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es ods, Groceries, d dware, ity of Ontario. y attention of the, Ladies is especially .re- to the large and beautiful assort- ~ ment.of Millinery. A large number of Silk ind Cloth Capes and Jackets, A lot of| of pe néd Tats and Bonnets , 11 Trade, P th April, 186 ~NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ' Net Picture Gillery J.T. Bache, Scogog House--Henry Charles. : ~ Wintéd Tom ately --J n Shay. ¥ Noon AND NORTH ONTARIO ADVERTISER. ,PORT PERRY, APRIL 25, 1867. C"SPANDARD rendering the Sranparp one of the paid in advance. L.0. re EUROPEAN DIFFICUL- i" TIES, ' While the affairs on this continent are by no means, devoid of interest, those of Europe, at the present junc- ture, assume an importance so vast .u8 to engage the attention of tle whole world. Never, since the days al jealousies, immense military pre- parations, and every other "strange portent and prodigious token." This nation has an insult to avenge ; that an ambitious scheme to carey out, while a third is anxious to reguin the position from which she has been virtually thrust by a neighbor's cx- ultation ;-and cach appears deter- mined to draw lie sword should its diplomatic endeavors redultin failare, England has a difficulty with Spain, which may. yct compel a re- sort to Bolligerent measures, notwith- standing lier laudable anxiety to keep clear: of trouble with = ler neighbors. It will be remembered that about sixteen' months ago Spauish réveuue cutter seized a British vessel, the ** Queen Victoria," and took ler to a Spauish Port, where 1 sho was condemned for engaging in a smuggling enterprize, of which there was not the shadotv HF a pradf, The | citisli #atliovitics immedhately call: / ed the attention of the Spanish Go: fr vernment to the illegality of the whole: proceeding, (aud demanded prompt reparation : of thei: injury-- namely thie release of the vessel and per * peenniary "indemnity to the ed sion of segret addressed to Her Majesty's Government, for the outrage committed on tho British fla Toth aid no answer Bitish vos- engaged lin 'with and enterprise, and we trust the place will contingie to prospess. is rot likely thut the government Uxbridge Couy The above Council : ra We wi that we do not hold a 2) the $ ex; ditor of the p Standard. ; Sin --Tn this letter post, in connec- tion yiith other hints, tive a brisf sketch of the manner in ) pring opened here fit Towa. FRA is a very backward season ; ibis '80 here than inother places. About the ficst intimation we had of {ne henuifl and tong expected season, was abot th of February, when the fogds ¥ by the rain§ that fi in the country * began 1 make complaints, they frontier towns and cities for their neces- But in a short - time their murmurs were. hushed, though some and anxiously waiting for their, irl merchants are gelling in of: goods, in expect f bi. (hie ous trade. Their "goods its dyanfugcously in he" country. affords, 2 tt needles and anchors can be got; if\not everything from a needle to aihgnchor. David Armitage and 33 ing for a transfor of licen Brown to the House ky advices state that Prussia has again demanded of Napoleon a reason for the military preparations on the part It. is also said the re= maining great powers of Europe have interposed with a view to the peaceful solution of the Luxemburg || question. A plan for securing this hasbeen devised and submitted to both parties, and France has signi- fied her willingness. to accept jt. | Reach Comneil-=This beard wall meet: ut. the. Towu Hall, Manchester, on{ ~ppon Win Tow, ask of money he furnighed: agreeable to resolution From Patrick: Cosy others, praying' for aid Con, line; opposite lots 1 The Reeve presente $10 for money he hadfy Tlowe hy order of @ another for the sum of had pid for removing Lig an indigent herson, fr ship in Tebrary ast, 5 1 tha 1e hag fur- ed z sary requirements. Hanchester © Warehouse --A. of Manchester, has a splendid stock of goods on hand, A magnificent lot of Silk Parasols from . B80 12s 6d cach. A nice Print at 43d per yard; good wide.and fast colored do., Ti ome and seq the 43d and 73d Factory Cotton, and taste the 2s 3d ...Goods givenat cash prices for Butter,.| amy, &e. Parties buying for Cash Ronee ation = | were looking the time when they should plant . &c, (1 mention corn forif if fho | princip: crop of the Western Stal 12th of March it began fra by the 13th the wind blew across the prai- vies cold enoagh, if I may be allowed to use the old whim, if possible to blow the hair off a dog. For the benefit of my readers! will here add that the wind in the main ' [controls the weather here in the prairie ates. Perhaps the peaple of Canada and tray think it strange when 1/gay « governsthe weather, but: when understand that we are not surround by tall pines and otlier large timber for wind breakers, perhaps they will not think itso onable. - Changes were made in : weather (which are generally very sud- 1) from the time last named, till about the middle of March, when Spring set ia ; rains descended, and the Hvers, which are ani ntrrow; were! over-flowing Ri 48 Sr Sengog Toase.