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.THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. CINCINNATI, Jan. 20. . The Lexington correspondent of, I the Commercial, gives the’ following account of Saturday’s battle :â€"â€",Gen. Zollicoffer Iearningthat the Federal forces hadap- peared in his rear, marched out of his enâ€" trenchments at three o’clock On Saturday morning, and attacked. Gen. Scholpf’s camp. The pickets Were driven in at, an early hour, and the attack was made be- fore daylight. The battle is reported. to have raged with great fury until three in the afternoon, when Zollicofferihaving been killed, the Whole force of rebels fled in confusion to the camp. ' The loss is not stated but it is thought to" be heavy. The Baile Peyton is a son of the ex-member of Congress, from 'I'ennessee. LOUISVILLE, Jan. 20. The recent fight took place on Sunday instead of Saturday morning. General Thomas on Sunday afternoon followed up the rebels to their ,entrencements, sixteen miles from his own camp, and when about to attack them this morning he found their entrencbments deserted, the rebels having left all their-cannOn, quarterâ€"master stores, tents, horses and waggons, which fell into our frauds. The rebels, dispersing, had crossed the Cumberland in a steamboat and nine barges, at W hite Oak Creek; op'po- site their encampment at Mill Springs. Two hundred and seventy-five rebels Were killed and wounded, including Gen. Zolli- coffer, who was found on tlle field. The 10th Indiana lost 75 killed and wounded. Nothing further of the Federal loss has reached us. The river is rising three inches per hour, rapidly covering the levee and overflowing the cellars on the river banks. CINCINNATI, Jan. 21. - lie Commercial has a despatch from Louisville which says:â€"â€"Despa:cheshave been received at head quarters, announcing that the battle at Somerset did not take place on Saturday, bill on Sunday morning, and that Gen. Thomas continued the pur- surt of the rebels until night. I I Our forces followed the rebels, who ran before them in the wildest confusion, like a flock ofsbeep, close up to their enlrenc'h- ments on the north bank of the river.‘ \N'e laid all night in front of their en- trenchments expecting to storm them in the morning, but With the aid ofthei'r boats and barges they managed to get across'the river before daylight. They left behind them all their artillery amnnition, horses and tents and eighty waggon loadso‘f qua-- termaster’s and medical stores, which fell into our hands. FREDERICKTON, Mo., Jan. 19. Private but unusually reliable advices from Hancock state that Gen. Jackson’s retirement from Hancock and his preten ded retreat towards Manchester was a ruse, and that without retiring to the latter place, he returned with 12,000 men to Romney. ' It is also stated that Gen. Lander, fol- lowing out his instrUctions, fell “back Only on Jackson’s approach. There are rumours of a light having Cc- «curred, but this is discredited by those who assume to be first informed. It is estimated that 300 refugee women, from Jefferson county, are in and around the county. Many of them left children at home, and are now grieving to return to them, but a strict blockade is kept up by Colonels Geary, LeOnard, and Links, commanding. WASHINGTO N, Jan. 22.. The ll’rorlcl‘s dcspatch says it is'uoder- stood that a thorough reorganization of the lVar Department is rapidly progress- ing and that it will in a few days be finally up to the demand of the times. The Herald's despatch says that Capt..- Mott, of Mott’s battery, attached to Gen. Smith’s division, in defiance of rain, dark- ness and mud, started out last evening on a reconnaissance towards Fairfax Court House, accompanied‘by Col. Lord. and a detachment of dragoons. He i‘etltrned a little after daylight. They scouted just about Hunter’s Mills and around Peacock and Freedom Hills. Disgusted it coming acrOss none of the enemy they pushed on to Fairfax Court House where they found a body of pickets. Capt. Mott threw up a signal light and gave the ,command to fire. This demonstration frightened the mounted pickets. Returning their fire, put spurs to their horses and sped away at their utmost speed. Our men did not pursue, and none were hit by the exchange of shots. Capt. Mott ascertained the fact that the confederate pickets have been re; moved considerably inside from whet it they were a short time ago. A FIGHT, IN KENTUCKY. The telegraph did not forward the fol- lowing which