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"1 -.r£jvif.-')i»^ Tht 'I.DVf is on L'.'t r > n-i iu..tli,n ..1 ll'.t A'lfnir.i)' MotcU. 4. *n 111 P- ! -1 y .•'' t>v I' ' '■ ■'' V "V ■■ -il k iii lit ' J n Soiiveiiik' NiJiuher of the Svduev Advocate. "W ^f^ ...J HIGH GRADE GROCERIES. Glassware and LOOK AT eaR Crockeryware Counter. NEW IMPORTATIONS. .MHT STIIONii KMlldll. .ri ST STVMSll KNUICJH, .11 ST l.dW KNunill IN I'llirK. AMI VAKIKTV KNi)li;ll To SIIT i;\ i:i( YIIOIIY. kvkkytjiim; wk iiavk is FRE5H. WE (ilARANTEE QUALITY. WANT YOIR RECilLAK ALL-THE-YEAR-AROrXD TRADE LET US SEI,L YOU ALL YOU (AX EAT KNOW ALL ilElN I "AT iMK STOCK OK BOOTS, SHOES and RUBBER GOODS LEADS ALL OTHERS IN WEARIXO LOOKS, WKARISt; TIME and WKARINii EASE. .MADE UI'OS HONOR MADE FOR (iENTLEMEN. MADE FOR LADIES. MADE FOR CHILDREN. MADE IN ALL SIZPX .MADE IX ALL PRICES From 20c. to $7.00. THE ABOVE ARE THE THREE LINES OF GOODS 50LD AT THE RETAIL STORE OF e. H. HARRINGTON & C©. SYDNEY, C. B. Telephone No. 15a. 1745. K •'• SURRENDERED. •?• Xe.or ■'inre tlie Old Flag of Euplnnd supplnntt'd tlic Tii('i>Inr at I,i>iiisliurti, has com|ietitiiin been so keen as at the prefent day But the Victory i.s our.s — all riimpetitorsi iirknowk-dge u.s (jii top — and mir FLAO to the fore. .......... I8OO. f We are Cannonading Hi gh Price s. Listen to the Crash of Those Fa 1 1 i ng Prices. Note the Boom of Our Rushing: Business. Hear the Report of Delig:hted Buyers. We've Got *Em on the Run. Fine goods bought low can be sold Cheap, and we will do it. See Our Bargains in MEN'S SUITS, PANTS AND VESTS, " PANTS, " SHUES, HATS. BOYS' SUITS. F. A. CROWELL, Manager. SYDNEY CHEMP STORE, t fli'flj mpp^BPPPiP"^"""^ The Louisbourg Monument S. p. CHALLONER, EDITOR and Publisher, Sydney, C. B. Id :8 I >. lirHnf) lUtU-ry. Om'ii HilU fnHii Ciudd. Louisbourg:. Afft' lionontl uKiiiiitlrt ! (wlii'rt- <>n(«' I laid riM' duWii 'I'll lir**iithf till* Mttit, MiH (ln*Riii tif v»nir>l)i'd t^iwii) What irr»veH yv innkM I Y« (!rtiw(-iMnK herd, Tht* iMtriot Hlieavtw Wfrn hiuldhNl muf iiitHmnl : /« part r^ijHtfttnl —ye itmI well ! (Nut mi the iiieninrieH with their tlirill and thronfi)-- The lewleii ttcythe that iiKiwed ye down whh Mtnitifr, And ifaniered ye tuKcthftr om ye fell 1 l**rha|M nh>* hnd Htrnyeil AUive hiM vini* i-hid home in In UUr Franer^ And Kaxed U|Nin liin Marie, ur tH'rchaiii-e Hail watc;hed hiji little ehihireii ah they iintyc*!. l*erha|Ni Oituhanilniii, frad, faint- hear t^xl chief, StmiH hen* ttt |i>nd hin wttd an«l Vfiic*' to in*'**'* To listen t4i the Hiillen luildier's plaint. The f[Uthl<«H finicarn ini|ieriuiif* fear, The maiden's terr<»r and the niiither k t4'ar, The prayer of piouH ok** to iwtroii itaint. Thi-re wan the bn'aith, iterhaiv, that IVp|tenf|I Ami Hiiinly VaiiKlian etitved with itiot and »hell ; TheiK-e, fn>in a |H>rtal deft hy ho' tile art. Iiike erew nf Hiiintu i»f the we»t, AikI mark tli6 bloU^hen on it^ nigffed hreont ; -- A (wntury and a half of nt^tnii and nleet, The IhIIowh, maddened, ao they writheil and loMhedi At their own itii|Ktt«*nu«', have never watahed The U'll-taU bhKidHtainfl fmin it^ aneient fet>t t Tvrfw on that heitrht -ho ttiieakfi the trump of fame - IlluAtrifHi* Wnrren nigned hifl martial name With imu |Mn>ne|y float, Makecatiupy f : The bloody teiii|tei«t'H npent : and, fuivn the hum, Of distant t*ouiin**nv, all the Huene in dumb Ami hirfy aa a ulouter after twilight |»raypr t . . AUOUHTK PHANIUr. Freneh Cn|>boanl. Loiii -tiourg fnim Citadel. Knina of Convent. Kuimvl WalU Editorial Notes. Th*i ptilili»her of the L}iiUhourg ^fonnmenl in indebted to Dr. J.(f. Bourinot. C.M.G., author of '^Cape lirotonand its Memo- ri)il8," for the cute of the inodalH, old cannon, croaaea and autographR, which appeared in the Doctor^H monof^raph, and which are republished in this number. Louipbourg should be spelled as it appears in thin publica- tion ; the second o Bhouhl not be dropped as has been the practice of lute years. ♦ ♦ * We present to our readers portraits of Maror McDonald of Sydney, and rrcsident J. E. Burchell and Vice-Pres. E. C. Hanrahan of the Sydney Hoard of Trade. Both the Town and the Board of Trade are to participate in the celebration. ♦ * « The next historical celebration in Cape Breton will be 181)7, when the Royal Society of Canada w4»o will celel>rate, at Hali- fax, the four hundredth anniversary of Sebastian Cabot's dis- covery of America. An excursion will be made to the northern shore of Cape Brett>n, the supposed landing place of Cabot. Several theories have been advanced as to the probable point at which Cabot first landed, some contendin^^ for Cape North, y others for St. Ann's and others again(Scaterie Island. j>/— The price at which this special publication is being sold has been placed at the low figure named so aa to bring it within the reach of every Cape Bretonian. In [mblishing thiH number, it waH not the intention to make it a speculation pure and simple, but has he«»n issued with the solo motive of having the local newspaperdom participate as it should do, in the never- to-be-forgotten celebration on the 17lh. The 17th of Juno, 1895. will be, as it wan in 1745, a red letter day in the history of Louisbourg and of Cano Breton, ar.d it seems to us not only our privilege iuit our duty, more particularly that the Advficate is the oldest existing newspaper in the Island, that wo should in some befitting manner celebrate the event. There is consid- erable expense and outlay attending the getting up of a number of tliis nature, and if the result of our effort is not up to the expectations of our nsaders they will kindly make allowance for the fact thnt after all we are only a local newspaper and that too much shoubl not be expected from limited means. There undoubtedly will be those who would wish to procure a uumber of copies of this journal so that Chey might send ibem Li. 161474 to their friends ; for this purpose we have reduced the price, purohMable at the cffice of publication only, (order hy mail or otherwise) ten cents a copy for five or more copies— mailed free to any part of Canada or the United States. • * All the views of Iourg contained in this nuinl>er with exception of thone of the new Town and the plans i>f town and fortifications, were photoKriiphed hy James Btuhbnrt, North Sydney. Those of lyOuisbourK in 1805 and the plan referred to were talcen l)y C. H. Woodill, Hydney. Any of these can lie purchased through the publisher of the ^^ouisbourg Monument. • • The varied fortunes of Ijouisbourg wore of deep import to the French and English -s|>eaking (leoples of the world, nnd its capture marlcs a most important event in their history. It is this event that is commemorated by thu Society of Colonial Wars, which embraces the descendants of those who fought in the (Colonial Wars of last century, both British and British- American. The purpoHe of this 8|)ecial souvenir issue is to aid in the commemoration of such an important hintorical event, and to provide a fitting and convenient memento for all those vhose interest may induce them to be present, as well as to show the importance and resources of this famous and historic portion of the great rontinent. The illustrations and letteri>rei>s aim at giving due promin- ence to the beauties of Ca|>e Breton, and the magnitude of its resources, and the depth uf its historic interest. Articles con- tributed l>y prominent men illustrate im|>oi-tnnt |>oints in connection with the histoiic town and the present celeliration, i.nd an attempt is made to give full information on everything of iiiterevt in connection therewith. It is to be regretted that Dr. J. U. Bourinot, C. M. O., owing to the pressure of his liulies as Cleric of the House of Commons, now in session, has been unable to prepare bis proftosod article on the siege in time for this issue. With these preparatory rcmarlis we bog to Hubmit to the judgment of our in.nny fricndo and patrons this musterpiece on the port of a local newspaper, and, while uwiire of the many respects in which it might have been better done, we solicit for our ctTort n kindly and indulgent interest, in view of the many dilbculties in the way of an undertaking of tbiH kinii. Wftlf'H TjaluliiiK. The Historical Import of the Monument. What the Khkction ok a Monimknt at IxiiiisnoiiKO Means. The proposal to erect a monument at Louisbourg, commemor- ative of the siege and capture in 174.'), has called forth some hostile. comment from the editor of L' Kvnvgeline, and a French member of the Canadian Senate seems to think that such a standing record of an historical fact would be u despite done against his race. It is safe to say that these sentiments of opposition are not the result of mature judgment, and our esteemed French fellow- citizens will be the first to condemn them. To follow this mis- chievous idea to its proj)er conclusion would be to prevent us teaching our children the story of the battlefields of Bannock- burn and Flodden Field and Aughrim becaube we might thereby \ i f.' ^ » .■ ff 3ft^.uaM»w2^g' ' * •-, - .i«^-'' ' ::■■' Ruim llnrmcki. • offend the Englinh nnd Scotch and Irish who dwell in the land — to strikb out of oiir textbooks all references to Chateauguay and Lundy's Ijane nnd Chrysler's Farm, lest any hypersensitive Yankees, who live under our flag, may feel aggrieved — to des- troy the record of the New Testament lest wo may hurt the feelings of our Hebrew friend... It is no insult to the French to recall the lirav? deeds of the men who went up against Ijonisburg under I'epperroll and Warren, any more than it is nn insult to the Knglish to bo reminded that Pliipps was drivan away from Quebec by Fontennc in IfiiK). Perhaps the real reason of the comparatively easy capture in 17t5 is to be found in the fact that the administration of French affairs at that time, both in thu Motherland and her Colonies, was in liad hands. Courtesans ruled corrupt governments in Paris, nnd their puppets were getting in their deadly work in Canada. It wn-< then that the seeds were being sown tliat produced the awful crop of the French Revolution, and the men of the Bigot type ruling in New France followed the example of their nuiHters at home — plundered the public trormry, left the forts to be {lefcnded by troops half mutinous from bad treatment, and withal gave Ibem, for the work, guns mounted upon rotten carriages. It is no discredit to France that Louisbourg fell, but it is to the eternal disgrace of the ])lunreserved, the French fishery broken up and the New England fisheiy restored. Had the nttempt been made without the assistance of Commoilore Wnr- rcn there can be little doul)t that the result would have been absolute failure. The bravery and endurance of the troops cannot be called in i|uestion, but the panic of the Fr»neh, which gnvo possession of the Grand Bnttery without nn assault, the doubts of the loynlty of the troops in Louisburg, which prevented the French commander from taking active measures to repel the besiegers, and other favorable circumstances, which could not have been foreseen, seci'')d n victory in spite of inndei|uate (ircparations. Douglass, who has written the history of the event, rejiorts the words of one of the Cut, to uloar away every miRiipprclioiision from thoiniiitlsoniioHo who think that this inununient unvoilinK !