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THE SEM.I- ''VEEKLY SIGNAL.
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gemi-itletklp Signal.
GODERICH, MAY 121 1865.
THE-SAFETY.sVALVE OPEN.
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I the voice of the Whip -poor -will in this
'Canada. The early peach trees are now - European News.
1 in full blootn,-to the eye one Of the Arrival of the Hibernian.
I most pleasing of natural objects -and _____
beside them stand, in virgin whiteness and ' PORT Ar HASVIC,. May 6, 1
purity, the apricots like so many brides - Via CALAIS, May 7.
" adorned for their husbands," but the The Canadian screw steamship Hibernian,
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from Liverpool on the.27th, via Londonderry
emblems of.' love and purity frequently on the 28th, paised this point 2:30 -this after -
cover hearts ' filled with coldness,. gloom.1 UCI°111 en route to Quecb3c. She has 3-5 cabin
and despair, and 10 it tvas on Wednesday and 426 steerage passengers. _ Ail well.
last (10th),. for the dark cloucIS as they In the English House of ,Lords, on..Thurs-
drove past from the north -West sent down day hight, Earl Rusaell, and in the House pf
numberless flakes of snow; anct the. poor, Commons; Sir George. Grey, on behalf Of
svieet blossOrns went -to heil at bight, as Lord *P '
. almerston. :gave 'notice that. -they
would QII the 1st Of Miy, move, an address to
tbe Queenreipressing sorrow and indignation
At the assassination of Presidetit Lincoln, and
IT hu been fared by many that at the
close of the American Civil War it would
1).) impossible to bring the vast armies or
the United Statu to- disband and return
all at once.to the avocations of peace. The
taste of blood and the license- of warfare
exercise suet) a fascinating influence over
theAmthinking multitude 'that, having
been iedulged in for any considerable
period, idl ether pursuits become tanie
ind instifferably iesipid. Hence, political'
theorists argue that it foreign War ean
alone open%e safety valve forthe escape of
the passions engendered by civil strife:
This has been considered the great danger
of Canada, It, wae'feared, and very jestly,
- that* even supposing the Americae -Gov-
ernment. to` be tired of war and its enor-
Mona burthens, dadger _might be appreL
beaded from heeds of lawless fillibusteri.
The varicias Iuternational -disputes 014
laye erisen iluring the war between thii
country and the. United. -States; have
_ drawn down Open me the denneciatione of
inch. demagogues -as Bennett of .:the
Hercad, and. we sll knoW that in cases _of
fillibustering:s very slight pretext is all
that is necessary to encourage -the mob -to
Acta of violence... - The war is over; to all.
intents and purpose's, *and Canada may'
,
derive . comfort fron:t. the . fact that th
Americans de not manifest any desire . to
swallow her up. They profess to think
.that the -land- of `f Blue -.Noses " is net
wnrth the trouhle mid eipeos3 °teem:liter,-
ing.' .This sudden'. magnanimity mayi
however, be owing te the fact that the
. safety -valve has been -„opened in' another
direction, . Mexicti-the "land ef rich
_fields and luscious fruits "-•--is engaging
the 'attention of Vie turbulent spirits. -f
Notwithatanding the -recognized establish
.znent of Maximilian on the throne of tha
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-country, a remnant- of - the adherents of
the old. repnblie still holds out; and te aid
t,hesemen.and 'pave the way for the future
Annexation of Mexico to the Union a
Movement is . afoot in -the States. 'lit
alinoSt every city, agents of dnarea are at
' work .and.every indocement is held out
to the veterans who will, under one pre;
, tat or another, seek theirfortnnes in that
quarter. - The movetoent . is going oti
under the !light cover of arfigrationi but
it is easy to 'see that the only object the
armed entigran.ti can have is to join . the
republican ar.my against the forces 'cif
- Ilatailian. Indeed, within the . past
eir‘.days, the American press has. become
se outspoken that it requires the announce -
anent that " the nentrality laws will be
put fortkagainst all who attempt to cam,
promitie the- Government upon the Igexi-,
un question"' tflo disabuse our minds of -
the idea that open war is - about to be
declared against the new Emperor. The
. New York -Herald says :-" The keiican
" emigr, atiok 'excitement increaseS. The
" office for enrollment is nnahle to accomn-
"Alate the applicants and two mote effices
gt are "to be opened. There is a great rush
41 -Of discharged army offieers. mid soldiers.
" Thi Mexican General Otlegas, is highly
" delighted with the prespects It is said
" the iqest has subscribed large sums of
"money to.the enterprise, arid- that 5,-
.,. wool) men, sic, to be raised _there, to be
" commanded by Gen. Rosecrans." .Thia
morentenkinay lead to -most important
results. -- If the American_ Government
permits_it to go on so that i large force of
mina Mett are mimed against the recog
rizestgovernment- of Bleiico, it will he
.,abstird to plead neutrality, and while other
powers in EuroPe will prohably protest
agai!ist the proceeding; we think the Enk
peror of trance will feel himself bound. in
• honor to defend- Maximilian at ull haza-rds,.
..and to call the 4076"M:tent of the United-
Statti -to account for winking at such. a
breach of International lair. The plot is.
- thickenieg beyond question, and. we shall
watch future developments with intense
.
-interest. - . • -
'cold, bitter tears of despair. The clouds
beauty hath done but too often, weeping
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"Nationel crimes are purged. by national.
luniiliations, and if the signs of the tinsel
proton:id not visibly such a judgement in. thi4
US% then are. the usual warnings -worth
naught. There is a lovr, moaning- sound
which precedes -the -mighty tornado. and . the
unglues waters of -the sea seethe and hiss
&admen. before the hurricane bursts forth
'nits fury, and even so now There is a
full and a quiet; but it is the sleep of th;
Bereekar,. the old Nosse Champion, wh
• idept tranquilly and arose in his -might to
carry the sword and the wildest devastation
throughout the doomed land
SO saitli the rhetorician of -the Irish
. Canadian. Amongst the nationai
crimes" to be hurricaned " in -
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,seething fashien,, are the potato rot, th
Salm' Of the oat crop, and the othe
causes of want 'and privation in Ireland
ail ofwhiehr by an extremelf hot house
mrt of logio, age attributed to that wicked
institution, the British Government!'