-- Mr. Charles, of the "1 Scugog [Tonse, advertises New Dry Goods, Groceries ; choice Wines and Sce advertisement, What Russia will do is not apparent, although it ishoped that she also ywikk reply favorably, and that 'peace 'will continue unbroken. Too much jm- portance must not be attached haw- ever, to this representation. - [} plan evidently pleases Napoleon, aud for this very reason may he quite im- pulatable to Bismarck; as the kitter is for yielding a 'possible "his Tmperial rival, Atal russia commits ler- self to this scheme she will, doubtless waitithe result of her negotiations with Austria, and if an' alliance can be effected it is not probable that she will become a consenting party.' The result.then may be war, but Napoleon will think twice before he fisks a con- flict with the whole of Germany. Ife most certainly will not do' it unless he is compelled, and the state of feel- ing in Trance, if anything, will be the motive power by which fe js driven. An official organ of the Aus- trian: Government " cofrrisels ts ry: ersnot to put too much faith in the preservation of peace in Furope." Meanwhile Ruseia stands ready to solve the Eastern Question, by the absorption of Turkey, at the first eon- venient opportunity, and that oppor- tunity will arrive just as soon as the other great powers become involved np New Sehool. -- We would direct the | attention of our readersito the adver- tisemant of Mrs. B y | nislied Mrs. Dune ongard, in this | said she should be prov The petition of. G. | Alfred Hambleton, prag (cil to eause a survey of Klin, on | 5th Coun, was also prose Monday last, charged wiki the crime | An account from IG . Crosby was of trying to induce one!Deborg to Presented for money whiclt had been fire the Qutario Tannery, He has | been sent to jail for tr An Incondinrism--A man 'tamed Crox. $17,000 %0 h of New Goods --J. Bigelow, 2a ty ad § 3 all" was arrested, in" | very long their, k: 1 grost evs--Adam Gordon: "Farms for Salo Jos. Bigelow. ,. Horse Bills-- Standard... nid by him as Road. Commissioner Jrih fo repair the lic villuse, in 1865, The politions were read and refer- ine (10d to the respective committees to | which they belong, : On motion of Mr, Chapmah, secon- anaster, the transfer of ense asked for bys D. Arinitage mprgved was granted. A petition Trom Wa. Lewis and .the_Conneil fo open -line between Jots 10 and 11, a the '4th Con., was presented and o B. Plank, for ¢ New Picture Gallery, --It will be sen columns that Mr. J, TI, ) opened a Pictare Gallery over hed Medical Hall, where pictares o Kindmay be had in tf most | aged be Joutt Perry Shonda) = RI L--S17,000 worth of new Gords are now open for inspection |i at Bigelow's, ITe has a larye stock i read, of sawed lumber on hand, and ippre- pared to saw lumber of any size | from 14 to 26 feet, On motion of My, eeve left the chair f Council resumed. i ition of John Lindsay aud ying foraid to. improve 1e 5th Con, opposite lot 8 was presented and read. # : = hi ENLARGEMENT OF THE » + To:meet the wishes of some of our friends, and to cope with our more pretentious cotemporaries, we-pre- etit*our 'readers with an calarged paper, The Staxpano this week, con- tains more.reatling matter than. any 'paper published in the, County § and we"slall endeavor to make it still more interesting to the general read: er. Our list of subscribers is con- tinually increasing at a jupid ratio, |, Sengog (lear of Ite--The waters of the hill on't] Kake Scugog are now open, the ice | having broken up on the with' a North-east - gale ; Lut not presented without doing considerable damage mends opening the Tewn-line aroua torafls of logs owned by different| Island Lake in Ux Mixing the breed is said to be both beneficial and desiruble to] : lots £0,221 and 22. ENCOURAGING. The manufacturers of Port Perry have been busy of late fitting up their various establishments for the coming season's operations, and we notice the mills -and factories are all at work Large stocks of logs have been got out by the Mill~dwners dur- ing - the past' winter to be 'cut up! into lumber and shingles. are informed that the total number amounts to no less than thirty-three thousand, besides a sufficient quanti- ty of Basswood logs to make some four hundred thousand of flour barrel heading, while #there are of . 2 will ap 0 logs, beat advertising medinms in the that this rule will apply to logs County. © We shall' still furnish the Sranoard 'at 'one ddllar jer annum, if Reform Heeting.