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Semi-Weekly Signal, 1865-05-30, Page 2• ectni-ttlecklp Signal. • GODERICH. MAY 30, 1865, - •••••••••••••••• ".....••••••••••!...,....-•"0"1••••••••,•••••• 1•1 A LIBERAL C ILDIA,is” 411•••• Is another place we give it letter from * Etrueefield subscriber, whiCh Ls intended by a single teah of rhetoric to level with the ground the "Jogicai " fabt:ie we have 0, been sendeavoricg to erect in support ot the Southern Confederacy. Our corres- pondent profes;es to be a liber,il man, no doubt, but Vre certainty think his inter- ference would have been less open to sus - _Scion had he endeavored to 'Stop us in, our erring career two or three years ago.. • !bat a generous soul -this " Canadian." is I ile ezpected ns, after the surrendei or Lee, the talk of Richinond and the cap- ture' or Davis, to turn about in the face, ofevery argument We. fisve advanold ery„ " away :with ethese rebel leaders-ee they are unsuccenful,and. therqfore :hare po right to live 17- Why, man, that must. be a mind: posseised of hat-tfui feelings that ie free from -sentiments of compaision for the Linea breve I Ali, suceisi it is that measures the approbation or censure. of eitost persons thrOeghOut the " erourhie" Uniuccessfid, the first AMerican Ritvolu- tion.wOuld have. been -ranked in history with thonsanti-ancl-one other .petty :re. liellions-eUnseceesentl, Washinefon would- ehave been a nizret rebel leader, dui just such- dogmatieal gentlemen els oer ." Ca- nadian " eirogid have been the 'first eo -de- mand for that great Joa meit " a ehort shrift and a long rope." • While. ie is no doubt true that " the talent end ability" we have displiyed truppoet bf the South may be dietaeteful ta " a Cane-. dian," and one or tip bf personal: friends, We beg of him .do ponder the faet that the airculation_of -the Signal ha's been *Cry nearly doebled within` the pest three years before he endeaVors to. set- himaelf up as a. self-ele.eted -exponent of • , the puhlic-feeling of Rump, much less tint -of the civilized wadi.. . Ie is needless noir to re -state our ergumeeee. in fever of Southern Independepee, especially So az our Brucefield friend' has read thum so very patientlie hut we.weuld-retnark. with Ieferencedo hie expressed desire to have Davis hanged Or iniprisoned for Jile that it is a sdatimeit'that is not indulged in very extensively.ia this country, evea by people who have favored the North moot strongly. The Globe, dertainly; does not call Ibr any*such savagery ; . on the cen- trery, it argues forcibly enotigh that a -pogcy of Merey and coneiliatiinf shoiald now befollowed otit by the -Nettle if it is tn heal. up the. wounds of the :last finir years. As for the ," wourld," the great, the good, and the edueated (who - are seldem good in -the'Vettipd estimation - • our friend) thronghoet christendoru are very far frotte invoking deeth to the_ fallen leaders cif eight Inillioifs of peeple, who have sought what they Considered freediinz lbr fbur long- years: wide a degree ot unanimity rend: self siteriffee seldom equaled and -never surpassed. _ no; freiend Canedian," cherish _your own convictions, bat do not imagine foe a ino- nse# that 'Your soeial" circle binbracei the world, or that you can gag a free Press and represent in Your _individual" persen. all the motives and. feelings of all "tight -thinking" men ant women, North and, South, Bast an& West: -"Su ernelu- ..• sion. we assure you thachotwithstanding the safeprovision containedia -the P. 8. appended to youe lettere we publish it free of cost„ as we have done every letter on erece ode inspection ne was_ satiitied returned at the next Parliamentary plection who does not pledge himself to reform this crying.evil. So the Government Fatly had hetter see to the matter at once. if they desire to retain their places. Many an Opposition cry much more uselers than that, though - perhaps not so insignifieant, has succeeded in oustirig ivernmente qeite as primly seated in the coafidence ot the public ne ours is. - tieing a friend aud supporter of the present Government, we would earnestly Fees, the. matter upon their atteption. • Seir We beg tit acknowledge the receipt- , from Messrs. Strachan &Co. pablishe is, of _Lontion Eng., of specie:tea *les of "Good -Words" and " Sauley M igizine," which have a large circulation in this locality. T. J. goorhouse is the :agent for God- . eriche CLINTON: trrotn var. Clinton. correspondent.] ett)vrox, May 25, 1865. Tri ths Erlitor orth• itenosisamai.: Demi 5tte. -Since I wrtite yon reit the ease I reported iu whieli_Mr. -Win: Coats was ,fined for using an mist:upped rima.sure, has assunaed quite's], new phaie. Mr. Cates has: been 'lletitied tient the Inieector and the Megiat 'ales have abendnued all further pro- ceedings under ehe conviction from which he hed apperiled, ea that ends the ease so tar as. Are Coats conviction concerned; I don't recueni'mr whether I statecr in -my last that M r Coats -entered an action- of -t ro rer fo- the recovery- or the. yard measure from the tauspector. This -the Inspecter has also sedlf _ _ aspirants to fame, there was less liquor drank than on former occasions, consequently less wraneling, notwithstaeding the piesence of Jeff. Davis an i other Southern heroes. A feude joie was fired by the SeafortleCo. of Vulueteeis, the', Capt. Coleman. and other gentlemen performed the ceremony. of turn- ing. the first sod of the Seaforth Oil Well. - Not liatisfied with elm day's recreation, a large and reape :table party attended Dowser's ave. THE SEMI- WEEKLy SIGNAL. fit to settle -by rettnnine the said me•tsuret. But the Inspector now brings the-. matter in another form aril this time in the shape of stetien aeeinst Mr. Coats itt. the ,Division Couai for the recovery ofehe sum he:. asked ifer etarneine ite-forty cents believe- it wae. Mr. Coam has tendered him the ten cents! which he maharani is a"I. the -her till-ce-Vs bun ea charge. Thii he refuses, however, and so the metter williee brought before' His Hamer Judge Cooper , at the next sittingss-Of the Diviaien Court in ,Glictone W hare his At night. Forty-eight coeple and a host of lOnely bachelors without partners. atteuded the h,t11. A seinptierue supper was Served up at 12 o'clock ia the host's best style, and music -by Pref. Ilueitis. kineseei., is the Prize List and names of Judges : Judzes for Horse Itaces-Messrs Diekson, Chesney. Case. Jaidees tor Games-Me3srs. 0 Sproat,Rett, Ryan, 1 ore T Govenleek. - _ Secretary -A -hi MeDangal,- Esq. _ Boys Foot Rate, 1st it Legate 2nd John 3Ieran.. Men's Standiae Seipp, Ballantvae,.164.