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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSemi-Weekly Signal, 1865-08-22, Page 2• •I Nu M. Ma. I I I I gna eien that the ewindle I at least the amount Later developments lead to the conclu- . mast have embrict d we have italicised GODERICII, C. W., Allg. 21.11d, 1863. The Country- : Pati- ently . - IN the absence of anythiii-g.. particularly intereeting in .the Fay of Parliamentary intelligence, the country, is beginning to think whether er not. it is-Wort.11-__while to keep in power a Coalition whieh has con- fessedly -failed Co cerry oat. the principal oblects for will -hit le- was Thrilled. The old tory or ceriservtive press ke ps up a gicasi oppesitioe in the ehflpe ,of coptinu al carping attlie nets of Mr. BrOwne and the hberal members or the.Cabiaet„-lit;ping doubtles.a, force on a return -to the kald system of doing- things, and '-apparcatl.y utterly regardlehs 'of coniequeete.e.e. , A portion,- also, Of the 'RefOrm Ihrese -Of Upper Canada ie he-ginnieg to element - loudly at the non-appearance of the. bless inies which were fo be lavished - uPon the - - • ° country under the rule of . the Coalition and the Hair_ Geoi•ge BroWn comes hero' a large share ef adverse critihiem. - While we frheiv -adMit lliat if,is a great - • - mistake te suppose thali Coalition cOni. posed of men between whom' there Them- - erly existed the bitterest political hostility cart be either strong or harmonious in the strict sense of the tertn, we think there are circumstances an,ler which it is whitely neceisare- to allow -pertv feeling to -sink for the tithe being Lekc.re tilts exigencies- ef the country., at large_ hhite great objt et of the prest-Rit TO:ditto:I was ta secure a Ctinfeileratioa_of the Liritisli American Previnc..s, in order id- do -esety forever with those sectien:d which for lotia' seam retarded_ the -pees; perity of Qatih_ltia„.and eten cedaweered the peaceful relations without which • the whole fabric wouill melt; This Ceti - federation end the‘ permanent consell dation of a:people, one ia allegi- ancee into a nation: of no mean resources or capabilities, was ao ilea athrthy of- !IA: ,stotesinen.who concsived attd eadeavors4 to carry it out. If it- failed betapse, like most great political ideas, it was ahead of the times, and becattse of the selfishness _Tan& nnpa,triotie nation. of P.mall seaboard provincekthat was a .eireueistance to be deplored, and should not be made a handle of against the -promoters of the scheme, whose views, _we have seeo, are heattily eutiorsed by.the British _Governthent. • Bat„ say the ethics, waa there not. an agreement that, failing the larger;schefuo of Confederatien, a Federal union of the Canadas should be affected ? We. know that, but we know also . perfect& ail(' Our legislators know -that thisemaller Confederation ia _considered toopahry byi the country to be thought ef for mom- ent there Li even a, possibility of indu- cing, the Mandate Provinces to ccnne -with us within a redfonable length of tisne. But even. supposing that the Coalition Ministry cannot immediately' accoinplish *great obi,* of itSexistance, it at all desirable that we ;hoed be litirried back to the etate of things prior to its formation Shall: we .return f to the fierce conflicts and barren victeries of yore Shall weset up a miniStry te-day, to be defeated next week and„ perhaps, re -instated the week following ? No Mail of ordinary comnaon-sense intelligence can contemplate suck a return with other than feelligi of dread for the future of -the country:, Ate do tiOt wish to ,g --o Ont. of our -way to set. Up special pleas for the present ministry, . and. If our _national. affairs: were in a more settled state "We should rejoice cit.& return. tse One governmente under which alone there -can- -hes consistent, elefinitiveeopposition, bue in the meaii-time we think it better to wait, patientl.y,t, if possible, until we see a decided failure oft. ministerial plans and b v a o re, then, we have. Ainerica's latest triumph. The Republic two weeks THE SEMI-WEEKLY SIGNA.L. John Carlin, Dennis O'Leary, Alexander 31cArth-nr, Elizabeth Mitchell. The board took up the questien as to the propriety of making a -recommendation with a tiew to a change in the law, in ago boasted of havieg increased in popue referenee to third class cortifieateee lation and superficial wealth faster, of After due deliberation they unanimoue- lniving, .biggen area of the richest hind; ly agreed to hecommend. that the law. onl o tat ing reised larger armies and killed this subject should be so altered, as to do' more men within a given period of time, away..witle this -class- of certificates alto - and of haying -lei, thin that period. -piled up gether, being of opinion that -the- lewness a -bigger .• war debt that' .811y ip ef the. standard for said class of certificates . --modern times - Mit Soinething wai want:- leads_many te cnie-age. teaching Who---aee 2 and the iiinnertal -Kett:hula hese sup- htifit for etheh_work, :afid this, in many- . plied it. In *the . same breath with _big - • instanceseep the. excluston from engage - per -rams,' big trees, • big puinpkins, hig ments de others having greatly superior butcheries_and -big 'debts, Ketchum will qualifications -as teachers-. - - be mentioned:- as. the most all -fired' The Secretary of the Board tette instrho- , cswindlei. the woad ever prodneed. tedlo send a copy Of this resolution to the • . . Chief Superintendent of Education flir , how game it that the Lented States pro- _ duced such h finaneial phenomeemt as , a I tour Milion dollar --swindleh a -Mah-Who . • , surpasses in villainy Orthe fort Sir John. -1-Y,:tur Paul Sildlier Or even the historie _ , , i . - 'John Law of -3IiesissiPpi- Bubble fame-?. • , - -. Ts the phenomenon tli'e result of an' acco dens, flit., makine-false entries in . Oe.