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TILE SEMI-WEEKLY'SIGNAL.
. • C'orners I'ort. Perin tltrtrIgh Sauget'e and inconvenience and further. simplify the - Burns A ttnlversary ttt 0..
on the tieWir line between .13ruee aed wa f • t, • 7
• San_4e.eti. - Referee it and Comm, beuee.
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cimmy o sc too novel nmen ie pro The one hundred and seventh Miniver aryl.
iteet nember utotione -by 1.1ruee mem- posed to do away wad these numerous. of Seetlend'i poet, Robert Borns.; was ce e•
t"r "PPrt'''rE"n" s'Arns. titml little:Corporations nee/ establish one. board bentetLby u supper at MrseDrysdale's Tavern,
areitt 1..if various:- Jittt-A Of r-oad, tve•e reikl.'-flir each t°u1181111): enws an1-1.4"ns;.; satile blue; r°‘YuOiliP °f Statile)", !°'1 tbe
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letie•C Olavel Beetd. -Feed for -the ittr..rote • •
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t rerita to --the 14eid end %Midge- tVbile •the svetom at present in .foreo in I e‘. entne ot the -eth .tilt. °vet o0 centlemen
ttie- Btu e but -s tied coniusitite dal townships est stilted to cities.. atede towns- frofn _Stan Hey end 1.'ifelterstnith sat
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ot tie- V 0 I, I: ME. intn
• • • "Tint. ""1.>"4' '"tt ‘r4:4ttl'sf-lt ;n`rili the sehoole were -of -a vOry inferior clutrac, d nvn to it splendid suppere Let. tip'ein 'Mrs.
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he Cettrael n ;tit nine d. . ,
t but si ce the -idefition Of the new plate Dqsdale's beat s le. That she was•an old
begins the Sheet entli Volume, and the Mr. ilani'm wee -settee:et to advet tise la vaet improvement, is observable. eleoteli matron Was sufficient- guarantee that
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i nal is new in its•nineteilitI iear ee tetricts ha ir.atil tz inat porttOn ot ty. E ota _ ,..... .
our t, t t , 9- , it wou d be -a rea 1 , naturel affeir ; and, a.
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- • - lto.d r:t4•44.-P- tilt' '11.-t It ' W. t4w".514" Of I i:qw. i eVerYllare"-cilUldieie;CI-lii aWil sch°o1; ; Ilitggis., c* great chief - - the -puilding,race"
cristttnce. - We inn d only sae aitli refer- :
. le i, -- . • -.!..- • - - -4. ntia eitu send his -children into a retell- - • . - .
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Wee to the pastAhat.the now ''-et11 tf.i, - • -N-reiv-od,h! I- . ‘70 ,` t F -C hY Mr -al, 7-ez31.13-, boring township without the meonventence - - - ? , . -
Ample justice - havtn4 been done to the
ince but one - boinel for each township • - •-• - •
- as a matter of course frrit nd- the board.
I" has ev ,r• been iifet-itilie I with t1.0 • th`tt-thr s"" - t!! at-teuding union eelmols.- r ave 'Jere!
gro.wmg. interests littrea utia Droe,'..- the sheato 170. I..Jet en. a divisien • - huee-panch how of to( dy brewed and an
that«it hits etnittibuted 'a -majority Of tao. - • , e • enthusmstic Mitt intelligent -company of .aa-
" The reperis armor eipinoitteee were r-ead t d tney are u excessive •
tiiicisti,szletitt,titip4;e)sed p_arts o twoymanierp;a f . - , it,
shath to elle petit:le:sit, ;that ititeitigene t if: -, do .1..wey with these noions. irers ie. bar set
-and adellted. . rt eq 3 on own to eb oy ie
„ • wall -loaded table, -the cloth WaS:reinpveli -two
- • - areaw Nit I.eans-Ites inetioa in ret .1.ent ...
m able to zet over the.'clifte ty of see- -
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-• • :Obi ter. The :lierne histrumental bend had
• dip: volunteered Their .serviees `for the
uhieh nee are .surreundtet mere On se`eition nr. Lee -lite tbe Chuneil , and establish one hoard yob. get of the s -
1..ty the presetit iit,.tor towai-ds e :day of Joee next. recant.; them. have' thouolit it would evening, end occupied a euintnatiditw
It by. • j• ur.hed to inset ii
the 1 lift ....e.e.eewe reees; end the diffieulty Of _eol-
Avordz* cart eXpresS th-e gratttn=ic - _ ,
kind frilais mho ',have -cheered- him on
.ft niust at-du:ins undertaking, and , u
_ pains or expense wed be fletred t.t.? rendiv • fayor of. having distinct. boards for the' Anderson
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".5! ikt yerson.
Intsy With the Jair faine of- au • poet..•__ It hes
bete). said that - he - was ea.- infidel; - aini. a
del:re_ eelieee .1 would 'Mit likb to. take .-up.on
nie tii be the olx0,gist-of thetevery *Ord. and
'diveoerdhl,iffsarn3l'esinsastlo livo4ri.t. II: iass cliviarl.p.ti Yiejt u" ir141. .aitirlild
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sensitelitie. se hooled.as be -W• s in the rigid
connsele.ot et (moms, ail !be elculating priee
colds Qi 0111e:stilly ; but- helulsinaue ins owp
artless apology in Itiiieltiage there" impressive
than 'all the arguments. and eindicatunie. in
the wia t Id.. ' In' her Address t • --iii,e-; -the pi•ee
sidine goddeee of theAltises, ,s -made to say :
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" I Saar thy pulsne ipaddealog. play, wildeend
. thepleasures- deeieus -way, :Meted: by.thincyle
aneteor rey, by passion drived,--bUt yet7 that"
lizitelhat led astray, wes light ftom iteaven.':
That he sometimes stayed -1 other. at t he mip
that: innbriates there -was .p4oper,.. I -admit,.
- .aeitids.7te,..obuildtiimetry tO. eitentu4e the habits:of
hie couittr-valeir, in. .his- day, . eu .., liss owni
pectiliar ci;eunistances-hed . nett . to ,W -o With
at.. be .Was • e . _dreg leird, 1 deny.
'. That he wasfati infidel - is .- a ore. -base -and..
falser essertion sti II: ...Id e WI ..a deanniiiiied
and an lintompromisinkene y.- of 5 hypoetis,y
end forindlieineftild in lila- bl' ' Liiig Satires on
them, he may up,parently' hes . Sometimes fut.
at truS religion. . Ili the eat_ slue .scale, we
haVe in . justice. "to ....bitie.. minty,- pages_ thet
breath the ardor. nay the -exultation of faith,
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and the .liegible sincerity -of ' yhashan hope ;
end -as lie himself warne us, it.. j well - -befit! .na.
,...art the balance. to be .nitite$ We „never . can
:7tsji ust it, .and thet he al000lvelue,made the
heat t decidedly' tan t i•y it.'-'• If.he liad becit
- licentiOus or iafidel would th :. best; Of Seot,
land's sofis have. actrnowle Aed • him- ,while
Firing. ; *meld the highenind arid Christian
Dr. BlaChl oele -end- 1 he phifo „..phie. profession,
and :. Donlhis.. te.wart, • -of Ifelitihurgli -; nave
coarted )11i -company i _and a:Obis-7407"th woold
12;000, -eit his coutitryinen, lin , eileece and
eorrod, ..follewed his ••yenittin 'to their lest
ret, ng place.; nay,. yerily. - - • .,Gries of 'geed,
and thee -e trtie.) That soutee-mea in every
it :n. will comfort theroSeleci - iii, the . practice
Of certain vines, which may he queted-both in
.the history end poetiy of,Buille, ...there' is -all.