- - Hop, Step and Jutep, -Burns, .37ft. 9itt, Run - nine jump. Burns; -High jutep ovith pule, Burns; 'Pettifog, the stone. (20 lbs.) Joho .Broadfout. .Standine-high jump., M. Fox,- -Runnine high jueip;-.R. Yuinie. Foot . race, of a mile, -Dillon., rece, W. Fox.=e; tiorse race, epee to all. horses, Ist.A Strune, • "Fannye" 6 horses chtnneting, Bob Gifford, jockey. Tutu y race; Welsh's -" i3lace Bess," three eeti-tes, but only•the %rimier rutimege I • "reorrtso Merck Som-nervil es da limitable,' 3 competing. -- • • , Beaus Rece.-The last in Winning . and no . -.man -to ride'his own_ horse ;* §hait's Laey - Jane". winuitig.easye altuonek 3 'chalk] ling ' • discussion, are concentrated -in their lieges to illuminate and elucidate all that is fresh in science, religion and literature. The newest discoveries in social laws, in theologies! doctriae, material forces and oreanizations nre to be found in these Reviews, and without disparagetneut to the cemparatively crude arid vigorous puli:icetions on this side of the Atemitic. it can be said that there, are no puhlicatious m the world equal -to these for profundity of thoueht and elegence of stole. Chase who attempeto teed or instruct public - opinion. whether in the pulpit, the schoo.1 room or professor's cheir, uueht to consult such authorities as eau be louud iu these Ma eazines. - Seinethues Am0ricans are inclined to ehafe under their criticitms tipan our affairs, but it •4 it is right to learn from an enemy," we may t ertaiii'y receive iiietruction though it comes in unpalatable duses from professed friends Even_ harsh ain't, pungent exemin stions into our peinciples Mid conduct, are more 1 1 orating, if -less agreeable, than; iudiscriminate pre*. The Westminster R.eview, Abet, - logically awl ; "the Edinburgh. whiz ; Blackwood, ha -twee)? tory ; the Nerth. • British, the °resin rif tee Free Church party, and the Louden Qaerterly, conservative. annually conebin more, in a sintiii space, Uf literature, science an& art,- than mans; a well-selected-liarary Those who svish to -aequire the essence of current literature can find it in these • ; nublishers. Mess s L'onuard Szott Cm, 38 11, ail keit, $treet, New -York, offer Mein ut must liberal terms,' viz : - • • KNOx's Mttl.---Great sympathy is express- ! -ed loi.'Mr. Koex's loes-the friends ot that gel:tier/tau having stinted A- subscription: .It already amounts to -sii.or Seven -handred dtil • la. s: NOW is the tiuttr tn prove your frieed • ie the village, hoping -that the iiichcationa of. rein uti;ht speedily give plaee to. s_unshine and gentle zepnyrs, but id this. they were diseppoilitect, foe- about- eleven ticlOck .it judgmeetas To wheth_er eyery fraction which , neei began eo rain, whee -gloom and heavy and is marked npon a measure be it seperate" t showers prevailed until about three o'clocke when it 'cleared up euffieiently to ship. - 4111110. STANLEY. Notvrithstanding the g,I6orniness of the day the celebratiud of the Qeeen's Birtltd,iy was p 11-yfi Id. By "et t- - o'citurik- the country eeoplebegrin to asseuible meesure within the' mPaiiin; of the statute, and such an one as.the Inspector would be entitled to reeoiseeeten-ceats for, or not -la other words as to whether a yard measure. is one measure or eight. measures. or even _thirty six measure's, for I .believe it is also - marked Off in inches. His Honor will have - to study profeand'y alt the great legal authorities to, :Z-lear no. this knotty 'point satsfectorily to all parties. - . Thin! CA WIZ; Sri tic ra:s incr." eertemiy a masterspieCe • of_ herhasquee. and Ve have had qiiite an exciting time- here considering that bUrlesque is the sole utsject . to-dity ever a chese after a him thief- who- stinted reflecti grput.ii tdit on the iiiyeetive left the lodgines thet he. had -been prob:ided fiecuities of its proinet rs.; • At aboet five 'thick the boat nice too niece on the bake within our lockitp, He haeenade good his " • - . • • . • - ' escape I feei. _To. begiu at the_ and was •witneseed from Ole bank. by many interested -aird_. eget wd -specertor-a. Three the 'ciretimstences of the. discovery of the .boats eatered arid Sided gallantly and proud; - thief are al follows I -Mr. Ce. L. Domi, ly Out hrto.aricidown- the Lakee; when about. Tanuer, of this villsge, wantia.; purchase is horse, went to his ,bretherat, Mie - Hadley Doan, also a tanner in _It.ld..cerville, en Friday Nit,- and taking Mr.. 