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• Sketches of the Fenian Leaders. ,
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O'Neil is now about 35 years old. ' . He
was born in the town of Dungannon, Ty.
Tone County, Ireland; in 1835, and came to.
America when quite a boy. He received a
good education, but his military instincts
led him into the AmeriCen army long before
the war. He served for eight years in the
•old, 2c1 Dragoons, under Cols Robert E. Leer
At the breaking out of the rebellion, O'Neil
took the Union. side, and, in command of a
mounted infantry company,fought with Pic -
Milan from Yorktown to Malvern Hill.
He also served under Hunter at the first
Bull Rim. After the retreat on Harrison's
Landing, , O'Neil was transferred to the
West, and obtained, commlnand of_ a com-
piny of cavalry, distinguished himself by se-
veral daring acts, for which he received high
commendation from his commanding officers.
He was detailed to drive John Morgan, the
famed guerrilla, from Kentucky. This.
O'Neil accomplished -in the Spling of 1861,
receiving the sword Of Morgan upon hie surs
render in May of that year. The remainder
of the war O'Neil served under Gen. Thorns
as, participating in the battles of Franklin
and. Nashville. At the latter place the fu-
ture Fenian General was wounded severely,
and was laid up in the hospital at Nashville
for several months. After this he Was not
beard of Until one sultry day in the begin.-
-ping of June, 1866, when the news came
over the wires that Col. O'Neil had invaded
Canada, at Volt Erie. • Then came the news
of the fight at Ridgeway, in which he seve-
rely w‘hipped a superior number of Cana-
eian Volunteers. On the retirement of
colonel Roberts from the Fenian Presiden-
cy, in 1868, John O'Neil was elected Presi-
dent, and since then has laboredhard for
the movement which he is now making on
Canadian territory. Hitherto he was. con-
, aidered an able officer, but his recent caPture
has plucked his honors from him.
Gen. Spear, aged 36 years, was in the
Fenian raid of '66, During the Rebellion
lie commanded a brigade in the Aemy pf the
Potomac. He is pronounced on o'ethe
moat efficient officers in the entire Fenian
array.
Gen. Gleasoncommanded a brigade in the
Army of the Potomac.
CoI. Lewis had a regiment a-Vol:mon ca-
• valry under his. ellImmand, and he is by birth
an American.
• Gen. Donnelly was a native of Ireland,
and a.bont 36 years of age. During the war
• he commanded the 4th Michigan Volunteers
Since he came East he has resided in Provi-
dence, R. le and Utica, N. Y. He was
Civjd Engineer in the Locomotiye Works at
Utica. : He was considered one of the abl-
est members of the present Fenian army.
He was appointed Speaker of the- Fenian
Congress at their last session, and has since
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been appointed Chief on the Staff in the pre-
sent Fenian oreanization. • '
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Col. Boyle O'Riley was formerly Ser-
geautiNlajor in the Britirth army, but on ac-
count of his connection with the Fenian
m-overnent he was transported to Australia
in 186-8. He made his escape to San Fran• -
cisco, and recently cense to this city.
Col. H. LeCaron is a young man, and he
was a Major in an Illinois -Regiment during
the war. He has seen service in the South-
west. , _
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Col. Cosgiove is an old United States sol-
dier of much ability, and he served under
Sherman, in the West He is about 13 yrs.
of age, end is looked on -with. confidence. -
Col. Starr served in the rebellion in se
Keatuck4 Regiment. He took active part
in the Fenian said of 1866, and he is gene-
rally considered an ablesoldier. "His only
weakness is a love of women," say his
• friends.
Col. Lyddy is Lieutenant-Colonel of the
4th Regiment Fenian Volunteers, New
•York city.
Dexter.
HOW HE IS DRIVEN TiT HARLEMLANE. ,
THE H TiRON .EX:POSITOR.
throng shout, That's Banner," and all come
to their feet.. *Thetea.m rushes by with the
fleetness of the wind and is out of sight in
an instant. .
"There are some things that cannot be
described ---a panic in Wall street—the in-
side of St. Peter's—the harmony of an Ital-
ian organist—the coloring of the great mas-
ters in the Pitti Palace—the ;trotting of
Dexter. He moves as no other 'Oise moves;
he is the poetry of motion. Hp does not
sprawl, throw .his feet out, or fling them
around, but seems to slide out of himself,
giving the idea that any amountof speed
can be obtained. He is eieyer •exhausted,
there is no exertion, there is a reserve of
speed that is peculiar. Go as fast as he
will, his hoofs can be as distinctly seen as
when he is on a slow trot. Hoisemen say
that his speed has never been known, and
without controversy the 'Alm is awarded to,
him on all hands.
