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Semi-Weekly Signal, 1865-04-21, Page 26 TILE EMI -WEEKLY SIGNAL.. uton ignat GODERICH. Vio APRIL 21, 180.5 OIL, EXCITEMENT IN GOD.- ERICH !. STRONG INDIcATIONsO PETROLEUM IMEXT :rtXPLORATIONS. .Tendersfor Boringa Well. -asked for. - -Onr people are -Considerably excited just now about Coal Oil discoveries._ Yes- terday, the current of events flowed along -• quietly enough, but to -day the Subject of Petroleum is in everybody's mouth,,- lEiodding mechanics have gone six or seven hundred feet deep in Geological studies, - grave lawyers talk about the subscribing of stock in the Company to be formed,:- teamsters:rejoice in the ;:prospect of team- ing untold numbers ofbarrels of•thecrude stufftk the harbor -or Station, -merchants -and tepdesmen calculate upon the great inffui ofpopulation an& capita i that such. a discovery must bring about-anck in .shorte one can almost sniff Petroleum already upon the passing breeze. _Great diecoveries burst upon communities in day, and should a mine of inexhaustible wealth be atm*at our -very doors we should rot be surprised in the least. It is occurring in some locality or other near- ly every day.- • _ • . A party of our most intelligent -citizens • • went out on Wednesday last on a pros- pecting tour, the result of which inaY be -found in the intense exeitenient created In town ,and the advertisement callrug for tenders for boring a suitable test -well, which appears in another portion of to• dalsPaper. Our well-known townsman, Mr. Crabh„._ is one of the _most energetic and enterprising. citizens -of Goderich, and. we, feel certain that he is too shrewd te caII fortenders blindfold and too persever- . Ing to give up an enterprise of so' much substantialprotnis* if he once takes it. in hand. - • - All we areat liberty to state with ref- erence to the discoveries is that the party - found an abundance of the • peculiar' dark colored rock so confidently relied upon as ;holding indications of oil by persons of experience in such matters.. , It will be remembered 'that 'f3Ir.Wni • Gunn, ofInverhuron,stated very:distinctly some months aeo,tbal he had found coal 'ion in the quarry belonging to Mr. Sheriff I'd'Donald Should Present expectations be realized, that gentleman's property will lee very greatly enhanced in value. At this early stage of the proceedings it is for us to descant upon the great . advantages. which • Goderich would derive fromthe sneeesstui establishment.- of oil wells. Being within half n- mile of a geed harbor on one hand, and a railway station on the other, 4tbe - location would . aferd- manufacturers facilities unsurpassed lathe Provinie. It will be a day of re- joicing for us when Crabb "strikes ile PRESIDENT LINCOL*,S Frs. NERAL. ALL that remained mortal of theAate President Lincoln was removed from Washington on Wednesday last. —The suddenness of the awftil event and the respect that was felt for • Mie Lincoln throughout the Northern Statesrendered the day one of universal gloom and 'sorrow: No national event within the century has occurred of so much importance., or. which createirin the mind of every right-think- ing man feelini,Ps of such 'unmiseci horror. We have .bclieved that Mr: Lincoln was hurried into many acts .of unnecessary viplenoti by his red republican advisers, and We have all along contended that. if he had been left more to his own sense. of what was just and right' he might, and, judging from the tenor of some of -his most important Proclamations, would, haveiiireised a degree of liberality to- wards diet people of the South which must have gone • far towards mitigating the horrors of the civil war, if ifiliad oesirred at all, and the kind consideration shown by him for the noble -hearted Gen. Lee, in his fallen fortunes, was stifficient, to raise bins vastly in the estimation of the South- ern people; But he is stricken denim at a moment when his goodness of heart might haVi‘ sought out some means of tridgingtiver thatertible gulf caused by war betweenthe different sections of his suffering country. While the people of the North mourn the loss of a kind friend, , the South -laments- the departure of a prams enemy -7-a thing not always to be blind in, this world. We cantiot recall a singleworil uttered by President Linooln against this country; on the contrary, we - know that on several notable occa- sions. he corrected the . hasty and ill- considered acts -cf some of his fiery underlings, and did all in his kov_rerto keep up frieadly- relations with Britain, notwithstanding the fierce tirades ot American editors and orators; hence Canada,, without any sacrifice of dignity, ' bas cordially jeidfia her meed of sorrowful regret at the death of the President, and sympathy with those who, amidst funereal pomp and circamstanoe; bear_his body to its hst resting place. May his successor, . exercise as much- forbearanoe and con- esen-sense. lutelligenee - -.7.17411111.117411.17 GonitY.--The May number of this nuperbfashion book is before us. The liaise are elegantly engraved and colored; • sat tie fashions, domestic recipes, and sew departments are replete with matter iataestang to every lady of taste and telintineet,. fee talei by Mr. Moorheuse. EUROPEAN NEWS. ' which he spends all his leisure time, and more By the arrival of • the Persia on th Itoo, -perhaps,_ in twisting it into every fantail - e , Veal shape imaginab'e in order to see which 19th we learn that- Breadstuffs were dull way h will show to most advantage. Per - at Liverpool on the Sth. Mr. Cobden! haps he has not a wife to give him little was buried on the 7th. The proceedings ! sensible about it,-ut if I stood in had taken place on Canadian perences,,, I would help- him twit it ia a way he Wee:hint but nothing new was elicited. The I:on- it :lite:a-ether You served hien right' in re - were very impressiveA, A fresh" debate 1 that relation to him, wo 1 to the mustache I , like or better still have him dispense with don Times' throws cold water on: the fusing. t° Puhis letter, awrnd I hive Yon will do the sanie with all who ite in favor- . schenie. The pestilence at St. Petersburg of those de'testa e hir-sute appendares.I was tiaiiming most alarming proportions.. 