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* COUNTY OF PERTH HERALD. 5 mc : Death of C, R. Christie, Esq. | no end of money, and determined to 'rule | to make. We trust that the Goverment " will do |For Dr. Hyde: Hay, Trow, Stewart, | Hibbert, the Rev. Mr. Hamilton. Wallace, The melancholy duty devolves upon us to record the death of C. R. Christie, Esq., late Superintendent of the Western Section of the Grand Trunk Railway, a gentleman widely and favorably known to the general community west of Toronto. The lamented deceased a few days since, was transferred, on account: of ill-health, from the office of Superintendent of the Western Section of the Grand Trunk Railway at Toronto, to a somewhat easier post at Montreal. He had been troubled for a long time with a chest disorder, and lately appeared to fail rapidly --his friends having very little hope of his ultimate recovery. Mr. Christie went to Montreal, and whilst there was seized with inflammation' of the lufigs; every means that medical aid could devise were promptly resorted to, but without avail, for the atient died shortly after seven o'clock'on riday evening last. Always affable, and ever attentive to the arduous duties involved by the responsible position with which he was intrusted, the lamented deceased gathered:around him a circle of friends who truly appreciated his:fine social qualities and benevolent disposition. To the mercantile community west of Toronto, "Mr. Christie was more) immediately known---since' the opening of the Road he had been on terms of intimacy with leading dealers in Western Canada+-and succeeded in making: many friends; not only 'was this popularity noticeable' with regard to the mercantile firms: of this section, but also: among the great mass of employees: on the road, to whom he ever proved himself'a good friend + though a strict and worthy diseliplinarian. Possessed of active business habits, and a persevering will, Mr, Christie discharged his duties® 'to' the Grand Trunk» 'Railway with honesty, fidelity, and satisfaction. Day and night he has been known to sit up, in order to complete designs which promised to advance the interests of the Road; the stern mandates of Nature, however, were dis- obeyed--the physical stamna of a fine man was overpowered and weakened by mental application and close attention to business, andvat the age of forty, or thereabouts, a true friend, a good husband, and a trust- worthy man has passed to the graye, leaving a widow and seven children to mourn their sad bereavement. An Alderman Killed. Alderman D. McPherson, of London, a much respected citizen, was killed on Saturday, last, by the falling upon him of a heavy beam, from a new house which he was building. He is greatly regretted. Referring to the above the London Prototype says :-- We have been informed of a strange co- incidence in the death of the late Alder- man McPherson, which involves the mys- terious to such a degree as to make it one of those unaceountable illusions which some- times occur as a. prescient to some impend- ing fate. The facts abound so much in the 'maryellous, that, were they notgiven on the undoubted authority of the bereaved widow, who now is left to mourn the loss of him whose death was so strikingly revealed to her, we should not attempt to relate them. On the Thursday night previous to his death, the deceased gentleman was awakened by the continued sobbing of his wife, whose cries, though asleep, were distinctly audible to several of the inmates of the house.--- Awakening her, he inquired the reason of her incessant moaning, when she informed him that.she had a dream, in which she saw the two gentlemen, who were afterwards the first to tell her the sad news, enter the house, and, actually inform her of his death, Every circumstance was so vivid, that she remarked it as something peculiar, and be- sought him, on the Saturday morning, when he went away, to be careful of himself, as she felt certain that something unusual would shortly occur. True in her pre- monition, he never returned alive, and on the Rey. Mr. Scott and his friend, Mr. Lester, entering her house on the same evening, to inform her of his death, she did not wait for their announcement, but holding up her hands in despair, said, " Is he dead ?" and without waiting for an answer, fell ex- hausted on the floor. The sad coincidence of the actual circumstances as they occurred, with the dream, marks it one of the strangest on record." ENGLAND's READINESS FOR War.