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[WIIOLE No. 136 A WEEKLY ROLITICAL, AGRICULTURAL, FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISIED AT THE VICTORIA BLOCK, PRINCE ALBERT, EVERY THURSD AY MORNING, BAIRD & PARSONS, . TERMS: --$1.50 per annum, 1f paid within six months; if not paid within that time, $2.00, Nosub- i fdken Cor less than six months ; and no puper ned untifallarrears wre paid. Letters containing money, when addressed 10 Mice, pre-paid and registered, will be at our tisk. RATES OF ADVERTISIN Shi 'For each line, first insertion - - - $0.08 'Subsequent insertions, perline - . . 0.02 Cirds, under 6 lines, per annum - , 5.00 Advertisements measured in Nonpareil and charged uccording to the space they occupy. Advertisements received for publication, with utspe- Jeific insu ous, will be inserted ontil forbid, and charged neeordingly. Noadveitisement will be taken "out until paid for. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants and others wheadvertise by the Any Special Notice ch istopromote the pecuniary benefit of any individual or company, to be Jlishlered an advertisement, and charged accord- gly. AF "These terms will, in all cases, be *rictly ad- liered to, The constantly increasing imp: Riding of Ontario rendersihe public non sity. er advocating right it will constantly take the fend general int Cloealand way local pa purty ; aid in the will be ansurpassedly da, I news g er published i © JOI DEPARDMENT. Pamphlets, and Bills, Posters, Programmes, Bill wld, Blak Forms, Receipl Rooks, Gl ok Tar Business Cards, Bull Cards, executed promply, r lishment in this county, ng hand bills, &e., printed ome with them, J+ BAIRD, | H. PARSONS, Busiwesy Divectory. DR. JONES, = QC ORONER for he Coutrty of Outario, Prince Albert. DR. WARE, NORONER for the County of Ontario, 4 J Physician, Surgeon and Aecouchdiin, rince Albert : F. H. BRATHWAITE, M. D, C. M ( 1 RADU ATE of the University of McGill irgeon and Aecouchenr, dence--the li . Oflice and | : lntely oceupied by De. Agne Drs. McGILL & RAE, ANS, Surgeons, &e., &e. King street, Oshawa. FAANCIS RAE. M, 0, Office and JOHN BILLINGS, DARRISTER, Attorney at Law, Solicitor AD in Chancery, Notary Public, Conveyane &e., Prince Albert. Office over Forma Store. - COCHRANE & COCHRANE, DA se Attorneys, &e. Prince 9 Albert oflice--opposite the Town Hall ; Port Perry office--over M r. Bigélow's St NORMAN F, PATERSON, (Late of Miller & Paterson, Toronto ) TTORNEY-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, " Conveyancer, &e., Beaverton. Of in 'the building occupied by Dr. Wilson, Simcoe-st. P. A, HURD, .. ATTORNEY. at Law, Solicitor-in-Chan-- : cery, Conveyancer, Notary Public, &c. Lindsay, C.W, ? a FAREWELL & McGEE, 1 ARRISTERS, Attorneys, Solicitors and A) Notaries Public. Offices, in the Post Office Building, Simcoe Street, Oshawa. ¥. Bl FAREWELL, L.L.B. | CAMERON & MACDONELL, ARRISTERS and Attorneys at Law, 1) Solicitors County Council Ontario. Offices: Court House. AL. C. CAMERON, 1 R. M'GEE, B. X. IL. J. MACDONELL. ANDREW F. McPHEKSON, BARREL, and Attornday-at-Law, Solici- tor in Chancery, &e. OFFIC E--Dund t, t Mo undas street, 3 doors west of the Whitby, July 4, 1866. R. J: WILSON, ; ARRISTER, Attorney at Law, Solicitor in Chanery, &c. Office in the Victoria uilding, Brock-st., Whitby. = 'LYMAN ENGLISH, L. L. B,, Sonoran in Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &e.; Oshawa. Ofice--Simcoe et, opposite the post office. ; C.N. VARS, RACTICAL Dentist, Oshawa, C. WV. Dental Rooms directly opposite the post #Fee--entrance Simcoe street, third door north of the Ontario Bank. JOHN CHRISTIE, FPYOWNSHIP Clerk for Reach, Convey- ancer, Commissioner of the Court of Nueen's Bench, &e. Business carefully attended 12. Officc--Manchester. ALBERT SPRING, ships of Reach, Brock, Uxbridge and Scott. 'Orders taken at thie office; and days of sale ap- pointed. . Lumet ie Auctioneer for the Town- ; THOS. H. WALSHE. 