HomeMy WebLinkAboutSemi-Weekly Signal, 1864-11-29, Page 2competitors, just as root crops are now
Itten• judged? Then the good, careful farmer
I would fed that he was entering hitt) a
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..eiple. which would be sure ;to reward the
29, 1861.. 'best cultqation: And then, again, every
contketiter should bo yetritilred to furnish
GODERIC 11.. C W., NOV..
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TIERAGRICULTURE. OP
RON AND BRUCE;
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There es one evil which, in our op
-FLIT. a etateinetet of the nature of his soil arid
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• the sy-steta. of eultivation. Such state;
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e menti•-, if -Made -beforeea body: of- farmera
at the clotke of ein exhibition, and.t/iseesd
inion, in, a sptritt of intelliadtice end candor
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TIIE,SEMI-WEthiLY SIGNAL.
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• THE Vat AR NEWS.
We outlier frem New York te:earants that seize her in the harbor of a nation with which
ihl
was a ship of war or a gaire pirate, could we
the Empire thereafter. 'hether the Florida A. Ward's. Experience with the Mir- necessity for drawing- him as far as poss e
. IllOnS, . from the only point he could look for succor. _
not her seizure an -Arb A t Ward . tSltlk It is not impossible he may capere the capital
uld only be justified City he -became intimate with Brigham Young. of the State, and perhaps move thence to
mei ? So it 'seems He relates a poi tion Of his experience)-
. Savanaah or Augusta,. with an. ultimate eye
on Charleston. It was yesterday rumored.
shall demand the Inprivate conversation aid; Brigham I that_he had, Milledgeville already, and tho'
,• our Government, learnt the following fax :-It takes six weeks not officially confirmed, 4t is not unlikely. -
it wishes to labor to kiss alt hes wives. He dthet . do it only In case of its occupation of Savannah,Charles-
aiming from a weak once -a year, and says it's wuss nor cleanin' ton well evidently- be the objective pdint of
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0 r. we were at peace? Wa
an attemptevas _made on Friday night last. to_ aa solidi in
. eithirease e
burn ill the principal hotels and places of as -an act of war a ainst
atnwe.rnant in the city, considerable damage td us, and that if Brazil
wee done, but in -no case *as the work coin- restoration °fee Florid
must restore her, unless
olete. It. of course, set down against Con-
uni-er the imputation of c
ifederates. 'although it is probable that. the
city -Mohawks hada large -share it for the
sake of pluuder. Blierinan seems to .• have
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everything peetty tpuet his Own way in Gear..
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Ile is marthing, through the State, and is.
. said to *have eaptered altholigh,
should be remedied by our farmers as span ,ivould. Ite, the nieeas of doing fee more the reports are very cotilliatiiree Hood seem
as possible i-- We. 'mean -the ..eglittly,ttien! of geOd" . can be realised out of Agrieule to have gaiiied a victoryover Gem Thomas
tlp- nu -chianti. The syetem, as at pees- tural
ent-.Pursued IfY most in this section, 4 to • -
clear nearly all their land as soon as possi-
ble and.then:crop it continuously. • The
The ineetina of the Canadian Presa'As- .tion of the belligerents. •
result is obvious,' A - virgin soil gives
good. crops until its richness has become sociati4 at Belleville,' ' Thursday last, •
s- as at -present conducted.
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THE. PRESS 45501)1ATION:.
We hear of no movement oththe part of Gen.
Grant: is probably waitiog the result of
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Sherniitif s tour through- Georgia.. We _are
inclined to think that , something decisive.
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• will 'won take elece, judging -free-lathe- peg-
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exhausted,' and. then each succeeding year ,
was. the 'Mos" t successful that has yet been 'Hon. ; Tdr...- ,Dorion mi. Cotlederatadh,..
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witnesses a diniinution of returns for the held. Ire great Object.of this association
. • The nen. A.- A. Dori'on; leader of'the
amend of labor expeed0, until at ' last, of cowl eters of the newspaper:prose; is to rouge. party Of Lower Canada, in an address
the hapless. cultivator diecovers himeelf__ e :
ewer' cdether men ot. varioue pelitical to his constitInnits, lattices the following ie
poor without the- hope of retrieving hes leriaintee, srtc tiler bya a personal acquaint- inaelee on the Sabject el Confederation
ince- ar4tteer nsodial table they may.be en- ' ''' WheneverI have had ail -eppertuttity I
fortunes from. a poverty-shicken soil. Oa
real efftliosi3 asperities which ai'e have Pel'eed my_self aeat list. all Legisla,
cr,
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i. , ,. „. . , tive 9r I., eiiel al Union of the Maritime Prov
ing up in the neat of political, i„eese Ia has always appeared to me that the
the Western. prhries, -Where the alluyri ab).0,1. to
deposit four or _five feet- thick, surface sate- ite
ctiltivation and'eantionous cropping- over
large areas Veiossible for -'i long series of
• years without! exhausting the- soil,- but
observation #nd experience teaches us that
this 'system will iniver da in Canada, and
if the farmers of II afeft and Brace, genet' haps bloc)
ally, prectice-it, they May expect the fate - emeee,4,
of those residing in -the °Id frontier coml., tepposetee
State it is at least without a precede:it in Col
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ties; who eahriat to-tlay get. more th:in- great men ings. walkitig aria in arm, e /mad lesttni. lesee nothing therein but coin-
- from ten' to fifteen bushels of wheat Pee dt from the slaw cellar,' and Perhaps .olieat:ons apdfrouhle hi the -workine of the
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iseussion, •...any one readitig some. of Our present circuinstaaces ot the severiil provinees
newspape - would = be inclined
e to 'think . do tit render Su.....11 a union -desirable, and that
- i • . -... • 1 -we ini zlit by a treaty of Commerce and Reed-
Surety--.. gra end tory could. not meet under , lane; wlach inieht be 1. ocurable or derivable
• sueli ze neetitilar attentled.with t at clan re r. • . t
r, . y • = me
•-n t ) cut e al athe ad'. an -
I carmoe Sea anything in the
the smite. •oof•withont violence and n'ar- rr"Ye a 11:169.
