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Home My WebLink AboutSemi-Weekly Signal, 1864-09-06, Page 2• • 3 Zuffalo & Lake HurawRailroad Traria a-A.ist.te, 1 summit outRatiOEMENT. GOING EAST.- Mail. Arcola. DEP. 7.43.t.. -5.00 P.M. ..1LINTON • 8.2-4 , -5.55 • HARPURHE s.46 6 1.5" • SEAFORTH - 8.52 - 6. 21 CARRONBROOK 9.09. 6,43 • MITCHELL 9.26 - 700 STRATFORD Alta. 1005 745 some weer. A.ccom.: e. Mail. itTFORD DKr. 8.10 -t..00 P.31. iiiTcHELL . 8 50 4.43 CARRON BROOK 9.I 2 5.011 SEAFORTH - 9.32 5.20 HARPURHEY . 9.3g 5,27 CLINTON , 9.58 5.50. tiODEILIC11" :mte..10.40 ' 6.30 rieing East conneets-with Grand Trunk& Great Western. Going West Connects at Gederich et' Tues- d.iys and Pridays with str Huron For SiLlinaW. and omelet-1day, Wednee-lay, Thursd:ey and Seturday with-str C.teadian for Southampton and intermediae'ports. White's stages daily fer Lucknow. &e. fitron , GODERIGIL C. W.,. SEP. ,1864 COITIWILL0115 'RAMPANT. Wz- sometimes read -of muscular- Chris- tianity, and • we -know,- for ,certain that politicians sometimes ?" go in on their muscle," as the ccimmon saying! is, hat le is somalung new for grave and rei-erind. • Municipal representatives to inclulgel pugilistic demonstrations at the 'Council Board. To read the thyminute.s and doubly -dry statissttes entaitatingfroni such bodie.s cine would tliink there was surely_ no min for angry .paSsions to find an en- trance there, and yet, we see by our ex- changes that of late many council , nieet- tt • ings„ from Totonto do*n to remote coun- g a THE BOUT Y•lib REVIEW... 11, Tuesday,- the, fith, having been pre-: claimed a holida - we ante lirest la da (I -triter dila usu .. 1 u had thought tha Goderich wot_ild tarn out cn in'asse-fo London to witoe have -taken: such :majority are now Until Friday' last we hive a .cheap._ excursi ease the crowd oft aiass been very ip eat,- nfth of posters put a cpc nity. It Seems' that p, ssefiger cars are so .scarce on the Grand" T unk that the fare can only he reduced _to $1.57.,for volun- teers and $35 for th publle. . Under the circumstance - the efore, it is fair to con:elude that. tlje cr sh on the special train, Which Max at to!morroir .rnorn- itig, will not be fery alarming. Wind and -weatherpermitting; the -Simile andw . itivii no doubt will be i l .Canadian and -V agar :will leave to -night for laden to (heir utmost capaeity; the fare by, , Lake°and over the Wi tern. bung very_ low indeed, viz '.- 81. ti for Volunteers and :$ t .25 for the-. pu ic. We beiicie both of Our 'Volunteer ontimmic.s.will be on hand at the- Review and will, doubt- less, acquit -themselves as nel4 as. usnal. - .- TOWN CO1 ,Neir.. ' - The Council' met on I Way evening last, i the Mayor in the Chair. I Present, . !lessee. Gibbon, W i1Lee, 1 uncrntin,Caineron,Sinith, L entaid, L neiverth. 1 - - Ateei Feeding of min tes, itc., the Clerk re.tds By-letei for enposn g a late of 16. cents oa the deltar on thel rate hie pi operty Of. the t ..wri for raising faes- for the. eurreet year.--- Tlie ley -Lew was'Passed:ii dee form. • With rega:{1. to ttie suit. FofJatee LengwOrth vs. Town er Goder'eh,..M . Cameron moved het the plaintiff's 4oivi b paid, *provided the isin got.aclear reease 1 , Councillors Wal - ace,. Smith and Le nerd , pposed the motion ndinsisted that the suit elouid be .defended; s the Review, but events a turn that the large sure o !toy at home -- fully expecte& to n train T1i1 which tigers would .hare arrival of a batcb. upon the commu- try villages, have been disgraced by row which, in some cases, called for the &stir interventioa of policemen. „T'he Council- lors of Southanipton-iefu.se to sit witli their Reeve at all, the Mayor of St. Mary's j flings a Imp at the ..head of a couneillor, is in Torontly two councillors or, rather, r dignified aldermen,- strike oat at eaeli -other and ses • . ai fornsrly a eedupo. After a good deal ordiseussioli the nidtion wispassec1. 3Ir. Wallace said before the Council ad- oarned, he in -shed 6 eipo ogize tor_ the.tni- . eernly language he had made use of at a ecent meeting. was" at the tim.; under he influence of pawn Caused bythe scan - ad o on few bodiof the iind e by Itr. Lengworth, and „ dlous chaige. ma being free of fire -brands Whose • sole :aim . . • . • seems to be the stirring up of strife be: tween brethren," Such conduct Oa the _ a. part of municipal representatives simply disginveful, and is calculated to bring dis- grace upon.. the community whieh it happens. These men, elected by the peo- ple of their own. free choice,- are expe:cted tole the ablest and most intelligent mem- bers of the community, or, at least, siich is the intention .embodied in our Municipal system, but, unfortunately, popularity in this respect, as in maul others, is not a reliable measure or efficiency; and hence . the disturbances and squabbles so fre- quently witnessed. the remedy is in the 'bards of the people. It is the duty of the ratepayers to send in the very hest men at their disposal, irrespective of other con- siderations, if they should find their confidence- misplaced, as may sometimes happen, care should be taken not to repeat the mistake.. THE !RICE 07 WHITE AIM Ir is a remarkable, and we might say, a lamentable fact that in this fourth year of the war one of the main objects of which, wa have told times an& again, is to put an end for er to the traffic, in 'human . flesh, the- price of de *tea at the North isjust about what was Mande& and paid for Negroes at the South before the out • of hostilities. There is something in the idea of slavery Which is repugnant tolhe feelings'of every good inan, and in connection with -slavery notlaing