Semi-Weekly Signal, 1865-06-27, Page 2•
GODERICH, JUNE 27, 1865.
TilE DIINGLINON MURDER!
FULL DETAILS OF TILE AWFUL
OCCURRENCE.
•I•••••WIfs•MMII4.
McCURDY FLAYED TO DEATH.
• The inquest -oa the Body.
Woolley Makes a, Full
Confession.
He is Remanded to -Stand Trial for
'the• Murder.
were in company with deceased when _he
left. They had Bo words before they left-.
I heard loud voices passing my window
after I went to bed.
Eliza Ann Black's evidence was -similar
to tliit of las-t. witness.
Susan Ann Hall deposed as follows
saw deceased last night about ten o'clock;
(krillg the night I was awoke by a dread -
THE SEMI-WEEKLY SIGNAL.
me, but, so help me God I didn't think I was
killing him. But God help, me 1 It as
eery near day -light when I got home. -1 now
remeinber that poor McCurdy when_we first
came out'of the tavern staggered and felt -on
his- face. I had. drink at both Bleck's .and
Swift s tavern, nn&I honestly state I would
have Sooner died myself than to have killed
McCurdy if I had been sober.
Although there were some -fifty or sixty
fut. noise down the Ashfield Road .e -there
,persons in the room when thb above state -
was cursing and swearing ;one of the. ment was made, perfect silence_ was oliseryed,,
.c' - each other as the awful recital Went on,
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strong men turning their pale faces towards
voices which I thought to be William
Voolley's, said, "Will you do it again ?" Weulley seemed to realize his position .very
The answer was, "No 1". Thep I heardtiekeenly, and wept profusely . All the tune that
Moss ; heard one of the men moaning ; be was sueakiag. --
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it_was SD dark I could see nothin; 1 am The two McDonoichs,:- ishohad.been under
711 acquainted with- Wo011ey's voice.. As arrest on suspicion of complicity i&the-mur-
gOort as I got up in. the.'Inorning I told our ---er were now -discharged froi&eastody.
t d 13 called
told Mrs. Pollock -who: was.- ihe room &lion by. the cord"-
MeKey,- a been Words would fait give adequate: whet I had heard during the night ; Dr. Jainee
• idea- ofthe feelings of horror eirpreased by. .
ner-te.make. a Post:mast-ern
• examination of the body, testified as to -the
with me what I heard; _
the crowd of people gathered in mad about . _wounds inflicted, which, in his opinion, we
I James Whyard saw M'Curdy about a
a and S
inari-es past one that morning_near Mr. sufficient to cause death
when it became known that a horrible
Dunwannon on Friday 'aturday last
Dr. Jahn F. Cassidy corieborated the eve
Black's k tehen, and saw - him enter the deuce oftbe last witness. , till 2 P.
murder had been committed- and - that an(Sioned )
Several documents from Blnevale are
unavoidably crowded out, but will appear in
our next, together with other -deferred mat-
ter. _
Oe. There will be a grand Temperance
Festival in Londsboro on Friday the 30th
instant.
. _
few days ago a mad dog created
considerable excitement in. -Seliforth. The
animal bit a large nuiriher of his fellow ea
nines but did not do much further clamag,e.-
He was shot by Dr. Culeinan. Dog skins are.
selling cheap slate, the people thinking Wise-
ly that prevention , better and safer than
cure.
TIto ,bong Vacutleents •
•
The following.interests persons having
much business with our lawyers-- '
" We the undersigned_ I3arristers and
Attorneys of the Town of , Geduld' do
hereby consent. and agree to limit our
office hours, during the Jong vacation, to
the following. hours, viz : from 10 A. M.
ALJ ro4.
M, C. Cameron.
Toms St Moore.
• 1ra Lewis.
Henry McDermott.
W. rorranee Hays.
J. I3. Gordon.
S. P. Yeomans.
• D. Shade Gooding.
- John Davison
II. L. Doyle.
J. S. Sinclair.
John Macara.
- _ 'Walker. -
Heard Robert M!Dottogh and. Wro. AndrewSproul, recalled,. Under Goroner's
inqueSt wa-3 being held. The almost b.
• wooky talking. loudly in• the. bar -et that. Werrant I searched Woolley's' house toelay. -II
unheard of coneoutitants of the crime, and
tune Deceased was the worse or liquor" I received & shirt from Mrs. Woollity, which
-i,
the mystery surrounding it for, a short , - . . .
, had been washed but net quite dried, upon
ad could scarcely -walk. .1 - .
Hine, had. excited the honest yeomen of detected slime of blood, as also upon
James M'Conneli saw . -deceased -about r . .
the neighborhood to a feArfwhich I ' ul pitch. And „ pair o pants which hadibeen newly -washed.
well they might. It e were told on the 1 I found blood &lso in a, washtub. I 'found a
o'clock on , the night in Ruestion.-
IVm. Wooley, ROA. knonegh and his newspaper whiCh I now -produce, and which -
spot by mmi who first sew. the mangled
body, and the blophes of freshgore, that brother :a.tre in his company.. They did is bloody; • ' , ."