I echeine of -Confederation - telieltice me: to
alter •thy (annum.. • he union__ wbich is, pro
posed aoe.na to -me to be premature, and if
it is dot exaetly •compitibleevith the ColOnial
shed! Nothing' of the kind
3Ien bolding politictd -views as
he poles may be seen at our
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. - - . - `Gavernnient, an increase. of the debt for the
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,e - -acre from. land that at tale tune yielded sheriree the same bed. :Never have we
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Con fedtheitian: and • an iocreased taxation tor
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-the pe ()plc.". e_ The • union. can 001) retard the
progiess and. prospe' rity of the country, and
- reeel it becanse I believe it tO - be. 'contrary te
the interests -of the previncee, and aboee all
dieaetrous to Lower Canedaa -. le whatever
ina iner the -projected changesare appreciated
. ecu emi-Ise mu dilerence of opinion on .one
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-..a--,,sptritorz.niatual foeDearenee; leant. flint Wheivit .i proPoied co rebuild- tle--
le same...time; . we cling -just r. as coastitution eind lay -new foundlitions for the
edifie. e;. the oeople whose -"interests
as ever to our 'pecithar Views. l'":itit`!"1 .
. . Lted prospeeity are affected ley these chanees
,
thirty or fortY. Oat .geographtcai psi-. seen a sin
tion renders it impossible to work out- ure &wit
Sarni, and then rein3ve further West as i The, reilid
iataoathreak dapaseipe oadepart-
he previdont spirit of hilarity.
eiT. coni e to view each other
many American., farin.ers do; hence we -as brothels; having in view- ono object, the
should gtakq the moat of whet we have, by good of our fellove mei], and we -go home
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Cultivating less Iand_ and, cultivating. it 1 to exereis
upon'. a different principle. 1:11053 Wlie -1 While 4 t
have tried the experiment will bear us- out tea -ache -4e
in the statement that fifty neres of lead Alread,i happy results. are -observable...7- slien'al be .eolezte.tiel and in . the two sections
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thormighty cuItivatea with the best ineple- The prese-of Canada, as direeted by meal- I of the Provieee have equally a right. to pro -
t - ' • titi,T hate. a -Aye: to.ie Inouece.theinsidves aeaiust the meats ta be obeained, with yield a much bars of the Associa . , . e .1tia , . . , _ ; . ‘. , , _
. . . character of
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greater return than would one •hundreed in its d.sliaesions, and_dweIls upon prin- destinies. ;hese changes cannot be adopted
ine(auatnts wait h eould in future guide their_
- acres skimmed • over. The farmer Nvh6 ciple.s either than teflon the, personal Elm-- wal.out the; 'sanction of a- majolity of.the
nation what we _have fe ed to claim from bousee He don't pretend to know all his the expedition. As combutations are being
against a nation _Children, there is so many of 'emnliougb they in progress to foil hit purpose,we may expect
oofs of entire 'good all know him.' _ He says remit evcre child he to hear, in a few cleys, some efinite accounts
rality,what we have - meets mile him Par, and he tale it for of them: .
ns with whose nen granted it is so. His %levee are Ve y expene • • _
reaterereason to be sive. They allers-want eomething, tei ef he The Annies of Thomas and Howl.
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strong ones -of claimin
which has given streng p
faith in the -matter of pea
not claiinedagainst heti
trality we have much -
dissatisfied. If Braiil is
other reparation than th
Florida we shalt be need • but it seems im-
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probable thet she. will ask -less. •
, .As to theaelegraphic r porte that our Gov;
ernmeat- will insist upon satisfaction.for the
insult to our flag,_ offere by the Brazilien.
vessels which fired at thel Wachasette as she
was bearing offthe Florirla,it they be doubted.
whether they have much f?undation. It strikes
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us pretty forcibly that if •Braidian ship -of -
willing fo accept of don't agree, they set the house' m a i uproar. ' _ . , . . .
. • • - • at „rates asdaer as can. possifify be sepplied is
wives fight amona themeelves so n uch that
he has built a flan! room for there benefit, 'IOW, finding the crossings andfarde of the ,
. 0 the froiince.'
and when two of 'ern gete into a, r 0-'4 he has Tennessee all vinelantly watched, dispatched
'em
turnedloose -into that plecee. a here :the his entireemounted force under a'orreet and
Wheeler, -to 'attempt, a '"crossitar ator near
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Nels iabbertisentents.
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ri I nE suBs.CNIBER,has receiver' Uric**,
sertment.of
whi WINIESEribliar
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in every department of Lama -twee eveluchIe wiOn
dispose of at - _
EITRIORDIN'n LOW P11411
• _ A FULL. SUPPLY OF
Sabbath Sehaai and Juvenile libririen
restoration o the He says he don't Faye tninit's pc Ce. His Nashville ofthe Cincinnati (..omilieretaly
war' had illegally seized
ports, and was Making
erument would hardly th
one of bur gunboats shou
vessel. -[Detroit Tribun
vessel in one of our
ff with it, our Gov-
nk of apologising if
d sink the offending
,
This case is one in whah all maritime pow-
ers are interested. When the lawless s_iolenee
of Capt. Wilkes led bine nto far Tess
grant outrage_ on our
Posters fraekly and loyal
anEc, and, in taking up t1
mon interert of the elvili
a sharp and peremptory
wn flage tile other
y cameeo our assist -
e cause in the coin-
ed world, addressed
emonstrance to the
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Governmeet by watch ,t ,e piracy had been
sanctioned,aneleeemed lately to be supported:
Beazil is not a6le, as we ere, to avenge her
upon the maritime,
it Fiance and Eng,-
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horror. It, is imperative
Powers at large, and up
!mid paeticulerato tak up the: cause on
Weill of one too weak, th. protect herself: -
We are equallfintereste in -inaintaininti the
se ottitv of neutral %vete • for there is no
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nation-"whese ships may not, at one. time- or
another, be forced eo see
ot a friendly Po-wer;: an
be there seized Or attack
te rn ati one- confidence. •
merce e:anad-rdeger exis
can hardly tbat
shelter in the ports.