is more repulsive than the buying and selling of men. What,then, shall we think of those who, while professing tinbonnded love for the negro, hesitate not for a mement to sella white man for what he will bring Thereis no disguising the fact that -this iniquitous barter has grown into a regular "trade, which is -followed by hundreds of -sharp men as a regular profession, and by which Thrtunes are made in -a few weeks The Chicago papers are crowded with advertisements of parties, who deelare their readiness to sell, able-bodied white substitutes with as much coolnels a_ Canadian fernier Would offer. a . yoke of oxen for sale, and similar:announcements lire to be met with. Inevery paper in the North. In our own country, too, not a day passes but we hear: of cases, wherein' • Americans have, under rue pretext or ether, induced someof out: young 'men to leave their peaceful homes for • the ,great gain hekl out to thein onhoother Too late they discover that they have beat sitci_by saute heartless wretch who pockets ill-gotten Spoil while the helpless iintint is driven offto the slaughter Pea of Grant's army.' We wish to- give prominenceto this feat/tad to bring the petit& of Canada • as much as pbssible- lo boa their guard against the crimps, bounty -jumpers and other- villains engaged in the new white - Slavery. Recruiting agents find their way to every Village and Town in the country, and are most unscrupulous in the means - used to induce their victims . to, 1;iiit the otheraide, Where the agent: knows he can s. get atleast.$600 a -piece for them. = Let Canadians bewarel We would direet nttention tro the adv. or 14n Jahn 'Adams: The farm he wishes to let is a first rate one, and neh aschances nofinct with every day. he hoped nothing of thelkind would again transeire. The Mayor said he was Wallace express bis sorro language altudeltie, . glad to hear Mr. for the offensive (the Mayor) .did net catch the word? oniriLongworth net he, onient, but fromWhot, he had since learned, they were such as should not be used at the hoard.' • • . Mr. Wallace- asked MrLongworth to :re- ,. . tract the charge then mad . Mr Longworth refued,1 declaring that be would mit retract a; Wor • of wbat he had stated. Mr. Wallace intimated hat he would take such steps as would ,coinpe retraetion. The Council the4 adjourned. .:(Query :— How was it that no allusion was made to Inc proposed purchase; of M'. Crabh's buzld- ings?j • ExTRAoRDINA AITNAWXY:--- On Friday.afternoona span.dhorses attached to a wagon started, with ut a driver, from McPherson's Black -unit. shop, ran around some ofl the hackstree and, gaining speed as they advapced, nally came tear- . • ing up West ittret, o thi side -walk, scattering .Iourger in a 1 directions, and smashing shutters, &C., 4 a rate that was. awful to behold. 1Th& large rack on the wagon tore off -two' huttetifrein Wallace's old standwithou breaking any glass, made &Complete w eck aeverything with. whichit came In coetaci, and elided by knocking Into flincl6rs.a side -walk Sign in front of MT.:Frederick's.; 'jewelry store., . Where the terrified aninials pulled up we cannot shy: Wonderful b say; no person was injured by.therunal4y. The teipi belonged to a farmernamerl Fagan. e Quebec News days the mer- ose of Montreal med and excited ifferent banks to curtail their business and.p4 down the screws ontheircuitemers. An eVent Of; thits kind was not altogether anlooked for, _though the suddenness with 1610 it has been carried A MONE1ARY-CRIsis.-7T sayr:--Within the past - fe chants of. this city andt have been considerably -lila at the. determination of the into effect has disconcerted many, and may lead in some instances to commercial disaster and ruin. There are stories -afloat- that the 'paper of some of our Iar,gest and wealthiest houses has been refused at th� -bauks e but this must not be credited, for the effect wad be to cause a complete stagnation of -business, followed by an immediate monetary -crisis iehich could not belong concealed from the public, and in which the banks is well as the commercial coiniounity_ woitgeetrer alike.— We anticipate no such result, though. it is. poseible &partial derangement ef .trada may follow from the present action &the banks. • Timm.; Matt= Maas a.—We, 'Free Pres*, se painedto be ccimitelled to chroni- cle one -Of these fearful disaspera:al:6Se pet -j- . . i mica] occurrence causes. the i) ul othumanity ib shudder. The schooner Mayflower, _Capt P.:J._ Averill; of Portauron,1 wei lost in the storm. last Saturday, off the mouth of 'Black River, Luc Erie,:by which:fight lives were lost, includine the entire prep, lathone ex- ception, toga -her with twe.wqmen,andethree children.Blaek •River is about -23 miles above Cleveland. - :The Mayfiewer left Cleve- land on Saturday with 160 tons of coal for the 'rokdo_gas works . The erew 'consisted of Ceptain Averill,, the mate, -Georg* Linen, both of Port Huron, Archibald Simpson, Of Canada West, and James Sasiderson, -a- boy 15 o16 years old, the only survivor of all on .Capt. Averill'a wifeand three chil- dren were also on board, and also, his :sister. Tile schooner was too heavily tilde's, and.ap- prehensions were telt. for h r agoy when leavine. point. • . : - . .0. 84D .r•A:GIDEET AT §T. Carmentes.ss-On Tuesday night Mr.