When the storm bursts we nnay expect
judging from his bloody preachings, tha
tho " Big Titian" a the Canadiau will
soon hard the stack -pole of his literary
wigwam ornamented with the reeking
soaps °task Saxons. It is comfortable
for an editor to have a hobby, but _Ini
should be -breught up for " cruelty to:;
animals if he is guilty otriding it -to
• death.
may*yet.disperse, the wind permanently.' praying her to convey that expreision of feel-
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'forsake its wintry birthplace- in - the lee her to the American Government; .Two
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caves of the North, and. t..he genial nun_ I great tneetings were held -iii Liyerpool,which,
shine call out the full life and loveliness after approprhae speeches had been delivered,
adcipted unanimously resolutionii-expressire
of 'Nature ; but, _in the meantime, we
of their horror and deep sorrow at the ass.as-.
listen to the rattline' windows and shudder
sination. The commereiat bodies of London
as we draw nearer to :the cheerful fire. adcppted similar resolutions, and likewise the
By turtling back -the pages of the Signa/, official bodies in -various towns and -Pro-
it svill be seen that we had a shower of vinces. The Americans in London assembled
snow on the salte day last year. It is to in' Grosvenor Hotel, at the invitation Of Mr,
F. Wood. The meeting • adjourned till the
tst of May, when Minister Adams will preside
at a mass meeting of Americans in.St. James
Hall. • • •
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Mr. Gladstone has made hii financial state-
ment in the House -of Commons. It shows
Snowsuit Peach Blossom's.
be ho,ded. that the coincidence will go no
further. .
" 'Why They dont4
- The Montreal Trade Review in hn able
a surplus of nearly four million pounds sts‘r
editorial article accounts for the fact that
He proposei to take 2d off the income tax -6d
off the tea duty, to reduce the fire insurance
there have beet) fewer failures this spring
nd other minor chanties'. The
in the T_Inited States, where prices have duty Is 6d, a 0
newspapers generally approve:of the schenie.
ttimbled down " at kast fifty per cent.
The Italian Chamber ot Deputies "adopted_ an
address expressing grief at Presidpt Lin-
-colnts assaesination, The' Chamber was
'draped in his honour. -A .Paris letter states
that the most profound and universal regret
and indignation ia ekpressed there -at the
assassination. Mt. MaSon (rebel,) in a letter
to the Index, repudiatee the- crime on behalf
of the rebel States. , • _ - •
The news by the " Nova Scotian" or the
;assassination of President Lineol it and Seey
Sewarkwas published throughout England on
the 26th ult., aild-created a Mosi;profetincl
sensation... The -strongest feelings of sympa-
thy, indianntion, avid horror were universally -
Tho r-iturnsof one swallow,. or ten swal-
since March, than in Cauada, where no
such chanoe has taken place,.as follows :-
" A merchant cannot fail unless he owes
scimething. Whatever his loises way be, if
he hai no debts to pay, the world outside is
not aeffeted ; the loss is confine•d ;to himself,
and nti one .else _suffers. In New Y ork, and
_throughout' the United States, very -great
t bange has taken place in busiuess. The
loog-credit systein has been aldost universally
dispensed with, and, except an occasional
transaction on. thirty days' paper, -the vast
hialk ot. business' transactions for the -past
three years has beenon a cash basis: expressed. There was bat mie voice throug.h.
tiety . of • causes has prodoced this Tespit,. I Oat ihe ..cOnntry, and these who.sympathiz d
which we have only space to enumerate: su with.the canse.of tbe South evinced goite ,as
as the:constant flectuationin currency, so that ninth indignation as the Wiarmest friends of
a merehat dealing in. poOs -on credit, not I the Noirth. In. all places..it was the all per -
only speculated in the article itself, 7--subjeat-i
to the- laws of its supply end demand, -.-hut pension of business pAiiculaFly in Liverpool
vading, topic, and caused almost total::sus-
also speculated in currency for if he either
bought -or sald -on credit, his paynients or.
receipts at a futere time could never he cle-
lined. He tni,t,tht, just as 'well specirlate in
gold at once. ' He therefore. was Wise in
pitying for his goo& LS be bOught thetn, and
gettnigpaid for them as he sold tbeni. This
crreat chancre in the trade could aever have
taken place but foi the enoimouS increase of
the' currency, the plenitude of which was
another redson for cash. transactions."..
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The line_ of reasoning' abopte.d:' by our
Contemporary will recommend itself to
the .common-senselof everY •Shrewd..man
of .business. . Before- Canada' can rid .the deepest regret and horror. that ,the Presi-
dent of the United States has been deprived
' Of life -by an act of 'violence. and .we desire to,
express our sympatbkat the sad elentr tp the
American Pilinister no* in Lendon, &dwell
as to declare our hope and confidepee in the
future Cif that great coati ty; which we- trust
will contnine to be aesOciated with enlighten-
ed freedoni and peaceM1 relations With this
andevery other cOuntri."--7--
- -Editorial -Itetias-:- The Tithes,. of the 27th, sap even-
ing it. may be tipected.thattbe-leades of the
great parties in •the Hense: of Conimoas will
mke the opportunity of expressing, in the -
name of. the natiOn, zthe horror which is
everyihere felt at the c* rime apd as aistiring
the American people that wiLiever difference
of opinion May exist iu this -country tt.s to the
present -war,. there is but one feeling of iiyin-
pithy *with them at -the loss of in honeat and:
high minded magistrate, -
The London aiad. prorincial journals alike.
