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Semi-Weekly Signal, 1865-04-14, Page 2* .111:LE SEMIWEEKLY SIGNAL.. • ton 'gnat, "GODERIGIL C. W., ▪ ---APRIL I8d5. TILE st TIMES. . A veteran press Men Once said that one of the duties of an editor is to write upon , any au. bject *lack* 4)ring thegeneral topic ofconTersation in Ms locality.. We believe the geneeman was -right,. and that it is impossible ,for a secular newspaper- to fulfil its mission as A mirror of the tunes -- without ralecting that. Which affects' the material interests -of society. This 'duty LI pleasant or painful to the earnest, can- . did editor, Just RS the subjects =pressing upon his attention may be tt grase or gay, lively of severe," In all conscience, a luird-„tinier topic _.affords but little margin for liveliness or gayety. -A man having heavy notes_to meet is a!or to the strains of sweetest muSie regardless, often-, orthe little 4oliouoies. of social life, and. conscious only "or ti tertibIe struggle against the current which pre.sses- hint '-downwards - with velizment force, and as many or our readers are in this position, we: feet that it willbe alniost impossible for us to write. them into confident juyonsness.- .The tinies are most, aWfully hard in these_ counties, at they are throughout Vie Prov- ince generally. Many or our most enter- , prising :Merchants and traders have gone vuder *alreatiy, and numbers -of those left. hirdly_know how to turn themselves tinder_ - - • - - ' :Of pre:Ware caused by the scertity of aoney,.which is increased to an appreci- able extent by the retrenching pOlicy of the Banks, which po:itively refuse to dis- count even the best paper -hotel -keepers, small traders' and even mechanics, _ire taking advantage of the InsolvencyAct Or levanting;very foolishly, in our opinion, to the regionSbeyond_77trade it stagnant -enterprise.* come. to a dead-link- ancli, in _short, the country seems to be :going to Jericho just .abotit as fast- as hard times can propel it. We _foresaw: thb" deplorable state of affairs months .ego. . The. short crop of last year .could .-not -possibly pay off - the heavy interest die upon Mortgagee and shire -keepers! bills and the consequence is- that all - our busmenik mewilt-be mquired to solve fotIthemselves the problem : of how to tide refer three or four motiths=between Merck. and August --without .the means necessity - for. that purpose. It. is coinuaratively- useless to push debtors.. The only thing that can be done is to poetess our souls In Patience and priy that a kind Provi- deoce.maybless and reward the labors of the' Agriculturist Bt oko- way, we ob- acne that some horresponden.t _ takes the treubte-to writetothe Hamilton Times about the dullness of tittles in Gotlerich.- WeaCknowledge to the dullness, but we - would' ask...those' cities - or -towns of the Province whiCk=are without' suffering in _ thin. respect to cast the first. stone it us in one financial troubles. - Is Hamilton_ in a position to tingle outany localitybs_being very dull, friend- riniee ? How about that city' debt, an4. heavytaxation; conse- quent* ofhopee crushed. out _by the ` But, after all, we must not give way to despondency. Oar merchants generally will, we trust, weather the storm by care- ful management, and certainty never, per- haps, dict a Spring open, up with a better respect for ; a full crop ia the 'coming harvest. - -The fields of fall wheat, on the whole, promise" gookir, and. the delightful -sowing weather is ,enco_araging our farm- ers to puta..gre iter breadth than- usual under erop.: Under ,fair average circum stances_ we may confidently. depend on a better yield in all branches of Agriculture than for years back, mid -1 certain indica- tions: point to an advance_ in- the prices of breadstnfEs. . It the year's- labors are thus crowned, it may not lead to sudden pros- locriti, but it will- inevitably ibring About *healthier state Of trade - and a greater abundance of money, ancl itis to be hoped that ere the return of a New Year; many a Dun will be enabl^dto breathe easy who is now tormented in the devising of waya and means. Let us not despair -after • a scorn of suffering we haverrecineitly, in •ihe order of human events, t• return- of prosperity.' When things are at their -worst, a- change for the • bettor is to be ex - pedal: -14t every 'man in his peculiar sphere endeavor to labor for the general good, at well an for his individual ad- waueemant,-remeinbering that the inter- ests of soeietyi although diversified; are yet so &owlishly interwoven that benefits -So be resily`SUC12 MUSE' be retipiocal-and let weedy to improve upon the exneti- - . ISOM whichnow cause so much angiety MA sneering. Good will ,grow out or these hard timet Men will discover that $ cask basis is the only healthy one for all bulimia transactions, and they will•eager- iy--strivo to 'introduce anti adhere to a aptswi whiale would prev, of incalculable advantap to all parties.. And then, too, wo &old alt be taught a lesson in -mono- 'sty. ' Wei have, as' a :people, epeculated loo'rOslily,•livod.toofast, consuming more than we hare prodused, saA * "the belief - dust Miming," we will zanily try iso turn etet s now le4 and profit by that =pe- lisse 'tisk it said to knelt this over- eating:. It Ott meantime's- the watch - wart irate next Syr monati should bo, rdimetes,anrifanest and.hge 811,41'holEineardino Review says that Mt& 3. Menke& otthat plame was bitten by a sot pap co t ith last, $411;. ---County reader* will find- Mr. John Maginsuirnity_ of the New York Esson'sIiisuratice card in another column.' ,6 6 Herald.17' _ - " sir g10,3 Skitntuings- gives 'notice of . • - ,• . The New York Ifralcl. his mounted a • . . . the . . . new hobby, and is now. willing to:_extend