THE Sess swoss QA, PERTH COUNTY HERALD. Tr Ae, Cee Se « |to be expected the Ministry would like atest vote before the temper of the House had been tried in some | other way. Anything which may be \said on the subject, however, under | present circumstances, before the |House meets, is mere conjecture. The Berth County Herald. WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1863. The " Herald" Is this morning published on a full sheet. As intimated in our last issue, the increase in our subscription list has induced us to increase the size of the paper much sooner than we ori- ginally intended : feeling it to be only fair that we should meet the encour- agement afforded to us by our friends, with increased efforts, fto give that which we had promised: a news- paper worthy of their patronage. We fully expected, on the first issue of the enlarged paper, to have ap- peared with a better looking heading. Disappointed, however, in this respect, we can only ask our readers to extend a little more patience towards us: as- suring them that we have used and are using all our endeavours to remedy this deficiency. Respecting the continued kind sup- port of our friends, and the exertion of their influence among their neighbors for our benefit, we again make our bow and retire to the editorial chair, fully determined to act up to our pledges, and spare no pains to deserve the encouragement we confidently look for. Who is to be Speaker ? This is a question which appears tocommand considerable attention at the present time. Several gentlemen are mentioned ; among whom we find Mr. Brown and Mr. Foley. We can hardly imagine the party will think of elevating Mr. Foley to the Spéaker's chair, at least if the reasons assigned for his being dismissed from the Cabinet be true. If they are, he is certainly unfit for such a position, and there is more cause for believing them to be trae than otherwise. Mr. Brown in the first place is toomuch of a parti- zan. It requires a man of a calm ju- dicial cast of mind to sit as judge be- tween two contending parties. Few we think will say Mr. Brown is that No doubt the party will be very man. well pleased to get rid of him in that way. They would have a friend and partizan to judge between themselves and their opponents.-- It is doubtful, however, whether Mr. Brown would care for ac- cepting such a position. There is no doubt but his great object is to be Premier as soon as a favorable oppor- tunity presents itself. He has long battled for that position, and it is hard- ly to be expected he will give up all hopes of being Premier of Canada for the less ostentatious,though honorable, place of Speaker. He might better accept the Speakership, however, if he | can get it, because, in point of fact, | there is little probability of his ever | becoming the leader of a very power- ful party. He has, by his inconsistant and, in many respects, unnecessarily abusive course, made himself obnox- ious both to Orangemen and Catholics in Upper Canada. Without either the one or the other of these he can- not expect to rise to that position which would enable him to dictate terms to every one else, Such is the position to which he aspires. We think it is more than likely the Speaker will be chosen from among the "Independents." This course would be less likely to lead to a test vote on the motion to elect a Speaker than if| the Ministry were to nominate one of their partizan supporters. It is hardly | Mr. Brown, in a late number of the Globe, calls upon the Reform Press to cease from discussing the Speakership question, and says no further light can be thrown upon the subject till Par- liament meets. We do not know but this is éorrect; still it is assuming a great deal too much for the Globe to call upon such papers as the Quebec Mercury and others of equal position to desist from discussing this ques- tion simply because he wills it.-- Such a command on the part of Mr. Brown looks rather suspicious. If all that can be written or said on the subject will not or cannot change the result one iota, does or does it not fol- low that Mr. Brown either has, or else assumes the power of doing with the present men just as he likes! A French Ministerial paper says that Mr. Brown is to be Speaker of the Lower House, and Mr. Tessier of the Upper House. This may or may not be correct. Perhaps, if Mr. Brown carefully considers his position and reflects that he can never lead a power- ful party again, he may come to the conclusion that the Speakership, even although he may be elected to that position for the sake of getting him out of the way, is better than nothing, The Conscription in the United States. The civil war States has been two years, of life and as the South in the neighboring going on for over immense and so loss far is at property ; being conquered concerned, it may last yet for an indefinite period. Ii is true the North has succeeded in forcing the Rebellion back a short distance ; it is true that a few forts have been captured--that the Mississippi is nearly open ; but what of that: is not the South still powerful--still able to maintain a strong defensive position? Lee has retired from the position he held a few weeks since in Pennsylvania, and has taken up his old position in Virginia. He has been reinforced, and from all appearance is as strong in numbers an and as powerful in resources as ever. Morgan is ravaging Indiana, and causing consternation wherever he ap- pears. A strong feeling in favor of recognizing the Southern Confederacy is fast gaining ground in Europe. Having these facts in view, and then look at the strong feeling which ob- tains in the North against the Con- scription, the natural conclusion is that the Washington Government is not in a position to prosecute the war with vigor much longer. ' It is now pretty evident, from the fearful riot