>■ a celehrutioii of victory won by an alien people on our shores, lot us all remember thiit I'up- perell and hia men were loyal British HubJectH, that the Union Jock flouted over the besieging host, that when 30 years ofter- wards the Anierii-an revolution begun many of these men and their sons were true to the fatherland, and that they in com- pany with I'epperell'H descendeiits, lost their profHirty and lufTered contumely and hardnhips untold, and as a persecuted people were driven out with the heroic band who believed in a united empire and a united nice. The Provincial Recordii of Canada are full of tt'.e story of these Loyalists, and I need not furrther refer to them. It was our own people who won this vic- tory, the .4ume as at lieHusejour ami Ticondemga a'.ul Quebec. If these latter victories are noteworthy, if it was a good thing for this country to be delivereil from the diKgracofui rule of the avaricious Bigot — even on the plains of Abruham — surely, as a united people, we can celebrate the deliveruiice, remembering that tlie fall of Louisbourg wuh but the harbinger of the end. If it is wise to preserve in lasting memory the brave deeds of Kritons of old, there i.s no spot more worthy of the granite shaft than the soil of the old town, whore so many heroes fought and bled and died, and he will be a ijold man who will deny Cajie Breton the distinction of having this monument. Other writers will tell of the siege of the city, i)f the construction of its walls and the strength of its fortifications. I will close with a refer- ence to its after history. For throe years Britain held possess- ion of Louisbourg and then, through craft on the one side and carelessness on the other, it was restored to P'runce by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapclle. lu England there was intense dissatisfac- tion on account of this weak-kneed policy, and the Colonies were filled with profound disgust. The pernicious inlluciioe of Loirisbourg over Nova Scotian affairs begun to be felt again, and it was to neutrali/.e this that tJov. Shirley advised the founding of Halifax in 174i). The average Louisbourger believes that Halifax has faithfully done its duty as a counter-irritant. The second capture took place in 1758. In February, 1760, Pitt gave orders to raze tho fortifications. In May the demolition was begun, and on Oct. 17 the last blast was tired which levelled the wulU of this once mighty fortress. Nothing was left stand- ing except rent and shattered houses. Everything of value was carried to Halifax. The work was done under the super- vision of Commodore Byron, grandfather of the poet. A gar- rison of 300 men was maintained at Louisbourgforafew yeare, but the troops were entirely withdrawn in 17G8. This was the fmishing blow to the falling fortunes of the old town. Its glory has departed, and, like the once proud Tyre, it has be- come "a i)lace for drying nets." Tho thoughtful spectator is saddened by the desolation, and the mournful effect is increased by the breaking waves of ocean which here seem to murmur a ceaseless dirge to buried greatness. The future of Louisbourg is bright with promise, but I shall not enter into prophecy. It is to be hoped tho weather will be propitious for the cere- mony of the 17th inst., and that the visitors who are coming so far to do honor to the memory of the deeds of our fellow British citizens will find the country wearing her garments of green and gold, and all nature smiling upon an event which is unique in history, and will be remembered down the ages. E. T. MacKeen. Sydney Academy, June, 18!)5. The Louisbourg Celebration. By Hon. A. O. Jones, \ Monibrr uf the t^umii'i Privy C»>incil <>f ChiuuUi. ) III spiMikiii); IT writing; on the subject of the .services to bo licld on the 17tli, when the Society of Coloniitl Wars propose erecting a gniiiitc shaft on tli<( ({rounds where oiico stood the historic forts of Louisbourg, tin* feeliii){ naturally arises to avoid any uclioii or expression that could lie taken exct^ptioii to by the descendants of the gallant and chivalrous race, who were at that time musters of the Island, and u good part of tho northern por- tion of the Continent as well. The Society of Colonial Wars, who have charge of the arrangements, is composed of the descendants of the iikmi who were engaged in all the early warlike enterprises on this Conti- nent under the Crown. Uepeiident largely on their own resources for defending themselves against the encroaeliinent of the savage races who surrounded them in great numbers on every side, ami who con- sidered themselves the owners of the soil, they acquired habits of defence under a system and discipline that might now be considered primitive, but which nevertheless, judging by results, was most eti'ectivu and successful. The decision of tho Oovornment uf Mivss(ichu.setts to attack the great stronghold of Louisbourg reads almost like romance. ft could only be paralleled to-day by tho Ouverninent of Nova Scotia deciding to capture Uibralter if it were held by a foreign power. T KrriKh MmIkI atnicli nn Ihr KiKiiHUlinn <>f th« PortrMr of Ixwliburff, in 1710. Yet without ships of war, with uutraiiicd and iimlisoip- linutl Militia, and with no cunimnndera nccufituniod t« the art of war bvyond their tnoro lucnl difcncu against the Indians, soeiiis to UM MOW such an act uf folly and indiscretion, that even its successful termination would scai-cely justify. A Huston writer at the time Ruid : "thu expedition had a law- yer fur cuntriver (Shirley), a merchant (Peppervll) for general, and farmers and H< late, or came not at all, were compelled to 4I0 what many e<|ually brave men in the warlik'* history of the world have done before, without a stain u]K>n their courage, their loyalty, or their honor, to yield to cireumstunces they oould not control. But though unsuccessful in their defence of their nation's great stronghold, their worthy descendants who compose such o largo and intluentiiil portion of our D( minion to-day, have no cause to blush for vhauie at their failure. The gallant deeds of the French race is written on every page of the early history of this continent. It retjuires no Farkman, interesting and instructive us his writings prove, to remind us of the great names that figured in the early French history of the new world. Names like Champ- lain, Jacques Cartier, Montcalm, Levis and Frontenac, with hosts of others equally renowned in peace and war, will live forever in Canadian history; and though the rule of the nation they served to well has forever on this continent pas.sed away, impar- tial history must ever admit that they were men of surpassing courage, and genius men of grand capacity for command, under the system they served, such men as ure only produced now ani again in great epochs of the world's history. Therefore, the celebration to-day is of a duublu character, sentimental and national. This monument. is not intended to coiiimeinorate a victory of one race over another, but to take the place of hundreds of grave stones, and is the only mark of respejt we can raise to those whose ashes rest in their unidenti- fied graves. It is undertaken by citizens of the United States, descend- ants of the men engtiged in all the early wars under British Rule, to erect to-day ou British soil an enduring tribute to the memory and .services uf British subjuc's. It may fittingly be regarded as a link in association ond sentiment at least, that connects the past with the present, that points uut to the American citiiseu and to the Canadian subject of the (jueen as well, for all time to come, their common origin and their common descent It will tend to make us ever keep in reineinbrance, that while ' in many cases divided only by sinall streams and imaginary boundaries, our aspirations and our lovo of freedom spring from the same fountain head, and this sense of a common heritage should make us look back with national pride to the gallant exploits of our ancestors, as well aa look forward with equal i iwttltv mvnt nnder Britixh rule ; nmi it ih very intorcatin); rendiii({ to-duy to peruao tlio ilcHpiktvliL-M of Clinrlew tliu Ki'nt and Hecond, Oliver Cromwell, and Janies the Hrst, exhurliiiK tlieni under lliit penally uf the wilhdrawnl of tlieir charter, that the fulleMt uieii- HUre of civil nnd relifjious lilierty hIiouUI In) gi anted to every Huliject uf the Crown. Their rvfuNal to allow the right of fninchiite or alipointineiit tu uny office in the Stute except to thoM> who gave tlieir uncoil- rlitioiitel adherence, their own religious faith, altiioKt HUi-puHseH belief ; and BaptfHtH and MethiMlisttt, Roman Catholicx, i'rei«liy- teriauR, EpixcopaliaiiH and (juuken), have nliundant cauw) for thankfulne.sH to-day that their lot was iiotcnBt in such troulile- Rome and arliitrary tinier, and when no one but a (^uigregation- alist could enjoy tho freedom of frnncluMe or the stweetit of office. I have tho leKS hesitation in referring tu tlieMi eventH, becauHo my anceHtors whu came to MassachusettM in 1020 were pixilmbly aH intolerant and arbitrary um their xurrunndingH. It watt no great wonder then that the deHcendantH of hucIi stern and uncoiiipn>nii»>ing parentage practiced in all the liorder wars with the Indians and French, tihould have conceived the lofty idea uf reducing the great French strunghold on the Island of ('iipe Breton, while the liiHtory of that undertaking and its in>|) on tho gniTo of Wolfe • ten, Twill trickle to hU rival's biCT." Following tlieae historic events came the Declaration of Independence, and the emigration to these British Provinces of timnd Namtwt HrMgp, | niilr knig. the nen w'.in were called the United Empire Loyalista, from whom I am descended. Many of these men hvhl position* of authority under thu Crown, and Is^iiig versed as to the legality of the movement, remained true to constituted authority, ami with the recollect- ions of a century and a half of fuslcriiig care fruni the mother lami, felt it inciimlieiit on their loyalty to remain true. To surrender trusts reposeil in them by Royal authority was n^pngnant to their ideas inherited as British subjects. Hence thousands of them made the choice of leaving their comfortable surroundings and early asmiciations, ami hewing out for themselves and their descendants new homes in the various Provinces that now compose the Dominion of Cuiiada. In many cases families were divided in tlieir political senti- ments, and among those who left, some came to one Province and some to another. Had the same conditions existed in the United States at the time of the Revolution that exists in (/'aiiada to-day, it is diffi- cult to imagine how history might have Is^en reversed. Wo as (!'anadians have none of the interference with our aflairs to complain of that drove tho American Colonies into opposition to the Crown. We may, iinfortiiiiateiy for ourselves, have refusectriiie of nun-interference in our att'airs .still further, she leaves us free to