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the sight was indescribably horribleriot appeal. to be -niueli the worse of • James Trimble, postinasfer, testifiad that
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Poor McCurdy lay doubled up in a corner liquor:. .Drank whiskey . w'ith theni once, when the prisoner called for his paper (the
y was a vEry quiet man. Heard Patrio ) on the Ist he could not find it in
t
been draweed frcim a few yards off, entire -
have SI'Curd• .
ef the fence, to which he ..seerned to he W. box ad ("eve apaper
do quarreling or threats. Woolley had a t . - 0 marked ."rhos.
good deal to drink. _ Woods" instead. identified the- paper shown
ly nude with the exception of his pants
- - him as that Whichne had ffitven to Woolley.:
sea the wristbands or a red flannel ehi:t, " • The rdom was then clecared.-and-the jury.
Francis MeG:inty saw deceased that
ieht at Black's in cowl= with Itobert • . • . - •
• and the body from the hips up to the o „ Y - . • atter a short deliberation, returned a verdict
'Doncigh and others M'Dontieh took d el ' • • ' -
bead and face haikbeen flayed with the a o . of ., Mar er against William -Woo.4ey,
butt ends of heavy rods until' there Was oldofhint and said, "-Go. home, Frank, ;whereupon the prisoner was sent to await his
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hardly a finger breadth that was not cut;as. I nave got particular business ' to -do trial at the next•assizes, and the large crowd
a piece had beenbitten- or kicked out of -
that I don't : wish. you to -hear." I drank of people lispersed in silent sadness. -
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the elbow of oneirm, there were some with them, saws_ deceased ' drink - two ' Willime Woolley is.a stout man, wears a
glasies of wMskey. bushy head ot hair and whiskers" and .is4i
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five -or six wminds in -the bead,. and it is , .
house abo,ut- I I_ liolock last eight; saw anything but merderens, and h is alinost.
had trouble in identifying'' the body.unaccountable that- a man of his -apparent
Andrew Sproul said : I came up to this Years orage. His general appearance is
notsurprisinit that some. of the 'witnesses *
When McCurdy left Black's tavern on
.iigus 3.I'Curdy and_ Robt. 'iNt'Domigh
with other puttee an the bar -room ; stayed intelligence should be led into the commissiou
that fatal morning lie had on. a white linen of such twicetan-:ndaswa fan
ataroeichu,s inrioine.Hte:ihiyofs
asbeei
t,
coat, a white shirt and under that a
red some tem thinking; there might be a fight,
maie
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but all passed over peaceably until I left, chil.lren. When remaved to gaol, his part-.
flannel Shirt. These, covered with blood,
Were found aftersun-rise scattered alongvrhieh was about 1. o'clock.. When I left ins with a favorite dinghterof fourteen (by
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. the,. road, and had evidently ben torn or the -ewe al*Danaglis, W m. Woolley; Jashis first wife) was a most painful scene to
witness. •The ptior-gii.1 followed the carriage
ii_M'Connell, and deceased were in the bar,
cut ftom his back with the: rods. The
rods used were cat from a beech tree, and I.Voolley !showed,. a desire to fight but did for Some -distance -wrinvig her _hands in an
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fighting? agony of distress. Woolley ;his lived in the
were fortr in number, varying in size from P°i do oPY • •
neighbarhood for about 10 years.
; !The Inquest was then 'adjourned. until Angus kteCurdy lived near Dungaiiiion for
the thickness of oite's Attie finger to at * ,
doc
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least 1 of an inch. They were, we should 3 ?' next clay, (Friday), .two years, Was 40 years of age and leaves a
' On Friday .the in uest was resumed • •
say, between four and live feet long,- and - wife and duce children to _lament his awful
from the bits broken off, the one ends at 3 o'clock, p, m. death. Deceased is said to have been a very
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James. McDoingb, !morn. -live in qineti inoffensive 'sort Of Man,
and &good
sp-pear to have been twined around the It*
!Kinloss, where I work_ in a 1 saw -mill. neighbor. Mr. Black, of Dungannon, gives
murderer's hands in order . to- giye woke as At reason for. his being so late.at his place
on Wednesday night that he was waiting for
the closing 'of the Scarlet Chapter of Orange -
deli, of which he was a Member. ,
Taken altogether this will . be Considered
the:most cold-blooded and dread! outrage
perpetrated in carkada. since the ill -famed
Mahon nturdert,which it would appear to
surpass in some particulars, _ The confession
of the teal murderer., however; and his incar-
ceration, will oe an inexiiressiblesfaction
to- the pnblio at large.
effect to- his blows.. The were nearly ,i:Saw Angus McCurdy about 1 O'clock on
_we& up and were found ar -the body.
The following diagram will give a correct
idea of the locality of the murder :-
W 4
5 at..* *
'the,night of the 21st ;.he was then alive
and well. He was at that time at Mr.
Black's door,:ink brother -Robert was
!with me and Mr._ Woolley. Immediately
tafterI went up the gravel road towards
home. .1_ considered hint able to take
care of hinisel£ •. .All I can tell is that I
shook hands with deceased and prisoner
• and started away. 1Voolley and McCurdy
- then appeared to be good - humored to-
wards each other, a -few words had pass-
- ' ed between them, but nothing of cense-
/
' quenee. ' Woolly appeared sober, but the
, deceased'sras like a inan .roused out of
!sleep. 3Voolley had no' stick in his hand:
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IltarkIs Tavern,
I. Swill's Tavern. -
S. Where the first liteod was found, about
three rods Ironi Swifts
4. Beech tree from Which the branches were
cut about 125 yards front Black's tavern.
e. Where the bodv Was found,
41P. The ground cavered with brood; tens of
twisteci twigs, beech leaves* and shredi. of red
flannel.
