THE COUNTY OF. PERTH HE RALD, STRATFORD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1864. "Detect octry The Burial of Rep. by Pop. Not a sigh was heard, not_a funeral note, sits corse to oblividn they hurried ; Not an M. P. P. uttered a parting groan Over the graye where this bantling was buried. They buried it fathoms deep in the earth, Each away from his first love turning ; Each adviser disclaiming all share in its birth; For its death each impatiently burning. No obsequies paid they, those shameful ones, To this nursling they dearly had cherished ; For they feared if they meddled too much with its fate. Their chances of office had perished. 'Twas little they said in its praise or-abuse, Though McDougall his sentimeuts uttered ; For which he was Wigged by the Father-in- Ohief (By whom each is slanged or well buttered.) But McDougall, impavidus, stood the shock well, Tho' this orbis (uow fractus) had struck him ; And_he steadfastly gazed on the last of poor Rep., Having helped of his feathers to pluck him. But ere they had each lent a kick to the corpse, From South Leeds came the sounds of sharp firing ; So some prudently awaited the course of events, And back from the graye kept retiring. Lightly they'll talk ofthe watch-word that's gone, That these renegades once used to utter ; But little they care--for each one well. knows * On which side of his bread lies the butter. Slow and sad now they go, with their coats in- side out, To a field that will surely be glory ; For of all the fat berths they've so long had the run, There'll be nothing soon left hut the glory.-- Orillia Examiner, : Denmark and the Duchies. From the Evening Mail. A glance at the map of Europe is sufficient to show that there are several reasons which, in va- rious degrees, singly or in combination, have costituted its several divisions as they now stand. The geographical reason prevails in large islands and peninsulas, in regions backed by mountain ranges, frozen deserts, or inhospitable seas. The national reason, or the influence of race, tells most when the cognate branches of some one human family have been closely packed and other circumstances have favored their as- similation or fusion. The political reason takes its origin from history--from the achievements of conquerors and great statesmen, or from a course of policy favorable to alliances and com- pacts for mutual advantage, leading to closer or more permanent union. If we review the States of Europe under these three divisions, it will be observed that the most enterprising, ambitions, and revolutionary, are those which either pos- sess.the concentrated strength of a great race, or the perfect security of a good geographical position, or both these advantages. The most conservative are those which are grown out of policy, and must depend upon it. It may be a bold word to say, so we say it in all humility-- nothing but a folly approaching to madness can prevent France, England, and Russia from being very great Powers. This cannot be said of any one of the States that lie between them. The more we admire the genius and the audacity which made Prussia in the last century, the more we must admit that her existence depends every day on the soldier and the statesman. The more we admire the astuteness, the good fortune, the patience and fortitude, and all the good and evil qualities which have packed the Austrian Empire, and have held it together, the more we must see that so motley a population and so federal a government, will only hold to- gether so long as his policy is moderate and wise. When Metternich called "Italy" a geo- graphical expression, he spoke like a clever craftsman. doing honour to his own craft; but he must have inwardly lamented that the Aus- trian Empire had neither a geographical origin nor the bond of race; nothing, in fact, but the policy of which he was the master. -- How fine that cunning thread, and now easily broken, he well knew, when he foretold the " deluge" that should come even earlier than he expected. As he found it, so he left it--a virtual federation, the form of dynastic unity; a hundle of races, allied with some loyalty, but more sense of mu- tual benefit. Butit is a combination fatal te political enterprise. . All that Austria can safely attempt is to keep things together and as they aré, to hold its own if possible, to leave its neigh- bors alone, to maintain a good police on its frontiers, cultivate tolerable relations with its neighbors,and let the influences of peace do their work in cementing and mixing their various and Sea¥céely congruous races. Such is the Power which, urged by sudden impulse, has raced across Europe to inflict a deadly, wound on another power, whose only erime was to resemble Austria herself in the com- position of her people,.and her.designs for their amalgamation. Denmark, with much more reason than Austria, and a longer prescription in her favor, has been attempting, perhaps not with equal cleverness, but with more than equal candour, to.reduc¢ into an actual administrative unity provinces which have been held together now, without interruption, for several genera- tions. There