frame our own Hnancial policy however much it may be contrary to her own, to inipo.se on British proterests of our own people. Under tbe.se circumstances it can clearly Ijo seen that we, as Canadians, have no grievances against the old land, or any de.sire for change in our political relations, so lung as wc can remain as we are. Thu only grievance, as a giKsl many think, if it 'an lie called a grievancu at all, is the liberty of misgoverning ourselves, and following a tinancial policy in opposition to the wi.se states- manship that has made her the prosperous nation she is to-day. We welcome our American friends to Canadi.m soil. We recognize in them de.sceiidants and co-inheritors of a largo por- tion of England's glorious career. Their people are interested in many uf the most important of our Pruvincial enterprises, and in nu place is this interest more pruminent than in this Island of Cape Bret«iii. Nut satisfied with this and their interest in our valuable gold mines, wo now hoar of their contemplated arrangements tu possess themselves of our virgin forests as well. Ill all these peaceful and neighborly enterprises we wish them every success. We arc rivals only in the peaceful pursuits of commerce, and all that tends to the intellectual and moral advance- ment of our race. We recognizo the wonderful progress their country Inis made during its comparatively short hi.story, and we trust that, placed by Providence, side by side, that not only peace and good-will may long prevail, but that we may, for all time to come, work hand-in-liand in seeking to establish for our people, on a per- manent ba.sis, tho inestimable blessing of civil and religious liberty. out twenty yenm nftnr the rucoikI tnkiiiK oriinuialiDurg, n Biusll Krunoh ve*H«l came in the hnrbour, and without lowering any aailit, anchorntl off tlin old Town. Tho I'oat wiih lowered and thn crew rowtid for the iihore. In the ntorn out uii old nnin. They went directly to a hon.>e which hud l>eon left Ktandinit, and onleriiiK, found nobody home hut a woman. Tho old man went to the flrt^place, and with a tomahawk drew ■uniu apikeH out of tlic liack of it, and took (^o of Hat iron, which wan called liv the old people the "itovi< plate," and in the Kpace waftcxiMiHcd a large pot. He, aMHiHtud liy the crew, hauled it out, ami Hpreading a cloth on the tloor poured the contentM into it, whiih proved to lie gold and Rilvcr coinK. lie then handed the woman the pot, and tying up his cloth with the treasure left tho houHo a« ipiickly and *ilent!y on he had entered. They roweil at once to the ve»i>el, hoisted their anchor, and left tho harbour. YoarH after tho pot was in tho Kennedy family, and people are now living, whoso mother told thom she hud often cooked fomi in it. About the year lS-15, n number of people came to Ciuys- borough. Nova Hcotia, in n large boat. They drained a pond called tho " Hrew Houho I'ond," at the old Town, and got a crock of money out of tho mud in tho bottom. After they left, a lady now living, fouml the crock broken in pieces ; it had a copper cover, .tcallo|>ed ho that it could be bent over tho crock. Tradition has it, that at the second siege a frigate laid off the old Town and (greatly annoyed the Hritish. That during the siege the treasures from tho Town were buing shipped on board of her. The Hritish at last r'ade it so uncomfortablo that he hud to leave, and escaped during tho darkness of tho night. That several of the kegs of treasure had to bo dumped over the bridge crossing tho pond inimediatoly in roar of the landing place; and if so, they remain there to-day, as no person has ever heard of thom being taken up. In i^act, several people years ago felt what thoy su]>poi>iii tU' Kr-'mh I'lirUh ('liiinh in W>, mhI ii<>w nvrr th* ivIimiifT la tlw (llo who treated them rcsiiectfully. At that time the only Inhabitants were— Blatterys, Townsends, Lorways, Kennedys Kehoes and Tullys. The old people told some hair-raising stories of ghosts. The guillotine hill was particularly liuuntod. Up to a few years ago nieces of skulls, etc., could be seen about this hill. The latest ghost teople now living, and not old, state they have seen and spoken to her, but as shu had no head she certainly could not say anything to them. She would walk alongsid*! for some distance and then suddenly disappear, to tho delight of the terror-stricken midnight pedestrian, return- ing home probably from seeing his best girl. Many people have dug for treasures, and some startling stories are told of midnight adventures. In some cases, after working ban' all night, |>erhapa just before dawn, the cask or box would be felt, then would commence unearthly noises, ami although it was strictly understood no person was to sneak until the treasure was got above ground, some person would get so frightened they would forget themselves, and in an unguard- ed moment would speak. And lo, the box or keg containing the valuables would at once disappear, and could never be found again. Many people would be wealthy to-day if they had held tht:ir lunijuet. Moral— When you go digging for treasure at night, gag yourself. . Kuioi u( llomliimiuf. UgfathooM. 'jfe m^ '!ll',IP 1 IN NOMINt rATftis Fitii er spiritus sancti AMEN OMNIBUI INCHRISro FIDBLIBUS 1ALUTEM. ANNA DIl CRATM MAG. BtlTANNt^ FRANCIS ET HIIERMI« RtOINA TOriUSQUE AMERICA SErTENTRIONAUl OOMIHA. HDEI DEFEK'tOR. fee. IN CUIUS HARUM INSULARUM VULCO CAPi BRETON PROPRIETATIt ET DOMINII TESTIMONIUM HOC EREXIT MONUMENTUM IMS. MAIESTATIS SERVUS £T SUBOITUS FIDELISSIMUS D HOVENDEN WALKER XOUES AURATUS OMNIUM IN AMERICA NAVTUM REOALIUM PRKFECTUS ET THALASSIARCHA KENSE SEPTEMBRIS ANNO SALUTIS MDCCXI. I Admiral Hir MormiKin W»llin'«On»« in Kyilwy Hulinr, ITII. . Why Was Louisbours: Twice Besieged ? A p«|ii'r n-ail l>y Smiiiicl Arthur lli'iit, A. M., li^fiirH Ihr Ho'irty of rolcmiii! Wan ill tliHCiiiiiiiiiiiiwi'Kltli III MiwiothiiM'ttn, at Itnat^m, April Hi, iHUTi. I'lililinhi'al by viitr III thi) So'ii'ty ami n'liniiliuiHl in tliii nuiiilirr liy kiiiil ivrniiMimi nl Mr. I&nt. Hi) who would uh(lt'ntlnnil the train of ovi^ntH hy which, nt the cUmo (if one of our inter-coloniiil wiin, I^ioiiisljourg wns liuilt by the French to protect theniRelvo8 and threaten Hritiwli pimH- CKsions ; hy which, in nnotlicr war, it wns captured, hut i-e»torc(l to France ; niid dy which it waH again and finally taken, and then nhnndoncd l>y the Knf{liMh, must read tlie history, not only of thin country and Knglaiid, hut of the Continent of Europe, for a perios, though heartily sympath- izing with these changes, found lliemsclves eml)roiled in ihe disputes to which this revolution gave rise, and were tiliiiged to take their part in ttie struggles which ensued. Even l>efore the now charter of William and Mary wan sent over, the project of the invasion of Canada and Acadi'i was conceived by Massachu- setts ; as early as April, lO'JO, Ids majesty was asked to supply nriiis and amiuunition for the expedition, and n numlier of fri- gates, with which to attack the FrtMich by sea, while the colonies attacked them by land. In the same month Sir William Phipa had captured Port Royal, in Acadia, and when the proposition was decline)], owing to the war in Ireland, Massachusetts, in an alliance with Connecticut and New York, resolved to act on her own responsibility and attack Montreal by land and Quebec by sea. New England was now embarked in the first of the great wara which raged simultaneously on both continents. We cidl it King William's War ; in European history it is known as the War of the Palatinr.te, when the smiling; country among the vineyards of the Rhine and tliQ Neckar, around the stately palace of the Elector at Heidelberg and the venerable tombs of the Emperors at Speycr, whs turned into a desert. The early successes of France had exhausted her tinancbs and iiecinrnted her population, while the defeats of William were reversed, us he bemme mure firmly seated upon his throne, by victories id Ire- land ami HcotlanJ. Still, by the Peace of RvMwick, in 16))7, after the diiini»l failure of Phipe'i C«nodian expedition, after the terri- ble IwrbaritiM of the Indian warfare waged against Ihe Cohmie*, Franco reteinoti ihe whole coast and adjacent islunils, from Maine to Labrador, with the Hudson's liay country, ('anada, and the valley of the M issisxippi. The Uiunds lietween the two countrirn were imp-rfiTtly dcHni-d, nnd each was waiting for some opportunity ti) encmach upon l^e other. Ummiu presented ilNcIf in the srconil inter-rolonial war, beginning in 1701, called QiH'cn Anne's Wer.or, in European history, Ihe War of thoS{Niu- ish iSiicceiuiion, in which England opposed the elevation of the giaiidson of Ijouis XIV to the KpaniNh throne. It waa signalized by the grout campaign of Marlboroii^h in the how ('ountrie«, and by English victories jn (he coast of Hpain and in the Weat Indies. I )n this side of le water, the New England frontier wan again desoliit«!d. Deerfield and Haverhill were destroyed by the Indian allies of the French ; ri'iiiole settlements were aliaiidtmed ; Ihe rolonists defended themselves in garrison houses; the gun accompanied the plough. Again an expedition against Canada failed, though Port Itoyal was captured, an,and Oudenarde, gave the first check to France in her design to roni|Uer (treat Kritain in Aiiurica. Nova Scotia and Newfoundland were ceded to England, while ( -apt; lnurg, aided Viy ten pieces of sm.ill onlnance and ai|uautity of powder and provisions contributed by New York. The forces against the French consisted of 4,070 men, of whom Ma.ssachu.setts contributed 3,250 (one-third of them from Maine); New Hampshire, :{04 ; Connecticut, 510. William Pep- perrell, who was placed in command, had become wealthy in commerce, and had held some important civd positions. With- military experience, he was a man of excellent judgment, un- doubted courage, and a knowleilge of the art of managing men. The old Puritan spirit of the colonies as.serted itself at this crisis. In the churches and on the Scotia to the British crown, Pepperrell was made a baronet,— the first distinction of the kind ever given to a colon- ist, — and Warran a rear-admiral. What wivs the disgust of the colonies when England, by the Peace of Aix-la-ChapeJIe, restored liouisburg, her only conquest during the war, to the French I The War in Europe, from 1745, had drifted on, although its original purpose had disappeared. Both parties to it wore fin- ancially exhaustem he had given up, after a mob had attacked his otiicors. Other reasons than the opinion of Commodore Knowles may have contributed to a result so mortifying to tho pride of our ancestors. The coiKjuestof Louisbourg, says Palfrey, had been made at their own motion, at their own ri.sk, and at a cost, for the moment, at lea.st, most embarrassing to them. That they hud made it for their needful security, and that they had con- tributed by it to the glory and greatness of the empire, seemed to them alike reasons why it should nut he relinquished. How fur a jealousy .