- James_ICeating, forsome months teacher ot the Separate &heel in St: Clitherhies„ accomPacied &lady and gentle- mani.friends of hisj. to the 11.95: mail- train No.15, West, audgot on-thc rainto bid his THE SEMI -WEE friends a final -farewell, waiting until the train was in motion before he attempted to get off. On 'doing so he landed ori. the intermediate platform between the two '.traelcs, -and itnine- diatelc 'fell -backwards, 'apparently rolling between' the platform and the. trick. He shouted when he fell: then raised ap and fell forward across the reit, when two or three Cars passed over his body, crushing it in 'a shockingMannereand prodecing death almost irnrnediately The. train Wall stepped and the body of deceased taken from "indef. the cars, when it was found that onearm ef the 'deceased had been cut off—probably when he. 'first tell—and his body almost crushed to a jelly. No blame is attached to any or the employees of the road. Catherine: Journal. • SHOCKING 'SUICIDE OF A OVARDIMAN 'IN MONTREAL. --The Montreal correspondent of the Gtobe totys a- terrible euicide,was com- mitted this mon-lisle (Slst)y whiCh- has: created ela , no little excitement in the city. .3he Artil- I Ty. ereunderorders to .proceed to the last I review of Guard's previous to their depar- ture for hethe . when a sergeant named Wins. Isledon shot himself deed With a rifle. Ile had been -eiehteen years in the service: — relieious d.fficiilty with his wife is supposed to have been the cause Of the rails deed. • SINGULAR. APOLO• Gr.—The leditor of the Chicago 7Yrises was attacked, in the s .reets- one evening last week by a man aed Trussell, weem that paper had published as a gambler. The editor fired at Tr skill, but didn't hit himewhereupon the Tit les •polo - vet to the public fee theliolure "to t ate the existence of a walking p stile ee " and promises- better _executionl coe. the next: Opportunity. • • 01 dr .. -How THE CONFEDERTEN GET ./.831 Ls:lie—The Confederates client to '1 .• gleaned over • two Million (fellers wor sinall arms, equipments, lead, izc„ fro battlefields of tile Wildernees and Spoil . _ I ' nia. The Richmond Dispatch en= . - among the spoils 30.000 small larrnenn 000 pounds of lead. -The' balls were -poll on the battle-ficels by the peonlklieine -vicinity,: an4. taken to a depoeeeinablis% the purpose, where: they . Were -Melted pigs for lutare use. Corn and elour were in exchaneefor the Tead, an•artiele whic becenie scarde mut valuable. t� the, Cot rate army.' .. AND have h of the !vit- iates 25,- cted the d for into paid has fede- • EITILOP*AN NEWS. The steamship .eledes, Captain Mac oleyiti from Liverpool, at 2 ceelock on the after eon of -the 23i'd, vza-'Qneet.stown the 4th, arrived here ar two o'clock_ this mor nn Electioneering riots bad occurred at Ge ev Switzerland, but had _subsided. ._ Bread tu firinere Provisions very .dull The o inissiOners of Customs in London have i sued a general order to collectors, that in pur- suance of inetructions kepi the Lords o the Treasury, no ship of warbelongingto o iher of the belligerent powers .in North Am shall beallowed to enter any of Her Mal ports for the purpose of beinz dismantle sold. A Liebou telegram- of the Ii3th 'that the Federal frigate Niagara is is Tagus It is said that her mission is to i tete cept a steamer bOueht at Liverpool, s tene • ably for navigating • bee sateen.. Lisbon and: Liverpool. The Portuguese papers fu ther assert that the ,steanter won't sail, as the iatentioas of the Federals; ,have be onto known.. This douhtleis referred to the Georgia, which recently. left -:Liverpoo for Lisbon. The New -York corresponcie t of the Lennon. -1 tnia) writing .frOin..Ni gata Falls, under date of Aug. 8th, -Says Cl font House has become the centre of aegotie ions between the Mir -them friend a Of peace and Southern ageats, which promise a itli- drawal or the differences -from the. -orbit tion . or.the sword. 3 he correepoedent, then oee LY SIGNAL. THE AMERIOk WAR. ___ New Yon-k_Sept.2.-,---The. oars Washing- ton .special says -authentic , aformation has been received trom Sherida: that Early is withdrawing his forces slowl up the • valley by way -Middleburg and Sera iurg. rhe Commercial's- %V hington special 8078 11 is understood Gen. Sheridan bas orders to hold Early hi the valley; long as he can . PHILADELPHIA Sept-. 2.-- Well founded report this p. m. says that G • n. Sherman has occupied .Atlanta.. A semi- fficial• despatch said to be the basis of the re ' !mt. LATER—Philadelphia, ev ning.-A tele- graph despatch has just bee -received front sources of the eighestereditjt dated. Narieta, Ga.; stating that odr advance guard entered Atlanta this morning. , • , - -- , NEVI YORE, Sept.: 2. ---Th fleriztcfs core respendeet with the army of 4he Potomac has the following :--ee" The cane' at Dutch Gap will soon be in readiness for ,se. A myete- reeislooking and (to all appearange)a for- midahle 'emit has been discov red lying in one of the Creeks emptying into t e James river. She appears- tobe waiting , esome of the monitors td, tsi- up the Jan ea river, when she.will tun out and cut off r reat. The con- federates are erecting hatter ..s 'to dommand our position -at Dutch Gap," The. Herald's Mobiie col; espendent says diet on the mornine of the rd ult., Capt. Taylor, bearing a whitellag, cconipanied by 40 men, march:lel out of Fort Morgan, carry- ing a Small-- sail- boat,. with the intention ot going to the flagship, three -o four miles dia. tont, With:a note from. Genage, proposing to surrender. A check was:. t upoit this by Gen. Bailey, • who said the ar y and navy were one, and as -his artillery c nimanded Iron Morgan and is infantry ever foot of Mobile point outside the -fort -Om we lilf not permit a boat'screw to pass once ehornon any pretence whatever. - .. .: Soon after Gen -Granger rived- and the note of Admiral Farragut wa taken by him, elvine he mould eotninunicat its contents to - 0 the admiral. In a *short ten a demand for piteenditienalsurrender was •ade and grant [ .