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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSemi-Weekly Signal, 1866-01-02, Page 2V • asivesailrlue "'V, • TOSVN COUNCIL. GMERU'll, !I., W.., Jan. '211d, ISC6. The Vateraucy rale:1.- We are pleased to see the anoonnee- ment that lion. Fergusea Blair has ac- cepted the vacant seat in -the Cabinet, and that there is to be no changeiL the policy of the government reg4r.ding Coefedera- Ste. The new Minister is a 111311 of uprightness and, integrity and' wei believe no appointment Could have been made better caleulitted te.inspire public cenfi-4 .denc. rn. the Stability of the government,. Little as we like Coalitions -in tat abstraei,1 -we think --present exigencies would net warrant a- return to bitter party watfare, and we sincerely' trust • the ninchinery of government wilr more on quietly but 'firthly until the great-p1Ohlents before the, Country have been satisfactorily The .4eatler says The vacant office of President of the Council has been Ailed by the -appo` intmettt ph. MG Ferguson Blair. It is Stated that he accepted, the Fos- Won with a full knowlcdge of the dif- ferente betWeen his predecessor and tie - rest of the Ministry. Ile -therefore thst- greeson the point of dispitte.wi!h the re, tired miniater ani adopts thetiekvs of the vest of:the Ca.bbiet, as any who took the -office nmst necessarily- have done. The Cabinet is -therefore an malt. on the un- known question of state policy; whatever it in. ay be The election ot Mr, Blair iookuig to the field of choide,'a good one.: The'Coulition wifl1 for the :present, cm- tinne and it is net impossible that its up, so that it can be ne longer stated different palls Will draw eIeser together' that our !i eity-fathers'! °wily a The Council tueCon Friday evening Fst. :present—His NVorship the Mayor Messrs.G Mons, 1M e lcay,Booth 11 uneaten!. Cameron; Longworth, Hays, Clifford • and Horton. The minutes of last _meeting were read and approved. ' • t%ing the eleventh hour, a large num- ber of little accounts for the year were read ani refer?ed. Reports, ef Finanee ani Market Cent- mittees were read -and adepted. - 'The LicelmeluspectOr reported that he hid collected on licenses during the year the s.uui 4'8815 being a decrease ot 821 as compared with_list year; The folleW- ins details may be interesting: '11 taverns at $40 each $44 0 00 11 shops • . '30 330.00. 3 h very, stables' ................ -30.00 - 3- billiard tabies. 70,00 1 .. .. 5.00 - $7u.00 The following is a comparative state - merit of the sums, received for license dur- ing the past five years: 1:361.—S813 .92 1862- 815.00 822.0ci 181— S.95.00 1865-- 815 00 Tehl 422392 The Repott was.adopted. - After adoPting. usraimously a resoiu- tiorahat the Mayor should give the meni- hers- an oyster supper, the ' Council ad- journed untit the 2nd Friday in January.. Weirepleased to see that -the- Cotiticil. . s, Room has been neatly and decently fitted than before .The motion of an "extra- ery" or even a s‘ck-ennelsr ordinary -Coalitien " being' entiti.A to set --- asidele'stablished principles .of Constitu• 1 d t be 11. lu tiona proce ure snot seen o e lion; and it is not -probable that the strange anomalies of the past will be re- -rated. In, that -case, the -Country will .he More tolerant of the second phase_ of the Coalition than it $1slof the first." The Municipal Elections: - The elections for Cciuceillars.for Gode- rich for the year -1866 commenced yester, day, New Year's day. Considering that it was a holiday, and that 'a „great many. people,daint a ecitain degree of license on such oceeilonst everything passed off in a remarkably quiet manner. -The people of till- "noble ward- of St. Patrick" made a vigorous effort to get up some fun by nominating- Mr Sind -air -as -well -as the old councilors, but that gentleman declined running, and the old standards went in as usual. A good deal of amusement was . created by the nomination of candidates, in St; David* who Were Mesirs. Gibbons, Kay; Gardner, Clifford, and Wallace. Quite a number of speech- es were let of by candulatei and lithe setae of them :very huinorous.-- - AMINO- __• 1 TIIE SEMI- WEE KLY SIGNAL. where men have met for the laudable pur- pose of drinking each °themg very good health, and of all this and a great dea1.. more that I can't think of just now, I have bronht you word hotand fresh just as soon after the event as my editor, re- porters, and printers could get it You have thus been enabled tit see many. things wbieli, otherwise, would have reach- ed you onlythrough vagne and unreliable rutnors, cfor it. is perfectly astonishing how a story will get twisted and -distorted. after changing !lauds -a few- times,). and' you have been in a position to transmit tiriany-intereSting -Circamatances te,:fric.,(nds abroad.. 'While am -a newsmowrer • by profession, it has, been my; Constant en- deavor to keep clear Of -.-thoSe -petty little slanders-*.hich form the current change of mean miads,:. and always to -think. the Nery best of those around ,Me. The • huarrela ota small . -community like thiS, where every body knows every body else's business, are of daily occurrepea, but they are patched 'up so speedily that , I think the most sensible plan. is to ignore them altogether, being certain that tbe bitterest, o1foes.to-day will: hi all likelihood, ex- plain matters and be bosom friends and companions to,Morrow, I have often thought that it Was a 'blessing that ,v/hat is termed Human :Nature was so incon- sistent, for if men held to, their hatings With the -energy -displayed in the cultiva- tion of their mustaches or affection for a pet cane, we should be waylaying an knocking each :Otheron the -head every dark night There is a spark Or goode more; or less bright, in every anan's breast, and if that can be blown ,ttpon by the "soft answer" Which " Wrath away wrath," -the results are of -the most pleas- ing character. --The slandorer-etale-bear _ Wel-biter, - who is the worst of rob- . . - 1Ionor to Godteigelt BOYS"' tirr.s; I despiie With the most thorough - We notice With feelings -of- pride that n - Masters (horatson and Oliver Vt;r... Every sons of respected 101% nsmen were particularel fortunate in berrying off the honors of the;London Collegiate lnstitl tion _The report -Of the Christma.s Ex- aniination .,ahows that Master NVTatson r‘- kaivedVety honorable mention -in general CIasaica, 1St, prize for general subjects,. 