'ben Mine evho lives ..with his brother„ they visited several partiesaround- theneighborheod W11.1 bad horkei td sel), aod Amongst otheri -one fhomes Hibberd, who lives on . the division: cheered es they. eteered -:the river, the line between the -townships of Hilibeit. an'd DAphin, however, came in -first, dos' ly• [laborite. Ilibberd -had five htirses Which were showe by him, thotigh someerhat 'mitt& tently, and in a„,way 'that struck Milli and' aian as being strange-. .Amorig the five. was -a dark, three year old gray, which wolad have :suited Mr.. ania but for-its.beine affeeted with Reeve, of_ Stanley. A_ huee bonfire...was a each. Ou erteh hind leg. • The parties cattle made eu the Square and A large crowd, ot ablay, aild probably_ no: More -wo.uld have inert and boys culieeted arouod it, ahd were beets thought about ehe matter:if Mills's eye • enjoying th inseives amezingly <when your hid not caught Stght ref an iulvertisment correspondent lett. -. daneing parties: - about a stolen horse in the Lendon Free ut D. Cameron's and Edward- Ediiata Press. the deRcription :of. which' seetii>ei .to wound -tia another of the pleasant days which tally very.cloielywith the:horse he had !wen weenie have in Bityfield. --• . at flibberd's, :tisk° assurance doubly Me...E Moe will yen indulgent° with a little sure hOwever, Mills, revisited Ilibberdat -oil _space oa another subject:In :your isseet_ot AonIday to- eiamine the hone', tor seme _to -day. I•notich a veery excellent aed detailed further marks besides the color and the cerhe 'report -of the . proceediners of Vie Stanley -Municipal Uouneileon the .15th inst. Now, - sir. this is as it eheuld be, for it: gives those who have riot 011ie or for other reasens -do .uentattend the sittings Of the Council 'stn. op et:is-Utility-of seeing What . ia beieg. done in public in deers in. the _columns' of_ the pubtic print.- BM:whet I wiskto.direct a few re marks te 'a the "follineirig "Moved by Alex: - Cameron,. siteorelard hy Thos Baird, and resolied, Thatehe following parties be:struek or:the assessment- roll; de: hevieg beer iliege,lly entered," then fullowed the _names Ofeighty indisideula, ermine -whom -1 notfeed lawy_ers..merehants, independent., gentletu,n, it doctor. maeistiates, inecharrics -arid .M.ani other imineat individuals. Niter, sfr, if it, he true thee' certain- beneeolent irinieidnels in that etownship took -erste theinselres the trouble of hunting • up. all tbe • tinoecumed buildings tind-in SoMe instimeces of *clue ly sharing th..ir own- hahitatiorise and ' if it he, sti tree thet these benevolent gentleaten did gratuitously. proffer said .tenements te ouch a hotel* iilestrious toe of enigrants 'as the above cited resolutionrefers to, .on e411- .dition of-theie beconiine -actetai.. Waled§ mid resideete ionong us, I woutd- respectfelly And ehumbly eugeest the - propriety. O the eeconsideriter t eir 'decision. 'NOw. sire -I would pot have law;makers to be law- breatters, but will thispoint not -beer another aed an uppOsiteerendaneng, and will *Bitch a laudable. act net carry with it the tympethies of the _people end. the indutgenee ot the_ authorities.. I ba,va heard it Stated --alt hOugh I will not vouch for_ the . truth of iteethat .until the 31st day of December of the present yearerus to ham been allowed the emtehly strangers to move to their -new reeidenies and all whet did not present themselves at the Old School House, Bayfield 'the Ist or r2nar diby . of, jenuary, 1866, iVould:sidens cokns fortewith be fetched... lam refuelled t bat bad -it nOt heel: fur the interference- of the. powers thet be, the eiutgratits. were • hound to forthiennine, &hi:aloha ...Ames and *sports announced m pro __,- 0 a - gratumes to ceininence. After partaking ot a most, excellent dinner (prepared by D: 'Macdougall andehis lady, tor the_Teraperence folks,- of whom there were aboue a hundred resell° yoer - eprieepondent went out to participiite in the emusements -going o?i. The various games were well contestede and the Prizes prof:nets), awarded -to the sueeessiur — . corneetitors, *Ithe-Calithinpiati vtlint was a e.iie out and about two dowu the Lake they tucked about and at a precunterted *shoal they scudded fur the goal e which- was the Bayfield har--,_ river I mertut, (we are isie. sinii,riune of having the Harbor of fiefuge located here, that. in unguarded moments We really fancy we have ti) each beet apPeared to be the favorite of metey, mid was touchy. followed by the ---.(Hugh McLeod's boat). la the evening amost creditable and beautt ful display ot fireworks was exhibited front the grand a -Indent the Merket Seeare under the direction of A. Cameron, Esq., Deputy rre tts hind legs which she advertisment mentioned tt mig ht be - identified by. He easily got a more close inseection of it the seriond time by pretending to- be sent by Doan to see if he could make a bareein for it and -this subject expressing opinions different from our own. • . • . THE' CEOP,$. The crops throughout this County pre- sent juit now a very, cheering appearance. In some places we observe that the fall *heat has been badly winker -killed, but Many of the fields are magnificent, and on the whole we think there will be a fair average crop of this important cereate- this was the stolen Ilene, and he immediately got a warreat from a local magistrate for the arrest, of the man Ilibberd: was arrested ore that day, and the advertist`r Are James Hatch, of the fewnship of _Zone. near Chath one was written to porn° and identify h.a horse:- In the ateantime the prises. a - ea; sent up to this vi,lega for-" dale keeping," ia the lockup te await the miming of the owner orthe home. Mr. H:h.ierd,. howuvir., didn't chose to await Ur. cOthing. but being left in the body- of the loekup instead of bein; placed in a cell, he maimeed to force the lock or the outer doer by sprieg Kt back thefetitch whicu reeeivert the bolt, with the, damper ora stove 'that stood ha the The SPring wheat fields loek better than room this moraine at about -eleyen o'clock We have seen them do for thepst six at and elle,asr,esditoriffn for”ethe woobrIs acrdoss ✓ eveleyears, and shonld the' season - prove '2 n - Gibbin f was o serve almost • assent as he issued from the buildina, and an safavoeable as the spring has done, there will be an immense surplus in Huron. Other spring -sown• grains promise equally Well. The meadows, if thee receive a fair amount of moisture; will yield mu& more -abundantly than last year. The prospect of a very' targiefruit Crop is truly mugnili- -eent, and we have -no' detibt- that, if we escapee- heavy June frost, there will he it greater abundance bf the delicious pro- ducts of garden andorchard than has been teen, ,here for many years_ The crop. prospects ite Bruce„ re are informed, are just ascheering: In this connection it may bc1 well tp atato that some of 'our 'most experienced grain dealers confidently believe wheat _will bring 11.06 -per bushel this' fall. Ste motiit be; WitatiamithePostaireStanipsf A- correspondent writes to inquire who gums the, Pastaza Stamps. lie complains._ that sho work is so illefficiemly done. that they won't stick, and, that, he has therefore to b..