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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSemi-Weekly Signal, 1864-12-30, Page 2• • THE SEMI-WEEKLY SIGNAL. *non - °no more breathing in of the lanyblacky f the fire Of youth over a wooden desk - smells of a !Fin ting office -no more dun- , r- - ning for welled, bay, oats, ." or anything GODERICIL C. W., DEC. 30, I864. .-TH.S OBIECT 0 T P.SNIANS • s v. Tothelott -810,000 :fort *ds..soon cis it have not ten trouble. ' Tel The great object of the Fenian Broth° hood in Anteriese, as divelged throug their chesen organs, neither More no lees than.. the' " liberation ofsIreland fro " the galling " the ty ratinioal heel of the- oppressor?' i other words, the sway of Great :Britain T -1t is- a repetition of the story -of 'OS ati the numerous petty rebelliope . that- hay - been. ooneocted. since. NOtv, as before them is sometlung very vague about_ th manner which Irish Independence i to laeaceetitpliilted.. "The bl.datit Orator at Jersy City tneetings or Chicago. Fair rant abont - their wrongs, - their. aneien rights, and the necessity of striking a:biot immediately for the ftttainment of 'thei darting- object._ We cadfurnish an array o 5d,000 men, saya the Chicago 13rother hood,. oil condition_ that we are lod it one by the- shortest route against the enemy •Now, even the shortest route to ieland • involves the passage ot the Atiantie ocean ankwe think there woUld be more logica colierenel in the preaehings of . these fire eating patriots if they would candidly tel their brethren hot'''. they intend- to cros the wean, and what the mean. to when they sight the shotes• of Eurepa- True, here is Canada, a dependency. of th British: CrOwn.".. - It might be' attacked andperitaias be conquered. . feir fields might be laid waste, its women 'and childree -terned Out of -house lewd home, and its stout men decimated. by battle, but What then Citaada is neithe Irelend, nor England. gaving 'wreaked their blood -thirsty vengea...nee upon Cana da, how mita nearer Would the Fenians be -to• the liberation_ Of treland ? Or by what proaess of reasening eon be.shown - that such a conquest would cenduee t.o the -• ultimates deernrall of the hereditary eneiny -est certainsclass Tor Irish-fuen. ? These -Ultra -patriots hese their- assumptious On the righteousness of their owe cause - on the- inherent justice of their claims. Why then should they desire to wreak ,:„vengeance- uPort Canada, which is just as mute!' the iMide of true freedom and en- lightened toleration ps' even the United States.? Here, we have ever • setigl# bestow the precious boon of civtl and re.: ligiotis liberty to all, irrespective dais or creed. This fact will, we. believe,f, be -‘ _attested by every intelligent Roman.-Cath7 „ the lead, and yet. the Fenians„ re- gardless of our noble_ institutions -7 unmindful ofthe fact that we seek;at this :.moment to establish a Nationality,i, wider the- flag or Which every man's religious or political 6pin-ions shall be as firmly:secured. is the foundations of our own hills vial& , strike -a blow' for IreIand,aainst Canada-. As for old England itSelf, they knew well that the mi,ghtie,st efforts they :eouldl s make, wonld rebound like' the surf- from . her iron -bound shores. Nay,_ they know . id -their hearts that the sIeePlesS navy 'of -Britain, could send to the bottompf iNe Ocean the largest army they "could raise, long before it set Met on any one of the - !;- threelsleii, They Mat. know- this from the experiences of the pasran the. incon- troiertable facti of the, prese L. Surely , their blind leaders arc not avoid of at Jeast a glidimering. of corium se:Ise intel- ligence that. they caneot cam rehend the utter abssurdity add wickedly s ieidal end- ing such project must rhav . We re- joice, hOwever; that the. F niiin plots hathhed in darkness have become fully imowu. To ,be forewarned, they say, cif to be fbrearfned, and 'knowing, the -elite danger that threatens it enly remaitte for us to strengthen ouk hands -end nerve our hearts to face it- spirit.wo4hy of out - selves an& ouribrefithers. I • . I IN- „LUCK AT* LAST. - • . ______ . - • The editor of the Huron _,Stga2/ has received aprtinste letter from: an Ameri- . . can gentleman moving in; the humb'e, but it is to he hoped. .sespectatte sphere of a , isofterli Ticket -vendor, .iti which he, laid ' . editor, his heirs or assigns, are dhly prem- ised thesum of TEsiTLEGUS-AND-OOLLARS im gold, oa the simple conclition# that he • do cause to be transmitted:W.811a -Ticket Vendor the paltry sum of $10.0), and On - the arrival of the siid rid by ex:press that he do privately convey to his frteads the • newi of ha- immense fortune in bevies - purchased a' tacky Xo. The oonditiont will be'cOmplied . with, ofootirsui, aml. we look upon thegold-as ours,aletoslas surely as thongit friend'Eay should ate in and . '&44 11;n -hooped boz lying int the ki- Jay jtt his usual. quietmaauer, • here's a frog Qictee for yote - 0, she* of - Dr. Faustits ! that such a golden ' shower. should•fall upon the head of a 4riewspaper editor I - Only think of it: tiltti up jut oruit Upon' the other $10,000 in.gd den $20 pions wouid reach- to ahigheeiltni! Sjde by -AU int row that' amount 15400 ,plee; Wouldextend nearly_ 100_ Stet! It - "would te:he X hand-nIniez to ienvey_, the likrelous ineta1 tithe Lei I Let's think 1, .„ - .. ..•:,-..! , . jf-we eatillit the Mt -Dement ot ineraoment; ithat`we will do 'with 041%S-10,000 ilten , .. .11SitiZ Shell We get, an .enotimous lot ---Of new type for the Moil, .88 ' *ell AS A stfe9k Mot anti Vitt- $14-0143))1poriii 4 4aill in 'oppesitioa -_te . the • aolie ? No, till .4* &that._ Np. , mei! prAstiegfer else that an editor or his -horse can eat." No 1 ilareiVell to scizzors, quill and paste - pot when Oat gold arrives ! We shall rent a purchase- a crack span of fast panics, and the mystic- chang thei fable -a-a o univerSally dravAedsOut by the fas ioneble few of the present day. 9 writt it - be delightful to call our present din er lunch and dine at 7 p. m. ! won't it be leasapt to feel that we 'are 'Ha some p ,"- but no, the naughty -vul. earism shall riot be said 1 put, hohy Let the organ of cdution . have a.ehanee to work. We have readiC novels and sewhere of fortunes being run throu4 in xtravaganee and riotous living' in a 'very fe years. On ,second thoughts we think th " villar " business would. not pay. Is'et's see: Teti thousand Dollars lent out on first class mortgages at 10 per ive us an annual income .of O. 