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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSemi-Weekly Signal, 1864-12-23, Page 21 _ ONAWIMPINEATI7 77.Wir!, - „ 411Mor uton (Oignal. GODERICI C.. L, DEC. 23, 1864. .•••••••••••••*.....••••••••. • , THE DINNERLAST NIGHT - We fully intended to give in. to -day's , issue an extended report of- the Dinter hist night, but 'es the principal speeches - were sOmewhat lengthy as well as very interesting, we have found itimpossible to . . secure space in which- to, publish them • in =truss, In. our next, therefore, will 'appear a full report Ofthe speeches of the evening. , Persons wishing extra copies will please give in their orders early. Th Dinner, .we may say, was a complete suc- tLierby separating himself from . the whole body'pf his French-Caeadian fellowcoutitry- men.,[ For that he was defeated in his cou stituency, failed to find another, and did not returnko Parliament until about the begin- eing ofthe railway era. He WAS apmewhat ptominently connected with the Grind Trunk legisIntion by -reason of his efforts on behalf of his et-schemethe branch from Artha- basica to Three Rivers. -It is something of a coine' ence tha't he disd just' a few days after the re` lization of that acheine hi -the opening of the branch. -Be was a large contraetor for th4 Grand Trunk. After las return to Parliament a dozeu years &got, he always acted vith the Lower Canada majority, -sup'. portin aa his leaders, -firia Mr. Morrie, and afterw rds Col. Tache and Mr. Cartier.' In 1861, ie was chosen Speaker of the ASSelll• bly bythe votets of the party supporting the Cartier -Macdonald Government, and served in that capacity: until' that Reuse _was dis, solves! His sudden death-, of course'creates a vaca Ica in the representation of the borough of Three Rivers -[Globe, 22nd. ., --__ - 'COUNTIES' COUNCIL. ALLEOED Th ou Unded Counties' C nen met in FLYING RITMOItS the Curt Rooth on Tuesday last, at 3 • —- o'clock, p. rn. • . - No AP114RENT. FOUNDATION FOR. !Eh following 'gentlemen were :present : , . . THEM - Mess MallOneh Dalton J. Whit'elead; • We adopt the aNsve heading because it Spcnc4 Van Every, Piper, Churchill, P. faintly reflects the intense eiCitement that McDo ad, A. McDonald, Case, Brown . °has 'reigned paramount in this county Merge , Snell, Gibson, Sti-ong,Go.venlock ••• _during the past week.- Roused front their 0. W!liteheed, Perdue; Adamson, Alex• ., , enjoyment of all the blessings of peace • and quietness the people give themselves up entirely to _the disetission Ofthe all - absorbing topic of the _day. - • If h tack part of the twig rumors -were true, people might well be alarmed Coffins full olpikes were said to have gone ip the ,gravel road from Seaforth towards the back* townships , Rumors also, came intceTiowiek from the East that JQhnst n, Sweet, Parsons,Chesney,Sproat, Messa , BiShopi- Creery, Cook; Lumsden, Egplin Brocelbank, Smith, Gunn, Mc- Kinno , Fisher, Hogg, Gillies, . Dobbin, Pinke ton, 'R. Johnston, Millar, J.- --P. McIntyre, Sutton, Chapman, Rowand, -AdairAiter, Kribbs, Martin. , The minutes of the last session of Council were read over,, after which - -The Warden addressed the Council on half the people of the township of Arthur tbe H4dgins' law -snit, Which is not yet - had been murdered in cold blood, and settledand pointed out the necessityof that armed Fenians'svere marching West- certarn improvements 'asked. forat the - -ward burning and destroying -all before '1(1 .- He spoke of Proposed changes in - . them.- The protestant farmers of Hi4.. the -mefde ochehllug the County -kgricul- : ick turned mtural , out at once wenre inform- Land concluded by . ... . 1alluding. _ - . . ed that they drilled for a ,.whole day, ex- to the pixilation of the Counties' Clerk,--- - pecting an uprisipg at any Moment; It which e held in his 'hand * Mr. Ritchie turned out, however, to be false alarm: had fu filled the duties connected with his -• No Fenians appeared and no was able office fPr a number ot years with the great; to sift a single- grain of truth out of the est dil (rope and ebility. Ile, (the. War: - 'alarming stories put in circulation. - In den) could assure the. gentlemen present , Wawanosh and -Ashfield the excitement that t is resignation, was the only paper he . lies still more intense. No -story, in fact, ever i eretted - having, to deliver to them. 1 . seemed tobe too wild for belief. -Whole *The..Warden was considerably ' affected families fled for refuse to the houses , of duringthe delivery of the latter portion of. • . their more courageous neighbors, and his address - We need hardly say that hih . . several cases of :hardship from exposure personal remarks' were receind , with are reported. It being rumored and be. founds of applause. . : • • - • .