THE COUNTY OF PERTH HERALD, STRATFORD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1864. ) formed part of a crew of 19 persons of a mer- | chantman, Flowery Land, which sailed from London on a voyage to Singapore, laden with The men executed were all foreign- wines, &c. ers. with three others, who were reprieved, and one transported ten years for ship. Soon after the ship got showed signs of insubordination, and some sligl punishment , Cr r inous feelings, and a determination s at length taken to kill the officers and take charge of the ship. The chief mate was the first vietim whilst on deck on a night watch. The Captain hearing the noise came on deck, and was dispatched by numerous dagger wounds. His brother hastening to the rescue, was caught and thrown alive into the sea. A rope was put around the Captain's body to throw him over- board also, when the second mate interfered and begged to be allowed to sew the body up in can- vas, and perform the last office to the dead. This was denied and he was knocked down. After- wards what money could be found was divided amongst the 17 remaining; some refused to take part but were compelled. The second mate could alone navigate the ship. They at lengih neared the land, when they compelled the car- penter to bore holes in the vessel, and taking to the boats, after dispatching the Steward, they left the cook and boy to go down with the ship. They landed at Monte Vidio, where they gave the false information that the ship foundered 500 miles at sea, and the Captain and some of the crew had gone off in other boats, and had not since been heard of. The second mate and a Frenchman 'made their escape from the party. and gaveinformation. The culprits were appre- hended and brought to England, and, as is shown, met the punishment due to their offence, r3 Eneuanp, March 2nd, 1864. THE EXECUTION OF FIVE PIRATES. Since writing you last our three million Me- tropolis has been surprisingly excited, consider- ing the littleness of the eccasion--the execution of tive blood-stained pirates. So intense is the appetite for novelty amongst the thousands of idiers, from nobility. to slumulity in all the over- grown cities of the country, tuata single case of hanging possesses charms for such morbid minds, wuicn a glorious victory over some foreign fue would fail to interes:, because not productive of excitement. It seems to me that this baleful element is keeping pace with the fast increasing wealth of Loudon, especially. It is really humiliating to see tens of thousands of one's teilow-countrymen driven to the neces- sity of catching at we merest straws to wile away their feusum and ennur 3; whereas, should some philanthropist suggest one or more of the Uliliiarian aud heaven-invended methods to their own aud the world's advantage, those self-same drones would feel insulied aud question sanity of the proposer. On the 22ud February & precious and delicious repast Was provided by Jack Kevcntfor this honorable class of Ue Ciasses of britisk community. 'lo read the ditrerent ac- counts of the goings on of these Worthies among THE, CONSPIRACY The trial of the conspirators against the French Emperor's life has taken place and ended in their conviction. Two are transported for life and the other two for twenty yea Maz- zini, notwithstanding his letter in the Times de- r all complicity, is proved without a doubt guilty of aiding and abetting, if not origin- ating, the atrocious schemes. The means em- ed by the French Government for detecting everything which bears the slightest trace of gue, is wonderful in its wisdom, vigilance, and secretiveness. These men were watched ere they crossed the frontier, and eyes were upon them not only from morning till night, but abso- lutely from night till morning. -On the trial it was shewn what they did in their bedrooms, and how many hours they were together every day, the hour they retired and what time they rose from bed, what course they took when they went out, their rendevouz, and what they drank there, and many other things which none but the eyes could have beheld. Seeing the evi- so strong against them, they all confessed guilt, implicating Mazzini. AGAINST NAPOLEON. the themselves is simply disgusting ; and yet ihece THE WAR IN DENMARK is a salvo in the case. 'ne JacKals and Foxes Is at present quiet. The Germans are on the of sociery were for the time being not preying on the peaceful flocks and herds, but on them- selves. lt is said there were congregated in the purlieus of Newgate and in front of we gallows, 25,000 of the ciuss of the genus homo reterred tw abuve. 