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7 Ee Re -- a ------ wi Mr. Risse Lat Bull's Bua. In commit' with most people 'we had tome to the conclusion respecting the stam- pede, that it was a panic as disastrous to the ederal cause as it was disgraceful to the troops whom the population of the Northern States had prematurely bepraised into he- roes ; and had space permitted we wonld have gladly transferred to our columns sev- eral selections from our" American ex- changes, 'giving the corresjondent of the Ties credit for faithfully chronicling what <he had seen and heard on that fatal day. -- The N. ¥. T¥ibune spoke of Mr. Russeil's Bull's Run letter thus :-- "Taking: his pen he writes an account of what his eyes had seen, his ears heard. The moderate tone of his letter must have struc', all candid readers. The narative is Caiet, and -evidently less uncomplimeatary to those who fled in disorder 1a the facts would haye authorised. Ll it ix not sooth- ing to onr pride; it_could not be and con tinpe grathful. Toerefore, while the papers referred..tn %® forced to acknowledge the Justice rc hia strictures, and although the Jourt.als throughout the country day after day, cafne out with words from editors and cor- respondents fenfold more biiter than those of Me. Russell, they unite in vituperating him for his parative, and on accoudt of it heap abuse ppan the paper he represents. "Its time that We rid ourselves of the foblish sensitiveness which causes vs to shrink from criticism by strangers, of the tedliness 'which impels us to insult the wiitens whos states what he believes to be the truth, of ho. injustice whisk. refuses 10 ofh- ers the 1ibéity akepeech we insist upon for ourselyes, Mr. Russell has written nothing which justifies the. offensive attacks whic! have been made upon him by so many of our journals." © have read a numler of the onslaughts made on Mr, Russell, and in the main they appeared to be empty declamation! but there is one criticism upon his letter which contradicts him in seveial instances so cir- cumstantially, as to challenge attention. The Editor of the Chncago Daily 7'ribune, in his paper of the 23rd inst., having pre- viously given the Times' letter, says, among other things: --¢ We enjoyed the privilege of riding from a point a couple of miles east of Centreville, to another point a mile east of Fairfax Court-house, with Mr. Russell, any when he tells what took place on that bit bf road, we are competent judges of his truthfulness and fairness as a descriptive writer." The Editor adds :--¢ Jogging lei- ly down the Washington road, perhaps en minutes, certainly not more, ahead of Mr. Russell, we saw nothing of the flogging, lashing, spurring, beating and abandoning that he has se graphically described. The road was as quiet and clear as if no army were in the vicinity. A mi'e from Centre- ville, we met that New Jersey Regt., a pri- vate of which, Mr. Russell says, threatened to ¢ shoot him if he did not halt.' The offi- cers were turning back the few fugitives, riot a dozen in all, that. were on their way in; but, recognized as a civilian, as the T¥mes' correspondent must have been we passed to the rear unchallenged. Mr. Rus- sell, at that moment, could not have been half-a-mile behind us. Pushing on slowly we were overtaken by Col. Hunter's car- riage, in which he, wounded, was going to the city. Mr. Russell saw it, or says he saw it, aitended by an escort of treopers, at the head of whom 'was a Major, who ¢ con- sidered 1t right to take charge of his chief and leave his battalion." We saw no troop- ers nor Major. Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, of the House, was riding by the eide of the ve- fricle, and he, a smooth-faced gentleman, in the garb of:a eivillian, may have been mus- taken by our 'own correspondent' for a All that need be said at piesenit on the that eo far from 'enabling a minister 10 ac- vexed question of Bull's Run, is that Mr. | Russell can well afford 10 smile at the col-! umns of oe vituperation launched at him by U. 8. editors and correspondents, who go indiscriminately for their own ride, right or wrong, and who confine themselves to vague platitudes gud generalities; but when responsible parties come forward with minute ci ial dictions of what he has set down as facts, he will not, we opine, pass them over in silunce, We have | hitherto looked upon the, fines' 'orreépond- ent as an undauried chronicler of battle- history, and frankly confess to a great dislike to having oven BE cast on the veraoity of the writer of the wonderful naratives of 10% i q he | But he fancies that he makes a political the Cri paign, the of t Sepoy rebellion in India, and mote recently the letters from the seat of war 1n Italy. But Jet facts, whatever they be, speak for them- selves. The Outario Observer. PRINCE ALBERT, SEPT. 5, 1861. ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, on "TRENT DIVISION, Since the death of the Ilon. Edmund Murney, this division has been vigor. ously canvassed by Mr. Sidney Smith, -- cumulate wealth, the sum allowed by the country is inadequate fo the wants of a gen- tleman whose position necessarily entails upon him a and pendi tare. He knows that by no act, regular or irregular, has Mr. Smith profited to the ex- tent of a single dollar. He knows that, in- stead, of seeking to ¢ aggrandize himself," Mr. Smith has sacrificed his private in- terests to the exigencies of public duty-- that Mr. Smith has neglected his own con- cerns in his zeal to protect the concerns of the public--and that Mr. Smith would fo- day consult his personal prospenty by retir- ing from office and resuming the practice of his profession. All this Mr. Brown knows. point when he imputes avarice as the ac- tuating principle of his opponents; and he is content to lie--wickedly and deliberately to lie--1o serve the purpose of the hour." The Montreal Transcript, in refer- ring to the above language from the Leader, says :-- . « Now, in answer to all these luudations of Mr. Smith, we venture to say that we utter the opinion of ni tieth the people of Canada, when we say that the pretention of Mr. Smith in having sacrificed his private interests to his public duty, isto use our eloquent gontemporary's significant demonstration, "simply bosh." Should he lose his office, or be turned out of it, there will be few mourners at the interment; since never was there a public department worse conducted, or ugdor more unpopular than the Post Office under Mr. the defeated édt Master G I, and ME Mr. Billa Flint, who intend to pre- sent themselves for election to fill Mr. Murney's vacant seat in the Legisla- tive Council. Mr. Smith, in order tv avail himself of the privilege which the "law awards to resident, in oppo- sition to non-resident, candidates," re- moved his " household goods" to Pe. terboro' immediately after the an. nouncement of Mr. Murney"s death. Oh ! how anxious! The Cobourg Sun says:-- " We understand Mr. Murnoy's body was not buried till Sunday. Ou Monday, Mr. Smith's furniture, &c., was removed on to Peterboro' ovér the Cobourg and Peterboro' Railway, and the honorable gentleman took up his residonce in Peterboro'. Wall may the public exclaim,--¢ What a hurry 1 It is almost astonishing to think that the Post Master General, after his re- cent defeat, should again be foremost in the ranks of a political contest, when his chances of success are so " few and far between." But, as usnal, now he has got there, no means which will in any way tend to advance his interests und secure hissuccessare being spared, however disreputable. A few days ago, while addressing a public meet. ing, in Peterboro', he had the audacity to say :-- "When I entered office in 1858, there was an annual deficiency in the Post Office accounts of $192,926. In 1860 there was a surplus of no less than $16,202! Is there no evidence here of an economical admin- istration of the affairs of that department 7 doubtful man. of war. Possibly two miles and a half from Centreville, we stopped 'at a road-side farm-honse for a cup ji water.-- While drinking, Mr. Russell passed. We recognized him, rode along and were soon engaged with him in a discussion of the causes of the check--it was not then known to be 'anything more; and in his company we went on through Fairfax, in all, a dis- tance perhaps of six or eight miles ; and we can affirm that not one incident which he re- Jates as happening in that stretch had any foundatian in fact." The Tribune Editor states that he saw nothing of the Englishman with the mail- cart; aud, relative to Mr. Russell's being beseiged with questions at Fairfax Court House, where 'the people, black and white, were at the doors, and the infantry under arms," he adds :--¢ Not a question was asked of Mr. Russell nor of us; not a ¢ fugitive," we dare affirm, had passed that way ; the infantiy--another New Jersey re- giment, if we are not mistaken--were at their usual evening parade, supposing, no doubt, that their companions in arms had won a great victory."" Another converra- tion, said by Mr. Russell to have taken place at a "little one-horre tavern in Fair- fax," is pointedly said not to have happened at all, r. Russell, in his letter, remarked : " Washington was still eighteen miles away. The road was rongh and uncertain, and again our poor steed was under way ; but it was no use of trying to outstrip the runaways. Once or twice [ imagined 1 heard guns in the rear, but I conld not be sure, 1 consequence of the roar of the flight be- hind me. It was most surprising to see how far the foot soldiers had contrived to go on in advance." Upon which the Tribune comments thus: "It must have been surprising indeed! From the moment of meeting the first New "Jersey regiment of which we have spoken, not a soldier, unless one of a baggage or picket guard, did we see on the road--not one. The wagons going in were few, and their progress was not such as to indicate that they were making a retreat. We faced train after train going out with supplies, without gnarl and without suspicion that the army-was beaten and in flight. The defeat was not 'known to any on the road, not even to Mt Russell, who informed ua that our army ould fall*back and encamp for the night, only. to remew the battle the next day. The "roar ot the flight behind me *4s a stretch of the imagination. Wo were ¢ behind me,' and heard the guns and ' marked the time as 7.15; but save our poor "old thick-winded steed, there was not an- _. other horee on the road within our sight. A * few carringes with wounded, a few retiring civilians--none making