'New, ft strikes up that together with the enormous ng from the publicaticth or a r would enable a sinall fatally et but gepteel comfort, and this latter idea seems to corm- stiond much tter with our former habits and feelines-land we feel sure that -sensible , . • Mr. and Mrst Signal will enter ircle of the Upper Ten-zs pronouhciation into the incr.'. cent. Weuld exaedy 810 that amOunt, profiti aceru country 'ita to live ie q on the whole people sill! a adopt i t,i irh thus calls ba -fish nattire. clays, should Wealth 'Sudd illy eive Op tisin their roses colthed svin you will - not be forgotten ! We sha4 ai yen to rejoice with us; and' to give the oppertuuity for se doing,. selemnlyipromise that when. this geed, kied Atherie n sends on tiset . 0- . box of gold e shall give a famous oyster supper n e- mammoth scale ! ry Man we say; send on ihe with,- if not Sooner, and just. s o*. graspgott shall tit twenty. eollars for your our. friends ! of course we put it in the Sigdal.,in large the good news broadcast. re you our views; you mast - we are a proper party to plaud the demston,should we .the caih _Writing k Our better and more unsel- Friende el our -struggling Prosperit end comparative will! ell V type, an so Yon hay be a feel sure tha Latest from Montreal, Moxisast,, Dec. 27-. The re -arrested raiders were brought ()dote Judge Smith at 11 o'cloek to -day, when the prosecution proceeded with the case of the robbery of Ar. Breek-the man-it/he entered the St. Albaos bank while the outrage' was being conitnitted and was robbed ,ot about .$400 -the prisoners having beeu re -arrested on -this chargeolud 'on that robbing. the first National Bank. Speir was identified as hatiing been intplicated in the robbery. of Mr. Breck. The day was occupied in examining Arr. Bishop,. teller ofahe bank, -,-whe repeated the evidencopreviopsly given- by hint lidera Coursol. The •cross examination was tamely- for the. purpose of showing: -that the prisoners atinoueced themselvei as Confeder= ate Soldiers. It is. .thou.ht the defence Wilt not raise the enestion ai to the validity of the warrant until after the arguinent on the.meriti of the eaSe. _Mr. Bethune hus -been retaieed for the- :prosecution. • ' Three- centre:plies of _Montreal volenteers _end one iron] Quebec tat bete at, 10.30 on Afondity night, amidst much enthusiusia, en ratite for Wiadser. The light infantry and Hoclielaga-companies.gO to Prescott; Two other ccanpaities -from Quebec and those from Woodstock -and Beachville go te Lapfairie. A man named Arhhibald Cerrie was acei- dentally .killed at Boutiventuro Statiop this tnokniter. He slipped while -stepping on the cars. fel a wheel passed over his peck, killing him hi:Staidly. .Moisticast. Dec -28. The Colitt aisohargedthe prisoner Betters- worth- this morning, the Crown officer stating that there was no evidence of' his complicity with the raiders.' He tens, then examined by Mr, Deyiin. . HIS evidence WaS unimportant,. tending to show -that hemet Yeung, and Spurr last Augost, the tormer at Toronto and the latter at Niagara; He.; knew that they. were Confederate soldiers, ecting under ordet:e.--, The.prsetters admitted to him, whilit he was in- gaol with them, that they had been in St. Albans on the.dy queStiort, had robbed the banks, and tried:to burn the Place. . Byeck was the pelt witness called, umf testified -as te the robbery of. the money Erna him Whilst'.he was in the St. Albans The tnoueywak takea from him by force,. and throir4h fear of his fife.. ,Witness. identified Tevis as ode of .the persons Who rebbed.him. The witness Feirchild was next 'ex:tanned. His eiidence was the same -as. given in the previous. investigation, and already petit:shed. He identified Youri,i; and. Swager OS tiro of the armed perty he,saw in the Streets Of St. .Atbans ou the oecasion in question. The investigatiOn was adjourned till Thnrs, day. . Setween one and two. nreloek this moraine .p a man was -arrested behind-- the mountain, on. auspicion- of being Lackey; but, on being. hrotight beforethe Court, it appeared he was. not tine of the 'alders, and he waa at Once discharged. • adjoutaedspecitil !fleeting of- the yity Couneil was held this evening with reference THE AMERICAN WAR. PARTICULARS OF THE CAPTURE -010. SAVA.NNAII. • • ..•••••••1••• , Fon 1-• Moxaoe, Dec. '26. -The stearaer :California, Capt: Godfrey, arrived here et a late houtidrist evening, in -58 hours from Fort Pulaski, briagire. impudent despatches from Sherman and tr:e glerlous -confirmatory in- telligence of the capture Of Savannah ou the -21st inst. ; . . --/ - • On tile 20th, Sherfnen haying nearly cow- pleted thOnvestment: of the city, 7and cap- tured Fort Lee and tunny /of the Minor out- werlis in theininiediate vieinity of the printi pal itttren haimits surroueding the toWn and itaity to the rebel lides as to commattd.