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Semi-Weekly Signal, 1865-02-07, Page 2• • THE SEMI -W uron - GODERM C. W., FP. 7, 1865. DIONMI-Nis BIPL. -Ginrgbrieuror or. the- p.a.ren.t, bm. ther, • The Aisdasmen8 Roue. . , Lae nesoanct or wile ot sucti son,—or the tutor or guardian -of h ild d The followino• circular haa been sent !si or children of such person, --may give notice 0 - • in writing, sigred by iiim or her, to any_per. the various County. Councils. It has son licensed sell. or.whe sells or.is repated been foundthat, simple aOtie law is with. tO sells intoxicating liquoriotany kind, i.ot to regarctto :the filling delfver intoxicatin.1 to the person np of -t e Militia col - having such habit; and if the person so wins in the AssessmentRolls numerous er- notified de at any time wi, Inn twelve months after such notice, -either, huniell, or by his clerk, servant, or agent, jotherwise than in terms of; a special mqiiisition for medical perposes, signed by a lice ised medical Prac- _Alcoholic` beverages, and being re tedl bo th 1 " in'°r ilrom any d ut pea y o , or p ace occupied him. an wherein male population into 1st, 2nd tiod..re- - rors have been made by assesslors.Township -The Temperance Act of 1864 is an ex- periment slid nothing more. Taking for Councils should be Careful to give° their • granted, at self-evidentrthe.numerous ills -assessors clear instructionfras to the proper inflicted upon society by *the abuse of titioner, delive h 'Id' ages -and other conditions, separating the urged by a large bociy cif temperance men, itnt‘whedre.from any such li4or is Sold, suffer serye -class men. The whole thing is . as red_, any such liquor to the perste' Simple as A. d., and should be done who argued-. that the:liquor traffic. could su,ht habit, the person giving the 'and, -should be -abolished, the prOvinciat notice May in an actionsis fOr personal wrono- with unvaryino correctness Legislature 'adopted the Bill framed by_ (ir brought within six mOnthe-thereafter, but not th DEPARTMENT. o erwise,) -recover of the person notified Adjutant General's Office, Mr. Dunkin u a kind of goberween—not sech sum not less less tha • twenty nor are' _ . QukaeiJan7 19, 1865. so sweeping u the Maine Law, and yet titan fire hundred dollars, may be assessed s broad enough ges ; and any , beg to request that you will call tO enable whole coraties to bY the Coort'er Jury nta . married woman may bring such action in her the attention of the Assessors of the Munici- place,legal fetters upon. the sale of intoxi- own name withont auth ' " onzation by her hus- Pa ItYs . l' in taking the Annual Assessment; to citing compounds. Whether it will work band; and' all damages reeovered by her shall . the requirements of the 6th Section of the place in our provinc go to her separate ' • • I i w 11 first glance ba • . . in that case use ; and in Militia Act of 1863, particularly with respect all the good many a our -.---temperance case of the death of eitherzpartir the action ta the filling up correctly the three additional a few events a our. friends hope from its practical workina is a d , a r.g t o ac ton elven . v t is section shall t h - f t' ' h h' ' • ' ? columns required, with the Namei and Rea- the time Jaques Car • 0 4c tumid* In ouflenothy re we could not make ing speech by Mr., responie to the r I . iar Home./ of the Sills Dinner . Teem for the fellow.; Teter McDonald., Vet Of 'Canada our than the fact of two persona - would do honor to the 'moat fashionable citiels tqtfilfiracaticiamiel -of America..;-(Iiear hear) - eenificates from other county -boards ben% T • - A temble tragedy occurred at the deemed unworthy ot limb here. and that oue of them fenn-nr, 1:/sPartmeoti Waskingt", "About 4 " Our eities rise where the wigwom stood,: I IZ; °n4=:21,111" jaunty:aloha% SPI* six months o'clock on gonday afternoon. A clerk g y confidence in - - 1 them Thawed. These feels, if ihey rte.% anything, ::::tuiwniv./as shot Our ships are foetid utfon everysea, the -hall of one of the bureaus and instantly kilkd Have made oar Province what now Yeti see- that are required of them, or that zfroerde :I three: Not wealth but !drill an labor rade . PX„,` „,ener:fairw42,1:1- sr.-::treinsa. - arVilimin 1°' bY wbutarinained Harris, who was tying ia , o t em being of that department, - , ule Count) of Oxford and theothers the Counties of wit-. quest. . . - - . most.fertile parte ' of the ,13royince, . which arc ' and 0 terloo and Ontario. People will lutve their own _every side you. can see the cofintry . , In rising to responil ta this im t other Comities in the Provinee are one f h Follow me northward throw+ one of the - It appalls ;new by speetel - por ant toast with P e opinions 6:)elhe Otangemen Of Liverpod teemm three. For my pan, having very limited means of iud- d dd elk•lA: mostlikely to be incapable --the one or she presente reas nty. About 42 miles of such_ tug ;the characters of the • Tariotui members of our" "1"a p ee ot responsibility because I am jaunt% we find ourselves in Briteefield paying 0:draLin respect of their qualifies ' I feel a deer our fri ute of respect to unable to ado it justice.t And sir, I also .feel twos fin. the office. be- , yoi t e public utterances of two members. of it, I am one o our conimee- =lined to think thatine Count Bourd y of Huron is m r years sevo ere of; this likely to be in fault limn are those of Giro ° e if and Ontario. - oature or -any other fOrty a there w.ere any ' extended 17 403artinr: that 1 of 'till cod: asbe expressese bear, have elven:I:C:1;1:th: agwreeewt- music display from iny le; r s e an orawrieal vat men, Who held meetinet h sir, whit my speech my subject will -con one the very name o' brink to mind with the.Words of the po a diffidence herisine fie u h . ed predecessorse . But ill lack- in importance in it. My subject is 1 which is sufficient to degree of _honest ?Fide *hen he says:. ' " Canada this. our kovince fair, r . : The fertile ,iteil, lie yerdunt Plein, The nobest laid "piolid -..tompare , .... - On the uearett not the weeteru main," I will endeavor to ketch as brief as I can some ot the improve ents which have taken . , Since it heeaine ours. a few.years and recall dadian histary. °Front r planted the flag .of pcin the verdant shorea sseisioneaf this codetry g 1 I., . up to the time rOperty . Of the •British -vents .,to relate but the iween , the, settlerb -and ho oepesed their estab- the b'rench had posses ang time yet her settle - far westward and did . his legal representa- yet to be determined. In some respects s!ic."