describe the iatense eteitement which the
news, created,and all unite in warns eulogiems
upon_ Mr: Lincoln, and bitter .denunciatiorei
of the assassinatien. The Paris aad conti-
nental journils also 'contain articles oa the -
subject. Tthe scene on..Change 1.4lerpool
will not soon he forgotten. • The excitement
--has rarely if ever been exceeded. Late in
the day a request was sent to -the • Mayar to
calla pablic meeting to express the sorrpw
and indignation- . ._tbe pOple.:. Hundreds
sigtied it, and the MaYor issued his' procle.ina
tioa for a memingat St. George's Hall oh -
the afternoon Of the 27th, to be adjourned tO
the evening of -the iame driy, that the work -
him classes May.likcaise have an opportunity
ofe'atteudinv •-
he flags oa the Town Hall and other
buildiUgs, and flu shipping' at- Liverpciol, were
displayed at half mast. All American raj --
dent in Lotidon,_the Union andEmaiseipation
Society ised-the people of Man -cheater, Bir-
mingham, &c.; were to .ineet on the 27th to
exprem .their sentim nts. -The Liverpool
Post, of the 2702; is printed with the columns
in mournintr.* Tbe Times says that nothing
in political7history -can be •- rementhered that -
has ever drawa forth'a More unanimous feel-
ing than.-- this news. Peraanally. President
Lincoln enjoyed the kind tiger& of -every
one in tegland. The extent- to which his
infiuenee Was estimated in upholdipg amicably
the relations between England arid.the United
States, his been sholgo by a fall of nmielual
selerity in- all classes of. securities. - The
*Times:editorially says that the news will -be
received throughaut Europe with a sorreivr as*
siucere and profound as it awoke even in the
United States. • Mr 'Lincoln's perfect h_ouesty
speedily becanyi apperent, anti Englishmen
learned to rospeat hint: It also says1-.--"Un-
jiuit as we believe it Li) hei: thesConfederate
caw will not matte the dishonour Cast upon
it by these wanton Murd-ers.'t -
The Daily -News says that Mr: Lincoln. has
not fallen in..the. flusb -of-triumph, for ro
thought of triumph wis hi- that Wiriest and
hemble heart; but his task was aCcomplished
_atid-thehattle-of his life was won, and in all
tune to come,: &mono' till Who think of man-
hood more than:rat; the name Of Abraham
Lincoln will be held in reverence and lotte.
. The Nevis -then continues:-" We will_ not,
Without further and OVerWhelming preof, lay
charge of this hnirible conspiracy to the
leaders -or abettors of the. South.' -
The -Star pays a warm tribute to .Mr Un-
coil', and eulogises . his eteadfast policy of
peace, in --spite of all prevocatiOns. towards
England. It also expresses great confidence
that the North, even in its hour Of just ipdigs
petiole, will bear -itself with that magnanimeuit.
Clemency -which thui.-far has- attended its.
tnumph. - •-• :
The Daily Telegraph says pesFrom vulgar.
corruption, from factious hatred, front means.
story of the loss and recovery of a Z20 note est jealousy thirgreat ruler wis wholly free.
at Aitilithgow. • 8034 one remembered. that j'At last came w_haiseemed tebe the fruition
he had seen a -dog trishing about With a liege of hislabOur, the reward. of bit .pittience and
courage. He entered' Richmond as a eon.
Of discolored paper in its :mouth. An emetic
apd Manchester. London consols fell
nearly 1 per cent, . but slightly recesered af
terward; 5 20's fefl to 58 to 60 ex coupon ;
I11 C shares to 68 to 69, and Erie to 4l
There was IL slight rally next day. Tte cot-
ton market was quite unsettled, and most of
the holders withdrew their steels. Prices
were about ad higher. •
On Wednesday there was only a day session
of Parliatnent. The attendance was very
slim, only about 60- members being present.,
They all signed the following address, whieh
was presented the same evening to Mr.
Adams :•-" We the tudersigned members of
the House of Cammous, have learned with
herself of the incubus of baekruptcies
under which she groans, a death blovr
must be given to the credit system. Want
of money muSt be made -up by increased
frugality and economy..
03- A man named McVicar fell into the
hold of a vessel at Wallecebarg 'On the 1st
and was killed.
ir:rt A. sturgeon was caught:in the -St. Clair.
a few days ago 6ft. 3in. leag- and iveighing
102 lbs. - - • ,
113.a There are about four hunired men at
work onthe different breaks- in the Osweec
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0:5.. The grandfather of' ex -President
• aiso surnamed Abraham, was murdered
hy Indians ia 1774. .;
*tt A. colossal bronze eagle, weighing "40
tons, is io be rlaced oa the top. of the Arc de
Triomphe iu Paris.
ea- A -great many Russians have 1i -tali -
arrived in .Paris, running away from th
tIplague.t! . •
Two troops of. cavalry reunited in
Massiehusetts • for *service on the Canadian
frontier, are daily expected at Ogdensburg:
0- The great_ body. of the armies of the
Potomac andSheratatee are ordered tO Wash-
ington, retaining me -rely the_needful garrisOns
it the South.
I)::ks It is said that the Emperor of. the
French has sent the London Times a copy
of "Ciesar;'? with a dedication in his owp
hand. .
ni--A queer uity hi New •York, says the
World. than. two years -since, fOr one
entire week, tt was as much as a neg,ro's fife
was worth to be seen in the streets, While now
they are on the very topmost wave of fashion-
able favor I •
61. The Peterboroagh Examiner learns
that in Cowan no less tharrfour very tespect-
able persons have had their horses shaved
beeause they voted for the Deakin and
urges that those- who violated the law should
ne punished-
C:le- A. correspondent from the army gives
the following interesting item : "In"this bat-
tle we lost the brave Capt: A can-
non ball took oft his heal His last words
Were-"Bury,me on thespot Where I
e-Zse General -Sir John Michell will leave
England on the -20th of this•month for Cana:
da in order to replace General Williams, He
will be ac-cc-iinpanied by Lt. Colonel Earle,
of the Grenadier Guards, as A. D. C.
113.- Count Walewski has. heen appitinted
President of the Corpa Legislatif. He is an
illegitimate spn of Napoleon the First, and a
man of cousiderable
0:3.. Another. rerolition, the fortieth or
fiftieth at (emit, has broken out in Bolivia. -
General Belza, its leader, was shot, and there
the matter ended. .