'Yy [CENSED™ Auctioneer for the Town- ships of Brock; Thorab, Mara & Rama in North Ontario; Mariposa, ete., in the Connty of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock. Or- ders left at this office, or at his residence will be punctually attended to. Debts collected in Cans hington, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made. Remember-- WALS. LE, the North On- / H. Burnham, CLERK THIRD DIVISION COURT, Office over Mr. Bigelow's Store, PORT PERRY, C. VW, &pe Bvtarin osaaber | ,| English Pink Dental Rubber; New and | i D. M. CARD, iD AUCTIONEER, Coilector of 4 A mtson Commission, whether in or ont of the County. Remittances made according to instructions. Sales punctually attended any- where in the County, on the shortest notice.-- Chay moderate. Days for Sales appointed on application at the Opskrver Off: All letters property addeessed to the Uxbridge Post Office, Will receive the promptest attention. > D. Cottingham, FESR DENTIST, ER BORBUELLIA CW By a New Process, Teeth can be Fx- tracted without pain, at his office, J.D. 3 prepared to execute all operntions connected withhis profession with neatnesd anc dizpateh, Call and examine his specimens. Single Teeth inserted--parts of sets, or whole sets--Cheap, and warranted. UNDERSTAND.--Attention to, the Teeth pres 3 the health, Nithout 'teeth in good | order it is impossible to masticate food for the | body, and consequently there cannot be good health, If you have decayed teeth, get them filled. y out get them replaced by new | low, and all work warranted. If the work is not satisfactorily done, the | money will be refunded. Office hours from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m. Borelia, Jan. 15, 1867. 2-1y | | beautiful Vulcanite Base for Arti- | tificial Teeth! O.D. WATID, SURUCERON-DENTIST, = Re IWain==t,, Wrobvivgr, rations performed with the cave, warranted to give sat- $C, aud at prices which defy ev, Dr. Short, and IM. D. , Port Hope; Rev. J, TT, Burns, Whithy ; Jos. Gould, Esq., and J. Bolster, M. B., Ushy Datels, &r. "REVERE HOUSE," MANCHESTER ! IB. PLANK,.. PROPRIETOR. 1 the ahove hotel, ¢ with the choicest | "COTTAGE HOTELL, GREENBANK, Te subscriber wishes to inform the traveling public that he has taken tle above hotel, which he has fitted and furnished throughout, and where the best-accommodation, | with ul attention, can always be found.-- Good stabling, enclosed 4 and attentive Ostle . R. A. MURTA, Proprietor, Greenbank, Fel'y 13,1868, Jewett's Hotel, KENL STREET, LINDSAY. | Good stable and shed attached, and an attentive ostler always in attendance, - . 1, y | Free Omnibus to and from the Cars and Boats. | 'Saintfield Hotel. rps house being new, commodions, and well furnished throughout, the public Tayori Dio th, hele estonia ya every convenience nee I tended to. Good Stabling, ! always in attendance, | . D. CAMPBELL, Proprietor. uy . . DARORE HOUSE, Unica § 00D accommodations. Careful attention A to the requirements gf travelers and g 8, The bar supplied with the best wines, liguo cigars Good stabling. : J. DAFOE, Proj THE ROBSON HO LATE SCRIPTURE'S HOTEL, DUNDAS STREET WHITBY, C, W,, GEOKGE ROBSON, « - - PROPRIETOR. IIE Subscriber begs to announce that he has , leased the building formerly known as Serip= ture's Hotel, for a term of years, and that he has renovated and re-furnished the building throug le out, The Prowse are pleasantly situated, op- posite the Post Office, in the centre of the town. The Railway Omnibus calls at the Hotel, and the Stages for Uxbridge and Beaverton leave the door every morning. #5" Careful Ostlers always in attendance, GEO. ROBSON REVERE HOUSE BEAYERTON, C. W. HE Subscriber begs to announce that he has leased the above hotel, which has been fur- nished and fitted up throughout in the best of style. None but the choicest liquors and cigars will be kept in the bar, and his table will be fur- nished with all the delicacies of the season. Care- ful and obliging ostlers always in attedance, | WM. PARKIN, Proprietor. Beaverton, July 27, 1864. 9 COMMERCIAL HOTEL, BROCK STREET, WIITBY. pe undersigted begs to announce that he has taken the above well known premises which have been newly furnished and renovated by him, and where the best accommodation go- ing, with careful attention, ean alivays be found. Good stabling, enclosed yards, and aticn- tive Ostlers, Charges HR moderate. 