COUNTY ee ee OF PERTH HERALD. » 3 The total number of troops, volun- | General Williams, the creditable: manney in teer and regular, of all arms, was , which the Volunteers had gone through the nearly 3,000. The Battalions were now marched f on to the review ground and took up | the positions assigned to them. The ground was admirably adapted to the occasion. It is a fine plateau of about 250 acres in close proximity to the Railway Station, about a mile to the East of the town. It was 1 o'clock before the troops were all in their places. They were then formed into one immense line stretching across the field from right to left. The Artillery and Cavalry were placed on the extreme right, the Infantry and Rifles forming on them in the order of their battalions. The line had scarcely been formed when Major-General Napier, accompanied by his Aid-de-camp and a numerous and brilliant staff composed of Colo- nel Mountain, R. E., Captain Toriano, R. A., Captain Lockhart, R. E., Bri- gade Major Light, 8th District, Colonel Booker and Brigade Major Hall, en- tered the ground and immediately rode up to the reviewing stand. The troops presenting arms, and the bands playing. The General, accompanied by his staff, then rode down the line and closely inspected the whole body of Volunteers, evidently with much satisfaction. This done, Major Bowles of the 63rd, who was in command of the whole division, gave the order "Open column right in front." The order was promptly and corvectly obeyed, and the column was marched past in quick time. The march was along one and was admirably exe- cuted, the Stratford companies, with one or two others, being singled out by the staff as specially deserying commendation for their steadiness and precision in marching. Having marched in this manner round the field, the order was given to "close to quarter distance on the leading company," and then the whole body were again marched past as a quarter distance column right in front. Here again the Stratford Volunteers acquit- ted themselves with much credit, be- ing second to none in the field as far e 7 7 n d many manceuyres of the day. At four o'clock the General and staff left he field, followed by the Rifle Brigade and Royal Artillery. The various battallions of Volunteers then chose positions on the field, and having piled arms, and placed a guard over them, the different companies were marched into the Exhibition building. This building had been somewhat enlarged, and was tastefully fitted up for the occasion. Flags and mottoes adorned the roof and presented an imposing appearance as you ntered the large central door. The substantial fare provided for the Volunteers soon disappeared, and the abundance of everything testified to the liberality of the people, and the good care which the Brant- ford ladies especially took of the Canadian Home Guard. After dinner the Volunteers proceeded to rejoin their_friends, many of whom had ac- companied them, and to inspect the pleasing town of Brantford, which is reallya very pretty place : churches, and other public buildings having been erected with great regard to taste and style. the private residences, The trains were advertised to leave about ; the Stratford train being advertised for .20. After a day of much pleasure, an evening and night of considerable incon- yenience followed. It is too disagreeable a subject to dwell on, and we sha'l therefore merely say that the Stratford Volunteers and Excursionists did not reach Stratford till nearly half-past four the following mor- ing. We think the Railway authorities eserve to be severely censured for this, We would take but little exception to the fact that the cars provided for the excursion- ists were chiefly freight cars and cattle cars, in which one had to stand the whole time, unless they were fortunate enough to pick up afew pieces of cordwood and a plark, with which to erect a temporary seat. They might be excused for this, considering that there were no less than from 10 to 15- 000 people to be carried to and from Brant. ford on that day. We do, however, find great fault with the Buffalo & Lake Huron Railway Company for their terrible de- ficiency in locomotive power, in consequence of which it took nine hours to perform a journey which should have been accom- plished in two. The Brantford Review (apart from the Railway arrangement) was excellently con- ceived and well carried out, and will tend, as our observation went. A mimic fight was now got up for the amusement of the spectators and the edification of the Volunteers,*-- Three battalions were advanced to the east end of the field, flanked by artillery, the remainder meanwhile acting as supports. Two companies were then thrown out as skirmishers for the purpose of discovering the my- thical enemy. This, apparently, they |i soon succeeded in doing, and closing on their supports fell in behind the main body. The troops now advane- ed and a general engagement en- sued. The roar of the artillery, and the sharp crack of the