we find-in the New York Herald of Monday. “From Kentucky we have no reliable news, except so far as that. contained in a despatch to the St. Louis Democrat of the 17th can be so considered, which is to- the effect that a large body ofrebels, under Jeff Thompson, numbering six thousand, advanced upon a federal detachment of eight hundred troops under Colonel Mills, at a distance of about twenty~three miles from Ironton, and gave them battle. ' A desperate conflict is said to have ensued, resulting in the loss of many killed and. wounded on both sides. The Union troops, overpowered by numbers, had, at latest aucounts, fallen back a distance of eight miles, leaving a quantity of'baggage ill the Lands of the enemy, and were still retreat- ing towards Pilot finop,_where 501118 alarin existed, and ColonelCarlin was making every preparation for the impending struggle at that point.” A-v-rnc'rrno INCIDENT.â€"--1tts stated on authority that prevrous to the closing of the coffin, which contains the mortal re- mains ef the late lamented Prince Consort, a wreath of flowers affectionately made by the Princess Alice, and; a miniature por- trait of the Queen, were placedbeside tlje . corpse. Northern 1 till . MOVING NORTH’ Mail. Expresil. Leave Toronto. . . . . . . . . 7 ‘20 a,m. 1,10 p.m. ‘ Thornhill. . . . . . . . . 8 10 pint. 4.563154'11. Richmond Hill. . . . 8 24 lf‘m. 5 l’tl"'p.rrr King. . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 38 aim. 5 24 p.m. Aurora. . . . . .. . . .. 9 0011.411, 5 45 p.m. Newmarket . . . . . . . 9 15 mm. 6 00 p. in. Holland Landing. . 9 30 a.m. 6 15pm Bradford. .. . . 5.. . .5 ." 9 42 mm. 6 25 p.m MOVING SOUTH Leave Collingwood.. . . . . .2 30 p.m 5 30 a.rn. Bradford. .’.'.?..'... . 5 55 p.m.58 l8'min. Holland Landiirg.. 6 I5 p.m. 8 32 a.m. Newmarket. . . . . . . 'l0 p.m..B 45 am. _ Aurel-3,. .e'.. .m. . . ,p'an. 9 00 a.in. " ‘ King. . . ‘ pm. 9 25 mm. _ Richmond . p.m. 9, .40 a. in. p.m. 9 55 amt. Thornhill. . . . . . . . . 7 Arrive at Toronto. . . . .. p.m, 10,40 “ ‘ b .6 71 7.2 , New Advertisements. ‘W. ‘M. Sabbath. School'AuniverSury. Missionary Meetings. . - Soiree. ._ . F arm, to Letâ€"Joseph Noble. Strayâ€"Nicholas Lyriott. ; all not niCIIMOND HILL. JAN. 24. 1862. .x__a___....__ . ' MUNlClPAnnEFonM. WHILE numerous complaints how at different times been heard throughout the country, in reference to the unsatisfactory working‘ of our present municipal system, little or nothing has’yet been done to re- medy its defeCts. Few will hesi- tate to admit that a thorough remo- dification of'its enactments would be pattended with great advantage to the Province; but the Chief dif- ficulty is'to flit upon the best plan, which this may be accomplished. Since the existing law came into force, the. power which it confers on municipal bodies to contract debts had been used ' in such a way that it has produced a ,vast amount of‘ difficulty .and embarrassment throughout the country. There is Scarcefy a city or town in Upper Canada that is. not at the present time suffering from financial cin- barrassments, which may be'iraced to the facilities they have enjoyed for borrowingmoney. Numerous appeals will be made to Parliament for assistance, and no doubt it will in some'shape Or other be granted. Now We can see no valid reason, except that of mere expediency, why'lhis should be done. But ifa scheme of. general relief should be adopted by Parliament, it will comparatively fruitless, unless ac- companied by some plan for the. purpose of preventing the recur- rence of a similar state of affairs in. future. What permanent all vantage will be gained. by assum- ing the debts of the municipalities. if the same facilities and tempta- tions, again to run into debt, are. al- lowed to remain? Indeed the effect would be to encourage a spirit of reckless speculation, and to aggra- vate the evil we would seek to reâ€" move. There are olher matters .in» connection with the Municipal Act, that might with propriety be recon- sidered. The qualification at pre- sent required of Voters has been- placed so low that the chief power is thrown into the hands of those who have the least interest insc- euring the enactments of wise measures. We admit there is the greatest difficulty in dealing with such an evil as this. That legisla- tion which would aim» at depriving the people of liberties'oncc enjoyed, is not likely to render its authors popular. It is contrary to human nature, voluntarily to relinquish powers we already possess; and it