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Charlottetown, May 1, 1871.

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THE SPRING TRADE—IMPROYVE. | MENTS

Arter the long dreary winter, which)

still exhibits loathsoneness to leave US,! national flag taxed 100 per cent. Before shows the prosperity of a country so well as spring is throwing ber gep ial snuiles around. | returning home he buys some garden tyols its exports. If an individual sells $1 000

and our merchants are al! actively prepar- ing for the reception and opening of their)

spring goods. Some os the more wide-a | how the tariff robs him, goes to bed made | $5°0 a year. wake have got the start of the others, by | of wool taxed 20 per cent, draws over him country in the future as we have done yetting their supplies ear)y, but the greater | a sheet taxed 55 per cent, and a blanket) several years past—that is, export more part of the Spring Stock bas not yet arrived. | taxed 249 per cent, Takes his Quinine tax. | than we import— the country will be in a We notice that several of the business men} ed 45 percent. In looking around the room| prosperous condition. Our imports last are having their shops altered, improved, | he sees his carpet, which is taxed 80 percent, year were $1,928 662 and our exports were and newly painted and pspered; and some | and wall paper 35 per cent. ‘The window $2,154 203 new firms are about commencing. Mr.! glass is taxed 55 and the Curtains 8) per} ports amounting to

Francis McKenna has leased his commodi-| ous building on Queen Street for a term of years, to a firm who intend to carry on the dry goods trade. Hon Mr. Brenan is| building a fine Brick Building adjoining | his present establishment, Which will be) used asa warehouse. The competition in the retail trade will be more lively this fear than for some years past, as quite a number of our young men have entered the | arena of trade, snd will strive hard to rival | their more experienced competitors, Al- though the tariff is ra'sec’ 24 per cent. we would not be surprised If goods of all kinds were sold as low as formerly Jaring the) present year. The desire of the younger | firms to establish a business, will induce! them to sell at very small profits, and the | old well-established houses wil have to| bring down their charges to meet the exi-|

gencies of trade. Hence the non-trading |

public will reap the advantage. We be-| 12.11 that he has been fully psid for his |

lieve there is a new era opening up in the) business history of the Island. With the) introduction of the eash capital, and the | circulation, during the ensuing three or four years, of the money required to con- struct the Rai‘road, we hope the old credit system will beabolished. Credit in whole- sale trade cannot be done without, but in| the retail trade it can, and should.

There | will be some fortunes made whilst the | country is building the Railroad. We do!

| and rice 82 per cent.

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He next buys his wife a handkerchief taxed 35, ahat 40 boots 35, stockings 79,

‘gloves 50, silk dress 60, woolen skirts 100, ber of miles would benefit ev. ry 40 persons |

He buys

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and a shaw! taxed 2°0 per cent an umberella taxed 6%, some Books pens 70, thread 70, pins 35, needles paint £5, starteh 49, candies 49, soap 70, He gets a vallot and eindidate under the

25. yotes for his favorite

taxed 45. The poor man, sick to death, thinking

cent.

No wonder he dies: His fate is recorded

where he is taxed no more.

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THE DOMINION AND PRINCE ED- WARD ISLAND DIRECTORIES.

Mr. Jonw Lovet, of Montreal! has laid on our table the above Directories. That

of the Dominion is an immense undertak- |

ing, containing as it does, 2562 pages of closely printed matter. Its cost is $12

| which is not too much for a work that is | | invaluable as a reference to every business |

The enterprise of Mr. Lovell, in he- ginning this great Directory, and his per- severance in bringing it to completion, deserve the best remuneration. We have heard it predicted that he could never go on with it, and that it would not pay. He has disproved the first, and we hope to

persevering effort in pubhshing a great work of reference, of which any country might feel proud.