1st prize itii6th .forin _ of Mathematics, lst Prize .in German, 1st in French. and 1st for It is remarkable how • closely Master VatiEvery - standslbeside his com- panion -all through. .1Ie received honor- able mention in _Classies,:-2nd prize: id- gentyal subject$;',Ist in. 6th forin of -Math- ematies,.3rd in German, 3rd . in French,. and-20d-for-Estayi - e -frest-the future career Of these lads may be as prosperous as their present,hopes _ • ' 111CRON SIGNAL .CA-RRIER BOYS' -ADDRESS Mi : MDEAR..FAritoss.-I appear liefore you. this'inorning to present my Annual Address, and to -wish you the " Compli- -Very soon- after, ithe polling cemmenea -tuents of the..e.a.-con." This is the season _ Mr. Wallace retired, leaving the &Id to of 66-year:for thh.'revival or old customs. Abe !et:Raining four.'` In St. Andrew;; most_of which are ionocent-ai.d tend to Messrs. Longworth, w Lftwsen, W. _keep alive in our breasts those kindly CEA, :Wm. Kay and a Parsen5 were emotions without Which there is very little nominated. , Mr.,Longworth, . as usual, in .this life -worth possessing. In the fime had &Jot tit papers with 'him, from Which Of Dr. Faust a -custom was eitablished be Rayne decidedly raisty statement of so. by virtue of -which the newsboy visited called tz9ts and _figures, :theeenejegon all his patrons on the morning of the new being that we -might, to Separate _fr011l tile Year, presented :his little address, received Coupty- inunediately, it MA whatever the kind-hearted eli4e te-. bestow, Tpqsyq Itnniball---and' Cox however en- and departed,. -both doner - and reeeiver a red , and -I hope h nd trust th I at may never become shah either 4o -1t Ctirrier-boy' or otherwise: But, ,attor all, I must not forget that I caine here, not to preach sermons on nor-- 1 dity, but to remind you by my prlscnce 1 that have sonic little chain upon your attention: baring the past Year, .punctual to the hour, Iliaye brought- my paper to your door, and now, -.being.a high-spirited. little fellow, r ton glad to know that this eustont; to dear to our class, is so well established_ that I have only -tC)-pocket your donation, and state thatof all humata beings none wishes you. a More lloppy Acte lair than - 'Your obedient serv't, - THE 'CURRIE-It BO Goderinh, I st 'Jan., 1866. NA.TkIt. AND IluitA.N"INTAT\tR. -One deavored to pro;tee that such a- policy Was sati.fied that a pleasing duty had been Buieidol in the extreme.and had the satis- -performed. r2he custom thus established . . _ radial ef kncwing that the voice of the -has been perpetuated to the.present time, rate -payers present was-witli them. ..The and 1 verily believe that _ apart from all expectation of receiving 'quarters' should opinion expressed by nnaily all was, that wouhl.be. best for the_town„" and for the 9ffine around tbis mPrnial; had I no ad -- gentlemen himself, to el. et Mr. Long- dress1 at all,if for risithi9grelse than to stay athome. Iu St. George,.: wish'you„one and all a most happy Newward they had considerable excitement Year. 1 know that it is customaryto present. such addresses in the shape of. verse, but being -of a practical turn of mind, 1 thoLght I could express myself much better in sober prese than in lines.which -must end with, "=ringing heels " (of _sk-aters) and "merry peals" (of sleigh - bells) or something of that sort During the 'pest_ year, while I have brought to your door, news of ',bloodshed and strife in ether lands it has been -my happy privilege to bring:intelligence of peace' and prosperity to our beloved onnalt. . Proi-idence having- . kindly Smiled upon us, we have plenty _within our bordeiS for -both Mao. and be-a-st, The farmers upon whom ire .ninst, after all, place our chief reliance, have been pros- pered with good cropeatid-elmost iinpre- -eedented prices for cattle, grain- and - produce of every kind, and hence thousands will be enabledto eat the finiehonored turkey to -day ._with. did and thankful' hearts, who but for .-these favoring cir- cumstances, Would be filled. witb. gloomy thoughts and . fearful foreboding, as to the future. If rummy is the root of- all 'evil, it at the .saine tnne a Boum of comfort when rightly used... The pros- pect of better dines has cheered .me for months; and now that our hopes' have -been raked 'to a great' extent by the revisal or. trade, .1 think the faithful' carrier boy may- safely count itiiOn the largest offering ever extended to him On a similar. 'occasion. thave during the year now 'past and -gone, besides giving you a carefully selec- ted epitome of what was doing in the po- litical and social world outside, endeavored to keep you well informed as to .wliet was goingenaround. you. Within our:own The eittaidatee hominated we're Messrs. J. C. McIntosh, D. :AtelKay, -Too. $eeg7 miller, W. $inith and W; M. Savage 31cIntosh took the lead, closely followed followed by MoKaf; Smith and .Seegmillar-were ties at, the close of the poll, -,j4nd Savage brought the rear. • • The following as the state of the poll at the:AO* of the last dayieproceedings Sr. PATIttOlelitli. Herten; It.tRun- abate and M. C. Cameron (elected) Sr DiViVeLs-Giblsons 77/. Hays. 69, Clifford WI Gardner 35.. : ; • - ST. A.rifDttEWs.