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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSemi-Weekly Signal, 1865-01-03, Page 2• THE SEMI-WEEKLY SIGNAL. for Capt. Scyinqur, which were heartily ' MILtTIA RIOT. to quit. and they will be dismissed accord- "- A 1XXe 11 a§ 1 11 a t ► given, and the proceedings terminated. , ! -- in�ly." , ) ( From the Leaders Telegram. we. learn the ' " ziox0P C't �r'lfIONO. ." fot.lo„ •ing particulars of a shameful breach of the peace in Lower Canada on the 3Ot30thutt. ��El�lill. coy., JAN. . 3, 186.5_11 R: EDITOR' -It always affords hie . `Today was the day appointed by. the pro-, great pleasure to acknowledge merit e1amatioa of the Governor General for ballot. w" --. Force in ' THE ELICTION:. • wherever I fled t, and as this is the season ing'fur men for the active Militia Lower Canada.. The order has caused s.ome of complements -I teem it the more approe feeling in localities where` the provisions of In the absence of a Mayoralty contest priate trate ta•pay a tribute, trhieh:1 feel the iuilieia law are not thoroughly-_undeistood. the Municipal election yesterday and to- is justly 'due. No doubt it is known by built was nut apprehended that any violeuee day was unusually quiet: Insome= of niy fellow "tow smen generally, . that ;for -would_take place in consequence of the draft-. the Wards ` however, quite .n stir was some montbs pat a %hard• School has been frig• . made. . ,established in - t. .Ptttriekes ward -and" riot, ho %e'er;. broke out in the parish of St. Patrick's Ward -r turns the old:- can- perhaps as generally- known thatit has el, 'tome miles below this City, on .the -Ne •tli didates, -Messrs.' Ituncunau, Cameron and 4 been, since its �'stablishmcnt, under the- Sbotve,of.the St Lawrence. in consequence of Horton, have been returned by accl;ima• immediate management of Miss Long- the registrar of the county, lir Dick, proceed tion_ - t', -- e worth: ' But it may not be quite as gen- iiia: with. the; batlot, in obedience to:. the The following t is the state of the'poll orally known how it has ,been conducted, order of the Corntnander•in-ebief: lir Dick- • Chateau Richer in thecounty of 4ontmoree- at the close, -in the other wards- ` > as alb cannot be presutned_too have children was assisted in. the -irork bycapt..Liiwrin of St. Georges. -:A. Santa 44, ~ 3IeDou- attending it.. 'Pam .;one, however, two'sof rue 'militia service A. large crowd assembled gall 53; Watn 31e1 Cay . 3lcaay =1s3� - Whose children have had the geed fortune in ine en )run; heel went to the place where ` St d ` L n wort h 44 enc D y• ' I' • of there comm ncin� their 'educational - they were balloting, stud declared they avould s --o th be �►an<I have care- g p not allow ballotinin that lace. The oi&- career and stn a ey 57, Parsons 1,.• Rooth I3, J B Gordon fully noted their progress. - And if, sir, cers being alarmed at the threatening aspect 4, Davis 33: • • you have children in attendance there (as of affairs, fled with the rolls. - St. David s-tlibbone SI, Have- 86, Clif- I am informed you have) you will agree: The news of the 'tumult :on. reaching towns ford 60 Stewart 36 'Wallece'i r ... er 2 with mein Stating that you have frequent- caused a good deal of excitement. and - ladle- I - i Iy been very agreeably surprised, -during natiop. The tnilitary authorities were speed I that short riod, at the. rapidity .with'ily apprr'ed of it, and thetr.aid asked in c:ise The Councillors for 1 S6.% • will: therefore. p�,it was necessary: Four companies of the -1-.7th which they aegdired the radiuients'of the rest. -in �t trrisoa here; were placed wider arms 3 Sm tlirsMcbou all . HDt 3Ic� lie u•.neL© , -bnaiisl language If all our _public . and several volunteer.eotnranies . were `willed ' ,. S: schools . here Ayere attended .with equal Out in the arisli t,, restuie._order. worth, Dancy,, Booth, . Gibbons, bays success our poo a would hate much lest • p - and Cliford.- • reason to grunt& e. But 1 regret.; to say The. Majority •against .the ",Kate- Bill`.' that.- at-lre-ast, before the 'Opening. - of the The -:"Huron . Signal" Carrier 1%'ard. School, the inniee •divisions of -our Boys' New Years' Address. Central -,School W eie not all tlirzt- coact 'be - diiired_ , Since hat tithe I ha.re not paid ' Hail thu bright morn of another New Year- so uiiich attend n to them,but, tben,ntany. fits *reetin �s of ov ,its t:uutitiful. Ghee •' to ihoin 'I spok on the subject sere any- n j ,.: i The following report of an interesting thing hitt•. well -pleased; = It is hoped, Brieht wreathe each senile ai we forget awhil ?1Ceetin of the :Huron Hina. 