- • , . . (1..mt or to be attributed to -the secial and School Iteeister, air'id fhlhifYing the. sehOol e _ married to •-•-• although -she had been passing for his wife at various hotels_through, out dr country. The _entire history. of the career of will -probably never be wril- ten, The eiidence.disclosed that there mere numerous victims to his- intrigues, and letters were found his baggage showing that soMe of them were so faseatated by him as: to offer him. their. valimbles to enable -bird" to live in the style •he desired. It is thought. that eo thing will be amie-with the prisoner, provided he is-willieg to accompany his wife and little oiteS to their iiow desolete . . . 4 _ • Petroleum Enterprise Renee. To the:Editor ort-lie;HUROINT SIGNAL.: _Shre-Feein the -very hheat interest You , _ es.lte in the furtherence -of --enterprise in .the United Comities 'of Huron and 13ruce, and. more esPeciallY hi that new field ot enterprise the proepecting of: Petroleutii, I may lie - allowed to conuminicate -my observations as• to whit is going Cis in the comity: of Bruce, on the south !inept' the townehin of Kiticar- hrpper Canada: * ine, _distance about a mile and a half friem the . The Boiled- alho onaniMonsly• resolved et the 'seam naine, on the shore of _ . Lake Iliteon: • Ercime Casual eircunistaiices to cenc4 the certificete held by _Patrick 1)a Catitelon,- late school. teacher of see -Lion nay' paased through the eectioe &tom"- throneh the cthinty Bruce, No. 5, McKillop, *head Certificate had where thet seerce ef -Wealth .more eipecielly been suspended by the Local -Superinten- is eapposed te.exist, and Was phomin a variety. bueiatie loosefiess fostered by shoddy and returas of sa.id 8011061 hectioh. _ , . ,gyeenbaeks ? • We think .the latter. ...:Ire.-; iph3 t/gekg.t., Reserve Fund for !vac tile- arguneh-nts of Phillips, Smith! ,- • I-864. . i - . - , and Greeley, uhich Are laughed at by the ' Since oleithe ° the- Up -per Glenda; Munich, Imaesese the. -Seirit ' whicti 'actuated the palities fund" has been distribeted annually e irlee New England- Puritaes has_ ho'com- iletely died that it would now be 'el- , ; most, impose -19.e to uiscover a trace ot in practical life. The war brotoelit in its I tram e..degree or hoense, most -destructive to_what waeleft of moral tone in .the natiem, and -which Permeated to a greater . - 1 is etv oe o some.% e . the nec.issieks or war gave birth to elioddy operations' and an unlimited taouga vite.tted, paper currency. To ineke- meney, henesely, if' _pessi file, but at kny rate to mahe money, became the ;zoul:_absorhire4 idea of _thousands who in Inuit- peaceful titueS would ha-ve had. to accumuhite riches by patient toil. The - Wheel of_ fortune; untrammeled by.- 'Zild world simples, revo ved with such veloeb ty,theisuperfi-eizq speculator of. 186 I he- cemer -the -millionaire -.Of 1862, -maniell, perhaps, to the diamond bedaubed daughter`of some whiloni coal:heaver.- Neverle-fore was moneY so easily . inade, and -certainly never before was -it spent .so freely. But how ? riotoui fist liorsee, fait women-7-er erythiog fast ! The demoralization hasspread until really , good -thinking nien hive become alarmed. Vide casts her shadow beside the ualinish- .ed monument to Washineton throWs her jeweled arm armind the necks of SenatorS, 1,illsTuxuriousty in Carriages at -the capi- . 'tat, struts boldly; forkie G ohlithm, -reigns almost supreme at Saratoga, enters the heaseholdS of the. wealthiest to rend :heart-, promises. • strings, aissever households- and destrey household idols hitherto worshipped *as I on the flisteday of July ; tee •disthileutieti be- . ' ins the ..tinotutt acerued for the year eedine 1 31St December. Lest ilionth the Feeelvear Cieuerat'idepertineet :notified e.tell munici- pality of the -amount it Was' etititled to receive I- ander the ' above arrangement, and that pay- ' ment Would lie pied° ai uatiat on the 1st -Uf 1.1 OiclerenCouncit was. passed on Mondey las( illy, but uo- paythent hae been made. -An, - ,. , , ,. , . I, to must tne uretrunition to lhe naiount ae- cruedeld the '30th Junte; 1861-, -payment . of :which le to be tirade on the first day of Au ,e e nex .. .2t tine .ii iangernent the fend accrued_ tea to the 30th Jane, P:365, will; not be dial itributed until the lst-July, 1866, and the 004 ... . veretneat has subverted...the act ofd854, res Oeclitig the regulation and distribuii-on oPthis • tend - sect:toe o ot which eiya .-..--;‘ The am- , . ' .- ' • , . . - , ., omit- ot tce municipauties tuna ip either see .tinii of the Province re -entitling. Unexpended ancrunappropriatted under the foregoina pro- visions of this act on the 31steday of Decem- ber, in eiteh year, ehale by the Iteceiver.Gen- -,eral-, be apportioned equally longue the, several County -and city municipalities in the s tine section of tile Proviece in- pr portiOn,_ to iteepoPulation of such inuoicipalities rte- . pectively, and the pereon thereof corning tii- each municipelity shall he peid •oyer by the Iteceiver Generat.to .t he tteitsurere chiunbere lain oe hhher office]: having the legal • cusiody oetlie moneys of such menicipality, 'without -other authority than this act, Zee:, Jr.c." - . Many of the municipalities h.asfe anticiPated °the Amount whieh ender the aliove act, ..they were entitled to receive; and_ Wilt be put te great inconvepience if not paid tte once. s-• No Government, whatever may have been itS political complexiott, has heretofore reterded- . _ -the payment of this truet fund beyond the' time necessary to prepaee fur its distrieutioe. ---eToyonto.Leadee. ...