is not a fault to be found with the Danish policy that does, not lie against the Austrians, in the dealings of the House of Haps- burg with its discordant multitude of subjects. The difference in favor of Austria is one of might, not of right, for she conspires and co- operates after a fashion, with forty million Ger- mans, akin to the malcontents with whom Chris- tian 1X. has to deal, hostile to those undér Francis Joseph. But as Austria lives and breathes by policy, by policy she must stand or fall. As she does to Denmark so 'must 'she expect to be done by.' Whatever she says to Denmatk must be read in Hungary, Transylvania, and Galicia. When she declares war upon Denmark she de- clares war also in behalf of those alien depen- dencies against herself. When she says this is her time She proclaims with trumpet yoice that this is their time also to assert their national in- dependence. So Austisia, finds, in fact; for scarcely has she completed her occupation of Schleswig, beforeyshe has tordeal with the more i gary occupation of one of her, Own provinces 5. y the original race itself, fighting with the best medns'and the best weapons at its command. 4; Englishmen can speak their thoughts: with a good conscience at such a time. 'We, too, have had to deal with divers r-ces, but We have done all that was possible to make them one, and on the whole we have succeeded. Our only inter- est in the approaching conflict is that popula- tions held under an alien Crown shall either be made to feel that their true interest, their im- provement, and their self respect lie that way, or Shall achieve their independence. But France has not that purely philanthropic interest in the question, nor eyen has Russia. France, with her commanding geographical position, has a singu- larly homogeneous position. Her varieties of race sink into insignificance compared with her oneness. Indeed, the policy of all her great statesmen has been directed for centuries to the abolition of everythtng that could stand in the way of unity. The nobility, religion, language --everything liable to assume a local and inde- pendent character, has been beaten or smoothed down in the ideal Frenchman. 'The result is a power unknown to any other forty millions of men. But. France. has her grievances, the ab- stract justice of which cannot be denied. She sees beyond the frontier imposed by European jealousy, but within the frontier that Nature herself seemed to ordain, a large population more French than German,and disposed to union with her. 'This is her interest in the gathering strife; and at the present time the only object of ambition placed within her reach. If Ger- many, whether in the Diet, or in a less regular way, by the hands of her two most powerful States, lays down the law and carries out the principle that no Germans shall be allowed to remain under an alien crown, the Rhenish pro- vinces fall by natural gravitation into the lap of France. England has already laid down the self-denying ordinance that she wlll not inter- fere again to arrange the map of Europe, unless she be required by Treaty or a necessary regard to her own interest. Whether we should indeed look on quietly must be left to the circumstances of the time and season, but such is our present attitude. France, then, is the State principally interested in the success of this monstrous ag- gression. But what "nationality" will fail to hear the call, and hesitate to obey it, even if it has waited for that time? There is not a State between the Mediterranean and the Baltic that is not either encouraged or menaced by this movement, and told that now, if ever, is the time to get its own again, or keep and acquire what it can. A Goop Time Comme.--For dyspeptics and those who have been suffering for years with a disordered liver, or weakness of the 'digestive organs. You will believe this after giving Hooflands German Bitters a trial. This re- medy will cause a permanent cure, and enable you to e.joy life. DinnA YE REAR THE Stocan?--When the last lingering ray of light seems gone, and some al- most impossible, though long wished for event transpires that brings back both hope and life, it is a circumstance not easily forgotten. Not more joyful was the sound of the slogan to the ears of the Scotch girl, Jessie at Lucknow than the assurance to a sick and dying man that you have a medicine that will cure him, Down's Elixir has caused many a heart to feel glad by restoring the sick to health when all other medicines had proved worthless. John F, Henry & Co., Proprietors, 303 St. Paul St. Mon- treal C. E. Goop ror Horses.