--A meeting of (he tj Reformers of Reach will be held in [w Hall, Manchester, on | the purpose of nowinating aud ap- pointing Delegates to attend thie Re- form Convention to be held at Thomp- sous Hotel, 6th Con. of Brock, on the 20,21 and We liope there will | 2greeable . oS heey | Whitehurch.--Carried. ee and moved, seconded by Mr, Port Perry Woollen Factory. -- We wish | Breut,--Tit, the Reeve jissuo his to call attention to Mr. Young's ad- be a large attendance. asyrer in favor of 1. of the first Napoleon, have the reta- for $3,00 ; Wig, Low, for tions of the various States been ore Te requirements | that the Tr 0 thousand. flour barrel oF staves. According to present pros- : : . ; pects this season, promises to be a of business satisfactorily. Hitherto very busy one, particularly if the large stocks of raw material worked up as contemplated. he uatbt v wri surer be anthorized to adapted fo awaken apprehensions i than they are now. Althongh there is no actual war, it is impossible to say how goon "an uwlmost universal outbreak of hostilities may take place Wherever we turn we find the elements of strife, roused feelings, grasping motives, revived tradition- commupity, in his line The Auditor's report--as tasty a Mr. Young 'has given unqualified document as we have seen for. somo satisfaction to every one who has had | Meas presented and read ; and | on motion of Mr. Chapman. was re- dealings with him, and we hope to | see his largely increased business still Or motion of Mr. Chapman, sec- {onded by Mr. Sangster, the Reeve was instructed to issue his order on sti- | the Treasurer in favor of 'Messrs A. val of the Bible Christian' Sabbath | D. Weeks and JW. CG. Brown, for School, Prince Albert, will bie held [#0.00 eas: 48 Auditors in 1807. (D. V.) on Sunday and Monday, the oT he C 28th and 29uh "inst. 3 Sermon will be preached at half-past i vising two o'clock, by the Rev. J. After Service a Collec tion will be taken up in aid of the! funds of the School, 29t)) inst, a public tea will be served | sue, Town Hall, at half-past six| Mr Sangster moved, seconded by T | Mr. Chapman,--That Mr. Brent and | the mover and seconder, bed commit- mine the side-line between in the 2nd Con.,and also [the 20d con. line and report to this council at its next meetingi-- Cn'rried, Mr. Brent moved, secouded by Mr. Drand,--"Chat the Reeve. isstie his order in fivorof J, A. Sangster, Esq., | and Mr. Jas. Anderson for $1.50 cach for acting as Returning Cflicers; and Mr, Jas. Spenrs for $1.50, Williams for $3.00, for-acting as Poll The uumber of hands employed by Messrs. Paxton & Co., Sexton, Bigelow, and Marsh and Trounce, in their several establishments is 130-- that "is in and around their mills-- besides a namber employed in bring. ing forward the raw material and get- ting off the manufactured article. The foundzy of A. M,, Gibson, Esq, is doing a large business, and has on hand really more than he can There are now some twenty- three hands employed, and the men are working, over time to keep up The location for a business of this kind is good--being the centre of 'a large and prosperous section of country --and says a good deal for the far-sightedness of its Anniversary.--The first annual fo wn, resolved itself into a Court on, for the parpose of Re: tie Assessment Roll of 1867. The R®1 was glanced over; and und to be correct, As there vi¢re no Court nrose ; and the nally passed the Roll, in- sting the Cierk to'eertify to the On Monday, | Stiast --There never was i tee to c3 a better opening: for a good earringe | 20 and 2 maker, with a moderate capital, than there is in Port Perry. Being in the centre of a splendid agmeultural comntry, with good leading every direction, where all ki af lumber can be casily obtained--a fortune awaits the man who com- mences this branch of busiiless and carries it ou properly and with cner- 4 There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at tlie flood, leads on fo fortune." The steamer # Lady. Ida," owned by W. J. Trounce, Esq., has under- gone thorough repairs--has painted and renovated throughout. Yesterday she backed out from her winter quarters, made a very satis- factory tral trip, and is now ready to commence ker trips between this place and Lindsay and intermediate The Captain, Mr. Thomas Oakley, is an obliging fellow, 'and we wish all. concerned a prosperous Mr. Chapman, moved, seconded by Mr. Sangster,~~That'the Reeve isétie Lis order on the I'reasurer i favor of Geo. Tiambleton for $26, and David Shillinglaw for $10.50, being the loss sustained by them, through ing sheep.~=~Carried., "On motion 'of Mr. "Sangster the Clerk was authorized to grant a cer- tificate to 11. Vanzant, enabling him to obtain a Tavern License, us soon as lie furnishes the sureties required New Presbyterian Chureh--The Buld- ing Committee of the Presbyterian Church, met on the 16th inst. W, S. Sexfon Esj., occupied the chair. E. Major, Esq., was given the entire management of arranging for the \ putting up of the building. portion of the amount necessary for erecting the Church bas already been provided. -It is to be 32 feet long by 46 feet wide, with a twenty foot ceiling, and a tower in front. 