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`;3:&_DFOPD. TORONTO. u. u -. -41 aoux L ARDAGII, 3.1.. D. cmcw, T no,n BA In. ., 'c.w. L\. I`: W , Puemsm-m. T- `ova. . ||l|.\('Il or II!` l\'r- lnezuh M x-on.-`c-qm-ni-_l-I ul lvn-ml.-u-hfs`, ms and ullgy ah-led 81!! Ihe ride. Q45- .._... h:.....I.;`.ia~ Poor Izzie s life was altogether vulgarl : "and commonplace, and she could not ex-l tract one ray of romance out of it,_t.\vist| it as she would. Her father was not 9.; Dombey, or an Augustine Caxton,` or! even a Raw'don Crawly. He was "a stout, broad-shouldered, -good-tempered- looking man,_wl1o was. fond of good eat-2; mg. and clrunk three bottles of French; brandy every week of his life. He was toleralnly--fond of his children; but he; ;never took them. out -with him, and he`: saw very little of tl1eln utfhome. * 'l`l1ere i was nothing, runmntic to be got out "of gllim. lsubel would have been ratl1e'rl V I 1 :r 1 - L,_.x 'n .... ...I1...... L... In... oh.-.l _. brothers garments, and W Ill ripen: Iuw ueuu ; V ' As eave-drops swell the streams, Day thought lls nightly dreams; And sorrow tracketh wrong, Aseeho follows song: On, on, forever! By night, like stars on high, . The hours reveal their train ; They whisper and go by, ' I never watch in vain." A Move one, move all; Hark to the footfalll On, on, foreverl They pass the cradle-bed, And there a promise shed ; They pass the moist new grave, And bid rank verdure wave-; They hear through every clime The harvests of all time, , _ On, on, forever. ' ` ~ . -~--~~ l xigr--' *"-" lttrratttre. ` The Doctor s Wife. BY THE AUTHOR` or. 1.-Amt AUDLI-:Y s sacusr,' &c. &c. _ 3 vulgar" : ex- was :1, Augustine event : fond eatel drank of .never he} `saw very 'l`lierel I "of? been ratherl gglad if he had ill-used her; for then she_ `would have had a grievance, and that ; if he would have . been somethiurr- I l ;rage, and struck her on the stairs,she ` rnight have run out into the lane by the canal ; but,alas,she had no good Captain Cuttlei with .whom to take refuge, no noble-hearted Walter to come back to . -urn 1. They, went across .the.;..grass `to the pear-tree` under which.-Isa`b`el was still . seated. It was growing dark, ~a'nd.her pale face` and hlackeyes had a myter1- ous look in the dusky twilight. George Gilbert thought she was fitted` to be the heroine of aromance, and felt himself ; miserably awkward and comrnonplace as . he stood. before `her, struggling with the ."sensation that he had` more arms and 5 legs than he knew what to do with.` 1 (like to. think of these? three -people ga- - thered in this neglected suburban garden 4 upon the 21st of July .l852,for~they were ' _ on the very future lay before them like a great stage - threshold` of life, and the in the theatre; but `the curtain was down, and-all beyond it was a dense mystery. These three foolish children had their own ideas about the great mystery. . Isabel thought that she would meet a duke some day in the Walworth Road: the duke would be driving his cab, and she would bewearing her -best honnetandvzot goingto fetch .butter; and the young patrician would he struck by her, and would drive off to her father, andthere and then make a formal de- mand of her hand; and she would be married to him, and wear ruby velvet anda diamond -`corouet ever after, like Edith Dombey in Mr. Habolt Browne`s grand `picture. Poor George fashioned no such romantic destiny in his day- drearns. He thought that he would marry some pretty girl, and have plenty of patients, and perhaps some day be, engagedpin a great case which: would be mentioned inthe Lancet, and live a11d diet respected, as his grandfather had clone`bet'ore`him, in the old house with the red-tiled roof and oken gable-ends only one vision,-`--and that was the pub- lication of that great book,which should be written about by the reviewers and praised by` the public. He could afford would have worked himself up into a} to take life very quietly himself; for was he not, in a vicarious manner, going through more;-adventures than ever the r mind of man imagined ! I-Ie-came home to Camberwell of an afternoon, and took half a pound. of rump.-steak and 1 her, with his shadow trembling on _the wall in the dim relight! Alas,. alas! she looked north and south and east and `west, and the sky was all dark; so she . was obliged to go back to her intellectual lopiumeating, and become a dreamer of] V grievances top with a frayed rope slipping through in a small way, such as having to mend YOU!