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Newmarket Courier, 14 Apr 1870, p. 2

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THE NEWMARKET COURIER THURSDAY APRIL Atlantic Cable April Tho Tim Government rind baa foundered at sea boats containing crew reached Worth A third boat has not yet been heard of London April today in an editorial on boat race Bays pub to weary success which bad become by repetition tjin la im mensely popular and tho public satisfaction is and It today that Sir Stafford contemplated to Canada has relation to tho Red River diffi- Qpeehbtown April A mason working on tho pew cathedral in this wan to day by police Fenian Ho had concealed withheld April from Bar celona is highly important Advices received that troubles broken out hero with renewed violence rioters had congregated a abort distance out of tho city and had thrown up Captain General lias notified tho Government that ho is not enough to attack them and is inforocmente Gen Prim baa sent to to toko of national troops In tbo Cortes today from Captain General of Cuba was read an nouncing the light of Jordan tho insur gent commanderinchief surrender of many rebels and execution of others and declaring rebellion at an end Cortes adopted a vole of thanks to Captain General and Army Navy and Volunteers of Cuba London April umi is trial trip of tho Vanguard her to bo the of armoured ships She a fraction under fifteen knots per hour Liverpool April The AngloAm Company in response to petition of Liverpool merchants promised to run a direct telegraphic from here to Valencia Messages from America will not then bo delayed by trans- mission first to London as is case at present Liverpool April City of Durham Bailed today for Halifax was a northerly and keep a sharp lookout for the City of Apprehended Fenian JIohtbeal April In consequence of information received by Government of early movements among tho fevered rentier and Other corps beta directed to bold them- Ives ready for active of Troop of city tamed out bis men at tbo drill I on Sunday afternoon when served out orders given to bo prepared to march at oclock this morning Only one trooper was absent It troop will proceed cither to St Armandor Huntingdon Telegraphic- orders were also cent to commanding Battalion of liugdon Borderers and to Colonel commanding Battalion or Hangers to place their men arms find bo pre pared for any American order On Sunday to Major Stevens Troop of Slier- Cavalry and tlio Cookehiro Mount ed under Winder in addition to troops already called out Instructions been sent to fol lowing corps of Volunteer Militia to hold themselves ready for immediate vis or Hay Corps iiiiii liter Station ten WE VAST I how things getting on in country they bad left weeks before fol lowing day they IcaTorontoforOttawo to Isy bo before jetting on train fol low lug reflation arid enthusiast- adopted by a number of friends ho had gooo to the elation to bid tbcra Odbyo That we Ilia citizens of To ronto In parting with our Rod River guests beg to our full recognition of their to and Bufferings in tbo UN MI Of Mortgaged Pre New April James GibbonB President of the Fenian Senate has issued an official notification to the Brotherhood warning them not to pay attention to any report they may hostile to the coming congress at Chicago which will be held on tbo in fit and will bo the only legitimate representation of the Fen ian organization General Michael Ker- Fenian Secretary of War has re signed being bole and between the casing an old wallet containing gold and silver coins notes and valuable value of building has been used for a great many years as a hotel and the wallet bos lain in its hiding place probably for a long while and was undoubtedly the proceeds of robbery Havana April 7 Official despatches have been received from Captain General do at Puerto Principe announcing a great reaction in the insurrectionary district in favour of the Spaniards CHICAGO April Mr and Mrs 111 wcuinr hy and Johns commanding the Battery of Garrison Artillery at St Johns has also been ordered to be prcpar to move on It expected that three Batteries of Montreal Garrison Artillery will bo ordered out to day with Col Steven- Field Battery be prepared to upon frontier lid Government bad information that the raids wero planned for Thursday Friday next Montreal April 11 Captain Troop of left at oclock this afternoon for Huntingdon and Hommingford bore is scarcely any with respect to tho Fenian movement and any do not any raid will bo at- A lcUr hat iada of Fenian supplies arrived lately St Albans and wero forwarded to Ottawa April Acting on in formation that a Fenian raid is threatened on the Eastern frontier this week General Lindsay in conjunction with the Militia Department has already called out about one thousand men of tbo active Militia in counties of and Mississ- who arc at their rs contiguous to tbo frontier and are to at a moments notice In addition it was decided today to call out about four thousand more men of Active Militia in the Province of Quebec Tbcso men will hold themselves in readi ness and if necessary will probably be concentrated at Montreal compan ies composing this call will taken as near to the frontier There is deal of excitement along tbo frontier in the counties of and if any raid takes place it will probably be at the point at which it took place in C6 viz between St Armand and Those stand of arms about which much has been said the last few to be utilized on this occasion The DeputyAdjutant Generals for the Province of Quebec have tonight to carry out these orders It appears that no points in Ontario are threatened at present but as a measure of precaution the Government have called Volunteer Company who are to do duty as mounted ifanfry along the Detroit River below The Deputy Adjutant General for not