haste, Hone sus- pecting the that was reached -- soon passed vs 3 but not an armed man, trooper nor fostman, was anywhere near." In his r of the 24th inst., the Tribune Editor lg additional di Ado of alleged inaccuracies from the Hon. Mr. Lovejoy and Hlon. Mr. Washburn, of 1li- nois :-- The latter gentleman "arrived at Fairfax Court House, direct from Centreville, three hours after Mr. Russell n , and even then but few soldiers had made their ap- pearance there, and they wera stragglers who in some way had avoided the New Jersey regiment that turned the broken col- umns back. Mr. Lovejoy arrived in Wash- ington about 4 o'elock on Mondey morning, bringing in some wounded soldiers if an . ambulance ; he reports that at that hour not two hondred men ont of a}! the regiments that Mr. Russell imagined he heard in his « rear had arrived." "Yet Mr. Russell, eleven miles from Centreville, at 7.1 A om, nas acquired | bor heard fhiesa men in his rea, and the + roar bf nahi at the expense of the public." He knows that no man ean be enriched by the| the flight? was so great that it overpowered or made uncestain 10 his ears the roar of the guns." How confemptible is the man, ip! "he eyes of the wilblia: Who is evar willing, if possible, to blindfold the people by stating what he knows to be directly false. Well did Mr. Smith know what he stated in Peterboro' to be false, and well he also knew that reference to the Public Accounts would prove it. It may be well to notice how the Public Accounts have been "cooked" to accommodate Mr Smith. Soon after he had been in- stalled into office, he added to the revenue of his department the $64,000 allowed for " Legislative and Depart- mental Franks," of which no charge was made, nor account previously kept, and "got the money out of the public chest as a supply to make good a de- ficiency on the year's transactions." After adding this item, which should have been omitted, he neglected to add, what should have been added,-- "the salaries of the Post Office De- partment," which, have been * trans- ferred to the General Government," and paid under the head of "civil ser vice;" the #DPost-Office buildings," wliich are "set down" in the Public Accounts under the head of Govern- ment Buildings;" Mr. Baby's Gulf Service ;" the "Red River Mail Ser. vice ;" and the * travelling expenses" of the Hon. J. Rossand himself, which are placed under the head of « Miscel. laneons;" and last, hut not least, the whole of the vast sum paid the Mon. treal Steamship Company for carrying the mail bags across the Atlantic." It ison these grounds, and these only, that Mr.'Smith' made " a surplus of no less than $16,202." The following is a correct statement of the expenditures of the Post-Ofilc Departmeut, for 1860 :-- The official return declared the expenditures of the year to have been... $645,249 31 Departmental salaries. ....... 38,155 00 Post-office buildings. .... .... 38,557 83 Gulf and Red River Service.... 9,205 00 Travelling expenses. . . .... ... 8,401 76 Ocean Postal ov .... 25599 65 Real expenditure, 1860...... . $995,565 55 Official Return of > Revenue... ..... $658,051 92 Less Public Mails. 64,000 00 stent -- $594,051 92 True deficit in 1860 ........ $401,513 63 The Leader, sympathizing with Mr. Smith, on account of what the Globe has had to say in the matter, remarks: «Mr. Brown descends to the lowest depth when he resorts to this mi assaling political opponents. He knows that the allegation that Mr. Smith has sought 10 « aggrandize himself," is false.-- He'k i nows that neither Mr. Smith nor any of pay which is attacked to winixterial duty; ethod of Sydney Smith. © As a renegade to his party; he is detested, as a head of a public depart- of | beautifully THE CHRISTI PuiLuirs, A. M. well, Agents. This book is "the first effort" oni the part of the aathor introducing and cul- fivating a 'sloser | ion and a warmer ympatheti gst the b of every ho A book of this de- scription has much needed, from the fact that, at the present day, there exists too much coolness and indifference between parents and children. After a careful peru- sal of this work, we are prepared to say, it isone of the practical, in all its bear- ings, that we are acquainted with. Every obligation and duly is carefully handled S ME, by the Rev. S. i ind Md Georgian Bay Ship Canal. The following isa copy of the report of the commitiee at the late public meeting to consider the project of construct ing a ship canal connecting lakes Huron and Ontario. It was submitted to the To- ronto City Council fast Monday night. To His Worship the Toronto, Chairman of t Paving Your Committee, acti the instructions -- accompanied i t , have fully e fered the vari bearings canal, of the project to construct a ship connectil Ontario and Huron ; and they have now the satisfaction of pre- sen! their re the} Igomeri of your C the with much d 1 feeling and sincerity : --it is, indeed, ealoulated to draw out the most refined feelings and affections in our nature, and us to experience all that is folly, sweet, sw It is well bound, in the words--* Home, |, a canal is expedient on National and on Provincial nds ; they are convinced that as an aid to the com- merce of Canada and the Great West its value has not been overstated ; and they en- the Union without an effort to avert the lose. But, though civil war is the most frightful of all wars, the Americans plunged into it with ooncern than would bave been shown any State mn adoplin a diple- matic quatrel. Though peo, t Bwalya con them by a th d links of i and with | meet "The whole board denied any ssa} rig! and insisted that they would oy mio igh more for a set of « Lesson Cauls,"" than what other Boards of School Trustees paid for them, aril that \vas just 60 cents & set.