if they are liable -tie
by an enemy, in
nd maritime cone,
in, tirne of war. We
ngland will do her
duty. We dare say this outrage ot the col-
lective rights. and intere ts of the maritime
rowers -will be regarded by Lord Russell with
singular equanimity-. , lea the &weed'. of
the French is neither Leeward nor aleederal-
ist 3 Le regards with equ II disaust aud con-
tempt the servility Of tae .English, and the
bretal bisolence of tlie.Federat Government 5
litsildyeittiesapneo.cti4i maypoasds idbrleesith ad "heel
_timidity of her ancient rieal; by undertaking
to exhibit in 'striking co driest: the dieeified
it be an injury to the use ized wdeld itt large.
disinterestedness of lira ce and the . selfish
personally to redress a wteine which though
0 / emfiaYrsechfisaie
IPowers aed eannot be p sed over in silence
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without degrading yet fu ther the tarnished
lioncir and damased pre tige of England.-----
eLopdon elerald. •
re:irwentattsies of each section,"
turns up three inches of eubsoil while, at actor 0 t e indirilual. In this re-egrit
the same time;he turns down every pound -that evi ic eleetitenthe Press has a direct]
offertilizing material that ingenuity can influen9e pan societa• in gen •
.gurop.ean
devise or industry accumulate, timer_ lee: The- m6nebars-pteeent Wer_e ::77"
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Said actually to enitivate. as much soil as .- • .
3lessr3.` Wm Gillespy, and I). 3.IeDou-
his neighbor who -Skins over twice as great
. gall,- Ex-ireen-lents of the Association • ‘Dt
a superficial area, and he has, besides,. the .- - ., 2
.11 pie, i a, rord, r. Brockville- _Tiles. Seller; 1
. Satisfaction orktemving that he requires. Eciti;,-- montaaai ; _____ mason 00.0leeek, i
_ less fencing-, and otherpretection,_ as , well B3nefi1e _ ..„__ saeppeee, lateeeeleartei.
as theesaeing of hie soil for future years. Belleville „J olin King, Telpgraph; Bei,
lin _.; Jani s Someriille, Trlie B,Inntr, Dan-
- The fact cannot be disgitised or explained.
- -6, dd.'s; G. NI .1 errall, .11-uptc Grua rd,- iitrath-
away that those of our:farmers who pursn
-toy--; John ITOge• Enteepiiic (1011h -ix -
the thorough_ principle are Jess liable to .11,00dai- T onns 3Tes' ...,enzei sc Join, oak_
' injaryothrOngh drought or. extreme InQi-S- I d0114 ; W. T. Cox, Hamill. Siynal, Gyde-
' tur, and a that instead of deteriorating. rich ;:. Jo epli tang, Brace. Revioc, Kin- ,
their soil becomes Letter year after year.. eardine ; IL Boyle, Times, Picton' ; Ititgli
Iienne y,CottPier, Alerrisbargli ; Thus. 1
. Where larie clearings have- been rdatle,.: °-
White, Sepeceatore Hamilten ; - T. W. Casey
the mode of cultivation ive. urge uPtm She
and .T.. -. Ilenty, Stenderd, Napapee e
a nttentien•of our farmers would give greatly James ci Inpaall,
. G t.-.:ette,_Whitby; A. J.
=tended facilities for the raising of sheep., Buick A gas,. St. 3Iary's ;-.' W. II. Floyd,
• which muse be a profitable -branch of Star; Co oura; E. . B. Thiwhurst: Tele-
graph, a ellaal; - W. 11. °timid State.s-
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husbandry for several. years'to come. It :,-
.- • num., Bo Manville.
might alSo . lead to the establishment .of
dairies 'such as • are _darned- oa in other _ - Our retiring -president, Davil Wylie,
lefts of the cottiatry to'the 'Profit of thoSe..of. the Eireekville Recoider delivered a
I: engaged in the manufacttire of a SUperior poeticel. address which *was rapturously
-.Nev. 25 -,Theiteamship Asia,
froth LiverpOol .the .12i1 -and QUeenstown
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on the lathe -has arrteethe The treaty of peace
has :been fleally adopted by both Danish
chambers. La France says • Brazil has-
broleen elf lelailons with the United States
,on -account of the seizure' of 'the Fldrida.-
The lairis :Nine- -asserts_ thee Enaland has
Called upon the great .powersto protest eol7
:actively ageMst the 'eelzure'et the Florida
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Later ads ice • from 1‘ladeira.' *confirni the re-
seainer Laerel, aura Liverpool,
ed Senimes and A pirelical,crew
crew. steauic-r named the. Sea
adeira. 'Thirty -Six men, hove
ever, refuse . to join the Sea...Kitig, ante were
sent back' to 'Liverpool. The. -English jour-
nals pliblish the official corespondehiee be-
tween the-American-eansul at _Bahia and the
President of that Pfovince. Under this cor
respoirkince .some of :the Pifolish journali
'reiterate their derninciations: of the seizure of
the lettirela. The Lendon Morning Star says:
"Although the Federal aceonnts-of the seiz-
ure of the Florida -hate not been eeceived,
-there eau be Teo doubt that a very aross•viola-
tien of neutrality has been coninitted,” and
it hopes " that -the United Statee eoeermitent
quality of butter and cheese. received by- the Assobiation, after, which I
the followifig officers *ere 'elected
Plits7 Thos. White, Ham-
ilton.
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ViCE PRESIDV17.-:itr. Bow -
ell, -
2Np' VICE Thomas
Sellars, 3Iontreal. - . : • - prompt offer -reparation for an unpardonable
o trage. -The Array mut Navy Gazette
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8BeRg.TARy.- 'CamPbell
- e s ys that a very considerable number of offie
Whitby:. -• cers,-of the- British. army have visited the
lIoN.ORelet SECitr.---TAkr -W. American camp North and South. No
ince of affront or annoyance offered to
Cox, Goderich, • theta busevereached us, and. adds the wri-
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... 'EXECUTIVE. 0-0.3011TTEB.-iiessrs D. ter,. if any officer -desires to see what is passWylie,
• inir in the American camps, we •believe -he
_Brockville, Thomas alessanger, ca:nn eee- omplisb his object by; •simply present-
Celedoma 5- ames omervtlle Dundas • mg himself in his. proper uniform to any
James Lan, superior officer. A statement .having been
Belch, '$t: Marys, 02. put forth that Garibaldi •
Kincardine - •
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. . • piessed- himself in. favour of the South, a
' . • The Counties of Huron and Bruce will
-eventually .beconie the . garden of Upper
Canada if Agriculturists themselves -will
evince -a spirit of enlighthned, enterprise,
and.tleterinine that whatever happens thy
will endeayer to keep 'pace- with the on;
_ ward march of iinprovement. We have
an admirable sbil for the ,prodaction of
the staple serialene well as the iie-st fruit
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grown in thocountryi and Mir population
generally, its both hardy and intelligent.
