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t R. 8. M. Bouchetteâ€"Ametican Lnvoicesâ€"Discounts Special Néticeâ€"Cahadian Pain Destroyer. E. K. MacGillivray & Co.â€"Clocks. Tolln Regamâ€"Houcif Sate. . _ _ . _ _ _ On no occasion will the names of Old Advertisements be inserted | * DepARTURE AND arkRivAL OFâ€"TRAIN®. lfl‘l‘ni- leaves Ottawa at . .. ........ £00, a. m. Do. WOTWE® C aee susgscnncee $48, pm. Accom: modation Train leaves at. .. ........ . Jâ€"30, p.m. â€"| ‘De. do | arrives &t .â€"â€"...>. .Il.&.:.m. JÂ¥ These Trains connect at Prescott Junction with Trains o;unnd Trunk Railway for the East and West, and at Prescott with Ferry Tor Ogdegsburghâ€"again cognecting with Railroads Rast and West, by Rail, Daily Lo ser. Ottaw x. . ~ | £00% “‘,cnnl:lo_quao.te.,wly 6.00 p. Chelsea and W aketield, * ©5.30p. ‘l‘:.lfluglfiu'l‘r-m 12 3 p “m; Sand Point, Pemâ€" "' &e . 8. side Ottawa ‘â€" Corners, Richmond, | Fern, we., .. «. Bukin 1am, Grenville and Ail-ul N. Shore of Ottawa * all Mn;}r(pm«)r ??STM“;! b su o if preâ€"pai mj :: if unpaid, 7 ct«. To Brzhh'(“,.oln-gil. 10 o't:‘ ts for British Columbia, Germany and Foreign Coantries cfln“,. NUST BE PREâ€"PAID. . * To the United States +0 ctsâ€"preâ€"payment opâ€" % :tlnh Mml & A. Allan‘s Canadian Staamships, via and, close at 9 ?.l-. every Thursdayâ€"postpaid 12 cts. ; via New Y f": every alternate Saturday, at Noon, po-h; 17 cts; via every .‘l‘u{un Io-d:.y.u ou...d‘ + Rroistzr®» Lettens mast i postâ€" ' &wmww&m-&h LA Oitice hoursâ€"8 a.m. to 7 p.m. 1 * 0.]’.!.\“&?0‘-1‘".7 ChcOttawaCimes We noticed the other day the suspension of the Richmond Examiner, by order of General Grant.: Subsequently we learned that Mr. Pullard, the proprietor of the paper, applied to the President, at Washington, for permis: sion to resume its publicatiod, explaining away any hostile intention in the objectionâ€" able articles. It appears as‘if this highâ€" handed affair of Grant‘s had been overâ€"ruled by President Johnson, as we fiad the followâ€" il(in the Tribune of Frilay : & â€" B Fok INTERESTING READLNG MATTERâ€"SEE FIRST and FOURTH Pages. ‘The following communication explains the conditions on which The Richmond Ezaminer is M to resume its publication : â€" | â€" Ho‘gns. Assucs or Usiteo States, 4 | Wasmxoreos, Feb. 19, 1866. } 1 Majorâ€"Gen. A. H. Teuny, Commanding Depart. \ ment of Virgimia : . ; Gzxzaarâ€"Your order of date the 13th inst., taking wilitary possession of The RicAmond Ezaminev,a newspaper published in Richmond, Â¥a,, and prohibiting its publication, made in m-" of the directions otf the Licutâ€" ral commanding, is hereby temporarily, suspended, and The Kichmond Rzaminer will be petmitted to resitme ‘its publication upon the express condition that in future it will not putsue a course inimical to the Government or to the growth or expression, in acts or words, of Usion -:u‘s?u among the people of th« States lately in febeliion, or to the cuitivation of friendly relation between theâ€"people of these States, or any ofthem, and other States of the Union, and that it will not in anywise fail in its editorials, correspondence, or transfer of articles from other newspapeos, to give supâ€" port, countenance and friendship to acts and ions of loyalty to the lfnion and its E vcommand of Lieut.â€"Gen. Grant. Saint Helena, so was it Sir H@ison Lowe‘s fate to be soundly abused up to thig very hour for keeping a sharp look out after a "somewhat slippery charge who had already. once broken prison. So it comes to be quite possible that what the Yankees call "manifest destiny‘ is at least but an: elaborate syâ€" «momnym for Buonaparte‘s fatalism ; believers in which, by the by, are: far more common than confessed. We hardly know it we ourâ€" selves are not a little tainted with the beliei preadamitic creed,, which Mrs. Partington‘ astutely sums up in the curt aphorism of * what will be will be, Ike." To follow up this indisputable line of reasoning, no one can say "what has been has not been‘" unless he utters what is not true. Looking around at other notabilities than "my uncle" we perâ€" ceive certuin personazes, who, from incidents in their own public lives, cannot fail to be imâ€" presed with the fatality attending nearly all their acts. The Hon,. George Brown, now, for example, we should think must be i fa ~Perhaps, aftergall, the first Napoleon‘s theory of fatalism has more ip it than comâ€" -ahpeophmdwayoinelbe: to admit. It was his fate, no doubt, to go to Elba and to talist. Who does‘nt remember his taking offi¢ce, with the affirmation upou his lip that he was a governmental impossibility, and lo ! fortyâ€"eight hours terminated his career. One of the weird sisters mast havre prompted the utterunce and the Fates sacrificed their devoâ€" tee to the inexorable law which he had so reâ€" cently and often; acknowledged. . Again, he takes office, and proves that fatality is bis bane. He 'm beleving that the govâ€" ernment are about to t«k« a course the counâ€" try| would not sustain, and our â€" honerâ€" able ~friend : ever© desirous . of ghiling with the popular breeze, deserted the ship he thought was running on a shoal. The shog!, bhowever, wasn‘t reached having tun â€" its course as far as duty demanded, the vessel was put about and no wreek occurred. S fatahty thus again followed Mr:Brown, again put him in the wrong. Now, we ask, in all good nature, how is it possible that any one: whose doings are constantly attended y reâ€" sults directly in opposition to his most astute ~ conceptions can reconcile them with any logiâ€" cal cause ? Shakespeare said * there is a tide in the affairs of men *‘ that had to be taken at the flood or else it was no use putting your boat upon the waters. Napoleon knew better and said never mind the tide, look after the Fates." Well, fatality did a good deal for the NTittle corporal," but it sent him to ‘St. Helena. Now,.we feel quite assured that Mr. Brown must be quite in accord with the "first Emperor;" he has tried so many dood, and all having wrecked him, he must see that, Napoleon‘s dogma is stronger‘ than Shakesâ€" ':Ml".'ll-L'.\\' n1 u t CT OR L. Tite POSV OE 6 it 4. â€"OTTAWA, peare‘s. Here, now, he left tbemn»uyn:j cause ‘he thought they were going to biu into a very unpopular course, he shoved out his craft upon the fluod, and floated up stream, leaving his less provident colleagues to theâ€"pull against the popular current which he imagined he foresaw theywould have to make, and be unable to stem. â€" His fancy had already pictured the wreck; for, besides the difficulty of the navigation which alarmed him, he anticipated the further embarrase NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. _ OTTAWA, FEBRUARY 2%, 1866 DELIVERING AND cI % Ast L ® T.S. Bowsrs, Ass‘t Adjt.â€"General for all part#of the U msING OP WAILA 17 cts; via ment of reâ€"organising the crew it he seceded. Fromâ€"the President of the Council‘s point of view all this was to be logigally deduced from the main fact and its surrounding=. But, here comes in theâ€" fiilure of the tidal arfd flood theory. . Mr. Brown having made his caleulations upon it shoved off is bu-'\t,‘ and louked back with a mixture of pity and contempt at the silly fellows who were so obstinately bent upon palpable destruction. Some or .other afuirs didn‘t work according to the pitture. of Mr. Brown‘s. provision. Destruction did not follow, no great wifticulty was found in finding a suecessor to the Presiâ€" dential chair of the Conncil, the boat was not upset, but Mr. Brown‘s anticipations were. â€" Again, we say must not Mr. Brown, with these convincing proofs against Shukes peare‘s theory and in favor of Buonaparte‘s, living in his own experiences, be a disciple of fatalism ? 