-ve t° or against tives." ete • . Ire consider the Act ',freak, if not absolute- "In all places where lip law ietoxicating V worthless. .For example, although it Heap!? or any parsienlar `description Or de - gives each 'Municipality the privilege of sscoviideibio;iereotfse.hn! get"X'. oar ilhaelriodTed. taor•bef abolishing lieenses ta sell " Baer, Wine, each liquors Shall takelplace tfierei7 Or zoQn and Spirituous Liquors," of what earthly the premises thereof, orlout Of or from the benefit can such abolition be, if, as we knew to have been frequently the case, tbe people- of the "conterminous municipali ty determine that they shall -not lose the right to iarink as: much \ whiskey as they _please. The reqult is obvioas : the -abol- ishing municipality loses mere or less of revenue, and thethirsty sods do not mind going -a- little Out of the way to:get the accustomed horn' of " " tangle - leg," or " fortY-rod." Thesource of the eyii, in such cases,-cannet pos.siLly be said to be destroyed; its head is simply.striken off to rise hydra -like in a 'neighbouring township or town, as the case may be.— Leading roads, as our feeders are aware, _ generally form the boundirics of 7_manici- 'panties, and the . greateit number of taverns will invariably be found on these roads. Now,. supposing tiro townships 'this sepitated. Yon will generally find two or three teverns on each side of the road. Townshie of A. adoPts Dunkin's Bill and township- B rejects it: , What re- form has been seeared ? Wherein has " King Alcohol" received bis : death- blow? Is there a glass or lipior the less poured down on . that. lading thorough-. fare iti consequence? -Notu bit of it. -- If the tavern -keepers. on the A side do net choose to reinove zeros the road, the B inn Will just drive a double busineis, perhaps tneret-for the A men, or _those of them who love.avhiskey, will very likely, . . in Accordance with a well-known- phaie of perverted human natnre, drink, twice as muds abroad, because it is forbidden at home. Take anexemple Goderich town- ship; we -will suppose, adopts the By -Law, - and the Huron Road...tavern* go by the beard. -When then ? Goderich town lies at -,one corner, Clinton at another and Bayfield at the third the _people transatt- their business at these three places, and tits tavern -keepers are only two glad to sell them * much, liquor as they wish 1— The kicker inference is inevitable and cannot be thrust aside by any lophisu however ingenious. _ *e do net blame the temperance peepla for trying.the Bill, bat we cannot see, after tareing the subject to- every possible.' light that any appreciable benefit will flowfrom the- action. Then again, there is a loophole in the -Act through whicit wagemloadV.whis- key may be driven with ease and safety. Sections 3 awl 4 provide that:brewers or 'storekeepers within the piehiibiting eipality may 'expose .fer sale and sell liquora in quantities- of. fire gallons and. upwards. What a spIemlid 'opening it would prove :for Same unprincipled. fellow etart a. store! containing very little dry goods a great deal of whiskey in a muni- cipality wherein. taverns were legally de- funct. Men who really- love' drink can find _means to purdhese it when they are 44 -poor to take a newspaper or clothe their children, and they will, as sure as anything can obtain their five gallons onee in.. a while and have glorious spree." _Why shoald. any law discrimi- ,nettiblitween incased taverns mid licensed shops'? What . la simply .poison in the glass is wholesale 'poison in 'the keg.-- Twrans here this in their favour that, if deeently undue* (we are aware that mite* temperance men -deny that 'such a thing is possible) they are convenient -stripping-plaus for travellers who require food aad lodging for themselves and their teems. Bat, say Mr. Dunkin's friends, taverns -Are the manufactories. of drunk- ards, Granting that they are to a great (*cot, so are bees, raiSings,.social sprees,' be, it ws.a11 know very well. Hundreds -initthousande cad. date- the commence - meat of their ..dowawarci career to the *yr end their drinhing,00nocimitanti.' If iftrai'good te -attempt the itoppage drunkard maeufacture in taverns, why. week it notion been right and proper to state the sale ofliquor in -five gallons to persons getting up bees, Erc.; nay why siseuld it be impossible to prohibit -alto,, gather* use qf whiskey at such places ? Did.the: legislature tickle the -public with siself-tray isessure to allay the excitement, kanwiag.thatthe Provincial Revenue trialiffis!s weiat not be a sink whit slipeialished la the long run - ,lf*t them ars clauses ia the Bill Of in- eskedahle valve, if they were only ;sated " trek .1r**Iie ei mat important, 42 sed -441.=; hThe bisibee4, wife, parent, brother ter, toter, guardsair, or employer, of any per. spia who betas liabitcf ,,drinking intosicat- same, -to any perSon.