'once read a piece of poetry in whiell ftnius- The -Beleian brincs -out news that war %ache was represented as being. the fruit of * brains which had run to seed. And when I has brokea out afresh in New Zealand, see one of these hair Drained fops with Whom British troops sufferinc severe loss. A our towns and villages abound. -1 -imagine 1- - isee written on his forehead in twee letters Statue of Mr. - Cobden is to be placed in Apartments to let -Inquire waken. the 31.taiseilles Museum, France. The(' difficulty between - the American minister and the Portuguese Government had been amicably settled. • - Retrenchment In Toronto. . _ Viewiug the matter in a spiritual light the simple wearing • or a "inusteche becomes a very serious thing you may perhars think this -is nonsense, hir. Editor, but I assure you I ani in earnest, for seated as we are in church (ihe ladies facing the gentlemen), we cannot help seeing them, and it is really amusing to watch the performances of those who have a The Toronto city. Council contemplates mustache or an apology for one: To see • - • • • • - them twisting and twirling -these articles, one a retredching policy for the current year, would think that the chief end of man was to which, it is believed, will affect a saving cultivate a mustache, is it any wonder that Of some. i56000. or $7000. IThe hardness with such scenes as these eonstantly enacted before our eyes, our minds should Wander of the ..times is the reason assigned for from the, sermon and, things divine to the such a.step, and we think All other cake adoraide youths before us. It would take- me and towns in the Province might pursue a similar policy with advantage. State 01 kr. Seward and His - Son. from now until -Dooms-day to write a full deseriptiOn of every mustache I see, for they are of colors, sizes and shapes, some have them HO long as to entirely cover the mouth. This kind is the only one of any use whatever, _ for you know smile men have ahabit of keep -in, their mbuths wide open for such this 0 style Of mustache is jusesuited. it will serve to prEvent- the _wantdestructions -of s • LINCOLN'S REMAINS TO - SPRINGFIELDon . e CONVEYANCE PRESIDENT Washin nem!, A pril 19. --Secretary Seward and Frederick- .eward continue. to improve _ War-Departnient; WashingtonApril 19, 1 - 7 p. m. -To Maj. Gen Dix -:-The errange- ments for coareporr the Vresident s remains to -Springfield; Illinois, have been changed this nioruing. They will go direct from Washington to Phladelphia, -Harrisburg, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and -thence to Spring- . - (Signed)- E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Wilkes Booth net Captured. _ The suppose& assassin Booth had not been captured up to the date of the latest telegrams from Washington. How he • contrives to elud.-ethe vigilepee of the detectives, stimulated by the offered re- ward of 630,0007_ is a mystery indeed. The Obsequies of the Murdered President. - DARE'S 110TET. GODERICH: April 19, 1865. " To the Editor ot the Huron. signal; DEAR Sire -:I have been Considerably sur- prised that your town authorities in common with every place _ of note in the Province, net adotit some means of expressing sympathy 'with the sorrOweling people of the United States, a _they bore away from the Eisecutive Mansion at Washington, in fun- ereal.sadnees, the mangled remains_ of their murdered President. It was decided -that the funerat. obsequies should.- take place between neon and 2 o'clock, p. m., on -Wed- nesday the 18tleand you will observe from the daily papers that the business men of nearly every city and town in the Province determined to close their respective estate lishments during those hours.- However mach_ some au may differ from. the policy of the U. S. Government, I think such an act bye'? means displays a cringing spirit, on the contrary it teaches our-neighliors that we - can heartily sympathise with thecn. in the terrible calamity that Utiles pleased. an all - wise Provideece to permit, and has a direct tendency to allay the feelings of bitterne that May have- existed unjustly towards us who have so strictly observed our neutrality during -this dreadful strife. I kiwi, air, that your tsympethies for the South heve, been warm and outepoken, and I can, therefore, appreciate theshearty tribute you pay the late Abraham Lincoln -in a' recent article, but I doatill think that Gaderich, by her indiffer- ence, hasgivensome ground for the reproach that she is soinewha: out if the world. I -am no great stickler for:pomp ecd:pageaetry, but there are occasions when -international courtesy May be exercised with gracefulness and -dignity, and the funeral of the late President was one ot them-: Pernik me, in conclusion, to ask why your Mayor did not issue a proclamation requesting the store's to be -closed for an hour or :two int Wednesday .Yonrs respectfully,- . . A TRAVELLER. RC insects, who insearchof adventure, would seek .to explore the recessee of the vast open- ing before them, little thinking of the.. sad end that awaits theth, or that once in - is in -forever. Now; Mr. Editor, I do - not ' write this for the sake of seeing myself in printrfor . I do not think