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GODERICII, (;. W., JULY 21, 1865.
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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SIGNAL.
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- M Jumel Burr, wind .).v ot' the cele cei tainlv Mr. Sills did ample justice to their
liraied Aaron Burr, died in New York on cailine and county. Three hearty cheers
Sunday.
It is state I in Warsaw that the Rus.
sian government. intends to divide Peland
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into ten eovernments.
THE PI/OGRESS R ECON.. -
STRUCTION.
Notwithstanding that the diligent cor-
respondents of Northern papers furnish
every scrap of infeeuetion tending to
show that the South. is coMine back to
amicability, it is obvious that reconstruc-
tion is tuaktng but little headw ty. The
South is beaten bat not coattiaerl, tiros -
trate but not stibmissiye. A spirit of
sullea gloom has settled down upon the
e.
people, from which they cannot be area's -
ed. either by fair promises or' Violent
measures. They believed their came to
be a just orie, they put forth saperhunian
efforts in its maictenance; end when their
bleeding country was prostrztted by a su-•
perior_ power, assisted by mercenaries
from nearly every nation under the sun,
they could not feel. frett to submit in
apathetic indifferehce to their terrible
fete. Those who tried to. *believe that a
beaten South would Tay down les veils
quietly and accept tamely.a Staid' of things
beyond remedy, were sadly_ enistaken.—
The wounds were too- deep, the hatred
- born of sacrifice and suffering too intense.
and the gulf between the scetiOns;filled
with too.inuch bleed) treasure and- awful
memories:4 te admit of a sKedy reeonciliSe
tion. The Soutlt teeday stands in the pc-
- skim of an unarmed Man in,the presence
of his foes, witli folded arms and knit
brows, remembeting proedly the desperate
blows he struck, and per-lurps !engin', for
Su opportunity to- strike ag tin. The
leaders of public action. in the -Farath ac-
cept, as they are compellrll to accept. the
triumph of the arms.- of the North; but be
yond this point they will concede:nothiee.
They still Iean upon their cheriihed con-
° viations as to State rights and constitu-
tional privileges, and -they depreiate the
the establishment of Provisional Gerern-
meets as subversive., -of every repablican
r.-• The Prince c,f %Vales sat. the Peers'
for the Queen closed the out of door proceed-
ings. The large crowd began gradually. to
disperse.- The greatest harmony and good
feeling orevailed throughout ; and I have no
doubt that the great majority felt on going
homewarils, -that they had spent a pleasant,
and I trust, profitable afternoon.
The Jutl;es. Directors, Machine men and
millers then adjourned to the house_ Of Mr.
Blair, where a stimptous spread a -waited them.
.Mr. Blair fully sustained the reputation of
his houae for hospitality; and along with tha
selidst dispensed to all who felt inclieed,
without stent or favour, a 41 dhrop of the raid
cratlier," out of a well known, Very big bel-
I.ied bottle. An animated discussion was kept
up at the table—all hands- vieing with each
other in praising _our noble. County. We
ranged Upper - and Lower Canada over, but
ceuld tied nothing to ceinpare with Huron—.
even the far famed Genessee "Valley could
pot stand tlie contrast Here again a cynical
straneer 111i...1A-have eaSs,',.&e., bet
es tbe ereat bulk of us' were Huron farniers Wass' fMeliture; loss S500,. : NO insuranee,
were all of wood and comparatively inexpen-
sive. A ticket office ' was, we believe, for-
warded from Hamilton for use at -Paris. -
There is no insurance in any insurance
office, on the railway buildings. The reason
is, we believe, that the Company does its
own ineurance business by a fund regularly
set. apart for that special purpose.
No cars were lost, all • those standing on
Gallory, .aiel- heard the unanimous vote of the. track havine been reMoved after the fire
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eensure.whi.ch was passed on the 14 mi Chan:.
broke out. . .
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celler. . The kisses and insurances are. as follows :
! -George's Hotel, estimated- log $3,000 ;
Cf,r- Mr. 0. S. Wood has placed kis resig-. insured in thri British American, on building,
nation in the hands of the Montreal Telegraph $800, $850 . on •furniture, and $300 - on
Co.,- In his letter he expresses regret_ that -he stables. . .
ever wrote the letter to Mr. Potter. Frame tenement, oWned by James Coal -
tart loss $j300.
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Ozy- /1:y o u n g lady of poSition and :beauty st-ir-Aailiceliei:i's etoreheuse,. -lois- $800. No in-
waa abducted while leaving a New York' ..
theatre. last week. Hai- parents and the • Niacant-. tenement; owned by Mr. Alchin,
geatlemati to- whom she- was engaged are 'in losi $800: Noinsurance. - - -
'Treat distresS:about it. .._, - - ' International hetel, IT. Capron owner- loss
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$1,500.. Insured in the Home Co,,New York,
()::se Jeffeiion Davis is -reported to be .sink- for $1,200.
we courl nut be any thipg but well pleueeel - Mr. -.Ritehard's contents, loss :shout $600.
The New -York Tribune asserts that with the conclusions come to. But the heit Insuredin the _British American 'ter $500. -
Mr.i. Suratt was deprived.of spiritual consul:1V "of times will cotee to an -end - and the best of kr. Rapiti:s furnitureand other*effects, loss
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tion in her hist hours by the:authGrities. . friends must part. Our partiug Wasaccom- $1,600. Insured in the Lhidon and Liver-
' plished after sundry rourids.. of ha -rd hand poorfor $800. '. 1 , - .
shaking, Mutual resolves, and pledges to It, is not known precisely where or how
meot again hi a short time to witness another the lire originated; whether in theltitchent or
triumph of machifiery amen,' the eeldeit in the girls' bedchamber, but it must have
been* one or the.olher as bott-were in" the
grain.. - ,
ing rapidly under his confinemea.
T HourIng Match at 1E1 ppen
_ (Prontrior own correspondent.I • .