'relatii-a to: th,:ti h taut the �talilisbment of rife 11'ard Life's busy cares,. and corroding -turmoil. the retirement e3f" Capt. Sey iuour,,has been. Schools well enable those. now •hating_ the 0, let's target. for awltile, if we csin, i • handed in for publication,• r control of titoae divisions -to dischar a their L'h' h,►tied and m:>lice so eofnrnoti to Man,, - "OR Monday, 19th .ult., after drill, F duty with more a cteney,and consequently. A dstandon ourBielfierhood s toftleat group. frith marc satisf etion.to the public. • Where true -Friendship alone' can ever, b Lieut. Hays addressed the_company .oil a, '1`rusting you tall gyre thisan insertion found .subject which he believed wits a source of } n y.aur joarual„ ..- . - . flet S,, ind it s:iu': beak to ii-•zr-ven'mous ten - regret~-to•it. He meant the retirement of - t rain, sir, - - • . - tV'hether of speech orethe more galling- pen Capt. Seymour, wheal • they were aware 3 -. - -• - Yours, &e = Let Lo!e be. our motto, for,.kindness alone ,bad sent in his resignation two monilia be -'a _ e D- Is the brightest atria that has ever. shone. • fore, and with reference to Bich -they _ O , Pure be our ni-nives`and. high be our aim, '. Ii' �- EGh, Tho' seat -be our.ivealth or lowly our new had unanimously passed the address:he - -, l . was hoar aboat to read but: v'hich the had I .• o -• - Our w reaatest care and our e'er pt e..ent thou bt : F .It is too -common for the . inhabilapts of Should be to .see that, We are woo r�� fit nought ' not had an: opportunity .o!`presenting- itti- u , - tliis� country to fi�rget what their Country; • - til t .ow•. Capt. -Seymour. had resi ned,. j was in. its. earlieriistage_s• of settlement, and • • a but lie (Meat, H was ,coni°meed titer' if, Another year ! O .liow quick revolving time �r to itgaatne that the habi ins. of the beck-. Hurries.us on`from our-youth•to our prune- danger threatened Capt. S: would be most , woods are not atsare. of the. amenities of Or dashes us s;viftly •down the incline: willing to aceompany there • 7 to the front, life-' in fact the often consider them a .: That feud, to the Valley where. suns .ne'er and he believed _that every man in the beim in. a state of 'semi -civilization ; and 1 • shine: ' company felt as he did that le would -be a I. must confess- this impression ,-upon my Dat.shor t as Sicty four that's dead haith seein'd - - great advantage- to then to .have Capt: S. mind was strengthened --by the account 1 . What mia;hty events nth risen and`gleaaned with thein: if ordered en active service;= • saiv. of o: stain dinners that had t.tken citl watt tfie lurid and fait•gathering- sky • • (Cheers:)' They all knew how, threeyears, place in the County of•Huron- . But tam. tike meleJrs de pining d,rkness .as they fly. ago, when war vias thought to ,be lanolin- t happy to say,tht during a vitt to -the - THE All3RJOAN WAR. New Yoie, Jan 1.1 --The Richmond Ex antinerel Dee. 21 saYs :- The siege et .Wil mington is over. Tne telegraphic despatch. tells the whole sto 7, Whic.h as as follows :---; WiLmiNGTON, N. C. Dec. 28, -The Federal fleet has disappear d,oilly the usual black:ides Gen: Brnag • rep ets -that with his present meatis and chsposit on of- forcee, no danger need be appreheii ed. Had.. reinforcements ditTerhse ei;emy drew. Up in semicircle and pour ed a conteutrie fir lilt* Fort.Fisher destroy- ing ev.ery house tin ploughing up the ground. ereatest credit us 'ii ell as the junior reserve. _ in the gale and su eject -much Otherwise.... The Richmond The eneiny shelled and Petersburg ye but absolutely n waste] no arnineni : There is a_ rumo again crossing to t River, bat thei m of the lines of Ric It is else reporte - appeared in Teri .troops had been la gram received at tl that two brigades of White- caValri I December, moving The advance reech ,The Whig, of t e 27th,- considers.the only_ point gained in the caniureof Savannah is its :noint "of View. It ays it wes :ofoici value to e. The. lf/tig-expe ts tiberinan to move -on - Richaiond, 'and say i„ --elle iathe.very general we desire to see, rid he brings with bini for - Grant has/. with • him emy some e: 'even thouSande eterans, and - the rest - The.N.T. Ale!' td,' editorially, thiaks Lee is about to transfe has army, erdiaaece, mag- azines, &c.,- and the rebel eaeital, Presideee Cabinet and Coreir is to Dioiville.• . :- The mail brou, it ht -the- Aver) recently from -Sheritan's art y contained ever 200:0,00 lettersothe largest -shied -6 mail- ever received .4t the New. Yerk ;too office. - is overwhelming. HURON RIFLES: 'xariiiiier of the 29th says : effect. . Our • batteries ntiribbank of the Jamea e no appeArance. in front that the enemy's vessela River. ',and that sem? ded at the White House. . ii.War Department stat -os Unegre -troops ,and one ft- Memphis on •the.