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Jh' d‘ -'~,.~ --..-.’..'~‘~~c="* b ‘, r-... lr'rgrygspcnrsm IN THE .UNl'l‘ED '. l“ " STATES. '(Correspondenco of' the New York- Hora‘d.) ' r , Wasnrsoron, Dec. 15, 1860. ..-. “This has been a day of gloom and de- "_:"'$p'oit'de'ncyr attire seat of government, and :‘tiiei‘blernents themSeives’contributed to the) Iglenerai soiernnity. commenced early this morning, and has raged all day with uninterrupted violence. At‘ the"White House the consultations were Of the most impressive character. jibe venerable r l’resident seems grave al- "I‘in'rost to sadness,and the withdrawalof his long-tried and cherished friend, General ' Cass, from his bosom councils, makes his sorrow more poignant and more diflicuit to overcome. llis touching recommendation 'fOr'a'daiydof fasting, humiliation, and prayer breathes sentiments which spring from the zibot‘tom of,,his heart ;,. and , wirile a pail seems to hang over the Presidentai Man- 'sio_n,‘the various Departments seem also nrantied in gloom. in the Post Office 'il)epartment, the absence of Postmaster v!@cireraflloit,who is Obliged to relinquish official duties temporarily on account of ‘.the. serious illness Of a beloved daughter, the absence from sickness of the First and Second Assistants, and the sad and un- certain condition of our national affairs, canse a despondent air to be everywhere “'..visible. 1n the State Department the aspect is alike funeral, for it seems as if Queue of the fathers Of the Republic depart- ed when Gureral Cass surrendered his -. portfolio. . In the midst of the prevailing gloom, a report, fortunately unfounded, {was currently circulated that one of the Cabinet oiiicers had suddenly died, from the affects of agitation produced by dis- cUSsing the momentous questions of the day, and the breaking of the Cabinet. 'Aitogetircr, it hasbeendhe gioomiest day -t.;lle national capitol has beheld‘ for very .many years; and while one looked upon the unfinished dome of the Capitol, and the unfinished I wings of the tnagniticient edifice, theruins of the Colisseum atiRome ‘i‘vcre brought vividly to his mind's eye. In many quarters rt is suggested that the President surrender his office for the remainder of his term into the hands of ‘tjhe young and energetic Vice President; 'iiiid the suggestion is not at all unfavour- hably entertained. But President Buchanan _.wiil no doubt stand to the helm of the x ihirip‘of State, and, if possible, guide. her . safely through the storms and disaster 'which threatens her on every side. ' ' WASHINGTON, Dec.16â€"â€"ll 30 pan. General Scott, accompanied by the Secretary of lVar, had an interview with the President yesterday. There is no doubt but that it was violent, and that ZCan. Scott declared his intefttion to re- sign his-office as Commander-in Chief, and there are numerous reports to night that (_fienerat Scott has sent in his resignation. There is no time to investigate the truth of this, report owing to the lateness of the hour. ‘7' The Rev. Mr.‘ Sunderiand, a Presbya terian clergyman of this city, offered in prayer ,r-n his church this evening, implor- irig 'th'e 'Airnighty, if it Was his will, not to avert the calamity likely to befai the nation by the act of a sovereign State; that. he .would bring darkness upon it; that he Would conque and confound the tongue that would give utterance to a dis- uuionsentiment,and that he would palsy the arm that would be raised against a sovereign State. The prayer, Of which this is only a slight idea, produced the most profound sensation. PRE'SiDENT BUClIANAN’S PRO- CLAMATION OF A FAST. A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. Numerous appeals have been made to me by pious and patriotic associations and citizens, in view of the present distracted and dangerous condition of our country, to recommend that a day be set apart for humiliation, fasting and prayer, throughout the Union. In compliance with their re- quest, and my owu sense of duty, I desig-i ttntc V FRLDAY, TH: mt DAY or JAN’v, 1861. for,» this purpose, and recommend that the pimple assemble on. that day, according to - their several forms of worship, to keep it as a solernc fast. . The Union of the States is at the pre- sent moment threatened with alarming and immediate dangerepanic and distress of l period the sum of $1281.33 a'fear'ful character prevail throughout the i'anrléâ€"our labouring population are withâ€" out employment, and consequently de- prived of the