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TO HE LLL• L't ORS
OF HURON, PERTH AND BRUCE.
' elai rl.ailan :-
1 Tod are aware that when I
befits you at the late
Election 1 lead rot ae-
e)bpted Office, although 1 had
' teen gazetted as President of the
10xectntive Council My reasons T 6 N 8111 L L I N 011 t
- firf&
refusing that Oe . 1 stated r . • y a . e s . {
)�ron
to you plainly and in full. I then
explained to you, that altho
it is necessary to have a Ch
man or President, the dut
hitherto devolving upon the P
sident were not such as to w
rant the country in paying eig
hundred pntnda a year for
services. Since that time, ho
ever, the office of President of the
Council has been materially al-
tered and other important duties,
till now neglected, have: been
attached to it -so that it is now
in reality no longer a sinecure
and hence my principle objection
to it is entindy removed. In-
deed, it may be presumed that
the duties allotted to the Presi-
dent of the Council, in future,
are equal in number, and almost
equal in importance to the duties
performed by any other member
of the Cabinet.
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air- VOLUME V.
lee - — — — — — _ ---
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ar- MINUTES
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his r the Mvw+cipal Council for the limited Connors gf Ilisrort,
rN. a,iJ theta, met in the Court Room o/ the United
Counties God, on Moeda!', the 26th day y Jan-
uary, 1852, persuade to stands 12th
Vida -us charter SI.
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THE GREATEST POSSIBLE GOOD TO Tilt GREATEST POS81BLs NUMBLR•"
ignal.
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TWELVE AND SIX PlrCt
•T Thi Sall or Tel ta•a.
UODERICH, COUNTY OF HURON, (C. W.) TIIURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1852.
So early as the year 1841,
urged in strong terms, upon t
attention of the then Gove
'meet, the justice and t,tility
establishing a Department
Agriculture. feeling 'then as I
now, that if any one interest
department was entitled to t
consideration and vigilance
Legislature, that one should be
the Agricultural. This is Cana-
da's great interest—the founda-
tion of all our hopes of wealth
and prosperity; and notwith-
standing tiit comparative iudi
ference with which it has hithe
to been regarded, it is the on
which must furnish the " me
women and looney," that wi
ultimately raise us in the scale
of nations.
The Government has now
established a Department
Agriculture the management
which, together with severe
other duties connected with em
gration, and the statistics of th
Province are entrusted to th
Chairman of Committees or Pre
sident of the Council. And H
Excellency having been pleased
to offer me this office in its alter-
ed and improved character, I felt
460 it my duty and esteemed it an
honor:to aid in the deliberation
of an Administration in which
had full confidence—which I h<ad
assisted to form, and of which
expected to have been, from t.l
first, a member.
And although I still feel that
a gentleman of superior literary
attainments would more prope
ly discharge the duties of Chai
man of Cominittees, yet as Hi
Excellency and his Adviser
have been pleased to consider in
competent to the several dutie
now attached to the office, I have
accepted it. And in ding so,
affirm in contradiction of th
statements of the opposition an
discontented Press, that my ac
ceptance of it, in its presen
form, will be a considerable sav
ing to the country. It has been
alleged by certain portions o
the Press that I am at liberty to
accept and hold this office without
again appealing to my constitu-
ents. But, Gentlemen, whatever
the law may say on the sltbjtct,
I have too much respect for pub-
lic opinion and the principles of
our Constitution, to evade both
by availing myself of a legal
quibble. 1 shall, therefore, so
soon as a writ can iSBUt', that is,
so soon as Parliament meets, re-
sign my seat and give you, the
Electors of Huron, an opportuni•
ty of expressing, at the Polls,
your opinion of my conduct in
thus concurring in the first at-
tempt of any Canadian Govern-
ment to recognize and elevate
the agricultural interests by a
distinct Governmental Depart-
ment.
I have the Honor to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obed't serv'nt,
MALCOLM CAMERON.
CouscIL Boon, Gootmck,
tSaturday, 31thJanuary, 1852.
The Council met, and in the temporary absence of the Warden,
Dr. Cole wu elected to take the chair.
Pommes t -Dr. Cole in the Chair. n. t10[.IJF.1,
Mums. RATFI, MITCHELL.
WALLACE, HAYS,
HILL. NMITH,
McGOEY, ANNAND,
DOl
DO1G' DAVIDSON,
PENTLAND, CORBITT,
WALKER, LAMB,
RYAN,
The Minutes of yesterday were read over rad approved of.
100 Moved by Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, Tbet
I the Maps, Plates and Books presented to Ibis Council by the
he Chief Superintendent of Common Schools, be divided equally to
the Local Superintendents, that they may. have ao opportunity of
rn- exhibiting them in the different schools in their circuit, and ex -
of plaining their object an utility, and that a Committee of three be
O f now appointed to make the distribution.