-- The matter was then laid over till the next ing. 3 ¢ Here we have another of the many in- feeling, the North: instantly heaped every conceivable opprobrium on the heads of the Southerners. If the reader will refer to any speech of any Manchester orator, he will find the gov- ernment of the United States extravagantly eulogised for the very qualities of which it i proved to be utterly destitute, and the Americans exalted beyond all other ple on account of gifts which it is plain they never . It is this, if the Ameri- cans wish to know the truth, which points the remarks of Englishmen on their eivil war and its incidents :--It is not that they are any worse, or more foolish; or more in- temperate than was to bs expected under the trials to which they have been exposéd, but that they have been held up to our ad- iration by a certain party among us as a ertain the opinion that the eng ig dif- ficulties which undeniably exist are by no means bl brated "with siéel eng ings, and we 'great pleasure in recom- monding it to the public. THE PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS; As a National work the importance of the proposed canal is obvious. It is a neces- sary complement to the plans which, at an enormous cost, have enabled the British Government to promote the means of travel CHRIST A E APOSTLES; and people in whose counsels no intemperance or folly would ever be likely to prevail.-- When we see that unlimited democracy ys not the sligh ity agaist the worst of wars and the most reckless ex- travagance, we may apply the moral at ome, and tulate purselves that the old British constitution has not been precipi- ral which over a la of the AnD Crrins fp rue Bisve; Edited by O. | Province. The existi g -- a ly | tately delled after a Tiffany : d. ..Mossrs. Bames & [in advance of the wants of the time, are |Sign- Gamwell, . now deficient. The progress of sett], This book Printed, veatly bound, wana, the dovclopmuit uf the ast tiie } \ores and nicely illustrated. It centains a vast : : bared of Huron and Superior, and the certainty that Trent Division, it is apparent that Mr. Smith is * toosweet to be wholesome," although he has secured the services of John A. McDonald and Ogle R. Gowan to fight his battles for him. A correspondent of the Leader says Mr. Flint is not "to be despised as an op- ponent," «while his friends abroad work upon the Opposition by their cries against the goveinment." With the assistance of Mr. Wallbridge and others, and his own claims and princi. ples, Mr. Flint, it is estimated, is al most sure of success. Et th i irik hhltid DEATH OF WM. LYON McKENZIE. The Torontg papers of last Thurs. day brought us the melancholy intelli. gence of the death of William Lyon McKenzie, who expired at his resi. dence, Bond Street, Toronto, on Wed- nesday evening, the 28th ult., at half past eight o'clock, in the 67th year of his age. The event had for some time been foreseen, so that the an nouncement will not take our readers by surprise. The Globe, in a lengthy article, very truly remarks: -- - "A man of very g h sometimes misdirected ability 224 energy, he played a Beart in his adopted country, and ex- important influence over its name does not occupy a conspicuous, and we must add, notithdanding his errors, an honorable position. Whatever may have been the means he employed, his aims were honest and public-spirited. He was no money hunter, he was the friend of A BE A, rs SN d facilities for in- inus of Lake ment, he is despised. And what 1s more, of val bl fc 8 at no distant day the interests of civilization he is amongst v4 own friends the least | from the most i and | and will d popul ber of the Admini 100." i} The piler seems to have been ourse from the p . n By the latest accounts from the desirous of phishing in parwo, | navigation to tlie golden shoresel the Pacific and he has ded most admirably, at the which render the Geor- same time his style of writing is easy and attractive,--a very good trait though not always met with in books of this character. The Biographical part of the work is par- ticularly teresting, especially that relat- ing to our Saviour and -his Apostles, the habits and customs of the times, and many other of minor. imp which are generally omitted, have received due attention. That part of it relating to History in also very complete. The pith and mar- row of all the particular circumstances and events, in connection with the different places under c« nsideration, are vividly pre- sented to the reader, as correctly a possible. We have no hesitation in pronouncing it a decidedly useful and interesting work, and a most desirable acquisition to any library. THE ILLUSTRATED LIFE OF WASH- INGTON, by the Hox. J. T. HEADLEY. -- Messrs. Barnes & Gamwell, Agents. This work 1s one of the most popular of American literature now extant. Mr. Headley, besides his own extensive know- ledge of the life of Washington, has * had access 10 & large quantity of new material, including the papers, correspondence and diary of Rufus Putman,' thus it may be giau Bay Canal a matter which the Imperial horities will ly in with favor. Over and above these considerations are others more strictly military and naval in their character ; but of these it is not requi- site--perhaps, it is not p for your Committee. to speak at any length. To the Province the project is scarcely less than vital. Its geographical i Another of Higgins' attempts at Swindling. 