reason to tear ; but surelyis telythe.general
iji_lieretit :effects. - The itria led :...i)Opulitaity
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. influence of both is cultivated ba.prodere far
-•Whielt. his artitillga itilVe • all.•;:elong: enjoyed
•ai-ioner.the moet moral of nations., -is cif itself,
ii--- • e - a - dems;ve circunisleiree. ' Search
'Scotland -Dyer, front -the $oly4Y-to • the Peat-,
-land Prieh.,- and there -is riCar•iply a cottage.or
.I.ut so -poor. as te be withautital.Bible,endbard,
ly one that oil the -same shelf., and-eperhaps
next to it, does not.poSsese a 43aine. .1.1aVe
the people get worse ? . IL ;their attach,
merit to the booke of. b_ooks.ideetioed -since
64 beganto lead- this..neweheiteuill-? Are
:their hearts leas.iitinly fixed- tit, an-- of old ..to
the old.'faita and the .old virtues 7 .-.1 'ern
-happy to say I believe . that lie who -knowS
the- country and -the people, b -sti - -Witt return
an answer that wilt Satisfy. , every rover of
Burhise-:„. A. vetse 4.1f Wards - 'h.' dti : : e
to theions ot the fpoet ivill beeeppropriate-
--here, as. appl teable -in u§. all -: ?..'tet no Meru;
lereuerou,e„ brave.,.; your poet sueh eiample
.htroaviiee. aynodur eouls .inelake, e ind.epeinient,
luck revere - -het 1 ie admonished
oy hiS erave, and think _ an - feerP. .-..The
_fame oFturtia has not Yet re+lied its zenith,
nor.will it till ahat. time cornett. Whieh.- he,
pro phe t -like,' foresaw. and reideed in. " Thee
let tie prey that -come it:inah. as come it will
foe a' that; - that, sense arid worth o'er- a.'-- the
earth, tdiall. ..beer-the..gree,.. a 1-4- a, that, . foe
a'.: I. hat, end .a" that,Its coroire' yetfor a' that;
that man to ;train slial 1 britheis, be, the world
o'er .for .thet.” 7.L.WIren bit; wr lungs are truli
untleritood „and eppreciated then will the
name Of Berns ne inscribed in letters Of tiring
li•eht high on the scroll of fame, .atipme;. the
intellecteal elid noble whoha ,:e livad-in the
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wOrld; aad. his fame: will*.loke..--.none of its
lustrei that he - sprung froin, was'. icleutified
witle and wrote ieTthe interne a, atm for the
elevation of the honest sons' of toil; .,. .
-, , In oonatislon, allOW Me. :to . borrone. a
.sentence from one of England's greatest mins..
Whet Shakspeare makes ;liatrilet. Su, of his
father, tie limy , safely say- _of Burner " He
;was A, mane take:him all in all ithat the- Woriti
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:has seldom ecti the like:or-and:may perhaps
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never see -the like amain: ... 1 . . . -
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. fiery. tne chairman wits-interupted-tY a. penect storm
of applau.se and. compliments, :1 uielt int-its-subsiding111•4
voice was again -heard sayiiik:,,-entle nen you. wili hit
your glaSses to the . very brim. w od risit-g4o your feet tve
will in solemn -silence drink "to the utiniOriat memory in
;Itobeit Barns. Sctitland,s-Ploultbnian 'bard.- -_ - - . •
- Allan Alitehell,-E4., of Berne nere ire lited a PieCe Ain
Bunts. composed hv hunself-it met %yob grea; applause.
and is -really it piece -of Annisiuerable :net:it-at some fu-
ture•Period I Will gtve it to your readefe en full.- Burn's
threwell, by the--Bauck Stashed this Put of the pro.,
gramme.' _ _ „ . . - - . . ' _ - - - -
The' chairman then raVe i7OCIS and'Peetry, male:died
on R. AleMardy to respond.- ,A fini "reallysorry that iny
time and.space will not admit. ot my 'lying -you .Mr. Mc.
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...11iirdy's speech in ftill:-he is a you% man Jail .dosping
-into noiice, as ati Intelligent and ta able speaker -he
• gave a resume of the-Fuets of theworl .1, especially tizok
:oethe last -century-spoke .01 the giCal influence exer
'cited by poetry;-.aiiii. gave a speialui crititasta en the
poetry of Burits--the effects -it had p illii!eil. A:c., and
concluded amid- thunders of applaus .4.-a. speceh - wen
. vit..7:1117 of the occasion. Song•., John. iiderson "my Jo..
;j An, by A. DE:Pagniss. Baud. Bainki a iti braes ,of Bonny
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; .: flie lAnd w:. !cll.') worn the chativeotipled .with thy
o nee of Gilbert A iiileiutn, Abe Yeller...Ai/1o. viee ehairmaw
..%1 r: Anderson awoke the sensibilityot till present by_ilie
vi011.deseription .be gaVe- of the Lend lie lett-its tri-
-numbs lind its glories -,all cidculeted to Call up to the
111111 Inany a toad recollecuon mid indea ring aSsocia--
lion. _Swig by &Love. stn.... --Scone' it yet ii, and -also.
lisolig by Tilos .i,ick. S4-31.. - —Eriwis ny heine.:I-I And
licnib ‘dla ha wi itrailace bled.11. ihe Dan& • - .
Toast -"The lai.d we live II4,_" frOm the chair. II.
Anderson Bsq„-.of Sian iley;respoialt. Alto. this; sentiment:
.who said, thatalthOUgh he sympinh sed with all Mat
although IIS yet we had not much Of • -history; .stal our
had been Said about poetry. bald XS er landa, yet- he
would .stand out for his olin ,adopt d Canada; that.
41- Irtist-J"Syottish-Chi'efs,,ifront the -Citair-whi Ii noula
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preSent Was comfortable3 and"Our fu re full of hope toe
every honest industrieus man. Song; ..,-Wo. the -Wrest,/ •
by Alhei..Mitehell;- and .o. cheer _boy chpers,” by the'
"calle-d ne David Dick. sem. io rep,y, w imafs- usuLal, :cm
t he leo tufa ny convulsed with laughter: it li.s..description
oldie State of Scptland at the nine. SI the Oilers and
chink, lit the days when I, right Was. : 'gin m=•-wlien the
Love, sett., -with grem effect .-- The /embeds are cohiz
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gude auld law i he siimple -Vim war: n forcii•-. to; get
wha.could atufkeen whit -cwt.,/ A -re Ration ..followeil:
i• LotthiePs AVarning,!.1 given by A. --i Mitchell and..B.
ing.3) by the -Bard :. -
Toast-,!-Freethini.-, from the- ehair 'again -called hp
It .,ti cal itidy,-.wito briefly respouden Mr neat And elleoL-
iwe speech. - Recitation by tt in -Slate . jr„' *. The '..au•
Moos earnest cry and prayet.”. Song -by T Stet, " MY
native. Highland home.40, -.. Band, '..t.ite Battle err of
Tril-e'hede()u.%1 *Magi -ear. inefrorn firelTiee'cbair.' " The .Av
rieuliural intereSts of 'Canada? to ich .las McLeod,
audit. Ferguion. Bsqs„ of 1,say; were.
*pond, - 2110 McLeod, said. Mat be ta
disiulvatitageS as compared with the-
Tpreeerded nim; he had 110-aPPealsio
adeentageoui if.the tewnship -centuals• pisitiOe in the, room. The .chair was been-.
should' CorupOso these boards, but - I. have pied by Hugh Love,.sene lesq.,--of the 1 owe=
found nearly every municipal; Connell In ship . of -Hay, -the viee•chuir by Gilbert
the paper a eoinedete history 011oc-al Cvents. : :On .,- .... - - 7 ' - • - special purpose of attending to the educa .l nrt, was ae,-
,e supported by B. McMerdyi.
- I. orison -Chid '--ti t it -delta ent of E 'lima- r .h T 4. 6 '
'.- -and a sound .expetteni or those liberl , I Y I__ .`,' PC' -
iion, being: in 'Teen; . Was requestel to - trusteeieeati be elected at the
, tion o ,the yotit-. . e board f . school.] Eici., ot T
game tithp.as I ie.t.lt.....PergtiSon, Rsq., of Hay.
uckersniith, and the Vic -e 'chairman
the township 'ciiiincillors_iw4hout• hiving i "' '' . . . , e, - _ •
et 1,1•Lt, 4, .., . 4 j .
