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Semi-Weekly Signal, 1865-04-25, Page 2Avon $signat, THE SEMI W.E.EKLY SIGNAI • and- that gentleman had expressed his - regret that -business in: Hamilton would deprive h1d of the pleasure of being pres- ent, but he would be happy to cent -Abate to the Sodiety's f(trids :IS he- had done last year. (Applause.). The Chairman then, proposed the toast Of "The Queen; .God)less her I" .which was. received with /the cuSioniary loya demons.trrtions and to Which- the Coin G9DERIVIL'e...1V4-• APRIL -25, 1865-. TH.E-BRIVCOO.:ButpurNos.-. . • Ve • • • Isilieve- the erection of the County Iluildinei at:W alketton has not actually r commenced, but sub-contraets haye been let, and a large- portion of the materitils iii the *tape of stone, lime, lumber, timbers, iron, &e.; &c., is in' readiness. In a very short tune, doiebtless, workmen will be put on, and t..leC buildings wilt go up 'The question, however, Is still .:_ennsidered an op,iit one Ly certain parties, for w‘C'` learn by the .rieialct that certain- P;tisley men liave instituted an .action.in Chaeceey to quash the entire preceetling, if „possible. This- is a, policy. which, should be depsecat- ed by the rate -payers at large. Some smog or 6- tcoao. have ,been, paid Elliott, the contractor: for work done, And ' even if a. dissatisfied -cIiepie 6ttilit upset the demelon of the 1.)rovietotea1 Connell, it would not safe the County from- the liability- 'or paying- for the structure now in. edurse of geetion., Considering the • etrittgeney` of the drabs, and the .-taet. surns'alreadee- taken, 'front, "the pockets of the tataipayers of the'Coapty through the. almost 'interminable squabbles to which they have been subjected,, we: think no one having - at heart the interests of tt people generally ecan. wish to re open. the queition:-, As .faras our obseivation_ex- tends_r the feeling is decidedly in favor of accepting the last settlenient as a finality. Certainly, no other course c.:in pave the way for those internal ingiro% ettienig. sO much require4 by the farmers,. and-. we - would advise one; and all Of them to dis- countenafice nonsensical obetractiveness in Whatever shape-- it may eoine_ • - III:NTED Ft:SR LIFE. - - • - When Booth cenceived the desperate and terrible project pr assaSsinating Presi- dent Lincoln in thepresence; of a vast public assembly he took his lire- in his band. - 'What Man having a spark of reason could. forget for .11,`. moment that,if he succeeded in inflicting the i'atal blow, _there were -ninety chances against ten tha_t• he would be captured and tora limb_ from limb On the spot.- The assassin's plans, -were Iaid-iith a degree of cool calculation` and fOresigfit that is perfectly astonishing; now that the first ,shock is over. The horse Provided and left with. the reins over the animar a head at the door behind the scenes, the precaution which he took to seek escape through an." avenue most difficult of access to the general public, the skill of approach to the Presid'ent's box, the caution or fOresioht iv hick in d ue- --ed him to provide a, dagger to keep_ off third parties *while he shot the Chief 111agistrate with the pistol, all point-te the conclusion that J. Wilkes'. Booth, in forming his plan, took into ceneitleration the mintition-every, one of them -7 -which could secure hz itiabl-objedt, the assassi- nation, and Contribute to, his escape from :the building and. citY. That lie did affect. his fell purpose, but too well, is alinost, miraculous, taking tune and 'place into • Consideration., Booth is now hunted for his life. with intense eagerness by huncirecls of men who- seek vengeance upon the assassin and. --the $100,000 -of reward accruing_ to his captor. In our opinion, h cannot escape, buiwemust remember thathe is not a common. ruffian. He has intellect, culti-- vated, sharpened; and undoubtedly on. the streteh to devise some maps of baffling, . those • Who are so eagerly bent upon hii -capture. ' Pe may, for aught We knew, :be lying in smite deep, dark' cell'ir itt Washington, or he may at this m9nient - be sPeedingfar' away over the western plains. But think of the man, in Ameri- cas ierlia cad hope for no, mercy at the hands • or. an American, if disenvered !- Think et the nightly -vigils, the fearful foreboding!, the terror! -Worse than_ death If Booth escapes, with only aim chance out ofit imnared in: his favor, it will be Wonderful as the deed for which he is bunted was horrible! THE ST. Gtimcnws so OiErry •• DINNER. . • - Th.; Annual Dinerlin connection with the Gude rich SL George's . Society was given last night (.4th) in the _Maitland' . -gad. The attendance was large, inneh larger than. on any former occasion, and fro% the fifty or -sixty, fa,:es gathered about the board it as quite evident that nearly every Englishman. of position and respectability via the town and eticinity understood the objet _for which the -- Society was originally formed and gave it his hearty co-operation. We were pleased to nothiepresent, :besides Judge , Cooper, • the office -bearers, iand many of our most respectable citizens; such men as Messrs. John Hunter, John Salkeld, jr.,-John Andrews, John Mosely„ and others repre- , seating the 'Agricultural interests., ,The repast 'served upat the 4p2intea how was complete in every particular - well cooked, well placed; welL: serVed, and appreciated in manner that mnst have afforded abundant satisfaction to the host, Mr. It Iloaber, A better dinner could sot bo) :desired, -except, perhaps; by an erelre!g011e John- Nilson, Esq., the 'President of the Society, etrupked the chair, and drabk V.T., the 'vice chair; Chi the renteill argil -cloth, • Tlie President 'arose' and said he 1114 -salaam *atone; Esq., the Urrning., pany respouded -by: singing the 'National An -Them , The Prince and Priniess of Wales and the Governor General. o Canada -wetee -given and responded to right heartily.: " • The ',next toast -`...wae :thee .Artny. and Navy: Qapt. Porter responded,, saying that -if the old lig of Britainwere- nkain raised the -army and ..navy of'Great Brit- ain woul,.i givc . n good abemint of any e foe that-I:eight nieet thenr me field or. floodeei- -Judge Cooper, being loudly called. upon, tdee,respentked. -He said -that it Wile only within the laStfeye years that the Army , 4 • and ,:N.avy of Britain knew what _itwas to :have. the coediai and hearty support of a large and well-treined body of 'Volunteers. (ApPlatiSe) . .rthe Volunteers had done a great deal_ of good ia 'England and lie, .hoped 'they - wou d yet be the metiris: .of deing.