- whqmsoever, from the dences of First and Second.ClessServicecaen his Feench monarch of Canada and' took in the mune of Fran when itbecanie the Crown, there ereeno Wall and contests b the garage Indians lishment. Althoug elm of Canada fora ments did uot exte, and Reserie-men, respectively. • 13y:reference to Sub seetion l'of Section 25, It will be -seen; thatfthe Battalien-Rolls of the Ballot of tho Service Militia Inuit be de- fective if ehe Municipal Rolls, &pm which the County Hells are preparede do not sltow in the- proper : colutnns the class' to which= the parties respectively belotig, or if The residen- hour of nine on SaturdnY eyening, till' the ces are_ not -specially denignated by -a lot, con, hour of six on the -3101%44 morning thereat= cession or range," &et • • • I have the honor to be, Sir, . ter, -eecept in casee where a sPecial requisi don for medical purposes, signed by a licensed Medical eractitioner, orhy a Justice of the Peace, it pri;duced by the treudee .or hie .agent; mar shall any iitillOrS be 'permitted to be drunk in any such place,' except itejr trate ellers or by persons bona.fide resident, lodg- ince or boardhie thereeti• cliwing the titrie prohibited by this sectioit:for -the sele Pf the sante." • - We think our temperance friends ought ' . . . ., : . .. , to have these pronsicin printe° in lar7 (iest latters and ose eLf ry means to- se- .. - i care their enforeentent. f At present they are shamefully neglec -,ed, -by the public and the last' (44) especially is habitually set at neught threughout the country. : The above remarks . are. I offered io a spirit of c indor and not, heaven knows, becaase we wish' to this* difficulties in the way of the advocates of temperande in, all -things. For ou ourselves; we have always Tailed . to dist/ . . , lavis of any kind a remedy for the semi more:lila of • amendments made thus far, as eiiis aroind -ns. - 'IT til. the current .of'. human nature is tur 4d into a purer chanuei, men will ineviitably be intemper-. - ate in ea int', drinking; : speaking and act- ing generally. The only way in which the -.awful evils flowing from inteinperance in drinkincican be abated .isly _the intro, ductron of more harnilesi beVerages, and i above all, the trainin of yOuth in habita of strict sobriety. ' youpg man res- trained from. forming an appetite fer_sihn- ulants Until. he reachei the age of ttventy- one; has ninety ehanc4for a useful, sober and happy life for ten against snob a desirae ble consummation. Iletnperance organiza- tions are, .we candidly believe, doing in- -finitely More-fer the good. of soeiety in this latter respect than Can be accon4lisli-_, ed by a dezen Acta of ,Farliament, and be- lieving thes, WO bid them q most cordial God -speed iii the-nntratitmeled use of flea son's mightie.st engine-I-Mon:IL St.TASIO;i. Your most obedient servant, W. PO %V ELEr • LC Colonel:" beputy Adjutant Gegeral of Militia, Upper - Canada. _ . . Proposed Alterations tn the Ma- nicipal Law. • The committee epee:tinted to revise the: Municipal and Aisesement Lawi. of V-pper Canada , -have held :Severalmeetings; numer- .ously atteided,and lirve cOrigidered with much care-' a number of Particulars; in Which jure proeemente have been suggested. The COM; consists of Mr. McKellar, ehairmateAtterney General. Solicitor, General Cock- burn, Messrs J. Hillyard Canieren, Theimai Ferguson, JaCtisOne ly A •McDonalikpieksoe, Densford, *Ceti -key, A.-- McKeazie, 'Street. - erin, Stirton, Welli, Walsh, Ainot .Wright and yfer. in prohibitive The followinfie are:the more hientortant Me- PEAC1E irgT. . . Mr. President Lincoln • and Seward his Seeretark have returned • from their confer- enceat .• City Poidt With Mr. Stephe.nseancra generally approved by the committee... I hey will again be crone over, howeier, and- a, formal vote taken ontach:- Qualification in cities, teems and_incorpo- rated villages, for aldermen and councilmen, to be allowed -on personal property as _well as on freehold ate' leatehold. cquncillors to ha abolished, each ward retarning two alderineiewhe shall retire each alternate year; Ili towns, -tip council- lors • for each ,ward, retiring alteraate yeArs. This amendment was unaniniausly approeed. The qualification of municipal eleeeers in toinehips to be -the sante _as the , Farliameti- qfialifieationt e • • Wards in townships tO be abolished. :The estahlisliment of alect era' districts to be optional, in whieh each eleetor 'shall have as- many votes:as there are °teeters to. be elected. • ' Tbe eleetion of_ Mayors to be in Council This amendinent is. opposed • by.Messrs Me- Kellar,eCoceburn, A. lilackenzie, and Mc. Giverin; mr. McKellar hes introduced a Bill ta make reeves and doputpreeves, as well as mayers, elective by the people, and a good many petitiong in iis favor has.conte in. : Only real estate owners to vote on by-laws 'creating debt: If a bydaw for that purpose hits b.een permitted to stand for one year, it eompletefailure is announced. Although -shall not afterwards be quashed on the ground s of any informality. • • the Whole affair has beeht involved in mystery, no doubts *ereeentertained that the ultimatum , A tewnship which commences ddrain under the Municipal Act to be permitted to carry it • of Mr.- Lincoln -Wane - iteturn to the Union as a printery basis for farther negotiationa.-7 What volumes it speaks fot the pluck of tbe Southerners' that, after- all the pumaieline, they have auffered latety, they still sternly persist in demanding their indeeendetice.— The struggle !Minnow be resumed end feught Mato the bitter- end; an iascrutable Provi- dence alone cari *hat that en&shall be. Almost any other peinile under the sun Would give aiiin despair if henettied la and Crippled as the South is at:this moment; Jout still despe- rate -mem can perform Prodigigs of valor and oVercome odds eien as greaC Frederick the Great was freqnentlt in a much worse strait. than Lee is now, but he came out •of the Seven Years' War crowaed with victery and iftiry. Even the_ Revolutienary heroes immortalized ".in Beadle's Noiels and the Ledger were at ihnes a. -more: hopelest plight. If History repeats itself, who shalt as:lert that this is hot . au. occasion tor the repetitto. • CONFEll?ElitATION-. , -The Confederation 'echeme, in so far as Canada is concerned, bids fair to -become a fait accompli. The/ majoilty in favor of it in the Parliame4 is.so sweeping and the objections so...faint ithat it only depends upon the good natare a the Government whether it shall be pLihed throw7h by 1 . main force. Every opportunity, however, is 'given for full disetialioni and it will only. be adopted after each Member has exhaust- ed all he has to say on the subject. The indications' are that Ant pro'gramaie will be passed through -all. he stages without any amendment white er.. lExtraditioit- Of Burley. - The II. S. Government having demand- ed -the extradition oi pufley under the treaty, lie was sent away from „Toron- to on Thursday nightlat at eleven o'clock, and being conveyed by !special train, was handed over to the te der mercies of the courts beyond the,bor et. It is well for the satisfaction of anadians that the highest legal'authoritieS in the land were called in: to decide ,whether or not this " chivalrous young.Scotehman " bad alien- ated himself from the protecting power of Britain. We how.