' - 1' 1.11 elvtion fOr that parpOse • so that The first tome ".1110-9fieen-; ' was intree
elle Work can be 'done iu -one: day end d:leed by the chairman, with i_ 4 'few up -pro.
remarks, etiul : Was. right loyally re-
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thus save. much reliable thue. In the Olat0
sponded to, the band_ playing- The - Queen's
anthem. Next erune 4' 7.Flie Governor Gen- .
eral,'.7 ahout-whOm,--the:1 :Chairman said, we
lc:row but little; bet thai little- wni ta . his
116tior.... The baud gave, "?or he'S a jolly
good fetlew.li The:- "..kriny and Navy,'
feillowed, coupled a her _the mope of David
Dick sen Esti of Hay t.'.' Rule:13ritannia,"
sen. Esq., of Stanley.' The Chair-
inornitits, -laet --Rey. Dr, - . ,
whicii it bas alwayA adhered to. -
The effirts or the frot fol.ir years iut:e-
loan rewarded by tleaeteit eireuhttien
and an enlargt-,1 degree of itifitietice.. We
address 'the (...7,otintii.,s Connell. At: ten
uToMeic, the Conned sessif,n, ti.e
• .entered and was presented to -the
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hope: wTe' et.ei proVe: worthy of the tu;Atibers by the arden, After *idea 1,e United Slates erliet'e the---sebteal -section
traet reposzed ur es by the Public. . enn.clatt. ted idtke : 'system. haS been.established for -100 years,
- If a hini :ibout I.oneo may be part -Ione& Th'e leerned Chief Supeiintenddrt after Messaeliueetts Teeently adopted-. commit.
'we-Atts-te upon kyle pa.trona the .necessity the members hair. re -seated. thernselves; tecs• of, trustees instead, mid 'DOW that
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state. Itits adopted the, new systein entirely,
of-payiu,; up old (:.'vri.,,s..as-ottr arot-e„aild said W-arden
„ „ y .4!. . ‘gr.eat advantage ; _Connectieut has
1"t, eSrietizit'S art propesett ttuprovetnents ttenan, uesere.in toe ut st place to con- - •
Made a like elianee with iitnilar results. •
reedier such k sto beeessery.-- graulate 3-ott on the position yOu pectipy so also has Pentisylvaaia,‘ and -a superin-
god ni..4 thte us-fin-ye:firs, teed it.they r usl to thatik ;Wit for the honor you have tendent there -says the crowiling glory *'cir
miss. tit& papere 'sonic tine int)rttifte.; thee 1,10116 rue irt retine-itiire te ineet a bi)t.ly Superiqtendency is the. eStablishment
of township boards7-and• many' -parts'of
via have theit ea,:y tirood nature to 'twice as latr.:• as the LegiAative Ass'embly
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of Cauada What I ..iiiSt became acquainted ik. 8 ' ' II Y • '---
4 . with ie. You- preAde, sir; ovel a larger if
,-----------........- Ohio, Indiana, and_ all the tiew-i-states of
. ... not more Mil ieneial hodY .th:in di 1 the the weSt have established th-e -One board
• t. GI -,t TICS S 0 I .:1. CI i.4 : '..4eeeker ethe Ass-enbly forty ye.trs .tep, , sy4em, and the'. plan has .given - genet al
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• • ef the.. new, counttes ol pper Canada,-
[tees:eel! tst.:D. and thiS -sloaw the ereett eroer6ese inede setiehtetien. _This .system. -is - especi.4.113-
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4- - ; /. eeplieeble to -our new townships 'dome
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ou.r er211111.1`) sueii :ewe., tone: u
•-• . . ... ' aWiefTwith the difficulty - of chanaing. a•
_ IV Law Nte. 2, to- titailitta By I.aw No. i 2e„ establielting ..ti e,ystern of -public instrtt. f•tion „- - • - . . .-
see.eon when formed, and the herdelup of
' ,Geee;e711 tee eehip war"; teati and int.e:r.e0; ., -Worthy the .`o-gliKkt:ItiOt1 of 011r P.'aPill L eompollitr; a. man te pay for .the erectiOn
eeierei Ire VI NAZ.I.I., (*MIMI 'MK. ' t: - ' ' 1 ' ' ' a
Men,vior . N1'..., . NT .1) . 1. v (-_b . n f-itave earefalty iktudied the modes of edit- of. a seheol-hOuse -in another section after
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Mt.tscr, Ltai.;:,;„ C. 011-itithetei,...: Vt; tint6, Mu- cntioit hi other „ countricSi . adorting- what having paid .his share fbr one in- a• section_
-,- Mic.haei, Esaus,,Dattine-1 P.:teem-se Lutiesithee ille.bi Le useful mei Oereeetitee whet did to - whteh he 'recently belonged. Under
gisialir lbocelbaukill'aw.vonydoltastatt;11,..4tr, I 'c) ° ' the new systeni the sec-retary-of tile beard:
Millar and Bieluee. . - . . . not Appear to be adapteet to our .eit•euni-,
will perform most or tbe duties .of the
Your sonornin.e reertir.meridas fellews ;1stances, and I knew of ttn'other.man who
. - .__ present local su ne.rinten den ts, and - the
--Ac. Rev. Mr: Bor.'s- S. *31. tieolinti;-7(1 lies thus eone.personally to'consult. the in- council inifelit See'fit tb appoint but one-
- ed to be pea, 1%,-..C.. Young • $:•11i.37.1, Wm. z•'-' :
Fraser leed , advice .e-,. ea at c ce Awl telieente and. eommonssense Of the Periple 10Cal supbrintendent 'for a whole county
with ati assietante if necessary.: . If such
$20.,00foratdratting: coiitrat for se,,,alution:, 'nf other eduntries in a matter of the lind.
ruisNy Aavoctue Da.taut...t, ti:z•-x_65 te be p., id, i - „ _ ., . _IA t . ,--; an ottize is- ,continued - at ull, I think the
.W. C. Cleat -et Cu. bt....;.‘s--.1.C.--fttr Ie *IA-- AO not suppose at post4 e or every_ pa , . , .
• otgtct would be best Seettred by the ali
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office M. Truetian letting' toti
gatei i-arrel L. b.: Itr. Tighe
*10.50 tor attending rib ie inttruction at
Kineardide, Witte:gait, n s• eve; Botrd
public instruction-, 11race solar-y*36:35; W.
Inglits --$10.50, Smoill ehitates for uesti-
„„ tide boy *9-..t.t3, A. G. Forties *4;06, W. Van-
dusett *20.00, W. Bon Peto -
Reid 65.60, Mr. Eckfoid Le S. .$S-1.30.-10, Geo
Simtrionds-..watching elditiarld Bridge 17 day,e
$17`, Mr. La% $54,Q5, Shaw- Lrowa draw-
lug- gravel R., contract. Bruce $20.00, Ilon. G.
Brown -$1.9V, Dottie I.; S. .$11.0, pay.
,gravel road comfits./ re.uce atterelite;-
'ineetin4 $111 kr-lets-ring te the _apritetttiOti
made gy the: contr:iezol- iet the Via -wanes 4
Bridke at the Dee; reeetitee of this Council tor
payment of spikea see recommend that salt
contractor be atlowed$20.00 beittg about the
'half ot his demand, Geo. Robitison assisting;
' Mr. Hamlin F. W. Ridden do $131-00.
S Waver' do $le 50 A Stroat xto ‘";47...00-
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Mr., Iia.n!in'S.1177..40, Estimate late flaw
kes W.,iiattotechaieman Bruce gtavel
road czniraittee $4:3.50, no aet on to be taken:
with teeard to -petition ul.A.rch.. Taylor; Mr
John Nairn to receive eei•O for the-yeerleinti,
Engineer's. Aecomes to be paid, - .101;11
e Smith $20.00,- -R. • Italker
$55.20, A. Q Mara $5....41. J.. Pall $72:50; A.
McGuire $1.;..00, Gtrsg. *1.00, L
$92.21, T. Kennard $.3. tin, .1. Sit ices n1_3.30,
son in. the country to form a correct 311:1g- .rointin.ent of one thoroughly- qtealtfied
- _
inent on the subjcdt,: for, however. Well person. Another point ie COntliulsory
informed a man may be on general sob- .Atliattlunce. It is true that 'the word
eene • fi r Len eateiee emnpulsory sounds -hereli ,to.. -some minds;
jects,_ it, iseimpe..., e
at correct conclusions- with, regard ‘to a _bat the idea. is •simply that- every man
should edu-cate - his children somewhere.
system with which ha- is not thoroughly ais school may be In his own -house -and
acquainted, .1t. is with this view I intend to
!communicate. stich information as.' po:-.-sts3.