1s on tly North 'side of Street, next east of Mt. Robin- son's new residence. "cargs, or theit (ull 'value, and 4° pro- | wit Elias Rogers, Esq., of Dort Hoover, has n new steamer on the . stocks to accommodate the increasing business, one steamer being entirely inade- quate to the amonnt of business re- quired to be done. She is intended to ply between this place and Lind- say; in connection with the steamers nofth-of Lindsay, and the Port Hope Lindsay and 'Beaverton Railway, connecting with the stages on their _ scitlement ofarrival and departure at Port Perry, tlic : to'and from Whitby and Oshawa. is arrangement has been long re- accommodate passenger traffic--making the round trip be- whom | tween Port Perry and Lindsay daily: discus- | She measures 70 feet keel, 18 foet and is to be propelled by a 35 er engine, from the estab- : M. Gibson of this expected to make her Captain and crow, accompanied by. fears--a governme stance, "Mr, Chapman moved, seconded by Mr. Sangster,---That the Reeve issue his order on the I casurer in favor $100, as Assessor's ; the South, Mr. Brent moved, seconde Chapman, --That the CI instructed to inser! Council adjourn till the 28th of May next, then { The Coming Gonaty Fair. --The people | 2) Hotel, Stouffville r of Uxbridge are determined to eclipse all former efforts, in the way of pre- paration; to make the coming County Fair the most suecessful ever held. The putting up of ths new fence round the Market Square, which is| to be nine feet high, is already con- tracted for at a cost of $220, Mr. Gould has given more land to "in- crease: the size of the square, and the material is now being brought upon .- | the ground for fencing it. {| nnteer Drill Shed is being put up | he will no doubt. be, through upt_ Spears, at the iety fo, use as 4 n | quired' to Grey anp SpiooE Rarwav.-- We understand that the Reeves and De: puty-Reeves of all the Townships in the South Riding of Grey, and of the Township of Holland and Sallivan iu the North, have been invited to meet Cumberland, the Managing Director || of the Northern road, and Mr. Jack- son, the President of the Grey & at Flesherton, on el That is not a heal ary people, and tary peop yond Simcoe Company, a Tuesday nes We undsistand that if the municipalities represente by these geatlemon decide -npén. a | mou moderate measiiré of [ oll £9 trauspire after the sid IBugtin re soon'gmade impassal 1 so copiously: Pgople au T promising, 8 ia A few words ia conclusion : * It wold be ab utiful tour, add unqueéstionalighy ver ple I did not iptend 5 speak of health, &e., | but it so mnch exceeds other places that T could not avoid giving toit its sending the invitation : Come one ! come,all ! and givo msa call, The prairies aro large and precious ; For if yon stay you'll regret the day, ° You did not come over to see us, Yours, with respect, THOS. J. PALMER. Grandview, April 18th, 1867, General Intelligence, ot aac ireseidbatrt ua The Threatening War." (From the London Spectator, March 30). ag Germany pow Frenchmen must suprender all Lope of {heir "natural boundary, the frontier of the Rhine," all expecta tion of obtaining Belgiom cxcept with the Prussian consent, all claim to decide alone on the futare distrib- ution of the Saltan's dominions. Those hopes and expectations and claims may all be uureasonable, or absurd, or selfish, bat they are enter- tained by Frenchmen, were avowed by a man so moderate as DeTocque- ville, are cherished by the rank apd file of France as America clicrishes the hope of ruling America from the Isthmus to the Pole. There are signs abroad that' Frenchmen are beginning to hate Prussia as they ounce hated England, and their hatred is by no means devoid .of fear. Strange as it seems to Englishmen, Irenchmen have never 'forgotten 1815, never qnite rid: themselves of the belief that an invasion from theo North, a successful: invasion, is. not beyond the limits of possibility. Thay listen to rnmours, aout the absorp~ tion of [olland, the annexation of German Switzerland, an offensive, and defensive alliance between Ber- lin and St. Petersburg, an agreement between Vou Bismarck tind Ricasoli, ill they bigin to'féicl as men. felt when the first Bunaparte was on thd' throne, as if nothing was too horri- ble to be beyond their "erieray's dreams, Accounts of plans 'drawn drawn up by Baron-Ven Moltke 'for the invasion of France sare gréedil received, and pliotographs of M, Thiers, who denounces Germany as a danger, are demanded in sch num- bers that even'Parisiin ers are overworked. They see, too some substantial ¢viderce for gi 0 [i ple