would require a strong-government indeed to undertake the formidable task. It might not, however, be found necessary to disfranchise any that now enjoy the privilege of'vot-' iii-g. To meet the difficulty some system might be adopted by ‘whiCh voters would be arranged in classes, according to the amount of-thcir as-V sessment, somewhat similar to the old Roman classification of the. peo- ple by centuries; the number of votes that any "one e‘lector‘ would pOSSCSS being limited to two or three. VThere' _may possibly be strong reasons brought against the principle here involved, but we think the suggestion is Worthy of consideration. If Parliament should decide that the welfare of the coun- try demands a "liberal adjustment of the debts of embarrassed municipa- lities, let us have some guarantee that a similar drain on the public purse will not take place every sec- ond or third Parliament. I The present income tax requires amendment also. ' Although per- fectly cori'cct.in principle, it bears far too heavily on the poor. The man whom earnings "barely sdflice to afford him a scanty support, should certainly not be required to pay a tax on his wages. It is un- doubtedly a great hardship that the hard-carried 75 c‘entspcr day ofthe poor laborer should be made subject to. taxation. During last Parlia- ment. the Hon. J. ll. Cameron made a motion; in the. House to. theefliect :lhat no income of less. than $1000 perannum should be taxed. He ‘ drawn rup‘and laid. before Parlia- high, but fenr will dispute thali‘the prCSent amount, $200, is far too léiva- The Government Opposed “"9 ffiéasluié on very'reasonable grounds Allorney GenerabWest stated that thepebple appearcdtobe well satisfing ,with'the lawjas itstoOd, for note single petition had, been- presented against it. Of course it would be unwise to makea change ., when the people ‘did not (leisire it. Tl re same reply may be made to any proposition that may again be, made for a siinilar'purpose. ’l'f we desire to see any alteration in our municipal laws,.vge must ta'kethe trouble to make our wants known 'If a" few petitions" Were at “once menl, attention - would. be directed to the subject in such a way .as to elicit discussion, not only in the Legislature, but by the pressâ€"â€" Parliament will probably meet within a couple of months, and if anything is to be done in the. mat- ter, no time should be. lost. MrW Markham Council. THE Municipal Council of Mark- ham met at ‘Size‘s Hotel, Union- ville, on Monday, January 2011). Members presentâ€"Messrs.”But- ton, Barker, Bowman and Marsh. The members to order, read the returns made by the Returning Officers of the Elections in the several'Wards. The members elect hayingsnb; scribed the usual declarations and qualifications of Office, proceeded to. ‘- organiZO ‘ themselves into a Council. ’ ' . Mr. Bowman moved, seconded by Mr. Marsh, that Mr. But Reevesâ€"Carried. ‘ Mr. Marsh moved, seconded by Mr. flown-ran, that Mr. A. Bark ton be or be Deputy IleeVe.â€"-â€"Carried. " Mr Marsh moved, Seconded bv Mr. Bowman, that H. It. Corson, Esq. be, and ishere‘by appointed as ‘ Auditor of the Accounts of the! Municipality for the year 1862:;â€" Carrie‘d. ’ I i The Reeve named Mr. Purkiss as Auditor. M‘r. Bowman (moved, seconded by Mr. Marsh, that Mr. William Millikeu be, and is hereby" ap-, pointed Assessor 0f the \Vest:llalf of this Municipality for the pre- sent year.â€"â€"-Carried. _ _ ' Mr. Barker moved, seconded by Mr. ’Marsh,‘ that'l‘vfr.‘ Henry Mar-r 'be, and is hereby appointed As- sessor for the westâ€"half of the to‘Wn- ship for the current year.-â€"â€"Carricd. Mr. Marsh moved, seconded by Mr. Barker, that the following gentlemen be, and are hereby ap- pointed License inspectors. for this year 1â€"â€" ' ‘ Ward No. t‘ Josiah Iâ€"VVilfiam Silver. 2 Thomas Martin. 3 John Carter. 4 Litton Miller. 5_ James 'l‘I'anli. H at ti --Carried. A petition was presented by Mr. James BCWlnan from John Beatty and others" praying for a grant of money to build a bridge at the Ger- man Mills. iMr. Bowman moved, seconded by Mr. Marsh, that the sum of"$2t)0 be appropriated as a special grant for the porpose ofbuilding a bridge. on lot No. 4, in the 3rd concession, at, the German Mil's; and that John Bealty, Abraham FOote,Chris- tian Idenricksfand Joseph Lunrly be Com'l'nissioners to expend the sameâ€"Carried, Mr. Marsh moved, seconded by Mr. Barker, that the sum of $100 be appropriated for "the purpose of building a bridge on the side-line, between lots 20 and'21, in the 3rd concession; and that George. Mon k- man, J. C. Burr, John” Eyel‘, and Edward Sanderson be Commission- ers to expend the sameâ€"Carried. Clerk having called e Mr. Bowman movedseconded by _ Mr. Barker, that. the Council do now adjourn, to meet again on Sa- vlurday, the 22nd [day of February, hemâ€"Carried, _ .