The Edluburgh Daily Review tells a
regard to the assasination of President- Lin.
coln,- from the fact that Andrew Johnson
would take his place, and unavoidable deduc-
tions were drawn from his eoudoet at the
inauguration ceremonies at Washington on
the 4th of March and also from the tenor of
his varions.speeches.
-The London Timeis suggests that Mr.
Johnson -should resign voluntarily, or in case
of his failing to do so, that liublic opinion
hould be so expressed in regard to him as
to lead him to resign.
The Daily News -says that it has made care-
ful ienquiries, and is assured on reliable
authority that the ineident so regretable
which- occurred at his installation _as - Vice
President cannot without injustice -be taken
to represeut Mr. Jchnson's eharacterlas those -
who know h03 well describe him 'as a -Man of
real capacity and temperate habits.
The Daily Nesvs adds -mast wait a
while -before we pask judgment upon him;
Tbe. failure. of Messrs.. Max, of London,
large.. dealers, hi American: seeurities,: was
announced on the -26th ult. - 'Their
-are stated -at $15,000. ."
. Letters -of condolence from the Finperor
and Prince Napoleon -to the family of the
late Mr. Cobden are published.
Death of the Heir to the Husdian
Throne.
OT. rgreessuitor-April 24 -e -noon.
. A tele,grain has. just been received- here'
from annOuecing the death of the
Czarewiteh which tottit place early this
ALExasintowtrolt.
The untimely decease of the young Czare
witch will not only throw a ireat empire into
mourning, but will call forth regret and pity
wherever the hews is heard. In "-the first
freshness of youth, betrothed to a_Ptinces's
whine qualities promised him every happiness,
with a throrte for art heritage, and the half of
two continents as a dominion,- he has died at
the early e.ge of twentysoneyeara. Nicholss
Alexandrowitch _was. 'born on the 8th (20th)
Of September, 1843, and was named after his
grandfather, then the most powerful sovereign
in the • world; end arbiter of Central and
Eastern Europe. His short lite has been
dilided -into two periods by a great war end
hy a social and: political revolution. Hts
earjiest lessees were.those which every Res-
rian prince or noble was taught during the
reign of the -late Czar. Ao. iron rule at
hoipe, an high handed and domineering - poli-
cy 'abroad, beth founded, in a belief in the
irresistibility of the imperial power, must -
have filled the delicate child witivstrange no-
tions of the destinies to which he was called.
But he hid growa from boyhood to 'Manhood
under milder aui-pices. Russia, worsted -in
e0t1teSt with Europe, has beep engaged for
the list ten years in Acting -those internal:
reforms whicliNicholds despised. but which
a wiser, beeause a more humane policy
has now accepted. In his father'S -court
he 'had: all-sthe advantages whieh able
and Zealops iiittruetors could confer, and
might have- learnt the art of golernnient by
watching his brountry while -passing, threugh
the meet momentous change in its annals,; --
To his temperament the new state. of things
Would have been:more fitting to wield the
power with which his - 'grandfatiter,.1oled to
face Europe, -With-bist hand cin his- sword,_
ready to throw it into the balance whenever
any one dated to measure rights with him.---.
But sech 0;i1 Ennieror as his father is, the
young Nicholas might have been.
wait admiuistered to the animal, and, strInge
to say, the noti was recovered.
*st- Profanity is rampant in the States..-
queror, but he launched no decree of pro..
seription against the South; for the hght
appeared to him to be over, and it WAS not in
his large heart to bearmaliceagainst a bea-
, _ _
ten foe.- He epoke very kindly of General
*IN den sok satrap irid:cate the .11.-ratIng its snaay tokens is a pamphlet, just
blishedhere entitled " The Second Co - Lee' alYa SeeretarY Stanton ; and °a that
2114141**avelut slimmer -nor dttet "- ' • 11' same eight that he pleaded fer mercy and
4_ sag of the -Son of Maa cm the AMennall tee peace a villain killed hint Not. for Lin-
' of It hi
. Pete "mu* atwaYs '"ing Union Shown to be the New Heaven and-thei coln himself can the end 'be .considered as
Vita it sweet; Soft Ltouthern keno's and 'New Earth," unhappy. Much Uneasiness WaS Waned in
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Assaesination of the Sec4-of the
Russin Legation .
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' • PARIS, A.pril
• YeSterday, at 3 p: m., a stranger preseated
himaelf at Russian embassy, demanding, to
spealt_with the Secretary of Legathic. Almost
.inamediately after his entrauce a -noise was -
heard, and the secretary was found colered
"with blood, having received:five stabs from -a
dagger. .The nruiderer fled, but7was.stopped,
when- he wounded, two other persons before
he was a -rested: 'The Secretary is reported
_to be dead. . . -
TheTaris e-renin.e papers state that the
name Of the person who atteMpted to assassi-
nate M. Pala, Attache -of the Russian Eat,
bassy, is Nikitenko, and that he was formerly
a aub,lieutenant in the Russian arniy. His
object is said.to have been teask.assistance
of M. Beloit, The latter, it is added, is not
dead, and Dr, Nelaton hopes to be_able to
save hie life. _ •
- g • The Road -Murder.
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and she, too, indulged in a copious flaw of
tears. Ultimattly, Mlis Kent regained her
szomposure, and nothing afterwards occurred
to •outwary mark her sense of the awful
position in which she is placed.
United States.