re-ePenieg.of her • admirable. private- school- for Children.. -_ the riglit hand Of fellow -Ali to England -- and France: - Tire-Iferakt discourses thus - , Ettosv,-Daring the past -few- d_ays, we swcctly- - •. "General Lee has. surrendered.. that have had a sue -cession of cold winds ae- 'coMpanied bfpretty.severe frosts at night!. is- the news of of the hour -the . supreme news of our century; and we have now. e Dar To -morrow :being flood ivitlaYi moment to think. anxiously _mid calmly on az generel _fioliday,.. we issue the ....the duties devolved upon us by the terini- Teekly.liSienat twenty-four hours in ad, nation of the rebellion. It is not only the privilege but the duty Of victors to be - Vat* Of the usual time of publication. " - %generonsras by such a course -fresh laurels stir Nya,wetild direct the attention c of are added to their fame and their iticee. all 'per.Cons .:iintereathd, to the: educational :deticy is inore firmly .estafilished.. powerful people,. who have so gloriously advertisinent of Mr. John Nairn, whose - t attOSLOU a. strength more than '-adeqnate long exPerieriee- will. be ef; great service t4,3for every. need, - can well afford to treat , . those patronizing him.. • - their Vanquished doinestia -enemies with - - the .,!spleticlicl leniency exhibited in the Wits4 LABOR CAN. HO. -The Magnifi- terns of surrender proposed by Gen.. Grant cent. field. of fall .wheat ',owned by Mr. *.and eceepted by Gen-- Lee; While regarding Seenanillat on the Huron Road near withisilent derision or tgnering altogether the oiled effort and hopes.1 of a -them .Goderich is 'utak-specimen of the results - foreign foes. Our great popular, struggle, ROW virtually closed; finds us -with. Vast iaterests in both sections. or our re -united country demanding .prompt -attention; but -with no revenges to be gratified,: -nor any inclination to squander time in the costly- . • luxury -of obtaining retribution for bygone injuries: Over the errors. of the. South let a• veil be damn .fareeerovhile-for the .wrongs inflictA on us during ihe past four pay. • years by - the. Governments of France - England, we can hest Obtain satisfaction by showing. to the oppressed- populatien.S. of those - countries how superbly contemptti, -ous or foreign -' interference -how grandly magnanimous to the n4sled and -chastened -cbildren-ofeur own-hoeseheld-theruling- deniobracy of this continent can prove in their hour of triumph. It is by an ex- ample of the. ever increasing,: prosperity • d grandeur of our re -united country, acting on the -aspirations, necessitiits and impulses of the -French and English massesti -that the nowise and unjust policy of their respective.7Govepments in favor of the: now almost 'extinguished ." confederacy." eat" be most ---effectually ptinished--;-' these Governments, in their blind. hatred and jealousy of our free _ democratic' Spat:et-tit -having established a presedent in granting belligerent -•, rights to -rebelliousStates illicit mist hereafter, and before long prove fatal to their *twin existence. They, *surely,- of all others -only '',1existing.'Lly legititnacy . and divine right -should - be the last to recognize and abet any insur- rection ageinikorganized national authori- ty; • least of all, an -insurrection a...abode Government so absolutely free :end equal to all sections :and . classes as was, was, and shall hereafter be, one own. If; .for :alleged wrongsofaiiiicipatian or friv- olous' theories of pride, -Certain...States-of bur Union were justifiedinrebelling sgainst a Government ander Which all had equalright andii . protectonther 'aetten receiving the -approval of the French Emperor' and the active' sympathy.: or the 'British aristocracy -how .will the account ▪ stand when When -the'.-oppreseed 'French, and British populations rise up against the intolerablb politieal OppreasiOns- and physi- cal privations under Which they now - - groan, -and from which their only present hope of escape is . by emigration to this generous land? * of good manure and thorou.li cultivation. It is really the:best looking field we have seen about: here fpr years, and under .favorable eircumstancesr _must yield a rich return for the money Spent. upen-it.___If . • • - _ . every farmer had twenty acres promising at well, we might eapeciia speedy return. ofgood-times. Farming can be made to -Coal 011 in Bence; We are • informed that a company his been formed for the purpose of boring for Petrcileunt at. Kincardine with a fair pros- pect of success. Is there so little energy and enterprise in Goderich that the pre - elects fluid is to be, sought for all around us without an effort Wilg made -here to sink a well, when there is such a fine pros- pect of an abundant reward? Cukumits' Joutts-xf. -Ibr April has been sent to us by Mr. MoOrhouse. The contents are as varied and interesting as ever.- It 14 a Magazine that we cordially recommend to every general reader. JEFF. DAVIS CAPTURED : News was sent to Buffalo yesterday, it is said, by telegraph or Otherwise, that Jet. Davis had been captured in the streets of Goderich, and --Was held sabject to dem#nd for his . extradition by the 11.• S. _Government. The news created quite a sensation and we should not be surprised to see it in to -night's 'Expios. The report was correct in one sense, but it will be seen by reference to our police report that it was not the President of the c.S. ....w. , To the Ed or ot the Huron signal.. . Slit, In your issue of the 30th March I notice ail article entitled Dunkin's Bill, saying that Dan, Sleban.had been fined the sum of 440.00d- No doubt the writer -thins it. • _ khe • hurtingoine one's feelings in his miserable 1 attempt o be seurrilous ; r can call it eothin-g else, an such a small attempt at sarcasm shows the dirty scource -from whiah they emanate, I dare say the gentleman whom he alludes to as Dan Sleben can shod as clean . , ._ skirts as the writer of ;the artiele. • -He goil on in a small way to tell how Proctor's prose- , cution failed, and he is not over nice in- stick. lag to the trt,t,h,- and why-..