101 Moved in amendment by Mr. Bath, seconded by Mr.
do Walker, That a Committee of three be appoiuted to divide the
Or Books and Maims presented to this Council by the Chief Superin-
he tendent, among the different Reeves for tbe use df the Scbools
of in Weir respective Townships. The ameodmcnt was carried by a
majority of nine. On a ballot being taken, the Committee was
declared to consistof Messrs. Rath, Hays and Ilolroes.
102 Moved by Mr. Hays, seconded by Mr. Wallace, That
the Statutes 12th Vic. and 13 and 14 Vic, to tbe hands of trip
late Reeves be handed over by them to their successors in office,
That the present Reeves be enabled more efficiently to perform
f their duty -carried.
103 Moved by Mr. Mitchell, seconded by Mr. I1111, That
r- toe Books, &e.received from tae Chief Superintendent be put in
C 22 separate ditiaioss by the Committee, and that the choices be
n balloted for -carried:
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104 Moved by Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr: Mitchell, That
that Treasurer eootiaoe bis correspondence with the Directors of
the Canada Company regarding the loon of £30,000, making
knows to them the steps now taken by this Council to provide for
the payment of interest and the redemption of said loan, in order
that some definite information may be laid before the Council at
be
meeting to be held for the passing oldie By -Law -carried.
105 Moved by Mr. Holmes, seconded by Mr. Wallace, That
the By -Law now read be approved cif, and that the Council do
meet on Tuesday, the fourth day of May next, at the Huron
Hotel, Goderich, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, for
the purpose of passing, or otherwise disposing of said By -Law,
and that the Clerk do give due notice of such meeting in accor-
dance with the 16th Section of the Municipal amended Act of
1851• married.'
106 Moved in amendment by Mr. Hays, seconded by Mr.
'AlcGoey, That the Iluron Hotel be struck out, and liarpurbey
be inserted as the place of our next meeting. On the yeas and
says being taken, the motion wu carried by a majority of eight.
107 Moved by Mr. Bays, seconded by Mr. 'Wallace, That
the Warden be instructed to sign a Debenture in favor of James
Gentles. for the stun of two pounds for the use of tbe rooms, can-
dles, &e. -carried.
108 Moved by Mr. Rath, seconded by Mr Hill, That the
ealariea of the County Clerk and Treasurer be continued as
amended for 1851 -carried.
109 Moved by Mr. Wallace, seconded by Pentland, That
the Warden be instructed to Petition the Goveromeot for aid in
constructing a Suspension Bridge, over the River Maitland, be-
ing tbe leading road to their lands towards the Nortb-carried.
110 Moved by Mr. Hays, seconded by Mr. McGoey, That
Tonmas Layton be appointed messenger for tbe current year, at
3s 9d per day --eared.
There being no more business before the Counr`il, the Chairman
declared the same adjourned till tbe first Mouday in May.
HENRY COLE, Chairman.
•For By -Law, see Appeedis.
APPENDIX.
- REPORT
f' Of the Finance Committee.
51aasttttss.-Messrs, Holmes, Hill, Wallace, Smith and
Robinson.
1 -our Committee having taken into consideration the aeyeral
documents submitted, beg leave to report.
No. 33 Letter from the Couoty Treasurer respecting the
loan anticipated, and other matters, ws recommend to be filed.
37 Letter of John Nairn, Esq., Secretary to the Board of
Public Instruction with accompaayuiig documents, first statement
of accounts due by the Board, amounting in the aggregate to
£'26 11 34. The items are, Int,
To Mr. Leturge for ase of Roots, ►efreal meats, dic., for two
days, X3 7 6.
Your Committee beg leave to my that there is no voucher for
this account, and cannot recommend it to be paid 1. ib present
shape. -
Second. Board of Educateoti to
Dec. 9, 1850. To three hi I. Rattep rand
asses of Hot Brandy,
'<
TO fair Dinners inclsding Beer,
To two Bottles Brandy,
10 Tb four Leaches, 74d,
FiItOM THE CAPE DE VEAALE8•
Borrow, March 1, 1852,
Amounts from the Cape de Verde leaade
to Jaas.ey lit, state that there bee bees a
groat deal of Maus. there, especially at
8t. Animate and Bt. Vincent. At the
letter pleas ws.rly tb,.,.leetthe of the
ps sbmtioa had died; at the femur, large
webers bed died; and the mortality wee
faete.ala� at the test seemed'.
Tile tltTashe bed .sAMed greatly from
MOM Brad raise, whish had prostrated hos-
sae sW destroyed .rep..
The tehsbitaab were WWited to live in
newt hews, and to the eases was ase►ibed
the treat rsortality.