--Messrs. Kay 43-,Gon 41;• Lengwortli 18, 'Lawson 24, -Parsons 25.' Gsonox's-Messrs; McIntosh 37, McKay 36, Seegmillar- 31, Smith 29, :Savage 21. : `- The Reit Council therefore consists of keels. llorton, Camerint, Runciman, Bays, Gibbons,. Clifford-, co; Kay, -Par - nous, Siegruiller,.14101Cay, McIntosh. MO' For amatibing up the ". Was," ote; of the bawdy house on -Christmas night," the parties were, on Fiiday- morn- vsglask ittsd_by Ift:Qrabb in the awn of 112.00-eaghsodeoefe. - ' eervf STU-X.-44' Were eau -what ag. loomed, oa New Year'sday at the arrival setatoWn of a veritable stochlack, in ener- getic little chap., vflio placed . but stool on the pollitig-place of St. David's Ward and weat to work as if he intended to be Re- oeiver-Ocneral of th.‘kroviece before he -died. Good luck to the new enterprise 1 The number of mills -engaged .in the tfulted States is the work of rolling iron for allrusele is thirty -gee, with the capacity of seven handfed awl thirty two thousand tons. The total tputatity of matinfatenied in 1864 footed up three, hundred and thirty-six thou- sand tons. countyie have had frightful warders," "fatal accidents," "wonderful pumpkins," intere'sting public meetings, great _dirmets efaiider, scarce half int luch in internal Mealean-threee. • • . . • - ' ' • of the ludicrous scenes in ifederich ' on New Year's day was this, A hotel-keerr thinking a customer drunk enough paid a man a quarter to • take himtohis bach- elor lodgingi. ,Being a wag iii his way; the tipsy one invited his conductor to have a drink, and after a few moments consideration offered him a half -dollar' if he would carry "him beck again, which was done, and he reappeared in the -bar- remit about- 15=minutes after his depart- ure! Latest- 'rola Fentandotn. - - _ New York, Dec. 30.—The Times says brith N • T . -of the k matt leaders in New :York are still busy receiving letters' from _ their respeCtive aaherenti, and -retailer voluminous. replies thereto. The Bobcat men entertainnodoubt. that therw_will be a congress of delegates at Olin - ton Ault next -W-Ce-k; bat. they allege). that natwithitandilia - honest Finiana -may attend to asce7rtain precisely wtat Colonel O'Mahoney proposes to- -do, the convention Will yet be Substantidlly a fraud. - • Letters have been received from Boston aid elsewhere, which allege that the 01.N1a- 1104 men have procured:the publication of spurious reports respecting certain _Circles having declared. for the Union Square. Re _public, that have stetually: _declared for the Senate anti denounced -President . 0'11-M1mi)- as a-Stumbliog block in the way of Fenian progress. • -4104 Wholesale Suffocation In . • Chicago. . A terrible tragedy incurred on the • morn in. of DeCeinber 24 on West Lake street, he:- tween Deanlainis and *Union Six men in the prune of life were etricken down in mortal _agony by the esdape of gas from a -pipe in their sli epingloom. . Five were foetid dead, and the other so near the edge of the ',tomb that his recovery is very doubtful. • The house in question is No. 137 'West Lake street. kept by 11. C. Sohle as a German' saloon and boarding -house '. --::-Six men retired to rest 'on Saturday night; the time ranging from eeleven o'clock till a little past midnight: At eight o'clock yesterday morning breackfast being ready below, the boarders were summened, and after a whde without any of. the occupants ef thereon'. making their -app'ear- ance, the proprietor went up to hasten thent.. A knock at the door being unanswered, andai Second- Or third 'fleeting with . no response, the door was opened, A terrible stench met taerintruder, forcing him to bent a hasty .re • treat -the room was full of gas. Though tile open door the poisonous niaterial rushed; filliug the whole upper `story, and presently the ordinary etinosphere had gained admission sufficient to allow eftho room being explored. A -horriabl.e sight met the view. Six inani- mate forms lay lti the stillness of the grave,' theirlatees swollen,. their months -filled with. froth. All are dead ,f. No. not all ! A slight movement is perceptible in One of those b ies, a hurried, shed, yet slowly per. b die, reathina in that atifiirlatteospherek lie is seized mil carried out into another roum, and Medical A.stiistanee summoned.' He lives! ,Satisequent search- revealed the averine through which the destroying angle had enter- ed to do Itis fell work..., in the centre ofthat. low ceiling the end ot a gas pipe. protruded lath the room, closet! ; in the absence Of the "fiitures." The careless -workmen, . Who had undertaken to block.up the end, had put on a cap --much' top large,' slipping - over quite freely, without any fit of the threads of the 'screws by which'the jousts of ' the - piping are usuallyrionnected. The workmen had anpli: ed the red flux, depending_entirely.bn that to 'pettiest the. estiape Of the' gas. This ,cap dropped off during the night, and though -that , ---- . diameter, the noxious vsipor poured in, ming- 111g.fkl".. UN 1-' I.' IL Oil' ii lit it B 31 C .11:1 . ling with the already highly carbonized at ---,rt.- mosphere olthe room,. and quickly causing A. YOU,NG 3.1.1.N ,-'1 OT BY flIS asphyxia. :Boot the .door, or either of Ow - SiST1-: 1. little windows to the4rootn,.been opened, the gas ‘vould have escapedinto the outer sittnoS- Wien' VTED pliere, or had those opetengs eten been loosely filled, as usual in fifth rate tette- cliaract.n. trtents, there might still have been sufficient noon, i'ss the gins. sunonsit of ventilation tiollieep the atmosphere Yonge-st reel, of the room iwithia v•tal range, but the one will be- attended door fitted too closely and the windows had, been .glued in by the froil. -Not a single vent waS there, and the mephitic -vapour had -ne ine.ans- 'Jo egress... Gradually, rapidly, it iningle4;: with- and . poisoned t he air. of the rosnn, and- entered the hinge; of the.. sleepers, changingetheir natural repose into the sleep that lenewa nci waking, tilt the the- grave shall ..give its dead at. the sound.: el the -list ,trinap. No note of :warning w•aseelinded, no. one was near to step' the lux ng ilrocess.: Tbey sank to their rest without a struggle ot a -sigh, -save the one organic' spasni of -the in- vo1untar systPin„ which ensued on'y .after- _ A- FATAL RE:Sri:11 - 4 • An accident of a s oceurred oil S.stus-dav if .