- 21st on 'the State. :line. road. d- Payette- depot on the of the inovenient • ma whose mett, e We *desire tO test; -ent from the Treiitaffair, how promptly he Village ``of Hots* ti;u8 finPi',!ss. ion was. raised and organized. the Huron Rifles and completely remodel, and I think. it Any I NatiOn 'gaiait Nation detiantry set totally unaided, drilled it for aperiod of 81 months, and u0 tea the preient day ho had' neve/spared time, frouble or expense to promoting their effidiency.- (Cheers.) Tie could. say more -oa this .subjeet,- hut the. presence of Capt. restrained hiin; and Ott asking him_ to .acc..ipt. of the evro:d duty' to- Make kn wn to. the. pahlte in gen-- "fill the' arin -wearies and the seds.iilt wet ', yeei news_ .With_ the herril. gore, :And the orphan:4 cry paper' -how thisoehadge in my opinion was Gas,t wailia; for u'i) int() 1,ite'solifittO ski'. . .. effected. The I. dies of the 4,-.Clitirch of' 0 Gou I. Can it hef'?; How can thy et.atairei &gad Aid. o i4ty " havino got ...41: a 'Madly hick aed eierthe Godlike features Di trier and Cone rt, 'I resol.yed' •te attend, That the Elee pair derived front thee - ., ; 'and I: iiiiiit say * at the diener tables were Oaeenehitin the hearts. that tho,u'st in ide 'free. . heve done credit o a .first 'elites hotel,- mid which they wished to -present to • hid', he the viands Wduld havegladdened the heart . A lied with:411P us/on-that eUnstaiiiiyelingi ed. CaPt. S. to accept the best th-anks oldie veriest epieure, Rh cie'on our‘fast'ag:e its glory 9... iid beast'. '• ' ' Of the Huron Rifles fer all his exeetions On -Bet a " ehange .came O'er the spirit of • • ' - . , . . , - their behalf, and their sincere .wishes --fur 'the scene." The . clatter Of-kniees- Ian I 1 . - - his health, happiness and prosperity. (Con- forks Commenced, and the guests appeerel I 'Nor. prii f -little Dertiartrk.--ethe Sea -kings .. _ -to. have n lively appreciation of the eAt- i - Vette, . - • - - ' Lieut. Hays then read *the -following .iithies,' fer•they . dts9peare4 wail mervel- I. E.Ath tetter'd beeeetli thelwelAt She. haShorne; Address . sizutiti by himself; E mien Ravi- 'Etta- J adoe Cooper and 36 nort-commissiod- . ed officers- and.men of the corps, and • by none- of_ the numerous- diners had : like - - :. . - - . - • .Lieut Ilayk oa behalf of the absantees,the Cassini- •"-a lean anl hun ,ry Ice& '' , . &out I But alas, alas. how short WO -the stale- atprevious: meetings : . - ''. ' • , I room., which. was . tastefully .thcorate1L- ' •S'oe falter'al- and tette- whale, id the piese, - opear Sai:.-We, the undersigned officers-, our;fettret at yeur reaignation Or the command the. pieces- stiti . but . to my ' great- 1 he loug and.ardently spie„;ht.fOr repriev-e; . of that corps, and convey- to you our:, best earprise a id gem/iced-we thee; concluded Fraini tue pilule. liiiks of tertyranee chain, thanks.fuesthe deep. iiiterest, which - yoe hive fienr-sicred. Maiic With a eiders- a Hallelaj.01 - Under which sli.long she hoth writhed,in fain. nyario4 dispi..sea to promote. its efficiency. ...ch Kw,'" sirtunk wA$ well sime,•*,-- There wai . • ••• . - eet time. . . • . ‘ . . _ -awl that wa,4 the - mueity..of-;performers,--e•-•io, this We,ttern land ire-. se9•the §"oittli etand • We- beg to tendet von a Sword, as e*slobt There, wete enough owever, to ;tit e any one- .- e• oken of our esteem arid regardlor you 88 Glir Wto. letter ia-ard i an idea ut 'the -'-oittenih- , ) - Wan hold determined frOntialthough the sand • COntim.anding Office -r, and should yon ever Cence, r,chness an beatitY or its coego, .IS„ soek'd -end • isplitsh'd With warm •chiv.alric have Cietasion to "draw , it in. defence of our f he aeciear music as opened with -"Merry --, bloodo loved Country. he asSureit thate ali four oie Christmass1. - wineli. wetted the miad away. 10 - And.watint milt iitares Where proud. mansions comrades. of 'The Huroaf..Rilles' would be ' England'sChistmA av:th its Mega yule fire, 1" A ' - % ,-- . ' - "" -- -glad to serve :ruder you, feetia,.... convinced 411d the flames dincing.eheerily in the ample ; -sto°'.- • - ' ' ' ' - • ' ' : that in you. i'4, should have a: leader in who.* place; the han.oing inistletoe, atel et my _rev. Sphe of all carnage, raidieg end ibureing,- - - ands,' on. a.ctive service or otherwise, the ellets within, witOst the sweet v.oices .of the • Frain thi Siuth'e first choice. there i ia no -11 - honour of the corps would always: be safe. carroleis 'we:4 .bleadin4 in unis in,_:- ii,efin‘ - • tureing,-.- -. . - ..1.-- - - ,-.. ' . With our hest wishes for your_ health,- hap- the -saiteit of the huivity in .the •sireete.- ' And'ah.v 'tit whit:eel-1 theciughput the whele piness and prosperity, we remain,: -- — se The P.1', ill Fathers"- was atso finely stiu r. . - • • . . . .- -. , . some 1...i.lees and-catt.hes ia first rate. styie.,,,„ :That '•Slacery may -go - .to secure - the . Lieut. Hays, havine read :the •Address or- ihe,inetletider ill GlaXgoW,was iitimitable. I trust 'filet it'airti, I hope that -the hlot presented: the same to Capt. Seyniour, who of the Grampiens tor it wmild hay -e been ae„ . spO,' t. lt.:1: said : Lieut. Heys and cotneades of the •Len-44;ble '-for at: iE.