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Brusscls, Oct. ‘23.--Tbe Independence Ball/42 has the following special despatch from London :â€" “An order has been issued command- ing all the German Princes anti nobles hanging about the army to report for military duty at once or go home.” “After the Cabinet Council held on‘:i Friday, Earl Granville telegraphed to} the British Minister at Tours. Berlin, St. l’etersburg, Vienna, and Florence, with a View to bringing about. an armis- tice leetween Prussia. and France, until the Opening ef the French constituent assembly. '1 he answers received from the ambassadors indicate an early sus- pension of hostilities. Private as we}! as official accounts praise Gen. Tron-bu for his good judg- ment and unremitting activity. His energy provides for everything. His popniarity is unbounded. Paris feels the utmost confidence in his I -..riotism and ability. New York, Oct. 24.-â€"A London des. fetch to the ”Brit? says :â€" “It is now generally announced in the (’erman camp that the bombardment of Paris is fixed for the first of Nové’mhcr, and that 134 siege guns are already with the army and 20 more were ex- pected on the 30th. Sens, Oct. 23.-â€"A balloon which left Paris yesterday landed safely between Signy and Meaux, but quite near the Prussian lines. The balloon when at a heigl at of 2,000 metres was struck with a new [rojectile now in as e by the 1’ russians. The Arc dc T riompbc at Paris is now to an intents and purposes an iron clad fort, the work on the structure having been completed a day or two ago.” London, Oct. ZZZâ€"A dcspatch from Tours‘ says :â€" Versailles, Oct. 21, via Berlin, Oct. by the French from Fort Mont Valerien, supported by 40 field guns. They were Victoriously repulsed by detachments of the 9th and 10th divisions of infantry and a regiment of Landwehr, supported towards the close of the engagement by "the 4th'corps. The Prnesians captured one hundred prisoners and two guns.â€" 'Jhe German loss was small. The King witnessed the battle from the Marl] Isiaduet. '1‘ he people of Versailles were greatly alarmed. ’fHE FBANBU-PHUSSlAH WAR. "roars, Oct. 23.-â€"The Minister of ‘War has despatches from Paris to the 18th reporting that son-ties continue fre- quently. The enemy sufi‘ers heavily from them and is compelled to keep «1 the alert day "" 3 night. The Prussians, thus barrassco', are heginning to sufl‘eré from constant exposure. Ncw York, Oct. 23.-â€"A despatch from London to the World, dated tag-day, says 2-â€" London, Oct. 23,â€"A sortie was made from Paris last. night. in the direction of Versailles. The Germans, after some hours“ fighting, drove the French back, taking 100 prisoners and two pieces of 'artil'ery. The loss of the besiege‘rs was sum]; and was caused by a bomb burst- ing in the midst of a battalion. “The Empress Eugenie is in London holding a conference with Lord Gran- ville. Negotiations very favorable for peace are progressing. England asks for an armistice not for the purpose of electing a constituent assembly, but for the restoration of the Empireâ€"Eugenie to re-enter France, and Bazaine to leave Metz to protect her, restore order and make peace. Gen. Troclm approves the plan.” New York, Oct. 23.â€"Another des- patch to the H'orltl, dated at. London to-day (Sunday), says :â€" “Mr. Gladstone and Lord Granvillel‘ speni the whole of today in consulta‘l‘ tion with the Prussian, Russian, l Austrian and Italian Ambassadors andé Ger. Boyer. The latter had an inter-i vie .v with M. Conti, Napoleon’s Secreé t ry, at “ms and subsequently one with the Empress at Chiselhurst. It is re V ported that the Emperor and Empress: agreed with the King and Count Bis ; 1113er upon a )ject C’of peace which in-[ eludes the dismantling of the fortresses; in Eastern France and the payment of i an indemnity by France to Germany of 1 6, 000 millions of francs 1n cattle, horses 3 grain, wine and oil. No cession of ter l ritory is to he made unless the peOplel of Alsace, upon a plebiscite, should vote ’or annexation to Germany, Bazaine to leave Metz and proclaim the Prince 1111- I perial Emperor with the Empress asre-‘ gent. It is added that the solution de- pends absolutely- on the acceptance by King William of the conditions intro- duced into the proposed arrangement by the great powers that the cessi w. of A1- sace must be determined by its people. The powers insist on this, and it is even rumored if Germany objects to it they will intervene by force to compel Prus- sia to withdraw her armies from France. London, Oct. 2'2.-â€"P'etitions for peace from Germany pour in with every maii‘, and Bismarck is openly eager to have the war ended before the opening of the German Parliament. His dis- agreement with V on Moltke is now a matter of notoriety, and he does not hesitate to speak of it before foreigners in particular in a manner which leads to the belief that he desires to give an impression thronghont Europe that any difiicnlty now interposed in the way of peace proceeds not from the Government of Prussia, but from military headquar- the German camp is visibly disturbing all the plane and projects o£ the mifitary umBorities. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. At Vex-games the desire {or peace in On Thursday last Canada wr‘ visited by a veritable earthquake. No yawn- ing gulfs have been Opened in the earth, swallowing cities, and leaving sulphur- ous lakes where smiling hamlets stood, nor have houses been toppled upon the heads of their inhabitau.s; but we have been visited by an unmistakeahle earth. quake for all that. It was felt as far north as Owen Sound and as far east as Montreal, was noticed at difl'erent places in the United States, and is said to have been severe at New York; but we have not learned that any material damage has been done. It seems to have re- served its force for the rocky districts below Quebec, where it is reported the gmund opened in several places, and springs of fresh water bubbled out. At Bay St. Paul a church was so severely shaken that it will have to be rebuilt. The cause of earthquakes is not posi- tively known. Voltaic electricity has been assigned; and this theory Hum- boldt thought worthy of serious refuta- tion. Sir Humphrey Davy advanced a theory, which, however, he afterwards' abandoned, that water, gaining access to unoxydized metals, set free gaseous: matter which produced the convulsions. I .But the generally received Opinion is . that the phenomena are caused by the imolten mass which is believed to fill ithe central part of the earth. This ?theory is the most reasonable, and is :sustained by observation, volcanic i regions being those most visited by earth'- '_ quakes, and eruptions of the volcanoes ibeing always accompanied by shocks Z more or less violent. Versailles, Oct. 21, via Berlin, 00‘- 22.~â€"â€"Tl1e official report of the captures made at Soissons have just been made publie. Ninetyninc officers and 4,633 rank and tile surrendered. Beside these 128 guns of all kinds, 70,000 bombs, 150 tons of gunpowder, and a military chest containing 92,000 francs, fell into the hands of the Germans. Fears are entertained here cencern-l ing the sudden decision of England toiDURHA - CHRONICLE. t mediate between France and Prussia.- ; - . . . Some parties imagine that it is a plot; THURSDAY, OCT. 27, 1870. to aid in the reenthronement of the; Bonapartes, and others seem to acquire 3 Social Deformities. confidence in the eagerness of Great: Britain to bring about peace. It has! Those who have accustomed themselves . ° O l I’ o . been generally consrdercd that England 3 ‘0 b’eaeve that humanity ts ceaselessly 'pro- is willing to work more for the interests 3 greasing towards perfecfion, fife in general of Prussia than those of France, and the 3, tyrannized "e" by eicessive sympathy. in significance of her movement is aPl’arent the" tendency to generalize they 3'9 aPt ‘0 . . . . . l o‘ve look the f t ' ' now that the dtfiiculttes in taking Parts: I ac 8 up?“ "bob the" theory - professes to rest. It rs taken for granted have been demonstrated 388m“ ”"3: i that because ministers of religion aho‘un‘d, England is also aware that the large: and means of grace beautifully supplied, 1’ reuch armies just organized are quite E that therefore the people are becoming prepared to act on the offensive; that ; more religious, and that because the char- the bad season 33 at hand, and the difii- ; acter and means of education are populariz- culty of obtaining food for the Germans? ed that therefore the rising race are better d j educated, and, consequently, are more vir‘ ituous than their predecessors. We hope, th t r. " ' . ' . - - a (general ITOCh“ ’5 preparing a : indeed, that the world 18 getting better, but ) o o ' I ' l . - series of formidable sorties. I‘he Jour ljudgtttg “om the 3,3,,ng presented by the ““13 and people who take 90““ Of this little world around us, we are obliged to " . ‘ l O o O . phase of affairs accord England no 1 adrmt that the thdeece is not sattstactory. credit for her tardy action. It is as-;It has leen our painful duty to observe sured here that the Paris government:that 0*“ village {him were disgraced, 0’ will not cede an inch of territory nor i rather that some peeple who attended them ‘: - ~ - - Edisgraced themselves b drunkenness and may a franc indemnity, and it 13 feared, rowdyism We do not. yellude to this for l the struggle Will have to go. .on to the : the purpose of exposing the delinquentS, 0,. ibrtter end unless the conditions pre- giving prominence to the efliCncy of de- scribed by Prussia are very “106973“‘3- ; nominational doctrine, :-.t to encourage the i London, Oct. 2'2 (evening).~-The Reeves 9" Glenelg and Bentinck to avail 1 rumors of a revolution in Meta, the proâ€" ! themselves of the provisions of law to pre- clamatiou of a republic and the assass.ua- l vide a lock-up in Durham. The unwilling- ' tion of Bazaine are pronounced Without 5 aces on the part of magistrates to subject the slightest foundation in fact. lthe County to the cost of sending a. dis- . . . b fth t l ’ tk advan- Versailles, Oct. 21, via Berlin, Oct. E tnr ero 8 peace 0 gao ’ 18 3 en tune of. \Ve reoret the necessitv that ex- .â€" - l a .o , . ‘2' The official report 0f the captures: ist? for multiplying the means of restraint made at Soissons have 315‘; been made 3 in 2.3111110!) as it conflicts with the benevolent l public. Ninetynine officers and 4:633 theory that humanit; is improving. rapidly increasing in consequence, an Tours, 06ft. '24.â€"-Noth?ng oflicial has yet been received from the armies around Orleans. It is fummd~,how- ever, that a battle is imminent there.â€" The French will make an attempt to retake Orleans. London, Oct. 2'2 (evening).~-The rumors of a revolution in Mctz, the pro. clamation of a republic and the assaseLua- tion of Bazainel are pronounced without the slightest foundation in fact. New York, Oct. ‘24.