it the natural usage of the American | people. There is no doubt but the | American naturally loves liberty ; it is not therefore to be expected that he would quietly submit to a state of things to which European countries have rarely been subjected. Indeed, the wonder is that the people have so long quietly submitted to the despot- ism which has been practiced upon | them. Hardly perhaps in any coun- try has it been known that men were taken and imprisoned for speaking against one section of the Government. Certainly not in any country where liberty of speech pertained to the people. Yet such has been the fact jn the United States. The determined opposition offered ito the draft in the Queen City of the | North is not to be passed over tightly. It is an index to the public feeling. But itis not in New York alone that the draft has been resisted. In Boston; in Troy; in Staten Island riots have taken place in consequence of the conscription. The people appear de- termined not to submit. What are the Government todo? If they desist from the draft it will argue weakness; it will shew that they are unable, when the people are unwilling, to en- force their own measures. On the other hand, should they determine to proceed they can only, judging from what we now see, enforce the draft at the point of the bayonet! It isnouse to argue that it is only a few of the lower class of the people who have taken part in the riots. It may be true that the rioters are composed of that class, but it must not be forgotten that the conscription is obnoxious to the whole people. | Many influential and highly respectable journals of the North are opposed to and have spoken out against the draft. Should the Washington Government persist in the draft, it is hard to say what the end may be. The riot in New York isno common or petty affair; the civil authorities were unable to do anything with it. It is not at all impossible, and it is even probable, should the draft be persisted in, that there will be a rebellion or insurrection in the North more fearful to contemplate than that caused by the secession of the South. The whole of the the North, should that be the case, will be thrown into a state of anarchy never before witnessed in the history of nations. In face of such a state of things we ask is it possible for the Washington Government to force back into a union which they detest, eleven states the people of which are as one man! Again, if the draft cannot be enforced, how is the northern army to be kept up? Where are the men to be had? Without a fresh supply of men, it is impossible for the north to continue the war! We think there is no doubt but the majority of the people of the Northern States are heartily sick of the war, and wish it ended, no matter how. If the following, which we clip from the New York. Tribune, be true, what is the use of the Lincoln Government trying either to enforce the hated draft or to endeavour to pro- secute the war any longer: "The real ground of hostilities to the draft is sympathy with Jeff Davis and his minions. 'Those who foment- ed and hounded on the riots of yester- day would have split their throats with cheering had Lee's army been making a victorious promenade up Broadway." Now if this be the feeling of the people, is it not worse than madness for the North to hope ever to recon- quer the revolted Statgs. We learn from another New York paper that it is not the lower class only which is opposed to the draft--that the feeling caused in New York, thatthe Govern- | ment will have to abandon the draft. | Such a method of raising men is con- | |trary to the natural disposition--to | is general. A short time now will | very likely bring the whole matter to | a crisis. |} An Englishman's Opinion of the Americans and their civil war. The following extract from a letter South Carolina' was not of mere hu- man determination. The King of Re- publics as well as of Kings, in his in- scrutable Councils, has determined it. The Yankee growth had attained its full stature. Those who have traced its antecedents can pronounce its character to be a petulant child in poor old nurse England's hands, an over- grown, rude, ungrateful and rebellious youth ; and a clever, daring, unscrupu- lous, overbearing, braggadocio man fancying itself equal in civilizatioy and enlightenment to its progenitor but inferior to the degraded Asiatic i true refinement and nobleness of sent ment and generous feeling ; and no proving themselves by their bloo thirsty instincts to be worthy only t herd with the scalping Indian who they dispossessed. The past as we as the present conduct of New Eng land shows their aim to be to arbitra for the world. They have, howev menaced too proudly, and the haughty intentions and self-seeki plans,: bave been frustrated. Gc has a great and glorious work to aq complish on your continent; but H| will not accomplish it with the har of pride, or with men of wickednes He will first purge the land, ax scatter the people that delight in wa He will then establish nations intell gent and free, in the 3,000,000 square miles comprising the disunite States, wherein His Truth shall longer be a formality merely, or i nored altogether; but a living a active principle, guiding men in t ways of uprightness and purity, a planting in their minds a Jaudah emulation to be truly great amongt nations of the earth. But | find must stop. I meant only to saya fe words." Upper Canada is Pregressing. i s The following table published by Profes- sor Hind will be interesting to farmers and others, who take pleasure in the progress of their native or adopted country, as the case may be. It will be seen on reference to the table that since 1851 till 1861 the population of Upper Cangda has nearly doubled. The same may be said of owners of land; while in many instances the pro- This When we