--slieuld he, the gentleman excuse me for tallies out of . In name that can . exalt 'over poor Dan Eeing - .- -, fined - $40.40, - why -should he stick_ to the truth in bemoaning the failure of Proctor's _ . prosecution.- Ile states. that some of the witnesses drank something bearing the name Of coal nil, nOw I dare -say, that no Other - individual but the writer heard any such - testimony ., giien ..in Proctor's ease. In all likeiihoodthe evidence is still to . thedfore to speak- fcre' itself. He also _questions the veracity,of the witnesses. No A", :some of --the Magistrates who sat on these cases are per- sonally acquainted with, I think; all of the witnesses, -who. were examined, and I have no -hesitation in referring to. those gentleman tor the character of the_ witnesses; they are neither bar -room loafers- or Men that w_ou1,1 be likely _ to value their word lightly,' or would sit down "quietly and allow that very gentlemanly writer to amuse- himself and his friends, if he has, got any, With hint; and doubts as to- tLeir veracity.--;- Now, if the writer of that article would put- himself- to the trtiuble of looking over the evidence given in Proctor's case, he will see he has done them a gross injustice, and, perhaps it will be of some service -to him in the future - if he should ever wish to see his 'admirable . com- position; again ir• print. . • _ I REAI POETRY -The'followine "Owed to Lake H rin " is worth preserving; - "Green re thy waters, green as bottle-glass- Beho 'em stretcht thar 1 Fine ma kalonges and big black bass . ,. - Is oftfn ketehlier ed f. • , .. - . 6 Thar the Red- Loin once took his delights, Fisht, fit and Wed, - Now, most of the inhabitants is white, - And nary red -17 - POLICE COUR,T.-On Tuesday last a person rejoicing -in the bona fule name sof Jeff. Davis was, with a boon companion, brought up before his Worship the Mayor on a charge ofbeing drunk and disorderly. Jeff. although be hailed from a locality in which Datikin's Bill obtains, was found guilty .* His Worship, in consideration of this beirg the first offense, only -fined the couple SI.00 and costs, and asked Jeff, if be would promise not to come before him again, AO which that worthy responded, "1 didn't want to appear before you now -he -he -be." - large building fornierly Wallace's -.wholesale ,,criocery.atore, north west corner of Pearl and Cary streets. • ,Several jiiindred teldiers and citizens gathered in froh; of theliudding, and contrived to save much of the liquor itt pitch- ers, bottles and bashis. The liquor was not plow in Manifesting itielf. The, crowd be a mob, And began to howl. Soon oth-, er cro-wils had collected --in front of Other Government .ware -houses. Some attempts Were Made to distribute -supplies, _be., so fren.. zied had the mob becoine-,that the Otfieers in charge in many - cases had to flee for _their lives. All through the nighrcrowds of men, women and children -traversed the streets, rushing from one storehonse to :another, load in themselves' with all kinds of sUiplies to be pfrowii away- immediately on. so met hi ng more tempting offering itself.. Men ceuld be met rolling hogsheads of bacon, Molasses, sugar, barrels oTI1qur, bushels_ of- tea and, coffee; others had wheelbarrow's loaded with all manner Of goods, while others again had gone into -the plundpring, business -in a large way, and were operating with 6:kg's, furniture waggons and drays. This -work went on fast and furious antil atter midnight, about which time.- large numbers of straggling Confede- rate soldiers made their appearance on the streets; and immediately set about robbing the -principal Stores - an Main street1 be- sceneethat then follhiied- have already been described. • There wasa rigida: sack. - Tile satirise To FIRE THE CITY. About one &chick .Monday- morning the Mayor received.poSitive lamination that an order:had been issued -from Eivell's headquar- ters to fire the four principal tobacco .ware - bowies of the eity,.- namely: Pubiic Ware- house, situated at the head of the basin, near the Petersburg Railroad depot; Shocko.e Warehouse, -situated Hear; the centre of the city, -Side by side with the far-famed Gallego flour- ;. Mayo's warehouse,- at the south- ernextremity of •Fonrteeeth street, and on the hither end .Of Mapes bridge; and Dib- rell's wareliCUSe., Ott Cary street, .between l'wenty•Srst atm -Twenty-second streets, and-, a Sqintrabelow .the Libby prison:. Itnowing. thitltheburning Of these immense buildings. situated as they were, involved the 'destruc- tion of at least .the ktiSinella 'portion of the city, the Mayer forthwi;h despatched a; cent- mittee of. gentlemen to remonstrate with the 'Confederate authorities against the execution ot such wanton vandalism: The committee, consiating.of Mr.;_Janies A. Scott aid others, were referred to MajorMelton; one of a large number of Adjutant and Inspector generals who bang -itieund the 'War Department, to whom; it appeared; had been entrusted •the Mirk of the Incendiary: Melton. *Gehl hear nothing on the subject, and characterized the statement tutu burning the warehouses- would' 'destroy. the 7 city as "a cowardly pretexton the part Of the oitians, -trumped up to en.. deavour' to save their Property- (or -the Yan- kees." - There was nothing left for the citi- zr.s but to sulenit... -Reinstance Was thought of, butthe Confederate authorities.