-â€"-Havana correso pondence gives details of a terrible3 storm which desolated Cuba last week. From one to two thousand people Were‘ killed or drowned, 1,200 head of cattle: were lost, and several vessels Were} wrecked. In Matanzas alone over 400?; houses were destroyed. Among the most horrible features of this calamity , was the uprooting and sweeping away 3 of a cemetery and the scattering of the .eorpses through the adjacent country. Coffins and more or less decomposed Ebodies were scattered for several hun- ; dred yards by the wind and water, pres ésenting most shocking sights after the Ewaters were gone, and filling the air 1 with an insupportable stench. Mr- William Garvie, barrister, is a candidate for the Local Legislature of Nova Seotia, to fill the vancy caused by the elevation of Mr. Northup to the Se- natorial dignity. The diamond fever is increasing at the Cape of Good Hape, in consequence of the discovery of gems of extraordi- nary value. The crater of Vesuvius begins slowly to' be reanimated. A small internal aperture on tfie north-cast throws out. at intervals smoke with ashes, andlat. times also fire. A part of tfre fast. cone has broken down. These are fine produce duce of fresh eruptions. Sister Klotilde, a mm from the con- vent of Osnahmck, was shot by the French after hostilities had ceased in the late battle before Meta, and while she was in the act ofbinding up the arm of a wounded soldier; The most anxious consicleration for France, and also for Germany, «fly in a less degree, is that. of foodâ€"not only for this winter but. all next year. HBAYI F “mamâ€"The failure of Thos. Hohse - 00., produce merchants, and the absconding of the principal member of the firm is reported, leaving liehilitiea of $100,000. The Montreal bank is let in for $20,000. W- Terrible Storm in Cuba. An Earthquake. While we are preterring a bill of indict- ment against society, we might advert to the very damaging evid~.:ce, in cantmven- tion of the doctrine of progress, which. was furnished at the Division Court held in Dur- ham a few days since. we are not going to particularize the incidents, neither to cast any reflections upon the Court. The Court may be a safety-valve ; the effect of bad passions may be limited in their opera: tions. The suitors and the character of the suitsâ€"in some few instancesâ€"~were painful- ly illustrative of a state of moral retrogres- sion, not in the least relieved, but rather aggravated, by the permission now given to a man to be a witness, in the matter 01 in- debtedness, in his own behalf. To these evidences of a too extensive condition of social degradation, we may add that of the growing disposition to- obtain money under false pretences. But the other day, a man in fair circumstances, was arrested in the act of preparing to leave his creditors unpaid, being tempted to do so by having received a larger amount of money on the security of his land than a prudent lender would have invested on the security thereof. The competition which has, and does exist on the part of incorporated com‘ panies to do business, and the necessities of unscrupulous agents, appeal so strongly to the selfishness of men lacking principle, that many persons who otherwise could struggle out of temporary difficulties receive the im- pression that by escaping to a foreign coun- try they can enjoy the means so dishonestly obtained. When we say that many a man “"30 could thrive eby the exercise of honest labor, 1s 1rret11et ably ruined by the facili ties of obtaining money, we repeat that which is capable of complete demonstration. The individuals in this category are only guilty, asaccomplices. The guilt is shared by the lenders, their agents, and the bor- rower. This is not to be understood as conveying indiscriminate censure. There are borrowers, to whom a loan is an advano tage, and there are lenders who have ample security in the value of the mortgaged 88° tate and in the character of the mortgagor, but there other instances in which a sale was contemplated by the borrower and con- ; nived at by the agent. We are not by any means disposed to lorm a one-sided estimate of the capabilities of our country. We are surrounded by proofs innumerable, that to the observant, industrious husbandmanâ€"except in very ex- ceptionahle circumstancesâ€"a reasonable measure of success is within his reach, hence it. is that, in nine cases out of ten, the reasons for emigrating are not those professed. The evils herein classified are intei‘tlepen3 dent. They are not peculiar to the social sphere of which we write. Drunkenness, vindictive litigation, and dishonesty, may exist separately, but fiery frequently they are co-pa. :ners. The Warden has asked the Reeves and DeputyBeeves of the western tier of town- ships in the County to meet him, today, at Wifliamsford, to Consider a proposition from the Directors of the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway Company. The propo- sition is understood to be that the Company will build the roadâ€"narrowsgauge~lr0‘m Mount Forest to Owen Sound for a bonus of $400,000, to be represented by the de. bentures of the County. In our remarks of ”last week, touching the same subject, we stated that though several townships, through their municipal representatives, combined to petition the County Council to adOpt a by-law for sub mission to the ratepayers within the area supposed to be interested, the vote in each township would decide the matter as far as that individual township is concerned. We were in error in so representing it. On a more careful perusal of the Actâ€"a speciai Act applying only to the Toronto, Grey and Bruce railwayâ€"we discover that on the pe- tition of a majority of the Reeves and Deputy-Reeves of the townships asked