- effec- 1 -planting h s Beige 'battery in such close prox- iutalltevert pesition -held by the forces.under- command f _General Hardee, .sent a seem- asi mons by g of truce to the effete that if the place w lot in a certain time surrendered, a bomhardinent arid .assaelt would at once commence To this Summons the Wily rebel General sept back, a reply that as- his coin- . . inunications were yet open and his men fully supplied -with subsistence and stores of ivery kind, he:**3 enabled te withstand A lone - o f seiee -and was determined to hold gthe eity to the laet thoment, and defend . the- citizens and property which had heee placed under his protection -until his forces were oyeipow- , ered andeompelled te surrender. Every pre partition had been made.by Sherman toassaelt the,rebel position the -next day ; but when the morning of the 218t dawned it was ascer- tained that the -enerny had evacuated theit . entrenchtneets. Several regiments of infan- try were immediately. advanced, who took ,possestion af ttiem, and 'shortly afterwards- Sherinan enteredthecity at- the head of his b.dy guard'and received from the bands of a , deputatiote of citizens. the surrender of the place: - It •appeses that General , Hardee-L.0n the night of the -20th, seeing -the impossibility of holdin,, the city, and fearhig that the oely means Of'estfilie left epee across the Savannah was -likely to ise cut reit any Mien:Min,' deter- mined to avail hiniself of this route for ihis retreat. : His troops inimediately set to work to partially -destroy the navy yard. and 05v- ernment property, and at twilight, undei the protection:1;1'mo iren-clad rams, succeeded in crossing the Savannah _river over the tatiseway to the ninth side,sintinding ictpush forward to Charleston. ' . : - t' Thirty-two thousand bales.of votton were stored ie the city, which the rebels in their haste -neglected to deritroy. - -- The twodron-clad tarns were sunk, and all the,. Governtnenk property and stores- which they.could not carry off -with them they burn- ed or.thinw into the river; 7 ..- - Foiti small steamers, one:a gunboat, were captured,. wiiiehs together .with the cotton, and a large amount of rebel munitions of war, forma. part Of 'the spoils of Sherman's victori- . ous army. . .-. - t; . o the report or the:rot:ice t.aornmittee on La methe's conda,:t. Mr. Stevenson moved in mendthent to Mr. Ifigeinson's motioa stib- flitted at' the .preriou-s: meeting, that the hierti resignation be'accepted. A, lengthy' ild nuisy discasSien ensued, . nothing ef estatic:e tranapiritig. At length a motion . for the adjournment of. the chscussi0 was nade .by Mr. Contant. The resa:t was -e" yes, 12; nays. -12. The gayor Voted for he -. adjoarninent ef the diseossion, on the ground:. that the Council. should wa t to see what woald he the action of the Government in the matter., He felt stire- the eity would wirlingly refund -the money -if it wt., -re held espensible, Orthe Government if the Goiern-- ern were responsible. .. - he twine I Ahem adjenrned till January • .__ • • . le , 0 • receive th m utfieent sum ,you are so a anxious to gi away. 'Our thatiks for e yoursonfiden in Our integricy,we assure i 'You, will be a thousand -fold more positive a when that, son aiTives ! . t Nsw Yoax, Die. 28. -- The Saiannah RepuNican of the 21st gals:7-13y the for- t tulle of war we to -day pass under the authority of the Federal Military ferces. The evacua- tion has left the city gates open, and Saerman with his witty *ill no doubt-. to day take possession. We desire to counsel all proper ' respect en the part of onr cit.izetis, and to 'express . the belief that their property and persons w:11 be tespected by our ntilitary rulers. Wheeler's -cavalry, Rardee's infantry and kluuterti fleet. combined, are the several obstacles to Sherman's March on Augusta hy water transportation. • NEW Yong Dee. 2$. -The Medd: * cop, respondent &tails Torbett's cavalry- ex- • • • peditioa to Gordonsville. A sharp fleet wa had at Liberty Mils,. in which -the rebe • • eie iven, Incorning two mires o Gurflonaville, that place' was found to b strongly defended; and reitifercementa arri ing froni Richmond while 'our Iforees wer -recontionering, __Gea ' Torbett conciuded - Meanw-bile, we will -be happy te furnish yott with I an -number of cOPiea of this. issue of th Signal at the wholesale rate. r . - . „ of four cents -h: et 4 kXAMIN4TION OF sciit.)0,L - TEACHERS: - - The eximina ion of School 'Fetchers be fere-the Board t Publie Tastruetien fer th Oouuty of ur and•Thnis ,flitst. The attendance on the part.of teaahe 'end aspirants to:educational . honors was.'!arg a .than. we hare even .sfen before. , T e lint' antl Third cle*s. were examined on--.th first day, and eyery One o . the.large.numb r entering succeeding in ob 1; taining a cectifi ete of •somo, kied. Costifi gates were grant d as. follows :----* . -71 .- .4:r CL,tsd..- e.errMeDopald, during plea . _ . Sare; iluph boss do.; Andrew.Duff, doe _Ale Carroll do 1 h Cerry, do.; Chestef Prouty one year; -F. Hitmehter, : do.; Margare Ceinpbelll lari g pleasere; -_Benj, Gee, Ot. year; Christiea ameron, do:; Rich E tcrett, i do.; David Mot tgomery, during pleaeure Rich Adams,t on -year; Wm Jamiesop,... during pleasure; Dit'iid. witer, do-,;; Cath'ile Buriis One yearr Adria McLennan, do.;. EePhetni attl: 1 he 'lact is; the iinestion of the money' stolen from the St. Albans hanks is not liefoie the Court at all, but merely the :Vatter of the $•:1_ 00 stolen ii003 Brea. : n, took glaze on Wednes day . Exerting Ana Perilella Battle.. : . The correspondent of the New;Yerk Times, gives an acconni•ot the rati;eat of an expedi` tion seat a fen, weeks ago against the Indiana, 1 but auddeety eneduetered • by superior tam, f I,. ben.; :-,- ' . ' - = . -, ' . . 1.As snit as the party faced about to 4.efurti, _ we had a lively and most excither exhibition . -, of their peculiar ,tactics. . l'elliag,_:_they. Orrelecl nearly' .a.tsuud Its, -.at a distaneo -of - frotn o0 to 200 yards', .each . warrior ralieg at - x the top of his pony's speed, circling .to Abe I ' the left, always.firing arid Wins -back .to re. ' loai. . The circle immediate.), near -to us lad t . about 200 warriors iti it, and about 300 :mote e reinforced -them as eeed inieht be, whilst frern- the West hundreds of otl:ers, -.mounted or on ifoot &did be seen hastening, to the light Or ,. . looking on ai stiectittors. Our km:, consisted 'of about Sixty mot. We fell back-sloWly,the s Teat or front plateop, as need n:tight be. facing' a about, or ! right or left; and by well directed. volleys ehaied the yellitek. devils' fariciuti ride. and atiaok. -Many of tam !nest have . been killed end woundedetswe CeuldSee thorn. fall, be put op.