- by many that bands of Feniani • were organized an! Ormed .in those town- ships, the protestant yeomanry &ruled themselves into companies and for several • hts kept up a mentor patrol upon- th lug • e • _Letter fromthe Counties' Clerk to the Warden tendering his resignation, was received and read. Certificate from the tp. Clerk of Wawa - nosh to the effect that Robt. Currie, Esq., cross roads, but without seeing an enemy - had been elected Reeve of that township- or stopping any'suspicious person. No want of evidence, however, could stop the stories which seemed to swell the further they travelled. A coffin fall of pikes, it s was said, had passed through Goderich, . secret Fenian reeeting,s were being held, • and to crown all it flew from mouth to 'mouth on Wedpesday that: Dr. McDougall had gone out to hold ..an inquest on the bodies of six. murdered men; somewhere near Belfast. Of course there was not the least.tratkiii this --last report. Although everybody had heard all thikpot a soul had - seen anything to create alarm. But alarmed thereple were, in earnest, and during tbe - week a constant demand. has been made • upon the storekeepers storekeepers - of doderich for guns, pistols, lead, sliovcaps, 4c. In one case.a -farmer was so . eagerly bent -upen having pistol home with. hini that . he actually left his watch as security. , - For our owa part we must confess that although we have made careful enquiries ; cannot see the slightest foundation for all the ado that has been made, and until We have something more Substantial be- f• ore us, if is only reasonable to attribute the universal feeling of asixiety and dis- ' trust to the imaginations of a few- individ- uals who have nothing better to do than help on the sensation of the day:- In the name of coMn5soi sense,. if any one has a charge to make against _ ?aliens, he should institute it before tlie proper. au- thorities'aud let a thorough sifting sifting . take place, but let us not 40 injustice' to those who., for all • we know to the • contrary, are - innocelit of the charges brought against them. We feel convinced that every • - reader of the Sign -al -protestant or catho; lio-will concur in the view *e- take.with • regard to the necessity: of an investigation into the ante of the trouble . is n serione matter, and for the sake . of the timid women and children dwelling in lonely country houses, we earnestly trust . that all good meu will, if they can find nothing against their neighbors, try hty every mans in their power to allay, the exeitement ere it leads to irreparable mischief, And, in Oottelnuon„ we implore --cur Protestant readers, believer watchful • they may be, to. allow. no - mere rumor, - however wild, "to hurry them On to the commission of msy,act of fancied repara- toCtl, which dig would have to regret after the present. feeling of alarm /his sabeided. We may my before 'haying the subject that perms.- from Lucknow inform usAhnt the- excitement -is deems - • Ikea 02 Ir. 2nrcotte. TT" selegraphanionnees the death ofIthe' -Rea. leeepli E. Turiutte, which occerrad_at Three Bina on Tailmarvisht. -,by Kr. Stront, That the Warden and . 'ante was * ow if ansiderithht ability and!' mit ballot/Is petition the proper department ot the GOvernnient to neer- tain tbe.rizason irhy the share belonging to the new M4,1811438 of the County of Huron of the amount el the Improvement., Fund instead of Mr. Mdthers, resigned; was ,received and read, when Mr. Currie was requested to take his seat. On motion of Mr._ dillies; a committee consisting of Messrs Lums- den, B'rocelbank and Rowand was. appoint- ed: tO receive, any oapers-conneeted with Roads 1 and Bridges in the County :of .Bruce.I A "large number of accounts for %%Hods sums; 'read and referred to Finance Com- inittee. Moved by kr. A. Johnston, sebended •by•Mr.:Millar, That the letter of D. IL Ititchie, Esq., resigning the office of Co. Clerk; ishich he has So long and so honor- ably -held, to the entire satisfaction of this Cormeil and of the, people ofthese . United . CountieS,together with any letters addres- sekby applicants for said office, be. re- ferred to a coinmittee, and that said Com. shall boinist of Jo&Whitehead VanEver s Sproat; Govenlock, Lumsden, Sutton .and Gunn. -Carried. , Application 'from Mr. Robt. Pinkerton,. asking'for County Clerkship; Mr. Pinker- ton alluding tp his qualifications, said he was proficient ip. the French and German' languor. • • - Application for county Clerkshirfrom. Peter 41amsen, Esq, Wm . -Fraser, Esq., and Thomas Kydd, Esq., were referred to • the special committee. • of _County Clerk be kept open one day in each Moved by Mr. Bish.op, seconded by Mr week, v • iz : on every Wednesday, add that - the office shit also be kept open for one iat par ies..,,om. an returning, tute Labor be exempt. from Week immediate Y enseing each meeting of r.ing toll, and that the Engineer be iustpruajic-- . - tehfriesetCboeuignicviel„n That public notice to, this by hini.throughout the United ted make that proviso in the letting • of', Counties,a/nd that a BpLaw bepreparedap-- pointing Mr.. AdaineOn • to' the -Said offi-en of Clerk of the UnitedCounties Huro n it Bruce , to enter upon the duties of the office on Wed- nesday -the 18th- January, prox., atter Mr: Ritchie shall have. finished u the business o f - THE SEMI-WEEKLY 'SIGNAL. haft been wtthheld,. ancl.finra. statement o f now readbe !said over until the January meet - the expenditure Made by the Colonial -En gineer in former years, and where said ex penditure was made. -Carried. -Petition of delegates from*Branch:Agri- cultural Societies with regard to Memori; aliehog Government _ for changes' in the Agricultural Act, . relative to tlia. mode * ' hoidlog e omit/ Shows.