As -the allove match had been announc-°
ed in your columns ;- and as you- had par-
tiettlarly , celled the -attention. of your
readers to_the fine section of Country in'
which - it was to take- place; I had tur
dotibt; the E:litor et the Septa/, would
have put in an 'appearance ; and woull
have made one of the crowd -who have.
been discussing. the° relative merits cif the
ma -chines, that have been laying the
eress low -on the farm of Mr Blair -this after -
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noon. In your abscence, which I !lave no
doubt tvee unavoidable, I have furbished
upimy- old stump of' a pencil, aed tY111 en-
deavour to give your -readers some Mea-
d' the proceedings. It is not to: b3 ex-
peeted that an hatable 'Waif of:a volein-
tedr corre woald be able to do justice to
sueh eceasion; -that the _justice
eze Would expect. a veteran member
of the Press eould giye it ; yet unvemish-
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truth may make tip' for felicitous de-
scriptton; and -I am sure my remarks Will
be none the less acceptable to year read-
ert, when I tell them .that I else am 4
farmer. One o'clock P. M., beide the
!Jur fixed for the start, I &Una inyself ori
the well cultivated farm of Mr: Blair,:
principle—as an unwarraetable act of mil-
itary power, and - they contend by word
and deed that finer years of war has decid-
ed nothing hut the net ':of military
force. They may be compelled te oaths
of fealty which they eegard as empty
forms, they may be envyoned by harsh
restrictions which they will study, to break
through, and in short _a thorough recon-
- struction can hardly belooked-for- by the
present generation. The difficulties of
the Washington Governnient are only
- commencing.- Besides the mattet.4 Sla-
--wery,-which involves immense difficulties,
the political queitiens of the day are meet
delicate. and difficult of settlement. Dis-
franchised, the Smith will be in a state of
chronic disloyalty dangcrou.s to good and
peaceful .-government and. destructive of
material prosperity, and eefratichi zed it
will throw the whok weight of its vote
- and peditical influence against the bated
Republican Ratty. _The mind which ie to
guide the ship of State- through the tur-
bulent breakers ahead ° must be endowed'
. -with gteat wisdom and coniummate skill.
Does it belong to President.lohnson
&teem Exaeimeeroe.--The exami-
nation of pupils' attending the Public
- &hob' of this town began on Thursday,
the 20th inst., and will e,oetirtue until the
clew of the following Week. On YridaY
the 28th there will -be a-piblie assembly
-of all the Pupils, at the Central SchoOl,
when the prizes will be distributed. Per-
' • sons 'falling to ascertain for themselves
I the status Of the Schools, should make it a
point to attend.
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near Iiippen, on the London I' ad, -up to
time, and 20 minutes to spare, which I -
spent in noting the different machines en-
gred, and ready for the work. They
were as' follows, vize 1st. Mr. Callaway,
Seanley, owner, - Scott & Co., Dandas;
mknufactuter ; 2nd John McKeneiceown,
er'i Canted; manufacturer ; ard Glasgow;
McPherson &- Co., owners arid- manufac-
ettrer; 4th Alex _Thompson, Tackeremith
minter, Bell of St-. George, manufacturer ;
5th.MCPherson, Glasgow &-e-Co., Fingal,
ostmers and manufacturers; 6th MoArthur,
Plattsville;Co., Oxford, oweer and manu-
facturer. This done, I note the people.
peesent next, and conclude that their num-
1:,r must foot up ',over 200 ; comprising
Many of the.intelligent farmers of StanleY,
ay, Stephen, Usborne and Tuckersmith.
he day was delightful—just a pet dem-
i:haft' summer-day—just wind enough to
Make it agreeable, but rather hot if there
had _been no breeze—the -mowing men
s id it blew too strOrig for neat cutting ;
t
11 vertlicless the spectators lifted their- has
ta the cool fragrance, and said it Was 'jttst
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the thing. --
With . the. sun two hoUra-litili your -cOrr, basement of "tht0 hotel, which Was the part
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started hoinewardsL c.ointriuning with *self vvhere thg fire was!. first seen.- .. The. most
as I went, Upon the great stride we hadnvide lamentable feature ef this disastious confla-
from the reapirig hook; to the almost perfect gration Was the fearful nnd terrible -death of
machine—and .contrasting the graveLioad the three girls. -- Their bones, la- that re-
I•ete riding -overiwith blazed the foot path mained of the *ill-fated. young women, were
Totted 15" years ago. it iS surely no wonder removed from the smouldering-114os as Soon
that my comitations ended in wondering. What as tile -heat *as suffieientlY abated to adinit
lfanaila will be like 50 -years hence: , of, it, and interred in the Paris
Destruction -of Barnum's nu..
- • se um.
'endeavoured to ascei tent -Horn -the -obligirig, [Hamilton t •- -. • .
Secretary, 'John Copeland, .,Esq.,---whee. the'
Reaping _match would come off ; .he informed •
niethat it would not be known -untirthe direc-
tors met to -night, andthat as soon AS agived
upon, it would be advertised in the Si'eata/.
cencinsion, 1 muSt not Jerget 'to ,„-,Itdd,
that the Hay- was a splendid .eroP —anti the
bottom all• that could be desired. for * fair
trial; *,
Jaly 186, 1865.
To TEACHERS.. =All superintendents.
• and teachere of Grammar and. Comm' on
Schools wishing to attepd' the Annual
Ceinventit a of teachers id Toronto on the
fth of August, can seeure--return tickets
free- by applying Without delay to J. B.
- McGann; Toronto.