` 113I1dS.9Lml seventy feet of empty awkward, three-cornered rents in her Spaceylielow you ! Is it slow to been being sent to, board a ship on fire in the middle of the dreams. She had plenty of fetch butter in the Walworth Road ; but she was willing enough to do these ,, crew on one fragile raft, with the hand- things when once.youhad wrenched her away from her idolised books, and she- carried her ideal `world wherever she went,and was tending "delirious Byron at Missolonglii, or standing by the death - bed of N-apoleoii the Great, - while the sbopman slapped the butter on -the scale-, and the vulgar people hustled her before the greasy counter. if there had been any one to take this lonely girl in hand and organise her edus ciition, Heaven` only knows what might have been made of her ; but there was no friendly n erte point apathway in the intellectualgiorest, and Isabel rambl- - ed as her inclination ledher, now setting up one idol, nowsuperseding him by another; living as much alone as if she and vnniderl m- 'a balloon. for ever sus- l and called him slow. . Slow, indeed ! three or four cups of weak tea, and lounged about the weedy garden with the boys; and other young men, who saw whathis life w:is,snee.red at him is it slow to be dangling from 'a,house_- 9 lonely Atlantic, and to rescue the entire ` somest fenialepassenger lashed to your l'waistb'_v means of her black-hai_r l__ lsit i slow to go down into subterranean pass- ages, with a dark lantern and half a dozen bloodlietirids, in pursuit of amur-. derer 2- This was the` sort of thing that ' Sigismund was doing all day and every day--.upon paper; and when-the day s work was done, he was very well con- tented to loll in a garden-chair and smoke his cigar, while. enthusiastic Isa- -bel talked to him about Byron,and;Shel- ll-`=3 : and-Napoleon the _First A; for the two poets and the` warrior where her three idols, and tears come into her eves when she talked of the,sorrowfu`l eyeiiiiigaer Waterloo, or the.wasted_ _]oumey to `Miss solonghi, just. as if she had kzioiva and" loved these great men. * ' ' ' ` l painted black. Sigismund had,ofcou'rse, 3 |.Il\;~ SIVDMJJ vv-u ---- .- there anyone lo_nely and cution, what her`; Isabel inc1iuati'onled.l1er, now setting] - ,. 3 J -1 . . . . . . . . u n u nnatl;I lIf' 11;}-I1 HUI GC1 net muuuuuuu mu um, uuvy .w.....5l had resided in a balloon, sus- pended in mid air, and nevercoming down in, serious earnest to thecommon joys and sorrows of tl1e_vulgar life shout" kan- her.` ' ' A George and Sigismund talked of Miss ` Sleafoni when they grew` tire_d of dis - coursing upon the memories, `of their schoolboy life in Midlaudshire. c. v... A:.1.4>+ +nII.mn.- that Mr. Sieaford SCIIOOIDOY 1116 ll! LV'.ll\lll1l.lull|IDb You didn" t tell me` that Mr. Sieaford had'a. daughter, George said. - ``'Didn t I? A . - A . No. AShe--Miss VSleaford--"sis Very pretty." She : gofgeous, lswered Sigis- mun_d, with enthusiasm ; she s T lovely. I do her for all my dark heroines,--the good. heroines, -not the wicked ones. Have you noticed Isabel s eyes 1 People call them `black; _but, they re bright . orange colour, if youf look at them in the suusliine.` 'There s.a story of *B,a.l- ' zao s called The G61! with theGoIden T" -_..bpui `vied!!! EVE.` s '_"Ifl ruom and I za0'8 cane JTIU IIVFII 1009!` M06 uuswvlv Eyes. I never knew what golden eyes were til! I saw Isabel Sleuford. " T L You seem very much at home with her 2 t Oh, yes; we, re like biqthr incl" `sis-. ter. `She helps me with mv work some- times; at, least, sh.e"_throws,out sugges- tions, and I use the m, . `Biit :shq s' dreada-_ fully romantic. She reada"to'o:_~many- novels.' ` 1 2 . "1 ' Too many 1 . ? _ Yes. Don t suppoaovthat I wgnf to n thenlue. or {11_\'e.,a..r,I!.<':.-; LA I ,- 4 ... novel ! a" :'s'f:ltid' }f`1hihn"ffer gr darn wrk;i2Hu3_3'pf1t_iigllt;jg:v(ith - W :rel world.->t 1 Beneath `this starry arh: Nought testeth or is still, But all things holdatbeir march V Asif by onejgreat wing` Moves one, move _a1ll Hark to_ the footfall; A On, on, forever! You sheaves were dnce but seed ;. Will `ripen: into deed ;. eave-drops dreams; song, ,. T .._l___A_-. zxaxyuv Ivnnv u .. ..-..a, _forever! `By train A footfall! forever! They panes the pcradle-bed, wave -; harvests ma: FLIGHT or run nbiinsi - AND COUNTY %L'OF%S1MC%Ew$%%%%GENERAL ADVERTI 1Bo%etn:Tg%. WJUSTIICE IS * inm-n('__l cpulale IQ, plu rem`! song that soothesarchildt No wise rnan . or woman was ever worse for reading "novels. Novels are only dangerous for these poor foolishfgirls, who read noth- ing `eise, and think that .thirl,ives.are to be paraphrase: of ` theirtfavourite books". That girl ` yonder wouldn I. look; at_ a decent young fellqw i_n a Government oice, wjth three hundred in yearaqd the chance o}`_~adva ncement. said'Mr.` Smith, . pointing to Isahel Sleaford with a back- ward jerkiof his thumb, F` rShe s waiting Iora melancholv creature, withva mur- der on his .-mind. THE; GREAT, BUATSIMPLE PRINCIPLE, AND THE WHOLE SECRET OF SUCCESS I}IVALL'G(:)V`7ERi`IME;'1\IT. U The lower windows of the house were : lighted by this time,and Mrs. Sleaford 1 came to the back-parlour window to call ` the young people to supper. They kept primitive hours at Camberwell, and 4 supper was the pleasantest. meal in the I day; for Mrs. .Sleaf'ord s work was done ' by that time, and she softened into : amiability, and discoursed plaintively of I her troubles to Sigismund and her child! : ren. But to-{night was topbepa kind of` I gala,oi1_account_ of the young man from 1 the country. So therewas a lobster and" : a heap of lettiubes, --very little lobster in 1 proportion to the green stu',#-andASigis- ` mind? was to make a salad. He was veryproud of his skill in this depart- , ment-of_ culinary art, and as hepwas M -generally_ about ve-and-twenty. minutes 2 chopping, and _('sp'ri,nkling, end" st irring,_. -and tasting, and compom;_ding,ihefore the salad was ready, there_ was ample time for -conversations ; '13:),-night George` Gilbert talked to'_Isahel;:.wh11e. Horace; enjoyed the privilege` of; sitting ' up " to supper` chiepfiyr heeausatI;ere iiva_s'"no one _ iii: `5..ei`1.I."i`:! .I;iistr,i?.1.