- The petition was published in full in Our cblnnans Some time -since. . • ' • Thursday. Mg. • ON the vote being taken" the raped Was sustained by niajority. of 15, - and ma- con- firmed accordingly. A Special Committee reported recoinmend- ing the ereetiOn of the Bridge in VI awanOsh on the site iniicated as best lby the -"Coady Engineer, vizi between the 5th and 6th -cons. • Mr. Currie-inoved, seconded byldr.Church- ill, That the report he so amended as to . place the Bridge on the site for • Which the grant was first obtained. Report confirmed •on a division. - • • • On motion of Mr. Sproat,- a committee - ---r.-.....4-... • -- cousisting of Messrs Gunn, Lumsden, , . E 'Man& _ Brocelbank, Bishop Adamson Snell' and Th f 11 ' 12 - b• •the mover, the -Ward n ex officio was ap- breach Town(Iship of Heron and Bruce under f f e - e•wine is.t e quota to e furnished pointed to. report upon. the. matter. . Mr. C. Whitehead Moved that :the grant' of $2,000 made at last session of Council to build a bride ie Wawanosh be withal mail said township paid up its co, rate. " . • _ Mr. Currie remonstrated against such Motion being brought up, and after some conversation it was withdraWn. luspeCtor of Weights and Measure* report- ed that he had nearly, completed his retiaid of the`'Counties,.- but that, unfortnnately, the _standard weig:hts and triea.sures belonging to the County hadheen•deitroyed in the recent fire. . - THE count' ei.citasule. • Report Of the Committee appointed to re - 'port on the resignation of' the County Clerk and on the applications for that effice. Mem; hers: Messrs. Joseph Whitehead? VanEveryt. Gunn . a.t, ,Govenlock.m , Lusd,en, Simon and • l'-'0111OOftlmittee haring carefully considered the docueents unmated beg leave to repoit as follows, viz: , - lat.-Letter from Dr 11. Ritchie, ,Ea -q., tendering his residnatiut of the .office :of County Clerk. Your committee deeply regret that Mr. Ritchie has decided epee ,resigning the oilideefOonnty Clerk...which' he has so 'honorably, -: ably, and Creditably filled during a -pe.riod • of fourteen years.--- . During the whole of that thee the duties of that office have been discharged by Mr Ritchie with a degree of efficiency, zeal, assiduity and accuraey,'..never,. We venture to state,excelled, in this orally other country: . In the .natural cemse of thing: all .puhlic. bodies, aresithjectacq change. : In the course of years, and during ,the inciambency ot Mr., Ritchie, this_ council has net been exemp;, from- the mutations to. which 'all Anunicipa bodies are subject, hut whaever-inuy hay been the annual changesin the coin ethics of the Couneil, County interests haVe - ever off the tountry:and has aacumidated a "coe been safe in the vigilant 10aping.- or Mr.- recierable number of horses and cattle. , Ritchie, and his friendly worq and smile have t ''The tolfotng Is a copy of the despatch , the pending, raft :- • lizatmenat..Divistow or Bauc*.--sToWn- ship id Albemarle 2 service men; Amabel, 5; Arran; 74; Brant, 90; Bruce, 65; Carrick; 91! Cult -Ott, 66; Elderslie, 51; Greenock, 64;, Huron 70; Kincardine, 84;•village of Kincar- dine, 2'8; township of Kinloss, 53; Saugeen, 44; village of Southatipton„ 1.8. Total, 795. One service battalion from each regiment. Hunox.- First Battalion: Township of. "Ashfield...46 service men; village Of Clinton, 18; Town-thipiof Colborne, 33; Goderich-, 64; town of Goderhich, 58;. township of Grey,. 44; Hay, 64; Howte!c, 40;_ Hallett-, 43; MOrrisi 42; Stanley, 61.; Stephen, 50; Taekersinith, 58; Turnberry, 22; Usboree, 58; Wawanosh, 56. fiTi.ostat.1: 79. 5. T,Ssi service battalions froni.. each regiment. Second Battalion ; same as tee , . . Gqsztucti,„ 19th Dee., 18. MR. General Shermates . move from Atlanta through Georgia to the -sea cbast ia triumphal procession, or is it the miserable retreat of,a brigand? * - The question is fully answered in the. following despatch from 'the Major-Gen- eral, of the right -wing of the Federal attny to the War Department at Wish- ington THE AlifgRICAll WAR. NEW YoRKI Dec. 20. -The eor respondent,- writieg from. Fort MeAlliste and Hilton Head on the 14th, saysthatwhen Gen: Sherman arrived in front of Savannah after having marched_ three hundred miles his troops -meanwhile living on the very hes provisions, he had With him a drove of 1,200 cattle, though he ;started from Atlantis with only 200. He also gathered upon - the .way over 7,000 able bodied negroes; and so many horses, milles and waggons as to embarrass His army, diming a considerable por- tion of the march, extended overla sweep of country sixty miles in breadth, at much as four miles at times inte.rvening between the right Whig of one icolumn and the left of the -other, but communication- was at all times kept tip between the two.. His whole lou in meet- from the time ofleaving Atlanta to his arrival in front Of Savantrah, from wounds sickness, captures, straggling, and all other causes, was only About one thousand. The _Average daily march was about 12 miles._ - When the city of Savannah was invested by Gen Sherman; it was unprepared fOr a siege, and it was believed it could not hold out more than a few days:- • - Maj Gen Slocum holds all the approaches on the north side of the citylineluding all the railroads leading out of the towel and Gen. Howard's army connects with his rightrand stings around the Ogeechee river at Fort Mc. Allister, which is now in our possession. BosTot, Dec, 21, p.m. -The. steamship Canada isdetainedlby the snow storm. She will. probably- sail at daylight to -morrow =morning. The steamship Canada sailed at 16. o'clock this p. taking 28 passengers and $50,000 . . in specie for Liverpool, and -25 passengers and about$13,000 for Halifax. A heavy snow storm commenced this nocn. HataFax, Dec. 21. --The blockade runner. Old Dominion; 15 days from_Wiliningtonlvia Nassau, arrived here to -day.