-. ponies and carried kr, the rear. - The scene was excitinn• beyond descriptiOn : We. reireated in -good order fot two or thtee miles, whetithe repert was- circulated that. arnieunition was groWing.scarce. • The order to coantertharch. beceme in danger of being a ix:Fah liy. the Strenuous exertions of the oil eera, the men were reatrained till the niain -command appeared in sitht, on the south aide of the stream; 'Our • ditheillty wait to get acress. Tile banks were narrow and' abrept. Tbe ;Indians kne* our. object and serioasty en. fleavored to prevent it. ...../kt every ravine they sbught to cut us off, and when we-tnade a stand they set fire to the pr'airie,- sg as to smoke as out. Otte of the Indians - made h i nisei f conspicnoue by his dasbin coerage and daring horsemanship, Many of the men made espeCial attenipta •to shoot hirn;-. bu seemingly he bore.a charMed. life. .1t made no difference, to all anpearance, titiewhat part ot the horse he eode. The fabled Ceetaur could'not have been so completely identified With his animal is these ludiato .are with theirs. In riding the cirele, all of thetr body viiible was one arrniind leg, where they hung on the off aide. • Under the neck, betty-, or between the legs, tt seeined- to make no differ; ence whence- they fired. I.. know that the balls and arrows game unpleasantly cloie.--• Riding Without saddle or bridle, lariat loese and trailing on -,tlie ground, .gniding - their pOnieli .by Voice- :and - Hints if one was dis- mounted, ell he had to do was to- grasp. the treilinglariet, stud he was remounted quicker than it takes to tell this mode. . MeLen nen, do.; atthew Hutchins," - during pleasure; Dirt Hutchinson, do.; _Thos row, doe-Ged W Ish, dee Jane McGill, one • ; year; Ellen Say, do.; War Sythiegton, during pleasure; Iris Sat during elegance. 2xtetolss.'+' areline L. MeLend, 1 yeer; Rich Ilialts.'doe aohn Wadden do Wm Mardock, D Hatnil if do.; .1.ohn Mon. dy, -do.; Priscilla Nblan, do.; nos Scott, clig ,pleasure ; -garg ret 'Kerr. - I year; John Isbiater, duri leasure) Jane Longworth,;, one years J110 Ale 40(42 years; ai Medregior, do4-Stenuel Melm dol; Benj Ducey, doS Emily 'Morgan, p04 Ale* Spurt, 2 years; Martha Taylor, 11 year; Mirifla Grant, do.; Hugh traulay;; 2 'leers; Gee Wright, 1 year; Riehd Whiling; years; deo Shepherd,. 1 year; Daul McDpeald, do ; Wtn •Gerrond, during pleasure; I/ tickled MeMilleio-year; Hugh licEs'ing;qdo,; Tilos johnstoniido.; •RADIOU. 40,4 t*eal* Wellwood, do.pirna tirown, do.; Jtities Wen, do.s Elizabeth Naiiiith, do.; Thos Blair, do.; Chas -Ian, do.; Patrick Cantillon,. Corneliva Coughlin, do ; Mittel Whiteford, • 3fte CLeas- Woodmap, 1 year; -Buena Newton tlot; Francis -White, do.; ,Win Eaengay, do.; Jane -Nasinyth, do.; Eliza Bleuntcastte, 404, John Nyelsh, do.; Ralik Sturgeon; do.i.-Mary kite, do.; GOO Hint, 40: Bainiatylle dot. john Maoltie do.. ' I. 1 - ' Wm Autohison, do ; Margaret MCArthur do.; .Chrietina Si Clair, tclo.; Mary Ann Dale, 6 months; Alex McAiehur, 1 .year; John Mar. kits, 1 'year Alm E. Hoare, do.; Mix McDougall-, do.'; 'Clara Margen, do.; William Mckinnon, do.; Alex Itichards, do.; Mary L., Fawcett., dos, Daviil Tao" de+, Wr-Y X! Yokota, do.; Margitret SUetiey, _ -do.f Whiteford, do."! - ' - - The Board wee constjtuted 4 rolloWs :- Refs. R. Tire, It-. Young. John Stewart. .-a-sd,Meurs. Carpi Nairn, Ritchie,4herlaelr,, Watson, Cooper, cponaldl lohnstou and -Barr. - •-ikt the renneef of the. nieinhera,:•of ithe _ ROttrd nr. Ritchie h ' consented to Made bis Awes eeeret•ry. ; Robert 3Ionteoinery; -1)1w:Tite Bailee III* Chamber tef 1?44 transferred' arhament _disposes orLanit *." 1111.60 04)" nightlf sP°0 trus-.- l'ir ,s etsis5 • spettbes-no more marl% axsy ; mister of Francestated ...Pude* ihatttlte o f lorenee as :soon aa f tfis Keisling to C:jsi. The President's minimal.* of Um or. der ot:Gen.Dix, was not kindly received here. Two or three senaters declared in debate that the President had "wade a mistake, which hi wouldsregret before eprieg. Mr. Sumner, liosicver, Whilst not 'definitell - giving his opinion,- was underetood to hold that the law of natiote, as intereeeted by the best authori- ty. wOuld not sustaut theposition-assumed the general. ,The ltouse may . act, hastily,: but the, 4e:tate Wilt "not. ,The.bilivving no dee of the terminatiou orthe reciprocity tree- ty be passed, thofigh possibly not without- conSiderabla discussion; but 'at olher" bills relating to Canadiawaffeireyet introduced,.ar well await vesolutioterepot the mine subjeci, Use -eirendY dead; thikeoudjtjon4dthings near the end of the sealion• Seems to to re euiri, the Senate *ill ,erobably okiginete ROMS Conirtifietial expreaston of opinion alien oar relattollerwetle C.auada ; but the temper_ of the has. undergone. such st marked change withini the tat ten days that -lending Senators indujge the live that le littlet eve% idithitt*Bf" -rot -be 'required;44WaSiangtan Corresponde.-4 Bosteif Advertiser. -" Is T-. t - could not he taken With Ins foreet tied re. fturtied ; . . :7 , . . : . . 'The result of the eXpeditien snows that all the counties in Eastern and: Nertlf eastern Vit.:gide, and the' Cential 'R. It., are -in our . possession.: . - ' - . ". New yoax, Dee. 2g.--,- The Richmoed Whig of the 20tIr states that Stonemapis •esinitnand hair diptured Saltville, South-west Virginia. -..The valuable salt works which supply nearly the' Whole Cciafederacy, . were situated there, mid they have been defended -with ereat -perstitency .by the rebela ever sinee °the commencement of the war. :. WAsifixerox, Dee.i .2ti..-It would seem to b_e.:.11 iinatake as reported this morning that the ndval and military fleet -has retunied from North Cgiolina to Fort monree.i .. . •„.. : • -The Nary Dapartment has ne such intelli-: ;mice,: but that one Vessel cult yesterday re - tinned td the latter plaCel bringing despatches from Admiral porter. -__' • . i = _ . The ..messeuger has not yet arrived at . - Illrashingten. 