--inuph good in .panada.. In_ both cotinttieS t1i object of the foree had been to carry out the idea. that .these _fere the boys that -kept the. stiopeeerilluding to the. asiertion that we were-. a nation -or.shiop- keepers !" (Leteghter and, cheers) The best, foetificatioti for -Canada,. .he thought, was to place rifles in' ---the bands .0f._ our ee'oune- inen.and train them to their.. use (Ilear,' hear.) If there was to be a there woul.d. not be, perhaps, more th311 four or five men left Of eur two -eoinpeniee, after the first fight, .:buthe believed these struck down .would -he all hit_ (-A ,lee.at.: (Laughter and The Yolanicers of Caniidar,'!" `e.Lieute HaYs responded to this -toast ttt a_ teat and hapey Manner. Alluding to ;the appointment felt by -the .companyto which he -belonged at not being -celk:c1 to ethe froin, he expressed his belief. tliat - the .11 ttion- Riflesweuld be j iv:et as reedy to march to hesfron tier in time bfiva'r es they are in a time of peace.. (Applause.) - - - The chairman- `proposed " The 'Day we _ , lIonon.".. In de. oinso-" he reiiiarktiI that _ the St: Geerge'eeSociety of Gederich had. been 'well received aurine- the pest two years, -and.feten the very large and _resped.: table gathering _around the board on this the occasion of their third -alma -al dinner, he felt that they hal- pretty thoroughly disproved the assertion that Snell a society, eould not exist -and flourish in the town. [Cheers.] Ile was glad to see that. the -.Society was getting to be in -a -position in do -more good stillthan it had- done alrea- dy. It: was a. most, pleasing rethetion, 'also, that they- could look away to the old land and See it in- the enjoyment of -peace ,and prosperity, and that a recent debate_ in the, House of dominoes -had , elicited from eminent'menthersuch warm Cx- pressiona' of good feeling. towards their fellow-subjeots in the British North Ain- CelOnies. : • Wiehtnit futther remarks, he would now propose,: The illy we Honor.. _ ThetoastWaS drank With all the hnnore. - MessrS, Watson, H. Reid and B. -Ilaziehur.st sang Night- is -Codling- 09,' and were lotitlly - By special request Mr. :-Wattsoti the pepular stilt of, fc Greenbackiep a- . highly creditable manner. The ViceLchairinin then prOposedbhe Press in a vf.,:ry- laudatory.. speech. _ .Mr W' .1' Co;of the Sieita/, respon7 ded,;thanking the viceeheirmaii for the complinient paid the Press in :proposing the toast at such an early stage of the proceedings. Tom its extreane rarity -the complintetit was all the more highly appre- ci'Uted. The Sister Societies was responded to by Mr: la e haMorous manner. Canada, 11.-ispon-dec.1 to by Mr. Tome in ' a peculiarly witty and ham -ohms vein Mr. ;Vesely sang a popular EtigliSh Ballad: Watson sang "'The' Bennie Blue Flaw in magnificent stile ; audience joining in the chortle with en- thusiasm. *" - • ' - Mr. Clifford proposed Our Guests." _ Mr. Hays -proposed The Agricultural- . Interests 'ef-Cinade and Messrs.. limiter aud Salkeld responded. "The Ladies," was .aelniOwledged by Mr. Jordan in a few very neat and well. put remarks. • Judge Cooper proposed The Commer- cial Interests. 3Ir. Crabb respindeif in a very good speech. • Mr. D. Watson, to the tuneof Yankee Donille, sang an impromptu song, catching up -the [oily] *spirit of the times, which was applauded as an excellent local- hit.- ConsIderitla. that the verse!. .were com- posed on the spur of the moment, Alley attracted cOnsiderable-attention. - - Mr. Toms then proposed the Petroleum Interests of Goderichon eonnection with the name Of Mr. Crabb. That gentle - wan , thanked the proposer ef _ the toast, and spoke- in glowing tenni; of our oil prospects - 'Mr. Tru.eman proposed tie. health of Chief Consteble Trainer, and 'Mr. tirabb propcsed-- our host and hostess, both of whichwere duly acknowledged Mr Cox proposed the Bar of =Canada. Mr. Hays responded. - Mr. sely in a very happy speech profosed Ph. health of His Honor Judge ^ -3 0001),Pr. The-. learne4 Jtidge .made an eicellentspeech in reply.] * . M T.. -Hays -proposed the Goderich SL Peorge's sooioty:. (Applause.) • After a "untidier off other toasts and 'icings, the company joined in God save the Queeri,..and.:di6-pgrsed -quietly and -‘fell . the proceedings generally. The Defe.sitto of. Canada.: ' In the IlouSeof Corn ons On the -7th- inst.. Lord PtiltO said, that asthere -wits- reason to helii.,ve that_ a'deputation-was ciitnitig from Calutdia m order to consult Ikr Altsjestyra. Goverimient as,.tO the _defen'eesied • that conn - try, he,Wishett.to ask •-the Secretary for the Colonies whether Parliament would be ,Con, suitedbefore._ any:- engagement 'was ;Made by iler"; MitjeSty'.s .-Govei•nufent tending to pledge the.Irtiperial credit for • tho execution, of •those, defences, and- before; ail., engitp, anent was entered iato Iy .theImperial Gov;* - eminent -for the iiefence of Canada on land, bdie; or river, beyond that already 'notified by ,Parliainent; viz., an expenditin.e-of .£300,090 forthe foOcatjens a4diarkra_uale at of Quebec: (IIeal-, hear.) . • 3Ir. Cardavetl,---The: sum of £300,000 is made up of two - for_ the defence of Quebec-, _and41.0(4000 tor the arinanient of Quebec . and Montreal.