^t their growing power, he adds, manifested by so conspicuous u demonstration, may have operated to induce tho English ministry to this mortifying measure, cannot be positively atiirmed. But an opinion was entertained in some uuarters that in the British counsels the vicinity of French settlements and forces was not overlooked as a means of keeping the colonies in their allegiance to (ireat Britain, through a sense of need of her aid for their security. In fact, this was suggested to the British iVimo Minister by Governor Shirley, who wrote that if Louis- iMJurg shoulit be .strengthened the Crown would have an absolute hold of the colonies, if ever there should come a time when they should grow restive, and disposed t'.> shako off their dependency upon their mother country, the possibility of which, he added, " seems to uie some centuries further off than it does to some gentlemen at home." While tho surrender of Louisbourg was distasteful in the high- est ilegree to the colonies to which its capture was duo. Lord Muhon, in his history of England, asserts that, notwithstanding the exhausted state of the British tinances and tho depression wrought by the disasters in the Nethurlands, the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-(.'liapelle, — eMpix.'uOiy the reMxtutinn of Cape Ih-et-m. — were far from popular in England, and he adds that it wius clogged with a clau.se most unwelcome to British pride, that hostages should Ixi given to Franco for the restitution of Cape Breton, in the person of two noblemen of distinguished rank, who were selected for this purpose and sent to Paris. But if the surrender of Louisboui^ was a bitter pill to the '"•^ f a Roman on arrival great event rero tired in {UBrtt which was made a to a colon- i)(U!it of the lie, restore^l Fi-ench ! iltlioiigh its it wore tin- con Hict hy world. In ibourg, won iHglivnd, was iminaries of )d tliQ re.sti- ruplied tliat le people of } diplomatic )f peace. ra of conjec- governmont 1 them, did sible to the ng. Nor, if ly system of conflicting apecting the told them ish northern hold it '- it the mastery arren agreed a civil gov- Commodore of keeping jd ami worse it the mercy Jut Knowles, uld prejudice la " banditti." lit his ships, lis officers. Knowles may pride of our ey, har and end in permaneDl coni|Uest, the English ministry had formed the plan of a.s.'^ailing the French in America on all sides at once, and of repelling them, by a bold and concerted action, from all theii' encroachments. Let us for a moment consider the five objective points of this filial struggle for the possession of the North American continent. They covered the whole territory controlled by France, and the campaign w'lieh now opened included, 1st, the capture of Fort Du<|uesne, wl.ich was the key to the region west of the Alle- ghanies ; 2iid, Ijouisburg and Acadia, which, in French hands, threateneil New England, and conti'olled the ti.sheries of New- foundluml ; 3rcl, Crown Point and Ticonderoga, which controlled the route to Canada by way of Lake George and Lake Champlain, and offered a .starting-point for Flench expeditions against New York and New England ; 4th, Niagara, which lay on the portage l)otween Lake Erie and Ontario, and protected the great fur trade of the upper lakes and the west; 5th, Quebec, the strongest fortification in Canada, which controlled the St. Lawrence and the eastern province of Canada. The second expedition against Louisbourg was conducted on a larger scale than that whose modest e(|uipment, but glorious result, this Society proposes to commemorate. The fieet com- mai.deered 3,400 regulars and 700 militia. There were in the imrbor fourteen French men-of- war, carrying 5G2 guns. The town was well supplied with Admiral W»m'ii'ii Tomb, Ww(ininat«r Abbey, provisions and military stores ; the walls of the fortroM Were defended by 21S cannon and 18 mortam. A landing was elected on the 18th of June, and in a month's time the investment was complete. The garrison made an obstinate defence. Sovefal of the French men-of-war were sunk, to prevent the English nhips from entering the harbor. When the siege ended, not one Fl%noh ship had escaped destruction. The bom'oardment destroyed not onlv the fortificatitjns, but most of the buildings of the citadel and the town, and on the morning of the 27th of July the cross of St George waved for the second time over the fortress whoso glory was ended, and which was sopeur from the )n, '8 mortars, 8ix thoUBuni) inhubitiints of France. The 1 Abercrombie, Cape Breton, that of 1745, irkablo of the I athiiiral and my of 12,000 war vewelii, with oflRcera >li u great ntore lesMary to the e, a relatively % unhkilled in ts und Htores, u.se and farm, nail vessels of ill not exceed 9rations of the erst and Wolfe of attack that olfo's brilliant to the British of Pepperoll's . great success ler the inspir- 745, the bells roni Maine to uisbourg were nnon. In this ^e southwards, French power u It was the very point on ine, in which ich was to be ictory." The was e.xtendcd nderoga wero fio victory of ith this great Breton to the for had been 1 176:1, all that I New World (> England she ' west of the hiipter in the Oreyn, " It is ctorius of the ) liestinies of recreation of irope told for ititiiins of the of Abraham lerica." The joud siege of iho fortress, a j^ates, with an rt and made the colonial igemeuts had been made, the lust great fleet that has ever entered the harbor sailed for the St Lawrence to accomplish that great and decisive feat of arms by which Cana<]a was lost t;) France and a colonial empire gained to England. After the building of Halifax, and especially after the capture of Quebec, the English Government hail no motive for maintain- ing liouisbourg at the heavy cost it required. Pitt, therefore, instructed Amherst to demolish the fortitications. " Render," he .said, " the port and harlior as incommodious and as near im- practicable as may be." Its garrison, armament, and s'- res were th»|-efore transferred to Halifax. Much of the stu which foriped the fonndations and oroamentui parts of me best buildings was carried to the same place, where they were UNed in the new town that was growing up on the hill overlooking tha horbor. Thus " Ijouisbonrg passed away from the memory of the world." The war which closed by the Treaty of Paris, in 1763, had been a costly one to the American colonies. They had spient sixteen million dollars, and England repaid but Ave million. The i'ormer lost thirty thousami men, while throughout their borders were sufldred the unUjId horroi-s of Indian barbority. The tnxes sometimes i'i|ualled two-thirds of the tax-payers' income; but these tasrs were levied by their own representiitives, and were paid without a muriiiur. Troops had been raised and supplies voted, not by Engliind, but by the colonies. While Hup[M>i'ling the British Empire, they were legislating for them- .selves; while fightiii;,' tlie buttles of Great Britjiin, they were learning how, when the time came, to fight against Great Britain, Sneered at by young English subalterns for whom our own officers were thrust aside, the latter received a military education, which gave us, when our time came, the trained .services of Washington, Gates, Montgomery, Stark, Arnold, Morgan, Putnam, Gridley, and scores of others. From isolated comniunitie.s, the colonies were brought together by a common interest and a common defence, and were thus prepared to stand together when their own time came t kept the in from lanilin>( until riMnfnrcvlnenU* arrivntl. The following is an excerpt from Beamish Murdoch's His- tory of Novn Scotia: — "This siege, so suddenly resolved on by the colonists, so boldly undertaken, so resolutely persevered in until crowned with complete success, is an event of no ordinary choracter. That a rolony like Massachusetts, at that time far from being rich or (Topulous, should display such remarkable military spirit and enterprise, aided only by the smaller Province of New Hampshire, that they should equip both land and sea forces to attack a redoubtable fortress called by British oHicers impregnable, and on which the French Crown had expended immense sums, — that the liritish Commodore sho\ild give such hearty aid and concurrence, and that such entire linrmony e;:i8ted between him and Pepperell, and among those who were under their respective conunands, that 4,(KMi rustic militia, whose officers were as inexperienced in war as their men, although supported by naval forces, should conquer the regular troops of the greatest military power of the age, and wrest from their hands n ])luce of unusual strength, all appear little short of miracle. No better evidence can be found to show that the British race had not in any way degenerated fro.n the high qualities of their nation, although changing their homes for the wild regions of America. The traditions of the border wars with the Canadians and Indians no doubt operated in producing a military disposition among the people of New England ; but many years had elapsed since any actual service of that knid had been culled for, and I do not know that there is a name among the members of this expedition connected with previous operations of battle, except that of Colonel Moulton, who had held a command in the raid of Norridge- wock twenty years before. Cmdp Ookir M tb* 8ie,(e u( LuutobouiR. HkHt4'li of tj(niir*Uiurg fnttn a iHtintintf "wnnl oriKinatly i)V Sir Williain Pi'piier. nil. Tin- vi«w it from the N. W. •ido nf tlw interior harbor, near a bridge niianning Ml inlet, (Keproduoed from Wintor't SarnUin and CrUual Bittory of hvurica.) tmmmmm MMMMaMtf«« Cbawlev's Creek. Fifteen niiniiteg' row from the "Syilney." SYDNEY r^ \ ViKW OK TUB " Sydnkv." Rm^U'd rm an hJHUirio K|Nit- th<* xitr of the (tovprnuieiit Hiiuw> in the ilfty« when Cft^ie Bretim was a I'ruvincit and linilt in (jnrcn Anne myle, it dverliioka the anchora^ of tho Hritiiih and Vrenob Warahi|>i which make 8ydney their rendexvoiiM in the auinuier seaitm. HE SYDNEY, erected and furnished about a year ago at a cist of 140,000, during the past season proved a great boon to the tourist, for hitherto the chief complaint has been lack of a tirst-class hotel. The building is elegantly furnished and electi'ic-lightetl throu^'hout, and the guests all speak in tho highest measure of praise, not only of the ilelightful situation, but also of the excellent and a.' Bntton )b WanhiiM a great boon furniBhed and situation, but 8 (ueh ns are rist. A more balconies and for yourself a and three in ;irce beautiful ^est, and the , some seven de, and then ^<^- Wentwobtii Crkek. Ten minutes row, and about hal(-mile walk from the "Sydney." A CoRNKii in the Dining Koom of the "Sydney." again expanding itself into a large and beautiful lake. There are also two creeks branching on this arm. Crawley's, the most enchanting ,ipot inmginable, and Wentworth. The facilities for boating, bathing, and other sports, is unequalled in any pait of Canada or the United States. The pleasure-seeker making the " Sydney " his headnuarters, can travel with ease and comfort to any part of the Island- there is historic Louisburg, the beautiful Mira and St. Ann's Rivers, both of which are famed for the excellent sea-trout fishing to be had