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GODERIM, G FEB. 2k -1865.
lINSOLVENC
The large nuoiher of -,pqrsons who are
witinouneed-eaelt- -week': in the Gazette and
local papers as, Insolvents does not speak.
Welr for the general - prosperity of the
country. There can be no question about
the fact that -*--dulter"ithne for business
bas very Seidnin .bbeept experienced in this
country. It is, well.kpown that this is, or
ahould.he; under ertlioarY oircumstatices,
the very busiest ,iind best season of the
year and yet the crffroin the merchants
throtighout the coeritry is about the licer$
-times the seireity of money -7 and the Fon.
sequent inability on The. plat of hund_reds
oflionest traders to meet their engage-
meet.a. Ttie. cause. may he traced indi-
rectly to the . depressing influence of the I
• Anterior!. War, coMbined with short
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.cropS ind niirenieneratire priees•Thou-
sands ofour farmers, ihenthetimes were
better, were innticea to:cuter into_ specur
Idiot -is and -Improvements which nceessi-
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tated in an evil day the mcirtgaee of their
farms- bt order to Vti$3- _Poiley, others
lave been forced into borrownig money to
secure a temporary relief, and now it takes
allthatean be spared to pay up the inter:-
. est from year tey'etr. ilenee'tradesinen'i
hilts are frequently neglected, and hence
- Ike numerous eases . or insoheiey Itis
asad thing- to ,witness many of our best
'business men shiikini.- before the blast,
and Sadder still to seeetherifallieg prone
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mil helpless.: it would net be so bid it
'there were any. prospect of. iniuiediate
celiet-birt we think there is event reason
to roe that times *ill not improve sooner
thin nett fall. . We earnestly advise mer-
cantile men to exercise the greatest possi-
ble caution and to. llusbaad their re:tour- necessity` of anew suit of nsbio:laille apparel, • Mr: Clanrd. asked for -.information with-
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tester a day Of stilt severer trial TO these tae Smiths, id"wa.,--NaginYthal Le:4 t'whor4- Yegni'd to certain . parties whO were applyilig
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who are doing a. small but safe business I :Tply, calmly thrust - their - ii!tids to: the to liiin'for relief.'
we fed warranted in saying : Be advi§ed,i bottom_ of tlieir breeelik pockets mid. intro- -Account -from Mr-. T:- Weatherald:Ot S3.4)0
i. leave well bione "-end thereby avoid the ance tile subject of ways ,:and.nyeatis„ and I foe laying out _lot in. Cemekery befortit . was
rodrultlx11. which Others are -tl°atinil'illY: can. only -' btiishitv,iv *othi...k.: to , the. sive! !set off lit sections, Referred 10 _the Cemetery.
nuisatsice. • I am a daveied lover of bates1 Committee.
tient by Mr. 'Sutton, That theLreport of
the Colutnittee he net adopted, but that the
ereetienaof the County* :Buildings be iat7
Mediate*. 'Proceeded with at 'Walkerton
The vine was taken -an& the_:_atfi.endment
declared canied, the division
For - the Amendment, _31,1calra.
loss,.MillarMcIntyre, Johnston,
iLir-
trn, Corrigan,-. .Fisher; - Wilson,
Kribs; Broclebank and PurVis-,13. •
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For the Report, Messrs, Valentine,
Luinsden„ Adair, Dobbin, , Nicholson;
Wallace Gillies *Scott .Miltinnon _and'
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Selieales-10. .
A: Building Committee. was *appointed,
consisting of Messrs.. Set on, Millar,
jelmaten,- Corrigan, Bess' and the War-
den ex Officio. .,The coquet was signed
A Walkerton -on the flard. Mr: Efiiott I
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the contractor, binding himself to finish
the Jail by September, .1865,- and the
Court- /louse by September, 1866.
.1Voulor the offices. ,
THE S Gr -11
PA.BLIAMENT.
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"The proceedingST-or---Parliantant during
the for d'ayt_past have not been intrested-
with 'wick general interest, beyond the..
fragmentary debate on Confederation.
From ,the general -tone of the speakerthe
measure, . infer; will pass ; -without
amendment, and as our contemporary of
the JLtnniton hates -says, we have-anithiag
for it but to take things is they polite; in-
the:bone that Confederation will_Toonfer all
thc blessinaS.,,upon us that have_ been
prozniSed.
The S*lerNuisaiice
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observe that7many ot you newsptiper men
are dilussin.rea
_ what ion are plea3ed to t_
'0'4 Silver Nuisanee, hod:deploring the pres--
enee of vast quaittitiel of the,shining
.inetal in Canada. _Now, sir, ,iperinit, nie to
set f*Jrth the vieivs of a largo (of Mai -eh
I rezret to have te say I may'. call myself -a
ep
rresetimtiye man) winch...is troubled with
the Silver Snisance in a Very- different Mau-.
ner,thatis to- say, by its total absence. I
have mi very visible•ineans of -support ; 'tam
ng.t taxed on an ifictnne, however' ;
have no balance to mys.credit in the. B. M.„'
and .yet for all that I hold niypIt to be a
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Friday -.evening; Feb 24.
Mayor the char,.
Messrs: Gibbons,McDougall, McKay,
IthitCintatt, Clifford, Pitney, Booth, Hays,
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Smith, Toongworth and. Horton.
Petition from Jahn:Craig, and others,
praying that his :license be reduced $1O
on account of ins tavern- being:virtually
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closed during sayeral.monlhs: of . the year.
Granted, on =Aloe seemid-,
ed by Mr. Hay'
Petition of 11,-..131ack, with refer::
ence taxatien -Avis referred the Re-
VisionComniittee, -
Me. Wm. Mills haying paitF-orie half
of his back taxes, wasronn
. petitio' , granted
time ferpayinent of balance.
tietipeu_ from ,h1r. Peck with.re etence
to taxation, was read' and referred to . the
Court. of-Itevision.. „ ' •
lettEr from gr.' H. -Forhy,--tomplaiiiing
of bung unjustly . tatted on income.