1 y been called upon to We have repeated ot petty & reeny to which not onl the town but the. Fovutry municipality } bree J irs ; but in this tac stance the attempt was so ing that it defeated its own ends. This Blow, it must be noticed, is clerk in the of Mr. Rowe, and Mr. Rowe and Mr. Perry are heavy endorsers on the CJ le and itis hinted by many in town at tinge are ap, ing a tight crisis there at this time. We are informed that Blow does not deny that he was fluenced by Mr. Rowe in the present matter. We need not com- ment on this rascally transaction ; it carnes its own comment on the face of it. But we must say that, from the interest that this Blow seemed to feel in the success of his - efforts to extort, .in the first place, $20 then i Bo finally $12 dramr tbe town treasury sixly cents wo printing, or at most $3 10, we feel inclined to set him down, in public matters, as the mak~ ing Sf as A By ave oa Perry and we could wish to enroll amongst their - Intle band of cor, ion theives. "We were pleased with the sim conversational way in which the Board of School Trustees transacted their busi Had this job been brought up in the Town vet) i would have py a on favorably no doul a ¢ Printing . - favorably 10 outs by 3, « Biibting Codt- "whole Council" and passed, thus re< lieving individual members from any un- I ibilities. It Is to be re- expose the 100 often of, the clique of Whitby sharp:rs--who origin- ated, and by the aid of public plunder have so far kept alive, the Whitby ministerial sheet--to extort large sums of money from the various public bodies, through the only audience present was the "| gretted that more inferest is not taken in On Thursday night the 'own Clerk, the Hall Keeper, and our Editon-- Vindi= these meetings. cator. medium of false and exhorbitant charges in the printing bil rendered by Higgins and Co. The most important hauls made iu this wise, have been from the Treasuriesof the County Council, and the Whitby Town Council, throogh the influence of one oriwe ints out Canada as the possessor of the nest commercial advantages which are to be found in the interior of the American Continent. Even now the grain and miner- als of the North-West demand increased facilities for hing the seaboard ; and the men of Chicago and Oswego are unani- monsly of opivion that, in a comparison of routes, a Ship Canal from the Georgian Bay to Ontario presents attractions of which none else can boast. Your Committee need not indulge in propheey to prove that all argu- ments based upon i i of the i parti of Hig- gine' notes--who generaliy manage to pro- cure seats in those bodies. We have now to record, in addition to some other instances unrecorded, an attempt at swindling the Board of School Trustees of the Town of Whitby out of a sum of such magnitude in relation to the value 1eceived, that even Higgins' bravest apologist dared not shoulder the infamy of moving for the pay- ment of much more than half the amouut. But we give the entire account of the pro- ceedings, as furnished by the Whitby wants are trivial indeed when placed in the balance against the wants winch will be ex- rienced when afew more years shall have rought out 1 a greater degree the resour- ces of the immense fertile region of which this canal will be the natural outlet. In this regard the marvels of the are the best index to the probabilities of the future. Your Committee have not bren uwnmindg- ful of the competition which the papers, quoting, first, the Chronicle's ac- count, and theu that of the, Watchman, from which the public can form its own con- clusions. : Before doing this, however, lest the con- duet of the prop of the Chronicl should be the means of calling down anathe- Fall Assizés--166L EASTERN CIRCUIT--MR. JUSTICE MCLEAN. Brockville. ..... . Tuesday Oct. lst. Perth... ae .. Sth Otlawa........ .. . L'Onginal ... Thursday .. 4th Cornwall..... .. Tvesday .. 20th MIDLAND CIRCUIT--MR. JUSTICE RICHARDS. Monday Sept. 30 . . .. October 7 Frida FE © Monday .. 2 Wed. 30 Monday Nov. 4 HOME CIRCUIT--MR. JUSTICE HAGARTY. mas upon the p mgs gl i one oh irl that Mr. Higgins 1s not a printer, and neve roote. On this head, however, your Com- mittee entertain slight fears. It is only considered mnie 'correct and i ing thau any 'Previously 'published. The author 1s a man of great popularity as a writer, and is well sustained by the American press gene- 'y to remiud the public that on an average of yeais the Georgian Bay Canal will be open for navigation vne month per year longer than that via Oitawa, to estab- f th i p Et Ch A 3 rr for of the ion--and that is tan he is en- abled to operate to suc advantage.