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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SIGNAL.
_genti-hictiiInCii gnat. youth Barn Id was a sort of ptge to:B.4)th'
:toti hom he looked up as a superior being.
- The testimony of Lloyd shows that the
GODVRIOH, MAY 23 1865. ! conspiracy had been matured for some
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AVIIETLE '.:4 Till E. EiemenicE r who kept r. sniall inn, or _bar-rootn, at Sur-
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- rattville, testifies that, sotto five or six
, The authorities of the United States aweeks previous to the a,sassination, John
took a stand direetty opposed to public Surratt, Harrold and Azerott visited his
opinion when they :decided to bring, the , firottsei anti persuaded hini to take. charge-
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. • oi and sccure two carbines and some ant -
alleged 'assassins of President Lincoln and. inniiition. The eirctinistance tanier_whielt
the attempted at4assiti of Secretary Sew- they- were dem-anded and the -we made or
ard tea trial before a - military tribunal to them, shOw that the conapiracy was sti far
- thoexeiusioti of the•recognized leg:d courts,: matured.at the 'titue of this visit and de-
. * hut the- attempt to conduct the examina- posit, find the conspiratorS had distinctly
- . marked out the route, of their escape after
.0008 with elbsed dohrs could hot be brea
the 'perpetration of the Initialer, and the.
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- ea. The pipers ever ba-the-Pti eice f" faet thatthese precautions htid -referende
. anything sensational or interesting, loudly " only to Booth anti: his nian friday, Ilat.:-
- . • demanded that their reporter{ should 1*1 mid, atest the Pecitliar proininenee of
• -admittbd. After a great -deal of quibblini DoetW and the -Surrutts in the ettrly -sieges
- and sbirkitor this tt-a-a:cbuceded, and
Of the crime. . Why were -the rarbines ao
the more than two? • -Because itavas intended
, world will now have- the 5‘ astounding evi-, that -only' Booth and hiS-atte-ntll'int slioald
, dence "-which, it was -asserted not Ion g oscapc. bv that route: - In dspositifw these
: aince, would convince the -World that -Jeff. f antis John Surratr Ivii
es edently Sere -its-
_ Davis was iniplicated irk the plot.
, Nye do 1 a supervisor to -see - dr tt. the arrangement,
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„a Was reliably -made, and the two tools, liar-
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notmare ta deny .ii there weic. grow -MS. atict-Aurott, were.with hini in
order
for -so- doing, that .Surratt, .Atzaret,. and
• that if ahy•aceident .befeI oirti of them be -
one or tw' o hundred others are guilty- of, fore the emisammatieif of the eritne, Booth
all the crimes cliarred---:against them, but might stilthave an attendant,of his flight,
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we do deny, as every honest man-, mu,t,.-f .actruainted with. the hicalittesJohn
he..away
that there has been thus fir a single tittleSurratt intended_to ,at the time
-./ as he uctaallv was. .
or efitlenee to prove that 3-4- Da_6's -It niar.ks the %pee1111,11.7 care taken for
enguipta.t of or haw- even the remotcst ,tbe safety Of Booth, and -the chief Share
shareta the recent horrible tragedy.--Law-L he must, have hatf ni getting- up the plot,
that MrsSurratt wept to--lool:- alter
..thecarbines-in the week of didassatssina-
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Once on Monday Or Tueidtty to -give notice
yers cen generally extract a. tolerably
-complete establiAment of their ease by
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means of leading questions, if -allowed
that they Would soon be w *ailed, and again
license enough.. sIn this ease the prineipali on -the very day of the murder to see. that
evidence is given by the judges, who put they were in.reiidiness for imnictliate •de-
-their questions- in such a foint that -a de fiverr- ,othet.. _persons who were to
imbrue their -hands iu- blood _hang meta:
siening rascal who never saw &all..., c.tici
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tools- no Such painikitkinz Ire .?.tit twits
who did not- knc•w Surralt worse taken refer( nee to
limns ern"- eoucc'et a ver.f ''lot To aVert suspia n from the Sari -tat
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story by thnsimPle use of ruonoqillibic -Johu Surratt went to Montreal
ansvrers. For exaninle, in the examine-, Sprue days previous to the- inarder. Ills
,in.othees.viaite to thecountry to look after
tion of one Of the witnesses, Steil -Nicker
the folletillie eonversation took place the I:Booth's means of escape. b_een
2 re Limier pretence of- other oa•dness, aud :LC
questions coming from leis a personage i,tual is ts to uth;..r places than the scenes of
than fudge Attrocate Holt 116111 rrand• V. el. harfil, :Nilo I ve4 ua her
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- _ . and_ druve her iuto the einnitiy OR both
Q.` Was anything salons to witat Cap- - occasions, w.:ts' never nik,v,into'the-eutatitleiice-
- tairk Beall-ethe one afterwards executed orthe ir but their giving, Inca op
to play in these 'movements at the PeEt...,uratlit's it° �4. 'rye. P."Y.116'1111
to tha lasar.te; ultS• Arl.111 ZLS4U1111:d or tee whee s pessingever him the wroniz-
North ? Aus. Cockerel' told heavtis•'
Vir In order to allow our hands to
avail themselves of the Holiday, we pub_
hs a few hours earlier than usual.
Pim:Aux-AL-1We -ohserve with-..p;ensnre
that Aloisrs.*-S. I'. Yeomans and P. S.Walker,
law students of this town, passed a
creiitahle examination- at the present . law
terni in 0s400t1e Hall, Toronto, and litve
ben admitted as -Attorneys sand Solicitors.
Mr. Yetraians is opening an cilice in town, as
will be:seen-from his card in another colurna.
CAPT. NEAYs.-We copy the follow-
ing respecting the promotion of u foriner
townsman, from the Buffalo E.-epress.,:-
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PERSQSAL.---We le:tin -with much satis-
faction that Lieut. W. J -Keays, of the 16th
N. 17.,_ Cavalrvi has been pronated to the
--C,apt duty Pf-Co. -‘ G of Butt regiment.. lie
has loag been in toninamd of a company
and should have had the rank befut:d. Cant.