4 post Either fatality, a sad want of julgment, or a domineering and envious spirit cauâ€"ed Mr. Brown wwlon the ship when she most needed |vigorous working. Out ob charity let us say it was fatality, that being a sort of thing can beif#@ a good deal of abuse without suffering; â€" But having left with: theassurance to his furmer colleagues and to the country, that there exists no difference of opimion other| than on the Reciprocity questiuranl that: his energies would be exerted to carry Conâ€" tederation, how is it that we now find him publishing a string of accusations &gainst Mr. Galt and Mr. Howland, for the iwourse taken in the Washington negotiation}: The ‘Globe, in anmic!e,‘fi-e face of which bears the deep traces of" Mr._.Brown‘s own, stylum, finds great fault with ‘the delegates for per. mitting themselves to be transferred to the Committee of Ways. and Meéans. . He says‘: * the first folly thiit seems to have been comâ€" mitted by the Delegates was in permittin themselves to be hamded over by the G»venfi ment of Washington to a Committee of Conâ€" gre«s, and that Committee presided over by Mr. Morrill, the bitter eaémy ‘of freedom of trade in every ghape. We don‘t deny for a momert that i: was the duty of the Délegates to see as many persons at Washington as posâ€". sible, so that prejudices might be removed and a better nowledge conveyed of the reâ€" sources and feglings of our people. â€" But what we do contend is, that tlie ftormal negotiations should have béen left in the hands of the Amâ€" erican Govern: hat it wee their busiâ€" ness, and not ours, to deft with both Houses of Congresa, and secure if they could ‘an apâ€" ‘proval of suciria Treaty as was just and adâ€" vantageous to both countries. By their stupid act of releasing the Government from their responsibility fpr the right conclusion of the ‘ negotiations, and transferring the re«ponsibilâ€" ity to a man who glories in the ruptureshe has causedâ€"â€"the Delegates damaged their case irretrievably from the start.‘" * / And ulitchf:rthero’n he clenches tliis nail by the following question : "Did any human " being ever before hear of such a thing as * Legislutive | Reciprocity? â€" Was it ever " named in uf. discussion until it was whisâ€" «* pered in th¢ ears qfour Delegatesat Washâ€" " ington, and they fell victime to it ?" _ We have often l(J:l some pretty daring asgertions made by the but we have not met beâ€" fore with ute impudence of this paragraph. hy the author of this question has been in possession of the fact for months â€"Mr. Brown di it in Council and out of Council, and | insi wpon a freaty or nothing. Legislative Reciprocity, Mr. Moâ€" Culloch told m wholg world in his pni»linhed report, was the only upon which our commercial relatioas could for the present be based. yfhig report was published â€"by all the leading papers in the Provinces, and discusâ€" sion without end was had upon this. very question. And yet Mr. «Brown brazenly asks * did diman being ever hear of it before?"‘ We shall lgavo our readers to ;pronounce by. what term this utter want of candour should in good sterling Saxon be designated. © Honest and manly candour appears to be | , abjured throughout Mr. Brown‘s long charge | . of dereliction. â€" For in reference to canal im; | ; provement he affirms, upon no better author. ity than the New York Albion, a journal, we | admit, of nigh repute, but, as the @lobe and its proprietor well know, coald not have more | than ramour to guide it upor such .&uestwn, that Mr.Galt and Mr.Howland had promised to expend fifteen millions of ‘dollars. ‘ The very manner in whigh this silly assertion is |â€" made shows that writer=~did not, as, he could not, , believe word of it. ‘"They uffered," says the @lobe, "to enter into enâ€" "gagements with the Americans to enlarge "the canals of Canada, from the far West to "the ocean, the New York Albion declares, at a cost or $15,000,000, ‘ provided the a â€" ©‘surance be given that the trade of the «+ Western States will not be diverted from "‘its natural chaunel by legislation."" It is needless to say that no offer of the l§ind was made. _ Then Mr. Brown‘s journal tells us that "lastly, they offered to permit the Ameâ€" "rigand to select from our impott list certain " manufactured articles to| be admitted into "the Provinces Free of Dutyâ€"though the " same articles gding from the Provinces into "the States would be subject to a Duty equal "to the Internal |Revenue Taxes of the Reâ€" " public!‘ What this is jintended to mean is, that American goods were to pass free of duty into the Ptovinces, | and so be sold, whilst samilar les Canads, sold in the States, would be subjegt to ‘the Internal Revenue tax all goodg, whether domes tic or foreign ; in say, Canadian goods were to taxed by the Americans, while the Amerjcan 8 were not to be taxed by us. (The. Globe un more than une occasion ntuly, attempted to put off this deception. Wihatever| was proposed to be done, was upon the trug principle fof reciâ€" procity. â€" Whatever articles were subjected by them to duty of any kind, | we were to have | the right to impose an equal duty upon those | imported into Canada. re may be some | of the proposed arrange us{not such as | under ordinary circums â€"would be deâ€" +| sirable, but in the naime of Truth, Honesty | and common manliness, not our public : | men descend to publishing their ‘own shame | by statements that every tyro of & politician. | knew are destitute of any icle of trath, ; | and the author of which |knew, personally | | knew, to be false at the time he penned them. YVirginia City papers contain a reyort that two hundred men on their way to: the mines in Montana, perished in the snow "storm.â€" Communication with that Territory is cut off, and it is feared there is great suffering there. An Illinois paper urges the farmers of that region to cuitivate castor beans. Some years azo, when they were worth only one dolâ€" lar a bushel, it was considered remunerative to cultivate them ; but now they bring from five to six dollars per bushel, and must be regarded as a profitable crop. s Pensoxat.â€"We uniorstand \that Hon. Mr Howland left town for the West on Saturday Tresrass.â€"On Monday, parties uccum-(*,of trespass are to be tried in 8t. Joseph‘s Villdge, Gloucester, before Mr. Scoit, County Magisâ€" trate, for trespass. ~Â¥+ # i P T Trewrerascs.â€"On Tucsday evening the fifth of the series of temperince meetings will be held in the Mechanics‘ Institiite. . Addresscs: will be delivered by several ‘friends of the cause. â€" The public are invited. ; Resertzop â€"We anderstand that John Hamâ€" ilton, who was sâ€"ntenced to be executed at Stratford on 'hf 21th inst., for murdes hube\'-n respited till the 2nd Jane next. It is said that the convict will receive the benefit ofia new trial. : 1 « Tus Tuaw.â€"The thaw continued on Saturâ€" day with undiminished éffect, the heary rain, lasting all day, aiding in the rapid melting of the snow. The streets were consequenily in a terrible slonny condition. the. pedestrian in the snow. The streets were consequenily a tetrible sloppy condition, .the. pedestrian many places sinking ankle deep in whush, Nzew Cag..â€"Wo learn that a splendid new car for the use of the directors, and for State occasions, has been put on ‘the Ottaws and Prescott Railroad? ‘The car.is fitted up in & sty le of great hixuriance and in a manner to combine the comforts of a state.room and parâ€" lour. I f Rectnociry Trazaty.â€"We ars informed that from this day till the expiration of the Treaty, on the 17th March, 30 cats on the Tun and Prescott Railway will be employed onstantly in the conveyance of lumber, and otherarticles, to be affected by the abrogation, from ,Ottawa to Prescott for transportation to the ‘States. Dereaaeo.