there, the magnificent Bras d"Or, Whycocomagh's Salt Mountain 900 feet high, " Uisage Baun " Falls, " Bein Breagh," the Summer Home of Professor Bell, ("ape Smokey— l,2fK1 feet high— ai Ihe entrance to Ingonish Bay, Lake Ainslie, Loch O'Law, and the Murgarees. You can visit nny of the ton Coal Collieries and return to the Hotel the same day, and also drive to the Coxheath (Joppor Mine. Cape Breton presents to the tourist the most varied attractions of any portion of North America; pen and jiicture can do her liut scant justice. The Sydney Hotel entertained over six thousand guests, and the travel thin year promises to greatly exceed tliis Tt lias been remarked of the "Sydney" that it would do credit to New York, and such is the case, for it is one of the few first-closs hostelrias in tlic Mari- time Provinces. The rate is $2.00 per day and upwards. Another view of Crawley's Crkek. \1 r '■■■'■ mr mmm Mllli' 1 1 ■ "^1 : m ^^B^ x^r^'^' i' nj'^^H Jm MILHI P^iiSBiWllLV -" - ~ ^1^ * llfdi^ mf^^^pi^S^,KW} vj^^ i-'^ 1 m - Caledonia Colliery, on line Sydney and Loninbourg Railway. Col. William Vaughan of Louisbourg: Fame. The erection of tin; inonninent at Loiii.slKmrfr by tlie Society of Colonial Wars brinf;s the attention of those interesteil in the pii.st liiHtory of Anieriea not only lo the importance of the event, but also to the partifipants, as its erection will coinnieniorate the services of the Americans who lost their lives in 174.5 while enpafjeil in the siejje. As to the ereiiitinj; of the projK-r person for the inception of this 1k)I(I enterprise, the present as v.'eli as the past students of history can rely simply on the facts of the case as placed before the public in the writin;;s of the difi'orent claimants and their supporters. The inimeiliate incentive see.ns to have been the report of relea.sed prisoners that the stror-^jhoid of the French, in its condi- tion in 1744-5, unless strenfr'.iiened by relief from France, could be overcome by the Engli.>^li. Judge RobertAnchmuty. f wishing you joy of our conquest of Louisbourg. They surrendered the sixteenth and we entered the seventeenth. I have reason to be thankful for what I have done in this affair. I hope to sail tomorrow for Ljiidon." Ijetters regarding him from others in Ltjndon speak well of him, and as one worthy of honor and profit for his share. Unfortunately for him, as well as others, he was not to reap a reward, which others received. No doubt Gov. Shirley did not properly advance to the credit of the subordinate American officers their share in the work done. He absorbed, to a greater extent, the credit of the origin and successful issue of the expedition, which to the mortitication of the hardy New England fishermen, wits rendered void by the surrender of the fortress to the French by the Peace of Aix La Chapellc in 1748. Col. Vaughan's unsuccessful attempt at vindication and for payment of service ended suddenly by his death of smallpox in December, 1746. His will, made just before his departure for Louislx)urg, was f)re.sented for prol)ate in March, 1747, in York County, Me., and eaves his property to his brothers and sisters, as ho was unmarried, which had gs, and all redolent of the staple industry of Louisbourg. Then we turn up a hill, and soon find ourselves on the grass covered moumls of the old town. If we take a position on the site of the king's bastion, the mo.st prominent point of the ruins, we see to the .south-west the waters of the spacious Bay of Uabarus. Immediately below us are the remains of the casemates ■W^^"P*^^»«PPP" View i4 New InUmiBtiunal Hhippiiiy I'iur, with Liidliiw Apimratiu. where the women and chiKlren fuund a refu<;e during the last siege. Looking at the three that remuin, it is eitsy to nee that any number of persons must have been huddled toKuthei- in n very pitiable fashion. Sheep now find shelter within tbeso mdely constructed retreati All around them in summer time there are patches of reef(ire they get over sailed ; and instead of having 'to make three or four months' voyages as they do at present from western Nova Scotia ports and Gloucester. Owners would know what their ve.ssels were doing, fish would be sold at d better price and a saving in weight, and they would have the use of their money months l>efore the Western and Gloucester vessels get home. 8. The mackerel taken on the coast of Cape Breton (which in the immeiliate neigborhcMsl of Louisburg in 1893, was about two thousand barrels salted,) could be shipped fresh by steumera trading between LimislMiurg and Boston, 9. The codfish and haild(x:k cured at the various Cape Breton fishing ports generally command the highest price in the Halifax markets, particularly Gabarus fish, but many of the harbors being so close nn the Atlantic, the fog naturally interfere? with the drying. This difficulty can be overcome by using " Whitman's Patent Process for Artificial Drying," which is pro- nounced by competent authorities to be good. 10. A large refrigerator establishment at Louisburg, and stored with Fortune and Placentia Bay herring would guarantee fishing vessels bait at seasons of the the year when bait is not procurable, or would give vessels bait at all sea.sons without delay. It being the nearest port to Newfoundland and the port from which the American fleet invariably take their final departure when on .salt and frozen herring trips, vessels could make two or three trips tluring the winter with frozen herring. 11. The herring caught in June and July on the south coast of Cape Breton are prime fish — the largest antl fattest known — but as a general rule they are improperly cured, fishermen either leave them in their boats several hours till they are sunburnt, or slack salt them. If these fish could be bought from fishermen immediately after they are taken out of the nets, and properly ilressed and .salted, they would command at least one dollar per barrel more than at pre.sent, and would give consumers an excellent article of diet. This could be done at small cost by having a boat at the ditt'erent harbors during the herring season (from tenth June till last of July,) follow the fishermen to their nets and buy ut once, and then attend to the proper curing before the fish gets soft or .sun affects them. 12. Any (juantity of ice can be stored at Louisbourg at a cost of fifty cents per ton. 13. A company undertaking a general fish business at Louisbourg, and having it economically managed, would pay a ^giK)il dividend to its shareholders. 14. The following memo of distances from Louisbourg, Lunenburg, N. S., and Gloucester, Mass., to the various fishing grounds will prove conclusively without any comment the advantages of Louisburg, viz.: lx>uUbourg, Lunenburv, Olouceater, Capv Hreton. Nnvs Scotu. Mast. Virgin Kocks, (iranil Banks of Newfounillanil 370 574 808 Creun llniik 206 410 699 St.. Pierre Hank 186 380 681 Artimun llank 91 381 888 Banquero . . 120 867 80S Misaine Bank .. 66 223 819 Uanio Bank 80 170 468 MiiMleOrnumlB 83 186 4t0 Sable laland Bank 180 1S2 406 Cunlo Bank 14 3S1 816 Eaat«rn Light, Sraterie 14 226 890 Cape North 69 898 889 BnwleleBaDk,ortheNorthBayFishingaronnda 201 388 eSS HENRY 0. V. LiVATTK. Glouoflater, MlM. 868 099 «51 SS3 sw SI9 468 4M 405 613 sao ■■? ■ '^ t .Siuili C;ii»rl(itU' Htrwt, Hyilin'y. Loss of the "Mary Maria." During tho week ciiund, lay peacefully at anchor, among them the brigantinc Afary Maria of Parrsboro, Nova Hcotia, 130 tons register, Capt. Outhouse, from Sydney bimnd home with a cargo of coal. On Sunday morning the eleventh of December, the wind still easterly and l)lowing a gale, about 8 o'clock, A. M., men were seen busily at work on board tho Mary Maria. Neighbor meeting neighbor asked, what can they be doing? Surely he doen not intend to get under weigh? lUtt the sailors manned the yardit, and one by one the sails shook to tho gale. The people on shore assembled in groups, and, spell-bound, watched the crew as they manned the windless, and inch by inch hove the onchor home. The anchor breaks ground, the vessel is under weigh, and stands towards the Mattery Island Shoal. What does he mean 7 He is standing too close to those breakers, are the ejaculations from tlio people on shore. The vessel is in stays and swings around on the starboard tack, pitching fearfully in the troucfh of the sea. Urave men on shore hold their breath, the women can only wring their hands and cry for mercy for the unfortunate crew. A tremendous sea strikes tho ship and she is thrown on her side; another and the spars are gone, the sails and rigging are overboard ; another and the little ship is smashing in ijieces. Heaven help the crew bursts from the horror-stricken people on shore; no one can be saved. A boat is at once launched, and brave men volunteer to go to the scene of the wreck. A speck is .'r Uke. (6) Governor, Lioutcnnnt or Deputy Governor, Lord Pro- prietor, inomber of the King's or Oovernor'n Council or Legifi- Intive Body in tlie Colonies of Now York, New Jeriey, Virgina, I'ennRylvania, and Doleware; (c) Lord Proprietor, (Jovornor, Deputy Governor, or member of the Council, or of the Lrgiiilative Itody in Maryland and the ('arolinofl; (fi) Governor, Deputy Governor, Governor'n AHsistant, or Commissioner to the United Colonie« of New England, or mem- ber of the Council, Body of ARgiotantB, or Legirlative body in any of the New Knglnncl Colonies. One collateral representative of an ancestor, such as above specified, shall be eligible to membership, provided there be no lineal dcscendcnt, and provided that such person bo the oldest collateral representative in the male line of such ances- ter. or has tiled with the Secretary -General of the Society written renunciations from all other persons having nearer claims to representation. No State Society shall adopt any rule of eligibility for mem- ship which shall admit any person not eligible for memberBhip in the General Society. Initiation fee, five dollars ; annual dues, five dollpf8;rt pay- ment of fifty dollars at any one time shall constitute a life membership with exemption from annual dues. Should you de.«ire to become a memlier of the Society, ap- plication blanks can be obtained from the Secretary. WALTER K. WATKINS. 18 Somerset Street- Secretary, Terms of Surrender in 1745. Terms of capitulation agreed to June 15, 17-1.5, for the sur- render of the town and fortress of liOuisbourg, and the territories thereunto belonging, between Commodore Warren and General Pepperrell, on the English side, and M. de Chambon, the Governor of Louisbourg : — 1. — That if your own vessels shall be found insuflicient for the transportation of your persons and elTects to France we will provide such a farther number of vessels as may be sufficient for that i)urpose, also any provisions necessary for the N'^yage that you cannot furnish yourselves with. 2. — That all the Commissioned Officers belonging to the Gar- rison and the inhabitants of the town may remain in their houses with their families and enjoy the free exercise of their religion, and no person shall be suffered to misuse or molest them, till such a time as they can conveniently be transported to France. H. — That the non-commissioned officers and soldiers shall, immediately upon the surrender of the town and fortress, be put on board one of His Britannic Majesty's ships till they can also be transported to France. 