it worth printing, but merely to express my satisfaction with that ii Roor Young Man's " writing* and With • you for giving them publicity. There °ugh: t6 be an Act of Parliament passed prohibitingthe cultivation, ot such crops of capillary, to the serious detriment of the intellecteel organs. but so twig as men will remain blind to their own interests, we will have to wait patiently for the end, laughing in our sleeves at every new folly in that lime. I know you do not 1- like to receive anonymous letters, but I will brave your wrath this titue by witholding my name; ' if youare_vere anxious to knovrit I will Satisfy you at some future period. I will now make my best_ bow and retire. . -Yeurs respectfully, _ . . ANTKAPILlLARIST. * • Our correspondent being a lady, we e / cin hardly ieftise her, especially as she prom- ises to give her -name by and bye.-Ee.,SIG: IliitAttirs--It is to be regretted that Godekeli, through want of united- action On the- part of its inhabitants, did not join the other towns and cities of Canada in the act of courtesy spoken of by our -cor- respondent, but no blame caa attach to our worthy mayor in the premise& He could not very well issue a proclamation on his own responsibility, and no person made a Move towards presenting him with a requisition to that end. Had any such action been taken, we know for a certainty that every business man in town would have *implied with the request most heartily. The oversightmust be set down to nee„,Tigened, not want of good -will. -Ed. S. The Mustache question. - April -17th, 1865. MR. EDIT011,-1 • have lately noticed in your paper some pieces written by a person whe signs himself -"A Poor Young Man." - I admire his :style of writing very much, especially his huniorons descriptions of the -various - coloured- capillary ornaments, with which the young Men of the present day de light_ to adora their superior maxillary* fully agree with him in all be his written on the sithject, and so will erery sensible female -yet and male too, who has any regard for . - his personal appearance, -even that Bayfield correspondent, whose letter you refused to publish, even he muat admit (though he will not 49 so in public) that 11 13 the thth, noth- ing but the truth; and as you remarked. I have; no doubt but that he is the unfortithate owner of a "ginger -colored mustache Gen. _Lee In Richmond. - The Herald's Richmond despatch, of the 16th, says Gen, Lee arrived in that city at half past three p. in-., on the.. 15th. He and his staff were received with the greatest en- thusiasm by the populace, cheer upon cheer being given them -even Union officers rais- ing mew caps to hiin 1 rapidly acquired a_ good fund of information. New York, April -18.-It appears by an In .1828 Mr. Johnson was elected to his first 'oidefissued by Gen Sherman announcing to 'office as alderman of the viler. His satis- his army the buriender of Lee, that Sherman factory acquittal of himself in this office led has reached Smithfield, where- he dates the to his reelection in 1829,_and agaia in 1830. Order A._miLl2th. . * _ In the later, year he was elected- mayor, and - The World's Richmond dispatch says 1- heist that position for three years. In /1835 On Saturday evening. about 9 o'elock, Genhe was elected to the State Legislature. In Ord and Gen's Ould and Munford, rebel and the session of that year he took a bold stand federal Commissioners' of exchange, were agaiast the measure of internal government proposei by some members, on- the ground that it would entail upon the States a burden - Some debt; The mersure meeting the pop*, lar approval, in the election of the next year, 1837, %Ir. Johnson was defeated. - In 1839 he was again a candidate. His predictions _ .. in opposition to the iuternal improvement bills having been realized, be wee elected by a large majority. In 1840 he served as Presidential elector for the State at large on the democratic ticket. He canvassed a large portion of the State, meeting on the stump some of the leading Whig orators. In 1841 he was elected to the,Stote Senate. In 1843 he was e'ected to Congress, serving bysucces- sive reelections =tit 1853. During- his career in that Office he advocated the bill for refunding the fine imposed " upon General Jackson, at New Orleans, in 1815, the an- nexation of Texas, the tariff -Of 1846, the war measures of Mr. Polk's administration,. and a homestead bill. 11 853 he was elected Governpr of 'Antic -ogee after an exciting can. vase: ' He was re-elected in 1855 after another spirited contest. - At the expiration_ of his second period aa Governor, in 1857, he was elected to the Senate of the United States for the term ending March 3, 1865: He, however, never completed his -term, On March 4, 1862, he was Confirmed , by the Senate of the United States; Military Geeer- 'nor of Tennessee, withtherank of brigadier - general,' with. all the powers. duties and . 'functions pertaining to that office, during the pleasureofthe President, or until the loyal inhabitants of the State shou'A organize a civil government, in accordance" With the constitu- tion efthe United States. The designation of:General Johnson for the position was con sidered by everybody as 'eminently proper, both hi view ot his peculiar fitness for the office a d of his great popularity among all (op loyal ople, besides his devotion to his own Sta e, The Governor, by the acceptance of the .office; necessarily vacated his- position as Senator. - Mr. Johnson's admistration in Tenuesseee was very genendly approved, though it, had some enemies Under him, and with the eminence of the armies operating in Tennes- see, order was restored in many sections of theState, and most of the inhabitauts who remained loyal were protected. On_June 8, 1864, Mr. Johnson Was chosen by the National Republican Convention as the candidate of the party for the Vice . Presi- dency of the United State* In his letter of . • • accep.tauce, in the following month, his ex- pression of views were, in the main, in har, away With the settled opinions of a majority, of the thinking minds of the country. , THE NEW PREISIDIENT. SKETCH OF THE LIFE Arm StRVICES OF ANDREW JOHNSON, OF TEN- NESSEE. Andrew - Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, December. 