As stated. in our Semi -Weekly- edition
- of Friday, an inquest was opened before
Dr. McDougall, on Friday afternoon, the
• following gentlemen composing the jury:
Chas. Girvin, foreman, Wm. Mallough,
Thos. Park, Jas. McCaig, Alex. Mc-
Pherson, WM. MoMath,-R. Finlay, Robt,
Davidson, Aim Dreany, Robt. Wiggins,
Geo. Videan, 'David McCarron, Richard
Wilson, and Jas. Cartwright.
' The following is the evidence elicited:
Thos. Elliott, sworn. As 1. was going
to Statute Labor this morning a little
betore 8 o'clock, a7 Mr. Bell told me there
were some clothes or tarn shirts lying on
the side of the road ;, 1 saw a piece of a
shirt lying by the side or the fence; I then
saw the body of s man -lying by the fence,
Which recognised to be that of Angus
McCurdy; did not go near the body,
'saw deceased yesterday evening before
dark.
Wm. Mallough; of Ashfield, testified as
- follows :-This morning about 8 o'clock
I was told I was wanted up at the corner,
as there wan a man dead. I crossed the
fields and came to where the body was
- lying. I asked who he was, as I did not
first. recognise him. He was biogon
hishick, the faee turned to one side, and
appeared to have.been laid there, or re -
=egad to that spot. fronia place -where
there was a great deal of blood, around
Whidlt the ground appeared to bo much
trampleck-- He was quite dead. We
removed the body wife the sun.
Mrs. Ann Black testified that deceased
and never thought of killing him. t, bad no
spite against bins. Had it only occurred in
self:defence I would not have cared. 1 have
known hint for about two years, and have
-never met him, before to my knowledge. -
There wis no hard feeling between ns. I
had been drinking that day, which was the
cause of it all. Recollect -getting the switches
lanuing or it little later. Robt. init-rete ; I knew that I was striking the
Dottoollie brother lied'WinWookey1 man to make him get up and go home with
Bobert MeDonogh, sworn. I am a
'smiler, living:in. the. tolinship of Ashfield.
Was acquainted with the deceased, the
lest tune I saw him alive was at the door
of Mr. Black's tavern, on the night or the
21st"; can't say exactly. • what hour.
McCurdy, Woolley, my brother and
went out of the door together. 1Ve stood
talking iii a friendly way for a few
minutes and then aty brother and I went
straight home on the gravel road. Heard
no angry words, but prisoner and deceased
appeared to act coolly towarde each other.
1 had been in Goderieli that _day and had
some liquor in me.: - The others also
-aftleared to have been drinking.. Am not
, •
sure that k saw them _dryiking.)
• wootter's. correisios.
.1thering been announced to the Coroner
and jury that the prisciner Woolley wished to
make a statement regarding the murder, the
Doctor warned him solemnly • and clearly
thnt he was not boned to make any itatenient
at all, but that if he wished to State any facts
after such warning it would be taken down
and mightappear in evidence -againsthim at.
any future trial., • .
- Woolley, being duly Sworn, said i_
I am a fr (mer by trade. I do not recollect
leaving the McDonogh brothers •at the door
cf BIa lc_tavern_ on the morning of the 22nd
_inst., but I win not dispute their words. I
do not recollect starting for home, or who
Was with me; lint after going epiece I re.
member first rate that McCurdy was with me.
tried to get him home but he 'wanted to
tarn back. 1 said he -Should not go back. --
He kept falling, and sometimes . I fell'•with
hiin. I hadat a kluge in my arms all this
time. At last he refined positively to go
home,"and I honestly acknowledge that if the
man was hilted,- it was by me1 reeollect
getting them swit:_ches and striking him with
them, as well as of kicking him. Oh, if any
one had told me Ob, what a man' will do
when Under the irdluence of liquor and pat
eion 1 Poor McCurdy 1 I am telling- this
Volunterily 1 I never . told such lies in my
life as I have about this affair, and never
struck a man before" but once. I think I
struck McCurdy with a piece of board, think-
ing the switches uot heavy enough, but it
L-1.- and I threw it away. / left hint living
bad been in her husband a tavern the
night, before, and was well, although a
little thtt:werse of liquor. Ile was- not
quarrelsome. There were others in the
kraut with him; they argued antongst
themielves, bitt not with deceued. They
all left the house about 3 o'clock in the
Tiee Fourth eal July.
- At a special meeting or the totrn Coun-
cil, held last night, it was resolved that a
very polite invitation _front the people of
East Saginaw- asking our worthy Mayor
and- Council to enjoy their hospitality.
during the celebrationof the 4th should
be accepted, that -the ja`oderich Firemen,
who are going, should be permitted to
take their " merehine "-. along with them',
and that, in view of the large number of
people who would be out of town on that
day, it would - be advisable for the'mayor
to oroelaim it a holiday. Of course it is
ell right to have a holiday, but we must
i
confess that a procla ution of the 4th of
'July for tliat purposis liable to roiscon--
stroction, and may therefore prove unpar
alable to a large number of our townsmen,
who would Otherwise do anything in their
power to keep up a good feeling with the
Saginaw people. However, holiday -or -no
holiday we believe the str. Huron Will
..
have a good loadofexcursionists • across
the Lake. •.
MASONIC PICo.leiIC.