- . •
and then ascertain- the viewS of_the ecoune
try. - In doini ,halt 'dwelt upon iwo
or three points. -It-ietnne to he a matter
of complaint in Many of our Coutilie.e
as to • the. , -expensiveness ' of the
present County . Boatlis of I ublic
- Instruction (IIcar hear.) In- counties
.•
"Ace..innt C.MOrrtirir-:14MItliag. Ci4 vert at Myth
$187.00, Dr. 'f.hcrus:.a to be paid $7 on ace
coent ot damages received from the rtyul he
ing left unside at night, referriaa- to letter of
Treasurer, We cre happy to- find that the
linouce et the Coeities are in such a flourish
ing• state lupe:tale Who,e, uederstauding
that the tcrivus.inps in arrears itr June. lty,t are
making yroviston to meet th.e greatest
proptirtioa - cif their indehtedne:s cousid
er it_ will ,be ounceet,sary to tiTke cotn-
etesdiy ineasorys "ta el.foree. tlw, pay me4,
= of the arrears at (Ws time. The accompany-
ing echedeles which present the vuri9us ts
of the Com -fries in the Treasvree's estrif
and- correct ur umer,, -we trecommend to be
printed it, the the enimites 9f this s esion of
. Commit. $,-;00 to he advancedus-Mr Galt
ante of nevr Registry .Act, W T Cox -5',:3-7.30,
TJ Moorhouse $0.00, R Reid registry boleti&
for Bruce *290.00, -Joe Merely card:ere of
-do 17.37, E VaitEgmond L41, W Elder arid
, others 5121, J 13.00,W Story 16.20i
acct ef Sheriff:Mc:Donald aueting-to
we reeommend that we abide bithe
tinge made at December. meeting ef this
•
▪ Ety Carran 'Met for remhving
drift wood at Maithrnd bridge 1!..:ti0.00 to.he
„ paid end butanes- when- tae -work is CP rlifi`,ed
ascomoleted. Motion Of Mr: Extols :,-":;-200 to.
be granted on. condition ,Perth grant-
' jun. an equivalent.
Iliived C Whitehead in amendment,.
that the Manse referiing to contractor Of
Witwatioehtnidgete pot adopted. -Carried;
The Report as unleaded was attloptedi..
steetere or on,tvEt. Roan COMM;
Your comtnittee haviti;ir examined the vari
owe documents subinitted-beg leave to report
atfollows :-No 109 referrnes to Mr Gib-
,
son s motion concerning the extension. of
'certain gravel roads., your committee cannot
recenuneud any action to be taken. et fire -
sent.
76_ referring to drat part of the engineer's
repert referred front -the BM-and:B. comm.
concerning the repaiFing of culverts and
etearing of drains ,on the graiel wade, we
recommend that the etigiueer Live Abe walk:
done. All of abide &e.
JNO 31ESSERI-Chairman.
31eirt4 ameeefraent -to the Report by -Mr
.1 Whitehead, sec:by Mr Mallough, Ilia this
• permit appropriate the sunk- of Otli-000 .for:
extending titavel Roads in the Ce..of
- to he liubdividedic follows :--t-Wittgbarn road
$.4150,„Ashfield road t S000, Senfortirread
$4545, $tephen WO, 114 anq that
the Clerk be instructed to prepare and -pub-
st,,,By-Law inaccordance with tfie Sedum',
to be confirmed at the Jane'sessjoa of this
Council.
.;
Atuced farther m amendment by Themes
Oihtion sec lejr Mr McDonald- that this OtiUti-
_ . P
cll. do past & By.Law at its meetitee in June
Jo rase the sum et sztvoa for the purpose
ot extending tad iniproeing cprtata Re:teak"
the County of Raton, azd ehat the sum so
raiseld shall be appropriated as toliowe,- viz:
Port Albert _Rood $5S00-., Wingbam $01)0,
Barnette and See.orth $3000-eflowiek S-000,- •
, • Stephea $2100, Hay $2000. Grey- .$1900,
Goelesteh_ Baytield correessiort $200. -Cared.
The report, stneaded; was adopted..
- Moved by XT.:Wallace set -waled by ./de
A4str„ that the sum -of $500- be slanted to
improve that portion of road `ficsi Stork's
that hare • a number of- Granimar
Schocds As well as towlisltip superipten
dents these Boards sometimes consist Of
by the Vend: Mr. Diele gave ti,` 'mine one
deaeriptton ef the service he had seen in the
Britisle army and: tic deSWiptiOn of Lis
anger itt beiag sent off on'a recruiting. tour;
-.which deprived bint of the honor of being
presents at Waterloo, brotight down the .house.
preposing the toast of_ thee evenimr,
" The immortal- memory, of Rebert Burns,"
the Chairmaaseid,
Ge.ntlemene-e-I am preed iedeed to see
to -night se many of iny _cpuittrytnen, and
lovers of the . memory of Rot ett Berns,
present. I feel great dffidence, I assure you,
riaing -to address you on this occasion.; for
I feel thet I am not competent to the task ;
and this diffidence is in noway lesseued whe
a glanee around satisfies me that I have
before me many who are fae better able to
do juaice to themselves:and the toast of the
night. _Let itevas the unanimous- wish-- Of
the committee, in OPposition to my e
inelination, that I ehould occupy. this post-
tidn • and althoueh • sOniewhat depressed a
my iotelleeteal deficiencies, vet I have this
censolatiop, that I am sure 1 a.m second to
tone ie have; and admiral -on -of the &Allis
and writings of -the -men whose inetertry. we
leive met Ilia night -to do honor to ; :1 am
sere that although we are.- bat patty
no greater loveri of his- meinory --ever see
down to celebrete it . Allow- mg to iotiO•
duce toyour _notice the subject Wfiich- has
broueht us together this nielue. • • -
0
107. sears ego this night, innif atild • day
lsiggin, two 01(.1 from the amid town- o'
$coiland; nian:child wea--. burn. .Little
ctid that fond !nether, rejoicing Over the
his...wife the teacher, as was the mother of birth -of her Arst4forn, or itiose tWenty auld
John Wee..14, who.tlius receieed his -early Jewi-v-ee.„ es tneY•swaddled -the skirling strengei
1.see ale jotereeis, oe -sookey de. in his first Clothes, think •that the:being that
night iisheyed into -existetiee, -.would -after
;nand efiat eaeh_elfld sheeld .leeeive 'an.
earoubled sePtirn ut- thisaVorld,of some 37-
UstaA•tneY eL:11:p.r-l-else,-rhs-iorrtY,, Or 38 short years, leave A- name -and -a lathe
behind hirn ehat would file wide, wide
- pay 4 rntert110 ,-ha!ma
woridefor throughout the tee•eth atid lareadth.
dela tie see, that -every -childts educated. (A p
ot the British Islandee, on the- emitinent ot
gauze) If a men stand oaf -against the _ inte-
Europe -in the far Offetieipodeft . of 4uSti al itt
reel of his awn offspring, - the pub:ie. has fa
eApplause.) These Matters thave Sub- :
ia stand oat agf:IIISt his uepateral :con joiniyiini_eshttairnete:
initted to the several inunieipitlities to see if. fa.otiti..g(?) th,e.rq,-i.win gthatiAte_rthi.teigyshoat.veitntecittlia.;
'they would. meet with 'their *C611:1120761:-OnCieei.-
ent Men aAsembled to -night to heve 'a talk
,7 hen 1 subinitted the, .scheine to
1ga:bout that Wonderful being. . I will not take
up year tiine- by d*eiling long Oa the early
.life of ihe poet-; your areedoubtless all well
aequainted with it. ditTered little free'
elan ofthe.greet mass- _of the Peasantry of
Secidand *nu innred:,early in to
and- tail. OA one point, there meet,
be en exceptioe, for_ hie if:moo he Was pecu
lately uotortenate, .hie 'father-, through being
-unfOrttinate ferms which he, eeoted, got
inn! debt, mid inehe letterepart of_his life -he
Ives ihreatened with ',debts, dune and jails.