- • PORT MONACO; ;Dee. 20. -1 -he flag of truce in Charleston barber is ended. - Col. J. E. Mulford arrived here' last even- ing ftum Fort Royat in the ;steamer New York accompanied by the remaining Steam- ers of the flag of truce fleet, the and Geo. Leary. These three steamers brought about 1,000 prisoaers, being the last instal- ment of the entire number oti 12.000. - At the time the New York sailed f.o.n, Pint Royal, the 18th, "Savannah had not /et been captured, but vigorous preparations were being made- by General Sherman to either compel the city, to immediately sur- render oroarry. the intrendliments by assault. Pen. Hardee, with his entire command esti I - -mated at from 12,000 to 15,000 inen were cut otf-frefn .escape, and the- capture of the city was deemed certain, . ". The Auguste Constitutionalist ,.ot the 14th, publishes a private letter frein-Nasseu, which says the opinion prevails, that during this svinter blockade runners will- have more to fear from eaemies-in -their crews than from' the blocicading fleet. !Hundreds of Yankees Are here, and it is a settled elan to capture vessels by strategem sea. An attempt was thus made to capture the Owl, which end eight of the crew are now in irons; one of them, holding a Yankee commission as mas- ter's mate/ Owing to the dubious character of English neutrMity theserniidons of Yankee government wilfeacupe.punishmela. - ' minding battalions, will iortnWith inctease l the strength of their several companies of _1 rifles or infantry to sixty-five non commis - r 1 sioned officers and men and will hold them- , - selves in readiness for immediate actual ser- vice when his Fxcellency may see it to veil outthe same orlany part thereof. .-- N o. 3. Its Excellency has been pleased to disband Cat:Stain Retiree company -401m 9_1113attalion ino Volunteer Militia Rifles, or Voltigeurs de _.au u Run' ciman. & Co Quebec; _ • - *Y - The thirty companies Of -volunteers to. be :L"C) M stalled out will be despatched to the frontier must bO-DolooOdoo or before the I` IST DAY O' 1865 Montreal, will be ready AO move in a couple .:sioTsonioriliatiuplinaedy:ecionf:beminagnotd :0-befeazdoyid3tinwiothf,roomf byAniol tirleardestiltdaibill matirtiesool:bniehase.b.tz are, Law, of days, and will be despatched to Windsor • and Sarnia. _The -headquarters of Col Smith will be at Windsor, Ind the balance of the 1st day of Januar heal • . . companies require to Make up his battalion s will be p'ac:d under his command as they ts:e • celled out. . • Col Dude's headquarters will beat Niagara where lie will take a couple of companies of OWil battalion, and the remaining compa- nies will be drawn from other points. . Col Taylor, of -London, will -be stationed at- Lapratie. ithe several -pompoms ender his command will likewise be drawn from. differ- ent points in the Province. • The whole forte when called outovill num- her about two thousand men. - Offers, by volunteer companies forfrontier duty, continue to pouf. in from all parts of the Province.'" At .the Department, all is. The aeveral Companies Will be distributed at libusexttlemaanyd. activity:in furthering preparations Buell points -us circumstances may require. - The term of service will probably be mail • Tbe Quebec and Montreal companies probably leave by Thursday and reach the will THE- FOU DRY western frontier this WeekiGlohe. Pentane at Home aid Abroad., ORT IT TER Tist_CONSEQUENCE_oftbe4eath wsATIIERALD:the blASISIFSSItere on inuivr, Are name and styleof falr. IL IL ore earriedg counts over • WA -summon, Dee. 14: --The folioWing - telegram. his.s been received at the war depart- inent 6f Hilton Had, S. C., Dee 12, via Fort Monroe, -Dec. 14. -,.Ta. Major Gen. Halleck, -Chief of Staff :11--General,--eCapt:Dun-cah, of Gen. H sward'siscbuts, has 'just •conneie from Gen Howard, having descended the Ogeechee river in a Sinai!. beat. - _He left the army on the eveni-ng ef the-.9t1U Getieral Shermati's whole army Was then within ten Miles' of Savannah, advancing to attack it.. • The ene n4.