- - . Our quebec -, car resPandent-- writes. tO say th tt the above fund has not yet ' been paid, and th it ne peones°. lias been. given-. or can" be obtained -from theGovernment asho *hen' a a , .. • 11 • Most Important. eniblems Of purity. The presence Of every vicions allurement and the absence Antan-s- thesPaPers -Submitted to Ptirhament Lit week is._the Report'of the Delegatee of restrainineinfluences have worked out . - 0 ) , • a - a long lise of swindles; eediretions, bur-. glaries, 'Hots, etc.: culminating in the aeteundine- villainy -of Ketchum, Aid' Shakell:the 1140.11C frona Maine to California. We do tot mite thus in -ea spirit of bitternesi. or forgetful that -Where t4re is so much of evil there is also a leaVen,of good, but simply' _because we al'e satisfied that these" things. -arc-- terribde facts whinh must -impress panful feelings updn every 'candid admirer of the nobler qualities.of the Ameripatt people generally: Wc in_ Canela are frprently twitted abolit our comparative poVerty, but we are taught shiy the events traneptrieg .day by day le4yOnd the- border that money without -the aid of Principle iS ineapable of building up_a trite and -lasting national greatness. _ Board of Pribilic In.str action, - - - - Co. Iltiron. •= . . -The followine were- the certificate- -., oranted by the -Board of Public Iastritc- F1'and Invoiring Millions of .tion 1hr the eel -11'V. et' Huron/... at' the Dollleths. - • . I meetingheld on the '16th and Irth lusts Wall street, New Yerk, wai shaken -to its centre last week by the iiinst aStolincl: ing rerelatiois ha'ie beet' published in connectiori with the history of -switati- ' ling for ihe Past, fifty years, .et. least. 4 young man named Ketehuni, whet -has not reached his thirtieth- year, heel tIone !harp gold operators rad benkers of Gotham. ont of the enormous eum.off0-ur ofclollars ! he -story. ie Simple enbugh, and. is, thus told by the -.N.Y.. -Warta ; „ "h appears.. that ihe modus crfterandi of - the swindle %sae as follows Bank df New York Wai adopted some thne age/ as the - -depository of Abe gold -brokers, who receive • from it certiticete.s registered aad si.,gitett in due form by two- oE its officers. In the busie rime ehannels='wher6sthey tire used -these cet- . -acmes which. are for five thousand :dollars • each; eirculatefrout head to hatof io Hee_ of money, and may remain °mien indefinite time before the hold& "realizes," or gete theta *.tashed. on presenting for that purpoie. Many of the brokertre who have considerable Luai• *Hato do keep a book- et _blimks of gold e • cheeks- by theni, to be filled out as eireuns• r --Stsinces may tetomee --e During two weeks Past,. Ur. Graham,. of the firm of Griiham*Ca.,.. has been_ absent -t.hroaget aieknesa,_ and- it being a firm -very intimate with that ot Ketehnme Son Zs Co, Mr. Edward Ketchum, one of the latter firinf took &ate of the business 'lit Mr. Graham's abeenee. It appeared that he filled oat some unit** blanks wall forged signatures, and iming time* u collateral securiey; would.obh tianamt of nearly the amount of the- face • -esiat4t. , The forgery ,wits quitesuceessful.- On its tfirestevery, tovaitigatiou showed that -five triestireet blanks. were missing.- If, as ititiaentosetit amitotic was filled up tor five Itkainftital 4dilata, it wilt make the 'totei fore eeheiteetttet feet up to two and a. halt . . i= Rebert Forbes; ' Sosepli Sparline-- -Eliza Fillet CLAsS.--JohniMeKeehoje, MrS (.31. A. ilarringtoe,.. Leey ..S..._ Dalmage,' . Welshit James Mt.A.ndreW, David Stod- dart, Catherine McInnis, -Robert Dul- mag,e, Arthur MoleSworth, Alice Louisa Welsh, C. C. Johnston. - - ISs.:e6ND CLass.-Daniel . McDOnald Maiy Ano White; Patrick Murphy Jenas W0641,11.1; -Anson -Damage, Elizabeth 'son, Robert l3onthron, Benry_ BraWn, ! Woodman, . Patrick - Sullivan, Maria Neelans,. _Ann *Taylor, Ann Jane' John- ' Samuel E. -Foster, Wellington MiVety; Ralph Sturgeon, Mary Flood, Mary Roche, James Patterson, Caroliee Halli- day, William AatetseSon, William Duncan, James _Rollins, _ George Leary, Agnes Thomson, Elon Snell, William McKay, James Anderson Janet 'McArthur D;d- phina Parent, John C. Catlin, John Roberts, Geer% Quinn Roberti'. Young John Perin, Lucilla Scott, Prieilla Scott, Hugh McEwens Melinda Clarke; John McClinton, thirs. ohNeill, Adam. Cantelon, Adam:Ruby-William Jackson Myles -Young. s . _ TIIIP.D Mary BaY, -Richard Brown, Margaret Kerr, Mary Kilpatrick, Henry Brown, Gearge Sheppard, Archibald Davtd, jaques, John BrodeAck, Robert Dechman, .john Flzeming,- Johanna: eaughlin, Richard Edwards, Allan Mi. Donald, Noble Whitely, Ann Hoare, John L. 'troy, William Wilson, Narg,er.it Gill, -,.gnes Hannah, Elisibcth frolo the Canadian Government to Eneland. Referring to the subject of ReCiprocity. the Report states : We explainedm to Uri Cerdwell iminediete enjury that would result to Canadian interilsts from the abrogit; tion of . the Treaty but topointed out at tit some _time the new . and uttiniately prgfi‘table charm& in which our fereign trade would in that event be turned, and the necessity of prepariiig for ihe change,,if, deed, it would come)? Thie Report is signed by four.of the principal membees of the Cana dian Government, and is an iinportant docu- ment. Th.e extractiesi quoted centains. ine foonneion of a' very important eharacter„ whic It is very necessary, 1 it is not a eieee of hunibuge shbuld be at once elaborated. - The new and- ultimately more profitahle channels might certainly _to be indiceted.-e- The prospects °fa new Reciprocity Treaty do not improve but, though out Mieisters have 7 eonteihing tietter store for us they- fail to. 7 give the necessary partictilars to make it -available for , the public_ good. " They are tither tin willing br unable to be more definite ia their information, Either view' la bad fOr them, but werse for the_ country. • ° The more profitable channala " should be demon- etrated, crdereliatefforts coeld he made-fer diverting trade into that direction befere-the Treaty iserepealed, and we are left on the broad of our backs. The necessity of pre- paring for the change is admitted; -yet ouy MiniSteri; who kuow of O mere profitable channels for -the trade -than -new existsrfaii to shbw the erounde of their belief. There is an uneertain, anxious feeling in relation to this subject. Whieh is paralyzine the .iiood effects of our harvest' iind the iMpreved prose" peets cif trade; and it is the duty of the Exe-2 calve- not only to take early action to get a decision on the ;Recinr,odity queetien, bet to . . . Make known their views as to what the " new channels " •ifidicateti in-thia grave document. really are..