Ketiy.s-xs one of the best of otbeerk..
• ROBIPEItY;-Some person Or perscins
entered the bedrooni,-. Of Mr. Connors,
poiter at Sheppard Straehan s,-. in
Dark's hoteron Sattirday night last and
relieved him of sotne $19.00 Or $1•:2.0--0:
lu a crowded benae, where the, comers
and goers are iiiituerOnS, it tvill be .diffi- •
cult to fasten : the theft on the proper
TEIEPT OP WOOL. -On Thursday night
last some eVil disprised person entered the
'pr.anis3s of Mr: Daniel Wilson, 6th con.,
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Groderieh .Township, and stole therefrom
ten. fleeces of first-class -wool, which had
heen left out on thegrass, as usual amongst
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farmers. Such cases of rase are rare
_in the quiet rural Orti, and We hope the
guilty, person in this c:ise be brought
to -speedy' retrib u tio n.
FATAL AectDENT. -Oa Saturday- last
as Mr. Robert. Acheson, jr., of Goderich
Township, was drawing :a load of %wood
out of the leueh with his little boy, an.
interesting child of three Years; or age
sitting beside him.- on the waggon the
horseslook fright and. ran away: - Mr.
Acheson fell of and was drag red some
. _ _ ,
distance by the lines, but the • poor child.
was killed instantly,. whether by the fall
•- • - - ',mid ajap:.-at -ef e u ad fe
on detached service .and we would hear er ed father eoull not
mitres, showed tuat they hall a weak opihi - -
• of him - • -
. t - of lat4.1,enetration. lite sharp dunning ,etter
Q. Cockerel' -was:a member of that Mrs. Surratt etalaloyt-d hint -to write Writer to
meeting-, I understand Yon to say? A. the men in the.country about the pretended
Yes, sir. debt,- was obviottaly intetided to blind -tilm to
Q. Ind -you while there see Booth and theyld at..ture of the. business on which he
Cockerel' associlted tip -realer ? A I d'd drove her- and tad stutflusw innocent and
not see them particularly ;, .saw them, all whith he was permitted to read, was a con
in a crowd together. - • ived plan- for hoodwinking him in 'another
• Q. State whether, during the lastyear dirt.ctioa. . -
- or two -since the reverses of the Corifed-I - The-oely cirsannstance which as yet ap-
, , etacy ave -commeoced-it has not been pear.= the ttstittam) conaeettng thanes in
freely and frequently spoken of, in -The or Canada with- the crime' as the
• tasaod letter a John!Surratt trona Montreal,
rebel service as art object finally to be ac fact:that, whtle the -conspiracy was: on toot.
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A complished the assassination- of the presie4 Jahn Siirratt made a visit to Richmond iti tfie
'• dent of the Uttited States ? A. Yes, sir;
heattl that very often. '
• Q. Have you notheardit spoken of
freely in the .stteets of Richmond, among
thesd connected with the rebel govern-
ment t • A. Yes sir. •
Q. About what time -when is the
latest' you can now -recall having heard
e-'eleclarations of that sort at -Richland ?
e A. At the time after the battle of -Chan-
, cellorsville, when L do hot know what
general it was, but believe it was General
Kilpatrick, was On a raid near illiehmeald;
at that tinae I heard it I was in Kich-
mond on a furlough at the same time.
Q.' Whenever- and whereverspoken •(alloot two hucdred dollars) bears no prcpor-
compairy of aTemale rebel enlissary or bioek-
ade runner, -who had just returned frotn Can
alt., This eireunistaneels a. colorable ground,
ot striNcion, and. cerediuly justifies an hives-.
tigation to ascertain the purpose.of that risi
but Of itself it does -not cAtab!ish the:grave
positive charges made by the . government. --
The Mrs. Slader whom he attended had ex
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peeled to ineet, a matt named How, who; was
to conduct- her through- tie lines i this wo-
man aceordapvTo -the testimbny of Weiuh-
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man, being- the hearer of rebel despatait.s.
Eterd-a • t •t• tf d'-aP -
ppodi mea not lac, 01.49) di
had heea e..tptured) and' her want of an at
tendant, tvo'uld I:Alt:kilt to account for
John Sarnia's visit. It aiiiieais Emit the
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testimony that Surratt brought back_ gold nod
showed it his return. But the amount
,of; do r understand you to _say that this time to what would be paid as the it-ot
sentiment of the necessity' of the assassin- such a_giAltntie crime; ge..--nfs a fair
ation of the fresideut of the United States etioug*h reward for the risk trouble of
helping the woman Siatbr through witb her
was generally assented to in the service ?
- • desnitchPs Beides,. if flie gold, had keen
A. yes,sir: • • • '
• received for the conspiracy, would.hattLy
114 f‘detaced service" of which . been.- shown to Weidman, who httd
you speak, on 'which these parties were to been so carefully hoodwinked on •--point of
be sent, you say related, to Canada and. infeitur itapOrtauce.,-N. Y. Mrtd.
• the -destruction of the Northern cities
-along the Canada frontier? A.- It was
-utside of the *Confederate lines eitl er
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* here or in the Northern cities or in. Cana -
Q. Did Yon,understand that the " de,
tubed service" was to he performed in
-that direction. along the Canada frontier
.and in igir _Northern .oitie ? .A, This
detached service" was at nickname in
the Confederate arreiy- for such parposes.
Q. Itmeantthat-sort of warfare?: A.
- Tett, sir. - _
: • ' 11 that not matinrea full use of the.
leading question 'systene,in -•Vogueamotigst
military tribunals, we should like to know
whefe.the improfernent could be made.