- e ed. - - The results of the -victory, t Mobile-. may be sumnied up thee :-e-Conipe led the eyacue Lion of Fen Powell, -the sue ender of Fort Gaines,. almost destroy -ed an compelled the surrender of Fort Morgan, - teretofore con eidered the strongest fortifie ion- in the U. States. We have takeu 1,51 _peisoners, 100 pieces of eatmoti and a vast is tntity of smell anus and thunitiene of war, also, provisions enough to feed. the garrisons We shall place therefor six months. '. We 'have captured, and have readyefor use, the rein Tennessee, 1; also several peneed, up at .runners. r• All illed. and _ -iex s ot the Tecuin and_yery few ehe strongest war vessel ado 'oelier war -vessels, . end .1eive least - three Eaglwh blucka this has cost us one man' wounded, and.the navy thelo seh and ja part of liereera g, casualties on oth'er a, - The Hercild's Wushington pecialsa.ys that fes. the 8th Illinois cavalry- her0 just returned Worn a sceut to Upperville, Alehhie Gin and 1" • Suickeris Gap. They had ordered from Sheridan arreSt all ahlelhodied men be tw! and -50e _ace:se-dine0! • 32 such men were brought in. e thrafd's correspon1ert with Averill's cavalry, dating Sept:1, says: "was Rhode's corps Of onfederato• in together with You hati!s cnvalry, that attacked General Aver -division at Martiesburg yesterday afterr parenuy hoped to surprise A.v Early was at Winchester last • hasty retreat ofRhodes corp* indicates that the Cenfedet portant reason for moving up " The Confederates -dm men by this last opereration. "This morning gen Averill the eaeiny with .a portion drieing -the Confederates out o occupying the town, and ,ebnt nubile the put. - Snit t� a polio four' Miles ton 'Ards. Winches- ter." - • , Natinvieie, tseptember 1. force, estimated ut 10,000 wit artillery, were within iteventee city, ou the blurfreeshoro _pi!: this morning.. 1 Gen --"Rosteno; cavalry and infantry, started y neoa andinet the enemy's adv morning. Sharp sRirmishin With Varying :success. At last semi had driven the Confedere towards -Murfreesboro.- Messes advance. leport that Gen W force is now betweeu this city boro. rice, sty's and says the en.lo explain that an effort IS to he . mad eo nominete a Democrat for the Presidency pon a platform for an armistice aticli conve tion of the States, and to thwart by all pos ihle meanie the efforts of Mr. Lincoln ': for re lee - tied. The Times city article suys :—F iik- -fort advisees show a loss of faith to the Ui ited Stake bonds, which -has depreseed the lice to 48e -three per cent. below last! quota ions -- from -New York., • — -; - -. The Times winds up an editorial on the present sitnatioq of the war in A merle. as fellows :-ests regards the linel issue of the war, we conSider the prospects of the . on- Sederates to be as good as ever, but the Pederals hisre shown such an insensibilit te defeat, and Seel' an halexible tenacity of ter- • pose, that. see . cannot anticipate, any e riy termipation of the struggle. Perhaps the. success of Sherman in Georgia, Or Farr gut at Mobire, might counteract .theldisapp tat meta:produced by the failures of Gran in Virgialia, and Once more inspee 'the Fede 418 with 'expectations of absolute sticcess. In Europe we Can employ the lemon& of ev nt- tal campiizeit to confirm our, conviction or the hopelessness of war, and tie necessit of a speedy.peace: .. , . of The Daily News says -there areruinon &projected re* Confederate loan. Older has been restored in Belfast. T has been no rioting since the..49th ult. The King of - Spain had left- Prance Spain. He visited Queen Christiana. prio kis deparature. • Prince Humbert, Crown Prince of I who is on a visit to Copenhaen, :is she expected in Paris. The 1f:dependance Beige announce prospective inarratee between! Peince H hertand the Princess Anna giant: mid tva a will strengthen -the. bonds between Pre and Italy. Advice; from Algiers via Paris confirm: rumours of fresh distutba ices in the Provi of Oran; The King of Prussia arrived at Vienna the 20th, on a visit tc the Emperor of Aiot The occupation ot Holstein by Pressi ns and Austrians is said to be decided open. _ . • The Czar had otdered the reduction of army. Iinmediate and unlimited' discharg granted to -soldiers whose servilm expires the first ofJanuary next, _ ere for •tit tly a ce he ce on Idvenpoos, CoTTON MaeKev, Aug. 23. Sales of cotton yesterday and today w 10,000 bales, including 2,500 to 'specula and exporters. Market irregular and changed; .only choke parcels aintaing p vious rates: •• -Breadstuffs. market generall steady a iy slightly -firmer. - - ' -A NEW DANK to be called " The Roy ennadian.Bank,"- •,is to be stared in Po Hope, with the head -office be in rontot • . • he re risn. An order in Council has passed, incorptee rating Ingersoll as a town, and a procla ation to that effect will issue immediately. The Lower Canada Reformatory Priso was burned -down on the 7th inst-, but for- tunately all the inmates were Nerd. - A terrible steamboat accident has taken place in Tennessee, by which 150 lives have been lost, and front $150,000 o 8200,000 worth of property has been dest oyed. • Within a very few weeks after the publication of this:manifesto it seetned to have met with a response from President Lincoln. Is the eavl,y part of last month aletter was received. by General Lee from. Lieutenant -General Grant,. in -the follow- ing words :-- *gg HEADVfARTEItS, Aurae& or UNITED I STATESICITYROINTIVa.,July.8,1864 "General R. E. Ian, comma_nding Con- federate Arca,- near Petersburg, Vir- ginia GENERAL,—I would request that Col. James F. Saquess, Seventy-third Jlhuois Vol- unteer