«â€"â€"We are ‘gu";a, owing to the press of matter on our columsâ€"chicfly acs counted| for by the publication of seycral comâ€" municationsâ€"compelled to defer, for another day, the giving of Mr. Powell‘s speech at the Orange Soirge. We shall endeayor to make room for it in our next issue, 4 Porics Cocrtâ€"There was no business of imâ€" portance before this Court on Saturday.~ A man, named Pierre Laurent, was accused of an assault on a woman named Sophie Paquetite, for which unhandsome conduct he was conâ€" demned to eight days‘ imprisonment. A man, named Benjatain Beaucaire, charged with sellâ€" ing liquor on Sunday, had his trial postponed till this morning. * Fcmovs Darviso.â€"This dangerous practice is, we regret to say, too much in vogue at this time, and the lives of our citizens are frequentâ€" ly. placed in very great dangor. On Friday #fâ€" ternoon, while a lady and gentleman were walking along Rideau Street, in the neighborâ€" hoed of Sandy Hill, they had a hairbreadth escape from being run over by a horse and sleigh, which dashed past at a furious pace. The driver was cither a very carcless or very @ fast" man, to whom a visit from the Policc Magistrate would piovo highly useful. _ LOCAL NJSW S. Tas Fitzroy Cas#.â€"â€"On Saturday, Mr. Roed, whose bouse was recently burned by incenâ€" diarics, in Fitzroy, informed the police here that a quantity of goods, including 2 cwt. of flour and 1 ewt. of oatmeal, a chest of clothes and â€" other articles, which were :carried out of the dwelling the night of the fire, and left in the immediate vicinity to be removed to a place of safety, had disappeared, Reed went to the scene of the ‘outrage a few days ago, and discovered the propofl! was missing and though he requested a party to take charge of it for him fora short time, he fears ‘it has been stolen. . Henoticed a fresh sleigh track from the road to his shed. â€" Reed was told that no.scatch warrant could be issued, unless he g:;\- the namie of some party suspedted of stealing his property, and as he could not anâ€" dertake to mention any such, nothing {could be done in the premises.â€" 4 Taxisc a Houinayâ€"A few paysago,five men in the employ of oneJohn Edward D‘Haftelle, in the Jumber business, and named, respecâ€" tively, Louis Foucher, Regis Cardinal, sen., and Regis Cardinal, jun., Cyrille Gonzalin and Gravelle, threw up work, and went off about their business, without notifying him of their: intention. â€" D‘Hartelle at once procured & warâ€" rant for their arrest, by virtue of which four were apprchended, much to their astonishâ€" ment, gnd btought before Mr. Scott, County Magistrate, for trial, on Saturday. ‘The parties, wlo had taken French leave of their employer, scemed to have been actuated by & desire to enjoy a good spree, and their mortification, on being so soon overbauled, was yery great. Regis Cardinal, jun., was condemned to pay a fine of $4 and costs, or be imprisoncd 14 days ; the others, except Foucher, who was not disâ€" covered, being fined $3 each and costs, or 21 days in jail. | Being without the necessary funds, the parties were committed, . : er, claimed by Casey as his own, but which afterwards turned out to be Mr. Hamilton‘s. After this nothing more was heard of Casey till his arrest by Constable Ritchic. Tho prixâ€" oner was charged with both thefts but Ald, Scott postponed the trial till Monday. ‘The Mormon officers of Utah territory are to be removed.. Two were displaced »yesterâ€" day from their positions as revenue officers by Secrcw{ McCulloch, andâ€"are succeeded by Messrs. Leothnd Gilbert. « | Fiaz.â€"â€"During the extreme cold on Friday, the 16th inst., the themometer marking 15 © below zero, the frame dwelling house of Mr. Sommervilie‘s farm, five miles cast of Port Stanley, township of Yarmouth, caught fire and was quickly consumed, togcther with its contents, among which was a quantity of grain that was stomf in the attic. There was noâ€" thing saved, and no insuranceâ€"London Free THE OTTAWA TIMES, FEBRUARY 26, 1s66. Ofall local requirements non# can be . more important than water works, safety of properâ€" ty from fire, personal and family â€"comfort, doâ€" mestic economy, cleanliness of strects, drain® yards and sewers, and reduction of nuisance dangers are all dependent toa very great exâ€" tent npon agood supply of water, this supply can only be obtained by a well devised system of water works, 1 Ottawa is the only city in the Province whose population exceeds fifteen thousand without water works and it is aboveall others the city© which owing to the extraordinary position assigned it as the capital of the country is bound to exbibit gonerous and credifable enterprise, _ It must keep pace with the prosperity bestowed uwpon it, ‘The first step now necessary, none will have the hardiâ€" hood to deny must be a good supply of water. It is no less m protective than a purifying agency which, with moderate expenditure and thefaid of science, wo may bring into every dwelling.and cause to permeate through every avenue. . â€" ; | ‘Favored as Ottawa has been, by political circumstances, by natural position, and by good fortune, it is no less true that ‘the factliâ€" ties enjoyed by it for the economical construcâ€" ture of water works are not excelled by any locality in the province, . The means of: adâ€" ding a purc and Tull supply of water, with the power of propulsion almost within the tity limits are at our disposal, _ Wroks can be theaply and effectually constructed with the progpect, owing to the certain growth and imâ€" portance of the city of growing remunative. i As capitalists will desire pretty positive proof of the profitable character of the iin'fnt. ment of the funds necessary to construct (the City Works, wo trust the projectors of the scheme will be ablo to show rcliable data to that effect., . e 1 We have repeatedly urged npon our fellowâ€" citizens the urgent necessity for the construcâ€" tion of these works, and wo again impress upon them the advisability of immediate action. * Another.session of Parliament should find their. works well under way if not in operation. ~. * We observe that the City Corporation has taken its proper iniative by granting certain privileges to a company already registered. for this purpose. The . city must be a gainer, even in a pecuniary‘ point of view, for a charge of ten thousand dollars for fire arrangements is now borne, although the results are small indeed, _ Any reasonable assistance given, therefore, to a Joint Stock Company should be freely extended.. We believe it is protty well established that Water Works are better managed by a Joint Stock Comyany than by a Municipal Corporation, and such appears to be the tendency of public opinion in this city, . While we are free to confess that it will probably be very difficalt to work out the proâ€" joct, we now earnestly recommend, We beâ€" lieve it can be accomplished if undertaken with enorgy. â€" Where there is a will there is a â€"way. ’ : ‘I have no doubt you will be surprised|at reâ€" ceiving an opinion from an anonymous jserib= bier, but as I will do my best to exclude. any»â€" thing libelfous, you may think it worth insertâ€" ing in " the org@n." _ _ & & We, here in the old city, watch with interest eveything we chance to see, concerning those to whom so lately we were in the habit of bidâ€" ding cordial good day, and now and then on an extra shatp day, ‘we regret the houses in Ottawa are not as weatherâ€"proofas in comfortâ€" wble old Quebec; and believing that there is a kind of fellowâ€"fecling in ‘a great number of the residunts of the new Capital, and that they, too, thiuk it worth their while to read of the pleasures and misforbunes of their old friends, 1 will procecd to insert a conglomdration for their diversion. We have an Ice Bridge, which you may not think surprising, knowing, as I suppose you do, that now and then the mercury fell to thirty below zero; but when I tell you that we are of.cn, "from the swiftness and width of the river," for the space of five and six years without this great boon, which, when it comes, we prize very much, and wish heralded all over the Province, that| travellers may not foar the crossing in canoes, you will see how we rcjoice for the winter roadway. And with the formation of the Ice Bridkge there was displayâ€" ed a rather daring piece of enterprise, which, although not resulting"in the death of the parties concerned, was rather a foolâ€"hardy unâ€" Fortakbmg. 