A hater frost Messina, mf F.br..►y 8,
says Net for tem days previews, elm*
.hooks A *artbpake hid ben .xpen..eed.
*,. The .M S Mad thee far wrtb.t.nd tie.
Wil the tahaMtente were lea *so- 1
vt IlaaliwaMwt emoes
:r
X0 1 6
O 6 0
O 63
n To two Bottles of furter, y 0 3 0
To two glasses Brand �' 0 3 0
two Leaches, f' one hot do.,
024;
four Committee beg leave to sly that et are not aXr 1 74
that
a hill such as the above should be discharged b waei Public.-
.-
We refer this matter to the CCommit.y
Third. Board of Public instruction,
Por services u 8eerebe,To Alfred W. Otter, 5s.
'firs we recommend tobepaaid
Account of Benjamin Parsons for Stationery 18s 104d, we re-
commend to be paid.
Account of Rev. J. Log1. for expeoaes, £3, we recommend
to be paid.
Acrount of Mr. Mem Nedra for expenses attending Board
animating to 15s., we recommend to be paid.
Acco.at of James Redford for expenses Is attrailing Board 5s.
we recommend to be paid.
Aeeosnt of the Herron Signal for adv.
AB 8 8. we r•.otamead to be p•id. ttaa+ng' aenomtiteg to
Amount of the Harm Loyalist. for adv
LI 15 2, to he p�� , allaowmtimg to
Aeeotmt of Mr. ,lobs Noire for serlrieth sa Secretary to the
Board, .ateaat t3 iia, We enattl4pr lather ettrevast.f, es it
appeals that Mr. Nairn vela eeeapidetejth 11. ditlm .f _urs cry
..ash Ism eriod .f. time ems Mrs Otter seas ..Blagied is the
same d.ty. Your Cama .e themeless, rneseme ad that
be be allowed maty ties same amese t p
and would Seekat sdviaable to Im.Mtg Ch11t ii tie.
tn perform OM446, vim t
T '�i
Auden* Mss
*101111115aCht diet■,
N1MIBF.R IX.
refreshments amounting to t 1 11 101, we recommend that the
use of !loom and Stage fare only be paid, amounting to 18s 9d.
Account from M111. Balkwell fur use of Room and refreshments,
the same deliverance as the last.
Acconat Por Mr. AlcKid's trareiliog expenses, u there is no
voucher for, we eanaot recommend to be paid.
45 Petition of Lowe! to your Cor
Committee that there ean beiega d difficulty whichth regard to the way of
Benjamin Miller and others, who procured the subscription allud-
ed to in the above Petition, which would prevent the collection of
the same, if the suits were entered ii their own names, or that
of any individual to whom they might assign such list for collec-
tion. Your Committee cannot recommend ties Council to inter-
fere in the matter, as it does not ap; ear that the subscription List
ever was the property of this l.ouncil.
3' Letter and account from the Government Secretary's
(ice for hooks furnished to the County ltegistiar, amounting to
£7 17 G, we recommend to be paid.
66 Petition of Jaynes Jlrowo, Contractor for Carron Brook
wBridgith.e, praying for an advance ou contract. Your Committee
would recommend that the prayer of the Petition be complied
67 Being a document from Ira Lewis and Win. Wallace
relative to the taxation of the town of Goderich.
It appears to your Committee that we have no right to interfere
with the Assessors Rolls of the 'Town of Goderich at this time.
But as it appears that the annual value is more in proportion than
the real value on said Molls, we would recommeud that due con-
sideration be given thereto at the time of laying on the taxes of
the current year.
71 Motion of Mr. Robinson for X150 towards building a
Bridge at St. Marys.
Your Committee would recommend that out of the taxes of
1852, the sum oCone hundred pounds be granted for that purpose.
69 Account of James Redford, Local Superintendent, for the
County of Perth, for Stationery and I'ostagrs, amounting to
X1 9 2,we recommend to be paid.
76 Letter of the Clerk of the Peace, relative to his fees up -
der the amended Jury Act.
Your Committee would reiterate the words of the Finance
Committee in December last on this subject, That we never
anticipated that the fees connected with the new Jury Law
would be of such magnitude and consequently, made no
Provision for its payment. But as it appears imperative on the
Treasurer to pay the amount of fees stipulated, we would re-
commend that the County Treasurer be instructed to pay out of
the general fuuds of these Counties to the Clerk of the Peace,
for services performed by hits under the Jury Law as amended
the amount due for 1s50. And as this Council is required to meet
(by the amended Assessment Law) on the first Monday in May for
the purpose of taking into consideration the several Assessor's
Molls, and levying a tax for the current year, we would recom-
mend that the fees connected with the Jury Law in 1851, be
taken into consideration at that time. Youi Committee beg
leave to recommend that tae Warden be instructed to again
petition the l'rorincial Parliament, praying that all County Coun-
cils may hare authority to settle the salaries or other remuneration
of all County officers paid by the County, and also that he do again
petition Parliament on the aunual appointment of Constables, and
that these petitions be forwarded to the Representative of these
Uoitcd Counties on or before the meeting of I'arliatnent.