WESLEYAN M. -S. S. Pit-Nices=-The
teachers and pupils connected with the
'Wesleyan Sundey Scheel of this town
bad their Aneenal -Pic-Nic yesterday,
(Thursday 20th,) at the " About
VI o'clock, a: tn.; the asiembly; laden with
baskets, kc., started from the Church in
some 26 waggons and caeriagee; crowded
to their utmost cepacity, drove in proces-
sion around theNuare headed by a sing-
ing band of children,' and enlivened hy
nunterou,s bannere and 11 egs, and then pass-
ed over.the Iridge towards their destina-
tion. On arriving at , the Falls, clothi
were spread, and the provisioni disposed
of in a very satisfactory manner, after
which a feet hours were very happily spent
ift conversation, iwinging, play, re -1111)111g,
Ac., according to the varied tastes of the
diversified company. - Everything passed
off splendidly, the only -accident being at
tbe start, when di old lady .droppell out
of the back of a light Waggon upon the
street and was picked tip an undane' -
aged condition.
Literary Notiees.
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LONDON SOOTETY and GituitC1IMANIS AAR.
41to to hand ftom Messrs, Cheweit to-, To-
ronto. The. farmer is a very nun number ia..
&ed. May be had at this office. -
The ATLANTIC BIONTIILY for August contaiqg
meta ofrare extellence,and will be read with
mush interestby those whe can fall with
its pclitissi views, which are .extremeIr rad-
- list. Tmekaora Fiehls, Boone T. J. Noor -
Amuse, Goteriek. - -
Qua Youso Forst froat the eameenterpris-
ittg firm is a good number, and cannotfail to
ewe aust profit youug A.therica.
-Great Fife at the POis -Statterh
THRES WOMEN BURNT.
TO DEATH ! •
Loss from $20,000 to *30,000.
This morningnboet t21 o'clock a fire broke
out in. the .Com rnereial flotel,kept bY
George, at the Paris Station, ofi the ef,outli
side of the Buffalo and .i.dake . Huron Railway,
near where it intersects the Great We'sterit.
. The cit'zins of this metropolis. and its
suburbs, as well -as thoesands upon thou
san ls of _TeSide* other 'parts of the
country.. who_ have- ever visited NeW -York
-and -tew -there are Who have note ---will
learn- with regret that that old and favorite
place of entertainment, Barnum's Museum,
is in ruins, together- with its millions of
euriesities, including the whales, 'the happy
family,•the alligator, the costly and -varied.
occupants of the aquariao - the seals 'afid
birds, beasts: a.nd fishes ef every description,'
-almost toe numerous to. Mention; _
Also the valnable inachinery and wardrobes
of the lecture-reOm and works of art and
rare specinietis which have _beee..in process
of -collection mid preservation. for' over fifty
yeari by the present' sad former proprietors
of the Museum. - ; -
Thus is swept awv Yar a single day, 'the
labors of a:lifetime, iniolvi loss whose
actual value to the historian and autiquariati
The flames spread so rapidly: that the 'hotel can scarcely be estimated.
was soon *enveloped in flames,, and', most The bail -ling. was founded in. 1810 as
'lamentable to State, three girls - Scudder's Musettm, and 50011 beeattn -a fa -
:the baiesnent, in a bed room off the kitchen, vorite place ot resort. In 1842" Mr. Phineas
*ere b.irned to death, the -flames -completely T. Barnum, booglit Mr. Scudder out afid
enveloping their -bed -room before they. :Were. fitted it ap in the building at the- corner of
aware, it is suppesed,:of the preienceef the Broadway and Ana street,. ineorporatinz
Are. The elder girl, named Mary And Pros- -with it the collectient of burioaities owned bi
about 21 years of age, was employed in- Mr. Peale, which was -established in 1825,
the hotel in the capheity of cook • het friends and was -tor many -years a lea:dine' object :of
place must have been cro ,ded as usual, and ' European NeWs.
that many lives must haire been lost ; but
this, as already stated, wa not the case.
INCIDENT .
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I LATER FROM EUROPE
fl/101•Mmon..a./M,
Among the hundreds o incidents of the I ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
conflagration a few were o great interest.
" HANSA."
The firemen were an ious in their en-
deavors to save the prope y. and some ex- Vote of Censure 011 time Lord
hibited a great penchan for curiosities. ,Chancelior in the Commons.
One fireman was seen emerging from the
building with a stuffed owl in his hands. PARLIAIIIENTIPE,OROGITED..
Another "fastened on one o the wax figures, —
and it is said that Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb NEW YORK, July 17.—The steamer
and baby are not among t e things that were. Hansa, from Southampton 5, errived. _ In
Also, thatseveral other
saved, and will doubtless
Barnum. Jeff. Dliris's
seen hanging on a. lamp -p
soon after the fire' bro
woman and the giant and
A DevAri.viee Assieeet.—We understand
that tin SatuttLy an information was lodged
in the pollee office against a penson lately re-
si .ent in Montreal, who bad been appointed
assignee (not official) to a bankrupt estate.—
He failed to render an account nor could any
be obteined from him, and in accordance with
a provision of____the bankruptcy act, which
authorizes summary prccess in such eases, a
warrant was %stied for the arrest of the de-
faulter i but delay in this case was as alangers
ous as it has Oroved in many others, and it
was found that the defaulter had taken the
alarm and fled to the " lefttge of the desti-
tute," as a learned judge hail it, there to ,
enjoy *himself on the proceeds of dishonesty. .,
way out eith difficulty, bu hastened to eon! said there was nething in the ease to Herald.* _
.eianoteusts. maTdehetheir Advocate defended the Chancellor, and in the asylum he has sought.—¢Montreat
mantes lave been
etrteicsot
t in Felton street,
oirtse dot; w. Me rre. , d 1 nil .
fat Bankruptcy Court scandals. The Lord
Lor C ane or in connection with _the
the House of -Commons on the 3rd, Mr.
Hunt moved a vote of censure on the
Treaty takes cognizance, he may rest secure
offence is not one of which the Ashburton
.....p.
