MtcA..-A correspondent of the Scimta;/ic Ame- rican writes that "Bnsehurning coal stoves are now all the rsge, end the illuminating part of them is what takes. So many of this kind of stoves are now being made that the question of clear white mice for this purpose is becoming important. There are hundreds of diferent in- ferior grades of mice. Canada Mice is of several different shades, from;th a light brown to the intensely black. New Y or}; gives us A very good,nnica, but no mics can be had equal to that found in the Eastern Buttes. The de- mand has been so great for the past two or three years that the supply from the Eastern States has been exhausted, at least the mines at present open ; what further development can be made remains to be seen. Mics. has been so scarce during the past season that it has com- mended the most unheard of prices. Six dol- lars being a common rate per pound a qualities selling as high as twelve dollars per pound`): nd some " Jnentioned amon A man in New Orleans took out an acci- dent. insurance policy before starting on a journey, and happened to be killed by a railroad accident. The widow, armed with a newspaper report in which his name was g the killed, presented her- self at the oice of the Company, but was informed that more denite proof would be necessary. Why, of course he's dead, said the bereaved lady. '1ha.t is possible," said the polite oicial. anti, my dear ma- dam, I am very sorry for it." Ye r sorry, are you, sorry ? "Of course I am; I sin- cerely sympathize with you in your be- reavement. Yes," exclaimed the excit- ed and bereaved lady, that's always the way with you men, you are mighty polite about everything else, but whenever a poor woman gets a. chance to make a little mo- ne'y you're only sorry!" And the indig- nant lady left the room in search of addi- tional proof. `nu-an uIu_y Acu proof. F-`.}Dl.'lJ4uLu -- L of the n-at of March direct: atten- Jening of spring trade, and buainell Jming aoliciloua as to in character Money is reported easy in New abanln antivcipme large remittance: th and West. The Commercial Ad- ` ' ` -- ---nr nlnfl are . `rue uummc........ _-. at 90 many stores certain localities, bus asiness on the part of inclined, and hue In - ......-..nn: fnr the cir- IN NEW YORK." i f Bate received the Increment r:(l:5;:q;51o'ngt Rome in the prigste chapel of the l op- I: go quenlitiel of wheat are It! boldby uiyge-xaitla. fu-men. They refuse to null ll. pro- aent prices. _ f .. _ a..1..... inrnndn 10 have hm non educated sent price-. The Sultan intends to have educated in Vienna. He is to remain there at a prlvatg school for two years, and to receive the sums treatment as the other pupils. ~ _ It is snare rule injtlchmond, says the Eu. quirer, to address a gentleman as Colonel whenyou cannot recall his name. Another time-honoured British institu- tion has fallen. The court;dress is to be altered, and her Msjesty e male subjects may henceforth enter the royal presence in trousers instead of the traditional stn-all clothes in which so many generations of 7 statesmen and courtiers have admired themselves and been admired. "The form of the new uniform, says the Spectator, is, except in some none`-essential details, the form oievery-day dress, and so is the colour, but modications have been introduced as to mntorin`. and ornament. The alternative dress, for levees in particular, is ordinary mod-orn full dress, spoilt as to form by a ri- diculous gold-embroidered straight collar and gilt stripe, but improved by the sub- stitution of velvet for broadcloth." Young swells ate aghast at the idea of Vvearing_vel- vet trousers, and conservative Tory squire: shake their heads and citcthe innovation as anew proof of the rapid tendency toward democracy. But the world will move on, and probably in two centuries and it half - from the pr_esent_ time the loyal Englishman wishing to pay his respects to his sovereign, will be permitted to do so without tricking himself in a costume which would be ridi- culous elsewlieveian at a royal levee. Tmins uni Station as fol H00P .;.SKlR'1fS~1 TFnENc'& GE RMAN llalr. Cloth.fl`0et)h. Hall and Shaving ' w BRUSHES. IOILET. POGKET; FINE. LPIIFF. AND CIRCULAR j\cl)onell s NEW DOMiN|0N HOUSE. With the Larget, `and Cheapest Stockfof f FANCY GOODS! at 1: 3d and la `sd, for our Cheup Sal; next week. ` 13,1. ,_,_,_ an February '27. C 0 RI If S, )PE}IED TENS DAY`- Gem s Hyde Park. Opera. Marseilles. T " Alarm. Eureka. Ladies Pliin Tucked. " Enema:-lied.` " Marseilles. Opera; 2:l0 a.m. {j--: Cotree! Cotfee! Collect MOOHA, JAVA, PLANTATION, as cinrnox. _j_ We specially call the attention of fhmiliel to our COFFEES, as they are of the finest quality and avour, and free from any adnlterntion. Roasted and ground on tbe"pre|nise/I. W. R. MORAE & U0. sweetn 0 I--angea. QMALL LOT cl` SWEET ORANGES. for FAMILY PROOF` WIIIISKEY. 200 dosen J 200 1 100 I A small lot of very WEISKEY. 1 ---3-III I IllIl II I ""5" : Gunmen mxsa vcurrnn, quam and pinu: Blood : _ ` u u OI an IUW years old; 450 _ 510 pn`. SHEFFIELD HOUSE. March 8. March 5. March 4. Fresh Salt Water Salmon. '- EOEIVED THIS DAY--1 esseS_slt Wgter R, SALMON from River Moieio, vary ne. W. R. HORAE at On. Feb. '27. -?j" New Prunes: New Prunes! 25 kegs new PRUNES, very ne. . T W. B_.. llcRAB & Co. sardines: sfa:-duies! smes fresh ISARDINES. T ` 11'! I5 '|l_ni-n - 4- - run irriiv 25 Hhds Bright. Ggocery SUGAR. 100 Bbls Re't'med;Ygl1ow SUGAR. 60 Bbla Crunhed SILGAR. 26 Bble SYRUP; i1'run__.- vunlnnl: IJIIIIO ` |ECElVED1hia day, from Quebec, a. pull L lot of this delicious litllersh. TB 1': I1_I'nA-lnn :- IJCIIJIJ sale. Another Lot of those new IN 'THE@ CITY, FOR SALE. _:_L. n, r-v-4- - Tpminy Cod. .\-_ L`. _. l'\ cxunms gmeon. W.