This made sech .aa impiession on the selisi-
tiee mind 91 Robbie,. that the idea of ' .
irdentedile in 'through . life. Allow :lite to
make a retnatie here. • It .has Leen a, :matter
of •serprise to many that •ati illiterate -plough ”.
alien could write Buell -.lettere end-- pee stidli
popins. Berns waS not -illiterate ' Scotland
even at. that peritid.bad A -verygood:systern of
edeation, and Enr11 firmersi suth Burns'
lather, --exerted eVery aerie and often phiched
•hoth'beck and - belly to _gee their families
educated.-- 13erns -Wee an aPt .seliolar ; he
leernen-fastansiWell„ aud it the age -of 15
years goed• gratnnterian- therotiglitY
knew the hieedry of his, OWa eauntfj!, ,and Was
well.acquainteel with- thebeit .writera 9f the
i • cif QueeneAnneein 'sheet,. - wits, perhaps
a -better' blueish_ scholar ` than . many of our
students Who graduate at. the ibbeges of the
present day.: (A.pplituse,) -At the eaely age
of 15- or -16 -years this extraorditiati being
began td feet those first indefintte Striv-ings.
of immortal ambition,- .whieh. culminated -' itr
Ins fakieg nigh rank.amorig:the poete of ..the
world, arid,the:first renk Suiting the poets:
ofles country. And. it ie not strahge diet the
sacred tireshouldhave- been filet kindled oil
the .eitars leve and patriotism, 'How. ex-
quisitely beautiful -and touehina Me his
.descript tons ot-his feelings at .thie. period
" I :mittd it weel At early date, _when was
beardlesieeyeung b',ate, .first nonld
thresh the b.arn 4 --could hated, a yoking'. 6'
the plough, end ,thaugh: forefoughten
etiou-gle yet .unco fond, tp : W hen 'first -
aiming the YellOwcorn, a -man I reCkoned
was, and-wi! thelave7,'ilk nierry morn; colId
.retibliny rig end lase:'. --Ile tells us thatevehen
.pickung the creel thorns 'from Abe bands of
• e_. ' • :would dep.end. upou the action takeu by the lee
d th • t S to ue
propoeed -and Act upon. them.. , his -heart strings thrilledlike•ini
tanned or not; The Dr. sgoke vezyhighlyof that
the standard - adopfed: will, to. a certain harpy ahd his 7pulsea beat. furiouslje, 'And
'this, wetiern seetion, and then eeetiaied
iaxtelif be a conitnon one, is lit -tended eeat..--. • e.-• • = . ePou'her tuctle his firet song, - Me eharla
.
thirty members, while, in, reality three or qoverninent, the members _agreed with. me
fbur men proforin the: .werk. To mike
such boards more efficient ,it. is preposed
tbat the County Bnard inSteal of being
constituted, as now, shall 'Contist of live
pCrsons, to beappointed by the. Governor:
in -Council' on proper _.rt c fieen,lations,
-This would reduce . the expenees of s-ueli
Boards aud- greittly ficilit-ite- bri4nes.:4.
Rat te secure a more elficieet
ofthe duties offlie proposed,examitierS'it
is proposed thA ennwittee in . Torontci
as to its taasibt:ity, but they 'were afraid ot
their oppone.nts and would do riothing ; and
when suiniiitted _to the .secceeclhig. • govern,
meet, 1- , found them- juIt as Much afraid- of
-ttieir opponents-, (Laughter). But as we live-
newea&a.nced: to aiort unileH
-niam-wherlier-it. will last a thciesund years I:
-cannot say, (laughter)-iLis a ftvort61-e.fine
cbasider qut.stiotts having no Connection.
with- party,;ancl 1 do not expect to -be ab!e
, to 4.04i:4er the itlitirs -of the 'department!
long,er, I -am aatiCillS to point out- and
remedy the" defect -A of.our school eystern
-shall prepare, Cie qae. stions to. be tike. i leave -the position:, (ApplauSe
' through, 'cout=try„ it. .hak bc.en re- Aftek statirri a.numher of faete mid flgUreS
- marked- that, when, a candidate e‘imes ehoaleg th; great progress ofedaeatien, the
d f 1 1. Ps-- 1 seeieker spoke of- the trreut economy Which
rorwar or t te me tea pro ..St=1.011. le „ ; - .
7‘voi*i be effected under the changes pyopos-
ed,_. and remarked that as , the money' to he
ruiAcd would be 4'1 ent m:the township, it
w.:8 only -taking motiey out 'of obe -Pocket
aldia.t.ing it into the ether: iape onthe wren/
eiamined by numbers of thee For ssion,
cansliAlate!..: for the Iegal profession are ex-
amined by lewyers,-so teachers sheni441
examined bY person:3 hevinee, practiettl
elper. ience in •thut; branch Without 'Which.
t examiner cannot be ptepared to te4t proper -training' or that wince was to fouow,
the (ittalifieatitnig and attaintrietil-k:Of those eett i. we wereable 16 bestow an education.
0
-uf the 14es.:itt iveneration Wits 'the
better tha'n that we had reciiw AI w4 thus
seeking certiffeates. Many persons in
secured he essence Of the fine progess hui,-.
other prol'essions CAI -put Very - pazilinn-
. P- country The leained Chief Supt. then
questions and very -useles.s oneseited it es - k - ' • - -, -, ;
po e o the enan4e in -the Grammar school
only. men aceastomod to theSe branches- law. Formerly the appropriations were
whc ciin properly discharge their duties, granted . . according to • the popelation
.
as you well .know,_,,- The .qaeStiettallitt.4-.Of the -respective counties, hence the
prepared need not Ile precisely the Kline emoted received -by, s o ni 4 was - dis-
wa.,n, t.s.-of differen,t .1:calitios: i ,This loud ithii: 1.1,),,eortaiPl'omfPeialci°11a ,.:irSvrilum'a.tidie zstentleonorlingl.
-
1 - witt ue compoSen or practical. in t t
ibr countiesr but tuuditi,,,ct :suit tile., proportionittely large, but nilder. the _new'
rit?, ors, . country coniel not adeaanee: as it- shoUld: do
such ae Dr. -,Orraisted, Dr. Youni;-D,_
witeout haves hi tie. h I
g g r se ou se 1 he -.collie
Connor, Mr..' C.beelth:.y Sce The gees., num-welt the educators of- the- masses,. but.
these. did. not meet theTWants of the adminiS
beiteprinted in contide.ncib, will be
tratiou of:the laws norethe pratessiens of th;
. forwarded by myself .under seal te the
(emery, Add hence thS. necessity: foe eneeur-
ehaifirien Of the local boards, whieli:
agin...r.oue grimmer schoo Is " by every. pre
flicet on the seine duy of the 'week thrOug. means- .1 d 1
I diseppreved establishinieTirt
Par..; tike Provmee,-so that on information t then one or two gremmar schools ia
:concerning them -can, be, sent. flout one county as ittended to reduce them to the.
w -t I he litnited tO twn &does' :-First, school -law. provided -that half the surreeereetred
palrt _to- another. :The. County Boardir level of.common`sehools, The iteW
-ehould he aised hy_ toed liseeitnent and it
examine -the certificates of character
,sceon ly, examme e uns ver
-7 -ea Caborifies•whethersuch schools _Were main- . this lass, his .pionetie on the hariest field.
that the *tertifipates greanted will - bear It was moved by Mr. lAtimiden- secriOded by jag. ¥.11.-"
qeired'in And egain lie -tells us: " Eyck
SOMeWhat -or a Provincial character. 1 lir Adam, that the War -dee -and clerk be re -f- theft' a wish, I mind its power, a -wish that to
behalf ef this cohncil to inenierialize my latest , hour; shall Strongest 'reeve My
truSt third class !teachers will top last:
breaet e_that I, tor "'woe'. ai Id S otl d'
the Leeieleture to- have the preiient acheol
11,- t - ai
lo Per than t ream ear an
1 e an s
0 0z, - P Y ' . 1Sw changed so th4 settool busineis• la town: . sake, some useful plan jor book could make,
or sing a song at beat.' Thai he laid the
Mention this for tlie information of the ships unty.be managed by' a township board
Council,- shoild. it thiek - propet ed -take instead orthe system of g-overninent now id found:Woes of his poetic fame; and' each
any aetion in the 'Matter; Tit*. is. an- force.--Cartisd. -. - - . .• course wits num) higher and .hetter; .1111 the
dope stone was laid with "Tam O'Shea
ter "
other pint- relLtint to the grantin„0 of - -Moved hi *Mr.,. Gibson se.conded by J.
whiek -way b4 white4ead tofu the board of trasieee in toWn- rs"d' . " Nbe _ Oater's . Suturday : Nights."