The -amount he has applied to Ms own uses, -' -
is, we nelieve, about $1/900, and as the
. cleal themselves from publib exhibition in their
BETTY'S STRIKE:—A few *eel": ago. le .
warrant severe censures being passed on
hotel. The building beloeged to the Astor him. Aloied in amendment to the effect
estate, and wise held by Mr. Barnum on a wealthy fa,mily in PhiladelPhia, having lilied
that the House aeree with the rep -ort of
lease hwifig a ninnbor of Years to run: The
Contents avere insured for about $75,000.in:
various city offices, whose policiei averaised
about $1;500 each.. i ' -
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, seENEs Aomori) FoE-ring;
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reside.in Mitchell, and were. telegraphed:this interest in the _city. The -Urge -and valuable
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morning the sad intelligence of her tragic collection of- Chinese -curiosities, lerMerly
'death. :A yciunc, girl -by :the name of 'Jane located at -14e, 539, Broadwah, was a short
Warriagton, wave: years of age, sleeping in time age added te the Museum.
the same bed with the'former, and en _adopted As an evidence. of the .early Struggles of
daughter of Georze, but whoSe parents Mei Barnuai to estaelisli an entertaining place
ere still living in Goclerich, also Perished.-- ofrational arnusenmt. For the . people, it !nay
From the po-aitiou in which the bodiei, were be stated that at the 'commenCemeet of his
found after the fire, it'wonldappear that: they career, ,the negotiations frir :tenting -the
expired:oe the.bod on which they slee.p- • -Museum were nearly breken by the iriability
ieg. The first victim. to -the conflagration of _the poor tied unknown bet'. energetic
,was a girl named Sagan Wickham,. eighteen yoring.man to offer the owner the 'necesaary
yeari OfIge, whoee friefids reside in -Strat, business -sureties - and 'refeeenees. this
ford. She was sleeping in the same repOtn.as emergency Mr. Barnum applied to Musea
the former two, and had evidently been alarm...-. Beach; who -was at that- time 'proprietor of
ed by the -approach of the fire, ai she had' the Sun, sad that gentleman eVieced his
ri4en and was partially dreised, When the:doer intuitive kriewledge of eharacter 'of min . by •
was burst Open by a -rein who attemPted :to goine;•.seeurity for him: is -needless to Say.
rescue the unfortunate girls. He saw her that -31r. Be.ach lost nbthing by his- apparent -
fall just as he -opened the deer. Heseized ly rash confidence. .
her to drag her from the -flames which :filled. Mr: Barnum haS since repeatedly acknow-
the room, but her flesh gave way in hisgrasp7 ledged -appreCiation' -of_ Mr. Beach's
and he was compelled to leave -her la the; services in. the hour of need,.:.and the hitter
chamber, as he was forced back by the in- still lives to regret nothine of the past
tense heat and bursting thirties. " this ee-firiection with the• .great shoWman,.
-The rest of the inm:ites Of the hotelharely except the loss which has befallen the public
escaped with their lives, *some Of them -ips;ng as well -as the -owner of. tee. MusSann.
nearly the whole Of their apjiarel- and other 2 During tho eleveri Months ending on. :11;ry
•effects. The eontents of the hotel, inginding 31, the' grog receipts taken, at Barnum's
Museum ameanted.te •evo' hundred mid eightY
thousaud three _ hundred hfid •f3rty-eite
dollare. 'Tilts wilt give about one . million
and a quarter of visite.rs for eleven incniths.
,flow many- millionS *of' pepple have visited
the Museutn.since its feundation it is of course
impossible to compute, but :it lo- say
thet it waS the mosvextensively patronized of
any__ place in' the conntry„ .. On holiday
-occesiens it was gf..1B:irriatn's practice to.
give eineitainments almoSt 'every hour in the -
day, and thaplaee wou14- be thronged from;
Morning' until late at night with. a living'
stream crossing.and rscrossin,g its threshold.
Taie.:sunjuier season. had just cemmenced
tinder7the -mast -favorable auspices, and the
pentomimeof The Green. bloaster " was
beinz perforMed to -crowded audiences in
the lecture-roopi, day and'eyeiiing.
• Mr, Barnette years back,- kept alive the
curiosity Of the publicto see his Museunt hy
-eiery- effort in his pewer sOMetimes hy
Means that scrupeloni folki haie denominated
as " huinhug fY and straetim6s by -scene-
tliing stronger: But thia fact' and indonut
able perseverence to -make the MuSeum an
institution ef New Yorki :and sought, after by
strangers„must haVe met with a success- -that
must have eieeeded even. his Most - sanguine
nature, as the ;shoals of -penny- people who
brewed into- the place to adinirer inspect and.
.be' astonished at the sight ofJoyee Heat: (the
Pretended nurse of Washingionse the stuffed:
mermaid (made Op or -the heal and bedy Of
inefikey and teil of a HA); and otherhome-
made curiosities that.mailititined their popn-.
larity for so long'atiine, very plait:11y showed.'
At this time Mr. Barnuma name was known
but little out of.tlin: States, - but Ais :engage-
ment with Jenny Lind, id introduction. of
lier to Atnericari andiencesi- together wall. hia
.visit to Europe to exhibit Torn Thant), made
It familiar -to Sight -seers not Only on this' con-
tinent bet throughout the world.J
The- ;Ire broke. out isbcnit- half -past twelve
O'clock, le the' refectory in Ann- street,
beneath 1,lut .-and the flatnes adon
-Spread -with :fearful rapidity thraugh the
whole,huildine.- --A eentleman- who was in
As the news -of-the burning of the Mnsetim
s-pread over the city, tho sands of persons
flocked to the.seene of doi agration. From
every section of the city.
down Bsoadway and Cha
burning of the aneient te
It was with the greatest
police could -clear the stre
the . crowds -poured
am street to the -1 o
cheers. The Times _says the result of
piffilocuoiftyeutriiioastititebse.