`.8f efuouzrh `to.sen`d;'him; A t <.3f.he!!;,i7=.9Shfilsea9}.5*i!9 ..tf i .ch&r?I.5sat?.91%;!iVn';hy =f9-: .se.sat;. . opi1oi$9ihi.s,vsi3t9qt:,'.ggnd`,samuqedilelnself ;.hyg.;suokin`g_,the=-lonpgtleelers oftlre ` ` and; st:v:ih'g_:reectwe1y::at;~Geotge~ wvit!if&is*l!?%-$?3*!e?t:*fii *ei eat e ' Thy.Lwg(_e al1.ve_ry comtoI-table and very merrly,,for Alsabelwforgot her heroes, and condescended :toAcom`ei~down tempo- `rarilyg .td_:rGeor je leyel. and talk about; *1h`.9= ' * i9'3, '.`yV f7`*.`"5VI5.`* ."i"3.".5 7f..-hnd: `$11? :osi9!`:ah ,*5.1`8i`i[1L': .11=`a=.n r~.-t'!I.'a.W:u*.s`in::'-t` n .`H`1'l[iiVt1I*I|'t._i`I"|'4"qi' vA'I`v~ `CV19 i';' ~ l,l.; *`Y3!: I. `IV. . `.9453 `'.V.```.' 3 O " -.is:.-2.5;`? .,-via n. '41 re '-rv `v:~`i*.'>. .v' !;a1!}'1;:- {mi 1 hey ngumancl,-.wonderad.'mhz-it svnlnhg] -v-rv-w-vwcpw wwv-v-.~z -.~ me. [ year.-W9: I-..",;l. *$"W!u5,-uv~:="V .-em} won. "last. Chti3F!nP~f,." .H9 ;?Eh$*3?.8h;.E `W. "W 1p. "tt7;ra-s ::h;.l;?3vI.!11,sI;#.tJ1J.5n ;$,c,ro,9.s4_J.*l1.r=\ `hhik lint lu'L.f'all;.to 'uionrla`nm1-abnut. l|DuIv' y -._.>--_._1._ 4pr`t3'1;:a-i ;h ,' `table ;;1;g3 lgmfell; 10. .:w_9nd.enI, 3|.-- nu-In.-mo]. nunnnnall .n1I|u.i1 RR % W %MA REE 2, 1864 ; gr,-'-.-a~' a .'.~r . nng.:,aho.u$;1 I .3} ntnunhn` was so dirent. from Miss Sophfdnia. Burdock nd the young ladies of Gray- bridge-on-the-Wayverrie, whom he had" known` all his lile, and in whom `he had ne_ver found cause forwonder. -last, and` the ~ F` six -a_le,*as ,_Hoai_'ce "called . were nottwo forksthat matched one an- Arose perceptibly _with the six ale. It =w'-as iifonoitiieebdti ready at it, was pbured out '.inte_l,ong`~nariow"` glasses, and- being a light`friaky kindiof beverage, was almostas-good as ehama " pagne. -George had been to siipper- M parties at Graybi-idge._ at which there had been real champagne, and `jellies, andtries, but where the talk had not been half so gay or pleasant as at this ` humble supper-table, on which there other", or aiglass that `was free from aw or crack. The young surgeon enjoyed his rst night at Camberwell to his heart s content , and Sigismund : -spirits - was when the little party was gayest that Horace jumped up suddenly with the empty lobster-shell in his haud,.and told his companions to hold..their noise. I heard him, he said. A shrill` whistle from the gate sound- ed asthe boy'speke.. 'PI'I.uf,u hirn on-n:n 9 La a\vn`n:r-run!` .. ... ...., .... ...,.,.,.. V Th'at s hiymlagain '! he exclaimed, nmning the door of, the room. He s been at it ever so long, perhaps; and won t he just give it,me if he has ! F'.\Inru'-l1r\Au Ilrnc c:lA|-If 0 QFIA annrnn vvvu |1ll\4 Juan 617!) All _lllU ll. IIU uao 6 - Everybody was silent; and George -heard the boy opemng the hall-hoor and going out to the `gate. He heard is. brief colloquy, and adeep voice with rather a Qllntv fnnn. `n H nru-I lhnn laonuv {An}- uvnvuniv-n , lbuu. u.\.l.u\.} Vvluu, Ivll-|l luunul 9. sulky tone in it, and then heavy foot- steps c;omi_ng along the paved gardn avail: and mounting the steps before the cor. - ``It s your pa, Izzie, Mrs. Sleaford said. He ll want a candle: you d bett_er .take it out to him; I_don t suppose he ll care about coming in.here. A IN (`I'll . I I. 1 I n George Gilbert felt a kind of curiosity about. Isabel s father, and was `rather dissnppointed when he learnt that Mr. Sleaford was not coming into the parlour. But Sigismund Smith went on eating bread-and-cheese, and shing pickled onions out of adeep stone gar, without any reference to the movements of the barrister. ` Isabel tool; a `candle, '.md`_ went out into the hall to greet` her father. She le the door aj-ar,,a11d George could hear her talking to Mr. Sleaforrl; but the barrister answered his dmighter with :1. very ill grace, and the speech which George heard plainest gave him no very favourable impression of his host. I u(`1:.m Inn cl-Us Hal. .-.-:.I' can!` t`t\r\,f _ Give me {he light, girl, and don t bother !l D/Ir. Sleafurd said. M I ve been worried this day until my head s all of a muddle. Don t stand staring at me, child! Tell your mother I ve got some work to do, and niayn t go to bed all night. 5' . A .-You ve been \vprried,_ papa `!A Yes ; infernally. And I don t want to be bothered by stupid questions now I ve got home. ` Give me theligl1t,can t you/2-l ' 'Fl\n 11o\nIvIv .\t\.n";|r\n uunv-.4 nlauivlir nn The heavy footsteps went slowly up `the uncarpeted staircase, 9; door opened on the [oor above, and the _ footsteps were he-aird in the room over the parlour. T Ton]-unl any... in I.;..l-I..... non-1r nu-own uunlulo Isabel came in, looking very _ grave, and sat down, away. f'rom'the table.