We have the latter.gnality in. view When
we express the hope that alt who take an:
interest in profitable farming will unite -ie.
the endeavor to diffuse correct ideas -with.
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regard. to the various. -processes now in
vogue. Our Agricultural Societies -are
doing a good work in so' far as 'they bring
farmers to think. all& act aion-,whatever
'valuable know/edge they piek up, 'bit we
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• feel thoroutelay convinced that in 04
respects these societies are not prod. cave
of the amoned of good that might be ex-
pected of them'. They. are made to pan-
der too nuich to the selfish, propensities of
those wlie. belong to them. lair. A. enrelIs tare as well as the members of the Aisoei-
-• ation, waS a complete success; ,and will be
long remenibered.by those who assembkd
•around the hospitable beard.
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port teat ta
bad transfer
to a large-.
King; oT
-wilt repudiate -the transaction and offer satis
faction to Braila" It adds The Anted-
cati within is atron,g euoueeh to wait for the
captute ot these cruisers in -due fornr. The
ef the leeareage lost none of its eclat
from its previous career:of its ileum, and we
know of_ nothing which could be raise -the
r..?pioittiOn of the govdruutOnt of the lanited
Statee athon r its friends. in Europe as a
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• private letter from the General is pubBroOkville Was selected as -the place °J. fished, -in w c ie -as er
hi h 1 s ts that- he has
me4ing nett year, and an excursion to been miatinderstoed, and says :=My opinion
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Ottawa and Montreal will- take place at on the American question is well knowe.-
the same time. It Will be held sonle time-
• • - Not only do I hope from it the -abolition. of
slavery, but I• consider the question to_ be cnie
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itt.Aufrast. affectin all mankiad, awl roe to /the world
- • e • if the North 'does not come 'out vietoriouse-e.
The Sapper at the Dafoe House in the .-E,• ll, It
Irl .usse -has, been installed Rector of the
evening, 4 which were the Mayor, several Aberdeeit - In the course of a
membirse both branches . of the Le4sla- speecgh which -be made on the occasion, he
said, There is another poition of the globe
where we still have to lament causes of blood -
shed. We still have to lament the blecaly
arbitrament of war in America.- We have to
lament that that way hasmoe yet been brought
to a clese. If there is any bright spot in the
&irk scene it, is for the African lace; _I can't
thatle but :the civil wee in America, witch
ever way it, may end, 'whether the States
uniae again or whether there to be- a final.
separation -I can't but believe that out Of
these events the Africaa' race are to receive
their freedoin.
his name in an Agriehltural Society's
books, and keeps it there. from year to
year merely because he is able to take a
number ot -prizes m a. certain, elass. And
yet it may be that during all those years
he has not cantribated one single idea to
the general stock of his -fellow agricultur-
ists. It. is sometimes difficult to detorm-
KLAST WOAD. .
After pleuritic, oat a column of senseless_
verbiagee the Irieh-Ca- ;median: condescends
ine which is mosti to be blamed. for this, to inform- us: that his compatriots are ee-
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the rules ofthe society or Mr.. A.' himself. de,avering4to-Unionise the South 4anist
The rules say that if Ite can show the its wi//, because the North gave Them_ a
beat 20 bushels of wheat, in bags, he 'will
take a tolerably handsOme prize. Now,
taking it for granted that the object of
such societies is to benefit the farming
community generally as much as possible,
would ask what good has been achieved
Memoriais in favor of Midler have been
presented to Sir Geerge Grey, the Home
Secretary, The result is not yet annen.nted,
but -report says. he, declines to -interfere.-
hetne that they could not find beyond the Preparations for the execution -of Muller, on
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Atlantic. A splendid reason traly-for in- I the lath inst., were -,progressing at Newgate.
. < Admiral Su M. Stafford is dead. Gen. Tom
flieting a cruel wrong. The North has I. humb, with els wife, is giving private romp-
givea the laborers of Ireland the privilege tions to the leadiug people of Lieerpool.
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of divinglits canals and makine- its rail -
0 .e, .
- ways, and in return they are endeaVorino• The Florida Case. -_
after ' that. man bait pocketed his. prize to exterminate a:people which . has neve; This Case seem's really -toaliein.a nivitat:heealpl:
money?- How much -did he raise to. the wronged them. But, says the C'i clif,' .,i "There is no 'doubt tliat th Florida-
1 . = 411Ce -"/ tared by the Wachusette in a neutral port If
ion r What soil did - hit wheat grow the South is not yet subjugated -I _ W.: elj, the Florida -was a.war. Vessel of a eelligere° nt.'
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tirn,:end w_hat:was the cultivation matte if it is not i the Irishmen Who. are &haw, power, thee her capture wasclearlyfrog I
and the Brazihan- Government May yriotitfuall '`
use of? Staple questions are never asked; ' the federal battles are not biameableaf
demand her restoration. If the Florida ways
and if they Were, in many instances the .They hal certainly done theirworst, and
snooessful competitor would be consider- we hold th it that they Are morally ...juilty PI
ancot rtalitee-,%vveassr evfstealdowf ea ab.ertetrweitictruleeekrher
t
I yt etattebarrasised, for we have an idea of an -aifut _act of inconsisteney. libavin, lathe harbor ofa natiOn wirth,
et peace T Had not the lertizilian authorities
Ita .. . finning -mill and riddle have, heard the paltry excuse- of the Irish Cana! arrillt: ?to _ftortid_her, seizure in a Brazilian
i , a great deal to do with the dittiz, we leavohim to his Fenfani • his b I Lte Florida WaS a war vesieleher
ae appearance of.graja shown. would: sack -cloth , a h . d 4111' seizure ie a israzdian port could only have
_an bli '
it not he better A
as es, an the o qtuty of - - _
.. an conducemore directly vision wlikili leads him to argue that two
to tho benefit ef all conoerned,ifprizes iorongs Oh =Ike- a - right. - If he had
for grain were given, not jadging from, ceme to th
maples in bags but trout thef.as of the -1 had less to
. .