the debate in the Cotnmous is that a
t to (eye the fire grave censure has been fused on the,
asook vvho was highly recommended to theuri
the Committee. Mr. Bouverie said he
had no confidenCe in Ihe Lord Chancellor. site was osdered one day to prepare a beset
or dinner. The hash came, and was charaiz
_Mr. Hunt's motion of censure was nOrra- •
sags all eagerly partaking until the dish was
lived: Lord Palmerston moved an- ad- seemed out. So popular' after this slid -the
emirnment of the !loose unt!l the 4th, hash of the new cook beeatne, that it was
mr. „nothing but hash every day. At last the Poor;
-which was lest 'by 177 to 163.-
Bouverie's amendment, which is similiar c°°ktl!rlaclinis: in lar"e dish °fitT the Pers-
piration. pouring d.own'her face, whichwas me:
to Mr. Hunt's with one exception vias
*d d -self up, -said : !Madam,. I strike.' Why,
what for, Betty 4 Cate* ma'atn, I can't
give you hash every day and forever ; ray
jaws- is all broke down, and me teeth all. -
wore out, chewier' it up forye's:
red as fire, she set it down, and drawiag her- -
tnon a chance to work; et by the aid. of Lord Chancelloi. The discredit of a
heairy reinforcenients from a number of dawn -Lord Chancellor is a "reproach te the
town precincts they sudceeded at last in nation at large, In the House of Lords
clearing a - large space 4ound, the burnieg
on the 4th, the Queen . accepted the Lola
building, the heat front which was so intense
• that thousands, were drlven back by the resiga.atiohn. He will_con-
tinue in ee until t e prorogation.
over -heated at °sphere. 'The Park, almost
from the City 11 ll to th
literally jammed with th
which were many women
anxious to witness the .c
male portion of the assent
If the fire had hroken. o
hour and a half later,- ther
haVe been, a loss of huma
mi lives were lost except t
bers of the hapny fainily
- • -.-
curiosities of the establi
lower gates, was Independence ay was celebrated in
multitude, among 1 London on the 4th of July. There -were,
ho seemed to be as 25 Americans present. -
nflagration as the
The • bill for the execution of public
ly.
works in Algeria was adopted 'by 227
t an hour or n
woul1 -doubtless against i . The Patric. says France and
life, but as it is, England, acting with a view to the pres-
ose of the mem-, ervation of peace and general concilidtion,
nd- of other live haVe come to an agreement upon the
hment. The elle principal -questions which may result from
gator and the whales pert hed in the flatnes the present state of affairs.
, Three-fourths of en acre was stakedeOff .furnituee, Sm., were all destroyed. kretri the
. Georee's hotel, the flatnes spread rapidly -east
n6 the task for eaeh rnachiae With abont _alonithe south sirle.of the railway track, des:
atp__seere in reeerve for g grand prornormile troying the Internat:anal hotel; 'Owned by:.
or all meehines round as a finale: Qniek Iiirant Capron, kept by John Wass, ceid two
Wife did not appeer to be the great , con- lenemeots, one of them empty. and the other
siderition, ae-by the rules laid down,. two pecupied by Thomas Iop, a+.1 owned by:Jas.
hours was ellowed--giving ainple • opper 'YerY little Of cthe furniteretwas !aired :either.
- in-Wass'hetel or the hoate occupied -by./on.-
thnity to do it Well. ' • - .
Front _the south side of the B. & L. H. ft.
li . •
The Word waS ivenl-click, click, awaY track the flames eXtended north to thestation
ley -went ; aria.' rp an oliti the work was 'houee of the 13. 4. L.II., It., destroyieg _toe
one, and the field- finished. - Who would freight house, telegraph office, the sa,loon
reek his back sseinging.atr Old •sythe af,- occupied by Mr. Richards, and the bazgagn
tbr secine so much. work so well done by room f belonging to the B. & L. II. IL, Com
14ten eitting in an easy Chair ? , pany. The fire- pasied along'these bur:dings
s eastward, deetroyine in its course the Great
wilile the maehines were at work et -
. • • . , , Western Station house,. ineludinii the -ticket
7 _ - / . . and telegraph °Me: customs' dice, bantamme
4its a busy thne - and there Was nearly es •
much running to and fro aS at Brussels- and wtitiag rooms, and the. residenee Oaf the
the night b fere Watel er and the cry was, Station Master 4. Bispon, Eiq. The confl is
!Itch is the best ? Of'. mrse; On this •Zration suddenly passed -1'o -the north, Side of
oint there was a variety of opinion, -and the Great Western *Crack, seizing upou -the
eh machine had its adthirers. In fact, .
freight house, wood -shed, and a large fra.me
. T .
i seemed almost invidious, where all .4ifd betiding; the latter belonging to Mr Alrehin,
Sp wetll to say which was best ; still lily flor
. he cellar of which -was occupied as a depot
ine Dtmdas Brewery. The con,tents- of
own opinion -is, and I thing ie is -the gene- all these buildings, with the exception of Mr
rel oeinion, that McArthur's Self -Drop- Rispon's furniture and the books in•the offices
'totally deatroyede . _ • . , ' - '-
wo Railway, Companiesi were almost-
Pie-g`Combined Machine, Mide the best of the t
.16rk, and was the lightese-draught inehe
field. The machine -owned by -Mr. Cal- ' ' Though a large nuMber of the. inhabitants
of the surroundinig conntry were quickly on
litway, - beilin, of neatly of the same con-
_ e. the spot, yet, for wVt of Water and.= -other
struction cannot be far behind. . necessary-appliatices,-atal in cousequence *of
The ,Ttidges-e-Messrs. Spreat of Tii.Oke the rapidity with which the -flames rap from
ersmith, Perine of Stanley, and Sweet Of one building to another, it was impossible to
Stephen, appeared to give. the ' weidc a arrest them. A. telegram :was sent to the:
thorough examinationeand no doubt dei
loco
Hailailton Station, -requesting assistance.- A
Cided which was the best motier-Aent as motiye - fire engine and auxilliary" ear,
:,containing a hose, cart rind hand engine, and
'they weie - all cot -Anted machines, and as pas.senger car, dacompanied by -an efficient
the rules of the Society, say, that the ,workuve force, were iminediately despatched
e:.