77 Account of Huron Loyalist for advertising, being X3, we
recommend to be pilid when audited.
78 Account from Board of Public Instruction, this has been
already reported on.
79 Letter from W. & E.* Woodcock relative to County
Printing. We would recommend that. the County Printing be
let by competition, the contract to extend for one year, and that
the County Clerk be instructed to take sufficient security for the
due performanee of the contract, to be confined to the Printers
of these United Counties.
All which is respectfully submitted by
JOHN IHOLMES, Chairman.
Committee Room,
Jan'y 30th 1852. 5
REPORT
Of the SJival Committee.
MEMBERS:-fessrs. Ilay, Lamb, Ryan, Cole and P.aih.
Your Committee bating considered the documents before there
beg to report as follows :-
43 Concerning School arerages. Your i'omrnittee are grati-
fied to find that the action of this Council in the inatter at its test
sitting, has not been in rain, and that the matter is sow decided in
a satisfactory manner.
42 Being Mr. Nairn's report.
Your Committee regret that lfr. Nairn hes aot sent the diffe-
rent school reports as required by the order of this Council at its
last sitting, in consequence of neglect,your Committee arc unable
to scrutinize his report.
40 Being Petition of Mrs. Nairn. Your Committee would
not recommend this Council to accede to the prayer of this Peti-
tion, as they hare nothing but the assertion of the Petitioner to
satisfy them that Kincardine School section was legally laid out.
41 Ileing report of Mr. Logie,'.nd Division.
This report is open to the same objection as the preceding,
no School section reports being sent by the Superintendent.
46 Being'lfr. Redford's report. Ist•Divisioo.
Your Committee would give this gentleman due credit for
sending in his sectioe reports, but regret to find some of these re-
ports are very nnsatisfactory, and should not hare been received
by the Superintendent, nor any money paid thereon until properly
corrected. Your Committee are of opinion that one of the duties
of the Superintendent has been overlooked, viz: that of examining
the School registers on their quarterly visits. Your Committee
are convinced in consequence of incorrect registers being kept,
and improper reports received, that an unfair distnbution of
School money has in some cases been made, and would wish to
impress upon Superintendents in future, the necessity of looking
after these matters.
With regard to averages, your Committee are of opinion that
the Local Superintendents should bring them all to some standard
as regards time (say one year). andihus prevent sehnols kept six
months from receiving as much money as if they had been kept
for a year.
Your Committee recommend tJSt the County Clerk write to
the Chief Superintendent, intimating to hien that the proportions
of the Legislative School grant received for the year past by the
different Townships in these linited Cout,ties are very far from
(wing in the ratio of the present pnputation, and would respect-
fully suggest to the Chief Sipenntendeot the propriety of his
endeavouring to make the apportionment of 1852, according to
the census returns of this year.
in eoecherion, ynnr Committee beg to remark thit the School
affairs of these t;onnties, especially in financial matters, has not
been 4uccessfully managed for the past year, and indulge the hope
that they will be more efficiently Managed for the future. (
All which is respectfully submitted by
WM. RATH, Chairman.
REPORT
Of the IL.od and Brtidgr Cornrttitli,.
M,w,rms:-Meters. Rath, Iamb, Robastoa, }Iatmltoa and
Wallue.
Your Committee having inspected the documents before them,
bag fe r1 port as follows:-
�0 Servev«'s Rop•rt.
Yee ( osrmitter ',roomed teat • 1ir+4e be half ever the
Riper Mai dead et sr par the site of time old Nide. A em-
ail Si- titlark( ( lis d.Ierrsat pima ted, 7
sera[ art Coatmettee sr* de-
Voctrp.
Pee Dwheas' ft.s.ei.ld Weeds.
THE WASTE OF WAS.
Give sic the geld that war has cost,
Before this peace expand:ag day;
The wasted skill, the labor lost -
The meatal treasure thrown away;
Ase 1 will buy ease rood of soil
1. empty ,st *motored land; -
Where busters roam, where po.saeta toil,
Whom may peopled Cities stand.
1'11 cloths limb shivering wretch oo earth,
is s..dfut, say, is brave attire;
Vesturebfttisg besqu.t mirth
Which kings might envy and admire.