Motion by Mr. Gibbons the tax was reduced
Ol'
ne hai: -
person of- enlarged views, refined: tiistes,_ and . Letter. fremli7r. rabb asking•ithateition
:feel poasess...an- iaimense..atidorehlpeu had been taken upon a former letter front him
wealth of appyeciation of: the good -things jof *ith -regard:to .thJ .purcliese of hit property,.
life,. but on account of-thlsootifoupdecl Was:read',and ordered to be fyied..
Niiisance,1 ant cr:.bbeil, cabitied and con-- -:ACcotint of Mr: liettly-1- cord of wood on
c'onipelled to waste tri • - h
t ;eatf acco_uut, order ot - -ML . Smit , was
.sweetnessenabs desert air." , If .I.feel the ordeted to be :paid. . .
mikink.
Accidents On the GrandgTrunk._
ehipirec
tettres, and yet lam deprived,or Ili° last neW - ' Account, of T. Conlitf-for '20 -days work for
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novel, all on accotuat of the SilrersNuisance. ' corporation, $15.00-. '
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The freqUeney of iceideits of a serious 111 feel the iihngs of hunger etel approach Report of the Finance Coininittee was read
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nature on the Grand Trunk atilwny. is -Ourit's dining room, I know that rny general and adopted.' '
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, hecoinin4 a Searce of alapii t54- the travel.- appearance:preclaiunt that -A
,r-have'nt a pre, • Petition Of members of Union „Fire Co, -
linpublicliardt'•. .y A reek paSEEEnow
- cions quarter in Myrcket,. and hence all I No 1, piaying to be supplied:I-With' a hose
;without 'some"sinishupSome time ago t . - ---
have for my trouble Ise delectable ,aroma of min-, was referred le the Fire Cenunittee. .
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roast beet and, other luxuries... I an a great Auditors Abstract statement of the Town
train tumbled over in embankment admirer Ofthe.fairer proportion of our race- Treasurer's Accounts was read and referred
near Montreal} baPPUY withmt loss of the sight of a pretty face gives ine pall ita- back for a detailed -statement, with a view ti -c
Ire, and ourralvaek ago an-"Preas train -tion of the heart; a trim, neat, saucy, well-publicationtor the information of the rate-
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nit, oil. the track near.; Petersburg by thesied figure. sengi a tinglin,,,,, sen:ation.-to pay, v .
Official rapers relating, to
• American Affairs.
The Liverpool Post of Feb. 10th, Site t•-=
A collection aftientl papers !vat pehlished
yesterday, coiiceruing North American affairs.
Aportion reiatesitethe raid ot Southerners
across the Canadian frontier at St:Albans, in
Vermont., The first'dispatch on this -subject
is from Lord Lycr.is,;dated October19, - The!
Minister had metGeneral. Dix et .dinner that ,
eyeing ay. New York.' Dario, dinner the
Gen received neWsof,.the raid, and told Lord
Lyons of the !orders he bed sent to p.orsue the
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raiders,. if: necessary, inio Canada. Lord
Lyons pointed out rifle danger of this course,-
sind telegraphed to our legation.directing Mr.
Biirnley. to see Mr. Seward, Lord, Lyons
Says General Dix was very_ frank And frieud-
Iyand expressed the most concitiatoryleten--
Uons. As soon as. the outrage was -reported
to the:Canadian authorities they did- every
thing -in theirjower to arrest tilt perpetrators;
mid -Mr. Seward, on the Zlit of October, es -
pressed to Mr. Burnley, of our legation, his
sincere satisfaction With the Proceedinn.--
1.1he raiders were discharged by the Cana-
dian jud.0 on 'December the 14th; The mo;
meta the intelligence of -the release reached
New York Gen Dix issued his Celebrated or-
der, and the public feeling on -both sides the
St. Lawrence:became unfortunately mitated.
On the_29ili of Oetober -Lord Lyons coil:min..
ideated_ to Mr. Seward:a note- *mu Lord.
Monek, .complaining ,; -of- tine order, which
direcied-the ennui' manraudere into Cana,
da and their destriieti6n there. Mr Seward's
reply, dated Noveinber 3, had cousiderable
bitterness in it. At this crisis this part 'Of the
corresponden-e terminates, as. at the date of
the last dispatch the ftigitions had_ not been
recaptured. A second portion of the cor-
respondence referato the lake armatneuts,,io
regulated by the convention Of 1817.
eors-
which - the cars were -torl9d . tiotyn an my finger -ends, an , even a small ,„maimNI*. edhy Mr. Ittineiman, seconded by Mr.
e.mbanment forty feet bilkinjuring covered foot and ail* is capable of inducing Gibbon& and Resolved,Th M Trainer
many or the. p
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iti my despairiiig bosom -a thrill Of delight, receive the siiin of 812.6atr
for the
i'asse- tigers - seriously and
aeve.ral fatal -WI it is feared' "'An! mgsi the awlhatilwish at Chhraintic'e ifhaT161.71.7it7.n.sttlaierY.d''arBliuntgi current year. _,_ .. • '.. . ' - . -.--'.• -.-
wcights and Measures of the, town for the
latter "wMi -Nassau- C. Gowan,- Esq.-, of
. . . . .creature?' I am troubled with, the. Silver - After a len6hy discussion one: matter of
TOronte, whose spine is broken, and who Ntiiaanc 1 I haven't even a spare three cent Assessment bet ween the town and M. C..Cain
' cannot piusiblY recover. ' We also notice piece abut me 1 I can't cat- a swett;:can't teron, Esq., the I.) outicitadjoerned, -
that one gentleman -from the township oft hire a. 2.40 turn mit to give the girl 1.se6retly.