jedges are not te give their decision till to_the scene of the:conflagration and id' 25
each machine has been tried --it the coni- niinutes afteileaving.the- Hamiltou Station
ins. reaping match; a rule •by the lay, arriveti m Paris ; -but stilt, too late to he of
Wtneledoes not appear to give general set- ck.ng the fire or saving prdp-'
any avail in che i
isfactiOn, many thinking that - the -work ertY" - ' '' . %
Shortly after the areival of the fire ,force;
honid he judged on its -own merits, inde-
.
ndent of any other consideration or
Tiontinl,vency; _as It is however, we will
. .
and their rensains are now smouldering away
AIX The official jettrnal of' Rome
among the still smouldering. ruins oi the T .
t confirms the fact that -.negotiations with
Shortly after one o'clo c the rOof of the the King of Italy were brokehloff in con-.
Museum tell in with a. remendiou.s crash, Sapience of' the leinee demanding condi-
leaving nothing standing ut the front pillars tions which the Pope could not accept.—
Whielesupported toe first tory. In this masa Negotiations were opened- at the .Pope's
instance, and in -consequence of a private
'letter from the Pope te the King of Aus-
tria. It is asserted -in militery circles
that a -Cabinet order is issued to place the
entire army on a peac-e 'footing. It is -ex-
pected, a new Miaistry will be formed im-
mediately. '
Ire:ease-Cotton firm and advancing.—
Shipments to 13onibay and Caleutta- the
lait week in June, 82,900. bales. /
Liverpool, July 5.—The Peruvian has
arrived here. The City of London and
the City of Glasgow arrived at Queens-
town last night.
New York, JulY 17.—The steamer
City ot Washington, from Liverpool 5th,
via Queenstown 6th, has arrived. The
dteamer Beatrice, formerly the -rebel
cruiser Tallahasse, left Calais July 2nd
fer Liverpool. In the House of Lerdse
Russell presented correspondence from
'America; as to the termination -of war,and
expresiing satisfaction at the withdrawal
of belligerent regiments; In reply to
Derby, he said nothing io despatches to
show nival courtesies, were to be gill
denied to British vessels. -Session of
Cotps Legislatif elosen. Bourse 67 a 70c.
It is stated that Count Beleredi it the new
Austrian minister of State, Bombay
teleerams, June 29th, report decided im-
provement in markets.
Mr. Bigelow -the American Minister at
Faris, gave a Ate on the 4th Jtdy, which was
-largely attended.
The British Parliament was prorogued
to -day, and digolution imme lately followed.
The Queen's Speech was delivered by Com-
mission. It rejoices at the termination of
the civil war in America, and trusts that the
evil caused by the long conflict may' be re-
paired, and prosperity restored in the States
which have suffered from the contest. She
regrets that -the Confederation. Sehente in
Britigh America was not carried but, believ-
ing that it would give the Provinces additional
strength, -arid lead to many improvements.
She exPresses gratification at the assurances
of devoted loyality frcim the Provinces.
HALIFAX; July 19:—The royal mail steam-
ship Africa, Capt. Anderson, which left Liver-
pool at 9 a m. -of the 8th, and Queenstown
the lifternoon of the 9th, arrived at Halifax
at 5:40 p. m;to-day. She has 51 passengers
for Halifax and 66 for Boston. , •
of burning debris were the one million of
curiosities which had so long been the boast
of the institution and the admiration of tbe
curiosity -loving public. r,
• 4
THE ENTTUE teroce
would be.consumed, but tile firemen were de-
termined that it. should ;not be,* and their
efforts were crowned with success. At the
Astor House the windows on Broadway -were
all closed to keep the heat from the interier
of -the building. .
One of the principal attractions of the
Museum wa.s its _
LECTEUE4i0031, •
• _
where the moral drama was enacted. The•
history of this department of the institution is
full ot exceeding interest. . Tom Thumb's
career there is w411 known. .It was there
that he first appeared in pnblicrand recently
companywith Miss Lavinia Warren, now
hie wife and the mother, of his fiest-bcrn.
Co.amodore Nutt there began his courtship
with Miss Minnie Warren, and there the
" What first made his bow to the New
York public.„.„ '
.Giants and giantesses, Aztecs .and Siamese
.twinsAaxen-haired Ctreassia.ns aed fat weman,
calculatars and:comic: singers,, who
macle.up,their songs as they g I went along,"
andieyen Prince Barnum hiinself have appear-
ed-om the stage of the leetare-roome Never
a-sain will they,appear behind its footlights.
It is burimd up with the burnt. Monkeys and
calcined ,Icangaroos who made the Museum
their happy home. It is eorie,and who dots not
mourn its loss? It vs_a&the enly place in the
city where pious netiple could find pleashre in
the, performance of the pure and proper
dratha. To Such its toss exbeeds all estrus
tion. . .
Once ph a -time, Jenny Lind visited the
Museum. not to warble, it is true, but see the
si4hts .and be- seen. When the Swedish
Nightingale hears of its destruction, if she
-don't immediately "chant a dirge to show her
sorrow at the loss, She will bd untrue ti3 the
better instincts of her nature-. • .
The Prince of toe, honored the
.place with his presence, and pronounced :She
institution a " big thing," an expression which
he learned from one of the Aldermeti, Who
also taught the phrase to- Japanese Tommy.