•* There is &looseness and. a want of Coher-
ence about, the. affair, as regards evidence
against Davis. that would . not warrant
any British jury in hanging a clog, to say
nothing of a- man who has held a high
itositioir in the ciantry and who is -indi-
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-.redly charged with complicity in, one of
the most horrible crime& of'the age. We
feel confident that the -venue wilt soon be
changed to e direct trial for ,treason. --
(C The Constitution" may be elastic
enough to admit of-. hanging- Jefferson
Thetis on , TEAT ground,_ • States' Rights,
eto., to the contrary notwithstanding.
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' The ALlsassiuntion..Trinis.
SU3pIARY 0-t EVIDENCE.
,The testimony of the witnesies Welch'
man and Lloyd enablesne to see the plo.
In its growth, and tie Identify the principal
actors. In comparing their testimony
wItb, the specifications and charges-, is
'esident.that- the Judge Advocate General
- has relied mainly upon it. What these
two -witnesses swear to makes it dear that
the central scene of the conspiracy mra. the
bowie of Mak Surratt, that she was a
party to the coo4dential 'conference; that
Booth, herae14 and.herson, John Surratt,
were the active heads in planning, and
that the titherpersons who -as- yet appear
, on the some were.,merely their hands in
COgtelitioK gie horrible deeds. Payne and
•aisitrottr(withee hardiliOg deserted biol. at
laatm 'anent) weretcols; and the weak
filf:k1E..1i"S IS Tit
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All that . require new to render
Wednesday -next- (24th) one of the •
eet days:We have had for a long time is
a', continuation of the present- glOrious.
.WeatIler..., Boat loads of excursionists are
expected from SouthaniptOp Kincardine,
Saeinaw,itc. and no 'doubt ()Teat num-
n
berS of 'Visitors- asill -crowd in from all
pirts of the surrounding Country: The
aronsement provided for the large crowd
We expect. will be seen frena the -following
which -we copyi-from -the Comniittee's
poster to. be such as can -hardly tifil to
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please All _ -
. PROGIt-A*3fE.
- 1. Ancient and.. Independent Order of
Calitherapiaiie, between 8 and 1.0 o'clock.
2. Boat Races from IQ o'clock,
(Nyeather:perinitting) . •
• -3..Roval Salute and feu. de joie. by
Volunteers; at noon, -
4. Athletic Sports, consisting Of wheel-
barrow races, foot races for men and boys,
jumpieg, throwing sledge! putting Stone,
inthe afternoon:
N grand display of fireworks in tte
eeening. - • _
6. Torchlight procession by firemen;
For the boat races,
pnzes will be awarded
A Bran Band will
occasion. -
sports,. &e., liberel.
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be engaged for the
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GOD SA.TE THE QUEEN !_
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.‘ THE SATURDAY READER.- rhis is
thq-,title'of new publication in be issued
hortlifrone theipress of Mr. Lovell, Mon-
treal, _the, object being to establish a
first class literary weekly, which will
furnish entertaining and instructive read-
ing to all classes,-- to the exclusion, it is
hoped, of the oheap, American literature
at present80widely eireulatedin tl3is
Oue of Re publishers is Mr-
Cordier,. the publisher' of the Trail Re-
view, and we can only _hope_ that he will
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be:as:successful with the nor serial as he
'ha:a been with thoeld. -
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Da. 13L4.ClinthIN Altais-TED.-- the
Globe is inforniticl by its -3.16ntreal cor-
respondent that Dr. Blackburn has been
aerested in the t.- Lan:re:nee Hall in that
t--3;11
c n a warrant rom • oronto for a
brea 1 of our neutrality laws.
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' 1"..):W1. VOL'..Nit.IL. ' •
The. °council met on. Friday:. evenlog
laSt. .-Present, the Major presiding;
31essrs. Gibbons, liertoa,- 3leKiy- Cliff-
ord; Runeinian, CameiOn, Booth,
nays, and Longworth.: The. minutes -of
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list meeting were read and aPproved.-
Several rtli.of accounts amounting to some
840.op were read and ordered' to be- paid.
Account of Mr. 8maill for work done an
streets-, &e.-, $7-2.93, was 'sent to finande
tom mittee. .11is orship stated.' that an
arrangement had been proposed for 31r:
- Swain's protection by which all labor. per-
formed op streets -would be accounted for
by.hiee and cheques made for the different
accounts in the usual mannet. . The
Council' adopted t suggestion. • The
matter of Hutchinson's petition for reduc-
tion
ton of taxes wus referred. to Court of
Revision. - The Ma year and „member of
relief conimittee for the ward were em-
powerkl:to smite- relief to one: John
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Whitlock. The Market Committee -re;
ported that two tenders had been received
for: the 3:Earket feaS : one from Mr. Mark
W likely for 97"6-. 00 and one from Mr S.
Sloan for $1033.00 and recoMmendine
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that that cf Mr. Sloan he_aecepted. Mov-
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ed by Me. McKay; seconded by )Ir. "Cciniiqg events cast _their. -shadows be -
Address to T. Mackie Esq. The Defences of Canada.
On Monday evening. last a number o
the Personal friends of Thomas Mackii
Esq., late agent of the Bank of Uppe
Canada•in this town, met at his rooms in
tho Maitland Hotel, to bid -adieu previous
to his: departure for Europe, and to deliv-
er the Address printed laeneath. -We may
be allowed to say that during his resid
enee amongst us,- Mr. Mackie has endear-
ed himself every parson .capable of elf -
predating •genuine worth in social or pub-
lieelife. We part with him regretfully Ind
trust that+. with hie -family, -he may enjoy
many long years or health' and happiness.
The fullowinir the -
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Which was read by 1-1` W. Thentas-Esq
Agent -of the Bank Of Montreal. .