Is every vale, on every plain,
A school shall glad the guar's sight;
Where every pour man's child may gain
Pure ksowledgs, free as air and light.
i'II build asylums for the poor,
Byage or ailment made forlorn:
Ansone shall Gusset them from the doer,
Or shag with looks and words of acorn,
I'll link each alien hemisphere!
Help honest moo to conquer wrong;
Art, Scresce, Labor, nerve and cheer;
Reward the Poet and his soot.
In every crowded town shall Has
Halls Academic, amply graced;
Where ignorance may soon be wise,
And coarseness learn both art and tuts.
To every province shall belong.
Collegiate structures. and not few --
Filled with a truth imploring throng,
And teachers of the good and true.
fn every true and peopled clime
A vat Wainalla hall sh•11 stand;
A marble edifice marline,
A Pbanteon for the truly great,
The wase, beneficent, mod just;
A place of pride sad lofty sate
To honor or to hold their dust.
A temple to attrac t and teach
Shalt lift spire on every hill,
Where pious mea *hall feel and preach
Peace, mercy, tolerance, good will;
Mesio of belle ea Sabbath days,
Roved the whole earth eball gladly rise,
And one great Christian song of praise
Stream sweetly upward to the skies
Literature.
NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIBERS.
The following classification of newapape
subscribers is take. from the Prairie Far
mer. First come the.
IJprigkts c -These are men who take
newspapers, pay for them and read them.
Observe the order in which these things are
done: the pay comes first, the reading next.
These men consider they get the worth of
their money in this barrio. it seems to
them as fair and joss that •ewipapera should
be paid for as w.:11 as a barrel of sugar or a
Sew coat. They never estertaia'any other
opinioo. When the year runs out or a little
before, they are on hand with the pay.
There is no more difficulty with them in re-
membering this period, that Sunday or the
first of January. Il any one of them wishes
to stop his paper, he either cello, or writes
a letter by his postmaster like a man. This
class is dear to tSie Editor. Their image
is embalmed in his warm affections- May
they live a thousand years, and see their
soon' to the foutb generation. The second
clame now to mind is the
Do 'belle. -This class is nearly related
to the other, so near, that it is hard to tell
where one begins the other end.. These
mea always pay io advance in the begtoning,
and intends todo so continually• But memory
fails a little, or Goole mishap intervenes, and
the time runs by sometimes a little, some-
times for quite a period. But their recol-
lection, though nodding occasionally, never
gets sound asleep. It pronounces the word
in due time, "The printer must be paid,"
and forthwith their will to do well kindles
into activity. Now comes the paying up;
meant to do so before. Don't mean to let
such things pass by. A publisher can live
with such men. They have a warm place
in his memory -only a little back of the
Uprights. If such a man dies in arrears,
hie wife or son perhaps remembers that he
may not have paid up for his paper, and
forthwith institute. inquiries. They re-
member that part of the benefit was theirs
and estate. or no estate, the Printers bills
are not among their creditors' unsettled a,
counts. next comes the
Easy Doers. -These men believe in
oswnpapers. They have fully settled it in
their own minds that a newspaper is • good
thing. They take them, too. Sometimes
at first they pay np for the first year; at
"mute they do pretty soon. if they have
done in they sit down with the comforting
conviction that their paper is now settled
for; and this idea having mace got into their
hMls, refdeas obstinately to be dislodged.
but keeps it. hold from year to year -•
meth once -now an ills/pion grey and res eu-
matic with year..
The editor marking the enlongeted and
°elongatm`4 apace in the accouo a current
begin to ask ,f tbav ars dead, or bays gone
toCalifon:ie. Now he begins to poke hill.
at them. They suddenly start up to the
reality that they are in arrears, and, hke
men a they ere at 15. bottom, pay up.
They (Impute their hill: they know
books tell better moria than moss covered
memories. i( the pobtt.her has faith
e nough ora long pore., end can live like a
hybereatrhg bear, he.mey survive this class.
Rut if be is mortal only, woe be to him. --
The next class im that of 15.
Donee Hallen. -Her, we begin to the
other side. The picture fleshly gets
Sombr
%Va e. shall despatch the doers hiller* lud-
d.nly. Ose of etrese may take a paper ho-
mes'
cauw hie wife Wants en., or 'Int children
are sealooe to read .t, or a s.ighMnr 'three
tided him. When it begin. to come all dia
mission all thoughts about it Nether. If the
Editor ands a mail directly to him at the
. ad of two or three years, Ite may get .u..wl
pay for hie peps het with growl• end early
look.. He aver pays toy dehl ,f he can
get rad of it, sod •'Nwspaper (oat of all.
idyl he bates law setts td all that. A
due Is.. the ..n. *feet apes bum that a
Millet has .pen a blpp.t.e...,'Muctat( fr.en
his hide or sinking i.e. the blabber b.r..