-errade-Review... ' :The WaY 01 Tr ansgreSsOrs is . - Hard. dA. singular iatrigue is mentioned_ in 'the 1 ttest New York papele., the facts 'being as fallows,:-The soil -of a inialionahre ork Picker 'mareied the meee of an ex Presideat I and lived' happily with -her for about two years ; hut Ihoughshe was an excellent "--)t-"vife• he deserted her -tor an Opera singer, mid was disinherited by his father. _He espoused tne :Sotithern side in the hite civil' war, and: being a-hested, was imprisoned for -two yeare.- Whea released: he weet to Canada, where ha became .acquainted -With w Art= calting hereelf "Mrs. Emily Promes Elliot," and who claims to be of royal blood. ' Mrs. Eliot. is hendsoine, wed educated, and ztceomplish- ed. At an early age she was coMpelfed hy her father to marry Majcr Fitzgereed, of the 13ritish aemy, who was some _ 30 - years older _elan herself., This alliance was distastetal to her, and she entered at onca info an alliance with They fled froth Canada, visited Saratoga Springs; Clifton, N.Y., and New York.- ffere they roomed it the Lafarge House, anti here Cf-ee, it seems, deterniined t ubandon her. To this -.end he reinoied his baggage from the hotel 'without her know- ledge, and then departed himself ender.pre- tense of going AO Philedelphia on -business, He left bee. a letter in which he bade her adieu; and enclosed ber $20 with which 10 get back to Caned% This•she did net desire tedol. but traced him with:the aid of a deme tive: Meantime, the wife-of:this fast young man disiovered hisswhereabouts, and bad ,at.rested for gabaridonment." all .the three parties being broutght before she _police staeistrate, °Mrs. Elliot, on -:being extinb iiicd frankly acknowledged !hat abe Was uot .• of speelimene, :Said by geologists tb he portions of* the corniferous-fortriation, or oil bearing. e legion, which in nuinbers.of places. .txhibits itself, outeroping to near the surfaceheand -was much pleased to find the epectilatioe had pow assum`ed .a practical term, and _that a company had taken up tl e matter with aniple Minis to test, Tee build ugs for the engiue, Lc., are now ;in proCess-of ereetion, and inay be in full eperetion in lese.btvloiaiimiotnitohrstnfi•grolirnt, itnticipating in leas then thatenne that thiq Woted I may alS9 mention ti.ett,tlie hidicatioes of oil in that section al such, as to inirigate, private enteeprise;and andther well iS prog,ress of boring near the centre ofthe -village of Kin- cardine.- - Shcued the county of Bruce in additiou to ith rich arid prolific soil,- become ap region; if wilt be one of the wealthiest counties ef Western Caueeda, I am• sir ' .9 I _ Yours, Lc., GEttligll M. GAAIBLE: Kincardine; 'Aue., le.i65 414111•••• -1 Ma. ,IxFTEnsos Etunx.-At noho: on oatuieley MIS; lIowell; mothei 4n -taw Of Mr. 3effersoicaivie, and three of that -gentle-. inan'sechilarene-two sdns- and a " dauahter--: arrived at the Qaeens-hotel in this city di- reet froni- Savaenah. flaying 'dined tlidy left by. boat at -two o"clock, . for hilhie treal„ where the children. are io be•esent to sehoot Twe serVantS aecompany them..The eldest bby Jeff. a fine stately :lad Of abotit . eieht summers, sported h little sword; .and -when asked_ by a gentleniao what he wan- ted with the weapon, be .replied,"... to .liek t he .1.rainkees."!7e." :Yee Jeff but yOu know_ yan are two email a boy to lick the yaelrees, said the -..geritleinan. Jeff. pioniply "I knew I am _new Init when Fbecorne a man -1. *ill not be t•t) small, tee do so.", Who knowe but that in heenty years hence that little fel- low _may be head •otea:. Smithson army ? e.-Learle . . .43EALGSAIATION 1.1ILT..—Mie _ - Trunk Proposes to submit an anttndenent to the A maightioetitt in the Railway COennit-_ . / 9 9 tee providieg saye elle-- Globe the Buffalo- ,aud Lake:litiron Hailwef _Company does hot Made geod all claites atising under the second mortgage held ty the -town of Brainfoidon Municipal Loau Fund..aecount, that the-cer- poratioa may, cifferee. payment thereof., .Erra.tounevalit ASSAULT.—A map named Weenie Ivey has beeu committed for tiial by ; the Is elmouth neteistrates on a charge of running.' a hiree conger fishily, book through thae nose of Tames Garland': The prisoner had been drinking. -The barb had to be filed off before the hooi could, be ex- tricated. . a ale a patine man hauled Wallage whowas . - employed hy the firm of Hamilton Bros, Of Ottawa; absebrided feW days -ago taking" With. him 0.00 that.did not belong to 'him, out of the safe of his. etepleyees 'and a thousand or two dollars more that he had collected in town.. He lett in the safe fifty cents in paper eniorsed Donation to the Pi:otestatit Hospi- tal.' ‘1111111•1•111211rAmeollimmew . United States.: • DEvitoiv,Aur, steemer Traveller was• burned - at Eagle Earlier,. Lake SUpe rice yesterday. -No lives were lost , Enit.the: boat Was a toter -loss, Valued at -t10,0.00; iesiired far $20,000. : . - NEw York, August t9. -By the 'sleamer George CrOm.well we have N Oileites advites to thel2th.• •.° The Tunes' Brownsville coihiespoectent says. 'the Liberals had- -been steadilyetucceseltil.in the State cif Sainteis Potosi.