THOMAS.- MACKIE ESQ.:,
'Beds Sir, "
Leareing that you are about to. leave this
coantry foryour.native: land, we the: undet
signed from among -your humeretis friend -4.;
beg•te wait upon you an''addressiex
pressing our deep:regret -at your de_bartpre
from amongst tia, and to .take this opportuni-
ty of_irSsnritag yen...Of our friendly esteem' and
regard, which sentimeetti, we are confident
will be fully. shared in by all those vriko hat
enjoyed the pleasure of ,your acquaintans
dui -mg your residence in Goderich: Partin
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with Old frieads is at all times calculated to
awaken feelings. Of sadness,. -wit Omagh on.
this occasion wed?eply feel your loss, 3 -et our
regret is. tsmpered --by. the conviction that
your visit to yohr native country VA. i I 1 be • the
mean* Of rdstoring 14 you that .greatest of all
huinan bleisinzs;-•perfect .he41th. conciii-
Men, we beg to teader to yourself aeff family
Our sincereSt tvishei tor a safe and prosperous
voyage to year na'ive land, and to express
our curliest hope of Boon: being -again able to
weleonas your return' to our midst with hsaith
completely reatored 'and established: • •
-R tjt.oper,`Juclge 8:; y Dedoe Rev-.
E L Ei wood. -Geo Rutiaball, Robt
John "Galt, If J,Anston„: A. el. Roes 11.efeee
dermitt, P A. Mcp_ougall, M. ljt. Tenth,
J S W 1. !Jays, F W- Thomas, J 11
.1‘.1 J -John Fair, 40 Moor,
-John gacara; J- Jit Gordon, tfiis Watson;
Wm Seyniour, B S,e-ymour, jr., OhaS.Widder,
Roht L Watson, Jas. W
Lawson, W T Cox -1 Haldan jr
f In the House of Lotds (in Loudon) Ene
land, on the oth
The Earl of AIRLIE said that when a dis-
cussion too!; place at an early period of the
sessioo in relation to Canada, he was under the
,irnpression that an arrangerneni had been
made between the Government of this coun-
try aud-the Government of Canada for the
former to undertake certain defensive works
ss and for the latter to raise a militia and con:
tribute also --towards the cixecution of the
works. Since that discussion, however, -a
debateon the subject had taken place in the
_Canadian Assembly, and no resolution was
._'come to with respect to, the. vrorks. • The
debate was -adjourned). aud heunderstood that
two itentlemen from Candda had emite over
thiscouatry to confer with the. Government
on the subject of the Confederation of the
British North American Provinces, and also
to enter into arrangetnenis with the Govern-
., ment, ifpessible; with respect to the defences
•of Canada. This being the case, it. seemed
desirable -that the Government should make
some dediratioa, not as to the amain of
money to be expended on the works, or Its to
the points where they were 10 be erected, but
as to the Principle and basis of the prbpbsed
axrangernentf, From speeches • made by the
two gentlemen hehad referred to, kr. Galt
and Mr. Cartier, and from the dealarationa
made: in the Parliament of this country, it
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appeared that. Canada and the British Gov-
ernment wete -very ,niubh in - one mind -..iii
e respect -to thia tnatter, autl- lie.. was of opinion
e that nothing could be More satisfactory than
2 the tone of the speeches Mr.: Galt and Mr.
Cartier, -Who declared that Canada t;uglit to
bear: a considerable share of the burdens of
• her:owa tiefe-eces.. In such avase he thought
that the Govrnment were hotind to recognise
tile- •ohlization of standing by Canada in the
. event -which .he hetrusted'might . never
happen -of' Canada being, invaded.- - Other
Speeches- had beeti delivered in - the Canadian
Elouse-pf Assetublt by persons who thought
: that it was no part of the., duty of Canada to
take any of -those reasonable ,preeautions
-which had been suggested, and. that, it war
broke out the whole burden should he asSiiin-
ed by the Mother country.. , s It that should be
the opinion of the majority of- the .Canadian
Parliainent it Would not ne fpossible for this
-country to undertake lite defence of Canada,
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and, if possible. it wciild :not- be -right that
:the people of this epuntry -should be taxed fir
the purpose. The-„Canidiani- who wished to
throw upon the mother -country the Whole
harden .of the'defence should,take example
from Belgitiaril. -the neetrality•Of wh:ch ;was
gearanteed by the Great- Powers, and in the
defence of which, if attacked; the Great
Vow e -..s wale solemnly pledicd to, as iist.: - But
.Belgium:d4 not rely: exclusively - on -.these
guarantees., She maintained a considerable
army, mid had reeently -expended, large sums
'upon the fortifications of Antwerp. E he did
this knowing: that the protecting Powers
.might not be able to Comte to her assistance,
and" that her liberties Might -be nitarbornebe7
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Thre there Was tinie. to and. foreign. troop a for)
lier-defenee.:. Time w 's -an eletneat. of prime
importance•in Censider rig the qacstion, and
it applied with still greater force in the 'case
of Canada. : which - was . separated „from the
mother country -by 3,000 Miles Of Ocean,*.gacl
was inaccessible.. to our fleets •durnitr:great
partof the year. Lath -bit .Session a:debate
had taken Pince in:tbs Timis& on the subject_
.of New Zealand . in the Course of that debate
it Seein.eti to be intiinate.d- that no assi6tance
in the-shape.oe. British troops would he sent
tOCanall 4, and that she Must rely mainlyori
herself In vase Of invasion. - He happened to,
go out to the United States bythe very sante
steamer Which. Carried these speeches, so that
he 1,t.ad an opportunitt of observing their
.eirect both in Canada and the'lThited States.