* the decision as just and wise,and will watch bis fate with the - t deepest interest. . The - measerefmally island Thersday aIgbt; hy vete of 107 ito 7..„. The dissen- tients were Messrs. IL C; Oameron,'H. Came- into ae adjoinine township, and to charge their share of thae cost to Ian& in that town- ship benefitted by the work. . One of a unien of conlities may issue de- bentures. on its owe credit -for improvements of . • its own. • ' • , The reeulation of the salary of the ehiefof 0 police to -ha in ite hands of, the palice cow. - missionera. • • - Towns, townships and villages to have ihe same powers as counties as to the establish. ment of lock up houses. - • The establishment of one' or more housei of indastry made imperative instead ot optional for counties, and also for cities and lowns separated from counties. - All towns with a population above 5,000 shall have a police magistrate. ir,d10.11 noteven reach what e now cad the 14pper Province but coofi ell -themselves to. lhe eastern -valley of t till the Anglo Saxo under their invineib stained plains of A lleg upon the highese Pinnacle of the Citadel of Quebec, " which iaved a thousand years It the nettle and the br etee," did Canada sway h3r sceptre westward, For a time after the ccinquest the people o: martial: law, but i those whose forefot blood -for those vital -St. Lawrence.- 'Not gained this -fair jewel chief, upon the blood. ham and hoisted that ere led by the rigor Was very distas.eful -to foughtand shed their iinciples of a constit- utional government.: .Sucli was their dislike to this system of government that they began none of which came p td their standard till i to murmur, and 'af dr , A feet moditicatting they got -in l792 a co stitutional government granied them in whileh were -embodied these all impOrtant princielei-e-frtedom of election and responsiblity of members to the -people. Now the colonists cententment 'and attention to the im The twia natienaliti fortheir 'one cone there occurred an loyalty of the Cana Cretin'. -The inhabi States of America pit Teals to the. canadii to assist them to th the mother couptr received wiih iadi-gn thus-findinti oci aid I 1 they _resolved to- et vade add destroy- our ete pacified into' quite itce and all turned his rovemetit of the -country. s blending their energies on interest. In 1776 Hnt Which tested the ri people to the -British tits of the then thirteen iorth inflatritintOry ap• s Of the two nationalities wi ofrthe alliegance of hut -nab appeals • wete atiOn. - The Americans in a part they. ex pected, interests by &hostile and the Gaul said w atimp Bet- the Saxon thione assent, • . ' " We are brother pow fer a cominoil flaw 0 Unfurls itti fold to protect us all,-. - - , It waves so pipe ly h er yon fortress crag, And, 4 its sid _we will stand ortall." . - • - .i:Cheers.) „.„. . The Gael revel' 4 to mind the brilliant i, achievements of : hie aticestore upon ehe _bloody plainti of a erengoe an Austerlitz, tied a llorodina. he,Auglo Seem! upon the other hand recalled p miudithe valiant deeds ofhis aneestotaupo the sanguiniry field_cif a Waterloo; an Juk titian,. and a Balaklava, and many others w i -h eiid with fame their ancestral names, pd. then vowed by these - immortal names to the in defeece of their eetioni0O country. And so they did. Upon thevery field en sttl/ch fell their own two eineftatns some "few Jeers! previous. now fell thechieftain -of thet5 enemy, Mentgemery. The enemy -were shcialy after driven beyond try_ and dove -like p'eace Canada. During_these- di an influx orimmigrae the limits of the co t once more restctred years Canada recei , tion from the disloyal 'States, those wile re- fused to thraw 0111 1 their alleigence to the inother country. Notwithstanding the ap- peals and -.threats that • were made to them they Would not, tlity 7C-ould nut - ajure that laud which gave th •- birth, or raise their hand. to pull down th ti. flag which is ever the embletn qf liberty. . e . , . 0 For it our lo aliat fathers bore -- The loss of all nt the hate of foes, _ e For it they left lite disloyal shore, . And foetid a h e where Ontario roars. -. NY herieer this Ible tlagls seen - - ' "l'is joyous stil 'the star of dav, g it has ever been till time's deday." . ... (Cheers.) wilderness of the West deuce of the white man. tiehtury has not elapsed ye; since the pionee , with the axe upon. his if Yor freedom's And- still shall , It was now that tI .began to feel the in You see then that a Town Council. shoulder marched i eci the wilds of -Upper The followino. are the Standing Co Canada, to do batt e with the grand forest mittees for the current year : .. " acme now and -4114 upon hill and dale, l'inance.—The Mayor, Reeve, Rooth, What the toil of 90 years has done, ' 'Cameron and Random'. • The forest yields o the stranger pale, - • c' - Which then clothed her fertile bosom. Roads and .Bri(lgei.—Mievre. And fertile fields from its grasp are won," inan, Clifford, Duey, McKay mid' -the His work since le everywhere visible hut cannot bi described. The forest wreathed Reeve. • . . before the brawny arm of -the sturdy pioneer -Revision, liy:iaws and Asseuntent.