â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-‘ I‘M Vaughan Council. THE Municipal Counciliof Vaughan met at the Town Hall on Monday, January 20th, at noon. All the, members proscnt. The Clerk having called the members .to order, read the returns made by the Returning Officers of the Elections in the several Wards. The members elect having sub- scribed the usual declarations and qualifications of office, proceeded to organ inc theiriselves into a Coun- cil by Mr. Brown moving, sec- onded by Mr. Cook, that Mr. R. J. Arnold be lieeve.â€"â€"Carricd. The Reeve. then took the chair. Mr. Howlnnd moved. seconded by Mr. Cook, that Mr. Alfred Jef- fery be Deputy Reeveâ€"Carried. By-la-w No. 129, » appointing Auditors, was then passed, Mr. John Nattrass being appointed on behalf of theCounciI. The Pet-eve nori'linated Mr. Mat- thew Teefy as the second Auditor. Byâ€"law No. 130 for regulating the issue of Store, and Tavern Li-r ceases." and defining the- dulies of Inspectors, was thenâ€" passed. »' By‘lII'IS By-law the Shop License elect were may have placed the amount" too: Fee ,5 raised 10,340, and we thwé, ‘classes‘of Taii‘erni Licenses are abolished, and fa; uniform Fee of imposedsohi all», Taveijn-,-,._,Lin censes from the date "of, the ByLIava. By-law No.‘1,3§l appointing Ta- vern Inspectors,g:vlras rhea passed. 7';;,,_"1'Iie fbllotyjngiprc the, I aspectors for; the different Wards :-â€" ‘ Ward No. l-â€"-Mr. Isaac Chapman. ' “ 2 “ Daniel Lennie. 3"? 3 “ :DuncunMcCallum, , ' l- t‘ 4 “. «AnorC.,Matthews.‘ “ 5 “ Jas Moody, senr, Communications from Dr. Bees and "Mr. Dayld‘ Boyle were laid‘ before the Council, the former re- ‘ spectjirig certain »- arrears of non-; V; resident taxes, and .the latter Call-i ing upon the Council to instruct the ‘ I’athmaster toaforbid the removal of certain Slabs: formingportion of the Mill-damonkhe side-line, be- tweengglots 45; and '46, initial-st Concession... * __A,fso,4~. agnommunication Afro-m Mr. 'A. Chlll‘éttth‘ews, notifying the Council of his intention to close a trespass road. across Lot 25,-inlhe '7th' Concessi.on,”on the lst of March next_ a“: ,. . . . . _ _ Mr. I‘Iovvfand; moved, seconded by Mr. Jeffery, j’that the. Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised to distribute the Interest accruing .from- the Clergy -Rese‘rve fund, amongst- the. several School See- tions and Union School Sectionsof this towrlsbip,-sof soon as said 'In- [crest is. paid in the same manner asavas done in 1861.-â€"-â€"Carried. Thchouncil 'tâ€"hen- adjourned to thelastrb'londay- in February. ' j l m ‘ Whitchurch Council. THE above Council elect, viz. :4- Edward Wheeler, Esq, Jolm froli- side, Esq, Messrs. Philip Mack‘le‘m, Robert . McCormack, and George Sylvester,â€"-met at Sangster’s Ilall, Stouffvillc, on Monday, the 20th, at; noon. All-of lwhom made and subâ€" scribed the Declarations and Quali- fications, of officeâ€"41nd took their seats. _' . ' Clerk in the Cbailnâ€"VVbcn, on motion of Edward Wheeler, Esq, seconded by It. McCorrnack, Esq, John Ironside was elected. Reeve, and tirade the necessary Declara- tions, and took his seat. j . On motion ‘of Mr. McCormac-k, secondedby Mr. Macklem, Edward Wheeler, Esq“, was elected Deputy Beew, who was duly qualified as such. I I , . , g .On motion of Mr. Macklein, the Reeve loft the chair for one hour.-â€"-â€" Council .resui‘n-tid,.-+T.lie, Reeve pre- sented and read a first time, a By? law to appropriate certain Townâ€" ship OHices,-ip blankâ€"Council in Committeeâ€"it‘ll; Macklem in the Chairâ€"The By-l‘aw read and secon- - (ledâ€"The Reeve appOinting Arnol- di Height as an Auditoli.-’â€"'l‘he Council approved and appointed William Leaney as the omenâ€"John It. Brotvn, Inspector of Licences, Edward Reynolds, Assessor.-â€"â€"Com-. lniltce rose and reported the jBy-law as alnended.â€"Â¥Report adopted.)â€" Said By-law was lead a third time and passed. A’ ' Q" A. petition was presented, signed by Robert, Boyd and thirteen others, asking for aid to support Julia Leo- nard, a’ Pauper at Aurora. Laid overlto next meeting. ,Also an ap- plication for the office of Collector, by Adam Hastings, which ivasilaid‘ over to the time for appointing said officer. ’ i I I Council approved of the surcties accepted by the Clerk for Mr. Lea- ney, and Machell, Field 82 Co., for shop license. Council adjourned to meet at the Wellington Hotel, Aurora, on Tues- day, February 18, 1862, at 10 a;in. r .