7 It is ascertamen - filen au authentialsource however. under date ot f I Furtre4Munrcteyeeterday, that the pewder ship was exploded- .vithin 300 yardi ot Fort Fisher, about 2"a•iid. On the 24th. - - - . Later in the day Adiniral Porter attacked th‘fort and adjacent defences, and renewed the bombardineut-on Chrisonas day..- - • On eaCh occasion we.drove the rehels.froni tbeir guns, .under the'shelter Of the- bonito proofs so -as to effectually silence their fire in a very few minutes ..after the frigates and heavy ehips got into positions ' -s. - - _ .. A detachment Of troOps•landed on Sunday afternoon..- The sktimiahers pushed up gal- lantly to ,the fort, _under Cover_ of our • fire.- „ Some of the. moresdanng actually entered the -I" I -werks and -brought tiff the flag. -, - -.. . ,, The following extreets fi-om the Richmond - "pw papers -of toeilay have beenteceiyed by the de- , m -pertinent:- • -: . . - . , . , -The. latest official, advices froth-. Oeorgia iudieate that Sheinian has - already: folle'wed - up the oecupation . of Savannah by sending a fOree bleitvalry,' artillery end -infantry tfpon :an eipedition:whose destination- can only, ke, pegged at bp the -direction jo' whioh it 'has moved, These troeps Ore reported to have: gone towards the Altathaba 'rivers and we shill Ile' doubt .next , bear that their 'have crossed thatatteem and 'are ' Moving. toviarde Sodthnwest Eseergie in ltiest of the prisoners 'of wir iho weresupposed4o be at Alideraba vine. - - _ . - . : . . ! Sherman's pregramme - for Us grand -cam-. paign northWard seems to be tio seoret. • He .will stirt .from Pert Reyal and Move straight for Branchiille, the point of junction between the Georgian- and Carolinian railroads: fie. then proposes to follow the main lines of rail-, read towards Virginia, -stealingand . murder- inkas intiCh la ne Can, . Alt ve17. fine ; but' it'Sliermaa proposes, Lee disponi. ':-....- frets. As yet they inive received no special Sultana Djemilal from caws welt or .0:).6 With reference to the fact that under instructi' ns under Secretary Seward's order, founded, beeatne jealotus of one of her slaves the Administration of Sir Robert P I ' and are eting in a great measure in the dark. I 1 A eentle an residing in this city wentto Fort! Erie on business yesterday, wnhhis son, a , led of tw lye or fourteen years of age. - Bel fore he c uld return, he was informed by the I America Consular ‘Agent that he 'must paY I one dollar for himself and another dollar for his son. He _declined to pay for his son's passport; and wes, after some difficulty, per- mitted to bring his boy. horne. A dervant girl,- whose sister was sick.at Fort Erie, went over to visit her, end lot being able to prove herself a citizen, was not allowed to return. - rt is /strange the Washington authorities do not ;Mile instructions under this -14 passport order'". which will enable consular agents_ to act with uniformity. AAA the matter now i standisit is vexatious and -we do mit. eee that 1 the order affords the ;fightestsiecurity against 4 - raids. As will be noticed, tile leader of the St. Albans raid, when re arrestedi had aims - Port to. enter the United States.--:[Baltalo Couner.- r . .Eurcipean News. -PORTLANOI Dee. 28, 1864. -The steam . ship Peruvian, Capt. Ballantyne, -from Li erpool Ifith, Londonderry intin end Cap Race on the evening of the 24th, arrived at 7 o'clock this -evening. Purser Brow reported that the -ship Itilontreal arrived i the Clyde cia the 18th. Alluding : to tli Florida disaster the LOndon Times`, say "assuming it to have been by 'design; it is not disposed to waste much indiggetion upon the subject as : the method of procuring and of neutratity as to deprive the sufferers et 'sympathy. , Brazil is really the outraged party.' The Times predicts that Mr. Seward - will make ample apology. A blockade run- ning, case has been .in trial la the Court of Exehequer, in which the judge point4 out that alt parties in the -matter were foreigners end denounced sach violations of the rights of asylum.- A large open' ait meeting of the eperatives of Manchestet adopted reeolutiene strongly opposing the recognition. ot the slave holding Confederacy. Parliament meets ()tithe '1st of February. NapOleon was much giieved at the deaths of Mosquarct. Mershal Valliant -stieuded the -funeral Ind •Made an- oration expreseing the great regret of the Emperor. Senator N. Lorento halt resigned the Spanish Ministry of •foreig affairs. Settatoi Benardes is hie successor The Italiinsi capital will be transferred-. t Florence next May.- The breach betwee the rapatgavernment and Prussian,' .ministe at Rome is eedeeing. the Tunes of the 16th in its eity article says :soh The redaction in the mink rate to 7'per cent is a step' -entirely in harmony with the state of the Market and will be especially welcomed -trent its being calculated to lessen morbid deependency which has prevailed all branAeslof trade since speculative mania was cortectedlby the ealutary adVenees up to 8 and 9 pet. cent. The demand or discount yesterday was ofthe .a_verege eba der. under the full expectation that the ban rate would be redimed. Console opened yeste ay at au advance of one eighth and after the eduction bad been formally ati itounced another similar:" ; OOP 1 whom she imagined was regarded withsowe favomehy her husband; m her highness's rage egainst the unfortunate ,girl, ahe ordered one of her -eunuchs to Cut her head off; Welt was done at one striake of the scimitar. Then, in hellish htry, sbe determined to ettentf her revenge to her husbend, and eoolly directed that the girt"s head Should be plated under a - covet "On the Pacha's dinner table. It is- the "custoth in Turkey for the male..heads of teen lies to dine apart from their women. On the day in question the' Sultana seated- herself en the divan -a long sofa extending across the rootuo-previous to her hesband'sentering the dining,roorn. Oa his arrival; us is eustomaryy ha we:nt up tb his IMperiat spouse, aud ren- dered her the Usuel homage, She requested him to *.proeeed witlf his- dinner. - When seated he oiled oth the servants present to remove the cover which Is thrown oyer the trey which forms the top of the table; to his surprise, they hesitated, and shrank baek.