ae THE PERTH COUNTY HERALD. --he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of character which im- parts sufficient strength to let the past be truly the past. He will never use the power which the knowledge of an offence, a false step, or an unfortunate exposure of weakness gives him, merely to enjoy the power of humili- ating his neighbor. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others. News from British Columbia. CARIBOO--DATES TO THE 24TH MAY. Mr. Henry Lockwood left Richfield on the 24th ult., and arrived in this city yes- terday, and from him we have obtained the following information :--The snow had al?) disappeared on Williams Creek, but was from 5 to 8 feet deep on Bald Mountain, and down 'as far as Keithleys. The water in Williams Creek was high, and had dam- aged. several claims, amongst others the Cameron claim. It was thought to have sustained yery serious damage from caving in, caused by the water, and the company had commenced a suit for $20,000 damages against Cameron, the ground of action being his persisting, against the wish of the other members of the company, in carrying out his own views in reference to working the claim, and which they assert led to the dis- aster. Prospecting is being carried on vig- orously,; and with good prospects of success for a distance of 5 miles below the Cameron claim, making the mining © ground of Williams Creek 8 miles long, and an average width of 200 feet, which would be equal to about 8,000 claims and would employ a mining population of say 20,000, assuming that the whole area 'should prove re- munerative. Mr. Lockwood has in his pos- session a $25 prospect obtained from a pan of dirt taken 'out of his claim below the Canyon. The present population is esti- mated at 3,000. Work was commencing on the sluicing claims above the first Canyon. The market was well supplied at the follow- ing prices :--Flour $1, bacon $1 50, beans from 90c to $1, rice $1 10, butter $3 50, coffee $2, tea $2, candles from $2 50 to $3, nails $2 50, shovels $7, picks $9, gum boots $25, stout leather do., from $12 to $15. Of fresh meat and vegetables there were none in market. Labourers' wages were $10 and carpenters an ounce a day, and ready employment for all who desired it. A party out prospecting late last fall, struck rich diggings upon a creek some 10 or 12 iniles distant from Williams, the last day's yield being 100 ounces. IMPROVEMENTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA--THE INDIANS AT WESTMINSTER. A piece of ground,' probably 50 acres, in the upper end of the town, and comprising the best soil, has been appropriated as an {ndian reserve, upon which they are settled, having built houses of a class little inferior .o the whites, and in many of which are to be -ound cooking stoyes and many other of the conveniences and appliances of civilization. "hese Indians number about 200, and sub- ist chiefly by doing such work as is offered y the white population. And here may ve observed the happy fruits of the Jabours -f the Romish missionaries, not only in the cleanliness and comfort observable, but in re marked abstinence from drink and other _jsorderly conduct. The Rev. Mr. Reeve ;.as also devoted much time to these people. THE WAGGON ROAD AND BRIDGE. But the great feature of improvement is +e waggon road, which is no longer matter f speculation. It isa great fact, and al- - ough not yet quite completed, is making self felt already. Packers are offering to . ary freight from here to Richfield for 50 nts per pound, which is very much under rmer prices, and when the road is com- ted it will probably be carried for half . at price. There is in all about one mile tween this and Lytton to be constructed ; } that mile is composed of several rocky i affs which will have to be blasted. The : 1d is now finished as far as the site of the 1 idge, to which waggons are now running. i'. Trutch, the contractor, is busily enga- ¢ d at the bridge, and it is expected it will } . completed by the 1st of August. The ; terial arrived at Emory's Bar, 44 miles 'ow this place, on Friday last, by the umer Colonel Moody, but on account of - inability to cross that bar the freight l to be discharged there. This bridge is 5e constructed of wire, upon the suspen- 2 principle, and will have a span of over ee 300 feet, and will be the first of the class in either Colony. Notwithstanding the fact of the unfinished state of the road freight in yery considerable quantities is now going forward, which will appear when we state that the road tolls collected at this point during the past month amount to $6,000 in round figures. The chief portion of the freighting is done from here to the ferry in large mule waggons, and thence upon the backs of animals, and packing by Indians has almost entirely fallen into disuse. MINING. What little mining is done below this point is altogether in the hands of Chinese now; but even most of these have recently been drawn off to the Rock Creek and other sections which offer better prospects at pre- sent. There is, however, still a considera- ble amount of mining done upon the various bars below this place, and some of the dig- gings would seem to be highly estimated, as one claim changed hands last week at $600, which is considered a high price on the. Lower Fraser. THE BIBLE SOCIETY AND ITS AGENT. The report: of the first meeting of the Victoria Branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society, which we gave in our columns yesterday, will conyey