-"R. menu: as 03. Jlal IILUU LIEU- w. 12. noun; Q05 f"Siu:g_1-e`;v:;;i/.-5- Nlws, containing the I had in wrappers for I issued every Frida}, Lina. _ W. R. MORAE 8: Co. W. R. noun 8 Co. allll U uurgll w. R. noiun as an. -j :1-a FAMILY PROOF w. R. McRAE & Go. A (`.0$rrspnI1(1c:nt of an American paper; writing hmn Lmulun nn tlmsulvj-ct of the negotiations far tlu:.lr1msfcr uf the Hudson's Buy territory, says that the Duke of Buck` ingynm plan was that ncunxpn-n:.ru'mn was I tn be: paid In the (`c mpnny out of funds` I Hut would accrue to the thnaulinn Govern- ment `(rum Ihv future snip pf the lands, bu" tlmuhu Company wnuigl not consent to this` The new Ministry being in power, Sir Smf ` Together with` Danu- FERGUSOIPS " N.B.-0oIII7 u-and libcnllyy. _ Harsh 2 BKNKBWT` New `iv- New Wool `*3 New Lavender; 5_ T0ne_'_.BaIe Red . long, hot and dusty summer, must consume The value of the Boston ice trade is ' estimated at `more than one and (L half 1 millions of dollars per annum. This ii-ev- l enue for the most part is drawn from trnpi- ' cal countries, but America also lays Europe under contribution for this luxury; the 1 Wenhein Lake ice being in great deinancl in . London, Paris, and many continental cities. 1 Mr Tudor is the great Boston ice merchant, and he ships annual consignments to Cal- cutta, `Bombay, and Madras, a distance of V sixteen thousand miles ria the Cape of Uoud . Hope. Ice is also shipped from New Eng land to the Southern States, West India lslands, and South America. and in most of these localities it is quoted in commercial circulars with the regularity of other articles of prime necessity-pork, beef, and our. The risk is sometimes great, but the trade is psculiarly adapted to Canada. Our cheap ships and cheap labour should certainly place us in a position to claim a fare share in a business which is rapidly assuming enormous proportions and returning large \ prots. The vessels in the trade should be specially tted for the purpose with saw- dust, to be placed between the skin of the vessel and the ice, and a heavy layer of the same non-conducting material is then strew- ed over the cargo. It is signicant that most of our colonies and dependencies are amongst the best customers of the Ameri- cans for ice ; with our advantages cannot we undersell them? Australia alone during her immense quantities of this article. Were theft. Lawrence canals of sucient capacity, Kingston might easily draw to herself a. revenue of afquarter of a. million dollars an- nually by going vigorously into the ice trade, thus employing during the winter inonths large numbers of our population; .... .5 ._ .. ...\_..l.-IA_.`I..l.. YI7._..A-_._ .__]_ -4 Yarn One `Bale new * FROM A splendid - Clouds ` U mgaajsg Plain Grey GIL Plain Sc:`:rle"`l.iN?i-A Plain Whiae _ `_ Plain Blqk Grey and :, . ,. Grey Pnm_ _:;;T 2 I , = ml.sm*i =. Duo. 10. llii? JUST Bnckingbnln prupmml. has now bdtumc the Govern--_r of the Cnmpuuy, and is pre- pared in the I[uu.=.Luf(`nn1nmne 'tn oppose his own scheme. On line other hand, Lord Kimberly, the lle Guvernnr nfhlhe Com- pany, in now in the Mimstry, and he is alsn to oppose the Duke--12' Bucking.-,imIn's pro; ject. The plan of thrse gu:n1 :exncn is It lump mm, which the (7nn-Adi-an Gm`(`ln- Ineut. will have to pay. llclu Al`: '.--The subject of the" ' ' in the production of ` ` ~' Spanish colonies hm A M u nalect committee in the late Minivry, t"M-- . `lg 5;--Soven of the Fenian: `V Lugpnrts of thq kingdom $351]; `The following are F. Burlie, an Ameri- |'; Dennis F. Burke, \ at Olarkenwitl; Chu. ~ `tad one of" the edi- .'E Irish. Feopla ; Capt. ` "'{.-V-The Prussian. Diet on ' =,...~.- nine die. " 7.-Lute adviser from ' thellinisfer of France to I with the Mikado _1` glpvasented his credentials- Aov gnd_Negnta. have peep Yeddo is to be the ~ *of the Allikada [and the M A -- ofethav Japunese En`:-pirg. Tsrctg 7.-The ateamships` ~ v__n- u-...... 1"W`_ "1" v ~~. ` " M O'Connor, Stub: J latter was sentenced to M ` " `I. for hiring wifitten ';"sub1isned.iav:be Irish V.0 0onnor, ,-Stu-I: and PIIUIIDI------7 ,,, p.~.0`0onnor, and nqbnditionally. :7.--Rnmm1rs froIn, tlf uninion-the death of the w ` 0 `I \ r, 9-1;! ntesmr `III York has arrived. taxman oolnmnoun. ' ,:ip,n.--0ogno!I 92110: Seth _' ;`}3oIds 811;` Eric 24}; ;`j_,`Ahntic spa Great Wel- `"3 Ullillllllllg III-IC LE6- M which proviglelwthnt no . ~+ 'ntod to any 04559 insti- ` _ ho is concerned directly a gag onAbu.sinesu gnce the gas mu..-_.L _;_ _ 3- fl t5e1'e_hns n'm'ch~-cou- establishing the Tree- l n.I~nv;r`na."|nI: nn OB P ..__,, vi. mt such resolution, while etnne to do so, ,_bnt say W H o g to eurliarrasg the Prei- \ gained at one ,3."9h 7`;-Sontl1 Arericnn * IETIOW fvexj Bll rag: ., V7` ..,9f_PFl'`ll; ,` _ _ ]-' hihm; 7.-i'l'he steamshlip Ila! Ya:-k` has arrived. I;l.--'l'!v|e report ofihp death "Iia tu;nI.eirrc1 _,ex ndegl wit .199 Anita .sr-tzk ` ` Iuvlv-BBB Hill ll.'l|lU[l"L7Ull flnembers ofcongress upon V - Republicans ovenly de- .,,.y,.E for Such resolution, while `nnfnnna 6.. An ...-. Lu; ...... L , ` -----;-;- LII nun pile 1808 --:.!tsnde;1 without delay M M1-bird A __mu:.k at. ed With; th exc yortant. poiEts.~on:i '2 _%_1,'wher'e the hm`; win nespatcliei. nun u. ` .1`... --_-..___-,', . ', I;lI| Ngw York, haye` hlg. p.I`:':.<--Cotton more so- I` 0.1 Bed wanton: when bland flI=w; -lpllow 45: id. Innl Enrthculo, , v. "a'--T'll-lu,_-lu- - w I e as `not 1 hbsle In A the lssuuxi dc} ' >1 ` ttibgs have been , -`.. `7.____ ` -' Bnhma pgxm ru 'I`.:._:_1 - ' I: raised and _t tnnrputauit. of 1 -The steamer ng changes `of the rar- - 7 1r:_. :"" "`' """""" "' """ ["'[ ` ' ' ' ' ' V " J as it iii, a. considerable Western trade ap- pears to be opening up to s in consequence of the scarcity of ice in th t quarter, which trade should be steadily and perseveringly cnltivated.