• shop . of --W. P: "M osst which, in all-proleibiti ly,ith fatal results. -Ab afternoon, a young .0161,0 lite -entered the .s his ..sister,. and en -qui whether .1 hey had any sale.. The utteudant r t heti -asked :what -size Ca this the latter 011 El iot. -four -sho o tett?' brirretSbet One had`bee tvithaanding repeated,' id 1 -a -n -d _Sister,ithey had 82'6131S; ac us t oinedi -while- residlier- in Penns 1 the, sold had. been overpowpred and expehed 11 tielo o'clock in the I, •natiled Michael r p, aecotnpanied by of 'the aetendant t• llie cartridges for i Fli-,, they had, aid It iti wanted. Upon a ill,/ -tint -all the t 9 , tills pocket an iit t* pis, both by-'him-- fi .:41.1- ant,ildbiethatto,..liiiorte. lIlis eister, who, it o • rry the weapon, fa ha, Then tbokthe r".- landS„ aria While ti, ieert ' cartridge 4 triking the hist !lag a couple of Lad then pasts:her rid lodging m the •%las in the rear of- , _ -; fueward and at: i si for -medical aid. N!cre in attendanee, r ered the injnred, 0-0e4eral 'Hospital, - almost critical con- e,- • nii-khia,6s Rowell°fre 1 p en, the resident 1 ca :gentlimen who 4:1 consultation on. % ether, any attempt. e the bullet or the Hi p4ssage through " It..1was‘ decided not it i vitable. Caligh- ci : us since the -Acer 13.i. -stepfather- and MI Port Credit ou ;lace Conghlin was' Has sister-, who- gl With hal. husbanil ourylvania, had but. - rt:' Credit 16 -.spend ION, -and states ' that asIshe Wasnecustom "every (1115 011 horse - o ver for protection. tullow, about seven !nisei f and• sisterhad . et w;th the revolve,_ 1 e the inert cart. th•, eity on Saturday p4sned by dyousiger lui conveyed the sa I "rents at the Credit. 'Were' Isard-ivurkitlA taipport of an itged ,f -y attention is being p te; twelve o'cleek -- : .-.. Ifroni the tabernacle of clay; . • ' revolver out of her -bitit I The first bed reached on enterifig the room, contained ,.two -.eOrpses"---khoseLof Adol ph aged --10,--and his brother-, Charles John:._ Thty are They were two, handstime young fellows, with, a Close. fiinily resemblance::: The: lay very high in the bed -when fii-st foand, his bead liangin_r- over the- hi' «1 rail of the --bedstead. .this exception they ,116th lay in a -nearly natural position, the .-eye4 Closed, the body tilting the barrele to get out,- it exploded, the. cl fin,.2erof her left halal, gold.) in irito -the -heti; into ber°brether's teMp el, lirain, Mr. Marston, w hh .the shop, inimediately: tin °ace dispatched his -Wo Drs, AgneW and Ugc . . • , m a few mmutes, .and straight, the arms -placed by: the.ir ;isides, the -.man te be conveyed -to bedclothes n3t tumbled,' but drawn up front where.he now remains the feet, as -if in their unconscious battle with ditioni, and Without hav death they had instinetiiely essayed -10 cover covert*. Di.s. Nevico the Mouth _mid -nose to keep out the pestilent :and with DI'e 'draught. Only their slightly livid featuies phYsiciae, ond- the me 2 and.froth at the mduth, add nose --told Of 'were- first called in,: he their death, and at the distance of a. fcw' feet, . Saturday -night as 16 but for the:last, the obsey•Ver might have sup-- posed:theta to be :soundly sleeping. .- In -the northweitern Corner lay Lewis Lout and Charles White ---Lout nearest tfie wall, and quite dead. White ts,the One on whslial the, foul gas had not done its woist, his eonstitu: tion beine• stronger than that Of his. Coirman- ions. - is .84'n Anierican, about nineieen years Of age. Lout wiis.a Boliemian,-tall and - . - well built, about imieteee yearaLkif agti; 5 feet 10 itiches-high, light hair, fit:1r etiniplexIon, and very hi2 h forehead._ - Ii the lied south cif thesff lay the' bodies of John Johnson,18years -.314 aed Jatnea. Mc - C aged 22. -Both of these bodies lay in: an -easy.position, as if dtsath had uot ieter- ruidecl their slereberS, but drawn .thien away -peah3fully and sweetly ta•their long rest, alyzing the vital powees, quietly, the -gas acting as .a narcotic, `and:taldlig ...away --all power of resioatice. The lied in the sotith east corner of -the rqom as tunicconied It • . 11 -should be made to. rein .spi_ula of bdae caused the temporal- bane ; hnt to attemptit, as death lin has not been unco de.it, and recognized. mother, who arrived Saturday night, at Whi employed 11anoil refi is a married minian, 19 the oil regiiiiis of 1 rJ,cently- arrived -at Christmas with her it while she -was in the -St -ed to bevel .seyen Ind haek, carrjed the r Coughlin is a. finff-yeni teen yi-ars of age, and been shooting at- ta hut were not uble to ex ride. They Caine to froth Port Credit, acco 'was chimed by an losilman *ho Acts as brother, and the lettere hostler. in. a stable adjoining, but was too tidings to the bereaved, -much intoxicated.on Staurday night_ to gp, to Coughlin. -and his slit', bed, aril thus saved his life- by drinking. avirlty people,. inid. the only his brains.