ru- aid, | avery continental capital] it may we | -| think, Lo taken for granted that Na+ Polen and Bismarck prt at jie mo=| ent engaged in a di atip. war Tir' tha poascaiion of wks Tete of Holl g Eve . Sa, ~~ of peace, About the ng colder, and art lississippi, tha gpoatest, (and as 'jt s called in olden times, the father of 3) tight be scot at its nimost height -- cities near its mouth were inundated. The farmers commen cell cultivating' their land abou' the first of April, very lite, I for Iowa, butat the present everything looks decidedly, ant journey, both for the young apd , 0 comelhere in the summer son, and behold the beautiful "and m prairies like vast seas, as the breeze 'blows gently on the long grass and causes it to look like the waves of some large lake after a storm. How pleasing, and what a grand sight to behold as far ag the eye ean peéne- trate, one Yooh sotlia pies Be. Editor can talk of your timber, niry, 1 pines, which, furnish 0 Iaugh an but it docs not compare with the beautiful west, where all the farmérs'lidve to do is to plow their lund, sow ithe grain, and reap it | in the fall, an abundant harvest ; without | grubbing a lifetime to clear a small piece of land for his children to live upon, without realizing any of its comforts himself. You ciul committee appointed | may speuk of health ; Sir! come, here and ¢ Western Towa-line | Tea i estic your. Ww to you our healthy prairie Doctors complain, (though they | are few) on account of the people having such good health, and if he should happen to find some person that has had a slight 1d, he will try to hake him believe he is , 80 that he can get enough from' his 4 ket to live upon. Gathen your consamp- A report from the standing €om- | tive people and send them Lieze, the climate ittee on Roads and Bridges was | will heal them, ! | presented, received and adopted. The standing comhnittee on Con- presented a 'report | hich was received and adopted. Mr. Chapman moved, seconded by Saturday 27th iust., at 2,'p. m., for | Mr. Sangster,--That the Reeve be | and is hereby instructed to employ Mr. Yarnold, P. L. S., tosn vey a new | line of road about to be established on 1 Townline; oppusite lots in the 1st Con, if the ' corporation of just due, and Jonathan Our neighbors have still a hankoer- ing after Canada; and, now: that they have succegded in their: Russian pur- chase, they feel greatér anxiety to 'acquire more valuable territory nearer home. A United States Jour mal goes in sirong f Rhotograpi-. bill, for fh- which sends" cvery able bodied Frenchman into the ranks--a studious abstinence of the Moniteur from any allusion to the treaties with | if Napolean be not alarmed, why does be risk his larity with peasants 2 If he 8! fot indignant, why docs bo silened® the DMontleur, nsually so eateful to. re-- print all official vowed The higher the popular estimate of sagacity, the deeper will A prehension of all who believe in him, | dill they fuel at last as Tf they, French. | men, the race of all 'others proudest' of its military fame, wer q challenge, are half net cd like easants of Turny, to propose fon en masse: to defend : the soil, thy condition : of mind for a great mili least of ull fora g i . ; ple ruled by a dynasty to which] snccess isas the bre: life. It will make war casy hie x sion, And thére are ogcasiol 3 in) (ty. Witkous believing all th: iE Epsiare a7, ap- e Jefusing a appearances it, urs which now load the air of xemburg. | snd, to. whom the duchy elon 3 1a willing, it is ell his rights, and the D d Germany upon the Sh Gérman will mood the idea that their influ. ence i§ wa event to interfere with France ; Ger- many is exaltdd till it will bear no menace 5 fhe East is 'stirring' and heaving witly exeitement's all things point to that*griater of earthly cal~ amitics--a 'general European war, We have still three months, for Napoleon must give the signal, and the exhibition does not ¢lose till Avgust ; but if he 'lives, and "un: foreseen does not arrive," Germany will be welded into a harder nuify by blows from the outside. Already the mere rumonr of menace is doing Count von "Bismarck's work, the federal draft is pussing as capidly as if the North German Parlinpent were filled with soldiers, and when it is proclaimed, the King of Prussia is Emperor of Germany, with a military dictatorsLip fur age ears, And | bourses there we wonder lat on al are Whcasindss and hesitahion, Tho' Fate/6f Dr. Livingstone. Tlie Secretary of the Admiralty has forwarded us the following for LS publicatipn -- . pitas A {Commodore Hillyer, in a letter dated at Bambay, the 13th of: March last, reports that Her Majesty's ship Wasp: bins returned to Zangiba, from Quilon, with Mr. Seward, - Her Majesty's Acting Political resident at Zanzibar, and states:that the in- formation which that officer had been able to obtain respecting the report: ed death of Dr, Livingstone was chiefly of a confirmatory. nature.' Aduwirality, April 5, 1867. 