4. — That all your sick and wounded shall be takon tender care of in the same manner with our own. 5. — That the Commander-in-Chief of the garrison shall have leave to send off two covered waggons, to be inspected only by one officer of ours, that no warlike p♦^re may be contained therein. (J. — That if there are any persons in the town or garrison which you desire shall not be seen by us, they shall be per- mitted to go off miiskcd. " The above we do consent to, and promise on your com- pliance with the following conditions," viz: — 1. — That the surrender and due performance of every part of the aforesaid iironiises be made and completed as soon as possible. 2. — That as a security for the punctual performance of the same, the Island Battery, or one of the batteries of the town, shall be delivered, with all theartillery and warlike store there- unto belonging, into the possession of His Britannic Majesty's troopr, before six of the clock this afternoon. Hytlnt-y llftrUtr. 8.— That His Britannic Majesty's ships, now lying before the port shall lie at liberty to enter the harbor of [jouisburg, with- out any molestation, as soon after six of the clock this afternoon as the Commaniler-in-Cliief of the said ships shall think tit. 4. — That none of the officers, soldiers nor inhabitants in Louisburg, who are subjects of the French King, shall take up arms against His Britannic Majesty or any of his allies until after the expiration of the full term of 12 months from this time. 5. — That all the subjects of His Britannic Majesty who are now prisoners with you shall be immediately delivered up to u«, P. Warrbn, W. pKrPKBKI.I,. " It having l)cen desired by the Governorof Louisburg that his troops might march out of the garrison with their arms and colors, and t" be delivered into the custody of Commodore Wnrrcn and Mr. I'eiiporrell, until the said troops arrival in France, and to be then returned to them. The same was con- gonted to." Ht. PptBr» Canal. Terms of Surrender in 1758. Articles of capitulation between their Excellencies Admiral Boscawen and Major-Gciieral Amherst, and his Excellency the Chevalier Drucour, Governor of the Island of Cnpo Breton, of Louisburg, the island of St. John and their appurtenances: — 1. — The garriHon of Louisburg shc'l be prisoners of war, and shall be carried to England in the ships of His Britannic Majesty. 2. — All the artillery, ammunition, provisions, as well as the arms of any kind whatsoever, which are at present in the town of Louisburg, the islands of Cape Breton and St. John, and their apjjurtenances, shall be delivered, without the least dam- age, to such eomiiiissaries as shall be appointed to receive them, for the use of His Britannic Majesty. ■?. Tl.o Governor shall give his orders that the troops which are in the island of St. John, and its appurtenances, shall go on board such ships of war as the Admiral shall send to receive them. 4. — The gate, called the Porte Dauphin, shall be given up to the troops of his Britannic Majesty by to-morrow, at eight o'clock in the morning, and the garrison, including all those that carried arms, drawn up at noon on the esplanade, where they shall lay down their arms, colors, implements and orna- ments of war ; and the garrison shall go on board, in order to carried to England in a convenient time. 6. — The same care shall be taken of the sick and wounded that are in the hospitals as of those belonging to His Britannic Majesty. 6. — The merchants and their clerks that have not carried arms shall be sent to France in such manner as the Admiral shall think proper. (Sgd.) Le Chevaueb de Drucoub. LouisBOUHO, 26 July, 1758. ^ Lieuti'iuiut'(lf-iiiiriit it to our ri-iidcrs.] DoHtun of the present diiy would not he recognized hy the citizen of u century »nd ii half ii;{0. The protile of the? city of todtty, heiii-s no resenihhmee to tlnit of 174"). The half dozen spires of the past which survive iire hid heneiith their tall neighbors of to-day, and oven u near ap|)roaeh reveals changes in the architecture of thi^ survivors of the eighteenth century. Kven the dwellings of the dead have heen invaded, encroached upon ancl surroumleil hy modern fences, and the t/'ominon has suffered the same fate and heconie modernized, with its asphalt walks and itx moiiumi>nts. The old boundary lines have been obliterated and water lia.s been .supplanted by land and dwellings. A tour of the ohl shore line would be perambulating at the present day without one being able to cast a stone into the water. The shore line in 1745 was as follows; Starting at a point near^the corner of Shawnmt avenue and Dover street, running north to Indiana ))lttce, the line theneurveii parallel with I'leasant street; anil between that street and Church street till Park s(|uaru wa.s reivchod ; then following Charles street irregularly to a point on West Cedar street, half way bittween Cambridge ami Revere streets, and thence a line forndng a cove, which partly included the grounds and buildings of the Massachusetts General Hospital site. At the corner of Allen ami Hrighton streets the line curved with Brighton to tlu^ line which would lie formeil b)' a continu- ation of Wall street, from the corner of Wall and Causeway streets to Haymarket sipiare, the line followeil South Mai'gin and Bowker streets, and thence swept by a curve nearly parellell with North Margin and Prince streets to Charles River bridge. This la.st boundary formed the old Mill Cove, which was crosseil by a raised strip of land calleil the Causeway, now Causeway street. From Chartcatown bridge the shore line followed the present Commercial and North streets to Faneuil Hall, where the Town Dock was located in the early day.s. From thence the line followed Mei-chant's Row and Kilby Htreet to Liberty square, the space now occupied by Post Office Bi]Uare being a small cove, thenco along Batterymarch street to Vii*Ai|iiiir»l Sir IVMr \V«rr..n, K. II., I,. I,. 1>. lima 1 street and India Kcpiaro. Fort Hill then sloped to Atlantic avenue, curving to what is now the corner of Pearl and Purehaso streets, and from that point the line followi^il Purchase street to the font of Sumiricr street, then along Federal to Fast street, then curving near Beach street to Washington street, and between that thoroughfare and the water to Dover street. Many of these stretits owe their names at diH'erent periods to their ancient location as the water line of the town. Pleasant street, laid out in 174:{ its a private way, scnin ;ic(piired its name fiom the view aH'erded a(M'oss the bay of the hills of Brookline and Roxbury. Causeway stri^et was the ancient Causeway atid North and South Margin streets bounded the shores of the Mill Pond. Commercial street still suggests our connneree by the way of the sea. North street from Cross street to Fleet ■iUwt in the last century was Fish street, while the street from Fleet street to Chelsea Ferry was Shi|) street. Dock sipiare neede no comment. A part tif Kilby street wius onei' Mackerel Lane, and Water street led to the water's edge. A part of FiMlural street «as Sea street, and ,)ust back of it was Cove street, while the locality to this day llourishes in police annals as the South Cove Bctach street ran from Washington street " Kastward by the Sea Side." As to a more particular description of the town we can quote a contemporary diary, that of Capt. Francis lioelet: " Boston, the Metropolis of North America, Is Accounted the Largest Town upon the Contenant, Haveing about Three Thousand Houses in it, about two Thirds them Wooden Framed, C'lap Boarded, etc., ami .some of thcim Very Spacious Buildings, which, together with their (lardons about tbein, Cover a Great deal ground. They are for the most Part Two and three Stories bigli, mostly Sasheil. Their Brick Building are much better and Stronger Built, more after the Modern Taste, all Sashd and Prety well Ornamented, haveing Yards and Gardens adjoyning also. The streets are very Errcgular; the Main Streets are Broad and Paved with Stone the Cro.ss Streets are but Narrow, mostly Paved e.xcep towards the Outkirts the Towne. The Towne Extends abt two Miles in Length North and South, and is in sonm places A mile and Others j mile Broad, has One Main Street, Rung the whole Length. The Towne from North to South and Tolerable broad the Situation is Vastly Pleasant, being on a Neck Laml. The Tide Flowing on East Side that Part the Towne may be termed an Island. The water whic'. Parts it from the Main Contenant is about 20 foot over, with draw Bridges, and where the Tide Runs very strong trough. The Harbour is defended by a Strong Castle of a Hundretl Guns, Built upon an I.sland, where the Shipping must pass by and within Hale. Its Situation is Extraordinary, as it Commands on Every Siii\g nrar Imlf an Kn^'liNh mile in h-n(;th anil runs ilircct out, One Niilo whereof is full of wliare FIouseH from One Km! to the Other. The Hostoniers HuiM a vast Nuuih'r VesselU for Sale, from Small Sloops u]) to Topsail Vessells from a Hunilred Tons to .'t, 4 unil ^> liiii\ilreil Tons, ami are noted for (iood Sailitif; Vessells, they Rutui mostly upr part Sashed, which (Comprehends Several. The I'uhlick OHices the Town; at the Soutliermost Knd is the Naval Office. The Middle, The Surveyors the Marketts offices. They have also a Town House Built of Brick, Situated in Kinjjs Street. Its a very Urand Brick Buildinfj Arch'd all Krdinate to Englanti for its laws, etc., hein;; a Kind's Government. The Oovernour is a person appointeil from Home wdut re|>resent(i his Majesty. The Government Laws are Compyld hy the Councill and Great General Assend)ly. The Former Represents the House of Lords and the Latter Conniions, and the Govcrnonr Signs them and then they Pass in a Law. In By w«r« t<> lie jiiiii«il with thrvn hiimlrv)! mihI Hfty triwipM inni'f, niiHifil liy th« ((ovurtiiiifiit of New lUmpithiro for thn Miiiiit' wrvivK, upon my Mpnlicnlion tii (Jov. Wt-ntworth, nml to jiriK^eil frmii tliuncii liy the nMt fuvour- kIiIo (ipiHtrtunitv to ('hnppfuwroii^tt Huy, to which pliivit I rxiH't-t they will Im* followiHl roiiic tinio thiH wi>iy five hiniilred ti-iMi|iN more from ( 'unnccticiit, rniNt'il lil for the Haiiie Hervice liy thut ({ovvrnnivnt, upon uiy upplii'utioii to llu>in." During; thit .SieKo of LouiMhui-f; iininy of thf Mirk itnii wuunilnl were mint to HoHtoii, iiH Ih Kviiliinci'd liy thx folliiwin^: " At a Mi'dtin^ of the K«>li'ct nit-n, Oct Dilh. I74A, Votoil, Thut Applipiilion Im< iiimh- to IiIh Meinour, th« Ijirutcrinnt (iovtiiin'i' lunl Coinifil, to Htop VfHM>lN roiiiiiif; fiuui (Jiiih> Hn>ton with Hiok IVnioimon liuurd at his MnjcHty x C'littlu William until Kxnniininl, etc" Accordingly the following Mi^nioriiil wuHUgreeil to be present- ed, vix. : Phovincc or THR MAH.sAciirHKTi'H Bat. To the Honouralilii 8|M-ncer Phips, ICwi., Lieutenant (lovvrnor anti Oininiander in chii'f fur ihe tiino U'lng of the Pruviucii uforewiid, aiul to the Honourable IiIh MajeHtyH Council of Haid Provinee. The Memorial of the SubncriburH, >S>'luct men of the Town of KlveH obliged for the safety and Prewirvation of the InlmbittiiitM of the Province to lay this matter lieforo your Hiinoiirrt, praying that you will please n'wa orilers that all VeHmdls that shall hereafter come from ('ape Breton may not pitNH the C'listle until they be examined ai> to the Health a. id ('ircuiiistanres they are in by Home person your HonourH shall appoint fur that purposr, and that suitable phtees and persons with all tliiiii(H necessary may be proviiled for such siek aa shall eiime in miid VeNsells, or that your Honours will lie pleased to hike such other methods for the .Safety and Preservation of the liihiibitants of this Province ,is you shall jud){e liest And your M. uioiialists Nhall ever pray, e(e, SKi.Ecr Mkn. Itoston, October Kith. I74r> At a Meutin;; of the Select men, Oct. INth, 174A. PreHent Samuel Atlami*, Ksq., Mr. Hancock, Cr»pt iSleel, Capt Salter. In Answer to the Memorial presented by the Selectmen to his Hoiiuur the Lieut, (lifvernour & Council renpectin;; Soldiers ciimiii); Irom Cupu Breton siek with Fevers, etc., as Enter'd the loth instant the following; order pas.s'i| in CNiiineil, Vi/..: At a Council held at the Council Chamber in Boston upon Friday, the IHth of Octolier, 174.