- iglishni LIT to h ive suer' Huron RifieS, .1 feel deeply gratified as for aui Eo-hrainiite to sey et Shinbeteta." ' fis hoped •hy this means that natioes itfar,...-> the kind &elm,- - For humanity's -sake. will eoen interfere • ' iv' address you have last Presented:eel The ' leader, . Ur. Roberts, is aa . excellent And terininete the cruel, horrid strife • . caonot but feel that it is_.more due to your .flatist. .Their. atusi had a,„pOwerful effect ' That sweeps emerge mtiCh Of love and life. • kindness anctpod ' feelfng than to m. . iman the audience,- who at the lively measures y mo were unable 'to keep' their feet sail. .0ne of . rits. I °an only lay. claim Id haeing ale the performeriseemed not toe appreciate the - ways endeavored to do iny, duty withoUt effect of -his- mask and up eie " We 40elto Thank dod,our owe -fair leed is thes far spared fear, favor or affectiott; and to. an •ardetit stood'. and inforovid the audience hi didnot Front the v'sals*of %vela Cu_ otherapoered, : . esire to ke yoa enetif the best VOluriteer play for them to dance. Mi4:Worthinjton :Our fields mid our flcicks our lakes- and•our rpe in Canada... fLieut' Hap-. and yoU -presided at the MelOdeon With taste and abili. -. ' - -'.. - - ' =- ea have dohe me butjtisiice le feeling, that ./. aohearty vote of thrinke to • stre'on% . - .,. . - , . ty. Having given . Mr. Cain -keit- Waitace. wile:occupied the 'neve yielded their increase,end joyfully hexing oo which you may be ordered, but, having remarke tenJel wreitly ta enliven :the . audi. At liom.e, 'afield, in the sh-epa street Or matt. • :sent in -my resignation: twe months back,'I enee,': the. meeting iibifoke Uo and all went should feel the greatest'. delicace la dgilky.. away j apparently 0, *my the year that has dawned en us now lig, for however short a_periode the prom_ , eveeiug's. entertainment. . • . . • 1 . . . a . .,. But 'OUT all the bleSsiegs of heart and mind, • mended, and *honk I .believe you Will find - t - Untormshed with•grief-minfixed withalloy,-- zealous and efficient in the oischarge Of '.7.' wkqx-ETElt. theirrespective trusts. - I entreat . you. th Be thei rs, throng h. Lite's thanges,stilltd enjoy-. pay the strictest obedience to their orders; ' ' . = re -- .for without implicit ohegence. no 'Military organization chit beithorottgfike efficieht.-e. Most. sincerely do- I hope ..tillt. this fine country May always remake exempt from the feadititevila ewer, but, l'f. Providence - trills it otherwise, I reel assured -that the The Lime spread ntith great rapidity,and _Arid if for twelve nionths /on want no more Adroit Rifles *ill de, their, duty . to their . Queen, andto their Count? ' i , h ettet ' rhymes Let me quietly hint-ovr wrrieenz Poses I A. deserter tom the Army A the Poto• kiooked out iuto. the- • mac executed tor desertiou Mooted the reties, onee7more I thank you and heartily blaze, but tras soon /0034 smoking a cigar ; • ati'd taking a:hold date,•and a liberalisupPlY •of water- kept at the rape. gaie -it a Oen. to• see if it. We* wish yeet both individwilly and Collectively the cherted boar& ri of the .grilit Mill from strong-letiotigh te hold him- ' health and happiness, andi now, before say -. tatiek Ake.- we. iiideretued Me. .appiu!s - . . .- - - - iit giving three cheers fin,- our out sovereign, Qneen Victoria, (Cheers. mti6t grl'i'"' covered, by insuranee. .. -A 'subiteription 'following noticehaajust been issued: ''Froin It it needless to say that this „413 dope mitt _ was,- howceeratomMenCe.diethich. *an •being • this day forWard-no womaie servants will be a jilt; ' libtetrelly filled op, and tie trust to see me; allowed to wear *crinoline* while -tioieg _their- "Ielettt. Hays then propeeed three etlettL, I . ... . . , . f • .: : . order wet he coneiderediamtenioutit to notice eatiep, to deleat whom is The- A1iertive Attack on • . mtneton. SHIPS vs. F.ORTS. tary 'of the received the following this; afternoon by eriehiar messenger _:_- _ 4.t sea offiNew-Inlet, Dee: 26: Sin, -÷1. -was in..ti:Opei that- I should have been able -to! ' preseeti te ' the nation Fort Fisher and the surroundinc, works. say it has not been taken yet. I.attacked it on the+ 22nd With the 'Ironsidea, Afake-' peace; Monaduoc,[ Minnesota, Colorado,' oga,Mac.kinaw, Maumee, Ye alit, X' talid 8, lacq, Quaker (itll„_,Moittitiello, Rhode Island Saissaciis, Phippewa,_Osceola, Ta-, yang, Poittoosact Santiago de Cub,ii Fort. a, Serve or 81011 yessele oonsisting of 'the. 'Ades, Ilowqua,' Wildaiirss, Cherokee, Ad: it -Gov. Buckingham, wed .Nansemand. •:-Prie. I arg6 single.: with „an amount .