'The Times of India of the 15th of March states that the futelligence received from Zanzibar now leaves no doulit of the death of Dr. Lng. stone. The statement of an Aral 5 'named Mooaa, one of the! hervic tra. vellers's most trasty followers, who, with a few others of the expedition, returned to the Bast: Afrfean Const in December, confirmr the news that ¢ | thicirleader wos mutdered, It would appear that 'Dri' Livingstone had crossed Lake 'Nyassa about the mid- dle of September last, and bad «d vanced a few stuges beyond Zits western shores, when he encountered a horde lof savages of the Mafite tribe. - Ie was marching, as usual, ahead of lis party, having nine or ten attendants, principally boys from e savages re said to have set 'pon Them without any, provocation, and with very little warning, Dr. Livingstone's men fired, and before the smoke of their muskets had clear- ed away their leader had fallen be- neath the stroke of a battle-axe, and his men speedily shared {he same fate. Moosa, who witnessed the encounter and the death Llow of his master from behind a neighboring tree, immediately vetreated, and, meeting the rest of the party, they fled into the deep forest, and eventu- ally made their way back to Take. Nyassa, whence they returned to the coast with a caravan. 'When. the news of Dr. Livingstone's sad death reached Zanzibar, the English and other European consuls lowered their flags, an example which was followed by all the ships in the harbor, us well ashy the Sultan. It may be worth while to remark that Doctor Livingstone Limself had a strong presentiment that he would never return from the expedition.which Las terminated thus disastronsly ; and this presentiment lie frequently ex-- sessed to the officers of Her Majes- ge slip Penguin, who were the last Karvpeans hie saw before staiting for the interior. , } dvances. of both Canada and Cuba: ¢ Mr, Seward has succeeded admi- rably in the whole scliemg, of the nrchase of Russian Amevien, and as taken a good step towards secu- ving for us the neat prospective bonndary of sunrise, sunset, the 'north "pole and equater. | He should now, therefore, open negotiations for the jmmediate purchase of Canada and Cnba. The present map of North America is disgracefully ugly, and Mr. Seward slioul® mks it fil to meet the "American éye. Not t speak of the way in which forcign territory dips in between Now Yor 4 and Michigan--to leave out of pela thy manner in' which it heads awny down east 'botwe and Maine--to drop particulars to- gethor--it is' 'no longer tolerable that avy portion "of = the continent should continue to be British North Ampricas British India, ifyou like, | where the myriads of puny h have no 'better «aspirations, 'and | couldn' help thomselves" if they had; or British Chifa, the wars to force government opium down 'the people' throats; or British Dahomey, where, perhaps, the missionaries and and traders might bea ljttle improve- ment on. mative sovereigns who, butcher | e people, for ete amuse mint, and never co s towards a financial panic. . < : ~Bladstono is much censured by the members of the Liberal party and his friends of the Liberal canse for what they term his mismanage-- ment of the Reform movement. i 1 alWiys os to hope, that Holland may owe day be attracted with the Germante.circlo.] To seat a unit, (Aslantic isa Sul ot eas to the] ingly well out of Mexico, or fore, a strong pressure ion cf this rocky peninsula will be esign, and the. Prussian | King, though officially most desirous may object very strenuous: ly to surrender Luxemburg, Napo- leon cannot bear to be always baflled; the Arica complication is over ; the 'French are in the dangerous Apon.. the... The demand to be made will include both sides of thi mouth of the Rio Colarado, in order to give Arizona 'a port on the Gulf of Of course, Mexico is to receive a compensation for this loss of territory inthe shape of some millloiis of hard "cash--which, it is ipposéd | will, be very! acceptable to needy, Liberal Government of that country. Mr. Seward will buy up the whole "hemisphere, from the glaciers of Greenland to the volca- 'noes of Terra del Faego/ if he only lives long .enongh and: the credit of the nation holds out. "A Prison Secret. The following finds place in some Richmond correspondence' of the ik World, of date, March ~--1t""is perhaps, not gover wu, that during the incarceration Virz and Major - Winder in tho capital Prison; they ocedpied adjoin: ing cells, atid enjoyed" facilities of communication, one to the otber by word or writing, through an aper- Lure not observed, doubtless by tiw No one was peviiiztad to sce sithery hihless byl special privi he the Ninn of War, night previous to the exeeution of Whiz, three men enteigd