Semi-Weekly Signal, 1865-07-18, Page 2enni-WerkIll9ignal. i to the. Convention, twe resolutionr, and
tions which they lave intrusted me to present
_ _ ___ . , „ l recommecd their adoption. They are hereto
, .-. .- -
! appended : ,
GODER1CH, C. W• , JULY 18, 1865. Resolved, -That this Convention do rip-
. i prove of the action tfie Government of the
.%'N's-'---'''--"'" . United States in givine the noiice to the
T he Detroit Convention and its Government ot Great Britain Of its wish to
terminate the Treaty of Reciprocity of June
6, 1854.
:, Resolved, -That this Convention do res -
and it is annoueced that the results aro &ectfully request the President of the United
Results.
The Great Convention has adjourned,
tates to enter into negotiations with the
eminently satisfactory to those of our
Governmeta Of Great Britain havine in view
British ..kmerican fellow -subjects who the execution of a treaty between °- the two
believe that a renewal of the ReCiproeity coontries for reciprocat commercial inter-
coterse between the United States and the
-treaty would be a` great boon, in the ; se eral proviacei of British North America,
• willeaccept. 'The tables furuished by. the
Secretnry of the Treasure, shows that the
. treaty has been vastlj, beneficial to he United
States. la the' period of ten yea it shows
an advancernent in prosperity unequalled_ in
, history. I did not think the - Treaty wae
perfect. It did not claim to be sech. We
- had sonie 'cause of complaint. The sudden
notice of the iermination of the treaty was .
not dictated by:a regard for •the cemmerclal
interests of ehe,co-untry, I_ do net wi§h to
cast reflectienteon my own Country. I bad
some of this feeling myself.: It- wee -nature! -
that we should harbor mile feelicgs against
those whose country mei am asylum for tho. e
who sallied forth- to burn our towels.-- and
murder our citizens. " But I do not belieye
that these marauders had the counteeance of
the reople of Canada; [Applause]. The
speaker -eontinued in the seine • strain with
regaed to the people of England, paying- it
glowing tribute to- the Queen. - We may
remember the wrongs we have' suffered, liut.
at the same time, I- treat we Ethel' regard,
them as the ebullitions 6f passion on the part
of individuals rather thin the official action -
of the Government. - .
Mr. Blake, of Bangor. said -the coiner -
stone of- the -edifice etected by Mr. _Seyniour-
wasn, question of the- fisheries. But. he.
thought those men, better qualified to speak
ot the fisheries who understood . them ; and
they would say, in atiswer to the gentlemen
from New York, " God save them from their
friends 1" The Leeislature of - Maine had
pronounced empliaticly ...against the Treaty.
-.rhe great current of trade sweeping along
the coast bad onlypne little eddy, in Portland,
friendly to the Treaty, and that -arose from.
itsbeing aterminus of the Grand Trunk. Thou,
where wiut- Massachusetts ? -Did any onadare
say the fishing interest of the. States was in
favor- of the Treaty ? (A. cry " yes." -
Laughter:). It was- not so. Our Canadian
friends would deceive theniselves. if they
thought the people at Waehington would make
a Reciproeity Treaty before they equalized
their own tariff. Another thing 'he -did not
like -was the pledge given by the Canadian
Ministers lately in England to keep up a line
of fortifications on the_frontier, and- to place
a' flotilla. ou Lake .0titario; (Cries of " No,
• nit.") But it iv.as so, and he did not think
that looked very much like reciprocity. He
was opposed also to ihe Intel -Colonial. Railway
between Halifilx, up the Bay of Chaleur, to.
Quebec, competine, asit would,with the avert-
ues ot trausit in thae &item States.
Mr. Hersey, Portiand, said ; The :gentle;
man came- hereto represent the interests of
Maine. --Perhaps I may Say here, with truth,
that he -does not represent the whole of elle
ititerests of Maine. -That her citfzens are en-
gaged in lumbering in the British .Provieces,
and in a reciprocity treaty they shall noteask.
to have any priviliges given to Canadian lum-
ber not granted to our own. The gentlemen
had 'thrown a reflection- upon the represeeta-
tives of the Proeinces here ;,but he felt it "his
duty to disclaim, on his parteeny participation
ibis feeling. He had.an oppertunity since
the 'rebellion, broke out, of visiting the Canu,
da.s, Upper aod Lower, and more courteous
and gentlemanly- treatmeet than he • received
in that quareer he had never met We
are, in Maine, bordering oil New Brunswick,
-and 'don't want -better.neighbours. We have
pronounced against the -old Reciprocity
Treaty, but -Mame is not opposed to a perfect
Reciprocal Treaty. The lishiug interests- of
Maine had prospered under the- Reciprocity
Treaty. A gentleman from Maine, largely -
interested in the fishineequestion, was to have
attended, _out being detained by besiness be
cpula not be here. Art allusion had been
made here to the Grand Trunk Beltway. The
-Grand Trunkeis a -communication we want- to
keep open, and it comes with ill grace from
the gentleman from Maine, who came here
-over that railway, and may again.wish to do •
so, to make airy 'allusion to it. _ •
, Mr. Blake said. he alluded to the termini
at Detroit and Portland as creatiniknecessarily
a feeling in favor of reciprocity -1-iietraveil-
ing with airee ticket over the Grand -Trunk,
and- beiug feasted with" chempagne; he. wa-a-
atrnost iu frivor ofannexation to Canada. He
then -paid a compliment to the gentlemen
from Canada.