23-1y JOHN MILLER. Brooklin House. C. VICKERY, - = [EGS most respectfullysto inform {he inbabi- tants of the County of Ontario, that he lias leased the above premises lately occupied Wy Sandy Perrie, which he has newly furnished and renovated, and he is prepared to accommo- date the travelling public, The bar stocked with the choicest liquors and cigars, and an at- PROPRIETOR, tentive ostler always in altendance, | that perennial beauty, as some say ho did, | Frunce on the return of the Bourbons. HORACE VERNET. Horace Vernet was born in that temple of art, the Louvre and sired hy three gene- rations of artiste, he came naturally, and by hereditary right, to his vocation as a painter. His great-grandfather was Autonie Vernet, and was an artist of some merit, seltled at Avignon. As he was a coutem- potaty of Ninon de L'Enclos, he might (al- though the best authorities) have painted when shie was in the height of her attractions atthreescore. Horace Vernet's grandfather was Clude-Joseph, who became celebrated as a matine-painter in the time of Louis XV. ; while his father was Carle Vernet, the famous batile-painter of the Consulate and the early years of the Empire. Horace was bern on June 30, 1789, and is accordingly sixty-eight years of age; but though he has neatly reached the human limit ot threescore-and -ten, is yet warm with the fire of genius, and strong with the vigor of a robust temparament. Passing fancy and childhood in those troublous days of the Revolution of 1793, he'and his fatlier barely escaped the danger to which all, however remotely, connected with royalty and anstocracy were exposed. Ou sallying out together one day, they were suddenly met by the infuriated mob, which was making its way to the palace to attack A ball, which shot off the hat of the younger Vernet, and pierced the sleeve of the elder's coat, was the result of the encounter. Revolutionary Pans became now so alarming to Carle Veinet's intinets of safety, that he resolved upon making his way outof it at the earliust possible moment. He had haidly picked | his portmanteau and made ready lor his de- Louis XVI. aud his quecn. parture when he received word of the ar- rest and condemnation of his sister to death. David, the painter, was his friend and portrait upon portrait, picture upon picture, and had himself and his deeds glorified over and over agam by the facile brash of Vernet. This excited the anxious jeatousy of Charles X , who began-- with unusual brightuess of foresight for him--o discover thatit was hardly prudent to persecute genius and particularly popular genius. HisMajesty particularly popular geniud. 1k Majesty, accordingly, summoned Vernet tothe Tuil- eries, and having sat for his - own portrait, ordered the Duke d'Angoulome to sit for his. With this prosperous gale of royal favor all became plain sailing fer, Vernet, and he was soon wafted on a full tide of honor into the Louvre and the good graces |' ofthe Welcome court. Tle was now em- ployed by government to decorate the ceil- tings of the Louvre with a grand panting of a subject more royal than great-- Charles X. reviewing his troops in the Champ de Mars. Ho also received at this tme the appointment of Director of the French School of Art at Rome. While in Italy, performing the functions of his new oilice, Vernet plied his brush busily, and seut home to Paris a large number of pictures, all of which added to his fame, and confirmed the pride of his country to hus genius, Louis Plulippe hav- ing in the mean time become, by the re- volution of July, 1830, the Citizen King, our artist was sent for by his old patron, and | on his arrival in Paris he was installed at once, as the especial favorite of the mon- arch, in an immense studio, the whole of the large Salle du Jeu de Paume, at Var- sailles, being appropriated for the purpose ; and there he found roo n and verge enough for that expansive exercise of hisart which 1s Vernet's characterestic. Orders rained in upon him, aud his first commission was for a senesof pictares which paid kim at least one hundred thousand dollars. Facile as Vernet ig in handling his brush, brother artist, and on the best possible terms with Moreau and the revolutionary fterror- iste, A word from him would be the sal- vation of his sister. David's answer to the appeal of the brotker and friend was, ¢ Your sister was an aristocrat 3 I shall