The - -Canadians.:. we're. ev;dently' disheat tened
by these speeches, and the fee1in4 whe that
'while they were anxious to 'mamtain their
relations: with -Great Britain, the mother
.country was only anxious for an opportunity
of : 'cutting Canada adrift. . In - :the...United
States -tha' effect_ of thee, speeches was still
worse. T.-Itey weed-, reprinted- in. all ._ the
newsparers. 'With exalting • com-
dnents., Bid purport of which was that former
If G. re_at Britain .11tought:.t. a point of honor
to stand . by her colimies; fut that that time
had gone by, and .there was_no length to,
which she was nra:tvitimg`.to go for the -pur-
pose a avoiding war.-; It was painful to him
tcythinli that the.: text far -comments. -cd that
liiisid had been, given by speeches (14;liveredin
this . 1 -louse., Elsewhere,' •speeches- had been
delivered, ' in Which it was argued, tWat if
Canada wereinyaded; the proper Coarse erne
to withdraiv the'British troops and strike the
invaders. .at some vulnerable point. It was
not difficult, to .foretel the .COnstinCticin. which
would be put abrowl, upon speeches or that
kind. It would_ be said that after the With-
drawal of the British treOPS People wh9 were
or this opinion would be apt to discover that
it would be 'difficiilt,to "reach the vulnerable
points of the ..'eliemye and that :the best plan
would be 10 leave Canada to its -tate: It was
,not. by so .' fainthearted a=pPlicy 'that- this
great empire,. had ,been -founded; nor. did he -
think that such speeehesterifdelto maintain
a friendly •undeistanditig with the U. Statel,
El• was happy to see, -by Whitt liad falhai front'
theenew- President of the United -States, that
theGovernmentof, Washington desired to
maintain friendly tel.efions with this country;
but suchapeecheseateengthened -.the hands of
a party in the- States who had not this desire.
In meetioningthe UnitecMtates•Goveimment
it was impesske not:•to revert, at least in
thought, to him. whose career had been cut
short by the atreeious .crime.vhieh had ex '
Cited such :terror and detestation in this
countrya sentiinent, fully reciprocated in
Canada, where the Governor General ordered
that the. ',legs shotilit'be heisted half mask-
-.high .. at all the • militarystetifikos, and there
were -general . dernoestratiOns. ,Of Sytnpathy
vnnong the. Caeadalis. ...pi NewYorkthe
sympathy shown by -Canada had. been much
epprecialed, and it was stone consolation to
find that the sympethies of tha.vr1-1--ole Anglo-
Saxon race were called forth by this melan
choly event.- ----Herrejoieedat this wide spread
expression of syippatity," not only because as
an Englishman he set the highest value upon •
the friendshipd
and Of the IT. States., •
and thought that war betweenthe two cOun i
tries. would be disastrous, but because be had
himself -.received-. so muck .kindness at the
kinds. ofAntericantoond. had seen 80. mu
chin
he national character Which *as worthy of
respect, that he Could not .but feel e- 'kindly.
eteent in the welfare and happiness of this
&mat people. HS tO the dint War, ,,terrible
as its. effects had been, *bad drawn out in
trotig relief the. great .qdalities of individuals
a both sides;. and it ;Must. be a, amerce of
heartfelt satisfaction to see an end of the
institution Which had been a source of injury
0' the White race, while it had -depressed and
egradedtheblack population.. - Nobody sup_
Used ' that the war was undertaken in the
Mt instance for the abolition- ofileveryi but
obcidy could doubt that that :would be the
esUlt of the- way. It was not itikeefaine with •
he dignity ot this country' dor the.honor er
etude that that great eoleny . should be de-.
endeut for its secerity-upon the: moderation
aid forbearance Cluny foreign Power. -Tbis
nes fa -tearable' time for defence, for we
mild -set about it without. being liable: to the
barge of acting ander the influence Of panic;
nd he hopedtheCanadian delegates who
ere . nest here would, neon their return
Ia reply Me Mackie who was deeply af-
feeted, thanked Mr. Thomas and the gen
ilernen present, for She kindly 'sentiments,
'embodied in the addren. He had .reelided
ire various parts of. Canada, but he could
say inallsincerity' that he ported witheio
place with $oenuch regret as"9-oderich, and
the kimi friends he had found in it.. Be
'hoped .- that GOderich Might flourish and
its people enjoy every measure:of -happi-
.
aness and preisperiti.
, After spending an *hoar in pleasant
conversation, the gentlemen composing..
, • .
tlie party shook hands v,:lith •Mr.: Mackie
• ,
and departed.
A most extraot:dinary tory has been
floated in Europe, to the effect ti a man so
-urgently desired. to see the- Pope that the
Chanaberliiin, though righingt the rale, con-
&tilted- to ask:his Holiness if he .would Se,, the
man. Tne 'Chamberlain .fotind the POps:._
.praYing, and -was twice: answered, 'It is no
use for me In See a dead .man upon return.
to tice .spot where be had left the anin,
the Charnbeilain to his horror and;-wender
found atm lying,dead, and -on -searching him
discovered a re;jolver and da74er; proving
the Mail...to-have .preinklitatecr-assassinatien
wh.) was thus stricken (limn hand of
the Almighty-ia_ the moffent of the attempt
which was strangely revealed.to the Pope. .
f
- a. ampr 4
Ata recent meeting of the American.
Tract Society,: held 41 New Yorlr.: the Rev
U .,
r. Barns of Bt. Cathetines, C. W, said.*
supnorting a resolution eitiorting all Christ-
ians. to pray. for the commn
g ot (Auts
kingdoni .ea-th,'" that Canadians were
ti
anons to see Jeff. Davis hanged in that
vile prison house of,,Andersonville„ in -order
o wipe out the ...dark scenes ,there -commit
ted:" This. officiously false expOneut.ef the
Christianity and .sentiments of the people of_
this Proirince is in. error ; The. Canadian
people ettanurously-eoinierrin Mr. -Lincoln's
murder and the necessity whiCh led" to the
nearceration of's° many brave men. in "a
yile ptcson house " and would equally con-
demtt the assassination - of, whatever be his
errors, one or the most high minded and
patriotic men of the iige„: •
ton, That the report be: confirmed. M
-Hays Objected that there was a charge of
underhand dealing in the manner of ten-
dering, and. seid it Would be best told the
fees by Competition. Council
- , -
thought it would be well to adopt the
conapetitio,c plan in future, but _decided
agairist Mr. Hays' ainendnient -and paned
the. motion. After some oon.versation
. • e
with reference to the indebtedness of the
Northern Gravel Road Compani to the
Own, _t_bo Connell adjourned .until the
last Friday hi June, unless e Sooner
together by the Mayor.