The parts of the Dominion Directory o more special interest to this Island, Mr. Lovell has compiled and published in a volume entitled “ The Prince Edward Is- land Direetory.”’ It consists of 288 pages, well printed and substantially bound, and

published for the reasonable sum of $2 |

‘of road in New Frunswick would bonetit ‘only every 9 persons whilst the same aum- |

‘| amounts to shipping employed, at the rate

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‘in this Island. And as regards area the comparative benefit to this Island and New Brunswick is as 13 to 1.

| & He next showed that we are better

| able to build the same proportionate extent

of railroad t! an New Brunswick. Nothing

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worth off his farm annua'ly, and expends ety $500, it is evident that he mys by

So. if we do as well as a

This proves an excess of ex- 225,541, equal te ' $19.28 per head for imports and $21.54

} , per head for exports.

The imports ror the |

‘in Marble, taxed 70 per cent, and he goes) Dominion for 1868 were $18.40 per head |

| and exports only $14.40 per head, so that | our exports exceeded the average of the Dominion by $7,14 per head of population, | or over $700,000, Were the exports of the | Deminion equal to ours per head, it would have exported $28 000,000 more than it did.

| Lf New Brunswick is taken by itself, we find that in the year of building the rail road (1860) her exports were only about $18 per head, being $3 less than ours are ‘now. Hence. taking the comparative ex- | ports as a criterion, we are better able to build the same extent of railroad than wos New Brunswick when she commenced to build.

| 3. As to the ability of the Island to sup- | port or find work for # railroad, he showed that in 1870 we employed 3,629 vessels, the ‘tonnage of «h'ch was 544,698, and the) | value of which was $16,000,000. Of these |}we own 270 valued at $1 525,000. This

| of 54 tons to each person on the Island.

The inference to be drawn from these | figures is plain cnough—that there will be “something for a railroad to do.’ We will give the other figures of Mr. MeDon-|

‘ald in our next issue, as they mnst be of the |

| utmost interest to our readers who desire}

‘known to be a precartous business, and ought

| his own way,

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‘The new tariff ie especially untair and | press ve to the eres iuterest. This branch of industry i seeOind only to agricul tare, It affords employment to @ great pum-| ber of people, as well as a market to muny settlers forthe gale of timber, which without iF would be valueless. Lt enhances the value of) oats by creating competitior, a3 new ships going to England for @a'e genetully take cargees of that grain. Shipbuilding is well

to be fostered, mstead of discouraged by an) odious imposition of 24 per cent on the) materials required for building Such short-| siy’hted policy, if persisted in, will soon have the effect of destreying this branch of business, | as similar levislation has, to a great extent, | done in the United States

Mr. Leturgy and I were

opposes to this tax, but it was of no use, The

sader would have |

it originated, as I no longer considered pn yself

a member of the party after the Railway Ball | was forced, in opposition to caucus decisions, | and it was useless to do more than protest)

. . m end nines Z — any apsinet i0-en-the ob -thonhaneaslg Tne Quadrille Assembly, in St Andrew's’

was taunted by the Leader with !e'ng in- sincere in sapportiag the Railway B Il, bee suse I objected to this mode of meeting the pre- liminary expenses, and the interest on the vut- lay for the year, Before conelud ng, I wish to correct a mis- statement in your issue ef the 22nd instant, under the heading of “ Civic Matters,” where- in you giv. me the credit of obtaiding the grant of £2000 made towards the funds of the City. and EHaviland, had far more influence than I had with the Leader, and with his energetic

Lieutenaut, Mr. Howlan, 1 obtaining this!

small instalment of justice to the city. The Leader supported it, but Mr Howlan seemed “ greatly exercised’ as to how he could justify

hia support of sucha graut to his constituents, |

as if any justification were necessary for re- turning the citizens this smal! prc portion o! the large sums they annually contribute to the reveuue,

I remain, Sir, your obd’t Servant, Danteh Daviss, Ch'town, April 21, 1871.

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Tae Ovv Guanp House was burnt down early on yesterday morning. The alarm of fire was given about six o'clock, and it being reported that Government House was on fire, a great many turned out. Engine No. 2 stuck in the mud and was left to the care of the energetic pipeman,

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| Exsausee seem 19 us to, be very funny, We)

I was not at the caucus where a tha: it had no need to make “ insinevations.” |

| santly.