29, 1808. When he had scarcely reachedihe age of four yearn he lost his father, who died from the effects of an- effort to save a friend from drowning. His mother was unable to afford her child any .educational - facilities whatever. He 'therefore never had the advantagesotattend- ing school. It is even said that during' his younger years he was air inmate of an Alms- house of Nuke county, North Carolina, where he remained until his tenth ear. At that age he Was apprenticed to a tailor ite. his native city. He thus labored for seven years. His lack of schooling, however, was in a great measure overcome by a strong desire to ac- quire knowledge,- and he spent much of his leisure time in educating himself. - An in- teresting anecdote is mentioned of his anxiety to learn to read. A .entleman of Raleigh SW in the habit of visiting the tailor's shop and reading while the apprentice and journey- men were at work. He read well, and gener- ally made his eelections from a volume; of speeches -of British statesmen. Young John. son listened with great delight, and his first ambition was to be able to read and compre- hend these speeches. He- at once procured an alphabet, and, without an instrector, attempted to learn to read. When at a loss to know *letter; he applied for assistance to the jo-urneymen with whom he Worked. After acquiring his letters, he asked- the owner for the loan of the book he bad se often heard read, and at night, after having finished his daily labor of 'ten or twelve hours, he spent two or three hours in study: In 1824 he com- pleted his apprenticeship- and removed to, Laurens Court House South Carclina, where he worked as a journeymen. While there fell in love with a --girl in the, neighborhood and courted her. Mr. Johnson tells the story himself. The young lady saw something more it him than her mother was Able to dis cern: She engaged herielf to him, provided he could get her mother's consent. Andy went one Sunday to speak to, the old lady-. -His heart faded him till tosvards night, when :he mustered up .courage, and popped the question to the mother. _He says she broke out on him in a most terrible tirade of abuse, and said: "You trifling worthless vagabond, do you suppose I am going to let-- my daughter marry. a wandering journeyman tailor? -I know what you want. You are too lazy to work, and you are after my- pro- perty.' The old woman led four children and three negroes. This was her -fortune. In utter despair, young Johnson returned to the village mortifiedaned crestfallen. ' In May, 1826, he returned to Raleigh, where he procured work, and remained until September. At this time he removed to the west taking with him his mother, who was 0 . entirely dependent upon him for support. He stopped at Geeenville„ Tennessee; and en- . gaged in work. „. Remaming there about a . - year, he married, and .sbon after went still further west. Failing to find e suitable place to settle, he returned to Greenville and commenced business:- At this time Mr. Johnson's education was limited to reading. Under the instructions of his wife he speedily, entered the higher branches. The only time he could devote to his studies was in the dead of night, but forgetting the fatigues of --his daily -work in his thira for knoWledge, he overcame all the weaknesses of nature, and sittingin J. W. Forney's room, Spotteswood Hotel? when a telegraph message was handed - in announcing. the President's assassination, Ould exclaimed -" That is the worst blow the Confederacy has yet had." . Baltimore, April 17. ----Charles C, Fulton of the American, has just arrived from Char- leston end Savannah. At the latter place he learned that on Monday the 10th inst., Jeffer- son Davis was at Macon, Georgia. At Havana he learned from a bank cifficer that Jefferson Davis had on deposit in one' Of the banks there $160,000 in gold. . Biresilone Attempted AsinassIna• - tion. •••••11,MIIIM - _ There are not wanting, in recent times, plenty of instances of attempts being "made to assassinate royal or other eminent political personages but they have almost invariably miscarried from one cause- or another. - Tbe attempts on the life of Napoleon are fresh in the public recollections; but though they have beeu more than once repeated, the Em- peror of the French still lives. We are many of 'us old enough to remember the 'plot of Fiesehi to murder Louis Phillips ;.and to recall the days when the Duke of Wellinolon found Welling tori necessary to secure hie windows with thick iron shutiers. Not all the virtues of our own Queen and the love which is borne her bj, her subjectshaee protected her, at all tithes; from attempts upoir-her life. In 1840, a madman' shot at the Queen and the Princes Royal; and at another time, a captain of dragoons as- saulted Her Majesty by horse -whipping her. The successful attempt in recent times to assassinate a statesman is the case of Mr. Per. ceval, shot by Bellingham, in the lobby of the House of COMMUN. in 1811. Bellingham acted tro'ni it Once of Personal injury. A Russian merchant, he attributed his ruin te' Perceval and tookthismeans of revenge. At a still later date, within about twenty years, an