infantry, andJ. R. Gilmore; esq. be - carnage which marked: the continua ice of allowed to meet Colonel -liked Ouldr Come hostilities. - for the exchange of -prisoners, at such plaee The President came to . my office at nine between the hued of the armies as you may Zi-•1-1ock in the evening,andeolofielOnldeaoie designete. • The -object of the meeting ie a few momenta later. with -Messrs. Jaquess legitimate with the duties of Cel, Geld,. as and Gilmore-. The Piesident said to them • FARM TO RENT I Commissioner. that -he had heard from Me that they tame as to open nege tions, lest he. might thereby, be deemed to have recognised the independ. mice of the Confederacy, and that he was anziOas to karn whether tlie conditions- on which alone he wenld be willing to take such a step would be yielded by the Confederacy; thst with this view he had planed his mere sengies in a condition to satisfy- us that they really catne from him, without committing himself to anything in the event of. -II disa- greement as to such conditions .as be _con- sidered to be indispeesable. On intorming the President thereof my Conclusion, he determined that no question of form or etiquette should be an obstacle to his receiv- ing any Overtures that promised, however re- mdtely, remit ie putting an end to the The Provincial exhibition. to he held So Hamilton will commence oa the 20th, sad end on the .30th September. stwAartritumats. •rr.:••yrrraaorPao•r•r...rrsra;••;rrrr•a....,...,....r.r•rrrer•a••••_.._ Fit Rift WARTE112 ABOUT 100. ACRES. A :PE4180N HAYING jU$TAHRIVIti IL Canaea wantrto purchase a l'armi, 0 A. 13 It X_ Amer stating extent of clearance -4W* iamb free Otelunmseaud partimilars to T..:G- Clintonev. 0.7-‘,C. wiSeetr • "If not consistent for you to grant the messengers of peace from Mr. Lincoln; that . 0.5 1.115- requesthere asked, I would. beg that this he as such they were welcome; that -the Con- Nelniffiltil MAR 101B1referred to President Davis for his action. federaey had never conceited its desire for _ 4 - communication as you may find it convenient "Requesting as early an answer to .this Peace, and -that he was ready to `hear what- ever they had to effer-on that subjedt. Mr. Gilmore then addressed the President,, to. tnake. I subseribe -myself, very,respectfully, your obedient servant, - and iu a few minutes had conveyed the in- smxtrirss U. -b. GRANT' =Lieut.-t.ien. S. A." tehTtetlirs :oiveleirllinInliiniwoPureldsseadc I - formation that those two gentleman had fpgE sugocRIBER wishes to not big borne, on 'which -are - eweivth taltepeidaz JL Far.n, Lot e, con. 8th, township of Col• dent he authorized Colonel(f5ald to meet the abolition of slavery and the geatit of an am- 80 ACRES OF CL.EAKINti .7 On the reference of this letter t�the Presi. on the recensttuction of the aim!? the persons named in Geneml rant's letter, and Arran eyheat. Well fenced. -Good sewfrause Colonel- Ould. after seeing them, returned to Richmond and reported to the-. President, in Buselings. About ,six miles puns tiedench.— _ 50 clear of stumps. .12 acres summel-fellowiel — myself, that Messrs. Jaquess and Gilmore had on.. For fuitherparti fie apply osetlie ppm- As t: not said anything to him about his duties- Ai , t r...i. , ,. mond for the porpese of seeiees, the President; dent ansiered that as !these propoEsis had ises to commi4stoner forexchangesof prisonrs, but as all other disputed questions, • These were that they asked permission to come to• Rich -1 stated to be Mr. -Lincoln's views. The Presi- that they came with the knowledge and ape been prefaced by. the remark that the people peeled of President Lincoln, and under his of the North were a majtray, and that a pass that they iwere informal messengers sent minority ought to -govern,. the offer was, in with a view of paying- the way for A meeting ,effect, a wipeout that Confederate. States of formai -commissuniers authorized. to nego. should surrender at discretione_ adiritt that flak for peace, and desired to cuininunidate they had been Wrong from the .beginning of. to President Davis the views of Mr. Liotoln, the 'waist, submit to the - mercy of their and -to_ obtain the Preeidentes views in return, enealieS, and avow themselves to be in need so as t� arrange for a Meeting Of entnnliESiOn- of pardon for their crimes, that_ extermithis e:s. Ci3lonel Ould stated that he had told non was preferable to such dishonor. s , them re.peetedly that it was useless to come. He stated that if they were themselves so to Richmond to talleof peace on. any other ungequainted with the rural of their own government as to make such .propositions, Mr. Lincoln *nett: to have known when giving them his views that .it was out of the power of the Conderate gOvernmf rtt to net nesty to the peoplp of the states as repentant criminals. In order to accomplish the aboli- tion of slavery, it was proposed that there should be a general Vote of all the people- of both confederations; and the majority of the vote thus takenevas to determine that u well the presence of the Secretary of War and Will be let fora term tiraeare as. usuf ugfusil teems thantherecognieed. independence of Confederacy,' to watch,. they:- said they • were anal e 'of that,. and that they were, neverther lesieconfident teat 'their hiterview would result m peace, The President; on this 'report .of on the subject of the domeson institutiousOf CoI-thatdetermined itiperrnit then' w come - the several states, -eaeh state havins -excla- to Rich:nun& under. his charee.:-• • sive juriseiceion -on that peed,- Still lets eto . On the evening; Of the Irith. -C oionef. commifiahfe.deeision, Ostia a question to the ,Oulii conducted these gentleinen to a hotel I vote o a °reign people.; that the separation for them, in whicii they we e to remain of the stiles accomplished fact ; that in Riehmond, where , a' room- was provided ,he had no authority to' receive proposals for negotiatiog except by viitue or his -office as under surveillance denine. their- • stay liere • •• and the tie,xemorniees I received the following letter:--- . . . . • • • " SPoTTSWoOD HOTEL, Rig's:0ND, •Va,„ July 17, 113647. ° " Ron. - P. Benjamin, Sec. Y. ,tate, - Confederate Slates of America ;— I " 1/zett Sie„—The Midersigned,James F. Jaquess,ofIllinces, ana Jutiles R. 