* " When we - contniunicated to - the Go"verninent of Canada our 'intention 'Of inc1udn the I?)stirmttes a vote for -"jitipr.oving' the defence of -Quebec we expressed our trust that we might rely with -confidence On their con- s'ruetnig the works"' necessatiTor the..delence of Mont real, and we. expressed Oar. readiness to furnish the arrivinent both for IlOutreal. ahd Qlebee. With respect to the -question ot my liable friend, r receiVed-the rday beforc.. yestfiday.an ininntp Of.the Expentive Owned of Ca 11t13 twin, iiitina• four of their num:her to.. proceed to Eng17ind. txT,i-ionfer with. Ifer.-Mlijesty's Government (among. other:things) upon rho arrangements necessary foethe defonce of Canada. in the event Of War arising ivith the United. States, and the eX:tent to which _the sante should -he shared between Oi eat Britain and:(faitada,'!"Iii:the ci-niteronce to be held buneun %tier Majf.sty7s GoVernMent and these •gen tIctuen it will not. be :in alio power --and if itaVere .fit the power7it. yould not be the ivish-of • Her: Majesti's Govern - Ment -to. bind ,Parliament Without -the-. full7 knowledge -and" consent -of Parliament. We Shall not exceed the province ka.h belongs to the duty and responsibility of the EXeentiye Go_veroment, and- when the -conference. shall have: arrited at a result it wilLbe my dt-ity- a :d 1 611111 have much pleasure in discharging it -to tike the -earliest opportunity Of making-. that- rest.dt kaoiv-n to ,P.irlianacitt, • (llear; near.) 13& itih Synitiimithy. - A number of the'British residents: in 'New York met at. the Ast6r.I.Ioue-on Tuesday to expreSs their" Sympathy- with the American people tindet . the. calamity- that liiid b.atal1en.1 , Mr. E-: M.,'Archibahl, British coesnl at NeW York,oceupieci_:the cloth -land In Qpen lug the -proceeflings: said ; Gentlemen,the t. tae ot our inel.tting_ here is -indeed a ipoSt Mournful one.,f ." 'ffie-Jtelial of the pvertntierit of this-kreat country, the:eliosen and liolforOtt chief' magistrate -Of the United:' States has 1),:en strieken dolvii by the hatid ortheasiaS iii -h ts been foullymurdered; and ihat-'t bis services *pm of the utipoSt importance to his entattry7Lat a tiine whee. ivas applying- hiS•:inind.ranti his ener,ieS to'wards the adoption of the wisest .0 ti most PraCticalrle meitsnre.for the plicifieation'otth;t "eoutitty----jind the restoration of order. 'ty dos aapalang and detestab'e crime the where 11 ttIOfl has- been epluneed into the dee',eSt, - 'grid and tnourning. Sure 1 ini that in eve.rt uvrlizedcoutitry throiuliout the worid,where- ever the fitsit,sfart:ing antiouricernent Of this horrible,: .tritgedy, may be tieceived, it: -.Will t mei; aresponsive chord of heartleit syntpa thy with the people_ Of -this. "nation hi- their. deep afflitlion. ..-(kTplatise.)-- It seemed, therefore, tO me a .fitting proceeding that we. the British res.dents of.New York ..who enjoy the.proteetion of the (Jutted States, • shou'id join in the expression -of ,our Sympathy the people among. whom oar lot is . east this the day of their die -mit -al --and deep. 4fIlitt-' tion, -(Cheers.) Already we witness- with SatiSfaetiMi t1ie manner in w hiPh the reception' of this -neivs -has :affected our countrymen elsewhere on the Continent. (Loud (heers.) It was 'therefore not less in -a..:co-danc-11.1" my own -feelitoss on this occasion , than hi Complianc.ewith the Wishea "of many friends. that I." haveen Ted youtogether, etel, notWit 11 - mending' this is ati irup.ortant da to business .inen, and you have little -time to spare, Lani glad to See so large and'respectabie. att attend - ante, 1 am sure that the . ree etions • we shall phisS today will besympathized in by 13r1tish.-ilsidents throughout the whole world. (Gi'eat Mr:- Rieha,rd IrVing; ex President.t'ir the t Atidrees _Society-, .after some appropriate:remarks, moved a issolo tionexpreSsive ox .the grief of :the British residents and of respect for the -eminent vete Virtues and . public _tharactei of the President. This was 'adopted amid hearty expriAsiorti of . approval. -.A. of condolence, with the bereaved widow . -and family .of Mi Lincoln was" a'ao- unanimously carried, .and, Her Majesty/s Minister' at WaSh- ington. was requested to communicate. them ni such manner as he thought proper to the go vermo.ent of the Unitiid States. • The funeral .of.' President Lin.. - • 'Coln.. SAN FRANCISCO, April -20.-The funeral seiviees -in honor.of the late Presidentrin this city yesterday, were the grandest ever wit- nessed on the Pacific coast. Tie precession; three -utiles 'Deg. centtined 15,000 people:- Business was entirely1 suspended. Every house 'was draped with emblems -of mourning - The utmost quiet :and deeoratrt prey:tiled. The obsequies were observed in every' town in the State, and in -the principal towns in Nevada;, . _ Mullion; April 21,3 p. in. -The funeral train .has just left the depot for Harrisburz. The guard of honor, together with the dis tinguished army and navy officers, including Gen. Giant, Admiral Davi, and the members of the cabinet, and Judge Davis of . the Su preme Court of the United States, assembled in the rotunda of the capitol this morning at seven o'etock, where, after truly. impressive prayers by Rev. Mr. Gurley„, the remains of President Lincoln, under an escort of three tompanies Of the ve.texan corps..were con- veyed without music to the railway station and placed in the hearse care to which. the remains of his son "Willie had'previouslybeen reinov.ed, 'and therethe Rev. Dr. Gurley again delivered a brief prayer, concluding with the Benedietiou. A large concourse of citizens was he attendance as spectators; all mourn - ' fully impressed with the 'solemnity of the scene. The train moved from the. Washing- ton station at six o'clock. The guard at that point, and several thousand .soldiers tempo', tiojourning that locality, formed a long. line and presentedanns