" liullett and inetheri•from Paisley are loves. drtvei-7can't ask her to the emiceitss-:
ankong the Aiwa. Any one whohas colt% purchase for her A ebarmini :bock or
gorgeous valentifie, and Cdaseqac.•ntly I tun
.traveled over the Grand Trunk dnrina' . - . .
' left to mope and -while -fellows- without
the pa„s- t six months- must have . observed - pine - . _
T one half my eciod looksor a 'iliiid Of Inv
-flatlet:etched condition of the read. in- . „ .
I °ilk ' '` 'd ' ' h ' El
.. - _. - inteliectua„ caa_re,. strut UtOttn with -Sue
deedthe only wenderis that accidents of 'cod, puppyish impertinence in ,galiivanung
&more deplorable nature are not of da.ilY the -girls and twirling their -ginger eolored
Occurrence. The track requires imme-
diate attention.. and, repair,: and, we trust
that sothesteps Pay be taken to protect
the interest* of the publicin a- matter
affecting Ale-- life or death of hundreds of
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Peokk-
s The Wan,
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Wilmington; en long the bead -quarters -
of the blockade,runuing -fleet, was ev•„dti
ated by the Confederates, op the 21 inst.,
and the Federal, troops took possession
--immediately,:the 4frairlipeing announced
as s. first-class military -triumph.' The
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-.greet effort of the ;Seethe= leaders seems
fo:be in the direcliGn of the concentration
of their scattered forces. . By the .with-
drawal of the Confederate garrisons from
'Charleston and Wilmington the armies of
Luella Beauregard will be materially
strengthened, and it appears to us that
the fate 4 Richmond Past soon be decid-
ed between the latter and Sherman. If
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the wily little Creole can gather force
enough to step the career of Gen-ral Sher-
nian, the aspect of affairs may be
changed in a *err few days, and. Grant
i.even.nlay be seat to the right about. But
if the herd of Charleston Suffers -defeat -itt.
the impending battle, we can see nothing
for, it but the evacuation or Richmond..
Considering the fact Of the vast issues.at
'stake with* the next few mouths, we inay
Tots' safely rest. assured that General Lee
will lay hitt plans' with all the wisdom that -
*eery eitensive• experience and almost
unlimited military sagaeity can impart to
any mortal.- He may fail -sheer force
may otitNeigh--experienaeand sagacity -
but this we know that in History we have
- =stances of Nations .emergtng gloriously
front a darknese and gloom more intense
than thrai 'shill"' just now envelopes-- the
&tether* confederacy. We canonly
irateit for the nista' with intense interest.
Tholfiretco County Town.,
'IPINALtE STEAM) L WALKERTON,
we anticipaiedi the Bruce County
Town questioo Wilt not settled by the
ran* in finer of Paisley, at the meeting
Mt in Kinard/so about 'a month ago.
.1.* that Meting a ttoeunitteswas appoint
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cite mon spa the best sits for the
coot, Bader, which mod was read
a** nesting' of the. Pretisionsi Commit
hat Pa.iiasy Olt lb* 2Ist and 22tul
**tsar Act it Ima awed bi amend-
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The Reciprocity Treaty itt par.
WILIT LORD PAL*ERSTON SAID.
On the 9th Sir John Warsh moved for pa-
pers relating to the nottce given by the 1J tit
tt-d States government for the abrogation of
-Lae Reciproeity Treaty, and of the conven-
tion secto ing .1 he neutrality of the Mtnadian
moustaches tbati should, Certnly -commit. a Likes The honorable blironet. said he -re
d. brutal u`ssata upon sun' O. of Thew ‘vere it l -guarded the Course taken by the go -verruca
not that. on account of the Silver Nuisance,
I should- never. be able to pay the fine in
w ich I Would be mulcted. by some luird-
h artea Cain.. Ah I ' -ye.- Merchatit Princes,
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whci deed Ithe presence of untold rolls of
good honest silver a nuiSauce and a source of
disgust!. Can you_faecv the .feelings of one
Who has none ofthis' world's riches either of
goldorsilver, secreted about person? if
eon can.; you must know: how deeply I suffer.
My taste* are violated each day of My life, -
I can indulge in none of those little luxuries
which ad -ern youth and cheer old age, and .1
solennity declare to you. that a pecketful -of
the eoia von affeCt to despise wield render
Me- one of the happiest-ot.mOrtals 1 ‘ If it is.
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a nuisance for you to be posiltssed _ of um
much silver, it is a thousand fcld. more Of a
nuisance for me to have gene et all.
' If_the writer of the above will call at
this office he can obtain the job of cutting
a quantity ofwood at -50 cents a cord. -
It will help to abate the nuisance cona
plained of. -ED. SIGNAL. ) '
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LITEILARY •NOTICES.
Loseax go/welter .Rsvisw.--The COO -
tents., of the January No a -ref -The. Life of
William Blake, Ariptotle's. History of Atli;
trials, Foster's'. Riography of Sir Johp Eliot,
Hotrier'saliad, hlemoirs of Sir Robert
Syriac_ Manuscripts, Servia, Epigrams, The
United States asan Example: • Sold by T.,
J Moorhouse, Goderich,- For terms, drc.,
see the adverutenient of s Messrs: Leonard
Scott & Co., tile publishers .
•Loseos Sin:Inv.-We have racbivid the
Christmas number of this beautifukmagazine
from Mesars.*Chetiett Co, the etiterprising,_
booksellers; offioronto.. It is a collection of
sprightly Christme .and Valentine stories,
.of ashiagton as the prelude of a dectem..
(ion of war. Lo. d ,1.3.ilinerston explained
that the notice with refereace to the- lakes
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was to he viewer!, as a merely temporary mea-
• sure, designed Ia.. protect -the commerce and
property of the citizens -or the 'United States..