means of earning their bread â€"J=indeed, hope seems to-lra-ve deserted the minds of men. All classes are in a state. oil'ic‘onfusien and dismay; and the wisest counsels of our best and purest men are wholly disregarded. {111. this, the hour of our calamity and perii,,tovwhom shall we resort for relief but to the God of our Fathers? His ornnipoterrt arm only can save us from the awful effects ofour own crimes and follies â€"Our own ingratitud‘e and guilt towards our- l‘leavenly Father. "feet. us, then, with deep contrition and pé’nirtent- sorrow, unite in humbling our- selves before the Most High, in confessing acknowledging the justice of our punish- ment. Let us implore Him to remove from our hearts that false pride of opinion . wit-ch would irnpeli us to persevere in wrong for the sake Of consistency, rather . than. yield a just submission to the unfore- f seen exigencies by which we are now sur- rounded. Let us, with deep reverense, beseech Him to restore the friendship and goodwill which prevailed in former days among the. people of the several States, and'fahove all, to save us from the horrors of'civii war and “ blood guiltinessf’ Let our \fe'rvent prayers assend to His throne, thalf’He would not desert us in this hour of extreme peril, but remember us as He did our fathers in the darkest days Of Ra- voiution, and preserve our constitution and ‘ our Unionâ€":tlre work Of their hands~~for ages yct tocorue’. An Competent? Prov ii. for per-t dcrt 8 may over-rule existing eyiis A violent snow storm ~ . .. . . . . .mate. our Individual and national srns,'_i and in r ‘.:i~ râ€" ' . , manent gond. ile can make the wrath of {friends wished man to praise Hire, and the remainder of wrath lie can restrain. Let me inkae every individual, in whatever sphere Of life he may be placed, to feel a personal re- sponsibility to God and his country. for keeping this day holy, and for contributing all in his power to remove our! actual and impending difficulties. lVashington, Dec. 145 1860. m NW Advrtisemnts. Money Foundâ€"J. K. Faiconbridgo. St'rayedâ€"W. S. Warren. l I JLXDTJCS JBtJlirtIWrtrV. i "'Caatdâ€"Ed. W. Hu.d.- . 'i.:;:.:::" '23.. i . BUSINESS NOTICEâ€"This week we have commenced to mail our papers. with the address printed on them. fllsothe amount of indebted~ nessgof each ‘jor subscription. The figures before signify the last number paid" for, and ’ those after the name Sig-hpyrr/re amount due- W2) hope our friends will attend to this and remit for't/ttuil/t.â€"â€"ll//lcn the figures are changed, and none appear at the end, settlement~fl very desirable result. "a. in. a iiiâ€"ii: thHMONDI HILL, DEC. 21. 1860, Municipal Elections. ON'Monday, the 17th inst., a public meeting of" the electors of Ward No.2,Marltham,\vas heidfiat Durose’s Hotel, Victoria Square, for the pur- pose of electing a fit and proper person to serve tircm in the Town- Sillp Council for the ensuing year. The meeting was largely attended. Hilliary Ciarkson, Esq, J.P., was appointed chairman, and Mr. 11. Edwards, of the York IIerald, Secretary, Mr. W. Monkman, seconded by Mr. Thomas" Frisby, nominated Robert Marsh, Esq, J.1’., as a fit and proper person to represent them for the ensuing year. ' Mr. W. VVonch, seconded by Mr. George Savage, nominated Mr. James Stoutenhurgh as a fit and pro- per person tO represent them. Mr. Marsh, the present Council- man, was ti'rc'b called upon to make a statement of what had been done by the C‘ouncii'during the present year. _ Om. coming forward, Mr. Marsh said, that‘he had in every instance striven to do his duty to his consti- ents and the township. He had paid, during the "past year, particular at- tentioné-to thogroads’ and bridges in his Ward ; he; had endeavored to get the work done as Well and as cheaply as possible; and still further, when be, two years since, went into of- fice, he found that Ward NO. '2 did not receive its fair proportiOn of the ,mOIrics expended in the Township in 1858. It received only $180, but now he was happy to state that this year it had received a just propor- tion, uamely,$396- He then went on to nOtice some of the charges that had been brought against him, such as that he and Mr. Burr had coi- iuded together to pr‘eVent any one else from running, and that ire had filed the various offices of Collectors, Assessors, Pathmasters &c. with his Own friends. These charges he thoroughly disproved, evidently to the satisfaction Of all present. He called attention to the financial af- fairs Of