- We trust our leading merchants and shippers will keep this enterprize in view. It was one of the conditions cm- braced in the Confederation scheme, that unongnt the necessary public works to be perfected, the enlargement of the St. Law- rence canal: was to be one. Ontario should never `cease to agitate till she obtains this great essential to her prosperity. The improvement of our canal system is destined sooner or later to be carried out, but a little agitation in that direction would do no harm. Beaidea, the enlarge- ment ofthe Canadian canals is all that is wanting to open up a largeforeign trade __g- __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _ __ \_,-__-,, r\ ., ,a Ii V- Jplntt 3. mo! I`X...1 ('1 , `Dun o clock 1 Float _ (lo bulin ed. Gr detcript fair. rot sglected yvu u-r demy Inulat forbid durin In uch Th cries, with with Paris 8 cu.- about Whit to 80 "'*"D ' 'f" 7| W """ D_ "-__ of immense proportions between Detroit and the leading maritime centres of Europe. It is not longeincc a grain dealer in! that city oered $10,000 of freight: at fty cents a bushel, for a vessel that could carry 20,000 bushels of_-wheat from that port to London. ' At this rate a standard vcasel could be made to pay her entire cost in eight or ten months,` provided abe prosecuted` the ocean` traclc during the winter months. The clitculty is,that the finest lake vessels are too large to pass the Welland canal, and there are very few of them that can get through that channel with over 16,000 buaheln of wheat that are` t tor an ocean voyage. A four hundred ton vessel is too small for .a remunerative business, hutif nur canals admitted voeaela. double that site, the coat 01" the trip would be very. little more than that of the smaller ves` 3* 1`$3:s;%e>s*3?% The question of direct. trade between these lakes and Europe is one on which uppogi:e-opinions are entertained. Some conuml that it is cheaper to tranship at Quebec and hfontreal, and tow up in bar- gal, but we believe that this opinion is the fault. of experiment: mnde with` vessels too "D011 for prollbloavoynges, and _we must. nlno temember, that the barge interut in large. in Hontresl, and that, that city, at least, '.I not in fnvonr of the enluginegg of .\>x{1$:ti.x1' EVENING, MARCII s. Tran`;-llcrs` (inltle. .\':l'h7 F1RS`T P.-1 GE. `live and dc-ximrt from the Kingston` Fallows : cum nut. `:30 pm. Mixed train 3:15 am. >.:n u u U anon In oo1x'a Inn`, -:40 Jun. Mixed (rain 10:00 1. m. u , 11,31"! um-vs uu . mailing. at the ` fund I GOVEIT 3 Canomcu Ann` flhe week, may be : . n.:.... -2,: .4. 1 nt to npnwur, I member of the to the Duke of us )uu_\`, nnmns mr I LII.` I'V!`l'n` LED U!` Price 3d. each, -hut E I uur cannhx. 'l`hu.e who hold an opposite npininn say, Give us an easy and cheap \\`a_\' to the ocean, and you shall see Onta- ` rim and her chic.-2 entering upon a career of ` prosperity liuluedreaum-.d of My the majority '0! their inhzxhitanls. Tlm prosperity nf .thi.~z Dominion is not dependent on ma growth 0! Muntrvul, hut ml the diffusion nf `wealth and the iucrcnsc of commerce in ` every curncr of the territory. Montreal. Man-li`8.--J. Robinson won the one mile` club race of the Dominion Club in ; 555%. hthytnuk lnnkeoperi CUp,lhdDi i the uie in 5:45 ; Ilnrpur secorn1,in 5:51. i Snow fell here last month to the unusual f depth ui 73 inches, making the full for the `E winter quarter I11`) inches. YI`he customs rvu-nuo fur the last Week 5..- -...- FROM I\-i-(-)-.;iTREAL. i S [ `'35 $t`-:'.19-2." v'*v-'-' l __ 1 The water works having given nut, the E o u . u ' - icuy us bemg parnnlly Sl1[)pllC(l by pun` V cheous. V 5 The New York uuils reached here late 1 on Snturxlay night. There was a. gale lnst lnighr. It. is bright nud mild today. -Z.-- - 7; r@.-_-_ i MiL11'Anv F(`.V'ERAL.---The remain; of John EB:-non, 3 private of` the R. C. Rie Regiment, E who died at the miliiary hospital on Sunday, were this afternoon buried with the usual mili- Ttnry honours. i VALCABLE Asuns -.`lot mzxuv days ago, a gA- :` there! of ashes called at a. house in the country, i where he had been accustomed to call, and not I nding anybody at home, quietly emptied a bur- ! rel of ashes into his sleigh, left its value in soap, land came away` On -`cming home, the good ; housewife found her ashes gone, and became at once wonderfully excited. No one knew what was the matter until she started of!` post. haste to overtake her tubes. This being done, she Ieized I shovel and overhauled the load, and at last rescued a stocking therefrom. The mystery was explained when she opened the stocking, and counted out $300 in gold which she had hid there, no doubt believing the morfey safer in that way than in the house, 0 I Nrw _ TELEGRAPH Urnr:.-- The Montreal Telegraph Company has established an ofce at Wolfe Island which will be in operation to-day. The oice is situated in the Post ofce, and the tariff from Kingston will be ten cents. This ad- ditional facility for telegraphic communications has been much needed, and, no doubt, the com- pany will nd the investment suiciemly remu- neriiive. 1 ' Pouc: Cotar, Monday.-The pollce dockel presented a dear sheet this morning, and the court ns again employed with issuing tavern licence certicates. ` W Halifax. March 6.-The following tel}- grun has been received from St. John, New- foundland :-Mnrch 6th-L'nion resolution adopted by a large majority in the Assem- bly. `ll",'L I `ll n .1 17-. . .. .. .. if-lliicheal McCarthy, of Port Colboroe, Ct- nada, whnwas-1 seriously stabbed by a maniac on a Grand Trunk passenger car some` months ago, hue commenced proceedings inBu'u1o against the company, laying his damages at $10,000. The case will come up in the supreme court oucFriday. xv.