not trouble myself about her." Carle' Vernet's sister! was guiilotined, The French biog phers, | who have always a ready-made amour at hand, or are prepared 10 get up one at the shortest notee, in orderto give spice to every story, says that she had ted illicit swit of David, and was thus sacri | ficed' as a victia to glut the revenge of dis- The Vernets, father and the retnbution of | his exile i | | the | appointed lust, son, lived to witness David's inhumanity, in Horace gave, as most men of genius have indication of his natural bias. done, ¢ While yet a boy, on dining with his father | and some artist frends at the Cafa de Foy, | in the Palais Royal, the cork of a Cham- page bottle flew up and left a very uvaly black spot upon-the fieshly-painted ceiling. The landlord was dreadtully putout. Horace hngered behind as his father and friends went out, and quieted the angry Boniface, | | | TION Tron bTa ourselt, my good friend § it is no great misfortune ; and, at any rate, 7 = [ cau easily repair it." The boy-antist, accordingly, mixing his colors, and extemponizing a seaflold with table and chairs, moanted it, and in the course of a few minutes had: the. satisfuc- tion of showing his uneasy landlord an ex- qustively-painted white swallow in place of the ugly black spot. This occured the better part of a century since, but the stranger 18 still shown the boy-artist's swal- low. on the ceiling of the Cate de Foy, al- though it is believed that many a brush has touched and retouched it since that of Horace Vernet. Our painter's genius was early recogniz ed, and he was received into great favor by the court of Napoleon. Marie Louise and other members of the im perial family gave him liberal orders, and paid him liberai | prices. 'Two thousand dollars, at this early period, was a usual sun received for oue of the large paintings ; while for Lis por- traits, which were in great demand, ho was proportionately well re- warded. Finding on the restoration of the Bourbons, that his Bonapartist pic tures were refused admission nto the Louvre Exhibitions, he left Paris in disgust and went to Italy, where he was received with a triumphant welcome in honor of his genius. He soon returns to his native city, where le still finds the government keeps his pic- tures out of the Louvre, but is consoled by the critics and tho public crowding to see th&m at bis own studio. He now paints in rapid succession, some of his most brilliant pictors, among which are the Battle of Jemmapes, the Battle of Montmirail, the Farewell at Footameblean, the Battle of Valmy, and the Bridge of Arcole. The Duke of Orleans, the (uture King Louis Philippe, with his ambition ever on the alert for a revolution and au occasion fof his own advancement, studiously encourag- ed growing opposition to Charles X., and became a patron of Vernet, as the alist favored by the discontented: He ordered from iq and quick in execution, he is #till a man of rare industy and of hard study. No ob- [tacts will prevent him from the pursuit of kuowledge, and he is known to have trave!= ed hundreds and thousands of miles in order to perfect by observation, such an acquaint- ance with details of manners, costame, and selene, a8 may give the truth of nature and ALBERT, COUNTY OF ONTARIO, C. W. THURSDAY. AUGUST 15, IS67. «Ah! Why? . ¢ Because, he said, please your Majesty, that citizens were on the rise, and nobility on the decline ; leave me, I pray you a simple citizen.' ¢ Your grandfather was right," answered the King, ¢ but hisgrandson is wrong ; for now the change has been already made, and the Chamber of Peers is composed ol citizens." ¢ Allow me, Sire, resumed Vernet. ¢ At present we have got another. see-saw. The nobility is dead and gone ; the eitiven is coming down again and the artist is rais- ing. Let me remain an artist' ¢ The devil I' cried the King ;¢ pcihaps you are not far from right." Louis Philippe,in his subsequent visits, never resumed the sub- ject of the peerage. The King, however, hid not bate a jot of his interests in the spinted Vernet, and ook especial delight in watching the dash- ing effects struck out by his rapid brush. While the artist was engaged upon his pio- ture of the Siege of Valenciennes Louis Philippe