the, Township in the past» thrcc'ycarsL He found that the fol- iowing sums had been levied for taxes : For C. only purposes in the year 1858,thc'sum of $2565.29 ; for 1859, 82448.69 ; for 18608280574; and for Township purposes in the year! 1858, _thcrc had been levicd the sum Of$2100; for 1859, $1800; for 1860, $2000. Tire Township ‘has also been taxed duringthe same _ yearly, for the payment Of Teachers and Local Superintendents, and also to pay ofl'cert‘ain County Debentures, with the interest thereon ; thus showing a decrease of taxes in 1859; and . the, ’cause of the Town~ ship Rates being“ higher this year, than last can be ac- ,counted for by the fact that several vexatious law suits commencing in 1858 resulted unfavorabiy to the Township in 1859, the expenses of which were not provided for in that year, thus leaving the Township the sum of, $500 in; debt at the com- mencement Of1860, which had to be Provided'for in this year’s esti- But why there should have been such a great increase in our County rates be (Mr. Marsh) was at :a loss to conceive,as there have been no public improvements going on in the county this year. Mr. Marsh also referred to several Other topics, lwhich we have not space to notice. _Mr. Mnrsh on resuming his seat was loudly cheered. Mr. H- Harrison mo-vedgsecornded by Mr. 11. Lever, that a vote of thanks be given to Mr. Marsh for the way in which he had discharged his duties during the present year as iCouncilrnan for Ward No. 2.â€" ,C'ar'ried unanimously. Mr. James Stoutenburgh said that he did not desire the Office of Court- ‘rci‘lman,-Vneither had be any fault to tiri.d,wi_th .Mr. Marsh, but still, if his it will be an acknowledgement of I l l l . c'z-:‘~Vimziwvv-jéiwv ' him to run, ircijhfouidg do so, and in. the Merit of idg‘treiug elected, he should sche th‘e'v‘vard and the Township to the bestiof his ability. , {Loud cheers)“ . . On motion of Mr. Lever,scconded by Mr. VV,S. \Var‘r'en,tirat a similar meeting as this be held one your from the last Monday in this month. = -â€"-Carried. n Amos lVrigbt, Esq., M.P.P., was then loudly called fot',:tltd on coming forward said that he, feltimuch pleased at swings-deli a large meet- ing. it showed that the people were beconring‘ulive to the importance of their Municipal institutions. He was glad? to see it; they should Watch their Councilrrren, and their members of Parliament closely, and when they found they did not do their duty, they should turn thorn out ;. but rf they did do it, then they should show their Confidence in them. 'Hc \vas also glad to see ‘CVcr'ytlrirrg go Off suppeti‘c‘cabiy and good naturedly. ' ThiS’was just as it should be, and he hoped ever would be. _ A vote of thanks 'Was then given to tire ('hatrrrrarr, and the meeting broke up. V u; c .__â€"â€"wr0 4 True Economy. MANY individuals there are who are penny .wise and pound foolish, they are close even? to meanness about small stuns, yet through want of tact, they annually waste consider- able. As it is with people- in their private capacity, so it is in large communities. For instance our Parliaments will waste untold sums on Bankrupt. railways, and then to show their: economy, cut down the salary Offisome hard-worked Ofliciai, who at the Thus do our Township Councils Often involve best, got brit cheese to his bread. themselves in needless and. expensiveiaw suits, which cost hundreds of dollars ; and then to prove lrow economical they are, they begrudge givir g a well earned pittance of $20, to a hard-worked township Clerk, or a paltry $3 to an Assessor for extra duties performed. lVe were forcibly rc- minded Of these truths whilst reporting the proceedings of the Markham Council, on Saturday, the 15th inst., as given in another coiurnn, wircn llaacke’s cvm‘ia’stingr school question was brought up for con- sider'ation. Now this affair has caused the township by 5;. ..‘w.1r ~s’.:‘»‘:'4...".. .1: ~ .Wfir‘" ;:' ‘ Vt: a‘t‘é‘“ ___.._.... “A... Markham Council. THE above COuncil met at Size’s Hotel, Unionviile, on Saturday the 15th inst. Members all present. The Reeve in the. chair. Minutes 0f_.i'dst meeting were read and approved. Mr. MARSH introduced a Byâ€" law to fix places in the several wards in Markham, for holding the 'Muuicipai elections, and to appoint Returning Officers for the same : lVard No. 1,,to be held on the first day at the Orange Hail, Brown‘s ,C‘Or-rrer's. Second day, at the Band - loom, ’l‘hornbiii.»-G. Feely, Esq., Returning Officer. “Ward No.2â€"Frst day at the Court House, Richmond Hill.