-- An i pn bill of his having been pre- sented, and its correctness questioned, he doesn't know anything about it, except that itis a correct copy from the office books ; he cannot explain the account, and ro gets the privilege of taking it back ; and then, Dre i : q fo lish the iority of the undertaking which rally. To any one who is at all i in the life of this. great man, for truly he was the: present volume will prove to d | your Ci were app | to con- sider. > . That there are engineering obstacles it were folly to deny. - Your Committee, how- the is "mn splendid ed litho- graphic view of Mount Vernon and Wash- ington's tomb," beautifully laid out and ex- hibited in the best style of modern art.-- We have much pleasure in drawing the punty and y in the jon of public affairs. Let no man who values the politieal freedom and enlig} wo enjoy fail to give a meed of praise to one who struggled for long yeare anid enormous dif- tion of the public to this work, believ- ' wn dubo my be permitted to. repest-that the ovidence of competent parties appear to demonstrate that nature presents no difficulties along the route surveyed which science and industry roo cost. ey g to have d that his man made a in the putati k. economy, anyway, and 1 save further un- pleasant discussion, pass the bill: thus Hay not ata . o of Toronto has interests at stake whieh will justify its citizens in striving lously to re the Georgian Bay Canal ing it to be worthy of a carful p 1 tis well printed on good paper, and is amply illustrated with both steel and wood-cut engravings. ficulties to secure for his country a free con- stitution and an efficient ad ion ol . ite affairs." « With many faults, Mr. McKenzie is borne in affe and ful brance by hundreds, we might say thou- sands, of the honest yeomanry of Upper Canada, who recall his early labors on their behalf, and bear willing testimony that he never took part in a job, never advocated a measure which he did not believe to be for the public good. Their regard for him is his best monument." We have in this office, to day, part of the Press and material which were instrumental in bringing about the Re. bellion, and which wera thrown into the Toronto Bay, from Allan's Wharf, in 1826. Tire~«stone" which was formerly the "bed "' of Mr. McKenzies Press, we use to impose" the forms' of the Observer on now. The other part of the Press, which is built on the old wooden serew principle, is still in Stouflville, where it was purchased by the Proprietor of the Observer. lt a i... b i hii, ou Reach and Scugog Seed Fair, On Tuesday last the. members of the Reach and Sengog Agricultural Society held their annual Seed Fair, in Utica. The quality of the wheat exhibited, we under- stand, was very. fair, although there was but little competition. There were only four entries, and the prizes were awarded as fol- lows :--First prize, $4.00, S. Netherton; 2nd do., $3.00, John Ianson; 3rd do., $2.00, D. Christie ; 4th do., $1.00, Joseph Lee. After. the prizes had been awarded the wheat was put up and sold, ar usual, by public auction. The price realized was $1.25 per bushel. (5 We are glad to see so lively an inter- est manifested by our villagers in the com- ing County Fall Show. We have been informed that.pearly every manufacturing establishment in the place intend to erter something, in their line, for competition,-- The Prince Albert Brass Bund also will compete for the last prize on the list, against the Markham, Stoufiville, and Sharon Bands. z ee -- et (ty We observe by the Whitby Press that no less than 334 names have been signed to a petition praying the Post Master General still further to retain Mr. McPherson in the Post Office, at Whitby, where he has performed his duty for the past 24 years, with the utmost satisfacti 03 The new Methodist Episcopal Church, at the head of Scugog Island, will be dedi- cated tothe service of God on Sunday, the 8th inst. Sermons are to be preached by the following Ministers :--at 10 o'clock, a. m., by the Rev. W. Piritte, Presiding Elder ; at 2, p.m., by the Rev. Mr. Curts; at 6, p. m., by the Rev. C. Taylor. SPECIAL MEETING OF REACH COUNCIL. Towns Hart, MaNcHEsTER, 4 'Monday, 2nd Sept.; 1861. Members present,--Mesers. Harber, Pen- hall, White ; the Reeve in the chair. Coun. Barnes moved, that the Council adjourn for one hour, then to meet at Me- Clue's hotel.-- Carried. : At the expiration of the hour, the Council resumed its sitting. Coun. Waite moved, that on reference to the 88th Section, Chapter 55, of the Consoli- dated Statutes of Upper Canada, taken in | cannection with Cap. 38, of the 24th Vie., it appears that after the 1st day of May, on which any non-resident taxes has been im- posed for the previous year, that no change shall be made'in the commutation of statute labor charged figainst each separate party, in consequence of more than one parco being owned -by the same party ; and that the taxes impeéséd on non-resident lands, now claimed to belong to John Cameron and John Him "Perry, Esqs., for the past years prayed for in their petitions, have been paid aver to the proper parties although not collected. A that it has not been made to appear, to this Council, that the whole or from the category of speculations to that of realities. TET eins of the City are identified mn this regard with the mer- chants, thie store