*t th-e- trouble to de it himself. This, • hi - seyi, notvery Much trouble to hien; (except rhea be ill:ea hurry to catch the read be- fore it class, ina, then the agony is anender. sblelY bat sea large portion of the coramu: "silty who have- no business offices And cense! iisently oogum or Mueilage bottle, et Inuit bs.,a veg. serious *convenience; Our cox.; ' grie- van- ce,. it will thus' be seen, ;>, ia iota pontoon! opt, but hin complaint is seseht mk behalf of serail. og-. hobtlAitIo 414 Ito, threatens; ie cue the inetter it not rectified, itt see* the qeestien teld lave no csnlidate . exeitine chase took plaee between him and two or three men Whit happened to he near. Ode of then gained some on him- but the woedsbeing near at hand the fueitive irpm jUstice rnsuaged to elude his pursuers, and is substequent search of the busti by -a dezen - 'nee or more failed to dikaaYer any traces of nim... It is- inure titan probable that he half made good his escape. Ite is a email road. About 5 feet. 4 inehes -in height, very active, with a strong- well -knit frame of body, tight cemplexiute7light Bendy heir, westis a very dila:rad vory .short sandy beard on the Chin, eles of a- dark gray color. nearly' brolha, his countenaece.merked >considerably with laNe freckle' which at a Mlle distance, have the appearanee of being pOokenarks, and was dressed in e suit of light grey material:- Mr. Hatch arrived in-Ushoeee on Thursday night, .ind identified the. horse us the oue stolen from hiin. • SEA 1F ExerrEuEire-e-Thos Curry, Esq,,-- of this villaee in. sinking a walk on hot farm: r the third lot from-Seatortle at 6 feet deep. =iet a rock, known as Wilson's Qaerry, and discovered strong itidicatious 9f Petroleuni. ailentlemea hos the oil re,Oons who visited this place are confident there is uit here in abundance.. A company is About being formed to sink well, quite sanyuine of mic- e, . _ nes. _ • ing_KwasTir retarrIt Szarottra.--The •Calithumpians emerged from their " Hole at an early hoar and made a Reid on Harpor- hey, Seaforth and Egmondville. then disap- peared. They wore an improvement on former years in dress, behavaur. ke. A. vast concouree of spectators assembled on Mr. Wilion's /round? the atleetie rotes scorn - enlaced with spnit. a ec•plous shower .6 attended, driving meat of the fair sex Crone*. The barn and outeouildings of Joseph . Callowai son. -were accidently bunted en f .f_ _ 40nd ty 'afternoon last. Partly intured in the_ Agricultural Mutual, but loss still very heavy. (Omit $12.)0.) I will , send the -psirticulars in a teifdays The British Periodicals. The Hisrlford Post *aye the -Fourth Estate of -England, with the TImes -at its head wieldier a power behiud the throne greatir than the throne itself, would, be less pnarerful were it depriied of the mfinence Which -the -renowned Quarterly Reviews and Blackwood's Magazine contribpte to it. They ere an- iristetutitm of . theniselves. Through their columns many an mita:sown eisayist like tiscauley and Sidney Smith, has been introduced to unriealed publicity, anti hy tech writers, in turn, these publications field of pietism*. the bachelors follovringe the t_ 'attained to thew 'splendid reputatton. crinoline to the boteis, Milt the ...reuses went Scholarly *hint'', extended image .of thoneht en, Ise rant ctuld d43nt, **tiger of the r and rcsnareb, m4elficent 'rhetoric, -brilliant civilians are prohibited from entering it, un - leas duly provide.1 with A pass irom Major - Gen. Halleck. The Last of the Confederate A rm les. The World's Washington special corres- pondent says that he has had a conveution with a General just from Texas ; who claims to be thoreuzhiy Wormed concerning( Smith's army. He _saya Srnith'irforces are composed Of shapeless and inharmonioue eierneetsbeloneing to Priee's, Dick Taylor's and Magruder's ceminaards. The army is _formidable in numbers, hut not in spirit. At last dues there: were inscribed on the aimy rolls one hundred and five thou sand nausea. which,- deducting for the sick and abseut, Inineeithe actual -number of Kirby's soldiers to something like 81.000 men, of whom -1.0. 000 shuuld be deduettd tor - teamsters and other non lighting men. Or these 75.000 mete 45.000 only: belong te infantry ; the balance enlisted as caialry or mounted infan- try, which are represented . as exceileetle provided with horses. but imperfect in idiscip- hue. The - army is repreeefited to be tho rouehly supplied with tanniunitien and . sides. Ktrby Smith says the war prespeete 'tire ,hetter. He said he .hed tried seven times to - /mud reinforcements" Jeinn.sion„ but failed un tweount uf the gunhciats the river between Natchez and :klew.rOrleaus. algid Immo' thud faileit . had withered all the ammunition that he need.ed and made all the - - - . -preparationi itecessary !defeneive warfare. He pointed out the advanteges Texas possess- ed in having no water cuntSes. and hi being. destitute of wells atidi spriees to an - - Per an,uses, itivading army. He thuu_la he 'could held FOr any one -of the Itiviews . 04 OJ t ut here several years, emit the itidependenee For any tWo 9f the Iteviews ... tid of: the Coutederaey. wits itecognized. _ Smite Fur any,,three- the'Revievis..-....e-10 00 rebel effiiers told _tilts gentleman that Kirby For any four of the 12 00, -Sinith ties sensible of:the lolly el pretractiee For Blackwood's Magazine :....... se 4 00 the straggle, and was !put); talkieg this wey 13,ackwood end tine Revis.w TO to receive the best teries ter himself and his For Blackwoodand arty two of the He- men. SoMe 'represented him 'is unprinciplea . views. e. • • • .:. • .