attempt_ was made on the life Sir Robert reel; and the ball intended for him struck and kilted his private secretary, Mr. Drum- mond. In 1820 was -formed the Cato street consPiracy, with Thistlewood wits heed, for the purpose ofassassinating the whole British Cabinet, at a dinner to be giving at 'Lord Harrowby's house in -Grosvenor square. The conspiracy - Was denim -aced by Government spice and Thistlewood was executed far the crime. About twenty Tears before this 'a madman named Iladheld.fired front the pit of Drury Lane Theatre at George 111. in his box, and missing his aim was tried for treason but not convicted, on account of his irrespon- sible condition. He kept in Confinement for safety: That was the second attempt on the life of that King, Margaret Nicholson having, in 1786, attempted to stab His Maj- esty with a knife as he was alighting from hut Carriage near St: James's Palace. 1 he woman was treated as • maniac, and. confined iii Bethlehem hospital. , MAGNESIUM. WIRE Ar Tits GREAT PTRAMID. Professor C. Piazzi Smith, in writing from the " EaacTomb, Great Pyramid," Feb. 21, says ;--" 3 he magnesium wire light is some- thing astounding in its power of tightingdiffi- cult places. With any number of wax-csndles which we have yet taken into either the King's chamber or the grand gallery, the impression left on the mind_ is merely seeing - the candles and whatever is very close to them so that you hive small idea wheather you are in a palace or a cottage; but Isurn a triple atmnd of magnesium wire, and in a moment you -see the whole apartment and appreciate the grandeur elks size and the beauty of its proportions. This effect, , so eadmirably com- plete; too, as is is and perfect in its • way, pro- bably results from the extraordionrr intengq Of the light„,apart from its useful photogra- phic property.- for side by side with the mag- nesium light, the Wax -candle flame rooked not much bnghter thin the red granite of- the walk of the room. - Un March 4 last, Mr. Johnson was regn- larly inaugurated as second to the good man whose- death we lamect. Since Mr. Johnson's inductton into office as Vice President he has not been called upon to act in an official capacity, but a brief re- view of his career may enable as to draw some inference in regard to his fitness for the vast public duties about to devolve upon him. He was born and reared amid the lowest poverty. It is evident if he had been without natural abilities of the rarest quality he never would have risen, particularly so high, above his trade. His muter, though be failed to have bim taught even the rudiments of an English education, at least trained him up to love the truth, work hard, and be straightforward in his dealings with everj, one. By his own efforts -he taught himself little and marry- ing, after his apprenticeship was completed, a woman who koew something about books, he wu fairly started on the road to learning. Though Mr. Johnson is no scholar in the sense of books, his experience and observa- tion have taught him more valuable lessons -- a knowledge of man And strong common sense. His political bias- was in early years exceedingly democratic. Fromm_ to the breaking out of the present,rebellimr he was %hi -idol of the Southern democracy; and had he permitted himself to Boat upon the wave of secession and treason there is not a doubt but he would have been placed at the head of that revolutionary movemeut, the South- ern Confederacy: But his devotion to his country -his- whole country -impelled him to sever the bonds that connected him witha people whom he had for so long a Penod led and controlled, but who were snatched from his icfitience by the infamous crime oftreason. These people he cculd still have wielded could his potent voice have reached them; -but the monster of intolerenee closed her jaws upod him: He was not permitted in Middle and West Tennessee to addresi the people. Had he attempted it a mob 'mild have been ready, not ouly to stop voice, butte take hie - Too Well the leaders of rebellion in Tennessee- knew his power over the people; and they were conscious that if he were permitted to _make public speeches the people would rally round him -ghat he colds' preserve Tennessee from their fatal sway. He stoed firm, and jet stands firm, as a monument of loyalty and devotion to his country, while many of his contemporaneous political lights have been forever extinguish- ed and enshrouded in the perfidy of the cons- piracy against the life of the na.ion. Among bis old political friends he saw Ishani G. Harris, the late _Governor of Tennessee; A. 0. P. Nicholson, his colleaguein the United States Senate; Andrew Ewing; Laugdon C. Haynes, and a host of others fallen into the cecession pit. Of politicer opponents_ be saw E. H. Ewing, Henry the "Eagle Oratcr," his opponent the first time he was elected Governor of Tennessee. and who said, in the Bell and Everett Convention in Bain - more, that he wished he might be struck blind before he should. ever see the Union diselved ; and even Bell, whose wisdom had shone is it beacon light to the nation for more than a quarter of a century, cower before the monster secession. But he, amid all the wreck, stood firm, keeping the Union and the constitution of our fathers ever in view, and making them the polar star to which he steered amid the mighty . convulsions and upheevings which beset him on every side, and henow appears upon the world's great stage a,s a livingeritness that public virtue and unselfish patriotism are not extinct even in those States that have 'inaugurated this un- holy wee. While the names of many who formerly shone in the same sphere with him will be buried beneath a: mausoleum of in- famy, bis