1. 008 s P ne ns Wal n e S Last year, for the first time I believe, rinks on the ice were patronized to any extent, and, of course, those nearest to the landing had the first chance of interding skaters, and the owners of onq?of tpoc;r‘rlnk- made a very nice thing out of this privilege, Consequently, when this year it became apparent that the ice was likely to take, there was a number of aspirants ready to ba/ize this spot as soon AS they considered the ice of sufficient strength to bear the weight of a man, but those .who from experience knew best the value of the spot riskefl most to secure the prize. The ice| began to form at five e‘clock . p.m., and at nitie that same evening Messra>Chevilâ€" lier and Hutton, when, at a time that a marble thrown off the adjoining wharves would break aole under itself and stick on the top of the ice, ventured in this to place their "flag" on the coveted spot, : They each procured ‘two thin boards of twelve feet long and, one at a time, crept the length of one board on all fours, drawing at the same time the other board and pashing it am,”t’o :::eulcd in :uru, m;kinl a circuit as datizi y went, of a h cone» taining about three acres, of which m claimâ€" «d to be lords and masters, from thence till the range of old sol destroyed the kingdom, It is confidently stated that all they had to do to insort their daitze was to give a blow of their fist and a hole opened up to receive the end of A sm1|l poll. The other parties wishing to enter into this business, but who afraid of entering the St. Lawrence, stood gaping with mouths open at the daring displayedngy their rivals, now that their success was apparent, made & rush for boards and the next best locations, We now have quitea village over the spot that three months ago floated a part of a fleet which will in its turn again heave anchor where now thousands of our population enjoy themsclves in one of the most invigorating of exercises, and when enjoyed in moderation is one of the most henlth!’:l. I assure you that ifyou have never seen it you cannot imagine the beauty of the scene or the number of beautiâ€" ful little crafts which now fioat about their coquettish little full rigs tacking, backing, and filling off before the wind, regular little pirates in their way showing no quarter to any poor defenceless labber they may get in their power. There being only a step from gay to grave, I will make that step and tellâ€"you: of what numbers of your readers will regret to hear,how sorely their little friends here have been tried this winter, and the ravages death has made in their juvenile ranks. | There is scarcely a family that has not been visited with either small pox, measles, scarlatina or gastric fever; and in many cases two or more of these scourges ofthe young have visited the same house ; whole families of cight or nine children itis quite a common thing to hear of being laid up. with ono or the other of these infectious discases, and thus we have never seen such a number of sudden deaths among young perâ€" sons as have occurred this winter, and Doctors, although we have some ofability, have ina number of cases beetf at fault, and only after de?h have they found out the malady oftheir Patients. t j Death will have its prey, but then {ou would think all your troubles were over ; but not so; those Montrealers are selfish to let us rest easy in our graves after death; they send downâ€"some cash by some base scoundrels, and the firet thing we know we are brought up in a strange company and sent on‘an excursion to Montreal to have juvenile Rutchers search after knowledge in our poor carcases, that we may not leave this world without benftting posterity in some shape or other ; and to show what a heartless set they are and what CITY WATER WORKS OUR QUEBEC LETTER, CORRESPONDENCE. workhippers of the almighty dollar they, are now advocating that all poor unfortunate deils dying withoutfriends should be handed over for dissection, Now Mr. Editor is not this going too far to think that because a felâ€" low is poor and his friends are obliged to ‘fut hifm in an Hospital where he happens to die, and cash betag scarce, allow him to be burried at/the expense of the Hospital ; his sorrowing friends following and mourning over his grave with as sincere sorrow as ever sprung from the heir of the largest of estates, Now I think that if they are to receive the bodies of cither rich or poor let them, I say,by all means have the bodics of the rich they have it all their own way in this life, let them be a little cut up after death. [* / â€" fthis, my first. is 1011!1 an insertion, I will try in future to be mote bricf and treat of more agreeable subjects, j # Sin,â€"While talking to my friend Hood, the: other day, upon mundane affairs, he drew my . attention to a series of letters that appeared in the columns of your journal touching upon several matters, but more Iu\rticulmly, as my elosest attention with difficulty discovered, the sulject of a bridge projected ‘to be built someâ€" where in the neighborhood of your city. As a gencral tule { take very little interest in the things that occur in the suburban world. I am tired with being glorified by critics, comâ€" mented upon by reviewers, trotted out to round off a sentence, or make & silly speech seem wise, In a manner I am .provoked beâ€" youd measure, and tormented even after death A VOICE FRKOM ANOTHER WORLD To the Editor of the Times by my mundane frinds in your townâ€"the vainâ€"glorious Capital of twa Provinces, I have been @"stew‘d in corfuption" from the days of Jimmy Litzen down to.the time when my patron took up his residence among you and a seat at the receipt of custom, That which 1 never wrote has been attributed to my pen, and the sickly babes of other men thus fathered upon your servant "as if a pigmy straw did picrce," have often made "my worse spirit tempt me," and this nut all. «Then was I as a tree whose boughs did bend with fruit," and many thiecves «shook down my mellow hangings, nay my leaves," until every author came and fed, and stole therefrom, or i thoughtless men hid in their sacks the golden apples they feared to steal Long have I stood «nd patiently bore these insults, but now "the game is up," and with all confidence, protest against the misquotation glaringly manifested as well in the letter of His Worship as also in that of the Honorable gentleman concerning the Bridge question, "I gripe not at carthly joys," Mr. Editor, and now am scarcely open to ambition, but I cannot bear that Dickens should haye credit for my witticisms. Many, many years ago Ann Hathaway leaned over my shoulder,.and showed her pearly teeth in quiet laugh, as I wrote in Henry IV, Part II, Act 111, " most forcible feeble,." Now, your honorâ€" able member (byâ€"theâ€"by, in our world he is a great favorite with John Wilks of North Briton notoricty) and your worthy Mayor have both attributed words like these to the pen of Dickens,| Am I not, sir, "a man more sinned against, than‘ n?nning," and\ in bitterness of spirit can‘ I notkay with truth, ‘" O the fierce wretchedness that glory brings us," : But hark! © Music do I hear ?" 