-of.. pewder on - board sopliosed to be suilieient to explode the powder megaiine of the Fort, wits prepared with great care arid- placed tindee thb Cone emeid.of A. C. Relict,: wile had associated_ .Presten;• 2nd Assist nt Eligiteer, A, 'T. Mut, len,. _of the' United S ides steamer Agavant, seven men. ion that happened lately in &gland, that great results were expected from 'thie -novel : ingenuity could devise_ wee adopted tu make Mode of - .Making • war. . . Everything . that the experiment a sneeess. The vessel wee Davis, who. directed his, whole attention. to. 11 Stateisteamer Sass cos, Commander J. L. the matter in hand hod thoug.h he experi- enced .soine bad weather and.lost One 'tit her 'rudders, he look h?r 'safely -into Beauftin, wherehe filled het dp with iiii...der mid per-. fected allotbe Machhie.ry foe blowing her up., Gen...Butlee•hhd it -rived, at the rendeivo.tei before:Us,. and I hastened Matters. all that. I front.136aufort, Wide all -the monitors, the -new "Louisiana digitised "as a blockade runnee .for the rendezv.oue 20 guiles oast of New Inlet, N.C., and found all' the ...larger vessels and • tiansportansserabled there, the wind blowine lightefrom the northeast, , On the 20th a heavy gale set intro' . the sOuth-west, and -not all thevesselS„ I.clete mined to- ride that out, being able to toile' pert without scattering, eXceet the -less of a feW"andgors. -The mold-. ten all behaved beturtifully. -.Only. two veseele wait te Sea in order -to. avid -the: gale,- aud: suffered no woitie _than. those at -Anchor. ,"Theoransperts being shert .of water, .put into Beuufcrt, aed•were• not suitable for ridialit hut at anchor in. such heavy weather. rouad to. the westward, and 4qve ns a !menu!. NI 81)01 Of leather 'which: nould oot *quid . oi Ilse ; ;and the transp.ortcwith the. troops, clot making their appearan0e, I determined to take advamage of it and. attack Fort Fisher Mr.: Beadford, of the ceatt survey,- haviag gohe at eight end ascertaireed that we could placie a veSeet of severe' feet .draft right .on the edge of the' beach L. IL IL 'Satiation, comnanding the Gettysburg, Volunteered to- Arsey in command, and to* off the Loma -ilium into amnion At 10.20 le" mo the -powder. vessel started :le towards the Bete and MIS.' tOWEd.by_ the Wilderneet ant -it the embrasures - of Fort Fis_hee Wete 'plainly ; III Sight. The -Wilderness then cast off, add the :Louisiana protieedel.undee steam until within 200 yards of 'the beech and about 500 tioni the Fort.. there and Cooly Went to wotk to make all het enabled ta do owing to a blockade - runner going in right -ahead -of hint. - --• The gallant party . after cdolly.inaking all their •arraneetnents f'or the explosion left -the. Yours very sincerely, 8 o'clock, smoke and flames were seen • And now, kind patron, with very good reason issuing from the Sash,atid Furniture Fae. wish -you the eompliments of the -season, tory occupied by Mr. N. Allen, -notivitho For well do -1 know that the tired .newsboy, standing the great efforts_to sublue thew. NVho served you so well ran hardly nnaoy, be gratefully remembered by the- Counti Whose natne• they bear. (Cneeri.) Com- vessel, the last thing. they Aid being to set her on fire under the cabin and then taking to their boats.- 1, They made their escape elf to the Wilder-- ness, lying elose by. The Wilderness then put uff shore,.with good speettIo avoid any ill effe.ct that- might happen- frOm the. explosion. At 45 minutes past one. 60 the mornink, ot the 24th, the explosion toolle place, and the shock wag nothine like so eeere as was ex - At daylight Or the 24tk, the fleet eot under weigh and stood lo line of inittle, °At 11:30 &db.; thesignal was made teenage the forts, her pnsition iii. the Most :beautifill and Sea- manlike manner, and Opened= it "deliberate fire oil the fort, . which was Vitig iit her 'with ttallits guns, whieh did; not se. ai , numerous in appeared tons to be seviUkeea • - guns: The styley and her guns after getting thca range -were fired with rapidity ; _While the Mohican,. the • *plan, wet to their. Statians all. =firing to cover themselves Whilst ariehoriiig.. : By the' arid got theinbetteries iiito Vey, hut one or two euni of the - enemy I were. fired, this feu d' atter drifieg them% ell :to.' the .bomb transports; the rest not haVang :treived from • more.. I signalled to the- fleet -to retire for tfienight-to a . safe anchorage, which they did without being -Molested by- thaelieiny.„ plan of battle heitig, hosed op accurate eale ciilitions-and made from iutorimition --to be relied on-, was placed io , the heeds:of each. those eemlii that :had not folloWed.it closely :. 