- • • The people feed and essiet the:guerillai in every. way possible And show themselves utterly opposed -to liaxeniiiite • - 1.'he- back -bone feVer prevails E0 largely in - Brownsville that many of ode efficers are -re- signing. . • Ghlveiton and _Heuston pepers heye 'the •I _ • Commander.L tithe:arrived 'at Gal. veston front Brazds, -Santiago; says the meaner which the .warfereis carried on in Mexico is perfeetly terrible.: , Neither side takes any priseners bht mirder all they captaire, . The military authorities ht Galveston exert themeelves assicluausly to - preserve :order, but:robberies -Prevail .eo . a large extent. . - . - - Nsw Yeas, August 19. --The Daity. News saysl-Albert A...lones; freight cellector oa the -Erie Railread, -has beep prepetratiiig -a eeriei..of roblierieS;.' It appealo his salary was ut $1,001) per 2 year.. *, He had humble apartments ip one quarterot the • city retiree senting his flattery, and anotheh suite 6f -splen- did apartmenti Broerdway,erepresenting hiseste dings; and in whieh he entertained his; female friencla These rooms liere made. a • consin, on a charge of !downy. It was as- certained that the sr ampt-had inert ied no less than tde different wives, all -of whom are living. Five of these marriages occurred in the East, and the rest in varioue parts of the West. Hie last victim. was a reseectable lady in Cedar Falls, whom. he married clan- destinely. in opposition to the ,wishes of her parents, last April. He • has lately _been courting • another lady in that vieinity,- whbm he intended to marry shortlh, On -Friday morning Case-haneed himself in .his . cell at the jail at Cedar Falls., He did a good .thing- by so -doing. The Intarvest In the States. - •.1 ' The Washingtendepartipeet of agriculture has -jest completed ite tables Showing the don - damn ef the crops -on the first -day of August as reported by its- Correspondents: .At thee tithe the harvest had fict been seenred, but from the cerrespendence since then, _it ia believed that the Wheat crop lied not reteived additonal injury; excepting- perhaps in Wis. ,consoa ana Milinesota, where the _mins have :extended since the firee of Anglia. The de- .paitinent has issued. ariothei circular wnich will be returned ep the firstday pc September,- . renewiii.g Ite enquiries relative to' the -wheat and other CropS, also to the amount of old *heat in coentrysaed when this Circular shall he received the .infortnation will be more definite and cqmplete, but it is believed that the sleficit withemt he less then is now report ed. The table formed in the,-.Auguat chattier:0: shows -the f011oWing decFease of crops of -1865 from thoie of 1864, Crop pf 1864. 160,695,- 821 beshels; estimates for 1865, 134,454,124 beshels j' 26,241,691 _The Toss is as follows: --le the, New England and -Middle States 657,385_ • in Maryland and -Delaware 1:719,- 7 575 -; In -Western and North Western States 231864;744: Total, All other crops, particularly corn- end. potatoes, "ere most promising, exeept 'tobacco, of *Lich 'considerably less has been planted.- The at cheeis very large, and the crop ine ate west is much injured by`the wet weather, but is itilleabundant. ' T▪ he Queen will travel on the, continent incognitio, and under the title of the. Duchess. of -Lancaster. The authoraies of Belgium have been given to-undersiend that it will,be agreeable to Her Majesty not to be received with ally writhed ceremony on landing. The Royal fitinily.of Belgium new at Osteed will, however, be- present and proceed with the Queen_ to Laclien, whither -Hee Miejesty goes,' to visit the Kine of the Belenins, injured, just behind the stoppers and in a moment the end distppeared in the water. Distance run in tbe last 24 hours, 116 miler; ; cable paid out 132 mitesirecovered two miles; depth of water 1950 fathoms. Total distance from Valentia 1063 ; total distance to _Harts Content 600 miles. Total cable paid out 131-2 miles equel to 14 per cent. Steamed back towar'd.Valentia 12 miles and commenc dragging for the cable. Thursday,.4 aem.-It being evident from the strain that the -grappel had caught the cable, we bezan to haul in, and at 11.50, fathoms of • rappelline. had been got on board, a dm ile broke near the ship, and e rope san wt t e ca e 1 400 fathcms of th ih hi to the bottom of the Atlantic. A -buoy was lowered with 2,400 fathoms Of cable, -and a mushroom to hold it and mark the. spot Dur- ing the operatiop of picking up the _machine gave way. 'It is stipposed that a tootle broke ===i wounded (the Brazilian) exceed three bun. tired, including officers, the enemy's list is estimated at one thousand three hundred men of the fleet hors de combat and five hundred killed or wounded in tbe batteries, according to the reports of passengers tfom Corientes per her Majesty's gunboat Doterel. All -the _ Brazilianyessels are more or less injured, hut will soon be- repaired. and ready egain fer service. On the day after the battle_ <Mon- day) the Brazilians proceeded to -deshoy ttits machinery and spike the guns of the Jecptiti- abeam, at the same time suffering A deadly' fire from the land batteries. IsopeX Iva, at Ilumayta waiting the news of the battle, and _ so sure was he -of the vicitify that he hadprot- Tided his veesele oith cafiles to tow esee* 13rezilian vessels. A proclamation was also' tound on board bis.stertmers, addressed to the boarding 'Crews, styline them the 'flower eit his armies,' Ceptain folifiston, of the Doterer off by the stern, and this getting beeween the spur -wheel smashed thelatter. This aceident was with Lopez at Ilvmata when tap -new arrived, and he reamiled with a smile Aar 1Paraguay could easily afford to late three- illnaPhPaednteod fitewipeeer'foaranidetdilebvolitehreateailinstlfnh.au-ling thouhand men and four steainers. The febe- ' Friday, Saturday • and Suadsyse-Weather nnfavorablefor recovering, the cable.'