'lhousands of these took their positions on the night befure, and of course made as due provision as they could for the wants of the inner man, including the demands of Morpheus. I do not say the streets were hiled with gaily hung beds, or cuisine paraphernalia, but leave you to judge what might be the requirements of horns of a dilemma. The English Government have proposed a Conference, and it has been ac- cepted by the Germans, but they will grant no armistice, so that war will go on until some- ; is arranged respecting this unfortunate affair, unless, as is supposed, France and Italy in the spring will commence a war in the South of Europe against Austria' and Prussia, when Denmark will be aided from a quarter whence aid should have come before. LIONAB. Z some inousands of iwdividuals "of the baser Publie Works. sort," mostly, not the softer sex, to their credit be... it; suid, during a Code NigMts Peo a : sila aie setae : in February." Some persons possessing | FACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE COM- MISSIONER. more gold tuan good sense, paid as much as tu fora svanding place in some windows opposite The Report of the Commissioner the drop, ana were obliged to take and keep pos- of Public Works is received, some- session the night before, lest another should j 01% D Pie . engage it. It w said that a| What tardily, from the Routine office party of '" Officers and Gentlemen " | at Quebec. Some facts in it are (?) engaged. a room in anInn for which | worth noting. they paid down £50, where they spent the nignt ' oe : 3 : ; : ba handy: [he ertire amount expended on playing at cards, smoking, drinking, ing ribald jokes with te braves under their window, who returned the compliment with high interest. Scenes shocking to decency were be- public works last year was $821,073 3lc ; the average of the annual ex- penditure of the previous thirteen ing meanwhile enacted without. Some luckless es 3 we i if 5 'ears : ¢ 916 262 if loop > wignts, claiming noble ancestry, mixed them-| YC@rs 1s $1,216,362. Phe decrease asac in this branch of the government ex- selves up in the crowd, and ynsequence suite rec > re e > ai ses < silver a + rey , suitered extreme depletion--gold, silver, and ; pendi ure was, therefore, more than costly d then were expelled from | savers ents athe lated ud ' PS vice the e 2 soV «lq erg y amou if unworthy of their company. |" , a ee See ee ee y | the government As invall: previous Hundreds of Px vere trying to do theird but they wei : ymmend- reports the im- paces cet i ts portance of the St. Lawrence 'route ones under their When fair Aurora | ° +] j at . began to lift the veil, what a scene was dis- for the trade of the w is referrec to. bo this communication the Pro- clused to:those who had just arrived from pe ful homes and slum 3. ButI need not pic vince has already expended some | Albany, for which the Provincial canals might successfully compete ; as it is now well understood that a very large quintity of the cereals brenght to consumed in the New 's | England States, and neverleaves the followed, which had the effeci of | country at all." Having enlarged upon te sub- ject, and adduced. statistics 1o show that notwithstanding the great length of artificial navigation by the Erie ronie, it has, through the strennous exertions and far-sighted policy of the State legislature, attracted an im mense trade, the disadvantage of the route having been, as far as possible, obviated by continned and liberal ex- penditure upon its improvement, he concludes his remarks on this sub- ject-as follows : * IL is believed that the period has now arrived when it still more imperative npon the Province to adopt a policy ealculated to demonstrate the real superiority ofthe St. Law- rence roule, by completing our canal sysiem, and enlarging it to such di- mensions as will place it beyond the reach of successful competition, in the cheap transport of imported goods for the Western market, or in the speedy export of the vast and over- flowing vegetable products which now find their way throngh other channels to the Eastern States and to Europe." The commissioner gives a_ pretty full aecount of the history of the Welland canal. The improvement of grealest importance 1o be undertaken on this work, he considers to be the construction of a new Ine of canal from Thorold downwards to. Like Ontario, with locks capable of pass- Is ing a large class of propellors. The construction of a second tow patb on the Thorold canal between Hurst's and Marlut's bridges, and the widening of the channel between these two points is again bronght under notice--estimated cost $18,100. The enlargement of the harbor of Poit Colborne, at a cost of $54,000, also recommended. The cost repairs and management ef the canal last year was $56,248. The revenue derived for a few years back was as follows :--1860, $165,220; 1861, $229.769 ; 1862, $271,384; 1863, $225,442. Passing on to light houses we find new ones recommended io be built as follows :-- At Grosse point, head of Beauharnois eanal ; further protection works and anew lantern at McKie's point, Lake St. Francis ; building a pier round Gull Island light-honse, on Lake Ontario (indi=pensible to its safely) construction of a break-water at Lon Point Jight-house,. Lake Erie; and also at Nottawasaga Island, Georgian Bay. . Also, lights on Bird Rock and Cape Ray, below Quebec. is Seige - <> sR alee "a Bunyan's Eneuisn.