- The members of Maitland Lodge 112 cele-
brated the Featival of St. John, on Saturday.
last, by a pie uic beld in the charming grove
• near Mr. Galt's residence, across the river. --
The brethren, comprising many of our best
and most respectable liminess and profession-
al men, assembled at thiee cecleck- p..m.,
compenied by a comnderable number of in-
Vited-ffiends; and entered at once into the
enjoyments of the day. Having placed the
river between them and the Cares of business,
each present .appeared desirous' of recalling
the joys of boyhood as vividly as possible.--.
Gray; me rehants and- Wise; town councillors
-played at leap -frog, eminent jurists doffed up.
pr clothing and rolled in shirt sleeves to.
• give their legs full play in the foot -race,
learned barristers "putted the stick," and in
fact all present tl3rew dull care to the winds
and went in for unadulterated fun. The- jol-
lity, the goo&fellowibip, the harmony of the
occasion, combined with the superabundance
of good cheer provided rendered it the molt
successful affair of the _kind that has come off
tor many years in this neighborhood.
Ole We are requested to state that a pre.
limitary meeting of teachers will be held here
in the Central 'School House on Saturday,
the 8th of July, at 1 O'clock p m., for the
purpose of forming an association of the
teachers of the County of Huron. All teach-
ers and otheni interested in Education are
invited to attend.
eeje.On Friday night last same rascal threw
a number of large stones through a •window
of Mr. John Beatty's residence, Seatorth,
breaking gime injuring limiter% and fright
ening the. inmates. Pity such scoundrels
could not get thek deserts,
66
if
The Fall wheat Is fully headed out -and in
all cases where sown under favorable °keel's -
stances, looks first-rate; having, I think.
rather an extra lenith of head, which augurs
well for a good yield to the acre: Even
where it was three weeks ago sickly, delicate
g
and thin, it has rushed up almost beyond
belief ;- and where almost -nothing -was ez•
pected, will make half a crop at least. I am.
watching closely for vermin. On damp calm
mornings I see- lots of flies on the
newly -
fledged wheat_heads. I ant afraid they are.
making weevil -L -we will See. The three
weeks' drouth perhaps stunted early Sewn
spring wheat a little) but take it all over,
there is every indication Of an abundance of
straw. -Turnips are brairding, finee-potatoes
are getting ready for the hoit-the hay will be
upon es directly, so that if the preaent lux-
urious weather continue, We will be all. (pier
head and ears directly.--4The Weather has
been cooler. this week -last wak it was
'dreadfully hut-Satutday, the llth, was
espeeiallra da to be remembered for heat
• We mention for .the -benefit of those
among -our readers who don't understand
what is meant by " long vacation," that
the above arrangement Conies in force on
the 1st of July and ends oa. the -21st
August. -
LlTEtiARY NOTICES
.snxis Fort ALL Sessoss:--This little book,
by the British Poet Laureate, is No. 2 of the
• .
popular series of companion poets beine pnb•
lished by Mears, Ticknor Ili Fields, the cele-
brated Boston publishers.' It is finely illus
steamer Peruvian, which is lying at this
wharf, is getting np steam preparatory to re-
moval from the dangerous vicinity. Many
poor families have already been ruined and
made homeless.
• HALF-t!Awr Sun O'OLocI.
The fire is still raging, and half a mile of
houses on Champlam street have been des -
fire td the country Seats and the cities. So great
troyed. It is estimat that a thousand fam-
ilies. i is the madness of the old alevehoidere over
are homeless. wo artillery powder
their deteat and subjugation,. ib
at,
have -just one down to the
return home,- they Amuse . themselves by
t -at, on their
loaded, to be ready t ,b1ow up houses should cutting off the ears, nom or hip.
former slaves. This is not a dream. It is a
it be necessary to do ko in order to arrest the
flames. - Thousands if people are congregat-
ed on the heights above the file eagerly. ktiown to our loyal
tertible fadtpand I ain sure that trihen it is
people there will arise
of their
watching its ravages.1 Quebec has suffei..ed such a feeling
of indignation aa win sorely
meverely from such _calamities before, and
this Leas great as any that havepreceded it. '
Atylul Rwtenge.
The doeititiciti er affairs in Georgia and
Alabama, as reported by the New York
Timea torrespoedents, is perfectly atrial.
We make one brief quotation from a letter
addressed to that journal by the Rev. Mr.
Conway. That Ontletnan, writing frost
Mobile, says The babied people will
be murdered anti driven to untimely graves it
the governmeht does not keep provost guards
• reach the ve7 ,heaven& At MOtitgomery
EIGHT 0'01.0CIL.
The -fire has been arreiteat but the glare sod loss almost Dude etete. others earn irt
five men came in one day with ears -mita"
from the burning ivies is brilliant and appal-
ing. The wind, jvhich during the afternoon terribly. marked over their bodies with blowssvith throats cut ; while alias appeared
and evening blew stiongly from.the west, has from sticks and stones. The perpetrated ail*
Many of us ha to beat a retreat from the " h I "
c iva rous , h g minded, well-bred
fields to the shade and lay up for a few hours ' .
gene down and th police military and • . _ .
gentlemen, no doubt. Thank leaven, the
men h. • -
vol
dozninion of such gentry is man end. Gen: -
A..1. Smith and Colonel Geddes are valiant
in their search for the cruel monsters. But
these cues are only samples. All -officers a,nd-
soldiers of the army here are filled with thee'
•deepest horror over these -awful deeds, seer" -
are resolved that they must end." To aggre
este this overwhelmu.g social disorder, secret
ineendiarism has full swing. The blowing
up of all the ordnance stores at Mobile, with
the loss of several liundreil liven, hu been
followed by a similier catastrophe at amt-
tenooga. At all the great military depots of
the South, with the exception only of New
Orleans, similar disasters have occurred.