'Gilmore President of un independent Confederacy, and on this basis alone meat. proposals be made to hien. At one period . of the conversation Mi. Gilmore made use of some laeguage,referring to these states as "enbels "' whi.e rendering an account of Mr. Lincoln's vievei, and -apolo- gized for the word. l'he President -desired him to proceed, that no offence was taken, and that he wished Mr; Lincoln's lanemee to of Massachusetts, most respectfully . solicit an be repeated to: hum as exactly as possible. Some. further conversation took place, sub interview. with President Davi& . They visit stantially to the saute effect at the foregoinct Richmond as private citizens, and have no' .w.ben the President rose to indicate that the character or siiithdrity ). but they are intereveew was at ins end.. ..The.twe.gent.i..e_man On. They op- fully pos.sessed of the .viewi ot the United States governinent relative to an adjustmeut were ;nen COMMItteG to the charge et voi. Ould, and left Richmond next day - This account of the visit of. Messes -4H -- more and ;squeal to Richniond has been emideredaecesesiry by publications -made by one or both of them Alice their return to the 'United States, enotwithstauding, the agree- ment that their visit, was to remain a secret. - Theybave, "perhaps, concluded thiteis the • promiee of secrecy was made at their request, iedi' it was permissible to disregard it. We lia,d ent - - no reason for desiring to conceal what occur- red, and have,therefore no complain to make of the publieity given to the iact of the visit; The extreme. innecuracy :of Mr. Gilmore's narrative .will be afferent_ to.you from the 'following _stateinents. You have no f doubt seen -in _the -Northern papers an account of another confeteneeeon the subject.Of pea.e, whi'cli took :..place in Canada at about the same- -date, betwee.n Messrs. C. C. Clay and J. P. Holcumbe,.Con- federate citizens of the ,highest tbarticteiand positicn, and Mr Horace .Greeemy, of New York acting with the authority ,of President Lincoln: Xis deemed not =Proper to in- form you that Messrs: Clay and Holeoadat, -althougn enjoying in an eminent degree the confidence end esteem of elie President, were 'strictly :mouth in their st unseat that they oe any suhject Whatever. We had me know.. 1r -were without any authority from this govern- ment to treat with that of the United States ledgeof the coeference with Mr. Greeley, ten. of the propuied visitto Washington, till we saw the newspaper publication*. 'A signifi- cant confirmation of the truth of the State- ment:of Matra. Gilmore and Jaques', that they came as messengers from Mr., .Liticoln is to be found in defect that the Tien of Mr. Lincoln: is Stated by them 10 the Neal - dent; are in exact conformity with the offen- sive paper addressed to e' whore it may con- cern.," which was_°.sent by•Mr. Litleela ta- _Messrs. Clay and Halconthe by the 'hands Of his private secretary, Mr. Ray, and whialt was properly regarded by those gentlemen as an intimation that Me. Lincoln • was un- willing that ttis War should Cease while in hie power to coodune hostilities. • e . I ,am, very respectfully, your obedient Servant,J. P. BENJAMIN, , - ' , Secretary of State. . . rill, but tailed. ight, and the this morning es have an ini• - Davis and themselves would Open the way to eirethvatlimleYe. '-e'ind leech official negotiations as would ultimate in restoring peace to the two sections of our are ' Martineburg, tracted country. , • ' ,. •'They therefore ask an interview with the eghaiisn attackedcavairy) II Pre.sident, and &wailing your rept ' most truly and , respectfully, ycur e servals's. "JAS. F. JAQUESS, , "JA. R.-1..1.11.M0RE." of the differences now existing between the North and South; and have little doubt that a freeitaerchange.of views between President • COnfederate 12 pieces of miles- of this at daylight ith a. body of terday ermi- ne* early this commenced cedillas Res - a three miles ers from our 'dere; whole ud- Murfreei- The Nee Mission to !climond. CIRCULA. It FROM SEC'Y ilENJAMIN. - The following circular fr the Con- federate Secretary of State,. eferring to the 'peace " mission of Colo el Jaquess and Mr. Gilmore,appeairs in thu Richmond _ cmc MAIL PaPers.. . - Department o 7,5tate, 1. RICHMOND, Aug. 25, 864. j Stit,—Numerous. pablicati DS which have recenfly:appeared in the joumas ' of the United States on the subje4t of infor- mal overtures for peace betwe4n the two federations of States. now at .War on this continent, render . it desirable that you should be fully advised of the. .Jews, and . . policy of this government on a),matter—of such.paramount importance. tt is like- wise proper that you should be aecurateJy informed of Whit has .occurred dn - several occasions mentioned in the published , statements. ' a You have heretoforeobeett furnished with copies of the manifesto iss'40d by the Congress of the Confederate - St: tes, . with the approval of the PresidentAni the -14th June last, arid have doubttes' acted in :opurrinms,eiettt..y,'The 