--The style of Bonyan is delightfal 10 every reader. end invaluable as a sindy to every person who. wishes to obtain a wide command over the English lengui.ge The voeabulary is the vocabulary of the English people 'There is rot an expression, if we excepta few techni cal terms of theology, which would puzzle the rndest peasant. We have observed several paces which do no a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. Pur: mi enificence, for pathos. for vehement exhortation, for subtile contain | disquisition, for every purpose of the wiaereatie. Tay xe Har aes $14,500,000 But the benefits from looked down on a 3 of human degrad this expenditure, as every one knows waiting were, to q vench the fire of eur \e parti illy realized, icon the pv d cf the five 3 oar a | ner altributes the be made foi hat in| great drawback to the success of the would be a they seemed to be | route, to the high rates ol ocean} mosuy bel 1 public execu-| frejaht from Monireal.and Quebec, meniet sili ple vhen comparech with those from New ford to lose t |}York. The only means by which long importance to -thei : | this drawback can be counteracted, peli ted puter': Nr evereincs le thinks, is ihe enlargement of th» of picking oakum, or delving on the wilds of | W elland and St. Lawrence ¢ wn ils to Western Australia, When 8 o'clock arrived, the | a uniform drangbt, and carrying ca- a for the xecution, the noi 1 yel | pa ty of vessels of at Tonal 800 or itl | 3d bed | 850 tons burthen. " This would pe the fleet j ropellers and | no 25.000 1 painful to contemplate i civilization. The hs | of or 7 i an : |schooners now engaged in the trans ellow e | g | ' ie ' } srnity ; but thi yuld not saf- | port trade on La Erie, to descend voracious spirit of the multi-| 1g. Montreal. and Quebec. without clock came and they were still | i ; o'clock came and they were still |} ea;:ing bulk; and there. tranship ; tims of the gallows, | . re 1 A 'ne away to his | iNto sea-go:ng vessels--thns consicer- lably reducing freig to bring about the desired result. * The manifest advantage in speed as would s to intimate being removed from them. J to act as judge in this matter for the public at large; but I have a grave suspicion these public executions do no good but much harm to those who witness them, or at least those who stan in.need of. salutary: les Could we subdued feeling and co conduet pro- duced by ent_on the n, we might hope a benefit would possibly arise from the paiaful exhibition, but ,the reverse. is the fact, The well-ordered portion of every country would hail with satisfaction the advent of a differcnt State of things in the judicial arrangements. I[ } with the chea' ening of freight referred to, would doabtless operate favorably in making Quebec and Montreal 03 Lake "Regions, and thas ocean charges, by providing a larger percentage of cargoes, both ways. believe the time is coming when the ceremonial itis also probable that the mercantile law of 'the Jéws will cease to be observed in this | CNI'EFPFISE of these cities would not respect, and felons will receive a punishment | be slow to tale advantage of such toed mtn ons ra eainet | lavorabie circumstances. Jt mua, not Edhadive of beneficial and tettibutive | however, be borne in mind that the issues' And now I will tell you of the'five|€xXport trade to Europe forms by no men's crime. On the 28th July lasty they'means the only important business ts, and tending | poet, the orator, and the divine, this homely dialect, the dialect of plain working men, was perfectly salficient There is no book in onr li erature on which we wonld so readily stake the fame of the old unpollnted English lanenage, no hook which shows s« wel] how rich that langnage is in its own proper wealth, and. how little it has been improved by allthat it has borrowed.--Macaulay be ei ee ee Sorco Sugar.--The Washington Rep blican says:--'* An. experiment | was made in the Department of Agri- which the foute possesses, together | leulinre a day or two since before a large number of persons clearly de- | monstrating the practicability of every } iran in the making his own North lsngar. A gentleman from Nebraska, entrepols for goods imported into' the | diminish | who is about taking out a patent for his process, was the operator. From Sorgo. Syrup, sent 1o the departinen! for exhibition, in the conrse of a few moments he produced a clean and pare sagar equal in all respects to the best coffee suger, the residue of the Syrup proving to be an excellently-flavored article, strongly resembling amber or golden Syrnp of the shops, and entirely free from Sorgo taste." cle kaugh Bempsey EGS TO INFO iM bis el. customers and the public generaily, that he has still on hand the BESKSHIRE BOARS, One Pure Improved Berkshire,2 years ofd, which took the First Prize at the Provincial Exhibition teld at Lon ton in 1861, First Prizes at Stratford in 1861-62and Second Prize in 1863. One small Berkshire 1 year old, took the First Prize at the Tozonto Exhibition in 1862, and First Prizes at Stratford and St Marys in 1863. One Improved Berkshire 5 months old, which took the First Prize at St. Mary's in 1863. HUGH DEMPSEY, Lot 8, Con. 8, Gore of Downie. Gore of Dowzie, 20th Oct., 1863 17-6m Money to Loan. fFHE SUBSCRIBER IS PREPARED TO | Negotiate Loans on Improved Farms pay- able by instalments in from one to ten years, at a reasonable rate of interest. P.R. JARVIS. Stratford, July 30, 1863. 