--Mr. Morrison, agent of the Philadelphia Lightening Rod Co. having oc- casion to employ a great number of horses, found Henry's Vermont Liniment superior to any gargling oil he had ever used. It was not originally intended to be used.in this way. but was designed for the pains and aches to. which human flesh is heir. It cures tooth-ache, head- ache, neuralgia, and the pains and diseases of the bowels. Itis a purely vegetable medicine, and no harm can result from the use of it, John F, Henry & Co., Proprietors, 303 St. Paul St. Montreal C. E. Fire in Brantford. We learn from the Brantford. Courier that a number of buildings were destroyed by fire--supposed to be the work of an in- cendiary--on Saturday and Sunday, the 12th and 13th inst. Fire im Hamilton. The buildings occupied by J. Hutchison, furrier,. and by Hamilton, Muir & Co., druggists, on the corner of James and King Streets, were destroyed by fire on the 16th inst. Total loss about $12,000--said to be fully covered by the insurance. The advantures of an army correspond- ent are sometimes. very curious, not to say unpleasent; as for instance, the narrow escape of one of the Chicago Tribune's men the other day from a party of guerillas who fired into a Mississippi river stermboat. He went ashore as sconas the boat touch- ed the landing opposite Island No. 18, saw the rebels attack the boat and take possess- ion, hid himself in the woods, buried his papers in the ground, watched in great trepidation till the plundering was done, "then crawled, out taking $150 in ' green- ' oD 5 backs"' from the place where his papers lay, made his way to the house of a Union man was fed and warmed, and finally got back to a civilized region, to write in a column to the Zribune what is here' briefly told in a paragraph. He is naturally very jolly over his safe escape. The Standard comments upon the evil spirit of war which seems now to have pos- session of the' earth:--' Never perhaps, since 1815, was it more vital to the ad- vance of civilisation that war should at tlie utmost sacrifice of honor be averted--and a sacrifice of honour, be itremembered, at all times involves an abandonment of interest ---that the tranquillity of Europe should be preserved, as it might have been preserved, had England made use, 'not. of mere diplo- maticsubterfuges, but of her great authority. Yet never within the same period, has the madness of: military aspirations been'so rife Surely the example of America can have afforded no encouragment to the blunder- ing German people. , They. see her» torn to pleces, one section of her inhabitants en deavouring to exterminate the othar, trade + ---- +37 ere oe eee | perishing, liberty overthrown, and all that was good in the past obliterated, all that was hopeful in the future eclipsed and they rash towards the same career of despotism and anarchy, both miserably stained with blood. If they desire a glory, is it for glory thet two prodigious monarchies assail with tenfold power one small and isolated Kingdom ?" Lovr or Monzy DercGrapine---A young man once picked up a sovereign lying mn the rovd. Hyer afterwards, in walking along, he kept his eye fixed steadily upon the ground in hopes to find another. And in the course of a long life he did pick up at different times a goodly number ot coins, gold and silver. But all these years, while he was lookiug for them, he saw not that the heavens were bright above him, and fiature beautiful around. He never once allowed his eyes to look up from the mud and filth in which he sought his treasure ; and when he died--a rich old man--he only kuew this fair earth as a dirty road to pick up money as you walk along. A Bisuor's Joxn.--The Bishop of Carlisle is credited with a joke which is all the more excelent from the fact that very few of its kind come from the same source. It is said that a young clergyman, located not tar from Penrith, being on the eve of marriage, and not wishing to trouble any of his brethren, wrote to the Bishop inquir- ing if he himself could perform the cere- mony, us he had already published the banns from his own pulpit--in short, could he himself ?' His Lordship made no long appeals to laws ecclesiastical in his reply, but at once capped the query with another--' Could you bury yourself, which, it will be readily admitted, is certainly not the worst joke that has come from a Bishop, -being a happy reduction and absurdum. Tun Farmer's Creep.--A local con- temporary gives the following : " We belive in small farms and thorough cultivation. The soil loves to eat as well as its owners, and ought therefore to be nurtured. We belive in large crops, which leave the land better than they found it--making both the farm and the farmer rich at once. We belive in going to the bottom of things, and therefore in deep plowing, and enough of it --all the better if with a subsoil plow. We believe that the best fertilizer of any soil is the spirit of industry, enterprise and intelligence; without this, lime and gypsum, bones and green manure, marl plaster, will be of little use. Webelieve in good fences, good barns, good farm houses, good stock, and a good orchard, We believe in a clean kitchen, a neat wife in it, clean cupboard, dairy and conscience. We firmly disbelieve in farms that will' not improve, in farms that grow poorer every year, in starved cattle, in farmers' boys turning into clerks and merchants, in farmers' daughters un- willing to work, and in all farmers who are ashamed of their honorable vocation." SEwED up Mourn.