CLIITTANOOGA, Buy 9. -Jeff. Davis WM at
Powelton, Hancock county, Gat, last Friday
night. Gen. Wilson has printed handbills
aunouncing the reward tor his capture, and
scattered theM threw the couptry.. -
WASHINGTON; May 9.-A special despatch
to the New York Times Says that the capture
of Jeff. Davis is now looked upon by the
military -authorities as certain. In addition
to the particutars of his whereabouts tele-
graphed last nieht, it is now kupwn that Davis
and the. two brigades of cavalry with Hill are
so completely envelopedhy Stoneman, Wilson
and Griersop.that escape is impossible,except
as &disguised and solitary fugitive. The lat-
,est intelligence renders it probable that
thierson, who commands the cavalry under
Gen. Car.by, will succeed in capturing Davis
hisllight across Alabama, -
The marth of the homewardbound armies
continues with unabated vigor. Mead's
veteran columns had hardly made their grand
march thought the ecinquered capital ot re-
bellion before the camp -fires 9f Shermaies
legion lighted up the Junks of the Jamei
river: The advance of Meade's troops , was
to -day in the vicinity oflouisa Court House,
and is expected to encimp near Alexandria
by 'Saturday. Shernaisn's four corps
are. expected to pass.through Riebtpond to-
morrow, and they will press ihe ariny of the
Potoniac hard in the homeward march.
Sheridan'seavalry" left Petersburg yetster-
dart° move. overland to Alexandria.' The
main part of the foree will come ,t1).- this
vicinity, and -probably Undergo reorganiza-
tion at once. On,e biigede of cavalry will
he ieft at Lynchburg, another at Panville,
and another at -Petersburg, ivhich will- patrol
the country, preserve order, and punteh
guerillas and outlaws. _
WASHINGTON, May 10: -The civil mathinery
is already being put into operation in Virginia.
The StaW has Just been divided into four dis-
tricts, and the Secretary of the Treasury has
appeinted a Timber of assessomi ard collec
tors. - _
Tlie witnesses in - the assaisination case
are panic stricken, fearing assassination in
ease they give their teetimonyf One of them
yesterday. made a verbal statement to _ the
Secretary of War relative to the complicity
of Thompson, Sanders and the rest, but peg-
tively-retused to appear before the court unless
assured that his name, residence and testimony
ahould sni,pressed and newspaperreporters
be excluded from tbe -court duritig- the ex-
aminatien. This was conceded him but it is
believed heshas fled North ie another panic.
Alamo:ex FINANOES.-The Buffalo Cour-
ier says :-1- Mr, Harrington; assistant sec
retary of the treasury, is about to preceed to
Europe, end while ahsent will negotiate a
foreign lnan for five thOusand million -diillars,
principal ankinterest payable, abroad : Under
these circumstances it is expected that fotir
per cent; which point it is exPected the 5 20s
wilt exceed. This loan may be placed at
London or divided between that market and
the continent - The eroceeds of this loan will
be used to pay the expenses of our Euro-
pean and Brazil -squadrons and the foreign re
presentabves, besides providingmeans to pay
off the entire floating debt of the United
States. ,The rate of four ler cent. has.
beendecided upon, with a yiew to establish a
precedent upon.' which the whole remaining
public debt mey be finally lauded."
June, .1860, a little boy named_ Fran-
cis Saville Hunt was 'barbarously inurdered
at Road :in -The murdered wai
never discovered, althqugh Constance Keet;
the dainghter of Mr. Kent, 'one Of Her Majes-
ty's Suti-Inspectors of _Faitories. was aecused,
and afterWards the nurse -s -Elizabeth Gou-gh
-but both %Sere discharged for want of evi-
dence. - Many circinnstances have :contri-
. buted to the. insiory ot.the case, to give it
.notoriety,lnd,probably for six months no mur-
der was ever so much discussed by; the
public-. At last it was forgotten, but there
remained in the mindi of the authorities who
had lb deal with the case, an ithpreissionthat
Constance. Kent wits. the marderer. Not so
with the public in the neighbourhood Of the
tregedy. They:would- hase.it_that Mr. Kent
had murdered his own son -a little felhaw
only font. yeariaild: So much odium accum-
ulated that Mr.Kent was *Compelled to kale
_Wiltshire and remove to Wiles. hie.anwnile
Geugh, the nurse, married a farm-
er .and eminated Anstralit. Constance
Kent, leaving her family, had traveled . on -
the Continent, and eventually become an in-
mate of a HOMe for Ladies at Erighten eon;
nection with St. Paul's Church, whete the
teachiegs are very high indeed. Miss Kent
made a statemeet to `the Rev. Mr. Wagner
and he redommendeci herto tneke a -confession.
This Constance.Kent did on Tueaday befere
the chief magistrate of Bow Street, who
frequently warned her df the sblemn Conse-
quences of what she was doing. She per;
aisted, however, in saying that she slope and
unaided murdered 'her half hrother Francis
Seville Kent, and was sent- to Trowbridge
where she -was hrought before the niagistrates
by wheel ske- has been remanded for a week.
-Leader: •
,
CONSTANCE KENT IN COURT;-Ab011t halt
past, twelvt o_'clock Mies Constance Kent was
brought intecoert, atniclit -the hashed siletice
of those present,: She *as attired in deep
black -arid walked into the deck with a_ _firm
step. .She wait accompanied -by Mies green,
'who was allowed te occupy , a -seat near her
in the dock. Altheugh Miss Kent wore
thicleved, her 'Countenance -could be seen
very plainly, and those who remembered Miss
Constance Kent as the'slender girl of sixteen, -
could scarcely- recOgnitie tlie same person iu
the robust, and healthful form of Miss Con-
stanceKent of -twenty-one. She had wonder-
fully changed, and in fire years had rown
into.woutanhood, and seerned the very picture
ef health and good living. Her conduct in
the dock was at first -marked with great cern-
postirevand her :replies to the- .questiona
dreited to her -by the clerk to'the magiatrates
Were given in a clear and firmicine of voice ;
when, however,- Iaepeeinr wati
giving.his evidence, .and read .riut her written
confession of the murder. of her,brother, she
could no longer reatmin lier feelings, Ind
hursting iuto a ilood'of tears, she seek into
her Seat and buried her face in handker-
chief _MI the breast of Mies Green: Her
sobs were load. and bitter,Linci, im 'may he -
welt imagined, :WS wens created' no little
sensation -and .eacitement in the crowded
court. Miss Green, *hp had at firitassunted
au elmost maseuline Meanie* cciuld 'not res
-main uncenterned when this event took place;
.