-0 works, fiie miles froiu the city, were. probably attiseltedyeaterciay, as heavy firiiig was heard in that direction Capt._ Duncan represents thearmy to he in the best possible spirits, and th Mind excellent Very little oppositiOn lied.. been met with On the mareh, as the enemy could not tell whit routeswere to betaken. Alio army ha i lived - at all tittles Cheered the new Tnen0ers ivhil refiring membera have parted from -hire wit regrev,-On a:1 occasions his ceeductaysiard individuals has been; characterized bi- a Mos laudable deer es. o f impartiality suavity an sincere freindship.:. ' - Y• our. committee_ feel 'satipfied 'that ever memher ot this Council parts with Mr. Ititchi with reluctance and regret, in which_ feelin they are confident that they.are heartily join ed by every ex:Reeye. and Deputy Reeve 1 these United Countietr as. well as evvy indi tidied who has had oc'easion to come in con tact- with Mr. Ritchie, either id .his officia or personal ciipacity.." • - Your.Connittee feel confident that you Honorable "oody will .cerdially join...with them in their earncsV wish and sincere desire; tha in his partial..reiirement from; official lite;11.1r Ritchie may ieeg live. in the full senjoYinen of lieatth, prosperity and every blessing cal culated smooth the rugged path, aticl„to "alneliorate the illa of life, eul to _administer to his comfort; happiness- and welfare in the _ evening of his days. • . . . • Nov.3.1, 32. 31 -and 49.-4pplications for .the office of County Clerk frona Messrs. Robt, Pinkerton, Peter Adainsoer Wm. Fraser and Thomas Kydd..., ; I • Ycur committee' beg to recommend the appointnient of Mr. Peter Adainsont Reeve of Stanley, to the office of County Clerk,vaeated by Mr Ritchie.. They do so in one respect with -reluctance regret, seeing -that in - appointing Mr. Adamsen to Coun- cil loses the, benefit of his active; Useful end valuable services as a tueMber Of this Council. They are corsoled, howevert, by the reflection that the Council in this appointment will stilt have the benefit of Mr. A.damson's exp ience and thorough kn.oviledge of municip -1 law and municipaLtiffairs; - • • :Your eel:mitt-Re recoMmend that the office rou htt Ca t Duncan • e " Headquarters. Army or the Tennessee; Savannah -Canal, Dec.. 19, 1864 -To s the Commando; of the 'United States Naval t 'Forces in. the• Of Savannah We have met With perfect onecess thus far. - The troops are fine spirits and hear hy. . (Signed.) A. HOWARD, 311ill-Gen. Com, right vring of a - r• - : The Aruiy." A 4-ictorio§ army passing thiOugh a dountty 'on the • car: of Victory does hot n. • '" • • • • • - • • •Case, -T from 8 the:toll gates for the ensuing year. -Car- ried.. . - Wednesday.- " A. co mittee of five was appOioted to take up he -subject of fairs throughout the - . the Present year. •• - *country. - All of which is respectfully submitted. - Petition of A. C. Hawkins, John Allen . wm. .chairman. and others of the townships of Colborne ComRoo andAsh eld relative to the iraprovement" • . pemceGde inb°er2reb 2i,-1861.4 of the ti eld road, was read and refer- The Report was imaninioully ad -Opted, red to t e committee on Gravel Reads • Moved by Mr. Parsons, seconded by Mr. appointe1 at list -meeting. Sweet, That this resolution No. 88, passed at Serer41 other petitions were read and the last June meeting, be reSeinded relative referred io - comniittees. • ., ', . to paying the boundary line, appropriation in '- Movecl by Mr. Motion, seconded by one sum on the certificate of the Reeve. and Mr.-Cn te, That ths Rev: Mr.. Stewart, that boundary linetaccounts. come before the of Blyth, be appointed Local.Superinten. Council.in the usual way. Carried. - .. dant for he townships of Wawanosh and - On mti°11 . of Mr• PIP" a By Law for Ilnllet ' the place. of the Rev. Mr. S. • . Authorizing a deviation Of road in the township 1 nnisz of Gaderich was*confirmed resigned. Referred to Schoolcom: .. - _ - - Friday. . Letter Troia grl!iairtt- to Dr, Stokes By Law appointing Peter Adamson Chanty was read .11Hd referred to School cont. : Clerk in place (AD, 11 Ritchie ' d,wl *, Moved by Mr. Sutton, seconded by Mr. read aud adopted. Ur. Ad'at:slgileson briefly i Gann, That the time 'appointed for collen7 thanked the Coeucil, enl said he would en. tors to return their rani be extended to deavor 'to diSals,rge his duties to the best of Via lit 1'March 1565 -Carried. . hill -abaft'''. . s _ _ . . _ moved by, Mr../Gibson, seconded by - Report of the special .commsttee on Gravel Roads was read. It was Irecommended - that the sum of 820,000 be mord by debentures,. for improving certain ro , es follows es- , 0000, • step6n *4000,Wingham. lt ad, ,dohfield. and'Colborp* 7000, Seaforth and Howick $2000, Hay $1000. ... ' -. Moved he Mr. Govenlack That the Br Law . . r. and was litany years in public Bk. In 18374, -be was prominent 111111011g tile leaders of the rebellion: During the Draper Administration be was induced to Seeept the office ef Solicitor -General East, 2-1 - find it:nccessfri conceal from the ene- • my " the routes which were to be taken." Nor, does a *eat' nation; which 18 not thoroughly demoralized, permit one of their generals and an army to live off the country" of a belligerent, and to .as cuMulate "at considerable number of horses, and cattle ;" in *other words, to rob peaceable and unoffending citizens of the fruits of their :honest industry. Let, thel world- observe that the facts above. stated are from Federal official aathorityq the deductions are Inevit- able. I . • • • „ • -:HOTELS DESTROYED BY FIRE. We regret very meek: to learn that the hotel Of gr, Hitt:ley, Walkerton, was destroyed by fire..on theAight 'of Wednesday fast. , •MeLehn's hetet, in