1 conformity, with the ' resolution 'thieh. -re- quested that copies ofthe manife to should be laid before foregn gre principal sentiments and po these States have been and are spit:adult ted" are set forth in that pope with all the authority dile to the solemn dclaratten of the legislative and executive -depart- l malts of thia government,' and with a clearness which leaves no room for -com- ment or explanation In a few atences it is, pointed out that alt we ask -i imlAun- ity from interference our internal peace and - , p sperity, '‘and to be lett to the undisturbed enjoy- ment of those inalienable rights of lifer libertiNand the pursuit of happin which our common ancestors declaredi be the equal heritage of all parties totie social compact. Let them &rheas'. ressions upon us and the war is at an ad. If there be questions wliich require adjust- ment by negotiation, we have e er been willing and are still willing to enter into communications with our advmmaries in a spirit of peace, of equity and manl 'frank - the de- nse to rld, to rsaries Meow nem.. The manifesto. elosed with claration that "we commit our c the enlightened Judgment Of the w the sober reflections of adv themselves,and to the solemn and arbitrament of heaveu." 1 he word 'official' is understood, and the fiord "peace 4 doubly understood . the . • 1 After perusing the latter I _invite COlor.el Geld to conduct the writers to my o ce, and on their arrival stated to them that they must be conscious they could not be admitted to an interview with the President Without Inform- ing Inc mote fully ()Utile object of then' inis- sion,and satisfy me that they catne by request of Mr. Lincoln. - Mr. Gilmore replied that they Came inofficially,but with the knowledge and at the desire of Mr. Lincoln; that they thought the wok had gone far enough; that it could never end except by snme sort of an agreement; that the agreementenieht as well be made now as after still further bloodshed 4. thatthey knew by the recent address of the Confederate Congress that we were willing to make peace;_ that they admitted that propo sals ought to come from the No, and that they were orepared4o Mire these proposals by Mr. LincOla s authority; eliat, it neces- slaty to have -a sort afieformal understanding in advance Of regular: negotiations, for if commissioners were appointed without some such understanding thev would meet,. quarrel and separate, Wayne, the -parties more bitter .0 against each other thin' before; that they knew Mr. Liueoln's Views and *null slate them, if pressed by the ?resident to do would desired to learn his in return. I arain insisted on:soinnevidence that they came from Mr. Lincolnraedin-order to Astisfy me, Mr. Gilmore referred to the fact that per- mission for their coming through our lines had beenasked officially by General Grata's) O letter to General Lee, and ,that Gen. Grant in that letter had asked that this request should be referred10President Davis. Mr. .Gilmore then shrived me a card, written and signed by Mr Lincoln, requesting Gen, Grant .to aid Mr. Gilmore and friend in passing throughhis lines inutile Confederacy, Col. Jaluess said that his name was not put on the card for the reason that it was earnestly de- sired that their visit should be kept secret; thathe had conie into the Confederacy a year eel asand had visited Petersburg on a similar errand, and that it was fee....ed- it his name should'hecome known that -some Otthose_who had formerly met hiin 111 'Pleniburg would conjecture iherpurpose for -which he now came. -He said that the. of peace. which they would 'offer to. the .President :would be honorable ta the Confederacy; that they did:not desire -that the Confederacy should seeePt any oter term!, but would be - glad to have my promise aethey gave theirs; that theirvisit aboard he kept a ' profound secret, if it failed to result in pesteel that it would not be just that either party should seek any advantage by divulging the fact of their overturefOr peace,if unsuccessful. I ass.ented to this request, and. then, rising, said: "Do I understand' you to 'state distincilj that yeti eapie_es messengers -from Mr.Lincida for the purpose of agreeing with the President as to the proper tie& Ofinaugurating afornr al negociation- for peace, charged by Mr. Lincoln with authority for stating his own views and receiving those of President Davis? Both answered in the affirmative; and 'I then said that the President would see them at my office:the-same evening at 9 p. in. —that, at .least,I.presumed_he would,but if he objected, after hearing my report, they should be in formed: They were then recommitted lb the ebarge of CoL Ould, with the understanding that they were to be recondicted to int office at the appointed hour, unless otherwise diet: .eeted.' This interview, connected with the, -report previously made by Colonel Ould, left on My inquired the bri mind the decided impression'thst Mr. Lincoln M. -Wpm* : WASItTertIe 10 sending formal etimmiesiouera: The 'brigadier re .Hon. James M. Mason, Commit -wiener to the Confluent, &&, lie., Paris.. The -Volunteer Renew.- We received a idespateh yesterday from Quebec informing 'Us that the departure of Major Penn's Baum will be delayed till after the 6th, to enable it to take part in the forthcoming Review. We undeeseted that Ibis change is due to the effOrti of our tity inentimr, Mr. Carli:ng, who. IS at present at Quahee. The presence 1 -Of this crack battery will add additional - trto the occa sion.