He could ncivdeily that events had taken place
of which the ffoverument of Washinaton bad
eood ,reason to complain; arid they- were
66amply justified in hiving recotirse to the
step now contemplated.- 'fhe convention,
however, was Open . to renewal at it -future
time. -With regard to the Reciprocity Tam-
ty, no intimation had been made to Iter' --Ma
jesty's goyernment._of a proposal on -the part
of the United States to pat an end to it' He
declined to !follow Sir John. Walsh intO ttdis-
cussion of 'the state of our - relations with
Americas-adiscrinion whit+ at the present
ivetild- not be -condneive to the public interest;
but he asked the House not to aisumit goad-
touSty.that the American people were anima
tett-- by feelings of hostility- towards thin
_country. . Sir -John ..1Valsh withdrew his mo-
tioni.and the subject dropped.
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Amicable Feeling between. the
South and Mexico:
, The Ifousten, Texas, Telegraph,of the
_9.th,:puhlislies the correspondence between
ina rebel Colonel Peerson, commanding at
Sanatonie, and Oen. Lopez, eomManding the
Emperor Maximilian's t.00ps On the borders
-of the Rio 'Grande,. COI.- •Peerion assures
Gen. Lopez that itis the desire of the Con:
lederate. 'Goterntitent • to:cherish the. most
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amicable relations with the Impede! Govern.:
ment of Mexico, and that the cordiality
existing between them:shall not be distnihed.
Hethen thanks ,Gen. Lopez ler proTecting:
the interests of the Anuthern'coilfederayy.
,Claneral Lopezjp1ies, ionfeisiaz that hii
sympathies are for the hohte- cause or the
viouth; and extends to Co'onel Peerson: his
sincere friendship': kle adds -Being placed
in .:otntiutud of this military_tine. under his
Mujesty the E nperor MdXlniuIlitflr the sons
of the Confederacy can -rely upon the fulL
seeurity for 'their possessions and interests,
and the Confederacy may also rest sssured
that the represent tive of the Enipire of Alex-
ico along ;the boider freely and frankly iufler
their friendship, also lull security that no. -raid
will be pretnitted to or:gamy:e'en 'Mexico soil
fur the invasion or Scuthetn territory...
Bed River.
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' The Itfor'Oeiter of Jantiart, 23 states that
the _wire -for the Overland Pacific .Telegraph
was then in course of•Aran.eportation to
.GeoCgetewii; and wimild be brought to Fort
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Garry on the opening of navigation. "With
the format Commencement or -this great pro-
jecf,". says our. contemporary, `4 We may
hope that altright day is dawning for Rupert'
Land,- i' the course of Which we ifiall gradu-
allY emerge from our unnoticed and COmpar-
itiiely 'grublike and occupy-- a
prorninent position among the communities of
the earth: - A meeting -orthe Council of
AssioihOitt. isiaS held on 12th January.
The first subject considered was the defiziency
of seed' grain the settlement owing to the
bad harvest oriast year. The. Council, while
concurring in tdi that was on the subject;
felt that it would be premature to do.' more
than to.poilit out to the- cimmunity the dan-
ger with, which they appeared to be threatened
frOin the apPrPheaded seareity of seed- wheat
in the spring and -to, urge upon; them the
:extreme desirallenese- of every one econoMin-
ing 10 the tittpoet their preterit sttek'of grain,
The -Other -subjegai considered were ot mere
total ..iuirettance. -
1-TESENICE OF MIND --TwO or three years
.azo • Idademoiselle 'Miens,- en/eloped in a
cloud of muelin, advanced too ranch -aver the
footliahts. All were listening.. but very few
saw a _circle of flame extending over her
dress. VVithout a chanze of attitude, or a
variation in. her tones,- she crumpled up -ad
fire itr her 'minds, ata finished- her sok as if
['whine had hapPened.
A- Itutesitin:Tragedy.
• • The particulars of two -fearful crimes
which areannounced as -having occurred
in Russia; have. been. published in St.
Petersburg and there is thus -a -reasona-
ble warranty for truth, though it is hard
to believe in such fearful human -depravi-
ty as is depicted in the short narrative. -
In the -village el. Schapscha, in the 'govern -I
pent of Kasen, arshort time since, a haralr-
er Of precious stuffs and jewellery stopped
for the night at the house of' a peasant
who was absent.' The peasant's wife,
dazzlecliby the. eight of all the fine things
which the hawker had brought with him,
killed himwitha hatchet RA hesIept; hid
the body in the loft; and the goods under
the oor. The peasant's -child, a little
girl of lye- years ow, had, however, seen
all, and -when her father returned she Tau
towards- ,him and told hint with all the
eagernessof childhood, that they now
possessed a qiantity of fine things which
belonged to thepedlar, wheae head het
-Pother had cut off, and whose body she
had hiddenin the loft. The father stern-
ly -upbraided the Wife, but in a short time
the woman's energy' had triumphed over
'the weakness 14 displayed. Seeing that
what-wai donetotild- not be undone, and
that his wife Mist be saved all hazards-,
he resolved to get - rid of the poor _little
girl, and the same night. took ,her into a
wood, ,vher3 he intended toleaveller;In
the hope: that she would...perish of cold. -
The tears.. caresses, and supplications of
the child were too mach for him, and he
returned home with her -his fearful pur-
pose unaCcomplished. The mother was
pitiless. . She heated the oven and into it
she threat her helpless offspring. . The
crime was discovered the next day, and the
unnatural mother wita appiihentled. The
A Chance toMahe Money.