- guarded agailisI such an event by holding in the city, to execute their 'barborous work, two -large battalions of Southern troops, every man of, wheel hated Virginia and Virginians, and longed for nothing- more than to see thelast h°148ein .Ltit-critoYearrnusinC..0;VED -S AT EL. _ Twe'divisionsKetshaw's.ond Cusiii Lee's • -with several tight 'batteries were. holding the Heel below the City. Gradually, during the night, -these-troops were Withdrawn by brigades. - The first movements were orderly enough, hattoveards Morning the retreat be- came a Wild flight,' It was one of the gha.st- Rest sights Of this- awful night to -see long • lines of men,- flitting liketinholy shades thro' ihe crowded streets, their forini made hideous '414 the glare of the-•:- incendiary fires that al- ready, began to glow... This train of .fugitives paired on unbroken up Main -street, down FoUrteentirstrect, Until -broad daylight broke upon thaseene. - Before the last passed nier. -ibe , bridge; it had- already been in lames inore than an hour. •.-1-Elba .ffeetecs itickinonet. - _ . - .(Piom the .1.Cchmonet Whig,'April 8.) • - . - - For a -month -past- the -Confederates have been evacuating the city with ail the speed - and means they could conintand- but some- how the people refused to believe that the removal meant, evacuatiorkc and all declated thatthe measures Were only precautionary - Matters went on in this manner until last San - day, the Confederates hurrying away every species of property, the people blindly refus in& to believe that the city was to be given up, !•and.Oliegilig., to their Confederate shin, piastersuaif they were things of .wOrth.:- Sunday morning: General Lee telegraphed to Davis, giving an account of the general _ at tack upon his lines, stating that the linea had been pierced ip many Pleas, and that unless he could reestablish them Itichidond must be given uptbatnight... His tont hvas, for the -first time-. since the war, despondent. -,, He .said.hiS'irien were not coming rU io their Werk, 'At eleven' o'clock thatimornieg he telegraphed that all effOrts tO establish his tines- had been utterlyuoseceeisful. I et Me- diately began! amnng. the officials in Rich - Mond a scurry and panic.Still the Majority of the people were in the dark!: and refusing to believe their eyes,. so'..receamed, initialof them; till eight. •Thegeld and silver coin .belonaine• to the Louisiana banks - And re ceiley appropriated by the Confederate- Con- gress, ins run- down to 'he Danvilletrain 111 hot haste. :e So also was. the specie. of the Richmond banks. Then the programme for thedepartureof the °Ili -dais was arranged.,-; A 'number of trains Were to leave during the evening; stilt there was not room for alt ivho thought it desirable to get. away. :Davis was to depart at area o'clock,in the evening. - Breckenridge elected elected to so Off ott_ horseback, with the last of the army,.. on. Monday Mein-, At the request of the Mayor,- 11; meeting of the Council was held On Sunday evening, at 4 o'clock, to consult ae-tetrhat was best to be done- under the circumstances. Governor Smith being invited to; attend this ' meeting, alinest Convinced the tioutieil that the Con_ federate arms had been at Peters. burg, and that Richmond -was not to be eat - used.' - He, however, managed ta:-beeome: better ieforined SIMS hours afterwards; and ritO-off on horseback some 6020 during the night. - The ':Council,. I her Mitch -di:ens- Sion, passed a resolution appointing content' tees -fereaCh of the three wards, who ihould; when the fact that the city wasabout to be 'abandoned should be ascertained, proceed to destroy alt the alcoholic liquors in their 're spective viardn, giving the,. council's LreCeiln for the same,- to be paid for hereafter. Ifie object of this step is.ohnons-to prevent dis- order arising from the intoxication of the „troops' of either army and of the evildisposed amcing the Citizens. The order Of the Coun- cil was only 'partially executed ; but there ft no doubt 'that much evil was - arrested. After dark the 'Council held itiotlier conference - and this time being auared by the Secretary of War that the -Confedeiate picket' Would be withdrawn- from the Richmond front at three o'clock on Monday morning, and that ft was calculated that the city weld be me- .11..Canne,r-the French billiard- player gated about night --it WAS 'determined that _who has lately arthreain Ye* York has been Committee of promidenteitizena should attend 'trivingenhibitidas of hi* ikiti, which oPPearo the Mayer with a -flag of truce to the internals- petlears"lathian DiSrlirip rolkundNae.whatTeorrak might hied over city to the General com- .diate line of fortifications, and thatthere be dish; to drow-tho ene*ball the entire iongth.Of minding the army Of the-Jaines. jidge Ly - die tableetai draw the bill Without its'coming ons; Judge Meredith and several membernof in oontnet-wah anothet-ball or with the. cash, Council attended Mayor.:. toast See ...among- the- comathaPkees or this N THE CITY DI7RUCI MONDAY. I professor,, which he ex,ecutes with the great- 11011411 est sus and certainty. But.. to carom one tritanr: one ball on the table Mather in the center of In the Meantime a Mturtailis had begun in the room On the -floor 14 more surprising-, yet the city. About dark the GoWitinent 'com- bo did- this mend tints,: to the wonder and ) militaries hawk the destruction offal -immense t' of of his audience, - . quantity. Of whiskey and brand4 stored in the • a street,. between 'Tomsk' and Fifth-. There must have been -many Casualties and perhaps some deathsfront thiir bbnibarttment which we have net heard of. Net iest than one - hundred 'thousand 'shells explodeskin the course ot (tree- or four hours; seititelag their fragments thiekly over acres ot the city. Many pieces, weighing teieyal. pounds