to l grant a bonus. naming a sum to he so lgranted, the County Council is authorized ' to submit a by lawâ€"simultaneously we sup- ‘ pose-“to these several municipalities, and that the total majority, in the Combined townships decide the whole matter. If the by-law is carried, the County Council is re- quired to levy and collect a special rate, in the townships indicated, for the payment of interest, and redemption of the debentures. The amount when each of the munici- palities interested will be required to con- tribute, will be found in another column, in an arficle taken from the Owen Sound “'i‘vhve-Arthurby-law to grant $35,000 to the extension from the townline of Luther, at Arthur village, to Mount Forest, was finally passed on the 20th instant. (11}- Remember the Social in the Hotbox dist New Connexion Church this evening. An entertainment, under the auspices of Royal Victoria. Lodge of British Temp- lar-s ot'tbis village, will be given in the Orange Hall, to-morrow (Friday) evening. The programme consists of singing, recita- tions, dialogues, c. Admission $9. «- Railway Matters. The events of the pls‘t l'e’ir weekv have been so closely crowded together,1 and on such a magnificent. scale, that events which, under other circumstances would have attracted the notice of the world, have merely taken a place in his- tory. The taking possession of Rome, once the mistie‘ss of the world, and sub- ‘sequently the seat of the most extensive ecclesiastical Surisdi'étidn ever acknow- ledged by mankind, is not less easily ac- complished than gratefully accepted by a peeple more degradedé-politi'callyâ€" than any other eople elaim'in'g to be included within t e ’pale of 'eiviliiation. From the time when, without say im" aginable cause of war, Victor Emanuel engaged the little hingdoflx of Sardinia by the side of western powers in the crimes, down to the present moment, when he has added to his dominion: part of the territory of independent' States, he has steadily worked out one idea, and that has been the unity Ofl Italy, with the house of Savoy upon thm throne. Now that there 13 the prospect of a constitutional government being fully established 10 the place of the ef fete despotism of Naples, or of the es- clesiastieal misrule of Rome, we view without (lisp. easure the humiliation of, the Pope 1n the destruction of his tem poral power. Time was, but now forever passed away, when Popes carried their pretensions so far as to hold themselves out as lords of the earth, arbiter: of the fates of empires, and supreme rulers of the princes and kings of the earth.â€" In this character they presumed to dis- pose of kingdoms and to loose subjects from their allegiance. They aflirmed the whole earth to be their preperty, as- we‘fi: where Christianity had been propo- gated, as well as where it was not. On the discovery of the East and West Indies, as Well as of America, Alexan- der the 6th, in 1493, granted to the Portuguese all the country lying to the eastward of the Spaniards, all to the westward of Cape Nou, in Africa. They pretended also to be the lords of the fuo ture world, and sold pardons and indul- gences to the highest bidder. The history of many of these men presents a lamentable record of apostolic virtue. Fomorus died detested, and his body was cast into the Tiber.â€" Sergius 3rd degraded his dignity by his vices. John 12, called the infamo ous, was murdered. Benedict the 9th became Pope by purchase at 12 years of age. Alexander the 6th, the infam- ous Roderic Borgia poisoned at a feast by drinking a mixture which he had prepared for another. Leo 10th, this Pope’s indulgence for crime led to the Reformation. The present Pepe, a weak but rather amiable man, succeed- ed to the Popedom in 1846. In 1864- he promulgated a hull, with great solo enmity, declaring the dagma of the Im- maculate Conception to be an article of faith, and charging with heresy these who speak against it dr doubt it. In the present year he had scarcely decrefl the doctrine of his own infallibility be- fore circumstances, as if in mockery of his assumption, deprived him of the sup- port of that decaying fleshly arm, on which rested the pretensions of the suco cessors of him who exhorted the elders, or bishops, “not to lord it over God’s heritage, but to be examples to the flock.” It is now known that the submission; of the patrimony of St. Peter to the: Pope and the College of Cardinals, was enforced, and only so IOng as it was goVerned by France. On the with- drawal of the French tr00ps the inhabi- tants have risen en-masse to proclaim their union with the rest of Italy. The poor old Pepe according to a correspon- dent of the Daily Notes, though not privileged to go abroad to make com- parisons, has amused himself unseen, by watching through a little window of St. Peter’s in the Vatican, the Italian sol- gdiers who visit the great temple with lmnch devotion. “ Does your Eminence Iknow,” said he, addressing Cardinal Patrize, “that these Italian soldiers seem much better christians than those who were in my service a week ago ?-- 1 Good fellows ! Good fellotvs l” United Italy combines many elements of greatness. It has end-less physical adVantage of soil, climate and situation, and the ennobling memory of great deeds. The possession of Rome will complete the decoration of the new Italian kingdom. (If? It. is. rumored lhat Mr. James BroWn, of Durham, will be appointed Census Commissioner for South Grey, and Mr. John Albery, of Meaford, for North Grey. No better selection could be maée. CHANGE or Tramâ€"The arrival and departure of trains at the Fergus sta- |ion has been changed as follows zâ€"Ar- rive-12135, 5:45, and 10 P. M. De- partâ€"6 A. 51., 12 31., and 3:40 P. M. Why is Princess Louisa, who is about to marry the Marquis of Low, like the girl who “ milked the cow with the ornmpledy horn ?” Because she is the “maiden all for Lam.” Go up head.