^. On the Memorial of the .Selectmen of the Town of Boston. In answer to this Memorial, Voted, that the memorialists be di'si.ed forthwith to pioviile a Suitable House or Houses in smiie remote part of the Town of Boston for the recepticm of NUeh Siek Persons »" shall come in hither from LouiHbour^ and appoint some proper persons to Visit all Vessels coming in from thence, ainl upon the Memorialists lieinjf informed of any sick persons on board that they ijive Orders for their removal to such House as .sSall be proviilt'd for them as aforesaid, and all iiecessiiry care Be there taken of them in Order to their Ueco 'ery, and that His Honour the Lieutenant Oovernour, be desireil to 1. Ureen Hill lottery, 2. Rngligh Uatt«ry. 3. 8quarp batU'ry. i, Biigliiih liglitliuiiiw MtUiry. 6. Gnud Batt«>ry. n. IkUiiiI battary. 7. CiUutel. 8. IlinliiUl. U. Weat gate. in. .Snuth gak'. 11. King's gat4i. 12. KtKt gnti'. I.S. Lighuioni*e. 14, Warrvn'd oll'lii Suptrfu l.^ ViyOanl. 16. Firt! Sliip. 17. Fire u'h'KiiH'r. IH. French iiriv»t»Hrr. 111. Capt. dayton'a ahi|i. 20. Cant. Tyiig'n "hip. 21. When) iilii)Mi watfrtnU 22. Kinx*!! wharf. 23. Inm \Mttury, 24. Ciruular battery. Loiiiabourg in 1806. give Orders try Vcsscll cdiiiiiii^ up fnmi Loiiisbnur;;, wlictlici' tliry Imve any nick mi iHurd or nut, and in t'asf tliry Imvc, tlwit lio put an ortictT on IJounl to )>n'vcnt uny Sick ]i('rsons ^oinj; or licini; carrii'd on Slioar any otln'rwisc tlian accordinj; to the tirder of tlie nuMiiorialists, and tliat tlic snid oHici^r take can' tliat sucii Vessel docs conic to Aiiclior in tlie ('liannci and not come up to the VVhartV till the iiicmorialists f;ivc' Lihcrty. Copy, Kxaniined, p. J. Wii.i.AUi), Sccr'y. On 27tli Jan. 17+')-4(i, His Kycelleney (/oloiid Siiiiley dcHircd " the Lilicrty of '•'ancuil Hall to \>»t in the Cloaths licjonj^iiiff to the Soldiers, i:c , of his Rcpinient at Louishurj,', that lu-'ll do no ])ainai;(! to .said Hall, hut deliver up the same when di'sircd. The late business cnter|)ri.se roriiied for the iiiininf; of coals in the Provinces is hut a repetition of history. At a inoutinj,' of the Selectmen May 4, 1747. Voted, That a Petition he drawn up and presented to hi.s Kxeellency, (lovernor Knowli.'s (who is now residing; in this Town) for Liberty for the Inhabitants of the 'I'own of Boston to letch Sea (Vjal from Cape Breton for their u:.e, which was accorcJiiiirly done and is as follows, viz. .■ To Mis K.\eellency Charles Knowles, Ks(|., (lovernour and Conunander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Cape Breton in North America, now resirlinj; in the Town of Boston, in the Province of the .Ma.s.saeh\isetts Bay. The Petition of the Sub.scribers, Select men of the Town of Boston, for and in behalf of mud Town. Hundily Shi'Weth, That this Town for many V'ears past has been Supplii'd with Fire Wood broU2[ht from the Kastward parts of this Province, an!Mi. The father, Jonathan, became quite wealthy, and, retiring from business as a merchant, lived a life of leisure till his death, May 31, 1731. Samuel Waldo married, 1722, Lucy, doughter of Francis Wainwright, of Ipswich. In his youth he was brought up in a commercial career as assistant to his father, and later was associated with his brother, Cornelius. Ilia dealings in the products of the coast of the eastern part of the province, consisting of fish, naval stores and lumber, wbieh he shipped to the West Indies, brought return cargoes of rum, molasses, sugar, and an oc' asional siTvant. recruited from the negroes of that section. .'•''inihir exports to Europe brought the necessaries of life to tho settlers of the province, and, by way of barter, the real estate of the Waldos became augmented by possession in the District of Maine. Among others was their interest in the Muscongus Patent, which was a tract of nearly a thousand Hquare miles, embracing nearly tho whole of the present counties of Knox and Waldo, Maine. In 171'.> this patent, granted in 1(V20, to John Beauchamp and Thomas Levcrett, was divided into ten shares, and those owning the shares were known as the "Ten Proprietors." Twenty partners were also taken into the scheme, who were ternieil the " Twenty Associates." Among these latter were the father and brother of Samuel Waldo. Through Samuel Waldo's efforts to protect tho claims of tho proprietors and their recognition of his services, he acquired one-half the whole ])atent in payment of his efforts. By pur- chase, he later acquired still more of the tract, thus acquiring a large interest in the District of Maine. To protect this interest and its industries was the source of his assistance and activity in the Loiiisbi>urg expedition, and in later campaigns in th(Vnorth-east country. 'Flic Cnxc of Samuel Waldo, nf liosUm, in the Prnrinre of Afassu' chtt«iiti< liaij ill Kiw Kntjland Ksii. Ill '.he year 1740, War Imvinjf been declared between Great Britain and Spain, ann a riijiture with France being greatly apprehended, Mr Waldn, then in Eiiglaml, thought it bis Duty as One well iiC(|Uaintcd with Aiiierieaii aU'airs to lay before his (iraci^ the Duke of Ncvvcnstle, then One of his Miije;sty's principal Sicrctaiics of State, a plan for the reiluction of t"a))e Breton, and the French Territories on Canada River, to be put in Execution as soon as a War with that ('rown should hii.pjien — In th(t year 17-M, Mr Waldo embarked for Nt'W England and soon after his arrival there, conimnnicatcd to Mr. Sliirlej', his Majesty's ( iovcriiiMir of the Massachusetts Bay, the said Plan, and gave him a <'i)py thereof, which he was pleased to approve of— In I74+, the Attack of the French on Canccui having alarmed New Kngland, tlii' project of attacking the French in their scttlciiienis was adopted liy the (ieneial Court of the Provinct; of the Massacliiisclts Bay, whereupon an lOntcrjjrize was formed against Cape Bretoii and Mr Waldo, who then had the honour of being One of His Mnjestvs ('onneill. and had the ('ommand of the provincial Troops eni|Jo}ed on the t'ldiitiers, and the Chief Dircelioii in builling there a number of Forts in order to |)ievent the Incursions of the Freiuth and their Indians, and to keep those in the Knglish Interest steal" in that attachment, was ealleil U|ion to engage in this Expt lition : and notwithstanding the Inconvenience to his own private Ati'airs, and especially to some new Settlements he had ma raised : and veiy inconsiderable with respect to the pay of OtHcers: many of whom as wi^ll as Mr. WaMo embarked in this umlertaking from a desire of doing essential service to the Interest (){ (ireat Britain, and of her ('clonics, rather than from any j)ri)spect of private advantage to ti.eniselves - Hy Mr. Waldo's Credit \' Influence in the Province: and by his .juuiney into divers parts of it, to encourage fr facilitate the Enlistment of .Men, he was enabled in a very short time, not only to niise his own Regiment, but several other Companies, which were turned over to other Regiments, with whom he einbarkcd, I'tf arrived at the general ivnilevous at Canceau (near 200 Leiigiies distant from Boston) on the 5th of April, «iid notwithstanding they were impelled, near three weeks by the Ice, with which the whole coast of Cape Breton was blocked up, tb« I I mmm LoverV Lan«, Sydn«>y. Troops wore all liimled on thtit IhIaikI, Ix'fore the End of the month, when Mr. Wiililo landeil with the Krst detachment and upon the Enemies abiuidonin^ their jjrand Battery he beinc then next in rank in the Field to Willinm Peppiirell, and appointed to sustain that important Post : and had the charge and care thereof, and of all the advanced works (consisting of three other Batteries) diirinj; the whole siejje whicli continued 49 davs, until the I7th June, 1745, when the strong Fortress of Louisbourg, together with the Island Battery were reduced to his Majestys Obedience — Upon this important Con(|uest, and the resolution taken in a Council of War to keep Possession of the Place, Mr. Waldo instead of being able to return to his affairs in New England, was ubligerting bimself in his return to Boston — Besides the Time. Services and Expences aforesaid bestowed on the said Expedition, Mr. Waldo by his Endeavours to serve the Public therein sutfereil great Li>sses in his private Fortune & Estate in the said Province, in having tliro his zeal for the sair General for that purpose, as they intended to do, had tiiey not been pre- vented by suggestions of its interfering with the Demand of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, which had paid money upf>n account for supporting the Place after the Conquest — Upon the arrival of the Reinforcement from Gibraltar, the American ()flScers returned Home: and the Province of the Massachusetts Bay having made a Computation of the Pay of their Officers, not only for the time they were engaged in the Expedition, but also during the time of their being detained-in Garrison at Louisbourg, upon the Terms of their incompetent & expired Establishment offered and paid money to Individuals upon such computation, which the pressing necessities of most of the Officers obliged them to accept of ; and the said province having in this manner closed their account, transmitted it to England, as the Foundation in their Claim in an Application to Parliament for a Reimbursement, wherein they made no charge in regard to Mr. Waldo, either for Pay during their temporary Establishment, or that he had so dearly earned during his Deten- tion upon the Absolute neces.sity of continuing in Oarri.son for security of the place, till relieved by his Majestys Troops; .so that he remained without pay as an Officer, withont reimbursements of his Expence, or any rocompenee for his Losses : fmt not doubting but he should be consiileretl favourably on these several Heads, when he should make his humble Application to His Majesty for that purpose which he was upon the point of doing — When he was again called npon in consequence of his Majestys (Commands, signified by Letters from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, in April 1740, to take part in the then intendev:nce of the f the Pay of gageti in the a; detained 'in icotnpetent & 3 Itidividnala ies of most of said province imitted it to pplication to lie no charge ir temporary ng his Deten- Oarrison for >ps; so that he inrsemcnts of us : but not ily on these pplication to the point of acnce of hi8 is Grace the in the then d him a pro- Army, as he pon him, an guiiH. Lark, 40 giniH- {JStnreHliip.) v;»;io..f 'li """-— Hriwi taicen May IS. (.laiin's I )otiKla4K gut coiiinmnil of lirr.) bark, 40 g\inH- (M Vigilant, tH gun«- SKA FORCKa OK MA.H.S.UJHl'SKTTH. Ma5BaehuKPtt« frigate, 'Si giuiB, Capt. K»lw. Tyiig. C.