each, fell in the Cepitol, square. . . : THE EFFECT.. Truly, the ways of Providence are inscruta- ble. This burningof'our goodly city would seem at first -glance an mininigated-ovil. But there is another view AO be taken - of it. It has had -one certain good effect. If there lingered in the hearts of any of our people one spark of affection for the Davis dynasty, this ruthless, useless, wanton handing over to the dames of their fair city, their .homes sled - alters, has extinguished it forever. The Pope in England. The Debats hasan article upontheRoman question by M. John Lemoinne, in which the water refers to the mrumour d intention of the It Pope to quit Roe and tak shelter in Eng- land, and to the annoyance which the mere announcement of this -determination cannot fail to cause amougtertaie French Catholics. M. Lemoinne considers ,auch annoyance - un- reasonable, and thinks that, if Pius IX. were really to seek refuge in a foreign country he could not.make A better elnaice. "Catholics," he adds, "appear to 114 to understand but badly the sertiment which eniinates England, if it be true that she has offered an eventual asylum to the -Pope. England cannot make -any ilia of the Pope, because she has no need of him. Her .offer is nothieg more than an stet of homage rendered to her owe instine tions. There -is not, in fact, a country in the world where the Catholic Chubb is. freer than . - . . . m Protestant England. It IS Mtlell more free than the National Church itself, which is the servant of the State; and which miserably de plores its dependence. But to whE t does the Catholic Church owe this independence ?- She owes it to the political institution, to the civil liberty of the country._ When England gives an asylum to: fallen dynasties it is not -' froni sympathy with the ini fortunes ti which she has contributed. When ' she receives Republic:an eiiles it is notfrom affinity with „ doctrines which are ccmpletely foreign to her In the santeimarin_er, if ' the Pope went:to England,- and if - he ,were welcomed there, as he doubtless would be,ii would not be because the- Eaglish people had 'returned to Catholi Chien or to Popery, but because they feel a sort of ostentatious pride in eh -Owing that their*. as well sis every opinion. In the selection of be the equal Advantage of knowing hitn to be a neutral country .fer --the.! residence of the Catholics of all parts of the world there would psoolit,ica.1 liberties: eanT .she...1:ter every religion Pope there would,- therefore, be en advantage to the Pope himself; that of being free; to.the .rne Cat flnED.- , The troops detailed to fire the warehouses bivnuacked around the doomed' buildings,. -ready at it Moment's -notice to begin their -worivoUeidr but heroic they received their -order some amateur incendiaryfired a canal boat loaded with meat which Was 'vino in • the deck near Mayos bridge.- This was the first fire- in the city, -If we except the_ionfla- gration in the streets of 'all the papers, docie ments, Ac., of the first and iebond &kilter's offices which took place on Ninth street ear- ly Sunday night.- The boat_ we ..have just, mentioned fired- two others- which swung an der the bridge over the dock, and set it on fire; thereby nearlycutting-off the retreat of trite _or six thousand Confederates. About, this time the Confederate gunboat Patrick henry, lying lying in the river. off. Rocketti, was fired, and teen after the order was issued .to apply the touch 10 the Warehouse. The order was executed with alacrity; nor did the rut -Sans confine.. themselves to ,the building in question. Gettieg a taste ofincendierisrn, the congenial- work seemed to please them so- -much that they ran about setting fire to every .houie in the vicinity of the warehouses.. The incendiaries at Shockoe -fired every house -on ShOckoe-slap. including Mr. De Yen'. Ware house, where was storeda (Fatuity Of French tobacco. .1 -There was a guard of French- local troops Over this building,: but they were .driren off by the Confederates and ihreate ed with death if they attiaripted to extinguish the Haines. The torch was alsoapplied to alt the buildings recently in -Confederate occupation,' from ths Tredegat works on the -canal above .the city to the navy yard itt Recketti--et dice tanceof two seiles-including the lel:writer ies, artillery shops, aliens's; _Frauhlin paper mill,=.Peterstourg depot, Danville depot, alt the- commissary and quartermaster buildings. on and near Fourteenth street, Rahn' t foun- dry, and other buildings and localities Which we mitY have -teretofure mentioned. By seven o'clock a.m., pearly the whole Of the city with of Main -street, between Eighth and Fifteenth stride, and Twentieth and Twenty- third -streets, wai-one greet see of flame: !ART'S CAVALIti.- , - . It was part of the programme that Gary's cavalry mhoeld be the last Confederate troops teleeve the tines below Riehmond. . They were to cOme•etealthily, on the -city about daylight . and eiteh. up .41 straggles' and _citizens -that they could lay hold of Rad burry them off with the army. This part of the plan *as frustrated by -. the rapid advance of the. Union focal, ...Garypissed., up Main street not five :minutes -ahead. of the Union .coltenn,land so:far from dragging of others -he barely saved biinself. 'Mayo's bridge and the Danville depot were then alt- ablaze. Gary crossed the dock by the bridge at the sunthern 'terminus if Seventeenth street, and. then.set fire to the .structure. Two citizens; Wm. J. Brown and Robert Alicia, chanced to be: in the neighborhood, rushed so the bridge atictextingnisheitthe Salina before they had gained heaidWey. -- Whileso engaged they. were fired upon by Gary's - mini but fortimiely neither Of them 'wen:stets:1G Guy then skied away over Mayo'ihridge,,-which was burning from end M. end, and almost 011 the pole(of 'faint*. _ We hilia heard of no one being killed by. the s.hell explosions it the arsenal, but that :huedreds were mot slaughtered 'cad only be accoented for by the factthet the arsenal was under s' steep hill whichstoodbetween it and the, city on twO sides Idessrst.