Interestina Items.
The people of Brelutteird seek. to elect
men as town councillors rho will discounten-
ance the selling of liquo on the Sabbath.
Th6.- dinner _given to tlr. Galt by the
people of Sherbfooke- on Vednesday the 23rd
instant .is said to have been a great suecess.
Stratford inbeco ing interested about
the efayeralty. An atte pt will be made to
throw Ir. larviS out. Mr. Scott opposes
- ezke gr. A. Farewell Candidate 'for the
tepresentation- of South ,eatario in place of
Mr.. Mowat.,
' 0.- Th people ofelloent 'serest have de-,
.eideef not to incorporate their _village at the
present time. - -
teek- The European prdss is loud -in denim-.
ciatioh Of the capture 'o the -Florida .in a
meutral port.
< :Hon. Ma: BjeCiee, who has been ill for
some -.time, was - better at ast accounts, and is
likely, we hope, to recoe r. -
-
tar, Water Work Co penies are about to
be established in Ottawa.
-
, fj.• A writer id one a E'our exchanges saga
(rests that it would be:Weel to guard the rifles
e
in the enemies througho it Upper Canada, so
- '1).. The ' Quebec co respondent of the
I
as to -prevent taern fahin into - the hands of
the Fenians in case of an tiprisinga .
Globe sap: it has transpired that a cannon
4,
and some other war mate ial was Shipped on
board the propeller G rgian before she
started from Sarnia to uelliagwood. 1
, - 0:).- Eg.ypt wil raise about $100,00000,0
-
worth ofcottonthis year , It will bring her
lets of British gold, and ill add greatly to
her internal wealth. • ' - -
. - It is esticieeted •thet- .there are about
five millioas of n tive Go' mans- in the United
States. The e igratio to America from.
Germany this ye r alone has been 70,000.
. _
, 0..- An impudentetve ch came near get-
ting- his ears boxid at ' wedding reception
ihe other day, fent wishingthe beautiful young
bride "many -retitrit,s Of he day."
ee A negro tint in M mehis was Squelch-
ed by killing 25 ci 39 fire plantation ands:
The_Empress of_ ussie is to b ender
the care ofalx physichin . , Poor woman le
03.- Vendenhoff , readsone evening at
Guelph, one at Pori Hoe, atid one -at Co:
bourg. Hamilton has hi for two nights.
e' le3e k.i;loomer.h.as r4notinced the fashien
from disgust ett penis: alien for Japanese
Tommy I- - ;
. Mee He is . a wise n who learns from
evil one; -he ..is i poWe ful Who governs his
passmes;. and . he it rich '.'ho is content.
Quebec Military •Schools The Quebec school
ep
3- Four 'Mildred yen thirteeeersoes iii all
have obtained, ceitifidat at the Toronto and
is lull. • There is to:miler fifty more at To -
't
VI*, In Montrenile on 311.nnday :learning ina
_ .
mediately after 'lefettafelsiang
Termite in:the apt ofg
oa expired. ' Sep-
latore.a -f,Wr °Ludt" edre, door,
euddenly dropped down
posed disease -dropsy. - . . . .
ft- A "Lady" liviii in London was fined
-Le for assaulting a mai sereatit With.apoktee:
She said she mistook e instrumene for a
toasting fork„..with vehic she - Wished.to Wait
the poor girlbyway of joke.-- . •
A.
Cr,' HIS FAcellener - is removadJimes. J.
-Greene of Toisnsend, co Uwe Norfolk, from
the ,Cemmisiidie of th Peace. This su-
-nottneeneeittreitapears i the Gazette. The
-esteems step was take eit consequence of
Green having effected A.:seduction, and at-
tempted epee -practice. ,
Ozlie The Weterloce aro/tick records the
,
death of Mr.. Jacob Re: Finan, one of the- old
pioneer settlers athe C nutty of Waterloo.
00a Ow Tuesday the Governnient `hissed a
proclamation prohibitin the exportation or
t
c4errying coastwise, or inland navigation,
of terms or -ammunition. lee are told that
this was owing to reliab e information reach-
ing Qaebee that Southeilners and their !sympa-
thizers in certain Westeat towns are maauae-
taring' and clitedestinely collecting, at conve-
nient points, shot, shell and cannon.
Ole An eccentric gen ilesitut once stuck up
a board in a field. on Iiiii estate, upbn which
was painted the fellow g : 41 will ive the
•
dispeot is settled according to the London Johnsonville while with his ingntry he man-
preie ring. Surnames - they aboo
individually.. ; They have pulled th
his hair up by the roots, and he we
_ . . .
a horrible scar upon his body, mill te -wit gunboats and transports at and about Johne:
mop handles, bromisticks- and such. , _ sonville,and before reinforcements dispatched
with bilin hot water. get
he got any:wase - frightening
- Oecnsionally they ffet mad and timid
the garrison of the place by firing
him :by Gen. Schofield could :reach, succeeded in
cranky, they'd shut him inat dark elesit, pre-
. . . . raaidly shot and shell from a few batteries
. plante in quarters to
himself oeuvredinthe coutary between Memphis and
most la1;elie Tennessee River. •Thel mounted forces of
rs mallY. Forrest suceeeded in capturing a Jew of our
visely whippia him. after the stile of muthers duncomfortablyclose
when -their offspring' glis unruly. Sumtimes i Th di ffi r h
- Ill :BLLSAI Dilactourtr
to parties -requiring reinunity.•
C 0 Or IA 13€0-0.1ECtilik
supplied at tidelislierla
Oar Lowest Wholesale Itaterf.AS
MOORHOUSE.-
• -Signal Office, leodencln t
.No• • 1 w20
.o r me et e ebraman ng o ce w ose
when he went in swimmin, they'd go to the nifine is uhimportantrthinking the whole forte
bank of the lake mid -steel -his close; thereby 044.146 -rebel arniy-was upon him, apd fearing
compellin• hini to Sneak home -by -a citcooit- leht the vast amohnt of supplies there accu-
ons rowt, dressed in the scanderloe stile of metaled should fall into tbeir hands, ordered] m
very heavily on Toe,' said the Profit, 'and -I. d . .ds
the Greek glare. • . ' torch tobe applied, and le a, short bale
,'[find that the keers of, marrie life viTy tele flaitiesevere wrapped about huge piles
.4.85.e.