—Free Press. s A_ Waster, Boston, Mass., weiesig have used through the advice of,personat friends, Mrs. S. A, Alien's World's Hair Reidorer and Zylobal- samtim,--foracverai months pest, with great effect stud entire satisfaction.. I am now nettherbtaduor grayk_ mybair was ' dry and hdttle, but hat! regained the Softness!, of it7seaoirdliebryDyears.m;gis' ts iv ry'- where. °Depo, 1.1 198 Greenwich st.„ 1Vew- ork. • . • A FAIR Orrin. —A v teran relates the following once haptiened that I a Mule -driver was engaged in lea&ng on unruly male forra short distance, whictijob proved aboat as much as he was able to tte. and ,gave. full employment for both- of hands. As he was thus engaged, a newly appointed brigs- dierrode by, near him, in all of the tenses „quential radiance of his. star -light, when ,the mute driver hailed him as follows : I • sayt Idyll that. you would send a couple of mei dotv;i here, to help Manage ibis mule.' The brigadier, Indignant at being. so familiarly addressed, stern inquired: 'Do you know who I am, Sir?' 'Yes,' was the reply, 'you are General,...) I believe." 'Then why' do you not salute m4, :before addressing r dier. will," responded 1 get offend bold themuler red in lead order. TA.031AS Carlow Sept. 3rd. 1864,— 1:33404 NOTICE. `A LL those that have.handed in their accounts 11 to the subscriber agemst -K. W. 'Einstein will receive payment of the. sime after Werlacs- day next. - w. THOMAS:- GMlericki:Sept. 2, :1464. &wilt azitotTLALit No. 1443, No. lir. Finance Ikpartment, -Castor*, -- (lemur, 29th August11864.- '• ' With reference to the time allowed-fer the stamping of Dealer's Stock. of Tobacco, held previous to the Firstof August instant, and which,. ani -der she Act 2Tth apd 28th -Viet. Cap 3. should have been staMped before that date. 1 have now 10 informyou that no tobacco is to be stamped or leheljad after the Tenth day of September next, as having been in stockAS .af oregaidoind furthers -that the ful rigor of the law is to be enforced in respect of all Tobacco found in the market' withouta proper stamp after that date. ,L I ant,Lair, Xourob'dt serrant, _ R. 3. M. BOUclIETTE. To the' Collector of Inland Revenue. • _ swl- Parcelsof Stationery_ • AND • in quantities °to suit -Country Merchants AT Tin LOWEST WIIOLESAti BATES, Ai the'Signal" Vices e new No blAGLAZINWAI0 z:4 • It--alcai' to the bonded -OS .4410 2— • Why, tbc And laid Here -nee * IOW OW - Hera WM mother were bue Amorist. hesta Mei gat Ite Her als new rase; die —Is happ At I Tin Uteri 110 **Co AT Ben Eel Ei .Allfrousi4 While W we We world • unwist.re Low lie Lies* Her bo 41arl IOW The bid 1 Rem Sea Who sere Xis Seers .At blest - Dilations Said 4ara eistio.waLi 'My twee* Tamed *Aar The Mei sau•wW. Catena wer - ,ttswt : -Cowed lisai 1854, per* she Ural* -deseribiegil votive pei -winkles, awl sniosittele__ kg, -mama asse gether. - Agalaifsma, ipeerfolhaws coon was ei -akey Neat had dies they laltde washed WW1 natio, soli * Assam. - Aft limas men Receired *aeon published, nt die SIGNAL". OFFICE - Book and Stationery Store.- - Codericii, Anita 120;2864. Sheriff It Sale of Lands., United Cchinnes 4,1r virtue ;If a wriesil Huron end Since, .8)eriFaciasissued To Wit ; -of liajmerva Conti of the United teoiname of }WM" 4.1grafie, mid wise directed . against the lands sail teas- .. meats David Gilles,at the auk ot this' Karoo District Building Society,Ilniveseited stadtakta 111 ,executionlili the leght, tide and *tercet oftlis said defendant, in and te auatimrTwasetrteer in theeecond commission of the Towel** ot Kinloss aud County of Bruce, cost:maw .1114 hundred acres more or Jess, -which boa end * tenements 1 shall offer for sale et try Mimi hiethe Court Housein the TOWD Of tiodersob roes - day the Thirteeutb day of Deenpaltak asadorat hour of Twelve of the clock, ROMS, „ JOHN MACDONALi Shapira/Lk B. By 8, Pot.umx, Deputy Sherif. • * Sheriff's Office, doderie. 11. Sept,20,1804. - SHERIFF'S SALM or thriteavotinties -k-.-Tirtoo' ot 4.11F0.9 -and, gr11% ... . giVi. ,114-. . to vitt: - oat- 01 • nor ilia Court or- COmmonneogritma to Nis -dimmed against the Janos *ad tenements or Margaret' Lamb, -Samuel :14ainb, ?Mace' ,lasabcaild Asa ;Fan brother, at shamed of WillisraBawhey.,1 bfte seized end taken in Exeeettot ail Ilt right* tido , indinusrest of theimid dekadmits lit mad to last • number one hundred end- six Ia the TOWN Or Aioderieki in the Coital ofklurce,withste ' LB- - II AODON1 Twelve ot. the clock, limm. ings 'there". dirtege41 **lel' la,:krrif,asa- H. 4- .11 . Thirteenth day ofDecemlierient, at the low ilf /shall oiler for sale at myoffiee fa tbetloart. in the Town el Cederich os Tuesday OW BY 8.1'-or.r.otz, Deputy Sherif, ' Sberitfls difice, Godench. 1 , Sett. 2441864. i Sheriff's Sale of Landes Ituited'Oonnifes of- DV virteitot a Writ ofFiee - tpleits:ernon,eati tan an ds jw0B;ehce.dneciedw, were witahaciegametest„atissuede iltelndiestjavadismitei;ereast i To Wit: - itajesty's Court of Cremes the time of his death ift -the lamas or Andrew •l'oneKiti seiminextrator or a, and itaisoz. :edattuseandiatE -iteukeitatesi:ristillidcjioefiectla thejeajneaxigaid: criliillguin31-voidit7mithalli buraell;:s.' rightssix-'' 4 . David Smith, deceased 'to In adansisteied 3niedrittathaelidtaLetingsa:mberepober laercotedis enitniing.w jaittaust_tooshee M theTown of Goderich, milts County of Nem, and tenements libelist/kr tor sale et rarefies its The court Harem the Towa Of- Oaken* cat Tuesday the Titirteeadt der or Daceetted41144. at 8. Powous,, DeySherill:. illielif 11.* -11' the boar otTwelvitottite do*, aaois• . .sherit, ,of osee,.. JOHN. it:46)0:mA : Sept. bth, Int. b . , • - e`e Wit MOTO Asetentsfi seise mama Setmetilii 411011 boat to ad Tim soli liessired **lie hi tem Tan efts -14614 Seeley .... Hart t+ Wool wail Peas, Perk