--The London correspondent of the New York Times writes :--" War or no war, the Eng- lish Government means to be ready to maintain its power on the sea, and hold its own against France on the water, if not on the land. Great efforts are making to strengthen the navy. Wngland has now more 'than one thousand ships of war. There are 975 without including blockships, floating-batteries, bomb-vessels, &. Of these, 72 are ships-of-the-line, of 74 to 121 guns ; 42 of 60 to 74 guns; 92 steamers of 22 to 46 guns ; 25 screw corvettes of 21 guns; 185 screw gunboats of 3 Armstrong guns. Besides the other iron-clads, there have just been launched the Achilles, 35 of 6,080 tons; the Ocean, 32 of 4,450 tons; the Moniteur, 50, of 6,621 tons ; the Hec- tor, 32, of 4,063 tons, and four smaller ones, Eleyen more iron-clads are in pro- gress,.and. twenty-one others of various kinds are on the stocks, besides a aquadron of gunboats at Portsmouth. Mr. Bull is a deal bothered about ships and artillery ust now, but he works away, squandering the waves." Liver Compraint, DysPEpsta.Jaun- dice, Nervous Debility, and all Diseases arising from a disordered Liver or Stomach, such as Constipation, Piles, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Fulness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Hructations, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering of the Heart, Choking Sensation when lying down, Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Sudden Flushes of Heat, and Great De- pression of Spirits, are speedily and perman- ently cured by HoorLANb's GERMAN Bir- TERS, sold by all druggists and dealers in medicines in the United States and Canadas. Duarte or Eart or Cuartemwont.--This noble- man, the son of the leader of the Volunteers in 1782, expired about two o'clock on Saturday morning, at) his residence, Marino, Clontarf, in the 90th year of his age. His Lordship was born on the 4th of January, 1714, and was the only surviving member of the Irish House of Peers, in which he sat for one year. The deceased nobleman succeeded his father in the year 1799, and previous to his accession to the title, he' re- presentedArmagh in the Irish House of Commons. His nephew, the Hon. Colonel Caulfeild, suc- ceeds to the title borne by the deceased peer The body was removed from Marino on Thurs- day morning, for interment in Armagh.--Nation, Jan; '2. Ax Onp Covurets.--A few days gince a re- spected farmer in West Nissouri, aged eighty- two years, was joined in the holy band of wed- lock to Catharine Garner, of the same township aged seventy-eight years. We learn that an accident occurred on the C, & N. W. Railway on Saturday evening at Milton Junction. A passenger train standing on a side track, and right abreast of the ladies' car stood the locomotive Gladiator, on the main. track. The locomotive exploded although haying but 96 pounds of steam on, tearing out one side of the passenger car, killing six persons, and scald- ing many others. , HypROPHOBIA FROM A MonKeEyY's Biren. --Mr. Goggin, a confectioner of Limerick, was bitten by a pet monkey, The skin of his little finger only was slightly torn, but the wound seemed a mere scratch and at first gave him no 'pain.--He soon felt, however, a sort of irritation in his wrist. It gradually extended to the parts adove the elbow, and they' became swollen. Medical men were then called in, when it was discovered that the patient exhibited symptoms resembling those of hydrophobia. He died after suffering great pain. The monkey some time before had killed and eaten a dog. Wuo.is N. H. Downs ?--He is, or, rather, was a public benefactor, a philan thropist,. Heis now dead, but he has left behind him a monument more lasting than brass or marble. His memory is enshrined in the hearts of a grateful: people, and_ his Balsamic Elixir is or ought to. be a. house- hold treasure in every family. Itis a cer- tain cure for coughs and colds. See ad- vertisement in another column. John F. Henry & Co. Proprietors, 303 St. Paul St. Montreal, C. E. ASSAULTING THE PoLiozn.