- • •-• 10 00 and dishoneat, ready to sacrifice 'his army and For Bleckwood apd three of_ the Hee the ceuse for .hiS personal. interests, and had vieesr. . .00 already Made money. :by !telling cotton and For. /31ack*Oodand the tour Re -views P. 00 monopoliziag ic.pertetionte.° ma the other nand,'• his aastizans seid he . was upright and *Were --these: tin ported, hey-weeld misty with the premium on gold, about 875. honesteand looked only to the best means cif The Vella* Fever Piot. achieving success for the Confederate capse. • - - - THE PaseinENT's , BaoTIIER.-At some _ -The fact_ that Dre Blackburn did engage in point -on the march fechis trayetterille, an Old al heinous gloti tc, inhoditee yellow fever into couple man and wife,' in the shubby dress .of the Northeler States must , be -considered . as the I ' hte f the S uth • and with a :• - . poor w 3 -3 0 . 0 , establishe i if One es to helieve the witnees countenance: Smoke dried aed stained- with .11yatns. There ere those who do not credit tohaeco juice,_made their apperance at the this men, and think- that Dr. Blackburn ie headquarters of ' the general commandtug ,innoeent of the: charge. Not so, however, Mx, Boomer, the Police Magiserate 'of Toron- the sliyialon, and When -they succeeded in get- ting attention, preferred A eequest to :" pass 10, who, Wisely refusing to decide the ehee -to Waveihigton." • The following dielogue himself, uwing te the uneerteitity that pra . vai.s..in the 14w -of England ceneerning the• ;Lig", fee ee eneuerle_ a What do You wenn.' pass to Wash - Old mane- "I want to see my crime tif corispiree-y-Ias cot:unit en offence hi brother there." ." Who is year brother 7'• another country, hes held Dr. Blackburn in " Well, 1- reckon you' -ns- has hearn , tell of sureties& $S-,000 to take his trial et the Fall him. He's A-ndy Johnson,' Vice -President ol Assizes. Certainly, if the offence charged has heen proved, there should he law to reach s;.; abominable an otrence.--Free Press ••••••••111110611101MINIMIllg• United states, ' • - -••••••••,:•••••••• ...-•••••••••••••••....••••••• ,•••••••••••es: TheCominerciars army ,ot the Potomac correspondent says :- There is trouble in the army ethe_ men thinkirig it a hardship to be ordered out feir feur hours' drill every day when theY are su soon...to be mustered out of Service. ' They cieinplain -of the hardnees pf their efficers. The ammunition has been taken away from them to avnicle serious trouble. An outbreak siectirr4d in the qth corps. _ A reliment of regulars were sent to Tien it, but, were so hard pressed by ,the roittimeers that they were ublieed erretreat." ' - The Coinniercial'i Washington special despatch sayit - • ." The deinonstrtitive indignation of Jelf. Davis on'being pAced ok army rations was the "Use of tlis being placed iii frees." We.stosorote May 26.-11. special despatch - to the fehatie says that the Attorney General hai. just made A moat important deciiion. atfiAns thA- the amnesty proclamation was rs, means only te seeure a specific purpoSe, ,wnich was the auppreesina of eheerebellion. 'The rebeeiOn ended. the ,amnesty is void. It deee noe yestore citizenship, property or vested riehts.'- The President hese no power to prude'', except for whia is pest. The exe- cutive clemency epaulet steetch to the future: Therefore the deerees of confiscation must stand. The deci-iian Will be . givee fo the public in a feet days- "_ NEw Yotts, May 37. -The Post's special) teije that the Uniwd States Diatrict Attorney has: needed the proper authorities that the circuit court is reedy to proceed with the trial of Jeff. Davis, ihe indictment found. The -government k .owtedge that the spitit of rebellioseis ttot eet vanquish ,c1, and it will be neeessary in many portions of the South, to maintaiu-the military power :for some tinie. , Movements of Jeff. Mavis. • FORTRESS SIOEROE, Ifotiday,-1 *Step 22, Id65. • • At one o'clock this afternoon the seemlier :Silas ff. Pierce: lefr Baltimore wherf at Alai place With Brevet Meier Gen. Mites, itecom- palsied by other officeri of protnmence. and proceeded iinreediately to the steoener.Williata P. Clyde...at anchor in the_strea,me with Jeff, Davis mid remainuer of the Rebel party on boaed. 'An hour, perhaps sufliciale to give &partite! Rebels time to take *long farewell, vies awarded them... Theeterbor,whiet usually is crowd:d With all :kiiidi and. classes of yea se's,. V+ day looked alinese akserted. Scercely :1; dozen- sail- vesseht cOuld-' bi connted, end even tiiey smiled dill and Itstlest, Colonel Roberts. Commauder of. Furtress Monroe, oierceiviug, the ahsliute necesety of maintain ing strict discipliae .in conformity 'with the wialeis of the GovernMent, that the transfer *lithe Rebel pArty to Fortreis Monroe shoald be condueted in 33 COW maneer as possi Wee_ very 0014y 10 dm morning. stanoned guards in the liatnediate vicmity.of the -case inents, wherein, are cells inten led for the in- carceration of- tut' prisoners; and igloo alone the twines. paths and . routes they would be utilized to traverse while en route to-. the Fortress._ Iti a short tide, after the pierce rear;lied the wh.arf the prisOnere be.ean to land. ; &Leh were the areni-geinents strictly miforeed by the militaryetuthoeities. that -no pgritpe was Allowed -to approach the wharf where the primers landed- except at a tlis tanee °toyer 500 yards - As the prisoners marched 'up the wharf, preceded by guard of their capture oi the 4th Xichiette -cavalry. the tall, "spere form of Jeff. avvis, dressAl giay and weirine a light lelt hie, could be easily discerned. 4.11 -soon its the oiisoners were.alt ashore, they were -marched oe &lone the 'beach to the- sallyport, Of the waterbsittery in the rear of theFortress, aed . . thence te them cella in the. second tier of casemate,. Clenierat .C.• Clay' _accotnpauied Jelf:Dairis inside the Fortress, And also, it is supposed, the largest minion of his perilous! 