- The sou Of the proprietor,- toe, father aud ntother. .13S ••••••••••••••4•4,4-.44•4illmonini44141.44.41111MINI _ • . .444•444.4.4... _ intended- to have Mept in that bed, but on lo•.king htte tie night, th-on4le, he saw some 0110 111 It, and souahr a: rcstiag. plaCed else. where. - ar _ _- The Nit** ..41taiinee`Aet. • . . - • ". An Act. to iimend theTauties on Promissory Nets anciBills of .Exelianee,•was pessed tni the 1 tilt of September laza v whi eh Awns enacted that' • Upoe and in respeet of every. Prom:ssoty Nat -di -Drafter Bill of Exchange,: Thr an am . mint less. than_one liututred . mule, drat wn _ or accepted !this Province upon or airier the first dal Januery, in the year gee thousand eight hundred and sixty six, thote shalt be levied. -collected :and paid to Eler Majesty, for the uses of the Province,. paid the ,suiferer,- woo last night was alive, . - WOrld's Wash ingtimspecial'sey;s :-HldriceS from the city of Mexico contain . duple very. intereetieg statements with. reference to ;the -treaty; en tered into b_V Fran ee;••• um, Spaine and to. geiariantee throne. It is -now alleged fthat this treaty was ,igned some 16 Menai- siiiee, before, the, w.ti• -for the told when -the wee_neiversally beei abroad that the ifebelhon would he sucCessful: The gearau • feel:if-the integrity pf however; reniaine, thOirgh if -.. ha's not been deemed prudent to make tekuotvo :up to this :111110.: -Recent -events, tespecially the diplo- !natio correspondence nee..the. elOse of.the war, bas ,Macte it; in the ' Opinion of the up - the Dques limetuakr .teeeatened, that is to, holders- of Maximilian's; aetlicirity, desirable .84 - - that the text of tae• treaty should be given to - On h PrtmiSio4 'Note, such Draft .Exclienge. a duty -and •-nn ''C'a011 the:world; It -is . understood that the_ neat oin SI..xitio will bring: the (inc Ceut: iftheamptint of ;inch Note,, next Of this tree v, be pUbliSiled- in Ji aft doe's not 'eaged- twantyaive dellars the Diariothe-olliciali ;Ilan .of- Urminutian .a duty of Two_ Ce tirs 5. if the. aliment thereof- at the Mexican -capita - -.The advices- frotn exceeds twenty-five- d011ars. but -does .tant. that num ter alse auite; hitt .Afteilinilian eed cee_d lifty dollars„--iind, a duty of."1hree Cents- ins l'rielidsjentertaitr nb .if theinnuont exebeds' fitty.,dollare but is: less-. than one, henelield dal nie • • • _ • . . GOO, fromand tater the first day Octo- ber neletafter the - passing ..of this Act, it :shall:not be necessary that -the.-signature, .ee part of the Signature of the -mOrker or draw- er, or in the iease-Of draft, or till made or, 'drawn out of' tin§ -af the acceptor 'or &St ..inul3rser in this ,Province, .or. his initials, 017 Some.hitee-rat or inaterial part of the instrument,:he. written on. mar _ adhesive stathp-16xed to atty. Promissory Note,-. Draft Bill debhiehatige. bat the person - affixing saeh. adhesive atarep; the tithe or affixing the- .same, write or -stamp thereon.. the T date at which it :affixed, and such • stathp shall be. held .priota facie to have. been: affixed at the date etatuped :or written thereen,:andneidate be Stamped or written thereon elielt radhesive stamp -shall be of no avail ; any persoti:wilftilly -writing or Stamp- itig-a false date op any iidheseve samp shall incur a: penalty of eee handled dollars for" eichoffeuce. • Ally .pa-,-rty to or holder of any Premistory- Note, Draft,- or Bill of Exchange, shall not 'incur any. penalty by reason of the duly there- on not haying been paid at the propeetime or by the party or parties,. provided. that at neeessar leaislation is cam feted by Con - o P apprehension respect ing tLe permanence of lis empire. In addi- the Western powers, el interests at stake. hone -is, building a road from the•city of exico to the Pacifie mpany-an English from Vera Cruz to • . . , xunilian e supporters ifs' will be ,completed and that it will secure don to the guarantee:n there are large meter -One company -a Preti coast while another "ouee-is building a l•oad the 'city of Mexico. M. boast that -these IWO ro before- our Pacific road, a. good deal of the traffie of the East- Indies and Eastern -Asia, whit:lee?) hope to Monu poliae• by the buildingof-the railroad to the Pacific. There are mining companies, menu faeturing associations,. and other large eater rizes foot; both it t iglatid and rkan .rhi eh Will shave_ clainiS 011 their respeetive Govirineente which will idduce them to ensure the -permanence of the Aid:dealt empire,- , The President will* in a ineesage, on the asseMbling of :Congress, reply to. a rescdut;on. of the Ilousp, startior the reaSorts why ,Inff. Davit has nat. peen In sub- . . staeCeeit Will be the 81111108SContained in bis hist ine.ssage; elaborated upon the Mat- ter somewhat b'y showing that he has -already opposed his tri a by military C0111-111i3Sialt arid gives his reasons therefor. als scion as the the time it came intehis heeds it had affixed to -it stamps to the areeufitof the duty appar- ently payable upon it, that -he had leo know- ledge that they were not affixed at„ the pro. per time • and by the proper party. or parties, and that he pays such duty ns soon as he ac- quires such kpowledgers and any tiolder; of seebinstrintient May pay -the auty.therepn, lied give it validity, andereectitni eine of the Act cited in the preamble; Without -becoming aparty,thereof ; -In this section the word “duty 1-idclucles, any double duty peyable under the said -seCticiu nine. • ." • 1 AY ThilliTENDED -14AUYE/1.-An accident occurred on Tuesday Inc -ming, about -eight 6!cloek, at the-mariiie railway, Kingston,at- telided with very serious results to the. ma- chinerY-Of the establishment. .11he propellor AVon,- which bed been leaking - badly, had been drawn up by the ways, and the carriage was about be removed to make merits for also -drawing am the propeller, Rie.srer, when the chains tuddetily gave way anirthe Avon rushed off the ways, hurling numbers of wedges high in the air, scattering the timbers aud several sniall boats which stood in her Way, and before the. .people in 'he yard Could recover from their astonish- ment, she was far out • into the /Preen% -with ouly Iwo on board, aed with two large holes in her bottom, which haebeen bored after hauling her up, to: let the water' out. When Avon began to mem the Captain was in the act of ascending the ladder to go on deck. and .between twenty and thirty mete: were at "Work oe }Jeer bottom, -caulking, none ofvtbom fortunately. Were . injured.. Ropes were got out, and she Was, with a good deal of difficulty, drawn into the slip at the foot of Earl street, where she now het. The Secondlargeit wheel :,of the machinery was broken in pieces, as well ea the driving cog wheel; Which -was - -elso demolished. The The man who attends the wheel house was kpacked down by the pieces from the broken wheels, but not injured. It Will take several days to repair the clamages.