â€"--â€" Second day, at Victoria Squareâ€"â€" J. Gormlcy, Esq, Returning Officer. W'ard,No. fieâ€"First day at the Fireman’s Hail, Mark ham Village. Second day at the Town ‘I-Iail, Unionvilieeâ€"Geo Eakin, Esq, Re- turning- Officer. [ Ward, N0,._,.4, at the. Masonic flail, Cashciffll, R. C'Orson, Esq, Returning O icer. . Ward No. 5â€"-First day at Bei- ford. Second day at Yake’s. Corâ€" ncr’s, Stoutiviilcâ€"Ja‘mes Boyd, Esq, Returning Officer. The said Byâ€"i‘aw was read a first, second and third time and passed. The REEVE read a resolution signed by "11 persons against the Council taking a portion of School Section NO. 13 to form a partof SchOOi Section NO». 24. 'Moved by Mr, MARSH. seconded by Mr. BOW'MAN, that the sum of $30 be paid to Mr. John Langstafl, junr., for the support of Jane Hes- by, a deaf muteâ€"~Mr. Langstaff having complied with a resolution proposed by the Council on the IGth of January last.â€"~Carri»ed. Mr. MARSH moved that the order Of the dayfor tl‘e second reading of the By-‘law for establishing School Section NO. 24, be. pro- ceeded with. _ Moved in amendment by Mr. BUTTQN, secrindcd by Mr. BOWMAN. that the said By-iaw be not now read a second tirrre, but laid on the. table. 1 YEASâ€"-l\rT€SSl‘S. Button, Bowman and l’ingie. NAstui‘Tl'. Marsh. The amendment. \ ras carried. Moved by Mr. MARSH, seconded Mr. BOWMAN, that the account considerable bother, and. involved it in Of Henry Marr, amounting to $5, considerable litigation, and yet: seems as be Pflld- far off a settlement as ever, and aS'th': question iras been so long _agitated,tin- Council. ought to han declared either» that they would give these gentlemen back EAS~RTCSSI'S. Bowman, Marsh and Pingiei ', , 4, Naysâ€"Mr. Button.--â€"Carried. ., 'Move’ddb'y Mr. MARSH, seconded by Mr. BOWMAN, that Mr. George theirSchOOl Section, or stated that they Eakin be paid like sum of $170 for would not dost}... Had this manly course been adopted, the” matter, long ere this, would have been settled. But now, one llyâ€"iaiv has been quashed; another one has been some time since passed, and yet the Council are considering whether or not they shall carry out the By-law’ re- ferred to‘; and finally, quit Office without having had the moral courageeither to The consequence Of which is that the township sustain or repeal their own By-iaw. is threatened with renewed litigation, and may possibly have to footmore bills. "This is a serious matter for the township to con- sider, and We trope that the gentlemen who I may be Selected next year, will be deter- mined tO settle this question one way or the other. in connection with the Markham Coun- cil, we would beg. to direct attention - to the able financial statements made by R. Marsh, Esq, to his constituents at Victo- ria Square, on Monday, the 17th inst., as from that statement can be gleaned ‘9‘ row All that rs put on our roads and bridges has been much wanted, the money goes.’ and the littie'that has been spent towards the. relief of the suiferino‘ a poor, we are The money of the ratepayers in Markham has been Well ‘ sure nO one will berrrudve. 7 D b expended, and we have no hesitation in saying, that (with the exception. of. their action on Hancke’s‘ School'SectiOn) the present Councilmen have done their duty ,P and deserve the continued support _Ofthe ratepayers, indeed, take ifvabnfithc’, whole, we nrrrcir question whetherffive better Councilmen could be foundin the ward. Mr. Ward NO. 1, is, we learn, who opposed by Mr..Lane, Ward No. 2. Mr. Marsh will be opposed by Mr. James Stouten- burgh, Ward No. 3. ciiman (and an excellent one he has been Bowman, Councilman for l The present Coun- too) will retire, and Illr. Joirn _Bowman, of Airnrra,has consented to run in his stead. ,As this gentleman is Well known to all as a first rate business man, we feel i it unnecessary to say one wore in his favor, for that he will make an excellent; Coun- cilman, no one can doubt. In conclusion, we hope the ratepayers every Where Will send men to their Councils who will not expendE their money wastefuily, but ex- ercise true econorr y. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-ln»o4.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Gnovvru 01“ ’111E \VEsT.-â€"-'1‘ire census of Indiana. just completedu shows a good increase of. population since 1850. The present popu- lation is 1,347‘000. in 1850 it was 990,238. Increase, 356,742, or about 36 per cent. .A new lgun~l)oat, iu- the shape of a tortoiseo‘» with two screws. and said to he invented.