«Wâ€" ' ‘ ‘ Agricultural, ' ' THE‘ annual meeting of the mem- bers of East York Agricultural So- ciety'took placo at Marr's Hotel, Lot No.1, 6th Concession ‘Mf-ll'k- ham, on the 161h January, 1862, and reunited in the election of the following gentlemen as Office- bearers for the current year :â€"-‘- ' Presidentâ€"JP. A. Milne. Ist Viceâ€"4.]. ‘ P. W he le r. 2nd Viceâ€"â€"George Miller. _Sec’y. d; Treasurerâ€"â€"A. Barker. i Directorsnwm.‘ Lea, John Mal- colm, John Crawford, Adam Arm'- strong."I‘l'ronias’VVilson, Wrri. Mil- liken, Thomas Todd. y‘ ' Mr. Barker, the Secretary’pwas elected delegate to represent. Elec- toral Division at the meeting to be held on the 30th January, 1862, in Toronto. ' >O'4‘_â€"Â¥â€"-* .TriE New JAIL BURNED.-â€"-On, Sunday morning last about two o‘clock,a fire broke out in the centre. building of .the new Toronto Jail. Great delays took place in bringing the fire engines, in consequence of the distance. andof ignorance of the direction of the. fire The fire has done its work effectually in the centre building and the loss is esti- mated at $30,000,0f which $20,000 was insured. ‘The fire is believed to have been the work of an incen- diary. ' ConNTY’ COUNCILâ€"The County Council meet, under; the provisions of‘the Statute, on, the'4th Tuesday in January, 28th inst. ’ ' ‘ " ., pAuction Sales. :‘TU Farm. Stock; &c., the pr’opertyfuf Mr. AtchibalduLaitch, lot 3f,.f6th? concession vaughang" . Sale at 12' o'ledk. WI-Idnry Smelsor, Auctioneer. ‘ ‘ ‘ “ ' t, l. p n ,- *u Sampson}, Feb. 1.---Auction. of Farini‘S’t‘ock, &c., the property 'of‘ Mr. Joseph Cooper, lot ,‘14‘, rear of the 4th concession aVaughanri Sale a‘tlZ‘o’cloek. Henry Smelsor, Auctioneer. itfljflttlllllflllhtlltt. ‘ _V . , . . - .113". We do. not hold ourselves responsible-for » opinions expressed by our correspondents.“ MR. REESOR, THE HONOR- ' ABLE DAVID, M.L.C.,L.C.C l lj ON THE RAMPAGE. (To the Editor of'tlie York Herald.) Sin,â€"For some time back the Economist, owned, edited and pubâ€" fished by, Mr. .Rbesor, the I Hon. ' David, l,\l.L.C., L.C.,C_., has. been filled ' with rabald and slanderous abuse of Mr. Barker: to such an extent has this been carried, that people begin to Wonder how it is that a decent person allows the Economist to- enter their dOors.â€"-â€" Others again, ask why does Mr. Barker suffer all this. I think I can solve the latter question, and Show why Mr. Barker-should treat the whole with that silent Contempt the lriiserable poltroon has earned. and dearly earned. 'lt will'be in the recollection ofthose who keep posted up on matters and things in general, that iln‘l'i'iedialely after the close of the last General Election, Ml‘. Iteesor, the Hon; David, M.L. C., L.C.C..l through the Economist, publisbeda lnosl. offensive and vul- gar tirade against Mr. Barker-â€" false in every particular. 7 That article was promptly replied to; and Mr. ileesor, the Hon. David, M.L.C.._ L..C-.C., was branded liar, coward, euk. :Aud a challenge was given by Mr». Barker for Mr. Reesor, the - Hon. David, M.L.C., L.C.C., to meet him anywhere, and under any Circumstance, Mr. flee- sor.tlie Hon. David, M.L.C., L.C.C, shakey at the knees, weak across the loins, and his heart only a short distance removed. frOm his seat of honor, declined the meeting, and - the misorable wretch stands selfâ€" condemned lieu onwai‘ll, on k l!“ '73” The late ,Municipaf Elections brought poor cuky, "the miserable. snail, out of his shell; and ~-alii0ngst other things said and written, Mr. Reesor. the‘Hon. David, M.L.C., L".-C.C., takes a stand, on, thepre- sentation,’and attempts a smile on- the presentatiouof the Snuff-"box .to Mr. Barker by certain members of East York Agricultural Society, and is curious to know who the parties Were. ' be laudable, or it may be il‘nperiti- uent,‘ whether- I won’t pretend to say, but will cite a parallel case; and if Mr. lleesor, the Hon. David, M.L.C.. 