"A very exciting scene took place the
other day. A gray horse appeared on the
road—a stranger to. every one. The. speed
of the animal was marvelous. Where the
horse came from or to whom he belonged
nobody seemed to • know. The driver
watched for Bonner. After a sharp con-
test he actually- distanced Dexter. The
thrill of excitement was indescribable. Bon-
ner turned his horse into the shed and had
him •blankeLed. Wall Street was scarcely
ever more excited than was the road that
afternoon. In a short time Dexter re-ap
peered, and here his lade antagonist was
•ready for the contest. Bonner put up the
top _of his waggons, which, as horsemen know
makes a great diflerence in speed. The
white horse came tearing along at a marve-
lous gate. • Bonner sprang to his feet ancl
gave a screech that might have - been
heard in Westchester 'County. • Dexter
heard and understood 'the signal, buckled
down to his work, and left the white horse
so far behind that he was not to be mention-
ed the same afternoen. Thunders of ap-
plause attended Bonner on his coulee), and
as the king of the •road came back there
were hundreds that would have crowned
him with laurels. The feat of that after-
noon induced horsemen to say that Dexter
is capable of anything." •
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A StORT STOEY WITH A MORAL—An
•English writer says : "That night I • was
out late; 1 returned by theLee cabin about
1_1 o'clock. As 'approached I saw astrange
looking object coweling under the loss eaves,
A cold rain was failing, it was autumn,
drew near, and there was a' child wet to
• the skin, Her father -had, driven her out
some hours before, she had laid down to
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listen for the heavy snoring of his drunken
slumbers, so that she might, creep back to -
bed. Before she heard it,rdture seenaed, ex-
hausted, and she fell into a troubled sleep,
with rain drops pattering upon her. I tried
to take her home with me, but no, true as
a maxtyr to his faith, she struggled from me
and returned to the uow dark and silent
•‘2abin. Things went on for weeks and
months, but at length Lee grew less violent,
even in his drunken fits, to his self denying
child ; and one day, when he awoke from a
slumber after a debauch, and found her pre-
paring breakfast • for him, and. singing a
childish song, he turned to her, and with a
tone almost tender. said : • Millie, what
makes you stay with me ?" "Because you
are my father and I love you." You love
me !" replied the wretched man; "You love
me !" He looked at his bloated limbs, his
soiled and ragged clothes. "Loire me he
still murmured; Millie, whet makes you
• love me' I am a poor di unkard ; everybo-
dy else despises me, why don't you." "Dear
father,'I' said the girl with swimming eyes,
". my Mother taught me to love you, and
every Inight she comes .from heaven and
stands by my- bed, and says, Millie, don't
leave your father, he Will get away from
that rum fiend some of these days, and then
how happy you will be'". The quiet per-
sistent love of this child was the redemption
• of this. man.
No true horseman chslikes to read of the
performences of fleet horses. Every Ameri-
can horseman is proud of, and interested in
Dexter. Here is a spirited sketch of the
way Bonner drives him, written by a New
York correspondent of the Boston Journal :
"1 Paw Bonner on the road the other
day. It is one of the sights of New York.
It is interesting to watch the sensation he
produces, though he appears every day.
IIe comes late on the road, but his corning
is -watched for with the greatest eagerness
by all claases. He is very systematic, and
can usually be seen turning into the gate
from Eighth avenue about five o'clock,
His pleasure never interferes with business;
leis day's work is squarely done before he
leaves for his stables. He has a rig which
lie puts on when he prepares for the busi-
ness of the road. • Dexter is the favorite
with the public, and they are usually grati-
fied, especially on a pleasant afternoon.
Other horses have had their br sh, andha,ve
• been led.off foaming to the she . The pia,z-
, zas of all the hotels that line the road are
crowded with horsemen, and the windows
with lady friends: Spectators, with their
teams, draw up on the side of the road, to
await the great event of the day.
"During the meeting of the _two confer-
ences of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
New York, last week, it was estimated that
• two-thirds of the clergymen went out to
Harlera lane to get a sight of Dexter and
II& famous owner. Bonner makes his;
appearance at a slow pace, apparently indif-;
- &rent to the impression produced., He
'watches to see that de coast is clear. By
common consent, when Bonner appears the
e road is cleared. A Dakota Indian might
tcsice lessons of 'Bonner in 'his yells. As
Dexter starts on his course, his driver can
be heard half a mile off. The excited
- THE FI1i8T. JAPAN.A.SE RAILR0A.D.---7-Let-
ters from -Japan state thatthe anangements
are completed for a, line of railway—the
first in the country—to connect Yeddo and
• Osalsa, the new and old capitals of the Em-
pire, a -distance of 300 miles. There are
also to be blanches from Yeddo Yokohama
and from Osage, to Tsurtiera. The work will
belong to the Japanese Government, but is
to be 'carried out under_ the advice of the
English engineers, appointed by Mr. H. N.