yet left The University float Haw of will work a trial prepared to do I kinds of work In their Una n a as pointing graining hanging of Canada and pbfltically throughout troubles to try stoutest to insure the loyal people Mom of tho no of a which itself every thing detcBls shall be to by insulting proposilaat foot of a throne how to protect its subjects rid Iho and btver lacks for tbo arrived at Ottawa way of met at tbo frontier by Mr Chief of bis men who In they appear to Bay anything that may any way Wo learn fihlinj of Newmarket in conned making I Good Friday evening la generally Do Vo cal nod music open too at Pro- to to tlie ivnxl the County Clerks refuse to enroll coloured men as voters untH the opinion of the Au General of the Clerk at Sacramento congratulating him on Mb refusal to enroll coloured people voters under the 15th Amendment stat ing that they will support him with all the moral and if needed all the physical force God Shocking Death A dreadful case of suicide occurred on Friday night the at oclock in Montreal The victim was Adeline aged 18 belonging to St On Wednesday morning she went to live at the house of Madame Bruno wife of fine Perrault No Notre Dame Yesterday evening deceased with Madame and two young men had together in the upper room of tho which is a large flat divided sleep ing rooms by partitions of an unfinished After the girl got up from intended for a warehouse There the fortunate woman laid on the floor the child of Madame which she was Dominion at present is in a state of great excitement and very justly so account of murder of a Canadian the villain who calls himself Pre dent of the Rod River Territory tbo great North West and ere long find he has made a mistake that can rectified by small fVinii hi- are at present at Ottawa interview with Government A thor oughly aroused and indignant people will now take the in band and wo be lieve no time will be lost before an expedi tion to that region is armed equipped and on the way to the of disturbance In instances Government have been preparing for months past and now orders for horses waggons neces sary harness and equipments for transpor- have bean given out to bo ready in weeks this looks like business and a fortunate business wo hope ay prove to bo Indignation meetings have been held throughout country attended by lens of thousands of tho right a men who not nature to sit down with an insult of this kind thrown in their face the news of the shooting of a Briton because he w Force and with parties jeopardise th however that people a good deal more tlcrB being moat of them to a rule stalwart ant rugged They expected troops would sent in a few from what they had heard but hoped tjiia would not bo case as there would surely be fighting great daughter Regarding mu of said he stood by when it was done but refused listen to any ex planation as bo was coming to Canada Ii the propositions they had como to to the Government were agreed to or modi fied Ihey to return they said to hem to Council at Fort Garry before they could say they would bo copied and thought ho could got there in sixteen days but if thjj Government would not listen to thcif demands or propositions they would leave the country as soon as as they did not feel here deal of talk was some time ago as to what nation was mistress American and annexation stating freely that Britains on the wane her war fleet was or third rate her merchant a with a Mechanics nail holiday doubt bo glad to avail them- A upon us today and complained that he bud no ad Cocnreit for three and wished now the lie did not get hie regularly told him and now tell all who their paper at tb jove or other post office that i mailed and in audi a manner mistake la Impossible on our part and tin If any with the delivery office W itr ill Ictus know at any they their paper or It come and know bow to act postoffice whether another or Whether or not Is r tohi ho has improper being bound heart unci part of tho a In the Hiding will nothing with great party baa been mode a who have political far tc oiled ill to much help i independent favour or an Dear Sib A Society baa been formed in ill city for the purpose of placing the age gland to fill want felt In thin kind lady of A Modern Bluebeard of the murder of his fourth at Dr Is a of New Jersey and was bora near At ago of fourteen bo wag known as be Boy Preacher end con tinued in tbo Ministry until thirty of when ho engaged in practice of medicine Dr came to miter Newark ten ago and opened a dispensary No Broad He had lived in Trenton where his first wife a lady of had died suddenly of Mercurial rheumatism of the heart was about a Doctor moved to Newark Ho professed to cure perrons of diseases by tholayingonof hands out that he was seventh son of a ith boo and by bis botanic dispensary in carrying on a profitable S3 He dressed in black had fl heavy beard and long well cared for He made the of a young of wealth and married her igainst the wishes of her relatives Mrs Potts brought her husband a considerable property which he squandered After his marriage he lived four in New- orb and forced to because of the which the death of the Utter their in tl etiitnn tie v if would give them a noli- in your lition til fin The Situation In Ireland rdulgcd of se teinporar London April Notwithstanding the great pressure brought to bear upon the Conservancy of Thames to allow the ate steamers to folio ib a London poured out its hundreds of thousands of people to witness tin id tbo numbers were inei parties from the country brought by trains from all directions Among the spectators were the Prince which Oxford w- taken by the friends of Cambridge that eagerly to his country and would not the flag of a rebel cannot sit easily on a Brit- mind and will be to fi ad vent iu action ball has been set motion and before it stops