'The vessels wen. placed somewhat wane' lo the works, and:Wete nide le throw Onibeir . shell, :wh:eh-were before: falling in the Water. --One Or two. leading yeeeels -haying inade the Mistake:9f anchoring toO far . Off; caused these coming. aftee thern to commit a like error ; but -when they all got into place and corionenced. wOrk. in earnest, -the shower cif .shell-- 115 . per .tiiiiitite -, was- iereeistible. Se nuickty were the eoemye gen* eilen-ced -that nOt. an. offieer or man was injored. ..11 regret, however, to have -to report -.severe Cases:16es by the .bursting ,of a, 100 pounder Parrott -c-ennip. One buret on s boerd :the wounding. seven -others. Another burst ea board the Yantec, killine carte officer.and two In one. hour and fifteen minutes -after-. the" first shot W118 filed not a snot came from" the Fort.. Two magaeines had been. -blown up by our shells, end the Vert set on fire in - were falling iiitci.aiid buisneg over it -that it it. Finding that the batteries -were silenced . completely, I-directel -the sliipS to teep up a. moderete fire, in the hope of attracting the:. glad ce get a tittle rest. The -came out of the - Our Men were at work fiv :hoof; aiid Were ection with rather at -contempt for the rebel ' w the battle in. 1 the transports i utlef _sent .Gen. batteries, and an xious , to yen Weitzel te-see me and airanoe Ohe pro gramme for the day. rt wastdecideo that we should attack the. fort again, while the army landed and assaulted them, ir ppssiide, under I made signals to get under weigh and form: e line of battle :which *es quickly dole. The order to .iittacli was gNeit, anti the army lauded, wh7eli they Were doing live iin,y sufficient te :amuse le nemy while the they were' re embarking.. ' 1. could see our eoldiers near the fort recennoitioz mid sheep - shooting, and I was ie holies ithet an at;sitult • was deemed , precricabie. - Genera Weitzel Was malting olisei'vittiens _Omit 600 yards off1 and. the troops were ia and -lir mild the WOrks. brtnight away the -rebel flag we_liacl knocked A?Soldier went into the Works and.led out taking his despatches'. from the' body-, • Aliainesom, Colorado, and Susquehenna were ordered to open otpidly, -white) they did, and with sueh efiet that i* see*d to tear -the work te pieces. :_-We . drew "_off at sutiset, leaving- nine iron clads to fire through the night., .expecting t he ti oops- would attaek 11t the meriting.. when.- we would commence ' I received word -from -Gen, Weitzel inform; ing me that it Was impracticable to asiault, and herewith enclose a letter from- Gen,- Butler•essigniq his reasons for withdrawhig soldier and an 'able engineer, ani whose buSiness it is to know Moreof assaulting than ' I do, but I cannot help thinkiher that it was - worth while.toonakethe attempt -after -Coming Rear -Admiral. - To HOn. G.. Welles, Secretary .of the Navy. - _ Ainttaml-Upon landing the troops and Fisher, both Gen Wei* and myself are fully of the opinion that the place could not be carried by assault. as it wits left substantially uniejered as a defensive work by _the naval fire. I two only of whiceil were dismounted,. beeline up the beach and coveting a strip of land,the - thousand men in ine of battle. • Finding that nothing but the operations -of. t a regular seige, which did 'not cotne within my Instructions, could reduce the fort, and in -view of the ihreatening aspect of the weather -the wind arising from the south-west render mg it impossible to make further landing through the surf -I caused the troops, with their prisonem, to re.embrrk, and I see nothing fuethet that can be done by the land oards seoro. n as the transport Beet can be bri engineers and officers report Fort Fisher to me as sebstentially aninjured. as a defensive woik. I beve the -honor to be, eery respectfully, . Your obedient servant, - Ran Wings in Ireiand. QueuNsTowN.-The best harbuor on the south coast of Irehted. and peraps one of the beit in the world, is that of Queenstown. at the mouth. of the Cork River. The piece was commonly called Cove of Cork, but ori the occasion of the Queen'slriaili tour in 1849, when she honored the place with an embar- kation here, ats name wet changed to„, the more dignified' "'Queens:own." It has a phpulation of about 11,500, and has no trade but Cud:depending 'upon the shippipg with :which the horbout is conitantly filled, - The contemplating the establishment of a eaval depot here, which will do much to increase the impartarice of the place,* As the harbopr is one of the hest, se also it is -one of the most beeetiful in the world: . It Is large shores rising into bills on every side, The Maid hi well cultivated, and keialemen's etientry•seats ebbeied... -Queenstown itself is a well-built medern eity,- and large numbers of new and elegantresidences are just no* ant half day was spat by a party,of our cabin passengers in weairible about the: town; and along the shines Of the bay. , Conx.