- Wm. &later ithd A. Judson Crane were struck and 'knock, ed demi by flying fragment , of shell -while standing in Mr. Boysterri poreh, -corner of Fointh and Cary sheets. Mr. Rofsterr was serer* injured -about- the - abdom n.- Mr. Crane received a confusion &bent the temphi. -A colored child, about 40111111 years of age, wee -knocked dab on Ur. Cranelot on Canal • 0:5s His Excellency the Governor General has appointed the Hon. T. Di:McGee to he the Canadian Commissioner to the Inter- national .Exhibition to be opened at Dublin in May next. Hewill_leave this -city during the week to -sail by the Moravian" front Portland on Saturday, returning in time ,for the summer session of 'Parliament. His Excellency. has also appointed the Rev. W. Agar AdamsonILD. D.; Chaplin and Librarian to the Legislative 'Council, and Mr. Thomas Devine, of the Crown Lands Department to be Honorary Commissioners. The collection of economic minerals had been already pack- ed, and will be forwarded to Portland on Monday.. Mr. Richardson of the Geological Surrey goes over as !ureter to superintend the unpacking and arrangement of the Canadian collection. -Gazette..- 1}:". Some of the New Brunswick Papers are disgusted .at Dr. Tupper for abandoning confederation, now that he sees it is unpopu- lar. The Halifax opposition papers call upon hint to resign, because it appears he declared some time ago, at Trairo,that he woutd- not held a -seat for an hour -in a government -that would fail to carry confederation, so. neces= arydid he consider the measure to be for the safety of the country. - _ -Jacob Silsein/a Consultation. Wycherley About his Wige/s Epitaph.' lier name was Sarahstrnply Sitifili;1 mid Jacob. as if the fact were a testimony to the niodest nature otthe trarted.'thereS°fleeafa--68hee9111131etrerringateianie,IiteiOlnoMpocket-laik'bu according to my reckonmg, we lolt three years or so from not keeping a check upon her birth -days. But put her down it OS ; she must have known her own age bet- ter than any one else? Mr. WycherIcy- wrote aged 03.' .4 Would -you say aged ?' asked Sehrtn•-li don't think the would have liked that. Say in her 6&hyear if you please. 0. Mr Wycherleywrote a& he was requested She was an excellent dui:4f Wyeberley, and made ham - better, I think, than any woman utthe country,' said Sel- wyn, with a pardonable feeling of pride. 41 don't think we can put that in her epitaph,' remarked Wycherley.- *Najperhaps not ; but it's a pity. It ought to go down, -as it might have stimulated other young women to have as much girl of thesm.1 said Selwyn, adding after* pause, 'She was good at spires-, and taught me to cypher when we were lirst married; but that can't go down either, • 1 suppose? he was a very tidy - woman, and wade others tidy; broke in a lot of OA servants, who :never had a kind wind- to say of her, 1 dire say; that canngo down I suppose?' • would be difficult to express answeied Wycherley. I Twirling and preserving alto Am* a great hand at both.' said Selwyn,. With an enquiring look: but receiving no encouragingresponse tuna lds amanuensis, he took anothershot. Always early With her chickens:old turkeys, and pretty nigh found hentelf in clothes. What do you say to that? That ought to go down' Wycherley replied: - Well 1 think all the good qualities-you'have enumerated, Selviyn, must be corn - prised in She was att excellent wife. -11' *Ahl that she was,' said the bereaved husband; *and it's hard she can't have it put stronger than that. She wnsaffection- ate, • Wycherley.* *I es, I'm sure .of that* *Sometimes rather too affectionate, and *bowed a little unnecessary auxiety_about me. 1 used to vex hersometims on pur- pose to try hertemper.' •And how.rlid you find it?' said Wycherley, slyly. - Well, ityaried-ssometimes -smooth enough ; at ;.others warm perhaps very warm; but, as her good qualities &nit beset out at length. I won't have her little -infirmities .advertiscd iu the'. churebyard,•- [Mark Lemon's • Love at List: TO:kciru1orjt issued-iNeit York, in behalf of the widows' and orpans of Federal 'sOldiers,.makei the-itartling statement, that h is estimated that there are over twenty- five thousand soldiers' widows in the city of New York" atone 1 : I • -. e:".. The Pittsburg Chroniele,In giving an' account of a concert inl that city, days :•"'" 6 6 While Mrs. -Spauldingwas playing one, of her beautiful harp selos,; boy in the gallery broke fourth in a series -I frantic yells, roll- ing over benches and cenducting himself in a! most disti•acted -manner. As soon is he *6ould be caught and calnied; it Appeared that his „terror tvas occasioned by a huge rat, whieli get out of its holds into the crowded gallery, and took shelter pp it leg of the bore trowsers." ._._.' EMPORTATIOR_OP 11°9,5E9.7 -The drain of horses from this section of the Province by American purchasers 'continues undiminished, fourteen havingleft this 'morning for the U. States, and an 'equal Or. greater number are started off ahnost every I day; As we learn from exchanges large numbers of horses -are also Crossing at different points. On the St. Lawrence; and agents seem to be scouring the,Province in all directions, making pur- chases. Fair prices are being paid by those parties, viithlittle bantering; those operating in this section represent that the animala are required for agricultural purposes and for the New York canals. -[IT. C. Paper. -- , A Nsw OIL COMPANT.