until the entire train had passed without stopping; the train arrived at Baltimore at 19 o'clock. Governor Bradford and staff joined the train at. Anna- polis Jiinctioa. Shortly before 10 o'clock the pilot engine entered the depot, announcing the funeral train ot the deceased but a few inomentshehind. The -hearae is the most beautiful ear ever seen in this city. The body of the ear is almost entirely composed ot plate glass, which enabled the vast crewd oti the line of the.processioa to have a full view of the coffin. The supports of the top ' were draped with black cloth aid white silk, and the top ot the car itself was handsomely dee- • • mated with black plitmes. The car was drawn been, equally frank and explicit in the ppinirin by four splendid black horses. The military that the friendship of the U. States towards escort wits certainly not only one ofJhe Greet Britain is enjoyed by.allthe consider - largest mil itary displays - witnessed; but it . was ation ot interest and of Smitiment affecting sxceedingly iiiiposing, .-'especially by the tall-. the Character of both. You will-therelore be oni-eorninandS who were thordwrItlyequipned_. accepted as miniater-friendly and well dispos- The line Of March was: taken op shortly alter td to Alm, maintenance of . :peace and the the-arriial of:the rentains and 1110 Occupancy honor of both 0mi-tries. eXou will lied my - * of elle long cortege* of carriages. :T -he pr0-71 self.and all my associates acting in 'accordance session :eotntnetieed.- to more precisely at 10: with, the stone enlightened policytiod consis 30 over de.route previously designated": A tent smith:Lents; .and So 1 am sure that it will few _inmates after 4- cloblt the heed of • the not -occur to your. case •that -either yourself or proces-ion arrived at the southern front Gl-the this 'government" will ever have. -cans,e- to .re exchange. As _the head of the military -escort gret.,that _lath nu important - relationshit reeehed Calvert street,t1li; column bow baited existed at such a eriiis."' ". • -and the.hearse,With its -guard of honar,passed . - Galt. Lex•i--The itoeheetet Democrat gays, betweeti the- lines, .the teheps.presenting arms a AS for Geti. hitn-elf;"- the country; we and The bands of imisie "whiling eut the plain' . be we 11 satisfied with the bargain t`ete fine; 'Peace, Troubled 'Soul." ,The getieritl diimountecL and fgrined with-' wInek '4 has gained 11 eefriPlete hkod less victory over Lis army. at the entail price their staffs. on either side of the: -approach 11001 tlie gate to the mem :eat...I./we of tho. -•of suffering ;him _five, a broken and dii honored- inan for the mit:Of his days.-_ There exchaUge. The reniaios svde, then removed' from the lettere] tar and ecarried Slowly and. is less al'imogltY f4"11" for,_14111 th4a tor any ot t.he rebel.leaders. - It is n.ell under- reYerently into the buildherand :placed. on. .stood that be' engaged ;tithe rebellion relue -catallikue prepared !by them. After they tantly, impelled not by the le.a of Slavery had_ been properly placed. and the -toverial; nor by hatredofthe Union, baby a mistaketi remov d,_ he offieers _p.resettiht?tihs6s(641-!..s1T6Twhlye: fOrwa d on either- side of sense. of duty to his native State. He has i is true; been the most • formidahle of the civic part.of the .Precessimi_101 lowed:. and the •zeneral public:Were thee adinittecOnit ,41y_ - rebel chieftains, but he has made his Power felt only in. . open, fair,- and manly" .fight. a small portion" or the :.ihretig.1 were able__te He obtain a view ofthePreaidenN remains, At has Th-aght us wit les]; and vigor, but with out rancour and Without -diScourtesVi arid he about halt pnat two c'clOck, to -:the regret- of ' thOlisands' of our"- eitizeits, ]the- *cOffi iio nakian wal4i4den froM View", and.eseotted by closed:and the face that was 'se dear Lo the 11. altogether a relnctantsertice refusing to :was • hs readere.d a -great and 'pelliaps prolong. a.useless contest, and . setting- n wholesome .example to the rest of -the _rebel the guard of honor, • was removed, to - the hearse.: The. procession 'then refortned and. -°.4unaildeil."' • - took tip ifs mournful _march tO.the depot of -• the N. 0.-Itailtood- Co. The Coffin wss Placed .:Ceit..Ecee Arrival in Richniond. in a car fastefully draped aed-tee -escort on a train especially assigned to -them; which wAs correSpondent of the NeW alsO raped, and started for Ilarrieberg, where it -will arrive to night, • • • • 11.sanissetta, Pa., April 21. -The funeral Wilson's possession, millions of dollars worth of cotten, a large arsenalinaval iron works and other manufactories, all of which, - to- -geather with many buildings belonemrr to , prominent rebels, were destroyed. - • WAR DErAuTmENT, I WasutuoroN April 22 ,Yesterday evening a bearer of despatches arrived from Gen. Sberman. _ , An agreement for a suspension . of hostili- ties, and* -nidinorandiim of what IS called a basis for peace, had been entered into on the 18th inst by Gen Sherman with the rebel , e - . • . - e Gen. Johnston, The rebel Gen. Breckenridge waspresentat the conference. A Cabinet'meeting was held in the evening, ." at whieh The action of Gen, Shernian- -wr---- / ' .disapproved of by the President, Seeretafr elf _ War, Gen. Grant, and every member of the Cabinet. Gen. SherManwas ordered to re- sume hostilities immediately, and wasdireeted that theinstruetions given by the late Presi- dent in the following telegram, which -was - penned by kr. Lincoln himself -at the Cap- itol; on the night of the 3rd of March, .were approved _hy President Andrei, Johnstoif, and /t d -h--- • svere-reiterate to govern t e actioa of nary commailders . . • _ AN AnYt's 11:snert.