` George saw-that all pleasurewas over that night; and even Sigismund came to in pause in his depredations 011 the cheese, and medilated, with a pickled onion on the end, of his fork. - 1-.1 `I Hewvas thinking [that 9. father who ill-used his "daughter would not be a bad subject for penny numbers; and he made 8. mental plan of the plot for 9. new romance.` - . van:-guru u If Mr. Sleaford had business which required to be done that night, he seemed in no great`hurr.y`to "begin his work; down, up and down the oor overhead, as steadily as if the barrister had been some ascetic Rornanist who had ap- pointed a penance for himself,-- and was . own chamber. A church-clock :m -the Dutch clock in the kitchen struck three, which was tolerablye near the mark for any clock in Mr. Sle'aford se house. Isabel and` her mother made astir, as , if about to cre,tir'e.; so Sigrimund V got up, and lighted a couple of candles -tor him- self" and-ghisfriend. He undertookto show George to-the room that had been prepared for him, and the two young men ' went up-stairstogethet, `after. bidding the. ladies good night. Horace had falle'r1aa'sl,ee'._"w ith his elb_ows_.upon the i to.ple,_Veand, `lisiihair oppirigagalnstahthe .'.`.;: .`-..`.'..' ` o'..1l'...-`nL'..u`g"i-.'Jl:.'u zihnar I-min: `Plan for the heavy footsteps trumped up and a working it out in the solitude of his distance-struck eleven presently, andjai` tunic, uuu III3 Gil Llvlltlllla uaulucv lII\a aring tiallowi-candle near him. -The young surgeon took very little notice of th apartment to which he was conduct- ed, He `was worn out by liisjourney, and `all the` f'atigu'e_ of the long summer `day ; so he"u1idre'ssed quikly, and fell asleep'whilefhis friend was talking to` him through the [half-opened door :be-' tween the two bedrooms,` George" slept, but" not soundly ;'f`fot his was accustomed . toid-`i';'t1iet~1ib`use,.in "which no human creature stirred after ten o c)ock at night; and theireuvy tramp" of Mr. Sleat`ord sr -foatsteps in a-room- at hand disturb- -u 4 ' ;;ed=*the*youn`g'-* rii`1_h s_A.gf31Ii'mi;)rs,-arid ruixe r sh" 'i+i*V3{~`Wit!{1`,,fipi' d "'i;";;.;;.;;.;`;;'*cs.;=;.g; Eiiiggz as if. Mr; S]eaf0,l'd~: walkedup and down his room V gem t;`i:3 gi.jtI.!il1!t.:_hisv had` naew H all.night,.and:1ong.after the early" day-. light shonthroughttho "dingy window- 3 cu'irtai_ns,=5 j,Ge`otge" Wis not surprised, ` herlbif `jvix'en`he`wa'sto1_d at bre`dkfastV \ :2. an at T L 2 i "%.;liusa" }JSI>!.-Shin! LIA il(._!.-*9,%.v:. missiomund George overheard fragments of 9. whispered conversation between the youngeludy and her mother in the passage outside the` parlour door, in which the words poor s rates, and ; sum-. Vmonses, and silver spoons, and backing and interest, gured. -altar-I 1-rvu:n Illlldlillla, I-bl several `times. ` . .A'airs at 0.11ebec.V _ The` correspondent of the- wries from 'the capital thus :- 11 I 1, ,I__ _..L._-_._`-.. vv nnuu career. mu vunn --nv , Everything looks extremely favora- ble for ithe__Opposition ; andunless some Sicotting of the most outrageous character has been perpetrated by the Premier and- his colleagues, they cannot expect longtovoccupy the positions of "honor and trust into which, as affording undeniable illustrations of the unltitness of `tliings,`thy have accidentally fallen. [do not believe they have` thus far suc- port, notwithstanding the barefaoed ef- forts they have made to purchase it; and opinion I will presently give. They not the support, at least the silence of two or threegmembers whose continued opposition would be fatal to them. On ' the other hand, they may fail--ns is ex- t ttemely likely at the V and fall overwhelmed with, ignominy present moment.- and scorn for the glaring dishonesty which has characterized their official If they survive, their astute- ness and successful chicanery will ex- _ tort a certain.kind of respect-such re- spectas one has` for the toot-pad who` coerces you into complaisance with his own interested designs: if they ` die the death, they will go down covered with the execrations of those whom they have attempted to deceive,`and- unwept by few indeed among the supporters whom they. have hoodwinked. ceeded in procuring any additional sup- one of the reasons for entertaining -this may succeed in their corrupt design,and secure by a species of intimidation, if . Following this we have a pretty pic- ture of thekvay in which Mr. Sand-eld and his colleagues ~ were engaged on Sunday last. Their attempts at further Sicotting were, however, ofvno avail. l * 1 have the pleasure of making one of l the aggregate of guests who nd a com- Q fortable abiding place in Russell s well- kuown hostelry on Palace street. What transpires publicly in the public rooms of that establishment is, Itake it, public property. There is no effort at conceal- ment. Even ifI were not one who kept my eyes and ears open on all proper oc- casions, I could not help seeing many of the scenes enacted in the oice and bar- roomof the hotel. ' A description of one of them will sufce. Imagine the place - bar-room ; time --A half-past eleven o clock on Sunday night, the 21st inst.; ; personages present-chief' priest, the bar- ` keeper; casual visitors to the temple, Mr. Nicholas Sparks, the millionaire of Ottawa; Mr. Ralph Jones, contractor, j Ottawa buildings; Mr. Olonzo Wright, ` the