__._._1-)__:_ .r a... -n__ , - u Ottxwu, _M:u-ch 6.-P. S. Mcllenry, of Hamilton. is nppnintul Imuding `Waiterf The Iiuzettc to-any contains no appoint- ment to the vacant. Judgcsbip nf Frnu:c- HST` Young Bnwie of San Frnnciscb has just married a daughtgr of a wealthy grain deal- er. Her trousaenu cost $10,000; her present: nmnuntetl to $30,000. besides a triing mm of $150,000 presented by_her father. - The Oswego C'omnwrc:'al.4dre1'tsaer says it is` the intention of the Delaware, Lackawnnna. and Western railroad to put down ntbird rail on the broad gauge portion oflheir new line, thus com- ~ plating is narrow gauge route, in connection with the Morris and Essex, to Jersey City. This, when the arrangements are completed, will give Oswego a narrow and broad gauge connection with the coal regions and tide- wer. A young Bostonian commercial agent was re- cently tried and condemned by R mock court of salesmen in St. Louis, for selling goods with- out a licence. He took everytliing in earnest, all legal forms were observed, and the defence conducted with serious vigour. He had even been arrested by mock oicers in uniform He was nally sentenced to stnnd treat," much to his gstonislffneut. The once celebrnted Hungnrinn insurgent lender, Gorey, in now actively engaged in scien- tific jpurauils, nnd profwses to have entirely withdrnwn from polilics. II. is reported at Perth, however, that the Emperor, hnving a very high opinion of his military talents, has expres- sed 8 wish that he should T be consulted on vari- ous important matters relating tb the organiza- tion of me new Hungarian army. V___.. Il"L2-n._L-_ _ _ _.:I: I- __ _. ._- ...... -......E-.---.. manna . Young Whittaker was still alive on Friday af- ternoon, though insensible, and strange to say, is said to he recovering. Some of his medical attendants expect that be will yet. recover, but are nf nnininn that ha `will I... .-...............u. nnencmnta that he_wi1I are of opinion that he will be permanently paralyzed, and perhaps, even idiotic. The ballvns extracted from his brnin in tho morn- ing, when a. large portion of the brain is said to have oozed from his skull. The excitement in Quebec on the anir has all but subsided. Letters from Italy describe an increased amount or disregard of Lenten observsnces. Po- litics and pleasure had nearly as much time as in the ordinary seasons. The accumulation of warlike stores on the Pontical territory occa- sioned considerable uneasiness. The Papal au- thorities were less concerned than the French. M The former are engaged in preparing for the gen- Etnl council, and seem to entertain no apprehen- sions of untoward events. Iteppears thststalls `to seat 900 fathers in St. Peter s -are being pre- pared. The throne of the Pope will be at one end; the cardinals will be on his right; the pa- trisrchs and representatives of Roman Catholic princes on his left ; and opposite the Pontical throne will stand an altar. The spot for the rostrum for the speakers and the place for the short hand writers are also marked out. A new department ofshort-hand writers, compos- ed of ecclesiastics of various nations, accustom- ed to the various national pronunciations of Law tin, has been called into existence. and they will tnkedown an accut'ste"1'eport _of all the proceed- rngs. 1 I 1.- .. .. The London Weekly Register, A Roman Catho- lic journal, eourteonsly but earnestly rv-quanta Anglican clergybmen to leave Roman Catholic priests their collars. Year by year the first have been adopting the outward characteristics of the second, until it is now all but impossible to distinguish between the two. There was un- til lately the stiff muslin dog collar, but even that is now being taken by Anglicans with a Roman tendency. if they are so fond of the Serum rite, says _the Regicter, why` don't they nd out I Serum collar? The Roman collar was introduced by Cardinal Wisemen, and is very well and very proper upon a feat priest. `But when you add it to fantastic whiskers, end to the whiskers perhaps 5 fancy beard, and to the beard slate-coloured kid glove, and to the gloves croquet pleying, and I0 croquet-playing a little irtation, or a wife and a numerous of- Ipring, the Roman collar is not, as an Ameri- can would any, according to the eternal tness of things. why can`: they leave us alone `I .'~`l 1'zi CI.-1 I. TF1. EUR.-1 JIS. iis bI;i'ght tmln; _____ _* 7 i As all the facts connected with the late pain- ful tragedy in Quebec will doubtless be elicited in a court of law, iLls perhaps only fair that we should withhord our judgment for the present. Hf when the circumstances connected with the , affair are fully known, the statements now made ' in reference thereto are conrmed, there will be few among us who will be disposed to question I that the unhappy young olcer met with his dc- serts. Of course, it iaimpoasible wholly toju- to send a fellow-being unwarned and unprepa- red into the presence of his Creator, but that there was very much to palliate and excuse hie` action, no one can deny. If it is proved, as ea- aerted, that the young man Challoner heard for the rstitime of the wrong, worse than any mur- der, which had been inflicted upon his sister, ' and that he then while maddened and infuriated he nneninn and Pant-nl t.:n...: 1.-- _.