- by th,, Emperor, is about to he tried. .not Sign the petition. fact, that within one mile and a his services as Clerk and Trea- surer for the Township of Markham, acting as such for eleven months during this yearn-"Carried. . Moved by Mr. MARSH, seconded by Mr. BOWMAN, that lhe'account of Mr. GuiJ Eaitin,for acting as Sub~ treasurer for the present year, amounting to $320, be paid. Yeas-"Messrs. Pingie, Bowman and Marsh. Nun's-“Button-«Carried. Moved by Mr. MARSH, seconded by Mr. BOWMAN, that. the Reeve and the two Assessors of Markham be paid the sum of $2 each as se- lectors ofJurors for the present yearn-“Carried. The Council then adjourned sine (lie. 0 ' ~ . ' “>01 Catching at Shaw‘s. IT said that: drowning men will eagerly clutch at straws. Acting, we suppose, on this ' principle Mr. Dickson and his friends are fiercely denouncing rush-as atrOeious seoun- dreis for having unintentionally made a slight, mistake in our last issue, relative- to a petition for granting a license to the Elgin House.‘ VVe' "Stated that Mr. Dick- son had signed that petition.--- Such, we candidly admit, was not quite ‘cOrrcct, as Mr. Dickson did -erat, howâ€" ever, ire-did do was this, be rented this house which belongs to him, ‘as an‘hotel, and drew up the peti~ tion for this house to get its ii- ee’nsc ;‘ for the “ petition now lying at the Clerk’s Office is in Mr. Dick- so‘n’s oWn handwriting, in which petition we find. these words ;â€"-- “And also believing that the in- “creased travel on Yonge Street “requires that such tavern should “ be licensed for the necessary con- “ venience Oftbc travelling commu- “nity.” And this in face Of the quarter of the. same street we have five other taverns. Now we did not last week censure Mr. Dickson for renting his house as a tavern, nor for signing the petition; we simply used it‘ to show that the statement made at Maple, that Mr. Dickson was friendly to the Tern- perance cause, and had promised to reduce the number‘of taverns, 850. was untrue. And we still as- sert, without fear of successful con- tradiction, that neither in theory or in practice is this gentleman friendly to the cause of Temper- ance ; and therefore to get; votes for ll-ltlT'Otl this silly pretence is a sham. of the. first water; and as this is thel .ypsagsuzsrue'gwm d ,‘tl-“iw' q: awn-4. . s a was. real: 1’24... .. . . a 5:." N . only point that Mr. Dickson and his friends have taken exception to, we. suppose that the rest of our charges are allowed to go by default. We have, however, received a plentiful share Of abuse from Can- dida-to N0. 421ml his friends, but we Would just remind these over-Zeal- ous friends, that when salt is thrown none receive harm but those who have sore places; so that their very abuse of us shows that we happened to have hit some very sore spots, as we uttered no private scandal, but simply (-riticizei Mr- Dickson’s public career during the pasr eighteen months. > But. it seems that Mr. Dickson and his friends expect to be able to abuse us like pickpockets, (which is done on every available occasion) not openly and in print. but cowardâ€"like in private cor’rversation, and at street corners, without our daring to say one word in retu"n. We, however, beg to assure these gentlemen that we despise their hosti‘ity, and that no amount of threats will ever do- ter us from doing a public duty ; for when we feel, as journalists, that Mr. Dickson or his friends deserve the lush, they wii get it with no sparing irarrd, come what may; and although threats of personal violence be held out to us by blackâ€" iegs and pugilists, it will only Spur US on to unmask such characters; for we know that such. threats prove that those who use their: are far beneath the standing of States- men, Gentlemen orCirristians ; and we should seriously advise such to give up all preter‘rtions to respec- tability, and hetake themselves to the turf, the sparringâ€"booth, and the prize ring, as we can assure them that the Proprietor and Editor of rthis journal profess to be far too re. spectahic to send pugiiistic chain lengcs, or to receive them when sent 'avith an other feeling than contempt. >O4M Scientific Lectures, W'ith Illustrat one. DOCTOR Richmond and Mr. A. B. Kent'announced a series of “ Lec- tures witir experiments on Magnet- ism, Electricity, Pneumatics, Optics and .Ci‘rcmistr'y,” to cornmcncc on Wednesday evening last in the Meâ€" chanics Hall in this place. In con- sequence of the inclcrnency of the weather, and the annual meeting of the Bible Society, the attendance. at the lecture was not what Other- wise might have been cxpccted.