for the abolition of | Woe Awakz ror Decemben, 1876.—The Against—Tne Mayor, Hooper, Smith, | letter of an Anglo-Indian layman, resident

the Legislative Council if the country de- December Wide Awake opens with an amus- ing story of some young outlaws by Katie

That a}

|was not a new thing in Charlottetown. | Prom the date of its incorporation to 1866,

cu ; ll | City — — ato eon oe | General and the Premier through the letters | kinds of personal property, mi ,

templated levy was no infringement of the of ee 7a Sree rights of citizens. He was not, however, in a we: . at ae ee rr : - favor of taxing ship owners. For ships do | Sania cae S aaas & P not need the protection of our Fire and | ' an °

Police Departments. — They are away at a ee sea. The Council divided upon the mo- |, B, James, Vicar of ‘North, Marston,

arrangements, by the public, and we hope the echo of it will reach the Postmaster

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uirk, Murphy, Harris. | " The algal ‘teetion, that the clause do | °f Madras, of much experience, under date |

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cides that the Legislative Conncil is no longer necessary. =

THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE'S | *¥enturous Doys,

LETTER.

WE publish, with great pleasure, Mr. |

FitzGerald’s letter. It is perfectly satis-

factory ; and shows, as we hoped, that he |

fully sustain the reputation Wide Awake has | earned for publishing fine poems. ‘ Carrier | Pigeons,’ ‘ 2 Turkish Wedding,

is not in the least responsible tor the un- excusable conduct of the City Council. Certainly, the Stipendiary Magistrate

is net fairly treated. There are but two | Exotic,’ give entertaining information

punishments that he can isflict—imprison- ment and fines—; and both of these are rendered practically ineffective by the inaction or action of those in authority. The inaction of successive Governments resulted in such a complete want of dis- eipline and severity in the jail, that it has become a thieves’ puradise—~a place where

the dishonest and worthless lie in ease and |

idleness at the public expense. Not a few times, when Mr. FitzGerald has sentenced some ruffian to jail, he has been answered by an impudest “ thank you.”” And new by the action of the City Council, if the Mag- istrate inflicts a fine, all the culprit need de is to appeal. He thus withdraws himselt frem the jurisdiction the Magistrate; and though his ap- peal should be dismissed, he can throw himself into the arms of the City Council, who will tenderly shelter him from harm. Of course, after this, every convicted, uns licensed rumseller will take care to appeal, and s0 escape due punishment. However impartially aad vigorously it may be wielded, so blunted a sword of justice can be little of a terror to evil doere.

bushels oats, valued at $237,655.

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Exports: —During November, there were }on the Island. On Sunday night last a shipped from this Island 243.393 bushels !arge American schooner lay inside of the potatoes, valued at $60000, and 555,132 Breakwater in perfect safety, while it blew

W. Hlamilton, entitied * Ro vin Hood and another ilood,’ quite the proper reading for ‘ Rescued,’ a double- page richly illustrated sea-shore poem by Celia Thaxter, ‘ Prince’s Feather,’ a full- page illustrated poem by Mary E Bradle

iogether with the four-paged pictorial legend of * Cinderella,” by Mrs, Ciara Doty Bates,

and ‘+a Rare

| Maige Elliot has a capltal story of sume street children, entitled « Cinders,’ and‘ What Happened to Kathie and Lu,’ a funny story by Miss Farman, is worthy the attention of big as well as little folks. The serials, ‘Nan,’ by Mrs. S. C, Hallowell, (the editor of ‘the New Century,’) and ‘ Good-for-noth- ing Poly,’ are deeply inter: sting, although both «re home stories, with no pernicious | tendencies. The ‘Behaving Paper,’ upon behaving at a party, will be a blessing to many a bashful girl-and awkward boy. Tne small people get their share in the Large Print pages. ‘Learning to Count,’ and |‘ The Little Pigs that went to Market.’ The | latter pages of the Magazine provide gener- ously for the home amusements of the child- ren. Besides the * Doll's Fair,’ for which all the girls are dressing dolis, and all the boys {are manufacturing loys, there area dozen Puzzies to solve, for which a prize is offered, and there is a Christmas Pantomime by Geo. | B. Bartlet, to practice for Christmas eve, and | a pretiy Marching Game set to Music. Only | $2.00 per annum, post paid. Ella Farman, | Editor, D. Lothrop & Co., Publishers, Boston Mass.

| Souris BreakwatEr.—The 7imes says :— | When the Breakwater is completed, we ‘believe that Souris will offer advantages for shipping euperior.to any other harbour

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pass, was then curried.

Clauses providing that partners in business should be assessed under the name of the firm; that holders of Stock shall not be assessed as individuals; that Banks Joint Stock Companies, etc, shall pay a tax on their profits; that no person shall be liable to the tax whose personal property is of less value than $200.00, were read and

}adopted. These provisions were agreed to ' without division or debate; and it was

ordered that the Bill be read a third time on Friday evening. Council then adjourned.

THE EXAMINER censures the City Coun- cil sharply, and if that body has been guilty of doing what the EXAMINER lays to its charge, it richly deserves to be pitched into. It seems that the City Council has interfered to mitigate the punishment in- flicted by the Stipendiary Magistrate on an unlicensed liquor seller. We geustion very much whether the Council has the author- ity to remit fines, or to extend to a convict- ed offender indulgence which, in this case, he certainly does not deserve. If it has the power to nullify the decisions of its own Magistrate, we think it a shameful abuse of that power to give encouragement to such wanton and mischievous violaters of the law,as unlicensed liquor sellers.— Patriot.

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THE ORNAMENTAL BUILDING that serv- ed, for some time, as a polling place, police station, and small-pox nospital, waz re- moved from offthe Market Square on Friday last. The square looks somewhat bare now.

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A MARK OF RESPECT.—The Lieutenant Governor has been pleased to direct that the offices be closed during to-day, the 18th inst., the day of the burial of His Honor, late Lieutenant Governor Caron, of Quebec, as a mark of public respect to his memory.