lir. Joy, of Miehigan; as Chairman of 'the
Reciprocity rreaty, said the Provincialudele:
gations had appeared before the cominittee
rutelligent geetlemen, showing. their hands,
with .n.othine concealed, endeavoring to gine
no unworthy° advantage, but plainly stating
their case. They had notetherefores conceits
ed their. hind until we had'abown aura.' That
remark must have been made, not i.erthe pur-
pose of guiding the wise judgement of the
house, but to create in the -minds of the dele-
gates prejudices, having for their effect. the
warping of the better jedgements Of these
assembled. . (Cheers.) He ridiculed the idea
that the sovereign people ot this _couutry
.representea in a great Convention ihould nut
be 'permitted to mate tie the chief magistratee
-their views upon -the intiruate interwar' iu
,which they were • concerned.. True, -in this
country we canuot -look upon our Sovereign;
-but there is, nevertheless, no gentlemen.- so
highiu officetbat We cannot venture to look "
into his face. (Cheers and ictighter.) Why,
how was the President Of the people of 'the
United States to learn the wishes of the basi-
nesscounnunity, it the business community
had. no ri,ght to approach him ? (Hear, .aied
cheers.) The President of the UnitedeStatee
wasthe servant ot the people, and was bound
;to listen to thee just_ requests. The treaty
recoinmended in this report was not -the old
reciprocity treaty,. buta treaty which would
be juat to all interests Ou both sides, --not even
excluding the limier interests, about which
they had. heard so much. The iumbet inter-
est was in the hands .of a few men,- and, there
was uo doubt grnat wealth in it ; butit was
absurd ti) say that the great West, with its ten
millions of people, should be abut out from
the ocean,because peradventure the luinbering
-ch
to
as
ce
interests of commerce and peace. ' It • in luding British Columbia, the Selkirk Set
must be borne in mind, however, that the dement, and Vancouver's Island, based on
principles which shall be just and equitable
decision arrived at is not a finality for it
ail parties, ann which shall also Include
remains to be seen whether the United 'the free navigation of ehe St. Lawrence and
States Congress will be actuated by as the other rIvers of British North America
vtith such improveineuts ; Of the rivers and
liberal a spirit as were the gentlemen who th enlargement of the canals as shall ren
have just returned tostheir bumes. It is de them adequate. for the requirements of
the West in comraunicatine with the ocean.
pleasing,. in the meantime, to note that
r he question being upon the adoption of
,the indications are, so favorable,. Our di first resolution, it was carried unani-
American cousins attach much iniportance meusly.
*tr. - McChesney, of Chkagos offered- the
to•the decisions of large Conventions. Of I.
following as a substitute tor the second res -
late years; nearly' every great measure ipe,s,„
THE SEMI- WEEKLY SIGNAL.
[Applause]. Although it would appear that
the United States had conceded to the
Colonies the admission of a greater number
of articles than we had received in return,
yet it was conceded that the benefits of navi-
gation, and the greater importance of the
articles granted f-ee entrance to the United
States, were ofaufficiently great importance
to make tee benefits mutually equal between
the two Governments. He proceeded to
argue that the practical working of the treaty
bud fully exemplified the wisdom of its
founders. If the treaty is now to be abro-
gated, the West must make up its mind to
forego the free use of the St. Lawrence,
This navigation you are to have only in one
of two ways, either by war or treaty. It is
foa you to say to day which of these ways you
oleed,-rhat in the still unsettled con -
affecting the politics or the commerce of
dit on of some of the States recently iu rebel.
lio , and. the state of the finances of the
Government, as Well as the immature, state
of our system of taxation, and action tending
to a removal of a reciprocity may wisely and
appropriately be left to the respective Gov -
meats by which it would be negotiated.
resolution to lay the substitute ou the
tatele, was made and withdlawn.,
Mr, Hamlin, of- Maine, ex -Vice United
States Presideut said -I am deeply sensihte,
from flee earnestness which I witness around
mei of the utter folly of presenting to the
Co vention the Views which I shall feel it my
dut to give_ But coming all the way here
wit my colleagues from one ot the most
Ea tern Stutes, I would . be fitithlels to- the
ge tlemen*ho sent me here if I did not
bri fly state to this Convention the views
wh ch they entertain; I am for the amend -
me It proposed by- my friend over the way
the country has been initiated in Con-
vention.- Thus platforms are laid down -
and prominent ineo united • in their
determination to carry out sonie desirable
improvement in political economy or com- er
mercial development,' and- ihq probabilities '-
of success are usually measured by the
ability of the delegates and the degree 'Of
hlrmony with which they settle Upon a
particular platform. Viesved in thts light
the Great Convention at Detroit possesses
- points of much interest. The attendance
of delegates, compdsed of the most. -ex-
,perienced and' intelligent men of the
country, was hrge and correspondingly
infiuentiat The great citie and the CM. McChesney), because I believe it to he
more important trading towns of -the thc,avisest aul-best. do not believe it is
United States were fully represented, and ewcutivtee eb-ciondvyeratritoborisailovteotitliotsen lifko bant. ebx-
although there was the inevitable clashing longs to the governMents of the Uniteed
of special iiterests, the unanimity of Ahe EtItes and of Great Britaiu. We have
ultimate results, after ,exhaustive - dis-
I abdoOpted a resolution unanimously le this
I Oh declarin. tbat we need the revenues of
cussion, shows unequivocally that the -t countrye. derived frone all sourcest for
majority were actuated by rciotives , eel till maintenance of the goverrunent and the
„ .pre ment of the debt hanging on us. I stand
patriotic as they were liberal. The Con- byithat resolution. But if you are eoing to
gress is by_ no means bound to abide bri swbep irithe distant colony of Vali:cote:0es
the decisions -Of the Conv-ention, but -we
- have every reason to believe that those
decisions will do much- towards' influ-
encing its actions in. the . settlement of
questions which are of the greatest inter;
est to the people of this country. And.
Biitish America has good -reason to feel
proud of her delegation and the noble
stand it toek. The gentleman represent-
ing us went to Detroit in the face of much
prejudice, and not a little ignorance as to
the practical working of the, Reciprocity
treaty, and yet tbey reasoned..so calmly,
so reasonably,_ snd with such an array pf
the- unanswerable logic, of fads and
figures, that no intelligent AMerican could
deny that ;t was otherwisethan-just, right
and in the interests of peace, civilization,
IsIhnd-tbat system of reciprocity which is
free trade-in @ices -(laughter) -what has
become of the'resoletioe adopted yesterday ?