My colleagues, Messrs, Breeken |

ad he . glad to see that even ‘*ufter the | battle,” the Exathiner comes out in favor of the Radway Commissioners, appointed from the Legislature, géing before their conan for re-election. t suppose the © ablé men™ decide otherwise, what will our contemporary sey then?. Aceept the ‘situatton,’’ or join the opposition, = Patriot. ‘ It time to bid a certain gentleman good morning when you meet him. Will the 'utriot lay down the opposition platform, or show us what the policy of the “ Opposition” would be if they held (he -eing of power. When | he does this, we will answer the abave question very candidly. Theallusions of the Patriot and

our philosophic friend of the Progress to the

} thought the Progress was so great a reasoner

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Some of our comtemporaries are never 80 |

humorous as when they try to be serous, | i

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Tuesday last, passed off yery plea-

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° . : . our Le | It is considered a certainty in oficial circles

‘that Sir John A. Macdonald will be ap- | pointed Governor General short y after his retarn from Washington, Lord Lisyar re-|

| . . i | tiring to England

7 >—_ -- TO CORRESPONDENTS. A Kailroad man—in our next. A letter ‘from our own correspondent, received to-day. | He tells us that some cf the postmasters are | ‘in the habit of opening ard so:hing the papers

|of subscribers. This must be stepped. We |

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| wish to say to some of our ccrrespondents in | ‘this number, that when matters of fact are | | questioned, they should give their, proper | names to the public. In the speech of the Hon. G. W. Howlan published _ re- ‘cently, the fizure $16,000 should have been | $5000. The latter amount he said was suffi- | ‘cient each year as a sivcking fuad to meet ithe debentues in 30 years.

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Business Notices.

It will be seen by our advertizing columns that Mr, A. G. MeDougall offers for sale somctking new inthe Lamp Chnimney line. He deserves to be patronized if he has intro- | duced a good Lemp Chimney into the trade. The Umon House has been newly painted,

| yauge roads, and, doubtless, he will andertake

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State of Ney# York proposes cither Ww con- ™ 7 quer or ay the State of Maryl nd asa) © EUROPEAN. consequenege of its hospitabiglaws or as | “ i r fishermen Agother Revolution Immineng,

a vindication of the rights of Ches:tpeake

to poach upon the Waters «

Buy.’ fs £ %,/ j The Montreal Gozelfe\says the “dawn ef! vactitetanil — Goderich gives a premium of 20¢ per tree | Paris, April 21, for every shade tree planted by private en- | Another revolution is” imininent. terprise. < | mune bag arrested the Central Committees, accug.

Some thing ought to be dope to plant ing the members yore ne with Silas to bee 5 a ' i ‘te Nationa ards are ind) Charlottetown with shade trees. Igkeunet oe & leon al

ray Pa i+

and ligeaion paren the Gowmunne unless the efforts friled shou 'd not othertrialshe mate feo tee tre released —-Cemplete No | seigna.—Pumbes Quartier has been at the Pras

|sian quarters at S-imey to aek time fer the pays

in the same praiseworthy «direction! thing better than suitable trees could do ; . —- - re - ¢ 4 , ty. | the Prusziane leaving the forts, which will be gic more for the health and beauty of the city. | ven tw the reguiat Governuieul.—The Prussigas What has been done so successiully On) will retire to Rhema. the side w Jk from Mr. Crabb’s Corner, London, April 21.

; -@* ‘or Piel In the House of Tjords to-night the Muti down to Mr. F. Moore's Corner on Wey-| bik pescd= 1s toe Cees oY eee ae

mouth Street, wight be done on several Of | py wubers gave notice of motions adver x the of er Strérts and publig’ Squares We | Lowe's finanela! plans.—The sii A the « ales " . ic. . , ip | claration of Paris of 1859 .against pri ri shall be Bled to chrenicle aby qntexprise in ‘and that tet hog cones pa oe this landab’e @rection. ‘Now ''ts ‘the time | gp,—Mersre, Beatwiek, Palmer, Cave, to make a move in planting treés especially jothers/ adverated buytand*s withdrawal f 7 L 7. the agreeuwent-—The Attorney, General and Mr,

as James:d. Gay, Esq. of Powna’ is pre- (Gladstune defehded treaty obligation. — pared to supply trees upon the most reas London, April? 2Qpnte onable terms. The City Fathers; we are 93 1 8, Liverpool Markets steady.— chen