- The Sultana 11;en tilled to him to reMove it himsel f, uphraidintibe servants for their -con- - duct. Thasunhappy Pacha, obeying Ins wife's directions, threw off the cover; and then before him lay the gory head er the- mite. . dered girt s he reeled and fell back it corpse. vs.! Previous to taking off the cover he bad drunk e some sherbet, and whether this was"poisoned, I OS _same imagined, or that the shock produced P apoplexy, his' not been ascertained, es no n, post morteai examination has been held. It n _will, of course, be thonght that the Imperial o murderess was at once seized and placed in the . hands of justice. Ou the contrary, s Diem& Sultana, a princess of the imperial fainity, daughter oi S. eltan Abdul-Medjid, mid niece ot the reigning Sultan, has remaititd in her lime unmolested, and the only notice equipping the Florida, was such a violation taken ct the mattering been thather Imperial uncle isvery angry with her. :TERRIFIC FIRE SE'VENTY-EIGIIT THOUSAND HOUSES . BURNED. - •'. A. correspondent of the ist. Y. Tribune, writing from ICanagawaJapan, October 12th 1864, Oyes somefuller accoant of the attack . datum, on Micao, the capital city of. his Spiritual Ifigimess the Milked% and the attempt to seize his person, in Auguet hit The account says ee- - , . Chosin's forces, iedifrerently armed,- were encamped outside the city, and suddenly one morning moved in two columns to the ayack, while at the fame time his followers wthin .,i the city rose to their eal. ni The attacking columns, Which were .1ese -. .than five thousand tOeether, were eigorously 0 - opposed by the retainers 'of the Dattnios, n • whose duty it was to gOard theeity and the Milkado's person conspicuous among whom ‘' were the Damao; ofSetsuani, Aidzn, Belli= and the son or the Regent, assassinated at Y•eddo, in isqe.. some of the Tycoon'a household troops were also assisting, for the Tycoon has a palace at Mica°, as well sa et Yieddo,' dile attacks of the assailants were chiefly .directed against the ietipective cFadels of the Tycoon and the Idalltsdo, dross boil ef which they were finally repulsed, but not until the Milkado's outermost buildings hau been sacked and destroyed. The assaitants _ wereoverpowered, driven back, and cut to pieces, few of them escaping,. ' ' . The consequence of this hand to hand -. fighting in the heart of one- et the InOSt pap. U1OUS cities of the world produced a destrute lion of property unpaealleled tn modern war- fare. The Shells of both 'esseilants and de- - fenders exploding aund the -crowded builciings , - set fire in many places! witch eaught by a high wind -then blownw, raged uncheeked until this papulous ni; was . reduced tO i I one thousand blocks, or squares, destroying, its• 7Aleese..-ordirig to the native accounts, the - fire . raged two entire days, laying Waste nearly ' seventreight thousand houses and temiles / end three thousand teven hundred ware housee. About, five. sixths.of the: city was . laid in -ash* and we may ilnagiee, though words- cannot deecribe ihe scene of devas- / . . tation which - made half a .million of people 'homeless. • Japanese -houses are not alto- gether such paste and paper afraits as the burneri of Kag.osima would have us believe. A very large portion of the European peaeantry are Sheltered by na better. - The great eemple of_ Hunaputioeee, the 1110St Jamous in the empitre, was burned. ,, Reeiarkable- Zitract from the Ma- : mond 'Enquirer: . The follovving is extracted from the leading article of ., the Itichinon t Enquirer of Dezem- ber 1.6 :-,-- - . - il Whenever we are reduced so low tha me cannot matatain the thintest then we ea secure liberty ancl nationality by the sacrific of slavery. But until we are prepared* make thia sacrifice it of no - use to look t - Europe for either by recognition or inter vention. All the mhitery authorities, these who commaed theartnies find these entrusted with the administration lathe conscripthureau ere pi epared to say the popuiation of the t..; tutederey will maintain a ferce in the field that shall bear to that of the enemy the pro plaice that the annies of the two nations bore to each other iu 1863; Them =neces- sity for either arming the nagroea .or calling on Europe lor help. ' _ ..- ' .: . REPORT ON THE BELFAST ' RIOTS. INDIO , . • The Dublin correspondent or the London Times writessin the fitla luau.- . - The COM 1111581011 of:Inquiry at Belfeit, ,closed its proceedinge yesterday, after Sittiit 21 days. A most. patient 'hearing was given to all who conndained ef grievances, or had infortnatioa to owe and opinions to offer With reard to the prettervatioe Of the peace of the town. Ai lei th the supply of witnesses was evhausted and, as the commissioners Mid nothing more to do, they closed tkeir hooks and departed. For the last few days they were*occupied hiefly.iu hearing the opinions of iufluential g ettletnee conneeted with the town as to thelnumher of police that :would be required, end what .pronortiOn of the cost shopld be borne by the toWns In :immune - big the Close of the inqutry, Mr.41.erry liaid that when the report appeared it would _ be found _that the coinntisaiopers had acted threughout , without rear, favor, -or -affe.ctioe.' Few aredieposed to doubt ihis. ' Considertng the materiale with which they had to deal, and the excited state of parties, it ifs wonder ful that they haee given so much satisfaction. It was ;Omitted on all hands that they had acted with remarkilile itiapartiality. Discre- thin, sped temper, fairnesi„ and firmness dis- tinguished ell their -proceedings, and elicited the ;warm. acknowleg.ments Of -some of the leading conservetives Who Went int? the box as tvitnesses. - ., - 1; - ..