Hew consistent one will app.ear whe.n plaeed
- byi the side of the other ? I- hold that , our
national debt be paid 16 the last mill. (eheers)
I was educated, sir, in the school of free
trade, but not of free trade in slices, for that
is the most obnoxious system of the legisla-
ture whichecould be devised by -man. lam for
free trade ; but I am uot for that free trade
vs ich would select certain particular articles;
I;
th reby making it necessary to place additi-
onal burdens on other articles, so as to make
uplthe revenue lost by the free'trade iu slices.
[Cheers auctlaughter.] Free trade in slices
is Obnoxious and is Incapable of being de-
fended upon any ground of political econothy.
Tgeri Is another consideration. What - pro-
poiition has there come q'rom the worthy
ge tlemen We see on the other side of the
1
ha i [the Provincial de!egates) whom we are
gl d to meet here -what is their proposition
to this Convention? They have obse4ved a
in terly stlence ; and allow me to say, gee -
and mutual advantage; that no baftiers t tlemen, there,is wisdom in that silence. -
[C
should be set up against the interchange
of products and commodities between the
United States and British .America.
They entirely_ disabuied ihe minds or the
American delegates of the idea that these
Provinces had teaped all the advantages
accruing from the Treaty of Reciprocity
and they succeeded, we believe, in impres_
sing upon their hearers the fact ,that
we are ardently attached, to the throne of
- Britain, and fully determined upon a
continuance of the connection which gives
us such a large measure of civil and
teligious freetom,-of Pure laws and ex-
tended political. privileges. The Hon.
Mr. Potter,. U. S. Consul for the British
Provinces, in a scandalous speech, argued
that the withdrawal of Reciprocity would
. force us into Annexation before two
year; but was met and contradicted in a
spirit which must have led the Conven-
tion to the conclusion that the hon.
_ gentlemen, holding as he does a position
-of great delicacy and responsibility, 'had
pretty thoroughly stultified himself. The
speeches of Hon, Malcolm -Cameron and
Hon. Joeeph Howe, .f -of Halifax,. were
paiticularly excellent, and we ere sorry
that the spaoe at our diaposal will not
admit of their publication in full. The
latter proved conclusively that with regard
- to the coasting trade and the merititne
fisheries, the advantages derived from the
Reciprocity Treaty were decidedly with
the Americans. On the whole Iwo are
pleased with the results of this Conven-
tion -pleased that it -embraced ao many
'men a wealth and influence from Ameri-
, can cities, and that we have so much
reason to be proud of the intelligent and
0 dignified action of the delegation from
this oountry. Let '115 hope that the
views of the Conventioo 'will be adopted
by the Government of the United Skates.
The following synopsis of -the proceed -
lags which we gather from the Globe,
embraces the discussion and passage of
reedutioes touching the' necessity of a
xenewal of the Reciprocity Treaty :-
TX& SECIritOcITT QreaTIoN.
Ur. Joy; of Detroit, front the Committee
on Reciprocity,. presented the following re.
port :- •
Th. committee to whom was referred the
question of the Reciprocity- Treaty, and re-
f.:Focal trade botween the United States and
the -.British Provinces of Nyrth America.
-have directed me to report to the Convention
that h-kaitc_onsidered the question referred
to it. as hilly at the timited time- would admit
oft that the gentlemen from. tbe various
BrtdskProvinces hare beim bifore the com
mines, sad all tbst statements deemed impor.
fbatt lay them to be made have been heard
IP that the Coosa -General of the United
Slam in Canada lise also been before the
eommittee, sod his statements -beard; that
tbe questiomt sabetitted in all dm aspects
proiented have been freely discussed in the
emamittee ; and that, at the resells of these
yliscassione, they have a4opted 'the reisols.,
eers and lauzliter.]
tellyan, of Montreal. -The bon. gentle-
. man will allow me to say that the Provinces
have incited no objection to the Treaty. The
' objeetion has come from the people ot the
nite tatee. Having no objection .to . the
I'freaty as it steeds, we have nothing_ et pre -
sent to saggest on the subject: -We came
hete to learmthe objections which you may
haVe to raise, and to try to meet theme -
I Cheers.]
Mr. Hamlin. --Wisely, indeed, have they
executed their trust. -"Hisses]. Have I said
aught offeosive e to auy one ? , tCries of
" igo 1" j These honoreblb gentlemen hare,
wiSely execnted their trust. They have
as4ed t15 to show our hand -we have done
it -shut we have not seen theirs. [Cheers and
laneiner.] - -
.
Mr. Bloodgood, of New York, said the
gentlemen was mistaken. Mr. Howe had
neede two very- eloquent speeches, followed
by speeches from other gentlemen delegated
by the Provinces, in which they had ex-
plained their own views and- asked for the
vieWs of the people of the United , States.
Theae had also been laid before the Com
mi tee an_ expression from Mr. Galt, the
ilic
Fi ance • Minister of Canada, favorable to
ma ing greater concessions to the United
Stakes so as to remove all cause of complain..
[Cheers.] - - .
Mr. Hamlin -The gentlematr has given no
more information than is contained in the
report. He states that the gentlemen from
theproviuces have given explanations tO the
Committee ; but how much of these explana
tions appear upon the re -cord ? I have
simply to say that I do not, in Ibe language
of the proposed „amendment, believe it is
wise, in the present condition of the country,
for ies in hot Late to make a sugvition to,
oar Government to pmpose to the British
Government for a renewal of this Treaty.
I think by so doing you are certain to get
-poorer terms thin would be obtained by pre-
serving the attitude -which is maintained on
the other side. ',
..
Mr. Seymour, of Troy, said that the ques-
tion was one of the greatest possible moment
at this time in every possible point of view
.
In the finit pyiete he wished to eall the atten-
tion of the Coilvention to what was the
original- scope of what was known as the Re.
ciprbcity Treaty. I has been supposed by
the people of the cOuntry, and some may
have- thouelet it embraced only trade with
the British Provinces of North America.
But that wits a yeti small part, - He begged
to call the attention of the Convention to the
state of things in 1853. The question at that
tirnetwhich agitated both sides relate] to the
Eshelies, and there has not been a treaty
negotieted since 1653 Which has, not embrac-
ed mime important fishery. provision in which
he ("bruited States Was not tleeply concerned.