4 Ha, ha! Keep timeâ€"how sour sweet music is " When time is broke, and no proportion kept." Quebec, Feb. 20th 1866 No critique, however, Mr, Editor, Ladies and Benevolence have ever boen subjects of admiration of @ 1 8ir,â€"On the inquguration of a new Libraâ€" rian for the Mechanics‘ Institute, a new canâ€" vas has commenced (on the principle of the «"hew broom," perhaps,) and it is supposed that by an imposing array of members, the Institute will gu"n influence and resources. We are edified by*highflown assertions, conâ€" ceiving its greatness and reputation in the future. But the means taken to secure patronâ€" age, and encourage literary tastes, in the present, aré, amongst others, the continuance of the disposal of the Reviews, Magazines, lnc:‘rpvru by contract, for a sum trifling compared with their real value. ‘The moment the succeeding number or volume appears, the old one vanâ€" ishes. I have frequently thus missed seeing 4 Punch" and other English papers, just beâ€" cause I did.not happen to make a rush when they came in. â€" By persistence in this checseâ€" paring procedure these valuable and interestâ€" ing publications are lost to the Institure, inâ€" stead of being bound and added to the still ‘scanty and illâ€"selected libraryâ€"and the peâ€" cuniary gain is not worth naming. While such a state of affairs continue,.is it l\n?rio- ing that the institution is not p._u'gnioed To the Editor of the Ottawa Daily Times Some provision should be made for accomoâ€" dating lady members. Ladies are as fond of their newspaper or magazine as their male reâ€" latives, Where now can they sit and read in comfort without intrusion ? # ; J A Msxaen. Nors sy En.â€"â€"To the query concluding our correspondent‘s letter we reply . © at the proper placeâ€"at home ; to ‘which husband or ‘broâ€" ther, being members, can take such works as are for circulation." usA \ Bir,â€"Your correspondent "Incolsa," | has kindly favoured your readers with. a commuâ€" nication, in which he adverts, among other things, to the fishing on the " River Des Lieâ€" vresy". e ce 5x * e Perhaps he will follow up his good services by stating the quality of the fishing to be had in that vicinity, and the accommodation as regards boats, canvas, &¢. © 1 There are many gentlomen, strangers to the locality, who, I feel assured, would be much obliged to. your correspondent, or indeed, to any gentleman, who would favor them «with reliable information, as to the locale of fin, feaâ€" ther and fur, within reasonable distance of the city, and I am sure that your well known complaisance would give space in your paper for such interesting and valuable communiâ€" cations. To the Editor of the Times, TV _ Wirctax Suaxmsrsan Elysium, Tuesday night. . furnâ€"As considerable dissatisfaction and tincertainty prevails among the employces of the Government, with reference to the apâ€" plication of those clauses of the " Assessment Act‘ which relate,to Ixcowss, and as the vaâ€" rious notices of assessment, fssued under the authority of the Corporation of Ottawa, are not, in my opinion, based upon the true meanâ€" ing of the said clauses. I ask permission through your paper to submit, to those interâ€" est«d, the following interpretation of the Act in the particular referred to. 2 $ PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOIISH, To the Editor of the Times. In the first |place, I suggest that the " Inâ€" come Tax" is not a direct but an inferential one, inasmuch as it is only by a reference to inâ€" come, as m standard of comparison for value of " Personal Property," in the 34th sec, that " Income" is mentioned at all. In that secâ€" tion it is stated, that " no person having an income exceeding $200 shlllwbe assessed for a perty than the munt'of his income for the year then last" and that " such last year‘s inâ€" come shall be held to be his nett personal proâ€" perty." In plain words, that every one‘s perâ€" sonul property shall be considered equal to his last year‘s income, unless the personal ‘property is really greater in value. _ e less sum as the amount of his nett personal proâ€" _ Now what I wish to show is . this, that, while income is indirecely taxed, it is, bypthe Act, first converted into personal property and directly taxed under that name. _ _ _ If this be so, then the «"Schedule" given in the preceding Sec. 33 as the rule of assessâ€" ment for all personal property, is the correct and only one to apply to Incomes; and as the net value of a‘l personal property lying beâ€" tween the several amounts set i:m.h in the said « Schedule" is reduced to the minimum figures of thefirst column, so that the nett aâ€" come taken as the value of personal property under the 34th see. should ‘be subjected to the same rule. % As the assessmoent is now procceding, howâ€" ever, no equitable standard appears to be taken ; in proof of which I cite the five folâ€" lowing cases : â€" A having an income of $1600 is taxed $1200 B 6t . 1600 4 1400 FIN, FEATHER AND FUR. Yours rcipggtfully, Very truly, youts, &¢., Yours, &c., A Mawozre or tu» Orit Seamos 1060 Stipacoxa NPECTA TOR _ Sim,â€"We observe in your two issucs of the 9th and 10th inst., two long epistlessigned @M. K. Dickinson," relative to the Rideau Bridge question, to one of which is appended a me»â€" morial addressed to the Commissioner of the Board of Works, in which there are many mis~ statements prejudical to the erection of a bridge over the canal at L. I. Locks. As we cannotallow these to go forth to the public uncontradicted, we haye to ask the favor of your inserting these remarks in an early issue of your valun.hlf*(z‘tpcr. By so doing you will confer a great obligation on us, and a large portion of the public. ies ‘ m & L . 1 on aie ce NCM $he 4: uc To the Editor of the Ottawa Times . It may here be obscrved that in all the corâ€" respondenée alluded to there is not once menâ€" tioned a bridge over the canal at the locks, but a bridgo over the Rideau River. Now it is perâ€" haps unknown to many of your readers that. the inhabitants of Nepean, by means of subâ€". scriptions atmong themselves, some assistance from Gloucester, and the aid of their Township Councilâ€"built a substantial bridge over the river at the locks, about three years ag0, and it then ouly remained to complete the passage to have a bridge over theâ€"canal,. They were assured by many influential gentlemen that as goon as a bridge over the tiver was crected, they would obtain a Government . grant for & bridge over the canal, and indeed‘they conâ€" ceived they had a just claimâ€"nay a legal and indefcasible oneâ€"sccing that the remaining obstruction to a complete |passage was the canal, the work ofâ€"the Government itself. 