but a faint impression of an oration which; excited more enthusi- asm and gave more pleasure than any exhi- bition of the power. of eloquence ever did before op this Island. More remoyed by distance from the flying visits of men of renown than any of the older English colo- nies, we feel acutely the want of those plea- sures which most of us have been accustom- ed to obtain in earlier years. The beauties from a painter's pencil--the marble embo- diment ofa sculptor's thought--the eloquence of the pulpit and bar--the scientific illustra- tion of the lecture-room, and the appeals of the platform, are generally denied us, Therefore a warmer welcome should be given to any gentleman who brings back to memory enjoyments. which, too often, have been undervalued until withdrawn. The objects of the Society are a theme upon which an emperor might with dignity dilate, and which has called forth the subli- mest enunciation of the most impassioned speakers of modern times. We congratu- late the Rey. Mr. Taylor upon the achieve- ment of establishing the branch Society under such glowing auspices; and we hope to see, during his stay in these colonies, the young Association grow up into a permanent Institution -- Victoria Chroniele. Poland. (From the Saturday Review.) The Polish question will be almost equal- ly embarrassing whether the proposals of the three Powers are entertained or rejected by Russia. The insurgents themselves might prefer a result which would isolate their enemy from the councils of Europe, even if it failed to produce an immediate war. The English Government, which is not prepared for an actual rupture, would be compelled, by the refusal of concession, to choose between undignified expressions of verbal resentment and silent acquiescence in a mortifying rebuff; and it is doubtful whether the Emperor NApoLEon would be gratified by an answer which would compel him either to thwart the popular sympathies, or to engage in a costly and hazardous war. To Austria the increased probability of col- lision with Russia would be in the highest degree unwelcome. On the other hand, the acceptance of the Six Points would si- lence the remonstrances of the mediating Powers, without satisfying the demands or the expectations of the Poles. The real hardship of their condition consists in the loss of their indepentlence, and the special oppressions which they experience are but the natural consequence of subjection to a foreign Government. An amnesty, as they well know, may be violated or evaded, and an armistice would by no means be an un- mixed advantage to the patriotic cause. A promise to entrust the administration of the Kingdom of Poland to natives would be per- formed by the retention of WIELOPOLSKI in the highest office, and a representative Constitution may nominally coexist with ar- bitrary rule. Unless the rights and func- tions of an elected Assembly extend to the general control of public affairs, a Con- stitution is compatible with the total absence of constitutional government. The Prussian House of Representa- tives has lately furnished a § con- spicuous illustration of the helplessness to which a Parliament may be reduced when the Ministry is independent of its yotes; and if the King of Prussia neglects and insults a respectful and loyal Assembly of his native-born subjects, an Imperial Lieu- tenant would scarcelybe disposed to respect the discontented aliens who would represent Poland at Warsaw. While a Russian gar- rison occupied the fortress, it would be use- less for the Chamber to protest against the illegal violence which forms the customary instrument of Administration in Poland. Lord Palmerston stated too truly that it was impossible for the mediating Powers to de- mand the re-establishment of a Polish army, which, however, if it were restricted to home service, would be a far more effectual securi- ty than a Polish Parliament.. The nation, once organized and armed, would be virtu- ally independent, and no long interval would elapse before the titular sovereignty of Rus- sia would be abolished in conformity with the pre-existing fact. There is something unsatisfactory, if not humiliating, in the position of a negotiator who feels himself precluded from demanding the only conces- sion which would serve his purpose. If it is uncertain whether assent or refu- sal would be more troublesome to England, France, and Austria, no similar doubt affects the obvious interest of Russia. Although the: intervention of: foreign. Governments must always be distasteful to a great Power, it would be more prudent, for the Emperor Alexander to temporize than to alienate those who still call themselves his allies, and to discredit the partially legal title by which he may vindicate the tenure of his Polish dominions. A denial of all conces- sion might mbt, perhaps, be followed by war, but it is more certain that unreserved ac- quiescence would make immediate war im- possible. "Ifthe Poles on their part, refused to comply with the terms proposed on their behalf, 'the Imperial Government' would have the advantage of pursuing its measures of savage repression, while at the same time, it took credit in the face of Europe for con- siderate humanity and self-sacrificing eager- ness for peace. The ruinous blunders of Russian diplomacy on the eve of the Crimean war ought to serve as a warning' to Prince Gortschakoff and to the Emperor. It is true that there is now less risk of a direct rupture with England; but on the side of France the