will shine like the 'bright star of the zooming, and be honored by generatioos yet unborn-. - • With efficient commellOrs, andacting upon the- profound sentiment of his inaugural, "The duties are mine; I will perform them, trusting in God," we have every right _to expect Mr. Johnson will fill the .unexpired term -of his lamented predecessor with honor to himself and glory to the nation. Relying upon this, upon the virtue of our armies and the devotion of the good people all over the North, there may be in, the terrible dispensa- tion so recently enacted; the finger of God pointing to unseen dangers, warning us by His terrible presence to ' beware of tbe areacherois hand -rendered powerless by the dominion of right, raised in the dark to avenge the humiliation of pride, _ and. prose- cute at our banks further infamy, villainy and treason. The National CalansitpmEilect ' of the News In Canada. There can be no better evidence of the high estimation in which President Lincoln's character has been held abroad than tbe man- ner in -which the news of his assassination has been received in the British provinces. From the encouragement which the echel raiders met with-frem a -Portion of the Oanadian pop- ulation the impression had become very gen- eral that almost MI cluses there were anima ted by a bitter feeling ofhostility to the North, and against Mr. Lincoln especially. The demonstrations of sincere sorrow elicited by the intelligence of his death show that this feeling was greatly exaggerated. The Gov ernor of Nova Scotia, as soon as he heard of it, Rota mintage to the Legislature suspend- ing all business, and expressing his sense of the loss which the cause �f order and good government had met with in the death of a man 'whom he had always regarded as eminently upright in his intentions." An English blockade-runner,- which had the at- rocious bad taste to bedeck itself. with flags in token °fits joyat the event, was compelled instantly by the naval authorities to lower them. In Montreal, Toronto, and St. John the feeling of horror is described as. intense, and tbe evidences of mourning are general. In Montreal steps are being taken to give eitpression to the sympathy felt with as at our loss through theanedium of a public meeting, convoked by the Mayor. These evidences of the appreciation in which our late lamented Executive was held will go_ far to wipe out any causes for resentment that -we may have had against the people of the proviuces.-N. F. Herald. - - John Wilkes Booth, the A.saas • - sln. .• This youngman--for he is only thirty-three years old -is the youngest sem of the elder Booth, and is next in order of birth to his distinguished brother Edwin. Ile wee born on hiefather's farm near Baltimore, and is thus a Marylander. Like his two brothem. Edwin nud Junius Brutus; he inherited and earIy.manifested a predilection for - the stage, and is well known to theatregoers and the public generally as a very fine-looking young man, but as an -actor Of more 'promise than performance. He is beat remembered, per- haps, in Richard, which he played cloeely after his father's conception of that character, and by his admirers was considered -superior to tie elder Booth. * He was quite popular in the western and southern cities, and his last extended engagement was,- we believe, in Chime. We have heard excellent Actors - say -and actors are not over -apt to praise each other -that he had inherited some o the most brilliant .qualities of ' his father's genius. But, of late, an apparently incurable bronchial affection has made almost every engagement a failure. The papers and enties have apologized for his "hoarseness," but it has long been known be his triends that he would be compelled to abandon the stage. Last winter he played an engagement in the St. Charles Theatre in New Orl under the disadvantages of his -" hoarseness," and the engagement terminated sociner than was expeetedon that account.. Hehad many old friends in That city, but this was his first appearance there since the inception of the rebellion. On his arrival he called upon the editor. of one of the leading journah, and in the course of consolation he warmly ex- presaed his sympathy with secession; Indeed, he was well known as a secessionist, but be was not one e the "noisy kind." He hu thesamequiet, subdued, gentlemanly. meaner in his intercourse with others, that marks his whole family.- ' - - His last appearance in public in this city was onthe eveningef November 23, 1e64, at Winter Garden, when the play of -"Julius Omar" was givenfor lite benefit of the Shakespeare Monument Fund, with a cast including the three Booth brothers--Bdwin as "Brutus,* Junius as a Cassius,7 and John Wilkes as "Marc Anthony." There was a very large And appreciative audience On that occasion. - If it is indeed true that he istbe assassin of the President, the universal- indignation which will consign him to luting tawny will not prevent the expression of the profoundest sympathy andstirrow for those who are allied to bim by blond; and whose condemnation of the act will not be less emphatic than our own; aacIall.tbe mons essplatie, because of their outapoken fidelity 10 the' loyal cameo and their heartfelt admiration of the late President. --[New York Post. Death of Richard Cobden. .m.