Mee. H. is 'limy, .lisbeg dews 5,5, sad
. one merge. tate another Masa, that of
tae
J1fir, neat Reese -N• sett., hew this
new beelike IN sebseeltetos, he sewer pays
f e H, Sot be. 'H. dent YR. host wt d a
rte'►. it deo'1 .s ay nes..' lis mev«
did like it. He didn't *sot ilia ,1. Gres
plat., and geld ths Peweinemergm lie sews
Wet ea* mer. shim • pier et,et •aLII_. he
11414 •1 began to tate 11 111 a long 15.. after
,t came, a..d he had'ut had seep tee or tare
of them at sny rale and them he hers
read. Wipe bin off. 11• remotes Me
Haps Grace -1t u'mo,,gh tees, .115.
that he never fall. to hart a uorepsper, le
or toree of them. N hen he Quits *be
have abort long enough ler the mithieh.r,
wart pay, he «ode Melt with '• Rdoaed "
Or he lakes up his quarters .ad tensa 1..
parts uoknuwu. H. 00 •• aot want to pry
aid be don't mean to. Get .1 if you eaa
Enough of him.
Reader. in which of the above chines ere
you foiled,
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ter. Or dg« am..usro 1 .b.mI f;eweq
11M dellsve .f wkflek r'ft W et1 kb Peril
ths Delo. s la t h lie MM
w Lower Villa. 411/111/
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Raid passed.
Pnveai lsdtvidi.a) h. godly
by the lees et lousier, ts•s, rIa
R.bt. t.rAeed h.i taahs/�ialtlel le1M
fru 15.....Istat,.
We Mw net lewd pea.tis.ty ds_,, -
e1 Me. C. . wens Meed fkust aAdti'.
dlid
Mtdde taus wsv, hot wbeeh04JJ,'*a
d h.us ties .115.1 . 4., se *se"'s1Ibm vI.
Mwyfraaee'reraon. on thea., eMIIsII dot M
risers sr,;, a .t wa t. ,sefbta to en
n,... it.e river un eoowgsesee .1 • 4...e
fog. Two yoacg Is1lo of the same of
Rasehro..k, were in (rat tenger,—they
m were looting at the flood, and is comer
501010 of t' • bums(' 01 • bank, they wee*
. 4Jeely surreendee by water• --Sed bad at
o wot bee, lur ahs tamNy sxertiebe of two
y rcnttemen, who tort• •etely noncsd their
sunniest! they would in • few minutes have
r stet as untimely death, aa the ice and water
, covered lbs spot ea wh,eb they were stabil.
• lag messy feet deer. A Howe belbog'ag
to a pasty of the moue of Illllisr, . as
MORSELS OF KNuttLl:UGE.
The Normans, or "Nort'mon," f, -.,a
whom the English 005111, ciao') doac, rat,
were northern ,,Iran-., .ho, eb•cut the
rntdd!o 01 the 0th century, ,nf'•t,.l tiy
coasts of England, laying waste the conatry
wherever they landed. The seventh in
decent from Rollo, ehief of these Itaa.h
urates, was William the Conqueror.
In the arctic revises the '• north'sg
lights" cover the whole h..sveo., ec;,p.t.g
by their •piendor the .tars sod planots.
The rustling note's which aec..u,lames
them in thee:, latitudes, is often terrific.
The Aurora Boreau* to seldom nese is
Central Europe. From the Der', oorahern
point. •rained by our modern navigators
in their Arctic Expcda:oe, time brill+aet
fights appear in the south: wheoc, they
call then Aurora Australis or suutheru
light..
More rain fells at the .rface of the
earth, than at any given disuse. above
it. From vera .ac,orate obs5rvauoae,
there fell upon Westsrosar Abby, du-
ring • whsle year, not much .hove ball me
quantity that was found to fall is the smut
space ou the Surface of the ground at rn
base.
It has been computed that the average
quantity of rain which fells annually n
England,"ie 1400 hogheada of wa.er to
every acre of its surface.
The atmosphere of Greece a so dry
that animal and vegetable substances in •
sate ofdecsy rarely hecom• of'eesive.
The pressure of the sea. at great depths,
is enormous. The wood of s boat sod-
denly dragged to a great depth by a whalse
was fnund, when draws up, ea saturated
with water forced into is pores, t►al it
sank io water 'like a atone, for a year
after.
Among the West India Iolanda, shell. ere
distinctly teen uo,4o fathoms of water. At
the name depth corals and saa.ee& of
every hue are seise d:splayiog all the ti•te
of the rainbow.
The water is the struts of G,►ralar,
at the depth of 670 fathoms. is four timu
as salt as that •1 the surface.