>, wilkviy atter their a val | trom Ver#etiles stave thet St. ad and other sure, wilkgive the matter the pproval) torts will be eurren@are® by the Germans to-more

and support. row tothe Govermaent Troops, and their gune ~~ oe 4 - *

| turned upon insurrectionary Paris, ~The insure

Fire Engineers for Charlottetown, for, gents have erected snogmone batieirs in Rue the year 1871 Rivoli aud Place de ta Ce ; @ouble

Dhaciei diches six teet deep-Every preparation has

Thomas Alley, Esq : Chief Eginter, | bewn made ter obstinate street fighting, Ward No. 1 Witham Kk Watson, Joho | _ Paris, April24.—Churehrs of St. Rreb and 8t.

Inga, Albert Hensley. | Sulpite are re-opened, and their cures relesned Ward No, 2—Owen Convolly, H. J. Calle | tom imprisonment. News tre Vramcbie ua

beck, John McEachen. ances ee Ward No. 3—Wiiliam B. Allin, James B,| , London, April 24.— In Greman, Parliament to

Pollard, Joh Qui k : ; day, Bxwarck end the Gernmne would not “Was ee wae Ww esacuate Forts Norti-East of Parte \

. a se — —— . fiual treaty of peacets coneluded. , recken, Lemuel t.. becr. — ‘There was a preat demonstration of h Ward No. 5+Divid Laird, Paved RM. “inn nufactures and Vhipnyres, beating petitidtts

Hooper Ambrose Lane Brown, against the Match Box. They crowded ai the

, + high) tote — 3 approaches of Parliament, and a. strong police

a ie _| tutee Was necessary to keep ordeme a ated Ee ieee. In the Commons Mr. I)ixot., member for Bir- bition of Chief Engigaeg of Railways ia P. &, PROtIPM. axve notice of © mules Selina

hl * ) Match Bex. The other membe Is}ind, aud the probabilities are that he w:ll ioaie “a the ecaee aidoiemition with accept ‘the position.” Mr. Boyd was one of

r j ve j all branches of industry. ' the first of the Culonial Engineers to point Mr. Lowe detended the budget, and said out the merits and advantages of the narrow ‘

Match ex bore equally on all classes, i Loxrox, Apri! 24:—Versatites despatelies of

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the work of building such a :oad with all the

Sentral Committee Arrested,

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‘going round the corner of Pown:l and reflects much eredit upon them. Lr. O'Neill

who had the will, if not the strength of a) Hercules, us he tried to move her along and fitted ap in first cass style. Ths work himself. The Steam Engine, No, 5 in’ has been done by Mesers Ryder & Collins and

Kent Street broke down, Engine No 12 | is determined to keep his Hotel up to the

to-day rejort contioved firing trom tort V on the Communists, some 6 fulling within: city. ‘The Army ofthe Atermbly ie being Ge

ally reinforced. Many new troope arrived yester day, and were forwarded to thefrent. Tt is reported that, in corse quence of diffictlt

St.John Globe.

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NOTICE TO MARIN

Arai 17, 1871,—The baoy

. caeahie can litieal ori In a compact form, it contains a very large | : ? " o n thro & _litieal corruption ; ,

ene 2 oe amount of valuable information end eer- | ®oTrect information and as they give usa between the Government and their fiiends, |

: ‘iain facts and statistics which our bus-|J®S¢ enuse for pride im the progress and | —of that there is not. we trust, any danger | The welfare of our country.