--About half- past two.o'clock yesterday morning four fellows went to the house of Tilly Phair, Queen Street, and -raised a disturbance at the door because they were refused admittance. Constables Learden and Maguire very quietly ordered them to make less noise and leave the place. This they, would not do, but commenced abusing the policemen inno very polite terms, and swore that they would ' pitch into' them if they offered to arr/st them. Nothing daunted by their threatening language, the constables proceeded to take the fellows into custody, when they re- sisted, aud a fierce struggle was the result; One of the rowdies drew a large dirk knife, and threatened to bury it into the first policeman who Iaid a hand on him. Notwithstanding that it wag four against two, the policemen were more 'hem a match for them, and were giving the chaps a sound drubbing, when two of them took to their heels and " skedaddled." The other two also attempted to escape, but the policemen "pinned" them and took them to No 3 station, where they were locked up for the night. Yester- day morning 'they were brought before the Police Magistrate, when they gave their names as Michael Sweeny and George Humphries, They were fined $40 and costs each, which they paid, and left the court, having learned a lesson which they will not be very likely to forget. They are all notoriously bad characters, and it is a great pity they were not sent to goal for six or eight months instead of being fined, Last evening the Policemen having received information regarding the whereabouts of the other two fellows, went in search of them, and suceeded in arresting one of them in a house kept by a woman named Cary Watson,on Queen- street. He was taken to No. 3 Station. The one still at large is the worst of the party. Up to midnight he had not been arrested. One of the policemen who were attacked by the fellows had his eye badly injured by that process known amongst "roughs" as " gouging.' Three of the fellows are "skedaddlers" from Buffalo and the other is known as one of the worst characters in the city, TIME WILL TELL.--Yes, that is the sure test. That whick does not appear plain to- day, may be thoroughly cleared up in a short time. Our certainties or uncertainties are all to be decided by time, which never fails to bring out the truth or falsity of any matter. For five yeara the Vermont. Lini- ment has been before the public and their verdict has always been steadily in its favor. Use it for pains both internally and exter- nally. It is warranted. John F. Henry & Co. Proprietors, 303 St. Paul St. Mon- treal C. E. A Jewisn Cotony in Canapa.--The unsettled state of Poland begins to produce the effects which are generally the consequence of political disturbance ; two hundred Polish Jews, we learn, lately arrived at Quebec from Ham- burg; they intend to form acolony in the country near Ottawa.--Jewish Chronicle. Tue Derences. or Canapa.--Colonel Jervois, of the Royal Engineers, has just returned to Eng- land, after an inspection of certain important points connected with the defeuce of British pos- sessions in America, which as was stated in this journal some time ago, hewas officially ordered something" where so much is needed. Surely Parliament will not refuse to listen to wisdom and moderation. Quebec is now rela- tively much weaker than it was in the days of Montcalm or Montgomery. The sea board is almost bare, Great interests are at stake --angry papers are at work--a steady spirit of encroachment animates & powerful nation, to whom our fisheries are objects of envy and de- sire, and we may all be on the eve of a war in which a general scramble can be made with com- parative impunity.--4rmy and Navy Gazette. County Council Proceedings, Second day. January 27th, 1864. The Council met at half-past two o'clock, P.M. All the members were present. A report was submitted from the Com- mittee appointed to report upon the duties of officers and their salaries, signed by D. D. Hay, Chairman. .--The Committee re- ported as follows:--That the Warden re- ceive a salary of $100,. and. attend at the County Clerk's office every Tuesday. That rthe County Clerk receive a salary of $400 and attend at his office every Tuesday and Friday. That the County Treasurer re- eeive a salary of $700, including all percent- ages, and attend at his office'every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and: Saturday," That the County Engineer receive $400. a-year for which he is to superintend all repairs to be done on the County roads, &¢. 