-By the way, Tommy also paid his respecfs to
the 'Museum, and went back te his native land
to reionnt what he saw there. -
Recently it was stated that Mr. -Barnum
intended to remove the rocif, as he found it
necessary tO accommodate Misa Anna Swan,.
who was growing rapidly, and mast have
room AO elOggate. Whilelthe fire was at its
height, a grotesquely shaped substance spree?.
from the roof:of the building, and landed in
Vegas, street. That's the -kangaroo," shout -
e 1 thearewd, and a -rush 'was made fot the
place Where the object alighted. But it was
not the kali-gar-6o ; it was a -pair' of leggins
formely worn, by -Big Thender,"-the aborigines
during. his- Sojourn at _the IMuseum. The
*Crowd felt much disappointed at finding no
kangaroo,and a general exclatuation of "sold,'
was uttered -by the crowd. . _
Owing to the dryness of -the weether and the
age of the' walls; it early became apparetit
that ihey -would thll,and the policemen warned
the: crowd testand back. • '"
' Aboutt*enty minutes one the wali
facine,cven Ann street fell with a tremendous
- crash. We cannot leant that any one was
buried -the ruins. Some seree minutes
leter the pcirtion of ihe directly.over the
Mtn tatgince fell intim Broadway, and at
fifteen minutes to tvto the remainder of the
front watt came.clown With a. crash. Three
persons were injured by this ; one of
ieis reported; fatally: We saw hint at
the time, 'But it was difficult to tell, owing to
the eonfusion and excitement whether he
I • - _
was dead or not.
leRrn from Mr. Tiffany, the Treasurer,
of the Musenm, that a few over a hundred
persons were emPloyed labout the! establish
meat, including those on exhibition. Mr.
A . • . •
with their apparatus! Mr. Swinyard, -Superm- the Mese= at the fime the alarm of fire was
tendon ot the -Great %Vestern,and Mr Sharpe,. given, .states that there were but kW viiitors
Fire Superintendent aria General:Manager of the saloons*—chiefly women. And: children
the Mechanical Depaitinent Of the Gs -W. -R., ---and-tione in the lecture room. Great ex-
accempareed by other officials, arrived,though citement was manifested, and - the scivems of
by this -thne the coeflagration- had exhausted the women could be plainly heard in the
iteelt; for want of more fuel to feed upon. street, but oking to the prempt assistance
Mr:Bernard, Superintendent of the -11. & afforded by the ushers, al.1,-it is believed,. were
G. District. of the Grand,Triink, accompanied got out Without accident. Streams ot water
by a number of his assistants, arriyed by the were- turned on from the hose inside the
night express, front Brantford, white the_fire buildieg, but they. appeared to have little
rias raging, and before the arrival ef Mr. effect. The firemen were promptly on hand,
Swinyard and•DiS force, bat could de nothing, and mounting the` balcony on the Ana street
tor the reason previously assigned, to arrest side; they -dashed out_ the sashes aed soon
the flames. had several, streams playlet; ut the interior of
Fortunately, there was hAt little freight in the building.. The flames, however, gained
the 13. & L. He freight house, bat all there raPid headway and aboat oee ce,clock the
wee was. consnmed—value estimated at abeit whole' interior of the structure, wit tha ex -
$200. The goads en the freightlibuse ofehe ception of that portion of it facing en
Great Weitern consisted of sugar,flour,-wool, Broadway, was a mass -of games, while a
„ . dense pall of smoke enveloped the exterior of
On- the platform was a portable steam the buildine."- A lad mounted the roof ofethe
enguie, rivet the- esiablishment of Watrous Museum about a qearter past one &cleric,
"ds Co., Brantford, -which was also destroyed. and heeled down the stars and -stripes which
What the amount of loss Maybe, wer have were -there floatingcattiid the cheers -of •the
notlearned. • ' spectators. Considerable exeitement
The Station buildings, freight-houte, &c., manifested eutaide- it being supposed that the an s e 011e.
ave to pesFes.s oursclies in patience, an
wait for the Reaping..
. At the close of the proceedings, James
Anderson, Esq.; the President of the
Society? in a -few brief well chosen remarks
bongratulated the members OR the interest
Manifested in their. matches, as shown by
ihd large'turn Out Of spectators; and
bomplimented the machine men for the very
4cellent specimens of their workmaneeip on
the ground and for the splendid manner in
which all the work had been done.
D. L. Sills, Esq., of Brucefield, wag next
called on for a speech. • He is our only sure,
ad certain resort -to, on these occasions, tin -
a bit of oratory—being always ready and
sillily,. All who -heard him today will I am
are aCk Me up wheneI say, that he alma;
urpassed hiinself; and that they neier heard -
him do better.% 'Strangers might grumble tad
tter something about 'gess,' eugh falutin;"
pread eanleism,- &c., but eyery farmer of
rou must have been perfectfy saeshed, for
Women are said to he very scarce in Col-
orado and Nevada, and a Coloreds exchange
says There is scarce one woman -where
sit could and would be'profitably empteyed,
if the could be obtained. Wages here fer
common household duties are from fifty
dollars to sixty dollars per month, -including
board. ,This makes wages, at the irresent
rates of bearding, eighty to one hundred
dollars a month,
gibberusements.
ItkitE111419
-WYSfERN7eANM•
WONDEBRI PERFORMANCE
o x TEE
arryLeslie,
, THE GREAT AMERIAN BLOSDINI
-
117ILL give one of les. nstounding exhihie
Iry tote of skillfulness and daring on -the
-Tight-Rope
The steamer Beatrice, late Rappahannock,
which left Calais on the 2nd for Liverpool,
put into Southampton, and is reported tohave
been seized at the•instance of.. the American
Minister. A U. S. wax vessel had been
cruising off the Welah coast with the object,
it was supposed, of seizing the crusier oa her
way to Liverpool.
The Army and Navy Gazette says every
day adds to the difficulty *of speedily adjusting
the conflicting interests which the war in
sAmerica between the Nortb. and South have
let loose, and of achieving a teak which,
whether it be of restoration or reconatruction,
is one of the greatesethat ever tasked the
resources age nation. -
The -steamer Caroline, with the Atlantic
cable;seiled from London tor Valencia gn
the 5th, angithe steamer Hawk left on the 7th
to assist inlaying it.