: ‘ a | iness men will find of greatadyantage. —but we mean in fair, legitimate trade. oe *

The indestel atchfal : sketches of Canada, Now Brunswick, Nova) . : a es ; = —e a near Seotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward|!8 THE COMPACT UNDER WHICH terprising men, will make money, others

| Island, which are concisely written, com THE COVEGN MENT WSS FORCE | in trade, of course, will make nothing, and |” "“ “"° ar DISSOLVED ?—LETTER OF ’ ; mence the volume; next is given in full HON, D. DAVIES. some of the idle slow coaches will go to Ww : the Act of Union of Canada and Lower the wall. Our mechanics, manufacturers,

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In accordance with our p'an of giving the |

\under Captain McKinnon, had the honor improvement of the times, and his ‘of being first on the ground, and soon @x-| ment, in another column speake, none to flat-

tinguished the flames in which the old Guard House was enwrapped. It is sup- posed the flre originated -hrough a leak in the gar pipes, which were undergoing re- pairs. The building was destroyed; but

owing to the energy of the Fire Company, | | the flames did not do any damage to the

jes “be- tween Proesiane and Communiets; the hold fert Denis, and yesterday et that point all enpplies tor Paris from thenorth. °° rus }oswon, April 24-—Costole 98, Livérpool | Nova Scctm.—M af 0 ¥® Bay.—Fixep ™a betes dull. |\Lieea? on Kasr Ironpouxp Istanp.—fhe! London, April 25—Consala 934— Liverpool { : r | Government of the Dominion ot Canada has markets more active, corn Khe, 6d.— Ao | Bros,, of Halifax—whose Card appeara in an- lvigen novice “thats light is now exhibited ®fmistionia av nonneed trom Paria ng

| other eolumn—is now in oar City, tabing orders | from the recently rebuilt Light House on Bast ¥*** rday, whveh fs veenped by both conta i ents ip strengthening their positions —Nu

for their choice Brands of Tobacco and Cigars. i fronboand Tsfand, Mahone Bay. The light is) athinds bbitpadicd weaiug cnnciiaie-i dated |The enviable reputation this firm has earned a fixed white hght, elevated 150 feet above | Pion trom amet appeats te the Avsemble ana | among our merchants w:'l nv doubt insure bim | bizh water, and ia clear weather’ shonld be | Commune tw ceases their fratsicdal wtrite—Keo | ened enturenior Charl thetees. seen from a distance of 16 misee. The ille-) juris tirat the Prasstans have evacuated’ Charen.

Tt PHILaPeLroiA advertise h s gone adrift fi

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“teringly for itself, Mr, J. B. Colford, of the firm of Cotroxp

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and merchants must nee:!s be up and doing.

They must make some profits during the next four years or never. Candor bids us eny that for three or four years after the railroad will have been built, and until such times as it makes » good return, trade prebably will be much depressed, whilst the cost of living will be very much in- creased. . We will discuss this subject rucre fully erelong and may say we intend to watch the changes going on in trade, and make our readers ful |y acquainted with them. Those who advertise liberally, and who do not begrudge fair remuneration for | making their trade known to the country, | are generally the ones who keep up with

Provinces. Then a list of the Royal Family, officers of State and houschold, officials, and Legislature of the Dominion. Next is given a financial st Canada for 1869, then a list of the clergy of all denominations. After that comes a Post Office Directory. There is on page 190 an account of the Railways of the Do- minion, and on page 193 commences an ac- count of the Customs Tariffs of the Do minion of Canada, British Columbia, New- foundland, P. E, Island, the United States, and Great Britain. The closing pages are

| devoted to a list of some of the princip!e)

residents in the Island, interspersed with short descriptions of the most important places Under the heading Charlottetown

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adjoining trees. Much censure was freely |

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minating apparatus is eatoptric but from the don are woteuuded—The Communists and Ver.

leant of the letter of Hon, D. Davies,

exami thing of im- oot my ae ao 7 Gt ye | bestowed upon the fire department for the portance that is transpiring we publish to-day |

Though ad-|"* dressed to the Putriot it looks as if intended “ hich were 4 7 i , 7 7 ° ’ | for the Government and people general'y, and they gave way at the ‘first strain.