-Application Will - be Made for a - charter incorporating' the "Victoria Rock Oil Company of Canada .West,l' with it not -0W capital of $1.000,000, in 200,000 $5 shares, for the purpose of opening up salt and petroleum- springs in the counties of Lanibtora and Kent, 0. W. It is comprissd . principally of gentlemen from .Pennsylvania, V. S.; the entire capital is said to be subscribed, and it is exPectil that the - whole will be actually . paid up before the charter is greeted. ' - ... . , , . BLED TO DEATH. -On Thursday noon last, the 30th ult., oyeung girtnamed Scott, aged about 15years, and living on King at., coin- meneed bleeding it the nose and mouth meat furiously* Medical Aid was suggested, but was decline& On the ensuing night and fol- lowing morning she stilt continued -tai bleed, and died.hi consequeuce, in Friday it 5 p,ui. 7-1Chathain Planet. _ - CI.= Federal shells -bad done but very -little damage in Petersburg, Mid the city is in a good state of preservation. The_Ge in Rich- mond proved to . be very :destructive, many_ buildings being destroyed. - -. - - - . ._ , The present eruption of Vesuvius induce. _ tourists to expose themselves to danger to gratify their curiosity. One Englishman has been bit on the heed by stalling stone, and a Frenchman had his arm broken by a rock - "u big' as lig pianamte"- he said --which the • angry volcano flung at him. - M. thilmieri, of the observatory -on the flank of Veteran, fears that the eruption Will increase And 'prove very serioui. , '-.. A Nair' mat ram Psisozakuit.-Cialignsal- Says that Dr. Deciasne, 'of Antwerprannounces that itch may be cued insitantanifouslyby simply applying, without rubbing, petroleum' to the parts affected. The en -mations of that oil are sufficient to disinfect .the .patieet's clothes and Di. Dwain adds that all others parasites. of tbe humen: body maybe destroyed immediately bythe allele means. , . . , - sWhy does father callmOther honey?' ask' 'ad a boy ef his older brother. - *Can't tell ' htept its because she lame ill largo comb, in her bend: .. i . - • '1 RE *SPRING SHOW AT STRATFORS.-1 he Beacon is pleased to state that in every res- pect the annual 'spring exhibition of Oa County of Perth Agricultural, Society, held in Stratford, on Thursday, was as- successful is could be desired. The day Was very fine,. and the roads, comparatively speaking.- in good order there wail consequently, a large turn out of farmers and exhibitors. - The fair in connection with the show was much letter than it has usually been. A number of cattle and a very large amount of horseflesh were disposed of at good figures. Some American horsebeyers were present purchasing fer- the army.- The Messrs; 011oarke and W. Belli of Lhaliespeare0and Mr. R. Jones, Of Logan, were the only nettle -dealers on the groued. Of conree, the stook offered' was Mostly of the lean kine," but the demand neverthe- less, Was geed, led the prices still better. -- We noticed a yoke of telerably good oxen for which $88 were refused, and .tows in ordinary condition brought prices from $20 to $35. The de:nand for horses was so great tbst many of tho best were bought up before they reached tbe market. Settees Dgirn.-A young man barely 21 yeareof age, who. came to this place from Canada a few weekseince„ to operate in oil territory, died on Sunday, the 27th alt , under the _following - singular circumstances. He was pasaiingthe evening with his customary associatedin s private room, and in course of the conve:sationvemarked tbet by the time he was forty years of age, he should.be worth it princely fortune, and should then_retire. One of his companions -suggested that be might not live to be forty years °rage. The Canadian replyed that they were not yet ready for -him- down there," pointing down- ward.. 801114 one asked him for one of •his best songs, and he -complied, beginning with the words. "I've come home t� die, moth. er ; come home to die." Scarcely had he completed the sentence, when his head 'tell upon his breast, and he became inotionleis and/rigid. His companions rushed to his side and sa1w that he was pulseless -Dead. The incident was related by the Rev, Mr. Stubbs, in his Inorning discourse last Sabbath, With touchhig and appropriate application.- 7tuaVrUeReportiri (*..-• The Board ofEducation of Troy have made an addition to the number of school holidays -the first of May; devoted- by so many to, moving, being wide allay of rest 111 the public Se110018. A Grand old room, - Xrin illibiterttsemtnts. Court ,of. Revision* TEE Court of Revision and Appeal for the . JI• township of trawituoiab, will Ist held at the residence of John Tisdale, lot .27, con.41, on -Friday, the 12th day a menu X. ot.eAlop-erki: .1866.: • - 3t JAMES SCOTT, llth, wfl Towns_ hip Clerk, E. NOTIC . • • TEE Court of "Revision* for the Telma" of Ustorne, will meet in the 'rewash* Hall, on Tuesday, the 2nd of May, at 11 o'clock a. m„ Jew the hearinssofappeals against -assessment and arising theamessmesie Wheshall judge a man from` manners, • . Who shall know him by his dress? Paupers may be fit for -princes, Princes fit for something less. Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket, , • May heclothe the golden ore - Of the deepeat _thoughts andleelings- Satin vests could do no more. there are springs of crystal nectar, et Ever welling out of stone; . There are purple buds and golden, Hidden, crushed and overgrown, God, who -counts by souls, not dresses, . Loves and prospers you and me; While he values thrones the hizheat But al pebbles. in the sea. . - .Men, upraised above his fellows, -Oft forgets his fellows then; Masters, rulers, lords, remember . _ - That your meanest -hinds are men: Men by labor, nien by feeling„, Men by thought, and mea by fame _ Claiming equal right tociinshine, .Itt a mauss ennobling IlltMe. There are foam -embroidered 0e8111111, There are little 'weed -clad rills, There are feeble inch -high saplings, There are cedars on the bills God, who counts by stints; not stations, Loves and prospers you and me, For to him all ram distinctions . „ • Are as pebbles ,in the sea. Toiling hinds alone are builders Of a nation's wealthor fame, . Titled laziness is pensioned, Fed and fattened on the same • . By the sweat of others foreheads', . Living only to rejoices_ - While the poor man's outraged freedom Veinly lifted up its voice. Truth and justice are eternal, Bum withlovelinesisnd light, Secret wrongs shall never prosper, While thereis sunny right; God, whose world -heard voice is singing, - Boundless love to you and we, Sinks oppression with itstitles, As the pebbles in the sea. - NOT %drtrtitInstsli. British AmericanAssuranciCo. FIRE A, MARINE. JOHN ESSON Agent. Bayfield, C. Vt.„ April 16, 1065 w12 NOTICE. EDMOND. Township Clerk.- Usberrie, April /Oily, 1865. wilt& z NOTICE. „ Tilt:court of Revision for the Townslupof 1 McKillop will be held in liontoeverylt Inn, Seaforth, on Saturday, the 29th day oft April, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. W.Mi.itd . JA_SS .._ TilAawniNtiOpNa, eir4 Apri110, 1865. Revision Court. rr HE Court for Revising the Assessment of the Township of Tueliersmith for ilia present year, and for hearing anddetermininz appeals against the same will be held in Lorre Hetet, Yfllage of Senforth, on Friday the fifth day of May pest, at the hour of 12 o'clock noon - 7 f • . rp. Tuckersmith, Ilth April, -1865 vU 31 Fowiisbip of rey. COURT OF Ravimott., - - !VOTICE is hereby riveirthat the Municipal 13 Couneilof the Township of Grey will hold * Court of Revision in Zanies Tuck's Tavern, Townplot, an Monday tbe 15tit day of Ma* next, commencing at 10 of the clock, a. MI to revise the Assessment Roll of Township of Grey for the year 1885. Fatima:tem, Pinndkeepeni and Pesee Viewers will be appointed the same WK. GRANT, 4 Township Clerk. Ainlaysville, Apr0116,-1865- 12w31 f.1 BERsiCoirtheoi year 1865, ithilecoTamovrosepooliponor Yuesday,.the ninth day of NAY Boots at 10 o'clock, m the forenoon, in the 1101111 Hall cif solid Township. ?MUM WILSON, Towaship.Clert. Township Clerk's Office; I Hay, Ittli April, 18851 Municipal_Notice. rin Court of Revision for Revising the Assessment Rolls of the Township tif Stanley, will hold its first sitting in Tamer's Hotel, Varna; on. Monday the lith day of May.nents at 10 o'clock, a. in. JOHN ESSOli I-- squid fah April 1165TewashirZwel;trk. ER 11111101N084 Tam 1 cts. SoLL At the 'Signal/ Offlce 'A LARGE SUPPLY- OF Window Shades! CHEAP FOR CA= TTNESSNAUFFICE TOD WAST411. SCHOOL BOOKS A, sunemait AT REDUCED RATES. EIMCAT 11/tE.NAIRN, late Stipaintendeateithslionlii, LW intends having classes ria Goderich during the Summer months, oommeroing lit Ns* emit. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from one till fourVelock. there win.* a elasafor Fifth Book reading with questiona,rootsolapti. sikv, and English Griunsiar, Idistory.asography, and Arithmetic. This will be* rood clews for those who may wish 10 inall their •eduoatioa so tar, • On Wednesday and tilaturday, 111110 -60111 Ins . till four afternoon, there wilt be a otos for Latin, Books to be. used Arnold's rant Book, and Hark- ' nesst SeCop d Book; and from the pan to be follow* ed, it is believed that with enteleation, a good knowledge of the language may Unequaled IL Twenty four Lessons. Tsnats.-4ror the Engtashexeraises;Turis Doi; tars a month, and lor the liana XhreiliDIP141111, month -to be paid in advance. Trafalgar Street. Street. • thrill v. - mamma ACT OF UGC - In the miter .4TO8EPII .COPE-, LAND, of the Towiship of Itoackk,, titRinEwier e dv e t if the insolvent are notified 1. Olathe has made Jin assignment of low estate and effects' under the above Act, the undersignedassignee, and requiredno furnish toe within two mon specil atsthe ofbbrutf:tientatpolle. aedtrteand,hili:arder4sdaraueftntonefeuyirighistatthaitkolmisi7iri.griisturtlitineY41.116111111'factal- • ROBERT LEECH. Township tit Hetrick, Gerrie p. W,this 10th -day of April, 1865. wIl St Insolvent- Act of1804s- In the mato. of (hove Craig, a* Jo� vent. lrHE creditors of'the insolvent am I . that he has nada se assignment of Ms imitate aud effects under the shove Mt to otio the undersigned assignee, and they erejts• .quired tofurnish ale within two 111011d1S ASIR this date with their claim specifyiag iks security they hold, irony, and tise Tales arks sod ifnone stating the faet,tbealUI U under oath with the vouchers In napped - such -claims: metwor... Soathanipton, .6 April, 1865. a X A 1 sz.ERpr's Lug! pi,' Lain* To Witt Fier" AMA Vaned COUntiell'air video of a Writ Huron and Bruce, Al VeedltiOoll Asilloareml out of tier liiiiiistyfs Comte, gamea andtomedirectedsgaiiistilielmidsaad of AlesaseUr Trayeor, at 4he salti of Reid,_ James Boswell 8terell4011 sad bald Cook Staleedand, I have attisol-saii haw:motion all the vigiot, eand defeeesatan negate Let Rambo in -the Second litany and let Itostpia amid noneessiop, Soith tithe Derballlt Si:ma'am* Los Nenibers Thartiolas and !nay hs the third Beam, -oath of the Unions Bowl, au to tks Tismaip. ef anal ni e Gsty or Ium empugAbou11 sierigieseineacaereSolpt 110.4.911:06vaildi ,Ilbalearu:Gotattkeetrorl 1"filitovra_f°r°gisrlikle:aursebastlingekortbff".18:4 IsedabssiyaTilj:th.Psestimmareboteeit74"1:6:605.:De.4iniablifati:esi:;,4"""alerAlliika 16"1"reD°21. Thomas is roliposoid tig Timalay. The above sale is forimar ,yottpoactli IIIL l'nemity,stlie 1,1th ley_of Arg - 1[At wumsherivi9g Frxity.the 2Ist day of April instant. Tbeilitaer:abovelia:selt865.28;is 11: postpeasdingita '