â€" Telegraph. The contract for the enlargement“ the Grenville Canal has been unread ‘ to Mr. Goodwin, of Ottawa. w At the meeting of the Guelph Pres-1 bytery held in Elora recently, a petition ‘ was presented from a number of per- sons residing at Clifi'ord, praying to be disjoined from the Presbytery of Guelph and transferred to that of Durham.â€" The prayer of the petition, so far as the Guelph Presbytery was concerned, was granted, and a notice to that effect transmitted to the Durham Presbytery. The Duke of Aosta’a nomination for, and acceptance of, the Spanish crown hub been oficially announced. Rome and Itfly. As intimated in our Ins! issm, Megan, Gordon ana Shanly, Piesident and cm. tractor of the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway, visited our town on Friday 153:, to make arrangements for submitting a pfiopo‘; aition to cite-ad the road from Mount For. eat here. hey Were “taken in charge ‘by the Wax-61 'and Mayor, and brought of: 3 mm- of iii‘épection thidugy fie yiciuity. it the evening an interest “do’tifereuce #23 held with a number of citihens, the prepay. 3 tion triads by Messrs. Gordon and Shanly being substantially as that'etated by them in Toro‘hto‘zâ€"viz., that the (company would nn. dertak’e to Build the road, commencing at both ends simultaneously, and have it run- ning inside of two years, provided the mu- ‘niciphlities interested contributeda bonus of $400,000. Whatever cavilling there might be as to the amount asked, of me things all the gentlemen present were satis- fiedâ€"first, if we want the railway we will have to give it that amount; and second, that the Board 'of Directors are sincere in their ofl'e‘r, and will pnsll‘through the work if the bonus is voted. Ill'h‘e Warden Was asked to ‘cc'n‘fene a special meeting of the County Council to submit the pr0position to them, and as a preliminary step has call- ed a meeting of the representatives of the ‘ municipalities interested to be held at Mar- ,kle’s Hotel, Williamsford, On Thursday next, when a deputation trom the Directors will be present, and the matter can be thoroughly discussed. The proposition is i to raise the money from the municipalities interested by a partial county home, under the charter of the company, and in order that each municipality may see the pt‘bpbr- ltion it will have to contribute, we submit the calculation, based on the last equalised assessment t $3,436,000 $400,000 The annual rate which will require to be levied in each of the municipalities to raise the sinking fund and interest on this amount will be 12} mills in the dollar. We think there is no doubt all the town' ships will be benefitted to a far greater amount than the sums they have to con- tribute. The town of Owen Sound is the only municipality of the whole where the amount of benefit to be derived is a doubt. ful point, yet it is called upon to contribute by far the largest bonus. However, our citizens will accept this as the necessity of the case, and in a matter where the inter- ests of the whole surrounding country are afi'ected, Owen Sound will not be found to be a stumblingoblock, even though we can- not see that we are to reap a fair propor, tion of advantage for the amount we con- tribute.â€"- 0. S. Times, 2lst inst. Municipality. Egremont.“ a .; N ormanby ...... Beutinck. . . . . . . Glenelg ........ Holland. . . . ...- Sullivan. . . ..--.. Sydenham. - . . . . Derby.......... Keppel ....... .. Sarawak...-. . .. Owen Sound. . . . Lofinox, Oct. 20.â€"Despite the efforts of the Government to discourage such demon- etratione, 20,000 people marched to the Palace yard last night, and organized an immense meeting to express sympathy with , Republican France. The speakers denounce Kink William. and an allusion to the apathy of John Bright was received with cries of “shame.” The Gladstone Government was bitterly reproached for its policy. A defensive policy with France was advocated and resolutions were adopt- ed calling on l’arllament to abolish pen, sious to German Princes, including the Crown Prince of Prussia and Prinee Louis of Hesse. It was declared that the sooner all Kings and Queens were dEthronEd the bet: ter. The feeling manifested in all quarters of the city during the night was revolu- , tionary. The Government had two regi. ’ments of infantry undet‘ arms in barracks, and extra police precautions were taken to repress any disorder, but no call was made for the interference of the military or p0. lice. At this a. m., the Prussian Embassy was insulted by a great concourse of peo- ple, with whom the police did not intett'Ere. ALL QUIET AT TIENI‘SINâ€"PUNISH- MENT OF THE MURDERERS. LONDON, Oct. 20.-â€"Later advices from China are much more; pacific. A despntch dated Tientsin, Sept. 30th, says, two Man- darians have been transported and fifteen beheaded, for complicity in the outrages on French residents. Besides this, an embassy is preparing to go to France. Fronsscz, Oct. 20.