fore." During; the month of January, 1861,
. Jefferson Davie, of Mississippi, denounced
the eovernmenm, t frohis seat in the Uttitd
-States.Smiate, and foreshadowed the course
since pitrseed by him. Arising from the ad-
joining desk, and almost shaking his finger
-in the face of the -speaker,: Andrew -
of Tennessee, ,exclaimed klf weie. Presi-
dent or the -United. States I would arrest you
es- traitor, audit' Convicted, would` h the ,
EternaLhaug ou as a tfaitor." Mre'dohn- I
son has the power to carry. this threat into
execution, and that he will .0o it .seems evi;
cleat froni the recent Utterances of the *tau
mir.
ls published -in. the *interest • of hia-adinio-
istration . -
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Tnb. PACKwARD SX4sox,BELOw QLTEBEC
The ilitrierVe has :a letter fromRimouski,
:stating that great distress preveils thatregion, Owing to the scarcity er fodder.-
_
therels much -snow remaining -in places, and
the ground 18 not -thawed - yet suilieiently for
the grass to groiv. The tattle have to be
eeptand fed in the stables, old straw and
hay which had been thrown -away being now
scraped together. for fciod. Most of the am
-
mals can scarcely stand on their' leds from
weakness. 'At the narish of Ebotilentents
alone, over a thousand head or cattle have.
already died from starvation: The back
wardness of the season is altogether unprece-
dented,. and is considered a calamity which
will entail' much loss -and suffering, '
AROTHER. 0..TREiiT Ainsitt.-e-A` report
got into circulation in Quebec, ori Monday,
that the steamship Peruviae, which left here
on Saturday last, would be -overhauled by an
American gunboat, by order of the Washing.
ton Governinent, to search for two Southern
refugees who took passage -on her, and tat
they Would be arrested and taken limn on
board; Of course the was too si
for belief, excel:it amongatthe most credul
In the first place a British vessel is British
territory and .secondly, Cape Race is a
portioa of the British- Empire. To violate
ane or the other would no doubt lead to.' a
difficulty greater at this juncture than that
which arose out of the Trent affair, and the
American Government will not venture upon
such an enterprise. If the passengers on
board the Peruvian are in any way implicated
in the assassination plot, and if sufficient
evidence to that effect ciin be proven; their
eaeture,and rendition in the very heart of
London is justss safe 88 WI hoard an un-
armed vessel.--Naebec News, 16th.
4
Dutsrs's Rm. m DUMFRIES.-DunTrin had
a hard fate in Dumfries. The -electors "" let
hire' alone most. severely"Out of 600
voters, only some 80 thoughtit worth while
ng m
troublithemselves in the matter, and out of
thii-80 there were 51.. votes polled. against
his bill. - The poll closed the first dav on
4cepUnt of half an 113ur having e'apsed7with-
out a. vote being offered.- • Mr. Thomas*
Ballingall acted'Ss Returning officer Some
fun took place during the voting,- but every-
thing was carried on' in the greatest good
humor. -[Galt Reporter.
_
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Serious AffrayIn the Indian,
- • Iteserve.
. -
On Tuesday evening last, an occurrence _
took place in the Indian Reserve which 8
threatened to have a fetal termination. . Ware o
rants had been issued against a. desperate "
-character -named Hicks, alias Davis, an
Others, and being placed in the hands of au. t
Indian Constable named DoxetatOr, that of- d
ficial well out to execute. his orders. He was P
met by his man in a ferocious manner, and
dared to make any arresti. The constable, n
licturevee seized Hicks, whereupon he was r
firid upon, and wcunded in the hand. He t
himself was *anted with a double-barrelled- C
-gun and now that the _use. or fire.arms ' was P
appealed to, be give Mester Backs a Charge
of shot in the fleshy part of :his nether man. w
This had the desired att6ct. Hicks was laid c
kora de combat, and finally secured., He c
was brought to towithe same evenieg, and is a
now in gaol sloWly recovering from the W
effects of his wounds.- Other charges, of h
rubbery, etc- are recorded •againit him.
Brantford :Expositor. - • • in
P
03.- President Lincoln, -like 'Washington, .re
Jefferson,. . Lafayette and Jackson,. was a P
master mason. He was a member of the ti
lodge at his home in Spnngfield. - M
• .
ome, emceed in iinpressing their country -
en with -the absolute necessity of co-operate
g with this country in the great work of
lacing ihe . defence of Canada, both. with
te
gard to meand works, in a stuisfactory
osition. He desired to ask whether nego-
ations. were still pending between Her
ajesty's government and the government Of,
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Canada, on the subject of the defences of 3- Notwithstanding their • progress In
Canada; and, if so, whether, after the nego- mining operations, there is no quartz mill mtiations had been concluded, the papers either British Columbia or Vancouver Island.
relating to them would be laid before Parlia-
rnenaL_
rl DE GREY quite agreed with his noble
E
friend in his estimate of the_ importance of
thistpiestion, and for that very reason he
must ask to be excused for his inability to
replv in detail. Certain members of the
Canadian goveinment had recently come to
this country for the purpose -of discussing with
Her Majesty's government various questions
connected With the administration of the
Northern Provinces, and the defence .of those
provinces and of•Canada in "particular. Thote
questions had engaged the attention of Par-
tiamentand-ef the tountrydurine. the present '
sess;on, and it Would not he desirable that,
e
just IA the moment Alien these- negatiatioes
had commenCed and were still going o_te Her
Majesty's goverinnent should enter into de-
tails uppn the subjedt. All he could
sae was that the --representatives of the 111 de (green)....... ....... 2:75
-Canadian government who had come le this I Butter --;------ - -- -'- - - - '0:15
Petatoes . 30 10 0 30 0 . 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:40
,country appeared to be fulli impiessed with
the magnitude -and niiporiance of the ques - W -"a- --
Ezes....-----7.::::t....."..„;:: 20:0080
dons they had to discussand Of the duty which
communications were brought th a close an lay On Ch nada regarding them: When the cAtiapyllevs- yo'n' ' --::::: • ”71:4600 ' (0, Nceel
early opVottunily would be•talten Of informing i4raw, per load .....4.0O (-4, 5:,ort
Parliament of their nature and ef the result 3 eeeweeee. "a i
which had been arrived at. . " • -
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The Photographic Grin.