-iKingston Daily News. . _ 4.14•01.•—•• A.Mashington despatch states that rinnoT which, however, coutd be traced to rico ,rele. gress for the holding, of - an United States. Court in:Richmond:the tr;a1 wilt be. proceeded with. - - i - - . The Fi•enth miniatee flatly contradicts the report that Maximilian is .going to leave Mexico. He haeadvihes of recent 'dates in- dicating -that Maximilian:is stronger tLan ever with Alio . people,. and that in a short time everything will be in a most satisfactory condition for the stability of the 'pretended Empire. .. ..-'1 ' - - i - - ',1; ....The Times -special it Ys tit& President is so well -satisfied with 'the Oudition of the - South and otir foreign retat cies, that he has de- termined' upon -4, Cur her reduction ot the . . , ermy. - _. D: _ ,. . The Herald Says . Secretary Seward and family go first to 'Haeatia, 'aud from there probably to the .Rio Grande.- . - SERIOUS STASEIi0 AFFEAM-,- On the nielit - of alouda y ..- last 'Christmas day .es - -. 7 g Serious; if not fatal, ktabhir!s.affray occur' 1 red outside-. Thos. N ebb's tavern, at the corner of Wellington and Bathurst Streets, London. It appears 'that'. Mr. Dunean . _ . ;.. . Dutrnage, conductor onthe-tsieat'Western Railway, with inn ber of friends were I -in Mr. Thornton's tavern, Clareeee street, about ten &deck oh the evening rianied, and met there a matt -named Ilenry Tay- lor, a butcher, residing near the Orange Hall. =Taylor, who has had :had O grudge i against Ptilinage'S brother, offered some offensive 'remarks, hen the latter, after• ttiying:to pacify hinii left: and went over td Webb's.hotel, wit re - he 'was, followed f by ifaylor,-who ren . id his abuse.in the har-room, -where,‘, iiO4 on exchange of high words, Taylor aisetted that be "could lick any DulMage lei thettoentrie"- The I other,. thereon.:. hit-. hintie blow, -*Veit knocked- hint down ,:buf further fighting was pretreated by the interference of their 'Wends, when Duhntlgelitivited all to the bar, and TiYier conpi- up :stood beside the when Tail dr to tc him. ShOrtli after*ads they all left for able source., 'prevail there that England, jinife street,indstabbo agr °nava:6;11 Prance, Spam, Italy, and Austria had formed alliance to keep Maximilian on the tern*, inflicting ttt al gash, and, re - 1 peating the blow,.-strpc him behind th 'down, mid then left • for home, but-wiie unable to go further thati the Anglo -Am- (•11'1.:Ual'ill °I '' It'I'l•le tli the left car. Dui nage agein knockcil Ili"' 1.4i'm SA ri-s'' ." ii n'si .:,C:11;,fri ssed his of Tom's -. i 1fg: I:1 a .. i 4." a go' 4 story-iIteil9;rborZlers by Drs. Moore, Woodruff and Flock • ehralue:tnionlifiteHl'isslw'hoeurendisie trvaeirte)teadttie.:::11(1.1detxo- -1;:j1:.1:1111::::dt;rri".nll':':':ia":4;4,1'''';,.Y.....11A".:1"1`,d.b:av:alizileokr'.elsclonsf.* ; the \l'e:sh II o :4, iii nilon. He e as told that and, although he. is in i precarious condi there teas a eceeenian et the riot], there is every hope of, his ultimate I just amen to 31:i.anit'i a.t:iltfigleirIrili;11411Ittg'IliSillItirli•d tilbaist recovery. Taylor was immediately after- 1 he wehd .2i‘e r _lee' em e w .s deii ,:lreed , wii h les luA, and wards arrested and lodged in - gaol. -- eller lying du) nits othseed, away be went London: Prototype. . . i w.th his new liiend, nieces they drew` near Dr. 51c Leod int tItti le.elelsatie. - sews . . everybody v.ae •st.r.ii g at theni, and at lathe .1 • ' London the fe iner bi•came coettious- that ventured to allude wolf: ftct. 4' flesally„ sir, - I don't think there. is un3thing NO• veer tedd ' about our appearance, but evtrYbody is starine at ene or other of us; cein you- ex- - pininit ri 6 S VC e 114' sir," sitid the &river,. '-‘ the truth le-ney names Tom Sayers." - " Oh, indeed 1- rejoined tlie_. nstenisheiP qucrist, a then, pei haps, sir, youjwill have' the kindniss 10 7,:Prt IlIe 40WICht• mice:" 1.Can't de that," wa:..4 Tomei ieply.- 44 I promised Mr. Warner totake yoe along with. me to. - London-' yoli got in- of yourself; nnd nowgo on you mist 1" It was no use demerrnig e' and so the worelty pair &ova into The metro - pens, e here elle "!' masses!' became more and more demorktraiive and cordial in the e-reetinge- of roin, as it-ilashed across them, that the ellainisi,n1 bad at last follpwed The irg Life. - cushion and set tip a private elniplin.-fiSrit--- .... ....,... . __. . GENII'S AND Lssore -Alexander Hamil- ton 011ee Paid to .ar.iintimate friend, men giver - me some -credit for genius, all the genius 1 hare just in this- when I have a subject . in hand 1 study it profoundly day and night it is before me. I explore it in all its bear... . ins-eny mind becomes prey:tided, with Nandi • oue who has used the “ Catiedian PAM every Deso-eyer;f,can speak of -the magical effect it has in subduing coughs, cikle,.pleorisy, thee. ., inatisin, entraps, Or ell pains -of the _human body: Soht by all Mendicine Del leis at 25 ets per bottrre 1 -. . .. In New York this year There_have Seen 1,183 sudden or teioient deaths reported to point on wind'. 1 parneularly &lime- while at .ilie Corouer, inelading .02- murders - the sane time I . have perfect feith ia the There -are now Iwo huedred Ana ifly4it Lord day, utterly,. irrelpedive 'til all that hailstudeets_connected with the Ilarvard medical been said of the primitiee Sunday; In regaid -school, more than ever before. Thestudents aorroesnirnoesetilv, fro.m ..