best they are not strong cnough for the

| }seems as if put cutasa@ feeler for something | : Oi , | heavy weight of the Engine, being not much larger than ordin

so dry and crisped up that

lelse to follow. We will, next week, make such remarks, as occur to us on reading the letter, which makes the extraordinary state- } ment that the Coalition Compact is dissolved. | The only Compact formed by the Coalition, — |

| wooden wheels were procured. It is high time, also, that the gap or gully near Pow-

‘that the Public is aware of—is the agreement, nal and Kent Streets corner Was fixed up | apon tle Confederation and School Questions A woman was killed there some time ago, |The reasons given by Hon, D. Davies for) "8 = diagtaceful ete, Must the ‘leaving the party do not eee sufficient, espe-_ bleed of some other victim be sacrificed | cially as he says he is satisfied that the Rail-/Dcfore it is put in a proper condition! "way should be built as speedily as pcesible, | But what about the state-of the Fire De-

state of the Steam Engine—the wheels of

EXCHANGING.

| Wehave much pleasure in placing on)

'Peace.” It is well tilled by writers of em- | inence, and the cause being a noble one | |

wry cart wheels. It) W& wish it sucecss, in promoting good will lig

| man.”

| Some of our local contemporaries aro pitchjng into each other in style, (we | ‘are at a loss for a suitable adjective). Ah!) ‘gentlemen how does this comport with the |

j "yy . j professions of respect and good wil) which |

we had the pleasure of hearing some of you House has recently been erected on Bonami | express towards each other, not very long Point, south side of the éntratice of Dalhousie |

Ist of April, 1871, will be dioptrie or by len- ses The tower is 46 feet higby and sar- mounts the keeper's dwellin,.

Bay or Fuypy.—Sr. Mary's Bay.—

At the Our exchange list ‘The Advocate of fixyen Licar ar Sissusor, Rives A lizht

is now exhibited f om a hig’ t-house recently erected wt the entrance of Sissibou “River, St. Mary's. Bay. The, light is, asfixed white ht, elevated 36 feet above high water, and

is about time that iron or very substantial 22d peace amongst the * brotherhood of} jn clear weather should be seen from a dis-

tanee of 8 miles. The fteminating appara- tus is Cato; tric or by reflectors. The tower, 33 feet high, is square, built of wood, and painted white Position, Jat. 44 dez., 26 min, 30see N, long, 66 deg. 1 min, 15 sec, W

Guir or St. Lawrmence.—Cuarave Bar. Fixep Licat oy Boxamt Point,—A Light-

| aailles troops contront each otter betore the place in expectalion of its evacuat idm. ae tig New York, April 26.—P eeident Grant ie ex | pected in Wastingtou toamerrow nighten hier j torn frow St, Lows..Geld 10075 eight Exe | change bit) 5.8 : Pare April 25.-EW¢..Thearmistice wascom, plevely respected, (here besng no firing op: eitheg — Barricades on other defensive works are being erected by the Parisian’ who are eipecting | an attack tonight. . Minesare being laid beture | the barracks anda park’ot cannon is held ana j reserve .. Dumbrowekis head quarters w j struck by sitieen ebell yeeterday_ Several a ters deaerted during the — armwtice .. ‘Many jot the Versailist shelly failed to explode, aid | were again used by Parisians. :

UNITED STATES,

Joint High Commission,

the times in having goo fresh stocks, and | is given the names of the ofticials, and some | ‘ who sell upon the most reasonable terms | statistical }and that so doing will conduce towards pro- We need scarcely reconimend our readers | motins the best interests of the Country,

3 an account of the receipts and expendi- in town and country to look over the ad) tures of the Land Purchase Act since 1854. |

vertising columns of the EXAMINER before | Up t Jan. Sist, 1869, it is stated the Gov-|__ 51%:—In criticising my ; it contai ™ gears fs ‘Railway Bill in your issue of the 13th instax! making purchases, as it contains notices ot) ernment purchased 409,022 acres, at a cost 7 : Sanaa

: | you say:—** Jf a Member of Parliament is the | the trade and business o/ the best wholesale of £128,655. The only objection to the) Representatice, not of a single District, but of | and retail houses in the City.