his ceil. of conrse by the permission of Stanton, and proposed . to him if he wonld agree to implicate Jeff. Davis in the conspiracy to starve the Nustbern prisoners confined at. An dersonville, his life would bo spared. hat he would not save his own life 'by sacrificing that of another innocent. man. «The . parties thereupon left the cell, and Wirz im mediately communicated all \ tragspired' tb Mijor *Misders Mlle Major some timo. after-met Mis, Davis in New York, and revealed to her what is liere stated, backing it up by an 'affidavit, which he gave her, and which.she now holds. trial. of Davis would involve revelai tions which wonld shocic humanity, and test to its fullest whatever sense of justice of national pride 'is still left at the north. It is not uureasona ble to presume that popular indignu- tion 'would be aroused tow pitch that would'render it unsafe for the con-- ¢ plans devised to 36 Of Davis's life, to prolong their residence among a peo- ple whose (ume and. chara 30 grossly ontrazed?? pT -. : | European News. The French press sre 6utspoken in their expressions with regard to {he Luxemburg affair. ~~ A large meeting had been held at Berlin; at which, it was declared: that Luxemburg. must not be separated aning always' insures ; Englanl 4s! Es by interusl dissusions, and indisposed in any ¥ nt Nassick, immediately behind him.-- A war witl: 'a'poiver ofganized for{ Th #4 with at least three (quarters of a 'million, and: an armed population behind her of forty millious, is un enterprise which no people not alarmed for its existence, or wounded in its honor, would be willing to undertake, "The: Paris 'correspondent of the don Pimes gives tha rumors that Marshall McMahon has been sent for; that the' French Government lias sent an energetic note to Prussia on the Luxemburg question, and that cer- tain officers of the staff had been sent on a mission to the Rhine. Peo- ple believe France is drifting into war. There is general stagnation of business, and the spirit of commer- strial enterprise is para- correspondent rc ance of the approach of another Fen- sive plan is being arranged in' Lou-- don, Paris and Dublin, The Ltentard draws the conclusion' that Luxemburg must be evacuated by Prussia; or after a brief delay there will be u war. efforts are being made to supply the French. army" with breech-loadeis; 150,000 are ready, and will be served | out within a. month.- It is reported also that the army of Lyons bad been ordered to hold itself in Notwithstanding the rumorg and a panic for a time on the Bourse, the Marquis de Moustict on the 8th stated; by order of the Emperor; to iglative Lody; that the Government, in the consideration of the Luxemburg question, * thought only of edueilintion nnd peace. Tle French Government is disposed to examine the question in concert with the: Great Powers, and belicves therefore, peace caunot be disturbed. There was a panic on the London Stock Fxchange on the 8th. all lower, and'several descriptions of stock ungalcable,. The Vicia Guzere de ports of the Austro-Prussian dalliance : Again Making or the parchase + The Patrie says the rumors of mili- y. Prussia are totally "Vienna, April 91.-The an official org Of ernment, in aneditorial®n the rela. tions 'between Prossia ard counsels its readers not to' put too much faith in the preseivation of 'peace in Europe. - HES 4 London, Aptil'2{.-Mr.. Gladston has written a lester in which be virty ally vesigns the leadership of the i April 22, noon, --Intelli- gence has boen received thatthe barque Anna' Ramsay, which le New York on the 8th of Mardh Bristol, England, was abandoned a 0 oth jculary received. Ani oy Sot romtses] land full satisfaction and, or the seizure of the Queen s in the case of the do 'be evasive and un- "'I'his guilt, and wenld prejudice his off sunrise "wretches © London, April 20, patch from the Berlin agency of the Associated Press, dated' this evening, says aplan for the solution of the Luxemburg. question was 'vecently submitted to France dnd he oro oh Cy | since significc W t pt the propositions. embraced in: i Prussia, - however; - has There 'is a growing feeling in tho "best infgrmed circles these overtures. be successful, and that th _ London, April 23,--Peace betwoen gee wand Prussia is almost dof. The Prussians: aro roparing for the expected 4 The warlike -aspect hin has caused © considerable | the London Stock .