— ahnost grates befo the icythe. Villages, oiman .to..wns and. cities spr• ng into b14__i almost .ait 'Lonemorth- 'Cameron, Horton, Ran oy magic. Ferti and cultivated_ fields • - - • began to present's t 'king •contrasteto the • • . - • . • Cemetery. —The Deputy Reeve, Smith, uarrounding wildern . everything began to Hairs, Clifford end Damp: and.the Reeve. ° bear a new aspect. - °route. the grand city . of the West wily si -eine 'years siace the Pire Dep2rtment. -- Horton, Clifford, first shanty was erec opou her present site .. al now she contain 110 lets than.fifty thou - McKay, Haya, and Smith. i - Relief.—T he Mayor, Horton,---01iffOrd; anion& the first citi kof Anierica if we con- - • sa &Inhabitants. She takes her stand Booth and -Smith. . sider her educatio al- institutions and her commercial facilitie 1 She also. possesses Market • Committee. --Booth,. - Dailey, . . some buildings ivh h does honor to _the Hays Clifford, acd Longworth.. - artistic genius of oar anadian sons. (bear, f - Harboui..—Cameroh, Gibbons, Panay hear.). Not alone i the city butin the sur - !Leen, 'NeFo.Y. . ' . ------- . - •,,: ' gression has been going ou. There • we rouoding countryals the steady work of pro. The next Meeting will take place on the behold fields and p sins Of cultivated land which has been gras A from. the wilderness last Friday Of February. •••1111• and upon whose sltng sides can be seen isic Kay 1 these villas and tote which speak of a-Pros- TAxts—The collector bit% perous people. Fp west of Toronto the city of liamilton. the Buning,ton Bay. iieuld not disgrace: Edinburgh. Her churches are indi y. miles to t.he seuth- notifies all persons wiho have not paid their is situated the thriving taxes to do so before the Stlrinst vend save autifally located upon further trouble. Sothe of its buildines of even an Fire at Collingswood. hilierous and elegant • 0 . -• itCons• of the state of COLLING*00D Feb. 1 —A l . arge nre society. Her ewe ndine country with hs • occurred hero at two o'clock this morning, the . country'i &dye' Cement aa well: as. the Five -houses Were :total!, 0Oilsamed, and Prosperity and ludas ry of the peoPle. With ef her fi e water faciliti and commercial enter - one pulled down to arrest the progr ". the flames. The fiie originated in the back part of the drug store of Mr. Joseph Greaves. - His loss is estimated at $4,000 —insured lbr $2,000. F. Florence, shoe store; loss $1,000—no hum -ranee; Wm. Kelly, hetet loss $2,500—no insurance; Mrs. Oolgrave,saloon„loss $2500—ineured for $400 ; David Kelly, hotel, loss *1,200 -.-insured for 1600: , - broad acres wider al wawa are omens of CZr For reminding the'king of Prussia of I to three deys' imprisomnent. !stands, now she con some edifice's whica prise s e,will nation great cities. Folio ly become one of our Site in your imagination through the country est of Hamilton. On every side we look of; hing will meet our gase but the appearance f prosperity, noon every side we see villas and tOffrill dotting the country over like ithei Constellations' in the heavens. Eighty Les westwaril through such pleasing 'seen eie arrive "at Landon our own Forest C " Here. *pin we have evidences of prosperity of our country -and the m 'cal genms of her min, F. lona, .7. S. Maiidonald, Macfarlane people. Only isbout orty years ling the Scitcherd 'and Shanley 11 a hotel bill a Berlin editor hu been sentenced first'hur was erected where the city now . • • rd., Waterloo A OR A MAUI BCH .atohneamit.bhaaaltirdkotfhbotthroetilteurBfeostt, t oh. re t hhv one eaoe, fna g .t hethee"wdwojiallf ttelare.heht linresififEoedictireibloer:Ifloy thr:Zei,111:_e:iiiiie"derecnificirs tetesex.to: it must ha b -happy LimeneosrmrtIN; (Attie locomoti era' of ago we had but -t t eedisfiaose-as7 our f owlr. eiirller mil road a Indian, ha've r. prone ° ve * theme was thus thang.es ren thoiit meeting -of gee examinatinn.”--nunflittallUnwet-cebrit ifathilell°:111eTtleea;ter. ne of the te t iindthew-grinco. ohodny: 0.4 ers Thperseverance of- the I. brae cieePqfits:ame: le ceircrur:ita863ne'llid-tri°eIPIalerell :reondiime to th -the -humane ' o cases of this cun'ed Decembe tiworultdo like to ron has ie eree which' oecurred th t e d_enasti:roin. dLocal Su w em Augug,, 1864. Noswe garland another e_ milord would be perinintiPac2e; eist11,1; ea> of attending an ex- Uniettered lobe Board gets the po ve the bOsom of h The Giant forest h countr h S.! 3' the i?1:11;loftglY I harve rbeen unabl: opinion; oodvy.any such power grind° ?tied come sound-ofthe w ich -mantled so den' ele. w istle of the iteam-enet . en, place to the wel- i_rootartr.rt bythe Statute, for tots vseirye properly withheld to 0% posougteadiciloower into faded.before tht e e_tfraswuroryouarnlinogf y sueh irregularities es 10n. the ; ten pita one of the m mbe ogan:good:bte°tuabliu-1- well known to and given I wrought withe' in the lait 40 years b and all these ch-Ive duties per 6' certificatxctis tritdilf reasondiono sucht place to nobl Huron. `• ceeritherarequaininus truce: renewed " were I do Lk! leant the edustryand • ionosailthe gandidatese(':dde dal the hie- aperintendan ere welt kflawi Indian who rv:alen:e'd ntutor:d Lini2rdeizthaitidelt ofthe oTvhe. t could have done Board, a id b hills in search of h* er t e surround' ir the iMbler rate and the 13-gwealltrewhhasooptioyf en way to a in. ge re to do what a Well/ s„e„„stks, •U'__,jt 41 wrong fit .ea mention of tor -v-rin'enuent coul corn -and g den wheat. The burrows polace tO extensive fields Yin Eip.othhiiiidi.tyn,iliPtayeebeass.Z.1,h;sriv!t•beiehe:T:Pcahe;inthen.:gc ;21:7 of pianneer from thegtatute givingwsieLoca Suplitendent thew*, the dens o-f-thehanimalii of the forest andltehd rude hut -of years before ° fet the satIsjeh:rtvilE4-had hard. cam f y that lc expressed himself au one th s watue worireracouhrer_ii e ave id COI d the boundaries o rovince now w h e stud t no less th _ °tumid eight hundred miles: in full operation in Mir midst. Altho'. ehese roads cost us a large suni of ni6neY yet they are a great boon anda ble.ssieg to our conntry. Stand where we may, lciok where we will, wecen see ,traine issiting -from all directions alnioat audably groanine' under thei burden. :What burden ? :The rich pro- duct ns -of our country. And as the trains .are aftipg their way eastward ie is remarked as t pais by "these and their hardens are the ees of our,prasperity.