Teeswater, was also hurried on the Baum night. . • EuroPeaw Newt,. . The steamer Cuba, Mini Liverpool Dec. 3rd, has arrived 4 Political news unimport-- ant, Mr. Dayton, Ameeican Minister, died it Paris on the 21,41of apoplexy. No details. It is Stated that 'there are apprehensicns of wholesale desertions from the frigate Niag- ara in Scheldt. Twenty five seamen recently got away and were pursued to: the Dutch frontier, most et them escaped into Hol, land. The TiMes, thinks- that Mr, Lincoln may: now seie-• the. opportimitY to make an attempt to end the ;war by nagetiatin, but doubt if the terms will be accept, abie to the South : The Loadon Index, in an article on Earl Russell's letter to Slidell and others, think a -Earl Russell to be con- sistent should not stop short of actuat recog- . nition. The Morning Post gives e report of the partial recognition of the Mexican Em- pire by the Washington Government. 11 11 rumored _that the question of troops in the Duchies will be satisfactorily. adjusted. by Austrian mediation. The Madrid 'Epoch& says that mediaticin between Spain and Peru is at present impassible. Cotton in limited demstid,suid price higher. Breadstuffii- Flour unchanged.. Wheat -price maintained. Advices from Japan report Prince Nagato to . have declined payment of the indemmtS..-\A strong feeling prevailed against him, and Ids palace had been levelled with the ground. • MELaxcfiovr 4octoos sus THZ VIOL- A most melanchoiy accident Occurred on Nov. 30, on the river, vrhich- Sas .nousualle swollen at the time. One of the boats plying attire Olydestreet ferry, a few minutes atter alter six O'clock, wu taking over 4 large limiter of passengers _who were going home from their work, where, in the -mid-channel, she capsized, drowning' not leis than 14, and it is feared even a greater number of persons. - The accounts of the survivors do not exactly epee as to the number on board, -but the boat was licensed; to carry twenty-four pas Bengal; excluding the ferryman. At le tuneme accident occurred she was almosTif not quite full, but of all on board eight per- sons only were saved; the: rest, including the ferrynimi, perished. The cause of the .aceident is not. exactly known, but it would seem that the boatman Was not very expert, and that on the boat -shipping some water, a rush made to one side by the patiengers occasioned the catastrophe. will be handt4 to -GO- Solicitor i r eollectson: - - Thestock on band will be sosd - LOW- Ft..4.11, C SEE. It consists of a target sortmentof ghs, Cultr vators.11arrows,StrawCut Eno _ THRESHINp MAO INES- - Pot-iesh endanger- ttles, wage Ipoxes, CoOking, Par 43i. et Box StoVeiG A good second-hand . 391=11141,21S113MG-IrINZI do weIl to call and ins ct the sock at -once, se- ta:Ay:vivo:lag:It baearhigna:s. for. -Grist and,Saw-Mills: ,All ernes requiem the above articles -would - IN reference to the isbove Rtfaciman will be prepared to carry o? the gnsiness f It RTINCIMAlla • 'Re -Arrest of the Ithulers. • • _ . . Froin the Globe 22iel. ••••=•••• - Quante, Dee. 21st. Thanks to the stimulus of the 'Government,. itided by: the energetic police fere ot this city, several of the raiders have been re. arrested. ' - Information. having been given Judge Ma- guire, of this city. thstt aconple of the raiders had passed 'three Rivers,. the police were directed ao proceed aloe,' the North Shore road, in that direction. They reached Point aux 1'rembles; about twenty-six from here, and put up at a hotel; but had not been there long before a two horse sleigh drove up with the very particle for --whorn they were waiting. When confroeted by the two police officers they admitted that they were raiders, and gave their names as Charles 'Moore Swage'. and Marcus Spurr. They were brought,to this city lett night and kept in cuatudy by the police, takse before Judge Magure this 61renoon, and confronted by Mr, - Payette, the Montreal guider, who had-ihesn Originally in custody, and at once identified by hiin. This cemplete identification dilipos- ed of the matter, so tar as it concerned them.. Gaoler Payette had poem down here at the request ofJudge Maguire, . for the purpose of examining, with a view to iudentification, a person who gives his !mule as Betterswbrth, and who was arrested Manday at Point Levi on, sespieion of being a raider;.. A gin: tleman from Montreal testified, according to the best Obis belief, that he was one of the raiders.. On," his being examined by Payette, the Montrealaolorttliis merningt that einem at once declared that he was not one of those who had beer in his Custody. There being some ciretimitsinces of suspicion Judge Ma - &ire directe that he should be sent to -Mon- treal, i,n'com enr.w-ith Swager and Spurr.