Thunder sterols me of rare oerorreses
in high latitudes• Iola residence of tux
pars In Greenland, Sir Charles Geieeke
ooly beard it Thunder once.
When • tree is struck by lightning,
the heat of the dash converts the sap into
stream, the expansive force of which
•livera the tree -
The coldest winds of Egypt, ars those
which blow from the month.
A Woo is Taou.is.-' Pray tell, me my
der, what is the nose of those tearer
" Ob such a die:race!'
'Why, what disgrace!'
'Why 1 have opetted one of year lettere,
e uppoueg it addressed to myself. Really
it looked more like Mrs. thao Mr.'
'Is that alit what hum Is there is a wife
opening her hu.basd's letters?'
'No harm io itself. Bet the contents,
e ach a d,egrac.!'
'Nothing nsiuLing, i impel'
'05 no, it is couched is the most respect-
ful and couched language. But the cop-
tenter
oo-
teatale
Here the wife buried her face in her bled -
kerchief, and commenced sobbing aloud,
when t'se bn.band eagerly canjht up the
letter and commenced reading the epistl•
that had been the mese. of nearly breaking
his wife'. heart. It wa(bill from the
rioter ' for tune years Dubuc piton!'
FLOOD ON THE GRAND RIVER.
it is our painful duty to record a great
lose of Property by the ice and 9,nde on
the Grand River, at this vi'lege.-co great
a Saud as the present has not occured mime
the year 1800.
A rapid thaw set it on Thur,d.v last, a•
companied with heavy rain, os Friday and
Saturday. Great apprehension were felt
for the safety "I the two bulges crossing
the Grand Riser 10 this Valais, or Saler.
day. -Yesterday mormog the river began
to rise rapidly, and by three o'clock, p. m..
it was fifteen feat above its Sonet betghl,
and flooded the Lower Village. Sling the
collate from 1 to 10 feet deep. The bridge.,
however, steed the immense body of lee and
water nobly, beinr of reify 'rest etreertb,
till aboet l part 4"'Moth, .lea a grotty
about1 mites shove the Vijay, knew• as
P►,lip's Bridle, Save way and ease duns
the rater with great force, together with a
lugs 1taouty of ice Sed weer, sod .Iv.ek
the lows Village Bridge, the entre of
which gave .ay to' the immense weight,
and lire arehee short 50 in PO feet load,
were carried away aril Sowed does the
river, at a rem of telly tea melee as hoer.
The Upper V.Ilag. Br.dp, ever whtcb
2e Para ad lhr.daa {bead pause shared
worse fate. The to 1[`rek* agaieet the
Baster,' sutras .ad earl ed away the tree
t s soppoting it. *hen that Becher W.:
is, at was carried dew. the •I•saa.
Shortly after, before 5 e'eleck. Plnlipa'
Bridge passed wilder the Wietere seethe'
of this Bridge "re bout deist ay 41s s;
and ,a a few Waves alts., ta. le a trefl..
of tits lse.er YubIsgs Bridge came es.. and
steed! this Walsers emitter .iib *mama
mile Mose, *ad carried it away..weepsr
nese, mile, fences, aid everything eke b.
1..e it. The Bridge was het.sat 10W end
400 feet loos.
The lege of property by net
televiewer. TN disetig• It*** 10 I* 11
moved orae feuadatien Gad greatly damag-
ed; the family were forteaa • enough le 00-
aM-
Tbe teen) on the Upper Village Plate
thio m.,rning, was me of great desolation.
The River had cevered the fats, and bad
empn! le it. erdmarr channel, tut hes lett
the ground literalrr ed fot lyre mass
with tee in large .Lost. from *w0 to throb
Net in i:ch.ae. The Timbers of the three
Wdgye lay awttsred about -Sad *Iso an
imrseis) q ,entity a Lmu.ber, rail., Peaces,
gales. kr. lite.
Our Councillor., we are happy to My.
an emus in thelrlendbevours to repair the
i•usage, and ha.e already made a commdsi-
eaUen by a rope with the opposite mei ever
the break of the Lower Village bridge, and
a Ferry Boat will be to eperahua tate •fieer-
aoon for the propose of convey lug umeas
gess aero. Thus peruse from Dundee,
and 9t. George, Flamborough, Ste. sah
nisch the vinare without the mse;salty of
ewer round by (Awsoe'e Brtdte.
We ti wt to be able fa ease nisei of Wed-
eeeday. to roe hailer part.eeltas of lbs
. calamity.-. Pe' -is d•er Extra.
A VILLAGE B W BP$ AWAY.