-it eOrresponde-nt-;of a Federal paper skis that General .Shernaart's t _army; _in its last tnarch to meet Geueral Johnston, would, if it oceuvies1 a single road, require one hundred and tiventy.five miles :te stretch -itself npon. The waggon trains of the army cannot` march on less than Torii "miles of road. Its batteries will cover seven, its ambulances .five. It -carries 1,800,000 ra. tions of bread, the same.-aulount of sugar, and the same of saltrrht Eihundred waisgon • 0 _ loads of brew:land 3,600,0011 rations of coffee are provided for the trip, and for a few day`s rations_ of salt meat, 37L,000 pounds are 'deemed a fair allowance. The _single tells itf =Munition re.quires on?, thousand waggons train of itself pearly twelve miles long The men in fours, could notmarch when well closed up on less than twenty-five miles of road. Two thousand frig hundredepack • mnlesfellow its regiment. And these calcul- atioes -do not nelude the intervals betweep different commands, not elle:vine(' anything for the °Teat traps wlliclraey slight delay will - make in a moving column. . York Herald,. gives the follov.ingdeseription .. et the -Arrival ofe-Gen.. lie.e. -in that City .on Saturday last :.-- ....;.' "General.Robert E. Lee, lately eoramand- .. _ . . train arrived hero at -8:30. It -.Was I.:doing leg the rebel armies, actually arrived in heavily at this hour, but notwithstandiug this Richmond .yestert.htf.afternocin, at halfpast the streets were densely thronged., A large threeo'clock,-, -The firsf-iiitimation .of the military e-ortege accompani,A the rernains,_of arrival 0 - the GeneralWas the tall made upon President Lincoln to the state hooec (a- id Lieut. li. S. Merrell, Post- Quartermaster in the -sound of iniaute guns)_ where . the corpse Richmond, for forage and still -ding tor twenty was ocpaso to the view. of the imbue awn a horses he behalf of General. Lee. _ -Shortly late hour to:night. The' burial _ Cortege will after. three :o'clock General Lee arrived- at the pontooe bridge that spans the James be- letiVe ,.bere• for Philadelphia to Morrow at ft. a. m. The - reporters -.for the . preas . return ;tween Riehuloud and Mancheiter, an-Impo- their -thanks AO conductor. 11aMbriaht for site town Here an imtnense -crowd had col: . e - eeurteetisnese alidatiendanee. . -.- - .- : . . lected to receive him, .and he -.wes greeted .. Agreeably to the, firoigrantme, the party with Cheers upon ()beers- the acclamations of accompanying the remains -of the latePresi- the people, so generously and 'heartily be dent - Stowed, visibly alfeetine him. Whenever he weye eetertained as , attests Of the city of 0_ -- - . 13ml:1i:11n:reed. atstpseeectietsawilieHtt caeo,risaidtedreiadaeinra..pia. passed Linen officers tl.ley raised their caps. in reeognition of his great genius, no less propriate.- "'Words- were:useless on the solemn than hiS regard for troth and consistency in Odezision„ and the .general silence was . Suffrefusint.2_,Y.to di bis- sword outside of his ., ' .et -nil v imPressive. _ The funeral train- started native. Vb.trill in As proceeded along, the "troin:13altitmore.aia e(-,..4, teientes te; 3 weloeh . streets' to Cis resicl. eace in li'ranklin street- the p. in , by .the Northern Central Radtoad,- MrgerroeVi-oluedeetreased in .aninbers, andahe cheers Debarry, the General Superintendent 1' , ia% inn. - - - - eh:tree .of tlie`workin.g of the road. WM. 117.: "The Geheral-3i'aa• accomPanied by -v-e members of his :staff, General -Lee and all wearing stirords. As he dismounted at his residence the thousands of people who sur- . roil nt-1-t4 hint again -ereefed hint with acudaims, and so many as could get pear. his person :shook hiurteartily by the hand. One rebel officer, failing to catelt his hand, seized him by the extremities -of hiscoat-' touching -the . . . sseinhied.: 41t Baltimore . were asse,nbled at hem of his garment.' -The good feeling in the station on its departure:: They lined the relation to Geneial Lee was cominin to both .bielks- and niiirgins of the road tor, several . . . ' iniles,. many taking offtheir hats in profound respeet for the dreeased. • '.-- • _ .._...,. . . ..........._. - • WilsOn, the Superintendent of. the telegraph attached to the -line, was &so. on the train; provided with a'pocket telegraph iustrunient,e. mO be used to communiCate information - in case of necessity. Every possible -pains had been talted3by -Ale: Dabitrry. to render the.. 'situation of the paiseligers comfortable.-- Crowds as larde and dense as those winch _ P resider' t Johnston's Iteception of Sir F. 1;r nc6. unionists and rebel; and- was fully shared in by all... . . .• ." General Lee looked ,exceedineiy -robust, ...,._._......+..;.... - and is certainly a most Splendid speeimen: of soldier and -gentlemen, .with fair ....forehead, .grey- nor, inot.zeit countenance:and ary beard; He wit' 'doubtless seis' the. -military di4nitar;es here, quietly, -before he leaves the Wasitiweeine, April 20. -The following are. . city agata--the taking. place of which latter tnday by President Jelinson:- . -eventie.not.now-..ppsitiv.ely known," - -* Sir Pfederiels Bruce. the recently appoitited- tninistersfrom Enzlaiid, presented his caetten; tials and .was officially received: and alio had a: personal. with thei,Presideut.-"--. The Idiplotnatie corpt.called iri a budY to ei- pres's their condolence -with thehereaved.ea, tion upter the recent calamity and to assure the. Presidert ot their- consideration;- They were introdueed-by Acting Secretaryof State, Hunter. • .. ' - - _Sit Fiederiek N. A. -Bruce 'tvas to -day in- troduced to the Presidein, by the Actins-- Secretary of Stater and presented his eredett, ,as leiyoy .Extraerdluary. and . Minister -Pienipoteittiary .of -Her Britanilic Majesty to native land."..,. Their first step will beto seize Canada with'an Army -ot.- one hundred this .government. -1.Sir Frederick made the:. thousand .figlating4mett:- The merieAns dou't fellowiter.reinarka upon the eceasion . want Canada-, -alihongl the think we with dee-p and sin-- do. We have enotiali soil.already In Canada cere concern that 1:have-to 'acePlaPli-n,-111Y • the Fenians will establish_ a provisional gov- first -official act, with :expressietts of.: condo- .erutn. ent„ and_oPeraiefor the deliverance of fence. 