-- . August 7fie--7Lowered anotheiegrappel -12.10 p.m. ; commenced dragging for the terel has brought to Parana the wounclect: Paraguayans abantloned on board the /fate' quis de Olindue witiele lies a euruplete wreck. - cable at 8 p.m. ; began to haul in and •con- The Hon. Mre Abbott has introdeetet7 - towed tohde elowliatt „eget a stiort, bill to affiind the Insolvent, Actor 1864, the only important features of which' August 811. --At 7_50 aem. one thou -hand are: -1st Granting to judges a discretionary fathom& of.grappel rope had been •hauled ie, when the shackels broke just inside the sbip. power to clireet -how:service of wnt of at- - Lost in this attempt -1,500 fathoms of rope. aaehment may be validly made won -ene The. balance of this day andel] the next Ives absconding or eoncealed debtor 2nd. Rescu- makine.preperationd for ancther attempt to made ing froM the sheriff for the benefits es the-, fully occupied in having new shackles fdr hauling in rope, altering the capstans and estalean PeePertY "Idea/ PA& 3rd's Abolishing all privilege -of .-writs of -execution reCover the cable. unless issued.30 days before -deed of assign - HO the appoatus been ready, the weather on Wednesday was much too rough to attempt ment. 4th. Stopping, al/ proceedings against the debtor by assignment or writ of attache ment in -compulsorv ta need auy .operieions. The twe liuoys vide oufthe: gale§ perfitetlye • - not say that these are excellent and muds- •I'hursday, 10_,At o'elock a.m.. we began to lower the grappel, and at 8.55 bad vat 2, 400-. fattioniee all that was on beerd the Shipa and commenced dragging for the table, and continued to do So until' the evening, when we began- te baul in slowly. - - - Fridayelle-At 7- o'cleeit am. we began in 2,460 fathoms of tope wheo the giapnel =tine up -with its otin • chin - At 11 am: we -begat' to -10*er the grapnel again, and as soon as all the: 2,460.1atho mswe re paid out wecommeue- drUgging Until 3.55 p.m.- when we began to slowly. It was soon evident - by the great strain that the grapple had' caughe the cable. -; A t 7.10 when 71f/fathoms: had been recovered the rope parted. res there was not suilident rope- on board -the GreaV FULL PARTICULARS OF rHE ATLANTIC CABLE. - • ov itcs w. FIELD'S' num-. The Follewing is- from • Cyrus W. Field eptieN4eromYistth;:ipia.tG. 5r-elept.- EI-2a5s,t:ervvn elt At tiloenngti.c 0.9eGeati6, q'clock, - Fridare evening; August . 1865: - The- steamship Great E-aiitern sailed from the NOre, off Sheeinesie Saturday: July 15, at 12.30- o'elock ; at half -past 2 o'clock on Monday- afternoon., she 're/el-hauled the . Caro- line, which left London en -hth of Jtily with ahe...shore end on. hoer . Ske bad been detained by bad- iveither. We :took her tow- mid arrived Off Valmont, at GA5 a.m. on Wedeesdey. . As the weather, was, unfavor- able, the Caroline went into Valentia harbor and the Greet: Eastern to -Beak Haven, Bantry Bay, with Hee Majestfe steamers Tertib:e and Sphepx. . Twenty seven- miles of the beavY shere end _was saecesefully laid from the Caroline, towedby. the S. S. Hawk. the Sat. the 2214 at a-qtiarter past 5 O'cloelt, the sp Ice between, the main-- cable and the shOre end was completed, aed the.Greet East- ern 'the errible and. the h steamed Ts 4. P torVarde *---livfoinidladd, while the Caroline and ilawkretereed to Valentia. All went on in the- mist iiitisfactory menner upfil en Monday the 24th, when a paftial loss ot ;siltation suddenlyithewed iteetf. Shortly alter this the speed* the sltip was .tedueed, and the' cable' paid out more -sloWly; ay. bile -tests were applied to locate the which_ was foued to bein the water some mileaestern of the Great IhisterM At 8i3e ahm. the cable was traniferred to the picking up apparatus at the bows, and we. began te haul hi thecable, -Thi's operation was fhequeetly suspeeded by -want- of stea'm In the boiler attached to the picking ue apparatus, and durjeg. the day:a portable Imiler was connected with the former: Li fiee minutes past three next morning the fault -was brought on board, 'and found to bave beencaused by a piede et' iron -wire; similar to that used in the manufacture of cable, about two inches Fong; 'having .been forced between the outer wires and_ throe:eh the gutia percha iuto the ropper wire ; 101 miter of the ea,ble was recovered. The fault Wei Cut out, and a neweiplice„mide, And the- ,thle eetraesferred to.the _paying out machine at the stern, and at 4.10 a.m. On Tuesday, all was again in perfect order and the fleet on its wee to America, - having been -detained '37 hotirs arid 50 min. -On Wednesday the the Great Eastern was 178:mites from Valentin, aud there bad been paid otit, including the.17.-miles on the shore end; -199 miles of c; blee depth of 'water,: 1750 fathoms; tests eery geed. • , Thuriday..27e--The ship , tare in the feet. 24 houhs, 141 Miles, and peal out. 158 miles of eable ; depth qt water 2,16a fathoms. •-• Jely 18-.7 Diitence made; 1,551A miles, cable paid out, 174 miles, Water, 1,950 fath- oms. TelitS very good, July 29th.--Distancerun 160 Milese cable .paid but 176 miles, depth' of water 1,900 fa.honts, ,l'esis very good. -At -12 o'clock, p.m., it Wis-discovered that _there was -a sere ious melt ii• the kable which entirely cut off etimniUnication with the shore. The ship Was etopped and the. cable trans:erred to the pick- ing up gear, which co-mine...teed hauling in at Q.14 p.m. After picking uphwo and a quar- ter miles. of cable the fault tante on board, and on examination peeved Io lave been caused _bra stout piece of wiree having been drivetrentirely fliFeugh the cable. -• Two and a 'fourth miles of cable were recovered from a depth of .1„900 fathome: The .• operation of pieking up frem -this sereatdeptir was frequent, lyeinterrepted by-the.want- of steam at -night, being very dark and foggy. - operation of lowering the splieeTanci -transferring the able to the paving.out =Chine at the stern pet ect eeraglioe .An investigation -.9f his Great: was'peetponed -until- theelext edit:end/1g. . - The accounts shows that he stole e3,000. in oee Eestern was, by the . ablt _ management of Captain Andersonokept up all night to the day; and hoF unieli and, how- tong; le. has • - .been'stealinges not vet detertninel cettle, and -so preeented eay strain beyond the hes left ihe eitY. with one of his ladies °sten- I ' -1Tdite cabre's.osvn weight Coinine on it. At 8 p.m:. Aely tor New Oileanse v - - , , the 'splice had been suceeZfully lowered and' -• It • It is slated. that some of the poljti- clans of Louisiana have 'a project (*footle)) erect a new %State of that .