-1R-1 al I IV Cf
.•
DX THE -
shintimes I aish I'd remained single:"
I left the -Pre -At and- started 'fort he tavern
:aaiere put up to. -On My way over-
took bya large crowd of Mornielis, which
"surrounded me, and stated that they were
going- into the show•fice.
fl% ell ' sez I -find an individuarivha
Saved, the bulk of °them Watt soon a pile of C 0 IT nE
asbes. This destruction of property I would - -
1-j
not be understood to blaim was useless or - - • - '
3
• unnetes_eary, lee the true facts have rot yet
been mide knoWn. Certain' it is far better
that thegovernment- should have_ de.streyed
them, than that :they should have been
is -gout' round :lathe people into his show .a. turned over "to the rebel commissaries,
free, Ile let you know. • . who, lid doubt, would have been--quitawilling
.
'Weise had a revela,shun' biddin us go into
A. Ward's show withouiPayin' notalu-,-- he to -" receipt for theni in bulk." Though the '
ae-Y -stores were destroyed, eheplase was not eap-
. -tared, and • our foreee, eeinforced, now
iesaseizing me by the contlails and swineieg
me round very rapid, 'we're all gait ' in free, '''bexetreeeetsieime bdereepcle,tiseofnetulpiepTlieezneassheeeet rieveevreIntaye
so says the &vela -Ann.' -. - - miles from isliisliville. A railroad te. Nestivihe
'What's 'Old ReveleShun got to dc w4li my has been buile and the great balk of the
shouted4---- • •
'Yes,' hollered a let of fantail Mormones- eited •the : the post. This place, it must
/1111E ctiUNTIES COUNCIL tor the Thiliedi
A. Counties of -
HURON AND BRTICE11
wife, Neer me Ilia
- COURT ROOM, GODERICH,
Tuesday the 20th -day of Decendttrnext
D,
:Counties' elk- littron Bruce;
C °unties' Clines 'Office, I
28th Nov,' w444t
shove?' sea I, getttner puttyriled. 'red Mr. eiores for - the vast army ite the 'front a,re
Tr
N E
Revelashuna s:z drawin' myself up to my handled at this depot. The rebel horse.
full hite andleakiie Neon the calm 7 crowd
1 chieftain evidently knows' when and where to .
with a prowd and defiant mean,- etell Mr. strike. From Jahnsopvillee Forrest, hexing
Revelashua to mind his seen: businees, eubjed failed in his main efferte-namely, the capture
only to the lioastitution of the aarnited
1 of the plueo and stores -7 -moved, and, after
States.' , . . . exteesive depredations in the country about,
'Oh, let us he that's a sweet tTub sald rejoined -the maxi armyt now operatink,r about
several fernails, puttin' there arms irOund me •corinth" Holly springs and ereeenpeea The:
in luvin" stile. 'Decant 11 of us 3 I heeum a possession ofethie country, already so thee -
Priest, and hey wives sealeditto Oa.' . - - olighly devagated by the armies that have
'Not a seal,' see I, atareina back in honor marched ft/maid:and in retreat .over its ex -
at the idee. _ , a tended plain; can hardly be considered as a
•
'Oh, stay, sir, stay,' -said it gawnt fe- oreat gain foe so much exerticin, or .as suf-
mail, .one - 'lied 37 Sammers treat hey Reierit reward for -the greahloss that ere long -
•paised 'stay, aad- Ile be your Gentle Ga- be demoilstrated to be the result of the
transfer Of that vast. arm, froin Soutbern
zelle.'
'Not ef know•it-you eon e see, L 'Awe,
yon sc udaloue awa. & be a
Nunnery.' That's what I seid, aid jest so.
'Se,' seid a, fae, chunky Jewell,- who .must
bey wade 'more than -tee hundred lbs., ` 'Ile be
thy sweet gitlita'Stara -
Sez I, 'Ile bet two dollars aird,o, half that
on won't. . Where ere I Benne, Be still be
troo 2 thee, 0 Betey Jane:' i
•N. B. --Betsy Jane is my %fifers name.-
aWilst theuenot terey evith us in the firoca
ised land - said several of the meseiable
eritters. • -
'Ile see you all espeshally ,confascated be4
wilst,' ',roared as mud as cod be at their
infernal ooncents. gi/ded ! my Loins and
fiedi the Seen:- Lpackt my -dude & left Sail
Lake, which is a grand Sodduin and Germorl:
inhahited by as vane and .ouprincipled a
set of retches as -ever drew breth oteany spot
- '
on- the Globe.
-The. Coral. Iolanda.
- Until the "facts" .of seietice are alitte
firmer .1A -setae -Iran many . of them at the pres-
ent time seem to be, they be well net to
place entire reliance what the -servants
tell us. Cham6d:rs's journal of a late -date
says ;- a It is neceseary tOad vett tor thesake
of correetipg it, to an „erroneous impressionli
now 'exploded in the scientific world, but w hien!
yet- obtaius among aa very large claes-an
impression which began fo be made after
-Captain* Cooke's voyages of diseoverr--to
the effect that coral islands %vere the work of
coral animals -coral insects as they are often
improperly' talled-commenced by them at
the bottom -of the sea,.alid increased gradually
in height until it rea hed the surface. It is
now known that this is not the case. On the.
face of it, it Seemed strange that 14ue particu.-
lar spot in the 'b.a.itomiess seaeshould be se-
leeted for this work- in prefere-ee to any.
.other ; that land should he raised en such a
way as these ides are raised,with its precipit-
oue sides sheering down into unfathomable
depths abruptlyeshowmg no signs ofanything
like gradual ascent. It is now cdnjectured
upon evidence scrstrongeas eo turn conjec•ure•
intocertainty, that these coral crowns which
deck the oeean are but the diadem* of sue
-
merged mountains yet sinking the% the spot.
which the corals have ehosen to make their
home there is the head and crest of some
monarch of overflown ranges thrusting itself
towards the seriace of the sea, as the ;Tara or
tke Alps 'thrust their giaut heads into the
We eonfessehat we %vere among the ef very
large class" with whom the" l" erroueous itn-
passion " referred to obtained.- 'We thought
that there was no dispute among the isc'entific
men- as to the coral :islands .beine the work. of
0
coral "animals"' through the slow sees 9f
tine We thought the Professor AgassiZ,
for instance, had based his estimate of the
exceeding old age of this globe apon certain
observations made by 'him relative to the
reseut rate- of growth. of -the' tend reefs on
the oast Floridr. And now the EdinGtirgh
Journal says the whole ictee is exploded,"
and that cural islands and, of course,the coral
reefs, are merely she tops ,of submerged
mountains: all we have to say is, ling
the gentlemen seem to us a little tonpositive
=Abele essertions, caniidering that they
change their views so often. -[Saturday
Evening Post.