011' Sattadaylast the ceremony ethat Ireland; . 'The Milted States will play • the takes place today was toliare been' perforni.. neutral game,pieLisely- like Great Britain in hu.t.the grticiotta intentioeS of the late our present contest with" the rebels. 'Under lamented Presidentwere fruStrated byevent$ color Of neutrality the, Feniatis will send out wlnch have-.phinged this einintrytuto cotister- it swarm- of_ .arthed vessels to ,cruise against nation and affliettoei- and Which -will-call .goglish merchantinen, fi,ltina the seas as'. it forth in Great-Britainc-feeling-6 of .horror as were, With Fcrtiati. Alahamas :and Flotidas. well as profound sympathy 'fiiithe all ,perfectly pi,oper -,unsier the: It becomegi thereto: e,,-nly panhlul duty, Sir, precedent :established •by -__Great Britainin to present the letter from my aevereige, Which buildine shipsto prey Upon ,AmeriCan I am bearer of, _to. you, _a President -0f the.. inerce-.°- ThiS is the :present 'programme of . United States, and it IS. with pleasure that .1 the .-Feifian'Brotherbood (0 secure the -hide- conVey theassurance of -regard aifri- good will - • - - - , pe ndetice of Ii -eland lii.cuiijuiietion.. with a .whieli Her Majesty entertains towards yO,U;Inr:re - invading. farce -.upon - the soil' of the ." Sir, PreSidiet of the Al_o_ited Statea Emerald Isle, it must work curiouily,. ernfurther directed to express her Majesty's: _Land .find, befor. .many- yews, that .1,17e fortirltiviidih leyd iyipooaSiatiteentiitOewaahrivdef. thmeaggiirteraattenint.lijoenr , neutrality game is one that two . nativ▪ es . can heaety geed wishes for itipeace,-prOsperii) , art I.: welfare.. Her Majesty has nothing More - :at heat•I than teeultiVate thoserelatiens' of .atility and- good understanding Whieh, have, so lone and S0 happily existed between the.two kindred naiioase of the ...Meted: States and Great Britain and kis- in this. spirit that I. alit' • directed to , perloi in_ the duties of theiinOor: taut and „honorable pot confided -to Permit MO, sir, to say that ashen.. be the . ob- ject Of .infiarnest endeavors le carryout my. iiistrectioes faithfully in that reSPect;_tted ex piess the hope, .sirohat.you will favorably consider. rey attempts to naeet your approba- tion and _ to give effect to the laten. tieas of the Queen and her government.-- I have. the -honor,: sir, to niece ni your bands.: the letter- of..credencs Confided to me byHer Taje. sty_ - _ • - To this the President replied as 01101'is "Sir Frederick Bruce, _Sir, -The 'cordial and frieadly sentinients which, you have „ex- pressed on the part :of:Her Britannic Majesty, give me .great.-; pleasure. r :Great ilitain _and ihe -United States by the, extended andvaried &rale ef- United •commerce between thein; the-contiguitY.of portion's of their possessions and the -eimikrity. Of their language and laws' are drawn into _contrast and intimate: inter- course at. the Same Liiae. They are, from the some causes, exposed to frequent -Occasions of ails -understanding-. only - to be everted bv. Mutual -forlieerencv. .So eiteerly .are 7th'e 0 . people Of the two countries eitaged thee -ugh- The gerald.'S correspondent •.letails the out' alraciSt the whole world in pursuitof .moverumits. of. the .cavaley column under Gen similar comme-relet enterprises accompanied Vv ilion: The first'telistance .,met by Gen. by ,nataral-rivalries-and jealousies, that attrst Wilsons troops wits at .-Motiticelle, -where; siglii it would alitiost 'seem.- that the two atter a short engagenient, Robby's rebels were governments Must .-- be enemies,. or, at heat, routed. - They _ retreated skirmishing - for Cold and Calculating friends. • So devoted are about twenty-seven Mlles.,: when en the 1st the two natiOns. throughout III their .most inst.. having formed a juaeeonit.n tiOnViitiLdk leFortroesot,. remote territorial and colonial .possessions to LOyn and --Chalmers,: th the Principles ofeivil rights and constitutional command and the rebels again .made a stand,. liberty, that On the Other' hand the tenerficiat and were. driven in every direction with the obsetveemight erroneously count 'upon a con- leas of 100 killed and wounded,. over. 200' tint* concertiof •ayinpathy einonnting to an prisoners,and3 piecesla-artillery. .• alliance between then]: Sad'. is Charged -.They then retreated (0 Selma, :where, be; _ . ulth the development _ Of the progress and hind very Strong. tiorks;in obstinate • 'defence hertyof a considerable portion Of the human • seas prepared;:for.'... eaftles and -.trials not PaniciPatectin ill* 1110-Orned"teOn.leheIttadatta'elloe:f2t4hrietlpPlacenee,:raalad;i-a-iffiteli race. Each m ita sphere is subject to'diffi- other. - The interests of civilixition, and of about an hear of severe_ fightingthe fortifiety; bnmenity require that l' the two should he tions were carried by assault and hitvtroopt en., friends. I -have always known and accepted toed.the town) e,pturin„ over-2i000:prisogers. It as a fact honorable to both countries, that • 100:_cannon', large-numb:re of horses:and males the Queen Of England is a sincere and honest sell wisher to - the United States. I_ have - and immento- quantitiesi of supplies, ammuiii- . . lion 4e. Besides these there fell into General The ,Fenians Again. • - The New York Herald of Wednesday says, The Fenian Brotherhood in America has become an established histhetion. Its object is the independence of Imland: It numbers halt a million of indent souls, many of whom have been expatriated from their own bloom- ing island by the tyranny and persecutiou of Great Britain.- These men are burning with an -implacable hatred of the Baglish govern- ment And -nerved by an intense devotion. to The. Fa tare of RIC hinonit. - Order is gradually returning, and shape arises from. the chaos of the past week.