the career of the self constituted President Roil and his gang will have ceased to exist y fast declining and her course would henceforth bo downward We believe visit of Monarch a sample lip of Britains declining war fleet set good many minds at rest on that on and the following figures may per haps set a good many more at rest as who is yet mistress of the in a com point of view Britain is not yet on her downward and to all appear ances shows no sign that respect One of tho most remarkable features in the growth of the British merchant navy is the enormous superiority of the steam fleet to that of any other country in the world In the year 1869 tbo British Empire of lSi to JIU 36856 to Hamburg The total for the United States is not given but it tons in and the trade shortly before the start the odds had to to4 on Oxford The excitement of the waiting multitudes as the hour for the start approached At exactly 5 oclock the Oxonians from their boathouse at Putney and an ovation from the spectators al most equal to that given iho Oxford four when they came out against the last year Tho men rested on their in midstream nearly eight minutes when the made their appearance and took a position on the Middlesex side of the river They also had a most en thusiastic reception from the multitude and seemed la splendid condition An oven Start was effected and the boats went the table and walked out of the room into off with a strong tide in their favour the open hall or passage which runs round Aqueduct yards the Cantab began to the building and fronts the street The gain and when they reached Craven Cot tage threequarters of a mile they were half a length ahead Here Oxford spurt ed and kept it up for some distance their friends on shore wildly cheered them but without effect the momentary struggle turned in favour of the though the latter were evidently rowing their and at Hammersmith Bridge Cambridge was clear of Oxford Under arch the Oxonians again spurt ed and succeeded in reducing the gain of their opponents to half a leoglb A struggle followed in but as they passed the Islo of Ait miles the Oxonians began to fude and the fresh rapidly drew in front and the Only a single cry of escaped her lips before she fell on the sidewalk headforemost and was instantly killed It seems to uncertain Whether the young girl really threw her self from the window or fell accidentally when about to the window- Tho window opened down to the floor tin affair may been accidental but one being present it is impossible to She lived as a servant with Mr till opening of navigation when said fihe was going to a brother ii Boston An inquest was held when the Death verdict of Accidental The a of reached tho mo of the race baa been but it is now authoritatively elated 20 and seconds It said the Imperial Government bear the entire expense of the expedite Red River Oh the instant first instance of the Irish Coercion Bill was put into at Dundalk The there suppressed the edition of a Farmers mac containing seditious language It is believed by those capable of form- 5 judgment in this respect that the City of Boston collided with one of thejecbergs so numerous to the northcast of Cape Race and went down when only two or threo days out from Halifax Tee Toronto Daily Telegraph appeared in full mourning last Taesday morning on account of the death of Mr Daniel Morrison one of its principal editors who died at bis residence Toronto on Monday last Deceased was a native of Inverness Scotland became to this country when quite a young man and has been connected with press both in Canada and the United States for a great number of years He was one of- the most vigorous writers in tbo Dominion and bis equals few that respect on this continent A Fenian Congress is session in the city of Chicago at which there are one hundred delegates present In Montreal on the evening of Monday last orders were given out and notices posted requesting the to turn out for active service The city corps em brace the Grand Trunk Brigade Steven- field Battery Garrison Artillery Prince of Wales rifles Captain Kennedys engineers Mount Royal rifles light infantry Victoria rifles and should Col Fenian Commander- Chief reported to arrived at Albans and an unusual muster is notice able among Fenian circles throughout the States Parties on the Canadian sid Montreal have received letters and friends asking them to over to the American side for protection as an invarion was imminent Deb and Lynch have arrived in this country from Red River and received with great enthusiasm They attended a monster indignation meeting Toronto at which it is estimated 10000 people were in attendance and words Rock of above In the Inllbyanurx her of the pupils passer off very pleat During t number of ng Indies in con he lit Am a handsome pho cental die a group COUNCIL This Board met at Forsyths Hotel or Monday evening last Members present Caldwell and Esq Reeve occupied chair Minutes of previous meeting read and proved laid before the verbal request made by Mr grocer to bo allowed to widen the side walk iu front of his shop The Council in consultation said they had no objection to Mr Davis request providing the street was not obstructed or the drain interfered with Evidge he and A J Mc- had let out the getting of timber for the contemplated market buildings Mr Allan from the Jfewmarkct Fire Com pany before the Council on behalf of the Company and stated that the men were dissatisfied at iheir place of meeting being left so long in the disorderly state it was caused by military stores left about the room and a resolution had been passed at their last meeting to lay the matter be fore be Council asking them to provide a suitable room a place of meeting Moved by seconded by that the from the Fire Company be received and that the Reeve be authorized to