rifles deafened the spectators and quickly dispersed the enemy, who, notwithstanding they were at least two to one, fled in the utmost confusion in all directions, closely pursued by the cavalry who slaughtered them right and left. The sixth battalion, of which the Stratford boys formed a part, were like the old guard at Waterloo, reserved to finish up the victory, but before they had ad- yanced very far it was ascertained that the enemy was so completely cut up that it was useless following : they were therefore withdrawn from the field after having gallantly charged and captured several waggons loaded with deadly ringlets and killing black eyes. The hard fought battle was at last over, and flushed with victory the troops again formed in line four deep. © The officers com- manding battallions were then ordered to the front, when General Napier expressed the great satisfaction he felt at the fine ap- pearance of the men. He said» he was agreeably. disappointed at the efficiency of the Volunteers, not supposing they could "have attained the proficiency they displayed in so short a'time. He intimated that he should take the, earliest opportunity of re- _ porting to the Governor General, and to we earnestly hope, to the still further de- velopement of the Volunteer force of the Province. To those who instituted the idea and perfected the arrangements credit is due, and we heartily congratulate them on the complete success with which their efforts have been crowned. A Slight Mistake. Our contemporary, the Beacon, in its last ssue, commenting on the Rankin case and referring to Mr. Cartier says :-- " He spent several hours in endeavoring to prove to the House that he had, while in power, been an earnest advocate of retrench- ment, and that he had not brought the country into debt; also that he had never forced a singule measure on Upper Canada, contrary to the wishes of a majority of its representatives. M. Cartier found this under- taking rather difficult, and of course com- pletely failed, being repeatedly corrected by Mr. Brown and others.' M. Cartier did not spend several hours in endeayoring to prove to the House what the Beacon says. ject were brief but pointed. He challenged Mr. Brown to name the measures which the Conservative party had foreed upon Upper Canada against the wish of her people and also to point out the measures he, Mr. Brown, had introduced or passed through the House during his public career. Brown, of course, failed to show anything he had ever done for either section. He made an effort to show that M. Cartier and his colleagues had during their time of office passed measures which were not calculated to benefit Upper Canada--in this he also failed. The mistake of our contemporary consists in its having made M. Cartier and Mr. Brown, in this particular change places. We presume it was unintentional, and therefore take the liberty of correcting it. The burden of M. Cartier's long and able speech was directed against the enemies of our Constitution, who were endeavoring to force a partizan supporter into the House in an illegal and unconstitutional way! "Our contemporary's remarks on the Grand Trunk | His remarks on that sub- Mr. bribery job.are equally one side of the mark. It dare not publish Mr. Ferrier's and Mr. Brydges' | letters, but gives' a few remarks made by Mr. Shanly which simply amount to nothing. Our contemporary is very mild in its re- marks on the Seat of Government question. It is unable to understand why "there should be such a disagreement in regard to the affair." Itisstrange indeed. They should have more sense than to disagree over such a paltry thing as whether the Government shall meet at Quebec or Toronto so long as that other very important matter is at stake, the control of the public funds! Those ter- rible Priests and that bigoted Hierarchy which used to have the control of affairs at Quebec, and who used to haunt the dreams of our contemporary appears to have van- ished. We hear no more of them. We presume the political atmosphere of Quebec is now as pure as that 'of Upper Canada. Such are the changes effected by " Goyern- ment pap." --~. <m e- -- --- -- The American War. Notwithstanding the terrific bom- bardment which Fort Sumter has had to sustain, and the oft-repeated as- sertion that it was a mass of ruins and was ahout to surrender, it still flaunts the Confederate flag, and its capture seems as far off as ever. During the past week the monitors made an attack on Forts Moultrie, Wagner, Gregg, and the other land batteries, but met such a warm recep- tion that they were forced to with- draw. The shelling of Charleston has not been resumed. There is no other news of importance. MM embers Protested against. The following election' petitions have been presented :-- By Hon. J. A. McDonald, complaining of the undue election and return of Hon, Mr. McDougall for North Ontario; by Mr. Joseph Dufresne, against Mr. Fournier for the County of Islet ; by Hon. Mr. Alleyn, against Mr. J. 8S. Smith, for Hast