member for Ottawa county ; and ' your correspondent, distant worshipper : at the shrine. Shocking! I hear some one exclaim. What ! in a public bar- ` `room! on a Sunday evening! True, I must confess it ; but it should be remem- bered that Quebec is not Toronto--that what there may be considered an enor- mous offence is here but a venial sin, if sin at all; and that moreover I do not lay claim to any special excellence, but am as open to temptation as niost of my 4 fellow mortals. . If you, however, `my irreproachable reader, are shocked at the A fact of: Russell s hospitable bar being ` open onthe Sabbath, what will be your sensation when I tell you that three ex- : alted personages enter srmlingly, esten- : sibly inquest of a smile, but really for another and more important motive. These three-_-can you believe i_t,'!-ar'e ministers of the Crown! They are in a guest of game. _ They have been on they "hitnt`all d`ay. They are the masters of the-c haso.'. . .- g.*. . P f ' .. * As, they en_tet_t,l_1ei_r eyesfall ravenously upon thei,r,_`< :,o$ete` ,prey, the good-na- tu red`au`d digme _ looking m_ember for - Ottawa county. He is sitting quietly smokinga cigar preparatory to retiring for the night. . As they approach he looks '- up,.and,th'ey smile blandly. One ofythern imrnediately engages him in conversa- `ti_o'n, while the other two draw otfto give" ,.thei"r colleagne la * chance.` He makes` ithe ` most of a the opportunity, that ' Mr. Wrightdoes, not Esteem accessible to the questionable inuences `which. ministeqs. }jdesire.to bring,to,bear1ipicn hirn. Heirs, =.frigi_dly rs;v`ed and stands `de'cildly' ;epo`nIhi:; dignity. ' H'e:a'ppears::to `suspect the: honesty ofttheniinisters: and deter- 2: .?rIai;i9s!.vto tbsiniadvgazss: M9991! :t .`9t.e...i.s.;*an':9, .l`.88il.|.: u9t.;" .311 In. new iilrichlzli- liai2ll 3`yerr,dl`sei vou l_rlI`f 156` .'.*at`- :' itr.Ht1:.`J.z:.$. `iltai .'ll`A:':1i'&'i mam Alli IGUU WIIIUU IIU uugury Izuucavvxuu vv conceal. He knows that he has been dogged the whole day, and is disposed _to regard it as a bore. He is invited to drink, and there is a vague call by one of the ministers for drinks all rotmd,,but the member declines and leisurely continues his acquaintance wit h" his cigar. Ministers look a crest-_ fallen `at thezfailure of their negociatious, while` one or two glueslsof the establish- `ment..who.heve droppedin l_ook.npon_tl1e proceedings-withiomegamusement. Ono ofithemvsaid Lo\-nae; domewhnt _ir1'aV.Q!fOa_Bt.- .;ly,:;.._e.~w;;_1a;l,~thosg; fellows here. . seam! . ?.l`.hey have rbeeu`.rnun`ingAe.-alao.ut,.lf9l W10; : i ay: lilnezflc diabl;'bazaeuz,? and-seem to 7 greetiiuxie&y.; .s;`:I;Ii.|l-!B-.'.l..|.9$Q|9;'$,,.ll3' gghesalzsfgyg-3 .u;~_..f':TA 2 _. be cantiiiued. pa8ss`out"of the" bar and through the o'co?'towards the stairs leading to the . sleel " gtjgipartments. He is elosel ' fol- lowefliy one of the individuals w o is so;-afn x`_iou`s tosecure him, whocries after him`,~ Are-you o_*`l You re not going to . soon, are you 2" Mr: Wright turns slightly on-his heel,vans'wersdrilyYes iangiresolutelyy walks,away, leaving` min- isters diimb with ' discomture and amazement; To restore their composure one of them again `proposes a drink, and this time supplements it with What will you have 1. and with the instructions to the obliging bar-keeper. The three exalted personages walk up to the bar and solemnly go through the interesting process of swallo\ving a fair share of .tangle-lea. They pledge `each other in a melancholy sort of way, - and then reluctantly. retire, not ventur- ing to disturb Mr. Wright in his slum- hers, rendered peaceful, let us hope, by a triumph. over the temptations of corruption. The clock strikes the midnight hour as the ministers de- part; the lights are turned down, the bar closes, and the amusing scene is ` brought to a. termination; 'Fla nnnnln-inn T Nrour `rrnrn urhof 1 Ulllllslllv lull G u7Iu.uua.uvun The conclusion I draw from what I accidentally witnessed, is that the Min- `istry has_ not yet `so-cur.ed the Votes it boasts of, and that the Sicotting of the Premier has not thus far been successful. A.few days will determine whether 1 am correct ox"not. The three members of the` Cabinet above referred to as guring at Russe1l s on Sunday, are Messrs. Sandeld Mac- donald, Holton, and Mecdougall. The correspondent writes further :- E9515. r not those of a temperate man ! I did not then state their names, but do so. now, because reflection has more than ever convinced me that the doings of these men in Quebec--the depths to which they descend in order to prolong their official existence --.onght to be known by the people"; and what minis- against members of the Opposition justi- fies r_ne_in. making exposures of ministe- rial wrong-doing, however painful it may be to do it, and however degrading to ministers who challenge "it. Have not writers in such papers as the Hamilton Tzmes, Berlin _Telegraph, and, most abominable of all, the lngersoll Chronicle, impudently given as a. reason for the . Premier s treatment of Mr. Foley that the habits of the latter gentleman were Have they not outraged their honorablepro- fession