Many of us. have -often .remarked how
differently our friends look in pictureto
what they do in real life. Under the aliove :
caption Dickens in " All -the Year Rout.d." '
partly explains the matter, and treats the
subject very readily.' He says : -!' Iii turn
-
in over the leave:v.01'er' albeit)wo frequently .
pass our acquaintenees without even a nod.
How is this? The photograph may be
irreproacba.ble as a work of art,' and it is im-
possibm to be ether than a transcript of what
ispresentedto the i cainera, How conies
then, thit it is not a likeness? - Simply,
because the original one was at that critical '
moment, un Ike himself. When Omit to be
photographed, one is apt to feel that. like
Marahal Neel the eyes of Europe are upon
him -that according to the position he assumes;
-judgment will be.passecl on his4good or bad
fi,.'oref awkwardnessf or grace He wishes-
_ .1 - a* •
to preseut himself on paper to an admiring,
not to a critical public. A nervous conscious-
ness, moreover, that perhaps a guinea or two
is involved in the -operation, tends materially
to add to his disccimfinire. Trivial as this
coniideration may ar peareit exerts a far great-
er influence on the expression _than -meat'
persons are willing to Acknowledge,- even to
themselves. Plated in a position always.
eh,,sea brilie operator, (being, 20 save hialt-
self the trouble of se•arranging accessoriva,
piaeisely tbe same as that which the last
fetter occupied), his -head Screwed into.a,ice
b ;hind, he is iced to look at an identical spot
on the wall'had ke,p'sitill. Thus posted,- he ,
rektrds the further operations.with Much the.
same feelings of distrust as he would these
of a dentist. In imagination he heats . the
sharprattle of - the -forceps or the punch. -
His:breathing becemes. thicker and quicker
as ' the critical- moment arrivss, his heart
beats -audibly agaiust his waistcoat,. and a .
_
hazy filth falls over bis eyes:" In this delight- s. EASTER TERm. c 28 -noltoRTA.
ful.coadition of mind and body, - he .is on- . - • ' 1
joined to keep quite mill, and put Oa:n neutral . In the matter of compree'l lff 0 III CV - is
sation for right' of way of - -Am hereby given _
the Buffalo and Lahe that the Buffalo '
Buren Railway Comeauand lake Huron
throu2,1 lots Nos 85, 86 Railway Company _
and 87 in the Maitland - havepaid into the
I
ship of Goiferieh, in the _ ItencireatTereete,
concession of the Town- Court .of -Queenia,
- County ..of Huron. ) the Jinni of five
hundred aud ninety-six diillass and sistpfive
cents being the compensation andillX months
interest thereon, agreed 1? be paid for certain -
lands for right away, being putt of lots
numbers eighty-five, .ehrtitysix and eighlyee
seven, in the Maitland -concession of thee
:township. of -Gederieh, ; in the County of '
Huron ; Under and by, virtue' of s tertait
agreementoreedpoll bearing date the
eleventh duotmay,>.
la the year 7of Our
Lord 1.853; and executed by William Ford _
and Henry. Ford of the said township of • ‘.-
Goderich, and wide under the Act. entitled"
"An Act respeeting Railways," and. further ---
notice is-g-iven. to all persons entitled to the
said lands or to any part thereof, or represent- e .
ing.cr being -the husbands ofskny partaes-so,
entiVeci, to file their Chlitall Into the staid.; '
Court to the said -e0111peltSADOR or BOY part --
thereof and all such clanni ivill be -reemved
and adjudged . -upon : by the. SSW %sr*/ '
pursuant to the Statute In that behalf. -
-Dated thoisign17ethoLEtyD
day ef.Mazy,E3BI65iri
w1.7 -$m , sClerk of the Crown and Please ••-
THE MARKETS.
GODERICH, May 224 1865.
Spring Wheat, - 41:00 1:05
Fall do
Vats,
Flour .
Barley .
Peas .
Pork
. 1:00
. - 0:40 .-
5:50
0:55
.0-00
• 5:50-
Wool , . . , 0:18
LBLefit s.... -Z,...1-::::,;;;;:;7 „lg. -.
furkies, -each -.-.. .....e• 0:45 -
tileese, do - - „.-... . 025: -,
ll iicberiS, eiR pair .... ---„-_,:. 0:20
Dacke, • ,44 ..O:OO
1:12/
045
6:00
.0) 0:60
0:00
41:2&
4:50t
0.001
-0:501
0:001
0:00,
0:00
0:1T
0.45*
0:011*
0:50
ray Atirtrtionntiiis.
S. P. TEO1IATES-1.
SOLICITOR IN 'CHANCERY, ATT-Gge
1%1Wri NOTAR.Irt CONVEWAXCER„ji -"&c,-Otfice
over the new Post Mee," " avt18
*ARD OF THA14110s
RICHARD tRIVAIT.E.S1 E -8Q,-
. Agent Provincial insuranceCee Clinton,
DEAR Sia -1 beg to thank the( Proviwiat
Insurance Company of Canada thrOngll you. -
for the very honorable manner in which that
Comnany has satisfied my _claim 'upon it, for
damages to my printing materialsiby removal
during the late fire in -Clinton, by which elut
adjoining house (Campbell's Tictotia-Rotel)
was burned to the ground.
I•ainY'osir,
Yours res'pectfUllti,
w1.74M • 9E0. 1,‘ :ATCOCK,
TITRE Tibia
° 77H» ,
COTINTIEW 0010TOIL.