-paroof Louisiana lying Fest of the.Mississippia---. Oe A drieer of a -haek while passing through the streets of Boston the other' day. snapped- _hia Whip at a --child iu order:- to frighten it oat .of . the roadway. :The Aar& curledround ifie Child's' neck causing. death. The driver is under -arreat... _ to. st, Detroit officer who was-takings.a female rnisoner for $agittaw in the. cars-;' lat- her fora: few minutes to go -Tate another.ear; when the -condactOr cane along, and the. woman refusing to pay her fare, he peeher citf thetrain. The officei :was not -a lade rho", •On Jearning-ho* he had lost his :pris- oner.- - • =. A Hair warn ,Cedar FallSGaz:tte- gives an rheconnt Vie -arrests. examination and conviction_ of a lite- insur- ance aeent named 1rrauk N. Case, tioin Wis. mo the ship was amain. on her course. The de tention this laulthvas eighteen hours and forty-four minutes, and mest anxious hours and minutes they were. July 30th. -The ,distantozmade was 24 miles, and 31 miles of' the cable were pant pet; depth ot the water 1,900-fathoniii. tests try good. July Slito-:Distance iun 134, miles; cable paid out 158 miles e; water 1,770 fathoms ; tests eery good, = .Auguat 2nd, 5.27 a.m.-On resuming the insulation testsis-was -diacovered , that thete was --a partial less of insulation.- The ship was soon afterwards _titp_pped aed the cable traiisfeired to -the picking up gest itt the bow. - The opeiation- ot hauling' la- clommened- by neon: .71'he ene-ine used for picking -up, etop- neelledetinendmentii. -Another Excursion Coming. _ The London Free -Press ariya:-" On Tuesday,. the i2th of Sept. next, a grind excursion will take plaee from PortStane ley and intermediate stationato Goderick per L. At P.S. and 44.-1.11.R.'s. fares will be: From the Bit, $1-25; St. ;Thomas, All and London, 75 *mai. Au effort will be made to moire the 'Mime rof Harry Abe rope -walker, 'additional attr - Eastern to restune grapneling. it was decided she should return at once to England. • On heriday.tbe331-Sttrhtitinflist.., the wife of NI; . . Isaac Fredefick, watchmaker, 4.1-odeieche of a THE WAR 1P1 SOUTH AMERICA. -B°11. - A'adltionall details of the.Naval Battle on the Parana.. - THE 'LOSSES ON BOTH SliitS, Buenos Ayres;Jime ereat. T1111, 3IAAKETS. : ,_ , est naval bettle ever fought in. South America 0 -ate,. , - ...,..,......... 045 and about three - leagues below .the city of vi7901...1-_-...,./. - _ ......,.., . 11:35' toek &coon June 11; oetween the Biazili- Fleur ..e.......e.......... 5:00 an -and Paraguayan fleets, on the river Barley ,„.........e.e...- 0:00 Parana some two hundred leaeues- inland Peas • 0.00 Spiing tcheate$0/80 0:85 k all do e"........e.... 1:00 - Goteztuctr, August 22, 'Boos?: 7, _ 8:80 0:511F 14:12k Cohientes. - In the preeent war Brazil, -Ura- Sheep . e.....e e . .. 3:00 4:00 guay and the Ary,entine 'Confederation nre Lambs........ ....... , .2.00 0.00 'all against'Pla aguay. Brazil is thestronaest 11 -des (green).., . -el. 2:75 0:00 navel power among the allies, and hal to Better ................,... 8:00' alone. • : 06:0106 fieht the navy of Paraguay nearly; or quite Prtatoes ....... ....... 0:31i 0 . . - , 1,1 oorl. ...' .........-....... 1:2,5, -040 _ On the elth inst. tbe Paragnayan fleet fez/ie.__ ............ 0:00. ' 0:121. - swept down the river offering battle. They hay, new V ton ........... .. 0:00 • . ill had eight steamers and six floating batteries. Tliey took pesitionunder one of their own batteries; indunting forty lifted -canticle. Tbe pareguayan fleet carried -a !meriting -crew tf 21f7°TglemstIBeidliralezraislniadn fiel'irecebac''tates7is:las0-7Autilli'nee:eb.:- boats. The battle began at hatf-paSt nine aeln.; and lasted till six p. m., with :verying fertime fe -Other belligerent. Both sides fought- with terrible-. pertinacity. At one titne three vessels attacked the Fleapit! Heezilian steanier and' her flax" was already 2 a (IOW% her deck ncarly cevered with the .boinding ere*, the lielni in _ possession' of a Paraguayan, while another was about to rue up the congaeror's flag, -whee the crew rallied an4 gained possession of the vessel. The result shows the Brazilian loss to be -oneestearner driven aereund under the bat = / 0 tery and destroyed, mid Three hundred killed and woundsd, of whom muteeth were-offices/3 The Paraeuayans loet -one thousand el:hi . , 0 e hundred ire killed, wounded aiat prisonms„ four of theiisteamers 'and five floating bat. ieries. .The remainder ofehe.teeet 'retreated ------....,,ze,- - - Xav Atitektiostuntio4. —FARI1i FOR $ . TninEndu,tesarsalgte.ndedoeiteerat.01Zolirolcehatrift! "Ismael ' and Stanley, one mile and a balffnun atreil-ew the London Road, sod ten miles frotn_weatiteth - and Clinton. Being eempesed of the West lialf----- • of tot 5, South Bounden', Township of Ntaniey. Zoh:drefe.iinr:efo;ralynadoirnesaolegitoreodd i Ivan, e thepf rill tittivnittnidoonr. terms, ecc.,ran be had by applying to the ander- 4 situated to mills. merkets. schools, ehurehe,,, -dressed to Hugh Love, ern., Ifiliii-H:rerie p.o.. dee. lennemodeiite. All information AP to oAnntenew9frar:trie:aleaarnZarnotwi ibisedin'ell:stneaft:wdanyadoposotil'eweci: - signed.= the Orel/lifts. or if by letterprepaid adz:. - wanting a smal l farm ofexellent laini,convement- Stanley, August 1111411666. . _ , . Jouarm,DEasoN.. log house, with a never-tadingeimply et water Toegcb.00l tees-. _ . to the foetrees - 'of liumatai. The news Iv. NAIRN wishes tbe charge of a Com-. created the wildest excitement all along the 41-1- mon &Itch] far -the next year. He will' river' aud through all' the libellers of the have hisidatiehter nsitti assistant. She has . allies. It leaves the Brazilians masters of been at the alt Central School for a eonitid- ' t_he:river. Tu'E ar.aziLIAN „4.e.Col!Nr.