5-1f GREAT BARCAINS AT TT. J. BIRCH'S, IN STrovies. Don't neglect to call before purchas- ing elsewhe:e. T, J. BIRCH, At. the old stand, opposite Kyle's Mill, Also a very good Second Hand HORSE-POWER, For Sale or Trade. ONLY $18. February 15th, 1864 34-27-3m CES. )N DIVISION COURTS COUNTY OF PERTH Will be held as follows, in 1864: Division No. 1--Court House, Stratferd, January, 5th March, 2nd April, 2nd May, 4th June, at 10 a. m. Division No Court Room, Mitchell, February, 28th April, and 29th June, at 10 a.m, Division No. 3--Court Room, St. Marys, 27th Feby., 27th April and 28th June, at 10 a, m. 30th and 29th Division No. 4--Court Room, Shakespeare, 26th Feby , 26th April, and 27 June, at 10a. m. Division No. 5--Court Room, Poole,20th Jany, 3rd March and 2nd July at 10 a.m. No. 6--Court Room, Newry, 20th Jany., at 10 a.m. Court Room, Westmonckton, Ist March, at 10 a. m. Court Room, Newry, 30th June at 10 a. m. Dec. 26th, 1863 [Signed R, BURRITT, Julge. Copied from the original fyled in my office: J.J. BE. LINTON Clerk Peace Clerk of Peace Office, : Stratford Dec. 26th, 1863. 27%-td x , ounty, 4 j al ) 5 zw wn © a ~ n 22 a ve: ad Conten sof Squa Fas me prise uu par Papoose by the month, Board or ade A NE " be. Bigs Bis me TS ms zs Vv be oo ~ em hi fl + mt 4 To A advertise * publ 5 apel } i ng ation of any 'cul il est C And israpidly increasing ; it is therefore the best medium to make their wants known to the community. 'o oD and business man. ADVERTISERS WOULD DO WELL TO REMEMEER THAT TI Roshester, N. ¥. The Lai e Loz Table was computed by : a Diagrams, as shown by the cut, for each and every log, from 12 to 44 inches in diameter, and the width of each board taken, | taking off the wane edge. | total of each board constitutes the | amount each log will vive, and if there-can be any dependence plac- ed upon such strictly mathematical | accuracy, no one will hesitate fora j moment to abide the results here | given, as the method adopted by | the author can result in nothing else | than strict honesty and mathemat- | 'eal accuracy, to the parties interested. | The best evidence of the usefulness and popularity of this book is | . the rapid and extensive sale of over 375,000 in 2 very short time, whale the sale is constantly increasing, | book of its size and price contains more useful or correct tables, In all new and lumber countries the book wil] be found very con- venient, as it comprises much that is useful forthe Farmer, Mechanie JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE STOCK OF THE CELEBRATED Dandelion Coffee AT PETER WATSON'S, Stratford, August 7, 1863, 1-tf TO VOLUNTEERS AND SPORTSMEN. J UST RECEIVED A LARGE CONSIGNMENT of Curtis and Harvey's Celebrated Powder, In} and 1 Ib Cannisters.. Also C. & H. En field Rifle Powder. FULLER BROS. TO HOUSE-KEEPERS, , RéCEIVED THE CELEBRATED Turn Table Apple Parer. Also a large lot of COAL OIL LAMPS for sale cheap. FULLER BROS. Stratford, September 2, 1863. 10-tf Valuable Property FOR SALE IN THE TOWN OF STRATFORD, Being Lot No H, situate in the 3usiness Part of the town, in Erie Street, and running to Market Street, known as the JOHN A. SCOTT PROPERTY, Frontage on Erie Street, 78 feet, and 58 feet on Market Street, consisting of Lot H and a'part of Lot I, This property will be sold in one lot, or divided into lots of 18, 29 or 26 feet to suit pur chasers. The property will be sold by private contract. For Particulars apply to J. G. HARPER, Eso, Manager Commercial Bank, London, Or to GEO. E. SMALL, Esa., Commercial Bank, here Stratrfod, Sept. 22nd, 1863. 34f NOTICE. 'THE SUB CRIBER HEBEBY GIVES notice to those indebted to him, either by note of hand or book account (past due) that they are required to call at his store and settle the same, on or before the 1st of January, other- wise' all without exception will be placed in Court for collection. THOMAS H. GOWAN, Gowanstown, Dec. 12th, 1863. ; MONEY TO LOAN ON FIRST CLASS SECURITY. Apply to CORNISH & McDONALD, Jarvis' Block, Stratford Stratford, August 10, 1863. 7-tf eed c a SE? Ee a7 5 Ha wm Fa iM tS fees oda 9 > BUILDERS, BOAT BUILDERS, 53 ? UCRANTS, FARMERS & MECHANICS. 1 correct: measurement of Scantling, Boards, Plank, Cubical re and. Round . Timber, Sawlous, Wood, ete, coms na numberof Tables; to which areadded Tables of Waea Rent, by the week or day, railroad distances, srest Tables, at seven per cent, Re a end By ws. MM. 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