____-, L- tify his slayer, because no man has a right thus ' l l l l l nu-.. tun u- nu tutu Wu rm uusuueucu arm lnlurllllltl by passion and regret, killed her wronger, he will be more deserving of pity and sympathy than of blame and punishment. Few among us can realise to H hill extent the sorrow and wild despair which till the breast at such a time, or how entirely a desire for instant revenge upon the destroyer takes possession oftbe soul. Still as we look nnd think upon those who are dear- est to us on earth, and whose purity and spotless fame is of far more account in our estimation than life itsell, we may form some idea of what our feelings would be if situated as it. is alleged that young Ghslloner was, and of the impulses which would be likely to govern our action in such is trying moment. It is long since the journals of Canada have had so fearful a tragedy to record, or one which carried with it such un- mitigated anguish into two households is this seems likely to do, We have more than ordina- ry reason just now to regret this occurrence. Uur readers are probably aware that there exists at this moment in Canttds.-more especially in .\l0nlt'BlV--Fl certain par.y who are constantly seeking to bring contempt upon officers of Brit- ish regiments stationed in our midst. Their manners and speech are ridiculed, their vices ` nnl foibles are XggE'l'd[Ed: and an effort is made to impress the public with the belief that an otcer of the British army must, of necessity, in nine cases out of ten, be A compound of im- morality and imbecility. We do not hold the oflicers themselves entirely blameless ; we ltnoiw that there are among them men who assume that the fact of their holding the Queen's commission makes gentlemen of them however boorisb and disreputable their conduct may be; we know i that there are some among them who are im- pressed with a rm belief in their own immense superiority over "colonists," who are regarded by them as quite another type of the genus ho- mo to themselves; but we also know, and we rejoice in the knowledge, `that among those whose business it is to uphold the dignity of the Empire throughout the world, are men who are an honour to their country and their professitgn. Nor is there any doubt that these are Far in $- 0955 of those whose vices or follies have of lite been so publicly denounced. Whatever maybe the result of the investigation into the Quebec tragedy: and however guilty Ensign Whittaker may prove to have been, it will be mttnifestly tin- fair to r.tise a cry against army officers in gene- ral merely because he and some few others mssy have been guilty of dishonournble acts. We ntnntinn this lhnnnnnn is in -:o!.:_ A..- I.._-__|-J ..-van uurgv euro. The Monteal Gazette observes: The newstof the tragedy at.Qnebec startled the town yestr- duy, and was upon ever-ybody's tongue. T" is one of those dread doings which light up for : moment with a sort of hellish glare that which is dark and secret in that society in which we all move, and teach how much of rottenness is lurk- ing beneath the surface. where all seems smooth and mitnhful, and at worst only frivolous, if not simply innocent enjoymeut-to how us hibw many things rank and gross in nature posqess the unweeued pasture. The first promptings of one`: heart was served the seducer right. There are too many cultivated libertines going about seeking to make prey of all who fall in their wtty. The lesson will, doubtless, not heal together lost upon such men. But we shoitld look also at the other side. The law has pro `id. ed redress for wrongs like these,nnd' thel Iv, and not the pistol of the assassin, should have been resorted to. We know absolutely nothing of the parties. The young lady is represented as young and innocent, the victim of one of the most nefarious crimes that ever was committed. The sedncer is represented as n practised li$er- tine, who has only met his deserts. Grant tlicso representations to be true. and that in this prti- culsr instance a. violent death was merited; lyet how utterly de8l1'..tctiVe to human society it would be if all brothers were permitted thus to avenge their sisters` shame. But all are, alas! not innocent. An:l there have been cases which go to show how easily indignant relatives might be deceived by stories not quite true, and which also go to show that this kind of summary us- tice ought not to receive countenance of sotety any more than it can receive the sanction of air. The warm impulse which prompts the sl yer may be a generous, manly one-b~ut grave lnen should remember lhst- a society governed by warm impulses, and not by law, tends fast to dissolution. And the rash, bloody act of Chal- loner should not go,on its side, quite unwhiptof justice. because many will bubble over with enthusiasm on the other. We are against the trade of the assassin everywhere. Therefore, and therefore only, do we condemn it here. Greater provoca- tion for murder no one person ever received, but it [1093 110'. iustifv lh ARI lnninrlhnlnna '1`:-an W e have dwelt on this side of the ease, u--w uu.u aunt] ul unauuuuuruuw IICIS. we mention this because it is within our knowledge lbatnn attempt to create a prejudice against the military, in consequence of this affair, has al- ready been made in this cily_-1Ionreal~News. rlu..