Lay, who has selected Mr. Edward Morel as
principal engineer. W.- Morel • has been
summoned from Australia, where he was
engaged in works for Mr. Edwin Clarke.
An Fnglish loan of one million sterling is
to be raised to meet the costs, and this will
be secured not only by the line itself, but
by a mortgage on the Custom ditties collec-
ted at the ports. From three to five years
is to be allowed for completion.
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• From 6a11sr Sparks to Her Mother.
Miss TRIPPER'S Boarding School,
Monday Evening,
DEAR XMIMA see -You know I. wrote you
aletter last week, That didn't. tell You
anything really. It was fixed up by Miss
Scratch, • the writhe teeoher, • and then
copyed it. The only thine of importance it
did say was, that I am 11:d of the spellin
• class, and I have got a gold thedul for ortho-
graffy. That's true—I'm the best spellur
in schuel onls I don't know my stops as Well
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as Jane Pickles •' but we :_14-.0 has such
nice. times here that I take the opportutor-
ty to Write another, to send's. to the office
when -Jane-Picklee goea to post her hilly do•.
pretending it's for cloves for toothache. • I
know you'll be glad to here Pin enjoying
myself and.:learning so fast. Jane -Pickles'
billy do is to Tom Brown at the bOys' school,
Mastee Whuck's. Hee Miss Trippee's
cousin and a widower. 'They say he is a
courtin' her. I don't know. Their both
a 'dal old. • Side as much as t
..wenty-five,
and he's thirty, and horricl old fogiesI never
meen te be an old made dear mar. Would.
you? Each of us has a bo .out of Mr.
Whack's school for yonng gentlemen.
When we go walking they go walking, aud
so NtO get ackwanted. Out of our windows
we talk on elates to them out of theirs. Mine
is Sam wel Patch.
Oh, he is .exkwisate ! He ain't got
moustaches yet, but he will some day, and
lie is so dark! 1 dunoo as 1 ever told yer
dear mar, that my style was dark-. He buys
plum cake and candies and sends them to
inc with his billy do's, and _when, we are4
married we are !going to Eue--11e— Your
Dee. • •That is such a big word you know
mar. I silent elope though mar. 1 have
too much Love and affeeeshun for my beluved
parents; and besides, T want a -white satin
and e vail, and to be •married in Graces
Church. And I don't believe any lady or
gentleman ought to marry mita they are
fourteen, do you deermar ?
; SO I tell Samwel he must wait, but Jane
Pickles she is going to elope some Wendsy
afternoon, or She thiuks SO. I d01):t be-
lieve Tom is constant, bekause he has given
Fanny Holt the bead ring Jane • gave him,
and told her not to show it—only she • did,
to me.
• I've been reading a good •deal lately—
beautiful books. We get. 'em sly out of the
libry. -
You never could coax me to read as.much
as yon wished ,at home, you know. See how
greatly I've - impi•ovedi.
They don't have much to eat here, but
we girls get suppers in our own rporn. One
of them, Maggy Gill, is an heiress, andshe
spendsslotts. We got chicken 1lad lad
night,' and put it in the p:aits between the
matreeses, and bottled ale too, only the corks
make euch a noise. • It ,inakes you so nice
and sleepy. T often have two glasses. Miss
Tripper says she don't know what makes
•the sheeteso greasy, ants says ic is _hair oil,
We have lots of good things, lobsters and
pie end pluna-cake, evry night. I've. spent
all my al lo wance--won'tyou send me more?
One thine dear Mae, I have the colic- :dro'd
ful, and fean't think why. I'd like- some
pcmarmeat.
• 1 b. ain't suuch ahard school, so long as we
know our weeds at examination, they don't
care, but let us tell each other. That is
splendid. • The drewan teacher does most
of ,on r drawns, and the music master don't
get .through ewl.in one day. Miss Scratch
is the worst ;'but 1 tie up my thensh writin
(la:yelled say I've got a fellirg, so she lets me
offs And I'm very cheerful, and don't hard-
ly want to come home at awl. This must
do now, for Jane's billy do is done. Give
my love to every,body, tell par I want more
muney and a silk frock, and a aring, and
a package of monnygrim note paper.I
must Write to Samwel sometimes, you know;
for he is ihe idul of my soul ; and, I know
you dont't want me to be hungry, and I
resist pay my share for ,sapper.
So -good bye for the present dear mar,
Your affexhionate darter,
2 SALLY SPARKS.
Mr. Frost the dancing master,
alopedslast 'night with the biggest girl, Miss
Jenkins who is veiy rich.
Miss Jenkins says the worst of it • is he
Was marriedi Is • it mar?