'That the County Auditors" bepaid'$40 each. That the Jail Physician 'be paid $100--all medicines furnished to prisoners to be at his own expense. That the'Solicitors be paid $80. To advise and instruct the County Council on 'all County matters. 'That' one County Superintendent be appointed to visit all the schools in the County, and that he be' paid $5 for each school he visits, and $1.50 for each day he attends the sittings of the County Board, and: 124 cents per mile for every mile. he has to travel' going to meetings of Board of Public Instruction. That the keeper of the Court House and County offices, &c., be paid $40. 'That the messenger of the County Council be paid $1.50 a-day for éach day the Council are in session. That each member of the Council be paid $1.50 a-day tor every day they sit, and 124 cents per mile for every mile travelled in coming to attend the Council. The Clerk having read the report, the Warden called Mr. Fishleigh to the chair, the Council went into a committee of the whole to consider the several parts and name the officers. WARDEN, No amendment was made to the report. COUNTY CLERK. Moved" by Mr. Trow, seconded by Mr. Hay: That Mr. Stewart Campbell be County Clerk. doy Moved in amendment by Mr. Harrison, seconded by Mr. Gooding : That Mr, J.D. Macdonald be County Clerk. For the. motion:--Messrs. Hay, Trow, Stewart, Wilker, Clyne, Carroll, Gardner, Hushon,: Kastner, Roe, Ford, Boulton, Jones and Box, For the amendment : Stoney, Murray, Watson McKee, Monteith, Mitchell, David- son, Stanley, Gooding and Harrison. Mr, Campbell was, consequently, re-appointed. TREASURER. On motion of Mr. Harrison, Mr. Mc- Gregor was re-appointed Treasurer. ENGINEER, On motion of Mr. Mitchell, seconded. by Mr. Ford, Mr, Kirk was continued County Engineer. : * AUDITORS. Moved by Mr. Trow, seconded by Mr. Stoney: That G@.W. Lawrence be County Auditor. Moved in amendment by Mr. Mitchell, seconded by Mr. Kee: That Thos. Olark be Auditor. Moved in amendment to the amendment by Mr. Jones, seconded by Mr. McKee: That Mr. William Smith, 'of Mitchell, be Auditor. On the vote being taken in order Mr. Clark had a majority. " JAIL SURGEON's REPORT. A report was submitted by Dr. Shaver shewing that the prisoners confined in the County Jail during the past year had not required much medical or surgical treat- ment. Only two prisoners had died and they had been admitted in a dying state. Most of the diseases requiring treat- ment were produced from irregular. habits, and such persons were committed for breach of the peace--intemperance or unsoundness of mind. Very little medicine was re-, quired. The quantity of stimulants. re- quired was very little--only one, bottle of port wine and one of brandy was used; JAIL SURGEON. e Moved by Mr. Mitchell, seconded by Mr. McKee : that Dr. Paget be Jail'Surgeon for the present year. Moved in amendment by Mr. Trow, seconded by Mr. Hay': that Dr. Hyde be Jail Surgeon. Moved in amendment to the amendment by Mr. Harrison, seconded by Mr. Box : that Dr. Shaver be Jail Surgeon. On the amendment, and the amendment to the amendment being put Dr. Hyde hada majority. On the amendment and motion being put, the result was m~ follows: «For Dr. Paget : Stoney, Clyne; Murra Roe; Watson, McKee, Monteith," Mitel Ford, Davidson, Kee, Jones, Stanley; Good- ing and Harrison--15. Wilker, Carroll, Gardner, Hushon, Kastner, Boulton, and Box--10. Dr. Paget, conse- quently, was appointed. Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded' by Mr. Mitchell : that Messrs. Carrall and MeCul- loch be County Solicitors. Moved in'amendment by Mr. Trow, seconded by Mr. Box : that Messrs. Lizars & Macfarlane be County Solicitors. Mr. Trowremarked, in order, we sup- pose, to affect some of the new men, that he did not want to have men in that position who had put the County to over $1000 ex- pense ! For Carrrall & McCulloch: Stoney, Hay, Clyne, Murray, Roe, Watson, MeKee, Monteith; Mitchell, Ford, Davidson, Bol- ton, Kee, Jones, Stanley, Gooding and Harrison--17, For Lizars & Macfarlane : Trow, Stewart, Wilker, Carroll, Gardner, Hushon, Kastner, and Box--8. «. LOCAL SUPERINTENDENTS. ". Moved.in amendment to the report by Mr. Monteith, seconded by Mr. Watson : that eight Local School: Inspectors. be ap- pointed and that the sections remain ag they were last year. Mr. Monreirm