- u-_._-I n___.., L- uuu nun I-L-I\lLl-ICI uu uul: |)l:l :U|.l CV01 YCCCIVCU, DUI does not justify the nctnavertheleas. Two blacks do not make one whim. The libertine cannot be too strongly condemned, can hnrdly be too severely punished. But no well-regulated community can endure therighling of wrong: by private violence. '1`hegentlemen s gentlemen" of Paris gave their annual tall the other evening. About 2,000 were present, and danced from nine un- til two. A splendid supper had been provided, at which appeared more than fifty hams, and champagne in abundance. Many of the ledies ladies wore charming toilettes, tasteful ande1e- gant. The men were `attired with much care, and seemed more at ease beneath their black costs and white cravats than many mortals in a higher station. The most distinguished mem- bers of the society are naturally the emperor's seraants, those of the ministers and marshals, the princes of the empire and lords of France, Prince Metteruich's butler is a great men among them, enjoys the income of a general of divig- ion, and has more than thirty servants under his orders. The stewards at the hall were distin- guished by a rosette at the button-hole; one of them, employed at the oce of the We Partiti- enne, was looked up to as belonging to the ` presa." The late Mr Buckle hardly gave Spain a place amongst the civilized nations, but the revolution of 1868 has made clear man} facts unknown to him. There is reason to believe that the pea- santry of Spain are less fan-ttieally disposed than those of Italy, Austria, Bavaria, the Tyrol and other Roman Catholic countrie, while Spanish commercial and educated men as well as the artisan class are wholly indifferent to the claims whichnn ultramontane priesthood would enforce. The feeling against the execution of the murderers of the Governor of Bnrgos, de- spite the indignation excited by the crime, is re- markable ; for however impolitic such leniency may be, a disapproval of punishment by death is an indication that Spain is moved by the idea which in Europe is classed by the name of re- volutlen. The desire for immediate emaucipe. tion is but another illustration of the same truth. There are nearly 200 anti-slavery societies throughout the country. What wouldvMr Buckle have said to this `I The decision on propositions of this kind was left by the provisional govern- ment 510 the Cortes; and no despatches from Madrid could be more interesting than those which would detail the expressions of opinion in that body thereupon. The correlpondent of the New York Times says in referring to the McClure conversation : --I learn on the authority of a gentleman who was pruent when this conversation occiirred, tbst,1-eforring in conclusion to Mr Stun-I, Ho- Olnro said: `Well general, I don t know Hr Stuart: you ll have to introduce him to `me. - To which Grunt replied, `Wall, nit-, you didn't know me three yarn ago. " t THE QUEBEC TRAGEDY; THE DAILY NEWS--MONDASL THE NEW ALLAN srmnna -mus-' sum." 1 I This new nddition to the magnicent eet 9f mail steamer: of the Montreal Ueenn Slenmuhip Company is n noble |pecimen`nf- marine nrcln- I techno and engineering. She; is a. large and ex- ` ceedingly` hnnduome vessel, being built on I charmingly sweet lines, and possesses a large` carrying capacity. She is 350 `feet in lenglh 1 over all; is 40 feet 6 inches5Iin width of beam. and 25 feet 3 Inches deep in like bold. Her 8'0" menshrement. is 2,073 tone, and she is regislered an nf` 1 R94 Inn: '1'}... uD.nui..n in nrnnelled measurement 15 2,013 `0111, and sue I5 ruglulclcu as of 1,694. tons. The Pruisinn" is propelled by two engines of 250 horse power each. They are direct acting, with inverted cylinders. Web 65 inches in diameter, with a piston stroke of 3 feet 9 inches; and the engines are capsblc of being worked up to` 2,000 horse power. The Ha engines, which work with great smoothness, are fitted with all the latest improvements, including Spencer s patent snperheating and surface con- densing sp1a.rstns.` Her furnace and engine de- partments sre judiciously supplied with ample mesntof ventilation, and for securing the com- fort the men employed, end also of ensuring an ectiisomicsl use of fuel. ' Tb q_?."`Pruesisn," which was builtnnd engined by Mcars A. & J. Inglis, of the Point hous3 shipbnilding and marine engine works, Glasgow, is s rigmsrksbly strong as well as handsome ves- sel. Her framing is sll of the best material and of extra strength ; and she ii divided into eight we Iertight compartments, by seven strong and well secured watertight bulkheads. The bunker soc olnmodntion is cspsble `of containing 900 tons of coal. Her water tanks are sufficient to contain 15,000 gallons of water, and she is pro- vided with Normandsfs patent water C0l]de-DS- ing apparatus, suiciently extensive to produce I Ah onlinnn n? fr-nah molar nor aw Hhn in Ills EPPNIGIUHI -Ill}-IUICIJLIJ CL'Cll9l'I4 IV k-'|`-"-"~~4 1,400 gallons of fresh water her day. She is likewise supplied with Gisboruq and Co s pal- ent telegraph appnralus, by which instructions me at once and unmistakably communicalad from the bridge to the wheelliousek and also In jhe` engine room, so that any directions can he immediately communicated by the officer in command to those who have the steering or other management of the V;-ssel`a progress. r,;lzo nil-nap uonnnln Lalnnninn In Han Ilnntuaul UK UlLIUI' ILIPIIIHEVIIICUE Ul [LIE V_'.`3Cl '|||UElV.`:l3. Like other vessels belonging to the Montreal Ucean Steamship Com pan_y's eet, the Prussian" is bark rigged, carrying an amount of canvas admirably and epecielly adapted to the Atlantic trade, and is tted with three steam winches to aid in loading and ttnloeding cargo. She has eight large boats, all constructed on the lifeboat principle, and to each of which is applied Clif- ford`: patent apparatus for lowering or lifting them. The vessel has lofty main decks, and pos- lesee a large amount of superior passenger ec- commodation, being tted for the reception of about 700 cabin and- 900 eteerage passengers. ~ Like most of the recently-constructed steamers of this company, the Prussian" has been built in what is called a ushed-;decket:l st ip, the ad. vantage of which is that iii the event of rough weather and 3 heavy see, if any water should come in over the how, it immediately runs off without occesioning any damage. Her cooking apparatus is ample for the supply of the number of passengers mentioned, and also for her nu- merous crew; and she has ice-houses and vegeta- ble hunkers- of immense capacity; while her closet and other sanitary arrangements are