- rhe- three were this afternoon accenting'', 'dispatched •act-osi the 'river in charge of the pcifieet _and will proceed to Montreal by te- mpt s tram. . - - As further proof of the, activity displayed by. Indite Maguire and the police of this dis- trict, I have also 'to -state that information has been received by the Qiivernment - that _Bennett H. Young, William M Hutchinson, and Squire,Ttirner Tevis were this morning Arrested at St. Francois -a place about 16 miles from Biviere du Loup, on the Temis- musts Road -evidently -on their way to the. New Brimswick frontier. . They were brought to Raviere LOUR today, and will be brotiglieup b/4--1:he train.. It it expected that they he *pitched to -morrow evening to Montreal. Illy information dries not en' „ . , . able me to slte whether they were simply identified by e Police euthoritiesior whether they admitted theniselivee to be the parties they are alleged to be. The information is - of course by telegraph. There it but little doubt entertained'. here that all the raiders will be arrested, tothe active measure's • Froin • the New York Tor- ld of the 1-7te inst., we learn of a -meeting Of the Fernans of Jersey City in that city on the evening of Friaay last.: Some disturbance was created by the appearance ot a priest at the hall, who endeavored to preveni t ngress, and who pro- nounced the following anathema upon the Fenians : "Men of Jersey citymy curse! the curse of the church; the curse of God 4 IL thousand curses upon yiiii, if you hold. this meeting!" About1200 Of the Members went .home in-obedienee'to the venerable priest's instructions, but A majority held the meeting in spite of opposition. After seyeral of the. menibers had denounced clerical interference -the initial topic . of a Fenian meetille, via i -Abdse to England, was conunenced. A Mr. Hodnett said that if there . was any member of the Brotherhood- afraid to stand by the princip,les of the organization of which he was a member; he now had an opportunity - to make his objections known and leave the organization. [Applause.1- The time Was .. A QUANTITY OF fast approaching. when Inc. Fenians would have the long desired foropportunity otArap• • pling with their old hereditary and most dead:, I and contract for the e onofa $indsol Ma- chinery as ustellt and will arnply CA.0111 •IFILTUlithL 1311PL !RENTS Stoves and castingsat)easonablerar,foreASH. cr short credit. Goderich, Dec./I st, '864, • aaateraft NOTIGE. -+-- A LI those indebtesdlto Wm. E. ORACE, by LI note or book account, pItirnse GALL AND SE .; The same Without Office on Lighthouse at., Neat to Me A rely Drntoihss. For Sale 200 200 BARRELS SALT! - *125 PER 111311,11. ly enemy Eaglaed, and that would occur ou • Ainerican soil. A war :was eminent with gismIstroimos t England itt, regard to the St. Albisns raiders, - - $3 50 PZR I and iet the American people leave. ille matter . to be settled between ne Arius and the * • Wm, E. GRACE, government of England, and we would not Goderich, December 22nd, 1864. 4 aw3241 guaranteethe possession at Canada to Great Britain 24 hours. -(Applause.) The men -can easily be procured it 50,000 Fenian' can do.the work. (Applause.) Irishmen should I not talk but, work. Ant he wou'.d gotten - the the 'sympathy_ of; all true Ameritans in bidding their efforts God speed. [Aeglause.] "One of our leading generate who at present occupies the attention of the people oi. ibis republic in one of the Most splendid and diffi- nessed, with us. and has said that he hoped vy boat &bout oaree-ptangand jtkintedbia,k,„ apple ae.] The speaker_concladed by coon - cult militaiy move,ments the world ever wit. one blow tor the liberation cif Ireland. [Loud Provo hers Pa:Yeharges that he might not die vbefire he had..struck .1118 four seat* in her Tile srsvaerni re -waited trrn. VITASHED ashore a„boat t thwisek.1:stojteewofityNoo;mber4. sellin firmness and -determination in their Ldt 14, Lake Shore, ;' - effort , and. they wou,',11 have the good wishes Decembei:22nd,1V,S. wagat* of all goodjnen. We do not -attach gulch weight to th gis de... monstration, yet it, is not well todisregard altogether 'signs of the times." We believe that the respectable .Romap Catholics of Canada West are loyal to the core, and give no aid or countenance the Feniaoism. But on the other hand, we -cannot shut -our eyes to the -fact that these are persona in various parts of the Province drilling nightly, and that their boatility to British rule is avov0d. Thit class must be watched, and we hopeour autIliorities will keep their eyes and ears open, that any attempt to involve us in civil or foreign war may be frustrated. 1 • A SCE NZ IN PARIS. -A boy sixteen years of age was brought before the police court, Paris, charged with stealing and begging in -the public street. He was a bright, line looking boy; but very poorly clad and when brought before the judge he fell upon his knees and begged him not to -put him in prison; Abet his mother wassick and starving and that alone had driven him to steal; that he could not And. work; and if ht. was im- prisoneii the disgrace would kill his poor mother. The judge seenied somewhat moved by the heft stoiy„ but he nevertheless, after hearing the evidence, condemned him -to 6 weeks' imprisonmeet. As the -boy was being led away, a poor woman, pale, covered with rags, and her hair in disorder, forced - her way through the crowd, and tottering up to the boy, passed one arm around him; and then turning to the judge, pushed back her long black hair. and exclaimed, Do you not recognize ? Thirteen years have passed since you deserted me, leaving inc alone with my child ind my shame; but 1 have ihot for gotten you, and this bCy,...whomyou aye jnst J LI:ValUst AND: TOY 'BOOKS t condemned, is your son 1"t YOU -may imagine the effect thie announcement produced on the in epate"_varioty, al th're bystanders. The judge in a loud 'Yoke, 'SIGNAL' court, and then left it himself; but joined ordered the WOMIZI tO be carried from* the Goderzeb,snt13444.1 FP -tardy. 