â€"A cir‘c’uliir has just been issued by the Italian Government pro- testing against the rumors of the ill-treat- ment of the Pape. He is perfectly free and independent. All Italy asks, is a‘ratifica- tion of any determination on his part to leave Roihe, 10 order that the honor and respect due to his office may be paid to him. On Saturday morning, 15th inst, Mr. Job. Almond, 3rd line, St. Vincent, dis- covered that his oxen had been taken from his pasture field, and suspecting that some needy, unprincipled wretch had? driven them off with the intention of stealing them, he started in pursuit and tracked the oxen all the way to Collingwood, where he found them in possession of Mr. Hotchkiss of the steam saw mill to whom the thief had sold them for $75. Mr. Hotchkiss on being satisfied as to ownership gave up the cattle and is consequently now the real loser by l ' the theft, while Mr. Almond, by his prompt 1 pursuit, may congratulate himself that he so easily regained possession of the oxen, which by the way are well worth $120 at least. The thief is described by Mr. Botch- kiss as a medium sized man, with light sandy whiskers, and riding a small pony, not unlikely to be also a stolen animal.â€" The constables are in search of the scene- dtel, but had not as yet secured him.- Meafa‘rd Nonitor. ' A REVOLUTIONARY MEETING. According to the “Medical Press” the Prussian Government has ordered 200,000 wooden legs in England; What a.‘ grim comment on glory. iTALY; THE DISPOSAL OF THE P013515. why: “.2“: l0k......... ham..¢o-." Sympathy for France. Daring Theft: CHINA. $373,000 337,000 379,000 352,000 342,000 342,000 400,000 232 000 200, 000 47, 000 427, 000 A seessment. Bonus; $43, 373 44, 406 43, 489' 40,390 39,243 39, 243 45, 898 26, 621 22, 949 5,393 48,995 ALL saws as; emaaaaews. The popnfstion 01 wnsmugwu u", 109,338. The yopulation of Ireland is about five and! squat-tar millionh. 1'“ Cheshire: Efigiép'd, cows of a ggyod Class are worth from $100 to $150 each. The Troy Praise: says that a woman in that city. 65 years Q‘f‘hge, has been deliver- ed of a fine hezflt'h‘y 511353111. The marriage relation had proved harm: of living re- auits for forty years. \ Pfibsésmrr or Mrf’rhomsx.â€"We see it stated that, during the past ten years, the Hethodist membership in Canada has in- creased from 53,634 in 64,688, and the membership in their Indian Mission from 1,700 to 2,159. The ministers and preachers have increased during first time from 421 to 588, although '34 hav‘e removed to the United Sums. There are 800 Sabbath- sehools now, where there were 820 then, and the scholars have increased from 34,- su to 56,606. The Arthur by-law, granting $35,000 to the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway, was read a third time on Thursday last. This ensures the immediate prosecution of work on the road to Mount Forestâ€"Leader. A startling suggestion is made in the circular 0t J. C: Sillar tit (30., in connec- tion with the difficulties in China. They say that the wicked poliCy of England and France; in Enforcing the opium trade, is? likely to’ hear more hitter fruit. It is generally believed that fi‘seng Kwo Fan, who has been called the “Yeh of the North)" acruel and bloddthirSty wretch, has determined to exPel all foreigners from China; 'The circular continues: “We should not be at all surprised to hear of i‘uture supplies of tea being poisoned; This is a favorite way of carrying on war against hostile nationé in China, and it will be re- membered that a few years ago all the flour in HongKon-g was mixed with arsenib' by order of the mandarians, and the escape from death of the whole of the European residents was almost miraculous. In any case, we consider the future supplies of tea to be in a very precarious State.” A party of Indians looking at Brighfiin Young’s “Territorial Museum" the other day, were asked whether they knew what the monkeys were. “Yes,” said the chief, with some indications of surprise at the simplicity of the question, “me see rem, me know ’em ; Chinaman’e papoose.” For some weeks past the people of St. Louis have been bothering over a case in which, as it turns out, there was nothing but unmitigated humhug. The facts are < as follows :-â€"A Miss Godsey, of Tennessee, who was known by the name of the “Sleep- ing BBauty,” was brought to St. Louis, and her case submitted to the Medical Society of that place. ’It was averred that, with. brief daily intervals of consciousness, she was in a constant condition of sleep for twenty-one years, or since she Was eight‘ years old. The society nppointeda com- mittee to investigate the matter. TheY went to work with the consciousness that the eyes of the whole West were upon them. They observed every symptom with the keen attention of medical men. The other day they made their report, and sum- med up by stating that the case was one of “collusion, misrepresentation and humbug, trained for purposes of deceiving. ” Thus the St. Louis papers have been deprived of a fascinating tepic of local interest, the medical world breathes more freely, and the “Sleeping Beauty” may never more, if she pleases, break away from the arms of Morpheus. She has disgusted the people of the West, and they don’t care now if her dosing lasts till Doomsday; Victor Emanuel has sent Pio Nico fifty thousand crowns to defray the expense of his civil list for the present month, and the money has bean aficepte‘d. Cai‘tiin‘al Auto: nelli still cominues to protest; hoWeVer; against the Italian occupation of Rome. A fortunate Indy, Youngmah, by name, now a resident of Lee County, Illinois, has fallen heir to an estate in Scotland, worth $2,500,000. A Woxnnnr‘ct. FREAK oi? Nitrateâ€"3A correspondent in Cardington, Ohio, sends the Star the following descri tion of a freak of nature or menstrosity w ich is ex- citing the wonderment of that neighbor; hood : “We have a monstrosity a short dis- tance from hEre that willflbeat the world.