Directory is, not that there is so much| the whole Colony, why did Mr, D. Davies go' diel o-iniidindit | about other places, but that there is not | against his own beticr judgment, and, at the}

information, amongst which

; | To Tur Eprror or Tur Patriot.

t ; fi the | a vote in favor of he) We hope not.

| partment? Does yesterday morning show | any indication of ALL the service it could render, in the case of danger from fire in /any of the thickly settled parts of the city? The horses kept for the use of the engine, should be in the same build ing or very near the Engine House. At present they are in a diflerent part of the town, and the man that has the keys is in

| ace jharbor, from whieh @ light will he exhibited |

nt : : 4 | during the season of wavigution. The lizht is' Treaty on Alabama From Ilarper'’s Magazine for this month |, gyed white light, elevated 49 feet above | we copy the following extract. upon the | high water, and in clear weuther should be) |. ‘pay ef Clergymen, We think it deed em from a distance of 13 miles. — a Six wens _ a anty eae

s 7 i “ a hating Apparaius i8 Catopiric, or retlec- | ves Lost.

more applicable here than in the United | tors The tower, 33 feet high, is otudhe, built | States, and are sure that Clergrmen are | of wood, and is painted white. “Posi'ion, lat. New York, April 2% ® | the worst paid of any of the professional | 45 deg.. 3 mim., 45 see, N., Jong. 66 dez., 20) The Joint High Counnission bas nearly Bnisbe

ite work, although fiual despatches have nut.

peetome, min., 50 see. W. By order of the Light-| ed arrived from England, Assurantes bave

house Board. received that ‘he prepositions already furwar

Claims and Fishery uestion. :

. vay | | bidding of a portion of the Electors of Char-| : HOW THE PRINCE E))WARD ISLAND | loltetown, vole for the Railway Bill,’ to| anotber part so that by the time they are

FARMER IS TAXED, CONTRASTED which statement I claim the privilege of re |

WITH THE AMERIVAN FARMER.

Waist the additional tax of 24 per eent upon our imposts is making some o! our farmers tremble for the sbare of taxes they will have to pay, and whilst we fave beard of a few who tave actually ben so alarmed as to threaten to sell cut and go to the Btates, it may be well to console our- selyos with the reflection that our taxes are much less than are (he taxes borne by the people of the Dominion, and are but a mere trifle. compared with the taxation paid in the United States. The ‘* American Tax Payer, * gives a discription of the man ner in which the farmers of the United States are taxed, We have looked over the Island tariff, and have compared such artic’es ennmerated by the “Tax Paper "’ and find that, on an average, we are taxed on duti- able goods ful'y 40 per cent less than are paid in the United States. We are paying since the Railroad Tax has been put in force from 2 1-2 to 20 per cent on the articles of gai y consumption. In the United States the farmers have to pay from 20 up to 150 per cent upon simular articles. We may be told that the people there receiving bet- ter prices, and the laborer higher wages they are abler to pay these taxes. We do not deny this, but the difference is not so great hetween them and us im regard to this, as is the difference betwixt our light taxation and the enormous amount which is borne by the neigboriag Republic.

We give the picture to which we have aluded it is drawn by « reliable hand, and shews pretty clearly what the American Farmer has to endure. i

“ The American Farmer rises in the mor- ning puts-on a flannel shirt taxed 65 per cent, end then his trousers and vest taxed 69 per cent, and next his overcoat, the aloth of which is taxed 60 the buttons 4) the braid 60, the living 5°, and the padding 15° per cent. He draws on his boots which are taxed 25 per cent puts some coal] taxed 60 per cent, in bis stove taxed 55 per cent, the stove pipe of which is taxed 150 yer eent. Ile site down to his breakfast and eats from a plate taxed 45 per cept with knife and fork taxed 35 percent. He seasons bis food with salt taxed 1(8 per cent. He reads his journal printed on pa- per texed 20 with type 25 and met 35 per cent. He puts on his hat taxed 70 per cent and smokes a Havana segar taxed 170 per cent

He hitches bis horse shod with nai!s taxed | 67 per cent, to a ploug!: taxed 45 per cent with chains taxed 10) per cent, and bao} ness taxed 30 per cent. He goesto town) and buys « bucket 69, a handsaw 75 and |

some screws taxed 150 per cent. He aso) gots « hatehet taxed 42 per centyanda Jack Kaife for his boy taxei 4? per cent.

| more about Prince Edward Island.