Their weafth amounted ,to millions, which
tiaured into the laipa-of the inhabitems along
he seaboard aud in the country. . But they
were) found/to be in imminent danger, and
very fleet of fishiiig baste which went out
weretarmed to maintain their alleged rights.
Great Britain sent out her ships of war and
he United States, to sustain herself, he'd alio
o send out an armed fleet, and there we
tood in the attitude of war. The question
f tiiber also entered largely into the sub-
ect of reciprocity. The State of Maine, the
tateifrom which _the gentlenian who opposes
his rbport bails, was interested in lumber
MainlY. The West waists° interested. She
esired the free navigation of the St. Law-
ncei Great improvements have been
ade the naeigation of this great river.
e proceeded to Sketch the history of the
reek , and showed that we desired peace
d to secure our own interests -the fisher-
luinber, and the navigation of the St.
wrence River. The British Government
et ui nobly aud coue.ided all that w..: asked,
re
an
ies,
La
and Si. Louis. Why did she unload there in
stead of coming to our docks ? Simply
because the canals of the St. Lawrence would
not admit her passage. Have no_reciprocity
and Canada bus nu inducement to enlarge
these canals. But there is anott.er influence
at work here ; we have heard It in this hall
and in the Committee room ; that is, that if
we refuse a treaty now we shall Soon have an-
nexation, But thia is not according to human
trate-re. We would,in effect,be telling Canada,.
we shall harrass your 'Commerce; we !shall not
trade with you, we will abuse you as enemies
until you come in and love us as friends. This
is not the tune for such an experiment. Re-
peal the treaty, and there will soon be a
collision mere* the fishermen upon the banks,
which will result in a war of magnitude. I
do not make these statements from sentiments
of fear of such an eveat.
On -the 14th the business in hand was
brought rapidly to a close.
Mr Scemmon, Chicago, one of the ablest
of the delegation from that city, declared
that he would support the original resolution
and not his colleague's substitute. He said
that having on a former occasion, been one
of the bearers of a memorial from the Gov-
ernment of Illinois to the Governor General
of the British Provinees, to promote the im-
provement of the St Lawrence navigation for
the mutual benefit of the trade of both &Ain -
tries. he- Could not stuitify himself byegoing
now ag-ainst a renewal of the Reciprocity -
Treaty, although he desired that tbere should
be chanees made in the existine treaty.
0
Mi. Soantmon had his speech cut • short by
the application of the ten minuted' rule, an
addition of only fiee minutes grace being
allowed him. As hi knocked under a dozen
other delegates attempted to gain the floor,
all of whom subsided but three, a gentleman
from Saginaw, another from Wisconsin, and
a third from Philadelphia. The Saginaw
man was nearest the chairman and got his
ear., The Wisconsin man, however, Would
not be repressed, and claimed a. hearing on a
point of order, which was that each State
ought to have a chance to be heard, and that
Michigan hed already spoken through Mr
-Joy, olDetroit. -The Saginaw man replied
that Mr Joy represented the. sentiments of
Detroit, but not of Saginaw. The Philadel-
phia delegate asked the delegate from Saginaw
as a fitior to yield hint the floor tor a few
minutes, in order to suggest a proposition
which might save- further discussion. The
Saginaw gentleman' refused to yield, but
finally was made to yield by the chair ruling
that Michigan could not be heard twice until
the other States had a chance. The Phila-
delphia gentletnan, Mr Fraley, then proceed-
ed very briefly to explain the position of
Pennsyivania on the reciprocity question, and
offered as a compromise which would satisfy
Philadelphia, and he believed the other dele-
gations oecupying the same platform, ,the
addition to the original resolution • of the
words " mentioned above."
Air Joy, Of Detroit,_on behalf of the majori-
ty of the ReciprOcity Committee, accepted
the amendment, and after consultation the
minority of the committee agreed to withdraw
Mr Chesney's substitute. The vote was then
taken on the resolution ita amended. Dele-
gation after delegation recorded its votes in
favor ot the resolution, and the President an-
nounced amidst thundeis of -applause that the
vote stood 155 ayes, with none against.
Votes of thanka were then hurriedly pass-
ed, and vale gentlemen Who bad prepared
speeches and had not , got them fired off, re.
ceivedepermissioa from the Convention to
hand in their speeches to be printed with the
proceediugs. the publication of which, by the
collection ot newspaper reports and the addi-
tiou of manuscripts, has been undertakeii: by
the Detroit Board of Trade. A similar priv
ilege was extended to one or two committees
which had not got their reports ready for
presentation. `,
The President (Gen Wallbridge) then d
livered a short parting speech, in the cour
of which he took his revenge en the late Vi
President of - the• United States, for som
sharp words uttered on tinore than one occa-
sion during the Convention, by claiming that
his decisions -in the chair would be 'approved
by practical businessmen, whether they were
in accordance or•not with the rules insisted
on by decaying politicians, The Maine gen-
tlemae, however who Wa8 evidently referred
to.is just the hard knot that he was described
.tole the other day by Mr Malcolm Came
ron, and I dare say will give the General
some day full "tit for tat." '
- Tne President having finished his remarks,
the Convention, at 2 o'clock, adjourned sine
die, breaking up with three cheers for Presi-
dent Johnson -and Queen Victoria. -
The British Amerman Deleetites assembled
at 3 p.m. in the parlor of the Russell House.
Reeolutions of thanks to their chairtnanelloae
Ryan, and to Mr Howe, for his able advo-
eacy of British American interestse and to the
Secretaries,. were palmed by acelamation. A
resolutiOn was also passed in favor of the
establishment of a Provincial Beard of Trade.