1000 msld Bs d Ait h ids Siniie Enudih i omm ie ieA ic Firstly; The memorial states that the petiâ€" tion in favor of the lock bridge was improperâ€" ly signed, &c. & M D0 CSeng n k 7 Now we beg to state that the petition reâ€" forred to, containing upwards of 200 signaâ€" tures, was & dona fide pctition from partics closely interested in the bridge at the locks, and that the majority of these parties were acâ€" tually subscribers to the bridge across the byâ€" wash, leading to the locks, We may remark that petitions, however numerously signed, do not afford the best criterion as to the suitable» ness of the site of a bridge, or any other pub. lic work, because the number of signatures deâ€" pends very much on the exertion of the pro. moters of the petition in travelling the counâ€" try to obtain names. . Were it necessary I could ow geta petition signed with 400 or 500 names, including all the frecholders of Nepean, for a bridge at the canal locks. Many, not directly interested would sign it from a \ sense of the justness of its prayer, & _ 2nd. The memorial states,â€"That all the leading roads of that section from each side of the Rideau lead towards Manctick, &c. _ Now ‘the very reverse of this is ‘the fact. Beveral roads were opened . some forty or fifty years ago, from:* different points west of the river to the place where the locks now stand, and have been regularly travelled upon to this day. There is also a mail road from the cast side to the railway station in Gloncester, travelled every day, besides others directly leading from the locks.. So essential was this place considered as the best place for opening a communication across the river, that the residenters in the vicinity built a bridge, or bridges, of their own accord, providing the means of a safe passage for some time, till the Canal was constructed, when they were all swept away by the operations of the canal and floods of the river, At thattithe Manotick was a wilderness, inaccessible, and the last place one. would ever have thought of for building a bridge at, and it continued so until a few, years ago, when a wealthy comâ€" pany erected large establishments, such as milis, &c., in the locality; and by means of their great influence, they have endcavoured to draw a great part of the ipublic money granted for the general improveinent of the river, to facilitate access to their own works. The third paragraph of the Memorial says : @ That as regards the Postoffice business at the two places, that at Manotick is tenfold that at the locks," &c. Now, this is altogether false, or an unwarrantable exaggeraticn. "The real state of the case can only be ascertained by an examination of the respective books of the Postofficesâ€"but from the best information we can obtain, the balance will be found in favor of the locks, â€".t.:....<.1..4.5 1 ib P The Fourth article of the Memorial states : "« With respect to the Churches, there are only two, and these are situated between the locks and Manotick," &¢, Now, these two churches are situated very near the Locksâ€"one on the samme lot as the Locks, and the other on the hext flot adjoining. _ ‘The worshippers at Nepean would therefore have to go first to the locks and march a mileâ€"andâ€"aâ€"balf to the Manotick bridge, and the same ‘dis. tance back again, to arrive at these churches, There are also other two churchesâ€"one in the mail road to the Locks, and the Catholic Church in Nepean, threeâ€"fourths of a mile from the locksâ€"the members of which would also reap the benefit of the locks Bridge, as ‘rell as the members of the churchées at the locks. The Fifth and last article of the Memorial refers to the expense attending the bridge at Manotick. Of this we are no judges. The Memoralists themselves state it at some. thing about $5,000, while others estimate it much higher. We have now gone over ‘the Petitlion or Mcemorial of the supporters of the Manotick Company‘s bridge, John,Dow and 9 others, preâ€" sented to the Board of Works, in favor of a bridge at its establishment, and find it contains a series of misrepresentations and misâ€"state. ments, depreciatory of evérything about the Long Island Locks, with a view of monopoliâ€" zing or grasping a portion of the public money for their own accommodation, to the manifest injury of their neighbours at and north of the locks We have only now to add, that the "Locks " is the best locality for a gencral communicaâ€" tion between the two sides of the river, It has been used as such in times gone by, and will continue to be so in tuture, unless disâ€" carded through undue and selfish influences, We remain your most obedient servants, > Sawoge Couut®8, Nicmoras Crare, J.P,, ‘ J. Pairty. . An attempt was made about 1 o‘clock on the morhing of the 22nd instant, to rob the Stanbridge Branch of the Eastbrn Townships Bank, by three desperate villains, which was completely frustrated by.the coolness. and inâ€" trepidity of the assistant manager, Mr. W. J. Briggs, who slept in the bank. Mr. Baker, senior. lodges in the back part of the buiiding and, on awakening at the hour abovenamed, found a man standing at his bedside, who told him toâ€""keep quiet," at the same time questionâ€" ing him as to how many persons slept in the bank, which safe the money was in, &o., to which he received no satssfactory reply.. Another man now came up to the bed and struck the old gentleman a blow across his check bone with an iron bar, but luckily not inâ€" flicting a serious wound, the momentum of the bar being probably retarded by the pillows and bedâ€"clothing. In t{w meantime a third party was endeavoring to pick the lock of the door openâ€" : ing into the room occupied by Mr. Briggs, in the réar of the front office room of the bana. He hearing the noise threatened to shoot them, and received threats in return, Mr. Briggs then went to the front door thinking to raise an alarm but on opening it he was met by one of, the gang but closed and locked the door withâ€" out his getting in. He then went into anâ€" other room, on the side opposite to which is the dwelling near by of Mr. J. C. Baker, the manager, and raising the window called for help, but was answered by a pistol shot from one of the burglars, the bullet passing very near him. _ The compliment was promptly reâ€" turnud by Mr. Briggs ; and the other two, who ‘immediately aftér passed the window, were ’ fired at by him in succession, one at least of whom he is Gquite certain, must have received a serious wound, as he was not more than fi feet from Mr. Briggs, who took deliberate aim. _ They . then hurried off, stdpping once, & short time, while within sight. ~Without delay teams were staited in different directions ; the party followed the course they were seen to take and were satisfied they had a span of horses and a sleigh outside of the village, with which they made off; |the night being light, their track was followed to the Province line, and some five or six miles into Vormont, where the roads were found so badly drifted by the high south wind ofthis morning, that the chase was abandoned. In their hurried departure, { and probably crippled condition, they left on ! the steps outside the bank, two large wum:l DARRING BURGLARY: AND AT TENMPT TO ROB A BANK. bars,.weighing 16 lhys. each, a very heavy malâ€" let, a henvy iron sledge, (stolen from a shop in the village), and a very fine leather ‘satchel which they had provided for the funds which they did not get, nor could they have done so had they succeeded in getting toâ€"the safo, as it Nepean, Feb. 12th, 1866 was oue of Kershaw‘s best burglarâ€"proof, The '] The construction this morniby is 1 amount of funds on hand are very small, and l bers may support the Presidept a liw is purposely kept so #therefore, in any .event, | Out being read out%f the party, T their haul could not have been large.