keepers, and with the sturdy, thrifty mechanics who have made Toronto what it is; and your Committee urge upon all the duty of putting forth the most vigorous: efforts' at their command to assist the work with sl) possitie speed. In lusion, your i mend that an application be made to the Imperial and vincial Governments for a great of lands asa bonus to the work ; your b i being | led that withont some ifi {| of that descrip tion, it were useless to reek the co-operation of the capitalists and contractors of the parent country, on whom alone the Province must rely for the practical execution of the enter- prize. Your C ittee further | that a per C itt, pr d to carry out necessary arrangements; and that they be instructed to set on foot a subserip- tion in the City of Toronto, and adjoining Counties, to provide the means of meeting preliminary expenses in Canada, and of ne- gotiating with parties in England for the per- formance of the undertaking on the basis in- dicated. placing a p oon { y, and gelling their pay in unlimited " treating" to rinks or cigars, from Higgins' flush pocket, every time they happen to meet him at the bar--not of justice, but of the hotel, Now for the latest game of grab attempt- ed to be played by this consummate trick- ster. A meeting of the Whitby Board of S. T. was held on Tuesday the 2th instant, at which only four members were present, viz: Messrs. L. Houck, chairman, Doel, Fraser, and Blow. The Chronicle says : ¢ Mr. Blow reported that he had got some "lesson cards" printed, and read a com- munication on the subject, from Mr. W. H. Higgs. He also produced the Collector's Roll for 1860, showing that a number of the rate bills were still uncollected. « All these matters were laid over until next meeting." But the editor of the IWatahman, who was and rey i the p i isa little more explicit. He says: " After a resolution proposed by Mr. Froser for alterations in the Henry St. school so as to allow of ventilation, and also for white-washing the same, was carried, Mr. Blow produced a set of nine # Lesson Cards" for John street School, which he had ordered at the Chronicle office. It appears that the very modest bill of $20 was sent through Mr. Blow to be audited by the Board for the above job. But before pre- All of which is fully submi (Signed) ~~ W. P. HOWLAND. Chairman. Committee Room, Victoria Hall, Toronto, August 30th, 1861. British Interest in the War. From tho London Times, Aug. 14. Never was there a war in which the peo- le of this coimtry took a greater interest.-- We waich with the utmost solicitote all the p Ji of the bellig: , and observe not only the operations of their armies, but the mamfestalion of popular feeling, with sentiments which no other struggle could excite. We can say more. Though it is impossible to avoid reflecting that the divi- sion of the Unidw'into wo great States may relieve us from many of the troubles with which we' were menaced by the overbearing policy of the.old federal government, we can safely assert that Englishmen desire any part of the said ident lands, now claimed to be owned by the said John Came- ron and John 'Ham Perry, Esgs., has been assessed 25 per cent higher than similar bing more than to see the quarrel termi- nated and the strife appeased. We wish no harm to either party, and would far rather see America strong, united and prosperous than late on Il d which its lands similarly si | in this Municipal ity; therefore, it is hereby ordered and directed that all resolutions, motions and gules, piso) at the meeting of Ceuncil, held rd day of August last, respect- ing the said petitions and lands be, and the same are, by virtue hereof, rescinded and made null and void ; and further, that a copy of this resolution be forwarded forthwith, by the Clerk, to the Township Treasurer, and all parties interested. -- Carried. The Council then adjourned. -- A ---------- Mr. McGee has found it necessary to insue a circular letter concerning the course pursued by the Toronto Freman in the late election contest in that city, the success of ture disruption might possibly bring to its neighbors. But when we have said this we have said all that the Americans are likely to hear with much satisfaction. For not | § g it to the rd, however, Mr. Blow ascertained from some of the members tha* the pill was rather too large this time to be swallowed ; so last night Mr. Blow placed a letter from Higgins before the Board, offer- ing to take $18, or, indeed. anything that " the liberality of the Board" would allow him. Armed with this letter, Mr. Blow moved that $12 be paid to Higgins. " Mr. Fraser said he was astonished at Mr. Blow. He had procured the same de- scription of 'Le#son Cards, since he had been a School Trustée, from the Board of Educa- tion in Toronto, where they are supplied to So sotiool of 'thé province, for 60 cents a set of niné cards, or about 64 cents a-piece ! «Mr. Blow would like to have Mr. Fraser show some ofiithe old bills as vouchers for Tuesday Oct. 1 onday .. 7 - .. 14 Tuesday .. 22 _Monday .. 28 Hamiltou......... Monday Nov. 4 OXFORD CIRCUIT--MR. JUSTICE BURNS. Tuesday Oct. 1- .. Wednesday .. 6 . Monday .. 14 a .. 21 >. Nov.4 Monday Hodis Nov. 4 Sandwich ........ 