A number of the Delegates went in the
afternoon on an excursioneto which the Con-
vention had been, invited by the citizens and
tUbmniev.ersity o,f A.na Arbor, and had a pleasant
water in some places is very co
cannot be exhausted sufficient!
large flow of oil unless several
ing at the same time, and mob
to overcome it. /t is easily u
the yield during this transition
idiy it must increase as new we
In the Bothwell district this sa e difficulty is
met with, but it is overcome to a great extent
by the large size_ot the pu
used,- one well being able to throw a volume
and engines!
ach -wells us
largeat, wells
arrels a day
ome the water
au adjoining
much sooner
and more of iteis, got. The chief cause of the
backwardnees of this district is
the wells first sunk, being na
admit pumps cif a-esufficient
Slow and safe action of the
9rder to exhauit-the water the machinery has
to be driven beyond its capacity. The con-
sequence is that the roprietor _do not long
enjoy the sight of.a ark strea of oil -from
their wells before the -overtakied machinery,
nearly racked to pieceS, breaksidown. Some-
thing gwes way-whieh cannot be replaced on
the spot, and which has to be *cured from
Buffalo or some distant place. This involves.
great disap-
f affairs can
he new wells
e aproprietors
d they must
uot less than
with a slow
lances, must
ascertaived
siderable, and
to admit of a
ells are work -
g their efforts
demote' how
tate how rap -
Is get to work.
of oil and wategoqual to three
were formely constructed. T
here at present, pumping sixty
takes forty eight hours to over
when pumping itlone, but whe
well is at work the oil is reache
hat .many of
row, will not
to allow a
acbinery. In
the most vexations delay's. an
pointinent. Happily this state
not be of long continuance, all
having eufficient capacity.s-t
being . stoiefied -that to: Emcee
use large pumps, large engine
twenty horse power), and work
action. Wells, with such ;ap
. -
yield large quantities, sei it is a
&et, from the results ielboringlithat the oil
permeates the rock for many tulles in all- di-
rections from this place.
From the above facts we m4, reasonably
conclude that before' long petroleuni must
rank as a most importent articlefof Commence
of Canada, and the question n urally arises
what will we do with it ? -In a f ruler number
we have shown that circurnstan
unfavorable, would now afford
market except in the United
then we are informed that
gradually diminiehing supplies -I
ia, and the increasing demand f
cation has been made to the Se
Treasury to &emit Canadian cr
refined in bond in the United
epplication, it is said, has been
already a company is being tbr
York for he purpose of taking
this most liberal concession. T
-an additional stimuli's to oil o
and place us atsleast on au equai
respect, with producers on the ot er side.
The number of wells in Canadh can not be
less than frier hundred, of whiele only about
thirty -are es yet in working 9rder. Twenty
ot them are in Eeniskillen, and tin at Both-
ixty barrels
from $4 tc;
sides these
illen which
f a specific
much ap-
preciated, and is similmr to some crude oils
produced in the United States Which readily
bring from $20 to $25 per barrel. -[Montreal
Trade Review, June 30.
es, formerly
s a fOreign
tates. -Since
wing - to the
PeansylVaIl:
r oil, appli
etary of the
de oil to be
tutes.-This
ranted, and
ed in New
dvantage, ot
is must give
rations here.
ty in ever
well. The yield is from five to
a day. The price at the wells -is
$4.75 per barrel. There are
several surface wells at Ennis
yield a heavy lubricating oil
gravity of 56 . Th's oil is no
' •
lap
tteieen' Victoria's . Amiearance.
_ , — _
Ot late years, especially since . the sad loss
of her husaand, Queen Victoria'', has under-
gone a great change both in mihd and body.
She never was posse'ssed of great beauty, and
the charm of her presence alweye arose more
from the natural expression of au amiable
disposition, than from .any gulsrity of
feature or grace of manner. S never was
endowed with the irresistable fir deletions of
the Queen of Scots, nor with e, imperious
e: airs of Elizabeth, which extorte a ieverence
se that could not be refused. Her eyes are
ea blue and bright, her hair dark, ahd her -com-
e plexion is now somewhat sallow.
ed by deep lines of itilicton, an
not make her. expression less a
has been well observed, that
sorrow refine most countenanc
is another illustration of the t
saying. In the approaches of
gained that which may be calle
of goodness. _It is undoubtedly
e
age, provided it - be found in
righteousness, gives to the featu es a beauty
not their own. I
If the motione of the mind b good, the
I
'mei of the face will become mo e and more
beautiful, as time wears on; and he sensuons
charms of color, delicac.y, and t regularity
of feature fade. This is certai ly apparent
in the face of Queen. Victoria at resent.
In stature she is rather inf ior to tke
average height, and looks far more
majesoc wheu seated than sta ding; and
yet wherever and whenever she Ai seen, she
always bears the obvious mark of a noble
lady. , No one could meet he under any
circuinstances without perceiving at once that
command.
Balmoral,
here -she is
ears plain,
'owe At
would not
any time.
does not
cept when
to detnaud
who have
eeu Queen
ivel ler has
d Eugenie,
about Paris
onsequence
nch "more
she does
41111
TRoUBLE BREWING. -Late dispatches
indicate that the symptoms of a rupture
between the United States and Maximili-
an are rapidly- ineteasmg. The Ameri..
cans, we think, have no desire to force a
war with France.
CRIME RAMPANT. -There is a carni-
val of Crime going on just now. Burglars
are at worlia in Toronto and other cities,
incendiaries are- pdshing their fiendish
trade, and general raseality lifts its head
almost everywhere. At • 10 o'clock,- oo
Friday night last, at Hamilton, two vil-
lains garroted and seriously injured a Mr.
Bernard .Henry, with the evident inten-
tiOn of robbing hini, but a shot trent his
revolver frightened them :off.
Canadian Petrolestia.
The Petroleum business of Western Canada
still continues to afford promise of *the best,
residtse although, as some ans7 thiok strange,
we hear as yet of no large shipments, nor of
wells pouring out their thousands of barrels a
day. This is easily explained. The new pro-
terests might in a slight degree be injured prieters are sound practical men, who wiil not
the .Reciprocity Treaty. (Prolonged do- their work by halvcs : and having the
eers.) _would be seen that all proposed means to carry on onerations on an extentsive
as nothing but what was truly right and fair and effieient sca'.6, it is evident that they are
every interest in this broad land. So far
'merited, a vast trade has grown u
the merits of the Reciprocity l'repayTahree
balance of this trade is in favor of the United
States. Under this trade hare grown up great
interests. The gentlemen who first spoke is
for putting a deathblow to all these iuteresti.