danger is even more imminent, because the national sympathies, which were indifferent to Turkey, are warmly excited on behalf of Poland. It is possible to com- ply literally with the demands which have been presented without materially impairing the power of Russia in Poland. Technical propriety has restricted the proposals of the mediating Powers within limits by no means co-extensive with their motives for interfer- ence. The indignation which is caused by the barbarity of Russian Generals finds but an inadequate expression in request for the faithful observance of the Treaty of Vienna ; and the Russian Government would display its boasted astuteness in accepting the ¢on- yentional issue which "has been, perhaps unavoidably, substituted for a more serious cause of remonstrance. When the amnesty had been signed, the insurgents would be liable to fresh charges which might consign them to the seaffold or to Siberia. The ar- mistice would give the Russian armies time to gather from the remotest corners of the Empire, while it might probably dissolve the irregular Polish levies. Continental despots know how to make Parliaments harmless, and a regular form of conscription would not protect Polish recruits from life- long exile to the shores of the Caspian, nor from destruction in the ignoble wars of the Caucasus. It is impossible that, directly or indirectly, Poland might profit by the deliberations of a Congress, but the advan- tage is contingent and uncertain, while the interest of Russia in conciliation and delay is plain and urgent. It would be more agreeable, and in ordi- nary cases more candid, to attribute to wiser and more generous reasons the probable pliancy of Russia. A Government may sometimes be drawn into an unexpected breach with its subjects, and it may gladly take advantage of the first opportunity to terminate dissensions and ill-will. The re- sistance of the Poles was deliberately pro- yoked, and it has served as a pretext for cruel and tyrannical measures which have no object beyond the necessities of the pres- ent struggle. There is reason to believe that the Russian Government has formed the design of extirpating the Polish element by the destruction and plunder of the upper classes in the provinces which are annexed to the Empire. In the Governments of Vitebsk and Mohilew, nefrly all the land- owners are in prison, and many of them are about to be despatched to the mines of Si- li ack, Oa ace -- beria, or to. the condemned regiments on the Caucasian frontier: The Marshal of the Nobles in the Government of Grodno, an old officer of the Imperial Guard, has been imprisoned because, on the rejection of the advice which he tendered, he resigned his office; and the official journal of St. Petersburg constantly announces the estab- lishment of fresh courts-martial, which sen- tence their victims either to death or to service as privates in the Caucasus. Ifa favourable answer is returned to the commun- ications of the three Powers, the conduct of the military and civil authorities will furnish a significant comment on the real disposition of the Russian Government. Mere ferocity and reyenge would be more tolerable excuses than the revolutionary project of destroying, with the aid ofa degraded peasantry, the civilized and patriotic part of the population. The Polish nobles and landowners are for- bidden to leave their country seats, while bands of soldiers roam the country in search of traitors and of plunder, and while the Greek priests promise the peasants that all Catholics shall soon be 'destroyed. The proposed amnesty will scarcely come in time to save the gentry of Volhynia from spoila tion and massacre. The infamous proclamation of General Mouravieff proves that the vague reports of Russian tyranny have not been exaggerated, A body of Commissioners is created under the title of Circle Chiefs, with, functions precisely corresponding to those which were yested in the agents, of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror. As in revolutionary France, the delegates of the Government are to inyite the aid of the lowest classes, and their guards are to arrest every person suspected 'of insurree- tionary conduct. The Circle Chiefs are to deprive of all weapons landowners and their servants, the nobility, tenants, clergy, and convents, and also the inhabitants | of the towns, with the exception of native Russians and of trustworthy foreigners. All previous permits to keep arms are summarily cancel- led. The priests and superiors of convents receive, as under Jacobin rule, the compli- ment of special menaces. The property of all persons who haye taken a part in the rebellion, even "by a generally marked and rebellious tendency," is placed under ge- questration. On their estates, the serfs, who are in a transitional state, are at once released from the payment of their dues ; and the rent for which they' become liable is to be paid, not to the landlord, but to the Government. the Russian oppressor is probably unaware that his measures are al- most identical with the administration of France in the days of Robespierre, Carrier, and Lebon. 