20:- the poor creature in the street, and carried ,: her an the boy off in a carriage. Biessagefor the 'Young PUBLISHED NONTALT, sTRA xamirs. CAMt into the premises -of the subscriber, twatt . 'eon, Colborne. about themiddleof October - last, -two _cowls ; one red with -white face. the - other neerly all white.. The owner es requested - to prove property, parr rliarges, rid remora • them. j COJAAJ.S Clodench, Dee. 2Ist, J/64. wag -at 1 ' BOAT POUND-- ' . • 'gam OiLMISSIONZR in It., Agent Drrisioa. . CCourts, Conveyan-%W, BUILDER and cONTI4ACTOlt,. (For Wooden structures)will furnish plans ass& specifications at moderate charges, and warmer the same to give satisfaction. All letters on busi- ness must be post paid, and if answers are waniia.eontain one Canadian Dotter, marked money, else not released. The above aamed ift111 attend Dungannon, Croderoch, Clinton, ilarwrhey and Hayfield Courts, (health permitting) so he may find it to.pay. To old patrons he appeals with confidence; to. • intending one*, G1,13rel lith23. n;1021.ab1 Address Dungannon P. 0. -until Antler aotieas. Dungannon, Dec. 19th, 1864. w48 -*f ANEW ASSOR ov • Photograph Albumat innvise6 .ert.Axma 130011E8v. -Church Services, Le. A.LARCIE STOCK OP BOOKS* ZULTAZLZ FOZ Christmas ;Presents". of the Government. t is evident that they p are all making for the New Brunswick free- -tier by different routes. Those arrested h coming from Three Rivers, evidently aimed at the same point. Judge Maguire would bate been quite ready to, proceed with their examination, but the warrants for their arrest: having been issued by .Iudgo Smith of Mon- treal, and the depositions on which they veils isined be*in his hands, they have therefore - to be seat to Montreal to be tried under his jurisdiction. The arrest of Spurr and Swe,ger is all that is generally known here to the public. . It seems to give utmost satisfaction. - The Frontier' Difficulties. The King consort of Spain has banished is brother to the Canary Islands for talking °Miss. _ - . Lord Drby is bashful. He would publish is translation of Homer only under a feigned 11.slaSuvre. way :to get up -joss:scree-. ms-glippery idrwalks. ••••••=0110 • • THIRTY- VOL'UNTEER - CUMPANIES CALLED OUT. . Quesso- Dec. 19th 1864. • _ The following general orders were issuest to day :- - Headquarters_ Quebec, Dec. 19th, 1864. VOLft-THER MILITIAS Gansu, ORDER. Nol. - His Excellency the Commander -in -Chief Is pleased to state that he has siren orders te cell out for actual service, under the provis- ions of the Volunteer Militia Act, a part of the voluateer militia of this Province, and that the same will cOnsist of thirty companiet of rifles or infantry, to be hereafter named. No. 2. • His Excellency desires that an offi!ent corn- _ AT TOITO NT CP. - #•••••••••••••• — To .Sibbati-Sciool Saperintebiests„ Whan:awkeellare'earnoi gbbiLIPPeatis Solati°04satiinteregeain of thcs.11 young generally,..to support III In the ;effort we - now make to bring out a really first-ciass Mmes. 20.63 tarapteetediChaitntiad.oianstIti:Pifffilitz inerior uses3. 2:eilwaseguariti. 1:1111C1117*•--- i OIICJ and expect to go on makhig improvements. in all departments. gilie fact Of our blrvirg Awns - some years singag s211141111111; a paper ed • similar which has now/malted a large circulation, w give confioence in the niteltapt to supply a rear first-class, uniectarlan periodical. 'It will bare the advantage over ,others• -of being adapted ta the Canadian youth, and. its "'here is no postage on suct papers when published within the P7011%' lomat being the elseapert pubfisied .eaber Is or out oft* TERMS PERIANNUM: fi copies for $1 ; 14 the ; 22 for $3 ; 22 for $41 4210r x5; 52 fir se too forns.60, sad at tb latW MA for any larger moisiber- Pay- ment Invariably isilkimtbee. 7neystisslayauss- ;swam wah any =triter. Address 14 EDITOlt OF TUE MESSAG-E,P waS 43 s3E4 C. 3E4' 1 Tomato. 13 11FliCiff 014741.1SM' -3 • Ctsursofaedert meet -homer, lass this day ,aed. alt • hisEsate and elects to the eaderigsp4 for the - genast benefice! oroditoofe *du* ilryfolfogoos 411 creafti Ot this estate ere reemsted to sena ther Admits LflSOITeflt IACt01 1U4. ANDREW ROBERTSON, plaintiff, VI. CHARLES WILLIAM Pteiroan, defendant. A Writ of attachment has issued iu this Jul-' cause of which all .persons interested in the Estate of the defendant, and alt personi. having in their possession, custody or power any portion of the assets of the defendant, or who are in any -say indebted to him are rs quired to take notice. J. MACDONALD, . Sherif tJ. By S. romue5 Dep. Sheriff; Sheriff's Office, § Goderich,,22ndDecember, 1864 sw32 4t t, VOTICE.Tbis is toTorbid all persess from Am harboring or crediting tny wife, Jane Colwell, en my iseCOUut, as she has left iny bed. and board without any just cause or provocation -on my part.' • JOHN COLWEIX, GodertekTownship. Decernher '23rd, 1864. sv48-3t* • . -JAMBS ,iisingassi Goderlok,Novi 11111,18*1, sw2t-if -1"