Oh, do send Sister Kate! She would en-
joy herself so ! Good bye deer mar, agin.
• .• SALLY.
• SUPPLEMENT BY MRS. SPARKS.
• Miss Tripper, 31-/adainsBe kindenough
to receive the money for a quarter's tutition
and send my daughter Sally home. by the
next train. Iinclose an. interesting • epistle
which' have just received from her,.• and
must decline in future to be one of your
patrons, T. M. S.
*Ow.
SALUTARY EFFECTS OF LAUGHTER.--7-
Laughter is always .acknowledged to he very
healthy, and especially helpful to the digee-
tive organs, and lately it seems tolave had
exceptionally heneficent"effects. • A Scotch
paper reported. a few weeks since that a fats
mer convulsed by the risible influence of
Lord Dundreary, as interpreted by Mi. SO -
them, had coughed up an obstructive half
sovereign which had sisccessfully'resisted the
persuasive art of all the Scientific surgeons
in Edinburg;and an paper now re-
cords.a Scarcey less salutary result achieved
by similar means on an old Bengal officer.
This veteran was at the point of death, ow-
ing to an abscess of his liver, when fortunate-
ly for him, he read a speech of. the com-
mander-in-chief expressing his belief in the
absolute.perfection of the native army in
India, as at present organizeThe result
was such a fit of laughter that the abscess
gave way, and his life was saved. If any-
body, in New Yoras says the Post, can be
cured by laughter, he need only read the
accounts of the great Fenian invasion, and
he will soon be well. Anything more la-
mentably comic has not appeared in the
newspapers for a long time.
• A WietDFALL.---Some fourteen years ago,
says the Stratford Beacon, one of two broth-
el -s who lived on a farm in Zorra proceeded
to Sidney, New South Wales, with $500,
which he received from. the other brother
for his interest in the estate. After he had
gone the brother left behind died, leavinga
• widow and several children. He who went
abroad to seek his fortune engaged in the
shipping trade, and became immensely rich.
'He lately died, worth, it is said, nearly a,
quarter of a million of pounds sterling, and
last week an intimation was received by the
brother's widow that he had left her 1,000/
sterling per annum, and a fortune of 5,0001.
to each of her children. An earnest was
given of what was yet to be realized, in the
shape of a substantial draft of 2001. sterling,
which was brought to Stratford, and prompt-
ly cashed at one of our bank agencies.
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J. SEATTER
EXCI-IANGE BROKER,
And dealer in Pure
DRUGS. CHEMICALS. AND DYE STUFFS
The Drug Department is under the special
care of an experienced Clemist.
J. SEATTER,
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 50-tf.
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in Irish and French Poplins, all Wool Plaids,
French Merinoes, and Twills of various kinds,
ever offered in Seaforth.
Their Millinery Depart—
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Is furnished with a large assortment of Hats,
Bonnets and Mantles of the Latest Fashi-
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• READY-MADE CLOTHING!
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JUNE 10, 1870.
For the Million. GOOD TWEED SUITS FOR
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BOOTS $c SHOES
CHEAPER THAN EVER.
Also a very choice stock of
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Be sure and call for their $1.00 Tea.
25 lbs. Rice for $1 ; 11 lbs. Raisins, and
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FINE AND COURSE SALT.
Give them a Call.
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• 'VANEGIVIOND'S
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This. is the Season for WOOL
CARDING, and VanEgmona's
is tile place to get it done
CHEAP AND WELL!
•
4 Carding Machines,
SPLENDID ORDER,
Enables the above Mill to give all parties their
Wool home with -them the same
dayasthatuponwhichitistaken
All Tither kinds of Woolen Work,- such as Spin-
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Dressing, done in the best possible manner.
• TERMS,—CASH OR WOOL.
A Large Stock of Tweeds,'Full Cloth, Flannels,
Blankets, &c., to exchange for Wool.
CASH ALSO PAID FOR,
WOOL
A. G. VANEGMOND, Proprietor.
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MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH,
AND NEARLY OPPOSITE,
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MHE undersigned would. intimate to the in-
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country, that they have on hand a large stock of
first-class HICKORY BUGGY STUFF. They
are now ready to receive orders for all kinds of
Buggies, Carriages &e., made up by experienced
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HE subscriber begs leave to tender his thanksjMto his numerous for their liberal patronage
duringthe last three years, and also to state that
he is still prepared to pay the •
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For any quantity of
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Delivered, at his shop, Main Street, Seaforth.
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SEAFORTH, April 28, 1870 152-tf.
MORDEN'S PATENT PEA HARVESTER,
WWILL raise the peas from theground.no vat -
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the Pea Harvester is $26, It can be attached to
any machine. In ordering, state the name of
your mactine, the distance the teeth are apart,
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to suit.
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