3d HOME SITTINGS--CHIEF JUSTICE DRAPER. City of Toronto. .... Monday Sept. 80 U. C. of York nnd Poel .. | Octi "id The American Revolution: JEFF. DAVIS REPORTED DEAD. WasningTon, Ang. 30. This morning the rebels made a demon- stration Mm force, with three pieces of artil- lery; against our pick ioned at Falls Cross Roads. Alter ietining a short distance our troops returned the fire, and finally com- jel ed the enemy to retire, when they re- sum -d the possession of their former position. Ihe Siate department will not issue passes to anybody to from loyal into rebel States. Swice the 'passage through Loyis- ville was stopped the demand for has been very large. Most of the applicants are women who have been hving North. New York, Ang. 31. The remains of Gen. Lyon arrived at three o'clock this p.m., and were escorted by a guard of honor to the City Hall, where they will lie in state. ill Monday p.m., when they will be conveyed to Connecticut. $40,000 belonging to the rebels was seized esterday m the Park Bank by Marshal Mariay. = New York, Sept. 2. Surveyor Andrews yesterday seized 25 vessels, owned wholly or in part by rebels, including eight ships and seven barks.-- Others will be seized to-day. The value of the vessels seized is over two millions. Eight more vessels were seized by the Surveyor to-day, inclnding the steamer Morton and the ship Trumbull. The latter was loaded and ready to sail for Antwerp. CrNciNNaTi, Sept, 2. There was a fight yesterday at Boone resulting n the total rout of the rebels. Loss thirty killed and a large number wounded. Forty prisoners were also taken. None were killed on our side, and but six wounded. Our men burned the town. New York, Sept 3. The Herald's correspondent sends the fol- lowing dispateh :--A dispatch has re- ceived here to-day from Richmond, via Louis ville, announcing the death of Jeflerson Davis." This accounts -for the display of fed ram- what he said. cards are to the Toronto éards and were much below Higgins' regtlar price for such work. « Mr. Doel said they were not superior in printing, and that by purchasing the «et for sixty cents they could be pasted on scale- board here for certainly not more than 25 cents a-piece, which wonld make the cost, supposing we did not like the way they flags at half-mast from the C parts to~lay. : ; The 7¥mes' Washington correspondent says :--It has been determined by the Gov- ernment to hold the position of Cape Halteras Ithough the original i ion was to destroy and abandon the works ; but now it will be made aren-lezvous for the army and naval forces. This expedition is but the Do- . ions, of which the Navy were got up by the Board of Education, about $3 10. He dul not believe in Living Higgins $12 for sixty cents worth of ing, or, at most, $3 10, even if he had re duced his bill a third as Mr. Blow argnes.-- he had charged for this job $60 and the rest, our are inly favorable to those institutions under which this great catastrophe has been matured.-- What the Americans call freedom, but what we call democracy, does not show to advan- tage at this critical time. The theories at- z periority to jepub- lican torms of government have all n falsified in the plainest and most striking mar:ner, and the last six months have proved | beyond all question that the preponderance of lar will without check or limit is at least as likely. to hurry a nation into war and debt as the caprice of the most abeolute which r he was an active for ol had solicited aid. He now This is nothing but right and we hope it finds it Ys and very justly, too, to disavow any conection with that journal We aro not finding fault with the Northern States for going 10 war. We havo repeated- ly admitted that the federal party could not may have the desired effect, for the future. be expected to view the dismemberment of despot or the intrigues of the most velfieh of reduced his bill a third, would we be doing justice to thedrate-payers of the town by paying it? Sure'y not. a " Mr. Blow was apparently very indig- nant and insisted on having the very mode- rate sum of $12 pad. He said it would be better to pay that sum to our town trades- men than send even a less amount to Toronto. « Mr. Fraeer said that il Higgins refused to take what the work could have been pro- cured for elsewhere he would have nothing to do with him or the cards. This board never ordered them. «Mr. Blow that any had a right to incur an expense of $20 with- out consulting the hoard and he therefore 1d + demanded that at least the $12 elould be paid. : only of op Department has made ample preparations, print- ani will be rapidly lin THE NAVAL EXPEDITION--FIGHT AT HAT- TERAS, INLET. Washington, Sept. 1. The following acconnt is from the officer on board the steamer Adelaide :-- =F Str,--I have to report that the expedition t to Cape Hatteras Inlet has resulted ina signal victory over the rebels, the caj ed forte, 25 cannon, 1,000 stands of arms, 715 prisoners, amongst whom are Capt. Samuel Barron, Lievt. Sharp, Dr. Wyatt, and M. Bro ) of the United States army, Major Andrews and other offi- cers, late of the United States army. The amount of loss on. their side is not exactly known ; five are ascertained to have been buried and eleven wounded are on voard this vessel. Many. were ' darried away. Lieut. Murdoch, laté of the United States army, is amoug the number with the loss of an arm. galls ay