--lIt his said that) in the country of Siam, if one is found guilty of lying, the law dooms him to have his Mouth sewed up! A queer punishment, truly. Now, suppose that'every body who told a lie in this country was sureto have his month sewed up w.th an invisible thread, by an invisible needle, how many open mouths should we see inthe streets? I wounder how many of my boys and girls would have sewed-up mouths ? " None of. them!" shouts the Corporal. Oh, charitable Corporal! " Nine-tenths of them would have threads in their mouths !" cries Esquire Forrester. Oh harsh Fsquire Forrester ! Which is right, my children, the Cor- poral or the Hsquire ?. For my part I think the truth lies between them both. Many have open mouths, for I believe many of you have never told a lie, and you never will, but alas! some of youhave, and if you are ever sent to Siam, and tried for lying, your mouths will be sewed up as tight as a bag ot beans. I'm sorry ; but-by-gones are by- gones. Let those who have never told a lie, stick to their love of truth. Let those who have lied, repent, and lie no more. Let all remember that " lying lips are an abomination to the Lord; but they that deal truly are his delight." --S.S. Advocate. Tue Woir.--From the Rio Colorado we have been constantly followed by a large gray wolf. Every evening, as soon as we got to camp, he made his appearance, squatting quietly down at a little distance, and after we had turned in for the night, helping himself to anything lying about. Our first acquaintance commenced on the prairie, where I had killed the two ante lopes ; and the excellent dinner he then made on the remains of the carcases bad evi- dently attached bim to our society. In t: e morning as we left the camp, he took possession, and quickly ate up the remains of our supper and some little extras I al- wiys took care to-leaye for him. © Shortely after, he would trot after us, and if we halted for a short time to adjust the mule packs, or water the avimals, he sat down quietly until we resimed our march. But when I killed an antelope, and was in the act of butchering it, he gravely looked on, or lopped round and round, licking his jaw, and in a state of evident self gratulation. L had:him twenty times a day within reach of thy rifle, but he became such an old friend that I never dreamed of molesting him.--Adventures in Mexico, iiugh Dempsey EGS TO INFORM his of4 customers and the public generally, that he has still on hand the be % BERKSHIRE BOARS, One Pure Improved Berkshire,2 years old, which took the First Prize at the Provincial Exhibition held at London 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, Tosontd Exhibition. in 1862, and, First Prizes at Stratford and St. Marys in 1868. One mproved Berkshire 5 months old, which took ghe First Prize at St. Mary's in 1863. HUGH DEMPSEY, Lot 8, Con: 8, Gore of Downie. Gore of Downie, 20th Oct., 1863 17-6m Money to Loan. 'W\HE SUBSCRIBER IS PREPARED TO i 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-tf CRFAT BARCAINS AT T. J. BIRCH'S, IN Srovkezs. Don't neglect to call before purchas- ing elsewhere. T, J. BIRCH, At the old stand, opposite Kyle's Miil. Also a very good Second Hand SHORSE-POWER, For Sale or Trade. ONLY $18. Pobruary 15th, 1354 3£-27-3m DIVISION COURTS FOR COUNTY OF PERTH Will be held as follows, in 1864: Division No. 1--Court House, Stratford, 30th January, 5th March, 2nd April, 2nd May, and 4th June, at 10 a. m. Division No 2--Court Room, Mitchell, 29th 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. Division No. 4--Court Room, Shakespeare, 26th Feby., 26th April, and 27 June, at 10 a. m. Division No. 5---Court Room, Poole,20th Jany, 3rd Marchand 2nd July at 10:a.m. No. 6--Court Room, Newry, 20th Jany., at 10 a.m. Court Room, Westmonckton, 1st March, at 10 a.m. Court Room, Newry, 30th June at 10 a.m. Dec. 26th, 1863 [Signed R, BURRITT. Judge. Copied from the original fyled in my office: JoJ. EH. LINTON Clerk Peace. Clerk of Peace Office, : 27-td * he County, Being int > &e: ; paper published } any ad ation of ical accuracy, tot: ADVERTISERS WOULD DO WELL TO REMEMBER THAT THE "HERALD" HAS NOW The Largest Circul and business man, To Advertisers. And is rapidly increasing ; it is therefore the best medium to make their wants known to the community. 'Boohenter, N. ¥. JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE STOCK OF THE CELEBRATED Dandelion Coffee AT, PETER WATSON'S. Stratford, August 7, 1863. q-tf TO VOLUNTEERS _ N SPORTSMEN. UST RECEIVED A LARGE CONSIGNMENT" of Curtis and Harvey's Celebrated Powder, Ind and 1 lb Cannisters: Also 0. & H. Bn field Rifle Powder. FULLER BROS, TO HOUSE-KEEPERS. h aces RECEIVED THE CELEBRATED | Turn Table Apple Parer. Also a iarge 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 Business Part of the town,. Yn Evie Street, and running to Market Street, known as the yh JOHN A. SCOTT PROPERTY. Frontage on Erie Street, 78 feet, and 58 feet on Warket Street, consisting of Lot H and a part of uot I. This property will be sold in one lot, or livided into lots of 18, 20 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, Esq., Commercial Bank, here Stratrfod, Sept. 22nd, 1863. 3-yf NOTICE. rfWHE SUBSCRIBER 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. 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