- Char- ity and Iiimness can soon restore this State to the Union from border to border. It is unde mad thatMr. Li -twain hasinvited the Gov- ernor and Li.ffislaters to return and ca-rry on the State without molestation. It will be ab- surd to hold the- rod over everyliody, for all were seceAionists, and all are subjugated, nobody with -Whom I have talked has further hope 'or Southern independence ; this popula- tion, enirease, 18 witlingto take the oath. It must'subutit to two troubles -the loss of Slaves and the presence et Yankees. The negroes understand 'matters and mean to he free ; but they have no .11:L1.d-words fortheir old owners, In_ a _new forin slav,ery will still exist, black men living in the white families to whir they belonged, but receiving .mages. _,There will be little emigration of either class, not four thousand citizens, all told followed the rebel government to its uttima Mule. The derides are jubilant, but subordinate. A gentleman told me to day tlAt.whea our soldiers entered .the city he called tpgether his servants and told there that he wits no longer their master. "1 want you to mai with me, mrpeopler said he, "and you shallitave as good wages as any ista:_ant,rer cangive you .41104. Foreign SympatIry; - In an article in the Detroit Free Press -on Friday, we find the following remarks . " We expect by the returnmails float Eu- rope such a shoet7of horror and of condolence most emphatically say to the murderers that they are marked among men and tuitions, and that for them there is no peace nor safety on Barth.- But..we expect this also, from higher and purer motive than the selfish rea- sons we have given above. • * That this _will be the general Ver diet abroad, we - have the evidence of our Canadian- neighbours They have expressed. . . and undoubtedly telt the -most onerous sym- pathy. They have paid, the most public • . tributes of respect, and;they have shown a- Inndness - of action which preves that our hearts are as slightl,y divided as our national boundaries, and they almost universally have expiessed the belief which- we have never for emollient doubted,' that the act if at ail, was the- most indirectly to be attributed to _fee-- tional or political motives?'. • . -The Case of M. Daottst. Jean Baptiste Baoust,_ P., for Two Mounitins, was tried in the court ofQueen's Bench at Montreal on Tuesday, Mr.' Justice Mondelet presiding, on -a second indictment charging him with forging -an. eridorsetnent on the 24th of August last, purporting to be that ofrJoseph Deforzeto a promissory nom for $500, and also with uttering the- same. The jury found a verdict of not 'guilty. The ptisoner, it will be remenibered, was :con- victeda short time ago of forgitur the endoise- meat to a promissory note of the same party, whels his brother -in law. An Actionof Slander against a . • 'Woman. - _ At the last Brockville assizes an action_ of slander was brought against a Mrs. Macdon- ald,',-,-ef,Leens by one Pierce, a -farmer, also residing iii Leeds. The husband • of Mis. Macdonald had to be made defendant in the action, as a, married woman cannot, accord - 'jag to Canadian law, be sued alone. The slender complained,of was "that he, Pi-erce, had stolen wheat in a bag, from one Soper, and that she could prove it The words were prover by lire plaintiff's brother and another witness. The defendant 'called no witnesses. Mrt O'Reilly, for the defence, made a capital speech,. full of limner, and created great laughter in "ceurt, in which the points were ;---lst.___That tin poor man, the defendant, was a meek and - mjid individual, • who would hurt no one, and that he could net control his wife% tongue, that if the decision of the jury Should be -against the defendantia wife, instead of being a blessing., would be a man's greatest curse, and that persons get - ling a wife Would be compelled to examine, woman's ,most delicate organ to see -if it were long and sharpl Second point. _That a woman's tongue is no slimier; and never was, and from the -nature of things oould: not be allowed to be That from." the creation of man and taking the frailene from man's side, a woman's tongue and a womaii's acts were generally at the bottom of 'man's evil; that this poor unfortunate husband should not be conipelled to pay damages for whata woman said. - If so, God help the husbands, and ifI there Was a bachelor on that jury, for hiiewn peace of mind and hia purse, he had better continue one. The ridicule heaped on the head of the unfortunate plaintiff was success- ful, for the jury, after ii few minutes'abaence, returned a vei diet .for one shilling darnageS, and each party to pay their own costsl Thin maintaining in the, most tangible fora that woman's tongue is no scandal ! Sir 11 Smiihr Q. C., for plaintiff; -Mr. James O'Reilly, Q. 0.„ for defendant.- [Kingston Whig. Baeroate-Itcw Man. -The leading -edito tial of the New You* Tributh" of yesterday, vonimenced thus :-.4gThis continent qeivered' yesterday is never since its upheaill from_ chaos. The lightning flashed peace, and from ocean to ocean, all minds thrilled with the sense of a new order °fillings. -No more. deluge of blood. - No more whirls of ruin. - No niore brooding darkness The Republic rested aeithe and noon foundations as eternal as the hills. Tbe whole heaventwere spanned with. the rainbow of promise, and every -eye saw it." ' :" Sedgwick's tavern in Ashbrumharn *es destroyed by fire On Wednesday mormng,-- The Peterboro Examiner says the fire was the - work of an incendiaryand the buildings Was insured in the Heine and_Colonial for$1,-000; the furniture for $650. • The loss will proba- bly be above that -sum . . - • FITIMIER AC001.TNTS; Or Mt TERRINpV PLAGUE. --The prevailing plague Russia has again attracted attention itt the British Parliament, And Sir George Grey statedihat the government was taking; pienautionary steps in the matter, to check, if.possible, its_ intra,duetion into Fug -land. "Dennis,lily kni,y," said in,Enrhili school- master to his Hiberniae pupil, I fear I shall make nothing of you ; you've no application" "And sine enough, sir,?: said the quick -wit - ted lad, "isn't it myself that's &twilit being tould there's no odeuien for it 7 Don't I see every day in the newspapers that 'no Irish need apply, it all, at all 7 "-Punch. • tileTmhe,:aftololofwfirtgi:ffipuctlisehoemdwittnnitheeetiOttioadocifrein napeisT2e -IrewZea:174. 