From tne';Bouth.
. ,
' NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-aIn the rebel House
. .
of Representatives on Roomy last, Mr Foote
Made another display of his.bellicose quardi- •
Insolvent Act of 1864 -
ties, and called upon any Member who ..]ob-
Georzia to Middle and West Tenue,ssee.-
General Thomas, on the, north • bank of ethe
Tennessee,. has so,disposed his forces as_to.be
the .master of the sit iation, and let Hood or
Leauregard di pose their armies -as they May,
they %via find_ ettdyhto meet them a force
con;petent to eet their wants; 'forces, too,
/
that have conf onted-them kefore in- some of
-the en estastubbonily odolife-sted .fields in,. Nor-
thern er Cherokee Georgia.. The Tennessee
river, from th
ies of Mississi
. south. Near
curve, and the
due east. Ti
arc of a .circle
Pulaski, hence
the concentrat
is to be found
array: 411 th
-euerded and f
stretigthee an
and speedily b
Ohio to the northean bounder -
pi -acid Alabama, runs nearly.
he Shoals -it makes a grand
led to Chettanooga rine nearly
extreanities of this curve or
or eearly equal. distant from
this -affords a fine point for
on Of the reserves. .And bele
-
large force of Gen . -Thomas's
main pointsof th.e river are
om Pu:aski a forte needed to
threatened point can easi y
throwe.
The .Pcwer of Imagmatiew
Mr. Charles Cabbege, An. his secondhook
of reminiseenc 28 under the title of' leas.sages
ie the Lite of t•., Phibasopher; relates the fol -
Towhee arieedoee of the poet Rogers and bim-
self :---, Once at a large dinner party,. Mr..
Rogers was speaking of an iudonvemence
arising freei tee eastern, then commencing,
of havirig niacin, W'S formed of one large sheet
of plata glees. elle.said that -a shoe; time ago
he sat at thence -with his bank to one of these
single panes 1 a 7 .piate-glass 3 'it appeared to
him that the window was .wide open, and
such was the force id itnaoination that he
actually eaunbt coil-- It soahappened that I
was sitting just opposite -to the poet. • Heee-
ingetais remark, I immediately said, 'Dear
me, how odd it is, W. -Rogers, that you and
I should make such a very different use Of the
faculty of imagination. • When I go to the
house of .a friend iti the country, and unex-
pectedly remain for the. night,having no night
cap I ph uld nattirally catch cold. But bl
i
tying a it of pack thread tightly around my
aced,. I o to- sleep - imagining that -I have a
eight -cap on, consequently I catch no &gut
all.' This silly produced much amusement
in all around Who supposed I had improvised
it 3 but odd as it may,appear; it is a practice
I have often resorted to. Mr. Rogers who
knew full well theyespeet and few I had
forehire, saw at once that •I was relating a
simple factemed joined eordially in thmerri-
ment it excited. - , . • • -
TniNnivil. S. FiticrIoNAL CUnstliTCY.-
The plates of the new Federal fifty cent frac
tidnal currency, are nearly ready for printing.
The te notes will be of the same breath as
those now in circulation, but nearly twice as;
lon The new five -cent motes will be of
the same size as the old ones, while the ten
and twenty-five ceht notes be of lengths
graduated between the highest and. lowest
deiteminations: It is probable that a three
cent note will be issuPe, for the greater faci-
lity of making change.
In the township of Ashfield„ on •the 28th
iesta Elizabeth, the beloved wife of John
Codke, aged -26 rare. - a • --
In Morris, -at his iesidence, Daniel Moran,
sena aged 70. - . May he rest in peace.
Advaliamentg.
eected to anythina he had previously said, to . -
isend him note I wide!" he wou not ai to
give his attennone He was subsequently ar- to Meet at the aloe of M. -C. 'Cameron, at -
rested and required to . give bail to keep the the Town of Godench, in the County of }Lyon, -
peace, on a charge of being.Lengaged to fight on u
a dnel with job:Melted. -
Monk the 191h day of December next
The House, in another fit of desepate pa-
triotisin, revoked its previous resolution to
fight out the war to its bitter end: . pose otreeeiving.staternents ot bib affairs, and of
a Id
• THE Creditors °film undersigned sire notified
•
• •
•
j -S HEREBY GIVEN, -,t-hit a meetarg of the
1- Municipal Electors of the Township ofStait
leys_vill be beld theSehool Rome, Varna, on
the29th day of DEcieMBEItneat,
at -ie o'clock, a. me ior the taking ot a Poll, rto
decide whether or not the following By.liew is
adopted hystigh electors.
JOHN ESSON,
. . • •
• Tp Clerk, Stanley,
Bayfield, 25th Roy; 1864. '
_ - • •
- Copy of Iteqtantion, Ate.
rplIE undersigned qualified Municipal Electors*
.1.; of the Township of Stanley, in the County
offluren, one of the United Comities Of HIROO.
IA Bruce, Province oiCanada. hereby require:
-
That a Poll h taken interms of the 'Temperance
Net of 1864, • to determine -whether or not the
qualified municipal electors ofthe sakl municipal-
ity wilt adoptoi ader autbontyand for enforcement
of said.Asti the By -Law following :which :we
hereby propose for thPir Movie% to wit t
- The sale oft ntoxicating Liquors and theissuing
Lic.enses therefore, is by :the present By -Law
prohibited, within. the Township of Stanley,
County of:Huron, one of the United -Counties of
iruron and Bruce, under authority- and for en-
fercement ofthe Temperance Act of 1864.
Witne.ss DIU *Hand this 14th day ofNovem-
ber in the year °four Lord One .Thousand Yeght
Hundred and Baty -four.