The gentleman says Maine voted as a-unitfor
the Niagara Canal. I thank the State of
Maine tor that vote. What we at the West
want is to ploir our way to the ocean with
our ships, not simply to reach the foot of
Niagara Falb. ith the iecreasing business
growing up, in the West, a- is absolutely
necessary that we have every fscility for
reaching the ocean and shippiug our produce
to Liverpool without tweaking bulk. The
interests ot "Wee may stand in the way, but
it will be only for a season,. The West must
blare exit. We are hine mainly in favor of a
Reciprocity'Treaty, such a one as -will be just
tied fair to all parties. A few days ago wilily
arrived trent Liverpool at Montreal with a
career of merchandise for Detroit, Chicago,
9 .
_
determined to complete the wells before at-
tedip.ting to 64 realize." ItIs not manfinon-
ths since the wells have came into tbe bands
of their nee; owner" ; since then a complete
revolution has taken place in the system ot
working. This systent involves the widening
-and deepening of the old waif: it may be
said in fact to involve their couiplete recon-
struction, requiring almost as much time and
labor as sinking' them anew. Of the two
hundred and fifty wells in course- of construc-
tion -at Enniskillen, not -more than twenty are
as yet in working order. These are fair yield-
ing and paying wells, bat the amount of oil
pumped by them at present is not a correct
estimate of what the same wells will de when
the remaining unfinished ones get into operas
tion, as experience shows that the more wells
there are at work the more oil is procured
from each. So reliable is- this rule consider:
ed, that the ownereofsome wells which are
ready for pumping are deferring a commence.
meat until stime of the adjaoent ones are ready
also. Thc Rana of this is eimple.. The
It is mark -
yet thorte do
ractive. It
'cloreas and
and her's
th of. tide
ge she has
the_ beauty
rue that old
the way of
she is higleb cd.and accustomed
She cares little for dress ; and
Osborne, or any of hers palaces
in the bosom of her family, she
unpretending garments, such
least of our fair country-wome
allow themselves:to be seen in
She dislikes pomp and display, a
oftea appear in public ; never,' e
some great State occasion seems
it. Among all the Aixterican
visited Europe, very few have
Victoria while nearly every
looked tipon Louis Napoleon a
who are frequently seen driving
with the greatest freedom. In
of this reserve, the spectacle is -
imposing and attractive whe
aPSPehaeris• an extremely good orsewoman
and manages her stead with, gr at address
and fearlessness. At the en tapment at
.bhars, a few years ago, she - peered on
horseback, and. was ef course, e admired
of ail beholders, as she rode on be field on
ber dark bay 44 Templer.'" She ore a -long
dark green robe auntie thick, ri b material,
a closely fitting jacket, -with bu few orna-
ment', and a low dark hat, with long.bliick
ostrich feather. Iu her hand sh carried a
ele ant riding whip, with han le of gold,
an carbuncle set in the top o it. She
eode along the lines with grace, land really,
for tfie time, one recalled to mind, irresisti-
bly, the energetic presence of- Elizabeth, as
she.passed before her soldiers at the time .of
the threatened invasion of the Giliind Arma-
da, and with burning words urged -them to
do and dare every honorable deed in behalf
of Old Etiglaud and its :Virgin Queen. -
Victoria aiwayerappeant well a a review,
atid has that magnetic glance f the eye
which leads every soldier to -belie e that his
sovereign looks directly at -him n such an
occasion. This quality is not u frequeedy
possessed by great extends, though few
women ever haie sufficient nerve to show it.
(e).. The Brockville Recorder iells of an
instance of the success of Canadian manufac-
tures in that Canadian hardware (such as
carnage springs, etc.) manutacturbd at Gan-
anoque, can be laid cliiwn In Osweg and other
Amelican porta at prices, which, ter payitrg
the heavy Federal duties, enable. e impor-
ters to undersell the American arti le. Con-
stdering the advantages which the ericans
are with reason reputed to fot the
manufacture of hardware (having th coal
and iron on the spot,. with machine y, skilled
labor, and capital in abundance), t e triumph
of Gananoque icsomething to be prond of.
T‘he fact gives courage to hope "t t in the
manufacture of other things the mericans
may be sussessfully disputed lathe' own field
by the enterprise and -thrift of Cenadian
artisalis.--[Kingston Paper.
•
The Atlantic Cable.
The London Times says that all the con-
ditions of success have beeo secured so far as
human foresight can secure them, for the
laying of the Atlantic cable. It is in itseif
a wonder of science and art, far in advance
of any previous cable, and the Great Eastern
when it has received the whole of it and
seven thousand tons of coal, will have a
eargo of about 23,000 tons, -probably the
greatest weight ever borne by a vessel. *She
will then draw nearly 33 feet, and every pre-
caution has been taken to get her -safely out
of the Thames. She will not approach with-
in twenty -fere miles of the coast of Ireland for
fear of danger. The shore cable, which is
much heavier than the deep sea cable, will
be laid for that distance bf one of the two
ships f war which are to form part of ethe
expedition ; and, as soon as the cables are
spliced, the Great Eastern will proeeed on
her voyage at the rate of six miles an hour,
paying out the cable. A greater speed would
be dangerous to the proper laying of the
cable, and with a less speed she woutd not
be properly under control. The only danger
to ke apprenended is the occurrence of. a
stern) during the few, days necessary for
laying the cable ; but this, according to
nautical experience, is verv • rare in the
mouth. of July.
4. • es,
COLONIAL COMPLICATIONS. - Mr.
Cardwell, Aer Brittanic Majesty's Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies is nOt
man or a Minister to be envied, in these
unsettled days. If he has succeeded in
making things pleasant with the four
members of the Canadian Cabinet, ,m‘ho
are returning from their visit to England,
how Will he feel when four other members
of Colonial Cabinets, two from New
Brunswick and two from Nova South,
come into his august presence to discuse
and arrange the future ? And these latter
tour gentlemen- the New Brunswick
Premier and Attorney General, and the
Nova Scotia Attorney General and Pro-
vinciatSecretary-did actually sail last
week on their errand, crossing on their
way Messrs. Brown and Galt, who reached
this port on Tuesday last, and Messrs.