The New York Herald holds out the: fol-
lowing inthiceinonts to geeenherns :
- - The New York Volunteering Committee
have deCided to give the State bounty to
volunteers, audthey add one hundred dollars
hand Donley. This: makes seven hundred
dollars in ii11.4-a very large aunt When the
war is so near its Mid.' Our tquota is about.
fitteee thousand men, and to. 'fill i1. in tso
-weeks we shall have to _enlist about 'a thou.
sand men a day. We believe that the War
will be over before many -Months; so . that a
man can enlistlapendt-the summer in some
pleasant vain:), and he dischatted with -seven
hundred dollars- in hispocket to buy a farm
or start in busfuess.
The Detroit Board' of .Trade.- . -
1 - --- -•• - _ Itomance of thesDivorce COurt.
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mite*ftion heldhere last evening was a. great ' • The partieulars °fail extraordinary cese iu-
succesii,-Nearly ell the principal citieitiikahe connection with the Moral Court ' have
NorthandCaliada, were. reptesented,- Ad
dresses were delivered . by the Right Rev
Bilhop McCloskey and the _representatives of
the delegations, present, • incheling Chicago,.
Milwaukee, - Cleveland, 43uffillo, Albany,
Toronto and ,London. Gen -Wellbridge;in
respoeding for the New. York Produce Ex- Her Majesty's service, whom I shall describe
'change, said he believed tiii-time had_ come- as Mr. A, presented a petition for a diviince
whenthe' British Government should revoke froni his wife,- op the usual grounds., The
the recognitionof the rebels as belligerents faux pa' of the lady -an Irish -wit -Man, 1
in en" existing .reheilion, for the Conititu• should ;mention -occasioned much .pain and
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tional Government of the -United- Suttee had surprise to her -friends, as her. conduct pre
never direetly,or indirectly countenanced any yams to the Unfortunate denouement bad
of the tinny attempts that have been Made. been unexceptionable as at witeend mother,
since our existence- as a nation, on the part The co,respondent in the case,..alee an officer
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of British-Culordes, to resist the parent an; in the -army, whom I shall call:Mr, B. made
Ihority, aitfipugh the storm of -rebellion had, the lady all the reparation in his power and
at various times, -raged from Canada to India. -martial her. She was subsetpieatiy received
This sentiment was vociferously applauded. in society in India, where her antecedents
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Were not too Critically examined, but in three
• GolduSiginilleant. • yeareafterwards Mr. B. died, and - she was:
,
reached the, which. although reading like a
rothauce,-are nevertheess suictly tree. ..For
obvious reasons Lehall not mention names. --
The facts are, however, as follows. Not
long after the lAte Sir Creswell Cresswell
was installed as ipdge.Ordinary, an officer ef
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embellished with itlustrations such: as have - left a widow, Having no longer any tie in
secared for the hook 'a .standing ventilation NEw Your. Feb. 24.-Golif has stood stea India: she relented to England, whether she
,wherever the English language is spoken awl dy at about 200, our military -successes sp.- had been preceded by Mr. A. and his 'three
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up her mid
En rash art - The Feb a. Paten - 0Y not having anY effect -Von theprico. little children. &win,: taken
outubor Of Liodott Society is also-ta hand had no appreciable effect.. Theiime ilipears'i county, celebrated for Inc eurative'properties
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appreciated.re ry The fall ot 'announced today deuce _ a fashionable town_in a mtd.aud
from the same source, and %just as brilliant, to have gone by When victories will street of its waters. Mrs. B. soon obtained admit.
chatty and beautiful as ever. Copies_t_nay be this market. .
had ot Mr. Moorbouse. . _ _
FOR Tile FEDERAL ARIAT.-grbe Strathrny
-CONFEDERATION'. IN THE UPPER Houle Guard says i -On Monday morning at
. , bat week. Mr. George A. Keefer, left Stroth-
FIIHT"- - The - legislative --Caanclif (m roy for the U. S., •O Offer his iervices to the
Monday night, passel_ the Confederation Amerie,an government. On 'sit he
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„heme by -a ,ot of' 45 to 15, or mod,. was in New York, and had obtained Promise
- , ..v ot a domnetfon we are infointed but have
three to one. 'he majority, or course, not heard what it it. -Mr. Keeter passed a
inektdes a large majority from each am- first class examination at the Military School
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in Toronto lastsummer, and is &names to
tion the Province. -
test his fighting powers,
CAitaDA COMPANT:=-AVO. would di-
ieetthe attention of Rartiee interested el. It is mated that Within the last eight
months over reer hundred =imparter' have
te the Call!ada- Comfail .advettklieoleat i* emote en 14ttintigy -.124 000sectoonoo of
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%twee., °Moat
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sion to good society_ as the widow of a British
officer,- 'Ind a very beautiful ited • attractive
woman to boot. Hereafter an interval of
neatly two years, she again encountered Mr.
Al and tee result is, that 'they have again -
married. The children of Mr. A. have not
recognizO their mother, and all they know
is thaw' Papa- married a widow:" Beat this
in a sensation novel if you can. The circum
stances of this extraordinary Cane are related
with critical acountey aud were .t to give the
real initials of the parties they could be easily
Identified.- (Bakst News Letter. '
Horrible Tragedy. "
.
The -following horrible narrative appears is
the Indianapolis :Joisrizal of a late date:
The starting intelligence has just been
received ofa fearful tragedy *hid; occurred in -
the little Vi Ilage of FairnsiNe-about-ten mules
from this place.- appears that a young
man lathed Henry Hoare had _been paying
Ilia:addresses to a voting lady whose father
distountinanced the whole affair, and fobid
any meeting whatever between the lovers-
lliss7.--7reciprocated-thatiffectioniof
Who, however, *is known to be a
dissipated .charticter. -On Saturday night lest
it was; agreed' between the- two that. they
should meet in ste arbor at the foot of herow
father's garden. The old genthnen, h
, ever,
.4iscovered the secret meeting!) irept to the
place, drew a rerolver, and, without:a single
word, deliberately _fired twice ' at. young
Hoar --the first ball' passiog intd his brain,.
and the second into his left lung just above
the heart, producing instantaneous death:
He thin dealt hit, daughter a, seyere blow
with the butt Of the revolver, and left her
Aying beside the -corps of Ler fover; The alai
man is now perfectly frantic, and will shortly
be remOve4 tea.lunatic asylum; his daughter
is ina very precarious condition. .