•
AMP
Who's Who I '
TheNew :York "Journal of Commerce
says :--‘4Colonel Jacob Thompson .was for
several years a menther of the United States
Congress from Mississippi, and Secietary of
the Interior Department during the greater
part of Mr. Buchanan's Administration. He
resigned when the State seceeded, and. Ott the
inatt4uration of -hostilities accepted nulitary
iervice. He was,,Sormetly two years in cont.
mand of a regiment, andsubsequently became
Ipipector General for the Department of
Mississippi.: For a year past he has served
the Confederates in a diplomatic capacity.
Clement C. -Clay was formerly Senetor in
the United States Congress frotn Alabama,
and, since the war served in the confederate
Congress in a sirdlar capacity,. excepting the
past ten mouths spent in Canada.
" George- N. Seeders,- a tutted politician
and Navel Agent for the port of New York
under Mr. Buchanan, isss native of Keetucky,
and was a great friend of Senator Douglasa.
He entered into an agreemeet in 1863, to
furnish the Confederate Government with 6
ironclads, to be built in England... Sandell;
made hiit way through the North to Canada,
disguised as a Cornishman. The Confederate
Government however, annulled the. contract
with Mr. Sanders; who subsequentlYsieturned
to Canada. He projected' the peace negotia-
tion which -resulted in the• issue of Mr. Lin-
coln's proclamation, g -To whom it may con-
cern.' - --
" Beverly Tucker is. a Virginian; pahlished
the Sentinel in Washington in 1850. ahd was
Consul to Liverpool from 1856 to 1868.
" W. C. Cleary,vegretary of Mr. Clay, is
.frem Harriseu co., Ky., and fled to the South
in 1861. He- was the leading Democratic
member of the Kentucky legisleture in the
sessions of 1860 aud 1861." - -
. Complicity Denied.
TO-ANDSEW JOHNSTONf.PNESIDENT or TIE
• UNITED STATES :
Your proclamation is a living, burning lie,
known to be such by yourself and all your
surroundings-s-nnd all the hired perjurer*. in
Chriatendom shell not _deter us from exhi
biting to _the civilized world your hellish . plot
'murder our Chrijtaan President 1
We -recognize in many of our most die
tinguithed'generals men of honour, and we
.d.cr not believe their associations even. wah,
you his so brutalized them as to prevent
their doing justice tb a Public enemy -under
such grave charges. Be this _as it may, we
challenge you to select any nine of the 25
generels that we name, to form -a courtinartial
for. our Arial, to be convened at the United
States Fort, at Rouse's Point, or Any 'Other
placeAhat yen will not have empower to incite
the mob to destroy us en_route, viz.-: Gens.
Scott, • Grant, -Sherman, Meade. Rasecrans,
Howard, 'Burnside, Hancock, Hooker, Scho
field, Wright, Dix,- Cadwallader, rmory,-
Blair, Pleasanton Logan, Steele. Peck,
Hatch, Frenklin,_liOdmans Alexander, Car,
Reynolds and _Meagher t -the money that
you have so prodigally offered to have. the
unaffending neutrality of a, neighbouring state
vislated by the unwarrantable seizure of our
persons ta :he paid over to clefts the pro
fessibual and other expenses of our trial, to
the laWyers that we shall designate, and who
are in no wise to be prejudiced, in our defence,
our witnesses also to have the fullest protec-
tion, and upon our. acquittal of the charges
preferred again:A-nein your proclamation, we
are to be premitted to retard under safe con -
duet. •
In COHCIIISiOlI; We say we have no acquain-
tance whatever with Mr. Booth, or any of
'those -alleged to have been engaged with him.
We' have -never seen or had any. knowledge
in anywise of him. or them. and ae hos •never
written us 0 note, or sought as intervier
witA. .ft• , ei
UNOlgull L'ilit cANDERS. -
BM,IIIAT. Tunas&
Montreal May 4,1865. -
A Hard Story about Gen. Wade
Hampton and his Father.
Young Wade itim-pton was sent when a
very young man to the West with a large sum
of money to buy land. His father was very
rich. When young Wade reached New Or-
leansf he had a desire to look at the pictures
and see the sights. He went one evening te
a gambling house, and was induced to play
at a faro table. He was cleaned out, having
lost twenty-five thousand dollars. He wrote
to his father and confessed Ws fol'y and his
loss. The old -gentleman same on to New%
Orleans, and caused his son to point out the
gambling house where he lost his money.
Droppieg in he looked at the play for a while
and then threw down a -purse upon_the table.
Ile lost, and the keeeer emptied the purse of
five hundred dollars in gold; He threw down,
another purse, and this time he was a winner.
The keeper opened the. purse- and canting
the goldsvas about to pay over the anibun
won, whsa Mr. Hampton remarked that he
had not emptied it of all its contents. A
little eXamination discovered ,in the purse a
check for twenty-five thousand- dollars, which
had been so emmealed that it would- not fall ,
out;with the -gold, The keeper of the bank
made no objection to paying over the Beth,
which Mr. Hampton quietly put in .bis pocket
and walked off. The next morning he hand-
ed the twenty five thousand denim to his sees
told him to be more careful of his money,
never to gamble again, butgo about his bine
ness and , complete his purchase ofland.-
a_
33 tn.
On the morning of Thursday, the Ilth
inst., JANES RUNCINAN gen., Esq., aged 75
years. The funeral will take place from his
late residence, East Sti; on Saturday the 13th
inst., at 2 o'clock, when friends and acquaiu-
tances are respectfully invited to attend with-
out further notice.
THE MARKETS:
•
Gomm; May 12ti, 1.8641
Fall Cleat,. *1:00
Spring do -0;87 0;90
. . . .. 0:374 0:40
Barley ................ 0:55 1%0
Peas 0;00 046
Pork 5:50 0;00
Wool f1:18 11:25
Beef, 3:SO 4:50''-
Lambs...- ... .210- LW
furkies, each 0145 0:50-
ileese, do ........... 025: 0:006
tAickens, lft pair ........ 0:20 1):00'
0:25'
0:008
0:112:
0.341
4:00
0:50
hicks, do -0:40
Ilides (greenj........... '2:25
lictter +0. 0 tfis
Potatoes • IBS • 000 ID 0... 0;35.
sails ow 0.0" • 2100
lgees .040. ••:-.0 •• • 4;--; 0:08
Troy Whig. .