They are all too clearly traceale to a.
terrible, silently working, all-pervadingspirit.
of tevenee..
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in the middle of the day, As an instance of
the forwardness of this season, I may state
that there are bees in this neighborhood that
have Wendy swarmed the third time-- having
thrown off the first swarm a.bont the 20th of
May.- This bit - of news ought to be gratify-
"ing to our neighbors 'of Stanley if they intend,
as suggested by year Bayfieal correspondent,
to feed their Municipal Reformers on milt
and honey."
traied, and beatitifully, printed on tiuted paper.
Priceglets. Am. "
From the same publishers, we have also •
received the current -numbers Of the Atlantic
Monthly and Boys' Magazine, both of.which
are excellently written; and. may be had at
the Signal Office took store. .
_ -LONDON Soutar:it is to hand from Messrs.
Chewett & Co.. of Toronto. Tnis booln_not-
-Withseinding the keen competition to which
it is subjected, succeeds in holding its highplace in the estiination of every lover of
elegant English as displayed in racy repre •
sentations os London Society in ita most
sunshiny aspects.
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THE Cituscummes-MAGAME.-..re have
uave
-received the current limber from the same
Establishment and would cordially recom-
mend it es first-class denominational book.
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.SEAFORVII.
Sin, -An instructive debate on ,the
(twee of Christianity. took -Place here last
night in Mr. Govenlock's Hall, (the Good-
TeMplars' Hall havine been granted forthe
purpose, but refused at the eleventh hour
through a squeamish fear -that Orthodoxy
should suffer from -free enquiry,) between Mr.
Wm. Campbell, of this place, and Mr. -John
McMillan, of Bullet& The subject was
whether -the Bible, -(King James' version,)
was of Divine origin aud whether ittontained
the. will of God to min : Mr. C. taking the
affirmative and Mr. McM. ihe negative "side
of the questien. & G. .McCaughey, Esq.,
the chairman mutually chosen by the respec-
tive disputants, introduced the.tournament by
Rome eloquent and. pertinent remarks on the
duties oftree enquiry and the fights of free
-discussion on all subjects, and it is only right
to give that gentleman credit for the hillier-
tiality he exercised -towards both of the dis-
putants and for the giwal order:which he
Maintained in the meeting.. -
Township of Bruce.
DEAR StosAt.,-As you have invited re-
ports from all,seitions Of the. country- as to
the appearance and prospects of the crops,
and as 1 see nothing from the Township of
Bruce in your "columns. yet; and having a
good epportunity ot knowing the state of the
Township, Lim -happy to say; that the pros -
Oct ofa good crop has- never -been so prom-
ising fora number of years. Although at one
tune the grubs "Made a savage onset upon
some fields, -which eaused.people in general to
despond, recent rains, of -which we have had
a good supply, have dispelled all fears for the
present, and if we have 'geed harvesting
weather the general Opinion is that there will
be abundance of all kinds -of produder both
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spring and fa_ll:
VOIAIOILNE.
The Municipal Connell of Colborne met at
McDonogh's Tavern, Smith's Hill, on
-aturday the 17th Of June. Present -the
Reeve and Councillors. . '
Moved by Mr Rhytituel seconded by Mr'
Young,. That on the applidation of D. Clark,
Senr., -and others, Lot 111 on the 9th Com,
-
W. D., cousisting of r27- acres, that 27 acres -
of the saine be placed in the A.ssessment Roll
in the name of David Clark, Senr., the red
mainder in the name of Alexander Hamilton,
and the south part -of Lot 29 in the Maitland
Concession, in the.name ot Joseph.Montgoin
ery, Juan Carried.- - -
Moved ' by Mr Hussey; seconded by Mr
Young That the petition of George Neives
for Teller front this _year's Statute labor be
granted. Carried; - •
Moved by Mr Young; seconded by Mr
Rhynas, That the petition of School Trustees
of No. 3 School Section-prayiug the Council
to pass a By -Law emn
poweng the said School
Trustees to borrow the sum of $900 for a pe-• ,
riod of three years. be granted. 'Carried. • _
_Moved by Mr Educes, -seconded by Mr.
Young, That the By -Law now drawn empow-
ering the Schaal -Trustees of No. 3 School
Section to borrowthesum of .$900 for a pe-
riod. of three years; he adopted. . Carried.
Moved by Mr Malloy, seconded by Mr Hut
sey, That the -petition of certain ratepayer*
of this township for a By Law . -to be passed
granting a new --School Section to be
called School Section No. .7 be grant-
ed. Moved in 1 amendment by Mr.
Young, Seconded by Mr Rhynes, that the
petition of the said ratepayers be deferred till
the next melting of Council, that it may be
shown the distance if Jai. C. Martin's land
from the present school to the new school
site. The Reeve gives the 'casting vote in
favor of the petition. • , _
Moved by Mr: Malloy, seconded by Mr
Hussey, That Donald MeMerehy be appoint
ed to call the first school meeting for a new
school session to be called No. 71. oe the
Maitland Concession. Carried.