â€"Com. to | full of rumors about Cabinct chany« Witness. < | a ‘ The Commermal says ; The mon., DaARING ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD THE cUsroMsr!:: °* THE CUNNING FRAUD DETECTEDHN!! Toroxto, February 24th, 1866. . |‘ A daring robbery was committed last night | | at the Custom House in this city, Late on Friday a box was entered at the Custom House |. marked " manuscript,". but upon eÂ¥amination | it was found to contain no less than 2631 letâ€" ters, bearing Uni States postage three cent stamjis ; as the lptters were addressed to an* other person thah the phrty in whose name the box was entered, suspicion was â€"excited. . The Custom officer fetained‘ the box, and comâ€" municated with the Government for instrucâ€" tion. He also céimmunicated with the Ameriâ€" can consul, Mr. Thurston, upon the circumâ€" stance, in order| that that gentleman might make inquiries through his Government relaâ€" tive to the letterg. When some of the letters were opened they were found to contain from, two dollars to fixe dollars in greenbacks, and a lottery ticket, purporting to let the drawer of a certiin prizd have it upon payment of a certain price. If was clearly manifest that a huge lottery swigdle had been perpetrated, as the letters had bken sent to their agent, under the address of pne J. Tuttle, in New York State. From a dalculation made by the Colâ€" lector, it is suppbsed that the box of letters contained at theivery least $5,000. This box, upon bring detained, was removed from the examining roomi, in a wooden building, adâ€" joining the Custom House, to an iron vault| immediately under theâ€"Custom House, the: iron door of whi¢h opened into the yard. The key, it seems, wak left in the Appraiser‘s Office, in the examining room. This office was broken into, the key abstracted and the vanlt opened ; the box/containing the letters was also forced open, and nearly the whole of them carried off, This morning a clerk in the establishment found the safe dgor open, and the padlock and key Iying on the ground. ‘The question now is, who committed the robbery. It is suspectâ€" ‘ c:i, of course, that the men who tried to |pass the box through the Customs managed to dis. cover where the key was kept, and succeeded | in committing the burglary. As the funde did not belong to the Government, the public will | be at no 1oss, it being very improbable that the { alleged owner will ever appear to claim the | money. t * A GIGANTIC LOTTERY SWINDLE!! TOROXNTO SPECIAL DESPATCH. THE MILITARY TO CLEAR THE AQUEDUCT. |â€" COL. EMATINGER TO INVESTIGATE _ ~JNTO THE RECENT RAID. Gov, Gordon : cial visit to Lord The New Bru the 8th of March The water calnrnmce' finally decided, after haggling for nearly a week, to call on the solâ€" diers for assigtance to clear the aqueduct, and now have 500 of them at work cuttin* chanâ€" nel ; the supply of water has consequently inâ€" creased, and in a few days we will probably be out of dangzer, A letter from a vince, states that up the vacancies lieve their 2ppo| reâ€"clection® KO CLUE TO THE â€"BURGLARY !!1 Col. Ermatinger and Mr. T. K Ramsay, Crown Prosccutor, left town yesterday, for the purpose of holding an investigation into cirâ€" cumstances of the recent raid on the Stanâ€" ‘brige bank., : KEY STOLEN® AND THE CUSTOM * HOUSE ROBBED!! <= >> LATEST AMERICAN DESPATCHES. FENIAN CONYVENTION AT PITTSBURG MORE ABOUT THE CATTLE PLAGUE REPORTED FAILURE of YVACCINATION â€" _ â€"A8 A REMEDY, COLLISION AND SINKING OF A 8TEAMâ€" h BOAT ON THE OHIO. | THIRTY PERSONS DROWNED:1: DISASTHOS3 FIRE IN BALTIMORE! BY TELEGRAPH. Pirrsstron, 23.â€"A Committeo grenn a report on, the plan submitted by Gen« Steency, after going through discussion it unaminously adopted, the delegates pronti ing and pledging"their circles to support â€" Gén. Sweency with theit last dollar and f:‘ § The statements of the means, men and #, at the command of each circle is now be read. . Money is rapidly flowing â€"into the treasury. ‘The Congress will probably &dâ€" jJourn toâ€"morrow. ~ Nzew York, 23rd.â€"The U. 8. Consuljat Manchester writes under date Fcb, 2nd, t as a last resort, that of vaccination was ¢xâ€" tensively tricd throughout England n cattle, but had totally failed as a preventive in fact the disease was not even miti i The utmost precaution has been used to kdep the epedimic out of Ireland and thus tar thiey have been rather successful | Bax Fraxcisco, 23rd.â€"Mazatian dates to the 15th are received, that port was opened by the Imperial decree. Advices indicate that Maximillians prosâ€" pects.are still depreciating. ; ~ ‘The Imperialists are fortifying Chichvahua, W asusorox,.22.â€"The Senate is not in sesâ€" sion toâ€"day. csd se MONTREAL SPECIAL DESP ATCH ARRIVAL OF GOoYv. GoRrDpox. Mirrevesvicur, G&, 24.â€"The Legislature of this State passed a resolution toâ€"day cordially endorsing the address of Stephens, delivered on Washington‘s birthday, an dordered the adâ€" :reu to be placed on the journals of the ouse. A FAMILY . OP FIVE PERSONS CO® BUMED IN THE FLAMES, Cimomxar: 24.â€"â€"The steamer Zfiliman colâ€" lided with the steamer Nannie Eyresat halfâ€" past 2 o‘clock this morning, near Madison, Ind., sinking the latter vessel almost instantly. Thirty lives are reported lost, The Finance Committee appointed by the State Convention, after a scssion of ”fi.f:z‘-km days, and after hearing the sworn ony in the matter, report that they are unable to find any evidence of fraud, corruption, or imâ€" proper use of the public money by any State official from Gov. Brown down to the lowest official agents, wWANT OF. TELEGRAPH OPERATO + â€"â€" DOWXN soUTH. I Baurnores, 24th.â€"At a fire this morning at six o‘clock, on the corner of 10th and Fayette Streets, a family of five persons were burned to death; their escape being cut off by the flames Nsw Yorx, 24th.â€"Southern telegraph lines are much in need of more experienced and competent operators, and we are authorized to say that a score or two of first rate sound readers will find desirablesituations at healthy cities, by early application to the Supt. of the Southern lines. The great number of very young and incompetent operators in the prinâ€" ciple offices South have much embarrassed both the press and other business over the lines. # Cixcixsat:, 24th.â€"A very large mass t. Ing was held in«Granwood Hall last nig::?n favor of the eight hour reform movement, _|_ _ ‘The Coroner‘® Jury in the case of A. Fd. wards, for shooting 0. Barrag, returned a verâ€" dict of justifiable homicide. _ The caucus of the Republican Senators and Representatives last night was somewhat inâ€" dcfinite, but will be attended with important results,. A majority of these preseut were decidedly opposed to risk a quarrel with the Prosident if it can be avoided. (By rrovisorat LINE) rcliable source in that Proâ€" the Government fear to fill in the Ministry, as they beâ€" ‘rs would be defeated ut the Montreal Feb. 24th. ived here toâ€"day, on an offiâ€" Monek, aswick Legislature open on a | _ Wared U; n heavry, 32 a t Grained 1 pulk fl-'m"(;'"‘ , Cit Gen.| 45 ; z:., atd,l + Calf Skin, #, | (18 to 26 lbs bei Bheep Ski & | tss k foot, 16 4 R'w..‘“ Con English & ul fat | do, Calf Ki« a dozen, $18 : n i. The Commereaal says ; The mon still exhibits the effect of the larges of currency into the ®th, trogwy sales of Gold, Probably from p2 lions of greenbacks and bank notos put back out of the market duripg « week, â€"It is insinuated ih some «g; the object of the Troasury in the of gold is to inducs the Banks 4 their deposits from the Tp asury ; tion precedent to the inangnrati sures of eontraction, How far t may be well founded we know would seem roasonable: to con«Jq Department would not o seriously money . market as lt bas by its . without some important object ot} pended upon ifs surplus coin, an elusion is the more‘ warranted that the: sales hitHerto have beer with care to avoid any disturign; tary affairs" y This morning the demand for mo call was quite active, The calling in of Joans shas ne sharp inquiry which however, is mo much difficulty, at seyen peroent. A large l?vlmt dfcvin is being cire Tâ€"or 8 per cent. * The high fate for call loans has the demand for paper and with a part sure to sell rather highor rates an olt Prime paper sells at T to 8 per . majority at T j to 8. Good passys . 