Reward for Jefferson Davis.
-
The .New Yerk Tribune expres.ses the
'opinion -that there is doubtless ' iiidence
the burean•of military justice" qf thf ch7irac-
ter alluded to in the proclamation of President
Johnson, -offering th.ereward of $100,600 for
the apprehension of jeffenton Davis, but "that
evidence when traversed, Sifted and scratin-
iced, may -be found to eonsist of- hearsay
tales, and the'ambitious outgivings iof melo-
dramatic villains of the Wilkes Booth genus."-
gi The natural improbability of the charge is
heightened almost to incredibility4ben
consider how all but imposeible it was that
the rebellipn (should derive tiny advantage
from our presideat's death, or even final that
of any half -a doze's Chiefs vihom the ISISSMISiUS
Might kill" _ - . I
THE -CONING SEMNEB.-gr. Du Beaky,
the well. knOwa'weether prophet, hu issued
e pamphlet . -on the coming Eitel:tier; in'
which he ventures some very interesting
Speculations en the influences of the atmos-
,phere. The 'following is Mr. DU Boulay's
rather dismal forecast for the coming. Slim-
mer not that' many accustomed
observers would. consider the vernal equin-
octial weather. just passed through to be what
is quite meal for the time. There, may be
some grounds for Viewing it, in its main
Characteristics, as simply an exaggeration of
the weather which preVailed abont the same
period of last year, emit iinplying for :this
year the seme probable result as for the lam,
viz., general dryneas and fineness in- the
weather and early Maturity "of crops, and
Mime observer* have alreedy written to the
author 'expressing these opinions: This is
not, however,. the light in whith it ;ile going
to be viewed in tills tbreoest. It wee evident-
ly a result of a great mrial -movement in the
higher regions of the atmoipheres, -passing
over nearly all Europe, and affecting in
diverse Manned; the lower atmosphere of the
-different countries of this pertion -of the
Theauthor mist Eimfess that he has
had- very great difficulty ID' COMISS to the
eonelusien as to thh light it throwa on the
probable futire, becausui he has never seen
its real parallel before; hut, -though ,t a may
be safe to trim between two extreme 'conclu-
sions, it will be right to speak, without -fear,
what, is fipolly thouglit about it, It ie could;
ered to be significant of a summer reinarkable
for its extreme coldness, thereby throwing -
back the trope for thetr fall time of watering
and hoping into the usual period of the -
atuninal rains. The whole period of their•
growth will be probably rendered unkindly -
for theni hy the presence ofnewoeted cold,
accompanied in7 the early portion of, their
growth- by great dryness, and at later
period 'by much wet, Night frosts, -also, and
boisterous winds are cofitingencies, which
certaialy threatert danger,' whether -they come
to paseor not: The whole season is likely
to be rendered Unkindly and'. blighting by -
cold, whethet it is present Wall- times, or
whether it comes as night frost, violently con,
treating with -the heat and sunehine of the
day. A sort of seascin semis to premised=
.would not oe kindly for anything, and there-
fore there ca,n be but little use in -proposing
discrimivate the elianoes of different creps, .
What the grciwth of rooteduring minima may
be itis not attempted here to say ; but in SO
cold U seltS011; and the fore part *fit dry also,
the 'sooner the seed is in and up, perheps the
better. Ireland and Scotland must probably----.
participete;_theugh perhaps hardly as much
as England., in the extraordinary vicissitudes
of the season expected ; and- it is, thought
probable that many European countries . will
have miusual summers,though it cannot be
surmised of -what tort they will be, The
venni!, equinox has certainly tot been an
ordinary one, and it is impoisible to suppose
that the ensuing summer shall be go. The".
great doubt 'Was, whether the` latter part of
summer' should be dry or wet ; the . balance
is thought to turn in favor of wet"
isms .
THE PROFITS or BANILIIIG.11r.jOhil HeOrf -
Gurney, the member for King's Lynn (whose
wife went -off with her forittnan few years
ihice, thelcandal ,of all rightsminded per-
soney and whose uncle, the late Mr. Samuel
Gurney, has just left him £1,20p.,000 in bard
sunlit, bat become a punter in the great
inOney-broking house of °versed, 4iimey
Co., of Lombird stfiet. Some idea of -the
-magnitude of the operations of this firm may
be gathered from the fact that, -although they
lost in the crisis of Ian year chiefly kir the
failure of houses in the produce trade, shout.
L600,000, their:profits never' were so large u
in that very year. Their transactions may
be calculated by- millions per diem. and there
lino day that their net profit; de not intioaat -
_to £1,000, generally toinceit more.
INTERNATIONAt CLAINS.-,-A Washington
correspondent to the New York Tribune of_
Monday. says The joint American an&
British Commistion,for the adjastment of the,
delete 'of the Iludson'a Bay co. and Puget .
Sound Agricultural Ce., heve . now got the
respective -Amounts claimed hy: each finally -
submitted. The Bay Company's claim foot.
up about 0,000,000. :4. Agricultural -Co.,
*101.,100,T0h0e0..ra" mains. an :ancient ay bave
been discovered in the department of Osorno,
south of Chili, supposed to be either the rich
milting city of Ponzueles Or that -of Los
Cesares, also fabulous for its wealth. What-
ever City it may hive been; the ,discovery will
doubtless attract attention, _from the welt
known fact that the majority.of such settle-
ments *ere foituded the noteity of wealthy
'mines.. •
PONCE ON DtTNICIN.---PUNCA ISyS: i•The
Allure of the Canadian Dunkin's attempt at
dictating the drink of his neighbours may
-serve to show our English-dOnkeys, Who pes-
ter. the Legislature with the demand of 11.