thought the change pro- posed in the:report was not required: He was in favor of allowing the sections to re- main as they are and appoint a Docal Superintendent for each, . Mr, Hay ORES the present system very. inefficient, The duties ofa Local Superintendent. were not attended. to,--it ws merely a bow in and-a. bow out, He was not aware of any lectures. having been delivered in any of the Schools. If one competent person was appointed to visit all the Schools, in the County he would pre- pare himself to deliver lectures and he would look after the interests of the Schools much better than when the matter was left in the hands of eight. When the thing was divided among so many it was worth very little to. each, whereas if one person had the duties to perform it would make it of sufficient importance to engage 'his special attention. The present system' was very expensive and the interests of the Schools were neglected. Mr. Monrerrn believed there were many Counties which had adopted the same sys- tem we had, and he understood it worked well. He had heard no complaints from any of the Townships against it and so far as he could judge of the matter in this County it was found to be both satisfactory and efficient. : Mr. KAstNER was opposed to making any change' in the present system. So far as he knew it worked well. He preferred having Religion or Sectarianism taught in our schools rather than Deism or Atheism. Mr. Hay was in favor of a change in this on the same principle he would 'de- mand a reform of our present municipal sys- tem. The, County Council..was composed of too many members,,. It would be better if there .were but. twelve instead of twenty- six. It was by this sort of cumbersome machinery that our money was. uselessly wasted. ; Mr. Monrerru could not agree with Mr. Hay. Had the different municipalities of the County been properly represented at the time, the. probability was that the large Railway. debt incurred here- tofore would not now be hanging as a dead weight upon the taxpayers, Mr. Forp thought the interests of edu- cation should be held paramount to every other consideration in this matter. He was in favor of a layman being appointed as Superintendent. In our County Board there were too many. He had heard com- plaints from teachers to the effect that the Examiners were unable in many instances to agree among themselves, which caused delay and trouble to the teachers. He con- sidered the present system too expensive. Tn some parts of the County the Local Superintendents did not do their duty. Mr. Trow was glad that Messrs. Hay and Ford had commenced to study economy. He would have been better pleased had they commenced before By-Law 91 was initiated. It was almost too late now. As regarded education he thought the talk about econ- omy was out of' place. He heard no fault found with the present system. So far as he knew it worked well: If eight could not perform the duties well, it was unreason- able to expect that one could do it. Mr. Forp said he could name a man who had performed the duties well ard satisfactorily and could do so again, Mr. Wm. Rath of Mitchell. Mr. Carro.t was in favor of the change. If it was difficult to find one man compe- tent to the task it must be much more diffi- cult to find eight. He did not think clergymen particularly adapted for such a position, Mr. Mircueiy spoke in favor of the change. If there was but one man he would take more interest in the matter and attend to his duties better than where it was left to so many. The pay: he would receive would make it worth the trouble. The. clause of the report recommending only one School Superintendent for the whole County was amended and the old system adopted. LOCAL SUPERINTENDENTS. The following gentlemen were then ap- pointed Superintendents of schools for the present year: Downie and Ellice, the Rev. E. Patterson. North and South Easthope, the Rey. A. A. Drummond. Tullarton and the Rev, Mr. Miller. Mornington, the Rey. Thos. Lowry. Elma, the Rey. Mr. Renwick. Logan, the Rev, W. B. Rally, Blanshard, the Rey. J. Smith, GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUSTEES, On motion of Mr. Monteith the Rey. E. Patterson and Robert Moderwell, Esq., Sheriff, were appointed Trustees of Strat- ford Grammar School. No Grammar School Trustee to rec¢ive pay for attending at the sittings