by proclaiming him to be little better than a common drunkard I And have they not done all this at the inspi- ration of the Premier himself, who rst i gave currency to these libels against the member for North VVaterloo' What then shall be said of the Premier by chance, this immaculate Mr. Sandeld Macdonald, `when it is" known that he hangs around the bar-room of a public hotel, that the Minister of Finance of Canada lingers in the same place, that the Commissioners of - Crown Lands is there also and orders drinks all round, that_ the precious trioystand up atthe counter and swallow and pay for their lush-all. this on a Sunday evening, and "for the express purpose of trapping an opponent into a promise to vote for them ! " ` ` `terial prints have not hesitated to charge . To, the Editor of the Canada Farmer. on the cultivation of ax in the rst number of your `excellent periodical, I am induced to send you a sample of ax grown in the neighbourhood -the past= season. The grower, Mr. Wm. Blair, 9. ax-grower for thirty years in the North of Ireland, settled here, in North Orillia, in the Fall of 1862. He says he never saw in "Ireland ax in its raw state V so clear and bright in colour; and but i M for his having left it a day too long in the wa.ter-by which it is rendered too soft--he doubts whether he ever grew a bettersample in bre. The mistake in the time of_soa`kinVg occurred from the fact, that in Ireland` it requires to be in the Vxvater from, eight to twelve days: whereas, in this case _it only remained ' seven, that-being a day too much. Mr. V Blair" is not prepared" to account for the _ 'di'er'e.u_'ce,Vwhether it be in the water, I the climate,` or from any other cause ;i butin the saving of time, it must be ad-` .- `mined to bee. greatradvan'tnge- in favour . of,Cana'.da. :He is fully satised with ' hirfoxperiment, and, as soon as_ his farmiwillj admit of it,` `will cultivate "T `V `for tliemarket. `Had the sample A - ai?sutched, it would of course have tlfudiya fa`;-.=bette'r`a'ppearance, but it was ., only:.h'and-worked. Mr. Blair has sent. _~.ufo_,.5ampig to Ireland for inspection, sli6iil,d`.Jtnythii1_9S"35539 gout` of it worth .1 ' 5.ngn1;niaing,I _}vrll grv'e;you the result: . viithPli3'P3i , * ~ -3 In-mu add. that "hoth`nr nnrltnlnnnn Sm,-Observing an ably-written article i .500 (I0 1.1141 1 ant T ;Or illi_a, 29th January, 1864. ._'[No'n;_nY ED. C. F.--The sample of . axaent by our correspondent has been ;duly received; and seems to be an excel- lent one. `WeVshall`perse`tve it for ex- v*amip`a;idn by: ;:_n'y,_ `parties _who_ take an zintargstg in;athe,cu1uva;iqu of an article Jxw I g . whi'h<`*:iI ldczsiined 7. yet ~ to rank: high. 4 Wun plcuamoo V 1 may add, that `bo_t_h"ax and tobacco have bqengrown in the new settlement of Muskoka `with equal success, and are 'inu6h used as domestic articles. D - 1 -n....... - Experiment Flax-Growing I UIUIWO R; J. `Oman. , "1 ($51 SECQNDBEQPATCH. A , Poxwunn, Feb. 23.--The steamship Bahamian, xfroxn iLiver`pool,' struck on Alden s rock, ion; miles outside of Cape Elizabeth, abodt minedelock last evene ing. The boat overturned, with her head towards the shore, and sunk in about an hour and a half, about two miles from the shore, outside of Rich- mond s Island, having stovo a hole in her engine compartment. Her bridge is covered at high water and the seas are breaking over her. The night was clear and the Cape light in full view. _ `Fla- Dnknminn her] 10 malnin -nnmmn. uuu HID \/allw llsulv ul. Iuu vnuvvn The Bohemian had 19 cabin passen-. gets, all of whom are supposed to be saved, and 199 steerage assengers. It cannot yet be ascertaiue how many of lthe latter are lost. Boat No. 2 was swamped alongside, owing to the people crowding inlo it, and came ashore on the Cape with a man and a child in it, both dead. The people at the Ocean house and in the Fishing house, on the Cape, sent teams for the sufferers. Crew saved. The captain, purser, mail oicer, stew- ards, chief cook and chief slewatds and others, were saved. rm... :..o,.1I:...~........ ........1-.-A nu. niou of ULILCID WCIU DSLVUUO ; The intelligence reached the city at one o clock this morning, and a tug boat ` was sent off at once. `She has not yet returned. Additional intelligence and names will be sent as soon as received. The Bohemian had a cargo of silks and other goods, mostly on Canadian and Provincial account, valued at $l000,000. The ship was going at half speed . (`nnh-sin nnrlonr` `lFF;\?DA `NH 0 flit? LII`: UHIP W113 BUIIIS Lllu Lliljl. ByUCuu Captain Borland arrived by a tug boat at 10 o clock and reports the ship to be in four fathoms off Broad Cove, slightly heeled oil`. The main dec_k at low water is two feet under on one side, and at high water is seven feet under. He thinks she will hold together if the wea- ther is fair. In! , _,,I,_ ,,,, __ A, -_. .1__ __._..- ....4 :- tn:-h illIiI l)L u|.......| .... J. ELICI II) ll-`lilo The only way to get the cargo out is by divers,` and takmg her into shoalex water by lifting her. Weather thlck and foggy. 