'L.C.C., unfold the one ‘I guarantee to obtain fulllinformation of the other. MR. BA RKER A31) .MR. REESOR, THE HON. DAVID, .M L.C., L.C.C._, ON A PARALLEL. Asbort time-ago cer-,l Some time ago‘ Mr. tairi members of East'Reesor, the Hon, Da- York Agricultural So; vid, M.LC.,, L.C.C., cietypresentedaSnuff-jhad fastened 'On his box to Mr Barker, as alfor'ehead a- pair of mark of respectfor oer: goodly sized Antlers! vices rendered. ‘ Tlier'yea, of mammoth pro- box, filled with good portions, notfilled with lilaccoboy, was duly snuff of ,any kindâ€" preselrted; the oysters smelling rank of cor- du'y eaten ; and I darr ruption'. ' to say Mr. Barker is? Bahtâ€"who did it? quite proud of the Box , . v . ‘ VVIIO did it? ~Tllere. the parallel terminates. Mr. Barker may get into debtâ€"- The sheriff may sell the box, and there would be an endof it; but i defy the face of clay to remove these ueg horns from the. forehead of Mr. I'leesor, the Hon. David, M.L.C., L.C.C l ! The thing smells rank. Bahâ€"â€" who did it? Yours truly, SUBSCRIBERJ Headford, Jan. 21, 1861.. YORK AND I PEEL ASSIZES. SATURDAY. Jari.il:8. ' The Court opened on Saturday at half past nine o’clock v~ Hon. Ivir. Justice Burns presidinlr. ' CAMERON AND CAPltOST vs. srnvnnsou, Counsel for Plaintiff, Mr. M. C. Ca. met-on; for defendant, ,L‘rlru it. A. Har- - rison. This was an interpleade: issue, brought to deter in the validity of an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The assign- ment was made on the 27th August,.1861, by James Anson Brawn, one of thefirm of J. A Brawn bl. Co., professing to’ act fOr himself and on behalf of his partner, \Villiarn Stevenson. It was contended, on behalf of the de- fendant, that whetlror the assignment was bonaflae or not, one partner, iii law, has no pOWer to make. a generalassrgnment for the benefit of creditors, and leave was granted to the defendants to take the Opinion of. the Court above on this point. The question as to whether the. assign- ment was bozzafide or not was left to the jury, and they gave itjas their opinion that it was made in good faith. I V "I‘his'was the» only'case tried on Satur- day, and the, Court adjpurnedat two O’clock till Monday morning at‘teni“ ' ' ‘ Els'pii’ir, Jan. ‘28.-Credit Said "or I gage for £280 from 1858. .tifl. , The curiosi ty may ,B.‘ Messrs. Sanbor‘n' 8L Co’s Oil Terri- -' > '- ' tossed circumstances.wGlobe. ‘ . MONDAY, Jan. 20. ' J33,me Hon. Mr. Justice Burns.‘ 1 : ' LEE vs. WOODSIDE. Counsel for plaintifli I‘Ion. J. H. Ca- meron; Q.C.; for defendant, Mr. R. A. Harrison." - \._,,_'I‘ll_is~paCtion was brought by the the plaiiiiijiff to recover the sum of $3,300 which defendant had in his possession, and which the plaintiff claimed. The defend ant acknowledged that he had the custody of'tlie money, but stated that he held it as 'the assrgnce on the estate of Mr. D. K. Feehanpfor the benefit‘of hisc-ireditorl‘s. A verdict was given for the plaintiff, for '$‘3,09’2, and leave granted to the defen- dant’s counsel to'take the opinion v of the Court above on the points of law raised. MONTGOMERY vs. PAER. Counsel for plaintiff Mr. John Bell; for defendant, Mr. W. B. Sullivan. V. . "' In this action the plaintiff'so'ught tore- cover the principal and interest on a mort- The counsel fOr defendant set up a plea of usury. ,Verdict for plaintiffâ€"damages $1,514. ,. annisOn vs. BURRELL. counsel for plaintiff, Mr. John Bell; for def'endan'ter. M. C. Cameron.” The action was1 brought to gtry whether 1certain property seized under a landlordis warrant belonged to the defetldarlt,.or one William Nix. ~ This is lliewnilrdillmeéii has come up for trial, and on each. occasion the verdict has been in favour Oiflt‘he 'plaiir- v__._..,__ '. r THE House RAILROAD_ AND THE SNow.â€"â€"We* are disappointed by the actiorl of the Horse Railroad Company. We thought that they had more enterprise and pluck than to permit themselves to be driVen offlhe field by'a few inches ofsnow. \‘Vhen the first fall took place, the Com- pany tried to clear the track by the usc._of salt.‘ The first result was the melting ofa portion of ‘lhe snow, leaving a bank at each side, perilous to be encountered by anything less robust lIIllI a wood sleigh. The second was. to create a mixture ofsalt and snow some inches deep, very difficult and dissagreeable to wade through, ‘and it is said, prejudicial to health. iluch mischief was done, but no good. The track wasln/ot cleared, the cars were stupped. and the street. railroad has been entirely in abeyance for some days. \\'e have not yet learned whether it is intended to place sleighs on the routes instead of cars, but are quite certain that it ought to be done. In Montreal the Railway Company has had sleiglis running for some time, and so, successful are they, that .an opposition has been started. During some winters in