'staff. Sirs. Davis and her four children,- her brother and sister and the wife of Clement C. Chey remelts o board the ste.amer Clydeeurd, it is -thought, will be sent South this e7Cening, as orders have been received from the -War Departmeet prehibiting theft), frtim going •North. -The parting hetween Jeff. Davis ioul hie family is described to have been ofen ex- tremely affecting nature! 'during .whick ;the feelings of the once iambitiOes and desperate Rebel leader were etniplet:•ly overCome., Major -Gen. Halle& has been here during the past tbree days 'superintending- the arrange-. aunts made lorehoconfinement of the Bohol ptisoners. Striegenr-ordere in relation to visiting the -Fortress -hare been issued, and ell the United-Siates.''. -1Thia. reply caused _some astonishment; but the strong likeness of the old man to the Vice President. . which now became Apparent_to all, confirmed his state- ment aucl,all becemehiatisfied with the truth. In the conrse of the lioquiries, it came out that the old man could neither read norwrite. " No there could Aptly, gentleman," said he, " when we vrere youn,4 wee .1 hit Wile,taught knit'? " And whY ilidn'te your 'wife teach yon ?" was the rejoinder. • li Welt, general," laid the old lady, " 1 touldaitnever read. nor writi'myself.14 _ . --' . THE SECRET 9r GEN'. BUTLER'S REMOITAb. -rThe New York Led4er sayse-l' Shiny people suppose that the rerneval of Gen -But ler was eaused.by hiS failure to take Fort Fisher. That ia not So. The tree reason- is this: when General Butler was in command in this city. previous to the ' last Presidential election, a certain article anpearedio t he New York Hertel; which the General did not like. As soon us he read it, he at 'once desdetehed one of nia aids to thelleralds o ee. to Bum: appear at 'his headquartere. . Mr Hudson rffi mon the ma:lasing editor .(M . Hudsoo) to obeyed the, suminoes ; and tin appearing he - fore the high initiotry offieial he was informed this; the Herald must retract _the offensive u!ttcle, or he (General -Butler) would sue - press the, paper. General' Butler waS not awake whewhe mad; thii threat that the re- lations cifegr. Bennett, the respot;Sible editor of the lierald, with. the administration, were of a very file:idly and confidential character. ai.d, tnerefore, en making this exhibition of his chrief outtiorite/ he .' pet his foot -in it.'' Mr. Bennett, of couree, never 'forga,ve- him e %et, on the contrary,. Managed to. have him removed test es soon at the General s sup eriora count assicrii a reason that would. seem - lively justify his decapitetion; General Butler id_ himself riwa.re of this nov4 although he did uot kno* the secret ef his removal at thetime• it took place. The offer of the . French _mis sioa hy our late Pi'esident to' James Gordoe itenneteand the endorsement of the offer by &race. Greeley must have opened - General_ But er'a eyes'. lie will prebably let the S ,neW3puper3 alene-hereafter.". -- •-- —..... -----. _ e DUI.14138 oil- 3nAtt)k Dr Tim STATES. -A 'Philadelphia paper ie ys that'. not withitanding the almeciance of metieS-, end the ease with which testis can be had faun the banks and other sources, business continues exceedingiy depreesed. This apathy ia - commerce, it states, .is not warranted by anything In the politield el financial condition of the ibuntry. Te can hardly eee thal-this .position is col. rect. °Vier fear years 'of the -Most gilantic war of this century, -, we cannot expect trade at oriCe to resuine its eld uedisturbed ehan- nele, ' The war heeeo ilotne, extent unhingAt s ,ciety. Aid- ar.it until war aed all hs pare eherna ia have become a thing of the past: and the natien has turned to 1_0c* C -r view's!! tit peace min we hcipe_to:eeett business re- tie:le its. former -activity. article in the Pew York Tribune of the 24th: " W shear that many of the blacks, i horeng le ly distrust their old masters, place all confi- dence, in tbe Yankees who have recently come among them, and will work for tbese on almost an,y terms. We regret this t for while many uf these Yankees will justify that eonfluence, others will crossly abuse it. New England produces many of the best specimens Of thelbuman race, and, alone with these, some of the very tue,anest beings that ever stood on two legs-cutining, rapacious; hypo- critical, ever ready to skin a flint with a bor. rowed,knife and meke (for others) soup out of the peelinge; This class _soon become too well known at home-' run out,' as the phrase is -when they wander all over te earth, seuffilpg and swiedlinz, to the inter, or the land that bore them and cast them out. Now Jet itibe generally presumed by the ienorant blacki of the South that a Yankee,. because:I Yankee, is necestartly their friend, and tins unclean brood will overspread the South like focuser. stetting schools and preyer meetinge at ev y cross reeds, getting holdoribaudon- I/. ed o I confiseated plautations and hiring labore s light end lett, curting_timber here. tryin,111 oat tar .and turpentine these, and --growing torn, cotton, rice awl 00.00, which they -Will ffeve. sold at the earliest day and runsway with the proceeds, leaving the ne- eroes in rags and foodless, with winter just corninS. on. 'Trust thyself' is the rely lira' maxim to be impressed on the ignorant blacke; take iiii nten's fair worde• us sabetantlal veri- ties, bet insiston being paid as you ge," - 1 _ THE CitOrS. ' , _ . - The weather bas been very; irarm now for severe, dues and veeetation hos st4ordinely 1 ' a made teat -pregress. The frequtint heavy -rains that we haye had. dining _the spring so fur haledeluyed the operatiods of ploughinz add planting in many -parts of the country. purlieu Rely where the land is. low.. Aside. from this the Prospects el' -good Crops are most favoureble.