Macdonald and Cartier who were follow,-
ing by another steamer. Exeunt, that is,
four staunch agitatOrS for Confederation ;
Entrant, for as staunch opponents of it !
Who, we say, can envy Mr. Cardwell ?-
fNew York Albion.
txtraordinary Cases of Pollson•,
ing in Sweden.
A stockholm carresponeeet gives an Out-
line of a strange case which is being tried in
one of the Swedish courts :---
' The accused is M. Lindbaelre the pastor o
Silbodal, in the proiince of Werneland. M.
Loon a retired merchants -lived for some time
with the pastor at' a boarder. M. Lysen died
suddenly some time ago. and suspicion having
arisen as to the cause of death, bis body was
exhumed,and arsensic found in his stomach.
Lysen'y death had takenplace so far back
as the 17th ot December last, and -its being
ascertained what had been its cause, it- was
remembered that on the 20th of November
the -death of a person- of the name of Nils
Patterssen, of Farskog, had occurred under
similar circumstances ; and that widow,
Cann liukin, seventy four years of age, had
6150 suddenly dicil on the 19th October, with
the same symptoms. In all the three cases
death hadfollowed soon after these persons
had partaken of the communion, which had
been administered to teem by the pastor, who
was accordingly arrested. Daniel Anderssen
.the son of the widow Cade Halo, who had
long been in bad health and confined -to • bed,
had also sufferedgreat pain, and been seized
with violent vonutingeoon atter he received
,the communion faint Pastor Isindbaek,
though he had recoveted from theseesittacks.
This led to funher investigations, when ar-
ienic wart found to have been the cause of
death in all the instances that have been sta-
ted, Inquiries were made as to the
reasons which there may have been for this
wholesale destruction of life, and though none
cotild be assigned for the murder of Nils Pat-
terson and the old woman Corm, expect that
of a inonoinania by which -the paator was en
deavoriu,g to rid- the parish of some of its
indigent poor, is was otherwise as to M.
Lysen, for as soon as he was buried the pastor
produced an agreeinent, althoueh it was uot
signed, by which the heirs of M.. Lysen were
intended to be bound.to-pay_to the pastor. on
the death cif his lodger, the sum of 10,000
rixthalers, as being due for boatel while he
had been an inmate Of the_pansonage.
It would however, appearthat-theise-have
not been. the first occasions on which M.
Liadback has had recoume to such Means tor
the Purpose of getting quit of those who have
stood in his way ; for It Dow appears that
about thirty yens ago, when he was curate at
Dalslund, he was betrothed -to the daughter
of a rich farmer, aud having then succeeded
in obtaining from the father of his betrothed,
before payment, a receipt for the price ot
some land wbich he had 'bought from him, the
farmer a few days afterwards died from pois-
on, and his daughter who had thus been rob-
bed of her inheritance was shortly afterwards
turned oat et doors. It is said that LIndback
basettempted to eommitt suicide by opening
a rem, but. it was discovered in tittle, SO that
his design wag frusterated; He has since
been committed to prison at Cal lstadt. where
he. will be carefully guarded.
• A. Revenged Governor.
_ _ aeeeeem
It is posititely stated %het the Italian
Cabinet bas rejected the conditions demand-
ed by Pions IX. with regard to the appornt-
ment of Bishops to the Italian sees. It is,
however, probable that the negatiatknut have
not been finally broken off,
Noy attierusentents.
JUST CIFNED!
A Boot -1111,,, Sh e
Establishment,
nN Kingston street, next the Telegraph.
w Office. The Proprietor SoleCttil a shares
of tfie public patronage and he will use hit
best endeavors to affordsatisfaction.
J. ROSS.
N. Be --Orders. promptly executed in both,
making and repairing.
July 186,1865. w26--Inr
'hiaitiandLodge,No,111,
A. F.81 A. M, G. 11. C.
MEETS second Tuesday of each month,
21 The officers for the present Masonicyear
5866, are, -
W. Brother H. B. O'Connor. .....Wer M.
W. " M. C. Cameron...... P. M.
W. - Wnt. P. M.
James Thomson%: • - • S. W.
gc John Henry ....... J. W.
Rer.A. Mackid. . Chaplin.
Wm. Piper e' Treas.
Si Robert Beoth Sec'ry.
Edwin Clifford ..... S. D.
John Seegmiller J. D.
W. " G. M. Truman De C.
ir Hugh Gardiner (1.-
6; _ Wm. Gardiner Organist.
E Johnston
tewarus.
Ao: NG: Sluvnisders' '
ti Edward Hooker ' '
1 Audit° '
_
if John McLeod Tyler.
PRIVATE BILLS:
DARTIES Caned* West intending' to
1. make application to the Legislature lor
Private or Local Bills, _either for granting
exclusive privile.ges, or conferring corporate _
powers for coinmerclal or other purposes of
profit, for regulatiiig surveys oy boundaries,
f or for doing anything tending toe affect the
rights or property of other partieseare hereby
notified that they are required by the 53rd
and following rules of the Legislative Council
and Legislative Assembly respectively, (which
are published in full in the Canadatiazette),
to give TWO,MONTHS NOTICE of- the
application (clearly and distinctly specifying
its nature and - object), in the Canada
(ignite, and also in a nemptper published
in the County or Union of Counties affected,
sending Copies of the first and last of such
notices to the Private Bill Office of each -
House.
Ali Petitions for Private Bills must Sr
presented within the first three weeks of the.
Seseion.