.A; Tory aldernian got' monied the -
other day and had rattier s thrilling time 'on
his wedding tour: He was two days in gett-
ing to Buffalo on account of the snuw. was -in
the American betel in that city when it binn-
ed down, and on his way tri-2Chivigo was
thrown over an embankment twenty feet -hid+
by a railroad accident, badly bruising him
and his new wife. The couple are now. in
Chicago, recovering from their injuties and
getting courage to try the returetrip.
-Nevis Items;
,
- ` A great and influential ineetim for the
repeal of the malt tax has been held in Lon.
don. •
(,The prohibition bill has been carried
father had helloed himself and Wait feund in o'anka. Praibition has a majority of
' - 104 inAncaster.
suspended by the police. -
Boons -Pessealtra.--The Mee for specula-
tioii-. itinengst_ the A melieaus, mi. connection
with the_givil war and its .Surrifunds, his ex-
tended to the -passport systeaL Bogus half
dollars have had their don busruil greenbacks,
stile -plasters', and nickel cents are growing
stale as nnuters of fact,alcfbare' been - re ,
placed by bogus- passports. ' About- a week
since two individuals in the possession Of .cer
tain,crimps were hiduced to -purchase cet tam of
:these passports,and were afterwards forcibly
compelled to .rtistorea hem to . the retkilers ot
them. to 'te event the detection of the fraud hy
the tederal authorities. The parties, .selling
those boAus passports.Meet their .vkctinis on
the ice it few yards-froin the ahore.neae-Caper
-Vincent, and :seiZe on an occasional -green-
horn and matte an OccasionaLlee.:0Othetimes
following their victint, and compellin him to
return the itirthltia pase, in 'order tosell it
skein to tbe neit tiuipleton that comes along.
-[Kingston News,
:Cotner Mawrisi,-Last week the Albion
Hotel was tkie scene ef a very missal event
in this section of the country -three military
gentlemen. Were fielding a court of inquiry by
order of the authorities. The Court was.
composed of Major Villiers' of -Hamilton,
-Cot Patton of Paris, and Capt. Imlach- of
Stratford. ..- The subject of the inqoirfis, we
understand, some _dispute between Captains
_Ross and Seymour, of Guderich. -The-Court
_sat with closed doors and the result hes not.
transpiied.-- (Stratford Examiner.
AitObitinate •Tensperance Case s
The BoSthii Courier tells a good story bf
the unsuccessful effort of a temperance. corii,,-
mittee to get an argunient for 'etutalisiti
frpin the experience ore physician who] has
jest died at the- great .age of 105. • It happen.;
fed 'several years Oro.: The committee' quet
Waled . his-grandeon _ •
Well, sir, when he first rose in the moraine,
he took about halfa &is of :pure jamaice
rum ; my graadfdther was_a-Peesen of extreme-.
ly regular habits; this was. unitorm cus-
tont." ThiaIstlppitie,1saidthe questione5
"wasto give a sort of fillip to his: system,_
after the lethargy :of lengthened repose, -
made requistte asati eXce.ptional case, .by 'his
very advanced' period et life. Please tell as
hat his practice. was during the rest of the
day." 'My grandfather, genttenien, Was, a
person of very .teintlar ,habits, and took- noth;
in.: else -of this sort until il O'clock, and then
only a glasa of Jamaica rum."'. '6. Indeed,
did he drink". anything with . his - meats?"
"Net exactly with his ntealti ; about half. an
.hour before ,dianer, he drank -a 'mixture. to
which be Was..partud„ ConsiMi-ng of *boat half
and half of cider and rum. But after drink-
ing that, it **his eostom to go out for a
Short- walk and return to dinner. When
dinner was ahout,;. halt through, he Would
then drink, say A. glass of rum or whiskey, as
the-eaSe.may be, and another when, dinner
was over. Dinner:woi always pnuctually on
the table at 1 .o'cloek 5 he took no more
about folic O'clock,. and,' after. *that, a small
quantity in his tea. His practice was not to
drink auything.else until near bed -thee,- which
was alvtays nine o'clock. when he had another
.gbiss or twe of whiskey or rum; unless,
indeed; some neigt..bor or friend came in. to
join 'him. He Watt serf.' hospitable. alwaye,
and as I have' Smirked,' extremely resider tn
his habits."" • ..
The cOnunitfee lookedatone another, and
hesitated about puisuMg the -inquiry any
fur-
ther. If occurred to them, however, that it
would be well to save themselves, if posairile,
in regard to the we :.Of tonacco. - "Did
Dr. vier smoke ll'isked the ehairman.
'‘Thetr'' said the host," Was one Of 'lie mina
regular habits, Be was not- often without at
pipe tn, mouth, 'ithed not engaged profess
ionatly.:- He did net sninke ia bed." "Surely,
then he used tobacco in no other way?"
suggested the interrogator. "My grinds
father, evey Saturday :afternoon, gentlemen,
purchase a certain quantity of pigtail -tobacco,
say from twenty-one to twentv4hree inches in
length; /.? of Which per day,land no..iniare, he
used for chewing in the course Of the Seven
days Of the week," Ey grandfather'.
as I have observed-," 014. confounded your
-grandfather. - And - his halmis,"brose in the
interrogator, out of ell- patience, beg
your pardon, sir, but it is not necessary. for us
to Patna this Subject any further."
---ss-seen. • as • .
Grand' Orange Lodge Of Cr. W.