“ It is expecte.d that the Commissioners will recOmmend some changes in the consti- tution ef tt.e ninnicipar body, so as to afford e (rreates feeilitiee for ROMail Cati104e8 tO .fiP• noine niembers bf - the Teem Council, and also some additions to the inagistracy,so ad to bemire their confidence, -althoitgle very stripe; evidence was given to thei effect that there wati nopartiality eitherin the 0.ouncit' or on the magisterial bench. Whateveralterations may take place in the local • government of Belfast, it ie to Wiped that an A.et . will be 1 paised eext se 1911 abselutely prohibiting Omissions otall serfs; The parading of the rades, .with . th ir- immense banners end andy decoratio s, seems to he a" foolish aste Of tithe a d money. - Besides, they anage to introduce party colors and play party tunee which ere- offensive to Catholies, or Protestants. -IThe irritatiOn produced by such diaplays is, ho doubt,' unreasonable. but it is unavoidable. - It was the -O'Connell pro - 'cession in .Dublin that provoked the burning' 1 of ha effigy in Nast, and the mock funeral *.-,-it gross: oatrag which- Should bave..been put:down at -since and ,pethapit would. ihave been lithe local' athisritiee had -not Sympa- thized with the P Otestano ..in theiriadigna dada the great ' eligiJus 'and pOlitiCal de- etcteeteatiee- .-4,11 they fidUtea 0#1.nge VIOnki be the exclusion i pm all public•employetent Ofpericati Who a ,' --members of any _political iercietynteetinginisecret and having olith4, Signe. and pailswords.. Tini Freenuismis: are not a pOliticalbo4y, and -would not come un- der thisalle. - But the Orange. Society is * mending insult to the governments because. it existe on the luennuption -that the oftstituted authorities do not or Cannot protectthe 'tires and propertiee -Of theeQueen's enbjeets, It tend* to the sebverston asocial order and' to thedisreptien ofeociety, by -teachni- g men who are aggiieved to take the law into their own hands and te make liar epantheir neigh - bears and fellow subjects: Xt would be iiis exensible weaknesi on the part ,:of the got. eminent to dell/any longer with organise- -tio-Wwhiab ate liable ' at Any 1110M014 SO • bre* 9,3i into brutal and e inguitt try *run' - . , - < , The :-.Peesport iSesiztess... The Quebec correspondent Of the Torblite Globe write. that 'Ate reient Order at Wiedi Wean With regard ...to -passports will prose very embarraming to * considerable. class of .oue:_populatiou,, Onr igen" harniso atqhcir? ity gtant pumpkin OS others thin- British subjects. They andtAterieittiU -are only pro- vided for; The lfileatioiS _utiesne, _hot!. will 'Frenchmen raiment' to the United statei:- -It would4eent proper that' the American Con- suls shoidd,sexercise, this. seivaillsese,oser forei&eri, other ' Young, when arrested neer-ifiviere du Loop, that PadaP0_,O. tO enter:the United, Stet", under- the -assumed petite of "Jos,apti ,wwee bad been granted in Montrear." This: paispert order prove' equalVenibereissing to the American citivens who 'mein's:inns kir Girientiden4t:Inii mitubik'or voomirartigental in -Ca and ia some instances we erg told that per- • sons, erting, ihat capacity are Bntish sub- - A. Turkish Tragedy: . 4 A most shocking and tragical event hae just 4.zetrotslirred,tw.;tegieniteet 001MatifigHeplede, woothichi-aninuhaposuspiltey the utterlydnumful loiltienoe which tbe harem system exercises. Manila Stilt:in!, the third dasehtar arthi tete-Sultan, Mitt inAter'22nd year, wise married to ilahmoud TbipeeitiouOt 'A subject 'vow whom she Sultan confenk-the hand- of, one of .his dafighters anythieg hot tit enviable onet the -pikes** -trest'the unhappy hallooed muck lathe "'Ma way al theyidU their slawes, or rather Work, TOr tbe latter Wye itot ssiestrIssippeising. be it litl‘c ee , 1.84-4. an /ICJ of Parliament, intradatied by -1 Mr. Glidisone President of the Boisul of Trade, was passed to enable the Government, otscertain terms. after 21 yeais, to buy up all such railways in -the- United Kiugaem might,thenciforth be constructed, a report has become -Current among 'leading persons lu thecity theta large measure is now under the consideration of the Government to effect lip. on the basis -of these powers a comprehensive chancre in the railway system- of the United - Rinidorn. Neityear the stipulated 21 pars expire, and the...proportion of the existing mileage that. Wilt ultimately be liable to tiaras ender the operator' of the Act in question- . believed to be nearly 85 per cent. The mai* conditioae ofpayment fixed ditelie Act -is that the amount shall be ectual to 25 !ewe ehate of the rate of pro.nt of the thee ingettri, provided- such profit has not en- teedecl 10 per tent.-eLondna Time* A Ctsvica Reeonect,-_Tke. Prellondleor Vzpresihas the gellownse s-Shorety After tbe Yankees reached tee -termutien* Pdank Road, up which iliey returned iv eamet, the - column, somewhat disordered' and fithraest by its Mara, was struck by -a &riot scout of -cur army. Nothing bet *bold demeanor would save him. from tat/tore, end he reiolved1 to risk his litchi:1r upon the result sof his iugenuity. Assuming the air and propoitions of an aid, he struck spans tb his horse ,satf galloping down the Yankee column; onlered the stra.gling renks tiote up, as thb islets were in..hot pursuit, and threatened to ehoot such as lagged behind. Be pumaed this course -down the column, huriyinz the **lit- e:led Yankees up.at everyatep, unid he foiled, an opportunity to escape, when he litaiself hutfed pit; as fast is big horse could carry him.. FORMATION AND Dvareuctrox or' at Ion BRIDGE AT Quirsco.