(Cheers ) Whet a aster was he. f that
'Provincial Certificates,
briefly gated : It is intended -that: aliy...ships if the act be altered, should be seperate- -.1ne any 'stringed peTneeintieny .. 9
num thit ef councillors. -Carried:- -
-teacher who has taught school for five
a •Pmvincil•P'r" Biall•rp; That this Council approies of the P
Moved by Mr. MelifiehaeTeeeonded by -mr. mind -I -.Hoe well - ko-understiohoed helivmear;
%Won -that swells end threbs ut the . liumau-
'eYiedet;tewtioll.bb: re'egt4t;ittffifleacit eliliviliefit to. a eystera now sUgeested by the *chief- Salk: of breast 1- . Thet he wrote in the Scottish
ge e , t e t , - e eseri e an elected. the
Nortnal- 86001- certificate. Al -,to the schools with re;rence to -the chen h dialect that h d b d d
tuodebf earrein-git out, the Coupty Board Rood of Public instruCtion for- Counties.-- scenery of Seetland in grand and nobl
. 0
cl` hat h
Fill Only
-eve to examine into the char- Carried. "-
la AnSwer to Mr. Bishop, Dr. Ryerson su'id and customs in languaee she will -never for -
portrayed er habits
- eoloerse an t be
• f -ttd• te the lenoth-of •
was le intention to appoint a at or n c an e alma mind her owa • But
time he lia.s been teaching Mid act accort'.
act!: o t e can 4 an .
g tl ' bo f eet • otl d 1 if
ditioiy„,_ There is another rine ewahcehthceorutnertyti, abut was auita phi7ppar,e;47.. to. ct4to slcotdlanddcanuodt keep him en to. eersei; les -
.
ivee e resriecial q:n. • y epen enee appeals 'it:revery Juan of
t t and that. - - - e 1 h' ee • -
the Lemuel may: an III ems I othe-rwie. . . . _ • ter9 e nee-. ul a nity witb, aid hts glory.
is the change 4:q theconstitution of Board$ Onenotion of Mr. 13ishop sedended by gr„' lug iii heicA a working •inaererhis scorn of
of Triistees. At p_re ent. -tOwnships are Messer it Wite suggested that the school. trus.. ranker gold being it -- criterion for all in a,
divided into school Seetioni-in_such u way .tees-sTiOuld be eleclted attnually,heee thillame but that a Maa Waa a_:_,MSATOr a' that, "ate.ha
- _ -
, - ' b • -- 'h -
r ualila a - -1 oad umir
that mane persons are put to great incon- 1 e tIOnS as councelors, Ate. r.
nay, and his horror of eve!ye
th h
_ t n,, at was a s am, cra-hypocrtte arlike
venience in being reciniked. send,theii
don of Mr Horton the thanks of the arogues are' world vrule and will be an
chUdren to 4 school in their own_section Council wire tendered to -Dr. Ryerson for the influence and be remumliered win i
- le he
when oschool in some other scetidn would tibiti and tucid_explanationa givenin reference World lasts. (Applause). But, gentlemen, -
be much mere desirable. Toiemovc this to.schoel feeterti
the snarling cum of detraction -have -been
a
.arli:ticinurdenri°gireea-t
kers who bad
bet* the swags:
nation, hut wily hard facts to deal; W th. . lie gave rn
good deiCtiption ot the progress laugiriactinaltduare; baliticl
during ilieZ0 years lie had been
the attention (Waal° Me neeeisity of s ill -making g.,.e7e al I edi „de
er.efliarts, as this Was the main Spoke I the wheel. -Mr
Ferguson fully coincided with all tbat- is friend-4ff Mc-
“Geod, had said, as to the progress w . are' making la
agriculture, mentioned, the •-t".lituad .. Fariner,” as a
ne wspaper likely to do muchfor the fainters of canadai
and conclydeti, by saying that the veri essence of good
fa ming was keeping the land clear tdidi weeds; esipe- .
ciaitY of Canada thisoya. ' Song byp. Jas Bengeough
1
cif flay, Al's Peter Viaterson, *.conne,s Mr ;ljettgough is
mat ndeed. as all .Wilt tektify, w o rotuea them'
6
g4.4
tioa of office, Viz-, Mr. 'Thomas McMichael, - An Irish intettiction..
Ward I,- Mr. liumplicry Snell Ward 2, Mr,
George Wattyyurd 3, Mr. William Warner,
-Ward4 Mr. John Morgan, Ward 5. - It *as
therefore Movedby Mr. Snell; see. by Mr.
Wutq that Mr. McMichael be Reeve for the
enr sent year -On rried. •
. Moved by Mr. Wutte see. by Mr. Warner,
that Mr..Stiell be, D. Reeve for the present.
year- - •
The -Reese and D. Reeve then made their
declarations or office as such. and the Reeve
°etc' upying the (hair. It etral- Moved by Mr.
Mr, Watt, sec„ -by Mr. Morgari that Hugh
Arther, jun. be eesesser for the present year .
_with a Salery seYetity dollars -Carried; * •
blevedbY-Mr. Morgan, see, by Mi. Snell,
that W. II. Brown be Colieetor, for the
Current year at a Salery of ..tifty dollari- Car-
itev'ed by Mr. Watt, sec, bfMr. Wareer,
- _
that ..tolin Petrie, :be appointed Town Inspee
tor for the Eastern lnv-4ion, and Gaberiel
Spriteey . for the Western division of this
Teivtlishin for the-preseht year -Carried, -
Moved by Mr. Noreen, sec, by bfr. War-
nere "that- ja meg Alle.n Sen. be- appointed,
Auditor for the prekient year. .
In Amendment,' It was, Mdied by Mr.
W-att, that Charles -MorroW be Auditor for
toe ;present year. ' • , •
- 'Amendment carried lay ‘castieg Vote -of
Reeve, and the Reeve -appointed -James
Allen Sen, ds the other Auditer. -
Mr. Sloan, hoeing :resigned - his Office of
Clerk and Treaeurer. itees Moved hy Mr.
Wait. sec hy• Mr. Snelle that James* Brath-
waite be appointed Clerk'and Treasurer for
the current year, at -a selery -of Otie :hundred ,
and fifty five dollaes, without aleY percent
nge - or Treasurer's commiesione'-ehat
enter on MS duties on •the laat SaturdSyedt
Vebeary, eurrent-eCerried.
Moved hy Mr. Witte eec.;•---b W
ar r,
that the Perk procure a copytof the last edit-
ion -of Keele's Provincial Justice for tho use
lteeves-e•-tarritd, -
Moved by Mr. Warner ISC. by -Mr. Wett,
:that 'the Petition' of,1t4bert Robieson, until
othets bee Idid over, till next meeting oll
Council -Carried. - • -
Moved. by Mr.- Snell, re, by Mr. Warner,
that this Council now.adjourn to meet again
at Lendesborough, "on 'Saturday, -24th, day
f Febfuary next,- Tea o'clock 'a.
THOMAS" SLOAN dlerk.
.tadies/ Illener.plent oeity.
.
At a meetinre held at .Mi Thotuas'S house
ilie follotiing ladies- were appointed 'office
bearers : Mrs Ride, president; Nis Mc-
Dougall, viee-prese. , Mrs Smith---21nd do.;
'Mrs•Fletcher, treas.; ,Mis Sheriff Mac-
donald, -sec); J. Ilaidane sec'y of ago.
Committee.-Mesdatues Richi Perim s
MelCid; M Cameron, J 13 Gorehin. Rtif
gets, Sdtith, Martin Elwood,- --.1171iitini,
tire, AV hider, Iletehee, Thonies, McDou-
gall, MeDonuld; and Miss Seyinour.
To take up sitbseriptions;-:-.- -
St Patrick's Ward, Mrs Fletcher and VI
.St.Ge.O;rge's "-MrSsiulliT-tihdder and Miseiey.-
moue, • _ •
St Anarel's Airs McDonald atirliMrs
McDougall. e:
St DaVid's "Mri Thomas tit Mrstlor-
legey
• 9ver near Omega, in Nevada Crime-
eelaalilinf°,rnWil.ili'lcibw°walittisphatnyieeng- .11:dhelMi!nnelallitdralile"."7tidi
an ounee per dey 'to the Man. Like nem,
All such -claims, *there was -11 dispute about- eke
title. Another , Company in tbe ueiglibar;
. . -
oo c mate 1 ,, groun , an or 1 ree dem
Ihad been threatening the tweesons„ of Eti
with an injunction. - What ,thenn r offleaz
thl e. lift eriatifs. ;fey ml-ite:Ide up their ettedil-
-tins m unction int nt v sorely in/plena
'however-, that it was Something -very let**.