was a frequent visitor; and on one occasion proposed that Vernet should re- present Lows XIV. leading the assault. It was easy enough to do : a line here, and a Inttle color there-- for it was always touch- and-go with our aitist-- would have immor- talized the martial glory of the Grand Mon- arch ; but Vernet is above all things truth- ful, and he determmed, before acceding to the royal request, to consult authorities, and find out what part Louis XIV. took in the affair. The resulteof his research proved, as might have been expected, that the Grand Monarch had too much regard to his personal safety to trust himself any where within the risk of eannon-shot; and was, in fact--instead of leading the assault at Val- enciennes, no less than mine miles distant from the spot--in the agreeable company of the chicf of his seraglio, Madame de Mon- tespan. Accordingly Vernet informed Louis Philippe that, as he could not fal- sify liistory, he would not put Louis XIV. where Louis X1V. never was. ¢ But | assure you," exclaimed the King, angnly, * that we have a tradition in our family, which proves the fact !" 1 am exceedingly sorry,' replied the conventional custom to lis pictures. He crossed at least a score of times, the Med= tterranean,%hi'e engaged in illustrating with lus art the African Champagiu, in order to study, in Algiers, those particulars of place and charcter which he wished to fix upon his canvas, His ceremony is no less wonderfully tenacious than his observation is precise. iericault, the painter, said of 'him, ¢Ilis head is a set of drawers. He opens at, looks in, and finds every thing in its place." | One morning he met the Marquis de Par- toret on the quay of the- Louvre : "What has become of you, my good fel- low I" exclaimed the Marquis; "it is an e since [ have seen you. What have you » been doing with yourse!l i? ¢ You are joking,' replies Vernet 5 "it is not six months since I hadthe pleasure of shaking you by the hand.' \ + What! You, aro mistaken, Dm sure. Where was it 2? ¢ lu the garden of the Tuileries. had a lady on your arm.' ¢ Yes, a lady ; and a devilish pretty one too, - 1 assure you ! Stop ! I'll give gou her portrait. ' Vernet took out his note-book and pencil. and after a few rapid touches, handed the result to the Marquis, saving, ¢ Do you. re- cognize her 7° g ¢ Yes, by Heaven; it is tho Duches of V--! exclaimed the Marquis. ¢ It is a fact; I gavo her my arm one evening on her way to her hotel, on the Quai Volatire, and we crossed the Tuileries together. But how in the world, man, could you, after six mouths, draw a face, a form, and a dress that you only got half a glance at 2' « Why," rephed Vernet, ¢it's a ainple thing enough' A_simple thing, you say ? Let me tell yon, if you had lived in the fifteenth cen- tury they would have been sure to have burned you for a witch! Ill keep the sketch. Good-day. Hope to see you soon agam, my dear fellow." Such is Vernet's marvelous memory that he is enabjed to point almost without a medal. The great painter was now considéred equal to any thing ; so Louis Philippe proposed that he should paint a whole gal- lery of pictures with his own unaided brush. Vernet, nothing daunted, undertook the gigantio labor ; and in six years covered the walls of the Constantine Gailery at Versailles with paintings illustrative of the French campaigns in Afriza. Louis Phil- ippe was in ecatacy with the brilliant result, and called one day at the painters studio to express bis satisfaction. ¢[ have a proposition to make lo you, Monsieur Vernet," said his Majesty. Vernet bowed, and listened yespecifully. ¢ My proposition is not a bad one; it is that I make you a peer of France. What think you of it?' If your Majesty is eerious, you'll allow me, I beg to follow the example of a grand father of mine. He refused to receive a ha You painter, ¢ that your family tradition does not agree with history ; and I beg that you will not insist upon it. Louis Philippe now turned on his heel and disappeared. H. Vernet expected to hear no more of the matter, and was surprised by a Wgit from the proyal Director of Art who camo say to Mim. ¢« My goadAriend, you are jadeed to obsti- gestive somewhat of the spread-out and facile style of panoramic