We learn. by Arend telegraph from Brant
fotd,Seceived yesterday, that the following
(Aileen' have been chosen tor the mining
Orange year, *ix Esq„
Grant Mester ; -.John Coyne, Deputy, Grand
Master; Janies-:BicClitte, Associate Deputy
Grand Master; Rev. R. Arnold, grand Chap-
lain; J. H. Reasey..-. Grand Treasurer ; Thos.
, Key* Grand..4Secretary; Joseph -D!mpe,
Deputy Greed Secretary; B. Hicks, Grand
Lecturer; Newberry --tato% Ghia Director
dr Ceremonies: and Charles 'Smith, Grand
Tylet,--Leader. •
tfi'Fi.TIke snivel of Gen ideClellan in Eng
land produced a number or press enoominms
Upon himself, .but he quitted --Liverpool ten
speedily for 'any demonstratios tabs made
in hilt hopor. .
•HEAVY 'ItiaBEAT OF *GrACEERACES-Tbe
London Prolotyps of the 23rd inst. uyeltbat
a warrent wae taken out in that cay on the
previous dig by one Darius Snapp, a resident
of the State'', for the arrest of two brothers
named Reap, on a charge of robbing him of
some $3,010 in greenbacks life* MAP Pre•
vicinity whilst he was stopping at hetet in
Buffalo. £h.complainanttraced the rob-
bers to London, ucertained that they had left
there in rasleirh, and were seen'on the road
leading to littratheoy. At last ar,eounts Mr.
liCoaPP 0444tied tho,puruuii.
03v On Thursday hist, six soldiers of the
60th Regiment, Um:Areal deserted to the
Ame&aa side. -
83.. A greaqecrettee has taken place tw-
in* the past month in the emigration Trorn
Liverpool, •
03+ The scientific world of Faris are much
occupied by the-eiveriments which M. .Graof
intends making of fiying lions the tuivers ot
Notre Dame by his new machine. He on-
ilotakis to remain- suspended in the air with
as much ease as a bird.
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On Wednesday. last. week: a tad and
fiat eccident happened in .-the townshipi ot
Ancesteo.to_a little girl aged about ten years}
daughter ofjames Barrington, Esq.. It ap
pear -Ira -hat While a Threshing Machine main
operation she attempted tit step over the-
Counecting rod which passed from the horse
power -to the separator, *hen her dress caught
in the couplings,- and hor ihle Ao relate, she
was wound round the shaft and instantly
killed. The body was fearfully mangled, the
clothes having to be cut to peicea before it
...could be, extricated. This melancholy ate
cident should prove a warning to all who have
°cumin to use inactinery or such adinger;
ous character.
: 03+ A. carpenter who had always prognes-
ticatedovil to himself, was one day upon the
roof of it five story building, upon which some
rain had fallen. The roof -being slippery, he
lost his footing. and as he was descending to
the eaves, he 'exclaimed; gust ai 110 d you!'
Catching, however, the tin spoilt, he kicked
a and regained a plate of safety,
front will& he thus delivered hiniself : 'I
knowe!cl it; there's A pair of .hoes gone to-
thunder-
. Nth/ ifibItertigglItt
Oat,s, Pet? a,- ar
poiR,
VIE Subscriber has remalifig bead
1 2500 bushels Oats, no baskets Peas sad
a quantity, of Barley, which he willion irkaajp
for esall.
Apply*t Andrew itonogli's Rota to
SA M IT EL SLOANE
Goderreh, Feb. 27. 1865. _ ir5-1116.
NOTIVEi:
A LL those indebted to John IL Wimellaa,
Ll,late of the Village of St. HiIflt1, sir
Township of Wawaunosh, an abscoadiag
debtorrbybook account or otherwitter ACC
hereby notified trot to pay the moist stbsswisse
than into this office.
- JOHN MACDONALD,
Sheiirs OffiCe;tinderkb ilkerifil• B.
25th Feb,. 1865. I ir5441.
Friendliness and smileaact on the heitit
like spirits Of nitre on watee; - niaking it ,col-
der when it is cold, and warmer when it is
_ The bypocilte stretches Out hhiarms warmly
to clasp some one in the closest embrace, but
only, like the heated Moloch that he may
barn to asliss. _
Communion withmature, iviien the passions -
of the soul are exited, writes a verse of peace
round the inner storm bell _ -
- We are all like Milton's Adam, looking
upon our first night as thelast day, and the
setting Of the sue as the setting of the-werld.
Speaking isi.enerally esigii that thinking
has ceased ; as in a mill the morning -W11 is
.heard to ring only When there -is no more
grain to be ground.
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Love changes all into splendor, even tears
and the grave. and berme ne Iife, like the
declining sun of the longest dayofthe north ,
sea: touches only . -with usrim the' passing
oartli, and rises -sgain,, like teeming, an the-
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arch of heaven.
On the blue inoontains -of our .dim cbild
hood, toward whichove vier turn and look,
stand the mothers who marked out to us from
thence ourlifei the most blessed age must be
forgotten ere. We can forget the warmest
heart
Old maids gat along poorly for the . same
reason that railroad trains frequently do•... -11
failure to connect. -
Afivertioninents.
Dog -Strayed.
ADOG about 43, months old strayed from
;EL' his master inGoderich, on the 21st inst.
Being a lark brown apptoaching to black on
the back, avith white on legs and strips on
forehead,and had a strap around his neck,
-hair showing that of the Colley.' Any per-
son giving information regarding the same
either to Mr. A Black, Innkeeper, floderich,
or to John Gordon, St. Helens, Wawatiosh,
will be thankftilly received.
• St. Helens Feb. 22nd, 1865. w5 -3t•
.I:O11!4tTACt - of 1884,
THE Creditors of; the uni:ersignal are
-s• notified 16 meet -at the office of the enders
signed, William Roberts, in the Village of
Southampton'in the 'County. of Woos,- -on
Tuesday, the fourteenth day of March, 1865•
at the hour of ten &clot*, s. oz.; for the
purpose of receivinestateinenes of Ids Affairs
and or naming an asaignee to whom:he -May
make an assignment under -the above Act.