8 to 9 ;‘t |'|’!_l(. : e : 8 to 9 per cent, % « Lower grades are neglepted the rates ; 10 to 15 per cent. ; | * The chief foature of the stock market | large gales of Cleveland u:}m Pittshnrgh, 11 WEEKLYPRICES (‘l‘lfliliNT 1X : TREAL. ‘ Montreal, Eriday, Feb, 23, 1866 The ¢treams and rivers throughout the Provine» are very much lower than they have been for many ears before ; and, in a number of instances, mil, “u for lack of water. The weather ;s now m& a steady thay. . Latest adviess fray Europe were by the S. ®. Moravian, and Cubsâ€" dates being from I.iverp\-:l 10th 'mup,.din. Queenstown to 11th instant. | ; _ 1 ‘The Flour market is steady.‘, No transagtions Grainâ€" on the «pot. l'n-\'hsuu-:-â€"l'.n:?,“] C Meats dull ; Butter Tirmer, <Ashes firm, with o ward tendency for Pots. ~ _ _ * . i in FLOURâ€"Roceipts by railway in wook ending 21« Fobruary, 3,580 barrels, aghinst 6,820 barrds is preceding weekâ€"showlng a decrouse of 3240 bur rols. Totabreceipts from lst January to 218 Felme aty, 36,892 blils., against 38,990 bbis. in correspond hi period of 1865, being a decrease of 2.107 bhis Shipments by all channels in woek ending 21st Fcb ruary, 7,329 bb_l'c, qum} 4,704 blils in correspond ing week of 1865; total shipments from 18t January t:sln Feobruary , 43,540 barrel«, against 41,806 bhis in ooflur‘ln‘ poriod of 1865,â€"being an incrouse of 1,684 bbis. _ A T’u-d donl of FJuur has changed hands since last Friday,â€"takem chia;n{y for" the United States.> ; The market is cleared of Superia Extra,â€"latest trapsactions were at <xtrome sale. Demand for Single Extra continues to be more or less active,â€"sales being chiefly for delivery at otber fi;f No Fancy in market, , Ordinaty Supes Canada Wheat have been in better reyuest this week, while strong brands, on &e‘xt. were dull. No movement reported in city brands of Sup orfine or Welland Canal Flour,â€"quotations there fore continue nominal. â€" Lower grades dull, and in considerable “ll;l"i' Bag Flour searce, quotation are $3 05 a 3 15 per 112 lb«., according‘to quality. PROVISIONSâ€"Butterâ€"Shipments to Liverpal per 8. 8. Damasous, 983 kegs, Choice Dairy is scarce, and the market is being.cloared of the best lots of other grades." * & Cheoseâ€"Considerable #ales this week, beh d l'l&{ and good â€"at the quétations. Cutâ€" Mm -o-inl? % Boofâ€"Market easy» _ % Pookâ€"â€"Receipts small; shinments to Liverped per Damascus, 223 bblw Maurket yery quiet ; prios ouir;lz nominal :â€"fnspected New Mess, $23 & s 24; Thin Me«s, $22 ; l‘ri- Mose, $17 50 & 1*; Prime, $16 50 to 17. s p Lardâ€"Dullat 13 a 146. f Dressed Ho Market steady, recent sales har ranged from 3: a 8 50. per 100 lbs.,.â€"the latiorprice only for very ¢hoice parcels. .. Dob â€"w GENERAD _ PRODUCEâ€" Ashesâ€"Shipment jto Liverpool J-u B. 6. Damasous,â€"Potg, @52 *‘ Poarls, barrofk. kKemaining in store on :Ml.;â€"‘l;.w. 3167 bbl;. ; l’elsh. 1, 194 thik. ‘I.FX; es by the inspectors 1st January to #1st ary,â€"Pots, 3,167 M:l:ef Pearls, 1,1Â¥4 bbis. P# :l;'n boon;n bn-kx::nd at n‘b:nu““mw- range ices fluid for Firsts being $5 8 a $ 974, dmin‘l::: at highext figure; spconds «t ‘Thirds sold at $5 90 a 6, less the usual deducion, the latter price refused for a round lot; Anferisn are in few hands. . Poarls have also been active, & $7 80 a 7 90 for Firsts ; fow «ales of Seconds st # 10 a 8 15, loss a doduction of jthâ€"nono now in wat ‘Fallowâ€"Nominal. Seodsâ€"No transactions in â€"Flaxâ€"seed. Timeb continucs scarce ; $2 60 a 2 75 asked for amail & Some parcels of Rawdon and Wostern Clover har come in during the weok ; price of the former 13 + 17¢,â€"of the latter, 11 a 12e. * LEATHERâ€"A moderate business has been dos d-risn‘s the woek at quotations. . Arrivals of Sps# ish Sole have been light, and dosirable stogk is 1# scarcé at firmer prices. . The demand for Slaughter Sole is gomewhat in excess of the upply, *»# rates are unchanged. â€"In other descriptions there lsnoeh;:-to-lim. i se Hemlock Spanish Sole No. 1: (b. b. 4 {per Ib./#4 a 234 ; do. do. No. 2, 20 a 21, i e 3 u'-zo u;;kslughm. No. 1, 25 a 27; do do, X+ y 20 a 22. Waxed l'an. light and modiam, 34 a 36 ; 4044 heary, 32 a 34. y â€" Grained Upper, 31 a 36. ?liu, large, 26 a 30 ; do., «maill, 15 a 18.« _ z-. w Slaughter, ex quality, (whole), 4 * 45 ; do., iu?,unsb. Calf Bkin, (27 to 36 Tbs) por doren, 70 & 80; 4 (18 to 26 lbs.,) per dozen, 59 a 65. i be Bheep Skin lf:inf. 24 to 28. < Marnoss, 25 a =~ Buffed Oo'.rr loot, 14 to 15. Enamelied * mf«l. 16 to 14. Patentâ€"Cow, per fost, 17 t 18 Cow, per foot, 14 to 15. ho English Satin Calf, per dozon, 20 p. @822 * *‘ do, Calf Kid, dozen, $20 a 32 ; do. G«# J® dozen, $18 a ;;' do. o.‘k‘ zh. por tb., 42 "“f‘j’, Exchangeâ€"Sterli ange during woek at a premium h rates in New ‘city . having advanct) to 8} a 8} premium) discount and counterâ€"rate. * ,ll0mil-. Private bills.nominal. Decumests" ‘u‘ luce, nominal,. _ Bank demand drafv @© New York have varied from 73 a 73%e to the 40â€" lar of U. 8. current funds, dh'll“‘l‘: fum on gold. Gold ....:1 drafts on New: ) city, $ por cent discount.,â€"â€"not now «aleable #t P#" in consequence of Sterling Exchange being ¢"*" there than in Montroal. FREIGHTSâ€"Occanâ€"The steamers‘ rates £9* ’mm Charles to Liverpdol, via Portiand ®" > unchanged :â€"Grain, 8s 6d per 480 lb ; Flass, 4 ’pflbfl;m..fipfl;‘a_; Aubes, (#" cluding cartage,) Pots, 50s gross ten; Pesss «90 \After March 17th the United States tarif will .”‘{\n all arti hitherto free under * treaty . ° omh&i:&e riff on the letd# commodities between the two thies=+ . | )j Boul’uul peas Ashes... Lumber Etaves .. Hides... The duty on Wool is as follows : When costing 12 cents or less p«r3 'm-dq over 12 cents, and _ not Over 24 pOUNd ... esns When costing over 24 cents, abd f + _ sival" 'hofl‘m”efl..-â€"i“":'?'“"" 4 12 per ceat * | / Welland Canal Superfine Wurarâ€"Super No. 1 Canada»...« No 1 Wst@Mn.......»** No. 3 * V use en Woestern 2 beivivangenke Oaysâ€"Per 32 lbs.... Barieyâ€"Por 48 lbs COM ME On the Skin 20 per cent. ad valoro®. movnoren ncmmmmnititiige Ap mm C1 YESTERDAYs MoXTREAL MARKET® snn peb. 4 e e nsl . 1 s ie e s 8 aâ€";;:ma‘ wl AFTER RECIPROCITY T OW 104 l4n "o e to conclafe 41 the xo sctionsly d io thio as. by. its sgleof gold it Object other than 4. us coin, and this con. warratited, by th» fart,. o have been conduct y disturbhante of mo. . demand for Money on F A I, WM. XIVIN 40 per cent? ¢ mt with +4 vA 18 per sest muese enn h "40 ets. per busbe! n ®# " T J2 * t Q15 * is ls * V .. 10 ceut val e o v i * c 30 * lt w sAE > e * ‘if $15 pertonâ€" ‘ 3 conts per * t ‘ml 16 bushels « with NUX 1 15 a ® . q 00 = 1 % 3 s a $ 9 ,”03'," 3 w a 45 3 w » 3 8 35 10 a 4# ll"l"’ ll"l!” 24 i94 " l s w a {® ; pas® * 19 ® & 50 $ 0@ common grades 10 for ‘The oldest 1 is consequent! ‘u‘m“‘M ~.v¢‘.~‘ _,...l,lm tey, &c., is the ‘4 by all Dealers in To us Lan “" fimody © the citizens of larly. that they M{' that Eh SEWINXG W 4n the vory n« ‘They ros} strict atten! to merit a 1i Resipexso®r :â€" Streets. Ottawa, Fob. A * Cough," allowed to prog ary and Bronch 46 m mly the affo stant relief. 1: tarrh they ar lane proved Th February 6, 18 dent on their 1 to give them 4 their own into comfort of the tcine for hore memedy and C cut be no dou Beet stead I'J Cutâ€"ments qui Lard heary at -‘M“ Whost closed « Corn closed du turc of Hurd & Northrop & Ly» tors for the C dealers. Ottawa, Jan. riet Jane, agod 2 ter of the lnte M Highlanders, an< sic in the city of *,* Toronto ai Cin the 31 st «ilt J. H. Passow, E: land, Sarah, reli SHEF NEW Al PARLOR EKE H. Chapit hoenry Ward K. p. Willis, Prof. Kdwar Burgeons in Of the groat l'n’iéfc'i' 00.-;,-': American Inv t m rate equ 4 discount is Photo common Oltawa, Fob, 1 AMERICA sPE who «