-W'sar, i?*> gtlnn, Capt, .Snelling. .Snow IVincf of Orange, Itl guns, Capt. .Suiitllhurst. Brig, Iloaum iwiki't, 10 gunn, Capt. Hiotor. Sloop, 12gnn.-4, Capt. Dfinahew, '* 8 '* Capt. Saunders. S " Cant. Hwtli. " liire, 1745, made the following remark reganling the ftrength "f the fortresa :■- " 1 should he glad vourowTi eye* may see this ijhice, for just repp'sentation of tlie strength .uid forrniilahleness of it." LotlislMtU ertptUred 1 carniot V .luW r rt'iich nrnkt' a CONTENTS. lA>uisb()iii|F... • 1 hxlitorial Nutt.*s * The Hieit«>riual ImiMrt of the Munument ••..* S Th« Luuiabourg Celflbration ■ J KeminiMoenofw .»f Old Louinbourg J Why WftH LouifllxiurK Twicti Be«ieged ? • « Kxwrpt from Murdoch's Hialory of Nov»Sooti» U Col. Vvilliam Vnughan, of Louihbourg F«me H ItH (rlitry I>t^)mrt(-d ••• IJ I^niihbourg ami iu Advantage >■ a FUhiiig Port 10 Ijohh (if the Mary Maria 17 S,Ki.-ty ..f Cohniial Warn 17 THniii* uf Hiirrmider in 1745 W • l7ftH IH HiMttMi am! tliR liOuinUniiv Kxpcdition of 1745. IW HriKiulitT-timi. Samtit^t Waldo 33 ( ■iiiiimtMlon' Warren''* S<|mulron 2f| Thi- Fall of |j(}tiiHb<)iir{^ 311 I'mt^rniiune of Celubration 20 ILLUSTRATIONS. Town nf Sydney. Black K^x-k, lAtniHh^nirg. Battfry iHland tiHikiuK towardu LoiiiaTtourg Harbor. Kupi)on«Kl Wnlfe'n Otitltxik. (Jrfimdit'r I^^'ap. (iraitd Ilaitf'ry ItNiking (owardii Citadel. KtiiiiH of Ciwi'inate. Lo»^kiiitf from Tiu-omb'.-* Ilatf^'ry timnrdti Citadel* Fmin the Cilaiuh and Kninwl Wall. Flan of OldTuwnand FortitiratiimH. KniiiH of B»ver'H Lam*, Sydney. Town of Sydney. MeKenzie Houfte (advertitiement.) Old Fioneen*' Fit, Sytlney Mine-s. S. S. Tvirret lUy. St. Peter's Canal. WhyLfKtuna^h Hay. Batldwk Bridge. Neil FergiHon {adverti-it-tnent. ) C II. Harrington k Co., (lulviTtiseinent.) J. lint-nwHll (lulvertiHement.) K. (-'. Hunrahan, F»«j., VitM* Fren. Sydney Bmird i>f Trade. ,1. K. Bim;heII, Kmii., PreMldi-nt Sydnev lioard of Trade. ■ Mayor MeUiiiaM, Sydney. Cal'-donia (Villiery on Hue Sytlnny and LouislHinn? Ilailway. .Mi-l>onaUt, Hanrahan A. Cm. (adviTtisi-ment.) The '-Syilney" Hnti-I. iJining KiHun, "Sydney" Motnl. Crawh-yV Creek (Sydney Hntt-I, ad\ ertiwrnt-nt.; \Vtntworth Cnt'k. Crawley "s Crrt-k, ■■ " LiKiking down Sydney llarU)r from the Sydney Hotel, (adv.) Knglifh Mtflal Stniek on (>apture of Limir^bourg. Frem h Medal Strn«k on the FuiuHlatinn nf the.Fortri'fw of Louin- Utiirg in I72U. Old Cannon, prohahly of tli.- Hith Crntnry, found at Irf»ui»l)ourg. Admiral Sir lltmnM-n Walkers CiffM^ in Hydney llarlHir, 1711. CrtMN taken from the Freneji Parish Chnn^h in 1745, and now over theentranoe to thetinre Hall, Harvi::.l UnivefHity. Sigtrnture" at :i Comuil of War, .lune H, 174^, ou 1) irtrd th. •' Sii|«>rl)e,' of I,.iin'l>ourg. l:i«agi' Bann Falln, Biuldeuk, M»yur Mc'l>i>nnlfl, Sydnpy. Programme. At the ceremony of unveiling the Monument erected by tlie Society in comroemoratiou of the One Hundred and Fiftietli Anniversary of the Surrender of the Fortress on June 17th, 1745, to the New England Troops, under Lieutenant Oenertil Pepperrell, assisted by the British Fleet, under Commodore Warren. Meeting called to order by the Chairman of the Committee, «t noon, in the King's Bastion of the Fortress of Louisbourg. 1— Prayer by the Cliaplain General, the Reverend C. Ellis Stevens, L.L.D., D.C.L. 2.— Address by Frederic J. de Peyster, Esq., Governor-General of the Society. 3. — Addresses by repre.sentntives from the Societies in M.i.ssa- chusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Vermont. 4.— Address by Dr. J. (J. Bourinot, C.M.O., representing the Royal Society of Canada. 5.— Address by Hon. Everett Pepperrell Wheeler, a descendant of Sir William Pepperrell, Bart, of New England. 6. — Address by Edward F. de Lancey, Esc]., representing Sir Peter Warren and the Colony of New York. 7.— Address by an officer of the Historical Society of Nova Scotia. 8.— Address by Hon. D. H. Ingraharo, U. S. Consul General for Nova Scotia. ».— Unveiling of the Monument by His Honor Lieutenant Governor Daly, of Nova Scotia, on behalf of His Excel- lency the Earl of Aberdeen, Governor-General of Canada. 10 — Salutes. IL — Benediction by the Reverend T. Fraser Draper, Rector of St. Bartholomew's, Louisbourg. Fall of Louisbourg. David Hii'key in (flouceNtt'r Hhh'xi. "Let Thy wisdom, O Lord, guide us in the proposed great undertaking 1" Such was the fervent i>jitculatinn of a jiions member nf the Mrtssaohusetts Geiieral Court one hundi'od and fifty years ago, as one morning he UmI his family in theii usual devotions. The language was mystery to all pr^swnt save himself. What the ''great undertaking" might happen to be, even his wife was ignorant of. Hut like the goornor Jienning Wentworth, who, by the way, judging liy his portrait, must have l>een an exceediugly con- sequential .'us treatment. We are, your humble servants, " PETEK WAUHEN. " WILLIAM PEPPEJtELL." The terms were accepted, and on the 17th of June Pepperell marched in by the west gate and received the keys of the city from the defeated governor. To quote the words of tJoffiu : " The French commander was brave ; but seeing how it must end hung out the white flag and on June 17th the great fortress, with all its cannon and nineteen hundred soldiers surrendered to the ship- builder of Kitlery, and the brave men who with undaunted enthusiasm had obeyed his orders." In the language of Bourinot: "The siege bad lasted in all forty-seven days and must always be remembered as among the mo.st glorious exjdoits ever achieved by a Iwdv of volunteers." ••' .'■,.' s '■.f-Ktt±* f^iff^ '^41 1 '^'^'^'jHR ■£]]f£Ji jE ^^ ''-'''''"'l^^l jW '''''"' i^iExliH^^H^I I0HM ^^x 1^ Wm ■Hi ^k .^'i^L^^^H ^H Bp^*' ^i^^i Kk^ ' V '"l^^^^^^^^^H ^H Ipi . t ^iv^^^^^^^^^^^l ^^^^^^H wBJLiiT ^^'^'^H^^H HHI nil f^^'.i": ^F >V^_ ■■;( . " '^"^ J.*E.;BuixIii'1I, K»ci., Pronidcnt .Sydney Boord of Trade. K. C. Hanniti»ii,;K«|., Vice-Prmldent Sydney 13poiied Wolf's Uutlnok. Wentworth /. House. Cor. of WALNUT and SOUTH CHARLOTTE STREETS, SYDNEY, CAPE BRETON. OdR iimV GOODS. GROCERIES. reyR boots an«i shoes. LINES 'GL>\SS\VAHE «nti G'ROGKERVWARE. Come iind hiivp n look at our CLOVE COUNTER. ^ LaCRARCRGUSG GLOVe. A NEW MAKE. ARE JUST .SOFT KXOlCiH, Jl'ST >TRON(t ENOrOH, JUST .STVLlJ^Il ENOUGH, JU:?T LOW ENOUGH IN PKICE ^ TO SUIT EVERVBODY. |D. J. ^ ynAGBON AliD. ^ Telephone No. 56. Sydney House.* Matheson,Townsend & Co. w/mf./,nw//////////^//////////////^///////////////. ///v////^/////////////////// ////// ///////////'/////////////////////////^////yy////yy//yf I7«PORTERS HMD DEKUERS IN GEHERAIi DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, FOOTWEAR, CHINA and GLASSWARE. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT ilSSISSK THE LATE.'^T AI>niTION TO OUR BUSINI>S Is; THE.. THE DAIIxY DRESSER. s-^"iDisrE"Z', c. B., crxjisrE 17, lass. The color groui>iiig.'! in the newost Hnts and Bonnets nre very lovely, and the grent vuriety of Fancy Straws insures a satis- fpctory choice for all. Gau/.y Ril)l>on.i, Rich Laces, and Fancy Huckle.^, leni!.)i;u<-li til ttx- D.'uly Drp^.-H.T. I Mutheson, Townsend it Co., have just received a New and Select Stock of the most Fashionalile Millinery Materials. Insiiectiou invited. A FASHIONABLE HAT. .•V mixture of light and dark straw, witli low. ro\ind crown, and a narrow brim, that is outlined with a Fancy Straw Ruch- ing. At eadi side are wings of lace, spangled and eilged with jet, and directly in front of the wings is secured a hunch of I'arnia violets. Tlie fashionable Dutch Bonnet is of black silk, and is trimmed with jet and feathers, and also with tlowers and grasses. 'Twrsmns'smmw!^ "■ ' -* > $■ !' 2^ Premier House ^/ntn)'Afii'Aihnmne»iUfMti Mcdonald, hanrahan & co. SUMMER IMPORTATIONS FROM LOjlDO^ 9DU GLASGOQ^ VYc arc sl}oWii>g tl>e [^apgcst, Most Fttshio^able ai(d GtY<^upcst Goods ip Sydney. IN DRESS GOODS WE SHOW A VERY LARGE RANQE IN ALL THE LEAOINQ SHADES, With prices ranging from loc. !or 40 inches wide' up to igi 20. In Crepons, Duck Suitings and Muslins, we excel. - Dress Trimmings and Fiiire Chamois, Print Cot- tons, Sateens, Lawns, and \'erona Cords Our PRICES ARE LOWER THAN EVER Laces, Flouncing, and Embroidery of every de scr.ption, Kid, Silk and Lisle Gloves Parasols, Umbrellas, and Gossamers. Silks, in Black and Colored. Ladies' and Children's White Goods. Blouses, Shirt Fronts, Chimesettes, Collars and Cuffs, " Queens Gate " Hosiery. IN HOUSE FURNJSHINQS We are offering very low prices in Lace Curtains, Curtain Lace, Window Shades, Curtain Poles, Art Muslin. Scotch, Jute, Hemp, and Tapestry Carpets. Turkish Rugs, Kensington Art Squares, Tyke Squares. White, Pink, and Blue Quilts, Pillows, Mattresses, of all kinds. Furniture in Parlor and Dining Suites. Wicker and Bamboo Furniture, Verandah Chairs. BOOTS AND SHOES. HEN'S FURNISHINGS. This department is stocked with all the latest English and .American Styles in ! Neck Wear, Collars, Cuffs, } White & Col'd Shirts, Outing Shirts, 1 Sweaters, Silk Underwear, Lisle Thread Underwear, Balbriggan Underwear, "Stanley" Hats, Caps, Bicycle Hosiery. READY-HADE CLOTHING. We claim that our stock of Clothing is as Good Fitting and as Well .Made as Custom Work. We have Suits from $2 50 up. Men's Silk Umbrellas, Mackintoshes, Oil Coats, Rubber Hats Hosiery in Wool, Cashme.''e and Cotton, etc , etc. OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT Is well stocked with New Goods arriving Daily, so that our many patrons can rely on getting Fresh Goods. We always keep a Nice Assortment ol SHELF HARDWARE, NAILS, etc. And finally, we keep a very large stock of small wares, which are too numerous to enumerate in this space. We a.sk intending purchasers to inspect our Mammoth Stock, and be convinced that our prices are right, the quality of our goods first-class, and the very best attention given. We claim to have the Best Assortment, the most Perfect Fitting, and the Cheapest Stock. McDonald, Hanrahan & Co. SoUtl) Gl^ariotte Street, - - - SYDNEY, G. B. TELEPHONE 17. »use GbASGOCO ashioi^able all the latest Shirts, in Underwear, osiery. NQ. ig is as Good Work. les, Oil Coats, otton, etc , etc. ^TMENT I'ing Daily, so getting Fresh tol ^ILS^etc. stock of small umerate in this inspect our that our prices first-class, and Co. \ G. B.