THE “EXAMINER'S” VERSION.

Tue Debate in the Legislative Council upon the Second Reding of the Railway

CORRECT

Fill, in point of ability. was not below some I could have disregarded their wishes by op-| Island, and witnessed the ‘exit and en- of the Debstes in the popular branch | posing it, although I am free toadmit that 1 trance” of the greater part of our chief

of the Legislature. When we get the ex- tended Report we intend to publish it in full. Whilst all the speeches were execeed- ingly interest ng we were particu’arly well pleased with the figures of Mr. McDonald. as they bore out the facts and figures which we published some weeks ago. The state- ment of Mr. McDonald was considered a remarkably able effort and coming from a practical man of business, and one whose sterling character is amongst the best in Island history, must have great influence in cunvineing the peop'e that the building of a railroad is not such a wild, reckless project, as some of our anti-railway men imagine will involve the country in irre- trievable ruin. We refer to the speech to- day because the report in the Herald is very inaccurate and gives a nonsensical idea of what was said. It was furnished, we pre- sume, by the Official Reporter of the Legis

islative Council and wiil be copied by the other papers which are publishing the Sum- mary of the Council Debates. In justice to all eoncerned, they should take advan- tage of our record of Mr, McDonald's figures, which we have taken care to give correctly. The Official Reporter also might make the extended report aecurnte by con- sulting the statement which we now give

In meeting the objection, that we were about undertaking a larger amount of tail- ways, according to population and exten, of area, than other places, Mr. McDonald showed :—-

1. That, in the years from 1857 to 1862, New Brunswick built 196 miles of railroad, at a cost of $6 228 564. In 1851 the popu lation of New Brunswick was 193,800, and in 1861 was 252,000. ‘This gives an aver- age of 222 900 during the years railroads were being constructed, which is equal to #28 t- each person of the population. Now, Pringe Edward Island, having a pop- Jatin of about 100,000 according to same ratio of expense to population, could ex- pend $2,800,000. If we built 200 miles at $14,000 per mile, it would not exceed theirs ; and by building 160 miles at the same rate per mie, it would amount to $22.40 a head, ,

‘Ibis would be at t'e rate of $5.60 per head less than New Brunswick expended; and this does not take into aeconnt the sum of $2 000,000 which New Brunswick spent in railways since the year 1862. The ex. tent of New Brunswick is about 13 times spore. and the populatior ig 3}

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| ga'nst ‘‘my own better judgment.’ J was) satisfied that the general interests of the Cole- ny would be promoted by proceeding with the | | work with as little delay as possible, and as a/| ‘large majority of my constituents urged me to | ‘give my support to the Bill, I cannot sce how |

|mever gave a vote with greater reluctance, | My reasone for this reluctauce are as follows: | — When the seventeen agreed *o form the pr2- | ‘sent Government, the Kailway Question was | |not mooted, and in fact was not before the Country at all. Yuring the Session of the Legislature which has just terminated, the Leader called two caucus meetings of his sup-

the country, They work with ability and! zeal. They areeducated sensitive men oft | en carefully nurtured, and they are expected | to be every body’s servant, to hold their | time and talents at the call of all the whim- | s:cal old women of the parish and of the, _select-men of the town. ‘hey areto preach | twice or thriceon Sunday to ecture and_ expound during the week to make parochial | calls in sun or storm vo visit the poor. to’ be the confidant and counselor of a throng, | and always in every sermon to be fresh and bright, and always ready to do any public service that may be asked. Of course the clergyman must be chairman of the school cominitte, and director of the town library, Ile | can give # great deal of money for educati-

ready, and brought to the Engine an hour may be lost, snd inc se of fire that is too long to wait. ‘The old Guard House might have been saved if the Steam Engine had been up to time. It was one of the oldest buildings of historical interest in this