\ ew England anti llio•BrIllsll The 'Chicago Tribune pahltshe; an edi- torial severely denouncing the folly of slut raitroad managers of the lines entering at that env, in the matter of the prese. nt exor- bitant freight 'aria. It says that the losies in sales ta Chicago -merchants thereby, luring - the past three months,- summit to rueenti lei jlluiodi:aeofd11 torlrlt;sr, a torleasteMaine supreme. . Cedoanritspiansssiejs,gsiosnoamtePosretl:.earned.:, sentences c euponatk- - eriminttls, thot the present term of the court . pisseined ad -extraordinary catalogue ofcrduee. to the few months that intervened since the , lasi-term,there had been more _mimes „ton- _ mitted than inelever before heel, illEIVII for so short a period. , .. • The running of Sunday train between Edinburgh and Glasgow has stirre.d up grerit feeling among the stria illtliatalians of Scotland, and meetings of the clergy are held all over the country- to denounce it; few :of the body, botvever, take the opposite ground, ainotth. them the Ilev: Dr. Norman MTLeod, the able edi- tor of Good Words. In support of -bit views he recently delivered before the TresbYtery of Glasgow a speceh which the. egeotsmeti- characterises as ," noble and remarkable'. --Frein this address, which .61Is eight columns of the locql papers, we Make this extract to indicate its general tone -are - tborouLibly: agreed that there is to be a Lord's1 Day. least can anTee in this -that the.re-i. and must be; a ,,Lora,, Day -and I do not think that there has -been anYthing said so 14r ail I can catch, either in the address or what has " been said, rekarding the Lord's Day,' in which I am not only agreed, but in many respects and in an- • • e 7 - other part, go' farther forward -than you would. .The point upon which we -differ is this -I think your position is an iaconsist- ent one, und I wish to deliver you trom the inconsisteniy. I -think you are taking liber- ties you have no right to tale logjealty upon the basis you °emirs% I do not b:.lieve in: the continual obligation of the Fouith gam maedment. I have ne faith it. - This. IS the to Scotehmen generally, I haee never found, ; I uely sity, One Scetchnian keeping the Sub-, bath abreact alie wield heee. ',After a leeetch- Men golis over the Tweed) he has left the Scotch Sabbath .behind ; and yet lie inay be iteepina the Christian Sunday, although not a Semtdich _Sunday. . My,,beliet then is that, the whole of the commandment „tied the . Whole Decaleffue is abro,rated--that the o - o ; 'sv-ho'.e thing is stamp_ed with that which is to, pass awa.y. 1 .hold that its very introduction , stamped it as this: 4' ram the Lord thy God that brought thee out of the land of h., /slit, ' jthat appliCable to the ? -11e never: brought, . . 1:) and out of the house Of hondave." How is I me out of the land of L'vpt 61. out -of the - I house of bondage. - (A. licjigli ) I am in no coneeiTable way -coenceted with the Jews either in tlesh or spirit; When I say this - Fourth Commandeet was uhroguttil, 1 hum- bly trust none of you will 0110.- I, mean that WL are nor under law. - ,Itere The city -of Mexico has o lion of '230,p00, of which only 50,00 THE COMM/ Wtsit 1.113 PRAYER.- i'l;e - n'te gentlemen or IECTEhalltS; ' the relit ATE Canadian Baptist of the 14th inst., .tays: Indians or .Lepros,.who throng the streets- , —"The' Foran4clical Alliance, during its late as fruit -sellers, venders of small wares,. - countries io mak-e a-rangemems :to, Observe is a neeting, decided to invite Christians in .41 1 .water great :ell tf ede eleeifye e oi efe eineeee,,eaerrtei.vesTleitnee . . 4 tthel1I lYnetk-IT(AettfrI,)-r'bneYge"inutintbg.eo-tQl °§11:itYle,e.niaeltimta-°r: elegant .'eatice.iiraPaog:137n.-Tbahriee .11i07,48esendoofr.tt TO , 1866. They aisu sup.. st a series of topics sellable for exhortation anttweitfikit:retehse, Rite ladies at the opera dress very•elegant- lty, with a profusion of jewelry. No lady - • stiz so nabibhaeluebeeeisnso.i:e0 etypsi,odi. thbyese mime on -wears a bo„:net. An elegant mantilla is Christian duties and Christian -onion. - For thrown over_the head. illonday, January 8, aettnoWledgements of . ...,...e. --- Divine mercies end confessions.ot sin i -Zees- day; the Christian church; WedeeSday, im- lions=lheir temporal and .Spiritual welfare e ant colleges ; Friday, Cluisitait Sliasions, uti nsters and wOrkers.; Satin day, Christians ta sorrow, stchnes.s and perseculi .", Thursday, Christiati.faiiiies, servants.schools. _. England and the United. States. _ t - -The London Tinais Of the 5l1 hist:, in the speakers professes to regard useful labor „ • course of Of UIi 111 tic1e en Mr. SeWa,rd's des patch in reply to the addressee ef condolence from England on_the death of l'resident Lin- ' ° 'Tstir but very bea_rty acknor:ledg- menu of the Atnerican Seermare Seem to give 113 an opening ter a wet or. two on the pievalent feelings of this country toward the United States. It 'would be quite idle to deny that there are -points upt,ii which this country is jealous or sore.; Dr witheut the per : - feet syMpathy that obtains between two sinii4 ler social syStems. Willi long arrears of quarrel Upon one trifle oranothCr, and a new one every year., and with a- very strhiig; o?inion on this Side that our rielna were often sacrificed .to.polnicai exigencies in the United, States; we certainly have _found it difficult to appreciate the Americans as we -really wish to do. We eiT aftbrd to make -this confession When we etate' what We be lieve to be the path lie to -the ,great exieirt- ef our good. Wishes *:lor A inerica. We . have _act the least objection to the United. -States. 