of the Board of Public Instruction, unless he be a Local Superintendent. On motion of Mr. Harrison, Messrs. T. B,. Guest and John Adair were appointed trustees of the St. Mary's Grammar School. KEEPER OF COURT HOUSE AND COUNTY : OFFICES, On motion of Mr. Monteith, Mr. Robert Kay was appointed to this office. Mr, Mon- teith expressed himself'as perfectly satisfied with the way in which Mr. Kay had attend- ed to the duties of this office during the past year. On motion of Mr. Stoney, that clause of the report fixing the salary of the keeper at $40 was amended by making it $60. COUNCIL 'MESSENGER. Mr. Robert Boyd, on motion of Mr. Ford, was appointed to this office. SUPERINTENDENTS OF SEPARATE SCHOOLS. Mr. Hay, wished. to. know if it was in- tended that Superintendents were to be paid for visiting Separate Schools 2? The Chief Superintendent had the power to name per- sons to visit such schools if he chose. It was considered they for such visits. The Warden resumed the chair and asked "Shall the report be passed as amended?" Mr, Hay, "No!" It was. then moved again that only one: Superintendent be ap- pointed for the whole County. Mr: Wm. Rath was named as 'a proper person. 'The Report as amendea in Committee was passed, -- es DICTIONARIES FOR THE SCHOOLS. Moved by Mr. Trow, seconded by. Mr. were not entitled' to pay | Carroll, that. the Clerk be instructed. to paTchi a sufficient. number of Worcester's nabridged Dictionaries to. supply each Schoolin the County with acopy--lost. : Moved by.Mr.Trow, seconded by. Mr. Wilker, that Superintendents of Schools be required to furnish the Council with Annual Reports of the Schools under their care-- carried. og a STANDING COMMITTEES, A report was submitted 'by' the Commit- tee appointed to select the Standing Gom- mittees for the year as follows :--Commit- tee on Roads and Bridges. Messrs. Hay, Gooding, Boulton, Carroll, Watson, Jones and Box. Finance Committee: Messrs. Ford, Trow, Fishleigh, Harrison, Mitchell, Stoney and Kee. Committee on Schools and Education : Messrs, Stoney, Murray, Davidson, Carroll and Harrison. Commit- tee on County Property: the Warden, Fishleigh, and Trow. Jail Committee : Messrs. Jones, Harrison, Fishleigh, Mit. chell, Trow, Carroll, and Ford. PRESENT JAIL CONDEMNED: A Report was submitted from' Mr. J. I. Ferris, 'Prison Inspector, informing the Council that he had' lately visited the Jail and found it in abad state, and that unless some move were' made'during the present Session of the Council he would feel it to be his duty to report that the Jail was un- safe, and advise the removal of the prison- ers. Sent' to Jail. committee. f SOLICITOR'S REPORT. A report was submitted from Messrs. Car- ral & McCulloch saying a new mortgage had been taken from Cashin for $1327 27, being the amount due by him to the County. It also referred to the Orr property lately sold in Mitchell and the ease of Brown ws the County--no judgment given yet. Re- ferred to Finance Committee. CONSOLIDATION OF THE COUNTY DEBT, &0. Moved by Mr. Hay, seconded by Mr. Stoney, that a Committe of ten be appointed consisting of Messrs. Harrison, Trow, Car- roll, Ford, Fishleigh, Mitchell, Gooding, Hay, Jones and the Warden, to. take into consideration the expenditure contemplated under By-Law, 91, and other expenditures that may be required in other sections of the County. Also the best means. of meet- ing present liabilities; and to suggest some general scheme for-congplidating the whole County debt. " BY-LAW, 91, REPEALED. Moved by Mr, Trow, seconded by Mr. Box, that leave be granted to ehokws a By-Law to repeal By-Law, 91; and that the County pay the costs of the plaintiffs, as between attorney and client, in the Chancery suit instituted against said By- Law--carried, A By-Law, No. 93, was then passed repealing By-Law, 90, and 91. On motion of Mr. Ford the Secretary of Board of P. Instruction was ordered to fur- nish, the Council before the close of the present session, with a statement of the ex- penses of said Board for the year 1863. GOVERNING BOUNDERIES. - .On motion of Mr. Fishleigh, the Warden was instructed to sign a Te eh praying the Legislature to amend 'the law regulat- ing the practice of Land Surveyors, so, as to explain more clearly its meaning i Bounderi 0..as reference to Governing petition to be forwarded to Mr. Ma for presentation to Parliament, -