Owe Steeeir.d Pantiles ,Weems(. -.-Ties
heavy raise which fell e■ T..dey Sad
Wedee.d.y last have produced a duet
*lamer: destruction of lib and prdpefty is
1'ork.bare, Lancashire, std Ferbyebito.=-
Ow truly awful calamity has occdrell it
the village of (lo'mfritb, near Rudder-Ilild,
by the overflow of a r it peed for top -
plying the wool*. milts and • .umbo, bf
the dwelhags in the ..eghdoWaood Stith
water, and known is the Hobo it•.flwaer.
Oa Theredey mersing, abodt one o'Cloilt.
it horst *rah a tremendous road and this
water rusherd down the valley *1111 birthU%
force, carrying away en Minium, 111, boils
of stow. with all its heavy machinery, t16e.,
several outbuildings, two row of new br11510
leg* at Ilolmfrith, mod part of the itliait( bf
Umncbchffe Mills. Nearly all the i.ba
trate were &sleep at the hate, and **Ho
*wept to a considerable divines, a ai.bfree
of bodies baying bees takes from the threw
11 miles from the apt. Out hundred pie -
eons are said to be lying at the lose.
1t the oeigbbodrboed at•1jlaseiiMsPtab'�.
.iter. ware so much melba by the 11ha
that rainy of them oterilowtld tkisfr lAdt
submerg.ng Saltiee low grounds le
seitgbbeurbood. A great portion of 1b.
Pel -Park laud under water. A large 'tor_
tie of Lower Broaghba was also tudmitrt-
ed, the ground is some placing Wittig might -
id toe depth of eine feet. On Mt south alto
of Manchester, war the levier part etbit -
ford -street, a good deal of property Wall dim
obeyed, and the iahabitaate of bore of the
booms in Little Ireland were compelled to
take refuge in the upper stories, in edb.h
quoins of the lower stories bring flooded.
A reservoir belongrog to 111r. J. Blocks. at
the Ilopebil cotton•mill, near BtoekpOrt, is
card to have burst its banks, dcstroyi ma-
ehintry and other property to the ektebt of
sourly £1000.
Tete Rivrta Taints. tido/pally
?ugh on Seeday lea, and the Semmess
quantity nftes passing down heir dope a
great deal of amuses to mill., bridges, and
time.. The ledge six irides east of
Louden, on the plank road, is totally gone;
lea., say £300. Shtyperd's bridge injured.
Mr. D.vtey's mill, Weato.tlstet. much
sajvred; awl fence. to • great extent ear-.
nod off. 11r Leari a mel-daa., oa tho
Medway, I, irides Township, is also des-
troyed, ase many of the bridges throughout
the eeenary.-..Protoeyf•..
Fran --We regret to heatillth.t the
valuable tryst end *se milli,n Delaware.
were dc.tr,•ysd by fire, eta Tuesday, the
91h tnatant• They were tits trep.ray of
Colonel Bulbs. Ng ineerance.-Yr. s. sype.
Fem.-The Muer. Popo, builJer., of
Otte town, had the ntwfortuie, on Friday
usnrniag last, to have their epictoas work.
shop costly tool', Sled 1 loatrly et
valuable dressed lumber •ed ready• made
teeth, eu.surrted by one of thee* incendiary
litres that, dorm, the wintrl•, have Sado
London notorious'. From 111 ween Issr.
en (Inlet meta ss to its Arlie. Ne fine
hod been ,..-dee the 'hardener the detente!
it ems sot sntumdnight that the Sasre,t
were drscemited• The bu,lditg 1e11 is a
few winutee-_iotiu.g could be ..veer.
It was!peered for Ld00, hut t► . ie fir
ender Gm value of the properly destroyed.
The shop *.t on Rrehasn.d Street.
btw... lie Episcopal ail Imes Catholic
Churebee _ _
Loan o► vas 4raawp Gm. Wittman.
Bp telegraph from Na. Yort Mat seem, we
tears that the Steamer Et DeeviN with
Cal rums rate, le Ihebreary td, atvivd
yreterday. 'CM m..t Ba t.by
tId. arival Is tke poem .t • fieman. BSs..sm..r
Oewreel warren' wilt 42 lie.., N the .
•oath ee she C.Mdite revel, Oriego.."i'►e
Oee.ewt' arree, H the trot. ef he MYet.r.
..... r wee he fit. %vaaeisse Meta
Aeons, lett the foresee porn the Mb
l•s.at,i sa tie llet Stein ptrweit *15. tats.
.lin ke.'i e.tp.n.tw.bt. is seaesgdum.w
.fab. iuI.. .i.it p.wet.t her.�aMNd
lh. t•.arhs0av e1 lip ere / h« •
tne►srd. r`ed. Optu, obese t.b. beaally.
remelt: 'Ph, an b.bw wear ase *Nb rest
heryi pxritag bar tet, .ref Weft .ereMm•
..aid hs sreewed by tieme beau' ewe air
ad.mes erse • d
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wred
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