-â€"- Last Tuesday merning‘ a lady gave birth to a do Jble child. It is of the natural length of a child with a perfect head on each end. On one side‘ there are two perfect legs with febtg this side, only, is the gender appa- rentâ€"Lthat of a female. 0n the other side there is one leg, which is as large as both the others, and appeals to be double ;. the foot displa‘ s eight toes. The creator'e )S healthv. t takes its food well in both months, and digests well. There is but one set of bowels. One end will cry at a time! I think the old women” will say: ‘ did you The British Government has etide‘nfly decided upon pursuing 9.. vigorous p'olicy to- ward China. on account of the recent mas- sacre of foreigners, and the continued hos- tility Which is shown in that country to Europeans. British trdops serving in India have been ordered for duty in China the authorities of which will soon be forced to protect peaceable foreigners or under the consequencee‘ you ever?’ ” PROPELLEK Lo‘s'f fiY FIRESâ€"As the propeller Louis Shzbklund was entering the look at Port Colborne on the 24th, fire was discovered issuing from the fire hole.- Water was immediately turned on the flames, and in ten minutes she had to be abandoned. The crew were mostly asleep and had only time to grab and run. The Phréh'b‘logical Journal and Pack- ard’s Monthly, offers an inviting table of contents for Novem‘herâ€"Juler Favre the leading statesman in the new Repub- lic of France; Mrs. Mowatt Ritchie; R. M. Bishop, the eminent Western Merchant; Bismarck, the Prussian Premier; W. H. Hooper, the Mormon Delegate to Congress; Dexter Smith, the Song ‘Writer; What Can I Do Best, or the requisites of the Clergy- man; Physical Education; The Gov- ,ernors of New York-Wm. H. Seward; What Makes Women Unhappy ? Spir- itnalism, a candid discussion; Great Men; Railway Progress; Republican- ism vs. Monarchy, etc: Single numbers 30 cts. SuhsCription for a year 33.4- Now is the time to salscrihe, as a new volume begins Wrth the January num- her, and thepublisher ofi'ers. special in- ducements to new subscribers. popnfstion of Washington (my 1: RéadyMadé Clothing Hardware, Must Be diép'dséd of by a iimited time, consequently ST. PAUL, M1111: Oct. 22.â€"-O' Dono- hue, of Red River, 13 in St. Paul. He goes to Washington in a few days, as he expresses it, in the capacity of the bearei‘ of a memorial of the Red River people to the President of the Unite1 States. ptotesting against the perfidy of the Canadian Gote‘rnme‘nt in ”violating theii' pledges to the Red River peOple, by which the latter were induced to submit to a Lnio‘n with Canada, under the Manitoba Act. The memorial says that pledges were given to Biel’s dele- gates, who were sent to Ottawa: to the effect that if the Red River peOple would accept the Manitoba Act, an am- nesty would be granted to all the memo hers of the Provisional Goi'crhment; in: stead of which, the Canadians entered the settlement in battle array, scared away the aforesaid Government. His memorial also prays the Presi- dent to remonstrate with the BF itish Government against the oppression practised by Canada towards the in-' habitanta; and, further, asks his inter: cession with the Queen to permit the peaceable annexation of the Red River country to the United States.â€"Cor. Daily Telegraph. 6%“ Notice is given, over the sig- nature of C. R. Sing, reeve of St. Vincent, that appiication will be made at the next. session of. the Legislature of Ontario, for a charter to construct a railway from the town of Collingwood, by Bicaf‘ord, to Owen £Sound. Our neighbors We ‘fenr are grasping at a shadow. l BRUTAL AssAULr.â€"Constable Row- land of this village, Was on Friday last, , at the village of Maxwell, assaulted in1 a brutal manner by a tavernolieeper named Hannah at that place. It ap- pears Rowland called on Hannah on Thursday evening to have a claim Set» tled, but was asked to call on the following morning and the mafia mind be attended to, and When Rowland called as requested he found Hannah in a terrible rage, engaged in the I pleasant recreation of smashing furniture 3856., and who immediately, for the sake lof variety we suppose, turned his at: tion to Rowland, knocking him down and kicking him about the head in a shocking manner. Constables have been sent to arrest the pugilist but We :are not aware as yet that they have succeeded. Such customers should be severely punished. 0:? The W. M. Church; of this vil- lage will we understand bare-opened on Sunday, Nov; 6th; afi-IWe understand that the Ontario House‘ 'of Assembly will he Called to. gether for the transaction of business, on Weéuesciay, Decemher 7th. The intention is to get through the usual preliminary work before Christmas, then adjourn over the holidays, and meet again early in January.