Toronto, it isposslble that sleighs irrighl not be needed, but it is impossible to calâ€" culate on such anfevent. It is nearly certain that tllere will be sleigbing in To- ronto now for a full month, and many winters we have it .two and three months. The citizens will not endure during this time the principal streets being cut ilp by deep furrows, dangerous to horses and vehicles. A well built sleigh will carry nearly as many passengers as a car. with the same number of horses; and taking into account the cost of clearing- tlle snow from, the track, we believe the Company ."Wlll profit by rising runners. W'e hope to see the Company’s sleighs on Yonge and Queen streets in a few days. râ€"Globe. SHOCKING Aspirinâ€"A WIFE Accr- DENTALLY SHOT DEAD BY Inna Hus- BAND.~â€"A correspondent informs us that on the forenoon'of Saturday last, at their residence, on the Varna. and Bayfield gravellroall, in the townshipof Stanley, a dreadful calamity suddenly befel'the family of Mr. Joseph Galloway, an old and re- spected resident, resulting in the violent deathof his daughter -in-law,'a smart active woman of about thirty years of age, and the mother of five'childr‘ten, the youngest. of whom is,;cnly about oneyear‘pld. It appears that Ircr husband, on hearing that a deer was feeding in his fallow, hastily took his rifle from its usual place, and was rushing with itout of the house, when his sleeve or some other part of his cloth- ing got entangled by the door handle-â€"â€" cauSrng the hammer to descend, when the rifle instantly went off, discharging the ball and part of the ranirod intoflthe breast of his unfortunate wife. The" "ball having penetrated the heart, she instantly dropâ€" ped dead, whild a streams of olood gushed from the Wound over the floor. The husband is of course inconsolable._ The event as a fearful warning to every one holding firearms, to use the greatest care. â€"â€" Globe. EXTRAORDINARY» F'LOI‘N'ING OIL WELL. ' A correspondent of the Hamilton Times writes from the Oil Springs, alder date of the 16th inst., an interesting account of a flowing Oil Well which has just been tap- ped. . He says :-â€"'~‘I llave'jnst time to ruenton that today, at half-past eleven o’cIOck, a.m., Mr. John Shaw, from King- ston, C. 'W., tapped a vein of oil in his well, at the depth of one hundred and fiftyw eight feet In the rock, which filled the sur: face Well, (forty-five feet to the rock)land the conductors in the. course of fifteen minutes, and imn’rediately commenced flow. irio‘. . It will hardly be credited, but never- theleSs such is the case, that the present enormous flow of oil cannot be estimated at less than two thousand barrels pcr‘day, (twenty-four hours), of pure oil, and the quantity increasing every hour. I saw three men in the course of one hour, fill fifty barrels from the flow of .oil, which is running away in every direction,llre flat. presenting the appearance of a sea of oil. The excitement is intense, and hundreds are rushing from every. quarter to, see this extraotdinar‘y well. Experienced oil well" diggers from the other side. affirm that this- Well equals their best flowiag wells in Pennsylvania, and they pronounce the oil as being of a superior quality. This flow-4 ing well is situated on lot No. 10, range tony, Theqalifprnia journals, in g} I accounted ft relate}:1 disaStrous floodsjfvith - which they have been iiisited state that the Chinese have been very great sufferers.- yiug. an. No.11'ess than fortyfifrtfe. .Chinarnen WEN" earried away in their cabins at, Oregon- Bar,,’iri Placer county... The Chinese ‘ hongs in San Francisco have, since receivq. ed letters'frorir'the interior of thestateto the effect that during. the late fresheftnear one thousand China‘men were Washed‘bfi' from Long Bar‘ar‘ld vicinity on: thejytifa, and drovvned. It appears that inspect. fellpr remaine'd in their cabins on thefbar} as they had done during .previiousthQOdV, until the raging waters rose about them and rendered" escape'impossibler- if The mail' steamer Saxonia‘which arri‘e. ved at New York, on Thursday, from Hamburg, did not touch as usual at South- ampton to receive mails and passengers. The reason, it is stated, was that the Saw: onla had on board about 2,000 tons of arms and~army goods, with two complete parks of artillery, consisting of sixteen, heavy rifled cannfn. and that it was under- stood, in case the answor of the United, States Government, to the English des- patch on. the Trent affair should not. be, satisfactory to Great Britain, the Summit, in stopping at Cowes'to- receive the mails, might not be allowed to proceed with these, army goods. ' r i GOLD m Now annxnnrâ€"T‘herusfi‘ .