The war steamers Terrible and Sphynx bad
botb sailed for Valencia, and the Great East-
ern would leave the Nore for the same plece
on the 15th.
It was--exnected the fleet would leave -Va-
lencia on the 19th July and arrive at Heart's
Content lathe beeinning of August. Mei-
sagess'are constantry sent through the whole
eable in the most perfect manner.
England- was for the *nioment without a
Pediment, the dissolution immediateiy fol -
leered the proroeution on'the 6th and writs
Barnum has beeethinking for some time of for the '14 -elections were forthwith issued.
removing his establishment further up town The eleetion in London was fixed for the leth
above Canal street He will now. doubtless,
do this, though many years will be required
to get together another suth rare .eollection
as has now been 'suddenly swept away by the
devoerine element - -
NY- The New York Times complains
loudly of the exclusion of reporters, along
with ell other outsiders, limn the " Great
Eastern_;" but in such e momentous( oper-
ation as the laying of .the cable, it is obvi-
full complement of experieeced and able
ORS that, whilst kis necessary to ' have SaMbisperyottessrteodileibdudnizeriiigt. tiowbaurtdsthethewhbiuteb!
workine men it is equally necessary that Wine crimson. ' See heee, Sam,' s ad the
they should, in no Ways be distracted or
impeded by supernumeraries. The teat
William was as indignant at the preseece
and iu the provinces on the next and follow
nig days. liord Palmerston had issued an
address again soliciting the votes ot his con
stituents Tiverton. Me Disraeli had also
issued a brief address to his constituents.
The appointmentof Lord Cranworth as suo
censor oetord Clhancellor Westberrv con-
'',
firmed. -
An old lady who was making some jam etas
called by a neizhbor. 'Sam, you rascal,' she
said, 'you'll he eating my jam when Pin away."'
IN GODERICH
ON TUESDAY, 1sT AUGUEST„ 1865„
. . •
When lie will walk "cross immer.sisr
Chasm 150 feet high,- on a rope 300 -fest
long, and perform a number of the- feats
which liave electrified thousands at 'Niagara
Falls and elsewhere Some of Mr. Leslie:Ye.
feats, it is believeci, -surpass in daring-- and
skill even those of the great Bloidin
Excursion • trains will be run ors this.
occasion from Brantford, London, Guelph,.
and all intermediate station& Also, excur-
sions by steamers from. Detroit, barent, Port:
Huron, Saginaw. Sangeen, Kincardine, etc --
old lady, taking_ up a piece of PII
chalk your hps and then on my- retern
know ir you've eaten aoye Se sissies; she
of -civilians on tlue field &tattle itS he famed her forelinver h I
h
eavty over the thick
ave been at the absence of soldiers ips of her darkey, holding the chalk in the
Iv palm ofher hand -and not lettina it touch
frgel their Peet Rf duty and rule je; When shejeame back. she crid not need
in all mat and difficult operations, a wise to ask questions, for Sant's lips were chalked
_
I a quarter of au hulk thick.
\N.," ,1
A GOOD TIME MAY BE EXPECTED.
BANDS. OF MUSIC will he in alien -
dente. _
-A GRAND CONCERT'
Will come off in the evenhig, conducted.
by first class musicians and _gingers.
,GOD -SAVE THE (VEEN!.
Goderich, July 19th, 1866. w26
THE L hilORE
SOAP AND PO ASH FACTORY.
'93HE subsenbe- rs beg
thanks to the lad/
to return their warmest .
oferodsrich and-vicia-
,for their pas:. fibers. support in supplyTg
theewith Grease and Ashes. They will gore -
higher -than the highest prices offered for -
ANY AMOUNT OF GREASE & ASHE
In Cashew good Caustic Soda Soli. Soft Soap
atways on hand; toe best at $2 per barrel.
tri -ash °aid tor Cordwood.
W RIGHT BARNES.
Goaencli, July 20th, 1665. - sir93*Ina.-
Insolvent diet of 1864.
THE creditors of the undersipial are -notified
A. to meet at the law otficesof William Tor-
rance Hays in the tom n of Dederick on Tuesday
-he Tweey-secor.d day of August 1N665 et two o'-
clock ut the afternoon. for tife-pnvoseofreceiv-
inesiatements of his attains and of nittning
Assignee to whom be may make all 11:aMellt.
WILLIAKELL,IS, inivant.
Reltnore, July 90th, ISFA5.
TORRANCE HAYS,
Solicitor for insolvent.
rat93 ;vr
7••••111
MONEY FOR FARMERS
111HE Subscriber has received a few hundred
-I- dollars to' loan on improved farms.
Interest moderate, land charges eessonsble.„
• S. P. *YEOMANS,
Solicaor, At- iinderich,
ell' Office over the Post Office.
N. B.—Parties having money to image_
can be aceomodated with few good applies --
tions.
SllgRIFF'S "SILE OF LIDS.
United Counties of (rilY virtue of writ er:
Huron and Orme. 3..1 Volatile& Exposes and'
to wit: Freri Facies for residue,
ed out oilier Majesty's Court Of Conunoir,
Pleas, and to me directed against the langls and -
tenements ot Joseph -Gilberti defendant, at the -
was of Dame Elizabeth Ding, lied Jobs ,
Jape, plaintiffs; have seized and taker& i'sv
execution all theequity oftedempt.on and ether
utterer,' -of the defendant ia and to the north half
of town lot number one, Oft Ciaffintlos street, .
the village of Sontnampton, in the 'County -of •
13ruca lauds and tenement" shalt offer
for sale at the -Court Horse, at my (Ace, ratire
town of Gederi eh, 'OA T leader, the twentY.-sixth, •
day of September next, at the hour of 'move or
the clock, noon. _
43 OEN MACDONALD,
, „
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