J. E. DOUCET, A. TODD.
Clk. of Private Clef. ak. Private Bii Offloo,
L. Council. Assembly.
Quebec, 13 July, 1865. _sw95
•
Parton -Brownlow the present Governor
of Tenneesee, deliveied a lecture on slavery
some eight rears a.go in New Orleank To
show the radicals in what esteem they were
held at that time by their present idol, we
make the tbllowing extract:
'" The douthern portion of the Methodist
church was doing in re for the temporal and
eternal welfare of the negro than all thr
freedom. shriekers out of hell ; the pious
Abolitionist .would enter tile church oa
Sunday, with a face as long as the moral
law. descant upon. and bewail the miseries
andwrongs heaped upon the down trodden
son of Africa, and ou the following &thin his
eiceynne grocery or candy !tore would, if he
could, swindleraLouisana negro out of the
pewter °raiment °lithe bead of his cane, and
do it in the name- of the Lord. When I get
to heaven, continued the reverend gentleman,
whera expect to go after my death, if I Ind
a reguthr built Abolitionist there, /stall con
cludethat he practised a fraud upon the
doorkeeper, for in my opinion, a Kansas
agitator and freedom shrieker has nu olore
bUsiness in our father's kingdom than Com-
moddre Paulding bad in Nicaragau when he
captared the-fillbustere.
Whether the preseut change of sentiment
in ilia Reverend Governor is in atonement
for Ids past heresy, or to be atuibuted to_ Ae
late pecuniary aid of his abolition friends, is
a question for the latter to solve., [American
Paper.
A WHOLE FAMILY Poisoztgo.-On Friday
last tbe whole oldie family of lir Richard
Dell, of this township, were leid prostrate by
the effect of_arsonate of lead. It appears
that on the dey Previous some curdcheese
bad been made and placed ins glazed crock
and in the moniing the family ate eomeet
breakfast. About ten o'clock they were all
taken ill. Drs Clark and G W Wood were
sent for, and ander their treatment they were
soon out of dangertalthough far* time` their
sufferings were most excrediating.-Rforfelk
Reformer.
M2E.A.14I1NT.A.TI
• School -Teachers..
orHE Board of Public Instruction for the
1 County of Huron will 'meet in.the Court
Room. Goderick on Wednesday and Mutts -
day, the
16th & 17th lairs otingist lextv
Each day at ten &clod!, a. nu when
candidates wishing to obtain Licences to*
teach will -then bare au opportunity of being
examined. Those wishing first ot third clam
certificates will be examined on Wednesday,.
anudansericiodnadtesclasslmtifoocenreTohbeibuth:tendeagpee dRa-cm; tead au:
examination are required to present certifi:
cates of good moral character, signed by' ilk
e.lejrgyman or jai secretary.
Bayfield, 15th July, 1865, w25 -3t
1SSIGNEE'B BILE OF WU
United Counties of R Y Virtue of' the
1
Huron and Bruce, Jo Power vested in me
to wit: by the creditors of
Joseph Copeland, an Insolvent, under the
Insolvent Act for 1864, as assignee, 1 will
offer for sale farm lot number eleven. ha the:
ninth concession of the township of Howick, -
in the County ot Huron. which land I shall
offer tor sale at R. W. Adams Hotel., Howick
Village, on Monday, the tweety4iird day of
October next, at the hour of twelve o'clock,
- ROBERT LEECH,
ir2.5td Aseirnee.
VAIITION. This 311 to ibrilid nit pursues
%/giving my son John Mason, credit on my
account. as I will not hold -myself responsible.
forag debts t.hat he may contract.
• 'JOHN MASON, Senr.
Wawanoali duly, .16 1865 tr25.3t.
SHERM°13 SALE OF LAMBE.
--.....
.
Harm and Brune, Mit • ireseittelef EWES.,
,ITtutoidToColvu iatt:e11 0. f 1101,..ued'Y vio:ttnoefse_ efraihWiestri- ty:
mernieniesbitt Sugar awl Goers, Pinar, et the Reiss -
l
Comity Court of the liked pounded; of Huron and
Brace. sni1 to me ffirected sews' Se lands end tene..-
°fairer mackkin. "Jolla 'floats %Wiliam Irving. Jr..
and Isaacs blackleg' ; 1 bare seised sad lobes 1a
execatiou all the right, title and Mimes' _or tbe acid
defendant in audio WM, salabers11S, 11A 114, 111,111‘.
117and 115, *the village of illuerale, also that atria'
parcel or tract eflandsinown as tite mill Meek. and star
that certain parcel or trect of lands, which is bounded Am
the north sideby the rim Maitland, on the south side
by the town line between the townshipsof Morris en&
Turnberry, and en the east side by the- west boundsry
line oflot 11A to be extended to ihe -river Msitisse‘
with any water pnvtlege which may be derived from
the river Maitland **far east at Clyde street aell in der
County of Huron ; which lands and tenements 1 chid&
otter for sale at my office in the Coign Roisti: kr .110'
nnvn of Goderich. on Tuesday. the twenty-meitt day of,
As spun 'soft, st the Mara twelve either/leek. mon-
, JOHN IfACDObfALD,
Sheriff 11.4.111.
By 8. Pomocit, Deputy SIseriM'
Sherifos °Ake, Goderieh,
16th July. 11.65. 4 vd5'.
811E111111 BALE OF JAM.
.se —...... .
linitedCountiesof -nor nave of a writ. at
ja
Huron sad °Stacy ley Yeaditioiii Eimer* an&
To Wit r tier' Fames Rir residue is-
sued ont of Her pars County 'Court ot the
United Connie, of Huron and Rrece and so me directed
eisiimittm mods malamutes's -4 fivivevi eveekst ibe
suns ofgoollost lir-Adues, Robert Leek sod James
-Perkins; nave sifspd end taken la execatise ell the
*Imo& auditions' efthe said defecate' ilt cod • In
let somber lee, in the eicialt emiessitlea of the sews.
shwa Howlett, in the county ofblemet-i who'll beat
and tenements Isbell neer for sale at my dice le tbe
Cow' Home, intim town of flederit* en Weedily, the
twenty-ninth day ofAepat nexc etas heir of tweirs
ofthe clock, nom.
JOHN -MACDONALD,
Sherif H.& 11,
By S. Pomace DepetySberiffs,
Sheri/Ps Ogee, G4dernalt, f, .
_ tlith J,uly, V366. k.: live5
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