-The Quebec Nosegays The inhaliitonts of the ancient capital were delighted beyond measure when tisey Woke ttrhr iitybeerioiplepitte°4thSeacitugaelvmeirld tewirdlid - sheet -of rlear, smooth ice. Ou TittirsdliT the floating ice jammed ist Cep Rogue and the Sault, leaving the river -quite elm and epeu to theaetion of the intense cold of Fri- day. At at early hour, however, by direc- tion of Mr. Titbits, the ferry steamer Arctie, which was lying on Ibis side, was put under full steam, and cut her way through 'nee* to Indian Coic, breaking the sheet of ice tit all directions, - and completely tearing ttp Abe bridge opposite the town And the ?ey at the mouth of the river St, Charles. the eteamer arrived. itisposine - ties hatture at GO. • moues Cove, she yea put about *ad beaded for the town, maki.ngenother acianioodwanglittlirhilesph.iiinhargThveWebaserboomeloww"d4 .1wIhrittralieliwidligeossoadcmgoe 4:1;Iiindtlieveallear deputation of about sixty, headed by 134 Marsden, paid Mr. Tibbits a visit at hisviricep auturdyaisseranuk._iled hitn la any.thing but eateplitrwn.-- . 4 • - • A late Trish paper gives an obituary .4 One Mr.* Maurice O'Connell; it celebrated shot, - whose favorite amusement was to`sheeliima little eats who rushed outof the to bark at him, lobe drove along the road's. As be was walking in the streets of Tralee one dboayeewointihst.a fpeaceriehdftialityey suiespoirledingit'hilstackviztrs front °ibis own shop door. - . 'Yon can't knock that fellow's cigar silt ut his mouths' suggested hisfriend. • Tun% I?' said 11 iuriee; 'you she; see. This time, unluckily, hiit Mat wart noti,ae. true as usual,. for be carried away tbe of. the tolraceontst's nose, and Ltd lo pay. a fine oopef SAra0600frio. r the pleasure of peat:mug- taw -A live women on heriveyfrom 'Vermont, to San Francisco, in itlet box, about the aim of a coffin, and ap. pearance at the railroad station at Spriegfierd,. the 'Republican' says, gale rise le conaidere able excitement. She los a nersotioaffectione of the brain, and this mode -of exassnortntion was resorted, M! prOtect her from the _fioise• incident to the journey. The box hes *emelt aperture' to admit air, Denoting a Usti *Mt is muffled, On stopping for the nieht„ alie ex- changes ler box tor Kr. Clark, of Sherbrooke,* well known through. the eastern townships front his share in breaking up a gang of comiterfeitentsome time ego, has been associeted with Colonel &malinger as stipendiary magistrate on the _ Vermont and keine frentier. This will be a popular aptiointment in that 4ectioti, tint very much advance the objects to be *moth - ter Piz° - Mtu ilittberitstutitus. .101,••••••••• ••••••.*•••••••••••••••••••11,••••11r,.••••,,,,•••••+1,,,......".40.4. e SELEBVPS SALE OP Winn. / • • • O united Glimmer, ot itrp Y virtue of s vr - anron and Bruce, J., VenclitiontEx To Wit; Fierf Facia* for widths*. issued out °flier lktajestyis County Court of the United countie.;a1-luron and _Bruce, fad to me directed against the Lands and tenements of Aril. abald iteNaughton, at the sun ot Paul Mot -ewes and Norman lAntnnes, I Imre seized awl mast • Exeentioa alithet right, title sad interest the petendent in sad to Vot numbeer. in the Eleventh Concession ot the Tow p of Kincardine, fit <the Qounty of *nee, coetteateet one tiundrcdecres, more *rims ; frbiebAsitsleAled tenements shalt oar for 7ette loymigoi pan* Court noose in the Town oftlodericAtoelsvialey tbe 7 hirtysetet slay ot January pegs st.thfsvilsor eitlikelve 9(07 eloek, noon. Bk.: tEroya JOHN MACDONALD, Sty S. Pore.ocits DeputySherilfs hertirs Office, Godenebs A9th Apeman; 1864. "But if those authorities shall answer diff- erently, then We enbthit that a crisis.is upon us that dernands the alternative of subjugation Without Slaves or independenee by arming the negroes. There is everfi prospect of four years more of War, andee long as we reet the defensive the enemy'can carry oaths war whith the risk of defeat. If they know -that we never follow up our successes, but ninsV always;rernaiii on the defensive,they Ica owthat althoueh they may not be able to defeat our armies we will neyer -defeat theirs., and the war is merely struestion ofexhaustion. .Shini we prolong the war for the sake of the -deg- rees? Shall we Sacrifice -our obildreh to:. pre- serve one leaves? Shull we exhaust ourlamnitt destroy our noble . defenders, end endanger every mititution rather the* lest sin experi- menfthat may give -withe Means ofvecrulting our asmies-ofumuming the offeniive Ana centelering serdy pettee 7 Neither rhetoric nor argument nor authority oan determine whether the neg5o will make for us a faithful soldier. --Riperusent ;mat -test and deetde tho cptellion, Oenetsl Lee ago -vutttbig experiment be made. But hate, detest and.despieetheelletill far more then int lots and-admireLitsvetlyi mind if oar ilbeitteinitanot be gained but by that .uctifiee, . are pre- pared to mato that science and ten* that sacrifice Upon iittc youutremeap , ‘4 Wa would not ;return into -the Nition -if every slave could be reterned to: bis muter; end every guarantee_ that human inpanity could devise 'were reteived for thii isreteefion tbe institution, No prefer liberty' with tree- society • to re -union upon -the securest basis of slavely. Such vre beliefs tibe the, sentiment of the people -of V" a. But we know that gre.st Many dotage beseteffis ques- tioneher experiment ondit te bet qrs4e,. /1114 tbefect iseertiiined whether the nSgrues will snake soldiers." ' : 4 1 burp wit:4%124 bevad, tbit.hrittorump,ofhacithebeeises4 (*sex: peamenting toren= ante trilalf fa jag crease the lights but, to no purpose, -11 table lefore /aim lay_the broken neck oi ort oil Sack, This hf took- up, carelessly, aad iAt alturtetiliiinwtigametliont tsseouswardidu, adjurer settsstI not a hint MAL lost int the upstitosninliet, who proceeded to pat hie dutcorry into practical operation -at onfc: *fis •i ". A WASSOR or 4 PhOtograPh 7 AlbUtailf 13113174", „ ElooxIcso Murat Serrkeik ^Of_ r - er: _ betratanctriks t lir • • / T 47 4 ol•aeoefotim#40440.1akihkrv • Y BOO - endleee vetriety. at Ike 4sigi:TAte orEiviEs aodenee,Dee,130441164.- - . :Stray Catde. (wog- into the Asp: lot 18 lirdeen. 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