-eA pleasant little triP on a smelt steamer, up the Cork river, some eight. or eine theh brought us to Cork, the the third iu point of population fh the Island. Dublin ranks first, 240,000, Belfast next, 120,0001 and then Cork, 80,000; • The river below the city is very wide, more assimilating to a lake oraerieb of lakes. The shores are -hilty. well woosted, and dotted with many . a haildsoine villa, hall hidden in the trees." Our entire party voted thescenely among the most charming theY had ever beheld, - • , -The citv of Cork is accessible to steamers and vessels of eansiderable.size. Her wade is chiefly ie the products of -the rich- agricul- tural district around -her -grain, butter, hogs. etc., -being the important stAples. Cork has little or uo manntacturies, though an effort is making to introdece the culture and mane- ficture of flair. This, however, it is said; does not' succeed -as weil here as in t'le Nerth of Ireland.- Tue city has -shine. fine quays- and - gridges, also seine good public _buildings, but generally speaking, there isnot eing -very:ornamental about the .platiew Been on the best streeti the houses heyeA difigymeTilefted appearance, While very much of the oown comrosed - of streeie_closely Akio to Atwater street in. De- troit, or. some pertioh Wocidbridge.-- Poverty and dirrare • the predominating lea t lets hoafp pCeotri !rd. t we made our Visit, Mr we.:thend all the city turned out to do Honor to the •memory o -f Father=Matthew, the great Apostle of Tem- - -peva-ace. Queer idea, was a not? But the. oeisouoin thoroughly enjoys a demonstration, and it matters little to _him whether 11 be in honor ot a Bacchus -or a Matthew he -enjoys the display, and gets glonousty'drunk at the A statue of Father Matthew was unveiled' in the centre oC St. Patrick street, one of tire priecipal thoreuehfaires of - the city, and a. .1, rand- processien, I shoti:d not like to say how many miles-' low, -added- effect te the e r ernopv meet own that -the Irish. at lease et us -Arnericane in • 'getting up _proces- s oes. streets, and had a feir opportunity of seeing the " real old Irish gintlemen," and -ladles what crowd! woeld in America, pre - mining all thp :Gentians and native born Americans were carefully excladed from it. Let Me -attempt to• describe the prevailing tashions at Cork. There is quite a rage for. cloaks on the part of the ladies-cloeks with hoods and cleaks without hhods; long cleats and shoi earl:a:ors cleaks lite the modern circular. made iu one piece, or cloaks_ like - Joseph's cuat, made of limey. and like it, too, us to diveisity of valor. But the most fuse.. iunable efoaks seeiii to be _those With the greatest Manlier of holes in tneni-7-but orery lady had her :cloak bf some soh. regard to head dressealionnets seem entirely to have crone out --nothine but the 'Wavy Melts that nature provided, or at most a lace cap ol dirty white colOr is wore. 13.8 to foot. ,dress,- the prevailing feshirin feet. ladies- pi_ all ages is hitie feet even in the month of October. As the dress or cloak comes only about half xir onothird the way .d.c.I.wit -from the- -knees,. of course the pi•tty uncles are shown to -xtrPme iniputtige. In the case of the i. th Ohishion see ns to-vitry more, s mos •PliSliiie PYPit well dressed -Cork tent tenpin shoula have n sh ie on one focit and .1,1nitiL CO the Other. lf the tee protrude froM he onel,end the _other is nearly new,otie ef- fect is yery Hats well ventilated al the top also Seem ter,. populer. - Bet there is one thing in the Lishsat home greatly •adrnire ; that no if you ask o ape* gent reply, and there -ie not a man in Ireland Who would not walk two squares out of his. own way to show you yourt, With this -natu- ral gentlernanliness in his Cbaraoter, what matteni it heo,vPaddy -dresses, or what sort of aeon him fitter fortune than he is now findine M the land of his birth.-eCor. Detroit The NEW YEAU ow is.. th0 Moe to subscribe for the SIGNAL, adin nutted to be one ofthe best- local Papers in Ca du. Only $1 50. OTICE 1 -Ts HEREBY GIVEN that if meeting of the 3iunicipal Electors of the TOWNSHIP OF GODERICH Will be lield in the &herd House, McDos. gehis Hills, (Centre Randy) on Saturday, the 4th day of February next, 1865, at 10 o'clock, A. for the 'taking of a Poll to decide whether or not -the following By4aw adopted by such Electors. .10111i SHAW Tp. Clerk, Godench. GodericIrTp.