--ePrescott Telegraph, 23rd. • Recent inquiries warrant Ls in asserting that the erops in North Ontario, and in fact itt the ; whole country, were never better at this seeson of the year than they are now. - The grit!), which merle its, appearahee in -the Ilth eonceasiun of ibis township, is to be found in- no other locality, and even there the injuries inflicted by it are not so greed as was at iiirst apprehended. The hay crolialip -premiser Well. • Should no unforeiteett ems - fortune ocenr, our farming friends will fitid themrers Ina, better posuion this- fall than they ha e for severel yearse-siPtince Albert Observet. _ -. There never was, in- this county, a better prosnee4 for good erops. than at Present. The .. fall whe t loofas well, fruit prospects are ex- cellent,- nd the spring work over about two weeks arlier than last year. During thi" freshing skewers. - Altogether present ap. past we k there have been several rest _re- pearanc a augur well for a return ot good times: PruceIlevie,W. ' . 1 Fromiallelireciiens the reports of the grow- ing' crope a -e most cheering and encouraging.. Al e hake received this morning ocular de. monstration in this connection from the townshih of Glaadford in the shape of speci- mens ()lithe giowinewheat and rye, from the farm oft Mr. 8teehe'en King. The stalks et rye, which are -represented to bee fair sam- -pie of the field, are milt and heavy, trseasur ing abinn, three feet in length; the wheat is of the white chaff Mediterranean description. end ethibits a like healthy appearance, the stalks taeasuring About two feet. in length,- - The- teemed are exeedingly hopeful_ ut the present time, and these cheering reports will petity.-4-Hainilton Timesf 25th.. tiv be recei ed with gratification by all classei, 'who h e a commit interest Iti -their proui ' The liveather during the past two weeks hes on ehe tvhele been rather favourable fur the groeing crops. We have as yet had leas warn) w ether then is •usual itt this Beason; but the has been a regular Aupply of rain at -interval , and this has aided eegetation mate: nadir, I cleo.aonie extent betcle up for the leek or heitt. - 00 Mender last we had a thunder storm, 'accompitilied with ram and hail; an siderabf howeve either t t %serve en uesda) morning there was con - hoar frost. Se far as we can leant, it has done tie_ material damage the fruit oe grain crapse- [Sarnia arrglarles In St. Catharines. 41.1.•••• ' -, ST. -CklITATtiNES, 110y 26. List night, or early this morning, Mr. T. Healey' Ouse store, St. Paul street, Melvin's 4 Reston . et, Queen -street, and Mr. C. Yale's foundry, Ontario -street, were tntered hy burg- lars. The foundry WAS no doubt entered for the purp se raf obtatning the _ tools necessary to opere e with. The next place visited was Me. Heeley's or Mr. Melvin's, probably the former. The parties got into Healey's "tore through black window, and made their way punched a -hole *ith a cold chisel . r some to the •ie feethrciugh the dour of whic.11 they .1 imilar it strement and through this _ .posited sufficient powder in the lock tie blow the dooi to pieces; and demolish a w•ndoweat the- top of the office. From the safe. they abetrected between 1.50 and -170 dollars. ___ . _ The Commersilal Convention. The President of, the Detroit Board o Trade, in a circular fro the tievetal Boerds ot Trade Of the United S ales and the British Provinces, 1113nouuqesehatt-as be has- receiied favorable responses from the assoCiatiuns addressed contenting the prepused Con inercial Convention, it will meet iu that cos on Tuesoay the Itth ot July next. ge adds :- • T " All commercial associetioni about . to participate are reittested to report- to this buard. at the earliest possible momeat the number of delegaterethey deaire- to seed, irr order that suitatdo itecemmodation may be proCided fur theinla the commotion. It ie net sidniable to Itinitehe number of delegatea representing each board, sortie having ahead, appointed ten and ethers twelve members. ltis proposed to leaVe it te. the convention to decide the mode of rating and to esteleisi. -rules for ita organization Thiongh the kind -liberaliey of railroad and' steamboat compel ies, arrangements home been made for the free transmission of elelegates to and frciiu Detroit, by, the follo*ing lines centering in Detroit : Michigan Central reilroad. Miele. gen Southern zed Northern Indiana railroad. Great Western -railway of Canada. Greed Trunk and Buffalo end Laire Huron raileraye of Canada: Dettoit lead Milweukee railroad. Detr,oit . and Cleveland steamboat line. Passes iiiii be sent Over the above lioes oi; .receiving.froin their respectiee boards the (names of the delegates desiring -them. Alf arrangement! for tiansmissien of delegetes 1:15, over railroads or ot er lines connecting' wit_n the above namedlin must be made 'by' the several commercial. itisociatione part..totpating in the Cs;nreititin " - °.!. . The New roaz ciiltalliewel- int Mamas- --The followineis extracted tom an editorial The Shippginageatenede.Laboss. r at _ Owing to the immense influx of vessels at this ziort on the opening of the, season, the nice of labor for loading and unloading their °large cereoes„ ran up to an exoybeent figure. Experienced hands were receiving froni 82`to 43 teday, and rere hard to get at that. At one tim there were 'tome 450 Oita and ..;esselso all kinds there, which required on an avera some ten men each- to- unload. f his pre ed into the service some 4,500 perc sone. an rendered business rather brisk enong t e navvies and stevedores. Some honest t demise'', auch as shoemakers and Itailors lu d by the bait of a large daily sum, left thei last and geese to make money on the doc , but they,did Mit emceed for it re- quires e peculiar knack ih_ the business to excel, in this line for which none but .exper- ienced hinds are fitted,' - .. FIRE IIN INOSIMoLL.i-We - learn from an out in the Inquirer printing office of that extra of t e Ingersoll Chronic& thit about two u'el k yeaterdlif morning a fire •broke plac, . a 'large two-story wooden building opposite the Daly house. -it was not maey =notes before the dames communieated to the eahinet factory