HE -Counties' Council for os United
-
Comities of-Thiren and Bnics,i will meet
in the Court Room, -Godelieh, -oh ltiesday„
t_hereixth:day.-cof:inpn t En e seT:Ete Rai et Ak rnee.
Counties' Clerk's Office, -
May1.9th, 1865. 3 1 vaIta _
In = . 1
the ---4ueees
expression, as it expressions were88easy to
put on as gloves'. The inevitable- conse.
gaftrice is that he 'grins 'horribly a ghastly
smile,' the like -of which never passed over
his features before. Yet both operator and
sitter wonder why the portrait is so very
unlike." - • *
-The Ititstian Pestilence..
- An interesting letter on the Russian Epi-
demic appears in the Vienna Medical Novi.
It is dated St. Petersburg, April 9,,and says:
0 _
- " The 'conduit or the government in. this
emergency is really unpardonable. Instead
of allowing the inhabitants ;of this city to
learn acything about ibe nature and progress
of the prevailing epidemic, they aiv system-
atically cut off from the siek •eS well as from
all news -relating. to the sickness. Exactly
the same way the physicians are treated, -
Unless a doctor haiirpens --to he employed by
the polite or the melte:7,1e has no admission
to the -hospitals, nor in tact any opportunity
for studying tbe disease. No sooner i$ a case
reported to the authorities; than the poor are
carried offlothe hospitals, and the ivealtby
forced to employ a doctor provided by gov- -
eminent. 'You will not wonder,- thee; at .my
being unable to (rive you anything buta very
general and rather indefinite account, From
the provinces lie get noliewS whatever,. the
papers being .strictly forbidden to mention as
much as the name of the Siberian •plague.
Government won't bear or a plague, and so
there is none. 'Foreign papers, we heat, are
full of Russianuews ; but thou,gh all of Item
are freely admitted, and may be semi easily
enough in this capital, we are none the wiser
Cor .reading them; at least on this particulde
head. Whole -columns are effaced with
printer's ink, and nothing hut a fee/lines left
in a readable -State, provided they -contain a
dementi_ .As to ascertaining anything about
the plague through the medium of the many
foreign physicians sent here, this is a hope
whichrif it was ever entertained, will be soon
enough -exploded in -your part of the world?' -
Dr. Wilson, a homieopathic physician, has'
addressed a letter to the London Morning
Post on elle Russian epidemic. Ilia speeific
IS arsenic. "The close similarity," he eaye,
"between the action of arsenic and the pecu-
liar characteristic points of the -prevailing
fevers are strikingly alike. and I affirm with.
out fear of contradiction, that, from ail se
we as yet know of specific drug action, there
is tio remedy,, except weenie, in the entire
materia inedzca, that harmonizes BO per VIBT/R1 BAltVIAY
feetly with the individualities of the Russian
malady."-- .
PE illiliNGINGS
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THR DETROIT (..!ouvetrerme--Sreaking of
this Convention, the St Louis Democrat'
says certainly of great importance
just atthis time, a revival of business • cense-
Tient upon the suppression Of the rebellion
is at hand, and When the finances of the
country, relieved front the apprehension and - .
of the Union,: are stragglier,' upward. The -
doubt which have hung about the stability CC of
glee
•
topic" tor discussion are well.chosen, and We -
=know ot no city more deeply interested in CAPT. D. ROWAN,
them than this.' Besides those- already- - commander wilt rain between - -
alluded to, it Wall be observed that " come '
munication of transit from SARNIA AND SOUTRAIIPEN the West to the,
seaboard" is -included, together with "the: (Weather permitting).E4wice eaoth nook
reciprocal trade between the United 'States until further notice. eLeatilng. Sonia _
and the British Provinces." . Monday and Thursday morwag caflng *1
AT11161spesitoron:rTy:isbilasnaterSsafyaszchm:r.inztose'lilpst PIB:aartveeElsodliin:It':dagtei:ictothimKePi:e.rinV7e-witelarnied' needelirirerituand
fenuf
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Delaflenr,_:a 111188;0114---rY the e--..mploy-o-f the, riSatu„FicurekraekrY4-thnias°bYrnbritnhill:c:"Paberlinteg atttliTnab:14Penbs tle.141."4"Ite rates 10
London, C. W. Pieghytery, writes vs that he sum Merchants and 13biPPeri_, For Intigat8
is unable:to find the present whereabouts of and passage apply to W.113eytnOttrAlk Op -0
6phiersiuersttiatellagSaCanireins:iannelibc,eeiwndeletongeeallitmPisheal8nbehaliti"intIV:41.eat.°11SiiiAgents, Godench; e Kincardine; James ItaBlintbt. A234****114
sister was brought before Justice' Fairburn, TRO.S4SWINYARDs
before whom. Jibe testified.that the priest , W. -ORts, e• ere
alluded- to did in his power to induce her Freight SuPto Eastern division/ =sw,im"-,
to slander hini (her brother) both m the con- , ,
ressional and ont of it,- because, as- Mr. .1-41....lpt11724111D4t
Delaflenr alleges, he has 'recently left the • 1
Rennisla aud joined the Protestant Church.--; tiouND on the Beach of Lac Dm"
He was told aubsequently that his-eister had aboat 3 miles from Gedetieb, on Milt of
COME to Detroit, but be . is unable to find Any April last, s.quantity of Pine Logs, Innelc04
truce of her, which, gives rise to very nuidea 1. Pe W. and F. The own* s ierristed
sant suspicions Of the means that may have prove property, pay expenses, mad take lima
been used 10 restrain her of her liberty. Any •aiiiiy,„ Ifflotelaiaied withifloee EGO* DOE
onehavingany information, concerning ber this date they will be sold by
will'confer favor -mon her brother by id, - STEPHEN SHELLY.
ing kitn, Chatham, C. W. Goat:rink 'May 18, 186fte w17 -3t
-7reiglat for Ports on EastShore CC • ,
Lake Huron. •
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