'Tyranny is one and the same, whether it is perpetrated in the name of a Republic or under the orders of a legitimate and orthodox Emperor. The judgement of posterity has condemned the policy of the war with revolutionary France, and it is not now incumbent upon England to punish the distant crimes of Mouravieff. It is well that general opinion should denounce the wicked conspiracy of despotism and anarchy against the life of a nation; and yet it must be confessed that verbal censure will have little effect on the policy of Russia. The | Government, however, does well in express- ing the universal feeling of the country, 'especially when disaffected Irishmen are 'enabled to assert with truth that the Eng- lish agents in Poland gratuitously vindicated the conscription, and described the patriot nsurgents as revolutionists. ~ The War in China, A late letter from Hong Kong says :-- The war between the Imperialists and the Taeping rebels continues with no import- ant suécesses on either side. The Impe- rialists would be overthrown but for the assistance of the English and French, and the result must be the gradual extinguish- ment of the " Middle Kingdom." "Tn the provinces adjoining the Macao and Canton districts an active warfare is now carried on among several clan (the Hat- trap and Puntis) which has unfortunately taken such proportions as not only to stop the egress of produce but also to interfere seriously with the emigrant business. The vessels now on the berths will most likely not be inconvenienced but the passenger season will soon be at an end.' Exchange on New York is not quoted but a draft can scarcely be negotiated for more than fifty cents on its face. Of course, this is almost a veto on transactions between China and the United States. _A Suverar Specrac.e IN BATTLE.-- | At the battle of Stone River, while the men were lying behind a crest waiting, a brace of frantic wild turkeys, so paralyzed with fright that they were incapable of flying, ran be- tween the lines and endeavored to hide | among the men. But the frenzy among the turkeys was not so touching as the exquisite fright of the birds and rabbits. When the roar of battle rushed through the cedar thickets flocks of little birds fluttered and circled above the field in a state of utter bewilderment, and scores of rabbits fled for protection to our men lying down in line on the left, nestling under their coats and creeping under their legs in a state of utter distraction. They hopped over the field like toads and as perfectly tamed by fright as household pets. Many officers witnessed it, remarking it as one of the most curious spectacles ever seen upon a battle field.-- Am. Paper. wy Haves in Horses.--Horses fed in part on carrots seldom suffer from heaves; they will be found to have a silky coat as well as a loose hide, and enjoy far better. health than when hay and oats alone are used. Three i quarts of carrots and three quarts of oats | will sustain a horse much better than six quarts of oats. When the carrots form part ; of the feed, all the oats will be digested and assimilated ; whereas, when oats alone are fed the dung will be found to contain whole oat shells, undecomposed starch, amounting to more than half the quantity of oats con- | sumed, The floor of every cutting box should be ribbed or opened 'so as to permit all dust to pass down before the hay reaches the cutting knives. Many horses are ren- dered asthmatic by being fed on dusty hay, and, consequently, every means calculable to remove the dust should be resorted to. Wasa vor Fruir-Trezs.--Put a pail- ful of water ina tub, and%tirin three quarts, of fresh cow manure, one quart of soft soap, | two quarts sifted wood ashes, and add urine | enough to make the mixture of the consist- ency of white-wash. Apply this. to the trunks and limbs of the tree early in June, with an old broom. The manure and ashes. form a coating which the rain gradually re- moves, leaving a clean, glossy bark, and als carrying fertility into the soil. a ; ' ares 4° "Cure For Corns.--For the benefit o those who hobble through the world under! affliction of cornsa correspondent sends us the following, which is said to be a thor- ough cure :--'"A little white bread soaked in vinegar, applied to the corn night an L morning, will remove it in a short time. I have tried it, and four applications cure my corns." We would suggest that the soaked bread be laid on as a poultice, a piece} of oilskin being bound on to keep it moist, To the Reader. For the information of those of our readers who may not have seen our first number, we republish our opening address. . Upon the first introduction of The Perth County Herald to public notice it will naturally be expected that w should give some account of ourselve some foreshadowing of the course t be adopted in the future conduct | this paper; and state some of the grounds upon which we shall expect ta receive a fair share of support from the newspaper readers of the County o Perth. i Since a paper without _ politics would be very insipid and uninviting we shall in the first place announc4 our political creed. Believing Co servatism to be the soundest of al political creeds: the most favorabl to the best interests of our commo country : the most productive of mea sures of real and well-considered re forms: the most enlarged in its ide of progress; we shall be thoroughl * Conservative" in politics. But though Conservative, we shall " Liberal." We shall not hesitate t raise out voice on behalf of every n cessary and useful reform, wheneve such reform is wanted; and whenev the proper season shall arrive for th accomplishment of it, We shall n« be of the number of those who agitat reforms simply for the sake of agit tion. Whatever is useful we shall r tain: whatever is capable of improv ment we shall strive to improve: b we shall not seek needlessly to di