'inereasine to any extent, and _annixing any amoteut of territory or !leather of States, SO:: 1011(r.as it is ail done honestly,iabove board,: and by fair appeals te the sympathy and_good: Sense of the peoplee. lf the population either r ormieeciwn .provinces or of Mexico freelY, and spontaneously- deelared that they thought' this their best:chance ofpeace mid prespenty, the -British people would only:filet the most passing res.ret at. the loss of a name, and the proportionate -aggrandisement 'of the • United States. ` Of -courae the ease is altered if the object is to hi•obtamed by fraud,' by leice, or by intimi&tion. Iri that cese, not .only is there actual wroeg done npon our own loyal fellow subjecti and others eziPtied to our synipatliy, but there is also 'established a pro- scription, -a policy and a tempter ruinous to the future peace and progress ef the, world. History 'contains some very colossal instances of Coutinual annexation by fraud and by vio- lence -as -infect, by policies conatmeted with a- T Special view to perpetual aggrandizement." ------- - But -the event yet condeirms them; the Moral 'HE MARKETS. sense is opposed to them ; And modern poli tence of the evil. It is from no 'peel*Cotaintoft Jan.% 11;66.: tics areanainly -directed to Prevent the recur- pring Wheat,......- 4* • 0:00 0:110 Jealousy of the United States -that we dread all do ...0.3.1.11-oNFP-.1041131100. 1;12/ - their indefinite enlargement by the means Oats, 41 Ai AP. • Arl. 3. 30 042 0;26 too often employed, and. vitally denounced' flour 5,100 by American moralists. It is ORr Euglish BarifY ;•• • •-•'• " • **-045 'Safi habito, 'uoriir,ssuercoopitedannal4tuze, oEuvrehniistiteEricaurolptacivhe: Ecas • • 0:42 5441 045 Sphoerekps 7:a:7 tel.:4040 aie. glad tole. Italians Or Germans -achieve it *fit' more coinpreliensive- unions :than eircum itide's isreee)- s -sss- Ste stseces have hitherto allowed. Nor should 'ter _ Safi 114 . we Object to anf.amount of aggregation in retataea • 41 Amegicaby equally Allowable means. Only, 41.44iA44i 2: fi, ZOO. as a great State, we -cannot bear t(1 be ousted, people suffeefor their loyalty." tieYs flier- •••.0.•• ;00. (4 8461 .ontwitted, and -coerced, and to see Our Own Turkic". NI 4 47:44 :60 thitvi fey- By our worship and exaltationof 'woman they are made peculiarly liable to take the malaria of aristocratic society. - Let anybody observe the conversation in good society for an hour or ti'vo, and hear the tone in which servant girls, seams- tresses, mrchanies, and Al who work for their living, are sometimes mentieuedien& lie will see- that, while every one of the as respectable, she is yet_ deeply imbued. With the leaven of aristocratic ideas." There is too much truth in this 4tatementr though we should esti:re-1y refer it pecall arities-ef sex which have been oinerved in 1-. asses but Mrs:Stowe, who ought to know about the matter, ascribes it largely in "oar worship ahd exaltation of wonuttO Now we can't stop that, and ee presume shewould not desire it But . her remarks suggest a hint -whether we could riot profitably modify our 44 -worship and matntion 'to remedy the evils of which she soi justly complaitet.-. Might not our weinelyespeciallt the pun-, be particularly worshipped and exalted for housewifely qualities, for skill and taste in doing for themselves what iii now gatientily obtained at ',mat expense from dresamidters, milliners, &eland, in short, for all AIMED- plishinents in the line of 4/useful labor 7' fit ibis way the -exaltation of semen and ITUA uerneerney might go on together. The hint is worth reflecting un.- (Boston Paper. maraca. By the Bev. Adam Mi„liay, on the 19th Dec., 1865, at the residence of the Imidis'a father, Kinloss, Mr. :Stephen Andrews,. of - Goderich, to Miss Jane Young, of Maims. TRAY CATTLE. --Came on the prem. - is" es Int No. 22. eon 5, Cullom in -0a- tober last, a small red row with white hoe and short tail, about 57e.ar1 old. A**, * red and white-beifer rising • two piers eid. rue owner van bare the above animals by pfovin4 property, paying charge and talti*g thein away: . LAUCHLIN MoiCAT, Teeswater Cul -rose, 26th Dec., 1165. went. TILE OLD 14APT:S FUNERAL Rute,-Iers. Partingtwereold man ‘tstelopecl out" oue day, into eternity, as we all must sooner or latter. Mts. Duzenlierry asked 'Mee Py or the per - limiters Of her pcidr Plug's demise and butite. "Ob, Jars. Dusenberry, poor Paul died sud- denly, and we burried hitu. He had & very awful cough -before he died, and tried all the doetori 'cause he wanted to be eured.- He never heard of mee Bryan's ' iPul W f eras -which, give relief in ten minutes, and IEEE effect cure;a if he had, my poor eld ;ciao would now be long with me, and free from all cough, cold; hoarseness, 'ete.4' Only 24 cents s box, at F..lor4aufs and Parker -4 Cattle. , , • ItAYHD VATTLE,cae into tat enclosure of the subicriberbloch B. Due - lops hill, Township of Colborn. in Septesshet, last, a yoke of steers red, and white, mint tire years old, a darkredt and addle heifers rising two yea& old, *Ise, a red, sad wino spring ta1.4 the owner is requested to piovs. property, pay ohirgiii, and take Ana sway. 1*21.LASIIAIL Colborn Jan. 2 1060.3brek WAN -TED Italia' good newly rased wilastiOgur L.. cheap -for which cash will bs *is Apply at the Srgstai oSeci. • Goderich, Dec., 29, to% ir4.0431 _Y 1Youn Yon reed, Child lare j)NS %films /WWII In the so And liashen choicest readers,' palish -tit . journal twill be bot lump Ercirr Country, Cr▪ itical litoriets, etc, in the adenvi _ /mean The value; Otiose *elm, atat *,3.1-RAte set It ••• :that vzr.0 _ nsite*Ilitiest _ gent akdoi Evearr • 'AVLEttiONLIA ••• a -$5 the!ser* beitisos4, - bound ist , SIthseripas ;view:eat the Wei , Fieteast $1.03 pez Tic • Ooderiei SS ilEpst tweee 1Macksoi Caleuty of Mutual es Eiltraetti ast at the old all debts* liabilities fs part Dated -the "emits 411 Aeon* fag gs,Ting llS1110314 under his ?co r r Set*.