1} Sn Hannnlsf H-not hut {nun naccnnanr - CILILI .lU5'a'JI 1t is thoug11t,thnt but few passengers , were lost exept those in the swamped J boat. Some of the remen probably I perished. l T-Tu-nn-u Han chsfnrnnnf nf n nnxsnnopr IL \`Vi13 LIIC IHIUI UULo Immediately the steamer struck the boats were got out safely, excepting No. 2, which swamped; No. 5 took all she could hold, including several who jump- ed into the water to them. Being un- able to find a landing place she was rowed up the harbor. She contained mostly cabin passengers and some steer- age passengers, whose names I.did not learn. The mails saved were from Glasgow to New York, from Glasgow to California, and one bag of papers for Boston. The Associated Press despnlches were lost. rI1I ,1 __,___L___ , 1` .__-____._A___ __ [IV] IBIIULI 0 From the statement of a passenger who came up in boat No. 5, 1 learn that he was standing on the deck at the time of the accident. The steamer passed. the buoy and the passengers thought that It was the pilot boat. Tmmariintnluy the ctanmor ctrlir-.1: than `VCIU IUQKO The whole number of passengers on board was 218, and the number of the crew. supposed to be 99. T! {Q tzcfinxntn Ihof Oh: nlllnhnf nf ` UIUVV LI_l)l)U-`ICLI LU U5 1700 It is estimated that the number of saved in all the boats is 5298, leaving 19 to be accounted for. The crew were_ nearly all saved. The lump-trimmer, Peter Hart, and the engineer s store- keeper, name unknown, are supposed to be drowned. All the remaining officers and crew safe. '- THIRD DESPATCH. PORTLAND, Feb. 23.--Captain Burlaml supposed himself four miles further `off than his real position. The haze pro-V bably misled him as to the true position of the lights. He had beeh looking for .9. pilot and throwing up rockets and blue lights for half an hour, and was going at the rate of 9.` mile and a half an hour before he got soundings in 4-0 fathoms of _water, with a soft` bottom. I`..- an:I::-rnuunn aunt` nnllnnu-ifvoa urn fnlrintr y From reports of passengers I gather the following list of the lost; Ellen Con- nor, of Portland; Patrick Hurcel, aged 23; his wife, 25, his child Eliza B. and an infant, of Yew York; Patrick Cas- sidy, aged 25, and James Cassidy, 17, of Brooklyn ; Gilbert Manley, 5 years, Jno. Manley, A10, and Richard Annis, Ann Mnllen 18, John Mullen,7, both of N. Y; 18, rail of Yew York; Benj. Hal- lcburch, 23,-. of Yew York; J no. Kane, 32, of Boston; Jno. Martin, 2, of Bos- tton ; Honora Walton, of Boston. This innkos _17 iniall. _'Mary Hoy, of Phila- de.lphi.,' is ,p._l_so reported last. i `A 'l`l~.:.n_.-ma" ladun nnr nannrtnd- and ve Wulcl, Wllvll G Ul| UULBUIIII Our citizens and authoritresare taking measures for the reliefof the passengers as they come in from the Cape. All the assistance possible was rendered by the [people at the Ocean House and the resi- dents in the vicinity. ` The listof pas- sengers is being checked as fast as the survivors come. in in order to ascertain who are lost. The list is not yet com- pleted . `Ru:-um-1: ....Nnthimr `relative to the aexpma, 18 also reponaq Just. "; Thirty-one have not reported, and ve are saved whose names are not on the i ]ist,.probably being mis-s]elled,and con- stitutmg u. [)0:IE`0f the above 31,-rthus leaving 26 t0 report. -J Some may be at Lnliofcape, too`-ill td cbma to the city, and may betdisti-ibu`te'd aroirud the city ' `in .;:_1i_a.ritable hands. 1' *1-.t_;'_ 1-~_.,_, Lg- 1.4, ;___';__J A'L_'_ nave pa.-mu nwdy or lr few appliq , .! plutcu. . ' EVENING.--Notlnng relatxve to the sengers can be obtained yet from the M check list. Many of the saved have not r yet come forward. Wrnm rnnni-in Vnf nnccnnanrc T author ` In QDIIIIQDIC DRUGS. A force of men has been engaged this. -a(tern oon-in stripping the wreck. They have reeovered433. mail` ,bagI,- as follows :; 10 for .Montraa l,;:3 1.'fo`n_-Bgnsikoh, -6 for >""n\uA ouf'Ju 1 (\nnIid.---131 I|..in:|"E{ uuL`n9nn: Arfnr. IV LUI - LIIUIIIIUIII, '0 1917" IJIIIIJIINJII, V JUL oro'nt9,1,Quebec.,1 fprifini tgn, 4-tfor ` Por.tlzx_n.1,':?A3>`f,gvr>Clcagbg-*`11;;~b:;~Dm,-it, 2 W M : '..`-i.;.:.', . '.~ .3. `I: .`- -7: --` I `- - \=.`i.u:. " Wreck 6f the Bohemian-I STEERAGE PASSENGERS LOST. Z.` E ia in advance. ` Cplllllc up, elv \'vg-`Iii le I'elIIrd,\f tion of I: , [nd `lfi it`? lwxo 'iP`f? 3}? . . {:31 `K: revalent`. _ ' and e"ll`l_l`yt'_, fnnlenlg v ` lllxy 'qu_a!u_ able. A ` n 51 I _um ere` '1 ,0 ,,,,,,._r..; L an}! tire-Ini tent Phyiici. EALTH hysicim 1zm".UM7f van: I-'JLuU' - { b_\ all \\'bo_h i!. or any at I u_\ nu u u0_~Ill {any ou_. .4. BX'llir~E.*l.ClI xd Tnr "mull W yam is Ill!` PINK`: was. Dinn|I_!I' n 0! Ibex-t' Pi! .~`, boVv\'elsl,;Ql' "we and regggf `I l'Ill,"lIl_|-: nnspnrt*nl`u; ` of Ibis Oi '_ Ii;-sand ul ," HI` I rushes - ~"`$.'- r'h tvx. X . containing Fling lhL{p:rl|:- cm, in curr'n_l ULCER8=- 3 have petlfli nu-tlu nr I16`: be rt'l'llI10'WI I f the ..I'(I'Il`II_l,|L1 g triad rig); PILLS!,!'>i f -erlicu-Wu y 1-ulfnli-'2 ;nrnn-:'rnna,_ ,1. Npm Val :nrnH-ZTORl,_.. J. N210 Yvily fut I:-'. l5x-ui>e.~1.(`JI1 rod for mnni Le` 'l'hrvMI, ` 9! fall kill inn. 'Il|'l9 f PILLS,` is-R vconnu. /3 ./3"` Euler: in 1 1\l').I'4U.lVl.'_'$ , J \'irulenl;3I_t7 to these ; _ in- 1.! pi ms, EEME N'r.% uns._ _ ,_ F -lo.-f!I":.