daubers, are libe- ral in conception, faithful in drawing bril- liant in color and truthful to history. The possession of a large fuitune is ihe natural result of our artist's genus, industry, and faculty ; and a still larger one is ex- pected to be the result of his visit lo the United States, if we 'are Yd fitstothe re- ported calculation of his friends, that he is to make some three hundred thousand dol- lars, what with his paintings for the Gov- ernment and his portraits for private sitters, by his visit (0 8tr country. « am Horace Vernet 1s the last of the long line of the artists Vernet. He had a daughter, who married Delaroche, and died before that eminent aritst. . et 8 ees CROP REPORTS AND PROSPECTS. The high prices which have prevailad thus far during the year for all kinds of pro- visions, make the crop prospects a theme of unusual interest, Everybody watches the weather and coneults the papers, and dreams at night of the crops. In the main, reports from all parts of the country are favorable and there is every indication of a beautiful harvest. As we go lo press, we are in the midst of the summer tinits, of which there | has been an abundance with the exception | of chierries," which have been a failure in the east. Forty cents a pound in the retail | market would indicate a general dearth of | this fruitthroughout the land. Strawberries wero never better. They have been so | abundant, and the prices so low in the glut of the market, that in some places we have heard of, they were left torot upon the vines. | But these were not the largest and best Kinds. Fino berries'alwayssell well in the New York market. Rasberrics have been abundant and sold at good prices. We have never knowa a glut of this fruit. Currants have been plenty and cheap. The market is improving for this fruit, and we have seen large quantities of the Cherny and other large varieties at 10 to 20 cents per pound at wholesale. The wheat harvest of the South is gath- ered, and has been a great relief to the | famishing districte. | Tue large promise of apples and pears | will net bo realized in the East, probably not more than an averag: crop which in- dicates a god market in New York for all ! the fruit the West can send us. Of grapes | it is too early to speak, though the vines are | said to be looking well. Peaches in Jersey | and Deleware will be plenty. | The great crops of the South, corn, cotton | nate. The King will pay 'you; do as he asks.' ¢ No one can pay me,' replied the indig- | nant artist ¢ for belying history. I throw up | my commission ; I shall not paint the pic- | ture.' | On that very day Vernet packed his poir- manteau and prepared to depart for Russia, whree the Emperor Nicholas had often m- vited him to go. He was just ready to start when no less a personage than one of the cliief ministers of the court was announced. He burst in with, : «Come my good Vernet, *hoiio of Tia nonsense! You are in too much hurry.' «Too much mn a hury I" replied Vernet. ¢ What do you mean? 1 was never so in- sulted in my whole life." ¢« Oh I'come, be composed, my good fellow. All that is asked is just a little yielding on yonr part.' ¢« You call that a litle yielding you do? Let mo tell you, if [ am to submit to a des- potism, I should prefer that of ihe Czar of all the Russias !? It was all in vain. Vernet had made up his mind to go to Russia, and went; and was received by Nichlos with ali the honors. fle became a great personal favorite of the Russian Czar, who not only gave him unlimited orders for big picfures, and paid lim bfg prices, but almost daily visited him in hs studio, 2nd condescended to become a pupil ofthe lucky artist. Vernet bid tair to pass the remainder of hus days a hap- py exile in Russi, though Louis Phillippe was urging him to return to Pans, This monarch went so far to authorize the French ambsssador to promise the artist that, if he would go back to France, «he might finish the Seige of Valencinnes without any Louis XIV in it." He however was deaf to all entreaty, until he he heatd of the mel- ancholy death of the Dake of Orleans, when yielding to the natural kindness of his heart he forgot the monarch in his father, and re- turned to Paris, to bear him and bis and the