consider, however, ducts have more than doubled. is encouraging. that in most parts farming isin its infancy, and that the greater part of the land is still covered with bush: when we consider also that the farmers, many of whom have had almost insurmountable difficulties to con- tend against, are fast becoming independent, and rising to that position which will enable them to better cultivate their lands, what There is no doubt but the future of Canada is a may we not expect ten years hence ! bright one if the people will but be true to themselves. It would be well, however, for us to remember that there is something more than material wealth or prosperity re- quired to make a nation truly great, a peo- ple truly free and happy. ' Righteous- ness,"' it is said, " exaltetha nation.' His- tory, past and present, proves this to be correct. In the midst of material wealth and worldly prosperity the " canker worm" may be at work. We have but to direct |} our thoughts to the once great American Less Republic to know that this is true. than two years ago it was, in point of wealth | addressed by a gentleman in England | to a friend here, is worth reading, as |it is indicative of the opinions enter- | tained the general public of} |that country touching the Ameri-| ican people and the | war which now threatens to overturn 'the Government and destroy the once | proud Republic of the United States: " No civilized and intelligent Eu- ropean can any longer apply the terri-| by fearful civil | i ible yet dignified term, War, to the fratricidal carnage so horribly shock- ing to the mind, and so foully desecrat- ing the sacredness of human life and happiness in the States of America. | I heard a Major-General say in our| Reading Room a few days ago, who |has seen 30 years' service in India, |' The struggle in America has ceased | to be a war--it is become a butchery.' | | Their(theFederals) arms are as chimer- | ical as their natures are unwortby. | Time will prove that the rising of | and worldly greatness, perhaps unrivalled-- what is it to-day? Ina state bordering upon anarchy! While the figures, then, which we subinit below shew that our own beloved Canada is advancing in worldly wealth, let us take care that in other re- spects we are not going back. 1851, 1861. Population of U. ©. - 952,004 1,396,091 Occupiers of Land - 99,906 131,953 Wheat--bushels - - 12,682,550 24,620,425 Barley - - - - - 625,452 2,861,962 Oak! 3h ape 8301 CBF: noe ee Potatoes,- - - - 4,952,186 15,325,920 Turnips, - - - - 3,110,318 18,206,959 Flax or hemp, - - 59,630 =1,225,594 3ulls, oxen or steers, - 192,140 99,605 Milch Cows,- - - 297,070 451,640 Horses, ote! Fe BE 201,670 317,681 War News. Nothing of any importance in the way of fighting has taken place since our last issue. General Lee has recrossed the Potomac and is in the neighborhood of Winchester and Martinsburg. Fort Hudson has been sur rendered. An attack has been made upon Charleston which resulted in the capture of Island. a portion of Morris The Riot in New York. TERRIBLE EXCESSES OF THE MOB. One of the most fearful riots which has taken place for some time commenced in New York on Monday, the 13th inst., in consequence of an attempt being made to enforce the draft. The draft was begun on | the Saturday previous, and nothing of im- , portance took place that day. On Monday, however, it was observed that an unusual hee rious rail- r ner 0 DIOVEPS 4) a Vi rely ih THE POLICE, A conflict next ensued between the mob and the police, in which several lives were lost. After the crowd had disposed of the soldiers and the police they set fire to the Bull's Head Hotel, situated on Forty-third Street, in Third Avenue, which was com- pletely destroyed. COLORED ORPHAN ASSYLUM. The crowd next marched to the Colored Orphan <Assylum, situated on Lexington Avenue, near Forty-third street, which, af- ter the mob had appropriated to themselves everything of value which the building con- tained, was set on fire and destroyed. ARMOURY BURNED. After the burning of the Orphan Asylum the mob proceeded to the Armoury situated at the corner of Second Avenue and Twen- ty-first street, with the evident intention of breaking into and getting possession of the arms and amunition. The armoury had been established only for a short period, and was owned by Mr. Opdyke and_ his brother-in-law. The Armoury contained an immense quantity of arms and amunition at the time. The proprietors having learned what was likely to transpire had placed 40 policemen and 15 workmen in the premises, arming them with breach-loading rifles -- Those men fired upon the mob when the attack commenced, killing five men. The defenders of the building then fled. The mob then rushed in, and everything in the Guns were seized, and cartridges and caps; and after building was devoted to ruin the people considered themselves fully sup- plied, they took the remainder of the arms, smashed them, threw them from the win- dows into the street, and then fired the building. A poor man standing in the street had his skull fractured by one of the muskets thrown out of the windows. He was killed instantiy. Two of the workmen belonging to the building jumped from a four story window, and, it is supposed, were killed. The building was reduced to ashes about six o'clock in the evening. Two buildings were burned on Lexingto Avenue. Between 2 and 3 o'clock in the evening the mob attacked a house, No. 44 Lexing ton Avenue. The windows were smashed. and the furniture broken and_ pitched through the apertures, valuable pictures and a library of choice books demolished, and i short everything on which the crowd could lay their hands wasliterally torn to pieces These articles that were too ponderous td be easily removed were committed to the flames in front of the building. The fami |ly silver plate, to the estimated value of