—(tieat.)—Now sir, I have endesiored an a --very. &brief sketch to show how ouiecountry has improved with- in the last century. Yes, the improvements of a land. • • Which but ninety Yeare ago --- . Was the home of the' -wolf the moon the 9 - bear, - '- Mitred except by their Indian fop °Who tracked them uteto their foreatlair:" -But sir, I believe our country will take its stand dinOngst the oatiOns of the eaethvbefore another century- has winged itself Rao the past. It this great Cenfeneration 'scheme .will be successful it shall then -constrain the very elements of its ovin vitality. Tett it will conteia nearly every element to Constitute a nation of the first magpitude. The 'fiisheries and minerals of a Nofoundiand--tbe coal, gypstim; and gold of • a Nova Scotia—the lumber and shipouilditiLora New .Branswick -ethe gold mines :of a Fraser Rivet, And a Vancouver Island—The fertile prairies, and mineral -wealth of 'the North;vrest .tertitorye- the, silVer andcopper mines of. La Ica Su pe ri9r district, added to the mineral, and above all, the agricultural wealth of the Canadas', can- not And wili not fad tc make •.a great, nation: (fIeerelear,) If again we 'Colt at the water privileges we possess 'and the grand system of Railroads in our Provinces there isanother eheeriner evidence 'of Our possessiag the. ele- mente of A great countre. We pessess • also the very form. of go.verninept which ever suits the Angie Saion rate. The pritieiples of a constitutioted.goverament have, been headed down to tis by our forefathers ae legacy- and will riot, their -mete protect thent yips a foster- ing care and a 'valient seirit; till oar country will inoyOon old on lied expand wings to a- nation's widt.b.7-e(liearl. lizer.) But sie ie may be Said Om this nation's coaet will Le so extensive -as to render protectina diffieu!t if net impossible. Tree her border land is of' gteat extent,- yet f fear not but 'we will hoe the periver to prevent the would be- invader from., polluting our saered Soil with his martial tread. Look- at England, her Shame are ec- cessihle itt a thonsand points and 1 has often been' within sight of the embattled fleets .o: her eeepaies, yet a foernan's foot has not trod upon her shores tor the last eight huncked years.---(Cheers.)—Arid this is becaus-e- her shores ere proteeted by the' bravest. of the brave. Reedy hands And willing hearts were ever found-. to defend -those time hoeored institutions whieh braved the stortas of ages. And sir, -will We • not' find ready -hawk and 'willing hearts to defend iliorehorestagainst an invading fee which attempts to overturn our institutionC—Of catese we will, and cheers). "Does teughty Dix invision Oreat, 'Then let the loona beware, Site There are Woodea Waliknpsonlohr seas, And Volunteers on shore, Sir: - The ,Gulf would run into pur lakes, • Our lakes theit beds fersake, Ere we permit a foreign foe Our adopted land to take."' , • (Lohd applause) Yes, Mr. Chairman, we stweld be proud. that our lot-lias beea cast in a land of such advantages, whose pest and piese.nt ire incite:along • of a glorious and 1p7osperous future. Now I will conchidtk by reciting tne words- cof the poet whet' he says, . ' kgliurrih, hurrah for Canada, The brightest, taireit gem That graces happyr-proud and free, . Vietornet diadem ;, . Piosperity expand her flag, .131 enterprise unferled-- ' - ay British- Union long remain, T. fe envy of the .71d(iltid app,imuse.. • _ _ - --To the Editor ot the Huron Signal. Diaz Stu; .. , ,. . I am at a loss to understand why you should desire to have the question drop respecting ihe value of the certificates dour County of Boron Board of - Public Instruction. just as it is reaching the • very • point from which a clear view of it can be gained by the pub- lic: It is true, as you,say, that 1 _hive stated my case and there has !Roma very gentlemiudy attempt to explain away the atrium, not to say snipicwas, cOnduct of the Board, Tem, view. however, the question is too -mo. nientons to be so willingly iet che, 1111lee oit the &Willa, iuipartial and careful conduct of the Board in the dis- charge of the -duties committed to them depends what teems to ine the most important interest that our commu-, any has to deal with -the interest of education., With your permission, then, sir, I will test the iskill of the knight wearing the new vizor,. who hab sefiuddenly-sp peered at our joust. In reference to my former antagon- ist! must confess that I answered him somewhat acco d- ing to his folly, though I think the gethleinan deserved every stroke that he. got, and hielastletter manifest/such a persistency in unmtelligibility.on his part, that now1 have one to contend withytho is a little more sharp in his intellect,, I feel inclined to be compassionate, and therefore shall jet my old friencPstejoinder pass for vrhat i is -worth, feelingsatisfied that it willaot be °reread - Mated by any one whoa good opinion It -Worth the pos. swing. _ • . . " A GkAllaLti SCHOOL Taellrif," with a simplicity' that it perfectly ludicrous in one occupying so high apts. .sition, gravely replies to a fignre of epee& that rused- " tbrn to tatters P -as if a bad beeil spoken literally (a blunder from which the context ought to have **served him), and from two instances which he mentions of in- dignant teicherstearing thew lusegrade certificates " to latters,1! 