Permiesive Prohibitory -Liquor Law, how
much they would accompleih even if they
obtained an Act of Parliment for* pnrpose
of.ruining the -publican, robbing the poor
man of his beer, and creating a vast deficit
id the revenue. Let us hear no Mere Of their
officious nonsense; and let it tai understood
that:the leg/Ammo 'of oth.Cr,people's habits is
henceforth to be cottoned to" Wilms and
-dressmakers.
_
pp.„.......... 001104 0:4
hay, VI -ton 114,f 14:0&
Etraw, per - 4:00 &OW
new Adurtiftinti4s. •
CUNION Chin- of REVS*
-111.1E Court otIteviston for the villagrofCbaton
will hold itifirst sittings in the -
FREEMASONS HALL, OliNTON,
ON
TUESDAY' THE 23rd MAY, INSTi
at twelve o'clock,noost. -
All parties interested will take netice and
govern themselves accordingly.
RUSSEL 11. READ,
Clinton May 1065.
I
nrsoLvizarr ACT OF 186t,
INSOLVENCr FOR THE UNIT-
- ED COUNTINS OF HURON AND
BRUCE. • -
CHAILLEBE. ARCHIBALD, P•laivir:
VS. --
IOHN DOItOG11, . _ - Defendavt.
Ti PON reading the affidavit fyled and upon
w hearing the Attorney for the above named
Plaintiff I do ordir that a meeting of the
- - ' creditors 61 the above named
j essesesses I defendant do take, place be -
.1 30-30 j fore me at the Law OStie of
1 -F. F. Messieurs Toms &Moot% a t.
Law the Town of Geduld!, in She
Stamp. . said Unitad Cotmties, on
`'''''''."' Motday, ihe Fifth of June„
A. D. 1865, at ten of thfclock in the fore-
noon, for the purpose of -giving their advice
upon the appointment of an_official assignee -
under the above act. . .
R. COOPER,
. Judge Our= 4. Brum
Dated at my ehatubeis in iheI
Town of Goderich this 11th 1
day of May, A. D. 1865. j w16 -/t -
NOTICE TO RATEPAYER&
OODEU
• . -
41 HE Alphabetical Rcill for the examination,
J. of the Ratepayers is now open for view at
the Town Hall from ten o'clock in the fore-
noon till four o'clock -in the aftemoon. Thee
first sitting of the -Court of Revision will lw
'mid in the Town Rail on , -
Friday the L9th Inst
At 2 of the cloolc. All notices of .apPlOals
according to Statute ought to be in the hands
of the Clerk ea or befere the 14th inst.
JAMES THOMtatiN,
Mews Clerk',"
IfIth day of 'Nay, 1865. *16-2t
insolvent Act of 1864;
/a the CountyCourt ethe United Coultas:
.q1 Huron and Bruce. .
- _PROVINCE OF CANAD4. ID 'the Matter Of
1,
COUPtiy of Huron „ Mit CHARLES W. PI0K.•
of the United -Counties TOED, an 'Duel -
of Huron and Brace. vent. ,
NOTICE is hereby fret that the
signed hasiled int e office or this' tot*
a deed of composition and discherge execut-
ed by his Creditors and that on Tuesday, .the
eighte,enth day-of.Tuly next, at ten of *
clock in the. forenoon, or as soon as counsel
van be heard, be will apply to the Judge of
tAhcets.aid Court: C-factrAancomn:rinatisr. pi. on-cir-a:csapid„is--
charge thentot effected in his Wow under said
By JAMEgt P.. WOOD,
Stratford, MayptlaiSi7142' a'111:11edinelyZut .
1-‘04:54-S()- 1:77(1}
VOIIND on the belch of Labs- keson,'
J.' about 5 utile' trom poderiehl theatith
of April -last, s quantity of Pine Sur Legs,.
marked P., .1ir. and F. The owner as re-
quested to prove property, pay expeissacanti
nitakoenththfermoniawausay. asitef moot eladi .41/41, th, voin
auction.
RICHARD
Goderich township, May. 6th, -1865. wirt4t
SHERIFFS BALE or was;
Wined Counties of B. if virtue et a Wait et
marl
Marcie sea Br - &Simi !scum issued. est
TO WU: of Her liajeitri Coda,-
Courtof the United Ciateties of/Luton and Unto*/
and -to me directed against the' lincil bull 'noose -
melts 'of James Clakke at ahe gait Of AoSart '
Thampeon,i haveseizeil and IMAM 1n execution
all the right, title tad utterestof the saki Asia -
dant in and to lot number 224 itt the- tetra of
Goderich, intim county -et Huron, which Judi
and tenements filial! -offer for sale title
in the Court House in th-a town of Gatkut on
Tuesday, the fitteetith 4lay of Atigestanst01411,
hour of twelve of the clock, 10014 , ,-.:
. ' JOHN MACDONALD,
tritenfli. ds. 1L,
By 8 Pot.toes, Deputyllre; ; ''._.. ,-.4, . „
13berig'svacetGoastiPtalt 4: ,:•: c ilr :•.?.' *it
ltith May 1:962.
......................"'"r -a
mortgage Sale ofLands
and by video of a Piirwitfie
Ft;
Coll int:lair, oi Ilse Iowa_ trAllelleel°4 -
ned In A certain Xertrikk, , ,
119maiialcherin'ttethedueftrateaymentPart' Um( tjiaLilawelill . ikell
sold by Auetion, on iharsday, the
June, A. D.,1065, at 'twelve
the Atiletion Mart otionesSasadl*
Square, in the town 131?IkIrleilir falliVitS
_tegwaktYeat rrodcriond- 0n -411h:04004 Inagt fig* .. by* 0.4°
landeless. and alremapes, vi,.t. ,I•ots,, r osn. _ Taiiliorered or
measurement half ma acre ad
.
1.11=lislirig '0.464.142N4
Deedvader rower ofttale ,nentasiett ja :said
Mortgage. - - -..- - -.2 ..
- . - ' `, IOHN 'DOTSON;
' - . '-:. - soticttorfoc,AtIrter,
10th 4.74 x.i, A.A., SO.
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