4011111T SPECKILIIN„
and over dOother Neaten
A True Copy.
. JOHN - FAWN,
.104-4t lc/alder.
Sheriff's Sale oflands.
Huron and Bruce, II Fieri Facies issued out
United Geuntes of 13'Y virtue of a writ of
• :To wit; ?of Her Ittileattr's County
Coiirtofthe United Conatiels of Huron and Bruce
and to me directed against...the lands and tene-
inents oi Alexander Swinton,. the elder, the
suit oi James N. Burviash,Thoulas VsnEvery.,,
and George Riunball,1 have sewed and taken b.
execution the following property, ail the rigMo':
tale.and interest ot the sautdefendant, in and 10
the'DI-orth half ofLot number Biafteeti -spa Lot
number Twenty in roncession B in the Township
trraii, in The County of Bruce; which lands
and tenernen ts shall offer for sale at my Ogle. in
the Court House ihe Town of Goderich.
on Tuesday the Seventh day of March nags at
the hour of Twelve of theclock, noon. •
- 30EN MACDONALD,
- Sheriff, .11*
73vS. Por.a.oca, ty Sheriff.
By
Office; odericb,
24th Nov.,1864:t w44
slimatTs_ SALE or LANDS..
• lommimim••••••
United Counties of Y virtue tilt 'Writ ot
teuron and *nee, YenditioniExponariad
To Wit: , • Peed FaCialt, for meadue,
issiied out of Her Ma' a County Coma of the
United Countiesot amend Bowe, stadia se
direetedagaliud the lands aid teeereeme afro-
ricklikGeire and James McGnits, at tfin auit of
the Carporation afthe Townsh, et Asistitid,i
have seised and taken In Execution the
right,ntle and intenest ofehe said ilefeadeats:
and le lbe South half ot 14x aumber three in
the -eleventh concessior., and the /Nor& half of
lot -number dive uithetenth concession, Eastern
Division albs Tovrnslupof Ashileld asdCouatr
°Munn, 1.tonnuntrigtwo Ituadredaieres more or
less; 'which lands and tenements 1 shalt °eerier
sate at my Office in the Court flousetathe Towle
ot Godericb, onTnesday the Twenly-seYeeihristy
of Decembernext,atthe tour of Twelve of 4lis
-clock, noon. .
- - JOHN MACDONALD,
a . Sherif if:. 11.
By S. Pore.ovic, Deputy. Sherd. ,
Sherifi,sofficee-Gedeelelet I - '
24htt Nov., 1804. _ L. - ''.wie
_
SliFeltirin SALE.
1••••••11,111.•=111•11
United Counties of) Mar virtue Of two enamel
Huron and Bruce, .LIVenditiont Expoitasaad
To Wit: - Fieri Faciesissoed eat ot
Her Miiesty's -County Courtof the United
ties oflturon and .15/11pe, and te.sar &recital
against the goods and gliattela of Aleirieder Aa
nand, John Buchanan, !Shannon. Alexaader
•Annand and Mani Annandiattillellaiti istrWilissest
Seymour and BartholeinewSeritour Robert
Young, -I have adizestand taken. in Exectmoa the
following property, yiz quaritity ot key, six
horses. ten calves, onesoati OrhatieSsiniTleSS lad
waggon, fitteensheep, st.x intlelt-cows, ten heads
ofvoung cattle, Aileen heats, Doobwillit quututy
of wheat and peas; whien ailed oar 'brisket
the Court House ort the s Idaticet Square is the
Town of Goderichi on Friday Ilse 20d der pc
December, at the tour of Twelve of the dock.
noon.
JOHN MA.CDONALD,
Sherif/JIG-4ga
By.S. Poet.ocit y Sheaf.
'6'herifi/s Meer. • rich,
18th Awr..1864. 6
-
at ten of the clock in the forenoon, for the Ipur-
Late rebel papers say thateight transports, ati asiignee to wbom he may make an •
loaded With union teonps, and Oro batteeiesaf assignment under the above Act. - _ .
for the White river; Arkansas. --:
Parrott guest, have left MorganzieeLbUisiante: ' Dated at Clinton in theCounty of Buren this .
- 25th day ofNogember, A, D. 1864. •t_ ,
An account given' et the attempt end • CHA.RLES CRITICR.SHANIC.
failure toaescapefrom prison, at Coln -nib* lee.,C. -CAMERON,
a C., oreighty-eight union effieers, uow pia:" Solicitor for Insehrent.
temente • A cernmittee of the Georgia Le
. • . .
nw/.5.tf
'stare reported that Mr. Aleedi a member of . -
that babe has, been erigaged-in recruiting in c IAMB into tha enclesiwe of the subscriber, let
been justified by a violation of neutrality ea flioiiirt8hheerrnin (il,tue,osragria,myseveTrhap,1 eg
eanerrisaaeiLieesf ofmencret-obtasiaot ealfc145-owcona,bintVirterinwayaeoaarg4:ealbod. utwilisht
the part of lerazil a but has not Brasil really field to any man wbo Is ;outdated.' e soon is nut to. be serferw'g for . wait of biookets. black sides white along tbe back. white head and
observea neutrality more faithfully. te had an -applicant. - IVA? sir areion.a con- bellv, with -horns turned un. The owner is re -
ay upon the subject -: gii. As yet liti movements have Met with • : - JOHN IMAM
wateis was forbidden to enter -the oda f did not stole to reply.
hen whet The Richmond En niter, 23rd, says that uesteeto rove property, pay ehargeeend fake
poia it first we .eheed,liave France and England? The Alabama.haviitign tented man air very.;
burned a Uoite.deStateie vessel in Brazilian .do you want with my fiact?' 4. the aPplicaut 3hermanis marching into the heart of Goot, .her away - • '
t 1 Boit. 2fith 1851..
• P 0 but little resis ance-a fact exy a ned by the
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LADIES' AND GENTS' -
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riOW AND ElletFBReame tate Ike lestelir
a../ of the Subscriber, lot 1.12 dOily W • Lb*
Colborne, about. the Wth October ittat• a brow*
and white cow -and cm -heifer. The OWSer-
will Please prove property, pa/ antraisiskuak
lake them away.
J. 0. sTherAwr.
Calbernee Nov, teeth, 1861. sv44-.11