About -this time it 'happened- that *party if . •
surveyoie passed that way; mains Welke tic
a new water ditch. They areivedjust above
the claitn owned by 'the Irishmen, mimeo. -
.andehey left their theodolite standing.,:ead
. .
went up into the town 'to get limner. The
Irishmen were airay at dinner when theism.
, , „ „, „
veying party stopped opposite their Cilia;
basin.: dispatched their. „ beans..and, lvieoef
, :got Lack before the ent•veyors retinue&
The first thing tbeysavi on reaching their
' e •as the theedolite-a Urn *admit -if
instretnent, standing therc-u! *mg* itlawiss_ 7
g. ska,rd over the Oaten. ,
• Pat 1"' "cries one, g.kwhat a-ivillitb.ttlil-...4: .11
that standing tbere:on. its twee. .iets r -., .
IS it?" ethoed Mike. - .
- "Hosedy Mother I -What denim - maefeee; _.
now"' Bit( tiltwir'iwv:111"bsalelo34)-Paitii; cictioligi-1"11111°- that -
them thieving Welch boyfrhave beeri Ammo
ing they'd put fen thq claim ?" -
='" By the Beven churches it jai" yells Nike.
At this one grabbed *pick. and the ether
a crowbar, mid rushing upon the theodolitai,
they smashed 11. into, a hundred pieees„eiyiat
This for all your letetrnal injunctions I" Pal
ilueg one leg of the instalment AS far As Jar
could send it, yelling. 1,To jiurgatoty with
your injunctions I" while. Mike -sent another
over the bank, .shouting.
‘.13ring • on- your infernal ittjutietionst
Were the lads that'll meke .smithereens AC
Abe biggest ireaugton.ns Amenity.
.0e)e Tee -New York Ileraki says v---"Ifse
are astonished that the r_epublican rem has
nothing to say in ivalati9b „to .The shameful
mannetin whieh Coogress‘a actingin regard
to the donation of the wife and tamily of the
martyred President of Ihis republic. liot
only hos Congress ent downIthe amount prO-:
posed from one -hundred thousand dollars le:
twentyefive thousand dollars, but it ettnally
seems to hesitate to give eieu time suni,
consider this disgrace teethe Anierimut
peeple. The repabliean press not Duty dist
honors the - inemtary of the
-dead Presidvent by its silence, but it sabjeets
Mat. Lincoln to the dastardly attach" .
such jourintle as -Ben Wood's copperheadief-
er, tacitly enderses all that they can my.
against her. We ate in fater, of paying
Lincoln's family the TIM nuibunt oftlie Sal-
ary which he would have received. bad- 1st
not belli murdert d byl WlIkett -Booth
while exteeding pardOn to the rebels who
hadbeen defe.ated-by our arms. He WAS AA
utility victim to ibe rebellion a any soldier
who tell in the attack on Richmond, and
is disgraceful that tengress should thus defer
to pay his :bounty. Thirty-five - thountall
dollars may have been endugh for tall 16301/
ot General Harrisoni who -died riteefully malt
who lived at a time when tha.t amount or
moucy was a fortime ; but under all firma.*
stances, one hundred -Thousand dollars_ia at*
much to ray the widowed: president Lincoln.
- We trust the Colleetors 01 meet With add we hone that it will be paid without far-
abundan'imuccess. - ' •
_
- rip. The proceedings of the Co. School
Conventiou, held on the afternoon ofSatarday
will appeat in our next.
verwe have received the last No. of
°hampers' Journal froni Mr Moerhouse.
The contents are most inviting. ' •
Fiarful italluray Accident.
A serious accident oecurre& earIy this
morning (28) on the Hudson River_radroad
The,Cincinnati• express train, due ie this city
ahout seven a. m., iraS partially thrOWII from
the track: Two cars said to be sleepieg cars,
were precipitated ofithe badge into the road
below i one. was completely broken td pieee-a
and the other very nearly destroyed. Three
pelsons are reported hided aud many seriously
injured. The.place where the accident oc-
curred wigs a. small bridge over &road ea; ing
to the briek kilns near Croton. Aniong the
passengers injured were Mrs S. S. MeEwau
and wife and Mr. John Murphy.
The slieciprocity Treaty.
New. Torii, January 25,,
15 's Vir h'
The ost ashineton special sers, t
morning the Canadian advdcates Recip
roeity -Treaty were lieard: h considered
certain that the treaty dannot be renewed,
except by some reeiprocal-lekislation - some
- 1. the -more important resorts of ducat/ can
be reached.
•
rerThat ciouble-headed nteinster, the
helpful organiintion, is again becoming liee-
ly. The objet is plain.' The Roberts sec-
tion of the Feinting fieds itself, by the; aeiien
of the _ recent Congrek unceremoniously'.
kicked oat from access ert the Treasury, and
-becomes necessary to find means of raising.
money by indepeedant means. The best
way to do this is to outbid the 011abony'
.
section mid thus steal- from the hearits
perms of the ehlackgeard eroWd that com-
poses the organization. The" -first, grand
move in thts direction was made la Buffalo
last ilight,where'and -when the teleAraph
forms us an inonenee mass meethel was bel 1.
4hipsteches were made by' Gen• Swee et, .
COt. Roberts, James._ _Bret:tan, W:
iturphy, and A.. M. Clapp. Oen. weeny
pledged: himself, if supported,- :before the
eineof Mayshines, to conquer a certain ter-.
ritory, upon which the Irish fiag Ain be
wowed, and which shall be Made thb base
of operations itgamst fot the lihera,
non of Ireland. Roberts premised,
within ninty days, to baye tne green flag
supported by ehe greateitt army of Iriihneen
epee Which the sun ever shone. The Senate
was enthusiasticelly endorsed, and phis
of dation apprcived. -A. M.. Qapp NM -Wed.
All eel toren!, remarica were greatly ap
plauded."-4'unes., •
-
T • Th t
EAT.- _8 __oo_es,.er
tood.isleiliovlehoised piough.„ A utne frorri.the Ltd. .
rhsooanrsgefrto.vmithultitigughhuterveat itusr.,-se,rngisallasilev:ig,h4h-; Uci.ttlyietna' vIleiLeY8x-p:71.----essSeevderttemspehiyvSeiseininn41 hoe! in- oost
ta proposing the nest toast, " illte I these/ the ebair-i'l. decided terms in favor of the propositiOn. to
Man humorously connected ttith it; the lament Donald keeP back the damaged wkeat ,now lying at
sutireiland. Esq., °May, who briettyrreisp:ilaileedi-mithi ahnairit„-
ing'. the eninpany /br the hearty Maim* in. :which they .
draiik Me tottst.-, Selig by .Mrltengongli, -Chicago. They,: all concur in the -opinion
. that there it uo sueh Eirn.lific eSuSe of thpleria.
-peany,,, ,- Green grows the rashes," hr the Band. 88 foul grain, and If efteiera .is not peeved
..,;111 proposin;'-the last toast or -the l'rogranune the • - -
chairman said he was suarpbetheaut inu VelV_Itatiensfilrheit,..c? lag/ lt must -produce other-dissasee searcely
rir,zutt;:hwuisdeb_ e h Ipls fatal. Oee -physician, whd resefed in
i:aviiY l' 'Peed' 1 il 1 latitil/ti.rie t e .: ffahi softie yeas* ago,- when the cholera
health and prosperity ofedur.wcir y licaliess, Airs Drys-
dale-Ktraalt- with applause- Rola *rale briefly re,
spenaett-en behalf ot • Ins Mother. S hg. 4' La.tv and airtapg th
prevailed., Siete; that ?toe diseale was. -worst
e men emp yed about the, grain
illysie,o- by :Ntr. Beugotigh. kferes vel -al fine songs
weresung, jestand story weht round,. aPc1 _mink reigned elevators- and ships. A geed, deal 'off,- this
supreme. Bin the wee-shorthours aye*. the :rwall, had "stuutp-tailed wheat," as ii is Called,;, Is iiii,
urrived'aud-thebestafri°"" inu°- Parldlhe II"' °E ported Into Levier Canada, where. i is cern,
limes &Hite Mau end. Votes .of thank were heartily .• - -
concurred in. tOthetliairmun fioce6;t1h:iit- ebsanie, limo funeor ihrerr laeatled:bY its cautPaiaa• . , i - . '
which he had perfortnedhis dat
.
attendance, to dm comminee -ofmanagernent,. and to Illi THE.Ncw york trofd forcibly pout* out
JtfeMtirdv for his oplend4apeech on tioYts and Poetry.
will ii penny wilk, a'm .pledgaig th, ,strong grip of duly- of using the negotiations relative -in the
friendship alt round. 'ihe gatheruig the broke up, very -see
iew,1 think, sorry :at Imeing been preient--and irtaity Reciprocity Treaty which are BOW going nu
Irauilug..ton*0 again home idler nig*, . _ a8 a lever by which to tome Carade tato
. . , ----iiii- ,- - .'„ . • annexatiOn. Our pasit100 eau 'only be mis-
. Hallett enttliclil• - , - - .. understood by the treachery 'or strong per.