â€"~ Notwithstanding the discouraging prospect, Mr. Kent and Dr. Rich- mond errtcrtarned their small audr~ ence with a short lecture, and sove- Ial illustrations in science. in l’ncu- matrcs, Mr. Kent introduced the “ l‘r adgcburgh Cups,” and after 0):- tracting the air, ire handed them to two persons to end avor to separate them by main force. \Ve need hardly any that it was utterly use- less for‘ them to tryâ€"this one expe- riment we consider worth a visit to witness. He also gave several illus- trations i-n ei-ectr‘icrtyw-aii of which were highly interesting,â€"arrd,to;lthe uninitiated, appeared almost worr- derfui. Tire Course Of lectures is postponed until chdr‘rcsday evening, the 26th instant, when we hope to see a large gathering to witness these great wOnders in science, as also much that is interesting in art. \Ve hope the school children will all be allowed to attend, as to thorn it will be most useful, as ,wcli as entertaining. A MERRY CrranTrtIAS.-â€"lt is with great pleasure we present the corn- piiments Of the season to our read- ers. Christmas is emphatically a merry holiday, and we sincerely hope that the faces Of all our readers will, for this one day at least, wear a smile. Let all who can banish dull care from their memories, and with their families and friends, thoroughly enjoy themselves. There are in Canada too few holidays.â€" The mind is too much on the stretch; but in the midst Of all that is joyous. we hope that none will forget the poor, but that those who have an abundance will contribute Of their wealth or money to make the destitute happy, so that all, boa}.- rich and poor, Old and young, ..;ay spend a merry, merry Christmas 1 Nye»: MECHANICS lNSTITUTEâ€"Thc next debate in connection with the above institute, will come off at the Me- chanics Hall, Richmond Hill, on Friday evening the Qist inst., at half-past 7. Subject-~“D'O labor- saving inventions improve the con- dition of the working classes.” G. McPhiilips, Esq., chairman, and the tear. R. Rodgers and Mr. Henry Hall, captains. >0! CHRISTMAS BEEF.-â€"TO those who really require good English Roast Beef for Christmas, we are happy to inform them that Mr. Hoiiaday, Of Aurora, Messrs. Hopper and Smith. Richmond Hill, and Mr, Summer» feldt, of Cashel ;. and Mr, Cartier, ofr Unionville, have purchased some . . W a". .Lw- .,_>.. ‘o't‘fi'w‘w'. #wfi; - I . 7-»317: , ’ Richmond Hill Branch Bible, Society. TIIE ninth anniversary meeting Of the Richmond Hill Branch Bible SO- ciety was held on the evening of the- 19th inst. in the Wesleyan Church here. in Consequence of the wet evening, and tire siOppy state of the roads, there were but few present.‘ Robert Marsh, Esq., President of the Society, was in the chair. The meeting was addressed by the” lev Messrs. Rodgers, Dick, and by Mr. Johnsor'r, agent of the Upper Canada Brbie,Society. funds of the society are in a prosâ€" perous stale. AsSets and subscripâ€" tions, £38 12s, 4d, ' ., __. rd...“ ,c... KING TOWN SHIP COUNCIL. From the Eew Era. The above Corpbralion irv-‘ld another session on \Vednesduy, the 12th inst., at , Dale's Aoti:l, King Station. All present but Mr. Moore, who was detained at Torouto. ' Minutes of last meeting read and con- firmed; after wiricir,‘thc Reeve stated, that in carrying out the resolution of Coun-, cii adopted at last meeting, ire proceeded. to Coliitrngrod, with the view of settling the difficulty between Mr. Prosscr, Sur- veyor, and tendering the money considered by this Council to be ample remuneration. But he was sorry to say no arrangement could be effected. On Friday last he re- ceived a letter from the law office of Mr. Hopkins, stating that unless the account was imrnedialely paid, lie was instructed by Mr. Presser to proceed at once and crllect the same The Reeve said ire had consulted Hon. J. H. Cameron upon the subject and would lay before them the written Opinion of that gentleman. The Clerk then read Mr. Cameron’s letter. Also, a bill from Mr. lVriiiam Wells, for acting as an arbitrator on a matter in dispute upon the road allow- ance between Lots 9 and 10, in the lltir Con. Mr. Davis presented a petition from Mr. Tiros. Lawson, complaining of being assessed in the. wrong School Section, and praying for redress. Mr. \Vebb presented a petition from Sir. James Creesor and Richard Field, paying to be detateiied fron'rScirOOi‘Secr- tron No. 11 and attached to No. 10. On motion of Mr. Davis seconded by Capt. Armstrong, the Council ;_r‘esoit't-d into Committee of the wlroie upOn pati- tionsâ€"â€"Mr‘. Davis in the chair. After spending some time, the committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.