Empero: Nicholabs's condolence to Louis Philippe on the loss of his son. The past was now forgotten, and Verney was reinstated in all his former fiver, and the event was 1nogurated by his receiving an order from government to paiut the ¢ Tak- ing of Salma,' on 4 gigantic canvis no less than a hundred and sixty yards square. [ven Vernets seven-leagued tyush was arrested for @ moment before taking this expansivg spread. Butit was only a mo- ment; the intrepid artist dashed boldly on and in less than eight inonths covered what ig said to be the largest canvas in the world. Vernet is the most rapid aiid prolific of title from Louis XV." , painters ; _and his productione, though sug- | the sea-board and tobacco are doing quite as well as could ! be eXpected under the circamstances. In| the Mississippt Valley there were exten- | sive'breaks iu the levee, and wide spread | destruction thereftom. In} other paits on | there have been excessive rains and overflows, but the damage 1s con- fined to the low landsin the river valleys. In some parts there are complaints from the freedmen, that they are diverted from | their labor by political speakers, who are - S---------------------------- tinue until the question is setded, and the harvest in good purtover. [In Great Britainy a large part of the hay had been secured in unuspally good order, and though the weather was cold and unfavorable for graine, yet, with an abundance of hay, farmers were feeling very well satisfied. ae p-- QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS. The following abstract of the election law has been prepared by an eminent legal authority, and will remove some doub(s which have been started by several corres-- pondenty The qualification of Parliamentary elec- tors is defined hy the 8lst section of the Municipal Act of 1866, to be as follows :-- The owner or occupant of real property of the actual value, In cities, of In towns, of In villages of. 1a townships of. Besides possessing the requisite property qualification, the elector must have been entered on the last revised assessment roll, from which the voters' list is prepared. In municipalities where the assessment roll of 1867 has been revised, it. is the duty of the Clerk to prepare the voters' list from this rolly and if completed by him and fyled with the Clerk of the Peace one month before the date of the Writ for the election, such list is the proper one to govern who are electors. Where this has not been done, the voters' list will bo that prepared (rom the assess- ment roll of 1866. Whether that should have been prepared 04 the old qualification or the new gives rise to a question of some uncertainty. By the 427th section of the Act = 0 6 (which introduces the new 'qualifi- cation,) the provisions with reference to the qualification of electors and candidates are postponed from taking effect until after the Ist i of September, 1867. The Act con=- tains distinet provisions with reference to thd qualifications of Municipal and Parlia- ménlary electors, and also to the municipal canglidates and the first part of this 427th section applies expressly to ¢ Municipal 'camdidates," and following the usual leg rule of construction, according to the max- im ¢ moscitur a sociis,' it would seem that the electors and candidates meant by this section are municipal. The voter' hist when finally revised, is final and conclusive, and no question of quahifteation can be raised at the election, but of the wdentity only of the voter with the elector, whose name is on the list. et 8 ere Chignons are losing thew glory--in fact they are being ruthlessly ket aside, as wo are informed by fashiofwriters, by braids and twists atthe back of the head, coiled at the exact centro between the reek and top of the head." These braids, we are further informed, ¢ are massive, and wound but once round the small chignen formed byfthe gatusat Linir." This, we think, must by a mumfust relief after the tightly tied elevations that have emulated Chinese top- anxious to indocfrinate them in their duties | knots for a long time, and drawn the eye- ns. But notwithstanding 3, td Te ports Tom "(ie Soft ar these | brows of ¢ the fair sex' to an elevation very "FromFpletsing® Fhe farge- faced' in