} id the tendency of affair Paris, April' 23. --Murshal McMa- hon, Duke of Magenta, has arjived in Paris from Algeria, whence he had 'been fecalled by the Emperor; the French farloughs have all been ended and the officers have been ordered to drill the reserves. = © 2 'Che Minerve's correspondent says : == "Phere 18 impatience in London to see the rich valleys of the Saskatche- wan and Red River erected into pro- viuces, for it is feared that the United Stafes may take a fancy to claim part of them.' The Times has published a clever clrtoon in answer to the Yankee re- solutions in reference to Confedera- tion; giving Jolin Bull's answer by a figure' of the British lion oh a pedes- tal kicking up his heels, 'with tail erect in the air, serving the purpose of a flagstaf for the Union Jack: Capies have Leen forwarded to Pre- sident Johnson and Secretary Sew- ard, and to members of the Senate afegr Washington and Albany. : tn peered United States News. New York, April 22.--The eve- ning Post says we learn by a letter from Fort Poise, Idaho, March 26th that the Indiaus near there are again : fon the war path. On-the 25th, they captured a stage coach, killing ten passengers and the driver, and des- troyed the . mail, San Franciso, April 22 --A riot ocenrred among the workmen of the Silver Bend "Mining compiny at Bel- mont; Nevada, on the 18th inst, The mob.rod: Mr. Canfield, the agent of the company, on a rail, and 'commit: ed other depredations. A shooting affair also occurred during the exiot, Jn which 20 men were killed. The Heralds Leavenworth special says the Missouri River is. higher than at any time since 1844, and the water is still rising. Farmers in the bottoms «are moving back, BEyerything moveable i Two miles of the Railroad, between W Kansas City have been abandwhned. The Omaha Union Pacific Railroad track is covered with water forge miles, and so badly damaged that it will be several aveeks before trains can run through -New York, April 22 ~The Herald's Rio Junciro correspondence of the 26th Mareh, says Don Pedro had issned a decrce calling ont Lis national guard, in which he acknow- ledges the defection of tlie Argentine troops. 'The portion of the guard resident in Rio Janciro had 1esolute- ly refus Jo obey the call, and several their chief officers had been suspended. The . Argentine re- volt was still progressinz, The ha- tred of the people towards Brazil is intense, aud their disgust as great. at the ouutinwanes of to Alliance with the Empire to carry on the war with Paraguay. The Herald's Mullingar (Ireland) terates the assur- ian rising, far more extensive than that of the 5th of March, for the dxe-- cution of which ke says a comprehen- The Heralds Constantinople cor-- respoudent says that France and Russia have made a joint movement to recommend the Porte Government to ¢ede Candia to Greece, and that the apprcach towards a unity of nc tion in such direction was regarded as demonstrating that England is likely to be left out of the consnlta- tivn for the arvangement of the affair: hy Washington, April 20.--The fol- lowing was introduced in the Senate to-day: --Wherein a misdnderstand-- ing exists between Prussia and France, springing out of the owner-- ship' of the Grand Duchy of Luxem-- burg, and war between those powers is imminent, therefore be it resolved that the President of the United States be requested to offer ils friendly mediation to the end that the effusion of blood may be avoided, New York, April 20.--A Herald. special says' that during the past winter the demand for political par- 'ons was less than at any vther per- iod since the publication of the proc. Hamation of amnesty, but the pardon anill has resnmed active operations ag dn. © From the number of appli- cantg who are now pettitioning the President for absolution, it is fair to. snppose that the spirit of reconstrue- tion has taken possession of our mis- guided brethren in godd earnest. New York, April 98.--The Herald's special, dated Paris, 22nd, 8ays : -- It is repocted on very good authority here, that the Emperor Napoleon, in his preparation for war, is engaged in an endoaror to purchase arms in kthe Puited States. The Chances are apparently in favor of a war on the Luxemburg question, Tho neutral Great Powers Lave, it. is said, pro- | posed a compromige of the difficulty, but Prussia dissaproves of it. | A Heralds Washington special says :--Pene Bagley, formerly ao missionary, to India and Japan, a fow days.since called on Jeff, Davis, and ondeivared to induce him to apply $2 President Johnson for pardon; be- iaving that with the namos he could ~~ get toa petition for pardon, it would he-granted by ths President. Mr, Davis declined to make the applica- tion as it.would be a confession of case at the trial, which he understood was close at hand. Mr, Bagley, however, went to the President to - ascertain if a par lon would be grant- ed on petitions, but learned that the President granted no pardons with- out application from the culprit, Goop --The Kingston Whig says : iit is currently reported, which ro- 'port wo heartily hope ma: prové trae, that Kenneth Een. Esq., Q. C, bas billed the U.S, Govern. ment fog $50,000 | for the defence of of Europe, will not, bo distur the Fenian prisoners. . Bully for Me. ; Mckenzie, % v . pt RR ES | ro