Moved by Mr Hussey,. seconded by Mr
Young, That a ByeLaw be passed prohibiting
any person from (drawing logs on any bridge
of the TOwnship, unless. upon whees, or a
sleigh, under a penalty of five dollars; one -
h ilf to the informer, the other half to the
Township. Carried... • •
• Moved by Mr. Malloy, sceonded by Mr
Young, That Ward No.3 should be granted
81001 the other Wards $50 each tor road im-
provements, to be laid out, where the Coun-
cillor of each Ward may deem, necessary. -
Carried.' - -
JAMES TEWSLEY,
Township Cleric.
unteme firemen hav now a better chance of
stopping the further- ravages of the flames.
It was not necessary to blow up any houses.
. .-1-- _
Tin O'ceocka
-Fully one hunired and fifty houses have
.een utterly destroyed, Champlain street on
both sides being burnt for a distance of three
quarters of a mile. 'Fortunately the flames
could spread only in two directions or the
nu would have Itedn infinitely greater. As
is, everything has. been Sweet away from
the edee of the river to the rock behind a
i
space varying n wi
dred feet. Tbisaii
houses of every
th from two to four hun-
was closely packed with
eriptian, many of then
tenement -houses co taining several families.
Several extensive chal-yards are still burntne
and many wharves have been injured or
totally destroyed. The artillery and royal -
engineers were pretiared to blow up houses
to stop the progress of the flames, but on the
representation of. the civic saithorities-that an
explosion would eridanger the rock above,
portious of which hlave already this and pre-
vious years spontaneously fallen with great
loss of life and property, " the project was sus-
pended unless it should become imperatively
necessary. The: gale trom the west abating
the necessity did ii4t arise, although at one
time the whole of lower town was in imminent
danger. One shir& at least is sal& to
have been destroyed. I endeavored to -night"
to pass throueh the burning street, but was
prevented by the dense smoke that covered
everything. I can obtain no proximate idea
of the total loss. hinny .valuable stone.and
brick houses have been entirely coneumed, es
well as many othee-of inferior construction:
The real cause of the great spread of the
conflagrati in was a shingle roof, which Caught
Mr. C. opened the debate by taking it for fire at'a considerable distance from the spat
ew thf e flamdes qiginated, tbyhrone' burning
granted that his opponent believed in the ex-
whistence of a God. He then went on to argue think that no lives. or at most but one, have
Oakes o.wootransported the gale:
from ;he fact of the, existence of the Bible -
from the possi6ility and the necessity of a
revelation ()Cog to 'the fallen condition of
man,- that there must be a revelation and that
that revelation could be uo' other than the
Bible,. since human -reason could not elevate
human nature. addueedtheautlientieity
of the Scriptures,. the credibility of the New
_ •
MAY.•
in my last to you I stated that there were
ominous symptoms -of a protracted drouth.
I ant happy to say, that nty fears wereground-
less. We have been. blesied lately with some
splendid growing showene It rained copious
ly for about three hours On Tuesday night
last, the 20th. Vegetation is growing rapidly
and all kinds of crop really look promising.
Testament write's, coupling 'his usservation
as to their authenticity and credibility with a
vocabulary of very strong and sonorous ad-
.
. .
jeetives without, however, entering into a
eliffeal . examination et theevidences and
testimonPef the books and their authors. --
This was unfortunate., as this forms the foun-
dation of the whole superstructure of the
Christian Religion. -----110 then 'argued that
from the want aim ext coincidence in the
narrativesof events related by the various
authors was a proof of their truth, and'gave
a copious extract from Dr. Scott on the sub
jecu He thee_ dwelt on the antiquity of
Scriptuie; comparing its antiquity with that
of profane writing. In this his Iaek- of his-
torical knowledgewasatnindantly atoned for
by a heap of confidentthrtion. He then
re
dwelt on e rationali '• slid possibility of
miracles, and argued f oni-their invariable
benevolent tendency that they mum be of
Divine origin; and moreoxer, that they were
openly and publicly performed and offered
for unbelieving criticism. "Ile- then took the "
department of prophery, dwelling chiefly on
the woman's seed -bruising, the A head- of the
serpent, &c -,-the tribes ofJudalf rind Jere-
miah's prophecy as to the abolition of the
Jewish ritual and the b cattering of the Jews,
hte. After half an hour Mr. hIcM. followed
by . a brief allusion 14 the importanes, the
duty, and complete vindication of mankind,
and especially of unbelievers,' tO examine the
question at issue; and proceeded principally
to rebut the arguments adduced by his cippo
nent, which candor compels ns to state he
did very effectually. His ;criticisms. of 31st
chapter Numbers -of ;Aaron's golden ealt
and of Paul's religiou4 polies!, and of the
prophecies -showed that this gentlemen,
(gentleman, we say, although Under a rough
exterior,) possesses critical and debati c7
povfers.or no moon eider. After his half
nour had been exhausted, both disputants
followed each other alternately, first for 20
and again for 10 minutes., when the meeting
broke up in very good enter anal in apparently.
very good-htimor. . --
• - ..---- ONE OE THE AUDIENCE.
' Seaforth, June 21st, 1865. _
GREAT- FIRE- IN QUEBEC.
, •
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF
PROPERTY.' "
'rFrom the Lerukr.] •-
- QIIIBEO, June 22, 1865.