-~Leave granted. The Council then adjourned for one hour. AFTERNOON SESSION. Council resumed at two p.m, and at once resolved irrtO'Cornrnitte'Of the whole. The petitions above referred to Ivere then taken into consideration, and the prayers thereof granted. ' The Commit-tee rose, and toe Council adopted the report. On motion of Mr. Davis,‘secendcd by Capt. Armstrong, the bill presented by Mr. l/l/clis was ordered to he paid. M rlr l/Vebl) introduced a Bylaw to give effect to the petition Ja‘s Creesor and 52...: ":9 33:0:"1’- 5* '1‘hc,cuted on behalfo the Crown; fl ' " rsQaEfi‘t-‘T 3‘ a, , n-N".&: :‘ our. 1.94:.“ awry-wan“ n. A.-__ ,» _. COUNTY COURT AND COURT or QUARTER sesSIONs. J . hionbnh'Dec. 17. Tire court opened this day at the" usual (hour; lion. S. 13. Harrison presiding, l Rice Lewis, Equ l’., and T. Prest- ton, Est}, . R, associates. _ ' THEFT 0F LUMIiEr‘t.” " Richard i‘lanan was accused ofvstealing some plarks from the Kingston. road. .After a ie'ngtirened investigation, the jury ireturned a verdict of guilty. = -’ Mr. Dempsey, County attorney,- prose- Mr {:83 ,l‘pis closed the criminal business b4?“ this court. ' ' .- >. .. .. .Boulton defended the prisoner.. xi 6 TUEDAY, Dec. 13. The court opened this afternoon at four O”iock; ,llonr'S. llarrisori presiding, i ' "lre following prisoners, tried andfould guilty at the present sittings,,were brought up and received the following '1 SENTENCES. , r‘Thomas Miller, larceny (two indict.- ments). On the first, three days‘s im- prisonment in gaol. On the second two ryears at hard labour in the Pr‘ovin’cihl Penitentiary. ' D. Wheian, a boy, larceny. three yolks in rcforrnatry prison. :. F. Moore, a boy, thirteen years of age, theft of a watch, three years in tit! reformatry prison. ‘3 ames Kavanagh, larceny, six-months‘n rrnprisonment, county gaoi. ' : A W". Hydman and R. Hanan, theftnf planks, three days each in gaoi. ,: The court then adjourned. TlOthIBLE DEA'I‘Il.-â€"l\;lal‘y Madcnino, wife of Thomas Roy, died at Point Levi last week of whiskey and starvation. The Quebec Mercury says :--“ One cOid vii; ening lately, as a villager'was pzf‘ssing,i‘he observed no smoke coming. out ofthe chimney, and at once took in an armful of fuel to lesson so far the distress, of aged couple ; and as usual ire found them help:- ies. r‘rozrr intoxication- The woman, how- ever, moaned sadly and begged her hug- band to send for a doctor, to which here- plied that lie would not; listen to her now, .for' she had never pitied or helped ltifl'l when ire was sick. Their visitor having done all that he could for them, went on his way, thinking their condition at: the time nothing very unusual. Nfixtqmorninig Roy sauntcred out to an adjacent house, and in reply to an inquiry if his wife was not dead yet, said in a careless way, “ lVeil, i; believe she is, this time thwoid wretch.” The neWs was soon after con- firmed by some person philanthropicall-y disposed entering the irousc and discovering the poor creature lying cold and stifi. rolled tip in a thread-bare blanket. This hot presented the most cornfortiess pic.urc iuunaginabie, being destitute of everything in the shape of food and furniture. 'Evea their stove was but an apology for one-“fit had no door to it. The coroner was calla ed in, and the verdict of the jury was the usual one under such circumstances.” We scarcely know what the ll/Iercurg/ meant} by “ the usual one under such circum- stances,’ bul. should tlrink if, the husband were severely punished for his neglect.“ij R. Field, by altering the School Section, which passed through its various stages and bedame law. A petition was then presented from se- veral inhabitants praying for aid to assist a destitute widow named Carr, wirOSc husband had unfortunately destroyed bunâ€" self. This petition received a good deal of attention, and finally, on rrrotion of Cap- tain Armstrong, seconded by Mr. l/Vrbb, the Treasurer was instructed to pay her Mr. l’Vehb introduced a By-iaw to pro. vide for paying the salaries of Township officers. in committee, the following amountSI were filled in the blanks :~â€"- iDavid Johnston, Assessor $66.00 James Lawrence, do. 64.00 John Leigh, Collector 56.00 John Black, do= 64.00 inspector, . 