Durham; by Mr. J. B. E. Dorion, against Hon. Mr. Cartier for Montreal East, also, against Mr. Pinsonneault for Laprairie ; by Mr. Joseph Dufresne against Hon. M. Dorion for Hochelaga, also against Mr. Remillard for Bellechasse : by Mr. Richards, against Mr. Bell for Russell ; by Mr. Irvin, against Mr. McFarlane of Perth ; by Mr. J. B. E. Dorion, against Mr. Cornelier for Joliette ; by Mr. Denis, against Mr. Huot for Quebec Kast ; by Mr. J. B. E. Dorion, agairist. Mr. Beaubien for Montmagny, also against Hon. Mr, Cauchon for Montmorenci, likewise against Mr. Langeyin for Dorchester ; by Mr, Remilland, against Hon. Mr. Turcotte for Three Rivers; by Hon. J. A. McDonald, against Mr. Thomson for Haldimond ; by Hon. Mr. Carling, against Mr. Chambers for Brockville; by Mr. White, against Mr. Street for Welland. -- Sheriff's Sale of Lands for Taxes, For the benefit of our subscribers, we publish this week part of the Lands adver- tised to be sold for Taxes at the Sheriff's Office, Stratford, on the Tenth day of No- vember next. The sale is to take place at 12 o'clock. We will give the balance next week, TOWNSHIP OF WALLACE, Con Lot Estate Acres Arrears 1 Nk1 Leased 50 $44 62 lo NSS do 50 55 95 ff 21 do 100 21 21 o 28 do 100 1l 07 . 38 do 100 18 14 py: 39 do 100 22 66 ~ 44 do 100 32 67 y 48 Patented 100 22 12 2 ae Leased 25 217 «ee do 75 8 14 N38 do 25 217 " S$ 8 do 75 8 14 sd 10 do 100 7 85 9 29 do 50 34 90 me 32 do 50 34 10 : 49 do 100 16 44 id 50 do 100 20 85 * 51 do 100 39 67 "sf 52 do 100 39 67 S 53 do 100 10 61 # 54 do 100 29.92 3 3 do 100 71 57 oy 5 Patented 100 57 62 " 6 Leased 100 29 06 $ 8 do 100 757 5: 17 _ do 100 13 47 24 Patented 100 52 56 92 45 Leased 100 - 7 56 v3 62 do 61 4 55 4 21 do 100 74 98 ~ 41 do 100 25 15 « Spta3- do 40 15 07 . 47° do 100° 35 55 ff eABtt -- dowize: 100 19°35-65 5 10 Patented 100. 38.13 4 Leased 100 19 00 30 do 100 7 85 41 do 100 9 99 42 do 100 9 99 3 45 do 100 10 93 6 3 do 100 8 79 ba 4 do 100 61 26 5 do 100 7 54 ' 7 do 100 53 23 8 do 100 32 98 15 do 100 7 54 16 do 100 18 14 S$24 Patented 50 5 61 ' 45 44 3 33 " 46 44 3:33 ss 47 44 3 30 " 48 44 3 30 7 1 Patented 100 32 75 '" 2 Leased 100 40 55 12 do 100 7:55 ' 15 do 100 7 64 16 Patented 100 41 00 25 Leased 100 14 56 6 do 100 10 21 '" 12 do 100 55 42 's 21 do 100 54 39 '" 22 do 100 45 63 " 23 do 100 28 71 &« 24 do 100 10 20 " 30 do 100 59 63 te 35 44 3.36 " 36 44 300 9 1 Patented 100 236 90 « 2 do 100 92 49 " 9 do 100 32 44 " WIT Leased 50 9 95 " ~ 28 do 50 3 82 10 19 do 100 25 65 " 20 do 100 25 65 " 22 85 8 81 " 24 52 11 08 11 8 do 100 10 20 " 19 do 28 11 04 " 20 do 28 6 68 12 9 do 100 22 26 & 13 32 2 42 & 14 32 242 6 15 32 2 42 48 8 Leased 39 4 58 " 9 do 23 3 30 TOWNSHIP OF ELMA. Con Lot Estate Acres. Arrears 1 N#10 Patented 50 $48 27 « "St4r' > Leased 50 31 85 4 2 Patented 100 30 77 6 3 Leased 100 23 86 5 36 do 50 25 05 6 7 do 100 52 14 f 22 do 100 15 10 8 3 do 100 8 79 s 35 Patented 100 23, 93 9 3 Leased 100. 112 95 13 12 do 100 90 56 15 28 do 100 15°11 3 30 do 100 33 67 tg 36 do 151 33 70 17 oP te 100° 70 37 18 11 do 100 76 04 ss 12 do 100 76 07 TOWNSHIP OF BLANSHARD. (All Patented.) Con Lot Acres Arrears Thames 37 $102 61 Grand Trunk R. W. 9, 5, 95. TOWNSHIP OF MORNINGTON. Con Let Jstate Acres Arrears 5 SW15 75... $15) 42 6 SW10 45) 14. 93 13 " Pt16 N34 Patented 1 2 68 20 7 NET 50 2 68 12 NW} 3 Leased 50 10 73 18 50 2 68 TRAVELLERS' GUIDE. TRAINS LEAVE STRATFORD BY GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY, Going East. Mail for Toronto. ...+..sseeseee os 7.39 A.M. Night Express for Toronto, &c...... 12.20 a. uw Going West Day Ex. for Sarnia, Detroit, &c...... 2.35 P.M. Night Express do. ODS s 6 ns die 3.10 A. M. Mail for London.......-.+s+% Gecese 8.18 P, M. The Express Trains connect at Detroit with trains for the West. BY BUFFALO AND LAKE HURON RAILWAY. Going East, - - ot). eae =: 1106 Aol, t. " Zz 4 4 - 12.05 p. M, fe " Night, - - - - 11,55 p.m. Going West, - - . - 2,50 P.M, Focal Intelligence. PPL LPP LDLPSSS LLLP LIS LS LIL LILI LDL LLLP ILD What to do with a Dollar. Everybody has heard of Seth Boyden's won- derful new Strawberry. From all accounts, it is a marvellous thing--the berries nearly as large asa hen's egg, and as good as they are large, Dealers were after it, offering as high as $300 for the plants, to specuiate upon ; but we are glad to know that the enterprising publisher of the American Agriculturist got the start of them, and bought up all the plants, and is multiplying them in order to give them away to his subscribers! This is in effect a free gift to the Pablic--for the Agriculturist, costing only & dollar a year, is of itself worth many dollars to every one, as we can testify; having ourselves 'long been a reader of it; To those unacquainted with it, we would say that the. Agricvlturist is a large Journal, of 32 pages in every number, is beantifully got up, and is illustrated with many pleasing and instructive Engravings, which are alone worth the whole cost. The pages are literally filled with-good~things--plain, practi- cal, reliable information upon everything con- nected with the work of the Hovsgnotp, the Garpgen, and the Farm, -- including a very pleasing and instructive Department for Chil- dren and Youth that is hardly surpassed by any of the professedly Children's Magazines. The thousands of useful hints and suggestions in the Agriculturist, all prepared by practical"working men and women who know what they are talking about--can not fail to be worth many dollars to every reader, whether residing in City, Village, or Country.