'draws the eenclusion that the statement is " complunentarito the Hoard f$ and that the said teach- ers' conduct bears ."direct testimony to its faithfulness.... It is humiliating, sir; to think that we have- a mania the piinstoss aa unnumar. fkhoolTntstee so &tie aNuainted withtheanaminposition and the usages °twitters that he cannot discern* Apra of speech from *statement of fact, and the reflection again naturally suggests itself—if such be our County Board Examiner', what must the excinsiasst be? - L suppose, sir, I must needs explain. to A Grammar School Trustee's that 1 mede no ailusion whatever to any teacher or teachers having torn their certificates to tatters, but *half and Mr. Ilaro tore them. to tatters. =doing thereby Mat Mr Hart Oared the ut. or -ter worthlessness of &cross evidences scholership on the part a their Tssessors. "The Hollis Mr. Gramma ' School Trustee, , •Is no suCh thing V he a "Snug the joiner," for SR explanatims .of which antigen read a "Midinninner Night's Dream? a play to be :found in the dramatic works a one William SWtspeare. an English writer of sane note that probably. you may hive heard. something of, and " when found mak° A note on.ti i il him nbeltsposition to enter into an argument *Rh so redoubtable a champion as a "Grammar &hoist Trns. tecis ' thevalue of certificates grinted by 0er Cennty assompared *ith those of other counties. Iwzily say, however, that until some more satilfiletory can he givemot the superiority ofths Huron Hoard ori e uct t us savouring strongly of par ay a visit to tbat city. / ' Zino. At hisrandence the-Towaslup hairnet on„ the 5th day ef •Februiree 18651 James tt. gorhel aged 39 years and 7 es-onths. ‘1.1111/11/// MirlIKETS, • Gomm, Pe& 1, 48 65. 'Fall -sfbent,. 11:80 -"Spring do -tem 'OM 'Oats, ......,. a.. 4- a . . 0:40. • 0;41 a _a . 0:50 0:5& 05::5550 Baet; 3:50 Purities, each 0:45 °P 100 Geese, do .....-.- ..... 025: tlhicitens, pair ...... ee. 01:20 0:00 I Licks, ... 0:00 0°::2°05 'tides (green)............. 2:75 0;00 hotter 0 0 0 . • 0 • • p 0: GO PerajOeS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0:30 00;814 0:0t 14 kg • • • 0 0 • • IV Ai V. • It • 311, • 0: 0 0:10 Apples • 0:40 0;50 nality, au evil, the very appearance ot which ought to be Lay, ton 41C0 19:00' avoided by the Board. "A. G. 5. 11,11,complitins of the indefunteness of .1-ctraIrs Per 3:00 (4 4:00, statement that-in_snine of the conunonest branches of ed- ucation lirst-class teachers are not examined. I may say that reading is the -branch particularly sdluded to, and for my authority I have inquired of severaj teachers who ought surely to know. ' It is true that it would be quite unnecessary io eiamine teachers in A ft C, because the nigher branches could not be understood without the knowledge of the alphabet, but I would remind 99 A. (.4 S. T." that it does ma therefore follow that a smart Gramma- rian. Arithmetician, or Geometrician can read with ease intelligence or expression, or' be 'familiar with the. prin..' ciples ot reading and pronunciation. In conclusion, sir, if,you vrill admit this- promise you it shall be the last I shall trouble you with en this subject, let the provocation be what It may.. • Rebel Peace Commissioners.. _The report hag doubtless a foundationleven if the persons aforesaid 'have not -yet passed Gen. Grant's lines. There will. -be peace messages int Tchanged hetween the two cities just named,and there will be peace—precisely id what time or on what terms, we do not pretend to knew. The gold.gamblers „who " sold shore" yesterday were not the silly. diipes of a,baseless rumor, and. the return of peace cannot be distant. We repeat that the new drafehas but to be heartily responded to, end, the watejs substantially over. Pro's ably net onefifth of the met! called for will ever be required to leave' their respective States, provided the quotas shall be promptly_ filted.--Dribune. 'CLINTON MARKETS. ateportedexpresily for the 4Signid.11 CLINTON, Feb. ; .1865. Fall Wheat, bushel-. 40:80 3 -0:8( Barley 0-50 Peas ........... . 0:55 Potatoes ....... :. 0:25 Hay cf1 ton)... e _12:00 Pork 'Oft hundred). 5-50 _Beef. . 2:50 Mutton -4:50 3:041 gutter (ef 0:15 0:621 Sheepskins .- 0;75 Eggs (ifl dozen)......... 0:10 Turkeys, each........... 0:371 Geese. _ ......... 0;30 Ducks 0:25 ® -0;30 Chickens- % (Ita 0:15 Straw - . 4:00 (4) 5:00 Spring Wheat, 1? bush— . eat 0;73 0:35 0:60 0:60 0:30 _ 15:00' 6;50 3:00 -5:00 -0:00 0:18 0;75 1;00 0:12/ 0:50 0:374 - The Stephens is the Vice -President of the], . - Confederacy ; Mr. Hunter, the ablest member of its Senate, and Judge Campbell was form- eily it member of our SupremeCourt. Their weiglit.and itanding.in the Southern commu- nity goarantee-the sincerity Pr their mission, and if the &retiree:1 people desire peace they, could not be represented by more fitly chosen meents. A,Commission from the Confederate Glorernatent would only impede and eta arara i their mission, inasmuch as President coln would not receive them in anycapacity• hich iinplied theerecognition Of such a governmeet. That their vilit to Washington has the Appro. ra', or at leest the coatenance of, Mr Davis, is,proved be the fact that they were permitted by bim to pass the lines. It is--ai reasonable .11.1111•1110. NAV Advirtioiturnit - ,TENDERS FOR RDWOOD •••••1111•111.11.- rTENDERS will bereceivedbytheunderserned up -to noon of THURSDAY, „lath Inst. For and am behalf ofihe Board 431 Common _ r•choot Trustees of this town, for 60 Verde ot Good Sound Green Woes!, (menu and Beech') tre# front knots end Ian* to be delivered on or before Ist April zeal, 48 at the Central School and 10 at the Sidniolos ism - Street. Parties tendering Must furnish security, rapt'. . . Tenders will el to be nee' ived_lor sawing$eplit- . preetimption„ therefore, that whatever -they -may agree co. will receive hirfavorable con- sideration.' If these respectable gentletnen.- so soon efter -Mr.