of the most extensive, ample, and convenient character. The passenger accommodation of the Prussian, altogether, is of an exceedingly comfortable, indeed luxurious description. Un the poop deck there is an admirably arranged and comfortably furnished smoke room, which cannot fail to afford satisfaction to those who find solace in smoking the ftlndinn weed. Noth- ing has been omitted for securing the comfort and happiness of all on board, which great ex- perjence could suggest. and liberal outlay com- mand. lt is perhaps well to add that, with the accession of the "Prussian," the fleet ot' the Mon- treal Ocean Compnny consist: of sixteen ileum- ers of the highest clay, and that they have ano- ther of similar character, and ltrger dimensions, in course of being built. From the San Francisco Commercial Herald we learn that the total amoontof treasure ex- ported dnring the year 1868 to New York and foreign countries, was $35,444,395 68, a de- crease of over $6,000,000 from 1867, and the amount of merchandise exported was about $22,000,942 40, showing` an increase of about $500,000 our the previous year. The Pioneer Mills, a woolen factory in San Francisco, employ 350 hands constantly, manufacturing 1,500,000 pounds of line wool, and turning out about $800,000 manufactures. The Mission Woolen hlills in San Francisco produce the same de- scription of goods and have tried the production of super and ingrnm carpets. The Pacic Hill in San Francisco manufactures knit goods for underwear. The culture of silk is full of prom- ise: Captain Hayne, who has a plantation on the American River, about three miles from Sac- ramento, last year fedabont 800,090 worms, making about 600,000 cocoons, besides selling 400 `ounces of eggs, which were shipped to Europe. There is a large shipment of silkworm eggs or seed from Japan to Europe. In 1868 the trade amounted to $4,000,000 in value. The number of mulberry trees in California. is esti- mated at 1,175,000, and the number of cocoons produced in 1868 reached 1,350,000. The menu- , fscturetgf silk is not protable. Tropical fruits thrive in California. The grape crop is enor-. mous. The last vintage produced seven million gallons of wine, and two hundred thousand gallons of brandy. -The product is claimed to have been the best ever made in On1iforuia,sa regards quality. The Pacic coast abounds in ship timber and ship building is a growing in- terest. Last year -7,604 tons of new shipping, built on the coast, were registered at San Fran- cisco. Furniture is largely manufactured in California. Mirrors, powder, boots and shoes, candles, are among the articles-manufactured there. The state already supplies its food wants. A few years ago,Califoruis produced only hides. Then came the gold fever,and during that period any article used in California except hot and cold water, was imported to that State. Less than twenty years have passed and the State raises its own food and makes a large pro- ng.-shu. .4` :._ raise: its nnii laoge-[3;o: portion of its own fabrics. It pays tor what it buy! in gold and in wheat, which is as good as gold. u. uu:I I l `Q Luge elfecth, i Wnana " I tween her and her parents for a When the Princess Alexanda, consort of the Prince of Wales, arrived at Koreoer, during her recent trip to Denmark, the King and Queen, her parents, awaited her at the landing. The lady aeemed to have grown twenty years older since she hnd left Copenhagen in- 1863, and her mother shed tests as ehe saw her painfully and slowly stepping ubore. Not a word passed be- eviarel minutes after she had embraced them, the Queen trying to restrain her tears, and the King holding out the hands of his daughter in his own, end gazing tenderly at her. He then lifted her into the carriage, handed the Queen into it, took` his little grendson on his lap, and drove away with them. J uatice John Wilson Ins placed the Police Magistrate: in 3 pradicunent, but his`:-uling will relieve the police of much disagreeable work. Hi: Lordship lug decided that to get drunk does not render person! lishlc to punishment ; they must be guilty of disorderly conduct t I _ 0 bring them under the ban of the law. In this can, we won.- der what in to be done with the helploal drunksrda to whom it in 3 ralicf lo betcha up by the pa. line? If they wen left to themselves on the street: name would jnovitnhly perish. Mr Gladstonefu name, i {all Gazettz. -an nI'3a`- CALIFORNIA. -_.-- ...- ......=-.-cu, until!` IJGI mark, :11 re Eopenhagen as .01-e. - parents aeviaral med than M... n.",... .--=_k , it is asserted by the Pall 'iIlI.l|`I' Gldljnna kn:-nu iv EVENING. MARCH 8. F l 5 l 3 i. i r 1 3 F 3 ti CH1 Iu In men are becoming so nnd extent. York,'snd the bsnln snticip I from the South iverliser says the fact that iplncsrded "To Let," in certs caused more or less uneasiness people who are biliously inrmity to crank, but It accounts for the cumstance by the fact that certain kinds of bus- iness are rapidly changing their been and mov- ing farther up town. There has never before been such a demand for real estate as now, and %ever has it sold at such high rntes. The spring usiness promises to open briskly. The Southern merchants have already arrived in large num- bers, and dealers look for an unusually active demand from them this spring, in conseqnenceof the comparatively richer condition of the South- ern Ststes, in the cotton States particularly. The last crop was all prot, and there were no drewbecks of old debts. the business of last. year i being on a strictly cash principle, not only be- tween the New York merchants and the South, but between the Southern merchants and their home customers. The yield in money from the Crop new in proctss of exportation is not less "3371 $250,000,000. The West is slower to make her purchases, but the facilities of Eastern and Western railway communication postpone `he 59"3 Of laying in goods trorn the Ernst- eru markets until the Western home demand is _-..