A fire which threatens to become fearfully
'destructive . broke out in Champlain street
this afternoon. It is raging with great fierce-
ness, and already Seventy houses or more
have been. destroyed, and thirty or forty more
must go. - Champlain street, as many of your
readers .no doubt know, fronts the river,
being the only street between the water iind
the rock of Cape Diamond *est of St. Peter
street, the chief business part ofthe city. It
is occupied principally by tavern and board-
ing,house keepers, and is the chief resort of
the sailors and lumbermen who came to this
port. Although the inhabitants are mainly
of the poorer class, many of the houses are
substantial and valuab'e, and on the piers
and in the river along the front of the street
much valuable property is stored, not to apeak
.of the ships that line the wharves. When
-the fire broke out therefore and threatened to
spread extensively, Much excitement was
caused, and . not a little apprehension felt in
-city. The- police, who here constitute the
are brigade, were early on duty, and worked
faithfully, brit withlittle success, to extinguish
'the fire. There was a plentiful supply of
water, but the flames soon grained -such- head
way that water was of little service to qceneh
them. Large detachments of the military
stationed here, consisting of infintry,artillery
and engineers, were ordered to the fire, and i
went to work pulling down houses n , its
neighborhood, and making preparations for
tearing down others, should it beeouie neces-
sary. Two ships are reported to be on fire,
a,nd all the vessels are hauling into the middle
of the stream. The river is crowded with
email beats fall of furniture, kc. The fire
broke out near the Manner's chapel, and at
this hour has destroyed every house on both
Rideau far as the steps leading to the Plains .
ot A.braliam oath. west, ind on the east to
within a hundred yardsof the -wharf of the
Montreal Ocean Steamship Company. The
been lost. I have learned but little as yet of
the value of property destroyed,or the amount
of insurance upon :it. . The yards of all the
ships in the hal bee Were msneed. to quench
the burning embers which were constantly
failing. All the tow -boats. ferry -boats and
row -boats were fully employed in carrying
furniture and other property saved ft o.m the
flames. The Perinea did not leave - the
when; but had eirerything in readiness to
move. The -fire is still burning as 1 write,
but as the wind lois dripped it is apparently
quite under control. Thanks are due -to the
Military, who worked with great ardor to stay
the progress of the flames and to 'mire and
protect property. 1 _
--
- Arrival of the City- of Boston. ;
New Yonic, Jun,. 24. -The steamship City
of Boston, from Liteerpool - on the 14th vta
Queenstown on the 15th inst.,- .arrived this
I
"evening. 1 .
The frieetate Niadars arrived at Southampton.
on the 12(11, exchanging salutes with a Brit-
ish frigate. Sha will probably dock and re -
fie, The Sacn.meoto arrived the following
day.- • _.
The English armor -plated fleet, on invitee -
lion of Napoleon, is to make a tour around
the French coast. , The:French armor -plated
fteet is to do the same around England. The
combined fleets wi be at Plyraduth about the
middlea" ofJuly. . i
Loa Brougham in a speech at a hancinet1
to the Prince of Wales, at Fishmonger's hall1.
earnestly called ini the American government
to use their victory in mercy as well as in
justice, and not shame the scaffold with
blood -of prisoners !whom theyreeently treated
as 'warriore.
In the Rouse offLords,, Earl Derby called
attention to Lord 4ussell'a letter. withdraw-
ing belligerent righus from the "Confederates
before the federal government hid ceased
to exercise .thosii, rights, and to President
Johnson's proclamation denouncingthe
penalties of piracy against vessels visiting
interdicted ports. 4 e protested against Such
-procedure, and asserted that the vessels
coati only betreated as smugglers. He
hoped that the .prisoners-, in Federal hands
would be tretd,ed as vanquished and not dis
graced enemies. • -
Earl Russell explained his withdrawal of
belligerent rights. e He said Sir F. Bruce had
sought an explanation of Johnson's extraor-
dinary -threat of treating vessels as piratee,
but could get none. Has opinieowas theithe
threat was merely one held in terroruna -
In the House ofiCominons Mr. Layer &paid
several representations had been made to the
Federal government to obtain compensation
tor the 'shooting of Mr. Grey by Lieut. Dono-
van, U.S.N., offlhe Cape of Good Hope, but
they positively declined to make any compen-
sation.
Parliament would be dissolved on the lOth
of July.
The Gladiator won the Grand Prix.
Mrs. Lincoln seta a letter of reply to the
Empress Eugenia% letter of condolence.
• It is stated that the Emperor agreed to re-
instate Maximilian in ell Inc rights in the
event of his return7from Mexico. '
ondon Markets -Preads.ufs quiet, but
prices firm. American flour held for higher
rates. . Sugars quiet but study. Coffee un-
changed. Tea in fair demand at late rates.
Rice dull.
ale paw -
Terrible Tornado oa Lake
Baron.
_An Exchange says the tornado which swept
over Lake Huron an the locality of 'Point Au
Barque, on Tuesday night last, was attended
. F
That's a *act.
M./MI.1M
The Trade Review says the Wanner.-
cial policy of Canada could be established OA
the bass of reciprocal Free Trade with the
United States, so u to open a market ofsaffi-
cleat area for manufactured goods, the water
power, local and commercial advantages, and
the manufacturing facilities possesied by the
city of 'Montreal, would place her in a few
years far ahead in these respects of annother
city in North America. Her magnificent
water power, now running to waste would be
fully employed, and become a mine of wealth.
tri the city, greater than all the metallic de=
posits of the country of which so "much *
heard and so little occupied, would- bs alive
with craft of all kinds.
rr The Morning Post says that negotia-
tions between' England and Canada are about
to be satisfactorily concluded. Canada an
expected to undertake the whole of the welts
ern defence. The canals will be deesiened
and an efficiert militia will be maintained.