24.00 Clerk, 2â€"10.00 Treasurer 100.00 Assessors (each) as selectors of ' Jurors- ' 3.00 Clerk, for do do do 3.00 Reeve, for do do do 3.00 This Bylaw was also adopted. Mr. Davis moved, seconded by Mr. Webb, that the Clerk be instructed and ire is hereby required to notify all parties residing on the line of road between Lots Nos. 30 and 31, in the 51h COIL, Of this Township, that a By-iaw has been passed by this Councii'to o‘pen'said roadâ€"Car- ried. _ ' On motion of .Mr'. Davis, seconded by Capt. Armstrong, the 'l‘reasurer was in- structed to cornr'r'runic’ate with the Local Superintr ardent of Schools, immediately on 1' 'eipt of interest on‘,COiiingwood Deâ€" entur‘es, furnish him with a statement of amount, and ret‘uest its proportional u'rs- tribution among the various School See- tions as soon as possible thereafter. The Clerk presented the deeds of pro- perty acquired by the Council for road ai- iowance in the lltir Con. On motion of Mr. Webb, seconded by Capt. Armstrong, the miscellaneous acâ€" count of the clerk, for stationery and post- tage was ordered to be paid,â€"-arnountir‘rg to $46750. On motion of Capt. Armstrong, second- ed by Mr. Davis, the Clerk was instructed r to get the Deeds for road allowance in 11th Con.,rcc0rded ; also the plan of sur- vey, as furnished by Surveyor. The Council then adjourned. M Tire Liberals in Hungary have given their rep y to the conciliatory representations of Baron Vay, the new Chancellor Of the kingdom. The princely mansion on his estate has been burnt down, his farms destroyed, and his fields devaâ€" tated in an irreparable matter. The outrage, I . think, was committed at nigltt,and the Governâ€" mentaro busiriv engaged in looking after the splendid beefs for the occasron, L perpetrators. “ . p l I. \ thousand dollars. ed in Paris to be ready in February. agree in representing Hungary rs "1.8.11 exerted state. - would get no more than his due. THE .Heru TO THE TIInONE on 'IT- ALv.â€"Prince llurnburt, a youth now in his 17th yearâ€"~a bold and elegant rider, a fir‘strate marksman with the rifle, ex,- iribiting skrli and endurance in ali.,tnarl)t execrscs, endowed with a fair open count- enance, in which the soldier-like honest rnien Of the fa‘irer is blended with the delicate features and sweet expressions of the mother, distinguished by affable man- ners, and a graceful addressâ€"~wins golden opinions with the multitudes as he‘goes along the streets, bowing when bowed to, mounted on his light Arab. The iced which his father and grandfather sowed in sorrow and in blood, will have grownup into a glorious harvest by the time ‘this fortunate youth succeeds to thethrone. That throne to wiricirso many of his face aspired in the secret of theirhearts, almost ever since the days Of the Frist Hprttbert,‘ will fall to the lot of this Fourtlr,11u.nthert' by a series of prOsperOus vicissitudes, than which nothing more marvelous was ever woren in the mysterious web‘of'Provdence, The fullness of the times is aimed at hand“; yet the final issue still resembled in tit scale of fate.â€"â€"Letter from Turin. AN ENTERPRlSING BUSINESS MAN? â€"â€"lViriie secession is rampant, and the business world is inclined to a stand still= paralyzed by doubts of the future,it- is cheering to be able to chronicle individual instances of turf-altering business energy and enterprise on the part of any of “our fellow-citizens. VVhiie some are failing; and many are contracting their business. and Withdrawing their stocks from public attention by not advertising, thus doing“ something in the way of contributing to the general feeling of insecurity and dis- trust, Mr. ll. C. Spairlding, of Prepared Glue fame, seems to be convinced that" advertising liberally now is a wiser business policy, and the only one likely- to secure" success and give confidence with employ-’ ment to all classes. With these concluâ€" sions, Mr. Spaniding has given the Tri- bune an Order to insert an advertisement' of one column in length to appear in each of the Tally, semi-weekly, and weekly edie' tions fining the year commencing NOV. IL, 1860, at a charge of over thirtyoone This is the largest sum ever paid to a newspaper in a year by any single advertiser, and justly entitles Mr. Spaulding to the reputation long held by‘ Bonner of being ‘The Napoleon of ad- vertisers.’~N. Y. Tribune. French spies swarm at Niece, and force them)- seivcs everywhere. 3.000 Hungarian unifOrms have been order- Account. fl