•1•611 • Mr. Cobden died at his chambers in Suffolk street, onSundaymorning, of asthma. He was in his 61st year. the House of -Commons, on the motion for igoiug into supply, Lord Palmerston -rose and said: Sir, it is impossible for the House to have this motion put from the chair this evening Without every honorable member calling to his mind the great loss this House and the country have sustaine4. by the event which took place yesterday morning. Sir, Mr. Cobden, whose loss we deplore, stood in a pre-eminent ponitioalboth as member of this House, and as a member of the British me tion. I do not mean, in what few -words I have tb say, to disguise or to avoid Mating that there were many matters upon which great nusuber of people differed from Mr. Cobden -I among the rest -but -those who differed from him the most never could doubt the honesty °flits purpose, or the sincerity of his convictions. When the present Govern-, moot was formed, I was authorir.ed graciously by her Majesty to offer to Mr. Cobden a seat in the Cabinet. Cobden however declin- ed it, IMMI. he frankly told me that he thought he and I differed a great deal upon many im- portant points of political action, apd, there- fore, he could not, either comfortably to me or to himself; join an Adminietration pf which I Was the head. The two great achievements of Mr. Cobden were, in the first place_ the abrogation of those laws which regulated the importation of coin, and the great develop- ment which their abolition gave to the industry of the country ; and those commercial arrange- ments which he negotiated with Fronde, and which tended greatly to extetid the trade and the commercial intercourse between the two countezies. • Lord Palmerston continued an elaborate eulogy upon the distinguished deceased. Mr. Disraeli deplored Mr. Cobden as not only an ornament to the House of Coznmons, but an horiiiik to England. Mr. Bright then rose, and was so mach overcome by his feelings that it was withliffi- culty he could speak. He said; Mr. Speaker, I feel I cannot address the Howse on this oc- casion, but every expression of sympathy that I have witnessed bas been mOst grateful to my heart. But the time which bas elapsed since I was preset, when the manliest-ana gentlest spirit that ever actuated or tenanted a human form took its flight, is so short that I dare even attempt to give utterance to the feelings by which I am oppressed. I shall leave to some calmer moment, when I may have an opportunity of speaking to some por- tion of my countrymen, the lesson -which I think may be learned from the life and char- acter of my friend. I have only to say that after, twenty years of the most intimate and most brotherly friendship with him I little know how much I loved bim until I found I had lost him. [The honorable -gentleman resumed his seat apparently quite overcome by his emotion, amidst general cries of "hear, hear.'] The Paris Moniteur; of the 4th inst., pub - fished articleon the late Mr. Cobden, which concludes u follows; "Cobden, on his_death- bed. had the happiness to see the politico. economical work so _grandly understood by Napoleon III., shedding its rayl over the whole of Europe under the direction of a man of the French Empire. In this France was faithful to her initiatorty mission. Cobden was able to understand France, and he loved bee.- She will never forget him." Tac .0vresoe ox Ma. L1ras1e.-4. few days since we published an account of the gross outrage at ,Portland on . the person -of Mr. Latham, the superintendent of the Amer- ican section of the Grand Trunk railway. - He had removed shag from airship -for which act he was set upon by a Mob ot American citizens, escorted through the streets tarrying a flag which he was compelled- to salute, and finally forced to make a patriotic speech, after which the stars and snipes was -nailed to his house Mr. Latham has since written to the Portland Press an explanatory- letter, in which he saya:---4 In so doing I considered I was carrying out an old established rule that no flags but those used for signals should be exhibited on any train; and I had no in- tention of offering any. slight to our flagor interfering in any way with the manifests - liens ofjoy, in which I was disposed to join most cot dially." Great Flood :In Berthier.- DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE. HEARTRENDING SCENEli.-GREAT DiSTRUCTIOn or PRoPiaTT. -EGk2be's, special.] . Monism, April 14. There is sad news from BerthierAnd Sorel. Since Saturday the water has been rising. - At Berthier the houses are half folk and the people can get no bread. Provisions were sent from Sorel by one of the Richelieu steamers on Tuesday. with a nuitherapeople to give aid. The sufferers were ilia wretched condition when they arrived. *Thiepronsiens were taken round in canoes. The water is ,about eleven feet deep on the islands of Sorel. The people are still great sufferers. As fat as the eye can reach there is nothing but water. The people crowded into a few houses_ where refuge could be obtained. In some as many u sixty were crowded in the lofts. The steamer arrived on Tuesday afternoon and provisions were distributed. In some parts the water is ten feet deep. On Wednea- dey, about noon, a messenger lion the islands arrived at Sorel for a steamer to take away the people and farm stock. The steasrer had scarcely left when a gale Came on, About half -past two it became a hurricane; buildings were entrird away, and the steamers At Sorel were with difficulty kept to their moorings. Two lads on a barge were in a perilous position. Three men went in a centre and rescued them; they were found to insensible. The stinimer could 110t venture out. In the meantime -a- steamer was near Isle de Grace, and the;passengem witnessed frightful scenes. Theyisaw -home es swept sway, by the flood. Some were clingmg to the trees: their cries -were lieut. ren&ring, but these 'on board could not give the least assistance. Darkness came on, and audit- made the prospect of rescue hopeless. About =Weight, two ether vessels arrived frem Sorel. Otptain Labelle, of tbe cygnet) with two men, entered a