194r.ar4 • "From F. Stanley, Fin" Vessel- - at Alexandria,. to thte Secretary of stats for" War and Quattermaster fve_neril. The following telegram haibeen received froin General -Camerett$ " Hostilitiee eomineneed in the Whew& - arant4Gisteraieetraoine.tahraee2r4otnh 40divilimancednary;ithLietta rotett.rcs of 800 men ton the `Wheitolaret On the smile day a skirmish, took -place with the rebels, in posting a picket at Nukunitrart near Which village the troop a had eneami.ea. On the 2th.the rebeltreitacked 4110 taloPiw fkoilrlceed, 7t. rdwowbeer: orfepthulesierdwwoluitieda I efilowr Our loss in the two days was Lieutenant Jellison, 40th re,ginaea, 'deputy assistantade jutant gereral mortally wounded (since,' dead) r Lieutenant Wilson, 50th relltneet, severely; and Ensign Grant, 50th regiment, dangerously wounded; 1.5 men killed and 3, vrounded. On the 5th of February _ crossed the rive and encamped on the lett bank. - . A. CA,HERGN;. Lieutenant -Genet Tile Tart isle -(Eng) ouinalsays that Sohn 'Yates Beall. who was hanged on ernor's No* Tork„ was, on the fathetot side, &tended from Ilk& Roy, whose history . is so well known to the leaders of Sir Welts, - Scott's novels ; on the mother's Bidets chit* ed direct decent front the great border chief. Belted - • " rui Atli/MI.142=K • GthithICH lk CHICAGO. The Staunch Propellor IAGARA IljanLemtlieeaewoedelliVnglriPuthebeelleeiteee Paerkkaiivielike tion in connection with Grand Tr Steamer HtIron _ F.7 Saginaw, ger freight or passage AT* to . IttKEtAtii, - - •• Agent. Goderich April 25,1-865. IMO* MARINE INSURANCE. :Xtritlish AlifericansTineltrateteeCe. -or TORONTO, Marine Department: 'GEORGE AMIE . • Goilerich, April 2501,145.. •-D. Virn.13011e p ARRESTER. 4119-33141ET. AS, LAW,. .soliettor-in-Chnnoeiy, Notary Public, lieu - oral Lapd Agent, &c ,&e,, Iciamirdine, County Bruce., • w18 wfllt • INS0141TtN71070E-1864.... ChaileS E. Archibald, Plaintiff; Jielita Dellotate- • Defendant: . AWRIT of Alta -chin -eat has issuedin Oats cause of which -ail persons tuterested in the- estate4If tfue detcndant mad all MINA. boring ia- their possession, cusiody,Or power, any porno* )11Ifeassers of tile defendant or who are in say -way indebted to bun are required to titire *WM JOINMACDONALD, - - Sheriffs IL& IL By S: rm.-Loci, Deputy Sheriff's tidier, C-I-oderfull,3 241h April, 1865. t w134or •'Notes--Lost•-or Stolen. A LL parties are hereby eautiol.ed against El_ pure, asingoroegoludingivionotesolltaiti, one dra.vra by John Bain JO -favor or Musa Milne, amount $274.00, an interest, dee ht . March. 18653 the other drawn by Francis Anderson in favor of Charles Moo, mama $33.00, due 1st January, 1866: AiSO it 406 blil from Edward koley to Charles MU., iggeomit 518.50, as the same have been loot Anatolia, awl - payment thereof is stepped. CHAItliES1ILLITE Goclenelt: -w13-11-- .April 24th, 1665. ortgage Sale! BY viitdenfit Pim= of Si& contained in a Mortgage bearing date 1 aineteestli aSy of lanuaryt. A. D. ISO, ilOaae 1301WAIWW Donald .tle.Nivern, of the tonnaltip of Aslifieid, in the County offluren.ofthe first part, tistbisr-- me his wile ofthe sepond part. awl Arukihaub eampbell, of the town of St Thonntivie the County Prtigin, Esquire, -the,lkird part and which. spill mortgage is4eoided 'niter nastier 324 tor the township of Asnfield. fibere will be offer.edlor sale byPubbe Amalie* at the. Court 11 ou!s_e, die Tow* ore -oder -ohs in :- me County 04- ohm at • .the boar Isrinsat o'clock, noon, on Mickey, the tweney-tbird day of May next, the following lands and proration: The -west haft of lot num*" eleven Is seventh concession of the eastern diviait!ie orbs. Township of Ashfield., sfinesaid, costeusass by adineasurement one hundred scree, be the SIM more or less. For furthei particulars intybe to the undersigned, or lo A. Cant CommercialBank, St Thomas.. D. PAUL, - Vendor's Scliciter.. Dated at St Thomas,thet 13th flaj, A. A, 1865. SHEIUMWSALE-01 LAMB& United counties ell, i• 'virtue et a *hat ifuron and Bruce, aresditioni Faiponsissisi To WA: fieri Fames . *mod out of der Majesty's Court of Queetilvilintidis and to medirectedagainattheiandlandseoensesna of Alexander Traynor' at the suits of Ames Reid, James. BoswellSteVeltatia and ATOM. bald Cook Sutherland., I have seised and t*Post ;.11 Execution all the right, title asd infano01144O- said defeneantian audio Lot number Thlitylitros-- in -the Seemal-liange, and Lot Forty. in tho-o80- ond concession, South Ofilie Durham Itossi, as& Lots - Numbers Thirty -num and Ps*. in. .xae -third Rogge. *ma - Itteak.' Road, • all Hi' -the Towitifirlp - in. • County of Bnice. 40.8011114K„1** acia 4:fiend eaeh,inere lets; inn= 2411.9. 41Se. tenements I shall offer ilw lek is spot:gilt the. Couq House, in the 40wa et Dederick, oa Taw 'day the Twenty-ninth d‘r,or 11°Yembecilextszt _ the hour oftw`*lve ofthe clock, n°00. . jorill'IdAV)OtTALDI . - SaeriltiLle Ev S. pot.thea,Deputysheritt, -shows ntsee, Onclembo 27th September: 1884, I ' sate is Po4poned thi Tuesday tits 11c416 day_of March, /565. The abavalisla is further Tuesday; the 111h day of A..pri. next. .1 7. • .101114 MACDONALD. . pat!Driel,mardassiscssIL"L iher4I The ,ibore- salt is° further pestPeissclfilt Ft-7day the 2Int day of .-6•Prii, The above sale.ls. farlher potpies* tag Friday, ths 21:301 of AA iocte 4 nt1 j nlr;I