- 'II.. I` `I; U Vruu--= licitous its character ate men in ' BUSINESS 1 ROSPE CTS The arrival E ; tion to the opening spring " "* MI-nminnr aoliciloul cru luruncla actually felt, NEW. WONDERS OF THE TELEGRAPH. There is no end to the wonders of which the telegnph is capable. The Buffalo Courier gives the results of the latest experiments. United States coast survey officers have, it n.ppea.re, been engaged for some time past. in making astrono- mical observations, by the aid of the telegraph, between the cities of the for West and Cambridge university. For the purpose of arriving at tho ditference in mean time between San Francisco and Boston, the wires ot the Western Union te- legraph company lisve nightly been connected for nearly a month past. from one side of the continent to the other, and the ticking ol rt chronometer in Cambridge university has been observed and recorded in San Francisco with it. most remarkable degree of accuracy. This is done, the Courier tells us, by connecting the pendulum of the chronotnetor at Cambridge with the: wire, in snchn manner thnt the main circttitis broken land instantly closed again at every bent or tick of the time-piece, and the re- salt is that cacti second of time, as marked by the cbronometer at Cambridge, goes forth from the university on the Atlantic coast, and, with almost the speed of light itself, hurries on until it reaches the recording instrument of the Pacic coztst, in all ofits original fullness of pulsation. The ticks of a clock in Boston are heard and re- corded in San Francisco almost in the some in- stant that they reach the ear of the observer in the rst-named place. The Courier says: At an`: clung rlnrinn an nnnnldn nf II-an naal nu: -unu.-uuuscu ylnuv. LIIU uuuruw snyo. At any time during an evening of the past month, 1. visitor to the opertring rooms of the Western Union Ielgtitph ofce, in this city, might have heard one of the little instruments beating the measured time of the sixtieth part of in minute, with the monotony and regularity of s ' chronometer itself. Tick l Tick I Tickl One, two, three, four, ve minutes elapse, and then the little monitor ceases. Back comes the answer from fan Francisco to Boston: "All right; your second signals came good, end have been recnrded for ve minutes. Go ahead ve minutes more P Again, tickl tick! tick! for five minutes, and then San Francisco says again : -`all right; are you ready to take my signals '1" And the answer from Boston is: Ye; go ahead." Tick! tick! tick! says San Francisco for the allotted ve minutes, and Bostonsays, in his-turn: "All right! :1? nn.Imi1hnI..I-Ilinn IRA enact` nu-:0`. -L:..L| |..|I'LlIII`. Ell IIEIJII But notwithstanding the speed with which these pulsations of a clock fly from one side of our continent to the other, it is known that there is a loss, a very slight loss, of time in the transmission. How to arrive at this loss and measure it is the next question Nothing easier; :1 second wire is switched into place, it repeat- er added at Boston, and, presto! `tin done. Now the clock-ticks made at San Francisco rush on the wings of night over the 3,000 miles of wire to Boston, and back again to San Francisco over the second wire, and record themselves at the point of starting, in something less than sixty Jecqnds of time, having, in the interval, Invers- ed 6,000 miles. Last night witnessed the suc- cessful completion of this last experiment, and the ight. of electricity was actually measured, so to speak, as easily as one muures a yard or muslin. Prof. Wymsn, of Harvard University, has at-I rived av. Fernandina, whence he and I. party of gentlemen are to Matt in the yacht Azniea on a scientic exploring expedhion on Indian nvers, and along the coast. of Florida to Key West. .. - u v-u -One of the Western paper: reports A certain clergyman as having "taken 3 contract for re- vival preaching" in Davenport, Iowa. It states that the gentlemen has just concluded 3. suc- cessful engagement at Rock Island. I::_x,,._ :_ :1 u-:- I _,,_ __D..B_._-... .... -.n.-uu eon-IIJLI. Mining in California sometimes has recourse to powerful agencies to further its interests. The last great operazion was the tunneling of a gold mountain and leveling it to the ground at one bial. A tunnel was bored 570 feet in length, in which were placed 1,900 kegs of pow- der. An electric wire threaded the mazes of the tunnel and tapped each keg. At a. distance of 600 feet the battery stood, connected and charged. When the people living in the neigh- bourhood had been duly warned, and had left their homes, a. young lady applied the electrici- ty. Fifteen feet up in the air rose the solid mountain. and fan It m-.mt.n.1 Ma I-.....I..._ -e . Lunvcu zcul. up In 1:18 9.11` the mountain, and fell a crushed and broken mus. Tknnn I.` .. 1-... I- F\L'- ' ` ` ` , -.._, _.__.. ..... .. .. uauuu uuu. urolsen mass. , There is a. law in Ohio which authorizes the levying of a tax of one-tenth of a mill for free libraries, in every city -with more than 20,000 inhabitants. Under this law 01 established a. library of 6,000 volumes. The manner in which this was effected is entitled to consideration, and the example offered is worthy of imitation in other cities. The establishment of a free library is one of the most effective means of keeping young men away from scenes of vice and dissipation; and besides the benets to the community in general are many and ob- vious. eveland has just . Executed neatly, cbenply, and expeditiously ax ` the DAILY NEWS JOB PRINTING OFFICE. `