~ Ier. f LxvE'n`._:_8 | s published Weekly, in the 'i`o\wn of Barrie, every Weosesnu morning, contn.l'ning- the current news of the day, and all matters pertaining to the nifaiirs of the County. Price $1 in `advance, or $2.00` if. not paid at-the time of subscrip- tion. - 50; each subsequent one mic. Over si`x_ lines, year; $3 for six months, if not more than ten lines. Special contracts can be made by the year, or parts of rtyear. Orders to discontinue Advertisements to be made in writing. No paper drscontinued until all nrrearagesare paid,.except at the option of the publisher. P1`.1.\'1`x.\'G, i300l!BlNI).'NG and Rnmrm done on the premises. The facilities of the Establisliment are more complete than any other North `of 'J`umnm, having been carefully tted out in - every p:u'i.icul:tr. . C om munic:t1.ions should be addressed to the Pub- ` . lisher, post-paid. ' " D. CREW. "Anvi:i:rismG--`Six lines or under, rst insertion 7c per line, first insertion; each siibseqiieintjae A 2c.` Pi-ofessional or Business Cards $4 pars M arket House; RE.\`\\'I_(3KE & SON, Provincial _L_n;nd- Sm`-"I veyors, Civil Engineers, k_t-. V Am-nLs.t'u`r the Upper Canada Trust. and Logmj C0n1p:I.n_V. m`1`1cr:--(_3ollier SIreet,. East of the Barrie July_'15,1R61. Barrie, Jan. 1, 1862. I E` .\I. ITO LT, .;_rem tnr the CANADA LANDED 5 CRF.l)I'[` U(>.\!-PAN -Y. .~\p]1l_V atLl1e_OlT1cB ~3f'.\Iessrs. U=)l_t., Sons .5: C0,, Bill Br:)ke'1's-and_Gen`- ._cr:tl Cumu1i. .-\._gcuLs, Uwuu Street, Barr.ie,. T` \U' ' ' `I $ M".'l`I-IUR H.-\RI)AG[I, Member Royal _ ,College of Surgeons, England, -L. M-. 1 Dunlap-su-nu-t," Bzrrie. ' _ ' October `Jud i8_u'0. ' 1 .. A _\'H) DUI.` }.\L`S Bed. and (_}lmir .\1anu*- ` f`.-mm-._v., opposite the Ro;;istr-y'0icc, I'}ar`rie;.v; ' Huusc-hum I~`urn'm1re of v;u'ious descriptions 1 $9 cunsL.'mtl_v on lmjxd, 01` made In nler. Wood-'_ - 'l`uru'm-5, in all its brzninclxcsi eitcutcd With"; _ he-.xgne.. :mn deslmtch. -' A . . April` 14, . - 1 --7-_`II .DAGI1 ARDAGI-I, Barristers & Attorneys, . "nun" fvn. D. ARDAGH; r. LOUNT. U; LAWRENCE,,Ixife,Fire-and Nfarine Insur- | t ance, and House, Land and Towri L6t'.Asent. Conveyancer, Commissioner in .8. IL; _&c., Issuer 0! Marriage I1iccnses.-0i_ce; Huron Street, 001- iingwood. . _ at LL 1357. V ' - `_`l n~ ANn sin.` umy _\'eurp`. Cgg tions !. Tak. nd Iell humlm `n the V/uIf'_ldf;_ %+i.0U ; ` Barris`tersA and Attorneys, _ SOLICITORS IN (,`H'..-7NCERi", CONVEY- .,2:-.*i:*;.:1zs, 'c., V n.;;-.;.'.. (V. TV _ EORGE RORDISON, Bddt ahd Shoe `Maker, 1' Gollingwoorl. All orders in "the above line ;- mzmufawtured under his own inspection, and war- ` famed for neatness and strcn".;1.11. 4 f 1 g L I llLi&u`6uIoau.|upu] ngwnod. Novmber 5, 1860. ' UIIN F. D.-\.\7IES, Ac'qun'ta.1it, Collector, Con- ! vejmncer; [n3\u':u1cc,La.nd 8: General Agent, (`omrnissioner in 13. R., &c., Bradford. A _ Aprh 16,1850. 1 {_._-_?_.... wmnmam 1{rN'1`r:1z, Copper, Tan, and slieet 3' Iron \Vorkex', l)unl-ap Street, Barrio.` `Barrie, .\{:1y 9th, 1860. I El): Ntltntfhnatttc 7-. F. m.Vn`.'s, Acquumir, Con- I;! In.ur:u1cc,La.nd Flt!-}!)lCl1l(.`|{ V m::Ira.\I. Te'_\'enue Inspector, Co. of Simcne, Dzmlnp S_trcut.. ' _ Barrie, June 1, lS3_f)._ 22 mms'r0m-ma 1mm:so.\I, Depositary of the ' J Barrie Bmnch Bible Society, Dnu_1`op Stregt. AYLEY; CAMERON 8: 3Ic.\1ICHAEL, Ban- nxsnms. 0{Iicc-"C|x11rcl\ Street, next'd_00l' t0 he old Court. House, 'l`m-onto. ' February, 1862. - 7 . cumav. )1. c. c.uu~mox4. T D.` l1ilKICKkEL.> ';. 1s3a!:" *'* E 1=1r.Lg_ TERMS: $1 perx year .i%n.%.a:r=mce % ., ._ .3 _....~ HARI-Ans :s1A.i;.A:H1., Bmiste; and .&ttdr;;ey- Omen: Corner of Church and Colborn' treats, Toronto. _ = Jan., 1862. 4 ' ORINSDN 82 MCBRIDE, Barristers, &c., We]- lington Chambers, Toronto. J. nsymnnr nomxson. T4 Jomul ntu__DI- _' ILLIAM PYPER, Money Broker, Acc6t'1nb- ant, Notary Public, &c., &c.- . Orncxc: Ontario `Building Society, Western sumuce Buildings,-Chuitch Street, Torongl Jan. 71862. 4 ORRISUN 5: SAMPSON, Barristers, Attor- neys, Solicitors, _&c; Omrrcn-'-Western A's- rance Buildings, Church Street, Toronto,-0-W gus Morrison - - a - - D.A'.Samps'on. Toronto, November, 1859. -, V. H1- VOL. XIII. Bllillt Dircttutn. _`-,-.-\~ \_. .V._. ._x _\- ~ - ~ I - \ - - -. ,0. pnossmz, 121-5.\v;.c1a1 _1;.m-1"` s.:rve}}g- . Draughtsmaui and` Vailuer 451' Iuunds, Col- 'uvnnR . .` - "I, OW offer for ssle one of the largest and beg; selected Stocks in the County. Theywillv ways keep on hand at-ticleeot the. besvtngud _ _west1design, which will ebeaold at the iowagg f0I UI3h... "1' `:- , -7 llordersecnrefully qmnded `to-V _ H - ` L 5;N.B.-If'uuenys1's fuirmshed on the shortest'n'pee ' dut.t'eapunqhl..ta;eK;g if: _ V E 1$n.Ls " n :7. ___ `-' A "'7 7 V -_.""', ` UITABLE for either Single or Joint Nomi. ` PRICE 25 Guns. . SOLICITORS 1}; CIIANCF-RY, Noifarics Pubhc, Cqnvy`ancers, BARRIE, Co. SIMCOE, c.w. |IIl \ Ar!!! omusox & sumson, Barristers, Anon! nevs. Solicitors. an-.; nwn-._.v_w...+...... tn- 3- .P9`I.LF 1.301? 1nNi"rli`IiWi1iE"'liI!Sn, ADVANCE OFFICE; BARRIE,` _....._.__.._..__..._. NOTE `BOOKS,- QLM fnr n:fI1nI- g:nA-vln .u. 'I .:._. vr V - ---._-_ sow pg` Having completed their new Qijjj 1 -j A 1 1:.- coLL1 N BATRRIE.