• erable thee., And *bleat would beol benefit.. - to have a male and female teacher in ille• , The Cosmoptita gives the followien vet-- same apartment, no addition will be asked to . simeonnorem-futnihes,Bb3artrt:tep,, ccobinietimyusalytaGineend:rfarloon; tbe salary -if that be liberal. .. eerrible naval:conflict ensiled with theimpe. efodr-te06:odn'efroirtdrie. ligi°118 PIereSell. - guayan fleet -came dfiwn-flie . Parana, mid a rial sauadrou, Cotimiencing at half-piei-nine On Sunday atornin&june 111 the Para-- viitil°u"" extrik 'claarge, from ' 10 1° 14- : _ = . Moor: Nin:ilocautlidohne::),:)..11011st paid001,etoverybeRatus4thows:40. y :, September, 1865. ehe Brazilian fleet :- a. m., . and lasting till -six p. M. during . whieh' the combatants, ,on. both siciehe per- formed prodigies of valor, and the slatishter was terrific.- The Paraguayan fleet - , _ ,.. was cow- LARGE SILVER 'taken at this Ake at fetter pereenediscoset. - sMALL 'I _ e. - six so le -iSigned] F.W. TflogAe, Agent. , Dinh or Mantreat,Oadinc13./ - .1- .- iith August,1865. $ N 0 T I 0-E-. — posed of eight steamers, the Tacuari, Para- guay, Marquis de Ipora, lbera, Salto. and Jejay, and six flat boats etoueting eixty- e‘eht or ti-hty pounders the enetny had e - also a -.tummy .of foety rifledocannons Of -heavy calibreffrom which they poured con- tinued volleys of Congreve rodkets,• grape, ac. - Their fleet carried boarding crews, pins tenter seventeen *indeed Men. and the lend 0 batteries were maufied.by two thousafid horse and foot. The Braiillan.fleet numbeis 'nine gunboats. the:other twii being at Foqiiine. The comhattook 'plahe Some tWo or three 'leagues below the citj, of Corrientes in front of the mouth of tbelliacheelo. . The attack was heges by the paragnayans, the Taeuari, _ and the Marquis de Olinda hoarding the Paranehiba, and the Salto attacking *mile 'vessel on the poop. A. boarding party -of the enemy leaped on deckand soon were masters of all the aft part of the yeseel, while a Para- omayan offiter seized the and aave o orders to the engineers. At the same time the Beazilian _flag was hauled down and the stea.ner all but captured; when the Anne - zones -came eh ber aesisiance, and overpower ed the assailants, recoveiing the Paranabiba aad sinkipg (he Salto. The Tacuari end 'Olinda drew oft; but the latter. went aground, and Was iinmediately abandoned. The _fight between thehAo.riazonas and the three Para: guazati*steainers was desperate and saoguin aiy, the former Capturing the commauders of the Olindaand Sitio, and Admiral Metisa, of the Tacuari. Whig billed in a hand•to hanci conflict. At this mement the Perigue.y run aground, beieg pursued' hy the Arakuary, and.- bernt, by the Brazilians. But .the genboat Jequithiboaha met with A like mis- fortune running aeround Under the enen3ies . - laud batteries,- having lost her pilot, and was -abandoned atter a severe conflict with _the batteries. After The loss of the Salto,Olinda; :itnd'Paragnay, and- the death Of their ha- .miral, the Paraguayena got disheartened, and the Amazonas eucceedid in sinking the Jejny and taking five flatboats, <the other being. sunk)„the rest of the enemy's fleet beat a recipitate retreat, the only vdessielbes eseaf bwot edu. t tAoreabwohnettfl2th:ocapult,.,:a,dti2ceomeaeboinei - At slir p. in, the battle was over lend the Pt1:04 nifftwstifhtfbelteanterreeftearfid°6ilided rtabbeeee4i111714,. -which moht of the crews had awatistishore. mg the! Tacuari, --IpOra an ra, rom caught and chafed'on the mouth-ofthe horse. 1Besratzeileei4nveesefiel. lila;13teart °tfhlibe:cadarYn3aglieaviwnagg'°111Ill pipeve,,ad,Oadi:divaist: pwairthtedcoonsuideooraarbdlei7titiffieteeulityt vire;a5 preetidented, the less of the enemy beink ceurse far the greatest. Our killed „ and • QTRAY STEERS. -St rayed from the TOW* al kJ Coderieh about Iwo weeks ago, sr*, tlf SteerA reAt.g 5 years old; one all grey with loot horde, ihe other a :91 stag watt SI littiewhee pa hind legetenali white hurtut. Any person s p inforsnation that will.tead tts their tecotipy • besuitably rewarded Nord to -be left Atte el- „fice3 by - ,..,- - - DUNCAN MelfEIL.. teedench, Ang.14,1865. - willtelt* IVOTICR---Strayed froin-fiaericli *bout ten daylago, two Cows, one a:witted red - and white,- with nicht limn off and that - tee other white with red neck and white fats. Any. person leaving irformation leading to their recovery at -CrailicHotet will he re- warded. - IDITNCA1T IteNRIL.' • , Gotleiich. Aus. 21, 1865. av3insw Special. otice, ••••••••••••••1, hereby forbid any persoestfo met** a vertapt note et. agrannen Witt* purporting to be draws) hy us in favor of William Elliott, os -we intend to contest AMP makin4 thereof by us, Auld Ss Sr* AAVW rcleeivednoWalne for the yams. _ WILLIAM JARDINE, WILIJAM JARIMNEJING GodcfeN 21st Aueuitt, 18$$. sw102t, Billjtalub RALE OF LAZEML, 4.110.9111911911111• united C_outities of lalf Vintle of ArIrnt at Huron and Bram -1-0 voldnioso Earmuff” - To wit .: - - Fieri. ?mass for veal* -' /owed ont ofdier Majeslybs County -Court oftkit United Countiesot Huron atod Bruce autt to At directedeiganestthelanepondiessmesisollomes Clark, at the SUR OI Robert Thompson, 1 isaso seized sad/alma in execution all tie- nella,vide sod interest efilie said defendant nut itsd.t9 101 mambo 344 ilk -the terra ot iGoolttestaossithe- . county -of Huron, which lands a .. _r1 shalt oar foriAleot Invoillicelatke atm sh°•°• in the town of Iloderteli, ott Tuesday, die Mt day of Septneibe_r seat, at the hoar ofivrelesoVi the clock, noon. , JOI1NNACDO.VALtv: ' • t' SberM,E4 SyS..ret.toci Zaputy.Sherif,- - Sherifl'aellice,Vodeneh,1 ielth Auenet,1866. ,