tho main of a cheerful character. The | women have reason to be happy also, as ficedmen are better paid, and work Petter} thau last year, The feeling for the future growing out of the prospects cf the crops, is very hopeful and jubilant, In North Miss- 1ssippi they have devoted thice-lourths of their land to bread-stufls ; the cotton looks healthy, but suflers from the lack of the hoe. About Jackson, they were "trying German laborers, and are pleased with the change. In Western Tennessee, two-thirds, of the land is said to bs in corn and the cmall grains, which last have been gathered with a fair yield. - We have recently conversed with a large planter from Southwestern Georgia, who reports the negroes as work- ing well generally ; oats a good crop, and, being fed unthrasned, a great relief to work - ing animals ; wheat very good, corn lovking well, and fruits abondant. The cotton crop 18 promising, and planters in his section estimate it at not less than three millions of bales. We lave seen this estimate made iu other responsible ynaiters. The Apprehension 18 leit that the crop way be so large as to carr y.pief@s down below a remunerativa point. In spite of the tax, which we think a great blunder on the part of the Government, colton is likely to be the maiu erop of the Gulf States for generations to come. Cu the whole the crop prospects are eminently satisfactory, and indicate a profitable trade for the coming fall and winter. 4 Tur Crops or Eurore.--The prices of grain in this country depend very much upon those of Europe. Almost all our sur- plus crosses the Atlantic, and a heavy Euro- pean demand, or the praspect of wars, which will interrupt the regular supplies, at once puts our prices up. It isatill too early tobe able to judge of the wheat crop of Eu- ope By the last advices tho weather was s0 good that, enough the stock of wheat in first hands was teduced so low that its amount could hardly be estimated, yet markets were dull; and the general expec- tation of a full harvest caused an unsettled state of prices, which will no boubt con- ¢ the new style of hair dressing is very be- coming to them." We wonder Low it is with the little=faced woman ! : a © te - The following incident took place upon one of the Ohio iver steamboats, and was related lo us by an eye witness, While the boat was lying at Cincinuatti, just ready to start for Louisville, a young nan came on board leadinga blushing dam= sel by thé hand and approaching the polite clerk, m a surpressed voice : ¢ | say," he exclaimed, ¢ mo and my wife have just got marzied, and | am ooking fur accommoda-- tions." ¢ Looking fora berth ? hastely in- quired thee cletk-- passing tickets out to another passenger. A birth ! thunder and lightning, no I" exclaimed the astonished man, 'we ain't but just got married; we want a place 15 stay all night, you know, and--and a bed." ------ A -- An interesting race of carrier pigeons recently took place between Biussels and Cologne, a distance of about 110 miles. The * Columba' Sucicty at Brussels started the birds at half-past eight o'clock. The first one arrived at the rooms of the Society at Cologne in three hours j a thiid came a quarter of an hour later, and the [ouith in a few minutes afterwards. Hamburg also has its Society or ¢ Club' for the encourage- ment of the art of flying carrer pigeons. This eaier pigeon club, if we may call it by that name, has 120 pigeons, which are to be sent to Cologne to compete with the birds owned in that city by other clubs. They are to be thrown up m the Zoologi- cal Gardens in Cologne. Thence to Ham- burg 18 about 230 miles. eesti iri An American Writer dwelling upon the importance of small things, says that: he always takes 'note of the end of a straw." Especially, perhaps, if there a sherrycob- bler at one end of il. et ---- ee Domestic CorroQuy ; ON EMIGRATION Axp Coramization.--¢ Ma," said a ySung lady to ber mother the other day, ¢ what is emigrating ©? Mother--* Emigrating, dear - is a young lady gowg to Australia.' Dangh~ ter--¢ Colonizing, dear, is marrying thei and hating a famuly.'-- Daughter--¢ Ma, should iike to go to Australia, -- Butcher, ¢ Can't you trust me, little meat this morn ie i i i A RE nor EE os eR = 3 pt