of Mr. George W. Web- ster, tend tn less than an_hour both buildines lion of eir printing material, household ii were -tote ly destroyed; Messrs. Sutherland, owners o the Inquirer; lost the greater per - furniture, &c., very little having been staved. The mattal was veined at about 81,800 ; insured i the Gore Mutuil for $800. The building was owned -by Mr. Jan Coltidge ; insured in the Liverpool and Loudon Com- pany for *qoo. lir. Webster saved the a party in England. We believe there was pi greater rtiOn of his stock. The bonding was a sub untied two.story frame, owned by no inserineeoa either stock or building. The fire is bet' ved to have been the work of str incendiary' -10° At an invent! steam. „ itleT stthscrietz ..Mrs. Line a fele Lo ing, but from- Parli ol.Lo Ia. "rgac twenty.:fou .3 • ' • he big hotel in St. !Louis they 118Ve n tn nse for shaking carpets by Aura& * Noir has - opened a for medal to be- presented te in. - Palmetztonh health is improv. continues weak, sod abstaius ntary ditties. Derby's trends/40u of lion*, ths fifth thousand °fits -sale, at 'Shillings a copy. 1 •••••.m. Frail Wanted quickly. Many ire hindered from fruit grotring, the erroneous idea that they must necessarily wait adong time foe rehires. The Tema is erirresoren, ofrfotemnamnaedwe, p"taitnttaatkiesoma litenietheehtosateetreeek.asstatie arnedfuelleyesdestto9bte eceorriyectedin .spitwweeient bear a moderate crop the same season. Atier ripe berries may be bad in seven weekt from the titne of planting. The second year, the crop will be abuudant. A aware rod of Wilsoe's Albany on good ground, will yield two quarts a day for two or three 'regime-, Musk Melons and Water Melons wilt yiekt their delicious products four months after planting. Gooseberries, Curreute liaspber-. nes, and Blackberries, ell bear „moderately the second year after aetting out'. .Tero dokir currant bushes set out small, have -fielded's. bushel of currants the third year. 13rittatle's Orange Raspberry will freeuenty hearthe same year it is transplanted -though' At -fruit will not be fell size. Grapes eirroduce, ftuit early, gene ntl ly the second or third erste according to theetiength ot the young vines: - Hardy kinds like the Delaware, Concord, AM' Hartfoth Prolific may be depended nri meet years for a crop. Dwarf Apples and Pears • CCI330 quickly into hearing. Tinder sty- unuragement and in suitable soils, ihey beget to yield the -th;rd- year irom the budeautt the apples especially, are very reliable, regular' fruiters.- f Canada Farmer. • . pub: i'ass engem from Tort:Pito' tie' to a landslip on the New Xork- Central Bell - Lewiston by boat _cannot eget lanyard owing ,..=•••••••••• abbtrtisestentsb • OAL 1 MAL 1 A LARGE -QUANTITY OP BLACKSMITH'S COAL I ON • HAND AND Foxi, s.A.1433 At the Wharf! GEO. MEDAL', , Agent. Goderich, May 29t1,0-1.865. • z - • PAPER WO g$ 11103I 4 ets. emit Reel, -At the 4.Signar -A LARGE SUPPLY OF WindOvit Shades I MIMI:170R CASH ATTHESIGNALOFFICE * 1 V .1, ae • lElLairjEl T-otl A.' SCHOOL -200D STATIONERY REDUCED RATIELf. Notice is liere by. Given 'IHAT.After twenty-one days front the -dater the ole-edhgt neoftictehe..7speltrga•ontercoill lathe Inforede_te United. Counties of Huron and Bracee' ot Goderich foi• the Appointment of Zan Me- Kinley., Esquire, of the township of tilts-nley, it: the County of Huron, 'ad Gdardiere of - Eleanor_ McKinley, Miry IticKinlevs Agoan• nah Mel(inley, Lucinda MeKinley, )dargalet J MeKinley, Agnes McKtider, .and „Robe' t McKinley Minor -children. of theiate Robed - McKinley. Dated at-Goderieh this 30tli day of Mai, ri8 3c 1865. - Insolyent Act of 1.864 - In the matter of ALEXARD:a DOUGLASS, •an initolvent. • HE oreditora of •Theinsolventare ziollhed to meet et my -eh' e in Me Ifillege ;air Southemptoe, in the tounty of Bruce, 4)11 Friday the sixteentle-day ofJuee nese miters - o'clock, A. id. lot the public -examination of the insolvent and for the Ordering of _tine „ • affairs of the estate generally._ • A. SPROAT. Assignee. Dated atSouthanipton aforesaid, t, eee- 23rd May,1865. I Itswkwjtc Air Iziolvent Act of 1864. IN I'llE 1IIATTER OP JAME& R. ROSS, AN liv,soLreivz .. , f . rellib. creditors or lite insolvent are itotified J. that babas made An assign inent of hie .m. Ista aelndritneff:sp:indryienrgth„e4a jblomvuer:171,:ovniselotatAsegaitHeveraa::- theavhole attiated'under Olitil.with the vouchem ' ma within two months from Ibis Atte with their , iennsud tplipoevaluert ormlitcatintidintyitem..eoesw:tatwAIR:sot_ ,beextfael- t _ • signed assignee, and they are required iolaraisk - __ - - 8. G. MoCAUGNEY" , . t - - - - -Eelicitor for Insolvent; . _IrlOtt' Seafortb, Co. Huron, May 18th, 2865. - - INSOLVENT ACT 0E1864. the matter qf .11,EITRY a max an Insolvent. Creditors ofethe Insolvent ars tiefffiiid that he lemma& an asaignment of his estate and effects tinder the above .Acetto me, the undersigned assignee, and ;her .isee required to furnish me within two isontba from this date with their elitism; rifyirtS the security they hold, if sae, and 'seam ofte and it none stating tbe fact; Ibis Anti* attested under oath with the voodoo in support of such claims. THOS. PARRJOW, - Blnerale. May /2, 1,65. Da* 2w ' • " CP3a13r zit,* 1204p12233P P ENLARO T -Ta WAIN!. [011111 kdrEfiserk riceitaatollo4. ' 28-0 oiunin riper* Is published every IsorM -even* id fr. crolock„ _end contains On latest r Markets, New; Paritrephs, '4. ilv Reading, Editorials, aloe earifillity *Omar and selected, The Lento, Enure ADVERT/1MS 'las a circulation avereirlog11,41001rOcw4, is morethan ilouiPle t12at of sint o "fift.' paper published w.est of Hamilton. circulated on the streets,after the m4les the Montreal Witness 'sod Rev TOilt, Buffalo papers. Adviertieers st a will find it to thtirestleantsys .to ' business notices in oar eoltonig. Dail Advert:bier (per aims) Advertiser 9011 - , „ P." milmuilwitiftg-,JognfvatEttot4. I'' ' rwlitrikOroir:tor.- . .. - -. - London, May 23, 1865. ; •