- Blair s repeated visits -to 'Richmond; end the ilk explanations he must have ..given, think the chances of peace are sufficient to warn this enabassy, it is a hopefuL symptom whieh thecountry will bet too eager- ly -welcome. The subjectInow for the firat time, essumes Such an air of business that we will not trust ourselves to speculate on it till better advised of the facts.' --N. Y. World. • A.rriral. of the • Peace Commis sioners. - Fone Me:vitae, Feb.1.—Messes. Stephens. Hunter and Campbell, and other Confederate Peace Commissioners,. arrived here this pe m., from City Poiut,in Lieut. -General Grant's sptcial digpatch steamer,- the Mary Martin. Secretary Seward wag on board the steamer River Queen, waitintrto redeive them. Int - mediately upon the arrival orthe Commis sioners both steamera proceeded to Ananchote see in the stream side by aide. At this' Writ= 0 Mg,. 5 o'clock, as the Leuisiana. leaves for Baltimore, -the steamers are Still out in the stream. ' fifteen ToWnehips For the l'emperance JEJaw. • • ' [7b the Editor of the Montreal - Witnessj • Sie,,-4 watild like veyy much to see a list of all the toweeships- that httre passed the prohibitory byela.v. Perhap.s nO section can boast of so many townships in °Unblock,. all joining in some way or other, as this section. Fifteen townships—namely, Cavan, Emily, Smith, Otonabee, Asphodel, Monagan, North and South, Verulain, Fenelon, !Somerville, Saciadon, Eldon, Manvere, ligiclitnand, and Darlington-41ave. been carried, mostly, by a vote of the electors, and some with large i'majorities • Some of the township. were stubbOrnly. disputed, as Caval, Fenoton, ,Verulam-; others had very little apposition,. is South Monaghan, and Smith. The princi- ples of temperance have been nobly defended here by ministers' of the Gospel and others, MOunt Pleadant, Jan. 20tb, 1865, , W. B.• ------............—...:-.....1.. Tite NAVY OF ,ENGLAND. — The official return of the number, name, ton- nage, armament, and borsopower ' of steamers and sailing ships, composing the British Navy published on the 1st of January, 1865, under _the authority of the Admirality,• stateor: that, the total strength of the navy of England numbers 765 ships of all olasses,,exclusive of which there are now building at various dock- yerdi, 26 others, which will 'moant from I to 81 guns each, and many of which are far adianced towards completion. Of the above number of_ vessels 350 Arne -of -battle ships, frigates, corvettes, sloops, IC:. xi ready to put to see -at a short notice, exclus- ive - of. about a hundred .enboats. The number at present in commission and. doing duty - in various parts of the globe &Mounts to -224, besides 48 ganboats ; and there a.* also in commission a coast -guard cruisers, and 38 -watch -vessels. - The above total may be summarized thus : 342 effective lineof- battle fillips, frigates, corvettes, iloops, Isc., mounting from 1 to 131 guns each; 11.4 screw gunboats, front 200 to 270 tens each i 108 sailing ships, many of which are in com mission ; 115 einployed in har,bor service as receiving,ships, hospital ships, powder dope* coat depots, ie. f. 4.8 vent -gaud .ernisereland 38 eosin -guard watch -vessels. - fl•- Another fire eccurredat Brantford 011. Tuesday -night,. about eleven o'clock. A double frame house, owned by Mr. Wade, was destroyed, valued at -about 111,009.. No in Aimee. -Fire supposed to bars oriVaated from the cookintstove. • . • 0:11.- The Star understands that lir. Elihu Burritt is appointed, United States coma* Birmingham. 114'5 and filing 42 cords ot weal (mere orlon) at -the Central—work to he dour, immediately,. _ By order ot the -Board. iseere—touv.._ Mar. MACKAY, Goderiah,2rd Filwnary,1865. finiv46,3tvrt-It. NOTICE. C'STIESI.C.LERK98 °FMB will% Open every Wedneedevi and for one week atter each. meeting -of the aountieit-Couneil, AU ran - mita ieation4 forthe Countiee-Clerk be-clirectat to Bay.field Post Office. " PETER ADAMSON, CI:mud:eV Clerk. eve2ad BOTICE. 'DAT your taxes end save .costs. Alt empty' 1 rates oa and atter the &billet. will hepetia the hands ot my bit_ jiff for col.A..leemtiocnK. eswollecter45401 (.1. °actin; Feb. eh, J865. Itlo aga Bate of Lands. U141)W and bY virtue "ofs Powerof Sale -contained in a Slertgage made by. Joe- - athan Peek, of the town ofGoderielt, in the County of Huron, Gentleman. of the first part, to the Huron Marie Badding- Society, of the second "art, (default having been made in the fine pay.ment *reef) Will be sold on Tuesday, the Seventh day of Felxuary- A.'D. 1865, at Twelve of the clack, 1100n, 14 the Atiction Marto( Nears. Thonsson ik Haziektirst, ' 'KINGSTON STREET, GODERICH the following -property, that is to say.: Lot Nimber ten hundred and thirty-nine (1039) Harbor Flats, in the lewd town of Godetielti. Deedlander-Power of Sale. . - M. C. CAMEROS* SolWter for Mortgagees. Dated at my -chambers tisk 5t1i-Janseryp 1165. w511 The above sale is Lestponed tustli Tuesday= the 4th of April at t same place and hoar. TO SELL OR TO 'arr.* A. Good Yana lot within seven Maki albs.. cleared and fenced, with. a good log lima-. and barn. Terme liberal. Apply (if by letter postpaidl JAMES A. BURWAI$11,_ &admires.. - Village of -Southampton, ft My 1.10,SS J. D. BLACK, Godericia. Goderich, C. W. Jan. 31 1885. wig A Want Supplied pususwo nits DAY I I Belot a oolleetuniot SOIVISth. AND LYBK114 ilor ;Schools toi is =Dios • Voisriran —IT • a D. Pall2eTeni INICk Principal of the ContraMhoo4 IP.r:fee 15 Cents. TEACHERS Id* t4) intrados, A* Gaftemil into their Schools wiii beatiew. eda liberal Amok Int vend** Seamille rfi lent) ritagfr***1""Pt 14!*:111 T.. J. MOGREOUSA J.2.160, IRE& Publelser. - ieerw zeducatio We' - Trani 1 section; ised terse** ROI A ri matted &turd person Mark* kel from Pr4 their a Ire <Alin _ *ext. meets, scent! • Bayi* tion to - and we Banns aka pr mho that WW1 1/410 111 a loath _lost. Frau the km tinders taia Se PAIN yenta* alma 941! DrX1LIN ha itet0101 theN The wit tatintai ndoptei be Ale adecite4 du. • The is to lei sod a waif them* the of ilse "As ineolea: Towns] law. .1 wer$01 reel 'Mit; ti 20tAdh tuseitila 11111111 7 -eioleei ,of Pad timis 11!: 4141