- W At I’eel County Assize’s, on Friday, Robert Wagstaff was tried for the murder, hy drowning, of a prostitute named Margaret Chapman. After hear. ing evidence, speeches of counsel, and the judge’s charge, the jury retired, and deliberating about an hour, returned a verdict of “ not guilty.” Wagstafl‘ was discharged by his Lordship with a warning. Durham, Oct. 20th, 1870; FIRE. â€"On the afternoon of the 15th inst. the residence of Given Vandusen ,at Owen Sound, was Eonsnmed with most of its contents. The fire originated from the atovepipe. No Insnrance. The following sensible resolution was passed at I meeting of a certain society, in this village, sometime in February last, -â€" “hinted by 13.1%châ€" seconded by A. 17â€", That the account of Messrs White 81. Johnson be p Lid. ”â€" The only fault We ha've to find with the resolution is the omission of a date at which it is to lake practical effect, and hope it Will be amended in this particular at their next meeting. tHE WHOLE STOCK CONB'ISTING 0F The conductor of a train on the Co- bourg and Pctcrbordugh’ RafiWay, Michal Miflhafl; was killée'ci On Satur- day while doup‘iing ears whm in motion. He fell betwe‘e‘fl the cat‘s, fourteen of which passed over him. He Was the oldest employee on the road, and was highly respected by all who knew him. His Mission ta Washington; Great Reductlon 111 Prices THE O’BONOHUE. Mens’ and Boys’ Boots, AT Bargains will be given, T M. Fl'a:Sibl?’s Telegrams by the Atlantic cable fur. nish the most complete evidence of the loss of the Cambfid, one at the finest A:- l lantic steamers that ever plOUgltLd the ocean, off the Irish coast. The (hmbrlle belonged to the Anchor Line, and sail- ed from New York on the 8th instant. for the port of Glasgow. She had on I heard fortyonine Cabin,- eighteen second' class, and sixty-seven steerage [3:550:1- gers, one htwdred and twenty-six alte- gether, and a {an crew, which, with the passengers, would probably amount to about one httndré'd and screntytfvo souls, all of whom perish with a single exception. The C'a'mbi‘la was a new ves- sel, having been built on the Clyde only two years ago. She Was one of the strongest, staunchest, and best equipped I vessels that crossed the ocean. Her I Captain, George Carnaghan, was reput- ed to he ”73? of the best. and surest of navigators, uni, therefore no faultcaa’ l be attached to him in connection with ‘the loss of the noble vessel he com. lmanded. The Cambria. was a vessel of l3,000 tons burden, and besides her pas- sengers, she took from the New York port, on her last trip, a very valuable assorted cargo; STORE; LOWER TOWN, DURHAM Simâ€"In laét Week’s C'lcrozzl'cIeI am; eharged with making a wilfully false statement- against the writer of the ar- ticle signed “Ratepayer,” with reference to him being a defaulter on the collec. tor’s roll of 1869. As many of the ratepayers had not. paid what they owed on said roll, at that time, at a not heing {tositive which of the ratepayers of Ben- tinck Was the writer of said article, I. presumed ratepayer was among the (l9,- faulters. I haue no desire to raise false issues, neither do I speak on behalf of the Council; I merely gave you my ideas as an indifiidual iiieniber, and {or ought I kn‘oW,‘ the Council would have no' hesitation in giving all the informa- tion “Ratepayer” requires. I remain, yours, 823., A MEMBER OF CORPORATION or BENTINCK. \â€" We do not hold ouréelties Tfspofigiblt file Ofi’infons of ou‘r harrespbndenis' wily give them publicity jbr 1h; é; malion they contain. , BENTINCK, Oct. 16,1676 To the Editor of the Chronicle. She struck on the rocks of Mistralize Island, on the northern coast of he. land, ten miles west of Donegal, and thirty west of Londcnderry. Bo far as known, only one person of all the crew and passengers has survived the wreck to tell the story of the great disaster.â€" Four beats, it appears from Mr. Mc- Gartland’s statement, who was one of the crew, and probably the only survi- vor, put off from the Cambria, crowded with passengers when she struck. )Ic- Gartland entered one of these, and he saw no'more af the ship or the other boats. The weather was very heavy at the time, and he thinks all the boat! [must have been swamped. The boat that he was in upset almost immediate- ly after it was launched, and all those in the boat were precipitated into the sea and drowned, except McGaraiand, who; the boat having righted itself, managed to get on board again, whet“ he found the dead body of a lady. After being tossed about for many boars, he was picked up by the Enterprise, Captain Gillespie, «he cruiSed about the scene of the disaSter if! the hepe of saving life or preperty. The voyage from New York had been fortunate, though the weather had been exceedingly rough, until the night of Wednesday, the 19m Of October, between 10 and 11 o’clock. The Cambria was then under sail, and steaming rapidly; sdddenly, Says 310' Gartland, when all Were apparently g0" ing well the vessel attack upon “‘9 rocks, as has been stated, and was {ear 1 fully damaged by the shock, that 985' sengers and crew at once took to “I" boats, leaving the vessel to her law 9 - but they were soon, all but one perm! . McGartland himself, swallowed up by , the ocean waves. It is stated that the infamous Riel, 02' Scott murder ho‘toriety, will take “P his residence in the Wood Mountains, 0” the Missouri; and am he mu prom“?d there at Uncc with only four 01" W follofter‘tn'tho still adhere to‘ him, ““d and who shared with him‘ in the murder of Scott. and other outrages; General Sheridan .is $11 December. Crockery, The Loss of the Cambma CORRESPONDENCE. 'Sm1 .,Wool, . ....... Sheepskins, - - . . LCalfskins per ib 'Hides per owl. .. Fall Wheat, . Spring W heat, Barley, ...... Oats, ........ Fa“ \V'neat,. Spring \V hwu‘ Barley. .- » OMB, ...... Peas. . . . 0 Ill "it? Owen Sound -Fam M T080511): n00”) Durham LOOK it. is. withc-ut woe 0* {the ‘Criéb1 69‘». By the 'S'um Toombe, Waikei Ellen B'u‘l, 0nd Owen Sound, 01 on the ‘let idstj Vallett, of a d’au‘ G uelph M: flarrieil. {HERE COVE Dnrh WHI'I‘HY, ‘4 PR‘NVE AI MILLBRUU NAPANEB, TO R0 NTO CH A TH A M, INGERN ”at W0( ”’5'!" '0 PA ms, Conn BRANTFHR! 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