--There are special reasons, for subscribing now; First, The rule for dis- tributing the Strawberry plantsis, " first come first served ;" and Second, every new subscriber for the 23rd annual Volume (that is, for all of 1864), will get the remaining numters of this year rree.--take our advice then, and send 4 dollar at once to the Publisher, (Oranax Jupp, 41 Park Row, N. Y. City,) and secure the paper, and the extra numbers, and also an early place in the great Strawberry list. Ifthe plants are to come to you by mail, as they can safely do, send an extra five cents to cover the mailing, Those desiring to see the Agriculturist, before subscribing, can get a post-paid copy by sending a dime to the Publisher, as above. This County is among the best in Western Canada, as to quality of soil, the industry of its inhabitants, and its railway and other advan- tages. The people of the great County of Perth are a reading, thinking, and intelligent people --second to none in America, To such a class a first rate Agricultural Journal is invaluable. We would say to every farmer in this County--gub- scribe for the American Agriculturist--it is un- doubtedly the best journal on that all-important subject pnblished in America, RE ae TE The Edinburgh Review. The July number of this quarterly is recently to hand. As usual it is replete with interest- ing articles. Napier's Memorials of Claverhouse lead us back to a most inviting period of Scot- tish history, though dark and terrible are some of the deeds recorded of this man and his say- age dragoons, The article on Sir George Cornwall Lewis on Forms of Government, is rendered doubly interesting from the fact that Sir George was for a long time a writer for this 'Review, and became latterly its chief editor.-- The decease of this writer is no small logs to the literary world. The Expedition of Captains Speke and Grant to the sources of the Nile, af- ford matter for an article which we venture to say will be read with much pleasure by all classes of readers. The obscurity which 'has shrouded for ages the fountain head of this an- cient river seems gradually lifting, 'The Scots in France' will help to account to the satisfac- tion of every one for the number of Scottish names to be found upon the continent of Bu- rope, and to explain how it is that Von Gordons and Von Douglasses managed to get their names lengthened. 'Sir C. Lyell's Antiquity of Man,' and an article upon 'Armour-plated Ships,' re- late to matters of general interest, and should be carefully read. The re-print of the four standard British Re- views, together with Blackwood's Magazine, by Messrs. Leonard, Scott & Co, New York, isa great boon to the reading public of Canada, and no one who desires to keep himself posted up in the current literature of the day should ne- glect to avail himself of the means afforded by these cheap but excellent publications. a iL It affords us much pleasure to notice that our friend, Mr. Reynolds, who, some time since owing to ill health, was under the necessity of giving up his situation as Express Agent, has so far recovered as to be able to resume hig duties. The Express Company have acted very kindly in this matter. While Mr. Reynolds was unable to attend to the duties of the Express Agency the Company procured the temporary services of Mr. Winter, and now that his health has so tar recovered as to enable him to attend to his duties they generously accept of his services as their Agent again. f Spina lalinaelaaceae x= In our last issue we complained that the number of names entered for the Show of Fall Wheat was too small for such a large and wealthy county as this. Our contemporary, the St. Mary's Argus, thinks it can suggest a remedy: ' Let the Society advertise its Shows in all the papers of the County." We agree with our contemporary. Such Shows are of general interest to the whole County, and should, therefore, be advertised in all the County pa- pers, gots. See nERREEEEERE ane ie The Harvest.--The weather for the last week 'has been very fine; in consequence most of our farmers have finished cutting and 'hous- ing their grain. The yield this year, so faras, wwe can judge from report, is not quite so good asit has been in former years; still itis yery fair, and the grain is plump and good. Should the prices be onan average with other. years our farmers will do very well. Town Counci},---There was no business transacted last Monday night for want of a quorum. « ear, 1 Eahr Lae . DUS. cei - f