'Dated at the - Village of -Southamptian
Aforesaid, thellth day of February, A. D.
1865. -
- WILLIAM ROBERTS:
mtzronnacic PROUDFOOT,
-Solici or for Wm., Roberta. str51-4W5.2no
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811Elta7'a SALE OF - LAND.
OnitedConatiesof 13Y virtue Of a- writ ot
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Huron and Mace, . frieri Pastas re*ii le
. To ,Wit: . issued out of Her Ms jeases
Coital Court of the County of Brain. -and to me
&recital against the lands and lenentants to
Walter.Reawick, ak the salt of -William Martin.
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I have-seized,and taken in Exeoutionalltherieht,
title and interest ofthe said dekodant in and le
lot nimbi. ogle in the teeth Apse's:Pion wadi of
Ilulon Road in the Township or Tuelrerranitb, is
the C °nem of Huron, whit* lands -and itwoosents
I shall ofiliesior saki at niv011tits ii the . 'ottot base
in theTown of Gadench, oa To .sday, ilia math
day of Julia next, at Vie hoar of tarehro of ills
clock, aeon. - = " -
JOHN MACDONALD,
. Blissift 04 IL
By d:Potuiaai Devaiy5biL
Sheriff '.blde,rOoJedcb, -I -
27th Jan.. 1110.
117013LD particularly draw ibi attentioa of'
1'1' Settlers on theinassids sad others, lts
the Statute 23 :Viet. cap; 371 malting bettor
provision for the punishment by fine soli*.
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prisonment of persons stealing =her.
And the CANADA COMPANY hereby
offer Fifty.Dollars to hipaid to any person
Ado will gave such information sa will lead
to the conviction of any parsonor perms
stealing Timber from any lot the Leads alf
the said Canada Co:in.-panic. Do-NAia)
Age*,
Goderich, 25th Feb'yy1865. .11104,5 les
Ten Per Cent Discount
poR cog Will belillowed on tb. lishose
A. of the large Steck of .
Miscellaneous BoOkal
Atthe 0!File,330oissotiStatiessfy; -
Store.
A.-.13.Aixtetm st,p0,7,4
OF, • _
Writing Paper seitanthpes
.1{,EDTICED RATES
inspxyz.
insolvent Lct ot: 1864
IN TITE MATTER OF TOMAS D. Tait.
E VERY aud -GEORGE
Inanivanis.
T.HE Creditors orthe above raised Ineels
1 vents, both individual sad *nimbi" of
VanEvery ir Bumballp ale aotified tO meet
at the Law Office of Riegel:4TO= &Moors. "
turtle Town of Goderich, in the Comity.(
Huron, on Monday the Twentieth flay of _
March, A. D;--1865. at ten of the clock is the
forenooa, for -the public DEIVADIDati011 of the -
said Insolvents. And for the mileting Ste
affairs 4. -their estate generally, both 18
individuals and as membent of the Um Of
VanEvery RuMball.
Dated at fioderich, Wel* Mirek 1$11.
1. ILGORDOt
Alligae&
TOMS k MOORE, _
Solicitors for Attester**. 1,15.11
Insolvent Act of 1864._
Andrei,/ Robertson, Plaintif& Andrew list
/ace *Da Robert Perk,- Derandaida.
A WRIT of _Attlihnicat bas 'sited is ME
Pl -cause of which all persons interested it _
the estate of the defendants, tad 11 pose*
having in their possession, fantod, or "WM
any portion of the *stets of the. dereedants,
or who are in any wayindebted to iltems
zecetired to toe notice.
- JOHN ilAt:DOvALD,
Sheriffil.1 It..
bherirsiDifice, Godenci,
27th Feb, 166b. wrb-tw
Chanioei-78ale of Lan .&
IN ClIANCERY
BETWEEN
ROBERT ?EASE, - •
'• ROBERT • • Pfola
4/aW-Til0
TN parsuinee of .a decree illidtaal srAiraila
.1. the above reuse, there will he sold by
Pudic Auction, with the approbation of
Robert Cooper, Emelt!, Master ofilis --
orable Court at M.oftrA, at the CUSS -
Hotel in the Village of Clinton, et Woks&
day, the 15t1i day of Mora, .1805, at SWAM .
ef the Oloolt, noon! by Mr. George M. Taw
man, Auctioneer, in line lot.
• The aim half of lot timber raise in_ las
eighth emstession oftbe Towieltip" ORA^ -
in the County or Etwoo; woo which gists *
erected a good 'leg home sod * *utter*. .
The lot is &tom two mile, bons tits Taw*
oflinburn, and about fortj sem afilheJamid
are cleared. The prees raill be *eV
aubjeetto A Mortgage to the
ed to wine IfeeDerritidi Rpm which thee is .
due theism of$400.110, sad litattak Soul ilia -
1901 cloy of Nneeminor0/101: Tim
will be minima te papa tit -
within one weAt from the tile Of tbe
The property ',gibe pet *pot an =sot prise
of $1000, the-ps-ebsser to paydaws 100 get
Plaintft!&t the lime Of *Seale the welt if
$350 spa give- Mottoes to
balance payable it two yearly
interest at eiglit per emitom per earawa,
eonseyeaces to tbe powifteee aled
sego te be preParea at Aka swum to"
purchaser. -in(Air reaped. AAiuin
:or aide will be the staagogo0011Como mass:
Court of-Chew:W. -
Feithoromiditiomeod pargesiers mer a*
bad stilts *Mee er ib. Vaeifass
16611'o** ofaits1iokfootalto.A10600.
OW.
Dated the Oh ,deyefFaboem
(Wa) 11*
ISAAC F. IONS,
Veralerse Solicitors &del&
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