„ Dec. 241.1i, 1864. COPY or ILEQUISITIONs UNDERSIGNED qualified Municipal Electors of the Township of Godetichr in the County of Heron, one of the Unite& Counties of Huren and Bruce, hereby require - that a -Poll be -taken in terms of vibe Temper- ance Act of 1864. to determine whether' or not the. qualified Municipal Electors of the Said Municipality will adopt, under authority and for enforeenient of said Act, the By4ew wilich we hereby propose for -their The sale of Intoxicathig I,iquore and the issuing of Licenses therefor, is by the presedt By-law prohibited within the .Townehip Goderich, County of Huron, one ot the Md. ted'Countles of Huron and Bruce, neder as. thority mid for .enforcement fai the Temp! entice Act of 1864. Witness ode hands this 24th day of Decent. ber,„ in the year of our Lord one thourand eight huhdred and sixty-four. (Signed) WILLIAM McDOITGALL, and over 40.other Elector'. A True Copy. JOHN SHAW, Colborne, Dec. 26th, 1864., TIE IT KNOWN TO ALL That Grzonos " L. McKay. has been tor two years a feather School Section No. 6 tif this Town- - ship, and us he is now abo to leave for new field of duty, we, the u 'poled Toss- tees.of said scn_ool section, cannet allow him to. depart -without exprkssing oil rtleepest regret at the loss of__eo -faithful a teacher.,•as AS our admiration of his abilities and talents as a - man and ascliblar. While we two part with hineit is in hope that bit future life may one of success and happittev, And that he and influence among his fellow men as We siacerely believe his character and intellect _ qualify till, JOS. GOLD 17110111?E. j tandersigned wish to. acknowledge le this public manner the promptness of the _Liverpool and London Ina. Co., of which A. - M. Boss, Esq., is agent for this town. m pay. log, through that geutieman, the emoted lc- .s;(71.ydebdybithefintre.tm our sniiroopeRyrty..trezdisi .4e- Goderieh, Jan. 3, 1864. 'INSOLVENT AOT 18e4s -A BLOODY JUDORMENT JAPAIF--SIX MUM - Dap saltirarrs or TEX. PRINDE or PIAGno PUT To DEATe.-Cialiptts'..gesing.er says: We have received, by the way of -Holland a letter from Japah thrce clacs latter than the: -news already published. It has been already stated that the Prince' isliagato; having re- fused to r ay the war indemnity stipulated in the treaty of peace signed by htm,• a judge - meet of the criminal tribuval of Yeddo" had decided that his two palaces should be rased to the ground, -and his servants put to death. We now learn that this singular and sanguinary Sentence was appeoved of by the Mikado and by the Tycoon --the spiritual and temporal sovereignfofJapan-and that the number of servants killed in execution wes four hundred and twenty men and tie hundred and fifty woman and thildren. The prince, on Item- ing those facts, WM deeply concerned, and sent to the capital his first inidister on boaid the English corvette Ilarossa, which . was 'Awed at his disposal by Clc.tieAd.niral Kuper. The minister, on arriving Yeddo, waited. on the representatives of' France, England, Holten& America, and Bessie, and besougtt hem to intercede with the Tycoon in favor of the prince, bis master, who had decidedon executing the provisoes of the treaty, and immediately paying the Luna -due Such WAS theeittuttion of affairs at the last date." 'BENJAMIN Po -BUTLER, Major General Commanding , To Reer-Admiral Porter. - Tat Yet.vserox Case. -Father Mooney, of Rostrevor, who performed the "Irish mar- riage " between Miss Longwerth and Major Yelvertani, died the other day. The-deceined gentleman was subject to a severe crosiretearo. illation at the trial of the Yelverton case ie Minim,. and it is said " he was meter himself since." riplIE balance of Lands unsold, -will be again offered for sale Oft Thursday 27th day At the Court Room, in the Town of Godere ich, at the hour of /2 of the cloetc, noon. Sherif H. CIL Sheriffs office, Goderich, _ 22nd Dee, 1864. ,3 w4T-td IN THE MATTER THOMAS B. 'VAN. EVERY AND GEORGE RUSIBALL, /THE Creditors of the •Insolvents are sod- a- fied that they have made Et tilligAMellt of their estate andieffeets under the Om Act to me, the undersigned Assigner and they are required to furnish ale Titian two - months froth' this date withtlnir -clitims,speci• tying. the neurity„ if any, and the video et it, and if bone statine the fate, the whole attested under oath, with thp 'macho:fie sap. port of.such claims. Dated at the Town of Goderielt„ the County Haron, the Thirty.finit day of De - TOMS -a- mookt, the Munictital Electors of the TOWNSHIP IF • int T te fa ti - IN THE tOWN HALL, On Thursday, As 'Sava day ftif Zig* For -the taking of a Poll to decide witether 1/w not the following Byelaw be adonSild the seid Becton. WILLIAM 'WILSON, T•ownithip Gear, tripfotietpisition-i .1. .11E4 Etc -eters of the Township of' Hay,. 'hereby require that a poll betaken intense -of' the Temperance Act of 2864, to &tenets, whether or not the qualified thinicipal Elec- tors of the said Municipality Ira -adopt, so - der authority and for enthreepaenit of the said Act, the following By Law, to wit:- _ Thiksale of intoxicating I.iquess„ sad filo issuing of Licenses therefor, is by tiereeest BpLavr prolubitet within - the Township 01 flay, under aUthority andi for onforeessaut if' the Temperance Act of Mt. Witnesit our hands this 8th day ef Dftry• (Sigma) GEORGE 16TABODI. ' and Forty-ttro *then. - WILLIAM WILSON: .149-4t - Township Clerk, Hay. •