'-',- - - : - '-sonal piques of those who prehias to be the
_ - .. Jan, Ati.11-866.1 inost devoted friends of -the country- '
The members Vietted met -tbiit qay-acCord- - • - -
in to statute, - -- . - . . ir,e "I don't think, huaband, that you
., The Uleirk presiding, the fo low.ingktei, are very smart." 4% No, „indeed, -talk_ hut
g L. . - - •
denten _Riede their- deil. ti f I
_ - • :
The Bind then led air with An'd tang )ne, alljaimug to the American governing eitisses the hinter..
er
v yoy ows am awfully shrewd
;
thee parlay. It is eing,ular that a -people AO
eeaerous as the Americans should be so.
0
grossly misrepresented in ihe present COIF..
gress. The bill granting Mrs. Lincoln her
husba4fs salary -ought to have been palmed
_unanimously and without reference to a coml.
motee. It is now too late to do this 'grace.
fully; but still it ought to be awe st-enesr
Filibustering alexliess•
Intelligence from $an =Antonio, Texas, .
the 3rel inst., states that the French troop* ---
had feller' back to San Louis Palos' ; also tbla
exciting intelligent* that fevers! officer's and
men had erossed from,Chtrksville, -Texas, MA
took -lip quarterseappirently for eight. Soon
after midnight, theguards of the _ferry 1114
along the:river were surpnsed-and disarms&
by thie party, Such Raters as were A
hand were immediately seized. and with •
Vivi' the party eroseed„ The major forte as
Clarksville about -100 strong composed prim=
_- /
cipally; of negroes, entered Bagdad. The,
imperial 'gamma in Bagdad,- about 125 *Wag
Was-completelystirprised and captprad. The
filibusters, on etalhering -the towu .augurated
e system of Plunder and pillage ; the- wateh-
homes were gutted and their contents BrOBSOII
over tie American side of .1.1ete river. The
gunboat, Antepi• was called upos
to aurrender, but she ansu-elcd with A Jw4:44.
side which Mr a time seettered the filibusters.
A second demand for the surrender of the
.gunboat was answered in a inimatt.
The Antonio, at this titne Waft en route aptho
riven Alt Austrian sergent on borrdlier was
killed. At daylight the -French men -iambs
in the 'harbor opened Ere uron
compelling them to take:erne in the upper
-part of the towde The last accounts -Metal"
that the filibuster:esti!! held the tom Tke-
deaths reported on Jettelraiiii are dirty -one.
It is stater! ibat the filinusters are commanded
by Oen. Reed. Genii-Ira-1,1°rd, hos matted
from Brownsville for the scene of action.
f he last occount tap that 1,200 Imperialists
have -left Matomems to • attack the filibustere.
_
HEA.L111 J8 STNENG111.-.-.TO prevent -or toe-
cipinuueeimnrisliojeslecrivaaimeisfersrivneiliolfhasylliesumaaregriindealeurean4 cougth710111thilfrisols "
colds tickling_ in, the throat and indium y
complaints as war and pestilence will do,
stroy. SZvere coalds if aot .attended to
iooner or later lea& to %Curable .
lion, and the strength of the strongest sem
fails if neglected. liNt readiest and ?kit
means known for the cure of these
is pBryan's Pulmome Waferen
been throughly tried for the last twenty/eau
and have never been known to Wt. ague,
and public speakers will also *Urns great
benefit from the use of them. Sold by all -
medicine &gem, st 25cte. per bo4.
.A WOULD IN Taoretx.-The world is .1s.
trouble, nations are cenvulsedi thralls* Ira
trembling ; governments, -ore egitaieth
pe.onle are excited, and the whole soeiair
organization of civilization a. to lea
sensitively influenced by something prima*
100 ot a great charge novr for 118“0111114
ness there as nothieg like the, 4-0assidiela
Pain -Detittoyerl't idiels also cares Aseemee-
iisi.n, neuralgia, tie dolma's, cramps aelk
plans in the stannic . , nice 25 testi ,
par Bottle, Sold by Medicine -Dealers -
TIM MARKETS.
6•6•61.
frOpErdetti Jan. 1866.
3pring 1:00 OA.
Fall do -- 027
112T
-Oats - 1110
14*
FLOM'
666666..
'Barley _ - 41:41)
Peas *4* Ot4"... **tar* 6,1374
4hots
Port .. 6.-6, 66. as A* 66'66 A:61)
Beefy -04 -1 SP ..1.-0-s• 6:00
4
I Wes {green) a 5; V*
better 11;15 lklfl
Potatoes 0.120 0.26
Mood.= it75
:hay -new ton 7.1.09 _ase
o:o *On
Tao A.
ls will% that
- the summer to comp
The secretal or the
patty has written*
which. is full -of
The anengervents.
complete; several.
or the =term- portion
ed ;and the Great,
tared to go le sea in
purpose_ of laying an
ot reigns The
cable laid hat y
cable &ewe, thm
second meats .of camel
miles of submerged
lams, ;slimed lobe
There ia thuTiv ap
whieh give saisfaceor3
tbe huoys at the end ha
fins will prore of Hula
forgramding hail
mations, so that a,
any time sail to withal
ken cable,. All this is
success of The etnerprie
'sal importance ; and fie
whodo not wish that
saxeoesly pasted on tio
reesnaled for their toil
laid -down during the
psediarn ef comma -Woo
-and Nei- World.
-
Soapy Sam. -The
has xeceived the audit
° 'Soapy Salmi.: It is is
ahop was travelling em
eisnrch congress at ki
was siting opposite to,
flattering terms tm daft 4
Kif the great Azieican
ous that she was
sir' elm ask o pet
Sansl4 4Well, wrgams,
'suppose- it is became d
hot -water, and has nu
with elean hands.
Accidentaliy Cornet
. pirattng wo*, which L
-alto poem, hot
IP*211 inealechMy
hits the truth, though I
called *happy accident
heard Slipper the nth.
great fault. he had.to
of the present day w.vs el
tbemeelves Seli‘
halm' By _Jere he
era* Immetsts
this Curious and batim
inentiotted au illustration
ne it sometime
faMillis that come
Mr- Meadows= A China
was much annoyed by ai
lie, ised every eadeavor!
way?; first by zooral
by physical ones,. All
proved unsvailing, mei
=
• measure was
Oa the ocoostos ot
home late one night 60..
him tied hands and feet, I
conveyed to the hank 40
lee &tar, itei
wit will,
The body wee
ded
froel
taken of Ito IllatIn;
the ease were viewed
Ordinary murder is
severely.
iivAitheOrtivoderi. est,. It% Ito!
Huron and Bniee, D
14lledaulistnhteasire:ofyitis:Ishes7laieLAILL
Nets itlatert4
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MENDERS be
DAY, the TW
next,by hyyllnenttitis
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slim; S k and
▪ parcel- 41;f
and lies in the
workings.
)
ladies Departtnent,
Ottawa, 25th .1
_ hiatus mit isol
111-1111 _creditors of
edto meet at
eaughey,
Tuesday, the I
one of the
receiving la PA. ,
naming se
issignment ander
Domiciled at
lst ail of December
f",
S. O. irtneAtnallEr
Ater
QTRLYBD from
senler, lot SD
about the utiale
tient'''. nets At.
Came kite the
the last of Oet., two
°thee grey, apparently
'The owner it requested
iaLy Amapa awl take
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