The Imperial Government will furnish the
entire necessars- artnament and guarantee a
loan to construct the Intereolonial railway.
Nei) tbertistatenu.
.
UTHERRAS, intimation had been given to,
11 the ilouneil that sclera' cheap_ excursion
trips by -Steamboats and by Railroad would
mite place on Tuesday, the 4th prox.,
reiolution was proposed at a special meeting
held by the Council, on Monday, the MAI
inst., requesting the 4th pron. to bo observed
as a public holiday, that the inhabitants of the
Town of Goderich might anal themselves or
an opportunity thus afforded them of making'
excursions at reduced rates..e
- in accordance with the wishes el the
Council exprested by said resolution, request
that tbe 4th prox. be observed as a intblicp
holiday forsaid purpose&
JOHN V. DEI'LOB,
• Mayer.
Dated June 27th, 1865. sw86td
•
solvent Act 0( 1864
• 41101•001,11••••••,...
In the matter of EDWARD FERGU-
SON; of the Village of Southampton,
in the County of Brucs Merchants cos.
gallinEwcireveriditt.o-rs f the Insolvent are notified
.1 to meet at the law office of Frederick
Proudfoot, Esquire, in the said villme of
Southampton, on Thursday, the tweutkth day
of July next/ et ten o'clock, a. we, for the
public examination of the insolvent, and for
the ordering of the affairs of his oasts
.geDneariltedllYe't SouthamPton stormed, Ai II*
day ofJuhe, A. D,, 1865.
. - - ALEX. PROUDFOOT., •
sw86;22-2w Asuilme
.Q TRAY' MARE. -Strayed from
Mitehell, on Sunday.the 18th inst.,.
a Bay Mare, -4 years old, about I 31 ham&
high, near hind foot white, sms2 whit*
spot ea her forehead, black mane and W.
Whoever will give information to the us-
dersigned where said mare will be loud,
will be suitably rewarded. -
RICHARD NNISON",
Tp. Johdon's Mills P.O.
Hay, June 221 1865.
QTRAY STS.ER.-Canut into the promises
of she undersigned about 'the Wadi: or
Nov. last, A white steer, about 3 years nide-
The owner is requested to prove propertyr
pay expenses an remove bum -
• WY. JENNISON;
' ILJ ilus P246°,1865. . tar- St' _
Sla'BRIF4 'S BALE OP
finfOn and Bruce, IV VenditiontExpogesamad
United Counties virtee of a tent al
To wit: Facts& for reakieee
issued out of Mr Majesty's Comity Cows
of the -United Counties ot Rural Mg Snafus sail
to see directed against the limb aad masetesta etI
David thine% at the son of the Ritroe Sienese
Building Society, I have seemed and taken III
execution all Inc right, Idle and interest Al Dm
said Defeedeutin and le imaumber tweatriciers,
in second concession alba -township ef ffia-
los& rtr the Comity et Breen, eoittaie rum °
hundred aeres.1110re tor ; Avidolt-
with serious result', and is pronounced byO;shim nem /made mycigeesiaose
vessel -captains who encountered as the
most iolent experience for many year'.
Such was the singularity ot its character, thet
vrithin the brief space of twenty minutes and
without any visible warning of its approach,
vessels within reach ofits fury were instantly
stripped of their light spars. tophampers, and
and a great portion of their canvass, aotwitle
standing the usual precaution bad been car-
ried out in taking the most of them in and
getting them furled.
The fact that there are no Ices than fifty
tunnels to be passed between Bologna and
Pistola,swill suffice to give a tolerable idea of
the engineeringdiffieulties encountered upon
the line of railway which -at present fortes
the sole- means of cgmainnicating (omitting
of course, the old Postal road) between the
northern and the central provinces of NO.
Some of these tunnels are very short, it is true
--a mere momentary piliageinto sbe darkness
of the abyss but o%as are of considerable
leagth-oneabout a quarter the length of
the Mount Cetis twine.
Court House, in the Town ef tiederielivee
day, the the twentruh day ofinly asm,atthe boar
oftwelve fifths clock, menu
JOHN IIACDONALPI-
. SterifeK d'Iro
Sherill P. Office, Godericho .
S3rd June,1565.
" Sheriff,' BOO of Laid&
Hawn sad grass, Flee Facies isseedeat
United0ountiesoli MIT -virtue or a writ -en
To wit: of Her litiajesty's Como*
Coon oohs Mind Counties pianos sad Renee
and to ereihreefed Maisel the lands and semi,
meats offfliish Payne, at the mutt a Waist
Aldndp.I have asmed and taken is execiasea
ithtbi sieht, title and intereeteftbe Aria -
dant iaaad to the south ballot lot nembittwesty.
dva,ie the Ilk ooneestioss of the Iowa.* ef
Norris, za diaconate, ot RIWO*; which Jamie
and teammate 1 Atil offer Joe sale at my
ogee la the Court Rouse * She WW2 of Oder'
.i." TUalidlY• the durd aleiser octave
next, at the hour dwells VOA. a°6114'.
- JOHN MiODONALD.
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Sheriff's Ofee,-Geolenelo , •
- 23rd Jude. 11065. - - -
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