canoe, and hum- cally went where cries were heard. Oa the branch of a tree theyfound a yoirog girl i clinging with her feet n $ tab. A woman, with two children in arms, was found on an- other tree. For three hours mecum were -being made. Great umbers wars taken in -a very exhausted state to Sorel that -nicht SRO the next day. Oils house was carried away by the water; amsn$ witb his wife and flee childnin,got into canoe, but it was ed amongst the trees and got broken. The husband clung to the tree for 16 hours, having a child under each arm; one died there, and and hisaw his wife carried sissy and drown- ed, she being enable to cling any longer to the tree. A woman was near her confinement in bed ; her htudiand _tried to get her op_ to go into a eanoe,but she said it was impossible and implored him to save himself. They would see eachother in another world. While g iving so, the house was dashed down, and an were cast into the water. As far as is known, eighteen lives were lost on lee de Grace, besides three In dying MAU- All -the houses are destroyed -01a nearly of the fa= Eleck, Qs Isle au Osza one rian elm loin and numerous houses merited away. Oel Isle Madame no lives are lot, hut propert if destroyed. On Cheval Mora ' been* dic., are destroyed, but ine lker los tr°Doybedi! du Pweacisbotalit:elleoadsarerofloLliftriOunifig'tharedess were -driven to the lake without provilionsi They are supposed to have escaped- Betweea Berthier and Maskinonge thereis coniideralur damage done. In Berthier only two or fiber houses ate destroyed. In Three !Greta' considerable injury is done. The people of' Sorel have done everything possible. Sole, scription lists were sem round at a meeting' yesterday. The amount realised MSS 403600.7 TalYWISIer is considerably abated. • e as • ' TIIE BELFAST BIOTERS.-On the 25ffi 111t.,, Sap the correspondent efthe London* Times, the Attorney-Generalleeling peob ably that the trials for riot, Ica, were -- only serving to protract the wax of J*40601111'; in Belfast, has resolved to abandon tier - further prosecution of the inters. .45-" cordingly, at the sitting of the Court ihke morning, the Attorney -General said. ttlft Crown would withdraw the proemial:Ai against John Kerr, who was charged riot at Wilson street, on the 19tb. ef August last. He . said he. would- also. withdraw the prosesution against Alen", der McCormick. The evidesee upon* which -the prosecution rested was the UMW as that upon which the jury had acted let the' ibusli of James McCormick. With respect to the -cases. of DAVIES' and LW-- erty. *bribed been tried, andwithreepeet- to whom the juries had disagreed, did . propoee to' put Zak tire *a at the present aseisee ;- and, having regard to what hadtakenpis:wile did not intend to keep them_in thistody.% lie _was pre- pared, on the part of tilt -0101W, terasseat to their being allotra stand nit - reasonable bail, and therefore he asked his Lordship to postpone these cases till next - assizes. He hoped they had 110011 ilttf ut of these diegraoeful riot& lism'n'if pre:ceedrd Wfutlirthe Milainned the*Iiiieee:11 latterly tried, he did not think it eonduce to the administration of justice to of riot. '-fie regretted that, having regard to the extent And nature of the riots,11* the loss of life, and injury to property, Om results arrived at at the trials were note satisfactory. vir On the night of the 6th thegrist till' of Mr. John Walter, of Walters Falis, was enteied and deliberately set -on fire by * young lad named McQuitker? And was totally consumed. The incendiary was tweeted the seine night, and assigns as the reason of his 11. ac..t thAat Bollisidifear:bsewr jw.fe:ssresT:derinztolieind:Laeon/ seems to be of unsound mind. County, 111.,received lately from ber lausband a package containing te400, On retiriag 10 bed she placed the package eider her pilJow, when some time during the night a DMIR entered her chamber by breaking open the door, and demanded the money. The woman threw the package on -the floor, and whilst the robber steopedto pick it hp, she dealt bin * blow with a poker that brae his neck. The neighbors were aroused, And on washing the ' dead mat's face, the robber proved to be ber brother-in-law. NAV Advatistinatto. IL fl 1 m•rommio TO CONTRACTORS. TENDEit.S Wanted to B03111 for Nip withiii half a mile of the Town Plot oft Goderieh. Contractors to find all materials. The boring-- will commence in Limestoor Rock within 2Q feet from surface. Well met to exceOi 1000 feet in depth. Coutractots, to state hoer much per. foot for each Haw- dred feet in depth, And sue of Rom 'goiter withterms of payment. All communications, - must be post paid orno notice will be taken of them. - - C. CEASE. Goderich, April 134111865. * 13w3t • _ Ala PIE_ ri HE Court of Revision for hearing appeals I_ against Assessment will be heldat the house of Mr.. Alex -Findlay, Lot 111, 0011, , an Saturday, the 8th of April, at 10 o'clock, - - ALEX FINDLAY, twat] Township Clerk, Mink ill=1•1=6•111 The Court of Revision has been pestivoutf till life 20th of May -next. ALMX. FJNDLAY? Tip aerlr. - Morris,. April 19, 186. 12wI1 'sox _4 sta. pzig sou, At the 'S Office. -- A LARGE SUPPLY OP Window Shade8 I I CHEAP IFORVAIR ITIESIGNALIFIRICE NINTIVEL,MIECEINCII. TOR WAIT SCHOOL BOOKS 4 STATINEW 4T REDUCED RATiES• Merchant Tailor, xAnom, -Golliwog HAS ON RAND A. Large Ss Well -Asserted -STOCIC 4371 Anda wanetyciPasicyArbeissoiseirs* Shirts,Collsrs,, Neckties, Cape, Ise, Ake. whiathe is premed. to HU Cliesp *ft CAA. - Gokmich4 41412.18M -- MTiOEer fiN the 1st XAY, the BASK OF JETT- Xi TREAT,' will be Removed to lbs bads: at presentoccupled by tbe Bank of UPPEE, -CANADA. - r. W; TROIKAS, Godetiabi UIk Itarc11/411160, awntdtf • 17 -