notify the Quarter master to have tbo stores remqvedCar- liod Mi Engineer of the Fire Brigade after which the Council adjourned- and pant supply the Coubieb Mr lately employed in Smith Sutherland Co r copy books at present a tale at t kinds hooka with headlines c of rnings and threatenings in certain districts have in fact become so alarming that strong powers are given to the try for the repression of disorder There has indeed been more than one allusion by the British Government to the possibility of widespread and terrible Of course the portions of the is land where this of things exists are well defined and there is in others a loyal feeling which may be reasonably counted on But there is too much certainty that the situation is one of danger and that it calls for vigorous watchfulness At the same time the both here and Great Britain that Ireland is to be treated with a cruel harshness by a government which professes a to act toward her only in a spirit of enlightened benevolence are manifestly absurd The sense of the British people however is not likely to be led astray by this cookoo cry and has its demands to make upon the subject In giving to the Irish reforms the disestablishment of the Irish Church and the land reform the Govern ment aimed at the two chief grievances of which they complained Whether these grievances were exaggerated or not is now tin people con- liijt reel Its and improvident of the Irib is responsible for much of the wretchedness of bis life and that no gifts of fortune could altar that character No matter whether it be or not the reforms are one given the other in progress And yet new and extraor dinary measures of enforcing order are found necessary Is it that there are otliir influences at work inimical to and that the frantic appeals aid the other day that the Irish question a new element the Ami The truth is that in the settlement of difficulties the British no jurisdiction in sentimental states manship That very considerable portion of the British Press which demands- th while justice is offered order shall be is mct unquestionably right other than the island but where there is sedition and crime they must be punished thing less would be just to the loyal Irish who are injured by the insane violence of call this countbeing given of The Doc tor then went to to and married a Katie King who died two years without apparent cause About one year ago he was mar ried to a Miss Elizabeth Moore of Janes- Wisconsin After living with her sir months she was in turn killed her death having been the result of poison ad ministered by her husband pretence of giving her a medical preparation Upon bis trial for this murder the Doctor testi fied in own behalf and gave an explan ation of the circumstances surrounding death of his wife The jury found him guilty of the charge and the Judge sentenced him to the State Prison for the term of his natural life Y Timet Another Statement about Scotts Murder about the death of Mr Scott details of which are new rumour got out that Scott was to be shot nobody could believe ven when it was announced that he led out to execution but thought it only done to frighten the man When the belief did get firm bold Mr Donald Smith tried all be could to get quashed or at least delayed but was inexorable A priest the ground at the time and was also to intercede for Scotts life which did after a sort but of course Kiel declared it cannot be done Being thus condemned a Protestant minister waited upon Scott and administered Eolation but not wishing to murder quitted the ground J Hi- course hut I dont see what lot is of If he had been more honest and it is unlikely that the have received the support it has things are your paper is well liked rely upon it that so rlnt bughear of t ilia bard to Yd 11 t led by the Convention had alternative but forms alone do no cities by which terro perty rendered valule tion cannot be made I- But as couple them if the prevent the spread and s that a part of his upon the that the and the burning of houses shall one in bis senses can doubt If after all his reforms have been completed and senee of which has formed the pretext for all sorts of plots thero is still a constant undercurrent of rebellion why then the sympathy which the Irish have invoked becomes mistaken and will Tho world will see that the instead of the wrongs of Ireland are what has kept back her prosperity and her people Scottish American Journal sale agents Mont If yr the Kiel asked the demurred ultimately consented and ordered the half dozen drunken vagabonds who were detailed for the duty to fall on d prey for the man they murder for his loyalty could not at first get any one to un dertake the task and selected six of followers who before they would assent were partially stupefied with liquor drugs Three of them had their pieces loaded only with powder three with ball By their fire Scott killed and a Yankee step- head without killing him and he was thrown alive into bis coffin and did not die for more than an hour after and he spoke betwixt the time of receiving tho fusillade and the charge of the revolver UNITED STATES 11 itifit child lying married lady re- ear Washington the cradle and bread which the mother Id The mother in terror finally ran the street and fortunately met her inlaw who hastened up and to freight en him away he thrust him During all of fright whatever a little after oclock on thereto the Cheeap-ah- iliis The boiler a Co adjoining from rf immediately in missing and are out badly injured and her boats lore r deck and left upright boil boilers of GO horse Thej all and weeks ago second wall The other boiler covered in mini The win- of a of feet from the explosion were The police end firo department g away he wreck the damage to the building end

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