- _ ' to the New Zealand gold fieldsistdescribed in lpgtgrs‘f'rorn Australia as'so'rnething q ' tremendous-l V‘ilEvery' kind of it‘esse'lsi‘f' could be obtained at the Australian ports had been taken up, for the conveyance” of: eagervadvelitiirers anxious-to be early‘htgl the new fields. V The .diggiligs badonlr- been open for three monthswhen ,themail left, and in that period about 27,000 ounces} had been found. Six thousand people had already found their way to the diggings, a number which would very soon be multi- plied byia- very‘handsome figure.‘ ‘ ‘ $51.3, THE LATE PRINCE Consentâ€"On Salurr'ay, the 21st December, Major Gra'or barn, tlle Registrar-General, attended at: \‘Vindsor Castle for the purpose of super: intending the civil registration oftbe death of his. [loyal Highness the I’l'fnce,,.Consort, previous to thri'asleral. The death was recorded in the register book of the Winrh sol- district, by Mr. Towers, the registrar of births/ind deaths, his 'Boyalzfiighnea. the Frame of “falls signing the entry as; informant ‘ present at death.’ The fatalâ€" 'rlisease was recorded: “ Typhoid fever; duration. ‘21 days,’ as certified in writing" by the physicians who had been in attends ance Oil the deceased. ,Pllixco AI.BER'_I"S. VIEWS or; 'I‘m‘: AMEfltCAN QUESTIIO'Nrâ€" We llav‘e’reas‘on‘. to believe that, no to the time of his death the Prince. ConSm't getic‘ally against the haste with which Eu ’4" land is rushing into a iv:ir_witlrtfle Uri-lift? Statesâ€"all event 'w‘hicli he denounced as subversive of_her “interests, dangerous ft? the real sources oerm.“ power. hnd certain to bia‘adt'illllllrgelons only .to“',rbe‘t,despotiui Powers of Europe. W'hether thisivie‘iv-i. was right or wrong, such, we believe,- mail» the faith in'w‘nich the Prince Consort died; ~L072d072 Critic. ‘ I . - yr. EMBARKATIOV or ’I‘uoons roa‘ Cle- NADA.-â€"-Tlle steamer Adriatic,with about 72 officers and 1,300 “non-commissioned officers and privates of the Grenadier Guards; and the Parana, with about 1,099' men and officers of the Scots Fusiliér Guards and the Eighteenth Royal eers, left Southampton Docks at aboufit’two, o’clock on Thursday afternoon, and an- chored in the river. Both vessels were‘lo sail for their destination early 011' Friday morning, - r D'ESPATCH or SIXTY ToNs orBAmi‘ CARTRIDGE To CANADA.~On "Sunday evening'sixty tons of'rifle ball cartridges, raised his vorce ener- . which were convoyed by ‘twentyâ€"fivev‘of‘. Messrs. Pickford’s vans from the Arsenal, ‘vVoolwich, Were despatche-d by train from the. Easton Square terminus of the Lon- don and North-\Vestern Railway, for Li- verpool, for shipment to Canada, This. immense weight, of destructive material; comprises 21,18l,000 cartridges} ‘__._.___.______.._.__-__ a New ; IRON' F-litiTES‘;â€"-,'I‘;he' ping Gazette Says that fear new ironclad“ first-class steam frigatcs’ar‘e'to be built, with all possible despatch. They are. to be' steam rams as well as steam'frigates. The. projecting stern under water is to be twen- ty feet in advanceof the stem aboveyvater line. Their arir'ialnent will consist-of 36‘ Armstrong 100-ponn-lers on gun-deck, and ‘21 on spar-deck, with two pivot guns bow and stem to throw 200 poundshall;a As compared with the VVal‘Y'lOI‘“ they-will be 80 'feet longer, and only 18' inches broader. I FRENCH Snow-Boers FOR 'rIiE‘BrtIi "1‘1er AuMY.-â€"-In consequence of the, Bri; tish Government not being immediately? provided with ,a sufficient-stock of snow- boots, in the event of an emergency, applied~ cation was made to the Emperor of the French, who at once expressed his Willing- ness to supply lllt’ffwajlll, and on. receiving a reply that 2,000 lvere required, that; number were transmitted by order of hill Majesty Without a moment’s delay.â€"-â€",, Illornmg Post . ‘ The Great Eastern steamship has been engaged by the Government to be made available, with all possible despatclr, for the purpose of conveying troops to Canada, and it is highly probable that. Bristol will be the port selected for her departure.â€" Court Journal. ' x. f SUICIDE rN WHii‘BY.- William White, Esq , of the 7th Concession l/llest Whitby, a respectable farmer,and Councillor elect, committed suicide on Saturday last, by hanging himselflin'an outbuilding. When discovered life was extinct. 'I‘he‘actjs supposed to have been induced by claims;